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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-04

look upon this as folderol, as indeed it is
when it stands alone.
In our own country, we have seen malig-
nant hate organizations mask themselves in
the symbols of free America. They're like
atheists walking down the street with Bibles
under their arms. At communist conclaves
the words most often mouthed by totali-
tartan puppets are freedom" and "democ-
racy" At meetings of the hole-in-the-wall
fascist outfits the first order of business is
inevitably the hosting of the American flag.
Should these abuses discredit the symbols?
Not at all.
There is little danger in healthy
America that many people could long
be fooled by such tricks. There is rather
the danger that, in time of Stress we may
fix upon the symbols as ends in themselves
and lose the inner strength which real
patriotism can give us.
Take, for example, the citizenship educa-
ton of our children. There has been rush,
in these war-clouded times, toward such
patriotic rituals as the Pledge of Allegiance
and Salute to the Flag This is all to the
good - if done well. Too often the job is
muffed.
Dr. William H. Burton, of Harvard's
Graduate School of Education, tells of
studies which have been made in what
school children think they are saying when
they salute the flag.
~One Nation Invisible"
'ONE boy who clicked his heels, stiffened
his spine put his hand on his heart and got
that starry-eyed look which usually goes
with supposedly emotional reactions, was
asked to write out what he had just said in
.saluting the flag. DR.. Burton reports The
boy wrote, I perjur legens to the Flag of the
United States of America and to the Repub-
lcans for which it stands, one nation invisi-
Bile, with libbuty and testers for all.
Instead of emphasizing the ritual. how
much better if someone sat down with that
boy for Is minutes and talked about what
the Pledge of Allegiance really means.
Unless children see the sparkle, the real
sublimity of the oath they are taking, there
is little point to speaking the words.
, 1951-11-10

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NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (INS)-
The Stock Market was a drab at
fair today, with prices holding
closely to yesterdays closing fig
ures, and sales totaling only 2O0,-
900 shares in the first hour.
Airline and chemical shares
paced a slight industrial advance
with DUPONT, American Cyanamid,
Dow Chemical and TWA, Ameri-
can Airlines and United Airlines
on the upside.
Farm equipment issues, led by
Deering and J. I. Case, showed
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fines Of $4,000 each and each
sentenced to 10 days in the work
house by Judge Robert Mcbride:
Flory Courtney, 121 Cleves Ave. ;
William Warner, 1920 Grand av.;
Jessie Washington, 324 Washing
ton ST.; Marshall Booker, 1886
Home av.; and Robert Ledford, H.
% West Riverview av.
Louise Wells, home at large, was
fined $500 and costs and sentenc-
, 1951-11-10

oSA SAAS
Some higher priced oils moved
up. Cities Service opened 1 3l4
higher, but that again quickly was
whitfield down to a fraction.
Anaconda and Kennecott led a
firm coppers section.
Rails were neglected. Motors
we're firm and steels steady.
AT II A. NJ, the Dow Jones In
dustrial average was up SO cents;
rails were two cents lower; and
utilities were up one cent.
Cotton was active and lower as
traders took profits. Grains were
weak with soybeans breaking
sharply.
Railroad bonds were firm in
quiet trading and foreign bonds
were dull. Corporates we're mixed.
Curb stocks were slightly higher.
, 1951-11-10

A professional slipcover maker
advises the easiest way to hand
wash them is in a bathtub or wash
tub full of warm soapsuds. Agi-
tate the covers with a plumbers
plunger for both sudsing and rims
ing. Hang by the top seam on a
line. To avoid pressing, replace
them on the furniture before they
are dry. Use a sleeve board to
press the pleats "on location"
, 1951-11-10
Man Opinion
BY WALTER HERMAN
Distributed BY international
Nouue Corv;co

News Service
Faith in our currency has been
reaffirmed by the CLIO high COM
mand although the dollar isn't
worth much, the boys have agreed
to take as many more of them as
they can get.
The administration warned that
bigger slices of the nations econo-
mic pie would lead to initiation in
digestion but the CLIO cafeteria
doesn't have a mo more pie" sign
in stock.
And as anyone knows the cafe
terra that does the biggest business
is the one with the "plenty Of
fresh pie" sign in the window.
And as everyone also knows
there is nothing more uneXciting
than a promise to keep wages at
status quo.
Given a choice between an can
didate for union leadership who
, 1951-11-10

ed to three months in the work
house for stealing three jackets
valued at $4,000 from Kresge's
store, 1923 S. Main.
Tom Radcliffe, FOL West 9Th
St., was fined $25 and costs for
possession Of numbers slips.
Robert Stricken, Marietta, was
sentenced to six months and fined
500 and costs, for passing a SIS
fraudulent check. Four months of
the sentence was suspended.
, 1951-11-10

says 1--WE will keep wages at their
present level so as not to upset
the nations economy and one who
says "boys this is only the begin
ming we're shooting for the
real Dough-" Who do you think
the dues payers would elect?
And he'd keep saying it if he
wanted to stay in office.
, 1951-11-10

Adult
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vited to be present Monday even
ing.
Other activities for the whole
family include: swimming, basket
ball, volleyball, tumbling, wood
work, sewing and music.
Basketball Leagues in classes A.,
B, C, and D are now being or
ganized. Managers interested will
please contact Mr.. Eddie Hawkins
at Linden Center.
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Evening star., 1951-09-19
A Different Sort of Fund Appeal

The usual way to raise money for a new
club building is to launch another fund drive.
Washington has had so many fund drives, how
ever, that folks are begging for relief through
consolidation of charity, health and welfare
campaigns in a single effort. Recognizing the
seriousness of this problem the Boys Club of
Washington has found way to raise building
fund without organizing teams and conducting
the customary city-wide solicitation. 1t is
directing a special appeal, instead, to more than
10000 users of gas in Washington who will receive
checks for the court-ordered rebate on their
1850 gas bills. The rebates vary from few
dollars in the case of homeowners to large sums
in the case of commercial consumers of gas. All
that is necessary to contribute to the Boys Club
of Washington building fund is to indorse the
rebate check to the club and mail to 261 18th
Street Sc. This is an easy, painless way Of
aiding a very worthwhile cause.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
By Charles E. TroceweN

to accept the name foisted off on them
by the white "discoverers" of the con-
tinent
When we think back over the Won
derful buildings of the MayaS and 9TH
ers. and of the civilization they erected.
a sadness creeps over one, one of the
many sadnesses in this odd world of ours.
These peoples should have their own
name, not that of other races far away
Attempts have been made to call
them "Amerindians," and the like, but
all these inventions seem little better
than the other, so that Indians they
will remain, no matter how the name
strikes us.
Wood thrushes, catbirds, mocking-
birds
Where will one find better birds?
The wood thrush, in particular, is one
Of the cleanest, most acceptable of all
species.
1t seems cleaner than others, though
it is doubted that actually it is any
cleaner; this is just an attitude of mind,
as one looks at the soft feathers and
their pleasant coloring.
Something there is about the thrush
that wins the hearts of all.
1t is possible as October approaches
to walk to within foot or two of the
last specimens that stay with US.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
CHEVY CHASE.

CHEVY CHASE.
Dear Sir:
What has become of all my mock
ingbirds, cat birds, wood thruShes?
These are the birds like best OF
all, and every last one of them has
disappeared.
TT seems too early for them all to
have migrated.
II know that thrushes often stay here
bout until October.
Some years ago we had thrush in
our garden that became tanner and
tanner as the months went by, so that
by late September he would allow us
to almost touch him.
"We miss our raisin eaters, and would
like to know what you think, and
whether we shall see them again.
occasionally mocker stays with us
Ill winter, but not always.
Very truly, E. de s."
At this season some of our birds take
TO the woods for time.
Usually they will return to their old
yards before flying South.
Moulting has something to do with it,
but not all; some species just seem to
prefer the woods after the nesting sea-
son is over.
AS for the mockingbirds, those odd
customers have their own reason for 60
Evening star., 1951-09-19

ished swimming the English Channel from west
to east. A year ago, Miss Chadwick swan the
channel from east to west. This double-action
swim leaves Miss Chadwick on the same side of
the channel as she started on year ago. Quite
probably she prefers that side, but she could
have made the trip easier, and in less time, by
taking one of those tubby little channel steam
erS. Still, Miss Chadwick displayed something by
her accomplishment.
And that, of course, leads one quite naturally
to feeling of sympathy for Gypsy Rose Lee.
Gypsy has been displaying considerably more
than promise for some years now in these
United States but when she went on show in
London'S Palladium Theater the other night the
critics were most critical One went so far as
to say that "the only thing she seemed to display
was her embarrassment" It's hard to believe it
from here, but that is what the man said.
Perhaps everything had better be left just
as it is-although somehow or other Patricia and
Florence and Gypsy sound like pretty good
secret weapon.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
A Mans World

Every once in while when the men of the
world, in their solemn capacities of statesmen
and strategists, succeed in getting things about
as snafued as the law allows, the suggestion
arises from some quarter that life would be
better if the women were allowed to run affairs
The ultimate wisdom of such a radical de-
parture is Observation-Disclosures are some who
probably feel it wouldn't even be departure
but consideration might properly be given to
naming Miss Patricia Mccormick on the next
delegation we set up to negotiate something with,
let us say the Russians. For Patricia, who is
described as a Texas coed and is pretty besides,
is a bullfghter She proved it the other day by
going down to Juarez, Mexico, and mixing it up
with one of their fighting bulls. AS a reward for
courage she won the bulls ear but the rewards,
of course. in some other field could be cor
reSpondingly greater.
AS matter of fact, even bulls ear seems
q more tangible prize than that accruing to
Miss Florence Chadwick, who is described as a
slim American mermaid, and who has just An
Evening star., 1951-09-19
This and That

ing away for time. as the following
communication asserts:
Can you explain the antics of mock
ingbirds, in small flock?
About Is of them gathered on our
lawn; they would stretch their bodies
upward, raise their wings outspread, run
or Jump little way.
"One would separate from the Others
walk about on the grass. spreading and
folding the wings.
II have fencing wire over a recently
planted bulb bed. From four to eight
Knockers ran under the wire, chasing
each other.
II have never before seen more than
two Knockers at time. so this flock is
of great interest to me.
Can bird walk on tiptoe?
These Knockers seem to do so, as they
lift and spread the wings.
They click their bills; the sound is
like scissors"
This is rarely seen mockingbird dis
play. thought to have some relation to
mating, although this is all over for
the year.
This is sort of dance, reminding the
observer of typical red Indian dances.
We have always thought it a shame
that our Indians did not have a name
Of their own, as such, instead Of having
Evening star., 1951-09-19

sist that Congress appropriate sufficient
funds to meet human needs in terms of
modern social welfare practices and a
decent regard for the kind of misfoD-
tune which befell this mother and her
six children.
And to bridge the gap between what
public agencies can do and what our
hearts tell us must be done, we need
Chest agencies which have the funds
available in situations such as these
The Family Service Association Is but
one of many Chest agencies which are
turning people away because there are
simply no funds left.
People who are concerned about this
deplorable situation can change it next
year by giving generously in the forth
coming Chest campaign, by working as
a volunteer solicitor in one of the several
units, and by urging others to give and
to work in behalf of those who need help.
An adequate public assistance budget
under present standards, a widow
and three children are left with about
36 cents for the daily feeding of eachD
and a successful Chest campaign for
the full $4050,000 will do much to get
us out of really shameful situation.
Please see that the inclosed check
reaches Mrs. Cosner.
Aaron Goldman.
editors Note: Mr.. Goldmans check
for $25 has been turned over to Mrs
Cosner)
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Reformation in Politics

There is plaintve note indeed in the find-
ings of the American Federation of Labor'S
political committee, reporting during their San
Francisco convention, that "too much public
credit" has often been accorded in instances of
labor'S Endorsement of candidates at the polls
And that labor's enemies" should go to the
extreme of identifying an aspirant to public
service as "a labor candidate to the exclusion
and resentment of his other potential support
ers' smackS Of the unSporting.
Obviously considerable overhauling is called
for in the whole code of American political
behavior to permit greater emphasis on such
diSpaSsionate and truly OBJ iective disclosures as
that "reactionary anti-labor candidates" relied
in 1850 on huge expenditures of money, char
acter assassination and outright miSrepresenta-
ton" And in 1882 the committee warns
everything is going to be much worse or, in
It's own words, ION an even larger and more
vicious scale"
In the face of such distressing prospect
it is evident that corrective steps should be TAKEN
however radical
One might be to bar financial contributions
to any candidates except those favored by labor.
In such cases labor'S preference need not be
pubicized, thereby eliminating the risk of their
candidate being SO identified-since the enemy"
would be known by his state of political poverty.
Another alternative might be to prohibit
"too much public credit" being given to labor's
Endorsement. Such restriction could be opera
tive only in advance of the voting date; if the
candidate is defeated the whole thing could be
forgotten, if he wins no credit could be too much
A third alternative might be simply to let
the AFLs political committee select the next
oficeholders, thereby eliminating the necessity
for costly campaigning and putting complete
end, of course, to character assassination. The
flaw in this solution, however, seems to lie in
the present determination of the AFL to dis
continue acting in political concert with the
CIO, in the tendency of the United Mine Workers
not to act in concert with either one-and in
the tendency of the individual working man and
woman to vote for their own favorite rather
than for the Labor candidate"
1t is truly perplexing dilemma.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Fringe PARKING Plan Revived

The Capital Transit Company's fringe-park-
Ing proposal will serve to revive interest in this
dormant plan for relieving WaShington's traffic
troubles. The report makes it plain, however,
that such a program cannot be instituted over
night. In fact, the conditions which the transit
experts have laid down as prerequisite to
successful fringe-parking program are large ones
not easily met Capital Transit of course, has
selfish interest in the plan for it would increase
transit patronage. Nevertheless, the company'S
outline of what it regards as possibly workable
plan is worth careful consideration by District
authorities.
The District Motor Vehicle Parking Agency
long has advocated fringe parking as a major
aid to the local traffic problem A half-hearted
attempt to try the plan out was made some time
ago, but the experiment failed. At that time a
shuttle-bus line was run between the parking
lot near the Municipal Center and an inadequate
lot in West Washington. The Municipal Center
lot was not fringe lot in the real sense of the
term and the other lot was hard to find and Ill
suited for parking purposes.
Capital Transit believes that success would
attend the program if the parking lots actually
were on the fringe of the downtown section,
convenient to main bus routes and if certain
other provisions were made. Most important OF
the conditions would be ban on all-day parking
in the downtown area. Motorists would strenu-
ousy object to such drastic restriction. But
without such ban any fringe-parking expert
ment would have two strikes on it at the outset.
Even with suitable parking restrictions the COM
bined cost to the motorst of parking space and
of bus transportation to and from his office would
have to be within reasonable bounds. To bring
the cost low enough would probably require sub
sidized parking lots or outright municipal owner
ship of the lots All in ALL the problems are diff
cult ones Capital Transit has paved the way for
a new study of the plan at least
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Loguno

Notched in the clif-side, little homes like
boWerS
Look of to ioherc the blue Pacific
shines:
The mountain slopes are radiant wtth
foDerS
And myriad testoons of trailing vines.
Needless of seasons here, the Diolet
Beside the GSter or ndSturtium orops.
The dark blue daisy and the miononette
Nod at each other ,uhen the sea ,Dind
bloUs.
And on the sunny beaches far beloD,
All the long day, the children happily
Build tortreSSes of Sand-and little know
OF tragedy far off across the sea.
oh, untor0ettGble, this summer land,
The bright surt breaking on its rocky
nails.
But now, from westward, like a threat
ening hand,
The somber ShadotD OF Korea falls.
Inez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1951-09-19

tUre subjected to closer scrutiny as to its
worth. Labelling such legislation pork
barrel impugns the integrity of the
Corps of Engineers and its chief. COM
mittee members. and all others of the
House and Senate.
The harbors and waterways of the
Nation, and works for flood protection,
are among its greatest assets, vital both
in peace and in war. The continuing
growth of America depends largely upon
their steady development. Money spent
for this purpose is an investment in the
building Of a nation.
George III. Palmer,
President and Publisher, Marine
News.
New York City.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Letters to The Star

OF this kind. and also the opinions of the
Sculptors and architects. 1t was the
recommendation Of the executive officer
thai the generous offer of the Italian
government to cast the statues as q gift
to the people of the United States from
the people of Italy be accepted as a
means to bring to conclusion the Arl-
inglon Memorial Bridge project in ac-
cordanca with the wishes and plans of
the Arlington Memorial Bridge Com
mission, the commission of Fine Arts,
the architects and the sculptors.
Oscar Chapman,
Secretary of the Interior.
In the controversy regarding the
Memorial Bridge sculptures, almost every
one seems to agree that the architectural
and sculptural development Of the city
should be in the classical tradition.
Mr.. Friedlander in his letter makes
good point when he mentions the work
of Maillol and Despiau as examples Of
classical art that does not merely follow
classical conventions but reflects truly
classical spirit through a strong and
mature personality.
Mr.. Friedlander's criticism of Thor
valdsen and Canova seems less fortu-
nate. incidentally, some of your readers
may not know that the statue Of Free
dom on the dome Of the Capitol is by
a pupil of Thorvaldsen, Thomas Craw-
ford, and that the lions at the entrance
of the Corcoran Gallery are replicas of
works by Canova.
Thorvaldsen's work has a certain re-
straint, subtlety and grace that is char
acteristic of the best in classical art, old
and new.
One could wish that Mr.. Friedlander'S
groups had just little more Of these
qualities.
Chester LEIGH
Evening star., 1951-09-19
History of the Horses

1t has been a source of satisfaction
to observe the active and lively interest
displayed by the public in the many
expressions Of opinion regarding the gift
OF Statuary from the people of Italy to
the people of the United States, recently
mounted on the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Plaza. AS is inevitable when any
work Of art is placed on public view,
opinions pro and con are bound to be
developed. interpret this interest to
indicate an awareness by the people. 1t
would be unusual and unfortunate If the
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Shameful Situation

The very tragic story OF Mrs. Ruth
Cosner and six children evicted from
their home points up the need for
realistic and humane public assistance
program. and adequate funds for our
Chest-supported agencies.
Ways and means are going to have
to be found to end the morasS of red
tape and administrative delays which I
am informed are characteristic of our
Board of Public Welfare. And an in
formed citizenrY is going to have to In
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Columnists

Two recent letters from readers COM
planned about some of The Stars
columnists. Lest you gain the impress
sion that you should have all your con-
tributors on the same side of the fence
let me hasten to tell you that that very
diversity of opinion Of your regular con-
tributors is one of the chief appeals of
your paper to me and my friends.
One of the great strengths of our way
Of life is found in the freedom of the in
dividual to obtain and evaluate more
than one opinion on matters of concern
to him. The common practice of most
papers in following unswervingly one
basic policy means that the dispassionate
person must buy two papers to get full
Coverage Yours is a bargain, and I
hope you'll continue to keep a wide
range of points of view.
d. E. B00thr0yd.