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Evening star., 1952-08-02
This and That I.
BY Charles E. TroceweN

resume old eating habits. And 1t seems
that once this is done, the fatty tissue
is replaced more quickly than ever. This
is the reason, of course. why there is
never any dearth of articles on reducing
in newspapers and magazines.
Another good thing about hot weather
is that many persons have q release from
catching colds.
Not all, unfortunately. are so blessed.
It seems that this summer in particu-
lar, there Is more Sneezing than went
on last winter.
Just as there are hundreds Of persons
who cannot stand sunlight in their eyes,
so there evidently are other hundreds
who cannot stand drafts. The draft of
fresh air. even when stirred up by an
electric fan, will cause them to sneeze.
But since all doors and windows are
open, the germs they. so freely sprinkle
around are not so likely to infect others
as during the days when people live in
sealed rooms and travel in tight buses.
Hot weather increases the danger Of
digestive upSets. We can remember that
as child some one in the family was
always getting sick from something he
ate"
They didn't know as much then about
the dangers Of lurking germs. It was
regarded as "fnicky" to be particular
about food. q custom which came down
from the. poorer days, when most per-
sons had little money. and could not
afford to throw away much they had
purchased.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Arrogant Labor Leaders

Our country is today threatened by
greater menace than Russian bombs and
it is about time that we came to our
senses and recognized the seriousness Of
the situation.
Fostered and encouraged during the
past 20 years by the men in the White
House, certain labor leaders have become
increasingly arrogant. They now con-
slider themselves so powerful that they
openly repudiate one Of the most beloved
leaders of the very political party that
shielded and encouraged them.
They claim they are anti Communist.
Let them prove it! The tragic and
devastating steel strike was not carried
on by voluntary vote Of the workers, but
by the action Of few labor bosses pro-
tected by the man in the White House.
Wake up, America. We are threatened
with Dictatorship Let us stop it before
it Is too late.
Alarmed.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Abandon Locol Airports?

In search for relief from low-fying
airplanes over the Alexandria and Ar
lington areas. no attention seems to
have been given to the obvious solution,
namely, abandonment of the offending
airports. National, Boiling. and Ana
costa.
When the question came to me about
the proposed Burke airport. during
Burke Citizens Association meeting July
5, was able to point to q regional map
and say that the commercial airport for
this Metropolitan Area should be west
of Washington, probably near Herndon
or beyond in Loudoun County. The map
shows that the cities of the Eastern
Seaboard lie along a Northeast South
west line: these include Washington,
Baltimore. Philadelphia, Richmond,
Raleigh. To reach Burke from Baltimore
and points northeast. or to fly towards
Baltimore from Burke, the shortest
course would be across the crowded
Metropolitan Area, and this is the course
the planes would probably take.
On the other hand. an airport in the
western area would provide q detour Of
the crowded region. Not only that, the
airfield to the west would serve as
much-needed auxiliary field for the mill
tary where, In anticipation OF attack
from the Detroit direction, fighter planes
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Sometimes it Is difficult to think of q
single thing that hot, muggy weather is
good for. but 1t does give one an ex-
cellent opportunity to start reducing
diet
For one thing, the overstuffed person
has no appetite when the thermometer
is 80 degrees or better.
If he eats, he eats less. naturally.
He Is more inclined, perhaps, to eat
less filling things. such as the salads,
and fruits, and vegetables.
Nature not only helps, by cutting
down on his appetite, but provides him
also with plenty Of fresh air. natural
perspiration and plenty Of time.
The time element in reducing is i'm
portant.
A. reduced dietery in winter runs
some risk, due to the demands Of cold
weather. of running into difficulties in
case the dieting is continued too long.
If begun in early hot weather, there
will be no difficulty in this way, since
the diet may be stopped while it is
still hot.
A diet begun too late, running into
the natural changes Of autumn, with
winds and lowered thermometer, may
cause trouble.
One begun and ended while there are
plenty of hot days is better all around.
We speak as If the diet has q beginning
and an ending. Usually 1t has! Those
who diet. now and then. know from past
experience that It - only too easy to
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Alarmed.

The child who, protected by nature.
SHE'D away from some food. for un-
known reasons. was branded with the
word "finicky." when all the time he
might have been years ahead of the
procession. In the same way, thousands
of poor kids were called "lazy," when
all the time they were Ill. Some of them
had defective hearing. and these were
called dumb" or Ignorant" To be
ignorant, in the old days, was q grave
sin, SO sincerely did people then pine
for knowledge and more knowledge. It
was q noble longing, but one may feel
that they carried it too far, since in
creased knowledge Is not the same thing
as increased goodness.
4
Let us make the best of hot weather.
and try to tough 1t out. because autumn
will be here before we know it.
One Of the amazing things in life is
the way time changes, as one grows
older. AS q child, we yawned and yawned
in chair when company" came in.
Some old bore with white whiskers
insisted on telling father and mother
for the ninteenth time how he made the
difficult trip from Washington to Balti-
more, while we children wondered if
10 o'clock would ever come.
Now year goes by quicker than that.
and pretty soon the years will come to
an abrupt stop-or viii they? The
mystery Of time Ii still the great mystery.
Let u make the most Of It while we
have it-even II It is hot.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Substantial Progress

: The Atomic Energy Commission in its 18th
semiannual report to Congress, has used Ian
euage that seems more guarded and uninforma-
tive than ever. UNDERSTANDABLE enough-con
sidering the need for strict secrecy in these
times--it has contented itself with generalized
remarks on such matters as improvement in
domestic and foreign supplies of uranium, ad-
yancing work on nuclear engines for submarines
and airplanes, cooperation with private enter
prise in studies to promote the atoms use for
electricity, and applied and basic research for
both peacetime and military purposes. AS for
the development and production Of A-weapons,
the Acc has declined to 60 beyond saying that
substantial progress" has been made.
:. substantial progress" Of course, is an un-
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Letters to The Star. .

hundreds Of thousands Of years. Some
day it may be possible to make such long
range weather forecasts dor what good.
who knows). For the present 30-day
forecast may be considered as the maxi
mum. Meteorology, for all its great prog
ress, and for all he Sound and fury''
1t evokes, is still baby among the
sciences. and granting due respect to our
great meteorologists. seems but two steps
removed from utter confusion.
To sum UP: The factors that cause the
climate are as yet little understood, and
the feeble efforts of man to control it
pale to insignificance compared with the
great forces Of nature. To conclude: In
whatever direction the climate is headed
one thing is certain, this hoary world
Gin the words Of the popular ditty) has
"been there once or twice."
Isaur0 T. Baxan.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
New Wage Sterilization Board

/ - The birth of the new Wage Sterilization
Board is being accompanied by an unusually
painful process of finding people toserve on It,
The old board, which on Tuesday passed
into the limbo wherein reside the shades Of so
many Government emergency agencies, was
spanked to death by Congress--and by public
opinion. It's undoing resulted from its light
hearted assumption of jurisdiction over labor
disputes, sclimaxed by wage and union shop
Recommendations in the steel case which really
provided the ground work for that long and cost
ly strike. The pro-labor partisanship of the board
in that case aroused public opinion and prompt
ed the Congress to legiSlate some rather rigid
limitations of Jurisdiction upon q new WSB.
Membership of the board must now be con-
frmed by the Senate. It no longer has authority
to deal with Nation wide labor disputes and
any proposed regulations on wage rates must be
cleared through the Economic Sterilization
Agency.
After considering some alternative forma-
tion Congress decided to stay with the idea OF
an 18-man board consisting of six members
each from the ranks of labor, industry and what
is loosely called "the public" Labor, through
both the A. F. of L. and the c. I. O., indicated
at first that the new restrictions on the board
made it unattractive to them and that they
might choose not to serve. Both have changed
their minds, however and President Truman has
now designated full six-man team from labor
three afiiliated with the A. F. Of L. and three
with the c. I. o. All are holdovers from the old
board. Four holdover representatives OF industry
and four public memberS-two OF them repeaterS
have also been named but two more public
members and two more from industry still are
needed.
One of the circumstances that got the pre-
vious board into trouble, finally, was the fact
that its so-called public panel was fundamen-
tally pro-labor and the capacity Of the board for
objectivity was consequently affected It was for
this reason that Congress made the new ap-
pointments subject to Senate confirmation
although until next January they can serve by
recess presidential appointment.
It would be unfair now to PREJUDICE the new
board but 1t Is not out Of order to remind both
It's new and old membership that Congress and
the cross-section public will be watching and
hoping for performance that Is really impartial
and In the national interest.
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derstatement. The report to Congress-which Is
really q report to the American people-gives no
details, but the facts have been presented sub
rosa to the joint Senate-House Atomic Commit
tee, whose members have left little room for
doubt that revolution has been taking place
in the field OF A-weapons. Thus, within the limits
of security but without the Aces extra special
reticence. the committees late chairman-Sena-
tor Brien McMahon-made clear in number of
speeches and statements before his untimely
death that the Substantial progress involved
developments of the most far-reaching signid-
canoe on land, at sea and in the sky. These de-
velopments, we can be reasonably sure, include
actual and potential nuclear ornaments of the
widest variety and application, tactical as well
as strategcal- -"big" bombs, "lttle" bombs, artil-
lery "shells." guided missiles, torpedoes, etc. We
can be reasonably sure, too, that there have been
portentous advances toward the super deadly
hydrogen destroyer, incomparably the most
devastating force ever toyed with by man.
The ACC report is completely silent about
such things, but its very silence-which neither
afirms nor denies-is in itself kind of eloquent
hint that substantial progress" means wondrous
and terrifying instruments in the making. Our
atomic program is undergoing vast expansion
an expansion employing about 8 per cent of
the Nations entire construction labor force
because the survival of our world depends upon
our keeping well ahead of Russia in this grim
NEST of all ornaments races. Where the whole
business will end no one can tell. But there is
at least this much comfort to be derived from it.:
II we maintain our supremacy-as we must
mankind may be able to avert war, establish an
enduring peace and enjoy the great blessings in
herent in the atom even when it is harnessed
for military purposes.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Public Funds for the !. V. NJ S..

Upon his return to the city from vacation.
Health Officer Seckinger undoubtedly will un-
snarl the knot which seems to have developed
between his office and the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society. For the services rendered the city
by this agency are too valuable to be impaired
oy any disagreement or misunderstanding.
The Senate Appropriations Committee for
the flrSt time inserted in the District appropri-
alton bill this year an item of $4,000 to pay the
I. " N. S. for nursing care to INDECENT patients
Testimony before the committee pointed out
that the I. " N. S.. in 1851, made $4,000 visits
to more than 10000 patients, 80 per cent of them
unable to pay the" cost of such nursing care.
About 5000 patients were referred to the
I. " N. S. from Gallinger Hospital. Some $4,000
free visits were made to persons receiving public
assistance from the Board of Public Welfare.
While the I. v. N. S. is supported by the Com
munity Chest chest funds are insufficient to pay
for the higher costs of nursing Therefore, the
request was made that money be included in
the District bill to pay the I. v. N. S. for work
done to patients under public care.
= In conference between House and Senate,
the $4,000 was cut to $25,000 And the legisla-
tive language referring to this item was a bit
vague, in that it referred merely to Instructive
visiting nurses" ~ DR.. Seckinger, whose Health
Department budget was reduced seems to have
been considering the use Of at least some of the
$4,000 for the pay of Health Department nurses,
instead OF to the l. " N. S. But the District
budget Office interprets the bill as meaning that
the $4,000 should go to the I. v. N. S. The his
tory Of the item seems to make that certain and
beyond doubt. This being so the decision that
should be made by the Health Department re-
lates to the best and most economical method
of using the $25,000 for hire Of T. " N S. services.
Some cities, including New York and Philadel-
phia are now paying the l. " N. S. for such
work.
: If the $4,000 item is to become a regular
part OF the District budget, it will be wise to
draw up a definite arrangement with T. v. N. S.
to be sure that all duplication with public nurs-
ing services is avoided, and that the money is
used to the full advantage of the Health De-
partment.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Close Political Harmony

The theory that there must be closing Of
ranks within the two major political parties be-
fore the campaigns really get under way seems
to have been adopted wholeheartedly by both
presidential candidates.
General Eisenhower's first action after his
nomination was to call upon Senator Taft, his
principal rival, and receive gratefully the
Ohioans pledge Of cooperation and assistance.
He has now added to an overall campaign STRAIT
egy committee Senator Dirksen of illinois, who
nominated Senator Taft and made bitter per-
sonal attack from the convention rostrum upon
Governor Dewey of New York, one of the leading
Eisenhower hackers.
Senator Dirksen is chairman of the Repub-
lican Senate Campaign Committee, post which
can be OF greatest Importance in the months to
come. He has announced plans to campaign
across the country with particular emphasis on
States where there are senatorial contests. 1t Is
obvious logic to coordinate these Senate CAM
paigns with the presidential one and Mr.. Dirksen
is logical person to have leading hand in
the coordination. He has shown himself in the
past to be an energetic and forceful speaker,
although his attack upon Mr.. Dewey was widely
resented and may neutralize some Of his effec-
tiveness in the campaign hustings.
Senator Nixon, running with General EiSen-
hover, has likewise been talking harmony
oIdI IulS Will ILLS 1ldGLcIuS IclcIcalCcS tIlS
Ohio Senator and followers In his acceptance
speech and continuing before the Ohio State
Republican Convention this week. -'-~c--
Over in the Democratic headquarters at
Springfield, Illinois, Governor Stevenson has
similarly been making ingratiating gestures to-
ward the unsuccessful party aSpirants. Three of
the principal ones-Kefauver of Tennessee, Rus
sell OF Georgia and Hartman of New York
have been invited to confer with the Governor.
Senator Douglas of Illinois, one Of the top Ke-
fauver supporters and a dark horse possibility
himself, already has visited In Springfield.
The precise amount of sincerity or exact
effect of these efforts by each of the candidates
to win influential friends in his own party is
not easily measurable. It is customary but not
always the case that factional differences are
reasonably well patched up for campaigns-at
least to the public eye The Republicans seem to
have one that will not be healed, judging by the
blunt 'pronouncement Of General Macarthur
that he will take no part in the campaign. The
Democrats may find some OF the same in their
own camp.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Names Familiar but Face Is Stronqe ~'"*
By DonoId MichoeI Rouh

A DLAI EWING STEVENSON was a
n name unfamiliar to many before
last week, but there was a time in Amer
ican history when it was no stranger
than that of Abraham Lincoln.
In 1892, eight years before the present
Democratic presidential nominee was
born. his grandfather, Adlai Ewing Ste
venson, was elected as the 23d Vice Pres
ident of the United States on the Demo-
cratic ticket that had brought Grover
Cleveland back to the White House for
second time.
Uncle Adlai," as he was affectionately
known, had become his party's second
place candidate by stampede started
IN the 1892 Democratic convention, just
as his namesake was to be drafted as
the presidential nominee by convention
suddenly gone berserk in the year 1852.
What manner of man was the earlier
Stevenson?
Adlai Ewing Stevenson was born Oc-
tober %, 1885, in Christian County, KY,
the son of John Turner Stevenson and
Eliza Ewing Stevenson, Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians. His father was a small
planter and slave owner
In 1852 the Stevenson family moved
to Bloomington, ILL.,. where young Adlai
taught country school, attended Illinois
Wesleyan University and later spent two
years at Centre College in Danville, KY.
There tall. blond Adlai met and married
Letitia Green, whose father was Centres
president.
Unable to return to school after the
death Of his father, Adlai was admitted
to the bar and opened an Office at Meta
mora, III. In common with most coun-
try lawyers of the period, he never be-
came specialist in the law, but he did
acquire wide practice. It was not too
long after this that Adlai was elected
to the office of State prosecutor Of
Illinois.
An ardent Democrat, Stevenson cam
paigned for Stephen Douglas against
Lincoln in 1858 and 1860 and ran for
elector in 1864 on the Mcclellan ticket.
Although hue and cry was raised
by Stevenson's opponents that he was
a Southern sympathizer in the War Be-
tween the States, he vigorously asserted
his loyalty to the Union. No proof was
ever brought to bear showing that he
was ever af11liated with the knights
Of the Golden Circle, the jealous pro-
NO1ACSCIdCC OISdI1iAdtlOIl WHICH CIlTlVeQ
in England and Canada during the
Civil War. Indeed. there is docu-
mentary evidence available indicating
Stevenson had given aid to the North
by contributing his services to the rails
ing Of troops in Illinois.
In 1874 he was swept into Congress on
the Democratic tidal wave. He was
defeated in his bid for reelection two
wears later. but he was elected to the
House once more in 1878 with the sup
port Of the Greenbacks.
In Stevensons two rather unspectacu-
lar terms in Congress. he was known
chiefly for hts devotion to the low-tariff
and soft-money arguments.
When Grover Cleveland became Presi-
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dent in 1885, he appointed Adlai Ste
venSon to the Office of First Assistant
Postmaster General. a position which at
the time called for a man of extreme
tact. It was his job to purge more
than 10000 postmasters throughout the
country to make room for the victorious
Democrats, function he performed SO
ably that it later cost him his appoint
ment by Cleveland to the Supreme
Court. The Republicans in the Senate
had not forgotten Adlai's act of political
genocide.
Stevenson went to the Democratic
convention in 1892 as head of the nli-
nois delegation. Although he did not
lift finger for the nomination, his
name spread swiftly through the con-
vention. He was named Clevelands
running mate by acclamation.
Vice President Stevenson's fabulous
memory for funny stories was an asset
that made him figure in constant de-
mand at dinner tables everywhere He
was an unexcelled conversationalist,
known for gentle. lovable disposition.
Once, during his tenure. Stevenson
was called upon to play host to the
1nfanta Eulalie, aunt of King Alfonso
XIII Of Spain. when she came to the
United States as the Spanish royal
family's representative at the Colum-
bian Exposition. His usually high humor
was sorely taxed, for the Princess had
exalted notions of her position, was
perfectly insouciant about being on
time for her appointments and, to make
matters worse. she had a disconcerting
prediction for the cup that cheers.
Stevenson retired from ONCE at the
close Of President Clevelands second
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Lenses

A boy has magic glasses in his eyes
A Microscopic lens that mdonifes
A ra0-t0il dog into forest king.
A twist of toire to a princes ring.
He sees summer morning stretch
quay
His atrplGne sapes dying castGwdy;
His home run ,oins the game; his little
boat
Battles the giant iDaDes and stays Gfoat.
A boy Is unGpare DlsGt life cGn do
10 fog a magic lens and diDarf rietDi
Helen Boxer Adoms
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Trans Drift

AS If momentariy weary of attacking the
British, Premier MosSadeghs supporters in the
1ranian Parliament have now begun to cut loose
against the United States. One of them literally,
screaming, has demanded that all Americans be
kicked out" of the country without delay. Dur.
ing the recent outbreak of bloody violence in
Teheran, the bowling mob called for the same
thing, and the chances are that the sentiment
vigorously foStered by the Kremlin- serving Com
munist Tudeh Party-will grow stronger in the
days Immediately ahead. ~ = - s. g. = =
One reason for this -Americanism is the
fact that the United States Judge on the World
Court was among the dissenters last week when
the court ruled, by vote of 8 to 5, that 1t was
not competent to assume Jurisdiction over the
Anglo-Iranian oil dispute. Another and more
important reason is that many of DR.. Mossa-
deghs followers have taken the line that our,
Government had something to do with the short
lived custer Of their hero and the appointment
Of Ahmed Qavam to the Premiership. In support
Of this they have pointed out that 10y Hender-
son, our Ambassador, visited Mr. Qavam just
couple of days before mob violence forced the
latter to resign and flee the country. Mr.. Hen
derson has explained that the visit was made at
Mr.. Qavam's request-a request that no diplomat
could properly have ignored. But the explana-
tion apparently has done no good for nationality
Is conspicuously scarce in Teheran at the mo-
ment, and the politicians are not going to let
facts interfere when it seems popular to be semi
hysterical about everything, America included.
The Nationalist extremists and the religious
fanatics are riding high, and the Communists
are exploiting the situation to the full.
DR.. Mossadegh-who has returned to Office
with dictatorial powers, including control of the
army-has issued statements promising settle
ment of the oil dispute and the restoration Of
Trans economic and political stability. But the
atmosphere he and his followers have created
is hardly conducive to the fufillment OF such a
promise. On the contrary. now that the United
states has become target of bitter attack along
with Britain, the signs point bleakly to con-
tinuing drift from bad to worse. Certainly,
unless the Mossadegh program undergoes sud-
den and sweeping change for the better, the
possibility of Communist coup will move closer
toward probability with each passing day.