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Evening star., 1951-07-19
No Place for Politics

81 The principle involved in the clash between
president Truman and Senator Douglas over the
Illinois judgeships is much more important than
personalities.
n. Senator Douglas had recommended three
men for vacancies on the Federal bench in his
State The President held up the appointments
for long time Then he nominated two men
Endorsed by former Senator Lucas. The third
nominee was on both the Douglas and the Lucas
'slates.
y This, on its face, is the crassest sort of poll
ticking, and it is too bad that MIR. Truman
should stoop to it, He has made some good
judicial appointments, but his handling of the
Illinois situation looks like clumsy attempt to
reward friends and punish enemies. Political
friendships and enmities are often of short
duration The judges serve for life, however,
and their selection should never be influenced
by any such question as whether the President,
at the moment, is peeved at a particular Senator.
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FiIet Of FiIIy3 It's Not in the Cards

to look skeptically at Mr.. Rabaut's pre-
diction. One is the question OF estab-
lShed taStes-people who have eaten
horse meat disagree in describing the
flavor. but seem unanimous in their
distaste for it. How much OF this dis
like is sentiment cannot be gauged, but
it certainly is a lot easier to get palsy
walsy with Dobbin than with Bossy-
and farm wives have been known to
get attached even to individual hens,
which are not singularly lovable ami
mails.
Anyone with children will see another
flaw in the idea of diverting the species
equus caballus to table use. Since the
advent Of television. there has been
built UP among the youth Of the land
cult of the horse. not unlike the
worship Of Bast among the ancient
Egyptians. In television equipped homes,
almost all children would as willingly
turn off the TV set as partake Of a
standing rib of horse. Virtually the
only way to change their dietary habits
would be to have the Lone Ranger or
Hopalong Cassidy wind up program
by splitting Old Paint on a Sweetwood
limb and turning him over slow
fire.
Too. horse is ow-breeding crit
ter, and move to establish horse
meat industry here probably would
take Is or 20 years to get rolling. AS
far as breeding selectively to produce
a meat strain comparable to the Here
ford breed in cattle is concerned, this
probably would take century or SO.
It would be far easier for hog and
sheep farmers to expand their rela-
lively fast operations to take care Of
the slack created by an anti-beef cru
SADIE.
One can, of course. buy horse meat
in Washington today. and at costs con-
siderably lower than the cheapest avail
able beef But almost all this meat is
of limited purity and low quality. Off
cially labeled as fit only for pets. The
bulk Of it results from an old horses
making brief stop on his way to the
glue factory. It costs about % cents
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builds its nest in trees, or on house
ledges. 1t likes a solid foundation.
The nest is a bulky affair, loosely con-
structed of grass and straw, if available;
the lining is of feathers.
This bird does not like to nest low,
putting its spherical nest rather high.
sometimes in the cornices and water
spoutS of houses.
One reason for putting a bluebird
house low is to keep the sparrows out
Of it. Their long liking for higher
place keeps them out of bluebird house
placed four feet from the ground.
The bluebird is hole-nesting bird.
as every one knows. 1t likes the little
man-made houses, good examples of
which may be purchased at drugStoreS
for q few cents.
It also will nest, Of course. in holes in
trees and stumps.
The nest itself is of fine grasses. with
some leaves, hair and feathers here and
there.
The starting prefers to make its nest
in the same sort of place as our native
bluebird, hence it sometimes drives out
the bluebirds which have selected
large house.
In this the starlings use the old tactics
of sending In one bird, which is driven
out; then sending In another, and
another and another, as each is driven
out In turn, until at last the poor blue
birds give up in despair and fly away.
This departure, while distressing all
around, does not mean that the blue
birds do not nest: starlings cannot be
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Wants ReoI Republican Leader

Isn't it time some one spoke UP for
the poor Republicans?
Twelve years ago, packed" bal
comics convinced the Republican Ma
tional Convention that one-world
Willkie was its saviour. He was nomi-
mated and went down to inevitable de-
feat. This maneuver worked so well
that the same internatiohaliSt crowd
from downtown New York repeated the
performance, using Tom Dewey. Again
the inevitable defeat. And still again
four years ago.
Today the same jacks-in-boxes are
popping up by prearrangement with
whoop for Eisenhower, who doesn't
know whether he should zig or gag.
They even hint that he should receive
both parties nominations. Ike may or
may not be brilliant general, but if
he's a Republican then I'm Demo-
crat.
don't like the company he keeps:
don't like internationalism. I'm Bit
terly opposed to contributing my tax
dollars to the support of an INDECENT,
impoverished British socialism.
Without half trying, could name
a dozen unashamed Republicans more
capable of carrying the party banner
next year than Eisenhower. Robert
Taft, a sure winner if he can secure
the nomination over the powerful
Dewey machine; Dirksen, Wherry, Cain
and others. never forgetting Macarthur
if Eisenhower decides he's a Democrat.
If the Republican National Conven-
ton will give us a choice between new
dealism and sanity, the conservatives
of the two parties will do the rest.
Charles w. Carter.
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More Money for Teachers

! was interested in the news that the
Government employees are getting an
other increase in salary. I am one Of
those employees. working for the sum-
mer. BY profession, am a school
teacher at local junior high school.
AS read of the impending raise for
Government employees, wondered about
the raise for the D. C. public school
teachers proposed by Dr. Corning. I
remembered that the $3.50 "cost of liv-
ing" raise Of 1948 came to the teachers
one year late. realized that the aver
age $125 annual raise given to Govern
ment employees last year has not caught
up to the teachers as yet. and now
there is another raise for Government
employees before Congress.
The President in his letter was in
favor of the Government raise because
he wanted to be sure that civil serv-
ice is maintained at high level Of
competence and effectiveness" He
praised the Government people as
"loyal, hardworking and conscientious. !"
would like to remind the President
and Congress that the teaching pro-
fession must be maintained at high
level of competence and effectiveness"
and that teachers are loyal, hardwork-
ing and conscientious" also Are the
teachers to be forgotten, once more?
When will we see some action?
School Teacher.
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Ironsit Co.'S .Hondicups Listed

In a letter which you published on
July IL, one who signs himself DIS
gusted" seems to imply that the Capital
Transit Co. is growing wealthy by
charging fares that are unjust and OPP
pressive to the "laboring classes" AS
proof, he cites the fact that as most
every one knows" the company earned
a net income during the first five
months of 1851 six times as great as
during the corresponding period OF 1850.
I hope you will permit me to point
out some of the fallacies OF Dis
gusted's" reasoning and to try to undo
some of the harm which comes from 1t.
If the single fact cited by Disguised"
proves anything at all, it proves that
the Capital Transit Co. is operating on
a very thin margin of profit and that
its earnings are unstable. # dis
gusted" had taken the trouble to look
a little further into the affairs of this
company, he could have found many
more interesting and significant facts.
He could have found, for instance, that
in 1948 it earned more than million
Cor l billion) times as much as it did
in 1947, for in 1947 it didn't earn any
thing. It lost money. He would have
found that its average earnings for the
period 1916 through 1850 were $2.04
per share annually, equal to 1862 per
cent year on the asset value (the fair
. or honest" value) and to about So per
cent on the present market value.
Each share Of stock Of the Capital
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Letters to The Star
Pen-s,anaes may be used If letters carry
Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

Transit Co. represents an actual in
vestment of about $126, which some
one at some time put into the
assets of the company to provide the
facilities it has to serve the public. Any
one. including Disguised" can buy
that stock today for about $33 per
share if he cares to. Why does it sell
for about 26 cents on the dollar? Be-
cause OF the small earnings cited above,
because the company has almost no
control over it's own business, because
its organized employees are able to
strike for and get higher wages almost
at will, while the company can raise
its fares only If an increase is granted;
and cannot be sure that increased fares
would bring increased revenue, because
there are too many voters with no more
understanding than Disguised" and
because the politicians are willing to
cater to them.
This writer owns no stock in the Cap
ital Transit Co. and is not connected
with it in any way; but he does be-
lieve in fair play.
Dean M. Jackman
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a pound, compared with cents for on
the-hoof horses for slaughter. This
price spread indicates that some one is
getting his from the horses as well as
from cows
Supply land demand. law which no
one has been able to repeal successfully,
puts the kibosh on a horsemeat economy.
If horsemeat gained and beef lost popu-
larity, the price of horse would go up
and the price OF beef would go down.
By the time the public had cultivated
taste for horsemeat. it probably would
be dearer than beef-and Capitol talk
might be heard about the threat Of
putting old Bossy on the table.
In France. nobody objects to eating
horse meat, but the government polices
the meat industry to keep the two
species apart in the butcher shop. One
type Of store sells beef, veal, lamb and
other standard meats and q second type
known as 'boucherie hippophagique
deals exclusively in horse. Either by
law or by custom (the French Embassy
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Bunker Hill Protest

Bunker Hill Protest
The transfer of Langley Junior High
from Public Schools Divisions 1-9 to
Divisions 1913 is matter of great
concern to my neighbors in Michigan
Park as well as myself.
This area and the fast-growing COM
munity adjacent on the north, are oc-
cupied by white residents for whose
children Accommodations in public schools
are alarmingly inadequate.
Currently two classes of Bunker Hill
School, the only elementary school now
available to children of this locality.
are being housed at Taft Junior High,
the disadvantages of which it is not my
purpose to enumerate. The future prom
ises no relief, but rather an increased
school population. It might be neces-
sary to call further on the facilities Of
Taft. Also, as the elementary students
graduate, the Accommodations at Taft
will be overtaxed to the point where
boundary lines will have to be revised
and students from more southerly 10
calties transferred elsewhere. Langley
Junior High School is where such chill
dren go. It is needed to provide solu-
tion to this problem which faces us now
and which will become intensified in
succeeding years.
The decision to transfer Langley
shows that the thinking Of the Build
ings and Grounds Committee of the
Board of Education, as well as the
Board as a whole, was amiss in its fail
ure to recognize the gravity of the sit
uation in this outlying northeast neigh
borhood and of the need of Langley to
relieve the situation.
Regardless of changes that have been
made because of the transfer, there
is yet time to correct the wrong that
has been done. Let us hope that the
Board of Education acts quickly to re-
store Langley to Divisions 1-9. The tax
paying, law-abiding, civic-minded resi-
dents of our community need it and
deserve it.
Bunker Hill School Parents.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
The Kansas Floods

Perhaps no human agency could have pre-
vented the floods which have devastated the
great central valley of Kansas. Since May %
there have been rs days of rain The land has
been drenched. Water has poured out of it
wherever there was channel for it to go. Poor
soil management in years long gone by played
its part. Another, though minor, factor has been
the hard-surfacing of highways. The automobile,
In that respect, has been responsible for the
elimination of what used to be, in effect, a net
work of trenches which held back the rush of
precipitation. Muddy roads retained the water,
let it soak down gradually into the subson;
concrete and macadam boulevards do exactly
the opposite.
So Kansas has shed the rain faster than
was good for Topeka, Kansas CITY, Kansas;
Kansas City, Missouri, and many smaller towns.
The penalty will be paid not only by the people
OF those communities but by the Nation at large.
Disaster-relief funds are imperative and Con-
gress viii see that enough is appropriated. Even
tualy the floods of 1851 will be merely matter
OF history. Meanwhile, however, the lessons
worth learning ought to be learned. They are
illustrated by brief account of what happened
at Kanopolis on the Smoky Hill River in Els
worth County. When the skies opened day after
day and water fell by bucket loads, the people
of Salina, 80 miles east, asked each other: "Will
the dam at Kanopolis hold?" The dam held and
Salina became an island in vast sea-an island,
not flooded
Similar control of the waterways of the
whole State has been planned by the United
States Army Engineers and other Federal and
State agencies Some of the work has been de-
layed by the opposition of the owners of farms
which would be inundated by backing up the
designated streams; some has been halted by
lack Of interest on the part of the residents of
cities and towns only indirectly affected. The
recent experience Of most all Kansas has pointed
up once more the value of foresight as distinct
from the comfortless luxury Of hindsight. Yet
it stin is true that the best Of good management
of the soil and food-control activity might not
have prevented the floods of the past several
weeks For no one.scsald govern the unprece-
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Hitting Where 1t Hurts

The rising demand that retaliatory action be
taken against Czechosovakia for jailing Asso-
ciated Press Correspondent william Oats is
healthy thing
The Oats case parallels that of Robert
vogeler American businessman, who was jailed
IN Hungary. For doing reporters job, Mr.. Oats
was seized as a spy, convicted after the kind OF
travesty that passes for trial in the Iron Cur
tain countries. and imprisoned.
The State Department has used strong Ian
guage in denouncing the Oats frameup and has
made representations to the Czech government.
But the gangSter-statesmen who run Czechoslo-
vakia and the other satellite countries will pay
little attention to representations. Mr.. Vogeier
vas ransomed and it might be possible to buy
freedom for Mr. Oats. But if we are going to
pursue that weak -kneed policy we may find our
selves paying ransom until doomsday.
Senator O'Conor of Maryland suggests
better approach when he says that we should put
pressure on the Communists where it hurts. He
advocates action in the United Nations, the bar
ring of all Communist press representatives from
this country and a ban on all trade between the
United States and Czechoslovakia as long as
Mr.. Oats remains in JAIL Senator Monroney
urges a complete diplomatic and economic break.
Other Congress members have expressed similar
views.
= Diplomatic representations are painless, but
retaliation along these lines would hurt. The
euestion is whether it would hurt enough to
achieve the desired result. The chances are that
it would But if not we should be ready to take
more drastic steps. For the time has come when
this Government should make up its mind to
protect its citizens from the thugs who have
taken over once-friendly countries.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Iron a Timocrocy?

Reference is made to a letter in The
Star of July 13 from Robert L. Gulick,
jr, who claims ne has 'long been in
terested in promoting understanding
between Persia and America"
The most important factor in estab-
fishing an honest interest in the cordial
understanding of the relations between
nations is to learn to give careful con-
sideration to the conditions prevailing,
the integrity of the governments and
in so far as possible the attitude of the
peoples, as well as the fact that in the
Near East If the cat has kittens they
blame the British.
There are sufficient funds in Iran to
finance the oil deal in an ethical man
ner if those who should assume the
financial burden would contribute only
a part of what has been taken from
the people.
Surmounting all else is the fact
that you cannot treat with timocracy
defined by Plato as state in which
love of honor or glory is the ruling
principle) as you would a republic, a
kingdom or even democracy-a point
overlooked In all of the fiddle faddle
published on the Iranian oil muddle.
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Parole and the Public Welfare

n There would be less criticism of parole if it
were administered according to the sound prin-
ciples advocated by the Washington Criminal
Justice Association in its annual report, just
released The association holds that while the
applicant for parole should be given careful
consideration, it seems evident that very often
the sentence is not severe when related to the
facts of the offense and that in any determina-
ton concerning release the welfare of the COM
1nunity should remain of paramount importance;
the welfare of the individual offender is of sec
ondary Importance"
The association made it plain that it was
not implying any criticism of the District parole
system. On the contrary, it found that the
District Board of Parole and it's staff "are ad-
rninistering an extremely difficult program with
an efficiency consistent with the best interests
Of the District of Columbia" But the board is
burdened with constantly increasing case-load,
considerably in excess of that which the present
board and staff should be expected to handle.
And there is need it was stated, for better
haison between parole and police authorities,
With view to better supervision of paroled con-
victs and improved employment opportunities
for them.
The main part of the report contains figures
to show that sentences for serious crimes In
Washington are on the lenient SIDE This being
the case, a question arises as to whether further
leniency, through parole, is justified in certain
cases. The general public attitude in this con-
nection is well illustrated by replies which the
association received to a QUESTIONABLE sent to
citizens associations. The response was over
wtelmingly against any paroles whatever for
sex offenders or persons convicted for the second
time of any serious crime. (The report showed
that during the past three years paroles have
been granted to 119 persons who had record
Of one prior felony conviction, to 81 with two
prior felony convictions and to nine with three
or more prior felony convictions. The associa-
ton commented, however, that parole violations
were relatively fewer among this group than
among first offenders.) The civic groups gen.
orally favored more rigid administration of
parole and fewer paroles in cases where the
sentences already are too soft"
One of the associations more important sug-
eestions for improving the local parole system
had to do with misdemeanor cases. It recon-
mended a "re-evaluation' of the Parole Boards
ntcpolicy of extending parole benefits to
short-s.rm prisoners, particularly misdaemean-
ants serving from six months to year Undel
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Let Earth ReyoIve

With knees up and his 7GTro1u back
Pressed loosely on the lotD green grass,
The lean boy scanned the snairs sloip
track
And saio three broaon birds arc and
pass.
He salu t,Do dark clouds meet and merge
And matched the mater drinking sun
And felt no need nor any urge
To straighten out his knees and run.
Let earth repolpe and Dind bend bough
And let the sun nsoDe on through
space,
Time holds him n,otionless, for nop
He isn't going any place.
Who says bog cannot be stin
Has noemet summer on a hslli
Anobel Armour.
Evening star., 1951-07-19

the oarole law such prisoners become eligible
for parole when they have served one-third OF
their sentences or from two to four months.
The association is right in doubling that much
rehabilitation and preparation for release can
be accomplished in so short a period. The in
vestigation Of these minor cases takes up lot
of the boards time that might better be spent
in trying to rehabilitate the longer term convicts.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Government at FuuIt

Congress complains that it gets no
reaction from the people in regard to
controls.
speak for the housewives.
The more enlightened among us who
read the papers and listen to the COM
mentators realize that as long as there
is no wage or salary freeze there can
be no price controls.
The rest of us shrug and say they do
not see that controls have helped, any
how-all they need to do Is to watch
the price tags.
What should be controlled is the Gov
ernment spending and printing more
MONEY. b. G. Bien.
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here isn't sure which) each hippo shop
displays gold horsehead as the symbol
of its stock in trade. Here in this coun-
try it's legal to market horsemeat, but
the type of stamp on the carcass differs
from that on other meats-and it is
against the law to misrepresent the type
Of animal from which the meat came.
So put down your "A. Roy Rogers
nobody's going to eat up old Trigger.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
By WiIIiom Hines

HORSE PLAYERS need not fear that
IL their costly vice will be taken away
from them as result Of a housewives
revolt against the high price Of beef.
Representative Rabaut. Michigan
Democrat. hit the headlines recently
with the observation that if controls on
Evening star., 1951-07-19

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is the origin Of the term
hundred as applied to certain districts
in the State of Delaware?-J. C. B.
A. In England the hundred was Of
varying size but was supposed to have
been originally an area occupied by 100
families. In the local government Of
English colonies in America there were
evidences of the influence of the hun
dred. especially in Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware. In Delaware under Eng
liSh control the hundred was adopted
and was in operation by 1890. After
counties were established the hundreds
continued as an important subdivision
of them, persisting to the present.
@. What was the cost per game Of
televising the 1850 World Series?-H. H.
A. A total of 1894, 900 was paid by the
sponsors for exclusive radio and tele-
vision rights. Since the series lasted
only games, the cost was nearly q
quarter of million dollars per game.
@. Does boomerang always return
to the place from which it started?
IL. w.
A. Not all kinds do so. Those which
are designed to return to the thrower
are more sharply bent than others.
They often describe three of four full
circles before completing their flight.
@. Which President first used the
pocket veto?-N. C.
A. President Madison used the pocket
veto on naturalization law In July,
1912. This was the first occasion.
Evening star., 1951-07-19
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE,

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OF fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau 1900 I St. NV, Washington g. d. C..
Please inclose three go cents for return postage
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
Christmas Services Al Russian Church

The schedule of Christmas services for the Russian Orthodox Church this week. end has been. changed from that announced earlier, the Rev. Alexander Popoff said yesterday.
 Christmas eve services will start with vespers at 4 pm this afternoon and a Christ mas eve service will be held at 8::30 pm.
 Tomorrow, Sunday, liturgy will be held at g am, vespers at 4 pm and on Monday morn ing, second day liturgy will be held at 9 am.