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Evening star., 1950-02-13
Be 1t Ever So Humble

Some of the tragic ironies of slum clearance
are illustrated by what is happening in Bell
Court, in Georgetown. The outlines of the case
were reported in yesterdays Star. The sequel
will be worth watching.
Bell Court has an unSavory reputation. Its
degrading filth and poverty have provided texts
for many sermons. Last year the owner OF habi-
tations in this alley, occupied by some 40 men,
women and children was summoned to show
cause why his property should not be con-
demned as insanitary
Condemnation proceedings followed. Under
the rent control law, incidentally, the owner
cannot evict the tenants But the police can. 1t
is unlawful to occupy a building condemned as
insanitary But the tenants continue to remain
for the simple reason that there is no place for
them to go. Last week the police moved in,
served warrants, took four of the tenants to
jail for the night The tenants, under bond, still
occupy the premises, rent free.
The owner can continue to hold the prop
erty. But he cannot rent it until repairs are
made The real victims are the tenants. They
are the sort of people for whom low rent public
housing should be constructed. But the public
housers are wary of them. They are not the
most desirable tenants. Many families whose
income exceeds the level for public housing are
now ready to be graduated" from public housing.
But their graduation" is repeatedly postponed
on the ground that private housing is not avail
able at rents they can afford
Maybe not. But these potential graduates"
of public housing are in better position to find
new quarters than the lowly tenants now being
thrown out of Bell Court. And until public
housing accommodates such people as the evictees
of Bell Court people will continue to regard many
Of its claims with justified skepticism.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Koreo and Our Policy in Asio

It is gratifying that the House has reversed
itself on economic aid to Korea. few weeks
ago, by margin of one VOTE it defeated such
aid. But now in bill promptly approved by
the Senate and sent to the President for his
signature, it has provided for it.
The bill, which also includes measure of help
for Formosa, will make available, between now
and June 80, an additional $50 million for wide
variety of projects programmed by The Koreans
and the Economic Cooperation Administration
to promote the country's recovery under the
Marshall Plan. The projects are aimed at such
things as improving transport facilities, stepping
up the output of textiles and other industrial
products, developing fisheries for export pur-
poses, and increasing production in the fields of
agriculture, coal and electric power.
All this effort, of course, will be limited to
Southern Korea-the area governed by the in
dependent republic whose capital is Seoul.
Established with the help of the United States
and the overwhelming majority of the United
Nations this new political entity has already
demonstrated its capacity to counter subversve
moves and aggressive acts by the native Red
regime serving as the Kremlin's puppet in the
northern part of the country Certainly more
or less as in the case of Greece, the free Ko-
reans-as long as the Russians themselves do
not strike with their own power-seem fully Ca
pable of preventing Communist coup and
achlevlng real progress toward political stability
and economic health
At any rate, as the ECA has just reported the
Southern Koreans, under their ear-old demo-
cratic form of government have made excellent
use of the American aid already extended to
them. Thus, even though their northern terri
tory has been held behind the Iron Curtain ever
since the end of the war, they have surmounted
the danger of complete collapse-a danger that
was imminent at the time of the japanese sur
render For example, where only few years ago
their crop production at famine level it
is now big enough to yield exportable surpluses.
Similarly, they have created new electric power
for industry, have exploited their coal resources
to better advantage, and have repaired and
extended their railroads to meet the demands
of growing traffic.
On the strength of this record, there is good
reason to be hopeful about Korea's future as
free land. That is why it would have been tragic
"a thing that would have vitiated the substan-
tial progress already made-if the House had
failed to its original vote against further
economic aid. Obviously such failure would
have played right into the hands of Russia's
northern puppets. Worse it would have played
into the hands of the Reds throughout the rest
of Asia.
For the truth is that our Korean aid-propa-
gandistically and otherwise-is directly related
to the over all problem of helping the peoples of
the Far East to resist communism. Together
with such developments as our Indonesian loan
the Houses reversal of itself is therefore to be
commended as something indicating that the
United States does not propose to abandon Asia
to the Kremlin.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Letters to The Star

sengers has occurred since the 1947-48
fare raises! Fares have fallen of further
during 1949. proving that the system Of
raising prices does not work for public
transportation.
RUTH d. GROESBECK.
Editors note: The Capital Transit
ating expenses UP about 80 per cent
over 1943.)
To the Editor Of The Star:
am a newcomer to Washington. Al
though there are many things I do not
like about it, one of the assets of the
District is its transportation system.
have been to many cities around the
country, but nowhere does the transit
system compare to the one here. I've
heard many people complain about hav-
ing to stand up, the service. etc. Actu-
ally the situation is better than in most
cities.
The news and music on the cars and
buses is fine idea. see many objec-
tions are also raised about this. I am
sure that most people are in favor of it;
one minus radio. Wouldn't it be a
6OOo 1oCd w Al1ol n bAlC Sol . UlidU oO Va
do not have radios-maybe paint them
a different color? In this way both
factions would be more satisfed-or
should be. BOB KLOSS.
Veterans Representative Says
The Star Presumed" Wrong
To the Editor of The Star:
In your editorial of February 7, 1.-THE
Legion Goes Too Far" you say Several
hundred Legionnaires convened here to-
day, presumably as part of the Nation
wide mobilization against that part of
the Hoover Report Recommending reor-
ganization Of the Veterans Administra-
ton"
In fact. these Legionnaires are State
officials and service officials from every
State in the Union who help and advise
individual veterans regardless of mem
bership and without cost, in processing
the veterans claims before the Veterans
Administration. Each veterans organi-
zation has similar service officers who
hold somewhat similar rehabilitation
conferences.
The purpose of all these conferences
is to exchange experiences. to discuss the
problems of administering veterans af-
fairs, to advise the Veterans Administra-
Evening star., 1950-02-13
And Nova Fifth Estate?

It is to be hoped that the Standing Com
mittee of Correspondents newspapermen chosen
by their brethren to administer the Capitol press
galleries-will stand firm against the State
Departments application for admittance to these
galleries of its own news gathering representa-
tiveS.
For If the State Department can present
Evening star., 1950-02-13
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any aues-
tion Of fact by writing The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, 316 Eye st. NE. Wash
ington 2, D. C. Please inclose three (3)
cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Is skiing as popular in the United
States as in Europe?-M. c. r.
A. In Europe skiing is probably the
favorite sport but in the United States
it ranks about 18th in popularity.
@. Why is the Vice President not al
lowed to vote on measures before the
Senate except in case of tie?-L. r. Y.
A. The Vice President as President Of
the Senate is not given a vote at all
times because to do so would disturb
the principle of state equality. If he
were given this right, his home State
would have three votes as against two
for the other States, because each State
lis represented by two Senators.
@. How many feet per mile are repre-
sented in per cent grade?-J. H. B.
A. In highway grades the term IS per
cent grade" signifies rise Of feet in
each 100 feet. In mile, $3.50 feet, the
rise would be 1853 feet.
@. What pigment makes plants green7
%. A.
A. The green color Of plants Is due to
the presence of chlorophyll. but chloro-
phyll is more than just pigment. It is
the substance which gives plants the
ability to unite carbon dioxide and
water, and thus produce sugar and
starch.
Evening star., 1950-02-13

tion officials, nrsthand. of difficulties
that have arisen.
The Legion is not alone in its strong
criticism Of the Hoover Commission Re-
port as it affects veterans. Practically
every veterans organization is equally
critical. Veterans, like all other citizens.
are tax payers and they are naturally
interested in economy and in efficiency
Of government. The veterans organiza-
tions can see neither economy nor eff
cheney in the Hoover Commissions rec
concentrations as they affect administra-
ton of our Nations veterans program
These recommendations spell return to
the chaotic condition in veterans affairs
OF the twenties, which ultimately led
President Hoover in 1880, to approve the
law instituting the Veterans Admins
tration.
The Veterans Administration can Ger
tainly become more efficient. But in
order to promote efficiency, it is not nee
essary to tear out of it most of its func-
tions and to put those functions into
other Government agencies which will
call for duplication of effort, increased
costs and increased delays for veterans
in securing the benefits which the Con-
greSS mas voted.
BERNARD WEITZER,
National Legislative Representative,
Jewish War Veterans.
Taxpayer Objects to Paying
Pension for ]. ParneIl Thomas
To the Editor of The Star:
AS taxpayer, strongly protest the
idea that ex-Representative j. Parnell
Thomas is entitled to pension. realize
that Mr.. Thomas was member of the
House for many years, and would be
very happy for him to receive pension,
had he deserved it. But he has forfeited
his right to it.
In private industry, when a person is
caught defrauding his employer, and
thereupon sentenced to jail, it is very
unlikely that that same employer will
give that employe a pension for many
years of faithful service
Insofar as there is so much talk about
cutting down on unnecessary Govern
ment expenditure. I think that very
small portion of that sum is the pension
to be paid to Mr.. Thomas. The taxpayers
should be relieved from paying it.
Arlington, Va. JOHN MOSER.
Evening star., 1950-02-13
More About the Congressman Who
Likes His Streetcars without Music

More About the Congressman Who
Likes His Streetcars without Music
To the Editor Of The Star:
The idea of q Congressman from the
State Of Oregon introducing bill to
prohibit music on our streetcars here in
Washington, D. c.! Who does the dis
tinguished MIR. NNorblad think he is?
I am sure he is not representing the
people of the D. c., who have no repre-
sentation and no say as to what Congress
can do to them.
"a would suggest putting cotton in his
ears. But do not prohibit music loving
people from having their pleasure.
GEORGE F. HOWELL.
Some Opinions Regarding
The Transit Fares and Service
To the Editor Of The Star:
I see that the Capital Transit Co.
has received its raise in fares In Mary
land. 1t is just question of time until
it happens in the District. Now, for
more money, we'll get less service. This
is the only transportation company in
the world that cuts its service after a
fare boost.
It seems to me that Capital Transit
has adopted that theory which the rail-
roads held around 1890: "The public be
damned" WALTER BIEDzYNIKI.
To the Editor of The Star
Operating expenses of the Capital
Transit Co. have risen only % per
cent since 1943. With depreciation and
taxes, the rise is even lower, including
the latest wage raise of 6 per cent.
But the transit company is asking for
an additional raise in fares of Is per
cent on single fares and 10 per cent on
tokens, in addition to the raises already
granted them Of 10 per cent on tokens,
40 per cent on passes, and 80 per cent
on single fares.
AS the transit company has already
received raise IN fares of 80 to 40 per
cent against a rise of only % per cent
in operating expenses, do you think they
are entitled to another increase in fares
and the doing away completely with all
passes? Where has the money gone?
It is being said that Washington people
are completely Indifferent to the fare
raises. This is not true of many OF us.
The greatest part of the drop in pas
Evening star., 1950-02-13

Pseudonyns are permissible only
Uhe1, letters contain correct name
and address of 1witer. Please be brief.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

Children, do you know the story
Of the first Thanksgiving day,
Founded by our Pilgrim fathers
In that time SO far away?
They had given, for religion,
Wealth and comfort, yes and
more,
Left their homes and friends
and kindred,
For a bleak and barren shore.
On New England's rugged
headlands,
Now where peaceful Plymouth
lies,
There they built their rough
log cabins,
Meath the cold forbidding skies.
And too often cen the bravest,
Felt his blood run cold with
dread,
Lest the wild and savage red
man
Burn the roof above his head.
Want and sickness, death and
sorrow
Met their eyes on every hand,
And before Springtime reached
them,
They had buried half their
band.
But their noble, brave endur-
ance
Was not exercised in vain,
Summer brought them brighter
prospects,
Ripening seeds and waving
grain.
So the governor, William
Bradford,
In the gladness of his heart,
To thank God for all His
mercies,
Set a special day apart.
We shall never know the
terrorS,
They braved years and years
ago,
But for all their struggles gave
us
We our gratitude can show.
That was in the autumn,
children,
Sixteen hundred and twenty
one,
Scarce a year from when they
landed
And the colony begun.
And the children of this
country,
If they feast or praise or pray,
Should bless God for those
brave Pilgrims,
And their first Thanksgiving
day.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

his colleagues drew up that Inn
mortal document; that science
and invention have so limited
space and so nearly wiped out
time that the old rules, the old
traditions, the old principles, no
longer apply.
These poor, misguided souls
advocate lone world and
world government; they would
have us renounce our nationality
and, abandoning our rights and
liberties, merge ourselves polit-
ically and socially with all the
other nations of the world.
They are glib. To the unthink-
ing individual their arguments
have a ring of plausibility. But
the truth is, the rest of the
world, the best of it along with
the worst of it, never has caught
up with the social, political and
industrial progress the United
States has made. This is not due
to our being smarter than the
peoples of other lands. Our
amazing progress stems directly
from the political philosophy up
on which this nation was found
ed--a philosophy which declar-
ed that each individual in it
should be. must be. is free.
Please read those 16 basic
principles again and again. When
a socialist friend "bends your
ear" with his cock-eyed plans
for reshaping mankind, figure
just which of the sixteen you
are willing to give up. You'll
find there is not a single one you
would relinquish. Tell him to go
peddle his wares to Joe and his
pals at the Kremlin.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
Is Z or
O 7 H Z R w Is E
BY E. o. BOND

The average legacy is dissip-
ated in seven years. The record
of a great and good life is hand
ed down for countless genera
tions.
There may be scarcity of
other things but there are all
ways enough poor relations to go
around.
Maybe your failure isn't due
to a lack of luck as much as it
is due to a lack of energy.
If you have sense enough to
sit around and keep your mouth
shut and let other people do the
talking, they'll all come to you
for advice.
Many a person is never bus
ier than when engaging in some
thing that's none of his business.
A girl can say more with a
two-second smile than a man
can say in two-hour lecture.
Fortunate is the man too busy
to worry in the daytime and too
tired and sleepy to worry at
night.
Don't make yourself at home
in way that will make others
wish you were.
A clever girl studies men, but
a pretty girl keeps men busy
studying her.
A man never manages to
climb so high in this world that
he gets above suspicion.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

Maurice r. Franks ual, listed by
THE CHRONICLER, are as fol-
lows:
ID Right to worship God in
ones own way.
p Right to free speech and
free press.
81 Right to assemble.
A. Right to petition grievances.
81 Right to privacy in our
homes.
81 Right to habeas corpus-no
excessive bail.
% Right to trial by jury-in-
nocent till proved guilty.
81 Right to move about freely
at home and abroad.
81 Right to own property.
10) Right to work in callings
and localities of our choice.
I'D Right to bargain with our
employees.
12) Right to go into business,
compete, make a profit.
49, Right to bargain for goods
and services in a free market.
14) Right to contract about
our affairs.
15) Right to the service OF
government as a protector and
referee.
16) Right to freedom from
arbitrary" government regula-
ton and control.
These principles should be
read not once but several times,
and pondered upon. They are
not just theories, untried and
unproven. They are not "isms'
that reflect the views Of certain
classes or minorities. They can
not be twisted or changed to
suit the caprice of those who
would foist socialism upon US.
They are, instead, the princi-
pies which our Founding Faith
ers, in their great wisdom, wrote
into that glorious Constitution
of ours, by which the freedom
of every man is guaranteed
They have been tested by time
they have been weighed in the
balance and found not wanting"
they enabled this nation to at
tain an economic, social and po-
litical stature that is the envy OF
the entire world.
There are some among us who
"look down their noses at oul
Constitution. They claim it is
out of date, a relic of the "horse-
and buggy" and candle" days
They say that times have chang.
ed since Benjamin Franklin anc
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
The Scrap Book ...
by
MRS. HUTOKA RANDLES

The first Thanksgiving in this
country was held in Plymouth in
November, 1921, little less than
a year after the landing of the
Puritans. 1t was appointed en-
tirely for religious purposes, in
order to give the settlers an op-
portunity to express their graf
itude for the perils they had
passed and for the bounties they
had enjoyed. The settlers enter
tanned many Indian guests on
that occasion.
The great chief, Massasoit, and
80 other guests being among
the others. The Indians recipro-
Gated by killing five deer and
bringing them to the colonists.
In that first feasting the cele-
bration lasted several days.
They kept on celebrating year
after year until it became a Gus
tom, and in the year of 1868,
Gov. William Bradford set the
last Thursday in November to be
observed as a national holiday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
Make Life Beautiful a..
JAMES SULLIVAN

The behavior of the human
race all down the ages is, be-
lieve, one of the most interesting
studies there is, yet how many
of us even stop to think of why
we act as we do? Modern psy-
chology is becoming more real
to us as we progress. We are
beginning to find out the cause
and effect of different situations
we find ourselves in.
Why do we develope bad hab-
its that we have no use for, ex-
cept we think we are enjoying
the habit. In the first place, we
would probably have been bet
ter off without it, and would
have been just as happy. So if
we have bad habits there are
ways to buck them. In order to
buck the habits we don't want
is to develop some we do want,
some that can brighten our lives
and make us better neighbors to
other people. Everyone of US
has a habit that probably an.
noys people, our friends, but
they are afraid of making us
angry by telling us about them.
We shouldn't get angry for
some one telling us. It's for our
own good, isn't it?
For instance, we have seen
people do things that we would
MT do. l have heard people re-
mark about others, saying, "If
were him Cor herr, / wouldn't
do such and such a thing" But
there is where we are wrong. If
we were him or her, we'd be do
ing the same as they are
If we really want to make our
life more beautiful we must first
look at our own faults before
looking for them in other people.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
DO 1T NOW
Dear Editur:


young lad time asked wise give him the
his wisdom the aged replied Son. do it now
That don't like much-aint words that DO it
now But little thnkin it, will discover that
it about all there life
example hinge the fix it If
board rooted off the hog fence fix it And
do this the hogs wont get in the taer patch the door
it, fix chasin flies all the
In ploWin done
be rushed in If the tires the need
do and wont be bothered with flats and likely
to kill someone with blowout
matter what the chore be, do Of it is
this it done
For instance if the roof leaks fix when it is rainn And
when the is shinn it don't need fixn
Old letters "Tobacker Road got good and
told the Lord He ddent and fix that
goin and fix
Well got Jeeters all nationaways gon to fix
Somethin sometime when they get around to don it.
for doin things now,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
POETS CORN Err
THREE CIRCLES

The wears have been many since laborers found
glittering stuff still the stories are told
OF stalking and digging and killing for gold
Their children returned the bright stuff to the ground
/ spent all my wage for modern device
To free me from work, then borrowed some more
To build a gymnasium, and worked" on its floor
| never liked work till paid for it twice.
The summer and winter chasing each other
Around and around They endlessy dancing,
Like who is moving but seldom advancing
And Cain is still plotting the death of his brother
Mary Oliphant Young
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

Spent last Saturday morning
wandering all over the house.
Wherever / went-upstairs or
DOWN. kept hearing a squeak"
Couldn't find out where it was COM
ing from until noOn-time when the
missus came home from her weekly
shopping.
LISTEN" / says to her, shear
that squeak 2" I started walking
real quiet-like across the kitchen
and there it went again! Joe
Marsh," she laughs, "that is moth
ing but your suspender clips rub
bing back and forth when you
walk :" And darned if it wasn'tl
| From where I sit, I'd been let
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
THE AMERICAN NAY
THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
By MAURICE R. FRANKS

THE MASONIC CHRONI-
CLER of September 16, 1850,
named sixteen basic principles of
the original American political
philosophy, which until recently
have been accepted as the es-
sence of "THE AMERICAN
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30
JOURNAL NEWS ITEMS OF 10 YEARS Ago !.

Births - A daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Delbert Allen, of Mt.
Oliver, Pittsburgh, Pa; a daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Merry,
Caldwell route; a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schott, of
Caldwell; a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lillihan, Caldwell
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

Secretary of State George
Neffner ruled a disputed ballot
favored the election of Grover
c. Smith and Homer H. Wee
don's majority was cut to two
votes-representing the newest
developments in the fight which
promises to wage hot and bitter
before the issue is decided.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

Arthur Todd, of Stafford, was
seriously injured Thursday eve
ming when he fell approximate
ly nine feet from a coal tipple.
In the fall, he sustained several
broken ribs on both sides, a
fractured left shoulder and left
arm.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-11-30

WAY" of life.
The political
and econom-
ic rights that
protect the
dignity and
freedom of
the individ-