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Evening star., 1951-11-29
Dr.. Kinder Forgotten?

II was my privilege this past summer
to attend the Berkshire Music Festival
at IangleWood. summer home of the
Boston symphony Orchestra at Lenox.
Mass. Many wonderful musical tributes
were paid there to the late DR.. Serge
koussevitzky, former conductor of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and found
er OF the Berkshire Music Center. DR..
Charles Munich, present conductor of
that orchestra, had dedicated many
program numbers to DR.. Koussevitzky
and all departments presented entire
programs in his memory.
Recently the additional privilege of
hearing DR.. Munich in Washington was
offered and again he paid tribute to
Dr. kouSSevltZky in an entire program
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
What fine gesture of one conductor
to his predecessor and what privilege
for Greater Washington to share in the
tribute by rising for moment of silence,
All Of this brought to mind afresh
what has long been a matter of keen
disappointment and regret, the fact that
our own former conductor and founder
of the National Symphony Orchestra,
Dr. Hans Kinder. has not been so hon.
ored either at the time of his passing or
since. except for one number played at
the opening evening concert in 1949
by the National Symphony Orchestra.
The conductor of the National Gallery
of Art Orchestra. Richard Bales, did
present program there in memory of
DR.. Kinder.
An annual concert, dedicated to DR..
Kindler's memory, would be small trib-
ute to pay to one who gave 18 years OF
strenuous and faithful service to Greater
Washington, carrying on, through two
wars, with constant change of personnel,
toward the permanent organization
which we enjoy today and for which we
are truly grateful
Montgomery County Teacher.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Quiet On the Korean Front

There Seems-as usual-to be considerable
confusion over the latest development in the
Korean war;
The ground fighting came to a virtual halt
yesterday, although artillery action began again
today. An Associated Press correspondent says
he saw an order from United States 9th Army
headquarters to stop fighting. Eighth Army head
quarters denies it issued such an order In
Washington officials are reported to be sur
prised. And at Key West, a spokesman for the
President says there can be no cease-ire until
an armistice is signed. Communist soldiers yes
terday were playing volley ball in plain view of
U. N. troops. At night, visible camp fires burned
for the first time in 18 months There was some
American patrol activity, but for purposes of
surveillance, not combat
The war; of course, is far from over The
latest report that Communist truce negotiators
have fatty refused to ban military build-ups in
Korea or to set up joint inspection teams to
police truce does not encourage hope that
agreement will be reached on the unsettled
armistice items during the 30-day period fixed
for that purpose. If this agreement cannot be
reached or should the Chinese Communists
decide to attack, the fighting will be resumed
in all it's fury.
But 1t is hard to see why the boys in the
front lines should be called upon to fight and
die while the negotiations are running their
course. And it seems unreasonable to expect
that they would have any stomach for doing
so. Suppose few square miles of bleak Korean
territory could be taken by u N attack during
the coming month. 1t would have to be given up,
under the provisional cease-fire line arrange
ment, if an armistice agreement should be
reached. Would 1t really be worth while to sacri-
fee any more lives or even one life for such
gain as that?
Evening star., 1951-11-29
The Gas Company Tries Again

The Washington Gas Light Companys petit
tion for higher rates should occasion no surprise
1t has been generally expected that the company
would make another attempt to increase it's
revenues, now that it has been forced by the
courts to refund the increase granted by the
Public Utilities Commission two years ago. The
new petition is based on higher-cost factors that
have materially strengthened the companys case
since its plea in 1949 for per cent rate in
crease. Whether this case is strong enough to
Justify the Is per cent rise asked by the utility
is complex question which the PUG can decide
only after careful study of the company's ex-
penses and earnings. Some increase to meet
soaring costs since the company last received
rate boost-back in 1942-seems inevitable.
In the past nine years there have been a
lot of changes in operating costs-not all of them
however, justifying higher rates Since then the
company has gone over completely to natural
gas, scrappng all of its manufacturing facilities
except those of standby nature needed for
emergencies. This change-over resulted in some
economies of operation, but it also has brought
some increased costs. Since the 1949 petition
for rate increase the supplier of natural gas
has made one substantial raise in the wholesale
price of gas and has applied for another. The
first increase although already in effect is yet
to be approved by the Federal Power Commits
sion. The second increase will become effective
automatically next March unless the FPC turns
1t down before that date, which is unlikely. The
FPC moves slowly. as the procedure in the first
application shows.
The outlook, then, is for second increase in
the price of wholesale natural gas to the local
distributor-an increase which will mean that
the wholesale gas bill will have risen 40 per cent
since the ill-fated 1949 PUG rate order And the
company has additional burdens to support.
There have been two wage increases in the past
two years, materials needed for the expanding
distribution system have gone up in price and
more capital investments have had to be made
to provide adequate service to the community.
1t is against this background that the COM
pany asserts that its earned rate of return has
reached dangerously low" level If the COM
panys figures for the past year are accepted by
the PUG, the rate will be shown to be 46 per
cent which may be further reduced by higher
Income tax rates and other costs not computed
In that year. This sagging rate of return is
serious matter to a company which must depend
on the investment market for financing. It must
of necessity, be of concern also to the PUG and
to the consumers at large-for a public utility
with an unsound financial structure is liability
to the whole community tits as much the duty
of the PUG to see that the gas company's struc-
ture is sound at all times as it is to protect
the consumers against too-high rates and made
quate service.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

If the responsibility were his, are unanswered
questions.
The Senator is politician. He is running
for the Republican nomination. He knows that
great many Americans are confused, disilluSioned,
impatient or angry over the course of events,
and that these events are all associated with
foreign policy. He has written book designed
to capitalize such sentiments as an aid to his
own campaign. His book was not intended as
an objective study of the foreign policy of the
United States However vague it may be- in some
fields there is nothing vague about the Senator's
own belief that if he were President, he would do
much better. That is the impression he seeks
to convey Whether or not that impression is
general will depend more upon what people think
Of Senator Taft than upon what they think they
think of his ideas on foreign policy.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
The Home Front

There isa difference in being ashamed
for ones country and being ashamed of
ones country. I never expect to be
ashamed of my country, and until the
last two weeks I had never expected to
be ashamed for my country.
Not until / read about thousands of
American soldiers being brutally muir
dered by savages and 10 more shot down
while flying over neutral territory, not
until then had felt like hanging my
head in shame.
What is the loss of thousands of our
sons and brothers, under the most de-
grading circumstances, compared to Mr..
Truman's determination to see that all
his political friends are taken care OF,
or to Mr.. Tafts ability to point to a
foreign policy that means nothing to
the average patriot?
Send us man! man who loves his
country and it's people enough to stand
up and defend them and lead them to
victory. With the possible exception of
Macarthur. there is none in sight
Must we go down as other great civil
liZations have gone down because we
have made unto ourselves idols of gold
and power and selfish interests?
World War III Vet.
r X
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
call for facts in the Korean atrocities is
timely She says that the American
people are under the impression they
are being hoodwinked and deceived"
Do they or don't they want to be de-
ceived and hoodwinked? The question
must haunt many hearts outside the
Pentagon or the White House. How con-
cerned are the American people,"
really?
Certainly profoundly unconcerned
must be the black-tie bachelors-grown
men. too-who celebrated Thanksgiving
by applying glittering sequins to pa
thetic. bewildered turkeys in cages for
lively" but silly note Of decor to the
SulgraVe Club. Or weren't they really
grown men?
Army Wife and Mother.
Just what has to be done to us as
Nation to get US sore? Exactly how
much abuse, deception. and .overtly hos
Evening star., 1951-11-29

the radio and in television. under threat
of dismissal, blacklisting or boycott.
1t provides the basis for the Federal
loyalty program under which the Gov
-ernment, with an elaborate pretense of
a fair trial, has dismissed employees on
a mere suspicion of association with
groups arbitrarily designated as sub
versive.
Mr.. Biddle cites the Dorothy Bailey
case as evidence that Federal employees
are completely without protection
against anonymous accusations which
may be sincere but mistaken, malicious,
or even the twisted ideas Of disordered
minds.
Miss Bailey had long record of
highly competent service. No question
of security was involved in her work.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Slonsky and Red ConniboIism

International Communism is so devious In
its internal and external intrigues, such sys-
tenn of duplcity and betrayal between comrade
and comrade, that the outside world can only
guess at the meaning of developments like the
downfall of Vice Premier Rudolf Slansky OF
CZechosovakia.
Here is a dyed-in-the wool Red-once re-
garded as among the toughest and most faithful
of the Kremlins agents in Prague-who has
suddenly been kicked out of the party and
arrested as an enemy of President Klement
Gottwald's puppet state. Not long ago he was
one of the leaders of the pack aiing former
Foreign Minister Vlado Clements and others
on charges of espionage and nationalist devia-
tionism," which means the crime" of refusing
like Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia-to be totally
subservient to Moscow But now, as has happend
to so many of his theological brethren behind
the Iron Curtain, he finds that he has become
the attacked rather than the attacker With
kind of cannibaism, the snarling pack-his own
pack-has turned on him. leaping at his throat
with fangs barred
Several theories have been advanced to
explain why this has happened One is that
the Kremlin has decided to make Slansky a
scapegoat because of the Czech peoples growing
opposition to Soviet demands on their economy
demands that have been steadily undermining
their once-high standard of living. Another
report is that the whole business boils down
to a contest for personal power, with Gottwald
seeking to win triumph comparable to Stalin's
over Trotsky. Finally, there are confusing
suggestions that maybe the fallen Vice Premier
firing of his fidelity to Moscow, has fallen victim
to the contagion Of Titoism, or the real truth
may be-on the other hand-that Gottwald
himself is the backslider and that all this has
taken place in defiance of the Soviet Union.
In view of such self-contradictory specula-
ton, the non-Communist outsider can be
reasonably sure of only one thing: The Slanskys
of this worldwide persecute today and are
themselves prosecuted tomorrow-seem richly to
deserve the poetic justice that is meted out
to them. Beyond that, it may be said that the
very fact of their existence is pretty good eviA
dence that what lies behind the Iron Curtain
may be good deal weaker and more divided
than many of us are. inclined to think.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Mr.. Remon's New Assignment

President Truman was we'll advised in pick
ing John A. Rernon to succeed William w.
WurSter as member of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission. The commits
sion, which has been without a chairman since
Mr. Wursters resignation nearly year ago. has
been in need of the type of dynamic service of
which Mr. Remon has proved to be capable It
is reported he may be elected chairman of the
commission next month. If so, the commission
will be given the vigorous and wise leadership
which it needs in this important era of Wash
ingtons growth
longtime resident and public utility ex
ecutive of the Capital, Mr.. Remon has become
thoroughly familiar with the planning problems
of the Washington Metropolitan Area through
his participation in variety of civic enterprises
His interest in the Presidents Cup Regatta and
his craftsmanship of the Board of Trades Rivers
and Harbors Committee have acquainted him
with waterfront needs and possibilities. OF
special value in his new post will be his member
ship on the District Redevelopment Land Agency,
which has mutual responsibility with the plan
ming body for slum clearance and housing re-
development here. He joins the commission as
it faces large problems resulting from the ex-
pansion of the Seat of Government into nearby
Maryland and Virginia and calling for the
exercise of wider authority than the commission
has been able to use in the past To obtain this
authority the commission must impress Con-
gress with the need for it. The task of selling
this proposal to Congress is not an easy one,
and the commission is fortunate in having a
new member who knows the urgency of the task
and can add effective support for the legislation
Evening star., 1951-11-29
By Belmont Fories
THE FEAR OF FREEDOM
By Francis Biddle Doubleday

By Belmont Fories
A RE we so afraid Of an alien philoso-
ply and so uncertain of our own
free institutions that we must call upon
the Government to shield us from dis
sent?
"Of course not!p most Americans
would answer. And yet, as Francis Bid
die argues convincingly in his new book,
we have moved long way in that di-
rection In the past 10 years.
AS President Rooseyelt's Attorney Gen.
eral during World War II. Mr.. Biddle
had much to do with the vital problem
OF protecting our national security. He
does not minimize the very real danger
of communism as the agent of a new
Russian Imperialism. But some of the
means used to meet that danger, he be-
lieves, infringe on our fundamental lib
critics without being particularly effec-
tive.
The genuine desire to prevent sabo-
tage and espionage. he says, too often
takes the form of attempts to control
thought and punish the spread of "radi-
cal' ideas. Sorting out security risks by
inquiring into loyalty turns into a cru
SADIE to enforce conformity.
Chiefly he is disturbed at the growing
tendency to judge man by his ideas
and opinions rather than by his be-
havior.
The doctrine thai guilt is personal is
one of the most fundamental principles
of our jurisprudence. Yet today guilt
by association seems to have become
generally accepted as means of polio
ing thought.
1t has been used for partisan political
purposes by irresponsible demogogues
operating under the cloak of congress
sional immunity.
1t has been used by congressional and
State legislative committees and by self
appointed private groups to enforce
orthodoxy in Government, in the uni
versities and schools, in Hollywood, on
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Prayer for q Dark Night

Be kind to little things, dear God,
The child defenseless in its bed,
The moth. the butterfly. each bird
That droops its tired and sleepy head.
They are so small and need Your lope,
Your gentle and protecting hand,
The fragile, little things too young.
Too pure of heart to understand
The dangers in darkened night,
The enemies that stalk their prey.
Be kind to little things, dear God,
Watch ouer them until the Day.
Catherine {. Berry.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Hazardous School Zone

Hazardous School Zone
The Traffic Bureau is to be COM
mended for assigning an officer to lee
ture on traffic safety to the elementary
school children in the District. The
effectiveness of Inspector Dick Mans
fields personal message is impressed
upon the minds of even the youngest
children by clever on-the-spot illustra-
tive sketches and the formation of
Safety Carefulier" clubs with their
accompanying slogan. songs and badges.
The children learn their lesson well.
Apparently traffic rules for safety in
school zones have not been tndelibly
impressed upon the minds of motorists.
The location OF the Garfield and Turner
Elementary Schools on stretch of road
alabama avenue S.ED that has become
virtual speedway makes 1t mandatory
for policemen to be regularly assigned
at the school crossings The added bur-
den OF construction vehicles used for
the many new buildings being erected
on this street has rendered the services
OF our faithful patrol boys and girls
pOwerless.
We sincerely hope that any further
study and consideration given to this
problem will show the need for a police
man to be readily assigned to both
Garfield and Turner Schools.
June Parks Lewis.
Secretary. Garfield-Turner PTA.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Are We lettering Our Own Freedom?

She was charged with disloyalty on the
basis OF statements OF anonymous in
formantS that she was or was believed
to be Communist or had attended
Communist meetings. The charges were
so vague there was no possibility of
refuting them directly.
The board which heard her not only
denied her any specific information on
which to build defense, but admitted
it did not know her accusers or their
motives, and could not itself judge their
reliability.
On the weight of the evidence pre-
sented at the hearing, Miss Bailey was
a loyal, conscientious Government en-
ploye. Neverthele..- the disloyalty
charge of the anonymous informants
was upheld by the regional and review
boards. District Court, the Court of
Appeals and an evenly divided Supreme
Court refused to interfere, though at
least four Supreme Court justices ap-
parertly thought she had been unfairly
and unconstitutionally dealt with.
That, of course, represents only one
side of the picture. 1t is only fair to
note that the higher courts have
JcdlouSiy guarded CIle rlSnCS OF Qe1enQ-
ants in criminal cases where the ques-
ton Of loyalty was involved.
In other fields. too, arbitrary actions
have been challenged, often success
fully. Scientists and university profess
sors have defied efforts to impose mental
straitjackets in the name of security,
1t took two-year fight, but the Uni
versity Of California regents finally
backed down on their private loyalty
oath.
1t can be argued that what Mr.. Biddle
sees as fear is really apathy, an unwill-
1ngness to challenge the noisy fanatics
who wrap their own prejudices in the
American flag and denounce all dis
agreement as un-American. But there
can be little argument that Americans
are less free today than they once were.
Mr.. Biddle's book is able documenta-
ton OF Judge Edgerton's warning in his
Bailey case dissent: 1--WE cannot pre-
serve our liberties by sacrificing them"
Evening star., 1951-11-29
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
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By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
O. For tax purposes. is q check con-
sidered income on the date when it Is
received or on the day it is cashed?
F. B.
A. According to the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue, check is considered
income at the time it is received and
should be included as income for the
year in which 1t was received.
@. What is the estimated number of
stitches in the grospoint rug made by
Queen Mary of England?-C. T.
A. The needlework carpet has ap-
proximately a million stitches. It
measures 10 feet by feet and took eight
years to make.
@. How is the labor force divided as
to unskilled and professional workers?
w. L. j.
A. In 1850. composition of the labor
force was rs per cent professional per-
sons. 1853 professional, managerial and
Office and 1913 unskilled workers.
@. How many women are employed by
the railroads of the United States?-
G. McH.
A. About 10000 at present.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Letters to The Star

tile acts must other nations show us
before We wake up? Isn't 1t clear by
this time that the So-called government
OF Red China is merely stalling in its
truce negotiations and has no intention
OF bringing real effort towards truce?
say that it's time this country took off
its silk gloves and brought this Korean
mess to speedy and satisfactory con-
cluSion
The business of the Staying of
U. ~ prisoners by the Reds should be
the last straw. The number slain is en-
tirely irrelevant. The deliberate murder
Of even one American soldier-prisoner
should be grounds for breaking of all
negotiations and prosecuting the war
with relentlessness that those bar
barians can understand.
Reader.
Public Versus Critics
was SO much impressed by Holmes
Alexanders play, Ladder to the Moon"
that I venture to suggest it should be
seen by school children. especially of
high school age. They are our future
statesmen and civil servants, and they
can seldom witness a more forcible and
dramatic presentation of the difference
between those who serve their country
and those who serve only themselves,
lesson Of urgent Importance found the
play excellent, both as drama and as a
moral lesson.
William Force Stead,
Professor of English Literature, Trim
ity College.
After seeing Ladder to the Moon" I
was astonished to read your review over
the initials u. c."
Perhaps a playwright cannot please
both the critics and the public. Perhaps
the public was wrong in being SO en-
thusiastic. Judged by the attitude of the
audience, the play was definite sue
cess. r;v;nvston HARTLEY
AS an ordinary theatergoer, I want to
protest the casual kick in the teeth that
Washington critics gave the Arenas fine
new play. They're entitled to their opin-
ion. but they don't have right to print
1t unless it is arrived at with care and
penetration. Their comments, unfortu-
nately. were mostly offhand and nebu-
lous.
I have never met Holmes Alexander
or any of the Arena staff, and am not
connected with the stage in any way.
But know good play when see one.
It has always seemed to me that thea
ter critics outside Of New York are
afraid to praise anything indigenous 1t
is as If they set themselves up as inter-
prefers Of the true doctrine as made on
Broadway. a doctrine that no outsider
or outlander can hope to possess or to
challenge. Snectator g
So many unexpected friends G'm an
out = Of towner who commutes from
Baltimore) have taken the trouble to say
heartening things about my play that
wish to thank them in this manner. I
nave no quarrel with your critic. who
must have had his own good reasons for
neglecting to report what warm recep-
ton the play received on opening night
and. in fact, on every other night. But
think that the people who have given
those warm receptions deserve to know
how deeply appreciate their generous
approval.
Holmes Alexander.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
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