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Evening star., 1951-06-19
Vermillion hycatcher?


Not at all.
It turns out to be blackhood siskin
cage bird.
It had flown to Macarthur boulevard
from Chesapeake street in Chevy Chase! !!
It took up with band of sparrows,
and was seen eating with them at bird
feeding stations in the Macarthur boule-
ward territory.
It is very wild, and likes rape and
canary seed, but evidently also the va
rious seeds and grains found in good
bird food mixtures.
Most readers identified this bird as
a vermillion flycatcher, despite the fact
that this species does not come here
except by the sheerest accident.
The siskin is slightly smaller than a
sparrow.
It was imported from California two
years ago.
Dandelions and thistles are among its
favorite foods.
The owners say that one way of cap
turing such bird is to turn the hose on
it, using the fine spray.
Getting it's wings wet will impair its
ability to fly, and. it may be captured
then.
Such birds are used to cross with the
canary to get the 'red canary so
called.
The first cross gives brown offspring
with dull red breast.
The second cross gives q bird With
loeSly orange coloring.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Letters to The Star
Fen names may be used If letters carry
a0riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

E. Lee from his righful heirs, salving
it's conscience with a pittance. Then
began the latter-day rape of Arlington
County.
The atomic white elephant called the
Pentagon, with its shopping center for
civilian experts and coffee stalls for the
stimulation of assorted brass, was raised
on millions of dollars worth of Arlington
industrial property. This property
would now carry large part of our
school and general county tax burden.
Then came the Navy Annex. Arlington
Farms. Wave Quarters. Marine Quarters,
South Post Arlington Hall, the Nevius
Tract, Federal slum housing. etc.
Any day now I expect someone to
declare that my home will be branch
of the Appeasement Department.
At Burke Station, Fairfax, where the
golden Stuart complained of
Yankee mules, good men and women
have built homes, reared children and
lived in peace. Now this peace will end
The bulldozers will tear down the trees
and the homes, the concrete will cover
the red earth and 10000 residents of
Arlington and Fairfax will lose rest and
sleep beneath the thunder of aircraft.
We, in Northern Virginia, do not op-
pose progress. We have built many new
churches. new schools. new roads and
new homes. We also have many new
ideas. We have no dope peddlers and
our women and children are not afraid
to walk abroad at night. We do not
oppose progress, but we do oppose being
gobbled into the NAV of Washington,
D. C.
ID. A. ID.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Passing of the Woterqote Concerts

For the first time in many years, Wash
ingtonians will not be able to go down by the
river of a summers evening and listen to
Handel's Water Music" and the waltzes from
Der Rosenkavalier" The suspension of the
Watergate concerts means that one of the city's
surest sources of refreshment in difficult season
is being cut off. For the hot and bothered
bureaucrat for the footsore tourist for the lonely
serviceman, the concerts offered the double balm
of peace and pleasure It was restoring some
how, just to sit on the steps in the dark and
see the lighted shed and the canoes anchored
offshore, with the drone of an occasional air
plane overhead the sole reminder that somewhere
beyond the reach OF the music was world of
hustle and business and hard realities The least
captive audience imaginable, Watergate listeners
strolled along the bridge even sought the noble
confines of the Lincoln Memorial to do their
listening. ~ Il
The cancellation of this happy feat ke, of
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Why Do 1t All Over Again?

." The Senate Rules Committee has good reason
to take its time about sending to the Senate floor
q resolution to appropriate $4,000 for Senate
District Committee investigation of crime in
Washington. The Rules Committee is not alone
In It's confusion over the legislative situation
confronting the District Committee in connec-
tion with local law enforcement.
The dilemma facing the District group
results from House passage of the Davis crime
bill at time when the Senate committee was
preparing to make its own investigation OF law
1essness in the District. The House bill now is
before the Senate District Committee for con-
sideration and report 1t is a comprehensive
measure drawn up after lengthy hearings by
the Davis subcommittee of the House District
Committee The transcript of the testimony
taken in those hearing fills two printed volumes.
All of it thus is available for study by the Senate
group No further information would seem to
be necessary. Questions to be decided are:
I'd Should the Senate committee hold its own
hearings on the Davis bill, thereby covering the
ground already thoroughly covered by the Davis
INJURY? (2) If so, would not these hearings
largely duplicate the independent hearings
already planned by a special subcommittee
headed by Senator Nicely? 80 Can the two
studies be consolidated so as to reduce or elimi-
nate the proposed $5o,OOO item?
Chairman Hayden of the Rules Committee
says the fund resolution has been put over for
two weeks, to await developments in connection
with the problem. The sensible solution would
be to drop the special investigation plan In favor
of study of the House transcript supplemented
by whatever additional hearings are desired on
the Davis bill. That course would save lot OF
time and money. There has been no showing OF
need for separate Senate investigation of local
crime.
Evening star., 1951-06-19

Washingtons summer life should not be a signal
merely for nostalgia. Already the National
Symphony Orchestra Association, which gave up
after raising half the necessary funds, is formu-
lating plans for making new public appeal for
the revival of the series. Following the method
used in other large cities which still have their
outdoor music, the association will make a
separate fund-raising drive for the Watergate
quite apart from its efforts for the winter
activities of the National Symphony 1t is to
be hoped that their efforts are successful. Here
abouts, where summer can be such f1ercely
trying season, the community is entitled to all
possible mitigation.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Star stan Photo.

High, for instance, is changing its So
cial structure as more and more colored
families move in.
New housing in Northeast. particular
ly far Northeast across the Anacostia
River. has attracted a tremendous COL
ored population with resulting increased
school enrollments. The same is true of
certain parts of Southeast.
In Southeast. below st. Elizabeths
Hospital. the white population has
doomed as result of new housing
Schools are crowded as a result.
The role of private and parochial
schools also must be considered before
conclusions can be reached. The fact
that there are more colored than white
children in public schools does not mean
that the city's population fits the same
pattern.
Few colored children are in either pri-
vate or .parochial schools. More than
$1,000 white boys and girls were in
schools other than the public schools
here this year.
Statistics are a basis for future. oper-
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Lost City in the Seiston

The Second Afghan Expedition of the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History has reported the
discovery of lost city in the Seistan Basin on
the Afghan-Iraq border. Walter A. Fairservis jr.,
leader of the exploring group, explains that the
site seems to have been unoccupied for 5000
years The area yielded examples of pottery
bearing designs never used today. Yet these
markings are sophisticated and give evidence of
an advanced stage of culture. The abandoned
town unquestionably had been settlement of
considerable Importance in its prime. It was a
permanent not transient community. This
was demonstrated by the durable character of
the tombs which it had raised.
What race or nation of people was repre-
sented in the SeiStan metropolis is not yet clear.
Mr.. Fairservis believes them to have been "of
Mediterranean type" but that comment, Of
course is not specific; it could mean any of per-
hapS so different stocks. Another question in
evitably raised by the finding of the lost city is:
Why was the place abandoned? Conceivably,
drastic changes in weather were responsible
The long-forgotten town stands in valley now
almost necessarily swept by mountain winds
rising to as much as 110 miles an hour One side
of the declivity is desert of gravel the opposite
side desert of sand. Mr.. Fairservis has ex
planned that the chill breeze" had done their
excavating for them.
ancient Seistan city? The site was covered with
pulverized stone before it was uncovered by the
winds sweeping down from the crestS of the
mountains Erosion, gradual elevation of the
temperature of the valley, diminishing rainfall,
continual drought-all these factors could add
up to an environmental condition intoerable to
people able to migrate to friendlier location.
That apparently is what occurred. The COM
munity simply moved away. Then shifting air
currents covered the deserted town with sand,
and SC it lay for centuries forgotten even by
professional students of the past What became
of the migrants remains to be determined from
systematic examination of the artifacts disclosed
by the current hill breeze" That is where the
science OF ethnography- science of human
culture-comes in. Possibly Mr.. Fairservis and
his colleagues will be able to relate their finds
with Egypt or Crete or Cyprus, or with pre-
historic France or Britain or Ireland, or even
with Mexico or Peru or the still farther Orient
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Progress Report

The ORGANIZATION fore European Economic
Cooperation, in its third annual report on actv-
tiles under the Marshall Plan, has drawn
heartening picture of what has been achieved
to date and what the 18 participating nations
hope to accomplish in the immediate future.
Our American aid obviously has been well in
vested With $11 billion of it, as the report
points out the recipient countries have already
earned $29 billion more in real ineome-a de-
velopment that has played tremendous role in
restoring the West to the kind of vigor and
strength it must have to cope with the threat
of Red aggression.
Moreover this additional real income has
in turn been largely reinvested to create new
wealth-new plants, new equipment and new
agricultural and industrial enterprises designed
to expand production and promote steadily rising
living standards. In the process the free Euro
pean economies have been moving closer and
closer toward a self-supporting basis in terms
of ability to balance imports with exports. Thus,
according to the OEEC report, in 1947 the coun-
tries now in the Marshall Plan imported vitally
needed American goods costing So billion more
than they could pay for but now that huge
dollar gap"-which few years ago represented
a grave crisis in the Western world-has been
reduced to about ST billion.
Dangerous world tensions and the need to
rearm have lately forced the OEEC countries to
divert a lot more of their resources to defense
But in their report they have emphasized their
resolve to do everything possible to build up
military strength and at the same time prevent
q setback in the steady recovery of their civilian
economies. To that end, they have drawn up
a 10-point program of action aimed at achieving,
among other things, effective control of imitation,
reduction of trade. barriers increased production
of key materials in Europe and overseas, fair
distribution and efficient use of scarce commodi-
ties, greater farm output, and substantial boost
in productivity per man-hour of labor.
Our Economic Cooperation Administration,
which administers the Marshall Plan, has re-
peatedly made the point that the participating
countries, If they act vigorously and together
with vision and determination-can expand their
agricultural and industrial production by 500
billion year between now and 1861, That is
n great goal for them to strive for, and the
program outlined in the oEEC report constitutes
good step toward it. If they do what they say
they hope to do then Western Europe can look
forward to continuing advance toward both
prosperity and security.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Story Behind Figures on D. c. Schools

ations through intelligent and realistic
Interpretation" Mr.. Bristor declared.
Statistics again show that there is
little need for further school construc-
ton in the Northwest section of WASH
and west Of Rock Greek Park. That is
the area served by Woodrow Wilson
High and Deal Junior High, both white
schools.
In 1945 Wilson had 1,454 students,
and this year 1892. Deal had 1,145 this
year as compared to 1923 in 1945. The
situation obviously is nearly static.
Mr. Bristor pointed out that in the
area served by these two schools there
was boom Of single-family home con-
struction several years ago. Now prac-
tically all land is utilized.
Buyers Of those homes were, as a rule,
not young people just starting to raise
families. Many families already there
have finished raising their children.
There is no prospect of increasing
enrollments there, consequently" Mr.
Bristor said.
Few colored families live in that part
Of Washington. Only two colored ele-
mentary schools are in the area and
both are near Sixteenth Street, and
serve to great extent more of the
downtown area. Reno Elementary
School was closed down last year be-
cause enrolment dropped to nine colored
pupils.
In the area east of the Anacostia
River and north of Pennsylvania avenue
are two new Junior high schools, one
white. one colored. Kelly Miller, the
colored school. was jammed above ca
pacity the day it opened. Sousa still
is half empty.
Analysis of the school enrolment fig
ures in these two schools, plus the six
colored and four white grade schools In
the area, shows that the population has
increased tremendously, with the colored
population steadily growing
With the proper use of, school en-
rollment figures, the overall social pic
ture can be drawn very accurately" !"
Mr.. Bristor said. But they must be
interpreted correctly with all factors
that don't show in the figures taken
into account"
THE statistical data produced in this
Office. although apparently lifeless fig
ures. represent real. live human beings, I"
he continued.
They represent pupils in school, Only
when the pupils attend or miss school,
are on time or tardy, pass or fail, and
are graduated or drop out Of school, do
they furnish figures for this Office. These
figures are really a composite picture
OF all teachers work, of all students,
the equipment they use and the build
ings in which they are housed
In addition, those cold figures are a
pulsating picture of the city Of WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
A Boy in the Morning

WaiSt-deep il, morning mist he stood,
A farm boy lost in fairy land.
Giants matched him from the iDood,
Grazing in silUer land.
Boulders raised their dragon backs
Around a castle dark and still
Where yesterday the tpGgon tracks
Went By the pasture hill.
A-dredm within a Dorld of dream
He listened for distant horn
Beyond the i1illo1Us By the stream
To Dake the magic morn.
A rooster crotped alone and clear.
The sun put out its golden dome.
The boy Went barefoot up the lane
To bring the cattle home.
F charles Nolan
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Airport Protest

The land grabbers and modern carpet
baggers are moving again in Northern
Virginia. This time they have decided
to take over 1000 acres in Fairfax
County on which to erect new airport
Since the end of the War Between
the States, Northern Virginia has en-
dured the gradual advance of the Fed
eral city of Washington. Long ago the
United States Government stole the law
full and legal holdings of General Robert
Evening star., 1951-06-19
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


Q. Does the term "antipodes" refer to
any two places on the earth's surface
that are exactly opposite each other?
IS. G. H.
A. Geographically the term is so ap-
piled. These opposite points are 180' Of
longitude apart, and one point is as
many degrees north of the Equator as
the other is south, or vice versa. The
two points could be joined by an
imaginary straight line that passes
through the center of the earth.
@. OF what substance is the human
skeleton NADER. F. o.
A. In man and all the higher ami
mails the skeleton is made of caucium
phosphate or phosphate of lime. In ad-
dition to this mineral matter, bones con-
tain living animal matter as well, the
amount of which decreases with age.
Very old bones are practically all min
eral. The organic matter has wasted
away
@. What is the rate of traffic viola
tionS in cities in this country?-J. C. c..
A. In urban areas, on the average, one
out of every 4 persons was formally
charged with some traffic violation in
1949. the latest year for which complete
figures are available.
@ In what part of the plant are the
pigments developed which produce the
colors of flowers?-H. McB.
A. The entire structure of plant,
including roots, stems. and leaves, con-
tributes to the ultimate concentration
OF pigment in the petals of the flowers
which carry the characteristic color of
the variety.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Teochers
d. A. d.

The time is ripe for integration of
teachers in our District of Columbia
public school system. In view of the fact
that the shortage of qualified teachers in
the white schools has reached the dan
ger point and that there is surplus of
highly qualified people trained as teach
ers in the Negro race, why not use these
people in the white schools. thus per-
petuating the high American level of
education?
Agnes J. Smith.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Theresa H. Russell.
Federal Puy

The Federal pay increase of So per
cent as recommended by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission is altogether too low.
We are spending millions to help other
nations. but do not have the money to
pay our own people sufficient wages to
meet the high cost of living.
George p. Rate.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Shoves Congress

Some astute reporter summed up the
prolonged congressional hearings on
Far East policy as coroner's inquest
on who showed Gen. Macarthur.
He might have added that If Congress
keeps f1ddling around much longer with
this dead-cat issue, and lets everything
else slide, then the American people
will end up attending their own inquest.
.-.-e--s... ID, ST.,
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Agnes J. Smith.
Tires of Mccarthy

You can do democracy a great favor
by devoting little space to character as
sassinations by Senator Mccarthy. He
will keep on as long as the press prints
what he says.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Questions and Answers

fhe Stars readers can get the answer to
any any question Of fact by either writing The
NV. Washington g. D. C.. and inclosing cents
return postage OF py telephoninG ST 1868.
Evening star., 1951-06-19
Opinions on Wedemeyer

Opinions on Wedemeyer
In answer to General Wedemeyer's
testimony, would like to voice one
womans opinion.
have not had anything impress me
more since the Korean war started than
his very encouraging phrase, I'VE never
should have sent ground forces into
Korea in the first place, so let's get
them out. We are not getting anywhere,
and our men are being slaughtered
daily"
b ! add "for what?"
The world wonders why some of the
men OF power could not get together and
emo this heartrending and seemingly un-
necessary war. It has gone on too long.
I have no sons, but I bleed for those
who do.
plead with you men, great and small,
to heed the words of Wedemeyer and
rush this war to close. Do not let our
wonderful country go to ruin. Make
these parents happy by bringing their
boys home: enough Of them have been
lost.
Sarah A. Richardson.
May ask Gen. Wedemeyer a few
questions?
How many instances can he cite when
preparedness for war has prevented war?
If the U.S.SR is the one great global
menace to peace, why is not Canada in
equal, or greater. danger of invasion?
The Canadians are not having war jit-
ters. And the Canadian House of Com
mons recently defeated a measure for
compulsory military service by an over
whelming vote.
Could it be that the Canadian gov
ernment does not fear war because it
is doing nothing to incite and instigate
war? And could it be our own political.
economic and military mis-rulers are
doing everything to perpetuate war in
order to assure continuing big quick
profits for big business interests, who
are greatly disturbed by the threat"
of peace?
Theresa H. Russell.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Illinois Is Adamant :
On Bowl 3-Year Rule
BY the Associofed Press

CHAMPAIGN. H., April A
three-year appearance limitation
must remain in any new Rose
Bowl football pact between the
Big Ten and the Pacific Coast
Conference or the University of
Illinois will not support extension
of the series. =
Illinois, the first Western Con-
ference school to announce it's
stand. also wants any projected
contract drawn up for only three
years instead of five. ..E
Dean Robert B. Browne, chair
man of the Senate, Athletics Com
mittee, announced the schools de-
cision yesterday after the group
of faculty members had met.
Browne said that a measure ia
yored by the Pacific Coast to
authorize participation once every
two years, instead of three, was
rejected.
K. L. (Tug) Wilson, Big Ten
commissioner. said that after he
receives reports from all confer
ence schools a meeting will be
held May Is and 26 at Evanston,
Ill, to vote on renewal of the pact.
He said there is a general under
standing that a renewal be for
a three-year period but that the
point at issue is the frequency of
participation by any one school.
The Coast Conferences part in
the contract for. the f1ve-year
period which has just expired did
not limit team visits to the
Rose Bowl.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
.Bunsa 10 Help Referee
National Boxing Tourney

Joe Bunsa, director Of athletics
at National Training School for
Boys, has been selected as one of
two referees who will offlciate in
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association boxing championships
which open tomorrow at Michigan
State College. The finals will be
held Saturday night.
Bunsa was a ring star under
Coach Eddie LaFond at Catholic
University and for the last several
years has refereed and judged pro-
fessional bouts for the District
Boxing Commission. He also is
well known In collegiate boxing
for his officiating.
The University of Maryland is
sending two boxers to the tourney,
Paul Oliver. 155-pounder. and
George Fuller, heavyweight.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
with Bill Leeteh

four fine channel bass, which was
q tie for high boat. All were
caught trolling offshore. Sunday
they topped the boats out by land
ing seven fish and lost many more.
Manders says the bass were real
tackle busters and eventually
broke most Of their fishing gear.
The big fish hit so hard they
snapped 36-pound test nylon line
on the strike, tore lures off wire
leaders and generally played hob
with the tackle. The boys are 60
ing back in another week, taking
stouter gear. Top fish landed
weighed about As pounds according
to Manders. but there were bigger
fish in the schools.
If you've never done this sort
of fishing before, make sure you
have the proper tackle. For trolling
we'd suggest not less than $50 to
300 yards Of line equivalent to As
pound test. and heavy leader wire.
Don't attempt to use a jointed
boat rod, but stick to one-piece
tips and q stout butt.
Last Friday we attended the
annual banquet Of the Calvert
County Sportsman's Club at the
Rod N Reel, Chesapeake Beach.
In spite of inclement weather more
than 100 members and guests at
tended. Johnny and Floyd Gross
and their able assistants served
a bang-up fried chicken dinner
with trimmings.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Three Games Tonight
In GreenbeIt Tourney

Three games tonight at Green
belt High School will end first
round play in the Greenbelt In
vitation Basketball Tournament.
Henderson ESQ will play Kavakos
Grill at 7, Town and Country will
oppose Ballston Indians at 8 and
Clifton Liquors will meet Sandar
Press at 8.
In games last night Crown Tile
defeated Headquarters Marines,
1867; Arcade Pontiac defeated
Bakalis Grill, 51-50. and Snug
Harbor won over the FBI Ramb-
lers, $3.50.