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Evening star., 1951-07-12
This and That
BY Charles E. TroceweN

days and even weeks to build up his
massed effect, he can be said to be
winning most of the time.
It would be easy if it were possible
to explain that the neat desk goes back
to the neat mind and the messy desk
to a messy mind.
Everyday observation shows this is
not true.
More often than not, the clean desk
top idea goes back to the fussy mind
This use of "fussy" scarries with it
more the connotation of nervousness
than anything else. The neat-desker is
likely to be worried and hence allow it
to show this way.
The cluttered-up desk shows calm.
cow-like mind behind it.
This type represents him who keeps
calm, the man who remains unrufhed-
even by his own desk.
There have been whispers that at one
place where everything was swept off
desks, so much was taken that it was
difficult to do next days work!
In other words, the clean sweep, SO
popular with some, is felt by others to
be both wasteful and inefficient, because
it usually takes in too much.
The clean sweep, in all affairs, makes
any problem too easy.
Even so simple one as this cannot
be solved that way. The difference be-
tween such men and such desks goes
back to human nature, and there moth
ing is simple. Human nature is COM
plicated. Sometimes we forget this, In
these days of slogans. One single fea-
Evening star., 1951-07-12

report. 1t is reassuring, however, to learn that
Admiral Boone, DR.. Magnuson's successor as
Chief Medical Officer has been given full man
agerial powers over the hospital program and
has oeen promised minimum OF interference
from the administrator and his several assist
ants. The subcommittee is right however, in IN
sisting that this delegation of powers should be
more than an understanding between two men.
If, as the subcommittee contends and as the
evidence indicates, the policy is the one best
calculated to give hospitalized veterans the quail
ity of care they should have, then it should be
written into law. Otherwise there may be fur
ther misunderstanding and disagreements to
the disadvantage of the veterans.
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Kefouver Ano|yzes Crime Findings

she has had to pay of having her name
become nationally Infamous"
OF Frank Erickson. the fallen big-time
bookie of New York and New Jersey,
Senator Kefauver writes:
Erickson is bald. pudgy, loose
jowled man with the face of sullen
cupid"
He describes Joe Adonis as the "evil
a smooth character who squinted because
he was too vain to wear glasses in public.
In the Chicago chapter, after de-
scribing Tony Accardo's expensive but
transformations clothes, Senator Kefauver
comments:
1.-THE only jarring note in the appear
ance of our ersatz gentleman was a
curious mark on his right hand-a flying
dove tattooed into the crease between
thumb and trigger finger. When Ac-
cardo squeezed his finger the dove looked
as If it were flying. Tattoos, like blood,
will not wash off"
While less picturesque, Senator Ke-
fauver has some comments about the
officials whose names came into the
hearings. He says New York Gov.
Dewey's "abstention from cooperation
with the committee was, to say the least,
disappointing" He finds it "hard to
believe" that William O'Dwyer, the
former New York Mayor, will continue
to occupy "the critical post of ambas-
sador to an important and friendly
neighboring country"-Mexico.
And he echoes the committees COM
ments that some of Missouri Gov.
anfh
simply not credible" and that Florida S
Gov. Warren was to be strongly con-
demned for reinstating Sheriff Jimmy
Sullivan without full and public in
vestigation. Sheriff Sullivan has since
resigned, but the committee is still
tangling with Gov. Warren.
Senator Kefauver goes behind the
scenes occasionally to describe some of
the committees birth pains and subse-
quent headaches but in an informative
rather than complaining spirit. He does
comment with some warmth, however,
on the directed verdict of District Court
Judge F.. Dickinson Let's that freed
Harry Russell, the first witness to come
to trial of the many cited by the COM
mittee for contempt.
Without mentioning the judge by
name, Senator Kefauver declares:
Undoubtedly hoodlums throughout
the country were encouraged to defy us
by the fact that the first of their crew
to stand trial got off scot-free. :. In
my opinion, if the Senate Crime Com
mittee is not backed up by the courts
on the contempt issue precedent will
be set that will encourage hoodlums to
defy not only congressional committees
but the courts as we'll"
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Would Abolish Fireworks

While the celebration of the Glorious
Fourth still is fresh in our minds-the
happy memories and also the lists of
people killed and injured write to urge
the passing of law prohibiting the
manufacture of fireworks.
I had a relative killed this year.
mortar exploded in his face, and he died
before reaching the hospital.
A little boy across the street was badly
burned when roman candle backfired.
Every year people are killed or criti-
cally injured by fireworks,
If the Nations Capital set the example
of discontinuing the use of fireworks on
July 4, other cities would follow suit.
Mrs. H. S. M.
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jewelers. Window

What coIors hue In pebbles, ages old!
A topaz flame =. sapphire bit OF
By ancient craft repealed. like cdptiues
lie
On luStrous velvet, nlGndcled aUith gold.
Man brdUed the Jungle terrors.
mountain cold,
And sc7temed, and fought for gems to
satisfy
A n,onarcK's ,phim, o" catch tDoman's
eye.
Could 5e1Dels speak, iDh1t drama might
unfold!
So long haze gems, and Don1an, been
lure,
Tradition links them tn loue's gift.
ring,
Endless fidelity: the favored gem,
A dewdrop flashing rGinbotos that
endure.
As bright as loDe itself, the Offering
Is ,Dorn as proudly as q dinden.
Ethel Fairfield White.
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A Reassurinq Report

The We-documented criticisms OF the "ad-
ministrator's nightmare which has hampereo
the veterans disqualification program under VET
erans' Administrator Gray are tempered by the
good news that conditions are improving. Ihe
special Senate subcommittee which investigated
complaints of an incipient collapse OF the VA
medical setup found that fears of the critics,
mostly doctors were justified. But the investi-
gators headed by Senator Humphrey OF Mime
sofa. have received assurances from General
GRAY that from now on the Chief Medical Offcer
of VA will have full charge OF hospital ADMIN
istration-in fact as well as theory. That was
what Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, former Chief Med
ical Officer and leading doctors were hghtlng
for It was in disagreement over the Gray
policy of taking a personal hand in hospital
affairs that Dr. Magnuson resigned, by request,
last January The end of the feud is victory
for hospitalized veterans. who would be the cnleI
victims of any deterioration of medical care at
veterans hospitals
The subcommittee made it plain that Ad-
ministrator Gray always has had the welfare OF
veterans uppermost in his mind. His objectives
were the same as those of his able predecessor,
General Bradley and of the two former Chief
Medical Officers Drs Hawley and Magnuson. IL
was over the method he chose to attain those
obiectives that there was falling out between
him and his medical staff. The report OF the
Humphrey subcommittee shows that the oaSlc
difficulty at VA arose from a complex organlza-
tional chart which distributed authority over
the hospital program among the VA admins
traitor eight assistant administrators, solicitor
and the Chief Medical Officer. General Bradley
regarded this division of authority as imprac-
ticable, and so did DR.. Hawley. General Bradley
brushed the chart aside and gave DR.. HaWley
complete authority over all administrative mat
ters affecting medical care of veterans. The plan
worked fine Under it Dr. HaWley succeeded in
bringing into the VA hospitals some OF the out
standing physicians and surgeons of the country.
There was complete confidence between the doc
tors and the VA under the arrangement The
veterans received the best possible professional
care, as was their right.
When General Bradley and DR.. Hawley left
VA for other duties, however, General Gray
resurrected the basic chart. Then the trouble
began Dr. Magnuson told the Senators that he
found himself handicapped by administrative
interference from higher up to such an extent
that the medical program began to suffer. He
protested in vain, the controversy grew and
eventually DR. Magnuson resigned involuntarily
A number of doctors groups entered the dispute
on Or. Magnuson's side. Among these was the
VAS own special medical advisory group. The
Senate investigation followed.
Why Administrator Gray saw fit to change
the smoothly working policies begun by Genera
Bradley is not clear from the subcommittee
Evening star., 1951-07-12
A PiecemeoI Gas Freeze Is Unfair

If there must be freeze on further gas
heating installations it can be applied more eq-
uitably through Federal authority than through
the piecemeal approach proposed by the Colum-
bia Gas System The prospect of a national
freeze warrants go-slow attitude by public
utility agencies toward Coumbia's plan for a
selective freeze in certain areas covered by its
pipelines Selectve freezing has discriminatory
aspects that would be obviated if Nationwide
controls we're ordered.
District Maryland and Virginia officials have
expressed opposition to any freeze that may be
restricted to the Washington Metropolitan Area
or similar limited regions. This opposition has
been aggravated by reports that no freeze is
planned for new customers of the Columbia sys-
tenn, such as Baltimore and several large cities
in Virginia Albert A. Carretta, attorney for the
Arlington County Board at recent gas hearings
before the Federal Power Commission, points out
that testimony at the hearings showed that there
was neavy expansion by Columbia along the
Eastern seaboard last year. He expressed the
general attitude of local gas and gas-appliance
interests and number of public utility officials
when he said: "It does not seem logical Tor
gas suppler to spread itself so thin that 1t can
not give complete service to all its customers.
It appears to me that it would be much better
for a company to serve few customers well
rather than to serve many customers poorly.
Columbia bames the defense emergency for
most of its troubles There is no doubt that steel
shortages and increased use of natural gas by
defense industries have put an unexpectedly
heavy drain on the supply from the Southwest
gas fields The Petroleum Administration for
Defense in announcing tentative plans for a
national freeze on gas-heating installations, said
there is not enough pipe available to complete
expansion programs already begun. The Petro-
leum Administration indicated it would consider
lifting the freeze in certain areas If the supply
locally justified a relaxation
But in areas served by the same pipelines
it would be unfair to draw geographical distinc-
tions. 1t would be especially unfair to clamp a
freeze on one community within region while
permitting another community to make all the
gas-heating installations it wants The hit-and-
miss freeze plan which Columbia seems to have
in mind would be far less effective as a gas
conserver than generally applied freeze Of the
type which the PAD is contemplating.
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Fighting for Controls
Disguised.

Rise up, you D. c. citizens, and fight
for your rights!
Even if we have no vote, we, the indi-
vidual citizens. can make our voices
heard in Congress.
Every one of us can and should write
to any or all Of the Congressman. and
demand that we be given strong price
controls.
We are as much part of these
United States as any one else. We pay
just as many taxes and just as high
prices as the fellow with the vote, and
yet we're supposed to sit by and calmly
watch imitation empty our pocketbooks
without saying a word.
So, let us deluge Congress with let
ters from aroused D. C. citizens. Even
if we are ignored, we at least know that
we've tried to do something concrete
about this terrible situation.
Harriet nj. Kirwan.
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Helene Pischell.

ture is picked out, and beloved at us,
and we are supposed to believe it.
Our natures are complex, and our
lives more So Those who try to live the
simple life, once so famous, forget that
even in the old days such life was
virtually impossible for most people. The
fact that the simple life" could be
written about, as such, showed that life
was complex, even then. 49,
Suppose one bought an island, and
tried to make life simple, uncluttered.
free from impingement from others, too
many others.
First he would get rid of electric lights,
central heating, bathrooms, water pipes
and the like, radio and television.
He might even be so determined that
he would take the screens out of his
windows.
He would find his rooms filled with
insects, his nights dark, his winters cold.
He would decide at last that he would
put his lights back in. Before he got
through, he would have at least fur
mace and bathroom, and plenty of
piped water.
Then he might as well go back to
radio and television, and he would want
to soundproof his walls because the big
planes zoomed over his precious island
at will.
He might end by cluttering UP his
desk and throwing the dictionary out of
the window. He would smile, too, happy
at last with the discovery that one really
can't get away from anything, after ALL
The rest of us will be able to discover
all this without having to go through
all that.
Evening star., 1951-07-12
A clean desk, or a messy one?

A clean desk, or messy one?
This is the age-old controversy, car
ried on in every Office. Of whatever type.
the country, and probably the world,
over.
There is always some prim soul who
demands that every desk be flat-clean,
without papers stacked in piles, books
heaped in rows.
He is neat to the point where it hurts
and sometimes even interferes with
business
If he is willing to permit objects on
the desk, he demands that they be laid
out in a neat array, with every point
going west, or east, as the case may be.
Il X
His opposite number is the clut-
tered-up desk man.
To him, everything is wrong if it is
neat.
He likes things helter- -skelter. Whether
objects are in neat rows, or tumbled at
one end, makes not the slightest differ
ence.
y, The truth seems to be that the best
work is done at tumbled desk, not the
neat one. This will be disputed. Of
course, by whom?
Just one guess, on that!
The battle RACES intermittently for
years, with no clear decision possible.
How could there be?
Here we have two types Of human
beings, and never the twain shall meet,
d. l~
They meet on the busy scene. and
first one side wins, and then the other.
Since the cluttered deskman takes
Evening star., 1951-07-12
By Miriom Gutenberg

CRIME IN AMERICA
BY Estes Kefauver. doubleday; $3J
nNA JULY DAY SO hot that the air
~ conditioning in the Miami court
house promptly broke down, the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee played
to it's first audience outside Washington.
There was no televisioni to inspire the
Senators to oratory, no nationally
known witnesses to hit the headlines by
the very fact of testifying. Instead
there were sheriffS who filibustered for
hours in the whiting heat to avoid the
moment Of the direct question.
1t was so hot that the colors of Chair
man Kefauver's bright tie ran all over
his shirt. The chairman's reaction: To
open the hearings earlier and run them
longer.
Only an unusual man could have
taken the strain of those three
gruelling days and come out Of
them with temper still intact, pleasant,
polite and planning for more Of the
same.
And he got more of the same. Be-
fore his Craftsmanship ended on May J.,
1851, he had travelled approximately ST.
$50 miles from coast to coast, heard
millions of words from nearly 800 wit
nesses and read additional hundreds of
thousands of words in corroborating
statements.
Effective action to combat the sordid
facts revealed in those million of
words is the underlying theme of
Senator Kefauver's Crime in Amer
ica," readable analysis of what
the crime committee uncovered during
his year as chairman and what the
public can do about it,
From the time he was a young lawyer
in Tennessee, he begins, he was troubled
by the unpleasant realization that
there was a tie-up between crime and
politics"
And he ends his book with these
words:
''It is in the hope that you-all the
people in America who want this won-
derful land of ours to be decent, hon.
orable place for us, our children and the
generations to come-will help us, that I
have written this book"
The book, edited by Sidney Shalett,
strives to conduct the people through
the months of hearings, to make con-
secutive kind of sense out of the charges,
admissions. denials and refusals to an
swer that punctuated those months.
To accomplish this, there is consider
able selectivity. Only the most conclu-
sive cases of interstate criminal activi-
ties. political corruption and gangster
power are examined in detail Where
the conclusions are not obvious from the
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Throw the MonipuIotors Out!

For the past 1874 years the New and
Fair Dealers have done everything pos
sible to increase the prices Of food and
other commodities in America. And now
after they have succeeded in their pur-
pose to such an extent that the average
person hardly can afford to make
purchase. they try to shift the respon-
sibility for high prices to others than
themselves, and ask the public to back
them up in enacting price-control leg
islation.
If the public would do, what 1t should,
it would back up the New and Fair
Deal manipulators in their request for
the control legislation. and then, In 1852,
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Fare Increase Resented

If the Capital Transit Co. tries to put
over another increase in fare, I think
it will be case of injustice and oppres-
sion of the laboring classes.
Most every one knows how much
money the company mas earned during
the first five months of 1851: Net in
come six times greater than same
period In 1850! -
washington pays more fare now than
any other city. so the time is here now
to prevent another increase. The record
speaks for itself when Capital Transit
refused to give its employees raise with
out strike.
DisguSted
Evening star., 1951-07-12
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Why are series of crosses used in
letter writing to indicate kisses?-
NJ T. A.
A. Origin of the custom is unknown.
In early times x was placed after q
persons signature to represent an oath,
and the person signing was accustomed
to kiss the sign of the cross as evidence
of good faith. The x thus became as
sociated with kissing, and this may have
been the origin Of the modern practice.
O. When and where was the liberty
cap first used as symbol of freedom?
" A. B.
A. The phrygian or liberty cap has
been used for almost 5000 years. Origi-
mating in Asia Minor. 1t was appro-
priated by the Romans under the name
'pilleus," and given to emancipated
slaves to show their status as freed
men.
@. What are the safe stopping dis
tances for automobiles travelling at 80
and so miles an hour?-L. v.
A. At 80 miles per hour the safe dis.
tance is 90 feet, or six car lengths; at
go miles per hour, $50 feet. or "a car
lengths. ...
Evening star., 1951-07-12
Questions and Answers

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Letters to The Star .
J. j. Sperry.

vote the manipulating gentlemen out Of
Office.
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Pen names may be used If letters carry
a0riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
Howard Graduates to Hear Talk by LindIey

Ernest K. Lindley, chief of the
Washington bureau of Newsweek
Magazine, will be the principal
speaker at commencement exer-
cises of Howard University at $50
pm. June 8.
The university will award three
honorary degrees during the ex-
ercises. Recipients will be:
DR.. William H. Jernagin, pas
tor of the Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church for the past 80 years. He
win receive the honorary degree
Of doctor of divinity.
DR.. Percy Julian, director OF
research and manager of Fine
Chemicals. Soya Products Divi-
sion. Glidden Co. He will be
awarded the honorary degree OF
doctor of science.
DR.. Dantes Bellegarde, chief of
the Haitian delegation to the
United Nations. He will receive
the honorary degree of doctor Of
laws.
The recipients will speak at a
Evening star., 1951-05-31

Idinner for the university trustees
lin Frazier Hall after the exer-
|ciSes.
The baccalaureate sermon will
Ibe delivered by Dr. Mordecai w.
johnson, president Of Howard
University, at $50 pm. next Sun
day. However, commencement
week activities will get underway
Thursday when the senior class
holds its picnic.
Among the other 81 events
Evening star., 1951-05-31

which include dinners of various
Howard University schools. affili-
ated associations and alumni
groups - scheduled over COM
|mencement week are the alumni
association dinner at 8 pm. June
Is; senior class night at 8 pm.
June 6: class reunions at $3.50
Ia m. June Z and at the reception
DR.. johnson will be at home for
seniors at 5 pm. June Z.
Evening star., 1951-05-31
DonoId Scott Wins Yale Club Scholarship

The Yale Club of Washington
has awarded its annual scholar
ship to Donald p Scott, of 4817
Thirty sixth street NV. a senior
at woodrow Wilson High School.
In addition to the club award:
five other boys from the Wash
Iington area received scholarships
to Yale University. They are
Robert L. Dedrick, 6615 Western
avenue; Virdell e. Munsey, jr.,
Evening star., 1951-05-31

I45l3 Western avenue: Merz K.
Peters, 49l2 Van Ness street NV;
Walter L. Schiff, $500 Woodside
place, Chevy Chase, Md. and
Joseph p. Quander, 1908 Hamlin
street NE.
Evening star., 1951-05-31

Warsaw expects to have its
first safety-match factory in OPP
Grafton by the end Of 1852, using
of Polish manufacture.
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al this kind Of a price:
Lovely dyed-to-match-Iace inset

on pretty cotton and uhaf cotton pima, the soft
smooth oristocrot that fairly mets your hond washes
like handkerchief Tucks and peob buttons join the oce
Navy light blue lilac or pink in misses sizes II to 20
oquo or pink in half sizes l4l5 to 24R
JeIefPs Cotton Shop-Fitth Floor r Street and at
JeLeffs Bethesda, Shirlington SilUer Spring, 4473
Conn. Aueaue
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-12
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio
 Quits Playing Baseball

NEW YORK, (P) - Joe Di- Maggie, 37-year-old New York Yankee outfielder, said Tuesday he would not play baseball again but refused to tell his future plans.
 Although Yankee officials ex- pressed hope that the one-time great would remain with the or ganization, DiMaggio added he would reveal his future line of work in either Los Angeles or San Francisco next week.
 Del Webb, business manager for the Yankees said, "In some way Joe will be associated with the Yankees. It is a sad day for the Yankees as we'll as for all baseball"
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-12
J. Edgar Hoover Praises
 Nations Press In Capture Of Most Wanted Fugitives

WASHINGTON, (P) -J. Edgar Hoover today commended t h e American press for publicizing the FBI'S "ten most wanted fugi- lives"
 The newspapers and news serv- ices are performing a service vital to the public interest by publish ing the photographs and descrip- tions of the ten ''moSt wanted" criminals, Hoover said in a state ment.
 "The American press has pub liShed information about these fugitives not only for its news value but also because of a real interest in the welfare of society, and it is to be congratulated" the FBI director added. Cooper ation between the press and law enforcement agencies has proved itself a most effective weapon in the fight against crime"
 Hoover noted that several of the most wanted fugitives have been arrested as a direct result of stories and pictures in the press.