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Bad Faith Credit

There is much that appeals to sense of
Justice in the proposed legislation to prevent the
use of the Small Claims Court as collection
agency" in cases in which credit has been ex-
tended in bad faith"
merchant ought to be guided by sense
Of responsibility in selling goods on an INSTALL
ment basis. He ought not to sell on credit to
customer especially through high pressure
methods, If he knows or has good reason to
believe that the customer cannot afford the
purchase. And it is peculiarly repugnant to
think that merchant can enter into such
transaction in the confident belief that he can
enforce his unjust claim through the machinery
of the Small Claims Court.
1t is easier to deplore this kind of business
practice, however, than it is to devise workable
and constitutional means of correcting it. Judge
kronheim is advocating legislation which, with
other things, would authorize the Judge sitting
in Small Claims to enter Judgment for the de-
fendant if the court found that credit was
extended to him in bad faith
This proposal is not without its appealing
aspects 1t has been challenged on constitutional
grounds, however, and Judge lacking in judicial
integrity might go to the opposite extreme of
abuses in applying it. Furthermore, this sugges-
ton is opposed by II of the Is Municipal Court
judges and by the Corporation Counsel pre-
VI OF lJSelI, carries
weight
Perhaps it would be wise to try other means
OF curbing the credit racket before enacting such
dubious legislation For one thing, it has been
proposed to raise the exemption of earnings from
garnishment from $100 to 5000 MONTH If this
were done, it would make it harder for sharp
dealing merchants to collect judgments, and it
would afford substantial protection to the
incomes of the very poor. There is another thing
that might be done. The Small Claims Court
is very informal tribunal, and the Judge has
much discretion He should scrutinize question
able transactions closely for evidence of fraud or
Misrepresentation. If any should be found the
case could then be thrown out on established
legal grounds and it would not be necessary to
invoke highly personalized brand of justice.
If these and similar devices should be tried
and found wanting however then some further
corrective action should be taken The Small
Claims Court was set up primarily for the benefit
OF the "little fellow" And, except for the tre-
mendous number of salary attachments obtained
through the court, it has functioned very well.
The court was never intended to serve as an
instrument for pulling chestnutS out of the fire
for careless or unscrupuous merchants, and it
should not be permitted to degenerate into that
kind of an agency.
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Private Industry

Privute Industry
Can some of your readers tell me
where to find all these jobs in private
industry, which pay so much more than
the Government? If / knew, I'd GER
tainly look for one. because / have
worked for more than 25 years in one
of the better-paid private industries. the
railroads, and my gross salary last year
was less than $2800 This is below the
top of Grade g. although am rated in
the Government all the way from four
to nine.
As for annual and sick leave, We don't
know what that is. Except for 10 days
vacation, which we take only when it is
convenient to the company, we are
"docked" for every minute We are out
of the Office for any reason whatsoever,
sickness of self or family, or death OF
loved one not excepted.
We work under sweat-shop rules. and
clerks with as much as eight and ten
years seniority are ''furloughed" from
one to three months every year. They
are driven to produce at maximum speed
every day so they can be laid OH. You
don't have to take my word for it. just
ask the Railroad Retirement Board how
much compensation they pay to those
lucky enough to get it. Others are called
in to work just enough to keep them
ineligible for compensation.
I'll bet you will not print this because
the railroads are powerful and rich, and
If approached on the subject. viii deny
everything and smilingly say that am
a little bit "off." That. too, is part OF
the policy. They start trying to sell all
women over 40 on the idea that they are
cracking up, and pretty soon you begin
to think that maybe they are right and
YOU do give up. Their purpose is accom-
plished. You are not old enough then
for f,,l1 annuity =.
- DEG.
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This and That

Four years he had lived, and that is
q long time, in Robinland
Four years of rain and sleet. and hot
and cold.
Four years of flying and toiling, the
long summer days, the long winter in
Florida, the meetings with the rest Of
the gang In Alabama before flying North
each spring.
-Four million robins, all together
That was sight, and the robins knew
it. too. John had lost one wife, as a
farmer shot her for pie. despite the
law against it.
The farmer had been taken into court,
and fined $50. Robins. thank heaven,
were no longer classed as game birds.
but the trouble was that some farmers,
and especially farmers boys. didn't
know it.
John had found another wife,. real
robin, and they had set up the nest in
an apple tree.
There was a woman always looking
out the window at them, but the robins
were used to that
Their nests were on shelves, If they
could find them, II not in crotch of
q tree, where q little grass and other
materials were put.
On this the robin-egg blue eggs were
laid, and they managed to hold on,
despite the sWaying Of the branches.
This summer there had not been much
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Pressure on the Czech Reds

The Senate, by vote of 81 to o. has now
adopted the House-approved resolution con-
demning Pragues puppet Red regime for its
sham trial" Of William N Oatis The resolution,
which urges that the United States sever all
commercial relations with Czechoslovakia until
Mr. Oats is restored to liberty, is not binding in
the sense of making such severance mandatory,
but it at least has the virtue of expressing the
sentiments of the American people in way that
is not likely to be overlooked by either the
Czech Communists or their bosses in the Kremlin.
In and of itself, of course, the resolution
cannot force Prague to undo the crime it has
committed against Mr.. Oatis decent, hard
working citizen of the United States who has
been tried on trumped-up espionage" charges
and sentenced to 10 years of Czech imprison-
ment for having done his duty as an honest,
aboveboard and objective Associated Press cor
respondent Yet, unless they are completely
stupid as well as callously criminal, the Com
munists should find something to sober them in
this congressional action. The language in
volved Is relatively mild, but they should be
able to detect in it, between the lines, the out
ragged feelings of scores of millions of Americans
Americans who are becoming so increasingly
fed up with the sleazy behavior of the tyranny
behind the Iron Curtain that they are in a mood
to translate their indignation into more than
just condemnatory words. They have been par
tlCuldTly dIOuSGu ny Wtldt lldppGIlGU To
Mr.. Oats, who is still being denied the right to
have the slightest contact with any of his coun-
trymen either official or unofficial This is
vicious and dirty business that our people will
not tolerate much longer. Sooner or later, unless
corrective action is taken, growing economic and
other preSsures are going to be brought to bear.
Coincident with the Senate adoption of the
Oats resolution, the new Czech Ambassador
has been received curtly by Secretary of State
Acheson The ambassador has been told to
return to the State Department for thorough
talking-to after he has presented his creden-
tials to the President. Both the President and
the Secretary should lay it on the line to him.
without diplomatic circumocutions. Even If it
makes his ears burn land perhaps the more
they burn the better), he should be told in words
of one syllable that the United States demands
that the Prague regime put speedy end to its
grave injustice to Mr.. Oats or prepare itself for
American applied counteraction that can be even
tougher than what Congress has asked for.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
ARLINGTON, Va.


Dear Sir:
i like your stories in which you make
birds talk. flnd that not only children
prefer to get their knowledge in this
way, but such nature taking, as it has
been called is helpful to adults. too.
above all, such treatment makes one
see the relation between mankind and
otner living things and it is such rela-
ti0nShip that must be stressed today, if
we are ever to be anything but the
animal that kills the most.
Some time ] hope you can give us
such a picture of the robin family at
nesting time / had Sucllra nest to watch
this summer. and the picture was amaz-
ing, but understood very little of it.
Hope you can write this so / can
understand it, which won't be too hard,
since am not at all dumb, with q
college degree, and even a masters de-
gree!
Sincerely, 6. H."
Mr.. and Mrs. Robin were perplexed
there in the apple tree.
The nest had come along nicely. and
the babies were all out of their shells,
but my! what q time they were having
of it to find food.
The neighborhood had been dry.
Rains, few. but not enough to really
soften the ground
John Robin. esq, had never had 1t
so bad in all his years.
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appeared in its preparation form dur
ing the 18th century and in its place
arose Pale Of Jewish Residence, out
side Of which Jews normally were not
permitted to live. The Jews were for
hidden to own land and became con-
centrated in the miserable conditions Of
the cities.
When the revolution of March, 1917,
occurred, the bounds around the Jewish
community were broken and new life
began for them, although it was not
destined to be the life of full-f1edged
nationality within the Soviet Union, ex-
cept as the Far Eastern autonomous
province of Birobidzhan provides it with
territorial base. Colonization of Bro
bidzhan was not undertaken to satisfy
Jewish claims to treatment as nation
ality, but for the purpose of increasing
the productivity of the Jewish masses
and meeting the danger Of heavy Chinese
immigration into the area.
DR.. Schwarz makes clear the antipa-
thy of the Jewish masses as a whole to
the Bolshevik revolution when it oc-
CURED and points up the struggle which
went on within the Jewish minority over
assimilation within the Russian popula-
ton or preservation of the Jewish ma
tional culture.
The Bolshevik leaders were at loss
to know what to do about meeting the
demands of the Jews for recognition as
a national minority, and after first max
ing some gestures in the direction of
satisfying those demands dropped the
effort entirely. The result has been
adverse to preservation of the Jewish
community
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Antisemitisn as Procticed in Russia
BY creston 3. Mullins

ID USSIA, self-proclaimed liberator OF
~ oppressed peoples. is guilty Of dis
elimination against Jews. to whom it
has denied the rights granted other
national groups in the Soviet Union.
This is the Judgment Of a noted
Jewish scholar. Solomon M. Schwarz,
the results of whose two-year study of
anti -Semitism in Russia have just been
published in "The Jews in the Soviet
Union" lSyracuse University Press.
Despite legal provisions against anti
Semitism and contrary to the impress
sion which Soviet authorities have at
tempted to promote, discrimination
against persons of the Jewish race con-
tinues and is increasing, DR.. Schwarz
reports.
DR.. Schwarz gathered material from
as many Soviet sources as possible
newspapers, periodicals, books and other
publications in both Russian and Yiddish.
His findings are presented in two stud
les which make up the book: Soviet
Minority Policy and the Jews" and
Anti Semitism In the u. S. S. r."
From maze of statistics, quotations
and references the conclusion is reached
that while the Soviet Union wiped out
the legal restrictions which the czarist
regime imposed on its Jewish popula-
tion, thus liberating the Jews from the
ghetto, it has done little to improve
the lot Of the Jews as a minority within
the Soviet Union except as it has striven
to harness the Jewish community more
tightly to the service Of the Communist
state.
In single chapter at the conclusion
of the second study, DR.. Schwarz gives
picture of anti-Semitism as it exists
today in the same Russia that was the
scene of czarist-inspired pogroms which
shocked the world in the early years
of the century.
World War II and the Nazi occupa-
ton of vast areas Of the Soviet Union
set flaming new wave of anti-Semitic
violence. particularly in the Ukraine.
When the war ended this anti-Semitism
did not vanish, but remained and is q
phenomenon with which the Soviet
Union has to reckon today.
AS the result of what DR.. Schwartz
calls creeping anti-Semitism" in
Soviet ofilcialdom, Jews have been rele-
gated to the background of many
spheres of Soviet life Not only in gov
ernment and party positions, but in
technology and the arts, the proportion
of JeWs-once well in excess Of the
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Koesonq Deadlock

The latest dispatches from Tokyo report
that u N. commanders see only "a tiny ray of
nope" that the KaeSong armiStice talks will be
resumed. That hope is based on an indication
by the Reds that they will resume the talks upon
receiving satisfactory" answer to their pro-
test against an alleged u N bombing attack in
the neutralized zone.
Our people have denied, however, that any
such attack took place. In all but so many
words they have said that the Communists were
lying when they made the accusation It is a
bit difficult, therefore to see how Satisfactory"
answer can be made to the protest. unless the
Reds will be content with the reply that the
truth isn't in them.
While his hemming and having continues
all of us should keep our shirts on We should
remember that the decision as to whether there
will be peace in Korea lies with the Communists
If they want an arrnistice and a final settlement
they will be worked out in due time If thev do
not want a settlement, if for reasons of their
own they are merely stalling for time or en-
gagng in some kind of obscure propaganda
campaign, there will be no negotiated peace in
Korea.
This claim of a bombing attack and the
subsequent suspension of negotiations are more
intriguing than fundamentally important. It
would be interesting to know what the motive is
whether the phony bombing claim was in
spired by some face-saving strategy, or whether
there may be some less obvious motivation
Nothing is more futile however, than trying to
read the Oriental mind We shall simply have
to wait and see what the next move is.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Give for Homeless Thousands

Here in the cool s,Deet beauty of the
night
The calm Potomac fo,os. Great riUer
steamers,
Mount Vernon bound, float by u. ablase
NTH light,
Pulstng NTH music, laughter, dancers,
drednierS.
A happy cruise beneath the stars /.
then Sleepl
No further urge to trGpel on or roam
Just satisfaction: anerpressed though
deep,
That comes from looed protection OF
home.
Yet. as tCe match each steamer choose its
course
Our thoughts turn to1Dard the flooded.
stricken West
TO ,Dltere another riuer hurled its force
Against the homes OF thousands on its
crest.
Aboue the desperate need and tragic
america lifts high our otOn Red Cross.
Mottie Richords Tyler
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Dr.. George F. Zook

The passing of George F. Zook has
deprived us of one of the great educa-
tional statesmen of our time. The offi-
cial biographies Of this modest man give
little indication of his vast creative ac-
complishments as leader Of Americas
educators during a most trying and
critical period of world history.
A Republican, he was appointed by q
Democratic President to be United States
Commissioner of Education in 1888. A
year later, he resigned to become presi-
dent of the American Council on Educa-
ton. In the years which followed. DR..
zook led the thousands of American col
leges. schools, and private professional
organizations through succession Of
crises stemming from the great depres-
sion. World War II. and postwar read
justment and imitation. That our
national system of education continued
to gain strength, that his council grew
steadily in numbers and influence, should
be ample testimony to the quality Of his
leadership.
George Zook could not be classified
merely as a highly successful profess
Sional administrator He constantly
amazed them with his almost uncanny
skill. despite the prevailing atmosphere
of pressing issues and conflicting adj
vice in which he had to work, for identi-
flying and creating major educational
trends. Where lesser man. out Of
difference to the councils exceptionally
divergent clientele, would have been
tempted by the path of caution and even
retrenchment, DR.. Zook could not be.
swerved from a course in which he firmly
believed by fear of criticism. The ver-
dict of time usually proved to be on his
side
Perhaps DR.. Zook will be remembered
best in years to come for his early and
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Union L-obel

Representative Wallis resolution to put
union label on newspaper articles and
editorials written by members Of the
CIO American Newspaper Guild is an
other example of the lack Of concern
felt by many conservatives for basic
civil liberties in their struggle for po-
htical advantage.
If another Congressman introduced a
resolution to ENSURE against insidious
big business propaganda" by requiring
similar designation of materials pre-
pared by the NAM, private power lob
bies. ETC., Vail and Others like him would
rightly howl.
Such an issue needs to be considered,
not as issue in the struggle for par
tisan political advantage. but in the light
of that body of democratic procedures
which presumably enjoys the esteem and
respect of most Americans-Fair Deal
ers and :Right-Wing Republicans alike.
George F. Malone.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Letters to The Star

deep conviction that education must
play leading part in building peace
ful world. He was one Of the first to
see that, even in the field of education,
domestic and foreign problems cannot
be separated. BY rallying the represent
atives Of non-governmental agencies at
San Francisco. he had much to do with
the inclusion in the United Nations
Charter of the several references to the
role of education. His warm human
sympathy for the plight of youth in the
war-devastated countries was speedily
converted into major project for edu-
cational reconstruction. His concern
about the complex educational problem
confronting us in the ex-enemy countries
took him on missions abroad and led him
to decisive action at home. His faith in
the basic Importance for world peace of
closer international cultural relations
caused him to labor far beyond his phys
ical capacity for UNESCO. His death
may have been hastened by his de-
termination to see through an important
UNESCO mission.
The youth of America and Of the
world have lost q great friend.
Har0Id r Snvdar
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Questions and Answers

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BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Where in the world do the most
thunderstorms occur?-E. N. F.
A. The island of Java is the worlds
most thunderous spot. averaging 223
storm days year.
Evening star., 1951-08-24

@. Are gas lights still used for light
ing purposes in any of the large cities
of this country?-E. G. F.
A. At least 9 large cities still use them.
Baltimore has over 1880 gas street
lights.
Evening star., 1951-08-24

joyment Of many things that singular deyo-
ton to duty denied him in the years Of his acivs
service.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Research Recommended d

Mr.. Truman. Mr.. Attlee. DR.. Malan
Mr.. Menzies and others have been say
ing peace and safety. 1t might interes,
some of your readers to refer to whai
the Apostle Paul has to say on this
subject, in his first epistle to his beloved
Thessalonians, Chapter S.
London.
Capt..W. Stanley Shaw.
Editors Note: Portions of Apostle
PauIs first epistle which seem par
ticularly pertinent to world affairs
today are: For when they shall say,
Peace and safety; then sudden de-
struction cometh upon them u. and
they shall not escape. (. Therefore
let us not sleep. as do others; but
let us watch and be sober. =. Now
we exhort you, brethren. warn them
that are unruly, comfort the feeble
minded. support the weak. be patient
toward all men.")
Evening star., 1951-08-24

O. Was .Lend-Lease started before
or after the United States entered
World War u?-G. H.
A. The Lend-Lease Act became law
on March IL. 1941, nine months before
the United States entered the war.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
sympathetic on Toxes

was deeply touched by the complaint
Of Disguised" August IL, on the in
justice Of present tax assessment.
Just to prove how sorry am for him,
think could probably offer him $14.-
600 for the property he claims cost un-
der $4,000, but which he fears the tax
boys may feel is worth sac, 900 to $5O,-
600. Furthermore, would probably be
willing to swap my furniture for his.
Mine is modern. no depreciation to speak
Of, but In fact is improving with age by
taking on the graceful curves OF warping
green wood and the honey music of
efficiently designed creaking joints.
Perhaps Disguised" has fair for
experiment and novel adventure. /
suggest he give away all his highly
taxable property to some worthy in
stitution donations deductible on in
come taxi and start all over under con-
ditions facing many new families. I
can suggest two methods of holding
personal property taxes to q minimum
under present conditions
Decide on what your minimum hous-
ing requirements will be and rent or
buy accordingly. In this way your
housing costs will be so high that you
won't be able to afford highly taxed
personal property. :
Decide on how much you can afford
to pay for housing and rent or buy ac-
cordingly. In this way. you won't have
the room to acquire highly taxed per-
sonal property.
Either way works just peachy, but
frankly / can only youch for the latter.
tss5
Disgusted lr
Evening star., 1951-08-24

@. How much money is lost in year
through Government check forgeries?-
E. E.
A. According to Secret Service figures.
losses for fiscal 1850 amounted to ST.
O66 ,22597. For the first IL months of
fiscal 1851 the amount was 81, ,487 ,2S3 10.
Evening star., 1951-08-24

Pen-f,an1es mag be used If letters carry
aoriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-01-20
REA Representative
Coming Tuesday

Earl J. Smith, of the APP
plications and Loans Division
of the REA. will visit Kodiak
Tuesday on KEA business. He
will meet with Manager Leon
Johnson and members of the
board of directors.
The KEA board is planning
ahead for such contingencies
as the power needs of the
Kodiak Ice and Cold Storage
Company and the housing de-
velopment in the east add.
tion,'' Marshall Crutcher,
director. said yesterday.
The extension of the power
line to serve the Lofan Station
of the Coast Guard at Spruce
Cape has been approved and
materials ordered.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Pete DeVeau
left for Anchorage Wednes-
day. Mrs. DeVeau was en-
route to Seattle. and her
husband accompanied her to
Anchorage.
Kenneth Rhein and Willard
Karjalahti of the navy base
will report Monday for in
duction into the army at Fit.
Richardson. They took their
pre-induction physicals early
in December.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-01-20

Milton Smith, Jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Smith,
left Monday for Anchorage to
enlist in the Air Force. He
had returned from Multnomah
College in Portland to spend
the holidays with his family
here.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-01-20

for informa-
ton leading to the arrest
and conviction of any person
or persons killing, stealing,
n'oIesting or damaging any
livestock belonging to the
members of the Kodiak
livestock Growers Associa-
zion.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-01-20

RUMMAGE-Sale will be re.
sumed at the Baptist Mis-
sion from ! to 8 pm Satur-
days.