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Evening star., 1951-05-30

The grand ISLAM contract was
eninently correct.
West might well have opened q
trump, as the lead most likely to
do harm, but he preferred the sim
gleton heart. The king was put up
and South quickly drew trsimps.
He discarded a diamond on the
heart ace, then started to run of
the club suit, prepared to ruff out
club If necessary. Unfortunately,
however, the 5-1 break forced the
ruflng of two clubs, and this was
rather difficult to do with only
one trump left in dummy! Down
one!
Beyond argument. South ran into
bad break of clubs, but If he
had spent just a moment or two
in counting tricks he would have
seen the various suit breaks, what
ever they were, scarcely mattered /!
Thirteen tricks were almost IRON
clad. The safest. in fact the 99es
safe way to play the hand, was to
run a low heart Immediately with
a high trump, then to lead a low
trump to the ten-spot. Now an
other heart should be -'uffed high,
and South's remaining small trump
led to the jack. A third heart ruff
with a high trump would clean up
the heart suit except for the ace.
and now South could enter dummy
with diamond, draw Vests last
trump while he himself discarded,
ana finally collect the heart trick
and three top clubs.
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Tribune Syndicate. 1851
Evening star., 1951-05-30
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words beginning with .'h," such ss his
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Evening star., 1951-05-30
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letters. Words which acquire four letters
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Ia list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to xANTHOUS.
aunts, than. thus. thou. tuna, haunts, host,
hoax hunts, onns, oust, unto. Shoat, shout
shunt, shun. shut, shot. snout, south,
stun.
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lsee."
Answer: Right See what always
happens when my Latin editor. old
DOC S., takes day of? And he's
been chortling In his long white
beard ever since.
Evening star., 1951-11-23
Request Not Grunted

MADISON, Ind. R.-The gravel
in Mrs. H. c. Greer's new driveway
flew into the air when a car roared
over it and then mired down in
mud back of her home. Two men
got out and asked her to call a
wrecker. She called the sheriff
instead, and the men were arrested
ON drunken driving charges.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
This. and That

Only q little. however, would be
needed.
Jays and other wintering birds do not
demand steam-heated apartments.
Just little heat, or coverage. and
their own high temperatures do the rest.
The normal temperature of jay is
about 102 degrees. Other songbirds range
In normal temperatures from 101 to Ill
degrees.
1t will be realized that our jaybirds
had enough heat to suit them. =
The feathers made an ideal insulation,
though fragile in themselves.
The Ivy leaves offered more protection.
The two birds stood side by side, their
rounded chests completely in the open.
These. as all sleeping birds. keep their
grip on stem or branch while they are
asleep through a clever contrivance of
nature.
It is a modification of the old ma
gician's trick found so often in our
childhood days in the boxes of magic.
Do you remember the woven cuff,
which slipped over the hand and could
not be pulled OF?
The harder one pulled, the tighter the
thing held.
The only way to get OF was to
Evening star., 1951-02-27

Our pet pair Of blue jays topped their
record of going to bed early.
We had stated here that on cloudy
day they retired at $3.50 o'clock In the
afternoon.
Well, the weather got worse and worse.
and the days grayer and grayer.
It was exactly 2:30 o'clock that one
afternoon When the jays went to sleep.
That is really going to bed with the
chickens, as the old saying has 1t.
In hiding themselves in the ivy OF the
big tree the jaybirds find excellent COW
erage.
The odd fact is that one side or the
back is completely exposed.
It seems to make no difference.
Only on one night, and that the cold
est, did the birds sleep together.
This time they sought the followed
out place on the north side of the tree.
toward the house. about 10 feet away.
Perhaps this place had been chosen in
the first place because of the heat from
the house. Not that the Jays would con-
sciously think Of heat escaping. or that
they would even know little heat was
on that side.
,Such heat as there was would have
been very slight. Of course.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Action on Sosscer Bill Needed

With Metropolitan Area jurisdctional prob
lens growing more complex with every passing
day, the need for study of these difficulties with
view to regional cooperation to solve them
is becoming acute. The urgent appeal for con-
gressional action on the matter made by the
Interfederation Council deserves prompt atten-
tion
The council, with many other civic organiza-
tions, long ago Endorsed the bill by Representa-
tive Sasscer of Maryland to create a special COM
mission to look into the need for co-ordinated
governmental action in the Greater Washington
area. The bill died in committee at the past
session of Congress. It was reintroduced by Mr..
Sasscer at the start of the new session, but no
hearings have been held.
The legislation would provide authority for
appointment Of q nine-member group with
advisory powers only. The commission would
endeavor to work out plans for bringing about
closer teamwork among District, Maryland and
Virginia authorities in public service matters
mutually affecting the three jurisdictions. Out Of
such study might come proposals for permanent
regional agencies with statutory authority to
act in the Joint interest of all communities within
the Washington Metropolitan Area At least,
the way might be paved for better cooperation
among the various political subdivisions in the
working out of dispersal, civil defense, public
service and other problems which face Washing
ton and the neighboring counties.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
The Korochi Pact

The new trade pact that India and Pakistan
have agreed on at Karachi is hopeful sign that
the two countries may be able to make continu
ing progress toward final friendly settlement
of the political and economic issues that have
seriously strained relations between them
Although limited to a years duration, the
pact has the immediate effect of ending the
deadlock that began in September, 1949, when
Pakistan declined to 60 along with India and
other sterling countries in general devaluation
Of currencies. The trade that came to complete
halt because of the deadlock now will be resumed
"a two-way revival that is bound to be mutually
beneficial
Thus, under the pact, Pakstan will receive
from India Steel pig iron, cement, timber, textiles
and sorely needed COAL in exchange for skins,
hides, jute, cotton and about 900 tons of food
grains. The latter item will be of some help in
meeting the critical Indian shortage of million
tons, and the agreement as whole will serve
to soften the economic warfare that has been
hurting both countries.
Beyond that, this improvement in economic
relations should tend to promote better political
feelings, with the result that problems like Kash-
mir may lend themselves more readily to q
peaceful solution. In any case, since their inter-
ests are interdependent, India and Pakistan
should spare no effort to be good neighbors not
merely in trade but in everything else.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
BY Charles E. TroceweV

relax. and then it slipped OF as easily
as it had gone on.
Birds keep their grip while asleep
through exactly the same principle.
The bird claws tighten as the knees
relax The deeper the sleep, the greater
the relaxation, and the tighter the
hold of the claws.
When the bird finally awakes, the
knee muscles tighten up, the bird raises
himself a bit, and in so doing relaxes
the hold of the claws on the limb.
So no matter how soundly he sleeps.
he never falls off; but when he is ready
to fly away to seek his breakfast, he
simply takes off.
These sleepy birds must manage to
eat as much in hours as some of the
other species do in IL hours. Cardinals
and others are flying and eating fully
that long, even on the coolest days.
These jays of ours get up at 1880
o'clock in the morning, sometimes a
little sooner, sometimes later.
There is no lingering, either, once
they are awake
Zip! out Of their hideaway they come
with loud sqpawks to proclaim the fact
to all the nSening world.
Evening star., 1951-02-27

news photos, feature picture stories"
and cartoons. Some of these are given
free to foreign publications Some are
displayed as exhibits at United States
Information Service Offices abroad. Even
in the Iron Curtain countries, these pic
ture exhibits attract much attention.
BY air mail IMP also sends out for
distribution to the press in foreign coun-
tries stories of particular interest to
different groups in the population.
ID A recent Labor Air Bulletin" for in
stance, reported survey by a Univer-
sity of North Carolina sociologist showing
that thousands of textile mill employees
in the Southeastern United States are
buying their homes and the tradition Of
company -owned towns is rapidly dis
appearing
The American Medical Association
co-operates in supplying material for
medical and surgical reports that attract
wide interest among doctors abroad.
especially in areas where scientific
progress was retarded by the war.
John L. Dunning, chief of the IMP
division. has laid down an 8-point guide
for selection Of the material distributed
abroad. Except for the day-by- day news
reports. and technical material like the
medical notes. each item must pass
Evening star., 1951-02-27

scrutiny to make sure 1t does one or more
of these things:
/. Dramatizes to the world our basic
desire to safeguard freedom, promote in
ternational order and further the we'll
being of all peoples.
2. Furthers the No. United States
foreign policy objective to maintain and
defend the peace.
3. Exposes effectively the dangers Of
Soviet and Communist imperialism, and
the Kremlin's tactics of subversion from
within and the threat of military force
from without. ees s.e
4. Demonstrates that the United States
and the free world have both the re-
sources and the will to resist aggression.
S. Clearly counters Soviet or satellite
villifications of the free nations, par
ticularly the United States ...
6. Carries in some manner the message
that the four freedoms, preservation Of
family and cultural life and worship
of ones own God are possible only out
side the Soviet orbit.
Z. Shows that the American people
have genuine concern for the needs
and aspirations of the worker, the far
mer and the average man everywhere.
8. Promotes mutual understanding be-
tween the people Of the United States
and the people of other countries.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
|.N.P.-Weopon in Our Truth Campaign
By Gornett D. Horner

IT. THERE'S more to the Campaign of
L Truth being waged throughout the
world by our State Department than
it's Voice of America radio broadcasts.
The Departments Division of Inter-
national Press and Publications QNP)
uses the printed word and pictures as
weapons in fighting the propaganda
war with Soviet communism. Its work
is less widely known in this country
than the more spectacular Voice"
broadcasts, but this is considered an
essential part of the truth campaign.
Like the Voice, IMP has shifted more
and more in recent months from the
defensive to the offensive in the battle
of words. Content no longer with deny
ing Soviet lies and presenting merely
a general picture of American life, the
division is concentrating on showing up
in all possible ways the evils of COM
munism and dramatizing what democ-
racy has to offer the world.
The comic book technique is being
used to an increasing extent to tell vital
messages in picture stories that can be
easily understood by the common people
in backward areas of the world. One
such booklet, widely distributed in Asia,
tells what happened to Chinese village
after 1t was taken over by the Com
munists. Another depicts United Ma
tions co-operation in Korea.
IMP also directs the publication Of
several magazines to tell the story of
democracy abroad. The best known OF
these is "Amerika," printed in Russian
and enjoying wide circulation in the
Soviet Union. Numerous articles from
American magazines and newspapers
also are reprinted for distribution
abroad.
One of the major activities of IMP is
worldwide distribution of straight news
and news pictures, supplementing the
services of private American news agen-
cies like the Associated Press. In its
Wireless Bulletin the State Depart
ment sends out by radio to its missions
abroad some 5000 words Of news daily.
This includes the texts Of major speeches
and messages to Congress by President
Truman and the texts of Secretary Of
State Acheson's speeches. Other events
bearing on American foreign policies are
reported at length.
This news material Is reproduced in
the local language at American missions
abroad and offered free to local news
papers. In many places where for eco
nomic reasons the reports Of private
American news agencies are not avail
able. the Wireless Bulletin fills a big
gap. The service includes digests Of
editorials from wide number of repre-
sentative American newspapers.
IMP officials estimate that about one
third of their output Is In pictures
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Questions and Answers

The stars leaders can &c. the answer to
Evening Star Information Bureau, 1900 I street
NV. Washington 5. D. c.. and inclosing 8 cents
return postage BY telephoning ST. 1858.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
@. Were vaudeville shows originally
presented for men only?-D. c. L.
A. They were designed only for men
until 1881 when. on October "a, Tony
Pastor introduced the first show suit
able for ladies and gents" at the Four
teenth Street Theater, New York City.
@. Please define the terms classified
service" as it relates to Federal Govern
ment employes.-H. E.
A. classified service" denotes that
portion of the total Federal civil service
which has been placed under the merit
system.
@. What is the official language Of
Vatican City?-E. E. G.
A. The language In common use is
Italian. but official acts Of the Holy
See are drawn up In Latin.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Letters to The Star

ments and provides that all bonds must
be paid of within the life Of the projec.
for which they are issued. and in no
event may they remain outstanding for
more than 80 years. These limitations.
together with the requirement for q
referendum on each bond issue, make
would mortgage the resources Of the
District for frivolous purposes.
There Is nothing unusual about the
provision of the bill which permits
one-year residents to register and vote
In local elections regardless of "domi-
cile'' or voting rights elsewhere. It is
customary practice in neighboring in
corporated towns in Maryland, and there
is no evidence that the financial stability
of those local governments has been
impaired by such provision.
Does the less than 10 per cent now
paid by Congress in lieu Of taxes on
Federal property give Congress the right
to dictate how our tax money shall be
spent? Would an elected local govern
ment, responsible to the taxpayers, be
any less careful Of their money than
the Congress of the United States, which
has no responsibility to them?
The power given the District Council
to make Legislative proposals" is a de-
sirable one to relieve Congress Of much
of the detail necessitated by its acting
as the legislature for the District, in
lieu of a State or territorial legislature.
Furthermore. 1t would give the people
Of the District the opportunity to par
ticipate In legislation affecting the Dis
trict, which they do not now have and
cannot have without constitutional
amendment. There may be some ques-
ton as to the constitutionality Of this
provision of the BILL but its invalida-
ton by court action would in no way
affect the other provisions Of the bill
which would charter local municipal
government with all the customary
municipal powers.
Kenneth p. Armstrong.
Editors Note: The constitutional
question raised by Mr.. West, with
which "The Star happens to agree"
referred to the plan in the Kefauver
bill under which acts Of the City
Council would be approved in Con-
gress by the negative legislative proc
ess Of failing, within a specified time
limit, to disapprove them. The argu-
ments Of distinguished legal counsel
that this provision was invalid per-
suaded Representative Auchincloss,
author Of comparable measure, to
drop this plan from his bill.
The Stars comment on the dual
voting provision of the Kefauver bill
was directed to the wisdom Of the
provision rather than to acceptance
of its legality by the States In the
latter connection 1t Is interesting,
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Poisoning the Upper Potomac

It is fortunate for Washington that the
Potomac River dilutes the suphuric acid which
poisons the North Branch of the stream in the
Cumberland-Luke area. Even so, it is astounding
to learn from the Presidents Water Resources
Policy Commission that the equivalent of 86 tons
of Sulphuric acid enters the Potomac every day
in the upper coal mine region. This acid waste
from active and abandoned mines has killed all
ish life in long stretch of the river. Ironically,
an impending pollution abatement step by d
paper mill at Luke threatens to aggravate the
acid conditions.
The acid discharge from coal mines along
the North Branch has been serious problem for
years. AS q result of efforts by the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River Basin and
other agencies, the discharge has been reduced
by sealing of some abandoned properties, diver
sion of surface drainage to prevent the seepage
into mines that causes acid formation and pump
ing out of old mines The Bureau of Mines Is
studying the problem, which is present in other
river basins, too.
At present the acid is partly neutralized by
alkaline industrial waste dumped in the river by
paper mills But, in line with the movement to
reduce industrial contamination of the stream,
the West Virginia Pulp g. Paper Company is pre-
pairing to eliminate its alkaline discharge. To
what extent this will increase the rivers acidity
+ in the North Branch and in the main river Is a
matter of speculation.
The Presidents commission deplored the
fact that there is at present no concentrated
effort to solve the acid problem. 1t recommended
O sound four-point program to deal with this
phase Of river pollution. The program would in
clude intensive research into the causes of acid
formation in the mines and means of preventing
1t, positive steps to keep acid drainage from en-
tering the river, possible legislation to control
mine discharges and placing of responsibility for
existing contamination in the Luke area. This
program is one which calls for State and Federal
cooperation II should be put into effect without
delay.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Troppists in Virginia

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have
been made aware of the Trappists or the Cister-
clan Order of the Strict Observance, through the
books of one Of their number, Thomas Merton
He described his own entrance into the order In
"The Seven-Storey Mountain" and its history in
"The Waters of Siloe" Recently, community
of 80 monks and as many lay brothers estab
lished monastery known as "Our Lady of the
Holy Cross" near Berryville, Virginia, the first
such foundation in the Old Dominion.
According to a reporter for the winchester
Star, "Our Lady of the Holy Cross" founded last
November, is already thriving concern. The
monks wearing heavy habits of rough mate
rial, work in the fields and pasturelands. Dedi-
Gated to poverty, chastity and obedience they
alternate their long hours of strenuous manual
labor with an exacting routine of prayer, fasting
and meditation instituted by the great 18th GEN.
tury reformer Bernard of Clairvaux.
The monks follow their sternly ascetic
rounds in beautiful Colonial mansion, Cool
Spring, once the scene of the most lavish hospi-
tality and gaiety. At tables which used to groan
with every delicacy that field and stream could
provide, they partake sparingly of soup and
vegetables, subsisting on diet which allows no
meat fish eggs or wine. For all their self
denial, they appeared to the Winchester Star
reporter serene, contented and radiant with an
inner light that is not of this world"
It is an existence which to many of us is
almost incomprehensbe. STILL to say the least,
it is in marked contrast to the struggle for power
and recognition and advantage which goes on
unabated in this Capital City, some go miles
away.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
'SocioIist' Schools

The recent Atlantic City get-together
Of a National Education Association
group may well cause parents Of school
children to ponder about the educational
welfare Of their children in modern
public schools. This NEA group. calling
itself Commission for the Defense Of
Democracy Through Education, declared
that honest and constructive criticism
Of present-day decadent public education
Is expressed only by "subversive ele-
ments." The MEAS Commission for the
Defense Of Democracy itemized such
"subversive criticism" as saying that
public schools are: /. Leading the Nation
toward socialism; 2. not teaching enough
reading, writing and arithmetic; 5.
eliminating drill and discipline; and 4.
too expensive. In my opinion, the public
schools well merit each of these criticisms
and more.
There can be little doubt by anyone
who has taken the time to look into
modern public school practices that
the whole philosophy of present-day
schooling is directly toward some form
Of socialist superstate. The existence
of remedial reading classes in most public
schools indicates that the three RS are
not being adequately taught. Practically
all parents will agree that there is an
almost complete lack. of drill and dis
cipline in public schools nowadays, as
compared with when they went to school,
AL taxpayers can merely look at their
recent tax bills for education compared
with those about five or six years ago
and quickly see the tremendous rise in
the cost of what goes under the name Of
education" Although educators serv-
ices are much more expensive, there
has been no corresponding increase
luxury of sessions in socialism.
Thus, the National Education Associa-
ton may choose to smear its critics with
abuse, but 1t would be much better If
that organization would conduct itself
in manner befitting the dignity and
respect held for educators in years gone
by. No one. of course, can hold much
regard for any outfit indulging in the
all-too- familiar smear technique Of
Communists and Socialists to becloud
criticism, instead Of honestly replying to
the charges placed against them. Let us
hope that the majority of teachers can
influence the NEA to become once again
an honorable and worthy organization.
Franklin T. Miles.