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Evening star., 1950-11-07
A Day of Humiliation

Rapid and continuous development of the
Washington Metropolitan Area lends additional
emphasis to the lack of voting rights in the
District of Columbia. The city of Washington
now extends into contiguous Maryland and
Virginia. Each year finds closer integration of
this population by common interests, means of
livelihood, customs and manner of living. Old
boundaries are becoming more obscure. Tt Is
on an election day. such as this one, that the
real lines of separation become so evident.
All around us today our neighbors who live
on the other side of these lines in Maryland
and Virginia are trooping to the polls. They are
exercising the greatest privilege OF American
citizenship-the same sort of privilege, basicaly,
that our sons are fighting and dying to preserve
for strangers in faraway Korea. They are
choosing for themselves the men who are to
represent them in Congress, in their State county
and local governments. They are deciding on
forms of local government the amount of in
debtedness they are willing to assume for schools
and other public improvements. In short, they
are governing themselves in accordance with
the American principle that governments derive
their just powers only from the consent of the
governed.
Here in Washington we are isolated from
all this by the accident of the location of our
homes, plus curious omission from the powers
assigned to Congress in the Constitution. The
reason we have no vote in our National Govern
ment is that the precise method by which
that vote can be cast and counted-the Dis
trict of Columbia not being State-has
never been defined. The definition should be
part of the Constitution, in the form of grant
of power to Congress to give the people of Wash
ington the representation in Congress, and in the
choice of President and Vice President, that
Congress chooses to permit. Addition OF such
power by Constitutional amendment is the direct
and logical method to overcome defect in our
Government that becomes more marked with
time; a defect whose contradictions and incon-
sistencies are examined again today by republica-
ton, on Page of The Star, of article by
the late Theodore w. Noyes.
We should be joining our neighbors of the
Metropolitan Area today in voting for those who
will represent us in our Government. The time
will come, The Star believes, when we shall.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Color Confusion Grows

There can be no doubt as to the genuineness
of the Radio Corporation of Americas surprise
over the request of the Federal Communications
Commission that the company make its tri-color
television tube available to its competitor the
Columbia Broadcasting System, for experiment
tation. The request in effect, added insult to
injury. First, the FEC chose the CHS color
wheel as superior to RCA's color tube and then
it suggested it would be Gin the public interest" to
let CHS try the tube as substitute for the Wheel
Under the circumstances RCA can hardly be
blamed for being shocked" at the request.
Implicit in the FCC's request is an admission
that the RCA electronic color system may have
advantages over the mechanical scanning method
used by CHS. RCA engineers had tried to con-
vince the FEC of these advantages through a
series of demonstrations. They asked for more
time in which to improve the tube. But the
FEC, refusing to delay acolor decision any longer,
ruled in favor of the CHS mechanical wheel plan.
The request that RCA turn its tube over to
CHS makes the color-Tv situation more con-
fused than ever. It comes at a time when
several manufacturers are preparing to produce
the CBS-type color wheels and the special con-
verters needed to receive CHS color in black and
white on present SETS If, however, the FEC
already is getting cold feet on the color wheel
idea and is encouraging use OF the tube as
substitute these manufacturers are not likely to
RISK mucn OF Jnelr money IN the manufacture
of the wheels. Nor is there likely to be a rush
of buyers for product that may be outmoded
almost as soon as it reaches the market.
The FEC request will strengthen the belief
in many quarters of the television industry that
the commissions ruling in favor of the CHS
mechanical system was premature-that the
public interest would have been served better
by deferring a decision until a satisfactory
color tube could be developed. Such a delay
would have saved the public from buying me-
chanical equipment that would be useless if
CHS should adopt the electronic tube when 1t
becomes "available"-that is, when a perfected
product is put on the open market by RCA or
any other firm.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Montgomery Biportisonship

AS Democrat and an active member
OF the Montgomery County Charter
Committee I wish to take exception to
your statement in Sundays editorial that
the Charter Committees sponsorship Of
all Republicans and only two Democrats
for the County Council has precipitated
a spirited partisan fight that threatens
to end the bipartiSanship which has dis
tinguished the Charter cause" Only
superficial examination of the local po-
litical situation could bring an observer
to such conclusion.
1t is rather the Lindsay Act, sponsored
and enacted by the Democrats at An
napolis and aimed at killing the reforms
which the Charter Committee has so
heroically carried out, which has precip-
itated this particular fight for the County
Council. Moreover, the Victory Com
mittee's choice of candidates left the
Charter Committee no choice but to en-
dorse candidates of it's own in both
parties and to support those of its choice
who succeeded in the September pri-
maries.
Augusta F. Davis.
Silver Spring.
The fact is that the Charter organiza-
ton endorsed full states of both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans before the pri-
maries, treating both parties alike. but
the Democrats nominated only two OF
the Charter endorsed candidates, while
the Republicans nominated all OF the
Charter endorsed candidates.
Thus the Charter group is consistently
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Rising Traffic Toll

It takes lot of hunting to find any bright
spot on the dark traffic accident picture for 1850
presented in the latest report by the National
Safety Council The council foresees a death
total that will exceed that of any postwar year
and that might even come close to 1941s all-time
toll of 81 500 highway deaths The bright side is
that the death rate has been declining as the
number of automobiles and the number of miles
travelled have been rising
In 1941, for example, there were IL fatal ac-
cidents for every 100 million miles of motor
travel. Today the rate has dropped to about
seven deaths for every 100 million miles. In
1941 there were more than 81 million cars and
trucks on the road and they rolled up mileage
of more than 333 billion. In 1949 there were
more than A million motor vehicles and they
covered more than 424 billion miles.
Ned Dearborn, president of the National
Safety Council, is concerned over the rapidly
rising death total during the first nine months
of this year. The trend is such that the single
bright phase of the councils analysis of traffic
statistics could be dimmed or obliterated. There
were 24,580 highway deaths through September
of this year. At this rate at least 5000 persons
will have been killed on the highways and streets
of the Nation by the end of the year. Most of the
increase has occurred in cities of more than
10000 population. This is where congestion of
cars and people is increasing traffic hazards
faster than safety education, engineering and en-
forcement are making progress.
These three Els of traffic safety nevertheless
remain the chief hope of the council and other
organizations campaigning to make driving safer.
They are the factors given most of the credit for
the declining death rate in the past decade. En-
gineering, handicapped by shortages of materials
and labor during World War II, had been making
long strides to catch up until the Korean crisis
broke Now there is likely to be another slowing
down of highway and street Improvements
designed to reduce accidents. Education and en-
forcement will have to carry the bulk of the
burden for an indefinite period. That means
more work by safety interests and by police
Experience has shown that such efforts are not
wasted.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Boys Autumn

These are enchanted days for him. The
lenves
From palest gold to deepest crimson hue
Excite him, and he kno1Ds they must
haze dropped
Simply for his delight in scu6ing through.
He shifts the tingling air, and, puppy
like,
Wrinkles his nose Some high adventure
lDditS
Around the corner. He takes large, firm
bites
From a red apple. yells at his schooln,ates
In strident coUboy tones. On such day
Each Hop-a-Long must ride. The toorld
is his.
And. una,pare that soon the glory fades.
He takes each autumn day for 1D1adt it Is.
He neuer thinks to ,natc1, a season die.
He knows the fall is good. Soon Snoto
iDiH fly.
ELEANOR OWEN PENICK.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Red China and the u. NJ.

Tomorrow's special meeting of the Security
Council will be perhaps the most important
yet held in the five-year history of the United
Nations. For the meeting-requested by the
United States-will be called upon to take up
the issue of Red Chinas act of lawlessness in
sending thousands of its troops across the Yalu
River from Manchuria to do battle against the
u NJ on the side of the shattered North Korean
aggressors
General MacArthur's report on the subject
has laid the groundwork for the meeting. Speci-
fcally naming the Chinese Communists, the
report leaves no room for doubt that they have
marched into Korea in large numbers, that they
are now fighting there against the U. MS anti
aggression forces, that their anti aircraft guns
in Manchuria have been firing at the U. MS
planes over Korean territory, and that Man
churian- based, Soviet-made Jet fighters have
entered into action against the U. MS air
operations.
In effect, Red China-whether on limited
scale or not-thus has gone into battle against
the United Nations, and the Security Council
must now decide suitable counter measures.
Or if the Russian veto prevents the Council from
arriving at any decision then the General Assem-
bly,, in keeping with the new powers it has
bestowed upon itself, must deal with the issue
something that threatens the peace of Asia in
q way that could unleash general global war.
BY Implication as supreme commander of
the u. MS forces in Korea, General Macarthur
has called upon the world organization for new
instructions. Practically speaking, the original
instructions-to put down the aggression of the
Korean Communists-have been carried out sue
cessfully But now, invading from Manchuria,
the Chinese Reds are striking against the United
Nations in an effort to undo what it has achieved
in accordance with the Security Councils historic
resolutions of last June.
AS matters stand at the moment, the U. N.
command is under orders to limit its military
action to Korean territory. Those orders, how
ever have been outdated by Red China's inter-
vention The Chinese Communists have crossed
the Yalu River, and in General MacArthurs
words, they "are massing great concentration
of possible reinforcing divisions with adequate
supply behind the privileged sanctuary of the
adjacent Manchurian border"
Is Red China to continue to enjoy this
"privileged sanctuary? If it keeps on pouring
its troops into Korea against the U. N, is the
u NJ to do nothing about the supply bases in
Manchuria? Is that mtarily tolerable? If the
Mao regime at Peiping instead of stopping its
present lawleSsness wages full-scale war against
our Allied forces, will not common sense and
pressing necessity demand that every effort be
made to destroy it's sources of strength?
These are some of the questions that suggest
themselves in connection with tomorrow'S Coun-
Gil meeting. The world can only hope that Mac
can be persuaded to back away from his present
dangerously provocative position For that posi-
ton seems almost deliberately designed to invite
heavy air attacks on Red China, and If he insist
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Lobor's Billions

AAISs
After reading David Lawrence's col
umn in The Star for October 80 am
impelled to voice my sentiments. 1t seems
that Mr.. Lawrence, for a man OF sup
posed intelligence, displays either a
colossal attempt at distorting facts or an
appalling ignorance of his subject when
he states that the labor bosses" have
billions in dues at their disposal to buy
a socialist form of government with.
The International Typographical
Union pays the highest dues of any la
Dor union in the United States. In fact,
each individual member pays more in
dues in one year than members OF some
other unions will pay in lifetime. And
a perusal of their financial status. which
is published monthly and is available to
MIR. Lawrence, will not show any billions
of dollars. And what they do have is
not at the disposal of any labor boss"
And if the finances Of all the unions.
both CIO and AFL, were added-Well.
just have Mr.. Lawrence try little SIM
pie arithmetic. Or is it easier for him
to talk billions than it is for him to add?
AS concerns Senator Taft, his initials
spell what most union men think he Is.
His labor law is just what the labor
leaders say it is.
But Mr. Lawrence and writer's Of his
stripe rise to the defense of Mr.. Taft and
the Republican Party as the only true
Americans, implying that If anybody dis
agrees with them they are naturally un-
American and Communists There Is
where they are adopting Mr.. Hitler's
tactics.
Mr.. Lawrence, Gould Lincoln and
other writer's of their kind had best do
some research on their subjects before
they display their ignorance to an in
formed laboring public about the bill
lions at the disposal of the labor
bosses and the plight" of the poor
worker who has a union card and a
voice in his choice of union officials to
represent him at the bargaining table.
the same table which the Taft-Hartley
law seeks to eliminate and reduce bar
gaining to the place where the employer
says, Take it or leave it or I'll fire the
whole lot of you." I know. I had it
happen to me.
w. e. Minear.
Evening star., 1950-11-07

these shows are staged as sports shows.
How can men, charged with teach
ing and encouraging craftsmanship, sit
quietly by while such things go on?
In baseball, throwing down a cap or
glove is justification for Punishment
from the game. The umpire keeps the
game clean in appearance. In football
and basketball, unnecessary roughneSs
is promptly penalized. Recently charges
of slugging in professional football
game developed newspaper controversy. /
Fortunately newspapers do not write
up wrestling matches, which proves that
they dare not give the rotten exhibitions
recognition.
To continue these shows, however, is
to permit blot on our sports program.
The spectacle at Turner's Arena on Oc-
toper o. when one Laverne Baxter
leaped from the ring to give childish
display of alleged temper directed at
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Questions and Answers :

The stars readers can get the answer to
any auession Of fact BY either , ,grtting The
NV, Washington 5. D. C., and inclosins 3 cents
return postage. or by telephontng ST. 6000s
Extension 35S.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Eagle, or Mouse?

The United States should have a
mouse instead of an eagle for its symbol!
Every one with an elemental knowl-
edge of human nature knows that the
more you do for people, the more they
sit back and let you do. In spirit OF
misguided benevolence, the United States
is raising a flock of spoiled brat nations
who demand that their every Unsuitable
whim be satisfied and imperfection ap-
peased. Our people have Sweated blood
and sacrificed themselves of necessities
to provide billions for foreign assistance.
We have given thousands of lives. We
have let foreign nations walk all over
us and asked for more, instead of hav-
ing the simple common sense and quits
to help them to help themselves more
and make them stand on their own feet,
for their own good.
Now we are expected to provide more
billions and lives by assuming the largest
share Of the burden of protecting
Europe, because France and Britain are
afraid of having Germany rearmed.
In my travels in Europe last summer.
Germany impressed me as being the ma
ton most deserving of help, and the one
that would give us the best return for our
investment. Just because these people,
at the risk of their lives, were forced to
follow Nazi dictates, that doesn't mean
they advocated it-many suffered Bit
terly from it.
In Paris, on the contrary we were told
that it is unsafe for man in United
States Army officers uniform to go into
some sections as it might be torn off his
back! In Rome, some men-in-the-street
had never heard of the ECA, others only
vaguely.
Our policy and law makers show a
great need for practical courses in hu-
man psychology, economics and propa-
ganda, to say nothing of plain common
sense. In the meantime we should de-
liver much-needed ultimatum to some
nations to get up out of their sidewalk
cafes and do something for themselves,
for change!
Evening star., 1950-11-07
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. How does Stockholm rank among
the beautiful cities of the world?-H. F.
A. Actually, none can correctly be
singled out as the most beautiful. but
many travellers believe that it is no
exaggeration to class the capital Of
Sweden as the most beautiful city in
the world.
Evening star., 1950-11-07

@. In doing the Victory backstroke.
does the swimmer lie on his back?
When were our soldiers taught this
swimming stroke?-T. B. j.
A. Soldiers and sailors of World War
II were taught the victory backstroke.
The swimmer lies on his back. His face
is always above water.
Evening star., 1950-11-07

the radio and television men. and
smashed tables, chairs and radio equip
ment in the presence of complacent
policemen, was not only degrading and
disgusting, an insult to intelligence and
an illegal act, but was also such cheap
theatrical performance as to cause one
to wonder at the mental age OF those
who condone such actions.
There are a few magnificent physical
specimens among the so-called wrestling
clan. Real and honest wrestling is an
interesting and scientific contest. If
true sportsmen would swing into action
and create sentiment against the present
travesty, maybe the better men could
be shamed into real contests. That
would quickly weed out the phonies and
eliminate this poison from the healthy
body of the American sports program.
R. M. CheseIdine.
Evening star., 1950-11-07

upon maintaining 1t, and II the Kremlin supports
him, the early outbreak of general war may
become much more than possible
Evening star., 1950-11-07

O. In printing Basque. how many kinds
Of alphabets have been used?-R. A.
A. Only the Roman alphabet is used in
printing works in this unique language.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Trick or Treut
w. M. Kiplinger

The undersigned is person who loves
well-behayed children. but thinks the
trick or treat" night is outrageous.
When about 10 to IL children only
visited ones house on Halloween 1t was
not so bad. But when literally dozens
come. even to the houses of strangers. I
think something should be done by the
parents. In some instances. however.
I noted the fathers and mothers accom-
panying the children.
Several children were heard to say
this year, I'VE have to go home for an
other bag-we have two bags already
at home."
Mrs. Royal G. Shank.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Letters to The Star

carrying through on its pre-primary po-
sition. The Charter adherents include
many persons who split either Demo-
cratic or Republican on state and ma
tional issues, but who Zealously try to
be non-partisan or bipartisan in these
local home-rule elections.
w. M. Kiplinger
Evening star., 1950-11-07

Pen-names may be used If letters carry
aOriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
.YuIe Parties Planned
For Safety Patrols

Five Christmas parties are
scheduled for members Of the
school safety patrols in Mont
gomery County.
In charge of the parties are
Sergt. Charles o. Seek, Corpl.
German Butler and Corpl. Will
liam DeVries. Various groups are
sponsoring the parties.
All parties are to begin at 7::3O
pm. They are scheduled as fol-
lows:
Tuesday. Silver Spring Armory
sponsored by businessmen of the
area for patrolmen in the Silver
Spring neighborhood.
Thursday, Richard Montgom-
Iery High School. for Rockville
area patrols, sponsored by busi-
nessmen of the upper part of the
county.
December 18, Chevy Chase
Woman's Club, sponsored by
Chevy Chase Rotary Club for pa
trolls in that area.
December 19, Montgomery
Junior College, sponsored by Ia
koma Park Lions Club for patrols
in that community.
December 20, Longview Ele-
mentary School in Emory Grove,
for colored partolmen sponsored
by county businessmen.
Evening star., 1950-12-10

Georges Counties in nearby Mary
land, has operated successfully
since 1918. That areas contribu-
ton to the polluted Potomac will
be almost completely removed in
the near future.
The creation of a Virginia au-
thority at this time. however,
faces an obstacle in the attitude
of the Water Control Board.
Chairman E. Blackburn Moore of
Berryville has indicated that the
board will not allow any further
delays in abatement projects in
the area.
Mr.. Moore said recently that the
boards technical advisors doubt
that a regional authority would
permit any substantial savings.
The Potomac River Commission
however, says that an investiga-
tion certainly should be made to
determine if an authority could,
with no delay, provide a better
plan to meet the needs Of the
Virginia area.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Santa Helm Show Reopens
After Fire Hazard Removal
By the Associated Press

SAVAGE. Md. Dec. 9.-The
Christmas carnival at Santa Helm
was back in full operation today
after one-day shutdown because
of fire hazards.
Joseph McSweeney, chief in
vestigator for the State Fire Mar
shall. said the carnival is in as
good shape now as it can possibly
be.
He said a detail of several men
and fire truck are standing by
in case of an emergency, and that
canvas walls have been covered on
the inside with a fire proof lining.
In addition, the tent roofs have
been sprayed with a fire repellent
which keeps a smouldering fire
from breaking out into flame.
Another complaint against the
carnival was deficient electrical
wiring. Mr.. McSWeeney said the
wiring, which was worn bare, had
been removed from the floor of
the tents, and four exits have
been installed in a tent where
there was only one before.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Work Started on Plant
Al 81. Johns S COLLEGE
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 9.-Sporting
a black and orange necktie, colors
of St Johns College. Gov .-elect
Theodore R. McKeldin today
broke earth for the colleges new
heating plant.
The site was pegged out with
markers showing where each of
the student shops, boat building
rooms and garages in the H
shaped building will be.
1t is being financed by a $780,
900 grant from Paul Melons Old
Dominion Foundation. The build
ing will cost $173.413. The rest
Of the grant will be used for boil
ers. architect fees, and a safety
margin, a college official said.
Before MI. McKeldin stopped to
push the spade into the earth,
DR.. Richard D. Weigle, officially
made college president last Oc-
tober %. and Annapolis Mayor
Roscoe C. Rowe. also broke earth.