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Evening star., 1950-10-09
This and That
BY Charles E. Trocewen

two bands on the other. What mes
sages, or identification, did they contain?
I climbed up a stepladder, but the big
olrd moved out of reach, and at once
sank on his perch and fell asleep,
pathetic picture of exhaustion.
Not knowing how to properly remove
and replace his leg bands, left him
unmolested. But our curiosity grew.
Had he been blown here great distance
by recent storms? A neighbor boy said,
Gee! Two thousand miles off his course
maybe Another, war-minded said,
Now I can see how our soldiers feel
after q battle. And with no garage to
take shelter in Still another said.
Maybe he was on test flight
What writing was hidden under the
bands? The first boy said, Tnterna-
tional spy stuff! A romantic girl thought
1t might be love note. Did the bird
instinctively choose our fence-enclosed
garage as safe place in which to gather
strength?
'The answers to these questions we
can never know, because after breakfast
this morning we found our mysterious
visitor had flown, his food untouched.
Yours sincerely, L. A. T."
X X
'25th STREET, Sc.
Dear Sir:
'This morning beautiful pale yellow
bird flew boldly into my yard, chased
away the sparrows and starlings that
were feeding on bread I had thrown out,
and took over.
"It was larger than q parrow. had
traces Of olive green on Its head, and
Evening star., 1950-10-09
More About DR.. Rhee

The replies to my recent letter on the
Importance of nationwide elections in
Korea indicate how easy it is to answer
criticism with unconsidered invective de-
signed to cloud the main issues.
The statement that President Rhee
belongs to no group or groups, political
or otherwise" is untrue. The Korean
Yearbook Of 1947 lists him as the chair
man of the Society for the Rapid Reali-
zation of Korean Independence, of the
Evening star., 1950-10-09
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer TO
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 I street
NV, Washington s. D. c.. and inclosing cents
return postage. or by telephonirg ST 5000.
Extension 3SS.
Evening star., 1950-10-09
Rudeness

wonder how much longer the readers
OF The Evening Star, a fine newspaper,
will have to tolerate Henry McLemore's
rudeneSs.
E8i Marguerite Andrews.
Evening star., 1950-10-09

back, and waddled like a duck, when on
the ground, and had a long tail which
opened into large diamond shaped af-
fair when in flight.
i have had numerous flnches in the
yard but they were smaller, always came
IN hocks and stayed high off the ground.
Can you identify this beautiful fell
low?
Your column is bright spot in a
paper which must necessarily, at present,
present news of drab nature
Sincerely yours, T. B."
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Dear Sir:
Winter will soon be coming on and
so many birds will starve this year be-
cause so many people can't take the
trouble to feed them. It doesn't take
much effort to put out little suet every
other day, and they appreciate it. Many
people don't care about birds simply be-
cause they haven't the time to study
them. They'd be surprised how quickly
birds react to kindness. I've found out
that the birds will pay you back.
Sincerely yours, c. F. P"
Thousands Of persons in and around
Washington have found this out, that
is why sofew birds In this vicinity starve
to death.
In twenty years we have found but
two birds seemingly killed by lack of
food. They are, literally, thousands more
bird feeding stations in and around
Washington today than there were six
teen years ag&a Birds are intelligent,
and soon learn where they can find food.
Evening star., 1950-10-09

A pseudonym is permissible only
Ulaen letter carries correct name
and address of aDriter Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Transit Pass Sales Up

First returns from the sale of Capital Transit
weekly passes at the increased price of So support
the Public Utilities Commissions stand for
continuance of the pass system in Washington.
Contrary to fears of the transportation company,
the sale of passes increased rather than decreased
when the price was raised from the old weekly
rate of SITS. If this trend continues, the order
retaining the pass will have been more than
justified
The company testified at recent fare hearings
that pass sales have been declining and that any
boost in the price was almost sure to cause
further decline Moreover, company representa-
tiveS said the passes were being used in ways
that were not contemplated at the time the
system was adopted here, at the company's
request. Some pass holders even were observed
handing the ticket out the window to friends
waiting in line to board the same vehicle.
The PUG was reluctant to abolish the pass
however, because its experts felt that it provided
a nucleus of regular riders that might be lost
to other means of transportation if the pass
privileges were taken away. It was not impressed
by the contention that sales would fall off
drastically If the price were lifted The first
week on the higher rate brought total sale of
BIT more passes than in the previous week, when
the old price was still in effect. This trend may
not hold for long, of course, But as long as the
pass remains in popular esteem, it would be
mistake to do away with it.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
This and That

This young rabbit is too bold for his
own good probably; some day he may
wait too long to run.
To date, he is enjoying life immensely,
always by himself, coming into suburban
gardens in Flagrant Farms, that delight
full and swanky subdivision, to eat pc
tunias.
He leaves behind many an irate house.
holder.
Surely no one should begrudge this
small hungry thing few useless plants.
He is always hungry.
Young rabbits are born hungry. With
the exception of the mole, which must
eat continuously to exist. the baby rab-
bit is perhaps the hungriest creature on
earth.
What's the difference between hare
and a rabbit?
Many people somehow have the i'm
preston that hares are English rabbits,
that all American rabbits are, we'll, just
rabbits
The fact is that our Jack rabbit is not
rabbit at all, but hare
Creatures known as swamp and pigmy
hares really are rabbits.
1t is all very confusing, and makes no
particular difference to anybody.
Hares do not burrow. but live in nests.
They have the longest ears and the long
est legs.
Real rabbits have both short ears and
short legs. They can run swiftly. but
Evening star., 1950-07-22
BY Charles E. TroceweI

not for too long distance. Honest rab-
bits like to burrow.
Young hares have nice coats OF fur
at birth. The baby rabbit Is born naked
and has its eyes closed, just as kittens do.
The ordinary cottontail carries it's tail
up and back. so that the white shows.
Three litterS are born each year, each
consisting of four to six babies, but
other animals get most of them before
they grow up.
The nests are made by the mother of
grass and leaves, and are lined with fur
from her own body.
Sometimes the fluff from vacuum
cleaners is collected to cover over the
burrow SITE. and when this is done at
the base of tree it blends in so well
that not even dogs detect it.
If one finds such gray mass at the
trunk. it is well to pry it up and look at
the naked rabbits, then close it at once
so that no marauding animal can find
them.
Rabbits have bad name today on
account Of the disease. tularemia. which
may be contracted by humans. z
For this reason the cooking and eating
of them has somewhat gone out of style
with finicky persons who have swallowed
the germ theory. hook, line and sinker.
The modern city family. moving to the
suburbs, will do well to let the wild
rabbits alone, and to regard them as
simply part Of the scenery
Evening star., 1950-07-22

am HOUSEWIFE very scared one.
Yesterday. in my neighborhood, little
girl OF five was nearly kidnapped. This
past week, many of my neighbors were
victims of robbery or attempted robbery
My l4-year-old niece cannot go to the
corner for an ice cream soda without
fear OF being attacked. as so many
young girls are in danger around here
Our Arlington police are doing every
thing possible to prevent these crimes
but they cannot do it alone Most of
these atrocities are committed by youths
from the ages of Is to 81.
What's happened to the days when
household was home, when mothers
could know and trust their sons?
call on these mothers and members
Of the community to aid the police in
preventing crimes. The boys are at the
stage where they are not children, and
yet they are not men. Their emotions
are pent up within them. To release
these emotions, and to feel "big," they
often turn to crime.
Lets give them a healthful outlet.
For after all, these boys will in a few
years be the men who will run our COM
munity and our country. The moulding
is in our hands. Lets help them to
be strong, true men.
Mrs. George C. Adams.
Evening star., 1950-07-22

Surely there is no prettier picture
than to watch a half dozen young rab-
bits play in the evening just before dark.
The popular song containing the line
about the rabbits rush around the bush"
was true to nature. The creatures ENJOY
playing sort of animal tag, around and
around, just as children do.
4
Favorite summer food consists Of the
inner bark of various small trees and
shrubs, and such things as leaves, petals.
buds and berries.
While rabbit depredations may seem
heavy, from the individual gardeners
viewpoint, from the standpoint of the
entire neighborhood there is little real
damage done.
If one insists on trying to chase
rabbits away, one method of doing it
consists of hanging line above the
threatened plants, and dangling stream
ers of white rags from it.
This is said to intimidate the hungry
ones, we do not konw why, except that
they are. indeed, very timid by nature.
Another way Of getting rid of them is
to spray a sort Of rabbit chaser, which
may be purchased at some seed and
hardware stores.
The best system is to let them alone.
They offer no real damage to anything,
and complete the picture of suburban
fauna. Surely there is no better picture
than our young rabbit giving himself a
bath. washing himself much as a cat
does,
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Nehru as Mediator

Nehru of India has proposed solu-
ton to the Korean problem in which
peace" will be restored by allowing Com
mupist China to enter the United
Nations. while the North Koreans re-
turn above the 38th Parallel.
The cause of the war in Korea is
breach of the peace by military aggres-
sion. with the intent to impose an arbi-
trary government upon this group of
people. The issue in Korea is a moral
one. If the law has been broken by
aggressors, then we must exact a moral
penalty for this irresponsible act.
If we do not exact an unconditional
surrender" from the North Koreans,
and punish the war criminals, we are
morally weak. We are afraid of Russia.
If we do less than this. it is appeasement.
We do not have the moral right to
allow this action to go unpunished.
Haywood C. Mcmillan.
Pandit Nehru should be advised that he
is misinformed as to the temper of
public opinion in this country, and that
in many sectors his desire, noble or
otherwise, to mediate the Korean con-
f1ict on the basis he proposes is insolent
COIlOCIIp1OOuo O1 II1C C11OAb O1 1A1AClA~
can soldiers now dying on Korean soil.
1t is well for Mr. Nehru to voice opposi-
ton to colonialism in Asia, an issue
which has been deplorably interviewer
with the Communist threat. But it is
quite different for India to remain inde-
pendent of the Communist menace that
marks the East-West conflict and to
assume the role of an arbiter at the cost
of Western shame and dishonor.
The echo of Munich, the stencil of
appeasement, still hover over the graves
of those who died in the past war. It
would be well for the Indian government
to measure its stakes in this struggle
that defies geography, and then decide
for one side or the other.
Frank A. Lopez.
Generalissimo Stalins note. to Prime
Minister Nehru of India is frank ad-
mission that the invasion of Korea was
conceived and is now being directed by
the Kremlin. If the United Nations sub
nitS to Stalin'S terms for ending the
Korean war, it will have taken its first
step in following the League of Nations
into extinction.
Stalin's condition for terminating hos
tilities in Korea is braZen attempt to
blackmail the free nations of the world,
and it is now obvious that the Com
munists will not stop until either they
are totally defeated or they win. Their
ultimate objective is to win the world.
Henry J. Schneider.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Last of the River Xmas

Tom R. Greene, last of dynasty of famous
river pilots, has died. Whether this means the
end of the Greene line of steamboats, on the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers remains to be seen The
Greenes carried on the tradition as a duty.
Their example may inspire other captains. If
not, fascinating chapter in American trans
portation has closed.
First OF the steamers on western waters was
the New Orleans, built from Fulton Livingston
patents in 1911. She was a 30O-ton craft,
two-masted side-wheeler with her boiler, engine
and vertical stationary cylinder in an open hold.
The bow was RESERVED for freight, and the cabins
were aft OF the machinery. Following this ship
came the Comet, stern wheeler featuring
vibrating cylinders, launched by Daniel French
In 1913. Then Henry Shreve built the Washing
ton 400 tons, with machinery and cabin on the
main deck, horizontal cylinders with vibrations
to the pitmans and double high-pressure engine
Later river steamboats, represented natural
developments of these three models. The ships
gradually increased in beauty as well as tonnage
Some were floating palaces. The second j. NJ
White, constructed at Pittsburgh in 1843, was
$50 feet long, had seven boilers and 1O-foot
stroke Still bigger and grander was the ]. M
White III, put together at Louisville in 1878 at
cost exceeding 100000 She was 325 feet long
and had 10 boilers 81 feet in length. Her main
cabin reached 260 feet. She could carry $500
bales OF cotton at a time.
The zenith of steamboating probably was the
race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez,
New Orleans to st. Louis in three days. 18 hours
and "A minutes-an incident of 1870. Victory
went to the "Marse Robert" by three hours.
More than million dollars in bets changed
hands The contest had the effect of turning
worldwide attention toward steam navigation
on inland streams throughout the United States.
DIV
great chronicle of steamboating He took his
responsibility seriously and never failed to make
the most of an opportunity to educate people
concerning his profession. Now he is gone, and
possibly the era to which he belonged also is
finished.
Evening star., 1950-07-22

Of future inequalities by saying that far
from decreasing under communism they
would be bound to increase.
'It is obvious" he said, 'that under
communism, as under socialism. there
cannot and will not be a leveling of
Of wages. The classic Marxist-Leninist
writer's have always opposed the petty
bourgeois Interpretation of equality in a
socialist society,". AS Stain has said, the
cry for equality has It's origin in the
peasant way of thought, in the psychol-
ogy of primitive peasant communism, the
feeling that all good things should be
equally divided.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
A Boost for Stain

1t is most unfortunate that Prime Minister
Nehru has been unable to agree with our view
that the admission of Red China to the United
Nations cannot be made condition precedent
to RuSsia'S assistance in ending the Korean war.
It is unfortunate because Pandit Nehru has
great influence with the people of Asia And
when he agrees with the Russian demand with
respect to seating Communist China as a pre-
nminary to ending the Korean war, the effect,
so far as popular opinion in Asia is concerned,
will be helpful to Russia and harmful to us.
Indeed, in the propaganda war that is being
fought in connection with the shooting war,
this position of the Indian Prime Minister may
be more helpful to Stain than many divisions
of troops.
There are certain facts in this matter, how
ever which cannot be ignored. It is clear that
the aggression in Korea was launched with Rus
sian assistance and probably at Russian instiga-
ton. 1t is a flagrant violation of Russias
obligations as a member of the United Nations
ana Stains insistence now on deal with
respect 10 China as a condition of calling off
the aggressors, which he could do at will, is
form OF international hlackmail. If we were
70 submit TO 1t, no doubt the fighting in Korea
coulo be ended. But on the record of Russian
PERFORMANCES record that is filled with Soviet
oostructlonism in Korea as in almost every other
area-nothing of lasting good would be accom-
plshed. Appeasement may buy off one aggres-
sion. But it will not prevent another,
We are in this Korean business as matter
OF principle, in support of the United Nations
Neither we nor the United Nations can consider
any deal with respect to China, whatever may
be the inherent merits of that question: which
would reduce the right to be free from aggression
to the level of something that can be bought
and sold. We should welcome the support that
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Lost Words on Weary
p. w. Nagle.

The letters signed Sympathetic" and
IN. b." relating to the nurse Weary"
were almost certainly directed at me, be-
cause the nurses letter came to life
through me after some weeks. And am I
dismayed!
Instead of meaning to treat the sub
ject in f1ippant manner, expected you
to refuse to print the letter because it
was pretty harsh on the dog. meant
that if one could blast the noise greatly
magnif1ed right back at the selfish dog
owner, the intolerable noise of barking
dog would wake up the owner and maybe
make him realize how unfair he was in
permitting the dog to bark.
My second suggestion was about a
small electric fan, and you eliminated
my statement that the scheme really
works. But it really does. If Weary will
try it, she will get her sleep. And was
being serious. and not abusing" the
nurse, when I said the trouble with the
scheme was that when you got going you
could not hear the alarm clock go off.
Is not that reasonably lucid way of
saying you would sleep soundly?
Mark Twain said that always when
he wrote something serious, people
thought he was being funny. If your
readers knew how many bad words I'd
heaved at the yap-yap dog across the
street they would have no doubts as to
where my sympathies lie. But maybe I
was too subtle. and if so I am sorry:
for don't think I don't know what it is
to go to work without adequate rest and
sleep.
Hardscrapple.
In numerous letters to The Star in
response to the nurses request for help
in her problem of securing sleep despite
the barking dog next door, nothing more
Evening star., 1950-07-22
More Top Men Needed

When Congress last year restricted to 400
the number of top-level civil service employees
it did not foreSee that situations might arise
which would make the limitation extremely ILL
advised. The Civil Service Commission preferred
no statutory restriction, but accepted it without
protest, in view of the economy trend then
prevailing. The outbreak of the Korean war
and the prospect of long struggle have shown
that the arbitrary limitation was unrealistic and
should be repealed.
With the defense establishment scheduled
to expand rapidly during the ensuing months,
the need for additional key workers in posts
Of high responsibility will increase accordingly
Unless the Classification Act is changed, the
Government will be severely handicapped in
obtaining these employees. The ceiling on salaries
for the top group of officials is $4,000 year.
Previously the highest salary permitted was
$4,000. The men who will be sought for special
administrative and technical jobs during the
emergency probably are now getting much more
than the ceiling salary in private industry.
Many of them could not afford to come to
Washington at substantially lower salaries than,
they are now being paid. Yet the most that
these employees could be paid unless the 400-job
limit is raised is $4,000.
That is the reason for inclusion in the new
defense production bill of provision for lifting
of the lid on pay in the higher classfications.
When this is done it will be possible to pay
from $1,000 to $4,000 to occupants of the top
most civil service positions. That will be little
enough, considering the qualifications demanded
of the men who must be recruited to help in
meeting problems of the developing crisis. Every
obstacle in the way of securing these experienced
executives, scientists and other specially qualified
public servants should be removed as soon as
possible.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Out of This World

Just how good can a comic strip be-?
thought the Pogo series about "new
clear" fission and the 'li1 boat-tail
grackles" could not be improved upon
Now comes a single strip, in the Star of
July 10, that is another delight I mean
the one showing Pogo sitting under tree
reading ''The Girl of the Sterling North"
while the pup dog" chases the boil
weevil. Not word is said in any of the
pictures. but the facial expressions and
the actions speak volumes. Pogo is truly
the most amusing, iterate and satisfy
ing comic strip have ever seen. The
dialogue is out of this world.
M. G. *.
Evening star., 1950-07-22

constructive than ridicule and sympathy
have been offered. She might find eff
fective relief in the following way:
Spray a half pint of absorbent cotton
lightly with melted paraf1n. After the
mass is cool, cut off some pieces the size
Of the end Of the little finger and roll
them one at time in the hands to form
pellets. Press warm pellet securely into
each ear. Color and perfume may be
added to the mixture. Only enough
paraffin should be used to hold the cot
ton together.
Unfortunately, nature did not provide
us with earlids to shut out disturbing
noises as we exclude light with eyelids.
But nurse, who knows more about sup
plying anatomical deficiencies than lay
men do. might be expected to be re-
sourceful enough not to have to appeal
to laymen for the solution of a problem
in her special field.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
No More Equality Dreams for Russia
By Edwurd cronkshow

TINE SOVIET PEOPLE are now being
Il told more emphatically and une-
quivocally than ever before that they
must relinquiSh any dreams they ever
had about equality-not merely in the
present condition of socialism, but also
in the future condition of communism
Ever since Stalin's famous condemna-
ton OF the leveling off of wages as a
petty bourgeois conception. the perpetu-
alton of sharp inequalities has been
orthodox Soviet policy.
But among the common people there
has always been stubborn hope that the
present extreme inequalities would be at
least partly smoothed out when the day
came for communism to supercede So
cialism. and the slogan "to each accord
ing to his ability" should give way to the
slogan ito each according to his needs"
And. in fact. for long time past,
while the propagandiStS talked great
deal about the approaching transition
from socialism to communism, they were
careful to avoid anything like a def1ni-
ton of needs"
OF late, this caution has been cast
aside. Opening the new campaign, the
economist, V. G. Lopatkin, in an elabo-
rate broadcast lecture, "in reply to a
listeners question" brought Stains ideas
on the shape of the coming Communist
state fully into the open. in terms which
every one could understand.
According to Stalin," he said, Gin a
Communist society each citizen would
work according to his capabilities and
receive consumer goods not in proportion
to the work he had done, but in proper
tion to his requirements as a culturally
developed person" He did not define
cultural development" But the ordinary
Russian worker would take it that gov
ernInent officials and writer's were cul-
turally developed, and manual workers
not so culturally developed.
They would also no doubt ask how an
unculturally developed person, receiving
little because his needs were low, would
set about developing himself so that his
needs might become higher.
Further, Mr.. Lopatkin went on to re-
move all possible doubts about the extent