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Evening star., 1953-05-16
How Much Power for Peace?

The announced theme for this Armed
Forces Day is Power for Peace" A speakers
guide prepared by the Defense Department for
the annual observance called for emphasis on
military, naval and air power as our best
insurance against an aggressive enemy. The
guide was written before recent statements by
Defense Secretary Wilson indicating that
substantial cutback in military spending is in
prospect. Otherwise the subject might better
have been: How Much Power for Peace?"
When the Air Force contributed its section
for the speakers guide there apparently was
no question in its mind as to the urgency of
building its strength to the planned 143 wings
by 1855 The pamphlet points out that Congress
authorized this strength and approved funds to
build toward the goal 1t says: THE outbreak
of the Korean war found the United States with
a 48-wing Air Force AS the Air Force climbed
from 48 to SO to "a and then to 95 authorized
wings, the increases in strength and money au-
thorizations of the other services moved up
correspondingly However, the October 1851,
decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, put into
effect with the appropriations acts for fiscal
1858, gave the Air Force an additional so per
cent increase, to 1876 wings plus II troop-carrier
wings"
But the disturbing news on this Armed
Forces Day of 1858 is that we are to abandon
for the time being, at leas-the carefully con-
sidered security goal of 143 wings. The Air
Force budget which had been devised to achieve
that goal is to be cut down by S. billion. This
economy move, Mr.. Wilson has stated, will
necesSitate a reduction in the number of Air
Force wings. The immediate target is to be
ia wings by the middle of next year and the
eventual goal-described as an interim figure
is to be 120 wings. Yet Mr.. Wilson insists that
the combat effectiveness of the services will not
be impaired.
The question involved in Weighing these
totals is the realistic one of how far this Nation
safely can go in weakening its potential power
for peace. We have been told in the past by
military experts that our best hope of survival
in the air-atomic age is an ability to strike
swiftly at our enemies by air; that the knowl
edge of our ability to do so Is an effective
deterrent to any would-be aggressor. Were the
experts who urged the building of 143-wing
Air Force and of a strong Army and Navy
wrong? Has something developed since they
made their estimates of our needs to change
the situation and permit of lowered goals?
These questions are puzzling great many
people today as the Nation pays tribute to the
men and women of the armed forces
Evening star., 1953-05-16
This. and That

Shakespeare had a few deft phrases
of his own. but they solved nothing.
1t is all very we'll to talk about knit
ting up the ravelled sleeve of care, and
so on, but that is just phrase. It fools
no one, especially the person trying to
go to sleep.
The thing seems absurdly easy All
you have to do is to lie down on a
reasonably comfortable bed, in a quiet
room. and If the dog back on the next
street will let you, you soon pass into
sweet slumber.
With these harassed persons. 1t SIM
ply doesn't work that way.
There are, in life, many days and
nights when one cannot sleep for good
cause. We pass them over. since they
are too personal to discuss.
What interests the wouldbe sleeper
is the plain fact that there seems no
good reason for it all.
He is in reasonably good health as
far as he knows
All, ha! The flends in human form
who insist On keeping the Nation fore
warned of all the dire diseases that may
take them in tow Jump into the breach.
mo telling, my friend" says one.
what is the matter with you. SO send
me a check. Just address it in care OF
your postman. And lest you tend to
forget. remember that three out Of
every five"
II you consult . medical work, be-
Evening star., 1953-05-16

Lying awake at night is an elderly
persons disease-or is it?
Heard young girl talking; she said
she had to take two aspirin tablets
every night to get any sleep.
It seems that insomnia. or just plain
sleepleSsneSS, is a modern disease, al
most in the status of an occupational
hazard.
The worst feature about it, to many
sufferers, is that one is sleepy!
If one only did not feel sleepy all the
time it was going on, then the thing
would not be so bad, at least 1t could
be endured with some equanimity.
The mind. Of course. is very much to
the fore in these sleepless affairs.
Some poor souls cannot help think
ing, hour after hour. And said, and
he said, and she said"
So it goes. with the mind racing all
to no purpose.
Attempts have been made for CEN
turies to harness the mind, by making
it count sheep jumping over a fence,
and so on.
Occasionally, these tricks work. The
effort of the poor brain to keep itself
focused on something utterly worthless
is too much. The mind jumps the fence,
as 1t were. and goes into the pasture of
Inconsistencies.
That is where the sheep come in, and
go out.
Nobody knows exactly what sleep u.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Bricker Amendment

The Bricker Amendment which has
been approved by more than one-half
of the Senate. would prevent the Presi-
dent and two-thirds of the Senate
from making treaties that would change
the law of the land and supersede the
Constitution of the United States.
Currently the President and two
thirds Of the Senate, present and voting,
can make treaty that would abolish
the rights of our citizens to own prop
erty and thus virtually make null and
void the fifth amendment to the Con-
stitution.
Messrs. Stassen and Dulles tell us
that it is not President Eisenhower's in
tention to make treaties and execute
agreements like the Yalta Pact made by
Roosevelt.
am not interested in Eisenhower's
intent. I am interested in an amend
ment to the Constitution which would
prevent any President from making an
other Yalta agreement. want gov
ernment of laws. not of men.
Government of men is tyranny. Gov
ernment Of laws. based on our Consti-
tuition, is government of liberty. Let
those who would preserve our liberty
and be worthy Of our heritage support
the Bricker Amendment.
George E. Stringfellow,
East Orange, N. j.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Our Noisy Visitors

Seventeen-year locusts are not locusts at
all. They have no relation to the eighth plague
Of Egypt, reported in the 10th chapter Of
Exodus-an invasion of graSshoppers. The
proper technical name for the creatures now
emerging from Alabama to Vermont is Cica-
didae septen -decem. Scientists have traced
their incidence in North America back to 1880,
when the Pilgrim settlers Of New England were
annoyed by the constant yelling" of the insects
In their trees.
There are few more interesting creatures
than the periodical cicadaS themselves. Ento-
mologists consider them the longest-lived Of all
insects. They are curiously slow breeders, their
childhood lasts roughly 5000 days-but those
days are spent buried in the earth, tediously
tunneling through darkness. What makes them
tick as they do is a mystery. One OF their
peculiar characteristics is their gregariousness
AS many as "a Of the bugs" have been counted
emerging from a single square foot of SOIL
They rise from the ground to "sing" for few
days, mate and die. The females lay their eggs
in sawed-out slots in oaks, elmS, chestnuts and
apple trees, ignoring the conifers
Our 1883 cicadas are about as numerous
Evening star., 1953-05-16
By Charles E. TroceWeN

cause your doctor Is too busy to talk
to you. you become more confused
then ever.
Sleeplessness may be due to 10 Diff
ferent diseases, minor, with 26 serious
ones displaying it as symptom.
Looking a little further, you see that
nosebleed, too, is a sign, perhaps-they
are never quite sure-in II minor NAL
aides and 80 major ones.
There is no escape, evidently.
Perhaps one had better send that
check, after ALL
The mind can help, in this human
dilemma.
Get it in the place, If possible,
where it says to itself, who careS?"
or 80 what?" in the popular phrase.
II this idea Is caught, and held. 1t
may put the sleepless to sleep. because
what happens Is that 1t fools the old
subconScious mind.
Now, the subconscious mind Is q sly
old devil, conditioned by centuries OF
Subterranean living. It knows what it
wants, and in this case. for some utterly
unknown reason, it wants to keep one
awake But fortunately the subcon-
scious, for all its folk wisdom, is very
naive, too; tell it you don't care. that
you don't give a whoop, and the silly
thing will believe 1t!
Then it relaxes, gives up its plan to
keep you awake, and glory be, goes to
sleep, itself. And that Ii where you
come In, or, more factually. pass out.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
6. O.P. and the Scriptures

Many of us were dissatisfied with
many things in the Truman adminis
tration. We hoped for something better
under Eisenhower. We are now being
reminded of Matthew 12:43-45:
"43. When the unclean spirit is gone
out Of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest. and findeth none.
"44 Then he saith, will return unto
my house from whence came out; and
when he is come, he findeth 1t empty,
and swept, and garnished.
AS. Then goeth he. and taketh with
himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there: and the last state Of that
man is worse than the first. Even so
shall it be also unto this wicked gen.
Grafton"
DisiIlusiOned.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Mr.. Truman Speaks

Former President Truman'S speech to the
Missouri Legislature contained many of the
informal and homely qualities which the Ameri
can people have learned to expect in his public
utteranCeS.
His philosophers on political life-his pride
in his own career from precinct to presidency"
his answering loyalty to the Democratic Party,
his enjoyment Of political conflict, and his
habit of never missing an opportunity to toss
a few light jabS at the RepublicanS-all were
present in his address So, also was familiar
reference to his affection for Missouri. AS he
has often done before, particularly in recent
years, Mr.. Truman again took occasion to ex-
press a fond concern for the younger generation
and to mention his own hopes that he may
contribute something to their guidance and
the development of their capacity to lead the
Nation wisely in the future
There was a solemn sincerity in his plea
that the country should support President
Eisenhower's foreign policy 80 we can keep
the peace OF the world" Probably no response
bility of the presidency impressed Mr.. Truman
so deeply while he was in the White House as
that of formulating and applying foreign policy.
And certainly no legitimate question ever could
be raised that his own objective in that task
was to assure world peace. 1t is becoming to
the former President that he should feel, and
give voice to, the idea that the Nation should
stand undivided on this vtally important
matter.
Evening star., 1953-05-16

as those Of previous editions. Millions Of them
came out of hiding only to be eaten by purple
grackles starlings robins, catbirds and song
sparrows Dr. Ernest Cory, Maryland expert
on the subject, says he has heard that gray
squirrels also are feasting on the nymphs
Defenseless against their enemies, the cicadas
have no facility for striking back. Even their
"song"-caused by the vibration Of air cham
bers or drumheads on the abdomens of the
males-is futile affair.
But the 17-year "locusts" persist despite
their supposed ineficiency. They defy opliv-
ion by adjusting to it, and the day may dawn
when the cicadas prove themselves more truly
masters of this planet than self-destroying
men ever have been.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Montgomery School BUDGET

Montgomery County ParentTeacher
Associations obviously propelled by the
Board of Education are again vigor-
ouSly campaigning for unlimited and
disproportionate school funds.
We are aware of the necessity for
good schools which means competent
teachers and adequate facilities. We
are also aware that school conditions
can be materially improved with less
money than is being currently appro-
priated. It is just matter of economic
and sound business administration and
the elimination of the totally unnec-
cessary luxurious embellishments IN
corporated in recently completed school
buildings. Since the Charter Govern
ment assumed county control, the
Board of Education has been enjoying
one continuous field day with the
unlimited funds at the expense, Of
course. of the harassed taxpayer. The
board does not know differently be-
cause it is on the receiving, not pro-
ducing end of the tax dollar.
1t is quite interesting to learn that
many Of the active PTA campaigners
for unlimited funds are apartment or
dwelling tenants. They are not con-
cerned with the size of the real
estate tax bill. Furthermore, the PTA
is glaringly ignorant Of factual f1nan-
cial data concerning county school
requirements. If 1t were otherwise. 1t
would not have published such a ridicu-
lous attempt at fiscal deliberations.
Reports published and unpublished
of juvenile vandalism and delinquency
among county school pupils are not
only shocking, they are quite sadden-
ing indeed. 1t Is suggested that PTA
officials and members at large apply
more of their exuberance toward their
individual househ olds. becom
acquainted with their young people.
find out how they are using their eve
nings and late hours away from their
homes, where, how and with whom. If
these zealots will follow some of this
procedure and leave the fiscal manage
ment Of the county to the duly elected
council, they not only will find very
little time for these periodic ludicrous
programs, but may really contribute
something material to the county IN
general.
Based upon existing available funds,
the county school system Is not handj-
capped and 1t does not appear that 1t
will be in the foreseeable future.
Homebuying Taxpayer.
Evening star., 1953-05-16

connected with the race from a sight
seeing standpoint. =.
(Stores closed and Government en-
ployes were released for the afternoon)
"Hanlan had the Virginia side, hav-
ing won the toss. From the very start
Courtney's boat wobbled and he pulled
listlessly. He did not steer at all. This
was soon noted on the referees boat,
and the newspapermen who were count
ing the strokes of the two men and
taking in all the minor details &.
dropped notebooks, watches, diagrams
of the course and everything. and i'm
patiently watched Courtney paddle and
Hanlan pull. There was the sickest
crowd on this boat ever seen. Referee
Blaikie's lower jaw dropped away down
on his breast.
"As Courtney fouled nag after nag,
Hanlan pulled clear and strong. Court
ney stopped rowing now and then and
mopped his head with his handkerchief.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
1t Was Another Big Day on the Potomac
By Rod Thomos

- FEARING PECULIAR significance,
ID trophy named for the late
Charles E. Courtney is among the
rrizes in the big college regatta
today of HainS Point. Courtney
is revered name in rowing. In 33
years of coaching at Cornell its bearer
was to football.
But on the night of May 10. $780,,
the name of Charles Courtney was
dragged in the mud"-the mud of the
Potomac River, as it were. Thousands
jeered the mere mention of his name.
These persons had come from near
and far to see what shaped up as one
of the great sporting events of the
century-a rowing race between Court
ney, native of Union Springs. N. Y.
and Edward Hanlan, of Toronto, ia
nous professionals. In national in
terest and in international flavor, the
contest was comparable to a Jeffries-
FitZsimmons boxing match. 1t turned
out to be a fiasco.
The city was crowded as never be-
fore except for the inauguration of
President. Wagering on the race was
tremendous.
At stake was purse of $4,000, win
ner take all, put up by the Hop BitterS
Co. of New York. The race originally
was to have been rowed on Chautauqua
Lake, New York, but was prevented by
circumstance as mysterious now as
it was then. On the morning set fol
the contest. Courtney's boat was put
out of commission BY an unknown
person using a saw. Hanlan fulfilled
his share of the contract by rowing
over the course, but the Hop Co. re-
fused him the purse. After much
Wrangling the race was reScheduled
for the Potomac on May 10, 1880.
Covering the race for The Star from
Jovian perch atop the unfinished
Washington Monument was Reporter
Rudolph Kaufman, later to become
the papers managing editor. With the
aid of binoculars, he furnished this
description:
The river was crowded with
small craft, banked along the
shores. The big steamers, with specta-
tors on board, Rugged the shores.
There was intense excitement. The
stands along both sides of the river
were crowded. There was no vacancy
anywhere. Every once in while
somebody. cramped from being long in
one position, rose and changed the
dull look of the stands.
"All the heights around every eleva-
ton, every spot from which a glimpse
of the race could be had, were oc-
cupied. AS far as the eye could see
there was one black mass of humanity.
The roofs of all houses within eye
distance were packed. The word
packed should be applied to everything
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Strawberry Business

Remember the totld STRAWBERRIES that
tCe strung
Like beads" you asked. con stalks
of timothy Cr1ss?"
And I said, "Yes-Gnd ntbbled them
among
The sweet gum trees ue never quite
could pass
Without a little lodfno under their
Green cdnopies" We bought the
berries then,
Tame ones as fine as one sees any,
lOhere-
But back home. later. at the table.
Dhen
You tasted them In shortcake, saying IL
Was most delicious. you iDerent
tooltn0 me.
I knew you lolled again in exquisite
Boy-leiSure under the tallest sweet
gum tree,
And held scarlet necklace up before
You ate 1t. perfect bead BY bead. once
more!
Elaine v. Emons
Evening star., 1953-05-16

dipping it in the water. Hanlan stopped
pulling two or three times also. 1t was
a relief to see Courtney drop out alto
gether, long before the turning flag
was reached.
HE bathed his head again and again,
working his way slowly back up the
river. Hanlan went on, turning the
flag, and came back in fair time. When
the referees boat passed Courtney on
the way back, Mr.. Blaikie asked him If
him. He said Yes but did not reply
to further question as to what the
trouble was.
Courtney went to the Potomac boat
house. Hanlan pulled to the finish in
36:464. All the steamers blew their
whistles as he crossed the line. The
noise they made was the enlivening
thing about the great fraud of race.
"Willard's Hotel was crowded last
night; so was the Riggs House. There
was one general, unanimous damning
of Courtney. Very few would believe
he was really i'll.
Courtney subsequently said he was
sick and unable to pull He bathed his
head in the boathouse, and went to his
hotel. His head was hung and he looked
as if he had lost everything. He said to
The Star reporter that he knew he
could not pull, being too sick. but he
had determined to start if it killed
him. He came near falling out of his
boat two or three times. he said"
The referee was quoted: II do not be-
lieve he was too sick to pull. 1t is un-
fortunate for him that few people will
believe that such was the case"
Whatever the truth. the Courtney
Hanlan race" virtually killed profess
sional rowing on a major scale.
In 1885, Courtney became coach Of
Cornell's oarsmen. He died in 1920
leaving fabulous record for coaching
victorious crews.
Hanlan has a point of land in
Toronto harbor to keep his name alive.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Checking Up on Freedom

We teen-agers are taught in high
school the advantage and benefits Of
American democracy, and why we are
generally the most fortunate people in
the world as regards freedom. The
teachers do pretty good job of helping
us to understand this, and we thank
them for it. 1t all sounds so convincing.
But what are we to think when we read
(The Star. May IL, Page One) of the
methods employed by the Maryland
State government in checking up" on
the recent meeting of the United World
Federalists, when special State secur-
ity agent" copied the license numbers
of the cars parked outside this meeting.
Isn't this an infringement on the right
to hold peaceful public meetings, as is
supposedly guaranteed in the Consti-
tuition?
Disturbed High School Student.
Editors note: Governor McKeldin
OF Maryland was shocked" at the
action sponsored by special assist
ant attorney general of his State and
promised that such tactics would mot
be tolerated" in the future.)
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Inspector BuIIock's RIGHTS

District Court Judge Holtzoff summed up
the Bullock case Succinctly when he said:
There are occasions when assertion of consti
tutional rights is inconsistent with ones public
duty" He made the comment in blocking for
a second time Police Inspector Albert I. Bull
locks legal move for immediate retirement, with
annuity.
The suspended police officer is awaiting
trial before q special board composed of three
municipal officials none of them connected with
the Police Department.. He is charged with re-
fusing to explain to Chief Murray and to
Senate committee the source of more than
$4,000 he accumulated over his regular pay
during 1916, 1e47 and 1s48 He also is charged
with failure to file District income tax returns
for those years.
Judge Holtzoff previously had upheld the
right of the officer to be retired eventually and
to receive an annuity to which he has been
contributing for many years. But he made it
plain then, and he reiterated in the latest
proceeding that the Police Department also
has a right to suspend the inspector and to
try him on the serious" charges made by Chief
Murray. The judge declared that "in govern
ment and even in private business" an en-
ployer has the right to demand answers to
questions OF outside income received by an
employe. The principle applies with special
force to an officer sworn to uphold and enforce
the law. When a police officer fouts this
principle, he does himself and the department
a disservice that calls for vigorous disciplinary
proceedings. Inspector Bullock is in poor posi-
ton to protest that his rights are being cur
tailed. The public has rights in this matter, too.
Henry Ford never threw anything away,
and ended up with million documents. The
average home today has nearly that many,
Just counting those that pertain to the purchase,
financing, licensing, registration, insuring and
repair Of the motorcar Mr.. Ford did 50 much
to promote.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Kuqhun's Case

- SS
The forced resignation of Theodore
Kaghan as Deputy Director Of the
United States High Commissioners
Public Affairs in Germany is just an
other example which Identifies McCar-
thyism with Machiavelism. Retrospect,
in mature observation. can give OBJ
jectivity to evaluation. One does not
have to be endowed with occult powers
to be able to prognosticate that his
tory will condemn the present error"
we are living through.
Kaghan dared to reiterate his critical
remarks about McCarthy's two "junket-
eering gumshoes." With acceptance of
his resignation, he stands as condemned
as though proven guilty. despite legal
clearance of all charges against his
loyalty and of the stigmatic connota-
ton of Security risk" The inquisitor
issued his ultimatum. Kaghan had to
resign or new charges would be heaped
upon him and all avenues of escape
closed. The State Department complied.
once again giving sanction of the ad-
ministration.
If the growing menace of such po-
Evening star., 1953-05-16
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tential totalitarianism Is not brought to
face the trial of public opinion today,
then we may as we'll resign ourselves
to the ominous acceptance of the dis
integration of the last vestige of Amer
ican freedom. The price of apathy can
we'll prove to be the servitude of
whole people.
Jessie b. Solomon.