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Evening star., 1951-06-22
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweN

seems to us. because it shows how differ
emily people hear the birds.
To most listeners, the song of the
Woodthrush is neither plaintive nor
querulouS.
Maybe bit plaintive. to some ears,
but certainly not querulous, which
means, first, complaining and, second,
peeyiSh and fretful.
Those limpid strains peevish?
Those charming sounds fretful?
Not to most listeners.
Surely the modern hearing aid has
done much for humanity, if it restores
such beautiful music to those who.
through the processes of nature, may
have lost it.
It Is an odd thing, that so much stress
has been placed on these aids being in
visible.
Are eyeglasses invisible? They can be.
of course. but certainly millions of
wearers have them solidly on their
faces.
Even little children wear glasses.
So why try to conceal the hearing aid?
AT its largest. it is mostly concealed,
with only the cord showing and small
earpiece.
We have known several bird watchers
who have purchased these aids with
great satisfaction, since 1t brought back
the sounds Of their feathered friends.
The morning chorus may be all things
to all listeners, but every one viii pick
out the CHEEKY warble Of the robin.
This ID among natures finest songs.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
The Schools Lose q Friend

OF the two retiring members of the Board
of Education replaced by new appointees, WOOL
sey w Hall had served only since last November
when he consented to I'LL out the unexpired term
OF John wilson, who resigned. But Mrs Philip
Sidney Smith was the senior member OF the
board She is leaving now after % years OF
continuous and constructive service.
Able and conscientious, thoroughly familiar
with Washington and its public school system
and guided by sound concept of the RESPONSE
bilities of public service, Mrs. Smith has been
O valuable and respected member of the board.
which she has served during period of unusual
strain and stress. She was appointed to the
board about the time that the school system
was catching up with the heavy loads thrust
upon it by the First World War. A few years
later Washington was in one of the deepest
depressions of its history, with drastic cuts in
school appropriations. And World War II and
It's aftermath with the new problems for the
schools accompanying sudden shifts and rapid
growth of population, came along about the
time that the school system was beginning to
catch up with work delayed by the depression
years. Her judgment and integrity, coupled with
q fine pride in her city and its schools, have
been great assets to the community.
To the two new members of the Board of
Education Mrs Arcadia Near Phillips and Wes-
ley s. Williams, The Star extends congratulations
on this opportunity for community service. They
come to the board at time when the response
bilitieS of membership are unusually heavy and
when the school system stands in need of intelli-
gent and wise support from citizens who are
willing to work unselfshy for its best interests.
In The Stars opinion, the judges have chosen
well.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

by Marshall Heights residents ct congressional
hearings.
For example, families which would be tenn
porarily displaced by the radng Of substandard
dwellings are assured that they win be housed
decently elsewhere, that they will be given an
opportunity to return to the project scene when
construction is completed and that they will
receive fair prices for their properties, as fixed
by expert appraisers or the courts. The PAM
phlets are being given wide distribution in the
area covered by the slum-clearance plans. This
Is q sensible approach to the problem of obtain
Ing cooperation OF those directly affected by the
redevelopment plans The Marshall Heights story
might have been quite different If this helpful,
clarifying public-information plan had been
adopted earlier.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Whut Did 1t Natter

We had gone astray on our journey
and there. at a turning, the road
acas a steep mountain path among
fotDers.
Daisies bordered the iDay, and swdyino
oDer the cliffs brow,
haunted all day By golden, i,tsntiGte bees.
trailed the briery arcs of wl,ite 1Dild-
blackberry blossoms.
We mounted a great rock, iDarnt In the
sun,
and lay there close to the sky, torgetful
of hours.
Far belo10 US in meadows, Elysian In
morning light,
t,oo dininutiue figures ,oere plouating.-
parable clear In the sunshine.
little picture OF life, -seedtine, the
soiDer-
Why is that day cro,Dn jet0el among our
remembered days,
q day apart In a setting of phite and
gold?
We had gone astray on our journey, tes,
but t0hat did 1t matter?
Inez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Government Press Agents

The Government press agent, or public rela-
tons man. is everybody's whipping boy. A Gov
ernment agency which receives a bad press is
apt to blame 1t on the press agent The news
paper press in general looks upon him with
suspicion, il not distaste This is a healthy pro-
fessional attitude, but 1t Is in many cases wholly
undeserved And as far as Congress is con-
cerned the Government press agent from time
immemorial has been combination of lobbyist
propaganda agent and mischievous meddler who
works to promote the executive arm of the Gov
ernment at the expense of its legislative arm.
SO it is not surprising that Senator Byrd,
supported by rousing 63-10 vote OF his col
leagues, has come down on Government press
agents like ton of brick While the ordinary,
common garden variety of Government worker
has been the target Of Senator Ferguson's 10 per
cent cut, the Government press agent is singled
out for a rs per cent cut This blow has been
in preparation for some years and it is one OF
the economy cuts most apt to stick.
As Senator Byrd told the Senate the trouble
now is not caused primarily by the bona fide
Government information man. There are lot
OF good ones who render invaluable service to
the press and to the public in translating
Government gobbledygook into understandable
language and in getting out legitimate news,
otherwise buried, of what Government agencies
are trying to do. The trouble lies with the vast
number of men who are hired for Government
propaganda work under other titles, who are
more interested in selling a policy than in
making facts available and who devote their
energies to putting up their bosses and exag-
gerating the Importance of what their bosses are
doing. A lot of these never would be missed.
The trouble with trying to do anything about
the problem is simply this: The propaganda
boys are apt to remain untouched. The full blow,
1t is feared, will fall on the hard-working, honest
and intelligent information men who see it
rs their responsibility to help the newspapermen
get facts or make contacts that will enable them
to get the facts, regardless of whether they are
pleasant or unpleasant facts.
There are lot of these men, too, and it will
be too bad If it is on their necks instead of the
necks of the propaganda boys, that the ak
will fall n
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Casual About Casualties?

Your editorial, "Our Casualties and
the Enemies" appears somewhat out of
focus as to appraisal of our losses in
Korea.
Quite aside from our Christian con-
cern for the hideous slaughter Of our
fellow men who happen to be born
Chinese, it seems to me you look rather
casually upon the death of 1900 of our
American young men, and the main-
ing OF thousands more. It is not the
ratio of our men killed to the number
of the enemy that matters to the man
that gets killed-he is just as dead, and
his life on this planet and in his coun-
try Of America is just as completely fin
ished, regardless of how many get killed.
We are constantly talking about the
dignity and value of the individual, and
in the midst of all this operation
slaughter we are tempted to fail in
practicing what We preach. Ask any
OF these parents who have received the
heart-breaking telegram from the Gov
ernment how they feel about ratios"
can never forget my conversation with
the parents of fine lad who was shot
as he was carrying a message of the
Armistice in 1918 along the front lines.
to notify a battalion to cease fire.
To quote from your editorial-"in
their short-liyed May assault. in period
OF i've days the Reds suffered losses to-
falling between $4,000 and 70, 900: where
as the y. NJ. incredible as the figures
may seem, suffered 1918. including 1874
Americans killed"
No, let us not evaluate our casualties
in relation to those of the enemy. We
can't shut our eyes to the Wedemeyer-
Macarthur view, or the view of any
one else, for the fact remains that our
forces are being slaughtered.
Let Us all pray for speedy cease
fire.
Albert Joseph Mccartney.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Letters to The Star

"high-class' department and into the
mud" department.
Your paper, through its columnists,
Fleeson and Stokes, have been working
on the smear campaign against Gen.
Macarthur for quite some time now and
find 1t most annoying.
And don't these columnists get excited
when Mccarthy goes to town. The
things he says! But when they say the
same things in their columns that is
"newswriting."
Disguised Reader.
Your cartoon depicting Senator Nc
Carthy splattered with and standing in
mud seems to me to place The Star In
the same mud-slinging category in
which it seeks to place Mccarthy.
should like to believe that The Star
intended to infer that the mud had
been flung by the same Reds and fellow
travellers who a few years ago pilloried
Martin Dies at the behest of the Roose-
velts. could approve that interpre-
tation, but fear it is a forlorn hope.
Charles w. Carter.
Your editorial on Mccarthy and the
big lie" Is lot Of bologna.
The Star heartily agrees on ANYTHING
in favor of this administration but you'd
be surprised If you only knew how few
thinking people agree with either The
Star or the administration.
Why should any one denounce Nc
Carthy? Most of us believe him in what
he says and has said.
There was time when The Star was
an unbiased paper but that time has long
passed. Today it's an administration
mouthpiece.
Long live Mccarthy!
Maryland Voter.
A X
Lowell Mellett likens the Mccarthy
campaign against Marshall to the attack
OF pygmy on giant.
Mellett forgets that a basic principle
of representative government is that an
administration in power may be credited
with its accomplishments and held ac-
countable for its mistakes Our Far East
policy Is going down in history as the
most glaring and tragic error ever perpe-
trated.
That Marshall and his party should
be absolved from shouldering the conse-
quences of that error. Mccarthy or no
Mccarthy, is an utterly unsupportable
proposition
Veritas.
was amazed and shocked by the
mud-Slinger cartoon. It is not in accord
with your usual editorial policy.
Senator Mccarthy may be bold in his
accusations but thank Cod tbo+ u.
have one public servant who does not
fear the wrath Of the conspiring traitors
in the Federal Administration.
Why not smear your mud where it
belongs, on the "Pinks" Acheson, Mar
shall. ct al
I also advise your cartoonist to read
columnists Lawrence, Brown and
Thompson but not the New Deal apo
logists Mellett and Fleeson.
John Appleby.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Busy School Board

The Board of Education operates in
the glare of pitilesS publicity. Its COM
mittee meetings and its regular board
sessions are attended by interested
citizens and by reporters from all the
local newspapers. Since every action of
the board affects most of the homes in
Washington. the public reads the news
items which concern the board. great
deal Of business is transacted each year
and the public attention it attracts is
reflected in the letters and telephone
messages which are received by the indi-
vidual members-particularly If the de-
cisions Of the board do not agree with
the ideas of some segments of the
population.
The board is responsible for approx
mately 500 million worth of school
property. 5000 employees, of which there
are about $500 teachers. and more than
100000 school children. Between $40
and $25 million of the taxpayers money
is expended by the school board each
year.
There are 178 school buildings. The
penny milk and the lunch programs are
under the boards supervision, as are
schools and training institutions for the
education of veterans in trades, ETC.
under the CT Bill of Rights. The board
also investigates D. c. educational insti-
tions and decides upon their right to
confer degrees
Formal board meetings take place on
the first and third Wednesdays OF each
month, while schools are in session. Each
member is chairman of one of eight
committees Of the board and he is also
assigned to two other committees. These
committees meet between board meet
ings and prepare material for the
boards consideration. ALI members are
expected to be present at these COM
mittee meetings. School sites are
selected and bought. New schools.
altered schools and repaired schools are
inspected by the members before pay
ment can be made to the contractors;
conferences with congressional COM
mittees. with the d. C. Commissioners
and with citizen bodies are attended
by board members. Communications
from the superintendent must be studied
and they come to the members by mail
every day.
A fair estimate of the time ch mem
Der donates to the Washington public
would be eight hours week-which is
one working day. The members do not
receive any compensation except the
satisfaction of being able to perform an
important civic duty.
How can nine busy people devote so
much time to the school system and
still make living? I do not know the
answer to this question. Why do they
continue to do so in spite of criticism
and abuse? think it is because they are
dealing with human problems and help
ing the schools to graduate an army
OF Weh-informed. decent, healthy citi-
zens-which is fascinating!
James A. Cannon, M. D., F. A. C. S.,
Chairman. Finance Committee, Board
Of Education.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Veritas.
Koreo and Bull Run

If the Americans are as strongly in
favor of the Macarthur -Wedemeyer
view as some claim, why isn't there a
rush for the recruiting Offices and a
clamor for full mobilization and decla-
ration OF war to force the administra-
tons hand?
Or do these people agree with Mac
Arthur that Red China can be disposed
OF as easily as Tripoli or Nicaragua.
just as the Republicans of 1861 Thought
Bull Run would finish of the rebellion?
Wilfrid G. Rouleau.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Mr.. Harris said. II learned something
from him about that. remember when
we were approaching Omaha. He got
out his little book his secretary, William
Loeb. had prepared for him and started
reading out loud. He read:
Victor Rosewater, editor, Omaha
Evening star., 1951-06-22
ABrossyP syPhotogropher Who Made Good

Bee; national committeeman; wife.
Katie; son at Cornell"
few minutes later Mr.. Rosewater
got on the train and he certainly was
impressed with the Roosevelt memory. !"
Mr.. Harris gave few squeals Of de-
light In recalling how thoroughly the
publisher was taken in.
And you know" he said, II had that
trick pulled on me once. I was coming
back from an International Rotary con-
vention (Mr. Harris is Rotarian), and
the American delegation was presented
to King George v. father of the present
King. had met him few years before
when i went with Wilson to the Paris
peace conference of 1919.
i was second to the end of the line.
Arch Klump Of Cleveland, q past presi-
dent of Rotary. was near the head of
the line. In his little conversation with
the King he gave him my name, my
position IN the line, and told the King
that was very proud Of the fact that
] had met him before.
When ! came up to His Majesty, he
called me by name and recalled meeting
me at the time of the peace conference
My vest buttons almost popped in his
face. Mr. Harris was born in Wales
and is proud Of it,
"On the boat coming home they told
me how 1t happened that the King re-
membered my name. They never should
have told me that"
He shook his head little sadly. But
he bounced back cheerfully again.
"You know, that's one time when I
wasn't ready for Lady Luck. should
have had my camera with me. I could
have had the Kings picture"
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Schools

Regarding the proposed transfer of
Stuart Junior High School from white
to colored students. this change over
has to come sometime. so it is only
sensible for white parent groups to face
1t with realism.
But what Southeast and Northeast
parents should combine on is a last
parallel, educationally speaking. That
is the Seventeenth and East Capitol
area. We can make last stand to
retain Eliot Junior and Eastern High.
We cannot afford to let Eastern go. but
1t will go II we dare relinquish Eliot
Subscriber.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get thu an.v.r "A
any any question Of fact BY either writing The
EEyeinlng Y Ti star INFORMATION Bureau 1900 street
return postaEe OF by telenhnninr ST z2sS @
Evening star., 1951-06-22
BY THE HASKIN. SERVICE

~ AM nASNkINs 0EhWACE.
@. What is the distinction between q
moth spray and moth -proofing spray?
w. P.
A. Ordinary moth sprays kill immed-
lately any moths they hit but give no
lasting protection to fabrics. Moth
proofing sprays, on the other hand, pro-
tect by killing moths that try to feed on
the fabric. Most of them do not kill
moth larvae or eggs when sprayed on
them. =,
@. Who are the six major league
pitchers who pitched perfect games?-
v. T. S.
A. John M. Ward, 1880; John Lea
Richmond. 1880; Denton T. Young, 1904:
Adrian c. joss, 1908; Ernest G. Shore.
1917; c. c. Robertson, 1922.
Q. How are cut flowers hardened"
before being arranged in vases?-H. K.
A AS soon as the flowers are cut
the stems should be soaked in water
Tor at least an hour. Place them in a
deep container with the water almost
up to the blossoms, and add some ice.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
CIeon Up Mccarthy

have been subscriber to The Star
for the last SO years and was sur
prised and disappointed to see Crock
ett's depletion of Senator Mccarthy as
a mud-Slinger
Senator Mccarthy may be somewhat
lacking in diplomacy and finesse, but
he is nonetheless fine American who
had the courage to speak out when all
others remained silent.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Disappointed Reader.

have always had lot of respect for
The Star for its integrity and decency,
but Of late I have been disguised. You
seem to have decided to get out of the
Evening star., 1951-06-22

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