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Evening star., 1951-10-31

to principles of government that were
fast becoming obsolete when Columbus
discovered America.
If Stain, with his party chiefs Qike
feudal overlords) and his nearly 200
million propertyless serfs, overruns
Europe. how could he then administer
this newly acquired territory with a
population density of nearly 400 to the
square mile using methods applicable
to country as sparsely settled as the
U. S. S. r.?
Suppose he occupies all of Europe
with the exception of the Scandinavian
and Iberian peninsulas and the British
Isles, he then will fall heir to all the
troubles of an army of occupation whose
concepts of administration are 500 years
out of date. What to do then?
From where will he get the steel, COAL
petroleum, aluminium, rubber, ETC., with
which to make war on the Western
World with its practically unlimited
resources in raw materials and trans
portation?
Once Stain has thrown down the
gage Of battle. so that his real inten-
tionS finally are manifest to even the
most stupid of appeaserS, how can he
avoid starvation when the Eurasian
continent, with sits relative paucity in
the things vital for existence in peace
and survival in war, is blockaded by the
rest of the world? Without the Allied
Nations landing a single man on the
Eurasian continent, except perhaps in
Asia Minor and Malaga, his pipe dream
might soon become a nightmare.
III. r. Smalley.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
ARLINGTON.

AEtLlIS1 1ON.
Dear Sir:
Your recent efforts to make us learn
to love and understand the pesky souir-
rels have somewhat softened my hard
heart.
Il am feeding them dog biscuits, which
have been rolled in discarded melted
fat and sprinkled with ground chick
feed.
ut is the cheapest form of nourish-
ment can afford. You don't suppose
1t will make them sick, do you!
Yours truly, E, N. L., a whole hearted
bird lover who can't bear to have them
disturbed"
One may wonder how one can love
birds in such a fashion.
To be disturbed, now and then,
whether bird or man. is a part of life.
In the forests, in the fields, where no
man-or woman-can see them, the
birds live perfectly natural lives, with
plenty Of disturbance.
The squirrels disturb them, the hum
ter disturbs them, the hunters dog
disturbs them, other birds disturb them.
Storms disturb them.
A poor bird would die of something
or other If it were not disturbed.
Life means disturbance.
To. take the disturbance out OF life
would be to make both men and birds
drool their way to oblivion.
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These have meanings for them.
A sound may save their lives.
In the home back yard. where so
many persons first learn of the birds,
it is very easy to become so interested
In them that one resentS the intrusion
OF squirrels into the scene.
But quite often it is another bird that
harms them.
Every now and then a sparrow hawk
will fly in, straight as an arrow, and
pick off some smaller bird.
A jay viii be bad actor, carrying off
baby wren for its dinner.
Surely these are not nice happenings,
these intrusionS into the perfect life, but
they are very natural, and they happen
at home as well as in field and forest
We are all natures witnesses. We see
the drama of life and death enacted
before our eyes, and at times we might
like to recast it and make it nearer to
the hearts desire, but the eternal God
says this is the way He planned it.
Acceptance is the keynote of life, love
and nature. Tt is necessary for us to
learn to accept because we must. It is
essential that we hold our heads high.
and not be too disturbed at disturb
ances. They, too, are part of all.
We must accept what life brings,
what love gives, what nature is. II we
do. we stand some chance Of being
happy.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
This and That
By Charles E. Troceweu

Many attempts have been made to
picture the perfect state of things.
Plato started it.
Universal peace was at the core.
Our greatest literature pictures the
lion and the lamb lying down together.
The dreams which make life worth
while are wonderful, beautiful.
To date, however. one sees very few
lambs and lions lying down together,
unless the lamb Is on the inside of the
lion
This seems to be the universal state
OF things, in which disturbances play
very decided part.
This resistance, as it may be called,
not only brings forth vital internal
juices, which help animals to stand and
fight, or leap and run, but also helps
them mentally. It is, in other words,
life.
Even the timidest person, once gal
vanized to resistance, often feels much
better after disturbance of some sort.
What has happened is that he func-
tionS for once as good animal, with
all his inhibitions and Illustrations left
behind for a moment.
Squirrels and other small animals
live. whether we like it or not, in q
constant state OF qui vive.
They are on the lookout for every
inimical sight. for every sound.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
Scratches Are NOTHING

Some one should tell John M Kauff-
mann what Indian summer really is like
Il am referring to his article on the
editorial page of The Evening Star, Sat-
urday. October 2D. City man, if your
reactions are physical only, take his ad-
vice and stay at home. But, if you can
experience sensations above the physical,
go out and enjoy these glorious autumn
days-Indian summer (Which I doubt
that this isl or not.
What are a few scratches? Do not
notice them. Follow Mr. Kaufman s
advice in one matter only: Get knowl-
edge of what poison sumac and poison
ivy look like before you pick any gaily
colored autumn leaves. But go to the
country. You will be rewarded by golden
sunshine, ozone, bird songs. gorgeous
colors and the JOY of being alive
So, city man, rise above your hide
and enjoy the good things nature offers.
I know what I am talking about. And
my hide is not tough either!
..- A Country Girl.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Goethe, in his ballad "The Sorcerers Ap-
prentice" tells of young mans dismay which
results from an attempt to use for his own ends
the power OF black magic. The theme, of course,
is broad. 1t describes mans use of something
he cannot quite understand and which, once
begun. grows beyond his power to STOP
In Goethe's story the apprentice of sorcerer
having observed his master at work with magic.
secretly enchants broomstick and orders 1t to
carry out his task of filling a tub with water.
But when the tub is filled, the broomstick does
not stop. Pleas, curses and even an attack
with an axe welded by the frenzied apprentice
fail to stop the strange servant in his mex
orable march with buckets brimming with water
Cries for help bring the sorcerer himself, who
orders the broom to its corner and tells it: "Only
answer, when for mine own ends want thee I
the master necromancer!"
A similar story, in real life was reported
from Paris recently when 27-year-old Robert
Cronillaud was found in his home screaming
Historically, Save mel" He had stolen a bottle
of streptomycin from laboratory in the hope
that the drug would be of help to his sick wife.
When he learned that the bottle was dangerous
he poured the contents of the bottle down the
drain and turned on the tap. To his horror
masses of jelly bubbles emerged and like a flood
overfowed the kitchen despite his frantic at
tempts to halt the tide Cronillaud fought the
flood throughout the night. The next day he
was apprehended by the police.
Scientists, who are much like sorcerers to
most of us, have brought to mankind countless
Evening star., 1951-10-31
When Prince Charming Visited u. S.

didn't wear. were burning topics, which
bring UP the climactic Academy of Music
ball at New York, where a beWildered
reception committeeman refused en-
trance to the Prince because he wore
the broad blue ribbon of the Order of
the Garter across his full dress waist
coat.
A red-hot, critical. election campaign
was in high gear when the Prince en-
tered the United States at Detroit, Sep
tember 20. 1860. The Nation stood on
the brink Of Civil War, but it paused to
give the Prince rousing welcome At
Philadelphia the Prince actually
marched in torchlight parade on the
night of Gov. Curtin's election, an event
that presaged Lincoln's elevation to the
Presidency.
Cities and towns on the Princes timer
ary worked themselves into a frenzy.
Reception committees blossomed like ex-
cited mushrooms while the fair sex
gasped out the sixty-four- dollar ques-
ton, who is going to dance with the
Prince?" Choosing the Princes part
ners required the wisdom of Solomon.
But for the most part the Prince picked
his own.
The Princes visit to the United States
originated in an invitation from Presi-
dent Buchanan, who. in June. 1860.
learned that the young man was plan
ming tour of Canada.
If there were one art of which James
Buchanan were master it was enter
tanning; and his lovely. blond niece and
first lady. Harriet Lane, was a perfect
hostess. Together they planned gala
round Of festivities for the royal visitor
whose special train reached Washington
on october 8, 1860.
At White House affair the Prince
ventured to suggest that he would enjoy
dancing. Here Old Buck was put to it.
A seasoned diplomat he sidestepped the
question by admitting that dancing was
delightful. harmless pasttime, but
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America Greets Her
Royul Guests

Princess and Duke, America extends
To you the tDelcome of a cordial hand:
You come to US today as gracious friends.
Bringing the good iDiu OF your father
land.
Our nations common heritage of pride
Has long tpithstood the testing of the
gears:
We haze opposed the forces that dipide,
Haze shared the hours OF turbulence
and tears.
oh, may our t,0o great lands across the
seas,
In mutual aims and purposes unite,
And, as the years become the centuries,
Lead all mankind in freedom and in
light
Accept this message from Or country's
heart
And bear it home NTH you Uhen you
depart.
lnez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1951-10-31
A Cordial Welcome

On June g. 1889, The Star commented that
the parents of Princess Elizabeth were among
friends on their visit to this city. The same
expression is appropriate today. Events of the
past IL years have served to bring the English
speaking communities of the world into closer
relationship than could have been imagined at
the time when King George vi and his Queen
came to Washington the first reigning sover-
eigns OF Britain to set foot in the United States.
History has confirmed an identity of interest,
mutually of hope, which Americans of all
classes share with the citizens of the common
wealth over which Princess Elizabeth is expected
TO preside. She symbolizes that tie
Perhaps it also may be said in truth that her
royal hlghneSS also represents the younger gen.
erationS to whom the future belongs She was
born and has grown to adult estate under stress
and strain as our American girls and boys have
been born and matured Her life has been sad
dened by war and revolution as theirs has been.
She is conscious of the imperilment of democratic
CIVILIZATION by rampant communism as they are
her experience and her aspiration are at one
with theirs. She longs for peace and freedom
as they do While she is here she will see thou
sands of young people with whom she has
natural kinship. The divinity that Shakespeare
said hedges royalty does not separate her from
the fellowship of her contemporaries She Is as
frankly and notably human as they are, and they
have as much at stake as She
The same observation, of course applies to
her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh He likewise
Is welcome to the Capital of the United States.
1t does not matter to Americans that he never
will occupy throne as a regnant monarch.
Indeed, he may be the closer to us because he
Is not hedged away by regal formality
In The Stars welcome to the Princess
parents on June 8. 1889, they were assured of the
spirit of cordial hospitality and mutual under
standing" while visiting in Washington. The
same pledge is given to Elizabeth and Philip to-
day. We all are glad to see them, and we wish
them every blessing. 4
Evening star., 1951-10-31
Suggests 'Anti-Gimme' Union

Those who think that the defeat of
the Socialists in the recent election in
England foreshadows the defeat Of the
Fair Dealers in the coming election in
America should remember that the So
cialist leaders Of England did not have
free access to the bountiful American
Treasury to distribute handouts" at
every crossroads, as the Fair Dealers do.
If President Truman runs again. he
will be reelected. Al Smiths famous
statement that You can't beat Santa
Claus" is Just about as true today as it
was the day he made it. The only hope
for defeat of the Fair Dealers would be
through well-organized coalition of
the conservatives of both parties 1t
might be that the combined "anti-gim-
mes of both parties could defeat the
"gimmies."
J. j. Sperry.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
The New Chairman

In succeeding William NJ Boyle, IT,. as chair
man OF the Democratic National Committee
Frank E. Mckinney will take on the difficult Job
OF gearing the partys none-too- smooth ma
chinery to next years crucial presidential cam
pagn The job will be the more difficult because
it will have to be carried out under the handicap
of hard factional feelings within the ranks
marked hostility toward Mr. Truman in the South
and widespread public reaction to evidences of
brazen impropriety and corruption on the part
of numerous individuals who have worked with
In the administration or been associated with it
on the outside
Whether Mr.. Mckinney has what 1t takes to
handle such task remains to be seen. Although
nominated by Mr.. Boyle with the Presidents
approval-a fact rejecting confidence in his
having more drive and ability than anybody else
available for the post-he has had little political
experience. A man of large business interests,
he has served his party effectively in Indiana
but he is newcomer to the hurly-burly of
national politics. That fact however, may be
in his favor because he may bring to the chair
nanship fresh approach at a time when the
Democratic organization seems definitely to need
fresh approach if only to achieve greater in
ternal unity and verve than it has now.
Mr.. Mckinney, for his own part, appears to
have been reluctant to become chairman, but he
finally consented to accept the post because it is
IAN honor few people can decline" His business
background his personality and the fact that
he is only Al years old indicate that he is equipped
to wear the honor well by working diligently and
vlgorouSly-even if against odds-to heal the riffs
within the party organization and make it go
al-out for victory in 1852. If he can do that he
will be doing all that any dyed-in- the-wool ad-
mniStration Democrat can rightly expect Of him.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
Tox Laws Cruel2

The present income tax laws are un-
just and cruel to motherless families
Fifteen months ago lost my wife,
ana 1t became necessary for me to
borrow money for proper funeral, and
hire housekeeper to care for my two
children while I was at work. I felt
certain that these expenses would be
largely deductible when filing my in
come tax return. However, the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue informs me
that funeral expenses are a personal
expense and that housekeepers are con-
sidered luxury.
wrote my Senators and Congress-
man, asking that sd dmething be done
Evening star., 1951-10-31
By Edword Boykin

LIS name and titles were Albert Ed
ward, Prince Of Wales. Duke Of
Saxony. Duke of Cornwall and Rothesy,
Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron Rem
freW, Lord Of the Isles and Great Stew
ard of Scotland. Quite an imposing
array.
Like his great-granddaughter Princess
Elizabeth in 1851. he fairly electrified
Canada and the United States on his
tour in 1860. He became King Edward
VII of England; she presumably one
day will be Queen Of the realm.
Albert Edward was the first heir ap-
parent to the British throne to visit
America. He also was the first flesh
and-blood prince ever to set foot on the
soil OF the United States. veritable
prince charming. 19. fair-haired, blue
eyed, with retinue of dukes and earls
to chaperon him. wardrobe of dazzling
uniforms and a smile that captivated.
His American journey in 1860 was her.
aided by blasts Of publicity that would
make even our modern publicists sit UP
and take notice. All that was lacking
was microphone hookup. That pro-
digious Snowman, P. T. Barnum, even
offered the prince two weeks stand at
his Museum on Broadway in New York.
AS for the Prince, he took it all in his
stride. He even wanted to be trundled
across Niagara Falls in a wheelbarrow on
a tightrope by the Frenchman Blondin,
who was thrilling the Nation with his
balancing feats. On tour in 1860 the
Prince Travelled incognito, but there was
little incognito about it, Every item of
his peregrinations was played up and
magnified. Ladies went into ecstasies
and swooned when he appeared, news
paper accounts said. The ladies even
invaded his bedroom when his aides re-
laxed their vigils and cut buttons from
his garments.
What he ate. what he wore, what he
Evening star., 1951-10-31
Letters to The Star

about law that Is contradictory and
unjust in the following respects: Cd
Premiums paid on health insurance that
includes death benefits are deductible.
yet no part of funeral expense is de-
ductiole If there is no insurance; co
cyclone or storm damages are deductibIe.
What bigger cyclone could strike man
than to lose wife and mother? Yet to
pay for the services of a housekeeper
that only partly compensates for this
loss, there is no deduction permitted.
I was assured that there was merit
IN the suggested tax changes as out
lined and my concerns were referred
to the Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation. The committees
chief Of staff wrote that funeral ex-
penses, if it is deemed desirable to do
so. could be added to the list of extraor-
dinary expenses which are allowed as
deductions" but that regarding the
housekeeping expense deduction there
is the problem as to who should be
allowed such a deduction To my best
knowledge the tax committee remains
uncertain, and perhaps unconcerned,
about the funeral expenses, and 1t must
find insurpountable the problem of de-
Gliding who should be allowed" house
keeper expenses.
How can our lawmakers be so heart
less as to punish motherless home by
allowing $500 less deduction (no
spouse), not permitting deductions for
salary and board of housekeeper, and
adding a tax on the housekeeper's
salary? In other words, home which
has suffered its greatest loss is allowed
to keep less money. but is expected to
pay out more money, and Is taxed for
doing so.
Michael E. Hernick.
Clinton, Md
Evening star., 1951-10-31
'ts
No Early Withdrawal

In view OF the resumed truce talks, many
Americans may be thinking the wishful thought
tnat the day may soon come when all our forces
Will be Withdrawn from Korea. General Collins
Army Chief OF Staff, has therefore spoken to
the point IN warning that after an armistice is
agreed upon-asSuming that it will be agreed
upon-large numbers of our troops will still
have to stay or guard over there for consider
able period of time. The same holds true for
our air and naval personnel.
Actually, even with truce firmly established
many months may have to pass before our
American and allied United Nations forces will
be able to undertake large-scale withdrawal.
Before there can be such withdrawal, there Will
have to be conditions guaranteeing against
renewal OF aggression by the Communists and
opening the way for decent and enduring peace
settlement under which Korea will be secure
from being dragged behind the Iron Curtain
In and Of ITSELF an armistice- though urgently
needed to stop the fighting and dying-will not
be guarantee strong enough to make 1t safe
tor the U. N. to pull out.
What General Collins has said is a repetition
of a similar warning issued when the talks began
last summer. High hopes are altogether pre-
mature at this time. After all, cease-fire has
yet to be worked out. We must first catch the
rabbit before we can make the stew Militarilv
politically and otherwise it is academic even to
think about getting out of Korea until an armi-
stice is negotiated. And when and if we reach
that point, lot of difficulties will still remain
to be lroned out before big withdrawal can
safely be made. An early American homecoming
Is not in sight. The hard fact cannot be wished
away.
Evening star., 1951-10-31
The Weaknesses of Stolin

Is Russia communistic or feudalistico
MARKHAM or Machiavellian? Louis XIV
said: The state? I am the state"
Does the ubiquitous picture of Stain
need similar legend below it? Is COM
munism an experiment in new ideas or
return to the feudalism that antedated
King John and the Magma Charta?
History records that Jean jacques
Rousseau was thief, procurer, a
glgolo and a parasite. After years of
living of succession of well-t to-do
widows he finally married an unattrac-
tive woman by whom he had five chill
dren, each of whom he abandoned on
the doorstep of founding asylum.
Yet he later wrote the best book of his
day on the rearing of children! He
coined the motto Liberty, Equality and
Fraternity" and his writings helped
bring about the French Revolution IL
years after his death.
just as Rousseau wrote book on the
rearing of children, with little back
ground for his theme. so did Karl Marx,
one OF natures poverty stricken incom-
petentS, incorporate his warped and
twisted plants in "Das Kapital"
BY what trick of fate were his writ
ings made the basis of a return to
feudalism and serfdom and the institu-
ton of modern Ivan the Terrible on
the throne of the Romanoffs, with
despotic power that lets Ivan be posed
as national hero to the Russians of
today? The French Revolution went
forward; the Russian went into reverse.
Russia is an inexplicable anachronism:
Nearly 200 million people, living in an
area OF over 82 million square miles
with population density of only about
half that of the United States and
about one-ninth that of Western Europe
1t is ruled by one of the cruelest deSpots
that ever has lived. He rules according
Evening star., 1951-10-31

beneficial things. But 1t is the fear of humanity
that, in ulwise or ignorant hands, these things
will work to our own dismay and horror Such
varied things they may be: enchanted broom
sticks or miracle drugs or atomic bombs.
Evening star., 1951-10-31

there could be none Of 1t in the White
House. Why? Because the White
House belonged to the Nation and the
American people. many of whom disap-
proved the light fantastic, might not,
understand.
Next day Harriet Lane took the
Prince under her wing for round of
Washington. She even whisked him off
to fashionable girls school where he
played game of tenpins with a bevy
OF excited young ladies.
The tradition still persists that the
Prince, one evening, eluded his watchful
aides, slipped out Of the White House
and made the rounds Of the Washington
hotspots-but it's only a tradition. On
October the Prince went on solemn,
journey to Mount Vernon where he
planted chestnut tree (no longer
living) beside the grave of George
Washington. It was an impressive scene
the tall. venerable. white-haired Pres
ident and the youthful, slender Prince
standing at the tomb Of the man whose
sword had cut the United States loose
from the grip OF King George III.
The Princes magic carpet carried him
to Detroit, to Chicago, to St. Louis
where he ate buffalo tongue with 100,-
900 people who came to welcome him:
to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg,
and Richmond. At Philadelphia he
SAT in the chair in which John Han
cock had signed the Declaration Of
Americas Independence of Great Brit
ain. At New York came the historic
Academy of Music ball to which 5000
inv fol ttit
dancing floor collapsed and the Prince
narrowly escaped injury.
At West Point the cadets put on their
very best show for him. Tradition has
it that he asked for and received am
nesty for several dozen cadets under
going punishment tours. He presumably
established this custom which other
royal visitors have followed since.
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