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, 1952-03-03

novel solution the drivers diff
culties.
Finkelberg accepted their pro-
posal and the teenagers drove the
auto to the East river where they
stripped it of valuable parts and
showed it into the water. Mean
while the clerk reported the auto
stolen.
The car was discovered the next
day upside down and ruined.
Finkelberg identified it and re-
ceived a $1,000 check from his in
surance company. After the check
had been sent out, however, the
company stopped payment and
asked police to investigate.
The investigation "sank" both
mems alibis and they were jailed
for attempted grand larceny. The
youths, whose names were not re-
vealed because of their age, were
arraigned in children's court.
, 1952-03-03

games at Helsinki, Finland. Their
attacks on American athletes are
persistent and sometims bitter.
They charged that Canada and
the United States fixed the final
hockey game of the winter Olym-
pics to enable the United States
to finish second and to push Czec-
hoslovakia back into third place.
They called us hooligans and
charged our hockey players with
, 1952-03-03
Man. Car Is A
Headache" Teenagers
Drive Ii In River

NEW YORK, March 8. (INS)-
A Bronx store clerk, whose unique
method of collecting insurance on
his unwanted 1850 auto was sail
wet" was arraigned for grand
larceny.
Police said that the troubles of
Morris F~inkelberg, 80, were due
to his constant complaints to a
buddy, Abe Zimmerman, 80, that
"the car was a headache"
According to officials, Finkel-
berg drove to Zimmerman's fruit
store February II, where he again
griped about the auto. Two 15-
year-old youngsters overheard the
conversation and volunteered a
, 1952-03-03

of the world.
They do not participate in sports
with any Of the views held by the
rest of the world and conduct
themselves in such manner as to
deserve withdrawal of an invita-
ton to mingle with US and others
at Helsinki.
It is all we'll and good to extend
the hand of sports brotherhood
even to the Russians, but if they
refuse to accept it and go along
with the supposed ideals Of the
others in the competition, then
keep them out of it.
Our athletes surely have little
to gain by mingling with the Reds.
The enjoyment of the games and
what they stand for will not be
lessened through the absence of
the Russians.
Keep them out, forget about
them and go on as though they did
not even exist. They probably
would not mind that either, but at
least they would not be present to
louise it up for everybody else.
, 1952-03-03

NEW YORK, March 8. (INS)-
Knocking the Russians can become
habit-forming, yet there is no es-
Gaping the pleasure of taking an
occasional crack at them and won
dering out loud again why they
r not formally barred from the
Olmypics.
Every move they make and
everything they say indicate their
intent of disrupting the summer
, 1952-03-03

beating up the Czzehs and de-
plored generally u conduct as
an example Of what the Russians
may expect next summer.
These attacks are published in
official mouthpieces in Moscow
and presumably, serve the two
fold purpose of stirring up the
native athletes and establishing in
advance alibis abecause Of antici-
pated cheating and overall mis-
conduct on the part Of Americans
mainly.
They are taking dead aim at US.
They sound like people who ex-
pect to get their Jumps and are
starting to cry before they are hit.
Whatever their motive, if the
Olympic ideals mean anything the
Russians should be barred and the
games would be better off for it.
It's an absolute cine that if they
show up at all they will make as
much trouble as possible and, if
losing, will pack up and bow back
home to each us a lesson.
Don't overlook that the Russians
also persist in telling the world
how great their athletes are when
performing before their own Of
ficials with their own stop watches
and other paraphernalia.
Once in awhile they do step out
and show a little class, as when
| the Russian soccer team known as
the Dynamos defeated England,
but much of their activity in ath-
letics is as much a secret as what
| Stain has on his mind.
All of their operations are baseo
on secrecy and suspicion. They lei
you know what they want you tx
know and they persistently senc
their observers around to big
meets to case the opposition.
They compete only when they
are fairly certain of winning, anc
then only when they have pre-
pared their alibis in advance fol
the benefit of Russia and the res
, 1952-03-03
GIRL .

Founded in the State of Georgia, the Girl Scouts OF
America points with pride to its success IN fostering de
mocracv as it looks forward to it's 4Oth anniversary to be
observed March ~, throughout the nation. Perhaps Juh-
cite Gordon Low, the founder, foresaw, when she MADE
her now famous phone call in Savannah, Ca, shortly alter
returning home from England, that her organization would
embrace we'll over a million and a half young girls OF all
races, creeds and colors in the United States within ~
years. She was a native Of Savannah.
That telephone call to a friend began with the words,
Come right over! I've got something for the girls of Saw
annah, and all America and all the world" With charac-
teristic vision she SOW the unta pped potential of girls from
T to II as a powerful force for good will and mutual I'M
derstanding among races and nations.
The handful Of II girls who answered the first call have
grown into 800, 900 of which some 10000 are Negroes
located in all parts. of the u. S. A. Negroes came into the
organization about the year 1917, when the first Girl Scout
troop composed Of Negro girls was formed in New Bed
ford, Mass, by the efforts of Mrs. Margaret Dale, Miss
Jennie Scarborough and rs. Eldora Williams, with the en-
enlargement and assistance o fthe Rev. D. O. Walker,
pastor Bethel A. M. E. church, lending the basement of his
church for the first meetings.
Since that time Negroes have spread throughout the
Girl Scout organization integrated on a basis of equality
in many of the Northern sections, and quietly bringing to-
gether Negro and white girls in Southern regions on many
occasions in keeping with the spirit of the National office
to foster racial unity, understanding and equality.
Marking the 10th anniversary celebration will be rep
resentatives og 1907 integrated Girl Scouts troops in the
North and West and 1854 all Negro Girl Scout troops in
the South. Also, Negro officers of the movement who are
in~tegrated in the National office and throughout various
regional and local offices.
In the recent encampments of Girl Scouts, girls
worked, ate, slept, and played together on the basis of
equality in the same tents, and Negro Girl Scouts were sent
as representatives from a number of inter-racial Girl Scout
units in the country, or Of their State set-up. In 1949, a
Negro Girl Scout represented the entire State of North
Carolina. Not only are Negro girls in the u. S. A. encour-
aged to join the movement, but girls from American terri
tories such as, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hawaii
Leaders of the Girl Scout movement at the 10th ami
versary are planning to redouble their efforts to explain
the organization to work for greater integation of the
aces, as we'll as to extend their energies for good will and
mutual understanding among races and nations.
, 1952-03-03
FAIR or FOUL
By LAYTON CARVER

international News Service Sports Editor
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Facts on Foreign Aid

A letter signed Nassau" in The Star
April % criticized the Mutual Security
Agency for having built new railway
terminal in Rome.
Not one American dollar, nor one Ital-
ian lira generated by United States aid,
has ever been used in connection with
any railway station in Rome. A new
Rome railway station has been built by
the Italians, who gave it priority rat
ing because of the Importance Of the
tourist industry" to Italy.
Italy's defense spending this year of
$811 million is made possible by the
United States contribution Of $160 mil
lion worth of commodities. This is 81
per cent more than Italy spent last year
for defense. MSA contributions (nclud-
ing such goods as raw materials, ma
chine tools, coal and fuel OLD help to
create an Italian economy capable of
supporting the heavy military spending
which this NATO ally Of ours is under
taking for our common defense.
am sorry that Nassau" did not find
out the facts before sounding off. Be-
cause his letter was so misleading, I
thought your readers would want to
know the facts about this part of the
Mutual Security Program.
Harlan Cleveland,
Assistant Director for Europe, Mu-
tual Security Agency.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
This and That

saw the yellow blossoms Of the dog
toothed violet, and q little farther on
the bright blue of the bluebells or Vir-
ginia cowslips.
Surely to have seen so many lovely
wild flowers on just such a short ride
through the park was something to be
proud and happy over.
'I am glad tc say that needed the
warning sign had seen some time ago
saying that no one is allowed to pick
the wild flowers.
1T is better to leave them to live and
grow in all their beauty for every one to
see.
VERY sincerely yours, z. D. B."
Spring is, surely, the wild flower time.
Then, If ever, come perfect blooms!
During these wonderful days the small
things Of earth come into their own.
Their beauty sings into the heart.
Their coloring is so exquisite! And to
think OF 1t being mostly unnoticed!
The average person requires some
training when it comes to little plants
that nestle In the grass.
Children commonly tread them un-
derfoot.
Their elders do little better with their
intense interest In sports" showing Oh"
and the like.
Wild flowers are for the contemplative
mind. the keen eve. the happy heart.
No one who wieldS tennis racket with
might and main can be expected to put
much stock In wild flowers. They are
too small. too buried, too unseen.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
MiIitory Aid to Europe

Secretary Of Defense Lovett has given to
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee frank
report on the slower than desirable" shipment
of military equipment to Western Europe in 1851.
With equal frankness he has given the
reasons: Shortage of machine tools, inadequate
plant facilities in being, unrealistic scheduling
shortage Of critical materials and the COM
plexities of modern military machines
Perhaps the greatest validity in all these
valid reasons lies in the last one. There have
been few II any, instances where a war of
tomorrow was fought successfully with the
weapons Of yesterday. II another great war
is to come to the world during our time it will
undoubtedly be won militarily by the side which
demonstrates the greater capacity to invent,
manufacture and operate the most effective
machinery of destruction. While the principles
of such machinery may be basic in the realm of
science, their design to fit military needs has
become an increasingly complex matter.
II such tragedy as the Korean conflict has
any fortunate aspect, it is the fact that it has
provided laboratory for the testing Of certain
of these new designs Comparably, If the strain
of cold war has brought any benefit, it is the
fact that it has given time for expansion of
plant capacity and the gearing Of the Nations
industry to meet the production load required.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
By Carter Brooke Jones

TOURT decisions have changed the
~ course Of history. Such was the
Dred Scott ruling Of the Supreme Court.
1t gave momentum to the drift toward
civil war. The steel-Seizure case, when
finally settled in the highest court, prob
ably will establish precedent which
will have lasting effect on the relation
between Government and industry.
These occasional epochal cases remind
us that, after all, despite the enormous
growth of executive power in recent
years. there are still three branches Of
our Government. They recall that there
still is q judiciary branch and that its
function is what the men who wrote
the Constitution intended it to be-to
review legislative and executive author
ity and check it when 1t seems to
threaten the freedom Of the citizen and
his enterprises. Sometimes, as in the
Dred Scott Case, the courts have helped
slavery, OF one kind or another. More
often, fortunately. they have backed
liberty and personal initiative.
Once in generation or two there may
be single judge so discerning In his
judicial wisdom that he profoundly
affects legal opinion. In so doing, he
contributes at least something toward
resolving few of the constant conflicts
between the people and their Govern
ment and among the people themselves.
Such a judge has retired at 80 after
serving on Federal benches for 40 years.
Starting life with even name that was
prophetic Hand-he has had
a career recorded in many q volume of
the Federal Reports. He holds the re-
Spect and admiration of lawyers every
where. For many years he was chief
judge Of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit (New
York. Connecticut and Vermont). In
cases of the utmost importance. civil
and criminal, he wrote the opinions that
became law. More often than not, the
Supreme Court upheld him or refused
to review him; sometimes it adopted
the very language of his decisions. But
Judge Hand himself never reached the
Supreme Court. despite the repeated
recommendation of illustrious members
OF the bar. He was not a politician: he
was merely great judge.
Irving billiard. editorial page editor
of the st. Louis POST Dispatch, is pub
fishing this week "The Spirit Of Lib
erty" Knopf). It is a collection
not Of Judge Hands legal opinions.
but of the more general opinions he
expressed in speeches over the years
and in papers written for certain oc-
caSionS.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

Is he, the locker, not perfect? Can
anything he overlooks be worth seeing?
The answer is, of course, eyes, there
are many overlooked things very much
worthwhile"
These do include the plants commonly
Jumped under the term wild flowers. We
recall an old gentleman who snorted-
there is no other word for it-when told
that his wife had some beautiful wild
flowers.
"Wild howers?" he sneered. "They are
just flowers to me.
Such an unfortunate attitude denied
him some beauty. much interest. The
beginning Of wisdom, here as elsewhere,
is not to sneer. The sneering mind cuts
itself OF. It serves the cord that binds
the good and the true to the common
place and the everyday. It is what de-
mands sensational things, rather than
good things; what asks to be thrilled,
rather than to be instructed; what de-
mands something new, even the bad,
instead Of being content with the old
and good. The world literally has
Sneered its way into the diSgraceful, the
greedy. the unkempt, the unhappy, the
lost. Are we ever to come out into the
clearing? II so. 1t will only be because
good men and women everywhere have
rebelled against the false. the untrue and
the meretricious and have demanded
that the good, the honest and the true
take their places. In this good work,
beloved Of God, the little wilddowers
viii have PLAYED their humble part.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
The Riqht of Privacy

In all the years I have read The Star,
I have never once had occasion to ques-
ton the statement that IF you read it
in The STAR it's true" But now find
myself wondering If you are being COM
pletely fair and consistent in your
approach to the relief problem.
You are in favor of opening the relief
rolls to the public, because you believe
that "the right of the citizens to know
how their money is being spent extends
to the field of welfare as well as any
where else" But you denounce the
financial QUESTIONABLE, believing it to be
IAN unconscionable invasion of privacy"
Perhaps you do not feel that there is
any comparison between the mother who
is given $3.50 month to support her
family (the maximum payment allowed
by the Welfare Board) and the Gov
ernment official whose salary is 1880
a month, with no maximum on income
The taxpayers who support the relief
recipients also pay the salaries of
Federal and District employees, and If
the taxpayers right to know how his
money is being spent is based on the
size Of his investment, then his interest
in the Government official should be
far greater than his interest in the
mother with the $3.50 monthly income.
I do not know whether the financial
QUESTIONABLE is right or wrong; maybe
Evening star., 1952-05-08
DECATUR STREET.

Lear 0H.
How glad we Washingtonians ought
to be to have such q beautiful park as
Rock Creek! It is lovely at all times of
the year. In the fall the gorgeous color
ing paints a picture for us. In winter,
with its many hills covered with snow, it
presents another type Of beauty.
"In summer, with the trees In full
foliage, it gives us pleasant retreat be-
side the rippling waters Of the creek.
But to me the park is especially beautiful
in the spring. Perhaps that is because
I love the wild flowers which grow there
in abundance.
"a few days ago as my husband and
I drove through the park noticed the
first clumpS of May apples. They re-
mind me Of my childhood days when
thought Of them as miniature umbrellas,
each shading single white blossom.
Then caught glimpse Of the bright
green leaves Of the skunk cabbage. In
almost any direction we looked I saw
early saxifrage. 1t was good to see a
bank literally covered with tiny blue
flowers, Quaker ladies or bluets.
Gas we drove along. saw many large
patches Of spring beauties, with their
white or pale pink flowers.
II was happy to see the bloodroot in
full bloom. with ITS pure white. fairly
large blossoms; and near at hand I
found small white flowers which ]
thought were rue anemone.
, "As We followed the creek around. we
Evening star., 1952-05-08

The title Of the book is taken from
a brief address Judge Hand made at
an Il Am an American Day" ceremony
in Central Park, New York, in 1914. The
juriSt said he could not define the
spirit of liberty; he could only define
his own faith. "The spirit of liberty"
he said. "is the spirit which is not
too sure that it is right" It is "the
spirit which seeks to understand the
minds Of other men and women" and
which weighs their interests alongside
its own without bias" It is "the
spirit of Him who, near 1000 years
ago, taught mankind that lesson it has
never learned, but has never quite for
gotten, that there may be kingdom
where the least shall be heard and con-
sidered side by side with the greatest"
This spirit Of tolerance and under
standing infused Judge Hands rulings
and his life. The comments he made
at meetings Of the bar, before his alma
mater. Harvard, and elsewhere show
the sagacious mind of master stylist.
In profession noted for obscure and
complex phrases, he wrote simply and
clearly. Concerning the task Of in
terpreting law. he once said: "The
Evening star., 1952-05-08
To Touch q Heart

! Drote In measured lines about
The singing mind last night.
The brightness OF the stars that held
. Eternity in flight.
The reinsurance of the earth
That blooms and dies and then
Through resurrection In the spring
Puts blossoms forth again.
The cycle OF the earth Is proof
OF faith in God and man,
SorrotD and doubt and loneliness
Each take their little span.
I iDrote tn measured lines, but tDords
Sometimes can tDin0 dtDdy,
To touch a thousand hearts tDith hops
As yours iDas touched toddyi
Catherine {. Berry ~
Evening star., 1952-05-08
The Pulitzer Awards

Individual tastes being what they are as
regards the novel, drama, poetry, biography,
journalism, ETC., Columbia University's annual
Pulitzer Prizes always leave certain amount OF
room for argument. Dissents to one side, how
ever, the judges usually do good job Of picking,
and this year has been no exception.
The Star is pleased to see that four WASH
ington- based newspapermen have been honored
by the awards this year-George deCarvalho of
the San Francisco Chronicle, for his series on
Red China's ransom racket" among Chinese
Americans; Anthony Leyeiro of the New York
Times, for his exclusive story on the Truman
Macarthur conference at Wake Island; John M.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Bross in Lower EcheIon
Elsie King Moreland.

Typical Of these influence-peddling
times when money will buy anything, we
have the case of Seaman &c Bruce s.
Hopping, an enlisted reservist, who in
civil life is a millionaire lumberman
from New Jersey.
First, he publicly says that Navy chow
isn't f1t to eat. Perhaps they didn't serve
him his accustomed caviar and quail-on-
toast with wild rice, attended by butler
and two footmen.
Next, he apparently foments crew
complaints Of petty tyranny" against
his officers Of the U.S.S. Reclaimer.
They probably treated him as well as but
no better than all other seamen 2/c
aboard.
Now we have him paying an unsolic-
tied social call on the admiral and
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Letters to The Star .

1t is wrong. But the Federal employe,
or the District employe, is a public
servant, and, as such, his life, both
public and private, should be able to
Withstand the closest scrutiny. When
he objects to being questioned, the pub
lie quite naturally assumes that he has
something to hide.
In your editorial, 'The Right of
Privacy" you state: "Of course, the
Government has a right to require per-
tinent financial information from en-
ployes suspected of dishonesty. But
that Is quite different thing from the
dragnet QUESTIONABLE technique which
probes into every nook and corner of
the affairs Of those who are innocent
as well as those who are suspect-all
in the hope that something will be
turned up" Yet you are in favor of
making public the names of all relief
recipients all in the hope that q few
chiselers may be found! To whom does
the right of privacy apply? Would you
give 1t to one group Of citizens and
deny it to another? You suggest that
the new Attorney General burn the
questionnaires and "relX on brains, ini-
tiative and hard work to ferret out cor
ruption in the Government" Could not
this method also be used to ferret out
the chiselers from relief rolls? Or
don't you think welfare workers have
these qualifications?
AS a taxpayer. I am far more in
terested In Commissioner DESIGNATE
Camalier's attitude concerning crime
and corruption in the District than in
his attitude toward the few chiselers
that might be found on the relief rolls
and 1t is my sincere hope that he will
bring to his job as Commissioner some
ideas and opinions of his own, and not
feel that he has to "side" with any
other Commissioner, either past or
present.
Elsie King MOreland