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Evening star., 1951-11-30
Home Rule for D. G.

The plan OF Gen. Robinson, our
Engineer Commissioner. for reorganiZa-
tion of the District government may, or
may not, improve its efficiency In any
case. however, it does not to the slight
est degree meet the demand for home
rule. The residents of Washington will
continue to be second-class citizens with
no voice in the making Of their laws.
the levying Of their taxes, or the spend
ing of their revenues. The general
recognizes this point. But. according to
YOUR editorial. November 26. he has
fallen into the error Of accepting the
position of such opponents Of home rule
AS The Star and the washington Board
OF Trade. that True home rule In the
District Of Columbia cannot be achieved
without constitutional amendment"
This Is not 80.
A constitutional amendment Is neces-
sary to give the District the right to
participate in the election of a Presi-
dent and to elect members of Congress.
However desirable this would be land
all advocates of home rule devoutly hope
that such an amendment will eventually
be adopted) it has nothing to do with
home rule. How the right to elect. per-
hapS, three Representatives out Of. say,
438, and two Senators out of 98, and
to cast five votes in an electoral college
of $685. could possibly be considered to
give the District home rule Is beyond
understanding.
Except as misused by the opposition.
the term home rule refers, not to
participation in the Government Of the
Nation, but to the right to local self
government. Thus. the citizens OF Rich
mond have home rule. not because they
can vote in congressional and presi-
dental elections, but because they can
elect their own city officials who make
their own local laws.
1t is true that, without a constitu-
tional amendment. which would in effect
set the District up as State Congress
could not give up its ultimate authority
to legislate on local matters for the Dis
trict. But subject to the retention OF
this right to step in on occasion, Con-
gress could delegate legislative authority
for the District to an elected District
government. Similarly. State Legisla-
lures normally retain the ultimate au-
thority to legislate for the cities which
they create, and Congress, itself. retains
such authority with respect to the Ter
ritories of the United States. Because
American cities and the Territories can
and do legislate in the exercise Of the
authority delegated to them, they enjoy
what is ordinarily called home rule"
Washington had the usual city type
of home rule for about 10 years. The
home rule bill now before Congress
,,.o,,1a ,;,,. tho niStricf an even broader
type of home rule, based on the analogy
of the Territories and including the kind
of authority exercised by State Legisla-
lures, subject only to the retained con-
stitutional power Of Congress
AS The Star well knows. 1t would be
political impossibility to go further and
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Senator Wherry

There were two sides to Senator Wherry.
One was the politician, the titular leader OF
the Senate minority running his team on the
Senate floor like quarterback taking advantage
of every weakness and every opening by his
opponents with zestful and contagious sort
of endowment to be found in those who love
fight.
In that role he stood for almost everything
that the President and his doubtful majority
were formally against, and to an extent that
aligned him squarely with the ultra conservative
wing of his own party. His death creates
vacancy in the Senate minority leadership which
Is going to be felt. Filling that vacancy may
precipitate contest that could forecast the
real nature of the intra-party maneuvers that
will end in the selection of Republican nominee
next summer.
But there was another side to Senator
Wherry, which had little to do with his highly
partisan activities as an unreconStructed Re-
publican Friendly, gregarious, an entertaining
companion he was the sort of man to whom his
arch political foe, President Truman, could
address warm letter of personal congratulation,
telling him 1--WE never thought of you any
thing but an honest man. While you and are
as far apart as the poles on policy, can admire
an honest opponent" He and the President
called each other by their first names in private,
showing every indication of a mutual personal
affection, while overlooking no opportunity to
deride each other in public He was good
Hghter for what he thought was right or polit-
Evening star., 1951-11-30

Thus matters stood when Secretary
of State Daniel Webster and British
Lord Ashburton in 1912 negotiated
treaty It cost the United States some
5000 900 acres Of fine timberland but
it saved war.
BY 1914 the oregon question was red
hot Polk was elected President on the
slogan, "54' 40" or Fight" 1t meant
he would enforce the American claim
to the Pacific Northwest as far north as
the 54' 40" parallel. The United States
cheered him on.
England sent Lord Richard Pakenham
to Washington. Polk offered to COM
promise along the 49th parallel. which
Pakenham momentarily rejected. Polk
"for the sake of peace consented to a
detection from the parallel Of 49 so
as to leave Vancouver Island undivided
to Great Britain"
Thus was the western end Of the
peace boundary completed from the
Rockies to salt water. Many harsh
words and much reciprocity went into
Its making, but in the end 1t brought
peace and good will along 4.000-mile
frontier.
Evening star., 1951-11-30

Of international relations. It worked
from the start. Dismantling Of war
vessels began at once. Forts were de-
molished and garrisons dispersed.
The second step soon followed. Rush.
now American Minister to Great Brit
ain, and Albert Gallatin, Minister to
France, negotiated at London the Con-
vention of 1918, which fixed and car
ried the unfortifled boundary along the
49th parallel west from the Lake of
the Woods to the Stony Mountains"
meaning. of course. the Rockies.
But these agreements disarmed only
q portion of the boundary. Vexing still
were the Northeastern boundary between
Maine and New Brunswick and the ques-
ton of Oregon.
In 1889 the Northeastern boundary
question flared up. The King of the
Netherlands. acting as arbiter. had
awarded Great Britain great stretches
of territory that belonged to Maine.
Great Britain prepared to move in.
Maine called for volunteers and Congress
authorized President Van Buren, to raise
$4,000 troops. The bloodless Aroostook
war ensued.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Britain and Europe

Prime Minister Churchill has spoken often
and eloquently in favor of uniting the countries
of Western Europe into great political and
economic federation roughly comparable to our
own United States. Like his predecessors in the
recently defeated Labor government however,
he believes, along with his Conservative col
leagues, that Britain must sit on the sdelines
of such union cheering it on and cooperating
with It, but not becoming an integral part of it,
This position has been set forth in fairly
definite terms by the British delegation at the
current Strasbourg meeting of the Consultative
Assembly of the Council OF Europe. The French
who remember Mr.. Churchills offer Of COM
plete union in the desperate days of the Second
World War-have been frank to express their
deep disappointment. So have the representa-
tives of several other continental countries, and
the disappointment is understandable. 1t stems
from the fear that Britain's aloofness is likely
to slow down progress not only toward the long
range objective of federation but also toward
the more immediate objectives of pooling coal
and steel resources under the Schuman Plan
and organizing a single all-European army, in
cluding West German divisions as part Of the
defensive system being built up under General
Eisenhower
But the British argue that their aloofness
is necessary for the following reasons, among
others: Cd The domestic interests of the United
Kingdom and the Commonwealth are such as to
make complete union with the continental states
irnpracticable and unworkable, at least at this
stage; (2) apart from its geographical position
as an island nation, the United Kingdom is nom
continental to the extent that 1t Is the nerve
center of the Commonwealth and the banker
of the sterling area, the worlds largest multi
lateral trade bloc; and 81 the economies of the
United Kingdom and the globe-circling Com
monwealth are much more complementary than
the economies of the United Kingdom and the
countries of Europe. Hence, so the argument
runs Britain cannot federate politically with
those countries or become full participant in
such projects as the Schuman Plan and the
all-European army.
In taking this position, Of course, the British
have not in any way modified their commitments
under the Atlantic Pact. Those commitments
involving troop contributions air and sea power,
etc.-still stand. The aloofness policy applies
primarily to the stilldistant goal of continental
federation AS for the Schuman Plan and the
all-European army, the Churchill government
has expressed its readiness to cooperate with
both when and if they are put into effect. Such
cooperation, though limited, could lead In
time to full participation of the type that man.
statesmen regard as indispensable to the un'1n
of Western Europe. Meanwhile Britains sttl-
tude should not discourage the champions OF
that idea from doing their best to translate
It into reality.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
For Co-ordinuted Plonnino

The new reorganization bill prepared bv
the National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission takes new and smoother approach to
the admittedly complex problem of co-ordinat-
ing the planning by diverse agencies within the
Washington Metropolitan Area. BY avoiding
some of the pitfalls which have made the path
rough for previous reorganization proposals. the
commission has produced measure much more
likely of final enactment than its predecessors
In its original bill the commission had
sought to remake the agency into an interjuris-
dictional body that would have duplicated at
least in part, the planning functions of Virginia
and Maryland commissions The nearby authori-
ties objected strongly to such plan unless they
were given equal representation on the commits
sion with the District of Columbia and the Fed
eral Government. NCPPC officials now conc ede
that the former proposal was mistake for two
reasons: % It attempted to bring too many
planning functions within the scope OF single
agency. q 1t involved unweldy membership
all Jurisdictions were to receive the repre-
sentation they considered adequate.
To get around these difficulties the commits
sion now suggests that two related agencies be
created by Congress: The National Capital Plan
ming Commission, duties of which would be sub
stantialy the same as those of the NCPPC, and
the National Capital Regional Planning Council,
dIl OtcI-du dScIiCy ucSlSucu W utcSIdtc lotd1
and Federal planning for Greater Washington.
The new planning commission would concern
itself primarily with District planning and Fed
eral expansion into the suburbs. Neither Vir-
gnia nor Maryland would be officially repre-
sented on this commission. The council, how
ever which would endeavor to coordinate re-
gional planning, would be composed OF four
members each from Virginia and Maryland and
two representatives of the National Capital
Planning Commission
Under this arrangement the planners for
each governmental jurisdiction within the area
would retain their independence, yet all would
join through the Regional Planning Council in
adjusting their plans as necessary to fit in with
the orderly development of the whole region
embracing the seat of Government. Most i'm
portant to the success Of the plan Is the pro-
vision for active and strong participation in the
planning by representatives OF the various sub
urban communities.
The general idea embodied in the bill
already has been tentatively approved by some
of the opponents of the original planning re-
form measure The commission will submit the
proposal to all local planning groups for consld-
Grafton and advice in advance Of presentation
of the final draft to Congress in January. That
is sound step. All jurisdictions should be in
agreement on the legislation If 1t is to have
any reasonable chance of passage.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
To an Ancient Tree

Touching your roughened trunk, I seem
to feel
Life currents pulsing slotoly through
your UeinS,
The sustenm,ce you draD from, togs
and rains;
And from your heart to mine there
seems to steal .. +..:
message, po,1erful in its appeal,
A sense of peace my inner self attains
Only in moods or fields or shady lanes.
Where Gods oton presence is so pery
real. -.. ..--..
You stretch protecting arms above my
head:
find grateful GOODNESS in your
shade. A%
Your leaues hum little soothing songs to
or drift to earth to make fragrant bed
OF all the iDo,aders the Creator made
His master .oork IN nature was tree.
Anna N. Priestiey.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Classic Example Of Foes Disorninq
By Edword Boykin

7 UNPARALLELED in these days Of
~ borders that briStle with guns and
guards is the 4,00O-mile boundary that
denotes the point where the United
States ends and Canada begins and vice
versa. Aside from the usual customs
formalities and watch for smugglers.
the only sentinels between the two coun-
tries are peace and good will.
The Peace Portal. on the border at
Blaine, Wash, is inscribed on the
Canadian side: Brothers Dwelling To-
gather in Unity" On the American side
are the words: Children Of Common
Mother" Such peaceful relations be-
tween powerful nations might we'll be
cited in world disarmament discussions.
But it hasn't always been like that.
At the end of the American Revolu-
ton, Peace Commissioner John Adams
suggested dismantling forts and gar
risons on the newly y-agreed-on frontier
But the guns Of the Revolution still
echoed and England and the infant
United States were not yet ready to take
such high-minded step. Yet to be
clarified were bitter issues that brought
on second war in 1912, q war that
ragged along this frontier and on the
Great Lakes.
With peace again established, Secre-
tary of State Monroe in 1915 directed
John Quincy Adams, American Minister
at London. to explore with the British
government the idea of mutual dis
armament on the Great Lakes. Other
wise. the two nations must embark on
a race for naval supremacy on these
inland seas.
To Lord Castlereagh, England's For
egn Minister. Adams made an eloquent
plea for disarmament. England was
tired of war So was Europe. But
Castlereagh acted with caution. lest it
be a Yankee trick.
Adams renewed his appeal and it bore
fruit in 1917. when Acting Secretary Of
State Richard Rush and British Min
lister Charles Bagot signed at Washing
ton an agreement for disarmament on
the Great Lakes.
It limited naval forces to few small
gunboats to cope with smuggling. It
was. perhaps. the first example of recip-
rocal naval disarmament in the history
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Letters to The Star

to secure q constitutional amendment
setting the District up as State, SUBJ
ject to Congress only in the same re-
spects as one Of the present forty-eight
States.
Alexander B. Hawes,
President, Central Suffrage Confer
ence. Inc.
Editors Note-The president of the
Central Suffrage Conference. Inc. should
know that the proposed constitutional
amendment would not create a State
out of the District Of Columbia. It would
give to Congress a power now lacking
the power to provide representation in
Congress and the electoral college to
residents of the District Of Columbia.
without such representation citizens OF
the District Of Columbia would continue.
under Mr.. Hawes' home rule" plan, to
be second class citizens.")
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Sutirizinq Quo Vodis

7 think 1t is very unjust for one OF
our television stations to cut the time
of the Kukla, Fran and Ollie program
to IS minutes. There are too few OF
these children's programs as it is.
Strange to say they have time for
such rot as was shown in Eddie Cantors
satire Of the beautiful show Quo Vadls.
It is time for Christians to stand up
and be counted, when television Is per-
mitted to abuse that which Is sacred to
us Christians.
John Z. nj. Maserrelli.
Evening star., 1951-11-30

ically expedient, but he carried no grudges with
him when he left the Senate floor
This is the side OF Senator Wherry that
Senate colleagues, and those who knew him best,
will remember, even as they draw their lines
based on the political considerations that will
determine the selection of some one to fill the
symbolic office now vacant
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Echo of PoIk-Poyne Cuse

The outcome of the Polk-Payne kid
nap-rape trial in Arlington. Va, was
by no means surprising to any one.
Had Polk and Payne been Negroes.
thev would have been sent to immediate
death. leonard Rrovr. Iy.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


any question Of fact, by either gEiting The
Evening Star Information Bureau 1900 street
NV. Washington g. D. c., and inclosinR cents
return postage or by telephoninE ST. 736S.
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Did Indians fight in either army
in the Civil War?-W. H. T.
A. Some Indians sided with the North,
some with the South and Indians fought
in both the Federal and Confederate
armies. A number of Indians were
shareholders and they were affected by
the war Just as other shareholders.
Q. How much does an ostrich weigh?
j. D. F.
A. An ostrich may weigh from $50
to 800 pounds. Il Is the largest living
bird. However. the trumpeter swan is
the largest flying bird.
Evening star., 1951-03-01

Pictured
top to bottom:
Women's s69.75 topper in Forst-
mdnn's Cresta, a nubby, tWeedy
1Oool. Note neW length, deep
CUTS, scoop pockets. Masthead
beige, grey buroee red. Sizes 101a
to 2012. $50
Juniors S59.75 suit in naUy, pink
or iris UooI gdbdrdine double
breasted and smartly cutaWay.
9 to IS. $40
Misses $65 dress coat in polished
gabardine. one OF our famous
SycGmoreS note ne1p SleeUeS
-. big balcony tullness to push
up it you like. In red, gold, black,
1ldDy, beige. Sizes 8 to 18. $49
Juniors S45 shortie cutted 1Dith
the s,Doosh OF 1851! A odbardine
1Dith stitched yoke. Black, toast
in sizes z to IS. $39
Evening star., 1951-03-01
Women's Goats
-Four Wonderful Anniversary Groups!

Wmens kind for which JeIef famous spring
coas hoIzes and regular with the
fashion, the sore the great otteY you're looking o All that and
anniversary sole-pnces
Evening star., 1951-03-01

COATS AND TOPPERS IN ALL GROUPS all Sizes all styles
and there's q bonanza Of:
CHECKS, NOVELTY WEAHES, LUSH FLEECES, GABARDINES,
SUEDECLOTHS with Forstmonn and JuIord labels stitched in
many of them
EVERY SILHOUETTE from long fitted oed dress coot to
just-toyo your-hPIne topper cut squore as box-top
AND COLOR! you'll find Aztex god Rio red Benkok ton seq
pearl beige, masthead BEIGE tong red Mso pink Coo noY
son gold to green me lots Of oc through to purple coral
and yes navy and plenty of black too
JeHetf-Mse Juniors Coat ShopS-Thrd Floor
al all Stores.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

antiquity, said yesterday he's anx-,
ious to submit similar seeds found
in the same area to the challenged
of a scientific test to determine
their relative age.
"It may sound goofy to lot OF
people when you talk about a SOL
00-year-old lotus seed," he ex-I
planned, "but in this case the
three main sources of evidence
geologic, botanic and geographic
are convincing to a paleontolo-
gist."
At the Kenilworth Aquatic Gar
dens, where the plants are now
displaying water pads 5 inches
in diameter after two months
growth, DR.. CLANCY radiated in
terest and delight in their healthy
condition. The one seed he had
tried to germinate in his own lab
oratory died from an infection.
Blooms Are Years Away
There will be disappointment
for those who hope a proposed
Carbon-14 test of their age cam
be conducted soon and for those
who hope the lotus plants will
bloom soon. If all goes well, they
should put forth pink blossoms
within three to five years, says
Horace v. Weston, chief horticul-
turiSt of National Capital Parks.
The faint shade of pink evidenced
in the small saucer shaped pads
indicates the bloom of these spe-
cific plants will be Of that shade.
DR.. CLANCY dispelled any hope
of an early test. He is trying to
collect at least 20 lotus seeds orig
inally taken from the same bed
of peat lInearthed near Pulan-
tien, South Manchuria, by Jap
anese scientist. 1t will require at
least that many seeds with which
to make the test. he explained.
The. National Capital Parks
seeds aren't the only ones in
Washington. Publicity given
their termination after thousands
of years reminded the National
Museum that it has four lotus
seeds taken from the same de-
posits in Manchuria. DR.. Chaney
says there are also four in New
York. He has three which he car
ries with him in a glass tube. And
the others to make up the needed
20 he hopes to obtain next yea.
from Japan.
To Go to Japan for More.
The California paleontologist
Is going to Japan next year to
get more.
In time, he intends to submit
them to the University of Chi
cago for the Carbon-14 test.
All plants have special type Of
carbon, he explained, and this is
measured to determine the plants
age. AS time passes, they lose
carbon at a constant rate. In TO-
600 years, it is estimated, all the
carbon disappears from the plant.
DR.. CLANCY gets from park Of
flcials a carefully-kept '1og" of
the plants growth. Some of the
stems are now several feet long
under water. In time they will
mature to display pads about 16
inches in diameter. One of the
plants has at least seven pads now.
The other shows slower growth.
The pads vary from / to several
inches in diameter.
DR.. CLANCY has faith in the
antiquity of the seeds being grown
here. They were taken from the
bottom of a shallow lake where a
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Night of Thrills Tickets
Now Being Distributed

More than $4,000 tickets for the
14th annual Night of Thrills at
Griffith Stadium on June 8 are
being distributed throughout the
Washington area.
The event, which has attracted
as many as 10000 spectators in
the past, is a seven-hour show
with a circus, parade, ball game
and fireworks display rolled into
one. 1t is produced for the benefit
OF the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home by the Association of Wor-
shlpful Masters, F. A. A. NJ, and
the Association of Matrens and
Patrons, O. E. S.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

Lotus seeds and their fruity stems
are common food for the Chinese.
But these Indian lotus plants are
not native to China. The plants
nearest to the peat deposits at
Pulantien, Manchuria, known to-
day are about 1000 miles distant.
The significance of these an
cient lotus seeds was not known
when they were first found in
1926. It was not until DR.. Weston,
in Washington, scraped through
the hard crust and soaked them
Evening star., 1951-04-30

Tor days in water that they ger
minated.
That is the secret, DR.. CLANCY
said. He had soaked one in water
for two years without success but
had not removed the hard outer
surface. That surface. he said.
is the essence of water-proofing.
Nothing else can compare with
it," he explained.
DR.. CLANCY is in Washington
ATTENDING the meetings Of the ad-
|visory board of the National Park
Service, OF which he is a member.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
National Jewish Hospital Opens Office in District

The National Jewish Hospital
Of Denver, Colo. is opening a
branch Office in Washington.
The Middle Atlantic Area Office
will be at 805 @ street NV. ac-
cording to an announcement by
Milton w. King. chairman of the
hospitals Washington committee.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

4 or 5 foot layer of peat has
formed. In these desposits there
are thousands Of lotus seeds.
When the lake was drained, the
peat was exposed. Wind from the
Cobb Desert. hundreds of miles
away. had blown several feet of
dust over the area. This whole
section Of the Manchurian coast
had been raised some 40 feet dur
ing the events of the Ice Age.
"One would never dream of
questioning the age of the peat
deposits but the seeds are differ
Evening star., 1951-04-30

The office will be directed by
Yale Goldberg. prominent In local
Jewish community service.
The hospital has been provid-
ing free, non-sectarian treatment
for needy patients from all over
the Nation for more than SO
years. It is supported Wy vo4un-
tary contributions.