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Evening star., 1952-08-04

Some people are more fortunate than
o. E. c. of Chesterbrook road. who had
to 60 to Baltimore to see flying squirrel.
They see them here at home.
But this strange mammal is worth
going any distance for. as our corre-
spondent testifies:
MY recent visit furnished me an op-
portunity to observe an unusual type Of
animal.
"Since my sister and her husband are
both ardent bird lovers they maintain
an all-year- round feeder at the window
and another operated by a pulley.
II was told that family Of flying
squirrels had visited the tray on the
oak nightly at 8 o'clock for about
week.
after dinner we sat about IL feet
from the tree on the lawn, partially
lighted from the porch, to watch the
show.
"Sure enough, one after the other
would fly toward the trunk and hight
in sort of fiattened-out position in
the manner of or reminding one of a
handful Of dough being dashed against
the tree.
"They would remain in that position
for several minutes. then make q leap
for the feeder, on which they would
partake Of bread products. then Ay cff
individually to their nest in nearby
tree, all seven Of them.
ut was my only frst-hand observa-
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Kinq Hookon at Eiqhty

The celebration of the 8Oth birthday ami
versary Of King Haakon of Norway is an event
of pleasant interest throughout the world. He
is the oldest reigning sovereign in Europe and
a personal symbol of the principle of constitu-
tional monarchy. Called to the throne by
election in 1905, he has served close to half
century in position requiring tact, wisdom and
executive skill. His people told him yesterday
that he has met the demands of his assignment
to their satisfaction. He commands their affec-
tionate respect.
King Haakon has represented Norway in the
society of nations during period of war and
revolution-a time of trial and bitter tribulation
Among his experiences were those of seeing his
country occupied and himself being forced into
exile for half decade by Nazi invaders He
was an active leader in the resistance to Hitler,
and his return to Oslo Immediately after the
German collapse was triumphal occasion.
More recently Haakon has proved his pa
triotism and his faith in democratic civilization
by his friendly attitude toward the countries Of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Though
a near neighbor of Red Russia, his attitude has
been marked by proud independence. His
American friends join his own people in extend
ing their congratulations and good wishes on
his 80th birthday.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

clippers and speed to California to dig
for gold.
The race to California was an epic in
itself and the racers were the clippers.
so named because they slid through the
water at fast clip.
Down the Atlantic Coast they sped
racing against time and each other.
rounding the Horn and dashing up the
Pacific to the Golden Gate. McKay's
Flying Cloud sailed from New York to
California in 80 days and 81 hours.
breaking all records for runs to the gold
coast.
The Sovereign of the Seas was ready
for great adventure by midsummer of
1852. She sailed down to New York
and docked near the Battery. The
waterfront was lined with admiring
crowds that swarmed aboard to marvel
at her lines, her strength and power to
carry sail, her spacious cabins and
sweeping decks, her bells and capstans,
her forest of spars and rigging.
On August she cleared New York
for San Francisco with nearly 5000 tons
Of merchandise slowed in her hold. Her
skipper was Lauchlan Mckay. brother
Of Donald. It was a bad season for a
quick passage, but rs days out she
crossed the Equator in the best sailing
time ever made to the line in August.
She handled like thoroughbred. Round
ing the Horn she fought terrific gales
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Our New City MANAGER

In the orthooox city council-city manager
type of local government, the city manager is
the executive who carries out the policies and
administers the regulations approved by the
council His subordinates are the heads of
various municipal departments or bureaus He
Is the king pin in the setup.
In Washington's commission form of munic-
ipal government, under the reorganization plan
approved by Congress- the Board of Commits
sioners will determine policy. In addition, the
three Commissioners will continue to act as the
administrative chiefs of groups of city depart
mentS and bureaus. Under them will be the
director of the General Administration Depart
ment. The position was created as a partial
answer to critics of the District reorganization
plan, who insisted that three headed city gov
eminent was functionaIy unsound.
Engineer Commissioner Robinson was the
chief author of the Districts new plan. It was
natural that the choice Of the director Of the
General Administration Department was left to
him. In looking for the man who best persona
hed his idea of the chief administrator, he turned
to the field of his experience in the Corps OF
Engineers. Each of the engineering divisions
into which the country is divided is provided
with an administrative assistant, working under
the division engineer. His duty is to coordinate
the administration of such functions as account
Ing, auditing, budgeting, maintenance of sup
plies, Office management and supervision of
personnel.
Schuyler Lowe, who has been the admin
istrative assistant of the division engineer at
Atlanta, has reputation in the Corps of En-
gineers as one of the top men in the country in
this particular job. General Robinson has worked
with him. This explains his selection for the
new position created in the District. In addition
to co-ordinating the work of the departments of
the local government, he will help in making
effective the new combinations of existing
agencies, along functional lines, which will form
the new groupings Of District agencies.
1t is matter of some regret that a man
within the local government, such as Budget
Officer Fowler, whose knowledge of the District
government is based on his own distinguished
services and study, was not selected for post
that is second only to that of the Commissioners
In salary and authority But the choice having
been made, Mr.. Lowe will undertake the re-
Sponsibilities of his new job with the interested
support of District residents who hope for an
improvement in the efficiency of local govern
ment.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
FIuoridution

At recent meeting of the special
fluoridation committee of the new Citi-
zens' Advisory Council to the District
experts which included doctors. dentists.
bacteriologists, biologists and others.
produced documentary evidence to dis
pute claims that fiuoridation of the
public water supply will be harmful to
human beings. However, much of the
evidence consisted of findings based on
the use Of fluoridated water in other
cities.
I believe the Citizens Advisory Coun-
Gil Committee should heed the warning
of the Special Committee on Chemicals
in Food, of the House of Representatives.
headed by Representative Delaney Of
New York, that American cities use
caution in deciding whether to add
fluoride to drinking water as way Of
reducing tooth decay. This warning was
approved by all seven members Of the
committee. One member. Representa-.
tive Miller, Republican, of Nebraska,
prepared separate report suggesting
delay in fluoridation.
This congressional committee heard
testimony and received evidence from
experts and scientists from all over the
country, not just from the District Of
Columbia. feel that this committee
would have done great service to the
American people if it had recommended
that Federal legislation be enacted in
this field. think this committee should
recommend such legislation.
However, recommending and obtain
ing legislation of this type sometimes Is
like trying to get traffic light installed
at dangerous nterSection-uSually one
will not be installed there, no matter
how many requests are received, until
at least five people have been killed
and there Is definite proof that it is
dangerous.
Unwillingly Medicated Consumer.
Replying to Dorothy Skaggs regarding
fiuoridation of our water, would like
to ask il she knows that the chlorine In
our water has been without harmful
effects? Who knows but that this is
one Of the causes of some Of our pres
ent-day illnesses which have baffled the
doctors, for understand no longtime
tests were conducted before it was de-
cided to use chlorine as purifier. Also
referring to her remarks about the
naturally fiuoridated water" does she
not know that the duorine which Is nat
urally incur foods and water does not
harm the human body-it is only when
the chemical is added that there may be
harm. For some time we have been TAX
Evening star., 1952-08-04
The Loborites' Poor Show

Although it has ratified the West German
peace contract and kindred agreements bv a
comfortable majority-293 to 253-the British
House of Commons has failed for the first time
In IL years to maintain a united front on
major issue of foreign policy. The Laborites, vot-
ing In the negative with few exceptions, have
broken with the Conservatives, and although
the split has been caused primarily by disagree
ment over methods rather than principles, it has
injected diSheartening note of uncertainty
into the affairs of the Atlantic community
The Laborites have little reason to be proud
of their nay saying, for they have voted against
measures that they themselves initiated while
they held governing power under Clement Attlee's
regime. True enough in taking their opposing
position, they have not argued against the sub
stance or principles Of the peace contract and
the other agreements Instead, they have sought
to justify themselves on the ground of timing
their view being that ratification should have
been postponed pending conclusion of negotia-
tions over the Soviet request for full-dress
four-power conference aimed at unifying Ger
many and working out definitive settlement
However, considering that the real and obvious
purpose of that request has been to head of
West German participation in the defense of
free Europe, Britain'S anti-ratifiers have played
naively and unrealstically into the Kremlin's
hand
At any rate, in contrast to the overwhelming
approval voted by our own Senate some weeks
ago, the British ratification has been far from
emphatic or resounding, and the Laborite defec-
Gon-which has shattered parliamentary bpar-
tisanship, at least temporarily-will tend to
encourage similar defections In West Germany
and France, both of which must ratify before
the historic agreements can become effective
The Bonn and Paris Parliaments are expected
to vote on the issue in the fall or early winter
and their Socialist members, as a result of the
split in the House of Commons may gain sig
nificant strength in their opposition to affirm
ative action-an opposition based largely on the
wishful idea that if decisions are postponed and
nothing done, it may be possible to work out with
Russia unifying settlement obviating the need
for separate peace contract
The chances are still good, of course, that
the French and West Germans will act realis-
ticaly and approve the agreements when the
final test is held. But the favorable margin may
be very narrow, and conceivably the nay-sayers
may manage to win. The outlook in that respect
would be less uncertain if the British House of
Commons, like the American Senate, had held
fast to bipartisanship and voted overwhelmingly
for ratification. BY refusing to support what
they themselves strongly promoted not many
months ago, the Laborites have engaged in
strange and disturbing kind of politicking that
has done them no credit and rendered poor
service to the Atlantic alliance.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
The Kun in North Carolina

Last year in Columbus County, North Caro-
lima, bands of masked men-memberS of the Ku
Klux Klan-Started a reign of terror as self
appointed guardians of public morals. Hidden
behind their hooded robes, they usually struck
by night mercileSSly hogging no fewer than 13
individuals (ten white men and three Negroes,
including two women) for such alleged offenses
as excessive drinking, non-payment Of debts and
loose living.
These brutal outrages, however, boomer
anged on their perpetrators. With public opinion
aroused in no small measure by courageous
Whiteville newspaper editor, the law-enforce-
ment machinery of county and State was set in
motion with a determination and thoroughness
that should be instructive to all the uniformed
who labor under the false impression that the
South is Indifferent to evils of this Sort Far
from being Indifferent, North Cardinals author
tiles, with the help of the FBI, rounded up 63
Klansmen in connection with the foggings.
Placed on trial and found guilty, 16 of them
have now received prison terms ranging upward
from 18 months to six years, with the Imperial
Wizard" himself getting four years. The rest
47-have been let off with fines, suspended SEN
tences and stern warnings from the Judge.
AS result of this action, Columbus County
and the State at large probably will not be
bothered again-not in a long, long time-by the
night-riding terrorists of the Klan. Indeed, ac-
cording to some observers on the scene, the
xxx, at least in that part of the country, may
have been done to death by the blow it has suf-
fered. North Carolina is to be congratulated for
having rendered splendid service to itself, to
the South in general and to the whole Nation.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
The Clipper That Outron q Steamship
By Edword Boykin

lust as the super luxury liner United
y States now is hailed as our gem of
the ocean. so were Americans q century
ago shouting hosannas for a clipper
ship christened prophetically Sovereign
of the Seas-the honors having been
done with a stubby bottle Of raw New
England rum.
This. however. did nothing to prevent
her from becoming the smoothest thing
afloat, capable under full sail of knitting
deep water at a steady 17-and some
times 18-knots. The Sovereign, 258 feet
overall and displacing 2,421 tons, tore
along with the wind on her maiden
voyage-racking up 484 miles in "a hours.
She crossed to England in the then
unprecedented time of 13 days, %
hours and SO minutes. Perhaps this
seems a snail's pace alongside the 3
days, 10 hours and 40 minutes it took
the liner United States on its record
breaking eastward passage. But in 1852.
the Sovereign's time was sensational. In
deed her Atlantic mark stood until
ungainly monsters of steam drove the
clippers from the seas.
The Sovereign caught the nations
fancy as did no American ship of her
time, save perhaps the Flying Cloud. She
was the ultimate in clipper design.
Symbolizing the soaring American spirit.
she was immortalized by paintings. song
and story.
An anthem in pine and oak and
billowing sail. she was built by Donald
Mckay, who constructed ships in the
same loving care that other men put
into deathless poems or immortal music.
All of Boston turned out to see her take
her first dip while the city bells rang
out their greetings in June, 1852.
The first clipper was the Rainbow.
built in 1843 by New Yorker named
John Grifflths. But the master builder
and designer Of clippers was Donald Nc
Kay. From his yards came clippers.
each bigger, more beautiful and faster
then her predecessor. There was music
in their names: Stag Hound, Westward
Ho, Flying Cloud, Sovereign Of the Seas.
It was the Flying Cloud that supposedly
inspired Iongfellow to write ''The Build
ing of the Ship"
The year 1852 was a golden one for
clippers. Commerce and competition
called for faster ships. The clippers
were Americas answer. There was trade
with Australia and China, and in 1849
America went gold-craZy. Long lines of
men stood at the docks in Boston and
New York clamoring to board the
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Weather Note

Conventions come and 60. but the
weather shall always be the No. ! item OF
public interest, and therefore submit to
my favorite paper and its readers q
weather record established at Fair
Haven, Md. with a little story that
should be of interest.
About Is years ago small group Of
about dozen from Washington and its
suburbs, owning summer homes in Fair
Haven, met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore .'Ted" Lewis. well known in
Masonic. Eastern Star, and church
circles. y
Fair Haven issa small, quiet bay front
community composed of doctors, lawyers
and businessmen. Some have their
'highballs" Saturday nights, and some
do not. Some bring their children to
Sunday school on Sunday; some send
them. However. 80 per cent believe their
children should know that the Bible is
Evening star., 1952-08-04

the foundation of successful and happy
life. This foundation is just as important
to them as the foundation that holds
up the floors they walk on and the roof
over their heads.
It was beautiful Sunday in late June
about 16 years ago when this group met
and decided that God was entitled to
at least one G) hour Of mans time a
week, even during vacation.
A come-one, conceal Sunday school
and prayer and song meeting was organ
lied. The Cove Club donated use Of its
premises, and the first attendance was
seven grownups and nine children. This
attendance has slowly and steadily
grown to where an attendance Of IS
is a cause to worry. -- ...,. d.
Two years ago one Of the beginners
asked her daddy why the Sunday school
class did not have class song like his
college class. AS his answer was not
satisfactory she asked him to write one.
The father made his first try at song
writing. The music came up from the
Valley, and as Mr.. Petrillo was not con-
suited the song was adopted as the Fair
Haven Sunday School Song. 1t starts:
There's a. cove on the bay--in Fair
H1D-en.
No lov-li-er spot on the bay.
And no place is so dear to my
Re-deem-er
As the Sunday meeting coDe-on the
bay.
The weather record responsible for the
above story is:
The Sunday school has not been
rained out in Is consecutive summers.
It has rained up to an hour or two
before Sunday meetings: we have had
showers during meetings; we have had
rain an hour or two after meetings. but
never once have we had rain coming
or going to meetings.
sa We believe we have been richly re-
warded for our faith and belief that
God Is entitled to at least one hour OF
our time q week, even during vacation,
and that there are thousands Of readers
in similar locations that would do like
wise after reading Fair Haven's weather
report.
Elsie Loretta Nimr0.
Fair Haven, Md.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Letters to The Star !.

ing bone meal tablets in our home,
which gives us calcium. phosphorus, flu
orine and trace minerals in natural form,
but since the District water is now being
fluoridated we have been advised to dis
continue these because of the danger
of getting too much huorine, or use only
the spring water which contains natural
fluorine and thus could not be harmful.
We are definitely opposed to fiuorida-
tion of District water.
Deeply Interested.
A letter to The Star referred to the
impossibility of buying a pill which
can be added to the water to introduce
fluorine. A stock solution of sodium
huoride could easily be made up by
druggist or chemist and small portions
of this taken by the consumer and
added to the water.
The duorine added in toxic form per-
sists as such and cannot be eliminated
by the consumer, but the chlorine added
to kill pathogenic organisms soon dissi-
pates its potency and ends in harmless
chlorideS.
Communities that drink fluoridated
water, like others have diseases among
themselves; the doctors do not know if
fluorine present in the water is con-
tributing factor to some of them. A
physician told me that he did not know
whether fiuorine was contributing fac
tor or not, but considering the amount
OF water one may drink in hot weather
one part per million-quite a strong
concentration.
Why not keep on the side of caution
rather than take calculated risk on a
large part Of the people?
If the people knew the facts and were
allowed to vote on it, they'd reject it.
]. M. KrauSS.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
A Hermit Former

He trGs simple farmer. 50 / heard:
A simple farmer and no more than
that.
He oiDned horse, some chickens and
q cat:
And In his house he kept a crippled bird.
Strange character" they said. He lped
Liued all alone and seldom came to
to1Dn.
(And tollen he did, he looked much like
Patched oreralls. straW hat, face cdrped
from stOne.J
He listened quietly and seldom spoke,
And tUten he spoke it Das from some
strange mood.
But those toho heard him seldom IN
derstood,
And so they laughed and made Of him
a Joke.
Eager to meet this man. called on him.
found him strange and simple a.
tbey said.
Simplicity, to him, .oas daily bread:
But for all this, his diet ipas not slim.
In q cabin banked icith treasured books,
We fed our souls upon the Holy One,
Nv O'sssssNCfS~SstSS ASsVsC&&s ufsU Wv
Emerson,
Homer and Plato. And, as one iDto looAtA
With tD0rdless tConder on perfect ptew
Fashioned from the elements OF
HeGUen,
sa,O bis paintinos-blossom that
had giuen
Gay beauty to rough iOalls they chung
unto.
When I came back to to,on, my triends
asked iDkether
This simple man Das HUing as ne
ought.
"Tlse sOorld Is all at irGr," said. but
he has taught
A cat and bird to lire In peace TO-
Oether."
John D. EnsIe. u. ,
Evening star., 1952-08-04

and mountainous seas that carried away
her fore and main topmast and FORE
yard. Re-rigged at sea by superhuman
efforts, the Sovereign sailed into Golden
Gate. 103 days out of New York, the
best passage ever made at that time of
year.
Clearing for Honolulu, she took on a
cargo Of whale oil and set sail. On this
leg she made the greatest run of her
career. On March 18 she clipped of
484 statute miles at an average speed Of
1725 knots. She reached New York in
the unprecedented time of 50 days out
of Honolulu.
On June 18. 1853 the Sovereign sailed
from New York for Liverpool. She was
out for record. Among her passengers
was her proud builder. For five conSecu-
tive days she outran the steamship
Canada which left Boston the same day
the Sovereign sailed from New York.
Her best days run was $40 miles against
the Canada's best of 306. On July she
anchored in the MerSey, having made
: the crossing in the unparalleled time
of Is days, % hours and so minutes.
She had proven she was the Sovereign
of the Seas. Her record was to stand for
years. Chartered by the British she went
on to further glories in far corners Of
the world. What became Of her? In
1859 she pounded out her sturdy oaken
heart on reef in the Straits Of Malacca.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Fair Haven, Md.
Americans Poor Sports?

Russian Olympic stars are being be-
Titled because their events do not appeal
to some of us who consider gymnastics
bit secondary. In the spirit Of fair
play 1t Is indeed distasteful to discredit
victories by opponents. This was proven
when Australian tennis stars last year
reacted unfavorably to American criti-
cism.
Sportsmanship.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

@. Has the British sovereign an ON
cial residence in Scotland?-N. M.
A. Yes, the palace Of Holyrood House
In Edinburgh. which was formerly the
residence Of Scottish Kings.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

Q. How is the name Of the antibiotic
bactricin pronounced?-H. J.
A. Bass ih tray'sin.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get ths answer 70
sT my question st cf fact By either yr,tine The
NV. Washington s. D. c.. and inclosing cents
return postage, or by telephoning ST. 1858.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

Pen-napes may be used II letters carry
a0riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

BY THE HASKN SERVICE
@. How many Nazi war criminals have
been hanged?-T. III. b.
= A. BY the end Of 1851 the total was
2O2.