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Evening star., 1950-08-01
David HI. Weisgarber.
Another Pearl Hurbor?

Because I am sure Secretary Acheson
will not do it, and because it probably
would not occur to the military, trust
you will allow me to call to the attention
of Mr.. Truman:
/. History would indicate that Mr.
Malik is about to resume Russia's phoney
peace offensive in the Security Council
of the United Nations.
2. Presumably. the U. N. (American)
forces will be pushed into Pusan by
that time.
3. Again presumably, an American
fleet will be concentrated off Pusan to
either (a) support the ground forces
with ship fire or (b) cover and remove
the ground forces.
4. December 7, 1941, while the Envoy
Extraordinary of Japan, Kurusu, was
talking peace at the White House, clus-
tered American fleet was being sent to
The bottom of Pearl Harbor. =.
OF course, there is difference There
is American alertness this time. We hope.
Yet the analogy of circumstances can
not be escaped.
Observer.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
VHtory's Hand

All lovers of classical art will be interested in
the news that the right hand and finger of
the Winged Victory of Samothrace have been
found. American archaeologiSts under the lead
erShp of Karl lehman of New York University
have been digging for the lost portions of the
famous statue on the island in the North Aegean
Sea which its home. They have reported
to the authorities of the Louvre in Paris Gus
todians of the effigy, that they have retrieved
the parts mentioned The hand they have un-
earthed is open-whch means that the original
figure did not hold anything. If only because
the theories of reconstructionsts thus are dis
posed of, the find is important.
Those who believed that the Nike offered
triumphal SYMBOL trumpet or crown-may
have underestimated the subtlety of the Greeks.
The unknown sculptor who carved the statue
for DemetriuS PoliorceteS about 305 B. c. could
have been as obvious in his deology as the
theorists of later times wished him to be. In
stead, he now is shown to have given his Victory
the mystic quality of contradiction. She per-
soni1ed conquest but the achievements she be-
tokened were not conclusive or final. Demetrius
himself was proof of the frequently ephemeral
nature of armed accomplishment. He was a
"taker of cities' victor over Ptolemy on the
sea- the conqueror of Cyprus and the master of
Athens Yet he died in defeat and exile. Plu-
tarch compared him with Mark Antony, and his
career contains points of resemblance to Ma
poleon and Hitler.
1t is hoped that the excavations at Samos
will bring to light the other missing portions of
tie statue. If So the whole riddle can be read
and people will know exactly what Demetrius
and his sculptor intended. The ef1gy has been
q subject of discussion ever since the headless
al arn1less ruin of it was recovered in 1868.
s. beautiful, so memorable is the part familiar
to the world public that, even in it's battered
state it has been one of the great treasures of
mankind 1t will be no less admired if the miss
ing pieces are located.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
1t Must Be Cut-No Matter How

The Senate is expected to begin voting to-
morrow on at least two proposals to cut the big
omnibus appropriation bill of $34.6 billion.
One of these, the Byrd Bridges amendment.
would slice fiat 10 per cent off all appropriations
except those for the military, postal service,
veterans and such fixed charges as interest on
the public debt
The other proposal, by Senator Douglas of
Illinois, would reduce public works appropriations
by half billion dollars and make like reduc-
tion in personnel and travel allowances-without
touching military and some other appropriations
Now comes the House Appropriations Com
mittee, armed with bipartisan resolution it
adopted yesterday to review all the items in the
omnibus bill-already passed by the House-and
to make reductions in all non-military items. In
passing this same bill, the House added two
amendments which would accomplish substan-
TALLY the same thing as the Bridges amend
ment, but by another method.
The House committee resolution adopted
yesterday may be designed to prevent Senate
adoption of some of the fiat cuts sponsored by
Senators Byrd, Bridges and Douglas. It may be
q strategic move by the House committee in
preparation for conference with the Senate on
the omnibus bill.
Regardless of motives and maneuverS, how
ever, it is plain that Congress must make
substantial reduction in an appropriation bill
that was prepared long before we became en-
broiled in Korea. Military and foreign aid
appropriations that have been recommended
since we became involved in Korea, or which are
now in prospect, may reach as much as $40
billion for this current fiscal year. Only part
of that sum can be produced by new taxes. The
rest must come from reducing domestic, non
military appropriations.
If such reductions are not decided upon
Immediately, we shall be facing domestic
crisis fully as dangerous to our we'll being as
those we face on foreign battlefelds. Stringent
economy is no longer merely advisable 1t is
= grave necessity.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Boy Alone

A summer afternoon When fish decline
To take the angleDornr lad has
thro1O1t
To them affords him hours of diuine
Untroubled idlenesS: boy alone
Beside the toater's edge except for some
Stray tern or kingfsher, ,0ith nothing
more
To do than match his floating cork, can
come
Closer to being himself than eper
before
Or dfterUard, unless the hour returns.
For, surely as he peers into the stream.
He looks into his being. and diScerns
What he must loue or hate, his dearest
dream,
His faiths and corage-and is happy
tChether
1t Is or isn't good fsh-biting Deother.
ELAINE v. EMANS
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Changing the World
Patient.

I agree with your correspondent
r. E. w. Defeating Communists in battle
is one thing. Defeating communism is
another Battles may be won by methods
of impulsive haste, but the reform of
perverted way of life requires study
patient endurance, and the active CO.
operation of all the people in the world
who believe. in God.
We, the so-called little people who arc
living ordinary. unpretentious lives. have
job to- do. The prevention of internal
collapse within our Nation rests with U.s.
We do not need personal wealth. social
prestige or political influence to embrace
this challenge. We need faith, hope
charity. We need to act as individuals
in carrying out crusade of prayer for
ourselves, our Nation, other nations
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Americas Atomic Arsenal

The Atomic Energy Commissions latest
semi-annual report to Congress covers a wide
field Of significant operations, but its chief point
of interest in these critical times rests in what
1t has to say about our arsenal of A-weapons
The Acc is definitely reassuring on that score.
Thus, though using guarded language the
report makes clear that within the past six
months our atomic production besides being less
expensive than ever before in unit costs. has been
proceeding at the fastest and highest rate since
the start of the project. 1t makes clear too, that
work on the hydrogen bomb is already under way
and that promising new raw-materials sources
are being developed for Aweapons in general
In addition to dwelling at special length on
the Aces success in safeguarding against the
dangers OF radiation, the report also deals with
such other significant subjects as progress in de-
Veloping an atomic submarine engine and the
possibility of using radioactive by-products for
Pathological warfare-a type of warfare in which
the weapon would not be an exploding bomb but
silent super destroyer, an invisible mist dust,
spray, that could not be detected by the human
senses. Apparently however, that particular
kind of killer is still in the realm of theory like
the hydrogen bomb
But there is nothing theoretical about our
regular A-weaponS. They exist, and if the Acc
report hints at anything at all, it hints at the
idea that we have them in variety and formidable
numbers. In this connection, two facts are worth
recalling: Cd That they have been officially des-
crbed, in earlier reports, as having become sub
stantially" more destructive, and (2) that De-
fense Secretary Johnson has spoken of them as
things that can be used for tactical as we'll as
strategical purposes.
The United States and its allies can draw
fairly encouraging conclusion from all this AL
though the Russians achieved an atomic ex-
ploson last year, and although they presumably
are working on the H-bomb, our own position in
this grim f1eld-judging from the Acc report
continues in all likelihood, to be far ahead of
theirs 1t is probably because of that consider
ation and only because of it-as Winston Church
hill has repeatedly said-that they have not long
since overrun the whole of Europe. 1t is the one
thing that can restrain them now, If anything
can.
In Hollywood sleepy city fireman jumped
for the brass pole and missed. Sounds like the
good old U. s. A. at the first call to arms
Evening star., 1950-08-01

and end by regarding him as one OF
the great ornaments of their neigh
borhood.
So roll over, and forget about him.
After year or two, you will find him
what he has been all the time. wonder
full musician.
It's just like that first time you heard
a symphony, remember?
1t didn't make any sense, you said.
You couldn't make heads or tails of it,
You couldn't understand it, You said
that feelingly. as if somehow to be able
to understand" thing somehow made
it better.
Well, the home mockingbird is the
same.
He cuts loose in the day time, and you
listen with pleasure, if you have just
moved from the city.
But when he tunes up at night, you
want to throw something at him.
Others are similarly disturbed by tree
frogs, or even the lusty robin on rainy
day.
All Of these sounds, and scores more,
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Yesterdays Treason"

AS Southerner. though of loyal ante
cedents, say: Why not bury the mummy
Of the Southern Confederacy?
Practically every time I've walked into
the gotunda of the Capitol, my eyes have
been smitten with the slightly ludicrous
sight of sentimental funeral wreaths
placed at the feet of the statues of jeff
Davis and "Marse" Robert E. Lee-them-
selves little out of place in this august
hall of fame. for after all they did take
up arms against the Government of the
United States.
But yesterdays treason seems to be-
come mellowly respectable with the pas
sage of time. The top Communists now
serving prison sentences-50 or 100 years
from now. will their statues grace the
Capitol building?
David H. Weissarber
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Citys War on VD Enters Crucial Stoqe

Syphilis in it's later stages, however,
presents more difficult problem. Skin
eruptionS and other symptoms are warn
ing signs in the early stages. But after
three to six months these symptoms dis
appear, and If treatment is put off, the
disease may strike the vital centers,
causing blindness, mental disorder or
death. The testing by the Howard stu
dents is aimed primarily at latent syph-
Ills, which is beginning to reach peak
four years after the peak for the early
stages. Unchecked syphilis in the late
stages is killing Is persons year here.
The VD rate in the District is about
the same as in other large cities. The
New York health department., however,
reports that gonorrhea has been reduced
to the point where it is no longer a
major public health problem. The same
isn't true here. Last year 16,010 Wash
ingtonians had gonorrhea. If the pres
ent trend continues, this years total
should drop to 10000.
The reasons for the greater success in
New York are unclear. It may be that
lot of people in New York just aren't
showing up at health centers for treat
ment Of gonorrhea. reducing the rate of
reported cases.
When the war against VD begins to go
well, then it is time for a redoubling of
efforts. AS conditions improve, COM
placency tends to creep in. The bureaus
anti-VD campaign uses pamphlets, spe-
cial recordings-even question land
answer records on juke boxes-to ex-
plain that even though VD can be cured
quickly. it is as dangerous as ever If it
goes untreated.
Once a man or woman has blood
test, and treatment If it is needed, his or
her venereal disease problem is ended
for the time being, at least. The job
then is to track down others whom the
patient may have infected. Sometimes
the number runs into dozens. A large
part Of the bureaus work consists of
gathering case histories and finding
other infected persons.
This becomes more difficult when large
numbers of people move in and out of
the city. which is one reason why DR..
Taggart's optimism over the present sit
uation is combined with apprehension
for the future.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

cure them. This summer, Washington
took the lead nationally in this respect.
Under DR.. Taggart's direction, 10 How
ard University medical students are con-
Quoting house house canvass of the
areas where the VD rate is greatest.
This is a summer vacation job for
these students. They say they are re-
ceiving full cooperation from Washing
ton families. Their biggest problem is
not getting into the homes, but getting
out. Every one has questions about VD
They are obtaining blood samples from
more than 400 persons day.
Because Of measures like this there
were only 507 reported new cases of
syphilis last year. In the peak year of
1946, the number was 1902.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Warning Necessary?

Recently certain magazines and news
papers have run articles and news stories
regarding the results of research on the
use of tobacco as being possible con-
tributing factor in the development of
certain types of cancer.
Despite contradictions of a question
able nature, there is mounting proof
that users of tobacco are more likely to
acquire cancer than abstainers. Should
further research definitely prove that
individuals can acquire cancer from the
use of tobacco, the Government would
do well to consider the initiation of leg
islation requiring that tobacco products
for human use be labeled "Caution-The
use Tor excessive use"l of this article
may cause cancer. See your physician
regularly
Dr
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Visitor

After beautiful 80 days trip through
the United States. am to leave. I'll be
back in Paris by the time this is printed.
Everybody will ask me: What about
the United States of American" So I'll
describe the sightseeing I so much en-
joyed. Natural beauties: Niagara Falls,
Rocky Mountains, Salt Lake, California
gardens; cities-wonderful New Yorks
skyline-huge Chicago. rejecting in Lake
Michigan-lovely San Francisco-lively
Los Angeles-and. most attractive of all,
Washington, D. c. I'll talk about your
high standard Of living-so many work.
mems cars to be seen around the plants,
nice houses standing on the grass. People
look healthy and happy. Most of the
women are pretty and smart, United
States citizens are awfully kind to
French travellers. They say, "You are
welcome" with the most charming
smile.
For this last month I have felt tina:
your country and France though far
apart in distance, are close. Why? Be-
cause both of our nations are in love
with freedom. that freedom which La
fayette (whose family my husband hap
pens to belong to- helped you to gain
the same freedom that General
Pershing and General Eisenhower helped
us to regain.
Now this beloved freedom is threat
ened, for both you and France, by the
huge Soviet's imperialism, which tries to
overwhelm part of the world. Against
this your valiant soldiers are fighting in
Korea. Against this. the best of our army
has been struggling in Indo-China for
five years.
Uncle Joe, Uncle Ho, Mao Use Tung,
Kim II Sung-they are all the same. 1t
is just one snake with many heads.
The only way to win is in union.
United we stand, divided we fall" I
am struck with this unity of yours. 1t
is pity to see European countries, such
as England or Belgium, half and half
divided: Right Wing against Left Wing
Maybe you believe France is divided in
the same way. 1t is not true. Between
old-faShloned conservatism and the
Third Force Party (Which wants moth
ing to be changed) and Thorez'S Com
munist Party (Which numbers about
100000 members among the IL million
of the working class) there is the most
important RIPE. French Peoples Rally
gathering General de Gaulle's many
supporters.
The French people are longing for
stability and union. We want '1e gouv
ernement du peuple, par lie peuple ct
pour lie peuple,' as it was said by Lincoln.
That will be guarantee of peace for
Western Europe.
We are part of your own world
thanks to General Marshalls plan which
so much contributes to help us to recover
from World War II. You may be sure
that French minds are made up to do
Evening star., 1950-08-01

were in the Capital of the Nation, but thew will
not be secondary or inconsequential.
OF course, DR.. Rustin will keep his contacts
here. He is not deserting Washington. There
Will be many occasions when he will return to
preach in his old pulpit. Meanwhile, his influence
will spread in the Methodist branch of the
Christian fellowship Thus even though his
friends here do. not see him as frequently as
formerly he still will be with them. The ties of
the past decade and half will remain unbroken.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

even our enemies. We must reinforce
this crusade of prayer with the living
Of our religious beliefs. The goddess of
the world are terrified by the fear that
someday all of those who believe in God
will wake up and start living their beliefs.
We. the, people, can change the world.
We can do it as individuals. each in his
own particular state of life.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question of fact by either writing The
NV, Washington s. D. c.. and incosnE cents
return postage, or by telephonlnE ST. 500O
Extension BIS.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Turn About

The other members of the United Ma
tions should walk out on Malik as he
walked out on them. The Kremlin's only
interest is to dominate and control the
world by communism.
If Russia is interested in peace, let
Russia prove it by calling off the Com
munists they have all over the world.
Let Russia mind her own business and
stay in Russia and build for peace.
George p. Rate.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What was the source of Cecil
Rhodes fortune? When were the Rhodes
Scholarships established?-E. E.
A. Rhodes accumulated a vast fortune
in the diamond mines of South Africa.
During most of his life he was obseSsed
with the idea of promoting closer union
among the English-speaking nations. and
between the ages of "a and 46 he made
seven wills all dealing with the same
subject. The Rhodes Scholarships went
into effect in 1904, two years after
Rhodes death.
@. Please give some information about
finger painting.-M. w.
A. Finger painting is one of the SIM
plest forms of art. A finger painter uses
a tube or jar of rather thick paint and
SmearS the paint on paper with the
fingers. The kinds of pictures which can
be made with finger painting are linn
tied. The lines are too wide to allow
much detail. But finger painter can
make good pictures of the. ocean, Of
clouds and of landscapes. He can also
make simple designs.
@. What is the story connected with
Brides Brook, in Connecticut?-R. OH.
A. According to tradition, Brides
Brook commemorated marriage cere-
mony performed there in the winter of
1646-47, when Governor Winthrop, who
had no jurisdiction outside New London,
stood on the eastern bank of the swollen
stream and united in marriage couple
standing on the opposite bank. The le-
gality of the brook boundary was later
questioned and the boundary was moved
east to the Mantle River
Evening star., 1950-08-01

Wnat is TO be done to keep our inde-
pendence. The Atlantic Pact must be-
come mighty reality.
Bernadette de Meaux
Town Councillor in Gadancourt-
Siene ct Disc, France.
Geography
In an article in The Stars Sunday
Editorial Section Secretary of State
Acheson was quoted as referring to
Korea as an island Should we not
place among the secretary's advisers an
expert on geography-one who knows
the difference between an island and a
peninsula?
Baff1ed Citizen.
Editors Note-The Star apologies
for an unpardonable slip of the type
writer by the writer of the article and
for its failure to catch an obvious
error. It's apologies extend to Mr..
Acheson, as well as to Baffled Citizen
and other readers)
Quiet Zone"
After two weeks in Doctors Hospital,
located on street, NV, between Eight
eenth and Nineteenth. am about con-
vinced that this is the noisiest block in
the city. Some barely legible signs along
the sidewalk whisper, Zone of Quiet.
All Unnecessary Noises Prohibited"
Some of the city's most heavily loaded
buses roar Immediately beneath the win
dows of the hospital without cease. Mo-
torists on heavily travelled I street race
their motors and blast their horns for
the Eighteenth and Nineteenth street
intersections with unrestricted abandon
At rush hours, policemen come to the
intersections to add their screeching
whistles to the bedlam.
do not know if the hospital authori-
ties have ever tried to have noise abate-
ment enforced in the area. But it would
appear to be the responsibility of the
police to make certain that more effec-
tive Quiet Zone" signs are placed in
this block and to press noise abate-
ment campaign until the street is reason
ably quiet. Further, the possibility of
rerouting the buslineS should be con-
sidered, at least.
This situation may be true in other
hospital areas in Washington and, if so.
I believe it would be worthwhile cam
paign for newspaper to uncover such
unnecessary impositions on the sick and
injured. who are trying to rest in the
hospitals.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
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what is to be done to keep our inde-
pendence. The Atlantic Pact must be-
come a mighty reality.
Bernadette de Meaux.
Town Councillor in Gadancourt-
Siene ct Disc, France.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

In Hollywood, sleepy city fireman jumped
for the brass pole and missed. Sounds like the
good old U. s. A. at the first call to arms.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

r. L. b.
Evening star., 1950-09-20

in which the case is pushed from
bureaucrat to bureaucrat, with 9
disposition finally coming from Q
pair of old codgers who sit in q
garret and play darts to deter
mine ministerial decision.
While all this is going on,
enough sub-plot for six films is
being kicked around with wil6
abandon. After a while you stor
worrying about who is chasing
whom and with what right. II
doesn't seem to matter much to
any one in Clochemerle. Good
taste or respectability don't seem
to be much in demand around
here. There's enough genuine Gal
lie satire. though, that you can
forgive the. Pix film some of Its
lapses in taste. just don't take
junior.
/, The cast of "A French Scandal
is well practiced in French ef-
fusiveness and the splutterins
emotion. The men seem to have
been chosen because the funniest
looking collection in q long time
was wanted and the choice has
been excellent. OF the women
Cri-Cri Muller and Simone
Michels are torrid, Maximilienne
is a fine old busybody different
type) and Jane Marken represents
the aristocracy efficiently.
This affairs would be q lot fun
nier If 1t didn't diffuse itself over
so many different incidents that
have little connection with its
main business, but it still is good
for ribald laugh or two or three