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Evening star., 1950-04-23

Spring ploing in tuu suing in the farm lands surrounding
the Nations Capital Sharp angles fast disappearing from
the soping fields and farmers plo their turroS
along the soft contours of the hills Strips of ploed land
running leue around the hills alternate 0h strips of grass
grana method used to keep place. conServe the rain
Uater and raise the fertility OF the land.
-Soi1C0 Cerrjc pboto
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Two or three times a week
shake little salt into your dogs
food. Salt is very beneficial to
the animal.
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Almost any large kennel owner
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Soil Conservation Service Photo
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Keep the Trucks Off

Users of the Shirley Highway, are glad to
see that construction work has been resumed
on the remaining seven-mile stretch of the
second lane Of this fine Virginia freeway When
the final link is done, the broad, divided scenic
highway will rival the limited-access parkways
connecting New York and Connecticut But
there will be a striking difference, if the vir-
ginia State Highway Commission carries out
present plans. virgnias Shirley Highway, built
as memorial to the late Henry G. Shirley long
leader in the States highway development,
will be thrown open to interstate trucking Why
this decision was reached is yet to be explained
satisfactorily.
Already the protests against this CONNER
cialization of the parkway are beginning to be
heard The latest organized protest comes from
the North Ridge Citizens Association of Alex
andria. 1t is to be hoped that more civic groups
will join in the opposition to the cluttering up
of this sylvan boulevard with heavy trailer
trucks taking the short cut from Washington to
the Richmond Highway. Why not keep the trucks
on No. 1 route, where they are provided with
plenty of service stations, and preserve the me-
mortal atmosphere of the Shirley Highway?
Evening star., 1950-10-26
The American Assembly

General Eisenhower's projected American
Assembly is one of those things that can turn out
to be very good or pretty terrible It all depends
on how it is run and who runs it.
The object of the plan, General Eisenhower
says, is to explore problems of national interest,
develop the truth about them and shed sufficient
light on them to help the people arrive at sound
conclusions Among problems to be studied will
be such as Federal aid to education, the Formosa
question, and Federal medical service. Special
research stats of educators under the direction
of the Columbia University Graduate School of
Business will carry on the long-term studies
They will assemble periodically with other edu-
Gators businessmen, industrialists, labor leaders
and other professional men for tough competi-
tive" studies of questions under consideration.
The idea is not to seek perfect solutions or
final answers, but to develop facts and opinions
which may serve as guides to public thinking
Given enough effectiveness and disinterest-
edness, the plan has merit. But the assembly
will be worse than useless unless General Eisen-
hover devises some means of keeping out the
special pleaders and the axe grinders.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
This and That

Templeton Jones is still trying to work
up enough courage to wear beret.
No man ever worked harder at task.
At times he thinks he has won, and
takes out his unworn beret, looks at it
longingly-
And puts it back in the drawer.
There it lies, monument to irresolu-
ton.
If he wore it, perhaps one or two
might smile, but most passersby would be
unaware of it, just as they fail to note
that he wears no hat.
In an age of increasing compulsion,
Jones at least thumbs his nose at hats.
He simply refuses to wear 'em.
Refuses that is. until the thermometer
goes down to "a degrees.
For some unknown reason, this is the
exact degree chosen by him as the lower
limit.
From there on down, he wears hat,
and hates it.
The pressure of the thing on his fore
head, he says.
If we looked into his inner life, how
ever, we might find that it is the typical
hat store clerk who gets his goat.
Got it, that is for Jones has not had
a new hat for years.
Haberdashery men are prone to be
well dressed.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Macs Actions Still Out-ToIk His Words

bloodshed. and Gen. Macarthur had no
choice but to follow the orders of his
Commander-in-C Chief. Again, it was the
generals dress. demeanor and method,
rather than what he accomplished, which
attracted most public attention. If Con-
gress had listened to him in the first
place, thousands of bonus marchers
might have been in uniform themselves,
or working to build up sadly-depleted
defense establishment.
This experience must have inflicted al
most as much punishment on the general
as another presidential order-that re-
quiring him to leave his men behind at
Corregidor Here again lack Of foresight
in Washington had placed him in an i'm
possible position. All that was left him
was soldiers fate-to follow orders.
bugle call was MacArthurs first
childhood recollection, along with an In
dian raid on an outpost where his father
was stationed. The son was taught to
walk in the footsteps of Gen. Arthur
Macarthur holder of the Congressional
Medal of Honor who was to become an
expert on Philippine affairs.
AS an oldtime sergeant once remarked
to me at the Soldiers Home big Mac
was dead and gone. but little Mac was
comm on!"
In view of MacArthur's military record,
1t has always puzzled me how any man
who has ever been shot at can call the
general Dug Out Doug"
Evening star., 1950-10-26

merely vigorous and adventurous. An obvious
devotion to freedom and to the responsibilities
which go with any freedom worth having is
present in its 270 pages from first to last The
portraits in the show, from that of Columbus
onward, suggest sober, realistic attitude toward
life 1t seems evident that the principal actors
in the American drama have been leaders pro-
foundly conscious of the challenges to which Mr..
Williams refers. but they appear equal to their
burdens-and our annals demonstrate that they
really were what they appeared
Every serious student of American progress
should read the book carefully and then visit
the exhibition. The combination of opportunities
is something worth emphasizing, particularly at a
time when the heritage of all Americans-indeed,
of all civilized men and women everywhere-is
threatened by forces hostile to its survival.
Evening star., 1950-10-26

Too well dressed. Jones believes.
They would sell more-to chaps like
hin-if they put on dungarees.
Like most men Jones has always be-
heved that he could do the other fellows
Job better than he does it himself.
When it comes to haberdashers, he
is sure of it.
"Haberdasher," what an absurd word!
OF unknown origin, says the big book,
and one can well imagine it.
Surely. no one would admit to in
venting it.
The big book says:
"A dealer in small wares, such as
tapes, pins, needles and thread, and
formerly also hats; now, especially, a
dealer in linens, trimmings, etc., or any
small articles of dress"
So the first meaning.
Now listen to the second:
I'm the United States, now, usually,
one who keeps mems furnishing store,
for supplying collars and cuffs, under
wear, hats. ETC."
Some one ought to work over that
big book.
It seems a trifle out of date, doesn't
it?
II haberdashers, as a class, would in
Evening star., 1950-10-26
BY Charles (. TroceweN

struct their clerks to come to work
some morning just little less dressed,
If possible, veritable hordes of men
would enter who haven't seen the inside
of such shops for years.
Do honest haberdashers wonder how
such wightS remain clothed?
1t is only due to their womenfolk, who
march in with an air of conquerers, but
actually have sinking of heart, as they
try to talk some supremely well-dressed
person into trying to fit a man who isn't
present.
When Mrs. Jones purchased Temple
ton beret one day, the clerk said,
quietly:
"It is too large, madam"
Mrs. Jones sensed that what he
wanted to say was, "It is large enough
for an elephant"
She replied. "He said he wanted the
largest beret you have
The clerk sighed, critically.
This is it. madam he said. in resig-
nation.
That is how Templeton Jones came to
have a blue beret he never wears, and
probably never will wear.
Maybe the haberdasher was right.
After all. man who calls himself by
such curious name, origin unknown.
ought to know something.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
For Better Ar-Ground Teamwork

The Korean war revealed the need for better
air-ground teamwork by the Army and Air Force
Correspondents at the front reported dissatisfac-
lton of infantry officers with the type of air sup
port they received in critical operations The
reports compared Army-Air Force teamwork un-
favorably with that which existed between
Marine ground and air forces. It is not sur
prising, therefore, to learn that the Army and
Air Force are taking steps to improve air-ground
coordination.
The first move was the establishment at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, of an Army Air
Support Center. General Mark Clark, chief of
Army field forces, announced that the Navy,
Marine Corps and Air Force will be asked to
assist in this intensive training program. The
Marines for years have had such centers, where
air units were given practice in close support of
amphibious forces in simulated landings. This
training gave the Marines distinct advantage
over Army units with which they fought side by
side in the early phases of the Korean campaign
The Army-Air Force teamwork improved as the
war progressed.
Lessons learned in the bitter experience Of
war will be studied at the Fort Bragg center. It
should not have taken another war to prove the
value of this highly specialized phase of tactical
aviation for its worth was amply demonstrated
in World War II. There had been a tendency
before Korea to subordinate tactical to strategic
aviation, instead of giving air-ground teamwork
the attention it deserved 1t is reassuring to the
foot soldiers to know that the problem of pro-
viding them with adequate air cover is being
given more emphasis than in the past.
Evening star., 1950-10-26

Lawful Wire Tapping

Inc recommendation from the Department
Of Justice that wire tapping be legitimatized
under certain conditions is one that should be
approved.
I. 1t is absurd, simply because an eminent
1urlSt once called it dirty business, to take
the position that all wire tapping should be
outlawed. The use of the professional stool
pigeon is a dirty business. There is nothing
admirable about the search of a mans home.
or his Office, or his safe-deposit box. Yet these
technlqueS are necessary part of police work,
and, subject to proper restraints they are toler-
ated without complaint. Only the wire tap,
perhaps the most valuable of all investigative
techniques, is condemned by those whose
emotionalism is stronger than their sense of
reason.
The latest proposal from the Department
of Justice is similar to one it has made before
1t calls for legislation which would permit a
Federal intelligence agency to tap wires after
obtaining warrant from Federal judge Any
evidence obtained in the process could be used
In court Taps also could be made upon author
ization by the Attorney General if it is not
intended to use the information secured as
evidence.
Congress may or may not see fit to grant
all or any part of this request. But there is
one thing which should be kept in mind, par
tlcularly by the critics OF wire tapping. Wires
are being tapped and will continue to be tapped
with or without express sanction of law. The
ban on the use of wire-tap information as evil
dence hampers the prosecution of criminals.
But it will not do away with taps for the simple
reason that they are essential tools of those
agencies responsible for such things as the
security of this country. It is only reasonable
to believe, however, that sub rosa wire tapping
tends to become indiscriminate wire tapping.
That is where the real evil in the practice lies,
and the best way to curb it is to sanction taps
lby designated agencies under tightly drawn
safeguards.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Above the Belt

I read with great deal of interest an
article appearing in your paper, regarding
a phonograph record that was played at
several meetings on the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland last week. 1t was record
ing OF 1949 radio address by former
Mayor McKeldin. Republican candidate
for Governor. giving fulsome praise to
Gov. William Preston Lane.
am unable to arrive at the same con-
clusion as your writer said was reached
by good many observers; namely, that
the playing of this phonograph record,
now that Mr.. McKeldin is a candidate
for an Office he was twice defeated for.
is hitting below the belt"
Last evening heard this record played
and I could see no hitting below the belt.
But must say thoroughly agreed with
Mr.. McKeldin's radio address when he
gave such fulsome praise to Gov. Lane,
in whom many feel that Maryland has
one Of the best Governors we have ever
had.
Mollie Davis Nicholson.
Chevy Chase. Md.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
American Professional Book

The Sesquicentennial exhibition at the Cor
coran Gallery will close on December II, but it
will not cease to exist on that date. A hand
somey printed, well-written copiously illustrated
record of it published yesterday. This
brochure bears the same title as the show
american Professional 1492-19OO" 1t reflects
the history of the American people during the
period indicated not merely in political and
economic terms but culturally, ethnographically
and spiritually. The 311 pictures represented in
it were gathered from collections in Europe,
Canada and Mexico well as from museums
and private homes in various parts of the United
States. They are "old-fashioned" works in the
judgment of modernistic critics. but on that
very account are precious No canvas Intention
ally experimental is included in either the dis
play or the book.
Hermann Warner Williams, Junior director
of the gallery, sums up the impact of both pro-
ductions in an inspiring essay entitled Eyes
on America" concluding his statement of ideals
with the words: "It has been one source. of our
strength as a people that we have never been
satisfied so long as further horizons beckoned
nor complacent when new issues of liberty called.
Each fresh challenge to ingenuity of body, mind.
and spirit has found us standing with our ances-
tors the pioneers" He believes that the amer
lean Professional" will conduce to greater love
of America and he certainly is correct in his
faith
The book released yesterday is especially
important because 1t proves that American civil
kation has been purposeful and dednitive, not
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Aid to YueosIovio

In reading the present press comments
on Yugoslavia. we are given the impress
sion that Yugoslavia became highly
industralized country overnight, wherein
the peasant is reduced to a subordinate
role. The Yugoslav peasant is, in fact.
the mysterious Leviathan who holds in
his fists the fate of Tito and his few
Communist followers.
Today the master of Yugoslavia Is q
dictator. imposed by the policy Of ap-
peasement of the Allies-strange to the
soul Of the silent masses For this
reason. the peasant, opposed to the Com
munist principles Of actual economy Of
Yugoslavia, does not cultivate the land.
The Yugoslav plow does not plow the
soil as before the Tito regime
The Planning Commission for Sloyenia
revealed the fact that during the last
years the arable area In Slovenia has
been reduced more than II per cent. In
other parts Of Yugoslavia this percent
age is undoubtedly much higher.
The hunger in Yugoslavia. once the
granary Of Europe, has its true cause in
the foolish and unnatural Communist
economic planning which has been i'm
posed by minority on the masses Of
the Yugoslav people against their will
In his recent press statement. Senator
Brewster Of Maine said that the admin
istration will be forced to face the issue
OF economic aid to Yugoslavia when the
Congress session starts on November 81.
We remember how literally and sue
cessfully the famous UNRA, administered
by so many fellow travellers, financed
Communist regimes of the Balkans and
Eastern Europe with millions Of the
American taxpayers dollars.
We must therefore now ask for a GER
tain circumspection and reserve in han
ding this problem. Funds and food given
to countries ruled by Communist fanatics
ought to be under the control of the
donor. Otherwise the Communists will
eat and the Communist masses will
starve.
This is very fair. honest and correct
demand
B0gumil Vosnjak,
Former Minister of Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
N Color Fight
Thomas p. Hickman.

The Federal Communications Com
missions recent ruling on color tele-
vision is most certainly in direct violation
of the principles for which the commits
sion Is supposed to stand-protection of
the citizens, for instance, and fair and
wise technical standards for the elec-
tronics industry. to mention two.
The FEC has, for the asking, the ad-
vice of thousands Of electronics engineers
production specialists In industry, and
business men in television. In fact they
have asked for statements from every
television manufacturer In the Nation
regarding this proposed decision. re-
ceiyed the statements. and then ignored
the advice completely.
There are many technical reasons why
the CHS system will eventually be sur
passed in every respect by an all
electronic system. Even if a tri-color
picture tube were introduced tomorrow.
1t would fit In the RCA or CTI system
better than the CHS. ~ 49,
We, in the Washington area, have seen
color telecasts on our black and white
sets during the FEC tests, from both
RCA and CTI. and although the quality
left much to be desired, at least we had
a picture. Even now. anyone with TV
set can watch RCA color programs almost
any day, in black and white Improve
ment is inevitable.
Converters and adapters are unneces-
sary and undesirable. A 10 or IL inch
screen is ne longer in the public favor.
Many television manufacturers make
TV sets with screens no smaller than
Is inches. With these large screens, the
converter is too bulky. 90
Congress. peoples organizations and
citizens should join in a demand to the
Commission that they rescind this order,
heed the advice Of experts, and give re-
search engineers a chance to come UP
with satisfactory solution.
Paul M. Miller.
Leonardtown, Md.
The present TV set is completely elec-
tronic in operation. True, certain manual
adjustments are called for-knob- twist
ing, for instance, and antenna- rotating.
But the set proper, and certainly all Of
the picture, Is 100 per cent electronic.
Why then insert a mechanical gadget in
the form of a rotating disk that must be
working all the time? The knoW-how
of a satisfactory, fully-electronic color
tube is only matter of comparatively
short time.
Glib Crockett's cartoon in The Star is
absolutely right. j. Public should see
nothing but red in the FCCs current
ruling on the kind of TV the public must
have. That ruling is the greatest back
ward step ever thrust upon the public by
what should be an intelligent group Of
Commissioners.
r. w. Smith.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
GENERAL MACARTHUR

killed and so, including many policemen,
injured.
1t was my assignment to help cover the
evictions on the scene. Later, there were
bitter criticisms of MacArthur-how he
donned his smartest uniform, and his be-
ribboned blouse, riding forth behind his
tanks and troops to bully ragged. former
comrades in arms.
But it seemed to me then, and still
seems to me, that President Hoover was
forced into that decision to stop the
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Which Do We Wunt?'

We are warned that atomic bombs
might start falling on our cities in the
near future The international situation
is dark Will it continue to get darker?
1t WILL undoubtedly, unless we turn to
the Almighty for His help. While our
leaders are doing their utmost in the
present circumstances. there is some
thing that each one of us can be doing,
regardless of his station in life.
It is certain that God will not allow a
Goddess nation. however powerful, to con-
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Lutheran News

feel I must write you my great salts
faction and pleasure in the splendid re-
ports your paper carried of the recent
Lutheran Church Convention in Des
Moines, Iowa.
have heard so many expressions of
appreciation from fellow Lutherans for
the very full and accurate coverage your
reporter gave for our local people that
wish to extend my thanks and congrat-
ulations for job we'll done
Thomas p. Hickman.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question OF fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau 1900 I street
NV. Washington 5. D. c., and inclosng 8 cents
Extension 35S. '
Evening star., 1950-10-26

Old Testament days, God rescued His
chosen people time and again from the
clutches Of enemies who were overwhelm-
ing in numbers. On the other hand, at
times when His people wandered away
from Him, He permitted them to be con-
quered and carried away into captivity.
Which do we want, freedom or domina-
ton? The choice lies with us.
Xxx.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Incompatible Hour

Night gathers up his fln,y Scarues of
ShadoD
And leaves daWn primping for the eye of
time.
A morning star dips her Uhite feet in
mountain de1D
Dhile, In my arms, this little imp of
gr1ndchild
-hdving despoiled ny slumber-
lies audrn,ly s10eet and dro1Usy,
Nth laughter turIed against a dimpled
cheek.
PEGGY LAWSHE.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Where is the highest railroad sta
tion in the world. that is the one at the
highest elevation above sea level?-
M. G. T.
A. In Chile. The highest station is
at Condot, on the Rio Mulato-Potosj
section of the Antofagasta and Bolivia
Railroad.
Evening star., 1950-10-26

@. Should turkey fryers be cooked
longer than chickens?-H. G.
A. Experts recommend that the tur-
key fryer should be treated the same az
frying chicken but cooked for 80 min
utes for 212-pound dressed weight or
40 to so minutes for 4-pound dressed
weight.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Letters to The Star

PennaneS mag be used letters carry ers correct names
and addresses. AU letters subject to condensation
Evening star., 1950-10-26

Q. Is there any danger in using a
telephone during a Thunderstorm
j. v.
A. According to telephone authori-
ties it is not hazardous to use a tele-
phone during a thunderstorm; the wires
are grounded.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Tropical Park Viewed
As Rival OF HiaIeah
| Under New Owners
By me Assceioied Press

NEW YORK. May 5.-Tropical
Park today had new owners who
hoped to guide the Coral Gables,
Fla. race track to popularity on
q plane with that Of Hialeah
Park.
Alfred o. Hoyt and Nathan E.
Herzfeld, New York businessmen.
ANNOUNCED last night they had
Jointly purchased Tropical Park
for $3.50, 900 subject TO minor
adjustments"
HoYt, who has an insurance buSi-
ness. Is president Of Algam Corp.
which owns the site Of the New
Workers Raceway, a harness track
Herzfeld. an executive vice presi-
dent of Algam, Is president of
Stephen Rug Mills.
Hoyt and Herzfeld said 1t Is q
personal transaction. one not in
volving the corporation. and that
thoroughbred racing at Tropical
would be carried on with no change
in policy.
The Coral Gables track made
little money in recent seasons. ac-
cording to its general manager.
Gerald Brady. and rumors have
popped up frequently that the
plant would be sold to New York
trotting interests If the right offer
was made.