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The Arizona post., 1950-09-15
. Jest Io~ I4n
By I. Zaac

different In Tel Avv there Jew who has made
good selling soda water and he invested
the profits purchasing ustrous diamond which he gaudy
displays
out the stone and got stone out of the
water (soda water')
year. ausery regime fashion
"Schogen With the restrictions meat
where the chickens to come from.
that arplane be to chicken
all the air in Israel and the pilot rece the appropriate
be slightly confused about the ho
idays Bridget, the Irish maid had it all down pat
According to Bridget Pesach the
smoke in the dining the dining
SabbOs the time when eat the dining and smoke
bathroom YOm Kppur the time when eat and
smoke in the bath
Danny "a psychologist who when beau
tful girl enters the room, watches everybody elSe"
told that the human mind imagine how long
Eternity sbut waiting for the main feature to start
a movie house give you a fair idea.
Once manager a train, when
through calling there Jew in this
train?"
lightweight champ about to rise and give the
in the face, but his manager restrained him.
minutes the back in the and again
there Jew in this tran This time Benny could
eyes, there i he said, standing dO
make anything of it?"
Don't get excited" man, wanted for
minyan."
Ignorance complained his sonn-aw: "He's
good play cards. he doesn't know how to
drink
"Thats fine" "Wha you complaining of?
wish son-in-law didn't know how to gamble and drink
"But" first "the trouble that while
doesn't know how play cards. he plays cards and although
he doesn't know how to drink, he drinks
The Arizona post., 1950-09-15
Jewish Maidens in Days Bygone
Danced and Sang to Snare Mate
By DAVID SCHWARTZ

and she said, "NO, you can't" and
ran up the stairs to her home.
But young Baruch evidently
didn't believe her mo-; or maybe
being a speculator, as he likes to
call himself, he took a chance.
Some men of course would have
been afraid. A lady saying mo"
might even call policeman-it
has been known to happen but
she didn't, she called preacher
and they were married.
Some years ago, young wom-
an wrote an article in the old
English section of the Jewish
Daily Forward. After publication
of the article, the writer received
a letter from reader, who said
he was an old man and who was
frankly critical of the article. The
young woman did not like the
sharp criticism and replied to "the
old man."
Some time later "the old man"
decided to look up the young
woman writer in person. The "old
man." it turned out, was a hand
some young man. And that's how
the Butwins, who a few years
back turned out that fine transla-
ton of ''The Old Country" by
Shalom Aleichem first met-and
later were married.
A sage of the Talmud was once
asked who should do the pursuing
the man or woman. And his
answer was that since it is gen.
orally the person who has lost
something who does the looking,
so it behOOves the man who has
lost the rib to 60 seeking after it.
The Arizona post., 1950-09-15

The other night 1 listened to
a radio program in which wives
told how they met their husbands
"a subject which lends itself pro-
fusely to diverting anecdote.
When a penguin, l have read,
discovers another penguin which
has "it" for it and which it thinks
would make a suitable and in
telligent companion through the
trials and tribulations of life, it
drops pebble in front of the
would -be-mate. If the other pen
guin picks up the pebble, they
get out a license, look for a
preacher and the knot is tied.
Even among the Jews, who were
not so primitive in earlier days,
it was the custom for Jewish
maidens to gather on Yom Kippur
and dance and while the men
looked on, sing songs in which
they chanted their marital. desir-
ability. The good-looking gals
would chant about their comli-
ness, the less attractive would
warn against the snares of pull
chritude and emphasize their sell
ing points.
Isaac, one of the founding faith
ers" of the Hebrew people, found
his mate at a well. George Wash
ingtOn, another founding father"
was on his way to the doctor when
he stopped off at a friends house
and there met Martha Curtis, who
became his wife. History does not
say whether after meeting Mar
tina, he went on to see the doctor.
I once read a story about Ber-
nard Baruch, which puts him
something in the class Of the pen
guin insofar as finding his mate
was concerned. He was walking
along the street when he saw a
young woman who took his breath
away. He walked up to her and
asked If he might speak to her
Evening star., 1950-05-18
This and That -.

Mrs. Esmeralda Cowbird, feeling the
urge to lay an egg, hastily sought out
the nest of Mrs. Mary Towhee.
Waiting until Mrs. Towhee was safely
away for few minutes. Mrs. Cowbird
flew in. There were three pale pink
eggs there already, and room for
fourth.
She was very fortunate, Mrs. Cowbird
thought. In she hoped, and soon there
was a fourth egg there.
It was not quite as large as the others,
and lacked the pinkish tint.
Esmeralda Cowbird few away to rejoin
her friends in another yard.
When Mrs. Mary Towhee returned,
She few in with a "che- wink" and
perched on the edge of the nest.
At this juncture, John Towhee, her
good mate, arrived.
THAT egg." he said, doesn't look
right"
He pecked tentatively at the cowbird
egg.
Mrs. Esmeralda Towhee bristled. The
feathers on the back rose slightly.
II don't see anything wrong with It,"
she shifted.
John Towhee made rapid movement
with his head. right to left, left to right.
1T somehow doesn't look quite, er.
pink enough" he smiled. Yes, birds
smile. It 10 more an opening Of the bill.
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Out of the Trenches at Last

Only experience will prove whether Engineer
Commissioner Gordon Young is correct in pre-
dieting eventual approval by Washingtonians
of the Dupont Circle Underpass The two long
years of construction work, the litter and the
mud and the inconvenience and an investment
exceeding $4.8 million, made a lot Of people
skeptical. One can give understanding sympathy
to the merchants in the neighborhood who were
blocked in, barricaded and otherwise shut of
from the normal streams of commerce, and join
them now in their Joy over release from i'm
prisonment.
General Young may be right in saying that
people will be thankful for the underpass in
years to come and that the investment is worth
while. 1t will not be long before people forget
that streetcars once ran both ways around one
half of the circle; forget the hopeless jams
caused by Massachusetts, Avenue traffic, P street
traffic and Connecticut Avenue traffic merging
in one grand snarl But if they do remember
such things they will also forget the long period
of construction and the heavy cost, and thank
the engineers for what has been done.
A speech course that has trained Chin
panzee to say papa, mama and cup can well stop
there. The first thing you know the species viii
want money.
Evening star., 1950-05-18

Carthy has given the committee addi-
tional names. Some Of those he produced
outright In public hearings. Some were
not employed directly by the State De-
partment. There are no files on these.
even If President Truman were to re-
lent and allow the investigating COM
mittee to go beyond the 81 cases in its
examination OF loyalty records.
More public hearings are likely, de-
spite the committees wish to continue
its work as far as possible behind closed
doors. The investigators are committed
to hearing in public those who have been
accused by Senator Mccarthy in open
sessions.
So far. only five have been heard. At
least four others are entitled to hear
ing, if they desire one. These include
John s. Service, veteran State Depart
ment career officer. who was recalled
from the Orient for fourth appearance
before the State Department loyalty
board and for an opportunity to go
before the Senate group and deny the
Mccarthy charges. No date has been
set for the Service hearing, or for any
other.
Nor is that all.
The Senate committee has committed
itself to full investigation of the 1945
Amerasia magazine case involving the
alleged theft Of secret Government docu-
Evening star., 1950-05-18
BY Charles E. TroceweN

than anything else, but in birdland it
makes very good smile.
$50 you think 1t should be pinker?"
asked Mary. II suppose hard working
bird must get every egg just the color
Of the dawn"
Nov, Mary" said John, hastily. 'I
didn't say it wasn't a very pretty egg,
just that it was slightly off-color."
"Of-color. is it?" Esmeralda Towhee
sank into the nest. "a lot you know
about it. Have you ever laid an egg?"
John Towhee had to admit he hadn't
This egg" went on Mary, 'looks all
right to me. It will come out all right.
You wait and see."
The days passed, when all of q suden
the whitest egg Matched.
That bird" began John Towhee, but
his wife Mary broke in angrily:
That. bird is all right" she chirped.
Don't tell me it should be pink, now"
John clashed his bill on the bough.
Sure. 1t isn't pink. but don't you think
it is bit-er, dark?"
THE poor thing is hungry, john"
said Mother Towhee. Fly and get him
some food"
She eyed the vigorous new baby hope
fully.
And then, how It grew!
BY the third day. tbs other eggs had
Evening star., 1950-05-18

Matched. Three nice babies were added
to the nest But by this time, the first
born was growing and growing. He
had the largest mouth, and got the most
food.
He had Matched first, and got an
earlier start. Mary Towhee was more
fortunate than some. at that; sometimes
cowbird eggs hatch 50 fast that the
usurper in the nest claims 20 much
attention that the foster parents do not
get time to hatch their own.
The John Towhees did all right.
All three Of their own lived, and by
the seventh day little Eddy Cowbird had
left for good.
Something wrong about that one"
said John Towhee. as he watched 1t 60.
why. John Towhee. how can you
say such a thing? There is nothing
wrong with him. He is just-different."
Something wrong, somewhere" he in
sisted. Then. being q good provider, he
said no more. and few away to find more
insects. With the odd baby gone, the
three others would grow well. from now
on.
Mary Towhee busted herself around
the nest.
1T was . strange baby" she admitted
10 herself. But we did the best we
eould for It. am glad II 10 % strong
and healthy"
Evening star., 1950-05-18
--AP. Photo.

ments. 1t has held one closed hearing
on this phase Of its inquiry. What it
learned from the witness, Frank BielaSki.
agent Of the wartime once Of Strategic
Services, led one committee member to
say that 1t was "a very. very serious"
matter.
At least two other witnesses. includ-
ing Maj. Gen. William Donovan, who
headed the OSS. have been suggested.
In all phases of its investigation, the
committee has list of about IS persons
to be questioned Senator Mccarthy
says he has 20 or Is witnesses he wants
called. in addition.
Moreover, the Senator is threatening
to take the Senate floor and name an
American foreign officer abroad 'and
charge he is a Soviet agent. ut has
been widely reported that this is John
Carter Vincent. our Minister in SwitZer-
landD Mr.. Mccarthy also is ready with
a blast of new charges, including ac-
cusations that two State Department
employees have been using the Voice of
America program for Soviet propaganda
purposes.
When will it end? "Come the Fourth
Of July. come Michaelmas-"
And come election time.
Then, possibly. the end will be in
sight.
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Letters to The Star

to that from the Northwest. So it ap-
pears that the proposition must be
spreading in many Government bureaus,
all inflicting major hardship on inde-
pendent business establishments.
Similar cooperative schemes exist in
many leading business corporations. We
know some few years back that the head
Of one of the leading public utilities in
this Nation wrote the writer that he
could see no reason to deny to 100000
or more of the companys employees the
right to participate in enjoying the low
prices the company enjoyed in purchases
for its own commercial use. We know
of a leading life insurance company
(whether they have corrected it recently
or not we do not know which had
similar cooperative plan for its own
$4,000 employees.
How far the trend will go is any,
ones guess, but I believe that industry
and Government should not permit the
continuance of such a proposition, be-
cause If 1t continues and increases, 1t
can bring untold damage to many busi-
ness establishments throughout the Ma
tion.
George ]. Burger,
Vice President. National Federation
of Independent Business.
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Come July d. Come Michoe|nos.
By Cecil Holland

IF QUESTIONS are an indication.
l. many people seem to be wearying of
the continuing furor over charges of
Communists in the Government.
AS one of the reporters covering the
Senate investigation Of the Mccarthy
charges, this writer is being asked re-
peatedly. When is it going to end?"
Unhappily, there seems to be no answer
to that question, at least for the present.
Reporters covering the investigation
have been wondering about it. too They
put the question recently to a committee
member. He smiled quizzically.
Come the Fourth of July. come
Michaelmas, come :"
He may be right. considering the work
to be done and the political overtones
in the Senate investigation.
A vast amount of work remains to be
done. The Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee making the investigation
has only begun its task Of examining
the State Department files in the 81
cases cited by Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin as being Com
munistS, fellow-travelers or bad security
risks.
Less than half the cases have been
ot0d1OA GAAOo AGA. 11V ItS P1CSC1lG IdUC VI
progress. the committee will require
many weeks to complete this phase of
its work.
Senator Tydings. Democrat. of Mary
land. the committee chairman, has said
graphically that the 81 cases will prove
"the truth or falsity" of the Mccarthy
charges. At least one committee men,
ber-Republican Senator Hickenlooper-
thinks otherwise. He believes no final
conclusions can be reached from the
examination of these files.
The examination. according to Sena-
tor Hickenlooper. probably will suggest
leads the committee should follow up
and witnesses that should be questioned
before any final conclusions can be
reached. Where that might lead. no
one can guess.
But that's not all.
The 81 cases are those outlined by
Senator Mccarthy in his February 20
speech on the Senate f1oor-the speech
that led directly to the investigation of
his charges. They are not the 205 cases
nor the 81 cases he has mentioned on
other occasions.
Since accusing the 81. Senator Nc
Evening star., 1950-05-18
They Won't Mix

There may be some room for argument as
to the wisdom of having the Council of Economic
Advisers appear before Congress as advocates
of policies which the President has adopted on
their recommendation. DR.. Edwin Nourse, who
resigned last year as chairman of the Council,
felt it should remain aloof from policies in any
form. But there is something to be said for the
contrary point of view held by Leon Keyserling,
who succeeded DR.. Nourse as chairman, and the
other member, Dr. John Clark.
It is hard to think of anything good to say,
however, about Mr.. Keyserling's appearance
Monday at the Democratic political rally in
Chicago. Taking part in panel discussion Mr..
Keyserling submitted his version of the admins
trations record, and said: 1--WE can stand on this
record We need not yield an inch to those who
shout about waste and bankruptcy and socialism,
despite the greatest peacetme prosperity and the
greatest success by private enterprise ever
enjoyed anywhere"
That sounds as though Mr.. Keyserling, in
addition to his duties as economic adviser, may
be ghost writing some of the Presidents speeches.
At any rate the Chicago effort had all the ear
marks of a political stump speech, and it casts
Mr.. Keyserling in strictly partisan role.
Perhaps that is the way he and the President
want it to be- But they will find that partisan
politics and economics won't mix, and that the
prestige of the Council is going to suffer If its
new chairman intends to become a political
special pleader.
Evening star., 1950-05-18
This Parkway Is Not Pork

It is apparent from the House debate that
opponents of the Washington Baltimore Parkway
bill were either uninformed or misnformed
as to the purposes of this partly constructed
highway. Representative Wilson'S suspicion that
the project is of the pork barrel variety is
groundless, as any one who knows the history
of the undertaking is aware. On the contrary,
the parkway was conceived as an urgent ma
tional defense link between Washington and
Fort Meade, is still of military value and, in
addition, is urgently needed to relieve dangerous
traffic congestion on the old Baltimore pike.
Maryland naturally is pressing for compile
tion of the parkway, for the State constructed
its part of the job on the definite assurance
that the Federal Government would carry out
its agreed share of the enterprise. Under the
original agreement, Maryland was to build a
twelve-mile stretch from Baltimore to Jessup's
road, near Fort Meade, and the Federal Govern
ment was to build the remaining link about
nineteen miles long. Maryland already has COM
pleted about eight miles of the road and is
planning to finish the task by 1852. None of
the Federal part has been completed, although
several miles have been graded and all rights
of-way purchased.
1t would amount to breach of contract with
Maryland if the Federal Government reneged
now on its part of the bargain It has been
the understanding from the outset that the
United States would pay in full for the link
between the Capital and Fort Meade. To re-
quire Maryland to bear any part of this cost
would be unfair, for it is doubtful that the
State would have launched its part of the project
on so expensive scale on its own initiative
The parkway is to be of the dual-lane type,
divided by 1OO-foot-wide parking strip. The
alternate route to Baltimore is urgently needed
as traffic safety valve between the two cities.
The old pike is Maryland's most hazardous
road and rapidly is gaining the reputation of
being the most deadly stretch of paving along
Route /. In 729 major accidents there last
year the death toll was SO and the number of
injured 4SS. To cite these figures is to offer
convincing evidence of the Importance of early
approval by Congress of the parkway legislation.
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Federal Agency 'co-operotives'

read with considerable interest the
story by Joseph, Young of your staff
few days ago: Discount Deals to En-
ployes May Bring Storm of Protests"
The article is correct where it states.
"a storm of protest is brewing over the
increasing trend among Federal agencies
in establishing 'co-operatives' that offer
inducements of goods and services for
Government workers at discount
prices"
This situation has been brought to the
attention of the National Federation Of
independent Business time and time
again from various parts of the Nation
most recently from California and prior
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Chavez versus Budenz

Chavez versus Budenz
1t is very interesting that David Law
renee seems to be championing Louis
Budenz. Mr.. Lawrence appears dis
turbed over Senator Chavez's introduc-
ing religion into the controversy, and
he lays this mistake" at the door Of
the strategy board Of the Democratic
Administration. How naive Of Mr.. Law
renee! He quotes paragraph after para
graph from the Fordham Jesuit Father
McGinley's castigation Of Senator Cha
vez. Father Mckinley attacked Chavez's
statements on BudenZ as vicious Of
tense against Christian charity" but
does the Reverend Fathers concept Of
Christian charity also take in the victims
Of Senator Mccarthy and Professor Bu-
denz? ! can find no evidence Of it.
There has long been o whispering
campaign about Mccarthy and Budenz
receiving Roman Catholic backing. Per-
haps it started because certain Catholic
periodicals have made no bones about 1t.
Columbia Magazine Of September. 1949.
Knights of Columbus) and the Jesuit
America Magazine on April 20 and again
on May l3. point up this fact.
The Democratic Administration lead
ers did not inject religion into this con-
troversy. It was already there. I for
one am glad it is now out in the open
in the general press, and 1t took version
of man bites dog" to do 1t.
Helen Wallace Kelley.
Senator Chavez's irresponsible per-
sonal attack on the character and mo-
tives of Louis Budenz does him no
credit nor does it strengthen the cause
for which he pleads. 1t would rest more
comfortably in the pages Of the yellowest
journal than in the Congressional Rec
ord: it would be more becoming to
professional hatchetman than q United
States Senator.
John T. Haley.
Catholic University.
Senator Chavez's personal attack on
Prof. Budenz was totally unwarranted.
Budenz appeared before the committee
in obedience to q summons. neglect OF
which would be o crime. He answered
the committees questions, neglect OF
which would be O criminal ofiense. Is
man to be condemned for respecting the
power OF the United States Senate? Or
is the "insolent" conduct of Browder and
Field to be the criterion Of loyal Amer
icanisln?
Because a man has done wrong in the
past does not mean he cannot repent
ana attempt to undo that evil. The
Senator, as a Catholic should remember
that Peter denied Christ three times
and was then made the head Of His
Church. that Paul who persecuted the
Christian Church became the Apostle
to the Gentiles" Budenz has admittedly
done wrong, but his conduct since leav-
ing the Communist Party has been above
reproach. Our Justice Department and
F.BI. have expressed confidence in his
integrity and later events proved that
confidence had not been misplaced.
Edward R. Hoxan
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Noive, but Not Ingenious

I would appreciate it very much If
your paper would print this correction
to letter written by me. entitled Naive
and Ingenious" appearing in the May
II issue. You substituted the word "in-
genuous" for the word ingenious"
did not mean to imply that Senator
Tydings was being frank, open and
above board, as we commoners say. in
his effort to clear certain officials.
What I did imply was that he had
cleverly contrived a QUESTIONABLE for
the former Secretaries of State, to i'm
press the public of his seriousness of
purpose-which purpose, am beginning
to doubt.
Delmar G. Wright.
Editors Note: The Star, noting
that Mr.. Wright also called Senator
Tydings naive" thought he meant
ingenious" in the same sense Of
"artless" or "innocent."D
Evening star., 1950-05-18
Bod ExompIe'

The so-called "Fair Deal" which pro-
poses to benefit Peter by robbing Paul,
should be called the Unfair Deal" The
rule Of collectivism holds that the indi-
vidual is mere negligible particle Of the
mass of humanity. and that the rights
of the group are paramount. The Well
fare State likewise holds that the indi-
vidual who has come to poverty through
extravagantly spending his entire income
in the past, should receive the benefits
of the man who frugally saved his earn
ings through self denial for the benefit
of his children, and that these children
should be deprived upon the death of
their parents of sharing in the Inherit
ance left to them, and that it should be
given to the shiftless. That is the sum
and substance of the theology of the
Fair Deal and the Welfare State.
1t is legalized looting, on the part of
a powerful Government. of one mans
possessions obtained through thrift and
economy, in order that a reckless spend
er, already provided with good wage,
will have more to spend for liquor,
cigarettes, motion pictures. pleasure
trips, television, and many other lux
uries, which his frugal neighbor for
goes that he may save q little nest-egg
for his children.
This disregard Of fundamental rights
on the part of the Government Is setting
o bad example and is teaching lot OF
people to put their hands into their
neighbors' pockets.
C. s. Longacre.