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Evening star., 1952-12-10

titcle exposing the whole deal, the
assistant editor was summoned be-
fore the local party committee.
This is not the first time In
Maikop that there has been a lib
eral attitude toward violators Of
party and state discipline" COM
mented Pravda. They have been
shielded from exposure time and
again."
Evening star., 1952-12-10
Address at Sphinx Club

Former Undersecretary of the
Interior Dale E. Doty will address
Ithe Sphinx Club. Almas Temple.
1915 K street NV, at 1880 pm.
Friday.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Ponicky Political Strategy

Senator Lodge principal spokesman Tor the
Eisenhower campaign in New Hampshire's presi-
Dental primary, sounded bit panicky IN his
charge that Senator Taft, the generals Repub-
lican opponent, is dealing in personal attacks
Basis for the Lodge indignation was re-
minder to the voters from the Ohi0an that there
is still considerable uncertainty about the gen
erals exact point Of view on many issues; that
because Of past service and association with the
Democratic administration the general might
have 4 natural reluctance to be too critical Of
administration practices. Mr.. Taft has not
attacked Gen. Eisenhower's character or his
record, other than To say the record on political
basis is not complete. The points he makes are
legitimate and not personal IN an nvidious sense.
The eisenhower forces in New Hampshire
are handicapped by the fact their candidate has
not chosen to come home to assist them. They.
are paying the unavoidable price Of chan1pioning
q candidate who is remaining politically SILENT
They have known for some time they would have
to pay that price. They should be willing to
accept it Il they are willing to continue to sup
port his cause.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Defense Plan
Robert 3. Wallich.

4 . Z . J IN e
The lives Of many thousands Of our
finest are. not too great price to pay
for freedom, security and honor, but
one single life paid out to further q
security program which Is wrongly di-
rected from the start is too much.
We are foolish in trying to buy Sc
curity by piling up military power. The
billions poured out to make us safe can
not protect US If we leave so many gaps
In our non-military defenses.
We could be safer II we would divert
about three-fourths of the billions now
wasted on such false security measures
and spend the money on projects like
the following:
A second Panama Canal; warehousing
stupendous quantities of non-perishable
strategic materials; research to find
agricultural substitutes for petroleum
products; general decentralization and
dispersal Of all basic industries and gov
ernment; an adequate and realistic
civil defense program; thorough pro-
gram to eliminate national waste; en-
phasis on democratic American ideals
which viii make friends and de-empha-
sis Of mere fag-waving nationalism
which makes enemies, and program
to turn out more adequately trained
doctors. engineers. skilled workmen,
farmers, nurses. etc.
J. Milton Stanford.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Letters to The Star !.

that an adequate system would consist
Of at least eight.
He had other accomplishments, too.
before he came to the realization that
the existence Of mentally inagile profess
sors. unfunny comedies. irreligious re-
ngioniStS ct cetera, which he found
frustrating. was really as it should be-.
suited to seventy or so per cent Of the
populace.
Thereafter he succeeded rather wei
IN Disgusting his genius and possibly
even dropping toward mental medioc-
rity. He claims to find happiness as 4
member Of the majority In 4 society
which preserves its mental and physical
detectives and risks its best in battle.
q society which has special schools and
asylumS for the submentals, but is as
unreSponsive to genius as is black-and-
white Photographic film to cOlorama:
society In which a banjo playing singer
Of folk songs became q national legis-
lator; a society which lines Of trafic
lanes. then drives astraddle the lines:
and behaves generally with contradic-
tions ad infinitum.
His opinion is that being genius is
difficult business enough for those who
reach that state unintentionally. but
hardly an objective for which an already
relatively happy majority should strive.
Frederick A. Weiland.
IN reference to Billy Sidis, the state
ment Is made: "At an age when most
children are learning to spell cat he
invented "a perpetual calendar which
was patented and is still in use" It
would be presumed that this statement
referred to patent in the United States
Patent Oftice taken out at age 5 or 6.
I have been with the Patent Office and
in patent work for over 20 years and at
one time ] made an investigation into
the subject of age Of inventors.
Accordingly made search through
the records of the Patent Of1ice to check
this Billy Sidis story. and was unable
to find any record Of any patent
mechanical or design having issued to
any party by the name Of Billy Cor
William) Sidis from 1900 through 1917,
during the time that Billy would have
been to 10 years old.
J. Harold Bycrs.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

to eyaluate thei accurately In SO far as what
either their separate or their cumulative por-
tents may mean The circumstance OF ma
tional election coming up later in the year
complicates more than it simplifies the prob
lem of reading crystal ball. It is very unlikely
that any serious movement on the down side
will develop out OF the factors involved and
1t is probably a good guess that the admins
tration would make every effort to forestall such
pronounced trend before November. The pos
sibilities of q strong upward trend, on the other
hand, depend In large measure on whether the
soft spots In few important areas and indus
tries Arm up by themselves or by some applied
stimulation.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

pens to people in India Is but q sign Of
spiritual blindness.
George Bernard Shaw. in his brilliant
dramatization of the life Of Joan of Arc,
has one Of the men who sent the Maid
Of Orleans to the stake confess that he
had done q very cruel thing. because he
did not know what cruelty was like, not
until he actually saw a young girl burn
ing to death. Whereupon. the Bishop
OF Beauyais exclaims: Must, then, q
Christ perish in torment in every age
to save those who have no imagination?'
How many very cruel things are allowed
to continue In this world, which could be
eisded. because Of q lack Of imagination
on the part Of people who could hardly
endure to see a bird or q dog suffer-
much less q man. woman or child. If
such suffering were close enough to
them. But d fact which Is nothing less
than vision splendid now daWning upon
increasing nultitudes IN lands Of plenty
is that. acting with others, our pooled
resources could heal all the hurt of the
round world. We are seeing now how
inconsistent 1t is. in the light Of the
faith We confess, that those who are
kind and compassionate regarding their
own callously assume attitudes which
mean tragedy in the lives Of invisible
multitudes.
How hypocritical 1t is to prate like
Choctaws the words Of the Lords Prayer,
worn smooth by vain repetition, II we
interpret them in terms Of our own
wet-flled ice boxes and our shelves
stocked with vitamins, and thus miss the
implication Of that world revolutionary
petition. Give us this day our daily
bread" . prayer which, II answered,
would feed the hungry Of the world; for
there is potential bread enough avail
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Fifty Years Ago in The Star ...

The booklovers Of Washington had
feast so years ago. following the ap-
pearance Of this
Judge borFlnger's advertisement in
Librory The Star Of Feb
2 ruary %. 1902: &c
q. Sloan & Co., Auctioneers, 1407 G
street. Catalogue Sale of Valuable and
Interesting Collection ~. being the pri-
vate library Of the late Judge Victor C.
Barringer, including many works relat-
ing to history. antiquities, life, travel.
art. ETC., in the Orient. Egypt. Turkey.
ETC.. general European travel. history and
biography. expensive illustrated art
works. including fine copy Of Hogarth.
albums Of photographs. reference works,
dictionaries including q full set Of
Larousse's Grand Dictionaire Universal,
II vols. 4to, and standard works in
English literature. history, biography,
poetry, essays, ETC.. few theological
works and a small collection Of French
books q. Many Of the books In hand
some bindings and all In good condition,
to be sold at auction, without reserve, by
order Of John Biggs. executor, Thurs
day. March 8. ct 7:30 p. M, at our
rooms. Judge Barringer had been one
Of the three commissioners to compile
the revised statutes Of the United States
In President Grants administration.
From 1874 to 1894 he was the American
member Of the Court Of Appeals of the
Z international tribunal Of Egypt He died
on May q. 1896. Sloan's sold his paint
ings, furniture. silver. carpets and rugs.
silk hangings. ornaments and Egyptian
artifacts. as well as his books.
On March Z, 1902. The Star reported
= steamship collision on EIolyhead.
Wales, the American Line
Liner steamer Waesland being sunk.
Sunk Fifty three passengers and
members Of the crew Of the
lost ship were saved and brought into
Liverpool BY the other vessel involved
/ IN the crash the Harmonides. British
&raft. TWO persons died II the efcite-
Evening star., 1952-03-09
J. Milton Stamford.

willing subject since he was nominated
for the vice presidency. he selected one
and dispatched it, through Secretary
Cortelyou. to Director Meredith Of the
bureau. It is g. two-thirds view,
showing the President in the prime Of
health. He wears glasses and the IA
miliar low-rolled Roosevelt collar :"
Alvin w. Hall, Mr. Meredith's incumbent
successor as executive head Of the largest
engraving establishment in the world,
on Thursday last said: 'Yes. indeed; we
still have that vignette Of Teddy. He
was handsome man, and the plate Is
beautiful plate. We keep 1t In q vault
with similar vignettes Of all the other
Presidents. including Mr.. Truman. The
bureau never destroys plate Of any
kind. It may cancel some, but 1t never
actually disposes Of them.
*K&
The highest oficials Of the Govern
nnent attended q memorial service for
William Mckinley In the
Memorial Tor House Of Representa-
Mckinley tives on February az,
1902. and The Star Of
that date contained full account Of
the commemorative PROCEEDINGS. 1t
was fitting that the eulogy upon the
martyred President should be pro-
nounced by his trusted friend and Sec
retary Of State. John Hay. In the same
hall similar ceremonies have been held
for Lincoln and Garfield, both Of whom
were the victims Of assassins. The
enlogy on Lincoln was pronounced by
the historian Bancroft and that on Gar
field was BY Blaine. the brilliant man
and gifted orator. just 20 years to the
day having passed since the voice Of
Blaine was heard paying tribute to the
martyred GARFIELD. On that occasion
William Mckinley Was the chairman Of
the committee that had charge Of the
arrangements FOR the memorial service
President Roosevelt and his family at-s
tended the rites for his predecessor.
Prince Henry d Prussia also was
present.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

ment following the moment OF impact.
The first Of these was Edward Danger
field. steerage ticket-holder; the Sec
ond was Elsie Emmet. 12-year-old
daughter OF clergyman. It was ex-
planned that the child was drowned
when lifeboat capsized. A thick fog
covering the whole Of Britain and sur
rounding waters was held responsible
for the collision.
Front-page space was allotted dis
patches from London conceding that
Gen. Methuen had
British Reverse been captured by
II South Afrieo the Beers in the
Orange River colony.
The British force had numbered 1900.
Three British officers and 38 men
were killed. five officers and ~ men
wounded. It also was reported that one
officer and 200 men were missing. -Four
guns and all the British baggage were
taken by the Beers. The news. The
star remarked editorially. was q "sen-
sation." I" British military leaders. It was
suggested, "have not learned to guard
themselves against surprises IN b couri-
try which offers the greatest possible
chance for ambuscades and sudden as
saults. Lord Methuen's misfortune
will probably revive the talk Of foreign
Intervention. and perhaps through that
medium lead to 9 proclamation Of the
struggle. !"
On FohruSyv - 1a01 Tie gfar cn,, =.
tanned lengthy story about steel en-
grayed miniature Of Presi-
poyfroit dent Theodore Roosevelt,
at, II which had been made ID the
Bureau Of Printing and
Engraving and put away for future use
onscurrency president R0osevelts Of
fictal vignette.s 1t was explained '.repfe-
sents what be considers his best portrait.
From al the hundreds of photographs
Of which he has been the Wiling Or iln-
Evening star., 1952-03-09
The Business Picture

The economists and businessmen of the
Nation are taking close look these Gays at
the charts and indices by which they normally
determine whether we are in state of relative
prosperity and what direction the movement
for the rest of the year will take
There are three principal reasons prompt
ing this particular scrutiny at this particular
time One is that spring is just around corner
of the calendar and spring is normally the
season when the overall business pace RECEIVERS
from the usual post-C Christmas and late-winter
doldrums. Another Is that the income-tax dead
line on March is is customarily accompanied
by the symptoms of tax borrowing and the
completed estimates of corporation earnings,
after taxes, for the previous calendar year. "A
third In this instance, is that the real impact
of the defense program has not yet been fully
reflected and Is further clouded by recent deci-
sionS to stretch it out over longer period than
originally planned
The picture that seems to be emerging this
year is a rather unusual one, a few sharp cOlors
mixed with many pastel shades that leave
the overall effect neither wholly bright nor
wholly dark. Heavy Government expenditures
and extensive capital expansion In such things
as new plant capacity have served to create
conditions Of prosperity in many areas and IN
many industries. BY contrast, the shift from
civilian to military production emphasis, even
though watered down in certain respects from
the blueprints of year ago, has resulted In
spotty unemployment and excessive inventories
In some geographic areas and in some lines Of
manufacture and trade An overwhelming ma
jority of corporations report record or near
record sales in 1851. but in virtually the same
proportion they report lower net earnings as
consequence of higher costs and higher taxes
The stock market, for whatever value it may
have as a barometer of things to come. IS
slightly below its average levels of year ago.
Private savings continue to rise but private debt
Is rising faster.
All Of these things can be explained without
too mu h difnculty. It IS not 50 easy, however,
Evening star., 1952-03-09
'Mundotes,' Commitments
By Bruce Borton

The two most costly words that
have moved into our lives Tn the past
Is years are mandate" and "commit-
ment." s
A mandate" is something you don't
know you have voted for until after
the election is over. II you We're old
enough to vote in 1882, you will recall
that the Democratic platform promised
to reduce the Federal payroll Is per
cent, and lift the burden Of taxes which
"are paid in the sweat of every mans
brow"
After the election, what was heard
Of these promises? Nothing. Instead,
you discovered that you had given the
President mandate" to set up huge
new bureaucracies, launch vicious at
tacks on American business. and. In the
words Of Harry Hopkins. spend and
spend, tax and tax, elect and elect.
AS for commitment" you have only
to turn to q recent issue Of Fortune
magazine to find out how costly that
word is.
Said Fortune: "You are, at the open-
ing Of. A. d. 1852, committed by treaty
to defend 81 nations. By the presence
Of United States troops, or the promises
Of United States leaders. you are effec-
lively committed to defend i've more.
And though your Government has not
announced it, it is commonly assumed
that you would defend nine other coun-
tries Gas well as most Of the colonies)
Of the non-Soviet world"
Those Of us who are frightened and
critical do not for one minute admit
that we are less humane or tender
hearted than the One Worlders. We
claim to have the highest possible
sponsorship for our position-the New
Testament itself.
HFor which of you," asks Luke l4:28.
intending to build q tower, sitteth not
down first, and counteth the cost;
whether he have sufiicient to finish 1t?
Lest haply. after he hath laid the foun-
dation and is not able to finish it. and
all that behold it begin to mock him.
saying, This man began to build and
was not able to finish?'"
Who in Washington Is figuring the
ultimate cost Of our foreign policy
tower? or what are the chances cf its
tumhling down and burying our national
economy I'm its rliins2
tcopsr,Gbt 1859. King Ysatufe ssndieate 1ns.p
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Qualifications for President

It may be the rule that q man must
have thorough knowledge Of politics
to qualify for President, but don't
think this is necessary. People claim
that military man won't do. Others
say candidate must be an expert on
foreign affairs. while others demand
that candidate understand law.
A man who is head of large busi-
ness concern and who has run the busi-
ness efficiently could I'LL the office Of
President better than most of the pres
ent and latter day ones. After all,
President has a cabinet Of advisers,
each a specialist In things relating to
government.
Gen. Macarthur. In my estimation,
not only came through with a magnifi-
cent job in Japan, but what he did
later in Korea was approved by almost
everybody. Because he wanted to nm
ish his job in Korea. he was denoted
by political boss whose makeup /
deSpiSe.
My vote will be for Macarthur. no
other.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
BY Frederick Brown Horris
Nlnlstef. FOUNDRY Methodlst Church;
Chaplain. United states senate

able In our Fathers world to sustain
lie adequately for all men. With new
understanding Of the laws of cultivation
the earth would be filled with richness
and capacity almost beyond imagina-
ton. Il
The basic source Of turmoil In Africa.
In India. In China and in other vast
stretches Of Asia is the anguished cry
for bread. This day Of decision that
will mold the future is the ethical test
OF our economic processes. Point -Four,
as it Is called. Is Americas partial answer
TO the Lords Prayer. What is being
done in dozen parts of the earth to
help people help themselves. with agri-
cultural reformation. is the most vital
thing our Government is now doing
about the hunger Of the world. Our
knoW-hOw and our sl1oW-aoW can stop
communism in its tracks. The cavalry
Of communism consists Of the pale
horses Of poverty, illiteracy, disease and
despair. They are being harneSSed to
the diabolical theology Of Marxism. The
empty promises Of communism find
lodgment In the empty stomachs of the
chronically hungry. The agricultural
revolutions which are boosting food out
put are already winning fantastic divi-
dends.
We can hit communistic world designs
harder with bread than we can. with
bullets. The supreme answer to the
Lords Prayer must come in the hungry
and the sick East. where the prayer was
born, under the blue sky of Palestine.
One Of our modern prophets whose
patriotism cannot be questioned recently
has asked: 'Would it be too much to ex-
.pect Republicans and Democrats to agree
on bread? Mems cry for bread must be-
come part Of the shaping pattern Of our
foreign policy, and then the State De-
partment will have an implement which
will reach far beyond any atomic or any
H-bomb. II as Christians and Americans,
we do not show concern today for this
great worldwide outreach for bread, we
and our democracy viii pass forever as
have 10 other civilizations before u.s."
Our daily bread: When the "O'' Of
the Our" symbolizes the whole round
world Of agony and need. America will
have taken the road over which alone
Christianity and democracy must march
to coronation In all the earth. Daily
bread for the Seething hosts Of suffering
humanity Is to be the final test Of our
creed. The God who through His more
privileged children answers the prayer
from untold millions of famished
throats: Give us this day our daily
bread"-let Him be God!
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Democracy in India

India has reason to be proud of the way
1t has gone through its first nationwide elec-
tions since achieving independence. just now
completed, the elections began four months
ago amid misgivings about how the uneducated
masses would vote In response to demagogic
appeals by the Communists and other char
latans among the candidates. The misgivings,
however, have turned out to be quite ill-founded.
With most of the results in, the Indian people
the largest unfettered electorate in the world
have demonstrated democratic political ma
turity that should be encouraging alike to them
selves and to every free people throughout the
globe.
All told, out of total of 176 million Indians
eligible to take part in this great trek to the
polls, about 100 million-more than half of them
women-have made use of their newly acquired
franchise to elect representatives of their own
choice to % state legislative assemblies and to
the central Federal Parliament With the ballot
count virtually complete, Prime Minister Nehrus
National Congress Party has won absolute ma
jorities in 18 of the assemblies, the biggest
membership bloc in each of the four others,
and an overwhelming margin Of victory in the
Parliament In the latter, the party's candi-
dates now hold no fewer than 1853 Of the 496
seats, with the Communists trailing as an ex-
tremely poor second with only 81.
S MI. NenFu, bogetAeT Will has iOloWSIS, illus
has scored notable personal triumph. BY the
same token because they have turned thumbs
down on demagogues and refused to be taken
in by the siren song of the Communists, the
vast masses of India's voters-in spite ofthaving
much to complain about-have won victory,
too, victory for the democratic process. This
has been their first such test as an independent
nation, and they have made q decidedly I'M
preSsive showing in 1t. On the strength OF that
showing, and assuming that the Congress Party
serves them well In promoting the country's
progress, they seem admirably equipped to carry
on successfully with their great experiment In
self-rule
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Monsters of Iron and Steel

VIUUStSTS UI IIVH uHu SIeeI
Many years ago freight trains ran
on our city streets until they became
an unnecessary nuisance and were re-
moved to their own private rights Of
way.
Now intercity trucks are taking over
some Of -our city streets and State
roads. Any time. on Third street NV.
one can see endless lines of these rubber
tired freight trains exceeding the speed
limit, passing one another. their ex-
hausts belching, their air horns de-
nlanding the right Of way.
X say. wake up city heads and once
again free our streets.
Robert e. WalIich.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Genius Con Be frustrating

To those who might be considering
the Sidis system for fostering geniuses,
as outlined in "You Can Make Your
Child Genius" This Week Magazine,
March 2, would suggest caution. I
almost would favor q system for pre-
venting the self-generation of genius.
My reasoning is inconclusive-being
based on single case:
The subjects ia" has been deter
mined by number Of tests to be above
las. He had no hothouSe intellectual
environment, but at seventeen Tin 1886
instructed his high school physics
teacher that the ether theory relating
to the propagation Of radiant energy
was unreasonable light must
surely have mass and could probably
be detected by magnetism, an electron
stream, or gravity (some Of which is
currently accepted).
Being unable to find person who
could understandably explain Einstein's
fourth dimension, he thought about the
problem OF dimensioning and discovered