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Evening star., 1953-09-24

The Star does not believe the Canadian
government is imposing on the hospitality OF
the City of Washington in erecting its new
building at 245O Massachusetts, avenue, as the
letter printed on this page today AYERS. Wash
tngton is honored by the decision of great and
friendly neighboring power to build this fine
structure. providing Offices for military COM
ponentS of its Embassy here. AS between
former fraternity house, and the building pic
tured on this page, one would think that the
new building would improve rather than detract
from the character of the adjoining neigh
borhood. The temporary annoyances of
construction would be the same in any building
operation.
The letter, nevertheless, expresses Sentf-
ment with which all private property owners
can agree. For these property owners are
subject to strict zonng and building regulations
from which foreign power is exempt. And the
power of foreign government to purchase
property in residential neighborhood and
convert it to Office uSe-voating in principle, If
not literally the zoning regulations by which
other property owners are bounds one which
should receive more consideration than it has
been given by our State Department. The
Objectionable nature of the Canadian building
may be matter of opinion and point of view.
There have been other developments in this
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Kingdom Reeoined

How WeH remember .6hen cidertims
came
With cheeks OF the apples all 0lowino
like flame.
And GrandtGther's footsteps grown
suddenly spry.
As up the stout ladder where apples
hung high,
He climbed and he picked till the
branches tUere bare
A song on his lips and the wind In hts
hair.
And then to the sorting he went NTH
tDiH,
The best of the harveSt was ortst for
his mill.
HoU proudly to neiohbors he ladled it
up,
And bean,ed at refllin0 the dipper or
cup.
And thus through the season OF cider
he rei0ned -.
A jolly old king with his kingdom
Te0Ginedl
Inez cIork Thorson
Evening star., 1953-09-24
This and That

on the road or a pigeon in downtown
streets.
Mostly the various winged ones find
the ability to avoid collision with NOV
ing vehicles.
Their marvellous powers enable them
to barely miss. by a wing as it were,
passing Streetcars, buses and pasSen-
ger automobiles.
The warblers. as group, leave most
home bird watchers Stumped.
There are so many of them. and they
look so much alike! They are very
hard to identify.
Fortunately warbler is enough for
most persons.
Just say. positively. "Oh, that's a
warbler" and not many average per-
sons will question the Identification,
such as it is.
The warblers are tiny fellows, not
weighing more than half an ounce
They fly high, and are difficult to see
in shrubbery. But they are worth
watching for, and if one cannot iden-
tify them, what difference does it make?
The urge to know the exact name of a
bird is part of the human heritage, it
must be admitted, but happiest is he
who does not care, but is willing to
accept beauty, life and joy as he finds
them.
Banding together, for the journey
south. the various warblers seem to
get along in perfect harmony, and what
food one of them spots, they all can
eat.
This is the way the wild creatures of
earth help each other. The wild jay,
squawking over the suburbs. hides pea
nuts and the like In crevices Of bark,
Evening star., 1953-09-24

Tax reciprocity is granted by for
eign governments on United States
buildings abroad, the State Department
said.
Revisions of the District zoning laws
are contemplated as part Of $780, 900
zoning study authorized at the last
session Of Congress and soon to start.
Changes proposed regarding compli-
ance by foreign governments with Dis
trict zoning rules could not very well
come within the scope of that study,
District officials said. owing to reci-
procity considerations.
The Canadian governments building
was designed by Marani & Morris of
Toronto, one of Canada's foremost
architectural firms, in association with
the highly respected Washington firm
OF Faulkner, Kingsbury & Stenhouse.
1t will replace a wo-and-a-half-s STORY
private residence built by Mrs. Natalie
Montgomery about Is years ago that
was razed after having been purchased
by the Canadian government about
year ago. For IA years previously, the
residence was occupied by Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity. Cost Of the new
building repeatedly will exceed 81
million.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Wants Purents Advised

Wants PorentS Advised
With all the recent comment on jul
venile delinquency, there still is room
for some helpful thought on the subject.
AS most people will agree, the ap-
proach should be sympathetic, if it is
to be effective. What I wish to empha-
size is that our sympathies should be
directed in three ways If we are to
get at the truth of the problem.
First, it is quite obvious that we
should be sympathetic with the victims
OF vandalism by young people. In other
words. We must not laugh Off their
troubles. Something must be done.
Also there must be sympathy for the
erring youngsters who always seem to
wind up in jam. Obviously, plain per-
versity is not an explanation of their
conduct. No young person wants to
get into trouble or to be mean just for
the love of evil as such. My guess is
that resentment, monotony and fear
of being a nobody in q world full of
dramatic characters account for many
of the mental processes that lead to the
juvenile courts.
Last and most neglected is the need
for directing our sympathies toward the
parents of juvenile offenders. It has
become popular to blame delinquent
parents. Actually think the parents
of these problem young people need as
much sympathetic understanding as the
delinquent youths.
The parents Of such young people are
generally harassed and confused. They
don't want their boys or girls to get
into trouble. If they could understand
the situation and know what methods
are effective, they usually would be
more than glad to take the necessary
steps. On the one hand they are told
not to spare the rod and. on the other.
to practice gentleness. Some of their
critics say they should watch their
children more closely, while others ad-
wise giving the child more privacy and
the privilege of developing on his own.
Again, we must consider that todayS
delinquent parents may have been the.
delinquent children Of delinquent par
ents themselves.
In conclusion. my belief is that pen
alties in general are ineffective with
children or parents who are responsible
for delinquency. If, instead, the juve-
nile courts could be equipped to provide
the parents of delinquents with trained
counselling services, we would see i'm
provement. Also there should be such
advisory services made available at
public expense before cases reach the
advanced. stage of court trials.
]. Milton Stanford.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
| Letters to The Star. .
Pen-n1n1eS may be used If letters carry
a0riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

band has respect for his service that
encourages his best effort at his work.
We have many friends outside the
military: our children attend school
and are judged on their indiviual
merits by the students as well as the
teachers. We like Washington and
have tried to be good citizens and, as
such resent bigoted, unwarranted gen.
eralizationS.
Captains Wife.
The difficulty in being objective in
reply to C.. r. Davis is quite obvious.
But wish to say in answer to his
three points:
Cd The salaries, emoluments, bene-
fits. allowances, ETC., of the personnel
in the military service have been public
knowledge since its existence. The
Superintendent of Documents. for
small fee of a few cents, will furnish
this information on request.
(2) Person for person, in or out OF
these United States, the military pay
as much tax, per capita, and willingly
so, as the civilians. ALI we military
try to evade Is paying double.
\OI <Ao 4OI Jul UCI11B 4UU per CGuG
consumers and zero producers, well Mr..
Davis is referred to the quiet sanctity
of Arlington Cemetery.
Uriel r. D'AcOsta,
Major, United States Air Force.
\
Re c. r. Davis letter in the Star Of
September 49,:
Cd Pay scales for the Army are pub
lished frequently in newspapers and
magazines.
CD object to paying taxes in two
or three States. My home State Is my
only lawful obligation.
go Mr.. Davis should personally tell
the amputees and returned POWS from
Korea to say nothing of the loved ones
of deceased veterans-that they are
Zero producers" think that would
make big impression.
wonder what Mr.. Davis produces?
I'll bet it's not democracy!
G. HI. Gerhart.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

same area of the city, however, which are
plainly Objectionable from any point Of view.
And there may be others.
The tax exemption of embassies and other
institutions which enjoy immunity from taxa
tion because this is the National Capital
imposes burden on the local community
which Congress has recognized, though far
from adequately, in its annual lump-sum pay
ment to city appropriations It represents
condition that is generally accepted, because
this is the American Capital, and such exemp-
tion is entirely appropriate. Conformity to
zoning laws and local building regulations, how
ever. seems to fall in another category. If such
matters are not amenable to regulation by law,
because of the reciprocal privileges which the
United States enjoys in other capitals of the
world, 1t should be the subject of strict self
regulation by the representatives of foreign
powers.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

need to be rezoned first commercial"
Exemption of this and other projects
of foreign governments from District
building code and coming restrictions
has its basis in laws, treaties and prec-
edentS which are summed up by the
District Corporation Counsel's Office as
"a matter Of reciprocity"
The United States Government
largely enjoys the same reciprocity
rights abroad as it grants to foreign
governments here with respect to con-
struction, the State Department told
The Star.
With only occasional exceptions, the
United States Government is not re-
quired to submit its plans for build
ings projected abroad to foreign agen-
cies for approval, a State Department
official said.
Property in the District that is owned
by foreign governments is, likewise,
accorded tax exemption by the District
code, provided the property is used for
Legation purposes"
Under the District Commissioners in
depreciation of this law, foreign Offices
and residences of chiefs of mission are
exempted from taxes, but certain other
foreign-owned property is not exempt.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
By Charles E. TroceweN

where they are found by other and
similar smaller birds.
Natures altruism Is not conscious,
but it works out pretty well, and by
this primitive method each creature
helps the other in need.
There is not much help the suburban
dweller can give the migrating birds,
especially the warblerS, but if he spots
bird bath in the center of a yard,
and puts out raisinS in the grass, he
may intrigue some of them on quiet
afternoons.
The reflection of the bath will attract
them as much as anything, since they
sometimes find difficulty in Spotting
shallow watering places. After watch
ing the baths in our own yard for the
summer, we have come to the conclu-
sion, rather belatedly, that the birds
shy away from those put too close to
shrubbery. This Is only natural, since
bushes may hide enemies, you know
what.
Put bath on pedestal in the center
of the yard, and it may have better
patronage, especially at this time of the
year. Certainly the bird bath does not
look quite as well. in such prominent
position. as it does in corner. or along
a flower border.
Perhaps the best solution. one that
will appeal to migrating warblers as
well as to our more common garden
residents. is to spot one bath in the
middle Of the yard, as suggested. and
then have couple more along the bor-
ders. And do not forget small pans,
sunk in the ground, at intervals; In au-
tumn, with cold and wind, water some
times Is difficult for birds to find.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Farm Headache

g. The frmest impression conveyed by Sec
retary of Agriculture Benson's speech at the
National Flowing Contest is that this admins
tration does not intend to let the farm vote
60 to the Democrats by default.
The support of most of the Nations %
million farmers is essential to G. o.. P. hopes of
retaining control of Congress next year, and
will hardly be less important in the 1856 presi-
Dental election. It was the detection Of the
farm vote, more than anything else, which so
rudely blighted G. P victory hopes in 1948,
and the Republican strategists are not going to
put up with repeat performance If they can
help it.
So Mr.. Benson, with fine Churchillian
touch, told his plowing contest audience Il
have not become Secretary of Agriculture of
the United States to sit idly by wringing my
hands and let the farmer be squeezed by low
cred farm prices and high fixed COSTS" Good
enough-but the difficulty lies in the fact that
farm economies, like empires, are not neces-
Sarily held together by ringing prose.
What, specifically, does Mr.. Benson propose
to do to narrow the gap between sagging farm
income and farm costs? If he knows, he did
not tell his audience. He did enumerate certain
guides "in the formulation of future farm poll
cieS and programs" The program, he said,
must fully protect the farmers freedom of
choice, it must be in the farmers interest, it
must be in the public interest, it must be tlnan-
cially practical, it must be geared to use rather
than storage, it must solve problems, not
create them, and it must square with Ameri-
can principles.
This, if one may be forgiven for saying so,
just about covers the agricultural water front
Nothing is omitted except indelicate reference
to the deSrability of seeing to it that the pro-
gram is also in the political interest of the
Republican Party Perhaps such program,
political interest included, can be shaped up.
Certainly enough hard work and planning are
being put into the project. One is tempted to
say however, that if Mr.. Benson can pull it
off he will deserve top billing among the G. o. P
miracle workers.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

Migrating birds found dead on the
set-backs of the Empire State Building
in New York City one morning recently
comprised 104 bay-breasted warblers.
81 Tennessee warblers, 36 magnolia
warblers and 26 yellow -throated war
blerS.
Other casualties were: Redstarts, IL:
Cape May warblers. 8; each Of parulas
and ovenbirds: each, black-and-white
warblers, -throated blue warblers
and Connecticut warblers; black
throated green warblers, 4 Black
burnian warblers, 3 chestnut-Sided war
blers, 2 Canada warblerS, 2 Nashville
warblers, and / each, water thrush
and Philadelphia vireos.
Some 80 species of warblers, includ-
ing those named, go through the Dis
trict of Columbia and environs at this
time of year.
Undoubtedly those which lost their
lives in New York, forced down by
mass of cold air, would have been seen
here later.
Warblers band together, as the cas-
ualty count proves, to make their an
nual runs south, and usually fly some
$500 feet high. thus missing the towers
of New York. The Empire State Build
ing reaches 1850 feet into the air
1t is a curious commentary on our
civilization, that in one and the same
breath We lament the death of birds,
and pay little attention, as a group. to
the never ending toll of casualties from
automobiles.
Fortunately, few birds are hit by
cars.
Occasionally one sees q cardinal dead
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Police Reorganization

The promotion of First Precinct Captain
Irwin limbaugh to police inspector not only
rewards veteran officer for outstanding Serv-
ice but sets the stage for an important
administrative reorganization of the Police
Department. This change of command and its
accompanying promotions down the line are
preliminaries to establishment of five-dstrict
inspection system. The objective of Police
Chief Murray is a closer. more rigid supervision
of precinct activities with view to more ef-
fective law enforcement for Washington.
An increase in inspection districts from
three to five was major recommendation this
year OF District reorganization task force"
which studied the police setup The district
plan had long been advocated by Chief Murray,
who contended that the department had out
grown the three-district system used here for
many years. With the growth of the city and
the increase in police responsibilities three in
spectors have had difficulty in keeping in
proper touch with the precincts under their
supervision. The result has been poor inSpec-
ton in some areas-and poor inspection is an
invitation to police laxity or worse.
There are now IA precincts in the District,
not counting the Harbor Precinct. The Womans
Bureau, now outside the inspection system,
would be brought into it under the new plan.
Once this more intensive supervision of the
precincts is instituted, the next logical step
would be an extension of the co-ordinated in
vestigation plan tried out so successfully in
Precinct No. 2. In that dark spot on Wash
ingtons crime map Lieutenant Joseph Shimon
Of the Detective Bureau has been acting as
co-ordinator of Investigations and liaiSon with
headquarters. Assignment of other detective
lieutenants to other precincts would be justified
on the basis of the good results reported from the
"Shimonizing" experiment at No. 2.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
A Diplomatic LoophoIe in Zoninq Law
To the Editor Of The Stor:

To the Editor OF The Stor:
TT rs DIFFICULT to understand a
i friendly government imposing on
the hospitality of a city as the Cana
dian government is doing in its con-
struction work on Massachusetts ave-
nue..
Owing to diplomatic immunity. this
government is able to violate coming
laws and obtain a building permit
which would never be granted to an
American citizen.
Foundations are being driven for
SmalliSh Pentagon on handsome re-
Stricted avenue. This will be not only
an eyesore on Massachusetts, avenue,
but, because trees are being ruthlessly
cut. it will destroy the beauty Of our
wooded Rock Creek parkway.
Surrounding property values win
deteriorate and the nuisance of con-
struction will be a health menace to
occupants OF adjoining houses.
am informed that the American
Government observes punctiliously all
building laws in foreign capitals.
A reciprocal courtesy from foreign
governments is due this city.
w.
Editors Note-Tl1e Stars correspond
ent is correct in stating the Canadian
government is not legally required to
comply with District zoning regulations.
The land on which its five-story Office
building at 245O Massachusetts avenue
NV. is being constructed is legally con-
sidered Canadian soil, and thus exempt
from District zoning and building laws.
Local building projects of other
foreign countries and projects of the
United States Government are, likewise.
exempt, except that United States Gov
ernment buildings are subject to ap-
proval by the National Capital Planning
Commission as to height and certain
other considerations.
The Canadian Office building, which
will house military components of the
Canadian Embassy, could not be built
by an American citizen unless the site
were to be rezoned, spokesman for
the District zoning Commission in
formed The Star.
The site at present is zoned ''Resi-
Dental B Restricted" a designation
which permits row-house construction,
and rooming and boarding houses.
Before an American citizen could build
an Office building there, the site would
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Dim View of Scientists

Apropos dissection, sociology and
scientific" sin: Someday some un-
scientific old COW will kick some snoopy
old scientist" clear over the cowshed,
just to prove to him that her soul
defies dissection! And millions of
cringing dogs and cats will holler,
"Hallelujah!"
And, if some scientific" Little Jackie
Horner can bust the crust of the soggy
sociology pie and pull out a more
polluted plum than already has been
pulled, let him proceed at his own
peril plus tax.
Arthur G.. Narrower.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Bruss Defended

It Is not my purpose to defend tne
"survey" as to "Why the Army Is not
liked" which was mentioned in the
letter by C. r. Davis, headed: Com
plants Against the Brass" printed
September 18. However, feel the
reasoning given in the critical letter
was somewhat thin"
For instance: (1) Mr.. Davis distress
over figuring of officers salaries must
also extend to other Government
.(Federal, State, and city, servants.
AS taxpayer and citizen, he
has the right to examine salary sched-
ules if his interest equals the effort.
Retirement benefits, medical care
plans, and cooperative buying Or
ganizations rapidly are becoming avail
able to more and more civilian en-
ployes.
(2) The financial responsibility OF
community undertakings is shared by
the military, Our family donates ac-
cording to our ability to local charities.
but as temporary members Of the COM
munity we are denied voice in their
operations. A member Of the military
who owns real estate hardly can evade
taxes on real estate. Sales tax applies
equally. Rent payments Of military
are equal to civilian and include taxes
For that reason, we like to believe
we also are entitled to certain Of the
rights of other citizens, including
schools, streets, etc.
90 Mr.. Davis is alarmed that the
military forces are not producers.
May we also assume he feels that there
is no necessity for teachers, doctors.
lawyers, policemen. statesmen? His
fear of needing protection from the
protectors must grow from fear OF
our representative system of Govern
ment, for it's command is in the hands
of that Government.
In our own case, we have been in
Washington almost a year. My hus-
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Toft-HortIey Act Approved

There is very little wrong with the
Taft-Hartley law. It is better than
anything the labor leaders have had to
offer yet. I consider that it protects
America and labor both better than any
law we have had for 20 years.
In regard to the resignation Of Mr..
Durkin, a well-known labor union man,
I knew at the time of his appointment
that President Eisenhower was making
mistake. The Department of Labor
is Federal Government institution for
arbitrating, not looking at one side
only Mr.. Durkin, believe, was pledged
TO outright repeal Of the Taft-Hartley
law. But that does not come under the
Jurisdiction of the Department of Labor.
Daniel B. Felker.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

R0w crooks bOfw00n toes invite
Athletes Foot-especially in sum-
mer when feet perspire most. When
Athletes Foot fungi infect, skin
reddens, itches, and flakes off.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

Athletes Foot is caused by para
site micro organisms. Left un-
treated, they can burrow under
skin, attack nerve endings, lead to
disability. Severe case shown.here
requires doctors care.
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