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Evening star., 1953-11-07

La Porte: I've been gnashing
my teeth and gnawing my finger
nails for months over the current
radio fad of pronouncing repa-
triation as 'ree-PAT-ri-AY-
shun." Do something.-B. ]. H.
A. There is no Pat. in repa-
triation; neither in patriot, nor
in patron. Correct: REPAY
tri-AY-shun; PAY-tri-ut; PAY
trun.
Heard on a garden club pro-
gram: Its a flower that is US
ually FRAG-r'nt." The first syl-
liable should never rhyme with
drag, brag." Correct: FRAY
gr'nt.
Watch the words defense and
"offense" this season. The first
syllable accent. DEE-fense,
OFF-ense" is customary in the
world of sports and I suppose
they should have some little
sanction when confined to that
Evening star., 1953-11-07
AWord to the Wise ByMr.. Fro"t Colby

field. Otherwise it is better to
follow established usage and say:
di-FENSE, uh-FENSE.
Abdomen may be accented
either on the first syllable, or on
the second. Either: Abdul
min, or: abdomen is now
considered correct.
Over the back fence: Her
SWAY doe sophistication bores
mel" The word means was
pseudo" which means false,
pretended" 1t is properly pro-
nounced: SOO-doe. as in pseu-
donym, IAN assumed name:
SOO-duh- MIN.
But the law is REE-troe-
ACT i've" No. Retroactive de-
rives from the Latin combining
form retro, backwards" The
pronunciation "REE-troh' is
obsolescent. And this column ad-
vises against it. Better bay:
Evening star., 1953-11-07
Korean Reports Pledge
Of More U. S. Wurships
BY the Associated Press

PUSAN, Korea, Nov. THE
chief of South Korea's navy said
yesterday the United States will
lend additional warships. includ-
ing destroyers. to South Korea
for fighting communism more
effectively"
United States naval officials in
Tokyo refused to comment.
Vice Admiral PAX of Kyoo told
a news conference ship mainte-
nance facilities in South Korea
are to be substantially increased
to handle the new warshipS.
Evening star., 1953-11-07

AMBUSHED-William F.
Cody Buffalo BilD. after
matching wits with Indians
for more than a decade
without mishap, finally went
into show business.
One morning he entered a
Boston barber shop to have
his long hair trimmed. He
had been to a party the
night before and had a
hangover.
AS the barber placed the
apron about him, Cody fell
into a sound sleep. The bar.
ber, assuming that Cody
wanted a close trim, applied
the scissors with vigor. Cody
awoke, still somewhat dazed
and looked down at the floor
and saw his hair piled at
the side of the chair. With
an anguished howl, he
clapped his hand to his head
and cried:
MY God! Scalped at
last!"
Evening star., 1953-11-07
Erie Equals Vermont

TOLEDO. - Lake Erie, 240
miles long and 40 miles wide,
covers an area of $500 square
miles and is about equivalent to
the size of the State of Vermont.
Evening star., 1953-11-07

RET-roh- AK -tiv; RET-roh- -fex,
etc.
About the ugliest word in the
English language. to me, at least,
is "schism," and I thing we would
all be better off without it. But
If it must be used, the pronunci-
alton "SKIZ- -um" is incorrect.
Say: S1ZZ- IN.
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Evening star., 1953-11-07
South Americas Size

RIO DE JANEIRO-The great
est length of South America is
4,800 miles and its greatest
width is about $500 miles.
Evening star., 1953-11-07
Contract Bridge
By Eosley BIockwood

The history of the battle of
cards is something like the his
tory of real wars. The attacker
develops more powerful weapons.
The defense improves to meet
the new threat. The attacker gets
still more powerful weapons and
after a short lag the defense
tightenS up again.
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WEST EAST
(Mrs. Keen) (Mr. Dale)
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SOUTH
(Mr. Fusty)
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Evening star., 1953-11-07
Word Game
Find SO or more words in
DIFFERING

meaning, "disagreeing. disput-
ing" Average is "a; time limit,
80 minutes.
Rules of the game--1. Words must be
acquire four letters by the addition Of
IS" such as bats cats" are not
used. 3. Only one form of q word is
used. Proper names are not used.
Answer to PROXIMAL.
pail. pair. palm, parol, polar, prim.
romp, mari, moral, molar, MOL, sril,
axiom. lair, liar. Ira, lamp, limp, loan.
Evening star., 1953-11-07
Famous Fables
Bv E & Edoor

RULES-Winston Church.
i'll, heckled on many an oc-
cassion, is no mean heckler
himself. One day, in the
House of Commons, a po-
litical opponent was deliv-
ering an address.
Churchill, in violent dis
agreement with the others
views, vigorously shook his
head in protest. His head
shaking so distracted the
speaker that the other fl
nally stopped and cried:
II do not ask you to agree
with me, sir. I am merely
expressing my own opin-
ions"
"And l." replied Church.
i'll. "am merely shaking my
own head
Evening star., 1953-11-07

The bidding:
East South West North
/ spade hearts Double All pass
Mr.. Fusty, the old-fashioned
bidder, has not changed his de-
fensive bidding in IS years. In his
day it was fairly safe to overcaH
on the hand he held in today's
deal. The development of the
takeout double took some of the
danger out of entering the .auc-
ton on this type of hand.
For example, if had doubled
on this hand, Mr.. Abel would
have responded with two dia-
monds and whether that became
the contract or the opponents
went on to bid game, the result
would have been much more
favorable.
AS it was, Mrs. Keen promptly
doubled the two-heart bid. She
led the deuce of spades and Mr..
Dale won with the ace over dunn
my's queen. He cashed the king
of clubs and followed with the
five.
Mrs. Keen won this trick with
the jack and cashed the ace of
clubs. She then led a fourth club
and Mr.. Dale ruffed in with the
nine of hearts. Mr.. Fusty over
ruffed with the queen. He now
had no good lead and finally laid
down the ace and another dia-
mond.
Mr.. Dale won the second dia-
mond with the queen, cashed
the king. on which his partner
discarded her last club, then led
the deuce of hearts.
Mr.. Fusty played the seven of
hearts and Mrs. Keen won with
the ten. She returned the king
and was permitted to hold the
trick. She then had to lead from
the jack-SiX into Mr.. Fusty's ace
eight. However, she won the last
trick as she had one more trump
than Mr.. Fusty.
Thus Mr.. Fusty executed q
nice trump end-play for a snap
py down four. He indicated sur
prise at this result, remarking
his hand was good enough for
an opening bid. But, as I have
pointed out before, one can easily
go broke using that as a yard
stick for overcallS.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
OrientoIs and the Refugee Bill
House Units Move Excluding Arabs Japanese and Chinese
Seen as Blow at Political Intent of Immigration Measure

and Israeli ideologies and
prejudices.
Representative Judd, one of
the best-informed Congress-
men on international ques-
tions, asked to be heard by
the House judiciary Committee
and told his colleagues that
the bill, without the token
Asiatic quota, was worse than
If it had been written in the
Kremlin. He pleaded without
avail for restoration Of these
5000 immigration viSas for
Arabs, Chinese and japanese
because otherwise you will
serve notice on those with yell
low or dark skin that you can
not join the white mans club.
We don't want you" And. he
added, where will these people
look in such an event? The
answer Is obvious: To the
clubs organized by Uncle Joe
Stain"
The prospect Of some 1000
Arab refugees being admitted
to the United States as lawful
immigrants had caused a Ger
tain decrease Of tension be-
tween the United States and
the various Arab States in the
Middle East. The political
leaders in that area had con-
tended that the Israeli hostility
to neighborS would render
futile any effort Of the Ameri-
can Government to extend q
friendly hand to them.
The provision to admit 1000
Arabs was supposed to be the
answer to this contention. At
the request Of the State De-
partment the bill contained
such a quota. Since the over
whelning majority Of Congress
is opposed to racial diScrimina-
ton, the State Department was
sure that it would have no
difficulty in obtaining approval
for this constructive piece of
diplomacy, II the special refu-
gee bill passed at all.
The Voice Of America was
given the green light to anti
cipate this and take full
advantage in its broadcasts in
Arabic and Japanese. In fact
this prospective legislation
helped us considerably in our
efforts to get the Egyptians to
adopt a somewhat softer atti-
Evening star., 1953-07-27

word. It includes Americans
for Democratic Action, the
non-Communist liberals, who
are the brain trust Of the
party.
The professional politicians
are for the most part divided
between what may be called
the Truman set and the Sen
ate bloc.
Mr.. Truman says he is out
of politics but he has not
foregone his contacts with
politicians. His special atten-
tionS to his last national chair
man, Frank Mckinney, during
his motor trip east reinforced
current reports that he would
like to see Mckinney back in
the job. Mr.. Truman is also
being identified with the re-
newed presidential aspirations
of Senator Robert S. Kerr of
Oklahoma, the contact man
being his former counsel, Clark
Clifford, now attorney for large
oil and gas interests.
Tt is only natural that
Democratic Senators who are
carrying the ball for the party
every day and doing it
shrewdly with a minimum of
friction-should eye the presi-
dency. "Why not me?" might
almost be said to be the motto
of every Senator. Senators
Lyndon johnson and Clements,
minority leader and whip, both
natural-born operators, are
eyeing 1856. Their principal
talking-point: The need for a
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Thomos 1. Stokes
Opposition Votes Aid President
Democratic Backing in Congress Seen Sowing
Eisenhower From Defect BY Own Porty

nearly five to one for the
foreign aid bill in the House,
while Republicans voted for
it about 3 to 2. The bill as
passed by the House was over
81 billion below what the
President regards as essential.
He would have gotten what he
wanted in the House if Repub-
licans had supported him. A
majority of Democrats rallied
about amendments to increase
the amount, but only a hand
full of Republicans stood by the
President, not enough. The
Republicans took their cue
from Majority Leader Halleck,
who refused to back the Presi-
dent.
Democrats get little credit
for their help for the Presi-
dent. Some few occasionally
ask why they should continu-
ally vote to save the President
from his own party, only to
have their own answer, which
is that thereby they are pro-
tecting the interests Of the
Nation. If Democrats should
decide suddenly just to walk
out, en- bloc, as Republicans did
so often in the Roosevelt
Truman days, the adminiStra-
ton then would be hard put
to manage the Government.
Some Democratic progress
sives are asking why the
President should not give them
some support in trying to
check the inroads on our
natural resources and our pub
lie power program, the curtail-
ing Of social welfare programs,
the weakening or regulatory
agencies.
1t seems a fair question.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Churchill and Eden
Confer on Future
British Leadership
By the Associated Press

LONDON, July q. - Prime
Minister Churchill and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden today
began mapping the future lead
ership Of the British govern
ment.
The two met for the first time
since illnesses separated them
nearby eight weeks ago. They
lunched together in Seclusion at
Chequers, the Prime Minister'S
official country residence, near
London.
High up on their list of talk
ing points, according to govern
ment informants, were these
questions:
/. Just how long can ailing,
78-year-old Churchill 60 on
shouldering the wearing burdens
Of British leadership?
2. Should 56-year-old Mr..
Eden, recovering from three gall
bladder operations, quit the
Foreign Office to take some Of
the load off Churchill?
Cabinet Differences Seen.
3. Just how should Britain and
the western allies seek to follow
up the Korean Armistice with its
implied possibilities of relaxing
EaSt-WeSt tcnSiOnS2
The Churchill Eden meeting
came amid British newspaper
speculation that there may be
some differences in the cabinet
about next steps in the Prime
Minister'S program Of seeking
early top level talks with Russia.
The two men have been pic
tured as favoring such a parley
more strongly than do Chancel-
lor Of the Exchequer r. A. Butler
and Acting Foreign Secretary
Lord Salisbury. Mr.. Butler has
acted as Prime Minister ever
since Churchill was ordered by
his doctors to quit work for q
time last June 27.
ChurchiII's Health Is Key.
He and Mr.. Eden are believed
to be engaged in q backstage
tussle for the succession Of Con-
servative Party leadership in the
event Churchill goes. Churchill
himself has long backed Mr..
Eden for the job. Not only has
their friendship been long but
they are related by marriage.
Key to the whole situation al
most certainly lies in the state
Of tough old Churchill'S health
The British leader was ordered
to take q long rest after fainting
at his work in No. 10 Downing
street (his official London resi-
dence) last June "a, an inform
ant in touch with government
members said today.
The source reported that doc
tors came to the conclusion
Churchill had had q heart attack
as the result Of extreme nervous
fatigue.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Constantine Brown

The special refugee immi-
grafton bill asked by Presi-
dent Eisenhower and de-
scribed by its supporters in
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee as furthering "the basic
foreign policy objective Of
strengthening the free world"
received a severe blow, in as
far as its political intent is
concerned, at the hands Of the
House Judiciary Committee.
When the bill was pre-
sented to the House Commit
tee it included among the
240,O00 prospective immi-
grants q token quota Of 1000
Arabs, 1000 Japanese and
1000 Chinese from Hong
kong.
Representative Celler, Dem
ocrat, of New York objected
to the admission Of these
Orientals, principally because
he thought that the inclusion
OF the Arabs would offend the
Israeli republic. He put over
his point Of view despite the
pleadingS of Representative
Judd, Republican, Of Mime
sofa who pointed out that
the exclusion Of this handful
Of OrientalS was rank racial
discrimination.
Ever since the special i'm
migration bill was drafted. the
Voice Of America has directed
a successful propaganda cam
paign disproving as a pack Of
lies the Communist claim of
racial and religious discrimi-
nation in this country. We
were opening our doors under
this special bill to the suffer-
ing peoples regardless Of race
or creed.
Secretary of State Dulles
pleaded for the admission Of
1000 Arabs, refugees from
Israel. He had returned from
his trip through the Middle
East and had convinced HIM
self that American prestige
with the Arab countries had
reached a new low because Of
their suspicion that we were
antagoniStic to them. He had
been told bluntly by Arab
States leaders: You are follow
ing British colonialist policies
Evening star., 1953-07-27
For Whom Do the Bells Toll?
Truce Called StoIemote Which Won't End in Peace,
But VIII Lead to the Big Eight When Reds Choose

3Sth parallel ito repel aggres-
sion" but the armies OF the
u. N. and the Communists are
in approximately the same
position today except that the
Communists now have mil
lion Chinese volunteers" oc-
cupying the area north Of the
38th parallel as a threat to
South Korea. Unless troops
Of the U. N. - which means
American troops-are kept on
guard in Korea indefinitely,
the Communists will swallow
up South Korea any time they
wish to do so.
Do the bells toll for a joyous
peace-one that will prevent
the big world war everybody
has dreaded? Past history tells
us it will not-that every ap-
peasement has been followed
by war. The word "truce" is
well chosen. 1t is q "truce."
For the big fight is to come
next-after q pause during
which time our allies will in
SiSt on exporting munitions,
raw materials, machinery. and
other strategic articles. This
will help build the war ma
chine Of the enemy-Commu-
mist imperialism-for the war
some day to be launched
against the free world. Then
the casualties could be many
times larger than what they
would have been If the allies
had fought wholeheartedly for
a military victory in Korea in
1851.
For whom do the bells
really toll? The bells toll for
the dupes and the gullible-
for the large number Of us
who cheered the Munich
truce" and then wept less
than 10 months later as Hitler
marched into Poland and
brought on a world war.
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Evening star., 1953-07-27
Dovjd Lowrence-

For whom do the bells toll?
They are ringing out in sew
eral cities on our side as a
truce is signed in Korea.
They are ringing out also in
Communist lands where their
cry is: 1--WE won. We wont"
Do the bells toll for Syng-
man Rhee? His Inflated coun-
try may soon be handed over
to the Communists probably
by those same tactics of an
enforced "coalition"-of Com
muniStS and nom Communists
which betrayed Nationalist
China even as it ruined free
dom in Poland, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and the other
states where millions of people
now are enSlaved. Already
the delegations to sit at the
political conference" are be-
ing selected from countries
that did little or no fighting in
the Korean war or were un-
sympathetic to the idea Of a
military victory.
Do the bells toll for Gen.
Macarthur? He believed, in
accordance with tradition, that
when American boys are taken
from their homes to die they
should be permitted to fight
the enemy with maximum mil
itary force. He didn't think
they should be restrained by
hamstringing orders imposed
by governments which fur
niShed no sizable proportion
of the troops. So the idea of
military victory" for the West
died with the dismissal of Gen.
Macarthur. The third larg-
est international war in our
history is not ending in mill
tary victory, because two years
ago the greatest soldier of
modern times was summarily
stripped of his command to
the delight of the enemy and
the applause Of some Of our
faithleSS allies.
Evening star., 1953-07-27

Republican Southern Demo-
cratic coalition, which was
from it's creation in the sec
ond Roosevelt administration
in 1888 to Mr.. Truman's re-
tirement, it was on many issues
the majority party in Congress.
Similarly, the present coalition
is the majority party on vital
issues of international concern
and happily so, in this in
stance, for the President, the
Nation and the world. It is
not a Republican or admini-
Stration affair, for it contains
more Democrats than Repub-
icanS. It is an Eisenhower
combination. so to speak; just
as the other coalition was q
Senator Taft-Senator Russell
combination.
Without Democratic help the
Eisenhower administ r a tion
would by now present a very
sorry face, mottled with
Splotches of failure of Repub-
lican origin. This is something
about which Eisenhower Re
publicanS, themselves a minor
ity in Congress, don't like to
speak, or even to admit. But
it Is nothing but the truth, as
anybody who follows the course
of legislation daily and in de-
tail knows, and is necessary for
an understanding of what hap
pens here.
Where, for instance, would
President Eisenhower be if he
had to depend on Republicans
to stop the Simpson tariff in
crease bill in the House, the
most recent episode in a long
series? He would have been
squarely behind the eight ball.
For only 104 Republicans voted
to send it back to committee
and thus bury it, while 105
wanted to keep it before the
House and pass it. This bill,
which runs counter to PreSi-
dent EiSenhower'S whole for
eign trade aims, was given its
death blow by Democrats, 1877
Of whom voted to shelve it, with
56 joining the majority Of Re-
publicanS who wanted to keep
it alive.
Similarly, Democrats voted
Evening star., 1953-07-27

tude in their dispute with the
British.
In Japan, the pro-American
Yoshida government, which is
hanging on o thin thread, used
the prospective admission Of
1000 Japanese to its advan-
tage. It showed that the dis
criminatory legislation
adopted in the Exclusion Act
was dead and that the Jap
aneSe were being regarded on
the same footing as the white
races.
There are 1000 Chinese in
Hongkong known to be bitterly
anti Communist. AS q sop to
them and to the yellow race.
they were regarded as being
worthy to come to this country
and eventually become citizens.
But the main purpose Of ad-
mitting the Arabs, japanese.
and Chinese was to demon
Strate to the whole world that
the racial discrimination story
which the Communist propa-
gandiSts have been playing so
heavily is a myth. This fact
was being demonstrated not by
speeches and statements but in
a concrete manner: BY q prac-
tical law which peoples thouS-
ands Of miles away could easily
understand.
Unless the Asiatic quota is
restored on the floor Of the
House, this effort of the ad-
ministration to help suffering
peoples, and to show the world
that we do not discriminate
against individuals because Of
the color Of their skin or their
religious beliefs, will be
knocked into q cooked hat. And
1T Is strange that the opposi-
ton to the admission Of Arabs,
Chinese, and Japanese total
Of only 2h per cent of the total
number asked by Gen. Eisen-
hower-came from those who
IN the past were loudest in
their denunciation Of racial
discrimination.
Evening star., 1953-07-27

House Post Office committee" {"
the Speaker said.
IF one is reported out we
are going to survey the situation
but overwhelming Democratic
opposition would make it exceed
ingly difficult to pass a bill"
Although Mr.. Martin did not
comment on the extent Of Re-
publican opposition, other lead
ers indicated that almost half
the Republicans in the House
believe the mail-rate question
should be delayed until January.
The House Post Office Com
mittee held another open hear
ing today without indicating
when it might vote on the bill.
Further open sessions seemed
possible when Assistant PoStmas-
ter General Albert j. Robertson
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Can StevensonL LeQdDemocrats?
Defeated Candidate Is Reported to Want SO Nomination,
But He Is Advised to Take Firm Hold Party Machinery

bridge between the North and
South.
Senator Symington Of Mis-
souri, Is getting a trial run from
this group. Should Texas re-
turn Senator johnson to Con-
gress next year-and his pros
poets are getting very bright
he may be expected to move
forward.
National Chairman Mitchell,
new to politics when appointed
last July by Stevenson, is con-
centrating on raising money,
going to all the States to meet
the party leaders and arrang-
ing the Stevenson levees. He
has been extremely concilia-
tory to the South and avoided
personalities.
The truth is that in presi-
Dental politics, above all, you
cannot send a boy to do a
mans work. Adlai Stevenson,
in the past, even as Governor
of Illinois, showed a reluctance
to plunge into the kind Of club
house politics that insures
results. Like the man who
defeated him, President Eisen-
hover, he has something of a
tendency to think Of himself
as "above politics."
What the President will find
increasingly is that he is be-
ing bothered and bewildered
by those who take time for it..
Mr.. Stevenson in turn will find
that he Is not the Democratic
nominee in 1856 unless he
puts q firm hand on the party
machinery.