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Evening star., 1952-03-11
Armed Services End
$500 Chair Jobs
! BY The Assoeiased Pres,

The armed services have started
cutting down on CHAIR corps
Jobs. Chairman Lyndon johnson
of the Senate Preparedness sub
committee reported today.
Senator Johnson said test pro-
grams at three installations had
eliminated $500 chair corps"
Jobs and released 2,100 qualified
men for overseas duty.
He said Mrs. Anna M. Rosen-
berg, Assistant Secretary of De-
fense, had advised him manpower
conservation test programs are
being extended to "a installations.
The tests thus far have COW
cred the Army installation at Fort
Knox. KY; the Navy installation
at Great Lakes, III, and Lakeland
Air Force Base in Texas.
This is one of the most encour-
aging reports the Preparedness
Committee has received since we
started hammering away on the
chair corps and surplus and
wasted manpower," Senator John
son commented in a statement.
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Little Chance Of Reds
Giving Up kuriIes
Is Seen by Macarthur
BY the Assoeioisd Pres.

Gen. Macarthur is quoted as
saying there is little, chance Rus
Isia will be dislodged from the
Kurile Islands and the southern
half Of Sakhalin Island north Of
Japan.
Senator O'Conor, Democrat, Of
Maryland reported this today on
the basis of a letter he received
from Gen. Macarthur about the
Japanese peace treaty.
Senator O'Conor had asked the
general for his views on several
points concerning the treaty,
which now is before the Senate
for ratification. Debate on it
starts next Monday.
DislOdged Only by Fight.
The Senator said Gen. Mac
Arthur wrote him that Russia
now is in possession Of the Kuriles
and the southern half Of Sakhalin.
and that he sees little likelihood
the Soviets would give them up.
The general said "it would
probably take military force to
disloge their control" and he. ex-
pressed doubt that any such ef-
fort has been given or would re-
ceive serious consideration, Sen
ator O'Conor saiG.
The World War II allies agreed
at Yalta that the Kuriles and the
southern half Of Sakhalin would
go to Russia after the victory.
However, the japanese treaty
which Russia did not sign-is sill
ent on this point.
Decide Own Relationships.
The Foreign Relations Com
mittee said in a resolution ap-
proving the treaty that the pact
was not to be considered a con-
ii1n nrmation Of Russia's right to the
Senator O'Conor reported Ger.
Macarthur advised him that he
felt Japan itself would have to de-
eide what diplomatic relation
ships it would enter into with
Russia. ~
Evening star., 1952-03-11
By the A.soe,u,ed p,...

MOSCOW, Mar. ll.--The So
Wet Union proposed today an i'm
mediate Big Four conference to
reunite divided Germany and
prepare for a peace treaty barring
the Germans from alliances aimed
at any Of their World War II
enemies.
Western observers in Moscow
predicted the United States,
Britain and France would turn
down the proposal, which included
a detailed outline of principles
which the Soviets said should be
the basis Of the peace treaty. The
Russians, said however, they would
discuss other projects also.
(West Germany is one Of six
governments negotiating to form
a European army linked to the
Atlantic alliance against COM
munism-an alliance which
Russia has insisted is aggres-
sively directed against herr
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko handed the plan to Big
Three diplomats in Moscow last
night. It was made public almost
Immediately, in early morning
Soviet broadcasts and the morn
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Club to Present Musicul

The Vienna Lions Club win
present Western Musical" at q
pm. tomorrow and Thursday in
the oakton Elementary School au-
ditorlum. Proceeds will be used
to encourage traffic safety in Fair
fax County schools.
Evening star., 1952-03-11
. new disarmament commits

a new disarmament commits
Sion.)
Russia put the unity Of Ger
many ahead of a peace treaty
draft. saying the treaty must be
worked out with the participation
of a general German government.
After the Big Four and Ger
many agreed on a draft, it would
be presented to an international
conference where all the inter-
ested states would be represented. "
The Soviet list Of principles for
a German peace seemed identical
with previous Russian proposals
on the subject.
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Alexandra Fire Unit
Notes l53d Anniversary

Columbia Engine and Motor
Company No. 4 Of the Alexandria
Fire Department celebrated its
l53d anniversary yesterday.
Life memberships were present
ed to 36 men who have 25 years
or more service, and a buffet sup
per was held last night at the
f1rehouse. 100 South st. Asaph
street.
The company was organized in
1913 as the Star Company. It was
|reorganized under it's present
name in 1871. when an engine
with the name Columbia on it
was brought from Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1952-05-07

been particularly eloquent and somber in his
comment. Speaking as Air Force Chief of Staff,
he has made the grim prediction that "the Grip
pling effects of the House actions" if allowed to
stand, will mean this: That our present advan-
tage over Russia in long-range bombers and
atomic weapons will shrink to nothing in the
next two years. and control of the air, with all
that implies, will then be within the grasp of the
Soviet Union" Clearly, here is a warning that
Congress can ignore only at the risk of imperil-
ing the Nation.
AS for the economy" factor, the House
ceiling is merely a bookkeeping Illusion. AS Con-
troller General Warren has declared, it actually
can save nothing; it can only postpone payments
that must be made sooner or later. Beyond that,
in terms of our national security, it is plainly
reckless measure that the Senate, followed by
Congress as whole, should erase from the books.
Otherwise the Kremlin will gain in way that
could be deadly for all Of us.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
BY Charles E. TroceweU

tian Andersen? Perhaps some Of your
rural readers can give us the answer.
Sincerely. G. K"
Such strangers are pecked at. for q
few days. until the human smell Is
gone, then they are accepted.
Even a chicken taken from one pen
to another meets the same reception.
In this we see how human" the crea-
lures are. Many Of their actions and
reactions are just like our own!
One Of the best duckling stories is
told by Templeton Jones. He had such
a creature, and had to get rid Of 1t at
last.
He thought he would take It down
to the Rock Greek and put it among
the free-swimmers near the ford.
The duck protested being left alone
with all those strange water fowl"
The latter pecked at him, and chased
him onto the bank.
At this point Templeton Jones re-
Tented.
He would take the Cuck back home.
that was what he would do.
Just as he came up the bank with
the dripping pet, park policeman
saw him.
What have you got there. mister?"
asked the officer.
"A duck" replied Jones.
Evidently" said the policeman.
MY duck" went on Templeton Jones.
For some reason the officer believed
him! So Sammy was restored to- his
happy home. These ducks have q way
49,
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Playground Segregation

Why does the Recreation Department
delay complete elimination Of segrega-
ton in public recreation? It took several
years to arrive at a policy Of gradual
de-segregation. It now waits for white
neighborhoods to become predominantly
Negro. and for Negro protests to mount
before declaring few Fairgrounds
open or non-segregated. ..-..@
Since covenant enforcement by the
courts has been outlawed, many colored
citizens of culture and means are NOV
ing out of the Ghettoes. Hence, those
colored children whose families live near
q segregated playground are denied
childhood rights, but the white children
who remain in the vicinity Of de-Segre-
gated Fairgrounds are not denied.
In the opinion of many the board
should eliminate segregation now. Ex-
perience in de-segregated recreation has
proven that no friction results If adult
leadership is trained in inter-group rela-
tionships.
Elimination of racial barriers and
training of the departments personnel
in intergroup practices will solve many
problems for the Recreation Depart
ment.
E. B. Henderson,
Vice President, D. c. Branch,
National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
This and That

waddling puddle duck. Cue Ball has
doubled in size each week.
1--WE all appreciate his or her willing
ness to put up with us. We admire his
courage, his strong instinct for sur
vival, his willingness, rather his eager
ness to live. And life has something
for him You can see that when he
stands on tiptoe, stretches and flaps his
ridiculously small wings.
II rationalized that we were mistaken
in attributing to affection his tendency
to cuddle. It was just his need for
warmth, said. But soon he became
chooSy about whom he would Snuggle
up against. The father of the family,
away all day of necessity in making a
living, didn't have a chance.
"I take him for long walks on the
hillside of an evening. He seems to
have no homing sense Of direction. He
will follow me chirping protests all
the way. He will even turn away from
the house in following me. But when
he hears Mickey's voice, he will turn
from me and run for home as fast as
his little legs will carry him.
Next Tuesday we are going to give
him to the milkman who has a flock
of ducklings. Now, Mr.. T., what hap
pens to these Easter ducklings with
their peculiar conditioning as household
pets when they are returned to their
contemporaries?
do they get along all right or are
they as pitiful in the barnyard as that
duckling made famous by Hans Chris
Evening star., 1952-05-07

Regrettable conduct on the part of mill
tary officers in not particularly new.
In Caesars first battle against the forces
of Pompey, the Pompeian right wing
broke and fed frantically toward some
hills in the rear. Caesar ironically COM
mented that when the fugitiveS reached
the hills "the officers were still leading"
Venality in public Office, too, has GER
tainly been noted since very early times.
Official corruption was serious problem
in the Roman empire and an important
cause of it's downfall. Francis Bacon,
Baron Verulam. was convicted in the
early 18th century Of possessing and
providing for an itching palm. AS for
the inmates of penitentiaries. two OF
them participated in the Crucifixion.
The only significant change relating
to these matters, then, Is the recent one
of change in nomenclature. What was
once called dishonorable conduct in an
officer is seldom called that today. In
the military profession, the word "cour-
age" has always been correctly defined.
not as fearlessness, but as the ability to
overcome fear and to carry on in spite
of it. In former ages the man who
couldn't do this was likely to be called
a plain or common coward. Today it is
difficult to imagine any situation in
which the nasty word coward" would
be applied.
The same delicacy of expression has
made obsolete such words as thieves"
"rascals," "scoundrels," 'rogues," "vil-
lains," and even Glars" There are no
liars today Persons who might once
have been called liars are now referred
to as tellers or relators of "untruths."
Yet it may be noted that although
Christ on the Cross may have seemed to
evidence certain sympathy for one Of
the thieves, there is no place in the
Gospels where the thieves are not re-
ferred to as thieves.
Edmund A. Gibson.
Evening star., 1952-05-07

Mona Lisa had a wart on her nose.
Well never know. After all, the "old
masters" weren't concerned with &C
curacy-they painted to make few
bucks. The depletion of life In their
works is as farfetched from reality
as the cubes and splashes of some of the
"moderns." F'
Or again. painting would be quite
at home under the art Of quackery.
We have all seen the true lover Of
art"' in any gallery. Upon entering
halIowed halls, he measures the proper
distance between himself and the great
work." assumes the proper stance, and
looks, not at the painting. but into it.
thus conveying to the awe-stricken cattle
who are surreptitiously gazing at the
fat nudes the impression that here is
q man who understands art.
No, boys, painting is not an art in
itself, it is merely a small part of the
wool that covers your eyeballs.
Sage of Falls Church.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
No Headlines for Sufe Flying

There is an old quotation that runs.
"For evil news rides post, while good
news waits" Never did this seem more
true than in the April 10 newspapers
which f1eadlined the crash of a nom
scheduled airliner C-46 in Los Angeles
and its loss of 20 lives but, almost with
out exception, gave little space to the
fact that on the same day Colonial Air
lines, one of the scheduled airlines of
the United States, had begun its 23d
consecutive year without fatal acci-
dent.
In completing its 22d year, Colonial
has carried 1893, ,603 passengers (twice
the population of the city of St. Louis)
a total of 470,453 ,503 passenger miles
equivalent to 1000 trips to the moon)
and made 588,672 take-offs and land
ings-all without fatality or serious
injury to any passenger or crew member.
Maybe the absence of big headlines to
mark Colonial's great record is merely
only another tribute to the wonderful
safety record Of all United States air.
lines.
Jay Scott.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
ALEXANDRIA, VA.


Sonny, who is a friend of my wife
and a good deal of an imp, arrived for
Easter Sunday with a mysterious box.
When she opened it, out hoped a
week-old duckling. We still have it.
"It is amazing, the way this little bit
of life has transformed our home. At
first he wouldn't eat. But Belle. my
mother-in-law who was brought up on
a farm, suggested we dampen the poul-
try mash. Then he ate SO fast we were
afraid he would kill himself.
1.-THE duckling was intended for
George, who is 13. He had wonderful
Easter. He discovered that the duck
would chase shiny object across the
rug when dragged on a flshline.
George was tired of the duckling by
the time school reopened.
"But Mickey Chats my wife) is crazy
about Cue Ball Chats the name
George gave him. During the first
week she would get up at 2 in the
morning when the duckling would start
chirping. She would warm the hot
water bottle in the incubator we had
impfovised.
"She holds it on a newspaper in her
lap of an evening and delights in pet
ting 1t and watching it go to sleep.
Despite the sanitary problem, she hates
the thought Of parting with 1t. And
that must be soon because Parkfairfax
will not allow pets. least OF all big.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Florida Primary

Georgia's able and popular Senator Dick
Russell has won the Florida primary, but it was
not the kind of victory which leads to presi-
Dental nomination.
With the count completed in 1911 of 1882
precincts Senator Russell had 263925 votes to
245,150 for his opponent, Senator Kefauver of
Tennessee. The missing precincts are considered
safe for Senator Russell, and when their vote
comes in his margin of victory will be little
bigger.
Nevertheless, Senator Kefauver has made an
impressive showing. Senator Russell had the
support of Governor Warren and of the entire
Florida congressional delegation. His unqualified
stand in opposition to compulsory FEPC was
supposed to be in the best Southern political
tradition. And although he stands on his own
two feet politically Senator Russell was the
choice and the hope of the ruling political
faction in the South. Senator Kefauver's organ
lied support came from the element led by
former Senator Pepper. He took wriggly stand
on FEPC-saying that he opposed 1t personally
but that he would support such plank if it
were in the party platform and he were the
nominee. He also urged continuation Of some
Of the Fair Deal programs.
It would be rash to draw overly firm con-
clusions from this primary. There were too many
cross currents and local deals It seems clear,
however, that Senator Russell-if ever in the
running-is no longer a serious bidder for the
Democratic nomination. Senator Kefauver, on
the other hand, is stronger contender than
before.
It would also seem reasonable to suppose
that the Tennessean's strong showing has made
dent in the lines of the South's conservative
ruling political class. But it would be ridiculous
to suppose that his Florida performance heralds
anything approaching the downfall of the
Southern Old Guard .
Evening star., 1952-05-07
important Test Case.

A much-needed test case involving the
constitutionality of the new Federal tax on
gambling is headed for ultimate Supreme Court
consideration-and that is all to the good The
six-month old statute has been declared uncon-
stitutional by Federal Judge George A. Welsh in
Philadelphia on grounds that it requires self
incrimination, that it is an anti-crime act mas
querading as tax law and that it is discrimina-
tory in it's application to various kinds of gam
bling. Federal officials said the decision will be
appealed. This highly controversial law will re-
main controversial until the Supreme Court has
had it's say on the constitutional question. The
Bureau of Internal Revenue should welcome the
test, for its enforcement job will be hampered
as long as the validity of the act remains in
question.
The Philadelphia case is the first to become
the basis of critical court test of the law which
Congress passed last year, admittedly as blow
to organized gambling A local case in which the
law was challenged was thrown out by three
Judge court here because the applicant did not
come into court with clean hands" The judges
expressed belief however that the law was con-
stitutional. The Supreme Court upheld the lower
court, but without ruling on constitutional ques-
tionS
At issue in the test case Is the section of the
law which requires certain types of gamblers to
buy $50 tax stamp and register names and
addresses of all persons associated with them in
their rackets Philadelphia man who was
charged with failure to register and pay the tax
contended that the law violated his constitu-
tional rights The court agreed that the registra-
ton requirement is self discriminatory, punitive
and Observation-Disclosures laudatory its objec-
tives Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Bureau
has no alternative but to continue to enforce the
law to the best of its abilities. 1t is handicapped
however, by an inadequate staff-which Congress
so far has failed to increase. The possibility that
the act might be voided by the Supreme Court
makes congressional approval of a special in
vestigative force even more doubtful The gam
bling tax law could hardly have gotten OF to
more inauspcious start.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Donald F. Haynes.
Military Waste

Senator Douglas of Illinois just lost
staunch supporter. On one hand the
Senator proves waste in the Army, and
then shows how the Marine Corps has
more efficient fire power. I am all for
any one who fights waste in our Govern
ment, but when facts are twisted to en-
hance the advertised prestige of the
Marine Corps, then it's time for me to
step in and say something.
While on Okinawa the members of my
Army unit and witnessed the fragrant
violation of conservation of materiel and
supplies by the Marine Corps. When
ever the Marines vacated an area thou
sands of dollars of good usable supplies
were left to rot or be picked up by
civilians. am in no way criticizing the
Marines fighting ability, but when it
comes to waste they are probably the
worst violatorS Of all.
]. ]. Kramer,
Major, CE, u. S. A. r.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Semirumis
By Thomos R. Henry

Across the centuries, Semiranis,
Still chimes the fading music OF your
name
Like bells that echo oper times abpss
With memories OF legendary fame.
Builder of f1bled cities, tDdrrior. Dite,-
Old tales of intermingled blame and
praise
ReUeaUe the checkered pattern of your
life.
But beauty shines through all those
Storied days.
Across the ages, fair Assyridn queen,
Your image rises dreamDise from the
past,
But like a blossom or the early green
OF budding trees that can but briefly
last.
Only the HDing tDord, the living breath.
Only remembrance of the things long
gone
Can rouse the sleeper from the sleep OF
death
or call you back from, times obliuion.
Inez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Mr.. Sosscer's Setback

Most newsworthy of the primary results in
Maryland was the setback given Prince Georges
Countys veteran Democratic political leader,
Lansdale G. Sasscer. There was time not so
long ago when the longtime Representative of
the fifth district riding so high that stopping
him seemed to be beyond the realm of probable
ity. For 80 years he had dominated the Prince
Georges County political field and for more than
half of that period he had been returned regu-
larly to Congress by his county and the remainder
OF Southern Maryland. It was not until he sought
to extend his activities to wider pastures-as
candidate for the United States Senate-that he
came a cropper.
Ironically, the man whom Mr.. Sasscer once
helped to make Governor played an important
part in the Representatives downfall. Senator
Herbert R. OConor and the Upper Marlboro busi-
nessman-legislator were close friends and politi-
cal allies in the days when Mr.. OConor was run
ming for Governor and for some time thereafter.
But a GOODNESS which developed between the two
over matters of patronage grew chillier when
Senator OConor, as chairman of Senate Crime
subcommittee, began an investigation OF gam
bling conditions in Maryland-and particularly
in Mr.. Sasscer'S own district. The break came to
public notice when Mr.. Sasscer announced his
candidacy for Mr.. O'Conor's Senate seat before
the latter had said he intended to vacate it vol
unfairly. Senator O'Conor later threw his support
to National Committeeman George r. Mahoney,
who ran without Endorsement Of the old-line
Democratic faction. That Mr.. Mahoney was able
to win under such handicap Is a testimonial
to the vigor of his Statewide campaigning. "
Overshadowed by this upset were the other
primary developments in Maryland including
the nomination Of Montgomery Countys Repre-
sentative Beall as the Republican contender for
the O'Conor seat, the choice OF Mrs Stella Wer-
Ier and State Senator Hyde, both OF Montgomery
County, as the Democratic and G.. o. P. candi-
dates respectively, for Mr. Bealls House seat, and
the naming of Richard E. Lankford and Frank
Small, jr., as the respective Democratic and
Republican contestants for Mr.. Sasscer's post.
National interest was centered on the presi-
Dental primaries, of course, but there was little
of startling nature to report on that front.
Senator Kefauver, the only Democratic candi-
date on the ticket, captured-as expected-the
States Is votes in the Democratic National Con-
vention. There was no Republican presidential
candidate listed-and no write-ins were allowed
on either ticket. But Eisenhower and Taft parti-
sans endeavored to elect delegates favorable to
their candidates. This was complicated by the
refusal of numerous delegates to state their pref
erences Governor McKeldin, as favorite son,
is almost certain to receive all Of the "a votes of
the delegation on the first ballot, however, and
the Governor is known to "like Ike" The pros
pect is, therefore, that General Eisenhower will
be the ultimate recipient Of this choice bloc of
convention votes.