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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Chinese Communism

MY attention has been called to an
article in your issue of August 6 date
lined London, signed by O. M. Green
and credited to the London Observer
Foreign News Service.
AS a business man who is still oper-
ating a business in Communist China,
I was amazed at what this article states
is the situation in China today. 1t seems
to bear no more relation to the reality
as I know it, than do Mr.. Malik's dia-
tribes about the oppression Of the
workers in this country. Apparently, the
writer of this article. whatever his back
ground may or may not be. has relied
on items picked up from the Chinese
Communist Radio broadcasts. I receive
these broadcasts as monitored by our
own Central Intelligence Agency and
being based on them, as the writer
states.
At the end of his article Mr.. Green
says: "At least no effort should be
spared in trying to find out what Chi
nese communism really means and aims
at"
After 20 years of Chinese communism
in action in China and hundreds Of
thousands of words of official statements
by the Chinese Communist Politburo, 1t
would seem that any student of the
subject would long since have known,
as Mao Use tung has again and again
proclaimed, that the Chinese Commu-
mist Party is a loyal section of the Com
intern and an important arm Of the
Soviet revolution, as we will learn in
Korea when Soviet imperialism runs
short of North Koreans and has to put
Chinese Communist divisions into the
war.
Alfred Kohlberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Signal Corps Photo.

Corps, established only Is months ago.
In fact. 100 Navy doctors have been
loaned to the Air Force to meet this
need.
The present doctor procurement diff
culties are nothing new. In order to
draw more physicians from private prac-
tice, Congress since World War II has
granted those who volunteer a $100-a-
month bonus. This incidentally, also
applies to dentists.
Whatever additional means are neces-
sary to obtain doctors, one thing is GER
tain: American boys in uniform will
continue to get f1rst-rate medical care.
AS one high-ranking Army medical
doctors put it:
American servicemen have always had
the best medical care in the world. And
they will have it this time. Well get the
necessary doctors-you can be sure OF
that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12

According to a dispatch from London,
the Moscow radio has announced new
invention TO the world. Prof. Nikolai
Vekhov told Moscow radio reporter
about a development of trees that
grow twice as fast as usual and yield
four times as much wood.
It seems to me that this would have
been the time for him to tell the world
about the huge animals the Russians
are raising. They have sired the biggest
bull in the history Of the world. and
can throw him farther than anybody
else. Why brag about the flora and
slight the fauna?
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Informa-
ton Bureau, 1900 Eye street NV, WASHINGTON
5, D. c. Please enclose three 81 cents Tor
return postage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12

A pseudonyn, Is permissible only
aUhen letter carries correct name
and address of ariter. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12

admired by millions Of common people
In both North and South Korea. E.
Henry C. DeYoung, Phi. d.
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

NC uScu dSd1IloI A1oCNOo CAioO navy w
come resistant to DDT?-V. A. E.
A. There are several new insecticides
among them chlordane, that can be
used.
Q. How many different types and
what kind of ship life preservers are in
use by the United States Navy?-E. K. /
A. The Department Of Defense says
that there are three types: The inher-s
emily buoyant jacket type, the inherently
buoyant yoke type, and the inf1ataole
vest type. The yoke type preserver is
used for assault landings. The Jacket
type and vest type life preservers are USED
by shipboard personnel, the type worn
depending upon the duties to be per-
formed.
@. Is 1t possible for people to smell
snakes and in that way know Of their
preSence?-J. P.
A. The odor Of a snake in the open Is
ordinarily not noticeable to human be-
ings. One species of garter snake has a
musk gland that during mating time
can be detected in confined space.
The dens of rattlesnakes emit an odor
which comes from the dried waste
matter. ?.
@. How many books are there in the
Koran?-J. E. >
A. In it's present form, the Koran in :
cludes ia chapters arranged generally
in order Of length, the longest book first /,
and the shortest at the end.
Evening star., 1950-06-02

been moving Thomas L. Stokes.
very swiftly in the past few DAYS
One thing is certain. The Ad-
ministration. judging from the
recent pronouncements of Secre-
tary Of State Dean Acheson and
President Truman, now has COM
mitted itself definitely to the po-
sition that the only way to peace
is through arms, which may be
the proper position.
Acheson Most Persuasive.
The Secretary Of State is most
persuasive in his exposition OF our
policy which has for its purpose
the solidarity of the Atlantic COM
munity, a common army and
navy. in effect. so that we may be
ready to stand together in any
eventuality to protect and save
our free Western society.
It Is based on what is regarded
as the mistake of our policy be-
fore the First and Second World
Wars, the theory now being that
If such a community of strength
had existed then, Germany would
not have dared to start a war.
Similarly. If we are now united
and strong in the West, the theory
is that Russia will not dare at
tack.
That appears sound logic. 1t is
argued effectively and calmly by
the Secretary.
President Truman is not so
calm. He comes along in his mes
sage to Congress asking for 81 bill
lion. 222 millions for arms for
Europe with this bristling dag
nosis of Russia:
'"The Soviet Union has dedi-
Gated itself to the destruction Of
democracy and everything it rep
resents and is waging a grim
struggle to make the entire world
slave. No nation can be neutral,
for a serious outbreak anywhere
on earth inevitably affects every
one"
That is the severest indictment
yet made by our President, and is
indeed strong language from a
President of the United States
about another nation. It is vir-
tually an invitation to choose up
sides.
We must take 1t on faith that
the President knows what he is
talking about.
Is Something Missing?
Is it proper to ask If there is
something missing In all that has
been going on here recently?
To ask whether it could be ex-
pected that our nation. which can
Evening star., 1950-06-02

Persian for Persians makes sense
But II Random House is going 70
bring 1t out. or Macmillan. Little
Brown or Alfred A. Knopf. then
please let's have all the words In
English.
As soon as ! get around to IT,.
I am going to buy the best seller
In Sanskrit. I want to see II the
Katherine Winsor Of that Ian
guase explains TO her Sanskrit
readers such American words as
double matted" you send me. :"
and hot dog"
II ! find that such words exist
in Sanskrit, therell be only one
thing for me to do-come around
and apologize personally to each
and every one Of you for having
written this column.
And that will be fun. If you
happen to care for a shopper. ="
Evening star., 1950-06-02

clauses, split henry McLemere.
infinitives and mispelled words.
II you are q constant reader Of
this column you had better be
glad that I speak no foreign Ian
guages. When 60 into q drug
store in Istanbul. I'll write about
going into a drug store in Istan-
bul. will not confuse you by
using the Turkish word for drug
store. and placing it In italics to
add to your confusion.
How many times have you and
I read stories where the author
is so anxious to show of his
knowledge Of the country he is
in that he uses words which you
and I don't know anything about?
would like to give you a few
examples of this unpleasant sort
of reading.
Bombay-I was walking down
the street today when I was over
come by "muska."
Rio de Janeiro-One Of the
most delightful things to be seen
in this very delightful city Is "rem-
ington."
Berlin-There was a moment
when I believed that I was near
death. From out Of nowhere came
a "droshka," q "sneevicki" and
a "thrup."
Why don't these writer's write
completely in the language Of the
country they are in, or write in
the language of their own
country?
Hardly Worth Effort.
The few little bits OF informa-
tion you get from such writer's is
hardly worth the effort required
to go to the dictionary to find out
what they are talking about.
When I read q story. I don't want
to have to stop every minute I
am reading to find out what the
author is talking about. If one of
the characters in the story pops
aboard q horse and buggy, for
goodness sake let the author call
it a horse and buggy. and not what
a horse and buggy is known as in
Tibet.
II the hero Of a story is run over
BY an avalanche. then let the
author say he was run over by an
avalanche. and not substitute the
Persian word for avalanche.
wouldn't fuss at an author
who used Persian words In q book
written and designed to be sold
In Persia. To write q book in
Evening star., 1950-06-02

brought them to bear on Nc
Carthyism. a strong and cleans
ing wind seemed to blow through,
the historic chamber.
Silences Colleagues.
It sobered and silenced her COL
leagues, both Democrats and Re-
publicans, including Senator Nc.
Carthy, who shielded his face with
his hand. When she had finished
her Declaration of Conscience,
Senator Lehman of New York de.
clared in a matching burst of can
dor: This should have been saic
a long time ago."
That it was not said sooner il
a reflection of the intellectual anC
moral confusion existing here
since Alger Hiss was convicted.
The Hiss case has seemed tt
paralyze the Democrats faith II
themselves, in their own officials
and In the fairness of the Ameri.
can people. Weeks heightened into
months and they did not defent
their own Secretary of State from
the floor. ... .---.-r
The long frustrated Republi-
cans have ignored every implica-
ton Of McCarthyism in their hope
that the gambler from Wisconsin
would bring in his long shot, an.
other Hiss case. Influential Sen.
ators, including Taft, privately
encouraged him while keeping 8
pious distance from his ways anc
means.
Mrs. Smith stepped into thi.
vacuum of leadership with sterr
reminder of the Senate's duty Il
keep it's own house clean. It was q
bold step for her to take. She /!
a woman, a freshman and one o.
that small band of COP liberals
who do not now control her party
She is, however. the same woman
who left safe House seat ant
rlSked nght with a Governor
and former Governor to enter thu
Senate.
Got Under Senator's Skins.
Senators agreed that she 60
under their skin. interestingly
because there was nothing soft
sentimental or what people lik,
to call feminine" about her ap'
proach-they attributed the powe,
of her appeal to the fact that i
was in character with woman!
role In life. She wants to protec
the country and keep out the evi
influences as women do in thei
homes, one said.
Another hard-shelled veteran
said he hadn't felt so rebuket
since he was in college and hi
mother took him to task for SOW.
ing some wild oats. He felt sure
Evening star., 1950-06-02
This Changing World
Tydings, Mcmahon Quiz FBI Officials
On Evidence Taken in Amerasia Case

some parts of the digest which the
FBI had prepared for his COM
mittee.
1t Is possible that the Maryland
Senator was engaging In similar
wishful thinking when he de-
scribed the Amerasia papers as
teacup gossip-trivial and unim-
portant Senator Hickenlooper
once more contradicted him factu-
ally by listing four top secret
documents and one which was "for
the eyes only"
This time. however, Senator
Tydings' statement is supported
by James M. McInerney. head of
the criminal division Of the Justice
Department, who, it is said. denies
the existence of these highly in
eliminating papers.
To Amplify Statements.
Senator Hickenlooper will re-
turn from Iowa next Tuesday,
and once more will attend reg
ularly the committee meetings. He
is expected to clear up the whole
thing and will amplify his state
ments about the existence of these
mysterious documents. adding a
number of others to the list.
These contradictory statements
from committee members who
have equal opportunities to see
Government files are no help to
the public in understanding the
situation clearly. It is true that
this is an election year in which
two Democratic members of the
committee and one Republican
are involved in contests. And
while a certain amount of parti-
sanship is inevitable, fragrant con-
tradictions over things which are
down in black and white only
increase the public's suspicion
that some whitewashing is being
done.
Last week the Tydings commit
tee decided to hear the story of
William j. Donovan, former head
Of OSS, as to what he knew about
the Amerasia case and others in
volving espionage against the Gov
ernment. Instead Of calling him
before the committee and giving
him the immunity of a witness,
the subcommittee chairman de-
cided to send two of his investi-
gators to New York to take Mr..
Donovan's deposition on a number
Of questions drafted by the sub
committee counsel himself.
That testimony necessarily was
limited to the questions asked OF
the OSS chief after consultation
between the subcommittee's coun-
sci and the Democratic members
then in Washington. Moreover,
since he made the deposition to
the committee investigators, it is
doubtful whether he enjoyed the
usual immunity of a witness un-
der oath. Hence. Mr.. Donovan's S
deposition does not cover the
whole field Of his vast experience
In the case.
In all likelihood. the Republi-
can members will refuse to ac-
cept this deposition and will in
sist that Mr.. Donovan be called
to testify in executive session un-
der oath.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Colleagues Sobered
Margaret Chase Smith Calls to Order
Little Wanton Boys of u. S. Senate

every man who heard it was
deeply touched.
Several Senators asked who
wrote her speech. The answer Is
she wrote it. For a long time she
has been unhappy about the Nc
Carthy developments and medi-
tating over speaking out.
The six Republicans who added
their names to her declaration
are pioneers in American politics
Senators Tobey, Aiken. Morse
Ives, Thye and Hendrickson are
SO well adjusted. so sure Of them.
selves; they were able gracefully
to follow a woman's leadership
on a major issue.
Mrs. Smiths course Is probably
practical politics for her since
she Is what she is. She cannot
fit into the conservative leader
ship, the Eisenhower Smith ticket
being plugged by her admirers Is
her best bet.
Her sense of timing, so impor-
tant to a politician, looks good
At home people are getting fed
UP with Senator Mccarthy. Mrs.
Smith herself departs this week
on her first international assign
ment, a UNESCO meeting In
Italy. She will arrive there with
added prestige, a spokesman for
the best in the American way
of life we are trying to sell the
world.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Minimum Wage Board
Gets New Chuirmun

The Commissioners yesterday
accepted the resignation Of Mrs
Sarah Pratt Atwood as chairman
Of the Minimum Wage and In.
dustrial Safety Board. =.
They appointed Mrs. Charles
Weston, 4345 Hawthorne street
NV, to fill Mrs. Atwood's un.
expired term. ending January /
1852. Mrs. Weston has been active
in the League Of Women Voters
here.
Mrs. Atwood was appointed q
member Of the wage board De-
cember /, 1912.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Is Something Missing?
American People Seen Bewildered
By Peace Through Arms Commitment

have. the strongest influence in
the world for peace, should create
an atmosphere in which all doors
would be left open so that it
could exercise its leadership for
peace, rather than calling names
and seeking to line the world up
and putting entire emphasis on
arms as the way to peace?
Is this the way to build up our
moral influence in the world?
Is this the role to assume to win
friends among the peoples of the
world to our side? It is not like us
1t is interesting, and in a way
curious. that the noisy alarms are
coming from the civilian side o1
our government, while it is from
a soldier that there comes the wise
and moderate counsel reminding u.
OF our responsibility for peace ir
the world. Knowing the man, who
knows modern war, it is not, how
ever. surprising.
In an unusual Memorial Day
address here, Gen. George Mar.
shall warned us against the sur.
render of "our leadership in the
fight for peace" While he sale
that we must not, "as in the past
render ourselves impotent, an in.
vitation to the ruthless aggres.
sor," he added:
Also. we should not place com.
plete dependence on military ano
material power"
1--WE have before u.s." he said
"the greatest test ever faced by
any generation of men in the fight
to preserve peace. War, say
again. is no longer just an evil
In this age, 1t seems intolerable.
Evening star., 1950-06-02

! u "
spectacular espionage network
was within the law, insofar as the
Federal Bureau of Investigation is
concerned.
Details Of the lengthy exami-
nation Of the FBI officials are not
available at present and are un-
likely to be released to the public
soon. But, according to reliable
reports, they have impressed the
Senators who were present.
Further developments are ex-
pected next week when Senators
Lodge and Green. who are still in
Europe, will return to Washington.
Senator Hickenlooper also will be
back from Iowa.
Disturbed by Leak"
The Maryland and Connecticut
Senators are said to have been
greatly disturbed because of the
leak" from Senator Hickenlooper
regarding five vital documents
which he alleges exist among the
papers found in the offices Of
Amerasia magazine and in the
apartments Of some of the men
involved.
Senator Hickenlooper's disclos-
ures were considered "unfortu-
nate" by Chairman Tydings, who
had stated only 48 hours earlier
that SO per cent Of the stolen
papers-which were taken back
from Amerasia by OSS agents
were trivial and unimportant."
From the start Of the spectacu-
lar investigation Senator Tydings
has played in bad luck. Soon after
he gave public assurance to Prof.
Owen baltimore that the reading
Of FBI data by him and three Of
his colleagues had put him in the
clear" Senator Hickenlooper re-
torted that any conclusion that
the FBI files absolved Mr.. Latti-
more was "unwarranted."
Senator Lodge Joined in i'm
mediately by saying that he had
authorized nobody to speak for
him, while Senator Tydings' two
Democratic colleagues in the COM
mittee made no comment.
The consensus of those inter-
ested in the case was that Senator
Tydings, carried away by his en-
thusiasm for the Baltimore pro-
fessor, had engaged in some wish
full thinking and had exaggerated
Evening star., 1950-06-02

security were
called to order
yesterday by
the only woman
Senator, Mar
garet Ch a s e
Smith.
Mrs. Smith is
not a great ora
tor and sh e
coins no catchy
phrases. Her
W e a p o n s are
candor. hon
esty and COM
m on S e n S e.
WY
Evening star., 1950-06-02

40 ~ WV IA VV
for a layman
to think out
loud, to express
his confusion
and bewilder-
ment? Is 1t i'm
pertinent to as
sumo that may
be he expresses
the confusion
and bewilder-
ment of many
others in the
country?
Events have
Evening star., 1950-06-02

happy on the
three or four
m o nth trip
abroad which I
am now begin
ming.
I speak no
| |foreig lam
guage whatso-
ever. The little
stories that I
send back viii
be written in
American, well
d o t ted with
d n n z l 1 n q
clauses. split
Evening star., 1950-06-02

| dmgS SuDcom-
mittee, consist
ing only of the
| chairman him.
| self and Sena-
| tor Mcmahon,
| to testify in the
| Amerasia case.
Both men are
r liza b ly re-
ported to have
informed tn e
C o m m / t tie e
members t h a t
tn e gathering
of evid e n c e
q oinef that
Evening star., 1950-06-02
By Doris FIeeson

II haze Dentured like little
1Ddntot boys that siDim on blad-
derS this many summers In d
sea OF glory but far beyond my
depth."
Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII.
The little wanton boys Of the
United States Senate who have
ventured these many months
to play politics with national
Evening star., 1950-06-02
By Constantine Bro,Cn

Louis B. Nichols and D. Milton
Ladd. assistants to FBI Director j.
Edgar Hoover. appeared last We'd
nesday before the skeletonized Ty-
Evening star., 1950-06-02

Believe 1t or not. "mopper" is
SanSkrit for q tall, handsome and
rich fellow,
Distributed BY McNaneht syndicate. fnsp.
Evening star., 1950-06-02
|McLemore
Coils on Travellers
To Write in English
BIZ Henry MeLsmore

Are all Of you ready to be
happy?
hope so. because ! am going
TO do my very best to make you
Evening star., 1950-06-02
Bv Thomas L. Stokes

Dy NOWUS L. OEOReS =
What goes on around here is
puzzling and disturbing.
It is hard to try to think clearly
in the noisy talk of armaments.
Montana labor news., 1950-06-29
NAVY VET INVENTS
NEW BLOWTORCH

GARY, lnd.-lt begins to look
a. though Louis \. Fallieant. 81,
Chicago inventor, is well on his way
10 set the world on fire" with his
patented blowtorch. He began pro-
duction OF his new idea Tor a blow
torch in December, 1910 hy March.
1850, he was turning them ont at
the rate OF l,SW a day. BY the end
al the year he plans To have finished
a million blowtorches.
Falligant has long been rich in
ideas Tor inventions but low in the
wherewithal to put them into tangi-
Bile assets. This BIG idea came to
him while he was a welding officer
in the Navy at Puget Sound. He
knew he could produce a small, Con
v~enient bloMtorch that didn't have
TO be PINNED. 1t would use a throw
away fuel containcr and become a
randy tool Tor any household He
made one. 1t worked. 1t could even
>e used to completely %'deicathcr'
a fowl. He calls il "Prepo."
Mark Brown, vice president of the
Harris Trust Bank. Chicago, told
him the bank could not Use it,
money for ideas but recommended
him to an investor The latter be
came enthused with the idea. and,
in a short time. Falligant was IN
business as the Pressure Product,
Corp, with many employees and Al
busy production line, proving that
Inventions Build America and
Patents Make Jobs
Montana labor news., 1950-06-29
New Inventions Speed
Labor in Offices

Tndal.s business employee lives
in 4 mechanical Mecca. National
Patent Council reports.
An automatic lsier-opener opens
The morning mail The employer
cfll, his secretary uar the inter
niicc communication system. She
takes dictation ON her stereotype ma
chine. lranscribes il on her type
writer. and a special machine auto
matically seals and stamps the enyc-
lopc. When she catches up with her
work. She reaches Tor the voice re-
corder Tor assignments dictated
some hours earlier by her employer.
When She i out To lunch. an clec
TIC secretary answers the phone,
rttl~ oil a recorded message and
sives the caller 30 seconds to leave
his 0Wn Recorded message. then
tells him to call again ii he needs
more recording lime.
The accounting office tips up a
neat aud accurate column Of figures
on the automatic computing ma
chimes and makes entries with the
accounting machines-morc
than 100 entries per minute. BY a
new e~lectroYc c%onputcr. complex
mathematical problems are worked
ont 5000 times faster than the hui
man mind could solve them.
l.aborious filing methods are re-
placed by a microfilm system.
punohcard files. or the revolving
wheel file. Unnamed devices speed
Montana labor news., 1950-06-29

Mary NJ. UMollieO Drew filed a
nominating petition Tuesday seeking
reelection To the office oi Silver
Bow county auditor on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Miss Drew is the daughter of the
late Thomas and Kate Drew. She
was raised IN Butte and attended
local schools. She is a former mem
Der oi the clerks union and was
employed in the alteration depart
mcnt OF the Hcnnessy store until she
Was incapacitatcd by All injury sui
tered ~ years ago. For ~ years
prior to assuming office As auditor
she va, unable tn work. In seeking
reelection She pledges to continue
10 render the same courteous sery
ice As in the past and the slogan
fairness and courtesy to all Will
appear beneath her name on the
ballot. Miss Drew resides at POS
West Granite