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Evening star., 1951-09-04
Titoism Among the Reds

In the latest issue of its policy journal, the
kreml1n-controlled Cominform-key mouthpiece
of international communiSm-has spoken more
in sorrow than in anger about the development
OF what 1t calls "SectaraniSm" among party
liners in the Western world. "Sectarianism, I"
apparently, is another word for Titoism That
is to say, it means kind of heretical indiffer-
ence to or deviation from the dogmaS decreed
by Moscow. The fact that it is bothering the
top Red command-enough so to call for public
lecture-suggests that the things roots may be
even deeper than the Cominform's mildly chiding
language indicates.
At any rate, singing out the French and
italian Communist parties in particular, the
Cominform bemoanS the existence of internal
dlsSenSion in the ranks and calls upon the lead
erS to do something lest the evil destroy the
inner strength of the worldwide Red totali-
tartan movement. Many members of that
movement, it seems fail to understand the
need to wage tireleSS struggle in the trade
unions" and other mass groups and organiza-
tionS including agricultural workers and
Catholic industrial labor There is too much
Indifference, too much "sectarianism" too much
backSliding, too much independent thinking, too
much Of a tendency to veer away from the
line-with all its twists and turns-laid down
by the Kremlin for the greater honor and glory
of the Soviet Union.
The implications of this lecture are inter-
eSting. They reflect uneasiness on the part of
Moscow over the reliability and steadiness of
Communists in the free world. Economically
and otherwise, the West has been doing pretty
we'll AS reSult-in France and Italy espe-
cially-the Reds have been losing ground and
the evidence indicates that more than a few
OF them have grown tired of being unquestionably
obedient to Soviet orders or 100 per cent enthu-
Siastic about Soviet policies. In fact some of
them-once in fairly high party positions-have
openly broken away from the fold, and the Com
informs latest remarks add up to hint that
the trend may be growing. AS for members
behind the Iron Curtain there can be little
doubt that Titoist thoughts trouble a sizable
percentage of them.
Actually, in way, it is surprising that Tito
ism or "sectarianism" has not spread more
rapidly among Communists around the world
To many of them, Soviet action in recent years
its highhandedneSS, its ruthleSSnesS its suppress
sion OF freedom, its aggresson-muSt serve as
source of doubt and diSilluSonment Only the
incorrigibe zealotS among the Reds, only the
blind and stupid can fail to see how the Krem-
Inns deeds belle its words and how the Marxist
utopia" behind the Iron Curtain is in fact
prison house where living standards are miSer-
able compared with those of the free nations
This is reality that cannot be hidden or talked
away. 1t is thing that should one day lead to
the rise of many TitoS and the disintegration
Of international communism as an effective
instrument of Russian imperialism.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
"31st Street..

S1SC SCreeC.-
Dear Sir:
II have before me letter you wrote
me dated May Is, 1925. with two long
verses of a poem I asked you about.
still appreciate that great kindness
and want you to know your column is
first with me and has been ever since I
first saw it.
Il am an old lady now, with probably
not too many years left to enjoy your
great gift, so don't turn me down now.
please write something about the
cat who walked 5000 miles in two years
and finally found its former owners, or
did the cat own the people? Please ex-
plain it and how, if possible.
II do not like cats, but admire any
stunt like that
with earnest good wishes and re-
newed thanks for all the pleasure you
have given me,
Sincerely, L. r. Y"
Thank you, Mrs. Y, for your most
kind note. Old friends are good friends.
The story about the cat puzzles US
as much as 1t does you and no doubt
thousands Of readers all over the
country.
Impossible" is the frst thought and
no doubt the last with many.
Every once In while some such tale
turns up. Recently there was one ABOUT
a. pigeon walking-not fiying-h1ne
1h6 miles.
Evening star., 1951-09-04

he worked his way through Hastings
College at Hastings, Nebr. His alma
mater in later years awarded him a
doctor of laws. In his collegiate days,
he wrote for newspapers in Denver,
Chicago and Nebraska, and recalls that
the rate was about So column then
In Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr.. Aitchison
read law, was admitted to the bar in
1896 and practiced there for a time.
But the West was calling and he moved
to Portland. Greg, where he specialized
in trusts and taxes, laying the founda-
ton for the complicated problems he was
to tackle here in later life.
A special commission to draw up new
tax and revenue laws was set up by
Oregon in 1905. Mr.. Aitchison was
chosen secretary of that temporary body.
He was then engaged to help draw up
a railroad bill. In 1907, an Oregon COM
mission was established to supervise the
railroads and he became a member. He
also drew up the act which established
the Public Service Commission and he
continued as member of that body.
The National Association of State
Railroad Commissioners created a per-
manent valuation committee in Wash
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Not for the Fun of 1t

Last January and February at the test site
near Las Vegas, Nevada. there were no fewer
than five highly significant "nuclear detona-
tions." Some weeks later, at Eniwetok Atoll in
the Pacific. these were followed by number
OF bigger and perhaps more portentouS blasts
And now, in keeping with its recent announce
ment that such explosions were going to occur
with increasing frequency, the Atomic Energy
Commission has revealed that a brand-new
series is to take place in the near future.
The new series, which will involve both
ordinary high explosives and nucear explosives
will be set off at the Nevada site. And when
these particular tests are carried out-perhapS
in the next few weeks, or perhaps even during
the current San Francisco conference on the
japanese peace treaty-they will be followed
at the same place by Others which representa-
tives of the press will be permitted to view from
a vantage point" The Acc is not saying what
kind Of A-weapons the detonadons will be
related to. Maybe they will be atomic artillery
shells. or maybe guided missiles with atomic
warheads Everybody is free to speculate-friend
and foe alike-but nobody in the know is going
to affirm or deny anything. The guessers, in
cluding Stain and his henchmen, will Just have
to be satisfied with their own guesses
There is one thing. however that all people
in this country and throughout the world can
be sure OF. Like those staged earlier, these forth
coming tests promise important additional prog
ress IN the development of American atomic
weapons-poSSibly revolutionary progress. They
are not to be set off just for the fun of it, or
for the show Their purpose is to give our
country unqueStionable supremacy in the field
of nuclear ornaments. The men of the Kremlin
should read about this with interest. Let us
hope they will be sobered by it Also
Evening star., 1951-09-04

in the hearts Of the American people
a faith and trust in that Government,
which has been sadly lacking for many
years.
All Except those who for various rea-
sons do not want to accept the TRUTH
must by now realize that organized
labor, with the help of the Democratic
Party, is responsible for the high cost of
living and the almost unbearable con-
ditions under which we are now suf-
fering.
Organized labor, ignoring any use of
arbitration or true collective bargaining.
has, with their terrible weapon the
strike, obtained by force alone their de-
mands for higher wages with no other
justification than living costs, which they
themselves have created.
How long will the American people
submit to such a condition which, If
uncontrolled and allowed to continue,
will bring our beloved country to ruin?
How long will the American people
stand for what the present copper
strike" is making terribly clear? In this
strike we are seeing organized labor at
its worst. Our armed forces are being
deprived of vital material needed now
at the front in Korea and will seriously
curtaI /our preparedness program. But
worst of all. the strikers by their action
will be the cause of the death Of their
own sons and relatives. Why are our
existing laws powerlesS to make, once
and for the time, it impossible for such
inhuman conditions to prevail?
The recent outburst by William Green,
the president of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. against Senator Taft is,
without a doubt, the most foolish,
cowardly and untrue statement by any,
one in public life in our time. It is
sickening example Of what to expect
from a man controlling the actions of
millions of men. and one who comes
dangerously near debating to our Gov
ernment what it must and must not do.
This is our great danger, and the Re-
publican Party is the only source for
US to look to for relief.
The crushing victory of Senator Taft
over the full power of organized labor
will assure his party that they may no
longer fear reprisals at the polls and
should now come forward as the cham
pionS Of all the people to right these
wrongs and Danish forever the evil
shadows Of socialism, communism and
unfaithfulness in high places.
William c. LOCKER.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Qualification

In letter from DR.. Thomas E. Mat
tingly, appearing August %, group hos
pitaliZation was described as q mon
profit cooperative" Since group hos
pitalization is not cooperative, and
since there is a cooperative medical
plan in Washington, it would appear
that this statement should be corrected.
Washington's only cooperative medi-
cal plan is Group Health Association,
which is owned by and serves over 1000
Washington area families. The basic
characteristics of cooperative are that
it is a non-prof1t. mutual benefit Or
ganization, and that it is controlled by
the persons who use its services. Group
Health members elect the governing
board Of the association, and determine
the major policies Of the association,
including the dues rate. In no other
Washington area medical plan do the
consumers have these rights.
AS a cooperative, Group Health As
sociation belongs to the Potomac Co
operative Federation and the Co-opera-
tive Health Federation Of America. No
other local medical plan is eligible for
membership in either Of these organi-
cations.
Because CHA is consumer controlled,
1t has from its start in 1887 pioneered
in the comprehensiveneSs of its services
and in it's emphasis on preventive medi-
cine. 1t has sought to keep its members
in good health, as well as to protect
them against the cost of serious illness.
From the start, for example, it has
included general physical examinations
and diagnostic consultations with physi-
clans among its services-beneflts which
even to this day are excluded by almost
all homeopathic plans.
Washington is fortunate to have in
CHA one Of the Nations foremost CO.
operative medical plans.
Walter r. Volckhausen,
Executive Secretary, Potomac Co
lucrative Federation
Evening star., 1951-09-04
BY WiIIiom A. MiIIen

ITO SAY in an abbreviated profile that
l. Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Clyde Bruce Aitchison has an eye for
figures and an ear for music would GER
tainly be beyond quarrel. But though
accurate enough, it's hardly adequate.
For this man is something phenomenal
in Federal service.
He probably knows as much, if not
more, about the history of American
railroads rs any one or any group, since
he has made substantial personal contri-
button to this history in the "a years he
has served on the ICC, evaluating rail
and other properties and arriving at
rates for rail and other carriers.
Now rs, he has served under six Presi-
dents since woodrow Wilson appointed
him in 1917. and although his term ex-
pired in 1949, he Is staying on until
successor is appointed and qualities. If
such a nomination is in the works or
even considered, then White House re-
porters are mapping on the job.
Mr.. Aitchison has youthful vigor. an
immense capacity for work, a delightful
sense of humor and carries his years
lightly. He is big man and erect.
Although a Republican, he has held
Office through the New Deal and the Fair
Deal. His career is an essential part of
the record of the transportation of our
times.
He has taken prominent part in the
fight over the real value Of railroad and
other property. His sharp eye delves into
a maze of reports, Sits the figures, an
alyzes their real meaning and produces
what he thinks should be equitable rates
the carriers should charge the public.
He writes most of his own cases. instead
of depending upon examiners and he
has clear style of writing, possibly the
heritage of his earlier newspaper days.
The valuation work of the ICC has
become increasingly important, and not
few Of the cases in which Mr.. Aitchi-
son participated have found their way
to the Supreme Court.
Since he joined the ICC october S,
1917, Mr.. Aitchison has been chairman
a number of times. Borp February %,
1875, at Clinton, Iowa, he is the son of
Baptist minister. Wisconsin, Illinois
and Nebraska he knew In his early years,
as the church called his father to various
tasks. AS newspaper correspondent,
Evening star., 1951-09-04
For a Uniform Loyalty System

Transfer from the Federal Bureau of In
veStigation to the Civil Service Commission Of
the task of making preliminary Investigations Of
certain Federal job applicants would neither set
q precedent weaken the Governments 10y
atty safeguards The Civil Service Commission
always has had the responsibility of making
character checkups on persons applying for
work in the main departments and agencies
The FBI has taken over the investigation only
in cases in which derogatory information came
to the attention of the CSC and in certain
sensitive" cases in which special check was
requested. In addition, the FBI has checked
the f1ngerprints of applicants against it's extern
Sve criminal files. But series of legislative
enactmentS covering II relatively new agencies
or programs has required the FBI to conduct
even the preliminary character inquiries usually
handled by the Civil Service Commission. This
additional work has grown to such degree as
to interfere seriously with the FBI's primary
assignment of hunting down spies, saboteurs
and other public enemies.
The legislation proposed by FBI Director
Hoover and Attorney General McGrath would
put the responsibility for preliminary screening
of all civil service applicants where it properly
belongs-on the Civil Service Commission 1t
would thus make the security system uniform
for the entire Federal establishment. Mean
while the FBI would have more time to devote
to actual cases of suspected diSloyalty among
Federal employees and among applicants with
questionable backgrounds The extent to which
the preliminary checkups for the II agencies
have added to the work of the bureau is indi-
Gated by the fact that At per cent of the 431,000
investigative matters handled by the FBI during
the past six months were applicant-type in
quirieS which could have been made as well by
the Civil Service Commission as by the FBI.
Chairman Ramspeck of the commission
agrees that the preliminary checks are properly
within CSC jurisdiction, but he says that con-
siderable increase in the commissions staff
would be required to take over the additional
work The commissions present budget made
no provision for an increased load in this field.
If Congress approves of the transfer of authority
the commission should be given the money and
personnel necessary to do the job effectively
Evening star., 1951-09-04

met satisfactorily and if there is no total atomic
war in the next so years-a war that could be
so destructive as to make all talk about pros
perity meaningless and bitterly ironical-Amer-
leans in the year 1000 should have about four
or five times as much money in their pockets
as we have. Their material living standards
should soar accordingly. What they will have
to be on guard against, in that case, is the
danger of letting their vast accumulated wealth
start processes of decay in their own individual
fiber and the fiber of their great national society,"
Evening star., 1951-09-04
A Far Rood for q While

You, tUho haze tasted life and found it
SDeet,
Who, tOith a thousand paths beneath
your feet,
Haze matched the crocus usher England's
spring,
And heard the ancient bells OF London
ring;
You, tOho haze dreamed beneath
deserts stars,
KnoWn saffron CGiro'S viuid, gay
Tell me. are far roads choicer roads to
roam?
or shall tOend a quaint road here at
home?
knolD an old lane, crocuSes beside,
That slopes and turns to meet tuT-
QuoiSe tide;
knotO a road a cool green forest oirds.
Where dim dd,Dn hdTkS the morning cry
OF birds:
All home roads. ,Dindin0 mile on louelv
But tDould tramp far road for Q
Whie.
ModeIyn Cobhom
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Knows His Vitumins, Too

I wish to compliment your CORE
Spondent, James Birchf1eld, for his story
from Front Royal. Va, August 16, under
the headline "A Real Fish Story: Shen-
andoah Bass Fatten on Waste Vitamins," +"
and for his article Of August 1S on the
Thrasher farm.
These articles demonstrated q
thorough understanding by Mr.. Birch
field of conservation problems and
constituted genuine public service on the
part Of The Star.
Charles H. CalliSOn,
Assistant Conservation Director,
National Wildlife Federation.~
Evening star., 1951-09-04
The Railroads Have Been Workinq on Hin

ington to assist the ICC. Mr.. Aitchison
was selected to represent the group here
as solicitor.
And so he came to Washington in
1916 with his wife and two children,
and has been here ever since. He makes
his home at 1929 S street NV. His
reputation attracted President Wilson
and he received the appointment that
has governed his life'S task.
Mr.. Aitchison holds a master of arts
degree from the University Of Oregon,
which also made him doctor of laws.
American University conferred on him
the degree Of doctor of philosophy,
which he secured by studying at night.
He is familiar with Portuguese, German
and French.
He is Phi Beta Kappa, an Episco-
palian. has been a member Of the Ma
zamas Of Portland, a mountaineering
society, and belongs to the Arts Club
and the Cosmos Club here. He is the
author of Annexation of Iowa Decisions
and he has written eight volumes ex-
planning the various ICC acts under
which the commission operates and the
court decisions interpreting them. In
1945 he made good will tour to Brazil.
lecturing there, and got diploma from
the Association Of Commerce at Sac
Paulo.
Mr.. Aitchison has been married twice.
Two children Of his first marriage are
son, Bruce Aitchison, practicing law
IN Washington and Tokyo, formerly with
the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, and Miss Beatrice Aitchison.
Before her marriage, the second Mrs.
Altchison was q research assistant in
the legislative reference division of the
Library of Congress as a specialist on
money and banking. They were married
in 1886. She died January S, 1914.
About his ear for music, Mr.. Aitchison
organized male chorus of 40 ICC en-
ployes before World War II. He was
their enthusiastic conductor when they
gave concerts here, in Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York. He interprets
both ancient and modern scores and is
rated skilled composer He is quite
accomplished on the flute, though he
plays little nowadays. The war and
other factors broke up the chorus. In
lighter moments they may have sung
such barber shop numbers as 1--WE Been
working on the Railroad" and "Atchi-
son, Topeka and the Santa Fe," but
they never appeared on the program.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Plug for Hobby Show

Driving to work via the Zoo may be
fun, particularly if one is little on the
aging side. If you are an old settler,
you can trace my driving route: First,
try to make contact with that lonely
deer near the Connecticut avenue en-
trance. I give him the same toot at the
same hour each morning. At first he
seemed to be watching for me, but lately
he has withdrawn to his water hole.
When found that likely old bison was
beginning to approach expectantly each
morning, I gave up.
Two peacocks, escaped and on their
own, crossed my trail near the pigmy
hippoS. All the llamas and alpacaS, as
well as the ZebraS, stood erect with Gu
riouS interest. One old bird limped
bit and the other was minus most of his
feathers. I'm sure they are so or over,
but didn't want to arouse suspicion
that this was any trick a la Korea to
get them back into their safety zone.
Then wonder why the horned goats
or sheep are sometimes, and sometimes
not, airing themselves on their rocky
citadel beside the camelS in their sum-
mer french-poodle trim. The cats are
sleeping-in this summer, it seems to me-
and the raccoonS are stealing their show
Some one who makes linoleum or tile de-
signs should study the giraffe's bid for
conspicuoSity. A muScovy duck in the
middle Of the road caused three cars
to detour.
Now am almost to my out-gate and
must take left turn up the hill and
then, with another left and right, come
to stop behind jeep of uncertain
vintage, collectors item, now being
given face lifting by its loving feminine
owner. A short walk brings me to a
public library branch where stop to see
If the Golden Age Hobby Show poster
Is on display. Then risk my life cross
ing short stop to the building where
try to think up new schemes to attract
the interest Of the human who feels that
life has just begun to open up at so, 10
or 80-as you like it. Mary Gold.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
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stopped hunting and started herding
and so stayed in one spot. 1t is better to
observe the fine points of the regularities
Of nature (day and night, the moon and
stars.
So please don't go to the beach with
out taking Science for the Citizen" with
you. and while the children develop
their bodies, the adults may develop
their minds. r. B. CriSwell.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Political Storm SionoIs

We are once again approaching a
campaign for the election Of a Presi-
dent. Vice President and almost the
entire Congress.
With the high cost of living conceded
by both parties to be the main issue in
the coming campaign, it should be the
Republican Party's best chance since
the early days of the New Deal" to
regain control of the Government from
top to bottom, and give us at long last
an administration with integrity as its
watchword and one which will restore
Evening star., 1951-09-04
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. How many degrees does an air.
conditioner lower the temperatures
c. S. D.
A. Usually the maximum is IL degrees.
Besides lowering the temperature, how
ever, it removes water vapor from the
air, and experts have found that If the
relative humidity is kept to about so
per cent, the temperature is not so
important. It IS high temperature plus
high humidity that causes discomfort.
@. What is the origin of the saying
LET George do it"?-K. Mob.
A. The expression is said by some
authorities to be derived from the
French saying "laissez faire a Georges.
This originated in the 18th century, and
and was satirical reference to the multi
form activities of Cardinal Georges d.
Amboise, who was minister of state of
Louis XII.
O. How many feet of Aim and how
many words are there in the Aim,
Gone With the Wind"?-K. L. o.
A. In this. motion picture there are
685 scenes. The dialogue consists of
20,017 words. The play runs for hours
and IS minutes of playing time. There
are 20,500 feet Of film.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Questions and Answers

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