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Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
RECITAL AT
UNIVERSITY
E. Power Biggs, Nationally
Known Organist, to Be at
Newark March oath
NATIVE OF ENGLAND

E. Power Biggs, nationally
known organist who is credited
with much of the revival of inter-
est in the organ as a concert in
strument, will present a recital at
Mitchell Hall, Newark, on Friday,
March "a, under sponsorship Of the
University of Delaware's Depart
ment of Music. Anthony ]. Loudis,
professor Of music, said that tick
cts for the recital, at 8:15 pm,
will be available to the general
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Upon the establishment of the
Marines by Continental resolution
in 1775, Captain Samuel Nicholas
was ordered to recruit two bat
talions of Marines.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

Galloway, N z
This house. birthplace and home of John Quincy Adams
the sixth President still stands in Quincy, Mass true
example of the satbox style of architecture the house has
long sopng roof coming close to the ground in the
The roof is covered with reesistan asphalt shingles
like those protecting modern American homes Sidewalks
clapboard and for color contrast the trim is painted white
Built about 1861 the house was restored in 1896.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09
THAT'S A REASON

Plate-W What makes Mr.. Egg so
uppish?
Cup-He says his family may be
one dollar dozen some day, that's
what.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-09

ing on a national radio network,
and on this program, or with lead
ing orchestras, he has premiered
such compositions as Sowerby's
Concerto for Organ and Full Or
chestra; Classic Concerto for Or
gan and String Orchestra; and
Symphony for Organ; Piston's Pre-
lude and Allegro for Organ and
String Orchestra with Harp; Har-
ris's Chorale and Toccata for Or
gan and Bases; and Porter's Fan
tasy on a Pastoral Theme for Or
gan and String Orchestra.
With Boston symphony
Mr.. Biggs, organist of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra, has ap-
peared with the Boston, Chicago
and Cincinnati Orchestras, the
famed Bach festivals in St. Louis
and Bethlehem, Pa, and in con-
certs throughout the country.
Sonata in c Minor, by Reubke,
one of his recent recordings, will
be included in his program a. New
ark. A native of England, Mr..
Biggs attended the Royal Academy
of Music in London. and after
graduating with the highest hon
ors, he toured England to play in
some of the great historic cathed-
rails. Upon coming to America a
number of years ago he made his
home in Boston and became an
American citizen. Last fall he took
part in two dedicatory recitals Of
J the new organ in Symphony. Hall,
Boston. The first was the opening
4 concert of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, which included the
Tenth Organ Concerto by Handel,
under the direction of Charles
Munich; and the second was a bene-
fit concert for DIR. Albert Schweit-
zer, when Mr.. Biggs played solo
organ compositions by Bach, and
concertos by Haydn, Hindemith
and Poulenc.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Koreu and the A-Bomb

The proposals, probably emanating
from other countries. to consider using
the atom bomb in the Korean conflict
are heart-rending. If the bomb is used.
it could develop into a tragedy Of the
greatest magnitude for our country and
for the whole world.
We should remember that this is
Korean war" And we are supposed to
be implementing United Nations action
against aggressors. Full cooperation of
the members of the United Nations
should be able to keep the Communists
behind the Iron Curtain without using
the bomb. We cannot afford to drop
A-bombs on the civilian population in
country we are trying to help. Even the
United Nations cannot afford to do that.
We must lead in moral thinking, as
well as in military might.
C. p. Robertson.
Stoneville, N. C.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
BY Charles E. Trocewen

cult subject. Maybe I caught him at
the precise moment he turned"
You could have done it with an ex-
pensive camera" some one Clipped in,
but not with that old box. And, be-
sides. the lens is dirty. I'll bet.''
Jones inspected the lens critically,
but since the shutter was over it, he
could not see much.
Looks all right to me- he said, criti-
caly. Now. pussy, stand STILL"
Pussy saw butterfly at that moment.
Away he went after the insect, almost
knocking the camera out of Jones hand.
So the session went, until Templeton
Jones got impatient and snapped the
last four, one after the other.
When the prints came back from the
drugstore, all you could see on them
was a fine background, but not much
cat.
"A very poor subject" said Templeton
Jones, referring to the cat. THE next
time I'm gonna take something that
stands still, like house, or maybe
barn. said all along cat is mighty
hard animal to photograph, and I still
say it."
Maybe the fact you hadn't taken a
picture for 80 years had something to
do with it"
Nonsense" replied Templeton Jones.
1T was the cat"
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Price and Wage Freeze

Now that we are faced with the pros
pect Of heavier taxes, both direct and
indirect. to pay for the rearmament pro-
gram and for national defense, it seems
but fair that all should bear their fair
share of the tax load. It is also appro-
pirate to affirm that there should be no
prof1teering. No one should profit un-
duly because of the present emergency.
Profiteering can be placed in two cate
gories-by business and industry, and by
labor. Labor prof1teering is just as rep
rehensible as industrial prof1teering. We
know that corporations and business
firms will attempt to prof1teer at the
expense of the Government and the gen.
eral public. This is absolutely unpatri-
otic. We also know from past experience
that organized labor will do likewise
and take advantage of the emergency
to strike for higher and still higher
wages. Thus organized labor will avoid
paying its fair share of the taxes by
imposing upon the Government and the
public additional tolls and exactions in
the form of higher wages. This is prof.
teering of the rankest sort, for organ
Evening star., 1950-08-04
This and That

This old lens" he replied. never
needs cleaning"
But you haven't taken a picture with
it for 80 years, or something like that"
Jones snapped the shutter.
You see, it works perfectly" he re-
piled.
ANY one can take pictures today
without single mistake"
That was the Jones theme song, evi-
IDENTIFY. No one wanted to hear it again,
SO suggestions went up for subjects.
That new cat, donated by a neigh
Dor who was leaving town, was the
likeliest sitter.
The new cat had other ideas, evi-
IDENTIFY.
He refused to stay put.
Templeton Jones soothed the beast
with a pat on the head.
"Cats are suckers for patting," said
Jones. Now watch how steady he
stands"
Zipp!
Away went the cat, just as the pho
tographer snapped the shutter.
Well" said Jones, maybe I muffed
that one"
He Frightened up. however. as he
wound the hlm to another picture.
"You never can tell. A cat is din
Evening star., 1950-08-04

Templeton Jones was preparing to
take some snap shots.
"Anbody," he announced, "can take
pictures today"
Even you?" some one asked, irrev-
erently.
Science has made it easier than ever"
he went on, pretending not to hear.
when was boy 7 took good photos.
IT had an old box camera, and went
around swapping No. engine company
coming out of the house on U street.
II took the polar bears at the ZOO.
The stripes of the bars weres across
their backs, of course, but you can't
expect a kid to remember that.
And took some work being done
on Sixteenth street. That was in the
days when Teddy Roosevelt was Presi-
dent.
HE used to walk up Sixteenth street
from the White House on his way to
Rock Creek Park. He wore high hat.
as recall, which he raised to wave at us
boys"
Templeton Jones threaded the film
through his old camera.
Hadn't you better see If the lens
is all right?"
Jones came as near sneering as hs
n capable Of doing.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Operotion-With q Meat Ak

Successful operations have been performed
with pen knife, without benefit of sterilization,
scrubbed doctors and operating room technique
Methods and instruments in such operations are
dictated by necessity, not by choice.
The same sort OF thing can be said of the
'meat-ax" operation performed on the omnibus
appropriation bill yesterday by the Senate. BY
a vote Of 55-31, the Senate chose the Byrd
Bridges amendment applying a 10 per cent
blanket reduction to most domestic non-defense
expenditures because this may be the most
desirable method of reducing Government spend
ing, but because of an emergency which made it
necessary and because no other instrument was
available. The Senate may have been wise for
psychological reasons in exempting ECA from the
cut, although 10 per cent reduction even in that
field would not have been unreasonable in the
circumstances.
For We are up against it in this country We
are forced by events abroad into additional
enormous expenditures on top of continued deficit
spending. If we do not wake up to this serious
condition, II we do not begin ruthless program
Of cutting and supplement substantial tax in
creases with savings the results can be as calan-
itous as the continued losses of men and prestige
in Korea. There are times when the only way
to cut meat is to use meat ak and this is one
of the times.
Now Cogress should 60 to work with scalpel,
and perfect what has been begun with the meat
ak. For the amount of money actually saved by
the meat-ax cutting is not nearly enough.
Evening star., 1950-08-04

with Communist China and trouble with other
unruly Asiatics would be another matter :.
China with her untold millions Is a bigger
mouthful than Moscow can conveniently chew
and to keep her weak is not much less important
than to weaken the Anglo-Saxons.
ut is therefore not impossible that China
may be maneuvered into the war as soon as the
North Korea aggression should near liquidation.
If she is not, then either Mao is another full
fedged Tito or the Soviet Union is weaker still
than is apparent to the naked eye"
All this constitutes but one of many differing
assessments Of what the Kremlin may or may
not do. But it is an assessment made by
observers well acquainted with Soviet deviousness
For that reason, If only for speculative purposes,
their views merit attention.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
BY jones NARROW

You'll be reading about the Army
l. for a long time-about divisions.
battalions. regiments. platoons compa-
nies and squads. But do you know how
an Army is made up?
It's like a pyramid standing on it's
nose: 1t starts small and spreads out.
At the peak of World War II, the Army
had million men. Now 1t has only $685.
000 a skeleton of its old self.
This is how the Army is built:
Squad-the smallest unit. Ten or IL
men. Commanded by sergeant, as
sisted by corporal.
Platoon-Four squads, with total of
about 48 men. Commanded by first
or second lieutenant.
Company-Four platoons. Total of
around 200 men. Commanded by cap
tain.
Battalion-Four companies. Total of
around 1000 men. Commanded by q
major or lieutenant colonel.
(Why does company have 200 men,
but a battalion of four companies have
about 1000? Because the larger the out
At, the more extra men. or specialists. are
needed to handle its problems)
Regiment-Three battalions About
5000 men. Commanded by q colonel.
Division-This is where the spread-out
really begins. A division has around 49,
900 men and is commanded by major
general, assisted by brigadier general.
A division is made up Of three regi-
ments. plus a heavy tank battalion,
medical battalion. field artillery and
various companies Of specialists. such
as military police, telephone experts, and
SO on.
A division is the smallest self-sustain-
ing outfit in the Army. That is. it's
supposed to have all the supplies, tanks.
guns and specialists 1t needs to operate
by itself in enemy territory. indepen-
IDENTIFY
Army corps-Made up of three divi-
Evening star., 1950-08-04
No Longer a Family Affair

Potomac Electric Power Company and Capital
Transit were once members of the same family.
So the sale of electricity by Pepco to the street
car company was sort of family affair, subject,
of course, to supervision by the Public Utilities
Commission.
But those family ties were finally broken
when ownership of the streetcar company passed
into new hands. An indication of how complete
the break has been Is shown In the streetcar
companys request to intervene In the case
Initiated by Pepcos petition for higher rates.
Rates to be charged the streetcar company,
under the proposed schedules, would represent
q greater percentage increase-70.7 per cent
than in any Of five other categories of consumers
The streetcar company, as an intervenor, wishes
to hire its own experts to determine the reason
ableness OF present rates and to study "the
unreasonableness" of the proposed increase. II
the increases were granted the streetcar COM
pany would pay out about third of the higher
revenues resulting from its own recent increase
In fares and this would lead, 1t says, to another
fare increase.
One possibility of the streetcar company's
Intervention and proposed investigation of the
reasonablenesS of existing rates is that other
eategorieS of consumers may attempt the same
sort of investigation. The United States Gov
ernment, as past intervenor sought to do that.
The District of Columbia which buys electricity
to light the Streets is another large consumer.
The hike in street lighting would amount to
about 59.8 per cent as compared to the 4.3 per
cent increase to the residential consumer. It is
possible that still another category-consumer
who live in Maryland, as distinct from those
who live in the District-might be heard from,
although the Public Utilities Commission has
sought up to this time to treat the company as
an entity, and not break down cost and profit
for different types of the service it sells.
Pepco's application for higher rates repre-
sents new approach to rate making. The
company does not rest It's case on demonstrated
failure to earn fair return 1t uses the argument
Of annual dollar needs for higher earnings in
relation to its heavy expenditures in plant i'm
provement, amounting to an estimated $128
million, 1947 through 1854. The company con-
tends that the success of the financing required
past and future-for this program of improve
ment will depend largely on prospective earnings
and whether they attract investment capital
The company's own calculations are that the
rates are not sufficient to do this now, and there
is increasing disparity between increases in
business and increases in investment. In this
case, therefore, in addition to convincing the
Public Utilities Commission that rates too low,
Pepco must win the commission over to accepting
the future annual dollar needs" theory instead
of demonstrated failure to earn fair return
on existing investment
Evening star., 1950-08-04

This is an answer to Professor Golfers
attack ON Pandit Nehru's proposal. Many
Of the professors premises are mistaken
and have led him to Misrepresentation
Of this very important issue; namely. the
recognition of the Peiping regime in
China.
The conception Of the United Nations
as an instrument to implement anti
Communist policy is defeating the
purpose for which the organization was
created. Mr.. Nehru is trying. from an
objective point of view. to further the
principles and ideals of the u. N. as a
community of nations rather than
race track for power politics.
The Peoples Republic of China is the
de tdcto government there. In the eyes
Of many nations who are not necessarily
under Communist influence, it is de jure
too. Independent of the prevalent an
tlpathy to communism as philosophy
Of life, Communists in China, it must be
conceded, acquired their power through
popular support of the masses of the
Chinese people. Nehru realized this
situation. and proposed the admission
OF the Peiping regime from a practical
point of view as far as the U. N. organi-
zation is concerned.
Professor Collier questions the timing
Of admitting the Peiping regime "at this
present critical juncture." Is it equitable
that discredited government which has
absolutely no area-contro1 in China, and
no popular support, should sit in the
council of nations and determine the
vital issues of our times just because For
mosa happens to be Communist?
1t should be attributed. basically, to
the tempo of our times that Professor
Collier has completely misunderstood the
noble motives of Nehru's approach, which
was not compromise, but diplomatic
revolution of far-reaching consequences.
There was error in our refusal of Nehru's
proposal, there was definitely a miscal-
culation on Asiatic reaction to this re-
fusal. Those who hide their emotional
bias under the pretext of PROFESSIONAL
authenticity are abandoning their mis-
sion by affirming what is, rather than
what ought to be.
Clovis McSoud,
Student of law. George Washington
University.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Korea of the Long Ago

The personal impressions Of some soldiers
and war correspondents are not flattering to the
Korea of today. But there was time, several
thousand years ago, when it was beautiful, rich,
progressive and happy country. The National
Geographic Society has called attention to the
fact that Korean astronomers were studying the
stars from their own observatories before the
Christian began the other side of the globe.
It seems indicated that civilization fourished in
what the Chinese called Ch'ao Hsien long prior
to the development of Japanese culture and even
before China itself had emerged from its primitive
state.
Korea was bridge of a sort between the
mainland of Asia and the islands of the western
Pacific. The antiquity of the national theology
of the native community is demonstrated by the
names which they still apply to their mountains
and valleys-such titles as the Cloud TOUGHER
and the Vale of the Cool Shade. In the patterns
of farming, in architecture oral literature,
porcelain, jewelry and costume design the ancient
conceptions have continued to survive in defiance
of the tyranny of foreign rule mismanagement
of public affairs and the steadily increasing
poverty of the common folk.
A feeling of sadness grows in the heart of
an American in Korea seeing as he must the
signs of departed grandeur. The relics of the
golden ages are visible everywhere, but they
definitely belong to the distant past. SO it
happens that the Koreans of 1850 are regarded
as being the heirs of nothing but demolished
glory. The universities which once produced
leaders for the nation need revivng; the arts and
the sciences which produced learning in the best
sense of the word, the crafts which gave the
country wealth in its prime-al these are wanted
for the future which patriotic Koreans and their
American friends foresee.
1t may be paradoxical, but perhaps out of the
agony Of the embattled present the old Korea
may be reborn Stranger things have occurred.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Warming

When time has had its tuiu of me,
Be 1Oarned before you send
1Drenth to measure gracefully
My feshly tenure's end.
For IT I am, as belieDe,
More than the place dUeH,
/ haze list I shall retrieue,
And every name 1uiH tell:
"This is the one tphose large bouquet
Was propped beside my head
But neDer any liuing May
Sent rose for desk or bed"
And this is she whose eyes were net
In token of her grief.
But neUer spray of n1ignonette
To me aliue-',o leaf,
No bud to mark the long, long years."
oh, safer on, that day
For such to s1ve their tordy cash
And, dry-eyed, 90 their tray!
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
Brukemun's Reward

would like to nominate Jim Dowell,
the Negro brakeman who saved that
little boy from being crushed by the
train, for the Carnegie Medal for bravery
far beyond the range of duty. His snatch
ing up of the child with one hand, and
warding off the frantic mother with the
other hand. was just something out If
this world.
Too often these high marks of civiliza-
ton are soon forgotten in the midst
of all the confusion and excitement Of
the current news.
Albert Joseph Mccartney.
X
pride and shame that I read of the dra-
matte rescue of Mrs. Woodward's baby
from almost certain death.
The pride was in the fact that any
American-regardless Of race. color. etc.
was willing to risk his own life in an
effort to save that Of someone else.
On the same page, however, upon
which was written this heroic account
there was also a most shameful expose
Of mans inhumanity to man." A local
judge had decided that an old law. elm
mating segregation in eating places. was
no longer enforceable. Is there any
wonder that the Communists find us
such ripe fruit for propagandist pick
ings"?
According to the papers. Mrs. Wood
wards grateful exclamation was, THAT
grand colored man: I can never repay
him." You can repay him. Mrs. Wood
ward, and in SO doing help these United
States do away with their greatest
stigma, racial discrimination. You can
repay him best by helping to lift the
educational and cultural standards of
other members Of his race: by fighting
vehemently, as true American. any
thing and everything that suggests dis
criminatory practices.
Jim Dowell could not ask for better
reward. You could not pay his heroism
or your country a greater tribute than
to help make the principle of democracy
work for him and his
Hopeful Citizen.
Evening star., 1950-08-04
When a Judge Goes Too Far

The unanimous decision by the Court of
Appeals, reversing the conviction of william
"Snags" Lewis and a gambling co-defendant
gives needed reinforcement to the traditional
concept that it is the function of the jury, not
OF the judge, to convict man of crime.
During the trial in the lower court, Judge
Holtzof for all practical purposes instructed the
jury to find the defendants guilty. There was, Of
course, disclaimer by the trial Judge of such
an intent. But the fact remains that a jury
which had been deadocked for about 35 hours
brought in guilty verdict after Judge Holtzoff
gave this instruction:
In criminal case the court cannot peremp-
torily instruct the jury to find the defendant
guilty. If the law permitted it would do so in
this case
In conclusion I will say to you failure by
you to bring in a verdict in this case can arise
only from a willfu and fragrant disregard of the
evidence and the law as have given it to you,
and violation OF your obligation as jurors.
Judge Holtzoff was reading from an old
instruction which had been approved in a five-
to-four decision by the Supreme Court But as
Judge Prettyman, speaking for the Court of
Appeals, pointed out, the facts in the two cases
were not similar. In the old case there was no
dispute as to the facts, the only issue being
question of law. In the case before Judge Holtzof
the facts were disputed.
Other factors entered into the reversal The
appellate court found other errors in Judge
Holtzoff's charge to the jury, and indicated,
without specifically ruling, that it dlsapproved
of the use of gestures and vocal intonations to
influence the jury to accept the judges point of
view.
The important question, however, concerned
the instruction quoted above. Judge Holtzoff
undoubtedly gave it in the firm belief that the
defendants were guilty, as they may well have
PI1ff fha choro oiv
of the jury's function which should never be
tolerated A judge in Federal court is permitted
to comment on the evidence for the purpose of
assisting the jury, and this has created a foggy
legal area in which it is hard to determine where
the line between proper and improper comment
should be drawn. But in case like this, where
the trial judge clearly has exceeded his authority
it is both the right and the duty of an appellate
court to call him to account.