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Evening star., 1952-05-28
The Dangerous Driver

The best way to reduce the slaughter on our
highways is to spot the dangerous driver and
keep him from the wheel of car until he learns
to drive carefully.
This is the sum and substance of the report
which has been submitted to the District Com
missioners by Traffic Director Kepeipp in behalf
of the Committee on Driver Licensing and Vehicle
Inspection
Some of the recommendations of the COM
mittee, composed of traffic authorities from
Maryland and Virginia as well as the District,
are pretty drastic. But drastic measures are
needed if the kind of driving that causes most
deaths and injuries is to be restrained
Recognizing that fines will not do the job,
the committee proposes mandatory jail sentences
for drunken driving, hit-and-run involving per-
sonal injury and for operating after the
suspension or revocation of a license. This
admittedly is pretty strong medicine, but expert
ence has amply demonstrated the need for It,
There Is room for doubt, however, as to the
wisdom of some of the recommendations for
mandatory revocation of licenses. One proposed
basis would be homicide by means of an auto
mobile-which on its face would seem to include
traffic deaths in which the driver was not at
fault. If this result was not intended, and The
Star is informed that 1t was not, the proposal
should be clarified. Another is driving 20 miles
or more in excess Of the speed limit. That might
or might not be dangerous driving. depending
on the circumstances. The purpose of revoking
a license is to remove from the highways
driver who is menace to others. And this
. objective should be strictly adhered to, for
otherwise the difficulty of obtaining convictions
viii defeat the purpose of the proposals.
Evening star., 1952-05-28
A Project Close to Hearts Of Freed Men
To the Editor of The Stor:


THE recent death in Washington Of
= j. Findley Wilson. for 80 years the
grand exalted ruler of Negro Elks in
the United States, calls to mind one of
the very last projects to which he turned
his mind.
refer to the Negro Elks' Shrine
acquired and being developed on the old
John Brown farm near Harpers Ferry,
w. Va. The place, sometimes called
Kennedy farm, is located in Maryland
just four miles from Harpers Ferry.
It consists of 253 acres, half in timber,
and the rest in tillable land. It was
here in October. 1859. that John Brown
assembled and trained his small ILL
fated army" for the liberation of slaves
in Virginia.
The locale Of the project is the Blue
Ridge Mountains near some of the great
battleflelds of the Civil War. including
that Of Antietam. The farm is close by
the confluence of the Potomac and the
Shenandoah Rivers. where Virginia.
Antietam is now great memorial park.
Monuments have been erected there by
the several States whose hallowed dead
A1C oIcCPulS UC11CdCIl IIlc SOu. OIlc u t41O
farms boundaries is the Potomac River,
part of the great panorama near the
entrance to Skyline Drive and the famed
Shenandoah Valley.
John Brown, martyr of the 10Th
century to the cause of freedom for
the slaves, at this time has no monu-
ment, not even marker at this noun
tain retreat, to indicate the great drama
which began unfolding there. The
old John Brown Fort, in which he took
refuge and where he was wounded and
captured has been removed and rebuilt
on the campus of Storer College at Har-
pers Ferry. There it serves as museum
and memorial to John Browns efforts
and memory.
The legendary fame of John Brown
Of Ossawatomie, Kans., has been all but
forgotten. However, as one author puts
it. when John Brown at the head of
his small forces fired on the United
States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on Oc-
tober Is. 1859, he fired the first shot and
started the Civil War. Thus he put in
motion the power and force which re-
suited in the freedom of the American
Evening star., 1952-05-28

Wilson's prodigious labors in the field
of fraternalism.
In his preface to the "John Brown
Reader" Mr.. Wilson said:
Without one trace Of slavery's dis
f1gurement, I hear them tell the little
ones this story, with voices tender yet
not faltering, and within my heart,
know that John Brown on the scaf-
fold wore the 'peacefullest mans face
ever beheld there"
Old John Brown, from the scaffold at
Charles Town, went gloriously to far,
far better rest than he had ever known,
while his soul. for freedoms sake.
throughout the world, forever and for.
ever, goes marching on!
West Alexander HomiIton
Evening star., 1952-05-28
ItoIy's Foscists

Although Premier De Gasperi's Christian
Democrats still remain the strongest single party
in Italy they have lost significant ground in the
provincial and town elections that have just
been held In the southern part of the country.
The chief gainer-surprisingly and disturbingly-
is a relatively new Fascist-monarchist organiza-
ton called the Italian Social Movement (the
MSI), whose candidates have won control of such
important cities as Salerno, Bari, Foggia and
Naples.
Considering that the Ms1 openly reveres the
memory of Mussolini and breaches in favor of his
corporate-state ideas, many Americans will find
more than little irony in the fact that it has
been voted into office in places which our own
and allied forces once fought to free from the
Nazi-Fascist tyranny. If there is any explanation
for this totalitarian revival, it must be that
In overcrowded and poverty-stricken Southern
Italy democracy has done poor job in the sense
Of disillusoning great numbers of people by fall
ing to give them the opportunity to achieve
better standard of living. Freedom does not mean.
much to men and women who are il-housed and
cannot find jobs to earn enough to feed and sup
port themselves on satisfactory basis Given
hard times long enough they become vulnerable
to the siren song of would-be dictators.
OF course, Italy's weekend voting results do
not mean that a Fascist order is fast returning
over there. But the gains scored by the MSI-
which now seems to be almost as strong as the
Communist Party, the second biggest in the
country-are not to be laughed of. Although
they show that a lot of people prefer the extreme
right to the extreme left, they also show dis
couraging trend away from the democratic CEN
ter. Accordingly, in the months between now and
the next national election Premier De Gasperi
and his followers should do everything possible
to check and reverse that trend lest 1t become q
major threat to Italian freedom.
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Crime Hogs the Headlines

My husband and attended the Dis
trict Chapter. American Red Cross ex-
ercises during which certificates were
presented to about 400 women volun-
teers who had completed training as
nurses aides, motor corps. gray ladies.
canteen services, etc. Some one dear to
us was In the motor corps, and we were
thrilled and proud that she is part Of
this wonderful organization.
Today The Star carried large head
lines, telling of the dishonesty and self
ishness and weakness of men in high
places. That group of 400 volunteer
Red Cross workers was in such direct
contrast to the news we read that we
were impressed anew with the fact that
the good, the unselfsh, the kind, do not
make the headlines.
This country has many large groups Of
people, we know, who quietly and un-
selfshly. give Of their time. their skills
and their money. to the help and better
ment Of mankind. It certainly is good
to know that this is so, that we may
value their contributions against the
weight Of those discouraging and dis
heartening few who make the headlines.
This Red Cross group of volunteers
would seem to show that there is much
faith and hope and courage concealed
In anonymity. A. r. Everhart
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Mr.. Trumon's Example

Now the President is upset by the evil doings
Of the private power companies. He says they are
spending millions and millions of dollars, which
otherwise would go to the Government in taxes,
to influence the mass mind" against public
power. 4N4g&
Mr. Truman thinks this is pretty outrageous,
and he says he may ask his new Attorney General
to see whether it violates the Corrupt Practices
Act It is not clear just what the violation Of law
may be, but it is obviously a shabby business for
the power companies to be engaged in If they
weren't spending this money to influence the
mass mind against public power, MIR. Truman
and his henchmen would have that many more
millions to spend on Government propaganda to
influence the mass mind in behalf of the Fair
Deals pet projects, including public power. Nat
urally, it's outrageous.
The President is also upset at the vicious"
nature of the power company propaganda.
With characteristic temperance and restraint.
he says the companies "have taken leaf right
out of the books of Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler"
and are deliberately trying to manipulate peoples
opinions by appealing to their emotions and not
their reason"
That coming from Mr.. Truman, would be
ludcrous if it not for the fact that it is the
President of the, United States speaking. It is
he who has perfected the technique of demagogic
to their sense of reason, and with the President
setting such an example, it is not surprising that
many people have lost all sense of proportion and
perspective in their approach to the problems of
the day.
Evening star., 1952-05-28

slaves. To put it mildly, he was the most
important forerunner Of Abraham
Lincoln"
The development of the old farm
into a shrine calls for the landscaping
of the grounds, installation of recreation
and other facilities, the restoration Of
the house and the erection of an i'm
pressive memorial tower and beacon to
be known as Freedom Tower.
The improved Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks of the World, founded in
Cincinnati in 1898 by the late B. F.
Howard, has more than half a million
members. Under Mr.. Wilson the Elks
made great strides and this project near
Harpers Ferry memorializing John
Brown will, indeed, be monument to Mr..
Evening star., 1952-05-28
The New Jersey Turnpike

An underestimate public acceptance of the
New jersey turnpike already is leading to plans
for expansion and encouraging hopes for quick
offset of the initial cost.
These are twin developments of interest and
significance to more than the users of the high
way alone. The 118-mile turnpike connecting
New York and Philadelphia, first and third cities
In size in the United States is the greatest project
Of its kind ever planned and carried out any
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Loss


My Grandmother died before iDas born.
And so neDer. kneD
The treasured delights that child can
@ hold
When a summer day breaks through
The gay curtdined tcindotDs of a room
Where big. fat kettle sings.
And Grandmother trips from table to
stope
With delectable, fragrant things.
Where the rocking chair and the cookie
jar
Are a part OF each afternoon,
And the stories dance in the quiet air.
And the room Is GliDe toith tune.
And nothing can compensate for this
The louing heart and the gentle hand:
You plo haze knotDn Grandmother
home
win know-and tDil 1nderstand.
Catherine {. Bern /
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Questions and Answers


any The Ss:a F''Ssr' g s. sn sns
MM s.turn Dossass or o. s
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. BY whom are the records Of the
truce talks in Korea made?-C. P.
A. BY group of experienced shore
based sailors, part Of the headquarters
staff of Chief u. N. Delegate, Vice,
Admiral c. Turner Joy, U. s. N. Reports
state that in an average day 150
stencils and IA reams of paper are used
for the transcripts. and that a complete
mimeographed record OF the 8-month
truce talks makes a pile almost as high
as q man.
O. To what agency Of the Govern
ment should a business firm apply If 1t
wishes to sell to the armed forces?
20. C. C.
A. The Department Of Defense says
that producer wishing to sell his
goods to any branch of the military
services must have his firm listed as
q potential supplier with all appropriate
purchasing Offices, depending upon the
items he has to sell. He may write to
the Central Military Procurement In
formation Office, Munitions Board.
Pentagon Building. Washington IS.
d. c.. furnishing information on his
products in order to be referred to the
proper Offices.
@. What is a statute Of limitations?
H. D. Y.
A. The period fixed by statute within
which suits must be brought for legal
redress. After the expiration. suits are
forever barred. The periods vary in
the States.
Evening star., 1952-05-28
'On Them 1t Would Look Good

While usually agree with The Stars
editorials, am seriously not in agree
ment with the May % editorial wherein
the statement is made that whatever
one may think of panty raids, they do
not seem so juvenilishly idiotic as the
swallowing of live goldfish mark Of
a campus hero not so long ago.
will not go into the merits Of live
goldfish swallowing, relatively speaking.
but several might be checked off in its
favor.
AS far as panty raids are concerned,
can think of but one fitting appellation
for the participants therein. and that is
wild jackasses. Frankly, I'm ashamed
of them! Moreover, probably one of the
saddest aspects Of the whole gruesome
affair is that many of these jackasses
have been educated(?) at public expense.
I am wondering how many people
wish they could get back some of those
tax dollars spent on such higher educa-
tion.
Nj. Lesley.
Much surprise is being expressed over
the onslaughts made on coed dormi-
tories by university gentlemen searching
for ladies' underwear. This should not
be source Of surprise to anyone. Are
not these the same youths who have
fought so gallantly to keep themselves
out of the army, while their unlearned
contemporaries are being killed in Korea?
They want this ladies' underwear to
wear-and on them it would look good.
Edmund A. Gibson.
These raids show the level to which
the mind has descended at our higher
institutions of learning" An era Of sex
madness is overtaking us.
A very old phophecy known As the
Prophecy of the Pyramid" sets 1853 as
the lend of time" Regardless of the
amount of salt with which one takes
prophecies" about three years ago
presidential commission, asked to report
on future prospects. named January /.
1853, as "A-Day." The world is getting
ripe for-Something
Our only hope would seem to be that
America, erstwhile light of the world"
can once again set some moral leader
ship at the top, a thing it has lacked for
many year. It would appear that peo-
pie have one last chance. And that is at
the polls next November.
]. l.. G.
Yes, an older generation does read
with establishment and concern of the
reprehensible mania sweeping the col
leges and, must say with astonishment
and disappointment. that The Star
would condone such conduct as just an
other juvenilish prank natural to spring
on the campus. consider it low and
malicious and out of the realm of
innocent fun or the heroics of the gold
fish swallower.
No doubt there have always been
some who have had it in their hearts
to do no better but they were restrained
by public opinion. But If the press gives
Evening star., 1952-05-28
Letters to The Star

these hoodlums plenty of publicity, and
even condones these outrages, and the
public is apathetic, no doubt they will
try to think up something more sensa-
tfonal for 1953-if they can.
But parents who are making real
sacrifices to send their daughters to
college must be hopping mad to have
them subjected to such indignities, and
they are not going to be in any better
mood if some of these daughters fail
their final examinations as result Of
this nerve-racking experience.
Any college that doesn't crack down,
and crack down hard, on these unde-
sirables should find its claSSrooms empty
next fall. Estella S. HaineS.
Evening star., 1952-05-28

Pen-1an,es may be used II letters carry
aoriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-05-28

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NV Washington 8. D. c., and tnclosinG cents
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Evening star., 1952-11-30
Archbishop Mcintyre Among
"a Cardinals Named by Pope

had been prominently mentioned
Jas possible candidates for red hats
Both had served in similar ca
pacitieS as assistant secretaries OF
state. The Pope himself has held
the secretaryship since the death
of Luigi Cardinal Maglione in
1914. The appointments to the
new offices indicates the vastly
increasing Vatican duties of the
Catholic Church, whose world
membership is reported to have
increased 10 million in the past
80 years to total of more than
400 million.
Vatican circles are already spec
ulating whether Archbishop STEP
mac and Archbishop Wyszynski
will be able to come in to receive
their red hats.
They recalled that 1916 Josef
Cardinal Mindzenty, the now i'm.
prisoned primate of Hungary, wa.
delayed by Russian authorities
He finally arrived here-the day
after the consistory, in a Unitec
States military plane.
Aside from the newly named
archbishop of Warsaw and Card.
inal Mindzenty, there is no othel
cardinal in iron curtain countries
Evening star., 1952-11-30
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Evening star., 1952-11-30
Courts Martial
Continued From First Page.)

ferred to the Office of the Army's
judge advocate general during the
12-month period thereafter. This
compares to 4,818 for the similar
period before the new code and
6.249 in 1949-50. BY comparison,
the Navy had 1861 cases in 1851
So, marked reduction under the
previous two years. In 195O-51,
the Navy had 6,461 cases and the
year before, 1892. The Air Force
had 2.504 for 1951-52, 1853 for
1950-51, and 1881 for 1949-5O.
All, however, weren't the general
court martial variety. The totals
included special and summary
courts martial, which have lesser
and considerably limited penalties.
About one-third came under the
more serious category.
In Korea. for instance, Army
units had a total of 1874 general
courts martial from May 81, 1851,
to May 81, 1852. One combat di-
Evening star., 1952-11-30

predicts his court will have more
to do than the Supreme Court
Judge Quinn. former governor and
circuit court judge in Rhode Is
land, says present figures indicate
that between 1900 and 1000 cases
will be filed annually, or about
10 per cent of the cases where
petition is allowed.
In comparison, he points out the
Supreme Court. during it's 1856
term. had 1,181 cases docketed
and the Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia, busiest o1
the Federal appeals courts, had
434 during fiscal 1850.
Judge George w. Latimer, an
other member of the civilian
tribunal, put it this way in a
commencement address at the
University of Virginia 10 months
ago: sc. if anyone now believes
that a court-martial is merely an
agency of the commander and
governed solely by his whims, then
he is too blind to see what has
clearly been spelled out by men,
berS of Congress-"
Evening star., 1952-11-30

est course. A man testifying in
his own behalf too many times
puts his foot in it. Remaining
silent leaves 1t to the board to
consider only evidence presented
by trial counsel.
Know Combat Problems.
There is this problem, however.
The board hearing general court
martial cases consists of at least
five officers or enlisted men and
usually more. All are combat
veterans. They know the prob
lens of combat and too many
times could be prejudiced against
anyone accused of shirking his
duty under hazardous conditions
A defendant, nevertheless, is
reasonably assured of adequate
legal protection under the uni
form code. He can state his case
in the pretrial investigation
through disinterested officers of
his own unit. At his trial, he is
provided with two defense coun-
sells, one of whom must be a fully
qualified lawyer. To this end, the
Army now has some 1900 officers,
all qualified attorneys, in its judge
advocate generals corps. The
other services also have officers
with legal training.
After the trial. the soldier, If
convicted, has long chain of
appeals comparable to those in
civilian life. A progress report in
the Stanford University Law Re-
view last July on the codes first
year opens with this statement:
Let it be said at the outset that
probably no one accused of any
crime in any State or Federal
jurisdiction is given more oppor-
tunity to assert his innocence or
more privileges of appellate re-
view than one convicted by court
martial"
Steps in Appeals.
The appeal steps include re-
view by the unit judge advocate,
by the general or authority which
appointed the court board, by the
judge advocate generals Office
here, by military boards of review,
and by the Court of Military APP
Ipeals. In the case of death SEN
Itences or cases involving generals
or flag officers of the Navy, they
must be confirmed by the Presi-
dent. Those involving dismissal
of officers must be affirmed by
the Secretaries of the various
services.
Even if a man has gone through
the whole cycle without success,
there still is a chance of being re-
leased early. That's the job of
clemency parole boards. Take a.
man confined in one of the Army's
disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.; Camp Cooke,
Calf; Camp Gordon. Ca, or New
Cumberland, Pa. His record will
be reviewed latter the first six or
eight months and then every year
thereafter. If it's deemed advis-
able, he can be restored to duty
to cOmOlete his toIIr of Servica
Many are restored.
Not all cases, however, go to
the Court of Military Appeals, the
highest tribunal. only those petit
toned by the accused or those
certified by the JAG's. Until last
June 81, the court had docketed
953 cases. Some IS per cent of
them arose in Korea or Japan.
Business has been so heavy that
its chief judge, Robert E. Quinn,
Evening star., 1952-11-30

TEETH, upper plate. on Friday, Nov. 2S
ct pumbafton Oaks. WO. O612.
Evening star., 1952-11-30

DOG, little fat male pup: black with brown
paws: short tail; collar; no tag. OTIS