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Evening star., 1950-12-14
By Charles E. TroceweN

Even then, it must have been worth
hundreds of dollars.
The men stood some inches high,
even the pawns works of art. carrying
tiny and meticulously designed swords.
Surely no two small boys ever saw
more wonderful chesSmen, as they stood
looking up at the regal gift displayed on
top of bookcase.
It was high case filled with volumes,
and on it, in addition to the Chinese
chessnen, stood a stuffed owl in the
fashion Of the day.
Almost every household in that long
block had its own stuffed owl.
This one was a beauty, unusually
large and feathery, with great eyes of
CLASSY gleam.
The son of the house suddenly got the
idea of decapitating the owl.
Let's cut it's head off," he announced.
Just how children come to such de-
cisions is unknown, but probably no
more so than how their elders come To
son,e of the decisions they make
Adults have facility at rationalizing
what they want to do.
If this boys father had conveived
such an idea, he would have been able
to put it on a philosophical plane, or,
lacking that, on a strictly utilitarian
level.
His small son did it bit more
honestly.
Let's cut It's head on." he announced.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Civil Defense Train Stalled

Civil defense, said Governor Peterson of
Nebraska at a House hearing, is like a train
without an engine. The smile is an apt one, as
local civil defense authorities can attest. Power
and guidance have been lacking and hence the
civil defense train is stalled. Washington is no
exception.
In the absence of Federal leadership, District
officials have done their best to organize civil
defense system on their own initiative. In this
praiseworthy effort they have found themselves
getting ahead of the national program. They
have arranged to buy AFRAID sirens without
waiting for Federal specifications or for possible
Federal funds which may be appropriated tor
such equipment They have planned to purchase
other communication facilities without benefit
Of Federal advice
Under the circumstances the action of
House appropriations subcommittee in deferring
decision on the Districts request for additional
civil defense money is understandable. It would
be risky to approve program of buying now
that later might prove to be out of line with
nationally approved standards. And since ma
tonal standards are not likely to be adopted
until Congress enacts pending bills creating
permanent civil defense organization and de-
fining its powers, it would be wise to await
passage of this legislation.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
What's Ahead as to Economic Controls?

Of the vastly increased military mobiliza-
ton program.
The Defense Production Act states
that when prices of an industry are con-
trolled, the wages and salaries of en-
ployes in that industry must be stabi-
lized. This need not be done concur
rently, as Mr.. Valentine and his men
interpret the intent of Congress in draft
ing the law. But wages must be brought
in line soon after the placing of CELL
ings on prices
Chairman Cyrus s. Ching now is in
the middle of week-long conferences
with the public. industry and labor
members of his Wage Sterilization
Board. The level of sterilization will
be- somewhat above the level prevailing
last June when the Korean war started
probably from 10 to II per cent over
the wages Of last June. That is in line
with wage increases granted recently by
big industries such as steel and automo-
biles. Both Mr.. Ching and Mr.. Valentine
believe they have the statutory authority
to roll back wages held to be unreason-
ably high. But as a practical matter
such action seems impossible.
So wage controls will be invoked
shortly after price curbs are imposed.
That presages an agreement on the part
OF all labor and management to forego
strikes and lockouts for the duration of
the emergency. And it means that Mr..
Ching's board must have an arm to
settle the countless disputes sure to come
as result Of wage ceilings. In other
words. the Ching agency, now concerned
solely with setting and administering
wage ceilings. must soon be expanded
INTO something resembling the War
Labor Board of World War II.
Evening star., 1950-12-14

His small nature loving friend was
Mortified.
mo" he said, no less suddenly and
positively.
The boys were alone in the library.
They had been playing flying machine,
in rug curled up at the edges in q
striking resemblance - or so they
thought-to the aircraft pictured by
Mark Twain in tom Sawyer Abroad"
What a story! It would make lust as
good a Christmas gift today as it did
then.
mo" said the second boy.
"Why not?" asked the son of the
house.
TITS been killed already" answered
the other.
That seemed irrefutable.
The older boy looked around wildly.
This time, he was not going to ask, but
to act.
Seizing his toy sword. he jumped on
a chair, grasped an ivory chessman, and
before the stricken gaze of his comrade,
suddenly cut off it's head.
Down the row he went, cutting off the
brittle heads Of the precious ivory men
It wasa scene Of make a chess player
weep. but there were no chess players
there, only two small boys, one of them
foolishly chopping off heads in the best
executioner manner.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Kidding the Schools of Reds

trial examiner for the New York City
Board of Education is right in contending that
there is a difference between academic freedom
and academic license. He succnctly explained
the difference in recommending the dismissal
of eight teachers who had refused to tell the
Superintendent of Schools whether or not they
were members of the Communist Party. eff
and when," the examiner said, academic free
dom is relied on to permit the existence of a
clear and present danger of the injection into
youthful minds of any subversive doctrine it is
no longer academic freedom but unrestrained
license parading under the name of academic
freedom"
The teachers in question are members of
an independent left-wing union which withdrew
from the National Education Association last
year in protest over the associations fortnight
stand against Communism in the schools. They
did not plead self-incriminaton in refusing to
answer their superior's questions. Significantly,
they could not have done so without auto
matically forfeitng their jobs, under provision
of the city charter. They were charged with
thorough inquiry by the trial examiner.
For the offending teachers, under the cir
cumstances to claim that their rights have been
f1outed is absurd. The trial examiner well dis
posed of this angle when he said that while
teacher may have the right to become Com
munist che has no constitutional right to be
at the same time teacher in our public
schools" The American people have learned
too much of the sinister inf1ltration tactics of
the Reds to tolerate the kind of academic
freedom" which the Communists would like to
have in the Nations classrooms.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Correcting Our Errors

The North American Newspaper Alliance hos
repeated for readers in the United States story
originating in Vienna which it saws will bring
Joy TO every typiSt. An inventor In the Austrian
capital, 1t seems, has perfected a two-color
RIBBON the lower half of which can be used to
cancer impressions made by the upper half
Writing in which mistakes occur can be corrected
simply by raising the ribbon fraction of an
inch and tipping white over black The space
thus cleared is used to accommodate the desired
text as it should appear-without errors Obvi-
ously the white strip of the ribbon is in effect
an eraser. Exactly how the Viennese genius
worked out the accomplishment of his purpose
is not clear from the MANA report, but the idea
nevertheless sounds good.
In any case, it appears to meet need which
mankind has felt since long, long before any,
body invented typewriter. Almost Immediately
after men learned the trick of conveying thought
by putting symbols on paper or parchment, they
realized that they needed ways and means for
rubbing out what they had set down in ideo-
graphs. The monuments of Egypt show evidences
of such procedures. Some of the pharaohs
edited the inscriptions of their predecessors in
their own interest, without bothering very much
to make sure that traces of the changes were
eliminated to conceal the deception. The famous
riddle in the fifth chapter of the Book of Daniel,
"Mene Meme, Tekel, Upharsin," was an adapta-
tion of this kind Actually it is list of Aramaic
weights and only by corrective Interpretation
reads: "Thou art weighed in the balances and
art found wanting"
Yet Belshazzar had reason to be troubled
by the fingers of mans hand" inscribing his
wall. The ancients appreciated the magic of
even the simplest writing. It is in harmony
with their traditional reverence for what was
thus set forth that Omar Kaayyam in the
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Trade Trends in Greater Woshinoton

The tremendous growth of retail trade in
the Washington Metropolitan Area during the
past decade is logical corollary of the Capitals
remarkable expansion into nearby Maryland and
Virginia. 1t is not surprising that the rate OF
business development In the suburbs was more
than twice that inside the District. There was
plenty Of room for business development in the
counties around Washington and little room
for 1t in the congested city. It is all the more
noteworthy, therefore, that retail trade inside
the District has risen 176 per cent since the last
business census, in 1885,
The business census for 1s4s showed that
sales in the communities surrounding Washing
ton jumped 369 per cent during the 10-year
period This was the boom era which brought
the Pentagon, Navy Annex and other Federal
omceS to Arlington, the Bethesda Naval Hospital
and other Government buildings to Montgomery
County and the Suitland DEVELOPMENT to Prince
Georges County. These Federal "invasions" were
accompanied by huge apartment and home en-
terpr1Ses, which, in turn gave rise to extraordi-
nary expansion Of existing business sections
and the construction of scores of new shopping
centers throughout the area
More recently, as it became evident that the
phenomenal growth was on a permanent, sound
basis, some OF Washington's largep department
stores have opened branches for the suburban.
ties, thus holding on to old customers and
gaining new ones More of these department.
store branches are under construction or planned
All OF this interlocking trade development
tends to bind all parts of Greater Washington
into thriving economic unit, paralleling the
close integration of other community services
and problems. AS the area continues to grow
and prosper in the years ahead, it will become
increasingly difficult to respect boundary lines
IN the planning of public and private improve
ments and IN the consideration of mutual trade,
tfamc, parking and related problems of this
urban region
Evening star., 1950-12-14
GIs Who Need Help

What would you do If you suddenly
found yourself on a deserted road in
Korea with badly wounded CT stagger-
ing up ahead? That question is stupid:
OF course, you would help him!
Well. you are not on deserted road
in Korea, but there is many a GI
staggering on the long road back to
health who needs your immediate aid in
the form Of blood. True, you won't get
the thrill of feeling his tired arm across
your shoulder as you assist him to
safety. but you always will have the
personal satisfaction of knowing that
you gave a little of yourself to a
wounded CT who was willing to give
all of himself for you.
Call the Red Cross Blood Bank, Re-
public $500, right now. Make q blind
date with wounded CT!
Herb Harris.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Chiong and the GueriIIos

Mao Tze-tung, head Of Communist
China. admitted in his June 10, 1850.
state Of the Union" broadcast that
there are 100000 guerrillas harassing
the Chinese government, while the Chi
nese Nationalist of Formosa say their
number far exceeds million.
AS Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
former head Of the Flying Tigers in
China during World War II, said: "The
United States hasn't got enough people
to win war in China. Our only chance
is to arm the Chinese Nationalists and
let them do the fighting"
A million Chinese anti-Communist
guerrillaS now existing in China, plus
nearly 100000 Chinese Nationalist troops
on Formosa. can so disorganize and de-
feat Communist China that all its ag-
gresSiveness would evaporate, and the
free world could breathe freely again.
That the armies of Chang Kai-shek on
Formosa and the Chinese guerrillas have
what it takes to give the Chinese Com
munists good fight, is proven by the
fact that they already have had a fore
taste OF Communist misrule and slavery
and now prefer cheerfully to undergo
the privationS and hardships of outlaws
IN the mountains Of China, or rigorous
training and frugal existence on For
mosa, to becoming slaves in Communist
China. They value their freedom more
than life ITSELF
We all know what havoc thousands of
Greek and Yugoslav guerrillas played
with the armies of Mussolini and Hitler.
In fact the defeat of Hitler at Moscow
and Stalingrad is due to the greatest
extent to those guerrillas. Because of
their resistance. Hitler could not start
his invasion of Russia before the end of
June. 1941. instead of April as planned
by his staff. AS a result of that, the Ger
man army came to Moscow in December,
In bitter cold, instead of June or July
as planned, and the Russian winter did
the fighting for Stain. What then could
not the Chinese anti Communist guer-
rillas do, who are at least ten times as
numerous as were the Greek and Yugo-
slav guerrillaS put together?
AS to Chang Kai-shek himself, his de-
tractors never have presented specific
charges against him. He is the only one
whose leadership attracts hundreds of
thousands of Chinese, who ought to be
better judges of him than some of the
experts" on China in Washington. His
government was elected through the
process Of free elections in China in 1947
by the multiple party system, and it is
still recognized by three-quarters of all
the members of the United Nations In
Evening star., 1950-12-14
For One Reported Missing

kno1D not 1ohere your body lies
Nor If your soul may be
Beneath green acres OF good earth
or darkblue tons OF sea,
Or ,Dinging far to one uhite star.
Past all uncertainty:
So for your sake all starlight
And seas on every shore,
And euery leaf and bud and bloom
OF eGrth's eternal store
That may be part of your dear heart
Is mine. toreuermore.
JANE n. MERCHANT,
Evening star., 1950-12-14
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. For how long period are men now
being inducted into military service?-
j. F.
A. Men are inducted into active mill
tary service for 81 consecutive months at
present, and 1t depends on the situation
at the end Of that time whether further
active service will be required.
@. Under what circumstances could q
woman be the heir apparent to the
British throne?-E. w. r.
A. The heir apparent must almost
invariably be a man because the term
means one whose succession to the
throne cannot be upset by the birth Of
child to the sovereign. A woman could
be the heir apparent if she were the only
daughter or eldest daughter of deceased
heir apparent. The female heir to the
throne is almost always the heir pre-
sumptive.
Evening star., 1950-12-14

Rubaiyat offered the lines translated by
Fitzgerald:
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line
Nor all your Tears wash out Word of it.
But the Austrian inventor has altered all
that With the two-colored typewriter ribbon
we can cancel our typographical errors If only
all the rest of our human mistakes, which yield
such an unwanted wealth of woe, could be
corrected easily there would be little to worry
about.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Anti-Purkwuy

The proposed parkway below Great
Falls doesn't meet with my approval nor
the approval Of many sportsmen in the
Washington area. This area should be
left unchanged and open only to SUPER
vised mixers.
The only people interested in the
wildlife are the hunters, such as my
self. who take care of the game during
the winter and closed season. The worst
thing that can happen to any wilderness
Is to let in the irresponsible city pic
nicker and his family.
Richard Norton.
BOydS Md
Evening star., 1950-12-14
"A Virtue, But

1t seems to me that some Of your edi-
torials and columnists are at times a bit
soft toward the Communists and espe-
cially toward their dupes in official
positions of our Government. Possibly.
I get this impression because of your
attitude Of leaning over backward in
trying to be fair. Fairness is a virtue,
but the attitude Of leaning over back
ward Is not good one for self-defense,
OF all our institutions, the press is in
the best position to ferret out the dan
gers and fallacies of such related isms
as Fascism, Nazism and Communism,
and to warn the people against those
who lean toward these political doc
trines. A wide-awake press should know,
long before anyone else who in public
life are so misguided as to have such
leanings.
Arthur @. Tool.
Evening star., 1950-12-14

Returning to Washington after an
absence of some months I am shocked
to find the streets Uttered and untidy.
On every waste box throughout the city.
there is printed: "It's the law-don't
litter the streets of the Nations Capt.
tai" Since this is the law, why is 1t not
enforced?
In the Capital of the Nation, the
streets should be models Of cleanliness.
Elizabeth Stabler.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Questions and Answers

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q fact BY w6iting The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 1900 street NV, WashinRton g.
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Evening star., 1950-12-14

sounded out and interviewed during that
period runs into scores.
1t was only after the Chinese Commu-
nists began pouring into Korea that the
public and the Government awakened to
the fact that mandatory controls would
be needed to curb imitation in the face
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Those White Lines

Recently there have been in your
paper many comments regarding the law
which requires that people stand behind
the white lines when on public vehicles.
This law was made for a worth while
purpose - preventing accidents - and
therefore should be enforced by the peo-
pie themselves, the transit company in
volved, the operators, or the police.
When the first three fail, it is the duty
OF the policemen to enforce this law.
The fault. however, does not lie with
the people. or with the operators, but
with the transit company itself. Every
one knows that tremendous number
OF runs have been suspended by the
Capital Transit Co. If enough Of the
operators get tickets for violating this
law. then perhaps the Capital Transit
Co. will be forced to restore some of
the rush-hour runs that have been
suspended. SO that the public will not
have to stand In front of the white lines
in order to get home at reasonable hour.
G. L.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Letters to he Star

Pe-ndn1es may be used letters carry ter names
and addresses All letters subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1950-12-14

fact, his popularity is growing by leaps
and bounds. measured by the increase in
the number Of anti Communist guer-
rillas and the enthusiastic homage paid
to him by ever greater numbers of
Chinese everywhere.
S. Sidney Bromberx.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Uttered Streets

Boyds, Md.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
More Low-Cut Niqhtgowns
Urged to Reduce Divorce Rate

Margie, although she's single,
has some ideas on what the we'll
dressed man should wear at night
in bed.
Il think men, too, should look
attractive when they go to bed"
| she says. "They should wear pa
jamaS, or even night shirts. l
think night shirts are cute.
After all" says Margie, there's
no reason why both men and
women shouldn't look just as at
tractive when they 60 to bed as
they do when they go to the Of
flee. It's good for morale"
Margie. who is a size IL, has a
36-lnch bust. 25-inch waist, 35-
inch hips and is 5 feet, 8 inches
tall, says her own preference in
nightgowns runs to ~nylon and
crepe.
Il like nylon best because it
clings."
She has another twist on bed
room beauty.
Il even wear jewelry when I 90
to bed-a necklace or a pin in my
hair. I've gotten loads of compli-
ments from my girl friends who
have started to copy the idea"
Evening star., 1950-11-26
By Jim Becker
Associated Press Stoff Writer

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-If more
women wore low-cut nightgowns
to bed, the divorce rate wouldn't
be so high. says Margie Richard
son.
That advice goes for single girls
as well as married ones. adds Mar
gle, tall. curry red-haired model
who specializes in posing in bed
room attire.
IF a girl gets in the habit of
looking attractive when she goes
to bed even before she's married" :"
Margie says. shell keep it up
after the wedding day. That would
save a lot of marriages"
Margie recommends a long,
slinky nightgown with plunging
neckline as the best sleeping gar
ment. "Pajamas are nice" she
says, "but the tops always crawl
up around my neck.
"And as for sleeping in the
nude, I think that's a terrible mis-
take. It's not as glamorous as
sleeping in something soft and
clinging, and besides you might
catch cold"
Evening star., 1950-11-26

wonderful group Of wooIen fobrcs for the really out
standing suit, dress jacket in your winter wardrobe
All with price tickets hot have taken nose-dive SO
thot you the fabrics Of your choice much more
lovishy than you dreamed possible All 54 inches wide
;. in gorgeous fall and winter coIors
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-28

soldiers always are, more concerned with the i'm
mediate problems of communications transportation
and supply than with the political organization of the
area to be defended
Too it is likely that in the event of an invasion,
any local government--State or Territory-would be
quickly supplanted by a military government.
The Senators who to consider the admission
of the Territories to the Union may well give serious
thought to the financing of the fedgling States.
Alaska's 10000 people will be called upon to
provide the lions share of the money needed to ad-
minister an area than fifth that of the
United States. The tremendous expense involved is
familiar to most Aaskans. The expense of main
tanning roads, harbors airfelds and waterways would
entail tax burden beyond reasonable limits for a
people whose economy primarily seasonal.
Hawaii might fare better in this respect owing
to dense population and relatively small area
Moreover Hawaiis economy is pretty well developed
with year round cropping of sugar and pineapple
plus lucrative tourist industry
We hope that the Senators will consider the
statehood bills on their respective merits-without
regard to political horsetrading-and with thought
for the people who will have to pay the bills.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-28
ROSE BOWL EVENT

The next big sporting event on the Pacific Coast
is the annual Rose Bowl game on January l at
Pasadena and it will be between California and
Michigan OF course up in this neck OF the woods, we
would like to have the Huskies of the Uni
yersity of Washington in the bowl but
The Pacific Coast and Western conferences made
it official by naming the winners of their respective
conferences-unbeaten and onceted California; thrice
beaten. once-tied Michigan which lost only one in
Big Ten play.
1t will be Michigan's third trip to the Rose Bowl,
and the Wolverines have mighty record 20 equal.
The 1901 edition beat Stanford 400, and the l94a
squad buried Southern California by the same 400
count
California hasn't lost regular season game IN
three years, but dropped Rose Bowl decisions to
Northwestern 20-14 in 1949 and Ohio State, 17-14,
last New Years Day.
The Bears won this years bid despite TT tie
with Stanford last Saturday, and Michigan got in
by beating Ohio State go while Northwestern was
disposing of Illinois, AL
California has won two, lost three and tied one
in Rose Bowl appearances since 1921.