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Evening star., 1951-07-21
Suckers and Ethics

Classic authority has it that sucker is born
every minute. Some Of those who are took de-
serve sympathy. Gullibility is not an uncommon
trait. But few tears are going to be shed by
anybody over losses incurred by various inno-
cents who entrusted their money to the slippery
fingers of Samuel D. MuSsman alias Sam D.
Mason, in order to acquire Government property.
For, innocent though they may be in some things,
they evidently hoped to profit by wrongfully In
duencing Government officials controlling the
disposal of public property.
The serious part Of this business Is that 1t
comes as another reflection OF cynicism, on the
part of what may be large element of the
public, toward moral standards OF Government
In Washington. Some of this cynicism Is the
result of the exposure Of questionable or shady
activities by men holding positions of high public
trust in Washington. Some of it is due to the
unrestrained and irresponsible criticism of public
officials as class, an unhappy accompaniment
OF partisan politics. But II many people in this
country share the belief that business with Gov
ernment in Washington means greasing the
palms of people in power, that citizens must
depend upon influence" to get what they are
after or that anything goes" so long as you are
not caught in the act, we are in bad way in
deed.
The fear, or perhaps the belief, that this is
spectacle of congressional committee taking
evidence on how to lift the morals or improve
the ethics of public servants 1t is the reason
that United States Senator has sponsored
serious proposal to establish Commission on
Ethics, the purpose of which would be to try to
teach public servants the difference between
right and wrong. Such things may bring COM
fort to some citizens in the belief that there is
problem" and this may be the best way to
solve it. In The Stars opinion the theory that
1t may be necessary to teach correct behaviour
In Government should be q matter of humilia-
ton to all citizens
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer is correct
In his letter to Senator Douglas, when he says
that ." the ethical standards Of public
official win be determined primarily by his own
instincts as TO what is and Is not proper. If he
does not know that 1t is improper for him to
accept gift, no finding or supervision by COM
mission will influence him. II he Is willing to
accept gift, even though 1t Is improper, any
suggestion from commission he will regard
with derision."
Evening star., 1951-07-21
ZAP Photo.

had to provide care and shelter and all
Of the feed they could eat. Prior to birth
had to provide care and shelter during
the nine months they were In their
mothers and I had to provide feed, shell
ter and care for their mothers for two
years before the calves were born so that
these animals which went to market
represented AZ months Of care, housing
and feed just to produce this salable
product. It is true that each mother
cow has since produced two other calves.
one Of which is year old. and one of
which is months old, but each of
these, animals. before they reach the 18-
month age when they will produce good
beef, will have had background Of at
least 27 months of care and shelter, for
the mother must be taken care of while
carrying the calf.
You do not turn on or OF spigot to
produce beef that is fit to eat and those
who eat beef should know that the pro-
ducer cannot go out and pluck the
animal out Of the air-it must be fed
and cared for.
D. N. Burnhom
Evening star., 1951-07-21
"NoRTH PERsH1NG DRIVE.

Dear Sir:
such funny thing happened in our
garden the other day that thought
would write and tell you about it as
1t may give you laugh. It certainly
gave us big one.
"Our big old chow dog, aged Is
years, was lying in thevsu thoroughly
enjoying himself. happened to glance
out Of the window and saw something
that seemed to be moving on him.
Being unable to make out what it was
at that distance walked softly out onto
the back porch where I could look
straight down on him.
And do you know what it was?
could hardly believe my eyes.
"a tiny tllfted titmouse was busily
pulling beakfulS OF his coat out and
carrying it away apparently to line q
nest!
81 watched for at least half an hour,
and every few minutes back she would
come and tear out another beakful.
'once the old dog raised his head and
lazily turned and looked at her. q guess
he thought she was a large type Of
Head She was highly indignant at his
inquiring gaze and hoped OF his back
onto the lawn and scolded him loudly.
"As soon as he laid his head down
again she hopped back on him and
continued her work.
1T was really the cutest sight I have
ever seen. and ! am quite sure baby
birds never had q softer nest.
Sincerely. K. F."
The titmouse is famous for t9is sort
of thing.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Gigantic Victory Forecast

A little over q year ago President
Truman stated that the purpose Of the
police action in Korea was to drive the
aggressor back across the 38th Parallel.
He also stated that Formosa would be
neutralized until the u N. forces had
completed the purpose Of the police
action.
Hence, if the current peace talks lead
to the restoration Of the old, 38th Par
allel, frontier between North and South
Korea, and the 7th Fleet Is recalled
from Formosan waters, we can all
proudly hail gigantic victory.
Walter Fielder.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
AbduIIoh's Assassination

AT the moment as far as motives are con-
cerned obscurities surround the assassination of
King Abdullah of Jordan in the Old CITY OF
Jerusalem. The thing was done by a known ter
rorist, himself slain on the spot But there are
only guesses right now as to just why he did it
whether for himself alone, in a fit of lunatic
frenzy, or for some one else, as a professional
3 Killer hired to serve the cause of dark Middle
Eastern plot
Guesses to one side, however, the one thing
everybody can be sure of is that this brutal
crlne-like the Staying OF Lebanon's Foreign
Minister few days ago and Trans Premier early
this year-has added a few more dangerous
degrees to the high fever that has been mounting
month by month, week by week, day by day. in
nearly all the countries of the Middle East. For
lt Is the sort OF crime-with motive unclear-
tnat tends In those countries TO incite popular
passions, nourish unreasoning suspicious and
play into the hands of extremist elements. What
we may see now, for example, is new tension
between Jordan and Israel or between Abdullah's
followers and some of his bitter Arab rivals. or
between that whole seethng part of the world
and Britain, his chief supporter.
Ihere can be no doubt that Abdullah was
one OF the ablest of the Arab leaders. Brought
TO power by the British, he was probably their
pest friend and stanchest ally in the Middle East.
0AAouSAA dIuy IOuSuC QaTQer and
better against Israel than any other Arab army.
ne was more inclined than most Arab statesmen
10 work out sound peace with the Israels.
Linked by treaty with Britain he and his stra-
logically important country were moderating.
pro-WeStern influence in region that has been
drifting, ever since the end of the Second World
war, into state of increasing restiveness
marked by reckless nationalism, intense anti
foreign zealotry and all-too-frequent acts of
terrorlstic violence. Now that he has been cut
ooWn, this vast neighborhood of instability has
lost much-needed advocate of stability.
Inc British, OF course, have special reason to
De concerned because Abdullahs assassination
may adversely affect their ties with Jordan. But
the crime has wider significance than that.
IL Is symptomatic of the explosive forces that
NE not lar below the surface throughout the
Middle East. Not just Britain but the United
STATES and the rest OF the free world have ground
Ior worry. The situation must somehow be inn
proved. or the Kremlin is going to be the gamer
in the end
Evening star., 1951-07-21
A New Soviet Line?

As distinct from countries with free press,
the Soviet Union is not place where private
individuals or groups are at liberty to act on
their own whenever they feel an overpowering
urge to try putting out newspaper or magazine.
All such projects-new and old-are under the
complete control of the Stain dictatorship.
Printers editors, publishers, etc., have no inde-
pendence. They are merely the creatures of the
Russian state and If they know what is good
for them they will see to it that their work
adheres strictly to the theological line laid down
by the Kremlin.
So 1t is an interesting fact-and probably
fact of considerable signifcance-that there has
Just been launched in Moscow a new magazine
whose contents seem to deviate rather sharply
from the sort of thing that usually appears in
such publications as Pravda and Izvestia.
Bearing the simple title of News the maga-
zine-which is to come out every two weeks in
the English language-has heralded its own
debut with statement declaring that it is going
to devote itself to the cause of improving rela-
tions between the Soviet Union and the Anglo
saxon world. In that connection, 1t has made a
special point of emphasizing the friendship that
has existed for many generations-long before
the Bolshevik revolution between the Russian
people on one hand and the people Of Britain
and the United States on the other.
Up to now the men of the Kremlin have not
let out even word of comment on President
Truman's recent letter urging them to publicize
tfroughout the Soviet Union the text of the
resolution in which Congress has proclaimed the
friendship of the American people for the Rus
sian people and reaff1rmed the desire of the
United States for just and lasting peace In
a sense however, the appearance of the new
Moscow magazine may be regarded as sort
of limited response to that resolution. At any
rate the initial issue of News is full of essen
tiallv the same sentiments as those voiced by
our Senate and House, and it suggests the posi-
bility that the Stain dictatorship may be moving
toward new line of propaganda and policy
annreciably less virulent than the one in effect
since the end of the war.
Anyhow, it is certainly noteworthy that Mos
cows new fortnightly has made its bow with
articles (including one by Alexander Troya-
novsky, the Kremlin's prewar Ambassador to
Washington) giving voice to the following views,
among others: CD Despite temporary periods
of antagonism RusSian-Anglo-Saxon friendship
is a very old and real thing; t2) no one can
doubt american efficiency, creative energy and
democratic spirit; Cd there is mo rational
excuse for the highly strained relations which
have arisen" between the Soviet Union and
Britain and the United States; (4) the present
snlit- between them is not at all hopeless or ir-
remarkable: (5) war between them is by no means
inevitable: and (6) the three powers should be
able not merely to co-exist In peace but TO CO.
operate scientifically, economically and cultur-
ally 4h genuine friendship.
News. Of course. is an Engish-language
Evening star., 1951-07-21
This and That

Olive Thorne Miller wrote:
"One of these birds, in Ohio, look
ing about for something nice and soft
to line her nest, pitched upon a gentle
mans hair.
Unfortunately. he had need of the
hair himself; but the saucy little tit
mouse didn't mind that
She alighted on his head, seized a
beakful, and then. bracing herself on
her stout little legs. she actually jerked
out the lock, and flew away with it.
So well did she like it that she came
back for more. The gentleman was a
bird lover. and was pleased to give some
OF his hair to such brave little crea-
ture.''
This same author tells of female
titmouse that came through an open
window and decided to nest
She took over a hanging basket. and
brought in nesting materials, and then
laid three eggs; but at this point the
bird resented the interest Of the humans
in the room. and went outdoors for
keeps.
The titmouse builds its nests in de-
serted woodpecker holes. It also likes
hollow stumps. and sometimes will avail
itself Of man-made titmouse houses.
The nest is well made Of moss. leaves,
strips Of bark, and is lined with hair.
In the old days, horse hair was used,
or hair from cattle. Today the birds
use other sorts, as illustrated.
Sometimes these little things (actually
about inches long) will ny down to
fur coat hung on porch. and proceed
to pull out hair from Il.
There is story that Id the spring
Evening star., 1951-07-21
ANeorby Beef Farmer Rolls Us Back
To the Editor Of The stor: :

+ HAVE BEEN an interested reader for
i several weeks past of your news and
special coverage Of the beef price situa-
tion and have gotten together some
special data ON the subject. am not q
big operator just another guy" trying
to get along. Perhaps the data may be Of
interest but in any event commend It to
the attention Of some of your STAFF who
"holler" for any idea that may have q
temporary appeal to any considerable
group, even If the idea has no real eco-
nomic basis.
Even II my reactions are no good, for
Heavens sake take realistic position
against rollbacks. You and every sane
person knows that Is hare-faced hooey.
Peg a price -yes-f necessary. but don't
advocate or encourage any such rot as
a rollback in prices.
have owned and operated for IS
years 33l-acre farm 25 miles north Of
Washington and have been building up
herd Of Hereford cattle to ultimately
provide rs beef steel every year for the
local market.
am sitting in my Office looking at
statements covering the payment for
certain beef animals which ! sold in
Baltimore. I have read many thousands
of words about the beef situation and
have listened to many broadcasts by
commentators who have stressed what
they called the necessity for the con-
troll of the price of beef. Why? No one
is forced to eat beef.
AS look at these statements, make
the following observations:
/. raised these animals and raised
their mothers and their grandmothers
and their great and their great-great-
grandmothers.
2. did not demand any price. nor
did withhold these animals from sale
to get higher price than received
for them. Il needed the money and I
shipped them to market.
8. How did sell these animals? I
did not quote price to buyer, nor
did buyer offer me q price which I
had the opportunity to accept or re-
ject. called trucker who loaded my
animals one morning and drove them
to the Union Stockyards in Baltimore,
where they were unloaded, weighed and
driven into pens. Then the auctioneer
stepped in and called for bids on each
animal. The bid price I either had to
accept or freight the animal back to
my farm for later trip to market. This
latter practice is unsound.
4. The four steers which brought the
top prices were bid In at 31A cents per
pound. They weighed 3,790 pounds on
the hoof and the sale price. net, after
transportation and selling costs.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
The Original 'Mr. Chips'

william H. Balgarnie is dead at 81. He was
tne original OF Mr.. Chipping of Brookfield-the
beloved "Mr. Chips" of James Hilton's immortal
story. In real life he was senior classical roaster
at the Legs School, Cambridge, and the future
novelist was one of his pupils there. Since the
BRUSH Who's Who" does not mention him. IT
Is probable that he was not well-known beyond
tne immediate neighborhood of his labors.
doubtless he was just one of a considerable
number OF teachers Of his time and place who
never set the world afre and yet did not live
and work in vain
There necessarily must be many persons who
devote their hearts and minds to the service of
youth. Our kind of civilization largely is built
on their sacrifices of themselves to the business
OF conveying to the youngest generations the
accumulated experience of their forebears.
Education requires selhessness of its servants.
Ferhaps that is what makes "Good-Bye Mr..
Cnlps so compelling document. Mr. Hilton
wrote 1t In four days. How much of it he got
from Mr.. Balgarnie is question. Possibly he
combined multiplicity of impressions in the
portrait he painted in beautiful prose.
But the result is definite enough Every
reader knows Mr.. Chips as well as he knows his
own father. Indeed, that is the point of the
whole story. Mr.. Hilton's hero is everybody's
Ideal schoolmaSter, everybodys ideal teacher.
That is what makes him so dear to us. We are
ms children. OF course, we grow up and we
lose track OF the devoted adults who have guided
our stumbling steps through the mazes Of the
three RS and the still more complex mazes of
the subjects which have been added to the
three RS. Often we forget the names Of our
instructors. Yet we treasure more important
memores-rehections of encouraging smiles
when we sadly needed to be encouraged and
echoes OF inspiring words when we desperately
needed to be inspired. Actually we never say
farewell to our own particular equivalents of Mr..
Chips. They stay with us as long as anything
stays.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
The Long, Long Missouri

In the Associated Press item on the
Kansas City flood. printed in The Star
July is. there is the statement that
the Missouri River pours> its waters
into the Mississippi at st. Louis. For
years that same mistake has been bob
bing up in print. Reporters fail to mo-
tice the exception to the rule that a
large city and the confluence Of large
rivers go together.
II any one is interested in the geo.
graphical fact. he can see on any map
OF the region that the Missouri does
not fiow into the Mississippi at st.
Louis. The New Standard Encyclopedias
states that the Missouri "pours its
muddy waters into the Mississippi 20
miles above st. Louis"
In one sense the Missouri does not
flow into the Mississippi at all; but the
Mississippi flows into the Missouri. The
Missouri from its source to the conflu-
ence Of the two is over twice the
length Of the corresponding part of
the Mississippi SO the river from that
point to the Gulf Of Mexico should be
called the Missouri, which is then over
1000 miles long-the longest river in
the world.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1951-07-21

Of fact by writing The EyeIine sts Ne any Snsstion
Please ineiose hrs. Sc 81 sW cents EsihnstSn ia4
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.
Q. How much time must elapse after
the disappearance Of a person before be
Is considered legally dead?-A. r. C
"A. Inc time which must elapse he.
lore q man may be declared legally
oead by the courts and his estate ed-
mlnlstered. varies in the States, but is
usually seven years. There must he
proof OF diligent but unavailing search,
y Why do the boys Of Eton College
IN ENGLAND wear top hats?-G. McM.
"A. When King George III, patron of
tne school. died in 1920. the pupils went
mto mourning by wearing top hats.
olack coats and vests. This afterward
became the characteristic manner of
dress. -
Q. What is walk-over race?-G. MN
A. 1t is stake race in which all tba
horses entered except one have been
Withdrawn, leaving that horse to walk
over the distance and be credited with
win.
=. Do fishes drink water?-W. K.
A. 1t is believed. as a result of ex-
periments, that fishes do drink water.
sun unsettled, however, is the problem
OF how much they drink. -
Q. Is Maude Adams still teaching at
stephens College. Columbia, Mo. 2-M. s.
A. Not since 1945. In recent years
sae has been living in retirement at
Lake Ronkonkoma, N. Y.
9. Is branding very painful to cattlep
&C. S.
A. Properly done, branding causes only
temporary pain. and the wound soon
heals.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Tox on Dividends

The proposal to withhold 20 per cent
OF all stock dividends at their source. If
enacted, will be serious blow to the
financial communities of this country.
AT the same time. any additional reve-
nue. to the United States Treasury will
be more than Offset by the tremendous
cost of administering the tax. Count
less additional Government clerks will
nave to be employed, as well as by the
Nations corporations and brokerage
houses. and the added work imposed
upon the small stockholder will be an
increased burden to the many low
bracket taxpayers who have to make out
Their own returns each year.
But the real losers will be the stock
exchanges and the financial houses that
have spent millions of dollars educating
the small investors to the benefits of
STOCK ownership. The hope of the in
7vestment business lies in the small in
vestor, and II he concludes that he will
become involved in additional govern
mental red tape when he tries to collect
the withheld 20 per cent of his dividends
from the Treasury at the end of the
year. he is very apt to decide that the
owning OF few shares of stock is not
worth all the bother.
Any method of collecting tax that
places an undue burden upon the little
man will sooner or later be felt by the
whole country, for the so-called small in
vestor is the very heart of our financial
system.
Herbert G. King,
Member N. Y. Stock Exchange.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
LoyoIty

loyalty, to her, meant this: rs s
Yon Hked-no 5ot abated
Nor yet increased-the fem she liked
And hated those she hated.
And u but once you made excuse,
That, final, tDGs the end
For. she ruled subjects only and
erseH Uas no ones friend. 1
Virginia Scott Miner.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Waste Makes Won't

The picture on your front page July
16 shows clearly that something -
vitality wrong with our distribution sys-
tenn. The price Of apples in retail stores
this winter (about the lowest was
pounds for 20 cents) kept my purchase
of that commodity to minimum. Our
family is very fond OF apples but one q
day for the school lunch box was lux
ury. Such wastage as your picture
shows would not occur II anybody ever
considered the consumer in setting
prices, ceilings, support levels. etc.
C. B. Rose, Jr.
Waste! Waste! Sometime ago 1t was
potatoes, now 1t is apples.
Just Think .000-3,000 carloads Of
apples that were dumped would have
made so many juicy apple pies; andfo
they would have looked mighty pretty
and sensible in the hands Of underprivi-
legged children.
I'm wondering If the producer had
reduced the price Of the basket from
SO to As or 40 cents and thereby been
able to sell all of them, wouldn't he
have been better off financially than
paying for the picking, carriage, and
dumping of the apples? And in reduc-
ing the price, he might even have felt
fairly good about giving the consumer
a bit of break-pa particularly in these
days when nerves are somewhat fraz-
zled from the heat and other so-called
uncontrollables.
Dumping, as an economic expedient,
has impressed me as being more an act
Of Illustration than an act of price
maintenance. With our present means
of storage, refrigeration, and rapid
transportation, isn't the dumping theory
just bit out-of-date and unjustifable?
In the case of the apples, as well as
the potatoes, why haven't our agricul-
Evening star., 1951-07-21
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tural and social economists integrated
their programs sufficiently to prevent
such waste?
hope that our specialists will study
and solve this problem before we are
forced to face the stark realization that
willful waste makes woeful want indeed.
M. Stanley.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

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