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Evening star., 1951-10-19
Ihonos [. Stokes:
Dead Ashes Of Bright Promises
porn Presdent ond Congress Have Failed Meet With Voor
Problems Affecting Several Millions of PEOPLE

At about this stage Of events.
when Congress comes toward
the end Of q session. you can
II you are curious and not
easily discouraged-sift the dead
ashes Of once bright and glitter
ing promises held up before you
by the gentlemen of Congress
when they were campaigning
for election.
There are, of course, the in
equities in the more publicized
major measures affecting all Of
us. Such. for example, as the
revenue bill that jumps up the
little fellows taxes, even includ-
ing his beer and cigarettes.
while doing nothing about the
big oil corporations excessive
depletion" allowance, a fat de-
duction-just symbol of nu-
merous other inequalities. Or.
for another example, the failure
OF Congress to protect the con-
sumer properly in the imitation
control law.
Those are obvious. Not so
obvious are lesser publicized
matters.
Among these is the failure of
both the President and Congress
to meet with sufficient vigor a
big human problem that affects
directly a large section of our
country and several millions of
people. and ramifies in its in
direct effects to the whole
Nation.
This is the problem drama
tized in newspapers and maga-
zines in recent months involy-
ing the "wet-backs," that army
OF Mexican migrant workers who
cross the Rio Grande Illegally
and follow the crops on the
big ranches and plantations of
the Southwest and South. They
are herded together in insani-
tary novels and shanties, ex-
plotted on low wages, and
create conditions that not only
are hazardous to their own
health and well-being and that
OF the communities where they
subsist, but lower wage and liv-
ing standards Of native Ameri-
can farm workers, many of
whom are driven from their
natural habitats to find work
elsewhere.
You may recall that, when
President Truman several weeks
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Constantine Brown:

In spite Of skirmishes be-
tween British and Egyptian
troops at Isrnailia in the Suez
Canal zone, resulting in some
casualties. American diplomats
are now hopeful that some
agreement is still possible be-
tween London and Cairo.
According to the latest in
formation, the Western dipIo-
mats hope to find a solution
which would save the face of
the Egyptians and the British
at the same time. !
The basis for the qualified
optimism which exists today in
Washington is that neither the
Western powers nor Egypt de-
sire to produce conditions from
which the U. S. s. r. alone
would benefit. Turkey, which
has Joined from the beginning
Of the crisis In efforts to calm
down Egypt, is said to be in
strumental principally in the ef-
forts to find a peaceful solu-
tion to the present tension.
According to some Washing
ton diplomats. the principal ef-
fort Of the Turks will be to re-
vive last weeks proposal that
Egypt enter a Middle Eastern
defense pact on terms some
what different from these at
first suggested.
When this matter was pre-
sented to the Egyptian govern
n1ent, it was suggested that
command Of the forces Of that
defense pact be entrusted to a
British commander. An an
nouncement from London said
that Lord Mountbatten, q cousin
Of King George. soon would re-
place Admiral Sir John Ed
elsten as commander of the
British forces in the Mediter-
ranean thus giving an added
personal prestige to that COM
mand. The Egyptian govern
ment baked Immediately. It
was known for some time that
neither Egypt nor other Near
and Middle Eastern countries,
including Turkey. wanted TO
place their forces under a Brit
lsh admiral or general. They had
suggested that the authority of
Evening star., 1951-10-19

OF the whirlpool Of Chinese poll
tics, He knew. since all Of it he
saw. part Of 1t he was, what
the Wallace mission accom-
plished.
In detail and with masses Of
recommendation he showed the
subcommittee that:
l. The then veep,s main
recommendation called for the
replacement Of the pro-Red
Gen. Stillwell with the anti
Red Gen. Wedemeyer. This
was done and constituted. said
Mr.. Alsop. "the, heaviest blow
that could have been struck at
the Reds at that time"
2. Mr.. Vincent not only con-
Cured in the Wallace recon-
mendation but urged it on him.
3. In guiding Mr.. Wallace to-
ward a profoundly anti-Cbm-
munist act. Mr.. Vincent dis
played the exact opposite of
Communist leanings, rendering
the charge Of party membership
inherently improbable.
Mr.. Alsop had to have a COM
pelling reason for injecting him.
self into a painful controversy
during the present public tenn
per. Converted Communists
enjoy a peculiar sanctity. A
columnist. unlike a politician
CT. Harold Stassen-reaps little
profit from headlines Of this
sort. 1t is dubious in fact If Mr..
Aisop can match the play ac-
corded Mr.. Budenz; the whole
newspaper tradition dictates
anonymity for its own. The AL
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sop background is conservative.
1t includes the Republican
Roosevelts.
Mr.. Wallace can hardly be
classed as a tempting cause
and Mr.. Alsop has been one Of
his severest critics. MIR. Vim
cent has never been tried but
his foreign service assignments
have been worse and worse as
the hunt for China scapegoats
has intensified.
Mr.. Alsop's compelling mo-
tive. OF course, was the service
OF truth. So harshly are the
lines now drawn that it is a
question whether he made new
friends and his old ones did
not need their confidence for
tilted.
Personalities and past history
aside, what is most interesting
is that virtually his every state
ment, practically all his proof.
were at hand for any inyesti-
gator who. cared to test the
truth of Mr.. Budenz's unsup-
ported allegations. Mr.. AIsop
and his counsel. Ganson Pur-
cell. have shown. at the expense
of their nun fiyoo yr.~~,,
energy. how an objective test
can be made Of the serious
charges that are now hurled
about so nonchalantly.
President Truman has con-
sistently rebuffed suggestions
that he appoint an expert Sc
curity commission. Mr.. Alsop
has passed the ball to Congress
with a capsule demonstration
OF how 1t can be done.
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Palsy School Given
.S575 for Therapists

The Silver Spring Elks Lodge
last night presented a check for
s575 to the Montgomery County
Cerebral Palsy Association to as
sist in providing therapists for the
school for cerebral palsied chill
dren in Silver Spring.
Presentation was made by the
grand exalted ruler of Elks, Joseph
B. Pyle of Gary, Ind, at recep-
ton and dinner-dance in his
honor at the Silver Spring Elks'
clubhouse.
The check represented proceeds
from a minstrel show held last
Monday by the Elks and Ladies
of the Elks. 1t was received by
Mrs. Rupert : l.. Dunn, former
president of the Montgomery
County Cerebral Palsy Association
and member of the Executive
Committee of the National Cere-
Dral PalSy ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Dunn reported that in ad-
dition to previous gifts of money,
Silver Spring Elks' organizations
also have provided the school with
g station wagon for transporting
cripped children.
The Silver Spring lodge also
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle with
a pair of silver candelabra.
Earlier this week the palsy
association named Richard l..
Brown, former vice president. as
president. He succeeded Navy
Capt. George l.. Harris (retire0 (.
who resigned due to the press Of
other business.
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starvation of Bees
Reported in Area
|Of Murtinsburq
Special Dispeseh to The sior

MARTINSBURG w. Va. Feb. %.
Wholesale starvation Of colonies
of bees for lack of honey and pol
len was disclosed upon examina-
tion of a number of apiaries in
this area recently and the condi-
tion apparently is general. an en-
tomologist has declared.
o. M. Dickey. deputy entomolo-
gist. West Virginia Department OF
Agriculture, made the statements
in pleading for owners of the colo
nies to take some remedial action.
Because Of the Importance OF
the honey bee to this Eastern Pan
handle. he urged quick action. Re-
placement of these colonies sis
expensive through package bees
and a slow process by swarming
swarms being of little value for
pollenizing purposes the same sea-
son." he said. He said the condi-
ton resulted from inclement
weather during the fall, which
prevented most colonies from lay
ing up their normal store of honey
and pollen from wild aster and
golden rod.
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Racial Bias Is Growing,
Head Of Amvefs Declares

There has been more racial and
religious discrimination in the
United States since World War II
than ever before. Harold Russell,
national president of the Amvets
and double amputee, declared
last night at an Arlington rally.
Mr.. Russell. who lost both arms
in World War II and later starred
in the movie, "The Best Years of
Our Lives" was the principal
speaker at meeting sponsored
by the Arlington round table of
the National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews in Swanson Junior
High School. State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick of Arlington
was master of ceremonies.
"Since World War II we've had
more discrimination than ever be-
fore and it is hard for men in the
hospitals to understand why men
should be Disseminated against
for race, color or creed" Mr..
Russell told a crowd of 800 per-
sons.
1T is hard for these men to
realize this because millions of
them of all races are fighting
against the very things which
exist IN our own country"
Evening star., 1951-02-23
County Society Seeks
Home for Documents

A campaign to obtain a home
for Montgomery County historical
documents was launched last night
at the County Historical Society's
annual dinner in the officers club
of the Naval Medical Center.
Eight hundred dollars was con-
tributed by members of the group
to start the drive upon the plea
of Mrs. Moilie Nicholson, presi-
dent
Irving G. McNayr, county man
|ager, guest speaker, said he ia
vored a county department of
archives and hopes the society
and the county could work to-
gether in establishment of one.
Mrs. Nicholson announced the
society, which was formed in 1914
with a dozen members, now has
800 members. Two hundred of
these attended the dinner last
night.
George L. Radcliffe, former
Senator from Maryland, who
heads the State Historical Society,
and Charles w. Wood, president
OF the Frederick county society,
were guests of honor.
Mr.. McNayr warned that dis
persal of Federal government
Offices into the county soon would
put an end to the terms upper"
and "lower" Montgomery County
by making the entire county urban.
He asked society members to
take an interest in present day
county governmental problems as
history in the making"
Evening star., 1951-02-23

l. Elmer F. Munshower, 65-
year-old Mayor of Frederick, to
be superintendent of the State
police. He held the same job for
three years during the administra-
ton of the late Harry w. Nice
and, if confirmed by the Senate,
will succeed Col. Carev Jarman.
2. Former State Senator A. Earl
Shipley of Carroll County. to be
director of the Department of
Parole and Probation in place of
F. Murray Benson. Mr.. Shipley,
as a former member of the Sem
ate, was confirmed Immediately.
8. DR.. Oliver Collins. Metho-
dist minister of Baltimore, to serve
the unexpired Tidewater Fisheries
Commission term of William
Mason Shehan, now a Democratic
State Senator from Talbot County.
4.-John L. Estes, Cumberland
labor leader, to succeed Joseph P.
on the Employment Sc
curity Board.
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McKeIdn Names Republicans
For Important State Positions

Several Democrats were ap-
pointed to State posts and quite
a few got county and Baltimore
city jobs.
In many cases, Gov. McKeldin
named Democrats to meet statu-
tory provisions for two-party rep
resentation on various boards and
commissions.
However, the "greenbag" list of
hundreds of nominations con-
tanned more Democratic names
than those sent down by Demo-
cratic Governors in past years
contained Republican names.
|. In addition to DR.. Collins, the
Governor named John P. Tawes
of Crisfield to replace Allen A.
Sellers on the Tidewater Fisheries
Commission. Both Mr.. Tawes and
Mr.. Sellers are Republicans.
Brice is Chairman.
Arthur H. Brice, former COM
missioner of motor vehicles and
a Democratic party power on the
Eastern Shore, is the chairman
of the tidewaters group. MI.
Brice was one of the last ap-
pointees of former Gov. Lane.
No sooner had the ''greenbag"
been delivered to the Senate (this
time in a green plastic chair
cover tied with black and gold
ribbons) than speculation was re-
newed about who the Governor
will appoint to top jobs not re-
quiring Senate approval.
Mr.. Munshower will have to
resign as Mayor of Frederick to
become State police chief. An
Army colonel who served as
superintendent for more than two
years under the late Gov. Harry
w. Nice, Mr.. Munshower was re-
luctant to give up his municipal
office. He accepted only after st
insisted that I wanted and needed
him." Gov. McKeldin said.
Evening star., 1951-02-23
New Schools Opening to End
Half Days at Wushinqton-Lee

Halliday sessions at Washing
ton-Lee High School in Arlington
will end next week with the OPEN
ing of the new SIS million Strait
ford Junior High School
Since September 1900 high
school students have been attend
ing Washington Lee in the
mornings, while 1910 junior high
school pupils have been taking
over the classrooms in the after
noon.
The junior high students will
start moving over to the new
school at North Military road and
Vacation lane Tuesday, with first
Evening star., 1951-02-23
.0'Conor Blasts Reds in Talk
AT Washington College
BY the Asseeioied Press

CHESTERTCWN, Md, Feb. %.
Washington's birthday
anniversary yesterday provided the
springboard for a blast against
the "Stalin regime" by Senator
O'Conor, Democrat. of Maryland.
He spoke here at the traditional
Washington College convention.
Washington was a member of
the first Board of Visitors and
Governors at the Eastern Shore
school. He contributed to it's first
endowment fund and gave per-
mission to name the school after
him.
Senator O'Conor spoke against
United States recognition of Red
China and spoke in favor of the
United States and Allies severing
trade relations with Communist
countries.
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Aiumnue of St. Mury's
Honor Sister ModeIevo

Sister M. Madeleva, c. S. c.,
president of st. Mary's College,
Notre Dame, Ind. and noted au-
thor and lecturer, will be guest
Of honor at a reception to be held
by the Washington area alumnae
of the college at 2::30 pm. tomor-
row at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tighe E. Woods. 3705 Huntington
street NV.
Recently chosen one of the
seven women of achievement"
for 1850 by the Women's National
Institute, Sister Madeleva is here
to participate in a symposium on
religious vocations to be held this
week end at Georgetown Univer-
sity under the sponsorship of the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle,
Catholic archbishop Of Washing
ton,
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of the society. at dinner and a
reception.
He showed into his pocket his
prepared text with the remark
that he hesitated to spoil the good
time by making a set talk.
Il have prepared a speech" he
said, which you may read in
tomorrow's papers"
In his prepared speech he took
a slap at Virginia State admins
tration critics in reporting briefly
on activities of the commonwealth.
He said hospitals and other
valuable plants are being built
in the State with surplus funds
which some of our critics seek to
picture as an evil by-product Of
Evening star., 1951-02-23

our conservative and sound pro-
gram in Virginia"
Concerning the critics, none of
whom he identified, Gov. Battle
stated:
II say to them and to all wheth-
er they be critics or no, that we
shall look back in the years to
come with pride in the accom-
plishments now in the making by
reason of the availability of these
surplus funds"
Gov. Battle reported Virginia in
this troubling time" is in sound
condition and your State Gov
ernment expects to discharge its
obligations to the best of human
ability.''
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Navy Captains Fined
$50 Each for Takinq
Liquor Into Virginia

Two Navy captains were fined
$50 each in Arlington County
Court for illegally carrying whisky
into Virginia. Nearly $500 worth
OF spirits was confiscated.
Capt. George E. Peterson. 4s,
and Capt. Elmer r. Yeomans, 40,
both of 1925 North jefferson
street, Arlington, pleaded not
guilty before Judge Harry Thomas,
declaring that they "unwittingly
and without any maliciousness. or
had bought the liquor in
Washington for a party.
Capt. Yeomans said he had been
in Arlington only two months,
having recently returned from
three years of sea duty.
Stopped Near Fort Myer.
The Navy officers were arrested
February II by Investigator M. K.
Bryant of the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, who told
the court, he stopped their car Oh
Washington boulevard near Fort
Myer because he noticed it riding
low on the rear springs.
Mr.. Bryant said when he ques-
toned Capt. Yeomans, the latter
admitted having whisky in the
car. showed him four cases on the
back seat and then opened the
rear trunk, where he found four
more cases of whisky, a case of
beer, case of wine and a bottle
of bitters.
Capt. Yeomans said he thought
the fact that he was carrying the
whisky in daylight demonstrated
there was no maliciousness in
volved.
Fine Is Minimum.
II agree there was no malic-
iouSness," said Judge Thomas,
but I can't agree there was no in
tent to violate the law. I imagine
you know the law-at least you
are presumed to know it. I cant
see how you expect to get by with
all that"
Virginia law prohibits the
transportation of more than one
gallon of alcoholic beverages at
one time.
The fine imposed by Judge
Thomas is the minimum pre-
scribed by law, and he advised the
Navy officers that the beverages
had to be confiscated.
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in politics long enough to know
that the custom of sending out
last minute campaign literature is
so well established in Maryland
that the voters have become i'm
mune to such appeals. whether
true or false" she said.
Mr.. Tydings' statements be-
fore the subcommittee contrast
strangely with the interview he
gave to the United States News
and World Report Immediately
following the election" she said.
Then he attributed his defeat
to a factional fight within the
Democratic party. in Maryland" I"
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regular classes scheduled to begin
Friday. The school, which has
been under construction for a
year and half, will be dedicated
at ceremonies in the gymnasium
at pm. March 8.
Washington Lee classes will
go back on full-day schedules
March 5.
DR.. Dowell J. Howard, State
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, will deliver the dedication
address. Gov. Battle has indicat-
ed he would like to accept an invi-
tation to speak also but has not
yet been able to accept definitely.
Evening star., 1951-02-23

Gov. Battle of Virginia said last
night the real fight in these
troublous times" is for the minds
Of men and not physical combat.
"On George Washington's birth
day." he added, lit is not inappro-
pirate that we should pause a mo-
ment and think of our great
heritage in liberties and rights
and also something of the history
and background which brought
these things into being"
The Governor addressed a
gathering at the annual colonial
ball of the Virginia Society of
Washington at the Carlton Hotel.
Earlier he had been honor guest
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nominations to
important posts
made by Gov.
McKeldin.
The Governor
S e n t to the
Senate yester-
day the first
"greenbag" list
made out by
a Republican
since 1887.
Among those
named to re-
place Demo-
Gratis in i'm
portant posts
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Maryland May Call
For Federal Control
OF Disputed Waters
Speeiol Dispetch 20 The Siar

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 23.-
Maryland has notified Virginia that
unless 1t agrees to bi-state control
of migratory fish in Chesapeake
Bay and the Potomac River, the
Free State will ask the Federal
Government to assume authority
over the controversial fishing
waters.
The Senate Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries Committee yesterday
named subcommittee to ask the
Maryland congressional delegation
to introduce the necessary legis-
lation.
The latest official move in the
20-year-old dispute between the
two States over bay fin fish and
crabs and Potomac River oysters
came after a hearing in which
two Maryland authorities dis
agreed on other points but united
in lashing Virginia's conservation
practices.
Virginia Enjoys Advantage.
Federal control of the waters
would cancel the advantages Vir-
ginia enjoys over Maryland in the
bay because of its geographical
position and conservation policies.
The motion was offered by Sen
ator Louis L. Goldstein, Democrat,
of Calvert County, who was named
a member of the subcommittee.
Others designated were Senators
Louis N. Phipps. Democrat. of
Anne Arundel County and James
B. Monroe. Republican, of Charles
County.
The proposal was advanced by
F. w. C. Webb, a Salisbury at
torney.
Such a settlement" remarked
State Senator Paul j. Bailey, Re-
publican, of st. Marys County,
would be like reaching an agree
ment at the point of a gun"
OOhCI DASCOtCtCus
Virginians also were informed
yesterday that they threw away
a chance to gain oystering rights
in the Potomac not accorded
under the 1785 Compact when
they summarily discarded legis-
lation passed by Maryland in
1949.
DR.. Carl N. Everstine, assistant
director of the State Department
of Legislative Reference, discov-
cred the slipup two months ago.
He prepared a new bill setting up
a bi-State commission with broad
powers to regulate fishing and
grabbing in the bay and river but
with no authority over oysters.
The bill passed by Maryland in
1949 was identical. except that
oysters were included.
The joker, DR.. Everstine said,
was that the compact gave Vir-.
ginia equal rights in the Potomac
as far as natural oyster bars were
concerned but conferred no privil-
eges to the Old Dominion with
regard to barren bottom. Thus, if
Maryland should re-establish bar
rem oyster ground, as it intends
to do, Virginia would have had
equal privileges had she accepted
Maryland's 1949 act.
Under the new bill, DR.. Ever
stine said, Maryland may develop
barren oyster bottoms and keep
citizens of other States out of such
areas. He predicted, however,
that Virginia would contest this
viewpoint and that the question
would eventually be decided by
the Supreme Court.
Virginia" DR.. Everstine as
serted, ''has consistently violated
fisheries laws and has done moth
ing to further conservation. The
State record is so poor" he add
ed, that Maryland should not
give it any more rights than 1t
already has"
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Biologists Group Invites
Area Graduate Students

Graduate students at colleges
and universities in the Washing
ton Baltimore area have been in
vited to an open meeting of the
University of Maryland Chapter
of the American Society of Pro-
fessional Biologists at S o'clock to-
night in the university dining hall.
Stephen H. Easter, agricultural
ist of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization, will be
the chief speaker. Dinner will
follow an informal reception at 6
o'clock. ,....-....
Evening star., 1951-02-23
By the Asxoeiated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Feb. 23.---
Republican ambitions for a
stronger voice in State affairs
were partially fulfilled today by
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Gruhum Road PTA

The Parent Teacher Associa-
tion of Graham Road School,
Falls Church, Va, will meet at
8 pm. Tuesday In the National
Garden Baptist Church, Falls
Church. ..>...
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Ministers to Meet

WOODSTOCK, Va, Feb. %
Especially The Shenandoah Ex-
|ecutive Committee of the Council
of Churches has called a meeting
on Monday Of the ministers of
Shenandoah County in the Re-
formed Church here.
Evening star., 1951-02-23
Strotford PTA to Meet

The Stratford Junior High
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton will hold its first meeting at
8 pm. Tuesday in It's new build
ing on Old Dominion drive, Arl-
|ington. ~