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Evening star., 1950-07-15
By Ted Mcdowell

THE POLIO SEASON is here again
i and. as usual, District Health De-
partment officials are more concerned
about unfounded fears among the pub
lie than they are about the disease
itself.
Health officers can take steps to con-
troll polio. Controlling fear Is more
dificult.
AS public alarm grows each summer
medical authorities assume the role Of
coaches, telling the people to be calm. to
do the best they can and everything
will be all right.
Doctors point out that, compared with
other diseases, polio Is negligible as
killer in the District. Over the last ten
years, the number of people stricken here
has ranged from a low of S In 1912
to high Of 1914 in 1914. The average
is about 76 year. Out Of every 100
persons stricken, only about die.
But fear persists out of proportion to
the seriousness of the disease I'M
doubtedly, one reason is that parent
can picture his child on crutcheS much
more vividly than In bed with pneu-
monia. heart disease or host of other
maladies which kill many more youths
than polio does.
Another reason is the seasonal nature
of infantile paralysis. Diseases which
occur the year round. at steadier rate,
don't have the same impact. The polio
peak occurs about the middle of August.
The public as yet has not learned to
live with polio as it has with other
diseases For one thing it seems to the
layman that polio is becoming more
common The doctors saw this is not
true. The truth is merely that more
cases are being recognized and reported.
The man directly responsible for polio
control in the District is DR.. C. c. Dauer.
head Of the Health Departments bureau
Of preventable diseases. He has already
begun to throw up his hands.
Everybody gets excited in the sum-
mer about polio," he says. "They
wonder why we don't do more. The
idea is for people to use common sense
Evening star., 1950-07-15
No Time for Bad Deals

There has been no confirmation of the re-
ports that Russia. has offered to call of the
Korean war provided Communist China is seated
in the United Nations and that the United States
agrees to "hands-off" policy with respect to
Formosa. If any such proposal has been made
or should be made, however, it ought to be re-
jected, and the State Department has taken
that position.
The most obvious Justification for this atti-
tude is that the United Nations has called for a
cease-f1re in Korea and a withdrawal of the in
vading North Korean troops to the 38th parallel
That is the formal, official position which has
been taken by the U. NJ, and it is hardly to be
expected thatsthis country, which has gone into
Korea as an agent of the Security Council, would
enter into any deal which did not square with
the Council resolutions and which, in effect,
would be by-paSSing of the world organization.
There are other reasons, however, for re-
fusng to have anything to do with the Soviet
proposal, assuming that one has been made.
Our decision to go into Korea and to defend
Formosa, aside from its U. N. aspects, was based
on the belief that the attack was open aggression
and that our own long-range interests required
us to oppose it with force It is true, apparently,
that we are somewhat in the position of a man
with bear by the tail, and an urge to let go
is understandable. But We have to consider
more than the immediate difficulties.
The most that we could hope to gain at
this time from accepting the reported proposal
would be to achieve an end to the fighting in
Korea. The Russians would win place in the
U. N. for Red China, and that whatever its
merits may be standing alone, is not something
that should come about as a quid pro quo in
phony deal. The Russians would also deprive
FormoSa OF whatever protection there is in our
announcement that we would defend the island
against attack, and we would be in the position
of abandoning commitment almost as soon as
it had been made If we were to do that, we
could hardly expect any one else to rely on as
surance Of support that might be made by us.
Finally, there is almost no prospect that cessa-
ton of fighting in Korea now would bring us
any lasting relief The Russians would retain
all OF their ability to make fresh trouble for us
in Korea, or in some other place, and they almost
certainly would do so.
Grim as the outlook u.s. the fact remains that
we have taken the plunge in Korea. We should
not, OF course, close our minds to any honorable
and equitable settlement. But there is no use
toying with any arrangement which would ease
our immediate problem at the price of bigger
problems later on. This is not time for any
deals which would be a reflection of weakness
rather than hrmness on our part
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Emergency Parkway Action

Begun as war project, the Washington
Baltimore Parkway is likely to be completed as
a military emergency undertaking. Congress
sional interest in the highway Jagged after the
close of World War II, but now there is re-
awakening that at last may produce the
funds needed to finish the job. There are hope
full signs pointing toward such q satisfactory
conclusion Of the enterprise. d
Latest encouraging step was the approval
by the Senate Public Works Committee of a bill,
already passed by the House, to authorize re-
sumption of work on the parkway. To speed
action, the committee also approved an amend
ment to the Federal-aid- to highways bill pro-
viding So million for an immediate start of con-
Struction. Senator Tydings stressed the military
value of the road in urging this amendment.
The Importance of the divided parkway from
the defense standpoint was emphasized even
before the outbreak of current hostilities in
Korea. Thomas H. Macdonald, Public Roads
Commissioner, told the House Public Works Com
mittee that the highway would serve as an escape
route for civilians in event of an attack on Wash
ington, as well as military transportation link
between Washington and Fort Meade. The Fed
eral part Of the parkway will extend from the
vicinity of New York avenue and the Anacostia
River to point just south of Fort Meade. Mary
land is completing her part of the road from
Meade to Baltimore.
Even If completion of the road were not
justified military grounds its role as an alter
nate traffic connection between Washington and
Baltimore would warrant passage of the legisla-
tion. Unless some means is afforded for relieving
traffic congestion on the dangerous Washington
Baltimore pike CU. S. Route ID, the casualty toll
on this overloaded stretch of pavement will con-
tinue to mount. From whatever angle viewed,
the parkway should be Completed without further
delay.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Mr. Ewing Was the Issue

It should be apparent to President Truman
by now that if he has any hope of obtaining
congressional approval of a reorganization of the
so-called welfare activities of the Federal Gov
ernrnent he should stick to the recommendations
of the Hoover Commission. Even the Hoover
plan for giving the Federal Security Agency
departmental status might have hard shedding,
It is true, in view of Congress attitude against
increasing the powers of FSA Administrator
Oscar Ewing. But the opposition probably would
have been less violent If Mr.. Truman had left
health services out of his plan.
The worst move the President could have
made was to submit reorganization that gave
Mr.. Ewing any control whatever over Federal
medical activities. It was because of this de-
parture from the Hoover program that the Senate
last year rejected the Presidents first plan CALI
ing for Department of Welfare. And 1t was
largely for a like reason that the House has
killed the second plan. Mr. Ewing, ardent advo-
cate Of compulsory health insurance, would have
attained cabinet status under either plan-aS he
would have under the Hoover plan. The thought
of the controversial Mr.. Ewing presiding, with
greatly increased prestige, over a department
that included the United States Public Health
Service and other medical research agencies was
too much for opponents of "socialized medicine"
.-and there are lot of such opponents in
Congress.
Under the Hoover Commissions proposal, all
medical activities of the Government would have
been consolidated in a separate agency. Incl
dentally, the full commissions decision on this
point did not follow the primary recommenda-
tion of its task force on public welfare" This
task force was composed of Brookings Institu-
tion group of experts who saw nothing wrong
with Jumping health, education, social security
and certain other welfare" operations in one
department The task force said, however, that
If the health services were to be divorced from
the Federal Security Agency, they should be in
one department. The commission elected to
adopt the latter plan Whether it had in mind
the possibility of congressional hedging at any
scheme for giving more powerful Mr.. Ewing
supervision of medical activities has not been
disclosed.
In view of what has happened at the two
sessions Of Congress, the President would be we'll
advised to drop his own plans for the future Of
the Federal Security Agency and try again with
the Hoover advocated program. His major sue
cesses 30 far in the reorganization field have
occurred when he adhered closely to the Hoover
report.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Messrs. Southqote and Brown

Poor Constantine Brown! Just about
every time a raise is due him, II. s.
Southgate pops up with a TRADE about
something he has written that must
make Mr.. Browns employers think they
are paying him too much already. A
few months ago I recall verbal on
slaught made by Mr.. Southgate through
these same columns against an article on
Franco Spain dispatched by Mr.. Brown
direct from Madrid. A reply at that
time by another Star reader was so
pertinent that I retained the clipping.
It said: Il cannot help but disagree with
Mr.. Southgate'S view that Mr.. Brown
Is not giving true picture Of Franco
SPAIN Mr.. Browns series of articles on
Spain were not only well-written, but a
much-appreciated change from those of
other columniSts who constantly play
upon American religious prejudices in
an effort to win support for blunders
by the present Administration In the
field of diplomacy"
The Alexandria clergyman'S latest (his
letter of July 81 excoriates Mr.. Brown
for his article of July 8. dealing with the
adviSability Of including Spain in our
overall defense setup. BY the inclusion
Of Sundry characters in his letter-name-
ly. monks and nuns, Protestants and
Masons, Martin Luther and the devil.
American soldiers and Stains soldiers,
with the never-left-out allegory of Cath
olic intolerance, Of course-this minister
appears to be trying to write q story
with the climax coming when American
soldiers. fighting side by side with Span
iards, get stabbed in the back by
Frances men. And in climactical fash
ion, to make the galleries really stand
up and shout, MFR. Southgate closes with
the highly original statement that he has
just celebrated July and declares his
independence Of both MIR. Franco and
Mr.. Stain.
Well, don't think this thriller by my
Virginia neighbor will ever displace
South Pacific" on Broadway. But if his
treatise should be in a contest in which
a prize is offered for an Illogical pre-
sentation, it Is bound to give them all
run for the money.
Leonard j. Mccarthy.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Senator -Tuft and Formosu

When Senator Taft accused the Ad-
ministration of reversing its Far Eastern
policy. he drew from Mr.. Truman the
heated remark that the Senator's tpolit-
ical speech was uncalled for" Immedi-
ately, all the Fair Deal broadcasters and
columnists echoed their masters voice,
impugning the motives of the Ohio Sena-
tor
Could Mr.. Taft be truthfully accused
Of playing politics when he was merely
defending his record and justifying his
opinion that Formosa should be de-
Tended?
When the Administration reversed its
Asian policy, .unwittingly of course, it
confirmed Mr.. Tafts opinion. Now the
Administration is embarrassed at being
found to be in the wrong, and its spokes-
!, men, angered at having their mistake
pointed out. are venting their spleen on
the one man they are moving heaven
and earth to boot from Office.
They are the ones who are playing
politics. and they are draping themselves
in the American flag to do it!
Jerome Faulks.
Retrospecting little over the last few
months Of national political develop
ments, we find your paper has some edi-
torial crow to eat, along with various and
sundry other critics of the warning
Senator Taft gave some time ago with
regard to patrolling the ASiatic waters
between Formosa and the Red Chinese
mainland.
When Mr.. Taft urged this be done as a
vital matter of interest to the United
States, there was tempest of protest
and barrage of blunt attack on the
position Of the Ohio Senator The futile
effort OF Dean Acheson to answer Mr..
Taft, and his diScounting FormoSa as
having anything to do with our military
strategy in the East, was praised as a gem
OF argument and a complete refutation of
Mr.. Taft. Some of this Acheson- adulation
came from tyros or sources that have
invariably opposed anybody who didn't
consider Mr.. Acheson and his political
encourage infallible.
Large, influential newspapers are pre-
Sumed to be more realistic and Soundly
informed. However, we find The Star
using such fulsome adjectives as "bril-
liant .and far-reaching," in describing
Acheson'S answer to Taft.
Now come the really qualified military
experts and not only convince the White
House circle, but Mr.. Acheson himself,
that Taft was right; that Formosa is the
key to our strategic defenses in the
Orient and must be defended. How now?
E. A. Garrett,
Mineral Wells, Texas.
Editors Note: Although eating crow
would be no new experience, The Star
sees no reason to do it now. Its jan
uary editorial on Formosa, while op-
posing the Taft proposal, said that If
the island were really vital to our Sc
curity Gin that period the Joint Chiefs
of Staff repeatedly regarded it as less
than vitaD, then perhaps we ought
not to lose moments time in accept
ing" the grave risks of military inter-
vention. AS for the Acheson speech
OF January IL, which made no mention
OF Formosa or Mr.. Taft and referred
8 only in incidental manner to inter-
ventionist ideas, The Star does not
withdraw its praise.)
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Letters to The Star

than turn the problem over to the pub
lie along with the brunt Of increased
consumers costs, perhaps it would be
wise move for the housewives here to
adopt the plan Of many in the recent
Pittsburgh strike. They boycotted their
route men and began buying milk at
their grocers. Frankly, that is what I
intend to do, if and when milk goes up.
am already much too busy trying to
figure out how to pay my increased coal
bill, phone bill, food bill, ETC., while wait
ing for my husband to strike for more
money which will raise the cost Of
tootsie rolls to consumers and dairy
drivers.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. When was the National Rifle Asso-
citation founded-P. II. H.
A. It was founded in 1871 and now
has approximately quarter Of Q mil
lion members in all parts Of the country.
@. Is o certain amount Of sunshine
necessary for health?-G. r. w.
A. Scientists are of the opinion that
normal persons can get along with little
sunshine II they have an adequate diet,
plenty Of fresh air, sleep and exercise.
Eskimos who live in the far north man
age fairly well without any appreciable
exposure to the sun. There Is no doubt,
however, of the beneficial effects Of sun
light when proper amounts are absorbed.
@. How can fir be distinguished from
q pine?-R. B. M.
A. The needles Of the FIR tree are sim
gle and grow in fat rows, while the
needles of the pine are grouped in
sheaths by two's. tl1ree's, four's, or five's.
@. Does car travelling at 10 miles an
hour have less Of its weight on the road
than a car making 20 miles an hour?-
C. A. G.
A. The National Bureau Of Standards
says that when car is driven on level
road at constant speed in still air, air
resistance will exert resultant force r
on the car. Depending on the design Of
the car body, r may be horizontal or
it may have a vertical component. The
horizontal aerodynamic force is called
drag, while the vertical component lif
any) is called lift. If the body design is
such as to produce lift, the weight OF
the car on the road win be less at 20
m.ph. than at 20 m.p.h. Racing cars are
often designed to have considerable
negative lift. II the lift Is zero. the ef:
fective weight win be INDEPENDENT o.
cart Tpeed. a
Evening star., 1950-07-15
We AIIWorry Too Much About Polio

church" DR.. Dauer says. Camps, he adds,
should be closed only when there is a
succession Of cases. When two or three
cases occur at the same time, 1t usually
ends at that.
There's no use curtailing summer
vacations because Of polio" the doctor
says. "Of course. 1t would be foolish
to take child into an epidemic area.
But take the child somewhere else"
II child spends the summer here,
he swims In pools regulated by the
Health Departments bureau of public
health engineering. This bureau places
quotas on the number OF children who
may swim in pool at any one time.
Such restrictions are made as much to
prevent ear and intestinal infections as
polio.
Another precaution is not to remove
children's tonsils or. teeth during polio
outbreaks. Open places in the mouth
%or throat may make a child more suscep-
tible to the virus.
"Our main concern is to see that all
persons who need disqualification 60 to
the hospital. and that proper followup
care is given. We also want as accurate
q diagnosis as possible. If child is
sick, he should be taken to physician.
The physician will decide whether it is
polio or not. There is too much worry
about specific symptoms. Mumps often
show the same signs as non-paralytic
polio," Dr. Dauer explains.
The fact that there are about three
times the number of polio cases so far
this year as there were in 1949 means
little at this poidt. Some years the
peak comes earlier than others, and at
the end Of the summer the comparison
might be just the reverse. Furthermore,
the cases SO far this year have been
mild
Medical science still has much to
learn about polio and its transmission.
Meanwhile, according to DR.. Dauer, the
best advice goes something like this:
Be calm. Quit worrying about pos
sibility that Is less likely than that your
child win kill himself falling down stairs.
Take it easy.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer 70
any question Of fact By either gTiting The
NV, Washington s, D. c.. and inclosing cents
return postage, or By telephoning ST. 6O00s
Evening star., 1950-07-15

A pseudonyns Is permissible only
a0hen letter carries correct name
and address of 1oriter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-09-21
TobIe Cloth Buys!

so Orig. ese Madagascar place
100 Orig. ST Plastic Cloths,
54x54 -s59e
so Orig. l.4s Plastic Cloths,
54x72 59e
200 Orig. l.l9 Huek Towels,
colors and white e------79e
20 Orig. 5.9s InitioIed 8-Pc.
Luncheon Sets ----i.s9
"a Orig. 4.e5 Embroidered
Pillow Cases ---l.99
100 Orig. 2.s9 Printed Bridge
5th Floor, Washington
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Women's Hosiery

WOMEN 5 H0SIeTy
200 Orig. lbs, $50, l.65
hose In sheer and medium
weight. Slightly picked over
from dept. hondIine, which in
no way will effect wear or mar
their appearance. Broken sizes
69e
- Orig. 55e Tubbies from Dis
pIoy In terry cloth. Broken
sizes In ossortment---
Street Floor,
Warrington Store
Evening star., 1950-09-21
BIonkets & Comforts

Soiled, Mussed or Counter
Handled.
IS Orig. 800 Summer Blon-
kets Z.49
8 Orig. 8.s5 Wool BIonkets,
5.s5
IS Orig. 1925 Chatham Wool
Blankets 1875
20 Orig. Iz.s5 Wool Blankets,
Chothom -----8.95
II Orig. 1926 Wool Blankets,
St. MoY's and Kenwood, 1925
8 Orig. 1926 Wool Blankets,
North Stor Kenwood, St.
Mory's --------ll.o5
4 Orig. 1895 St. Mory's Poro-
mount Blankets ------l3.s5
4 ois. 2z.es St. Mory's coro-
net Blankets ------l7.o5
5 Orig. 1895 North Stor Lomor
Blankets ------l9.95
8 Orig. to 1895 comforters,
down filled -----22.95
5th Floor, Washington
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Isl Orig. e8c Children's
Non Breok Records,

TNUH-UISuN WIVTuSI
1oc
Assorted titles, stondord 78
rpm, lo-inch size.
73 Orig. BIS Jan August Al
bum, s selections, ; lO-inch
records -----59e
IS Orig. 3.s5 Popular Albums,
lO-inch 99e
5th Floor, Washington
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Observation-Disclosures
Special
Convos School
Bags, 69e
33o rubberized conVos
school bags. Assorted
ploids in strap styles.
Street Floor,
Washington and
SilDer Spring
Stationery Needs

StNtSVuShy i>SSoS
IA Orig. zse Pencil boxes
complete with fittings = lee
1856 Orig. 5se Loree size pencil
boxes with fittings - z9e
100 Orig. Use 2-rine notebooks
Zoe
200 Orig. use Combination
package Of 3. Notebook, tob-
let and composition book Zoe
500 Orig. sse Blue canvas 2 or
3-rine notebooks 1890 4Se
100 Orig. 1919 Soft-boek note
books 634x9A -- 9Se
90 pkg. Orig 6se Loree size
letter sheets, construction po-
per -------4se
200 Orig. Toe Box Ritespoons,
forks or spoons - 3 for Zoe
100 Orig. 4.e5 Thermo-keep
lunch bog, loree size - 3.95
Street Floor,
Washington and SiIver Spring
Women's Neckweor
l21 Orig. 5se TO 81 Ties Of
royon sotin or velvet. Various
coIors and styles ----3 for 81
Street Floor,
Washington and Siluer Spring
Women's Hondkerchiefs
l57 Orig. 25e Women's lores
size, nice quolity honkies in
postel shades s-----6 for ST
3s4 Orig. 3Se Women's pure
linen hondkerehiefs in posteIs
and dark shades. Hand rolled,
s for ST
4So Orig. 25e Women's print
ed hondkerchiefs. A vorieb Of
lovely patterns ---6 for S
Street Floor,
Washington and Silver Spring
-
Special Purchase
Hand Mirrors, l.o5
800 large hond mirrors with
pastel Cloisonne-type bocks.
Clear mirror foce with metal
hondles. Rore voIue!
2s8 Orig. so TO 75e combs In
all colors ------zSe
Street Floor,
Washington and Siluer Spring
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Teen Cotton Dresses

I19-s.95 TO 1875 Teen sum-
ner dresses. PosteIs, whites in
sheers, broodcIoth and picoloy.
Sizes 10 to l6 --- 1888
End Floor, Washington
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Dinnerwore

- w Sh ~
I Orig. Szzo French Limoges
Chino, Morie Louise pattern.
63 piece service set for eight,
consisting of eight each, dinner
pIotes, soIod plates, breed and
buffers, fruits, rim soups, teo
cups and soucers, and one each
covered sugar, creomer, baker,
pIotter ond covered coserole.
1895
4 Orig. 24.s5 Jackson China
troy sets, QuilIo pottern (olI-
over Dresden pottern) II piece
set consisting of one each
covered toost, cereal dish. egg
cup, covered sugar, creomer,
covered tea pot. covered coffee
pot, covered hot-woter pot,
breokfost plate, teo cup ond
soucer, and breed and butter
1899
ITS Orig. 3oe TO z.e5 South
ern Pottery, discontinued pat
terms. Consisting of luncheon
plates, vegetables, plotters,
sueors and ereomers, lug soups,
and solod pIotes-,- I9e TO 1.39
81 32-Pe. Set japanese Blue
Willow; service for $3.50
7th Floor, Washington
400 Yds. Orig. see to l.es
Fine Royons, 39c yd.
. Creose-Resistont Suitine
0 Gobordine
. Prints
Q FIonnels
Street Floor, Washington
Evening star., 1950-09-21
Girls indies

Girls indies
II Orig. 7.se to 3.se Royon
sotin gowns, sizes 8 to l6 1888
II Orig. 5.99 Girls cotton
housecoots. Broken sizes - ST
2nd Floor, Washington
ChiIdren's Shoes
so prs. Orig. $50 Bodies Fo-
NOUS Make brown or white elk
high shoes. Brown or white
oxfords. Broken sizes 4 to 6,
100
so prs. Orig. S. Infonts' Fo-
nous Make brown or white high
shoes. Brown or white oxfords.
Potent strops. Broken sizes
6I2 to o8---------2.90
2nd Floor, Washington
Teen Shop
l23 Orig. 1873 TO 2.ss HoIters
In cotton Indion Head. Coy
prints and solids. Broken sizes
2se
81 Orig. 1873 10 7.ss strow
handbags in natural and bright
iii Orig. SOS to 7.s5 1909
wool skirts. Solid colors and
checks. A few tweeds. Slim
and semi-fIore styles. Sizes 10
TO Is 6-----------3.s8
2nd Floor, Washington Store
Mems Clothing
II Orig. SIS and z7.5o Mems
Roincoots. Broken sizes in the
group 14.SS
- Orig. 1925 All Wool In
nerIinines, installed in your
eoot without charge - 7.5o
End Floor, Washington
Mems Sportsweor
Orig. 3.95 to 5.S5 Mems Sport
Shirts. Long sleeves, 2-woy
collars. solid coIors. Medium,
medium loree, large in group,
l.39
Street Floor, Washington