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Evening star., 1951-08-08
MiIitory Pay

Now that Congress is granting q pay
increase for the civil service employees
to help relieve the present-day cost Of
living. what is to be done for those other
Government employes-the military
and their inadequate salaries?
Since January there have been at least
three bills introduced in regard to pay
increases for military personnel or in
creasing allowances for their dependents.
Evidently these bills have conveniently
been put aside for more important bills,
i.e., a bill authorizing the secretaries
of the military departments to provide
for the promotion and maintenance of
civilian recreation" which Is before the
Armed Services Committee.
Due to the injustices in the Career
Compensation Act of 1949, general pay
increase or increased allowances for de-
pendents cannot be authorized for mill
tary personnel unless bill to that effect
is passed by Congress.
The small increases granted by the
Career Compensation Act of 1949 were
Offset by the repeal of special military
deductions from income tax, and since
that time the cost Of living has increased
around 8 per cent.
The problem Of a general increase in
service pay or allowances for dependents
to meet the needs of the times can hardly
be avoided much longer, for the need is
now, not next year.
Service Wife
Evening star., 1951-08-08
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

O. In reference to a recent trial in
Czechoslovakia, the statement was made
that the prisoner was the victim Of a
kangaroo court. What is a kangaroo
court? IF.
A. A sham court or a mock trial.
Origin of the term is unknown, but some
authorities have traced it to the early
days in Australia, in the sense Of an
irregularly conducted court in frontier
district The term appears as early as
1853 in reference to Texas. Kangaroo
courts have also been associated with
inmates of jails and penitentiaries.
@. Did the Indians in the United
States participate in the war between
the North and South?-1. B. S.
A. Some Indians sided with the
North, some with the South, and the
Indians fought in both the Union and
Confederate armies. Some of the In
dians were shareholders and they were
affected by the war Just as other slave
holders.
@. Is there a simple way to carry ice
so that picnic food can be kept cold?-
G. j.
A. Government authorities suggest a
large kettle or other cooking vessel with
lid, as an effective picnic "ice chest"
Cover the bottom thickly with crushed
ice. Then place the food, in plastic
bags or glass jars. in the vessel and
pack with more crushed ice. Wrap thick
layers of paper or towels around the
kettle to act as an insulator. For the
sake of safety any protein food in sand
wiches or packed separately. should be
kept cold.
@. Is, smoking more injurious to
women than to men? o. B.
A. There is no scientific proof that
such is the case.
Evening star., 1951-08-08

are only as valid as the sum Of the
data it receives. To build q machine
that would catch tax-evaders, for in
stance, it would be necessary to build
into it an extremely devious mind
on the theory that it takes thief to
catch thief. But perhaps we would
find the machines mind so devious that
we would be leery of believing it. We
would then have come full wheel: we
would have built ourselves an electronic
liar and would be forced to reject every
thing 1t said.
This is the kind of machine to be
scared of-the kind that puts a blemish
on the bright future of DR.. Wiener's
cybernetic revolution. For this is the
kind Of machine that might decide to
60 into politics. establishing itself as
an electronic dictator over a mechani-
cally-minded people that wanted moth
ing more from the world than a full
stomach and comfortable seat in
front Of the television set.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Lond Reform to Cure Initiation

If the spirit of Jefferson could be in
voked to pass upon what is happening
to us in this mythical free world" so
much banded about these days, the
verdict might be headlined as "Too
Much Government, Mad Taxing for
Mad Spending. Democracy Slipping"
The Greeks may have had name
more apt than any now current, for q
government that jails people, not for
their crimes, but for holding out in
division of their plunder with its
treasury.
Recourse to graduated income and
other so-called soak-the-rich taxes, as
further means Of covertly soaking the
gullible consumer. has added no luster
to the moral pretensions Of nation Of
churchgoers. The pity is SO few Of
them are Quakers.
Taxes are climbing, due to the cold
war Of pot calling kettle black that
has come to blows in Korea. with no
end In sight save making lasting
enemy Of China. Climbing with them
are always inflated land prices that are
not only heavy burden to production.
but are forcing our farm lands into
the hands of soil-impoverishing ten
antry that is taxed with the rest OF US
to subsidize it and buy up large parts
of it's produce to enhance the price Of
what is left to the consumer.
Taxing the products and profits Of
industry brings infiation that grows as
the taxes mount. The only other source
Of public revenue lies In the value given
the land by organized society. that in
creases with the growth Of population.
Taking that value for public use, where
it rightly belongs. would cheaper land
to all who need 1t for use. and spell
the end Of imitation in the price Of
everything produced from it.
Walter N. Campbell.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
By WiIIiom Hines

THE possibility that the cybernetic
L. revolution, as heralded by M. I. T.'s
DR.. Norbert Wiener, will come to pass
grows daily more remote.
In essence, DIR. Wiener processes to be-
lieve that in time machines will take
over all the doing and eventually all the
thinking operations now carried out by
man, bringing to reality the Age of the
Machine.
While there is something frightening
about DR.. Wiener's prediction. there is
also something bit soothing: the day
will come, perhaps, when man can stop
thinking entirely and sit back with
nothing more complex than his tele-
vision set and his newspaper to occupy
his mind.
Unfortunately. DR.. Wiener's prediction
isn't likely to come true-and the fault
is not so much DR.. Wiener's nor the
human races as that Of the machine
itself.
Until we can develop q machine that
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Army Double Talk

Senator Hoey of North Carolina has brought
to light an incident which, to put it mildly,
reflects no credit on the Defense Department.
The incident is one of those things that
ordinarily would attract little or no attention
Some weeks ago the Army asked Winston
Salem public school official DR.. Ralph Brimley,
to serve as a member of an education commits
sion to Japan. DR.. Brimley had not sought that
assignment but he accepted. Then, on July S,
he was informed that his name had been dropped
from the list.
On it's face this was trivial affair,
hardly worthy of notice. But Senator Hoey
wanted to know why his winston Salem con-
stituent had been dropped from the commission,
and he wrote to General Marshall for informa-
ton. The replies that he received from General
Marshall and from Army Secretary Pace were
something less than full and fortnight.
It seems that DR.. Brinley once made talk
to school teachers in his county advising them
to use the grievance committee of their own
Education Association instead of forming sep
arate union of teachers. According to Senator
Hoey, the American Federation of Labor took
exception to this and was able to have DR.. Brim-
ley dropped from the commission being formed
to carry the light to the Japanese
General Marshall while leaving the burden
of the reply to Secretary Pace denied that the
Department of Defense accepts dictation" from
pressure groups He did not deny however,
that the tilt with the AFL was the reason for
DR.. Brimley'S removal.
Mr.. Pace was more elaborate, but less direct
He pointed out that the individuals selected for
the mission to Japan must be acceptable to the
educators, students and citizens" of that country
DR.. Brimley, he went on, appears to be involved
in controversy which could well make itself
felt in Japan" and therefore he was removed
from the list.
If that is not unadulterated nonsense, then
nothing is. It could only make sense If one
were willing to assume that the people of Japan
knew about or would care about the fact that
DR.. Brimley had made talk which irked the
AFL. OF course the japanese people never heard
of the matter, and probably would not give it
q second thought if they did.
In his letter to Senator Hoey, Mr.. Pace said
the Army believes the Education Commission to
Japan serves as one of the best means Of in
doctrinating the people Of japan in the ways Of
democracy as understood in the United States
That could be interpreted as meaning that
the Army has found another way Of wasting the
taxpayers money, But If the statement be
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Decision at West Point

The honor system as known at West Point is
retained by number of colleges and universities
which have been able to sustain the tradition
which lies behind it. Others have tried it and
abandoned it. The reasons for its abandonment
are probably connected with growth of a student
body, belief that the code offers unnecessary
temptation and depends too much upon what
Is often regarded as the breach of another code
OF conduct-the exposure, by one student, of
another's dereliction.
Where the system has been successful, the
elements which made it so are hard to define.
They involve intangibles-such as loyalty to an
ideal and complete acceptance of its Importance;
pride in the integrity of a group which makes
OF the individual a jealous guardian of that
integrity.
But debate over the strength or the
weaknesses of an honor system seems irrelevant
In connection with what has happened at West
Point For while it is easy to understand the
frailties which evidently produced violations of
the code, it is also certain that no honor system
Is worthy of the name if compromise becomes
part of its enforcement. The authorities, and ap-
parenty the student body at West Point along
with its thousands of alumni, cherish the honor
system which is almost as old as the academy
itself. Once it became known that pattern Of
violation was asserting itself, involving about
half of the outstanding athletes the issue was
whether to retain the honor system or retain
those found guilty of its violation.
There must have been many considerations
which made the decision difficult one, such as
the emphasis on athletics which has developed
q system of its own not wholly compatible with
the honor system. The athletes were not the
originators of the system. They were It's victims.
While the West Point incident may go far to
restore athletics to a proper perspective, 1t is
unfortunate that the price of this reform must
be the careers of number Of young men whose
great ambition was to serve their country as
soldiers.
The public does not have all of the details
Of the scandal and may never have them ALL for
the authorities have been anxious to shield the
personal identities Of the men involved. But it
should be remembered that the decision at
West Point was not hasty one, nor was it the
decision of one man. board OF officers investi-
gated the charges, Secretary Pace obtained the
distinguished services of Justice Learned Hand
and two retired Army officers, one Of them the
head of the alumni association, the other the
president of a university, in reviewing the cases.
Their findings were unanimous. The cadets have
available still another opportunity to defend in
dividual conduct before a final board, which will
decide the degree of guilt and punishment. Some
Of the purely emotional expressions from men,
berS of Congress and others, seeking to minimize
the offenSe and blame the authorities, rather
West Point and the cadets who are in trouble.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Letters to The Star

and collect more over period Of time
than to stifie all initiative and remove
all incentive.
Congress would do well to take its
time about writing new tax bill and
then come up with one that will en-
courage business, and it will be amazed
at the beneficial results it will have upon
the American morale. This Nation leads
the world financially and politically, so
let us also show the way in wisdom and
enlightenment.
Herbert G. King.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
The Idle Grass

The grass has nothing to do but orop
Nothing to do all day
Except to practice being green
And ripple and surge and sDGy,
GiDing the fluent contoured grace
OF sea to stubborn soil. '..
oh. fortunate is the idle grass
Exempt from any toll,
With nothing to do all day but be
Green in the sunlit iDeatler,
Nothing to do but feed mankind
And hold the earth together.
Jdne n. Merchont.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Discrimination

It is encouraging that recently, and
within 10 days Of each other, two out
standing Americans have numbered the
days Of racial discrimination in our land.
On July %. at Freedom Rally in Uline
Arena, Lillian Smith predicted the end
of segregation in Dixie and D. c. within
10 years. In Singapore. Gov. Dewey
prophesied full citizenship for American
Negroes within another IL years.
Paraphrasing a much more ancient
leader than these, pray that the God
of our fathers will teach us all to num-
ber the days of racial discrimination in
America, for if we do not the days of
our republic are numbered.
Charles E. Walden, Jr.,
Assistant to the Vicar, Atonement
Chapel (EpiscopaD.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
furnished Bross
Herbert G. King.

On July 27 observed the most OBJ
vious demonstration Of hereditary traits.
I. among thousands of people, viewed in
reverence the funeral procession of the
late Admiral Forrest P. Sherman.
The contingents of the commissioned
and commissioned military person.
mel on foot conducted and carried out
their sincere respect for a lost hero. Be-
hind the caisson. in motorized vehicles,
followed the officers Of rank and digni-
taries Some showed true dignity and
proper respect. while others slouched in
their seats and smoked cigars and ciga-
rettes. These are our leaders.
III % q
Evening star., 1951-08-08

machine. can the code-assembly be
made SO elastic that it can be changed
rapidly, obviating the threat of obso-
lescence Of the machine? For just as a
community's morals change from year
to year, SO the code of conduct of the
individual undergoes change.
Too. the answers q machine can give
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Service Wife.
Standard Values

May ask why Congress cannot en-
act legislation which would standardize
the selling value of all tangibles in the
wholesale and retail field in the same
manner that weights and measures
must conform and be equal to standard
weights and measures at the Bureau of
Standards?
Wouldn't this put an end for once
and all to imitation and depression?
Lewis Kanick.
Evening star., 1951-08-08
Questions ond Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Informa-
tion Bureau. 1900 Eye street NV, Washing.
return postage
Evening star., 1951-08-08

can give us an infinity OF possible
answers to single question. the devious
human mind is certain to remain SUI
preme.
The weakness Of the machine. for the
fruition Of a cybernetic revolution, lies
in its relative simplicity. Even the most
Evening star., 1951-08-08

Pen-7aanaes may be used If letters carry
writers' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Scientific Instrument
Charts Human Blood Flow

The newest scientific instrument
is machine which photographs the
flow of blood through the human
circulatory system.
Called a "seriagraph", 1t is ac-
tually an X-ray machine, which
takes pictures as rapidly as every
hat-second although it can be set
for lower speeds.
The Seriagraph is most valuable
to the brain surgeon. It can be used
for other parts of the blood system,
but is especially valuable for To-
eating brain tumors, cerebral
hemorragheS, atrophies, and other
kinds of pathological deteriorations.
Principal parts OF the apparatus
are the rotating anode tube, which
projects the x-ray, and a Fairfield
aerial camera, which records the
pictures on roll of film.
A patient brought in for observa.
ton OF suspected brain tumor is
placed on table, under anesthetic,
with his head immobilized between
the tube and the camera. A radio
opaque substance, either thorium
or an iodine dye. is injected into
the artery in the neck with
syringe.
During the six seconds It takes
Tor the dye to travel through the
arteries, capillsries and veins OF
the brain, and out again, the camera
makes its pictures. II there Is o
tumor, the pictures will show where
the flow Of dye was blocked.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Carey H. Quinn
Is New Head OF
Bethesda Lions

Carey H. Quinn, Montgomery
County and Washington lawyer,
and former Judge of the Mont
gomery County Orphans Court,
was elected last week as president
of the Bethesda Chevy Chase Lions
Club. He succeeds Robert H.
Best, whose term will expire in
July. Other officers, in addition
to Mr.. Quinn, elected were: E.
Austin Carlin, LIST vice president;
James E. Hoyle, End vice president;
Harry T. Wolfe, 3rd vice president;
William T. Allen, secretary-treas-
urer; Charles Stuart, lion tanner;
John Logan, tail twister; Joseph
stuart and Fred Woolston, direc-
tors.
The new president has long been
active in civic affairs and was one
of the originators of the physical
handicap program undertaken by
the local Lions Club three years
ago, which serves to place those
under physical disabilities in places
of employment in accordance with
their aptitude. He also was re-
sponsible for the legislation Great
ing the present county library pro-
gram. Mr.. Quinn is president of
the Montgomery County Symphony
Orchestra.
The new officers will be installed
on July 10 by the District Cover
nor of Lions International Dis
trict 22-C.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Damascus Seniors
Hold Class Night
Program June s

The Senior Glass of Damascus
High School held its Glass Night
exercises before a capacity audi
ence on Friday, June 8, in the
High School auditorium. Forrest
MacNab was master of ceremonies.
Guests were welcomed by Gay
Harding, vice president of the
class of 1851. Members of the
class were introduced by way of
clever poem written by Pearl King
and Ruby Mae Pearce.
The Class history was prepared
by Barbara Rhinehart, Margaret
Scheib and June Poole. Mary Ann
Ward, Barbara Ann Burdette and
Patsy King offered musical num-
bers. A short farce, entitled "Three
Strikes and Out" was given by
Betty Joan Mullinix and Ellis
Cline.
Evelyn Day, Mary Ann Beall and
Rachel Green presented the Pro-
phecy, look into the future, while
the Last Will and Testament of
the Senior Glass" was read by
Sammy Gladhill and Clifford Davis.
Gifts from the Seniors were
presented to the Faculty and
Juniors. This was done by Velma
Brown, Dorothy Beally Mary Ann
Clayton Charles Bargher and.
The program closed with the
singing of the Seniors farewell
Song, with Jack Reid, music in
structor, at the piano. ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
BY DR. 5TT5IIKlk FOREMAN

SCRIPTURE: Acts ls; 4: %: Romans
1:1-l6.
DEVOTIONAL READING: II Corin-
thians 5:l4-2l.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14

Did you know you can have your
taxes paid or your funds deposited
In the bank by the Railway Express
Agency? 1t will also collect on notes
and mortgages; obtain signatures
on notes, mortgages, deeds and 9TH
er legal documents; purchase
goods; renew or redeem pawn tick
cts and return the pawned article
TO the owner; deliver papers to be
llled or recorded by Federal, State,
County, City or town officials and
examine such records.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Ads~t sssnsnt !
G From where ! sit Ky Joe Marsh
49, Hope "cappy" Told Him
A&S Where To Get Of!

that now I don't know what city
was going to get of, att"
Cappy might have been pulling
our leg, but from where l sit, lots
of us get so wrapped up in our
selves we often forget where
we're going" Some folks get so
narrow they even begrudge their
neighbors the right to enjoy a
glass of beer now and then. Let's
not forget that just as trains run
on steam and oil, demOcracies run
on freedom and tolerance!
@e &~4<
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14

ing one another the story of Jesus.
When Jesus said, BE my wit
nesses," his first hearers did not
think he meant only to those
for whom it is an old story"
The early church was by no
means an organization devoted to
repeating something they knew by
heart, like the ritual of a lodge.
1t was devoted to telling the good
news about God to people who did
not know that God had any good
news.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Teachers Lightly Regarded

He is either dead or teaching
was the way an ancient Athenian
poet referred to young man who
had not been seen for while. This
was typical of the sighting atti-
tude at that time toward teachers
of children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Silent Practical

A triumph of science! An instru-
ment company has an arrangement
Tor its organs whereby only the
student, wearing earphones, can
near his own practicing. others
sitting Just few feet away can't
hear thing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14

~ VII LllSlIl. ~ w DIS
no old, old story for
them, it was hot
news.
Whatever objec-
tons people m a Y
have had to Chris
tianity in t h o S e
days, they never
said it was "old
stuff. More than
that, Christians did
nnA 1o orni,n1 tall
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Tell the Story!
Lesson for June II, 1851

HTELL me the old, old story" is
favorite hymn in many
places. But the first Christians
would have been considerably puz-
zled by that hymn if you had tried
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14

In large broaocasting studio,
the sound OF door squeaking
ominously open is made possible
by the application of paint to the
hinges Of a real door. '-...'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14

"Cappy' Fisher who just re-
tired after thirty-five years as a
railroad conductor - was telling
about a salesman who was often
one. of his passengers.
"That man was so busy" says
Cappy, che used to bring a dicta-
phone on the train to catch up on
his letters. On one trip he'd been
rushing around so much he clean
forgot to bring his ticket. Left it
on his desk"
When Cappy started to tell him
not to worry about the ticket, the
salesman busts out with "Who's
worried about the ticket? It's just
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-10-04

companied, by their son, Earl, went
to their daughters home in Ia
koma Park on Sunday last where
a birthday dinner was given in
honor Of Mr.. Hoyle.
The Women's Missionary Society
of Boyds Church, met on Septem-
Der 20, at the home of Miss Cora
Clever in Buck Lodge, with a
good attendance. The hostess
served delicious refreshments after
the study and business session.
Edward Kingston Pickrell, Jr,
of Boyds and 81 S. Washington
st., Alexandria, Va. has entered
the freshman class of Cornell Uni
versity, at Ithica, N. Y. Edward,
the son of Assistant Chief Special
Agent of the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac R. R., was
an honor graduate of the class Of
81 of George Washington High
School, Alexandria, at the age of
16.
Miss Joan Pickrell spent pleas
ant vacation at a girls camp in
Virginia, returning home in time
to attend school in Germantown.