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Evening star., 1950-02-23

the latest China-have been violating, in varying
degrees, the most basic standards OF decent
diplomatic intercourse. If the violations continue
to mount, how will any self-respecting nation
be able to maintain relations with these people?
How do business with them when their acts
seem carefully calculated to discourage doing
business with them? How cultivate their friend
ship when they spare no effort to be surly and
increasingly hostile?
The questions of course, apply not merely
to the Red satellite countries, but to the Soviet
Union as well In fact, they apply with par
ticular force there. For the Communist puppets
are following Kremlin policy. What this means
obviously, is that if that policy continues to get
worse, the chances are that a break with the
Russians themselves will be in order Every
thing they are doing is headed bleakly in that
direction.
Evening star., 1950-02-23

one. His primary concern is the nation
and the party. not the sectional am
bitions OF some particular locality.
The British are more liberal than We
in setting up qualifications for their
legislators. Any Britisher may be in
Parliament. provided he or she is 21
years old and is not lunatic, convicted
felon or an hereditary member Of the
lmpotent House of Lords. On the other
hand, the parties subject their candi-
dates to rigid tests before adopting them
The party screening committee must be
satisfied with each candidates person.
ality and oratorical eloquence. In Britain
as elsewhere, of course, the $64 question
is whether the committee thinks he
can pull in the votes.
British law provides that these general
elections shall be held every five years.
In time of crisis, however, a parliament
can vote to extend its life, which was
what happened during the war On the
other hand, a government may call an
election any time it chooses, short of
the ive-year period. This election, for
instance, need not have been held until
April. but the Laborites preferred to hold
it now.
Any time that a government loses a
vote of confidence in the Commons, it
must call an election or resign.
The British can change their govern
ment without an election. That hap
pened in 1910, when Mr. Churchill took
over from Neville Chamberlain. Mr..
Chamberlain himself had replaced STAN
ley Baldwin. another Conservative, in
1887, without having stood for election.
There was no general election between
1895 and 1945.
The procedure of forming new gov
eminent is the same, whether or not the
changeover is occasioned by an election.
The King asks. somebody to form gov
Evening star., 1950-02-23
This and That

Everybody writes letters, but not every
one writes good ones.
How to make them good?
Well, James Keller in his book, "You
Can Change the World published by
LongmanS. Green & Co., has about the
best advice we have read in long time
Says Father Keller:
Cali you have to do to make sure your
letter is good letter, is to remember
these principles:
/. Write as you would to friend-be
personal, not impersonal.
90. Be. constructive, not destructive.
SO. Be specific, not vague.
a. Make your point but don't keep
repeating it.
IS. Be brief, but not curt.
IS. Be yourself. think for yourself
write for yourself.
'7. Write as you would talk.
"8. Offer a positive suggestion, don't
just complain.
80. Inject friendly feeling along with
the facts.
40. Be neat and be sure to sign your
name and address. Letters written
without addresses are disregarded"
It should be emphasized that not every
letter will embody every one Of the 10
principles.
Evening star., 1950-02-23
VoqeIer and Gubitchev

The world being what it is the United
States, like every other major power, undoubtedly
is engaged in international espionage as thing
vital to it's safety. And because this is frankly
underhanded and furtive sort of business In
which outsiders can never be sure of what Is
really going on, only the insiders are informed
enough to say where the truth begins and ends
in the case of Robert A. Vogeler
Mr.. Vogeler, an American citizen, has been
sentenced by Hungary to Imprisonment for
fifteen years, after having pleaded guilty to
charges of having spied for the United States
military intelligence agent playing the role
of businessman The substance of his confess
sion may be genuine, or he may be the victim
of a monstrous lie. On the basis of what has
been said up to now about the case, both here
and abroad, the outsider cannot be certain one
way or the other. After all, it is in the nature
of espionage to be full of deceptive appearances
and confusing statements.
Be that as it may, however there is at least
one thing we can be sure of-namely, that the
Kremlin'S Hungarian puppets have dealt with
this matter in a way that does violence to every
Western concept Of justice and civilized legal
procedures. Under our own law, we are trying
Valentin A. Gubitchev, Soviet citizen, on the
same sort of charges as those against Mr..
Vogeler. But unlike Mr.. Gubitchev-who has
not Deen detained IN jail, VINO is Tree on ball.
who has defense counsel of his own choice, who
is in regular contact with his country's diplo-
matte representatives, and whose trial is wide
open to coverage by Russia's official news agency
Mr.. Vogeler has been subjected to utter
isolation.
Thus, prior to his trial, Mr. Vogeler was held
incommunicado for three months during which
our diplomatic representatives were repeatedly
denied the right to see him. Further, he was
not allowed to have counsel of his own choice,
and no American newspaper reporter was per-
mitted to cover the proceedings against him.
In the circumstances, to put it mildly, there is
good reason to wonder whether his confession
which contained numerous factual errors
might not have been cruel fraud forced upon
him by physical and mental pressures of type
not known to us.
In any case, though, whatever Mr.. Vogeler's
guilt or lack of it, the difference between the
treatment accorded him and the treatment
accorded Mr.. Gubitchev serves to point up the
difference between the free world and the. world
of Russia and it's satellites. The gulf is very
wide-so much so in fact, that we must ask our
selves how much wider it can grow without
causing complete collapse of all efforts to live
at peace with them.
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Letters to The Star
A pSeudonyn1 is permissible only
Dhen letter carries correct name
and address OF aUriter. Please be brief.

construction results in better school
buildings. But without proper and
meaningful standards to be met by
students, they might just as well be daily
spending their time at Fairgrounds or
amusement parks
FRANKLIN T. MILES.
Chevy Chase, Md.
President Truman Is an agent"
But How Free" Should He Be?
am one of the people who know
only what read in the papers," and
hear over the radio. But it seems to me
Mr.. Truman erred in his statement that
he is free agent" think, rather that
he is an "agent" of the American people,
not all OF whom read the estimable New
York Times. to which the President gave
his exclusive interview.
Anything, however unimportant it
may be considered by Mr.. Truman or
the bureaucratic hierarchy, that might
add to the thinking of the intelligent
people of this country-and s100 steak
dinners don't do its a service which
believe the whole press should be al
lowed to perform
SYLVIA PAcELLE.
Policeman Wants Five-Day Week,
Like Other City and Federal Employees
Will you help the police department
get five-day week? We are only
asking for that which other District, and
Federal employees have had for years.
We now work two months more each
year than they do,~ one more day each
week and all holidays.
At present the policeman's Job does
not appeal to many qualified and desir-
able young men tor that reason.
HOPEFUL POLICEMAN.
Plea for Passage of II. r. 4848
As Step Toward Sound City Planning
AS rector of church which has an
historic building, I am tremendously
concerned, as are members of my con-
gregation, with the passage of H. R. 4848
This bill removes the shortcomings
which were present in the original
authorization for the Planning Commits
sion.
All of us who care about Washington
are anxious that the development of the
city proceed under careful supervision.
Evening star., 1950-02-23
We Are Being Left Behind

The Air Co-ordinating Committees dissatiS-
faction with American progress in jet transport
development is shared by many persons in and
out of aviation. British and Canadian air trans
port industries are outstripping us as rapidly as
jet plane outruns propeller job More so, in
fact for we are virtually standing still in the
jet airliner field
The committee. representing all branches of
the Government interested in aviation-both civil
ana mllltary-polnted out in its annual report
that the United States cannot hope to maintain
It's strong position in international air commerce
II 1t continues to rely on conventional transport
types BritainS success with jet airliners already
is threatening to revolutionize transcontinental
and tranSoceanic flying
Inere nave been suggestions recently that
the Federal Government subsidize the design and
production OF Jet transport prototype, suitable
Tor military as well as civil aviation. But the
committee would prefer that private industry
take the Initiative. It is true that one of the
more successful British jet transports was not
directly subsidized by the British government
but 1t is also true that the company was assured
OF government market for its first planes.
There can be no doubt to the potential military
value OF f1eet-in-being of jet transports Per-
maps the Defense Department would be inter-
ested in sharing the cost of development of a.
dual-purpose prototype. Certainly the Army,
Navy and Air Force cannot regard with euua-
nlmity Americas shocking lag in jet airiner
development. If the aviation industry does not
have the means to push this research, the re-
quirements of national defense may necesstate
some form of subsidization. The question is an
urgent one, deserving special congressional con-
sideration at an early date
Evening star., 1950-02-23
The Bulgarian Break

The break in diplomatic relations with
Bulgaria is not surprising. 1t was foreshadowed
last month when the State Department sternly
called upon the Communist regime at Sofia to
withdraw it's demand for the recall of American
Minister Donald r. Heath. Sofas refusal to
do so its deliberate insolence in declining even
to acknowledge our notes on the subject, amount
ed in effect, to the last straw.
Actually, as emphasized by the State De-
partment the break has been in the making for
a long time, the Heath incident being merely
the climax of a long series of studied insults,
harassments and systematic acts of i'll will with
which the Kremlin's Bulgarian puppets made
clear with mounting effrontery that they had
no desire for friendly or even cody correct diplo
matte intercourse with us. Moreover, wholly
apart from subjecting our representatives to
crude indgnities and carrying on a vile propa-
ganda campaign against everything American,
they went to the vicious extreme of terrorizing
and killing Bulgarian employees Of our legation.
The deberateness of all this leaves little
or no room for doubt that the Sofia regime
went out of it's way to force to break relations
Whatever the reason for such policy, we can
be sure of it's source. That source is MOSCOW
a fact that raises the question of whether and
when we are likely to- see similar intolerable
behavior in the other satellite countries. AS
matters stand, our relations with the Communists
in places like Poland, Hungary, Romania and
Czechoslovakia are at best strained. They do
not have to grow great deal worse to Justify
additional breaks, and there is nothing in sight
to indicate that there is much chance of making
them better at this time.
Indeed the break with Bulgaria significant
though it is in ITSELF is even more significant as
q portent of what may happen throughout the
world behind the Iron Curtain. The satellites
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Pine Pillow

Sometimes at night, awaking, I pretend
That; 1Dinter gone, aDalk tchere
branches bend
And far from city noise there is no sound
Except the 1Darm aDind signing all
around. j.
Beneath n1y feet bro1Dn, needle carpetino
Is smooth and soft; flashing bluejay's
11ing
Brushes q cone and knocks it from, a
tree =
Where other clustered cones hang
gracefully. q,
do not sleep and yet lie and dream
Within a grope beside ,Dinding stream
Where light is falling on the iDoodIand
floor.
Here sno1D and ice haze disappeared
once more
And fragrantly upon the summer air
Is borne the scent of pt,te bouots eueryx
Dhere. f
LOUISE DARCY. :
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Rebuttal to Criticism
OF Mental Institutions

heard tonight of this man who was
talking against mental hospitals.
All have to say is that this man is
not in the know.
Being as I have been patient in
mental hospital for almost Is years I
feel that I am.
In all the years I have been here
have yet to see any patient mistreated
or abused in any way.
We have doctors who make rounds
every day.
We have movies twice a week and
dances at least once week.
RICHARD sCHARF.
American Education Needs
More Standards, Not More Money
Once again a hoary old fallacy, that
more money invested in school build
ings and teachers pay and admins
traitors salaries means a better quality
OF education, has been expounded.
I refer to the recent letter of Edwin
T. Sandberg, of Purdue University,
wherein he says, 1--WE must pay the price
II we are to save the Nation; we must
invest in meaningful education which
will secure the future. The investment
Of substantial sums of money in educa-
ton is not poor financial venture;
actually it has been proved that the
greater the expenditure for education,
the higher the standard of living in a
community"
The quoted statement illustrates the
typical educators allergy to set and Ger
tain standards of educational achieve
ment. Without definite standards to be
met by administrators, teachers and
students there can be no such thing as
-" "meaningful education" no matter how
much money is spent for education. This
lack of any educational standards is the
main reason why Montgomery County's
public schools are so devoid of satisfac-
tory results. Tax money of county resi-
dents is daily being poured into real
estate deals, construction contracts,
higher salaries for administrators and
teachers-but all to no avail without
any kind of educational norms or
standards.
In all cases, more money spent in
Evening star., 1950-02-23

srnment. Theoretically, he can ask any
body. Actually, he sends for the man
selected as leader by the party which has
. majority In the House Of Commons.
The same procedure applies in case 4
Prime Minister dies In Office. There Is
no post in the British government COM
parable to our vice presidency
For some time, broadly speaking,
British politics have been on a two
party basis. There are those who think
that in this election the Liberal Party,
led by Clement Davies, may re-establish
itself as sort of balance-of-power
factor in Commons, but certainly the
fight for formal control of the govern
ment is between the Conservatives and
the Laborites.
Nevertheless, some 80 parties and
seven independents" are in the race in
one constituency or another. For all
parties. the total number of candidates
is 1853.
The British go to great lengths to
make the election contests fair and to
see that no candidate gains undue ad-
vantage as result of wealth and power
Each is stringently limited as to his cam
paign expenses, for which he must make
complete accounting Cars cannot be
hired to take voters to the polls on elec-
tion day. But candidate can borrow
the cars of supporters-up to limit of
one car for every $500 voters in city
districts, or one to 500 in rural districts
1t is most important. by the way, what
happens in those two little districts
from which MI. Attlee and Mr. Churchill
are seeking election. For if. by some
unfortunate miscalculation, Mr.. Attlee
were to lose in West Walthamstow, he
could not be Prime Minister even if
the Labor Party won. And Mr.. Churchill
is similarly at the mercy of the people
of Woodford.
Evening star., 1950-02-23

We believe the passage of this bill would
help 1t is urgent because new members
should be appointed in time to partici-
pate in the election of the new chairman
The Centennial of 1900 will always
be remembered because it is identified
with the revival of the LEnfant plan,
the Mall, the Lincoln Memorial, and
the beginnings Of an adequate develop
ment. The Sesquicentennial likewise
should leave its mark on the National
Capital-other than the rapidly fading
memorial of an Exposition" It could
leave no better mark than a foundation
for sound planning
c. LESLIE GLENN,
st. Johns Church
Editors Note: The bill to which Dr.
Glenn refers is the bill to reorganize
and enlarge the powers and membership
OF the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. The bill is pending
in the House District Committee, hav-
ing been approved by the Senate.)
Reader Says Nom Segregated Sesqui
Points the Way for Washington
In reference to one of your correspond
ent's letters commenting on the inter-
racial protest line at Loew's Palace
Theater, it should be pointed out that
Washington is making progress The
general manager of Loew's Theaters in
Washington, Mr.. Carter Barron. is also
executive vice chairman of the Sesqui-
centennial Celebration. Although his
theaters are still segregated, Mr.. Barron
has publicly announced that our Free
dom Fair" activities will not be segre-
gated.
If Mr.. Barron would extend this fine
democratic spirit to his theaters, he
would get really rousing hurrah from
all fair-minded people in the community.
ALBERT MINDLIN.
Spanks Star for Urging
Mr.. Lee to Keep 1t Up
I am neither an admirer nor an ac-
quaintance of Mr.. Adelbert Lee How
ever, I do think that your editorial,
Keep It Up, Mr.. Lee!" in The Sunday
Star of February 10 is beneath the
dignity of your great newspaper.
- JAMES MOSES.
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any oues-
tion Of fact by writing The Evening Star In
formation Bureau 316 Eye st. Ne WASH
ington 2, D. c. Please inclose three (3)
cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1950-02-23
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

9. Have the Japanese gateways, the
tori, a religious signifcance?-P. C. A.
A. The tori are gateways into the
shrines of the Shinto Sect Their origin
is unknown. Traditionally they are
made OF the fine cypress, hunoki and are
either left uncolored or painted in red
and black.
@. Are voting machines used in British
electionS?-L v.
A. There are no voting machines in
England.
@. What are the longest and shortest
periods of incubation for birds eggs
c. E. R.
A. The eggs of most of the smaller
perching birds like fnches, warblers
and vireos require IL to Is days; those
of larger species, 16 to 18 days. Eggs
of the emu take from Sc to 50 days to
hatch. The shortest period of incuba-
ton known is 1917 days, required by the
eggs of the parasitic cowbird.
@. Has it been proved that finger
prints do not change during ones life.
time?-B. T. Y.
A. This has been proved to the salts
faction of scientists. Sir William Her.
shel recorded thumb imprint in 1856.
In 1914 he recorded another of the same
finger and upon examination it was
found that although the later print
showed some disintegration due to great
age, the pattern was clearly identical
with that of the earlier print. F
Evening star., 1950-02-23
18th STREET.

Dear Sir:
II have been reading about Temple
ton Jones for many years, always with
pleasure. want to say that his dream
seems one of the best Of all his mental
adventures. It was really a Song of
Innocence for our terrible modern
times, though imagine difficult for
some minds to understand. The poetry
Of Blake was of the same type think
1t wonderful to find such gem in a
daily newspaper.
Sincerely yours. r. q. NJ"
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Spanks Star for Urging
Mr.. Lee to Keep 1t Up

with the animals-you will never want
for readers.
Sincerely, w. K"
&C STREET.
Dear Sir:
II was happy to read the beautiful
dream of Mr.. Templeton Jones.
II know where he landed.
Hollywood!
II have seen too many pictures to
be fooled
"The next scene would have shown
100 pretty girls-count em-in 100
planes flying and dancing around MIR.
Jones as they conveyed him back home
to his true love, his lovely wife.
II hope to see 'Bing' Crosby do it yet.
yours, E. S."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-02-23
NOTICE
OF ADOPTION OF
ORDINANCE

Notice is hereby given that the
County Council for Montgomery
County, Maryland on February Ia,
1850 adopted "The Fire Prevention
Code of Montgomery County, a
remedial Ordinance providing for
the protection against fire and for
the elimination of fire hazards and
for the administration and enforce
ment of certain regulations; the
comforting of certain powers and
duties on the Fire Marshal; the
establishment of standards for
certain buildings, equipment and
operations; the issuance of certain
licenses and the collection of fees
therefor and inspections in con-
nection herewith and providing
penalties for the violations of the
provisions of the Code.
The Fire Prevention Code shall
take effect March II, 1850.
Copies of the above Ordinance
may be obtained from the office
of the County Fire Marshal, Rock
vile, Maryland.
John d. McElroy, Clerk
County Council for Montgomery
County Maryland. 1885
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-02-23
Friendship Party
Given In Parish
Hall, Rockville

Representatives of all Upcounty
District Girl Scouts met at the
Episcopal Parish Hall in Rockville
for their annual Juliette Low
World Friendship party. The girls,
with their leaders, and other in
vited guests, numbered about one
hundred.
The program started with the
customary flag ceremony. After
which Mrs. Barnsley Williams,
chairman for this district, lighted
the first candle in memory of
Juliette Low, the founder of Girl
Scouts in this country. Each
troops representative was called
to the stage to present the troop
money for the World Friendship
Fund, and to light a candle.
To make the program more in
teresting, some of the troops sent
a girl dressed in the costume of
a country having Girl Scouts or
Girl Guides, After group singing,
refreshments were served by the
mothers of Rockville Girl Scouts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-02-23

Mrs. A. G. Freeman, 1902 Ar
dennes Ave-, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. S. Luckett of Reisterstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weldon
and son, Skipper, of Kensington
are spending a week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold B. Parks, 1870 Ar
dennes Ave.
The Boy Scouts of America are
celebrating their 10th Anniversary
this week. Dinners have been held
throughout the country. Rockville
Scouts held their dinr.er in the
dining room of the Christian
Church. Awards were given al
that time, and Dennis McLaugh.
lin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. ],
Mclaughlin, 132O8 Ardennes Ave.
nue., received Arrow Points, while
Tommy Curling, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John j. Curling, 132O1 Ar.
DENIES Avenue, received his wolf
Badge.
The Twin Brook Homemakers
Club met last Wednesday at the
Extension Office. Plans are being
made for the election of officers
next month, which will be held on
the third Wednesday in March. A
committee has been appointed tc
prepare a slate of officers to be
presented at the next meeting
This committee will be contracting
homemakers to see if they would
be willing to serve as officers in
the club. 1t is hoped there will be
a large turnout at the next meet.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan w. Land OF
Washington, parents of Mrs. Lee
Mccarthy, 1928 Ardennes Ave.
nue., were visitors here on Satur.
day. Michael Mccarthy returned
with them to Washington for 9
weekend visit.