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Evening star., 1950-09-18
Veterans at the Throttle

The tragic Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near
Coshocton Ohio, revves question which has
been raised in number of other rail accidents
in recent years. The question is whether the
railroad industry is imperiling public safety by
its considerate attitude toward veteran locomo-
tive engineers.
Interstate Commerce Commission safety ex-
perts have indicated concern in the past over
the general industry policy of rewarding senior
engineers by giving them priority in assignments
to crack trains. This policy has resulted in the
manning of most of the Nations streamlners
with men in the older age brackets Some of
the roads permit men of 70 or even older to
handle important runs. Most of them require
all creWmen over so to submit to annual physical
examinations, however.
The engineer Of the fast Spirit of ST. Louis
express which crashed into stalled troop train
killing 33 National Guardsmen, was g. He had
been rairoading for 48 years. His frank testi-
mony at joint hearing indicates that the failure
of the express to obey warning signals was not
due to any mechanical fault He testified he
saw the several signals but did not act on them
in time to halt his train. When he did apply
the brakes it was too late.
Because the preliminary inquiry points to a
human failure rather than mechanical break
doYn, Federal and State investigators may be
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Really No Music?

Sir Thomas Beecham, famous British orches-
trail conductor and operate impresario, often
StartleS people. He is man of very definite
opinions. 1t is a habit with him to say what he
thinks, and to say it good and hard Sometimes
he is right occasienally.he must be wrong. More
often perhaps he does not make his meaning
clear to everybody.
For example, at Edinburgh the other day
Sir Thomas declared: "The world is full of
orchestras, conductors and singers of sort. But
there is really no music. Nobody can write
melody today which can be cherished in the
memory" Those bystanders who heard or read
his statement instantly might have challenged
him by inquiring: what about fOklahoma!' and
'Carousel?" Their success surely traces back to
the melodies in them. Maybe they are not classic
music, but they are harmonious,
And certainly Sir Thomas did not intend to
slight his neighbor Eric Coates, whose "Cin-
derella" and Three Elizabeths" suites "can be
cherished" without effort. There also is Erich
Korngold, who deserves to be remembered if
only for the musical setting of "The Constant
Nymph" Nor can Richard Stuart Addinsell
be forgotten on the theory that his warsaw
Concerto" is not cherishable.
OF course, Sir Thomas may be looking for
Bachs and Beethovens. If so, it is not only our
own age which is at fault. Such men have
not been over plentiful in any period of history
A like observation applies to Michelangelo and
Shakespeare, Dante and Raphael and Cervantes
Moliere and Sir Isaac Newton and Charles
Darwin True geniuses always are scarce.
Lacking abundance of them, possibly the
best we can do is to appreciate their achieve
ment and try to emulate it.
The author of the Book of Ecclesiastcus in
the Apocrypha faced a similar dilemma but was
not without faith of its solution when he wrote:
"Let us now praise famous men . such as
found out musical tunes g. g. There be of them,
that have left name behind them, that their
praises might be reported And some there be-,
which have no memoriam . We may speak
much and yet come short: There are yet hid
greater things than ths A. be-"
Evening star., 1950-09-18
One Vireinion to Another

A letter appeared in the September
9 issue of The Star signed "Virginian." 4"
This person who neglected to give his
name made several misstatements One
of these statements was that Represent
ative Howard w. Smith and Senator
Harry Byrd could not be elected if it
were not for the poll tax. He added
that the poll tax keeps 1iterate and free
voting people away from the polls. I
would like to know where this individual
accumulated this interesting and anus
ing bit of news. was not sure that this
fact was so generally known; that "Vir-
ginian" should leave out the factual in
formation to support such statements is
even more amazing.
This individual goes on to state some
thing about "the ineXcusable incidence
of venereal disease. the rejection of
many Virginians (for mental or physi-
cal reasons) from military duty, one
Evening star., 1950-09-18
'FIogront'

Last August A. in face of threatened strike
the President named special emergency board
to try to work out settlement terms in grievance
dispute involving the New York Central Railroad
and four operating unions representing the loco
motive engineers, f1remen, enginemen, trainmen
and conductors. The board has now reported
back and it has done so with something very
much akin to disgust, declaring that it has
washed its hands of the whole business and has
no recommendation to offer beyond suggesting
that another attempt be made by another group
The reason for all this is that the emergency
board-like several similar boards in past disputes
between other railroads and the unions-has
found itself up against "fagrant" example Of
an effort to "extort the payment of hundreds of
thousands of dollars based merely" on the insist
ence of the brotherhoods' officers that their in
depreciation of awards must be accepted without
question" No e-and-take, no reasonablenesS
no fair bargaining, no sincere attempt to arrive
at an equitable settement-nothing but one
way demand stubbornly adhered to on heads-I-
win-tails- -you-loSe basis.
Here again we have clear Illustration of
why the National Railway Labor Act has ceased
to be effective. For the act simply cannot work
if the brotherhoodS resort to what the Presidents
board has castigated as "the growing practice of
creating an emergency in order to bring about
the appointment of an emergency board in the
hope that it will make favorable recommended
tions concerning contentious about grievances,
with no binding effect if the reverse recon-
mendation should be made" That is to say, the
present setup will remain rather farcical as long
as the unions are perfectly willing to accept
judgments in favor of themselves and perfectly
unwilling to accept judgments in favor of the
railroads.
The board in the New York Central case is
just one of many boards that have made this
point in the past. But it is point that needs
to be cited over and over again, and with en-
phasis. Possibly, if that happens often enough,
the idea will sink into the general consciousness,
and maybe the Nation will then get around to
doing something concrete to put common sense
and fairness into the railroads labor manage
ment relations.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
It's a Real Horse Race in Oklahoma
By George B. Parker, Jr.

DoNT Change Horses in the Middle
- of a War" is the slogan with which
Representative Mike Monroney, Demo-
crat, seems to be inadvertently stuck in
his campaign for the Senate seat now
held by the venerable. pious and fun
loving Elmer Thomas. Mr.. Monroney
defeated Senator Thomas in runoff
primary this summer with comfortable
majority. but the Monroney adherents
believe-and the opposition concurs-
that he faces tougher competition in the
Rev. w. H. bill" Alexander.
The difference, it is agreed lies in
the fact that Mr.. Alexander is a Re-
publican, whereas Senator Thomas was
a Democrat and an incumbent. And in
the runoff the question of changing
horses was decided to great extent by
the similarity of the administration
conduct of the Korean war to the
Charge of the Light Brigade" Some
one had blundered.
Mr.. Alexander, red-haired, booming
voiced, evangelist of 35, started off his
campaign last Monday in Ardmore, the
heart of Oklahoma's Democratic terri
tory. He defined the issue as liberty
against socialism, and denounced Mr..
Monroney as rubber stamp for prac-
tically every freedom -robbing measure
sponsored by the administration. He
depicted his campaign as crusade which
would sweep across the State like
prairie fire" (Oklahoma has a great
many prairies) and recalled Websters
definition of a crusade as one of the
seven expeditions sent by the Christian
powers in the 18th, 18th and 18th CEN
turies to recover the Holy Grail.
The theologian went on: 1--WE are now
in the middle of the Goth century and
once again, in the pioneering State of
Oklahoma, the Christian powers are
called upon to recover the Holy Grail of
liberty from the political pagans of COL
lectivistic totalitarian thought"
OF Mr.. Monroney, Mr.. Alexander said:
There will be no personal mud d-slinging
by me against my opponent. He is
nice guy. but folks, you know and know
that he went East and turned left"
Actually. the only thing that might
Evening star., 1950-09-18

party control of State government" etc,
as if Virginia were the only State in
the Union that had "the inexcusable
incidence of venereal disease" or the
only State to have many men rejected
for mental or physical reasonS) from
military duty. From what have been
given to understand, all States had
"the inexcusable incidence of venereal
disease" and many men being rejected
for military service dor mental or phys
ical reasons).
This so-called "Virginian" seems to be
q past master at making fantastic
statements without any attempt at doc
umentation. think the phrase "one-
party control of State government" does
the most to point out the abSurdity of
this individual. I know of no State
government in these United States that
is under two-party control. I was always
under the impression that elections were
held to decide which one party would
run the State government.
"Virginian" has been living in the
dark ages" of the 1948 campaign. Most
American voters have lifted themselves
from the mire of that election, and are
turning toward the States Rights move
ment. It took a little while to learn
political theory, but the voters are be-
ginning to realize what type of leader
was elected in the campaign of 1948
No. "Virginian," (and I really don't
believe you are Virginian) the politi-
cal theory of States Rights has not been
repudiated by Mr.. Truman's election;
instead it has gained power with the
sudden awakening, not only of South
erners, but Of intelligent, independent
voters of the North, who refuse to be
herded to the polls by Marcantonios
COON squad or those of the P. A. c. and
realize the sincerity of the honest,
straightforward and Intellectually pro-
gressive States Rights theory.
R. M. LOngford.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Down With Demon Beer!

long and loud protest against the
current Army practice of issuing beer
to the soldiers in Korea should go up
from every loyal. patriotic Citizen Two
excuses for the practice are offered
the water in South Korea is not fit to
drink, and the soldiers want beer.
Even if the water is impure, the one
can of beer a day cannot supply the
liquid an individual requires. which is
not less than eight times the capacity
of beer can: and drinking eight cans
of beer day would not leave enough
sober Americans to win the war. If
the rain there is also impure, or if no
one knows how to catch it in vessels,
sufficient drinking water could be car
ried from Japan, or distilled from sea
water. Now, don't let the beermongers
tell us that Japan has no drinking
water, and that the art of distilling has
been lost. No, everybody knows that the
scarcity of drinking water is no ex-
cuSe.
. But we are told that the soldiers
want beer. Perhaps most of them do,
but by no means all. Many of them are
from parts of the country where only
confirmed addicts drink alcoholic bev-
erages, and such youths should not be
encouraged to take the first step to-
ward joining the alcoholics. If no con-
sideration is given the welfare of the
individual soldier, the morale and eff
fectiyeness of the Army demands that
degrading influences be avoided, de-
spite what some of the soldiers may
want.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Mr.. Trumun's Week End

have before me an article clipped
from The Sunday Star of September g.
which states that President Truman was
staying at Blair House over Labor Day
week end. However, the Williamsburg
was most certainly anchored off Black
iston Island in the Potomac on Sep
telnber 3 and was flying blue flag. the
emblem on which appeared from 100
feet to be the Presidents.
Was The Star misinformed, or had
some of Mr.. Truman's pals left him in
Washington while they had a small
brawl' on the Potomac-probably add
ing 70 the national debt?
Tom Athey.
Editors note: The Star was, in
deed, misinformed. Despite White
House announcement Saturday that
he would be stay Mr.. Tru-
man boarded the Williamsburg Sun
day morning. The ship was exactly
where the sharp-eyed Mr. Athey says
it was. flying just the emblem Mr..
Athey thought he saw
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Every One Should See 1t

The end of this month will close
one of the most memorable produc-
tions Washington has ever seen-"Faith
of Our Fathers"-in the Rock Creek
Park ampitheater. My family and
found it so beautiful and moving that
we attended twice, and would like to
go again.
Any one who has missed it is being
cheated of real experience. And for
those who have seen it but once we can
say it is even more impressive the
second time. Let us hope not only that
it will become an annual event here,
but that road companies can take its
message into parts of the country SO
that every one can share in it.
Mrs. M.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

be considered singing which can
be attributed to Mr. Alexander is his
reprinting, by 2 million copies, Of
column by one of Washington's more
effulgent society writer's, describing the
luxurious life of Mr.. Monroney and his
wife in their Washington house on
Wyoming avenue NV The lady who
wrote it. probably with the best will in
the world, phrased it so as to irritate the
no-champagne- -or-indoor- plumbing seq
ment of the Oklahoma electorate, q
stable portion.
If Mr.. Monroney is rubber stamp he
can plead that he is frequently not mixed
The House record shows he has opposed
the Brannan plan, compulsory medical
insurance Zone of Mr.. Alexanders ia
vorite demons. the fair employment
practices bill, the Taft-Hartley repeater
and other proposals dear to the admin
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Who DESIGNED Washington?

1t was brought to my attention re-
Gently that in the drama, Faith of Our
Fathers" by Paul Green, the name of
Maj Andrew Ellicott who really laid
out the City of Washington. D. c., is not
mentioned at all, This is another case
of the old proverb, "a prophet is with
out honor in his own country" Maj.
Andrew Ellicott was the chief surveyor
of Washington, D. c.
Maj. Pierre Charles LEnfant, who
drew up plans for the city of Washing
ton. after a years work quit in huff.
took all his plans and left, President
George Washington thought $4,000 or
$4,000 would be fair pay for L'Enfant's
services He had been paid 5000 and
expenses, and later was offered 500
guineas and a lot in the District.
LEnfant refused this offer and de-
manded $95,500, and Thomas jefferson,
then Secretary of State, wrote to Pres
ident washington that it had been
found irnpracticable to employ Maj.
L'Enfant any longer and he had been
notified his services were at an end
The next day, November 81, 1871,
Jefferson wrote to Andrew Ellicott about
starting Immediately to survey and lay
OUT washington. MaJ. IL EHlanI re-
fused to allow the use of any of his plans
after his dismissal, so Andrew Ellicott
drew up new plan from the knowl-
edge he had of the plan of LEnfant,
with his own materials and his own
actual survey of the ground. This plan
was adopted.
Andrew son of Joseph Ellicott, was
born in Bucks County, Pa, January "a.
1854, and became famous as surveyor,
astronomer, scientist and mathematician
Evening star., 1950-09-18

istration. Indeed, Mr.. Monroney expects
his opposition to the last two measures
may hurt his chances with the Negro
vote. which in Oklahoma is considerable,
and the union labor vote.
AS for the accusation that he turned
left, Mr.. Monroney might refer to what
the society reporter wrote, or gushed.
She pictured him as eating higher on
the hog than any left-winger has a
right to. except perhaps Frederick VAN
derbilt Field, Corliss Lamont and the
Politburo.
However, it is felt generally that the
election will be decided by what goes on
in Korea. And the conflict there, right
now. appears to be progressing better.
When a war turns victorious, in the
eyes of the voters. there's something
about an incumbent that is fine. fine.
fine.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
More Wind, Less Hot Air

When we dial WE. 1912. why must
thousands of us waste precious minutes
being told that we are listening to
the forecast of Washington and vicinity,
when it is next to impossible to get
any other locality over Washington
telephone?
OF far greater Importance would be
wind direction and velocity. Northwest
wind is usually clearing, south warming,
and east winds are about 80 per cent
wet How about more meat and less
bone In our telephone weather reports?
j. S. LaRue
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Kitchen Melody

The kettle sings merry song
OF potted plants upon sill,
OF cookie jar and cruSty loaf
And coffee grinding IN, mill.
The kettle sings of simple things:'..
A cat asleep upon a chair
A table set 1Uith c1teckered cloth
Complete ,Uith gag blue eurthentDGre.
I loue to hear the kettles song;
So much OF tDarm,th and triendliness
OF family ties and hon1eSpun joys
A singing kettle can express.
GLADYS BRIEFLY ASHOUR.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

expected to check on the physical fitness of the
train crew. The check should go further than
ascertaining the facts pertaining to this particu
lar accident. A study of the railroad industry's
general policies toward retaining older men in
key jobs-and especially of their promotion to
trains requiring the maximum of physical fitness
and mental alertness-would be in the public
interest.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
General Hershey on Mental Tests

Are half of the young men being called up
by selectve service being disqualified by failure
to pass the mental tests? Several things that
General Hershey has said recently might indicate
that such was the case. And it is interesting to
learn from a brief speech in the House the other
day by Representative Kilday Of Texas, that
General Hershey left the same impression with
the House Armed Services Committee. So the
impression he has left by speeches and state
ments reported in the newspapers cannot be said
to have been the fault of the newspaper reporters
Mr.. Kilday's purpose in speaking was TO
clarity some of these impressions. The present
mental test, he said, would reject approximately
1S per cent of any normal group such as was
available for induction at the end of World
War II. It is bit sitter, in other words But the
regulations call for induction of any individual
who has completed IL years more of schooling,
regardless of the result of the mental test. SO
that General Hershey seems to have been speak
ing facetiously, at least, when he told group
of educators in Washington recently that he
suspected some college graduates could not pass
test-because of reluctance to serve-that is
passed by fifth or sixth grader"
Mr.. Kilday gave the following overall
breakdown of reflections during July:
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau, 1900 street
NV, Washington 5, D. c., and inclosing cents
return postage or by telephoning ST, 5000,
Extension 35S.
Evening star., 1950-09-18
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How many wives of King Henry
VIII were executed?-L. L. L.
A. Of the six, two were beheaded. They
were Anne Boleyn Q536) and Catharine
Howard (1542).
Evening star., 1950-09-18

@. Did General Edward Braddock ex-
ecise considerable power in the Colonies?
e. F. F.
A. Theoretically, Braddock welded
greater military power than any one had
ever previously been granted in America.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

That is not encouraging showing of
mental and physical condition among the young
men of the country. But at least it is comforting
to find that half of them are not morons.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

@. Is there a rule, briefly expressed
and therefore easy to remember, to help
one choose between farther" and fur
ther"?-W. B.
A. Farther" denotes physical progress
sion; further" is correctly used to indi-
cate mental progression.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

@. Is there a conventional phrase
which is usually correct to use when an
introduction is made?-P. o. r.
A. Under usual conditions, it is cor
rect to say, How do you do?'
The Valley settler., 1950-09-29
TIE MAGAZINE "ALASKA
 PROGRESSING
' 4 f

Mir. Albert Taylor reports that the mag azine "Alaskan is coming along fine. He has many photographs ready for the engrav- CT. MT. Taylor says that in order to be :. printed each photograph has to be engraved and there is lot of work involved in preparing the pictures. Photographer, Gene Gyuriak of Palmer, took most of the pictures and anyone that gets copy of the magazine will certain 1y have wonderful collection of Valley pictures.
The Valley settler., 1950-09-29
INCORPORATION FEARING CONT.

Roland Snodgrass and Jack Newcomb protested the inclusion of eighty acres of farmland, owned by them in the limits of the proposed city, and also protested including the Coop area in the city. Carl Rasmussen acting for the Board of Directors of the Co-op asked that the Coop be excluded as only eight names were mentioned as signers of the petition for incorporation from the Coop area, which includes pproxima tely one fourth of the population and nearly two thirds of the land included, the Coop felt that it was not needed in that part of the proposition.
 John Hellanthal, appeared as Attorney for the incorporators, and Edward Davis for the Coop. Judge Dinond reserved time for the deci sion on the application and can set the boundries where he thinks they should be.
The Valley settler., 1950-09-29

ARE YOU INTERESTED There are few in Palmer who would like to organize 9 homemakers club. Their :" particular interest is crafts. Those in terested contact 'ary Lou Lashbrook or Helen Critics.
The Valley settler., 1950-09-29
PPiCE CHANGES

Effective October lst the price of eggs to tile producer will be raised 5e on extra-large, large and medium eggs. On the retail delivery route the price of mi lk will be raised from 35t to 4Ot per quart, also effective October lst and ti accafter.
 4S4st 22<<22%+ ".
The Valley settler., 1950-09-29

y pictures.
 RANCE ELECTS OFFiCERS The Northland Pioneer. Grange had it's re- gular meeting and election of officers on Thursday evening of this week. Officers elected for the coming year were as follows:
 Worthy Master - William Hoskins Overseer Ralph Dye Lecturer Wanda Wilson Steward Bruce Graham Chaplain Vera Rorri son Treasurer Tom Lepak Gate Keeper Dee Johanson Ceres Lillian Loberg Flora Harriet Bell Pomona Marne. Hanks Lady Asst. Steward Karla Duff Pianist Carol Stephan Ex. Comm. } yr. Term Gene Kirsch Ex. Comm. l VT. Term Herb Holstein Out of the sixteen officers elected there were only eight new ones, the remaining eight were reel ec ted to their original office.
 PPiCE CHANGES Effective October 1st the price of eggs to tie producer will be raised 5t on extra-large, large and medium eggs.