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Evening star., 1951-08-28

who escapes is an escaper and that
when he Is definitely on the lam he is q
fugitive.
The dictionaries. however, give their
blessing to escapee. Winston Churchill,
who almost never treats the common
tongue meanly, used the word in a let
ter to Gen. Giraud when the French
leader. who had escaped from Ger
man prison, joined our forces on the
eve of the Landings In Africa.
LAS a fellow escapee," Mr. Churchill
wrote, II am delighted that we are to
work together" The Prime Minister was
recalling his own escape from captivity
during the Boer War. But still the sight
OF the word in print stops some readers
at least momentarily and one does not
ordinarily use 1t in the spoken language
except elf-consciously.
These final-ee words come to us by
way of the law wherein are found such
technical terms as lessee, appellee and
deyiSee. These were adaptations of
Anglo-French past participles with a
final accented e. They produced other
words in the same vein; for example.
refugee. The process continues, but
should it run hog wild?
In discussion of what is to be done
with the people whose homes are to be
razed in slum-clearance projects in the
District, the persons to be displaced
were referred to as evictees.
WeDsters New international Diction-
ary does not list this word, but does
list evict as noun-an evicted person.
1t says the word is British colloquial-
ism.
The oxford English Dictionary, how
ever, does not concede this. It lists
evictee, but says its use is rare. AS for
the noun evict, it merely cites some
examples of its use One is from the
Pail Mall Gazette of 1886, which used
"the evicts" for evicted persons, but with
sanitary quotation marks
If one who evicts is an evictor and
those evicted are evictees, why not
educators and educatees or jokers and
jokes? And would a person laughing
at a comic actor be an actee or
leughee?
Evening star., 1951-08-28
In Fairness to the Police

District Commissioner Donohue says the
people of Washington have right to know
whether there is close and unholy alliance
between mobsters and officials of the District
government. He is right in requesting thor
ough investigation of flying rumors and anony-
nous charges that something is rotten with the
Washington Police Department
The District grand jury already has begun
an inquiry into phases of the testimony given
to the Senate Crime Committee by Charles E.
Nelson Maryland horse breeder who netted profits
from business he said might have been the
numbers racket. Some of the information OBJ
tanned by Senate investigators is reported to
date back to gambling operations in this area
beyond the statute of limitations. Because the
grand jurys investigation will be limited in scope
by that statute, Mr.. Donohue suggests a congress
Sional inquiry. The Davis subcommittee of the
House District Committee already has made an
extended investigation of District crime cond-
tions it is true, but recent developments indicate
that further probing by some congressional group
might be productive
Some of the anonymous communications to
Senators are said to name names and describe
incidents rejecting on the integrity of certain
local police officers. Senator Wiley says the
letters assert that "a considerable amount of pay
offs to law enforcement officers up and down
the line" has been made to protect numbers and
race betting racketeers. The Senator's public
disclosure of these anonymous charges tends to
raise questions in the mind of the public which
ought to be settled one way or another without
delay. If the grand jury cannot get at the
truth, due to statutory limitations, Congress
should direct one of its committees to conduct
an investigation. 1t is only fair to the officers
accused and to the police department as
whole that the allegations be checked for fact
or falsity.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
True Democrat
C. E. Lee.

Having come from the South. am
ashamed of some politicians who claim
to be Democrats. yet are constantly vot-
ing with the Republicans and never
have a kind word for the administers
ton. How on earth could they be true
Democrats? Some call them Dixiecrats.
but I call them would-be Republicans
in disguise.
These so-called Dixiecrats know very
we'll that if they declared themselves
Republicans, they wouldn't get to first
base when they run for reelection in
the South. A lot of Southern Senators
and Representatives could take lessons
from real Democrats like Senators
Sparkman of Alabama. Humphreys of
Minnesota and Lehman Of New York.
You don't have to be Republican to
be an American. May God bless Harry
Truman and all other true Americans.
]. Raymond Morris.
Cambridge, Mass.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
The Copper Strike

The copper strike Is a development that can
not be put up with for very long. 1t hits at the
heart of our defense program. If it Is allowed
to drag on it will undermine the security of the
Nation at time of great danger in the world
a fact which should in itself compel all parties
concerned to arrive at prompt settlement.
Led by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union, the strike has been called as result of
the refusal of the Kennecott Copper Company
to accept Government proposed compromise.
As worked out by Director Cyrus Ching of the
Federal Mediation and Cancellation Service, the
compromise-favorable to and accepted by the
union-reportedly would grant pay increases av-.
eraging 16 cents an hour, plus pension arrange
ment costing an additional 412 cents an hour But
this plan, which would set the pattern for the
entire industry. has been rejected by the COM
pany on the ground that it would impose too
great an economic burden and that it may
exceed allowable limits under existing wage
stabiization rulings"
In putting the strike into effect, the union
branded by congressional committee in 1e49
as Communist-dominated and ouSted from the
CIO last year because of its party character
has called upon President Truman for Govern
ment seizure of the industry. But that step,
never welcome one probably will be taken only
as last resort. Meanwhile, requesting the Strik-
ers to return to their jobs the President has re-
ferred the case to the Wage Sterilization Board
and the Kennecott negotiators have announced
their readiness to seek the boards recommended
tion on the question of how far they may go in
meeting theunion's demands. They are reported
to be agreeable to the pension arrangement; the
only thing in controversy, apparently, is the ex-
tent of the pay increase
If this means that WSB approval of
Mr.. Chings proposal will be enough to persuade
the company to agree. then the strike should be
short-ved, for the WSB is not likely to rule
against Mr. Ching In any event, in one way
or another the dispute must be settled without
delay. The Nation simply cannot afford work
stoppage in field so vital to its safety
Evening star., 1951-08-28
Political Hocus-Pocus

A recent item in the news stated that
the Government had begun to support
the price of cottonseed products and that
the price of cottonseed oil and soybean
OIL which are an important part of GER
tain food products. promptly bounded
upward.
Then your paper said the President
was going back to Congress for tighter
control law to prevent imitation and to
hold down the cost of living, which Eric
Johnston said was bound to rise under
the present law.
do not think that any one ever heard
Of more cockeyed, crackpot policy any
where, any time or any place. In other
words, boost taxes to raise prices, to in
crease the cost of living so people will
have to demand higher wages to keep
the vicious cycle going. Something is
wrong with the newspapers or they would
fight this malicious political hocus-p -pocus
with all the power they possess. and that
Is considerable.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
Decline of a Cult

When Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin,
founder and guiding spirit of the Soviet Re-
pubics and the Communist international" died
in 1924 Leon rrotsky, his colleague, wrote: His
funeral was the occasion for an unexampled
manifestation of love and grief on the part of
millions" The day following the chief Bolshevst S
demise was declared holiday throughout the
entire domain of Red Russia. Each year there
after, it was announced, would see repetition
of the popular homage paid to the late premier
at his obsequies. Such recognition of his serv-
ices to the MarXist republic was poor enough
acknowledgment. The body of the deceased
hero should be enshfined in the Red Square in
Moscow for perpetual preservation. Millions
were expected to visit the tomb.
And the anticipated multitudes of reverent
pilgrims did appear On each successive Janu-
ary % vast crowds of soldiers and peasants
marched in procession in tribute to Lenin. The
cult of the foremost Soviet official increased as
the stability of his experiment became more and
more assured Frozen stiff in his crystal coffin
under the walls of the Kremlin, the erstwhile
nemesis of the cars lay quietly unheeding while
throngs passed by. Each individual subjected
to the experience received an indelible impress
sion of Lenin's majesty and power-proof of the
reality of his revolutionary leadership.
But the Soviet Union could not remain what
it had been under Lenin with only Lenins corpse
W CdP6dlA ~. a StIuSBlC 4OI COleIO1 SOOH UC"
veloped, and Trotsky lost that contest to Joseph
Vissarionovich Stalin an army politician Of little
consequence while Lenin lived. The whole story of
the rivalry never has been written and perhaps
never will be- but it is known to have been bitter
in the extreme. Trotsky himself assassnated in
Mexico in 1910, was only one of the casualties.
Many other "old Bolsheviks' perished that Stain
might prosper At first the new dictator pre-
tended to be merely the faithful disciple of Lenin.
Each January % he paraded with the usual throng
in the Red Square. Year after year Stain took
part in the annual commemoration. Yet slowly
the Lenin cult was permitted to decline. The
garish crystal tomb was closed, and now the
presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U. s. s. r.
has decreed that January % will cease to be a
public holiday 1t remains to be seen whether
the same authority will proclaim December 81
as substitute-the anniversary of the birth of
Stain, the central ngure Of q much more ar
rogant cult.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
Silver Rain

The slnnting rain is Silper from the sky;
1t spreads its cooling richness on the
earth,
Rene,0ine plants that langutsh. ,tltino.
dry; f.9
1t stirs their roots to quick responsible
ntirth.
The silDer rdin comes dot0n to soothe
the hills.
1t ,oakens dro,Dsy sun-scorched grass
and trees,
1t lduglbS erultdntly in tiny rills
And all OF Nature ldughingly agrees.
The rain Is siluer spent in plenteous
drops,
The currency OF clouds in trailing
gray,
To buy continued excellence of crops
From spreading sun -iD1rmed fields of
fertile clay.
The silper rain is spent ,Dith open hand
10 purchase Uerdant beauty for the land.
Florence Pedioo Jonsson
Evening star., 1951-08-28

commanded Gen. Patton-who sue
ceeds is admired.
Since it is militarily bad form to take
chances. the Pattons take calculated
risks. Thus the chance taking is re-
lated to military science, as our friends
in the armed services refer to the arts
Of war.
But rotatee!
Fellow barricadees, let us pull up the
paving stones and repel this.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
The Train Done Gone

With respect to the article on "It Was
a Great Day When the First Railroad
Came to Washington" appearing in The
Star on Sunday August 26, I wish to
point out slight inaccuracy which may
prompt your readers to make unneces-
sary visits to the National Museum.
The caption for the photograph stated
that the locomotive Atlantic is at the
National Museum. Actually this locomo-
tive has not been here on exhibition
since May, 1886, at which time it was
returned to the lenders, the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad.
Smith Hempstone Oliver,
Associate Curator, Section Of Land
Transportation, United States
National Museum.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
By Froncis P. DouoIos

COUND the tocsin! To the barricades!
~ Another assault on the language is
under way. And, as is frequently the
case. the attack has been launched by
the military.
A military combat correspondent in
Korea wrote that soldier was return
ing home under the rotation plan.. He
called the man a-"rotatee"-a cog in
Evening star., 1951-08-28
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact BY either tin ErttinE The
NV, Washington 5. D. G., and inclosing cents
return postage or by telephoning ST. 1883
Evening star., 1951-08-28

Pen-ndn1eS may be used If letters carry
WrtterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-08-28

Editors note: The Atlantic is in
Bailey's Museum in Baltimore. the Bal
timore a. Ohio Railroad informs US.
Evening star., 1951-08-28
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


@. What are the basic provisions Of
the equal rights amendment?-L. D. K.
A. introduced in 1923 by the National
Woman's Party, the amendment reads
in part as follows in 1851: Equality
Of rights under the law shall not be
abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of sex. The Congress
and the several States have power,
within their respective jurisdictions, to
enforce this article by appropriate legis-
lation.'
@. Is there simple way to kill ferns
in small area of pasture on a farm?
r. S.
A. When ferns occupy very small
areas, certain methods may be used
that would not be economical on a
larger area. One of these methods is
sailing livestock in the fern patches.
Dry salt is scattered on the plants when
they are moist with rain or dew. The
stock eats and tramples the plants in
an effort to get the salt.
@. Does the temperature of spring
water change with the seasons?-
NJ C. w.
A. In general underground water has
the same temperature throughout the
year. However. upon reaching the sur
face or nearby surface the temperature
is affected by the prevailing air tenn
peratures This does not mean that all
spring water has the same temperature
in every section of the country
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Woge Freeze Is
CONTINUED From Page One)

/ above-the-market prices which they
claimed upset the market. AS a re-
! suit, wholesalers complained they
had to pay more for meat than
they themselves could charge under
the freeze.
Whatever the merits of the
wholesalers complaint and wheth-
er or not they were entirely inno-
cent of completely in establishing
protective" levels, the story was
typical Of many that were going
around. Bulk of the stories con-
cerned meat and other foods, most
Of which are uncontrolled or semi
controlled in the battling terms Of
farm parity" (That's the way
Congress wrote the Defense Pro-
duction Act)
On Jan. 81, Allan Kline, pres
ident Of the Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, biandly told newsmen agricul-
tural production would fall Is per-
cent if any attempt were made to
control farm prices. Moreover, he
said, he could guarantee" that
controls at the farm level would
lead to black markets and necessit-
ate government subsidies to stimu-
late production.
Reporters asked whether he
wasn't assuming a lack Of patriot
ism on the part of farmers. Kline
said farmers We're as patriotic as
anybody. Another f e d Grafton
spokesman said greater farm pro-
duction would mean longer hours
for farmers who would require a
profit motive to put the hours in.
Meanwhile, the Agriculture Depart
ment reported that most farm
prices can rise another five percent
before reaching the "parity" level
at which they can be controlled.
Labor was blamed when Price
Chief Mike Disable told the coal
industry it could raise mine prices
of soft and hard coal 25 and 90
cents ton respectively. The prices
had to go up, it was said, to cover
the S1.60-a-day boost obtained in
both coal classifications by the
United Mine Workers. (Yet some
industry spokesmen wond dered
whether anyone would pay the new
prices and most coal companies
made high profits last year,
One price relaxation wasn't
blamed on labor-not directly, any
way. Disable took the wraps off
the prices of military products "to
remove any hindrance to military
procurement" Officials hastened to
explain the ruling applied only to
products that were strictly" mill
tary and didn't appear in the civil
ian market-aircraft ammunition,
bombsights, gun mounts, para
chutes and the like.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Ask Channels
(Continaed From Page One)

said educators could save money
by buying time instead of running
their own stations. DR.. Kenneth H.
Bakers, research director for the
NAB, said educators as group
have not evidenced the willingness
nor the competence in using radio
that would justify the reservation
to them of any part of the broad
cast spectrum"
A public interest committee" to
promote the use of TV for educa-
tional purposes has been formed,
headed by Edward L. Bernays, NY
publicist. Others on the committee
include Harold Stassen, Fannie
Hurst, Quincy Howe, Stuart Chase,
Bruce Bliven, Joseph Wood Krutch,
and Sigmund Spaeth.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
LABOR EDITORS FORM
PIONEER UNION PRESS CLUB

Chicago (LPA) - Labor editors
here have formed the nations first
Labor Press Club. Chairman is
Eugene Moore, assistant editor of
the Butcher Workman, monthly
magazine of the AFL Amalgamat-
ed Meat Cutters. Vice chairman is
Bernard Johnson, co-editor of The
Pioneer, published by the Chicago
Office Clerks. Irwin E. Klass, edit
or of the Federation News, weekly
of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
is secretary-treasurer. Recording
secretary is Helen Duncan, editor
of the Illinois Department of Labor
monthly bulletin.
The Meat Cutters new techni-
color film, Pursuit of Happiness"
was shown at the first meeting.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Bunk Strike
Strips Dublin
Of Dough

Dublin, Ireland UPA)-Begorra,
twas a shamel All thin fine spal-
poems awantin' themselves a pint
o'dark or a warmin' drop Of the
creatur' and not bein' able to get
up a bob or two cause there was
nary a penny in all OConnell
Street!
Or perhaps good Irishman ad-
mired the spirit Of the striking
bank clerks even if the dispute
made cash scarce in Dublin town
unless you knew a leprechaun who
could grab a handful Of the ready
from thin air. The bank clerks had
stood fast for a month for more
wages and the bank owners were
just as stubborn. As a result, busi-
ness life in Dublin and throughout
Ireland's rs counties was in a bit
of a mess, for the banks were lock-
ed up tight.
Neatly dressed bank clerks were
standing outside bank doors-as
observers" not pickets. But as
one British reporter put it. "Let
them observe one man going into
the back door Of a bank and he
never goes in again" The situation
might well give bank employees
elsewhere ideas. Here are some of
the things that happen when money
can't be had.
Employers were having tough
time meeting payrolls. They had to
get cash from hotels and theaters,
but pretty soon those sources be-
gan to dry up.
People who liked to cash little
cheque in the corner pub found
the pub unable to accommodate
them after a few days. And bar
tenders as well as bus conductors
found it hard to make change for
customers who didn't have the ex-
act fare or the exact price Of tot
Of Bushmill.
Of course, the bartender might |
give man a little credit, but
there'd be an end to that. One bigl
department store began giving out
10000 pounds a week to trust
worthy friends" but after a few
weeks the handout was slashed to
25,C00 pounds for their Every best
friends"
By the end of January, when the
strike was about a month old,
Prime Minister John A. Costello
moved in. He informed the owners
of the banks that he wanted the
dispute settled. He put the affair
into the hands of a Judge of the
High Court, and negotiations got
under way. But dapper observers"
still watched the doors of the bank
ing houses.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Ordinance Unconstitutional

Cumberland, Md. (LPA)-Cum-
berland's city ordinance requiring
all Communists to register has
been held invalid by the Allegany
County Circuit Court.
Pointing out that if Communists
were in control they wouldn't do it
our way, but that citizens of this
country have the advantage of the
Bill of Rights, the court ruled that
the ordinance violated the fifth
amendment of the Constitution
that no person can be forced to be
a witness against himself, or give
evidence against himself.
The city officials cannot prose-
cute the men fined under the ordin-
ance, the court said, but they can
-"and it may well be their duty
to do SOTO report the facts to the
Attorney General of Maryland for
such action as may be warranted"
under the states anti-subversives
(Ober) law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
MCCARTHY DENOUNCED ON
SENATE FLOOR BY BENTON

Washington (LPA)-In a blist-
ering speech on the Senate floor
Feb. /, Sen. Bill Benton Cd, Conn.,
denounced Sen. Joe Mccarthy Or,
Wis., as a ruthless propaganda"
and an irresponsible enemy" of
the State Department. Benton ask
ed Republicans to remove Nc
Carthy from the Appropriations
Committee where the Wisconsinite
has potential" life and death pow
er over State Department funds.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
AFL Council 0K's
|UMT But Only Fol
War Emergency

Miami Beach LPA)-In a shary
but not. wholly unexpected shift il
view, the AFL Executive Council
in quarterly session here, came out
for universal military training
(UMT).
But the top AFL body insisted
that UNIT should be adopted with
safeguards preserving the mair
pillars of American democracy in
Guiding the individual and collec-
tive rights Of labor. The council
statement read:
"ln view of the present wal
emergency, the Executive Council
favors limited universal military
training, provided, however, that
it shall end with the emergency
that it shall not become part OF
our educational system and that il
shall in no way transgress upon OF
become part Of our economic sys-
TEN of service, production and dis
tribution, or be used in any way to
limit, restrict or interfere with the
rights of labor Individually and /or
collectively"
The council proposed a 10-point
program as the basis of a sound
foreign policy. The program:
About mobilization with full
priority for defense production. Ex-
tension of economic and military
aid to foreign nations on the basis
of their need and of their perform
ance in building up their own
strength. Signing Of peace treaties
with Japan and Western Germany,
both of whom should be swell
coined" by the free nations.
Establishment Of regional de-
fense pacts with special emphasis
on the Middle East. Organization
of a prosperity conference" of the
free peoples of North and South
Africa, Asia and Western
Europe to promote trade, increase
and raise living stand
ards. Branding of Red China by the
United Nations as an aggressor.
Moral and material support for
democratic resistance movement on
the Chinese mainland and for the
Chinese government in
Formosa. Aid and encouragement
for democratic forces behind the
Iron Curtain. Support for demo-
cratic national independence move
ments and clean break with i'm
Derialism and colonialism by the
North Atlantic Pact countries. In
sistence by the US that the UNI
seek ways to strengthen itself.
The Executive Council adjourn
ID Jan. 20 after scheduling it's next
in Chicago May IA. Beforel
council members en-l
lorsed pay raises for government
workers and voted their support of
he 1851 Union Industries Show,
slso to be held in Chicago in May.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-02-08
Dupont Did Well With Their
Own Investment Firm

Wilmington, Del. (LPA) = The
duPonts, of the vast dupont indus
trial and chemical empire, who also
own a heavy chunk of General
Motors, did right we'll in 1850 with
their own family holdings.
The Christiana Securities Com
pany, which is the dupont family's
own investment firm, reported net
profits (after all taxes) of $62,-
170,999 in 1850. That was quite a
boost over the profits for 1949,
which were only $39,844,079.