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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05

Mrs. Mary Reed Baker, widow of
William E. Baker, died suddenly at
her home in Hancock on April 2,
aged IS years.
Born in Washington County, she
had lived in Hancock for the past
as years.
Surviving are: seven daughters,
Mrs. Nora Wilson, Coudersport, Pa;
Mrs. Laura Rankins, Berkeley
Springs; Mrs. Ottie Crilley, Hagers-
town; Mrs. Louise Slayton, New
York City; Mrs. Celia Shockey, Ha-
gerstown; Mrs. Ethel Rankin, San
Francisco; and Mrs. Thelma Mason,
Berkeley Springs; son, Erwin, Han
cock; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Ride
nour and Mrs. Celia Trumpower,
both of Parkhead; a brother, William
Reed, also of Parkhead; II grand
children and nine great-grandchil-
dren.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05

Wilbur Presley Pope died sudden
ly at his home, 723 North Locust
Street on April l, after an illness OF
a few minutes, aged 80 years.
Born and reared IN Hagerstown
he was the son of Randolph and
Zepora (Ridgley) Pope, and had liv-
ed here his entire life. For ten
years, he had been employed in the
pattern department of Fairchild Air
craft Division.
Surviving, besides his mother
are: sister, Mrs. Catherine Riley.
Greencastle; four brothers, Orville
H. Ridgely, Navy; and George N.
Ridgely, William E. Ridgely and Leo
A. Pope, all of Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05

Daniel E. Carbaugh, of Hopewell,
died at the Washington County Hos
pital on March 80, of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident on
March 81 He was GA years of age.
He was the son of the late David
R. and Maria (King) Carbaugh.
He is survived by: two sisters,
Mrs Lillian Hose, Clear Spring; and
Mrs. Annie Gordon, Broadfording;
and four brothers, Frank E. and Nc
Kinley R., Broadfording; Henry w,
Hagerstown, and Obern M, Will
Transport.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05

329 Valley Road; brother, Charles
A. Clugston H.; sister, Anna Lee;
and his paternal grandfather, Sam
uel G. Clugston, Greencastle, Rt. l
Julian Baker, infant daughter of
Alvey and Dorothy (Slick) Baker,
Route 2, Hancock, died at the Nor
gan County Memorial Hospital,
Berkeley Springs, on March 30, aged
four days.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by: two sisters, Carol and
Nancy, and two brothers, Alvey, Jr.,
and David, at home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05

David Herbert Revell son of Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton c. Revell, Mt.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05
COAL AND FUEL OIL

Yes, We Have It-Of Choice Quality
Phone 1915
MARTINS ELEVATOR
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05
CT A S SITE

ATTENTION SPORTSMEN - For
your conveniences, we also issue
fishing and hunting licenses. We
are now open from 800 a. m. until
600 p. m. - DELPHEY'S, 237 E.
Franklin St.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
A Deserving Little Bill

All over this country there are entertain
ments to which servicemen in uniform are ad-
mitted free. But Uncle Sam requires payment of
an admissions tax, which must be collected and
paid by the people who stage the entertainment.
short little bill abolishing this tax in the
case of admissions free of charge to member of
the armed services in uniform approved
without objection by the House not long ago and
is now before the Senate Finance Committee.
1t is being held up there because the committee
is wrestling with the real problem of how to
raise ST billion, more or less, in new and higher
taxes.
The purpose of the bill is to encourage free
admissions for Servicemen in uniform, for it is
believed that the practice which varies in diff
ferent cities would spread if those who stage
the entertainment were spared the collection of
the tax. 1t would also relieve the servicemen
from paying this tribute to Government in cases
where the entertainment proprietors have elimi-
mated their own profits as goodwill gesture
to Servicemen.
The Senate Finance Committee could, no
doubt, approve the bill and send it to the Senate
in five minutes. 1t ought to do so, regardless of
the mountains of problems it must climb in
relation to other taxes.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
All He Hears These Days Is Elephants
By Ann cottrelI

THE telephone rings frequently these
L days at the Legation of the little
known kingdom Of Cambodia. It may
be the State Department, newspaper,
or the Zoo calling-but the question is
nearly always the same:
What about the elephant?"
Nong Kimny, CamboHia's newly
arrived first envoy to Washington, would
like to talk of such things as his coun-
try'S role in the japanese peace treaty
but people talk only of elephants. It is
one elephant in particular, now on the
high seas, that prompts all the ques-
tions. The slight, 38-year-old "envoye
extraordinaire ct ministre plenipoten-
tiaire" explains that the elephant Is
simply good will gesture from his
King Norodom Sihanouk to President
Truman.
He hastens to add that Cambodias
elephant has no relationship to the
G. o. P.'S favorite pet. He says ear
nestly:
The gift of an elephant has no politi-
cal significance with your internal poll
tics"
Cambodia's elephant may not figure
in United States partisan politics, but it
has significance in world politics and
a great deal of bearing on American
economic and military foreign policy.
A visit with Mr.. Nong in his tenn
porary Legation, tucked away in Ward
man Park Hotel, reveals just how i'm
portant that elephant is. First. it is
non-C Communist elephant from South
east Asian country "of strategic i'm
portance to the United States in the
blocking of communism"
Cambodia, now one Of the three as
sociated states of Indo-China and
member of the French Union, has been
endangered since the end of World
War II by the Communist-inspired
forces of Ho Chi Mini. This little
kingdom of some million inhabitants
had it's choice of supporting France,
which exercised protectorate over it
since 1868, or kicking loose the traces
and joining Ho Chi Mimi. 1t chose
France-with reservation.
1t insisted on a promotion from it's
colonial status. Cambodia and the
other two associated states of Indo-
China-Viet Nam and Laos-now stand
somewhere between full independence
and protectorate.
Minister Nong admits 1--WE are not as
independent as we would like to be. but
after all, since we are anti-Commu-
nist we need the French troops in Indo-
China"
A test of her independent status has
come up recently and is embarrassing
Evening star., 1951-08-16
By Charles E. TroceweN
Gino J. Simi.

dow blinds. house shutters, shades of all
kinds. and could be used even more than
it is with profit.
BirdhouseS, put in trees, are well
painted green. Park benches used to be
green, almost universally, until some
one decided otherwise, probably for no
other reason than just to change things.
The modern idea of change has re-
suited in the ruination of many products.
So far no one has tried to make the
summer scene anything except green.
We can be content with what we have
in this line. whether in small parks, in
large farms, in simple home gardens
where the urge to get out and work de-
serts most of us at this time of year.
Every garden ought to be enduring
enough to sort Of take care of itself in
the heat. Structures on the use of the
garden hose, enforced in one way or
another in many communities, have
shown even the most nervous that grow
ing things can get along without water
II they have to, at least to an amazing
extent. They may look yellow, there
may be cracks in the lawn, but with the
first real rains Of autumn everything
will smile again, in the good old green
way. This is natures joy and happiness,
the green of the lush tropics, the moth
erland Of life. This is whst nature in
tended for all the happy months of
spring and summer. She relinquishes
slowly in the proper autumn the green
of spring and summer, but keeping some
Of it to remind her in the cold that
green is her favorite color. after all. and
don't you forget it.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
This and That

May gardens are at low ebb in August.
This is not only because many of the
annual blossoms are gone, but mostly
because the home gardener let's the hot
weather get him down.
Not every one is a real gardener.
There are many play gardeners, hon
est men and women who take up the
sport just because they finally have the
ground.
After living in an apartment land
small apartment. at that) the average
suburban lot seems very large.
AS the years go by, and especially
when hot weather comes and stays, it
seems even larger.
Many spring gardener, starting with
a rush, falls by the horticultural way
side at this time of year.
It is just too hot to mulch, and rake,
and do the thousand and one things
even the smallest garden demands.
1t is an amazing thing, how much
time one can put into a garden, without
apparent results.
In business, in most occupations as
well as hobbies, in the everyday working
of the everyday life, usually what one
does stands every chance of being
noticed
Not so in the garden.
It is possible to work away for hours,
days, without the slightest evidence that
anything has been done.
This is true of all outdoor work The
results are one with nature, and nature
Ais slow acting. It is impossible to hurry
Evening star., 1951-08-16

labor unions that names on such petitions will
be kept confidential and that therefore, as a
matter of principle he would not turn the list
over to the committee
This is a pretty highland mighty position
for Mr.. Reynolds to take. No private citizen
would be allowed to get away with it for
moment. And neither should he
1t may well be that the committee wants
the list for some other reason than the stated
purpose of checking its accuracy. Even so, how
ever, the people who signed the petition did so
knowingly, willingly and openly. There was
nothing secret or confidential about t-they
were putting themselves on record as favoring
the UEW. For an official of the administrative
branch to take the position that he is under
some obligation to shield their identities from
congressional committee is not only fantastic,
but borders on contempt.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
The Ootis Resolution

There is every reason why the Senate should
and very probably WILL give virtually unanimous
support to the House resolution on william n
Oatis, the American Associated Press correspond
ent who is languiShing in Czech Jail for the
"crme" of having tried to do a good and honest
job as an objective news reporter.
The Oats case though not without prece-
dent behind the Iron Curtain, is particularly
nauSeating example of the sleaZy practices of
international communism directed by the
Kremlin. Here is decent young man, veteran
of the Second World War, who went to Prague
not very long ago to report-in an open and
aboveboard manner-on the course of day-by- day
events in Czechoslovakia 1t has been his mis-
fortune however, that he has been singled out
for unholy sacrifice on the altar of the Red
totalitarians' hate-America campaign.
Thus, to feed fuel to that campaign,
Mr. Oats has been subjected to arrest incom-
municado detention, and trial" which the
House resolution rightly describes as having
been a "sham"-a trial" staged to make it
appear to the Czech people, and all other peoples
behind the Iron Curtain, that his work in Prague
has been that of a dangerous spy in the employ
OF American "imperalists" intent upon unleash
ing a great war against the Soviet Union and
its "allieS." AS evidence" in support of the
charge he has been shown to have engaged
in information seeking activities that every
news reporter worthy of the name engages in
daily. as matter of normal and open routine,
in our own country and throughout the free
world Mr.. Oats, having confessed" to that
crime" under what must have been a great
deal of physical and mental pressure, has been
duly disposed of-thrown into Jail for the next
10 years of his life.
In response to this monstrous perversion of
truth, justice and common, ordinary decency,
the House-speaking for the American people
has now gone on record as condemning the
KremlinS Prague puppets for "a shocking viola
tion of the fundamental human freedoms" In
addition, it has advocated that our Government
should Immediately sever all commercial rela-
tionS with Czechoslovakia and resume them "only
if and when" Mr. Oatis is released and his liberty
fully restored. The Senate can hardly do less
than concur overwhelmingly.
Actually, since it is not binding as regards
the severance of commercial relations the House
action is relatively mild. But for the present,
particularly because the Czech people are not
really responsible for the dirty work being done
by the tyranny dominating them, it probably is
strong enough. At very least, with Senate adop-
tion, the resolution should make clear to the
Kremlin's tools in Prague that the United States
is in mood to put on heavier pressure to make
them undo their crime against Mr.. Oatis
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Letters to The Star

Senator, who is demanding that the
Arkansas Lawn Mowers Association
conduct poll of its members to deter
mine Mr.. Snozzhimper's qualifications
for the job. Ballots will be issued and
the members will cast their votes. Under
my plan, the Lawn Mowers Association
would do the appointing and the Presi-
dent the confirming.
Representative A. j. SABBATH, dean of
the House. interviewed by the cooking
editor of the Lawndale Times in Chi
cago, stated:
I'm going to introduce a bill making
it capital offense for Congressman to
have nephewS. I am reminded of my
third term as Congressman. President
Rutherford B. Hayes called me to the
White House and saio that his appoint
ment Of one Indignation j. >Hattlebirch
as Inspector Of Dams and Other Cuss
Words Northwestern district of Wyo-
ming) was held up by the Senate be-
cause Hattlebirch had relative in Con-
gress and, having such. wasn't worth a
tnker's dam, let alone the main inspec-
tor of big dams. 1t appears that Rep
resentative FlitZquam of the 83d South
Dakota district, who was then chairman
OF the House Acoustics Committee and
also vice chairman of the Committee on
How to Tell One Committee From
Another, What With ALI Of Them Wear
ing Boards, was third cousin through
marriage Of Mr.. Hattlebirch'S sister-in-
laws eldest brother -in-law. This cast
an awful stigma on Hattlebirch's repu-
tation and character. I advised Presi-
dent Hayes that the intermediate Sen
ator from Wyoming was trying hard to
locate some dam association or another
to hold an election on Hattlebirch's
eligibility for dam inspector. The Presi-
dent told me that he wasn't going to
let any dam association tell him who to
appoint. I persuaded the President not
to swear in the presence of Congress-
man and he started to laugh-but. he
laughed"
Harry G. Green.
Chicago.
Evening star., 1951-08-16

both to Cambodia and France. India,
Ceylon, Indonesia and Burma, having
thrown off colonialism, will not recog-
nize her as being on the same footing as
themselves. They don't want her to
take part in the Japanese peace treaty.
Mr.. Nong. whose right arm was stiffened
by Japanese bullet, testifies to
the suffering from japanese aggres-
sion. The United States and France
support Cambodia's desire to take part
in the treaty. 1t is complex situation
illustrating the tug of war between
Asia's nationalism and the remnants of
colonialism. The French are well aware
that India is using this incident as a
lever to persuade France to withdraw
her control over five French states in
India.
Although the United States, for its
own safety. has little choice but to sup
port the associated states of Indo-C China,
the elephant is charming way of say
ing. Thank you, Mr.. President" for
American aid. Cambodia last year re-
ceived its share of $22 million worth of
ECA goods and assistance to Indo-
China. Also it is receiving a slice of the
military equipment from the military
defense assistance pact program.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Defends Brumidi
l. H. Wachtel.

May rise in partial defense of one
&C. Brumidi, Artist. Citizen of the
United States" called mutilator of our
Capitol by one of your readers?
What little I have been able to learn
of Brumidi indicates that he would have
been deeply embarrassed at the title,
"Michelangelo of the Capitol"
Brumidi, it seems, had no illusions
about his ability or his lack of origi-
nality. He merely hired himself out as
a Journeyman mural painter and moth
ing more. He made no pretense at being
a Picasso Of his day. In fact, he prob
ably was as annoyed by Courbet and
radicals in art of his day as our con-
servatives in art are today with Matisse,
Roualt and Paul Cadmus.
There appears to be no doubt that
Brumidi was the outstanding Journey
man mural painter in America in his
time. He was a day laborer in pictorial
representation quite removed from the
contemporary stream of nascent i'm
pressionism and other movements.
He evidently satisfied those who hired
him. And, as far as can see, his works
seem to satisfy the thousands Of Ameri-
cans who visit our Capitol each year.
And some is good art even by modern
standards.
Gino J. Simi.
Evening star., 1951-08-16

her processes. Every child finds that out
when. planting the first seed, he hurries
out the next morning to see if it has
sprouted.
At this time of summer the green gar
den comes into its own.
Green is what may be called the
standard outdoor color.
Not only are oceans green, at least at
times. but the forests and fields, and
sometimes even the light.
There is time at twilight, on some
days, when there is an unusual trans.
parency to the air, accompanied by
clear green color.
This occurs not too often, so that it
is always appreciated.
Brown animal fur, in this light, is
really red, strange thing to see.
If such light were put into a paint
ing, most observers would call it false.
They would say that no such light ever
happened.
AS beautiful as flower colors are, the
standard green Of growing things is even
more lovely.
A yard featured by this color is still
a good one, though it may not have
blossom.
The colors of flowers are accent notes,
whereas the green of grass, shrubs,
leaves, trees and other growing things
Is so solid, satisfying, cheering.
And, above all, so easy on the eyes.
1t is not for nothing that green has
been used as satisfying color for win
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Misguided Principle

James ]. Reynolds, jr, acting chairman of
the National Labor Relations Board says that
as a matter of principle he has refused to turn
over to the House Committee on Un-American
Activities list of union members petitioning
for collective bargaining election. Mr. Reyn-
olds does not say just what the question of
principle is But it has all the earmarks of the
sort of thing that makes one wonder sometimes
how this Government of ours ever functions
at all.
The union in question is the United Electrical
Workers, so red in complexion that it was booted
out of the C1O year ago, in an election, the
UEW lost its position as bargaining agent for
$4,000 employees at the General Electric Company.
Since then it has been trying to get back in
the saddle, and recently filed with the NLRB
petition for new election bearing 5,100 names.
The House committee wants this list, but Mr..
Reynolds says nothing doing.
Mr. Reynolds, who is not even slightly pink
himself, certainly is no champion of left-wing
unions. If he had said that he was refusing to
give up the list of names because he felt ID that
the petition was none of the committees buSi-
ness, and (2) that he feared the committee
would use the list of names to harass innocent
people, it might be possible to discern some
element of principle in his stand. But Mr.. Reyn-
oldS did not say that Instead, he said that the
labor Poard has an unwritten agreement with
Evening star., 1951-08-16

of them the court may hold that the
Reserve Clause" is illegal and thus
completely knock the props out from
under the game (assuming such clause
is vital to basebalD. Several members
of Congress who were not even members
of the committee took it upon them
selves to attempt to exempt baseball
from antitrust laws.
True, baseball is the great American
sport, but it is also big business" and
as such has an impact not only on the
Nations economy but tremendous in
fluence on the lives and welfare of
players and others engaged in the game,
as well as the millions of fans through
out the country who pay the bills. 1t
seems to me that the subcommittee is
following the only course of conduct
available to it, i.e.. to gather sufficient
information and then make its recon-
mendationS as to what should be done
to preserve our national sport and yet
function in a manner which does not
do violence to either the existing laws
governing business activities or to our
principles of fair play not only between
owner and players, but between the
owners and fans and the community
as whole.
/, H. Wachtel
Evening star., 1951-08-16
The Red Cross-ond United Appeals

The American Red Cross has been extremely
and understandably reluctant to surrender the
individuality of its own appeal for funds by
becoming a part of the single, united money
campaigns that are becoming increasingly popu-
lar in several cities of the country. The decision
of its Board of Governors to let down the bars
in some communities probably follows the wise
admonition of the philosopher, ITO compromise
with the inevitable"
What has made the single, united appeal
successful in such industrial cities as Detroit
and Pittsburgh has been the willingness of most
of the large employers to adopt the payroll
deduction plan. The plan has worked well when
there is one appeal. When there are two, three
or four appeaS-including the Red CroSS-the
bookkeeping item alone throws burden on the
employers that they resist With one appeal
more money has been produced, with less effort,
than it has been possible to obtain in several
separate appeals
The Red Cross was faced with the alter
natives of going along with the united campaigns
in certain cities or taking its chances with
chapter members in those cities who were on
the point of rebellion if any other course were
adopted.
In Washington there is rising popular
demand for the single, united campaign. But
1t is highly doubtful if the single campaign
WOuIQ De pracClcal IN washington WlCnOuC pay
roll deduction plan acceptable to the Govern
ment-our largest single employer-and almost
universally acceptable among private employers.
Government agencies would doubtless require
authorizing legislation to make the payroll de-
duction plan effective: 1t is a question now,
whether such legislation could be obtained.
In such cities as Detroit it has been found
that clerical workers, for example, will con-
tribute Is cents week, or $l3 year. through
the payroll deduction plan applied in a single
campaign. But the same contributor would
hesitate to give more than dollar or so in cash.
The same principle has been demonstrated in
Washington, among those employers willing to
install the payroll deduction system. But too
few of them. including the Government. have
been willing to do so.
The prestige of the Red Cross has given it
a favored position among the agencies appealing
for public subscriptions. 1t is reluctant to lose
this advantage by becoming merely one of sew
eral claimants in united appeal And in Wash
ington even those who favor the single united
campaign in principle are not sure that it would
work, unless supported by universal payroll
deduction If the united campaign failed, every
body, including the Red Cross, would be worse
off than now.