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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10

1t is not surprising that detailed study
by the United Nations of world industrial pro-
duction reveals record index figure Of 1873 for
1851 as compared to the base figure of 100 for
the year 1948 The unfortunate aspect Is that
too much of the motivation and too much of
the productive energy reflected have stemmed
from the division of the world into two great
hostile camps racing with each other again TO
create the machinery for war.
This being so, satisfaction may still be
taken in the wide margin of leadership held by
the free world in general, and by the United
States in particular, as compared to the known
or estimated production levels in the Soviet
Union and the countries under its domination.
For example, steel production in the United
States in 1851 was measured at more than 961
million metric tons as against Soviet produc-
ton of 81 8 million metric TONS In COAL still the
worlds principal source of energy, the COM
parable figures are 513.2 million metric tons In
the United States as against an estimated 204
million metric tons in the Soviet Union. Pig
iron and petroleum, comparably important TO
world industry in either peace or war, reflect
a similar statistical balance as between the
Communist and non Communist powers.
For historians and economists, the U. N.
study contains information of broader interest
than the comparative war-making capacities
of two segmentS of the globe. Since 1882, dark
est year of the worldwide depression, overall
industrial activity has increased by 200 per cent,
steel production by 313 per cent, oil production
by 229 per cent and production of electrical
energy by 288 per cent.
In trade, the United States and Britain
have exchanged positions as the two leading
trading nations of the globe. Measured in dol
lar values, the United States was in second place
in 1898 with II 8 per cent of exports and I'M
ports, but in first place in 1851 with 16.5 per
cent Britaln's share of this trading market was
1874 per cent in 1888 and had dropped to lit
per cent in 1851.
Already out of date by Is months, the U. N
statistics do not serve as completely reliable
measurement of the world economic picture.
In world at peace, the basic trends have
significance of obvious economic value. In a
world divided, they may at least convey note
of warning that aggression against the nom
Communist nations must reckon with an indus
trial capacity that could mean the difference
between defeat and victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Wronq Kind of Treatment

The Miller Act for disqualification of sex
psychopaths will fail of its purpose If conditions
described In a case which the United States
Court of Appeals wants Investigated should
prevail at st. Elizabeths Hospital. Appellate
Judges Barrett Prettyman, Wilbur K. Miller
and Charles Fahy have made it clear that the
Miller Act is not a penal statute and that
persons committed to st. ElizabethS are pa
tients" who deserve considerate care and
treatment apart from the criminally insane.
If these patients" $50 designated in the law
are to be subjected to such indignities as were
alleged before the court, Washington'S forward
looking sex-psychopath law soon will fall into
disrepute.
The model Miller law, passed In 1948, au-
thorzes the commitment of sex psychopaths
for hospital treatment until such time as 1t Is
safe to release them on the community. upon
release they may be tried on any criminal
charges that have been held in allegiance. But
the law specifically defines such psychopatnlc
patients as mot insane" In the case before the
court man accused of sex offenSes against
minor girl was sent to st. ElizabethS for the
treatment called for by the law. According TO
his petition, this man was placed IN Howard
Hall, a maximum security building for the
criminal insane The appellate court said:
Petitioner testified without contradiction that
he had been assaulted by mentally deranged
persons in Shackles. He described nolSome,
unnatural and violent acts by inmates in this
hall" The court continued: I'VE think this
confinement as described by the petitioner
violates both the terms and the spirit OF the
statute"
The appeals judges instructed the District
Court to make a finding as to the conditions
of the appellants confinement" and, II the
findings warrant, direct the authorities at st.
Flizabeths to transfer the patient ito proper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Good Men Are Hard to Find

President EisenhoWer's search for an out
standing citizen to head the leaderless Civil
Service Commission provides further evidence
of the difficulty in persuading competent per-
sons in private life to become public servants.
The difficulty is magniied whenever the job
to be done is as unglamorous and taxing as
that of chairman of the csc. Yet the i'm
portance of the job is such as to justify care
in picking the right person.
Former Chairman Robert Ramspeck re-
tired to private life as the new administration
came into power. Since his departure the
commission virtually has been in a state of
suspended animation. The two remaining mem
bers are UNDERSTANDABLE hesitant to perform
more than routine functions until chairman
of the administrations choosing is on hand.
Meanwhile career employe of the commission
Is filling in as acting chairman pending the
appointment of Mr.. Ramspecks successor.
It has been reported that the Craftsmanship
has been offered several nationally prominent
persons, including former Senator Danaher
of Connecticut, Governor Driscoll of New Jersey
and Lawrence Appley, president of the Ameri-
can Management Association. They declined
with thanks. They probably were aware Of the
fact that the CSC craftsmanship is likely to
prove hot seat for any one who occupies it
during this period of administrative transition.
Not only are there departmental reorganiza-
lions for it to consider, but the commission
itself may be reorganized in line with recon-
mendations of the Hoover Commission. For
tunately, President Eisenhower has available
to him the authoritative advice of Arthur s.
Flemming of the Office of Defense Mobilization,
who formerly was a valuable member of the
Civil Service Commission and is thoroughly
acquainted with civil service problems at the
Seat of Government. Some of these problems
are pressing and require prompt action. 1t is
not surprising, therefore, that the White House
Is devoting a lot of attention to the task
of filling the CSC vacancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Any One Find q Vibru-Hurp?

On Tuesday, March 8, we were in
our lovely Capital City on business.
Often our work takes us to Washing
ton or the surrounding areas and we
look forward with anticipation to our
visits there. Certainly we have the
greatest country on earth and we per-
sonally thank God for our great Ma
ton. However, it will be some time
before we can forget our visit of Tues
day.
We are ministers of the Gospel, at
the present time travelling and preach
ing in different churches We use
several musical instruments in our
meetings and have had them with us
for so long a time that they are part
Of us, it seems. AT 2:30 on Tuesday
afternoon, while parked in the 900
block of G street, some one broke into
our locked car and stole large case
which contained part of our vibra-
harp. We can visualize how disap-
pointed he was when he opened the
case and found it so useless to him.
1t is valueless to him but so necessary
to us and our work.
We are writing this in hopes that
some one may find the discarded case
and contents, and report to police.
Rev. and Mrs. E. v. Berquist.
YOUNGSTOWN Ohm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10

decks are covered, not open like the
upper decks of the buses formerly used
on Fifth Avenue in New York. In fact
the double-decker appears to be simply
one single-deck bus fixed on top of an
other
In view of the violent objections Of
many persons to the so-called king
seized buses in Washington, why should
not Capital Transit try out double-deck
smaller buses?
POnderer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Man With q PIun

Now that the budget must be bal
anced, all good men should come to
the aid of the party with advice and
taxes. And since new automobile tags
loom on the horizon, let me suggest
simple way to put the Nations accounts
in order.
Let the number one tag be sold for
one thousand dollars. All other num-
bers between one and ten should bring
five hundred dollars each; all between
ten and one hundred would easily bring
one hundred dollars. After that, the
prices should be graded down until
everything higher than three hundred
thousand goes for nothing. My num-
Der is $4,000.
OF course, privileges should go with
the lower numbers. Number one should
have a police motorcycle escort where
ever it goes. Those between one and
ten should be allowed to park by fire
plugs. provided, of course, that f1remen
should be allowed to take any required
measures to get them out of the way.
Cars showing tags between ten and one
hundred should be allowed to park in
areas reserved for other privileged peo-
pie and those having numbers between
one hundred and one thousand should
be allowed to park by mo Parking"
signs, even in the vicinity of pay-as-
you-enter parking lots.
VOLTA! A balanced budget and even,
perhaps, tax reduction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
As Well May Be

We did not choose this age: ,De happen
here
And noU as others long before Us
happened
Then and there: aOere they atDdre OF
some
Tranquility or pride in anything they
tried?
Let praise, let blame be still: history
Balances the good Nth i'll. Backward
Ue look
To those uho SdU beyond their day.
and pray
For guidance that Ue do as tDeH a.
they.
Grace Meredith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10

willing to fight any man in the world"
I thought that was taking in lot of
territory and never felt so proud of
being an American and to think we
had the champion fighter of the day.
What liked about jeff was that he
and Corbett remained staunch friends
throughout their lives, though jeff put
the bean on Gentleman or Pompadour
Jim in 1900, and again in 1908. There
we had the bank clerk and the boiler
maker in the pugilistic game There are
lots Of good men in the fighting game,
though have lost interest in it of late
years.
Tim F. Mccarthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10

place in that institution for hospital treat
ment" 1t is said that the hospital is over
crowded That is situation which Congress
should look into. For if. Congress wants Miller
Act patients to be treated at st. Elizabeths, it
should see to it that the hospital has the
facilities to care for them. Confinement under
the conditions alleged in this case is not a
satisfactory alternative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
The Davis Rider


This letter is written to call to your
attention certain misinformation on
which your editorials, Another Rider
Comes Chopper" and Correcting a
Mistake" March p, were based.
agree with your theory that impor-
tant legislative matters should not be
handled by riders on appropriation bills.
However, as has frequently been stated,
we were confronted by condition and
not theory.
If you can find the time to read my
statement to the House of Representa-
tives on February IS, when a revision
of the Davis rider was adopted 270 to 0.
I believe you will be assured that:
l. The Davis rider did not affect non
commissioned officers (see your earlier
editoriaD.
2. The Davis rider would have caused
no hardship on junior officers if grossly
inaccurate figures had not been sub
mitted to the Appropriations Committee
of the House.
3. You were misled by the failure OF
certain officer, or certain officers. of
the Navy Bureau of Personnel to pre-
sent corrective information to officers
of the Navy and the public. just as a
great many other people were miSled
by this (as I am now conVincedD de-
liberate failure.
believe, too, that if this matter had
been investigated in careful manner
which have always expected from
Star editorial writer's, it would have
been easy to ascertain that in the alb
sence of Appropriations Committee &C
ton, which action gave the armed
services nine months to get their per.
sonnet house in order, the prospects
of any action whatsoever with respect
to the overlooking of high ranks in the
armed services would have been very
slim indeed. Such investigation, too,
would have revealed the gross error in
figures, and subsequent attempted COW
erup, by the Bureau of Naval Personnel
am not in the habit of contesting
editorials with which happen to dis
agree. In this particular case, however,
I believe that statements have been
made. through lack of information,
which reflected unfairly upon my effort
to perform my duty as member of
the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives.
Glenn r.. Davis, M. C.
Editors note: Both editorials were
concerned with two points: The poten-
TALLY serious effects of the Davis rider
and the unwise practice of 'legislating
by rider" on such complex subject as
commissioned officer strength. That the
rider was based in part on misinforma-
ton does not affect the points sought
to be made by the editorials.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Letters to The Star

the two major parties and believe this
is most likely to be possible under the
leadership of Adlai Stevenson rather
than the Southern oligarchy. There
are many honest and sincere people
who, reviewing the historic and pres
ent policies Of the two parties-not
just in regard to States rights-feel
that the Democrats Offer the better
hope for the future They have not
yet been put under the ban and, until
they are, they are entitled to make
their own political decisions
Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
QuurreIsome

am sorry not to have seen in any
OF the papers more than brief ref
erence to Senator Russell'S recent
speech, which was evidently an i'm
portant one respecting future policies
of the Democratic Party. If reports
are correct, it contained an implied
threat to the Northern Democrats to
mend their ways or lose that inestima-
BILE blessing, the Solid South. My
interest is whetted still more by David
Lawrence's column of March 2, and my
quarrel is with both of these gentle
men.
First, regarding Senator Russell and
the Solid South. In the 80 years since
the Civil War the South has voted
pretty much as bloc for the Demo-
Gratis, with consequent weighing Of
its influence on the policies of its
party. In this same period, the DEM
ocrats, out of % presidential elections.
have won only 8, in spite of or because
Of the South. 1t would seem, therefore.
that an argument could be made that
the one-party system in the South is
not only a liability to the Southern
people and the country as a whole,
but also to the Democratic Party.
Mr.. Lawrence is evidently as happy
with the Republican Party as any one
can be with anything in this imperfect
world. and would like to remold the
Democratic Party in the same image,
regardless Of the wishes Of the millions
Of voters who expressed their faith
in its leadership. He Is welcome to his
political beliefs and to his Incorporate
expression Of them, but there are some
Of us who would like to continue to
be able to tell the difference between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
No Vote, No FIGHT?

Continuing the reasoning of Korean
War Veteran Trementozzi that young
men should not be required to serve in
their country's uniform until they are
old enough to vote. the legal residents
of the District of Columbia should be
draft exempt.
Pre.PearI Harh0r VnIunfaer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
DoubIe-Deck Buses

The other day this writer saw a
travelogue movie of England which re-
called to mind the use of double-deck
buses in London.
These buses apparently carry almost
double the number of passengers which
Single-deck buses of the same hori-
zontal dimensions can carry. The upper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Spreading 1t Thick

Some years ago when butter started
soaring to a price could no longer
afford, I turned to margarine. In
spite of the extra bother of "squeez-
ing the bag" my efforts to balance my
budget continued. No butter has
entered my larder since that time. l
am entirely satisfied with the change
and have no intention of going back
to butter unless it becomes cheaper
than margarine. Apparently others
have made similar adjustments.
The suggestion recently made that
each person "eat an extra pat of but
ter every day" in order to reduce the
Government stockpile is on a par with
Marie Antoinette's Let them eat cake"
A really effective solution of the
butter surplus would be to feed the
whole SO million pounds of it to the
butter lobbyists and their congressional
henchmen. No further supports would
be necessary and perhaps some of us
could save enough on taxes to buy a
little butter occasionally. We might
even re-establish taste for it.
X. S. F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
Questions and Answers

The Star readers can get the answer to any
question Of fact by either writing The Evenins
Wash'r~i-. q b. c., and inclosing 3 cents re-
turn postage n BY telephonins Sterling 3-7363
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-10
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKN SERVICE
@. What is the name given to the
skull cap worn by Catholic prelates?-
c. P. E.
A. 1t is zucchetto. Rank is distin-
guished by colors: the Popes is white;
a cardinals is red; a bishops is violet;
while that Of lower ecclesiasticS is black.
@. Which is the longest clear bridge
span in the world?-A. I. s.
A. The span Of the Golden Gate
Bridge, San Francisco, 1900 It. The
George Washington Bridge. New York
City, has the second longest-3,50O It.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

for their feelings, but was prepared
to accept Judaism as a compro-
mise-which she did.
The week after their honeymoon
took Ben back to his fathers store.
Then came the Sabbath. Benja-
min, as usual, went for his hat,
kissed his wife and was ready to
leave his apartment. But the con-
vert asked a question: where are
you going?"
ITO the store"
Today" asked the charming
girl Don't you know the day."
"Of course" was the reply, ut is
Saturday, the busiest day in our
business.
mot in my religion" said the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

newlywed. IT was taught that it
is the hoNest day of the week. This
is our Sabbath, darling, not the
day for business"
Where are you?" inquired i'm
patient papa. ''The store is crowd
ed and you're not here.
Benjamin explained the morn
ing's experience with his wife,
whereupon Father shouted through
the phone: ri told you not to
marry shihS0h!"
This is offered strictly as an
anecdote. It is not proffered as
consolation for intermarriage seek
ers. Yet, we venture the view that
there also is reality in this charm
ing story: the reality of many
converts having become more loyal
than those born within the fold.
Such are the experiences Of life.
Oscar Wilde once said that 1--WE
call our sins experience" When
the sin already is committed, it is
the easier way out: to chalk it up
as experience, as long as harm is
minimized.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
Pensacola, Florida
An Appropriate Anerdote About
Intermarriage

There is a charming anecdote
which has its place in a discussion
of intermarriage. The story goes
that Benjamin fell in love and in
formed his parents that he met a
girl he adores. Father and mother
were thrilled until told that the
girl was not Jewish. They objected
and the protest was taken by the
lover to his sweetheart. The SEN
sible girl said she agreed with his
parents, she could not blame them
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

George Jessel: IA man can love
more than one woman at a time,
if they don't find it out"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

Yehudi Menuhin: "Flattery is a
form of soft soap, and soft soap
is mostly lye."
Evening star., 1953-12-17
EIectronic Tube Is Brain of Aircraft

grees below zero, in compart-
ments generating 200 degrees of
heat, and were given landing
impact shocks" every 10 Sec
onds for 200 hours. These tubes.
before they go into a military
airplane, have a minimum life
expectancy of $500 hours.
Jet fuel may be IS degrees be-
low zero but it still has to burn.
It's like trying to light a match
in a hurricane when they start
the fire" in the blast Of a jet
engines air compressor. but elec-
tronics does It. A 24-volt power
supply is transformed by elec-
tronics into a super spark OF
about $4,000 volts that ignites
the fuel at the jets plugs.
Even though jet fuel is gulped
up in bucketfuls by multi-en-
gined planes like the eight-jet
Boeing XB-52 StratofortresS
bomber, the little tubes keep
track of the expenditure of the
fuel. BY "metering' it, they
give the jets just the right guam
titles for top performance at any
altitude.
Evening star., 1953-12-17

q new-type precision compass
designed especially for him by
the Pioneer Instrument Co. This
early company was one Of the
firms which, two years later,
formed the Bendix Aviation
Corp. Lindbergh's feat of long
range navigation was due in
large part to this new compass
and the planes other instru-
mentS.
After that, radio In relation to
flying was developed, and with
it, electronics and its capabil-
ity for blind flight" Developed
in the 1930's. the radio compass
quickly became a basic device in
guiding pilots. Today it gives
the line of direction from the
plane to any radio station. 1t
led to development by the Fed
eral Government of a network
of airway radio beacons.
The plane and the electronic
tube were linked even more
tightly by the fast scientific de-
velopments of World War II. The
laboratories produced the first
all-electronic automatic pilot.
AS multi-engined planes were
built by the thousands, all had
their little black boxes" as the
airborne electronic gear became
known. It was indispensable to
bombing. communication, navi-
cation and in co-ordinating
multi-engined power.
Ordinary radio tubes" Just
like those in home radio set
were the first vacuum tubes
widely used in aviation. With
limited electrical ability, they
often failed in their tasks. An
engineer pointed out the fallacy
of entrusting a 50.000 automatic
pilot to a 50-cent tube. Early
efforts to strengthen them fell
far short of required perform
ance standards.
TOday's Tubes Rugged.
Today's tubes really have to
be tough. For instance. If 80
B-36H intercontinental bombers
go on a standard mission, the
tubes must operate for a total
of is million hours, which, the
Air Force says, is like running
an average home radio set for 80
straight years. But the Air Force
adds, considering bomber condi-
tions, this same home radio also
would have to be in a 200-degree
oven and dropped on the floor
every 10 minutes to simulate
what today's tube is UP against.
No ordinary radio tube could
stand it.
A number Of special-purpose
tubes to meet the needs Of the
new electfonic world were de-
veloped by Bendix Aviation in
1916. To make sure they would
operate under the most severe
aviation usage, they were given
some rugged tests. They were
put in cold chambers Of 65 de-