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Evening star., 1950-09-08
Greet Men of the South

suppose that the outstanding men
Of this country were born north of the
Potomac. according to your recent writer
on the 'low standard Of education In
the South" However. he seems to over
look Washington, Jefferson, Madison.
Mason. Marshall, Jackson, Wilson. Lee
and thousands Of other men who were
not born north Of the Potomac. No Sec
ton Of the country can match the in
tellect Of these men or surpass what they
did to make the United States the great
est Nation on earth. They were instru-
mental In drafting the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution and
building a bankrupt Nation of some three
million people into the richest and most
powerful Nation in history.
Today we are one Nation, one people;
and we are proud to meet our brethren.
from the North. East or West and all
this attempting to arouse sectional
jealousy is the work Of Communist spies
and traitors.
Norman s. Bowles.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Yugoslovio and Korea

Marshal Tito's government apparently is
changing it's policy on Korea Thus far, his
delegation to the United Nations Security Council
has either abstained from voting or has tended
to side with Russia on certain aspects of the
Issue. Now, however, Yugoslav Foreign Minister
Edward Kardelj-speaking in Belgrade just before
leaving for the forthcoming General Assembly
session in New York-has fatty declared, or SO he
has been quoted, that the North Korean aggres-
sion is part of Soviet plan for world domination
Further though voicing some criticism OF the
West, DR.. Kardelj has added a special punch TO
his indictment by asserting that all the present
clamor Of Russia and its satellites about their
loyalty to peace . will not hide their respon-
sibility for Korea" If this means anything at
Ill. 1t seems to mean that Tito's government has
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Secretary Acheson Too Leftish?

Twice recently have written letters
which contained the statement that
thought the best way to attain unity in
the present crisis would be for the Presi-
dent to appoint Secretary Of State in
whom every one could have confidence.
My reasons for this belief are, first, that
Secretary Acheson has indicated def
mite preference to rely upon the advice
of left-wingers or fellow travellers, to the
exclusion of realiSt6 who never have fol-
lowed the Red line. The left-wingers
have thus made our Far Eastern policy.
and this is the policy which has brought
us to our present pitiful state. Second,
Evening star., 1950-09-08
No Speedometers on Buses

do not pretend to judge the merits
Of the Capital Transit-Pepco controversy
over rates or fares or the justification
for the recent salary increases Of several
Capital Transit officials or even the dis
tribution of nice healthy dividend, but
I am interested in the fact that the
Capital Transit streetcars and buses do
not have Speedometers in them.
All other vehicles operating on District
streets are required by law to have them.
Why the exception for Capital Transit?
Surely it can't be because the cost is too
high. In many accidents involving buses
and streetcars, the answer given by the
drivers is: II didn't know how fast I was
going"
Reader.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Hand-to-Hand Combat

hi, DaEnE a ss s:R sh y in ss ss
scribner's Sons.
"Can we say Marines?" asked a re-
porter.
"Yes," said the press officer after some
hesitation. That was within the rules.
The result was that the Marines were
credited with Chateau Thierry as well
as Belleau Wood.
Then in came story from Floyd Glib
bons Of the Chicago Tribune. With ad-
mirable prescience. he had written 1t be-
fore the battle. He could not have filed
1t afterward. He was severely wounded
and lost an eye. Paris had word that
Gibbons was dead and as tribute to q
brave reporter the censor passed it. The
following day America was electrified by
Gibbons blood-curdling account of the
exploits of the Marines.
The writer can testify first hand on
American enthusiasm for the Marines
because he marched with them In the
victory parade in Boston on the false
Armistice Day. November Z, 1918.
The United Press had flashed the word
that an armistice had been signed four
days ahead Of the actual event. It ap-
peared that the war was over and the
military in Boston was called upon to
provide parade. In the traditional
order company from the Army's Fort
Devens and one from the Charleston
Navy Yard were mustered into the line
Of march. The only Marine Corps unit
available was an aviation outfit train
ing at Harvard. I was one Of them.
The average age Of our outfit was
1875 years. Only the Peters brothers
from Toronto had to shave before morn
Evening star., 1950-09-08
The Case Against Mr.. Chapman

hGDe before me a memorandum covering
check OF the personnel records, files and publ
cations OF the Committee on Un-Americdn ActiUi-
ties dated May B. 1850. Which sho,us that as early
as August 1938-at the time that Alger Hiss tDas
secretly purloining State secrets for Russta-
Oscar Chapman. then Assistant Secretary OF
Interior, aUas a member OF the American League
Against War and FGSctSm. This outfit has been
officially branded as a sinon-pure and unchal-
lenged Transmission belt of the Communist Party
in America.
The above is q direct and representative
quotation from the speech by Senator Schoeppel,
Republican of Kansas, attacking the Secretary
of Interior.
At the outset the Kansas Senator had said
that he was not charging any one with disloyalty,
with reasonable acts, or with perjury. Then he
proceeded, by process of innuendo, to link Mr..
Chapman and some of his associates in the
Interior Department with one or all OF these
offenses. e..
This procedure would have been questionable
enough If the basis of Senator Schoeppers case
had been new. Even in that event, before max
ing such an attack on a. Cabinet member, one
would think that, at least, he would have asked
MIR. Chapman for an explanation. But the Sena-
tor was dealing with old stuff. In 1948 House
committee headed by Republican Representative
HOFFMAN OF Michigan, jealous foe Of COM
munism in all forms and guises, had gone into
the same complaints against Mr. Chapman The
latter appeared before the House committee
under oath and denied or explained all of the
accusations to Mr.. Hoffman's satisfaction-as he
did in repeat performance yesterday before
Senator OMahoney's committee.
In consequence there is nothing left of sena-
tor Schoeppel's cease" 1t has simply collapsed.
All that remains is the question as to why
Senator who has not been given To fiiphtv sensa-
tionalism would pull such fantastic boner At
first blush the inclination is to seek motive in
partisan politics. It is hard to credit this, how
ever, since even casual investigation would have
shown the Republicans that the attack would
blow up in their faces. Another possibility has
been mentioned by Senator Murray. He suggests
that the United States, at the rate 1t is going
"is gradually becoming one grand transmogrified
lunatic asylum" few more exposes" like this
one, and we will have to start building asylums
on every street corner.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Segregation Falls at Virginia

The Federal court order directing the Uni
versity OF Virginia to admit Negro to its law
school, although In conflict with 1ong-stand1ng
practice of segregation In compliance with the
State Constitution, was foregone conclusion
In fact, the perfunctory court proceedings in
Charlottesville probably would not have been
necessary except for the fact that the university
board Of visitors and other officials wanted
formal Federal ruling to relieve them OF their
oath to uphold the State Constitution, wn1ch
commands segregation in education. The school
authorities of course were also obligated by oath
TO uphold the Federal Constitution, which,
through court interpretation forbids segregation
In the circumstances of the case under consid-
Grafton. There was some feeling that the Federal
obligation was manifestly paramount, but the
desire for specific court ruling is readily
understandable.
In any event, the decision of the three-judge
court now becomes the law in Virginia. And
there was nothing else that the court could have
done under the decisions announced last June
by the Supreme Court. In one of these, involving
the University of Texas Law School, the court
not only required the opening of State-supported
white schools to Negroes where there Is no
Negro law school, but made 1t virtually impossible
10 set up separate law school for colored
students. Although Texas had provided a sep
arate Negro law school, Chief Justice Vinson,
after recting certain tangible inequalities, went
on to say: What is more important the Univer-
sity of Texas Law School (for whites) possesses
10 far greater degree those qualities which are
Incapable of objective measurement but which
make for greatness in law school, Such qualities,
10 name but a few, include reputation of the
faculty. experience of the administration, posi-
tion and influence of the alumni, standing in the
community, tradition and prestige" Manifestly,
under this rule, it is hardly possible to set up
Negro law school that would meet the test OF
the separate -but-equal doctrine. And since the
Supreme Court in companion Oklahoma case
also struck down any attempt to segregate
Negro in white law school after being admitted
the effect of the Charlottesville decision must
be to open the university law school to the Negro
applicant on full and unrestricted basis.
There are those in Virginia who may find 1t
difficult to reconcile themselves to the abandon
ment of segregation in what the court has called
professional and graduate education" But the
law as laid down by the courts, must be obeyed
and the process of change will be easier for all
concerned if the command of the law is accepted
In spirit of good will.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Remember the Marines in World War i?

Ing lineup. AS we followed the Army
and Navy on Commonwealth avenue in
to the old city toward the Public Gar
dens and Boston Commons, we could
hear the crowd ahead cheer the Army,
and the Navy. But as we approached
the din became tremendous. We
strained our ears to hear what the
crowd was shouting. It was: "Here come
the leathernecks"
After the war. the details Of Marine
participation were Strengthened out to
the satisfaction Of the military. The
Marines said they had nothing to do
with Chateau Thierry. Their battle
was Belleau Wood. But the idea that
the Marines had won the war grew.
And no propaganda machine had any
thing to do with it. It was due to this:
Among the Marines in Belleau Wood
were men of artistic, literary and dra-
matte talent.
The first was Marine Capt. John w.
Thomson Of Texas whose drawings
missed none Of the heroism Of the Ma
rines' battle exploits. And he wrote as
well as he drew. His Fix Bayonets!"
an account Of the Marines of the I'd
Division, was one Of the best American
books on the First World War.
Then there was Thomas Boyd, an en-
listed man, who wrote Through the
Wheat" an account Of q Marine ad-
vance.
But 1t was Laurence Stallings Of
Macon, Ga, who lost leg in Belleau
Wood and later worked on the copy
desk of Hearst's Washington Herald,
who kept the Marine tradition on top
He wrote the Broadway hit, What Price
Glory?" No one who saw that play or
movie escaped the fact that Capt. Flagg
Oouis Wolheim on the stage. Victor Nc
Laglen In the movie) was Marine.
Propaganda machine? Yes, perhaps
the Marines, who were supposed to be
oficered by nitwits from Annapolis who
couldn't master navigational mathe-
nlsticS, had the brains to organize one.
They also had the brains to abandon the
artillery barrage and infantry advance
tactics of World War and develop the
amphibious landing techniques which
made them invaluable in the Pacific In
World War II.
They got publicity breaks in World
War II. At the outbreak Americas heart
went out to Maj. James Patrick Devereux
and his command on Wake Island.
There will always be those who will think
the Navy should have attempted to take
them of. And the Marines mounted the
first offensive when they waded ashore
at Guacalcanal on August Z, 1912.
They were 5000 miles away when the
Korean affair started, but they were sent
for. And they have given good ac-
count Of themselves. They may be the
police force of the feet, but as long as
wars like that In Korea are to be called
police actions, the Marines will be
needed. They make awfully good cops.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
BY George Kennedy

nESPTTE the Presidents subsequent
~ apology. World War II Marines
naturally are taken aback at Mr.. Tru-
mans characterization of their beloved
outfit as police force with propa-
ganda machine almost equal to Stains.
But old-timers who were in the outfit
in World War will know what all the
sniping is about. Some Of them may
even be q bit amused by It.
For the President has shown that in
addition to being the head of state,
Commander in Chief of its armed forces
and leader Of its majority group, he is
also a former captain of artillery in q
National Guard division of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force of 1918. He
has shown again that he is very human
being in whom past loyalties and past
resentments play an important role
When the men Of the National Army
in the AEF got back from France con-
f1dent in the knowledge that they had
won the war in which more than 2
million French and almost million
British had been killed (American losses
were 126.000). they were in for q jolt.
They encountered very general impress
sion in America that the war had been
won py the Marines.
How this impression grew concerning
an outfit that had only few regiments
at the front is very interesting story
and there was no propaganda machine
in the picture. The Marines of 1918
knew something about fighting. They
didn't know thing about public re-
lations.
The first break came through one of
those stupidities Of censorship that the
military probably never will be able to
eliminate. The Germans In their big
drive to end the war had rolled from
the Chemin des Danes and in successive
advances had finally reached the Marne
again at Chateau Thierry, only 40 miles
from Paris. Then they were stopped.
With the French at Chateau Thierry,
the apex Of the German salient. there
were machine gun and signal corps units
from the Sd Division (the Rock of the
Marne). They were in the battle that
drove the Boche back across the river.
To the west of the town the I'd Division
went into action. Its infantry units were
two Marine Corps regiments, the 5th
and the 9Th, and two Army regiments,
9th and 23d.
The Army regiments attacked in the
relatively open country to the right Of
the Paris road, but the Marines went
into Belleau Wood, a patch only a mile
long. and cleaned 1t out after several
weeks Of some Of the bloodiest fighting
troops have ever encountered anywhere.
Back in Paris the big news for Ameri-
can reporters was the American partici-
patton in the victory that had saved
Paris. They were cautioned that they
were not to use the names Of units.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
One Voice

Around this hill r,ow evening falls &.
Belo1D me lies the lakes cold blue.
West on red sky one kildee calls
And calls as If he kneD
There tDould be no anstDer.
Pine-scented air
Against the cheek Is like slo1 fingers.
The gradual darkness reaches tDhere,
Across the lake, rose light still fingers:
And stars close in.
am left alone. ,
The kildee's call dimn,ed out IN the
upper
Air. And then the bright, loped tone
OF one Doice: .
Come in-tt's support
HENRY DALTON.
Evening star., 1950-09-08

People are all the time sharing with
us poems and articles from other papers.
Here comes w. w. e. Of Chevy Chase.
who sends in William Blake's poem about
the fly.
It is necessary to keep in mind, while
reading it, that it was written before
the age of sanitation:
THE FLY.
Little fly,
Thy summers play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.
Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?
For dance and drink and sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.
II thought is life
And strength and breath,
And the want Of thought
Is death,
Then am
A happy ny,
II i've
or n die.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Congressman Avoiding Toxes

iss-hiss-hiss-and shame on you,
Senators-from Mr. and Mrs. j. @. Public
and the boys on the receiving line of
the bullets in Korea-for your action on
September l. when you stood up but
saw to it that your names were not
recorded. voting against taxing your own
$4,000, the Presidents $4,000. the Vice
Presidents and the Speakers 5000
tax-free expense accounts.
Don't you Congressmen understand
that we also have increased expenses
and you have voted us increased taxes
and are promising us more and more in
creased taxes? We want the names of
those who voted against your own tax
increase. Dare you give your names? Or
is 1t too close to an election?
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Mixup in Crocuses
Observer.

One Of your garden experts says that
the dubious plant which is known as
autumn crocus is really Colchicum.
Where does that leave the true autumn
crocus?
The blossoms Of three otherwise dif-
ferent bulbs which bloom in the fall all
look like the crocus. One is naturally
the autumn crocus itself. A second is
Colchicum or meadow saffron. Last is
Sternbergia.
Colchicum is sometimes sold as the
wonder flower" or mystery flower" as
it will bloom-beautifully If it is given
sunlight-without being planted at all.
Its bulb, often huge in size is the source
Of colchicine. the poisonous alkaloid
which is used in the treatment of gout.
The true autumn crocus comes from
small corn much like gladiola bulblet.
1t looks precisely like its spring blooming
sister. Sternbergia easily is recognized,
as 1t is the only one of the three which
puts out foliage at the time of bios
soming
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Crime in Washington

The Police Departments crime report for the
past fiscal year fails to support nationally
circulated stories about rampant lawleSsness in
Washington. The figures, on the contrary, show
that major crimes are on the decrease here,
despite an upward trend for the Nation as
whole. There is no cause for complacency of
course, when nearly 5000 felonies are reported
In twelve month period, or more than thou
sand every month But it Is reasSuring to know
that the local crime rate is under the national
average and that the percentage of cleared cases
Is better than the national average.
The department reported that of 14,728
felonieS reported to the police during the year.
9,218 or 625 per cent, were cleared" This Is
indeed good average compared with results
reported in many other cities. But 1t should be
pointed out that by clearance the police mean
not only cases in which arrests were made but
those which were closed for other reasons. The
recent annual report Of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association expressed concern" over the
large number of cases closed because the COM
plainantS refused to cooperate or requested
dropping of the charges. During 1949, for
example 667 cases were marked closed for such
reasons.
Said the association: "It should be reiterated
that after an offense is committed 1t becomes
matter Of the Government versus the accused
and that no complainant has the right to stop
prosecution. It is the duty Of every Individual
victimized to pursue the offense through the
complete process of justice in order that the
community may have the maximum amount OF
protection" This is another way Of saying that
the police must have the wholehearted support
of every law-abiding citizen If they are to do a
really effective job in further reducing crime in
the Nations Capital.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Military Advisers Roasted

The column by Constantine Brown in
last Sundays Star is. on the surface, a
very disturbing piece. It is disturbing
because 1t appears to be simply another
in the unending series Of attempts (since
the days Of Thomas Jefferson) to dis
credit the State Department and to sow
seeds of doubt in the minds of the
American people. Army is Carrying the
Ball, But Acheson Calling Plays" the
headline proclaims. a4r-La .yzt,
Actually. therein lies the best news on
American policy which has appeared thus
far. That is that up to now, critics
like Mr.. Brown Notwithstanding, Presi-
dent Truman and his advisers have not
lost sight OF the political implications
Of the Korean conflict. AS soon as we
begin conducting that affair on the basis
Of pure military expediency, we are going
to find ourselves in worse crises than
ever. Indeed, the very situation in which
we find world affairs now doubtless can
be traced, in large part, to our deter
mination to conduct World War II purely
on the grounds Of military considera-
tions.
Thus it was at the urging Of military
advisers that we invaded Western Europe
and ignored the political implications of
Russian conquest of Eastern Europe.
It was purely military decision to turn
away from Berlin to the national red
oubt," regardless of the political con-
siderations. Indeed, it was at the be-
hest Of military advisers that we agreed
to the secret arrangement by which the
Soviet Union was lured into the Pacific
war to "neutralize" the supposedly strong
Japanese army in Manchuria, regardless
Of the very obvious political problems
and future conflict which would grow
out of Russian participation in Japanese
peace settlements as an equal for her
three-day blitz at the end of the war.
All this was brought on by military
advisers, not the professors.
It is curious. incidentally, how Mr..
Brown can applaud Gen. Marshall as a
great soldier, and then Immediately
question his diplomacy. Yet the COL
un111ist seems to suggest that we turn
the determination of foreign policy over
to the military.
And how can any one suggest that it
was necessary to maintain an theological
line during World War II, but it is not
at all necessary during this "cold war"
which has its very roots in ideology?
Thank God the White House is formu-
lating our foreign policy through the
State Department!
Perturbed Professor Of
International Relations.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Letters to The Star

Mr.. Acheson has been and still is alto
gether too closely identified with the
fellow-traveler elements in the State De-
partment for any one to have confidence
In his considered Judgment.
While we are fighting the Red Fascists,
We need as head of the State Depart
ment some one who never has played
around with Leftists or become too inti-
mate with them. We are in an about
fight. and we do not want any halfway
Secretary Of State to make our foreign
policy. much less to direct our military
policy, as Secretary Acheson seems to
be doing.
- Observer.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. What method of transporting crude
oil is found to be the safest and least
expensive? Does France use it?-F. E.
A. Pipeline transportation is gener-
ally regarded as being the cheapest and
safest. France is now considering a
number of plans for transporting crude
oil by this method. The most extensive
involves linking LIE Havre with three oil
refineries in Normandy, and, in turn,
linking these with Is oil depots IN the
Paris area.
@. Alfred Housman was a well-known
English poet. How many volumes of
poetry did he write?-T. M.
A. Housman's fame does not stem from
quantity. He left but two volumes Of
poetry. There are few more than one
hundred poems in his collected works.
@. Is the coral snake dangerousp-
A. H. M.
A. Its venom is highly poisonous, neu-
rotoxic like that of its relative the cobra.
The coral snake is not aggressive, and
does not strike, so that it is not danger
GUS in the sense that it will attack any
one. If stepped on or accidentally
touched, however, it will turn and bite
deliberately, retaining its hold. 1t Is
found from South Carolina to Texas.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
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