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Evening star., 1952-05-21
This and That
BY Charles E. 7roceweN

into the disgraceful, greedy. unkempt
and unhappy.
''We can't do anything about the dear
old friendly roads being altered. We
know new roads are needed and we are
glad for them. We can always keep the
old, the beautiful and romantic things
locked away in our memories, to take
out in quiet moments and enjoy.
I'VE must do something about the dis
graceful looking cans and bottles and
other disagreeable articles that litter the
roadsides. What can we do. Mr.. T.?
There are laws, and no doubt there is
q law against this. but the kind who
drink and drive pay no attention to the
law.
'.I wonder II we'd nnd the roads Id
other States In the same condition. ]
suppose so. as long as there are selfish
people who care for nothing but their
own pleasure.
Thank you for your column. don't
know when started reading 1t. but since
I started ! never miss 1t. It is one Of the
first things ! turn to when The Star
paper arrives. am.
Very sincerely, Z. r."
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The secret places Of the heart are the
best repositories we have for all the good
things Of the old days.
There they cannot be sneered ct. called
"horse and buggy days." or branded as
no good simply because they are old.
In the heart we find repose, all the
good things Of the old times, all the
words 0f mother and father all the dear
days without fault.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
WASHINGTON GROVE.
"Dear Sir.

'Dear Sir:
Recently your column told Of the
wildhowerS In Rock Greek Park. ! en-
joyed reading about them, for they
recalled to my mind a lovely spot where
! used to 60 as child. Every spring it
seemed a fairyland and I sometimes
peeked under the leaves Of the May apple
to find q fairy there.
"You said, The world literally has
sneered its way into the disgraceful, the
greedy, the unkempt. the unhappy. the
lost
"As I drove along with my daughter
one evening last week had the same
thoughts.
1--WE took an old road. but after We
got about mile out we found the old
had given way to the new.
IA beautiful road. all solid and wide.
with no dust and no mud anywhere. but
the whole scene changed.
"The things that used to delight the
eye and stir up pleasant memories are
all gone.
THE bridge has been torn away. and
the old mill has been partially torn
down: the little dell where the violets
grew could not be located at all, neither
could We find the old swimming hole
where we went when the children were
small.
"All along this new road was litter
Of beer cans and bottles. In fact every
road We took had the same trash thrown
on the side with broken glass making 1t
unsafe for motorists to pass each other.
Yes. the world has sneered its way
Evening star., 1952-05-21

plored. Perhaps he will find. as time
goes by, that there are people fighting
on his side whom he does not now
recognize. It is to be hoped that he
will.
Meanwhile, however, it is hardly sur
prising that Mr.. Chambers teams his
philosophical argument with a political
argument Of no mean potency. He is of
the opinion that the entire administra-
ton. and almost all of the press, was
dead set against him throughout his
fight to make the truth prevail. In the
end, he comedies, the Marines did land
as the FBI took over, and Thomas F.
Murphy 1Das appointed to prosecute the
Hiss case to a successful conclusion.
Mr.. Chambers seems to consider this a
sort Of miracle. For, he says. when
took up my little sling and aimed 1t at
communism, also hit something else.
What hit was the forces Of that great
socialist revolution which has been
inching its ice cap over the Nation for
two decades"
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Were they really without fault7

Were they really without fault?
In the haze Of yesterday they seem
almost spotless.
The sunfiowers by the old fence were
the largest in the world, weren't theyp
The curious red in the mouth of the
althea blossoms enticed the largest BUM
BILE bees ever seen.
NO play was ever so interesting as that
on the old sand pile by the front walk.
where the maple trees hung over.
Somewhat later, when one had read
Mark Twain's tom Sawyer Abroad /"
no airship was ever quite so thrilling as
the one we made from an old carpet
curled up at the edges. From this secure
height we looked down on the yellow
Sahara and saw the lions race to catch
Tom before he caught the dangling
ladder
In those days we knew nothing Of dis
graceful scenes, unkempt roads, thieving
politicians. In place Of mink, we had
think; In lieu Of sneers we had cheers.
happy huzzahs for all that was budding
into our happy lives
Food tasted better then, air was
sweeter. the whole landscape glowed In q
lambent light not since seen in this
world Of stress, strain and incessant
crises.
Maybe this is just another way Of say
ing we are growing old. that the world
grows old, too. It Is something that
happens, and we cannot help 1t. Let
US cling the closer to the secret places
Of the heart. filled with good and beauty
by hands long gone. wet by tears shed
for US long. long aAo.
Evening star., 1952-05-21

never opened . mission Of It's own in London.
And its policy for two years Of harassing all
foreign business interests, or at best ignoring
them, has now driven the British firms to a
surrender of desperation. Already, the Foreign
ONCE in London has been quoted as feeling there
Is little chance Of the affected firms receiving
compensation for the properties they are now
abandoning. There is even some question as to
whether the remaining British nationals will be
allowed to leave the country before agreeing
to exorbtant settlements" Of fancied obligations
The British economy is dependent in large
measure upon its overseas ramifications. It has
been hurt by many postwar developments In
south Asia, In Africa and the Near East (the
Anglo-Iranian oil industry was Britains largest
dollar Garner before its shutdown, and by
recent export-import restrictions in Australia
But the loss in China is the one most directly
inflicted by Communist policies.
There is no comfort to be gained from this
defeat for Britain. The health of the British
economy is important to the free world; every
setback to it merely makes the load that much
heavier for Britain itself and for the other free
nations including the United States. Peiping
has delivered victory to its masters in Moscow.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Subscriber.
Accepts the ChoIIenee


The Star Of May 10 carried this story:
"Perry Howard Offers to Back Taft in
Debate"
Perry w. Howard, the only colored
Republican national committeeman, to-
day challenged any one in the District
to debate with him on the issue of max
ing Senator Taft the COP presidential
nominee.
Mr.. Howard, national committeeman
for Mississippi. said in q statement:
IT am so firmly Of the conviction that
Senator Taft is the best bet among the
presidential candidates for my racial
group that throw down challenge to
any one in the District of Columbia to
meet me on the platform to debate that
ISSUE"
I accept the challenge. In so doing,
appreciate my handicap. MIR. Howard
is q national committeeman and has
been one for many years. He is per-
son of no mean dialectic ability. want
to say it is all the more satisfactory to
me to debate with Mr.. Howard because
he is law partner. personal friend
and have downright affection for him.
His candidate, Mr.. Taft. is an able. up
right and q great Senator. Should he
or any other candidate now being men
toned be nominated, will support him.
However, believe that what Gen. Eisen-
hover represents as potential presi-
dental candidate Is so just a cause that
it is with pleasure that undertake the
challenge. James A. Cobb.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Mr.. Chambers Tells Off the World

Mr. Chambers evidently feels, and
feels pasSionately. that as Gods chosen
instrument. he was carrying the dead
weight of the free world on his shoulders
in the Hiss case. AS he sits down to
testify in the congressional hearings.
"a cold wave of aversion and hostility
swells toward him from the spectators.
His was "tfe power to hold convictions"
and the ''fierceness of purpose"-his and
Hiss. He was lone single man, seeking
to do what was right" He was washed
by "a drowning sea Of hostility. public
and secret opposition, skepticism hatred
and simple lack of understanding. Ar
raigned against him were "the partisans
Of peace" the "left-wing intellectuals''
and the conspiracy of gentlemen" In
the end. 1t develops, the common people
were with him. Meanwhile, Mr.. Cham
bers wants the world to know that he
suffered the tortures of the damned.
No one who watched this man on the
witness stand. or who followed the Hiss
Chambers case sympathetically, could
doubt that Mr.. Chambers suffered.
There is no question that his was q
lonely, courageous and indispensable
job. There is some question, though,
whether his cause is advanced by con-
slant iteration and reiteration of the
point, In tone Of mingled self f-glorifi-
cation and Self-pity.
Mr.. Chambers is sure he has destroyed
himself by his role as an informer
against the Communist menace. He is
so sure, he says, that he attempted to
commit suicide during the grand jury
phase of the investigation. Today, he
has no other avowed wish than to see
his children grow up, and then to die.
It may be confession of insensibility,
but having read the book attentively
this reviewer has not the slightest idea
why this should be. so.
If it is so, the world should not pray
for Whitaker Chambers alone. What
must Alger Hiss not have suffered? For
If Mr.. Chambers was laying down his
life. as he insists, he was after all laying
1t down for his friends-and for all in
this world that Is good, true and right.
Hiss. on the other hand, every second of
the ordeal, was betraying every last soul
who believed in him. and everything
they held most dear.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
The Southwest Freewoy

There may be dif1culty in deciding on the
best route for the proposed Southwest Freeway,
but there Is no controversy over the need for
such major traffic artery across Southwest
Washington. The plan for an east-west express
way there is an old one 1t has been given in
creased attention by highway, traffic and plan
ming agencies since completion of the South
Capitol street bridge. Whatever route is chosen,
the cost will be substantial-and any saving that
can be achieved by choosing route where prop
erty values are relatively low'is naturally an
important consideration.
The proposal of consulting architects to the
District Redevelopment Land Agency for the
building OF freeway north of and along the line
of street Southwest is not new one. The
street route was studied by the District High
way Department before the decision finally was
reached to recommend an street location. The
fact that the E street route would be more costly
than the course farther south was big factor
in the decision in favor of F street. The archi-
tects' plan calls for abolishment Of the present
wholesale produce market-an expensive and
highly controversial undertaking In itself. The
street plan proposed by the Commissioners
would not interfere with the market II q
combined depressed-elevated highway plan were
used, with curving bridge over the Washington
Channel, the cost probably would run as high as
$23 million-or even higher.
The freeway is regarded by traffic authori-
ties as q necessary link between the heavily
travelled South Capitol street bridge and the new
Fourteenth street bridge It win be part Of
the inner-belt system of expressways around the
congested downtown district. As such it win con-
tribute to traffic relief In the heart of the city.
The logical time to build this short cut across
Southwest Washington Is during the proposed
slum-clearance and redevelopment project. The
route chosen, therefore, must tie in with the re-
development program. Once redevelopment has
been started there can be no change in the free
way without seriously affecting the housing
plans. "A Arm agreement among all agencies
concerned is essential to the orderly redevelop-
ment Of the Southwest section
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Tuft's Record

There recently appeared in the Wash
ington papers large ad by the D. c.
Citizens Committee favoring the nomi-
nation Of Senator Taft for President.
Among other things they claim that
Taft was first to fight. without fear or
favor for Constitutional freedom" Ger
tainly Senator Taft was not the first to
fight for Constitutional freedom for that
goes back to the founding fathers.
AS for the statement that Taft is
"tried and found true on every ISSUE" all
you have to do is compare his voting
record Of the past with his different
position on foreign policy today.
For the good Of the Republican Party,
let's keep the facts straight.
Mary Goff.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Particular Request

For eDery child. a plot of earth,
plot OF earth aDhere he nsay see
DoaDn- -rdtnbotUs shinmeri,,g In the dep.
Minute and friendly mystery:
A. plot OF earth Dhere he may ,patch
Grdsshoppers. ladybugs and ants
Conduct their curious small affairs.
Astonishing as elephants:
And, most OF all, for every child,
A plot OF earth wtere he 1nay hoe
ana tDeed and yGter. and match the
small
Green Hu,ng things he planted qro,D.
Jone Merchant
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Strike Against the Public

It is now clear that when President
Truman told the people that the steel
companies were making q profit Of
$3.50 per ton on their output, being
careful not to mention that taxes leave
only about one third of that amount as
the actual profit, he was beginning a
campaign Of Misrepresentation unparal-
leled in the history of the Nation. Shock
ing as was this deliberate and skillfully
employed Misrepresentation. the con-
certed efforts Of the administration and
its supporters still further to mislead
the people as to the powers of the Wage
Sterilization Board. the merits Of the
unions case, and the responsibility for
the strike, are even more shocking.
No intelligent person will be deceived.
It should be clear to any well informed
person that the demands Of the steel
workers are extortionate, and that they
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Critics of the Press

Senators Morse and Humphrey, denouncing
press, radio and televsion treatment of the steel
dispute, have succeeded in demonstrating how
easy it Is for critic to meet himself coming
back.
Senator Morse said that national reporting
OF the dispute ignored "the seriousness of the
situation" when President Truman seized the
steel industry. But the President, in his address
announcing the seizure, dwelt at length on the
seriousness OF the situation. And his address was
carried to the Nation over the radio and tele-
vision networks and was fully reported in the
press What is the Senator talking about?
Senator Humphrey said he had been shocked
and amazed" because he had not seen any news
paper account Of Defense Secretary Lovett's tes-
timony on the serious results that would follow
stoppage in the steel industry If that Is the
case, Senator Humphrey must not read the news
papers. For an account Of the Lovett testimony
was printed in The Star, and was widely pub
ushed in other papers.
Both Senators seem to think, on the other
hand, that. too much prominence was given to
the argument in District Court in support of the
seizure. Holmes Baldridge, who made the argu-
ment, was described by Senator Morse as a
clustered lawyer"
Be that as it may the fact remains that
Mr.. Baldridge was the Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral entrusted with the responsibility Of present.
ing the Governments case In support Of the
legality of the seizure. If the press had ignored
his argument, and he had won his case Senators
Morse and Humphrey would be citing that as
proof of bias venality worse on the part of the
newspapers. Evidently the reporting was over
done, in their opinion, only because Mr.. Bald
ridge lost his case.
Senators Morse and Humphrey seem to think
that the newspapers should play up the news
they like to read and play down the news they
don't like to read. That is human reaction, but
the trouble with it is that the preferences of
Senator's Morse and Humphrey are not univer-
sally shared. What is important to them is not
important to some one else, and vice versa. The
moral If there is moral, must be that it is i'm
possible to please everybody, and particularly
Senators Morse and Humphrey.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Regulations Day Heorinus

For years the Commissioners have exercised
their powers of regulation-makng in relative
secrecy. committee of municipal officials has
examined proposed regulations and reported its
findings to the Commissioners If q proposed
regulation was Of sufficient Importance, citizens
have been invited to give their views in public.
or called into consultation with the Commission
ers. 1t the regulations were of nominal interest
to the public. they were sometimes issued with
out hearings of any sort.
That Is the background of the excellent
decision by the Commissioners to hold public
hearings on all proposed regulations and to set
aside one day month for that purpose The
citizens response to the first Regulations Day
hearing, on Monday, was impressive More than
SO OF them turned up and gave pointed and in
teligent testimony. The benefits of such a hear
Ing were demonstrated particularly in connec-
ton with two proposed regulations, one requiring
physicians certificate for ownership or use of
hypodermic needle and the other tightening
restrictions on sale Of air rifles Suggested as
one means of dealing with the narcotic problem,
testimony indicated very clearly that the hypo-
dermic regulation would be more of q nuisance
than help. Without such testimony, the pro-
posed regulation might have slipped through
without any test of its wisdom merely because
somebody thought it up as bright idea. On
the other hand, the weight Of testimony was
IN favor OF the breakdown on air rifles.
The Commissioners are to be congratulated
on initiating procedure, in making regulations,
that will be of great benefit to them as well as to
the public.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Psychiutrists Describe
Weird Identical Twins
Long Silent Conversations
Held With One Another
By Thomos R. Henry

A weird identical-twins case has Just
been reported to the American PSYCHE
atric Association.
It was described by Drs. Eveoleen
Rexford and George E. Gardner of Bos-
ton.
Identical twins, of course, are just
two parts of the same individual, born
of the same human egg. They are diff
ferent from ordinary twins. who come
from two eggs.
Likeness Is Uncanny.
Their likeness is uncanny. They look
just alike, act just alike, think Just alike.
get sick at the same times. and some
times. according to the records, die Just
alike at the same time. This is par
ticularly true in infancy. Normally, as
the years go by their personalities are
nodded in slightly different ways by
dlnerent experiences and tend more and
more to become distinct individuals.
Now, the two doctors explained. the
basic need of any human baby, twin or
otherWlse. is a sense of complete secu-
rlty. This usually comes at first from
identification with the mother. The
child is terribly frightened by the
Strange world into which it has come.
Until and unless that sense of security
and safety is attained there can be no
development of individual personality.
because there can be no outreaching for
the experience that creates personality.
These two little girls were born into
broken home. of a quite undemon-
Stratlve mother who showed little love
Tor them. AS infants. apparently, they
never achieved a sense Of identification
with her.
Consequently they maintained the al
most complete sameness which had been
WIN them when they were born. In
stead OF growing imperceptihly apart as
tney entered childhood and school days
they continued to face the world as one
individual, and to part them was like
tearing that one individual in two. They
knew each others thoughts without
speaking or gesturing. They had long
silent conversations with each other.
Terrified When Parted.
Whenever they were torn apart. as
when sent to different schools and diff
ferent classes, they became terrified and
helpless. At least, as the pSychiatrists
reported, they were quite backward.
wouldn't play with other children but
only with animals, and shut out adults.
They came Of a highly intellectual
family. A teacher reported of them:
Their ability is great but their re-
sistance to thinking is terrific"
Neither Of them, it seemed. could think
alone. They could only think together.
Still. from all one could gather from
the report. they were fairly normal little
girls. but the mother was worried and
took them to the pSychiatrists.
The doctors have been working ever
since to provide them with two individual
personalities and. as DIR. Rexford re-
ported to a seminar of child psychiatrists
here, seem to be succeeding very well.
The two girls now are 18. One of
them has started to date boy steady.
The affair begins to look serious.
The other thinks that's terrible. She
dates different boys who seem to have
no serious intentions.
At last, it seems, the two girls have
started out on their own ways in the
world.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Koreun Middle

Many things with regard to the
Korean situation need Qualification. To
say that the country at large is con-
fused by the prisoner of war and truce
situations is to understate the condition.
I propose the following as separate or
inclusive actions:
The appointment by the U. N. of Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Sir John Boyd Orr
and Madame Pandit Nehru to investi-
gate the pow. situation on the spot.
The appointment of officers from
among members Of the U. N. other than
the United States to command all pow.
camps.
The appointment Of new chain Of
commanders from among members Of
the U. N. other than the United States
to the Korean theater of operations.
Some Of these steps, would help to
lessen the serious tension.
Sheldon Dressler.
The Koje mess simmered, boiled and
erupted under Ridgway's command.
Rather than pelting Clark, so newly ar
rived, for Qualification, why not pelt
Ridgway? The poor Indians, Dodd and
Colson. have been excoriated. Now let's
hear what the chief has to say-before
he is built up as sort of hero for his
victories" in Korea.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
UncompIoinine Type

Aren't the people of Washington un-
reasonable and hard to please when they
complain Of our mail service?
have before me an envelope, post
marked washington, D. c., April 80,
1852" This was frst-class mail, and
was delivered to 3435 Brown street NV.
the morning of May IL, 1852.
A one-legged man with no arms and
carrying the letter in his teeth could
not have made better time. so why
should we complain?
Mrs. NJ. ]. Wolfe.
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Questions and Answers

The .,sst, ssars readers can GET the answer to
Gvsning star Information Bureau. 1900 street
return postage or By telephoning ST. 1858.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
@. What is the total number of schools
In the United States?-A. M. M.
A. The Office of Education says that
the total is 169.200. including public and
private schools and colleges.
Q. When did Horatio Alger die?-
r. H. p.
A. Alger, one Of the most widely read
OF American authors. died melancholy
recluse In Massachusetts, in 1889.
Q. What viii be the new title of Gem
eral Mark w. Clarks headquarters in
Tokyo now that peace has been restored
between the United States and Japan
D. w.
A. Headquarters, q. N. Command"
and Headquarters. Far East Command"
Evening star., 1952-05-21
Letters to The Star ].

Pennaes may letters carry ite correct and
addresses. All letters subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-05-21

can be met only at the expense of the
rest of the people. This is true regard
less OF whether an equitable increase in
the price Of steel is allowed or not. The
strike is not against the steel companies
more than it is against all of us. Since
the administration has made it so clear,
through the mouths Of numerous spokes-
men, that it Is 100% for the union, it
follows naturally that it is 100% against
all the rest of U.S. The writer owns no
stock in any corporation; but he does
have to eat.
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