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Evening star., 1951-05-05
Analogy
Gladys Pavlat.

In the Macarthur controversy 7 have
heard no reference to the principle for
the conduct of senior military COM
manders that our Government carefully
developed and scrupulously applied in
the postwar trials of the German gen.
erals.
Certain of the Germans were ordered
by competent. superior civilian authority
to do certain things to which we, as
conquering enemies, objected. Some of
the generals, as was brought out in their
testimony, also objected. If their objec-
tions took the form of disobeoience or
circumyention of their orders, they were
let off relatively easily by the court.
Those who, remembering their oaths of
office, followed the orders as issued were
hanged or imprisoned by the Americans
sitting in Judgment on them.
The difference between the specific acts
in which the German commanders and
Gen. Macarthur were involved has no
bearing ON the case Both had orders
that violated their principles or judg-
ment. The Germans who did their duty
(obeyeO were hanged or jailed. Those
who followed their consciences at the
expense of their duty had their actions
condoned. Gen. Macarthur followed his
conscience and was ANONYMOUSLY fired.
Cadwallader.
Evening star., 1951-05-05

He grinned wider than ever.
"As matter of fact" he pointed, I'VE
have been running on daylight saving
time since yesterday"
Mrs. Jones took the news quietly.
She really hadn't paid much atten-
tion to the household clocks, and Tenn
pleton had put them over on her.
She was glad, though.
This thing of trying to go against
practically the whole Nation isn't what
some think it is.
Great national and international
sweeps, she felt, must be given in to, or
else.
People want to fool themselves, Tenn
pleton Jones says, but Mrs. Jones be-
lieves they are merely practical
She tried to tell Jones that.
Putting the clocks forward" she
ave1Ted, sis simply a practical method
of getting people to get up earlier, to
start out earlier It is a good thing"
Jones had admitted it a good thing,
but said people should be willing to
start the day an hour earlier, that is
all 4
But they simply wouhia't do it. you
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Black Becomes White

Russa's Minister of War, Marshal Vasilevsky,
told May Day audience in Moscow that the
Americans have been waging for ten months IAN
unjust war of annexation" in Korea.
The statement attracted relatively little at
tention, and why should it?-just one more lie
woven into the fabric of lies which constitutes
what passes for diplomacy in the U. S. S. R. But
perhaps we tend to shrug off these things too
lightly. .-,
The claim that we are fighting to annex
Korea is bigger than the average lie. Marshal
vasilevSky knew it was a lie when he uttered
it. And so did those who heard hitn-Prime
Minister Stain, Deputy Prime Minister Molotov,
and the rest Of the Kremlin's Big Brass. Still,
there are those among us who believe or pretend
to believe that we can come to tolerable settle
ment with the Russians that everything, some
how, is going to turn out all right. They should
listen to Marshal vasilevsky, and stop kidding
themselves.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
By George B. Parker

G6VOU are not paid to think" is an
i Army phrase which many old
soldiers must have thought of wryly
when Gen. Macarthur faded so spectac-
ularly away by executive order. The
same sentiment is expressed more
politely in Section II, Article 2, of the
Constitution: 1.-THE President shall be
Commander in Chief of the Army and
Navy"
Gen. MacArthur's dismissal seems to
have aroused more public emotion, at
the expense of considered judgment.
than any personnel change since the
assassination of President Lincoln. 1t
has not been necessary in most cases for
newspaper writer's and other explorers
of current thought to ask the public for
opinions, any more than it was necessary
for JohnStoWn, Pa, to ask for the flood.
And in all the clamor and vilif1cation.
it is curious how one precedent in recent
history has been overlooked.
It happened in the tense time before
Pearl Harbor, when the clouds were
gathering in the Pacific but the storm
had not yet broken. The President, of
course, was Franklin D. Roosevelt. The
service head who took exception to the
views of his Commander in Chief was
Admiral James o. Richardson, now re-
tired.
This case, of course, in no way affects
the principle that, under the American
system, the military must be subordinate
to the civilian authority. 1t does dem
onstrate. however. that the fact that the
President has the right to overrule his
military subordinate does not necessarily
nF hi
in doing so.
Admiral Richardson, testifying before
the joint congressional Pearl Harbor
investigation in 1945 said that he
opposed keeping the Pacific Fleet in
Hawaii-for fear of submarine
attack. Mr.. Roosevelt, however, told
Evening star., 1951-05-05
An UnconscionobIe Racket

The crime of which Representative Brehm,
Republican, of Ohio has been convicted by
District Court jury is not unlike the racket
recently exposed by a Senate investigating
committee in Mississippi In both cases jobs in
Government were, in effect, "sold" to those who
were willing to make political donations" And
retention on the payroll was made conditional on
additional payments on demand. In both cases
an unconscionable abuse of political patronage
was involved.
Mr.. Brehm was found guilty of requiring
"kickback' of part of the salary he paid to
a woman employe of his office. The charge was
that he received 5000 month for five months as
contributions" to his campaign for reelection.
J. Parnell Thomas, former Representative from
New Jersey, was convicted of somewhat similar
kickbacks
In Mississippi various Federal jobs were
gifts of money to the So-called Trumanite
Democratic faction in control of patronage
there If it is wrong to sell Federal jobs at the
Capitol it is wrong to sell them in Mississippi
The public will await with interest the outcome
of the several Investigations being conducted
into the Mississippi racket, Somebody ought to
go to jail down there. if the preliminary findings
of the senatorial group are correct. The ofenses
charged against the political patronage dis
pensers in the Southern State are no less serious
than those on which the two Representatives
were tried and found guilty.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Arbitrary and Unfair

Refusal of the Senate Judiciary Committee
to approve a bill to exempt members of the
Internal Security Commission from restrictions
Of the Conflict of interests" laws cannot be
justified by either precedent or common sense.
The Hoover Commission and other temporary
groups in the same general category of the
Nlmitz Commission have been granted such
immunity without hesitation. Not to have done
so would have been to raise insuperable barriers
to obtaining the services of top-ranking citizens.
The committees strange attitude toward the
Presidents advisory body on loyalty matters is
a severe setback to the movement to review and
improve the Governments loyalty program.
The legislation against conflicting interests
of Federal employees was adopted for the worth
while purpose of preventing Government servants
from making improper use of official information
or connections. 1t was based on the sound thesis
that person cannot serve two masters. Public
servants are prevented from doing any business
with the Government for period of two years
after leaving the Federal service.
But 1t is impossible to believe that Congress
ever intended the restrictions to apply in such
cases as the Hoover and Nimitz Commissions.
The President would have great difficulty in
choosing competent business and professional
men for important advisory jobs of this nature
If he could not obtain congressional cooperation
in excluding such citizens from the conflict of
interests" law. 1t would be unfair to bar Admiral
Nimitz and his outstanding colleagues on the
commission from doing business with the Gov
ernment after they have performed temporary
and highly valuable service to the country The
arbitrary ruling of the Senate committee should
not be allowed to stand.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Argument for the Chest?

Your ably-written editorial IN the
edition of May /, on the subject of the
great multiplicity of pressure groups
seeking financial help, is certainly very
much to the point
To be frank about the matter, have
been so confused and dazed by the end
less cries for help that have literally
been unable to make up my mind as to
which to give to and which one to give
the most tor the least. The result is
that am waiting for the dust and con-
fusion to settle bit before give any
of them any help at all.
Many will accuse me of being chinchy,
suppose but most certainly cannot
give to all of them. My opinion is that
these people are injuring their own cause
or causes by organizing so many drives.
Albert d. Rust.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
The Lords Prayer

Thoughtful people are becoming in
creasingly anxious about the bitterness
which is entering into our daily lives.
While differences of opinion are natural
and healthy, such feeling and unreason-
ableness as we see about us today are
certainly not desirable in this time of
crisis.
In such circumstances, the Christian
may we'll ask himself: What can I do
about it?" One simple activity practiced
by an increasing number of Christian
people in this Capital City would certainly
be productive of good, if only because
of the impulse toward human brother
hood and kindness which it gives-and
that is not all. That is the daily, earnest,
meaningful praying of the Lords Prayer
The very utterance "Our Father" leads
thought to the recognition of our COM
mon parentage. Let us try to realize
something of the universally of that
''our." Then, in that unmatched petit
ton for all the world which every Chris
Evening star., 1951-05-05
This and That

Templeton Jones is having his annual
tussle with daylight saving time.
He calls it's false time.
Clocks now are not telling the truth,
according to Jones.
This year." said Jones on that fate
full Sunday, 1--WE are not going to set the
clocks forward"
What are we going to do, them"
asked Mrs. Jones.
Leave them just as they are.'
Mrs Jones sighed.
"We tried that once before" she said
land you know all that trouble we had,
especially when the folks came from
back home"
Templeton lit his pipe, blew a cloud
and stared at his pet clock with i'll con-
cealed resentment.
Somehow Jones seemed to hold the
poor clock to blame for it all.
This year." said he, I'm going to try
just letting them alone"
"All right, we'll just let them alone,
then, but"
Templeton Jones gave in with big
. grin.
y "n it worries you" he continuN, 1--WE
will change them"
Evening star., 1951-05-05
By Charles E. TroceweH

know" asserted his wife. "You know
that many of them, as it is. are always
late to work"
When evening came, Jones sat look
ing at his favorite clock.
THAT poor clock" said he, "is not
telling the truth"
He moved forward.
I'm setting it back to slow time"
he said, and did so.
There was no response. The family
had gone through this same thing every
year.
Jones kept looking at the clock,
"It does seem a bit long to supper"
he announced.
Really, according to fast time, it is
o'clock now, if you wish"
1.-THE clock is telling the truth. It is
just 5 o'clock, and I eat at g."
Mrs. Jones said nothing more.
1t was half past five, by the truthful
clock, when Templeton Jones wilted.
Striding forward, he set the clock to
$50.
"You see," be went on, 1--WE are half
an hour late!fI am guy who likes his
meals on time"
Evening star., 1951-05-05

both military and cvilian-would greatly
exceed any losses which may be incurred in
continuing limited war in Korea. And he wanted
to know whether General Macarthur believes
that continuance of the Korean war on it's
present scale is justified as means of buying
time.
In substance, General MacArthurs answer
was that he would accept that risk, that the
urgency of winning the war in Korea and stop
ping the slaughter there-a slaughter that
otherwise is certain to go on-justifes us in
assuming the risk that the Russians may attack,
although he does not think they would do so
merely because we stepped up the scale of the
Korean fight
THIS DOCTRINE of buying time by pulling
L. our punches in Korea is one that should
be given little thought.
The big hole in it is the assumption that
the Russians If they have decided that war
must be the eventual arbter, would let us have
the necessary time even if we were to abandon
Korea entirely. But assuming for the sake of
discussion that the Russians have not decided
upon war; or that they might be foolish enough
to wait until we are armed to the teeth in 1858,
there still is something to be said about this
doctrine.
If we actually are buying time in Korea we
are paying a terrible price for that time. 1t is
price that must be reckoned, not in dollars,
but in the lives and shattered bodies of our young
men. Perhaps it is necessary to pay this price.
Because we have been fools in recent years,
because we have recklessly neglected our military
arm despite the clearly revealed hostile intentions
of the Russians, 1t may be necessary to ask
American boys to give up their lives in Korea
while we retrieve our blunders. But if this is
the case, If this is true we should be striving
day and night to close the gap to make up the
lost ground in the arms race. But we are not
doing that. Nobody in this country is being
required to sacrifice much, if anything Labor
walks out on the mobilization program and does
not come back until it gets what it wants Busi-
neSSmen gather their record-breakng, profits
The politicians continue to play the political
game-n anything, with greater vengeance
than before. If we really buying time with
the Korean war, we are not using that time to
the best advantage. We are wasting the precious
hours that are being bought with the lives of
the young men on the firing line. And that,
in the simplest language, is a crime-a crime
that should lie heavily upon our conscience.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Strawberry Festival

oh memory of dress ,Dlite flannel pants
And Chinese paper lanterns pastel
light,
The early Summer trefies that tDinked
In elnlS, and bunting's patriotic rite:
Ice cream and made cake on paper
plates,
The trestled tables testiue on the
green;
Heat lightning firts. but gone the threat
OF rain
That teased the day.; the night Is all
serene.
So many gears: the lanterns darkened
notD
And lost the festivals somewhere in
time,
The children niddle-aged and long since
paid
The stained glass tDtndotD and the
bsltry chime. =
Frederick Ebrisht
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Pen names may be used If letters carry
writerS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

tian knows, how many times we find the
word "us": Give US; forgive u.s.;
lead US; deliver US Was there ever
a time when every one of us needed
more of our Fathers giving and forgiv-
ing, leadership and deliverance? And not
only individually; how we need it COL
lectively!
No other prayer in the world is so
potent toward building trust in God and
love for ones fellow man as the Lords
Prayer. Unless those ingredients enter
more into our daily lives civilization as
we know it may well disappear-who
can say for how long? Now, during this
space which may be but a breathing
spell before greater struggles-now is
the time for us to strengthen our think
ing and our trust. The world is built
on thought, yet how careless we are
with it! Whatever ones individual con-
cept of God may be, the daily uplifting
of thought through the Lords Prayer
cannot but fortify him for the burdens
of living.
Gladys Pavlat.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
The Admiral Who Foresow Pearl t4orbor

cruisers Helena, Honolulu and Raleigh;
one seaplane tender, one repair vessel
one drydock. Airplanes lost, Army, 81;
Navy. 80. Casualties, Navy. 2,117 killed,
$50 missing, S76 wounded; Army, 226
killed. 396 wounded.
Winston Churchill, Mr.. Roosevelts
good friend, remarked in Commons
afterward that, as result of the Pearl
Harbor attack, the American Navy in
the Pacific was a dashed shield.
The other day. at his Washington
home, Admiral Richardson said he felt
too old to comment on the Macarthur
controversy. However. in his 1945 testi-
mony. he made his position plain.
II want. it known" he said. that I
never bore any resentment against
President Roosevelt because of my de-
tachment from command of the feet
a.. There was difference of opinion
between us. Neither could induce the
other to change his opinion. Had
been Commander in Chief of The Army
and Navy, I would have taken the same
action he did"
Career officers, like other Americans,
are ulVloeu IN Cnelr views ABOUT tne
Macarthur incident, but a majority
seems to have the attitude Admiral
Richardson expressed at that 1945 hear
ing. Their conclusion is that, whatever
the merits of the controversy, President
Truman had no other course than to
remove Gen. Macarthur, under the cir
cumstanceS.
Even in the professional military
group, there are those who subscribe to
the view that President Truman, in this
case. has committed very grave mis-
take. But the predominant military view
on what has happened to Macarthur is
roughly summed up in these words of
another old soldier:
Hes lucky the captain didn't make
him clean the grease trap"
Evening star., 1951-05-05

him that the presence of the fleet had
"a restraining effect on Japanf' In
January, 1941, Admiral Richardson was
summarily removed and his command
turned over to Admiral Chester Nimitz.
How right the deposed admiral was
manifested itself II months later. in
these official figures about the unre-
strained Japanese damage:
Totally lost, battleship, Arizona;
severely damaged, battleships Okla
homa, Nevada, California, West Vir-
ginia; damaged and repaired, battleships
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee;
Evening star., 1951-05-05
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.


@. Please explain the use Of a shot
tower One Of these towers is mentioned
in connection with the Festival Of
Britain-L. B. Y.
A. The tower in the grounds Of the
exposition in London was built in 1889,
and used to manufacture shot for sport
ing guns The molten lead is ladled into
a sieve and tiny globules fall down
into a tank of water at the bottom.
The shot is dropped from varying
heights according to the size required.
@. Would a person who finds buried
treasure on his property to be required
to pay a tax to the Federal Govern
ment?-J. A.
A. Buried treasure wherever found is
taxable as income. This includes such
treasure found on ones own property.
1t would have to be reported as income
on the tax return.
@. Do thunderstorms occur in the
polar regionS?-G. G. 2.
A. Thunderstorns occur everywhere
In the polar regions they are very rare,
such a storm occurring about once
every two or three years.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Soldiers Like to Read

I received a letter from my boy in
Korea this week. and he asked me to
continue to send him the current maga-
zines.
He read in one Of the newspapers
sent him that the people back in the
States were asked to save their old
magazines and books for the GIs in
Korea. But he said, When the fellows
over here get little time to read they
don't want to be reading old news any
more than you folks back home do"
So would like to suggest to those of
us who have friends and loved ones over
in the battle fields that we should send
current magazines to the boys as soon
as we finish reading them. If they are
sent special handling" it costs little
bit more, but then they reach Califor-
MIA as soon as letter.
send my son the Sunday paper each
week. and he writes how much they
all enjoyed it.
L. E. Endicott.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Letters to The Star

leads to log-rolling for ward benefits;
(e) leads to minority rule as the popula-
ton of the city grows and shifts, and
(f) causes the election of councilmen
who do not feel responsible to the city
as whole.
George B. Galloway.
Editors Note: The Stars editorial
did not set forth the criticisms rebut-
ted by DR.. Galloway as its own. 1t
merely said: This measure has been
subjected to attacks from many quar-
ters. ranging from those who question
ed it's constitutionality to those who
quarreled with its plans for bonded
debt, its dual voting provisions and
even with it's outline for election of
councilmen at large instead of by
wards.")
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer 70
any question Of fact by either ,snt TFntsing Lne
NV. Washington s, D, G.. and inclosing cents
return postage or by telephonng ST. 1868.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
New Pro Cage Team
TO Make Debut Here

The Washington Americans, a
new pro basketball team being Or
ganized by Bob Mcdonald, will
make it's debut Sunday afternoon,
February II, against a New York
transforming team at Turner'S
Arena.
The Americans, who already
have Johnny Norlander, Dick
O'Keefe and Leo Katkaveck, for
mer Caps; Bill (Sugar) Cain,
formerly with the old Washington
Bears; Bob Lamon, former star
with American University. and
Johnny Moffatt, ex-George Wash
ington standout, in the fold, will
play Independent teams Sunday
afternoons.
The New York team, organized
by Frank Scott, road secretary OF
the New York baseball Yankees
will feature four major league
baseball players in Catcher West
Westrum. First Baseman Monte
Irwin and Third Baseman Hank
Thompson of the Giants and Allie
Clark, outf1elder for the Indians.
Mcdonald, general manager OF
the Americans, organized and
headed the Heurich Amateur
League, popular here several years
ago, and also was general man.
ager of the Heurich team in the
American League.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
.Terps Play Davidson
10 Open 3-Day Trip;
Clemson Is Next

Maryland, second-place team in
the Southern Conference with a
81 record. opens a three-game
trip at Davidson, N. c.. tonight.
The Wildcats have won one and
lost nine in the Conference and
are $40 for the season.
Tomorrow night the Terps move
to Columbia. S. c., to meet South
Carolina, and Saturday play al
Clemson. The Terps, who planned
to fly to Charlotte, which is just
few miles from Davidson, left by
train instead last night.
Other conference games tonight
find Clemson heavily favored to
defeat Furman at Greenville and
West Virginia a choice over Wash
ington and Lee at Lexington. II
Clemson wins, Maryland will need
victory to hold second place.
In the only conference clash
last night, West Virginia fell a
foul shot short of 100 points in
beating VMI, 99-69. The Noun
taineers now have a 6-3 confer
ence record.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
cardinals Balk
AtCuts Ranging
AsHigh as25%
Williams, DiMoggio,
MusiuI and Newhouser
Among Stars Unsigned
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1T won't
be long before the major leagues
open spring training, but don't
be surprised If a couple of big
name boys are missing come
March /.
Although the moguls are an
nouncing signings daily, a check
shows several notables missing.
However, none can be classified
as holdouts. Players are not tag
ged as holdouts unless they are
unsigned when spring training
opens a month hence.
Top performers unsigned include
Stan Musial of the Cardinals, Ted
Williams of the Red Sox. Joe Di
Maggie Of the Yankees. Hal New
houser and George Kell Of the
Tigers, Bob Lemon of the Indians.
Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers.
Andy Pafko Of the Cubs, Larry
Jansen of the Giants and Del En-
mis- and Dick Sisler Of the Phillies.
Several Futile Meetings.
Musial and Owner Fred Saigh
have met a number Of times but
failed to reach an agreement. Kell
and Sisler are not satisfied with