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Evening star., 1953-08-20
rs STREET.

L.
Dear Sir:
II would like to know what to do
about my crab grass.
"I have tried digging it up, but it
comes right back again.
MY lawn looks terrible with it gone.
Some of my neighbors say the only
thing to do is sweat it out. I mean dig
1t out.
"I have tried letting it alone and
do not think it looks bad; in fact I
rather like it. But the moment do,
along comes neighbor and says. Why,
you are not going to let that crab
grass stay there. are you?' And say,
Why, I rather like it, timid fashion.
And he says, Why, it will all come over
in my yard
$50 figure, to avoid neighborhood
quarrel, that maybe had better start
digging it out again, and then my lawn
looks as if war had struck it, and even
then I can't please him, because he
comes right back and says, Well, your
lawn looks terrible, why don't you sod
it?'
"I tried to get it sodded, but a man
said he would do it for $946 and that
seems too much money especially when
probably half of it would be crab grass
again, and would Immediately have to
dig up STA worth.
What shall do?
Sincerely, M. j. L."
4
Sit tight, lady, and don't let 'em
worry you.
Pay no attention TO your neighbors.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
The National Debt

Many people want to know what
should be the upper limit of the ma
tional debt, especially since the Presi-
dent has asked that the limit be raised
from $275 to 1920 billions.
The writer has not seen an intelligent
answer to the question. It should be
easy to see that this depends on the
national income. since the interest on
the debt must be paid out Of income.
If income stays at around 1925 to $3.50
billions. the debt limit Of $3.50 billions
will not be bad. since it will take only
about 1.9 per cent of the income to pay
the interest. If national income should
go down to $100 billions, which is $19
billions higher than the boom year of
1928, then the debt would be very
bad. Each person would have to pay
about three and a half times as much
out of his income to help pay the in
terest as he now pays.
In the late 30s the national income
varied from about $40 to $68 billions.
and the national debt was near $40
billions. Then it took about two per
cent of the income to pay interest on
the debt Now with an income Of be-
tween 1925 and $3.50 billions, 1t takes
Evening star., 1953-08-20
By Charles E. TroceWeN

winter and beginning next spring with
good grass.
Crab grass may be said to be in
digenouS here.
1t grows well, thrives and actually is
better than many give it credit for be-
ing.
The spleen against it arose in the old
days. This is another day and we must
take our lawns as we find them. Wash
ington is no longer a good place for
good lawns. Perhaps it never was. A
really good lawn requires a great deal
of work and much good fortune, too.
If the grass is green, that is enough.
The name of what is green does not
much matter.
Out our way we have a little water
lilylike thing that grows in great
patches over the yard.
Is it green?
That is all we ask. II it is green, it
stays. Maybe this isn't good lawn cul-
ture, but it works.
Then we have thing with tiny blue
flowers. Is it green? You bet it is
green! Then it stays. The lawn mower
goes right over and it still looks green.
Maybe an expert would Sneer Well,
he can do what he wants in his own
yard. He can bend over by the hour
and dig out what he likes and have as
moth-eaten looking lawn as he wishes.
We welcome all low-growing, green
things, no matter whether bona fide
grasses or not. We even overlook moss.
u 1t green? Definitely! Then 1t stays.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Now That We Know

On this somber day, when we learn from
our own Government that Russia has indeed
mastered the secret of the H-bomb, there is
one debate that should be terminated. That
is the debate over how much we can afford
for defense.
Our current defense budget was trimmed
by some SIS billion. The thought underlying
this was that we could take the calculated risk
of another defense program Stretch-out,
further postponement of the day when we would
achieve measure of armed power which would
reasonably insure our national security.
All of us, and particularly those who have
been looking longingly to next year for tax cuts
at the expense of national defense, should un-
derStand now that when we talk of calculated
risk we are talking about the risk of virtual
annihilation There is no magic in particular
figure, and the question really is not whether
we should spend S. billion more or less The
question is whether, in the immediate and
more distant future, we will be willing to do
all of the things that must be done if we are
to have any kind of reasonable assurance OF
security. Will our primary concern be to MAIN
tain standard of living that is already fan
tastically high by most of the worlds standards,
or will we choose to make whatever sacrifices
which may be indicated by the threat of de-
struction that hangs over us?
Four years ago our official position was
that defense budget of $13 billion was the
maximum that our economy could stand. Korea
soon exposed the utter fallaciousness of that
notion. Let us not lapse back into the error
OF thinking about this matter primarily in
terms Of what our economy can afford. For
we have not really begun to tap the strength
or our economy. We can, and we must, spend
whatever is required to enable us to stay alive
General Bradley, writing in the current
issue Of the Saturday Evening Post, proclaims
as first principle that 1--WE will defend Amer
lea and its freedoms against any challenge
and at any cost" He adds: 1--WE must main
tain as long as the need exists whatever forces
are necessary to preserve our country and our
freedom"
Those words were written weeks ago. The
need is infinitely greater since last nights
fateful announcement
Evening star., 1953-08-20

frogs and rocks and space suits. but they have
not yet grown up to the need for an in-between
season. They would scoff If we suggested that
they take 1t easy, that tomorrow is another
day. There are too many space ships to be
launched and the tadpole needs another cup
of water.
But the headlong hustle for most of us has
been brought close to halt, making this a
most welcome time. 1t is good to have season
without hustle and fret And unless we are
small boys the suggestion intrudes itself that
perhaps we should have an in-between season
more often.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
I Refuse to Answer on the Ground -

(Harold CHASER held several impor-
tant positions with the Government
during the 12-year period ending in
1947. He was an adviser to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury on financial
matters, an adviser to Secretary of
State AcheSon, and he accompanied
Secretary of State Marshall to the
1947 foreign ministers conference in
Moscow. When he was preparing to
leave the Government, Mr.. Acheson and
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder wrote
letters recommending him for private
employment, the Treasury Secretary
observing that there were no hidden
facets" to GlaSSer'S personal qualities.
The transcript Of Glasser's testimony.
or perhaps one should say his refusal
to testify, before the Senate's Jenner
committee on April IA was released
last week. The following excerpt is
published to show, first, how we'll
intentioned officials were deceived by
men like Glasser. and, second, the
unusual length to which the constitu-
tional protection against self -incrimina-
tion is being carried. It is an excerpt
which also serves to show that inveSti-
gative committees, although often
criticized for their methods, are also
doing good work in exposing persons
who most certainly ought to be
exposed)
Senator HENDRICKS son. Mr..
CHASER, during your extended service
in the Government of the United
States, did you ever, at any time, per-
form any act or engage in any function
which would tend to incriminate you?
Mr.. CHASER. I must refuse to
answer that question on the ground
Excuse me, sir.
(The witness consulted with his
counsel.)
Senator SMITH. Mr.. CHASER, will
you tell us whether you now hold or
if you ever held Russian passport?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS COMMITTEE counseD
In 1916 did you know that Victor Perlo
was a Communist?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Did you try to get
Victor Perlo a job with the State De-
partment in 1947 at time when you
knew he was a Communist?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Did you know that
Victor Perlo, according to security
report, of which you had knowledge,
was member of the Communist Party?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Did you subsequent
to that time recommend Victor Perlo
to a position in the State Department
with the Intergovernmental Committee
on Refugees?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Rebukes CoIumnist

Lowell Mellett, attorney for the de-
fense of the discredited Truman-Ache-
son administration, is again throwing
dust in the eyes of the jury 1the Ameri-
can people,. Naturally Mr.. Mellett has
to confuse the issue as much. as pos
Sible; good tactics when real defense
is impossible. His facetious remarks
about witch hunting" are just that
and nothing more. Just as an aside.
it's too bad Mr.. Mellett didn't drive over
to Salem Village while he was staying
at Cape Cod and get few facts about
the famous witch trials. They didn't
burn the last witch at Salem, or the
first one, or any in between; they were
hanged. At least all that were con-
victed.
In an amazing -somersault Of
courtroom logic that would have
bugged out the eyes of the late Clarence
Darrow, Mr.. Mellett says certain gentle
men in our State Department were ac-
cused of bewitching the administration
into doubling the all-around compe-
tence of Chang Kai-Shek. Leaving old
Chang out of it for the moment, what
the gentlemen in question were accused
of was selling the administration then
in power the novel idea that the
Chinese Reds were peaceful farmers in
terested only in land reform. "Agrarian
Reformers" was, I believe, the fancy
term used.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Mellett's case
of witch hunting" against the BUSH
league China experts in the State
Department, the simple agrarian re-
formers turned upon us in November.
1850. and inflicted crushing defeat
on the 9th American Army in North
Korea. Since that time they have
fought us to stalemate in Korea and
inflicted in the neighborhood of 100000
casualties. Maybe Mr.. Mellett thinks
the jury is pretty dumb, but if it is
witch hunting" to run out group of
China experts" who through stupidity
or worse were completely wrong. then
the only regrettable thing about it is
that we didn't start witch hunting" a
long time before we did. And parting
thought for Mr.. Mellett. Before beating
poor old Chang to death for being
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Almost Beyond Belief

The case Of Harold CHASER, treated else
where on this page, reveals how easy it was for
a suspected Communist to entrench himself in
the Government service before there was any
such thing as Federal loyalty program. The
case Of Edward Rothschild, now currently in
the news, suggests that it may be just as easy
at this late date for a suspected Communist
to remain in Government service, or at least in
the service of the Government Printing Office.
Testimony developed by Senator McCarthys
subcommittee discloseS that in September 1851,
the FBI sent report on Rothschild to the ap-
propriate authorities at GPO. The report
named 40 informantS linking Rothschild with
Communist activities. One claimed to have
seen him steal secret Government codes The
GPO loyalty board held hearing in which it
received testimony from RothSchild and from a
few witnesses called by him. No attempt was
made to obtain testimony from any of the
FBI informants and RothSchild was cleared.
When the Eisenhower security-risk program
was instituted, the GPO did nothing about
RothSchild's case because no new informa-
ton" concerning him had been received.
This reflects a degree of incompetence or
Indifference to security that is almost beyond
belief Nevertheless, it is a fact. Rothschild
would be working for the GPO today had he not
been brought before the Mccarthy committee,
where he was asked questions about Communist
afhliation which he refused to answer on
grounds of possible Standardization. Now he
Is suspended-not on the information produced
by the FBI but because he refused to answer
questions
One result of this is to encourage doubt as
to the effectiveness of the loyalty and security
risk programs throughout the Government. For
no program is any good if the responsible
officers will not enforce it. Another result is
to reinforce the belief OF many that the con-
greSSional investigating committees, despite the
abuses of which they sometimes are guilty, are
rendering a necessary service in using the
weapon of publicity to expose and get rid of
people who never had any business working for
the Government.
Evening star., 1953-08-20

that question on the ground it may
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Do you know whether
or not after that information was
known, subsequent to a conversation
with one Stephen Spingarn, at the
White House, Victor Perlo'S Treasury
record was cleared?
Mr.. CHASER. refuse to answer
that question on the ground it may
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Did you ever have a
conference with or concerning Stephen
Spingarn at the White House?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it may
tend to incriminate me.
Senator WELKER. Did you ever have
anything to do with clearing the record
on Victor Perlo?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Do you know that a
Treasury investigation was conducted
of you in 1912?
Mr.. CHASER. did know that there
was Secret Service investigation Of
me.
Mr. MORRIS. Did Harry Dexter
White deceased Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury aid in clearing you In
that investigation?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Did you ever meet in
the apartment of John Abt and Mary
Price in New York City?
Mr.. GLASSER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it may
tend to incriminate me.
Mr. MORRIS. Are you an associate
of Allen Rosenberg?
Mr.. GLASSER. I refuse to answer
Evening star., 1953-08-20

only about 19 per cent of the income
to pay interest on the debt. which is
due of course to the much higher in
come.
The same may be said of taxes. When
will taxes be lowered? Probably never.
If national income goes down. In fact
taxes probably would have to be raised,
especially if we keep up the defense
program If the income goes down, the
same tax rate will bring in less reve-
nues. Since the principal tax is on
income, a slight reduction in national
income would mean great loss of reve-
nues. It is important to keep national
income high.
Colin Miller.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Maud Dale

When Mrs. Chester Dale died, an important
chapter in the history of art in modern times
was closed. She had been born Maud Murray,
native Of Rochester, had become interested in
painting as a child, studied at the Art Students
League in New York and with Steinlen in Paris.
The best of her own pictures were scenes in
France and Africa, canvaSeS which she diStrib-
uted among her friends and which now mainly
are significant simply because she created them.
larger and more valuable work awaited her.
In 1911 she married a man with the means and
the capacity for appreciation which made pos
sible for her vocation in esthetics unparalleled
among American women in this country. Mrs.
Dale became an authoritative and inspiring
writer on modern French art; her husband
gradually won international fame as dis
eliminating collector Of the works Of the great
French modernist painters.
The story of their activities as team never
has been told satisfactorily and perhaps never
will be. It commenced in It's best phase with
portraits of the Dales executed by their neigh
bor and friend, the celebrated George w.
Bellows Maud Dale, as she signed her books
and magazine articles was tireleSs in her efforts
to teach people to understand the creations of
Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Manet, Degas,
Monet, PiSSarro, ToulouSe-Lautrec. Brauue
Derain, MarcouSsis, Bonnard Laurencin and
many other Independent painters. For Renoir
she staged magnificent exhibition, for Picasso
and Modigliani she produced interpretative
studies of rare distinction.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Dale was accumulating a
collection OF French pictures said to have cost
him Sc million. The best of these treasures
began to come to the National Gallery here in
1941. More of them arrived in 1948, still more
in 1852. Some, including the Bellows portraits
mentioned above are gifts; some are on loan.
There are ten rooms filled with them at the
present moment. Nothing to match them is on
public view anywhere else in the United States.
The catalogs in large part were written by Mrs.
Dale. How excellent and spirited was her work
is demonstrated by this single sentence from
one of her prefaces: "The painter who does not
create for himself personal form of expression,
who is contented to use forms already con-
veniently classified, is walking in borrowed
clothes and dead mems shoes"
In trying to recall all the French Premiers
since World War II, we missed couple, who
must have been In Office year or so ago, when
we had the three-day flu and didn't read the
papers.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
The Great Maestro

The Greet Maestro
Ito Tosconini)
He stands alone
Upon the podiunn, so small
One feels pity t,Disttno at the heart
For one Who holds the key to music
tight
Within his grip.
NotU tones take form:
The nldSSiUe might OF music StceLLS,
PulSdtino through the chambers OF the
soul,
DraDn dettly from the depths OF irstru-
nlentS
By his command.
His hdlo'd head
And appraised arms create the sight
OF some celestial being holding stDGy;
Brief pity long has fo,cn, and humble
thanks
Alone remain.
Jean Mergord
Evening star., 1953-08-20

that question on the ground 1t may
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Have you worked in
concert with Charles Kramer?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Do you know George
Silverman?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Have you worked with
Maurice Halperin?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Have you associated
and worked in Communist associations
with one Donald Wheeler?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground 1t would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. NORRIS. With one Sol
Lishinsky?
Mr.. GLASSER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground 1t would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. With one Victor
Perlo?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. NORRIS. Do you know William
Taylor?
Mr.. GLASSER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground 1t would
taY1d IN ipNTiro IN fo Y~aa
Mr.. MORRIS. Do you know Alger
Hiss?
Mr.. GLASSER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Do you know a man
named Edward Fitzgerald?
Mr.. CHASER. refuse to answer
that question on the ground 1t would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS. Have you attended
Communist meetings with the afore-
mentioned people?
Mr.. CHASER. refuse to answer
that question on the ground 1t would
tend to incriminate me.
The CHAIRMAN. Senator Smith?
Senator SMITH. believe you trans
ferred from the Treasury to the War
Production Board along in the first
part of the war?
Mr.. CHASER. Yes. 1t was late in
1912; believe October 1912.
Senator SMITH. Before you trans
ferred to the War Production Board, did
you have any conference or conversa-
ton with any Communist as to the
duties that you were supposed and ex-
pected to perform once you got into the
War Production Board activities?
Mr.. CHASER. refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me.
Mr.. MORRIS Did you know Joel
Gordon in connection with your
UNRRA work?
Mr.. CHASER. I refuse to answer
that question on the ground it would
tend to incriminate me-
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Votes Recorded
Republican.

In opposition to soaring food prices,
the President has succeeded, with the
aid Of certain members of Congress, in
passing law permitting over 100000
additional aliens to enter this country.
Every voter should know who these
members Of Congress are. The informa-
ton is recorded in the Congressional
Record Of July %, page 1038S, and July
20, page 1882, on file in the Congress
sional Library, Room 1873.
Native American.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Letters to The Star .

defeated by the Chinese Reds, he might
recall that his twin heroes, Mr.. Truman
and Mr.. Acheson, didn't exactly look
like champs when fighting the same
enemy in Korea The best they could
do was to leave Eisenhower the almost
impossible task of cleaning up their
mess there.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What simple remedy can be used
to relieve the intense itching caused
by chigger bites?-R. v.
A. Application Of a weak ammonia
solution, baking powder solution, or
an astringent ointment or solution will
give some relief.
Evening star., 1953-08-20
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to any
question OF fact by either writing The Evening
star Information Bureau 1900 street NV,
Washington c.. and inclosinE cents re.
turn postage or BY teIephoning ST 3-7363.
Evening star., 1953-08-20

Pen-nG11eS may be used if letters carry
1OriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-08-20

@. Is evaporation a cooling processi
IN. L. P.
A. Yes. When a liquid evaporates
from the surface Of something. that
surface becomes much cooler. This is
because it requires heat to change q
liquid into vapor or gas.
Evening star., 1953-08-20

@. In what year was the Corona
ton Chair In Westminster Abbey con-
structed?-F. I.
A. The chair was built in 1901 to
hold the famous Stone of Scone. which
had been captured by King Edward
when he invaded Scotland.
Evening star., 1953-08-20

In trying to recall all the French Premiers
since World War II, we missed a couple, who
must have been In Office year or so ago, when
we had the three-day flu and didn't read the
papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Buddy Hackman Is Voted
Little Six Coach Of Year
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. IT,
Joseph S. Buddy Hickman, a
molder of champions at Roa-
noke College since he became
athletic director and basketball
coach II years ago, once again
is Virginia's Little Six Coach
of the year.
Hickman was voted the honor
by Little Six coaches and State
sports writer's taking part in bal
loting conducted by the Associ-
ated Press. He has now won the
title for two years in a row.
It's easy to see why Hackman
was a top-heavy choice in the
voting. His Maroons, after los
ing their first five games. took
Is of their next 10 to capture
the Little Six cage crown for
the second successive season
and finish atop the Mason
Dixon conference standings.
Roanoke wound up with a 1873
record.
Hackman is a graduate Of
Tennessee, where he starred in
football under Gen. Bob Ney-
land. He came to Roanoke Col
lege in 1885 as football back
field coach and took over as
basketball coach and athletic
director in 1912.