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Evening star., 1950-09-26
By Charles E. TroceweII

"We have an opossum which paid O.
visit to our feeding shelf.
"Our largest feed bills are during
spring and summer, because there are
so many more raisin- eating bird varie-
ties present. t.
'"We have counted over 80 varieties,
including myrtle warblers. am conf
dent that the presence Of starlings has
helped lot In decreasing greatly the
number of japanese beetles on our place.
MANY people are amazed at the
amount of feed buy, and no doubt they
think it foolish; however, it Is much
more pleasant and satisfying than going
to the movies. feel personally repaid
many times over for the time and money
required to maintain our feeding station.
Sincerely, p. M"
Chipmunks, tailless cats, opossums,
Carolina wrenS-.
These and scores of other natural resi-
dents of our suburbs greet the open eyes
and understanding hearts Of thousands
Of persons each day. vi
Surely, for certain type of person,
they far excel in interest many other
features of modern life.
Natural sights are to be had, mostly
free of cost, and in the event one wants
to spend little money, it is well spent.
Any food put out for the birds and
other wild things comes back with inter-
est, over the years. Above all, there is
built up in the mind and heart kind
ness and inherent decency that is price,
less today.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
By William A. MiIIen

A SMALL GROUP of prominent bust
IA nessmen, at President Truman S
suggestion, is quietly at work to i'm
prove the functioning of the Federal
Government.
They give the lie to the impression
that Business. and Government are al
ways at each others throat. This little
publicized group, known as the Presi-
dents Advisory Committee on Manage
ment Improvement. is headed by Thomas
A. Morgan, chairman Of the board Of
the Sperry Gyroscope Corp. It is in
effect an extension of the Hoover Com
mission.
It grew out of President Truman's de-
sire to be informed on the progress of
better management in government and
also to insure that the Hoover Commits
sion's recommendation would not get
lost i'll somebody's desk drawer. In
short, the committee is sort of watch
dog" defending the principle of efficiency
in government. @
The Hoover Commission was, SO to
speak, one-shot effort. The Presi-
dents Advisory Committee on Manage
ment Improvement is set up on con-
tinulng basis. And so, Business and
1OFCI llIIlcIlG BCt GOSCGIlcI w UIlUcl oId1tA
each others problems and benefit by the
interchange.
For the most part. the committee
concerns itself with internal chances
promoting better management in the
various Government agencies. but which
do not require new laws. 1t works
closely with the Budget Bureau, which
really does the staff work
Because of this-and President Tru-
mans personal interest in 1.-THE conl-
mittee gets things done. It has made
a real contribution to the ideal of in
creased Federal efficiency. at less cost
to the taxpayer
Periodically, MIR. Morgan and his busi-
ness associates on the committee take
time out to come to Washington and
confer. A dozen leaders in Government,
private enterprise and education make
up the committee
Committee members drawn from pri-
vate life. in addition to Mr.. Morgan, are
Otto L. Nelson, vice president Of the
New York Life Insurance Co.; James
Palmer, executive vice president of Mar
shall Field 81 Co.; Edward Mason. dean
Evening star., 1950-09-26
A Productive Witch Hunt

A Brooklyn grand jury is beginning to strike
pay dirt in its search for evidence to show how
police department can be corrupted by big-tim
gambling. The resignation of New York City,
police commissioner climaxes series of startling
developments in the inquiry
District Attorney Miles F. Mcdonald, who has
been pushing the investigation in spite of the
obstructionist tactics Of former Mayor >O'Dwyer,
has come up with one gambler who has admitted,
without yet naming names, that he has had to
buy up the police in order to stay in business.
This bookmaker is said to have been doing $40
million worth of business year, and has been
paying out about 81 million for police protection.
The Acting Mayor of New York, Vincent
Impellitteri, is running for election and is show
ing healthy interest in Mr. McDonald's dis
closures. The indications are that before long
there may be other changes in the higher
echelons of the New York police department.
All of this, it should be said, is in marked
contrast to the attitude of former Mayor ODwyer,
who has been picked by the President as Ambas-
sador to Mexico.
Mr.. ODwyer did what he could to discredit
and hamper the grand jury's investigation. He
called it witch hunt" and he implied that Mr..
Mcdonald was trying to make political capital
for himself by harassing the police department.
This caused the grand jury to put aside its
investigation of corruption in order to investigate
the Mayors charges. It came back, however,
with finding that the charges were without any
foundation in fact and that the District Attorney
had been "fair, fearless and honest" in the
investigation
Nevertheless, the President chose Mayor
O,Dwyer to represent the United States in the
capital of one of our more important Latin
American neighbors. The Senate committee
which held hearings on the nomination brushed
aside complaints as mere politics" and the
Senate itself confirmed the nomination
But the Brooklyn grand jury is not yet
through. Before it has finished, it may provide
us with a revealing commentary on the morality
Of contemporary politics.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Russian Roulette Is Suicide

If place the muzzle of fully loaded
revolver against my head and pull the
trigger, the resulting death will properly.
and without any question. be officially
recorded as suicide
On the other hand if there are no cart
ridges in the revolver and go through
the same motions, nothing will happen
and no death will result.
In between these extremes there are
five possible situations (assuming the
revolver is a six-shooter) depending on
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Extru-Huzurd Puy

have before me statement by the
"Army Navy Air Force Journal" Of
casualties in Korea. note that, as usual.
the greatest number of casualties falls
to those engaged in close combat on the
ground, and further that heavy share
Is born by Army officers.
A year ago, Congress passed legislation
authorizing extra hazard pay to certain
members of the Air Force and the Navy.
Why are those who engage in close
combat with the Army excluded?
Juanita Peale.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Wotchdoqs for Government Efficiency

time, President Truman himself meets
with the committee to talk over the
strength and weakness Of the Federal
Administration, and what he can do to
better it,
Applying the Hoover Report is the
committees job. Mr.. Morgan says: '"The
committee provides forum where Gov
ernment executives can frankly express
their views. They can then get sugges-
tions which will aid them in applying the
recommendation of the Hoover Report
and in improving the management Of
their departments in every possible way"
But Mr.. Morgan warns that some OF
the proposed changes of the Hoover
Commission will take years to accom-
plish. Because of its public RESPONSE
bility, Government must move more de-
liberately than private business. Mr..
Morgan warns against expecting "bil-
lions" in savings Immediately.
Just what are the major accomplish
mentS of the Hoover Commission up to
noW-and what remains to be done?
Robert L. L. Mccormick, research di-
rector of the Citizens Committee for the
Hoover Report, supplies the answer. This
official of the private, non-prof1t group
WlllCll urges tIldL GllG 11OONSI NOIlIIllS-
sion'S recommendations be made effec-
tive, puts it this way:
Major recommendations already put
into effect include unification of the
armed services: some 26 presidential re-
organization plans for streamlining the
Government; creation of the General
Services Administration to handle pur-
chasing and records; a new accounting
system in the Post Office Department
and streamlining the State Department.
Among those yet to be accomplished
are major reforms in Federal person.
mel; reorganization of the Veterans Ad-
ministration; better handling of nat
ural resources, including review board
to see that money is not spent on COM
peting projects and to end competition
between the Army Engineers and the
Reclamation Bureau by merging them;
improving public works and agriculture;
taking the Post Office Department out
of politics and merging the duplicative
bureaus involved in land management
the Forest Service in Agriculture and
the Bureau of Land Management in
Interior"
It looks as though Mr.. Morgan's COM
mittee still has quite job ahead OF 1t.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
ISpoiIs' and the Courts

Harold J. Gallagher, president of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, gave some striking figures in
support Of his charge that virtual spoils system
controls appointments to the Federal Judiciary
When only eight out of 200 judges appointed to
the Federal bench during the past II years have
not been Democrats, the conclusion that political
considerations dominate the picking OF jurists is
unacceptable Mr.. Gallagher is right in contending
that political unbalance Of this kind impairs
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Child on q Swing

Ho1o aDondrous a thing
To be happily seUen,
With silken hair blotDing-
Toes touching a tree!
Child on q suing
With clear eyes turned to heapSss,
And elfn face gloiring- e1
Enchanted and freei SssN
ESTHER cHuRcH.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Letters to The Star
A pseudonyna Is permissible only
aohen letter carries correct name
and address of aUriter. Please be brief.

words Washington, D. c. instead of
just D. c. 1t has been our experience
in travelling only few hundred miles
from Washington that many people have
no idea what D. c. stands for, and we
have overheard any number of strange
and peculiar explanations.
This suggestion is not prompted alone
by pride in our beautiful city, but by the
feeling that everyone in the u. S. A.
should at least know the name of the
capital Of his country-and there are
many who don't!"
Mrs. e. C. b.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Improving Auto Tags

The following letter has been sent to
the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia: ST am writing to advocate
change in the District of Columbia
license plates by the addition of the de-
scriptive phrase, The Nations Capital
think the tags should also bear the
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can set the answer 10
any question ei fact By either ,sr ,gsrritt1s me
NV, Washington 5, D. C.. and inclosing cents
return postage. or by telephontnS st. 5000.
Extension S5S.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Al what rate does the population
of the world increase daily?-N. r.
A. Each day the increase in popnla-
ton amounts to $1,000. ,'tr
Evening star., 1950-09-26
More About Mr.. Hurrimon

the Star. in its lead editorial of Sep
dmber 20, criticizes w. Averell Harri-
man for calling for the defeat of Sena-
tor Robert A. Taft, and says that this Is
very cheap politics"
The second paragraph of the editorial
is devoted to the so-called labor bosses.
Why doesn't The Star sometime tell us
about the management bosses and how
they want to retain the Senator and his
act? And why are the labor bosses worse
for wanting repeal than the management
bosses who wish to retain?
The Star knows, for example, that the
Typographical Union, whose members it
employs, elects its officers in democrat
ic way by popular vote. These officers
are charged with carrying out the will of
the majority. which is repeal of the
Taft-Hartley Act.
The Star says Mr.. Hartman t'has
joined this partisan hue and cry, and in
so doing he has forfeited any claim to
respect or support as an instrument of
bipartisan foreign policy" This is a
direct charge against Mr.. Harriman's
sincerity and an attempt to discredi5
him in the future.
Well, of course, 1t is reasonable to see
why The Star favorS Senator Taft and
the act which bears his name. And do
not wish TO criticize them for so doing,
because that is in their interest.
However, when The Star attempts to
distort the facts on its own editorial
pages. it should not be too critical of
others, who just might be as sincere as
The Star pretends to be in this editorial.
Arthur w. Brunei,
Vice Chairman, Labor's League for
Political Education. Prince Georges
County.
The recent ridiculous charges made by
w. Averell Hartman, adviser to the adj
ministration on our so-called "biparti-
san" foreign policy. against Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft are another in series of
events which are making many Demo-
Gratis disguised with their leaders. Harri-
man is supposed to now represent the
country's foreign policy. Instead, he is
heard from only when he makes po-
litical speech which is part of the cam
paign Of labor and the Democratic Party
alliance to defeat Senator Taft.
OF all the people in the country who
might be accused of Communist SYM
pathy or aid, Senator Taft should be
the last. f
Virginia Democrat.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

Q. How can low-grade honeys be
made more marketable?-C. 3. :.
A. Scientists have learned to refine
by the use Of bentonite or, charcoal.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

Q. Carson City, New, Is rated as the
smallest State capital. What Is the
population according to the 1850 census
report?-Z. L. M.
A. This State capital has population
of 3,069.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
FTC Accuses Store Chain
OF FaIsifyinq on Sales

), The Federal Trade Commission
yesterday accused Edward Gold
stein Enterprises. Inc, operator of
a retail store here, of misrepre-
senting prices and falsely claim
ing the store was quitting business.
The commission said the store
here has been operated under the
name Of Brentley's, Inc, and
Brentley- Edwards at 425 Seventh
street NV.
The complaint said the respond
ents represented, in connection
with going out Of business sales,
that Brentley'S, Inc, was selling
its stock at a discount Of SO per
cent or more from regular prices.
Actually, the complaint added,
the store did not go out of busi-
ness. and did not use the price
reductions advertised.
Goldstein Enterprises also oper-
ates retail stores in New York,
Baltimore and Upper Darby, Pa.
Addresses of both the parent firm
and Brentley's, Inc, a subsidiary,
also named in the complaint, were
given as New York.
A first hearing was scheduled
September Z before Trial Exami-
ner John w. Addison.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
Lost Missionary Plane
Found Burned With
IS Presumed Dead
Bx the As,eeiated Prs,s

CHICO. Calf, July 15.-A DC-3
plane which disappeared last
month while carrying Is members
Of missionary party to South
America has been found burned
ON the Venezuela Columbia bor-
der and all aboard are presumed
dead, the missions headquarters
reported today.
The word came to the New
Tribes mission here from two of
its representatives at Maracaibo,
Venezuela, Robert Shaylor and
Carlton Hilker. whose wife and
three children were aboard the
Inflated craft.
Their cable said they had To-
Gated the ship, "a charred wreck
age" in the Perija Mountains,
which form the border between
Venezuela and Columbia. The
message made no mention of sur
vivors.
The two said they had first
sighted the wrecked plane from
Evening star., 1950-07-16
Rent Control Office
Set Up 10 Succeed
3 Regional Units
By Robert J. Lewis

A new Office has been set up
in Washington to run the Govern
ment's rent control operations In
10 States and Puerto Rico, Hous-
ing Expediter Tighe e. Woods dis
closed last night.
Establishment of the office here
resulted from a consolidation OF
three regional Offices with head
quarters in Boston, New York and
Atlanta. 1t will mean a saving OF
about so per cent in regional office
personnel costs and a cut of about
rs per cent in Office space and
other expenses, Mr.. Woods said.
Heading up the new ofiice will
be John j. Pendergast, former
head of the New York regional
Office.
The merged region will be
known as the Eastern Region anC
will have jurisdiction over rent
control activity in Connecticut
Maine. Massachusetts,. New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Delaware, Maryland. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina. Tennessee and Puerto
Rico.
Edgar Driscoll, formerly head OF
New England Region, will remain
in Boston as associate regional
housing expediter, and Ken Camp
bell, formerly head of the Atlanta
Region, will remain there. Peter
Craig. formerly head of the At
lanta information office, will come
to Washington to serve in that
capacity for the entire region.
The Eastern regional Office will
have its headquarters in Tempo
E. Fourth and Adams drive S.W.
The consolidated office will ad-
minister Federal rent control
based on q new act substantially
the same as in effect. in previous
years. Under the law, controls
will expire December 81, with pro-
vision that any incorporated city,
town or village which wishes to
have rent control continued NAV
indicate this by a favorable vote
OF the governing body or by popu-
lar referendum.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
Hearing Aid Worn
In Home 0nIV

Chicago, Ill. l.-Many deafeAed
persons have discovered how to
overcome their deafness by sim
ply wearing a hearing aid only
at home and again enjoying
friendly companionShip which
seemed lost forever. Others wear
the tiny aids only while in church
or at q theatre. They are amazed
at the scientific progress which
enables them to hear even q
whisper, wearing only tiny de-
vice designed TO be almost, or in
many cases completely invisible.
Accepted by the American Medi-
cal Association Council on Physi-
cal Medicine. II you would like
full details on overcoming deaf
ness ut home, Beltone, Dept.
R-2l3, 1450 w. 10th st., Chicago
8, H., will gladly mail you a free
brochure and explain how you
may try this tiny device In your
own home without risking @
penny. Write Beltone today.
Evening star., 1950-07-16

the air on July 6. After return
ing to their base at Maracaibo,
they set out on foot and reached
the crash on July 8.
The New Tribes mission trains
missionaries for work in wide
spread sections Of the world. The
plane left Miami June 8 for
Maracaibo and was not heard
from again.
Mission headquarters said the
planes occupants were:
Capt. Ben Wetherald, 20, of
Portland, Ore, the pilot: David
Kimball, ~. Chico mission, CO.
pilot: Mrs. David Kimball, 25,
stewardess; John Greiner, 38. head
of the mission training camp at
Stoneyford, Calf: Clyde II. Snow,
3S, Covina, Calf; Mrs. Mildred
CARRIER. IS, Chico; Harold Mills,
36, Greencastle. Pa: William E
Hoffman, Bloomfield, N. j.: Mrs.
Margaret Hoffman, and the two
Hoffman children, Laura Elma,
and William E. Hoffman, jr.;; Mrs.
Betty Hilker, 26. Brainerd, Mimi,
and her three children. Media
Ruth, Daniel Ward and David
William Hilker.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
West Point Cadet,
Sworn at Is, Pays
Board Till He's II

WEST POINT, N. Y, July is
(NANA).-It doesn't pay, in dol
lars and cents. to enter the Mill
tary Academy too young, q IT.
year-old cadet is learning.
John A. Wisniewski Of Buffalo,
who was sworn as o cadet on July
5, paid for room and board here
until today, his 17th birthday. He
is among the youngest ever to
have entered the academy.
Technically, cadets must be at
least II. but youths slightly under
that age are permitted to stay
provided they foot their own bills,
according to q spokesman for
Representative Tauriello of Buff
falo. who appointed Cadet Wis
nieWSki.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
ke[rick, Kane Named
To Greater National
Capital Committee

Harry L. Merrick, Washington
Board Of Trade secretary, anc
Francis J. Kane. trade boarc
directors. have been appointed te
serve on the executive committee
Of the Greater National Capita
COMMITTEES.
The two, whose appointments
were announced today by Chair
man James z. Collifiower, are
the only new members Of the
committee. Mr.. Merrick is vice
president Of Kal. Ehrlich and Mer.
rick Advertising Agency and Mr.
Kane is president Of the Kane
Transfer Co.
Reappointed to the committee
which is part Of the Board o1
Trade are:
Bruce Baird, e. c. Baltz, Garter
T. Barron, Daniel w. Bell, Ken.
meth Berkeley. Robert D. Black
lstone, Herbert c. Blunck. Clarenc,
F. Burton, Morris Cafritz, Edward
r. Carr, James A. Cassidy, Leor
Chatelain. jr., Edward r. Cola.
day. Major Henry M. Cunning.
ham, Louis A. Dellwig, Clark G.
Diamond, Charles B. Dulcan, sr.
Robert v. Fleming, E. c
Graham, Thomas j. Groom. Gran.
vile GUIDE, Francisco j. Herman.
dez, Joseph D. Kaufman, Samue
H. Kaufman. c. j. Mack, Arthur
j. May. B. M. McKelway, Joseph
c. McGarraghy. A. M. McLachlen
L. P. McLachlen, E. D. Merrill, L
Gardner Moore. Edgar Morris
Claude w. Owen, John A. Reilly.
William C. Shelton, Evan A
Sholl, F. P. H. Siddons, Fred A
Smith, Philip M. Talbot, Wilmer
j. Waller, Frank E. Weakly and
Lawrence E. Williams.
Evening star., 1950-07-16
GAR Ladies' to Meet

q. s. Grant Circle No. / of the
Ladies Of the Grand Army of the
Republic will meet at 8 pm. Tues
day in Room 41S, Washington
Loan and Trust Building, Ninth
and F streets NV.
Evening star., 1950-07-16

Mount Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 49, .344
feet high, is said by the National
Geographic Society to be the
worlds highest active volcano.
Evening star., 1950-07-16

/ Seeing is believing! And you're abso.
lately ander no obligation to buy
aVher you call Capitol. WeH be glad
to send em0mstrator to yoar home
at your 0sUn convenience!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-25

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S0R0pTIMISTS TO
 MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
 AT MORGAN RESIDENCE

Instead of it's usual noon lunch con at the Baranof Hotel, the So- roptimist Club will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Bernice Morgan. Installa- tion of new officers and initiation will take place and refreshments will, be served. The affair will be formal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-25

Sewing machines for rent at Tine White Sewing Machine Center. 52-rs
Evening star., 1950-05-12

realism, has kept the faith with
the original. So have Garfield,
Micheline Prelle, Luther Adler, a
youngster named Orley Lindgren
and others of the cast. They have
not made another THE Killers"
out of this harsh fiction but the
truth is that Hemingway neg
lected to inspire them with any
such fervor.
Frances great race tracks sup
ply Under My, Skin" with a
dramatic setting. These are the
classic centers of thoroughbred
racing and a mean, conniving
jockey looks more reprehensible
against such a background than
if he were closer to home. More
over, the grace and beauty of the
beasts he rides should be enough
to make the most despicable hu-
man think twice about the next
dirty deal he is planning.
The principal action of Under
My Skin" is laid in France to
which Jockey Danny Butler and
his son have retreated to escape
the wrath of a bookie the former
caught in one of his fast switches.
Here the two set up headquarters
in the cafe of a beautiful widow