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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
This and That

for q robin. He would not eat 1t, in
fact, would not even look at the cake.
He preferred to starve, or at least his
actions seemed to say that much as
plainly as words.
The dove is not stubborn.
1t is fairly complacent bird, and
takes to cote as If it knew it was
built for its special use.
This bird has very weak feet, and
cannot make much of a nest. Some
times it is only few sticks, OCCASION
ally so poor that the nest, eggs and
all, tumbles to the ground.
1t is for this reason that the floor
of the cote should be made with a
slight ledge all around, at least around
the open sides.
The dove, like the robin, prefers the
place from which it can make a quick
exit
That is why the cote should be built
exactly like robin shelf, though some
what larger. With open sides, it ap-
peals to heavy birds that must make
a slow start.
The dove is a slower starter than
its cousin, the common pigeon. It needs
a little room for the takeoff.
When leaving the earth, the dove
makes whistling noise with its wing
motion, and it is by this that the
species may be recognized.
The pigeon, though heavier, starts
more quickly, without the whirring
sound characteristic of the dove.
Doves are always attracting attention,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
By Charles E. TroceWeH
James M. McInerney.

even in the sophisticated depths Of
the city, because they are pretty, in
teresting and slightly on the unusual
side.
Even the most casual person sees
at glance that the bird is not exactly
what he thinks of under the title of
"songbird," and that the creature is
not exactly pigeon.
The dove is classed scientifically,
however, with songbirds, and this is
because of the formation of his vocal
chords and their number.
X
He is classed with pigeons, and that
is easy to see at glance, but the
difference, too, is plain. He is lower to
the ground, and though bulky, comes
much closer to the outline of a true
Songbird than a pigeon.
Some of Washington's pigeons are
becoming as large as chickens, due to
the waste food they find scattered
along sidewalks and in cutters. This
does not speak we'll for the cleanliness
of the city, but it Is what might be
called pigeon nfesaver. Then there
are hundreds Of persons who feed them
and the squirrels in parks, and we
know one man who carries big bag
of chicken scratch feed to a bus
terminal every morning Twelve fat
pigeons hutter down from the roof at
his approach. Do they know old Temp
Jones by sight, or is it that big bag
of scratch feed he carries? The out
line Of each, of course, is unmistak-
able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
A reader wants to know how to make

A reader wants to know how to make
cote.
The cote is an old-fashioned shelter
for small animals and doves.
It was once extremely popular in the
small towns of America.
Every boy had his dove cote, and
his doves, sometimes their cousins, the
pigeons.
The cote sometimes was built inside
the barn, but more often was just sort
of lean-to at the back corner of the
house.
Since the doves were kept as cage
birds, the cote had door. but some
times the shelter in the barn had an
opening. so the birds could come and
go as they pleased.
This was all before our time, but as
we recall, the doves were not eaten,
but kept as pleasure birds, much as
the popular parakeets are today.
Today's dove cote might be just a
small shelter, built with a floor and
roof, preferably supported by two
brackets at the rear.
This would provide nesting place
and shelter.
Do not be surprised if robins might
take it over.
It is just the sort of thing that
appeals to them. If anything man
made appeals to them. We have found
them to be very dour, stubborn birds.
Recall that time of the April snow,
and the coconut cake put in clearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
General Lawrence

see that Desk General" David
Lawrence is again on the warpath. This
expert on military affairs who has
won battle after battle on paper has
just thrown Gen. Bradley on the junk
heap. Although Lawrence can hardly
have all the facts at his disposal, he
challenges the authority of a general
who has won his spurs in battle and
one who undoubtedly has far more facts
at his disposal than his detractor.
propose that someone ask Lawrence
the same question that Senator Mill
kin once asked Senator Knowland:
Would we be acting in good honor,
knowing in advance that the National
ist Chinese forces in Formosa are most
likely unable to wage a successful war
on the mainland of China out of their
own strength, and knowing in advance
that for them 10 wage a successful
war on the mainland they must have
our naval help, our air support, and
the help of our supplies could we, in
good honor, after committing them to
that kind of an adventure. pull out
and say. Well boys, it did not work;
we are going back home'?"
Also propose that we put Gen.
Lawrence at the head of a brigade of
Asia Firsters and let them lead Chang
Kai-Shek into battle. Like the Japs
before them ana countless Americans
during the last war, they could get
valuable experience and the facts of
life about the vast Chinese mainland.
John w. Whitehead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
A Thought for DoodIing

The doodler is doing his bit for the
American economy. A survey of the lead
pencil industry which has gross annual sales
of more than $40 million, reveals that 13 billion
pencils are used each year in the United States
The doodler, of course, represents only one
segment Of this mass market-the curve of
pencil consumption on income tax returns is
running sharply upwards at the present time
But when the problems of world trade and
access to raw materials over the globe are being
the subjects of furious scribbling in the high
councils of government, it must be remembered
that the pencil production in the United States
requires ingredients from Is countries as
graphites from Mexico, Ceylon and Madagascar
wax from Brazil gum from Iran and oil from
the South Pacific sperm whale. Anyway, it's
something to think about-while doodling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12

tinues to ignore this threat, his admin
istration will be known as the Nc
earthly administration.
Ike seems to think he is up against a
few isolated Investigations of executive
agencies by irresponsible Senators and
congressman who want headlines; but
it is much more than that. Ike is fac
ing planned assault on the centers of
Federal power, one by one, and on the
centers of public opinion both inside
and outside the Government. It is
being done under the guise of hunting
for Communists and crooks, which
lends patriotic appearance to the
whole operation. Mccarthy has never
caught Communist, but he has gained
many a banner headline. If Ike be-
lieves that Mccarthy will gradually let
up on his attacks, Ike just doesn't I'M
derstand what McCarthyism means.
Ronald w. May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Mr.. Lie and the KremIin

Trygve Lie has not exaggerated in accusing
the Soviet Union of having exercised "the
crudest form of pressure" against him. AS
secretary general of the United Nations, he
has been subjected to constant abuse and insult
from the Kremlins representatives ever since
June, 1850, when he stood firmly with the over
whelming majority in supporting collective
action against the Communist aggressorS in
Korea.
This Soviet attitude has been expressed in
dozens of mean ways, not least of all in stub
born refusal to acknowledge the post-Korea
legality of Mr. Lies position as secretary gen.
eral. The Russian delegates have been treating
him with studied contempt throughout most of
the past three years. Denying his official ex-
istence, they have repeatedly declined to address
any communications to him. and they have
Shown-aS he has just declared-that they will
deal similarly with his successor if his success
sor incurs "the displeaSure of the Soviet Union
for doing his duty as he sees 1t under the
Charter" of the United Nations.
Since Mr.. Lie has been serving temporarily
his departure might make the Russians less
obnoxious in the u No. the problem of choosing
a new secretary general is now up for decision
in the Security Council. There the issue can
be begged down indefinitely by the Soviet veto
if the Kremlin wills things that way. What
happens in that respect will be fairly good
test of whether or not the new Malenkov regime
obstructionist policy of the late Josef Stain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Our Troubled World

The United Nations Security Council
is again in session, and as the name
calling continues we must ask ourselves:
Can anything be accomplished in con-
nection with the war in Korea?
1t is universally recognized through
out the world and by the diplomats
themselves that they do not have any
solution that is acceptable to all the
member nations of the United Nations.
How then should the problem be
approached?
We in America, North, South and
Central, have always insisted that this
hemisphere comprises it's own sphere
of influence and we have not tolerated,
and shall never tolerate, any meddling
by any European or Asiatic nation.
That also is the reason why NATO
was brought into being, to protect the
European sphere of influence from
meddling without.
We must consider why is there not an
ASiatic organization joining the Asiatics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Hawaii and the Senate

The Senate should lose no time in acting
favorably on the legislation adopted by the
House to make Hawaii the 49th State of the
Union. In terms of their population, their
patriotism, their experience in territorial self
government their literacy, their fine, sturdy
character and numerous other excellent at
tributes, the people of these lovely and strategi-
cally vital islands have long since qualified for
such status. Certainly, there is no defensible
reason why it should be denied to them any
longer.
AS approved by the House-which enacted
a similar measure in 1947 and again in 1850,
only to have 1t die in the Senate-the bill for
Hawaiian statehood differs in a couple of de-
batable respects from the legislation favored by
the administration. One of these Is an amend
ment under which the islands, although being
allowed two Senator's would be limited to
single Representative, although Hawais popu-
lation of more than 100000 seems to entitle it to
two. The other difference is an amendment
that would require congressional ratification of
the prospective new States constitution before
actual entry into the Union-a provision that
would give the opposition another opportunity
to fight delaying action against admission.
These House amendments have been tackled
on in order to head off kill-the- bill move by
an unusual coalition of Southern and Northern
Democrats who are opposed to admitting tradi-
tionally Republican Hawaii unless Alaska
which probably would elect Democratic Con-
gressmen-is admitted at the same time. But
such partisan considerations have no bearing
on the fact that the Hawaiian people are ex-
ceptionally we'll qualified for statehood and
ought therefore to be endowed with it as soon
as possible. The Senate should act accordingly.
To.do otherwise would be merely to play game
of rather shabby politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
A Desirable Review

The issue presented to the United States
Court OF Appeals in the Thompson restaurant
case was whether anti-segregation statutes en-
acted by the old Legislative Assembly for the
District Of Columbia in 1872 and 1873 are valid
and enforceable
A majority of the court found they are not
But the majority opinions again raised an issue
far more important than the enforceability of
forgotten laws, unenforced for some 80 years.
This issue is the extent to which Congress
may delegate to a local legislature its own leg
islative powers In the District of Columbia That
issue has beclouded home rule legislation I'm
less Congress can delegate substantial legisla-
tive powers to locally elected city council,
there is not much sense in home rule The Court
Of Appeals decision raised new doubts as to what
legislative powers in the District Congress can
delegate under the Constitution.
This Is the point given CHIEF emphasis in
the Department of Justice brief in which it
joins the District of Columbia, as friend of the
court, in petitioning for Supreme Court review
AS the brief argues this issue should be clarified
Four of the Court of Appeals judges held
that Congress cannot delegate to a District
legislative body the power to make laws falling
In the category Of general legislation" as dis
tinct from municipal regulations" The courts
have remarked upon the difficulty sometimes
4OulAu Ill OLdWA1S UcGWccA ScuGTd1 leg.
iSlation and municipal ordinances The Depart
ment of Justice, however, bettles that difficulty.
The essence of the distinction, it says is geo.
graphical. In a State, for example, municipal
legislation might encroach upon powers
served to the State legislature or interfere with
the rights of other municipalities in the same
State. That, the brief argues, is the meaning of
general legislation" which municipality in
State cannot enact.
But this geographical question does not
arise in the District of Columbia, the brief as
serts, and so there is no important distinction
between general legislation and municipal ordi-
nances as long as the application is confined to
the District of Columbia. This is an interesting
and perhaps a novel theory. If sustained. it
would change concepts hitherto generally &C
cepted. Certainly it would simplify home rule
legislation.
AS nothing short of a Supreme Court review
promises any early Qualification of an issue that
is almost as old as the District of Columbia,
such review Is highly desirable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Ammunition for Korea

The reports which have come from the
Senate Armed Services Committee certainly
do not clear up the Korean ammunition dispute
between General Van Fleet and the Pentagon
General Van Fleet has said: There has
been a serious shortage of ammunition since
have been in Korea; there has been critical
shortage at times. There Is today a serious
shortage of some items Of ammunition, but
not all, and can go into details of that with
my proof later"
Senator Byrd says the situation amounts
to a national scandal" But Committee Chair
man SaltonstaI says that regardless of what
has taken place in the past . stocks of
ammunition available in Korea today are ude-
QuGte for the operations that are contemplated
dtalics suppliedD and are rapidly getting better"
This was based in the main on the testi-
mony of Defense Secretary Wilson and of
General Collins, Army Chief of Staff, although
the latter had seemed to go somewhat further
when he told the committee that, despite
shortages in the stockpile there has never
been shortage of ammunition in the hands
of our troops (unleSs some isolated instance
because of local difficulties of distribution)
either to repel an attack that actually de-
veloped or to conduct our own operations"
This last certainly would seem to contradict
CAAe IeSIA4IloIly VI Ie1eld4 van FleeC, despite
committee statements that his charges have
stood up. Perhaps the answer lies in the
italicized portion of Chairman SaltonstalIs
comment and in General Collins reference to
the conduct of "our own operations" General
Van Fleet may have wanted to wage more
aggressive war, but was unable to do so because
of the ammunition shortage. If this is the
explanation, the committee should state it. If
there is some other explanation of the apparent
discrepancy in testimony the investigation
should be continued until the explanation can
be made The public is not going to be satisfied
with the "explanations" which have been put
on the record up to this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
AuguY Of Spring

Bloom upon the meScal Earth
begins to sing;
Trees are bright Uith young leaues
1Uditing for the spring.
green tide floods the canyons, be-
meath the lo,Oertng sky.
StD1llo1US hare foaUn northUdrd to
10atch the 1Dtnter die.
White fire on the meScal. tongues of
SiLUer flame
Ethereal as the strange bush to Which
a prophet came;
First hint of the miracle that swings
the seasons round.
OF with your sandals! This Is holy
ground.
GroSbenks and DdrblerS are hurryino
from the South;
A light 1Uind has naked the earth and
kissed her on the mouth.
And like pure fire from heaDen, in1nac-
ulGte, divine,
Bloom upon the meScal, for the very
first sign.
RocheI Horis Complies
San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
British-Americon Consultation

There have been both concrete and in
tangible values resulting from the recent
British american political-economic meetings
here.
Perhaps the greater values are to be found
in the Intangible category reflected not so
much in the words of the two official COM
muniqueS as in the informal expressions Of
satisfaction voiced by representatives of the
two governments particularly by the British
at the opportunity to sit down over a period
of several days for comprehensive discussion
of mutual problems and possible ways to meet
them. With a new administration in Wash
ington, this sort of consultation provided a
"get acquainted" forum that appears to have
pleased both Sides
The more positive results emerged from
the political phase of the meetings, and the
communique revealed the completeness with
which the conferees covered the entire range
Of problems around the globe. Most dramatic
of the decisions made was a British commit
ment that new restrictions would be imposed
on the shipping of strategic materials into
Communist China. Specifically, Britain will
introduce new system of licensing her vessels
to prevent their transport of strategic materials
to China from non-British sources and will act
to prevent the fuelling in British ports of
non-British ships engaged in such service.
There has been evidence that a substantial
quantity of Chinese imports has been moved
by these means. In addition, agreements were
reafhrmed on three other important issues,
namely: The desirabilty for speedy ratif1ca-
ton Of the European army treaty, the joint
position on the Iranian oil dispute, and the
common interest in American utilization of
military bases in the United Kingdom The
timing of the conferences provided an excel
lent opportunity for a face-to-face pooling
Of views on the change of command in Soviet
Russia
On the economic side, the sessions were
confined more to exploratory conversations
than to commitments-the announced inten-
ton from the beginning series of postwar
economic crises has led Britain to the con-
viction that its salvation lies in more basic
remedy than foreign aid under whatever guise
The Commonwealth Economic Conference of
several months duration, ending last December
was a first step in attempting to develop
broader base for permanent strengthening Of
the financial position of the sterling countries
Three main conclusions were reached at that
time. They were: That there is an ineScap-
able relation between internal and external
fiscal policies "a sound domestic economy is a
prerequisite to solvency abroad, there must
be a capital development in Britain and the
Commonwealth countries, and economic re-
strictions must give way to economic expansion.
These conclusions, plus the particular need
for freer exchange of currencieS and freer
structure of trade among the non-Communist
nations, were discussed at the meetings here.
What this may mean in terms of American
policy has not yet been determined but Pres
ident Eisenhower expressed his own interest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12


together and solving their own prob
lens?
Why cannot only the diplomats from
the Asiatic nations get together and
solve the problems that occur within
their own sphere of influence? Let
them make the decision as to how the
Korean war should end, and let them
tell the United Nations to keep out
The United Nations will never be
able to peacefully terminate the Korean
war so long as Americans and Euro
peans try to continue to control the
ASiatic sphere of influence.
We may say we are only do-gooders
in this cause. but every one knows
do-gooder always does himself good,
at the expense of the parties he sup
posedly aids, and that has always been
the case where nations are involved
Clifford L. Frank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Spike McCorthy's Guns?

In January. Senator Mccarthy said
he would give the Eisenhower admins
tration six months of grace before op-
ening fire on it. That was merely his
way of softening up his potential enc
mics, then in full power, within the
Eisenhower group. Mccarthy looks at
politics, as indeed any activity, as a
struggle for personal supremacy-and
every move he makes demonstrates
this fact. He did not wait six months,
nor even six weeks. Instead, at the
very moment he made his remark he
was preparing bombardment that
began only six days later. If Ike con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12

@. Where is the longest mountain
system?-R. OH.
A. The Andes Mountains form the
worlds longest system, extending from
the 1sthmus of Panama to TERRA del
Fuego. a distance Of $500 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
Questions and Answers

The Star readers can get the answer to any
question OF TACT by either writing The Evening
Washir".-' =, 3 D. c.. and tnciosing 3 cents re- e..
turn postage. or by telephoning Sterling 3-7363
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. When did Arthur Godfrey take up
aying?-A. H. E.
A. Godfrey made his first flight at
Norfolk in 1920, while he was an en-
listed man in the Navy, but 1t was not
until many years later that he learned
to operate plane. He received his pri-
vate license in 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12

in his state-of- the Union message, and the
British-American talks undoubtedly will be
taken into account when further decisions are
made here.
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Letters to The Star

lection assured by the rent commission
should not be withdrawn.
Tenant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-02
% Girl Scouts
Ready For Jaunt

Twenty-cight intermediate girl
scouts of Oakland troop wi. leave
Oakland next Tuesday morning,
April 7, for their annual bus trip,
and will head this year for Balti-
more.
Miss Cara Weber, leader, has
prepared schedule which viii in
clude a trip to the Mccormick Tea
plant, Fort McHenry, 5le Betsy
Ross Flag house, a show at the
Nagabond theatre, THE Happy
Time" jaunt to Annapolis to see
the Naval Academy and the State
capitol, perhaps a tugboat ride on
the Chesapeake Bay, and a visit
to the Friendship International air
port
The girls and their leaders will
leave from the City Hall in Oak.
land at AIS on the morning of the
18th, and are due to return to Oak
land sometime early Thursday
morning, April ..
Leaders will include Miss Gather.
inc Speicher, nurse; Mrs. Richard
Glotfelty, Mrs. George Sukow, and
Miss Weber.
Scouts will include Charlotte
Biscr, Carolyn Cuppett, Brenda
Davis, Lois Davis, Brenda DeBer1y.
Jalith Dewitt, Connie Evans,
Barbara Gcrmain, Barbara Lou
Glotfelty, Willard Ann Glotfelty,
Jane Hanst, Carol Sue Hardesty,
Margaret James, Patricia Leigh
ton, Mary Nance, Mary Catherine
Maroney, Cynthia Mace, Gail Nay
Tor, Jeri La Raye Nordeck, Caro-
lyn Paugh, Patricia Powers, Nancy
Lee Reckart, Beverly Rees, Rober-
Ia Sanders, Martha Shcehe, Doro-
thea Williams, Patricia Winters
and Ann Lee Lohr
Each scout pays part Of the trip
expenses and the balance Of the
money is raised by food sales, etc.
Last Saturday the scouts raised
about $1570O from spaghetti
supper served at the Fire Hall,
Over 40 adults and 20 children
were served. Parents donated food
and some Of them helped in the
kitchen. The scouts served at the
table,