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Evening star., 1952-11-02

emaciated that "her nearest friends
would hardly be able to recognize her
features" Police working to solve the
mystery questioned scores Of people.
arrested several, but never apprehended
the guilty individual. One theory was
that Mrs. Dennis had been beaten by
woman. Majority opinion, however.
blamed man; but who the man was
nobody could say.
The strike in the coal industry which
had lasted since May was ended by in
tervention OF presi-
Cool Strike dental commission on
Ends October %, 1902, and The
Star printed dispatch
from Wilkesbarre. Pa, saying: Reports
from the entire anthracite region show
that about 81 per cent Of the mines
are in operation. :. The colllerles OF
the Lackawanna region are in better
shape for working than those in any
other part. The collieries in the
Wyoming region with small output
are in good shape, being free from gas
and water, but the large mines are still
hampered by water. The same condi-
ton of affairs exists in the Lehigh
region. All the mines in operation
will be short of their normal output
today, but by tomorrow almost the fun
output will be reached. Reports are
coming in from all over the mining
region and many engineers, fremen,
pumpmen, carpenters and company
hands have failed to get their places
back" The strike was estimated to havs
cost $l35 million.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Montgomery Issues
Wade b. Hampton.

The great interest in the presidential
race has obscured two local questions of
importance to voters Of Montgomery
County. I refer to the two proposed
amendments to the Montgomery County
Charter.
/. An amendment to provide that
members of the County Council shall
be paid $40 per meeting, not to exceed
$4,000 per year.
2. An amendment to eliminate the
top limit on the County Managers SAL
ary and allow it to be fixed by the
County Council.
The first amendment is sound. have
always believed that public officials
should be compensated for their services
on an adequate basis. The government
of Montgomery County is big business
and those to whom the responsibilities
Of governing are entrusted assume heavy
burdens. Experience has shown that
the county government cannot be run
by interested citizens on spare-time vol
unteer basis at night as was originally
thought by charter proponents.
I question the wisdom of the second
amendment. I recognize that the pres
ent top limit of $4,000 per year fixed
in the charter for the position of County
Evening star., 1952-11-02

Manager is probably too low in view
of present-day conditions. would
indorse proposal to increase the limit
now set in the charter. However, I
think the new limit should be fixed in
the charter to be changed by the voters
from time to time as conditions war;
rant. do not think it should be placed
completely in the discretion of the par
ticular County Council then in office.
The theory of the county manager sys-
tenn is that he is relatively independent
Of the legislative body, the council To
make his salary dependent upon the
wisdom or whin of the County Council
offends this principle. His top salary
limit should be set by law in the char
ter and changed only by the voters.
This opinion is no reflection upon the
present County Council or County Man
ager. It merely reflects my view of
sound political theory.
Hubert A. Schneider.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Not Completely Dead

A SOLDERING incident has taken place in the
ancient West German town of Verden. There,
addressing reunion of about 5000 veterans of
Hitler's Elite Guard, man named Hermann
Bernard Ramcke has succeeded in winning roars
of applause (punctuated with shouts of "pig-dog
Eisenhower!") by defending the deeds of the
Nazis and branding the United States and its
allies as the real criminals" of the Second World
War
Though not well known to the outside world,
Ramcke has considerable reputation in Ger
many. Besides having been popular Nazi para
troop general prior to Hitler's downfall he has
been active politically since his release last
year from French-run war criminals prison.
AS demonstrated at the Verden reunion-to the
CONSERVATION of those in charge of the event
he has demagogc talents of a sort that can stir
up mob emotions. His followers probably conSti-
tute only tiny minority right now, but the re-
sponse he has evoked suggests that more will be
heard from him and his kind in the future and
that there may be plenty of people over there
willing to listen.
At any rate it is certain that Naziism and
an intense nationalistic Sprit-even though ap
parently confined at present to very minor part
of the population-are still far from being COM
pletely dead in Germany. No one can be sure,
therefore that they will not burgeon again, in
some new but equally pernicious form as time
goes on and the country builds up its strength
The people there may now be overwhelmingly pro-
American and pro-West-at least in their out
ward expressions that does not mean that
they will henceforth always be that way. Nor
does it guarantee that they will not Succumb
once more, as they have in the past, to their
historic tendency toward working out divvying-
UP deals with Moscow.
The verden incident, though its significance
can be exaggerated, is instructive on that score.
It helps to explain, for one thing why the French
are reluctant-without special protective Anglo
American guarantees-to rearm the Germans
even within the framework of a supranational
European Defense Community and the Atlantic
pact AS long as men like Ramcke can be re-
garded as potential threat this kind of distrust
will be understandable, and our Western allied
policy will have to be shaped accordingly, with
care and caution.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Spires Of the Spirit

1t is a vital part of our American
system for each citizen to choose the
political party which seems to him the
best channel through which to pour his
passion for wise and pure government
for all the people. In that sense, there
is nothing more important than that
every American should be in politics.
No trend is more sinister or more
ominous in our present situation than
the number of qualified voters who do
not vote. It is that apathy in America
today which is more insidious than Com
munism. Deliberately staying away from
waiting polls is subversive. 1t is nothing
short of alarming, in it's implications of
the future of representative government,
that in this sweet land of liberty only
about half of the qualified voters care
enough to register their choice on
election day. A real American, conscious
Of the crimson cost of this kingly right,
is one who feels about himself as did
a great English leader of whom it was
said: "He considers it a part of his re-
ligion to help see that his country is
well governed"
One of the most sublime sights on this
torn and tortured globe Is America going
to the polls. One Of the most disturbing
things in the life of the Republic Is that
millions who have the right to vote.
right bought for them at great price.
betray and deny their birthright by fail
ure to exercise it, With the future at
stake, when the votes are counted they
do not count.
AS election day approaches, every
man or woman worthy to be called
American is keenly aware Of the price
with which this privilege Of un-
trammeled franchise was purchased.
Amid tinted trees, under the bluest Of
skies, in the warm, fall sunlight at the
Arlington National Cemetery just before
an election day, 20 ag-draped caskets
in two mournful rows, at waiting graves,
were mute reminders Of the last full
measure of devotion paid by boys who
bravely died, far from home, in tangled
jungles and on lonely isles. They fell
that this royal scepter might not be
snatcned by tyranny from the hand of
the common man. AS the volleyS were
fired and taps sounded with the low
undertones of mothers sobs, we knew.
alas, that again the ruthless tyranny OF
the police state was on the march, pros
tituting the sacred name of democracy
making so-called elections but the rub
ber stamp of dictator'S will. But in
our blessed land of the free on the Tues
day after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, turning from imposing national and
State capitols, our reverent gaze is on
Evening star., 1952-11-02

s4S ships and more than IS per cent Of world
construction, now under assembly.
Release of the statistics on Japanese ship
building coincide with a report by Ambassador
Araki that his country's production index for
industry and mining is now up IS per cent over
the 1858 period Demands of the Korean war
and Japans own reconstruction program are
absorbing a large amount of this industrial ac-
tivity although commercial exports are still 80
per cent below the prewar level.
The critical period for Japan's industry and
commerce is still ahead-the time when her i'm
port requirements will demand an expand
ing overseas market. Communist control of so
much of the Asiatic mainland has closed of, at
least for the time being, basic source for this
two-way trade. The establishment of an alter
native pattern for the newly sovereign country
is problem that involves the interests of the
West as well as the future of the East.
Evening star., 1952-11-02

the unadorned yet sacred booths set up
across the continent in which, free from
sinister, spying eyes, every citizen Is
alone with his own conscience. none dar-
ing to molest or make afraid.
But not only when free men and
women in secret mark the baslot and
record their choice Of policies and lead
ers do they register vote. Every day.
every one Of us is voting. Every dawn
puts ballot in our hands. We choose.
and make our choices felt. In everything
that has to do with private and public
life we constantly are casting our ballot.
The impact of our personality, the weight
of our influence is either part of the
problem or part of the solution of all
that relates to our ailing social order.
With all the matters up for decision in
the commonwealth of humanity, every
man must face the question: What am
I voting for with my life? For in
stance. Robert Browning pictures all the
beatitudes Of Christianity. Practiced. he
declares, they will solve every question
in the world and out of it. But the
pertinent question asked by that poet
prophet is: Does this Christianity have
your vote to be true If it can?" All, that
is the vital question with regard to
everything good and pure and true and
excellent: Does it have your vote to
be true if it can?
We are living in a world baffled and
betrayed by the things in which it has
put its trust. The gods currently wor-
SHIPPED among us mostly resemble the
deities once decreed by the Roman Sem
ate, but they now are created by Holly
wood. What are these gods? Physical
strength. social prestige, bodily pleasure,
political power, financial success. These
things. made pre-eminent, have brought
us to the very edge Of chaos and cataS-
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Good Police Record

Law-enforcement authorities agree that the
best measuring stick for determining the efficiency
OF police department is it's record in clearing
criminal cases. The national average for per-
centage OF cases cleared by police action is 279
BY comparison, the Washington police force last
year had the remarkable percentage of 54.6. The
record, as disclosed in Police Chief Murrays
annual report for fiscal 1852, is one that bellies
published charges that the Nations Capital is a.
haven for thugs and that the police are doing
little or nothing about it.
Judged by this standard, the Metropolitan
Police Department ranks among the Nations
outstanding police departments in efficiency,
despite the fact that it is under its authorized
strength. Based on population requirements,
Congress authorized the local force to expand to
q maximum of 1890 men. It has never attained
that goal, however, partly because of difficulty in
recruiting personnel and partly because of re-
duced budgets. special recruiting drive last
summer brought in a number of applicants who
are undergoing training. Todays strength is
2,O46 men, with 20 new men soon to graduate
from the training course. But the police appro-
priation would have to be increased to enable
the department to reach authorized manpower
limits
The percentage of cases cleared by police
action does not, of course, present the full pic
ture OF law enforcement in Washington. The
646 per cent statistic covers only crimes in which
police made arrests. Actually, the department
marked 61.3 per cent of all cases "closed" last
year. This total included crimes crossed off the
books for various reasons, including death of the
perpetrator refusal Of victims to cooperate with
the police, etc.
This excellent crime solution record of the
local police force, while gratifying in COM
munity which has seen congressional disclosures
of corruption in some instances, does not war
rant any relaxation. Serious crimes were on the
increase here last year-as they were throughout
the country at large. There was II per cent
rise in major law violations over the 1851 fiscal
year. The number of policemen available to
meet this growing threat has remained virtually
stationary. The situation calls for even more
effective work by the police force, despite the
manpower handicap. Meanwhile, Chief Murray's
repeated pleas for more men and more money
deserve wide public support.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Spires Of the Spirit
Your Stubborn Ounces By 5ssss:!sk ssex. 5o"s
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United states Senate

trophe. They have fashioned noisy
materialiSm and have set up golden
calves to worship. They have cultivated
secularism that denies that man is
born to serve the spirit. In one area Of
life after another these false gods have
emptied the universe of divine meaning
and substituted human ingenuity. Man
has been trained to live in the cellar Of
his being and to make that the living
room Of his house.
History fairly shouts that, in the long
run, without character there can be no
democracy and that when character is
subtracted from democracy there fol-
lows, as the night the day. demagoguery.
despotism and decay. Every polling
booth is a symbol of the spiritual splen-
dor of democracy and of the fact that
it represents something precious that
cannot be handed down, but which must
be reborn, relived. reinterpreted.
Our only living ex-President rises far
above partisan politics when he reminds
voters, irrespective Of for whom they
vote: "Our strength lies in spiritual
concepts. It lies in public sensitiveness
to evil. The fact that our dirty linen is
in the open is sign that moral stamina
still survives in our people. The strength
of America is in character, in truth and
in decent living. It will triumph because
America senses the frauds on mems
minds and morals. Moral indignation is
on the march again in America"
Each dawn is the entrance to fresh
voting booth. On the ballot in every
mans hand are these solemn words of
Scripture: II have set before you life
and death, the blessing and the curse.
Choose life, then, that you and your
children may live"
Sickened by the corruption and
chicanery and all the denials and be-
trayals Of morality and democracy, 1t is
nothing short Of treason to say: "But
the weight Of my convictions is infini-
tesimal. My stand on private and public
morals will make not an iota Of differ
ence." Listen to Bonaro Overstreet:
"You say the little efforts that make
toiH do no good;
They neUer tUiH prevaA to tip the
heavy scale
Where justice hangs in balance.
/ do not think eUer thought they
1Dould;;
But I am prejudiced beyond debate
In tGUor OF my right to choose Which
side
Shall feel the stubborn ounces of my
11eight"
Every citizen is responsible under God
for the stubborn ounces" of his weight.
You cast your vote each and every day.
And your stubborn ounces count.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Joponese
Borrowing

WnGT6Uy CdHcl Ob1dAAAo Sv
million ven ($25 million) was sprung to-
day on an unsuspecting public. The quiet
way in which this large amount OF
money has been obtained without the
least hint leaking out. even through the
local negotiators, is considered marvellous
and reflects great credit on the Japanese
financiers for diplomacy. The news IS
received everywhere with much enthu-
siasm as an evidence of the rising credit
of the country and the effect OF the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. 1t is believed
now that Japan will proceed to naval
expansion and execute other public
undertakings which were waiting upon
revenue. But the chief effect OF this
resale Of the old imperial 'fives' will be
the restored self-esteem Of the nation
as a financial power with which to be
counted"
The Star Of October %, 1902, an
nounced the death of Mrs. Ada Gilbert
Dennis. She had been
Mysterious patient at Garfield
Dennis Cose Hospital since December
10, 1901, when she was
found in her house at lit K street
NV, beaten into inSensibility. The
identity of her assailant never had been
learned. Mrs Dennis herself never re-
covered sufficiently to tell the story Of
the assault. While in the hospital her
hair had become white. her body 80
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Champion

Lawrence Westbrook, former assistant at
the Democratic National Committee who has
become involved in the most recent ive- -percenter
deal, is undisputed champion, as far as The
Star can determine, in the 1852 Department OF
Understatement election Campaign Division).
When questioned by Washington Correspondent
Bert Andrews of the Herald Tribune as to the
details of the five-percenter transaction, he
replied: e. don't want any publicity on the
whole thing at this particular time"
Evening star., 1952-11-02
The Greet Unifier

History is reserving a spacious chap
ter for Gen. Eisenhower. not only as
great general and patriot. but, also, as
"the Great Unif1er." He unified the
allied forces of many nations in World
War II, and planned and lead with con-
summate skill the most stupendous
single undertaking ever executed by
mortal man. The key to this unparalleled
achievement was the unifying power OF
his dynamic personality and inspiring
leadership. His peculiar genius in secur-
ing the enthusiastic cooperation OF so
many armies and nations earned for him
the title of the Great Unifier. Two years
ago, he was again commandeered by
the North Atlantic nations and assigned
the almost hopeless task of organizing
and unifying the forces OF the free
world against Communist aggression.
Here again, the unifying power OF his
dynamic personality. unparalleled pres
tige, and inspiring leadership soon
brought order out of chaos. unity out OF
disunity-m -mobilizing the energies and
resources of the free world and halting
Communist aggression without war. Here
again, he was the Great Unif1er.
Once again, his country is in process
of communicating his genius for secur-
ing cooperative action as the Comman-
der in Chief of all its forces. civil and
Evening star., 1952-11-02
Prophecies Recalled

David Lawrence states, "This writer
predicts Republican victory even without
combined votes of New York, Illinois and
California"
In 1886 Mr.. Lawrence prophesied:
1.-THE protest of the American people
against the New Deal will be shock
and a surprise to the Roosevelt regime;
it will be the narrowest margin of pop
ular votes that any presidential contest
has been won by since 1916.'
President Roosevelt carried 46 out of
48 States.
In 1948 Mr.. Lawrence again proph-
esied: "Gov. Dewey will be elected by a
substantial majority in the electoral
college. He is assured of minimum Of
266, necessary for election, and his ma
jority will range from rs to 100."
On Tuesday it will be interesting to
observe whether or not Mr.. Lawrence is
a prophet without honor even in his
own country.
Melvin ID. Hildreth,
Democratic National Committeeman
for the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1952-11-02
CoIumnist Commended

The article by David Lawrence. en-
titled IF Stevenson Should be Elected"
is one of the most competent appraisals
I have read. Peter F. Snyder.
Evening star., 1952-11-02

ar Of October is, 1902, con-
able message from Yokohama.
reading: "News OF the
consummation OF the
no long-pending negotiations
whereby Japan obtains so
Evening star., 1952-01-20
FOREIGN FEAST
Continued from preceding page

to his friend and teacher that
Ty gave his birthday party in
"the Masters" honor. It's a rare
occasion, maybe once a year,
that Ty Long will prepare a
meal as elaborate as this one.
Most of the cooking he did in
advance, then into the Longs
l8-cubic foot freezer to await the
occasion and last-minute fixing.
1t would take a small book to
give all the party recipes but
here are the two we like best,
the Polish Borsch to serve hot
or cold. and the Sasha Flambe,
named in honor of Artist Kipnis,
party recipe to serve 30 people.
Sasha Ylasnl,&
TOyte::
10 eggs, separated
IN cups sifted confectioners'
sugar
u cup sifted -four
l teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons rum
n teaspoon double-acting
baking powder
n pound walnuts, finely
ground
15pound pecans, finely ground
Apricot brandy
Beat egg yolks until very thick
and lemon colored. Gradually
beat in sugar. Add -four, vanilla,
rum and baking powder; mix
well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites and ground nuts. Spread
evenly in 2 buttered and Toured
pans (1515xl015xl inches). Bake
in slow oven (3OO'F.) 80 to IS
minutes. Turn out of pans and
cool. Cut each in half crosswise.
Brush well with apricot brandy.
MOMSse::
q cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
2 cups sugar
Dash of salt
n cup water
6 eggs, separated
1quart heavy cream, whipped
q cup oognac
Combine lemon juice, rind,
N cups sugar. salt and II cup
water. Stir over heat until sugar
dissolves; bring to boil and SIM
Evening star., 1952-01-20

Accept an invitation from Amy
Vanderbilt. Compare BLUE BONNET
Margarine with any spread at amy
price. Like the noted New Yorker.
you'll love the delicate. sunny-sweet
fapor of this Inequality all regetable
margarine. Youll appreciate BLUE
BONNET's nufriti0M. No other spread
for bread is richer in Vitamin A the
year around! And you'll welcome its
real economy! So buy BLUE BONNET
and get "all 3''-Flavor! Nutrition!
EcOnom-e-e!
Evening star., 1952-01-20

mer for 20 minutes. Beat egg
yolks until thick and lemon
colored; add remaining water
and lemon mixture gradually.
Cook over hot water until thick
ened. stirring constantly; cool.
Mix whipped cream and lemon
sauce well. Turn into 1512x1ON
xl inch pan and freeze. When
very hard, unmold and cut Cross
wise into 3 sections. Alternate
layers of torte and mousse "A of
torte and 3 of mousse). Refreeze
for n hour. Cover sides and top
with meringue made by beating
egg whites until stiff but not dry,
and gradually beat in n cup
sugar. Bake in very hot oven
(5OOoF.) until lightly Drowned,
3 to 5 minutes. Pour heated
cognac over Sasha and light.
Approximate yield: 30 portions.
Polish Boesch
3 cups drained. sliced canned
hNetS
2cans condensed clear chicken
broth
can consomme madrilene
2 cups tomato-juice cocktail
Salt, pepper. paprika. mono.
sodium glutamate to taste
l large onion, quartered
3 sprigs parsley
2 bay leaves
3 celery leaves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
! tablespoon sugar
cup sour cream (about)
Combine beets, liquids and
seasonings in soup pot. Tie onion,
parsley, bay leaves and celery
leaves in cheesecloth. Cook un-
covered until beets are soft,
about l hour. Remove cheese
cloth bag. Drain, saving liquid,
and press beets through fine
sieve. Combine liquid, sieved
beets, lemon juice and sugar.
Chill. Beat in l part sour cream
to 3 parts soup. If too thick, thin
with consomme madrilene. Serve
chilled. Yield: 6 to 8 portions.
4 + =
ssDEEP SOUTH RECIPES
nest soeek sUiI be giuen by
the authors Of a 'sC0urnset's
Guide to Nesc Orleans"
Evening star., 1952-01-20

Q just one package makes luscious
lemon filling for big, generous
9-inch pie! Or 6 delicious servings
of lemon dessert or filing for
tempting icebox cake. Usually costs
less than fresh lemons alone. Better
than any other lemon dessert you've
ever tasted! Try new Royal Lemon
Dessert sadeE