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Evening star., 1950-09-28
Give Where You Work

The new Community Chest slogan, "Give
Where You Work." needs to be widely publicized
and widely understood Every contributor to the
Chest should be made fully aware of the fact
that door-to-door solicitation by campaign forces
is thing of the past. This year the campaign
will be conducted on an office -to-off1ce basis. The
only solicitation in residential areas will be by
few volunteers who will seek out retired persons,
the self-employed, citizens of independent means
and domestic workers.
Campaign Chairman Duffield points out that
there never has been q thorough canvass of
residential neighborhoods in past campaigns,
despite impressions to the contrary This popular
belief that gifts could be made either in the
office or at home has led to misunderstanding
and, in some instances, of failure to contribute
at all. The main efforts henceforward will be
concentrated in the business districts of the city,
governmental as well as private. 1t is planned
to reach every employe at his place of business
with the cooperation of his employer. In this
systematic way every wage Garner will be given
an opportunity to contribute according to his
means And there will be no validity to the
excuse: II prefer to give where live" There
is reason to believe that occasionally this
explanation was not given in good faith.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
BY Charles E. TroceweN

or parakeet, is probably extinct today,
although at one time it was known from
Maryland to Colorado.
The famous long rifles of the colonistS
ended its far-dung career.
This was a handsome bird, evidently.
about 13 inches long, with green feathers
and yellow head. The eggs. pure white.
from three to five. were put in hollow
tree.
These birds were said to mate for life.
It was said in the old days they flew
in flocks in this country, and had the
habit Of sticking together. no matter
what disaster befell them.
In this way. when hunters killed
several, the rest sof the flock flew away,
but all surviving members flew back
again. and thus ultimately all were killed.
1t can be realized that birds with such
habit would be easily exterminated.
Florida was the last stand, and as
many as fifty in a group were seen there
in 1885,
The thick-billed parrot was sixteen
inches long, green with red head. some
red on the wings; habitat. many years
ago. in Arizona, perhaps few there yet.
This was a very noisy bird. and, like
the Carolina parakeet. could be taught
to talk, after fashion.
An actual photograph Of q Carolina
parakeet may be seen on page 123 Of
Volume II Of Birds Of America"
Evening star., 1950-09-28
This and That

tired of that, evidently, and fly away
to new pastures.
In the meantime autumn will catch
him in the open, and then what?
The odd "stance" of this bird is due
to his having been made by nature to
climb.
He can walk, Of course, but does it
rather ungracefully. being made to use
his toes climbing for fruits and seeds.
Blue Boy, as we have named him. likes
sunflower seed, and perhaps eats few
insects and small worms, as he goes
around, head down.
His rather, odd way of feeding on the
ground sets him apart from the sparrows
he chums with: the German word, nit
gang. to go around with, fits him per-
fectly.
Perhaps our word "gang" comes from
mitgang. and not too unplausible
translation would be init the gang" OF
with the gang.
Parrots and parakeets are very numer-
Gus in the tropics, more than five hun
dred species being known.
Only two, the Carolina paroquet, as
1t Is usually spelled in bird books, and
the thick billed parrot, have ever come
to the United States. s
The Carolina paroquet, or parrakeet,
Evening star., 1950-09-28

for small statistical staff at the court. The
request is meritorious one.
The court is asking for only $23,5oo more
than this years appropriation. With the money
Judge Cockrill plans to hire statistical analyst,
a statistical clerk and case supervisor This
modest increase in staff would enable the court
for the first time to- make careful study Of
cases coming before the court, with a view to
analyzing the factors which play prominent
part in the city's bad record with respect to
juvenile crime. What is urgently needed is a
means of determining the city's sore spots and
of analyzing cases according to age, race and
sex of offenders. Until such analyses are avail
able, the efforts to solve Washington's youth-in-
crime problem are apt to be OF the hit-or-miss
variety
Evening star., 1950-09-28

using big guns in the Korean capital
against the desperate, last-ditch Com
munist defense.
"The Koreans won't forget this in
500 years." he was quoted as saying
yesterday. "Im convinced the Reds are
holing UP deliberately, to force us to use
artillery and flame -throwers.
A Virginian by birth, Col. Fuller had
completed only one year in Virginia Mill
tary Institute when he joined the Ma
rines as an enlisted man in 1918. After
the end of World War I. he resigned the
commission he had won and enlisted in
the Haitian gendarmerie. He became
captain there, serving five-year ap-
premiership that made him one Of the
worlds foremost jungle fighters.
His Marine career was resumed in
1924, and he then served seven years IN
Nicaragua. There he won his first two
Navy Crosses. the Nays second highest
decoration. The other two came In
World War II.
If frontline dispatches from Seoul
mean anything. there may soon be even
more Navy crosses on this most out
standing chest.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
BETHESDA

BE1hE6DA.
Dear Sir:
There has been a sort of bird, blue,
flying around my yard for several days.
IT never have seen such bird before,
and wonder If it is real. or what.
IT will describe it for you:
"It is not as small as a sparrow, but
likes to be with them. It has a long tail,
rather narrow at the end, coming to a
point.
.'It is blue underneath. with sort Of
gray and brown, mixed, on top.
"It has a funny way Of putting its
head down. At first thought it must
be turtle dove. but it is no dove, for
it has funny beak, sort Of like a parrot.
"If you know what this bird is, I would
like to know. as have been watching
for many years out here, and never yet
saw such bird.
yours truly, M. j. D."
X
That's Blue Boy, Sure!s
Blue Boy is the strayed parakeet, de-
scribed here recently.
After leaving yard in Chevy Chase.
where he spent several days eating seeds
at feeding station, he was seen no
more.
Now he shoWssslp in q Bethesda yard.
In q few more days. he viii grow
Evening star., 1950-09-28

and men on Pacific combat conditions.
CheSty fretted through the task. When
he eventually returned to the 1st Divi-
sion, he promptly dispatched letter to
the commandant:
"It is respectfully requested that my
present assignment to combat unit be
extended until the downfall Of the jap
anese government"
He did not return to this country until
Just before the surrender.
At Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
Chesty was the regimental exec Of the
7th Regiment. When the Sd Battalion's
CO was stopped cold in an effort to take
Jap position on nameless creek. Col.
Julien N. Frisbie was quick to act.
"Chesty," he said. "go up there and
take over" Under Fuller, the Marines
overran the position on the first try
Later. at Peleliu. he commanded the lst
Regiment and took Bloody Nose Ridge,
although the action cost him two-thirds
of his 5000 men.
A fighting man through and through
Col. Puller's nature nevertheless has it's
more Thoughtful side. He has been re-
ported distressed at the necessity OF
Evening star., 1950-09-28
A Different Opinion Of Dr.. Rhee

It has been the lot of all truly great
men TO have their detractors. In the
history Of our Nation that has been true
from George Washington to George Mar
shall. Base insinuations regarding those
who tace herculean tasks have been
common since the Teacher of Galilee,
whose birth breaks the ages in two. was
called a winebibber and glutton. The
greater the man, the surer it is that
armchair lcritics, listening to malicious
whispers, will parrot false witness as the
gospel truth. UfE atsts5a
It is only to be expected that Syng-
man Rhee. great Christian, great scholar.
ngreat statesman. should be target
for the same sort Of billingsgate. Ever
since he went back to his loved native
land, for whose freedom he has poured
out his very life for more than q half
century and where he is now playing a
great role in history, there have been
those in America who have been saw
agely hostile to the democratic regime
which freely chose him as the first Presi-
dent of the Republic of Korea Among
those who peddle the nefarious ISLANDERS
regarding DR.. Rhee are discredited rene
representations are as far from the truth
as are the Moscow broadcasts about
warmongering America.
There is large group Of distinguished
citizens in the National Capital who have
been something more than "close OBJ
servers" from distance Of the noble
experiment in Korea These are busi-
nessmen. lawyers, public officials. educa-
tors, ministers. whose interest in and
whose knowledge of the Korean situation
extends over many years and, IN num-
bers Of cases. involves frequent visits to
the ancient land, now the scene of bloody
war against aggressors. After intimate
acquaintance with DR.. Rhee and close
knowledge of his brave fight and wise
leadership, this outstanding group agrees
that the sort of statement made in q
recent letter in The Star is exactly the
thing that the Communists. who fe-
rociously hate DR.. Rhee, would gladly
indorse.
Of course, to any who have eyes to
see, the fact that the Korean election
referred to could be held at all in time
of crisis, chaos and transition, when
anxious people expect the millennium
over night, an election in which 80 per
cent of qualified, voters took part. is it
self democratic triumph Of the first
order. It is an absolutely false deduc-
ton to so shuttle the figures as to indi-
cate the result repudiated Syngman
Rhee. 1t might be well to remember
that even under normal conditions there
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Caesar and Brutuss

When one is digging around in the closet to
examine skeletons Of the past it is not always
possible to reconstruct with perfect accuracy the
precise sequence of events leading up to the
tragedies. In his friendly book about 1.-THE Man
of Independence" Jonathan Daniels gives the
Presidents version of James F. Byrnes' departure
from the State Department. 1t would have been
an even more entertaining narrative had 1t con-
tanned some comment from Mr.. Byrnes. Bert
Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune did
obtain that comment, which was printed yester-
day, and it raises some questions about when the
real break did occur.
The Presidents letter to Dear jim" made
public on January Il, 1877, accepted with "great
reluctance and heartfelt regret" the resignation
that Mr. Byrnes had submitted, on the plea of
WEAKNESS and poor health on April is, 1916
"Yours has been a steadying hand" he wrote
$50 say: Well done, in the hope that we can
continue to call upon you for the counsel which
you can give out of so rich and varied an expert
ence" While the deft secretarial hand OF Bill
Hassett can work wonders. 1t is bit hard TO
reconcile the tone of this letter of January 1947
with Mr. Daniels quotation of the President
which seems to have been recorded about the
same time, to the effect that "He Byrnes) failed
miserably as Secretary of State and ran out on
me when the going was rough 49,"
In Mr. Byrnes' comments to Correspondent
Andrews, some light is shed on another event
not recorded by Mr.. Daniels. Mr.. Byrnes spoke
at Washington and Lee on June ID, 1s49. That
was his cry of alarm over the trend toward
the welfare State" and Mr.. Byrnes received
after that speech letter from the President
with postscript-"Now understand how Caesar
felt toward Brutus" Mr.. Byrnes said he told the
President he did not regard himself as Brutus
and ct hoped he would stop thinking OF himself
as Caesar because he certainly was no Caesar ;"
so, one wonders whether Mr. Truman felt ne
had heen stabbed by his Secretary OF State III
1s47 or bysJimmy Byrnes at Washington and Lee
in ls4s II seems unlikely that Caesar, feeling
on january I, 1877 Eatus had failed
u,iserably and had run out On him, would have
exclaimed "Et tn, Rrute?" two-and-a-half years
later, when the dagger was inserted at WASH 1-
ington and Lee.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
"Chesty" PuIIer-Fightingest Marine
By Jerry o'Leory, j.

Dy JSTFy " IS0fy, Jts
MARINE Col. Lewis Burwell Puller
Iva of Saluda, in Middlesex County,
Va, who right now is blasting the last
remaining Reds out of Seoul has more
Navy Crosses than most men have battle
stars.
At 50, "Chesty' Fuller is the Leather
neck counterpart of the Army's Col.
Mike" Michaelis, who made battle
field history in the Pusan beachhead with
his Wolfhound Regiment. Chesty COM
mands the 1st Marine Regiment. It was
his outfit which made headlines last
week by capturing the key Seoul suburb
of Yongdungpo.
Col. Puller's nickname is derived from
his ramrod posture, which In turn is
emphasized by a jutting underjaw. Leg
end has it-and most Of the 1st Marine
Division in World War II sincerely be-.
lieved-that the colonel had a false, steel
chest, as result Of machete wounds
suffered in the Banana wars.
It Is no legend that Col. Fuller, nor
mally soft-spoken, can shout commands
with all the vigor and carrying power
of an angry bull. His men-Chesty calls
everybody "Old Man"-uSed to contend
that they needed no front-line communi-
cations. The colonel's voice, they said,
covered all the ground they could cover.
One biographer, Sergt Nolle Roberts,
relates an ncident-possibly apocry-
phal-that illustrates the kind of man
Col. Fuller is. It happened in Shanghai
in 1941, when the then Maj. Fuller was
commanding battalion of the old 4th
Regiment.
What are you going to do if shoot
ing war starts. Major" one Of his nom
CONS asked. The question was believable
because Chesty, although demanding
absolute obedience to orders, is not the
sharpest disciplinarian In the Marine
Corps.
This was his answer:
II don't know what the United States
Government will do; don't know what
Marine Headquarters will do, and I
don't know what the regiment will do.
But-no orders to the contrary-In take
my battalion and fight my way the hell
back to Frisco"
There are other Pullerisms. At Qua
dalcanal, while commanding battalion
of the 7th Marines. Chesty was wounded
seven times by shrapnel. At dusk, when
the dead and wounded were being re-
moved, doctor tied casualty tag to
Col Fuller and suggested he go to the
rear.
The colonel rose from his foxhole, with
blood-soaked bandages on arm, leg and
foot.
"Evacuate me. hell!" he roared. Take
that tag and label bottle with 1t. I'm
going to stay in commando
Shortly after that he was ordered back
to the United States to lecture officers
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Letters to The Star

are those in important Offices in Amer
lea who received less than half the votes
cast. And let no one forget that the
achievement in Korea has all been in
spite of the fact that high powered
broadcaSting station in North Korea has
daily blanketed the entire nation, pouring
out its vile charges against DR.. Rhee and
"imperialist" America. What has hap
pened in spite of colossal obstacles, un-
der the administration Of Syngman
Rhee, is so astounding that John Foster
Dulles gaveit as his deliberate judgment.
when in Korea last June, that the Soviets
struck when they did because they could
not afford to have SO conspicuous a
democratic success held up before the
eyes of ASIA giving the lie to all their
propaganda. .,
The writer of the letter to The Star
referred to the "repressive" communistic
dictatorship north of the 38th parallel.
"Repressive." That's quite an under
statement for the diabolical butchery
that has gone on up there. If it's just
a bit repressive. perhaps the author Of
the letter had better ascertain why a
constant stream of refugees has poured
down into South Korea, attempting to
escape the horrors of the peoples" army.
Of course, with these refugees have in
filtraGed thousands of Communists. with
their pockets full of monkey wrenches to
hurl into the machinery of democratic
processes in Seoul or to join the guer-
rillas. That large number of these
Soviet agents have been arrested Is a
tribute to the loyal millions who support
DR.. Rhee.
The fact is that the present gov
ernment was elected by true democratic
procedure. And the logical thing is SIM
ply for the North to claim its birthright,
out of which it has been cheated by
trained Communist puppets. There will
be no question how the North will vote
after democratic fumigation. The more
Rhee- action. to repeat a cheap With
cisrn, both the North and the South can
get, the better for the future of this po-
tentially great people.
No wonder a high-ranking officer in
the American occupation force in Korea
declared: 'Dr. Rhee is so much the
greatest of Korean statesmen that he
might be said to be the only one"
The best antidote can recommend,
for any who might be affected by the
poison Of the recent letter referred to-,
would be to get at once copy of book
just off the press. It is an experts OBJ
jective, up-to-the- minute analysis of
Korea and its worldwide implications.
The title is why War Came in Korea, ;.
by one who, on all counts, knows what
he is talking about, DR.. Robert T. Oliver,
Frederick Brown Harris.
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Old Ways Called Best

AS a former rural schoolteacher, and
prior to that rural school pupil,
should like to dispute some Of Angelo
Patrfs advice to parents, for the good
Of both parent-readers and their children.
am an excellent speller and at
tribute my proficiency entirely to the old
type oral spelling in country schools I
attended. In those days. 1913-1919, par
entS deserving Of the name enforced the
production of homework. (And that In
itself would furnish material for good
sermon to many present-day "oyer-
worked" teachers and complaining par
entS0 sss
The spelling lesson was Il amust" at
night That. as well as the now -scorned
(and desperately needed multiplication
tables. and the next days reading lesson
all had to be perfect before could go
to bed.
No. we didn't have television set.
Neither did my parents go to cocktail
parties or bridge parties. They stayed
home and took turns seeing that pre-
pared my lessons, while mending and
other chores filled in spare time. When
the lessons were over, reading aloud was
treat shared by all.
BY the time was eight years old,
could stand up until near the end in a
spelling bee that included all the pupils
of the entire seven grades in our school.
was not paragon; the other pupils
generally were much better spoilers than
one finds in the present-day schools.
simply because we were drilled in oral
spelling both at home and at school.
won't say that all of Mr.. Patri's spell
ing method is wrong. but do en-
phatically contradict his statement that
"oral spelling is not too helpful to written
spelling"
Two of the best revisions of the modern
educational system would be to revive
the old time oral spelling classes and
spelling bees and to teach the multiplica-
ton tables. have seen too much evi-.
dence of failures due to their neglect,
and plenty of other people agree with
me. Mrs. nj. Macleod.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Two Hours of September

Less of an afternoon and more of story
Read from an old llunlined manuscript ;
In hand-,Drouott letters. gold. cobalt and
crimson
A purple blur i0here the authors hand
has slipped
The tale OF a supper spread for wanderers.
The aOiny globes OF the grapes are speet
for the taking,
The coTcomb bends to the hunger -sIlriI
dickcissle s
The sticky feet OF the bee are reluctant j
To leaue the rGpeled purple of shaken
thistle. 5
1t is but a fragment from the old nlisSaI
OF nights and days that 90 to make up
time.
shall not k,sop the end nor the begin
ming,
But I am richer, hauino read the rhyme.
YETZA GILLESPIE.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Where Angels May Fear to Tread

Not the least of Mr.. TrumanS worries over
enforcement of the anti-Communist law, passed
over his stern veto will lie in persuading five citi-
zens to come to Washington as members OF the
Subversive Activities Control Board.
The job, it is true, offers some attractions.
The board will not be partisan, for not more
than three members can be identified with the
same party. Nom partisan public service mas a.
fetching ring to it. The salary will. be $12,50O.
There will be plenty of personal publicity for
those who like it. The members of the board who
are not called fellow travellers will be called
fascist beasts Appointments will be subject to
Senate confirmation. That means a diligent
search will be made into the private lives of the
appointees by such diligent seafchers as Senators
McCarran, Mccarthy and Malone. Past afhlia-
tions past acquaintance, in-laws, public utter
ances and failure to make public utteranceS will
come under examination. If confirmed the ap-
pointees will be given the names of many indi-
vidualS who, in the opinion OF some Senators,
should be made to register. Failure to make
them register will not be pleasant for the board
members. They will be judged by their success
or failure in carrying out the provisions of law
which the President has said in advance will not
work but which an overwhelming majority of,
members of Congress evidently believes will work.
Judging from the experiences of some public
servants in Washington, however, angels might
fear to tread the precincts of this new board.
This service will be pioneering exploration for
which there is no precedent Whether they sue
ceed or fail will not depend upon themselves so
much as 1t will depend upon the courts, some
years hence. The Communists, under the law,
have 80 days in which to register with the De-
partment of Justice. If there are no registra-
tions, and the Communists have indicated there
will be none, by october 27, which is the end of
the trial period, the wheels of the new law begin
to turn. Once the board is appointed and con-
frmed it viii sit in judgment on organizations
and individuals the Attorney General says should
be registered. This judgment will be delivered
after hearings, in public, in which the accused
will be given opportunity to prove they are not
required to register. If they are found by the
board to be marked for registration under the
law, and yet they refuse to register the case will
go into court where the boards findings will be
upheld or turned down. If upheld, refusal to
register means jail and fines If turned down.
the members of the board may find that the
time has come to look for another Job.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
AnoIyzing Juvenile Crime

One of the difficulties in combating the rise
in juvenile delinquency in Washington is lack
of statistical analyses to guide law enforcement
authorities, welfare agencies and others in deal
ing with the problem. The best potential source
of such data is the Juvenile Court The statistics
are there, all right, but they are buried in the
records in such state of non-co-ordination that
they are valueleSs. That is why Judge Cockrin
has repeated her request to the Commissioners
Evening star., 1950-09-28
AtIuntic Pact Candidates

I would like to congratulate Constan-
tine Brown for his sincere, wise and
realistic remarks on the Atlantic Pact
Club" in his September % column. In
connection with Italy, it is only logical
and natural. due to their geographic
position, to include Greece, Turkey and
if possible Yugoslavia. These three coun-
tries will be in position to play decisive
role in blocking Russia's eastern door.
John e. Paraskevas.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

@. Is an individual permitted to dis
play the flag of the United Nations?
Il. A.
A. Until recently, this was not per-.
nitteo. A liberalization of the United
Nations flag code, however, now makes
this possible. Organizations are also
affected by this change. They may now
display the flag.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
By THE HAsKN SERVICE.

Q. How can roses be used in the soil
conservation program?-N. N.
A. It is recommended that multi.
fora roses be planted along the top Of
stream banks to check erosion along
streams in the East.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
Any question of fact by either writing The
NV, Washington 5. D. c.. and tnciosins cents
return postage. or BY telephoning ST. 5000.