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Evening star., 1951-05-16
Crack Down on Criminals

In giving its unanimous approval to the con-
troversial minimum sentence provision of the
District crime-reduction bill, the House District
Committee has evidenced its dissatisfaction with
the way the indeterminate- te-Sentence law is work
ing. The committee is not alone in this feeling
Of dissatisfaction. There is a rather widespread
public belief that the courts have dealt too
leniently with criminals in many cases, belief
engendered by recurrent accounts of paroled or
discharged convicts committing new crimes. The
apparent ease with which hardened underworld
characters manage to escape severe punishment
for their offenSes is not only puzzng to the
average citizen but to the police as any beat
FOUNDER will attest
The Davis committee which investigated law
enforcement in Washington was particularly con-
cerned over the soft enforcement attitude indl-
Gated by records on disposition of aggravated
assault cases. 1.-THE frequency" the committee
said, with which such prosecutions were aban-
doned, reduced to simple assault or otherwise
fobbed off without prosecution, and the lnfre-
quency of the imposition of sentences of i'm
prisonment on those convicted bespeaks lack
adaisical acceptance of such incidents as part
Of the accepted or rightful mores of the COM
munity. Such a condition is intolerabe to the
safety of society and in your committees view,
encourages lawlesSnesS and contempt for law
enforcement 1t is of little avail to the COM
munity If, despite the best efforts of the police
and prosecuting officers, such offenders are not
meted out the punishment their crimes so justly
deserve"
Under the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. plan
District judges are given wide latitude in the
imposition of sentences in various crimes. The
idea underlying the system is to give certain
offenders chance to be rehabilitated through
parole If they violate parole, they are subject
to remprisonment up to maximum term. But
the public has read of so many serious crimes
committed by paroled prisoners that it's conf
dence in the parole system as administered by
some agencies is anything but complete. The
fixed minimum sentence proposal of the Davis
committee has been strongly opposed by District
judges, penal authorities and others who believe
that the courts should have wide discretion as to
sentences But this contention, sound as it is
theoretically, loses force when citizens read so
frequently of dangerous breakdowns in the
system.
Sitter minimum sentences undoubtedly
would help to dispel the idea, now prevalent
according to recent testimony of Narcotics Bu-
reau officials, that Washington is soft" on law
violators in general and drug peddlers in par
ticular. city with such a reputation is bound
to attract the rapist, the stick-up man and the
other hoodlums who find things "hot" in other
localities If the courts will not voluntarily take
steps to make Washington an uncomfortable
place for criminals, Congress is justified in ap-
plying pressure through minimum sentence
law.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Civil Defense Confusion

It is only natural that there should be some
confusion among citizens over such an unprece-
dented and complicated problem as civil defense
in the A-bomb era. It is not natural to expect
that top-level civil defense circles would con-
tribute to the confusion. Yet that is what hap
pened over the week end in connection with the
question of whether or not to use Easements for
shelter in event of an atomic attack
Citizens had been led to believe that the
cellar was the logical place to hide in such an
emergency. The belief was inspired by an official
booklet, Survival Under Atomic Attack" pub
lished by the Federal Civil Defense Administra-
ton as guide to the public. The booklet plainly
said that persons overall chances of survival
would be best in a basement" At the conference
here last week of civil defense representatives
from the States, however, the chief of the FCDA
shelter division undertook to correct certain
publicity" as to "the use of basement areas as
protection against atomic attack" Presumably
he had in mind publicity based on the FCDA
booklet. He warned that contrary to certain
beliefs, basement areas of modern frame build
ings generally do not provide suitable shelter"
While he was speaking, official civil defense films
were being shown depicting typical family
taking shelter in a basement.
The delegates were understandably confused
by all this. Later the FCDA issued statement
intended to clear up the confusion. The gist of
it was to support the original idea on basement
havens. The agency "has and will continue to
recommend the use of suitable Easements in
private homes and many commercial buildings as
shelters against enemy air attacks with atomic
bombs" the release said. If the matter is not
clear now to everybody, it might be well to await
a new report, which, said the FCDA, will detail
the criteria necessary to establishment of a firm
national shelter program" Meanwhile, the public
will hope that the Russians do not cross up
everything by refusing to wait.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Skipper

Selt-righteous neighborS troWned on
Captain Ben:
His aura gaze the lie to Prohibition
In fact, the parSon used him, notU and
then,
To illustrate the progress of perdi-
Before his shack, its stoUepipe all aske10.
Its ,pindoD paper -botched, its ridge
pole sagging,
ON sunny days he'd sit and droDse and
cheW,
His grizsled quid-Stained Dhiskers
ltstless wagging.
oh. yes, he aDGs a derelict, no doubt
Yet Dhen, as playing palled, toe took
notion
To squat around his chair and drdt0
hin, out,
Then plunging bows tossed foam.
storm, churned the ocean,
And We, enthrGlled. heard ttnkling
temple bells,
Grim jungle drums, shril din OF
thronged bas1drS,
SaU palm -tringed atollS. mashed By
sapphire SDells
Beneath black heauens crossed Uith
alien stars :.
Horold Willard Gleason.
Evening star., 1951-05-16

strict neutrality. He baked at leasing
new land for bases necessary to defend
the canal. He pointedly associated with
Italian and German diplomats.
However, American officials soon
learned that his objection to the leases
was not one of principle but of price.
Critics of the regime circulated rumors
about profits from slot machines, from
the race track, from new casino, from
Panamanian participation in businesses
owned by foreigners. Americans in the
Canal Zone kept out of the fight, but
commented privately that Arias was
more a Huey Long than Hitler.
There was more than a touch of the
Hitlerian technique. however, in the
popular ratification of the 1941 con-
stitution, which extended the presidents
term from four to six years, put all the
governments financial affairs under his
control and gave him the right to set
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Tension Over Iran

The British government-whch has sig
nihcantly alerted brigade Of crack parachute
troops specially trained for emergency action
appears to be growing increasingly alarmed over
the way officials in Teheran are approaching the
delicate and complex problem of Matchmaking
the giant Ango-Iranan Oil Company. The
anxiety seems we'll founded, and DR.. Mohammed
Mossadegh Trans new Premier is doing nothing
to dispel it. On the contrary, his conduct sug
gests that he and his extremist followers are
bent on a course that is anything but realistic
or fair minded.
To put it mildly, Dr. Mossadegh-an aged
visionary-has been much less than reassuring in
his latest address to Trans Lower House. He has
spoken weirdly. Proclaiming his intention to
seek safety by barricading himself in the Parlia-
ment building, he has declared that he Is in i'm
minent danger of assassination, with the Anglo
Iranian Company "resolutey determined to
destroy me-" and with other groups out to get
rid of him as we'll Further, with great deal
of emotionasn, ending in a fainting spell, he has
told of how in his dreams at night he has been
guided by radiant figures to nationalize oil, how
his work has thwarted dark forces" and how
he needs no bodyguard because he has the
strength and ability to shoot my killer"
Some members of the Lower House are said
to have laughed at Premier Mossadegh during
even though his National Party is very small
minority in Parliament, the House has acceded
to his request that no conservatives be named to
the legislative committee that has been created
to arrange for the naturalization of the British
owned oil property. The whole committee, along
with the one set up by Trans Senate, apparently
adheres to DR.. Mossadeghs views, and since those
views-as voiced so far-seem in many ways to be
highly impractical and whimsical, there is rea-
son to fear that the project may be carried out
in a manner that will not only fail to provide
fair compensation but also do injury to the eff
cient production and westward marketing of the
Anglo-Iranian Company To make matters
worse the committees secretary has issued the
inflammatory warning that Britain, unless it
hands over the property without argument, will
be responsible for "the beginning of the third
world war"
The British, whose naval forces are fueled
chiefly by Trans oil, certainly have good cause
to be disturbed by all this The same holds true
for the Western European nations whose vital
Evening star., 1951-05-16
All Thut and Heaven Too"

Hu ihNt 1h0 stS0NCu j w
What's wrong with the world?
Ministers tell us we need more relig-
ion, that the solution is to turn from
material things to spiritual things.
Educators tell us we need more educa-
ton. that people and nations who live
in poverty and filth, do so because of
the lack of education.
Politicians tell us the world is in a
sorry state because of Communism and
that if all nations became democracies
our problems would be solved.
Communists blame capitalists for the
worlds troubles and claim Communism
will save the world
But the world cannot be better than
the people who inhabit it. When we
make up our minds to breed better men,
then we will produce better world.
Yet there is nowhere in the world an
adequately-endowed. properly equipped
and competently-s stated scientific insti-
tuition for the study of human heredity.
II money were appropriated for the
study OF man instead of the study of
the atom, we could produce a human
race just little lower than the angels.
G. C.. Miller.
Harrisburg Pa
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Disturbing Prophecy

Ignoring the admonition of the i'm
mortal George Washington and the les
sons of history, the United States has
assumed the role of guardian and wet
nurse to the so-called "free' nations of
the world and the constant call for mole
taxes from the White House is gradually
reducing the middle class white collar
workers and small-business men to q
condition of penury.
To avoid this catastrophe, Bruce Bar
ton, in his column of May 6, offered a
suggestion to the President and Secre-
tary of State-"That is to cut the awful
waste out of our civil and military de-
partmentS put an end to the suicidal
delusion that we can feed, police and
manage the world and shape program
for the future that has some reasonable
relation to our manpower and financial
capacity"
Unfortunately, as Mr.. Barton says,
''We shall have no chance for such a
program from the present administra-
ton"
Over so years ago, The Star predicted
with pin-point accuracy the inevitable
result of the assumption by the United
States of the role of economic angel
and protector of the peace to foreign
governments. Commenting editorially
on the visit of the representatives of the
Boer republics to President Mckinley
and Secretary of State John Hay, The
Star, on May %, 1900, said
THE United States has no call to
serve as the universal peacemaker, even
between empires and republics When.
however, it may feel summoned to fill
that onerous part in the worlds econ
omy it should proceed, we'll in advance,
unless it desires to become ridiculous
Evening star., 1951-05-16
General Bradley Hits Hard

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff,
General Omar Bradley certainly cannot be
accused of equivocating or pussyfooting in his
testimony before the Senate committee investi-
eating the firing of General Macarthur.
General Bradley hit and hit hard at the
Macarthur strategy His position is one of
unqualified opposition to any action which, at
this time, would convert the limited Korean war
into bigger war with Red China, and possibly
with Russia Here are some of his comments
Taking on Red China is not decisive
move, does not guarantee the end of the
war in Korea, and may not bring China to
her knees. would say that from past
history one would only Jump from a smaller
conflict to a larger deadlock at greater
expense.
There are many critics who would like
to call for a showdown. From a purely
military point of view this is not desirable
We are not in the best military position to
seek showdown, even if it were the Nations
desire to forfeit the chances for peace by
precipitating a total war.
I am under no illusion that our present
strategy of using means short of total war
to achieve our ends and oppose communism
is a guarantee that a world war will not
be thrust upon us. But policy of patience
world war, while we improve our military
power is one which we (the Joint Chiefs
believe we must continue to follow.
Red China is not the powerful nation
seeking to dominate the world. Frankly in
the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this
(the MacArthur) strategy would involve us
in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the
wrong time and with the wrong enemy
md OF did
Bradley seem to yield any ground to the Mac
Arthur thesis He said the Joint Chiefs believe
that every effort should be made to settle the
present conflict without extending it outsid.
Korea. Then he added this: "If this proves to
be impossible, then other measures may have to
be taken
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs did not
specify the "other measures" he had in mind
But presumably he was talking about the meas
ureS recommended by General Macarthur And
it is at this point, perhaps, that the real differ
ence between them emerges.
General Macarthur believes that the i'm
possibility of settling the conflict on acceptable
terms has been established beyond a reasonable
doubt Therefore, he urges that our full power
be brought to bear in effort to force the
enemy out of Korea and to cut the loss in Amer
lean lives. General Bradley evidently believes
that the door has not been closed to the prospect
of satisfactory settlement. Various recent
expressions indicate that others hold the same
view, that there is something in the offing-
military or political in nature-that promises an
early peace in Korea. If this is the case there
is reason for hope-and caution. If it is not the
case, the difference between the Bradley position
and the Macarthur position seems to be essen
TALLY one of timing.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
AP Wirephotos.

up monopolies and to appropriate for
eign businesses.
The day after his ruling that Amer
ican-owned ships Of Panama registry
many Of them carrying supplies to
embattled Britain-could not be armed.
DR.. Arias, violating one of his own laws,
made secret trip to Havana His own
cabinet. with the approval of the Su-
preme Court and the cooperation of
the national police. declared his Office
vacant. A regime much more friendly
to the United States came into power
only two months before Pearl Harbor.
DR.. Arias has spent the 10 years since
in exile. in jail, in revolutionary plot
ting. in political campaigning and in
the Presidential Palace. Now, back in
Jail for the third time, he probably is
convinced that you can't buck the chief
of police and get away with it-at least
not in Panama.
Evening star., 1951-05-16

petroleum needs have been met up to now by the
output Of the Anglo -Iranian Company. Or. Mos
sadegh's performance to date has been disheart-
ening One can only hope that his government
when it gets down to the brass tacks of putting
the naturalization into effect, will not let dreamy
visions obscure the realities. Unless good judg-
ment is used in this situation, Iran can stir up
a lot of trouble not only for itself and Britain
but for the entire free world.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Lunocy of War
M. c. Lyddane.

That great apostle of truth. William
Ellery Charming, recognized the utter
lunacy of mass warfare, and over
century ago said, in an eloquent essay:
"War is the concentration of all
human crimes. Under it's standards
gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud,
perfidy, rapacity and lust. If it only
slew men it would do little. But it turns
them rather into beasts of prey.
Here is the evil of war that man,
made to be the brother, becomes the
deadly foe of his kind; that man. whose
duty is to mitigate suffering, makes the
inf1iction of suffering his study and end;
that man. whose Office is to heal the
wounds which come from natures pow
ers, makes researches into natures laws
and arms himself with their most fright
full forces that he may become the de-
stroyer of his race"
Edmund X. Goldsborough.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Bird for Juy
Edmund X. GoldsbOrough.

What I think is most discouraging
about Jay Carmodys review of our play.
"Mr. Arcularis," at the Arena Stage, is
not that he dislikes it, which he or any
critic has every right to do. but that
by implication-he states that it isn't
a play at all. Maybe it isn't-but that
raises the question: What, precisely, is?
And must it be only, and unvaryingly
the slick Broadway or West End we'll
made article of commerce, or can we be
allowed now and again to try something
little different? In this. Mr.. Carmody
seems to be something of devils advo-
cate.
In the house of the theatre there
should be many mansions. many dimen-
sions. And it is my own personal convic-
ton that the public is ready and anx-
ious for a far more imaginative fare
than is usually believed. suspect, in
fact, that it is in this respect some way
ahead of the critics. Our own very mod
est experiment is an example of this
we have found, in London and at Prov
incetown, that the public had no trouble
with it whatever-they ate it alive. 1t
was only the critics who were dyspeptic.
Conrad Aiken,
Consultant in Poetry. Library of Con-
greSS.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Does the sun give out heat?-
r. w. O.
A. The sun itself does not give out
heat but sends out rays of various wave
lengths which travel through space.
When these reach an object they can
not penetrate, their energy is converted
into heat The rays are not hot as long
as they travel unimpeded,
@. Was Fanny Crosby blind? How
many hymns did she write?-J. A. B.
A. Fanny Crosby was blind. In writ
ing hymns, she used as many as 200
pseudonyms and initials When, in her
96th year Miss Crosby died it was
reckoned that she had probably written
about 5000 hymns.
O. What do commercial Gamers do
to soften the bones in fishes?-R. H. G.
A. The National Gamers Association
says that the bones are Softened by the
cooking process. Cooking is done under
steam pressure. No chemicals or other
ingredients are used to soften the bones
of canned fish.
@. Are atomic bomb explosions likely
to have any effect upon our weather?
&C. S. D.
A. Meteorologists do not think so.
They point out that the energy released
by 100 atomic bombs would be insignifi-
cant compared with the natural forces
released in a. single storm over the
Atlantic seaboard.
Evening star., 1951-05-16

before all nations, to multiply its mill
tary and naval forces by 10 or 20. or
even so. prepare to buckle on the sword
permanently and leave the pursuits of
peace for the field of action and bid
farewell forever to the blessings of pros
perity and progress"
President Truman's latest demand for
the expenditure of over $50 billion in the
next fiscal year indicates that, with an
embarrassing drain on the national
income, the condition envisaged by the
writer of The Stars editorial at the turn
of the century is well on the way to
realization.
M. c. Lyddane.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Questions and Answers

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anV question Of fact by either writing The
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Evening star., 1951-05-16
Letters to he Star

Pen-naes may be used If letters carry er names
and addresses All letters subject to condensation
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-01-11
A scandinavian
Club In Kansas

A Scandinavian Club of Greater
Kansas City was recently founded
with headquarters at 9O5 Walnut
Street. President is BrOr w. Unge,
an officer of the City National
Bank & Trust Company.
The purpose of the club is to
promote better understanding be-
tween the three Scandinavian
countries and the United States,
to develop social and cultural re-
lations and to undertake educa-
tional programs for this purpose,
to encourage and assist the ex-
change of students through uni
versities and other connections,
and to develop commercial ana
financial relations between Scan
dinavia and America.
The club has enrolled almost
200 members, and applications are
still coming in. 1t is principally
composed of professional business
men.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-01-11
Norway Gets
Soviet Note
On Antarctic

In a memorandum delivered to
the Norwegian government the
Soviet government has declared
its anticipation of taking part in
future discussions on claims made
by other countries in the Antarctic.
Similar notes were sent to the
governments of the United States,
Great Britain, France, New Zea-
land, Australia and Argentina.
The Norwegian Foreign Office
has told the Oslo paper "Arbeider-
bladet" that the Norwegian Gov
eminent will consult with the gov
ernments of the other countries
which have received the memoran-
dunn before any answer is given.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-01-11
SCANDINAVIAN COOPERA-

TION-Denmark, Norway and
Sweden on December q, (effec-
tive Jan. l, 1851 signed a joint
agreement whereby persons born
and residing in Norway or Swe-
den may obtain Danish citizen
ship. Persons who are citizens of
Norway or Sweden may in certain
circumstances upon written appli-
cation obtain Danish citizenship,
as may also persons, who have lost
their Danish citizenship and be-
come citizens of Norway and Swe-
den, upon taking up residence in
Denmark again. And vice versa.
SOUTH SLESNIG - A tele-
gram by the organization of all
urural communities in South Sles-
Wig and Holstein to the handbag
in kiel points cut that the Bonn
Government promise of eVacuat-
ing 10000 refugees during 1851
is unsatisfactory. The message
stresses the need among the refu
gees and says that it can be re-
leved only by a quick resettlement
of $4,000 persons. The situation
demands accelerated action. The
Kiel Government and handbag is
eXhorted to demand Of Bonn an
immediate evacuation of 100000
in 1851 and additional 100000 in
1852.
according to a dispatch to
the Berhngske Tidende, the
number Of unemployed IN Sles-
vig-Holstein increased by 49,
600 during the first two weeks
of December and now exceeds
100000
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-01-11
New Trustees For,
ANS. Foundation

Three new members have been
elected to the board of trustees of
The Ameri lean Scandinavian
Foundation in New York, accord
ing to Lithgow Osborne, president.
They are: Villas johnson and ia
cob A. o. Preus, of Chicago, and
Fred johnson, of Detroit.
Villas Johnson, born in Rock
ford, Illinois, in 1901, is president
of the Swedish Pioneer Historical
Society.
Mr.. Preus served as Governor of
Minnesota, 1921-1925. Mr.. Fred
Johnson, native of Denmark,
came to this country in 1913 and
in 1885 he formed his own indus
trial concern, The Progressive
Welder Company, in Detroit.