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Evening star., 1952-03-01
The Red Cross in 1852

Back of the 1852 campaign of the American
Red Cross there stands stark reality of human
experience which every obServant individual
must recognize Job expressed 1t in the familiar
words: Man is born unto trouble as the sparks
fly upward" It is historic fact that millions
of people today are suffering the consequences
of war, revolution, economic dislocation, famine,
disease and long list of the disturbances Of
nature, including floods, droughtS, fires, earth
quakes, tornadoeS and other storms. While it Is
true that there is nothing new about these
Affections, it happens that humanity is more gen.
orally involved in them than was the case when
the world was much less a single community.
In 1852 trouble in any quarter of the globe
is trouble in every quarter. The $85 million
Red Cross appeal Is designed to raise money
necessary to meet demands abroad and at home
alike It has been proved again and again that
funds intrrsted to this great agency of mercy
and relief are effectively employed. The Red
Cross in sober truth, as President Truman has
declared, exemplifes ''ow great tradition of
neighbor helping neighbor." It's efficiency is
proverbial. The pattern of operation followed
by the Red Gross has been developed through
three generations of practical economy. So every
contribution is protected against waste. Red
Cross dollar is whole dollar In the sense that
it does full dollars worth of work Of social value
This year the help to the armed forces
fighting the battle Of freedom on the Korean
front naturally has priority on the Red Cross
program. Money is needed to support that
activity. Donations Of blood also are wanted to
save lives Of wounded service personnel. Some
can give both, some will be able to offer only
cash contributions. Both are required and both
wili be welcome. The 1861 Red Gross campaign
should have the active aid of every American,
and the showing made here In the Nations
Capital, we may hope, may set q standard for
the country at large !, ii
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Dishonest Is the Word

The real issue at stake in the loyalty-security
clearance OF Oliver Edmund Clubb is whether
the State Department has dealt honestly with
the public. Apparently it has not,
1t was announced by the department on
February II that Mr.. Club had been fully
cleared, and that he had resigned. The an
houncement was interpreted as meaning and
was widely reported as saying, that Mr.. Clubb
mad been cleared by the departments loyalty
security board.
On February n Senator Ferguson suggested
and Senator Mccarthy stated that this was not
the fact-that Mr.. Clubb actually had not been
cleared by the board and that the board was
reversed by Secretary Acheson or some one
acting for him.
When questioned after the statements by
the senators, the State Department press officer
oftered weasel-worded explanation The de-
partment he said had not stated originally
that its loyalty y-security board had cleared Mr.
;Clubb. What it had said was that the Clubb
case "was processed through the loyalty and Sc
curity channels in the department." resulting
In his full clearance This spokesman added that
the Secretary had authority to appoint some one
to review the boards findings, and to accept
or reject them. But he would not say whether
that had been done in the Club case
When Secretary Acheson was asked about
the matter, he refused to comment. IT won't
talk about the case," he said
This is serious matter, for it involves what
appears to have been a calculated and tenn
porarily successful attempt to deceive the public
II the loyalty security board was not reversed,
the department. has an obligation. to say so. If
1t was reversed, the February II announcement
was tainted with dishonesty. 1t was phrased to
give the impression that Mr.. Club had been
cleared by the board. That was the way it was
interpreted and that was the way it was re-
ported to the public The department knew this,
yet it remained silent until the senatorial dis
closures. Then its press spokesman offered the
shallow and disingenuous explanation that the
department had not said Mr. Club had been
cleared by the board. ~.r,5 =
It is safe to predict that Mr.. Acheson, as
the head of the State Department, will live to
regret this incident and his own high-handed
refusal to reveal the true facts. For it will do
more than merely supply his enemies with fresh
ammunition. 1t will also shake the confidence
of those who have tried to defend Mr.. Acheson
and his department against what they believed
to be unfounded accusations.
In this instance, there is simply no basis on
which the department can be defended 1t has
not dealt honestly and candidly with the public,
and it will find especially in a matter Of this
kind, that there is no substitute for honest
dealing.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
The Tide of March

The tide OF March rolls In upon the year,
A surgtng fotD that dimIy hints OF
spring,
In boisterous. prGnkish mood, NTH lustv
It nsingles guarded iDaymth and uintry
sting.
1t sends its briskIy charging minds abroad
In gusts that. eUeD in their piercing
chill,
Acknowledge spring. and ftfully applaud
The tintjd green that spreads from
plain to hill.
The tide Of March bellies It's chilling
blast;
It's brisk pretense Of neuer-ceGstng cold
Is but gesture brushing gtnter past,
Alerting spring to form Its gentle
mold.
The month ot March g bold and braus
and gay,
The spring's proud herald come 70 lead
the ip0v.
FIopnes Pedise Jonsson j
Evening star., 1952-03-01

Her FeilF9ads, seEae Of the mast heaVr
Nv tEaVeiea W fhe WeFld, need ReW egNln-
ment-hNt they run t0 eapRpltV ON
schedules 40 accurate y0H can usually
set 2 watch by them,
Almost everywhere you travel there, is
the same hustle Of activity,
All that is needed for an armaments
industry are the contracts and q little
time for Fetooling,
And the contracts are beginning to
come. SO far they are mostly from the
United States and possibly even Britain,
But II Russia has her way, some. will
come from that direction too.
So far the war contracts have been
modest. The newspaper Yomiuri recently
revealed that 80 workshops have pro-
duced about 800 million small anti-per-
Sonnel bombs for the United States. It
said two companies were making sub
assembly parts for machine guns. An
other company was about to close a
contact in late January for 10000 tank
engine spark plugs.
But bigger things are In the wind,
Yomiuri reported. Two firms have re-
portedly received American inquiries If
they could assemble or even manufac-
ture 20 to 40 ton tanks. Three firms
have reported inquiries on taking con-
Evening star., 1952-03-01

thing broader and deeper than military 90.
operation alone"
Tie impact Of the present defense Effort
IA b0und to be disiotatinE 10 trade Afri0iia the
countries involved 10 afi even SHARPER desfee
II threatens 10 fesiit In serious ifiaHt0Wer si6fts
ages, 0f ut least Uneven distribution IN siieh
heids AZ mining building trades, engineering
tiietAi trades afid the basie steel INDUSTRY, AL
ttilttedEy tie resolution u these problems WllI
hot be simple In the light Of exIStIfa tfade Bfael
tleeS, laws governing immigration Of iab0f and
0thef national considerations
Fhat the fuil council Il Willing 70 ABBY ltS
consideration and ia Influence 10 the DF6bleFAS
II IN Itself demonstration Of FesB0RSlble e9n1
eefh ahd RH0Fds sF0HAdS for encouragement
and G0fMendatleR
Evening star., 1952-03-01
.AP WEaRAatel

tracts feF ieePs, artillery, aRa aRtlr
aircraft gNnsr
ReeentlV several former JapaHese
WarplRne manufacturing G0mpRnies bid
agalnst each ether tor 4 stiA Hnde-
eided contract To do fundamental re-
pairing for Douglas aircraft In japan,
Another flTm Is dickering for helic0pter
manufacturing rights,
japanese shipyards, which once turned
out some of the finest warships Of
modern times, are suggesting that they
start working UP their naval skills again
with the construction Of new coast
guard-type ships Japan needs soon,
On the Russian side, Soviet Trade
Envoy A. I. Dominitsky suggested in
January that Japan and the Soviets
sign trade pact. He offered the Jap
anese vitality needed cheap coal and pulp
paper for two things Russia vitality
needs-rolling stock and ships "And
not little ships" Dominitsky added.
AS an arsenal, there is little that
Japan cannot produce. She has some
weaknesses electronics. certain
branches Of chemistry and of course
atomic power. But for most weapons Of
war. Japan is more than adequately pre-
pared. And she Is quick to learn new
things.
ASSOCIATED Press)
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Japan Is Back in the Arms Business
By JOhn RandOlph

I7N0KYO.4-JApati, once the imperial
A arsenal 0f the Orient, ID MAKING
arms again b0 fAf, ste IA only Aii 0titl
post arsenal f6f democracy
But already the arms hungry EAst
atid west are bidditie AhAifiBt eActi 0thef
f6r the Aefviees III dAbAii'b feb0fii ii1H
dtstttlthe iii6et. b9Werftii Ihdastfy III
AAl4 ana one VI the greatest M the
W0ffdI
AltheHRh daHaFlS hHaneeS ore shalV,
ffeF io9d 6Hppig uncertain hef 0VefI
p0ptiiatlDh HlBfe erltleai thAFi ever and
hef W0Fklllefl'S WageS pitlfHliV .i0Wr slle
sblll u we grlp 0l Z avhafHle lhdHsI
Hlai aeVel0pnellt
Fhat development Feeketed Bapan
fE6m 4 feHdM RRtlen IN 1920 t0 enc
81 the W0plaiE RPeRt poWeFs befGFe hen
eFHshlnR defeaf In 1896
Az that time Japan vas aisaFmea A.
pr9nRnlE ne gfheE m0aeFB. nRtl0R has
been alsaEIned The Alllad occupation
even eeHllseRtea and broke w heF
anelent HaMNFal swords, spaFlng only a
few Thousand eeFtiflea ~ national art
treasures,
Vet with her factories bombed nat,
her merchant navy gone and her outlet
markets either cut of or hostile, Japan
pulled together again, like Germany
after 1918, and started ON the road
back,
To-day she has re-entered the worlds
markets Some of them are new ones,
She is building big merchant ships
for Scandinavia, tankers for Panama,
exporting steel to several countries and
filling Hong Kong, East Africa and
parts Of India with textiles, In the
quality markets her cameras and bin
oculars are beginning to rival and some-
times even surpass the famed products
Of German optical companies.
Everywhere in Japan there is building
Some Of it is cheap. Much of it is
heavy steel construction for factories
and business space.
Japan is straining every muscle to
build new merchant navy and to tap
every hydroelectric resource in the
country to help free herself from short
age Of coal.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Fairfax County's Obligation

Approval by the Virginia House Of Delegates
Of $150,000 appropriation for extension Of the
George Washington Memorial Parkway viii serve
to alert Fairfax County that it should prepare
to carry out It's part Of the parkway bargain.
Senate approval of the fund is virtually certain,
as there is no controversy over 1t. Governor
Battle and the State Highway Commission
already have urged the General Assembly to
make the money available.
Fairfax previously had agreed to put up a
like amount, in instalments, as needed. The
Federal Government, under the Capper- -Cramton
Act will match the State and county contri-
buttons with 100000 appropriation. Fortu-
nately, there is no need for immediate appro-
priation by Fairfax County of its full share,
pending completion of surveys and other pre-
lminary steps by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. The commission is pre-
pairing for purchase of right of way for only
about mile of the parkway route in Fairfax
County this year. This means that the county
will be called on to allot about $S7 900 toward
the project at this time
Meanwhile the commission is completing
acquisition of the right Of way for the last link
of the road in Arlington County extending from
the Spout Run area to Chain Bridge. This unit
will be the next to be built. The parkway now
is open as far as Lorcom lane. Just above Chain
Bridge the road will enter Fairfax County, even
tually reaching to Great Falls. 1t is becoming
increasingly costly to extend the highway as
originally planned, not only because of generally
rising real estate values, but because of resi-
dental developments on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac River. Fairfax County will save money
in the long run by cooperating in the purchase
now of undeveloped right-of-way property, in
stead of waiting until improvements make the
cost higher.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
ASSOCIATED Press)

Is years old, because the commission
form OF government has been generally
discredited for at least that long. take
it as a hopeful sign that the Commis-
sioner now proposes to inspect, not COM
mission governed cities, but two council
manager and two strong mayor cities.
I'm naturally curious as to what has
suddenly changed the generals mind as
to the worth Of his plan. When he
first threw it at the people Of the Dis
trict, it was so wonderful and so urgent
that there wasn't even time to hold pub
lie hearing before sending it to the
Budget Bureau. It's manner Of presen-
tation was only sample Of what the
plan itself would have made possible:
Departments shifted at according
to the political advantages for two Of
the three Commissioners. You might just
as well eliminate the third Commissioner
maybe that was the idea anyway.
The proposed Citizens Advisory Coun-
Gil, in the face Of tactics like these.
would have been q hopeless and help
less creation But then, who was ever
interested in the people Of the District
anyway? I almost forgot; we've got
Commissioner Donohue to defend our
interests. ] note, though, that he was
the first to Jump on the Robinson band
wagon, even though he showed later in
his statements that he did not really
know what the plan involved. But he
continues to preserve the Illusion Of
serving public interest by advocating any
point Of view which he knows his audi
ence to be sympathetic with.
RY-VT
us taxpayers some money: but then edu-
cation is wonderful thing, and maybe
some Of it will sink in. Certainly the
Vaccinations Of the past few months
have already cost us plenty both In
terms Of time spent on preparing the
reorganization plan and in its effect on
the morale Of District employees. One
hope is that the present expenditure
may avert the financial chaos which
could result from adoption Of the pres
ent ill-conceived, imperfectly under
stood. and hopelessly inadequate plan.
My only regret Is that Commissioner
Donohue can't be exposed to some Of
this new information, but If the general
will start q new bandwagon then Com
missioner Donohue can Jump right
aboard Maybe-and this is my fondest
hope-the Commissioners will get them
selves some really competent advisors
on reorganization and pay attention to
the reams Of careful research which has
been done on the District government.
Jay Meyer.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Why Are We in Koreo?'

Congratulations on your excellent
editorial February Is entitled "Why Are
We in Korea?" It is a gentle rebuke
to Gen. Ridgway, who said that any
American who asks why we are in
Korea is discredited by his own
question.
You state that Gen. Ridgway does
not meet the issue squarely, however,
when he talks in general terms of the
necessity to stand firm against unpro-
voked aggression" OF course he does
not. Do you think that he desires to
be another Macarthur? The Presi-
dent has already complimented Gen.
Ridgway for stating what he did.
The letter by the former Korean
Minister to Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters in Japan. by Henry c. De-
Young, which appears alongside your
editorial. contains the answer to the.
question 'Why Are We in Korea?" It is
found in the third paragraph, in which
Senator Taft is quoted as follows:
There never would have been a war
in Korea If President Truman had not
withdrawn our troops from South
Korea, Without aTming the South Ko-
reans. and Secretary Acheson had not
left out Korea in listing the Pacific
areas We would defend, and practically
invited an attack The war in Korea
would have been won If President Tru-
man had followed the advice Of our
greatest soldier, Gen. Macarthur"
I hold no brief for Senator Taft, but
he said mouthful in that paragraph.
Instead Of setting your sights on Gen.
Ridgway, your real targets. sitting like
ducks, are in the White House, State
Department and Pentagon.
For Gen. Ridgway to say that 1t
in Korea. and to relate this Korean
farce to Valley Forge, makes my blood
boil. What manner of man is this
general to disregard the American way
Of freedom Of expression?
say, well may we ask, What are we
doing In Korea? How long are we
going to stay there? How many more
boys must die and be wounded while
not being allowed to pursue this war
as 1t should be done? Why are truths
being held back and so many lies and
evasive answers being told? Just how
politically rotten can this thing get?
Why are negotiations being drawn out
and made on Communists terms?
Valley Forge! Huh! Nothing has
ever been so rotten in all history as
this Korean mess, Our great and heed
lesSly Inundated Gen. Macarthur pre-
dicted just what is happening now.
Thank God for election time. .
Un~n> W Cw.s~~ow
Evening star., 1952-03-01

Since read your fine editorial, "The
BIB Gun Is Dangerous" I have felt I
must tell the story Of my own little
boys and BIB guns. like to think the
present campaign against BIS, carried
on by the D. c. Society for the Preven-
ton OF Blindness, was started not only
because ten children have been hit in
the eye since January, but also because
recently told representative of the
Society Of our problem.
Our home borders wooded tract in
the thickly settled urban part of Prince
Georges County. My boys play near the
woods, as do our neighbor's children.
Teen-age boys with BIB guns go into the
woods, presumably to shoot small game,
but they have more than once shot at
smaller children.
This will go on, am afraid, until our
county has some legislation to handle
such matters. This was brought home
to me recently. We were visiting q
neighbor in another area Of the county
whose eight-year-old son has BIB gun.
He fired the gun point blank at my boy
and hit the lapel Of his coat. scolded
but was told there was nothing I could
do, that the police can take away my
gun if hit any one, but they have to
give it back the next day If my father
goes after it."
My husband checked this and we
found out that my eight-year-old in
formant was correct. This seems to
leave much to be desired in the way Of
security for house owners in Prince
Georges County who are the parents Of
young children.
Mary E. Robson.
Editors, Note: While true that
Prince Georges police cannot legally
confiscate air rifles, 1t. Roland SWEET
zer, Hyattsville substation chief, says
an assault warrant could be sworn
out against a boy nisusing BIB gun
and that juvenile authorities then
might order the parents to take the
gun away or take the boy in hand)
Evening star., 1952-03-01
'Foith Of Our Fothers'

To those who heard Rabbi GerStenfeld
on his weekly radio program either Feb
ruary II or February "a, the value Of
continuing the Paul Green pageant.
"Faith Of Our Fathers" would be very
evident. DR.. Gerstenfeld said, Eve are
raising up generation who do not know
the values Of the devotion and the
strenuous effort which George WASH
ington put into the establishing Of our
Nation"
Why cannot the pageant go on and a
great endeavor be made to get our youth
as well as the older people to see it?
Anna L. Payne.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Commissioners Grand Tour

was somewhat taken aback to read
In your columns that Commissioner
Robinson and his assistant, Colonel.
Hayes, are departing on a grand tour"
to inspect the municipal governments
of Kansas City, Cincinnati, New York
and Jersey City. had begun to assume
in view Of these gentlemen's antics dur
ing the last few months that any at
tempt to broaden their knowledge Of
municipal government would be rather
futile. After all. only a short time
ago the general was solemnly assur-
ing us that they had. after careful
study, come up with a ''true commits
sion' form OF government which ex-
perts felt was the finest. presume that
the experts wrote textbooks on the sub
ject. but the texts must have been
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Army Too Hurd-B Boiled?

This is written especially to generals,
the hard-boiled type, who on occasion
have told parents Of sons in service that
many soldiers fight better under the
slogan Of wine, women and song The
military has long been known for its
loose morals, and since our boys viii now
be forced into militarism, steps should
be taken to improve this situation.
European countries were forced into
Evening star., 1952-03-01
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universal military training hundreds Of
years ago. Many Europeans fed to
America to enjoy freedom from this
military slavery. We are now not 200
years old and we find we must follow
the same path Of old, worn-out Euro
pean countries.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer 20
a1sGrl ans question a of iact BY either writing The
NW. Washington, D. c., and inclosipg 8 cents
return postage or by telephoninR ST. 1883
Evening star., 1952-03-01
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Evening Star Information Bureau, 1900 / street i
NV, washington D. c., and inclosing 8 Cents >
return postage or BY telephoning ST. 1858.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Q. Where is the Army getting its
supply of war dogs?-M. E. r.
A. German shepherd dogs meeting the
standard specifications set by the Quar-
termaster General are purchased from
commercial sources. No volunteer"
dogs are accepted.
@. How many books are there in the
Koran Of the Mohammeda edans?-R. r. =
A. In its present form, the Koran
includes LA chapters arranged gen.
orally In order of length, the longest
book first and the shortest at the. end.
@. How many blood groups are recog.
nized today?-E. u.
A. There are four main groups, A, B..
AB. and o, which is the universal
donor" In addition there are sub-groups
designated M and N.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
The BIB Gun Is Dangerous

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-01-18

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tory.
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Minneapolis Gen.
trail star, and
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