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Evening star., 1953-06-04

effective in that there are now no
Panama flag vessels, of any ownership
whatever, British or otherwise, serving
the Communists in Asia with strategic
or non-strategic goods.
In recent days the news services have
given great prominence to the incl
dents mentioned in this letter, but in
every case, as in your editorial, the
subsequent actions taken by the Pana-
ma Government have been passed over
in silence, all Of which tends to create
in the public mind completely mis-
taken notion of the effective loyalty
of my government to the cause of the
United States and the United Nations.
Your editorial quotes British Am
basSador, Sir Roger MakinS, that "Such
isolated and doubtful cases should not
ne employed to cast aspersions on the
loyalty of the British government" I
would add that they should neither be
used to cast aspersions on the loyalty
Of the government of Panama. The
general news services reporting of his
statement seemed to insinuate that the
burden of responsibility belonged to the
government Of Panama whose flag
these particular ships were flying and
not to the British firms that operated
them. am sure that it was not the
intention of the British Ambassador
to make such an insinuation which
would have been manifeStly ridiculous
and utterly false. Obviously it was not
the government of Panama, half way
across the globe. that made the IDEAL"
with the Communists; the traffic with
the enemy was arranged by the British
Evening star., 1953-06-04
By Charles E. TroceweN

This year the birds are 50 busy eating
the poor cicadas that they leave the
fruit trees alone.
We recall a mulberry tree ACROSS the
street, which never in memory had fully
developed berries on it until the locusts
appeared in 1896.
That spring it had many delicious
berries, or fruits, because the birds and
squirrels were eating locusts.
1t will interest friends Of the cicadas
to know that they begin to sing at 65
degrees.
That morning the temperature was
down to IS degrees, not locust sang;
when the thermometer reached IS. they
started up, and soon were singing away
as lively as. shall We say. crickets.
It Is difficult to determine thether 1t
In heat or light that motivates them.
Probably 1t is both heat and light.
We do not believe that the hail storm
did them any particular harm. They die
by the thousands every day, not only
through being eaten constantly by birds
squirrels, even cats and dogs. but also
through natural causes. including q
fungus disease that eats away their
softer parts.
Persons who feel that the cicadas
constitute a natural wonder will do well
to rescue as many as they can from
streets and sidewalks, by lifting them
by the wings and placing them on tree
trunks. They are best held by the ex-
tended forefinger and middle finger. A
little buzzing and wriggling won't hurt
them or you.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Stands Firm With Rhee

Apparently the administration Is
appeasing its way toward World War
III remember Chamberlain and
Peace in our Time"D and The Star
Is doing its bit toward encouraging
the peace-at- at-almost-any-pri men by
criticizing President Rhee of Korea
for his stand on the truce issue. I
hope Rhee does everything in his
power to hold the U. N. to the goal
of a united Korea.
Glib Crockett struck low blow May
81 wnen he compared Rhee's promise
TO resist dishonorable truce with the
Communists threats! Rhee knows
that North Korea must be freed since
1t has the industry and electrical
power that is indispensable to South
Korean economy, just as Lincoln knew
that our great country could never
live and remain divided
Thank GCd for Rhee, and thank God
for Van Fleet and Macarthur. Per-
haps our country will some day have
leadership with the courage to face up
to the facts as these men have done.
Mac Cook.
Evening star., 1953-06-04

they are apt to be passed without careful study
Of their implications. There had been no hear
ings on the Carlson rider. which would have
made drastic changes in the veterans prefer
ence law and in safeguards for employees
against unjust dismissals. Under such law
it would be possible even to dismiss special
agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
to make way for political appointees. Although
any such intention had been disavowed by
advocates of the rider, potential threat to
this non-political bureau should not be included
in any act of Congress. It Is clear that the
ebjectives of the rider need to be thoroughly
studied in committee before any attempt is
made by Congress to enact legislation to deal
with the situation.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
This and That

the mocker lit on the dogs back SO he
could get some hairs for the nest.
THANK you so much for your in
teresting bird stories published from
time to time.
Sincerely, r. P. r"
The mockingbird was not after nest
ing material, but was trying to chase
the dog away. It is wonder it did not
attack the humans present, as they
often do, even driving for the back of
ones head.
The jay is another difficult customer
at nesting time.
He assaults people, by preference. and
the peck he can deliver at the back of
the neck will cause pain, though usually
no mark.
Most male birds at nesting time are
belligerent, but most content themselves
with making harsh warning notes.
When wrens find humans peering too
closely at their nest, they sometimes
seem to desert it and unless the OBJ
server has had experience with them he
may think they have gone for good. But
they are, in practically every case. close
at hand, although it may be several
hours before they will return to the
nest,
Local birds practically deserted
thousands of yards when the locusts
came.
For the first time in many years,
gardeners got some fruit from some Of
their trees.
The birds had got It an In the past.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
. Washington, D. c.
By Gould Lincoln

The city looms against its honored past:
The print of history ts on tts days.
A nations saga, monumental, UGst.
Superbly 1OrouOltt OF deed and death
less phrase.
A nations hopes define the citys mold:
Where once the land acGs forest.
ssDGmp, and stream,
NosU stand upreachinO structures. strong
and bold
Defenders of daring nations dream.
These mighty ,Dalls are trust composed
of stone,
These streets are purpose set IN tree
dom's soil:
OF strong. undaunted faith plan has
0T0tun
To splendid heights through conf
dence and toll.
This tuiIderness that came to be Q
shrine
10 human courage drawn in rich de-
sign.
Florence Psdioo Jssssea
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Flow in the Point System

In The Stars editorial "Flaw in the
Point System" your explanation of the
correction of the obvious flaw" is I'M
derstandable from the view of the de-
fender, Traffic Director Keneipp. He
was the instigator of the original plan
and must have been aware of it's un-
fairness before it was put into effect It
could also be conceded q method must
be found to prevent the irresponsible
inveterate reckless driver from repeat
ing his carnage over and over again.
To put in the hands of an administra-
tor such power over the individual,
through merely the recommendation or
accusation Of policeman, without
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Municipal Court Dilemma

serious dilemma faces the Municipal
Court as result of mounting business and
shortage of judges and clerical help. The stu
alton calls for prompt action to bring the un-
dermanned bench to its full strength Of Is
judges
Chief Judge George Barse, who has been
seeking retirement for nearly year, has been
staying on the job at the urgent request OF
the Attorney General, pending decision on his
replacement. Judge Barse recently reported
that the court is faced with an increasingly
heavy load of cases-heavier, in fact, than ever
before in the courts history. During the first
half of this fiscal year 79,3O1 new cases were
filed, which is more than for any similar period
since the court was reorganized in 1912. BY
the end of the fiscal year more than 1874 600
cases will have been fled If the current rate
continues. Last year the total was $4,000. A
backlog of jury cases is piling up, because OF
the unavailability of judges to handle them
expeditiously.
There are really three vacancies on the
court-two actual vacancies besides the chief
judgeship which Judge Barse is continuing to
fill until his successor Is appointed. Judge
Barses 10-year term expired last July and he
did not seek reappointment, largely on the
advice of his physician. When the Eisenhower
administration came into power, Judge BarSe
reiterated his desire to leave the bench as soon
as convenient to the administration. The two
other judgeShips to be filed are those caused
by the deaths of Judges Ellen Raedy and
Walter J. Casey. The former had been absent
from the court since December, 1851, before
she died in April Of last year. Judge Casey died
In November of 1852.
In his semiannual report to the Attorney
General Judge BarSe pointed out that only
nine judges on an average have been available
to handle the daily work load of the court
The chief Judge has not taken q vacation for
two years and the other judges have taken
less than they were entitled to take. To add
to the courts difficulties, the clerical staff is
too small for the administrative task involved
Efforts to obtain more employees have run afoul
of economy forces in the past. A request for
eight additional employees is pending in Con-
gress. Thus, two-way relief is required to en-
able the Municipal Court to meet its response
bilities: More judges and more staff employees
There has been unreasonable delay in grant,
ing this relief, with adverse effects on the
machinery Of local justice.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
MACARTHUR BOULEVARD.

Dear Sir:
"Your corner on the editorial
page of The Star always interests my
wife and me whenever you write
about birds.
asks when our evening paper is de-
livered is. What about This and
That?'
IF I tell her it is about birds, my
wife says, Read 1t to me-
'You see. my wife now is blind, but
when she could see we had a great deal
of fun watching the birds that came
UP to the feeding tray put just out
side our window.
Nov, my wife listens to the birds
symphony every morning, which the
robin starts off about $50 o'clock, and
then follow the cardinal, mockingbird,
catbird and others, until the little wren
joins in.
zone Of our neighbors told us an in
teresting story. It seems this neighbor
was talking with another recently
when mockingbird flew down and lit
right ON the back of dog just back of
its neck, and then quickly flew up into
the air again.
MY neighbor said he had also seen
this same performance by a mocking
bird at another time: and more recently
had told us that this action by the
bird became so veXing to the dog that
the animal, for self protection. went
under the porch to get out Of reach.
These neighbors thought perhaps
Evening star., 1953-06-04
The President Reports

President Eisenhower has found new and
effective selling technique. As presented last
night 1t consists, in effect of dropping into the
living room of Mr.. and Mrs. America with
four cabinet members in tow for folksy
intimate chat. There can be little doubt that
the Presidents audience, in the main, enjoyed
the experience and were favorably impressed
by the Presidents accounting.
When a closer look is TAKEN however, it
may be wondered whether the President was
selling sound product. He said, for instance,
that there's going to be no risk of general
war because modern war would be too horrible
to contemplate. Such war may be too horrible
for many people to contemplate, but it does not
necessarily follow that the Russian leaders feel
that way.
It may also be wondered just what the
President and his Secretary of the Treasury
were selling in their budget and tax discussion.
The essence of it was that this administration
is going to bring the budget into balance by
mid-1954 and reduce taxes without cutting into
the national security. Maybe So But Secretary
Humphrey also pointed out that defense takes
73 per cent of the budget, fixed charges IS
per cent and ordinary expenses of Government
IL per cent.
If taxes are to be reduced as scheduled
where are the reductions to be made to bring
the budget into balance? Obviously, it seems,
they must come out of the 73 per cent which
goes for defense And if that item is to be
cut enough to balance the budget, the national
security certainly is going to suffer.
The President would have been on Sounder
ground If he had told the people that they
cannot have their cake and eat it, too-that
they cannot expect to have balanced budget,
adequate security and tax reduction all nicely
wrapped in one neat little package. And one
may venture the prediction that this is about
what he will be saying in June of next year
If he decides to have another little chat with
the American people at that time.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Mists of the Post-ond the Future

In these troubled times, when more than
q few thoughtful people wonder whether the
thing we call civilization can long survive it is
not surprising that Queen Elizabeth, in her
coronation broadcast to the commonwealth and
empire sought to dspel some of the doubts with
which so many of us clothe the future.
One of these doubts, and the one to which
the Queen addressed herself, has to do with
the enduring quality of Britain's greatness. She
was speaking to those who saw in the magnif-
cent ceremony of the coronation little more
than pathetic attempt to find refuge in the
grandeur of the past from the problems which
the future inevitably will bring
If any shadow of this doubt crossed the
mind Of the young Queen, she resolutely put it
aside. II am sure" she said, that this, my
coronation, Is not a symbol OF power and
splendor that are gone but a declaration Of our
hopes for the future =. -
Brave words, the cynical may say-merely
brave and Wishful words from young woman
overaWed by the magnitude of the RESPONSE
bilities which have devolved upon her. But
perhaps the cynics are mistaken. For behind
Elizabeth as she said, are not only the splendid
traditions and annals of more than thousand
years but also "the living strength and majesty
Of the commonwealth and empire, of societies
old and new, of lands and races different in
history and origins, but all by Gods will united
In spirit and aim"
Does all of this really belong to the years
that have passed us by? Elizabeth did not
think so when she said 1.-The ceremonies you
have seen today are ancient and some of their
origins are yelled in the mists of the past,
but their spirit and their meaning shine through
the ages, never, perhaps more brightly than
now"
Perhaps this faith and this courage which
Britains Queen has put into words, and which
seem to be Symholized in her person, will yet
serve to confound the skeptics Certainly
rational people must hope that this will prove
to be true For this world will be an infinitely
poorer place If the power and the splendor and
the greatness that have been Britain'S really
are nearing their end.
Evening star., 1953-06-04

operators. AS soon as the truth be-
came known the government of Pana-
ma withdrew the use of Its flag and
cancelled the registry Of all the ships
Of its fleet that were engaged in traffic
with the Communists, thus imposing
the maximum sanction within its juris-
diction against the offenders. have
as yet no knowledge Of, any sanction
imposed on them by the British gov
ernment.
I agree with the British Ambassador
that isolated and doubtful cases should
not be used to cast aSperSionS on the
loyalty Of friends, and it would seem
to me that up until the present time
the sensational incidents that have
been so widely publicized belong to an
almost closed chapter. It is naturally
of more than academic interest to dis
cover what has been happening behind
the scenes and what occurred in 1851,
but 1t would seem Of far greater i'm
portance to examine what Is happening
today and to weigh today'S events in
the light Of their potential contribution
to the events of tomorrow.
My governments position is un-
equivocal on the matter of trading with
the Communists in Asia. If any one
has any knowledge of Panamanian
ship trading with the Chinese Com
munistS or North Koreans. let him so
advise me. The ships registry will be
cancelled Immediately, and for good.
We do not traffic with the enemy.
Roberto Heurtemotte
Ambassador from Ponoma. .
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Dubious of u. N.

The Star says: There can be no
doubt that the United Nations has
been oversold as an insurance of world
peace"
The pity Of it is. that is was ever sold
to our schools, churches, colleges, and
Government.
You admit that the outfit is weak
Countless Americans will agree; some
will go step further and say 1t Is
worse than weak
Has membership in the U. N. been
a mistake?
1t is my opinion that Americans
should be given facts and time to weigh
them and come to decision as to
whether they wish their Government
to continue to be a member of the
U. N. June Harvey.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
BottIeneck BRIDGE

II you do not mind dented fender
and have 10 or is minutes to spare
while driving to work, try to cross
South Capitol Street Bridge from Ana
costa during the morning rush hour.
All my repeated pleas to install
traffic lights or station traffic police
man so as to eliminate the jam and do
something about smart guys Sneaking
in from the side have remained un-
needed. And know was not alone
to complain.
In the meantime, the city planners
should do some fast thinking about the
daily mounting traffic from the nearby
Maryland communities which flows
across that narrow bridge. We are
fed up.
DeSpOndent Driver.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Panama Doesn't Traffic With the Enemy
To the Editor Of The Star:

VOUR EDITION of May 81 featured
i an editorial entitled Those British
Panamanian Ships" which commented
on the findings of Senator McCarthy's s
Senate Investigating Committee to the
effect that British-owned ships were
not only engaged in traffic with our
Communist enemies but had on oc-
casion even carried Communist troops.
In connection with the discovery that
the British owners in 1851 had some OF
these ships under Panamanian registry,
you made the following editorial COM
ment:
"Panamanian registry has become
a favorite refuge for much OF the
worlds tramp shipping. but as a
member of the United Nations itself
the Central American government
should take the initiative to prevent
the type of activity now disclosed.
wish to protest in the strongest
terms against your editorial writers
charge, by implication, against my
government; he was, Of course, writing
with great sincerity but without knoWl-
edge of the simple facts involved, and
his exhortation was just about two
years too late. AS a matter of fact,
the Republic of Panama was the first
nation to take the initiative to prevent
the type of activity now disclosed" as
long ago as August, 1851.
When it became known in 1851 that
certain British firms were utilizing the
vessels they had registered under the
flag of Panama to trade with and help
the Communist aggressors, the govern
ment of Panama adopted the strongest
preventive measures possible. Not sat-
isfied with the United Nations resolu-
tions of May 18. 1851, enjoining the
ships of member nations from carrying
war materials" to Communist China
and North Korea, the Republic of
Panama issued on August 18. 1851,
Executive Decree No. 631, prohibiting
Panama flag vessels from even DiSiting
Communist Chinese or North Korean
ports, or waters near those ports, for
any reason whatsoever. Our prohibi-
ton was not limited to the carrying of
war materials or strategic goods; our
prohibition against traffic with Com
munist ports was (and isl absolute.
The Republic of Panama has even
prohibited its flag vessels from carry
ing war materials to the British port
of Hong Kong whence such war ma
terials can easily find their way into
Communist China. A like prohibition
applies to the port of Macao, the
maritime areas adjacent to Hong Kong
and Macao. Soviet ports or coasts and
maritime areas adjacent thereto, and
to any port or area where tranSship-
lnent could be possible for areas closed
to Panama flag vessels. My Govern
ment attempted to close every loop
hole, and the Initiative" has been
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Letters to The Star

sanction of the court. is to invite cor
ruption on a scale that will pale the
past into insignif1cance. Due process of
law should be recognized from the pre-
meditated murder. treason. on down
there can be no compromise
HI. A. Sheehan.
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Not His Fuvorite Column

I notice an ad in The Star advising
its readers to Read Doris Fleeson regu-
larly." To me. this seems poor advice.
read The. Star in spite of and not
because of Doris Fleeson's articles. It's
a great newspaper that even Doris
can't spoil. OR
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Pruise for KnebeI

AS q devoted reader Of The Star, I've
yet to come across any praise for the
clever quips and anecdotes shrewdly
delivered by Fletcher Knebel under
Potomac Fever" Here's a veritable
summary Of the most salient news
worthy items of the day. Congratula-
tions on such penetrating and refined
caricatures.
Evening star., 1953-06-04

Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
aDriters' correct names and addresses
All letters are subject to condensation
Evening star., 1953-06-04
Montgomery School Budget

A great deal of publicity has been
given to the petition now being circu-
lated among citizens Of Montgomery
County inviting them to state that they
have no objection to increased taxes
for schools, and large number of these
have stated that they have no such
objections. No such petition has been
presented to me, and If and when it Is
shall certainly oppose any more money
being spent for schools until the apart
ment house communities pay a fairer
and more adequate share of school
taxes; until the curriculum of the high
schools has been thoroughly overhauled
as well as the method Of teaching; until
the so-called progressive system" IL
abolished in favor Of learning-by-
working, and until the new superin-
tendent Of schools has been given q
chance to show that he can rescue
Montgomery County Schools from the
low condition to which they have fallen.
It Is no secret that the directors Of
admissions of the leading universities
and colleges of high scholastic standing
hold Montgomery County schools In
low esteem and a boy, to be permitted
to enter them, must have had indeed
q phenomenal record in o Montgomery
County high school.
We have new superintendent from
q State noted for its high standards In
, education. Give us q new State Of
Maryland Superintendent of Education
as well, and then will be time enough
to ask us to make more sacrifices to
educate other peoples children.
r. 3. wilson.
It appears that special efforts have
been made by people passing out flyers
concerning the Montgomery County
school budget to sign up apartment
house dwellers who pay no property
taxes and thus are not directly affected
by increased school costs. At the same
time numerous home owners with chill
dren in private schools (who pay two
school COSTS. and home owners with
out children in school were passed by.
happen to be q home owner, tax
payer with five grown children and I
was by-passed; not even given q chance
to express my wishes.
Is this the American way?
Chevy Chase Home Owner.