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Evening star., 1950-02-26

ural curve Of the brows and pull
each unWanted hair in the direc-
ton in which it is growing. Hot
cloths applied to the brow before
tweezing open the pores and re-
moval Of hairs is much easier.
After tweezing close the pores
and guard against irritation by
daubing with an astringent-
soaked pad.
Using the lash cream lubricates
the lashes and eyebrows and at
the same time gives a dark gleam
to them. Women who like mas
cara should apply it to the tips
of the lashes while they are being
held in the eyelash curler, which
is the final step, in the good
grooming process.
Evening star., 1950-02-26
By EIeni
Beauty Editor

Beauty Editor
gently outward and upward. Next,
apply mascara to your lashes pay
ing particular attention to the
outer corners of the eyes. Shape
the eyebrows, darken and lengthen
with an eyebrow pencil if neces-
Sary.
Consistent eye grooming de-
mands the right equipment. So
make sure that a good pair of
tweezers, a colorless lash cream
and an eyelash curler are on hand
to help out.
Use a professional-type tweezer
with a scissors handle for the
easiest tweezing. Follow the nat
Evening star., 1950-02-26

dramatic hreeone Of exciting Spring fashions dstincvey
signed in oteng youthful lines grace your figure up
your feminine enchonnent with eye fine details by
Americas leading toiIors for men.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Reluctant Witness

Considering his background, testimony from
Earl Browder as to individuals who may have
been Communists or sympathizers is not worth
a great deal. Measured by the standards which
have prevailed during the current investigation,
however, it is worth something, and Senator
Tydings and his colleagues will forfeit measure
Of public confidence If they do not take all
appropriate steps to compel the former Com
munist leader to answer questions put to him.
Charging fishing expedition, Browder re-
fused to answer certain questions asked him
by Senator Hickenlooper. He would not say
whether Judge Dorothy Kenyon and Haldore
Hanson had been Communists. Nor would he
answer similar questions with respect to Nathan
Witt, William Ullman and others whose names
have figured in the testimony
These questions by Senator Hickenlooper
were wholly proper There is no reasonable or
valid ground on which Browder can testify
favorably as to Owen baltimore and then refuse
to answer questions with reference to others
who have been similarly accused. That is unfair
to the individuals involved, for his refusal leaves
the impression that his testimony would be
adverse to them. 1t also cuts across the right
of the people to have the benefit of all pertinent
information. Browder should be brought back
before the committee and made to answer the
questions or face prosecution for contempt.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
A Good Idea If Practicable

Everybody seems agreed that 1t would be
good idea to put the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment on a 4O-hour week, but the unanimity
disappears when the question of how to put it
into effect is considered. The trouble Is that
it would take 800 additional policemen to make
the change possible-and the department right
now is having difficulty in filling AZ vacancies
existing under the present setup.
Thus, the favorable recommendation of the
Davis subcommittee of the House District Com
mittee is really little more than a gesture at
this stage. But such gesture has certain
Salutary propaganda value. If the washington
police were authorized to adopt the shorter
work week, the news undoubtedly would be
helpful in securing applicants for existing and
future vacancies on the force The more the
number of qualified applicants, the sooner would
the department be able to adopt fiveday week.
eight-hour day schedule. Major Barrett says
that the present six-day week, with frequent
overtime requirements without extra pay,
iously hampers him in obtaining recruits. The
Civil Service Commission has been seeking
applicants for local police jobs as far away as
New York State.
Civilian employees of the Police Department
already are on a five-day week. Uniformed
members of the department have a right to
feel that they are equally entitled to two days
off each week and to relief from uncompensated
compulsory overtime. Unfortunately, it may be
a long time before sufficient manpower and
money are available to institute the changeover.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Says Denhum Should Go

Immediate reorganization of our Ma
tional Labor Relations Board should be
one of the most important pieces of
legislation before our Congress. Surely
it is evident by this time that this Or
ganization. under Robert Denham, Is not
capable of effecting intelligent settle
ment of current labor problems. The
constant friction between Mr.. Denham
and the board is stumbling block, so
far as the operation of this board Is
concerned.
According to the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations, they are unable to
obtain permission for an election in Ger
tain unions, after they have properly filed
petitions with this board. John l.. Lewis
has proved to the world in recent
months, the complete ineffectiveness Of
this organization.
With Mr.. Denham's record, he is
totally unsuited to hold this important
post If the Congress decides against
reorganization, he should resign.
Irene Moore Van Eckhardt.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
By Charles E. TroceweN

cats. Now. cats and dogs. traditionally,
do not mix. as every one knows.
The family. thinking to forestall
trouble. put the cats in bedroom and
carefully closed the door.
Lest any one think they see the end
of this story. we hasten to state that the
door remained closed from first to last.
But the dogs nose didn't. 1t func-
toned at high speed all during the ses-
sion-and it was really session.
The little dog. by no means a rascal.
shifted the air the moment he came In.
His. eyes glistened. the hair on his
back rose slightly. his muscles tensed.
He started out to look for the cat
He kept at it for hours, at one time
even demonstrating a longing to climb
the mantel, where two bronze cat figures
held up some small books.
This business went on unremittingly,
with the hosts casting many sideways
glances at the constantly stalking dog
The guests. as is the way with guests.
pretended that everything was just right.
The dog didn't pretend anything; he
was after q cat. and didn't mind show
ing 1t.
He had the time Of his life.
The hosts did not know what the
guests said. when they finally went
away; but what they themselves said
was more like "Whewl" than anything
else.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
This. and That

smells q human being would not mind
at ALL
House cats abhor perfume. Any sharp
smell causes them to draw back as If
struck.
Sometimes cats will throw fits because
of perfumery.
Women who wear" fancy perfumes
should not pick up and hug cats at
random.
Not only is the sharp alcohol content
distasteful to the animals, but sometimes
a perfumery ingredient is taken squarely
from the animal kingdom. A very small
amount of such ingredients is held by
perfumers to give mystery" to their
offerings. To the sensitive cat nostrils.
such odors mean an enemy.
In civilization, we sometimes forget
how keen animal senses are.
Dogs and cats, particularly. possess
noses unequaled. Every one has heard
of bloodhounds, and knows at least q
bit about their wonderful work, but most
persons forget that almost all breeds Of
dogs and cats have powerful ''smellers."
An old-fashioned Washingtonian was
reminded of this the other day, and
rather forcefully, too.
He had out-of-town friends visiting
his family.
The guests came with q small dog. Q
very fine dog. too.
It happened that the household has
Evening star., 1950-04-28
BETHESDA.

BE lHESDA.
Dear Sir:
What should I do to keep rabbits
out of my flowers?
This is the first season in our few
here (three) we have been overrun by
them.
Now every time look out in the
early morning see them chewing away
on the few plants have, and don't
feel that we run half chance of having
anything with these pests around.
Il suppose it would be easy enough to
kill them or at least trap them and take
them away. but I would rather just do
something to Keep them off.
IF you have any suggestions, please
let me know.
yours truly. E. de H."
One old remedy for too many rabbits
is to put line over the plants, and from
it tie pieces of cloth.
This is supposed to frighten them
What the rabbits think the pieces of
white cloth are, we do not know; but
we have been assured that this remedy
works.
Another remedy, new one. is sold by
q manufacturer. He claims that it will
keep rabbits away.
Gould be-" as the saying is.
These fellows have sensitive noses. and
probably wrinkle them disdainfully at
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Net Result: One Small Fry

After all the fuss and fury of last summers
fve-per-center investigation, the conviction Of
John Maragon on perjury charges is rather anti
climactic. The Senate investigators had their
hooks baited for bigger fish than the trrepres-
sible former bootblack who became the pal Of
men in high places, including General Vaughan.
But the big ones seemed to have eluded the
hook So the net result of the sensational fish
ing expedition is one extremely small fry Only
the little man whom General Vaughan described
as "a loyable sort of chap" will be there when
the sentences are passed out.
There is no denying that John Maragon
deserved to be hooked. He lied to a Senate
subcommittee about his bank accounts and his
business connections and he should be punished,
like any other perjurer. But Maragon must be
bit flabbergasted at the way things have turned
out. The connections" about which he boasted
SO freely in the heyday of his operations as a
"fixer" were of no avail to him when the show
down came. If John feels let-down, consider
the feelings Of the public after all those head
lines and kleig lights and broadcasts which kept
Washington on edge just few months ago.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
To the DundeIion

You are. perhaps. the n1eekest OF them
all,
Playing your humble role NTH simple
pleasure.
You cannot hope to groW graceful and
tall
And like torsythia Daue pIumes at
leisure;
Nor may you oiue fair young queen her
cTotDn
OF sheH-pink blossoms. fragile as old
Yet merrily you gid the fields and totDn.
And scatter petal sunshine epervplace.
Where laughter fo,Uers tpH not deion
to bloom.
You spring in glad protusion from the
sod
Tripping along, as spring NTH magic
loom
Weaues her rare tapestry for man and
God.
Though meek. you haze inherited the
earth
And on her breast your seed finds
golden birth.
MATTE RICHARDS TYLER.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Parkway Progress in Virginia

The announcement that purchase of land
for new section of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway will be started soon is good
news to those who have been worried over the
rising cost of this project. Delay in acquiring
rights -of-way for the second and third units
OF the parkway already has cost 100000 due
to soaring realty prices along the Virginia shore
OF the Potomac. And the cost is certain to
increase if further delays are encountered
When first planned, it was estimated the
necessary strip from Spout Run to the Fairfax
County line would cost $50O,0O0, of which the
Federal Government was to pay $25O000, the
State of Virginia $125,00O and Arlington County
$l25,O0O restudy of land prices in the area
recently, however, indicated that 100000 will
be needed to secure the rights-of-way. The
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
has agreed to allocate 100000 as its share of
the cost with the State and Arlington splitting
the remainder. The recent General Assembly
appropriated its part of the cost. 1t is now up
to Arlington County to raise the remaining
portion.
The Key Bridge Spout Run unit of the park
way is rapidly nearing completion Arlington
County has agreed to connect this section with
Lee Highway in the Cherrydale area The new
extension will carry the divided highway along
the Potomac bluffs to a point beyond Chain
Bridge. Eventually the parkway will reach to
Great Falls. That means that several miles of
right-of-way must be bought in Fairfax County
The sooner this additional land is acquired, the
greater the saving for the Federal and Virginia
partners in the enterprise
Evening star., 1950-04-28

ity which the government sought to curb
by the agricultural tax. which penalties
earnings from private holdings very
heavily indeed.
BY and large. on all but the biggest
and most up-to-date collectives, life goes
on in much the same old way. The main
differences are that-instead of the land
owner-there is the manager, or chair
man, of the collective. assisted by small
administrative staff: when tractors or
other machines are called for, these
are supplied and worked under contract
by the members of the nearest machine
tractor station.
The government has declared its in
tention of changing all this, and the fact
that it is now determined to obliterate
the last vestiges of the old village econ
omy, to which the peasants have clung
dourly through thick and thin. is a
measure of the concern with which 1t
views the long-term food situation.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
By Edword Cronkshow

THE KRENLIN is entering on stren-
L. uous and perhaps final effort to
bring the peasantry of the Soviet Union
completely under its control. This policy
has been taking shape for some time
Decree after decree has been promul
gated with the general aim of crush
ing the peasants stubborn spirit of in
dividualism. at the same time making
it less profitable for them to neglect
their communal work in favor of remun-
erative side-lines.
The recent rebuke to Andreyev, the
Politburo elder for many years RESPONSE
BILE for the Kremlin's agricultural policy
was clear indication of further pres.
sure to come. Almost Immediately aft
erwards, the direction of that pressure
was outlined by the veteran Ukranian
boss, N. I. Khruschev, who, judging
from his latest speeches and actions. has
supplanted Andreyev in the agricultural
sphere.
In his election speech last month.
Khruschev foreshadowed radical re-
organization of the collectives, calculat-
ed to break down the last vestiges of the
old village economy to which the peas
ants have clung through 80 years Of
revolution. He demanded the amalga-
nation of the smaller collective farms.
Since then, the Soviet press has started
campaigning hard.
The stranger to Russia, having heard
so much about the bitter struggle for
collectivisation and its ultimate success.
finds it hard to grasp the fact that by
far the greater part of the collectives are
still based on the old village economy.
The peasants still live as they have always
lived in their old wooden cottages with
one, two or three rooms, facing each
other down the village street.
Instead of working for their land
owners as before the revolution. or on
their own small holdings as Immediately
after, they now work together on the
combined village acreage, putting in SO
many hours a week on the collective.
and for the rest of the time cultivating
their own personal holdings of an acre
or two, the produce of which they are
free to sell as they like. It was this activ-
Evening star., 1950-04-28

not 50 lightly have set aside his conviction for
a brutal murder.
The injury in this case, as Justice Jackson
pointed out was done, not to the defendant,
but to the qualified Negroes who were excluded
from grand jury service. Their right to serve is
protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and
anyone who denies them that right can be
punished under Federal law by a fine of not
more than 5000. Justice Jackson would deal
with this problem by requiring the Federal au-
thorities to prosecute those who deny grand
jury service to Negroes, not by releasing con-
victed criminals. This would be fair to all con-
cerned, including the public. Unfortunately,
however, the court majority seems to prefer the
indirect to the direct method of achieving the
same result.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
A Second Look at Defense

1t is good thing that General Eisenhower
takes seriously his job as military adviser to the
Secretary of Defense. Because he considers his
postwar defense assignment as something more
than an honorary position, he felt obliged to
speak out strongly against cuts in the defense
budget which he feared would weaken the mill
tary establishment in key sectors. AS a result
of his public criticism of the pending defense
budget-a criticism which evidently had the
backing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-Defense
Secretary Johnson wisely has taken a second
look at the defense Setup. After consultation
with the jos he has asked Congress to increase
by $3.50 million the funds for new planes and
additional antisubmarine ships and equipment
The inescapable conclusion is that Mr. Johnson,
in his commendabe efforts to eliminate the
fat from the military budget, had sliced too
deeply into vital defense spots.
One of these spots is the Air Force, already
chatting under the restraint of 48-group limi-
tation on its air fleet. Air Force officials
declared that the $1.35 billion earmarked for
plane purchases next year was not enough to
keep the 48 groups at proper strength Similarly
affected was naval aviation restricted under
the original budget to $3.50 million for new
planes. Mr.. johnson now asks that 5000 million
be added to the Air Force fund for plane buying
and $1O0 million to the Navy for the same
purpose.
AuoCler crlIlcal spot is anCSubmarlne war
fare, phase of defense of increasing importance
with the disclosure Of Russia's expanded sub
marine operations The Defense Secretary
agrees with General Eisenhower that it would
be wise to allocate more money to antisub-
marine craft and special weapons and instru-
ments essential to combat the menace of the
long-range Snorkel submersible. In addition,
with savings from other economy moves, Mr.
Johnson proposes to speed up research and
development of anti-tank and other weapons
1t did not take the House Appropriations
Committee long to approve the Defense Secre-
tary's supplementary requests. Chairman Vim
son OF the House Armed Services Committee
already had called for restoration to the defense
budget OF more than half billion dollars for
plane procurement and antisubmarine warfare
In fact, Mr.. VinSon has become so concerned over
cold war developments that he has withdrawn
his opposition to extension of the draft That
there will be little if any opposition to the
Increased appropriations is indicated by the
attitude of economy advocates. House Minority
Leader Martin summed up this attitude in the
sensible comment: while we are for economy
in Government, we have always made an excep-
ton OF national defense, because we must keep
our defenses strong, and we have to rely on
what the Joint Chiefs of Staff think necessary"
That is the only prudent policy in these times
Of international tension
Evening star., 1950-04-28
"A Circus Came to Town

The Stars statement in its Fifty
Years Ago" column that Spring came to
Washington half a century ago'-be-
cause a circus came to town-sends me
hurrying for my pad and pencil, to say
something about circusmen Of that Pc
riod. 1t might interest such Washing
tonians as MAY either have paid so cents
admission, or crawled beneath the can
vas to see that particular show.
When a circus came to Washington
last spring, went in search Of certain
grave in Mount Olivet Cemetery. There
is nothing modern in this old bury1ng
ground. paused at an unmarked spot,
and out of the earth that was bumpy and
grass that was uncut, the voice Of a
master of circus publicity seemed to
whisper: Must we be forgotten?"
The dust of q circusman will not lie
quietly wnen a circus comes to town,
least of all the dust of Buffalo Bills press
agent, Major John M. Burke.
The advertisement displayed in The
Star for April 20, 1900, for -. "the Adam
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers, Tran
scendent Two Circuses :" was typical
of the countless hundreds of thousands
which scribes like Major Burke. Dexter
Fellows, Tody Hamilton. George Stowe,
Willard Coxey, Whiting Alan and scores
of lesser spangled writer's produced un-
der the direction of Louis E. Cooke.
Were Mr.. Cooke living. he would be
celebrating his hundredth birthday this
17th of May. So modestly did he live
and work that today he is unknown ex-
cept by circus-lovers who turn old files;
there they find that whereas most cir
cusmen are clustering blackguards,
smelling of stale beer and free lunches.
Cooke is a clean, polite and affable
gentleman" ranking 'very high socially"
and without peer in the General Ad-
vance departments of circuses.
In the great elephant war, Adam Fore
paugh fought P. T. Barnum with the fire
and birthstone of the posters and print
ing which Mr.. Cooke produced and dis
tributed for Old Adam.
who is this fellow Cooke?" Barnum
squealed in fury to William w. Cole when
it was discovered that Mr.. Cooke had Sc
cured Madison Square Garden for Adam,
thus shutting Barnum out ~
HE was with me 10 years." replied Mr..
Cole, land then he signed up with Fore
paugh."
We'll, you ought never to have let him
get away from you." yelped Barnum.
"Bailey's got to get him for our show"
And Bailey did.
Most of us have forgotten the famous
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Negro Grand Jurors

Although he found himself standing alone,
Justice Jackson made persuasive argument in
his recent dissent from Supreme Court decision
which set aside murder conviction because
Negroes had been Disseminated against In the
selection of the grand jury which indicted the
defendant.
The case involved Texas Negro who had
murdered a sleeping watchman in the course of
a burglary. No question was raised as to the
defendants guilt Nor was it contended that
there was any discrimination in the selection
of the trial jury which convicted him.
There was evidence, however, that the State
authorities had Disseminated against Negroes
in selecting the grand jury, or, at least, that
they had not made~a sufficient effort to find
qualified Negro grand jurors. On this basis
alone and despite the clear showing of guilt
and the fairness of the trial, the Supreme Court
majority reversed the conviction.
Justice Jackson argued that this ruling was
in conflict with the important principle of law
which holds that no conviction should be set
aside for errors which do not affect substantial
rights of the accused. In the Texas case it
seems clear that the rights of the defendant
were not prejudiced by discrimination in the
selection of grand jurors. For the grand jury's
function is merely to prefer charge If it sees
fit after hearing only the prosecutions evidence
This man. after indictment, was convicted, in
1alr tTldl py jury CIlOSen WlGIOuG QlSCTlm-
ination. In the light of these facts it can
hardly be argued that the grand jury might not
have indicted the defendant if Negroes had
served on it,
In the first place, the grand jury, whatever
its racial composition, would have been derelict
in its duty had it refused to indict. If it be
argued that with Negroes serving, it might not
have returned the indictment, then it must be
assumed that Negroes qualified for grand jury
service would have refused even to prefer a
charge against member of their own race
when the evidence against him was so strong
that lawfully chosen trial jury, after hearing
all of the evidence for the defendant still found
him guilty beyond reasonable doubt This Is
an assumption which Justice Jackson refused
to make, and the invalidity of which is amply
demonstrated by experience in jurisdictions,
such as our own, where Negroes serve regularly
on both grand and trial juries.
The conclusion is nescapable that this
defendant was fairly tried and convicted.
despite discrimination in the grand jury selec-
ton process. And that being so the court should