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Evening star., 1952-05-05

to 60 on record up to now. The county grand
jury conducted brief inquiry and washed its
hands of the affair, except to suggest reorgani-
zation of the Welfare Board and the whole well
fare system.
Beatedly, the board has announced that it
will prefer formal charges against Miss Hen
bricks before the State Employment Commits
sioner. That is the proper procedure and one
that will enable Miss Hendricks to learn the bill
of particulars against her and to defend herself.
Why this procedure was not adopted more
promptly is mystery. There is the possibility,
of course, that the State official once more will
send the case back to the county for settlement.
This would settle nothing. The case already has
generated so much heat in official quarters that
a cool reappraisal of the whole problem is vir-
tually impossible. That is why bipartisan COM
mittee of outstanding citizens might be helpful
in getting at the facts, clearing the atmosphere
and facilitating settlement of controversy that
is damaging the whole welfare program in Prince
Georges
Evening star., 1952-05-05
By Charles E. TroceweN

ing food, primarily for himself. perhaps,
but in places where other birds can
get it. He must realize this, since he
is bright.
He puts seeds in the bark of trees,
where the nuthatch can find them.
He makes no claim of being a phi
lanthropist, but probably this is the best
way to be one, after all.
James Whitcomb Riley, beloved poet
Of our youth, spoke of the jay as wear
ing baseball clothes"
One may know what the poet meant
without feeling that it was a very good
choice.
The jays features are all-bird. They
borrow nothing from mans ideas of
clothes
The jay belongs to the crow family
and so at times likes to steal bright
objects, though we have never seen him
at it. personally.
He is said to kill other birds, but we
have never seen an instance Of it. At
least, in our garden. there is no more
peaceful creature, though admittedly a
noisy one.
1t is this very noise, however, that
calls him to our attention and this is
all good. for here is q perfect American
and q perfect American bridal rolled
into one, 8
Evening star., 1952-05-05

That's ho1o President Trun1an'S Army
Reserue Identification card UGs made
out in 1949.
mander-in-C Chief power; and, thirdly,
the power and duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
The constitutional plan must be as
certained by examining the Constitution
as whole. To ascribe to the Com
mander-in-Chief power the scope and
depth of authority which has been
claimed for the President in the current
controversy with regard to the seizure
of the steel properties would be to give
to this single phrase Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy" a signi-
ficance that would duplicate the system
of powers carefully specified in the diff
ferent Constitutional clauses and dele
gated for the most part to the Congress
of the United States. 1t would certainly
be bad logic and would imply that the
Constitution embodied very bad rhetoric
If we supposed that the Commander
in-Chief power has a meaning which
can upset the plain significance of many
other express provisions in the Consti-
tuition. The effect would be to create q
Evening star., 1952-05-05
GIoboI TeIevision?

Global television is not just around the
corner by any means, but science seems to be
bringing it well within the limits of possibility.
There was time not so long ago when trans
oceanic TV was regarded as something for the
uninformed to dream about and the experts to
Scoff at Television, the experts explained, could
not be transmitted farther than the eye could
see. To televise program to Europe or Hawaii
therefore would require floating rebroadcasting
stations within sight of each other.
The experts began to revise their ideas about
long distance TV when increasing numbers Of
Tv fans reported freak reception of programs
broadcast many hundreds of miles away. For
example, some viewers in the Washington area
have received intermittently clear reception of
pictures and sound originating at stations in
Texas, Oklahoma, and other distant points.
Electronic engineers have attributed these
occasional phenomena to the bouncing of TV
waves back to earth from the ionosphere, COM
posed of layers of gases lying beyond the
stratosphere. The ionized layer nearest the
earth is known technically as the region or
layer. It has been learned that instead Of
penetrating this layer and continuing into outer
space, some of the very high frequency television
waves run into densely ionized areas and are
thrown back toward the earth. The reflected
waves disturbed sets far beyond the supposed
range of the transmitting station and, when
conditions were just right, produced pictures
and sound that were remarkably clear
How to use this E layer reflection principle
in creating a reliable system of long distance
radar, radio and TV transmission was problem
which Government and private scientists Joined
in trying to solve. A team of Bureau of Standards
and university physicists and engineers went to
work more than year ago. An experimental
transmitting station was set up at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and many test broadcasts were made to
the Bureau of Standards receiving station at
Sterling, Virginia. Utilizing "wave-Scattering"
theory advanced by one member of the team,
successful regular transmission over the SO0-mile
stretch finally was achieved. The reception was
good and unvarying regardless of season. time
of day or weather conditions.
The first long step thus has been taken
toward the dreamers goal of round-the- world
television. How much longer the strides may
become is not yet known. But series of long
distance rebroadcasting stations between this
country and Europe might be stretched by way
of Canada, Greenland and Iceland or by way
of the more southerly Azores route. There is
one big drawback to the plan at present, how
ever. The new method of Evlayer broadcasting Is
much more costly than the present short-range
system. From a commercial standpoint the
tranSoceanic programs would not be very appeal
ing to investors. From the military standpoint,
however, the new development may have far
reaching Importance in the related fields Of
radar and communications.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Brituin's Comet

In inaugurating the worlds first regular
commercial jet-plane service-from London to
johannesburg, South Africa-the British, with
commendable enterprise have made an impress
sive bid to capture and retain international
leadership in the field of on-military aviation.
The chief meaning of the bid is that it creates
a potentially very strong new competitive factor
for all American companies engaged in the busi-
ness of intercontinental air travel
What those companies must now reckon with
is the fact that the British Overseas Airways
Corporation has equipped itself with plane
whose speed they cannot match at present, and
may not be able to match for several years to
come This plane-the DeHavilland Comet, pow
cred by four jet engines-has made the London
johannesburg run of 6,724 miles in % hours and
80 minutes, or in less than 1lK hours of actual
flying time when allowance is made for stops
on the ground. BY way of comparison, con-
ventional propeller-driven aircraft requires an
average of bit more than 80 hours to cover the
same route.
These figures. moreover do not give fair
measure of the Comets potentialities Britain's
new commercial jetliner is capable of doing bet
ter than the 390-miles- -per-hour average of its
debut fight to johannesburg For it is built to
fly seven miles high at top speed in excess Of
500 miles per hour Thus, when it starts carrying
passengers between New York and Bermuda
as planned-it probably will make the run in
80 minutes as against the present 312 hours.
Similarly, when it enters transatlantic service
as also planned-it will offer much faster travel
than is available now to people who are fasci-
mated by the idea of having lunch in Manhattan
and dinner in London.
From the standpoint of competition for plane
sales and passenger business. our American COM
panies obviously cannot afford to shrug off this
speed differential between what they can offer
and what can be offered by the British Overseas
Airways Corporation. The BOAC now has the
advantage in that respect, and the faster it
acquires additional Comets, the more significant
that advantage will become, particularly so
because it probably will be some years before
our own commercial airlines are equipped with
even their first jet transport planes. The simple
fact is that the United States, in this phase of
aviation development has let Britain-and Cam
ada too, for that matter-take the lead.
The big reason for this of course, is that our
aviation industry, though undertaking large
scale jet development for military purposes, has
found it economically unsound-lacking Federal
subsidies-to push such development for COM
mercial flying. The British and Canadian gov
ernments on the other hand, have subsidized
their plane manufacturers to build aircraft like
the Comet. Some of our experts are inclined to
pooh pooh the competitive significance of all
this but events may well prove them wrong.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
There Is a Limit to Presidents Powers

sort Of streamlined Constitution for
practical use which would consist merely
Of a condensed statement that all the
powers of the Government of the United
States are vested in the President alone
in time of war or the threat of war No
lawyer would confess to supporting such
an extreme position, but many lawyers
seem willing to start on a road that
would lead to just such conclusion if
pursued to the end in the same spirit
in which the initial steps thereon are
undertaken.
It also seems worth while to stress
the point that the immense exaggeration
Of the Commander in Chief power i'm
piled in the arguments made on behalf
of the President with regard to the steel
seizure incident would ascribe to that
power a scope which has never been
exercised historically. The British King
has always been regarded as the Com
mander- -in-Chief of the British Armed
Forces. I believe it would surprise any
historical student If he were informed
that the Commander in Chief power OF
the Crown included even in the 17th and
18th centuries. before our Declaration
of Independence, the power to seize
manufacturing properties or landed es-
tates or liquid funds of money of sub
jects of Great Britain. without any
authorization by any act Of Parliament
and without the delegation to the Crown
by Parliament of some specific power
in the premises.
The admitted powers of the President
as Chief Executive and Commander-in-
Chief are very extensive. The effort to
add to these admitted powers an addi-
tional vast field of power which has
been specifically committed by our
Constitution to the Legislative Branch
certainly tends strongly to upset the
balance between the different branches
of the Government. It would, if tolerated.
produce concentration Of power in the
President dangerous to liberty and alien
to all of our historic constitutional
ideals. If we, in the course of the present
crisis, prove ourselves willing to accept
this enormous increase of the Com
mander- -in-Chief power with all its in
herent dangers as the price of the
settlement of a particular industrial
dispute however extensive, we shall GER
tainly, in the familiar Biblical terms,
be selling our historic birthright for a
mess of pottage.
Charles S. Collier,
Professor of Law,
George Washington University.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Prince Georges Free-for-AN

With nearly everybody getting into the scrap,
the situation in Prince Georges welfare sector is
what a military communique would probably
describe as confused. The County Commissioners
have added to the confusion by demanding the
resignation Of three members of the Welfare
Board. The board, for its part has demanded
the resignation of the suspended welfare direc-
tor, Miss Susan Hendricks Miss Hendricks has
refused to resign. She has demanded details of
the charges against her-generalized so far in
the term administrative ineff1ciency" The We'll
fare Board has refused to give details pending
action before the State Employment Commis-
sioner to remove the director from her job per-
manently. Under the circumstances, there Is
merit to the suggestion that impartial citizens
committee be named by the Commissioners to
review the whole controversy and advise how it
may be resolved.
Certainly the resignation of any or all of the
members of the Welfare Board would not settle
the three-year-old dispute over the adminiStra-
tive efficiency of Miss Hendricks. Miss Hendricks
troubles are nothing new. They came into the
open in 1949 when eight members of her staff
filed charges of ineficiency against her with the
State Employment Commissioner. At that time
she was defended by the County Welfare Board.
However, the State Welfare Board conducted an
investigation which resulted in report adverse
to her. The State Employment Commissioner,
after public hearing, ordered the case remanded
to the county for settlement ION the local level"
The commissioner contented himself with COM
menting that the case was unique"
The case was Settled" by allowing Miss
Hendricks to continue at her post. Whatever her
efficiency or inefi1ciency, the records show that
under Miss Hendricks number of persons were
rehabilitated and removed from the county relief
rolls, resulting in substantial savings. Trouble
broke out again last March, however. dispute,
or series of disputes between the director and
staff members led to her suspension on March II
by the County Welfare Board. There were pub
lished reports of an alleged physical encounter
involving the director and case worker Miss
Hendricks refused to quit, despite the boards
broad accusation that she had proved to be "in-
decisive" and unable to control her staff. Fur
ther than hat the Welfare Board has Aeclined
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Irked at Ike
Lloyd c. HalvorsOn.

My one little vote will not 60 to a
man who will not discuss political sub
jects when he can on return to this
country. 1t really is all have. this one
vote, and plan to use it for q real
American who is for his country first.
regardless of what team he represents.
will not vote for man who shows
exactly what he expects by his first
famous words after being told of "his
great victory in New Jersey: II thought
they would have million votes" There
is the one who expects every one to get
out and do his work for him and hand
him the nomination on a silver platter.
OF course Europe loves him. They
would love anybody handing out money
with no strings attached. We have one
great big smile in the White House
now. Why put in another?
S. Harris.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Steel Imposse

If the Supreme Court had not intervened
the President today, or in the immediate future,
would have imposed new wage and working con-
ditions on the steel industry.
That is one way of settling a dispute of this
kind. But it is not the American way. For it
would have been settlement imposed by execu-
tive decree in the name of President who is
In possession of the industry by virtue of
seizure that has been adjudged unlawful In
that procedure there is not only the outline but
also the substance, of totalitarian government.
STILL the action of the court in ordering that
current wage and working conditions be main
tanned does not settle the steel dispute. Nor is
there any assurance that the courts ultimate
ruling will contribute to a settlement For that
ruling will deal with the legality of the seizure,
not with the merits of the wage dispute.
Meanwhile, the negotiations at the White
House have been broken off. No agreement has
been reached, and none is in prospect. The only
bright spot in the whole picture is that steel
production apparently will continue until the
Supreme Courts final ruling is announced. After
that no one knows what will happen.
This is state of affairs that is as intolerable
as 1t Is SenSeleSs. Steel is essential to the ma
tional welfare. But this national need will be in
constant jeopardy under the procedure adopted
in this instance. For what has been going on
has not been in any sense collective bargaining
It has been an attempt by biased Government
to dictate settlement and that method will not
work. Some better and more equitable procedure
is needed. While the legal questions are await
ing action by the court, Congress should be try
ing to devise legislation which will (D outlaw
strikes in essential industries, and (2) set up
compulsory, but fair, procedures which, as a last
resort, will lead to settlements of these disputes
instead of deadlocks If such system would
not be idea it would at least be infinitely better
than the bungling methods which have produced
the steel impaSSe.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What factors determine whether or
not person is citizen of the United
StateS?-E. w.
A. A child born in the United States
is citizen thereof unless the father
was representing his country of citizen
ship in a diplomatic capacity. This is
true regardless of the citizenship of the
parents unless the father is diplomatic
representative of some foreign country.
child born in a foreign country of
American parents is considered as a
natural born citizen of the United States.
@. When did the United States Air
Force begin to use jet planes?-G. E. T.
A. The first jet-propelled fighter plane
to be accepted by the United States Air
Force was the P-80 which made its first
flight January, 1914.
@. How are the giant sequoia trees
propagated?-S. v.
A. The sequel reproduces only from
seed. The flowers are borne in such pro-
fusion that the pollen covers the ground
beneath the trees during their winter
blooming.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Irrigated Orchard in Bloom

! touch these apple blossoms Donder-
ingly.
Prospective fruit on this homesteaded
land,
Once desert. seems a special gift to me
As it produced By some non on-laboring
hand.
Though / dug out the sage. made ,Dater
foD
From hillside springs to this small, up
land plain.
/ set these trees and toiled to make them
groD,
But still they seem unreal on this terrain.
And notD k1,otD hoD ancient people
could
Belieue that tDhere trees oreD the gods
hfd stood.
2 Sudie Stuort Hoqer
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Hurry Harry Home


Americans believing sincerely in the
benefits of our constitutional form Of
Government have been shocked, alarmed
and dismayed by the Presidents arbi-
trary and unconstitutional acts Of
seizure. Substantial concern has been
caused by questionable presidential
actions during the past decade, but the
Missourian's dictatorial seizure Of
private property by reason of unlaw-
fully assumed powers goes far beyond
any possibility of an honorably mott
waited unintentional mistake.
Regarding seizure powers, the ques-
tion has been raised that it is just as
unwholesome and un-American to seize
the cream of Americas young manhood,
force them into a regimented way Of
life, and in many too many cases compel
them to tread from the paths of the
living into the great beyond. There is
this distinction, however: Compulsory
peacetime Cor deathtime) conscription
had the approval of a weak Congress;
whereas the seizure of steel mills has
had no approval by any legislative body.
We can all be thankful that Congress
is waking from it's feeble political lassi-
tude and has strongly asserted itself by
resolutions to remove from Office Amer
ica's first impeachable President.
Nothing less than immediate i'm
peachment and removal of Harry S.
Truman will satisfy the demands of
sincere Americans eager and anxious to
maintain our Government under con-
stitutional laws. Definite action to help
hurry Harry home is absolutely neces-
Sary at this time If we are ever to
celebrate another Happy New Year in
free and constitutionally governed
America.
Franklin T. Miles.
It might be well to recall that at the
time of the OPA breakdown, President
Truman released statement on October
IA, 1916, containing these words:
Some have even suggested that the
Government go out on to the farms and
ranges and seize the cattle for slaughter.
This would indeed be drastic remedy.
But we gave it long and serious con-
sideration. We decided against the use
of this extreme wartime emergency
power of Government It would be
wholly impractical because the cattle
are spread throughout all parts of the
country"
In other words, under price control
here was the President actually driven
to the thought of taking the cattle away
from the farmers. He decided against
it only because it was Impractical.
President Truman likewise said in the
same White House release:
Another remedy suggested by many
people was to have the Government seize
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can ret m. .n.u., ..
ensn,nSu Fny question ot fact by either writing The
NV. Washington. d. c. and inclosinv s.ees na1es
return postage or BY telephonine ar ea2o Sen1
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Fair Trade Bill

The "fair trade" bill is claimed to be
so good for consumers that it may be
rammed down our throats. If so, it will
be hard to stomach.
The fair trade" bill goes so far as to
allow a manufacturer to enforce by law
suit price-fixing contract upon mer-
chants of his product who have never
signed the contract. If this bill passes.
consumers may well ask themselves "Is
this American"
The fair traders" have developed the
"you are a sucker" theory to explain
away the savings have made by buying
from merchants who are volume con-
scious.
Lloyd G. HalvOrsOn.
Evening star., 1952-05-05
Letters to The Star

Penames may be used letters carry aor correct and
addresses. AL letters subject to condensation
Evening star., 1952-05-05

CUOJONk W NOItASftO~ktOJ6s
the packing houses. This offered no real
solution, however, because the Seizing
of empty packing plants would avail us
nothing without the livestock"
r. X. Strong.
To point out one of the more obvious
inconsistencies in the District Court
decision in favor of the steel companies
midway through the decision the court
makes reference to case heard in the
Court of Claims and the Supreme Court,
United States VS.. Pewee Coal Company,
Inc, identifying it as a case where
there was a non-statutory seizure dur.
ing World War II, and where compensa-
ton was allowed"
But toward the end of the steel deci-
sion, the court does an about-face and
attempts to refute the Governments
argument that the steel companies have
an adequate remedy through a damage
suit in the Court of Claims, by stating
that "the seizure being unauthorized by
law, there could be no recovery under
an implied contract"
Charles C. Galloway.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-10-15

MILK CAN WASHER made by Nelson
Dykes Co. is said to scrub milk can
clean mechanically in matter of sec
onds. Easily operated by one man, the
patented brush construction of the
Shrub Master assures thorough scrub
bing of every contour.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-10-15

HABco CROP DRIER featuring Jet
gas burner that operates on either LIP
or natural gas is said to add more eff
ficiency to regular Habco drier. Made
by Habco Manufacturing Co., burner
utilizes cheaper fuel with higher
combustion rate Combined with drier's
propellor-type fan and heat exchanger
system, it provides soot-free, fume-free
air at safe, controlled temperatures.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-10-15
THRlFTlEST road
to market!

During this harvest and all through the year farmers find
farm-tomarket roads mighty important And there special
kind of fartomarket road which particularly important
farmers = the steel highways Of Americas railroads
these steel highways that crops reach the nations
widespread markets than carloads of grain alone
this year. for example And these railroads assembled and
delivered the machinery the fertilizer and the other supplies
farmers need and the materials and fuel that their
making Over these steel highways of freight moved
miles than by all other Of transportation combined
and at lower average charge than by any other general
portation service
And the these steel highways used for the nations
freight the less will be the and tear Of heavy loads the
public highways and he9e will be the cost to the taxpayers
of building and maintaining >tlem