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Evening star., 1952-01-08
Our Friend and Ally

A letter signed Subscriber" January
says he is thoroughly fed up with
the British" is burned up by their
recognition Of Red China, and suggests
that Churchill's boat shouldn't be al
lowed to land"
AS an American citizen Of British
birth, who has until now endured them
for over 30 years, I, too, am thoroughly
fed up, but with these perennial critics
of the British. Far too often it has
been, a case of damned If they do,
damned If they don't" Criticism is the
right of all free men, including Sub.
scriber" and myself, to be stoutly
asserted and defended. whatever the
subject. It should, however, be construc-
tive, not destructive. It should at least
once in a while show some respect for
an honest difference of opinion, some
favorable aspects to the opposing view
point, and give credit where credit is
due. Otherwise it's value as criticism
worthy of careful consideration is
gravely impaired.
BY these tests, this constant twisting
Of the lions tail usually suffers. If I
could presume on your space would
be happy to deal fully with each point
Subscriber" raises There is good
deal to be said in favor of the British
Far Eastern policy, and of Britain, with
her great leader, as our most valuable
friend and ally.
Herbert j. Holland.
X
The letter entitled Quarantine Church.
ill?" is sad commentary on the failure
Evening star., 1952-01-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

Dog foods. either canned or dry, may
be tried on the winter garden. ee
The dry forms. Of course, should be
wet down with water or milk.
Suet is an old standby for many of the
wintering birds. including the woodpeck-
ers, and especially the woodpeckers, and
particularly the little downy woodpecker.
It is best to nail suet on a tree, up
above dog height.
Both dogs and cats will eat suet, If
they can get it, at least they will drag
it, down and run of with it just for the
sake Of sport.
Ground meat. if one is feeling aff1uent,
is relished by the birds In the cold, but
here again one must watch out for wan
dering dogs, as plate Of food that might
last dozen birds an hour will all vanish
at one gulp from hungry dog.
Cornbread is q fayorjte Of many song
sters in the cold. and it does not cost too
much to serve.
The newcomer TO bird feeding will
soon realize that keeping greedy group
of birds filed up AL day long costs money
nowadays.
It is possible to help the songsters
immensely by just serving them food
in the early morning and late In the
afternoon. Indeed the cardinals prefer
the twilight hour to all others, and are
never so happy as when taking this just
before going to he'd.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Dust Off the Slogans We Go Aqoin

Henry Clay, a survey Of the slogan
trend seems to prove that Wendell
Willkie was right when he remarked
that "a good catchword can obscure
analysis for SO years."
Before the modern Republican Party
got started with the Free Soil, Free
Men, Free Speech, Fremont" drive for
John C. Fremont in 1856, and before the
Democrats really turned on the heat of
blistering demands to Turn the Rascals
OUT after the Civil War, there was no
shortage of slogans.
'Tippecanoe and Tyler. Too" adver-
tised William Henry Harrison, and
Tyler. too. Manifest Destiny was SO
popular with the Democrats in 1845 that
the Republicans picked it up in 1898.
The Common Man." commended by
the hackers Of James K. Polk. later came
to the aid Of the party of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who went it one better by
remembering the Forgotten Man." The
1874 rally cry "Fifty-four Forty or
Fight" may yet crop up in slogan
about the 38th Parallel.
Almost a century before the Demo-
Gratis made an unflattering paraphrase
of Herbert Hoover's promises of pros
perity. the Wings warned against Van
Buren's POLICY of so Cents Day and
French Soup" Friends of Foxy Van re-
torted that Our Policy is So Day and
Roast Beef"
Mr.. Hoover did predict that prosperity
was Just around the corner in 1882. But
the Democrats insisted he said there
would be Chicken in Every Pot" That
was a rather free enterprise use of a
quip by Henry Nv of France several
centuries before.
Lincoln was not the only President
who provided his own campaign slogans,
but he uttered some of the best. In 1860
many voters unquestionably were moved
by his reminder that "a house divided
against itself cannot stand" In 1864 he
offered compelling campaign argument
often repeated before and since-that
it is dangerous ito swap horses in the
middle of the stream"
Let Us Have Peace" said Gen. Grant
when he accepted the G. o. P. nomination
in 1868. In 1880, however, when we'll
wishers hoped to put him up for third
term, there was weak response to Roscoe
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Doncing School

What Transformation has here taken
sGt place
That euen dottng parents scarce
belieUe?
Can that be Junior NTH the Numbered
face
BoiDing politely to some dainty Eve?
They match him as he leads her out to
dance
With suaue assurance that he does not
feel;
His eyes betray him as Dith frightened
glance
He flashes last gesture OF appeal.
Then he is on his oUn: he rings his arm.
Around her tDatst, as atDEto1rdly they
DtoUe,
Conscious only OF each others charm,
Tricked In the first bright mystery OF
loDe.
Tomorrow they sDiu sit behind their
desks,
An aisle, room, corridor apart,
Their faces like pnpier rsGcte nlasks,-
stu dancing. dancing, dancing. heart
to heart.
Moe Winkler Goodmon
Evening star., 1952-01-08

Conkiin's: He comes from Appomattox
and its famous apple tree"
"A Public Office Is Public Trust"
said Cleveland and his campaigners "A
Surplus Is Easier to Handle Than a
Deficit" said the Harrison followers.
They Love Him for the Enemies He
Has Made" said other supporters OF
Cleveland.
The most historic slogan backfire in
history was the Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion" remark of 1884. Blaine, a
campaigning "Plumed Knight" to the
Republicans, had no responsibility for
that slur but it probably contributed to
Cleveland's election.
Closer to our time, were Bryan's Gross
of Cold: Mark Hanna's "WeIl Stand
Pat; the 1896 Sixteen to One" ratio;
McKinley's Full Dinner Pail";; Teddy
Roosevelt's 'Big Stick" and "Strong AS
Bull Moose; the 1912 appeal in behalf
of Champ Clark that 'You Gotta Quit
Kicking My Dawg Around; the Repub-
lican taunt against "Watchful Waiting,
Woodrow wilson; Wilson's 1916 "He'
Kept Us Out of War; Harding's Back
to Normalcy";; the 1924 Democratic
slogan of Honesty at Home, Honor
Evening star., 1952-01-08
An ICC inquiry Still Advisable

There are indications that a renewed effort
will be made to induce Congress to authorize an
investigation by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission of the complicated public transportation
system in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Public reaction to the recent $2.4 million special
dividend pay-off by the Capital Transit Company
while it was asking for higher fares and curtail-
ing services was such as to indicate wide support
for a sweeping inquiry. The Interstate Com
merce Commission is better equipped to make
an investigation than any committee which
Congress might designate.
Bills calling for an ICC inquiry into the
adequacy of bus and streetcar services and the
reaSonableness of fares in the Washington area
were introduced jointly last July by Senators
Byrd and Robertson of Virginia and by Repre-
sentative Beall of Maryland The bills did not
reach the hearing stage. The legislation was
urged by suburban groups that were dissatisfied
with the services and rates of the several bus
companies operating between the District and
the nearby Virginia and Maryland counties.
Advocates of the legislation pointed out that
an expert investigation might result at least
in a better coordination of transportation
facilities that would bring improved services
and perhaps lower fares and more transfer
privileges.
Cold water was thrown on the proposal,
however, by the 1CC, which has informed Virginia
authorities that it has neither the money nor
the staff to conduct an inquiry of such broad
scope Up to now the ICC has investigated only
specific complaints regarding fares and services
in suburban areas-with one major exception
It has taken special interest in bus fares for
Federal employees in nearby Virginia and has
ordered a reduced joint ticket arrangement
between Capital Transit and two Virginia bus
lines. The ICC probably could broaden its
interest in Federal employees transportation
problems to include all lines operating in the
Metropolitan Area under the same authority
employed in behalf of the Pentagon workers.
No other present utilities agency has this inter-
state authority &s
A thorough impartial and objective Hudy Of
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Post the Storm Warnings

If there is any one who thinks that the
second session of the 82d Congress, which begins
today is going to be buSinesSike affair devoted
exclusively to hard work and solid legislation he
rates nomination as the most optimistic man
of the year.
certain amount of real work will have to be
done. Appropriation bills. must be passed and
the Stabilization legislation, which expires on
June 80, probably will have to be renewed in
some FORM The reorganization plan for the
Internal Revenue Bureau will be on the agenda,
and because it would abolish many patronage
Jobs it already has received a cool reception
from key legislators. If Mr.. Truman resubmits
the nomination of General Clark as Ambassador
to the Vatican, which he ought not to do unless
he is determined to stir up bitter fight some
thing will have to be done about that.
The japanese peace treaty and the Far East
security pact will be awaiting action. Fireworks
can be expected when the foreign-aid authoriza-
tion is reached, although the real fight there
may come on the appropriation. The President
probably will ask for higher taxes and the
familiar items on his Fair ;. Deal program, but
there is virtually no prospect that Congress viii
act on either. Some other measures undoubtedly
will get through the mill, but an adding machine
will not be needed to count them. -
Politics in the raw will play the leading
role in this session. and there is no use crying
about it. The Republicans will be fighting on
two fronts. On one will be the battle for
position between the Taft and the Eisenhower
forces, and that could develop into a bloody,
bare-knuckled affair. On the other front the
war against the administration, with more and
juicer scandals as the watchword, will go on and
on and on. The Democrats, or at least those
among them who have not abandoned the Tru-
will bn hI1cv IRVINE holm f,Il
way to fan the flames of the Taft-Eisenhower
ruckus and to salvage any bit of ammunition
that may be useful to them when the campaigns
get under way.
In presidential year, and especially in this
presidential year, it is idle to expect anything
else. The most that those of us who must stand
on the Sidnes can hope for is that the really
essential work will get done, and that the funda-
mental policies upon which our security depends
will be found reasonably intact when the smoke
has cleared away.
Evening star., 1952-01-08

OF well-meaning newspapers to present
all the facts.
The British are fighting Communist
imperialism on four fronts including
Korea, yet we constantly read the state
ment that the Americans are carrying
the brunt Of the "hot war" against the
Reds, because Of Korea.
"Subscriber's" letter has a glaring mis-
statement of fact. Obviously the bulk
Of the troops facing the Korean Reds
and Chinese Reds are ROKs-South
Koreans. The United States is proyid-
ing the largest number of non-South
Korean troops in Korea. But let's be
fair to gallant allies.
On the Malayan front the only white
troops have been British since the
Commies began the forgotten war" in
June, 1948, exactly two years before
the Korean war. According to reliable
information there are $4,000 United
Kingdom troops in the Malayan jungles,
along with some 10000 Indian Gurkhas
and 100000 loyal Malayan troops. This
war has now been in progress three and
a half years and is strictly a British
show, just like the Battle of Britain"
And it is far more important to our
economy to keep the Reds out Of Malaga
than out Of South Korea, because we
need Malaya,'s vast supply of rubber
and tin to build up our defense machine
against world communism. The Iranian
show also was exclusively British and
so is the Egyptian revolt The Iranian
triumph helped the Reds, as does what
is going on in Egypt.
Nor must we forget the French, who
single-handedly have stood off the Com
munists in Indo- China for more than
two years. There are 100,000 French
regulars tied down in this forgotten
war" almost as many as United States
troops in Korea
If the British under Churchill are still
trading with Red China, you can bet
that it is because it is to the advantage
Of the Western nations in their various
hot wars" against communism. Chi
nese Reds are killing British soldiers
in both Korea and Malaga.
Korea is not the only place where
United Nations soldiers are being killed
by Communists. John d. Michael.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Alert America

While reading c. D. Boosters letter
December 81 in The Star, was struck
by the fact that he urged the citizens
OF Washington to see the civil defense
exhibit to show their patriotism. think
it is much more down-to-earth than
that. Washingtonians should be con-
cerned about their hides.
saw a preview of the "Alert Amer
lea" show in Norfolk, Va, and it's real
eye-opener.
The recent traffic jams caused by lack
Of planning and a little snow would be
tea party compared to what could
happen in Washington if a bomb were
dropped, and we were unprepared. It's
up to every person here to know what
to do in such an event-now, not after
it happens. This exhibit shows you how
to do just that. Take it from me, it
might be worth your life to see.
Alert American.
Evening star., 1952-01-08

the whole transit situation in Washington and
vicinity would be helpful in appraising not only
the shortcomings of the existing patchwork
setup but in evaluating proposals for Metro
politan Area Public Utilities Commission and for
a Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Popular
pressure for such an inquiry will be stronger,
as result Of Capital Transit developments since
the recent session of Congress. The plan has
lot of merit Congress should see to it, however,
that the ICC is given the funds which may be
necessary to make the investigation.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Corning Controversy
Charles Coulter.

Congratulations on your superb COW
erage of the Corning controversy. You
have given a dispassionate. unbiased
write-up as each issue came up. Your
objective report on the actions taken
at the January meeting gives an in
teresting picture Of the personnel Of the
Board of Education. Three of those
learned individuals hesitate to say that
they voted against a man who is still
to serve under their wise guidance.
A doctor on the board. whom the un-
learned public might well assume makes
suggestions for the good of the person
mel serving in the school system, moves
that the Superintendent be given a
weeks vacation. With vote of to 8
in favor Of the Superintendent, this
would seem just motion and one which
should have carried unanimously. But
the motion only started another contro-
versy, due to the reaction of some men,
bers to the human suffering brought
on by their own shameful intrigue.
Margaret Manning.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Coincidence-Not Red Herring

wish to express my thanks for the
treatment and coverage accorded the
Attorney Generals announcement that
grand juries would be empaneled in all
of the Federal Districts Of the United
States to make survey of general crime
conditions in the country.
The editorial entitled Another Red
Herring?'" appearing in yesterdays edi-
tcrial column came as great surprise to
me, and I regret that some inquiry was
not made prior to its preparation and
publication. The Attorney Generals an
nouncement of a Nationwide grand jury
investigation of crime was not sudden
announcement" as stated in the editorial,
and the letter to the United States at
torney was not an "unheralded order" as
your editorial indicates. AS matter of
fact, the December l, 1851, editions Of
The Washington Star carried an an
nouncement of the program under the
title Nation Wide Crime Probe Planned,
Mclnerney Says"
Furthermore, the intention Of con-
Quoting the Nationwide crime program
was announced to all of the United
States attorneys by the Attorney General
at their last annual conference in May,
1851. and every United States attorney
then in Office was made aware of the
plan in considerable detail
Since the conclusion of the Kefauver
committee proceedings, our program
has been in the process of preparation.
A number of conferences were held with
the Attorney General, United States at
torneys and other officials. AS the an
nouncement itself states, an experimental
grand jury was inaugurated last fall
in Atlanta, Ga, and is still in session
This grand jury was empaneled in Oc-
tober, 1851.
1t is. in my judgment, unfortunate
that once more, in climate of half
truth and insinuation, an unfounded
conclusion has been drawn from what
is at best mere coincidence. submit
the facts in this communication for your
consideration which have always found
to be careful, objective and fair.
James M. McInerney,
Assistant Attorney General.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Letters to. The Star
Pen-nanaes may be used If letters carry
Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

trines of crackpots and subversives, even
if it does mean clipping the freedom
of thought" platform of some of the
teachers and professors.
DR.. Mattingly says: Imagine Mr..
Miles having the final say in defining
subversive." say: Imagine having Al
ger Hiss, John Stewart Service, Owen
baltimore, or even DIR. Mattingly, having
the final say on patriotism andsAmeri-
caniSn.
Charles Coulter.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
By Robert K Welsh

"HEELS are whirring, as they do
w every four years, in the industry
that punches out campaign buttons,
placards, banners, ETC., proclaiming the
strength or weakness of this or that
candidate. Indeed one plant already
must be near peak output judging by
the growing crop of tin boutonnieres on
Evening star., 1952-01-08

Abroad; the Happy Warrior" cam
paign of AL Smith and his Lets Look
at the Record" and Happy Days Are
Here Again" for FDR.
The rest, to misquote Hamlet, is not
silence. The sloganing is about to begin.
It might as well be summed up by re-
peating the slogans broadcast before
(and after) the elections Of 1896, 1910
and 1914: Again and Again and Again."
Evening star., 1952-01-08
'BuIderdush'
James M. McInerney,
Assistant Attorney General.

On several occasions, when reading
the long. epolysyllabic letters of Thomas
E. Matting1y. NJ. D., the old-fashioned
Yankee word: "balderdash" has come
to mind. Now, after reading the letter
attacking Mr.. Miles letter demanding
more Americanism and less Communism
in our public schools, the word seems ap-
propriate and pertinent.
What "voteless Washington" has to do
with the subject of Americanism escapes
me. The people of Washington who are
voteless are SO from choice. either that
of themselves or of their parents. They
knew, when they settled here and failed
to retain their citizenship and voting
, rights in the States from which they
came, that they would be without the
vote.
But even if they had the vote, it would
not change the basic belief of the vast
majority of our citizens that America is
worth saving from the cornmunistic doc
Evening star., 1952-01-08
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer 70
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV, Washington 8 d. c., and tnclosinR 3 cents
return postage or BY telephonng ST. 1869.
Evening star., 1952-01-08
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Was there Supreme Court de-
cision about Nevada divorces?-H. C. s.
A. On December 81, 1912, the Su-
preme Court of the United States
decided that divorce granted in Nevada
must be accepted by every other State.
There were two dissenting votes by
Mr.. Justice Murphy and Mr.. Justice
Jackson.
@. How many pounds does blanket
weigh?-V. P. s.r.,ot
A. In a test made by Consumers
Union of SIS blankets measuring 72x90
inches, the weight varied from3A to5A
pounds. 3f - .-
Q. In what parts Of the world is
Christmas observed by setting of fire.
crackerS?-M. T.
A. The use of fireworks on Christmas
is common in Italy, France and Spain.
The French settlers in Louisiana intro
duced this custom at Christmas and 1t
spread to many other Southern States,
so that while fireworks are associated
with the 4th of July in the North, they
are regarded in the South as an indis-
pensable accompaniment Of Christmas.
Evening star., 1952-01-08

ALI this activity of Mr.. Barkley seems to look
to one thing: If there is no proverb that Vice
Presidents shouldn't be swapped IN midstream,
he intends to coin oneA
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Kodiak mirror., 1952-05-17
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United States

United States
 Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
 I and Office
 Anchorage, Alaska.
 February 15. 1852
 Notice of Publication
 Notice is hereby given that John McCord, entryman of McCord, Alaska, together with his witnesses Raymond E. Krautter, and Emil Adoga both of Old Harbor, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead, Anchorage Serial 01O394, for land embraced in Plat of U. s. Survey No, 2898, situate on the southeast shore of McCord Bay near the head of Port Hebron on Sit kalidak Island, containing 158.25 acres, latitude 57o 08' 09" N. longitude 153o 12' 25'' w. at U. s. Location Monu- ment No. 2897, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office, Anchorage, with in the period of publication or thitry days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 Chester w. McNally,
 Acting Manager. Date First Publication 3-22-52 Date Last Publications5-17-52
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