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Evening star., 1951-09-11
Echoes of Seret. Rice's BurioI

In your issue of September l, E. B.
Henderson made a statement concern
ing the Sioux City incident which was
very broad in its condemnation of de-
mocracy.
He wrote: This is but another in
cident of the great, great number Of
examples We are setting before the world
that democracy is a mockery in much
of our Nation and we seem unable to
do but little about it." Such an indict-
ment does not deserve a reply or COM
ment. but there are so many efforts
being made to tear down condolences
in our present form of Government and
American system of free enterprise that
some notice should be taken of this
round house" blow
This appears to define democracy as
complete equality in all relationships be-
between all races.
Democracy is a form of government
not state of civilization or a mental
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Letters to The Star
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All letters are subject to condensation.

tenants might have defeated his several
petitions by formal objection filed with
the United States Housing Expediter, as
had occurred in several other similar
cases in Arlington but, trying to be fair
and equitable, they interposed no OBJ
lection.
What gratitude to his tenants did this
landlord display when. later, Virginia
removed Arlington rent controls? He
moved swiftly. Almost Immediately after
decontrol, every tenant received notice
of rental increase with the peremptory
direction to sign acceptance at once or
to accept notice to vacate. The tenant
was further notified that, if he accepted,
he would have to sign lease for not
exceeding one month, plain indication
that other increases would follow.
A few weeks ago, all tenants received
notice of another accept or get out"
increase. Total increases now exceed so
per cent. Further increases will, doubt
less, be levied.
A substantial majority of tenants in
that apartment area are Federal workers
whose earnings have increased in no
such proportion as the rental increases
which they have sustained. The project
in which they live was planned, designed
and financed by Federal agencies, and
the landlord was made wealthy princi-
pally by utilizing Federal financing and
Federal guarantees.
Federal Worker.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
ByChorIes E. TroceweN
Ellen E. Wood.

and fly along together so that a close
watch must be kept by those who ex-
pect to see them.
There are some 80 species seen here
Like the 19 sparrows here, they are
hard to tell one from another, and prob
ably for most home watchers it makes
no great difference.
One way to enjoy the birds-and there
are many ways-is just to admire them
for their beauty and grace and inter-
esting habits without bothering too
much about their names.
What's in name?" asked the poet
"a rose by any other name would smell
as sweet"
Much the same can be said of the
birds. The desire to know the name. es-
peclally the common name, used by most
persons, is very human, and nothing,
OF course, can be said against the desire
to know.
WarblerS are insect eaters, very active,
very interesting, and mostly colorful.
It is true American bird family, and
includes the famous prothonotary war;
bier, which even got into the news in
the Hiss trial.
DR.. Coues, who was famous Wash
lngton birdman, paid tribute to the war
blers:
with tireless industry do the war
blerS befriend the human race.
Their zeal plays due part in the nice
adjustment of natures forces, helping
to bring about the balance of vegetable
and insect life, without which agricul-
ture would be in vain"
Evening star., 1951-09-11
DR.. Conont and the Atomic Future

In exciting address to the Diamond
ciety, President James B. Conant of Harvard has
gazed into the crystal ball and come up with
some rather optimistic predictions about the
future. He thinkS-With lots of "ifS" and "buts"-
that mankind will manage to escape the cata-
ClySm of another world war. He thinks, too, that
between now and the end of the century the
power of the sun will be harnessed and that the
resulting abundance of solar energy will usher
in an amazing new age-a good and bright age
for the world as whole.
AS for the atom Dr. Conant discounts it. He
does not believe that it will revolutionZe our
human society. AS matter of fact, he feels
with considerable certainty-that peoples and
governments after much anxious and desperate
cropping, eventually will figure out way to free
themselves from the fear of it and just put it on
the shelf something that is too costly and
dangerous to fool around with. Instead, as he
sees the future, they will grab hold of the sun
and use its ineXhauStible power to run industry,
transform deserts into lush gardens and other
wise enrich and ennoble life for everybody.
DR.. Conant-himSelf nucear-fission expert
of the first Water-iS man of formidable intel
lect, and the passing of the years may well con-
firm his predictions. Yet, even though he may
be entirely right about the future role of the
sun, the news of our own time argues strongly
against his beittlement of the atom If the
thing were not full of revolutionary promise (or
revolutionary threat, depending on how one looks
at it,, why has the Air Force just contracted
with the Consolidated Vultee Corporation to build
Evening star., 1951-09-11

thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to purchase additional ground for the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing was
reported out by House committee. Be
cause clause in the bill made an ap-
preparation, the matter was referred to
the House Judiciary Committee with
instructions to inquire into the rights
of the Senate to originate appropriation
bills.
majority report of the committee
cited arguments pro and con. But said
the majority, mad the trainers of the
Constitution intended to confine the
origination Of appropriation bills to the
House they would have done so "in per-
fectly plain and unequivocal terms
The committee minority argued
Stoutly for the Houses exclusive power.
Both majority and minority reports
were ordered printed but no action was
taken On them and the bill in question
was ignored.
The following year the question came
up again when the Senate originated
and passed bill to aid the common
schools. The bill was tabled, and when
a resolution was offered for another
Judiciary Committee inquiry that was
tabled also.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Military VS.. U. S. Employees

Now comes Representative Norblad,
Republican. of Oregon. with a resolu-
tlon to require career military officers
to serve until they are So with no re-
tlrementS except for physical disability.
Some officers bat around the world for
80 years, no homes or home life, their
children in and out of various schools.
The reason so many career officers
have gotten out lately is that the eco
nomic situation is forcing them to seek
higher paying jobs. Congress should
heed President Wilson'S sage advice and
put the military on the same benefits as
civilian Government employees.
Tired Wife.
I have prepared q fairly accurate
comparison of the pay, perquisites and
emoluments of an Army captain and
GS-11 in Civil Service, each with wife
and one child. 1t should be borne in
mind that the captain is junior officer
and the GS-11 is a senior grader.
Base pay-Captain, $3,762; civil serv-
ant, S5,400. Allowances-Captain, ST ,584.
tax free; civil servant, none. Income
tax-Captain. $344.20; civil servant.
S600.60. Retirement deductions-Cap-
tain, none; civil servant, $3239 Med
ical expenseS-Captain, none; civil Serv-
ant, $68.40 for limited hospital insur-
ance. Buying privilegeS-Captain, PIX
and commissary; civil servant, open
market. Annual leave-Captain, 80
days; civil servant, 20 days. Sick leave
Captain, unlimited; civil servant, Is
days annually. Retirement-Captain,
after 20 years at one-half base pay, or
after 80 years at three-quarters base
pay; civil servant, no comparison, since
it would take too much space to recite
the law. Promotion prospects-Captain,
excellent, career will be carefully
guided; civil servant. on his own, no
career plan.
Julian w. Hayden.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Star stan Photo.

The document the Expenditures Com
mittee recently printed, which upholds
the House position, is reproduction of
a pamphlet by the late John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi who served first
in the House, then in the Senate.
He examined both sides of the argu-
ment carefully. He said that never until
1882 and again in 1888 did the Senate
ever assert any right over general ap-
preparation bills. In those years the
Senate initiated bills repeating duties
but was unsuccessful in getting the
House to act on them. Senator Williams
wrote:
Il admit that the House has some
times been lax in this assertion of its
right, but whenever the matter has been
narrowed down to crisis and discussed,
the House has always maintained it's
right and the Senate has always
acquiesced in it. 1t is idleness to say
that this assertion and maintenance and
this aquiescence would have taken place
without constitutional authority.
Senator Hoarwell said: BY a practice
as old as the Government itself the
constitutional prerogative of the House
has been held to apply to all the gen.
eral appropriation bills"
Evening star., 1951-09-11
a Scream Heard Round the Land

common expression in our language, most
often used to denote complete evaporation, is
If l hear that again I'll scream"
Senator Douglas did not give such warning
In advance But he must have felt it. Whether
it was a cry of anguish, yell of protest. an
agonized shrek or simply a scream with which
he introduced a note in Senate debate
yesterday preliminary to leaving the chamber
in a huff, most people will feel an understanding
sympathy for the emotions which prompted his
outburSt.
For it has become an unhappy custom in
this country to express disagreement with ones
opponents by voicing the sinister observation
that what ones opponent is saying or doing will
be gratefully received beyond the Iron Curtain
because it helps the Communists. The state
ment has become a nauSeating sort of cliche.
If one faVOrs economy, even in the sacred realm
of military appropriations, is helping the
Russians. If one favorS taxing and spending,
spending and taxing, taxing and spending for
anything, one is helping the Russians. If one
opposes any phase of the Marshall Plan one is
giving ammunition to the Russians If one
advocates all parts of the Marshall Plan, one
is playing into the hands of the Russians The
accusation is a constant refrain in the battle
for social reforms of one sort or another. If we
do not change our ways overnight, we are de-
the world because of what the Russians will say
about it. If we move too fast in social reform
we told that it helps the Russians because
1t is plainly trick inspired by the Communists
Senator OMahoney is a man of equable
temperament, restrained and courteous in de-
bate who frequently interlards his rounded
sentences with pleasant blarney. But when he
told the Senate yesterday, during an interchange
over the merits of certain suggested cuts in the
61-bion dollar military appropriation bill, that
d. can imagine the words of the Senator
from Illinois being read tomorrow morning, if
were to keep silent, and by some representative
of Tass being broadcast behind the Iron Curtain
an indication of lack of faith that American
members of Congress have in the men who work.
who fight and who die for them" Senator Douglas
let out an agonized scream and left the chamber.
Few will blame him. Most people understand
exactly how he felt.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
John Sloan

John Sloan, dead at 80, will not be for
gotten. He belonged to the triumvirate whose
other members were George Bellows and Robert
Henri, and he will be remembered in association
with them. None of the three was a wild man."
Each knew how to draw AS a group they
opened the door to extremists who had neither
their vision nor their technical talent but they
themselves were not anarchistic. Sloan perhaps
was the most radical of the group. He was one
OF the editors of the Masses when the Masses was
frankly Red yet he himself always was more of
an artist than politician, more of philosopher
than an unreaSoning rebel.
One explanation of his essential sanity was
his capacity for quiet happiness. In the days
when Sloan was poor in pocket he nevertheless
was rich in the JOY of living. He was happily
married, he loved New York, he found sunshine
and health at Gloucester, Massachusetts,, and
Santa Fe, New Mexico His literary interests
kept him in touch with scores of writing people
He was fond of the theater and always was well
come among thespians His enthusiasm for
children brought him pleasure. If he was mel
ancholy on occasion, it was because he was more
sensitive, more responsive, than the average
individual and therefore more deeply impressed
by the tragedy OF life as distinct from its comedy.
SloanS productivity was noteworthy. His
pictures are everywhere. The best of them are
among the best of his generation They are in
telligible and convincing, and the abstractionists
undoubtedly regard them as conservative" if
not "reactionary." What matters more is that
he was sincere and earnest in his work Thus
even his experiments are worth seeing The
legend of which they are part is bound to con-
tinue, perhaps long after the experiments them
selves have disappeared.
Powdered wine" the new creation of French
chemists, doesn't SCUM like much fun.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
This and That

extending over the forehead to the
crown Of the head and we'll back of and
below the eyes, this yellow patch being
sharply set off by a solid black frame
work, which forms sort of cap or hood
for the birds head, and bib for his
throat. These markings are very con-
SpicuouS. and, being peculiar to this bird,
1t may readily be identified ny means
of them"
This is a charming bird, often seen
on the lowest branches of trees and in
brush.
1t is said that if disturbed on the nest
the female will simply fly off, and give
a few chirps, without any of the fuss
made by other species under similar cir
cumstances.
The call is a sharp cheep. and che song
an extended warble.
Other warblers with yellow masks are
Wilson's warbler, and the orange
crowned warbler.
The Wilson warbler was named in
honor OF Alexander Wilson, widely re-
garded as the father of American or
anthology.
1t is rather uncommon, seen only in
migration. usually in bushy growth, near
water.
The orange-colored warbler is an ac-
cidental visitor here, usually seen in
October, If at all.
Warblers will be going through this
month and next.
Several species will meet and mingle.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
ROCKVILLE, Md,
Dear Sir:

ROCKVILLE, Md.
Dear Sir:
This morning had fleeting visitor
which I hope you can identify for me
since he is not listed in my dime store
bird book.
He was about the size of a sparrow
with yellow breast and darker back.
Over his head he had a black hood and
across his eyes bright yellow mask.
Where the Maryland yellow -throats
mask comes to point at the side, this
BIRDS mask was rounded for all the
world like the masks we used to wear
to fancy dress parties.
II have identified Al birds with the
help of the books and your column, most
of them in the home yard, some seen
only once but remembered ever after.
Sincerely yours, J. s."
This was hooded warbler, common
summer resident hereabout.
Other names are hooded titmouse,
hooded fly-catching warbler, black
headed warbler and mitered warbler.
In length 1t is five and one quarter
inches long; the upper parts are olive
green, face and under parts, yellow.
The female does not have the black
under the chin. and so does not appear
to ba wearing a mask.
One authority says of this bird
"The black domino Of the Maryland
yellow throat is replaced in the male
hooded warbler by broad yellow p'ask.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Mountain Cabin

ForIorn and far remoUed from habita-
ton
A diSuSed cabin stands, naked and
stark,
With Sagging roof, in utter deSolation;
No smoke curlS from its chimney.
stained and dark.
1t must haze been deserted gears ago,
For deep cart rutS that once led to its
door
Are only dim tracks nop, and tall 1DeedS
gro1D
Where garden tloDerS and fruit had
groDn before.
So bleak apithout Dh1t had 1t been
tDithin?
No happiness no family life
no joy?
Mistaken me! For here once love had
The dead 1Deeds hide little ruSted
toy.
4 Inez Sheldon Tyler
Evening star., 1951-09-11

state achieved by the citizenry such as
the approval and practice of complete
racial equality.
Before indicting the condition of any
race in the United States, one would do
well to consider the present status of
the race with the total population of
any other country in the world on such
points as the standard of living, chances
OF obtaining good education and op-
portunlt1es to rise in business and pro-
fessional activities.
BraxtOn HI. Tabb, Jr.
Son OF the American Revolution.
Regarding the case of Sergt Rice, the
Indian who gave his life for his country
in Korea, note that one of your two
lconoclastS, Tom Stokes, has sounded
of in an attempt to lead the mob, and
perhaps before you consider this letter
your other one, Lowell Mellett, will
have Joined him.
What 1 wish to learn is whether or
not Sergt. Rice has been buried in
segregated part of Arlington Gene
terry.
Religious sectS have their holy
grounds, racial-religious tribes in the
United States have their holy burial
places where the masses of the people
are denied burial.
suppose no such reserved holy place
is permitted at Arlington Cemetery. but
would it not be ridiculous if Sergt. Rice
is buried in such segregated spot?
George w. Thompson.
Editors Note: Sergt. Rice's final
resting place is near the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, in a non-segregated
area not far from the graves of Gen.
John j. Pershing and Gen. Walton
Walker, another Korea casualty
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Bit Of Good in EVERYTHING

A great many television programs
represent to me, an adult, total waste
of time, effort. energy and money. The
commercials are especially revolving.
One OF the most worthwhile and we'll
presented programs is the one on NBC
entitled Heritage" presented from the
National Gallery of Art. Frankly, I've
never known much about paintings, but
this program has made pictures so in
teresting that I've been going to the
gallery every week to find out more.
My hope is that this program will be
resumed soon.
Ellen E. Wood.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Rents in Arlington
Julian w. Hayden.

Since decontrol, rents in Arlington
have, in some cases, increased more than
so per cent over 1914 levels on existing
or older properties.
Here is what has happened in large
Arlington apartment project. During
the period of Federal control the owner,
pleading increased operating costs, had
sought and obtained several rental in
creases aggregating Is per cent. His
Evening star., 1951-09-11
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact By either writ wrnittns The
NV Washington 5. D, G.. and inclosng cents
return postage or BY telephoninR ST. 1858.
Evening star., 1951-09-11
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Is there in man bone that cor
responds to the wishbone of a fowl?-
D. H. c.
A. What is popularity called the wish
bone can be compared with the human
collarbones. In man these bones are
separate, but in birds they are Joined
at one end, no doubt because Of the
needs of fight.
Evening star., 1951-09-11

@. How much baggage are passengers
allowed to take free aboard a plane?
e. Y.
A. Forty pounds of baggage are al
lowed free of charge in the United
States and 66 pounds on foreign flights,
as general rule. There are excep-
tions.
@. Is there special term that sig
nif1es left-handed person?-W. T. E.
A. Sinistral is such term.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-18
fp;INRINEs RETURN FOR
 PARTING TOUR, NORTH

Two of Alaska's wellknown art ists. Mrs. Nina Crumrine and her daughter, Miss Josephine Crumrine, arrived in Juneau on the Denali Monday and will be at the Juneau hotel for the next two weeks.
 Mrs. Crumrine, whose paintings of Indian types in the Territorial museum are one of it's special at fractions, and her daughter, whose animal pastels are valued by all who own them, have been spending the winter in Seattle working in oils on studies they made in Fairbanks and Haines last summer.
 Their present plan is to complete their work and prepare for exhibits in New York next winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-18
CHARLES w. CARTER HAS
 SUNNY WINTER, CALIFORNIA

q had a wonderful time,-noth-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-18

ing but sunshine,' is the way Charles w. Carter described his trip of over two months in Calif- ornia.
 Most of the time away from AL aska was spent visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. Helen Carter, ir Alta dena, California.
 Now he is planning ways and means to help the Chamber of Commerce lure visitors to Alaska He was a Juneau passenger aboard the Denali. Some 147,O00 of Hong Kong's 2O00,o GOO population live in boats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-18
RADIO LOG
 IA I N Y Alaska Proadcasting Go. CBS - NEG DIAL I46O-JUNEAU

WEDNESDAY, EVENING .00-News 6:15-Dinner Music. 6:30-Billboard of Air. 6:45-Local News. 7:Oe-PABST PRIZE FIGHT
 CBS. 8:oO-ARTHUR GOFREY-CBS. 30-Teenage Quiz. 9:00-Alaska News. 9:15-Music. 9:3O-HAROLD PEARY-CBS. 10:00-News. 10:15-Sports Roundup. 10:30-W Weather. 10.35-Sign Off. THUHSuAl EIUKNING AMI
 AFTERNOON
 Sign on 7:00-Sunrise Serenade.
 .s.05-Local Weather.
 7:3o--News Summary.
 8:00-A.orning Thought.
 6:iG-News Headlines.
 S:25-Weather report. 9:O0--Music for the Missus. .3O-Weather report. 9:35-Trio Time. e:45-YOU AND WORLD-CBS. 1O:00-News. -Milady's Memo. :3O-Cavalcade of Music. 11:OO-GEORGE FISHER -CBS. 11:15-Iisteners' Digest. 11:3o-ARTHUR GODFREY-CBS. Forecasts. 12:O5-Salon Serenade. l2:l5-News. :3O-Pipes Of Melody. 12:45-RAD-O REPORTERS
 SCRATCH PAD-CBS. 1:Oo-TREASURY BANDSTAND-
 CBS. 1:3O-ST. LOUIS MATINEE
 CBS. 1:45-PICKENS PARTY-NBC. 2:o0-Symphony Hall. 3..0O-COCONUT GROVE
 ORCHESTRA-NBC. 3::3O-Parade of Hits. National Guard. 4:45-MEMO FROM LAKE
 SUCCESS CBS. 5:OO-BREAK THE BANK-NBC. :30-Women Voters. 5.45--Red Dog Daze. Program is subject to change without notice, due to circumstances 1a1-ot,I nllr rOntrO1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-18
CARNEGTES RETURN FOR
 SUMMER MONTHS HERE

MT. and Mrs. Claude Carnegie, former Juneauites who have moved to Oregon, returned on the Denali to spend the summer here.
 Previously owners of the Juneau Florists, the Carnegies have re- turned to Juneau each summer to assist in the operation of the bus mess they formerly owned.
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COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS

MAYOR GARDENs-open for in
ssTos SIS | to 5. Sunday. VCHA.
Ice, 1-bedrm. unit (full din. rm',
lge. lily. rm.. tile bath, fully equip,
elec. Kill possession. No 2-bedrm
UNITS avail. at this time. DRURY
66EALIY CORP. MI. 1000; ewes,
OF: 5761 or TW. 1871.
oNE OF THE largest cooperative
a2artments in the city is now avail
ale as an estate property. Located
IN an exclusive cooperative Just of
56th St; 1t consists of living room,
~ by 20. with woodworking IRE
pace dining room, Is by 16: IL
5rary tor bedroom; 3 bedrooms;
Dahns: kitchen and pantry. Three
enee!isnt exposures and good view
ere anorded: however. complete re-
no iiaaaoi is necessary. For ap-
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dence. MI 5000. 90
2 LARGE RMS, kit. bath, cross VEN
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hoOMY convenient, 4-room-and.
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HOUSES FURNISHED

ALEX. VA. Furnished house, G
rooms and bath; convenient to
school and bus; S125 mo. Call
TIE. 1922 go
REDEC., postwar. semi
Diet. brick house; avail immed. to
neat, responsible adult family with
no pets; 3 bedrms. tbsmt. is sep
apt, and not included; S125, incl
Wills. 4027 d st. Sc, VI. s9l2