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Evening star., 1952-08-08
Archuic Electoral COLLEGE,

read with interest the letter of VIII
liam c. Sohr, July 80. which contained
some very persuasive arguments In favor
OF changing our electoral college.
His case was well stated and strongly
put. He did, however, make one grievous
error which tends to weaken his argu-
ment. This had to do with election of
President by the House of Represent
atives. In this connection, he stated
in part: "The House at that time was
a part Of the So-called 'do-nothing' 8Oth
Congress and there could be little ques-
ton as to what the final verdict would
have been."
It is my understanding that it would
have been the duty of the House-elect
of the 81st Congress and not the 8Oth
to elect the President.
Since the vote by the House of Rep
resentatives is by States, the Lord only
knows what might have happened had
the contest gone to the House.
An analysis of the situation discloses
that the Democrats had a majority of
the State delegations in 81 States. The
Republicans controlled 20 States and
the States Rights ticket controlled 4
States. Three States - Connecticut.
Idaho and Montana-were tied. Since
1t takes Is States to elect, neither major
party would have had majority. The
Republicans by combining with the
States Rights nominee would have
lacked one vote short of a majority. II
the Democrats united with the States
Rights ticket, they could have mustered
Is votes or bare majority.
Many persons are of the opinion that
some Southern States other than the
States Fighters woulud have voted
against President Truman. AS one
Southern Congressman put it, none of
the candidates for President could get
majority in the House, and the Senate
would have elected Vice President
Barkley as Vice President and Presi-
dent Truman would have been left to
Idle on the vine."
Another bad feature of the present
system is the fact that States carried
by Gov. Dewey in the election would
have voted for President Truman and
vice versa If the contest had gone to
the House.
Casey M. Jones.
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ary and 1t is simply dishonest to say that
1t is not
It is a fine thing, from one point of view,
to have an economy in which everybody gets
more-in which the businessman makes more
profit, the workers gets higher wages and the
farmer receives better prices for his products
The administrations boasts of its accomplish
mentS along this line are one of its most effective
political weapons. But it is less than candid to
pretend that we can have all these things and
still prevent price rises. To argue otherwise is
to say that the administration can have its
cake and eat 1t, too. But no one has yet been
able to do that for long.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
The Greek-BuIqor Clash

II the latest shooting fare-up on the Greek
Bulgar frontier Is really as dangerous as on-the-
scene United Nations observers have declared,
then the Security Council should be called into
immediate emergency session in an effort to keep
the situation from exploding into what could
become full-scale war. News Of the incident
is bit confused at the moment, but 1t has an
ominous ring to it, The two clashing countries
one member of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and the other a satellite of the
Soviet Union-are said to have large forces
poised for action and If these should be unleaShed
against each other, the gravest consequences
probably would follow in rapid order.
This new menace to the peace of Europe and
the world revolves around small number
of tiny islands in the Evros River between
Greece and Bulgaria. According to the Greeks,
Bulgarian troops have seized at least one
of these islands and have ignored an ultimatum
to withdraw. The immediate result has been
that our NATO ally, accusing its KremIin- serving
Cominform neighbor Of new series of aggres-
sions has resorted to armed force to defend what
it regards as its vital interests. The pieces of
land involved-whose ownership the Athens
government has long been willing to submit to
international arbitratiOn-are described as being
not much bigger than SandbarS. Even SO, they
obviously are big enough to cause the kind of
trouble that can lead to a major war If states
manship fails to exercise pacifying influence or
if the Soviet Union-as in the case of Korea-is
intent upon vetoing such influence.
1t may be, as the State Department seems to
believe, that the incident will not get out of
hand, but If it's potentialities are as deadly as
indicated by the U. N observers, the Security
Council has every reason to meet without delay.
The Kremlin, as Bulgarias master, may or may
not want this latest Balkan clash of arms to
grow into big struggle. The non-Soviet world
can only guess about that right now, but the
answer-one way or the other-will be quickly
revealed if and when the Council decides that
the situation is serious enough to warrant an
emergency session Meanwhile, since Greece is
a member, the all-for- -one- -one-for- all NATO
alliance must reckon with the somber possibility
that the shots fired across the Evros may mark
the beginning of its first great test.
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faction. ''Well, we saved five minutes" !"
His passenger replied, eyes, but what
are we going to do with it?"
have never forgotten this story, and
in my own driving and observation of
the driving Of others, seeing them
switch from lane to lane, cutting danger
ously around other cars taking chances
with their lives and property to save
not minutes but seconds, often wonder
what they are going to do with it."
Only last night I saw serious ac-
cident. Fortunately. no one was killed,
but two fine cars were damaged to the
extent Of hundreds Of dollars, and three
people had to be hospitalized, because
one car went through on the tail end of
a yellow light, and the other car could
not wait until the intersection showed
clear green. wondered, where were they
going, and how much time they could
have saved, and what were they going
to do with it.
notice that Maryland police cars
are carrying bumper plates reading
speed Kills" Speeding is always danger
GUS, but it is misdirected speed that is
dangerous, and not the actual speeding
itself, If tires, brakes and steering are
in good condition. Speeding is not our
great killer on the roads. It is haste and
frantic desire to get somewhere in
hurry, and impatience with the driver
ahead, that reckless and discourteous
use Of the roads that refuses to recognize
the rights Of any one but themselves.
the rush to get somewhere in frantic
hurry, to save minute or five or ten,
and then-what are they going to do
with it? A great many of those minutes
they "save" may be spent in hospital
as result Of this haste, and sometimes
the stay is much longer and permanent.
On the tombstones of many q driver
the epitaph should be:
"He saved five minutes and this is
what he did with it,"
A. Julian Brylawski.
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Saving Time or Killing Time?

A long time ago, when perhaps I was
driving little too fast to suit my father,
he told me story about young dip
lomat Of the State Department. who had
been sent with limousine to meet an
Oriental minister, arriving in New York.
Having ensconced him In the State De-
partment limousine, the young man with
great enthusiasm shot through traffic
with his horn sounding, made a ferry
by the skin Of his teeth, and turning to
his passenger, said with unctious salts
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Incorporating Arlington

With the unobtruSive Sneakiness that
has become trademark of Arlington'S
nonpartisan leadership and under cover
OF convention excitement, q referendum
has been proposed and approved on the
question Of Incorporation into q city.
Its sponsors hope it will slide into the
November elections with similar lack of
fanfare SO that 1t will be relatively un-
opposed. Their concentrated minority
vote then could push it over to the
eventual CONSERVATION of the usually
unlnformed average taxpayer. Only the
increasing apartment population will
favor such proposal.
There has been adroitly worked into
the incorporation scheme a series of
questions tending to lead the unwary
voter into acquieScence. One has to do
with the number Of members of a pro-
posed city council; another provides q
choice between an elected and appointed
school board. Two additional questions
concern the tenure of the county mana
ger and the election or appointment Of
county department heads.
My experience has been that only a
small proportion Of voters arrive at
the polls aware of the questions to be
voted upon, and most of these are the
people primarily interested in approval
Of the proposition involved. Arlington's
nonpartisan leadership is adept as steer
ing its own schemes through the polls
by working quietly among it's own fol-
lowers without stirring up the op-
position and attention they deserve.
Arlington can never expect to be
anything but a suburb Of Washington
with the piddling business always char
acteristic of metropolitan suburbs. With
each tax increase. city competition be-
comes more severe. Most Arlingtonians
never purchase clothes. furniture. ap-
pliances or gasoline locally. I have
known some who ven buy their groceries
In the District.
With incorporation. we will lose up
ward Of half million dollars a year
in gasoline taxes now refunded by the
State. The States share Of road build
ing and maintenance viii be reduced. A
new city court and city attorneys
office will be added expense. A new city
council can issue. for a period Of five
years, bonded Indebtedness up to 8 per
cent OF assessments, and who can say
how high it might boost assessments?
Taxation will. Of necessity. be hiked
substantially. And why? So a handful
OF ambitious Federal employees can con-
tinue to hold local elective jobs and
continue their political control Of Ar
lington. While have no objection to
the principle Of Federal employees hold
ing local Office, do object to our local
government being controlled from
Washington. This type Of control was
demonstrated at the Chicago conven-
tions within State delegations contain
Evening star., 1952-08-08
President Rhee

1t comes as no surprise that DR.. Syngman
Rhee has been reelected to the presidency by
an overwhelming majority of the South Korean
people His victory lives up to practically every
body's expectations-so much so that even his
bitterest enemies must regard it as little more
than the fuldllment of a foregone conclusion.
There are two main reasons for this. The
first is that no other Korean comes close to
matching DR.. Rhees great personal popularity in
the young republic south of the 38th Parallel
And the second is that none of his opponents
has yet demonstrated the kind of ability that is
needed to head the government in these days of
critical wartime stresses and strains Accord
ingly, it is understandable that most of the
people, lacking confidence in anybody else, have
emphatically cast their vote for man who has
had their trust for many years and who has done
a good job, on the whole, in spite of tremendous
difficulties.
DR.. Rhee became the first President of the
new Republic of Korea in 1948 when the National
Assembly elected him to Office by vote of 180 to
16. At that time-at the age Of 74-he was
recognized everywhere as a leader who had spent
the greater part of his adult life after having
been educated in American schools promoting
the cause of democratic self government for his
native land. In that respect, his contribution had
exceeded that of any of his compatriots and his
CICCtAOu W Vic pICOAOCAlCy was ulcIc1OIC q
natural, logical and altogether fitting reward.
Beyond that, of course, there was no one else as
well equipped as he to discharge the extremely
heavy responsibilities involved in putting new
born nation on its feet.
Politically, economically and otherwise, that
nation-cut off from its Communist dominated
northern half-faced titanic problems right from
the day of its BIRTH and these problems have been
grievously intensified by the war that has been
going on since the Red aggressor struck in June,
1850. This event, occurring midway in his first
four-year term has at times led President Rhee
to resort to dictatorial actions but criticism of
him on that score has not always been as
sensible as it has been loud. Certainly, much Of
it has failed to make due allowance for the hard
and pressing realities with which he has had to
deal.
Actually, despite his occasional high-handed
methods, DR.. Rhee within recent weeks has forced
a reform that can help to improve the democratic
process in Korea. The reform, besides converting
the unicameral National Assembly into two
house legislature, subjects the presidency to q
direct popular vote. It is by such vote that he
has now been chosen, at Is, for second term of
four years. The free world must hope that before
the end of that term peace will come to his
tortured country and that younger leaders will
equip themselves in the meantime to carry on
with the work he has started.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Recreation Boards Responsibility

The appointment of Henry Gichner to the
Recreation Board not only fills vacancy which
the Commissioners left untitled too long, but
adds to the board man whose BACKGROUND and
attitudes should help him to render a helpful
community service. The appointment is good
one and will make for strong board.
Mr.. Gichner comes to the board at time
when summer vacations of some members of the
board and its administrative staff and their
absence from the city, have increased the Recrea-
ton Departments difficulties over such situations
as the Rosedale Playground, current target for
picketing and like demonstrations by special
groups advocating immediate change in its status
from white only to an "open" playground
Such petitioners, as is their right, have appealed
to the Commissioners and the Commissioners
have indicated an intent to take the matter up
with the board
If this is done, it should be understood that
the Commissioners are taking this step as
means of informing themselves of conditions, or
OF giving the board the benefit of their own
conclusions. For it is the Recreation Board and
not the Board of Commissioners, which is respon-
Sible under the law for decisions in such cases
and any attempt by the Commissioners to inject
themselves as arbiters will not work out to their
or to anybody else's advantage in the long run.
Since August of 1949 some twenty recreation
areas VI Fairgrounds ana elgnI OF nine DAY camps
have been placed on the "open" list, and there
are other changes of the sort in letting down the
bars of segregation under constant study But
the board has wisely taken as one of it's criteria
in effecting such changes the situation existing
in the neighborhoods under study. In other
words, it has adopted the "gradualist" approach
something that is regarded as an anathema by
those who want all segregation practices done
away with Immediately, but which is nonethe-
less practical common sense.
The difference of opinion in such cases
as the Rosedale Playground, is not over what
should be done, but how and when it can be
done in manner that avoids kindling fresh
hostility to such moves.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Peking Man Missing

Anthropologists the world around are looking
for those fragments of human anatomy collec-
lively known as Peking man. They are fossilized
bones from the skeletons of about 40 individuals
who fiourished in what now is China roughly
100000 years ago. The first of the precious relics
was single tooth, found in cave by Davidson
Black, young Canadian professor of anatomy at
Peking Union Medical College, in 1927. He had
the courage to declare his discovery the basis of
the new genus of Hominid which he named
Sinanthropus pekinensis. Later his theory was
substantially supported by further finds of bones.
Peking man became definite type of quasi
human creature, comparable with Java man and
Neanderthal man-all denizens of the Pleistocene
epoch in geology in Asia and Europe.
But now it has been announced that the
evidence is missing The fossils from the
Choukoutein, cave and the artifacts discovered in
association with them-primitive tools and imple-
mentS-have disappeared. Perhaps they were
carried off from Peking Union Medical College by
friends perhaps they were stolen by enemies. In
any case, they are gone. Jeremy Gaige writing
in the New York Herald Tribune, suggests that
they may have been taken away by United States
Marines when they left Peking on December S,
1941. The boxes in which the fragments allegedly
were packed are supposed to have been in the
seaport city of Tientsin two days after the date
mentioned. What happened next is mere con-
lecture. In 1945 1t was rumored that the remains
of Peking man were in the japanese Imperial
University in Tokyo. More recently it has been
said that they have reached the Museum of
Natural History in New York. Both institutions
deny knowledge of their whereabouts. Anthro
biologists as class are being enlisted in the quest
for the remnants. In this connection, Mr.. Gaige
sees poetic justice in the fact that nature took
better care of Peking man for half million years
than men have taken care of him for mere two
and a half decades.
Evening star., 1952-08-08

rather than by volume, then Project
Sunlight is most certainly doomed. Air
as well, by virtue of it's poor showing in
specific gravity, would be rejected. #
these things come to pass, will any one
be able to say that fate has not had her
hand in the history of this product
which was given the name "ice cream"
many years ago and seems likely to
evolve into combination Of the very
substances-ice and cream?
T.C.
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AStuIu poStdBc, or Dy telepnOninR ST. 1853.
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
@. Is DOT still considered one Of the
best chemicals to use in the home against
houSefiies and mosquitoes?-D. G. j.
A. The Department of Agriculture
recommends DDT aerosols and residual
sprays. To clear rooms Of flies (also
mosquitoes) close doors and windows
and use aerosols containing DDT, pyre-
thrum, or both. The mist will kill the
insects present, but it does not have q
lasting effect. Open the room after
flies and mosquitoes are killed. Then
use 5 per cent DDT residual oil spray
which. when dry. will kill insects that
walk or rest on surfacse that have been
sprayed.
@. Are the Baptists. Roman Catholics
and the other religious organizations ex-
empt from taxes on real property?
j. E. H.
A. The exemption of church property
from taxation is entirely State mat
ter. There is no Federal law. In all
States, however, religious, benevolent,
educational and philanthropic organi-
cations whose incomes are solely for the
purposes named in their incorporation,
are exempted from taxation. A COM
mercially used and rented property
owned by a church may be taxable.
@. What are some Of the courses for
which deaf students may be trained?
-E. e.
A. Teaching Of the deaf. engineering,
printing. art. chemistry and metallurgy
are some. Girls do well in library work
and dietetics.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Civil Rights at Chicago

The administration says that 1t has
done so much for the colored race, yet
why were there so few colored delegates
in the audience at the Democratic con-
vention and none participating behind
the scenes?
At the Republican convention there
were colored pastors. choir groups and
soldiers on the program and doing their
part. They were very prominent in the
delegations.
Minnie M. Updike.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Conversation Fodder

"'T'aint the heat, hits the humidity, !"
an apologetic White House official tact
fully assured sweating Arizona sight
seer at the mansion yesterday. The
visitor was overheard to agree, saying:
1T must be. Often it's over q 100 at
home. but nothing like this!"
And yet not word about the hu-
midity appeared in the page-one weather
story Of The Star, July 20! Surely a
comprehensive account should include
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wHA7 AS1u1 The

humidity percentages, for If the moisture
content were a decent SO per cent
or under. Washington's Temperatures
wouldn't make the front page, nor would
people die Of prostrations. In Arizona.
where 100 in the shade is "cool" in sum-
mer .one never hears of a prostration:
and one doesn't lather up like q race
horse there. either!
An hourly run down of Washington
weather should look like this:
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Another Drought
Casey M. Jones.

I quote from the Virginia Sentinel,
August IA, 1860:
"The correspondent of the New York
Herald says that in Kentucky and Ten
nessee the fields are all blighted and the
crops withered by the drought; that on
the route from Louisville to Nashville
the fields present one continual aspect
of blight and devastation. For many
weeks there has not been drop of rain,
and the thermometer in the shade at 1O6
for days together. The tobacco crop is
also suffering greatly, the plants being
not more than one-third the height they
should be at this season.
P.J.S.
Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Letters to The Star

ing large numbers Of State employees
and headed by their Governors.
! shall oppose incorporation for econo-
my's sake. and I hope every thinking
taxpayer will do so. II every voter will
take time to read the various questions
before election day and arrive at the
polls familiar with them, this new
scheme for political control will be
soundly defeated.
Charles w. Carter.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer "A
Ensn,n1s sny question tn 81 fact by either writing The
NV. Washington 8. d. c. and inciosing 8 cents
return postage. or by teephoninR ST, 1888
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Pen-ndn1es may be used II letters carry
t0rtters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
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Project

Warrenton, Va.
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ary, and it is simply dishonest to say that
T.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
20 kann Employees GET
Awards for Safe Drivinq

S. Kann Sons Co., in co-opera-
ton with the Liberty Mutual In
Surance Co.. has presented gold
pins. certificates and special
awards to 20 of the department
stores employees for safe driv-
ing
B. B. Burgunder, jr., vice presi-
dent of the store. made the
awards in the Kann's Service
Building. The winners and their
numbers of years of driving ex-
perience with the store are:
Spransey Tuckson, Is; James
Cosby, IL; Harrison Dozier, ST.,
10; Harrison Dozier. jr., 8; Spoon
er Underwood, 8; Frank Burrows,
S; jain Grigsby, S; Alonzo Riv-
ers, S; Samuel Siegel, S; John
Holland, 4.
Also Charles Monroe, 4; George
Brown, 3; William Carson, 3;
James L. Crosby, 3: Charles Her
bert, 8; James Nicholson, 8;
Jerome Hopkins, 2; Joseph Ware,
2; j. F. Bailor, /, and Wilbur
Brooks, l.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
Ally Visits Rita Hayworth
And Daughter for 5 Hours
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 15.-Prince
Ally Khan hurried to five-hour
visit with his estranged wife. Rita
Hayworth, soon after he arrived
here last night, but when the
meeting broke up early today their
reconciliation question remained
unanswered.
Appearing glum as he left the
red-haired actress Beverly Hills
home at 2:38 am. (PDT,. the
Prince said only, II talked with
Rita and saw our daughter, who
is beautiful"
He said another visit is planned
later today, but mo comment"
was his only reply when asked if
a reconciliation was possible.
Ally found the daughter Yasmin
suffering from a possible mild
case of whooping cough, but was
allowed to see her.
Evening star., 1952-08-15
New Rule Requires Chains
Or Snow Treads in Winter

Motorists who create winter
traffic jams through failure to be
equipped properly for snow and
ice driving will be liable to arrest
under terms of an amendment to
traffic regulations adopted yester-
day by the District Commissioners.
The amendment provides that,
"if a vehicle in any manner be-
comes stalled and impedes traf-
fic when such stalling is due to
the failure of such person to equip
the vehicle with effective skid
chains or effective snow tread
tires" the driver is liable to ar
rest.
Last winter, the Commission
ers approved a regulation that
prohibited autos without chains
or snow tires from using certain
heavily Travelled streets during a
At that time, the
Metropolitan Police Department
said it would be impossible to
check each vehicle entering the
streets. Police also declared that
the detouring of unequipped vehi-
cles would create a traffic jam In
itself.