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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Speaking Of Sacrifices
L. w. 8.

There has been a veritable flood of
editorial tears shed by bleeding heart
columnists and others over the "Sacri-
flee" and penalties required before
the Senate would confirm Secretary Of
Defense Charles E. Wilson and some of
his chosen aides
believe Wilson is good man and
I'm glad the Senate did confirm him,
but I'm not going to shed any tears
over the sacrifices" he made or the
penalties" he paid to get the job. He's
still lot better off than three and a
half million other guys serving their
country in the armed forces.
Wilson and his co-millionaire aides
were summoned to duty in the Defense
Department by President Eisenhower
to serve their country in time Of ma
tional emergency. None Of them were
asked to make any financial sacrifices
which threatened their security or the
security OF their families. On the other
hand, each was offered positions of
great honor and great power
know lot of guys who have been
summoned" to serve their country
particularly World War II reservistS-
who had to sacrifice good jobs, lower
the standards of living which their
young families were just beginning to
enjoy, and trudge of to remote for
eign land and be forgotten-or die.
And they weren't given any choice In
the matter.
If big business men want the honor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Doctors Forgotten Patients

Since the recent mothers drive on
polio. am moved, for the first time
in my life, to take my courage in hand
and write about the thing that has
been close to my heart for some time.
Everywhere and often we have drives
for polio, cancer. heart disease, tuber-
culoSis, diabetes and even muscular
dystrophy. But where does glandular
research come in, and who cares about
those unfortunate souls who are going
through tortures month after month
and year after year in silence, because
doctors know very little about glands
or what to do for them? There is no
telling how many nervous disorders,
mental diseases and diseases which
doctors have been unable to diagnose,
could be cured. or at least relieved, If
more were known about the ductless
glands.
AS it stands now, all that can be
done for the nervous patient is merely
to tell him to pull himself together"
snap out Of 1t" or "get his mind of
It," I suppose one could get his mind
OF toothache, if he were good enough
at that sort Of thing; but the sensible
and permanent thing to do would be
to take out or repair the tooth.
It is not uncommon for persons who
have nervous breakdowns, for instance,
to have not one but two, three and
four breakdowns in the course of their
lives, all because the real trouble has
never been discovered and cured. It
is easy for the average person, doctors
included, to assume that it is some
mysterious thing Of the mind but that
Is mere guesSwork, evading the truth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
The Caspian Caviar

AS if to prove there Is nothing fishy about
its adherence to the principles of nationalist
ton, the Iranian government Is now in the
process of Matchmaking its caviar industry. In
this instance, the opposite number on the
international stage Is Soviet Russia, which for
IS years has been enjoying the caviar conces-
sion for the sturgeon-filled waters of the
Caspian Sea. Trans Premier Mossadegh has
notified the Moscow government that the mo
fishing" signs are up as of the terminal date
Of the treaty, January 81.
To the caviar lover, the Caspian sturgeon
eggs are considered la creme de la creme the
most delicate of these delicacies. Russian
Iranian corporation has been taking about
10 tons yearly out of the Caspian with the
Russians holding the exclusive packaging and
marketing rights. The arrangement gave the
Soviet Union virtual monopoly on the world
caviar trade, although Iran received a fiat
annual payment plus is per cent Of the profits.
Lack Of precise provisions on the marketing
arrangement, however, permitted Russia to "rig
the books in its favor.
Dating back to 1927, the fishing treaty has
not been a small matter In the Soviet mind
When British and Russian troops occupied Iran
In 1941, continuance Of the concession was one
of the specific conditions set forth to the
Teheran government by Moscow DR.. Mossa-
degh, seemingly more patient about caviar than
about petroleum, or perhaps more apprehensive
about Russian reaction along Trans own from
tiers has allowed the treaty to run its full
length. He has given no indication however,
of accepting either Of the pending Soviet pro-
posalS-that the concession be extended or
new 10-year marketing agreement be signed.
It may turn out yet to be more than 4
tempest In q 11sh bowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
The Sea Hath Spoken

1t is written in the Book of jeremiah of
the Old Testament that there is sorrow on the
sea; it cannot be quiet" There have indeed
been sorrows on the northern seas of Europe in
these recent days, an unquiet that has brought
death and tragic disaster to thousands who had
asked only that the unmastered waters Of the
deep be not angry with them.
But that these waters should be angry is
not new in mans experience, nor is the power
behind that anger surprising It is only the
violence OF this wrath of the past week end that
has made more startling the fact Of unceasing
conflict between man and the seas To the Hol-
landers, who have suffered the worst of this
wrath, it is an old story but nonetheleSS poign-
ant for being so. Much of their tiny country,
consisting so largely of the delta portions of two
riverS-the Mas and the Rhine-is below the
normal level of the sea boundaries. Only by de-
termination and the ingenious construction Of
frontier of bikes have they lived on terms of
uneasy peace with the sea.
Today that peace has been broken with q
greater and more relentless violence than for
centuries. In more than dozen places the man
made frontier has been preached until an eSti-
mated 10 per cent Of the countrys total area
has been turned again into acres of salt water.
The toll of life in Holland alone has been in the
neighborhood Of 1000, the toll in property and
economics incalculable as yet Neighboring Bel
gium almost equally vulnerable along its coastal
area and Britain opposite have paid their price,
too to this stormy rage of the waters.
There is a quality of universally that
emerges from disaster and that prompts all
people Of good will to respond with succor and
with sympathy. Those responses already have
reached the stricken lands and their people.
Man, gifted with spirit and SOUL is an endur-
ing creature. The populations of Holland Of
Belgium and of Britain will not be defeated by
this one sad encounter with an old enemy
Those who died will be honored, those who live
will make their peace again, recognizing no
finality of dominion over the sea or at its hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
End of Red Herrinq' Era

President Eisenhower is evidencing COM
mendable determination to accept the full
weight of responsibility for Kidding the execu-
tive establishment of faithlesS or otherwise
undesirable employees. In his message to Con-
gresS the President, in effect, made it clear
that he is confident he can do the job without
outside help, including that of congressional
committees. His proposed shake-up of the
present loyalty system indicates that a general
Tightening up of security procedures is in
prospect. This is a salutary change from the
red herring" attitude which has aroused public
criticism and congressional indignation in the
recent past
indicative of the new trend was State
Secretary Dulles disbanding of the special
loyalty review board which his predecessor had
set up to review the regular Loyalty Review
Boards adverse ruling In the John Carter
Vincent case. Mr., Dulles, in contrast to Mr..
AcheSon, can study and decide this case free
OF any prior controversial connection with it..
He has said he will give it this sort of study,
without benefit of advice from any outside
group, however distinguished This is the
orderly way of dealing with such purely adj
ministrative problems
Under the executive order which President
Eisenhower is expected to issue next week, q
sweeping reorganization of the Federal loyalty
security system will take place. OF major
significance will be the placing of primary
emphasis on security rather than loyalty. In
furtherance of that change the overall Loyalty
Review Board will be abolished. BY this act
responsibility for departmental security will be
placed squarely on the heads Of the various
departments or agencies, where it logically
belongs-subject, Of course, to presidential
control. Each agency will have a security
board, composed of members selected from other
departments. Appeals from these board will be
to the heads Of the agencies
The plan is to extend to all agencies of the
Government the security risk housekeeping
system which now prevails in several agencies,
such as the Defense, State, Commerce and
Justice Departments, the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Mutual Security Agency. This
means an extension of dismissal powers in the
non-sensitive agencies on the security risk basis
rather than on showing of disloyalty. These,
of course. are broad powers to give any ad-
miniStrator, and success of the new program
will depend on how carefully and wisely the
authority is exercised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Frances Military Budqet

While planning to ask greater aid from
the United States, the new French government
of Premier Mayer has received parliamentary
approval of a record postwar defense budget
Out of a total of more than 81 billion, Defense
Minister Pleven has specified that France should
provide approximately $35 billion, with the
remainder coming from this country in terms
of military equipment or through so-called
offShore purchasing of material produced. in
French factories.
In presenting his appropriation requests,
Mr.. Pleven told the National Assembly that
France has met substantially the goals set for
her at the Lisbon meeting of the NATo ap-
proximately year ago. These were the main
tenance of twelve and one-third land divisions,
81 air squadronS and $50 900 tons of naval craft.
In reciting these figures, however, Mr.. Pleven
acknowledged that less than half the land
strength is combat-ready in terms of training
and equipment and that the air force is still
short of equipment and technicianS The pro-
posed appropriations he said, would permit the
needed training and equipping. The possibility
of adding to the forces would depend upon the
extent of American aid.
OF course long road lies between these
recommendations and achievement of the OBJ
jectives. Frances overall financial picture
has been clouded by imitation, an unbalanced
and by the domestic political instability which
has hampered long-rang fiscal planning. In
addition, it is not yet known how much the
Eisenhower administration and the new Con-
gress will agree to make available in American
aid.
The encouraging element Is that the Mayer
government is advocating this record postwar
effort and that Mr.. Pleven, in recommending
1t, has emphasized two points One is that the
threat of Soviet aggression in Europe is as great
today as at any time in the postwar period.
The other is that development by the West
of certain arms-presumably a reference to
nuclear weapons-does not reduce the neces-
sity for "a minimum of classic forces, mini
mum that is not yet attained" For these two
warnings tend to offset two points OF view often
attributed to French thinking-namely, that
the Soviet menace has been exaggerated by
American defense planners and that Western
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Our Nervous Allies

With the exception of the Turks. who do
not scare easily, our Korean war allies have
reacted in jittery fashion to President Eisen-
hower'S decision to give freedom of action to
Chang Kai-shek'S Formosan army And this is
the more remarkable because the decision itself
does not appear to herald new military develop
mentS of any great Importance
Now that the 7th Fleet is no longer
under orders to defend the coast of Communist
China, it may be possible for the generalisSimo
to conduct some Stepped-up raiding operations
against the Communists. Perhaps the mere
threat Of this will serve to tie down Com
munist troops which might otherwise be sent
to Korea or used in new adventures elsewhere
There certainly is no immediate prospect,
however, of launching any large-scale military
operations from FormoSa
Yet our allies, the Turks excepted are
showing signs of extreme nervousness nerv-
BUSINESS which must be rooted, not so much
In the order to the 7th Fleet, but in a
deeply held fear of taking any risk which
might increase in any degree the danger of
bigger war in Asia.
From our point of view, the trouble with
this is that there is little possibility of bringing
the Korean war to an end without being
willing to take new risks. To accept the
advice OF the British and the French, or at
least the advice that is implicit in their
alarmed reaction to the 7th Fleet order
Is to be content with doing no more than has
been done in Korea. They would rather have
an indefinite continuance of the current stale
mate than incur the risks that are bound to
accompany any attempt to put more pressure
on the Communists. General Eisenhower,
however, is almost obligated to reject this
timid course.
He owes his election in large part to the
expectation of millions of Americans that he
would pursue a holder course in Korea than
the preceding administration was willing to
take. This is not to say that he Is expected
to be foolhardy or reckless But certainly the
American people want a greater effort made
to wind up the Korean war and they are
willing to accept reasonable risks to that end.
Then there is the larger question of the
cold war itself For years we have been
adhering to the So-called containment policy
a policy of minimum risks. The desirability
OF that policy was dictated among other things,
by our military weakness. The policy has
served useful purpose. But as our military
strength grows, the usefulness of the policy
d1miniShes. For cold wars, like shooting wars,
are not apt to be won or even settled, by
purely defensive maneuvering, by an almost
pSychopathic unWillingnesS to take reasonable
risks which inevitably must attend any attempt
to increase the pressure on ones opponents
1t would be nice if there were some way to
settle wars, hot or cold, without taking any
risks. But those who are quickest to admonish
against new risks have no riskless solutions to
offer. And meanwhile the wars both hot and
cold, go on with this country carrying most
Of the load.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Redbirds in Snow

Brilliant and briet as fragile Oriental
peoples,
Their scarlet fame against the fery
aDhite,
Bobbtng and iDeaptnC as ,rould popptes
IN a mind,
Nom quickly seen. notD gone from
sight.
Again the empty branch. the suHen
lotDertnO sky:
The track OF iDtnter sun across the
dial Is slotD;
Scatter therefore this nteG0er feast Of
crumbs or seeds
That birds may light the garden NTH
their 0lotD.
What Is there lett OF color but crimson
tDingS
TO temper a landscape gone too cold,
Gustere:
Here Is a thing to iDGrnl the heart upon,
Small cGRdlefGnses to light this
darkness of year.
Frederick Ebrisht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Deliberate Infection
EorIy Could Save Lives
German Measles Causes
StiIIbirths and Deformities

Should all girls be inoculated with
German measles during their early
teens?
This has been recommended by the
American Academy Of Pediatrics. Or
dinarily. this acute infectious disease.
known as rubella, causes only mild
sickness. One attack brings immunity
for life. No case is known where any
body has been seriously injured.
On the other hand, If a woman gets
the infection after she becomes preo-
nant, the effects on the unborn baby are
likely to be very serious. indeed. t
causes blindness, mental retardation.
deafness and congenital heart disease
in the child. It is the cause of many
stillbirths and involuntary abortions.
In fact. many doctors believe that If a
prospective mother gets the disease the
only thing to do Is to terminate the
pregnancy at once, as the chances for
. normal baby are quite small.
Preventive Infection.
But no prospective mother ever would
contract the malady If she had had it
during childhood.
German measles Is a filterable virus
disease. The agent can be isolated and
preserved in dry ice for at least nine
months. When children are inoculated
with this virus disease is always pro-
duced which clinically is indistinguish.
able from the normally occurring
malady.
The same causative agent, according
to a report to the American Medical
Association by DR.. Saul Krugman and
his associates, of the New York Univer-
Sity College of Medicine. who worked
under q grant from the New York
Health Department, causes a low-grade
infection without any Of the rash which
is characteristic of German measles.
They believe, however. that it Is the
same disease and that many proSpec-
tive mothers may contact it without
being aware of the fact. The effect.
however, may be just as bad on the I'm.
born child.
Practical Methods Seen.
Their findings and those previously
reported, the doctors say, point the
way toward practical methods Of de.
liberate infection and active immuniza-
ton Of girls before the child bearing
period. At present, however, there are
definite hazards. The evidence that ex-
perimental rubella is just as contagious
as the naturally acquired form indi-
Gates that uncontrolled introduction Of
this disease into q community may
possibly increase the danger to preg-
nant women. Another hazard is the
potential danger Of transmitting infec-
tons other than rubella."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04

Of us feel, the warmth of pride and the
sense of adventure that comes in know
ing he was part of America-the
leader,
Franklin would have put down his
pen for moment to reflect. He would
have heard again the Presidents con-
fident hopes for the future betterment
Of this country, and his hopes for the
closer relations Of all countries and
peoples. And then we might imagine
Franklin closing the letter to President
Eisenhower by saying:
Each Of us, whether in public affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


Q. Is 1t contrary to nag law to fly
the flag day and night?-J. B.
A. The flag code, as amended, which
serves as a guide for the use Of the
flag by civilians provides that: "It is
the universal custom to display the
flag only from sunrise to sunset on
buildings and on stationary hagStaffS
in the open. However, the flag may
be displayed at night upon special
occasions when it is desired to produce
a patriotic effect" Ordinarily the flag
is displayed from sunrise to sunset.
@. What is the rate of rejection for
men who are drafted for military
Service?-E. N. G.
A. In the first year of the Korean
war, 535, 1924 men, or IS per cent Of the
Selective service registrants, failed to
qualify. Nearly 100000 of these men
failed the Armed Forces Qualification
Test, which is primarily test of mini
mum educational qualifications to alb
Sorb training and perform effectively.
Q. Does light affect the color Of
meat?-A. E. S.
A. The American Meat Institute. says
that it is commonly known that light
exerts a deteriorating effect upon the
color of fresh, cured and processed
meats. All light bands from ultra
violet to infrared will change the color
of the meats to various degrees. One
theory is that the color change is due
to the heat intensity developed by
light.
@. What Government agencies are
administered by the Smithsonian Insti-
tution?-L. M.
A. The National Museum. the Inter-
national Exchange Service, the Ma
tional Gallery of Art. the National COL
lection of Fine Arts, the Freer Gallery
of Art, the Bureau of American Eth.
nology, the National Geological Park,
tional Air Museum and the Canal Zone
Biological Area
@. Who was the first person to dis
cover the relationship between the
moon and the tides?-J. M.
A. Men have known for thousands
Of years that the moon had some con-
nection with the tides. Before the year
AID. 100, the Roman naturalist, Pliny.
wrote Of the moons influence on tides.
But the tidal laws were not worked out
until after Sir Isaac Newton discovered
the law of gravitation in the 1600s.
@. Is it necessary to have a heavy
car to pull trailer?-M. D. Y.
A. While light car will pull a sur
prisingly heavy trailer, during long trips
a heavy car, with its added stability,
power and flexibility. greatly reduces
the strain of driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Letters to The Star

and taking the easy way out for them,
at least.
It is not that I do not feel sorry
for the people with all those other
diseases debut there are plenty
to feel sorry for them and to go down
in their pockets for them. But the
glandular and nervous patients are the
forgotten people" If there is research
being done along that line, we do not
near Of it. "A Reader.
Poyne School Strike
1t seems as though I can't read a
newspaper that I don't see something
about the protest Payne Elementary
School is making over its overcrowded
condition. would like to say word
in regard to the student strike.
Any parent who has a child in Dis
trict school is well aware of the over
crowded condition and shortage of
teachers in our schools. This condition
is certainly not limited to Payne School
or any school classified in Division 2.
There is no doubt in my mind that our
schools need more money appropriated
to them for buildings and for hiring
more teachers.
Since Payne has just recently had a
new addition to relieve overcrowding,
think another strike is out Of order.
But II the students insist, would sug-
geSt they be allowed to strike as long
as they please. and lev = the highest
fines possible on the parents for keep
ing their children out of school. Since
the lack Of funds for buildings and for
hiring more teachers is directly the
cause OF this school dilemma, this
money could be used to relieve the
shortage Of funds in supplying our
school needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04

leadership in nuclear weapons is sufdcient
deterrent in itself to Russian aggression.
An adequate defense structure in Western
Europe requires the most that France can con-
tribute. It is good that the present French
government recognizes this fact and Is setting
a higher than-ever goal for this contribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04
Horror on TV
Harold G. Stage.

Recently it was my misfortune to
witness play on one of our leading
TV stations sponsored by well-known
soft-drink manufacturer. Why in the
name Of all that's intelligent the spon-
sor and station decided to run such q
film while hundreds of children were
watching is a mystery to me. The film
or skit dealt with nothing except the
urge to kill.
This same station will at other times
plead with the public to help fight
juvenile delinquency-yet be guilty Of
playing right into the hands Of crime.
have read with interest editorials Of
The Star dealing with the problem of
juvenile delinquency and organized
crime. You are fighting it. but such
tasteless trif1es as are shown by the
aforementioned TV station will undo
all that the newspapers. churches,
Boys Clubs, ETC., can do, and have done,
to combat this problem.
Gus A. Bealor, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-04

or private, no matter how minor or how
high his station. can play his rightful
part in history by placing first in mind
the interest Of mankind and country,
and by thenceforward governing his
conduct in the light of these.
1T is my earnest and prayerful hope
that God may grant you the leadership
to bring men of all stations to so look
into their hearts that they will rededi-
cate themselves to the welfare of their
fellow man, and to the spirit of our
country'S greatness.
your ob't servant, B. Franklin"
william p. Smith, Jr.