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Evening star., 1952-07-17
Bill Hossett Retires

The designation of gentleman and scholar. an
accolade to be worn most proudly. is suitably
conferred upon Bill Hassett.
The retiring presidential secretary was q
newspaperman when he entered the public
service in the early New Deal days OF Franklin
Roosevelt. Through II years at the White House
he has dealt with the press, the people and the
politicos- according to each of them collectively
and individually the precise degree Of respect
to which he felt they were entitled. Vermont
Yankee by birth and by every instinct, Bill
Hassett has lived by uncompromising standards
of loyalty and integrity-standards which caused
him many times to question the strangely seinsh
behavior of many who Jared so well in presi-
dental favor.
Those who have known Bill Hassett best,
however, will remember him less for his critical
discernment of human nature than for his
charm and humor good companion. The
scholarly qualities which he translated into
letters for presidential signature and the gentle
manly dignity with which he treated his official
associates are blended with the fullest flavor
into Bill Hassett as q companion. His retirement
to his native Vermont leaves vacant chair in
Washington and he takes with him the best
wishes of many friends.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
By Charles E. TroceweH

too eager for corn, and he does eat
a lot. but no more than would be lost,
anyway, through other natural forces.
Here again there is exaggeration. The
farmer is man after crops, and we
in the cities and their suburbs would be
the last to say word against that.
since our very lives depend upon it.
The farmers outlook is pretty much
conditioned by growing and living things
that contribute to his living.
Often he is too busy to get a chance
to note that crows, after all, do not do
him much damage.
He sees a hawk take a chicken. so
swearS eternal vengeance against all
hawks. The truth Is that there are only
four hawks that are real enemies of
man, but the farmer kills them all in
discriminatory.
II our bird life had been left entirely
to the mercy Of the farmers Of America.
there wouldn't have been a songbird
left. and maybe you couldn't blame them.
and maybe you can. In Colonial days.
the cardinal was used as bullseye.
Even today far too many men and boys
are careless with our heritage of natural
life. Others are mercilessly destructive.
If we want to keep what is left of
our redbirds. jays. mockingbirds. wood
thrushes, doves. robins and others. we
must try to keep sane outlook on
our natural heritage. and induce coun-
try people In particular to get more
of the outlook Of city and suburban
residents. who find these birds some
thing to respect. admire and cherish.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Good Men AvuiIubIe

Referring to the four letters in The
Star of July 8 signed "DisguSted Ameri-
can. j. d. K. Joe M. Baker jr., and J. M.
Smith," wish to remind these people
that it was just such an uncompromising
and egotistical attitude toward voting
that caused Hitler in Germany and
Mussolini in Italy to rise to power and
make slaves of the people.
American citizens who could not find
an acceptable candidate to vote for in
1948. either Democrat or Republican,
among the very representative array of
good candidates and cannot find in 1852
a candidate among either the Democrats
or Republicans surely have little faith in
our great country and its men.
Around 60 per cent of the eligible
voters in 1948 did not vote for President.
The 19 million registered voters who did
not go to the polls in 1948 no doubt COM
prised large percentage of these "I-
won't-vote-at-all' people and were
largely responsible for the return of
the New Deal-Fair Deal to power.
AS in 1948. we now have selection of
fine Americans with minimum of
faults and assets as good as the
country can produce. If we cannot get
rid of this regime Of the past two dec
AIDES it is not the fault of the candi-
dates, it is the fault of the people. If
the people feel and act now as they did
in 1948, the Republicans can put up the
right-hand angel of heaven for their
candidate and he will lose to the New
Deal-Fair Deal.
People who are informed regarding
good and bad governments of the world
know how true is Woodrow Wilson's
Evening star., 1952-07-17
This and That

feel little different from what you do.
I love to hunt such birds as crows.
SparrowS, pigeons, blackbirds, etc, hav-
ing some Ohio farm experience in my
background.
"The crows. especially. are very de-
structive. and take lot of corn. Sports
men say also they destroy tremendous
number of songbirds' eggs. do enjoy
no end the sport of hunting them.
Best wishes to you.
Every truly. B. r. D."
Our mush-famished correspondents
ideas on birds are those of most farm
people.
Farmers. who intimately know life and
death. have no citified feelings about
the birds. They feel that they eat too
much corn. ETC.. and they usually fail
to see any Of the esthetic aspects of
bird life. They are too busy, they feel, to
moon over the birds.
City and suburban residents, free from
the problem Of crops. can greet the birds
as living things, citizens of America, and
resident here long before anybody else,
except the Indians.
We do not feel that our correspondent
Is as ferociouS against crows as he would
like us to believe.
The crow is a capable. beautiful and
interesting creature, and no doubt its
take" OF songbird eggs has been grossly
exaggerated. as such things usually are.
One sees crow with an egg, and i'm
mediately eggs are attributed to all
crows.
The truth Is that the crow Is much,
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Emphasis on Bridges

The emphasis on bridge construction in the
Highway Departments estimates for the next
fiscal year reflects the growing public demand
for more adequate rver-crossing facilities in this
area. The congestion on present bridges over
the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers is such as to
merit priority ratings for such projects.
While work on the new East Capitol street
bridge goes forward, planning for additional
structures must be carried on, too There is justi-
fication, therefore for the departments request
for funds with which to study and plan major
new bridge over the Potomac River and smaller
bridge over the Washington channel Both OF
these spans will aid the flow OF trafnc to and
from Virginia.
Traffic counts have established the urgency
of building new bridges across the river. With
the Fourteenth street bridges carrying more
traffic each day than any other bridge in the
Evening star., 1952-07-17
"leth STREET NE.


Dear Sir:
IT certainly have enjoyed many of
your recent columns in the best news
paper in Washington. As others have
said. these columns provide much
needed relief from the often distressing
news of the day.
"Your plea for tranquility at break
fast is certainly needed, yet alas. those
who need it most are least apt to pay
any attention to it. AS to the menu. I
think the best breakfast in the world
is orange juice. poached egg on whole
wheat toast. and hot chocolate. That's
mine. practically every week the year
around.
But how q couple of your articles
made me hungry again for mushi
81 like to have it hot at night. during
cold weather, then fried the next morn
ing. But my wife won't fix 1t, and
can't. or don't have the time. so guess
mush will just fade into another Of
those pleasant memories Of things gone
by, never to return.
This also may be unseasonal. but
your column ought to be the place to
campaign for people to use good sense
in wearing overshoes and galoshes. in
rain and snow.
'sTrue, it's seldom that We ever have
deep snow here, but when we do. the
sight of people in low shoes. wading
through snow. with wet ankles, etc
ugh! I believe in dressing for the oc-
casion.
But a. to your birds. Tn afraid I
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Blue Hour
By Gould Lincoln

1t is the first hour beyond sundotcn on
the quiet street
While under the stiH cGtalpa leGpes
the last light dies.
And the gentiGn-blue dusk that sNtuses
the silent lai0ns
is lit Nth the first faint sparkle of
frefies.
In this hour the old brownstone house,
purple In Twilight. &
Seem almost to sigh tDith their heGry
burden OF time:
There are no figures on the street; the
clematis zine stirs;:
Somewhere q dog barks and a clock
sounds the hall hour chime.
Tremendous silence of summer epenin0:
the dark nsGnsdrd roofs
And tretted scrollioork are hushed
NTH the secrets of years:
The memory strains. as II the night
Dould hGDe GnstDer.
and the iron stag In blue stiffness for
eUeT ,D0tchtully peers.
Frederick Ebisht
Evening star., 1952-07-17

country the need for q relief structure no longer
is a matter for debate. There is q division Of
opinion, however, as to the best location for an
other bridge. The Highway Departments sug-
gestion for an street site has encountered
strong opposition from the Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Association, which watches over
Roosevelt Island under an old agreement. An e
street bridge would cut across one end of the
island. The dispute is under consideration by
the National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
The site for the major bridge undoubtedly
will be determined definitely in the near future,
so that planning can be started. Unless money
for the planning is included in the next budget,
the preliminary work will have to be delayed
for another year. That would be an unhappy
prospect for those who must contend with
growing rush-hour congestion on the Potomac's
overloaded bridges
Evening star., 1952-07-17
The Next Bio Step

In voting to appropriate $4,000 for the
planning of a new Industrial Home School at the
Children's Center, near Laurel, Maryland, Con-
gress took long step toward elimination OF the
shameful conditions under which the institution
for years has operated. The next important step
is to secure the money with which to start
construction of a new building. The District
Welfare Department rightly regards this project
as urgent 1t has asked for 81, 1884, 900 with which
to launch the building program during the next
fiscal year. Here is an item that should be pro-
tected from the economy ak during the
necessary budget-trimming operations OF the
Commissioners.
There have been too many years OF indecision
and delay in this matter already. Meanwhile,
young wards of the District have been forced
to live in an outmoded, overcrowded fretrap on
Loughboro road that should have been torn
down long ago. The old building not only Is
unsafe but hazardous from the health stand
point as we'll. Congress finally gave general
approval to the proposal for new facilities when
it authorized construction of the Children's
Center in Maryland But year after year the
necessary funds for building the colored children's
home have been withheld. A recent survey OF the
Loughboro road institution by The Star revealed
a shocking situation that helped to impress
The problem will remain-and grow greater
until the plans now being drawn have taken
shape and substance at the Laurel site. Any
further delay in providing these new facilities
would be inexcusable.
Evening star., 1952-07-17

writer was executive secretary of the
Correlating Committee for Federal-State
agencies, which carried out the Coop
Grafton on gigantic and effective scale.
Before iva. Army engineers had had
charge OF flood control on the Tennessee
for los years and the floods had grown
steadily worse, as the forests were cut.
Channel works alone cannot control
floods. 1t requires cooperation of many
agencies on the slopes and headwaters
where water first starts down. IVA and
the valley States did just that Refores-
tation of the mountains was promoted.
Cultivated crops (corn. cotton, tobacco)
were moved down from the hillsides to
more level lands and the eroding slopes
were held by forage and grain crops
which cover the entire surface through
out the year. Better yields followed,
erosion was checked, more live
stock were raised. incomes rose,
and better living conditions resulted.
Industries were encouraged to To-
cate in the smaller towns and cities.
thus giving employment to surplus farm
labor. Abundant electric power encour-
aged such industry and also enabled
rural homes to have both light and
power. Prosperity increased steadily.
Onicials and citizens (including Gov
ArnalD from outside the valley came
and saw. and then went home to organ
ize their forces and demand that WILL
kie's Commonwealth and Southern give
them lower rates and extend service
to rural areas. This was done, and re-
sulting profits have been larger than
ever.
AS for DR.. Carver. I was a school,
mate Of his for four years at Iowa State
College, and a lifelong friend there
after. know and greatly respect what
he has done for his people and for the
South. But even if his work had been
the basis for the present peanut indus
try in the South. which it was not. that
would represent but a small part Of
the economic gains made. DR.. Carver
would be the last to claim otherwise.
President Truman spoke the truth in
Arkansas. remembering that the people
of the South themselves have labored
long and faithfully to bring about this
great cooperative improvement.
Carleton r.. Ball.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Investing in YugosIovio

Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia despite his past
record and his present brand of communism, is
one of Moscow's most hated enemies Moreover,
whatever may be said against him, he has pulled
his country out from behind the Iron Curtain
and made clear that he and the armies he COM
mands will fight tenaciously to stop and throw
back any attack launched by the neighboring
Soviet satellites. In that sense. certainly, even
though his definition of liberty leaves a great
deal to be desired there is good reason to regard
him as an ally of the free world-and one who
merits the kind of aid that the United States has
now promised to give him. To say that Tito Is
an ally, OF course is not to say that he Is a
friend in the traditional sense He is an ally
because his own instinct of self-preservation
compelS him to be such. Even on this basis, how
ever, the planned assistance, ii not good in
vestment is at least justified calculated risk.
This aid, which is to be on a considerably
larger scale than the military supplies he
received from us in fiscal 1851 and 1852 is to take
the form of tanks, heavy artillery and jet air.
craft. plus vehicles, signal equipment and light
arms. The decision to extend it has been based
on the findings of team of American generals
who have carried out thorough on-the-scene
investigation of Yugoslavias armed forces. The
findings, as set forth by the generals, are that
those forceS-oficers and enlisted men-are
decidedly impressive in terms OF training, fitness,
morale and ability to handle modern weapons,
and that therefore the United States is justified
in helping to promote a further build-up of their
strength.
There can be little doubt that the projected
American aid will go far toward offsetting the
very real threat inherent in the fact that the
Kremlin has been heavily rearming satellite
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. In other
words, by means of our military investment in
Yugloslavia, the Balkan balance of power can
be righted in way that will serve as an addi-
tonal deterrent to aggression in that strategcally
vital part of the world. And any such deterrent,
of course, will help to improve the overall
Western position vis-a-vis the Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Trial Reform Needed

It is evident from the report of the special
trial board in the case of Police Lieutenant Wolf
that there is need for an overhauling of the
present policetrial system. The board, in 'reluc-
family" ruling against disciplinary action,
indicated its belief that better case could have
been prepared against the officer But there was
uncertainty as to where the responsibility for
preparing such case really lay-was it primarily
the job of the police the prosecutor or the board
itself? Under the circumstances, the boards
recommendations for trial reforms of great
Importance to the future welfare and good order
OF the Police Department.
The board made it plain that 1t felt some
body fell down in investigating the case and
compiling detailed evidence of Lieutenant VOLTS
varied automobile deals. Yet, as the board
pointed out in it's statement, there is conflict
between the police manual and the oath required
of board members as to who should do the
investigating The manual asserts that the
board shall investigate all cases clearly and
justly and may ask any questions as may suggest
themselves, looking to that end" The oath of
office, however, pledges each member to render
judgment and finding upon such evidence as may
be submitted to me-" The board in the Wolf
case decided to leave the investigating to others
and to follow strictly the injunction of the OATH
There developed conflict too, between the cor
poration counsel and the board as to each others
responsibilities, the board finding to it's surprise
that the corporation counsel considered that his
role was more in the nature of legal adviser to
the board than actual prosecutor.
Against this background the board was
Justified in recommending Cd that responsibility
for investigating and securing evidence in police
trial cases be definitely vested in one agency
Certainly not the trial board) (2) that the
corporation counsel be designated as prosecutor
to submit all evidence to the board, and 60 that
the police manual be revised to eliminate conflict
and confusion over responsibilities of the trial
board.
AS for the boards decision that insufficient
evidence was presented to warrant punishment
of Lieutenant Wolf, the officer can find little
comfort in the boards collateral comment. 1t
is unfortunate that despite the long hearing
Lieutenant Wolf remains under a cloud as a
result of the boards considered belief that if all
the evidence relating to these (automobile)
transactions had been obtained and submitted
to the board" different verdict might have been
reached. The cloud is darkened by the additional
comment that Gin our opinion, there is ample
reason to believe that the conduct of the accused
officer such that it could bring discredit upon
the Metropolitan Police Department" Police
Chief Murray wisely has shifted Lieutenant Wolf
from the Automobile Squad-an administrative
action that cannot be regarded as disciplinary.
To have gone beyond that would have been
contrary to the ruling Of the trial board.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Actual Vote AP Poll
Uncommitted :

The poll turned out to be remarkably
accurate indication of voting intent. 1t was
never designed nor publicized as a forecast or
prediction. It was based entirely on what the
delegates themselves were committed to do or
what the delegates were willing to tell the
Associated Press they intended to do on the trst
ballot. Those who declined to make this tnforma-
tion available to the Associated Press were listed,
for the purpose of the poll, as uncommitted.
Naturally, there were conflicts between the
Associated Press poll and the preconventlon
claims of the rival candidates Some OF the
delegates undoubtedly told candidates OF inten-
tions they were unwilling to make known to the
Associated Press. Because of this fact, there
were some charges of bias against the Associated
Press-based on the fact that the poll would not
list as committed some delegates who may have
privately committed themselves to the candi-
dates The band-wagon psychology before
convention time is an influence in how delegates
will VOTE and claims by candidates were in some
cases dampened by the Associated Press poll.
BY and large, however, the usefulness Of the
Associated Press poll and its validity as part
of straight reporting have been established and
it should be continued in subsequent campaigns.
The poll of Democratic delegates is more comph-
Gated by the wide-open race between many
candidates, the unit rule and other extraordinary
situations this year. But the Associated Press
poll furnishes one estimate, uninhuenced by any
preference as between candidates, which readers
are able to compare with the claims OF the
candidates themselves.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
The AP Poll of Delegates

At the outset of the preconvention campaigns
this year the Associated Press undertook to make
its own periodic poll of committed and uncom-
mitted delegates. 1t was revised with each
addition of elected delegates, or with other
changes in their lineup. The final Associated
Press poll was compiled shortly before the first
ballot at the Republican convention. 1t COM
pared as follows with the actual votes cast.
before the switch of Minnesota and other States:
Evening star., 1952-07-17

WulAAe A1sef UeGtAnB NOmlnatlOn.
bined in the nominee will stand him in
good stead In the months ahead when
the advice mill of his hackers starts
grinding.
It just so happens that q New Deal
minded gang Of disappointed politicians,
induStrialiSts, and run-of-the-mill OPP
portunists saw in Eisenhower q man
upon whom they felt their theology
might make some impression. 1t may
well be that they are mistaken in their
man. OF one thing they were certain
and that was that Senator Taft. with
his long experience in the field of poll
tics and elective Office, would shun their
philosophy and advice, and with his
close-range view of the actors in this
little drama. they knew in advance that
they had no chance whatever in being
permitted to dictate or chart the plans
yet to be made. They were advised of
this factor long before Eisenhower's
name had ever reached even the talking
stage.
Wendell Willkie, patron saint Of this
Republican gravy train which sought in
1910 to latch on to RooSevelt's main
line Of Hokum, Hooey & Hate, was a
victim of the same forces and wound
up like a rag doll in the political arms
of the New Deal and a toy for the
Sainted Franklin D. Roosevelt. Left
alone. Willkie might have made sense
as well as a good candidate, but he lis
tened to the New Deal element that
crept in. took over and took the worst
licking in political history.
TJ1@~ =
upon the voting constituency of the Re-
publican Party much in the same man
ner that Eisenhower today becomes an
American choice between continuance of
the New Deal or change in admini-
stration. The latter being the lesser evil,
it should be the prayer of every real
American that this change Is brought
about.
1t was sorry affair. The iron Of the
New Deal has found its way into the
bloodstream of the Republican Party.
Marc G. Phillips.
A policy OF mo compromise" with
the Neanderthal and unscrupulous ele-
ments of the Republican Party won the
presidential nomination for Mr.. Eisen-
hover.
It is devoutly to be hoped he realizes
that only by strict adherence to this
same attitude toward the discredited
factions of the once G. o. p. can he win
the election in November.
He must keep himself aloof, both
physically and ideologically, from the
McCormicks Jenners, McCarthys, Mac
Arthurs. Brickers, Dirksens and all their
curious ilk.
He must keep firmly in mind that
despite the conference slurs against Mr..
Dewey Of the unctuous Dirksen-the
facts are that Mr.. Dewey ran some 400
600 votes ahead OF Senator Brooks and
Gov. Green Of Illinois, home of the
Mccormick -Dirksen radical fringe which
gave all-Out support to the Brooks
Green Old Guard ticket in 1913.
Which raises the interesting and per-
tinent question:
Who led whom down the road to
defeat in '48?
Potential Republican.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
The Men Around Ike

Marked arrogant behavior. contempt
for rules, order and procedure as laid
down by their own organization, and
with an utter disregard for truth. the
Dewey-Lodge-Fine combination finally
managed to take over and bring about
victory for the candidate Of their choice
Gen. Eisenhower. Their actions in the
convention. despicable as they were. do
not as Of this date cast any reflection
upon Eisenhower. either as q man or
as candidate. It is to be hoped that
the flne mentality and character COM