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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-04

The same way you were brought up.
You and your ancestors are just about
the greatest revolutionists of all time.
When most of the world s people were being
pushed around by all-powerful govern
ments, Americans revolted :. and won free
dom from government force and tyranny.
Our Bill of Rights declared that men
and women are more important than their
governments. A revolutionary idea-and
Americans have kept it alive for nearly
200 years!
Today, that great idea is in danger. The
Id idea of sA-powerful government has
made comeback. And when government
gains power, its people lose precious rights
and freedoms.
n "MEET CORR ISSs ARCHIE
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-04
How do you raise q revoIvfionisf /?

Even in America, we've been giving
more and more power to our federal
government. Now you hear people saying,
'Let the government take over certain
industries and services-the doctors, the
railroads, the electric companies. -
Most Of those people don't want an all
powerful government any more than you
do. But when an ambitious big govern
ment gets control of more and more things,
it becomes socialistic almost automatically.
In a socialistic u. S. A., the American
Revolution would be dead. There would
be no freedoms for you-or your children.
We hope you'll talk this over with your
family and friends and fellow-workers. It's
the greatest danger America is facing.
CBS-Sundays-o PM, DIST.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
By Charles E. TroceweN
Milan Dineen.

The key to the problem is there.
If a station Is stocked in the early
morning, so that the first arrivals-the
cardinals-can eat, and then the others
get good breakfast, the station may
go bare for part of the day.
Then in the middle of the afternoon,
it is well to fill it UP again, so that the
birds all get a filling for the night.
At this time of year most of the
flyers go to bed around 4:30 pm Only
the cardinals, and stray sparrow or
two, and maybe jay, stay later.
BY giving all these food, they can go
through the night, even on the coldest
days.
The reason more sunf1ower seed Is not
found in mixtures is that it costs 50
much.
The way to exc out and save on the
food bills. is to utilize plenty of suet, for
such fellows as the nuthatches and
woodpeckers, and plenty of slices of
white bread for the starlings and others.
They prefer white rather than whole
wheat.
An occasional offering of raisins is
liked by the mockingbirds.
BY utilizing such foods as one may
have on hand. even clean garbage scraps,
the expense may be cut and the birds be
almost as well off as ever And the
pocketbook of the man behind the win
dow will be IN far better condition.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
"EARLSTON DRIVE.
Dear Sir:


Dear Sir:
"All my life I have seen birds, but
strange to say I never paid much at
tention to them. I never talked to them.
and because I did not, I suppose, they
never bothered to say anything to me.
But several years ago I chanced to
read your column in The Star and have
been reading it ever since.
ITO my amazement I began to realize
that I was becoming interested in the
birds!
IT got feeding box just to be doing
what every one alse was doing. hung
out For rent sign, and waited, think
ing possibly I might lure stray sparrow,
and possibly blue jay.
MY feathered friends came, looked
the place over, experimental with the
menu offered and then moved in, and
L really mean moved in.
"They came in battalions But here
is my problem. =
"They are eating me out of house and
home. I do not object to feeding all the
birds in my block, but when it comes
to satisfying all the birds in Montgom-
cry County, throw up my hands.
"Those pert rascals, the cardinals, are
my delight, but what appetites!
II not only have cardinals by the doz-
en-. but all the rest of birddom drops in
for refreshment. with sparrows. jurkos
Evening star., 1950-12-30

good reason to believe-on the basis OF careful
astronomical observation and calculation-that
no fewer than 200 billion Milky Ways exist each
of them as big as our own, if not bigger. In
deed, that figure may be on the short side for
there is no evidence of any outer boundary to
creation This place we are in, this earth, hangs
suspended in celestial environment that
stretches out in every direction to distances
apparently without end, immeasurably immeas-
urable
In the presence of such awesome infnity,
looking at his own Milky Way and realizing that
it is as nothing compared to what whirls through
the boundless space beyond it, how can any finite
human being have an inflated ego? Physically
at least, all of us here in our tiny world are
much smaller in relation to the heavens than
ants are to our highest mountains Who are
the mighty among when measured on this
scale? Who are the wisest? Despite what the
materialists say, the sight of the universe, the
contemplation of it, stirs the deepest depths of
the spirit with the admonition that all is vanity
unless man has sense enough to be humble and
fear God-the First Cause Uncaused beyond the
stars and beyond denying.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Man in the Universe

Not long ago DR.. Harold c. Urey the cele-
brated atomic scientist, ventured the opinion that
man may not be the hig-c5t form of life in the
universe. In the outer reaches of space, he said,
among the countless stars there may be planets
inhabited by creatures a lot more intelligent
than we And now along comes DR.. Harlow
Shapley, the renowned Harvard astronomer with
a statement that lends a great deal of point to
that view-a statement that makes one wonder
why any of us poor little bipeds, which includes
people like Generalissimo Stain, ever presume
to act as II we were big and important.
Let us consider for moment just where
we are. We are situated in world that is rela-
lively mere f1y-speck of planet in what we
can our Milky Way-a galaxy made up of hun
dreds of millions of stars. Yet according to DR..
Shapley, the universe is so vast, space so
hnnitless, ~ layens so infinite, that theAe Is
Evening star., 1950-12-30
This and That

and an occasional lordly jay predom-
mating.
"I watch with delight their antics
and thank God for the birds.
But referring again to my problem.
When these voracious foragers can
empty my feeding station in couple of
hours, how in the world, with prices as
they are, am I going to provide board
for them during the long winter that
lies ahead?
do they sell bird seed in carload lots,
do you know? And here's question a
saucy cardinal ask me to pass on to you
Why don't they put more sunfower
seed in with the other things you are
giving us?'
Il told him + didn't know, but it was
probably to save me from bankruptcy.
Sincerely, w. S. A."
This is pertinent question
If one feeds constantly, the bills run
high
One way to avoid this is not to
have the home feeding station full all
the time.
In nature, birds seldom have an op-
portunity to eat constantly.
In nature they must search out their
food This demands much flying and
expenditure of energy. All in all, the
songsters have managed to do very well
with finding some food nowAand then.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Gee, Brother, What Spot for a Guy!

Last September 9, The Star printed
in this space an article by William
McGatfn making fun of the resort
accommodations he encountered in
Bournemouth, England. This article,
Which recently reached Bournemouth,
has elected the folloWing rejoinder:
To the Editor Of The Star:
TN A GUY who considers that one of
l. the greatest events in the world was
the creation of the United States OF
America under a Federal Constitution
as long ago as the 18th century. At a
time when travel was so primitive that
it took six months or more for your
Congress to assemble, you were blessed
with such outstandingly wise and far
seeing statesmen as to lay foundation
which has made you. from modest be-
ginnings, the most influential people in
the world. That was a grand job.
I admire your Washington and the
men who were with him in launching
your United States more than I can say,
and believe that if Europe contributed
another 20-odd States to add to your 48
this extension of the Union would be
one of the greatest steps we could take
towards securing the future happiness
of the world.
I am telling YOU this to indicate that
Evening star., 1950-12-30

preston to that registered by other folk!
During the war we had the pleasure
of welcoming I don't know how many
thousands of your boys at Bourne
mouth. We weren't at our best
then. Our beaches were lined with
barbed wire, pillboxes, and guns. We
hadn't time, men, or money to look after
the public gardens which cover one
eighth of our town. Nevertheless.
thousands of your boys who stayed here
told me they considered Bournemouth
to be the incest spot they'd ever seen.
And there's quite bit of evidence to
support their conclusion. You are &C
customed to rapid development in your
country. Bournemouth has set records
here. Less than 100 years ago, it had
population of sos; today the population
is 10000. And-note this-it has no in
dustries and no commerce. 1t has grown
more rapidly than almost any place in
Britain, entirely because it is a grand
spot they all like to visit for a holiday
and retire to when thet time comes.
Oh yes, we've got cliffs, as William
said. A little while ago I strolled to the
top Of the cliffs with some French
officers who had toured the world. When
we arrived at the cliff top they threw up
their arms and exclaimed "Magnifque!
Magnifque!' We think a lot of our
cliffs. So much so that the towns
authorities have done everything they
possibly can to preserve them in the
natural state of the 18th and 10th
centuries, when there wasn't shanty
here and rum runners from the con-
tinent hadn't much difficulty in getting
past the customs boys.
William is just having a little joke
when he says he needed an Alpine guide.
to get down the, cliffs. We get several
millions of visitors every year-lean ones.
stout ones; tall ones. short ones; young
,ones, old ones. And do you know
although I've been here nearly quarter
of a century-William has the distinc-
ton of being the first person I've ever
heard calling for a guide to get down
the cliffs. There are several motor roads
through the cliffs to the sea level; many
picturesque little ravines which we call
Chimes" pretty zig-zag walks, and cliff
lifts at various points.
My goodness we wouldn't have it
otherwise! We've got seven miles OF
Evening star., 1950-12-30

few feet. Bathing starts before breakfast
and continues every minute of the day
until sunset. I suppose there are more
cuties showing off their latest beach
wear here than anywhere in Britain.
And the hotels? Well, we consider
we've got selection wide enough in its
range and number to satisfy every de-
mand There are sufficient luxury hotels
to accommodate real good crowd of
folk from the States. Most of them are
licensed to sell Intoxicating drinks. If
you stay at non-licensed hotel they Ii
get in drinks for you if you ask them, or
you can take them in yourself. There's
no prohibition!
could go on telling you lot more
about Bournemouth. Those 100000 peo-
ple-1,5 500 new ones every year-haven't
chosen to come to live here for nothing
And although we've got more than a
couple of thousand hotels and guest
houses, there were times this summer
when we had to tell callers at our towns
information bureau, We're very sorry,
brother, but there isn't bed left"
BY the way, if you're coming to Britain
next year for the Festival of Britain,
make point of coming to see Bourne
mouth.
Wilfred BirtwhistIe,
Publicity Manager, Bournemouth, Eng
land.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Letters to The Star

that any new victory may teach them
by experience what they ought to have
known by rote.
Munro Hill.
Charlotte. VT.
In the letter of one of your CORE
spondents attacking the views Of Cato
Jones appears a statement that should
not go unchallenged. The writer says
that the failure to satisfy the economic
needs of Asia, the cry for bread and
land" has been responsible for push
ing people into the tentacles OF the
Kremlin'
Every area over which Soviet control
has been established. from Outer Mon
golia in 1920 to Tibet in 1850, has
fallen primarily because of the appll-
cation of superior force, and not from
a yearning of the populace for the
alleged economic benefits from COM
munistic domination.
We are up against movement whose
aim is world conquest. 1t Is not con-
ferring economic benefits upon areas
which it dominates. 1t does not intend
to. It can be stopped only by the same
means with which we stopped Hitler
and Hirohito, conformation with a
superior force of tanks guns, ships and
planes. All the -four mills hydro-elec-
trio power plants and land improve
ment devices or programs which we
could provide in under developed
areas" for the next so years. if we had
that amount of time, would be mean
ingless as a means of halting Russia.
The claim that an insufficiency of these
hpnpftc ic tho q fnr tho dpfpot nf
pies who have gone behind the Iron Cur
tain is as spurious as the Wave of the
Future" propaganda which bemused so
many in the 1930s in the attempts to
understand Hitler
Once communism has been stopped
through military defeat, consideration
of economic reforms and Improvements
can be resumed. But to the extent that
we allow ourselves to become side
tracked by such efforts now, we will
hazard our chances of success in the
only area that has present meaning,
and that is the area of military power.
Veritas.
Cato Jones is not trying to drive the
race to destroy itself. He is trying to
make our people conscious of the fact
that without solid militant stand we
are doomed without recourse.
There are still people who believe in
pacifism when the enemy is preaching
hate and destruction against everybody
who is not a Communist. Have they
not read the Communist programs, their
speeches, their doctrine? What do they
expect to get by offering the other cheek?
Modesto Lucero.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Waterfront Security Is Vital

There is no justification for the fuss which
some maritime workers groups are kicking gup
over the port-securty regulations issued by the
Coast Guard. Port security is heavy RESPONSE
bility in wartime. The job has become even
more complicated in this emergency which finds
some dock and maritime unions lnfiltrated with
Communists. At time when we are at war
with Reds in the Far East and threatened with
Communist aggression elsewhere, it would be
foolish to give Communists free run of the
waterfront.
The Coast Guard is right in wanting to bar
from restricted" docks and other waterfront
facilities under it's Jurisdiction any person who
has committed acts of treason who has know
ingly associated with such persons, who is en-
ployed by foreign governments under circum-
stances which may jeopardize the security in
terests of the United States" who has actively
advocated or supported the overthrow of the
Government of the United States by the use
of force or violence" who has Intentionally dis
closed" vital military information without au-
thority or who is or recently has been" a
member of an organization designated by the
Attorney General as subversive
The chief objectors to the regulations, or
to parts of them, are Harry Bridges and Hugh
Bryson who are the respective heads of the
left-wing international Longshoremens and
Warehousemens Union and the Marine Cooks
and Stewards Both of these unions were ex-
PEELED by the CIO because of their eftist policies
In marked contrast to the attitude of these indie
pendent unions is that of the AFL longshoremen
and seafarers both of whose leaders have in
dorsed the security regulations as necessary in
national emergency The Star agrees with
Joseph H. Ryan, president of the international
Longshoremens Association AFL that docks and
ships are no place for Communist workers in
the present crisis.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Senator Flanders and Cuto Jones

In his criticism of Cato Jones, Sena-
tor Flanders makes the same mistake OF
those who believe that light and dark
ness can live side-by-side. He does not
want to face unpleasant facts. He pins
his faith on hope and closes his eyes.
His reasoning ineXorably leads to an
old fallacy: That war never settles any,
thing" The Senator forgets his history.
War settled plenty for the Carthaginlans.
War made this country an independent
Nation. War determined whether or not
the United States would be united,
whether all men in our Nation should be
free. War will settle plenty for the
South Koreans if we are driven from
Korea.
The Flanderses of this country are
dangerous men. In their refusal to see
what God gave them eyes to see and in
telligence to understand, they render us
impotent in our own defense, while
presuming to leadership.
Let Mr.. Flanders wrap his cloak of
good will to all men" around himself
and see if 1t will keep out the 26-de-
grees- es-beloW-zero cold of Korea; if it will
stop Red mortar shells. Christianity
will win the hearts of men only when
men want to listen. But Christianity
does not reason with a machine gun.
Meanwhile, this Nation. if it wants to
stay free, had better praise the Lord
and pass the ammunition"
Harrison Mann.
The letter of our Senator Flanders,
commenting on the Cato Jones letter,
shocks me because it illustrates the
kind of medicine-man thinking that
exists in our marble palaces on the
Potomac
Our Senator says of Cato Jones,
Has he no recollection of two wars
fought to victorious conclusions which
did not bring peace?" Then the Sena-
tor wants to know how Cato gets the
idea that third war might bring
peace This question is not the knock
out blow the Senator seems to think.
One answer is that after two recent
failures, maybe our statesmen can learn
victory as efficiently as the populace
managed to win two world wars.
The Senator laments that Cato Jones
evidently has no scheme for reaching
the minds and the hearts of the Rus
SldIlS dIlo GllC SlIlllCOC pGOplC 4L4o 10
real medicine-man talk, lacking only
the feathers and the tom-toms. Chang
ing sour thoughts to sweet by trans
oceanic education of foreigners or by
gifts to foreigners is not one of the
working principles which create nation
or keep a nation strong.
AS to the Senator's remark that mill
tary victories are barren, he is on sound
IL l.
our statesmen make them, or as fruitful
in safety and plentitude as the military
victories of 1881, 1912 and the Mexican
War were made fruitful by another set
of statesmen.
Since modern statesmen have not the
art to learn how to make military VIC
tory fruitful except by the bitter ex-
perience of the populace, let us pray
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Confusion on the Home Front

It is not surprising that the people continue
to be confused about civil defense. The confu-
sion outside of Washington is no worse than
that right here at the seat of Government. One
day the country is being told that surprise
attack from the air is a possibility that must
be prepared for at once; the next day they are
assured that such surprise is unlikely. While
some officials are deploring the inadequacy of
our radar warning SYSTEM another official is
expressing faith in it.
The latest instance of conflict and confu-
sion in high quarters occurred when the newly
appointed Director of Civil Defense, former Gov
ernor Caldwell of Florida told radio audience
that he is inclined to discount the possibility of
a completely surprise (A-bomb) attack now"
He said he thinks 1t will be practically impos-
sible for planes from any country to approach
our shores without advance notice." explaining
that he based this optimistic view on military
information" Let us say" he remarked, that
it's on the basis of an effective radar warning
system"
But Air Force representatives have testified
repeatedly at the Capitol that the country does
not have an effective radar warning system
One officer some months ago said the existing
system was so poor that at would be impossible
to describe" Since then work has been started
on installations at key outposts, but only few
days ago Air Force Secretary Finletter told Con-
gress that the Nation still lacks IAN absolute air
defense" against atomic attack.
Whatever military information" Mr.. Cald-
well may have obviously does not jibe with what
responsible military experts have been telling
committees of Congress- Perhaps these con-
fiicting opinions are intended to confuse the
Russians. Unfortunately they also confuse
American citizens who are ready and willing to
do what is necessary in the field of civil defense
Evening star., 1950-12-30
No Change of Mind

Mr. Truman's statement that he has not
changed his mind one bit about Spain raises
the unhappy prospect that our Spanish policy,
despite the decision to exchange ambassadors,
will continue to be as ill-advised In the future
as it has been in the past.
This may not prove to be the case, for expert
ence has shown that the Presidents off -the-cuff
comments do not always mean what they seem
to mean. A few weeks ago, for instance, he
said it would be a long, long time before he
would name an ambassador to Spain. But
Stanton Grifds was named to that post this
week Perhaps the latest presidential COM
ment belongs in the same short-lived category.
Time may show that Mr.. Grif1s is not going
to Madrid merely because, in the Presidents
words, an exchange of ambassadors is more
orderly way of doing business. Certainly 1t Is
to be hoped that this is the case.
We are engaged at the moment in an at
tempt to organize in Western Europe an effective
defense against Communist aggression. If this
effort fails the whole structure of the Western
world will surely fall apart, and we will find
ourselves isolated and standing alone. The
success of this project is so vital to our own
survival and to the survival of Western civiiiza-
ton that we should strive to organize behind it
every possible element of resistance. What diff
ference does it make whether a man is Span
lard Frenchman, an Italian, Yugoslav,
1urK, or OF any OCler ndClOnduCy! II ne is WILL
ing to fight in the common cause we should
be doing everything in our power to help him
fight effectively and with the maximum prospect
of success.
Mr.. Trumans comment gives the impression,
however, that as far as he is concerned Spain,
with its army of tough fighting men, is still
in the theological dog house-that we are inter-
ested in setting up an orderly basis for doing
business with Spain, but that we do not intend
even to try to make the best use of Spain's
potential military power. If we are going to be
that wrong-headed, there is little reason to be-
leve that any useful purpose will be served by
sending an ambassador to Madrid. And, more
Importantly, if the Presidents mental attitude
is such that he cannot bring himself to attempt
to organize a common front with all-not just
some-of the anti-Communist forces in the
world, then there is also little reason to hope
that we will succeed in erecting in Europe any
effective front against the Communists. If we
are to proceed in this matter in spirit of
stubborn adherence to past mistakes the country
had better start getting ready for the worst.
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Brief Companions

As up and dotDn the 1Uorld 90
pass so many I Mould knotD;
The laughing ones as brape and gay
As the talleSt part of day;
The kind, lUto do some louely thing
As thoughtleSSly as thrusIleS sing,
And some I pass In rainy tUeGther
But feel that tDe lDdlk on together;
o brief companions, gay and good.
Who call the t1orld your netghborhood
YETZA GILLESPIE.