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Evening star., 1952-05-01
Zoninq Study Advisable

Engineer Commissioner Robinson'S sugges-
tion for modernization of the District zoning
code is timely. There have been numerous
complaints of late that the 25-year-old regula-
tionS are in need Of an overhaul. The National
Capital Park and Planning Commission is on
record as favoring a study designed to bring
the regulations up to dateA
There are proposals before Congress for
special zoning exceptions that cannot be granted
under existing law. Builders recently have
urged modification of the restriction on number
OF stories allowed in Office and apartment
buildings. Builders assert that some of the
restrictions have become obsolete as a result
OF new developments in construction. There
is strong opposition from other quarters to any
changes in the height of buildings or in the
number of stories permitted within the height
limit. piecemeal consideration of these prob
lens inevitably results in patchwork product.
The sensible approach would be thorough
study Of the code in relation to conditions
existing in Washington today and q general
revision, If that is regarded as necessary on
the basis of the findings. The study ought not
to be delayed indefinitely.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
"GREENBELT, MD.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
"Your article on Hawaiian music was
one of your best, and must tell you so.
Sort of half way between hymn and
a folk song And why not? The people
are blend of several civilizations. Their
music may well express this.
Music is wide, you say, it speaks to
the heart because it comes from there.
You refer to the music of folk songs,
the hillbilly, the cowboy, and plain
little waltz songs beloved by everybody
Your explanation of the hula is much
like that Of friend; she has lived
in Honolulu many years and danced for
us q little poem, dance utterly grace
ful and charmingly descriptive.
''Now. Mr.. T., will you not write for
us another article on music, with the
theme, Make it yourself
Commend the child whom you hear
strolling by, playing his mouth organ
and having grand time.
1.-TWO boys sat on the grass under my
window, one Sunday afternoon, and
worked out some song they liked. They
had an instrument something like a
piccolo.
after two hours of real work they
had it to their satisfaction, and,
thought, greatly to their credit.
"A young girl played the piano, one
finger Of each hand. and In the key Of
c, and Q group Of her friends sang
happily.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Elders Must Share the Blame

The shocking picture Of campus corruption
revealed by New York Judge Saul STREET. makes it
evident that college authorities must share the
blame for the betting and bribery which have
besmirched college basketball. It is not surpris-
ing that some players succumbed to the lure of
money when their elders were so imbued with
the lust for college profits and prestige as to ig-
nore-if not actually encourage-gross abuses
Of the scholarship system.
In dealing leniently with three former Uni
versity of Kentucky basketball stars who had
pleaded guilty to fixing crucial games, Judge
STREET, in effect indicted the trustees and alumni
Of the university for dishonest policies and tao
tics with regard to athletics. II found" he said.
"that intercollegiate basketball and football at
the University Of Kentucky have been highly
Systematized and commercialized enterprises,
with covert subsidization of players, ruthless
exploitation of athletes, cribbing at examina-
tionS, illegal recruiting, reckless disregard of
their physical welfare, matriculation of unquali-
fed students, decentralization of athletes by the
COACH alumni and townspeople and the most
dagrant abuse of the athletic scholarship"
These are grave charges, somewhat similar
to those which Judge Streit has made against
other colleges involved in the basketball scan
dals. A cleanup Of campus conditions already
has begun in most of these institutions It will
have to be sweeping, thorough and permanent
If public confidence in college sports and in the
good repute of some of our citadels OF higher
learning is to be restored.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
This and That

make your own music. It does some
thing for one.
Sincerely. g. F. G."
That instrument the boy was play
ing on probably was recorder.
This is an old-time wind instrument,
made entirely of wood, that once en-
joyed great popularity, and now again
is favorite.
There are several of them. larger
and smaller. which. played together,
make a most charming sound.
The number of notes is limited, but
one OF the good things about such
limited instruments is that they teach
you how to have music in little.
They make the player realize at last,
II he did not at first, how much real
music he can have In limited scale.
This insures the realization Of the
basic simplicity of music.
It Is only when this is well held in
mind that the average person can COM
prehend properly what complex music
means.
Popular musical education has made
leaps and bounds in the past SO years.
We can recall that, at the turn of
the century. he was rare boy who
took piano"
up the mandolin. more rarely the guitar.
It was. peculiarly, the day Of the
popular piano player, and that was all
Evening star., 1952-05-01
By Charles E. TroceweN

to the good, because it gave others a
chance to crowd around and sing.
Today we have literally thousands OF
boys and girls who take music" one
way or another. They play in orchestras
and bands, and each one of them
dreams of leading his own dance Or
cheStra.
These are the pioneers in the ranks
Of music appreciation. AS they grow up.
they turn to the musical satisfaction of
hearing great orchestras, symphonies.
concertos and chorals.
To person who remembers those
old days, and they were not so long
ago, as life runs, the growth in genuine
musical appreciation here is almost un-
believable.
It has been done mainly. we believe.
by following the good slogan, make your
own music.
Even q little making is better than
none.
Just listening has its uses, but it can
not take the place of doing. Do little.
sing If nothing else. and give it up later,
if necessary, or desirable. Then one may
appreciate much better. with q genuine
understanding of what the composer
and the musicians are trying to do. This
is a process in which ones tastes change,
from year to year. That, Of course. is
part Of it, and in some respects, the
purpose Of it. But with all ones chang
ing. over the years. simple music must
remain paramount. because 1t Is basic.
Evening star., 1952-05-01

Of international carriers, with w. u as a nucleus
of a single system embracing domestic and inter-
national record communications.
Complicating Western Unions future is the
Governments lack of an established communica-
tions policy. Without such policy it is difficult
for Western Union to make long-range plans
designed to strengthen it as private enterprise
Senator Mcfarland has said: while few realize
it, the future of our kind of life is involved in the
kind of communications policies we have. All
over the world the avenues of communications
are in the hands of the state. Only in the
United States do we have free, privately owned
system. We want to keep it that way" That
is wish shared by most people.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
The Man Who Adudged the Steel Seizure

COME people seem to have been sur
~ prised because Judge David A. Pine
pulled no punches in striking down the
claim that a President is above the Con-
stitution. It was no surprise. however, to
those who know not only David A. Pine,
the judge, but also Dave Pine, the man.
The Dave Pine Of is years ago would
have scoffed at q suggestion that the
time would come when his name would
be in the headlines Of every newspaper
in the country. He was an assistant
United States Attorney. a member Of the
team" that Leslie Garnett brought with
him to the prosecutors office. Life was
less complicated in those days. There
were time and energy and inclination
for many things that Judge cannot do.
Sometimes there were ''bull sessions"
devoted to exploring the strange. incom-
prehensible ways Of judges whose under
standing Of the law. from the point Of
view Of an assistant prosecutor, left
much to be desired. Or there might be
Saturday afternoon trip to q nearby
Maryland riding stable, where the future
judges horsemanship was shown to con-
Sist Of much determination and little
skill
Even in that period, however. Judge
Pine revealed traits Of character and an
attitude toward the law that are re-
flected in his steel decision. There was
always well-defined line between social
activities and the business Of his office.
And that line was not crossed.
Shortly after he had succeeded Mr..
Garnett as United States Attorney, q
pedestrian was killed on Constitution
avenue by an automobile driven by a
prominent man-about-town. The case
looked bad. But District Attorney
Pine. although his stand was not
popular. was convinced that there was
no basis for prosecution, and there was
no prosecution.
This is another way Of saying that
he makes a clear distinction between
what he thinks Is right and what he
thinks is wrong. And once his mind
is made up, pressure is not going to
cause him to gloss over that distinction.
This same attitude carries over into
his concept of the function Of a Judge.
Here, again, his point of view is not
complicated by those distinctions which
sometimes are more subtle than sound.
His concept of the function of a Judge
is to apply the law as he understands
the law. He is not the kind Of Judge
whose mind is made up before the
argument begins. But he is the kind of
Judge who. having heard both sides,
has the capacity to make up his mind
and act on his decision.
In the steel case, counsel for the
President dwelt at some length on the
grave possible consequences if an in
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Policy on Backward Areas

The blunder policy of our Government
toward backward areas Of the world
has once again come into the limelight,
this time in the nature of a notice to
the world that, so long as depressed
countries rebel against their paternal
depressors, the United Nations should
not interest itself and that the U. N.
exists only for the benefit of the West
ern world and its selfish interest. The
United States has further put the world
on notice that while they are concerned
with having the Free World" remain
free, that it, the Free World" con-
sists only Of the nations Of the West
and subservient governments Of Asia
and Africa.
Denial Of the Asian-African request
that the France -Tunisian dispute be
discussed before the Security Council
Evening star., 1952-05-01
The Steel Crisis

The ruling by the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals restoring temporarily Government
control of the steel industry has the single virtue
of bringing step closer Supreme Court deci-
sion on the constitutional issues involved in the
seizure.
Meanwhile, the industry was estimated as
95 per cent shut down this morning. Since
much has been made, and properly, of the i'm
portance to the public interest in general and
to the mobilization effort in particular OF keep
ing the steel industry in production, 1t is obvious
that more than continued legal maneuvering is
called for at this time.
The first requirement Is for the steelworkers
to return to their jobs In the light of demon
strated administration sympathy for the union
cause it would seem logical that union officials
would so direct the men, although the Justice
Department attorneys admitted yesterday before
the court that they had no guarantees of this
nature Since further action by the Court OF
Appeals, or by the Supreme Court, will be time
consuming, it is vital that the industry should
not remain at standstill pending resolution of
the constitutional issues.
It is equally logical that the Government
should not undertake in this uncertain period
to impose upon the industry the disputed terms
of settlement including the union shop, which
were recommended by the. Wage Sterilization
Board. Eventually restoration of harmony in
steel must depend upon an agreement mutually
acceptable to both industry and labor. Collec-
tive bargaining implying compromise on the
issues, is the most desirable means of achieving
this condition. At various times, the margin
between the industry and the union-and what
the Government is willing to allow in terms of
price concessions-has not been great It would
be timely now, despite the aroused tempers and
confused legal situation, to review these differ
ences and to attempt to reconcile them.
Failing this, two other alternatives seem
available. One is for belated invocation of
the Taft-Hartley procedure. The other is for
Congress to take immediate action calculated
to restore the industry to production and to set
the stage for an orderly and acceptable perma-
nent solution.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Keep 1t a Private Enterprise

It is unfortunate that the steel industry
crisis has diverted public attention from the
developing crisis in another important industry
telegraphic communications. The public ought
to be deeply interested in the long -drawn-out
Western Union strike. Unless settled soon, the
partial shutdown will pose threat to the future
of the only national telegraph system in the
world remaining in private ownership. The
public should look with concern on such threat,
for public ownership in another field Of COM
munications, the postal service, is costing the
taxpayers half billion dollars year in deficits.
The company has refused to yield to demands
Of the Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFD
for substantial wage and fringe gains Com
pany President Walter P. Marshall says such
gains would cost the company $50 million year,
require a 80 per cent increase in telegraph
rates and "drive business to our telephone and
air-mail competitors" The average Western
Union customer does not realize that the COM
pany Is not the monopoly which its merger
several years ago with Postal Telegraph indi-
Gated it would be. It has both private and public
competitors.
At the time Of the merger u943) 1t was
contended that an efhcient national telegraph
system could not be maintained under conditions
of destructive competition then existing Chair
man Mcfarland of the Senate Subcommittee on
all record-type communications was absolutely
essential for the continued existence of Western
Union" Under the merger legislation Western
Union has taken over all Of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company's telegraph
services except TWX. Negotiations for transfer
Of TWX a mechanical telegraphic system, from
A. T. &S T. to w. U. so far have been unsuccessful.
Competition from Federal sources includes
not only air mail but a Nationwide message
network operated by the General Services
Administration. The company last year sub
mitted a proposal for acquisition Of the GsA
message system, but without success to date.
Competition comes also from a number of
international telegraph companies. The 1943
act required Western Union to divest itself of
its cables, but this has not yet been DONE The
reason is that no new investors have indicated
a willingness to 60 into the cable business. A
sale to any of the present international cable
companies would be of doubtful legality, accord
ing to the Federal Communications Commission.
A hearing will be held in June to decide whether
the FEC should recommend special legislation to
Congress covering the cable problem. The COM
many wants . law permitting voluntary merger
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Gosh Art Prizes

Lord knows I have nothing against
writer's, artists, composers and SculptorS
making their living from their art or a
few hard-earned bucks from occasional
paintings, sculptures, or hunks Of prose,
poetry or music.
Professionalism art is a tough way to
make living, and the man who can do
it deserves kudos galore. Nor do see
anything particularly sordid about it.
Furthermore, agree that such can be
true art. though bit overly stylized
and traditional if too commercially pop
ular.
However. am opposed to the idea of
money prizes in local art exhibits, and
competitions and contests intended to
promote cultural activities among citi-
Zens in general. The money offered is
usually not enough to compensate for
the long hours of study and sometimes
work spent on the material. and it is
an appeal to the cupidity rather than
the talent and dedication of the artist.
A true artist wants appreciation not
rewards; recognition not cash.
It seems to me that the traditional
medals and ribbons are sufficient re-
ward, and have far greater significance
and permanent worth. The Athenians
awarded laurel crowns to their dram
atists, poets, and other artists. And
they seem to have been quite effective.
Sophocles, Phidias. Simonides, prove it.
True art is an avocation, not a voca-
ton. A true artist is primarily inter-
ested in interpreting his aesthetic ideas
and urges, not mazuma. Yes, that goes
for Michelangelo, the worlds greatest
painter and mighty thrifty man!
Money is the root Of most artistic evil.
You can't buy genius.
Gin0 ]. Simi.
Evening star., 1952-05-01

junction should be issued. A strike
probably would follow, with the most
serious economic results. The Presi-
dent, it was suggested. might find him.
self in a position where he could not
invoke the Taft-Hartley Act, and the
Government would be helpless to pro-
tect the national interest.
But these rguments-pressure argu-
ments, they might be called-feu on
deaf ears. The question before the
court was not an economic or politi-
cal question. It was a question Of
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Plea for Fiscal Security

FIeo for fIScol SecurIty
Senator Byrd made a profound and
pertinent speech about selecting a can
didate for the presidency. He said that
any President with sound fiscal policy
and program would have his support.
May the good people of Virginia always
see fit to have him. at the least. as their
Senator. Indeed is it possible that Sena-
tor Byrd could become our next Presi-
dent?
hold little hope Of this, due to the
belief that the average potential" voter
Is too busy listening and reading about
petty politics and resulting chicanery.
Every right thinking American should
be coldly analytical about candidates
and for what they stand. Americans.
thank God. have the right to question
what kind Of a government the office
seeker desires and just how he proposes
to achieve his goal. Beware Of loopholes.
for our past platforms have wasted away
due to evasion. unnecessary emergencies
and well-entrenched termites.
You millions of Americans who have
the right to vote owe us who are denied
our national birthright sound govern
ment in these critical years ahead.
Above all, you owe it to yourselves and
to your children, for it is they who will
pay the costs Of present government, to
exercise your voting privileges regard
less Of what political party you select.
ID. C. Native.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
School Segregation

was one of the 10000 who heard
Marion Anderson's repeat performance
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
True, 13 years have brought many
worthwhile changes in our democracy,
as Secretary Chapman aptly pointed
out. Notable among them is the fact
that thousands Of Negroes attend grad
uate schools where segregation no longer
exists. Yet, here in the Nations Capt.
tai, Negro children are housed mainly
in overcrowded. outmoded. wornout
school buildings and are further ham,
pered by q serious shortage Of teachers.
This shortage is not due to lack Of
qualified teachers, but purely to dearth
Of salaries.
DR.. Corning has declared that there
would be very little monetary saving in
an integrated system, yet the public is
denied all the facts in the issue. What
are the actual figures used by the super
intendent to arrive at this conclusion?
Even if the saving would be negligible"
as he insists, are there not greater moral
gains? Would not integration in the
Washington public schools be another
step toward the democratic goal Of
which Secretary Chapman spoke?
Alice e. Albright.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Letters to The Star .

amounts to telling the world that i'm
perialism and exploitation are right ex-
cept when communistically inspired.
The nations of the West should, by
this time, have recognized that this is
general revolutionary era throughout
Asia and Africa and the desires of the
peoples concerned must prevail lest they
are forced into poverty and the Commu-
mist orbit.
The United States should cease and
desist the practice of labelling the ma
tional aspirations Of the peoples Of the
depressed nations as being communis-
tically inspired, for while it is true that
the Communists lend lip service to their
desires, it is done for their own possible
gains to be reaped from so doing. Com
munist lip service to given cause does
not necessarily mean that the cause is
not worthy or deserving of the support
of America.
Charles E. Malone.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Associated Press Photo.

constitutional law. If Judge Pine had
concluded, after hearing the arguments,
that the law was on the Presidents side
he would have said so without any
hesitation. But once he reached the
opposite decision. all the arguments,
briefs and pressure in the world meant
nothing to him. He would do precisely
what he did-announce his ruling and
his reasons for it in plain, unequivocal
language.
Surprising? Not at all-at least, not
to any one who knows Dave Pine.
Evening star., 1952-05-01
Grounds the Flyers

BY giving the combat ground soldier
no hazard pay, Congress has decreed
that hazard is non-exiStent in the In
fantry. Thus the fear-ridden pilots who
refuse to fly should make themselves
available at once. by transferring from
the extra-pay Air Force into the service
with the highest casualty rate and no
hazardous duties and pay. The Infantry
welcomes tnem. M. Theleu.
Dilemma of Conservatives
Phil Campbell, for many years a
leader In Congress. said to the writer
o few years before his death. 1.-THE line
Of division in this country is no longer
between Democrats and Republicans. It
Is between conservatives and radicals"
At the beginning Of the New Deal.
scores Of young radicals were sluiced
into the Government agencies at WASH
ington from the radical colleges of New
England and New York. Many of them
are still there. They saw that Gen.
Eisenhower would make a popular can
didate for the presidency so they Sc
lected him to head Columbia University.
They care not whit about either the
Democratic or the Republican Party.
All they care about is to keep their
stranglehold on the Government and to
preserve the jobs they have created for
themselves. Ike was Mr.. Truman's choice
in the beginning. It is reported that
New Dealers are packing Republican
primaries to try to have Ike get the
Republican nomination.
If we have a Kefauver as the Demo-
cratic nominee and Ike as the Repub-
lican nominee, for whom can the con-
servatives vote? The hour calls for a
man who can be counted upon for a
thorough house cleaning at Washington.
Independent Voter.
Evening star., 1952-05-01

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aOriters' c'orrect names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-10-13
Second Army 10 'Retake'
Philadelphia from Enemy
Special Dispoteh 10 The Siur

FORT MEADE, Md, Oct. 13.-
The Second Army-and that in
cludes the "chair brigade" at
headquarters here - is charged
with re-capturing Philadelphia
from an aggressor force Friday
and Saturday.
The field problem. under COM
mand of Leiut. Gen. Edward H.
Brooks, Second Army commander,
assumes that the aggressors have
lover-run the Northeastern part Of
the United States. The Second
Army's mission is to recapture
Philadelphia after securing cross
| Iings of the Susquehanna River.
The exercise, dubbed Tobacco
Leaf II, differs from last years
lproblem in that it will be carried
out at several different locations
Fort Knox, KY, Indiantown Gap.
Pa, Camp Pickett. Va. and Fort
Meade. Last year, participating
units came to Fort Meade and set
up headquarters here.