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Evening star., 1952-02-23
This and That

This is frst step. one which the
enemy would be delighted with; II means
that their audience" Ii already pre-.
pared for them,
sudden epidemies Of rabies
Many ana great fires
Terrible aifplane accidents
Who ID behind thefn7
Who Ia responsible for the wave Of
Confederate flags, the appearance OF
Confederate caps on little ehiidfehis
heads9
Can oil these things be just accidentally
Some things Should be overlooked,
others should not be. but II IL difIieuit at
times TO think and do tho right thing
at the right time,
The right thing at the right time
He who does that solves many problems,
Squirrels want food, In the cold, and
always manage TO set their share, and
more,
In this they resemble all Of US, who
mostly eat more than we need,
The squirrels at least have the argu-
ment on their side, since they live out-
doors and breathe fresh air all the time,
and 20 have more need for foodstuffs,
~
Those who feed the birds-and sQuir-
rels-often get the idea into their head
that D constant supply Of taOd must be
S0Ttho0MMinG.
Evening star., 1952-02-23
The Big Top

Bstwesn the spring end jsR Si every
year, ~ ,s......
Great herdss OF men and bsGsts arc on
the meve
70 oct Hp tented cities that may provs
70 children that IaRtastte things bring
That lions. elewHs end sGals are very
near
70 perteef dreams Witch no one con
iMpFepe se
Az SpaRelelaHd whtrb In q tiHalsd
gr00pe
OF noise and thrills and brilliaNee ever
dear,
! wonder II eEotic flames ctAJe
LIT Is beyond the graz Of every day.
! So ipe may feel a tetp hopes are tHlhlled,
That all OF lfs has not been pain and
strife. ggu ~
But that at last tDe al mag truly SAP
Our hearts NTH rapture sometimes heve
been thrilled. ef'#
Alice G. HeUsv
Evening star., 1952-02-23
BY Charles E. TroceweV

They do look 20 disappointed. OF
course, when they arrive and And no
food
But there Il no real reason for not
putting them on regular meals, say once
or twice O day.
II. this way one does not use % much
feed, and hence the bills viii not be
large 49,
Wholesale houses supply seeds and
other items Oh less, but % good q solution
ID 70 feed less,
The kindly person must not forget
that the wiidbiFds and animals got along
very well before no took any particular
interest In them,
Every Iaeuthfui Of feed he supplies
is appreciated, but 1t ID only In addition
to the food the creatures can pick UP
naturally, Nature has not gone back on
them, even II they do live In and around
q great city, F#3
Put out some food for dawn. then 0
little at noon. let Us say, and then some
more Just before dusk This is q time
the cardinals. especially, appreciate
food. At that time the squirrels have
gone to bed. o
Constant feeding Iis not necessary,
though on Il the wild creatures are not
likely 70 grow too fat 90 human beings
DO with too muS food.
Evening star., 1952-02-23
The Union Shop Issue

Another corner seems to have been turned
in the Governments attitude toward labor
unions. A presidential emergency board has
recommended that the American railroads make
q Nationwide agreement with II incorporating
unions providing for the union shop and check
OF Of union dues.
Members Of the board are not sworn officers
OF the Government. Their findings are advisory
rather than binding The prestige stemming
from presidential appointment, however, and the
objectivity implied by the holding Of public hear
ings give to the three-man panel considerable
influence. As practical matter, Its recommen-
dations In this case-conforming substantially
to union demands-may be considered a pro-
nouncement Of Government policy in support
Of the compulsory union shop.
The union shop differs from the closed shop
more in degree than in principle. For closed
shop only union members may be hired. For
union shop hiring may be done in an open
market, but within specified time new employees
must become union members or at least pay dues
to the union concerned. The long-term result
In either case Is to force labor into the unions,
or out Of Jobs
In 1884, Congress outlawed compulsory union
membership on the railroads. In January, 1851,
Congress amended the Railway Labor Act to
lift this prohibition, leaving the way open for
negotiation Of the Union shop. The II non.
operating unions promptly demanded establish.
r11ent OF the union shop on Nationwide basis
When the carriers insisted that the issue be
negotiated by each railroad separately-and sew
eral Of them reached agreement by direct nego-
tiation and without Government dictation-the
unions brought the dispute before the National
Mediation Board last spring. Inability OF that
board 10 resolve the problem resulted In appoint
ment OF the presidential panel last November.
The unions eontended In presenting their
case 10 the presidential board that oil employees
should share In the economic burden Of supports
Ing the bargaining agent, In making this con-
tentiea they passed lightly over the question of
freedom OF choice for the individual workers,
70 make union membership and the cheekeH
Of dues compulsory 10 approaching the very
type OF coercion" and economic slavery" which
TIE unions themselves have tFaditienally opposed,
: and the Government should not become an in
strument of compulsion to that end,
This same union-shop issue figures largely
In several major cases, including that of the
steel industry, now before the Wage Sterilization
Board. II this agency comes up with findings
paralleling those Of the railroad panel, the Gov
ernment viii be dealing powerful new hand
to the unions In hagrant disregard Of the wishes
Of minority workers. whether those rninorities be
large or small. u
Evening star., 1952-02-23
Heroes of the Storm

Each generation adds to the great sagas Of
the sea. The latest thrilling story is that Of the
Coast Guards rescue Of a large majority of the
members Of the crews Of the tankers Pendleton
and Fort Mercer, broken in half in q terrific
storm of Cape Cod February IT, Seventy men
were saved from death in the gale and brought
ashore Perhaps few Of the IL now missing
from the two vessels still may be rescued.
Meanwhile, an observer Of the efforts Of the
Coast Guard cutter personnel has declared:
"Their work was nothing short Of miraculous"
80 It seemed, indeed, to readers Of the press and
radio listeners who followed the story from its
start. These most recent heroes Of the storm
certainly upheld the grand tradition Of the
service to which they belong
Evening star., 1952-02-23
Flvoridotion-und the skeptics

The urge 10 treat city water supplies with
the chemical, huorine, % q wholesale and eco.
noriical method Of combating tooth decay, has
assumed some OF the aspects OF O religious Cruz
sade' II 10 sweeping the country. Sometime
TINS spring or early summer, we shall have
nuorlne added TO our water supply In Washing.
ton, Added Ia the right word, Our city drink.
Ing water, which some years ago used 10 30
one OF the boasts Of the WaAhingtonian, Is 90
5ull OF chemicals now that at times II tastes
and s,ells more like medicine than anything
else.
The huorine treatment In drinking water
u no doubt In step with the times. II may DO
the forerunner OF other therapeutic experiments
with drinking water, designed TO gve the people
what they need for what alis them. However,
the huorine method has The unqualified In.
dorSement" Of the Public Health Service and
the Public Health Service policy In this respect
mas been adopted by the American Dental Asso.
eistion, American Public Health Association
Association OF state and Territorial Health on
GERS the National Research Council and other
highly distinguished professional organizations
There are, however, some skepties, A few OF
them are being heard by little.kheWn eem.
filttee OF the House. the Select Committee on
Use OF Chemicals, PestIeides and Insecticides
IN and With Respect TO Feed Products, One
OF the skeptics Dr., Robert o. Harris, associated
with the Massachusetts, Institute OF Teehneegyt
HutFltlenal biochemistFy laboratories, presented
10 questions TO the committee, He described
Auosldatlon as calculated risk" But the
extent OF the risk cannot be calculated, he said,
until important factors are known, Certain
questions should be answered before anybody 10
In position to decide whether the treatment
benefits the health Of the public So far, Or,
Harris said, he has not been able to fnd that
any OF the questions he asked have been an
swered conclusively II at all,
There are other skeptics And 1t seems to
The Star that the House committee is, perform
Ing valuable service in soliciting all the pros
and cons OF fuoridation and putting them on
the record. For while it seems definite that
fuoridation does prevent tooth decay, its other
effects on the human body have not as surely
been determined. Twenty Texas communities
have delayed their installation Of huoridation>
equipment until men in the laboratories do some
more work on unanswered questions. The phil
osophical question poSed by political decisions
to administer health treatment through the
water that people must drink is not as impor-
tant, at this stage of tie business, as the scen-
tifc controversy which is being explored by the
House committee.
Evening star., 1952-02-23

1.-THE Road Leads On '"The Ring ls Clossd.
and "Look Back on Happiness All Of these
were translated for British and American read
ers and most Of them were issued in other
languages likewise. 1t was said that he had
readers In 25 different vernaculars.
What made Hamsun successful and famous
was his comprehension of the influence Of pow
erty on people. He was not a radical Rather
he was stark conservative. But he possessed
great power Of sympathy, q special talent for
picturing the lot of the lowiy In words ut once
forceful and convincing. Without seif-pity or
dishonorable commiseration. he spoke for "the
ancient dispossessed'; and his work, II not the
man himself, is assured Of remembrance as long
as poverty Is q major problem In this world.
Evening star., 1952-02-23
A resident Of Falls Church IA worried

A resident OF Fails Church Is worried
by squirrels.
they can make one upset, how and
then, but usually their ffiischievous
manners make UP for II.
II never knew until now these little
animals could consume 90 much food,"
writes this correspondent.
II have bought peanuts by the Ave.
pound bag, and mixed Seed ana give
them corn bread, grapes, apples and q
peck OF walhuts,
II can't keep this Up.
TITS too costly,
"pe you know where ! might buy
peanuts or other food for them any
less expeAsive9
"FheFe are from 10 10 10 that come
daily, They are interesting to watch,
but, like everything else, expensive,
u do not have many birds, They do
not seem to get along with the squirrels"
The best way to solve this problem Is
to forget II,
This Is Q good solution, one may feel,
for many problems today, We should
reject more. .s
Think Of the sadness Of . poor child
afraid Of the atom bomb, actually "sold"
on fright. 4a
u made afraid.
Evening star., 1952-02-23
Knut Homsun

Death, which he passionately hated, finally
has come to Knut Hamsun at 90. He would
have been fortunate II his career had ended
before mental deficiencies brought about by old
age" led him to welcome the NazS to his native
Norway In 1940 The collaborationist articles
which he produced for Hitler resulted in his
being tried as o quisling convicted and fined.
His wife meanwhile was imprisoned for her
activities Thus "the literary giant Of the
North" was diSgraced beyond eli possibility Of
correction In his own lifetime. Even now there
Is doubt that his reputation can be rehabilitated.
But Hamsun nevertheless will have q place
In the history Of "the era Of disaster" to which
he belonged. He was born TO misery on little
farm In oudbrandsal. When he was four he
was sent to stay with an Uncle on O barren island
within the Arctic Circle, Al ~ he was appren-
teed 10 O cebbler Later he was o dock hand, O
lufhberjaek, O court messenger In Oslo. Then
ne migrated 10 America In the steerAge, wan.
deFed ever the continent 90 tramp, worked on
farms and In factories, eventually became Q
stfeeteaF conductor In Chicago, All the eduea.
ton he ever received was that which no gave
himself "a
The Arst OF his novels TO attract attention
was Hunger" published In o. Danish magazine
In 1888 II was 30 well accepted that Hamsun
at last could settle down TO the exclusive veca-
tion OF writing He made his home thereafter
at Noerholmen, near the fishing village OF
Grimstad, Most Of his books were autobio-
graphical His style, too, was his own. Growth
Of the Soil" was made available In English In
1910. and he was awarded the Nobel Prize the
same year. His capacity TO turn out rich and
coloriul narrative prose seemed inexhaustible
He. Systematically manufactured" one story
after another The list Of the best of them In
cluded: "Dreamere," 'Mysteriess "The Women
Of the &mp." Chapter the Lest" "vagabondS,"
Evening star., 1952-02-23
Porenfs PinboII Abb Hits Jackpot
TO ths Editcr IL TIE star: I

The uninspiring details Of the house,
breakings and car tiiefts committed by
the group Of high class" delinquents in
the Northwest section are Of little In
. terest in themselves. They are merely
an unhappy repetition OF the same old
story.
What really made my blood boil was
the eagerneSs of several OF the parents
to explain away the crimes committed
by their offsprings. One parent blamed
the high school for not keeping her son
busy after school hours. another laid it
all to pinball machines. Poppycock!
Such ready made excuses are merely Q
manifestation Of the same lack Of pa
rental understanding that got the boys
into trouble In the first place.
Those Of us who enjoy more than the
average amount Of material advantage
may md II dificult 10 deny Our chill
dren those things which we can easily
afford to give them. Actually, by fol-
lowing this path Of least resistance the
parent destroys any respect the child
may have for him and then falls into
the habit Of giving In. by the time the
boy 10 10 or 10 his parents have lost con-
troll and his tastes have grown to In
clude things which they can no longer
provide him; an adolesCent with iigh
material goals and the moral backbone
OF On infant. The results are inevitable.
Perhaps this unfortunate episode will
serve some good purpose BY proving
that low incomes and undesirable neigh.
borhoods are not the prime factors In
juvenile crime. The burden 10 the par.
eFatR' n burden that eannok IA iiahtanaA
by money or position.
Arthur J. williams.
Now parents ore trying 10 blame their
sons behavior on ''pinball machines
and not enough after school activities"
Just whore were these parents when
their sons were out every night9 Did
they ask TO whose home they were
goine2 Did they keep their sons home
on school nights and on Friday and
Saturday nights did they allow their
sons to have the gang In 10 dance or
sihe3 You can rest assured II they had,
their sons would not now be In trouble.
have been called fiAageF and old
fashioned by my sons friends, the so
called smart type, but / know where he
e0es, u pays or In the end for q parent
10 giVe time 10 his teenuaaers. The curb
Ing OF Juvenile delinquency begins In the
home from the time the child ID able
10 stand up and walk and 40 the years
10 BY q Geed padding or really de-
prlvine them OF something helps, Dent
blame delinquency on any one but where
the blame beiehes-gleht IN the heFhes
OF these beysr
Evening star., 1952-02-23
by THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Has q draftee any choice as to
branch Of service when he Is inducted?
IT. p.
A. A Selective Service registrant after
receiving his notice for pre-induction
physical examination may choose his
branch Of service. This privilege has
been extended to March 81, 1852.
@. What was the deciding factor In
favor Of the purchase Of Alaska by tine
United States from Russia?-M. p.
A. When Congress In 1855 was reluc.
tant to agree to the purchase Of Alaska,
the argument that clinched the deal
was the value Of the Pribilof Islands as
breeding ground for fur seals, then
yielding about 100000 skins year. But
for this the deal would have fallen
through.
O. How long was gunpowder used In
warfare7--J. NICE.
A. 0unpowder was introduced into
Europe prior to 1850. and was the only
propellant used In guns Until 1870. when
nitroglycerin and dynamite became
available. Sfnokeless powder was In
vented In 1884 and had replaced gun.
powder for use In firing shells by the
early ieo0s.
Evening star., 1952-02-23

GHeVy GHhhe GltlAeHG AbAeelhtlen mas
decided not TO donate 10 the Police
Boys' Club or Washington Beys' Club
because, a. one member was Quoted,
1.-THE parents and boys In the area were
not interested In the clubs"
This IL certainly distressing, partlcu-
larly In view Of accounts In the same
paper Of the young burglars and car
thieves from the Chevy Chase area,
As 0 resident Of the area. new
member Of the association and o father
Of young children, most emphatically
do not echo the views reported as above,
Moreover, ! believe the majority of my
neighbors and friends in Chevy Chase
definitely are interested In the welfare
and progress of the Boys Clubs in
Washington. And I doubt that the
owners Of the homes and automobiles in
this area which were broken into would
agree with the associations vote.
Joseph b. McGrath.
Our high school students are not in
need Of more play but more good hon
est work. In the present day, in my
humble belief, our educational system
stresses far too much the importance
Of play.
Morals are something that should be
learned in the home and should not be
one of the responsibilities left to the
school. From the cradle UP. children
should be taught the Ten Command
ments and healthy awe Of God in the
respect that there is an accounting to
be reckoned with ones sins. They
should be taught life Is not all play
which so many people seem to have
forgotten.
Youth should have instilled in them
the dignity Of labor, especially the salts
faction gotten from work with ones
hands. Home owners are desperate for
people to help clean yards, cut grass,
wash windows, scrub woodwork, ETC.,
but for these homely tasks no students
will apply or II they do they want
money way beyond most peoples ability
to pay.
Television and steady diet Of comic
books have contributed their part to
this awful problem. As an example.
our children, from the, time they were
toddlers, have been flooded with good
reading material. Until they could read
for themselves, my husband or ! read
to them. In the case Of the two older
children there has been no desire to
satiate their minds with comic books.
II our homes would get back to
more God-like atmosphere, there would
be far less trouble In the world.
Mrs. F. Allen Hodges.
It Is interesting to read the different
reasons suggested as the cause Of these
juvenile delinquency actions. Some
blame the parents. Some blame Dis
trict authorities for lack Of recreational
facilities. A school principal blames
the prevalent use Of automobiles by
teen-agers.
All Of these points are well taken.
Evening star., 1952-02-23
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, 1952-05-13

prize fighter and my eyes 60
bad"
Studies Violin as Youngster
But there was no qualifying
almost about his ultimate
success on the stage, where he
rose Of fame overnight IN the
role Of Bigger Thomas in
Richard Wright's Native Son.
in l94l, and bolstered It as:
Othello In an Independent
Shakespearean production and
as Banquo in the Negro YER
sion Of Macbeth"
He was born in Manhattan's
san Juan Hill district and
went to Public School in Har
lem. His parents, James Cor
nelius and Lydia Whaley
Canegata, we're able to give
him a cultural education. AT.
the age Of Z he started study
ing the violin under the Negro
rM~ 4 GHM
composer, j. Rosamond john
son. In his early teens, he
played in a student concert at
Aeolian Hall. However, his
inherited spirit Of adventure
i~nterfered with his cultural
Improvement and at IA he ran
away-to the races at Sara
toga.
1T was not long before he be-
came a jockey on the race
tracks at Belmont, Aqueduct,
Jamaica and on the Canadian
circuit. After three or four
years Of a jockeys life, he re-
turned home penniless and
overweight and not knowing
what to do next. Then he met.
a friend who had turned prize
fighter and the future actor
decided to try the prize ring.
He went into the basement OF
the Methodist church near his
parents home, put on boxing
gloves for the first time and
excited the curiosity Of his
boxing teacher, who became
his trainer.
The New York Times
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Blast British
For 'COurting'
Marshal Tito
Catholic Papers In England
Warn That As Marxist
He l. Enemy OF West

LONDON - NC)-British Ca
tholic papers have expressed in
dignation at the governments OBJ.
sequious courtship Of Marshal Tito
and its decision to invite the Red
leader officially to London.
The UniUerSe devoted IFS front
page to the revelations in La CroiX,
Paris Catholic Daily, of Tito's
moves to obliterate the Church in
Yugoslavia while he is making pro-
fessions of friendship to the West
ern powers and asking their help.
The Catholic Times also warned
against trusting Tito.
LAS a Marxist he is an enemy of
the economic system of the West
as we'll as of the Christian princi-
pies which lie at the roots of West.
ern culture" il said. For Tito as
for Marx religion is the opium of
the people and capitalism the en-
emy of the masses. How can there
be any alliance with Tito. What
reliance can be placed on the word
of one whose doctrine is what is
good for communism is good?
"Mr. Eden might have checked
on this as we'll as on the treat
ment of priests and nuns. There is
in addition the severely material
question which Mr.. Eden ought
surely to regard as essential to the
situation, whether Marshal Tito can
be considered in any real sense an
ally at all. Once before the
west has tried to make an ally
of communist country. Mr. Eden
himself conferred that l. our Rus
sian experiment we had got no.
where He is now trying precisely
the same sort of experiment with
another country"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Plastic Used
To Do Repair
Job On Heart
New Device Developed AT
Georgetown University
Saves Life OF Woman

WASHINGTON-(NC)-A tiny
plastic valve inserted by George
town University Medical Center
heart surgeons is keeping a 30
year-old woman alive.
II does the work of the woman's S
own damaged aortic valve, which
let blood back up into the heart
and would have led to death. A
tiny pea in a plexiglass tube
moves and allows the blood TO
pass when the heart pulses. AS the
heart relaXes, the pea" settles in
place and plugs the opening lead
ing back to the heart.
About an inch long and a little
over an inch in diameter the valve
was inserted in the aorta. the big
trunk artery which carried blood
from the heart, just below the de
fective valve.
The woman whose life was saved
suffered from effects of rheumatic
fever in her youth She had been
bedridden for sometime and was
given little chance to live until the
operation here.
Importance of the new George
town development is shown by sta
tistics disclosing that aorta valve
deficiency accounts for about 20
per cent of all valvular diseases.
The operation is the first to be
performed successfully against this
type of ailment it is said. Heart
disease is nations No. / killer.
DR.. Charles Hufnagle. assistant
professor at Georgetown's Medical
Center, performed the operation.
He and DR.. John F. Gillespie. an
other Georgetown Cardiovascular
surgeon, had carried out four years
of research and had successfully
installed similar plastic valves in
dogs.
Recordings were made by DR.
Proctor Harvey of the womans
heart sounds after the valve was
placed near her heart A distinct
click can be heard as backflowing
blood pushes the plastic pea
against its seating in the tube fol-
lowing each heartbeat.