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Evening star., 1952-01-20
To BuIwork the Miller Act

The proposal for psychiatric clinic ade-
quately stated, to assist District courts In
administering the Miller Act otherwise known as
the sex-psychopath law, is aimed at a weakness of
the present system. The weakness is the delay
encountered by the judges in obtaining psychi-
atr1c aoVlce In sex cases arising under the act
Chief Judge Laws of the United States District
Court says that only two psychiatrists are avail
able now for this special service, and they are so
burdened with other duties that it sometimes
takes month and a half or more to get reports
In pending cases. AS result court action in the
cases must be put off for unreasonably long
periods
The Miller Act providing for commitment
TO St. Ellzabeths Hospital of sex offenders, with
view to possible cure of their abnormalities.
Tailed to set up any special facilities for advising
the judges in such cases. The District Courts
have relied on doctors available at Gallinger.
But the number of psychiatrists that can be
assigned to this duty is limited, and so is their
time. DR.. Bernard A. Cruvant, chief of the
psychiatric staff at ST. Eizabeths, told the
Correction Section of United Community Services
that some OF the psychopaths sent to- the Federal
hospital apparently had not been given adequate
psychiatric study before being committed Some
sex offenders might better be sent to Jail than to
hospital he said, for treatment would do them
no good. 1t would be far better to do the SCREEN
Ing before commitments are made, he pointed
out.
The clinic suggested by DR.. Cruvant would
be given the responsibility of sitting out the
offenders who might profit from treatment and
those who should 60 to Jail. The disqualification
money saved by this sitting process would help
to pay for the clinic. And the courts would be
able to expedite the handling of sex cases that
deserve prompt disposition. The plan is worth
study by District health and law enforcement
authorities
Evening star., 1952-01-20

near Chain Bridge, has been purchased. Mean
while, Fairfax had been doing absolutely nothing
to carry out its part of the undertaking, until
the reorganized board tackled the problem at
the request of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. There is good reason to
believe that the State Legislature will make the
requested appropriation promptly, as State au-
thorties are enthusiastic supporters Of the park
way program. As Chairman Carper Of the Fair
fax Board Of Supervisors has aptly put It. this is
too good deal" to pass up.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Britain and Atomic Cooperation

There can be little doubt that a freer ex-
change Of atomic information would be of value
to our own country and to Britain We both
have much to learn from each other and it Is
for that reason that serious thought is being
given to the idea of relaxing some of the re-
strictions that now bar anything like the kind
OF cooperation that led to the wartime develop
ment Of the A-bomb. Congress, however. is
likely to take dim view of any such relaxation
unless the British offer convincing evidence that
they have really frightened up on their system
of security safeguards against espionage and
treason
That system has proved to be notoriously
weak in the past The most shocking example
Of 1t has been the case of the brilliant DR.
Klaus Fuchs the one-time German Communist
who became naturalzed British citizen and
who then, during the war and after, betrayed
to Russia the innermost secrets of the Anglo
American-Canadian atomic project. That be-
trayal, according to the sentencing Judge, has
done "irreparable harm" to Britain, the United
States and the rest Of the free world. Quite
naturally, therefore, here in this country-in
and outside, Congress-there is an altogether
understandable reluctance to amend the 1946
law in any way that might play into the hands
Of another Fuchs. The reluctance moreover,
has been stiffened by the fact that since the
SAPOSU1c VI udAGOI, tWO ObIlcE 0EltOIlS pTIFy
to A-weapons information-though of less i'm
portant nature-have mysteriously disappeared,
presumably to lend aid and comfort to the
tyranny behind the Iron Curtain.
In his recent talks here with President Tru-
man, Prime Minister Churchill is said to have
discussed this subject and proposed an easing
of certain of the present restrictions in our law
At the same time, according to reports from
London, the British government has undertaken
o thoroughgoing recheck on the reliability of
every nucear scientist in Britain. Such action
is all to the good Given clear proof of effective
safeguards Congress can be counted upon to
be sympathetic to proposals for limited-scale
revival of former Anglo American cooperation
In the atomic held But the proof is needed.
This country is in no mood to exchange valuable
information through a sievelike security system
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Van Fleets Faux Pas

nave been watching your paper
closely to find out If any one of your
readers Cor for that matter, somebody
on your STAFF would have noticed the
last paragraph Of the statement made by
Gen. Van Fleet as it appeared In The
Sunday Star Of January 13.
To say the least. it is regrettable that
Gen. Van Fleet should be quoted as say
ing II am satisfied the northern part Of
Korea Is So badly destroyed that the
Reds Lack food, clothing and shelter and
the population Of North Korea is in very
critical condition" More than that, it is
unfortunate that a man with the re-
sponsibility Of Gen. Van Fleet should
give to the enemy one of the best pieces
Of propaganda they could have ever
dreamed Of. You can bet that by now
the Communist propaganda machine
has made sure that every Korean knows
about the generals faux pas.
Modesto Lucero.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Music Lovers Manners

am concerned about those people
who attended the concert given by the
Philadelphia Orchestra at Constitution
Hall January 8 and the usual Washing
ton audience seen at other musical
events. No more Of massive insult
could have been extended toward Mr..
Ormandy ct al than the Washington
group did that evening.
Mr.. Ormandy was presented with
multitude Of hazards including applause
between movements and unforgivable
scrufling throughout the program. Peo-
pie left in the middle of a movement
and seemed to defy the conductors plea
Tor quiet. Once, in one of the most
emotional gestures Of the evening (Which
I'm sure passed unnoticed by the audi
ence who hardly ever looked at him
anyway. Mr.. Ormandy dropped his
arms to his sides in angry despair.
I'm sure that no impresario expects
his audience to. be acquainted with the
score OF every piece Of music presented,
but 1t Is no difficult task to read the
program handed out by the ushers to
know when to applaud, etc. These guides
are not to be read during the perform
chestra Is there merely to provide a back
ground for their group participation dis
cussions.
As soon as Mr.. Ormandy brought the
Pathetique to a close in its explicit
melancholy-as II In poetic conflict, the
audience rose to leave. got hit from all
sides with fur coats. brocade ballgowns
and the rest Of Washington's latest. The
evening had ended-there was no need
for calling the maestro forward again.
I suggest that Washington music
lovers send representative group to
New York. Chicago. or San Francisco.
and have some well-known artistic Or
ganization brief them thoroughly on
what Is expected Of a concert attender.
Maybe many Of them will find that they
really would not like to give up so many
things for the two hours allotted the
usual concert and would then discon-
tinue attending them-with sincere
thanks from myself and many others.
, Gustave A. Laurenxi.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

On January 9. 1902, The Star editori-
ally remarked: This Is Jackson's day
It deserves to be re-
Andrew Joekson membered, as It will be
Appraised In many parts Of the
country. Old Hickory
was mighty man. 80. A most positive
force, he drew men to him. or repelled
them, strongly. It was said Of him. and
truly, that there was no nonsense about
him. He took life seriously. He was
always tremendously In earnest, whether
lighting battles. racing horses. admins
tering affairs as President OF the United
States, or smoking corncob pipe. He
loved. or hated. with all his soul. His
success was extraordinary. !. without
anything resembling scholarship, with
out anything resembling eloquence, with
but . snattering Of the law and no
knowledge Of the art Of war but what
he picked up In the rough school Of ex-
perience, he vanquished scholars like
Adams, orators like Clay, lawyers like
Webster, and at New Orleans one OF
England's crack soldiers. II he were liv-
ing now. it would be said of him. In the
language Of the street, that you couldn't
lose him.
On January 10. 1902, The Star devoted
more than . column of small print to an
article On the Car
Carnegie Institution negie institution,
PfeliminoFies founded by Andrew
Carnegie In aid Of
scholarship. DR.. Charles y. Walcott of
the Geological Survey was the steel mil
ionaire's spokesman. An .toflicial state.
ment" issued by him began: 1T is pro-
posed to found Ia The City Of Washing-
ton. In the spirit of washington. an
institution which. With the cooperation
;of institutions now or hereafter estab-
lished, there or elsewhere. shall. In the
broadest and most liberal manner. en-
aeourage investigation. research and dis
fcovery. encourage the application OF
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Letters to The Star

surance companies, in terms Of return
paid on funds left In trust. Annuities,
before the New Deal. paid two to three
per cent more than they do today.
Every one Is familiar, of course, with
the advance in living costs under the
New or Fair Deal. Some, 1t is true, has
been due to the costs of war. But an
awful lot has been due to managed In
fiation, price-raising and wage-infiation
schemes.
Yet we are told that the New or Fair
Deal has helped the annuitants. It has,
practically speaking, destroyed them. No
groups among US are in more pitiable
state. because they are the real little
people. the school teachers, ministers
nurses, Librarians and countless in
dividuals from all walks Of life who, by
thrift and self-denial, put by some
savings to take care Of them In their
declining years. The silent sufferers. The
proud and independent minded. The salt
Of the earth. Their economic life-blood
is on the foul hands Of the New and Fair
Deal. And there is no solution strong
enough to wash 1t OF.
@ Var1fa9
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Costly Gas Discrimination

Federal Power Commission trial attorney
Is right in asserting that Washington is being
Disseminated against by the wholesalers Of
natural gas. The attorney referred particularly
to the fact that Washington is being supplied
with poorer quality Of gas than that which
Baltimore or Virginia cities receive yet no al
lowance for quality deficiency is made In the
wholesale charges.
This lower quality of gas is a relatively new
development, according to the Washington Gas
Light Company. For 18 years the Districts
natural gas supply came from Kentucky fields,
where nature provides a gas of high heating
value. But in 1859, when the pipeline companies
decided to expand in the Maryland Virginia
area, Washington was cut in on a new pipeline
which brings gas from Texas. The Kentucky gas
meanwhile has been diverted to Maryland and
consumers are getting gas OF 10 per cent
lower heat potential than they formerly received.
Since the wholesale price Of natural gas to the
local company is based on volume rather than
heat content, the quality reduction was not ac-
companied by any price reduction. Yet local
consumers are paying for their gas on a therm-
unit basis This means that the Washington
Gas Light Company must buy more of the Texas
gas than would be required If Kentucky gas still
were being brought here-which, in turn, means
higher gas bills for domestic users.
The FPC attorney recommended price
adjustment to take care Of what he called "a
clear case of discrimination against Washing
ton Such an adjustment should be made as
promptly as possible, for it would have bearing
on current efforts Of the local company to raise
its charges to Washington consumers.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
BY Frederick Brown Harris
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I
had 70 come human benefactor who
would slay the invisible foes. the mur-
dercus germs which were slaughtering
millions Of people. There was the gol-
den slipper Of . great hope. But. by
the accepted tests. who would have
thought that 1t belonged to an obscure,
handicapped paralytic named Pasteur,
with all the medical profession against
his pretensions? There had to come q
day when the killer diabetes must be
conquered. Less than so years ago quite
an ordinary farm boy was high school
student In Ontario, Canada. There was
still the silver slipper Of anguished long
ing for the conquest Of that dread and
fatal disease, just as there now is5from
the scourge Of cancer. And it came to
pass that the slipper fitted that Cana
diAn boy, and he became the co-dis-
coverer Of insulin and thus the savior
of host Of human lives. We never
know what surprises there may be grow-
ing up In our own street. what keys
viii be held IN the hands or the shouting
boys who noisily play on nearby lots.
~ ss M
From discounted Nazareth the Mother
honored among women sang the su-
prenne hymn Of the surprises through
which Gods purposes prevail at last:
ssHe hath put down the mighty from
their seats and exalted them Of low de-
gree" Even when the splendor Of the
world centered In Rome. ornate and all
powerful as its far-dung legions were
sweeping on from conquest to conquest,
the word Of the Lord came to humble
Jewish maiden. saying That holy thing
that shall be born of thee shall be called
the Son Of God. And Of His kingdom
there shall be. no end"
What setting for the crystal slipper
Is that record Of the New Testament:
I'm the 18th year of, the reign Of Ti-
berius Caesar, Pontius PLATE being Coy
ernor of Judea and Herod being
tetrarch Of Galilee. in the high priest
hood Of Ciaphas, the word Of the Lord
came unto John, the son Of Zacharias,
in the wilderness" What magnificent
ironyl What q reversal Of the standards
Of men! Fright past that wealth of
purple pomp, and priestly pride. scorn-
ing kings and rulers and unworthy
clerics. past church and past state, past
throne and altar. the word Of God, true
and compelling and revolutionizing, came
unto an obscure man they had all
turned out into the wilderness"
And the supreme illustration Of it all
is that when 5 ....
"They all toere looking for king,
To raise their hopes and ut them
high,
He came. a little baby thing
That made a ,oonsan cry." -.
Evening star., 1952-01-20

been commissioned to search for new
, king. One after another Of the stalwart
sons Of Jesse passed before him. Each
OF them seemed to possess regal attrib-
utes. and especially the eldest who
looked every inch king. But each
time the verdict was: ssThe Lord hath
not chosen thee" Then came the ques-
ton, Are here all your sons?" Jesse
replied, "An except one, the youngest,
David: he tendeth the sheep. You
couldn't be interested in that young Lao. /"
With lndisguised scorn that the father
should thus assume that this ruddy.
young rustic would be excluded from the
regal picture. the king finder and king
maker ordered: "Send for him!" Fresh
from the fields the ancestor Of the Good
Shepherd stood before Gods man, who
at once sensed that the shepherd boy
fitted the pattern Of the Divine selec-.
ton. It Is but another story where
flashed the slipper Of destiny.
History's epics Of achievement cannot
be written without the recurring theme,
the triumph Of the rejected. Under the
masterpieces Of the Divine strategy often
could be written, ''The unlikely instru-
meIlts Of God" How often is the entry
in the volume Of the unfolding purpose:
1.-THE stone which the builders rejected
has become the head Of the corner"
Cinderella's magic slipper. which fitted
her but not the feet Of her conniving
sisters, is an emblem Of the neglected
things. the unlikely implements. the de-
spised nobodies whom the future taps
on the shoulder and beckons. Some day
the evil Of American slavery had to be
fronted with an emancipator; but who
ever would think that that crystal slip
per would At the baby born to Nancy
Hanks in log cabin? Some day there
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Spires Of the Spirit
Cinderella Slipper

The story Of Cinderella's crystal slip
per has fascinated the fancy OF suc-
ceeding generations. Turning from the
somber facts OF today, millions have
reyeled In the artistic presentation of
this old tale in striking pageant and on
the silver screen. Who has not felt q
vicarious satisfaction that the proud
and scheming sisters were shut out Of
the glittering dreamland whose yistas
opened to the one they had discounted
and despised? The others had united
to keep the stepsister In her place
that Is. the loWly station to which they
had assigned her. They needed q menial
servant as the base Of their aspiring
pyramid Of ambition. But there was no
path to the apex for Cinderella. The
sister whose very name suggests the
cinders Of the fireplace was Just the
slave Of their acQuisitiye domain. The
gay social lights and sights Of royal
palaces and the batteries Of gallant
knights belonged to world denied her.
The drab drudge Of the family circle
never was enviSioned as the companion
OF any Prince Charming. But, 10 and
behold. it came to pass that the crystal
slipper, whose owner the Prince ardently
sought, fitted Cinderella alone. And for
the dominating sisters the door Of eager
desire was shut.
The story Of this obscure lassie is as
old as the race. Her crystal slipper Is
a mirror held up to history. Here is
sober truth In q fantastic frame. It
writes across the sky the strange and
unexpected reversals and surprises that
the centuries have brought. In the hand
OF destiny is the Silver Slipper Of some
great idea, Of some epochal human ad-
vance, OF some startling discovery. It
Is the symbol Of what Victor Hugo called
q great idea whose time has come"
But ideas must have feet. And where
are the human feet to At the slipper?
Unknown men and women who have
tncarnated the ideas. whose time has
come, often have not been among those
whom their contemporaries reckoned
brilliant or accomplished. They have
not been in the Who's Who Of the most
able Of their time. Their only distinc-
ton was that they were the implements
and channels for ideas whose time
had come.
Recently. a radio program graphically
portrayed gripping chronicle Of "old,
unhappy, far-off days and battles long
ago" It was the familiar yet always
fascinating story Of the choice Of David
as king Of Israel. It Is Biblical illus
tratson Of the crystal slipper. In the
dramatic story the prophet Samuel had
Evening star., 1952-01-20

Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
1oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1952-09-25
CLEVELAND WEST
BRANCH 1

Dear Members! Just to tell YOU
that our next meeting is on Sun
dav October Sth at 3 p. m We
wish to thank all our Deputies
for their great work for all the
new members, for the Sr. ,and
Jr. Branch I. Last meeting it
sure was "Wunderbar." Thanks
again, and please keep it up.
Our Juniors are sponsoring
their Traubenfest. and we are all
invited, so let's all who are able,
be present.
Branch 4. Fall Card Party is on
Thursday Oct. 18th. Please save
that for Branch 4. Our ladies will
bring delicious pastries in honor
OF their "Namenstag'.
On the sicklist are sisters
Mrs. Johanna Wolff and Miss
Margaret Zikely in St. John S
Hospital. We all wish them a
speedy recovery.
TO the Michael Sigarto Family
we extend our deepest sympathy.
49, We just can't believe it - that
God tok Mr.. NJ. Sigarto to him.
Yours very truly
Betty Tischler, Sec.
(Olk sblatt
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1952-09-25
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Cleveland West Juniors

Traubeniest!.! That's all West
members know. Come down and
ioin in the fun. There'll be dane
ing. raffles and the steoling OF
grapes. What time? 7:SO p. m.
Sunday, September 18th at the
dining room and garden Of the
Sachsenheim. SO come one and
all.
All ticket committees and de-
corating committee please meet
at the Sachs senheiln at s 90 a. n.
Sunday morning. Remember
everything has to be done there,
so get down on time'
West members sure enjoyed
themselves at Hilltop last Satur-
dav. Let's do it again some time
(soon.D
Remember bowling starts at
$50 p. IN. This is a league and
we must start on time. We are
still loking for bowlers. If in
terested call Pat Roby, At. 1887.
See YOU Sunday, bowlers.
Pat Roby. Reporter.
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