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Evening star., 1953-01-10
This and That

Haf-dead rats, straying, might kill
an animal worth thousands of dollars.
Extreme caution must be used, there
fore, in rodent control. Constant war;
fare against rats and mice goes on; but
it is continuing war, with no we'll
marked triumph on either side.
At times rats gain the ascendancy.
This must have been the period our
correspondent saw. At others, the
hosts of rodents die out.
X
Decoration of the Zoo grounds Is
continuous.
A new animal statue has been added
to the outdoor setting, to match the
bronze anteater.
We believe the time will come when
all buildings there will be numbered, as
they are in the London ZOO.
Over there, where they have been
handling both wild animals and the
wild public for centuries. things are
done bit better, perhaps.
For instance. the title. in large letters,
appears on one building:
mo. %. SMALL CAT HOUSE"
This may invoke raised eyebrows in
America, but over there they take their
animals seriously, and permit no levity.
on any score.
Such numbers and designations,
with written record. allow the visitor
to 60 where he finds his favorites.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
A Proirie Lad

A prairie lad has chance to be man
OF heightened Uision for his eyes are
trained
To distances; his sturdy legs haze
gained
The strength of all the endless leagues
he ran
BettUeen the iDinking lamps OF house
and barn
Cold February nights to tend the
cues.
His hands knotD steel; his tongue, the
bitter breiDs
OF ,oaiting coffee and his ears. the yarn
The tDild winds scream across the leuel
land.
His thought has chance to be mas
sire thought
AboUe the silences that stretch out
tdut
And finally touch the sky. His eyes
demand
You stop and tDonder. In his leuel gaze
Is all the pratrie's beauty come ablazei
Helen Boxer Adams
Evening star., 1953-01-10
A Timely Conference

As incoming chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, it is highly appropriate that
Senator Case should discuss District of Coum-
bia affairs with General Eisenhower. The
Star is glad that he sought the opportunity,
for it is another reflection of the interest he
has shown in his new assignment-an assign
ment of vital Importance to the people of
this city.
Mr.. Case has not disclosed the subjects he
will take up in his interview with General
Eisenhower next week. There is logical
speculation, however, that they will include
home rule legislation and the elimination OF
segregation in Washington, both of which Gen.
eral Eisenhower mentioned during his cam
paign. And it may be that Senator Case
shares views attributed to Senator Taft that
home rule would be vehicle for eliminating
segregation, presumably in the public school
system.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the
discussion of local affairs with Senator Case
will be merely one of a series of such con-
ferences that General Eisenhower, after he
becomes President, will seek as a means of
familiarizing himself with local problems For
there is high hope in Washington that the new
administration will take steps to reverse a
trend that seriously threatens the future
development Of Washington as the American
Capital. Many unmet needs, in such elemental
public facilities as the water and sewer system,
Streets bridges and municipal institutions,
have accumulated in the past two decades, and
the local community finds itself caught in a
financial impasse A public-works program
will be presented to the new Congress. 1t will
require new legislation, if it is to become
effective. But the essential need now is a
rededication to the principle of National Capt.
tai development, which recognizes the Federal
Governments unique obligation to its seat of
government.
It has been many years since there has
been any organized attempt by the executive or
legislative branches of the Government to take
stock of the many new problems that growth of
Washington and its great Metropolitan Area
have imposed. Some sort Of commission on the
National Capital should be established to make
a study that can bring the whole problem into
proper perspective.
Senator Cases necessarily brief interview
with General Eisenhower next week undoubt-
edly will be restricted to one or two matters on
which both men will seek clarifying exchange
of opinion But it would be gratifying If Sena-
tor Case could use the opportunity to talk to
General Eisenhower about the need for some
joint undertaking. by the executive and legisla-
tive branches of Government, to examine not
merely one or two projects, but the whole field
Of Washington's future as the American Capital.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
The Untopped Antarctic
Jack Spratt.

1t was indeed happy tribute paid
by the Christian Science Monitor of De-
cember q to Thomas r. Henry of The
Star when an excerpt from his book
1.-THE White Continent" was carried,
giving suggestive geological facts re-
garding the Antarctic.
The same edition carried on it's edi-
torial page lengthy Antarctic article
from Australia, touching mainly on
mineral resources. The article re-
ferred also to the United States Ma
terials Policy Commission report stress
ing need of the United States to tap
overseas sources of raw materials. OF
course such a dispatch from Australia
dwelt upon the accomplishments of
British Antarctic explorers down
through the years, especially in the
field of geology. The only American
explorer mentioned was the we'll
known Admiral Byrd.
This taxpayer. for one, earnestly
hopes that before too long the geologi-
Evening star., 1953-01-10
A Police Crisis

Police Chief Murray is confronted with a
serious personnel problem, as his department
enters a new year of constantly increasing
responsibilities. If the present upcurve of
crime and turnover in police personnel con-
tinues, real law-enforcement emergency will
develop. A combination of insufficient funds,
exodus Of officers lured to other pursuits by
higher salaries and recruitment difficulties is
giving the department great deal of concern.
The 100000 item included in the District
budget for hiring Of additional personnel will
help the situation to some extent. Actually,
it is planned to use this money not to take on
new men, but to pay present patrolnen for
extra duty. Many of the lower-grade officers
are willing to work a siX-day week instead of
the f1ve-day week regularly in effect. They had
been doing this extra duty until Congress last
year knocked of the fund which had been used
for bringing the department to its authorized
strength of 2,290 men. This unwise cut made
1t necessary for the department to maintain
2O6 vacancies. Thus, the force today is oper-
ating on 2,059-man basis. Chief Murray
contends that city the size and character of
Washington should have a police force of at
least $500 men on duty at all times.
The lure of better-paying jobs outside of
the department is depriving the force of some
of its more experienced officers During the
past year, for example, 122 men left to better
themselves elsewhere. Some of these even
Joined other police departments where the
pay Is higher. 1t is interesting, in this con-
nection, to compare police salaries here with
those in some of the Nations larger cities. A
tabulation OF police pay in 10 large cities shows
Washington at the bottom of the list, both as
regards starting pay and maximum pay. A
police private here begins at So, 400 year, and
in five years he can receive the maximum,
$4,160. Cities with higher pay include Los
Angeles, Detroit, New York City, Chicago, San
Francisco, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Milwau-
kee and Oakland. Most of these cities permit
privates to attain the maximum in three or
four years.
Local police have not had raise since
July l, 1851, while many other departments
have had substantial increases during that
time. Chief Murray fears that unless local pay
is raised soon, more and more of his valuable
men will find employment in private industry
or in other police work. In view of this dark
outlook, the police chiefs request that his
department-himself excluded-be granted a
10 per cent increase in pay in the immediate
future merits the serious attention of the
Commissioners and of Congress. The Police
Department evidently is facing a crisis that
cannot be ignored without peril to the city
which it protects.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
No Medals for CoIumnists

I must register strong exception to
Constantine Browns article Mccarthy
Brave Since War, Too" which appeared
December 81. In particular I protest
Mr.. Browns inference that criticism Of
Senator Mccarthy has come from
liberals" who presumably cannot
recognize a fellow traveller when they
see one, or, worse still, would not want
him-the fellow traveler-exposed. It
is my considered judgment that the
severest censure has come to Mccarthy
from those Americans who possess the
deepest appreciation of the basic prin-
ciples on which our Nation is founded.
Prominent among these principles is
that a man be deemed innocent until
proved guilty.
McCarthy's flagrant and repeated
violation of this fundamental American
tenet, while hiding under the cloak Of
Congressional immunity, hardly quail
f1eS him to head committee to investi-
gate the extent of subversion in our
institutions of higher learning.
To characterize the Junior Senator's
headline e-hunting TRADES as bravery"
is truly difficult to comprehend. He
not only has kept himself immune
from civil suit by running for the
shelter of the Capitol, but again and
again he has lacked the simple decency
of facing in open hearing persons whom
he has maliciously accused with ILL
founded charges.
E. ]. Zander.
Doris Fleeson now sets herself up as
competent to judge whether or not
Senator Mccarthy deserves to receive
the Distinguished Flying Cross and
other citations for service in World
War II. She even dares to doubt this
in spite of the fact that these honors
were recommended by commanding
officers of both Navy and Marine Corps.
Diehard Doris is usually busy defend
ing such various characters as the
Lattimores, Vincents and others of
such ilk.
Senator Mccarthy deserves honorable
citations for his courage in helping to
bring to trial Communists who have
been allowed free range in departments
of Government.
/. Ward.
NJ
Evening star., 1953-01-10

cal accomplishments Of other United
States Antarctic explorers will be pub
lished in full and properly evaluated.
including the recent work of Rome
and Nichols and the earlier field trips
of Gould and Black. Un 1851 Stewart
listed 167 mineral species, Subspecies
and varieties reported since 1851
There is no valid reason for the United
States apathy in regard to Antarctic
minerals. OF course. today not one
pebble of the entire Antarctic Conti-
nent belongs to the United States. But
thinking citizens here are concerned
about this. and taxpayers may not hes
itate much longer in demanding formal
protection of all United States Ant
arctic rights.
Taxpayer E. A. Kendall.
Evening star., 1953-01-10

My dear Mr.. Bloch:
Permit me to acknowledge the receipt
Of your letter of october II. I have
accepted the verdict of the courts in
their conviction of the Rosenbergs for
violating the espionage laws of our
country. The crime of which they have
been found guilty is heinous one. and
I find no sympathy in my heart for
men and women who betray their
country. was especially resentful Of
the effort that was made to drag in
the issue of anti-Semitism in this most
unfortunate affair
However, I believe that the death
Evening star., 1953-01-10
An Unworthy Idea

AS one of his last Official acts, President
Truman is said to be planning to issue an
executive order proclaiming that all the Ma
tion's offshore oil deposits are reserves of the
Navy. If this is true, and if he goes through
with the plan he will return to private life with
something less than the unqualified best wishes
of the new Eisenhower administration and
big majority in Congress.
According to the reports, which have Gre
ated quite stir in both the Senate and House,
Mr.. Truman intends to invoke the Naval Petro-
leum Reserves Act. Under this act-again ac-
cording to the reports-he will direct the Sec
retary of the Navy to take over administrative
control of all the great oil deposits involved,
including those within the traditional seaward
boundaries of the adjacent States. In other
words, in the name Of national security, he
would seek to settle the so-called "tidelands"
issue with an executive fiat altogether at vari-
ance with what congressional majority wants
to do and with what President-elect Eisenhower
favors.
What General Eisenhower favors is legiSla-
ton under which the Federal Government
would quitclaim to the States "all submerged
lands and resources beneath inland and OFF,
shore waters which lie within historic State
boundaries" The last Congress, by vote OF
247 to SO in the House and so to IS in the
have it vetoed by Mr.. Truman. The oil deposits
in question represent between 20 and 80 per
cent of our undersea wealth. In majority con-
greSsional opinion, which has very strong legal
backing, they belong to California, Texas, Lou
isiana and Florida, and the Supreme Courts
decisions on the matter in no way prevent Con-
gress from acting accordingly.
A majority in both houses undoubtedly is
ready to enact a new bill similar to the one
that has been vetoed, and the President-elect
undoubtedly is ready to approve Nevertheless,
on the eve of his retirement to private life, Mr..
Truman Is reported to be all set to hand over
everything to the Navy. AS pointed out by
Senator Watkins of Utah and Representative
Willis of louisiana the legal authority for such
a move is dubious in the extreme. Further than
that, when he enters the White House, General
Eisenhower will be fully empowered to rescind
his predecessors decree, and in view Of his own
position he almost certainly will do so if the
decree is ever issued. So the whole idea Of an
executive order at this stage seems to make
little or no sense.
In the circumstances, If the President goes
ahead with his reported plan, there will be
ground for regarding the action as a slick
political maneuver designed not for national
Evening star., 1953-01-10
Aquiu Freestone

Under the caption. Treasury in Bad
Shape" in your Letters" column Of
Sunday, January 4, your correspondent.
Rossel Edward Mitchell, made the fol-
lowing statement:
Unfortunately. Aqua Greek sand
stone was used for the original exterior
walls Of the Treasury, that is, the first
built section. This stone. warm in
color and easy to cut and carve, did
not stand up in our variable Wash
ington winter climate and had to be
replaced. How unfortunate, there
fore, that this wonderful monument
should be allowed to continue in filthy.
dingy condition"
The truly unfortunate situation Of
Evening star., 1953-01-10

security but merely for the purpose Of making
things q little bit more difficult for the new
administration. That would certainly be an
ungracious and mischievouS move quite out of
key with the tone of Mr.. Trunaans farewell
message to Congress on the state of the Union.
He should rise above the idea If he really has
1t in mind.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
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@. Are deer generally born singly or
in pairs?-T. W. j.
A. Twins are more frequently born
to deer than to any other hoofed man.
NAL. The chances are about even that
a doe will give birth to twins instead
OF to one fawn. 1t is most unusual for
deer to have triplets.
@. Was the character of Sheridan
Whiteside in the play and motion pic.
ture "The Man Who Came to Dinner"
based upon real person?-T. N. B.
A. The inspiration for this character
is said to have been Alexander Wooll-
colt.
@. What is an aneroid barometer?--
H. S.
A. One which contains no LIQUID.
The pointer is moved by the action of
atmospheric pressure.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
Weaverville, N. C..
It's Just q Rumor

The inaugural stands in front of the
White House are being built out Of
Oregon fir (not mink. They are being
bolted together with three quarter Finch
bolts. I have heard that these stands
are to remain after the Inauguration
for sidewalk superintendents and edi-
tors so they can supervise Ike while
he is working.
Jack SDratt.
Evening star., 1953-01-10
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tion, Strange Witness, System
Take Me to Town, Thy Neighbours Wife,
Two Cents worth of Hope.
Wells Of Bagdad Volcano.
Walking NY Baby Back Home. Water
front Women, Women They A mos I
Lynched Women in Question.
You For Me.
Glass C--C0ndemmed
Bandit The (Italian) Behind Closed
Shutters, Blue Angel, Bullet for Stephano.
A Carnival in Flanders, Dedee, Devil in
the Flesh. DEVILS Sleep, Flesh Will Sur.
render tItalianl. It's Forever Springtime,
Jungle Stampede just a Big Simple Girl,
La Ronde, Lovers of Verona. Manon.
Marie du Port. Merry Chase. Miss Julia,
Nom and Dad. Moon Is Blue, The: No
Orchids for Miss Blandish. OF Love and
Bandits. Oh Amelia Paris Nights, Paris
Waltz The: Room Upstairs Royal Affair.
A Rozina. the Love Child Sacred Latuka
Scandal Of the Clochemerle. Seven Deadly
Sins, Sinners, She Shoulda Said No. Story
Of Bob and Sally, The; Strange Triangle
Street Corner, Stroilers, Thrill That Kills.
Times Gone BY, Ways of Love. Wencb.
The; Young and Damned
Separately Classified - Martin Luther.
contains theological and historical ref
| erenees and interpretations that are un.
acceptable TO Catholics.
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Cardinal Deplores
immoral Passages
In Catholic Novels

LONDON - (NC) - His Emf
nence Bernard Cardinal Griffin,
Archbishop of Westminster, took
issue with Catholic writer's whose
novels, he said, despite their Cath
Ollie. theme, may portray immoral
conduct in such a way as to pro-
vide temptation for many readers.
The Cardinal, in an Advent pas
toral letters, in which he paid high
tribute to the Catholic press, stress
ed that there could be no justifica-
tion for publishing material which,
if not directly immoral. is calcu-
lated to prove an occasion of sin to
the vast majority of readers.
''It is sadly true" he declared,
"that a number of Catholic writ
ers have fallen into this error. In
deed, novels which purport to be
the vehicle for Catholic doctrine
frequently contain passages which
by their unrestrained portrayal OF
immoral conduct prove a source of
temptation to many of their read
ers. Though it may well be that
such literature can be read in safe
ty by the select few, so great is
the danger TO the virtue of the ma
jority that its general publication
is most undesirable.
The presentation of the Catholic
way of life within the framework
of fiction may be an admirable OBJ
iect, but it can never justify as
means to that end the inclusion
of indecent and harmful material" "
Cardinal Griffin said, adding:
we urge those Catholic writ
ers concerned, whose literary
merits are undoubted. 10 think
as TO whether their talents can
not be used 10 better service in
keeping with the high traditions
of Catholic literature and less
likely to prove harmful TO the
morals OF their readers"
In his pastoral letter, Cardinal
Griffin referred also to secular
newspapers which appear to have
lost all sense of public morality"
eve trust" he said, that every
effort will be made from within
the press to Danish obnoxious mat
ters from the pages of the news.
papers. The proprietors themselves
must appreciate that they are ulti.
mately responsible for the material
before the reading public"
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areas and the cultivation of more
rice through increased irrigation.
II is noted here that in many
parts of Malaga one can travel for
hours without seeing a single hui
man habitation. The same is said TO
be true of British Borneo, SaraWak
and Sumatra of the Indonesian ar
chipelago.
Church authorities here fear
that well-meaning American so.
cial reformers may subsidize the
family planners here without full
lY investigating the situation.
They recall . recent Mutual Sc.
curitY Agency report which rec.
ommended the Conscious pro-
motion of population limitations"
in fhe Far East. Despite the fact
that the ageneY's head, Harold
(. Stassen. denied that the US.
government had approved the
proposal, il is feared that the
recommendation might later be-
impIemenfed by the US, gov.
ernment. Friends of the US. here
state this would be a monument.
al blunder which the Asisns
would resent. Birth control prop
sgsnda TO the contrary notwifh.
standing, they say. the vast ma
iority of The Asian people have
> strong antiPsthy to this oeei.
dental vice.
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esrth's people to be able to share
in earth's wealth; to have access
to the raw materials placed on
earth through the bounty of God.
The Pope knows that starving, dis
possessed, underprivileged, and
suppressed folks are not good
ground for growing the flowers of
peace.
The Pope wants sociological jus
tice. He wants over-eroWded peo-
Piles to be allowed TO migrate TO UNI
populated or underpopulated areas,
there TO begin new lives, as did our
ancestors who came to America a
century or two ago He knows that
the imprisoning of men and women
and children in what might be call
ed geographical ghettos is not con-
ducive to world peace.
The Pope wants legal and juri-
dical justice. He wants the human
race to agree ON international laws
to stop international banditry, TO
punish war crimes and wars of ag-
gression. He knows that an earth
roamed by gangster nationalism
cannot be world at peace; can
not be world OF swords turned
into ploughshares. 1t can only be
world of ever more dreadful
weapons; a globe that is a gigantic
bomb.
The Holy Father wants the ma.
tions to cooperate in setting up q
good world order, much as the
States of the United States created
an American order to "insure do
mestic tranquility and promote the
general welfare" If it could be
done in America, as it was, ii can
be done across the world. There
can be a Constitution of the Broth
erh0od of Man under the Father
hood of God. There must be. Il
there isn't, then eventually we
can all look around for cave.
/ know that MANY men who pride
themselves upon their practically
think that little or nothing can be
done in the present atmosphere
of the world. One thing is certain
nothing will be done unless we
get at it, We might be surprised tC
see how much could be done if We
| borrowed Plus XIT's courage anc
| hopefulness, and proceeded steI
by step to move forward TOWARD
the golden age that can be ours
| if only we will proceed serenely
with full confidence in the mer-
ciful providence of God.