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Evening star., 1951-10-02
This and That

Templeton Jones sympathized with
the woman juror who came out of a
locked-up jury and announced that "all
this pickering upsets me-" causing a
mistrial.
Only with Jones it is not quarreling
so much as the way his shoes slap down
on the pavement.
Templeton Jones has been annoyed
for years at his toes and the way they
sound as he walks.
Smack, smack, smack, smack
When he hears 1t, he goes easy on the
toe action, and as long as he thinks
about it all is we'll.
The moment his attention relaxes,
there it comes again
Smack, smack, smack, smack.
4
Probably it all goes back to the days
in grade school when the teachers in
sisted on making every pupil walk with
toes out.
This perfectly unnatural way of walk
ing at that time was the JOY of all
teachers, of what was called physical
culture" of grammar, of mathemtics,
it didn't make any difference they all
wanted their charges to walk with toes
out.
Many of the boys, in particular, could
have told teacher better, because they
had read CQpper's tales, and knew that
Uncas walked with his feet straight
ahead.
All Indians did.
And who. they might have added.
could walk better than Indians?
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Letters to The Star .

longest and will serve the most vital
purposes. Plans for the alignment and
right-o of-way width for the full length
q. Of George Mason drive have been worked
out with the school, hospital and mill
tary authorities concerned. This road
will be North-South relief route for
local residential traffic. It's completion
will allow bus service where none ex-
lists at present. It will provide the only
feasible access to the new Wakefield
High School from the north and east.
Along with Arlington Mill drive it will
provide the people of Southwest Ar
lington with access to the center and
northern part of the county without
having to go out through Fairfax County
or through the Federal network by the
Pentagon and the Navy Annex, as they
must at present. 1t will not be a truck
route.
Max S. Wehrly,
Chairman, Arlington County Planning
Commission.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Reckless FIyinq

A common-sense regard for public safety mott
waited the Civil Aeronautics Administration in
imposing ban on dangerous stunts at air shows.
Aerial acrobatics may be all right on the testing
field, where they are used to advance research
and development, but stunting merely for the
sake of providing thrills for crowd at a county
fair or other show is risky business. The acci-
dent recently in Colorado, where swooping pri-
vate plane dived into grandstand and killed
20 spectators, is evidence enough of the peris.
There was some excuse for stunt flying in the
early days of aviation, when spectacular demon
strations were deemed necessary to attract pub
Lie interest in flying. But, as the CAA pointed
out, aviation does not need that sort of ballyhoo
today. Reckless flying should be dealt with as
severely as reckless driving.
Evening star., 1951-10-02

Those babies never so much as dis
lodged pebble or branch. or even a
blade of grass.
Evidently teachers hadn't read Cooper,
or put no particular stock In him If they
did.
''Toes out" was what they said, and
Templeton Jones has been regretting it
ever since.
He hopes todays teachers know better.
Maybe they are too busy teaching 'em
how to do plumbing and upholstering.
and so on, all the little practical matters
boy or girl must know.
Reading. writing and arithmetic
Who bothers about such things any
more?
Jones wears his shoes out on the toes,
naturally.
This worries him, too, as much as the
slap. slap. slapping.
Who would go along slapping the
sidewalk, when he might ease along like
a salamander' on parade?
What else had those teachers done to
him?
They made him read Longfellow and
Dickens, and he could stand them, but
how about calisthenics?
Perhaps lifelong aversion to exer-
else could be laid squarely at their door.
That zone, two, three, four" business
they delighted in, lining their helpless
pupils up in the corridor. making them
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Who's Afraid of the Bio, Bad Wolf?

~,btA manifesto signed byntwenty af1Ver Senate
Republicans says There is evidence that no
MAY can criticize our Government today and
escape Incorporate reprsals. This is an alarm
ing situation. 1t cannot be, ignored s4b,or, =.
Ia But it is aptsfo be ignored unless the
Senat6rslare willing to supply the evidence on
which fhey base their accusation, For the evi-
dence seems quite to the contrary. 1t is part
of the American tradition that "our Govern
ment' is subject always to criticism, which ebbs
and flows ttke the tides. But there have been
few periods in our history when there has been
more unrestrained criticism of "our Govern
ment" than right now. And while, no doubt,
there have been attempts at reprisal-as Sem
ator Byrd, for example, or Senator Douglas
might be willing to testify-the important thing
is that no man has as yet come forward and
indicated that he fears to criticize our Govern
ment because of what would happen to him If
he did
Nor does the fear of reprisal seem to have
any discernible effect on criticism. 1t mounts
by the week. There are harsher things being
said about the President and his administration
today than at any time since he came to the
White House, some of them deserved. 1t would
be easy, though probably inaccurate, to say that
harsher things are being said about President
Truman than about any President. But from
George Washington on down, criticism has been
the lot of every President and it was doubtless
as harsh century ago as it is now.
This fear, as expressed by the Republican
Senators, that we are about to lose the right
of free speech, however does not seem to be their
own exclusive property. President Truman said
substantially the same thing recently. But while
the Republicans fear that it is President Truman
and bis cohorts who are going to deprive us of
fraa nd
fear that it is the Republicans who are going to
deprive US of this constitutional right.
In other words, the alleged gag on freedom
of speech and the right to criticize is merely a
part of the political hokum of the period. The
traditional adversariesAthe ins and the outs
are making what capital they can out of it and
as the 1852 campaign nears we shall be hearing
more about it from both sides. But as alarm
ing" as it might be, most people will ignore it.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Whut q Mess

Please convey my sympathy to Sea-
man 1/c Bruce S. Hopping for the in
justice he has received as a member of
the armed forces Of this country I am
referring to the punishment given him
for urging his mates to tell their Con-
gressmen about the quality Of food
served at Bainbridge. If that naval
station is anything like any of the Army
camps I have eaten at, then our Con-
gressmen should certainly know some
thing about it.
1t is inconceivable to most people that
when young man throws off his civil
ian garb to wear our country's uniform,
his rights as citizen go out the window.
Nevertheless, it is true. and along with
his civilian rights go his civil court
rights and any thought Of just punish
ment for any wrong doing or minor
offense. or in Seaman Hopping's' case.
"incurring the displeasure Of the Navy"
"Ex-Corporap'
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Giviinq Us the Guns

Defense Mobilizer wilson's third quarterly
report retells a familiar story-the story of the
almost incredible ability of American industry to
produce, for war or for peace and perhaps for
both.
Under Mr.. Wilson's able direction, and in his
words, military production is entering a new
stage-a period when, on many of the new
weapons, assemby-line production is beginning"
This means that in these categories the tooling-
up phase has been passed, and the actual
weapons are starting to roll of the lines. OF
course, this does not apply to all weapons. Mr.
Wilson makes it clear that it will be "Some
months" before we get out of the tooling stage,
with respect to other weapons, particularly the
more complex new equipment
It is also inevitable that new problems, In
addition to those known but still unsolved, will
arise to plague the rearmament program. But
production problems no longer loom as ominously
as they once did, There are not many people
left who will say for the record that this or that
goal cannot be reached The doubters have been
proved wrong on too many occasions. Given
reasonable measure of cooperation from all the
parties concerned, the goals that have been set
for the arms program will be reached And when
they reached this country, and its allies will
have an array Of weapons, plus capacity for
even greater production, which should and quite
possibly will seriously interest the potential war
makers in the virtues and benefits of peace.
The biggest question mark concerns not our
ability to produce the weapons but our willing
ness to do the things that must be done to keep
our economy in some kind of reasonable balance.
Mr.. Wilson'S report is encouraging in that it
predicts that the total volume of goods and
services available to consumers will remain fairly
constant during 1882 Production will vary
among different items, but the total will remain
r0uphlv hn iS
another testimonial to American productive
capacity. Mr.. Wilson also warns however, that
we are passing through period when consumer
goods cannot be significantly increased. The
danger here is that, with wages salaries and
profits generally on the rise, there will be an
increased demand for fixed supply of consumer
goods. If that demand takes the form of COM
petitve bidding in the markets, then infiationary
pressures inevitably will be increased.
The Defense Mobilizer puts it this way: "Any
person who is in position to demand for himself
a greater share of the limited supply of goods
and services-and who enforces his demand,
whether through unreasonable pricing, through
strikes, or by other means-can only do so by
taking those goods and services away from some
one else We cannot permit the strong to trample
on the weak in this emergency"
Those are brave words-and true But our
record in preventing the strong from trampling
on the weak, in marked contrast to our produc-
ton record, does not encourage any soaring
optimism.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
They May Remain Unanswered

Senator Bentons indictment of Senator
Mccarthy, stating by chapter and verse his
charges that Senator Mccarthy Is unfit to be a
United States Senator, calls for an answer in
detail from Senator Mccarthy.
Were comparable charges made by Senator
against some citizen in private lfe or in public
service not connected with service in Congress,
there is little doubt that the Senate committee
considering such charges would demand that
they be answered under OATH Short of some plea
of Standardization, the odds are better than
even that the citizen would have to make an
answer and submit to examination or go to JAIL
In Senator McCarthy's case, however there
is considerable doubt about how far the COM
lnittee will go in demanding that Senator
Mccarthy testify under oath and submit himself
for questioning in connection with the Benton
indictment. This doubt Is supported by recent
precedent:
ais In the investigation of the Maryland Sena-
sitorial campaign, Senator Butler was the key
figure. For it was Senator Butler who was
campaigning and he was the man who won the
election. On the opening day of the hearing,
however, Senator Butler arose and asked for
recognition ION point of personal privilege"
He made a statement and left the room. The
right of personal privilege, according to the
committee, does not extend beyond the Senate
11OOI DuG OcIldlUI buLlcI Was pcIuuGIcQ GO make
his statement, and was excused from further
questioning as a courtesy" He was twice
invited subsequently, to appear before the COM
mittee and give his own version of incidents
under examination. But he never accepted and
he made no dsavowal Of responsibility for
matters which, according to the committee he
knew about, and which the committee strongly
criticized.
So far Senator McCarthy's comments on the
Benton resolution to expel him from the Senate
have been confined to personal observations
about Senator Benton which have no bearing on
the truth falsity of the Benton charges. 1t
may be that he will answer the charges in the
same detail that they have been made. Or he
may continue to ignore them, and by Senate
custom be excused from further questioning.
Should he choose the latter course there will be
a striking demonstration of the contrast between
the rights of citizen and the rights of Senator
under investigation.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Arlington Roods

With reference to the letter from Ar
lington resident September "a regard
ing Arlington roads and the County
Planning Commissions highway pro-
posals in the six-year improvement pro-
gram, would like to present some facts
about several points raised by the
anonymous author.
It is not generally realized that Co
lumbia pike. Lee highway, Glebe road,
Route l. Fairfax drive, West Washing
ton boulevard. Lee boulevard from Fort
Myer and Old Dominion drive from
Cherrydale north are all State highways
and Arlington County has neither juris-
diction nor control over them. All inn
provements on these roads depend upon
the ALLEGATIONS Of funds and the work
schedules set up by the Virginia State
Highway Commission and the Virginia
State Department Of Highways, respec-
lively. The location, direction and
right-of-way widths Of these roads are
determined by the State authorities
after receiving suggestions and recon-
mendations from county authorities.
In addition to the above State high
ways Arlington County has four major
Federally owned and maintained roads
within its boundaries: Shirley highway,
George Washington Memorial parkway,
part Of Mount Vernon Memorial park
way and Washington boulevard from
Lee boulevard to Memorial Bridge. The
Planning Commission and the County
Highway Division do from time to time
confer with State and Federal authori-
ties and make recommendations for
improvements on all these roads, but
the ALLEGATION Of funds and the final
determination Of projects and their
timing can be made only by the pre-
viously cited State agencies and by the
Federal Bureau Of Public Roads.
For these reasons, in it's six-year pro-
gram of improvements for Arlington
County. the Planning Commission has
confined itself to those projects over
which the county has jurisdiction. The
result, over the years, has been the de-
velopment of plans, both supplementary
and complementary to the State and
Federal system for an integrated net
work of major county roads including,
among others, George Mason drive. Wall
ter Reed drive, yorktown boulevard.
Williamsburg boulevard and Arlington
Mill drive
OF all the major county thorough
fares George Mason drive will be the
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Success Is imperative

President Truman, in calling for public sup
port of the Community Chest pointed out that
greater effort will be necessary this year because
something extra has been added to the campaign.
For the first time since World War II USO fund
is to be raised in conjunction with the regular
Chest drive In Washington the USO-United
Defense Fund goal of $320000 has been added
to the stripped-down goal of $3,73O,000 sought
for the urgent needs of the six Chests OF the
Washington Metropolitan Area, This will make
the task harder. But campaign officials are
optimistic of attaining success in the forth
coming drive after repeated discouraging failures
in recent years They are optimistic because the
new drive is based on realistic fgures-on goal
only slightly higher than the amount actually
raised last year (disregarding the additional USO
fund.-. The goals for what the President called
the Chests regular job in our home towns" and
for the new defense services are attainable II
every one carries his fair share of the burden
The burden is a twofold one. The citizens
not only must give generously of their money, but
many of them must give generously also of their
time and energy if the past record of Chest
failures is to be wiped out by victory. There
is still need for additional campaign workers.
Volunteers. will be welcomed at Red Feather
headquarters l101 M,estreet NV.
What all supporters of the Chest must realize
Is that while most of the normal needs OF the
Chest can be met if every one gives as much as
last year, an extra contribution will be needed
to raise the additional USO sum. The drive can
not be regarded as successful unless the total
goal of 81 4050000 is attained Success this time
is imperative Another failure not only would
imperil the movement to consolidate independent
drives with the Chest campaign, but would place
the future of the Chest itself in jeopardy. The
drive beginning october Is must not fail
Evening star., 1951-10-02
White Heron

He stood alone at the river's edce.
White against green and beautiful
and strange,
Where salt i0i',d bleD across the sand
and sedge.
For me there ,ocs no harpest then,
nor grange, -.
Only the slot0 bro,Dn water and the bird.
Only the primal circle at my hand
Where /. berett of any common yord,
Yet called to him so he could under
stand,
Kno,Ding that ,Ue had spoken so betors
In some far century, in some far year,
When had not been strange to cypress
shore
But had slolD-poled my raft step
from here:
Through time, through space, through
UGter and through Uood,
! had come home-to Dtere the heron
stood.
AnobeI Armour
Evening star., 1951-10-02
By Stephen SchofieId
"a cenneeiieut Country Editor Touring
Enslond on Bicyeie)

cycling into London is easy. I
~ have cycled in Washington, New
York and Boston. On bicycle Boston
is frightening; New York is terrifying.
In London there is no such sensation;
no impact as I roll around Piccadilly
Circus and down Regent street.
At Trafalgar Square people are feed
ing pigeons. Hundreds of them f1utter
about on the pavement. Two little girls
hold out bread crumbs. Pigeons perch
right on their shoulders.
A photographer is swapping a sailor
and his bride AS they stand hand in
hand beneath one of the huge lions
at the foot of Nelson's column.
Along comes a gentleman in black
suit and Homburg hat He walks with
leisurely grace. erect. and swinging
cane in offhand, effortless fashion. His
face reflects good health and bodily
repose
Why is London so easy? Why is it
that one feels at home, as though one
was. at last, where one belonged-in
London? New York is confusing. Lon
don is pleasing. It belongs to me- It is
mine.
I pedal down the Strand and into
Fleet street. Fleet street! The promen-
aiding quintessence Of male attire. Hard
bowler hats on serious young men in
striped trousers and umbrellas hooked
quite unconsciously-over the left
wrist.
Here l am in hot tartan shirt, and
without even jacket to cover It,
drop into cafe for cup of tea. The
shirt is mild sensation.
At the next table sits young barris-
ter, his black suit and horn-rimmed
glasses offset by silvery tie and snowy
linen. He sits quietly. elbows in, toying
daintily with fillet of sole and slipping
Evening star., 1951-10-02

hibited from taking reasonable measures, includ-
ing closing down his plant, where such measures
are under the circumstances, necessary for the
avoidance Of economic loss or business disrup-
tion attendant upon a strike. This right may,
under some circumstances, embrace the curtail-
ment of operations before the precise moment
the strike has occurred. The pedestrian need
not wait to be struck before leaping for the curb"
The trial examiners ruling seems consistent
with the intent of the Taft-Hartley Act to bring
balance into labor relations, and it is gratifying
that unanimous board has seen fit to sustain
him.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Throw-Awoy Bottles

Your editorial September 27 on
'Throw-Away Bottles" is very much ap-
preciated. However. it appears than an
educational drive against the thought
lessness Of the "throw-away beer bottle
practice is not enough.
have worked nearly all summer on
this problem. On July 13, wrote the
District Commissioners protesting the
radio advertisement on handy throw
away bottles" My letter was properly
referred to the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board. Alan w. Payne. chairman
OF the board. stated that the board was
suggesting to the manufacturer that the
advertisement be changed.
Notwithstanding all this the adver-
tisement is still going on practically the
same except possibly little worse. The
broadcaster now sometimes adds to his
"throw-away bottle" phrase, "as. you
would can" In other words he Is
now trying to sell beer in bottles and
cans because you may throw away the
empty container as you would can.
We need more than an educational
campaign. Surely people do not have
to be educated to keep our city clean and
safe, AS you stated, Virginia has placed
ban on the sale of beer in throw-away
bottlesAand I am sure large majority
of 1.-The residents of the District will
join with you in urging the same pro-
lection for Washington. The Nations
Capital should join hands with the State
of Virginia in securing this protection
for the people.
Herbert L. Brooks.
Practically everyone knows that
throwing trash of any kind on streets,
parking or sidewalks Is forbidden; but
a number of people, probably chiefly
those who never read editorials, brazenly
violate that provision. Very little will
be accomplished by conducting a CITY,
wide campaign against" the careless
and thoughtless offenders.
Something more is needed than point
ing out that throw-away bottles not
only litter the city with unslghtly ruo-
bish, but the broken glass cuts shoes
and rubber tires
An effective measure would be to
require a deposit on beverage bottles.
Some persons would throw away the
bottles regardless of the deposit. but
thrifty boys could be depended on to
pick them up.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
No Quurter for Burbers {.

have not combed my thoughts for a
slick reply to our tonsorial artists who
now get SIPS for clip job. but here are
a few bald facts on the matter:
There are no educational prerequisites
in barbering. One can set up practice
the minute he steps off the boat, know
ing barber doesn't even have to use his
head to make living-since he plies his
trade on the pates of others-and he
can be independent because he gets paid
for giving people the brushoff.
Since the previous raise Of haircuts
to 81, I have noted that some shops have
gone out of business and others have
cut their stats. Defiance is what we
need to give these fellows. Let it grow.
boys, and let them groar. 1t would be
a hair-raising experience for them.
Wild Rooter.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
AYonk Pedals His Way hroughEng|ond

zona. Maybe he has horse outside. Bet
he can spit 20 feet-like q bullet. BY
jove, would like to see him fling
laSSo-"
OF course he does not say that. But
that probably is what he thinks.
The Grenadier Guards are marching
down Pail Mall. Not very many. Per-
haps two or three platoons.
How they march. Those legs, those
narrow blue trousers all together. Each
pace is 26 inches. Each man steps
precisely that each time heel goes
down. No shrimps. No giants. They
are all about the same size. All in red
coats and tall fur BUSHES. What
sight to see them march that measured
stride-so easily.
The band is up front. The drum
major wears short cape and bodice Of
gold. His breeches are of milky white
leather reaching down the leg and tied
snug around the shank with garter of
gold. On his head is plushy red cap
of velvet, on his back a silver crown,
woven in metal wire. and beneath it
the "GR-VI." In his left hand is
Scepter of black ebony with a few gold
trimmings.
The drum major wears this uniform
as though he wore it every day. And
he walks like man in love.
He does not flaunt white gauntlets,
chuck out his chest and strut, swinging
the scepter with wide sweep as if to
say. please observe me while I shine"
He Is natural. He moves like a swan.
He seems to float as though on glass His
gait is effortless. It is pure grace. And
the scepter sways gently with the music.
Behind him gleam the sliders of six
trombones. all sliding together. The
whole band is in black bearskins, fol-
lowed now by three or four platoons-
those scarlet tunics and blue trousers all
together as in dream-that effortless
measured stride.