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Evening star., 1950-05-22
Growth of Greater Woshinqton

Illustrative of the remarkable population
growth Of the Washington Metropolitan Area
during the past decade are the preliminary CEN
sus figures for Falls Church, in nearby Virginia
This rapidly expanding second class city has
tripled in population since the 1910 census. Its
total of 1929 inhabitants "a tentative figure
based on preliminary tabulation of returns
represents an increase of nearly 5000 residents in
10 years.
Going back even further, it is interesting to
review the slow emergence of the progressive
suburban town from its village days to its present
urban appearance The 1920 census showed a
population of 1859 The first World War had
touched it but little, although adjacent Arlington
County, closer to Washington, was beginning to
feel its first real growing pains. BY 1880 the town
had added only $50 residents, but there were
signs OF increasing building activity. AS the
thirtieS progressed into the pre-World War II
emergency era, the boom really began, however.
Most of the development has taken place during
and since the wal. In August, 1948, Falls Church
became city in name as we'll as in appearance.
What has happened to Falls Church has hap
pened, in varying degrees, to many other parts of
the Metropolitan Area. Arlington is more city
than county, although it still clings to its
county form of government-because of certain
advantages which counties have over cities in
the allotment of State funds. Alexandria has
outgrown its old borders and is seeking new ter
ritory. The Maryland counties have experienced
similar growth and prosperity. AL of this expan-
sion is related directly of course to the growth of
Washington and of the Federal Government.
The whole region has become, in effect, one great
urban center, with common planning, transporta-
tion, traffic, sanitation and similar problems.
This is the picture which gives impetus to de-
mands for inter- jurisdictional coordination of
highway, utilities park and other planning and
action within the Metropolitan Area. For the
problems of Falls Church and of similar commu-
mites rightfully of interest to all who live in
Greater Washington.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Reel Estute Case

Last May 10, The Star described as
"a petty triumph in a not-too- admir-
able cause" the recent decision Of the
Supreme Court upholding the Govern
ment'S charge that the Washington Real
Estate Board and its members have been
violating the antitrust laws In an edi-
tor1al published about year ago on
the same case, The Star asserted that
the Government had tortured view
OF the law" I can't help but feel that
your editorials show that you have
failed to grasp not only the point of
this particular suit but also the pur-
poses of the antitrust laws.
In your latest editorial written after
the Government won its case, you said:
"A fee schedule which was designed to
bring order out Of chaos, which GER
tainly has not worked out to the public
detriment and wrich may well have been.
beneficial, has been outlawed" When
you say that the fee-fixing by the WASH
ington Real Estate Board "has not
worked to the public detriment," you
are stating in effect that our free COM
petitive enterprise system is not the
best system for the real estate broker
age business. You may be right. But
1t seems to me that this is an issue that
should be resolved by popular decision
through congressional action, and not
by private groups unchecked by any
representative Of the public.
Congress, in passing the Sherman
Antitrust Act, decided that agreements
among businessmen as to the prices or
rates that they will charge for their
goods or services are undesirable because
such agreements substitute collusion for
competition as the force that deter
mines market price. How can you be
sure that the price-fixing by this par
ticular group Of businessmen has been
in the public interest? The Court of
Appeals in the District Of Columbia said
few years ago that one of the rates
established by the Washington Real
, Estate Board appears on its face to be
unconScionable."
You seem to assume that the WASH
ington Real Estate Board and its mem
bers act wholly unselfishly in fixing
rates. think that is asking too much
OF human nature. II we are to except
real estate brokerage fees from the gen.
eral rule that prices should be deter
mined by competition, then some duly
constituted and officially appointed rep
resentative Of the public which pays the
rates should be designated to review the
prices and rates fixed by the Washing
ton Real Estate Board.
But before we embark on economic
regulation Of real estate brokers (either
by the brokers or by the Government)
should we not first give competition in
real estate commissions a fair trial to
see whether the capitalistic system of
free competitive enterprise can work in
this industry? After such trial, 1t will
be time enough to consider tampering
with our economic system
Seymour Krieger.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Not Ignored

In the numerous communiques covering the
recent Anglo French American talks and the
full scale meetings of the twelve Foreign Min
listers making up the Council of the Atlantic Pact,
no mention was made of Iran, Greece or Turkey.
But that does not mean that the three countries
were either overlooked or forgotten. Actually,
occupying as they do key strategic positions in
the free world, their relationship to the overall
international situation could hardly have been
ignored.
This point has been made clear in the state
ments issued the other day by Secretary Acheson
and Foreign Minister Bevin. Both have been at
pains to emphasize that the London discussions
though dealing primarily with the problem of
strengthening the Atlantic Pact, included re-
examination OF the status of certain non-member
nations whose security is a matter of special
concern"-particularly Greece, Turkey and Iran
In almost identical words Mr.. Acheson and Mr.
Bevin have reaff1rmed that the United States and
Britain are determined to continue their "policy
of supporting these and other countries which are
striving through military and economic efforts
to safeguard their independence and territorial
integrity"
Briefly summarizing the situation in the
three countries, Mr.. Acheson has observed that
the end of guerrilla warfare has greatly i'm
proved the outlook in Greece; that Turkey
which along with Greece has been receiving
American aid under both the Marshall Plan and
the so-called Truman Doctrine-has gained in
both defensive strength and economic health;
and that Iran has shown encouraging initiative
in undertaking an extensive program to raise the
living standards of its people. The Turks and
the'Persians, however, and to lesser extent the
Greeks, are still feeling Soviet pressures in the
form of veiled threats and propaganda attacks
against their governments.
That is why the Acheson-Bevin statements
are at once pointed and timely-timely in the
sense of reassuring Greece, Turkey and Iran that
they can count on continued strong support from
the West, and pointed as kind of warning to
the Kremlin against aggressive moves in that
part of the world
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Bright Visitont

See JOY perched, restless, on my Hristi
Miraculous, elusiUe bird!
cannot say hotp it occurred,
But dare not glue my hand tDist:
I only hold my breath to hear
Cascades OF bright, torrenttal song
Knoioino it has been all too long
Since haDe heard them 80 beil-cledr.
Would that my heart could be cage.
Wherein this lyrtst might be ccuohH
Yet. years hare previously taught
Such sly iDuentton far from sage
So / am one Dl,o understGnds
joy only sings in open hdndsl
STAMINA EOLUk.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Russio's Missing Prisoners

In announcing that the last of its German
war prisoners have been repatriated, the Soviet
Union has contradicted its own figures to such
q degree that no one with any knowledge of
simple arithmetic can fail to suspect that here
is evidence Of another crime against humanity.
Thus, as pointed out by Chancellor Adenauer
of Western Germany, TasS, the Kremlin's official
news agency, reported in 1945 that $780, 900 Ger
mans were held captive in Russia. But now, in
claiming the completion of repatriation, the
Soviet announcement accounts for only 1899 063.
That leaves something like 100000 in the miss
ing category. What has happened to them?
Why the discrepancy between today's figures and
the figures given out five years ago?
Possibly the original Soviet tally was on the
excessive side, but not that excessive. For al
though the Adenauer government at Bonn does
not have exact figures of It's own, Western Allied
sources and recent surveys leave little or no room
for doubt that the Russians have failed to re-
patriate several hundred thousand, if not 1,500,-
O00 German prisoners of war. One can only
speculate over the fate of these missing people,
and the speculation must be grim.
Much the same thing-on a somewhat
smaller scale-apparently has happened in the
case of Russia's Japanese war prisoners. At any
rate, the Kremlin-despite being asked to do so
by the Allied Control Council in Tokyo last De-
cember-has yet to explain it's failure to return
about $4,000 captive soldiers to Japan. AS
result the suspicion is that they are either Ian
gushing in slave labor camps or are dead-vic
TINS of malnutrition and other forms of neglect
and miStreatment
The same suspicion now seems fully justified
in connection with the German prisoners Unless
and until the men of the Kremlin can offer salts
factory explanations to clear it away, another
item of inhumanity will be entered against them
in the black record they are making against
themselves.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Senator Benton and FEPC

Your editorial of May IA, criticizing
my speech on the Senate floor on the
FEPC bill, is so full of misconceptions
that am impelled to write you at some
length in the hope can clarity the
issues:
l. Your criticism of the exemption of
employers with fewer than SO employees
misses my point entirely. Although ex-
empting the smaller-type employer-in
store or factory or farm-the bill covers
the majority of American employees;
these are employed by the relatively
small number of corporate units employ
ing so or more workers. DR.. A. D. H.
Kaplan's book on Small Business" pub
lished by the Committee for Economic
Development, shows that in 1899 two
thirds of all non-farm employment in
the United States was concentrated in
the 3.5 per cent of our total business
units employing fifty or more people.
The most recent figures, for 1948, show
approximately the same pattern
BY exempting employers of so or
less, the bill brings the administrative
problem within feasible bounds. There
need be no army of Federal Investigators,
no inquiries into the affairs of every
small enterpriser. Why do not opponents
of the FEPC bill welcome this as moder-
alton instead of criticizing it as caprice?
However, in my view, the exception is
based on policy more vital than that
stemming from mere administrative con-
venience. In a group of less than so,
the owner-employer usually knows the
employe and knows him well, and II
the employe is efficient there Is a
presumption that the proprietor will
not discriminate against him. In the
larger corporation as it has developed
in our society, where the man at the
top does not and cannot know the man
at the bottom, employment policy tends
to be soul-less, and all too often it
tends to be discriminatory.
BY concentrating on these larger units,
the bill helps establish a non-discrim-
inatory pattern at the top, where it is
needed.
2. In questioning my conclusions as to
the international impact of our discrim-
inatory practices, your editorial refuses
to face the facts. This is an "out" that
is all too easy. John Foster Dulles called
our race practices "the darkest blot on
our national eScutcheon" Secretary of
State Acheson, Charles E. Wilson, chair
man of the Civil Rights Committee, our
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Mr.. Refers Compensation

was amazed to read in your paper
that Charles Keffer, who had the mis-
fortune of losing both legs during the
course of his employment. will be given
virtually nothing by the Capital Transit
Company.
The company has shown by this case
that it has no regard for public opinion
or for its employees.
Formerly, believed that they were in
need of rate increase, but after reading
about this incident I have no sympathy
for them. Cannot something be done
for Mr.. Keffer?
G. L.
Editors Note: A company spokes-
men, informed of G. LIS letter, made
this statement: Capital Transit
fulfilled it's obligations to Mr.. Keffer
to the extent that it was legally pos
sible to do so. In addition to COM
pensation of $500, the maximum un-
der the law, the company paid MIR.
Keffer's medical and hospital expenses,
amounting to approximately $6,0O0.')
Evening star., 1950-05-22

q ballet dancer to q bum." Mrs. La Du
explains.
Mrs La Du believes that time spent
at creative work makes for better ad-
justment Of the women to their impris-
onment She instituted a course in ce-
Evening star., 1950-05-22

pense carrying airmail. not be paid the
deficiencies out of monies allotted to
the Post Office.
2 Postal rates on newspapers and
magazines should be raised. The reye-
nue. derived from this would more than
cover the losses in the postal depart
ment.
Deliveries would be made regularly
and no one would lose his job.
Interested Taxpayer.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening star Inform alton
Bureau, 1900 street NV, Washington 8, .. C.
Please inclose 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Albert ID. Rust.
Economizinq on the Mail

Postmaster General Donaldson is right.
He is forced into this act. He does not
want employees to lose their jobs: nor
does he want the public to be incon-
venienced.
What Congress should do is this:
l. Airways should pay their own ex-
Evening star., 1950-05-22
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How many men comprise the crew
OF the presidential yacht?-C. r. e.
A. The presidential yacht Williams
burg is Navy ship. The crew consists
OF officers and lis enlisted men,
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Of Bonds and Debts
William Benton.

I was very much interested this eve
ming in reading the letter in today's Star
from Franklin Snow, about Savings
Bonds and the Government debt. was
most particularly interested in the last
sentence Of his letter, as follows: Some
one might take long look at this situa-
ton opened up by Messrs. McKenna and
Kent"
would suggest to Mr.. Snow that there
is no individual, no department of Gov
ernment, no board. bureau, commission,
committee, or any other agency among
the hundreds of such agencies which has
the time to give anything "a long look"
Each and every one of them is too busy
surveying all the possibilities that any
one can suggest for new and better ways
of spending the money the rest of us
saps are loaning them through those
bonds-which may or may not be worth
81 ten years from date for each 50 in
vested
Albert ID. Rust.
We are now in the midst of another
great campaign on the part Of our Gov
ernment to raise funds to the extent of
billions for purposes of continuous fl
nancing of Operation Rat Hole Eu-
rope" The day will come, and it is not
far off, when inability on the part of
that same Government to borrow enough
money to meet the interest on its colos-
sal debt will signal the great collapse.
Charles A. Carrico.
Evening star., 1950-05-22

@. Does snow ever fall in the Philip
pine Islards?-W. w.
A. The Weather Bureau says that no
snow occurs in the Philippines. The
absolute lowest temperature recorded for
available stations in the islands during
the period Of record Is 46 degrees r. at
Baguio, which Is located at an elevated
point on Northern Luzon Island.
Evening star., 1950-05-22

A pSeudonyn is permissible only
10hen letter carries correct name
and address of Uriter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-05-22

@. Why is the symbol composed Of
X and P used in churches?-W. T.
A. These are two Greek characters
Chi CX) and Rho P). The Greek word
for Christ is indicated by the characters
XPISTOS. hence the abbreviation KIP,
usually with the p -superimposed on the
x. Is used to represent Jesus Christ.
Evening star., 1950-05-22

@. In what country is the average
length OF life the longest? Where Is 1t
shortest?-I. r. E.
A. New Zealand has long held the record
for longevity. Generally speaking life Is
longest in the English-speaking countries
and In Scandinavia. The poorest records
in this respect are found In Asia and
most Of Africa,
Evening star., 1950-05-22

Seymour Krieger.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Shoemaker Banked;
CuImone Wins Two
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

INGLEWOOD. Calf, Nov. 10
Jockey Willie Shoemaker gets eight
more chances today to set a new
modern winning record in horse
racing for single season. :
The turf's newest mighty mite
missed fire in six tries to hit the
winners circle at Hollywood Park
yesterday and go on past the total
of 319 he has registered to tie
the mark set two years ago by
Johnny Longden.
What's more, 18-year-old Shoe
maker today found his Eastern
rival for the 1850 national riding
championship, Joe Culmone. still
closer to catching him.
Culmone scored two f1rsts at
Pimlico yesterday and with 315
wins is just four behind the little
Texas born Shoemaker.
Fourteen thousand fans kept
close tab on Shoemaker. but the
best he could do was a second
aboard Some Gal in yesterdays
feature race, the seventh, and a
third on Hidden Moon in the sixth
He was shut out of the money on
his other four mounts.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
FORE AND AT By n''e''" l'"S'"s ''

much at home as on the Chesa-
peake. He's also an expert at the
wheel of a yacht as witness the
fact he's slated to receive the
Bays high-point trophy for the
cruising division at the annual
Chesapeake Bay YRA meeting in
Easton on December 2.
Frank Courtney of Corinthian
Yacht Club has been elected COM
modore of the Fifth District Coast
Guard Auxiliary and will be in
stalled in the important post In
January. Serving with him in
1851 will be R.. M. Patterson of
Richmond, vice commodore. and
Archie Long of Newport News.
training officer.
Auxiliary f1otilla 81, which
bases at Corinthian, is tied with
a Baltimore fotilla for total num-
ber of courtesy inspections OF
yachts made during the year.
Flotilla %, at Capital Yacht Club
tied with a Richmond group for
second place. Inspections through
out the district jumped $50 per
cent above last year.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
LITTLE SPORT
BY the Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. To-
Milon Marusic, a virtually un-
known pro from Albany. N. Y,
led the field in the $4,000 Savan-
nah Open golf tournament today
after slamming out an opening
round ga, eight under par.
Marusic, who broke the course
competitive record in yesterdays
torrid round, was four strokes up
on his nearest competitors-Bob
Gajda of Detroit, Doug Ford OF
Friarcliff, N. Y, and Tommy Bolt
of Durham. N. C.. The three
carded 68's.
In a three-way tie for third
place were George Fazio of Wash
ington, D. c.. Willie Coggins OF
White Plains, N. Y. and Felice
Torza of st. Andrews, H., dead
locked with 69's.
Savannah Amateur Bobbie Nc
Laurin pulled the spotlight from
several more widely known anna
teurs with a Il. Frank Strana-
han, British amateur king. carded
a four over par rs and Dick Chap
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Touchdown Club 10 Hear
Princeton Captain Of 1889

Members and guests at the
Touchdown Clubs weekly lunch
con Monday will get some first
hand information on how football
was played more than a half cen
tury ago from veteran of that
era. Edgar Allen Poe. 70, who
captained the 1889 Princeton
eleven. Poe will be the featured
speaker of the program.
One of three famous Poe BROTH
ers who starred at Princeton, Ed
gar Allen was selected as quarter
back on Walter Camps first all
America team. The great Pudge
Heffelfinger, A. A. Stagg. Snake
Ames and Hector Cowan also
were on that team.
Poe now lives in Philadelphia
but commutes to Baltimore three
days week to discharge his duties
as senior partner of Baltimore
law firm.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

A former Comet Class skipper
and his 11-year- son have
emerged as winners of the Snipe
division in Potomac River Sailing
Associations fall series which end
ed in a rush of wind last Sunday
off Haius Point. They are John
Roseborough and John. jr., who
handles the job sheets; their boat
is the Italian-built Quisquilla.
formerly owned by the Walsh
brothers.
First three places in each class
ON total points:
Chesapeake 2os: stormy. Bob Orme;
oSPiue Water, Corinthian-Capital Sea
scouts; 3-America. carl statteri, ,,
ThistIes: 1-Thorny. George Coiiins' q
witch Woman. Jack Smith, 3-Ahce' Eo
mo- 'Lisehtnings: !; 1-Laspouse Sea Scouts
9-Ruthless, Stan Folkman 3-Schnltzel'
fs.orr Games: i-sleipner, Harvey Lekson; 2
No. 1884, Agnes stradley; 3-Enchantress'
Kari Gerhard, ,y,r,
Penguins: 1-Flirt, Gommodore Me nnh
ejas.t. gin; s-otulD' Joe hrah'' ''oAef' DIV
Hsndicaps: CALYPSO, A. Fowler; ~, s~
shonuf 1. E. Schneider a-lh'efim'
on Charles Dill and Bob Busby took
second and third in the snlpe
class. Commodore Gill reports
about so boats competed during
the series. Prizes for the year
will be awarded at the association
dinner-dance December l in the
Burlington Hotel.
Capital Power Boat Association
sponsors a dance tomorrow at the
washington Sailing Marina, south
of National Airport, from 10 pm
to am. Bill Castell is in charge
of providing music and other
trimmings.
A 12-week seamanship training
course for boys 13 years and Older
opens at 1880 tonight at Capital
Yacht Club. It's sponsored by
Corinthian-Capital Sea Scouts
Subjects include rules of the
road, plotting, small boat han
ding, racing tactics, areo dy-
namics of sail and weather.
Skipper Fred Tip, who is II
charge of the classes, said there's
no fee. Weekly classes run twe
and one-half hours.
Carleton Mitchell, Annapolis
yachtsman, has rung the bel
again as an outstanding author
photographer. His latest book
Yachtsman's Camera ID. Var
Nostrand Co.. So, contains the
best of the Mitchell artistry with
a camera, some excellent prose
and a section telling how he go1
his pictures. Certainly it's a
natural for the sailing enthusiast
His first book was Islands tt
Windward," which deals with The
West Indies where Mitchell is a:
Evening star., 1950-11-10

Pohanka Service knocked OF
Parkway Motors three times to in
crease its lead to two games in the
Automotive League. Herb Dickin-
son starred for the victors with 144
and 404. L. s. Julien held second
place with a 81 win from II. B.
Leary Bros. AL Terry salvaged
Leary's lone game with a Isl
wallop.