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Evening star., 1953-04-25
Froternities-Good and Bad

would like to offer my congratula-
tions to the young man who signed his
letter 'Unspoiled',, for so clearly stating
the many constructive, activities that
his fraternity has undertaken and COM
pleted. If it is any consolation to him
am one adult who sees his point of
view and, fully agrees with him. It
seems to me that outlawing fraternities
and sororities because of the recent
obscene stag party would be the same
as ignoring the many worthwhile uses
for atomic energy because an atom
bomb can also destroy city. A grow
ing boy or girls sense Of right or wrong
is not determined by membership or
membership in a fraternity or
sorority but by the training and be-
havior taught in the home.
The many outraged" mothers who
wrote such lengthy and indignant let
ters after the stag party are. in my
opinion, merely attempting to salve
their consciences and pass the buck"
If parents spent more time with their
children and attempted to put them on
the right road with patience and under
standing of adoleScent problems, fra
ternal organizations would function as
they are intended-a social group OF
boys or girls indulging. in good clean
fun and in activities OF. civic Importance.
Roma l.. Silberg.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Presidential Headache

Like his predecessors in the White House,
President Eisenhower has found that signing
official papers is not the least of the burdens
Of his enormously burdenSome Office. A way
has been discovered to relieve him of part Of
the chore, but only small part. He must still
write out his name about 200 times day, and
this total is likely to increase as Congress steps
up the pace of legislative action.
This is something that has long been
headache for our Presidents, but it has grown
steadily worse with governmental expansion
over the years. While he was in the White
House, Mr.. Truman sighingly observed on more
than one occasion that he had to put his name
down on paper-in his own handwriting, no
rubber stamps allowed-about 600 times daily
or roughly 5000 times a week, excluding Satur-
day and Sunday. If anybody supposeS that
that kind of work is fun, just let him try it
and see.
President Eisenhower may be able to spare
himself from a signature output like Mr.. Tru-
mans, but he cannot escape having to go
through the process scores and scores of times
each day. Even if he cuts down on giving
autographs, he must still spell out his rather
long name on nominations, executive orders,
bills enacted by Congress and an endless stream
of other papers. He merits sympathy. This
is one of those constitutional responsibilities
that makes the presidential office physically
as we'll as mentally and spiritually wearing.
Unfortunately, moreover, 1t cannot be easily
amended away.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Judge Stafford

For nearly half century Wendell Phillips
Stafford was leading personality in the Ma
tion's Capital Born and educated in Vermont,
he already had had a successful career as
lawyer and legislator when he came here at the
invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt to
serve as member of the Supreme Court OF the
District of Columbia. His tenure in that Office
ran from 1904 until his retirement in 1881 and
was distinguished for qualities of the highest.
juridical value.
Meanwhile, Judge Stafford endeared himself
to at least two generations of students in the
law schools of George Washington and George
town Universities. He taught equity and part
nership and through the practice of his pupils
had constructive influence upon the business
community of the CITY,
An avocation to which Judge Stafford long
was devoted was that of writing verse. Some
of his poems appeared in The Star and later
were reprinted in standard anthologieS. The
same observation applies to his speeches on
many public occasions. In this connection he is
Evening star., 1953-04-25
By Charles E. TroceweN

how to make proper sentences, how
to use words as the general agreement
of mankind suggests is best.
Many successful writer could not
give you one rule of grammar, but he
makes his sentences correctly accord
ing to the best traditions. and yet with
a bit of the modern touch. too.
Today there are many kinds Of word
books, ranging from constant stream
of dictionaries to theSauri and what
is left of grammar.
There also are scores of "how" books
dealing with words. especially how to
enlarge ones vocabulary. Much mod
ern hokum has gone forth proposing
to show that one will get an enlarged
earning power according to the more
words he knows. This probably is true,
but its propaganda has been much
overdone #a-
The real value of word study is what
it does to ones self.
A few more dollars in the pocketbook
are not to be valued in comparison with
enlargement of life.
Words may or may not ring out. but
they always represent something. stand
for something They are what, in the
last analysis, differentiate human be-
ings from the bruteS, so-called.
When the dogs and the cats and
other creatures get dictionaries of their
own, and know at last how to use
them
Evening star., 1953-04-25

certain Of remembrance for his work as trustee
of the Public Library and his association with
the movement for national representation for
voteless Washingtonians. Whether in prose or
in metered rhyme, his writings reflected deep
religious and patriotic convictions.
But 1t was as man among men that Judge
Stafford was especially noteworthy. His in
terests were numerous, his enthusiasms sincere
and contagious, his willingness to share his
talents and his energies outstanding. Hundreds,
If not thousands, of people gratefully esteemed
him. Dying at the ripe age of 90, he leaves
legend of achievement and affection which
should endure for a long time in the COM
munity to which he particularly belonged.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
TideIunds 'Give-Awuy'

Albert S. Bill, jr., in his letter April
20 correctly states the issue involved in
the pending legislation to strip the
United States of its natural resources
in the marginal sea, and give them to
three States at the expense Of the people
in the other As States.
Mr.. Bill says that if the States own
the property the congressional quit
claim only puts the stamp of approval
upon already vested rights, but "if they
do not, the grant is bare, Shamefaced
'give-away'." Unfortunately, Mr.. Bill
then goes on to give an entirely inaccu-
rate and misleading statement of what
the Supreme Court decided and reasons
from his false premise that there is a
basis for claim of State ownership.
If Mr.. Bill will be good enough to
read the decisions in the California
Louisiana and Texas cases, he will find
that the Supreme Court held not only
that the United States was possessed of
paramount power over the submerged
lands of the marginal sea, but also full
dominion, and made it clear that the
United States was possessed Of rights
transcending mere ownership. More
over. and this is crucial. the Supreme
Court held that the States had no inter-
est or property rights in the submerged
lands of the marginal sea, or in the
natural resources of such lands. That
Is the law today, and that is what it
always has been. Moreover, in the case
of Toomer VS.. Witzell, after the Cali
fornia case, the Supreme Court pointed
out that none of the original 13 States,
or their successor States, had any rights
in the submerged lands of the marginal
sea. So the evidence" that the orig
inal 13 States had such rights simply
does not exist.
Mr.. Bill, having stated the issue cor
rectly, should now admit that the pro-
posed quitclaim legislation is just what
he says 1t is: A bare, shamefaced "give-
away"
And Mr.. Bill will be interested in
knowing that the sponsors of the legis-
lation, outside of attempting to reargue
the Supreme Court decisions lost by
the States. have never advanced a
single valid reason why the United
States should be stripped of its mineral
resources in the marginal sea, worth
from $50 to $500 billions, for the benefit
OF three States at the expense of the
PSOPAS Va VAAV OVAACA 3O k0UdUSS.
Publius.
In an April 6 editorial, titled "The
House on Offshore Wealth." it is noted
that the writer is guilty of practice
which has been all too common with
the fourth estate in recent years
namely. becoming expert on compli-
Gated issues and passing Judgment to
the readers without presenting many
pertinent features of the problem in
question.
In this editorial, an assumption is
made which is not nearly as automatic
as the editorial writer advances it to
be. This is conveyed in the phrase
historic State boundaries"
At the time the Constitution was
adopted the following conditions ex-
listed:
Cd Where questions of water boun-
daries of the States were present. they
were generally associated with problems
of defense.
(2) There was no apparent apprecia-
Evening star., 1953-04-25

Each word is brick, but 1t is far.
far more than a brick, it is a unit Of
living language.
Each word not only brings ancient
times with it, but also carries the new
day, too.
Even the very latest word, the slang
word. often goes back centuries.
The living language is fabric. Henry
James spoke of the pattern in the car
pet, and so named one of his best
short stories.
The man who first thought up the
idea that photograph is worth 10000
words failed to take into account the
inner value of words. We know what
he meant, of course, and occasionally
it is true, but in the main 10000 words
can do quite job, if they are handled
properly.
Word study is fascinating. but not
at first. Unfortunately, it is at the
beginning that SO many young people
, bog down in word study.
With little perseverance they would
have q lifetime study for enjoyment
and use, but they give up even before
they are started, then spend the rest
of their lives declaring that they never
hacked grammar OF the school lot, and
Today the schools seem to have
backed grammer on the school lot. ana
maybe that Is good, for the rules OF
grammar were terrible things. The
main thing is to learn, uncQpsciously'
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Alarming Communist Progress

A Communist military threat of greatest
proportions to the Southeast Asian peninsula,
and politically menacing to all South Asia, has
been rolling along in recent days with little
fanfare and even less fighting. In an offensive
barely week old, Wet Mini columns detached
from the forces which have been containing the
French and Viet-Namese in the Hanoi area
already have taken over approximately one
third of Laos Virtually no resistance has yet
been offered and French-Laotian defense
force awaiting the invaders in level and non
jungle country may be bypaSsed.
Under Communist control, Laos would be
natural staging area for further military and
political aggression. In fact, the liberation"
of it's sister state of Cambodia already has been
announced as an objective of the Ho Chi Mimi
headquarters and this would be only step
toward more fruitful adventures. For Com
munist capture of Cambodia in either a military
or political sense, would bring Asiatic COM
munism to the Gulf of Siam-fanking Thai
land and Burma and not far distant from
Malaga and IndoneSia. To Moscow and Peiping
it would be significant victory, threatening
to nullify seven years of costly and bloody effort
by the French and Viet-Namese to hold the
eastward side of the peninsula while Thailand
and Burma maintained an uneasy control over
Communist agitation within their countries.
How long either of them, particularly Thailand>
with its long common border with Laos and
Cambodia could or would hold out If the
Chinese-supported Communists reach the gulf
Is highly questionable.
The Communist identification of this South
east Asian war as struggle against white
imperialism" has provided powerful weapon
to the Wet Mini and the underground forces
which have been haraSsing the Thai and Bur-
mese governments. Conversely, the fact OF
China's embrace of communism and the
threatening convenience of its frontiers with
Viet-Nam and Burma have provided tangible
strength to the politico-military menace. In
this atmosphere of deep and ng-standing
antagonism toward the white man, and suS-
picion of his motives, the recent expression of
NATO interest in the Indo-China war and
promises of greater American aid to the French
thus far have done more to help the Com
munist cause than to hurt it.
The advantage now is clearly with the
Communists and there is no simple formula by
which enough military aid or, more Importantly,
the right kind of political reinforcement can
be guaranteed to all or perhaps any of the
threatened countries. The extent to which
Communist victory on the peninsula alone
could shake the Western position elsewhere in
South Asia and among the southwest Pacific
islands is easy to discern. Its serious con-
sideration should be a high-priority problem
for the free nations.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Jopon Holds Political Line

The election that nobody really wanted
appears to have proved very little in Japan.
Premier Yoshida, who dissolved the Diet
and arranged for the countrywide baloting
after suffering a no-confidence vote in the leg
isature, led his Liberal Party to victory in 1893
seats. In the 466-member House it will again
be far the biggest single bloc but as before, 1t
will not be a majority in itself. Actually Mr..
Yoshidas Liberals dropped five of their previous
places rather than making the gains which he
had hoped would free him from the necessity
of creating another coalition government. While
this is a setback, even greater reverSes were
suffered by Mr.. YoShidas two principal rivals
ShigemitSu, the one-legged diplomat who
signed Japan's surrender aboard the battleSh1p
Missouri, saw his Progressive Party drop from
80 to 76 seats. Hatoyama, who commanded a
dssident Liberal faction of 80 in the recent Diet
suffered the loss of four of his followers. Each
of these individuals had hoped for sufficient
gain by their own factions to permit them to
bid for the premiership of new coalition.
The Right and Left Socialist parties made
the only significant gains, the former adding
six seats to previous total of 60 and the latter
adding 16 to its previous complement of Sc. The
Communist Party, holding no seats in the last
legislature, captured one in the Sunday voting.
Despite a last-minute furry of anti
has been subservent to foreign designed poll
cies which are calculated to make the country
a military mercenary" of the Western powers,
the losses suffered by Shigemitsu and Hato-
yama indicate that there is no substantial pub
lie support for such feeling The real issues or
the election were the domestic policies OF YoShl-
da, primarily those bearing economic problems
which have been building up in direct propor-
tion to the industrial recovery of a nation that
is desperately in need of wider world markets
in order to get foodstuffs and raw materials.
An end to the fighting in Korea would have
"bearish" implications for the Japanese econ
omy unless a further East-West settlement
could reopen important parts of the Asiatic
mainland to japanese trade. In todays cir
cumstances there is little Japan, under any
government, can do by unilateral action. AT
some point soon the Western powers must give
increased thought to how they can ease the way
for the island empire to recover economic
Self-sufhciency.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Silly Season

The silly season is here again. Year after
year, with the advent of spring, 1t manifeStS
itself on Capitol Hill in the same old way.
The signs include disposition toward bucolic
oratory every time daylight saving is mentioned,
climaXed by belated passage OF one-year
extension of "fast time" for the District of
Columbia. Sometimes the cycle is completed
in time to prevent any inconvenience to local
citizens and industry; sometimes the foolishness
extends beyond the deadline for proper action,
with resultant confusion for every one. This
year delay and confusion are in prospect again.
It would have been easy to avoid this
trouble of course. All that was required was
a favorable report by the House District Com
mittee and prompt action by the House on the
Senate approved bill to authorize daylight
time here if two of three large Eastern cities
(New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore) moved
their clocks ahead. It would not have been
difficult to accomplish this intelligent action
before expiration of the deadline at am.
tomorrow But the House committee saw fit
instead to report a bill authorizing daylight
time for one more year only. The inevitable
result was to send aglimmering the chances OF
completing legislative action before the dead
line and to make certain a period of chaotic
timekeeping until Congress gets around to
passing some kind of time laW-temporary or
permanent.
The really silly aspect of all this is that the
House committees plan means a repetition Of
the irrelevant time-wasting augmentation next
year. These annual repeat performances give
some of the Congressman a chance to discuss
the problems of their farmer constituents for
the benefit of the record. But the discussions
have no bearing on the local question of uni
form urban time schedules. Why Congress
continues to engage in this senseless routine
every spring is first-rate mystery.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
What Mr.. BroWneII Really Meant
To the Editor of The Stor:

UOUR editorial criticism on April %,
i 1853, with reference to my remarks
before the American Society OF News
paper Editors is Understandable.
MY remarks were directed at the
basic flaws of the loyalty program and
were in no way directed at those per-
sons who worked so hard to make 1t
effective. In order to prevent miscon-
ception, it is now apparent to me that
I should have made this clear. Nothing
said was intended to reflect in any
way upon the able and public spirited
citizens who, under the sound leader
ship of Senator Hiram Bingham, de-
serve praise and great credit for their
valiant efforts to make the loyalty
program effective.
editors Note: The comments in
the Attorney Generals speech which
The Star felt to be unjustif1ed were
that "thiS discredited Qoyalty) pro-
gram was completely unsuccessful
:. and that "it sought to probe the
employees mind to establish a mar
row test of the employees loyalty.")
My remarks were directed at the
loyalty program Whlch was 0lSCre0lted
because it was basically unsound. An
employe who was charged with being
disloyal was tried at a hearing con-
Quoted by friends or colleagues in the
department or agency where he was
employed. This basic flaw created such
public skepticism that, regardless of
= how diligently those who were trying
to make the program effective devoted
themselves to the task, they were never
able to overcome'it The fact that the
hearing boards in the State Depart
ment, for example, made no separations
under the loyalty program until very
recently gave support to this skepticism.
Further, the test under the old
loyalty program, which was whether or
not the individual under charges was
disloyal, was not a sound one. Under
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Swallow Flight

I had a ordndstdnd seat today .-
for beauty and delight as !
matched stOalloUs on mn porch assay
to teach their offspring how to ny.
Amono the columns BY my door
they darted With dark, slender w,'a0s
Joined presently by more and more
swaLows of preceding springs.
With 1phat tUild chrrupS they ertotled
the joy of fightl With what quick
skill
they bribed and threatened and cd1oled
the tender ones to do their totH!
Who could resist such argument?
And Dher they took to sky and tree
It ,pos as though all Heduen bent
to garland earth NTH poetry!
Helen Harrington
Evening star., 1953-04-25

the new program the test will be
whether the continued employment of
the individual would involve security
risk to this country. The case of Will
liam Remington illustrates the basic
weakness Of the old test. AS you know,
he was cleared and permitted to remain
in the employ of the Government on
the ground that it could not be proved
that he was disloyal at the time of the
hearing. However, any reasonable per-
son would certainly admit that he was
not a good security risk and should
not have been employed by the Govern
ment.
Because Of these and many other
flaws in the old program it was dis
credited in the public mind. It is our
hope that the new security program
will help to restore public confidence
and to prevent constant harassment of
the loyal and devoted public servants
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Medical Attention for All

Medical Attention for All
DR.. Wallace Yater, President Of the
D. C.. Medical Society, is to be highly
commended for his sheer common
sense, progressiveness and regard for
human welfare, in exhorting the med
ical profession to arrange some plan
for providing badly needed medical at
tention for ALL All this requires is a
dash of intelligence and initiative,
which certainly shouldn't be beyond
the mental capacities of the medical
profession. It doesn't have to be COM
pulsory or free, although it is I'M
realistic to consider this such an
impossible obstacle. We have free, COM
pulsory education which works very
well, and health is even more impor-
tant.
If the medical profession could real
ize how appallingly inefficient, unpro-
gressive and Indifferent to human
misery it appears in spending millions
to prevent medical attention for all, in
stead Of providing it, they might do
something constructive instead of de-
structive, for change.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Overtime Porkers

When do the cops check up on park
ing violators?
Any one walking in the downtown
area will see plenty Of red flags up,
particularly on Fifteenth street along
the Commerce Building. Also, in the
Mall the parking signs say, "No park
ing before 9:30 am" but try and get
a parking place at that time. And most
of the cars remain there all day de-
spite two-hour parking limit; 80 per
cent have Virginia, Maryland and
District Of Columbia licenses.
At So per parking ticket. any police
man can earn his weeks salary In an
hours time. ] like to shop downtown
If I can find parking place.
G.. e. S.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
How to Handle Reds

The Communists in this country,
known by the FBI, should be given the
opportunity to either accept deporta-
ton to Russia or one of her satellites,
or be made to swear allegiance to this
country before given the ballot again.
Should they again betray our country
by continuing in the Red Party, then
they would automatically be deported
without question. The FBI is capable Of
determining their loyalty to our coun-
try. Chester M. WAY.
Evening star., 1953-04-25

employed by the United States Govern
rnent.
Let me emphasize again that 1t was
not my intention to demean the ability
and effort of the outstanding citizens
who gave freely of their time and
energy. including those on regional
loyalty boards across the Nation, in an
attempt to do a tough job with made
quate tools. You may be interested in
learning that some time ago, at the
inception of the new security program
now in preparation, discussed it with
Senator Bingham. At his instance,
and with my enthusiastic response, we
laid the groundwork for drawing on the
experience and ability of these out
standing men and women who worked
so hard on the old loyalty program in a
spirit of patriotism.
Herbert BrowneIl, Jr.,
Attorney General
Evening star., 1953-04-25
The CoIumnists

In the Star of April 20 I found an
excellent "This and That" by Charles
Tracewell-always good. but this, time
extra special-about paper-back books.
However, on the next page, actually
kissing" this fine work with the paper
closed, is a lot of rubbish from Thomas
Stokes, calling the President a double
dealer-and in its title, mind you!
OF course. in this country, loyal
opposition is to be encouraged, but if
there is anything loyal in anything
Stokes writes, wish somebody would
point it out whether he likes it or
not, President Eisenhower is in by
choice of the voters of the United States
OF America. j. Reid Hammond.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Questions and Answers

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