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Valley frontiersman., 1951-01-05

ago as part of the security drive stemming from the Korean war.
 Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice, meteorologists, and others serving in Arctic outposts have been requested to report to the RCAF any aircraft spotted in the area.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-01-05
CANADA ORGANIZES
 ARCTIC AIR SPOTTERS

OTTAWA-The Royal Canadi- an Air Force says it has turned Canada's northland into a big lookout post for potential enemy aircraft.
 A spokesman said the move was started about four months
Valley frontiersman., 1951-01-05
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION

of the MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK, located at Palmer, TER RITORY OF ALASKA, at close of business on the 30th day of De- cember, 1850
Evening star., 1951-05-03
of the function on the part of the legislative

of the function on the part of the legislative
branch"
Federal crime commission would encounter
difficulties in pursuing interstate crime inyesti-
cations not met by a congressional investigating
committee. State authorities might understand
ably regard its inquiries as presumptuous inva-
sion of local law enforcement by the Federal
Government.
The Federal crime commission proposal
bears striking resemblance to an ill-advised
plan drawn up some years ago for Federal crime
institute" which, like the commission, would
have been an independent agency. That plan
was vigorously opposed by FBI Director Hoover
for the same reasons that he and Attorney
General McGrath have objected to the crime
commission suggestion, namely, that it would
tend to establish the Federal Government as an
overall watchdog on crime and might encour-
age growth of an undemocratic Federal police
agency. There is too much tendency now to pass
the buck to the Federal Government for crime
problems that ought to be handled at the local
level A Federal crime commission would be
convenient vehicle onto which to unload State
and city responsibilities.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
This and That

Opossums are wonderful climbers not
only Of trees, but of fences and walls
as well.
Recently a very large specimen was
seen climbing up and over wire fence
in nearby Chevy Chase, Md.
1t was fat one, as any good possum
should be. The fellow made no attempt
to go through the wires, as he might
have done. since some were pulled apart
He went up and over, gracefully
enough, his long naked tail following
in the best Mary's little lamb tradition
Over in Georgetown, one day recently,
smaller specimen tackled high brick
wall.
In that interesting community the
wall is more used. perhaps. than the
fence.
Preference is given the brick wall as
befitting a section going back to the
Colonial.
A possum finds such wall easy. He
gets toehold on the mortar, and goes
right over the top.
The toes of this wonderful creature
are really small hands. The scientists
have word for it, but it makes little
difference. The real ability lies in the
paws, not in words; the paws are SO
constructed the animal can use them
for all sorts Of grasping.
In this way he comes near to the
Evening star., 1951-05-03
BY Charles E. TroceweN
G.. s..

struggle and kick, with a show Of teeth
and much growing.
X
The opossum growl is more of bub-
bling noise than anything else.
It is queer sound.
The squirrel is responsible for two
odd noises, which may be called typical
forest sounds, although they may be
heard in all suburban communities.
One Of these is the angry call of the
squirrel, the typical "crik-crik" made
when it is pestered by cats or dogs.
The other unusual noise is not heard
very much.
It is the sound the mother makes
when one of her babies is lost.
This is a high-pitched noise, a true
keening..
Once heard, it will never be forgotten.
Mostly the opossum Is silent animal.
It is nocturnal, finding most of its
food at night.
Dogs will chase it, but cats seldom
molest it, although much intrigued by
its strange appearance.
Malty, gray cat, followed along be-
hind possum for several hundred feet.
He stayed at respectful distance,
maintaining his position, but not ad-
vancing any closer.
The opossum seemed unaware Of the
cat.
Evening star., 1951-05-03

monkey, and in another way, too; his
tail is prehensile; that is, can be used
for graSping.
Both monkeys and opossums have
such tails. but they do not belong to the
same animal family.
The Virginia opossum is marsupial,
the only one in America. The mar
supium Is the pouch, which holds the
young.
This is. Of course, the most famous
feature Of the opossum family.
Another feature is its inclination to
play dead" when cornered.
A striking instance of this was given
by very young one found several years
ago in Chevy Chase.
Finders thought it was a rat. This
mistake is made mostly because Of the
long, naked tail.
The animal lay quite still, making no
move. even when picked up and put in
a box.
Offers Of food were repulsed with a
slight growl, more like hiss.
The creature was taken to the Zoo
and turned over to the officer.
Il think it is ILL.," said the donor.
Il think it Is playing possum," said
the officer, as he grabbed it up.
Evidently the animal realized 1t was
IN the hands Of the law. It began to
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Don't Do as | Do j..

OUn 10 QS ] OO ..s
On April "a. 1850. Philip B. Perlman,
Solicitor General of the United States,
made an address before the Federal Bar
Association meeting at the Statler Hotel
in this city. From the accounts car
ried in the public press. Mr.. Perlman
criticized severely those attorneys who,
by legal maneuvering and "chicanery,"
refused to obey lawful orders of the
courts. He stated that the obstruc-
zionist tactics Of attorneys in this
respect was bringing the administration
Of justice into disrepute, and he recon-
mended that such attorneys be dis
barred or suspended.
In the light of recent activities in
cident to the litigation affecting the
Dollar Steamship Line, eliminating in
contempt citation against Mr.. Perlman
and others. it is pertinent to inquire
whether the views he advocated a year
ago have been departed from. The
record Of the United States Court of
Appeals here indicates that Mr.. Perlman
and others in the Department of Justice
have wilfully refused to obey the man
date of the Court Of Appeals.
desire to call MIR. Perlman's at
tention to the following from the
Epistle of st. James, chap. /, v. 90,
BE We doers of the word and not hearers
only. deceiving your own selves"
James J. Laughlin.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Is He q Hero?
John C. Rogers.

have been somewhat disturbed bS
this business of selling Macarthur as a
hero to our young people. His repeated
disobedience of orders from his legally
constituted superiors is certainly some
thing we would rather not have young
people emulate. believe that this goes
for the most rabid Macarthur enthu-
SiaSt, even in moments of speechless hys-
terra. Nobody can afford to condone
disobedience publicly.
For more mature minds. disobedience
can be excused If it can be justified.
The MacArthurites have been justifying
MacArthur's repeated ignoring of orders
and national policy by repeating ad in
finitum that Mac knows the Asiatic
situation better than anybody else. They
point out that he has been on the scene
for IA years, and has close ties with
Chang Kai-shek and other astute ORR
entail experts.
Unfortunately. the record available to
us stay-at-homeS indicates otherwise.
Macarthur assured Truman at Wake
Island that the Chinese Reds would not
enter the contest if he (MacArthur) Or
dered his United Nations troops to in
wade North Korea. It seems that his
G-2 information was not consistent with
actuality or he (MacArthur) didn't prop
erly interpret the information that
reached him. From where I sit, Mac
Arthur has seemed strangely out of con-
tact with what has been going on in
Communist Asia.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
BiennioI Exhibition

Just as the 25th Biennial Exhibition
in Venice turned it's back upon such
masters OF paranoia in art as Martin,
Braque, Leger and PicaSSo, to award its
international prize to the great Mexican
muralist, David Alfaro Siqueiros, for his
easel paintings, so the Corcoran Biennial
jury awarded most of the honors to real
istic painters of the American scene.
This is healthy trend, and So far as
the Corcoran jury was concerned repre-
SentS an intelligent and tolerant atti-
tude. The local biennial awards ranged
f1om the intellectual emptiness of Kay
Sage's surrealism to Philip Evergoods
strong social commentary on one of our
urban ghettos.
The biennial provides good cross
section Of American art and includes all
schools Of painting, from the academic
genre painter to the extreme modernist.
Actually. the least successful paintings
in the biennial are the distractions,
representing as they do a minority
rather senseless doodling on the part of
mature artists who feel they must fol-
low belated trend" or actually are
mentally and technically unable to
obscure that it takes a footnote by the
artist to explain it serves no useful
purpose, except possibly as design for
fabrics. AS a general rule, most abstract
painters also are Intellectually and po-
litically obtuse. It is a good thing they
are conspicuous in the Biennial by their
absence.
John C.. Rogers.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Mr.. Israeli

The United States welcomes today David
Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of De-
fense of Israel. This is his first formal visit in
his official capacity to any land outside the bor
ders of his own country, which is just about to
celebrate its third independence Day No man
could better represent the young Jewish State,
or speak as eloquently and as knowingly about
its needs, it's accomplishments and its aspira-
tions for the future.
1t is not for nothing, after all, that the Prime
Minister has been called "Mr Israel" Through
out nearly all of his IS years, he has been dedi-
Gated spiritually, mentally and physically to the
idea of an Independent Jewish homeland He
went to Palestine as boy, and he settled down
there permanently with his family in 1921. From
then on, with steadily growing effectiveness, he
worked ceaselessly to translate the idea into
reality. Brilliantly and with extraordinary
energy and devotion, he played role of major
inspirational leadership in advancing the cause.
And in the final showdown, the tragic war in
the Holy Land, it was he who took personal
top command of Israeli military operations
against the ArabS-a task in which he demon
strated that his talents were not confined to the
fields of economics and political science.
AS Israel's first Prime Minister-a Founding
Father in the flesh-Mr. Ben-Gurion well real
ICES that the Jewish State despite its victory in
war, has only begun to build itself and that it
has hard job ahead. That is why he and his
government are concentrating now on a three
year plan for economic development. Presumably
he will elaborate upon that plan during his cur
rent visit. If he does he can be sure of atten-
tive and sympathetic attention. For if the prof.
ect is put to work successfully, it can do much
to promote progress and stability not only for
the Israelis but for the neighboring Arab peoples
as well, thus serving the peace of the entire
Middle East-an objective ardently sought by the
United States and all other free powers
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Night on Chocoruu Mountain

HoaU good to see the fireplace blaze
on one OF these net, rainy days,
When drops OF mater SetD the ground
With needles OF quicE-moUing sound.
The totoers of rain are building up
Along the Dalleys tree-strewn cup;
And clouds that drGpe the mountain hold
Their curtains steady, fold on fold.
The leGues By millions feel the tap
When tiny ,Dater=hammers slap.
The house is patted, and the fire
TgtroiDS out its comfort i'm spyre
OF parnth that sltoips on euery face:
We listen to tphdt springs through space.
And under aDhat is flooding oDer,
NetD Uords and netD thoughts tce discouer.
Doniel Smythe
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Unnecessary and WostefuI?

The doubtful value to parents of
parent-teacher associations has been
further underscored by recommended
tions made at recent special session
Of the Montgomery County Council Of
Parent Teacher Associations. That coun-
Gil urges increased tax payments by
parents and other county residents to
provide an unnecessary and wasteful
$500 to $400 increase in teachers sal
aries-above the 5000 coSt-of Living
increase of February l. OF course, the
council gives no valid reason for such
raise. because there is none.
Gov. McKeldin recognized the un-
soundness of further tax burdens to
provide higher teachers salaries in
Maryland, which ranks sixth nationally
in payments to teachers. Even more
apropoS to county residents is the fact
that Montgomery County teachers are
higher paid than in any other Maryland
county-and higher on the average than
those in the District of Columbia. Does
this mean that Montgomery teaching
results are better than in any other
Maryland counties. or better than in the
District? Not at all! II judged by re-
suits. Montgomery's guinea-pig public
school system restricts its teachers from
doing their best, or else money cannot
buy teachers adequately and properly
trained to achieve worthwhile results.
However, instead Of trying to improve
the school system in the interest of
the county's educational welfare, the
council of PTAs merely recommends
higher taxes to pay unnecessarily waste
full higher wages. Does the County
Council of PTAs concern itself with
trying to remove those responsible for
subversiye teachings in county public
schools? Not at all! Instead, the council
is seemingly following the unwholesome
trend of taxing and taking Americans
into socialized degradation.
Thus there would appear to be no
parental benefit from local PTA mem
bership in the County Council of PTAs,
the State Council of PTAs or the Ma
tional Council of PTAs. Annual dues
Evening star., 1951-05-03
PIoyinq Host Is Good Business

We in washington hear little about the
Greater National Capital Committee, but we
can see evidences of its effective activities on
every downtown street, in hotel lobbieS stores
and restaurants and anywhere else that visitors
to our city gather these fine spring days. For
1t is largely through the well-organized efforts
of this promotional group that Washington plays
host each year to millions of men, women and
children from all parts of the Nation. Last year
more than million tourists and 1850 conven-
tion delegates came to the National Capital. De-
parting they left behind more than $3.50 million
that otherwise would not have been put into
circulation here.
This year there are indications that last
years record pilgrimage will be exceeded. If this
happy prospect eventuateS, 1t will be because
the Greater National Capital Committee has
done its usual good job Of letting the rest of the
country know about Washington hospitality,
hotel accommodations, convention facilities and
places of interest. This sort of job Is done by
governmental agencies in many other States
and cities. Here the city greeting, promotional
work, convention arranging and information
supplying is done by the committee organized
In 1881 by the Board of Trade.
The undertaking costs money, of course.
Since there is no District or Federal money avail
able for such purpose, the funds must come
from private sources. That is why the Greater
National Capital Committee has launched cam
paign to raise $115,0OO to carry on the work for
another year. The solicitation will be confined
to business houses of the area, since they stand
to derive special benefits from the influx of
visitors Looking at it from strictly monetary
standpoint the $115,O0O will be profitable in
vestment. considering the return of $3.50 million
or more which is expected to flow into the tills
of local merchants and businessmen generally.
The committee is right in pointing out that it is
"just good business" to subscribe to the GNCC
fund.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
No Need for u. S. Crime Commission

The Kefauver committee placed the blame
for the "criSis of law enforcement" in America
where the responsibility properly rests-on State,
county and municipal governments. Any break
down of local law enforcement is an invitation
to racketeers, hoodlums and criminals generally
to set up shop and take over There is little
that the Federal Government can do about such
conditions. The committee is right in contend
ing that the job of cleaning up crime must be
done largely by local prosecuting agencies police
departments and courts It is surprising, there
fore, to find majority of the committee advo-
eating, somewhat inconsiStently, the establish
ment of Federal crime commission to make
continuing study and surveillance of operations
of interstate criminal organizations throughout
the country"
That is a large order for three-man COM
mission of the type suggested. The commission
also would be required to maintain "fles and
records as national clearing house of informa
tion respecting criminal activities in interstate
commerce" That is even larger order. Other
duties, including liaison between Federal and
State anti-crime groups, would be assigned to the
commission. The crime-commiSsion plan was the
only proposal on which there was disagreement
in the committee. Senator Wiley dissented from
the commission idea for the following sound
reasons: a. Federal commission might form
"the basis for national-type police force which
is contrary to Americas traditions and which
has been vigorously opposed by all outstanding
Federal law enforcement agencies; (2) it would
result in unnecessary harassment and inter-
ference with Federal investigative agencies;
90 it would be an unnecessary and costly super
structure imposed upon the present operating
agencies" and (4) it would result in dissipation
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Mr.. Toft's Logic

In his speech the other day to the United
States Chamber of Commerce, Senator Taft
called once again for more aggressive military
action against the Chinese Communists. Agree
ing with General Macarthur, he said that we
should bomb their Manchurian bases, use Cen
eralissimo Chiang's troops against them, and
blockade their mainland. In marked contrast
to his view of last June, when he feared that our
operations against the North Koreans might lead
the Russians to start third world war; he told
the Chamber that he thought the Macarthur
policy involved no such danger.
1t may we'll be that Mr.. Taft is quite right
But only the Kremlin itself can be sure of that;
only the Kremlin really knows what it will do,
or not do in case events oblige us-as they may
to adopt General MacArthur's recommended
tions. Accordingly, since the risks involved in
the present situation cannot safely be minimized
or pooh-poohed away, it is interesting and in
structive to observe that Mr.. Taft, elsewhere in
his speech to the Chamber urged that $40 billion
be cut from our national mobilization budget
and that we reduce by 100000 the current plan
to build up our armed forces to 3,50000O men.
Is this logic? Can Mr.. Tafts proposal for
drastic slashes in our mobilization be reconciled
with his insistent plea for more aggressive mill
tary action of the most portentous kind? Maybe
so. Maybe it all looks plain, simple and alto
gether sensible to him. But he must pardon
the rest of us if it tends to remind us of some
of the strange things heard by Alice in her talks
with the Queen, the White Rabbit, the Mad
Halter and other of her delightfully."- articulate
and topsy-turvy friends in Wonderland
Evening star., 1951-05-03

aggregation, composed of Army and
Navy personnel housewives and Govern
ment workers, has stayed steadily at 20.
The library continues to grow with
the city's mushroom growth. Some peo-
pie apparently make a beeline for It
Immediately upon moving in. At least
there have been any number of ap-
plicants for cards who told the staff
that they could not give the requested
local references because they knew only
their landlords. Miss Drickamer. ever
anxious to make match between the
Evening star., 1951-05-03
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


Evening Star Information Bureau 1900 street
Fern nM washington 6 D. e. and incloSing Gents
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Why were crosses erected at mar
ket places in European towns?-J. A.
A. Market crosses were erected at
trading places to remind people so to
deal with their customers as to be
Christlike. Most market towns in Eng
land and Scotland had crosses and
many of them are still in existence.
@. How many people work in the En-
pire State Building?-E. F.. N.
A. Approximately 10000 persons work
in the Empire State Building and there
is also a daily transient population
averaging $4,000.
@. What order of monks did Thomas
Merton, author of 1.-THE Seven Storey
Mountain" join?-E NICE.
A. The Trappist or Reformed Cister-
clan Order. He became Frater M. Louis
in Gethsemani Monastery in Kentucky.
Q. Is there simple way to flameproof
children'S clotheS?-L. r.
"A solution of ounces of borax
and ounces of boric acid in a gallon
of water will serve this purpose.
@. At what age is baby likely to
recognize its parents?-J. D.
A. At the age Of approximately Q
months.
Evening star., 1951-05-03

right book and the right reader, does
not quibble
Meanwhile. the staff tries to meet the
exacting tastes of faithful and clam
orous public. Sometimes they wish
every one were as easy to please as
their most conspicuous Western fan. He
shows up promptly every Saturday after
noon. strides up to the desk, lays down
his weekly armload and says, "Howdy!"
It just goes to show how completely a
man can enter into the spirit Of what
he reads.
Evening star., 1951-05-03

paid for any of these affiliations can
only be considered as an unconscionable
misuse of parents funds that should
be used for the betterment ot local
school projects and programs.
Franklin T. Miles.
Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer TO
sns,,1 any question @ Of fact by either writing The
NV. Washington 5. D. c.. and inciosing cents
return postage or By telephonina ST 736a
Evening star., 1951-05-03
Letters to The Star

Pennannes be used letters carry rers
and addresses All letters subject to condensation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-22
EPISCOPAL TOURING
 PARTY ENTERTAINED
 BY LOCAL CHURCH

Approximately 100 Episeopalians who were in port about an hom and a half Thursday night aboard the Chilcotin were entertained with tea at the Episcopalian Church.
 The party is making the tour of southeast Alaska under the sponsor ship of Forth, the chief publica- ton of the church. Members of the party represented all of the states and were under the leadership of Carl J. Fleischman, New York City. A leaflet giving the history of Ju- neau and of the local Episcopal Church was presented to members of the tour party.
 From Juneau, the group went to Skagway and was scheduled to stop at Sitka southbound to Vancouver
 It is regretted that the ship ar rived late in Juneau because of the delayed departure from Vancouver. Instead of a six hour scheduled stop-over at Ketchikan, the group had only two hours there. A storm n Queen Charlotte Sound and tides Il Wra1gell Narrows also delayed the ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-22

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