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Evening star., 1951-06-13
'|ns and Outs Of RFC Investigation ~~~=~
By Robert K. Walsh

THE poet Wordsworth. who cried "Oh.
l. the difference to nep lent q long
term motto to the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. That sentiment aptly flts
a considerable number of previously
little known persons whose public Ca
reers or private lives were suddenly
changed by recent Senate subcommittee
hearings
The biggest result of the inquiry, still
in progress at the Capitol. Justice De-
partment and grand jury hearings, has
been the change in RFC itself. Con-
gress, spurred by the probe and public
reaction, approved the Presidents plan
for partial reorganization. 1t probably
will pass bill to revamp the agency
still more. Meanwhile, w. Stuart Sym
ington, who became RFC administrator
last month, is keeping his promise to
operate RFC as a goldfish bowl" and
make 1t "bristle with integrity"
For better or for worse, however, the
hearings provided wide range Of per-
sonal products" Most Of them
have been forgotten, misunderstood or
underestimated by casual readers who
suppose that life continues to roll along
pretty much the same for every one
concerned.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Merl Young. Joseph
H. Rosenbaum. Joseph E. Casey, Hubert
Steele, John Skiles, L. B. Glidden. John
Haggerty. James c. Windham. James p.
Finnegan, Donald w. Smith, Willard e.
Unzicker, Charles A. Jostes, Frank
Prince, Harley Robertson. Frank T.
Roman, E. NJ Rowlands, w. Elmer
Harber, c. Edward Rowe. Walter E.
Cosgriff, Walter l.. Dunham, William E.
Willett and Donald s. Dawson are
among those who to one degree or an
other can say: "Oh, the difference
to me-"
Not all experienced Ill turns Of for
tune as result Of hearings by the sub
committee or subsequent moves by Mr..
Symington. But things are not the
same for them today as they were only
two or three months ago.
Such developments often accompany
congressional Investigations. The Full
bright subcommittee's report-which
proved to be different than ''asinine"-
foretold last February that individuals
perhaps only remotely related. If at all.
to influence affecting RFC would un-
aVOlQaDly De Drought luIo CIle PICIuIe,
perhaps by mere mention Of their
names" But for most of them there
was more in it than name.
OF the five directors whose jobs were
abolished former Chairman Harber was
the only one formally asked to remain.
Mr.. Symington suggested that he stay
on as deputy administrator, subject to
Senate approval. He chose to return to
his bank in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Cosgriff, Utah Republican, de-
scribed himself as being fed up with
Washington politics and politicians. He
took parting shots at Senator Fulbright
and others whose investigating activi-
ties he said prevented the former board
from solving RIGS problems.
Mr. Dunham, Mr.. Willett and Mr..
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Threat to Ticket Fixing

Ticket fixing for trafic law violators would
be harder than ever under the modernized
traffic ticket accounting system proposed at the
annual District of Columbia Traffic Court Con-
ference That is enough to commend the plan
to harassed police and traffic authorities. The
system has a number of additional advantages
that Justify the serious consideration being given
to it by local law enforcement officials.
The plan is not an untried one. 1t has
been used with marked success in Detroit since
1914 and is in effect in many other cities. Ap-
plying machine-age accounting principles and
procedures to traffic enforcement. the system
would provide what its sponsors call a fool-proof
method Of keeping tab on every traffic ticket,
from time of issuance until disposition of the
case. Every ticket would be numbered and re-
corded, with copies of it going to the central
controller, police headquarters the precinct con-
cerned and the traffic court. Ticket adjust
ing"-the official term for "fxing"-would be
handled by a special referee stationed in court.
It could not be done in the precinct or any
where else along the line
Moreover, the system would permit quick
tabulation of violations for the information of
courts, police and traffic authorities This would
give law enforcement agencies an accurate pic
ture of the traffic problem at all times. This
information, compiled and analyzed in central
records office, would be of aid to police and
court in cracking down on violators If the
system is working so well in Detroit and other
cities there is no good reason why it would not
work here, where ticket fixing traditionally has
been problem.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
BY Charles E. TroceWeN

The child went on licking the upright
while others began to discuss the posi-
bilities of ones getting various diseases.
Mother paid not the least attention.
The whole thing was all right with her.
A young man who might have been
expected to know better got on a public
vehicle one day.
He was chewing gum, the sort the
chewer, or victim, pulls out of the mouth
in long string and twirls around and
around before replacing in the mouth.
A rather juvenile performance, it must
be admitted, but all right where it
belongs, among the small fry.
This fellow was too old for that, but
there he was pulling out his gum, and
twirling 1t around
You know what?
The same sort Of upright held daily
by the washed and unwashed hands of
the proletariat.
Our friend Templeton Jones, who told
us about this one, shrank within himself
at the recollection.
Perhaps the prize for lack of simple
understanding Of hygiene and SANTA
ton goes to an Army officer, who, cut
ting his hand on bus, reached down
on the floor. picked up dirty scrap
Of paper which had been walked over
by hundreds Of feet, and applied it as
Q sort Of old-fashioned court plaster
to the bleeding wound.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Regulated Profits

Down We go on the road to socialism!
Even during the last war the New Deal
regimenters were never permitted direct
ly to regulate the profits of corporations.
But now New Dealer Eric Johnston has
contrived scheme by means of which
corporation profits are to be held at q
fixed dollar value while everything else
rises 10 to Is per cent every year.
In effect parity formula for profits
has been established. But instead Of this
parity being set at 100 per cent of the
profits over previous years, 1t Is set at
IS per cent. No corporation will be
allowed to raise its prices until it has
shown that its profits are less than IS
per cent Of its parity. With the present
rate of rise of wages and raw materials
it will not take more than about four
months for corporation profits to fall
to their IS per cent mark and there
they will stay for the duration Of con-
trolls.
Our New Deal Congress, which pre-
tends to oppose socialism, is assisting in
this profits control by its excess pl of1ts
tax which is also based on the IS per
cent parity formula. Yet the New Deal
ers are trying to make out that the cost
of the war is going to come out OF cor
porate profits instead Of out Of the
pockets Of the little people. It doesn't
make sense.
OF course, it is the investors who are
being victimized by these socialistic
Evening star., 1951-06-13

Mr.. Smith. frequently mentioned at
the hearings, voluntarily resigned when
his position as RFC deputy executive
manager was eliminated. Mr.. Prince
resigned as assistant manager of the
loan division after reported showdown
with Mr.. Symington. He was succeeded
by Mr.. Roman, who made a favorable
impression as a subcommittee witness.
Mr.. Unzicker resigned last March as
acting controller after disclosing run
in with Mr.. Smith and others in the
agency. Mr.. Jostes explained that his
resignation as budget division chief re-
suited Gin part" from his dissatisfaction
with conditions revealed by the hearings.
Mr.. Rowlands resigned as Minneapolis
office manager when Mr.. Symington
called him on the new carpet for ques-
tioning about tips he repeatedly gave to
friends who leased warehouse space to
the Commodity Credit Corp.
Mr.. Robertson, still an RFC examiner,
was criticized for having accepted free
hospitality at a Miami Beach luxury
hotel that got an RFC loan for which
he recommended approval.
MI. OdWSOil, al administrative as
sistant to President Truman. testified he
accepted similar hospitality there but
did not know the place had received a
loan.
The Fulbright subcommittee, which
itself has had several changes in mem
bers and staff officials since it started
looking into RFC more than year ago.
will soon file another report. That also
could make some difference to various
people.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
This and That

right tubes Of bright metal, to which
the standing passenger is supposed to
anchor himself when the vehicle stops
with jerk.
Hortense was beautiful child. clean
and well dressed.
Her mother had every appearance of
coming from home of luxury and re-
f1nement.
She paid no attention whatever when
suddenly her little one began to run its
mouth up and down the upright.
Men and women alike began to watch
the performance.
It was not so much that they won
dered at the child, but more at the
mothers supreme indifference.
The thing took on the characteristics
Of a game, as the entire bus waited to
see what mamma would do.
Here was her carefully brought-up
offspring showing her mouth up as far
as she could along the tube held by
thousands of hands day.
And mother did nothing at all.
She watched the performance indul-
gently until at last another woman, who
could stand it no longer, spoke up.
Madam, is this your little grip" she
asked
"Yes," smiled the lady, pleasantly.
"Then don't you think it would be
a good thing to ask her to stop doing
that?"
To this day. there has been no reply.
Evening star., 1951-06-13

the founders has howered far beyond anything
they could have dreamed. And the end is not
yet by any means. President A. Whitney Griswold
In effect rededicated the whole school when he
told the 1851 graduating class: There is no dia-
lectical or chronological substitute for the crea
tive individual" He charged each Of his listeners
to "embody the degree of wisdom and integrity
we may expect" from "free, Christian society"
That was good history, good American doctrine,
a good reaffirmation of our traditional national
ideal. It was proclaimed with pride in $50 years
of achievement in culture and social progress,
and it was proclaimed resolutely in the face
of materialistic notions and tyrannical systems
of government which are hostile to liberty and
uncoerced cooperation. Every citizen OF the
United States can say amen" to such
declaration
Evening star., 1951-06-13
We Must Stay in Korea

It is true, of course, that American troops
cannot be left indefinitely In Korea to wage
hopelessy stalemated war. There will come a
time when we shall have to choose between the
measures necessary to bring military victory
and the evacuation Of our troops There are
persuasive reasons for believing however, that
this is not the time to withdraw.
General Wedemeyer believes we should get
out of Korea right now This conflicts with the
views of General Macarthur, who told Senator
Russelrs committee that he would favor employ
ment of the force required to bring victory in
Korea even at the risk of full-scale war In Asia.
General wedemeyer is not opposed to accept
ing risks. In fact, he advocates steps which
would not only involve a risk of war with Russia
right now, but which create high probability
of such war. In conjunction with a withdrawal
from Korea, he urges severance of diplomatic
relations with the Soviet, full mobilization at
home, and harassment of Communist regimes
wherever found. He also advocates economic
and naval blockades of China, bombing Of Man
churian bases, vigorous support OF Chang Kali
shek, ETC., although 1t Is not entirely clear
whether he favors this course after evacuation
Of Korea or while we continue to fight there
General Wedemeyer has had broad expert
ence in the Far East and his opinions are entitled
to respectful reception. Much that he says
seems to make sense. But If his comment as to
the psychological effect Of a truce at the 3Sth
Parallel relates to our national prestige, it would
seem that we would suffer more in that respect
by abandoning Korea now. Whatever one may
think of the conditions under which we went
into Korea we accepted the fight and we must
not run away from it.
Time is still more important consideration.
Every competent witness has testified that, In
terms of naked military power, we are not yet
ready for a showdown with the Russians In
sense we are buying time in Korea and we need
that time. We ought to be putting 1t to better
use. But there is no logic in retreating from
Korea and then embarking upon another course
of action which would be quite likely to plunge
us into total war while we are unprepared for
that test.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Design for Aging

Spare me the Pollyanna boys:
The bright-eyed brethren tDho rejoice
Hoto each age has its peck of joys.
Spare me their telling lads and lasses
HoiD each year betters brain and chassis
And seeds the luDn D1lere PippG passes.
Each year brings tphat? Just niente and
NADIA,
Just trials, tGTes. or armada
OF its otDn seuenteen-yedr cicddn.
EUery age yields its rage and fuss
From, youth: "TIley can't do this to us!"
To who trampled my conDolDulHs?"
But why escape or be naif
Enough to think it's r,eUer grief
That forms life's key, Hte's leitmoty?
Yet eUen this provides its boon.
Why jib at one age tDhen it's knoiDn
That you will be another soon?
Ethel Barnett de Vito
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Intelligence Tests for Recruits

It is fortunate that DR.. Eli Ginzberg is
pointing out the sometimes tragic errors
made in passing upon the mentality
Of young draftees or applicants Tor
military service.
During the last war I read with alarm
an article called, as remember 1t.
"What q Man Thinks" Finishing the
article, decided the man should be an
authority as he seemed to be a moron
himself! He seemed incapable OF recog-
nizing the difference between ignorance
and lack of intelligence. One case he
cited was that of recruit he rejected
because the man never had heard OF
Paris!
So what? 1t was appalling to think
such a person was in a position (as he
said he was) to judge the mental capac-
ity of our sons. Perhaps rejecting them
might put a stigma upon these young
fellows that they might have great diff
fculty overcoming in later life.
spoke of this to friend, the daugh-
ter of major general. and after a sec
ond of thought she made the perfect
comment. Imagine" she said. "Sergt.
York never heard OF Paris either
Reader.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Britoin's Missing Diplomats

Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, in his
appearance before questioning House of Com
mons, has failed to throw any light on the
mystery of Britain'S two vanished diplomats.
They may have met with foul play. They may
have committed suicide. They may have gone
on a monumental Mediterranean bender. Or
possibly as individuals privy to highly important
Anglo-American secrets, they may have become
traitors and slipped behind the Iron Curtain to
tell everything they know to the Kremlin.
Mr.. Morrison apparently is as much in the
dark about the case as the rest of u.s. All anybody
can be sure of is that the two diplomats-Guy
Burgess, recently in key post at the British
Embassy here and Donald MacLean, head Of the
American desk in the Foreign Office at London
are reported to have been mixed up in number
Of past escapades indicating emotional instability
and Gargantuan taste for hard liquor 1t is
a matter of record, for example, that on last
February 28 Burgess was stopped three times in
Virginia for speeding at 80 to 80 miles an hour
an incident that led his Superiors to send him
back home after Governor Battle had protested
to our State Department. AS for MacLean, MIR.
Morrison has confirmed to the House OF Com
MONS amid sardonic laughter, that the gentle
man suffered nervous breakdown" in Cairo
year ago. and then, upon recovery, was named
to head the division handling United States
affairs-a position scarcely designed for person
with delicate nerves or tendency to crack up
under pressure.
There is no evidence, according to Mr.. Nor
rison, that Burgess and MacLean absconded with
secret documents when they disappeared over
two weeks ago. However, they had plenty of
confidential information in their heads at that
time and If they have deserted to the Kremlin,
then their act can have decidedly serious conse-
quences. In any event, no matter how the
mystery may turn out, the Attlee government
still has lot of explaining to do as to how 1t
screens people for positions of high trust in the
Foreign ONCE.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
YoIe's 25Oth Anniversary

The 250th anniversary of the founding of
Yale University is being celebrated not only at
New Haven but wherever Yale men gather in
other parts of the country and abroad. Tradition
holds that the famous center Of learning had It's
start as the Collegiate School within His Majties
Colony of Connecticut" in 1701. Ten Congrega-
tional ministers, the story goes, met at the home
of the Reverend Samuel Russell at Branford each
bringing gift of books The library thus
assembled was the real beginning of the school,
Glasses first were taught at Killingworth, now
Clinton, with the Reverend Abraham Person in
charge. When he died in 1707, the college was
moved to Saybrook. It was transferred to it's
present historic site in 1716. The name "Yale"
was adopted in 1718 in recognition of the gift
of nine bales of goods by Elihu Yale, retired
East India merchant who had been born at
Boston in Massachusetts, but then was living in
London. His contribution was sold for 562 pounds
and IL sfillings. George Berkeley, subsequently
Bishop of Cloyne, enriched the foundation with
his farm in Rhode Island and a valuable library
of philosophc and religious works in 1731-1733.
The first brick building on the campus
Connecticut Hall-was opened in 1852; the first
professorshp-a chair in divinity-was set up in
1855; the School of Medicine was organized in
1913 and the School of Law in 1924 Twelve
schools now combine to form the university
the world knows it. The work commenced
quarter of millennium ago has spread to the
ends of the earth.
But Yale is not merely an educational rolling
mill. Something intangible yet acutely au-
thentic characterizes the entire academic scene
Variety is one of its conspicuous features
One value has been added to another until
the university truly is universal in its scope
and influence, and this to degree unex-
celled elsewhere. The original conception OF
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Secrecy on Policy

Assuming that Dean Rusk's recent
speech truly reflects United States pol
icy over the past few years with respect
to Asia tan assumption that requires
complete control of the abdominal re-
flexes to avoid extreme nausea, one
wonders why such policies have been
kept secret from the world until now.
Had we not been so preoccupied
short 18 months ago with waiting for
the "dust to settle" and preparing face
saving alibies for the policy informa-
ton paper" anticipating defeat in
Formosa, it might have occurred to some
one that the announcement of our poll
cies might have prevented the very dis
aster we are anticipating and. in retro
spect, the Korean war as we'll
Hugh b. Freeman.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Music Not Stopped?

Your cartoon of June 4, showing
Judge Edgerton riding on the Constitu-
ton on wheels blocking streetcar, over
the title stop the Music" is distor-
tion of the Transit Radio case, likely
to deceive the uninformed. and calls for
correction, though no correction ever
can catch up with the deception, any
more than it can in libel cases.
Music is not the purpose of Transit
Radio, but only the Sugar-coating to
make the riding public willing to swal-
low commercial announcements. Judge
Edgerton's opinion carefully states that
the court is not outlawing occasional
music. What 1t stops is the exploitation
of the helpless riding public through as
saults on their attention for commercial
purposes. To say that the music will
have to stop If the supporting CONNER
Gals are removed. as some have put it,
is not correct. The music was put in to
support the commercials, not the COM
mercials to support the music
Judge Learned Hand has said that the
law moves forward most often in the
lower courts, the function of higher
courts being to prevent too rapid an ad-
vance. But in this instance the forward
step was taken by an appellate court,
and it is fine long one. in the protec-
ton of the individual
Hector G. Spaulding,
Attorney for Transit Riders Associa-
ton.
Editors note: The cartoon was a
distortion. It showed Judge Edger-
ton sitting atom a Constitution of the
United States mounted on wheels,
colliding with q streetcar. That, of
course, did not happen. Nor does
Attorney Spaulding actually and liter
ally split hairs.)
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Letters to The Star .

schemes. How would organized labor re-
act If an attempt should be made to
reduce and hold their wages at IS per
cent Of what they formerly had earned
during the years 1916 to 1949? How
would the farmers react if their parity
formula was reduced to IS per cent and
the prices Of farm products were con-
trolled at that point? These schemes in
effect produce levy on capital amount
Ing to from 10 to Is per cent per year.
If an investor is obtaining say per
cent on the original dollar value of mis-
investment. he will in effect be losing
per cent year owing to the annual
devaluation of the dollar.
Capitalism requires venture capital to
survive and it is doubtful whether a
more certain way of drying up venture
capital could be devised than Mr.. john
ston's price controls and the present
excess profits tax. There are at least
twice as many investors as farmers in
this country It is about time they exer-
cised some of their potential political
power. Henry C. Parker.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Can hippopotamus remain COM
pletely under water for any length Of
time?-H. j. E.
A. A hippopotamus can submerge but
must come to the surface every little
while to fill its lungs with fresh air.
When the animal goes completely un-
der water 1t closes nostrils and mouth
to keep from drowning. A hippopota-
mus can walk on the bottom of a river.
@. What is the proper way to fly a
kite?-R. @.
A. The string should be well wound
on stick so that there are no knots or
kinks. To lift the kite, it is convenient
to have partner hold the kite against
the wind about Is yards distant. When
the wind lifts the kite, run short dis
tance, slowly playing out the string and
as the kite flies let out the string more
readily, but steadily. A large open
space and steady wind are needed for
kite flying. sa5
Q. In England are all the members
OF the Kings family of royal rank?
IT. S.
A. Those considered royal besides the
King and Queen are the sons and
daughters of the sovereign and the sons
and daughters of the sons of the sover-
eign. The use Of the title H. R. H. Prince
or Princess was confined to it's present
limits by edict of George v in 1917.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Police Poy

Please do big thing for Washington
and help keep the Police Department
clean by campaigning for $72.50 per
week minimum salary for officers.
Police cannot find extra work due to
the fact that they are always on call.
We know that graft and corruption
exist and that police have much temp
tation. They can better resist it If better
paid. H.F. Vaitato.
Evening star., 1951-06-13
Questions and Answers

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