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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03
Ruth BROWN
FIGHTS FOR
ENTERTAINERS

NEW YORK - Disguised at
the living accommodations that
performers and musicians have TO
put up with while one-nlOht
tours, singer Ruth Brown said
this week that she was starting
movement among show people to
work toward eliminating these
practices.
Now a veteran of one-night
engagements that have taken her
across the nation, the topflight
blues singer said that she was dis
tressed at some of the miserable
hotels where show folks stay.
Bedbugs, reaches and other YER
min are in evidence in the rooms
where they stay and the manage
ment Shrugs his shoulders when
ever anyone complains she added.
"UnlesS we performers do
something about this then We'll
continue to be the victims of I'M
scrupulous inneepers who a c k
the prices up when they know
we're coming to their town." she
said. II stayed at one town in
Georgia and when I took my
evening gowns out of the closet
hundreds of little ants were pa
rading up and down it.
mot only are hotels kept in
filthy condition, but the restau-
rants where we have to eat are
just as bad. They cook in grease
two weeks old, not to mention
charging you $3.50 for a ham
sandwich which a local native
can purchase for IS cents"
Stating the she was not alone
in her thoughts about these prac-
tees, she said that she was mail
ing out 200 letters to show people
asking them to also list their
complaints against specific hotels
and restaurants. When this in
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03
COURT WILL HEAR LSU
PLEA TO BAR TUREAUD

graduate College of Arts and Sci
ences at a hearing before the
United States Court of Appeals
here on October S. Meanwhile the
university's long established ira
dition of excluding Negro students
has been broken by the enroll
ment, on court order, Of Alex
ander p. Tureaud Jr., of New Or
leans as freshman in the col
lege.
Determined to keep Negro stu
dents out of it's undergraduate
courses, university officials ap-
pealed from a decision handed
down on Sept. IL by Federal Dis
trict Court Judge J. Sicily Wright
enjoining the university from
further refusing to register and
enroll the 17-year-old applicant,
the son of a leading civil rights
lawyer in New Orleans. The APP
peal was granted, but request
for a stay of execution Of the
injunction was denied by both
Judge Wright and Judge Joseph
C. Hutchinson, chief judge of the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Young Tureaud is now attend
ing classes as the first Negro un-
dergraduate at LSU. He register
ed on Sept. 18 for a combination
course leading TO the A. B. and
LIB. degrees. He was assigned
to dormitory space on the cam
pus at Baton Rouge, La, and en-
rolled for ROTC training in the
Air Force. Like other freshmen,
he attended his first football
game in the traditional dress for
the occasion-pajamas.
Representing the young man In
his suit are his father, A. p. Tu-
reaud, ST., Robert L. Carter OF
the NAACP national office legal
staff and u. Simpson Tate,
NAACP regional counsel OF Dali
las.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03

formation is compiled she said
that she will make up a bulletin
of places with an A reputation
and worthy of entertainers pat
ronage and spots that they should
avoid when forced to stay over
night in a town.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03

ATLANTA, Sept. % - The
Louisiana State University will
renew its efforts to maintain a
lily-white policy in its under
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03

husband loves to come honae too,"
and her October editorial was in
spired by this belief.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-10-03

WASHINGTON, D. c. -. Mrs.
Carmel Darlington Mari, who
was last week appointed to the
United Nations staff as area adj
visor to the U. S. Delegation is
shown with her new boss, AM
kAaador Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Blow to Dope Racket

The illicit drug traffic has been dealt a
severe blow by Congress. Senate and House
approval of the plan to hoSpitalize narcotics
addictS is bad news for the peddlerS. For it
means that many dope customers will be
removed from the market, perhaps perma-
nently. Federal authorities have reported
good progress in rehabilitating drug victims
once considered hopeless. The Miller bill thus
will perform a double service for the COM
munity: CD It will aid q particularly unfor-
tunate group of citizens to overcome de-
moralizing, dangerous habit and (2) it will
reduce crime by striking at one Of the causes,
namely, the presence on the streets of dope
craving and dope-crazed addicts.
The legislation authorizes the courts to
commit addicts to a Public Health Service hos
pital for care and treatment. Posthospital OBJ
Servation for two years after release also is
provided. However, another bill will have to
be passed before the terms of the Miller
measure can be carried into effect. Under
existing law Federal hospitals cannot admit
drug victims who do not voluntarily request
treatment. Bills to remedy this situation are
pending in Congress This supplementary
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Canadian Exchange

Arnold Heeney, Canada's Ambassador
designate to the United States, has record
in government service that should fit him well
for his appointment here. A lawyer by profess
sion, he was secretary to the war committee Of
the Canadian cabinet, and later to the cabinet
ITSELF during most of World War II. In that
capacity, he was close adviser to Prime
Minister Mackenzie King at several of the
wartime and postwar international conferences.
He has been one of his governments spokesmen
before the United Nations and has served most
recently as Canadian representative on the
NATO Council For one period he served as
UnderSecretary of State for External Affairs,
the post which his predecessor here, Hume
Wrong, will take over in the autumn.
Ambassador Wrong, a>career official who is
now finishing his third tour of duty in Wash
ington since the Canadian diplomatic mission
was established here in 1927, has been an ener-
getic and effective representative Of his gov
ernment in this Capital. He participated in
the initial conversations on the framing Of the
Atlantic pact and has been a leading advocate
of the principle of collective action through
such agencies as the United Nations and the
NATO point Of view which his successor
evidently shares.
Mr.. Wrong will leave Washington with best
wishes; MIR. Heeney Is assured Of cordial
welcome.
Evening star., 1953-06-12

Elizabeth I Q558-1603).
Mary II (and William of Orange)
u689-1702).,
Anne 1702-1714).
Victoria u837-190D.
Elizabeth II.
We get six. Who is the missing
Queen?
Ann Goodman,
Feature Editor. the Roosevelt Re-
porter, Roosevelt High School.
Editors note: Jane Grey, Queen for
nine days. in July, 1853. Some histo-
rians also include Matilda. daughter of
Henry I, by whose death, in 1885, she
became heireSS of all his dominions in
England and France. While she was
absent on the Continent, her cousin,
Stephen, seized the royal power. The
civil war which followed ended in 1141,
when Stephen was defeated and cap
tured and Matilda allegedly was
crowned in the cathedral at Winchester.
Her reign, however, was unfortunate,
and eventually, in 1148. she fled to
Normandy, where she died in 1167)
Evening star., 1953-06-12
By Charles E. TroceweN

home book system is failure to find
the book one wants when one wants it.
II know we have it, but ! can't
find it,"
How often this lament is heard
among the home booklovers! Some
times it means that reference sought
cannot be found.
Then one must either go to the Pub
lie Library or seek the aid of some
walking encyclopedia" as a bookish
friend may be called.
A rudimentary collecting of all the
books of one author into one place
makes very good beginning.
The real nooklover buys over the
years, and he is very likely not to have
put the works of the same authors To-
gether.
A beginning is made, then. when all
the books by one hand are collected In
one place.
While doing this. some attempt may
be made to put books on the same
subject together.
Thus. If one is interested in sunshine,
and has purchased books on the sub
ject. all the works on heliotherapy, as
it is called, will be together.
This will be a great aid.
Gardening books 60 together, all the
books by and about Henry James, and
so on, not forgetting Dickens; SUBJ
division may be made Of all books about
q single favorite plant. let US say the
gladioluS. or the iris.
In this simple way, one is able to
lay ones hands on any book sought.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
This and That

There is no telling how hot an un-
insulated attic becomes.
Most persons with such attics are
afraid to take thermometer up there.
Templeton Jones. who is great attic
addict, keeps a barometer in his attic,
but no thermometer.
The barometer, an old brass affair,
has a history.
Jones purchased 1t, but found that
he was supposed to set it for the Wash
ington area, it having been preset at
the factory for sea level.
In fooling with the adjustment, he
made mistake. and found he could
not rely on his new setting.
Therefore, being man of action. he
discarded the first barometer. and put
it in the attic.
Then he purchased new one.
It turned out that the new one was
not as good as the first, but Jones
would not relent; he let the first one
stay in the attic.
There it Is today, silently falling and
rising, over the days, the weeks, the
months and years. with no one to
watch it.
It no longer makes any difference
whether it is right or wrong.
There are two strictly amateur, but
efficient, ways to catalog home books.
One Is by authors. the other by
subjects.
A combination of the two, perhaps,
will best serve our correspondent.
The great inability Of the average
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Ridgwoy on NATO

In his valedictory report as supreme COM
mander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation General Ridgway-our incoming Army
Chief of Staff-has stated fatty that our allied
forces in Europe are still "far short of the
minimum strength needed ito give us an ac-
ceptable prospect of success" in the event Of
an early Soviet attack westward. His words on
that score leave no room for doubt that the
United States and all its NATO partners, re-
gardless of soft talk from the Kremlin, should
regard it as imperative to avoid any relaxation
in their common defensive build-up and to
eliminate present deficiencies with the least
possible delay.
One of the SOLDERING facts emphasized by
General Ridgway is that NATO, although it
has grown stronger in many particulars during
the past year, has not yet put on enough muscle
to Offset the improvements achieved in the
same period by Russia and its satellites. On the
contrary, looking at the situation from a
strictly military viewpoint, he has found that
the disparity between the forces of our Western
alliance and those that the Kremlin could
unleash is $50 great as to warrant no other
conclusion than that a full-hedged Soviet
attack within the near future would find the
allied command in Europe critically weak to
accomplish its present mission"
In making this statement General Ridg-
way has put his main accent on the air power
now available to the Atlantic alliance. In his
Judgment, the NATO nations need to pay far
greater attention" to increasing that air power
as fast as they can because it "is still today
the weakest link in our defense" His report
does not refer to the administrations cut in
the Air Force budget, but he has told Congress
in testimony given here last month-that he
would be opposed to any such cut If he thought
it might also mean cut in NATO's minimum
requirements. Although he himself has voiced
no open and firm judgment on the matter, some
of his key subordinates in Europe are reported
to fear that the projected slash can hardly fail
to have that kind of effect.
In any case, whatever the merits or de-
merits of this economy measure, General Ridg-
way has made no bones about NATO's need
for more air power and general strengthening
of the entire build-up program. Noting that
allied defensive gains have reduced the sense
of fear and urgency that prevailed in many
lands year ago, he has eXhorted all nations
concerned, including our own, to remember
that those gains have been altogether INSULT
cient and that real Slackening Of effort would
be an invitation to Soviet aggression. His
warning is timely. If 1t Is taken to heart, the
Atlantic powers can become so formidable that
the Kremlin may be persuaded in due course not
merely to talk about good peace but to join
in establishing one.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Store Closing Plan

There seems to be some talk around
town regarding the closing Of the local
stores on Saturdays during July and
August, and The Star published letter
from "store employee opposing keep
ing the stores open on these Saturdays.
Now am not one that desires to work
six days week, nor am one to want
or suggest that "store employees" work
six days a week either, so would like
to offer the following suggestion:
My suggestion is that the stores con-
tinue to remain open Thursday eve
nings, and, during the months Of July
and August, close Mondays instead of
Saturdays. My reasons are:
Government employees, as group, are
the largest spenders in this area, so the
Thursday evening shopping time could
be used by these employees to make their
many small purchases; and Saturday
could be used for the more leisurely
purchase of the larger items that re-
quire more time for looking and decid-
ing which to purchase. This would re-
duce the necessity of using annual leave
and the abuse of extended lunch hours
for shopping. This is the point I make
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Clean NeighbOr.
Good Resolution

Thirty-four Senators Of both parties
have joined forces in an effort to find
an enforceable system. Of world dis
armament. They have introduced a
resolution wherein they state that the
peoples of the world are engaged in
IAN accelerating armament race which
imposes crushing burdens on their eco
nomic well-being, threatens their lives
and impingeS on their basic freedom" !"
In spite of the deep concern with
world disarmament this resolution made
no headlines!
The people of this country-and of
every country-want an honorable and
lasting peace above all else. President
Eisenhower's proposal to devote a SUBJ
stantial part of any savings achieved
by real disarmament to worldwide
human betterment meets with the
approval of a substantial majority OF
Americans. History has shown with
tragic frequency that state of endur-
ing peace is not possible so long as
armament races continue. Surely our
newspapers, our columniStS and our
commentators could do no greater serv-
ice than emphasize this new and en-
couraging step toward the solution OF
a major problem currently under con-
sideration by some members Of Congress.
Janet N. Neuman,
National Chairman Public Relations.
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
EmbottIed President

General Eisenhower is not Welding an
inch to the critics of his defense budget cuts
In fact, in his address to the National Junior
Chamber Of Commerce, he went on the offen-
sive against those who believe that the cuts,
especially the air-power cuts, constitute an
unwarranted gamble with the national security.
His main theme was that the central prob
lem of our military defense sis not merely to
become strong-but to stay strong" because
we cannot count upon any enemy striking US
at given ascertainable moment" Our mill
tary strength and our economic strength, he
continued, are truly one-"and neither can
sensibly be purchased at the price of destroying
the other" What is needed and, he says, what
we are getting, is defense that has been
carefully planned and which will be steadfastly
maintained-a thing of thought and order
and efficiency"
After thus paying his respects to the critics,
including "a fair number of self-appointed ex-
perts," the President went on to urge every one
to remember that all our plans must realis-
tically take account-not just this year but
every year-of colossal and continuing techni-
cal change"-that we are. living Gin time of
revolution in military science"
This, inferentially, is an appeal for flexi-
bility in our arms program an admonition
against undue investment in weapons which
may soon be outmoded by newer and deadlier
weapons. Coming from the President with his
military background, it is an appeal which will
carry great weight throughout the country.
The Star has been among those who have been
disturbed by the slash in the Air Force budget
and by the arguments advanced against the
cut by such men as General Vandenberg, who
is hardly self-appointed expert. If one wants
to be realistic, however, one must recognize that
the kind of appeal the President is making,
plus the better showing in recent days by
Defense Secretary Wilson, make it unlikely that
there will be any substantial increase in the
defense budget The President and his Defense
Secretary are appealing for public support-and
they probably will get itr-on the premise that
no unwarranted gamble with our national safety
is being taken. It can only be hoped that they
are right.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Jopon's Economic Dilemma

:, 1t is a logical by-product of the Korean
armistice developments that increased concern
should be expressed in Japan about that coun-
try'S economic future.
American spending in Japan, mostly in
support of the Korean war effort amounted to
almost $500 million last year. While cease
IRE obviously would not be followed by an
abrupt end to American military and civilian
operation in either Korea or Japan it is
reasonable to suppose that there would be
marked tapering off in expenditures during
the years Immediately ahead. Even the pro-
posed reconstruction aid to South Korea is
unlikely to hold to the present high level of
expenditures in Japan, although much of
the machinery and materials which would be
needed on the war-damaged peninsula might
be purchased in the island empire.
The simplest and most obvious solution
for Japan, of course, is reopening of the
ASiatic continent to normal trade. The main
land-eaSy of access from Japan, thickly popu-
lated and having little industry of its own
historically has been the great trading place
for the empire. During the years Immediately
preceding Japans military venture against
North China in 1887, China and Manchuria
alone took about Is per cent of japanese
exports and furnished about Is per cent of the
dollar value of Japan'S food and raw materials
imports. This trade was beginning to revive
between 1945 and 1850, but the Communist
conquest of China and the outbreak of the
Korean war caused it to dry up.
Pressure for reopening of the trade has
provided an undercurrent in Japanese politics
during the past year but American influence
and the loyalty of the dominant japanese
political powers to their association with the
United States has kept the issue under control.
1t Is significant now that spokesman of
Premier Yoshida's Liberal Party has announced
publicly that conversations have been initiated
with our Government toward seeking relaxa-
tion of restrictions on Chinese-Japanese trade
1t Is not simple problem, nor will it be solved
quickly. 1t must, however, be solved, and it
would be clearly to our advantage to have a
hand in shaping the solution before the island
faces an outright economic emergency or under
takes to fand its own answers independently of
otfr help and guidance.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Closer Ties With Brituin

There seems considerable truth in the
saying "The forces which bring ma
tion into being. tend in time to destroy
that nation" Consider our own Nation,
in which the anti-British prejudices
we inherited from 1776 have ever been
our national blind spot.
Had we been free from such pref
udice. and given the British due credit
for their truly immense services to
victory for freedom in the First World
War Gin which the British Isles bled,
in proportion to population, over IL
times as much as WEI, then the years
following especially the late 1906
would have found us cooperating with
the British as fully as their efforts to
preserve world peace deserved. And
Hitler. seeing no rift between the two
great English-speaking nations, could
never have seen sufficient hope Of vic
tory to plunge into the horrors of the
Second World War.
Even after that war, what was it
that kept us from saying. I'VE have
got to cooperate with the British" in
stead Of saying ESQ childishly), 1--WE
have got to get along with the Rus
SLAMS? Certainly, it was not prejudice
in favor of the British which caused
our leaders to ignore Britain's wisest
advice, and hand over to Russia so
much that Russia was clearly the one
great victor in the Second World War.
Boiling SOmervilIe.
4
All Of those who witnessed the coro-
nation of Britain's inspiring young
Queen must be increasingly confident
that the motto, "There will always be
an England" is no idle jest. For this,
all Christian nations must rejoice. Our
English cousins speak our language in
more respects than one.
WaverIy Barker Wright.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
BETHESDA.

BE 4k7EOOA.
Dear Sir:
"I recently inherited home and an
attic, and this attic contains hundreds
of books
II wonder if you can give me some
suggestions about how to catalog them?
1.-THE books are just helter-skelter.
collected over lifetime, really two
lifetimes, and it is almost impossible to
find anything.
1.-THE books are well selected, it seems
to me; that is, there Is something OF
everything and little more, since my
grandfather was great reader.
IF you have any ideas about this, I
would thank you very much.
Sincerely yours, J. ""
Life holds no greater blessing, the
booklover would think; than an attic
full of books.
If junk, this would not apply: but II
well selected. by an intelligent person.
then heaven has one new interpreta-
ton.
Somehow, the book lined attic has
a peculiar interest.
It is not generally known. perhaps,
that attics are above the dust line. At
least, almost.
Little dust settles on volumes in such
a position. Then, too. there is not much
chance Of their becoming mildewed!
Even atticS without insulation would
not suffer, In this respect, because Of
the heat.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Reasonable Compromise

The Senate-approved police pay increase
bill is a reasonable compromise between what
the policemen and f1remen would like to get and
what the Budget Bureau and the Commissioners
recommended. The IL per cent raise provided
in the Senate version would bring police pay
here In line with that of some of the larger
cities Of the country and would provide speedier
promotions than most cities offer. If the con-
fereeS finally agree on the IL per cent plan,
Chief Murrays recruiting difficulties are sure to
be eaSed. !
The House passed the Kearns bil which
had the Endorsement of policemen'S and fire.
mems organizations and of Chief Murray. 1t
called for Is per cent increase in pay, to
cost the District about $35 million. This was
just twice the raise asked by the Commissioners
and approved by Federal budget officials. The
SenateS IL per cent bill would save the District
about $650000, while boosting the minimum pay
OF police and fire service privateS from $3,41O
to $4,000. This would put rockies here on par
with those in San Francisco and Milwaukee and
would place them in higher bracket than
those in New York City, where the minimum pay
is $3.50. Reduction from five to three years
OF the time in which private may advance to
maximum salary would be an added advantage
Most cities stretch this advancement period
ever four or five years.
In short, the Senate bill would place the
Washington police force in a very favorable
position among those of other large cities
Coupled with increased appropriations with
which to bring the force to full authorized
strength, the pay bill would strengthen the de-
partment at critical time-when it is short of
men to combat rising crime rate. Better law
enforcement can be expected when Congress
completes its work on behalf Of the police.