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Evening star., 1950-02-22
QUESTION OF BUnDING2

fFTom NJ. E. H., Falls ChurchD
I am contemplating building a
new home. I would like to have
some one, advise me whether it
is better to plan for a basement
or partial basement or if a utility
room will answer my needs if
there Is other storage space pro-
vided for in the house proper.
Easements add considerably to
the cost of building a home but I
do not wish to go wrong regard
less of the added expense.
Evening star., 1950-02-22
Grated PdrneScn cheese
delicious on cream soups.
JOHNNY SCHMOKER
From NJ. E. A.. WdShinQtOn.

Mrs. Mrs. D. A. c., Washington: ::
My grandfather used to sing the
Johnny Schmoker song. 1t is a
German song and with it there
are motions of the hands to initi-
ate the handling of the different
Instruments
I think my grandfather had
heard it in some show. He was
not German, so my impression of
what the words were was accord
ing to their pronunciation in the
song. 1t might be in some book
of old glee club songs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14

long run, the ones that are rated ig-
nominious are the judges, jurors, de-
tectives, lawyers who convict them.
| would rather have to dinner in
my house any of the eleven convicted
Hollywood actors than any member of
the FBI. have eaten with Tom Clark,
once Attorney General, now Supreme
Court Justice. But that was before
he began the (Which Hunt"
Confiscation of STA million from
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14

victed of perjury. His real crime is
activity and success as a labor leader.
He gets five years. Thief Parnell
Thomas gets six months.
Our rulers who secure these FBI
wire tapping, espionage convictions
before juries from picked panels
should realize that the sensible
public attach no disgrace to a man
SO convicted
While a few are martyrs, in the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14
By LOWNDES MAURY

Socrates was the outstanding moral
philosopher of Ancient Greece. Many
clergymen simply state the doctrine
of the immortality of the soul as a
dogma to be accepted because eve
ourselves have said it" Plato in
'Phaedo" gives Socrates argument in
favor of the Consoling Postulate. |
read it at college in the Senior Greek
Glass. Many Clergymen would be bet
ter fitted for their work if they
would do likewise. Socrates, also on
battlefield, stood his ground when
the rest of the Athenians ran away.
He was a patriot. But when he OPP
posed the ruling class he was jul
dicially murdered.
Sir Thomas More, peer of any noble
of England once Premier, adviser of
Henry VIII, coined the word ''Utop-
is In Latin, for the reading of
few intimate friends, he expressed his
views of what would be perfect hui
man government. Utopia did not
correlate much with the rule of Henry
Tudor, so they threw Sir Thomas into
the Tower and cut off his head. Mod |
ern Communism originated in the
utopia" of More, long before the
treatise of Karl Marx.
Voltaire, the foremost philosopher
of France, spent year in the Bias
tile for a pamphlet against French
Royalty. He had much distinguished
Eugene V. Debs was sent to Fed
eral prison because he, candidate
or president on the Socialist ticket,
lad decried capitalism and war.
All counsel for Editor Zenger of !
Jew England charged with criticism ,
# his British Majesty, George III, :
we're disbarred by Judge Delaney. :
When rulers realize that there is
ottenness in their rule, they attack !
II who would tell the facts. Charges
re trumped up against the tribunes !,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14
Governor, Others
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Former Judge, Montana Supreme
Court; Gene A. Picotte, Attorney
J. B. Bourassa, State Land Office,
and Harry L. Billings, Editor of the
Peoples Voice.
Because "such legislation substan-
TALLY curtails civil rights guaranteed
every American by the constitution"
these people are supporting the Cas-
cade County Civil Rights Committee
in urging every Montana citizen to
contact his representative in Con-
gress to the end that such legislation
be defeated.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14

the coal miners for contempt is an
other incident. Of the few convictions
of corporations for monopoly, the
fines are seldom $50 thousand, though
the offenders may have five hundred
million dollars.
ANY one who believes that labor
of factory or farm has equal rights
with Big Capital in America should
not be sent to the Insane Asylum, but
to the Home of the Feeble Minded.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14
POLITICAL PRISONERS

I of the common people. There must be
"scapegoats" on which to place blame
for impending disaster and ignorant
errors of rulers.
Many in Washington realize that
bankruptcy in finances is coming, and
that bankruptcy in our foreign policy
has already come, and come to stay.
Like the Raven never fitting, still
is sitting, on the Pallid Bust of
Pallas." (Pallas was the Goddess of
Wisdom).
Free Speech Must Be Silenced
So we have become a Police state.
The peoples attention shall be di-
verified from the ills of misrule to
the prosecutions of such as speak
out about them. So determined is
the Administration to hush f +
speech that political prisoners are
denied counsel to defend them. Much
more severe penalties are adjudged
a G a i n t political DIRECTORS than
against ordinary criminals.
For instance, Parnell Thomas in
Congress had been stealing from the
Treasury for years. He is caught. He
gets only six months in jail. Eleven
ntellectuals are snatched from their
homes in Los Angeles by subpoenas
o Washington. There they refuse to
answer impertinent questions of Par
lell Thomas as to their politics. They |
Ire tried for contempt of the Con-
'ress acting through Parnell Thoma.
hey are convicted by selected jury
argely of federal office holders, and |
to one year in prison, and
arge fines. Millions of decent citizens
ave conscious everlasting contempt
or Parnell Thomas and his COM
littee. Some hold the Congress it
elf in contempt. Some hold in con-
empt the method of selecting jury
anels for Federal Courts. Some hold :
| contempt the aids of the Attorney :
eneral who prosecute these cases :
afore picked panels. Jury panels in :
ederal courts are not chosen by
t, but picked by the Clerk and a
In times of Glass War,
lese officials can, if astute, Tor if the
81 investigate the prospective names :
n the box) get all the panel of one :
ass. :
Alger Hiss was tried twice before
Irors thus chosen. Alger Hiss prob :
ply at one time had views like J. B.
Haldane, the leading scientist of :
lie British Empire, who is a Com :
unist. :
In these political trials, the Fed :
al Judges deny these political :
'isoners the right to have counsel. :
the defendants attorneys actu- :
ly begin making an honest fearless :
,fense, the lawyers are excluded, :
o. John Royce has been, or adj :
dyed guilty of contempt and given :
il sentences by a Medina or :
arris. =
.qual Justice Under Law? =
Harry Bridges was ostensibly con- =
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-14
The "Why" For Another Dust"

Between 1916 and 1949 the ma
tional income rose % per cent, net
corporate profits jumped SO per cent,
but compensation to employees went
up only 16 per cent.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
S. S. League Will
Bowl In Baltimore

On Saturday evening 80 teams,
representing the Hagerstown Sunday
School Bowling League, will travel
to Baltimore to do battle with like
number of teams from the Baltimore
City Sunday School League. This is
an annual affair and a great deal
Of interest has been built up for the
match.
The trophy put in play last year
by the two leagues is now in the pos
session Of the Hagerstown league
and an effort will be made to keep II
here.
The matches will be held on the
Recreation Alleys in Baltimore and
all Elagerstown bowlers are remind
ed that the buses will leave from the
Blue Ridge Terminal at Sis p. m.
Daylight Time, on Saturday, with
bowling scheduled to start at p. m.
on the Baltimore alleys.
Any member or friend of the Ha-
gerstown league who desires to make
this trip, and has not made reserva-
tions to go by bus, can do so by con
tacting A. c. Miller at phone number
5413-W or 265.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
A. J. Allen Heads
Sportsmen's Club
Conococheague Club Also
Elects New Vice-President, Sec
rotary And Treasurer.

At the annual election meeting Of
the Conococheague Sportsmen's
Club, held last week at the club
house along the Potomac River, A.
J. Allen was elected president for the
ensuing year
There was big turnout of the
membership for the election meeting,
at which, in addition TO the presi-
dent, the following new officers were
elected;
Vice-president, Raymond B. Bew;
secretary, Robert H. Tenney; and
treasurer, Edward X. Bachtell
Prior to the election of officers,
the following new directors were
named For three Raymond
B. Bew and Edward K. Bachtell; for
two years-R Robert II. Tenney, Earl
ii. Hoover and Albert Champion; for
one year-D. Allen Gross, Brayden
Slime, Felix G. Gajewski, James
Moss and Robert Line. The hold
over directors are: Richard G. Pry,
A. j. Allen, Frank l.. Bentz, John A.
Ditmer, Paul e. Harbaugh, r. M.
Osbourn and DR.. VI b. Mclaughlin.
Final action at the meeting was
the naming of Cliff Harbaugh and
Burt Champion as delegates to the
League of Maryland Sportsmen's
convention at Ocean City next
month.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18

See Keeping Up With The
Braves" page 7, for the Interstate
League Standings, postponed games,
schedule for the week. double plays
and a review of the Braves games
of the past week.
With Baxter returned to Houma,
La, of the Glass c Evangeline
League, and Owen to Ventura, Cal,
of the Glass c Sunset League, the
squad is now down to 10. Dorman
has until midnight, May "a, to bring
his squad down to the Interstate
League limit of II.
Wilmington is just about as excit-
ed over the three-game series with
the Braves, as we are. Eddie Horg-
an, the business manager, called me
from Wilmington on Tuesday after
noon to know what the weather was
like, and he also told me that a large
delegation, including George Earn
shaw, scout for the Phillies, was
coming down.
Watching Sundays double-header
from the press box, G. H. Pool and
Frank SPAR, general manager and
business manager respectively of the
Harrisburg Senators, were not only
highly complimentary of the playing
field and the improved facilities at
the stadium but they also told me
that they looked upon the Braves
as one of the teams to beat this year.
Speaking of their own team, they
said that the club sorely missed
Mickey Finn, the centerfelder, who
has been out with injuries, and with
him back in the lineup, and the ex-
pectation of some help from Cleve-
land within the next week or two,
they expected to be right up with
the leaders. Speaking of Deeds, their
Highlander who beat us on Saturday
night, Pool told me that he was a
real prospect and was certain to go
up He is, of course, the property
of the Cleveland Indians.
#s&
AS you probably have noticed, /
have not, in this column, been sing
ling out any members Of the Braves
for special mention, for the simple
reason that, while first one and then
another have come up with sparkling
plays, it is the teamwork of the team
as whole that has put them on top
of the heap-where / hope they will
stay
The Hagerstown High School var
sity baseball team is really going to
town. As this is written, Tuesday
afternoon), they had won all four of
their games, their last victims being
the University of Maryland fresh
man nine.
As you will see from the standings
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18

/, a
Friendly Market 0, 10; Dargan 10, 5
Schedule, Sunday, May ~
Phillips Grocery VS.. Friendly Mar
ket at Rose Hill diamond
Harrystown VS.. Dargan at Harrys-
town.
ST. Marks VS.. Fairview at Lappans.
Pinesburg VS.. Alpine Beavers at
Pinesburg.
West End VS.. Charlton at Reservoir
Park No |.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
BEHIND HOME PLATE
By Doug Stewart

elsewhere on this page, there is a
real race developing in "Y" County
Softball League. Pinesburg has won
four straight, but three other teams
are right on their heels.
Sorry can't give you any informa-
ton on the County or Independent
Baseball Leagues, but this year ]
haven't even received their SEIZED
ules, let alone any results.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
Fishing Guide Available

A 1850 anglers guide containing
a synopsis Of the fish laws Of Mary
land has been prepared by the Game
and Inland Fish Commission The
booklet is available free of charge by
writing to the commission at Balti-
more 2.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18
Fined For Driving TOO slowly

Motorist William Mantone, OF
Wharton, ~ j., was fined five dol
lars and costs recently--for driving
too slowly. The New York State
Police reported that Mantone was
found moseying along Route % at
about IS miles an hour. Route %
is heavily travelled And at the time
Of bis arrest, Mr.. Mantone was lead
ing line Of cars four miles long.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18

AS you will see from the standings
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-18

See Keeping Up With The
Braves" page z, for the Interstate
League Standings, postponed games,
schedule for the week, double plays
and review of the Braves games
of the past week.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
This and That

ration Of the broken wing deception.
They would plunge in the water and
flap about on the crest Of the wavelets.
"As I rowed back, one Of them fol-
lowed me at about 60 feet, cresting the
waves with fluttering wings.
They were not the red-wing black
birds.
They seemed to be more slate-col-.
ored than the starlings with which we
are all too familiar.
What kind of blackbirds were they?
Sincerely, @. K"
The birds were purple grackles.
This is the long tailed fellow with the
mean yellow eyes.
We have seen him tear OF the heads
and legs of cardinal babies just for the
fun Of it.
One look at those eyes tells you why.
Eyes never lie. some believe: certainly
they do not In this bird.
Yet he is q beauty, flashing in purple.
golden green, black. with metallic hues.
You can see violet, blue. green, changing
at every look.
The nest is built preferably In conf
fer, or where there are pine boughs, but
occasionally In hollow trees.
The nest is large. made Of branches
and hay, cemented with mud.
Now and then . nest occurs In Q
marsh. -
Eggs vary IN number from four 10 six.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
ARLINGTON.

AHL1NGlON.
Dear Sir:
while on Kent Island the other day
I decided to take swim. I borrowed
a boat and rowed out to duck blind in
the Eastern Bay. While approaching
the blind became very aware that the
ospreys were nesting there. because two
kept circling over me and scolding me
with their peculiar penetrating cry.
Sure enough, there was big nest of
thick sticks on top of the blind, on the
roof board about feet wide under which
the hunters sit. AS am tall had no
difficulty looking into it. There were two
nestlings, inches long. still in pin
feathers. lying fiat In the nest and pant
ing in the hot sun.
Alongside them was q baby bluefish
about as big as the birds. suppose the
parents regurgitate it to their unfiedged
youngsters.
at did my good turn for the day.
"The birds had brought big piece
Of paper to the nest. It was piece OF
a cement bag. I put it over the fish
hawks chicks to protect them from the
SUM-
"The blind, which was masked with
pine boughs. was q rookery Of black
birds nests. The young were feathered
and almost rs big as their parents. The
older -blackbirds were wheeling and
at times they would try to attract my
attention away from the nest with va
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Our Peace Investment

Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul
G. Hoffman has just cited a few figures that
ought to be borne in mind by people who are
against spending money on foreign aid designed
to maintain and improve upon our uneasy peace
by keeping the cold war from becoming hot.
Such people according to Mr. Hoffman,
should remember that the struggle against the
Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis cost us something like
$3.50 600 900 900 and that its ultimate cost, when
the last pension is paid out, will be in the neigh
borhood of $1,300,000,0 100000.
AS he has put it, Making those zeros, at in
line is like trying to envsion the universe-f1rst
the sun and moon, then the planets and other
stars that are other suns. and then the spiral
nebulae. What would another shooting war cost?
The figure would 60 out somewhere beyond the
spiral nebulae into light years too distant to see
4y way of contrast, as Mr.. I1c;'r,rn s7ys the
Evening star., 1950-06-16

tougher r-than-averag problem to cope
with. observers point out. With small
children. mothers cannot always go to
work to supplement the family income
If that should be necessary. Nor is it
so easy for such families to double up"
in case of necessity. as it is for child
less couples.
Therefore. the income and space re-
quirements of such families tend to be
much less flexible. and the hardship
Of increased rents potentially greater.
Larger families having low incomes
can become eligible for public housing.
But getting into public housing is an
other matter, since there is large watt
ing list. And postwar construction Of
this type of housing has not yet started
in this area.
What any one family can afford to
pay in rent depends on many factors.
But If the rule of thumb that q fourth
Of the monthly income can be used for
rent is reasonable. family with $500
annual income should pay about $50 or
$65 a month. ..
AS incomes descend from that level,
however. families ordinarily hnd it more
Evening star., 1950-06-16
By Charles E. TroceweN
Margaret Maize Boaz.

Of many colors and even sizes. with
ground colors of green, blue or brown.
blotched with streaks Of brown and
black.
This grackle Is classed as o songbird,
but only scientifically. Actually, he Is
not much of q singer. contenting himself
with making q sort Of squeaking noise,
hence the familiar "wheelbarrow chorus"
when q band Of them alights in yard.
He likes grain. but also eats many in
sects, fully one third Of his food consist
ing Of those types inimical to the inter-
ests Of man.
The osprey. or fish hawk. is large.
about feet long. with wing spread
Of 51a feet.
The name is believed to come from q
Latin word meaning bone breaker.
Sometimes the nest Is right at the
very peak Of tall pine.
It Ia q social bird, for q hawk, and a
great fisherman. as its name indicates.
II catches fish with its feet, and, for
some reason or other always carries its
prey with the head forward.
One authority tells US:
''The harmless character Of the osprey
is 30 well understood by the purple
grackles that frequently they build their
own homes In the interstices Of the large
bulky nest which the fish hawk builds"
80 there you are. George: you saw
the thing with your own eyes.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
"A pseudonyn, Is permissible only
10hen letter carries correct name
and address of tUTiter. Please be brief.

with these strikes? There must be
another way! How can we expect our
statesmen to create worldwide peace
when we can't even live in harmony in
one city?
Kathryn L. Dorset.
It is amazing that any community, or
that Congress, will submit to o milk
strike. Milk is necessary not only to
babies, jail inmates and sick persons, but
to adults as well.
Pro Bono Publico.
The strike Of the dairy workers unions
has aroused the indignation Of people
from all walks Of life. Indeed, organized
workers themselves are shaking their
heads and wondering how long the
citizenry will tolerate conditions that
threaten the health and life Of the
Nation. -
Strikes of this nature should be
banned by law. They affect the general
welfare. and bring about q division of
our people when national unity is
essential.
H. Woodstock.
The sanest person in town is the lady
who, carrying her 15-month baby, de-
manded milk. without a doctors pre-
scription, saying: II don't need doctor
to tell me a child needs milk"
What every sensible doctor needs now
is good mimeograph machine, and
facsimile signature stamp.
Neutral Subscriber.
Ax.sir r,,ilI
be over: it is hard to have children
such q manner.
Mrs. Thornton.
Is this an example Of our fine democ-
racy where all share equally or starve
equally as the case may be? Is this the
price our children must pay for being
reared In land where the right to bar
gain has become nothing more than
the free-for-all Of q dog in a bargain
Mrs. Georgette Werner.
I'm all for the dairy employees getting
fair deal. but couldn't they settle 1t
any other way than by taking 1t out on
babies? shudder to think Of the hungry
babies. AS for me, thank God for cal
cium pills!
Expectant Mother.
Il
Never has q strike hit home enough
to make me write. But the milk strike
did 1t. I must commend your editorial,
"Our Benefcent Lords and Masters"
and I shall use the advice in the final
paragraph.
Margaret Maize Boax.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
Sketch: San Francisco
The Old SuiIor

Who Is this tattooed beauty on your Gymi
This shdpelv tOench who stays as young
as time?
This frozen dancer smilinC cherry
charm,
Displaying PASSIONS daring pantomimeI
A cnrred B-Otrl from Frtsco,s BaybGrv
Coast?
or red-head lass from Londons Lime
house trade?
A pickup ,Oined In Shanghai or the
boast
OF Greece and Troy ere HeIens sscG-
pdde?
Those ioere mad davsi -Four master on
the tramp
or TrreBte plying CIeopatra's shorei-
Aye. mad they mere. nop lost beyond
the lamp
OF long ago: You snatch from OF the
floor
A butt and Dhine for beer. She stAI
smiles on:
Her chantey-man has bought his round
and gone.
CULLEN JONES.
Evening star., 1950-06-16
BY Robert ]. Lewis

WHAT would happen to Washington
w rents If District rent controls were
not continued for another year?
No one knows for sure. But all the
evidence generally seems to back up
Rent Administrator Robert r. Cogswell.
who told Congress the other day:
Those who are in the lower income
groups and can least afford 1t will be
the ones to suffer most"
It is true that even If rent controls
were removed q year hence, for example,
some families would suffer some hard
ships. That is to be expected In the
readjustment period. But Mr.. Cogsweu
and others who support continued con-
trolls. for the present, contend that
critical and widespread hardships would
be imposed II controls were abolished
now.
The Washington area has had one Of
the biggest rental housing programs of
any in the country. and this has
noticeably alleviated the severity Of the
apartment shortage for the higher in
come groups. A. considerable number Of
families could well afford to pay rents
which would provide a return to owners
more commensurate with the higher
value of their rental properties on to-
days market.
But supporters of continued controls
point out that the District rental pro-
gram has not yet produced its full quota
of units. They also say, with consider
able justice, that most units built so far
are Of no direct help to q sizable part
of the District population.
In the District, they contend, the
toughest problems-in the event Of de-
control now-would be faced by:
l. Families with income of $40 q week
or less.
2. Large families Of medium income.
Mr.. Cogswell testified before the Judi
ciary subcommittee of the House District
Committee that he was certain rents
would rise from Is to IS per cent within
six months.
Whether average increases would be
lower or higher than this estimate
would remain to be seen. But it is
likely, on the basis Of the experience Of
other decontrolled cities, that the low
est rents would be given the biggest
boosts.
The bulk Of lower-rent units are oc-
cupied by low and medium income
families. both colored and white.
Larger families now living in gener-
ous-sized units probably would be faced
with bigger -than-average rent increases
in the event Of decontrol. Demand for
such bigger units continues to be ex-