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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-09-19

PORTLAND. Greg, Sept 10
Captains and AA Rice. the two out
standing fives in the Oregon Nisei
Women's Bowling league. are once
again battling for top position in
the oNWBL pennant chase. Their
two-team affair may be likened to
that of the tight situation which
prevails in the current American
league championship race between
the New York Yankees and the Gle
veland Indians.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-09-19

Patronize The Advertisers
In The Northwest Times
Evening star., 1951-04-24

Hermit thrushes seldom come around
homes. The wood thrush, of course,
spends most of his time here close to
homes. but is not often tempted to visit
the feeding place.
The fox sparrow leaves Washington
for points North, so there is nothing we
can put out to lure him.
He is wonderful bird, bright and
happy, and we must be glad for the brief
time he remains with us. He likes to rake
through the leaves, making things fly
while he digs for his food.
From Falls Church. G.. r. K. writes:
Thought you might get kick out Of
this For the last two weeks we have
been watching cardinal making nest
in honeysuckle right under our bath
room window. l
"She must have made several hundred
trips before it began to take shape. To-
night, after practically an all-day rain,
we looked out and saw strip of tough
paper with figures on it.
"It was the tag that the cleaner puts
on my suits when cleaning or pressing.
"It must have blown .out of the pile
when I was burning the trash 1t is
strong and probably will save her lot
of work in building the nest. but must
have been quite load to carry.
"I enclose one Of the strips. it will
help you to realize our surprise"
Robins are more likely to use pieces
of paper Id their nests than cardinals.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
BY Charles E. TroceweU
Irwin T. Shapiro.

The cardinal likes mixture Of small
branches, leaves and grass.
The robin often puts in paper before
making his mud cup, or her mud cup,
to be more exact.
Bits of moss are used by some birds,
while others seek bright pieces of paper,
obviously for ornament. At least that
is what one likes to think.
Fine moses and grasses, and some
times feathers and hair, are used by
some Of the species.
The most amazing nest is made by the
mother Baltimore oriole. who needs
plenty of long lengths of twine or cord
for her engineering. The nest is hung
to the end OF branch. high in a tree,
and the stresses and strains seem to
have been computed by this small
builder. as she binds her hanging nest.
Except for her, there is no need for
long lengths Of cord, and they are best
not provided, since robins and others
have beer, entangled and even hung by
such long pieces of twine or cord.
Short lengths of soft wool, not over
four inches long, are the best to pro-
vide for the birds. Chicakadees and
others will tweak hairs from fur coat
left on 4 porch and occasionally fly
down to take hair from a human head.
One species even uses cast snakeskin
in the nest. It is believed that this is
done on sort of scarecrow principle.
in the hope that O. real live snake, seeing
the skin, will keep away.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
This and That

"I have identified a newcomer to my
yard as the hermit thrush. Does this
seem likely to you?" :
who continues:
"At first glance thought of him as
an old friend-the wood thrush, but
then it seemed I had never seen a wood
thrush so early.
"A second glance disclosed some quite
different characteristics; while his gen.
eral appearance is quite like the wood
thrush. he seems shorter and less
chunky; his tail, instead of being broad
and spade-like, is rather long and slim.
and of bright reddish brown; and his
head does not have that crew-haircut
look Of the wood thrush. have never
heard him sing, but he seems to have
no fears, coming to the feeder. which is
very near the house. NJ 2.ss5
do you know Of any means whereby
I might tempt him to stay?
II wrote you few years back about
our white robin. We did not see him
again, but his many descendants have
returned from year to year, with vary
ing amounts of white markings.
I'VE enjoy your column greatly, as
something sane and peaceful in a world
gone haywire."
The bird probably was fox sparrow.
This is beautiful bird, likely to come
to a feeding station. 49,
There is not much chance of seeing
either the hermit thrush or the wood
thrush at such q place..
Evening star., 1951-04-24
They Need Religion

After reading your editorial OF April 2
commencing the Miller Act and sug-
gesting two. amendments to it, would
like to laud your sympathetic under
standing of the problem.
heartily agree that after the hos
pital has done all in its power to cure
these unfortunate people, environment
of the home should be the decisive fac
tor in the case. But while we are consid-
ering cures, why don't we speak Of
causes? Why don't we arrive at the basic
fact Of the matter which is that more
fundamental religious and moral train
ing in the lives Of these people would in
many cases have obviated this problem
A persistent effort must be made to in
culcate principles of religion and mo-
rality into home and school.
Our advertising, publication, and en-
tertainment industries supply constant
stimulus to these abnormalities. If per-
son has never been provided with any
Evening star., 1951-04-24
To the Editor of The Star:

t0fne Eoitor or ne Stor:
G ONE TIME AGO you published a
~ letter from O citizen who described
his private alarm over the possibility
that this luxury loving Nation might
be destroyed by a massive invasion
turned on by the Krernlin.
cannot be very disturbed by this
possibility, because the people of this
Nation are capable of magnificent. in
telligent and incredibly powerful action
in their own defense when the threat
to this country is clear. simple and
specificN
The nightmare" that worries me
and many of my acQuaintances-is
much less dramatic than war with
the hordes of ASIA It is that-in
continuing condition Of fringe wars and
cleverly manipulated hot and lukewarm
crises-this Nation will slowly and
covertly undergo an internal revolution.
The revolution that I fear would
destroy our traditional political and
social organization, because it would
force changes in our class structure. 1t
would eliminate the flexibility and mo-
btiity of our society. which still is, today,
relatively "free and equal" and replace
it with the rigid, dead-end class ~struc-
ture that has enervated Europe. It
would break up the delicate social. eco
nomic and sectional balance that gives
us our unity and our flexibility. 1t
would destroy the two-party, majority
rule system which allows continuity, and
replace it with doctrinaire politics
politics based on class divisions and ex-
pressing the warfare Of minoritieS.
Imitation could bring about such
revolution. Look at the middle class"
Of this country. Look at the punish
ment that has been taken by the salaried
workers. the pensioners. the little busi-
nessmen, the professional military men
and the Reservists, and all who find
themselves without an "escalator," and
a powerful lobby. and whose only walls
against imitation are disappearing saw
ings accounts.
Suppose the initiation continues at its
present rate for another decade. checked
a little at the top. perhaps. but running
unseen and unrestrained at the sources.
It is only natural that, as the pressure
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Safeguards Against What?

Clause l, Section II, Of the Federal
Constitution provides that the President
shall be commander in chief Of the
Army and the Navy. This provision was
made to safeguard the civilian Govern
ment against the possibility of being
overpowered by an ambitious military
commander, perhaps a returning hero,
with an army behind him, as had been
done on more than one occasion in
Roman history. -
Until recent years, this safeguard in
our Constitution had never been used,
ut least to any considerable extent, to
stymie our national defense or to nullify
the expert and technical judgment of
our military commanders. That this has
now been done is clearly implicit in the
statement by Gen. Macarthur before
the Congress that his military views as
enunciated on the occasion were shared
without exception by the General Staff.
So In attempting to avoid one danger
the trainers of the Constitution exposed
us to swhat may prove to be greater
danger in our time, since the military
Evening star., 1951-04-24

continues, the reduction Of living stand.
ards cuts deeper into the basic areas Of
middle-class living. The people so abused
will seek political outlets. Those on
fixed and nearly fixed incomes have seen
each powerfully organized pressure group
the farmers. the labor unions, big
business-demand and receive their cuts
from the Government. Quietly and in
dividually, the aggrieved members OF
the middle class will abandon their
traditional independence of political
organizations. and will join whatever
militant groups may arise to claim their
allegiance.
Such groups, either may be within
the major parties. or they may exist
independently and locally. But they
all will be distinguished by their class
character. The danger is that an ag-
grieved middle class will be attracted
to extremes on the Right or Left. as
happened in Germany. In time, the
middle class disintegrates, and its mem
bers emerge as extremists. It could
Evening star., 1951-04-24
InfIotion's Great Threat to America

come about so easily; angry, confused
people like to believe in Scapegoats, and
the success Of McCarthyism (most pop
ular, have found, within the white
collar" class) has most sinister impli-
cation.
The danger is that imitation itself
creates class antagonism and class con-
sciousness. The middle class man, who
grew up in the belief that he would
achieve for himself and his family
status at least as comfortable as his
fathers, and who now cannot provide
for his children as his father provided
TOR him, is new creature in our society.
Opportunity for him, in this land of
opportunity, Is gone. Honesty, diligence.
prudence. education-the middle class
virtues-are no longer enough.
Honest conservatism in politics gets
him nowhere. The edges Of his toler-
ance toward other social groups are
at every reminder that other people are
making killing on the imitation at his
expense. Depression was better than
this" he says to himself. Today, he
would contemplate with pleasure the
spectacle of the collapse of the market,
and the ruination of the spectators.
Give him few more years Of imitation
and he will actively seek vengeance
somewhere. and somehow.
While I do have profound respect for
the vigor Of our democratic system, it
is naive not to recognize the unique
and hidden dangers produced by an
indefinite cold war. But if we have
the intelligence to produce intelligent
leadership, and II our leaders have the
courage to demand actual equality of
sacrifice, we can weather through many
cold wars without fundamental internal
changes of the kind have described.
1t is not necessary that the middle
class be protected from every sacrifice
it will give with good grace if the
purpose Is clear and the means are
just. But it is necessary that the
politicians regain the confidence Of the
little taxpayer and offer him a sound,
concrete answer to his humiliating
dilemma. II they fail to listen to him
and reason with him. he will find other
spokesmen. The German middle class
found Hitler.
Service Wife
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Settled in Middle Life

Dr. o. Spurgeon English, a psychiatrist at
Temple University in Philadelphia, has been
complaining that too many people ego to seed"
in their 30s and 40s. Men and women have
q tendency to be settled, SNUG, emotionally
apathetic, uninspired," he says, in middle life.
In other words. they stop being young too soon.
Pessimism, Dr. English seems to believe, is
involved in this. Too many people, as he sees
the human picture today, are willing to be
apathetc, to put up no fight against the ad-
vancing years. They want to be happy and con-
tented, yet make no special effort toward the
satisfactions and rewards which maturity should
bring No sooner are they prepared for living,
than they submit to mere existing.
Biologically, the ages between 40 and 10,
according to DR.. English's view should "cover
the greatest period of physical activity and, of
mental productivity" There is no physical rea-
son. in his opinion, for slowing down. Men and
women, he insists, should ask themselves what
new skills j.. could be learned which would
make life more meaningful" But they don't.
Instead they relax surrender to complacency,
yield to inertia.
few decades ago that would have been
called following the line of least resistance"
People get tired In their first 40 years. The
strains and tensions and nurnberless irritations
OF their experience add up to pathetic weari-
ness It happens too, that it is congenial to
adjust to lazy habits and customs. Take tele-
vision, for example: It is so comfortable to sit
in the dark and watch the shadows on the
screen! Johnny @. Public would rather do that
than 60 out and chase golf ball. Eventually,
Johnny junior is apt to find it more conven-
lent to watch a football game on Tv than to
play in one himself.
Perhaps all our vast endeavors to make life
safer and pleasanter have the effect of making
life duller and drabber
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Traffic FotoIity Count

have noted with considerable pleas
ure and satisfaction publication by The
Star at frequent intervals Of the "box
score" of traffic fatalities for 1851 as
compared to 1850, and the summary Of
causes of these fatalities.
One Of the most potent weapons that
can be used in our efforts to reduce
traffic accidents and fatalities Is the
matter of acquainting the public with
the causes. It Is most important that
accident reports be reviewed and ana
lyzed so that increased activity may be
directed toward elimination Of condi-
tions which are responsible for these
accidents.
Since, 1945, when 90 persons were
killedin traffic accidents in the District,
there has been an appreciable reduc-
ton. In 1946 there were 70 deaths; in
1947, 70: in 1913, Ct; in 1919. II, and
in 1850. 72. So far this year there have
been 20 deaths. which is the same figure
we had last year at this time. While
the record is better than it was six
years ago, progress toward further i'm
provement has not been good. In my
opinion even one death in traffic during
the year is too many, particularly since
most Of them could be avoided by
greater care on the part Of motorists
and pedestrians alike.
hope you will keep up the good
work Of focusing public attention on the
causes Of these accidents, so that the
public may be fully enlightened
George } Keneipp,
Director of Vehicles and Traffic.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Macarthur and Vundenberq

It strikes me as paradoxical twist
Of fate that the death Of Senator Arthur
Vandenberg and the triumphant arrival
of Gen. Macarthur should occur in the
same hour. Unfortunately the passing
of the statesman is eclipSed by the rising
star of the hero. The undramatic labor
of a legislator has little chance Of win
ming the wide public acclaim that Is
heaped on gallant warrior. One should
bear in mind, however. that these two
men are important and significant not
only as individuals but also as symbols
Of what their respective lives stand for
in the eyes Of the everyday citizen.
vandenberg is a symbol Of unity. He
realized how vital the need was for con-
certed action by the whole. undivided
Nation as its strength and stature rose
In world affairs. 1t was another great
Republican leader who said, "a house
divided against itself cannot stand"
At this time, Macarthur is hardly a
symbol Of harmonious national action,
but rather discord. Certainly, as great
leader as Gen. Macarthur is has right
to entertain different views on how he
should win battle from those Of his
civilian and military superiors in Wash
ington. He would not be the great man
that he Is If he failed to make his own
convictions felt. especially In view Of the
fact that human lives are at stake. How
ever, it seems to me that instead of con-
tributing his ideas on his particular field
Of operation to President Truman and
other responsible leaders, both Demo-
crat and Republican, who are endeavor-
ing to work out balanced global plan
Of operation, the general has thrown a
bombshell at these men and the tragic
result Is that the explosion has cleft our
great country into two camps-one op-
posing the other.
It seems to me that the great burst
Of cheers and flood Of tears spent on the
heroic general have. by that cynical mis-
tress Of fate, been showered on the
wrong man.
Theodore ]. DiLOrenzO.
Evening star., 1951-04-24

the battlefront is a great tactical advantage
This, OF course, is true But 1t is an argument
which ignores the fact that the Communists
nevertheless have been able to build up strength
for great offensive, and that before the end
comes many an American boy is going to be killed
in the lighting. This is impossible to justify if
Cd by bombing in Machuria we could have pre-
vented the buildup, and (0 II we have sufficient
air power to meet and defeat any air force that
the Communists might be expected to throw
against U.S.
These are the real military considerations
underlying the Macarthur controversy, and they
should be cleared up during the forthcoming
investigation
Evening star., 1951-04-24
The Chinese Attack

The fact that the Chinese Communists have
punched hole through the Allied line in Korea
explodes the early hope that the long
spring offensive might be stopped In Its tracks
That hope, however, was never well founded.
properly prepared offensive can seldom
be stopped cold. If an enemy has numerical
superiority, as have the Communists, he can
choose his main point of attack and concentrate
his major effort there. The defending force,
not knowing where the heaviest blow will fall,1
must be prepared to give ground at the outset
and to rely upon strategically placed reserves
to stop the enemy drive after it has lost its
initial momentum. A break through, OF course,
is more serious matter, but the same principle
applies Presumably the Chinese will try to roll
up one of the exposed fianks. If the u N.
reserves can prevent that, the attack, despite
the break in the line, should be checked and
turned back The news may be bad for few
days. But General Ridgway has plainly indicated
that he expected to yield ground and unless he
has grossly underestimated the power OF the
attacking force, the offensive, in time, should be
stopped with tremendous enemy losses.
The question of greater interest in the light
OF General MacArthur's dismissal, is whether, In
a military sense the Communists should have
been permitted to build up the strength to make
this assault on our troops.
He thinks that the buildup could have
been prevented or at least made enormously
more difficult, by bombing the enemy's bases
and lines of communication in Manchuria. And
If he had had his way that would have been
done.
The administration and its defenders reply
that to have done this might have brought the
Communist air force fully into the war, with
results which, on balance, would have been dis
advantageous to us. Whether this is true or not
depends primarily on the answer to one question:
Is the Communist air power that could be put
into action superior to ours, or could the U. N.
fighters and bombers destroy the enemy air force
In combat and retain control Of the air?
If the answer to that question is known, 1t
has never been made public. Without that an
swer however, the arguments pro and con are
largely meaningless.
There are those who say that under the
present arrangement we enjoy kind Of saactu-
ary of our own in South Korea and Japan, and
that our undisputed command Of the air over
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Why Dispersal Was SheIved

Defeat OF the perSal-decentrallzat1on
program in the Senate cannot fairly be attributed
to head-in-the-sand attitude toward the
atomic bomb on the part of opponents Of the
plan. II there was confusion in Congress over
the real purpose of the bill, the blame rests
largely on those who sponsored it. There was
good cause for suspicion at the Capitol that the
whole dispersal idea was related only indirectly
TO atomic security-that the primary object was
to provide more space for new Government
employees and agencies rather than to save the
Government from destruction II A-bonbs started
to fall
The suspicion was fed by the nature Of the
dispersal plan itself. 1t is true that several
defense Offices were scheduled to~be moved to
the satellite Federal Office centers skirting the
National Capital, but so were o number OF
agencies which would have little or. no part in
taking over the Government in event OF an
atomic catastrophe. And. as some senatorial
critics of the plan pointed out placing some
Federal Offices only 20 miles from the Zero Mile
stone would not guarantee safety-especialy II
the Russians should succeed In developing a
hydrogen bomb. Moreover, the main centers Of
Federal activity the really vital spots Of the
executive establishment, were to remain right
inside the target zone in Washington.
Testimony during the hearings indicated
that some Federal officials were more concerned
with making room in the District Of Columbia
for the expanding Government than with pre-
pairing defenses against atomic attacks. One
way of relieving the growing congestion, OF
course would be to launch a genuine retrench-
ment program for non-esSential activities, as
Senator Byrd, the Hoover Commission and others
have urged. But that alternative does not seem
to have been given very serious thought by Fed
efal authorities r...
Observation-Disclosures removal of some agen-l
cies to distant cities-was plainly at variance
with the fundamental plan for establishing the
seat of Government in the District Of Columbia.
Decentralization as proposed In the shelved bill,
was almost wholly a Space-making expedient,
not security project Decentralization for such
purpose should be last resort. AS The Star
has said before, there are still Federal-owned
sites within the District where new offices could
be built.
The prospect of spending more than $100
million on a program which would offer little
assurance of security in event Of all-out atomic
warfare was not appealing at time when the
need for drastic economy is as urgent as 1t is
today. This prospect, coupled with the under
standable reluctance of nearby areas to having
the Federal Government take more land on the
tax rolls, had much to do with the scuttling OF
the plan by the Senate yesterday. Until the
administration comes forward with more con-
vincing evidence of the urgent need for dispersal
and decentralization and more proof OF the
defense value of so costly an enterprise, Congress
may be excused for failing to show any en-
thusiasm for the program.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
BY THE HASKIN SERvICE

Q. In a letter to his mother, General
Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, wrote a kind
OF prophecy concerning North America.
How is it phrased?-G. w.
A. The excerpt from General Wolfe's
1etter follows: North America will
some time hence be a vast empire. the
seat OF power and learning. There will
grow people out of our little spot
England, that will fill this vast space. :"
@. Are there any age limits for the
goVernorships Of the States?-F. r. R.
A. Every State constitution has estab-
hshed certain qualifications for its gov
ernor. AS rule he must have at
tanned a certain age-the range being
from rs to IS. In some States the con-
stitution is silent with regard to age, but
custom DEGREES that the governor must
be person Of maturity.
Q. How many bushels Of potatoes are
used in year to make potato chips?
NEG.
A. In 1850 about % million bushels
were used. Potato chips now account
for about 8 per cent Of all potatoes
consumed.