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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Give Now

All in my house is quiet tonight!
Three little ones are gently tucked
Beneath their oapn aodrn, coDerlets,
Small voices stilled until another day.
I stand beside each coy bed
ErtDrapped II, SoundleSS gratitude.
Into the darkened room there comes
A solemn troop of strange, small folk.
on crutcies or in, rolling chairs,
Some S10athed in bandageS, they come,
Their tiny faces 1Ureathed in pain.
They pause! Their Craze. unsn1iling eyes
Gaze auiSttully into my DUN,
Then silently they pass from, vieW.
Contritely notD seek my desk,
To aDrite check and say prayer,
"Grant that our hands be open, Lord.
Our blessings are so manifold,
Their suffering and their need so great"
4. o. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Man Very Young

The Associated Press reports new theory of
mans age suggesting that he is one of the young
est of animals. Prof Sherwood L. Washburn of
the University of Chicago is the author Of the
idea. He has been making laboratory tests with
other creatures, and his observations have led
him to believe that the human frame evolved
slowly. Trunks and arms he argues, may be
ten million years DID, leg structures one million
But the skull and the brain, 1t is indicated, may
trace back mere five hundred centuries.
That would mean that man deserving to be
called man is the Junior Of the diplodocuS the
double beam" monster that wandered over
what now is North America in the Upper Jurassic
period, approximately 100 million years ago. Dr.
Washburn is physical anthropologist, and he
has been experimenting with rats. The processes
of surgery which he used are such as to parallel
evolutionary steps," Specifically, he has been
trying to discover how long it takes to make
head big enough to house mind. His present
impression is that the time required Is less than
it previously had been imagined.
OF course, DR.. Washburn is justified in stress
ing the Importance of brain volume Many
scientists before him have agreed that the size
of skull is significant in relation to intellectual
power. Yet heavy brain may be merely heavy
1t does not necessarily follow that large head
connotes genius. Also, there is room for doubt
about the arbitrary notion that what goes for
rats applies to men as we'll Surgical inter-
ference may enlarge the skull of a rodent, but
the brain that fills that skull may not be pos
sessed of exceptional qualities as a thinking
machine.
DR.. Washburn does not claim to have proved
his theory He has set it up for contemporary
anthropologists to shoot at. The scientists who
prefer to rely upon fossil records likewise have
been invited to express their opinions of his ex-
perirnents Some scholars will accept his find
ings without much resistance; some will find the
story of the creation of man told in the Hebrew
scriptures easier to believe; some will suspend
Judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
'HeRs Loose and -

1t Is doubtful that any American Is better
equipped than Charles E. Wilson for the vital
task Of modifying the Nations industry for
military output on gigantic scale. In naming
him as top director of our new war production
effort the President has made a logical choice
whose excellence will inspire confidence through
out the country
For MIR. Wilson, president OF the General
Electric Company, is undoubtedly one of our
foremost experts in the field of mass production
More than that, he is anything but stranger to
the problem of industrial mobilization. An
executive of exceptional talent energy and
imagination, he can lay claim to a record of
extraordinary achievement not merely in private
enterprise but also in public service Ample
proof of that can be found in the story of his
accomplishments from 1912 to 1914 as executive
vice chairman, under Donald Nelson of the
War Production Board. Certainly, during that
time, despite his difficulties with some vacillating
personalities in the WPB, he played tremen-
dousy constructive role in making it possible
for this Nation to become an arsenal without
precedent in the history of the world-an arsenal
whose output, in terms of both quantity and
quality, has been credited by none other than
Stain himself with having decisively insured
the defeat of the Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis.
In 1912, when President Roosevelt drafted
him, Mr.. Wilson temporarily resigned as head of
General Electric with these words "Hells loose
and I've got to do something about it," His
sentiment still applies-with at least equal
urgency-to the world situation today As far
as our economy is concerned, he is the right man
for the kind of action that is sorey needed for
the Nations safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Driving Advice

The other day was caught by police
lying in wait for unWary motorists who
did not make full stop at an intersec-
ton which was clear for full two miles
down the road.
I am in my late 20s, and this is the
first time this has ever happened to me.
Naturally. I have thought it over con-
siderably and have come up with the
inevitable conclusion.
This conclusion is: Obey all their traf-
fic laws! This will do more to injure
their well-laid plans for easy money
than anything you or I can ever &C
complish by acting sullen. becoming
vociferous or complaining that some
thing ought to be done to protect the
unwary driver
Let, me repeat: Obey their traffic
laws. and the police will really have to
get out on the road to earn their keep.
They will then have to bear down on
killer drivers. double parked beer trucks,
car thieves and the like. ~-%
Wary Driver.
Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
To Close Sex Law LoophoIes

Some glaring loopholes in local sex offenSe
laws would be closed If Congress adopted the
recommendations of a subcommittee of the
Senate Expenditures Committee One important
effect of legislation proposed by the investigating
group would be to end the unrealistic practice
of charging some sex offenders with disorderly
conduct. This system puts lot of sex psyche
paths beyond the purview of the Districts Miller
Act, which was intended to afford psychiatric
treatment to habitual offenders
The subcommittee, in inquiring into charges
OF homoSexuality in Federal agencies found that
under present laws homosexuals and other per-
verts usually are turned loose after paying $25
fine for "disorderly conduct" Although some
of them may have dangerous potentialities they
are turned free to circulate as before and to
repeat their offenseS or to commit more serious
crimes Some might be helped by proper psy-
chiatric treatment, but they are not eligible
for commitment to st. Elizabeths under the
sex psychopath law.
To remedy this situation the subcommittee
drafted proposed amendment to the Criminal
Code which would make it unlawful to commit
any lewd, obscene or indecent act in the District
under penalty of $500 fine or imprisonment of
not more than six months, or BOTH This language
would cover acts of perversion which now are
booked only as "disorderly conduct" The
S1AAStCA law was 1IiOOlScQ ny du local law en-
forcement agencies, the group said. The sub
committee also suggested strengthening of the
immoral solicitation law and an increase in the
penalties for disorderly conduct. And it severely
criticized the "head-n- the sand" attitude toward
homosexuals which 1t found to exist in some
Federal departments. Particularly amazing was
the disclosure that % of 81 State Department
employees dismissed for homosexuality found
jobs in other Government Offices.
The subcommittee made the sensible ad-
ditional suggestion that all sex cases, including
those which would be placed on the books under
the new laws, be prosecuted by one Office, that
OF the United States Attorney. It was pointed
out that this official now has supervision of
Miller Act prosecutions. The subcommittee pre-
sumably wants the psychopath law to apply to
offenders brought in under the proposed in
decency amendment, but the fact apparently
was overlooked that change in the Miller Act
will be required to make it applicable The
law now is restricted to certain sex crimes The
new offense should be added to the list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
. By George Kennedy
M HAT difference fifty yes

w HAT difference fifty years
w make -.
Gen. MacArthur's communique on
Red China's intervention in Korea
caused this reporter to read about q
crisis of so years back, the march to
relieve the besieged legations in Peking
during the Boxer uprising of 1900.
Things were so different then :.
Gen. Macarthur said, on that blue
Tuesday after Thanksgiving, that the
Chinese intervention posed issues which
must find their solution in the chancel-
tories of the world.
It had worked in 1900.
The Boxer uprising was one of religious
fanatics among the Chinese people, the
peasantry. Its object was to drive the
foreigner out What made it serious was
that the Empress and the Imperial troops
were sympathetic.
At first it was not even thought nee
essary to refer the problem to the chan
cellories for solution. The admirals of
the naval vessels anchored off the mouth
Tientsin to the Gulf of Pohai, bay Of
the Yellow Sea, thought they could take
care of things.
1Iley uCClOCO w oC1GC e1lC 4OI 10 Sudl u
ing the mouth of the river, and to send
an expeditionary force to the relief of
the besieged legations at Picking. about
100 miles inland.
There is fascinating account of the
action in little book by 1t. Charles c.
Dix of the Royal Navy published in Lon
don in 1905. Only gunboats could pass
the bar. Nine of these were available.
two British, one German, three Russian,
one French, one Japanese and one Amer
lean. The last was the Monocacy, IAN
entirely obsolete wooden paddle-wheel
steamer" .-"~
A force Of 904 officers and men man
aged to land on June II and take the
forts. The cost was 172 casualties, and
two Of the gunboats went down.
The situation in China was one of
utmost confusion. The Imperial troops
had been shooting down the Boxers &C.
casionally. but not to the extent of pro-
tecting the legations from being besieged.
1t. Dix preserves one story that went the
rounds. After brush with the Boxers,
a Chinese soldier of the Imperial Army
asked for leave to attend the funeral of
his father. Questioned as to the genuine
ness of the sad demise. he told the
Chinese commander:
He dead all light. shootee him yes
terday."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Helping Tito's YvgosIovio

The House has done we'll in approving the
bill to extend $38 900 in food relief to drought
stricken Yugoslava. The measure differs little
from the one adopted earlier by the Senate.
Both are happily minus such proposed amend
ments as those that would have imposed
warranted conditions on the Tito government or
withheld the projected aid unless and until
special things were done for Chang Kai-shek
on Formosa. Since the two versions can be
readily reconciled in conference, the final legiS-
1ation is likely to be in operation in the near
future-and the sooner it is, the better.
For this aid program-aside from being in
keeping with our humanitarian traditions-is
designed to cope with an emergency affecting
our own security interests. That emergency is
the threat of a winter famine in Yugoslavia.
If nothing were done about it, it could lead
to an internal crisis of unrest and subversion-
crisis that could be of immeasurable help to the
Kremlin- directed Cominforms savage and re-
lentless campaign to overthrow and liquidate
Marshall Tito and his government. The CAM,
paign has been going on, with steadily increas-
ing intensity, since 1948; when Tito declared
his independence of the Soviet Union and took
the lead in a schism of potentially far-reaching
significance in the Communist world.
Despite every kind of pressure that has been
brought to bear against him, Tito thus far has
stood his ground, and there can be no reason
able doubt that his break with Moscow Is Deep
bitter and permanent. With something like 80
divisions of troops at his command (the biggest
military force in non-Soviet Europe, he has
made clear that he, his government and his
country are determined to hold fast to their in
dependence as non-puppet Communist land
refusing to take orders from the Kremlin. But
that decentralization starvation conditions
in Yugoslavia this winter-could be gravely
weakened, and Tito's ability to stave off an
i
as to make the Yugoslavs easy pickings
Taken together with aid already extended,
the $3s,0O0,OOO program approved by the Senate
and House will serve to provide only subsistence
diet for the people of Yugoslavia. But it should
be enough to tide them over until the next har-
vest, and it can do much to help them and Tito
maintain the country's independence. Regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
The Opium Menace

In the present world crisis there seems
little chance of serious problem, now
being discussed under the auspices Of
the United Nations. receiving the atten-
ton and publicity it deserves.
This is the ancient opium evil which
played havoc with the peoples of China
for generations and is now menacing
the welfare of the West. America has
led the fight against this evil ever since
she discovered and abolished the opium
monopoly in the Philippines refusing
to obtain revenue based on the corrup-
ton of an Eastern people for whom we
had assumed responsibility.
It is feared that, at the present con-
ference, attempts may be made to ignore
and circumvent obligations already as
sumed under international agreements
to control opium.
1t is believed that one of the out
standing countries of Europe is about to
propose that smoking opium, the most
pernicious form of the drug. be permitted
to enter the field under a new guise-
namely. as medicinal remedy to be
given licensed opium smokers in her
Eastern colonies.
1t also appears that. another nation,
India, would like to turn back the clock.
In the official documents of the Indian
government, the use of opium has been
seriously advocated "aS prophylactic
against malaria" as "a specific against
old age" and as IAN important aid in the
treatment of children" Further, the
opinion is expressed that there is no
race on earth which does not use some
stimulant. and that opium is particularly
suited to the Eastern temperament" On
this basis the Indian delegate at the
U. N. conference in New York would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Times Have Changed Since theBoxerDoys

Tientsin was made under a Russian
commander. After the battle he made
a generous speech in which he COM
mended the gallantry Of the British blue
jackets and said that he hoped for the
sake of civilization that Great Britain
and Russia would always march side by
side.
When the Chinese government heard
of the attack on the forts below Tientsin,
it informed the legations that it con-
sidered the attack an act of war Admiral
Sir Edward Seymour, in Tientsin, appar-
emily did not fully realize how the situa-
ton had changed. From then on the
foreigners would have trained Chinese
troops as we'll as the unarmed Boxers to
deal with, But he attempted a. railroad
advance to Peking, with 1000 men, to
relieve the legation garrisons there.
Capt. Jellicoe-Jellicoe of Jutland-
was wounded on this expedition. 1t.
Smedley Butler-the Maj. Gen. Smedley
Butler of the Marines who later tried to
enforce prohibition in Philadelphia-wa
wounded both at Tientsin and in the
: later relief of Picking.
The expedition did not get through.
Much time was lost repairing the railway
miles of tracks had been torn up and
bridges destroyed. The troops were har-
raised by Boxers and Imperial troops
armed, the latter with cannon as well as
rifles. The Allied force was lucky to get
back to Tientsin.
1t was then that the chancellories Of
the world were asked to solve the issue.
Troops were hurried from Kiel, Marseil-
les, Spezzia, Fiume, India. the Philip
pines, Japan and Port Arthur. On August
4, force of $4,000 men left Tientsin.
They met the enemy at the end of the
first days march and defeated them on
the following day.
First breach of the walls of Picking was
effected by Russian force whose adj
vance was only intended to be recon-
Nuisance. Americans reinforced them
the next day, August IA. The British
were the first to reach the legations.
where force of 389 officers and men Of
eight nations had held off sporadic at
tacks by Boxers and by Imperial troops
for more than a month.
people wept for JOY" wrote 1t. Dix,
"and laughed for the same reason. Mem
bers of the relieving force were kissed
and petted-in fact exactly the same
thing happened as always has, and
always will happen at the successful
termination Of an historical SIEGE"
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Let the Bells Tell

-Sk WV SShS
I read with much pleasure the letters
written by Laura K. Pollock and S. l..
Mizell. concerning the music of bells.
They set my mind to exploring the past,
when I was a small boy in a country
school in Ohio.
It was one of those gloriously bright,
though intensely cold days when the
snow makes a creaking sound under the
steel runners of sleigh. "A sort of drow-
siness pervaded the overcrowded little
schoolroom until in the distance, coming
family on the clear air, we caught the
tinkle of sleigh bells. Immediately, list
lessness gave way to suppressed excite
ment as we stole furtive glances out of
the windows to see the sleigh pass, and
on faces that mayhap had worn frowns
as the owners puzzled over difficult les
sons there now were smiles as the bells
came nearer and nearer. All that cheer
fulness because some farmer loved the
music of bells!
Again, although three and half miles
distant from our little village of Darby
vile, when the wind was in the right
direction as we would say, have caught
the deep music of the church bells, pro-
claiming to all the countryside that
protracted meeting was in progress and
pealing out an invitation to come and
seek God. Beautiful music, would you
say? Aye, and I'd give a great deal to
hear it once again.
For some years now it has been my
practice to write a Christmas poem to
send to my friends in place of made-to-
order cards, and this year, in casting
about for thought that would be ap-
propriate, these words came to me: Let
the bells tell the story of Christmas"
Believing they may give some one pleas
ure, and that my friends who will get
my cards will not mind, give you the
verses:
LET the Bells tell the story of Christmas.
As in tones triumphant they ring.
OF the shepherds. the angelic chorus,
Announcing the birth OF King.
"Let them tell of star that led ,Dise men
To a stable in Bethlehem old,
Where they brought to the little Lord
Jesus
FrankincenSe, n1yrrh and gold
And pray the 1Dorld catches the story,
The truth they are trying to say,
That the Jesus born in that manager
Reigns DER US this glad Christmas
day."
Wayne Graham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16

less Of his pre-1s4S nti-An1erican policy he is
potential ally of the Western world in the strate-
gically important Balkans potential ally with
80 divisions. Accordingly, whatever we do for
him now serves not only his own and Yugo-
slavia's security, but ours as well. 1t would be
the height of folly not to help him to the greatest
extent possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Letters to The Star
Pen names may be used If letters carry
aOriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

reverse the opinion of the recognized
medical authorities of the world that
the opium problem can never be solved
until the production of this drug be re-
stricted to the worlds legitimate medic
tnal and scientific needs.
The Indian delegate apparently would
propose that India's production of opium
should not only be allowed for nom
medicinal and home uses, but that India
be allowed to export her opium for SIM
liar purposes, and for uses already pro-
hibited by international agreement. This
would be in contravention of the views
Of the venerated leader Gandhi, who
personally cabled the American delega-
ton at the Geneva conference that he
was in complete accord with the conten-
ton of the United States that only by
restricting the production of opium to
its legitimate medicinal and scientific
need could the health and welfare of the
peoples of India and the world be pro-
tected. We believe if this were brought
to the attention of Nehru. the devoted
disciple of Gandhi, that he himself would
object to the proposals of the Indian
delegate.
1t is time the opinions of the medical
authorities of the world as to the legiti-
mate use of opium be accepted and the
production Of this menace to the worlds
health be restricted to it's legitimate
needs. And further. that the nations
forget their financial interest in this
drug and consider first the welfare of
the Eastern peoples under their control.
Elizabeth Washburn Wright,
Former Adviser to League of Nations
Opium Advisory Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
Retreat, or Withdrawal?

When will your news commentators.
columnists. war correspondents. editorial
writer's and headline merchants cease
giving comfort to our militaristic
enemies by the promiscuous use Of the
word retreat" in connection with the
movements of the U.N. armies in Korea.
Retreat has implications of headlong
flight. cowardice. disorder and panic.
Surely the United States Army and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
More About Horses

I've been reading something that has
biting irony in 1t as peruse reports from
Korea that tell me the Mongol horse
cavalry is playing havoc with U. N.
forces, even our own mechanical cavalry.
Too. that Russia is adding to her vast
regiments some of the finest horses
obtainable.
A few years ago-'tis hard to forget
the War Department rid American
forces of horse cavalry.
May I inquire. if what is reported
from Korea works on the enemy side,
why not on our side, too?
William Robert Fuoss.
Tyrone pa
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BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How long do clothes moths nve?-
H. J. r.
A. Moths usually live not more than
weeks, seldom weeks. They lay from
100 to 300 soft, white eggs which hatch
In from 4 to 8 days in summer, and in
from to 4 weeks in colder weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16

those of other U. N. nations so bravely
resisting the Communist hordes in Korea
have no such word in their military vo-
cabularies. Let the word withdrawal"
be used to connote the well-planned and
skillfully conducted operations of the
U. N. armies in the past weeks.
William Fraser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16

@. What is "mudlark" PHI. E. O.
A. The term has for many years been
applied to Londoners who search the
muddy banks of the River Thames in
the hope of finding something of value.
At the present time small organiza-
ton of men and women who spend their
time securing the river banks at low
tide for historic relics is named "the
Mudlarks.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16

@. To what extent has the cost Of
living increased since the prewar
period?-J. E. c.
A. Between 1910 and the summer Of
1850 the estimated increase in the cost
of living was 70 per cent.