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Evening star., 1950-06-16
Hello, There!

Few men have been more diligent in pro-
noting that zone big happy family" feeling in
the Congress than Representative Patterson, Re-
publican, of Connecticut. Some time back, he
proposed that all members in the hospital be
sent "get-well" cards by their colleagues. Now,
concerned over the fact that not all the brothers
seem to recognize each other in the corridors,
he has arranged for the publication Of vest
pocket booklet with pictures of and pertinent
data about every member Of the club.
1t is hard to see how this could add ma
terially to the good-fellow aspects of life on
the Hill, where mere ignorance of a mans name
has never been bar to the hearty greeting or
the jovial backslap. Tourists have always been
charmed by the pervading affability in the halls
of Congress, where the lawmakers, aware that
any bird of passage may be a fellow member,
reporter or constituent, smile on all impartally.
In fact, it could be that Representative Pat
terson's handy guide might cause slight hitch
in these cordial encounters Say a man from
Massachusetts, sees fairly familiar face hoving
up to him. Quick as a fash he reaches for his
vest pocket, whips out his tiny album, gets
name for the face, and by the time he has drawn
abreast is ready to rap out a f1rst-name greeting
and q sharp query about the price of potatoes
in Montana. Clearly he has the drop on the
other man, who is left to humble the old weary
great to see you's" of another era.
STILL Representative Patterson's move is not
without merit. And he probably had the good
of his party in mind when he proposed it. It is
almost impossible to ter Republican by what
he says on the floor these days 1t is not Just
the nearsighted members who need documentary
evidence as to an orators political affliations.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Need for Postal Economy

Three weeks having passed without any
noticeable upheaval of the postal service, the
predictions last month Of what would happen
when mail deliveries were curtailed look silier
with every passing day. There has been no
wrecking of the department. as some postal
organizations professed to fear. On the contrary,
according to department. officials, there have
been substantial savings for the taxpayers, re-
sulting from q more efficient use of personnel
and facilities. And most of the taxpayers have
accepted the fewer deliveries without complaint.
It is understandable, therefore, that postal
officials should strive to spread the truth" about
the service cuts ordered by Postmaster General
Donaldson. Clinton D. Uttley, executive director
of the departments bureau of operations, told
a convention of Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia postmaSters that the cutback was not
"a whim or hasty order based on ill-conceived
ideas or bad judgment" but an economy move
that should have been made long ago. Mr.. DON
aldson, as a matter of fact, is a career postal
employe who, like the postmasters gathered for
the convention, knows that about IS per cent of
all mail ordinarily is handled in the morning
delivery. To concentrate all of the home mail
in that one delivery could hardly have cata-
clysmic results Mail destined to the downtown
business section was not affected by the curtail-
ment order.
4AS POSIuAdSGcIS OWc ~ w GlclE ScTF4Cc 10 give
the public the facts. And, as Chairman johnson
of the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report
has pointed out, postal workers also can help to
improve their department by actively support
ing the Hoover Commissions program for re-
organizing the Post once Department. Post
master General Donaldson already is on record
for these reforms. Right now the proposals are
begged down in Congress specifically in the
Senate Post Office Committee. Only strong pub
lie demands for favorable action are likely to
save the program from permanent assignment
to q pigeonhole. That would be real blow to
postal improvement.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Letters to The Star

in selling milk and milk products He
pointed out that nature provided milk
when and where 1t was needed, and that
every animal except the human animal
(only one capable of reading) ceased
drinking milk when the mother ceased
producing it.
1t would be q fine thing for the
strikers to find out that they have not
done such a paralyzing thing II we, the
public, retaliate with our own strike, q
buyers strike.
Grace b. Clifford.
heard that the drivers average SIS, 500
or more q year. If we should stop hav-
ing milk delivered, just how much will
they make? e'=F Il
IA Housewife. y
am a dairy farmer with herd Of
80 cows. I do not belong to the milk
producers association, although have
been solicited great number Of times.
receive. delivered to the dairy's ship
ping plant, eight cents q quart for milk
of a higher butter fat content (40
than the consumer receives in the bottles.
The farmer is squeezed and the greedy
distributors gobble up the benefits.
Milk drivers work about half the number
Of hours dairy farmer does, and there
are many dairy farmers with an invest
ment Of a good many thousand dollars
who do not net as much as the milk
drivers whose investment is scarcely
nothing.
X. Y.Z.
These strikers might better use their
energy to explain to their Representa-
tives in Congress that they. the Congress.
should Immediately discontinue the
practice of subsidizing one group of citi-
zens (the farmers) at the expense Of all
other citizens for the sake Of the subsi-
died groups votes.
The Goose-town Growlef.
I just called the dairy from which I
have had home delivery Of milk and
cream for several years. Sometimes my
bill has run as high as $40 a month.
Cancelled my account. hold no brief
for the union in this strike but neither
do like the way the dairies have acted.
For three years during the war got
along nicely in Europe with powdered
milk or evaporated milk. Today pur-
chased some powdered milk and evapo-
rated milk and find that the powdered
variety is much superior to what had
during the war.
Who is going to gain from the strike
and lockout here? I feel quite certain
that it will be my pocketbook which will
be ahead.
william III. Nichols.
Il
Why, oh why, must We be belabored
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Terror in Washington

1t would be too bad II readers of Golfers
Magazine should take too seriously some Of the
sensational statements in q featured article in
the current issue, under the catching title,
Terror in Washington" subhead under the
title reads: "The Nations Capital leads in crimes
of violence among major u. s. cities" The open
ing paragraph of the article says that "for two
years straight the Capital City has run up the
worst record in the Nation for aggravated
assault" Amplifying this, the author, Howard
Whitman, adds: What Chicago was to the
gangster era, Washington bids fair to become in
the new era of hoodlum crime the era of mug
ging and yoking, the street assault, the wanton
murder, the rape and the psychopathic sex
crime"
Readers outside of Washington could not be
blamed If they decided to cancel any plans they
might have had for visit here. Fortunately,
things are not az bad in Washington as Golfers
has seen fit to picture then. 1t is true that the
records show, as the magazine points out, that
during 1949 a total of 4,314 men, women and
children "were criminally mauled or wounded"
with variety Of weapons. 1t Is also true that
Uniform Crime Reports, . Federal Bureau Of
Investigation publication, reveals no other city
with so large total of aggravated assaults"
for that year or the year before. But what
Golfers failed to point out is that the crime
totals reported to the FBI are utterly unreliable
as bases for crime comparisons among the
Nations cities. The FBI itself cautions against
attempting to draw any such conclusions as
Mr.. Whitman has drawn in his otherwise in
teresting article. This is because some cities
0ncluding New York City did not send in
complete reports, while others sent in reports
not based on nationally standard crime classi-
fications. Therefore there is no way of knowing
whether Washington's total of aggravated
assaults really was larger or smaller than that
Of any other city.
Washington's crime totals are bad however,
whether they stand alone or are compared with
those Of other cities. If Golfers article will help
to arouse greater congressional interest in local
crime conditions and hence to provide adequate
funds and manpower for better law enforcement,
1t may do more good than harm.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Milk Strike

Your editorial Needed Leadership in
An Emergency" Is a timely plea in
good cause, dealing as 1t does with the
most urgent aspect Of the milk strike.
But is not this good occasion on which
to face the question of strikes In q
broader sense?
What is a strike? Essentially it is q
contest between two interests each at
tempting to force the other to accept
its own Interpretation Of what is just in
a controversy. Curiously. this same
definition fits war or duel. All three
are recourses to force to determine
justice. Yet force never can determine
justice.
The only method yet invented for
approximating justice in controversial
matter is arbitration by neutrals. The
conclusion is clear. Whoever resorts to
force to settle an issue when arbitration
Is available wants more than is just.
There was time when arbitration
was not available to unions, because en-
ployers would not recognize the findings
and there was no public sentiment to
enforce decisions. In most parts Of the
United States that time is past. Let us
recognize the strike as an obsolete
weapon that ought to be sheathed
#. Chapin Breckenridge.
Your readers might be interested in
what one regular milk customer will do
when this silly strike is over. I shall
leave the following notice in the empty
milk bottle for my milkman:
DO not leave any more milk. am
fed up with strikes. It's the consumer
who gets smacked in the nose and pays
both in inconvenience and money. So.
for change, I am on strike"
r. b. NeaIe.
I have just used my last quart of milk,
and stand appalled, at the utter lack of
District officials to cope with this 90.
called milk strike
My children are over 8 years Of age,
and my personal inconvenience is minor,
but the 265.000 children Of the city. not
to include the thousands more in the
outlying areas. need their milk, and
if it means delivering the milk by mili-
tary forces and operating the plants
with military personnel, officials are
justified in taking that move.
Eleanor G. Robey.
Your editorial, published on Monday.
June II, dealing with the milk and
strike situation. was priceless. AS read
it, the very expensive advice of a marvel
GUS pediatrician. who is head of pediat-
RIGS in one of the best hospitals in the
United States, came to my mind.
He contended that the popularity of
milk was largely due to the excellent
advertising Of those businesses engaged
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Russio's Military Spending

There Is no accurate way of evaluating the
Soviet military budget In relation to ours.
According to their own announcement, the
Russians will spend the equivalent Of $19,850,-
100000 on defense this year, or roughly about
$6 900 900 900 more than our own outlays in the
same field.
These figures however do not tell the whole
story. Apart from the fact that the Soviet
budget claSsifies as military some items
that are really military, the Kremlin gets lot
more for its money-at least as far as quantity
goes-than we get for ours. Russians have
miseraby low standard of living. They receive
poor pay for what they produce, their hours OF
work are longer, and millions of them are slave
laborers. They have nothing remotely COM
parable to our high wage scales and material
costs.
Accordingly, in terms of procurement, Soviet
than the figures indicate-much more than
5000 100000 in excess of ours. Indeed, as
estimated recently by General George c.
Marshall the Russians can acquire military
personnel and equipment at a rate of or 10
cents for every dollar spent by us for the same
purpose. If it tried to match them plane for
plane tank for tank, soldier for soldier, our
country would therefore have to ditch its
democratic economy for totalitarianism.
In relation to ours, the Kremlin's military
outlays are thus gigantic fact that makes it
all the more imperative for us to do everything
possible to offset their quantity arms with our
quality arms This we can do if we push our
present program with the greatest vigor.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Calling a Strike q Strike

Robert N. Denham's ruling that the milk
strike is indeed q strike serves to eliminate one
obscurating issue from this dispute.
The union had claimed that 1t was striking
against three of the dairies, and that its members
In violation Of law, had been locked out OF the
others. The employer position was that the
diaries had been notified, without any qualifica-
tions or reservations, that the union was on
strike, and that that was that.
Mr.. Denham, general counsel Of the National
Labor Relations Board based his finding on the
truly relevant facts He said that the nine struck
diaries constitute an association which has nego-
tiated with the union for some ten years on a
consolidated and multiple employer basis, and
that in these circumstances the employees consti-
tute single unit for the purpose OF collective
BARGAINING. Consequently, he said, strike
against any one of the dairies is strike against
all "and justifieS all of the members OF the
employer group in exercising their full economic
force to counteract the economic force OF the
union represented by its strike call"
This is equivalent to saying that If disputes
Of this kind are to be settled by strikes the union
has no right, as q matter Of law, to use the
divide conquer technique. In this particular
case, 1t cannot claim legal right to pick the
dairies one by one.
Obviously, this leaves the union In q weaker
pOSlCl00 Cnan IL WOulQ OtIeEWISe eIlJOys 0uI ~
seems evident enough that Mr.. Denham Is right,
30 far as the immediate parties to this dispute
are concerned. The Taft-Hartley Act was de-
signed to balance the scales, not to discriminate
In favor of either party to an industrial dispute,
and If the parties cannot or will not settle their
differences by rational means, then each OF
them must suffer the consequences Of q resort
to economic force.
It is worth noting, however, that this ruling,
though even-handed as between the immediate
parties, serves to underscore the total absence
of anything to protect the public interest. In
these days of employer associations and industry
wide unions the public suffers most in any strike
which clamps down on an essential commodity.
Yet the law, while protecting the rights Of the
immediate parties, virtually ignores the position
of that third party, the people. They are left
to sweat it out as best they can, and 1t is small
wonder that there Is q rising tide OF public
resentment. So far, this has had little effect.
But in time 1t will compel employers and unions
who serve the public in areas vital to the public
welfare to get away from strikes and settle their
disputes through some more intelligent and more
mature procedure.
Evening star., 1950-06-16

dtmcult TO pay out that percentage Of
the monthly income on rent.
Therefore. they often are obliged to
seek accommodations costing perhaps,
q nth of the monthly income or less,
in order to have enough money left
for food. transportation and other
necessities.
At present. under rent control in the
District, there are q substantial number
Of apartments. and even some houses,
renting ut $65 monthly or less. The Rent
Control Administration doesn't know the
exact number. But hardly any new apart
mentS-and no rental houSes-have been
built since the war at such o rental
Any within that maximum are mostly
one-bedroom apartments unsuitable for
families having more than one child.
Generally. too. they are located In the
far suburbs.
AS for buying home. the family with
an income Of under $40 finds it is dim
cult. Few houses can be bought with q
monthly payment Of $65 or less, in
cluding fuel and the other annual ex-
penses to which q home-owner Is obli-
gated.
The difticulties of buying a house are
all the greater for families having a
weekly income under $40, If q substan-
tial down payment Is required.
Many families with higher incomes
undoubtedly could absorb even relatively
high upward adjustments In rent with
out the change affecting greatly their
health and living standards. But the
lower-income family with children
could not easily do so.
Considering these factors, the likeli-
hood Of higher rent increases in the
lower rental ranges provides a problem
on which the decision may hinge as to
whether District rent controls will be
continued.
According to the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics. such higher percentage
boosts affected lower-rental units in
every decontrolled city subjected to a
recent survey.
In Eugene, Greg, for example, units
renting at between $50 and $50 before
decontrol rose by more than 81 per cent.
in contrast to an average increase OF
about II per cent for units renting above
$50.
The greatest percentage increase. ac-
cording to BIS. was paid by families
with incomes between $4,000 and 5000.
1t averaged 50 per cent. Next greatest
average increase-34 per cent-was paid
by families In the $4,000 to $4,000 in
come group.
This is typical Of the experience in
other cities.
Evening star., 1950-06-16

money We are spending to preserve peace-no-
tably the $4,000 yOO0,ooo going out under the
four-year Marshall Plans the best bargain
ever made, bargain promising to save countless
lives and untold billions of dollars
True enough, Of course, the bargain may not
pay on, and war may come. But then money
itself would have little meaning, and what we
are spending now would seem but drop in the
bucket Meanwhile, though, that drop is an
investment that sanity impels us to make as long
as 1t promises to yield peace as a dividend.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Rent DecontroI Would Hit the Little Man

tremely high. Few Of them have been
built since the war. Therefore. compe-
tition for them probably would force
rents up disproportionately once they
were freed Of controls. 8
From another standpoint, families
with children probably would. have q
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 10 any cues.
ton Of fact by writing Ths KveninR Star
M5nioEmation III BIrsag. zoo ! street NV.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Are there caves throughout the
United States? r. w. X.
A. Caves ARE found In every state. but
the most noteworthy cave regions are in
the Allegheny and Shenandoah Valleys,
the Appalachian Mountains, the Missis-
sippi Valley and the Ozarks, in the Rock
les from Oregon to California and into
New Mexico. Arizona and Texas.
@. What kings Of England were bache.
lors? w. M. T.
A. William II. surnamed Rufus, who
reigned from 1887 to HOO, never married.
Edward VIII, the present Duke Of Wind
sor, was bachelor while he was King for
325 days in 1896.
@. How is milk pasteurized? T. L. X.
A. There are two methods of pasteuri-
Zing milk: First, the holding" process
in which milk is held at not less than l43
degrees F. for 80 minutes and cooled.
Second, the higher temperature short
time" process in which milk Is heated to
at least $50 degrees F. for is seconds
and cooled. The cooling Of milk Is i'm
portant to quality 80 1t is quickly cooled
to at least SO degrees r. or lower.
@. How many times It's own weight is
an ant able to drag? IT. 8.
A. One observer who watched an ant
dragging dead grasshopper. weighed
the bodies OF both and found that the
ant was dragging load so times its own
weight. An Australian ant supported in
its Jaw q pair Of gloves which were
more than l.l0o times its own weight.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Mrs. W. P. Evans Dies;
Mother OF Mrs. Savre

Mrs. William Pierce Evans, 80,
widow of a retired Army colonel,
died Tuesday night in Walter Reed
Hospital, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Evans made her home here
with a daughter. Mrs. Francis B.
Sayre. 1888 Forest lane NV. Mrs.
Sayre's husband, a United States
representative to the Trusteeship
Council of the United Nations, was
formerly assistant Secretary of
State and United States Commits
sioner to the Philippines.
The former Miss Grace Vernon.
Mrs. Evans was born in Louisville.
KY. She had been a Washington
resident from time TO time for the
last IS years.
Besides her daughter, Mrs.
Evans is survived by two sons,
Maj. Gen. Vernon Evans. head of
the United States Military Mis-
sion to Iran, and Col. John H.
Evans, commander of an armored
regiment at Fort Knox, KY.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Mrs. IF. Carroll, 81, Dies;
lifeIona District Resident

Mrs. Thomas F. Carroll. 81, q
lifelong resident Of Washington,
died Monday Of q heart condition
in Mt. Alto Hospital. where she
had been q patient for the last
month.
Mrs. Carroll. the former Miss
Helen Hudson. lived at 4225 Mich
OILS avenue Sc.
She was born in Washington
and attended public schools here,
During World War she served as
a yeomanette. Mrs. Carroll was a
member of Jacob Jones American
Legion Post No. 2.
She is survived by her husband
and son. William. both Of the
Nichols avenue address: two other
sons, John T. Carroll Of 1895 Liv-
ingston road Sc. and Raymond
F. Carroll of So Forester street
Sc: a sister. Mrs. Marguerite
Show Of Norfolk. and a brother,
Joseph o. Hudson of l4l5 Monta-
que street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
8 am. tomorrow in the Church of
the Assumption. Highview place
and Nichols avenue Sc. Burial
will be In Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Mrs. Irma R. Lynne, II,
Dies OF Heart Condition

Mrs. Irma Ruess Lynne. II,
widow of Anker S. Lynne. of
bridgeport, Conn. died Wednes-
day Of a heart condition at Doc
tors Hospital after a six-month
illness.
Mrs. Lynne lived in the West
chester Apartments.
Born in Washington, she left
here about Is years ago to live In
Bridgeport where her husband was
president Of the Bridgeport Metal
Goods Co. She returned to the
District 10 years ago.
She was member of the WASH
ington Club and the Twentieth
Century Club. Mrs. Lynne Is sur
vived by several grandnieces and
grandnephews. She was the aunt
OF Ralph r. De Prez, vice presi-
dent Of Riggs National Bank and
assistant manager of its branch
banks, who died last January.
Memorial services will be held
at IL am. tomorrow at the Lee
funeral home. Fourth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NE. Burial
will be private.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Mrs. ella lntrater, 81, Dies;
Wife OF Tiferth Cantor

Mrs. ella Intrater, 81, wife of
Cantor Charles 1ntrater of the
Tiferth Congregation. 1401 Euclid
street NV, died yesterday after
q long illness.
She had lived at 1911 Wyoming
avenue NV. since 1888. Born in
Austria. she came to this country
% years ago and settled in Chi
cago before moving here.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Rochelle Stein of San Francisco,
and a son. Samuel Intrater Of
3725 Macomb street NV.
Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon at the Danzansky
funeral home, 3501 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in the
new Tiferth Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Frank Gnatra's S Wife Sues
For Separate Maintenance
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, April
27.-The separation of Frank
Sinatra and his wife Nancy is now
official.
She filed a suit for separate
maintenance yesterday. alleging
that Sinatra treated her with
extreme cruelty" She also &C
cused the singer of causing her
"grievous mental suffering" with
out provocation on her part.
The Sinatras have broken up
and been reconciled on several
occasions since 1916.
She married Sinatra in Jersey
City. N. j., February 4, 1899.
They separated last February l..
She estimated the crooner's
1949 income at $934,740 and the
value of their community property
at $750,000.
Mrs. Sinatra also asks custody
of the three children, Nancy, 8;
Frank, jr., 6, and Christina, 2.
Since leaving his wife Sinatra
has been seen in the company of
Actress Ava Gardner and was
eScorting her to New York night
spots before her recent departure
for Europe.