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Evening star., 1951-07-13
Its Death Will Not Be Mourned

The Senate Expenditures Committees desire
to wash its hands of the il-adviSed bill to place
the District government and several agencies
under any Federal department or bureau desig-
mated by the President is understandable. The
absurd measure has been consigned to the SEN
ate District Committee. It should be allowed to
die natural death there.
Seldom has legislation with so little merit
been seriously proposed at the Capitol. The bill
is grossly distorted version of minor recon-
mendation of the Hoover Commission. That
commission, in seeking to relieve the President
Of a mass of details better handled by subordi-
mates, suggested creation of the General Services
Administration to coordinate and supervise
Federal housekeeping and supply functions It's
report said: There are certain miscellaneous
activities primarily centered in and around the
District of Columbia, which either report directly
to the President or to no one. These include
the District of Columbia, the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, the National Capital Housing Au-
thority and the Commission of Fine Arts. These
activities have numerous relations with the
executive branch, and there has never been any
one-other than the President-who has been
responsible for handling their problems or for
giving them such supervision as may be required
under the law" The commission therefore pro-
posed that the relationship" between these
agencies and the executive branch be "centered"
in the General Services Administration for pur-
poses of coordination.
1t is far cry, however, from the Hoover
recommendation for better coordination be-
tween the District government and the executive
branch and the drastic bill to place direction,
control or supervision" of the District govern
ment, NCPPC ct al. in the hands Of 'any officer
of the executive Office of the President or any
head of any of the departments and agencies
of the executive branch of the Government"
The Commissioners and the other agencies in
volved quite properly have registered vigorous
objections to the plan. The Budget Bureau and
General Services Administration also have op-
posed the bill in one form or another
1t is one thing to make 1t easier for local
governmental and planning authorities to obtain
action from the Federal Government on matters
needing Federal consultation; it is quite another
to abolish their independence and, in effect,
transform them into subordinate bureaus of
some department or agency of the Federal Gov
ernment. The Hoover Commission obviously
never had such a revolutionary plan in mind.
The bill just does not make sense. It should be
given permanent burial In an obscure pigeon
hole. 1t will never be missed.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Test of Good Faith

The Red ban on admitting neWSmen 10 Cne
Kaesong area which led to breakdown in the
cease-fre negotiations, Ii not vital matter so
far as the question of getting and reporting
news is concerned.
The intention was not to admit correspond
ents to the conference room where the real
news was being made. They were to be ad-
mitted to the "Kaesong area" which means
they would have had an opportunity to write
color stories and little more. So the informa
ton which might have been gathered in Kaesong
and relayed to the people of the Western world
would have been relatively unimportant- much
too unimportant, of itself, to Justify disruption
of the negotiations.
BY arbitrarily barring the correspondents
however, the Communists have raised other
questions that are of the highest Importance
1t Is becoming increasingly clear that the
u. N. command made substantial concessions
perhaps too many concessions-in order to get
cease-fre talks started. Although newsmen were
not permitted at first to report the fact, 1t is
now revealed that Kaesong is an enemy-held
territory-not in a no-manS land. As In the
unhappy case at Berlin, our delegates have no
secure means of entering or leaving Kaesong.
Their movements are controlled by the enemy's
armed guards, and the Communists are making
full propaganda use of this situation. General
nlQSWdy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS QCAAdAA CAAoH SAchS
troops be withdrawn from the area emphasizes
the Importance of this point.
The 20 correspondents turned back by the
Reds were travelling as IAN integral part" OF the
u N. delegation Thus, the COMMUNISTS were at
tempting to exercise control over the personnel
that Admiral JOY chief of the U. N. delegation,
could take with him. This was something that
certainly could not be tolerated Instead Of
being indicative of a meeting between equals
it would have lent substance to the Communist
propaganda claim that the truce talks are
great victory for them and defeat for the U. N
Furthermore, if General Ridgway and Admiral
Joy had yielded on this point, past experience
indicates that the Communists would have been
encouraged to act in still more arbitrary
manner.
These cease-fire negotiations will come to
nothing unless the Communists are negotiating
in good faith. One test of good faith is recogni-
ton of the fact that neither negotiating team
can dictate to the other The use Of armed
guards to turn back the correspondents, travel
ing as an integral part of Admiral joys dele
CATION, bellies any such recognition by the Com
munists. Perhaps they will have change OF
heart, for there is conciliatory language in some
of their statements. But the issue has been
raised, and our people should stand their
ground If the indispensable element of good
faith is lacking the best time to find that out
Is now.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Universal Training Urged

Korea's lesson to us should mean that
we must not sit back in our easy chairs
and let any kind of a let-down take
place in our national defense while the
Communists are getting ready to strike
in some other part Of the world,
We must always be ready to defend
our country and the other free nations
of the world whenever and wherever
necessary against any kind of ag-
gression.
In my opinion. one of the best ways
to keep our country strong is to adopt
a universal military training program.
training program that not only would
teach our youth how to defend their
country and themselves. but also pre-
pare them for any kind of job or pro-
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Christions in Syria

With reference to the letters of the
Rev. DR.. Daniel Polling and DR.. George
Frederick Miller, jr., Academic Dean,
Aleppo College, Aleppo. Syria. published
in the June 20 and July issues Of The
Star, respectively. I wish to make the
following comments:
We read from time to time in your
newspaper, and in some Of the other
American papers and magazines, articles
about our country and the Middle East.
1t is most unfortunate that there are
80 few writer's like DR.. Miller who know
what they are talking about, and we
regret to say that the majority Of
writer's are either misinformed, naive
or biased propagandists. This way Of
handling the East shows that they are
still very far. from understanding that
part Of the world.
When I read what they write about
the Christians In Syria and Egypt and
see what has been done in Palestine,
the cradle Of Christianity, and how the
Christians Of Palestine were driven from
their homes to make room for the
Khazars Of Eastern Europe, I cannot
but wonder about the motives behind
this sympathy shown for the Christians
Of Syria.
am Christian and I am from
Syria. but do not feel that need this
sympathy and believe that the Arab
Christians of Syria and the Arab World
are far better off with their Arab Moslem
brothers than with those hypocritical
sympathizers.
Faiz El-KhOuri,
Minister of Syria.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Eorning Power Of County

The Stars account Of the Montgomery
County Council meeting Of Tuesday,
July 3, carried on Page B-1 of the sub
urban editions Of July 4, included refer
ence to my suggestion that the Council
establish an advisory fiscal research
commission. With commendable ac-
curacy your writer briefed the proposal
that "Sherbow Commission" for the
county do job analogous to that done
for the State of Maryland a few years
ago by the task force headed by Judge
Sherbow-studying the fiscal resources
and responsibilities of the county, rec
ommending appropriate fiscal measures,
considering intergovernmental fiscal re-
lations.
The necessary abbreviation Of letter
for inclusion in a news story about the
Councils entire deliberations Of the day,
led quite naturally to misleading i'm
preston as to the suggestion that the
charter provision limiting bonded in
debtedness to 10 per cent of the assess
able base be re-examined. Standing
alone, this briefed version of my sugges-
tion on this subject gives the impression
that I favored arbitrarily increas-
ing the permissible debt -to-property
ratio. On the contrary. my letter
specifically stated that This Is not
proposal for simply relaxing the limit,
which might properly affect our bond
ratings adversely, but suggests recogniz-
ing the newer revenue sources in con-
junction with actual increases in reve-
nue. from other than property taxes"
The point is that Montgomery Coun-.
tvs resources against which borrowing
needs should be measured are not only
the assessed value of property in the
county. but also the earning potential
Of her citizens, substantial number
OF whom work outside the county or for
Federal institutions within the county,
whose Importance is not reflected by any
contribution to the assessed valuation.
An individuals credit rating is de-
termined by considering all his tangible
assets and liabilities and his earning
power and character. Similarly, sug-
gest that perhaps Montgomery County's
authority to borrow to meet capital
needs should be greater than that of
(hypotheticaD county having the same
assessed valuation, but far smaller in
come.
Boyd Ladd.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
For Trees Unsunq

Scrub oak and pine. along sea-wrucked
coast,
Are trees that lope most.
Leaf stripped and torn. scrub oak and
t1Disted pine,
Like grotesQue e11gies In bitter line,
Lean tight against the dunes. and thus
secure,
The boroughs and small inland topns
endure.
Tmperious and 0aunt, their permanence,
Where ,pind and sand combine, makes
stGnch defense
Against Atlantic storms and NortherN
gale.
They march the highways and their
roots preUcu
On cabin farms that dot the mountain
trail
Scrub oak and pine are vaIiant trees and
strong
A pledge OF courage, heartsning as g
song.
cIoro Hyde
Evening star., 1951-07-13
In Defense Of Iron
Housewife.


As one who has long been interested
in promoting understanding between
Persia and America, should like to
comment on the remarks of Con-
stantine Brown in The Star of July 1,
and to mention some points generally
overlooked in the controversy between
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. and the i'm
perial government of Iran.
Mr. Brown referred to His Excellency,
DR.. Mossadegh. as aged and ailing. It
Is surely to DR.. Mossadegh's credit that
despite Ill health he has chosen to risk
his life If need be to champion the in
terests OF his people. The fact is that
virtually every Persian heartily favors
the naturalization of the oil industry,
the chief resource of the country. In
England and America, Dr. MosSadegh
has been slandered by left-wingers as
landlord and a reactionary. In the
minds Of these critics, any one who owns
land beyond what he can cultivate with
out hiring labor is ipso facto O criminal.
Actually, DR.. Mossadegh is great lib
eral and humanitarian and his farms
are models in that special attention is
given in their operation to the welfare
and happiness Of the farm workers.
The proposed law against sabotage in
the oil industry. which was not adopted,
was intended to discourage terroristic
elements which in some cases have been
financed and encouraged by foreign
powers. We in America have had similar
laws in time of crisis from the 18th CEN
tury to the present.
The American press is inclined to
refer to the naturalization of the An
glo-Iranian Oil Co. by the Iranian gov
ernment. This is deplorable way Of
handling the news. The fact is that
AL. O. c. has long been nationalized
in the sense that the British govern
ment owns SO per cent of its stock.
Al. o. c. owns feet Of tankers, holds
q so per cent interest In the Kuwait OH
Co.. and has substantial interests in
1raq, Venezuela and other countries;
obviously the Persian government Is not
claiming ownership of Al. o. c. assets
outside Of Iran. What the Persians are
doing is asserting that the oil resources
Of Iran are the property of Iran and
not Of foreign governmental controlled
company which does not have a single
Persian on its board Of directors They
are not conflscating the Al. O. c. in
stallations in Iran. From the beginning,
DR.. Mossadegh insisted that fair price
must be paid for the property from the
oil revenues; last March he suggested
that the figure commonly used by the
British, $560, 900 900, might be fair one.
Today. our newspapers refer to the "bil-
lion dollar company" but no one has set
forth publicly any evidence to show such
an increase Of $40 000, 900 in the value
OF the company during the last few
months.
Those who find the Persians somewhat
emotional in their struggle for econoruic
independence seem to have forgotten
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Explorations in Panama

DR.. and Mrs. Matthew W. Stirling, represent
ing the Smithsonian Institution and the National
Geographic Society, have been exploring north
western Panama, and what they have found
suggests that there must have been many dis
coverers of the New World from the Pacific
long before there were any from the Atlantic.
The area they have been working in is that of
the first landing of Christopher Columbus on
the mainland Of the Americas He arrived in
Panama in 1902. The country he saw remains
today very much as it was four and half CEN
turies ago. Geographically, it faces west. The
three rivers of its eastern drainage system are
far from ideal arteries of travel into the interior
Dense forests surround them. Small Negro set
Elements dot the mouths of the streams. The
Indian inhabitants of the territory are hunters
and fishers, not farmers as rule DR. Stirling
reports that the population is extremely sparse"
Such people as he encountered had their
chief contacts with the Pacific. The reason ap-
pears obvious, since it almost certainly was from
the west, rather than the east, that their pro-
genitors migrated into Panama No one would
prefer to enter the country from the inhospitable
Atlantic side. The trails over the central ranges
Of mountains are difficult to travel but the high,
rocky cliffs rising above the narrow Atlantic
beaches are worse. Columbus must have seen for
himself how resistant the area was-and still is
TO systematic development. He wrote that the
natives wore plentiful gold ornaments, but DR..
Stirling found none Of them.
Any gold the Indians of 1902 possessed is
not likely to have been of local origin. DR.. Stir
ling excavated number of ancient house sites
and has brought back to Washington the frag-
ments of antiquity he unearthed in them The
classification of these relics in the universal
history of human culture will be determined
by comparative study But it already is fairly
well established that they, too, point to Asia
rather than Europe as the portion Of the globe
from which the aborigines Of Panama-and all
the rest of the western hemisphere-came per-
haps as much as q hundred centuries before
our hectic era.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
BY Howard [. Dutkin

THE buxom, gray-haired woman
i sobbed violently into soiled hand
kerchief at the jury foreman's words:
I'VE md the defendant guilty Of murder
in the first degree"
Disregarding the admonishing rap
pings and commands Of "Quiet!" from
court attendants, she walked over to a
group OF the defendants friends and
delivered herself Of moist embraces.
Defendants mother?" sympathetic
reporter asked Of deputy marshal.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Would Buy No Beef

Let's sweep the Nation with the battle
cry Of the enraged housewife: mo Beef
Til Christmas"
The thin purse Of the homemaker is
more powerful than q special interest
wealthy enough to buy Congress- fact
we can prove with six months buyers
strike.
Housewife.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question
suy.. q fact by sSG tnE Th Evsnns Star
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Q. In a car with overdrive, what is
the decrease in engine r.pm.?-J. M. j.
A. The National Bureau Of Standards
says that the object Of an overdrive Ii
to reduce the engine speed required for
given car speed. For any given car
speed, the engine rpm. will be approxi-
mately 80 per cent less in ovredrive
than In direct drive.
@. Are the oranges with greenish rinds
ripe or unripe?-F. r. w.
A. The color of the skin is no sure
guide to ripeness and fully ripe, sweet
oranges on summer markets may have
skin that is tinged with green or even
wholly green.
@. Was the franking privilege given
to servicemen in the last war?-E. p. H.
A. This franking privilege went into
effect March 81, 1912, and. was discon-
tinued after the war. Men and women
in the service simply had to write on
their mail the word Free in place of a
stamp. It did not make and difference
whether this applied to personal or
business letters.
@. What is the largest village in the
United States?-H. o.
A. The term village" is one which
is capable Of more than one interpre-
tation. In the United States, it is a
question Of State law. For example, the
village of Oak Park in Cook County,
Ill, has a population of more than 60,-
600 people. In another State, this
would be city.
Evening star., 1951-07-13

fession that they may choose when they
return to civilian life.
A strong national defense means q
strong peace. And let us pray to God
that our country will always remain
strong. both spiritually and in its ma
tional security.
w. Earl Hopper.
Long Branch. N. j.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Letters to The Star !.

the Boston Tea Party and similar events
leading to self-rule in America.
Robert L. Gulick, Jr.
Berkeley, Calf
Evening star., 1951-07-13

Pen-aan,es may be used If letters carry
sOriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-07-13
Justice Has It's Fans and Honqers-on

Mr.. Laughlin, too, is artful in the
presentation of evidence. and especially
in the use OF an alibi defense Some
times like skillful boxer, he avoids the
main issue and keeps the jury off balance
by emphasizing Gas he did in the Axis
Sally case) such irrelevant matters as
Shermans March to the Sea, the prob
lens Of the Irish under British rule and
so on.
Certain judges, too. attract large fol-
lowings. One of the favorites keeps an
Evening star., 1951-07-13

Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 1900 st. NV, Washington g. d. c.
Evening star., 1951-07-13

dazed figure wandering q street in the
West in pajamas is identified as q local poll
tician. Escaping from strange bedfellows is
theory
Evening star., 1951-01-07
by Marion Crawford
INTERNATIONAL

simple pleasures in life, most of which are
denied them. There is something so personal.
so secure, in little house. 1t can be made
the epitome of all that is lovely.
At once my mind flies back to the little cot
tages around Balmoral Castle, so many of
which I visited from time to time with the
Queen and her daughters. 1t was so quiet and
peaceful to sit down inside these little houses,
full of character. and to see the treasures of
these proud housewives.
Spotlessly clean, everything shone like the
sun amid an atmosphere of restfulness. and
Padraic Columns lovely poem would come to
my mind.
ITO have a little house" is universal
instinct without age.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
DMkMM;Hr

THE COVER. This weeks remarkable
sports-action cover is further documentary
proof that Staffer Hy Peskin will go to
almost any lengths - and heights - to get
his picture
Although it looks like a closeup shot,
Peskin can assure you it wasn't. When he
snapped the shutter he was perched dizzily
with TIT pounds of speedlight equipment)
on narrow catwalk 100 feet above the court
in New Yorks Madison Square Garden.
All-American Bob Zawoluk (20 of St.
Johns University, Brooklyn, is shown sink
ing crucial basket which helped down stub
born Duquesne in the third-place play-offs
of the 1949-5O National Invitation Tourna-
ment. Other players in the action are: AL
Mcclure (also in light jersey, and Duquesne's
Chuck Cooper (15) and Harold Ce1a.
Peskin's last cover photo Dec. 81, you may
remember, was taken from the interior of
hockey goalie's cage, with the Detroit Red
Wings sharpshooter, Gordon Howe, firing the
puck straight into the cameras lens.
N1lX-UP. Shortlyaf Inventors At Home"
appeared in THIS WEEK (Oct. l5), the US.
State Department wrote to the author. Emile
c. Schumacher, requesting permission to
broadcast the piece abroad. The letter was
addressed to: Miss Emile c. Schumacher"
Schumacher, whose life has been haunted
by people who write to him as Miss or Mrs,
thought this the last straw
Dear us. State Department" he wrote
back, ''Of course you have permission to
broadcast the article. But while I'm willing
to do lot for the Government, I'm damned
if the Constitution gives you the right to
change my SEX" THE EDITORS
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Il plicity, made an everlasting impression on
me as schoolgirl, and Columns poem was one
of the earliest l read to Princess Elizabeth.
She, too, loved it at once. Perhaps Ito have
little house, something small and intimate,
something of ones very own. appealed
strongly to her because it is the antithesis of
the spacious palaces and castles which have
been her lot in life
Deep in their hearts, feel that kings and
queens, princes and princesses long for the
Evening star., 1951-01-07

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