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Evening star., 1950-11-11
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.

That is the great thing we owe real
poets .......
Edna Millay brought into our terrible
adult world a sense of wonder.
In her sonnets, especially. this seems
to be true. F. o. Matthiessen. poor fel-
low. thought she had not digested her
Keats, he said. -
Poetry. with Edna Millay, was not
thing of digestion.
Poetry, to her, was something to love,
to cherish, and to try to make better.
So believing, and SO doing, she made
her readers better, and left us with a
sense OF wonder we may renew any time
We chance upon lines of hers.
Prof. Matthiessen, in his Oxford Book
of American Verse" put in but eight
selections of hers. That is eight more
than most of us have in it.
The rest may be found in the treasure
house of many -colored glass left us by
this real poet Of our own terrible day
and age. Some of that terror is reflected
in her work, but above all shines the JOY
and happiness of the eternal child soul,
to which this age has been so frightfully
untrue.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Gondhi Had q Word for 1t

AS one OF Americas disenfranchised
residents Of the District Of Columbia
read with particular interest your ad-
mirable editorial of November 7. De-
spite my complete agreement with every
thing you say. found it somewhat
pathetic.
Is 1t not clear that the situation
OF us disfranchised victims of United
States despotism is in many ways SINH
lar to that of the American colonists
OF TITS? Is it not also clear that the
American Congress and people seem no
more disposed to right this wrong than
was the British Parliament of that time?
And does it not then follow that the
disfranchised citizens of the District of
Columbia will obtain their rights only
by following the example of the Ameri-
can colonists Of ITS and resorting to
direct action?
am not suggesting we of the District
should secede from the United States,
tempting. as this prospect seems to some.
I do however, believe that nothing short
of an act of civil disobedience on our
part will succeed in shocking our voting
countrymen into realizing the indignity
of our position and bring them to put
through constitutional amendment to
give us our rights. If this diagnosis is
correct, it would follow that The Star.
instead of reprinting its perennial appeal
for the franchise. would do better to
organize the citizens of the District in
order that they may carry out the neces-
sary rebellion"
What form should an act preferably
take? Why not raise the holy slogan of
our forefathers. mo taxation without
representation" If it was right for
them. it should be right for u.s. Each
courageous disfranchised citizen of the
District would then refuse to pay Federal
income tax until accorded that right of
Evening star., 1950-11-11
The Case Against Dr.. Seogrove

Those who have heard about or read of the
exploits of the noted Burma surgeon" DR..
Gordon S. Seagraye, will be relieved to learn
that he no longer faces the threat of death
for high treason" This grave charge was made
against him by the Burmese government last
summer after the American doctor and his
hospital had been in the center of a rebel up
rising by Karen tribesrnen. DR.. Seagrave was
accused of taking part in the revolt
special tribunal, after three weeks Of
preliminary hearings, agreed that the charge
that the surgeon participated in the rebellion
could not be supported. However, the court
ordered DR.. Seagrave tried on three lesser counts
involving showing sympathy" toward the rebels
The maximum penalty on conviction of these
charges would be banishment from BURMA
severe punishment for one who has spent Is years
in Burma healing the sick and training natives
to be physicians
Dr. Seagrave pleaded innocent to the ap-
proved charges, all of which relate to incidents
which occurred while the Karen rebels were
camped in the front yard of his hospital at
Namkham. One charge alleges that Dr. Seagrave
entertained the rebel chief, another states that
he permitted the rebels to set up machine-gm
emplacements on the hospital grounds and a
third asserts that he gave the troops medical
supplies Defense counsel pointed out during the
hearings that DR.. Seagrave was unable to keep
the armed trbesmen out of the hospital and
grounds and that he gave them some supplies
only to prevent them from selling all of the
Evening star., 1950-11-11

During those three feverish days, Mr..
Muccio was tower of strength. He
steadied the bewildered Koreans, kept
his staff and the Americans in his care
on an even keel. dispatched prompt and
accurate evaluations of the situation to
Washington, and supervised the evacua-
,tion of 1000 people without. as he likes
to say, ''as much as bloody nose"
One of the staff recalls: HE was so
calm. we just didn't bother to worry"
For this performance under fire. for
valour and courageous devotion to duty"
as well as "for superlative diplomatic
Skill" Mr.. Muccio had the Medal of
Merit pinned on him by President Tru-
man on Wake Island on October Is. at
the historic meeting between the Presi-
dent and General Macarthur.
Mr.. Muccio warmed up on long series
of hot spots in preparation for this criti-
cal test. After his initial service in
Hamburg as vice counsel in 1924. he
Evening star., 1950-11-11
BY Mary McGrory

ON TUESDAY, November 7, a day of
~ high crisis on the international
scene and politically significant one at
home, President Truman took time out
to bid godspeed to an unpublicized
emissary who had already won his per
sonal appreciation" for "superlative dip
lomatic Skill"
While almost any American could tell
you who represents us in Luxembourg
for instance. very few could identify
our Ambassador to Korea, John j. Muc-
clio. regarded in the State Department
as one of its ablest and least-sung men.
A career diplomat whose rise in the
State Department is in the best tradition
of the American success story, Ambas-
sador Muccio, known to his friends as
"Mooch." has spent 27 of his so years
in the foreign service. A native of Italy.
and youngest of seven children, he
worked his way through Brown Univer-
sity with odd Jobs in cotton mills and
machine shops. He did brief stint as
census-taker He became naturalized
citizen upon graduation in 1921.
In direct contrast to the widespread
conception Of the "striped-pants" diplo-
mat. he Is an easy-going. direct. ex-
tremely unassuming man, who wears
bow ties and hat with upturned
brim. He drops the "g' in ling" words.
A much -sought-after bachelor. he has
reputation for never letting his con-
VITALITY interfere with a tremendous
capacity for hard work.
AS matter of fact, on the eve of the
Red through. he had been out
on an all-night poker session. He was
sleeping at 9:15 Sunday, June Is. when
the counselor, Everett F. Drumright,
called him on the telephone.
Brace yourself" said Mr. Drumright.
"The North Koreans have attacked all
along the line,
Let's get down to the Office" said
Mr.. Muccio.
He dressed hurriedly and raced to the
building which the Embassy Staff shared
with the ECA and the Joint Administra-
ton Services. He never left the office.
eating and sleeping there, until the next
Tuesday. Then. with four of his men,
he left for Suwon. He didn't know until
Wednesday that the Yanks were coming.
Evening star., 1950-11-11

voting for Federal Offices which the pay
ment of Federal taxes in a free country
presupposes. In order to show his good
will, and to differentiate himself from
vulgar tax-dodgers. he would. of course,
set aside the appropriate Federal tax
according to existing law and deposit
the sum in a special account to be turned
over to the United States Treasurer once
he has obtained full citizenship.
It seems to me that il The Star really
means business it ought to initiate and
captain some such movement. Until it
does. unhappy citizens may be pardoned
for reading its periodic plea rather with
rueful humor than with enthusiasm.
Edgar Ansel Mowrer.
editors Note: II Mr.. Mowrer cares
to serve as lead-off man in this expert
ment. The Star promises to report
fully how he makes out)
Evening star., 1950-11-11
lnsuring NutionoI Health

This election campaign proved liberal
Democrats regard the Truman Ewing
pork barrell compulsory health scheme as
the kiss Of death. They saw the bank
ruptcy of its fraudulent promises. They
realized it would deny doctor workers
the right to bargain collectively for fair
wages. fair work schedules and fair work.
ing conditions. They refused to make
doctor-workers the first indentured SER
wants OF bureaucratic Spoilsmen.
Now is the time for bipartisan unity
in providing solvent national health
security self-help insurance plan. It
should meet the urgent need of all tax
payers for low-cost. noncancellable pro-
lection against the bankrupting costs of
childbearing. catastrophe illness and
malignant disease.
The Truman-Ewing scheme failed be-
cause it lacked sound mathematics. We
now have the basic mathematics to pro-
vide solvent equation between nneasur-
able health risks and the fair cost of
insuring them. The missing key has
been provided by two local experts. Theo-
dore Wiprud and Isidore Altman AS a
joint research project of organized medi-
cine and the United States Public Health
Service, these experts analyzed the COM
plete costs of acute hospitalized illness.
Their authoritative article appears in the
Journal of the ANA. Pertinent to the
solvent mathematics for insuring acute
hospitalized illness and childbearing,
their studies disclosed: The total charges
for the average hospitalized illness are
s285. This is broken down into $131 for
hospital charges. or about $l770 per day
for IA days of average stay; $109 in
physician charges, SIS for anesthesia. $6
radiology $40 for special nursing and
$14 for other costs. The rest of the
actuarial data is provided by the annual
hospital number of the journal of the
ANA. For 1949 it reports 15.450,311
admissions to general hospitals, including
2,744268 births.
Here is enough mathematics to start
sound national health security insur-
ance program. Actuaries can calculate
a solvent equation between noncancel-
able health protection and it's fair cost
spread to the shoulders of a willing
Nation. Those who can't pay premiums
would have them paid in whole or in part
by national subsidy If we can do it
for crops, we can do it for needy human
beings.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Alexandria Stands Alone

Arlingtons overwhelming approval of a
$2,6l7,000 bond issue for an additional sewage
treatment plant leaves Alexandria in the un-
enviable position of being the only nearby Vr-
ginia community which is doing nothing to abate
pollution of the Potomac River. This is a public
health problem that concerns everybody in the
Washington area, and especially citizens living
so close to the contaminated river as Alexan-
drians Yet the city authorities have remained
surprisingly apathetic to the perils of the germ
laden waters of the Potomac and its tributary,
Hunting Creek.
When Arlington's new sewage treatment
plant is completed, the county will begin pro-
cessing all of its raw sewage instead of about
half OF it as at present Fairfax County also has
voted bonds for sewage disposal and treatment
The District of Columbia and Maryland are work.
Ing jointly to reduce the amount of untreated
sewage dumped into the river. Alexandria alone
is tagging in doing its part in the anti-pollution
movement 1t is true that the city has drawn
plans for 81 million disposal and treatment
system, but no action has been taken to provide
for the financing of this vital project Instead
the city has appropriated $4,000 for dredging
channels to carry stagnated raw sewage farther
from Alexandrias residential district. 1t would
be far wiser to apply this money toward costs
OF bond issue for sewage processing facilities.
4ueIe are slgllS tllaC the state wafer ConLrol
Board is growing impatient with Alexandria over
the repeated excuses the city has given for not
complying with the State anti-pollution law.
At the recent annexation trial a representative
OF the board testified that he has been instructed
to proceed with the necessary steps leading to
the issuance of special order to Alexandria to
abate pollution" The board has withheld earlier
action in Difference to Alexandria's plea that the
annexation suit prevented immediate remedial
steps. With the suit tentatively won by the city,
however, there is no cause for indefinite delay.
It should not be necessary for the State to use
legal means of forcing Alexandria to do what it
should do voluntarily and promptly-in It's own
interest.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Poll Tox On the Way Out

South Carolina has given further evidence of
the spreading trend In the South against the
poll tax as a prerequisite. to voting. South
Carolinians rolled up four -to-one vote for
abolishment of its 85-year- -old head" tax,
adopted originally by act of the Legislature and
later written into the State constitution. Gov
ernor Thurmond led the repeal movement.
This leaves only six States requiring pay
ment of a poll tax before voting. They are
Alabama, Arkansas Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia. In most of these States there
is growing sentiment against the tax. Over in
Virginia, for example, repeal bill was approved
Overwhelmingly by the House of Delegates at
the 1850 session of the General Assembly only
to die In Senate committee by five-to-four
vote. In Tennessee the 1949 Legislature abolished
the poll tax requirement in State primaries and
for women, veterans and blind persons in all
Statewide elections. Georgia scrapped its poll
tax in 1945. The South Carolina victory will en-
courage the anti-poll tax forces in their cam
electoral scene
What happened in South Carolina and what
has happened elsewhere in the South in recent
years shows clearly that the poll tax is on the
way out-without benefit of Federal compulsion.
AS the voluntary repeal movement grows in
strength, the weakness of the recurrent argu-
ments for Federal anti-poll tax legislation be-
comes more pronounced. The landslide for poll
tax repeal in South Carolina shows that South
erners can be trusted to take care of this issue
very effectively, without outside intervention.
Evening star., 1950-11-11

hospitals equipment and stores. Apparently this
explanation impressed the court sufficiently to
cause withdrawal OF the charge Of 'high treason"
Whether this line of defense can be de-
veloped by evidence that will convince the court
that the lesser charges Of sympathy" to- the
rebel cause are unfounded is uncertain Fortu-
nately, the Burmese government seems disposed
to give DR.. Seagrave every opportunity to refute
the charges, If he can. He has been allowed
counsel of his own choosing and is being given
advantage of public hearings and trial The
case will be watched with interest in many parts
Of the world where DR.. Seagrave's fame is known
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Soviet Science Again

The latest dogma of Soviet science IL
variant OF the old one to the effect that environ
ment is more important than heredity.
woman biologist-Prof o. B Lepeshnskaya-has
been awarded the Stain prize for the discovery"
that the living cells of plants or animals are
formed from particles which are not living. OF
course, This involves a contradiction of principle
iong regarded as elemental in genetcs 1t fouts
the Biblical conception of life as continuity of
established forms-the conception expressed in
the words: "Let the Earth bring forth the living
creature after his kind"
OF course, the Moscow announcement of Prof
Lepeshinskaya's work is wrapped UP in the usual
cloud OF propaganda. The particles from which
she Is alleged to have traced the origin of life are
supposed to become cells under the right condi-
tlons," but the right conditions" are not stated
Il they are subject to change arbitrarily they no
longer are definite factors in life but only in
definite ones. That is good enough Soviet doc
trlne and shows the traditional Marxist disregard
for reality and preference for romance Among
scientists who are dedicated to inductive pro-
cedures OF research and theorization, however
1t must be--as Robert C. Cook, editor of the
journal OF Heredity, already has called it-"com-
plete nonsense"
Like to like is Natures law In the sciences in
which two and two make four, mot sometimes,
but always The Communist heresy denies the
integrity OF creation. Under its expedient "cor-
rection," nothing Is important in itself; things
are important only as they are managed and
governed by force outside themselves. This
fits the Marxist-LeniniSt-S -Stalinist line 1t is
perfect Soviet philosophy" exactly as It was
perfect Fascist and Nazi philosophy" few years
ago. When the Moscow press bureau, discussing
Prof. Lepeshinskaya's discovery" declares:
Soviet science is approaching the solution of the
great problem :. of the transformation of nom
living matter into living it is retreating from
the demonstrated truth about life as scientists
not influenced by politics see life. The whole
body of Communist scientific dogma is primitive
OR worse. 1t harks back to the jungle of thou
sands of years ago. Prof Lepeshinskaya and
Gauguin's little Tehura of Tahiti are sisters
under the skim" both belonging to universe of
terrible mutability; both savages in the sense of
believing what is not logical to believe.
"I wish somebody would print picture in
full color Of this U. N. flag" said the voice on
the morning bus. "Id like to know what I'm
indignant about"
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Ambassador Mucco, Koreo's Best Friend

went on to Foochow, Shanghai, Bolivia,
Panama and Nicaragua. He was for 10
years foreign service inspector in the
Far East. In 1945 he was made assistant
to Ambassador Robert Murphy in Ger
many. He says the fact that he is a
bachelor explains the regularity of his
assignment to. "exotic and neurotic
posts"
He took over as our first Ambassador
to the infant Republic Of Korea in May,
1947. In their two years on their own
as nation, he feels the Koreans made
considerable progress. While they may
not call democracy by name. Mr.. Muccio
says they have been sufficiently inter-
ested in it to learn the mechanics and go
to the polls and go through with it. In
the May elections. 90 per cent of the
eligible voters marked their ballots-a
record that puts many an older republic,
including ours. to shame.
The Koreans have finally understood,
Mr.. Muccio thinks, that we do not want
to make colonials of them. Most i'm
portant Of all. the outbreak of war con-
vinced them that when they resist ag-
gression. they are not doing it for us,
but for themselves"
On his return here to report to the
United States and the U. N, Mr. Muccio
was somewhat disappointed to find
Americans critical Of the fighting quail
ties Of the South Koreans, and apt to
refer to President Syngman Rhee as "a
reactionary old dodo." He feels that the
South Koreans have, since the early
days, vindicated themselves in battle
with the U. N. forces. AS for President
Rhee, he says, HE is an old man, and
he does have determined ideas. But
don't forget that he is still symbol of
independence to Koreans. They have
great veneration for him. He has great
strength and political influence"
Having given his Interpretation of Ko-
rean affairs, which were so gravely ag-
gravated this week by the involvement
Of Chinese Communists, Ambassador
Muccio left hopefully yesterday to re-
sumo his duties in Seoul. He goes back
to an Embassy which hard working Ko-
reans have refurbished.
They are an energetic, resilient,
virile people" says Mr. Muccio, surely
one Of the best friends the Koreans ever
had.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the snswsr, ito %
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NV WASHINGTON 5, D. c.. and inclosing cents
Extension 35S.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. In large homes. what practical use
is made Of sedan chairs?-D. E. G.
A. For some years there has been q
vogue for using sedan. chairs as tele-
phone booths. They are both pictur-
esque and practical.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Arlington.
Incentive to Vote

Incentive to Vote
With all the talk about voting going
on at this time. got to thinking that
it might not be bad idea to give the
voters little additional incentive to
get out to the polls and express their
opinions. When a man crosses the
equator, for instance, he becomes q
Shellback. He carries a little card to
indicate his experience Why not make
voting an experience with a small pre-
MUM also.
Here's way it could work. A man
goes to his local place of voting and
registers. He is handed a little card to
Evening star., 1950-11-11

@. What is the meaning of the word
"artifact" "?-D. v.
"A. AS used by psychologists, the term
refers to product or primitive art, Of
human workmanship.
Evening star., 1950-11-11

@. How long does it take to fly to
Guatemala from New Orleans?-N. o. L.
A. Flights are completed in five hours.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Why the School Bonds Lost

There used to be line in every high
school civicS textbook to the effect that
citizens who don't vote "get the kind Of
government they deserve, and deserve
the kind they GET This simple idea
ought to be pondered. on this election
morning after, by the thousands Of
Arlington parents who let the school
bond issue be defeated because they
have failed to qualify for voting in
Arlington County.
One finds a lot of explanations on the
part of those who decline to share civic
responsibility in Arlington. Many are
Federal employees who have totally mis-
taken idea that shifting their vote to
Virginia will hurt them under civil serv-
ice apportionment rules. Others have a
vague intention of returning some day
to their home community. Many have
no excuse other than just plain inertia.
Still others. through a masterpiece of
self-delusion, are convinced they are
striking blow for good government by
being conscientious objectors" against
the poll taxi
Whatever the reason, 1t should be
clear today to these non-voting parents
that their children are going to the
schools that Arlington builds. not those
built by California, New York or Okla
homa. t,
Only about 20 per cent of the adult
population of Arlington voted on the
school bond issue. about 10 per cent for
the issue and 10 per cent against The
other 80 per cent stood by and watched
it happen.
The same bond issue, or another. will
have to be put to the voters again within
a few months. Between now and then,
any person who has lived in Virginia a
year can qualify to vote by paying his
poll taxes before December and regis
tering with his precinct registrar. Since
the bond issue lost in this election by
only 400 votes. thousand new voters
would undoubtedly ensure victory in the
next campaign.
Arlington's non-voters simply cannot
afford to reply again in what has been
their traditional manner: That's a won-
derful idea. A thousand other people
certainly ought to go down and register"
James l.. Sundquist.
Evening star., 1950-11-11
Arlington

1t is now apparent that if the school
improvement people had worked half as
hard for the success of school bonds as
they did to defeat Democrat Fred Bach.
the bonds would have been voted in
overwhelmingly.
Stan Stanton.
Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-11-11

'T wish somebody would print picture in
full color of this U. N. flag" said the voice on
the morning bus. "I'd like to know what I'm
indignant about"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-11
scored each nnarter.
Darby Team Loses
To HYutts. 40-35

Darby cagers dropped their
game to a strong Hyatts team
from Delaware county Tuesday.
The game was played at Hyatts,
with the final score being 40-35.
Hyatts reserves also won the pre-
liminary 30-l5.
The score was close at the end
of the first quarter, with Darby
leading by the bare margin l4-1l.
During the second quarter, Hy-
ats scored 10 points to Darby's 6,
making the score 20-17. Both
teams scored 6 points each dur
ing the third quarter. The score
then was 1928.
George made Ia points for his
Darby team and Hughes 16
nniafc For Hyatfc