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Evening star., 1951-12-27

neither the practical opportunity or per-
sonal inclination to leave the Supreme
Court. But he was simultaneously Chief
Justice and Secretary of State. At the
time of his appointment and confirma-
ton early in 1901 as Chief Justice he
headed the State Department. He con-
tinued as Secretary without salary until
President John Adams went out and
President Thomas Jefferson came in.
Extra-curricular activities are not un-
precedented for Supreme Court Justices.
Congress in 1892 enacted statute re-
quiring justices to serve also as pen
sion commissioners Justice Iredell,
1790-1799, in letter to President Wash
ington. said ne thought the law was un-
constitutional.
While many Supreme Court justices
may have had aspirations or active sup
port for presidential nominations. COM
paratively few Presidents have been
judges. President Taft, later Chief JUS
tice, had been a Federal judge in Ohio.
President Van Buren, had been a surro-
gate court judge in New York. Presi-
dent Truman was county judge years
ago in Missouri. Alton B. Parker, the
Democratic nominee against President
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, was chief
justice Of the New York Court of Ap-
peals. And John Quincy Adams, in
1911. was nominated and confirmed as
q Supreme Court justice. He decided
not to take the job. A few years later
he was President.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
By Charles E. TroceweN

"I am 49," came the reply.
"And you have seen everything. and
been everywhere. What privileged"
Missy modestly accepted the tribute.
els your father an Army man?" asked
Jones.
Eyes. And I have been to Europe, too.
Have you?"
Templeton Jones suddenly felt sorry
for some guy in the future.
mo-" he replied, honestly. and al
most added, but didn't, thank heaven"
Instead he asked, Have you been to
Hawaii?"
For q second she hesitated, but
matched Jones in honesty.
mo-" she said. reluctantly. "But I
spent q month in Oregon, and there is
no place there to equal Washington.
d. c."
She arose. gathered up her books. and
turned to get off.
"Good-by," called Templeton Jones.
''You keep on sticking up for the Dis
trict OF Columbia, because from now on
1t is going to need great deal of
sticking up for"
She treated this with splendid isola-
tion that reminded him Of Henry
James heroine.
It was now time to get of at the
Circle, and all the passengers arose. The
gray haired woman smiled her approval
at Jones as she passed.
She was just an Army brat" she
said. Just an Army brat"
..aoa rsnplston Jope' thought he under
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Letters to The Star
Pen-nan,es may be used if letters carry
1oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

fiying) in the local area could more like
ly be some commercial pilot under the
CT training bill finishing up his in
structor's license with job opportunity
lying ahead. Meanwhile. the incon-
spicuous departure of another aircraft
with inauspicious return several days
later probably saw hundreds Of miles
accomplished In the interim Of purely
convenient transportation.
As an illustration of airplane use, I
cite my own case. Using small 2-place
all-metal light plane, I enjoyed some
5000 miles in the past year Of pure
transportation. This included only one
train ride and no trips by any other
means. In this. % trips drom 875-
1000 miles each) were made week ends
to Cape Cod and Boston from Wash
ington. Most Of them were for business
purposes as much as for weekend time
off Some 18 business meetings were
attended on schedule with only one
that required taking the train. Such
travelling included trips in the Eastern
and Midwest area.
I think you will see effort by various
quarters in the aviation industry to try
and improve understandings on the So
called private" misnomer that has been
with US so long. It has been the cause
of many MISUNDERSTANDING.
Charles A. Parker.
Executive Director. National Aviation
Trades Association.
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Church and Stute

A legal contest affecting the hap
piness, love and security" Of two little
girls will come before the Supreme Court
shortly in an appeal based on the prin-
ciple Of separation Of church and state.
The issues in the case have been dis
cussed by Lucy Freeman in the New
York Times. but since have seen no
mention Of this significant appeal in the
pages of your newspaper, should like to
summarize the facts in the dispute for
the benefit Of your readers:
Diane and Linda Southern, s and Z
years old. respectively, were placed by
their mother in Jewish boarding home
several years ago. She visited them
weekly for a year. then disappeared.
Later. the New York City Children's
Court authorized the Free Synagogue
Child Adoption Committee to place the
children in an adaptive home. After
Diane and Linda were happily adjusted
in their new home, it was discovered
that their mother was Roman Catholic
and the children had been baptized as
Catholics without the knowledge Of their
Protestant father. The Children's Court
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the National Safety Council conducted q Nation
wide analysis Of factors responsible for the death
list. The survey revealed that the No. killer
was reckless driving principally driving too fast
for road, weather or traffic conditions" The
second highest cause of fatal accidents was
reckless walking by pedestrians
Drunken driving, surprisingly, was only minor
factor in the grim picture.
Commenting on the analysis, Ned II. Dear
born, president of the council, pointed out that
many motorists who would not bet dollar on
horse or game were willing to gamble with their
lives and those Of their loved ones on a crowded
highway. "It Is the old story of human error"
he said. ut is not the fault of the cars or the
roads so much as it Is the fault of ourselves-the
stubborn, gamble-loving overconfident human
beings" The gamble and the losses will 60 on
until more drivers realize that they are rsking
the highest stakes they can put up-their own
lives.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
This and That

"that Washington is the most won
derful place to live In the world"
Honest and careful Templeton Jones,
who always says exactly what he thinks.
nor more nor less, mentally applauded
the forthrightness Of his sudden an
tagonist.
"I agree with you," he intoned, care
fully. What said was that it is not
as nice place to live as it used to be,
that Is ALL"
The young lady came as close to
shifting as a modern miss allows her
self. You don't sniff, nowadays. 1t
just isn't done by the elite corps Of
Seventeen, Glamour, etc.
II have been every place." she said.
Every placer" asked Jones. with
slightly raised eyebrow.
well, almost every place."
THAT ought to take quite a time."
smiled Jones.
The young lady looked splendidly dis
dainful.
1T did" she replied.
BY this time the whole bus was
listening.
A gray-haired lady, center. aisle seat,
smiled.
A man seated beside Missy smiled,
too.
AS for the driver, he was having the
time Of his life. He never said q word.
Templeton Jones, amid all this gnil-
ing, gave his famous grin, and added:
How old are you?"
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Supreme Court Political Precedents
BY Robert K. Welsh

pOLTT1CAL leaders remain judiciously
= silent on whether Chief Justice Fred
M. Vinson might run for President.
Doubtful that he will leave the Supreme
Court for the 1852 Democratic nomina-
ton, assuming President Truman does
not seek reelection, they doubtless are
busting off precedents to be ready il
lightning strikes the marble halls.
Even a casual look at the record will
surprise any one who supposes that
Charles Evans Hughes was the only JUS
tice who had at least an outside chance
of moving into the White House. From
the time of the first Chief Justice, John
Jay. many were mentioned" A few
were seriously called, but none was
chosen.
Chief Justice Jay, while still on the
bench. was defeated-his friends said
he was defrauded-for Governor of New
York in 1892. He was elected in 1795
after resigning from the court. During
his six years as Chief Justice he was
sent abroad to smooth out differences
and misunderstanding with Great Brit
ain. The Jay Treaty" dampened his
presidential chances but he got one elec-
toral vote in 1900.
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth was
sent to France in 1899 in an attempt to
smooth out this countrys troubles with
Napoleon. While in Europe he resigned
from the Supreme Court.
President Truman thought about
sending Chief Justice Vinson on a spe-
cial mission to Moscow. Moreover, JUS
tice Robert H. Jackson went to Nurem-
berg as United States prosecutor at the
war crimes trials.
Justice Jackson himself was men
toned as possible candidate for Presi-
dent or Vice President but nothing came
of it while President Roosevelt, also a
New Yorker. stayed in Office. A more
determined effort was made to have
Justice jackson oppose Thomas E.
Dewey for Governor Of New York in
1916. The usually well-informed
sources" predicted also that Justice
Jackson would become Ambassador to
the Court of ST James's. He announced
he had no wish to desert" the Supreme
Court.
Justice William o. Douglas. retired
Justice Owen J. Roberts, former Justice
James F. ByrneS. now Governor of South
Carolina, and the late Justice Frank
Murphy were discussed, authoritatively
or otherwise. as potential presidential
material.
Several earlier Supreme Court mem
bers were far less reticent, or received far
louder booms, in campaign years. Chief
Justice Salmon p Chase who had been
Secretary of the Treasury in the Lincoln
administration, allegedly had an "in-
durable ambition" to be President He
had the initial backing of Gov. Horatio
Seymour of New York for the Demo-
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II Templeton Jones hadn't shot of
his mouth so much he wouldn't have
met the brat.
And that, OF course. would have been
a loss.
Jones was seated in his favorite posi-
ton behind the bus driver.
He and the driver were discussing
Washington and California.
The driver said that before coming
to Washington he never had sinus trou-
BILE, now he had nothing else.
He was going. he said. to move to
California.
Templeton Jones applauded this
move
"The District Of Columbia" Jones
said. "is not what it used to be, al
though 1t Is still very nice place to
live"
He would never, Jones told the bus
man, get rid Of his sinus until he moved
away.
1t was at this point that a cool, col
lected voice came from across the aisle.
She had a pile OF books In her lap
and was In all ways the beginning teen
ager. just beginning. as events turned
out.
II don't agree with you," she shot out
into the quivering air.
Templeton Jones, somewhat surprised
by this sudden addition to the conyer-
sation, looked his amazement.
VI think" went on the young Liy,
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decided that the children had found love
and security. for the first time, in the
adaptive home and that they should not
be removed from 1t. On appeal, how
ever. the appellate division held that
city authorities and courts were required
by the Domestic Relations Court Act to
consider only the religion of the children
to the exclusion of all other factors.
Even after this decision, the mother at
tempted to surrender the children to the
Free Synagogue Committee so that they
might remain IN their Jewish adaptive
home. Finally, after the intervention of
George A. Timone. counsel for the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New
York, the mother changed her mind and
the children were transferred to the
Catholic Home Bureau pending review
by the Supreme Court.
The present appeal, brought by the
Free Synagogue Committee, challenges
the statute. as construed by the appel
late division. as being in conflict with
basic principles Of Anglo-American law"
and contends that judicial supervision
OF the custody Of the children derives
solely from the responsibility of the
state for the welfare of children as
human beings" Religion should of
course be considered. the appeal con-
tinues, but only in conjunction with "all
other facts" The Free Synagogue Com
mittee argues that the appellate divi-
sion's ruling ''has converted the court
from guardian Of the welfare of the
children to an agency serving religious
groups. :. :" It also notes that the deci-
sion "deprives the New York City Chill
dren's Court of power even to award the
custody of the children to their own
father. because he is a Protestant. :"
The father and mother in the case are
divorced.
Glenn L. Archer,
Executive Director, Protestants and
Other Americans United for Sepa-
ration Of Church and State.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Winter BofIet

In skirts of tDhite the bel-buoys dance.
The se1-gulls StDoop in arrogance
AboDe the ice-floes' sloD ballet,
No,D up, no,0 do,Un, in rhythmic sUdy:
And the tootlights, made By the auestern
sun,
Blend all their motions into one
Grand pGntonlinze OF grace and joy,-
An IcecGpnde OF bird and buoy.
But soon the dusky curtains tan.
Their purple folds en0elop all.
The outer doors of day shut tight.
Our dance is finished for tonight.
. Alice M howoN3
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Any Waste Is Too Much

The Senate Armed Services Preparedness
Subcommittee, having completed a survey of
wasteful practices in all the armed services, is
convinced that no particular branch of the De-
tense Department is more economy minded than
the others. Senator Lyndon johnson and his
colleagues found gross wastefulness in all
branches and a remarkable indifference to cost
OF military supplies and operations. Such apathy
can be excused in the frenzied haste OF wartime
moolllzation 1t may have been pardonable
during the early days Of the Korean crisis, when
the remob1ization program was in the throes of
organization. But certainly the time has come
for the services to give more than casual atten-
ton to what the subcommittee calls "cost con-
sclousness." There had been too little emphasis
on this point until the subcommittee published
some pertinent criticisms of the extravagances
1t had found at numerous military stations.
In its report on the Army's attitude toward
thr1ft-third OF series of reports covering the
armed services-the subcommittee urged that
the Defense Department make an "obsession" of
saving money. "The people of this Nation" the
group said, "are now paying the highest tax bill
in their history. Two out of three tax dollars the
public pays are entrusted to the armed services
to be invested in Americas strength and Sc
cur1ty. At those times when the services are
called upon for an accounting, the public
~~~AS~SAA SoAASA SSo-SApCStS
able to report that the money was well and wisely
spent"
Yet it was not until after Senator Johnson's
committee had begun. its expose of waste of
materials and manpower by the services that
any really effective steps were taken to impress
military minds with the Importance of the cost
factor in remobilizng. The Army then ordered
that manner Of performance in tile economical
utilization Of supplies, equipment and materie"
be considered in rating the fitness OF officers
The Navy only recently took similar action, after
the Senators had specifically criticized the ap-
parent lack Of interest on the part Of many naval
officers In the subject Of economy.
Some Of the conditions criticized by the sub
committee in its latest report may seem to some
omcers to be isolated and the criticisms petty
But the subcommittee is correct in its belief that
the public at large may not concur in this view
We have reached a time" the report said, when
the public mind Is rightfully closing to the
expedient pleas that instances OF waste are
1ustlfable or even that they are small At this
period, when there is 80 much to be done. so
little time in which to do it and such high costs
Tor all that is undertaken, waste has no degree
any waste is too much waste" That last phrase
would be good motto for framing and posting
IN every Office at the Pqptason.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
So-CuIIed 'Privute FLYERS

1t was pleasure to read the excellent
editorial in The Star on the local airport
situation with reference to my letter to
the editor on the same subject.
would like to point out one angle
that may seem small. but which is some
thing that the aviation industry Is be-
coming more concerned over as time
goes on. Actually the description of my
category of flying as aviation enthusi-
asst" or hobby flying" is not descriptive
OF the status in which many of those
owning aircraft today fall. Actually
am businessman who owns and utilizes
an airplane solely for transportation
purposes. Recent CAA releases on gen.
eral aviation services indicate a high
percentage of non-airline civil aircraft
are now considered to be useful tool Of
industry, business and agriculture.
The years Of reference to us as "pri-
vate" flyers is to some extent respon-
sible for a lot of the present public
misunderstanding. There is concern over
this throughout the industry and there
private license to delete private" Some
organizations, such as ours. have under
taken to currently describe and present
the privately-owned commercially -oper-
ated airport as being commercial air.
port" which is their basic function
also rest uneaSily over your refer
ence to this end of aviation as "hobby
flying" Actually, we believe, as is borne
out by recent studies, that relatively
small percentage of what is going on at
the average airport is hobby flying Some
Of what may appear to be hobby fly
ing" Qocal activity around the field, for
example) may we'll be student who is
building up flying time" in an approved
commercial school pilots course, while
maneuvers (often associated with sport
Evening star., 1951-12-27
10 of Soldiers

A reasoning mind finds it hard to
understand why draftees should be given
a deferred Az rating for low intelli-
gence tests.
Jack London. who was both virile and
intellectual, states: Young man, the
lowest aim Of your life is to be good
soldier. A good soldier never tries to
distinguish right from wrong. He never
reasons, he never thinks, he only obeys."
Ergo, the lower the 10, the better, it
would seem, is the good-soldier material
Theresa III. Russell.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Too Old for Uncle Sam?

Two years ago was fortunate enough
to be able to supply a name that got
me interviews with the personnel heads
in one Of our public agencies defense.
too). %
Each went over my application. said.
courteously or otherwise, that my back
ground and qualifications (experience)
fitted the positions then open, but no
one over so could be employed.
The same answer has been given me
by three other public agencies within the
last year.
Meanwhile. we read Gondon paper)
that Britain employed. as of July, 1851,
275.000 women aged so or over.
Confused.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Q. Does frost have any part In pro.
duclng the brilliant colors In autumn
leaveS?-E. K.
A. Autumn leaf color is not dependent
on frost, even though frost often hastens
the color1ng process. Leaves change
from green when, for any of various rea-
sons, roots slow down in supplying water
and minerals to the tree or plant. Green
chlorophyl then ceases to be dominant.
ana red. orange and yellow pigments
nave their first chance to show. Com
olnat1ons Of these and the browns of
dying leaves provide autumn's gorgeous
color range.
Q. What animals can be hunted by
means Of bow and arrow?-L F.F.
A. Today the field archer's quarry ia
chiefly deer, wild pig, wild turkey, ducks.
squirrels and even fish. An occasional
moose. bear or mountain lion is reported.
In one State nearly 1000 archers took
out hunting permits last year.
@. How much Of the wool used in the
United States is of domestic production?
e. r.
A. The United States now produces
only one-third of the wool it uses. The
sheep population dropped from a peak
OF 55 million in 1912 to 81 million in
1850.
Q. Is the National Gallery of Art a
Government project?-C. L. o.
A. Established by act of Congress in
1897. the gallery was intended to be "a
Joint enterprise on the part of the
Federal Government and generous indi-
viduals who desired to give to their
country the best obtainable in the field
OF art" The National Gallery of Art
is bureau of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Questions and Answers

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any any question OF fact by either writing Ths
EEv9nlng tI star Information Bureau. 1900 street
return postage or by telephoning 81 sasS
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Firm Controls Asked
For Bottle Clubs

The Brentwood Terrace Citi-
zens' Association last night advo-
Gated stringent controls to curb
bottle clubs in the District and
urged the creation of a regional
public utilities commission to
regulate transportation service in
the Washington metropolitan area,
The association adopted resolu-
tions proposing that bottle clubs
be placed under the control
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board. Under another provision,
bottle club license fees would be
raised to the same rate as those
paid by public bars.
The resolution provided also
that individual members of bottle
clubs be required to pay the Dis
trict a weekly tax on club mem
berships.
It said that extension of the
bar closing time from am. to
8 or am. would result in less
patronage of bottle clubs.
A single utilities commission
with the power to regulate fares,
schedules. transfer points, etc.,
and enforce such regulations
would eliminate many of the in
justices under the present system,
the association said. At present,
separate boards in Virginia. Mary
land and the District decide on
policies which affect the metro
politan area as whole.
: The association met in the So
. cial Oyster Club, 1851 Saratoga
avenue NE. Ralph Donnley, vice
president, presided.
Evening star., 1951-04-10
BMsaMQay .
My 7aw HlehoA ONcLh

Jealousy, hatred, fear or revenge
Maybe some girl thought you took
Jeremy away from her-mayhe
some other dancer hated you
who knows. But it's a chance you
can't afford to take. We've got
to make sure that the wrong girl
wasn't killed before you go to the
police. We've got to find out who
she was" &s
Again Tania's world seemed to
turn topsy-turvy. Nevertheless
Ishe saw Mickey's logic. 1t might
be possible she had an enemy she
knew nothing about. If so. it was
possible that if that enemy found
out she was still, alive, he might
try again.
A numb terror seeped into her
Chilling and frightening her. "All
right. Mickey. I'll do whatever
you think BEST" she said.
They locked the house, leaving
her clothes there and left her car
in the garage. Mickey had her
pull her black felt hat well over
her face and turn up the deep
collar of her beige polo coat.
In a dashboard compartment OF
his car he found pair of sun
glasses and had her wear them
On the drive along the Hudson
River, back to New York, he said
"Try hard to remember, Tani
Have you ever seen a girl who
looked like you? Maybe another
dancer-maybe a girl who under
Studied you in one of the musicals
you've been in"
Tania forced her brain to work
to think, to remember, to come
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out of it's confusion. At last, as
they crossed the George Washing
ton Bridge onto New York's West
Side highway, she said slowly,
1--WE remembered a girl. Mickey.
She was my understudy in a show
three years ago, called Rio Ro-
NANCE
II don't know whether you ever
met her or not. From a distance,
or on the stage. people could
scarcely tell us apart. When we
were together the difference was
obvious. She had black hair. a
dark, olive skin, and she was a
little shorter. a little heavier. But
she had brown eyes like mine, the
same oval-shaped face, a similar
nose, but a thinner, larger mouth" "
Mickey sounded excited. Il re-
member her vaguely. She did look
like you. What was her name?
Can you remember"
nina something. Nina-Hard-
wicke. That's it. Nina Hardwicke.
But I haven't seen her in two
years, or more. I don't see how
any one could possibly identify
her as me, There's no reason to
think it was Nina"
tits a chance" Mickey urged.
Tell you what We'll do. I'll take
you to my apartment and then
I'll call all the midtown theatrical
hotels and see if I can locate her.
I know it sounds like a gamble,
but it's a chance!"
ITO Be Continued.)