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Evening star., 1950-01-12

$z.95 to $5.95 Slips and Pettieoots (sIiehtIy
soed). Beautiful royons, dust soiled or soiled
with tiny carbon or ink spots =. all greatly re-
duced Assorted coIors and sizes,
r2tr.ssr $l.s5 to $2.s5
Evening star., 1950-01-12

tissue foiIes, sotins and veIvets or toilored
or long sleeves, jewel necklines, tailored
mocho or toast. Sizes IA to l8. You'll
for in this grand collection, 81 10 $7.95
Evening star., 1950-12-26

saved all their summer canteloupe and
watermelon seeds for the birds.
Homegrown sunf1ower seed, too. al
though these may be purchased at an
r-increasing price.
The cost of feeding our birds in winter
increases yearly, so that some of their
best friends feel that time of crisis
must extend as far as the birds.
The songsters have weathered all Of
mankind's times of trouble" so far. and
probably will do so again. Their feath-
ers, fragile .as they seem. will protect
them from irradiation, in all probability.
Their powers of rapid flight should
serve them well. Possessing very nerv-
GUS temperaments at all times, geared
to their higher temperatures, they are
instant starters. Their powers of accel-
Grafton are marvellous. From an instant
start they can go to 80 miles an hour In
two seconds or less.
Their sharp eyesight and hearing en-
able them to detect trouble from afar,
and their nervous coordination allows
them to "get going" long before slower
human beings would know any trouble
existed.
Winter observation from the window
is good way to make acquaintance with
the birds
It should be stressed that the best way
Is not to take sides. If possible, but to
Evening star., 1950-12-26
This and That

Some of the things wintering bluebirds
like to eat are the wild cherry, mountain
ash berries, chokeberries and holly ber-
ries.
The black haw suits them, as we'll as
the sumac. Blackberries and raspber-
ries, in other seasons, appeal to them.
People may put out raisins, currants
and doughnuts. although the latter may
be rejected.
A bluebird on it's own has a right
to take or not take. just as it pleases.
No one is going to lecture it on the i'm
portance Of right thought in diet.
After. all, right thinking in relation
to health is vastly important-for
human beings.
The birds know nothing of such ideas
They must have food in the cold, and
that Is where the human element
comes in.
We can all do little for them, even
with waste foods. Not garbage. of course,
although even some of the cleanest
might be used.
Preferably stale bread, but not moldy.
Slices of old bread should be wet with
milk or water. Either will do nicely
though the former gives more food value.
Cornmeal will do. in a pinch.
Many Washingtonians for years have
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Escape From Hungnom

The rescue of the Tenth Corps from Hung
nam, where the greatest disaster in our military
history seemed imminent only few days ago, is
by far the most cheering news of this uneasy
Christmas season.
When the evacuation began on December 10
those who knew the facts were steeling them
selves for the worst. The Tenth Corps had been
cut off and isolated in the frozen hills of North
east Korea. The Eighth Army had fallen back
and there was no possibility of sending aid to
General Almonds men. The one hope was that
they could fight their way to Hungnam and then
escape by sea. Whether this could be done
depended on the strength and intentions of the
Chinese Communists If they had the troops
available and were willing to pay the price, the
chances were that they could destroy most of
the Tenth Corps.
That did not happen. Perhaps the Chinese
lacked the requisite power. They may not have
wished to make the necessary sacrifices. Or it
may be that the fiery defense set up by the
Navy, the Air Force and the troops who manned
the escape-por perimeter was more than any
army could successfully challenge. In any event
the rescue operation is over. Five divisions of
fighting men-more than 100000 in all-have
been removed from Hungnam. They will live to
fight again. Some 350,000 tons of supplies and
more than 1900 vehicles, the life blood of any
army, were taken out with the troops. One thing
more was done at Hungnam that will live in
the memory of men as long as character and
decency count for something in this world. Our
escaping army knowing that the danger
mounted with each passing hour, nevertheless
took with it more than 100000 Korean civilians.
These were people who rose up and joined forces
with us when we marched into North Korea.
They were risking their lives and they knew it,
We might have left them to be slaughtered by
the returning Communists But we did not do
it. We took them out And because of this we
can feel little better in our minds knowing
that when the chips were down we did what
could be done to help those who had helped us,
that we were not content merely to save our own
people and leave our friends to the execution
squads of the enemy.
When all of the laurels have been bestowed
however and all of the praises sung we still
must face up to the fact that Hungnam was
defeat and not a triumph. We have rescued an
army, but the battle was lost. From all indica-
tions, it will not be long until the Communists
strike again, and the days ahead will be hard
days for those of our troops who remain in
Korea. Our sense of gratitude for the escape of
the Tenth Corps must be tempered by the reali-
zation that the fight has just begun, that we
must endure months and years of suffering and
sacrifice before there can be any real peace or
security in this unhappy world.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
BY Charles E. TroceweH

accept all comers, since they are all
hungry.
If the newcomer to window watching
begins to fuss and fume over starlings,
let us say, he may wreck for himself the
best the cardinals and chickadees can
bring him.
There is so much trouble in the human
world that it is not well to make the
purely natural creatures bear the burden
Of our peculiarities.
We humans have long history, too,
although not as long as that of the
birds. We embody, each one Of us, some
OF the good points of humanity-and
some of the worse ones.
Surely, to fret and fume. to put too
much selectivity into bird watching, is
one of our worse traits although it may
not always be recognized as such.
A little child and little bird
These are dear to the Christmas story.
1t is for us not to sully the glorious
tradition, but to make it live in our
own lives, and, when it comes to the
wintering birds, In our own gardens. It
is an easy thing to do, but it requires
just a little more than seeds or suet
or bread crumbs. 1t takes some portion
Of human gentleness, some modicum Of
liberation, and q good deal Of common
sense.
Evening star., 1950-12-26

is insignificant. Since the majority Of
TV programs are received via coaxial
cable, the 525-line standard used now and
in RCA color is inconsistent, since the
so-called definition in the other direction
of the picture is limited below this
amount by the cable.
The size of the CHS color picture is
not limited to 12l2 inches even when
using a revolving disc (Which in itself
could be replaced by the tricolor tube
if the latter were to prove feasible.) BY
using projection systems, the size be-
comes relatively unlimited and only a
small disc is needed. 1t is true that COM
mercial projection sets have not met
with public favor. This. however, is a
result of their comparatively high cost,
and because little research has been ex-
pended to improve projection systems.
2. If it were possible to place both
color TV systems before the public, the
RCA system would ultimately fall by
the wayside, for purely economic rea-
sons. Future set buyers, having seen
color. would want the set which would
give them color, in color, at the cheap
est price.
3. The life of the present commercial
TV set is limited even without changes
in standards; it will become obsolete in
sofar as circuits and components are
concerned and will reach a point where
the maintenance cost will not justify
Evening star., 1950-12-26
The Case for CBS Color Te|evision
To the Editor of The Stur:

A S AN electronic engineer, was
~ very much disrnayed by the hastily
formed conclusions set forth in your
recent editorial calling for the reversal
of the FEC color TV decision.
To simplify the argument, let us as
sumo that the color pictures demon
strated by RCA are equal to those Of
the system approved by the FEC. If
this is so, even in laboratory or demon
stration model, it represents an engineer
ing accomplishment little short of mirac-
ulous, and those responsible for it are
to be congratulated. It does not, how
ever, affect the basic superiority of the
CHS system over the RCA one: namely.
its simplicity and subsequent low cost.
I think the folly of adopting the RCA
system can best be illustrated by a
hypothetical future event:
Suppose, some time hence, all present.
day civilization has disappeared, and all
that remains are few scientific devices
including an RCA color TV set. Upon
these remains come scientists from outer
space who are able to comprehend the
technical features of the equipment, but
who have not been exposed to the
publicity about compatibility. After
these men have finally solved the work.
ings of the "dot-sequential system" they
look at one another and wonder: What
is the reason for all this complexity?"
OF course, they never find the answer.
They do not know that the system
simply is the result of a program which
was intended mainly as a delaying action
in order to avoid the imposition of
simple system.
Shall the future buyers of color TV
sets fall victims to the fruits of this
campaign? If so, the money represented
by the increased cost Of the RCA sys-
tenn will soon dwarf the amount needed
to convert existing sets to the CHS sys-
tenn, or to completely replace them. Color
will be restricted to a small percentage
of the public able to afford the elec-
tronic luxury imposed by RCA.
It is the duty of responsible agency
such as the FEC to protect the public
from such fate. A simple system, Civ
ing excellent results now exists; to delay
its adoption can only result in an ulti-
mate public loss.
I submit the following additional COM
ments, which 7 think should be of more
widespread knowledge:
/. The public has been subtly misled
to believe that the CHS system produces
an inferior picture. limited in size to
1914 inches. The claim about the in
ferior picture results from the known
fact that slightly less scanning lines are
used by CHS. Practically. however, this
Evening star., 1950-12-26

phone Co. of Virginia has a system of
rates that increase with the number of
telephones that are in the area. Com
munities that have only several hun
dred phones pay less than So month.
Towns with less than $4,000 telephones
pay an intermediate rate. Cities such
as Richmond or Alexandria pay high
rate.
This rating system would be analogous
to Capital Transit's charging 25 cents for
a ride on a crowded bus in the down.
town section, and cents for a ride on
an empty bus in an outlying area.
No one denies the fact that the laying
of telephone cable in rural areas is
expensive, and that the use of multiple
automatic switchboards in large city
results in low-cost service per telephone.
This is the general theory of wholesaling.
true in every industry. More units
cheaper unit prices
How then can the c & P Telephone
Company of Virginia possibly believe
that their present system of multiple
rates, discriminatory to the cities. is
fair? II rates were equitable, Alexandria
residents, who cannot call as many ex-
changes as can District subscribers.
should pay less for telephone service
than does District resident
Moreover the District company pro-
vides many services for the nearby Vir-
ginia area. Employment offices are con-
solidated in the District. The Northern
Virginia" telephone directory is to be
discontinued in favor of single larger
District directory. Repair crews from
the District are generally used for Alex
andria and Arlington emergencies. All
these items result in lower costs for
the nearby Virginia offices, but these
costs are not reflected in nearby Vir-
ginia rates. Instead, the savings go to
a Statewide kitty" and the entire
State benefits rather than only our
nearby community.
To me the only equitable solution
would be single rate throughout the
State. If this is not practicable, due to
protests from the minority that now
pays minimum charges, then the rates
in Alexandria and Arlington should be
reduced to the amount charged in the
District.
Theodore BullOckus.
Alexandria,
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Letters to The Star

allowing books like Magruder's "Ameri-
can Government" in the D. C. schools
But my criticism is directed elsewhere.
I cannot help wondering how a man so
dedicated to obscurantism could have
become vice president of the Board of
Education. It is like putting an arsonist
in charge of the Fire Department, or
leaving cat to protect q canary bird.
It is discouraging.
ID. c. Parent.
Franklin T. Miles, in letter to The
Star. stands up for the selection Of pro-
American textbooks for our schools; he
feels the un-American and subversive
teachings in Washington public schools
must be exposed, and this requires
courage.
What's this, what's this-the word
communism" appears in q political
science book? Early Americans were re-
volutionaries? There are policies and
wars in our history about which en-
barrassing questions might be asked? No.
no! Fix up the texts. fix up the facts Of
history, burn the boo-no, better not do
that. But let's be pro-American at all
costs!
4cdCllcIS, NIL MAcS, are Trying 10 Ileip
their students learn to read, which
means to evaluate ideas from many
sources. The words of any one textbook
are no end-all. just as there is no single
infallible source of historical facts and
correct interpretations. Where, in the
American Way" do you find fear of
ideas? Where in the world today do you
find government regulation of thought
and ideas? What is un-American about
letting educators work in free atmo-
sphere?
Alfred Pfanstiehl.
The fact that the majority of the
District Board of Education and the
present Superintendent. Hobart Corning.
are either unwilling to or incapable OF
dealing with un-American influences in
public schools is well-known fact to
all interested and informed people.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
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its retention. One need only draw
parallel to the changes in radio sets
since the early models.
4. The real villains of the TV story
are those manufacturers and their ad-
vertising representatives who have, with
out authority, told the public during
the past few years that when color
comes you will be able to receive it on
your present set." Then comes the
small print: e.. in black and white"
S. The injunction against the FEC
has caused concentrated attempt by
TV manufacturers to flood the market
with black-and-Whit sets to add weight
to the compatibility argument. This
not only is unfair to present TV set
buyers but is diverting valuable elec-
tronic components from the defense
program by loopholes in NPA regulations.
6. If the FEC should be brought to
change its decision by pressure. it would
be an open invitation to every one
engaged in communications to fight any
future ruling that he might find adverse
to his interests. In short, it would COM
pletely destroy confidence in the FEC.
While all of the ado about color TV
may seem trivial in view of the present
world situation, to ignore a decision now
would be to forfeit the right to make
one at some future time. This. "easy
way out" simply does not make sense.
Harry Blaine Smith
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lines proposed by him resulted in the modern
New York Symphony under his sponsorship.
In the best meaning of the phrase DR..
Damrosch was Snowman Radio was a natural
medium for him to adopt, and as director of the
NBC music appreciation broadcasts from 1929
to 1912 he pioneered an enterprise of education
which has had many limitations but no superiors.
It was his privilege to prove the capacity of
radio to be an instrument for the characterization
of musical culture as we'll as entertainment of
a less delicate character. But even more i'm
portant than the work he did was the example
that DR.. Damrosch set. He personiied the
profession as well as the art of music.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Virginia Telephone Rates

Although Alexandria and Arlington are
considered to be part of Metropolitan
Washington, the nearby Virginia tele-
phone subscribers have to pay higher
rates for service that is not as extensive
as provided in the District.
1t is generally agreed that the tele-
phone company, public utility. is en-
titled to fair return. The stockholders
do receiye fair return. But the system
OF multiple rates as practiced in Vir-
ginia is decidedly unfair to city in
habitants.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Walter Domrosch

Three generations of Washingtonians knew
and greatly admired Walter Damrosch. His
work brought him to the Nations Capital on
many occasions, and 1t was here in fine old
house on Lafayette Square, May IT, 1890, that
he married the beautiful Margaret Isabella
Blaine, second daughter of the Secretary of
State in President Benjamin Harrison's cabinet.
The friends he made locally in his youth re-
mained his friends as long as they lived and
the great romance of his life remained source
of strength and comfort to him until Mrs
Damrosch died in July, 1949
Now Dr. Damrosch himself is gone. He
probably was the most notably famous musical
personality of his time. No aspect of melody
no phase of harmony was exempt from his con-
structive influence. AS a composer he won such
success as would have contented any average
man; as pianist on the concert stage he scored
unforgettable triumphs; as an operate and
orchestral conductor he developed patterns of
musical science which now are standard practice
and always will be associated with his name.
His whole career was an unbroken achievement
He grew with the increase of his opportunities
No interference stayed DETECTED him. He
made conveniences of adversities. Thus, for
example the First World War provided him with
a chance to help military bands to a new level
of artistic eninence. Still earlier a prejudice
against German composers at the Metropolitan
had given him an opening to establish his own
opera company and an unwillingness on the part
OF the Philharmonic Society to reorganize on
Evening star., 1950-12-26
RedeveIopment Gets q Director

The appointment of John R. Searles, ir, as
executive director of the District Redevelopment
Land Agency gives the slum- clearance organiza~
ton an official administrator for the first time
since Congress created it, in 1916. This must be
some sort of record in the field of administra-
tive Illustration. No other governmental unit in
memory has had to exist so long without operat-
ing personnel or funds.
That the agency has been able to survive at
all is due in large measure to the personal efforts
OF Mark LanSburgh, its chairman, and a small
group who stood with him in refusing to see the
redevelopment program in Washington die
a-borning. For years the agency has depended
on its chairman for office space Secretarial Serv-
ice and stationery. Congress- year after year,
declined to give the agency any money whatever,
although it had "authorzed' it to administer a
$40 million slum m-redevelopment program.
It was not until enactment of the National
Housing Act of 1949 that hope came to the organ
ization. That act was amended to permit allot-
ment of some funds to the agency for approved
slum clearance and redevelopment work. The
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
thereupon gave the local body a preliminary
grant to enable it to organize adminiStratively
and to begin formal planning. 1t was under this
grant that appointment of an executive director
was made possible.
Ironically, the belated aid to the agency
comes as the District and the Nation are prepar-
ing themselves for national emergency which
may be of long duration. Manpower and mate
rails for defense projects will be harder and
harder to obtain 1t may be that about all the
Redevelopment Land Agency can do now is to
make studies and develop plans that can be
carried out when conditions are more favorable
for slum clearance. Such planning ought to be
done, however, so that the program can be
started without any unnecessary delay when the
go-sgnal is sounded
Evening star., 1950-12-26
That Stone of Scone

If thieves broke into independence Hall in
Philadelphia and stole the Liberty Bell the case
might be analogous to that of the theft of the
Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey-at
least as far as patriotic Scots were concerned
OF course, the famous slab is only symbol of
the nationhood of the land of the thistle, and
the countrymen of Robert Burns and Harry
Lauder would be no more national community
If they had it in Edinburgh than they would If
1t stayed in London. Yet the significance of the
336-pound rock is not to be denied.
Many Scottish sovereigns down to John
Baliol are supposed to have been crowned stand
ing sitting on that same reddish block of terra
firma. The English King, Edward l. brought it
from Perthshire in 1896. It was to be returned
to Scotland in 1928 but it remained in the Abbey
and was "vndcated" in 1903 when Mary Stuart's
son. James vi, in his own country became James
I Of England. No less than 27 monarchs have
made use of it, the list including all the British
rulers from 1903 down to now.
How the custom of employing the stone as
a foundation for royalty got started nobody
knows. Legends affirm that it began as Jacobs
pillow at Bethel Then it was the Liza Fail or
Stone of Destiny on the sacred hill of Tara in
Ireland. Kenneth II is alleged to have found
it in Iona, where it was called the pillow of St.
Columbia. He carried it to the abbey at Scone
about 840 The inscription associated with it is
of relatively late composition. 1t reads: mi
fallat fatum, Scott quocunque locatum invenient
lapidem, regnare tenetur ibidenl," which has
been translated "Where'er this stone is placed,
the fates decree, the Scottish race shall there
the So eigns be-"
Sco4.e, by the way, is pronounced "skoon,"
to rhyme with spoon.