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Evening star., 1951-07-23
We Owe Coffee to q Frenchnnon's Bean

greatest thing since Mark Antony's fu-
neral grafton, many others condemned
it as a drink of infldels, brewed in the
devils own cauldron. Italy stood on the
brink of civil war.
Legend has it that Pope Clement VIII
decided to settle the matter by sampling
the challenged liquid. This he did
and could find nothing that should give
anybody cause for alarm Yet to quell
the anxieties of some of the less broad
minded, he baptized the beverage Thus
coffee was formally ordained a true,
Christian drink.
Though now given religious sanction,
it was still buffeted by the cruel winds
of fate. It managed to advance into
other countries, but always 1t had to
fight every inch of the way.
When coffee made its appearance in
Sweden, the esteemed sages of that
country lost no time in whispering into
their monarch's ears all kinds of libelous
statements about this woefully misun-
derstood drink. Coffee, they charged,
was deadly poison.
King Adolphus decided to settle the
question scientifically. Twin brothers
WAA0 AAnA 1CNA NOllFACtCU u were
up for sentencing. The shrewd ruler
meted out their punishment in a novel
manner. One was to die by drinking
coffee and the other by drinking tea.
Daily doses of the beverages were fed
them by board of executioners. The
executioners themselves finally died, but
the twins lived on until the tea drinker
passed away at 81.
When the coffee cup began to crowd
the beer stein in Germany, Frederick
the Great grew alarmed. Though this
king has reputation among historians
as being something of philosopher,
he didn't seem to take the advent of
coffee too philosophically. Grumbling,
the mighty monarch penned the follow
ing edict:
Everybody is using coffee. If possible
this must be avoided. My people must
drink beer. His majesty was brought up
on beer and SO we're his ancestors and
his officers. Many battles have been
fought and won by soldiers nourished on
beer. and the King does not believe that
coffee-drinking soldiers can be depended
upon to endure hardships."
Evening star., 1951-07-23
In Audubon's Memory

John James Audubon was one of the greatest
historians of nature the world ever has seen,
and the gift of ten of his paintings to the
American people by E. J. L. Hallstrom of Aus
tralia is an event deserving of more than passing
notice. First of all, it should be mentioned with
emphasis that the pictures are true representa-
tions of birds and animals. They were executed
by man who was coincidentally scientist
and an artist. He held the mirror up to nature
with devotion. 1t never occurred to him to
please himself exclusively in his work. With
solemn dedication, he sought to justify himself
before God and man alike His whole &fe was
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Letters to The Star

more expensive hoax would have been
perpetrated.
Secretary Matthews processes him.
self the champion of unification. He
certainly united the Navy as never be-
fore. Until he arrived on the scene,
many Navy men looked tolerantly on
the fraud called unification. Mr.. Mat
thews united them. They are now al
most 100 per cent against the Truman
Acheson- Marshall skullduggery. Thanks
to Paddy" Devereaux, Joe Mccarthy
and Gov McKeldin, the chairman,
Mr.. Tydings. OF the Armed Services
Committee of the Senate was retired
, to richly deserved oblivion.
Our Navy owes Ireland a debt OF
thanks for taking in another D. p ldis-
placed Politician. 1t will be interesting
to watch how Mr. Matthews unifies
Ireland. Maybe he will make them all
good Republicans, too.
Naval Reserve Officer.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
NocLeon and Atomic Secrets

The State Department has issued some
what reassurng statement on magazine report
that Donald S. MacLean-one of Britain's two
missing diplomats-was privy to some of our in
nermost atomic secrets and has probably be-
trayed them to the Kremlin.
According to the magazine (U. S. News IL
World Report MacLeans knowledge included
even such highly restricted and vital informa-
ton as the number of A-bombs in our American
stockpile, and since there is every reason to
believe that he is now behind the Iron Curtain,
it is logical to assume that he has passed this
information on to the Soviets.
However, although MacLean in 1947 and
1948 was secretary of the Combined Policy Com
mittee that dealt with Anglo-C Canadian -Anneri
can cooperation in atomic matters, the State
Department has pointed out that he did not have
access to secrets like that bearing upon the
number of our bombs. In the departments
words, this is so because since 1916, under the
law passed by Congress in that year, there has
been strict ban against exchanging with other
countries information concerning fashionable
material production processes, weapons tech
nology and developments or stockpiles OF fisSion-
able materials and weapons"
Further according to the department, BE-
cause of changes in the rate and scale Of the
u S. program in the intervening years" the
information available to MacLean in 1947-48
would not now be of any appreciable value to
the U S. S. r p though some of it would "have
been useful at that time to the Soviet atomic
energy program and strategic planners"
As far as it goes, this explanation removes
measure of anxiety. What we must still worry
about, however, is the effectiveness of Britains
and our own security screening. Of course, there
can never be 100 per cent guarantee against
the utilization of people like MacLean, but there
obviously can be, and must be, better guarantee
than in the past
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Sour on Mr.. Matthews

In q story appearing in Sundays
Star under the byline Of Martin S.
Hayden, the retiring Secretary OF the
Navy, Francis P. Matthews, is quoted
as not only admitting but conceding
that he was great success in his post.
THE Navy is in the best condition in
it's peacetime history says Mr.. Mat
thews, and then, more modeStly, MY
part in getting these things has been
very small"
Considering the fact that since the
famous B-36 investigation, the House
Armed Services Committee has neither
desired nor permitted Secretary Mat
thews to appear before it, he cannot
be accused OF excessive humility.
One regrets that Mr.. Matthews does
not read the papers. One regrets that
he did not tell Mr.. Hayden what every
one now knows-that the B-36 pro-
gram, costing billions, was a fraud, and
If Admiral Denfeld, Admiral Radford,
Admiral Arleigh Burk and a few
others had not intervened, worse and
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Decision Time at Koesonq

The next Kaesong meeting for
Wednesday morning, which will be tomorrow
evening in our time-may we'll be a decisive one
involving the most fateful consequences. For If
the Communists come to it with their most
recent demand unchanged, If they continue to
insist that the agenda for ceaSe-fre negotiations
must include the problem of Withdrawing all
foreign forces from Korea, the United Nations
will almost certainly have to abandon the talks
as futile and steel itself for great new battles.
On the other hand, if the Chinese and North
Korean Reds yield on this point, the outlook for
an arniStice will be markedly frightened.
In terms of historical precedent, of course,
and by every standard of military common sense,
the Communists at Kaesong have raised wholly
extraneous and unreasonable issue in demand
ing that the projected cease-fire talks embrace
the subject of complete withdrawal of foreign
troops and other foreign armed forces from all
of Korea. Far from having any bearing on the
problem of putting an end to the shooting
which is soldiers problem strictly confined
to matters like agreeing on demilitarized zone
and effectuating inspection guarantees against
truce violations-the withdrawal question is
essentially political and range in character
That is to say, it is something that can be
settled only in connection with negotiations for
a deflnitive peace, and such negotiations seem
at the moment to be a long way of, even
assuming that an effective armistce can be
worked out in the near future.
Plainly enough, until genuine peace settle
ment is in sight, very substantial part of our
American and allied U. N. forces will have to
remain in Korea regardless of any cessation of
hostilities that may be agreed upon in the days
Immediately ahead This is so for the simple
reason that large-scale withdrawal based on
nothing more solid than a ceaSe-fre and
armistice would be an open, tempting invitation
to the Communists to return to their aggression
directly or indirectly, as soon as possible after
our pulling out. We cannot compromise with
them on this point Militarily and politically
the demand they have made is altogether un-
acceptable and they must surely know it.
Accordingly, if they still hold fast to it at the
impending Kaesong meeting, they will in effect
be indicating a lack of good faith, lack of
any real or honest desire to stop the shooting
and a resumption of heavy fighting will be
almost inevitable
facts ought to be kept clearly in mind: ID The
Reds have been building up very large forces
in Korea during the past few weeks-forces
capable of launching powerful new offensives,
and (2) if the Kaesong talks collapse and the
enemy strikes, the United Nations may be
obliged to adopt General MacArthur's proposals
for massive counteraction against Manchuria
and the coastal areas of China proper. Thus,
unless the Communists drop their withdrawal
demand at the coming meeting, there will be
very real danger Of general war in Asia and
perhaps even throughout the world. The poten-
tials of the present situation are as grimly
simple as that.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
The Public Interest Must Guide

The only ground on which the District Public
Utilities Commission and the Interstate Com
merce Commission would be justified in forbid
ding "stock split" by the Capital Transit
Company would be that the maneuver might
imperil the public interest. The PUG, lacking
any evidence to show that the company's Serv-
ices to its patrons would be hurt by the division
Of stock, already has indicated conditional ap-
proval of the plan. Now the ICC, by two-to-one
VOTE has agreed, in effect, that the four-way
splitting of transit stock would not be detri-
mental to the riding public.
One Commissioner dissented for the stated
reason that prices of the companys stock already
are within the reach of the ordinary investor"
The two ICC examiners who Investigated the
stock plan also recommended against 1t for this
reason among others. Their report suggested
that recent increases in the price Of the stock
may indicate that SPECTATORS rather than in
vestors are interested in the stock" This Sus-
picion was not supported by any evidence at the
ICC hearings, however. The majority report Of the
commission stressed that no objections whatever
were raised at the hearings to the stock split.
Both the PUG and the ICC have taken the sound
stand that more than vague fears and suspicious
of stock scheme that might damage the COM
panys services to the public would warrant
denial of the company's application.
Capital Transit itself insists that the quar-
tering of its stocks is designed only to broaden
the trading base, thereby improving its market
ability and encouraging wider participation by
the general public in the companys ownership.
The ICC was told by company officials that
ownership of the stock by its the company's)
patrons would increase their interest In the use
of its transportation facilities and lead them to
recommend its services to Others"
But the PUG still stands in the way Of final
approval of the stock plan. The PUG apparently
is willing to approve the plan only If a contro-
versal IS million "ghost" item is eliminated from
the companys financial structure The item
listed as Road and equipment unclaSsified," !"
dates back to 1895. It Is supposed to represent
the balance of certain Intangible items which
the PUG has found to be in excess of the orig
inal cost Of certain streetcar property bought
by predecessor of Capital Transit The PUG
has refused to consider this item in fixing fares
and it is baking at recognizing 1t in connec-
ton with the stock transaction. It would be
surprising, however, If this ancient source of
controversy were permitted to block the proposed
splitting up of capitA Transits stock.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Definition of Communism

In your issue of July IA. communica-
tion from Theresa H. Russell quotes
from the Standard Encyclopedia a def
milton Tin part) of communism, and
closes with the words: $50 communism
was doctrine of the early church."
built on Acts, iv.32.
Lest careless readers get wrong i'm
preston, it should be said that the So
called communism of the early church
had nothing political in it and was con-
fined to local group, much as some of
the Jewish colonists in Palestine farm
specific acreage of land in community
spirit" having all things in common
This is as much like Soviet communism
as night Is like day.
John o. Knott.
Surely no one who is conversant with
the news of the world today can be so
naive as to swallow the definition of
communism quoted by Mrs. Russell.
She really is the bait the Communists
want. If she honestly believes that COM
munism was a doctrine of early Chris
tianity. Rather, the Communists have
theoretically adopted the practice of the
early Christians to delude people like
her and to foster their destructive aims.
They cleverly omit in the definition
that such practice was "for the greater
glory of God" They couldn't possibly
insert such words, since the big differ
ence between communism and Christian
ity is that communism denies the
existence of God, and although Com
munist will work his fingers to the bone
for the cause" he would never give up
his life for his fellow man. Perhaps the
following quotation from the red paper.
Izvestia. written by Anatole Luna
charsky, former Commissar of Educa-
tion in U. S. S. r.. will enlighten her on
the subject: 1--WE hate Christianity and
Christians. Even the best of them must
be considered our worst enemies. They
preach love Of ones neighbor and mercy.
which is contrary to our principles.
Christian love is an obstacle to the
development of the revolution"
Vera Nuzzi.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Pssse neiose three tsj cents for return postass
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.
@. Was Peregrine White. the first
white child born in New England. a boy
or GRIP. j. D.
A. The child was boy. who lived to
be SO years old. In 1867, the town Of
Bridgewater granted him 200 acres I'm
respect that he was the first OF the
English born in these parts" The name
Peregrine means "a foreigner" or "a pill
GRIM
@. How much electric power is there
in single stroke of lightning?-S. B. E.
A. There may be hundreds Of thou
sands of ampereS. The most powerful
stroke on record discharged current
of 345,000 amperes and hit the Cathe-
dral of Learning Of the University Of
Pittsburgh on July 81, 1947.
@. Why does meat change in color
from red to brown when 1t is cooked
H. Mem.
A. During cooking, the hemoglobin
which colors blood red is oxidized. and
this causes the meat to turn brown.
@. How far back does the history of
Korea gov. l.
A. Korean historians claim for their
country an authentic record of at least
5000 years.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Eisenhower Not Tough Enouqh?

The biggest job before the American
people is to effect thorough house
cleaning in Washington. Could they
hope to do that with Gen. Eisenhower
as President?
At the beginning of the New Deal
hundreds of pink intelligentsia were fed
into the Government at Washington
from such colleges as Columbia and
Harvard. Many of them still are here,
and they continually pop up in every
board created by Congress to kick Com
Evening star., 1951-07-23

munists out. Even the Voice of America
is polluted with them.
Now, Gen. Eisenhower put himself in
hook to this element when they hired
him as the president of Columbia Uni
versity. They were smart enough to see
his presidential possibilities. and they
got out an anchor to windward by
hiring him
Gen. Eisenhower. himself is a fine,
courteous gentleman and a capable
military man, but he is not tough enough
to do the job that is necessary to be
done.
F. G. CamyeU.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
By Georoe Berlioxsky

nNE of the casualties Of imitation is
~ coffee. Its cost per pound and
per cup has many misty-eyed coffee
lovers wondering whether. this indis-
pensible drink win maintain its top
billing on the American menu. Yet for
coffee to be placed in such desperate
straits is not unusual. as glance at
history shows.
The story OF the coffee bean and its
development is a hair-raising tale, load
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Ponsies

Whenever / look at pGnsy NON
! shall remember Sue.
Take me to see the fotueYs," she said,
THE fotDers that look at you.'
oh, I shall be seeing the wondering eyes
OF q little girl OF three
Whenever look at q pdiasy nop
And passy looks at me.
4 jane H. MeFehank
Evening star., 1951-07-23

in India and dumped huge quantities of
the weaker drink onto the American
market.
For long time coffee and tea raced
neck and neck for No. position in this
country. Every schoolboy knows the
British tea tax led to the Boston tea
party. And from then on in it was coffee
all the way.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

Pen-nanaes may be used If letters carry
1DriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
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reader can get the answer to any question
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Evening star., 1951-04-26
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