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Evening star., 1950-08-20
Unioneering as Usual

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. having
failed to force the President to seize the railroads,
has now called token" strikes in terminals at
Louisville, ST. Paul and Cleveland. Barring
last-minute reprieve, the strikes will begin to-
morrow.
This disgraceful performance grows out of the
unions demand for a 4o-hour week for yardmen
at the same pay they receive for 48-hour week.
Last June. presidential board recommended
40-hour week at the equivalent of pay for A hours
This was accepted by the railroads, but was re-
jected by the union.
Now the union has resorted to the token strike
or what is described as needing" operation. It
will not tie-up the the union
leaders afraid to go that far at this time
But it will slow down the movement Of freight
traffic.
In other words, it is q carefully calculated
effort to take advantage of this countrys distress
to secure something to which the union has just
claim Young Americans are being sent to fight
and die in Korea. The most strenuous effort Is
being made to rush supplies and equipment to
them, and even little delay will mean more
wounded and more dead. But the Railroad Train
men go along on q unioneering- -as-usual basis in
different to any consideration except their own
reasonable desires. 1t is thoroughly disgraceful
situation, and it will be still more disgraceful If
they are permitted to get away with it.
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Wants Other EIieibIes CoIIed

Congratulations to the mother Of an
ETO veteran, whose splendid essay on
World War II Veterans as Draftees"
appeared in a recent issue of The Star.
Her summary of the reasons why World
War II veterans should not now be con-
sidered as draftees expressed the senti-
ments ST fair minded citizens.
To draft veterans Of World War II
before all other eligibles have been in
dlcted would mean forcing one group Of
boys to fight two wars, while excusing
others from any military service what
ever.
Did not Congress exempt veterans of
World War II to assure them freedom
from additional military service except
under conditions of extreme emergency?
Irate Citizen.
Evening star., 1950-08-20

KILLED by Burglar" was the heading
applied in The Star Of August 20, 1900,
to dispatch from Pitts
Fosburq field, Mass, telling Of the
Tragedy murder of May Fosburg.
daughter of a Buffalo con-
tractor, in her own home. Three bur-
glars allegedly broke into the house.
while searching dt) they found Mr..
Fosburg's revolver. Mr.. Fosburg saw the
flash of q light and got out of bed He
was struck by blunt instrument and
knocked down. He succeeded in grap-
pling with the intruder however. and in
the struggle which ensued the revolver
which the burglar carried was knocked
out of his hand and fell to the floor.
The noise of the struggle between the
men awakened the entire family and
they hastened to the room occupied by
the father. A second burglar. however,
preceded them. and as F. s. Fosburg.
son, entered the room he was grappled
with by the burglar and struck by
sandbag over the eye and on the back
of the head. Miss May Fosburg and her
brother James were awakened from sleep
in an upper story and came downstairs.
AS they entered their fathers room, the
girl leading the way. Jhlro burglar ap-
peared. He deliberately aimed his re-
volver at the girls heart and fired. She
fell back into the arms Of her brother
and expired instantly" The three bur-
glars then escaped from windows OF the
house. Because of the prominence OF the
Fosburgs, the crime created national
sensation and was a subject of discussion
for at least decade.
In the society column Of The Star OF
August %, 1900. the following paragraph
appeared: "Mr. and Mrs.
The Iodoes' George Cabot Lodge have
uo,vn,oon broken all the orthodox
fashionable rules about
their marriage and honeymoon. They
are driving about from place to place in
the Massachusetts, rural districts, as the
mood suits them, depending upon the
wayside taverns for lodgings and meals,
and altogether conducting themselves as
if utter simplicity had hitherto ordered
their lives. While they are trying to esq
cape any notice, they are getting it. how
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Patchwork Controls

The President has addressed timely protest
to the Senate against enactment of patchwork
economic control bill which would fail to proVlde
controls that are needed now, while authorizing
standby measures which could neither do the
current job nor be applied successfully to the
contingencies which may arise"
This message from the President marks
high point in what has been very curious pro-
cedure. On July 10 he asked Congress for certain
limited contros-prority and ALLEGATIONS au-
thorty control of commodity speculation and an
enlarged authority to curb credit The imme-
diate reaction was that he had not asked for
enough. Strong sentiment developed for legis-
lation which would not only grant these powers,
but which would also extend standby power to
control wages and prices and to inaugurate
rationing.
As the bill has moved through the House
and into the Senate however, it has undergone,
or is faced with, rather thorough mutilation.
With pending amendments, it would not give the
President all of the original powers he asked for.
And the grant of unmasked powers-standby
control of wages, prices, etc.-is almost hope
lessly hedged about with proposed amendments
to give preferred position to certain commodi-
ties, or to open loopholes which would exempt
one thing or another from effective control.
The Senate, when it takes up the bill to-
morrow, should reject this kind of politicking.
AS the President says, it would be tragic to enact
q control bill under which there could be no
effective control The Senators know what is
needed and what is not needed. Their duty is
to pass bill that will make it possible to protect
the Nation against imitation, and they ought
not to let selfish special-interest considerations
divert them from that all-important objective.
Evening star., 1950-08-20

The average talking book takes II
hours to read.
The books are checked out for a 2 to
week period. There are the usual de-
linquents and many contrite little notes
begging pardon" arrive in the Wash
ington divisions daily mail.
The correspondence files also bulge
with letters Of appreciation. A blind
employe in an Asheville IN. c. work.
shop wrote: Books are such real
friends. They are the only real pleasure
that life affords me-" A talking book
recipient put it this way: ''The machine
you have loaned me is surely beacon
light in the darkness"
Still another commended the divisions
machinery: II have received BuckSkin
Breeches' and returned it yesterday.
Much to my surprise received another
book this morning. That's what I call
pretty first-class service"
The wide range of available literature
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Acc at Full Strength

With President Truman's nomination of DR..
T. Keith Glennan, and his confirmation by the
Senate, the Atomic Energy Commission-for the
frs time in many months-now will have its top
c. and operating at full strength. The new
commissioner will fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Lewis L. Strauss last February,
and the hve-member Acc thus will be completely
manned-as it should be in these days when its
portentous work is of vital Importance to the
safety of the United States and the entire free
world
Although only A years DID, Dr. Glennan, presi-
dent of the Case Institute of Technology in
Cleveland, can lay claim to record indicating
that he has technical and administrative expert
ence impressive enough to qualify him for his
new f1ve-year post Among other things, in ad-
dition to having held executive positions in big
enterprises like Paramount Pictures and the
General Anine and Film Company he has won
special distinction, including the Medal of
Merit, for his wartime service as director of the
Navy's underwater sound laboratory at Colum-
bia University. With such background to draw
upon, he should be able to contribute good deal
to the commission, whose other members
Chairman Gordon Dean, Sumner Pike, DR.. Henry
De Wolf Smyth and Thomas E. Murray-all are
of caliber that inspires confidence.
With the world as it u.s. with our A-weapons
being made more deadly and with work under
way to detersne whether the superdestructise
hydrogen bomb can be developed, these Ave
Evening star., 1950-08-20
The Weep
By Bruce Burton

When Theodore Roosevelt. hero Of the
Rough Riders and Governor OF New York.
was nominated for the vice presidency.
Boss Platt of New York (the Easy Boss)
did not like it, He regarded Col. Roose-
welt as a highly self -assertive and un-
reliable young man. DO you realize"
he said to his fellow bosses, that only
one single heart beat will stand between
that youngster and the Presidency OF
the United States?"
Not many months later crazy man
named Leon Czolgosz fred a pistol at
President Mckinley. The presidential
heart ceased to beat, and T. r. entered
the White House.
Having in mind that only a single
heart beat stands today between Alben
Barkley and the greatest job in the
world, rise to register growing rebel
lion against the word Weep" I would
like the newspapers and radio commen-
tators to quit using it.
Most of all, 1 would wish the Vice
President himself to quit using it. When
he says, Call me Veep." it makes me
shudder.
He is an old-line politician who has
been getting himself reelected to public
office for most of lifetime. He must
know pretty well what the people like.
But on the Weep matter believe the
people are more intelligent than he gives
them credit for being.
h
In recent years dignity steadily has
dropped away from our public leaders.
Poker is played in the White House. One
Governor of great State is known as
"Kissin' Jim" A young man Of no proved
mentality gets himself elected Senator
of the United States by playing the
guitar. The radio and the movies, and
now television, seem to have made
candidates Of both parties believe they
must simper and smirk like idiots and
cavort like clowns. Only few have the
courage to be themselves.
(copyrisht 1850 King Features Syndicate 4ne'S
Evening star., 1950-08-20
For Servicemen's Welfare

Although the survey of Washington's recrea-
tional facilities for servicemen was made months
before the Korean outbreak, the findings could
not have come at a more appropriate time. With
the number of men in uniform due to increase
steadily in the weeks to follow, washington and
other communities should give special attention
to the entertainment and general welfare of the
men modified for the emergency The report OF
the study made under auspices of the Recreation
and Group Work Section of the United Commu-
nifty Services provides basis for organizing the
local community to meet the needs of service
men in the Metropolitan Area.
The survey, conducted by Milton Feitelson, Of
Philadelphia, reveals that while there are ade-
quate recreational and welfare resources in
Washington and vicinity there is lack of a CEN
trail Office to coordinate activities of the various
agencies in the interest of the armed forces. The
establishment of such headquarters is the chief
recommendation contained in the detailed report.
Mr.. Feitelson makes the logical proposal that this
Capitalization be achieved through special COM
mittee of UCS, to be known as the Service Per-
sonnel Recreation Committee. The committee
would have staff in a convenient location, where
contacts could be maintained not only with Army,
Navy and Air Force personnel directors but where
information could be supplied to the public re-
garding available facilities.
The survey indicates that there are more
servicemen on the streets of Washington than the
average person thinks. 1t was found that eight
out of 10 servicemen wear civilian clothes while
Off station. The presence of these fighting men,
away from home and familiar places of recrea-
ton, creates problem and responsibility which
cannot wisely be ignored by community agencies,
and the UCS officials are alert to the needs and
are planning to take definite steps to meet them.
The program will benefit not only individual
members of the armed forces, but the cause of
national defense as we'll For service morale is
key factor in fighting any war.
Evening star., 1950-08-20

ever, perhaps more than II they had
submitted to all the fine plans originally
set for them by their friends" The young
people thus referred to were the son and
daughter-in-law of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and were to be the parents of Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., of Massa-
chusetts and Representative John Davis
Lodge of Connecticut. They had been
married August 18 and were destined to
have exactly nine years and three days
together. George, poet, especially re-
membered for his sonnetS, died August
81, 1909, victim of heart failure. His
widow makes her home at the Wardman
Park.
The Star for August 81, 1900, an
nounced the receipt of delayed tele-
gram from Edwin Hurd
Good TIdings Conger, American Min
From Peking lister to China, contain
ing news of the relief of
Peking by the allied forces, terminating
the siege which had begun June 20.
Parts of the message were suppressed by
the State Department, but the whole
text was studied at meeting OF the
Presidents cabinet. Mr.. Conger in the
course of his communication explained
that the Boxers had tried to exterminate
the foreigners in the British Legation
during the night before the relief expedi-
ton arrived in the Chinese capital. do
not yet know where imperial family is"
he said. Except deaths already report
ed, all Americans alive and we'll" Mr..
Congers wife eventually compiled her
letters and diaries in book about the
siege which still is worth reading.
"At congress held in Paris in 1887"
The Star on August %, 1900, quoted the
International Monthly as
Stor saying. "it was decided that
cotoIoo the end of the 10Th century
should see the making of
great catalog of all the stars in the sky
upon a scale of completeness and pre-
cision surprising anything previously at
tempted. 1t is impossible to exaggerate
the Importance of such work, for upon
our star catalogs depends ultimately the
entire structure of astronomical science.
The work was far too vast for the
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Bridges Goes to Jail

With due respect for your conservative
and wholesome stand on things national
and otherwise, disagree with you on
Harry Bridges.
A man of his ilk, who keeps the coun-
try in a turmoil is a traitor to its best
interests and the jail or gallows is best
for all Of us as far as he is concerned.
Mrs. T. b. Dinkel.
Cincinnati.
While it is entirely possible to ignore
the opinions and comments of several of
your columnists, cannot possibly ignore
your recent editorial. Bridges Goes to
Jail"
After reading this editorial number
of times and blinking an equal number
of times at its noble righteousness, I
suddenly was seized with an attack of
indigestion. Obviously your editorial was
too much. Its author undoubtedly is
either a Communist sympathizer or
fellow traveller. Why? Because any one
whose heart bleeds for the likes of Harry
Bridges Is precisely either Of the above
rascals.
You have failed to bring out the fact
that Harry Bridges is the leader of the
huge West Coast Longshoreman's Union.
AS leader of longshoremen and steve
dores whose job 1t is to load ships with
the tools needed to bring victory in
Korea, his views are. in fact. directives
designed to sabotage our fighting boys
in Korea. You ask, But do they con-
stitute conduct which is inimical to the
security of the United States?" My an
swer to that is simply this: Are you
kidding? Do you really believe tn a t
thinking people are so naive as to
swallow such bilge as, "The Bridges case
has its disturbing implications? What
is so disturbing in failing a convicted
liar. who, upon being freed pending ap-
peal of his conviction. promptly made
peddling his usual Communist double
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Reasonable Anti-Crime Program

The Federal anti crime program suggested by
the Kefauver committee in It's preliminary report
falls short of the hopes of those would like to
shift much of the burden of local law enforce
ment from the States to the Federal Government.
The new legislation advocated by the gambling
syndicate investigators is reasonable one, how
ever. 1t would leave the main responsibility for
suppression of gambling and racketeering OF
other kinds where 1t properly belongs-with
State, county and municipal authorities.
The committee recommends Tightening of
immigration laws so as to deal effectively with
alien criminals, heavier penalties for drug law
volators, amendment of Federal income tax laws
to require more detailed returns from persons
tions for Federal enforcement agencies and wider
use of existing monopoly and postal laws to hit
at crime organizations and their leaders The
group also favors the bill to outlaw interstate
shipment of slot machines, but shies at the
more controversial proposal of Attorney General
McGrath to restrict interstate use of communi-
cation facilities by gamblers.
The committees wariness as to the Attorney
Generals anti-race news bill Is justified, This
measure would project the Federal Government
further into the field of local responsibility
than appears to be justified on the basis of find
ings by congressional committees or any other
groups. It is right that Federal authorities
should render every possible assistance to local
law enforcement but care should be exercised
to keep the respective police powers of the
national and local governments within their
proper spheres.
Evening star., 1950-08-20
The Commander Wants Troops

The thing that stands out in General Mac
Arthur's first direct report to the Security Coun-
ell is the urgency of his appeal for more troons
in Korea.
General MacArthurs report dealt with mill
tary operations through July 81, and much has
happened since then. But nothing that has hap
pened detracts from his imperative need of more
fighting men.
The United Nations commander was high in
his praise of all the units engaged in the tight.
But although the war is in its eighth week, the
whole burden of ground fighting, which General
Macarthur says is of "a most savage character"
is being borne by American and South Korean
troops. This is state of affairs which, to say
the least, reflects little credit on the U. n men,
FORMATIONS, SO all told, who have approved the
Security Council resolutions calling for assistance
in repelling the attack on South Korea.
Air and naval forces from five of these
countries have been in combat and eight coun-
tries-not counting the rejected offer from Ma
tionalist China-have promised total of 80 900
ground troops The fact remains however, that
with the war nearly two months old, not sim
gle ground soldier from our associates in the
U. N. has reached Korea. Some of the smaller
countries, such as Thailand Turkey and the
Philippines have made relatively substantial
offers of men. But others have made offers which
amount to little or nothing.
This meager response is not due in all cases
to an unwillngneSs to share the burden. Some
countries have other heavy commitments. Some
have nothing to contribute. Where definite offers
of troops have been made, the delay in getting
them to the scene of action is due In part to
such things as lack of transportation, command
problems, etc. STILL the impression survives that
the response of the United Nations to this first
open challenge has been disappointing If the
United States had followed the leisurely pace of
some of Its associates, the war in Korea would
be over, the aggressor would have triumphed,
and the dream of collective security would have
been blasted. Somehow, 1t must be brought home
to all u N. members that collective action against
aggression means collective action and that any
action, to be effective, must be taken promptly,
not weeks and months after the aggressor strikes.
The ground units which have been offered
by other nations for service in Korea should be
sent there without further delay AS General
Macarthur has said, their usefulness is directly
related to the rapidity with which they reach
the scene of action. And the lessons of Korea
should be applied to any preparations for dealing
with new aggressions. There may be some excuse
for the unreadiness of U. N members, including
the United States, to meet this first challenge.
But there can be no excuse for unreadiness in
the concept Of collective security, then all of its
members henceforth must be prepared to give
effective assistance Immediately to any resistance
to aggression. The United States cannot carry
that burden alone. ---#- -
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Allowances for Regular Soldiers

Your paper recently has featured ar
ticles decrying the lack of Government
allowances to dependents Of reservists
called to active duty with the Armed
Forces. Those who regularly serve on
active duty with the Armed Forces have
been supporting their dependents for
some time on the standard pay of the
services without benefit of Government
allowances.
Does it not appear logical that either
the men pressed into the service during
the present emergency should be capa-
BILE of making their Armed Forces pay
suffice or else the regular servicemen
should be entitled to Government
allowance at all times, emergency or no?
Robert C. M. Ostland.
Evening star., 1950-08-20

men have q responsibility whose gravity can
hardly be exaggerated. In happier and more
peaceful times they could concentrate largely
on Harvesting the goodness in the atom for the
benefit of all mankind. But now, because of the
Soviet threat, their overriding duty Is to be
hard driving top directors of the effort to keep
this Nation supreme in nucieer ornaments 1t
is duty that has much to do with the survival
of our free civilization. That Is why 1t is reas-
suring to have the Acc fully manned.
Evening star., 1950-08-20

(the talking book catalogue alone fllls
1873 pages is reflected in reader requests.
They can get Murder in the Calais
Coach" by Agatha Christie; "Adven-
lures of Huckleberry Finn" cook book.
Sunday school quarterlies, the Readers
Digest or even War and Peace"
To Tupelo. Miss; Lakeland. Fla:
Honolulu. fredericksburg. Md; Still Pond,
Md. and Chicago go Trollope's "The
Warden" Selected Detective Stories"
arch of Triumph" by Remarque. and
This Little Pig Stayed Home" by Eth
ridge. The majority Of talking books
are delivered to readers living in rural
areas.
Only one string is attached to this
well-run Federal service-the reader"
must have seriously impaired vision.
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Letters to The Star

yak-yak a must? Wake up, brother, it's
later than you think
Finally. your editorial states. "As we
move deeper in the dangerous crisis in
our relations with Russia. 1t will become
increasingly harder to resist the tempta-
tion to persecute those whose opinions
are at variance with the dominant
point of view. 1t looks as though Bridges
has been sent to jail because of the
opinions he expressed, and if that is
true. even though he may be an ardent
Communist. the rest of us can i'll afford
to dismiss the matter with an Indifferent
shrug of the shoulder" In line with this
equivocating conviction. it would be in
teresting to learn of your past reactions
to the persecution of that great Ameri
can, Charles Lindbergh: the Rev. Charles
Coughlin, Upton Close and many others,
by that greatest of all prototype Machia-
'vellians, F. D. r. How about that?
Jay P. Cimerella.
Evening star., 1950-08-20
Wonts Foreign Legion

This administration has expanded its
Santa Claus complex so that it now
includes the giving away of American
lives in Korea We have so thoroughly
taught foreign nations to say, Let Uncle
Sap do it" that after two months of
fighting in Korea our troops are the
only ones assisting the South Koreans
to fight the Red Fascists. It appears
that we have had only one bona f1de
offer of prompt assistance but this had
to be refused because the State De-
partment is still mad" at General
Chiang-presumably because he still re-
fuses to take Communists into his cabi-
net. If Gen. Franco should offer to
send troops, he would receive the same
reply.
Even the nations to which we have
been sending all this economic aid have
not sent assistance. OF course, the State
Department would not lower its dignity
to the point of bringing pressure to
bear on some of these nations.
Congress should pass a law creating