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Evening star., 1953-04-26
Tor Heels Triumph Aquin

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., April
Is (PD.-North Carolina swept all
the singles matches today to win
its 18th tennis victory of the
year, 7-2. over Davidson. The
Tar Heels haven't been defeated
this wear.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Totals 35 9 "a IL Totals 81 ~ Q
Filled out for King in Sth.
TGrounded out for Newell in 9th
Cincinnati -
MilWaukeA

Cincinnati - 600 600 OO4-4
Milwaukee -------- 200 033 00x-S
Runs-Borkowski Kiuszewski. Green
grass. Seminick. Logan t3), Mathews
I2D, Gordon. Cooper. Antonelli. Errors
Temple t2l. Runs batted in-Green-
grass, Seminick (3), Mathews a.. Ad-
cock Logan 80. Two-base hits-Klus-
ZewSki, Cooper. Pafko. Home runs
Seminick. Mathews (2). Logan. Double
Adcock. Left on bases-Cincinnati. 5;
Milwaukee. 5. Bases on balls-Off Web
meier. 3; Of Antonelli, L. Struck out
Z in 5ls innings: of King, in Ias
innings; OF Newell, ! in l inning. Runs
and earned runs-Of Wehmeier. 81:
of King. 90; of Newell. 90; of An
tonelli. A. Winning pitcher-Antonelli
DID. Losing pitcher-Wehmeier C0-D.
Umpires-Gore, Ballanfant. Barlick and
Jackowski. ,492. Time
Evening star., 1953-04-26

C4SaA CGIC OdoC.
It was the
gift of an Or
lando. Fla,
jeWeler, who
gave it to
Calvin Grif-
hth. vice pres
ident of the
Mats, to pre-
sent to the
first WASH
ington player
to hit a homer.
c o a c h
Heinie Man
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Totals SO 1924 II

'Struck out for Sandlock in Sth.
Tran for Lindel in Sth
tGrounded out Tor Bernler in Sth.
P sbursh -1O 90 OO3 O2O-6
Philadelphia -- 10 go 10Y
.tuns-Bcrnier, OConnell.' Thomas,
Co" t2l. E. OBrien, Ryan t3t, Ennis,
TorEeson C:), Hammer. Errors--Cole.
WyroS:eS c2) Runs batted in-O'Con-
nell, Torgeson. Hammer cn Ennis C2I,
Cole. Lindell, Wyrostek, Smith. TWo-base
hit-Lindel Home runs-TorgeSon,
Hammer. Ennis. Stolen bases-Ryan.
c -. Sacriti2eS-AShburn (3), Ryan
DoIble plaVs-Castislione to O'Connell
to Smith: Burgess to Hammer to TorEe-
son - Ryan. Left on baScS--PittSburgh
g; nhilsdelohia; (. Bases on balls--on
]. Stuck out-Ry Simmons. 4; by Han
sen BY Iindcll. :. Hits-Of Simmons.
10 in ia in,'n?S; Hansen. 0 in las
inNin=S: LlndoN. Il in innings; Dick
son; il ! innins. Runs and earned
90: off Lindell -: of Dickson 90.
Passed bell-Sandlock. Winning pitcher
Simmons t3-W. Losin- pitc' er-
1indeIl t0-cN Umpires-Pir H. Bog2ess.
Enge!n. Stewart. Time-""::!!S. Atten-
GanCe-H pf5
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Grounded out for Bokelmann in 5th.
TSingied for FaszholZ in 7th,
IRAN for d. Rice in eth.
SFlied for Anderson in Sth,
Filled for Yuhas in Sth.
81 Louis ---------- 003 900 300 g
EhlcaSo ---------~- 01O SO 0Ox-1U
Runs-Hemus. Schoendienst. Haddix.
Repu!Ski, Miller. Lowrey, Miksis, Baum
holtz;, Fondy, Sauer (2I. Ward, Serena.
Atwell t:l. Minner. Error-Jabionski.
Runs batted in-Serena (2), Schoen-
dienst t2l. Bilko t2) Ward t21. Mix
SIS 90, ,Fondy (2l. Sauer, Baumholtz,
Sehoendienst. Bilko, Atwell, Baumholtz'
Repulski. Jsblonski Sacrifce-Ward I'd
Home run-Ward. Double play-Miksis
70 70 Ramazzotti to Fondy. Left on bases
ST. Louis. :; Chicago. :. Bases IN rails
- on Miller. .; off Minner, - on CiarE,
H. on Leonard l. Struck out-By Mil
Ter; =; by Minner, 4; by Faszholz, |; by
leonard ?; Hits-Of Miller, S in ga
tnnlnss; .; on Collum, . in inning
p1pitched to two batters in 4th1: on
5,okeImann. I, in e inning: off FaszholZ,
IN : innings; off Minner. in & in
nlneS none out in 1th); off Yuhas. l in
inning; of Clark, o in l Inning; of
leonard. ) in 3 innings Runs and
earned runs-Of Miller, 6-6; of Collum'
on Bokelmann, IL: off Faszholz
IL; of Minner, 6-6. Winning nitcher-
Minner Nn I-W. Losing pitcher-Miller
W-Il. EMPIRES, Conlan. Warneke, Don.
areiIl' iIl' ,GoTman. Time-2:25, Attend
Evening star., 1953-04-26

NTW YORK, April 25.-Jackie
JenseIi's home run Wednesday
night at Griffith Stadium against
Harry Byrd netted him a silver
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Vail. Ratterman o., Stuhr. staliinss.
Nolan. Runs batted in-Donahue. Mas
terson. Wolfer Ratterman. Stuhr t2I.
Stallings, Nolan t2l. Two-base hits
Oonahue, Stallinss. Three-base .hit--Ben-
zing Errors-Benzing ca. Bailey. Stolen
bases--Field. Gerard, Ratterman. STALL
--Loyola.. 5; Georeetown 9. Hit by pit
cher-Nolan Field, Balk-Bailey. Wild
pitch-Cox. Passed balls-Cilodek e..
Of Cox, l; on Nolan, |: Struck outIBy
Nolan, 4; by Cox. ., Hits-on Bailey.
nin2s Runs and earned runs-off Bailey.
81; of Cox. IL; OF Nolan. IL VIM
ming pitcher-Nolan CID. Losing pits
cher-Bailey.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Mats is amazed at Gus Zernials
flat-footed batting stance.
"The guy just plants himself
doesn't stride into a ball an
inch" Manush said. "Only real
strong hitter can get away with
that" Manush agrees with
AL Simmons that a good hitter
knows he's slipping when his
wrist action goes. Good wrist
action enables a hitter to be
fooled. yet get around on a
pitch" ManuSh said.
How much luck is connected
with pitching? -. Plenty" Spec
Shea says. recalling numerous
instances where pop flies falling
safely have lost games for pitch
ers. and other occasions when
spectacular catches have saved
games. How about the pitch
ers who win 20 games a year
consistently? They're good
and lucky" Shea said.
Walter Masterson agrees with
Shea that there's a lot of luck
in pitching. II saw Ernie
Bonham beat Dutch Leonard
once years ago." Masterson said.
1.-THE score was 10, but by actual
count Washington hit 18 line
drives against Bonham that day
and all Of them were caught.
Cecil Travis was in the major
leagues a long time and I don't
believe he got more than 20 hits
as the result of pop flies falling
safely" Masterson continued.
Everything he hit was a line
drive. On the other hand, l
haven't seen Don Holloway of
the AS get more than 20 legiti-
mate hits since he's been in the
league. OF course. only see him
in the games he plays against us.
Maybe he murders the ball
against other clubs"
Johnny Mize, who needs only
IL hits to reach the 1000 mark,
Evening star., 1953-04-26

'Struck out for Sandlock in Sth.
Tran for Lindell in Sth.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
RHODE ISLAND AVE.

Dear Sir:
your article regarding the summer
seasons of our old Washington ti1eaters
stirred happy memories in me. MY
father, a newspaperman, had free
passes for all the shows, and accom-
panied by my very musical loother We
greatly enjoyed the light operas pre-
sented by pretty good companies.
MY very earliest recollections of slrl-
mer operas, as far back as the '80s and
performed at the National Theater,
were light operas, such as Fra Diav-
olo,' Grand Duchess of GerolStein,'
and others with Jeanie Winston as the
bright and immensely popular star.
1.-THE majority of our Washington
schoolgirls crowded the Saturday matt
nee performances and many sent her
flowers and waited patiently at the
stage exit to see her. Miss Winston had
a very beautiful figure, and we were
especially pleased to see her as Bocac-
clio and Fra Diavolo. However. her
Grand Duchess was equally delightful.
Il had an ear for music. and managed
to play some of the pretty airs of the
operas.
ITO this day, can sit at my piano
and reminiSce and remember my child
hood my happy youth, when mother
took me to hear Robin Hood Errni-
ME- The Black Hussar.' The Beggar
Student Bohemian Girl Chimes of
Normandy The Mikado,' etc.
And when my fingers still find the
well-known melodies, feel that radio
and television cannot quite take the
place Of my memory music in the quiet
Of my own home.
Sincerely. A. B."
Evening star., 1953-07-08
This and That
WEST SCHOOL.

WEST SCHOOL.
Dear Sir:
II enjoyed your article about the old
Aborn Opera Company so very much
that hoped you might do one on the
De Wolf Hopper company that brought
opera and operetta to Washington for
two summers at the old Polls Theater.
They played in the heat, too, for it
was long before air-conditioning came
into being. Some of the operas they
played were Strauss Chocolate Soldier,
Frimls 'Firefly,' Sousa's Eel Captain,
Wang De Koven's Robin Hood
Jacobowski's 'Erminie,' Luder'S The
Prince of Pilsen,' Gilbert and Sullivan's
'Mikado' and 'Pinafore.'
"These operettas were thoroughly en-
joyed by the audience and were per-
formed indoors in theater. where the
rapport between the actor and audi
ence was more intimate than the big
outdoors. Moreover, there was no am
plification of voices. The singer of those
lost arD the voice so as to fill the large
Poll auditorium.
"Anne Yago, Sarah Edwards, Ethel
WALKER, LIE "OIl hopper, fOrTeSL HUT,
Ethel Clark. Oliver Reese, Ed Metcalf.
Sol Solomon and others formed this
talented stock company. The orchestra
director, Max Fischandler, was. I be-
lieve, the father of the director of the
Arena Theater of Washington
Cordially, P. D. G., head of Music
Dept"
One Of the happiest features Of the
old summer opera seasons was the fact
that one could hear the same opera
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Make the Law Workable

Two unfortunate bunders were made in
connection with the newly enacted law pro-
viding compulsory disqualification of Washing
ton dope addictS. Unless they are remedied, the
law is worthless.
The compulsory disqualification law was
requested by District authorities, supported by
the Federal Narcotics Bureau and others. The
United States Public Health Service maintains
two Federal hospitals for treatment of addicts
1t was argued that if dope addcts picked up
here could be committed to these hospitals,
they would be given treatment which might
cure them. And If committed for such treat
ment IN time, future crime might be prevented.
The bill was favorably received in Congress,
and passed. But it was suggested that COM
panion bill would be necessary, specifically
authorizing the Public Health Service to accept
the dope addicts. This bill was designed merely
to supplement the compulsory disqualification
bill for the District. But it was changed so that
1t authorized the Public Health Service to accept
such patients from all the States as WELL
That was the first blunder. For while the
Public Health hospitals may have the facilities
for treating addictS from the District, it does
not have facilities for the Nation as a whole
The Budget Bureau foresaw this difficulty and
so did the Welfare Departmental which the
Public Health Service is a part.
Then the second blunder occurred The
Budget Bureau asked the Commissioners if
the District could hospitalize its own dope
victims. Through some incomprehensible mis-
understanding between Commissioner Spencer
and the Health Officer the Budget Bureau was
informed that the District patients could be
treated at Gallinger AS matter of fact, Gal
linger is wholly lacking in facilities for giving
such treatment.
The President signed the District BILL how
ever, with the understanding that while the
Public Health Service could not accept patients
from all over the United States the District
could hoSpitalize its own dope addicts COM
mitted for treatment
What is needed now is some effective leader
ship from the District Building in Strengthening
out the confusion. The Budget Bureau should
be Informed of the erroneous information con-
cerning Gallinger'S facilities. The Public Health
Service should be requested to supply precise
information as to the facilities available in its
hospitals for patients from the District And
the Budget Bureaus support should then be
sought for the companion bill, which would
authorize the Public Health Service to care
for District patients for an experimental period
Of, say, five years.
If the experiment is successful if it opens
some new avenue of promise in dealing with
the drug evil there is no question that localities
including the District of Columbia will in time
supply their own facilities But without effective
leadership by the Commissioners in correcting
the blunders already made the new law is
worthless and will amount to nothing more
than meaningless gesture
Evening star., 1953-07-08
To the Editor Of The Stor::

The continued anti-American af-
fronts being made by Senator Nc
Carthy and his crew are evidenced in
the expose, in direct quote, Of the wild
statement made by Staff Director j. B.
Matthews, in the July issue Of Ameri-
can Mercury. Said the Mccarthy hire
ling, '"The largest group supporting the
Communist apparatus in the United
States today is composed Of Protestant
clergymen." Mccarthy, in supporting
his latest appointee. has said that
Matthews controversial article g. is
hardly an attack upon the Protestant
clergymen."
If statement were to be made that:
"The largestgroup supporting the Fas-
cist apparatus in the United States to-
ators. have an idea that the Wis
consin Senator would be inclined to
again come forth with the profound
query, "Who, me?" The fact that
Matthews statement. or the preceding
"for instance" does not say that the
apparatus, in specific quote, els COM
posed of all Protestant clergymen"
or "all United States Senator'S" does
not make the accusation the less all
embracing as a colossal insult.
Jessie b. Solomon.
+
Loyal Americans of every faith say
Amen to your rebuking editorial on al
legged Red Protestants." Have thought
less Catholics, Protestants and Jews
who defend j. B. Matthews. the newly
appointed staff director of Senator
McCarthy's investigating committee,
forgotten their history?
Without bill of particulars, Mr..
Matthews smears at least 1000 Prot
estant clergymen as "the largest single
group supporting the Communist ap-
paratus in the United States" What
is this but revival Of the Holy Inquisi-
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Study Before Action

BY wrapping up the Johnson and Broyhill
bills in one package, the Senate Commerce
Committee undoubtedly has enhanced the
chances of passage of the former measure,
which provides for Metropolitan Area transit
regulatory agency The creation Of such
body is not necessarily in conflict with Mr..
BroyhilPs plan for a comprehensive study of
transit and general traffic problems in this
urbanized region In fact, there is good pos
sbility that a survey by Broyhill-type COM
mission would result in a recommendation for
an overall control agency. There is a serious
question, however, as to whether it is wise to
go ahead with the formation of such public
utility reform without waiting for the findings
of an inquiry commission.
AS matters stand now, the House has ap-
proved the Broyhil measure, on the theory
that the study should come first, and the
Senate has approved the Johnson bill, on the
theory that action should not be delayed. When
the House bill came before the Senate Com
merce Committee, it was combined with the
Johnson bill to form new measure. The pro-
vision for setting up a regional regulatory
agency became Section l OF the new bill, and
that for conducting a one-year investigation
of public and private transportation troubles
became Section 2. This joint bill would establish
an area transit control commission and an
inquiry commission at the same time. But it
is conceivable that the inquiry group, after
its exhaustive study might find that the Gre
alton of a regional control agency was infeas-
ible, for some reason not now apparent, or that
it should take form different from that called
for in the Johnson bill. That is why The Star
shares Mr. Broyhills view that the study should
come first, the action later. Transit conditions
are bad, but not yet so critical as to warrant
taking any drastic step blindly.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
licensing of PeddIers'

Your June % editorial Licensing
of PeddlerS," was excellent as far as
it went-which was only about half
far enough. With singular disregard
of what was reported in your own news
columns. you Willingly or unwittingly
convey the impression that the North
Arlington murderers were unattached,
free-lance peddlerS. In a technical
sense perhaps the men were "itiner-
ant" statesmen, but the news columns
reported that they were transported
from Chicago to Washington. along
with several others, by what appears
to be a shockingly irresponsible maga-
zine sales organization which trans
ported them several hundred miles and
then dropped them, within few days
of arrival here, for failure to produce"
thus indifferently dumping upon the
community two pennileSs and desperate
characters.
Has a company which engages in
such tactics no responsibility in this
matter? If peddlers are to be licensed.
is it too much to demand that the
licenses be taken out by their response
BILE employers?
On second thought, perhaps that is
asking too much. Perhaps that would
be just another bureaucratic infringe
ment upon the freedom and independ-
ence of American business at a time
when anything that smacks of 1egu-
lation appears to be anathema to the
administration.
So perhaps we should condone that
aspect of the case and close our eyes
to calloused Indifference, 1ow-grade
business morality and even criminal
negligence. accepting them as nee
essary part and parcel of the newly
revived philosophy of caveat emptor.
Robert F. Nachtrieb.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Prize Headache

It would be hard to think of a more thank
less job than that which DR.. Robert L. Johnson
is relinquishing-p with heartfelt sigh
of relief
DR.. Johnson was CHEEKY and hopeful when
he left Temple University and came to WASH
ington four months ago as acting head of the
Governments overseas information service.
Senator Mccarthy was already blasting away
at the Voice of America, a branch of the service,
but DR.. Johnson seemed undismayed. In fact,
he said he was willing to give the Senator the
benefit of the doubt; that he thought he was
trying to be helpful and that he might dig
up something of Importance.
In his letter of resignation, DR.. Johnson
said that failing health had prompted his de-
ciSion to step aside. He did not say how he
feels at this time about Senator Mccarthy,
although one is free to draw his own conclu-
Sions There need be no doubt; however, that
Dr. Johnson's health has suffered. The up
roar over the Voice of America had hardly
died down when he found himself being
scorched in the heat of the book burning con-
troverSy. First, Senator Mccarthy attacked the
State Departments and DR.. Johnsons overseas
book program on the ground that pro-Com-
munist books were found on the library shelves
in foreign cities. Then came a series of con-
fusng drectives from the department to the
overseas libraries. Some books were withdrawn
from the shelves and few were burned. The
reaction was terrific Book-burning became
the issue of the day. with Senator Mccarthy
attacking one flank and the champions of
intellectual freedom moving in on the other.
DR.. Johnson found himself squarely in the mid
dle and it is small wonder that he has had
enough.
The President, who has seemed to be on
both sides of the "book-burning ISSUE" has
regretfully accepted the Johnson resignation,
and has promised to move with maximum
speed" to find successor. But the search may
take longer than he thinks. In its present
setting under heavy emotional fire from right
and left, the job of running the overseas in
formation program is an all but impossible one.
If there is man alive who really wants to
succeed DR.. Johnson, he must be a hardy soul
indeed.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
ItoIy's Elections

John j. Pierce's recent letter on
the Italian elections deserves the atten-
ton of American readers and of Italian
ones as well.
Mr.. Pierce, comparing the outcome of
the 1948 elections with those more re-
Gently held, points out two conclusions:
First, votes cannot be bought like stocks
on the market. Second, the Catholic
Church is definitely no answer to COM
munism. These two aspects should
warrant, in Mr.. Pierce's opinion, the
final statement of his letter to the
effect that freedom of thought must be
preserved. 49,
Both conclusions are true only if one
derives his judgment from the very
basic fact that the peoples in front of
the Iron Curtain are not trying to offer
an answer to international commu-
niSm: they are rather striving to halt
it. And, as often happens whenever
something which we defend is at stake.
positions which we're once conquered
must be held with more united efforts.
Presently this is likely to be the situa-
ton in Italy.
If our problem were confined to the
task OF giving an answer to commu-
nism. would see no reason why one
should worry and anticipate fear of
being deprived of the freedom of think
ing and choosing his own way. Appar-
emily. Mr.. Pierce advocates such free
dom as the best safeguard against COM
munism, for he invokes it's preservation
in the minds of the common class of
the American people. However, the
Italians who voted Communist, al
though they were exercising the right
from which such freedom derives, "are
not yet in the true light of freedom"
as Mr.. Pierce states. Therefore, the
man in the street, not necessarily the
Italian one, would Cor at least could
draw the conclusion that not even the
divine right of thought is an answer
to communism. In fact in Italy it did
not work and, according to Mr.. Pierce's
statement, even in the United States
it could lose its traditional character
and substantial nature. For the real
issue is not so much to inherit and
possess freedom of thought, but to hold
it firmly until that true light-which is
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Hospital Appreciotive

This is to let you know how very ap-
preciative we are of the fine story on
Upshur Street Hospital-"New Lives for
tuberculosis Victims s'-which was pub
lished in The Sunday Star Pictorial
Magazine, June %.
It was a real pleasure to work with
Meredith S. Buel and Elwood Baker.
Mr.. Buel showed much understanding
and fine grasp of the significance and
value of rehabilitation. Mr.. Bakers
photographs were outstanding and
formed very important part of the
story.
The hospital staff joins me in thank
ing The Star and it's staff for this Won
derful job.
David LeibOvici, Md,
Medical Officer in Charge, Upshur
Street Hospital.
Evening star., 1953-07-08

ton, with Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Matthews leading the hue and cry Of
the modern Hounds Of God? BY their
works, ye shall know them!
Let the Encyclopedias Britannica
describe how the old inquisition worked:
Moreover, the Inquisition was not
bound by the ordinary rules of proce-
dure in it's inquiries: the accused was
surprised by a sudden summons and as
rule imprisoned on suspicion. All
the accused were presumed to be guilty.
the judge being at the same time the
accuSer. Absence was naturally con-
sidered as contumacy, and only in
creased the presumption of guilt by
seeming to admit it. The accused had
a right to demand written account
of the offenSes attributed to him; but
the names of the witnesses were with
held from him; he did not know who