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Evening star., 1950-05-29
By Charles E. Trocewen
Vice President, D. c. NAACP.

Mick Carter" another detective series:
Fred Fearnot," series somewhat sim
liar to the Frank Merriwell" series, but
never as popular. etc.
There were many more, all Of them
exciting action stories, very much like
the Westerns Of today.
But they were generally regarded, one
and all, by the mothers Of that era as
tales leading straight to the eternal
damnation of their sons.
1t is doubtful that any mother ever
took time out to read one of those harm
less stories. If she had, no doubt she
would have ended up as "fan" herself.
She kept this from happening by never
reading one, but Jumping them all of
as dubious reading.
Even today, some who remember them
tend to class them with today's comics.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
The old stories were stories, well told,
in most cases, always with some moral
tag. The history learned from "The
Liberty Boys" for instance, was quite
as good as that gotten from school books.
Above all. the Revolutionary heroes of
the nickel novel" had O living quality
schoolboys often found wanting In their
history books.
1t 10 interesting to note that copies
Of the old stories now sell ct one dollar
apiece. and there are many takers all
over the country. It is just another facet
Of the gay '90s We are finding to be
pretty good, after oil.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
Mildred G. White.
Equolity in the Armed Forces

The report of the Presidents Com
mlttee on Equality of Treatment and
Opportunity in the Armed Services offers
convincing proof that segregation can be
eliminated without undue friction by
fiat and/or legislation. 1t also proves
that unity and integration does improve
efficiency.
Top brass in the past refused of their
own volition to institute integration.
giving as a reason that the Army could
not afford to indulge in sociological ex-
Fermentation. But the Air Force and
the Navy, even in deepest Dixie, have
found it possible and profitable to inte-
crate. At the navy yard in Norfolk, we
witnessed colored and white sailor lads
playing. sleeping, eating and going to
school together. In Texas and in Biloxi,
Miss, in the camps, the Air Force soldiers
live together. and recreate together
even in the same swimming pools. The
results have been surprising to doubling
officers.
Just as the armed forces have done, so
could we get rid of all of our practices
OF segregation. with benefit to our whole
social and economic pattern Of living.
In our cities we could eliminate vestiges
OF racial discrimination in our citizens
associations, the police department, city
government, business transit, boys clubs,
and even in our schools-for the general
welfare.
z. b. Henderson.
Vice President, D. c. NAACP.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
May Evening

Now the high tide OF spring returns me
once again
To these familiar fields.
Tonight. the old iDdoon-road Is lovelv
With the misty stDeetness of young leaues.
A little moon that rested on its back
Has slipped do,On early behind the orch-
ard,
Tpin horns ttrinkling through the apple
blossoms.
Across an unploughed nleGdoiD, the
homestead looms.
F0TmLess In shddotD as dusk closes tn.
FdT-separdted lights appear beloto me tn
the bailey
But the old house Is dark.
lean q Dhile against the lotO stone
tUdll-
A child once skipped along these lchened
stones
And here the tart Oild strawberries used
to orop,
Discovered by small foot parting the
tall grasses.
Nom. soft mind strs against my cheek
And brings remembered fragrance
Bredthed here-and here only.
1t t0as breathed on spring night long
ago
By child kneeling at iotndoio OF that
ddrkened house.
A child OF the sUittly passing generations
Who haze held-and hold-it dear.
NEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
One Moment, ModemoiseIIe

Mile. Stella Danfray, recent visitor to our
shores who has been voted "the most sultry
Parisian," will not make herself popular with
inflammatory remarks designed to cause q revolt
OF "browbeaten" American husbands. Mile
Danfray is urging our married men to strike
off their chains and strike their wives
Just minute, please, mademoiselle It is
true that American husbands are not treated
as the lords of the households as their European
counterparts are. But do not forget, this is a
democracy. What appears to European eyes as
feminine INSTRUMENTATION is merely reflection
OF the fiercely republican sentiments of women
intent on treating their husbands as equals, as
partners in ALL including the laundry and the
care of the children.
But do not forget. He has the washing
machine and the television to assist him. Where
else in the world would he be so blessed?
1t is true that American wives do not consult
their husbands about the purchase of clothes,
but this simply arises from the efficiency which
runs throughout our national life She does not
wish to bother him about such trifles and she
has long since schooled herself to bear his dis
approval of her hats. If it seems that the
American husband not only brings home the
bacon but cooks it, too, If his wife is out playing
canasta, this is just the result of a feminine
intuition which tells her that busy man is q
happy man. Beat his wife? Never, mademoi-
selle He would not dream of it. He would as
soon turn off the television while his children
are watching 1t.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
Replying Veterans

am WAC veteran and my husband
is veteran. I entirely sympathize with
Bernard Krug in his recent letter to The
Star about the advantage the veteran
has over the non-yeteran in securing a
home. This method of showing appre-
citation to the veteran is all cockeyed.
When the veteran was in the military,
he should have been paid a salary COM
mensurate with what he was giving and
giving up. He had to go through basic
be torn down and rebuilt on military
lines. He quickly became a more valu-
able person to the Government than he
was when he entered service.
Then he had to give up freedom, lib
critics and comforts. He was told what
to wear. what to eat, what to do. He
was shipped where the Government
pleased to ship him. He was told to
obey first-complain later.
Always as his value increased he re-
ceived promotions, but never or seldom
did he receive enough money. AS proof,
many civilian came out of the war
richer than before the war. How many
OF the millions of military can say they
made money?
Today there is no hot war. Yet even
though the military are on tap day and
night, they are never sure when they
will be commanded to work Sundays,
holidays or nights without extra pay.
Mr.. Krug is right. 1t isn't the private
citizens who should help the military.
1t is the Government, via pay
Reader.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
Israel, the Arabs and Arms

Although it has a general bearing on the
problem of strengthening the security of the
Middle East in the cold war, the Anglo French
American agreement on arms shipments to that
part of the world seems mainly designed to
harmonic Western policies so as to meet the
military needs of Israel and the Arab states and
at the same time ease tensions and suspicious
among those countries.
The policies have been at odds in the past
particularly in the case of Britain and the United
States Thus, while we have maintained vir-
tual embargo on arms to, Israel, the BritiSh-who
have been obligated by treaties to do so-have
been supplying the Arabs with considerable
quantities of munitions. The Israeli government
has protested bitterly against these shipments,
and our own Government has complained that
they have been excessive.
The new agreement is aimed at satisfying
all parties concerned. Recognizing that Israel
and the Arab countries need to maintain a
minimum of armed forces to insure their in
ternal security, to be safe against external
threats and ito permit them to play their due
part in the defense of the whole area" the
Joint three-power statement makes clear that
every one of these lands may now get arms
from Britain, France or the United States in
keeping with their legitimate requirements.
This policy, however, involves the condition that
both the Arabs and 1sraels, in filing their
requests or purchase ORDERS must offer firm
assurances that they have no intention of un-
dertaking aggression or violating truce lines.
Declaring that such assurances have already
been received, the statement goes on to warn
that If they are not lived up to, there will be
prompt Anglo h-American counteraction
The arrangement thus seems to amount to
highly significant commitment by all the par
Elephants to avoid new Arab-Jewish strife and
maintain long-term peace in the region
An important related point in the agreement
an agreement not likely to affect priority
deliveries to other areas of the worlds that
Britain, France and the United States emphasize
that they will not be party to "the development
of an arms race between the Arab states and
Israel" This means, presumably that they will
limit shipments to the minimum required to
promote the security of those countries and
contribute to the peace and stability of the
general area.
If the Arabs and the Israelis adhere faith
fully to their assurances against aggressive
moves, the new arrangement can have whole
some effect If properly operated, it can give
each of the countries involved a sense of greater
safety, and in that way it can help to stabilize
the region and make the Middle East as whole
a bit more secure against the threat of direct
or indirect Soviet aggression and subversion
Evening star., 1950-05-29
This and That

"As final word on the subject of
bias: doubt that Henty could give any
cards to the history read in school.
For instance, I was old enough to
vote before found out that the Boston
massacre was not bold stand by he
roic men but was in fact the natural
result of riot in town under martial
law and was exactly what the Germans
in Berlin might expect from our troops
in the same circumstances.
with best wishes, w. j. G."
Interest in old forms of reading mat
ter for children runs all the way from
the "Henty books" to the nickel novels
once so popular.
Though commonly called dime nov
els" most of them sold for 5 cents. They
had lavishly colored covers. showing
some scene from the story, and were
usually about 80 pages in length.
They were printed in large type. Some
men worked on them for years. and
made q good living at their anonymous
job.
Some Of the best sellers Of the gay
's0s included Tip Top" containing the
stories Of Frank Merriwell and later his
brother Dick; "The Liberty Boys Of
'76," presenting romantic accounts Of
the Revolutionary War; "Old King
Brady" giving typical blood and
thunder" detective stories: Pluck and
Luck" composed Of stories which today
would come In the science Action class;
Evening star., 1950-05-29
"Veazey Street.

"Veazey Street.
Dear Sir:
IT have just been reading with pleas
ure your defense of q. A. Henty and his
books.
Biased? Sure he was. In regard to
the Civil War, they got their news in
England with Southern accent, and
his hero, in the case of With Lee in
Virginia. was a Southern boy.
"Henty was romanticist.
Heroes were white, villains were
black, and maidens were done up in
cellophane.
st got as much history from him as
I did from the text books and with
much less pain.
II doubt that he considered himself
a historian. He more probably consid-
cred himself builder of character.
His system seems to have been to
read about two books about the cam
paigns he was interested in, one pref
erably by Col. Blimp, K. c. B., ret. and
then hop to it.
Il collect his books for fun and have
80 odd titles out of possible 1O4.
I also have nostalgia love for him
and his works, which does not prevent
me from having chuckle now and then
over some of his better bloopers.
In one case, for instance, he places
an ex-slave from Southern plantation
back in Africa and gives him q Chinese
American accent. Long time me no see
white man. etc.
Evening star., 1950-05-29

when an attack in all probability would come
without warning and with devastating intensity,
1t is risky to interpose any obstacles, even of
temporary nature, in the way of quick mobiliza-
ton OF manpower. If Congress should not
happen to be in session at the time of an attack,
serious delay might develop in starting the
selective service machinery into action If
transportation facilities were disrupted, the
convening of Congress might take lot longer
than ordinarily is required
The Senate ought to give more consideration
to the recommendations of the military experts
than the House did If the Senate follows the
advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff it will
eliminate the proviso for specific congressional
authorization of inductions. Unless this restric-
ton is lifted, the standby draft might be
forced to stand by too long in some future crisis
Evening star., 1950-05-29
Doubtful Victory in North Carolina

Senator Graham's supporters are claiming
a victory for him in North Carolina and victory
for the Fair Deal He did beat each of three
opponents in record turnout of primary voters
But the fact remains that more people voted
against than for him and while he has an excel
lent chance to be nominated-and elected-if
there Is run-off election in June, it is hard
to understand how his showing means any great
victory for the Fair Deal
Mr.. Graham was the Fair Deal candidate
But as in the case of Senator Pepper in the
Florida primaries, Senator Graham was forced
to repudiate some Of the things the Fair Deal
was represented as standing for. If the fight
was between so-called liberalism and so-called
conservatism, Mr.. Graham was forced to qualify
his liberalism very carefully in regard to such
issues as FEPC, socialized medicine and the
Brannan Plan. Such qualification under attack
is not sign of great strength.
During the campaign Mr.. Graham and
former Senator Robert Reynolds who ran
poor third said that as far as they were con-
cerned the man with the highest vote would
be nominated Willis Smith, the No. man.
made no such commitment. Whether there is
a run-off depends now on Mr.. Smith and his
analysis of where the votes came from and the
changes that might be anticipated in run-off
If he thinks that most of the Reynolds and
Ola Ray Boyd votes would shift in his direction,
the run-off is virtually assured.
Evening star., 1950-05-29
More About Anti-Semltism

recent letter by Franklin Hichborn,
defending Senator Pat McCarran against
charges of anti-Semitism, reveals his
unfamiliarity with the record of Senator
McCarran and the meaning of anti
Semitism. can understand why Mr..
Hichborn would want to pooh-pooh
"anti-Semitism as term of reproach."
The charge hurts. Americans of all faiths
who are sincerely devoted to their re-
ligion regard anti-Semitism as offensive
and consider the anti-Semite an un-
worthy American.
OF course, the charge of anti-Semitism
should not be lightly used. But think
the record will show that the great re-
sponsible civic organizations make the
charge only after full and extreme prov
ocation. The charge Of anti-Semitism
may appropriately be used against
person who is motivated by hostility
towards Jews as q religious group or
whose activities are designed to dis
criminate against the Jews as a group.
BY that test. President Truman, who was
familiar with Senator Pat McCarran'S
extraordinary record of obstructionism
on the displaced persons bill, was fully
justified in calling the bill anti-Semitic
and anti Catholic.
The company in which MIR. Hichborn
Evening star., 1950-05-29

at-hand expenses. then switch to an
other as these are paid off,
g. Separate the 'muSts" from the
wants" First set apart fixed costs
(rent, insurance, taxes) from the vari-
ables amusement, food, furniture) :.
Budget the fixed ones first, then start
juggling what's left for the rest. And
don't be surprised it, at first anyway,
there is precious little left to juggle.
7. Spread out your big, periodic ex-
penses. Don't budget an insurance
premium for the month it falls due; budg-
ct one-twelfth of it every month, and
let the money accumulate. Don't try to
budget for mdical expenses as you think
they may come along; put away a
monthly average to draw against and
the unexpected dentists bill won't strap
you. Budgeting few dollars a month
for taxes Is relatively easy; finding
lump sum can be rough.
8. Keep track of expenses Budgeting
is two-step process-planning where
money is to go and then seeing where it
Evening star., 1950-05-29

went. II you are up to keeping detailed
accounts, fine: but you can usually get
along with skeleton records You need
some expense records. though. to keep
q firm grip on q new budget You need
them to adjust the budget to new sit
uations. to aid in shaping plans, to help
patch up leaks.
Don't carry the accounting too far.
however. For example. housewife sell
dom needs to itemize grocery purchases.
Accounts like this are little budgets
within the budget" Some one is reSpon-
sible for keeping within the limit. but
records need show only the total.
9. Use every device you can to make
the recording and controlling Of expenses
easy. Paying bills by check may make
it easier to match outgo with budget al
lowances and simplify record keeping.
Buying on charge account can replace
hard-to-trace cash drihlets with q once
a-month bill.
Use your ingenuity in avoiding con-
fusion and temptation. Simple tricks
like keeping lunch money in one COM
partment in your wallet. the rest of
your pocket cash in another Serv-
LEGISLATION credit card helped one couple
avoid an irresistible temptation to raid
car money lying around in loose cash.
10. Don't make your budget too compli-
Gated. The simpler and more convent
ent your system is, the easier it will be
to get it going and to stick with it.
You can even work up to budget-keep-
ing in easy stages by starting with few
rough calculations each month progress
ing gradually to a full-blown budget.
II. Make the budget family project.
Every one should have a hand both in
setting 1t up and in keeping it. When
husband dreams up a budget that the
wife and kids are supposed to live up
to, the result usually is grief
IL. Budget for a purpose. Nothing is
harder than trying to keep budget be-
cause you have vague notion it might
save money. You need an incentive. 1t
may be negative like paying of overdue
bills, or it may be positive, like buying
furniture or building a rainy-day fund.
But have some goal in sight
Within the budget, the same goes for
saving. It's tough to save money Just
for the sake Of saving. 1t is a lot easier
to put away. say, one-fiftieth Of a car
every pay day
North American Newspaper AIanos)
Evening star., 1950-05-29
How to Make q Family Budqet Work

IT'S AN old familiar story. Maybe you
l. started with a set Of envelopes
labeled rent, groceries. entertainment.
and so on. You gave up when the
envelopes were filled with scraps of
paper reporting things like rent owes
groceries S." clothing owes entertain
ment 1890" and paid laundry from
rent, $1.60."
Maybe you began with a neat little
budget book, full of charts and per-
later you found it while cleaning the
hall closet and wondered why the idea
didn't pan out.
There is no magic in tanning house
hold budget. according to the May
issue of Changing Times, the Kiplinger
magazine. All the job requires is the
and the ability to add and subtract
that. plus knowledge of some basic
rules. Here are dozen:
l. A budget can't give you any more
money than you had before. 1t is
nothing but system for planning and
controlling what you spend. 1t should
help you locate the fat" in your ex-
penses.
g. 4No AAoeeN& WA1dt dAAy OAlC UCl1S yOu,
the job involves hard work and readjust-
ment. You may have to change few
habits, exercise little more self
discipline. Bear in mind that a budget
means planned spending, not scrimping.
Then you'll find the work becomes fun,
the readjustment painless.
3. Design your own budget-don't try
to follow averages or canned" per-
centages. Invent and tinker as much as
you please. Group expenses under
various headings in the way that best
suits you.
4. Be realistic. You can't base a
budget on wild guesses or wishful think
ing. Limits that are impossible to keep.
or that make life miserable, are sure
fire budget-wreckers.
Don't let yourself be torpedoed by an
item one discouraged couple called cover
looked expenditures. Where in your
budget, for instance. is the money to pay
the paper boy, to have roll of films de-
veloped, to get your watch fixed?
Furthermore don't try to cut items Just
because they '1ook high" The object is
to balance your budget in action, not on
paper. II you're eating meat seven days
a week, don't slice the food budget unless
you're ready for some macaroni and
Evening star., 1950-05-29
No Children Allowed
Soterios Nicholson.

Amidst all the pro and con about rent
control. I would like to air my pet peeve.
1t is the landlords who still refuse to rent
apartments to people who have children.
have in mind a certain young woman
who is war widow with an S-year -old
son. Her income is adequate, but limited:
therefore, she cannot afford any Of the
new apartment Developments The older
projects, which are still under control
and therefore more reasonable, refuse her
because Of her son. To add insult to
injury, this young woman is q native of
washington. and so are her parents.
I hope live to see the day when these
narrow-minded landlords go bankrupt
for lack Of tenants. That would be a Just
reward. Please hurry, oh day Of reckon
ing!
Mildred G. White
Evening star., 1950-05-29
Make 1t Instantly Available

. The overwhelming vote by the House for a
standby draft plan is reassuring sign of
congressional determination to keep our defenses
alerted in the continuing cold war. 1t is un-
fortunate however, that the House saw fit to
place restriction on the measure that would
limit its usefulness in sudden emergency.
Under the bill as passed by the House the
registration of potential draftees would continue
for another two years. But no men could be
called into active service until Congress
authorized such inductions. In an atomic age