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Evening star., 1951-04-30
This and That

In addition. he will find good charac-
tiers, especially one of the best portraits
of an American newspaperman ever
penned.
Henry James did not like newspaper
men. He did not like social workers. In
THE Bostonians" he not only has rare
picture of the former, but also one of
the most effective of the latter ever
penned.
Since much time has elapsed since
1887, the modern reader vii be amazed
to find that the newsman and social
worker he pictured are amazingly like
those Of today.
This is of interest. of course, only
in that it shows how we'll the man G. uld
put down on paper what he saw, without
fear or favor.
Any one wishing to read UP on James
should get new book. Henry James,"
by F. w., Dupee, just published by Will
liam Sloane Associates.
Here, in 800 pages. he will find the
pros and cons of the James question, all
fairly set forth.
We believe that in recent years too
much has been made of the inimical
opinions. It makes no particular differ
ence that one famous writer said he
could not read The Bostonians." or
that another famous writer-this time
English-said the same about the novels
Of Emile Zola.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Calling Moscow's Bluff

It is the contention Of some that by
bombing the Chinese Communists
bases in Manchuria, and by accepting
the offer Of Chang for the use of Ma
tionalist troops in Korea. we will incite
the Russians to intervene in the Korean
war. Such thinking has no basis, in the
light of recent history.
In three instances during the past five
years, the United States has stood firm
with the SovietS: In Iran, in 1946, when
the Russians threatened the oil-rich AZ
erbaijan province; in Greece when the
Greek Communists and satellite Bulgars
and Albanians attempted, through civil
war, to conquer the Hellenic Kingdom,
and in Berlin. when the Soviets them
selves blockaded the city in an attempt
to drive the Western Powers from their
legitimate posts as occupiers of the city.
Under close examination, the Greek
episode shows marked resemblance to
the present war in Korea. The Russians
used and supplied satellite forces,
Bulgars and Albanians as well as native
Greek Communists, in an attempt to
extend their hegemony to vitally
strategic area of the world, the Eastern
Mediterranean. The Soviets. by directly
intervening themselves. could have
taken Greece with little difficulty How
ever. even though the United States was
inferior in numbers of armed men and
equipment, the Soviets did not choose
to take the risk of world war, after it
was made clear that the United States
intended to support the Greek nation
against the rebels. Instead, Russia suf-
fered the defeat Of her satellites
Again, in Berlin, the Russians suffered
a strategic and psychological defeat of
major significance, when the Western
Allies refused to surrender their rights
and supplied the city by means Of
the airlift. It should be remembered
that in Berlin, at that time, Russian
and American soldiers were literally
pointing guns at one another. The situa-
ton in Korea today of the United States
vis-a-vis the Russians is less explosive
than that which existed in Berlin at
the time of the blockade.
In Iran, the Soviets had the oppor-
tunity to take an area whose strategic
and economic Importance cannot be ex-
aggerated. However. when the Western
powers stood firm, Russia retreated
rather than risk war;
In view of these undeniable facts,
can we not expect the Soviet Union to
react in the same manner If our inten-
ton is made clear. and actions taken
accordingly to drive the Chinese from
North Korea as quickly as possible, with
the aid Of Chiang's troops and our own
bombers over Manchurian bases?
Gen. MacArthurs plan does involve
an element of risk-that cannot be
denied. However, the administration
scheme for negotiated peace entails
no such risk-it involves a certainty
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Some One Before Ne

lifted last years leapes set those
aside
Broke brittle ice and CROPPED abope the
mud,
Sure-stiU-I'd uiep that vernal mir
1cle-
Arbutus tragrantly in pale pink bud.
I stared, incredulous, aDhere, in Aprils
past,
Small, Daliant foDers had been ir1eD-
table there
Not only of such but of the promised
stems
The Indifferent ground proved alto
gether bare.
Some one before nle-in another spot
on this same trail. selected By the
Uine,
Hold then kne1D-ripped up the pery
Her gain so briet-lifes ,,ong this loss
OF mine.
Violet AIIeyn Storey
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Did Reynolds Lose His Head?

My attention has just been called to
an article appearing in The Star for
March II, entitled Men Lost Their Hair
When a Colonel Lost His Head" This
article refers to what is called blunder
by the late Gen. j. J.. Reynolds in
the Indian country in 1876.
1t seems bit low to me that your
newspaper is SO hard up to tell a tale
like this about an illustrious soldier such
as Gen. Reynolds, particularly over
so years after his death, when he is
somewhat at disadvantage in defend
ing himself.
AS a matter of fact, Gen. Reynolds
was completely exonerated later by an
official inquiry.
Herbert Bainbridge Hayden.
Mattituck, Long Island.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
In Defense of Henry
Jim.

In reply to the recent letter from Irwin
T. Shapiro. would like to make this COM
ment: When a mild and humorous"
Henry McLemore turns bitter about the
piano player" it is most significant
trend indeed. He could, in all propriety.
have used much stronger language II he
had the desire to follow in the footsteps
of the very person he criticized.
Surely Mr.. Shapiro does not sense an
insult in the expression piano player"
Ignace Paderewski was one. Nor is there
any stigma upon seller Of neckties.
provided he sticks to doing good job
in that sphere and does not assume re-
sponsibilities beyond his capacities
Congratulations to your columnist, Mr..
McLemore. for stepping out of the mild
into the militant when the occasion de-
mands
Louise May.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
State Department and Foreign Aid

Although william C. Foster, chief of the
Economic Cooperation Administration, is said
TO be fully in favor of the idea Congress-as
indicated by Senator Taft and others-probably
will take a very dim view of the Presidents
proposal to give the State Department the major
voice in determining the ALLEGATION of future
ECA funds and other forms of economic and
military aid to foreign countries.
The gathering opposition to this proposal,
while animated in part by the fact that Sec
retary Acheson has more than a few opponents
in Congress, is based primarily on the belief
that it would be unSound administratively and
otherwise to give such power to the State De-
partment. The department, according to this
view has no business going beyond the sphere
of planning and executing policy in foreign
affairs; although it should have key consulta-
tive role it's function in relation to aid programs
ought to be strictly limited, and the agency-or
agencies operating those programs should be
independent rather than subordinate.
1t was with that reasoning in mi I'd that
Congress, when it enacted the Marshall Plan
for European recovery fatty rejected the
administrations request to place the ECA under
the direct control of the State Department.
Instead the ECA was established as an inde-
pendent operating agency, whose head-the
recently resigned Paul G. Hoffman-was given
the status of a cabinet member. On that basis
which provided for an appeal to the President
in case of any policy disagreement with the
Secretary of State-Mr. Hoffman and Mr.
Acheson got along very well together in an
effectively co-ordinated relationship in which
the former was definitely the man in charge of
the ECA's operations.
If asked to testify on the subject, Mr.
Hoffman undoubtedly would strongly recommend
that that kind Of relationship continue to be
maintained between the State Department and
whatever aid programs are in effect when the
Marshall Plan comes to its scheduled end next
year. Similar estimony-vigorously supported
by such private enterprise organizations as the
United States Council of the International
Chamber of Commerce-has already been offered
in the separate studies made for the President
by one group of experts headed by Gordon Gray
and another by Nelson Rockefeller. Both
studies are on record as advocating the con-
solidation of all our foreign economic operations
in a single independent agency.
There is some reason to question the
practically of the single agency idea, but the
idea of independence from the State Depart
ment-whether the aid is to be administered by
one or several agencies-has such strong
backing, and seems SO sensible on its face, that
the Presidents proposal is not likely to get far.
Certainly If it is placed before Congress, It's
chances Of survival will be exceedingly slim.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Democrats and War

How in the name of all that is holy do
the Democrats have the unmitigated
gall to keep accusing the Republican
Party of being war party, when we
haven't had a Democratic President since
Cleveland who hasn't gotten us into
war-the last always worse than the
one before?
Now it looks as if they are going to
live up to expectations. The Truman
administration will keep this Korean
thing just smoldering until 1882 Then
we will go through the IT tell you again
and again and again" routine. If we
fall for these pretty speeches again. and
they are elected-brother, start digging
The lid will be off, the throttle will be
wide open-and here we go again.
Tired.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Cops and Robbers

It was with deep concern that I saw
on the cover of your Star Pictorial
Magazine of April Is that picture of an
attractive group Of children, each with
one or two guns with which to play
kill
Should not children be taught that life
is sacred, and that no one should even
play at committing murder? Is not the
fad to furnish youngsters with weapons.
with which to make believe they kill
people, largely responsible for the pres
ent crime wave among them?
A 16-year-old lad shoots his sister
twice-kills her. Perhaps he had played,
many times, at shooting her with his
toy pistol.
believe that Congress should enact
a law prohibiting the manufacture and
the sale of toy guns.
Jennie EsmOnd Wright.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
By Edwin A. Lohey

HE BIGGEST NUMBERS pool IN THIS
= country is strictly legal.
Not only that. it is operated with such
scrupulous regard for fairness and i'm
partiality that there has never been a
breath Of scandal connected with 1t.
This unique numbers operation is the
Cpl, which is the trade name among
economists for the Consumers Price In
dex of the Bureau Of Labor Statistics,
United States Department Of Labor.
The patrons Of this policy wheel" in
clude some 3 million organized workers
and their employers, who have contracts
for periodical adjustments in wage rates
as the 'cost-of- Living" index goes up or
down.
The operators are 125 full-time and
400 part-tine Government workers who
make up the price division Of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Their boss. the head
of the BIS, Is 54-year-old Evan Clague.
whose background of economic research
in academic and Government work
makes him as aloof from the turmoil of
the market place as monk.
Pressures from rival economic groups,
which would like to shade their per-
centages on Mr.. Clague's policy Wheel
swirl around him constantly. But the
only stock in trade the Bureau of Labor
statistics has Is It's integrity. The USE
fulness Of the Consumers Price Index
would be zero If any one could seriously
contend that the index was being gim-
micked.
The ease with which the "cost-of -liv-
ing" index could be rigged, and the far
reaching Importance of such an act. is
apparent even to us economic illiterates.
Mr.. Clagues economists. to take an
extreme example, could use the price of
end cut pork chops in their statistics
Evening star., 1951-04-30
The VogeIer Story

1t is gratifying thing that Robert A. vogeler
is at last free. The story OF his hard and at
times apparently narrowing experience in Com
nunist-controlled Hungary reads In part like
something from thriller by E. Phillips Open
helm, and in part like Arthur Koestler's Dark
ness at Noon" It is at once BIZARRE puzzling and
grimly moving-a story with happy ending but
still one that adds up to a shudder-creating COM
mentary on the ways of the Red totaltarians and
the poison they have injected into the life of the
world.
Mr.. Vogelers troubles began on November 18,
1949 An American business executive represent
ing the International Telephone and Telegraph
Corporation in Hungary he was arrested on that
day as spy and saboteur. At his subsequent
trial-which followed long days and nights Of
relentless inquisition-he confessed" and was
sentenced to Is years imprisonment. Thereupon
he was placed in solitary confinement, completely
cut of from the news of the world and altogether
unaware-as the bleak months went by-of his
wifes desperate pleas in his behalf and of the
State Departments quiet but very steady and
energetic efforts to persuade the Communist
regime at Budapest to set him free.
Now that those efforts have succeeded (they
were set back by premature publicity last June) i,
1t is clear that the State Department Through
Nathaniel P. Davis our Minister In Budapest
within reason to win freedom for Mr.. Vogeler
This highly commendable policy-redecting a
very special interest in the man-hnally ex-
pressed itself in the form of three important con-
cessionS in exchange for his release: % Agree
ment to let the Hungarians reopen their New
York and Cleveland consulates; (2) agreement
to lift the ban forbidding Americans to travel to
Hungary, and 90 agreement to restore to that
country property stolen from it by the Nazis and
now held by the United States, the ancient
ieweled crown of st. Stefan excepted.
In connection with all this it may be said
that the happy ending to Mr.. Vogelers story still
leaves us with puzzle of sorts. Thus, wholly
aside from the fact that Mr.. Vogeler has just
declared that some" of his confession was true
a statement suggesting that he may have done
little espionage work on the side-our concessions
to the Hungarians seem in one respect to involve
a concession by them to us. At any rate, in view
of evidence that the Kremlin- directed Comm
form has been intent upon ending all contact
between the Soviet satellites and the free West
it is mystfyingly interesting that the Budapest
Communist regime has been insistent on having
its consulates reopened and on having our Gov
ernment let Americans visit Hungary.
The Vogeler case, in short would seem to
have wound up in way that indicates a desire
by the Budapest Reds to make the Iron Curtain
bit less iron between the United States and them
selves. This is baffler Why do they want more
contact with us after having viciously dealt with
one of our business men as an example of why all
Hungarians should suspect American travellers as
spies and saboteurs? AS in Darkness at Noon"
the Communist mind is hard to fathom
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Prescription
Louise May.


Gen. Macarthur said he had lived II
years and travelled 10000 miles before
he fully awakened to the power Of the
press. How many more years is the
press going to exist before it fully
awakens to the enormous power Of the
press and brings 1t to its highest use
fulness? The Star does nice job, but
nowhere near what it could do. Its
articles on health, personality adjust
ment, child training personal appear
ance, ETC.. are very helpful in guiding
humans to more efficient living, and
they are given in small. assimilable doses
to thousands who would never contact
them in any other way.
But the setup of newspapers needs
badly to be brought up to date. Instead
of hopelessly scrambled-up mess of in
formation, news should be classified.
the same as advertisements. so that
busy modern people can get the infor-
nation they need quickly and efficiently.
Information of Importance should be
given more fully. although in concise
form. Many lectures, testimonies. find
ings, ETC., have points of value that
many could benefit from. On the other
hand, news OF trivial or Sordld nature
should not be published at all, or only
briefly.
Instead of trying to impress people
with the volume of their newspapers,
with blown-up trivial news, publishers
would make much better impression
with the quality and efficiency of their
setups with news of value and COM
pactness.
Vital information such as new laws,
regulations, tax headlines, changes in
transportation, and SO on, should be
printed on the front page, always in the
same place. All classifications of news
should be printed in the same places
and all together. A resume page should
contain all important news of the day,
briefly.
A whole page should be given to Let
tiers From Readers" Many of these con-
tain information cleaned by people who
are experts in their field, and all are
of good human interest.
Articles should not be written in the
middle of the night, when writer's are
too tired to write coherently. Much of
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Honorable Contribution

When I think of Gen. Macarthur.
for some reason I think of this by
Thucydides:
"And when Athens shall appear great
to you. consider then that her glories
were purchased by valiant men, and by
men that learned their duty; by men
that were sensible of dishonor when
they came to act; by men as, though
they failed in their attempt. yet would
not be wanting to the city with their
Virtue. but made unto it a most honor
able contribution"
Evva Shelton Tomb.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Equui Justice?

I have been reading with much in
terest the contempt Of court charges
against Commerce Secretary Sawyer and
other high officials of the Commerce
Department.
Attorney General McGrath has asked
postponement Of these charges. Are these
Commerce Department officials better
than any other persons? If an average
citizen were involved in contempt
charges, would anybody grant him a
postponement? No. One Is not judged
according to his wrong, but according
to his position in life.
1t seems quite obvious that this coun-
try does not extend equal justice to all.
Russell e. Taylor.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

this month, and next month switch to
center cut pork chops.
This kind Of inconsistent reporting
would show false increase In the cost
Of food, and the consumers price index
would 60 up.
And If the index rose LA points in a
three-month period, a single employer.
General Motors Corp. would be bound
to raise the wages of some 335 900 en-
ployes a penny an hour. or 10 cents
week.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Letters to The Star

a certainty that we would dishonor
ourselves in the eyes of all Asiatics and
eventually lose all of Korea to the
perfidous Red Chinese, who will surely
agree to settlement only if it will, in
time, further their aggressive designs.
In charting our future policies, let us
not be oblivious to the lessons Of recent
history.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

utAoN4N ANGs
@. How is aluminium ground into q
pigment suitable for painting Pr. NICK.
A. Aluminium powder is manufactured
by beating thin sheets of aluminium in q
hammer mill until fine flakes are formed.
These are subsequently screened to re-
move the oversize particles In one proc
ess jet of air is used to carry off the
fine particles The separated particles
are then polished by turning in steel
drum in which brushes press on the
inside of the drum: at the same time q
coating of stearic acid is applied.
@. What speed would be reached by
man falling from an airplane with
his parachute unopened?-D. K.
A. During free fall clothed human
body reaches top speed of nearly 100
miles an hour. Falling at this speed
causes no i'll effects.
@. How many larvae are produced by
one clothes moth? Does the moth feed
on fabrics or is it only the larva?-G. N.
A. One clothes moth can produce 100
or more ravenous larvae? The moth
itself is without appetite and is natural
ly nocturnal, flying only at night unless
disturbed.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV Washington s, ID. C., and inclosing cents
return postage or hy telephoning ST. 1868.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
The Great Cost-of-Living Policy Wheel v~

The same little 1urch in the price in
dex, that would cost G. M. about $134,-
600 q week, could work in reverse. II
the index slipped LA points in three
month period. the workers would lose
that amount in weekly wages.
Labor unions In 1914 and 1945 said
that the index was not true picture of
living costs, because Of some unrealistic
economic reporting by the BIS. But two
fact-f1nding committees gave it a clean
bill Of health.
More recently, Stanley Ruttenberg,
CLIO research director, criticized the bu-
reau for reducing the weight" OF food
in the composite picture of consumer
goods used to arrive at the price index.
But the BIS reports that surveys
made since the end Of the war indicate
that working class families have spent
a smaller proportion of their total in
come on food. It used to be estimated
at 41.6 per cent. Now it is estimated at
1873 per cent.
The "cost-of-l Living" basket which the
index envisages is made UP Of six cate
gories: Food, apparel, rent, house fur
nishings. fuel and light, and miscel-
laneous.
To determine the month-by month
fiuctuation in the price Of this ''cost-of-
living" basket, BIS employees check the
prices Of 100 separate consumer items
and services in cities all over the United
States.
In Washington. As economists and so
clerks handle the intricate task of as
sembling the data supplied by the price
reporters.
The index takes the years 1935-39 as
base period" Of 100. The index for
February. 1851, stood at 1888. This
means that it required 1888 to buy in
February what it cost $40 to buy in the
base period" of 1885 to 1899.
(Cnicaso Daily News Service)
Evening star., 1951-04-30

Pen-1,an,es may be used If letters carry
z1riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
dshonor it could easily wait until later editions.
latlcs and It would be an excellent idea If you
10 the would publish this to get the reaction
IlA surely of your readers.
IT. will in
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-01-18
Business Men Buy
Controlling Stock
In Cumberland
Savings Bank

A syndicate of Cumberland
business and professional men
have purchased the entire block
of stock from the First Cleve-
land company of that city which
had held the controlling interest
in the Cumberland Savings bank
of Cumberland for number of
years.
This announcement was made
Friday at the anual meeting of
the stockholders.
At the meeting, directors re-
elected were: Charles w. Haw-
kins, Rosemary E. Bay and John
Beckett. New directors named
were Howard F. Frisbee of near
Cumberland and James c. Pen
nell.
Mr.. Frisbee is associated with
his brother in the farm trucking
business in Brookfield township
Mr.. Pennell is an undertaken and
auctioneer, being associated with
the Tom funeral home of Cum
berland.
The directors organized by
naming Charles w. Hawkins
president; Howard F. Frisbee
vice president; John Beckett
vice president and cashier and
Rosemary Bay, assistant cashier
Homer E. Charleston was named
teller to succeed Jennie c. Tren-
ner, who resigned.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-01-18
CHANCES Authorized BY School Board

exempted village school board held specai
meeting evening" the following changes VIII be
with the construction of the new grade
school building:
The hot project discontinued Thursday OF
this week the remainder of the school term.
grade will be closed Friday in order that
Friday and Saturday from the old
building. high school will operate usual
of the school term, four classes will
morning and four in the afternoon at the grade
school approximately IS students at the hall
sessions.
taught by Mrs. H. w Morgareidge Mrs Kathryn
Feldner Richard Douglass and Mrs Lulu Mcdonald VIII De
i'm the morning
Classes taught by Mrs M p. Wood, Miss Mayme Seaock
Miss Columbia Davis will be held In
the afternoon.
Students who attend the morning will be taken home
at the hour Afternoon students VIII also De
brought to class at this time.