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Evening star., 1950-08-28
Expense Of r. D. r. Shrine

During the past three years, Federal
taxpayers have shelled out $463 ,625 for
the maintenance of "The Franklin D.
Roosevelt National Historic Site and Lii
brary." It is the only memorial started
by President during his lifetime to
perpetuate his name. More than SO
guards, historians. librarians and main
tenance men are employed at Hyde Park.
The perpetrators Of the Roosevelt leg
end, such as Robert Sherwood. the play
wright. point out that 360,62995 was
taken in from the sale of admission tick
cts at 25c head during the first three
years. Even so, the cost to the taxpayers
is far outstripping the public interest in
this undertaking, and the gap is expected
to widen when the newness wears off.
Compare this, If you will, with the
three employees who are maintaining
Ulysses S. Grants tomb in New York,
where more than quarter of million
visitors. mostly school children, view it
each year. The Federal Government
has never given a nickel toward the
Grant Memorial, for the general who
welded !iis country together on the bat
tlefield. But 1t is pouring out enormous
sums to perpetuate the memory of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who did more to
divide our people and set up class hatred
than any other man in the history of
this republic.
Nothing Roosevelt's name ever touched
and nothing his name is associated with
ever is balanced, including the cost of
running the F. D. r. shrine at Hyde
Park.
George E. Stringfellow.
East Orange, N. j.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
interesting Quotes from Botsford

Re-reading after many years Bots
ford's Ancient History" discover that
Stain and Lenin are not the fathers OF
the Communist ideology.
The early Romans educational aim in
family and in public life was ito repress
the freedom Of the individual in the
interest of the state, to make nation
of brave warriors and dutiful citizens. !"
BotSford adds that -. though he (the
Roman citizen of the 3rd century B. Co.
was willing to sacrifice his life for the
good of the state. he was equally ready
to enrich himself at the expense Of his
neighbors Their hard. stern souls
knew neither generosity nor mercy.
They were narrow, harsh and unlov-
able. Greed was one OF their strongest
motives to conquest"
This seems to parallel the current sit
uation Il the U.S.SR. with its little
group Of coldly calculating IA, pulling
strings from the Kremlin.
It Is interesting to note further that
the original use Of "veto" is in strange
contrast to its destructive power in the
hands Of the Soviet delegate. The "trib-
unes," who represented the ''plebeians"
or common people in the 5th century
A.C., were allowed to sit at the door OF
the senate house and listen to the pro-
ceedings therein. "If the consul pro-
posed a measure that displeased them.
their 'Veto!' shouted through the doo-,
caused the measure to be dropped"
How tragic that this simple word.
once used IN struggle for equality Of
rights, now is perverted In an effort to
thwart means to that very end!
Lois e. Broadus.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
What a Knot Is Not

The Civil Aeronautics Administration will
find, in changing over to nautical system of
expressing distances and speeds, that the indoc-
trination problem is not SO much concerned with
what knot is as what 1t is not Nearly every
one knows that a nautical mile is longer than
statute mile, but the difference between nautical
miles and knots is not so clear to many persons
unless they have attended Navy boot camp.
The CAA is confronted with the nautical
mile problem as result of its decision to adopt
the nautical measurement plan on July of next
year. CAA officials figure it will take that long
to familiarize civilian aviation with the new
terms. Military aviation has been on the nautical
system for several years, with good results
Instead of measuring airline distance by the
regular mile of $3.50 feet, the future measuring
will be done with the 608O-foot nautical unit
There is good reason for the change, for a
nautical mile is equal to one minute of a great
circle Of the earth It Is thus a geographical
unit more readily adapted to air navigation than
the old English unit generally used in the past.
But the tricky part Of the system is the knot,
which is neither unit of distance nor of time,
but a combination of both. A knot is a unit OF
speed. One knot is equivalent to one nautical
mile an hour. Hence, If an airplane is making
200 nautical miles an hour, its speed is 200 knots
That seems easy enough, at first glance but the
CAA is apt to discover that many flyers will be
inclined to say 200 knots IAN hour" That would
be like saying 200 nautical miles an hour an hour
That is not knot and not nautical as any old
salt will testify
Evening star., 1950-08-28
By Russell Barnes

yXTHAT some United Nations delegates
w have dubbed the Soviet dictator
ship in the Security Council will end next
Friday when Yakov A. Malik retires as
Council president.
Mr.. Malik will be replaced during Sep
tenber by Sir Gladwyrl Jebb. British
delegate. who personally is as urbane and
well-behayed as Mr.. Malik during August
has been blunt and domineering.
Much Of the salt and fire that have
made Mr.. Maliks sessions at Lake Sue
cess top-ranking teleyision and radio pro-
grams will likely disappear when Sir
Gladwyn takes over because the Briton
Is expected to uphold both the letter and
spirit Of the Councils rule. But the Coun-
Gil will probably get more work done.
Mr.. Malik, it must be conceded, has
played within the rules during his August
term as president. His tactics however,
have been those Of one who takes advan-
tage of technicalities in the law to fleece
his victims.
So far Mr. Malik has insisted that the
only basis for Korean peace can be invita-
ton of both North and South Korean
delegates to sit with the Council, freezing
present battlelines, and withdrawal Of all
foreign troops from Korea.
In support of this Russian proposal. he
Evening star., 1950-08-28

ways are manifold. Let the Government
spend wisely where such expenditures
are necessary. Let the Government prop
agandize for thrift and industry, not de-
prive the people Of their just earnings
unnecessarily. Then, the great majority
Of the people would respond to the ex-
ample and practice Of their Government
which recognized them as intelligent
beings and not wayward children, need
ing continual parental guidance and in
reference.
No patriotic American begrudges nec-
essary taxation for good government and
adequate national defense. All Ameri-
cans. however. should resent being taxed
billions for incompetent government and
defense that turns out to be a myth
under its first minor test. Even now the
disillusionment in this connection has
frightened the governing bodies into ex-
tremes of action which may impair our
economic stability and deprive us OF
many of our inherent liberties for years
to come.
From now on Thrift and industry"
not Tax and spend" should be a ma
tional slogan. Paraphrasing, Millions
for good government; billions for defense,
if necessary, but not cent for in
efficiency or waste"
Edison w. Briggs.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Lost Letter on Teaching the Deof

Editors Note: This letter terminates
q series OF communications in Dhich
some readers. including Mr.. Wathen-
Dunn. haze argued for "oralism" as
method OF instruction for the deaf. and
Others, including Mr.. Cdrrel, haze argued
for "mGnualism" m"-lip-reading as against
hGnd-signs.
B 4 do not wish to add fuel to the
controversy raging between Messrs.
Wathen-Dunn and Carrel, but if by sup
porting Mr. Carrel publicly can save
one child from the misery of being
forced into hateful course by parents
favoring one method over another with
out trying both, shall be justified for
hoi ming in.
A little case history is necessary, and
am very fair example. Until the
age Of II years I mingled ecstatically
with my kind and was well on the way
toward becoming "talkie-all- the
timey" pest when Mr.. Carrel's night of
horror silenced me. Fortunately, my
parents knew nothing of the merits or
faults Of the two methods of inStruc-
tion bit shipped me off to the State
Institution for Deaf which had the COM
bined method. In the classroom learned
my Latin roots orally. was able to
graduate year early because I had
picked UP the mother tongue in the
normal manner and had for teacher
one Of the most wonderful oralists that
ever lived. There were but two of us
in the class, so the situation was akin
to the Mrs. Helen Keller arrange
ment.
And I'd like to say here that If every
one spoke the English tongue as did
Mary Griffin. there would be no prob
lem over the matter; every deaf person
could oe restored to society as far as
their understanding strangers went.
Making themselves understood is diff
ferent problem. Right here is the crux
of the matter, Even If some one believes
it Is worth the trouble for a mute to
strain at the effort to talk. the public is
not going to the trouble to take up the
st.dy Of articulation for the sake of the
few deaf persons they encounter, so an
oralist's social circle is limited to his
narrow tange Of friends and those in
the profession.
Outside of class reverted to the cur
rent language of signs. Out Of over q
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Protests Wuste of Public Money
Bert Lovett Forse.

During the past score Of years, politi-
cally-minded administrations have con-
ceived a theory that the principal cure
all for imitation is to deprive the people
Of their earnings above an existence level.
Unnecessarily taking earnings away
from the people to prevent spending and.
instead, hiring Government to spend
or waste, as the case may be, the same
money, does not reduce imitation. At
least. in general, when you spend your
own money you have something tangible
or in satisfaction to show for it, On the
other hand, money, which is q form of
human labor, much Of which is poured
down rat hole in competitive, dupli-
Gated and so-called household" spend-
ing, does not cure imitation, but, instead,
impoverishes people. You will be more
earned than will Government which
acquires it simply by passing law.
This principal Of taxation does not
appear to rest solely on the actual need
of the Government for this money.
Rather, it suggests the notion that the
American people themselves are incap-
able of handling their own affairs in q
reasonable and intelligent manner. This
function. in administration minds, can be
achieved only by an all-wise group Of
taxing and spending experts to whom
waste and extravaganza have become
virtues
The theory of ''tax and spend" started
by the Government, spread to the States,
counties and municipalities. Now, it has
infected the lawmakers and is being
advocated by much of the press. If the
people have caught the spending disease,
it is due to. this exposure and not to an
inherent improvidence on their part. The
American people have been noted in the
past for their thrift and industry. This
capacity was the backbone Of our un-
parallel economic growth as a Nation.
The best cure for an infectious disease
Is to remove the cause, not aggravate it
by an overdose.
Let the Government set an example Of
economy wherever possible - and the
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Playing Politics With Economy

1t is rare event when Federal department
voluntarily lops personnel off the payroll in an
effort to save money for the taxpayers News
worthy, therefore, is Postmaster General Donald
sons disclosure that 10000 postal employees were
let out during the past fiscal year. bringing his
working force down to 501,679. But the good
news is tempered by the peculiar attitude being
manifested in some quarters of the Capitol
toward postal economy and ef1ciency.
] In fact if the House should have its way,
most of the payroll savings viii be nullified in
the immediate future. The major part of the
personnel reduction resulted from Mr.. Donald
sons economy order Of last April cutting mail
deliveries from two to one day That order was
designed to save the department about 100000
a year, a moderate start toward reducing this
years postal deficit of half a billion dollars But
the House. under pressure from postal employees
organizations, and with an eye to the November
elections, has voted to restore the two-a-day
delivery schedule. Such restoration would
mean the rehiring of employees who felt the
effect of the mail service curtailment order. And
1t would mean cancellation of the savings caused
by consolidating two deliveries into one
But the reluctance to include the Post Office
Department in current economy moves is not
confined to the House side of the Capitol. The
Senate Post Oh1ce Committee still is keeping in
pigeonhole the Hoover Commission sponsored
bill to divorce the postal service from politics and
place it on an efficient, businesslike basis. The
bill, s.2213, would remove all postmasterships
from the field of political patronage. The COM
nittee has indefinitely postponed" action on
this important and sensible plan, although the
President and the Postmaster General are
squarely behind it. How much longer is Congress
going to play politics with postal economy at
a time when non-defense retrenchment is SO
essential? rs ~ ~
Evening star., 1950-08-28
For a Convenient Airport

The overwhelming vote by the House in favor
of the bill to authorize a new national airport
for Washington was victory for advocates OF an
auxiliary air terminal In reasonably accessible
location. The persistent efforts of Marylanders
to have the bill ditched in favor Of their plan to
use the new Friendship Airport as Washington's
auxiliary field have met deserved defeat. For
Friendship is too far from washington to serve
our needs-despite claims to the contrary.
Members of the Maryland delegation on the
House floor asserted that the new Baltimore
airport will be within 80 minutes of Washington
when the washington Baltimore Parkway is
ready This looks like an overly optimistic
estimate, in view of the fact that Friendship is
about 80 miles from downtown Washington as
the crow flies. Test runs by the Washington
Board of Trade via the Baltimore Pike consumed
from IS minutes to 1A hours, depending on
traffic conditions
The Civil Aeronautics Administration is
correct in contending that Friendship is good
airport-for Baltimore. It could serve as an
emergency landing place if Washington facilities
are closed in by weather developments But
Washington urgently needs second airport
closer to the city than Baltimore's fine terminal
1t will get such an airport under terms Of the
authorization approved by the Senate and the
House. It seems assured that the site will be in
nearby Virginia, adjacent to the new Shirley
Highway. Such location should enable airport
travellers to reach the heart of the city by auto
mobile in about Is minutes. Unless the new
airport is convenient to downtown Washington,
the time saved in flying here from New York, for
example, will be largely wasted. Congress has
shown good Judgment in voting for an auxiliary
air terminal in the washington Metropolitan
Area.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Warning Against Over-Stoffing

Although the House has failed to support a
committee proposal for rigid ban on permanent
Federal appointments during the present emer-
gency, it has made it plain that it is against
use of the emergency to over-staff Government
appropriation bill, the House instructed the
Civil Service Commission to do what it can to
keep appointments on a temporary basis. The
effectiveness of this directive will depend in
large measure on the sincerity of the efforts
made to carry it out
If the departments make an earnest attempt
TO comply with the intent of the House, they will
make relatively few permanent appointments
during the remainder of the current fiscal year.
Most of the personnel expansion during this
period will be related to the Korean emergency.
ofdcials in charge of hiring new employees are
not likely to have much trouble in securing
plenty of recruits willing to serve on temporary
basis. It may become necessary to promise per-
rnanent jobs to few persons particularly quail
fed for key positions, and the House plan will
give enough latitude to make this possible.
The House, in effect, has served notice on the
Civil Service Commission and on personnel
officers in the departments that it will use every
means within its power-even riders on appro-
priations-to prevent use of the emergency as
q device to enlarge the permanent executive
establishment Whether the Senate joins with
the House in this warning or not, department
officials would be wise to use great caution in
making future appointments reduce the
usual post-emergency retrenchment difficulties.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Letters to The Star ).
A pseudonyn Is permissible only
aohen letter carries correct name
and address OF 1cTiter. Please be brief.

hundred pupils. you see, there were but
two that fitted oralism-and one of
them now Is backslider! My pal was
restored to society"-the society of
tiny mining town in Colorado, and /
wish you could meet him. He Is bigger
bore than am, Gunga-Din.
Learning signs was so very easy, as
compared to learning the many, many
ways that our mixed heritage pro-
nounces simple words Strangely. If
everybody lisped we'd have less diff
Guilty understanding; the frequent 9TH,
tn, tn" becomes code key that helps.
But learned the meaning of signs from
those not qualified to teach them. my
playmates! This is method I would
notarecommend any more than I should
indorse the teaching of the facts of life
from the same source. To me, it proved
akin to breaking bone that had started
to knit wrong and resetting it. For ex-
ample: The superintendent had said
do not be-to the burroS" I asked
the meaning of the sign did not know.
A sweet child told me he thought it
meant ''impolite." (All right, won't be
impolite to the dear little burrosD
Cruel was the right translation in that
case. But still say ''impolite" when I
mean cruel"
But never was morose or dull from
discouraging lack of progress such as
most youngsters exhibit when con-
fronted with pure oralism. To those who
have been through it. the heart bleeds
at the sight Of oralism forced upon
child who otherwise might become an
entirely different and probably more
brilliant individual had he been edu-
Gated by the quicker and easier method.
So I say to parents: Unless you are
determined to make your child an un-
happy sllowpiece, choose the manual
way"
Bert Lovett FOrse.
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Search for the Tomb of Midas

group of archaeologistS from the University
of Pennsylvania is in Turkey in quest of the tomb
of Midas, the ancient king of Phrygia whose
touch was golden. Prof. Rodney Young is the
leader of the expedition and he hopes to find the
object of its search in one of large number of
artificial hills about 100 miles south of Ankara.
Such man-made mounds sometimes are worth
excavating. Many of the treasures in the
museums of England and Ireland were extracted
from prehistoric tumuli. The custom of raising
small mountains of that type dates back to the
remotest ages-and still is practiced by some
peoples despite its great cost in labor.
But Midas does not seem to have been a
monarch deserving of any sort of monument
involving much expense or bother. He represents
the perfect fool or nitwit Every legend connected
with his name shows him to have been boob.
Only blundering moron would have wished to
have everything he handled turn to gold Even
moments thought should have suffced to warn
him that he would starve under the curse of the
gift Of Dionysus Only the mercy of the wine
god saved him from the consequences of his folly.
Apollo was less kind to the king When Midas
preferred the pipes Of Pan to the Tyre of the chief
of the Muses. the letter changed his ears into those
of an ass-and tnsy remained so. The saga of
the donkey sovereign ends, according to Strabo,
with his death from drinking the blood of an OK.
Yet he retained his royal status to the finish,
and it wen may be that on that account he
was accorded monumental tomb which can be
located after rs or 80 centuries. The expedition
from Philadelphia is not likely to return without
some result for its effort. There already have
been finds of importance reported. The region
which Prof. Young and his associates are
Evening star., 1950-08-28
Formoso: A Weak Link

The Chinese Communist attack on the
American decision to defend Formosa serves to
underscore and to emphasize the previous warn
ing by Governor Dewey that the Formosan ques-
tion is one of the weakest links in the united
Western front against aggression.
In substance. the Peiping complaint is that
Formosa is Chinese territory, and that "the peo-
pie of China cannot tolerate the act of armed ag
gresSion by the United States Government on
sion" refers to the Presidents announcement
that the Seventh Fleet would defend Formosa
against any attack by the Chinese Communists
Our delegate to the Security Council, Warren
Austin, has countered the Red demand that the
U. N. order withdrawal of all American forces
from Formosa with the assertion that the charges
are ridiculous falsehoods" and that this coun-
try would welcome full investigation by the
United Nations
This reply, however, may not be enough.
Britain and India, two Of our most important
allies in this international tug-of-war, have
recognized the Chinese Communist regime. This
makes it very difficult for them, even II they
were so disposed to support our position with re-
spect to Formosa, where Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek is making his last stand. Against the
obvious disadvantage of this apparent division
in the ranks of the anti-Communist nations
must be weighed the military Importance of
Formosa. The big island off the China coast
may be of no especial military value to us as
forward base. But If the opinions of some OF our
foremost military experts-such as General
MacArthur-can be credited, Formosa, In the
hands of powerful enemy state would seriously
threaten our whole line of defense In the Pacific.
If that estimate is correct then it is obvious that
the United States, regardless of political con-
siderations must oppose any settlement which
might make Formosa available to Russia as a
military outpost
The protest from the Chinese Communists
may presage military assault on Formosa. More
probably, however, it is an attempt to exploit
the breach in the Western political line with re-
spect to Formosa, and it was this weakness which
Governor Dewey discussed in his recent address
at Ottawa.
The New York Governors thesis was that the
Soviets are trying by every means to divide the
Western states, and that in this connection, For
mosa is one of the biggest guns in their arsenal.
The only way for the nations of the West and
India to meet that weapon, he said, is to come
to an agreement concerning Formosa, and by all
means to do this before, not after, an attack on
the island is under way.
1t will not be easy to do this, for the political
commitments, foolish or otherwise have been
made AS Governor Dewey says, however, we of the
West are all in this leaky ship together, and we
will be guilty of diplomatic blunder OF the first
magnitude If we permit the Communists to use
Formosa as an effective instrument in their
diyide-and conquer strategy.