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Evening star., 1953-12-15
This and That

After the recent snowfall, the Christ
mas roses kept blooming away beneath
the fall. and were as fresh as daisies
after the snow melted
What is there so fresh about a
daisy? But there is-a score of per-
sons, shown a single chrysanthemum,
proclaimed it daisy" because they
loved daisies.
All simple flowers are loved.
Fanciers of the more elaborate sorts
should think of this.
It is not alone the common people,
so called. who prefer the single daisy
type flower, but many highly educated
persons. It is a mistake to think that
education changes the basic nature.
A poet unknown today. Soame Jenyns,
wrote the following epitaph on DR..
Samuel Johnson:
Here lies poor Johnson; reader, have
a care;
Tread lightly lest you rouse sleeping
bear.
Religious, moral. generous and humane
He was; but self-suffcient, rude, and
vain:
Ill-bred, and overbearing in dispute,
A scholar and Christian and brute.
This dual nature of every man. not
only poor johnson. is always puzzler.
Here is a.man who is fine in most
ways, but a meanie in others. The
observer never gets over it. He some-
how thinks good education ought to
change the man.
The common flowers, such things
Evening star., 1953-12-15

as petunias. and zinnias and mari
Colds
These have their place in every gar
a time to think about them as any.
Now is the time for fireside garden
ing, as it is often called.
To the newcomer to suburban liv-
ing, especially, the term may need to
be explained. 1t means no more than
looking over the various seed catalogs.
Such a variety of new things in the
plant world many of them elaborated
by the cooperation of man with nature.
But the new things are often difficult
to handle. let us remember. Somehow
the catalogs fail to tell about that.
1t is true they will bloom in the cold.
when absolutely nothing else will.
They need, however, some special
care. and not every one can give it.
They must not be moved, after being
planted. and that is not good. for every
gardener loves to plant and tear up
again. and tear up and reset.
Christmas roses, really not roses al
all. need plenty of shade. but some
sun. and all plants with this sort of
disposition are difficult to grow.
The amateur may try them. however.
with profit, despite the price. He
should get at least half dozen. and
expect to lose at least three of them.
This will leave him with half of half
dozen to go through the winter with,
and to start in again with next fall.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Rhee's Charges and Facts

Most of the free world has only
praise for the competent, fair manner
Of 1t. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, Indian
chairman Of the Neutral Nations Re-
patriation Commission, in handing his
gruelling job. But South Korean Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee charged November
Is that Indian actions 3. play into
the hands of the Communists" that
'the free world runs grave risk in
trusting" India, and that he would
take action that appears appropriate"
against India if the truce were not
faithfully observed"
His charges dispute the known facts:
Charge: Indian soldiers came to
Korea armed to the teeth Fact:
Paragraph 2 of the NNRC's terms of
reference says their arms shall be
limited to military police type small
arms" Neither side has reported any
violation.
Charge: "They have shot to death
several helpless nti-Communist pris-
onerS and wounded many" Fact: New
York Times Correspondent Robert
Alden reported from Panmunjom
November 8: I'm view of the difficult
situation and the turbulent, fretful
state prisoners are in this figure four)
is considered small-far less than the
number killed in a comparable period
under United Nations Command con-
troll"
Charge: '"They have forced prisoners
to listen to Communist political agents.
even when the prisoners were insulted
and threatened" Fact: Section III
("Explanations") Of the NNRCs terms
of reference requires all POWs to listen
Evening star., 1953-12-15

"Our customers are frustrated
Cadillac riders And further: THE
rider goes downtown on the bus to get
to a place he probably doesn't want to
go to. his job"
What arrant nonsense!
The attitude attributed to Mr. Gid
dingS is reminiscent of the statement
of Commodore Vanderbilt many years
ago, which haunted him throughout the
rest of his life. Said the Commodore.
when q reporter in Cleveland suggested
that the public had right to know
about the intentions Of the Commo-
dore'S railroad: "The public be
damned"
It seems apparent that Mr.. Giddings
feels contempt for that part Of the
public which through the use Of its
facilities makes possible CTC dividends
as well as payment of Mr.. Giddings'
salary. Strange public relations indeedl
The callous attitude he expresses to-
ward CTC customers is one reason why
the company is held in such universal
diSfavor. The Sneer expressed by Mr..
Giddings towards CTC riders certainly
is not the best way to win friends and
influence the public favorably.
Why bus riders are picked out as a
group to be pictured as riding to work
in sullen protest against having to go
to work at all is beyond the comprehen-
sion of this rider. The implication in
Mr.. Giddings' statement would seem
to be that only those fortunate ones
who go to their daily stint in chauffer
guided Cadillacs set forth joyously in
the morning. Perhaps the discontented
CTC riders, herded into overcrowded
buses, hate to go to work only because
of the irritations attendant upon get
ting to their places of employment.
That is if Mr.. Giddings has accurately
described their early morning attitudes.
Once the downtown parking problem
is solved-if ever-Mr. Giddings and
those for whom he speaks. may find it
advantageous to coax the riding public.
rather than to show contempt towards
those who are forced to use CTC facili-
ties.
Fie upon you, Mr.. Giddings!
Public Relations Consultant.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
'T.R.' Chumpioned Civil Service

Columnlst David Lawrence reports
dissatisfaction among many Republi-
cans over President Eisenhowers al
party" Mr.. Lawrence's complaint
seems to be that the President and
Civil Service Chairman Philip Young
are reluctant to fire career employees
to open up jobs for political patronage.
If this were just an isolated attack
on the civil service, it might be ig-
nored. Unfortunately, it is just the
latest episode in mounting partisan
pressure which, if successful, would
limit the merit system to the lowest
grades of the Government service. =
The abuses of the spoils system led
to the development of the civil service
system as we know it today. Both
Democrats and Republicans of vision
and courage contributed to its growth.
One of its greatest champions was
Theodore Roosevelt, who served as civil
service commissioner from 1888 to 1895,
under both Democratic and Republi-
can administrations.
In letter to friend, written jan
uary 26, 1895, Teddy Roosevelt urged
the further extension of the merit
system in these words:
". Chiefs of divisions and higher
places are under the patronage sys-
tenn and not open to those in the
lower ranks. AS yet, young man
entering our service has small assur-
ance of rising steadily through merit
and he cannot hope as yet to get be-
yond the ordinary clerical grades; too
often he is subject to the caprice of
superiors appointed by patronage with
little sympathy for the method by
which he entered the service. If re-
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Q Communism as an Issue

Why does President Eisenhower hope
that communism will not be an issue
in the 1854 elections, when under such
silence the truth has been kept from
the people by similar assurance of
his predecessor that it is only ''red
! herring?
Why does he wish to consider this
issue only memory when it is not dead
but alive and dedicated to the destruc-
ton of our Government?
Should America be given such unpro-
tected assurances to divert its atten-
ton, when under such administrations
Communists have flooded our land,
have been appointed to key positions in
Government and during such principles
of administration our most vital meth
ods of defense are now in the hands of
our enemies to be used against us?
Why should they who occupy the
White House in the highest service to
the people. feel that they should not
answer questions as to matters Of pub
lie interest, when only with knowl-
edge of the truth can Government
of the people. by the people and for the
people be kept good?
e. p. S. Newman.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
The Trees Prepare

1.-THE trees Of the field shall clap their hands"
Isaiah.
The holly tree
Has made her Christmas preparation.
Each leaf is polished with a special
care,
Red berries glo,U, a Snow aDreath decks
her hair,
Her branches are like arms outStretched
in prayer
OF eraltation.
The falling SnoDakes make uea for
her
Like ueils of children at their confrnla-
tion.
The other trees. the cedar. pine and
A JOYFUL congregation
Bring offerings like frankincense and
myrrh f
To grace the day of Incarnation.
Roberto Newton Taylor
Evening star., 1953-12-15

buffalo hunting and his peculiar. but
effective, methods of dealing with OBJ
streperous Texas cowhandS.
Also I should like to caution the
President about risking injury to his
hand by showing his wife how the gum
tanners of old handled their forty -fives.
A man can get hurt that way. Further
more. Wyatt carp. the famous frontier
marshal, who was no Slouch as a
marksman himself, has been quoted as
saying, I'm all my life as frontier
peace officer, did not know a really
proficient gun-fighter who had any
thing but contempt for the gun-fan-
ner The gun-fanner and the hip
shooter stood small chance to live
against man who . took his time
and pulled the trigger once" do not
know whether the President was using
a triggerless gun in his demonstration,
but Wyatt carp describes tanning as
the action lin which the triggerleSS gun
was held in one hand while the other
was brushed rapidly across the hammer
fanwise to cock the gun, and firing it
by the weight of the hammer itself. A
skillful gun-fanner could fire five shots
from a forty-five so rapidly that the
individual reports were indiStinguish-
able, but what could happen to him in
a gunfight was pretty close to murder"
It looks like dangerous business.
S. e. wilkins.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
L letters to The Star.

moved or reduced he has often no prac-
teal redress.
:" AS result, the civil service
is not looked to as career. -. This
feeling viii continue until promotions.
the higher places in the service held
open as rewards of merit, are based
on merit. and check put upon un-
just removals"
There is no questioning the personal
integrity of President Eisenhower. AS
is the case Of every President. he IS
subject to constant political pressures
to compromise his principles in the
interests of political expediency.
1t is to be hoped that President
Eisenhower. will firmly resist this pres
sure, remembering that he is Presi-
dent Of all of the people, and not of
just part of our population.
James A. Campbell,
National President, American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Excavations at PersepoIis

The Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago has published report of its excava-
tions at Persepolis in Iran which already is
making history. At once book of scientific
character and a notable artistic achievement,
it sets up new pattern of what such volume
should be- Two further compilations from the
same site are to follow.
Back of this enterprisRof really great pub
fishing lies a fascinating story of modern
archaeology by no means limited to uncovering
the ruins of the dynastic capital of ancient
Persia. The actual digging began in 1881 under
Ernst Herzfeld. Since 1885 it has been contin-
ued with Erich F. Schmidt in charge. Among
the structures revealed are military barracks. a
treasury, council hall, throne or audience
hall and several palaces. Each edifice was
monumental in dimensions and in its lift above
the plain. Most exterior surfaces were covered
with sculptured bas reliefs which have survived
% centuries because of the protection afforded
by debris and desert sand. The glory of these
that the culture of Persepolis was as high as
that of Egypt, Crete and the various contem-
porary civilizations of the Hellenic peninsula
Each builder was perfectionist, and every
individual detail reflects patience well as
technical capacity. The scabbard of dagger
or short sword. for instance, was portrayed with
as much sincerity as the countenance OF
prince or general. Classic principles inspired
the entire design of Persepols. Yet the overall
composition is native to its authors. They pic
tured themselves and their own environment
Hence the appeal of their accomplishment to
an audience 2300 years later than their van
ished though still immortal day.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
This. Too, Will Pass Away

Adlai StevenSon'S address to the Demo-
cratic faithful in Philadelphia was mixture
Of good humor, good sense, and, on the whole,
good politics.
The speech was not made under the most
favorable circumstances For MIR. Stevenson was
in the position of trying to achieve some partisan
benefit in an appearance before partisan
gathering while the echoes of the Presidents
atomic pool speech were still ringing around
the world. Obviously, it was not the time to
attack General Eisenhower, and Mr.. Stevenson
was much too astute to attempt to do So In
stead. at the very outset he virtually made the
atomic proposal, and, one might almost say,
the President, his own The barbed partisan
shafts were reserved for those Republican rank
and-filers with whom the President has been
having his own troubles.
The good humor bore the familiar Steven
son hallmark, as when he said, for instance,
that while there may be in some minds rela-
tion between RepublicaniSm and hard times,
don't believe in depression by association"
The address was most notable, however, for
its good sense. Mr.. Stevenson was talking sense
when, cautioning against any attempt to die
tate the trade policies of friendly countries, he
said: And, finally, we can be sure that If our
friends and allies can't find markets and sources
of supply outside the Iron Curtain, trade with
the Communist orbit will grow. l doubt If any
one is going to starve to prove to us how anti
Communist they are" Senator Mccarthy to the
contrary, there is every reason to believe expe-
rience will show that Mr.. Stevenson, and the
President and the Secretary of State, are right
on this point
At one stage in his talk, Mr.. Stevenson
seemed to succumbA to the spell of his own
rhetoric. This was when he said that "the Bill
of Rights besieged, ancient liberties infringed,
reckless words uttered, vigilante groups are
formed, suspicion, mtstrust and fear stalk the
land political partisanship raises strange and
ugly heads, the security of secret files is vio-
lated and the Specter of a political police
emerges" He soon got back on the beam, how
ever, and few paragraphs later was uttering
what may well have been the most sensible OBJ
Servation of the speech. Resistance to tyranny"
he said, has been our historic mission. Pray
Heaven it always will be, and have no doubt
that this ugly alien mood of America too, will
pass away like others before it ;"
Evening star., 1953-12-15
By Charles E. TroceWeH

There is something very charming,
no doubt of it, in these white flowers in
the evergreen border. Some of them
have touch of pink in the petals.
Any plant belonging to the hellebore
family is poisonous, of course, and no
experiments with the roots, the dan
gerous portion, are in order. There
seems to be no danger of pet animals
digging them up.
New dirt for the flower boxes on the
porch or front entrance portico is de-
Sirable.
Usually this task is kept over until
spring, but it may be attended to at
this time. The box is ready to go when
nice weather comes again. Let us hope
that the old-fashioned almanacs are
in error, in their predictions for the
rest of the winter. They have way Of
Sandwiching a week of nice warm
weather between two slices of very bad
weather. Something ought to be done
about this.
A good way to handle porch boxes is
to empty them and start all over again.
After all, the space is very restricted,
and after year or two the earth loses
its virtues Give the boxes all new
dirt, and put back the old plants, if
they are good; if not, throw them away,
and plant new ones. They may not
look very good all winter, but when
spring hits them, they will freshen UP,
as we all will. What good is winter.
after all?
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Guh-Fonning Always Was Risky

President EiSenhower'S admonition
at the Anti-Defamation League BAN
quet that study of westerns" might
be helpful in understanding the Abilene
code of fair play exhibited by wild
Bill" Hickok rang bell because I, too,
spent many years in Kansas.
There is still much intercity rivalry
among Kansans. and as former New
tonian, / view with all seriousness any
attempt to build up Abilene as having
had code of honor equal to or above
that of Newton.
Abilene is fine town, but so are
Newton. Dodge City, Caldwell and
many others which outlived the wild
1870s and became prosperous, staid
models of law enforcement long before
the turn of the century. When I ar
rived on the scene. wild Bill" Hickok
was not generally spoken of as being
the soul of honor; Notwithstanding his
fame Cor notoriety) won in the days Of
Evening star., 1953-12-15
A Briohter Picture Now

It is good to learn that the dark picture of
local crime presented ia the Police Depart
ment's report for fiscal 1853 no longer prevails.
The picture as of today is far different from
that of one year ago. when a near-emergency
requiring extraordinary measures developed. It
is significant that the rise in crime during the
spast fiscal year conceded with a reduction in
police-patrol activity, while the decline in the
rate recently has coincided with the assign
ment of more patrolmen to street duties. There
in lies story of mistaken economy.
It was mistaken economy for Congress to
cut off a police recruitment fund which Chief
Murray, with congressional approval had been
using to pay for overtime patrol work. When
recruits were slow in coming in, the police chief
kept his force at full strength through the
overtime device, assigning volunteers to beats
where more patrolmen were badly needed. Ap-
parently through misunderstanding as to how
this money was being used, Congress ordered
the fund withdrawn. Gradually the number Of
yokings and burglarieS and other offenses be-
gan to climb. They climbed until, by last De-
cember, the crime increase had reached critical
proportions. In what Chief Murray's annual
report calls desperation" a system of volun-
tary overtime duty was instituted in December,
1852. The volunteers put in nearly 10000 hours
of extra patrol work without pay. The crisis
was met Eventually, Congress rectif1ed its
error and restored the money needed for re-
cruitment and for overtime assignments.
Thus, whereas year ago crime was
rampant even in residential precincts not Or
dinarily concerned with lawlessness, the crime
rate today is approximately IA per cent lower
Juvenile crime still is a serious problem. And
the Seasonal wave of robberies of late shows
that the police cannot afford to relax. But the
overall situation with respect to law enforce
ment is showing encouraging Improvement.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
The NLRB. Goes to New York

The Importance of what may happen on
the New York water front in the next few weeks
has been indicated by the unusual action of
the National Labor Relations Board in holding
an on-the-Spot hearing there on the longShore-
mems dispute. Only once before in it's history,
in 1885, has the board regarded any labor dis
pute so urgently critical as to require the board
members to hold a formal hearing outside OF
Washington in that case Detroit.
In the present instance, the board not only
Is working against time deadline but against
a situation where two union groups and an en-
ployers' association have conflicting views. The
water front is operating today under an 8O-day,
no-strike injunction granted in early October at
the request of President Eisenhower. A five-day
stoppage, which had spread along most of the
Eastern seaboard, prompted the President to
act under the Taft-Hartley law, but the injunc-
ton expires at midnight on Christmas eve.
While the dispute basically is on the subject
of wages and work conditions, the more explo-
sive complications arise out of efforts being
made to clean up the racketeering and corrup-
tion which so long have been trademarks of
the water front unions
The International LongShoremen's ASsocia-
tion, recently expelled from the American Fed
Grafton of Labor for these very practices, still
has strong membership on the docks and it
is one of the parties before the labor board.
new longshoremen's union under AFL auspices
already is in being and presumably the NLRB
will order collective bargaining election to
determine which union is to be the agent for
further negotiations with the employers. One
of the issues between the two unions, empha-
sized during the hearing and requiring ruling
from the board, is whether an election would
cover all Eastern ports from Portland, Maine,
to Hampton Roads, Virginia, or be limited to
the New York-New Jersey area. The ousted
lila, long established in the Eastern ports
wants the election to cover the broader area
If it has it's way, the Government will be in
the unadmirable position of bowling, under
the requirement of Federal statute, to the
demands of union group whose record of
criminal racketeering was too much for the
AFL to stomach.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Home Comes the Traveller

Vice President Nixon has returned from an
unusual mission and there has been evidence
that his trip may prove of substantial value to
the Eisenhower administration in the coming
months of new session of Congress.
In the past ten weeks the youthful and
energetic presiding officer of the Senate has
travelled approximately $4,000 miles and visited
81 countries. He has talked to chiefs of state,
to soldiers and to peasants, to diplomats and
to politicians, to people who were friendly to-
ward the United States and to some who were
not so friendly. His activities have been reported
in considerable detail and his speeches, formal
and informal quoted at varying length. Moth
ing comes to mind which attributed unwisdom
or indiscretion to the highest ranking rowing
ambassador" this Government ever has sent
on complete circuit of the globe.
President Eisenhower has demonstrated an
obvious interest since his Inauguration in max
ing Mr.. Nixon, as Vice President more than
simply the presiding officer in the Senate cham
ber. He has, in effect, made the young Cali
fornian an eX officio member Of the cabinet,
a member of the National Security Council
and a collaboration in the formulation of many
policies. The President has leaned often on
Mr.. Nixon to handle many of the continuing
problems on Capitol Hill. With Republican lead
ers due to attend important legislative confer
enceS at the White House later this week, Mr.
Nixon is back in time to provide an influential
voice in the drafting of the dynamic" program
which the President has promised will be sub
mitted to the Congress.
Since, in our time so much of what is re-
quired in legislative program is determined
by developments abroad and our relationship
to them, MIR. Nixon's first-hand study of what
is happening in 81 countries is particularly
timely The Vice President is not claiming
to be an authority on world affairs on the basis
of this trip. He did bring to his hosts, however
a sympathetic attitude toward their problems
and persuasive Interpretation of some of our
points of view. And the impressions he gained
from them are almost certainly going to be
reflected in some of our own policy decisions
and legislative recommendations of the next
few months.