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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-05-23

Ian into a welterweight title fight
with Womber. The champion said
after Saturdays bout that he did
not feel WONDERS showing merit
ed title shot.
If Sugar Ray were to come out
of retirement to meet Gavilan,
it almost certainly would be in
a middleweight bout, although no
title would be at stake.
Robinson had not made the 147-
pound limit for more than two
years before his retirement last
December, and Gavilan has indi-
Gated that he would like to move
into middleweight ranks. In fact,
he challenged Sugar Ray ianmediat-
ely after kayoeing Chuck Davey
in February, but Robinson ignor-
ed the challenge at that time.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-05-23
SP0 R rs
CLOSEUP
By FRITZ POLLARD

NEW YORK-(GlobaD Much
has been written about the prob
lem of "grandstanding." Who de-
serves the credit . the man who
carries the ball or the man who
cleared the way for him? Is the
guy who gets the base hits THE
star, or the man who quietly steals
hits from the opposition out in the
hot sun?
Campanella did some wonderful
hitting in the last few games
which certainly deserves acclaim,
but the part that went unnoticed
was the statement that the pitch
er made. Campy helps a pitcher
win a game with fast thinking
and infallible ball handling, but
that part rarely gets mentioned.
gunior Gillian scooped up some
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-05-23
Ray Robinson
Hints Return
To Ring Wars

New York, May 18 = The mana
ger of retired middleweight cham
pion Ray Robinson said last Tues
day Robinson would come out of
retirement to battle Kid Gavilan
should Gavilan defend his welter-
weight crown successfully against
Danny Bang Bang) Womber.
Womber is managed by George
Gainford, as was Robinson. Gain
ford quoted Robinson as saying to-
day that he (Robinson) instructed
Womber how to defeat Gavilan in
their non-title bout last Saturday
night.
Gavilan later blamed officials
for the outcome.
Robinson's statement was consi-
dered in New York boxing circles
as an attempt to Needle" Gavi-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-05-23

nearby and the fragments pene-
trated his chest. He fell badly
wounded and his men fell back.
The sergeant is credited with
recognizing the men and rally
ing them for another charge
against communist lines.
After falling back again, the
platoon regrouped under the lead
ership of Charlton only to see him
cut down by enemy bullets as his
group broke through.
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impossible balls very effectively
helping to win the game. What's
more, it was all done very quietly
with a de-emphasis on grandstand-
ing. Junior is a man who seems
to like his work and revels in his
skill to the extent where he feels
that it doesn't have to be accom-
panied with any horn blowing
and he will never dislocate shout
der by patting himself on the back.
It's an amazing thing that Cam
PAMELA and Gillian never seem
to have the trouble with the rest
of the players in the baseball world
that Jackie Robinson has Of
late his temperature is back to
98.6. The greats of all time can't
afford super-ego they should
be as humble as the owners of the
ball parks are.
You've all heard of Sugar Rays
return to the boxing world. 1t
seems to me he's making a mis-
take. While in the ring, he wrote
history by making a record in
championships and fine conduct.
1t is the consensus among sports
writer's that no man ever left with
as clean a slate as he did. He re-
tired at young age in a burst
of glory and the very fact that he
was accepted by the public in his
theatrical career proved the wis
dom of his decision. What is not
commonly known is that Sugar
Ray was a fine dancer before he
became a boxer: and had no IN
tention of ever giving up ter.
psichory for pugilism. Getting
back into theatricals seems to have
been the 4fulfillment of a lifetime.
inclination. His routines, + feel,
should have capitalized more on
his boxing background due to the
fact that he was accepted by the
public not for being a dancer but
as the greatest living retired title
holder. Rays going back into the
ring will detract from the glory
he acquired if he has the ill-for-
tune to make a bad showing which,
incidentally, won't do him any good
if as an alternative, he decides to
go back into the theatre. Is it pos
sible that his return is influenced
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him to perform. We have had many
requests to bring the Negro pitcher
back We feel that, in view of
the outstanding record he had al
ready compiled in the Mountain
States League, he can help us i'm
prove our present lowly position"
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League Project will take the re-
sponsibility for selecting and
screening prospects for these as
signments.
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only to have the group pinned
down by a barrage of enemy fire.
Motioning the others to stay
back Sergeant Charlton crept for
ward and took the first two posi-
tions alone, killing more than a
dozen of the enemy. A few NOM
ents later, grenade exploded
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by his manager George Gainford 5
success with his new prodigy Bang
Bang Womber who won a decision
over Kid Gavilan?
Evening star., 1953-03-05

resolution squeaked through the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee by the narrow margin Of
to 8. And there is every indication that the
Democrats will carry their fight against the
amendment to the Senate floor.
This may seem to be a case of much ado
about little or nothing. Nevertheless, 1t is a
development which promises to nullify what
ever benefit might have been derived from an
overwhelming approval of the original resolu-
tion To go ahead now and jam the amended
resolution through by party-line vote would,
as Secretary Dulles has said, be worse than
doing nothing at all. The resolution might as
well be forgotten and the wasted time charged
off to the futity Of trying to wage psychological
warfare in the fishbowl of democratic system
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Psychological Flop

The so-called -enSlavement resolution,
aimed primarily at Russian violation Of the
Yalta agreement, is about ready for the waste
basket. It was hardly calculated, even in its
original form, to produce psychological blast
of atomic proportions. In its present form, it
is a flop.
Secretary of State Dulles, arguing against
controversial amendment of the resolution, said
that it would be better to do nothing than to
pass such resolution by close vote. Obviously,
that is true. The Republicans, led by Senator
Taft, have insisted, however, on an amendment.
It seems to be rather innocuous amendment,
merely stipulating that approval Of the resolu-
ton would not constitute any determination
by Congress as to the validity or invalidity" Of
the World War II agreements But this was so
controversial in Democratic opinion that the
Evening star., 1953-03-05
This and That

at the tasks. Of diplomacy, more diff
hcult today than ever.
Here in the tiny forest a man con-
fronted fox The two of them had
solved, for few precious moments, all
the problems of the world. They needed
no diplomacy They were brothers to-
gether. in a strange and, at times,
terrible world
Suddenly, the fox broke and ran.
There was a streak, and the animal
disappeared in the underbrush, low
growing plants made for such as he.
Good-by, the man said to himself,
Che Gid not think Of his remarks as
needing quotation marks), farewell, old
fellow, I probably will never see you
again.
You are pal of the outdoors.
You are wanderer, stranger, too,
in this place
You were born someplace else, just
as was.
You had father and mother. You
drank warm milk. you felt the air on
your nose. you huddled against some,
thing soft
You grew into life as the flower ex-
pands, without the lot and hindrances
Of formal education.
You are not at home here. and I am
not at home here. Probably no one
for miles around is really at home.
understand how you feel, and why
you fled. though drawn to me Tor Q
time.
The mans soliloquy contained no
Evening star., 1953-03-05

The wanderer came down through
the woods
He was dressed in an old suit. hat
he still liked and stout pair Of shoes
He plunged into the bit Of forest.
left from building operations. To the
right Of him he could hear the roar Of
unseen traffic.
It was \ comfortable winter day, one
on which it was good to be away for
time from people
An old tree, gnarled and moss COW
cred, stood squa1ely in his path.
He felt this day as If he should push
it aside, but it was too big. so he started
around it.
There, 30 yards away, stood fox.
The man stopped, the fox stood his
ground
Which living thing was the more
astonlshed to see the other was impos-
sible to determine.
The pricked-up ears of the fox.
among the true beauties of the animal
world. said danger.
For a few wonderful seconds, the
looked at the man.
The sounds of traffic still came over
the way. Dimly. through the trees,
rose an embassy.
The walker knew that beyond stood
other monumental buildings, in which
hundreds Of men and women worked
Evening star., 1953-03-05
By Charles E. TroceWeN

ITO be or not to be-" but 1t held over
tones Of that immortal speech.
He was saddened. he knew not why;
at the same time he was suddenly
happy over something.
He went away determined to come
back to his little wood some time.
It was days later. when he arrived.
The first thing he saw was his friend,
the fcx, but this time dead and mo-
tionless, evidently killed in traffic
accident.
The man walked through the woods,
came to garage. entered, and found
q spade hanging on the wall.
He went back to the fox, wrapped
him IN an old newspaper, and dug
deep hole, in which he carefully placed
the body, and sealed it over,
He took a piece of paper out Of his
pocket, and found brick which he
used as table On the paper he wrote:
Here lies a for,
A modern tDGnderer,
Lost in the great tDorld,
As so many are.
He l0ds despised and rejected,
When all he asked lU1S food and life;
We are all homeless, in a sense,
Whether man or for.
The man folded the paper. put it on
the brick, and then built up q little
cairn over the mound.
He replaced the spade without being
seen, and went away.
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Where Is Capital Transit Heading?

The reaction of Chairman Simpson of the
House District Committee to the proposal to
lift the ceiling school fares Is typical Of the
growing hostility in and out of Congress
toward the Wolfson management of the Capital
Transit Company The merit Of the Holland
school fare bill-and it has a great deal of
merits bound to be lost sight of in the
resentment over what seems to be happening
to WaShington'S transit monopoly.
Senator Holland says he introduced the
bill, which would permit the, Public Utilities
Commission to raise school fares from three to
not more than eight cents at the request Of
his Florida conStituentS-preSumaby the Wolf
son group. The Star long has advocated legs-
lation to restore to the PUG the right to fix
school fares at a more realistic figure. It
welcomed introduction of the Holland bill as
paving the way for correction Of an old
congressional mistake. But it is plain that
the Capital Transit Company has proceeded to
kill what chances the measure had of passage.
It delivered the fatal blow when it announced
another fat dividend for its stockholders-a
dividend paid largely from rainy day"
surplus earned and set aside by the previous
conservative management of the company.
It is all very we'll to say that the repeated
raids on the old surplus are perfectlyslegal. The
big question in the minds of many citizens is
not the legality but the wisdom of this So-called
milking" of the company'S assets by the
Florida investors who moved in on the company
in 1949. The melon splitting may be good for
the stockholders particularly the Wolfson
group, but can it, by any stretching OF the
imagination, be considered good for the COM
pany and the city it serves? The steady
depletion of the companys surplus fund
through dividend payments suggests that the
present management is more concerned with
making the most on its investment than with
improving it's services to the public.
Under the circumstances, the demands in
Congress for a thorough investigation Of Capt.
tai TranSt'S finances and operations are
justified. The Senate District Committee is
planning such an inquiry. The public Is en-
titled to know how we'll Capital Transit is
living up to the obligations 1t assumed under
the franchise which gives it a monopoly in
the local transit field. 1t is entitled to know
whether the company is taking unfair ad-
vantage of this monopoly to make killing at
the expense of those who depend on it for
daily transportation. It is entitled to know
where the present policies of the company are
leading-to public ownership, perhaps or open
ing of the field to competition or some other
drastic development. calm, objective con-
greSsional investigation might produce the
answers to these questions Swirling in the
thoughts of a good many disturbed citizens
these days. The fate of Washington's vital
transit system will become clearer-for better
or for worse-when some OF these important
questions are cleared up.
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Prince Georges Budget

Ominous warnings that the tax rate
in Prince Georges County is about to
jump abruptly may awaken many citi-
zens to q wrathful interest in the forth
coming county budget.
The truth is that Prince Georges
County already is living beyond its
means despite much new property on
the tax rolls and reaSSessments which
in some cases are exceeding 100 per
cent County residents have been lulled
to sleep by last years deceptive 2-cent
tax rate reduction.
From 1948 to 1882 revenues into the
county's general funds exceeded eX-
penditureS. The surplus cash was scat
tered in many accounts, temporarily
lost. This produced the 1851 Battle of
the Surplus, with the newly elected
Republican commissioners and their
auditor contending that the surplus
did not exist, and the ousted Democrats
and civic leaders claiming that it
did. A recent auditors report has left
no doubt; on July l, 1852, the surplus
was $2.450244.67
The county commissioners immedi-
ately dipped into this surplus kitty to
reduce the tax rate despite an expan-
sion of services, an adroit move in an
election year
Increased school funds provided pay
raises for teachers and slightly i'm
proved educational standard. Other in
creases expanded the police depart
ment, raised other county salaries. and
accelerated the road program.
The total budget from general funds
for 1952-53 was $9,873 ,493, of which
$8,206,143 was estimated as available
from current revenues, and the remain
ing $1,667,350 was appropriated from
the surplus.
Actual revenues this year probably
will exceed the estimate by $500.000,
leaving a surplus on July /, 1858, Of
about $1,280.00O But $500,00O is re-
quired for cash reserve. Requests for
additional funds by the various depart
ments total $1.9 million. If this is
added to the probable $1.2 million by
which the current years budget is out
of balance and all surplus in excess Of
reserves Is appropriated. $2.3 million in
additional revenue would be needed.
This would require a phenomenal
rise of almost $115 million in the as
sessment base at the present tax rate.
Last year the rise was only $3.50, mil
lion. Or. with last years rise repeated.
it would take tax rate of about $2.45
per $1OO valuation instead of the pres
ent $1.98.
Drastic budget cutting, on the other
hand, may erase important progress in
county services In particular, citizens
interested in better schools need be-
ware. Fifty-one per cent Of the request
ed 81 9 million increase is for education
and this meets the needs Of the in
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Accuses Federal Lawyers

According to an article appearing in
The Star, February Is, the American
Bar Association asks the courts to put
a curb on Red lawyers. This interesting
report states that the associations
House of Delegates recommended that
Federal courts inquire into the activi-
ties of Communists admitted to prac-
tice before the courts and decide
whether the right to practice should
not be revoked.
The very best place to start clean
ing up pro-Red lawyers is in the Fed
eral departments. These agencies are
overstocked with the sympathizer va
riety, and it is very largely the inf1u-
ence of these lawyers that is responsible
for the departmental maladies that
are so difficult to diagnose.
After all, the pro- Communist lawyer
practicing before the courts is fairly
easy to spot. Those in the depart
mental service influence policy in
much more vital and subtle way.
NOn-Lawyer.
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Down Woodland Paths

Who comes across our moods in Dhite
array;
And is it crude to ask or Gpropos.
Since n1adcap March has turned 10th.
qrio
And chosen snoDdrops for his lope,s
bouquet?
Spring Daits. Gmbushed, on iDtnter's
holiday;
But soon torsythiG tDiH overfoD
The totDn, It's golden beauty to be-
Then shall tohite stars or golden ones
out1Deigh?
Although gay, prGncin0 March n1ay
notD apply
To our dark moods this snotD-spu,s
flioree,
Soon clouds of gray 1Diu turn to lasuH.
And in these moods tDiH bloom Gnen,-
one.
I am content to tDGtt, for bye and bye
DotDn lDoodlGnd paths loue may be CALI
ing me.
Mottie Richards Tyler
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Korean 'Sitdown'

General Van Fleets testimony, in one
significant respect, puts the Korean war in
new perspective. He told the House Armed
Services Committee that the prevailing military
situation in Korea is not stalemate or
checkmate, as has been generally believed
The so-called stalemate, he said, actually Is q
"sitdown"-not one imposed by the enemy, but
imposed instead by us for policy reasons
The man who commanded the 9th Army
from early 1851 until few days ago went on
to say that the United Nations forces can win
the Korean war without necessarily spreading
the conflict, and that military victory is a
necessity unless Asia is to fall to the Communists.
In his public testimony, General Van Fleet
did not say how the Korean war could be won
nor did he say how much of military build-up
would be required. Presumably he discussed
these matters in executive session.
The views he has spread on the record,
however, are entitled to the most careful con-
sideration. For he is no armchair strategist,
nor is he a reckless military adventurer. He
has demonstrated superior military qualities,
in Greece as well as in Korea. If he recon-
mends determined effort to win a military
decision in Korea, and that recommendation is
implicit in his testimony it cannot be brushed
aside on the assumption that military decision
is unattainable. Those with access ito the
essential military facts will have to weigh the
risks and the probable costs of such an under
taking. But it is apparent, even to layman,
that an indefinite prolongation of the present
indecisive fighting Is going to be costly in lives
and money, and it may well be that the risks
of prolonging what General Van Fleet regards
as the self imposed "sitdown" are as great as,
or greater than, an all-out, successful assault
on the Communist army
Evening star., 1953-03-05
End of the Vincent Case

Secretary Dulles probably has made the
best of a bad situation in permitting Career
Diplomat John Carter Vincent to resign after
clearing him on security and loyalty grounds.
This has been perhaps the most trouble
some case to arise under the loyalty program.
Mr. Vincent was asSailed on loyalty grounds
by congressional critics, only to be completely
cleared" by the State Department. This finding
was reversed by the Loyalty Review Board,
which found in 3-to-2 vote that there was
reasonable doubt as to Mr.. Vincents loyalty.
Unwilling to accept this, President Truman, at
the request of Dean Acheson, authorized
review of the case by a specially appointed
Super-review board. When Mr.. Dulles became
Secretary he took the case over himself, stating
that it was his responsibility and that he would
decide it.
Out of all this now comes what looks like
compromise solution. The effect Is to clear Mr..
Vincent on the loyalty charge and to retire
him from the service on an income of about
$4,000 year. This apparently forced retire.
ment was based on Mr.. Dulles unexplained
conclusion that Mr.. Vincent'S associations"
from 1885 to 1947 and his failure while serving
in China to meet the standard which is de-
manded of a Foreign Service officer OF his
experience" have ended his usefulness to the
State Department.
So Mr.. Vincent gets clean bill OF health
as far as his loyalty is concerned, and his
critics get some support for their condemnation
of his China service. If this falls short OF an
ideal solution, it may be the best that could
have been devised.
Evening star., 1953-03-05
No Bundle for Britain?

We shall soon have in our midst For
eign Secretary Eden and Chancellor Of
the Exchequer Butler with a complete
outline and Hope" for economic and
diplomatic policies which they would
like to have us adopt.
Yes, well do we remember the latest
slogan uttered by the Slogan Coiner," 4"
Winston Churchill, that he wanted not
laid" but trade" For whom? Aid from
us and trade for China? That was be-
fore Eisenhower. Now it is aid for China
with trade from us, for Russia.
YUD.
Evening star., 1953-03-05

supposed it was an estate in Cornwall
We used to say
By Tire, Pol, and Pen
Ye shall know the Cornish men,"
and cite such names as Trelawney,
Polgase, Penhallegan, Trembath, Tre-
varrow. The Cornish are wonderful
miners too, and did fine work in the
copper mines of Upper Michigan, I can't
think who their saint might be-, or
would suggest you write something
about the Cornish. The tin mines of
Cornwall were used by the Romans,
but have never found out much about
that period.
Frances Phillips.
Editors note: st. Piran, a mis-
sionary sent to Cornwall by St. Pat
rick in the 5th century, is patron
saint of the Cornish tin miners.)
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Letters to The Star
Cont Understand People

have lived in Washington for nearly
a third of a century, but I must con-
fess that I still can't quite understand
Washington1ans, or why they feel the
way they do on certain civic matters.
In recent weeks have read in The
Star of mass protests against the build
ing of hospital. in a city which is
several thousand beds short of its hos
pital needs.
Then I read about objections to sum-
mer music and ballet at the Carter
Barron Amphitheater. although Wash
ington has less of this kind of enter
tainment than many smaller cities in
the United States.
Finally. comes organized efforts to
halt the raising Of the highways around
Peace Cross, although this has been q
traffic bottleneck for as long as can
remember.
What is the answer?
John Kenmuir.
Evening star., 1953-03-05
Blame for Korea

According to our radio, Adlai Steven
son says the Democrats should not copy
the opposition, and refer to the Korean
war as "Eisenhower's war;" The logic
of such a statement escapes me. The
Korean war was brought on by Tru-
mans incompetence-not by the fact
that Eisenhower won the election. I
think we can continue to call it Tru-
mans war, without much fear of con-
tradiction. John F. Schmidt.