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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05

pouting at being imprisoned in house
because a predatory panther is loose in
the neighborhood? For instance, no
violence is done to the American doc
trine of free trade in ideas and free
speech to insist that those who are germ
carriers of moral and intellectual BLACK
death" shall not be given license to
destroy the democracy to whose sane
tions they inconsistently appeal for pro-
lection.
But turning our view from without
to within we find that in every one of
our personalities there is a concealed
geological pit out of which an ancestral
tiger is always endeavoring to leap The
animal mind still has a place some
where in the basement, no matter how
stately modern structure may have
been built above it. Raw undisciplined,
physical instincts and passions, whose
presence often may not be detected,
nevertheless are down in the cellar Of
the subconsious. Sometimes we hear the
ape and the leopard growl. Who among
us has not been ashamed and appalled,
at what he sees and hears when he
peers into the slums of his own being?
It is not pleasant to admit that within
the depths of our personalities are saw
age beasts, hundred per cent selfish
and anti-social. A great objective in
building a unified personality is to see
to it that as the yelp of the beast
becomes less and less the tiger never
leaps out of the pit. Should that tragedy
ever come to pass and tiger claws maui
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
The Real and the Unreal

The report on slave labor in Russia which
has been put before the United Nations by
representative of the American Federation OF
Labor is based upon information obtained from
confidential informants. 1t is not possible,
therefore, to appraise its value with certainty.
Nevertheless, there is good reason to believe
that the charges in the report are substantially
accurate. Many other sources have confirmed,
at least in general outline, the accusation that
the Soviet economy is based in large part on
forced labor, on the toll Of men and women
who have been condemned for little or no
reason by the Soviet authorities to serve out
the rest of their lives in what the Russians call
corrective camps.
This is real slave labor. And it is good
thing to have an organization like the ALL
trying to dig out and expose the facts. There
are at least two reasons why it is good. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
Spires Of the Spirit
CAPTIVE leopard recently leaped

A into the headlines sUIr of the Nation Nation
when the wild beast vaulted out of its
zoo prison. With one supreme effort,
which the keepers thought beyond its
capability. the wild animal regained
freedom lost when it was Snatched from
an Indian jungle. All the Nation joined
the Oklahomans in their frantic hunt
that the ferocious big cat was loose,
inhabitants of the region wisely curtailed
their own freedom The children were
kept within safety of homes: people
stayed indoors and away from points
where the yellow spotted assassin might
ambush them with it's stealthy strategy.
When the choice was presented as to
whether accustomed liberty should be
exercised or a temporary measure of
restrictive security adopted it was safety
first that won-for, after all, self-preser--
walton is the first law of nature.
In world which, until the revelations
of two global wars, was being deceived
by the false doctrine of automatic prog
reSs the thin veneer which covered
hidden pit has cracked wide open. Out
of that forgotten inferno has leaped the
leopard of SadiStic Savagery, with its
pernicious creed to prey upon the civil
lied gains of the long centuries, as "red
in tooth and claw it seeks to make the
entire world its hunting ground. Already
it has turned peaceful fields of develop
ing democracy into the bloody shambles
of ruthless Recommendation. The main
question now before the free world is
how to keep this diabolical marauder
from lands still breathing the air of
liberty and where. with all the denials
of an imperfect democracy. the funda-
mental creed, nevertheless, is belief in
the sacredness of the individual in honor
and in decency.
If in the process of excluding the beast
some ordinary freedoms voluntarily are
curtailed, that is small price to pay
for saving the world from the butchery
of an escaped theological panther. If
we have no secret traffic with the SIMS
ter and twisted system which can pounce
upon even a valuable scientist and tear
his integrity to tatters. why, in time
Of dire danger, complain to high heaven
, if little accustomed liberty is with
held temporarily in order that all liberty
may be saved? Why be like children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05

pecially classical and semiclassical,
cheers me up
also am impressed at the courtesy
of drivers on both buses and streetcars
and I regret I cannot get pass each
week so I can enjoy this reasonable
diversion from everyday cares
A RIDER AND READER.
Student Takes Issue With The Stars
Editorial On Britain and Cyprus
Your recent editorial about Britain
and Cyprus Is a Misrepresentation OF
the facts and a misconception Of the
true issue.
You stated that Cyprus. although
Greek in ~ H. has had no political
connections Y vi Hellenic government
since it formed part of the Byzantine
Empire.
Well, what was the Byzantine En-
pire? Nothing more than Hellenic
Empire consisting of Greeks speaking
the Greek language and having the
Greek Orthodox faith as their religion.
What do you mean by political con-
nections, when for over 5000 years
Cyprus remained Greek in her identity?
You know that you cannot change the
1ldbAOAldAAey "a VIC PCOfAC Va q SOA V"AAA
part of this world. ~.''.'
And you did not mention that back in
1933-34 the Cyprians revolted against
their ruler. The revolt was not success
full because Of the superiority of the
R. A. F., with which the British au-
thority SO brutually suppressed the
liberation movement. Is that fact a
political connection or not?
Eventually the issue will be brought
before the U. N. Cyprus is ipso facto
Greek territory and as such will remain
forverer. CHRIS TZARNAS,
George Washington University.
Everybody Gets Into the Act
Who says the Welfare State idea isn't
taking hold in this country?
Even the Big Cat of Oklahoma had to
weigh the choice between Freedom and
Security. He chose Security. and got
an overdose. TOM CURTIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05

vertisement signed by Percy s. Foster
let it be known that William Shake
speare, 1.-THE celebrated vocal teacher OF
London, England" would give lone lee
ture-song recital" in Washington on
March 7.
1.-THE Holy City," cantata by A. r.
Gaul, was sung at st. Marks Pro-
Cathedral on the evening
Contoto at Of March 5. 1900. and
e. Marks The Star on the follow
ing day gave list OF the
singers participating. Dollie Taylor,
Eleanore Simonds. Elias j. Beach and
Charles F.. Roberts were the Soloists.
Among the boy sopranos were: Edwin D.
Baker, William p Barker, Karl M. Block,
Barton E. Brooke, James w. Burch, c.
Francis Carpenter. Stephen K. Coster.
George c. Cressey, Roman L. Harding.
Oscar H. Herring, Horace s. Johnston,
Charles S. Krougse. Elmon A. Miller, S.
William Miller, Robert r. Rafter, Will
liam T. Spence, Joseph r. Stilson and
Melville Tewksbury. Ernest T. VIM
chester was organist and director. Some
of the boys grew up to be eminent.
Karl Block now is Bishop OF California.
Stephen Coster is an analyst with the
Signal Corps. Melville Tewksbury is
dead, but his brother, William Davis,
who also was member Of st. Marks
Choir, is famous physician specializing
in diseases of the chest. Jim Burch was
Washington manager for the Prentice
Hall publications and his son, another
Jim, is a young architect in practice
here Elmon Miller is a builder OF
apartments and other large structures,
and his cousin. S. William Miller, is vice
chairman Of the board of the Union
Trust Co.
A dispatch from Chicago, printed in
The Star OF February %, 1900, explained:
Eleven of the leading
Uniformity universities Of the United
In Deorees States have decided to
unite in permanent or
ganization to establish and maintain
uniformity in the requirements for the
degree of doctor Of philosophy and other
graduate degrees. This action was taken
by II university presidents and pro-
fessors ct meeting held In Mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
Fifty Years AGO in 7 he Star

shall Hall, University OF Chicago.
The movement had its origin in the
University of California since Benjamin
Ide Wheeler became its president. Har-
ward Chicago. Columbia and Johns
Hopkins were consulted and then Mich
igan, Clark, Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Leland Stanford, jr., and the Catholic
University became interested and sent
representatives to the conference" A
committee, headed by DR.. David Starr
Jordan, was appointed to draw up a
plan of permanent organization"
On March |, 1900, The Star chronicled
the fact that DR.. T. S. Palmer was sched-
uled to deliver a free lee
Dr.. Polmer ture this evening" at the
Lecturino Central High School, Sew
enth and O streets NV.
on adaptations of Birds to Their
Environment" His talk was to be illus
trated "by stereopticon slides. showing
the various ways in which birds are
adapted for life under the most diverse
conditions and in all ATTITUDES" Half
q century afterward DR.. Palmer, 81 on
January Is last. still is devoted to birds,
still is writing memoirs of distinguished
ornithologists and still. is collecting
stamps. His home is at 1889 Biltmore
street NV. and he may be seen daily
at the Smithsonian Institution and the
Library of Congress. in both Of which
he is lone of the family"
Cable notes from London reproduced
in The Star on March S, 1900, brought
together many differ
Boer Toct ics ent impressions OF the
rL..o;.o3 war In South Africa.
The Onsland, official
organ of the Afrikander Bund, was
quoted as saying that: THE Beers will
now conf1ne themselves to the defensive.
abandoning an offensive policy" Mean
while, her colonies were coming to the
aid OF Britain in the struggle. Australia
had decided to provide an additional
force of $500 men. England was nego-
tiating for port in Portuguese East
Africa, giving easy access to Rhodesia."
Thus pressure upon the Beers was in
creasing everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
Letters to The Star

course they probably have never heard
Of Lysenko, but they are unknowingly q
part Of his following due to their igno-
rance of the laboratory findings of our
own geneticists.
What are the facts as they come from
the laboratories? The genes, which are
the controllers of heredity, operate in
man the same as in plants and animals.
Thus an experiment with mice yields
valuable information as to the operation
of the laws of heredity in man.
From an unsolicited group of mice, an
experimenter selected the boldest and
timidest mice. In succeeding genera
tons, he mated the bold with the bold
and the timid with the timid until he
evolved a race of bold and a race of
timid mice.
From an unsolicited group Of mice, an
experimenter selected mice according to
their ability to remember a maze. He
mated the ones with the best memories.
Likewise, he mated those with the poor
est memories. After many generations
he had evolved race of maze-bright
and a race of maze dull mice.
At the Roscoe Jackson Memorial Lab
oratory at Bar Harbor, Me-, ferocious
rabbits have been bred which show their
teeth and will attack like tigers.
Raised in different environments.
identical twins show a higher correla-
ton OF the 10 than fraternal twins
raised in the same environment.
I wish to make it clear that am not
attempting to prove that environment is
Of no Importance. But l do hope that
have pointed out that Americans are
unwittingiy following the Communist
genetic dictator, instead Of Western
geneticists, when they believe in their
ignorance that environment is more i'm
portant than heredity. G. c. MILLER.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Likes Transit Company And Its Music
People who complain about music and
news on buses would probably complain
about anything else. If it's moderate
and clear can see no objection to it.
have been new in the city. broke.
weary and footsore, and the music, es-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05

On February "a, 1900. The Star de-
voted three columns of type to running
account of the
Pouncefote Bromley wedding of Lii
Wedd;no liam, daughter of
the British Am
bassador, Lord Pauncefote OF Preston,
and Lady Pauncefote, and Robert Brom-
ley, honorary attache Of the British EN-
bassy and son of Sir Henry Bromley
of East Stokes, Nottingham, England.
and Lady Bromley. The ceremony took
place at St. Johns Church, and the
Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee.
Bishop Of Washington, was the offlciat-
ing clergyman, assisted by the Rev. DR..
Alexander Mackay-Smith. "This mar
riage,' said The Stars society editor.
has been a topic of great interest ever
since its announcement early last fall.
and the desire to witness it has been
universal" The brides gown had train
"at least 3 yards on the floor" car
ried by page in the costume Of
cavalier of the time Of Charles I-"white
satin slashed to show pufings of pale
blue velvet" Bridesmaids were dressed
alike in slightly trained gowns of
Roman blue satin with touch Of mauve
in the panne velvet rosettes on the
bodices.''
Washington was rich In theatrical re-
sources half a century ago. The Star for
February q, 1900, re-
Plenty Of viewed Henry Miller's
Entertainment National Theater pro-
duction of THE Only
Way based on "A Tale of Two Cities. "
by Charles Dickens, saying: "As study
of Sidney Carton. the work is mag
nificent one" and 'the enterprise
amounts to personal triumph" for Mr..
Miller. Richard Mansfield, meanwhile,
was playing at the Columbia his open
ing vehicle being THE First Violin, -
after Jessie Fothergills story. Later in
the week he was to appear in "Cyrano
de Bergerac," Beau Brummep and 'Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" The Strakosch
Opera Company was at the Lafayette in
Faust and the Behman Show. headed
by George M. Conan and the rest of the
Four Cohans. Ethel Levey, Fred Niblo.
the Merkel Sisters and the Rassow
Midsets, were Ut the New Grand. An adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
Converting Fat Into Muscle

Defense Secretary Johnson used good
phrase to describe how the armed services are
being strengthened through reinvestment OF
sums saved in the current economy program.
Converting fat into muscle" is the way he,
referred to the savings absorption plan in his
semi-annual report to Congress.
The explanation was needed to justify the
inclusion of these absorbed costs" in Mr.. john
sons overall estimate of economies totaling
SIS billions during the current fiscal year AS
the Secretary explains this bookkeeping ma
newer, It's purpose is not to deceive the public
as to the amount of defense savings, but to show
the full extent of the economies-the 'fat"
trimming-that has been going on at the Penta-
gOn.
recently publicized example of the fat
into muscle process was the retirement of the
batteship Missouri to training status and diver
sion of the So million saving to the strengthened
carrier fleet. Incidentally, more than twice this
sum could have been saved If decision last
August to lay the ship up completely had been
adhered to. Mr.. Johnsons report does not disclose
who ordered the decision reversed. Perhaps
some one remembered that President Truman
once declared that the mo" would remain in
commission as long as he is Commander in Chief.
The Missouri item was but one of many On
the list of fat-reducing measures. Through the
Committee spending has been curtailed by
abolishing excess facilities, eliminating over
tapping activities, simplifying procedures, nsur-
ing better use of available manpower and gen.
orally making the services more economy
conscious than they were in wartime. With these
savings it has been possible Mr.. Johnson pointed
out to increase military power within restricted
budgets. Thus, the Navy, at no increase in cost,
has increased its strength since August by three
attack carriers, three carrier air groups and
cruiser. The Marines will have two divisions in
stead of six battalion landing teams, the Army
ten divisions instead of nine and the Air Force
three additional bomber groups.
This exchange of muscle for fat is reaSsuring
to those who have feared that overzealousness
in effecting economies might weaken our de-
lenses. The report is an impressive answer to
critics of Secretary Johnsons economy program.
1t supports the Presidents press conference
assertion that the Nations defense system today
is stronger than at any time in the prewar era.
1t could be stronger, of course if the country were
willing and able to spend more money for military
purposes. But military expenditures necessarily
must be kept within reasonable limits in peace
time This being SO, it is gratifying to know that
defense dollars being spent carefully by those
in charge of the spending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
The Greek Elections

The Greek electorate goes to the polls today
to choose new Parliament. 1t is the first general
election in nearly four years, and the contrast
between conditions today and in 1916 gives clue
to the issues involved If not to the precise par
liamentary outcome.
In 1915 Greece was rent by civil war waged
with fanatical fury by Communist-infiuenced
minority bent on the overthrow of the whole
existing order. Greece was likewise faced with
choice between monarchy and republic.
Since the Communists boycotted the elections,
the electoral contest was confined to the rightist
and center groups. The rightists won sweeping
victory, thus confirming the monarchy, but the
chief center party of the Liberals was strong
enough eventually to compel coalition cabinet
with the rightists, known as PopuliSts. 1t was
the breakdown of this coalition last January
which necessitated new general elections.
The present contest, however, is far from
being one chiefly between these two largest and
best established parties Splinter groups have
broken off from both of them, to form the nuclei
of new parties with new programs and under
aspiring leadership No less than 40 parties are
registered in the electoral battle, putting up some
1000 candidates for the $50 seats in Parliament
The outcome is rendered more uncertain by the
system of proportional representation, under
which each party is entitled to parliamentary
seating in proportion to the votes it has cast,
instead of by majority in each electoral unit
This renders it highly improbable that any one
party will dominate the coming Parliament. And
that, in turn, means that coalitions will be nee
essary in order to build viable cabinets.
However, the potential dangers in fragile or
shifting cabinets are lessened by the fact that
the platforms of all the major groups reflect the
obvious desire of the Greek people to concentrate
on peaceful reconstruction in close relations with
the Western democracies. The Communist Party
is outlawed, discredited and politically impotent.
One thing seems clear. This election will be
fair and aboveboard. The "caretaker" govern
ment set up during the election interim has been
scrupulousy neutral. So the election will un-
doubtedly reflect the popular will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-05
A Separate D. c. Appropriation Bill

1t is logical and proper to divorce the District
appropriation bill from the omnibus measure
that will contain in one big package all Federal
appropriations this year. Chairman Cannon of
the House Appropriations Committee is wise in
deciding to do so.
One purpose of the omnibus appropriation
bill is to show the actual outlay of the Federal
Government more clearly than it has been shown
before; to attempt to place ceiling on the
amount to be appropriated and to discourage
appropriations over and above that ceiling.
When such increases are proposed, the effect on
total expenditures should be more Immediately
diScernible than in the past
:. But about 80 per cent of the money to be ap-
propriated in the District bill is derived from
local taxation 1t is illogical to lump such funds
with Federal appropriations, and their inclusion
IN the lone package" Federal bi-though the
amount is very small in relation to the total
would tend to dstort the picture of Federal ex-
penditures. Mr.. Cannon has also pointed out
that efforts, should there be any, to make some
percentage cut in Federal appropriations should
not apply arbitrarily to the District bill, which
might be the case if the District bill became
merely another section of the Federal appropra-
ton bill
Mr.. Cannon's decision to leave the $12 million
lump sum in the omnibus Federal bill is under
standable. For these are Federal dollars. But
further study should demonstrate that the lump
sum is properly part of the separate District
bill and should be considered along with the
District Bill
The lump sum is not contribution" or
"gift" of the Federal Government. 1t represents
the Federal Governments payment to the Dis
trict for services rendered. 1t is an inadequate
payment. But in other respects it is comparable
to the payment by local taxpayers for services
the District bill may work to obscure it's char
acter as an inherent part of local revenues, which
should increase as the amount collected in local
revenues increases.
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Communists Excluded" From What?

Communists Excluded" From What?
One clause in the so-called F. E. P. c.
bill puzzles the writer. quote:
Provided, that any person who is
member of an organization which has
been cited by the Attorney General
and/or by the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation as a Communist organization
or as a Communist front organization
is excluded from the provisions of this
act"
Does the quoted provision protect
Communist employers and Communist
front employers from the coercion and
harassment of the powers of investi-
CATION and subpoena this proposed law
would direct against American employ
ers? FRANKLIN T. MILES.
Editors Note: The clause in ques-
ton is intended to apply to rights OF
the employe under the bill-not to
the employers obligationo
Environment Theory of Genetics
Branded as Communist" Line
In Russia, everything must be in har-
mony with Karl Marks dia)ectical ma
terialism. If scientific laboratory expert
ments show Marx up in bad light. the
scientists who made such experiments
are "liquidated"-for Marx could not be
wrong! -
Some years ago. many Of the Russian
biologists began to learn some genetic
truths that did not please the Com
munists. They were discovering the i'm
portance of heredity in comparison to
environment as were also Western scien-
lists So Russia liquidated it's brilliant
geneticists and elevated an obscure
plant-breeder, Trofim Lysenko, to kind
Of genetic dictator. Lysenko teaches that
environment is the cure-all.
To the masses Of Russian people,
knowing nothing Of the science Of ge-
netics, Lysenko's naive theories are easy
to believe. It Is, pleasant to think that
the answer to the ills Of the world is a
better environment. Falsehood often is
more palatable than the truth. Many
Americans can be found in the ranks OF
the followers of Communist Lysenko's
environmental genetic theories. OF