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Evening star., 1950-05-03
Revolt in Wisconsin

If the people of Mosinee Wisconsin, relish
mock revolutions that is their business. But
it may be hoped that this particular pastime
will not take the country by the ears like the
pyramid clubs and the flying saucers.
Just what good does it do to go through
the motions of shooting the chief of police, to
drag the mayor out into the snowy streets Che
suffered q severe stroke after re-enacting
this scene for the newsreels), and to put leading
citizens behind barbed wire? 1t would be one
thing if it was necessary to put on this kind
OF stunt under the direction of two former
Communists, to arouse the American people to
the dangers of communism. But If it has come
to that, we are in a bad way.
When the show was over, one of these ex-
Communist directors, Joseph E. Kornfeder, pro-
nounced the mock demonstration a success.
But, he cautioned, There would have been mass
Killings under real invasion"
That quite probably is true. But what is
the point of it? One mock Red revolution, or
thousand of them, will never be an answer to
the threat of communism. What the people OF
this country need is to realize that the fight
against the Communists Is going to be long,
costly and eXacting business 1t will be won,
not by demonstrations, but by making, year after
wear, the effort and the sacrifices required to
maintain in the free world a structure OF
strength which will discourage Communist ag-
gression. One of the best ways to be sure that
real invasion" will not come to Mosinee or
to any other American community is to calm
down and keep our feet on the ground.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
May Day in Berlin

BY some Standards Berlin's May Day cele-
bration was a good omen for the Western
Powers.
1t brought out upwards of million Germans,
divided into hostile camps Serious trouble
might have led to civil war, but, thanks in the
main to the work of German police on both
sides of the dividing line, there were no serious
clashes. This may mean that the Communist
leaders are not ready for real trouble, and that
the threatened invasion of West Berlin by the
German Communist Youth, scheduled for the
whitsun week end of May 1928 will be called off.
In terms of numbers attending the respective
rallies, so far as that may be measure of the
political allegiance of the German people, the
advantage seems to have lain with the West
Reliable estimates place at 100000 the size of
the crowd that turned out for the Western rally
in. the British sector of Berlin. A few blocks
away in the Soviet zone, the Communists claimed
turnout of 100000. This however, was an
exaggeration. The true figure seems to have
been closer to 100000.
1t is also fair inference from the news
reports that the West Berliners showed more
genuine enthusiasm. They pledged allegiance to
freedom and roared defiance to the Soviet Union
and to German communism. And their cheers
rolled through the streets when a speaker said:
"Our opponents plan to destroy the remainder
of freedom, but we shall resist
There was one aspect of the rival demonstra-
tions, however, that is less than reaSsuring. The
most serious trouble of the day came when
mob Of about 5000 teen ayers from West Berlin
some of them drunk and waving bottles
stoned East Berlin police, manhandled couple
of civilians and tore down Red flags from a
building on the frontier of the Soviet sector.
This was in marked contrast to the discipline
which prevailed on the other side of the line.
There, the so-called Free Communist Youth
marched past the reviewing stands, singing their
songs, holding their banners aloft and cIapping
their hands in time with the music of the bands.
Judging from the pictures, many of these
marchers were mere children when the last
remnants of Hitler'S Nazi regime toppled in fire
and smoke five years ago. But the capacity of
the German youth for discipline, and his taste
for martial display seem to be much the same
under the Communists as under the Nazis The
German instinct for regimentation is strong,
and we should expect that the Communists,
with the propaganda and other facilities at their
disposal, may be able to attract these young
Germans in considerable numbers. Nor should
we forget that discipline and organization will
be potent factors in the struggle that is ap-
preaching the showdown stage within Germany.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

United States-born who have settled
permanently on the iSland-and 10000
Filipino contract workers.
Assistant Secretary of Interior Will
liam Warne reminded the subcommittee
that of all the island areas ceded by
Spain in the Treaty of Paris in 1898
including the Philippines, Guam and
Puerto Rico-only Guam remains with
out self-rule. Since December, 1898,
the Navy has had exclusive control and
administration of the islands 226 square
miles.
President Truman moved last Septem-
Der to end Navy control, by directing
transfer of the islands administration
from the Secretary of the Navy to the
Secretary of the Interior, technically
effective July of this year. A signif-
cant step in this direction was the
Presidents appointment last September
OF Mr.. Skinner as Governor. The 81
year-old former information chief of
Interior thus became the first civilian
administrator In the history of the is
land.
AS bastion of our Pacific defenses,
Guam is the scene Of considerable con-
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Popular Music Only

Station WBMS in Boston has announced
an interesting experiment. The management has
decided that 'the average American has tin
ear" Hereafter until further notice 1t will spon-
sor the broadcasting of popular music exclusively
BY this apparently is meant boycotting OF the
classics The station, having specialized in good"
music for three years. now will go to the other
extreme. concentrating on on-classical music
on the theory that that is what the public wants.
But is music subject to such rigid cata-
loguing? Where is the line between what is
classical and what is popular? The theme of
20, Promise Me" is popular in ballad dress; it
also has been appreciated in its original form
in the "Finlandia" symphony of Sibelius. Mean
while, Tschaikovsky has been adapted by Tin
Pan Alley so many times and in so many diff
ferent ways as to be veritable gold mine for
the adapters and their patrons, the popular
bands and singers. The variations referred to
are, in effect, simply changes in tempo or
rhythm relatively inconsequential alterations.
OF course there may be a standard canon
which Station WBMS can determine and obey.
Experience may lead to the development of
rule of choice, so that given composition can
be pigeonholed exactly either in the popular or
the classical field. Such invention is feasible.
All that would be required to make it work would
be the perfect RECOMMENDATION of human listening.
The public that is supposed to have a tin ear
must continue to have it, If the managers of
WBMS are to be successful in the procedure
which they have announced. In other words,
the public must stay hitched toits popular pref
erence in music. 1t must be faithful to its
prejudice against good" music.
But that may be difficult. People have
natural tendency to desire variety. They may
prefer dissonance, veritable diet of noise for
a season, perhaps for three years. Then they
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They even may demand melody. Conceivably
the owners and operators of Station WBMS
realize their instability as listeners and merely
are giving them what they have indicated they
want for the moment in confidence that the
moment will not last very long. We all should
make mental note to check with the managers
of WBNGS in 1858.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Chinese Policy
Nish Showers.

For the past year. the published dis
cussions of our Far Eastern policy have
given me 2 distinctly uncomfortable
feeling. but I had not defined the cause
The recent furor about Mr.. baltimore
has caused me to realize the source of
the feeling:
Simply. it is this. The entire COM
plexion of what seems to have have gov
ernmental origin is that Chang Kai-shek
is first class heel, and anyone who ever
supported our policy which aided him is
either stupid or in some way desirous
of injuring the United States. Anyone
who believed that our historic policy of
China for the Chinese meant that we
should oppose the conquest of China by
a faction guided by the Russian Com
munists. is now scorned as one who Is
helping the Communists.
When we threw our policy to the
winds in 1945 and 1946 we may have
done SO for sincere reasons, but 1t is
now clear that the change in policy
hastened the loss of China to the Com
munists. Hence. we are faced with an
unfriendly government in China much
sooner than we had to be.
What is the source of the program to
make our people believe that the Chinese
people will be better off under the brutal
Communists than under Chang Kali
shek? Who Is it that claims that a
Communist China will be less corrupt
more honest. more beneficial for the
Chinese people than Nationalist China?
Who could believe it, in the face of past
and current history of the Communists?
Why was it better to trade a corrupt
and degraded Chinese administration,
but one which was both friendly to, and
dependent upon us, for Communist
one that is equally corrupt and degraded
and is inimical to us and dependent
upon our enemies?
II. as I believe, our policy took the
wrong road, how are we to get back on
the road unless we identify why and
where we took wrong turn to the left?
HI. NJ.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Guonnonions Want to Be Citizens, Too ~
BY Malcolm Lumborne, Jr.

THE IS, 200 inhabitants of the little
l. Western-Pacific island Of Guam are
closer to self-government and citizen
ship than at any time in their 81 years
under the American flag.
The House is scheduled soon to de-
bate a bill giving Guamanians Othat's
what they call themselves United
States citizenship, a bill of rights. or
ganic legislation and civilian admins
tration. It's chances Of passage in the
House are considered good. A similar
measure is before Senate Insular At
fairs Committee. Advocates hope it
will pass the Senate before adjourn
ment.
The pending legislation would change
Guam from United States possession
to an unincorporated territory. The
island apparently would be satisfied
with this new status. and would not seek
statehood, as in the case of Alaska and
Hawaii
The cloak of citizenship should fit well
on Guam's natives, who are completely
Americanized after long years of ex-
posure to our way of life. Carlton
Skinner Governor of the island, COM
mented here recently that visitor to
Guam feels completely at home what
with American Legion posts. Lions and
Rotary Clubs, Boy Scouts-and a high
school In Agana. the capital, named for
George Washington.
Guam even boasts a popsicle factory,
if any further proof is needed that a
miniature U. S. A. can be found half
way around the globe.
The island, about / 1000 miles off the
Philippine coast. is in part of the
world where American prestige is not
all it could be. Gov. Skinner must have
had this in his mind when he testified
recently before a Senate subcommittee
headed by Senator Anderson Democrat,
of New Mexico. He pointed out that
granting of citizenship and self f-govern-
ment would be "a powerful psychology
ical and political weapon in our deal
ings with the independent peoples of
the Far East"
Guam's population is made up of 80
900 English-speaking natives of the Poly
nesian race, another 1000 Army, Navy
and Air Force personnel. 10000 contrac-
tors and civil-service Americans, 5000
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struction activity - barracks, roads.
homes and power plants
At the same time, civilian authorities
are putting new emphasis on the is
lands agriculture. The livestock popu-
lation. decimated during the Japanese
occupation. is being built up through
work on an experimental farm. There
also is a drive on for stepping up the
production of hens. Before the war
Guam exported eggs and may soon be
selling them in quantity to island mill
tary establishments, where they should
come as a welcome relief from the de-
hydrated variety
Gov Skinner foresees Guam's great
est export potentiality in coconut oil
and oil products. Copra is being gath
cred in the Marshall. Caroline and Gill
bert Islands for processing in Guam. In
the not too distant future, Guam manu-
factured soap may be sold in Japan.
Guamanians have built their own port
since the war. When commercial yes
sci comes in. the farmers drop their
work and serve as stevedores So far
the islands agriculture hasn't suffered
from this doubling in brass. Ships aver
age only four month.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Roosevelt to Central?

Since the plan, proposed to and now
being considered by the Board of Educa-
ton, to weld" the Central and Roose-
velt High Schools into one school to be
housed in the present Roosevelt High
School Building has brought such bitter
protest from persons closely connected
with Roosevelt, the faculty, the Parent
Teacher Association and the Alumni AS
sociation of Central make further sug-
gestion. Why not reverse the plan?
Bring Roosevelt to Central.
The faculty. the parents, and the
alumni would welcome the advent of the
younger school. They could and would
offer adequate space for Roosevelt's
records and trophies. ct has been stated
that there could be no such room for
Centrals records and trophies at Roose-
velto The distress evidenced by Roose-
velt over the proposed hyphenated name
of Roosevelt Central would be elimi-
mated. because Central would accept, as
q matter of course, the name of Central
Roosevelt, acknowledging the Importance
of keeping the identity of both schools
alive.
The following advantages Of the re-
versal of plan are obvious:
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discrimination against the Negroes in the
gift to them of the Roosevelt building.
In the light of the recent report of the
Strayer Committee this is the best
school plant in the city. Moreover,
Roosevelt was the first building the COL
ored people demanded
2. The badly-needed Recreation Cen
ter could be retained at Central.
3. The city's largest night school could
remain at Central.
4. The economy necessitated by the re-
duction in D. c. appropriations could be
facilitated, as there would then be no
need to build the proposed stadium and
indoor swimming pool at Calvin Coolidge
High School for the white children.
S. The tenth and eleventh grade chill
dren would be saved second upheaval
in two years. (The Powell Junior High
School was transferred to Central in
September, 1948)
6. The combination of the two schools
could be accomplished without the enter
ing school being made to feel the lack of
welcome so provocatively shown to Gen.
trail by Roosevelt.
The faculty, the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation and the Alumni Association of
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rise to groups that the Communists can
prey upon.
For example. if the Negro in this
country had equal educational and eco
nomic opportunities. we would never
have had Paul Robson say that the
American Negro would refuse to fight a
war against Russia.
Let's not stif1e all constructive criti-
cism of our society and leave untouched
the social ills that give communism its
only toehold in America.
Richard L. Endres.
Repeal the Wagner Labor Act, kill
Harry Trun1an's falsely named Civil
Rights measures. return to an absolute,
strict, constitutional government which
leads to the liberty and security we have
been drifting away from for the past
seventeen years-and socialism and COM
munism will vanish like all other evils
that cannot survive in an atmosphere of
intelligence and patriotism.
Nish Showers.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Liberalism, Pro and Con

I want to thank Dorothy Thompson
for her recent column in The Star in
which she pointed out the danger of
smearing liberal and progressive think
ers by calling them Communists. Miss
Thompson realizes that advocates of
social change are potent force in pre-
venting the spread Of communism to
this country, since they seek to elimi-
nate. by means of peaceful, democratic.
political evolution, those causes Of unrest
and discomfort in America which give
Evening star., 1950-05-03

which would rely solely on defense missiles as
protection against air attack would be false
security"
In other words. in the classic military pat
tern, the offenSe in this field appears to be
keeping abreast of the defense. 1t is a kind OF
tit-for-tat business, with counter weapon coun-
tering counter-weapon in a way that can really
comfort nobody.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
How 'Ex' Con q Communist Be?

would suggest that the FBI keep an
eye on these ex-Communists. They
may not be as "ex" as they would have
us believe. It would. of course, be a
characteristic Kremlin trick to have
them pose as reformed, loyal American
citizens, anxious to expose treachery in
the Government-or from the Moscow
point of view. bring discredit on the
United States Government.
Apparently all Senator McCarthys
witnesses are Communists or ex-Com-
nlunists, Maybe the Kremlin is pulling
fast one, and at the same time pulling
the senatorial leg. i..
Henry 8. Pitts.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Is there a male fish that produces
young?-T. X.
A. There is no known male fish that
produces young. However. the female
sea horse places unfertilized eggs in the
brood pouch of the male where they are
carried until Matched.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
Questions and Answers

Of fact By writing The Evening star Information
Bureau. 1900 street NV. WaShinRton 8.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

@. What is the name given to the
skull cap worn by Catholic prelates?
Evening star., 1950-05-03

@. Is the Library Of Congress now the
largest library in the worid?--M. P. i.
A. This is generally accepted fact.
According to the annual report for tha-
year ending June 80, 1919, the library
has 8,689.639 books and pamphlets.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

A. 1t is zucchetto. Rank is distin-
guished by colors: The Pope's is white;
cardinals Is red; bishops is violet;
while that of lower ecclesiastics Is black.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

A pseudonym IS permissible only
Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of Uriter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

@. What becomes of the common gar-s
den insects during the winter?-W. L. t.
A. Many of them remain dormant in
various stages of development eggs.s
larvae. pupae or adults. These creatures
are cold -blooded and become inactive
when the temperature falls much below
As degrees r. Their blood contains No.
oxygen to give them warmth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-15
ABE BARBER IMPRESSED
 BY SHORT JUNEAU VISIT

Leonard M. Berlin discreetly failed to mention the fact that Juneau experiences occasional dampness, in view of the enthus- iasm of a Washington, D. C., visitor yesterday over Juneau "as is."
 Berlin was entertaining Abe Bar Der, who recently retired as regional counsel for the Bureau of Land Management after 37 years coh- tinuous service. For most of that time, he was in the national cap itol, then was transferred to An chorage
 , Seeing Juneau during the all-day stay of the Baranof, Barber talked in superlatives about the beauties of the city and environs, partic- ularly of the sightseeing trip with Berlin to Mendenhall Glacier.
 Barber shipped his car aboard the Baranof and plans an exten- sive tour from Seattle before re- turning to his home in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-15
ALASkA (RABMEAT FLIES SOUTH TO FILL BIG DEMAND

SEATTLE. Sept. l5-iR-Russia may be having rough time trying to slip Soviet-canned crabmeat past New York City longshoremen into the United States these days. but the U. S. Territory closest to Soviet awAlaska--isn't having any such difficulty
 To meet an unusually heavy dom- estic demand for the seafood deli cacy, territorial packers are sending heavy shipments of fresh-frozen crab into Seattle by air Pan Ameri- can World Airways spokesmen said today that two consignments of crabmeat-- one of 5000 pounds and one of more than 2.400 pounds have been flown here from Alaska within the past week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-15
ALASKA BOY SCOUT
 EXECUTIVES RETURN
 FROM NATIONAL MEET

Maurice Powers. Boy Scout exec utive, returned yesterday from the national meeting of Boy Scout ex- ecutives at the College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. At the conference, Powers assisted G. H. Oberteufier, scout executive of Portland who presided at the con- ference.
 The part that the Boy Scouts needed to play in the civil defense program and strengthening of the home front was stressed in an ad- dress by Dr. Arthur A. Shuck, chief scout executive. Alaska staff members studied the latest meth eds of administration in the scout ing program and they reported on the progress of the Boy Scout work in Alaska.
 While at the conference, the AL aska staff members received special recognition for Alaskas record in using Boys Life magazine for sup plementing work of the Boy Scout training.
 The Alaska Boy Scout staff mem- bers met in Seattle after the na- tional conference to discuss prob lems of scouting in Alaska. All staff members returned to their stations this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-15
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
 GOLDEN ANKIVERSARY
 MARTHA SOCIETY TEA

Plans have been completed fol the Golden Jubilee Tea of the Mar tha Society, to be held Saturday afternoon in the parlors Of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. The event will celebrate the founding of the society 50 years ago.
 Mrs. Hugh Antrim is general chairman for the tea and Mrs. Stanley Baskin has arranged the program for the afternoon.
 Those taking part will be Mrs. L. P. Dawes, who will read selec- tions from her poetry; Miss Fran ces Paul and Mrs. Mildred Lister, who will sing; and Mrs. Jane Me Mullen, will play several piano sell ections.
 Former presidents of the Martha Society will pour and act g. host esses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-15

 ROUNDUP

NEW YORK, Sept 15-iR-Des- pite midsummer temperatures and even hotter baseball races, college football begins it's schedule this weekend.
 Nearly two dozen games are book ed but they include such schools as Denver Drake, Cincinnati, Brigham Young, Kansas State, Kentucky, Tul- sa, Nevada. Wyoming. Duquesne and St. Bonaventure.
 Denver and Drake are the first of the major schools to send their elevens into action The two play tonight at Des Moines. The game gives John Bright of Drake a head start on his campaign to retain the nations ground-gaining title he won last season.
 There will be entirely different feeling at Lexington, Ky, and Poca- tello, Ida. At Lexington, the Ken lucky Wildcats take on North Texas State. Kentucky, one of the south eastern conference favorites, won nine and lost three last year. in- cluding 21 to 13 setback by Santa Clara in the Orange Bowl
 At Pocatello it will be Brigham Young against Idaho State with the former hunting it's first triumph since 1948.
 The following week Kansas State meets Washington at Seattle.