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Evening star., 1951-08-13
Legislator Who Leqis|otes- s-QuietIy
By Robert K. Walsh

TENIAL James Prioleau Richards is
~ good reason why the House For
eign Affairs Committee is making more
than a ripple in international waters
usually churned by it's mightier con-
gressional counterpart, the Senate For
eign Relations Committee.
Precedents can be cited for his part
in gaining more recognition for the
House group of which he became chair
man last May But his methods and
progress are certainly unusual under
the circumstances.
This likeable, good-looking, 56-year-
old South Carolina lawyer. a Demo-
cratic member of the House since 1888,
is an avowed middle -grounder. He dis
likes shouting and demanding and view
ing with alarm. And he fights shy Of
being "colorful."
Representative Richards, nevertheless,
has done some highly important speak
ing and recommending and forward
looking in recent weeks. His outWardly
easy-going manner does not hide quail
tiles of energy and determination as
we'll as tact and a degree of independ-
ence from partisan or sectional pres
Sures.
AS for "celor," it is true he won't
let the homespun wear too thin. Be
hind his engaging grin there was some
thing of hurt look when he pleasantly
protested recently against news stories
describing him as tobacco chewing
chairman" He moved to strike out the
words tobacco chewing as being
neither accurate nor germane.
Moreover-though probably it is not the
height of diplomacy to mention 1t at
this momentum. Richards was the first
man in history to become head OF the
Foreign Affairs Committee after literally
losing his pants in Spain.
That's really non-sequitur and surely
carries no symbolism. The theft OF his
trousers plus $4,000, happened two years
ago while he and several other investi-
eating congressman slept in Barcelona
bound train.
Yet. there's something significant
about the way Mr.. Richards rose above
that trying occasion, with good nature
intact and international good will un-
strained.
When Mr. Richards came to Wash
ington from Lancaster. S. c., where he
had been probate Judge, he probably
was the last to suspect that one day ne
would sit at the head of the long table
in the House Foreign Affairs Committee
room.
His overseas contacts had been mainly
military In 1917, few days after the
United States went into World War l,
he also went in as a private. He came
out in 1919 as lieutenant who had
served with a trench mortar battalion
in France.
While his principal legislative pursuits
centered on measures to extend farm
Evening star., 1951-08-13
West Point

West Point has rendered a very spe-
of the Pershings, the Eisenhowers. the
Bradleys, and the MacArthurs. We, OF
the Regular Veterans Association of the
United States, having examined care
fully the facts presented to us by our
free press, realize that the honor sys-
TEN has had many honorable accom-
plishments. However. we must also
recognize its weakness.
l have been asked by my staff to make
these recommendations: First, approach
the problem with charitable Christian
thinking towards these lads; second.
approve severe but just reprimand;
third, restore the cadets to service SO
that they may become useful citizens
and leaders in the armed forces. Our
recommendations are made with the
foresight to retain for this Nation the
wisdom, strength and courage that
these cadets have otherwise shown.
A greater consideration confrontS us.
1t involves those accused graduates who
have already proved their merit in Ko-
rea, where some of the accused OF
former classes have made the supreme
sacrifice in the defense of their demo-
cratic ideals. The conservation of their
lives was to help to keep the light CT
democracy burning everywhere. We
cannot now fail them or their families.
Frank B. Gigliotti,
National Commander, Regular Vet
erans' Association.
got little upset reading Lowell Mel
let's opinion that the West Pointers
who departed the honor system had
rough deal and should be allowed an
other examination, and Senator Welker'S
statement that he did not like this
long haired type of education" and II
love the American athlete .. and will
help him forever to overcome his mis-
takes"
Perhaps both of these crusaders for
courses leading to ethical rot and dis
integration of whatever national charac-
ter may be left should be reminded of
a couple of beliefs long cherished by
honest-to-God Americans:
When a compromise is made with
honor, it ceases to be honor. Wh>>s
honor and politics conflict, honor is
to be pursued. for thereby is pointed
the direction Of the Nation.
Scoop Shutz.
Blasting the lives of 80 West Point
cadets is a crime. II not fit for West
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ByChorIes E. TroceWeN

The chat is much larger. 1t is about
the size of a cardinal whereas the
yellow-t throat is warbler, about Az
inches long.
The yellow throat seems to peer at you
from the bushes, a charming fellow If
there ever was one. He is not, of course,
confined to Maryland, despite his name.
Maryland is the only State with one
bird named after its chief city (the
Baltimore oriole) and another after the
State itself.
The black across the eyes of the chat
more resemble a bandage than mask.
The name chat comes from fancied
link between its ordinary song and the
chattering of humans or monkeys.
Some persons are repulsed by mon
keys, also by bats and snakes. There is
an old argument here, whether such
dislikes are really natural, or whether
they are the result of early training.
Some persons certainly show no fear OF
snakes, are even fascinated by them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes the elder wrote
a story about this. 1t is called Elsie
Venner," and is we'll worth looking up.
Elsie would have been under a psychia-
trist's care today. but they knew moth
ing about such matters then and she
was simply regarded as queer" salts
flying word applied to anything or any,
body they didn't understand. The
world has grown up since then and we
have many new words such as "reac-
tionary," Republican" banker"
"neurotic," "iaolationist," etc.
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This and That

known about the animal factor, So
called, about minerals, and about vita
Minis.
This knowing is the essential knowing
of their lives, for without it they could
not survive.
To say that natural selection is the
answer is mildly absurd. Without this
knowledge, yes, they would not have
survived where so many giant reptiles
failed of survival. But how did they
get the knowledge? Just by trial and
error? 1t would seem, offhand, that
there would be too much error in such
a system, but evidently not.
At any rate, the birds are here and
they serve up high protein foods to
their children and these foods make
them grow at a prodigious rate, so that
in few weeks they are larger than
their parents.
These large fluffy babies are one of
the sights of the summer lawn.
Not only do the parents feed their
own, but they often devote themselves
to feeding the babies of other species.
The cowbird babies, as we'll as the
startling young, are experts at getting
handouts" from other bird mothers.
1t is no unusual sight in our suburban
acres to see small sparrow mother
ramming worms down the throat of
young cowbird.
Another species that may be con-
fused with the Maryland yellow throat
is the yellow-breasted chat,
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Tenants Rights
Progress.

There appears to be widespread, err
roneous impression among D. C. tenants
who have been assessed the 20 per cent
raise to the maximum rent ceiling that
application by landlords for this rent
hike is mandatory and there is no re-
dress by tenants
The act makes it clear that any ten
ant has right to petition the admins
traitor of rent control that he is not re-
ceiving the minimum service standard
or that the maximum-rent ceiling ap-
pllcable to his housing accommodations
is unduiy high, and that he is entitled
either to have his minimum service
standard maintained or reduction in
the maXimum-rent ceiling to compen-
safe for decreased service. Such petitions
must be made within As days after date
of filing of an application by the land
lord for the maximum ceiling or
the landlords application will auto
matically become the tenants rental.
Tenant.
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Mickey's Eyes

People who are discouraged about the pres
ent state of the world ought to knoW-and to
think-about Mickey's eyes
He was the five-year- son of Michael and
Dorothy Moonan and lived in a veterans housing
project at Jamaica, Long Island, New York.
Playing with other youngsters, he found some
kerosene. The kids realized that it would burn
if a match were applied. moment later
Mickey'S clothing was afire. His screams brought
a passerby, who smothered the flames with
rug But Mickey died three hours afterward in
a neighborhood hospital. And that we'll might
have been the end of his pathetic little story.
His mother however was not content to let him
go so easily She decided that Mickey should
have life in the lives of others. With her hus-
bands consent, Mrs. Moonan gave her boys eyes
to the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, similar
to the Eye Bank agency at the Episcopal Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital here.
Two unknown friends of Mickey will see as
the result of his parents thought of them in
Perhaps they never will know whose eyes they
use. 1t does not matter very much. The point
that merits mention here and now is that Mickey
and his mother and father, the surgeons and
the Eye Bank staff and even the benefciaries
of their collaboration are parts of the solution
of the problems and troubles of mankind. It is
by processes such as they represent that civiiza-
tion will be saved from destruction. The times
are out of joint, evil is riding roughshod over
the world, yet there is cause to hope and to toll
and to refuse to give Ar the struggle.
Evening star., 1951-08-13

which could happen to Fairfax County.
While it is perfectly true that the land
absorbed by the Government will be tax
free, it will also bring additional busi-
ness and homes to the county, which
means that land which has been as
sessed at a ridiculously low figure will
now be developed with the resultant in
crease in taxes on the many improve
mentS bound to come.
Incidently, many pictures have ap-
peared in the papers OF mansions"
which would be displaced Some of the
older residents of the county were sur
prised to know of some of the things
they read about the history surrounding
these mansions. At least one resident of
the area, who owns mansion with
real history, does not object to the
airport and has been quoted as saying
he will gamble with the Government on
getting fair price for his property
The Southern Railway has a busy
tWo-track main line through much of
the area, or borders it. Would the
planes make more noise than the trains
blowing at every croSSroad?
Three cheers for the airport. 1t has
been stated that the county would grow
in spite of horse and buggy day
thinkers Sure some families will have
the hardship of finding another place
to live. But, is that not what our men
are serving overseas for. to preserve
the right of the majority to have bet
ter place in which to live?
Progress.
Evening star., 1951-08-13
Price of a StoIemote

The Kaesong truce talks-so-called-are
proceeding just about as one should have ex-
pected them to proceed
After % meetings covering more than a
months time, the Reds have consented to putting
the proposed buffer zones on map. That seems
to have been their maximum concession and
the patience of the chief U. N negotiator,
Admiral Joy. has been wearing thin. He has
been swapping at the principal Communist
negotiator, General Man, and accusing him of
bad faith. General Mans main contribution,
according to the news reports, has been to sit
for hours saying nothing or to get up and leave
the meetings in a huff.
Meanwhile, no real progress is being made.
The Reds want buffer zone along the 38th
Parallel. The U. N. delegation is holding out
for zone approximating the present battle
lines. And the remaining items on the agenda
inspection behind the lines, exchange of
prisoners and provisions for eventual with
drawal of troops-have not even come to the
discussion stage. If and when they are reached,
they may well prove tougher nuts to crack than
the buffer zone issues.
There is no reason why this should come as
q surprise to any one. Presumably the U. N
delegation wants to reach a reasonable settle
ment, although the Communists, not wholly
without apparent justification, have challenged
this assumption. But if the U. N. delegates are
negotiating in earnest, if they really want
truce and a settlement, why should it be as
sumed that the Communist intentions are the
same?
The basic trouble is that there has been no
military decision in Korea. More than year
of fighting has produced stalemate-a stale
mate which neither side seems capable of break
ing with the forces available. This being So
and bearing in mind the history of Communist
negotiating tactics, it is small wonder that little
or no progress is being made.
1t may be, of course, that for political or
other reasons the Reds really want settlement.
If that is the case then the tough U. N. tactics
may bring results. But if this is not the fact
if the Communists are not under compelling
preSsures to wind up the Korean affair, the Kae-
song negotiations may we'll drag on endlessly
In fact it may be impossible to conclude them
without very substantial concessions on our part
or resumption of hostilities on a scale sufficient
to produce a r-cut military decision in our
favor.
Evening star., 1951-08-13

In underdeveloped countries in order to improve
the lot of the peoples living in those countries.
And why is this so? The answer of course,
according Arkadiev, is that the United States
and other Western Powers are spending billions
and billions of dollars on rearmament but pinch
ing pennies as regards extending aid, through
the U. N, to the unfortunate men, women and
children who need help in the backward areas
1t is all very sad. The men of the Kremlin can
hardly swallow the Jumps in their throats or keep
their eyes from brimming over with the tears of
compassion
But just what has the compassionate Soviet
Union been offering to the U. N. agencies that
have been set up to give Succor to the unfortu-
nate and encourage progress in the under
developed countries? DR.. ISador Lubin, the
American delegate at the Geneva meeting has
thrown the whole business right back into
ArkadievS teeth. Like AL Smith, he has asked
for look at the record to see how deeply con-
cerned" the men of the Kremlin are about the
fate of these people that they weep over. The
record is eloquent. The Lubin list of Russian
contributions reads as follows: To the Inter
national Children's Emergency Fund-"exactly
zero: to the Palestine Refugee Organization
exactly nothing; to the international Refugee
ganiZation-preciSely the same, to the eX-
panded program of technical assistance-"not
single Red ruble" to the World Health Organi-
zation-ditto; and to the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development-"not a single
cent" Meanwhile, though, the United States
and the West in general have been pouring
many millions of dollars into all these projects.
This is something that speaks pretty much
for itself. The braZennesS of 1.-THE miSerly,
trouble-brewing non-giver weepingly berating
the givers for not giving enough-almost takes
the breath away. AS has been observed, however,
such hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to
virtue. There was a time when the f1ctional
Tartufe of Moliere's classic play had no peer as
a shedder of crocodile tears but what is Tartufe
now? He is mere second-rater compared with
the real-life tenants of the Kremln.
Evening star., 1951-08-13
The Case of Mr.. Boyle

On the basis of the facts which have come
to light the President seems amply justified in
his profession of confidence in the integrity OF
Democratic National Chairman William M.
Boyle, jr.
Mr.. Boyle had been accused by the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch of receiving fees from the Ameri-
can Lithofold Corporation of ST. Louis in
connection with obtaining a loan from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation. Mr.. Boyle
admitted that he had been retained as legal
counsel by the firm, but said he severed that
connection when he became National Chairman.
In addition, he has denied in categorical fashion
that he had any connection with the applica
ton for the RFC loan, with its approval or
that he received any compensation of any kind
in connection with that transaction.
If this is the fact Mr.. Boyle is in the
clear and the President is right in supporting
him\
The accusation however, is of most serious
nature. Mr.. Truman said that he thought it
would be highly improper for the chairman of
national political committee to use his contacts
with Government officials for his own private
gain. Il would not condone such conduct for
moment"
This being So there ought to be full assur
ance that all of the facts were available to the
President when he formed his judgment But
he did not say that this was the case. What he
did say was that an investigation had been
made, and "the facts I have obtained indicate
that Mr. Boyle had nothing to do with the
approval of those loans by the RFC."
This leaves loophole. 1t is small one,
perhaps, but in the public interest it should be
closed. If there any facts bearing on the
situation which were not before the President
they should be dug up and put on the record.
This can be done through the Senate committee
which already has two investigators at work
In ST. Louis They should not be called off
until all of the relevant information has been
assembled.
Evening star., 1951-08-13
This and Thut'

He is reporter to the tenthered folk
His beat is Uhere the tUild things make
their homes.
Real netDs to him Is that the t1rens are
back
or that the buccaneertng bee now
rodnS.
Does talk OF ,oar make front page head
lines black?
Then he WiH show you pictures OF q
hare
Beside her dearest friend, Boston dog.
They sit in peace upon the same arm
chair.
All little creatures, tiny and afraid,
Who run or fly to grass or Deed or
tree;
The freely. 'possum, raccoon, bluebird.
Jag
See him as one from vhon they need
not flee.
Crime news to this reporter means the
deeds
OF those ,Uho kill or MAIN the tiny breeds.
Emory c. Phor
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Letters to The Star

Point, they are not fit for the Army.
If not At for the Army, they are not
fit to be citizens of the United States.
Is this the time to make 80 more
Men Without a Country?
1t would be we'll for the Judges of
these men to reread Civil War history.
especially the part Lincoln played by
his tolerance in pardoning boys con-
demned to be shot for sleeping on post.
etc 1t took great heart and much
courage to defy the general of that era
Are there any great men left? Some
times I wonder. Apologies to Mac
Arthur.
Fair Play.
OF all the hysterical absurdities voiced
about the West Point case, none is
more absurd than the proposal to abolish
football at the military academy be-
cause football players were among those
who admitted to cribbing. Somebody
evaluated this idea nicely by saying it
was indeed an inspired solution-some-
thing like shooting a dog to rid him OF
f1eas.
Evening star., 1951-08-13

questioning of Secretary Acheson, for
instance. has been pointed at times but
always pleasant. The committee, in gen.
eral, has followed that example with
most witnesses
1t hasn't been all talk and no action
His sponsorship of the grain for India
BILL which he changed from a grant to
a loan provision, his handling of legis-
lation to end the state of war with
Germany. and his stand for resolution
on the Imprisonment of Associated Press
reporter William Oats. carefully
avoided what he considered extremes.
The bill he personally introduced to
cut $700 million from the $8.5 billion
foreign military and economic aid pro-
gram sought by the President is another
example of the way he works. 1t also
will offer a major test of his influence.
Mr.. Richards insists that the cuts he
suggests won't harm the program which
he "unqualifiedly supports" But his
quiet move may have taken the steam
out of Republican efforts to cut the
program by many more millions. 1t also
seems to have taken the sting out of any
complaints that he koWtowed to the
State Department.
The odds are that most Southern
Democrats, however unfriendly to the
administration and to huge foreign out
lays, will side with Mr.. Richards instead
of with the Republicans. Perhaps some
Republicans will. too.
That is what Mr.. Richards means
when he says he is a middle grounder.
Evening star., 1951-08-13

Pen-names may be used If letters carry
7Oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-04-08

back of his neck, saying, If you should try -
there would be two throats cut. The dogs
and your own" From the back of his coat he
pulled knife and placed it on the desk. The
Chief of Police is conscientious man, but
your presence here fusters him. He was so
anxious to get me up here that he made bad
job of searching me.
The Great Man picked up the knife and
gently tried the edge of the blade on his thumb.
Then he said re1ectively. There are thou
sand men who would have liked the chance
you've just thrown away
II am fisherman, not an assassin.
And also smuggler. Some instinct told
you to jettison your goods before coming in"
Il am a fisherman"
mo. | may have been mistaken about
your wife, but not over the smuggling. Yes
terday evening you were over there.
Il was at sea = hove-to"
The Great Man went on, turning the knife
in his hands as he spoke. "You left this island
Yesterday morning with your son. According
to you, you have been twenty-four hours at
sea. seeing no one and without radio
That is what said.
'sAND you landed here little less than half
an-hour ago and were brought straight up to
me without chance to talk to anyone?"
That is so.
And yet you knew that our International
Football team had drawn with the English
team? The game was played in London yes
terday afternoon. after you left here. You
heard the result over there when you landed.
Both you and your son would be interested
in the result. If you had been at sea twenty
four hours without radio you could not have
known the result. 1t is forbidden to 60 over
there, but you went as you have so often gone. "
Tasso's face never altered. For a moment
the two men stared at one another. Then
Tasso nodded slowly The game it seems is
finished"
But the Great Man smiled and shook his
head. mo, have enjoyed the game too much
to have it finish this way" He stoodup. 'You
are free to 60. What know l shall keep to
myself, and you will have no trouble with
the Chief of Police"
why do you do this?" Tasso's face showed
his surprise.
The other put his hand for a moment on
Tasso's shoulder "You made mistake, one
mistake that could have meant death. That
can happen to the bravest and cleverest of
men, 1t might happen to me one day. If it
does, l shall know l have friend on this
island with boat. A man can never have too
many friends. The End