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Evening star., 1951-06-30
If the Strike Comes, Be Ready

Reluctant though the public is TO face the
reality Of a transit strike in Washington, the
possibility of such crippling blow is such as to
require wholehearted, city-wide cooperation in
the Districts plans for meeting the emergency
The program of Nberalized parking restrictions
and other temporary relief measures approved
by the Commissioners will ease the impact If 1t
should come. Most of the program was given
rigorous testing In Detroit during the recent So
day bus and Streetcar strike there. It should
prove to be as successful here as it was there,
provided the public understands the plan and
joins in trying to make it work.
The program proposed by Traffic Director
Keneipp and adopted by the Commissioners is
designed to increase the volume Of automobile
traffic, to facilitate its movement and to provide
adequate parking space for it in many hitherto
restricted downtown areas. This was the essence
of the Detroit plan, which is credited with MAX
ing the long transit strike there tolerable to
citizens and not too damaging to private in
dustry. Revival of wartime car-pooling arrange
ments is an essential part of the program. In
creased use of private automobiles would require
a reversal of the Traffic Departments traditional
policy of discouraging parking on public streets
This reversal is contemplated in the Keneipp plan
which would open to unlimited parking miles
of space now restricted in the congested sections
Of the city. In addition, the track-lined center
Of the streets would be made available to parkerS
for the first time in the memory of old-timers
The lifting of parking restrictions down.
town streets will interfere to some extent with
retail business, for shoppers will have difficulty
In finding places to park. In Detroit many of the
merchants found 1t advisable to open their
stores in the evening, when parking opportunities
were more favorable In this way wives whose
husbands drove the family car to work could
do their shopping after supper. Some local stores
may find it profitable to adopt this system.
What motorists should not overlook is that,
even though the lberalized parking plan should
go into effect there still will remain restricted
zones that must be respected. The rush-hour
ban will not be lifted where signs proclaim it,
The parking -at-any-time warnings will mean
what they say. Parking outside the building line,
at entrances, in loading zones alongside fire
hydrants and in alleys will be prohibited as
always. The individual motorist will have to be
alert to old and new signs in order to comply with
the regulations and to contribute his bit to the
general welfare and good order of the COM
munity during a trying time. If the program
as outlined is followed by all the citizens, the
threatened tie-up of the Districts mass transpor
tation system will be far less disruptive than
transit strike in city not prepared to cope
with it.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Iran and u. S. Mediation

Iran today Is place where anything can
happen. But at the moment there still seems
to be at least chance that reason may yet
get the upper hand of situation in which an
intensely emotional nationalsm- whipped up to
q point of high fever by the Kremlin- n-servng
Communist Tudeh Party--threatens to sweep
everything before it down the road to disaster
Two developments suggest that the outlook
though far from encouraging, is not entirely
hopeless. The first is Premier MosSadeghs letter
to President Truman-a letter indicating that
the Teheran government would welcome some
special laSt-minute American effort to promote
an amicable settlement of this dangerous Anglo
Iranian dispute. The second is Trans decision
) not to press for passage of a proposed anti
sabotage law that would expose British oil
workers to the death penalty for incidents over
which they might have no control whatever--a
threatful legislative maneuver beyond justi-
ication.
Taken together with Britain's apparent
Willingness to keep its skilled managerial and
technical personnel on the job If their security
can be guaranteed, the Mossadegh message and
the shelving of the anti-sabotage proposal boil
ster the hope that the door has not been COM
pletely shut on the possibility of negotiating a
satisfactory settlement. The Teheran govern
ment appears to have been thinking some sober
second thoughts as regards the great injury that
can be done to Iran if the oil naturalization
program is carried out on purely emotional
basis. Similarly, along with other Western ma
tions, the British are obviously anxious to work
out an accord designed to stave off events that
could be helpful to no one but the men of the
Kremlin.
In such circumstances, a third party-as
between the Iranians on the one hand and the
British on the other-might be able to promote
satisfactory agreement. Premier Mossadegh
has not asked the United States to play the role
OF formal mediator, but he seems to have
limited bit at that idea, and as matter of
fact-through Ambassador Grady-we have been
acting as kind of go-between in the dispute
up to now Possibly, If both Britain and Iran
are willing to accept it, formalized and intensi-
fed American mediation might therefore be able
to accomplish great deal of good
1t is clear, in any event. that the United
States should overlook no opportunity to exert
all its influence on both sides in an effort to
bring the Iranians and British together before
their dispute explodes in way that could do
grave injury not only to them but to the free
world at large Time is running out. If there
is anything our Government can do to abate
this crisis, 1t should act right away Tomorrow,
or the day after may be too late.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Voledictory Enough

If the Senate committee which investigated
the Macarthur dismissal decides against issuing
formal reports it need apologize to no one. For
1t has already said the things that need to be
said, and it has said them very well indeed.
This was done in statement approved by
all the members of Chairman RussellS COM
mittee. They wanted to do three things: IL
To meet the claim that the committees hearings
had caused confusion at home (2) to answer the
charge that they had dismayed and frightened
friends abroad, and 90 to deny that our enemies
have reason to be encouraged by the testimony
Of the committees witnesses.
The committee conceded that the record
1t has compiled is replete with discord and dis
agreement But this could not have been avoided.
The dismissal of General Macarthur and his
subsequent address to Congress split this country
wide open. All of the half formed doubts and
misgivings with respect to the Korean war and
our Far Eastern policy were brought overnight
into full bloom. 1t was imperative that an in
vestigation be held. And it was equally impera-
tive that the investigation be conducted in
such way as to convince the people that they
were hearing all of the facts and all of the
opinions that could be made public without
endangering the national security.
The Russell committee succeeded in doing
this. Differences of opinion survive, of course.
6ut any lalI-mlnQeu person VINO IOEOWeQ LQe
hearings must feel that he has been afforded an
opportunity to weigh the expert testimony and
form his own judgments. That, in turn, has
produced measure of unity that otherwise would
have been unattainable. The hearings, with all
OF their disadvantages, have served the best in
terests of this country.
As for our friends, they need not have mis-
givings. And this newspaper doubts very much
that the Macarthur hearings have shaken their
confidence in the United States. People in other
countries may not fully understand why such an
investigation is desirable in our land. But If
they know anything of our past history they must
understand. as the committee statement said,
that the Macarthur controversy leaves the Amer
lean people "unshaken in our determination to
defend ourselves and to cooperate to the limit
OF our capabilities with all of those free nations
determined to survive in freedom"
The warning to our enemies was even more
pointed. It would be well, said the committee,
for those who may contemplate aggression to
understand that disagreements among individuals
or groups will not deter the American people and
their Government from the relentless quest for
our ultimate security. "If those who threaten us
take only tyrants lesson from differences
among free men and mistake the temper Of our
people, they can plunge the world INTO war.
Evening star., 1951-06-30

some one discovers that fish has been
named before. This, 1t seems, often
happens, since there are so many species
Of fishes.
The oldest name, therefore, is the
one used. This results in the new name
being the oldest, believe it or not!
Scientists are odd that way.
This makes happy situation in
which the common names, as used by
the famous man on the street, become
very important. If it were not for
them. the latest name would be hard
to fnd
The naming of the guppy as an IL
lustration.
It was discovered in 1868 by a man
named r. j. Lechmere Guppy Of
Trinidad.
It was sent to the British Museum,
where it was named Girardinus guppyi
This was too much for the average
fish fam
He simply called the thing ''guppy"
and let it 60 at that.
Then another chap comes along and
discovered that the little fish had been
named previously, with scientific name
which included the word "reticulata."
This part of the older name was used,
but changed. so that today we have the
scientific name of this small fish as
Lebistes reticulatus.
Any resemblance to "guppy' is gone
from the scientific name-but it still
rings around the world
Il Guppy it was and guppy it shall re-
main.
The family name Of the Guppy family
1.-The hunans-at one time n their his
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Mount Pulomor

Walled I'm a lonely house upon the peak.
Plumbing the star-StreamS tDith q
camera eye,
The sons OF earth explore the rin.less
sky
And listen while the ,Dorlds and ages
speak.
Within a blur OF fire or nebulous streak
They match the Whirltng SUNS like
t1indmotes fly,
And measure CULTS billion ligtt-yeGrs
high
Where galaries are dots. and thought
grolDS iDeGk.
Others may bid and grupple. scheme.
debate,
DraU si0ordS, and clash In many
Sfrieking clan.
But here are priests that question time
and fate
n, the Uast pages of the starry plan,
And by the nlajeStieS they contemplate
Declare the godhood IN the mind OF
{ Stanton A. Coblentx
Evening star., 1951-06-30
This and That

Sometimes the little tropical fishes
called guppieS are put in outdoor pools
to help keep the mosquitoes away. but
if they are so used, no goldfish should
be quartered in the pool.
II guppies are used, they will do a
good job Of mosquito killing, being es-
pecia1ly fond of the mosquito larvae.
On such food they thrive and bring
forth hundreds of young-alive. Each
new guppy is a complete miniature fish
at birth, being free swimming. Each
is about as inch long.
These fishlets live among the plants,
and so escape being eaten by their own
parents. That is one of the reasons
why growing plants should be in every
pool and in every indoor aquarium.
For one thing, the fishes like plants.
The owner must try to cater to the likes
and dislikes of his charges. That is part
of the fun.
The guppy has an interesting history.
Tt was discovered years ago in tropical
streams
Today there are probably many times
as many OF them In indoor aquariums
as in the great outdoors. {.
The common name, guppy. is inter-
eSting.
Some persons insist on pronouncing
it as if it were spelled "gooby." but
they are wrong
The word comes from the scientific
name. but from an old name. now no
longer used
Fish scientific names are strange.
Priority OF naming was made the
criterion. Names are changed when
Evening star., 1951-06-30

gress Heights stop later that evening in
dicated that the patrons like Bookmobile
service and just wish there was more of
it. At about o'clock, at the peak of
J.. the evening. one man didn't even try to
get in. He just passed his books in the
front with a request they be renewed.
They were passed from hand to hand
down the line and he picked them up at
the back door.
Such experiences, Chief Librarian Har-
ry N. Peterson feels, help to bring home
the justice of his request for another
Bookmobile in the 1882 budget. A Sec
ond Bookmobile could help extend library
facilities to new areas and also make
possible longer stops in areas where the
patronage is heavy. Although Bookmo-
biles are generally associated with rural
library service, he feels that among the
Capitals ever-growing and book-hungry
population, they have won their way.
Evening star., 1951-06-30

night stop at Massachusetts, avenue and
Forty-eighth street, they like non-fiction
and mysteries. The Wednesday night
stop at Pennsylvania and Alabama ave-
nues, Sc, brings out the science-fiction
addicts. All over town, there is heavy
demand for books on advice to writer's
and sale Of manuscripts. These run
close second to volumes on child care,
interior decoration, cookery and garden
ing. Fitzgerald and Faulker are current
ly having a small vogue.
The Bookmobile does a big business
in requests, and the reserved" shelf be-
hind Mrs. Passages desk is always full.
Even children are allowed to put in re-
quests. privilege not granted them in
branch libraries. One little pig-tailed
girl whispered to her friend as she came
to pick up a book. "It's almost like get
ting mall
An informal poll taken at the Con-
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Electric Power and the Atom

Leaders of the Nations electric power In
duStry have developed such respect for the
atoms peacetime promise that they have rec
commended to the Atomic Energy Commission
that the industry be associated directly and per-
manently with the commissions work. The idea
Is good one, not least of all because it could
bring about mutually beneficial relationship
between the Acc and one of the most impor-
tant segments of American private enterprise.
The recommendation has been made in
special report drawn up by the Ad Hoe Advisory
Committee on Cooperation Between the Electric
Power Industry and the Atomic Energy Commits
sion. The committee, speaking for the industry
and organized at the request of the Acc, has
based its report on a two-year study of what
the Government is doing in an effort to harness
the atom for power purposes. Among other
things, 1t has found that that effort is Begin
ming to bear significant fruit and that the public
and private utilities of this country have good
reason to look forward to the time when the
use of nuclear fuel may be as economically feas-
ible as the use of such conventional sources of
energy as coal, oil, gas and falling water
Thus In the committees words, "the pros
poets of an important new source of power within
the next decades are robust enough to warrant
strong present and continuing interest on the
part of the electric power industry" For the In
uuoIIy MuSG TcCkoQ WIN J1e TACT CnaC II the
prospects become reality, @then-aside from
weapon production-the power systems of the
country could be the largest potential users" of
nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel just as they
are today the largest users of steam boilers and
coal. This does not mean, of course, that the
atom would replace the conventional energy
sources, but it would supplement them in way
that would be of great value in the industry's
effort to meet the steadily increasing power de-
mands of our constantly expanding economy
1t is for this reason that the Ad Hoe Com
mittee has urged the formation of Permanent
Advisory Committee through which the electric
power industry would be linked directly with the
Acc. Within the limits of security restrictions,
such committee could render invaluable serv-
Ice 70 the industry's members by keeping them
abreast of all significant developments bearing
upon their great enterprise BY the same token,
the industry's experts could speak through it in
way that could contribute to the solution of
many of the Aces technical problems. The pro-
posal deserves serious consideration.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
New Broom

The Star showed little regard for
American institutions by using the Blair
Moody article on Ives. Saltonstall, Els
enhower, etc. The country needs two
parties, not two hybrids of me-tooism.
We've had enough of the WILKES, the
Deweys, the Vandenbergs and those
other sycophants who contributed
their share of our present mess. We
need to clear out" every man who was
in policy-forming position during the
days of our entrapment. Put EN- in war
plants or in the Army.
James A. Fennell.
La Plata. Md.
Evening star., 1951-06-30

But it would be war they could never win and
which would bring them to ultimate destruction" !"
The committee could not say more than this
in formal report If it were to issue two or more
conflicting reports as would be the case, no pur-
pose would be served except to emphasize dis
sension So why not stand on the statement?
It is yaledictory enough.
Evening star., 1951-06-30

salary increase or reduction in hours for
these men. Congress should have paid
more attention than it did to the report
of Mr.. Fowler, the Districts unbiased
budget officer, on this subject and less
to the lobby of the police association
Letters by policemen and their stooses
asking for salary increases for the hurrah
boys in blue" leave me disguised.
hope the Commissioners will some
day issue orders to the superintendent
OF police instructing him that his force
Is supported by the taxpayers to serve
and protect the community, not to
harass 1t. The force needs to give more
consideration than it does to its public
relations.
Reader.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Steak or Chicken Winos?

To the letter writer who said better
steak once a week at $50 than no
steak at 81" ask: What of families
having chicken wings once week and
no other meat. There are people living
that way now. Steak at any price
should stick in his throat.
Virginia Giles.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Boys in Blue

I noted with interest the statement
by Citizen" June Is in which he said
he would never again contribute to the
Police Boys Club have come to the
same conclusion from observing the
Washington police force on the streets
and reading about its performance in
the newspapers.
Furthermore. am opposed to any
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Ford Theoter Survivors

Regarding George Kennedy's interest
ing article on Samuel j. McAIichael and
the collapse of the Ford Theater in 1893,
may I advise that Mr. McNichael is not
the only survivor. as he believes?
am happy to inform you that Mr..
McMichaePs old friend, w. r. King, is
still among the living. He resides at
1911 Fourth avenue North, st. Peters,
burg, Fla. If my memory serves cor
rectly, Matthew E. Ruddy, who lives at
3725 Twelfth street NE, also was an
other who survived that disaster. And
believe Samuel Cottrell, 1918 Blair road
NV, also may have been in the accident
w. B. Gilmore.
Mr.. McMichael fortunately is mistaken
In believing he is the sole survivor of the
Ford Theater disaster I, too survived it.
William H. Ramsey.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Questions and Answers

rhe Stars readers can get the answer To
any question Of fact, by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau, 1900 street
NV. Washington 5, D. C.. and inclosing 3 cents
return hostage BY telephonine ST 1853,
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NW Washington s, D. G., and inclosing 8 cents
return hostage OF by telephonng ST, 1863.
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What country has the largest con-
stitution?-B. N N.
A. The new Indian constitution is the
largest in the world that is written.
1t has 395 articles and schedules. The
constitution of the Indian Republic was
passed in November 1949.
@. What is the highest stone monu-
ment in the world?-K. C. D.
A. The San Jacinto Monument in
Texas. 1t is built of reinforced concrete
faced with limestone and is $40 # high.
@. Does an oyster have organs like
other animals?-G. H. w.
A. Though apparently formless. the
oyster is complex creature with heart.
stomach, liver, intestine, gills and mouth.
Evening star., 1951-06-30
Letters to The Star

Pen1nes may be used letters carry a0riters names
and addresses AL letters subject to condensation
Arizona sun., 1951-11-23
Blind Pensioner
Charged Of
Defro uding State

CHICAGO tNNPA) = The Ill-
II is Public Aid Commission last
Friday filed a complaint in. Do
nestic Relations Court charging
Wilbert F. Walker, %, blind pen
sioner, Of deffauding the state cf
S2,148 by falling to report income
from jobs he held.
Walker was discovered en- the
blind pension rolls when he was
arrested in the Pekin Inn police
district for questioning. He admit
tel he had drivers license, often
dl owe a c>r his mcther owns, and
pleys billiards. Illinois Public Aid
Commission officials said a per-
son able to see we'll enough to
drive car and play pool sh-uid
not be on. tie blind assistance
rolls.
Arizona sun., 1951-11-23
Senator, Lodge
Would Welcome
South S Support

CHICAGO (NNPA) =. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Republi-
can of MAJ achusetts, last Friday
night said he W-uld welcome a
Republican merger with southern
Democrats but not with the sac
rifice ef basic principles.
Senator Ledge, who is managing
the campaign to get General
Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated
for President by the Republicans,
spoke in the Grand Ballroom CT
the Conrad Hilton formerly the
Stevens) Hotel to launch a. series
IF three luncheon meetings to
build up the Republican Women
Volunteers of Chicago.
"The Republican party is above
all the party of civil rights" he
said. 1--WE can never compromise
Oh that question, as you in the
state Of Abraham Lincoln should
know better than anyone else"
Arizona sun., 1951-11-23

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)-
opposed to the white
supremacy activities of Joseph
Beauharnais, head of the White
Circle League in Chicago, the Am
erican Civil Liberties Union has
filed a brief in the United States
Supreme Court in his behalf.
The Union told the court in its
brief that it rejects the views
expressed by Beauharnsis in his
which formed the basis
of the charges upon which he was
convicted, but it undertook the case
scIely because it believes that the
Illinois statute in question violates
the constitutional guarantee OF
Arizona sun., 1951-11-23
Commentator
On New NAACP
Radio Proqrom

New York (GlcbaD = The NAA-
CP this week inaugurated a new
radio series titled, Equal Justice
Under Law"
Emenating from Station WMCA
in New York, the program will be
hoard en- Sunday evenings at 9:45.
DR.. Algernofl D. Black, leader OF
the New York Society for Ethical
Culture is the regular commenta-
tor.
The series is designed to bring
TO light important and sometimes
little known facts regarding the
struggle of minority groups for
.recc gnition of their civil rights un-
der the law.
Arizona sun., 1951-11-23
Alton Thomas
PTA Speaker

Mr.. Alton Thomas, executive
secretary cf the Phoenix Urban
lie que, will speak to the Carver
High School Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation at its next regular meeting,
Tuesday at pm. in the scho rs
library. Understanding Of Our
selves" will be the subject of his
talk which will be the first in a
series embracing the associations
theme for the year = Understand
ing.
A free lunch is in store for the
student responsible for the great
est number Of parents and friends
present. Mrs. josephine Smith and
Mrs. Eliz beth Judy of the hospi-
tality committee will register the
visitors.
The executive board met last
Tuesday night, at which time re-
p.rt on the School Of Instruction
conducted at the October board
meeting by CITY and state PTA Of
ficials for Carver officers and
committee ciiairmen, was made by
Mrs. Myrtle Rodgers, program
chairman. Mr.. Ezekiel Willis, vice
president, at the absence of the
president, Mrs. Susie Oby, pre-
sided