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Evening star., 1953-06-04
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Evening star., 1953-06-04
MetoI Quotations

NEW YORK. June W.-spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper, 2Qsz-
20 cents . pound, Connecticut valley.
Lead, 1914 cents . pound. New York.
Zine, II cents . pound, East 81. Louis.
Tin, ebs4 cents . pound, NeA YORK. At
Quoted St 3s.0O-So 90.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Freer Flow of News

AS long as there is need for security classi-
f1cation of information about governmental
activities, and this may we'll be forever, there
will be twilight zone" in which judgments
may differ on what should be kept secret.
The outbreak of the Korean and in
tensfication of the cold war prompted broad
program for classification of Government docu-
mentS in September, 1851. Many agencies
having not the remotest connection with
matters really affecting the national security
were given classification powers. While few,
If any, outstanding abuses of this authority
have been noted, there has been an under
standabe fear that classification could amount
to censorship. In any case, the power to
restrict information is tempting one.
The Eisenhower administration has had the
problem under study for several months. The
order which is to become effective on December
IS takes away entirely limits the classification
authority of many agencies not dealing with
the Nations security. 1t also eliminates the
lowest classification category, restricted" ma
terial There appear to be fully adequate
security safeguards remaining and the proposed
system offers genuine promise of freer flow
of legitimate news to the American public.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Testimonial From Ponupe

On July 20, 1853 I mailed copy Of
the Star to friend of mine in Ponape,
East Caroline Islands, Trust Territory
of the Pacific. The following is an
excerpt from her last letter:
Received the newspaper by last boat
and was much impressed by the ads.
How is business? :. After we had ex-
hausted it-and it seemed to me it was
full of ads for stuff we didn't want or
couldn't use--I gave it to Anton,
schoolteacher returning to Nukuoro.
I tried to impress him with the fact
that he could get that much paper
for cents, and that there were many
papers in the United States every day
that were nearly that large. Finally,
after we had been all through with it,
and I had again told him he could
take it back to his school and show
the children in Nukuoro-he looked
up and said. do you want me to give
you cents for it?" I said no it had
been paid for. So he took it. News
paper is in great demand around here
for making cigarettes from local
tobacco"
Why don't you newspaper people get
together and display your wares to
the common people of the Communist
sensitive countries? Even if they can
not be read I am sure the ads and the
size of the paper (if only to make
cigarettes) would make more of an
impression than the single-sheet
Pravda or Izvestia, and it costs only
few cents to mail them.
PIeasance Merriman
Evening star., 1953-11-09
By Charles E. TroceWeN

Cats are more interested in catching
than singing.
The cat on its own must catch its
food. 1t prefers brightly colored prey,
just as mankind does; if given the op-
portunity, it will catch a cardinal in
preference to a sparrow.
More catbirds are caught probably
than any other species. since they are
more trusting, or more foolhardy ac-
cording to the way one looks at it.
The cat on its own has right to
catch.
The Lord appointed no other way
for it to survive.
Who would oppose the dictates Of
the Lord?
Certainly not the members Of the
cat tribe; they love to catch, and are
proud of their catch, as every home
owner knows who has watched Tom
or Tabby bring a mouse to the door
mat.
A reader has a macabre story about
a squirrel. While guests were present,
his cat caught one and brought it into
the living room and put it down on
small rug. The owner took 1t away
from him, and the squirrel scampered
and brought down another squirrel
which he had hidden away, evidently,
for just such an emergency He wasn't
going to be cheated out of his chance
to strut before company.
Evening star., 1953-11-09

the handout, but both hands are read
lily submitted for the shackles that go
with the subsidy.
What has happened to that spirit
OF adventure, of enterprise, and of
faith which the pioneers had and
which made this country great? The
truth of the matter is, the Machiavel-
liam FDR Seduced each segment of the
American society in succession (bribed
them with their own money! and kept
them in line by pleading each was his
only love. The Democratic Party has
weakened the moral fiber of a whole
people. Whereas in the old days young
people finishing their education were
raring to have a go at world in which
competition, enthusiasm and faith in
the future were the keynoteS, now it
is different. Now a whole generation
has been taught that the American
destiny is all tied up with the socialist
welfare state; that the faithful should
face toward Mecca every day, vote the
straight Democratic ticket and wait
for their Government checks; that Sc
curity is more important than freedom;
that no one should take chance; that
every gamble should be covered by
Government insurance, and that this
country is bound to go to the dogs and
have a bad depression unless the well
fare state is expanded and extended.
What has happened to faith and hope
and courage and self-reliance?
Where has Mr.. Way been the past
IL months that he doesn't know that
the Agriculture Department has bought
up and stored in caves 278018,000
pounds of butter; 268,612,000 pounds
of cheese and 387, ,246,000 pounds of
dried milk? If that isn't helping the
dairy farmer I don't know what is.
And who is paying for this? Why the
schoolteacher in Georgia, the bank
clerk in Montana, and the civil service
employe in Washington, D. c., all of
whom have Jared lots worse from in
flation and the 50-cent dollar than the
farmer (dairy or otherwise.
If the Government helps the dairy
farmer much more may the Lord help
the ordinary taxpayer and consumer.
B. c. Garbade.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
"CHEY CHASE, Md.

CdEY CHASE, Mo.
Dear Sir:
"I was walking by a small woods
when spied black and white animal
behind a large oak tree.
IT peered around to get a better
view as the animal retreated out of
my sight, since the circumference of
the oak was very large.
Il could not think of anything it
could be except cat, so called Kitty,
kitty. kitty in the best fashion.
Sure enough, it was a cat, very
nice looking one. He would not come
close, but retreated each time I took
a step forward.
"He seemed to be friendly, though,
but afraid.
II wondered if he could be a wild
cat, or house cat left by unkind
people who had moved away without
him. Sincerely, M. j."
The cat probably was just on hunt
ing expedition.
If an average resourceful specimen,
it will be able to find itself new home,
If abandoned.
In every neighborhood there are
always two or three families, at least.
whose members like cats and are will
ing to take them in, and feed them.
and give them good homes.
One cat we know is called "Tookie,"
because they took him in.
Cat names are said to be a sign Of
Q persons intelligence.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Man With q Plan

AS one of the thousands who spend
20 and more frustrated minutes per
working day plowing through the Key
Bridge -RosSlyn Circle bottleneck, it
seems that highway planning authori-
ties might well argue less about distant
new bridges and spend more time,
money and thought toward obtaining
more efficient use of present facilities.
It is useless to spend millions to I'M
prove feeder highways to bottlenecks
such as Rosslyn Circle Like chain
no stronger than its weakest link,
highways capacity to handle peak traf-
fic is no greater than that of its worst
bottleneck. Feeder facilities to the
Potomac bridges have long since ex-
ceeded their capacity under present
planning and handling of traffic.
First on the program should be the
obvious long-overdue Virginia right
hand-turn ramp from Key Bridge, BIZ
furcated to both the north and south
lanes of Memorial highway which oper-
ate at much below capacity during their
respective rush hours. During the
afternoon rush hour, this would greatly
relieve traffic on the dangerous Lee
highway and speed access to Wilson and
Arlington boulevardS.
Instead of the present four-lane traf-
fic on Key Bridge, ample space exists
for marking out six lanes sufficiently
wide for 30-mile-limit traffic.
Overall greater service to the public
would be served if streetcar service over
Evening star., 1953-11-09
POWs and Red Persuasion

Our representatives at Panmunjom have
not yet started personal interviews with the
% Americans among the small group of pris-
onerS of war listed as wanting to remain on the
Communist side rather than come back to the
free world. But one of these %, purporting to
be their spokesman, has complained that efforts
are being made to 'intimidate" and "coerce'
them into returning home. On examination,
however, the complaint has turned out to be
such phony and silly piece of Red propaganda
that Lieutenant General K. S. Thimayya Indian
chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission, has been hard put to restrain
himself from contemptuous laughter.
Such laughter is certainly deserved. For
the so-called intimidation" and coercion" has
consisted of delivering correspondence and
newspapers from the United States to the
allegedly pro-Communst American POWs,
whose self-styled spokesman has demanded that
all material of that kind be censored by the
NNRC to eliminate propaganda" General
Thimayya, who has been doing an effective job
with good humor and patience under excep-
tionaly difficult circumstances, has responded
with wry note of baff1ement. AS he has put
it, what should we do in the case of letter
from mans wife who writes, Oh, darling,
please come home to me?" The question speaks
for itself as measure of the farcical nature
of the complaint
BY way of contrast, however, there is moth
ing farcical about the sharp criticism raised
against what the Communists have been doing
in forlorn attempt to get the 22,400 Chinese
and North Korean POWs to return to their
Red-governed homelands The attempt-which
has succeeded thus far in wooing back only 81
out of 1920 intervieWed-has taken the form
of persuasion" sessions at which prisoners have
been subjected, one by one, to three or more
h0urS Of verbal nvrOtechnicS designed tn break
down their will and make them accept re-
patriation. So bad has been this procedure
that the Swiss member of the five-nation NNRC
has threatened to quit unless action is taken
to end it without further delay. And General
Thimayya himself, describing it as "inhuman,"
has declared, II can't stand any longer to go
in the tents and look at it,"
Accordingly, it appears probable that India's
NNRC representative, together with SwedenS,
will support the Swiss demand for an immediate
amendment of the rules to forbid these cruelty
protracted persuasion" sessions-a move likely
to lead the puppet Polish and Czech members
to stage walkout that could put an end to all
repatriation proceedings. Since the Commu-
niSts who have suffered major propaganda
defeat in this business, can win back at best
only tiny fraction of the detected POWs, they
may we'll welcome such a development as
way out of continuing great embarrassment
In any event, it is obvious that their outrageous
interviewing tactics are intolerable and should
be prohibited forthwith.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
This and That

Sometimes you hear that such names
as Blackie, Gray and the like show
paucity of imagination. Nothing could
be farther from the truth. Oftentimes
the name Blackie is the very best there
is. An allwhite cat might be named
White with profit. except that too
many persons would pronounce it as
if written Whitley.
Color names are as good as any, and
have the point of exactnesS.
AS the glorious Koran says. "We take
our color from Allah, and who is better
than Allah at coloring?"
Cats come in many colors, principally
white. black, tiger and yellow.
All-white cats and all-black cats are
not as numerous as tiger specimens, or
as mixtures.
The gray cat is in class by itself
Among the PerSianS, there are smoky
colors, as they are called.
Probably the most typical and pop
ular of all are the tiger cats. really
mixtures of browns, blacks and grays.
Often they have white vests, and
feet, with a white blaze across the face.
If any one wants to look up the
primitive tiger pattern. he can do SO
at the Zoo, where he will see how care
fully the little home cats are in their
imitation.
They might all sing. 1--WE take our
color from Allah, and who is better
than Allah at coloring?"
Evening star., 1953-11-09
AIIergic to Burning Leaves

Charles E. TracewelI's This and
That of october 81 deserves more. than
passing notice. 1 would like to see
emphasis given to the nuisance he
describes in discussing "The Trash
Burning Neighbor" who persists in
burning his trash rather than have it
removed by the regular trash collector.
feel quite sure that if the trash
burning citizen fully realized the dis
comfort he is causing his helpless
neighbors he would quickly discontinue
his nefariouS practice.
Mr.. Tracewell predicts: "The day
will come when a fire in the back yard
will be totally unknown or punished
severely when it does occur by chance"
May this day come soon!
Smoke Victim.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
CouI's Future
Irma BOgdanOff.

This is prompted by letter in which
H. K. Long labeled as nonsense" a
speech by Secretary Mckay before the
National Coal Associations recent con-
vention. Mr.. Long indicated he thought
Secretary Mckay should realize the coal
industry "is sick beyond recovery"
But Mr.. Mckay is not alone in think
ing the coal industry has a bright
future. His view is shared by many
leading American induStrialists and
public men. number of whom ex-
pressed their opinions in letters to
L. C. Campbell, National Coal Associa-
ton president, on the occasion of the
convention. These letters were distrib-
uted at the meeting in the form of
brochure.
One statement, by Eugene Ayres,
technical assistant to THE executive
vice president of Gulf Research and
Development Co., was that "All signs
now seem to point toward an almost
explosive expansion in United States
consumption of coal" Others who see
the future rosily include former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover, who said that
Despite the encroachment of water
power, oil, gas and the possible atomic
power, the Nation will need increasing
coal production.
Mr.. Long is concerned because cur
tailment of residual oil imports, which
the National Coal Association favors,
might put tanker companies out of
business and their seamen out of work.
He should have investigated and found
out that imported residual fuel oil is
carried almost exclusively in foreign
flag ships, operated by foreign crews
in competition with American shipping
companies.
T. w. Kienlen.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
crowding at Public Trough

A letter from Chester Way, titled
DAIRY Farmers Hard Hit, Too" is a
sad commentary on what has happened
to the people of this country This
business of taking all problems, large
and small, to the Great White Father
in Washington for solution was unfor-
tunately fostered by the so-called New
Deal-Fair Deal Our forefathers came
to this country many years ago to get
away from too much government con-
troll. Now, due to the training" the
public has had for 20 years, each
segment of our society is trying to out
do the other as to who can feed most
often at the public trough and who can
get fattest at public expense. Not only
is the hand readily stretched forth for
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Charter for Prince Georges

A recent article in The Star quoted
Lewis H. Weiss, College Park attor-
ney, as requesting "some good advice"
as to What man is to do when
he moves out of charter-governed
Montgomery County to escape high
taxes. only to find himself shared by
the same moose in anti-charter Prince
Georges"
If Mr. Weiss had been "wise" he
would have carefully read the state
ments which appeared in the news
papers and elsewhere in which the
pro-charter forces truthfully stated
that higher assessments have nothing
to do with the issue of charter. 1t is not
in the hands of the county government;
it is in the hands of the assessor, who
is hired by the State of Maryland.
trained by the State of Maryland and
who assesses property in accordance
with ratio fixed in Statewide con-
ference of assessors for the State of
Maryland. incidentally, as an attor-
ney, Mr.. Weiss should be aware of the
fact that the law calls for 100 per cent
of the assessed market value of each
home)
Also, if Mr.. Weiss had been "wise"
ne would have made comparison of
the services given by the Montgomery
County government (for present 1893
base tax rate) with those received by
residents of Prince Georges County
for a present base tax rate of $213),
and he would have seen that even be-
fore today, Montgomery residents
really received more for their tax dollar
in services than do residents of Prince
Georges (and now we are paying more
than Montgomery CountyD
For the good advice" Mr.. Weiss re-
quests-here's mine. Don't despair, Mr..
Weiss. You can still have the oppor-
tunity to fight for charter for Prince
Georges County
Irma BOgdanOff.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Lost Robin

No,O you are gone. WiSh you could
haze stayed
OF all the rest. you NTH the rosy
lUing!
Gay DaS my wtndotD for your Wel-
ing
Bright morning song. I think you had
delayed
Your flight space on seeing skies
drrGyed
In such Uermillion, t0drnin0 as the
hue
OF any summer Twilight that you kteto.
Yet, soon, dear bird, those friendly
skies had oreyed
And dark indeed had been your rest
that night.
Your feathers net, bedraooled on the
pane
Where only yesterday such Udrmth
had lain.
Now you are gone and reason a.
might,
I think upon the dear. the futile things,
And glad am / for faith and little iDtnoS
Jeanette Shelley Heflin.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Views on U. N.

A letter was published October %,
signed by Mrs. Thomas Lee Smith,
League of Women Voters of Mont
gomery County. From the fact that
Mrs. Smith speaks as "we," it is to be
presumed that her letter was written
by direction of the league" after con-
Sldered action. If this is not the case,
one of the most pertinent points made
by the Board of Education member re-
ferred to, in his remarks concerning
representation of the board, has been
missed. His opening statement in the
meeting was that celebration of the
birthday of the United Nations was a
controversial question and that the
president of the board should have
obtained authority from it before ac-
cepting an invitation to represent it at
the exercises. This was not a formal
motion. No request for such authority
was subsequently made.
The assumption that an officer, or
member, of an organization has the
right to act for or represent ex-oficio
is all too prevalent today.
Mrs. Smith quotes part of what was
said by the board meeting, as reported
in the newspaper. She was not present
at the meeting, which was an open one,
and therefore cannot speak from per-
Sonal knowledge of the sense of the
discussion. She states that the United
Nations "has no sovereignty" The term
sovereignty as applied to the civil
organization of society means the state
of being supreme in power, or inde-
pendent of and unlimited in it's action,
by a component state or member or
ganization; entitled to original and in
dependent authority, or Jurisdiction.
Was it not the U. NJ that instituted
and carried on the military action in
Korea? Whose control was it that pre-
vented the prosecution of this war
to the limit by the United States, which
was furnishing 80 per cent of United
Nations nanpower and practically all
the money? If these be not acts of an
unfettered sovereign state then the
writer does not know what constitutes
sovereignty.
No amount of proteStation by those
interested in U. N. Day is going to
convince most Americans that the furor
raised in connection with it's observance
has any other object than to elevate
the U. N. in the minds of the people,
to the status of a super world state.
The louder the protestations the more
evident this becomes. We may not be so
smart, but we are smarter than that.
William F. Bulls.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
DeIusions on Price Supports

Forty-one cattle raiSerS do not make up an
industry but, for that matter, neither do $50
even when they form a caravan and come to
Washington
The I'll have been attending an annual con-
vention of the Nevada State Cattle Association
and resolution of opposition to any Govern
ment price supports on beef cattle was approved
by them this week on a 1872 vote. Lengthy
argument, on each side of the question, can be
made on the philosophy of the price-Support
principle, but some simple good sense was
expressed to the Nevada group by Jay Taylor,
first vice president of the American National
Cattlemen'S Association, when he described the
cattle price supports as only candy coated
delusionS" which result in tremendous waste
and expense. The NevadanS, evidently sub
scribing to this point of view in adopting their
resolution, also branded as wildcats" the $50
members of the Farmers Union who made their
protest visit to Washington to demand con-
tinuance of price supports.
Coincidentally with the expression of
opinion in Nevada, Roger Fleming, an official of
the American Farm Bureau Federation speak
ing in Richmond, charged that the pro-
price-Support element in the cattle industry is
made up of small group of political Pied
PiperS." Price supports on cattle, he said, would
only make the cattlemen'S problems worse and
he proposed, as an alternative, a program of
voluntary adjustment in cattle numbers.
Mr.. Fleming commended the hog growers
for adopting this type of voluntary program
year ago when hog prices were running at 76
per cent of parity. BY contrast, hog prices are
now at 118 per cent of parity The Farm Bureau
spokesman was correSpondingly blunt in charg-
ing that politics" is at the root of much Of the
Evening star., 1953-11-09

able commodity is not fixed by the
cost of production, except that if it
will not bring profit it is no longer
produced.
If the consumer has the money to
pay fer the article, it is marketable
if not, his dire necessity does not alone
create marketability.
Bolstering trade by means of taxa
ton encourages waste that perma-
nently benefits no one. and yet di-
rectly Injuries us all.
The meat business has degenerated
into form of political cannibalism.
August G. Lehman