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Evening star., 1951-04-28
Achilles Heel

In his Chicago speech, General Macarthur
hammered away at the weak spot in the admin
istration's armor. Again and again he demanded
what is our policy in Korea?"
The question is not new one. He raised
1t in his address to Congress. But the query was
put to the crowd at Soldier Field in fewer words
and with greater emphasis In effect, General
Macarthur has chosen the ground on which he
will wage his fight against the administration,
and the Chicago speech makes it perfectly clear
that on this central issue, he intends to strike
with all of the power at his command.
Thrusting at the division within the ranks
of his opponents, General Macarthur said they
have three Korean policies. There is the formal
United Nations policy-a free, independent and
unified Korea. A second policy is aimed at and
would be content with, driving the Communists
from South Korea. The third is to wage war
of attrition until such time as the enemy may be
willing to accept satisfactory peace. The first
policy has been all but abandoned, and the
trouble with the two others is that, at best, they
promise prolonged, costly war with no assur-
ance that it will ever come to decisive end.
The weakness of this position is self evident,
although the administration defends it with
arguments which General Macarthur either ig-
nores or brushes aside And it is position which
will becomeN increasingly vulnerable to attack
unless there should be marked change for the
better in the Korean military picture.
General Macarthur attacks it with policy
of his own, which, on it's face, is attractive. Our
objective, he says in substance, should be victory
over the nation and the men who without provo
cation or Justification have warred against us.
And we should provide our forces with all the
sinews and other means essential to achieve
that victory with minimum of cost in human
life.
The Generals critics will attack this con-
tention front and rear. They say that it can't
be done, that it might bring on Third World
War, that it would deprive us of allies. Any or
all of these claims may be correct. But General
Macarthur said one thing which will never be
answered by arguments of this sort.
'It is difficult" he said, ito ask men to fight
and die unless we give them realistic mission
and the means to accomplish it."
At the moment our men in Korea are fight
ing and dying They have been doing it for
nearly year. But if the war is going to degen-
crate into bloody stalemate, dragging on month
after month, perhaps year after year, General
Macarthur certainly is going to be proved right
on this point For it is not only difficult, it is
fundamentally wrong to ask men to fight and
die without clear-cut objective and the means
to achieve it.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Keep Federal Poy in Balance

With proposals for moderate pay raise for
Government employees gaining support from
many quarters, suggestions are being made in
congressional circles that any increase should
be limited to certain lower -salaried workers
Such suggestions are devoid of merit. The high
cost of living affects all employees. To grant
so-called cost-ofN diving increase to one group
Of employees only would be discriminatory and
unfair Worst of ALL it would repeat the mis-
takes of many years which brought about a
grossly unbalanced salary structure and neces-
STATED complete overhaul of Federal salaries
and jobs in 1949.
~ Discriminatory salary legislation, much OF
it of the most haphazard sort, made hodge
podge of Federal wage scales during the pre-
World War II period. After the war the
classified service was undermined further by
iA-considered wage increases for some cate
gorieS. The time came when some employees
actually were being paid more than their boSses
who were prevented from sharing in salary
raises by ceiling on pay. This muddled situa-
tion led to the Redistribution of all Federal
aobs and the readjustment of salaries
This orderly system would be upset if Con-
gress were to pick out certain classes of en-
ployes for pay benefits to the exclusion of other
classes. The first break in this system almost
certainly would make it easier to widen the gap,
with disastrous effects on the whole classification
Setup Surely the lesson of past years should
be enough to thwart any current move to start
another cycle of patchwork changes in the care
fully devised, properly balanced salary structure.
1t is reported that the administration will
recommend an increase of or per cent for
Government employees. The Economic Stabili-
zation Agency has let it be known that 1t will
not object to such raise. The administration
plan is expected to provide for an across-the-
boards percentage increase, from top to bottom
of the classified service That is the only fair
way to apply an increase now that Federal sal
aries have been revised to eliminate old Unequal
tiles among grades.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
How to Save Lives

This has been Traffic Safety Week, but
that fact by itself probably has not
served to reduce the number of this
weeks entries in the accident record
books. Careless citizens cannot be ex-
pected to be cautious for one week, and:
cautious citizens will observe this week
as carefully as they do all of the others.
Regardless OF constant pleas and warn.
ingS, regardless Of statistics and predic-
tionS, regardless Of costly road markers
and traffic signals, people stubbornly con-
tinue to kill and MAIN themselves and
others on the streets and highways,
Consequently, in the name of logic, it
would seem high time to take some
drastic steps to make traffic accident
prevention effective.
Has anyone ever considered urging the
following reforms?
/. Create regulation requiring all
automobiles to have a top speed of SIS
miles per hour. Statistics place speed as
one of the top-ranking causes of acci-
dents. and there are very few highways
in the country on which the speed limit
is more than SIS. Then why continue
with cars that go 80 and 100 miles an
hour when they tempt the driver not
only to break the law but to bring about
his own destruction?
2. Require city transit vehicles to have
a top speed of 80 miles per hour. Even
transit drivers can be tempted by
Demon Speed" when the schedule goes
awry. The passengers should prefer
safety and hardness to nervousness and
punctuality.
3. Raise the age limit for issuing driv-
ing permits to 81. Youth and reason
are not easily brought together. There
are undoubtedly some careful youthful
drivers, but again, in the name of logic,
it would seem best to deny the privilege
to the minority to preserve the safety
of the majority.
Point out to automobile manufac-
turers and gasoline companies that
"quick getaway power" is both undesir-7
able and unnecessary. This privilege
should be reserved for emergency We
hicles. Added getaway power" dis
courages the average motorist from TAX
ing the time to look both ways before
he starts. It's only advantage seems to
be that he arrives at the next stop q
few seconds ahead of the other cars.
These few suggestions are radical, but
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Dope PeddIing Penalties

agree in general with your editorial
Of April % regarding the proposal to
increase penalties for dope peddling.
However, believe the penalties pro.
posed still lack sufficient severity. It will
be recalled that kidnapping was not
stopped until the extreme penalty was
invoked.
Dope peddling is the most heinous of
crimes. believe the following penalties
are more in keeping with the seriousness
OF the offense:: First offense. 10 years
minimum; second >offense, life: peddling
to minors, death mandatory.
III. ID. AnSlOw.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

bing and felt entirely satisfied with his
performance, there would be rim of
long white hair tipped with gold firing
ing Mr.. Billings > once immaculate
trousers. With wicked gleam in his
eyes, Tommy would then retire to his
mistress, purring approval of his success,
and grinning from ear to ear.
Who says that cats do not have
sense of humor?
E. M. Johnson
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Sedotive Vucuums

The item in your paper about Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Gibbons putting their
baby to sleep by a vacuum cleaner is
nothing new to us.
When we first brought our baby home,
we found he went to sleep every time
we operated the vacuum. Thereafter,
any time he was fussy or had a bad
night. we kept our tank type cleaner
right by his crib When we turned it
on, Immediately he would stop crying
and soon would be asleep. It saved us
many sleepless night. That went on
for year.
What amused us was that "baby
books say babies are afraid of vac
uums. Our baby loved it.
Mrs. Stanley Hoveland.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

relieve his Indignation BY the customary
assorted expletives.
without redress, he was forced to sub
NIT to Tommy's malicious endearments.
When Tommy had completed the rub
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Booine the President

Your editorial, "Booing the President"
should leave good many of your read
ers, If not somewhat disguised, definitely
puzzled.
When. since the terrible tempered Mr..
Truman took the Office Of President, has
he conducted himself in any way to
demand the respect and dignity his po-
sition requires? You say there is dis
tinction between disagreement and dis
respect. How true that is, and how
honest you would have been to devote
an editorial to enlightening Mr.. Truman
on that point when he wrote his in
famous letter to the critic who dared
to mention that Miss Margaret hit a
false note, Mr.. Truman has been given
the treatment he has asked for.
Thank God for the privilege Of living
in country where the people can voice
their true opinion. # that opinion is
so Supercharged with emotion that it
necesSitates a booing of it's leader, your
editorials might better be confined, not
to condemning the attitude of the
people, but to condemning the conduct
OF the man who evokeS these deplorable
emotions.
Katherine S. Smith.
Thank you for writing the editorial
on the booing of President Truman at
the ball park. 1t was disgraceful dis
play Of bad manners by noisy minor
ity, and I am sure made hundreds Of
thousands of people blush with shame.
The incident was reflection on the
homes from which the people came.
Well-mannered people don't forget them
selves In the heat of passion.
Otelia COnnor.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

more forceful should be substituted.
Particularly when the issue involves the
preservation Of human lives.
Euna S. johnson.
Soeiol Science in the Army
was once told of high school which
chiseled over the door of its new build
ing the seemingly appropriate adage.
Waste not your Hour" The complete
stanza of the Rubaiyat, from which this
SOLDERING phrase was lifted, reads:
Waste not your Hour. nor in the vain
pursuit
Better be merry with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter.
fruit"
A few days ago The Star correctly,
but incompletely, quoted remarks of
mine made at the George Washington
University's Career Conference. Out
Of context, the words appeared to make
me say that the military departments
are paying no attention to social science
training for their officers. This is un-
true.
The full context of what was quoted
was as follows: / had been asked
whether there are careers for men and
women trained to less-than-p profess
Sional level in the social sciences. My
answer was that there are. Some in
dustries increasingly require or foster
social scientific and psychological train
ing for young people entering manage
rial careers. The military departments,
TOO. In recent years have paid con-
siderable attention to social sciences
in their academies and staff colleges.
They are also sending selected officers
to civilian universities for postgraduate
training in social sciences. This they
have done in order to produce officers,
not who are to be professional research
ers in these sciences, but who can bring
to the management of men the psy-
Geological and other sbcial-scientific
techniques which are increasingly avail
able. This. as said, is in gratifying
contrast to older curricula of military
education, which furnished officers a
basic knowledge of engineering and
physical science in relation to material.
but not of human sciences in relation
to personnel.
I hope that this may serve to correct
your readers impressions about an i'm
portant trend in military training.
Dwight w. Chapman,
Executive Director, Committee on
Human Resources, Department Of
Defense.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Proportions

When I hGDe troubles
Larger than I,
! take them out
Beneath the sky.
Just hotD, I neDer
Understand
But the troubles shrink
And ! expand!
jane n. MeFehont,
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer TO
any,, any question t Of fact BY either Writing The
NV. Washington 8, D, G.. and inclosing cents
return postage or hy telephoninR ST. 1868
Evening star., 1951-04-28
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What eventually becomes of the
Gulf Stream after it reaches northern
latitudes?-S. N. o.
A. According to some authorities,
after rotating slowly about sinking
center it disappears from the surface,
probably falls to the ocean bottom and
then moves back to the equator.
r @! How many time zones are recog-
nized in North America?-O. L. B.
A. Seven. They are Atlantic eco de-
grees W., Eastern. Central. Mountain,
Pacific, Yukon and Alaska (150 de-
grees W..
Q. What spice is fed to canaries to
make their feathers red?-L. D. q.
A. Paprika. A little added to the
birds diet turns their plumage red.
@. How many nations have offered
military assistance to the UN. in
Korea?-J. P.
A. Twenty-six.
Evening star., 1951-04-28
Letters to The Star
E. M. Johnson

Pennaes may be used letters carry aoriters names
and addresses All letters subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-04-28

when appeals to reason fail, something
more forceful should be substituted.
Particularly when the issue involves the
preservation Of human lives.
Euna s. johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
FWs DENNIS WIEN HERE ENR0UTE 10
 pRISMGF ISLANDS

The Fish and Wildllte Service vessel Dennis Winn docked at the support early Monday from Seat tie enroute to the Pribilof Islands, St. Paul and St. George. Unloaded here yesterday were 30 tons of sup plies.
 The Dennis Winn leaves for the Pribilofs as soon as icing conditions let up The vessel was heavily iced coming into Juneau from the Lin- coln Rock area. To be unloaded at St. George is 300 tons of equipment for the sealing operations this next spring. In the equipment are newly developed brine tanks for the ini- tial tanning process of the seal skins. Landing of equipment on St. George Island must be made with skin boats tied in pairs. About 200 tons of equipment are to be un- loaded at St. Paul Island.
 Master of the Dennis Vim is Capt. Pop" Dell. Crew of the ves- sel numbers IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
Unrecommended Reading

Two ex-Roosevelt aides, George Allen and Judge Samuel Rosenman, were travelling from New York to Washington and had literary ar gument in the diner.
 Noticing man at the next tahle deep in a book, Judge Rosenman remarked: Now there is citizen improving his mind on his way to Washington. What kind of book do you supp1se it is?f
 George" continued Rosenman in deep horror. the country is going to the bowwows. It's that terrible low-brow book of yours, Presidents Who Have Known Me Here l write a serious, scholarly book about gov ernment, and haven't found more than ten people who ever read it. But this terrible thing of yours IS every place.
 There are only two pieces Of reading matter in the entire dining carI" comiflded Rosanman. the menu and your book. Personally l prefer the menu!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
EARL MONAGLE SERIOUSLY
 ILL IN ANCHORAGE; MOTHER
 SISTER GO TO BEDSIDE

Word of tie serious illness of Earl Monagle, sen of Mrs. James Mon- agle of Juneau, at the Fort Rich ardson Base Hospital, took MIs Monagle and his sister Mrs. Olay Lillegraven to Anchorage on Sun days Pacific Northern Airlines plane.
 A telegram was received yesterday morning by the family in Juneau from the commanding officer at the army base hospital. The nature o1 Earl's illness was not disclosed but the telegram stated his condition had become serious. He has been in the hospital since January 30.
 Monagle has been working in and near Anchorage for the past seV- eral years since his discharge from the U. s. Armed Forces. He served overseas during World War II Monagle was born and raised in Juneau and has many friends here who hope for word of his recovery A brother Mike Monagle in Juneau expected to hear from his mothel and sister of his brothers condition today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
HIS IDEA IS SOUND

Mariner S. Eccles, member of the Federal Re Board, urges 44-hour week without overtime pay us phase of general program to control the devastating forces of imitation during the rearmamen oeriod
 This is not likely to be popular suggestion, per hs ;l but it is that hews directly to the heart Of the raton's present need - production and an expansion of the productivity of the present labor force As matter of fact, the armed forces claim more and additional war plants go into operation labor shortages will become acute. The addition of a half -day to work schedules would go far toward offsetting the man. power losses It would do much to help us maintain present standard of living and at the same time produce the direly needed implements national defense. Nor does it too much of sacrifice to ask of the civilian population when the men entering the armed forces are called upon to undergo incomparably greater deprivations
 If productivity has to be stepped up through longer work hours at overtime pay rates it will add more
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06

fuel to the fires of imitation and in the end make our reamament program cost far more than it should By the same token it will send up the cost of living in uncomfortable departments when the excess of overtime pay begins bidding for scarce goods and services
 If the individual worker is inclined to take a selfish attitude toward working longer without over time pay he might reflect that he can spare the extra effort more than he can spare the money which disastrous imitation would cost him. In the long run, the advantage of fatter pay checks is ilusory any how because when everybody demands overtime pay it only cheapens the purchasing power of the dollar for everybody
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
Governor Jimmy Byrnes

For years the Legislature of South Caroline quarreled with the Gov ernor of South Carolina. Last month, however, South .Carolina's legislators finally met a governor whom they may have to get along with-ex-Secretary of State, ex- Supreme Court Justice, ex-Senator, ex-War Mobilizer Jimmie Byrnes.
 Byrnes, who has fought plenty of battles on the Potomac, is deter mined to push a s75,000,000 school program through the South Carolina legislature-much of it for Negro schools He also wants sales tax to finance the school program, plus complete reorganization of the state government.
 Probably he'll win-due to the fact that 90 percent of the people love him, the other 1G percent fear him.
 Note-Though invited to come to Washington to advise the State De- partment, Byrnes plans to stick to his knitting in South Carolina.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
LOOK and LEARN Gy sy c. GORDON

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 U honoring it's native simultaneously presidents of their counes Which is hotter, blue heat or red heat? U 5. $ largest
 ANSWERS:
 that the hour points Half way 12 o'clock is then Only about five cent.
 Kentucky honoing Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
 
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
Reducing Exemptions

Rep. Richard Simpson of Penn sylvania, another Republican, ad- ded MT. President, you have told us how to get the first $10 billion of your tax program, but you have not told us where the additional S61a billion is coming from. How can you get that without delvine deeper into the pockets of lower income taxpayers. How can you do it without lowering their persona! exemptions from $500 to $500 which you apparently oppose"
 That's something your committee will have to decide" replied Tru- man warmly. T will make some suggestions, but it's your job to write the tax laws"
 Well, if you really meant it when you said that you wanted us to raise $l6ls billion, then we must assume that you want us to reduce the exemptions of lower bracket taxpayers in addition to increasing their regular taxes" persisted the Pennsylvania Congressman.
 This is the S64 question that ev- erybody agrees will have to De answered eventually. It was obvious at the White House meeting, how ever, that neither Truman nor the committee including its Demo- cratic members) wanted to take responsibility for such politically unpopular move.
 That's a committee matter" re- iterated the President. T haven't asked for lowering of persona, exemptions"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
Why Did They Go?
(Kodiak Mirror

An idle check of the Mirrors list of subscribers lot of them former Kodiak residents living in the States, causes to wonder why they left Kodiak.
 the list former businessmen, the first mayo or, founder of the Ba. of Kodiak host of civc-minded base employees and the usual ones who continually about
 Also many average Americans families are on the list families who came here, bought homes, attended the churches social and civic events and then after two three years went away.
 Why did these people suddenly leave the Territory? Was it because nadeque school facilities for their children? Was it because the city, and city govern ment are unable to provide adequate water, sewer and other utilities because of the extreme difficulties of operating municipality under territorial status?
 Maybe these former residents, the type that build communitv were sick and tired of a Kodiak winter and the futihty of keeping a house warm and water pipes running. Perhaps they were frightened by the continuous threat of and the unpreparedness as compared to other areas of the Territory.
 While it is true that the city has made tremendous strides directions the children are still forced to attend classes in big, barn-ike ,drafy building and many houses still struggling with septic tanks instead of being hooked. to sewer line.
 Would these former residents have stayed here if they had had facilities like those of the average stateside town?
 We have been promised federal aid to ootan some of these necessities. The city has sent representative to Washington several times to try and obtain funds
 Will we ever get them? And if we had had them years ago. would Kodiak be several times larger and better place to live?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-06
DaiIy lessons in English %. Sg [. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN NfISUSED: say verybody Selves at party" Say Everybody enjoyed HIMSELF"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fcnd fruitu offspring vegea- ton first syl abe
 OFTEN MIssPELED Serge rolling of
 YNoNYN1s Applicable appropriate suitable pertinent fitting.
 STUDY: word three times and it is yours Let us vocabulary mastering PROPENSITY inclination bent e has propensity for imagining unlikely things"
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with the interest of their country at heart.
 The debate has now gone one step beyond the Pentagon to the National Security Council, composed of Pre- sident Truman, Vice President Barkley, Secretary of Defense Mar shall, Secretary of State Acheson and Security Resources Board Chair man Stuart Symington.
 Inside the National Security Council, Symington is leading the fight to put most of our defense eggs in the aviation and tactical weapons basket. He is chiefly op- posed by General Marshall form CT infantryman, who argues for a big land army
 So far the President has stuck with Marshall.
 However, the outcome of the atomic tests in Nevada may help to settle the question. One of the most important weapons the scientists are reported testing in Nevada is atomic artillery shells which Gen. Collins announced we were develop ing. If atomic artillery shells are proved practical in the Nevada test, it will make the Red Army's famecs artillery old fashioned overnight and will mean that a big land army is not so necessary.