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Evening star., 1951-11-27
By Charles E. TroceWeH

S. zim. and Stripe the story of a
chipmunk. by Robert M. McClung.
THE Wild Little Honker." by Dorothy
and Nils Hogner. is published by Oxford.
THE Cat That Went to College," by
Frances Frost. is a new one for friends
of cats of all ages. 1t is from the press
of Whittlesey House.
Here are more books. about horses.
too: Riding Rhymes" by Col. Harry
Disston, from the Bond Wheelright
Co.; 1.-THE Golden Palomino." by Billy
Warren david McCay): "Silver Heels" :"
by Paul Brown (Scribner); "The
Horse Who Had His Picture in the
Peper," by Phyllis Mckinley Gippin-
cott).
For the young bird lover there is 1.-THE
First Books of Birds by Margaret Will
hanson, from Franklin Watts.
Older readers may like THE En-
chanted," by Elizabeth Coatsworth,
truly an incredible tale of the Maine
woods" published by Pantheon. 1t is.
we believe, modern classic.
We would like to include another book
which may be liked by older children,
THE White Continent" by Tom Henry,
published early this year by Sloane
Associates.
All these titles in one list let us see
how well off the children of America
are with their reading.
Surely never in our history have we
had better or more books. and it must
be remembered that this list is only a
personal selection from the latest pub
lications; there are many more, and we
are sorry we cannot list them all. for
reading is, in the last analysis. the last
refuge of taste for all of us. No one
so far has told us what we may read
Evening star., 1951-11-27

Ballet for Beginners" by Nancy
Draper and Margaret F. Atkinson. ano
Too Many Turtles" by Emma L. Brock,
are published by Knopf
Gypsy" by Kate Seredy," published
by Viking. is about a cat. Other new
ones from this publisher with interest
lug titles are Federico the Flying Squir-
rel" by Tony Palazzo: 1.-THE housewife"
by Runner Golden; 1.-THE Squirrel That
Remembered" by Dana Saintsbury. and
Polly Roughhouse." by Helen Garrett.
One of the oldest of the titles of new
children's books is Pong Choolie, You
Rascal" by Lucy Herndon Crockett,
published by Holt. It is the story of
Korean boy.
From the same publisher comes "Joe
the Bluejay and Carl the Cardinal" by
Andre Dugo, a self-explanatory title.
New Landmark books, from Random
House. include 1.-THE Pirate Lafitte and
the Battle of New Orleans" by Robert
Tallant. >and one with a ringing title,
Clusters Last Stand" by Quentin
Reynolds.
"Odd Pets" by Lilo Hess and Dorothy
Childs Hagner. and 1.-THE Catnip Man."
by Ruth Langland Holberg, are pub
lished by Crowell
Cat lovers will like "The Proud Cat"
by Frances and Richard Lockridge, from
Lppincott The Lockridges are better
known to older readers for their mystery
stories.
animal Tools" by George F. Mason,
published by Morrow. shows how ami
mails live. From this same publisher
come Golden Hamsters." by Herbert
Evening star., 1951-11-27
-AP Photo .

far this hate campaign has already en-
quilted the Chinese. Arrivals here from
China say the people believe what they
are told. For them America is the new
devil
Older people apparently are being
cowed into silence despite the tradition
al Chinese friendship for America.
In an effort to please the authorities,
Peking shopkeepers even make their own
anti-American posters. Foreigners ar
irving from China talk of the terror
for them in the anti-American cam
paign.
It is apparent that the hate America
campaign is useful to the new Peking
government in strengthening its CO. .trol
and eliminating counter -revolutio' aries.
1t also justifies Chinese invol cement
i'll the Korean war. Inversely it stimu-
lates pride among many anti-foreign
Chinese in the fact that their Chinese
armies are successfully fighting West
erners in Korea.
To the extent that Communist lead
ers are caught up in the momentum of
this growing hatred of America, it also
defines future lines of policy for the
men who rule China
Chicago Daily News Foreign Seryice)
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Going After the Gamblers

The newly-named police chief, Robert "
Murray, has made the right opening moves in,
tackling the gambling problem
He has picked one of his ablest subordinates
Inspector Charles H. Lutz to head the gambling
squad. And he has given him a free hand in
choosing the members of his squad.
This is a good start. Inspector Lutz has
never been identified in any way with the gam
bling fraternity and its friends. This means
that he has no past associations that might
hamper, or appear to hamper him in the strict
enforcement of the laws. The freedom that he
will have in picking the members of the gambling
squad likewise should mean that it will be COM
posed of men who are obligated to no one. The
effect is to lodge authority and responsibility
In an individual whose record invites confidence
that he will perform to the best of his ability
There is no reason however, to expect
miracles. 1t is doubtful that the finest gambling
squad, given the maximum of cooperation from
the precincts, can entirely eliminate gambling.
And this will continue to be the case as long as
otherwise law-abidng citizens patronize gam
blers If it were not for this support from the
public the gamblers would be out of business in
a week. They simply could not survive without
the pennies, the dimes and the dollars that
bet every day, and which, in the aggregate
comprise total that is variously estimated, but
which certainly is very substantial This is
something to be remembered the next time the
police are under fire for not doing something"
about the gambling racket-the real culprit is
not the inept or corrupt policeman, but the
citizen whose little bet" keeps the racket going
A competent and determined gambling squad
can do some things however. If gamblers have
been corrupting the police department in Wash
ington-a complaint that is often made but for
which supporting evidence is rarely if ever
forthcoming-t can be stopped. 1t should
also be possible to break up organized" gambling
the kind of gambling that is too big to be
hidden away in back room or an alley. 1nspec-
tor Lutz can be relied upon to do his best in
these respects. But he cannot be expected to
do much more if thousands of people are going
to cooperate with the gamblers instead of the
police.
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Trans Hero

These are great and heady days for Premier
MoSsadegh of Iran. Besides having won re-
sounding vote of confidence from Parliament he
has succeeded in arranging for immediate ma
tional elections-at moment when most OF his
countrymen, not yet having felt the full effects
of his policy in the oil dispute with Britain, still
seem to regard him as hero. How can he
lose? Right now, in the atmosphere prevailing
over there-the intense pleasure derived from
seeng the lions tail twisted, the infiamed ma
tionalistc temper the mob spirit stirred up oy
the Communists and the religious fanatics-
he is apparently unbeatable.
But right now" is one thing and the future
another Unless the Mossadegh government
modiies its past position and agrees to
equitable and realistic settlement of the Anglo
Iranian issue, miracle of sorts will be required
one of these days to save Iran from bankruptcy
In the past, almost half the countrys total
national revenue has come from British oil royal
ties and concession fees. But that source of
income no longer exists. The wells are not drill
ing The refneries at Abadan are shut down.
The storage tanks are filled to overhoWing with
petroleum that cannot be sold in the customary
markets because shipping facilities are lacking.
In short, the whole economy is moving steadily
toward a complete breakdown-a breakdown
threatening payess paydays for civil servants
and growing unemployment and social and
political crisis for the people at large.
In the teeth of this prospect, which must
certainly please the Krenlin, what has DR.
Mossadegh proposed? He has proposed that the
Iranian people-millions of whom, are already
living at a bare subsistence level-tighten their
belts while he tries for American aid and launches
plan" Che never says just what the plan
Isl to get the oil out of the ground and into
foreign markets Nevertheless, despite the cruelty
Il Hxyr afI1rn nnfh hi
program, he seems to have the majority of his
countrymen on his side right now" The awaken
ing has yet to come, and it is bound to come in
due course-perhaps sooner than later-unless
he switches meanwhile to policy making
sound settlement possible.
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Reds Plaster China With the Biq Lie
By Albert RovenhoIt

HONG KONG-More than 470 mil
i l. lion Chinese are being taught to
hate Americans with frightening thor
oughness. II the present hate campaigns
continue, indications are Americans
viii become in the minds Of most
Chinese the personification of all that
Is evil. corrupt and oppressive.
Meanwhile this effort to build fear
and mistrust Of America serves both the
foreign and domestic policies OF the
Chinese Communist leaders in Peking.
Some of these Red leaders apparently
are guided in their thinking by the very
hate psychosis they are generating.
Observers who have thought Of the
Chinese people in modern times as large
ly an inert, slumhering mass now need to
revise their estimates. There are accu-
mulated illustrations that the proud.
sensitive, cultured, poverty hound Chi
nese people, with their technical inferior
ity complex. are being organized and
directed-and the target is the United
States.
Roughly a year ago. just after the
Chinese Communist troops entered the
Korean war. the essential points of the
IIdbE CoAPdASA WCIC OQU1l1lCu do tilC
Three Views Movement" Directives
we're published in an article in Peking's
Current Affairs Journal. entitled How
to Understand the United States" They
read
/. Hate the United States for it is
the deadly enemy of the Chinese people.
2. Despise the United States for it
is rotten imperialist nation and the
headquarters of reactionary degeneracy
in the whole world.
3. Look with contempt upon the
United States for it is paper tiger
and can fully be defeated.
Although these charges sound ex-
aggerated and vitriolic even for Com
munist propaganda. they are literally
the lines along which the Communists
are educating the Chinese people.
History Is being rewritten to prove
that America has been guilty of ag-
gression against China ever since the
first opium trade in 1899. The United
States is pictured as police state run
for the benefit Of the rich and fran
tically pushing toward war.
However. the Communists are care
full to emphasize that America is only
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Tukomu Perks Shame

1t was with sadness and much disgust
that I read the article in The Star
November % entitled "Takoma Park
Firemen Refuse Rescue Call on Boy
Block Outside City"
can't understand how men can stand
by and not attempt to render aid to a
human being because of city council
order prohibiting them from going out
side the city limits-all of one block. 1t
is beside the point whether the child
would have died or lived.
We, as Nation, are trying to help
establish world peace and goodwill and
are sending our men overseas to teach
and show others goodwill and then We
have an incident like this happen in Our
own back yard.
At present am not living in Takoma
Park. and am very thankful after read
ing about this incident. However, I do
own property in Takoma and I am in
terested in what happens there / lived
in Takoma for 80 years and at one
time it was fine town and was proud
of my town. If people are going to
quibble over mutual aid when there is
an emergency such as this one, it is time
something was done about it.
had and still have much respect for
the Takoma Rescue Squad. They rem
dered outstanding service on a call dur
ing my mothers illness before her death.
Those men are well trained and work
hard and it is disgrace for them to
become involved in an incident such as
this one because of city council order.
wonder what the folks in nearby
communities are saying and thinking
about Takoma Park? I think the resi-
dents and taxpayers of Takoma Park
should hang their heads in shame.
Dorothea Mann Fischer.
Because the city council had so
ordered, the fire rescue squad of Takoma
Park sat with their hands folded while
a boy lay fatally wounded less than a
mile away Brentwood answered the call
drove 8 miles to the scene of the acci-
dent and then delivered the boy to the
Brentwood Hospital
What has the Mayor of Takoma Park
said about the accident? I'm sorry the
boy died but there was nothing we could
do under the circumstances. j.. Follow
ing the councils action, the city of
Takoma Park could accept no further
responsibility in the area outside the
city which pays no fire tax to it,
fail to see how any of the residents
of Takoma Park, much less the Mayor.
Fire Chief or members of the Council,
can deny that they are responsible. Is
it not our sole responsibility in life to
see that we treat others as human beings
and extend to them the rights and
privileges to which they are entitled?
III. Bernard LindstrOm
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Sporrows on q Frosty Morn

FriarS of the open road
The tonsured Sparrot0s call lite good,
Huddled in the frosty path.
Since eUil, it is understood,
Is more than seasons ,Drath.
They search the bitter hedge for seed.
Who offers life his simple deed
Is neUer torSaken.
The SpGrro1DS tDinnot0 a iDithered iUeed
For grain not taken.
Open, windoiD, and giUe your bread.
Open. Heouen, your aDay most narrow
For the little brothers beyond the shed
Who, lacking song, haze neDer fed
But still give praise tn the words of
sparrow.
Chorles MoIom,
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Letters to The Star

in their scheme of socialization of our
country.
Just how long can we survive this
synthetic prosperity? In any business
the key to success is management, and
bad management leads to bankruptcy.
If we are to remain free and independ-
ent Nation, we must live within our
income and pay as we CO.
Pearl w. Norman.
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer "a
any question OF fact by either writing Tne
EVenlng tI Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV, washington 5. D. c., and inclosing 9 cents
return postage or by telephoning SI 72RS
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Calm Down, You-AII

The amazing outcry against the cur
rent fad Of displaying Confederate flags
and insignia is merely a symptom of
natural guilt complex.
Winners Of physical struggles always
continue to hate and fear the losers. The
losers would often be willing to forgive
and forget-if given a chance to do So
The Northerner still hates and fears the
Southerner.
Northern hatred manifests itself in
economic looting. exploitation of ire
sponsible political minorities. and con-
slant batting of Southerners by gibes at
their manner of speech, their customs
and their institutions
Suppose we calm down. JEFF Davis is
hardly in position to stage comeback.
COpperhead.
In time of war the avowed purpose
OF communism is to engage that gov
eminent. which Is carrying on an
"lnperiallst" war against the forces OF
communism in disruptive civil war.
Just such division Is being achieved
In this country by the seemingly in
nocuous device of advertising and SELL
ing Confederate flags and caps.
Ivan Ivanovitch.
Evening star., 1951-11-27

@. When Lincoln replied to Douglas
description of him as "A kind hearted.
amicable gentleman of sufficient
ability to make a good Senator" how
did Lincoln. in turn. describe Douglas?
L. L. A.
- A. Lincoln described the Senator as
one whose followers 'have seen in his
round, jolly, fruitful face. post Offices,
marshalships, and cabinet appoint
ments, chargeships and foreign mis-
sions bursting and sprouting out, ready
to be laid hold of by their greedy hands"
Evening star., 1951-11-27
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. Where is the oldest church in Eng
land?-E. S. r.
A. What Is believed to be the oldest
existing church is St. Martins in Can
terbury. 1t was founded on Roman
ruins and possibly dates back to the first
century AID.
Evening star., 1951-11-27
We Poy as Congress Goes

A news dispatch from Italy tells us
that "An roads lead to Rome these days,
at least from Washington United
States cabinet officials, Congressman and
oureaucrats are hocking here In unprec-
edented numbers . record run of
off-season congressional junkets is the
reason"
To my mind, these trips, by and large,
are unnecessary and on a par with some
Of the other scandals of this day and
time. Let's all pitch in and see what we
can do to put stop to it. HS
How times have changed. In by
gone days we ran the Government.
and it was our Government. Now the
Government runs us. They are taxing
most of our earnings to spend as they
see fit. Most Of them have turned
junketers and are seeing the world at
our expense. 1t is hopeless situation,
and unless we do something about it we
will cease to be individuals, merely robots
Evening star., 1951-11-27

Pen-nanes may be used if letters carry
Writers' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation
Evening star., 1951-03-15
Former Mary l.. Moncure Dies
As Her Wedding Cards Go Out

March. But the tragic prediction
was kept from her. She was not
Informed she had cancer until a
week ago. the family said.
Mrs. Ferguson had been re-
ceiving special Pathological treat
ment at Bethesda Naval Hospital
It was there that she died yes
terday.
Until very recently she had
kept in close touch with her
school, which she founded five
years ago as nursery school with
herself as the only teacher. II
had grown from 3 pupils to nearly
100 in the kindergarten, first and
second grades.
Pupils to Stay Home Tomorrow.
The school originally was at
215 Jefferson street. Now it is
situated at the Thomas Kinloch
Nelson Parish Hall, Emmanuel
Episcopal Church-on-the-Hill at
the seminary.
The pupils will stay home to-
morrow in respect to their school
mistress memory.
Mrs. Ferguson was the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Frank D. Moncure
of Stafford County, Va, and lived
much of her life in Stafford
County, attending school ir
FrederickSburg. She came tc
Alexandria II years ago.
Besides her husband, she leaves
a 12-year-old daughter by a previ-
Gus marriage, Mary Moncure
Hunter, as we'll as two brothers
Frank D. Moncure. 408 North
Glebe road, Arlington, and Nc
Carly c. Moncure of Stafford, q
member of the Stafford County
Board of Supervisors.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. tomorrow at Demaine's
funeral home, Alexandria. Burial
will be at $3.50 pm. at Aqua
Church Cemetery, Stafford.
Evening star., 1951-03-15
Mrs. Lula Love Lawson, ,
Daughter Of Educator

Mrs. Lula Love Lawson, q resi-
dent of Washington for more than
Is years, died early today in
Chicago. H.
Mrs. Lawson was the daughte,
Of DR.. Anna j. Cooper, president
emeritus of Frelinghuysen Uni.
versity. 201 T street NV, anc
taught there for many years.
Frelinghuysen University is 9
group of schools for employed col
ored adults. 1t was founded here
in 1906 by the late Jesse Lawson
father-in-law of Mrs. Lawson.
She formerly was vice president
of the schools board of trustees
She moved to Chicago last year
to live with daughter. Mrs. Ben
jamin Prescott.
Mrs. Lawson was an active
member of st. Georges Episcopal
Chapel, 160 U street NV. She
also was active in YMCA work
and in community activities.
DR.. Cooper and Mrs. Prescott
are the only survivors.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Chicago.
Evening star., 1951-03-15
DR.. HenryW. Johnson
Dentist for 80 Years
Former 0PA Official

DR.. Henry w. johnson, IS, a
Washington dentist for nearly 80
years, died Tuesday at his home
6103 Fourth street NV.
DR.. johnson was born in
Mechanicsville, Md, now part of
Olney. He came to Washington
at an early age with his parents.
He was graduated from the old
Central High School and from
the dental school of Columbian
College, now George Washington
University, ..
DR.. johnson was employed in
the Office of the Adjutant Cen
eral in the War Department in
World War l. He continued his
dental practice at the same time.
At one time his Office was over
the Franklin Bank at Twenty
first street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
| In World War II, DR.. johnson
was on the staff Of the Office of
Price Administration for several
years, while continuing his private
dental practice.
DR.. johnson Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Laskey J. Howard
of the Fourth street address and
Mrs. Mary j. Gleason, 116 Irving
ton street S.W.; two sons, Henry
N. johnson, Seattle, and Samuel
S. johnson of Pittsburg, Kans.; q
sister, Mrs. Arthur w. Norton,
Baltimore, and brother, Charles
A. johnson. Waddington, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
! 2 pm. tomorrow at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-03-15

Death ended an Alexandria
schoolmistress' long fight against
cancer yesterday-the same day
announcements of her wedding
were being delivered to her friends.
She was Mrs. John Norwood
Ferguson, 81, of 721 South Royal
street, member of an old Virginia
family and owner and director of
the Chichester School for children
at Virginia Theological Seminary.
Her maiden name was Mary Lewis
Moncure.
Mrs. Ferguson and her hus-
band, Navy commander, were
married February 20 at st. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Alexandria.
Her bridegroom knew-but Mrs.
Ferguson herself did not-that her
illness was considered incurable.
Treated at Bethesda.
Six weeks ago Mrs. Ferguson's S
doctor informed her family he
didn't expect her to live beyond
Evening star., 1951-03-15
ID. {. Woman S Dealt
In Jacksonville, Fla,
lis Listed as Suicide

A woman who gave Washington
as her home when she registered
at small Jacksonville (Fla.)
hotel Sunday, was found hanging
near bridge there yesterday
afternoon.
The. woman gave her name as
Mrs. Alma King when she checked
in. She listed no street address.
Jacksonville police said she was
between 40 and As years cd and
had brown hair.
She was found hanging from a
billboard near the bridge by two
workmen. Police estimated she
had been dead about IS hours.
The body was not visible from
the bridge or the road. police said.
Detective Sergt. R. B. Whiting
ton of the Jacksonville police told
The Star by telephone the woman
was accompanied by an elderly
man when she registered. He
said the manager of the hotel
heard the man tell her to Call me
If you need anything" The man
ager said the man indicated that
he and his wife lived near Jack
sonville.
Sergt. Wilmington said they
have been unable to locate the
woman's companion, but thought
he may not have heard of the
woman'S death.
The detective said the woman
had no Identification on her body
or in her scanty luggage. She had
$l85 in a glove on one hand.
Sergt. Wilmington said the
death has been listed as suicide.
He said an autopsy will be per-
formed after the woman has been
positively identified. ...