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Evening star., 1953-10-05
A Super Pearl Hurbor?

There is rising note of urgency in the
chorus of presumably well-informed voices
which warn of the danger of impending dis
aSter for the United States.
The warnings, of course, are not new.
They have been sounded since it first became
known that the Russians had perfected an
atomic weapon, although opinion differed as to
when Soviet capabilities would be such as to
pose serious threat for us. Now this difference
of opinion seems to be a thing of the past.
With the Russian venture into the hydrogen
bomb field, we live, evidently, under an imme-
diate threat Of destruction.
This certainly, is the essence of the spate
of weekend comments. Representative Cole,
Republican chairman Of the Joint Congress
Sional Atomic Energy Committee, says he has
changed his mind about cutting defense spend
ing. Russia, he said, has the capacity, the
scientists and the bombs eve have been
Understanding them all along" Mr. Cole re-
marked that information received by his COM
mittee leads him to believe that the United
States should spend another Is to Is billion
dollars on continental air defense. He is
ready to surrender" the principle of balanced
budget
Senator Symington, former Secretary of
the Air Force, also sees great danger. He would
place most of our chips on increased capacity
AL ACGdAdC1Ou EdIIlcr LIldu QeIeUSe. buC ne
most emphaticaly would not give balanced
budget top rating on the priority list. Zone
thing is sure" he says "for the first time in our
history we have an enemy who, If he exercises
the initiative, may well have military superior
ity over u.s."
The third voice in the chorus is that of
Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming, man
not given to excitability. In formal report to
the President, Mr. Flemming warns of Russian
capability, and advocates a more determined
effort to shield American industry from sur
prise knockout blow "Our Nation" he SAYS,
must have defense mobilization program of
such magnitude and effectiveness as to either
deter an aggressor, or, if we should be attacked
to enable us to fight and win"
All this is ominously reminiscent of the
days just preceding Pearl Harbor-days of un-
needed warnings and kind of massive public
Indifference. That surprise blow, however,
merely crippled fleet and a naval base A
surprise blow now would make Pearl Harbor
seem like childs play It might well destroy
this Nation, and If our people can be told more
which would arouse them to the danger the
time for telling Is overdue
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Welcome, Orioles /!

WaShingtons baseball fans will welcome
the prospect of neighborly rivalry offered by
the return of the Baltimore Orioles to the
American League, after lapse of more than
half century And there is no reason to
believe that the transfer of the Browns fran
chise from st. Louis to the Monumental City
will adversely affect attendance at Griffith
Stadium. Few fans are likely to desert the
Senators games in order to journey 40 miles
to the Orioles new stadium. But more fans
than usual may be expected to see the games
here whenever our new competitor from Mary
land makes an appearance. The intercity
rivalry should be good for both teams.
1t is too bad, of course, that the Browns,
after nearly three quarters of century of big
league baseball, should disappear from the
sports scene. The Senators, for many years,
found themselves engaged in spirited contests
with the Browns for possession of last place in
the American League. Fortunately, Washington
has managed to land in higher spots more often
Evening star., 1953-10-05
This and That

world feeling, the long tale much
amazes every new reader, and some
have gone so far as to suspect that
Mr. Valley wrote it himself
The probability is that the Japanese
lady wrote it, all right, but that in
translating it Mr.. Valley could not
help creating modern feeling.
Hearing the bell-crickets in front Of
the Chevy Chase Club can only be
done in the intervals of traffic; when
the light turns red, at Bradley lane,
then the little bells sound.
Where they are, it is impossible to
say; looked and listened, after the
rush of cars, but could not begin to 10
cate the sound.
They may not be crickets at all, but
some form of annual cicada.
Found beauty the other day, just
down the street, with green body and
milk-white wings.
When he was picked up, by the end
of the wings, he uttered a sharp re-
peated cry, almost a drum beat, and
did not cease until put down on the
parking.
1t is amazing. the number Of things
one can see. while waiting for the bus.
There is the man in the little foreign
car, so far down in it that he almost
seems to be seated on the road.
Then there is the man on the bicycle,
whom legend sayeth, pedals all the way
from Kensington to the Smithsonian
every day.
There are light green cars, and hight
Evening star., 1953-10-05
OFF to the Fair

The good attendance at the Anne Arundel
County Fair last week is healthy sign, because
fair Is an event for the family. fair Is
unique meeting place of dream and reality
It is a showcase for accomplishment and
petition is as old as history.
All year the men and women and children
of the Nations farms have been preparing for
exhibition time. Mother has had an eye on the
pickle jar and her thoughts on the blue ribbon,
father a forgivable pride as he watched his
animals and crops develop into potential
winners, and the youngsters the apprehension
of youth that something will happen to upset
their plans for the calf they've been grooming
an apprehension that grows almost beyond the
ability of those so young to master as fair time
nearS. All of these merge into common hope
for the family.
business of running the farm It is not, as we
in the city often are prone to believe, something
which is done in the farmers rare moments of
spare time There is a cooperative spirit about
it which overrules development for pure show,
even though the exhibit in preparation looms
important at the moment.
Going to the fair is high light of farm life.
1t is period of tension for the exhibitors but
at the same time period of relaxation from
the daily routine. 1t is period for adopting
the carnival mood, for giving the midway at
fractions try. But best Of all, getting ready
for the fair, throughout the year, is an agent
of welding the family even more closely into q
common hops.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
By Charles E. TroceWeN
A. M. b.

blue cars, and cars with gray Oight)
bodies and salmon. tops.
Once there was q boy with beagle,
and just as they got to Quincy street
(Which is only two blocks long) the dog
spotted a rabbit.
Then there was a chase, but before
either could get run over, both disap7
peared into the club grounds, the rabbit
far in the lead.
1t was at this corner that an old man
used to wait for young human fe-
male" at Kinsey would say.
Probably suspicious persons who saw
them snickered, now and then, but
they would have been wrong.
They happened to be, despite their
dissimilarity in age. people who simply
hated to ride downtown alone.
Joanie May did all the talking, and
the other listened, and now and then
put in q few words, since he was
philosopher in disguise. She told him
all about her boy friends. and the
school she went to, and how the old
sister died while robin was eating
out of her hand, and she liked roller
skating, and knew the best way to fall
without getting conclusion of the
skull. She told, how her father hated
her, and had written note ending,
II love you because you are my daugh-
ter" "And think of that" moaned
Joanie May, but her philosopher friend
smiled and said, why you are Scot
tiSh-you ought to know that what a
Scottish father means Is simply I love
you.'"
Evening star., 1953-10-05

Korea? Tell us, Mr.. Congressman and
Mr.. Office Seeker, who is guaranteeing
performance of the armistice terms?
Russia didn't sign the agreement. China
didn't sign the agreement Neither
of them is bound to respect the terms.
We are depending upon thoroughly
beaten North Korea, whose section of
the nation has been destroyed, and a
nondescript group known as Chinese
volunteers"
Can any one cite single instance in
all of history where a sovereign ma
ton entered into an agreement to main
tain peace with a Foreign Legion?"
That's the scrap of paper we possess
Whom do the Volunteers represent?
Not China. Not Russia. Not North Ko-
rea even. But somebody organized that
group. Somebody fed the volunteers,
clothed them, armed them, trained
them, led them in battle. Who lauds
them for valor? Provides the medals?
Challenges the right of the U. N. COM
manders to demand the return of all
prisoners under the armistice agree
ment? Get busy, gentlemen, answer
some Of the questions.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Smithsonian Attic

Life magazine, in an article on the Smith
Eonian Institution, has brought to the attention
OF its army of readers outside Washington the
fact that "the Nations attic" exists Such
publicity is useful. But the significance of the
institution as an agency for "the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men" cannot be
captured in few pages of pictures and captions
The Smithsonian is not an "attic' in the
ordinary sense of the word. Whatever con-
fusion prevails in the institution results from
its need for more space and personnel. AS early
as 1910 the collections were numerous and large
enough to require new buildings for their proper
preservation and display The United States
Museum edifice as well as the old Smithsonian
and Arts and Industries structures are over
crowded, and the National Gallery of Art and
the Freer Gallery are almost fully occupied
with permanent exhibits and Offices
What is wanted is not more room for "attic"
purposes so much as more room for the Sys-
tematic study of the materials already available
or likely to be received in the years Immediately
ahead A building for history long has been
hoped for and building for art in its relation
to history and science has been planned Other
modern facilities for adequate storage and ex-
hibition of accesSions in process of classical
tion are desired. Reductions in force because
OF death and retirement vacancies left vacant
should be compensated with replacements by
research scholars with advanced training and
experience.
The institution is a service organization pre-
eminently. In harmony with James Smithson's
bequest, it is pledged to disseminate as well as
increase knowledge That means it must re-
Spond to appeals for help coming in daily from
the Federal Government, other cultural centers
at home and abroad and thousands of individual
correspondents. The work is growing at an
unprecedented pace, and the physical plants
and staff should grow, too. Perhaps private
industry might aid
Evening star., 1953-10-05

1.-THE sinking moon was shining in a
cloudless sky, and in the grass-clumps
that Shivered in the cold wind, bell
crickets tinkled their compelling cry"
That was what read in "The Tale
of Genji," written 1000 years ago, al
most, by Lady Murasaki, as translated
by Arthur Valley, and published by
Houghton Miff1in
Chase Club and stood at the Quincy
street entrance, waiting for the bus.
And the bell-crickets, or whatever
they are, were still tinkling their COM
pelling cry!
It seemed strange, somehow, to hear
the little bells ringing so loudly there,
in the intervals of traffic.
There was no mistaking them-they
rang as If invisible beings were holding
tiny bells aloft and shaking them Wig
orously.
One thousand years had gone by, but
life was much the same, evidently,
when it was left alone
Lady MuraSaki'S Six-part novel, run
ming to 1.135 pages in the two-volume
edition. was written shortly after the
year 1000 A. D.
The whole work, in translation, is
entitled "The Tale of Genji" Each
part, really complete novel, has a
title Of its own. They are, in success
sion, ''The Tale Of Genji," THE Sacred
Tree" "a Wreath of Cloud" Blue
Trousers" "The Lady Of the Boat" and
"The Bridge of Dreams
Owing to its amazingly Western
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Letters to The Star.

property, or some portion of it, to those
who receive the subsidy. So, as T. H.
Russell says, the taxpayers who do not
receive any subsidy are being deprived
of their right to spend their own wealth
for their own benefit.
Subsidies in the form of public hous-
ing apply the good old communistic
formulae of Marx. Lenin and Stain.
Take from those who have at least
something and give to those who are
unable to produce for themselves" This
process can only result in disaster. 1t
deprives those who receive of the in
centive to work because they will re-
ceive something in any case. It deprives
those who are forced to pay taxes to
provide the subsidies of incentive
because they are unjuStly deprived of
what they legally own. Why should a
man work if some proportion Of his
wealth will simply be taken away from
him in the form of taxes and given
to another group of people in the form
of subsidy by public housing" or
parity payments to farmers?
The New Deal has followed the
communistic line and has largely de-
stroyed the American republic. It has
threatened with extinction the Ameri-
can institution of private property and
Of personal privacy. It tries to manage
a mans business for him but has no
responsibility for paying the debts of
the business.
We need some leadership to restore
the American republic that existed
until 1888 but which has nearly van
ished since that time.
The Republican Party and the pres
ent administration seem to have no
real notion of the evil that has been
done and no plan to restore the Ameri-
can republic. The businessmen are SO
busy making money that they disre-
gard the evils of our present political
system.
In the midst of this ignorance and
responsibility it is hopeful to find one
American like Theresa H. Russell who
can place the evils of the subsidy in q
clear light. Subsidies are nothing but
communism; they have no place under
our Constitution.
j.. sc.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Cove Wall Etchinqs
Virginian.

The Stars editorial treating Of the
recent wonderful discovery of cave wall
etchings by palaeolithic man in the
Sicilian Addawa cave Gas set forth in
the fine article of the Illustrated Lon
don News') was most discerning and
timely. for the etchings are undoubt-
edly of the highest interest to ethnolo-
gistS and all others interested in this
branch of science. The article in the
illustrated London News" on which
The Star commented, was by Prof.
Blanc, ethnologist, of the University
of Rome; it is a worthy presentation
of these remarkable delineations.
But the professors suggestion that
the two principal human figures etched
on the cave wall owed their bird-beak
faces to the fact that masks were worn
seems of doubtful value. Masks worn
in tribal rituals are of far later date,
nothing of the kind has been related
to palaeolithic man. These bird-beak
figures far more probably represented
demons or other beings of the spirit
world, evil or benign, such as the rep
resentations of animal forms with
human heads human bodies having
animal faces or features so numerous
and prominent in the early civilizations
of Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Egypt.
In fact the professor himself alludes
to this as a possibility. A Smithsonian
ethnologist, whom this writer con-
suited, was of the opinion that my
idea was just as likely correct as that
of Prof. Blanc.
Furthermore, the professors descrip-
ton of the cave wall scene wherein
the principal figures with high up
lifted arms stand over two others prone
below them as, "Acrobats in the full
swing of their evolutions while sew
eral others stand by as if watching
the central personages." seems also
somewhat awry; rather the scene rep
resents the persons lying prone as
being wrought upon by the two spirits
standing over them.
At best all these first deductions, pro
or con, are but gueSswork, more or
less. One must await the thorough
study that will undoubtedly be given
the great discovery of these Sicilian
cave wall etchingS and the ultimate
findings and conclusions thereof.
w. L. Hillyer.
Evening star., 1953-10-05

than ST. Louis The i'll fortunes of the Browns
led to financial losses that made dissolution OF
the team inevitable Even the name has been
tossed into discard, as Baltimore takes over the
ST. Louis franchise. Baltimore'S minor league
Orioles also will become just memory, albeit
pleasant one to many Baltimoreans.
The stage is now set for 1854 American
League baseball season of unusual interest to
all lovers of the great American game. One of
these days we might even see pennant race
in which Washington and Baltimore are the
chief contenders. That would be a spectacle
well worth waiting for-even though the wait
may be a long one.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
A Bid for Decision

Aside from the self-interest involved in our
decision to extend an additional $685. million
to finance the war against Communist-inspired
aggression in Southeast ASIA the commitment
represents gesture Of substantial faith in the
French Union AS such, it imposes a genuine
responsibility upon French leadership, both po-
litical and military, to devise and implement
policies of dealing with the Associated States
OF Indo- China and a strategy in the jungle
combat that will give some promise of bringing
this long conflict to successful end.
Encouragingly, there have been indications
that France recognizes this dual responsibility
and already is taking steps to discharge it. In
July, Paris announced formally that it was pre-
pared to perfect the independence of the ASSo-
ciated States-a step that has become obviously
essential if native troops are to be enlisted and
employed in greater strength and with the re-
quired will to fight the Communicated Wet
Mimi. During the summer, too, the new French
commander in Southeast Asia, General Navarro,
revealed new strategic plan of more aggres-
sive character and of greater suitability to
jungle terrain.
victory for France and its allies in Indo-
China would represent a major gain for the free
world on more than a limited front. The Asso-
ciated States amount geographically to Stra-
tegic flank not only of Southeast Asia but of
the whole subcontinent of South Asia and of
the island area Of the Southwest Pacific. Eight
years of warfare without victory have cut
deeply into Frances capacity to increase it's
military power at home, minimizing thereby
the contribution which it might make and
which would be desperately needed if the de-
fenses of Western Europe were put to test. The
bid is being made now to end this stalemate
and the hand should be played with skill and
vigor.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Return

Leave papers, trduel orders-hdppy
tDordS-
By plane, by truck and after dd,0n,
the day,
The liberated come once more to
treedom'S ground
And brush the feuered dreams OF
night GtDGy.
Daring to dream again the dream they
knetD
Kindled from sodden ashes of desire.
That makes dnesO beneath loued ones
smile
Like music from a ssOeet celestial
choir.
Soon prison -pnllid features iDiH take on
Weather, toind and sunHChts saffron
glotD.
The hand gro,D hard again, the tootstep
firm,
With field to ploU and soon the grain
to Sot0:
The steel to forge. the press wiH hy
again.
Shddow and sunlight ride upon the
foam.
Some moUe In shddo,0. some IN Joyous
haze,
And some are Enoch Ardens coming
home.
Ruby AItizer Roberts
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Teamwork Overdue

1t must have been surprising to members
of Congress to learn that, despite their action
In authorizing the Juvenile Court to open its
records to interested persons, institutions and
agencies" the police were still outside the
courts secrecy curtain Judge Cockrill told The
Star the police have not asked for any restricted
information-that if they should do so she would
be glad to discuss" the request. Police officials
said they had not asked because there had been
no indication that the courts secrecy policy had
been changed. This impasse would be humorous
were it not such serious matter to those con-
cerned with combating juvenile delinquency in
Washington. The belated move toward closing
the gap between the court and the police is
long overdue.
Certainly it was the plain intent of Con-
gress, in amending the Juvenile Court Act, to
end the silly practice of depriving the Police
Department of information needed In dealing
more effectively with the problem of young
criminals. typical case cited in Star news
story illustrates the absurdity-and dangers-of
keeping police in the dark as to disposition of
Juvenile cases. Police picked up teen-ager
who had been in trouble on numerous other
occasions and released him to his parents, pend
ing reference of his case to the Juvenile Court.
About week later police were advised by the
Board of Public Welfare that the boy was
Waro OF Ine DOaro, had violated MS probation
and was wanted for further custody. Had the
police known these facts when they picked the
boy up they would have returned him to the
board, not to his home. Last spring he was
arrested again for a series of housebreakings
and theftS and turned over to the court There
his record ends, as far as the police books show
The police juvenile squad today does not know
whether he is In an institution or at large once
more on the streets.
It was to meet such situations that Congress
amended the secrecy provision Of the Juvenile
Court Act to give the judge full discretion to
cooperate with law-enforcement authorities
or other appropriate agencies in dealing with
the delinquency problem. It was specifically
provided that the judge could give these
agencies any information they might require in
fighting crime among the cty's youth That 1t
has taken so long for the court and the Police
Department to come to an understanding on
this sensible teamwork plan is truly amazing.
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Subsidies and Tuxes

The letter entitled Taxpayers
Struggle" by Theresa H. Russell is
brief but eloquent plea against uncon-
Stitutional and oppressive taxation with
which we are now afflicted This plea
might be compared with the citation
of grievances contained in the Decla-
ration of independence.
Subsidies are merely means of
forcing the taxpayers who do not re-
ceive the subsidy to pay for the housing
or other services of those who receive
the subsidy. This means that the one
group of taxpayers are deprived of their
property without due process of law
and are obliged to hand over their
Evening star., 1953-10-05
AS q Thief in the Niqht'

Your editorial, GAS Thief in the
Night" raises the following question:
SuppoSing that Russia has the power,
by striking the first blow, to utterly
annihilate us, while at the same time
we have the power, by striking the first
blow to utterly annihilate Russia.
Which shall it be? Shall we strike
first, without warning? If you put this
question to the American people, I
believe they would answer: God for
bid! If we must perish utterly, so be
it; we will not stain our hands with
innocent blood. For there are higher
things than existence, even national
existence, and he who shall save his
life. shall lose it. In manus tuas,
Domino"
Virgiuian,
Evening star., 1953-10-05
Questions Koreo Armistice

When man thinks he has reached
q political stature that entities him to
take seat in Congress or to run for
President, isn't it time that he talks
sense?
Since the overthrow of the Russian
monarchy, can any one testify to a
single agreement made by the success
sors that was kept? Is there any
longer doubt that the Reds mean it
when they say treaties are scraps of
paper, to be abided by as long as they
serve the purposes of a signatory
power?
Is there single satellite of Russia
that can claim to have signed an
agreement with Russia as an equal?
Where do we stand with respect to
Evening star., 1953-10-05
-ShanKs, BuHaIo News
"Say! This Can Endanger
Our Security"

by a "magnified menace" and (2) if
what has come to light is "magnified
menace" just how powerful must COM
munism become before it is a real
menace? That would be interesting to
know.
Is Mr.. Mellett so we'll informed on
the Communist conspiracy that he can
say authoritatively how much or how
little harm federation of the conspiracy
has wrought? Since he is apparently
critical of the congressional investigat-
ing committees, has he prescription
for ridding the Government and sensi-
tive Communist directed labor unions
of Soviet stooges, or would he advise
tolerantly ignoring them as magnified
menaces?
A. M. b.