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Evening star., 1952-11-24
Parole Reform in MARYLAND

Maryland's Sobeloff Commission has pointed
to weakness in the States parole setup that
requires correction. This is the law that burdens
the Governor with full responsibility for deciding
whether convicts should be paroled or placed on
probation. Under existing law only the Governor
can grant parole, yet, with all his other duties,
he is in no position to give proper attention to
this important task.
To remedy this situation the bipartisan
Sobelof group. known more formally as the
Commission on Administrative Organization of
the State, suggests that parole authority be
transferred from the Governor to a new agency,
to be called the State Board of Parole and Pro-
baton. This board would consist of director
and two members, all of whom would be on
full-time duty Governor McKeldin is said to
favor the change Gin the interest of good
administration and justice"
The reform would give to parole the recogni-
ton which its Importance as a part of the
corrections system deserves. Much of the
criticism which has been directed at parole in
the past has arisen as result of faulty admin
istration of parole policies. 1t is inevitable that
convicts unworthy of parole may obtain release
under any system which does not require that
careful study be given to each case. The plan
proposed for Maryland would be a guarantee
against haphazard administration of parole and
probation. The public is entitled to such an
assurance
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Fine Feothered Friends

II had known you wanted pictures
OF eagles I would have invited your
photographer to our small farm here on
Oxon Hill. For five years, regularly, a
pair of bald eagles have almost daily
perched on the tip of large dead tree
high on hillside in back of our place.
There they sit for hours at a time. Evil
IDENTIFY they can watch the Potomac
River for food. Their perch is less than
a tenth Of mile from our house The
birds are in plain view all the time and
do not seem frightened by the usual
noises. We have come to call them our
own particular eagles-as though they
belong to us! Also, when walking in
the woods with our dogs we have spotted
them in the tops of very high trees.
They are handsome. powerful flyers and
take off without any sound whatsoever.
understand that when eagles mate,
they mate for life. They have pheno-
menal vision and can see tiny object
miles away. They are primarily fishing
birds, but will eat small game If they
cannot get fish.
Dorothy Whitney Frohman.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
BY Charles E. TroceweN

Most stores will sell beef or mutton
suet cheaply. Formerly they gave it to
you.
Another food valuable for wintering
birds is the raisin.
1t is chockfull of heat units; those
are particularly what the birds need in
the cold.
In fact, a bird might be regarded as
Just heat machine, if it were not tor
the fact that it, too, holds small spark
of the great mystery, life.
Its heat is high. somewhere betOeen
l01 and Ill degrees, according to species
Its covering is fragile, to wit, feathers.
It must eat a great deal, in the cold,
and particularly of carbohydrate foods,
f they can be found.
Certainly the heavily protein and car
bohydrate foods, such as seeds and
grains. and raisins, with slices of bread,
are enough to carry any population Of
birds through the winter, If they are
supplied with consistency.
With all ones remembering Of foods,
water is necessary, too. See to it, then,
if you value our bird life, that you keep
the birds bath filled at all times This
will require little thought. Winter
winds dry shallow pools quickly. They
may need to be filled at least once
day. If they freeze, the ice must be
broken. although sometimes the squirrels
will do this for you and the birds. 1t is
fun to watch them do it with their little
paws and sharp teeth.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Pill With q Bell

There seems to be no end to the ingenuity
of modern science. Among the latest of its
wonders is a sleep-inducing pill with buit-in
alarm clock. AS explained in reports from Los
Angeles, where it has been on display it is made
up of three layers of three different kinds of
stuff Not to be too technical about it, the first
layer-the outside-is what quickly tosses the
swallower into the arms of Morpheus. The
second is what insures that cares ravell'd sleeve
will be knit uninterruptedly for period of about
eight hours. And the third-the inner core-is
what guarantees a prompt awakening after this
reasonably refreshing dip into Inconsistencies.
Here is pill that should delight the heart
of any insomnia who may be loath to take
ordinary soporidcs lest they make him snore
long past the time he should be up and doing and
off to work. For this three-layer marvel-which
incidentally is obtainable only on prescription
appears to be foolproot on that score, sure
instrument of wakefulness as well as of repose.
What will scientists think of next in an effort
to increase our happiness? Is it too much to
hope that they will yet figure out some way to
relieve us of all worry over certain of their other
creations-such as the A-bomb-that tend to
intrude upon rather than induce sleep? Let
them do that and it will be good riddance to
today's too-widespread use Of the barbiturates.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
This and That

summer and dish them out in the au-
tumn and winter.
All the birds like them, almost as well
as they do sunflower seed
In recent years the sunflower seed has
come into it's own in this country as
human food. Yes, as something to
MUNICH. This was always true in Europe.
The Russians ate-and eat-them like
candy. Cracking sunf1ower seed had
better be left to the birds, whose bills
are ideally suited for such work
Sunflower seed, shelled, may be pur.
chased at health food stores. Probably
in time. packaged sunflower seed will
appear in regular food stores, Just as
yogurt. wheat germ and blackstrap mo-
laSses have. You can't hold good food
down. Why should the sunfiower seed
be left entirely to the birds? It con-
tains plenty of protein and a wonderful
variety of vitamins and minerals. No
doubt everyone would be better of for
eating Sundower seeds daily. Millet
and others, once scorned as human food,
are slowly working themselves back into
human favor.
All the birds and squirrels like the
sunhower seed.
It is cracked easily and yields the
best OF food protection for winter.
A few species. including the various
woodpeckers. need more fat. and these
are supplied by the addition Of suet to
their diet.
Evening star., 1952-11-24

Acorns for the squirrels, poke berries
for the birds
These are two of the good natural
foods the creatures live on during the
cold weather.
Poke berries are beautiful to look at,
fine to eat-if one is bird
The songsters that stay here in the
cold like them very much and thrive on
them. especially if they are varied by
man.
This means, of course, that every per-
son with garden, no matter how small.
can help our birds.
This help can begin In spring and
summer. through the planting of shrubs
and trees which bear berries.
Coral berries. poke and many others.
all make good food for the birds in the
cold.
The dogwood tree sets some fine ber-
ries. which are favorites Of many score
more birds that remain with us.
This will mean all the more for those
that do.
All types of berries feed the birds in
the summer and some of them, dried on
the bushes. still serve in the cold.
The most aid we can give the birds,
of course, lies in putting out food for
them.
Some persons save all their water
melon and canteloupe seeds during the
Evening star., 1952-11-24
The Weep Is Almost Out but Never Down
By WiIIiom Hines

nN THIS. his 18th birthday, Vice
~ President Alben w. Barkley thinks
he has about SO years ahead of him
Carefully budgeted, this time may be
enough to permit him to do all the
things he has his mind fixed on doing
Travel. lectures. writing (maybe even q
book. some television appearances; all
these are on Alben Barkleys agenda as
possibilities for the time, after January
20. when he bows formally out OF
politics.
OF course, the Vice President will
never really be out Of politics. The
habits of 40 years do not break easily,
and he has been a figure on the ma
tional political scene for that long.
Whether his lectures and his writings
deal with current affairs or past history.
even If his television appearances give
outlet to his renowned ability as a story
teller, politics will creep in. Needless
to say, they will be Democratic politics
Alben Barkley is nothing If not a par
tiSan.
AS an elder statesman, the outgoing
Vice President undoubtedly will sit high
in the councils of the Democratic Party
in defeat. In him and President Tru-
man the minority party will have two
voclferouS spokesmen; as articulate in
offensive play as they have been for
the past four years on the defense.
One OF the things Vice President
Barkley will press for in the years
OF his retirement is change in the
way OF selecting party nominees for ma
tional Office. Strangely enough for an
incumbent. he believes the present per-
functory method of selecting Vice Presi-
dents leaves a lot to be desired. He
would like to see a national primary
for President-and supposedly for Vice
President But he sees much opposition
to be overcome before such a plan is
adopted. And another problem-how to
get people to avow their candidates.
for the Office of Vice Presidents some
thing else Mr.. Barkley frankly does not
know how to solve.
Today. Vice President Barkley's Office
has about it the air of a barracks being
vacated by an outbound military unit.
Wooden packing cases containing the
memorabilia of four decades of Gov
ernment. line the anterooms of suite
2O5 in the Senate Office Building. The
pictures have been taken off the walls.
" The whole place looks bare. Soon the
old outfit will move out, and a new
outfit will move in.
With Vice President Barkley will 20
about 100 cartoons by The Stars Berry,
man father-and-son team, the late Cliff
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Stronoe Case of Lieutenant Thiermon

Senate investigating committee was un
derstandably shocked to learn that an Army
officer who had refused to say whether or not
he was Communist was, by coincidence" as
signed to "the one area in Korea, the Koje pris
oner-of-war camp, where Communist activities
were at fever pitch" But equally mystifying is
why this officer was commissioned in the first
place.
According to testimony of the officer, It.
Sheppard Carl Thierman' Of the Medical Corps,
he refused to reply to question on his applica-
ton as to possible Communist Affiliations,
invoking constitutional protection against self
incrimination. He told the OConor Internal
Security subcommittee that he was not ques-
toned about this refusal at any time. In due
course he was commissioned as a first lieutenant
and sent to Korea.
Senator O'Conor, in releasing the testimony,
stated that his subcommittee received informa-
ton in closed session that Lieutenant Thierman
had been a dueS-paying Communist before he
applied for the Army commission. Queried about
this, the witness again refused to answer on the
elf-incrimination ground He would say only
that he had not engaged in espionage and had
tried to be a good officer. He testified that his
duties in Korea required him to give medical
treatment to Red prisoners. He declared his
talks with these prisoners always were mon
political"
The subcommittee chairman said that Lieu
tenant Thierman should be disciplined for his
actions" But it is not clear what Lieutenant
Thierman should be disciplined for. It seems to
have been the Army. not the doctor, that was at
fault in this disturbing case. Senator OConor's
Evening star., 1952-11-24

President Of the Senate? He doesn't say:
senatorial courtesy, you know. But one
gets an idea from what he says about
Checkers-"the best advertised dog in
the country"
Vice President Barkley takes great
pride in his physical condition, as well
he might. He is obviously in good shape
having about him the air of a man
who eats his spinach. He has been
having eye trouble lately. A cataract
was removed from his right eye recently
and he went to Naval Hospital a few
days ago to have his left eye worked on.
He says. however, he can see through a
brick wall
He can see into the future, too. He
hopes he'll be around for SO more years:
he's reasonably sure of 80. He got this
assurance four years ago from fortune
teller in Egypt who told him he would
live to be 105.
"Then when I left" Mr.. Barkley con-
cluded. "the fortune teller hedged
little. He ran up to warn me against
getting killed in an airplane accident"
Evening star., 1952-11-24
They had a rough ride into office.

and his boy Jim. Many of the cartoons
are kindly, because Alben Barkley is the
sort of man who gets himself into situa-
tionS to which people react in a kindly
way. But some are barbed; the Berry,
mans and the Barkleys were next-door
neighbors on Euclid street NV. in the
old days. and the cartooning Berrymans
knew their subject. One of the elder
Berryman'S efforts. late in the 1948
campaign. is the source of the illustra-
ton above.
Also with Alben Barkley will 60 memo
ries. Out of his treasure chest he pulls
recollections of Woodrow Wilson, who
went to the White House the same year
MIR. Barkley went to Capitol Hill as a
Representative from Kentucky. History
recalls Wilson as an austere man: in
Mr.. Barkley's memory the former Presi-
dent was friendly, affable and ap-
proachable." man with whom Mr..
Barkley sat On several occasions to enjoy
vaudeville at the old Keith's.
What does the Vice President think
about the man who will succeed him as
Evening star., 1952-11-24
This Small World

The letters on WAR and Birth Con-
troll by H. E. Smalley, and two support
ing the McCarran immigration Act,
signed by "The Scribbler" and by F. s..
Wilson, should all be grouped under the
general heading of the Population
Problem" This problem of the relation
OF the population to the natural re-
sources is our most important problem
and one which the newspapers, as in
struments of adult education, should
study more carefully.
Mr.. Smalley should present the den
sity of population of the Eskimos. Why
compare square mile of Siberian tun-
dra with square mile of black land in
the farming section of Illinois? The
population per square mile is not
useful figure.
There are some other data that can
be briefly cited. The population of Ire
land in 1848, before the famines, was
a little over IL million people and it
has been declining ever since that time
until it is now less than 4 million. It
has been stated in print that the Dutch
migrate from their country at the
rate of nearly $4,000 year, this rate
OF migration being practically forced
upon the Dutch by the pressure of
population. Students of the population
problem have estimated that in the past
century 100 million Chinese have died
Of starvation: this is at the rate of a
million year on the average. The den-
sity of population in Europe was less
in the 18th century than it is now, yet
the pressure of population was so great
that vast numbers of people sought re-
lief from the poverty of Europe by
migration from Europe to the new lands
of the West
AS the founder of Christianity stated
the matter. ''The poor ye have with you
always" AS Nautilus put the matter,
the population will always tend to ex-
ceed the food supply.
The Scribbler and r. S. Wilson are
correct in supporting the McCarran-
Walters immigration Act for the reasons
that they do. But the fact is that all
immigration into this country should
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Function of the Press

Perhaps The Star is correct in affirm
Ing that the election of Gen. Eisenhower
dlspoSes of the myth" that the Ameri-
can newspapers had lost their influence
with the people. To this, can only say
that not only Democrats were ready to
support the validity of such an idea, but
also many other people interested in
social studies. Would The Star be willing
to refute the affirmation that a news
paper is more interested in making
money than in crusading for a liberal
cause or reform? This is a question that
is always mentioned in recent years as
the reason for the decline of the news
papers influence in the community.
That question could be partially an
swered in your statement that "the proper
function of newspapers is to present the
facts and the arguments pro and con as
fully and as honestly as possible" If
this is the only role Of newspaper then,
indeed, it has lost the right to be called
the Fourth Estate.
To me, newspaper should not only
be mere vehicle of news and events.
Perhaps American newspapers are over
doing this task. Nowadays, you feel
overwhelmed when you open your paper
and face the avalanche of items that has
to be sorted and sifted in order to get
some idea Of what is going on. just for
one day, mind you. How then, would the
average reader be able to make his de-
cision regarding issues of Importance?
Here is where the newspaper by it's
editorials and columnists, should offer
constructive lead to it's readers. This,
in NV oninion should he tho tr1,a f1,nc
ton of newspaper: A source of leader
ship and a means of furthering the
interests of the community and the
Nation.
Modesto LucerO.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Conquest of the Polar Skies

Significant events have become routine in
the dramatic history of aviation but their occur
renee invariably has an impact upon the broader
course of world affairs. Another such event has
occurred in the transpolar flight of a Scandi-
navian commercial airner from California to
Denmark
The air conquest of the north polar region
has been proceeding at rapid pace in the
postwar years as imaginative and hardy pioneers
have developed and refined the equipment
and techniques needed for this task. The con-
tinuing improvement in aircraft, particularly in
heightened flight range and greater operational
capacity at high attitudes, provided the most
important tool for the job. At the same time,
exhaustive study of weather problems and the
evolution of constantly more reliable forecasting
procedures made further contribution. De-
velopment of survival measures in case Of
emergency landings, adjustment of navigational
systems to the particular demands of the Arctic
area and, finally the establishment of bases at
strategic points rounded out the groundwork
needed for the operating phase of the venture
While a principal motivation for this drive
to turn the polar skies into an aerial highway
has been military one, the ends of peaceful
commerce have been high in the thinking of the
pioneers Linking countries by shorter routes
than the transocean lanes, the development has
been a cooperative international one. COL Bernt
Balchen, probably the foremost authority in the
United States Air Force on Arctic flying, par
ticipated in the planning and execution of the
initial Scandinavian commercial fight.
The formalizing of international agreements
will be necessary before a test flight becomes
part of a flying schedule. 1t has been demon
strated now, however, that such flights can be
made, at substantial saving in time and with
normal safety. Although world traffic patterns
do not reveal great commercial urgency for this
shorter West European route, the feasibility
has now been proved and yesterdays adventure
may be tomorrows routine.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Crusade for Freedom

'"AH things are ready, If our minds be
Sow
These aoords of ,Disdom echo from the
past;
Today they are as true as long ago,
And they UiH erer be Wltile lite shall
last.
For planes and tanks can neuer ,Din this
fight,
Until truth scars on wings made
strong for flying:
Unless mems minds crusade for justice,
right,
There must be endless wars and mil
lions dying.
America, let FREEDOMS VOICE ring
out
And penetrate Red China's Bamboo
Curtain;
Help Europe climb abore contussoa.
doubt:
And may our minds be. clear, our
steps more certain:
Alert our people to our dangerous
''"Put none but patriots on guard to-
night"
Mottie Richords Tyler
Harry of England. at AoincouYt, %
st. Crtspin's Day.
'"WashinCton at VALLEY Forge.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
The Timing Was Bad

In view of all the circumstances, 1t is not
surprising that there is criticism from con-
greSsional quarters of the transfer of John B.
Dunlap from his post of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to the newly created position of district
revenue commissioner at Dallas, Texas. It is
true that Mr.. Dunlap, as a career employe, is
qualified by long experience to handle the duties
OF the new Office. It also is true that Mr.. Dunlap
has been under fire from the Capitol for refusing
congressional investigators access to certain
information they desired about the bureau. His
voluntary exile to Texas so soon after the cleo
ton inevitably took on the appearance of move
to latch onto safe civil service berth before the
patronage ak fell in Washington.
There is disagreement between the executive
and legislative branches as to whether former
Commissioner Dunlap was justified in withhold
ing from Senate and House committees some
data they requested in connection with investiga-
t1ons of corruption in the bureau. Mr.. Dunlap
Is quoted as stating that he was prevented by
law from Surrendering to Senator Williams of
Senate Finance subcommittee files to which
under the law he is not entitled as an Individual
Senator Williams asserts that MIR. Dunlap refused
certain records either to him or to the committee.
The Civil Service Commission says it is informed
that the bureau was obeying presidential
directive or ORDER in taking its stand against
disclosure. The commission contends that Mr..
Dunlap'S compliance with orders does not dis
qualify him for the Texas appointment.
Whatever the merits of the appointment, it's
timing and the failure of the Treasury Depart
ment to give Senator Williams an opportunity
to have requested conference with the depart
ment on the matter add up to poor judgment,
to say the least.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Letters to The Star
Pen-non7es may be used II letters car7v
aW1terS correct names and addresses.
AH letters are subject to condensation

with many others and never was able
to get on my own feet again. was over
% and industry did not want me, al
though I tried many times.
Lately wrote to the Federal Security
Agency at Baltimore and understand
there is no pension for me at my age.
Now this is pretty tough on a 1907
American who brought up two sons who
did their bit in the wars. When so
much is being sent to Europe to help
them over there, don't you think help
and charity should begin at home and
the old folks taken care of?
Out Of Luck.
Churchtnn Md
Evening star., 1952-11-24

Soup is right in demanding that Defense De-
partment procedures which permit such persons
OF dubious. loyalty to occupy positions Of trust
must be brought into line with American
security interests" Certainly in these times
there is no room in the military services for any
officer who is unwilling to tell his superiors
whether or not he is Communist.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Ineligible for Pension

A few days ago. read in the paper
of woman who was receiving a $50
pension and. being 81 years of age,
was wondering if I was eligible for
pension. I am semi-invalid and a
dependent for over 10 years on son
who has his hands full caring for his
family of five others.
During the depression, was let out
Evening star., 1952-11-24

@. When Fray Marcos de Mia sought
the Seven Cities Of Cibola, did he be-
lieve them to be real?-F. z.
A. The discoverer and explorer be-
leved these mythical cities to exist. He
pictured them as being paved with gold
and gems sufficient to build hundred
cathedrals in Mexico and a second hun
dred in Spain.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
McCorthyism and Communism

To those who oppose Mccarthy,
Nicholas Kuperak in a letter addresses
this question: Are you for or against
fighting COMMUNISTS in this country?
would address this question to Mr..
Kuperak: Is it possible to oppose Nc
Carthy and still oppose communism?
Or is every man in this country who
opposes Mccarthy in favor of COM
munism?
Sam E. Whitaker. Jr,