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Evening star., 1953-06-28
Curmody
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NNO1ltlIluCU 1IOLN rage ELI
heavy, and very few ever give
the real reason.
"It is partly shyness. I
know" Miss Brooks says. "They
do not want to tell us they
know. or agree with the critics.
that we have a bad show. So,
they have a dozen other expla-
nations, they are leaving town,
illness in the family. anything
but what they are thinking.
Truth Wouldn't Hurt
1T would be nice to hear
some one just say: I hear it is
a bad show and want my
money back.
Speaking Of the quality of
shows, the box Office has moth
ing to do with these. but 1t
catches the complaints; also
those about the cooling system,
the lack of heat, drafts, etc.
1--WE have one woman" Meyer
says, "who has been a regular
customer for 80 years. She has
Evening star., 1953-09-15
U. N. includes Communists

One of the lessons we must learn II
we are to remain member of U. N. is
to submit to decisions that We don't
like. We must refrain from threatening
to Secede when such action as the re-
tention of employees of whom We do not
approve is taken.
The situation is similar to the posi-
tion of States in our country before
The Civil War. Various States from
Time to time previous to 1861 threat
rned to Secede when national decisions
diSpleasing to them were reached.
The prevailing misunderstanding of
our position in U. N. is illustrated in a
letter in The Star, September 6, ~. N.
Policy and the Constitution" in which
is the statement: mo Communist can
at one and the same time remain a
Communist and also be loyal to the
U. NJ" The abSurdity of that notion is
evident. From its establishment, u. N.
has included a number of Communist
nations and is not and never was an
organization for the promotion of some
kinds of governments and the suppress
sion of others.
Harmony and tolerance among ma
tions should be sought until all will
be required to belong to U. N. and Sc
cession will not be tolerated. Then
there will be no more war. But judging
from such sentiment as expressed in
the quotation above. long years of edu-
eating our citizens will be required
before that goal will be reached.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
This and That

doubtedly removes veritable larder
for small living things, both birds and
animals.
Many small creatures eat insects.
To kill off all the bugs would be to
end the lives of some animals, and
most of the bird species
One winter would not be sufficient to
do this, of course. It would require a
term of years, but in the end, if all
insect life were killed. there would re-
suit a toll of birds inconceivable at
present.
Too good an autumn cleaning in any
yard works major damage to certain
bird specimens.
lawn is a mistake, many will believe.
Some feel that even the lawn should
be permitted to go uncut.
Cleaning up fallen leaves with too
great a vigor ends hiding places for
small insects and their eggs.
Any one who has seen a jay burrow-
ing through old leaves will know that
he is finding something good there.
In fact. the blue jay, in his turn,
hides bits of food, and if the house
holder then comes out and rakes up
the leaves. and burns them, he destroys
not only the insects there but also the
food particles the jays hide there.
The annual frenzy OF leaf burning
Evening star., 1953-09-15
By Charles E. TroceweN
M. E. DutkO.

should be thought about now, before
it begins.
Much of it is wasted. because it is
unnecessary.
The leaves are nuisance, in way,
there can be no doubt of that.
Yet it is questionable whether their
best disposal is through the bonfire.
Some persons feel that making COM
post of old leaves is the best thing
to do.
Those leaves that blow into fence
corners should be left alone, to furnish
food for birds. Old ANIMALS, with seeds,
stick up above the snow, and support
many species of birds during the
winter.
Leaving (no pun intended) the old
leaves is a good thing. since it is less
work, and supplies food that otherwise
might be missing during the cold.
The untidy garden has much more
in it's favor than the too-well-swept
one.
1t is possible to be a fool in the
garden as elsewhere.
What is one persons idea Of foolish
ness, of course, may not be another's,
but there can be little question that
the annual leaf raking and burning
especially in the suburban commu-
mites, has now reached peak of in
sanity, almost. A Nation as prodigal
as we are of leftover materials is
heading for some sort of natural dis
aster, We don't know what.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Harmony in Chicago

great deal is being written about those
harmonious Democrats assembled in Chicago.
And it must be admitted that, by normal
Democratic standards, degree of harmony has
been achieved.
One threat of trouble-the so-called loyalty
pledge of 1952-waS neatly disposed Of This
was accomplished through a Democratic varia-
ton of what Governor Stevenson, referring to
the Republicans, called Government by post
ponement" The decision was to authorize
National Chairman Mitchell to appoint COM
mittee to study the pledge and report to the
1856 convention.
Another looming source of diScord-the
Evening star., 1953-09-15

proposal for a 1854 mid-term convention-was
by-passed with equal facility The committees
considering this matter simply voted it down.
So the prospect is for Democratic harmony,
not only in Chicago but for some time there
after. 1T should not be supposed, however, if
one may employe an atrociously confused met
aphor, that the Democratic donkey has
changed its spots. It is easy to harmonic
while chanting hopeful funeral dirges for the
Republicans But wait until the chips are
down and the scramble begins for control of
the next national convention. That is when
the assembled delegates will begin to behave
like real Democrats.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Refugee Relief Act

R. w. Scott Mcleod, administrator
Bureau of Security and Consular At
fairs, Department of State, substituting
in The Star for September 10 for Con-
stantine Brown, regular Star columnist,
invited interested groups to write to
him personally regarding sponsorship
of refugees to the United States under
the Refugee Relief Act. Such an ap-
peal amounts to an invitation to do
business, rather new concept in our
diplomatic affairs.
Mr.. Mcleod obviously has lost sight
of the intent of Congress. For that
actual intent, I refer him to page 10
of the Conference Report where it ex-
pressly states: 1T is the unanimous
consensus of the conferees that no
efforts should be made to induce aliens
to seek entry to the United States
under this bill" Congress was inter-
ested in quality and not quantity. Mr..
Mcleod says nothing of quality. In
stead he speaks of drumming up bust
ness in order to fill large quota before
the three-year deadline.
The fact is that Mr. Mcleod has
failed to grasp Americas approach to
immigration-an approach which was
reaffirmed-not repudiated as Mr. Nc
Leod would have us believe-with the
passage of the Walter -McCarran Act.
George Salina.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
BETHESDA, Md.


Dear Sir:
"I would like to have your opinion
as to cleaning up the yard this fall,
or letting it be, that is, go into the
winter unswept and raked.
"Most of my neighbors go in for a
perfect frenzy of raking, burning; they
sully the air of their home neighbor-
hood for hours at time.
''It is impossible. when this is going
on, to have a window open, for if you
do, every room in the house is filled
with smoke.
1T seems to me absurd, to live eight
miles out in the country, and them to
make your community smell like
dump.
aside from this, however, there is
the question of bird life, and I think
the birds do better in the cold if all
the garden trash, as some call it, is
left alone.
What do you think?
Very truly, A. W
X
There can be no question that the
garden left "aS is" is better for the
birds.
Old stalks of ANIMALS, berries on
shrubs and bushes, insects burrowing
in piles of leaves
All these afford food of the perfect
kind for wintering birds
Cleaning up yard too perfectly un-
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Now It's Mr. Bullock

The decision of the Commissioners to dis
miss Inspector Bullock, thereby relieving him of
his status as a policeman, was manifestly right.
Among the derelictions charged to Inspector
Bullock the most serious was his failure and
refusal to explain how he obtained more than
$4,000 in excess of his income over three
year period. When brought before a special
trial board, he offered no explanation and
really no defense He was content to remain
silent and let the obvious differences be drawn,
while his attorney offered nothing better than
an irrelevant attack on the members of the
trial board On the basis of these facts, it
would have been objectionable to have per-
mitted Inspector Bullock to remain on the force
in any capacity.
If the Commissioners were clearly right in
their decision to fire the inspector, however.
there is considerable doubt that they will sue
ceed in their effort to deprive him of his
pension.
Inspector Bullock was eligible to apply for
retirement with pension, and had applied,
before the charges which led to his dismissal
were brought against him. In these circum-
stances, Judge Holtzoff, pointing out that the
police pension plan is on contributory basis,
indicated grave doubt that Inspector Bullocks
pension could be withheld. The court did not
hand down a final ruling at the time but Judge
guilty by trial board and is dismissed from
the force still doubt that he can be deprived
of his pension"
Despite this. the Commissioners have dis
missed Mr.. Bullock without pension, merely
directing that his own payments into the
pension fund be returned to him. AS further
STEP they have, in effect asked Judge Hotzoff
to change his mind on the ground that because
Mr.. Bullock has been fired the factual situation
has materially changed.
The result of this, as a practical matter,
Is that the Commissioners have passed on to
the court the responsibility of finally deciding
whether the Bullock pension should be paid
Perhaps, all things considered, this was a
sensible thing for them to do. In event Judge
Holtzof adheres to his earlier view however, the
Commissioners should be prepared to move
without delay for revision of the law, so that,
in the future, a policeman who is fired under
the circumstances surrounding Mr.. Bullocks
dismissal will be ineligible for a pension. After
all, the taxpayers put up most of the money
for these pensions, and there is something
peculiarly repugnant in the thought that they
may be called upon to help support Mr.. Bullock
for the rest of his life.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Bid From Red Sofia

The State Department has good reason to
make haste slowly in dealing with Communist
Bulgaria's bid for a resumption of diplomatic
relations with the United States. Since the bid
undoubtedly is in keeping with instructions
from the Kremlin, it may be regarded as kind
of Soviet olive branch, but it certainly calls for
something less than festive reception even
though sound argument can be made in favor
of acting on it affrmatively.
large measure of American GOODNESS is
justified in this instance because of the past
conduct of the puppet Red regime in Sofia.
After all, that regime is basically the same as
the one whose shocking and insolent violations
of the most fundamental standards of decent
international intercourse forced our Govern
ment to suspend diplomatic contact with it back
in February, 1850. The immediate cause of the
break was the regimes demand that Donald r.
Heath-then our Minister to Bulgaria-be re-
called on the ground that he had engaged in
espionage and other activities aimed at over
throwing the Communist authorities. Actually,
however, the attack on Mr.. Heath-an attack
compounded of colossal lies-merely climaxed
long series of insufferable events that seemed
deliberately calculated to goad us into severing
relations.
Thus, for months prior to the break, the
Kremlin's Bulgarian stooges engaged in sys-
tematic program of studied insults, harassments
and acts of i'll will designed to ridicule beittle
and viify the United States Further, besides
Subjecting our representatives to crude indig-
mites and the meanest sort of personal incon-
venences, they did not hesitate to terrorize
the Bulgarian employees of our legation in Sofia.
In fact, more than one of those employees
(nobody knows exactly how many were ter
rorized to death-all innocent victims of
premeditated Communist effort to make it
appear that our Government was conspirng to
destroy the Red regime. The Soviet Unions
hate-America campaign was then at its height,
and the puppets in Bulgaria did their vicious
best to revile us without letup.
Considered against such a background,
Sofia's move to re-estabish diplomatic relations
with us obviously does not merit quick or
enthusiastic response OF course since there is
much to be said for maintaining listening
post over there and for having at least that
much contact with the people of the country
our Government may do well to end the present
break, but it should not do so in hurry. In
deed, it should not do so at all unless and
until it receives firm assurances that the Bull
garian Communists will not repeat their out
rageous behavior of 1948-49-50.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
The Tax Collector at Work

The decision of the Internal Revenue
Service to undertake Nationwide field search
for tax evaders appears to be paying off not
only in money but in an encouraging display of
ingenuity on the part of the field directors.
Indeed, Commissioner Andrews has ordered a
showdown" until some of the methods devised
can be reStudied.
Up in the Boston area, the collectors favored
the personal touch" of ringing household door
bells and making polite inquiry as to whether
returns were being filed In San Francisco,
the doorbell approach was applied to business
establishments But out in Denver they fig
ured out an easier way-just by using the
classified telephone directory. Interestingly
out of approximately 10000 listings of business
establishments and classified professional in
dividualS the Denver Office found about 1000
names for which there were no income tax
returns
Charitably for an income tax collector,
the Denver director pointed out that some firms
are too new to be on the tax roles others passed
out of existence before they got there and
others may have filed under different names or
in different regions. He still figures however,
that he has about 1000 evaderS, intentional or
otherwise.
Over in la belle France, where tax collecting
traditionally has been more of sporting
proposition, a similar search for evaders is
displaying great ingenuity on both sides. The
inspectors there have been checking on yachts,
automobiles, villas, race horses and other signs
ordinarily connoting a good supply of folding
francs. One Partisan thus coming to official
attention had three cars, three servants and
luxurious apartment-but no reported income
Another supported, by his own return, two cars,
four servants and fine home for lavish enter
tanning on 1890 annually. The French Ministry
of Finance is taking care of these cases by
figuring out how much income it takes to live
the way these particular Parisians enjoy-and
is assessing them accordingly.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Heard q Muted Prayer

heard a prayer, so beautiful and StDeet.
The message strong with faith and
comforting
As hills. and sun-kiSSed fields of rtpened
DheGt:
1t left no room for doubt or wondering.
Trees lifted leaty arms =. the grass
k1elt doDn,
White daisies held their solemn faces
up
The little bunny tDore his coat OF brot0n,
And each one drank from mornings
golden cup.
There in the quietnesS OF early damn
Before Star-lighted candles fickered
out,
The loneliness of earth and sky Dere
drdUn
Together, Spilling beauty all about.
/ stood upon tree-lined hill and heard
The silence praisino Hin, . tDtthout a
tDord.
Corrie Hunter.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Supreme Court Vacancy

There is little doubt, considering
recent disclosures, that the leading
question before the Nation now is COM
munism and it's effect on our lives.
There also is little doubt that increased
emphasis will be put on the question
in the decisions of the United States
Supreme Court in future sessions of
that great judicial body.
Therefore, it seems to me that
President Eisenhower must weigh with
great care his choice in filling the
current vacancy on the highest judicial
bench.
My personal recommendation to the
President is some one of the caliber
of Justice Medina of New York or Judge
Irving Kaufman or Pennsylvania Su-
preme Court Justice Michael A. Mus
manno.
Tom Coll.
Do we need Gov. Dewey on the
Supreme Court? I don't think we do
After all, he was defeated twice for the
presidency; and now to appoint him to
a life job on the court-that would be
just too much to ask the American
people to swallow.
M. b. Shea.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
School Bus Wanted

Children of the Templeton Knolls
area are in great need of transportation
to and from school. The school is To-
Gated good mile and quarter away
and in the winter months especially it
will be hazardous for them to walk.
1t is along a well-traveled road that
they must travel on foot and is very
dangerous. Please do what you can for
the children here to get them bus trans
portation.
M. E. DutkO.
Evening star., 1953-09-15

sky. Mr.. Lodge retorted, Certainly
not. Don't you know there is a new
administration in Washington" He
relented not long ago at dinner
party given by Mr.. Visinsky as retiring
head of the U. N. Security Council and
drank toast to friendly collabora-
ton for peace now and forever
On the U. N. floor, however. Mr.
Lodge has been a consistent burr in
the Russian delegations saddle
With the reconvening of the General
Assembly today, Mr.. Vishinsky will
have to reckon with the American
Ambassador on the matter of the
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Letters to The Star .
Mr.. MeIIett's 'OId-Timer'

Lowell Mellett's interviews with "Old-
Timer" are consistently the most enter
tanning and penetrating whimseys since
Finley Peter Dunne's "Mr. Dooley."
am sure many of your readers
would appreciate your trying to induce
Mr.. Mellett to make them a regular
feature of his column-Say, once week.
Harold Duane Jacobs.
PiknSVille Md
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer TO any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Informa-
postage.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
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Soviet bloc's insistence that Red China
be seated in the U. N. Mr.. Lodge
has said repeatedly the United States
will do everything to keep the Mao
regime out of the Security Council,
even to the extent of resorting to the
veto. Pointing out that the U. N.
Charter specifies members must be
peace-loving nations, he has declared:
Red China is certainly not peace
loving nation. No nation that main
tains large armies on foreign soil can
be considered peace-loving nations"
Mr. Vishinsky has his work cut out
for him.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Which flag was supplanted by
the flag of the United States when we
took over the Louisiana Purchase
French or Spanish?-J. L.
A. Although we bought the land from
France, the Spanish had remained in
the territory as governors, so it was
the Spanish flag which was replaced
by our own.
Evening star., 1953-09-15

@. How do the British pay for their
national health service, and what does
it cost the nation?-B. K.
A. The service is paid for out of
taxes. In 1852 it cost nearly 439 mil
lion pounds. or little over $1A billion.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
Why Jordan's Bacon
Tastes Different
ADVERTISEMENT.

Jordan's Old Fashioned Virginia
Bacon Is cured for 10 to IL days by
an old English cure in dry salt and
sugar. Then it is smoked over
hand-tended hickory fires kept go
ing day and night until the juices
drip and the pungent hickory
smoke permeateS the meat.
But the cure and the smoking
are not the only reasons for Jor-
dams distinctive taste. Time itself
Is q part Of it. Whereas ordinary
bacon may be on the hoof one day
and on your table two days later,
the prolonged curing and smoking
of Jordan's Bacon extends over two
weeks. And the patient magic OF
time imparts a distinctive flavor
that never can be matched in
"quickies." Look for Jordan's
Old Fashioned Virginia Bacon
In boreS.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
Fairfax Citizens Group
On Schools Meets Toniuhi

The Citizens Committee for
Fairfax County Public Schools
will hold it's annual meeting at
8 o'clock tonight in the Circuit
Courtroom at Faifax.
DR.. Ivan Booker Of the Ma
tional Education Association will
be the principal speaker. A re-
port on the commissions first
year of activities will be given
and officers will be elected.
The slate of officers proposed
by the nominating committee
includes William S. Harris OF
Centreville, for president; H
Edmund Stiles, vice president;
Dudley Young, treasurer; Mrs
Max Kinds, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. Lawrence Myers
recording secretary. Nomina-
tions also may be made from the
floor.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
Federal Bar Group
Discusses Curbs on
Making Treaties

Proposed constitutional amend
ments to limit treaty-making
powers came in for discussion
here last night at a forum of the
Federal Bar Association, held in
the National Archives Audito-
rum.
Charles A. Webb, legislative as
sistant to Senator Bricker, whose
resolution for a constitutional
amendment is before the Senate,
told those present of the Sena-
tors views.
Theodore Pearson, Of the Bar
Association of New York, pointed
out that Congress always could
eliminate the bad effects of any
treaty by new legislation. Viii
liam D. Whitney. also Of New
York, said that the group spon-
soring the resolutions was "the
voice of reaction. He added that
the proponents of the resolution
are arguing, in effect, that the
Senate and Supreme Court can
not be trusted to protect the Bill
of Rights.
DIR. George A. Finch, OF
Georgetown University. editor
in-chief of the American Jour-
nal of international Law, said
that in the last year two treaties
had been approved by the Sen
ate with only six Senators pres
ent, and that one treaty had
been approved with only two
Senators on the floor.
A panel last night on the
subject was composed of Profs
Charles S. Collier and James O
Murdock, of George Washington
University: George Maurice &
Morris, of the American Bar AS
sociation: Carl B. Rix, former
president of that group: Prof
Quincy Wright, of the University
of Chicago, and Gerhard P. van
Arkel. prominent attorney and
civic leader here.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
School Bourd to Hear
BUDGET Requests May 5

The District Board Of Edu-
cation will hear requests for
1954-5 school budget items from
spokesmen of civic groups at a
meeting at pm. on May S.
The session will be held at
Thomson School. Twelfth and L
streets NV. The board has
asked that requests be submitted
in writing.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
Speed Reading Glasses

A series of classes in speed
reading will begin at 7:15 o'clock
tonight in the YMCA. Eight
eenth and G. streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-04-23
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Evening star., 1953-04-23

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