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Evening star., 1951-04-21
Gambling Here and in Britain

Evidence of the striking difference between
crime conditions in Britain and the United
States is contained in the report of the British
equivalent of the Kefauver Committee, Royal
Commission which has just completed quiet
two-year investigation of gambling in the British
Isles. The resemblance between the two investi-
eating groups ends right there however. The
findings and recommendations of the Royal
Commission and of the Senate subcommittee are
as far apart as the poles. 49,
The commission reported that gambling in
Britain lis "of little significance" as cause OF
crime or juvenile delinquency, that it does not
commonly" cause poverty and that its effects
on social behavior are less important than some
of its critics charge. It recommended that the
scope of legalzed gambling in Britain be enlarged
to permit licensed Offices to accept on-the-spot
ready-cash bets and that cash betting by mail
be authorized At present three major forms Of
gambling are legal in Britain: Cd betting with
bookrnakers on credit by MAIL telephone or
telegraph; ~ betting in person at dog or horse
racing tracks with bookmakers or totalizer
machines, and go betting of small sums by
postal money order on weekly football pools.
Curiously, the amount of betting in Britain
is relatively small despite the ease with which
wagerS may be placed under the legalized system.
The Royal Commission estimates that the annual
gambling "take" is 5O,0oo00G. According to
United States Attorney Fay, the Washington
gambling "take" alone amounts to $100,000000
year. Chairman Kefauver of the Senate investi-
eating group has estimated that from SIS to SIS
billion year is wagered in the United States.
Gambling really is big business in America. For
the most part it is an illegal business that has
spawned crime raekets and violence of many
kinds and has led to corruption in police and
other official circles. OF course, Britain's freedom
from these offshoots of gambling cannot be
credited wholly to the legalzing of betting in
that country. Apparently the British are as con-
servatiVe in their betting as in some other things
But undoubtedly Britain's tolerant attitude
toward gambling, its removal of gambling from
the category of crimes to be suppressed by police,
has spared it from the problem of police bribery
and official corruption in general.
The Kefauver Committee has not suggested
the legalization of gambling in the United States
1t has urged rather that the States counties and
cities do better job of enforcing present anti
gambling laws. Certainly, if local authorities are
going to ignore the existence of gambling laws,
If public opinion is not going to demand their
enforcement, there does not seem to be much
sense in keeping them on the books.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
The GFoin Is Needed-But

I wish to express my appreciation for
the timely editorial entitled Congress
and Starvation" in the April IL issue
of The Star. You have set forth the
issue regarding the supplying OF grain
for India clearly and forcefully. 1t is
an inescapable fact that if we fail in
India's hour of need it will mean star
vation for hosts Of unfortunate people,
and a great victory for communism in
Asia.
One point might be added to clarity
the issue. A stumbling block in the
minds of some is a misapprehension
promoted by certain poorly informed
columnists and commentators, to the
effect that India could have obtained all
the grain she needed at reasonable prices
from Pakistan. but refused due to politi-
cal differences The fact of the matter
is that Pakistan at no time during
the past year could have provided more
than small portion of the grain needed
by India, and that was offered at prices
Evening star., 1951-04-21

in the days when the Anglo o-Saxops
tore the yoke of the Turks from the
Mediterranean world. This happened
in 1878. And still the British crown lords
it over the island!
In March, 1925, Cyprus was officially
proclaimed a crown colony. Ever since
and even before that date-the people
of Cyprus repeatedly have begged the
British to allow them to make known
their legal desires to form union with
their brethren in Greece. On their part,
the British have offered one excuse after
another
They have played double game in
Cyprus. During World War 7 they Of
fered to cede the island to Greece on
condition that Greece. abandon her
neutrality in favor Of the Allies. Greece
failed to act Immediately, on the ground
that the request was premature. Later
Greece did come in on the side Of the
Allies and offered them great aid and
comfort. But Britain by then had for
Evening star., 1951-04-21
To the Mockingbird

Oh, tireless one. before the sunrise creeps
AboOe the eastern cloud. your sparkling
song
Threads In among the dreams OF one Uho
sleeps,
Arousi1g him to music all day long.
No nightingale on far HlyTiGn shore
Proclaimed the spring Nth purer ecstasy;
NeOer did Glchen,ist NTH secret loreN
TrGnsrute delight to such gold melody.
Yours are no borrowed themes Let LISTEN
ers find
A fletU and shining name for you. ,oord
That shall replace the old and the
unkiid,--
Though aDl1at are names to you. 0dy-
hearted bird? 4 S,s
oh, bright musician. clad In sonsber dress.
Sing on IN passionate JOY and tendersessi
lnez Borcloy Kirby
Evening star., 1951-04-21
To coteh the Speeders

It would be we'll if automobile drivers
were stirred by the excellent editorial on
traffic deaths and injuries in The Star Of
April II. We know by past and present
experience they will not.
This morning. In driving to work, I
was passed as usual by drivers going 30
miles an hour through the 15-mile-an-
hour school zone, marked at either end
by the painted figure of a cop. With
never-failing regularity. the 40 and so
mile-a1l-hour drivers passed the 80
mile-an-hour drivers on the 30-mile-an-
hour highways. and weaved and squeezed,
as is their custom.
Around bend motorcycle police
man was observed a quarter of mile
ahead, with quarter Of mile of cars
neatly in line. AS the cop became ap-
parent to those in the rear who had been
screaming by the law-abiding motorist.
they skunk quickly into line.
In matter in which the lives Of our
wives and our children are at stake, why
do we have to be so sporting as to warn
the speed violator by embellishing all
police cars with golden letters and
sadorning all trafhc police with glamor-
Gus uniforTns9
just a few plainclothes policemen,
patrolling our streets and highways in
nondescript cars, would apprehend more
dangerous violators and save more lives
and prevent more accidents than all the
writing and talking we could do from
now till doomsday. For time, at least,
they would more than pay their cost In
the fines that would be exacted. When
they were no longer self-supporting,
they could be reduced in number, but
by that time the death and accident
rates would have been materially
lowered.
If we must be sporting, why not sat-
isfy our exaggerated instincts for fair
play by signs along the road, 'Patrolled
for Speedsters," and then patrol for the
speedsters in the effective way here pre-
scribed? Are the reasons for not doing
this sufficiently grave to justify the sac
rifice of countless innocent lives? Why
not arouse some public support and get
it done' =,
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Springfield. Va.
Appeusement

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Why has the word "appeasement"
come to be used in a derogatory sense.
a usage so contrary to its true meaning?
I take it the reason is because a decision
made by Neville Chamberlain turned out
to be an error.
Webster's New International Diction-
ary. Unabridged, Second Edition, gives
the following definition of the word zap
basement: "Act of appeasing or state
of being appeased; pacif1cation; salts
faction" Its definition of the verb "to
appease" is: ITO reduce to state of
peace; to pacify. often by satisfying,
hence to make quiet or calm; to allay.
as-to appease the tumult of the ocean;
to appease thirst. From heaven de-
scending to appease their strife
Spenser."
81 In truth, appeasement is beautiful
Christian word, which implements the
simple loveliness Of the Message From
the Mount, Blessed are the peacemak-
ers, for they shall be called the children
of Cod" PAY.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Who Misunderstood?

Edward Lasker and N. p. Wigginton,
in their letters published April 16. have
some harsh things to say of the United
States Chess Federation and its officers
What grievances these gentlemen may
cherish against USCF are not my con-
cern. wish to comment only upon their
notion that my letter in support Of the
USCF "rnass chess policy grew out of
what they delicately term "misunder-
standing on fny part.
Now. have inquired about this matter
Of MONTGOMERY Major, a vice presi-
Evening star., 1951-04-21
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Evening Star Information Bureau. 1000 street
NV washington g. d. G.. and ipclosing 3 cents
return postage or by telephonina ST. 1893.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
O. How long after the end of the
Civil War did Mathew B. Brady, the
war photographer. live?-J. J.
A. Thirty years. Through compli-
cation of circumstances, including debts
and failure Of eyesight. Brady died In
poverty in New York City, January is,
1896. :.
@. What is the scientific name Of the
duck-billed platypus?-M. w. r.
A. The scientific name of this Aus.
tralian mammal is Ornithorhynchus
anatinus, which means creature with a
bill like a duck" Platypus, from the
Greek. means "f1at-footed."
Q. Is it necessary to pasturize goats
milk?-P. G. s.
A. The Department of Agriculture
recommends the pasteurizing of goats
milk. the same as cows milk. It states
further that undulant fever was first
found In goats milk.
Evening star., 1951-04-21

but also to the industrial production and general
economy Of free Western Europe. If the supply
were cut of, the consequences would be grave.
Accordingly, it is welcome news that the Teheran
government-throughi its ambassador has spe-
cifically promised that there will be no such
cutoff. On the basis of that promise. IT ought
to be possible to work out mutually satisfactory
solution of the problems created by the proposed
naturalization Of the Anglo-Iranian Company
Evening star., 1951-04-21
WhyDoes BritoinHon On to Cyprus?

gotten her offer-just as she had for
gotten Gladstone
This do-nothing attitude, in 1881, pre-
cipitated Cypriot revolt. which brought
the question Of union before the entire
world-but also, unfortunately, occa-
stoned retaliation on the islanders by
the occupying forces.
A new and bloodless move toward un-
ion came in 1850, when the islanders
took plebiscite. Official authority was
refused. but the people Of Cyprus went
ahead on their own, anyway. British.
American, French and other newspaper
reporters witnessed this voting. The re-
suit was indisputable. Voters, aged over
18. recorded themselves 96 per cent in
favor of union with Greece. These voters
were of the Greek population, which In
1916 consisted Of more than three quar-
terS Of the total population.
The mystery of it all is the answering
and adamant position Of the British on
the Cyprus question. Britain has never
made known her reasons for opposing
this union Of historically homogeneous
people. Her position is grist for the
propaganda. mills of the Communists
and others who are out to prove to the
world that Western imperialism still is
the order Of the day.
Cyprus Is poor country; it can give
Britain little by way Of economic salts
faction. Even poor Greece does not ex-
pect to increase her wealth by the ac-
QUESTION of Cyprus.
AS far as the military and strategic
situation is concerned, there is no prob
lem as far as the Cypriots can see. The
British very easily could come to terms
with Greece in order to keep on the is
land any military and naval forces
Britain believes should be stationed
there for the protection of the Mediter-
ranean. Greece is loyal nation. She
would never let down a Britain which
authorized the union of Greece and
Cyprus.
When will Britain act? The McCarran
resolution, should focus world attention
on this little island which has not been
allowed to strengthen its ties with the
motherland it loves
Soterios Nicholson
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Population Problem

If we send grain to India, it might be
well for us at the same time to make 1t
clear that we are aware of law of
nature which makes 1t impossible for
the world to provide food for more than
a limited number OF human beings.
Further, 1t is a simple mathematical
fact that If the women In any country
have an average Of three children who
grow to maturity, the population win
more than double itself in two genera
tions-say in so years. The progression
$40 %.
This process cannot go on indefinitely:
it must be arrested. sooner or later
by war. famine or pestilence. There are
those who hesitate to have children
unless they think they can provide for
them and give them fair chance to
lead happy lives. Shall these continue
to make sacrifices in order to support
those who deliberately have children.
relying on charity or political power to
maintain them in comfort?
II p Enrtar
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Questions and Answers

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any question Of fact by either writing The
evening star Information Bureau. 1000 street
return postaEe or By teIephonina aT 7ana
Evening star., 1951-04-21
letters to The Star

comparable with grain from Australia.
which was considered OF better quality.
India has spent heavily Of her foreign
exchange already to buy grain for her
people. The present disaster is beyond
her financial resources II we do not
share Of our plenty, many Of the people
Of India will starve.
Conrad r. Helms,
Missionary to India.
Evening star., 1951-04-21

Pen-nnnzes may be used Il. letters carry
tDTiterss correct names and addresses.
AL letters subject to condensation.
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05
No Room For Two Flags In America
BY James Egert Allen


During these days when oppressed
peoples are struggling to lift the iron
heel from their necks, a rather quaint
way of maintaining the Status quo" has
emerged from southern thought and action
Perhaps readers will recall the trium-
plant visit of General Macarthur to Muir
freesboro, Tennessee some weeks ago. In
that little town which was the native
home of Mrs Macarthur the southerners
lined the streets with confederate flags
and buntings on the occasion of his visit.
These Insignia of the Cost cause" were
lar more conspicuous than the flags of our
federal government. They were silent re-
mlnders that the principles for which the
south fought in the civil war are vet a.
1--we, AT that time, protested to the edi-
tors of Life magazine because of the
prominence given to the display of con-
1ederate flags and buntings in the pictures
carried in their journal shortly after the
affair. To think of children living in the
north and south viewing the flag which
brought such havoc to this nation was TO
know that the poisonous propaganda Of
southern bigotry and prejudice was hav-
ing us effect upon the future citizens of
our land
NOT satisfied with their bold display
VI reactionary ideals in dixie, the south
erhers nave used the north to assist them.
"a recent convention held by the Shriners
III New York City brought many from
southern areas and with them a large as
sortment OF small confederate flags which
were fastened to the radiator caps and
MOODS OF automobiles as they paraded
through this city. The fashion has now
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05
When SEGREGATION Causes Concern

other Love is divine Segregation is an
evil You cannot legislate love. But you
surely can legslate against segregation.
And as long as you have segregation. you
are going to have the opposite Of love.
The quicker the white man believes that,
the more secure our land will be where thu
stars and stripes wave.
Just what are we doing about seg~e-
CATION? Not anything! 1t is true that We
cannot rid our community of Individual
or private segregation. But there is a LOT
we can do about publc segregation. Ark
ansas statute calls for segregation OF the
Negro from all the rest Of the people N
public schools and intra-state transporta-
ton The time is ripe now for the Negro
people to test that statute Sure it takes
money But what is money for if it isnt
something to exchange for the comforts and
necessities of existence? Segregation Is
discomfort We are spending money to free
the white people of Europe??? Brother no
body but a black man knows the lack of
freedom a black man has in the deep south,
USA!
Now what about the segregation N
our municipal set up? Our country Sc
up? Our state set up? We are not ohiE
segregated, but our money is segregated
until il leaves our hand.
How long are we going to be victims
of this evil To satisfy the white man
vanity and enrich the Uncle Toms peck
cts?
Every white man who seeks an office
buys his way into the Negro race thru
the fattening of some Negroes pockets.
Then the Negroes began pulling the wool
over our eyes telling us how good Mr..
Charley is And the hell of it is, we be-
lieve it.
We just as we'll to get it thru our
heads now, that no white man is going to
do any more for the Negroes than the
Negroes force him to do, ard you can be-
lieve that. So stop using your vote and
money to enrich Negro Uncle Toms an
enslave yourselves. In Arkansas, the Ne
gros vote is jimcrowed- at your poll
tax receipt.
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05

precious fluid is as badly needed as they
claim it is, they ought to try getting it
from every possible element, and quit be-
ing puerile.
1t is seriously doubtful whether
white CT, facing death in Korea from the
loss of blood, would be so choosey as to
reject a pint of the life-saving liquid just
because il came from the veins of a Ne
gro. Nor is it likely that his personality
would be changed if blood taken from a
Negro were transfused into him.
The whole idea of segregating blood
was silly from the beginning, and was
done to perpetuate the myth of racial in
feriority. II should never have been tole-
rated but in times like these, the foolish
ness is much too costly to be allowed to
continue.
II would seem sensible to use blood
from animals if il were found not to be
harmful and would save American lives,
but to segregate the blood of human be-
ings!
We ought to cut out the comedy, If
we need blood and everything points to
the fact that we do, then let's get ii and
get it overseas in hurry
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05

Last week we witnessed father try
ing to explain segregation to his five
year old daughter. Usually such a dialogue
between father and daughter is amusing,
But not this one. This was pathetic,
Imagine a father trying to explain
racial segregation to a five-year-old. Ina
CINE child's reaction when told that the
biological difference in the color of skin
makes difference in the reaction and
worth of an individual. That is Just what
this father set out to do. But in the course
of the explanation, the father had to adj
NIT to the child that racial segregation
was a fool system concocted by warped
minds and perpetuated by white people
who are conscious of their inferiorty in
the presence of intelligence.
This father like so many fathers who
feel the sting of segregation is deserving
of sympathy. Not sympathy for being a
victim of segregation but rather being
a party to poisoning the minds of the chill
dren. Yet, there are many Negro fathers,
who have taken the initiative to lead are
strong supporters of this evil of the
white people. And these Negro fathers pull
no bones about their support of segrega-
ton.
The white man enjoys segregation.
Segregation to him is luxurious privilege,
and Is also exclusive Without segregation,
he would be hindered in many instances
One that stands out above all others he
would have nobody to be better than"
were segregation abolished.
The white man knows the Negroes
weakness, and is familiar with the Negro
es' training to 'look to God for every
thing. So he tells the Negro that segre-
cation is an act of God. And We'll be damn
ed if the Negro doesn't believe it. He tells
the Negro that there is nothing the courts
can do. That you can't legislate love. 1t
must come into reality thru divine gradua-
ism, as the works of God.
What the white man tries to keep the
Negro from doing is differentiating the
difference between love and a damn fool
law coneocted by the minds of white peo-
pie Love is one thing. Segregation is an
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05

spread to several cities near New York an1
will continue to widen the circle Of towns
who will fall in line with the idea.
Northern youth have accepted M
fad. In their innocence, they do not raj
LIE the educational and emotional @m|
that can befall them. Both north and SCUM
must come to the realization that the lOasI
for which the south fought were bascar|
~ wrong. Unfortunately in our teSO@n|
and historiography, too much praise la'|
been given to the leaders who reoeleu
gainst human decency and fair play ",
OF the needed things in our educd~"
system today, is the revision OF hSmn
biographies and science texts use.
many schools throughout the nation "''
of them were and are written by ""a
duals who have veered far away 1on
jective and impartial writing
schools, colleges and universities can NV
educate a genuine democratic ''~ ~,s
when he is taught the inequality u
Recently the American Councn
education conducted a nation wloe gu"
on texts used in our schools ana "vs
forth the findings that reveal tne cav, os,
bigotry and prejudice so pre'di'"'
many sections Of our country III M
The flag of the "lost cause mS|
tensify this attitude. Public oP','V ,borp n
make itself felt to the extent lna' # Uh|
no room for two flags in our "a' et 81
In the words of Daniel Weos'e, none All
think of these United States az "a KEEL
inseparable.' You and can Az ,omr,upt
it that way by driving out OF wi .ho ldeb|
ty every attempt to res'lrre'' "
Of the lost cause"
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-05
Westbrook Peg|er Again

Westbrook Pegler ulcerous column
list whose mastery of the lie has brought
him not only fortune but infamy, turned
his distorted gaze last week on the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights with
some special attention given to DR., Chan
ming T. Tobias, one of the two Negro MEM
bers of the group.
AS Lord high executioner for the
segment of the population which wants
among other things, the Negro to stay
in his place" at the bottom of the social
and economic ladder in America, Peger
has charged that the Presidents commit
tee was composed of 'left-wing opinion
arians, propagandists and payroll para
sites" The only person excepted from
this categorizing was multi-millionaire
Charles Z. Wilson, committee chairman
Of the report, which listed the bitter
facts concerning the undemocratc treat
ment of the Negro in America, and made
suggestions for admitting dark Americans
into the full stream of national life, Peg
Ter holds that it "revives the bloody shirt
propaganda which forced the Southern
white man to organize the original Ku
Klux Klan."
Dr. Tobias is called in Pegler's libel
free double talk both a Communist sym
pathizer and parasite.
We take exception to these charges
against both the committee as a whole and
Dr. Tobias. We make no attempt to shout
an answer into the deaf ears of Pegler
with his gutter-glutted "Americansm,"
but speak only to set the record straight
with those who can still listen to facts
despite the noise raised by the sources