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Evening star., 1952-05-20

Templeton Jones liked the sound OF
rain on the roof.
He recalled, sleepily, the poem by
Robert Louis Stevenson.
It wasn't the swish of drops against
the windowpane, however, that intrigued
Jones.
The sound on the roof
That was it.
It pin-points the roof as nothing else.
The roofs of mankind.
Some day some one. somewhere, Is
going to write book with that title.
There are so many books. and so many
yet to write.
Eleven thousand new ones come OF
Americas presses every year, in addition
to millions Of words In newspapers, mag
azines, pamphlets.
If all the handouts" that come into
newspaper Offices were assembled in one
place. every day, it would take building
bigger than the Pentagon to hold them.
We are writing -reading people.
We all write, and all read, and enjoy
it. and yet no one yet has written about
the roofs of mankind.
\
It is the home roof, of course, that
gives one the greater satisfaction.
The roof OF the Pentagon we may take
as q good roof. fully accepted, without
inquiring into the matter.
At the time the building was opened.
there was . long list Of the immense
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Observer.
Fired-Up Republican

The local Republican committee is
distributing to all registered party voters
reproductions of The Stars editorial of
April 19. which suggests somewhat
yearningly modest policy" of neu-
terism for the Districts representatives
in next months Chicago convention,
until such time as "the band wagon
turns the corner with the winner"
Neuterism as a way of life has many
things to recommend it. In the limited
sphere of politics, it is not less to be
admired. The vast majority of Germans,
a highly intelligent and civilized race,
were sagacious enough to stay neutral
about Hitler. The vast majority of Rus
slams. with their wonderful mystic souls.
are neutral about Stain; and look where
they are today.
Taking sides about anything is dan
gerous for anybody. We had better be
scared. I don't see why anybody is
crazy enough to vote, anyway. Perhaps
we should send our six delegates to the
convention pledged not to vote or even
open their traps or scratch their chins
in any provocative way until the band
wagon is laundering down the tracks
on the last roaring ballot by unanimous
acclaim. when with shrek they all
jump up and grab the tailboard. Then
Evening star., 1952-05-20

for this association, as well as for q
tour he made Of Germany, during which
he commented favorably on the Luft-
waite.
In the war, Lindbergh. a reserve
colonel, served as a civilian adviser to
the Air Force. Unlike other renowned
flyers, such as Jimmy Doolittle and Eddie
Rickenbacker, Lindbergh has taken lit
tie part in industrial activities. I'm
doubtedly he could have taken the
presidency of an airline just after his
flight, and could have held the job to
this day.
Lindbergh is so now. He has lost
some of his hair, but he still has a
youthful bearing. The flyer, his avia-
tion-minded wife, Anne Morrow Lind
bergh, and their five surviving children
are living quietly in New England.
Aviation, in it's infancy when Lind
bergh crossed the ocean, has come of
age. But the search for heroes is never
over. Perhaps there will be another
"Lindy" craze some day. More than
likely it will be in honor of the first
man to return from a space flight to
the moon. That accomplishments
Lindbergh's rs years ago-will usher in
Q new era in travel.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
On Drinking Alone

The latest from the psychiatry news front Is
q real humdinger. Solitary drinking, 1t seems, is
always bad. And 1t is bad not Just for
misanthropes who brood alone over life and the
world while downing bourbon n-the-rocks or
few extra-dry martins. No indeed. The thing
is at least equally bad-awfully bad-for any
baby whose mother makes practice of propping
up his milk bottle and letting him imbibe from
it all by himself, in the splendid isolation of his
crib. Woe betide the poor little tyke He has
been started on the wrong road. When he grows
up, alas, he will have trouble holding jobs,
making successful marriage and living with
Others"
This is said on the authority of personality
expert-a lady-who has told an audience up in
British Columbia that solitary drinking, whether
it be of milk or hard liquor, must 60. Otherwise,
In her judgment, the future will be full of all
too many warped personalities whose stunted
psyches will lead them into mischief without
end. But is her judgment really sound? Up to
now the best scientific circles have been in
general agreement on the theory that the
habitual lone imbiber of beverages like whisky,
tea, coffee soda pop, ETC., is simply character
who finds it tonic for his or her soul to get
away from people-away from the hurly -burly
Of society, away from the ceaSeleSS cackle of
office associates, away from the inconvenience
and travail OF trying to be pleasantly conversa-
tional when the thing that one yearns for is the
balm of solitude and silence. This is not good?
This is bad? This is the way to psychiatric
perdition? Incredible!
Above all, when there are so many other
things to worry about in our world, it is not
only incredible but insufferable to be told that
we must also worry now about what is likely to
happen to little babies who are allowed to imbibe
milk by themselves, within the solitary confine-
ment Of their cribs. This is too much! It is
enough to drive man to drink-to drink some
thing, no matter what, and to drink it completely
alone. with nobody else around him, especially
no psychiatrist.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Common Sense Prevails

recent Court of Appeals decision has
stripped some of the nonsense from the law
governing the use of confessions in criminal
cases.
Several years ago the Supreme Court
reversed a conviction in a Tennessee murder
case. It said the conviction was based on a
confession, that the confession resulted from
the fact that the accused had not been taken
promptly before committing magistrate after
his arrest, and that therefore the confession
could not be used evidence in court This
was followed by another decision which seemed
to go even further. In what is known as the
Upshaw case, the high court said: &c. that a
confession is inadmiSsible if made during illegal
detention due to failure promptly to carry a
prisoner before committing magistrate, whether
or not the confession is the result of torture
physical or psychological >"
The lower courts, UNDERSTANDABLE enough,
took this to mean that mere delay in arraign-
ment, without any proof of even a claim that
the delay resulted in the confession, or amounted
to form OF coercion, was sufficient to nvalidate
confession Now however, the Court of Appeals
has concluded that this Interpretation was
wrong that the Supreme Court did not intend
to go that far. And it says the correct rule is
"that illegal detention before presentment to
a committing magistrate, standing alone and
without more does not invalidate confession
made during its continuance, unless the deten-
tion produced the disclosure"
This, to repeat, injects measure Of common
sense into the law. No one would sanction the
use of confessions obtained by force, threats, or
any third-degree measures. But it is quite
different thing to set up court-made doctrine
Of psychological torture" and to invoke this
doctrine against the use of confessions which
actually were made voluntarily. The courts have
a duty to protect the rights of accused persons.
But there is no duty to carry this to an extreme
which nulfes the right of society to be protected
against criminals. Yet this is the direction in
which the law was moving, and If the appellate
courts latest decision helps to reverse that trend
1t will serve good and wholesome purpose.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Our Reluctant Ambassador

Ambassador william O'DWyer has displayed
an extraordinarily thick skinned attitude toward
the many charges of corruption which have been
leveled at his administration as Mayor of New
York City It is unlikely, therefore, that the
suggestion of Senator Kefauver that the envoy
to Mexico should return "for his own good" to
clear up some of these accusations-if he can
will have any Salutary effect.
There is more at stake, however, than Mr..
O'Dwyer's own concern, or lack of it, over his
reputation as public servant And there are
other ways to obtain his explanation of some Of
the graft and shakedowns that allegedly took
place while he was boss of the big city, Mr..
O'Dwyer was named by President Truman at
politically convenient time to be our ranking
diplomatic representative in Mexico. It is a
post of honor and one of Importance in our
relationship with a friendly neighboring nation.
In it, Mr.. O'Dwyer represents both the President
and the American people. If Mr.. O'Dwyer was
even knowingly tolerant of the alleged misbe-
havior of his municipal associates this is
circumstance which disqualifies him for his
present job. In fact, for him to ignore the
charges-repeated so often in so many forms
and from so many sources-is almost equally
diSqualifying.
Senator Kefauver whose Senate Crime
Committee opened up much of the unsavory
association between New York political figures
and the underworld, has made the implied
suggestion that President Truman should order
the former Mayor home for an explanation.
The Americans for Democratic Action have
followed this with convention resolution noting
that the ambassadors continued silence may
compromise the position of this country in
Mexico and urging that the President direct an
inquiry into his fitness to serve
Mr.. Truman has record of stubborn loyalty
to his friends when they are under attack, but
the true interests Of the United States demand
that Mr.. O'Dwyer either be cleared of completely
in the New York scandals or be recalled from his
present Office.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Wild Blue Yonder Is Much 7 amer Now
By WiIIiom Hines

The most exciting Quarter-century
l. in the history Of mans efforts to
get from one place to another came to
close today.
Twenty-Five years ago lanky. modest
youngster climbed into q high-wing
monoplane. said $50 long" to handful
of onlookers, and took of from Roose-
welt Field, Long Island. Thirty-three
hours later Charles Augustus Lindbergh
touched his Spirit of Louis" down at
lie Bourget, Paris. He was the first
man ever to fly the Atlantic alone.
Today, catching plane to Paris is
no harder and not much more expensive
than catching train to California. Air
progress has passed into-and out Of
the "short-snorter" phase. People no
longer bother to autograph dollar bills
for each other in witness of the achieve
ment of having flown the ocean. The
reason is that flying the ocean is no
longer an achievement.
But it was not that way on May 20
81, 1927. When he took of from New
York, Lindbergh was everything from
darn fool" to poor kid" When he
landed at Paris he was the greatest
hero of the generation.
The ticker-tape greeting for the re-
turned hero-"Lindy" was his name
by then-was more than just symp-
tom of the nuttiness of the '20S. It was
genuine adulation for man who had
done something almost unbelievably
great.
Actually Lindbergh was not the first
man to fly the Atlantic. Believe-It-or-
Not Ripley calculated that he was about
the 10th man to turn the trick, count
ing the crew of the NC-4 and other
aeronautS before him. But Lindy went
it alone; he flew unassisted farther and
longer than any one else had done. That
fact, plus his modesty, made him hero.
At the time Lindy was too young to
be President. But he could have had
literally anything else in the country he
wanted. Kids stood in awe of the Lone
Eagle" as kids of the present genera
ton have never done for any one else.
When Lindbergh toured the country, his
welcome surpassed that given to any
returning hero before or since.
This writer, then boy of II, recalls
Lindbergn's visit to San Francisco. AS
special reward for good report card
or something, he was allowed to attend
the Lindbergh dinner at the Palace Hotel
in company with his father. After the
speeches he got to shake Lindy's hand.
The hand that had touched the Lone
Eagles was. for several days thereafter,
Evening star., 1952-05-20

maybe the winning nominee will be so
pleased with us'ns that he will recon-
mend to Congress, as his first business
after election. minimum salary of
$4,000 year for all Government en-
ployes, with a consequent unbounded
prosperity to all the District shopkeep-
erS. lawyers, dentists, bus drivers, news
paper editorial writer's, maids, yardmen,
shoeShine boys. and the rest of us to
whom their wealth would seep down,
in the same way that even the lowest
bacteria in the oceans profoundest
depths are benefited ultimately, through
many chewings and regurgitations, by
nutriment cast upon the pelagic surface
miles above; and that would certainly be
something wonderful to hope for.
The undersigned, for one, is going to
vote for Eisenhower. And so, quite pos
sibly, are 10000 others, which would be
five times as many as the Republican
State Committee has ever lured to the
polls before. We are going to vote for
Eisenhower because it is our conviction
that the Republican Party is better for
the country, and that Eisenhower is best
for party and country both. Perhaps
Stain is against him, above all. Perhaps
we do not have sufficient confidence in
the clarity of Mr.. Taft's views about the
times in which we live. Perhaps some
Of us are just wary of man who wants
to be President so badly that he can
taste it. Perhaps we just don't think
that his chance of winning is so good.
But we have our convictions, and they
are valid for us, and we are going to
vote them. without hope of favor, and
without fear. We trust that the voters
who believe Mr.. Taft the best man will
speak up for him also, and not hide
behind any pretense of neuterism.
We are only Washingtonians; but we
are also Americans. Miserable as we
may seem to be, there should be some
spark in us. In this one opportunity
we have quadriennially to express our
preferences. we, the most of all, should
speak up with bold, decisive voice.
Better six Democratic delegates in
Structed for Caudle and Doodle, better
six Republicans instructed for Styles
Bridges and his friend the Dutchman,
than to be neutrads, neuters, ciphers and
shadows. walking timorously. afraid of
our own judgment, sending blank
minded delegates to vote only as the
majority has already swung, hoping for
some largess, terrified Of the great
elected powers in the White House and
on the Hill.
Joel Townsley Rogers.
Editors note: The Star suggested
no policy for local Republicans, but
commented on the policy followed for
many years by the Republican State
Committee. Judging by the returns,
1t is the most popular policy0
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Murroy BeIobored

If he has not been inisquoted Phil Muir
ray, president of the CIO, says he will
demand for the steel employees their full
pound of flesh, regardless of the effects
upon the Nations economy and the war
effort, and that 1.-The steel companies
can go to hell" Vice President Barkley
chimes in by declaring that the steel
companies are un-American.
Let the unbiased American citizens
decide who is un-American. emitting the
opinions of the demagogues. radicals.
and vote-buyerS.
Daniel M. Greene.
If Jefferson was right, then Phil Muir
ray has no moral right to make deci-
sions for $50 1000 men. The men should
make the decision themselves. am
not suggesting that the men take indi-
vidual action, as that would have the
effect of nullifying the union. But
certainly there must be q balance that
can be reached between the absolute
power Murray now abuses and the COM
plete lack of union action.
Such a balance could be reached by
decentralizing union control. Why
should the union president, or even
union board of strategy. decide what
the pay, working conditions, ETC., should
be for each and every factory?
John F. Schmidt.
Philip Murray seems quite belligerent
about the steel controversy. The industry
claims it must have a greater price in
crease than Mr.. Arnall will grant. The
administration is reported to favor the
steel workers. II industry accedes to
the demands of the workers and admin
istration, there seems reasonable doubt
as to its ability to make fair profit.
The following wild idea might give
somebody else a better thought as
basis for compromise. Since nobody can
really foretell how much the steel COM
panies might lose if the administration
and union terms are met, why not have
q certain part Of the proposed wage in
crease paid directly to the union treasury
for payment at the end of certain
period to the individual workers or to
steel companies not making an agreed
upon fair profit? If this Is not enough,
perhaps the administration would spon-
sor a bill to make sure that steel COM
panies will make fair profit under the
imposed conditions by guaranteeing q
contribution from the United States
Treasury.
This may not be as foolish as it looks
There would be bookkeeping pre- blems.
or there may be none since the unions
and administration seem to think there
will be q fair profit anyway. Are they
willing to make a bet on their belief?
Evening star., 1952-05-20

Premier, Mr.. Pinay was q relatively obscure
figure, but he has since emerged as a kind of
strong man in the economic field OF course,
in view of his country's postwar experience with
in-and-out-again governments, there is no
certainty about his tenure of Office. Neverthe-
less he and his cabinet have brought new
measure of stability to France, and the sena-
torial elections encourage the hope that he will
have fair chance to complete the good job he
has started to do.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Reflection

Sometimes iDhen ! pass
My looking glass
! see you, mother.
Gazing back at me-:
CourdgeouSly,
Craze and iDise.
Laughter in your eyes.
I turn. enthralled. to trace
Your beauty In my face.
KathaYn woIeot
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Questions and Answers
By Gould Lincoln

The Stars readers can get the answer 10
any question q fact By either @ @ySiti9s The
NV. washington. d. c., and inclosing cents
return postage By teiephoning 6T. 1858.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Raises the FIuo

Several weeks ago I wrote letter to
The Star concerning one of the new
and largest high schools in Prince
Georges County where there was flag
pole of great altitude. but Old Glory was
seldom seen waving from it.
am delighted to report that my letter
proved helpful because I've noticed that
Old Glory is now waving from the flag
pole.
Observer.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Presidents Diction
Theodore L. S0O- Hoo.

No, dear Mr.. President, there is no
authority in the Constitution, the lexi-
cons or good usage for referring to the
National Capital as WAR-shington.
Even the Midwestern custom Of insert
ing RS where they don't belong does
not justify such an error in speech.
Doubtless your habitual generosity will
excuse having your attention called to
this matter. Washinpton;.r
Evening star., 1952-05-20
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many different species Of ami
mails are known to scientists?-W. M.
A. About a million. Half of all ami
mails known are insects, and entomo-
logists agree that we probably know only
10 per cent of all kinds that exist on
earth.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Letters to The Star .
Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
aOriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

Such regulation Of enterprise is not de-
sirable. but neither is steel strike. This
is not good long term solution, but it
would have the advantages of holding
down the inflationary steel price rise and
of giving the steel worker some real in
terest in helping his company to make
o profit.
Theodore T., Sn0-HO0
Evening star., 1952-05-20

@. Why is the Nobel Peace Prize not
awarded every years.. T.
A. The Nobel award is withheld in
any year in which no person or organi-
zation is deemed worthy of 1t.
Evening star., 1952-05-20

@. How much did 1t cost to produce
the motion picture Quo Vadis"?-
L. r. K.
A. The cost is given at $6.5 million.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-10-03

come in groups" he said, "and be
prepared to stay in Israel a year
or two. It is not necessary that
they remain there. If Israel is to
survive she must have these
young people,"
The speaker was asked how the
people of Israel feel a bout the
German reparations. In answer
he replied that the Israeli fully
understands that the goods Ger
many will deliver to Israel in the
course of the next few years will
not be a moral reparation. mot
until there is a genuine movement
within Germany toward repara-
tons can the German people be
called repentant of their crimes
against the Jews. To date there
are only one or two Germans who
truthfully want to make amends.
Adenauer is one of these men. He
is genuine, and feels that if Ger
many is to take her place with
the nations of the world she must
make amends to the Jewish peo-
pie. Unfortunately, there are very
few others in Germany who feel
as he does, and until the time
when there is a general repent
ance movement in Germany, we
cannot accept the present repara-
lions as payment of a moral
debt"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-10-03
Representative Of Israel Foreign
Ministry Visits South

sonville With representatives of
local Jewish leaders Fishman
stated in reply to questions that
what is very much needed in
public relations work is an in
strument by which American
Jewish tourists can be oriented on
what they can expect upon their
visit to Israel, and also an orien-
tation for Israeli visitors to the
U. S., so that the crossing of the
two-way passage between Israel
and the U. S. can be smoother.
The Z.O.A. House in Tel Aviv,
which was to serve such a pur-
pose, has proven white ele-
plant, the young man revealed.
Fishman also declared that Is
rael is very much in need Of
young Jews from America who
have technical SkillS to offer the
pioneering country. "They should
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-10-03

Hershel Fishman, a representa-
tive of the Israel Foreign Minis
try, was guest in Jacksonville
Wednesday, and in Savannah,
Thursday, when he addressed
meetings of the Lions Clubs.
Touring the region on direction
of the American Zionist Council,
he thirty-year-old American
born Israel representative gave
his audiences a well-rounded ad-
dress on the history and present
condition of the Jewish state.
FiShman was very we'll received
by his listeners.
In private meeting in Jack
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-27
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Smyrna times., 1952-12-04
DEL. RED CROSS
MAKE REPORT
Delaware Chapter in Yearly
Report Show Expenditures
of S144,244
1896 PER DAY

Expenses of the American Rec
Cross Delaware Chapter amounted
to less than II of one per cent OF
the total ARC expenditures during
the fiscal year ending June 80
1852. Operating on a guarded
budget the local chapter handled
a 35 per cent increase in services
to men in uniform and their FAM
lies during this second year of the
Korean war. In financial state
ment released by National Red
Cross it was disclosed that S103,-
SOS, ,782 was spent to give services
to the armed force and civilians.
The Delaware chapter expended
$144, PA. Interpreting the figure,
Lammot DUPONT, Jr., chapter
chairman estimated that it cost the
Delaware Chapter 1895 per day to
operate. In a message to the peo-
pie of Delaware he thanked volun-
teers and contributors for helping
the chapter, and cited the appoint
ment of a vice-chairman in charge
of volunteers and another in
charge of branch areas as having
strengthened ties with the active