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Evening star., 1951-06-20
Star Stan Photo.

the Benning Bridge to Bladensburg was
proposed again and again. But World
War II postponed any serious effort to
deal with the problem. After the war
there seemed to be every prospect that
something would be done. In January,
1916, the Army engineers undertook
study. In December, 1947, they came
out with plan calling for a navigable
channel 8 feet deep and 80 feet wide
and system of levees. There was to be
a yacht basin and one for commercial
boats. The plan called for an appropria-
tion by Congress Of $4,531 200 and con-
tributionS by the communities, including
lands owned by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
and the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, that would total 1888. 100.
When the Maryland Legislature met
early in 1949 it authorized the COM
munities to issue bonds for $2,250, 900 for
their share of the local contribution.
The remainder Of the local contribution
would be from lands already owned and
$494, 900 from the Public Roads Admin
istration
On May II. 1850, Congress author
lied the Federal share of $4,531 200.
But, as every one in Washington knows,
an authorization is not an appropriation.
1t is still valid but nothing can be done
until money is appropriated. Since then
the project has been one Of the victims
of the Korean war.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Consistency Is Not the Issue

Senator Ferguson is being amply supported
IN the Senate in his attempt to cut 10 per cent
with some exceptions-below Budget Bureau esti-
mates for Government personnel.
In hearings on the District Appropriation
Bill, now in progress, he has expressed the view
that it would be inconsistent not to apply the
same formula in dealing with the District bill.
But there is a big difference between this
District bill and the straight Federal appropria-
tions to which the Ferguson amendment is being
applied. In the District BILL Federal money
represents less than 10 per cent OF the funds
being appropriated. The rest comes from local
taxes and reductions there effect no Federal
economies
The Federal funds involved in the District
bill are supposed to represent payment by the
Federal Government, in lieu of taxes, for serv-
Ices rendered by the municipal government. The
payment to the District is far less than the
amount which the Federal Government would
pay If it taxed for its real property holdings
alone in the District, as other property owners
are taxed The payment is not gift grant
or a contribution. 1t is based on an obligation,
though it is not measured by the full extent OF
that obligation. To cut by 10 per cent this
already inadequate Federal payment to the Dis
trict BILL as the House has done, is to effect an
"economy' by the process of repudiating an
obligation, process that is nowhere recognized
as valid or defenSible except in the case OF the
unrepreSented District of Columbia.
Like the House committee which handled
the District bill the Senate committee now han
ding it would be fully justified in finding ways
to economic. Every request for new per-
sonnel or new undertakings should undergo the
most careful scrutiny and such requests should
be denied wherever possible For the cost Of
our local government is increasing at an alarm
ing rate. But such economies cannot be made
by blanket cuts which apply to school teachers,
hospital attendants, those in charge of the penal
institutions, the homes for the aged and inflrm,
the police and fire departments and other agen-
cies catering to basic needs of the community.
Senator Ferguson has already indicated
willingness to make certain exceptions, such as
the schools and hospitals, in applying his amend
ment His examination of the possible effects
of blanket cut on other municipal agencies
which are reported elsewhere in todays Star,
may convince him of the need for further modi-
fcations He may be sure that he has the support
of local taxpayers in looking for opportunities
to cut off the fat without injuring the vital
spots.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
One Job in the Grey Area

There are no discernible signs at the moment
that peace is about to break out in Korea On
the contrary, we must assume that the Com
munist aggressors are as determined as ever to
keep on waging their criminal warfare against
the United Nations. Even so, no matter how
remote 1t may seem, the possibility remains
conceivably 1t is more than a possibility-that
they may suddenly agree to the idea of cease
fire. Accordingly, there is timeliness in Admiral
sherman's warning that we had better not relax
our guard in case Of any such Frightening in
the world situation.
Speaking at Biloxi Mississippi, as member
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Sherman
has cautioned specifically against the danger of
permitting possible Korean peace development
to slow down the long-range rearmament effort
of the United States and the rest of the free
world. AS he has put it, nothing that may
happen either north or south of the 38th Parallel
not even a settlement signifying total u. n
vctory-should defect us in the slightest from
the task that we and our Allies have undertaken
to build up our defenses against the threat of
Red aggression in all parts of the globe.
For the truth is that the Korean war
regardless Of how or when it may be decided
represents only one phase of gigantic world
wide struggle. Even if the shooting ended to-
morrow in the complete defeat of the aggressors,
we and our friends abroad would still be faced
with the imperative need to become as strong
as possible fast as possible in order to prevent
a global conflict or to survive and win that
conflict If events should make 1t inevitable. In
short, under the best Of circumstances, as Ad-
miral Sherman has emphasized, we must expect
that "even after Allied victory in Korea, our
principal potential enemy will remain as strong
as it is today" and that we will be in for long
period Of tension and the continuing danger of
direct and indirect Soviet aggression elsewhere
in Asia, in Europe in the Middle East or wherever
the Kremlin might deem it advantageous to
strike.
In Admiral Sherman's words, "We are not
operating in the altogether black area Of war
or in the altogether white area of peace We
are in a grey area somewhere in between"-an
area in which it is difficult to carry out large
scale preparedness because the emotional stim-
ulus to do such a long-term job is lacking Yet,
even in case of an early Korean settlement, that
job must be done, and done thoroughly, or the
Russians will be tempted to make mincemeat of
the free world. After all, in the last analysis,
until they themselves begin to disarm, do away
with the Iron Curtain and agree to such things
as atomic control, we and our Allies can neglect
our arms only at the risk of being overwhelmed
one by one.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Defends Church
Career Mother.

DR.. Joseph M. Dawson Of Washington.
executive director of the Baptist Joint
Committee on Public Affairs, says that
the Roman Catholic hierarchy is politi-
cal minded. pressing for huge Govern
ment subsidies, and that with these
subsidies it seeks to overwhelm the
"free" churches. DR.. Dawson offers not
one shred Of evidence to support his
claims.
AS a Roman Catholic who knows and
loves his church, can say that these
charges are absolutely false.
1t is indeed alarming when O pronni-
nent official in church which calls it
self Christian" harbors such malice
and prejudice against the original
Christian church and seeks to spread
them among his people and the general
public.
DR.. Dawson should prove the Catholic
Church guilty, as he has charged. be-
yond reasonable doubt, or withdraw
his charges In other words, let him put
up or shut up.
w. F. Clarke.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
General Wedemeyer's Service

In retiring from the Army at the age Of 54,
Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer has
left behind him military career of great dis
tinction. The logic and soundness of some OF
his testimony at the Macarthur hearings are
very much open to question, but he has been
absolutely sincere and fortnight in giving it.
More than that, displaying fine sense of fair
ness to all parties concerned, he has been at
pains to emphasize that he considers himself
to be quite fallible and that the validity of his
judgments is certainly debatable. But the thing
about him that is not debatable, point every
body can agree upon, is the fact that he has
been one of our outstanding soldiers.
In 1913 just out of West Point Second Lieu
tenant Wedemeyer showed early signs of having
exceptional qualities of leadership and brilliance
of mind BY the time the 1930s rolled around,
he was moving steadily up. Graduated from the
Command and General Staff School in 1895, he
spent the next two years gaining rich new ex-
perience at the German War College in Berlin.
When Pearl Harbor came, he began playing
key role in our top strategic planning. and then,
in 1914. when he became a Major General, he
was named commander of United States forces
In the China theater and served simultaneously
as chief of staff to Generalissmo Chang Kai-
shek. Advanced to the rank of Lieutenant Gen.
eral in 1945 his principal work after w day
centered around the preparation and drafting
of his celebrated Chinese and Korean reports
for President Truman.
AS far as General Wedemeyer himself is
concerned, those reports serve as documentary
evidence of his impressive talents not only as
a military commander but also as penetrating
analyst of extremely complicated economic,
social and political problems in the Far East
AS he himself has said he has made some mis-
takes in the past and certain of his present
views may be highly challengeable, but his over
all contribution has been thing of very great
value All Americans have reason to be CRATE
full to him for having served his country so
faithfully and well during his SO years of life in
the Army Though retired he is still relatively
young-a man who can be counted upon for
further distinguished service if world events
require that he get back in uniform
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Nehru VS.. World Opinion

A principal feature of the statement
which Prime Minister Nehru of India
made at his latest press conference on
the KaShmir question was the express
sion Of annoyance at the world press in
general, and the press of the United
Kingdom and the United States Of
America in particular, over views re-
garding KaShmir.
A lesser mortal, finding himself so
completely at variance with a univer-
sally held opinion, as Mr.. Nehru does
with world opinion on Kashmir, would
have had moments of doubt and self
searching, and his eyes might have
eventually been opened to the fact that
the fault lay not with world opinion, but
with himself.
Sir zafrulla. Pakistan's Foreign Min
lister, commenting on Mr.. Nehru's state
ment, counted 10 countries whose repre-
sentatives, as members of the Security
Council or otherwise, have expressed
opinion on the KaShmir question. It is
significant that in every single case
this opinion has been contrary to Mr..
Nehru'S.
Not only is Mr.. Nehru certain that he
is in the right. and the whole world is in
the wrong. but he has threatened to
the effect that "if am not capable of
guiding the destinies of the peoples of
Asia, let somebody else take my place"
According to Mr.. Nehru "the attitude
adopted by Pakistan in this matter is
completely distorted and false" Not
only Is Mr.. Nehru singly more voluble
than several Pakistani statesmen put
together, but his representatives had
over three years in which to tell the
world of the Indian stand on Kashmir.
It must be an evil world, indeed, where
Pakistan's distorted and false attitude
appeals to everyone and Mr.. Nehru's to
none.
On seven or eight successive occasions.
proposals for demilitarization of Kash-
mir. emanating from impartial sources.
have been accepted by Pakistan and
turned down by India. In this long
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Doneing FirefIies

HotD strange ballroom IN this evenino
Gir
With SHADOWS closing IN cmonc the
trees,
Yet, lDeaping through the branches
eDeryiDhere,
Bright dancers hold their silent
Tevetries.
Moving to rTythms that the human
ear
Cannot record, 10 melodies Nnheard.
disappear,
They flash and d1rken, CLEAN and
Obedient to some univerSal tDord.
June calls the dance again. Its
loneliness
Touches with mystery the summer
night
A hatcher finds no language to express
His spirits throbbing 1Donder and
delight.
Inez BorcIoy Kirby J
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Time to End Them

The decision to end the Macarthur hearings
at the earliest feasible date, probably within a
week or 10 days, is sensible one.
There are those who think the country would
be better off if the hearings had never been held
but it is difficult to accept this view. Once
General Macarthur had been dismissed and had
made his address to Congress- public airing
OF the controversy became desirable, if not es-
sential. To have refused to conduct hearings,
especially in view of the inept manner in which
General Macarthur was relieved of M COM
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Bottle of Jericho

Price control is the only wall of de-
fense against the bowling savages of
selfish interests. With its disappearance
at the end of June, we, the people. shall
be at the mercy of the scalpers, unless
a new wall is quickly built for our pro-
tectlon
SO, may we, the people of the District.
who have no vote. but only a prayer,
yet for whom you, Congress, has ac-
ccpted responsibility. fervently pray you
turn your strong hand to the building of
a price control wall that will protect us?
Park nj. Clifford.
Evening star., 1951-06-20

ence, perhaps to minor extent, that the
housewives do, and was wondering if
the Government girls could not be of
help in the fight against imitation.
You know, Of course, that the final
vote on price controls wil be in Congress.
In line with this, many of us G-Girls
are from out of town and if we all wrote
to our Congressman I believe that it
would carry a great deal of weight In
their voting for price controls.
Since the anti-price control lobby seems
very strong, I think something of this
sort would help counteract their
influence.
Sylvia Tipp.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Civil Service Critic
Sylvia Tipp.

Your paper stated several days ago
that the Civil Service Commission is
advising against the employment OF
mothers of children under 16 years Of
age" What right have they to do that?
It is a weu-known fact that married
women, especially mothers, make much
more dependable, cooperative, efficient
employees than f1ighty single girls.
Would the commission try to create
more "old maids" by making such a
rule that would force career girls to soli-
tude all their lives to hold down good
job?
Washington is jammed with too many
single girls now, most Of whom are
neurotic old maids or soon will be.
I thought the Civil Service Commis-
sion was created to help people find
jobs and elevate public relations in all
of the various agencies-not just the
opposite!
Career Mother.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
RiverdoIe Home Owner.

answer to Riverdale Home Owners
question. Something should have been
done about flood prevention at the Peace
Cross years ago. The Maryland COM
munities involved have made arrange
ments to borrow money on long term
oonoS to pay their share of the cost. It
is the Federal Government that has re-
fused to go along.
Lansdale G. Sasscer, in whose con-
gressional district lies the intersection of
Routes and so, where rising waters SO
frequently stop all traffic, gave a noble
demonstration Of fighting man batter
ing his head against stone wall last
week when he tried to get $25, 900 item
Tor planning and surveying restored to
an appropriation bill for the civil func-
t1ons OF the Army engineers.
He was defeated in this at time Con-
gress must have been well aware that
here is very special problem. The Ana
costa had risen six feet above the bridge
on the Sunday before.
The item was thrown out because
with a commendable sense of economv
regarding civil expenditures during a
shooting war. Congress struck out all
new projects. Many Congressman prob
ably want to do something about floods
at the Peace Cross but they know that
the door is opened to one exception,
proponents of projects all over the coun-
try will crowd their way in. The Mary
land Senators undoubtedly will try to get
the item in the bill when it gets to their
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recently made some suggestions to
Mrs. Donald j. Detwiler, chairman Of
the District Office of Price Sterilization,
who stated she was trying to organize
housewives to cooperate in securing
price controls. She suggested I pass
them on to The Star. Here they are:
There are many Government girls in
Washington who have their own apart
ments and 60 through the same expert
Evening star., 1951-06-20

any The susson adE r. as fsa sss the
NV RnE sssE s5s bSS
return postage OF Z By teiephonins ' 81. 1855. Ssn
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.
@. Why are crabs and Holsters cooked
alive?-E. j. M.
A. This is because the meat Of crus-
taceans in general decomposes more
rapidly than that of fish. However, there
is no reason why they cannot be killed
Immediately before cooking, If it is de-
sired.
@. How fast can a helicopter rise
straight up into the air?-G H.
A. 1t can rise vertically at 1,500 #. a
minute.
@. There are said to be three inven.
tions through which man rose superior
to animals. Please list them. F. K. z.
A. These three basic inventions are
speech, tools. and fire. BY them man
first raised himself above the animals
about him.
Q. How did EPSON salt get It's name?
*. L. c.
A. From a spring at EPSON, England.
In 1895 an English physician named
Nehemiah Grew discovered the medici-
nal value Of the salt IN this spring.
Q. What per cent Of persons arrested
for various crimes are women?-G. N.
A. Statistics covering the first six
months Of 1850 show that arrests of wo-
men represented 9.4 per cent Of all ar
rests.
@. What Is the rarest American
COMM. N. A.
A. The $40 gold piece Of 1849. Only
one was minted.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Job for Macarthur

WV sOb sVt0SVhAuOI
am deeply depressed over the method
used in dismissal by the President Of
Gen. Macarthur. That method would
fit in Russia, but not in our democratic
United States Of America.
The action has created a split Of
opinion among millions of our citizens,
which could have been prevented If a
more reasonable method had been en-
ployed. It was diplomatic error, no
doubt. However, those hot-headed
Americans who asked for impeachment
Of the President are wrong.
To remedy the entire affair, propose
that the President create a new position,
that of Special Advisor to the President
and the General Staff" and appoint
Gen. Macarthur to that Office. Our
Government would benefit by his advice
and experience.
We could then expect real harmony
and peace at home, and establish peace
away from home.
Rabbi M. Abramson.
Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV. Washington 5, b, c.. and inciosing cents
return postage or by telephoning ST 1853.
Evening star., 1951-06-20

Pep-nanaes may be used If letters carry
uriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Public Storms When Peace Cross Floods
To the Editor Of The Stor:

To the Editor OF The Stor:
WI ny isn't something done about the
flood situation around Peace Cross?
There is quite surplus in the National
Treasury this year, and yet Representa-
tive Sasscer was turned down when he
asked for some money to build up the
roads around Peace Cross. What is the
matter with Congress and President
who don't care how many people are
late for work or lose their jobs because
of it? I am loyal citizen, but and
a million others will not vote for an
administration that wastes our tax
money like the present one does!
missed my commuters train to Bal
timore one day because traffic jammed
the one crossing in Northeast Maryland.
Why doesn't Prince Georges County
hire more policemen. at least, so that
they could direct the traffic on the one
through street, not just at the scene
of the flood? I want something to show
for the $154 pay out on taxes every
year.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. How fast can a helicopter rise
straight up into the air?-G. H.
A. 1t can rise vertically at 1,500 #. a
minute.
Evening star., 1951-06-20

@. What is the rarest American
COMM. N. A.
A. The $40 gold piece Of 1849. Only
one was minted.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
G-GirIs and Prices

AOAUVA Az
Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1951-01-30
Two Universities Here Get
Hormone Research Grants

Two local universities have re-
ceived monetary grants from the
Federal Government for research
with ACTH and cortisone. the two
hormone compounds, the United
States Public Health Service an
nounced today
DR.. c. E. Rath of Georgetown
University received $4,400 for in
vestigations of ACTH and corti-
some in the treatment Of leu
kemia and DR.. J. Keith Cromer
of George Washington University
was given $11 $40 for his research
into the effect of the administra-
ton of progesterone and other
steroids on cancer of the uterine
cervix.
The funds were part of the $2.3
million appropriated to the health
service for this fiscal year by Con-
gress. The grants, totaling 1873,
went to institutions in II States
and in Argentina, Canada and
England.
Evening star., 1951-01-30
u. 5. Seeking 10 Halt
Trend 10 Mergers in
Newspaper Industry
BY the Associoted Press

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.-The
Federal Government says it wants
to stop concentration of news
paper ownership resulting from
business failures and mergers of
papers.
The Governments instrument
in this effort is it's civil antitrust
suit filed against the Times
Picayune Publishing Co. of New
Orleans last June. The suit
charges that business practices of
the company were injurious to a
competing paper.
The INSTRUMENTATION angle
was announced in a brief filed in
Federal Court yesterday asking
for speedy partial judgment.
Tendency Accelerated.
I'm recent years the tendency
toward concentration in the news
paper industry has been accel-
Grated" the brief stated. This
case seeks to call halt to that
trend. So far as the concept of
freedom of the press is at all
relevant here, it may fairly be said
that the relief sought is in the
interest of greater. not less, free
DOM"
The publishing company has
two newspapers, the morning
Times-Picayune and the afternoon
New Orleans States. The New
Orleans Item. published by the
Item Co., is competing afternoon
daily with a Sunday edition ap-
pearing on Saturday.
Asks Contract Cancellation.
The Government suit asks for
cancellation of the forced combi-
nation advertising contracts OF
the Times-Picayune Co. on the
grounds they violate the Sherman
antitrust law. Under such con-
tracts, advertisers must use both
papers published by the company.
The Government asserted that
the effect of the forced rate struc-
ture for the two Times-Picayune
Co. papers may be to put the
Item out of business and thus
destroy it's entire interstate cir
culation."
|. In support of its brief. the Gov
ernment submitted statistics on
the suspension of newspapers from
1909 to 1880 The Government
said the United States now has
$50 less papers than it did in 1909.
the peak year which saw $500
papers in operation. During the
last 20 years, TAT dailies suspended
or merged with other papers and
were dropped, the brief said.
Evening star., 1951-01-30
Church and State Group
To Meet Here Thursday

Protestants and Other Amer
leans United for Separation Of
Church and State will holds its
third national conference Thurs
day.
Delegates will meet at am,
and at 2:30 pm. in the parish
hall of St. Johns Episcopal
Church, 819 Sixteenth street NV.
Workshops on different aspects of
the separation of church and state
problem will be held.
Three speakers will address a
mass meeting at 8 pm. in Con-
stitution Hall. DR.. Edwin McNeill
Poteat. president of the organiza-
ton: DR.. Paul Blanshard, author,
and DR.. Glenn L. Archer. executive
director of the organization. will
be the speakers.