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Evening star., 1950-02-21
Woman Indicted as 7
Statesmen Charge Loss
0fS2,100in Robheries

A 30-year-old brunette, who al
legedely gave victims Knockout"
drinks, was indicted yesterday on
charges of robbing two New York
statesmen of more than $2,100 in
cash and jewelry. after accom-
panying them to their hotel rooms.
The woman indicted is Mildred
Pardo. Police said she had been
charged with similar offenses in
other cities.
In each of the cases here, the
Woman's alleged victims told police
they had passed out after drink
ing beer she had given them.
The women is charged with
taking $40 in cash and GUAM
tity of jewelry from a 52-year-
old salesman in the Hotel Stat
Ter last October %.
A second indictment accuses her
of obtaining $500 in cash, in addi-
ton to jewelry. from a 51-year-old
salesman in his room in the
Harrington Hotel last November 3.
A second Indictment accuses her
of obtaining $500 in cash, in addi-
ton to jewelry, from a 51-year-
old salesman in his room in the
Harrington Hotel last November
3.
Traffic Death Indictment.
Dan WadsWorth Lee, 25, colored
OF the 1400 block of Twelfth street
NV. was indicted on a charge of
manslaughter in connection with
the traffic death here last Novem-
ber of Wallace Jones, 80, colored,
of the Dunbar Hotel. Jones,
police said, was a passenger in
Lees automobile when it collieded
with a truck at Eleventh street
and Maryland avenue S.W.
Virginia Bowman, 30, colored,
was indicted on charge of sec
ond-degree murder in the fatal
shooting last month of Onnie
Lucus, colored. with whom she was
said to have lived in the 1900
block of Union street S.W. Po-
lice said the Staying followed an
argument between the couple.
Two persons were indicted on
sex offenses. One of them, Ray
Moon, 59-year-old night watch
man on construction job at
Twenty Eighth place and @
street Sc, was accused of taking
indecent liberties with a 7-year-
old girl, after Turing her into q
shack.
Total of AZ Indictments.
: Joseph A. Mahoney, %, colored,
of the 1400 block of Eighth street
Evening star., 1950-02-21
Buto, the Okopi Owned
By Kings, Dies of Old Age
By the Associoted press

BY Inc NSsociufed Presi
LONDON.-Buta, an okapi that
belonged to two kings, is dead but
not forgotten. The London zoe
said he is to be stuffed and placed
in a museum.
King Leopold of Belgium gave
the African beast, smaller rela-
tive of the giraffe. to King George
of Britain in 1887.
Buta, believed to be 20, has just
died of old age and pneumonia. A
young widow, Zendi, survives.
Evening star., 1950-05-12

that he is not superintendent Of Ma
tional Capital Parks.
The six other members are q repre-
sentative of the Board of Education, q
representative of the Commissioners. and
four citizens appointed by the Commis-
sioners. The term of James E. Schwab,
a citizen member. expires May 90.
Mr. Schwab, a real estate man. has
been a member of the board since it
was created in 1912. He has given hours
of time to the payless job. But Mr..
Schwab, conservative, has generally
voted against disturbing the segregation
pattern. Interior has set out to replace
him.
While all officials involved maintain
strict silence. it is fairly we'll established
now that the Federal department is
working through the White House to
bring pressure on the Commissioners not
to reappoint Mr.. Schwab. The Commits
sioners are appointed by the President.
It is significant that no one in Interior.
at the White House or the District
Building has denied the charge. It is
a fact that the Commissioners asked
Recreation officials for report on Mr..
Schwab's handling of racial matters.
If Mr.. Schwab were replaced by some
one more congenial to the Interior De-
partment view. the department would
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Somebody Wins Wars

Frequent statements by political
leaders, the military and the press, to
the effect that nobody will win the next
war is pure hog-wash. It gets even
worse when the American people begin
buying this product produced by the
pseudo -intellectuals of the '20s. It
is the result of shallow thinking.
Regardless Of the weapons used, re-
gardless of the waste in life and human
energy, regardless of the economic de-
bacleS which follow, wars are won by
some nation or group of nations.
Whether civilization benefits or not is
another matter.
To the victor belongs the right and
responsibility Of dividing what kind of
world civilization is going to progress
If the thesis that war produces no win
ner has apparently been established
as result Of World Wars I and II. it
is because those powers who won the
victory failed in their responsibility to
create world in which peace can exist
The failure to make decisions follow
ing World War I, which would have led
to peace. was moral abdication Of the
prerogatives and obligations which are
the yoke and fruit of victory. Failure
to make these decisions did not mean
that decisions would not be made, but
that decisions would be forced by the
barbarians we permitted to rise out of
the ashes of their own destruction.
Peace is an end to be attained-to be
sought after. Twice within the first
half OF this century the Western World
Evening star., 1950-05-12

whom was atheistic. It also has been accom-
plished by Sir James Jeans and DR.. Charles G..
Abbot, both astronomers and physicists who have
looked into the infinite and seen an endless
sequence of first causes" The wide area Of
the unknown about which science can say 20
little" is as important and as significant to them
as ever can be the narrow area in which science
can-and does-say very much.
Thus reconciliation Of the sort DR.. sinnott
desires is proved to be feasible. "The time is
ripe for all men Of faith, whether nurtured in
the laboratory or the church . not simply to
declare truce amongst themselves but actively
to join forces for their common welfare and the
saving of the world: for science to contribute to
the publication and health Of the church, and
for religion to exercise its gifts for the benefit
of science" In this manner the Lyman Beecher
preacher this year set forth q challenge which
ought to be accepted by all concerned-a chal-
lenge to pull together for the beneft Of every
body.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Peace Between Science and Religion

The annual lecture" before the Yale Uni
versity Divinity School in memory of Lyman
Beecher this year was written by DR.. Edmund
Ware Sinnott, a distinguished botanist 1t called
for an end of the "cold war" between science
and religion. Further, it urged termination
of the state of armed neutrality" which long
has prevailed between members of scientific
groups and members of religious bodies Com
ing from man who has devoted his career to
the study of plant genetics, these proposals
are entitled to earnest consideration by those
who have tended to materialism as well as by
those who have preferred mystic explanations
of the universe and humanity'S place in it.
DR.. Sinnott spoke from humanistic position
He wants philosophy productive of "a social
order . !. offering an opportunity for the fullest
and freest life". Prevailing conditions of strife
hinder the development of such practical COM
bination of faith and reasonable doubt. Thus
1t happens that millions of people are hostile
to afirmations of a spiritual nature on the one
hand and to organized common sense" on the
other.
The great need of the modern would, DR..
sinnott declared, is for coalition Of scientists
and religionists. This goal, he very well knows,
was achieved by Darwin and Huxley, neither Of
Evening star., 1950-05-12
By Charles E. TroceweH

"It was walking along the stream and
apparently feeding on something either
in the water or along the edge. 1t was
quite tame and allowed us to approach
to within about 30 feet, even with the
dog, and then it would fly short dis
tance ahead.
"It was large, about IL inches. and
when it flew its neck was extended al
most inches more. The body was
dark blush gray the neck and head
dark reddish brown, and it had light
vertical stripes on the chest and under
side of the neck.
"It had rather large crest the same
color as the body, and this only showed
when flying.
"The bill was long and pointed (about
inches) and the legs were yellow. about
inches long. with the feet the same
color.
Thank you very much for any infor-
nation. and also for your column, which
is always bright spot in contrast with
news items which are not always so
bright.
"Yours truly. w. G. H."
This bird probably was an American
bittern, or perhaps least bittern. The
latter. only bit over foot in length.
is the smallest of our herons. The least
bittern is greenish- black above. brown
ish-yellow below. The American bittern
Is brown. blackish, white and tawny
mixed above: yellowish below. It is
officially described as "a to "a inches
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Timely Proise for Police

This letter is prompted by the latest
developments in the crime that occurred
in our store on Good Friday when two
of our watchmen were slain.
We at Lansburgh's, through close OBJ
servation and cooperation with the men
who serve in the various branches of the
Metropolitan Police Department, have
been deeply impressed with the per-
Torrance of all Of them.
From the time of their first arrival at
the store early in the morning when the
crime was committed. they have worked
like beavers Iand conducted most in.
tensiye. search for evidence that could
lead to solution. A''' 'S
They started from scratch, with noth-
ing definite upon which to proceed
Hundreds Of people were interviewed.
and every possibility investigated. which
created a confidence that in time the
mystery would be solved. The break in
the case was quickly recognized. and we
believe that full credit should be given
to Maj. Barrett and his fine organiza-
ton.
The apparent solution Of this case
should serve as salutary warning to
those who defy law and order. and we
confidently believe that our Police De-
partment will curb the wave Of crime
that has recently disturbed the citizens
of Washington.
Ralph L. Goldsmith,
Vice President and General Manager.
Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
"MELROSE STREET.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
Seeing the hermit thrush again this
evening about 3 O'Clock reminded me
you might be interested.
"Our own yard has trees and various
hedges. while that in back has a number
Of oaks and quite bit of cover Alto
gether, the two yards are not at all bad
for thrushes. towhees, thrashers and the
smaller varieties.
"At any rate began to wonder if
thrushes of different species migrated
together. Last Saturday morning, within
the space of about half hour, the fol-
lowing thrushes appeared in our yard:
Hermit thrush
Wood thrush.
"Olive-backed thrush.
''None gave a full voiced performance
only half-hearted sort Of thing which
could have been either a wood thrush
or hermit
There was no mistaking the identi-
ties for the light was good and distin-
gushing characteristics stood out we'll.
The reddish tail of the hermit was clear.
also the streaked spots on the breast.
'"The drab back of the olive-backed
variety was plain to see.
"And, of course, there is no mistaking
the wood thrush.
''I seem to remember having seen the
olive-backed thrush during a previous
summer, and possibly the hermit. How
ever, understand neither breeds in this
locality, so I well could have been mis-
taken. ~o.'
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Interior Wants q New Recreation Board
By John w. Thompson, Jr.

THE Interior Department. which has
l. positive opinions about the segrega-
ton pattern in recreation here. currently
is engaged in an attempt to enforce its
views by changing the voting complexion
of the District Recreation Board.
There are several schools of thought
on the racial problems involved in this
issue. The seven-member Recreation
Board has favored the gradual elimina-
ton of segregation in Washington. Tie
Interior Department has been pushing
for q quick crackup Of the segregation
pattern. all along the line.
The community itself is divided AMONG
supporters Of both these views, plus the
group which favors continuation Of the
present pattern Of segregation.
Interior has long sought to persuade
the majority Of the Recreation Board to
move faster into line with President Tru-
mans civil rights program. But the
events Of the past few days indicate that
the conflict between these two agencies
now Is moving into new stage. Unable
TO persuade the board majority to go
along with it in eliminating segregated
swimming pools, the Interior Department
now is out to change the membership
Of the board.
First there was the ousting of Irving
c. Root. superintendent of National
Capital Parks. Mr.. Root was on the
board because the Act Of Congress Great
ing the board makes the superintendent
Of National Capital Parks a member ex-
odacio. Legally Mr.. Root is still mem
Der of the board. but his Interior bosses
up the line have told him Edward Kelly.
his assistant, will sit for him.
The story behind this move has never
been publicly told. It is the more
puzzling to the public because Mr.. Root
faithfully followed the Interior line in
his voting and utterances as a board
member. Reports are that he was gull
lotined after an off -the-record remark
to q member Of Congress got back to
his bosses. The remark, 50 the story
goes. indicated some private lack of
sympathy with the position he was
maintaining in public. Mr.. Root has re-
fused comment.
It Is safe to assume that Mr.. Kelly,
just as Mr.. Root did. will speak and
vote as Interior tells him. His private
sentiments are undisclosed. District
lawyers. though. are exploring his right
to sit on the board. in view of the fact
Evening star., 1950-05-12

need only one more vote to control the
board. Four Is q majority. Mr.. Kelly
presumably would be joined by Mr..
Schwab's replacement, and Mrs. Alice
c. Hunter. Negro member Of the board.
No matter how one feels about the
basic racial problem, Interiors tactics
raise some interesting questions. The
extent to which a Federal department
should poke its nose in q community'S
internal problems is only one of them.
How to maintain the independence and
dignity Of board service is another.
At any rate it is fair guess that the
boards position of gradual elimination
of segregation in its operation repre-
sents the thinking of more people in
this cosmopolitan postwar Washington
than either the rabid segregationalists or
anti-segregationalistS can muster.
The board was able to cite to Sec
retary Of Interior Chapman. recently.
% separate instances of elimination of
segregation in its program since June
IA, 1949. At that time. it amended its
bylaws to provide for elimination Of
segregation "in such sequence and at
such rate of progression as may be con-
sistent with the public interest public
order and effective administration
amendment that had the full support
Of MIR. Schwab.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Freedom Fair Bubble Busts

Now that the National Sesquicentennial
Commission has got rid OF Freedom Fair, 1t
would be wise to look around carefully and see
what else it can get rid of in order to increase
the balance of unexpended funds returnable to
the Treasury.
A series of special events to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of the Governments move
to Washington has already been planned and
definite commitments made to carry them out.
These should be completed, of course, and every
thing done that can be done to make them
worthwhile.
But to The Star, at least it seems preposter-
GUS to think of adding to them, or expanding the
program. Every cent that is not definitely COM
mitted for expenditure, through arrangements
entered into now, ought to be saved.
For the 15Oth anniversary of the Govern
ment's moving to Washington is being celebrated
otherwise in other quarters. We are piling up
deficit on deficit in Federal financing, trying to
whittle them down by firing tens Of thousands
of Government workers. To think OF looking
around for new ways of spending money merely
because it has been appropriated is out OF the
question.
There was nothing wrong with the legislation
setting up the Sesquicentennial Commission or
with the later legislation enabling it to proceed
Freedom Fair was sprung on the members OF the
commission without prior notification, much 10
their surprise. When the plans for it seemed to
be going too far too fast, last December, the ex-
ecutive committee wisely stepped in and stopped
everything. Subsequently, the wisdom of this
"freeze" was demonstrated by the Attorney
Generals inability to find that the enabling
legislation carried any authorization for the
methods proposed to develop Freedom Fair.
Freedom Fair had not been thought up when the
enabling legislation was approved.
The full commission will meet soon to ap-
prove the decision of its executive committee in
dropping Freedom Fair. Everybody would ap-
prove further action by it, in The Stars opinion,
to drop all idea of expanding the sequicentennial
observance, to agree to add every possible penny
to unexpended funds and to make a record in
economical use of the minimum amount needed
to carry out what has been begun.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Evolution

1t is not clear why Mr.. DeRemer
should single out for his attack in a
letter to The Star just one scientific
idea-organic evolution-because it con-
f1icts with the Bible. Every science is in
zoology, botany, history. medicine, phi
astronomy, etc.
ing themselves with science. They were
men Of faith. Their purpose, it has been
wisely stated. was to teach us about the
Rock of Ages. not the age Of rocks.
Revelation was not given us regarding
matters which we can come to knowl-
edge Of by means Of our natural facul-
ties, such as the origin of rocks and spe-
cies. Revelation was not to save us from
the trouble Of using our reason.
Mr.. DeRemer asserts that evolution
"has never been scientifically atteSted."
Well, that depends. I concede that itc has
never been proved to the satisfaction of
those who make no particular study of
the biological sciences. It never will.
However, as far back as Is years
ago, the American Association for
the Advancement of Science agreed unan-
imously that evolution was as well sup
ported by facts as any scientific general
ization. There is not university pro-
fessor Of biology or paleontology in dis
agreement: there has not been one in the
past fifty years. If Mr.. DeRemer insists
upon absolute proof. he will find very
little of it outside Of few operations in
pure mathematics.
Those who use the Bible to confute the
evolutionists lose sight Of the fact the
Book OF Nature drom which scientists
learned the story of evolution) is Gods
Book as much as anything can be, and
the record found in the rocks is His writ
ing. OF course 1t can be misinterpreted,
but 50 can the Bible
0rrin G. Watkins Jr
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Lincoln High School?
Orrin G. Watkins, Jr.

We grownups should help the students
Of Central and Roosevelt to forget their
present petty differences. honor both
Of their proud historical records, and
above all unite to form fine. outstand-
ing high school with q magnificent
future.
Let this new school go about its busi-
ness-that Of making decent. responsible,
enlightened American citizens-and let
no misguided sentimentality foster arti-
hcial feuds among our young citizens.
As to the name. Juliet said it ALL "Tis
but the name that is my enemy :. +. o,
be some other name! What's in a name?"
We could easily take q leaf from East
tern and Western. and name the new
school Northern High School.
Or-better yet-let us honor the mem
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Dog Keeping Quiet

That run ,oas glorious among the minds
That roughed hts hair and flung his
ears about
But nop the Masters changing word
resctfds
His one-ttme privilege OF dashfng out:
This tension Is too tdut for him to bedrl
Held By mans strange uncomprehende6
latDs,
He pants frantic tedium to the air
Which smells OF soft earth ripe for
digging pGUs:
Then, long Injured TO mating. tCdits oncs
more,
An eager. tDitchtno nose against the
floor.
DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Whom the Gods Would Destroy

Senator Mccarthy has accomplished
at least one thing; he has made a lot of
Democratic bigwigs angry. Nobody can
deny that; and the timing of his accusa-
tiofis must have been fprovidentiAl.fo it
was right at the best time, psychology
cally. before the coming congressional
election. Whom the gods would destroy
they first make angry"
So angry. indeed, is the President that
he is making across continental speak
ing tour, ending up with9a blast at Nc
Carthy in the Senator's home State.
1.-THE truth often hurts" is an old saying
which evidently applies to the case.
Troy G. Kniffin, jr.
Kansas City. Mo,
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Firemen's Strike

The strike by the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen should diSpel the
pleasant myth that labor unions, given an
equitable procedure for adjusting differences
with their employers, will conduct themselves
in reasonable manner.
This strike, affecting two rail systems and
parts of two others, has been called after ex-
hausting procedures of the Railway Labor Act
Two presidential boards, after careful investlga-
ton, recommended against the union demand
for an additional fireman in multiple-unit Diesel
engines The boards found that there would be
little or no work for the extra men to do-in
word that the union was making feather
bedding demand.
What it all comes down to is this: The rail
unions over the years have won very substantial
benefits under the processes of the Railway Labor
Act. When recommendation is made in favor
of a union, the railroad has no choice except
to grant it, But when the shoe is on the other
foot-when fact-finding board recommends
against a union-the employees are free to strike
in enforcement of their demand, and they fire.
quently do
Suppose for a moment that the fact-hnding
boards had found that the additional f1remen
were needed and that the railroads, to compel
the unions to give up their demand, had stopped
operating. Everybody from Mr.. Truman on down
the line would be denouncing them, and rightly
so, as selfish, high handed malefactors. But
with the union cast in the malefactor role, the
silence of these usually articulate gentlemen is
deafening
Evening star., 1950-05-12
No Confidence

Chairman Lesinsd has publicly proclaimed
that the people Of this country can have no
confidence in his House Labor Committee.
subcommittee headed by Representative
Jacobs Democrat, Of Indiana, wanted to look
into some complaints against John L. Lewis.
Mr.. Jacobs wanted to find out whether Mr..
Lewis had used secret set of signals to keep
the recent mine strike going after he had
ostensibly ordered the men back to work in
compliance with the courts order. He also
wanted to find out what happened in the case
of an Illinois miner named Lloyd H. Sidener.
Sidener says he went back to his job after MIR.
Lewis had told the men to go back to work.
For that, he says, he was fired from his local
union post, fined $4,000 and forbidden to work.
This. if true, is as outrageous bit of tyranny
as has come to notice in long time. So Mr.
Jacobs issued subpoena for Mr.. Lewis to appear
before the subcommittee and answer some
questions under oath.
Chairman Lesinski had other ideas Mr.
Lewis was not going to be asked any embar-
RAISING questions if he could help it. First, he
tried to abolish the subcommittee When he
found he could not do that, he used his power
as chairman to cancel the subpoena, which
means that Mr.. Lewis cannot be questioned
unless he should appear voluntarily.
This, then, is the House Labor Committee
under Chairman Lesinski, which is supposed to
have some regard for the public interest in
matters Of this kind. Mr.. Lesinski has made it
perfectly clear, however, that he is not con-
cerned with the public interest and that the
public can have no confidence in him.
The radio announcer reads letter about
the three-year-old girl who made cake with
the cake mix Which il nice work for the shut
In, who can't get outside and into lovely mud
Evening star., 1950-05-12
Letters to The Star

ory of the great man who said. with
malice toward none: with charity for
all; with firmness in the right, as God
gives us to see the right. let us strive
on to finish the work we are into
do all which may achieve and cherish
a just and lasting peace among our
selves and with all nations"
What better name for this school
than Abraham Lincoln High School?
ID. C. Mother.