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Evening star., 1950-04-25
By keyes Beech

CH1GERU YOsHDA, II. prime min
~ lister Of Japan, is a short stout.
bull-necked. buIl-headed ex-diplomat
who puts his hands In his pockets while
making speeches and smokes huge cigars
the rest of the time.
If this word picture bears some resern-
blance to Winston Churchill that is no
accident. Yoshida is a great Churchill
aomlrer, and consciously tries to initiate
nim. He fancies himself as being to
Japan what Churchill is to England.
Like other Far Eastern leaders. the
japanese premier is to most Americans
merely name. But despite his advanced
years. Yoshidas name is worth remern-
bering.
For Yoshida is chief executive of
nation Of SO million hard-working, well.
disciplined people. They are the only
people in Asia who can make an airplane
or a locomotive. And Japan, even In
defeat. is the most powerful anti-Com-
munist force in Asia. .a
Whether Gen. Macarthur likes it or
not-and he doesn't - Yoshida has
emerged as the strongest political figure
in postwar Japan. To Yoshida, this is
exactly as it should be. In his opinion,
there is no other Japanese qualified for
the prime minister's job.
Yoshida is walking paradox. He is
diplomat who is notoriously undiplo-
matte, politician who hates politics, q
reactionary who was hated, feared ana
jailed by the militarists.
Despite his liking for things Western
he was ambassador to London from 1885
until 1939-Yoshida is not necessarily
pro-American or pro-English
More than one Macarthur subordinate
has emerged from meeting with Yoshida
wondering who won the war. Yoshida
prefers to deal with Macarthur himself.
He considers him an equal
Early in 1945, Yoshida was heading q
move among the aristocracy to get the
Emperor's stamp Of approval on q peace
bid. He allegedly remarked that Japan
didn't have chance of winning the war.
When the military police appeared at
Evening star., 1950-04-25

the earliest possible moment for the present
overloaded air terminal at Gravelly Point. The
Civil Aeronautics Administration and other au-
thorities interested in reducing the risk Of avia-
tion accidents are in agreement on the need for
an additional airport in this vicinity. The series
of crashes at the National Airport few months
ago increased the demands for an alternate
terminal, further removed from military air pat
terms which complcate airline operations here
The Capital long since has outgrown the
once adequate airport across the Potomac River
new airport must be built soon not only in
the interest of public safety. but to provide the
National Capital with the type of air service
which the business Of the Federal Government
requires. Perhaps the prompt action by the
Senate will start things moving on the House side
Evening star., 1950-04-25
SIXTEENTH STREET.
Dear Sir:


Dear Sir:
Recently you had few words to say
against spinach.
Nov would like to hear what you
think of onions.
All my life have been subjected to
the disagreeable smell Of these things.
THE smell is worse than the taste
to me: I have been able to sidetrack
them. as far as eating is concerned, just
by pretending to eat them.
That smell! Heavens, how 7 hate it!
In my childhood had to smell it.
and now that am married still have
to put up with it.
"Is there anything this side of heaven
that viii cover it up2 / have tried
various deodorizers. but they are over
come by onions, as what wouldn't be!
Il hope you will support me. Spinach
Is bad enough, but onions are worse.
Sincerely, M. j. OBJ"
A prominent Washingtonian, long gone
to his reward. once said that any one
who eats onions must be degenerate.
It was q pretty severe Indictment, but
those who do not care for them can un-
derstand what he meant.
It Is even Questionable whether this
vegetable Cor whatever It l., possesses
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Land of the Free

In this supposedly free country of ours, the
case of Joe Dickmon is worth watching and
remembering
Dickmon is Navy veteran with wife and
child to support Coal mining is the only trade
he knows, and he wanted to work five days a
week instead of the three that had been decreed
by John L. Lewis. So he called Mr.. Lewis
dictator, and for that he was suspended for
six months by his local union.
Nearly three months have gone by, and
Dickmon hasn't had days work in all that time.
Now, with his wife and child hungry, he has
seen the light. He has apologized to his union
and has asked to be permitted to work. He
says that common sense" tells him he was
wrong in calling Lewis names.
We hear great deal these days about the
dignity of the human being. Our public men,
our church leaders, our educators work them
selves into state of indignation when some
poor soul is dragged before an Iron Curtain court
and forced to confess sins he never committed
so that his family can eat and survive. But
here in the United States, in this "free" land,
young man who has fought for his country can
be forced to recant a wholly truthful statement
as the price of being permitted to work, and it
is passed by with few paragraphs in the news
papers. If this can happen to Joe Dickmon, it
can happen to any one of his fellow miners.
Why is it that the articulate friends of the
common man remain silent?
MIR. Lewis has expended a generous share
OF his king-sized vocabulary in denouncing the
Taft-Hartley Act, which, If enforced, would have
protected Joe Dickmon. Mr. Lewis says it is a
slave labor statute which has put the working
man in chains. Many of our so-called liberals
have joined in that ephony outcry But they
can't think of anything to say about the case
OF Joe Dckmon.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Trieste Paradox

Wholly apart from the complications caused
by the Kremlin'S sudden new demands in con-
nection with it, the controversial problem of
Trieste has entered a distinctly paradoxical
phase. None of the directly interested parties
Utaly, YugoSlavia and the Western Powers)
today desires to see the issue sharpen into q
showdown phase, from which Moscow alone
would profit. Yet in both Italy and Yugoslavia
it has become matter of national prestige For
either to concede too much would inflame
popular passions and weaken the respective
governments. In addition, Marshal Tito must
show extra firmness Trieste in order to avert
Cominform charges that he is influenced by
pressure from the Western Powers which have
backed italy in its aspirations.
At the close of the late war, Tito claimed the
whole Trieste area and tried to seize it, but was
checked by the arrival of American and British
troops who occupied the city and the coastal
strip connecting Trieste with the rest of Italy.
The Yugoslav troops maintained themselves in
the area southwark of Trieste. These occupa-
tional areas were later known as Zones and B,
respectively. In the peace treaty for Italy made
by the Great Powers the next year the whole
Trieste area was to be formed into an independ-
ent entity known as the Free Territory of Trieste
under the overall authority of the United Ma
tions. But this highly dubious plan fell through
because the Western Powers and Russia could
not agree on the choice of a Governor and
because the plan itself came to look less and less
workable.
Until the break with the Cominform, Moscow
backed Tito, while the Western Powers backed
Italy. After the break, until its note the other
day to France, Britain and the United States, the
Kremlin seemingly lost interest in the Trieste
issue. This raised Italys hopes of getting back
the whole Trieste area, especially since the West
ern Powers had indicated this as the best solu-
tion But for reasons already noted, Tito had to
remain adamant, especially over his occupied
q Zone, which was rapidly being transformed
on the Yugoslav Communist pattern and which,
according to a statement just issued by the
Belgrade Foreign Ministry, Yugoslavia intends
to retain permanently. The great port city of
Trieste is of course, the plum in the pudding
whereas Zone has little economic or strategic
value. The Western Powers would like Italy and
Yugoslavia to settle the matter between them
along existing zonal lines But they are now
loath openly to back Italy for fear of weakening
Tito in his fight against Moscow. And prestige
considerations block a direct Italo-Yugoslav
settlement.
So the Trieste issue SINNERS complcating
diplomacy on its broader lines. It is to be hoped
that common sense and craftsmanship will
handle a trouble breeding controversy which
profits no one-except the watchful Moscow
onlookers.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Electoral inequalities

I agree precisely with your position
supporting the action of the Supreme
Court on the legality Of the county unit
voting system in Georgia. But there is a
similar evil in our Government which is
the business of the Federal authorities.
refer to the method of electing our
President, in which discrimination much
like that in Georgia's primaries is prac-
ticed. In the election of 1910, for In
stance. an electoral vote in California
represented 14s,581 popular votes while
In South Carolina l2,47s people elected
one elector. It took twelve votes in CAL
nornia TO equal one in South Carolina.
Thus believe it would be wise and
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Letters to The Star

families living In squalor." It's true that
some Of them are so large that they have
been cut into apartments, the kind
that Georgetown Is so full Of Inciden-
tally, many handsome mantel or stair
way has been lifted from this region
and from other regions from New Eng
land to New Orleans-to adorn some Of
the present historic" Georgetown
houses, which were originally built in
the late Victorian era to house persons
Of very modest circumstances indeed.
And the counterfeit restorations have
paid OF quite as well as the genuine
ones.
1t is certainly not desirable to spend
any District tax money on the old South.
east. All that is suggested is that present
private owners and future investors
should see that the area around the
United States Capitol Is kept worthy OF
display to the city's visitors. Eventually,
OF course, the East Capitol Mall should
be developed to balance the Western
Mall-but that would be only O narrow
strip from river to river.
Meanwhile, many of us find 1t pleas
ant to live near the beautiful grounds
and buildings Of the Capitol, the
Library Of Congress and the Supreme
Court. We like the shopping facilities
and the quick. convenient transporta-
ton public and private) to other Sec
tons Of the city. II Southeast Native
calls that an ulterior motive, he Is not
speaking for, the undersigned. ~
Proud Southeast Citizen.
May Southeast newcomer presume
TO answer Southwest Native whose letter
appeared In The Star for April l3?
We are overjoyed to find q home In
the Southeast, four minutes drive from
my husbands research work in the great
libraries. It Is . small. late-Victorian
row-house. sound in construction and
scaled exactly to our purse and to our
style OF living. 1t is spotless. efficient,
practical. A landlord with vision and
courage refitted it completely. And the
Rent Board did not let him down.
Wide streets. shade trees, open
squares. low buildings that let in light
and air are amenities frequently diff
cult or impossible to attain in new de-
velopments under modern economic con-
ditions. But these are basic character
istics Of the Southeast.
Some houses are beyond repair; some
alleyways should be cleared. Yet this
is no valid argument for scrapping hun
dreds Of units which can be made suit
able for modern living
Has Southeast Native heard of the
housing shortage?
Malleville Haller.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Far From Judicial
Tommy knight.

Out Of the charges and counter
charges in connection with the current
controversy over possible security risks
in the Department OF State, certain con-
clusions may be drawn. The broadcasts
Of recordings Of the public hearings be-
fore the subcommittee Of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, which Is
conducting the hearings, and the radio
interviews and discussions by the prin-
cipals and other interested parties in
the controversy create the impression in
the minds of some listeners that the
majority of the subcommittee are less
interested in investigating the charges
than in discrediting the Senator making
them.
In spite of the inspired chorus from
number of columnists, radio commenta-
tors and editorial writer's; in spite of the
vehement protestations by the chairman
that there is to be no whitewashing. the
procedure of the subcommittee to date
has not been such as to inspire complete
public confidence. Regardless of whether
the charges are warranted or not. II
they are to be investigated at all they
should be investigated fairly, honestly,
impartially, and with decent regard for
the regulations Of the persons against
whom the charges were made. :.
II 1t Is true, as has been stated. that
Senator Mccarthy wished to give the
names Of those alleged to be security
risks in executive session, but was forced
by the chairman and other majority
members to give them out in public
sessions. then part of the onus for the
injury to the persons 50 named must
rest with the majority members.
The attitude Of the subcommittee has
been far from judicial. The opening
sessions were more like dog fight than
a senatorial hearing. The presentation
Of the summary of an FBI file in the
absence of a minority member suggests
an element Of unfairness. The impress
sion which some members sought to
create that the chief Of the FBI had
expressed an opinion on the issue. when
he had not, was something less than
ingenious. The sweeping assertion by
the chairman, made In the absence OF
both minority members. that all of the
members who had seen the summary Of
the FBI fle agreed that it put the indi-
vidual involved completely in the clear
a statement later denied by the minority
members included in the assertion
raises serious question as to the impair
tiality of the presiding officer.
The most constructive thing that has
come out of the controversy to date is
the proposal of Senator Lodge that the
investigation be taken away from this
group and given to an impartial, bi-
partisan committee of experts who would
command public respect and confidence.
In view Of the apparent bias on the part
OF members of the subcommittee which
is conducting, not judicial inquiry, but
a political squabble, that would seem to
be the best solution.
Ethel M. johnson.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Persepolis

Sunday dsscends Gcross the business
streets
With ,Debs OF silence a. Of spidsrF
thread;
Bronze bank facade defects the sun
To granite brokerage: q City OF the
Dead.
Hush celebrates the festival OF yesterday.
Confetti Of memoranda and ticker tops
are still:
Frozen the Roman numerals on marble
clock
Beyond the quiet plate glass. the ros
grill.
Only the gray and Lavender pigeons
transact
Such murmured bayterino a. 70 Their
otDn:
Only the cat In the steomship agency
Regards the passage ot the sun oR
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
1t Wos Tough, Indeed

Are the Metropolitan Police in cahoots
with racketeers In the Nations Capital?
Thus it would appear from the follow
ing experience of several visitors to this
beautiful city: While attending the base
ball game we were directed to what
seemed to be a private driveway by a
local resident, who charged so cents for
the privilege of parking therein. Upon
returning to the car after the game. we
were astonished to find violation sum-
mons attached to our car as well as to
others. Assuming that we were swindled
by a racketeer. we promptly notified .
police officer to lodge a complaint against
such deceitful misdirection. We were fur
ther astonished when, after being po-
litely informed of the racket. this noble
and apparently intelligent looking officer
said. That's tougfi!"% Is this the
courtesy extended to visitors at the seat
of our Nations Government?;4 acr
- william H. Lennant.
, Daytona Beach, Fla. te&t
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Is Additional Aid Really Needed?

Chairman Coy Of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission is on sound ground in opposing
the Department of Justice anti-gambling bill as
too broad too vague and too drastic for successful
enforcement. The FEC criticism of the bill,
which would outlaw interstate transmission of
gambling information is in line with objections
which The Star has raised to the proposed legis-
lation. The substitute measure advocated by
Mr.. Coy and his colleagues is a much clearer
and more enforceable plan for dealing with pro-
feSSional gamblers But the difficulty is that
even the FCC's narrowed definition of gambling
information would not prevent the law from
interfering with publication of certain racing
news which is of interest to non-gamblers as
we'll as racketeerS.
Mr.. Coys analysis of the Attorney Generals
bill exposed some of the absurdties which might
result from attempts to interpret Information
facilitating betting or wagering activities on any
sporting event or contest" AS the FEC head
pointed out there is hardly any type of informa-
ton about sporting event which would not be
of interest and aid to gamblers. Mr. Coy cited
baseball gambling as an example. Since gam
bers often bet on the number of runs in
particular inning, or the number of hits made by
player, would not a play-by-play account of
baseball game be a technical violation of such
law? The FEC is justified in wanting to have
no part in the enforcement of so confusing
statute Nor could it hope to enforce it without
criminal penalties to give the law teeth-some-
thing the Justice bill lacks.
Instead of the sweeping attack proposed by
Mr.. McGrath, the FEC recommends Federal
ban specifically on transmission Of betting odds
and prices paid on wagers on any sporting event
However, as Senator Mcfarland commented
during Mr.. Coys testimony, the odds and prices
are news of considerable interest to racing fans,
whether they are bettors or not-especialy in
connection with such big events as the Kentucky
Derby and the Preakness. The question here is
whether there is actually any need for such a
limitation on news. Congress should satisfy it
self that the gambling situation is such national
menace as to demand this type of aid to local
authorities. Perhaps the proposed investigation
of Nationwide gambling operations will show
that the States and cities would not need Federal
assistance If they were more diigent in enforcing
the anti-gambling laws already on the statute
books.
Evening star., 1950-04-25

his home to ask him If he actually had
voiced such heresy. Yoshida said he had
been misquoted.
But I'll tell you what really did say"
said Yoshida, and he proceeded to do
just that
TOTO threw Yoshida into jail. where
he spent 40 days. He was vindicated when
his prison burned down during a B29
raid. Yoshida and his warden sat in the
parade ground all night and watched
Tokyo burn.
His enemies claim that being i'm
prisoned by the milftarists was the
luckiest thing that ever happened to
Yoshida. 1t enabled him to step for
ward as democrat after the surrender
Yoshida's friends are without excep-
tion members Of Japan's former ruling
Evening star., 1950-04-25
The House Please Take Note

The Senate, in passing the bill to provide
q second major national airport in this area
has evidenced justified concern over the air
safety problem at the congested Washington
National Airport. But the House has Jagged in
paying attention to this pressing problem
The House Commerce Committee has not
even scheduled hearings on the second airport
bill, despite the urgency Of providing relief ut
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Shigeru Yoshido, japanese Strongnoon

class. including the aristocrscy and
purged Zaibatsu leaders. Only a stern
warning from Macarthur himself has
stopped Yoshida from unpurging his pals
and installing them In key government
posts.
Liberals with a small y" view with
alarm Yoshidas close connections with
the imperial household. Yoshida married
the daughter of Count Nobuaki Maxine,
former Keeper of the Privy Seal and for
many years the man closest TO Emperor
Hirohito. He thus gained entree TO
Japan's top ruling circles.
Yoshida's aristocratic tastes include
liking for fine Havana cigars, silk shirts.
white tabs (socksl and former Shim-
bashi geisha popularity known as Ma
dame Saturday"
Madame Saturday" derives her name
from the fact that every Saturday after
noon Yoshida can be seen heading for
Oiso. There he swaps Western clothes
for Japanese kimono. and spends the
day. His wife is dead.
Yoshida still has the same Rolls-Royce
he brought back from London more than
10 years ago. 1t is typical of him that in
prewar years. when he returned to Japan
in the middle Of great depression, he
insisted on driving around town in his
Rolls. with complete disregard for public
opinion
Yoshida is almost universally disliked.
yet his hold on the japanese people is
easily understood. They look upon him
as their savior from communism. which
they fear more than they dislike Yoshida
Equally important is the fact that
Yoshida has offered them strong and
positive. II not necessarily popular.
leadership. This is in contrast to the
vacillating policies Of previous postwar
left-wing governments. that sought to
achieve social reforms and satisfy Ameri-
can demands for economic recovery at
the same time. They failed on both
counts.
With Yoshida at the Wheel the Jap
anese at least know in which direction
they are headed. Whether they will like
it when they get there Is another matter.
tChicaso Daily News Foreisn service1
Evening star., 1950-04-25
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. What is the per capita consumption
of soft drinks?-J. w. M.
A. In 1948 the per capita consumption
Of soft drinks was 1914 bottles. The
estimate for the year 194s shows slight
increase and Is l64.9 per capita.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact BY writing The Evening star Information
Bureau. 1900 Eye street NV, Washington 5.
Evening star., 1950-04-25

@. How long Is the human tonguef
e. z.
A. At rest the tongue is about ~
inches long.
Evening star., 1950-04-25

@. Who is the present king Of Siamf
j. K.
A. Phumibol Adulet, the younger
brother of the late Amanda Mahidol sue.
ceeded to the throne when his brother
was assassinated in 1946.
Evening star., 1950-04-25
Southeast TuIks Back

It Is difficult. to understand the attack
of Southeast, Native" on the area he
processes to love. Worse than short
sighted. his Is the survival of the de-
featist and obstructionist attitude which
has held this area back since the
embittered Carroll and Morris saw their
own greed turn the tide of population
toward the Northwest.
Although Jessie FAINT Evans does not
live in the Southeast, she has the intelli-
gence to see its charm and has helped
materially in. its rediscovery.r Nor is
Mrs. Evans alone in this vision. Had
Southeast Native" attended the well
advertised meeting at Friendship House
year ago he would have heard such
and Gen. U. s. Grant III point out that
all the potentialities Of choice residen-
city to suburban life.
All this fog of pessimism cannot
obscure the fact that this alleged doomed
section. this ghost town. is within
walking distance Of the Capitol. the
Senate and House Office Buildings, the
Supreme Court, the Library of Con-
greSS, ana the roger. IL Is naroly con.
ceivable that the builders Of the ultra
modern and expensive land might add
highly successfully Congressional Hotel
should waste their millions building in
q ghost town.
AS to the Interior motive suspected
by Southeast Native" may suggest
that those Of us who are working to
bring back this area have a very selfish
considerations better and more beauti-
full place to live?
Hazel Scaife Detwiler.
The letter of April 14th signed South
east Native may have been written Just
to start controversy-and If not so
written it makes no sense at all. Having
an ancestor who chased Lincoln's
assassin down Eleventh street" hardly
qualities Southeast Native as an expert
on city planning.
The area still has hundreds Of sub
stantial old dwellings. many Of them
with beautiful gardens, which definitely
are not "unwholesomely occupied by
Evening star., 1950-04-25

@. Who originated the abbrevistion Of
q. A. for sex appeal7--W. H.
A. Mencken's The American Lam
guage" credits the term 8. A. to Jack
Conway Of the stan OF Variety" who
died in 1923.