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Evening star., 1951-03-26

The cloakroom in the old-fashioned
grade school was one of the most inter-
esting places.
Hats and coats hung in two rows, the
boys garments on one side, the girls on
the other.
Here there was always a great scram-
bling at recess time.
1t was here that Templeton Jones, as
a lad of 10, met one of his great
humiliations.
The memory of that disaster-purely
mental-has lasted long time.
Jones was slender lad, 50 slight
that good wind might have blown him
away.
Still none of his mates ever. called
him "Skinnay."
There was not then, as there is not
now. any known way to insure GOOD
nickname.
Fortunate is he, as child, and in
later life. too. who draws a good one.
Young Jones was good rustler in
the cloakroom. That is, he usually
managed to find his hat and coat on
the first rush.
Not made exactly for football, he
was good" in tennis and other games
requiring quickness.
AS matter of fact, his feet went 30
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Charity Bomb
Pro-Frat.

I believe most people agree that we
will never kill communism with bombs,
80 the sooner we concentrate on other
methods. the sooner peace will be re-
stored in the world.
Help to the starving people of India
with the grain they have asked for
would be one small wedge driven into
that country, and I cannot understand
why Congress has put of appropriating
1t. Starvation will not wait.
The church papers are recommend
ing that the wheat be given as q good
will gesture; they feel we will be repaid
hundredfold by the grateful love
the people will feel for us.
Oh, I wish we could drop a bomb Of
Christian love on our enemies which
would burst and spread slowly over
their country! But it isn't that easy.
1t takes money and men the same as
war does
quote the following from The
Southern Churchman. March 10. A
chaplain is asking for more Korean
scriptures, and in conclusion he Essays:
1T seems to me that here in Korea
we have the choice Of giving over this
land to communism. or offering them
something better"
So I say let's offer them something
better-Bibles instead of bullets-bread
instead Of bombs-and love instead of
lead.
Evening star., 1951-03-26

Often this was a small member of
the class who somehow did not manage
to answer as quickly as teacher thought
he should.
Jones at that time did not think a
thing of such matters. They were just
part of the scene.
He was glad, however, that he was
neither a favorite nor scapegoat He
did very well in his studies, was always
on "A SIDE" and got along well with
his classmates.
All. that is. except Mathilda.
She was a large girl. very large
girl, but nice girl in all respects.
One morning Jones rushed through
the cloakroom just as Mathilda was
rushing out.
They collided at the doorway, and
Jones, being by far the nghtest, was
thrown to the floor with q crash
That was bad enough, since the whole
class saw the whole thing, but worse
was to come.
Leaning down, and lifting the slight
Jones to his feet, Mathilda asked, out
Of kind heart:
did hurt you?"y
She meant well. but for days all Jones
was to hear, In various and assorted
snickering tones, was that sentence,
Did hurt you?"
Evening star., 1951-03-26
A Short Survey Is Preferable

If an adequate engineering survey Of nearby
Virginia sewage disposal problems can be COM
pleted in three months instead of six, and at
less cost, it is hard to understand why the
longer and more expensive procedure was
favored by an interjuriSdiction committee. A
reputedly competent engineering firm has Of
fered to do the job in the shorter time for $4,000
less than the long survey. Under the circum-
stances Arlington County is justified in trying
to induce Alexandra, Falls Church and Fairfax
County to JOIN with Arlington in short survey.
The State Water Control Board and the
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River
Basin are pressing for an early start on abating
pollution in the river resulting from discharge
OF sewage into the Potomac and its tributaries
The State board has indicated 1t will not agree
to long delay for the purpose of surveying the
sewage situation. It might agree to three
month survey but it is doubtful that it would
countenance delay of six months or longer.
Without a survey the four Jurisdictions
would have to dispense with plans for possible
joint disposal facilities and with the prospect
OF considerable savings for their citizens. The
four communities otherwise will 60 their own
ways, constructing independent sewer systems
and treatment plants that later survey might
prove to be waste Of funds.
While voting for short survey three men,
SC1o Va tlle Al1IiStOl1 bOdIQ COOk u SLTauBC
position against one of the more promising pro-
posed solutions of nearby Virginia's sewage
disposal difficulties. Board members Dugan,
Chew and Frisbie said they would never agree
to having ArngtonS sewage piped across the
river to the District treatment plant at Blue
Plains. J. Maynard Magruder, Arlington dele
gate to the General Assembly, has asked Repre-
sentative Howard Smith to introduce legisla-
tion paving the way for such District Virginia
project. Among the silly explanations for the
opposition to this plan was Mr.. Dugan's COM
ment that Arlington has "too many ties with
the District already" and MIR. Chew,s statement
that he would try to "stop Kemp District sani-
tary engineer) from taking Arlington" Harold
Kemp, who also is chairman of the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River Basin, de-
serves praise, not condemnation, for his efforts
to promote cleaning up Of the filthy Potomac.
The pipeline suggestion which he has put for
ward is a sincere offer of cooperation by the
District that Virginia should be willing to con-
slider in the same friendly spirit that motivated
Mr.. Kemp in advancing it. Nearby Maryland
gladly has let the District treat its sewage for
some time-and nobody has seen any evidence
of the Districts having taken over Prince Georges
or Montgomery Counties. Certainly Arlington
would make a laughing stock of itself If it were
to oppose the pipeline plan on any such ridic-
ulous grounds as those expressed by Messrs.
Dugan and Chew.
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Purents' Army

Irecently read an article in your paper
about father who wanted to take his
sons place in the Army. I think there
should be law saying that all parents
go to war instead Of the young.
We would make better soldiers (both
mothers and fathers) than our children,
because we would have q cause. We
would be fighting for a safe place for
our children to live in. They have
nothing to fight for. excepting a place
for old people, and men who start wars
You never see a man Of 10 starting q
war. It is usually men of 40 and more
So If law were passed that all men
and women between 40 and 10 were con-
scripted, and we let the young men stay
home and run the country, God knows
1t couldn't get us into worse mess.
II you think that parents wouldn't
make good soldiers, you're crazy. Par
ents would go through hell and high
water for their young. The only thing
parents cannot stand is the waiting to
hear from their boys overseas. I am
sure all the fighting in the world isn't
so hard as that.
My son just lost part Of his leg. I
certainly wish 1t were me instead. It
would look much better If old people
were walking around on crutches instead
of the young. I am ready to fight If
the Government will let me- If Mac
Arthur can do it. so can the rest OF us.
Mrs. M. ]. w.
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Lubor's Attitude

The attitude and actions Of the So
called leaders Of organized labor, during
the past few weeks. have been a shock
ing revelation to the American people
Their outrageous demands, their walk
outs on the Government and their
threatened boycott of the rearmament
program have demonstrated an imma-
ture and irresponsible attitude.
Their oft-repeated slogan of equality
Of sacrifice" has backfired. It has been
revealed that organized labor sacrifices
less than other workers during times
such as these. Actually, they are at
least one step ahead Of everybody else
in obtaining pay raises. shorter hours
and numerous other benefits.
To think that the big labor bosses
will be satisfied with their newly
acquired gains is a misconception and
a delusion. Sam Gompers. founder OF
the American labor movement and first
Evening star., 1951-03-26
New Rates Were Overdue

It is not surprising that the Public Utilities
Commission has approved higher taxicab fares
for the District. The rates have remained sta
tionary since 1912, although maintenance and
operating costs of the taxcab business have
risen sharply in the meantime Representatives
Of the industry presented records showing that
maintenance costs have increased 78 per cent
since the last fare schedule was fixed. Wages in
comparable employment have gone up more than
90 per cent.
A committee of the Federation of Citizens
Associations recently found that the average cab
driver must take in at least $40 before he begins
to earn profit for the day. The average days
gross receipts are $3.50 under the existing rates
The committee said that cab driver must take
in $2240 day in order to earn as much as a bus
driver. The 10-cent increase for each zone granted
by the PUG will enable the average driver to
gross $2422 day.
The commission was wise in rejecting the
taxicab industry's request for a drastic Change
in group-riding policy. Under the proposed
change only passengers actually entering cab
at one time would have been entitled to group
riding rates. This would have meant that
passenger taken on at the next corner would
have had to pay the regular single-passenger
fare-although he would have been riding with
a group. This was plainly discriminatory and
would have discouraged group riding at time
when every encouragement should be given to it,
The 10-cent increase ordered in group-riding
fares will make this plan still attractive to taxi
cab drivers, without penalizing single passengers
for hailing group cab.
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Letters to The Star
names may be used il letters carry
10riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.

in student government-and which is
generally active in student affairs.
Therefore. during rushing, the frater-
mites are competing for those freshmen
who were outstanding in high school
activities, hoping that they will continue
their activities in college and thus give
their fraternity added prestige. No
fraternity made up entirely of gay blades
ever gained the reputation of being top
fraternity.
Anti-Frat has compiled a list Of his
noteworthy accomplishments, all Of
which came after his year at Maryland
We never had the use of a crystal ball
during rush week. All we had before
us was a record Of each mans high
school activities, and the impression he
made on us.
Perhaps AntiFrat could have set
forth an equally impressive pre-college
record. II so. can only answer that
the College Park fraternities must have
been asleep at the switch wheh he ma
circulated. Then will drive out to COL
lege Park to give the active chapter a
pep talk on rushing, and insist that they
check the freshmen more thoroughly In
the future.
Pro.Frat
Evening star., 1951-03-26
By Goult MocGowon

EN-. EISENHOWER has appointed.
" as his eyes and ears in the North
Atlantic wall. as romantic character
as ever appeared in a Hollywood movie
set amid tangled web Of Balkan espi-
onage and intrigue.
His name: Terence Airey. lately
knighted by King George; at SO, major
general in the British Army; military
governor of the combined United States
British zone of Trieste for the past four
years; before that. Afghan frontier
fighter. camel corps captain In the Afri-
can deserts, liberator of Abyssinia,
commando spark plug. secret military
envoy extraordinary and master mind
Of military intelligence from before the
Cairo Conference till shortly before
FotSdam.
Gen. Eisenhower first spotted Airey at
Teheran. He is an easy man to get
along with. Rudyard Kipling might
have made him tutor to Kim. He is a
Lawrence of Arabia that wars after
math did not daunt or disillusion-a
blond, blue-eyed man. Feminine heads
turn when he enters room. But Airey
is married to a lovely woman with q
little bit Of the Irish in her, too. Her
name is Bridget.
When last met Terence Airey, he
was living in the romantic castle of
Duino near Trieste, ruling a banana
shaped strip of Adriatic coast in the
name of U. N. and administering Mar
shall aid in the name of America. His
domain consisted of Italians, Yugoslavs.
former Austrian nationals, Kremlin
f1fth-columnists and Titoists He had
the aid Of handful of British Tommies
and bluejackets, GIs and gobs-rem-
nants Of the mighty army that went
marching through Italy into Austria.
About 40 satellite Russian radios-
Evening star., 1951-03-26
COLLEGE Froternities

"Anti-Frat's" bitter attack on George
Kennedy's article and the fraternities at
the University of Maryland deserves q
reply.
Letters like Anti-Frat's have popped
up before here and there. Evidently.
Anti-Frat has read many Of them. be-
cause he repeats all the old, familiar
cliches fraternity -haters use.
have known only one person who
was harmed by such letters or by anti
fraternity articles which have appeared
in magazines. That person was young
freshman at the University of Maryland.
Our fraternity had invited him to become
q member. but his mothers only knowl-
edge Of the fraternity system came from a
particularly bitter anti-fraternity article
which she had read in a well-known
magazine. and she forbade him to join,
much to his disappointment.
Having had the duties of rush chair
man in my last year at the University
Of Maryland, and having discussed
rush" policies with members of various
fraternities. know that it is not neces-
sary to be gay blade" to be invited
to membership in a fraternity. The
truth is that fraternities are often leary
Of the gay blade because they know that
he may get them into trouble with the
school authorities later on.
It isn't. necessary to be handsome,
have q convertible, or be bankers son.
Anti-Frat overlooked these stock al
legations, but it must have been merely
oversight on his part. A college fresh
man with average looks, friendly per-
sonality, dressed neither garishly nor
sloppily. and possessed of reasonably
good manners, has better than an even
chance of being invited to join a frater-
nifty.
If, in addition, he was newspaper
editor or class president or a varsity
athlete in high school, his only problem
will be deciding which of several frater-
nifty invitations to accept.
A big fraternity on the campus is one
that includes IN its membership the
editor Of the college paper or magazine.
a star on a varsity team, and a leader
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Gen. Eisenhower's New Eyes and Ears

throat. His brain was cool; facts were
OF his dngertips; his thinking was COS
mopolitan. In short, he was great
man on his way up. though few realized
1t then. Berlin, the Saar. the Oder
Neisse line, the Austrian peace treaty
all these were making headlines then.
but Trieste rarely. Trieste, however,
was fllled with dynamite-Terence Airey
was In charge Of this powder keg. You
heard nothing Of him.
He wanted it that way. He could
have been steam-rollered any minute
then. Those were jittery times, but
Alrey was calmly in command. Once
he had stilled crowd of hostile Moslems
in the desert with a look in his eye,
knowing no fear.
He has mobile, easy-smiling features,
like Gen. Ike. When a man was wanted
at the end Of the last war to 20 to
Switzerland in disguise to organize the
surrender Of the German armies in
Italy and Austria, they sent Airey. (iis
American counterpart on that trip was
Maj. Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer Of WASH
ington)
Now Gen. Eisenhower has. ASSIGNED
Airey to divining Russian intentions and
capabilities at any given moment, SO
that Ike's headquarters may have stra-
tegical dispositions ready to counter
them. So long as the war is still cold,
that job has priority No. l.
This may be the last you will hear
Of Airey for some time. A good director
Of intelligence goes underground. You
may even hear he has been fired; some
one else doing his Job.
He may become a mystery figure, a
legend. His name may softly rustic the
palm fronds on night breezes In the
Garden of Allah. His work, in any event,
will blow draughts beneath the Iron
Curtain.
That's Airey.
(North American Newspaper Ailiance)
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Show's Final Jest

George Bernard Shaw was not the first
man to make use of final will and testament
to make joke. He was entitled to last Jest
and his public certainly would have been dis
appointed if he had failed to take full advantage
OF his terminal opportunity. Mrs. Shaw also
had exercised her privilege to be facetious up
to the end. Remembering some incident or
series of incidents when she had suffered from
Irish impoiteness, she left $434 900 to teach the
people of Ireland better manners AS to exactly
how her purpose might be accomplished she
was not definite. The Irish, she suggested,
should be shown masterpieces of fine art' and
any institutions among them giving instruction
In "Self-control elocution, department. the arts
of personal contact, social intercourse and other
social graces" should be endowed. But even
these indications of what was in her mind when
she disposed of her estate are hazy. Master
pieces of fine art" in the judgment of some in
dividuals would be classic works by such artists
as Raphael and Rembrandt, Luini and Holbein;
the same phrase to others might mean Cezanne,
Van Gogh, Gauguin or possibly the prevailing
rash of Abstractionists.
Before anything constructive can be done
with Mrs. shaw's money, the words she employed
will have to be defined. A like observation ap-
plies to her husbands philanthrophy He be-
queathed 1901 900 more or less "to finance q
cultural revolution" by way of developing 40
letter alphabet, Representing every sound in
the English language" to replace the present
26-letter alphabet which admittedly does not
represent every sound in English. What the
famous playwright and critic was thinking about
apparently was a scheme for phonetic alphabet
put forward by the late Henry Sweet, Oxford
Reader of Phonetics, roughly half century ago.
G. B. S. always was interested in improved meth
odS of translating speech into written or printed
text. The first scene of "Pygmalion" supplies
evidence of his personal concern for the science
of spoken words Indeed, the whole of that
delightful comedy is discussion of the prob
lens of common utterance-with variations
tracing back to whether one comes from Lime
house or Belgravia.
Mr.. Shaw found amusement in trying to
identify the native environments of his visitors
when he lived in Adelphi Terrace in London.
He remained enthusiastic about the art of
speech as well as the art of writing as long as
he remained enthusiastic about anything. But
of course he knew that human habits and Gus
toms are not made by cultural endowments
half so much as they are made by factors over
which philanthropy has no control-the race
track for example, or the cricket or baseball
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Query to March

As you liDe Just north of April,
Maybe you can giue me news,
IT it is not too much bother
I 1oouldy 1Dere il, your shoes.
Are the aOoodterns pushing upUard
Fiddleheads OF bronze and green?
Are there tiny bluets peeping
Through the Dpouse-ear screen7
Is there lauish golden gliding
On the pointed a0illo1D- SWITCHES?
Are there tringy leaUes uncurling
OUer sprigs of Dutchmen's-b
Send me ,Dord by carrier robin!
oh, / think 1t such a pity
That spring mail comes slow del3psSj
To addresses In the city.
Yetzo Gillespie
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Arlington Schools
Arlington Reader.

Upon reading your recent editorial,
A Realistic School Program" I could
not help but note that the original re-
quest for new school buildings in Ar
lington was based upon sore need for
space IN order to provide our youngsters
with proper education.
While present shortages in building
materials make cut Of nearly so per
cent in the original plans seem a real
istic move. 1t must not be overlooked
that last November. when the original
referendum was defeated, the materials
were probably available. Now, with
short supplies. it is problematical
whether the needed buildings ever will
come into being.
Faced with such q result. what is now
called sincere criticism" may later be
referred to as sincere foolishness." The
criticism is supposed to have been based
upon the fact that fancy buildings"
were objected to. Among the objections
were some questionable" extras such
as kitchenettes in teachers lounges,
rubble stone, glazed ceiling high tile
work, and too much steel framing.
Was it ever considered that most
IA AA4AScSAA ot1I0OAo dAC oO O10tduI
other eating places that the faculty
must eat in the school cafeterias? Surely
hard-working teacher deserves a little
privacy during his or her lunch hour.
Such items as glazed tilework and rub
BILE stone are. Of course, definitely orna-
mental, but how can parent say there
is too much steel framing in a build
ing which houses his child during the
greater part Of the day?
There is a time and place for con-
servation. But when children are faced
with inadequate facilities under which
to receive their education, it Is up to
the parents to get busy and do some
thing about 1t. After all, equal oppor-
tunity for equal education is one of
the foundations Of our political and
social system Such q drastic problem
does not call for conservation. It calls
for action based upon an understand
ing of the real need.
Norm Atkins.
Arlington.
Evening star., 1951-03-26

and Moscow as well-turned their
broadcasts on the city to hamstring
Airey's job. They thought he was easy
but he turned out to be tough. He
stopped partisan raids across the Nor
gan Line into his territory, kept his
head in the whirlpool of local politics,
and received his first big political pay
check when Tito broke with the Kremlin.
An American general arranged for me
to see Airey in Trieste. "He is the real
boss here" the general said. land he
also is the shrewdest man between
Vienna and Rome"
Soon ! was talking to the man him
self-easily. affably. He wore q thin
shirt of tropical khaki, open at the
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Norm Atkins.

In Washington when I want all Of
the news. turn to The Star. certain
in the knowledge that its columns are
factual, complete and without bias. In
these days when far too many editors
are inclined to slant the news to fl
their own views, The Star carries the
story effectively and without consid-
Grafton Of any desire on the part OF
The Star to influence its readers.
To be brief, The Star. in the vernacu-
lar. "lays it on the line," leaving the
decision and opinionating to the reader
And that, to my way Of thinking-after
30 years experience as reporter and
editor-is the proper way to run a
newspaper.
Mcclellan Smith.
Evening star., 1951-03-26
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

by ldE HASklN SERVICE.
@. Who discovered that Mt. Everest
was the highest mountain in the worldf
S. N.
A. In 1852 clerk in the office Of the
Indian Trigonometrical Survey an
nounced that he had discovered from
available records the worlds highest
mountain. Later, the peak was named
In honor of Sir George Everest, first
Surveyor-General of India.
Q. What is the origin Of the button
hole in the lapel Of mems coat collars?
L. v.
A. The button hole is undoubtedly due
TO the TACT that originally mems coats
had collars which were turned up around
he neck in bad weather and buttoned.
Gradually as outer clothing became
heavier, the need to button up the collar
was no longer felt but the button hole
remained
Q. What countries in the world rank
next to the United States in respect to
high per capita incomes?-S. !. B.
A. The recent U. N survey showed
that no nation came close to the United
States fgure-$1 ,450 year. Other high
ranking nations with their per capita
annual incomes are: Canada, $870: New
Zealand, $856; Switzerland, ss4a:
Sweden, $3.50; United Kingdom, SITS:
Denmark. $500; Australia, $679.
Q. Does a person weigh more or less
after death?-E. N. C.
A. From tests that have been made
to compare the weight Of human be.
ings before and after death, it was
found that the difference in weight was
so small as to be practically negligible.