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Evening star., 1950-11-17
Red AIIy-Thot North Korean Winter
By jones G. Deone
IT'S GOING to get lot colder IL
l. North Korea

IT'S GOING to get lot colder in
l. North Korea.
American GIs were being drenched by
rains from the tropics only a few weeks
ago. Now Korea's summer monSoons
have given way to icy blasts and snow.
and the GIs are learning that weather
can be hostile in more than one way.
Korea is next-door neighbor to Siberia.
Siberia is the worlds No. / cold spot.
Since it is the northernmcst part of
the globes biggest continent, Siberia is
less affected by temperature moderating
oceans than any other region. For
frigidity, it even ranks ahead Of the
North and South Poles. That's why the
peninsular battle-ground to the south has
plenty of discomfort in store during the
next five months.
On the globe, Koreas position corre-
spends roughly to that of the eastern
United States, from Maine to North
Carolina. In the extreme SOUTH winter
temperatures are not much different
from those in Washington or Baltimore.
In the mountainous far north, they
have been recorded as low as 43 degrees
below zero-equivalent to Labrador or
Alaska.
The North Korean winter is least bitter
along the eastern coast facing Japan.
1t is somewhat more severe in the north
west. In the mountainous highlands of
the central, inland portion, it is at its
worst.
In these mountains are the strategic
reservoirs around which battles now are
being fought.
The snow that feeds the reservoirs is
falling now. Fortunately. most of it
normally falls in November, and Korea
has relatively little snow altogether. Pre-
cipitation nearly exhausts itself in the
torrential summer rains. This is the
brightest spot in bleak picture for the
GIs.
There is rarely more than feet of
snow on the ground. excepting drifts
usually there is about inches. Korea's
winter air in general is very dry.
But as snowfall slackens, temperatures
dip. At Pungsan, a mountain town in
U. NJ hands, temperatures now aver
age from IL to 35 degrees. Next month
they will dip to an average daily low of 5
below, and in January this figure will
drop still further-to about II below.
The same town has experienced 40 below.
Washington's all-time low is Is below,
and people think it's cold here when it's
is above
Temperature readings don't tell the
full story Of CT discomfort. North Korea
also features exceptionally strong winds.
The prevailing winds come from the
Evening star., 1950-11-17
'HeoIys Sitters'

Because many of the works of George Peter
Alexander Healy hang in Washington galleries.
the brochure entitled "Healy's Sitters," recentlv
issued by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in
Richmond, is of more than passing interest and
value. 1t commentaries very great American
artist Born in Boston July Is, 1813 he already
was professional portrait painter at IT, By
1883 his talents had been recognized by the
Royal Academy in London In 184o he was
summoned to the service of King Louis-Philppe
of France. When he was hardly turned 80 the
National Academy of Design in New York named
him an honorary member. For half century
thereafter he continued to produce portraits of
distinguished personalities. Healy still was a
master when he died in Chicago June "a, 1894
aged 81.
The Richmond booklet, edited by Leslie
Cheek, junior, reproduces many of his best
known achievements It reflects his eight mis-
sions to Europe and justifies his claim to be
regarded as a cultural ambassador between the
New World and the Old. The total number of
his canvases exceeds 500, and it truly may be
said that the roster of his subjects includes
everybody worth painting in. his time Rem
brandt obviously Influenced him. His treatment
of light against shadow is reminiscent of the
celebrated Hollander. Some of his endeavors-
the study of King Charles of Rumania, for
inStance-might have come from Van Rims
Amsterdam atelier. Healy's impression of Daniel
Webster is unforgettable; his webster Replying
to Hayne," permanently displayed in Faneuil
Hall, has the qualities of photograph, yet tells
the story more cenvincingly than any mechanical
device ever could
But Lincoln was Healy's particular hero, and
his interpretations of the Emancipator are
among his noblest creative efforts. Praise also
however, is due to his pictures of John Quincy
Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Polk, Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan Grant and Arthur His con-
ceptions of Franz Liszt, the pianist, and Jenny
Lind, the singer, are speaking likenesses" pro-
foundly convincing. The same sentiment applies
to his portraits of Charles Goodyear, the inven-
tor; Ferdinand de Lesseps, the. canal builder;
Robert E. Lee William T. Sherman Prince
Bismarck Marshal Soult George Peabody, Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir Henry Morton Stanley
and a lengthy list of other worthless in the
Richmond brochure.
Healy was intimately acquainted with all
his sitters. His friendships are living back
ground for his work He depicted great period
in human experience and this booklet proves
that he himself was great person as well as
a great painter.
Aside from Gloria Swanson, film actress of
the year, we guess that only the heroines in the
comic strips are born young and stay that way.
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Violence in Venezuela

Oil-rich Venezuela, though relatively one Of
the more advanced states of Latin America, has
long history of governmental instability, coups,
revolutions, changing relationships and political
assassinations. The brutal Staying OF Lieutenant
Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud may therefore
be said to be crime in keeping with pattern
of violence that seems to have become almost
traditional fixture in that country
Late in 1947 there appeared to be some reason
to hope that Venezuela was about to enter upon
new and enduring period of democraticaly stable
political life For in that year, the people OF the
country-for the first time in hiStory-took part
in direct and genuinely free national election.
BY an overwhelming majority vote they chose as
their president the popular Romulo Gallegos, the
candidate Of the Party of Democratic Action-a
leftist party but an anti-Communist one. When
Mr.. Gallegos formally took office in February of
1948, the Defense Minister in his cabinet was
Colonel Delgado Chalbaud.
But in November of the same year, with the
pspularly elected new government just beginning
to get itself established, Delgado Chalbaud, in
concert with two other military men, staged
bloodleSs coup detat AS head of a three-man
junta, the colonel took over control of the coun-
try exiled President Gallegos outlawed the Party
of Democratic Action, and promised the people to
hold another national election in due courSe-a
promise which our own government, in recogniz-
ing his rather benetlcent regime couple OF
months later, specially noted with an implied
hope that he would arrange for the vote without
too much delay.
However, the junta-which had justified its
coup on the ground that the Gallegos administra-
ton was incompetent and that extremist labor
elements were threatening a general strike
showed no real inclination to stage the promised
election, and now that Delgado Chalbaud has
been assassinated the outlook for such vote
seems DINNER than ever. Accordingly, although
the killing is said to have been engineered for per-
sonal reasons by disgruntled retired general and
veteran revolutionary-himself slain in scuffie
with his captors-there is at least possibility
that it is attributable in part to the juntas
neglect to arrange for the establishment of a
regular government chosen through the demo-
cratic process Venezuelan authorities assert
that the assassination is without any political
significance whatever, but they themselves may
be somewhat in error in so far as they may be
Understanding the hard feelings engendered
by the outlawing of the Party of Democratic
Action.
In any case, although Venezuelans as whole
seemed fairly tranquil under his rule it is not
without point to wonder whether Delgado Chal-
baud would be dead today if he had given the
freely elected civilian Gallegos government a
chance to live out it's term of Office in accord with
the will of the people. Had he done that, his
country, instead of being in state of tension,
might now be enjoying the kind of political
stability that is very much needed these days
in the non-Soviet world
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Color Confusion Still Grows

Your editorial entitled "Color Confu-
sion Grows" confuSes this issue more
than ever by presenting erroneous state
ments to your readers.
The FEC has made choice of systems
and not of apparatus. The FEC did not
approve mechanical wheel over color
tube, nor does that body have such
authority.
The authors of the CHS system have
stated that their system is not bound
to a mechanical color disk. A study of
the CHS system indicates that it is every
bit as adaptable to single color tube
as is the RCA system. As a matter of
fact. either system can accommodate the
same color tube If and when it is pro-
duced on a commercial basis.
There is likewise no foundation for
the belief that the mechanical system
is not compatible with the same basic
system using a color tube. 1t is quite
likely that we will have both mechanical
wheel sets and color tube sets. both of
which will give satisfactory service
simultaneously
would suggest that future editorials
on the subject of color televison be
written with the aid of competent
engineers, so that the basic facts of this
highly technical subject will not be
distorted.
Harry N. Stafford.
The facts were made available in the
report of the Senate Advisory Committee
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Letters to The Star

on color television to the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce. That the FEC has long been
aware that the RCA tri-color tube is
adaptable to the CHS color system is
evidenced by the following quotation
from Chapter of this report: 'It ap-
pears, in fact, that all of the systems
may use a tri-color tube to advantage,
and this fact puts all three systems on
a par with respect to all-electronic
receiver operation, size of image, and
angle of view."
Thus, the assertion that the FEC
selected color system on the basis of
the tube versus color-wheel alone, is
ridiculous. r.. r. Trainer.
You comment on RCA's surprise that
the FEC requested that RCA make it's
tri-color tube available to CHS. This
is no occasion for such surprise. While
RCA's color system is, according to
the FEC report, exceedingly complex"
and of poor color fidelity, RCA in de-
veloping tri-color tube is supplying the
missing link to the CHS system, even
though the three color tube is of very
little help toARCAs inferior system.
Ihe reasoning OF the FCC is quite
clear: Both systems are lacking; one
system has what the other lacks. BY
incorporating the tri-color tube into the
CHS system, the best color system can
be achieved. WIG,
Editors note: 1t is true that the
FEC chose system" rather than an
apparatus" but in deciding in favor
of CHS the commission committed
itself to the mechanical scanning disc,
at least until an improved color tube
becomes available. The editorial recog-
nized the fact that the tube, when per-
fected, could be substituted for the
disc, but pointed out that such a
change would make the wheel obso-
lete. The Star was in error, however.
in stating that the wheel would be not
only obsolete but also useless. It could
still be used by those who preferred to
stick to it,
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Alexandria and Shirley Highway

Now that AeXandria'S annexation OF over
seven square miles Of Fairfax County has been
finally approved in court, there is problem
arising from the expansion that is of concern
to persons not residing in the area affected. This
is how the future development of the annexed
territory along municipal lines will affect the
Shirley Memorial Highway.
This modern divided boulevard is one of
Washngtons more attractive approaches. 1t
links the Pentagon network with U. S. Route
near Woodbridge. 1t is distinguished by careful
engineering that has eliminated grade crossings
wherever possible in favor of overpasses and
similar grade-separation structures. It's land
scaped sides are free from hot dog stands,
service stations and billboards Fairfax County
authorities have helped to keep it that way.
The question was raised during the annex
alton trial as to whether transfer of jurisdiction
along part of the highway from Fairfax to
Alexandria would change the highway in any
respect So concerned was the State Highway
Department over this possibility that it sent
representative to the trial to state the depart
ment's attitude. This attitude, as expressed be-
fore the court, was that the State wants Shirley
Highway to remain as it is-a l1mlted-access
expressway not part of city street system.
An attorney for the city assured the court that
the city had no desire to increase the number
of access roads along the highway. More than
this assurance is needed to guarantee the in
tegrity of the highway, however While the
present City Council may thwart any municipal
action that would hurt the freeway, a subsequent
city administration might have different atti-
tude. From the testimony at the annexation
trial, it seems that the department. has no au-
thority now to prohibit the opening of new access
roads wherever local authorities might wish to
put them Under the circumstances it would
be wiser for Virginia to pass law giving the
State more control over the Shirley Highway
than it now has
Evening star., 1950-11-17
A DiscreditobIe Performance

Before Congress adjourned in September, in
rush to get home for the campaign, political
demonstration was staged in behalf of an excess
profits tax 1t took form in threats to delay
enactment of the emergency tax bill-which the
Treasury was anxious to get on the books before
October unless this tax bill contained an
profits tax. AS compromise, Congress directed
the Ways and Means and Finance Committees to
report an excess profits tax bill during 1850, if
that was possible, for consideration by the lame
duck session.
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means
Committee, supported by the vote of the COM
mittee Democrats, has interpreted this directive
as mandate which confines the work of his
committee to consideration of the kind of excess
profits tax it must report. In other words dis
cussion of possible substitutes for the excess
profits tax, even though they might produce as
much or more revenue and more effectively curb
war profits has been ruled out.
Thus politics. rather than the fairest and
most productive tax, becomes the ruling con-
sderation This is unfortunate in any circum-
stance. 1t is especially unfortunate in view of
the commendable attitude displayed by repre-
sentative groups of businessmen who wish to
be heard in favor of substitute methods of tax
alton. That attitude can be summed up in the
testimony of Robert C. TAFT, chairman of the
recently formed Business Committee on Emer-
gency Corporate Taxation.
1--WE are not trying to tighten the tax burden
proposed for corporations" MIR. TAFT said "As
Americans we fully support the countrys defense
activities. As businessmen we know realisti-
cally that fair share of the tax burden must fall
on corporations. We do not argue with the num-
Der OF dollars. Whatever amount the Congress
decides should come from excess profits taxes,
that amount we do not dispute We are essen
TALLY concerned not with how much (is to be
raised) but only with how"
There Is certainly valid argument, sup
ported by two experiences with the excess profits
tax, that the tax is cumbersome one to ad-
minister, that it creates many inequities, that
it leads into wilderness of appeals and litiga-
ton, that it tends to hamper expansion of in
dustry at time when increased production is
vital, that it encourages waste in MANAGEMENT
and contributes to imitation. Respected opinion
also contends that as revenue producer the tax
Is inferior to other methods which would yield
as much money from corporate taxpayers, would
more realistically control war profits and is more
easily and simply administered
The strictly partisan decision of the House
Ways and Means Committee, of course, rules out
all effective argument now in behalf of substitute
forms OF war profit taxation. Even though that
decision stems from directive of Congress to
the committee, it remains an example of afro
clous tax writing If the committees purpose is
10 olscredlt the excess profits tax by its method
OF preparing bill, thus increasing the likelihood
that no new tax legislation will be enacted ~by
the lame duck session of Congress, it could hardly
have chosen better method
Evening star., 1950-11-17

InoSe summer UNIFORMS u JeLt gOOd.
north and northwest, across the ST.
berian plains and the Cobb Desert.
Nobody is sure that 43 below zero is
really the worst North Korea can offer
in the way of temperature, either Of.
ficial readings have been taken in the.
valleys. None are available for the
mountain tops.
Because of the relative lack of snow.
winter actually is the best time of the
Korean year for flying. The Air Force
expects from 18 to % days a month of
good flying weather. as compared to z
to 9 in the rainy summer Planes are
not considered in much danger of icing,
because of the dryness of the air.
Snow and freezing mud on landing
fields may be problem. however. And
Air Force weather forecasters still are
hampered by complete blackout on
data from across the battle line-that is,
from Communist-he North Korea,
Manchuria and China. Without regular
reports from these areas, predictions are
dubious.
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Suffrage Moral


An editorial and two letters to The
Star which appeared in your issue Of
November 10, when taken together. point
out moral. The editorial is entitled
Federal Voters Are Independent" The
letters are captioned Independent
Voter and 'They Fought for it in 1875"
The editorial refers to the recent elec-
tions in nearby Maryland and Virginia.
where the political machines took a beat
ing though they carry the name of the
party which is in control of the Federal
Government at this time. It concludes
as follows:
"The suburbanites have habit of
voting for the best man. irrespective of
party-which is very healthy sign. And
it is logical to infer that District citizens
would be similarly independent if they
ever were given the right to vote.'
The letter captioned Independent
Voter" enlarges upon the theme of vot-
ing for "the best man." and says that
the actions of the national political
parties urging straight-ticket voting are
"an excuse for laziness and an insult to
private judgment" The other letter
refers to the relatively large population
of the District of Columbia and the large
amounts paid by it's residents in both
local and national taxes, and says that:
zone can hardly imagine condition
of affairs which would deprive the people
of any of these States (the States with
less population than the Distric0 of
either self-government or participation
in the central Government, while osten-
sibly honoring democratic institutions.
Yet the people of the District are and
long have been deprived of both.
This is an intolerable condition of af-
fairs"
The moral is that there is no excuse
for continuance of the voteless condition
of the residents of the District, either
locally or nationally. The excuse that
so many of them are Federal employees
who would not vote in the District, that
District elections would not be repre-
sentative, is a threadbare one. Federal
employees who move across the District
line do participate, and participate in
telligently, in Maryland and Virginia
elections, regardless of which political
party happens to be in control of the
Federal Government. AS you say, they
would do the same if given the right to
vote in the District. Those who argue
otherwise show deplorable lack Of faith
in the American system of Government.
Kenneth p. Armstrong.
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Sun-Worshipefs

Beneath a dazzling sky
Tapped By the sun they lie.
Flecking beach and dunes,
With oil for an amulet;
Lulled By crystal tunes
WGves clap upon the sand.
Like cdStdnet
In a r7,ythnaicGl hand
As in a golden -dose
Timeless, they repose.
KATHARYN WOLCOTT.
Evening star., 1950-11-17
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. What are the chances of recovery
in nervous and mental cases?-T. L.
A. Authorities report that at least 65
per cent of all patients who are treated
in mental hospitals go home recovered
or improved
Evening star., 1950-11-17
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star information Bureau. 1900 street
NV Washington 5. D. c.. and inclosing 8 cents
Extension 358.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

A Good Citizen

Carter Barrons real job in Washington was
to represent the Loew interests and to manage
their theaters in this part of the country,
Job that he performed with great credit to his
employers While this was the means OF his
Evening star., 1950-11-17
d. HOW manp Kinds off I

@. How many kinds of television an
tennas are therein. G.
A. Generally speaking, there are three:
The roof antenna, the inside antenna,
and the. latest kind which is built into
the set.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

schools built in accordance with the
size of Arlington pocketbooks. Just
let them give me assurance that proper
economy will be observed from here on.
AYE" C r. Van ScheIven.
Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

This blackout also hampers ground OPP
erations, since ground commanders rely
on the Air Weather Service for advance
information needed in planning combat
moves.
The weather men have to cruise up and
down Korea daily in B-29 to make
checks that aren't possible on the ground.
Vehicles are another winter problem.
Special "winterizing kits"-such as hard
tops for normally canvas topped trucks
and jeeps-have had to be shipped over.
along with heaters for the engines and
other heaters for the drivers.
It's the ordinary foot soldier, though,
who faces the big ordeal. For some, the
Army says, it means complete Arctic
uniforms" For everybody else it means
an extra abundance of winter woolens.
That abundance has been reported
tragically lacking in some of the battle
areas. This means that some GIs will
have a special reason for remembering
this nearest approach to large-scale
Arctic warfare in United States history.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

Q. What is the date for Joe Louis
next fights. P.
A. Another comeback fight with the
Argentine heavyweight, Cesar Brion, has
been set for November 20, in Chicago.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

Pen-7,an1es may be used if letters carry
aDriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1950-11-17

Aside from Gloria Swanson film actress of
the year. we guess that only the heroines in the
comic strips are born young and stay that way.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Hoover Will Address
Western Republicans

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. L.
Former President Herbert Hoover
was scheduled to address a region
al conference of Western Repub-
Hcans today.
Conference officials said Mr.
Hoover had agreed to speak at a
luncheon of Republican chairmen
national committeeman and other
part leaders from II Western
States.
Principal speaker in opening day
sessions yesterday was Guy George
Gabrielson, Republican chairman
He said the COP feels the Tru-
man administration has blundered
in its domestic and foreign pro-
grams. In its campaign this year,
Mr.. Gabrielson said. the Repub-
lican Party will pull no punches
in criticizing these "blunders.
The national Republican chair
man said, however, that the Re-
publican Party will give it's all
out support to Mr.. Truman as
Commander in Chief of the armed
forces.
Our first responsibility" Mr.
Gabrielson said in a broadcast
over a Nation wide radio network,
lis to help win the war. It is also
our responsibility to back the
Commander in Chief and our
Government in all steps essential
to the efficient prosecution of the
war, as well as the belated mobili-
zation of the United States to meet
further threats to national Sc
curity.'
Evening star., 1950-08-01
MARGARET FlAHERTY
Registered Nurse
on food energy

"As nurse at Uni
versal-International
Studios, I know how
active people need the
extra food energy
value that's in extra
rich Lucerne."