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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-05-17
Frankly Speaking
F. ]. Johnson

petitive. have given the Negro the
best opportunity to show what he
can do. This opportunity knocks
only once and he knows it. It is
knocking now and he is taking ad-
vantage of it. No sport fan OBJ
jects to a majority of Negro box
ers, neither will they object to too
many Negro ball players. The only
democratic attitude to take is to
let him who performs best, per-
form.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
BY Charles (. TroceweH

evidently no one else had him. This
bird was little, no more than three or
four inches long. He stayed in the
bushes eating seeds or bugs.
His back was olive-drab, his chest
was yellow, and over his eyes he wore
q Lone Ranger mask. The question
WHAT'S his name? And thank you for
your happy. interesting and informative
column"
To which she adds postscript:
Perhaps I'd better explain this poor
grade writing paper. Young Eric drew
what he called trains. airplanes and blue
jays on my lovely. white, deckle-edged
stationery.
"And the reason for many crossings
out isn't lack of higher education. but a
young cowboy making steed out Of my
left foot.
This being mother, like being bird
lover. has two sides. But / should say
the happy times far outnumber the less
happy ones"
Thank you. Mrs. J., and am sure all
other readers viii thank you, too, for
your own happy and interesting words.
The bird you ask about Is the Mary
land yellow-throat. as engaging q rascal
as ever new into bush
He has q preference for shrubbery.
and is seldom seen any place else. When
you see that small feathered bandit peer
ing at you from his mask, you see one
Of the choicest birds.
Evening star., 1950-06-05

tubes have advanced only about per
cent in the face Of the rapid rise in nat
ural rubber prices can be assigned to
stepped-up production in Government
plants.
Eight of 13 general purpose rubber
plants are now producing more than
half the wartime peak of all the plants
some 100000 tons as compared with
778. 900 tons. The product is sold at 1812
cents a pound as compared with the
current price Of 80 and fraction cents
for No. natural rubber.
Both Government-owned plants for
producing inner tube rubber are in op-
Grafton, turning out 1000 to IS 900 tons
a year as compared with war peak Of
10000 tons.
All the plants are administered by the
Reconstruction Finance Corp, which lets
management contracts.
The Government has made enough
money out Of the operation, after ex-
penses and allowances for depreciation.
to pay for the maintenance Of idle plants
in standby condition.
The expenses. of course, do not include
taxes and sales promotion.
With the introduction Of improved
processes. 1t is estimated the Govern
ment plants in full production could
Evening star., 1950-06-05

Training baby to be a bird watcher is
the happy task of Mrs. M. S. J. of Brook
dale, D. c., who writes:
zone winter day I decided to enjoy
first hand the bird activities I read
about in your column. I brushed the
snow from the pie-cooling staff outside
my kitchen window, sprinkled it with
toast crumbs and raisins, tackled chunk
Of suet to it-and what grand reward!
'The baby had bird watching sta
tion-his high chair. just inside the
window.
His excited clapping and calls of
Bird, bird (his first word, by the way)
soon frightened these feathered visitors
away, so moved the suet to branch of
the apple tree, and set cinder block IN
the center OF the yard to serve as table.
MANY birds came, and one mocker
became so bossy he perches on low
branch calling me names for not serving
his breakfast early enough.
"As soon as I appear at the door, he
hops to the ground ready to catch the
first crllmb.
Even the baby, running after him,
shouting. Hi, bird doesn't phase him.
"Baby loves to watch the wrens pop
ping In and out Of their little house.
'He noticed that birds were different
for them. Pretty bird was the bright
cardinal: tail bird was the mocker. and
'tunYny bird the robin.
Evening star., 1950-06-05

cieties and the documentary remains of many of
Jefferson's contemporaries.
The result was revelation of the third Presi-
dent. 1t was spoiled in part, however, by Paul
Fords unwillingness to risk offending super
sensitive readers. Systematically he suppressed
everything in the Jefferson letters that he be-
lieved might be Objectionable to anybody. Dr.
Boyd now must cover the same ground, filling in
the gaps accruing from Ford's timidity. Even so,
the Ford compilations and notes we're worth his
time and toil-and still merit reading.
Paul Ford himself was a figure of distinc-
ton. Crippled and dwarfed by spinal injury
suffered in infancy, he triumphed over his handi-
cap educated and disciplined his mind to a sci
entifc routine of research and composition, mar
ried beautiful girl, built a noble mansion to
order-all before he was 81. Then, on May 8,
1902, his career terminated in disaster A ne'er-
do-well brother, Malcolm Webster Ford, whom he
had been aiding financially, came to his home
demanding more money and, being refused, mur
dered Paul and then killed himself with the same
pistol.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Country Sole

No shard Of grass had set Hs emerald
seal
Upon the Maroon bed where she ,0as
laid
When they came In to buy her spinning
Dheel,
Her household goods, the lovely things
she made.
A robin sang high tn an apple tree.
The Gucttoneer 5oted tDtth the mullins
crot1d,
The RULED aprons. spread for all to see
Were soft and snoiDy as futed cloud.
The tatted lace on handkerchief and
spread,
Embroidered ptllowslips NTH ross
crochet
Recalled to mind the little things shs
said, =.
And loneliness that marked her futile
day.
A quarter for q totDel OF linen crash. ;
Ten cents for earning knife and horins
stone. rs
The old night watchman paid a dollar
cash
For the bed iDhere she had slept alons.
One bought q peDter pitcher. one tray.
Another bought her quilting frames
and shears.
/ matched whIe. then sadly turned
dt1dv ..
With stiver coins they bought her
hodrded years. 80
ALMA R0R1soN HIanEE
Evening star., 1950-06-05
This and That

ITO prevent him the embarrassment
OF being laughed at when he grows q
bit older. taught my son the birds
true names.
HE still comes out with some remark
able innovations. That bird hammering
on the tree trunk. for example, is a
wood pickle
Most Of the bird scenes are gayest
comedy. But once in while we see a
tragedy.
"A female jay sprang from branch to
branch. calling, and there was no answer.
My son left his digging in the sandbox
and came into the kitchen. Blue jay
Sleep he told me, and led me by the
hand to low tree. A large male jay lay
under it. He had piece Of grass in his
beak he had been collecting for his nest
His feathers were sleek, and he showed
no signs Of injury. but he was dead.
Come away, and let the poor bird
Sleep I said, but the baby pulled his
hand away and squatted beside the
bird. Come on. play he called. and
looked so puzzled and disappointed when
he got no answer.
Broke. Blue jay broke he said.
Sometimes o stranger visits our bird
table. never have to wonder who he In
for very long. Some other reader sees
him. asks you about him. and ! find his
biography written up In your column.
But recently ] had such .. caller and
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Thanks From Hospitols
Curious.

On behalf Of the eight voluntary gen.
eral hospitals referred to in your edi-
torial of May Is, wish to thank you for
bringing to the attention Of both Con-
gress and the public the injustice of the
Houses action in cutting the appropria-
ton for the care of the legally INDECENT
in the voluntary hospitals.
In his report, Mr.. Bates estimates that
by enlarging municipal out-patient facil-
tiles q saving Of $4,000 could be made.
Your editorial logically questions the as
sumption that the city can provide such
care at less cost than the voluntary hos
pitfalls.
You further state that II the reduc-
ton approved by the House stands it is
probable that appropriations for Gal
linger will have to be increased by the
same amount As matter Of fact. the
appropriation for Gallinger has been in
creased $730.000, almost three times the
cut in the voluntary hospitals appropri-
alton.
We were particularly pleased that your
editorial in its conclusion requests that
the Senate restore the reduction. The
hospitals are grateful to The Star for this
assistance in their efforts to obtain
fair deal.
Walter N. T0briner,
President. The Hospital Council.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
By w. n. Shippen

The tenth anniversary Of the syn
thetic rubber industry in this country
finds the Nation facing another threat
to Far Eastern supply lines.
It's a Red instead Of a Yellow Peril
now, but the Communists may eventu-
ally cut the line as completely as the
Japs did after Pearl Harbor. The free
trade line already has begun to deteri-
crate
Prices of natural rubber have doubled
in the last six months and sabotage,
revolt and strikes further reduce the
supply and imperil future commitments.
American-developed plantations in West
Africa and Brazil produce only frac-
ton of the requirements Of a Nation
which rolls on tires.
While the cold war" puts the same
old squeeze on free commerce with the
Far East. the situation now developing
has failed to catch Uncle Sam flat-footed
a second time.
With a $700 million synthetic rubber
industry In partial production. warming
up or held in readiness, the Nation
should be able to roll with the shock.
1t will, that is, If political and eco
nomic differences between the President,
Congress and private industry can be
composed before the 194S Rubber Act
expires at the end of this month.
The House, rejecting changes proposed
by President Truman to allow sale Of
Government-owned plants, voted to con-
tinue the law for three years.
A subcommittee of the Senate Armed
Services Committee is taking up the
House bill today, with Federal experts
listed as the first witnesses. Meanwhile.
so-called dominant" rubber and tire
manufacturers, who are operating Gov
ernment plants on management con-
tracts, feel the Presidents recommends
tions would cripple them as bidders if
the plants are placed on sale.
The B. F. Goodrich Co., through its
president. John L. Collyer. points out
that it placed the first man-made rub
ber on sale in automobile tires in the
United States on June S, 1940-just ten
years ago today. The fact that the COM
pany pooled its production facilities and
know-how in the unified war effort
which followed it was said. should not
place it at disadvantage in bidding for
the plants.
The President is seeking to forestali
monopolies by opening the field to
smaller companies. The big manufac-
turers insist. however. that they are
highly competitive, and as a result the
public can buy finished rubber products
at prices little higher than before the
war.
The fact that most tires and inner
Evening star., 1950-06-05
New Theory Of Origin
Of Man Is Advanced
Ice Age Adventures Chorted:
Fog Cove 'Nordies' Their Color
By Thomos &. Henry

Two "Edens," ice-free areas in the
last ice-age where two Of the major
human types existing today developed.
are poStulated by DR.. Carleton S. Coon.
University Of PENNSYLVANIA anthropolo-
gist. in a study Just published by the
American Association Of Physical An
thropologiStS.
First was a large area In Mongolia,
northern China and western Siberia. 1t
included what is now the coldest region
on earth-the country around Verkho-
yansk. Siberia. where the temperature
sometimes goes down to near 100 Fahr-
enheit
The formation OF the glaciation was
such. DR.. Coon points out. that there
were extensive ice-free areas split of
from each other by bands Of Ice which
were essentially uncroSSable. This was
about $4,000 years ago. The advance Of
the ice cut of groups of very primitive
humans in these pockets.
The cold. he points out, was at least
as intense as it is today. The isolated
human groups were forced to adjust
themselves to such cold. Those best
adapted survived and passed on to their
descendants the peculiar characters
which had been advantageous to them.
These included broad faces. slant eyes,
nat noses. and thin growth of thick hairs
on the face and other characteristics now
preserved in the Mongolian race.
Life Was Hard.
Life was extremely hard and the popu.
latlon, over a probable period OF about
10000 years, may have been reduced to
few isolated families of extremely
hardy people. With the retreat OF the
ice they multiplied enormously. overran
China in one direction and the Americas
IN another. They also invaded the
Pacific islands.
During part of the same period, at the
other end of the Eurasian land mass,
quite different conditions prevailed.
South OF the Baltic and reaching south
ward to the Balkans, there was q period
OF extreme fogginesS as the ice withdrew.
This was particularly true from about
5000 to 1000 B. C.
This fogginess led to the survival of
type which would have been a severe
disadvantage In a land OF bright sun.
shine. regardless Of the climate. This
was the type with blond hair light skin
and blue eyes. With these characteristics
apparently were combined others which
facilitated survival.
The result. DR.. Coon points out, was
the so-called Nordic race which spread
over northern Europe after immigrating
northWard with the retreating ice from
ehe approximate region of the present
Iran.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
New Line of Attack

Senator Mccarthy, who is versatile II nothing
else, is attacking from new direction He now
says that the Tydings committee, backed by "an
of the power OF Washington bureaucracy and its
combined highly paid press staff" may yet con-
vince him that it is hopeless to force acceptance
of further proof in support of his charges against
the State Department. The Wisconsin Senator
leaves the impression, however, that he Is no
gutter and that he is in this fight to the last
witness.
This is indeed new role for the embattled
Senator Here is man who has made specific
accusations which, if true, are of first impor-
tance. He has said that he has a list of 81
card-carrying Communists who are now in the
State Department. And he has also said that he
is willing TO rest his whole case on the accuracy
of his charge that Owen baltimore is the top
Communist espionage agent in this country.
The Senator has failed, however, to produce
a shred OF evidence to support either charge. In
four months he has not named one to say
nothing of 81, caro-carrying Communists in the
State Department. And yet he has the gall TO
ask the country to believe that the fault lies not
with him. but with the Tydings committee.
Having failed, and probably being unable, TO
come up with any proof in support OF his really
serious charges, he takes a new stand on the
line of the Amer asia case, which, for better or
worse, was handled five years ago, and shouts
from the nOuSeC0pS LnaC Cne cOmmlCCee Will not
listen to his proof
This is what the military men would call a
diSengaging naueuver. The Amerasia case has
its Importance, and Senator Mccarthy should
and undoubtedly will be given full opportunity
to present any evidence bearing on it which he
may have. But what may have been done, or
not DONE in the State Department five years ago
is of secondary concern. The most important Of
the matters raised by Senator Mccarthy is
whether, as he implies, the State Department
continues in 1850 to be a nest of Communists.
That is the major count in his indictment, and,
having made the charge, he should not be per-
mitted to slide out from under it.
This is the consideration which lends force
to Senator Thye's suggestion that the Senate
Republicans snould take responsible position"
on the Mccarthy charges. Heretofore the Re-
publicans have refused to take any position.
That is an attitude which leaves the impression
that they hope to enjoy the benefit of any polit-
ical advantage which may flow from the
Mccarthy performance without assuming any
responsibility for what ne says and does. That
may be ''practica! politics" but it is not an
admirable brand
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Synthetic Rubber Industry Marks Decade

come close to supplying million tons q
year. or the approximate domestic con-
sumption in 1850.
The synthetic product is demonstrat-
ing an improved performance over nat
ural rubber in many specialized items.
such as inner tubes. The most important
exceptions are large truck and aircraft
tires. which require some natural rubber
for hexibility and resistance to excessive
heat and friction, Government experts
say.
Meanwhile. the Government is stock
piling natural rubber in the interest OF
security. although the extent OF the ef-
fort is a military secret. It is significant.
however. that loans made from the
stock-pile to industry for repayment in
kind have been stopped.
The creation Of the giant new industry.
with its Is primary and II secondary
plants. was accomplished under the stress
Of war with little practical experience
to direct a choice between such basic raw
materials as grain alcohol and oil.
Engineering and construction crews
crowded on the heels of researchers sift-
ing a mass Of conflicting claims.
The result was a production miracle
comparable to the unified efforts which
produced great fleets of B-29 bombers
and the atomic bombs which ended the
Pacific war. Synthetic rubber was equally
as vital to victory.
The President has asked for 10
year law to allow the gradual absorp-
ton of the plants by private enterprise.
National security and effective conf
petition should be protected under terms
Of the sales, the President said.
The Government should have au-
thority, he said, to require production
and consumption of enough general pur-
pose rubber to insure supply for
security needs. He added the production
should be at least fourth of total con-
sumption, and in no case LESS than 2oo,-
900 tons annually"
The President warned, however.
against "impoveriShing natural-rubber
producing countries and thus making
them more susceptible to propaganda ad-
verse to the interests Of the United
States"
He urged that rubber be imported on
freely competitive basis" to an extent
consistent with the need for preserving
the synthetic industry at home.
Since the President sent his message
to Congress in January, however. the
situation in the Far East has deterior
ated further.
Daily, it becomes more doubtful
whether the British and the Dutch or
the Reds will eventually control Far
Eastern rubber sources.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Restore the Bridge Fund

The Senate District Committe has COM
peling reason now to reinsert in the District
budget the 5000 800 appropriation for the East
Capitol Street bridge that the House eliminated.
The House had made the cut on advice OF its
District Committee, which had urged the deletion
not so much as an economy move as in recogni-
ton of the fact that the bridge at that time had
not been authorized. That was when the project
still was the center of feud between the District
Government and the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. But now that the bridge
has been duly authorized, with the signing last
week of legislation by the President, there no
longer is any good excuse to leave the appro-
priation item out of the pending budget.
Unless the money with which to begin work
on the new span across the Anacostia River is
made available at this session, an unnecessary
delay in such preliminary work as engineering
and architectural studies will occur. District
officials say it will take about year to complete
just these preparatory operations At least two
years will be required to build the actual struc-
ture and tie it in with existing streets on both
sides of the river So even if the preliminary
work is started this year. it will be three or four
years, it is estimated, before the bridge can
afford relief to the other AnacoStia bridges, now
subject to serious ruSh-hour congestion.
Meanwhile it is about time that further
attention is given the problem of relieving con-
gestion on the Potomac River crossings. The new
Fourteenth street bridge has helped materially to
expedite traffic via U. S. Route l. Ultimately,
however, there should be bridge from the Shep-
herds Landing area to Alexandria, so that through
traffic on Route can be by-passed around
the traffic-fled streets of the downtown district
And the old Highway bridge must be replaced by
the twin to the new Fourteenth street structure.
There also has been talk of bridge between
the Memorial and Key bridges to reduce bottle
neck conditions which frequently develop at
those heavily Travelled crossings. Once the Ana
costa is taken care of, the Potomac should be
given preferential treatment by the bridge plan
ners
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Not Fantastic

Although anonymous officials in the Defense
Department have fatty denied the existence of
such things as baby" A-bombs and atomic war
heads for artillery shells or guided missiles,
weapons of that sort-whether or not they are in
our arsenal right now-add up to anything but
an implausible or fantastic idea
Actually-as indicated on the radio yesterday
by General ]. Lawton Collins, our Army Chief of
Staff-there is ample reason to believe that these
things if they do not exist already, are at least
in the making. Thus, according to the general
whose language must necessarily be vague and
guarded but who has nevertheless declared that
work is now in process to produce nuclear arma-
ments designed for tactical purposeS-"there are
great potentalties in this field" and "it is by no
means impossible to develop an artillery piece
that would fire an atomic weapon or to build
guided missiles with A-bomb warheads
General Collins has not said that such instru-
mentS are available at this time or that they are
just around the corner. BY the same token,
neither has he said that they do not exist He has
simply said that they are not impossible, which
could mean, depending on how one reads it, that
they conceivaby are here already. Americans at
large cannot be blamed If they make guesses to
the effect that the latter possibility is in fact an
actuality.
In any case, whatever may be the present
availability of these and kindred weapons no one
should be surprised by the current rumors re-
garding them. Enough has been revealed about
nuclear energy to make clear that its military
properties involve more than the bomb and that
its critical mas" the amount that must be
brought together for an explosion - does not
weigh great deal This means of course, that
things like atomic artillery and other far-reach-
ing developments are entirely within the realm
of possibility. It means, too that our Army, Navy
and Air Force may even now be in the process
of a tactical and strategcal revolution giving
each Of the three unique new offensive and de-
fensive power.
Evening star., 1950-06-05
Marital Affairs Counsel.

I respectfully suggest that you learn
all the facts and, in the light of the
whole truth, see If you think your edi-
torial about the proposal to create the
Office of Marital Affairs Counsel was
based thereon.
Did you know there is a difference Of
opinion among the judges as well as
among the lawyers? Chief Judge Ste
phens who is the Chief Judge of the
District of Columbia Circuit, is not Of the
same opinion as Chief Judge Laws, Judge
Tamm and other District Court judges
who sponsored the proposal. His opinion
is entitled to great weight, and we op-
ponents of the proposal relied heavily
upon his opinion to support our views.
I have never heard anyone cast asper-
sions on Chief Judge Stephens for hav-
ing expressed similar views, If not the
same views, as the Bar Association ex-
pressed.
Arthur ]. Hilland.
Editors Note: The Stars editorial
OF May Is expressed surprise that the
District Bar Association should have
rejected Chief Judge Laws proposal
for marital affairs counsel In District
Court, "in view of the marked success
which this system for handling divorce
cases has had In Detroit and other
cities.
The editorial said the plan is worth
further consideration. and The Star
still feels this to be the case. No
aspersion was cast on anybody