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Soldier Presidents
Thoughtful.

All right, so Radical Young Republic
can abhors the thought of ANY mill
tary man" being elected President. He
calls on Heaven to help us in that case.
For the information of Radical Young
Republican. some facts of life should be
pointed out:
Whoever is elected President will be
Commander in Chief OF the Army and
Navy. That means he will be top mill
tary man of the country, whatever prior
military experience he has had. or none.
Any man desirous of being President
is we'll aware of the military C-in-C-
ship as being one of the most important
powers he would assume, and must have
some military ideas of how he would
WELD it, unless he is added in the head.
Senator Taft, for instance, has his own
military views of how the armed forces
should be constituted. Of how they
should be distributed globally and how
used, quite as much as il he had gone
to West Point and studied at all the
staff and command colleges. So, pre-
sumably. have all others mentioned for
tile presidency. including Vice President
Barkley and Chief Justice Vinson. If
they haven't any military ideas and
don't know what they would do with
the Commander in Chiefship if they got
it. they should withdraw their names
with great celerity.
The great militarists of the past
century have not been professional
soldiers. They have been Corporal
Hitler and "Generalissimo' Stain, Edi-
tor Mussolini and Lawyer TOTO, Bis
marck and Cecil Rhodes, Farmer Mao
and Pamphleteer Trotsky Even Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, the amateur catboat
sailor and model-ship collector, OBJ
viously fancied himself as a great sea
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Corruption Came, Saw and Conquered
By Robert K. WoIsh

THE fall of ancient Rome is rising
l. again as modern omen. Long a
classic example of what could happen
here. the story of the decline and dis
integration of the grandeur that was
Rome sounds disturbingly up-to-date.
The faster-moving goth Century could
profitably reflect on the days between
the first Romulus of 753 BIC. and the
final Emperor Romulus Augustulus of
476 AID. Many of the causes of the
collapse are as obvious as the unoriginal
observation that Rome wasn't built in
day and its power and glory didn't
cave in over night.
And there's no harm in flying in the
face of the axiom that the greatest
lesson to be learned from history is that
most peoples seldom learn the lessons
Of history. Books have been written to
stretch often partisan parallels between
such things as the dread and circuses"
policy of that old order and some pro-
grams Of the New Deal or Welfare State.
More to the point was the recent
statement Of Catholic bishops citing a
similarity between conditions / 500 years
ago and today in such matters as bar
barism on the outside and refined mas
terialism and moral decay within"
Historians differ on certain basic
causes of the fate of Rome's civilization
and government. But reader today,
scanning even the barest outline of his
tory may well look around with start
and murmur. This is where I came in"
Horatius at the bridge was not the
only one who stood for lofty ideals of
personal and civic morality. Unfor-
tunately the seeds OF Rome's ultimate
downfall started cropping up in the
Republic that followed the ousted Tar
quins in 500 BIC.
A genuine high degree of "disinter-
ested patriotism" and "civic virtue" be-
gan to give way under class and party
struggles and costly wars which widened
the dominion and brought great wealth.
1t also brought more slaves, poverty,
one-sided luxury. and vast rivalries be-
tween politicians adept in prescribing
enemies. buying up dissenters, and pla-
eating the plebians with plenty of public
shows and handouts.
All the vice. venality and corruption
didn't center in Catiline, despite the
big Senate probe spearheaded by Cicero.
But 1t had gained sufficient ground to
pave the way for a comparatively easy
crossing of the Rubicon by Julius Caesar.
Then came the demise Of the Republic
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Insured Motorists

A further statement about compulsory
automobile insurance, as disapprovingly
discussed by Aviator Bruch. might clear
up couple of misunderstood points. To
believe that such a law is intended
chiefly to make operators responsible for
the safe operation of automobiles is to
miss the point. This proposed law is not
designed, per Sc, to regulate driving
standards, nor is it an accident preven-
tion measure. 1t has but one purpose.
Its object is solely to guarantee that
every person injured in an auto accident
will be able to satisfy the legal judgment
he may obtain after proving that the de-
fendant was negligent, and that he was
not contributively negligent. If, as an
incident to the administration of such a
law, poor drivers are eliminated in one
way or another, this is but secondary
result. There are plenty such laws on
the books now, aimed at controlling, dis
ciplining. and slowing down drivers.
Additional safety laws are rot reeded-
merely iron-fisted enforcement OF the
present ones.
Mr.. Bruchs reasoning that an insured
driver will be more careless than an un-
insured one is rather circuitous sophis-
try, based on no known figures or
accepted principles of logic or human
conduct. What is important is that just
Evening star., 1951-12-03

in history" Love Of money. while per-
haps not the root Of all evil in Rome,
played an increasingly hard and heavy
role. BY the time of the Emperor Dio-
cletian about 800 AID. the fiscal and tax
systems were not only oppressive and
discriminatory but also destructively
wasteful in propping up weak rulers and
building up magnificent but often un-
necessary public works.
The day-and night-life Of the
upper-crust Romans in the empire is
vividly, If incompletely, known to mod
ern movie-goers.
Meanwhile. the population was de-
creasing. the poor freeman was little
better off than the slave. farm land was
being ruined. and the whole empire was
like large luxuriant garden running
to seed" Military power withstood the
downward trend for long time but the
gradual filling of the imperial legions
with barbaric tribesmen developed fifth
columns which eventually added to the
wreck Of Rome
The overall record seems to show that
1t was the corruption Of Rome that
came. saw and conquered Rome.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Letters to The Star

about the time my original suggestion
was published. District Commissioner
Donohue publicly discussed the proposed
change in the present financial RESPONSE
bility law and offered as proven statis-
tic that the injured victim of an auto
accident has approximately but one
in-three chance Of getting his judgment
satisfied. Ergo. about two out of three
cars are uninsured, and two out of three
accidents are caused by uninsured auto
mobiles; which conclusions follow, if
only syllogistically.
1t is further submitted that the pres
ent financial responsibility" law is in
strumental to only negligible degree in
compelling defendants to pay up damage
judgments which have been entered
against them, where they had no liza
bility insurance to begin with Again
We say the District would do we'll 20 take
the lead in this matter. Both neigh
boring States. because Of the great VOL
ume of overlapping interstate traffic,
could not help but join in
Thoughtful.
Evening star., 1951-12-03
Questions and Answers

the stars readers can get the answer TO
any question of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau 1900 I street
NV, Washington s. d. c., and inclosins e cents
return postage or by telephoning ST. 1863.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How many Orders of Knighthood
are there in the British Empire, and
which ranks the highest?-K. T.
A. There are nine the most important
being the Order of the Garter. The
others in order Of precedence are: The
Thistle, st. Patrick, the Bath, the Star
Of India, st. Michael and st. George,
the Indian Empire, the Royal Victorian
Order and the British Empire.
Q. From what ports in the United
States is most Of the mail to foreign
countries shipped?-K. H.
A. About 73 per cent was dispatched
from New York in fiscal 1851, about IA
per cent from New Orleans. per cent
from San Francisco, per cent from
Philadelphia and the balance from other
ports such as Boston, Miami, Seattle, etc.
Evening star., 1951-12-03

to-face conferences with the States trial magis-
trates in recent months.
If the courts will not take seriously the
continued slaughter of men, women and children
on the public highways, something ought to be
done to correct the defect A law making Jail
sentences mandatory in major cases of traffic
irresponsibility is drastic remedy, but the grow
ing toll of dead and injured in highway crashes
calls for drastic action.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
The ORIGINAL HOPALONG

nent possession by threatening
to snitch to the newspapers.
FAHE, RANK ROLL and lurid
publicity were not the only things
that rocketed for Buffalo Bill as he
approached the autumn of his Ca
reer. The intrepid scouts taste for
a wee sma' drop became almost in
satiable. But. according to Author
Gene Fowler. ''the good Colonel
remained the handsomest fellow
of his time, and no amount of hard
liquor could bloat his stalwart
figure. or keep him from stirring
the hearts of Kickapoo squaws and
Mayfair duchesses. To hold him
back, Cody's manager made him
sign a contract restricting him to
"ten glasses of whisky" a day.
The Colonel soon found he
had exhausted his quota by
IL o'clock every morning.
A WISE EDITOR solved his di-
lemma. There's nothing in the
contract that says how big those
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in knee pants in 1910 knows
that could only refer to one
man Buffalo Bill. His real
name was Colonel William Fred
erick Cody, a rootin' -tootin' sol
dier and scout who began his
career with the Pony Express.
ug 1857, he made a contract with
the Kansas Pacific Railway to
supply their laborers with as much
{, buffalo meat as they could posi-
bly, eat. In the ensuing l8 months
he shot 1880 buffaloes, and found
himself with a nickname by which
he always will be remembered.
He promptly organized n
Wild West show, and toured i'm
triumph all the way from
Omaha, Neb., to Paris, France.
WMEg H CANGE to homage
from the small fry. Buffalo Bill
made Hopalong Cassidy look like
a piker. The youngsters insisted
upon reasonable facsimiles of the
buckskins and peari-gray SOM
breros sported by their hero. Their
only regret was that they couldn't
grow a pointed beard like his.
The Colonel took this adora-
ton with becoming modesty.
SsMy one objection to the little
Monsters" he admitted, sis
that they get i'm for half price,"
TO PLEASE the kids at the first
matinee ever played by Wild
West show in New York, the
Colonel announced that he was
going to give as door prize full
set of cowboy regalia to a boy
who held the lucky ticket. By an
amazing coincidence, Che winner
turned out to be the son of the
general manager of the show. Una
ware of this bit of hokus-pokus,
the audience reacted so favorably
he decided to repeat the act at
succeeding natinees.
This plan was abandoned
when the ungrateful recipient
of the equipment refused to
give it back and won perma-
Evening star., 1951-08-05
COL CODY: He had q
wee ssno' weakness. ).

ten glasses must be-" he pointed
out. The Colonel whooped with
joy and rushed out to buy 10 huge
beer seidels. When a Denver judge
ruled that he was within his
rights, the Colonel offered him a
couple of passes for his show.
That night he swung his
lassO with such deadly effect
he rOped three calves, seven
Indians, a lemonade vendor
and the wife of the mayor.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
k@sm uuAa
for eIeaner, I,eolshier teeth!

of your smile-and helps prevent tooth
decay. And how that sparkling Ipana
taste and tingle refresh your mouth,
sweeten your breath! Get Ipana today.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

Life itself sparkles for those with a
sparkling smile-that's so true! Use
Ipana, and see for yourself. Ipana gets
teeth cleaner, uncovers the full sparkle
Evening star., 1951-08-05

TW MANY an
IL Oldster the
current mania
for HopalOng
Cassidy brings
to mind s<the
greatest cowboy
who ever lived
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&Hw @#Am0@aa67r

From U pper
North W e st
Washington, Sill
yer Spring and
Bethesda, drive
to Peace Cross,
out post Upper
Marlboro on SOL
ONIONS lslond d
Rood thru Prince
Frederick for IS
miles, left at
Drum Point
Beech sign.
From Downtown
W him
S o u t h e a S I,
Southwest, or
Vireinio over
SouFh conifoI
Street bridge on
SuitIond Porkwoy
to Upper Morl-
boro, on Solo
mons Isl d n d
Road, thru Prince
Frederick for IS
miles, left at
Drum Point
Beech sign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey
l%SS = 4uls
SA1tANS
| NEE

of the most beautiful in the world.
IA strip of land in a verdant river
valley with steep slopes, moderate
Elevations and mild climate, with
abundant rainfall. There are few
homes. 1t was once the ancient belt
lying between the highland Indians
and the lowland forest tribes, later
.reverting to a no-man's land. This
quiet area appealed to the tribe of
pacarana. The numbers did not
greatly increase. Not so far away
their foes, the ocelots, COATS and
man occasionally hunted the giant
rodent. On the whole, the tribe led
"a peaceful existence.
Natives acquired a liking for
pacarana meat. Their trained dogs
can easily capture the rodent, So
the numbers are decreasing and it
now appears that Dinomys in the
near future will become extinct.
Indeed, he is even now listed as one
of the vanishing mammals of
South America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
Pacarana of Peru.

Pacaranas are the most unpre-
ldictable rodents of South America
Known to scientists as "Dinomys"-
terrible mouse-this diversified ro-
dent was unknown until 1873. It is
about 2 feet long, wears coarse
fur coat of rusty black which is
Istreaked and spotted with white on
back and sides. He has a well-de-
Iveloped tail. Many claim he resem-
bles the paca and many actually
call him the false paca." The fair
sized tail is a sure sign he is not a
Ipaca. Actually he does resemble q
giant guinea pig and also our East
Iern woodchuck.
Throughout the day the small
beast is active. When eating he
holds his food between his front
feet, squirrel-style; settles himself
comfortably on his broad launches
and nibbles away on his treat, pref
Ierably raw potato since this ami
NAL is vegetarian.
Those which have been made pets
waddle about f1at-footed, bear style.
AS they move about they grunt
peacefully at the approach of visi-
tors. This salutation is also with
the hope Of being petted. Appar-
emily these animals never get
enough affection and to be petted
land Struggled is almost too much
for their grateful heart to take.
The pacarana'S homeland Is one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
Protest Vacations

Protesting that higher prices
for farm products were "hope-
lessly inadequate" the Ulster
Farmers Union, In Ireland, said
they could not afford to grant
workers 14-day vacations with
pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
NEWS QUIZ
A One-Minute Test OF Your
NeUs knowledge
By Tom Henry

By Tom Henry
1. HELP - Why is the
United States giving financial
| aid to develop agricultural and
industrial activities in the
Near East?
2. LUCKY - How many dis
placed persons have been re-
settled by the International
Refugee Organization?
3. DISTAFF - Where In
South America did women
vote for the first time last
week?
4. PIGSKIN - Georgia
Tech has accepted a bid to
play in the Orange Bowl jan
uary /. Where is the Orange
Bowl?
5. QUOTES - To what did
Russia's Foreign Minister VII
shinsky refer when he said:
Il could hardly sleep all night
last night because I could not
keep from laughing?
Answers.
!. To combat communism
by raising the standard of liv-
ing in the Arab countries and
Israel. 2. The millionth ar
rived in the United States
from Czechoslovakia last week
to settle in Texas. 3. Argen-
tina-where Juan D. Peron
was reelected for another g.
year term. 4. Miami, Fla.
S. The Western disarmament
plan presented to the U. N.
General Assembly in Paris.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-"
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The
C%nr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
Contract Bridge
washington, D. G..
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1851

Dy GoStSy UtoCkWOoO
Let's follow Mr.. Champions rea.
soning as he counted this hand tt
determine how to play the diamonds
sutton which the success of the
contract depended.
East dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
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WEST EAST
fMr. Abel (Mrs. Keen)
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The bidding:
East South West North
1heart 1spade 2hearts 2 spades
3hearts 3spades Pass 4spades
ALI pass
Mr.. Abel's opening lead was the
deuce of hearts. He had raised
hearts so it was certain the deuce
was not singleton. He had OBJ
viously led his smallest heart and
that meant he either had four of
the suit or three to the queen.
A low heart was played from
dummy and Mrs. Keen won with
the queen. This made it clear that
Mr.. Abel had started with four
small hearts.
Ace Takes Trick.
At trick two Mrs. Keen laid down
the ace of hearts and Mr.. Cham
pion ruffed. He played the king of
spades and Mr.. Abel won. The
queen of clubs was returned and
Mrs. Keen took the trick with the
ace and led back q club.
Taking this trick with the king,
Mr.. Champion cashed the jack Of
spades, picking up Mr.. Abels last
trump and on this trick Mrs. Keen
showed out, discarding a heart.
Another suit was counted. Mrs.
Keen was now known to have
started with six heart and one spade
so that she had a total Of six cards
In the minor suits.
Two illnesses.
Next Mr.. Champion led his last
club and trumped it on the board,
Again Mrs Keen showed out, drop
ping another heart. That gave the
complete count. Six hearts, one
spade and two clubs totaled nine
cards. Therefore, Mrs. Keen had
exactly four diamonds which meant
that Mr.. Abel had only one.
With this valuable information,
Mr.. Champion cashed dunmy's king
of diamonds, then led a small one
and f1nessed his nine with full as
surance that the nine would win
The queen of spades furnished an
other entry to dummy for a second
diamond finesse.
It's easy to count hands when
your opponents are considerate
enough to show out of several suits
as in this deal. But remember.
they aren't always so kind.
(Copyright. 1851, General Features Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-20
Word Game
Find 80 or more words in
SHAMBLE,

. H n N1 ID II II,
meaning, ito shuttle along" Aver
age is 81: limit, IS minutes.
Rules--Words must be of four or ore
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of S." such as bats a
cats" are not used. Only one form Of a
Woro is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to JUVENILITY.
tilt, jute, until, unity, unite unit, unite
unit. veil, vein. vent. vile, vine, envy
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-05-24
American Little Habits Differ Widely
From Those Elsewhere Guest Finds

Impressions of America upon a
Britisher start with the bigness of
everything here, from the size of
the country itself, to our indus
trial plants, and even down to our
songbirds, as told by H. Stuart
Holden in a talk to the Mems Club
of the East Cleveland Congrega-
tional Church last Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. Holden an E.C.A. represen-
tative, is studying in the gradu-
ate division of Case Institute of
Technology, already holding his
engineering degree from the Uni
versity of Glasgow. Last summer,
he and fellow Britisher toured
the United States to the Pacific
Coast, going both northern and
southern routes, and visiting in
dustrial Detroit and government
reclamation projects in the west.
Another impression almost as
vivid is the high spirit of incentive
of enthusiasm and the attitude of
Workmen here as compared else
where.
A third impression associated
with the other two is that Of the
quality of our newspaper writing,
which, while it does not differ en-
tirely from that found in England,
seemed to him more unrestrained
here.
The essentially friendly relation
ship between the two countries was
stressed as offsetting the little re-
sentiments that show among groups.
Without entering upon a defense Of
everything British, Mr.. Holden did
mention the large commitments all
over the world in the days of the
Empire, and the sacrifices now be-
ing made in Korea and in the econ
omy at home. In spite Of the larger
similarities, Mr.. Holden said that
in little ways Of social customs and
habits of speech he found more
differences in the United States
than he had found in any other
country he had visited, and he has
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-05-24
Honor The Dead
Don't Join Them
Warns Weaver

Honor the dead don't join
them!"
This was the grim warning Is
sued today by H. S. Weaver, Chief
of Police in urging motorists who
are taking a trip over Memorial
Day to exercise common sense eau
tion when driving.
Chief Weaver laid particular
emphasis on checking the condition
of lights, brakes, tires and steering
mechanism before undertaking
Memorial Day trips.
"a little precaution may save
motorists the pain and financial
loss of an accident over the holi-
day." Chief Weaver said. "That
makes this sort of inspection-an
occasional car check-just about
the cheapest, best insurance that
a motorists can have.
Memorial Day." he added, sis
the time when we pause to honor
all the dead who have given their
lives to protect America through
out it's history. But we should also
pause on Memorial Day to give
some thought to all those who are
needlessly killed in traffic acci-
dents.
"a life saved Is worth a little
extra courtesy, caution and COM
nonsense"
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-05-24

travelled over much of the world.
An election of officers for the
year 1951-1952 brought the re-elec-
ton of David Davies, 1864 Here
ford I'd. as president and the
choice of James Bateman as vice
president, of Alan Cooke as secre-
tary, and of Don Green as treas
urer.
The Mems Club in conjunction
with the Woman's Association of
the church is sponsoring a photo
graph contest open only to ANA
teurs to secure new photographs
of the church building to be used
in publicity work for the church.
The contest will close on June 9Th
The June meeting of the Club
will be a picnic.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-05-24
Constitutional
Convention Is
League Hope

Revision Of the Ohio Constitu-
tion was the current agenda, or
action program, adopted by the
convention of the League of Wo-
men Voters of Ohio held in Colum-
bus May Is, 16, and II. Action for
the year is to be concentrated in
two fields; working for favorable
vote in November 1852 on the
question of calling a constitutional
convention; and continuing the
study of the constitution with
special emphasis on the executive
branch.
Only four of Ohio's twenty two
Congressional districts are with
out an organized League within
the district, provisional Leagues
having been formed within the last
year in Lima, in the fifth district,
and Marion in the 9Th district.
Presently the membership in the
Leagues of Women Voters in the
state numbers 6978.
Only light moment in the
Leagues usual hard-working con-
vention was the tea at the Cover
nor's mansion on Wednesday after
noon, May 16, when the delegates
were received by Mrs. Frank j.
Lausche, wife of Ohio's governor.
For the occasion the state silver
was taken from the safes where it
stays most of the year - being
used only once twice each year.
Engraved with the great seal of
the State of Ohio, it added much
to the beauty of the occasion.
Guest speaker at the annual
banquet held Wednesday evening
was DR.. Jefferson B. Fordham,
dean of the college of law at Ohio
State University, who spoke on
Ohio's Constitution.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-05-24
Recent Births

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph O..
Laubler, 1745 Eddy rd., a boy, Mark
Alan, May 18th.
Born to. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C.
Cuccia, 1888 Lakefront, a girl,
Carol, May 18th.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
H. Kubach, 14715 Terrace rd., a
boy, Dwight Arnold, May 18th.