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Evening star., 1951-11-03
General Ike's Return

1t calls for something approaching super
human exercise of will power to resist the urge
to speculate on the political significance of the
White House announcement that General Eisen-
hover will return here next week for consulta-
tions with the President.
1t is a speculative area in which the sky
would be the limit. It may be that. d. But the
time to stop is before a start is made. And
The Star, having not the slightest idea what
Mr.. Truman will say to General Eisenhower,
and vice versa, at their private meeting, does
not propose to take the first fatal speculative STEP
Politics aside. however, there are a number
of matters that would justify the recall of the
general. One is the report that a shift of
emphasis is imminent in European defense
planning. Just what this amounts to is not
clear, but the suggestion is that more emphasis
would be put on equpping and training the
divisions in being, and less on the long grange
goal of having ready perhaps 60 equipped and
trained divisions in 1854.
This could be serious matter For General
Eisenhower has taken the position that the
larger force. or one approximating it, is the
minimum required to insure the security of
Europe, and his whole emphasis has been on
raising it speedily possible. The feeling has
been that Western Europe is in a race against
time-a race to build an effective ground defense
before the Russians can be ready for an an-out
war, and the opinion at the Eisenhower head
quarters is that there is enough time if used
to best advantage, but that there is no time
to waste
Certainly General Eisenhower would be con-
cerned if there is any project afoot to defer and
push back the 1854 goals. Nor would this con-
Germ be eaSed if the result of any change in
emphasis should be to create in Europe smaller
force that is well armed and equipped, but not
strong enough to resist Russian attack
Then there are other. though related, matters
which might proftably be discussed between the
President and the NATO commander There is
the question of the saggng economies and the
unstable political situations in both France and
willingness Of those countries to meet their
NATO commitments. It is possible that the
development of new atomic weapons as sug-
gested by the recent tests in this country, may
affect the long-range plan for the defense OF
Europe. The disaffection in Egypt also bears
Importantly on General Eisenhowers task.
These matters, or any of them, might readily
explain the recall for consultation of the NATO
chief. 1t is quite possible, of course, that the
generals political intentions may be discussed
They, too, are of the highest Importance in the
has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for
keeping mum. If his political plans are going
to be revealed, that will be done when he is
ready to reveal them. Meanwhile, speculation
is just waste of time.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Be Your Own Solicitor

Be your own Community Chest solic-
itor. Unfortunately, there is not COM
plete solicitor coverage for every home.
Office desk or work bench for Commu-
nifty Chest funds. and complete coverage
is what Chairman Owens is so rightly
striving to attain to make the Red
Feather Drive a success.
So let's those of us who have not
been solicited, and havesa feeling that
we shall not be, be our own solicitors
and send our contributions to the Red
Feather Drive Headquarters at 1101 M
street NV, Washington, D. c., to show
Mr.. Owens that we are backing him and
his fine staff one hundred per cent, and
above all to meet the great need.
Also. may we welcome the newcomers
Evening star., 1951-11-03
More on Montgomery Referendum

Thanks for publishing my letter on
the school board referendum in Mont
gomery County and also for publishing
the critical reply to it by Charles Cor
don. He was correct in calling attention
to the typographical error regarding the
date Of the referendum, November 6 in
stead Of November 8.
I should like to point out, however,
that this referendum is costing taxpay-
ers money which could have been saved
by putting the item on the regular bal
lot in 1852. I feel that it is time to
consider what expenditures are neces-
Sary in this county, since we face in
creased taxes at all levels Of govern
ment.
There is nothing vague about the legal
imperfections in the bill on which we
are to vote. Senator Dewitt Hyde and
Delegate Leona Rush admitted that the
bill was mot perfect" This bill is def
nitely in conflict with the provisions of
Maryland election laws, and just as def
initely it does not provide for the man
ner in which the four replacement men,
bers to the school board are to be
elected
The Board of Election Supervisors has
nothing to do with the provisions in the
bill unless it is adopted In the referen-
dunn. Then it is the duty of the Board
of Supervisors Of Elections to set up the
voting machines in 1852 in accordance
with the provisions of the bill. Since
no method of electing the four members
of the school board is specified, the
Board of Supervisors Of Elections, acting
under provisions Of Article 80 Of the
Code Of Maryland Law. will seek legal
help to determine the method Of election
and also If the election is in conflict
with Maryland election laws. Thus
the question of legality will not arise
unless the bill is acted on favorably in
the referendum.
Many of the proponents of this bill
are parents who are dissatisfied with
many things in our school system and
with whom I sympathize as parent
However, much Of the authority Of the
school board, without regard to the
manner of its selection, stems from
State laws and actions Of the school
board are guided by the need to con-
form with these regulations to secure
State funds. We do not wish to be taxed
by the State for the schools and find that
because we want more home rule" the
entire burden Of the expense OF our
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Clothing for the Koreans

1nclosed is copy Of very stirring
letter that received from q lieutenant
who has just come back from Korea. It
would be most helpful If this letter or
some part of it could be reproduced in
your editorial page. The clothing drive
Is going along very well and this would
aid it great deal.
Mrs. Oscar L. Chapman.
Here is the letter:
Having read in the newspapers that
you are collecting clothing for Korea.
it occurred to me that you may wonder
whether it is worth the effort. So I
thought would write this note to you to
let you know how important what you
are doing really is to the Korean people.
have recently returned from Korea
where I served for ten months with a
line battalion as a platoon leader. I
have seen much havoc wrought. people
killed and MANNED, but of all suffering
and pain the thing that is indelibly
stamped in my mind are the women and
children in the bitter cold of last winter.
To be cut down by fire or torn asunder
by artillery is merciful death compared
to the slow torture Of freezing.
have seen the Korean people flow in
an unending line over road blocks, chill
dren barefoot, bleeding on the sharp
frozen ground. old men on gnarled purple
sticks that once were legs, women with
one shirt to cover their shoulders and
the child on their back. A man may
move without food and endure extreme
cold for cause. But who can tell child
to stop whimpering. a child red, raw
and shivering, that some abstract ideal
must be gained through his suffering?
If there is any doubt in the mind Of
any one. you may tell them that with
reasonable certainty, somewhere in Ko-
rea a mother looks toward the bleak,
gray sky of early winter and beseeches
her God to deliver her and hers through
another bitter winter.
B. C. McGovern, 1st 1t.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Thot Police QUESTIONABLE

1t is to say the least, novel situation when
the superintendent of police, acting for his men
and himself goes into court to contest an order
from his Superiors the District Commissioners
Yet 1t is difficult to feel that this can properly
be described as an act of insubordination. For
presumably a policeman, if he thinks his legal
rights are being invaded, has as much right to
seek relief in the courts as has any other citizen
At any rate the legal issues raised by the
QUESTIONABLE, which has been sent to an unde-
termined number of policemen at the request of
the Senate District Crime Subcommittee, are
before the court, and that is where they belong
The court, and no one else, can resolve them.
There are aspects of this controversy, how
ever which have no direct connection with the
legal issues.
Counsel for the Senate committee has refused
to say how many policemen will receive the
QUESTIONABLE. 1t is difficult to understand the
reason for secrecy on this point especially since
there is every indication that at least majority
of the members of the department are affected
The counsel also has said that policeman
should not consider himself under suspicion just
because he receives one of the question forms.
If that is the case, then it follows that the
QUESTIONABLE probing into the most intimate
details of the individuals affairs, is being sent
to policemen who are not under suspicion And
that, in The Stars judgment, is very dubious
procedure.
1t is one thing to investigate a policeman
who is suspected of some wrongdoing. In such
a case the suspected individual quite properly
should be compelled, in the absence of guilt
confessing plea of standardization to answer
any question bearing on his financial affairs.
But it is quite different matter to attempt to
require a policeman, whether under suspicion or
not, to answer some 1850 questions probing
not only into his own affairs but into the affairs
of his relatives as well.
This has the earmarkS of a fishing eXpedi-
ton on the grand scale, and as such is under
standably repugnant to the members of the
Police Department. From the committees stand
point, it u.s. of course, an easy and convenient
way of marshaling facts bearing on the integrity
of the police. But under our system the easiest
way is not necessarily the proper way to proceed
especially in the course of investigation which,
If it can be justified, must aim ultimately at
criminal prosecutions or some other disciplinary
action.
If the court should rule that the question
naire is legally proper, then of course it must be
answered. But if the ruling should be otherwise
there is no reason why the investigation should
be dropped. There is obvious cause to believe
that there is some dishonesty in the department
Suspected individuals can and should be haled
before the committee a grand jury and ques-
toned under oath. That is the usual-and an
efectve-way of getting at the truth in a situa-
tion of this kind.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
When the Princess Visited Greece

Just about a year ago the Princess
Elizabeth and her husband arrived in
Athens for three day visit with Philips
cousin. King Paul of Greece.
They found in Greece the perfect
weather that favors that end of the
Mediterranean almost any season of the
year.
We, members of the ECA Mission, did
not try to see all the goings and comings
of the visiting royalty, but one day we
had our chance. They were to go to the
city hall for a revival of an ancient
ceremony, then to the Unknown Soldiers
Tomb near the Missions headquarters
in the Tameion Building.
So we found places on balcony out
side our Offices overlooking Venizelos
Street. The procession was simple but
colorful. First came the kings guard
mounted on white Arab horses, followed
by two open victorias. In the first was
King Paul and Elizabeth, in the second
Philip and Queen Frederika.
But there was a marked difference
in the timing between the ancient vic
torias of Greece and the motorized pro-
cession in Washington. The leisurely
pace OF Gne party gave us an unnurrleu
and completely satisfactory view Of the
little group.
The memory of the scene is still with
me. A wide boulevard. for this is in
the modern section of Athens; bright
sun in blue sky, Mount Lykabettus in
the background; the troop of horse, and
in the two shiny victorias the hand
somest quartet of young people I ever
have seen together. I could easily i'm
agine their going back to Tatoi. the
Kings country place. for a game of
tennis that afternoon before the guests
had to leave for England after an en-
joyable visit with their relatives.
OF course. it couldn't happen here like
that, but it adds postscript to Eliza
beth and Philips visit to Washington.
Bernard Wyck0ff.
Evening star., 1951-11-03

school system must be borne by the
county, as has happened with regard to
the State library system. We now pay
taxes to the State for a State library
system to which we do not belong, a
provision for belonging to which is the
appointment by the Governor of Coun-
ty Library Board. Thus because we want
home rule" we are deprived of the ben
eflts Of the State library system.
When this bill is voted on favorably
it is the law, good or bad. Changes then
can be brought about only through the
introduction Of new legislation and the
authors of the bill and the organiza-
tions supporting this bill publicly admit
that it needs improvement"
r. -.a Lillian III. McNiSh.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Supplementary Troininq Essential

1t was evident from the report of the National
Security Training Commission that its members
were concerned over the relative brevity of the
training period which Congress specified. The
commission had no authority to recommend any
lengthening of the period, which was compro-
mise agreed to by the Defense Department as
concession to opponents of the plan. Originally
the department had advocated one year of train
ing The siX-year program finally was worked
out with the understanding that during the
present emergency graduates of the course would
go into the Army and receive additional season.
ing for combat and that, thereafter, "revital-
ICED" reserve training program would be set up.
That is why the commission laid so much
stress on the necessity for building up strong
reserve system, designed to carry on the training
begun under UNIT The report said: "The mill
tary services point out that the desired balance
of technical skils in the reserves can be achieved
only if the UNIT program is closely related to an
effective reserve program. The multiple technical
skillS upon which the services depend have one
feature in common-a long period OF formal
schooling extending in most cases beyond the
training period envisaged in UNIT. Therefore,
If the technical proficiency required for rapid
mobilization and combat is to be achieved, the
reserve programs must provide for the advance
ment of those skills which are impaired to the
trainee in elementary form during UNIT" The
commission added that it is vital" that this
reserve program be authorized by Congress as
a supplement to UNIT.
Under the plans submitted to the commission
by the three branches of the Defense Depart
ment, trainees would receive only three months
of basic military training, followed by varying
periods of specialized instruction, elementary
group training and on-the-job experience-all
crowded into busy six-month period. The COM
mission vigorously opposed suggestions that this
six months be split into two three-month train
ing sessions, timed for school vacations so as
not to interrupt education It argued persua-
sively that to make the most of the six months
of training a continuous period of duty would
be essential The military services hold to the
same view.
The new reserve program has not been def
nitey decided on, but, in general, the Defense
Department plans to create new classes Of
reservists-the Ready Reserve, the Standby
Reserve and the Retired Reserve. UNIT grad
uates" in timk of reace would go into the Eeady
Reserve for faf,Eer training. This group you'd
Evening star., 1951-11-03

years has been his handsome blond
wife, Eva Duarte de Peron, the ex-radio
actress who supervises both the labor
and health ministries. OF her popu-
larity with the workers there is no doubt.
The mass support that Peron set out
to find in 1943 is so strong, thanks in
large part to his wife. that his totali
tartan regime can demand not only the
acquiesence but the active cooperation
of the citizen. Peron's methods are
more than adequate for winning elec-
tions. Whether Argentina's stubborn
economic problems can be solved by the
same technique is yet to be determined.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What is charter member Of
an organization?-J. Mem.
A. One of the original members of a
society, especially one named in a char
ter as one of the founders, or taking
part in the first proceedings under it.
Some organizations keep the roll open
for six months, or even a year, and
class as charter members all who join
within that time and who pay dues.
@. How many kinds of by-products
are obtained from slaughtering hogs,
cattle and sheep?-E. Mem.
A. Hogs have 81 different classifica-
tions of by-products, beef 10, sheep %,
and calves a.. These are in turn broken
down into many subdivisions.
@. Where is the worlds longest tun-
nel?-T. M.
A. The tube which extends from East
Finchley Station to Morden, in Lon
don, a distance of 17A miles, is said
to be the worlds longest tunnel.
@. Why are voting machines not used
more extensively?-C. E. E.
A. The chief reason is the high cost
Of these machines.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Green Prophecy

The bush is broun; the zine is bare;
The leaf is rank iDith mould:
And ice and STo1D and sleet declare
The death OF green and gold.
NotU frost preSumes to seal the sod
And iUind, to keep the sky,
And cold to repoSses the pod
And ills to multiply.
But aDinter cannot take the tree,
Nor gloom rend Jog apart
When Spring preserves for prophecy
A green bouoh-in the heart!
Helen Harrington
Evening star., 1951-11-03
By Belmont Fories

THE PERON ERA
b. Robert j. Alexander tColumbial.
Juan Domingo Peron, a general whose
political shock troops are trades union
lists, can look forward confidently to re-
election November IL as President Of
Argentina.
Military relationships are a-dime-a-
dozen in Latin America. But an army
officer who bases totalitarian regime on
labor support is pretty much in class
by himself.
How did Gen Peron become a working
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Peron: General, Labor Politician, Dictator

Party and dissident Radical group, he
won by landslide in February 1916.
His decamisadoS (the shirtless ones
had made him constitutional president
of Argentina.
During his current term the Peronista
party has grown more and powerful and
the once independent labor movement
has become almost entirely tool of
the regime. new constitution sets
forth the rights of the workers, and. as
the Communists point out, the only
fault they have to find with Peron is
that he has failed to carry out his pro-
gram-they are, they say. better Peron-
iStas than Peron.
With the labos situation now in hand,
strikes are frowned on by the govern
ment unless they serve Peronista pur-
pose. as did the strike which led to
the closing of La Prensa, one Of the
last two non-Peronista papers. MIR.
Alexander, believes that the action
against La Prensa was taken as a spec
tacular move to divert attention of the
workers from Peron's strikebreaking ac-
tivities in the Railway Unions walkout
early this year-the most serious de-
fiance of the government to date by
union presumably under Peronista con-
troll
One of the Presidents chief assets in
dealing with labor over the last five
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Letters to The Star
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to our community, and invite you to take
part in this drive and other civic duties
to help make your adopted community
the kind Of community you will be
proud to live in?
Park M. Clifford.
Evening star., 1951-11-03
Questions and Answers

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any question of fact by either writing The
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return postage or by telephoning ST f36a
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1951-12-01

was the charming hostess at last Wednes-
day evenings meeting of the Silver Leaf
Art Club.
Rev. James Spencer of Newark, N. j.,
Mrs. Lucy Bailey, Mrs. Hattie Spencer,
Miss Mary Spencer and Miss Kyle of Wins
ton-Salem, Nc. ,motored into the city last
weekend and enjoyed pleasant visit
with Miss Mary Hairston on Madison Ave.
NE
Mrs. Stella Hurt of Third street, N. F..
entertained a number. of friends with a
lovely dinner party last Friday evening
Enjoying the sumptuous repast were the
following: Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Wright,
Mr. Henry Williams, Mrs. Lula Howard,
Mrs. Beulah Sweetenburg, Mrs Mae Dun
raville, Mr. Nat Barrett, Obediah Gravely,
Johnsie Traynham, Ida Williams and Ina
Gettings.
The Womens Auxiliary of the Burrell
Memorial Hospital met st week and
elected the following officers: Mrs. Azalia
Lewis, president Mrs. Sam Hodge, vice
president; Mrs. Elaine Ward, recording
secretary; Mrs. Bessie Coles, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Gus Law, treasurer.
Plans were completed for the presenta-
'Io'. If canned goods to the hospital at the
next regular Heating, December 6.
The regular business meeting of the
Cottage Community Club was held at the
Lula Williams YWCA last Sunday after
noon.
The -Four Ace Social Club was highly
entertained in the h m of Mr.. David
Hairston on Orange Ave-, N. E. last Tues
day evening.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1951-12-01
The National Political Picture

D. Eisenhower is chosen as the Republi-
can standardbearer the picture would be
different. He is the most popular soldier
the world has today And because peO-
pie will forget that he is soldier and be
carried away with his popularity and vote
for him, he will not be easy to beat. But
enc of the greatest mistakes General Els
enhower could make would be to allow
his name to be used as "a candidate for
the presidency of the United States. He,
like all other men, has his faults. And
while his virtues would be extoled by his
friends, his shortcomings would likewise
be magnified by his opponents AS SOL
der, he knows no defeat. 1t would be
unfortunate for so great a man to be butch
cred up in the noontide of his most bril-
liant career.
Whether we like Mr. Truman or dis
like him, if General Eisenhower is the
Republican standardbearer, we will need
the candidacy of Mr.. Truman to save the
Democratic reign of government. We are
not going to risk World War III by electing
a warrior to the head Of our govern*ae
Under the present administration wsAad-
nit that we have been called towards.
We admit that for year and half we
have been engaged in an undeclared war
an1sg which time we have lost thous-
men andthousands of our valiant young
and can+s bossn and the cost in dollars
cities have not heen Frightening, but our
our women and children he ~ LIZ. ne 800
and our production plants are a.. - 49,,
in full operation but new ones are sps,o.
ing up all over the country. We canno
and we must not risk reversal of oul
present situation by changing from what
some would call bad to worse.
1t won't be long now before the people
will be called upon to decide our future
course. The public should be openminded
and seriously consider the decision tna
must be made by the voters in the coming
Presidential Election year which is ever
closer than you may realize.