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Evening star., 1950-06-19
Commencement

Neper again WiH she wear innocence
As brightly as IL falls upon her notD
Here beauty pours like sunlight through
her hair:
Youth describes the crescent OF her
brotC
She trenbles on threshold. as one phase
Is ended, and the other not ret begun:
For this brtet moment she Is lost betweer
The past and future, belonging to
neither one
She hears q Uotce: 1t Is the udledictton,
And then another; but no commence
ment speech
Can spell the magic Of this stirring hour,
The iDonder opening out before her
reach.
Tomorrow. Oh. tomorrow there vtu be
time
To sort her dreams; now they ,ctH haas
to iudit
little longer. Tomorrow she pnl b
ready
To dare the World =. a high school
GRADUATED
MAE wNKLER GOODMAN. .
Evening star., 1950-06-19
"16th STREET.

18th STREET.
Dear Sir:
II am forwarding you an article about
a snake.
This is written as though snakes have
offspring as mammals do.
81 have always been taught that snakes
Matched from eggs.
"Am wrong? Tell us about snakes.
Sincerely, L. K. p"
Snakes may be oviparous or viviparous
These fancy words are defined as follows:
Oviparous-Producin eggs that hatch
after extrusion from the body.
Viviparous - Producing living young
from within the body, as do nearly all
mammals. many reptiles and q few fishes.
Young of viviparous snakes come from
the mothers body alive. and are able to
take care of themselves at once
4
tration of this is seen in the little guppy.
AS many as 80 young are produced
alive in few hours.
Young guppies are about an eighth
Of an inch long, silvery. with bright little
eyes. and the ability to swim swiftly at
birth.
The latter is necessary, else the parents
will eat them.
The young swim to plants and hide.
That Is one Of the reasons for keeping
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Mr.. Truman and Fr
The most unSurnrisi

Inc most unSurprlSlnG the past
week was the friendly little n. Tween the
President and some $50 CIO o.1.cials in the
White House rose garden.
The CIO delegation went to the White House
after listening to pep talks calling for 81 million
political war chest and denouncing the Taft
Hartley Act and its author, Senator Taft. Mr..
Truman, smiling cheerfuly as he was told that
his political strength is on the upgrade said to
the delegates: Keep up the good work. Election
day is the first Tuesday in November"
In all of this, to repeat, there was nothing
surprising. 1t merely confirms the obvious
namely, that the President and the CIo are the
closest of political allies, and that neither has
any other place to go. Whether it is an alliance
that will be as effective in the future as it has
Evening star., 1950-06-19

Government branch, is hog-tied by po-
litical patronage.
Hoover Commission advocates have at
times seized upon the present setup
as frightful example of the need for
reform. particularly the need for taking
the Post Office out Of politics. If man
agement and accounting procedure were
cleaned up. they say, and If postmasters
no longer needed confirmation by the
Senate, there would be no deficit and
no need for service cuts Of this sort.
In its report. however the Hoover
Commission task force was not nearly
so sanguine on this point.
There are indications" the task
force wrote, that the American public
is now overserviced in a number of re-
spects. There may be some question.
for example. as to the. number of mail
deliveries made each day to certain
areas. Again. there may be some oues-
ton as to the length of hours of win
dow service provided at post Offices.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Freedom Of the Press
w. S. Barnett.

Most sensible people, think, will agree
that the Hutchins-Luce Commission on
Freedom of the Press went rather too
far in some of its structures against news
papers. But when The Associated Press
sees fit to end the 550-word dispatch you
headed Chicago Tribune Man Writes
Book Ripping Luce Press Report"-"Dog
Bites Man" head If ever saw one-it
only lends credence to some of the COM
missions charges.
The Chicago Tribune has been de-
nouncing the commission and impugn-
ing its motives for three whole years
now. and it Is hardly news that its re-
porter's findings" confirm those of his
boss. Freedom of Information" the
brilliant defense of newspapers written
by Herbert Brucker. editor of The Hart
ford Courant, answered the commissions
charges without impugning its obvious
sincerity. If any answer to the commits
sion Is news, how come the AP did not
give similar prominence to Bruckers
book?
M Starr
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Georqio on Nv Mind

get sick and weary of the constant
deriding of Georgia here in Washington.
Having been born and reared in Georgia,
I know q little of it's problems and de-
lights Each time someone writes of
Georgia, he chooses our Slums and racial
problem. No one comments on the prog
ress of our State. Nowhere in Washing
ton or Maryland have I seen the prog
ress and beauty that Georgia has. No
one tells of our many beautiful schools,
churches, stores or homes. Just slums.
Nowhere in Georgia is the Negro hated
as he is up here, No one in Georgia is
constantly harpins on the Negro prob
lem. We have no problem with our Ne
groes in comparison to the racial prob
lem that is evident up here.
Is The Star afraid to send someone
to Georgia to find out that we aren't
drinking from wells or reading by kero~
sene lamps? Why not, for a change,
print one nice thing about my State?
The newspapers at home do not en-
croach upon your territory up here. We
are not trying to peddle your embar-
rassments down South, so leave ours out
up here.
Juliette r. Hill.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
The Milk Strike Ends

The Districts eight-day milk strike has ended
on the usual note of compromise.
From the point of view Of the union, the settle
ment is partial victory Henceforth the en-
ployeS will work an average 5h day week instead
of six without loss of pay. The union had asked
a straight five-day week. The dairy operators,
having been willing to grant the five-day week,
may feel that they have won something in the
additional half day of work. They retreated,
however, on what they appeared to regard as
the major issue-the right of the dairieS to cut
their operation from seven-day to a six-day
basis. The employers had said that this was a
matter of management policy, which could not
be dictated by the union. But deliveries will
continue on a seven-day basis, so the union
seems to have won the point.
The party to this dispute which has won
nothing is the public For eight days the people
of the community have had to 60 without milk,
or have been able to obtain it through the after
thought emergency arrangements only with
considerable difficulty and inconvenience The
tentative moves to open this market to outside
milk, which, if carried through would have given
the public a greater measure of protection in
the future, presumably will be abandoned as a
result of the settlement. All that remains now
is to wait and see whether the price of the
settlement will come, as usual, out of the pocket
of the consumers. The management has said
that without the Six-day delivery system it could
not absorb the cost of meeting the union
demands. If that also applies to the cost of the
compromise settlement, then the already-high
cost of milk in the District can be expected to 20
still higher.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Wotergote Music

Business is good at the Watergate. That is a
materialistic way of saying that crowds of people
have been finding this seasons riverside music
attractive. The presentations of the San Carlo
Opera Company have been artistic productions
deserving large audiences. Fortune Gallo's stars
are singers of distinction and their performances
will be remembered with pleasure for long time
to come.
Perhaps the present moment is as good an
occasion any for calling attention to the fact
that the characterization of opera is one of the
great achievements of our century. Previously
music drama was the exclusive privilege of
princes and millionaires. Even gallery seats
were too expensive for ordinary. folk. Kiralfy,
the Aborns and more recently Mr.. Gallo have
brought opera within the economic range of
average citizens. This has been benefaction
for thousands of men, women and children who
otherwise might never have known the happiness
OF adding such masterworks as Aida" LA
Boheme," Carmen" and "Madama Butterfly"
to their experience.
The Watergate furnishes an outdoor theater
for music of the highest artistic excellence at
popular prices. What currently is happening
there proves that. But Washington also neeos
proper modern opera house for autumn and
winter use. In this connection it is interesting
to note that impoverished Vienna is rebuilding
her famous temple of operatic music, destroyed
in the war. Such facility the Austrians have
decided, is imperative to their existence as
community worthy of the name.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
How Much Mail Service Can We Afford?

Over the years. there has been a slow
retrenchment and revision in services.
but there is strong evidence that tradi-
ton. conjecture and the demands OF
vocal minorities have been major In
fluences in determining the extent Of
service to be rendered to the public"
The Hoover Commission report rec
ognizes the difference between the Post
Once Department and q private buSi-
ness. It takes note Of the fact that
the department has always sacrificed
business efficiency In the name Of serv-
ice
For instance. not one of the country's
$4,000 fourth-class post Offices Is. OF
is likely to become, self-Supporting. The
same is true Of l4.o0o-odd third-class
post Offices. OF seven types Of mail.
only one. first-claSs mail. turns in an
annual profit. In eight categories Of
special services. only one. postal savings.
Is in the black.
In addition. the Post once Is charged
with five different types Of free mail,
with expensive services performed for
other Government agencies-and with
hidden subsidies paid to mail carriers
In the form of high rates to railroads
and airlines.
No private business could afford the
services that the Post Once under
takes. The Hoover Commission. setting
itself squarely to the task of making
a going business" out Of this depart
ment, admits that service cuts In many
categories will be necessary.
And so the issue that faces the Con-
gress and the public boils down to this:
=. Is the Post once to remain what 1t
has been in the past-an increasingly
expensive service branch Of the Govern
mentor should 1t be transformed. with
an almost inevitable reduction in service,
into a self sustaining business PROPOSE
ton as suggested by the Hoover Com
mission?
There would appear to be room for
honest disagreement on this issue
There are some people who say We
should not have better postal service
than we can afford. There are others
who hold that we can't afford to have
q postal service that isn't the best.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Easy Come-Hord to Deport

1t has taken long time and a lot of Gov
ernment effort and expense to deprive Harry
Bridges of the American citizenship which he
obtained illegally in 1945. Before that more time
and money had been wasted in futile efforts to
deport him to his native Australia. All of which
shows how much easier it seems to be for unde-
sirable aliens to enter the United States and
become naturalized than it is to get rid of them
afterwards
Bridges had no difficulty in making a legal
entry into this country back in 1920 Thereafter
he hoodwinked the Government by making
several applications for citizenship, only to let
them lapse. Meanwhile he had begun his West
Coast career as labor agitator winning special
prominence as a radical labor leader in the
violent San Francisco waterfront strike of 1894.
The Governments efforts to deport him as an
alien advocating overthrow of the Government
by force or violence began in 1898, but it failed
when the Supreme Court ruled in the Strecker
case that past membership in an organization
advocating such overthrow was not enough to
warrant deportation. James NJ Lands, then
dean OF the Harvard Law School, but acting as
special adviser to the Labor Department, studied
the case and held that the evidence did not
support allegations that Bridges was a member
Of the Communist Party. In 1910 Congress- as a
result of the Supreme Court ruling in the
Strecker case, amended the law to provide for
deportation If past membership could be shown.
The next year the second deportation proceed
ings were instituted, as result of which Bridges
again was ordered deported, but the order was
appealed, and after long court fight the
Supreme Court in 1945 held the order to be
invalid
Then, in September, 1945, Bridges finally
succeeded in obtaining naturalization. Last year
the Immigration Service, after long investigation,
brought perjury and conspiracy charges against
Bridges, charging that he had defrauded the
Government by concealing his membership in
the Communist Party An 81-day trial in Federal
Court in San Francisco resulted in the convic-
ton of Bridges and two aides. Now Federal Judge
Harris at San Francisco has ordered Bridges
citizenship revoked.
The question arises why it took SO long to
establish positive proof of the subverSive afhia-
tions of this notorious immigrant If the evi-
dence later discovered had been available earlier
Bridges might long since have been kicked out
OF the country whose hospitality he violated.
The way at last is paved for Bridges deportation
but there may be more trouble ahead, for
Australia has indicated she does not want him
back Too bad we ever let him into this country
In the first place Closer screening of such aliens
might save us a lot of trouble later on.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Pigeons, A. B.

1t comes only as slight jolt to hear that
at Harvard select group of pigeons is being
trained to play ping pong, make music and push
buttons for food. Harvard has always offered
unusual advantages to the scholarly, although
never before, as far as is known to our feathered
friends. In the second place, coming close on
the heels of the news that another professor,
from Yale University is teaching apes to talk,
1t confirms growing suspicion that in some
scientific circles there is a school of thought
which holds that mere man is on the way out
Precisely what these polished pigeons will
do with their education remains in doubt Pos
sibly they viii be used as intellectual comman-
does, flying wedge to bring air-lift culture to
their less douth brethren across the Charles, on
Boston Common. notorious gangSter-like breed
which has tdive-bombed unwary Boston citizens
for generations for peanuts Equipped with little
green baize bags, miniatures of those immemo-
rally shoaldered, by Harvard students, the
winged graduates could strut among their fellows,
teaching them to COO with broad A.
In the meantime, their exploits are being
studied by . Professor B.<F. Skinner as guide
TO child psychology. With record crop of chill
dren on tap, his approach may seem to some to
be the long way around. It looks more like an
other indication that our dumb friends are being
groomed to take over and carry on our ways
With ping pong playing pigeons and talking
apes you have the makings of an animal king
dom housepary already.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Revising Social Security

When it acts on the measure tomorrow-aS
scheduled-the Senate will almost certainly vote
Overwhelmingly in favor Of greatly increasing
both the coverage and the benefits of our social
security system. This is predictable because both
major parties are committed to such liberaliza-
tion though the system itself-from the admins
trative and financing standpoint-has given rise
to enough serious doubts to suggest that it is in
need of a thorough going overhaul
AS pointed out by Senator Millikin, ranking
Republican member of the Finance Committee,
the pending legislation represents the first COM
prehensve change in the social security law since
the laws enactment in 1885. Though it differs
in several respects from the version passed by
the House last year, it is essentially the same as
that version insofar as it expands coverage and
increases annuities and benefits for retired
citizens (65 years old or over and their depend
ent survivors.
When reconciled in conference with the
House approved bill, the Senate measure will add
upward of 10000 900 individuals to the $4,000 900
workers now covered by our Federal system OF
old-age annuities and survivors benefits. The
additions will include, within certain limits, such
hitherto exempted claSsi1cations as domestics,
farm-laborers salesmen and employees of nom
profit organizations. To help pay for this change,
which will involve something like q doubling of
payments, the employer -employe fax is likely to
be applied to the first 1900 of workers annual
wage, instead of the present $4,000.
At the moment a bit more than 1000 900
Americans-or about 7kz per cent of our total
population-are aged 65 years or over. OF these,
roughly 100000 are receiving Federal retirement
annuitieS, but this number will increase markedly
as will the number of survivors eligible for
benefts-under the nberalized program now in
the making. Moreover, since the percentage of
oldsters among us is steadily growing there is
no doubt that our outlays on social security will
become mounting burden in the years ahead-a
fact that lends further support to the idea that
the whole system needs to be reviewed and
revised.
Thus though describing the pending change
as the most comprehensive since 1885, Mr..
Millikn has been at pains to emphasize that it
is merely makeshift and tranSitory. Accordingly,
together with Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee, he is sponsoring resolution
calling for special full-dress congressional
study of the subject, with view to working out
fundamental long-range improvements in an
effort to make the system provide universal
coverage-with pensions for all over 65-on
sound pay -as-you-go basis.
Senator Taft is another of the many Repub-
licans who favor such a study, and since there
seems to be no significant Democratic opposition
to it, there should be no partisan trouble in
carrying 1t out. Our social security system has
been operating without any substantial review or
change for the past is years. What is needed
now, clearly enough is searching inquiry aimed
at effecting basic administrative and financing
reforms In the present Setup.
Evening star., 1950-06-19

think some Of your readers may be
interested to hear Of little episode that
happened last week. Early one beautiful
morning. 40 little London sparrows"
were to be heard twittering on Eynsford
railway platform. They were Cockney
boys and girls in charge Of fouI teachers
who had brought them out for an "edu-
cational trip" This did not bother the
youngsters as they crossed a field more
gold than green with buttercups Just
like yellow grass" they said.
After a day spent In the Castle, and
gazing up the wonders of Roman exca-
walton now in progress. the tired little
explorers arrived at the Village Hall.
Here sumptuous tea was awaiting their
earnest attention.
II had five cups Of tea, three cakes
and four sandwiches one flushed lad
told me. This is where America takes
bow, for one of your readers, Mrs. James
Poore, had provided the wherewithal of
the feast. and had she been able to see
how much it was appreciated am sure
she would feel repaid.
The children each received a bunch
of country flowers Ito take home to
NoA 90 elcA ACAuSIoAt o1cPo WCiC III
rected to the station again. Next day
each child wrote us letter-40 delight
full sidelights on the individual and the
highspot of his day. For one, the tea: for
others the ices, the flowers, the Roman
relics. the singing or the kind way you
looked after u.s.. And we, the Women's
Institute. knew our labor of love was
every bit worthwhile
Margaret Bangor.
President. Eynsford Women's Institute.
Eynsford. Kent; England.
Evening star., 1950-06-19

@. On which side of the House Of
Representatives do the Democrats sit7
r. e. j.
A. The Democrats sit on the east side
Of the Chamber, the Republicans on the
west.
@. How large a fish has been landed
by means Of rod and reel?-J. C. L.
A. One Of the largest fish ever landed
with rod and reel was a 1,9l9-pound
shark caught in 1941 by @. r. Cowell
Oh kangaroo Island. Australia.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Mr.. Brown on Preparedness

to your newspaper for printing Constan-
tine Browns article on preparedness Cor
unpreparedness) of this country toward
the Communist menace.
More columns like this should be
printed if we are to remain a free and
democratic country. The people should
be informed without contradictions about
the real dangers in the present struggle
to prevent the red tide from engulfing
more countries.
Modesto LucerO,
Evening star., 1950-06-19

been in the past depends in large part upon
whether the people are beginning to take Sec
ond and more critical look at this tieup between
their Chief Executive and the labor leaders.
Some people think the defeat Of Senator Pepper
indicates that this is the case. but it is going to
take more than one election setback to justify
any conclusion that the political magic which
has worked 50 well for the administration in the
past will not be equally effective in the future
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Q. What substances are used TO sy

@. What substances are used TO sweet
en- tooth pasted. c. S.
A. Dentifrices are usually sweetened
with saccharin but some contain sugar.
Tooth pasteS usually contain glycerin
or glycerin of starch. both Of which
add to the sweet taste Of the finished
dentifrice. The oils used to flavor the
dentifrice may also contribute.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can set the answer 70
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NV. Washington 5, D. C.. and incioSing cents
Extension 35S.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Ry THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many minerals are known to
contain the element uranium?-C. H.
A. More than 100 uranium bearing
minerals are known to exist.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Letters to The Star
pseudonym is permissible only ,Dhen letter carries
correct name and address of criter Please be brtet

bricklayers, plumbers, and allied trades
men did not get anywhere near the wages
that they do now. think it is high time
that rent control should be removed as
political football. and class legislation
cease.
w. S. Barnett.
Evening star., 1950-06-19
Forty London Spurrows'

: M. Starr.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-06
Children Help 90.Year-0Id
Painter Celebrate Birthday

ALBANY, N. Y.-Mrs. Anna Mary
Robertson Moses, better known in
the art world as Grandma" Moses,
celebrated her Goth birthday re-
Gently.
More than 600 friends a large
share of them youngsters turned
out to greet her and admire the cell
ebrated paintings of the primitive"
artist at the opening of her first ex-
hibit: in Albany.
Despite pleas of her son to take
things easy the Eagle River, N. Y,
woman vigorously shook hands with
scores of admirers.
For her birthday dinner, artist
Norman Rockwell of Arlington, VT,
decorated a huge cake with figures
like those in her rustic scenes.
For Grandma, who was voted
one of the 40 outstanding women"
in the nation last year by the Won
ems national press club, the next
milestone is 100. She said she doesn't
think about the Tooth birthday too
much but 81 have invited a few of
my friends over for a dance then"
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-06

Cooking Chickens
Always cook chicken "weu dom"
and at low temperature.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-06
BoyScouts
lmu nDn mu mHuHnl l uIlnmln HHn HIn

Mr.. and Mrs. Karl George and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Ferrin at
tended the twenty-third annual
convention of the Yellowstone VAL
ley Boy Scout Council in Billings.
The meeting included a dinner at
the Commercial club.
Explorer scouts had a social
meeting at Eugene Leach's home
Nov. 20 after which they went to
the Methodist church to assist
with some clean up work.
Nov. "a, a mobilization test of
the service unit was called. Within
Is minutes, 9 boys responded ready
for duty. The service unit has been
organized recently to be ready to
aid the community in an emer-
gency.
Scout committeeman met on
Tuesday night to make up reports
to National headquarters concern
ing the progress and activities of
the Laurel troops, including cubs,
scouts and explorers.