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Evening star., 1953-03-22

Washington bridge notables
competing for Ric mond
Bridge Association titles in the
Virginia capital last week end
met with scant success. Best
showings among our forces
occurring in the team match
on Sunday.
In close contest, the Rich
mond- Norfolk foursome Of
Mrs. Emily Folline, Mrs. Stella
Landauer, DR.. Norman Berlin,
Herbert Gerst and r. L. Miles
edged out by one half board
two D. c. foursomes tied for
runnerup honors. Jenny Bry-
ant, Michael Michaels, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond j. Fetzner tied
Gary Arkoian, Wallace Ashby.
David Murray and North Caro-
linians Marvin Cowell and Will
liam Woodson had q wins
each.
Mrs. Terry Haas, Robert
Reynolds, Charles Lovenberg
and Kiffln Rockwell (of War
renton) with 2612 wins. tied for
fourth spot among the 23 four
somes entered. Honorable
mention to D. j. Harris, Gene
Hermann. Lew Levenson, Vic
zeve tor topping the field in
the matinee round.
On Saturday David Murray
and William Woodson, defend
ing champions, finished third
over all in the 64-pair field
competing for the open title.
North Carolinians starred in
this event, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Farber being the new
champions. Said Haddad-
Charles Williams of Washing
ton were fourth over all. 1t.
Col. John Geddes-Paul Neff
won Q qualifying round top
score, and Haas-ReynoldS
qualified second in their Sec
tion. Col. and Mrs. r. H.
Skinner fini3hed second in the
consolation.
Twelve Washington Bridge
League regulars upped their
master point status last
Wednesday by submitting win
ming scores in the three large
Mitchell sections. In Section
A, Mrs. Howard Campbell
Simon Gerber and James G..
Stone-William Poissant were
first; M. D. Goldstein- Robert
Tins, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Naron, second.
The race for top honors in
N-3 positions in Sections 3
and c ended in a photo finish.
George Robertson-Dr. Gilbert
Rude won by a half point over
Charles Johnson Henry Steaf-
man in Section B; Mrs. j. A.
Weber-Mrs. M. L. Fisher also
leading by a half point over
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg
in Section c. E-W winners
were Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Ca
brilowitch, E. G.. Harris-J. T
,McDermott;; runnersup. Laura
Hunter Mrs. Gilbert Rude, Ar
thur w. Fribourg-J Jonathan
Rintele.
Third session of WBLt
board-a-match team series
takes place Wednesday at the
Willard. Teams captained by
Mrs. ]. r., McGhee. Mrs. M
Boschan, Hardee Allen, e. G
Harris. Fred George, George
Robertson, DR.. E. M. Short, w
Simon, Simon Gerber, A. K
Darby, Kathleen McNutt, w
M. Lingley, David Murray anc
Vic zeze are to report at 7:45
Additional teams will be &C.
cepted provided the players
have not previously competed
on another foursome in the
current series.
Big event of the coming week
for the distaff set is the Ben.
nett Cup match, annual pail
championship Of the WBL'.
Women's Auxiliary. The con.
test Is set for Saturday
at the Woodner. 1886 Six.
teenth street NV, follow.
ing the bi-monthly bust
ness meeting and luncheon
Only members may participate
but with 200 names on tht
roster, . large field is antici'
pated. Title defenders fol
the successive year are Mrs
George Kathan and Mrs. w
Evening star., 1953-03-21

friendship of the nations in the Soviet
Union. Significantly, Beria, MolotoV
and the editors of Pravda also en-
phaSized this dominant theme. AS
you rightly suggest, this common con-
Germ for harmony among these ma
t1onS undoubtedly points to source of
grave weakness in the fictitious mono
lith of the Soviet state. And in easy
subStantiation of this, the available
evidence of 80 years of Russian Com
munist domination over the once-in-
dependent non-Russian nations in the
y. S. S. r. is overwhelming.
Contrary to your caption, the trouble
is not in Russia, but in the Soviet
Union, which cannot politically or
ethnologically be truly identified with
the former. According to the conser-
vative estimates of our own govern
mental demographerS, ethnic Russia
with its 80 million people constitutes
only minority segment of the Soviet
Union. The majority of ITO million
consists Of captive non-RuSsian peoples
-BaltS, Byerlorussians, Ukrainians,
Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanians,
Turkestanians. etc.-with centuries of
cultural and political background dis
tinct and different from the Russian.
The colorful histories of these non
Russian peoples are one long record
of unyielding struggle against tradi-
tional Russian imperialism. now oper-
ating with the Trojan horse of Com
munism rather than Orthodoxy or Pan
Slavism as in the past.
"1s AZ Lev E. DObriansky.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Restoring the White Horse

Many Americans who have seen it must
have been interested to learn that the famous
White Horse of Ellington in Berkshire Southern
England, is being restored" for the coronation
of Queen Elizabeth H. This means that grass
and weeds which had been encouraged to grow
over the figure during the Second World War
as natural form of camouf1age are to be
cleared away. Visitors to Britain in June win
see the image as it was when it first was cut
out of the sod on the hill many centuries ago.
One legend suggests that the White Horse
was made originally in 871 A. D. and that it was
intended to celebrate" the victory of Alfred
the Great over the Danes at AShdown. It is
true that Faringdon, long the residence of the
Saxon kings is near at hand. The country
round about however, simply brims with the
surviving works of men long antedating the
SaxonS in Northern Europe. Two Of the greatest
stone circleS-the supposed parliamentary
centers'' of Avebury and Stonehenge-are ad-
jacent. The large tumulus or artificial mound
of Silbury is close by. So likewise is the crom-
lech of Wayland Smiths Forge, mentioned by
Scott in "Kenilworth." Large populations un-
doubtedly existed in the vicinity in very, very
ancient times.
A numerous company was required to excise
the White Horse from the turf The figure is
370 feet in length. When the creature was
secured" on several occasions in the 1700S
more than $4,000 persons attended p. H. Ditch
Evening star., 1953-03-21
BY Charles E. TroceweN

our novels aiming with great frankneSs
to put into words some of the many
sides of modern life, and succeeding
all too often in making the whole
thing reek.
The quiet good humor, the common
sense, and the trueness to eternal
human nature combine to make
Emma" one of the best of stories This
appeal, however, will be made only to
persons who have, shall we say, the
Jane Austen complex, to begin with.
Even as brilliant a man as the late
Theodore Roosevelt could not read her.
He found her dull. A child brought up
exclusively on the worst type of blood
and-thunder comics could do no more
The essential thing. in reading Jane
AuSten'S stories, is to possess bit of
the mind and temperament of this
most famous Of James. She knew what
she was doing, and did it well. If the
reader cannot find this out for himself.
he might as well turn to other writer's,
Of whom there are many, both old and
new. That readers Of Jane Austen
form sort Of cult is too bad, because
her writing virtues ought to appeal to
all honest readers, they are so many,
so varied: they possess the supreme
ability of bridging the years, and show
ing us people Of the long ago who are
Just as real as those we know today.
Emma, for instance. Here is a child OF
her epoch, yet so very real that if you
were to meet here tomorrow on F street
abe would belong,
Evening star., 1953-03-21
This and That

by oxford. Imagine thatl The others
must still be kicking themselves.
Jane Austen, in creating her fine men
and women, made them creatures OF
growth as we'll as of action. Her move
ment, it is true, is not rambunctiouS
Modern readers bred up on comics and
movies and "snow balling" fiction some
times fail to like her. They feel she
fails to move fast enough. The careful
reader, not stunned by modern high
powered publicity. will find plenty of
action, in quiet. well-bred way.
This effect of good breeding is the
best antidote to the modern urge for
frankneSs carried to the point OF alb
surdity. One modern novel, for months
on the best-seller list, contained more
than 1,400 vulgar and even obscene
words.
The careful reader will see. quite
well enough, that Miss Jane Austen
could have used such words. had she
desired.
Though brought up in an excellent
family, she must have heard many
words not exactly mice" and still she
found no need for putting them In her
stories. q
No doubt she was helped. in this
leaving out. by 3he spirit Of her times,
which had bull uiceness to the point
Of absurdity, and: had amade "honor"
. bland word Smeanine little except
niceneSS.
Every writing age has its spirit.
Today, in Q soldierly society. We md
Evening star., 1953-03-21
This Tax Relief Is Overdue

The House on Monday will have an op-
portunity to give the District small measure
of tax relief that will be welcomed not only
by harassed taxpayers but by District officials
as well. Coming up for action will be bill
to repeal the city's most controversial, un-
popular and unenforceable tax-that on house
hold personal property.
In reporting this bill favorably, the House
District Committee agreed with the District
commissioners that this tax is nuisance that
ought to be abolished without further delay.
Efforts to obtain congressional approval on
such a move have proved futile in the past
The tendency at the Capitol is to regard with
suspicion any move to restrict or reduce local
taxes. But the demands for repeal of the per-
Sonal property tax as it affects household be-
longings are not born of desire to evade
payment of just taxes.
The fact simply is that the levy on home
furnishings. jeWelry and the like has proved
to be an impractcable and undesirable one
from every standpoint 1t is impossible for the
assessor to appraiSe all such personal property
unless he is to be given a staff costing probably
more than the tax would bring in. Lacking
such staff, the District has had to rely on
District taxpayers to do their own appraiSng
OF personal property. Glaring inequities have
resulted from this unsatisfactory system. Some
residents have escaped payment of any tax
whatever. others have paid ridiculously small
sums, some have paid far more than neighbors
with comparable possessions. Occasionally the
assessor has guessed at what should be paid
on the theory that if the guess was too high
the taxpayer could come in and protest If
the guess should be too low the taxpayer
benefits and the District suffers.
Commissioner Donohue told the Senate
District Committee that the time and energy
spent in trying to administer the personal
property tax on household goods could be
spent more proftably on other tax assessment
and collection problems. The history of this
unavoidable tax corroborates the Commission
er'S view. ...+. - ..f 3 -'5 b.
Evening star., 1953-03-21

We were glad the other day to hear
famous poet on radio say he had
just read Jane Austen's Emma"
Better late than never.
The writer said that he liked Jane,
but somehow had missed her best book.
Not all devotees will admit that
Emma" is her best.
Pride and Prejudice" they say is
better. or maybe Sense and Sensi-
bility."
The character of Emma attracts
many, and no wonder, for here is that
best of all noveliStic successes, the ac-
tual growth Of a human being.
AS one reads, Emma changes from
snobbish to the sort of person who
somehow wins the hearts Of all.
This is done without folderol, in a
quiet, sensible way that makes much of
our modern fiction seem overdrawn,
hysterical, and mean-spirited.
Jane Austen was, Of course, gentle
woman, in the good sense. Her first
three books were turned down by pub
fishers.
She worked hard to put her thoughts
on paper, and in doing so created char
acters that ring as true today as they
did then.
It is nothing new. of course. for a
publisher, or many publishers. to turn
down q good book
'"The Sea Around Us" went to every
publishing house in New York City. it
Is said. before 1t was finally accepted
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Teo Party

AS one Of the Washington citizens
who distributed to members of Con-
gresS the tea bag reminder that "taxa-
ton without representation is tyranny"
want to thank The Star for its COW
erage of this and other news relating
to home rule Your news stories have
been notable for their full and fair
presentation of the facts and constitute
a real public service.
This, however, is to correct the i'm
preston which might be created by
your story of March 16 which indicated
that staff members of the Home Rule
Headquarters" distributed the tea bags
to Congress.
Mrs. Kathryn Chermak, who was pic
tured pouring tea for Senators Case,
Neely, Hendrickson, Douglas and Ke-
Washington who is much interested in
having the right to vote here. She has
contributed her time on a voluntary
basis to the cause off, securing home
rule for Washington. The same is true
of the many others of us who partici-
pated in this Washington "tea party"
Because we live here, pay taxes here.
and want to vote here, we spent many
hours tying red, white and blue rib
bons to tea bags. We spent additional
hours tramping the hard marble cor
ridors Of Capitol Hill to take the mes
sages in person to the Office of every
Congressman and Senator. We are not
employed staff workers" We are
American citizens who want the Amer
ican right of local self government. And
we are willing to devote our time and
energy to anything which will drama
tie for Congress and the Nation the
plight of this captive city
We wish to offer public thanks to the
Senators who took time from their
always crowded schedule to help drama
tie our voteleSs condition.
Mrs. X. ID. Fry.
Evening star., 1953-03-21

field. in "Byways In Berkshire" declares: Its
shape proclaims It's antiquity. It is not like an
ordinary horse, but follows the outline OF the
animal represented on the old British coins
which were copied from those of Philip II of
Macedon, and it may be attributed to our Celtic
forefathers"; but R. H. Cox, in "The Green
Roads of England" refers to this most ancient
of white horses" as possibly belonging to the
Stone Age.
Our American equine shapes on high places
probably are less old. Frank M. Settler of the
Smithsonian Institution, writing about the
giant efigies of California for the National
Geographic Magazine last September, dated the
horses scooped out of the desert at Blythe and
Ripley as this side of 154O when Coronado
brought horses of some sort to New Mexico.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Testing Drivers at 65

/ am delighted with the recent change
OF administration in the White House
and sincerely hope that our President
will find time to make a few changes
in certain departments governing the
District of Columbia. refer especially
to recent regulation requested by the
Traffic Department and immediately
approved and adopted by the District
Commissioners that requires those
reaching retirement age of 65 to be re-
examined and spend hours in endless
red tape in the Traffic Bureau trying
to get their drivers permits renewed.
A very strange thing about this regula-
ton is that so far as know the news
papers gave it very little publicity other
than very small article, announcing
that the regulation had been adopted.
have been a resident. or possibly
should say satellite OF the District
and have carried drivers permit since
1910. have not had single accident
during those many years; even though
my work made it necessary for me to
drive through most sections of the
East and middle West. It will soon be
necessary for me to renew my permit,
provided of course that I am lucky
enough to meet some one in the Traffic
Bureau who is not prejudiced against
those who have reached IS. If success
full in securing same, must then pray
that will always be able to keep out
of the way of certain drivers on our
streets who only have to step up to
the window with So and walk out with
a permit for three more years of
slaughter of our traffic regulations.
I am much interested in what our
Traffic Director is going to do about
those drivers, over IS, coming in from
the States Certainly they should be
stopped at the District line, if residing
tax payers are not allowed to drive their
cars in the District. Two very good
friends of mine who recently retired
have sold their homes in the District
and purchased new homes just over the
line in Maryland. Others approaching
retirement age are considering the same
action; most of them are ardent fisher
men and do not wish to take chance
of not being permitted to drive to and
from the many fishing waters that can
only be reached by automobile. If this
rumor of prejudice in the Traffic Bureau
against those over IS does exist, 1t
might be well for others in this category
to give serious consideration to just
where they will spend their years OF
retirement. If you are interested, do
something.
Socrates.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Dr.. Mossodegh Pays Respects

Prime Minister MossadeghS rejection of the
latest British proposals for settlement of the
Anglo-Iranian oil dispute, coupled with his ex-
pressed hope that the two countries might soon
resume diplomatic relations, is something like
attempting to mix oil and water.
Diplomatic relations were broken off last
year on DR.. Mossadegh's initiative, the action
being accompanied by violent denunciation
on his part of the British conduct in Iran At
that time he sought to address message Ito
the people of Britain" in the form of letter
to British Charge dAffaires Middleton, accusing
the London government and the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Company of interference, injustices, in
trigues political maneuvers and plunderous
activities" Mr.. Middleton declined to accept the
document and it was subsequently made public
by the Iranian government. DR.. Mossadegh'S
latest expression of hope that diplomatic rela-
tionS would be resumed also contained pointed
statement of respect for the British people,
with less complimentary reference to their
government. From this distance, it hardly seems
like the best way to invite a renewal of diplo-
matte relations.
AS far as the settlement offer is concerned,
the stumbling block appears to be DR.. MosSa-
deghs insistence that adjudication Of the COM
pensation claims by the World Court should be
limited by conditions prescribed by the Iranian
government only. The British position has been
that "all claims and counterclaims of both
sides" should be considered by the impartial
tribunal.
Wherever the full weight of justice and
fault lies in the protracted deadlock 1t is clear
that neither Britain nor Iran has protited by
the affair. Indeed, the only party to gain has
been Soviet Russia which, by no action of its
own, has seen the Western world denied the
oil production of the Iranian fields and the
great Abadan refinery while the economy and
political structure of the strategically located
Middle East country have steadily deteriorated.
DR.. Mossadegh's latest decision simply con-
continues this unfortunate trend.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
'Operution Economy

The Star is little too ready in It's
March 8 editorial on Mr.. TaberS Up
Grafton Economy" to think that there
is involved no "meat-ax technique
of effecting budget reductions" The
"meat-ax technique" is certainly evl-
dent in Mr.. Taber's justification for his
75-man task force of business and ac-
counting experts When he points out
that in fiscal 1947 and 194S "a limited
test of the task-force arrangement re-
suited in numerous economies" there
is no reference to whether those econ
onies" were wise and justified by
events. Those years are mentioned only
because there were budgetary SurpluSeS
then which specifically can be credited
to the Republican 8Oth Congress. Why
does Mr.. Taber ignore the budgetary
surplus of fiscal 1851? This surplus
was no signal that all was well. In fact,
it went together with an inflationary
boom while the Government was too
slow in coping with the problems raised
by the Korean war, as Robert r. Ma
than testified recently before the Sen
ate Banking and Currency Committee.
Mr.. Taber could easily use that year
as stick to beat the Truman admin
istration with, but he won't because
to do so calls into question the only
test he seems to appreciate, namely the
balancing of the budget.
Concentrating attention only on
whether the Federal budget is in the
red or in the black in the determina-
ton of Government policies is most
dangerous approach. Accounting and
fiscal time periods are arbitrary. If
we take the six postwar years of the
Truman administration as a whole, we
can boast of q net budgetary surplus
of more than $3.7 billion. which will
be news to the many who think that
balancing the budget win be, if
achieved. a great landmark for the new
administration. But what does that
prove about the wisdom or unwisdom of
the Government policies? hope that
the new administration will keep its
promise to be vigorous and dynamic.
This will mean prof1ting by whatever
valuable contributions the business and
accounting experts can make in the
fields of their competence. It will not
mean leaving the grand decisions to
them. Sidney KOretz.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Recognizing Police Merit

Police Chief Murray has called attention
to defect in the civil service promotion sys-
tenn which should be remedied-by legislation
If necessary. Rigidity of the existing police
promotion procedures has prevented him from
rewarding some outstanding members of the
department with advancements in grade. Under
present routine men who have distinguished
themselves repeatedly in the service must await
their regular turns on the promotion list,
although those ahead of them may be far less
deserving of promotion.
case that illustrates this problem is that
of Private John G. Myers of the 18th Precinct.
He has been officially commended a number of
times for bravery and extraordinary perform
ance of duty. He has rescued a number of
persons from fires, prevented bridge suicide
and, more recently, captured two armedrobbery
suspects. Three times he has won the Police
man of the Month" award But when Chief
Murray sought to promote Private Myers to
corporal he ran afou of civil service regulations.
The Civil Service Commission ruled that the
private must await his regular turn on the
promotion list, for which he has qualified by
examination.
In commenting on this case, however the
commission conceded the desirability of "meri-
ToriouS promotions" as an incentive to good
police work. The District Commissioners
UNDERSTANDABLE concerned over this problem
have ordered study to see if some arrange
ment can be made for special out-of-turn
promotions in exceptional cases. New York
City'S Police Department and many other de-
partmentS make provision for such rewards.
It would be to the advantage of the local
department to give Chief Murray some reason
able latitude in making such promotions.
Evening star., 1953-03-21
Answer the Cali

The air is brisk today; the sun
Makes clear cut shadows. Life is good.
Yet Others OrieDe, their hopes undone,
Their homes destroyed by toind and
SnO1c,
Till tDiIling Red Cross hands repair
The broken shelters. bind their mounds.
They call for help, and If ,Oe care.
We GIStDer them. Today is fGtr.
Today Is fair. But soldier boys
Along the front are cold and net
And sick OF battle mounds and noise.
The Red Cross ministers to them
For US at home. Our part is small.
Yet tre are privileged to share -
The ,Oork If tre but hear the call
And GnsUer 1t. Today Is fair.
Hf Alice Hortich