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Evening star., 1953-04-22
Takes Issue With Columnist

must take issue with the implica-
tionS raised by Doris Fleeson in her
column of April 16 titled "Only Oilmen
Care About Our OIL" Miss Fleeson
laments the inability Of the federalist
element in the Senate to arouse popular
support for their scheme to expand the
national Government even more. and
blames this on their inability to
dramatic the issue effectively"
My sources of information and my
personal contacts may, of course, not
be as extensive as those Of Miss FleeSon.
However, among people with whom I
talked, people from all sections Of the
country, have found no issue in do
mestic politics which has excited the
interest OF the public as much as the
"tldelands" and the other similar in
sCances OF Federal encroachment on
historic State prerogatives and proper
Ties such as the California water use"
case. MY personal opinion, based on
travels and conversations throughout
the country, is that after years of
awareness of the threats of ''big busi-
ness" and "big labor" America is now
fully awake to the much more deadly
menace Of "big government"
would also like to call attention to
a serious liberty with the facts which
Miss Fleeson took in this column. 1.-THE
oil companies which will benefit through
operating with the more easily pres
Sured State legislatures - Miss Flee
son says. Can Miss Fleeson cite one
example of improper State administra-
tion of oil-bearing lands, either public
or privately owned? Can she give me
Teapot Dome" involving a State regu-
latory body or legislature or executive?
Has she read the expose" in the New
Orleans TimeS-Picayune several years
ago of the miSmanagement of Federal
lands in Louisiana regarding mineral
leases, and does she know of a COM
parable example involving State? Is
Miss Fleeson aware of the excellent job
Of providing all the petroleum asked
for while maintaining sound principles
of conservation and maximum recovery
which was done by the various State
regulatory bodies during World War II,
despite the vigorous opposition Of the
Federal Government? Is Miss Fleeson
acquainted with the many cries of
monopoly" and conspiracy to keep
prices up" which are directed at the
conservation and maximum recovery
measures, reflected in production
quotas" set by State regulatory bodies.
and has she not also voiced such
criticism?
I believe that Miss Fleeson should
answer these questions before she tries
to imply that State administration of
oil lands Is not honest. Then she might
be able to voice a. valid argument.
John Arthur Canaday.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Neglected Smithsonian
e. B. Henderson.

The front-page story The Star
printed recently about the Smithsonian
Institution. in which DR.. Leonard Car
michael described the down-at-the-
heels condition Of that venerable and
nationally beloved treasure house. made
me wonder one thing:
If Congress won't give this ''pride Of
the grass-roots" institution enough
money to keep it up decently, is there
anything to stop the people from all
over this country from supporting it
with their nickels and dimes?
The Smithsonian, according to your
story, had nearly million visitors last
year. Probably a good many of them
also visited the Washington Monument,
and, if they were over 16 years of age,
they paid dime. Isn't the Smith
sonian just as good a show as the
birds'-eye view of Washington? Isn't
its position as memorial to the lives
and work of millions of Americans of
the past 300 years as important as the
memorial to single great American?
would not only be willing to pay a
dime. would be glad to pay dime
at the front door of the Smithsonian.
If can write a check to the Internal
Revenue Bureau for 81 900 every year,
knowing that $3.50 Of it will go to buy
war goods, believe can afford 10
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Letters to The Star /.

dows. and look for adventure in every
conceivable way? But for increased
physical facilities for play, and teachers
to motivate, direct and supervise there
might be far more dire results than we
now experience.
The delinquency problem among
Negro youth Is complicated and accen-
tuated because today's colored boys and
girls are brought up in a segregated
system that breeds hatred or distrust
Tor those who are responsible for de-
veloping IN them feelings of inferiority
ana sense Of being outcasts. That
their Illustrations result in enmity
against society u understandable. Not
until our youth are brought up together
in mutual self-esteem In an environ
ment Of free play will this source Of
delinquency be ended. We hope these
ideas will be included in the factors
and remedies mentioned in the report
on delinquency.
r. r. Henderson
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Art Critic Gets Brush-Off

It is to be regretted that Jack
Spratt didn't bother to identify what
particular modern art theory he finds
unpalatable in his letter. cart or
Doodling?"
He would be too scientifically hep,
I am sure, to condemn Einstein's
theory because some one would fire
back quickly, (Which theory?" So,
too, with theories in chemistry, sociol-
ogy, etc. Yes, Mr.. Spratt, esthetics a
vast and complex field, has it's theories
and it's schools just as all other human
fields of research, study and expert
meptation.
Without knowledge of the theories,
you are babe in the woods. With that
theoretical knowledge, you can offer
valid criticisms and hints. Apparently,
Mr.. Spratt finds the artistic theories
of the abstractionists Especially the
non-objectivists) beyond his compre-
hension. He isn't alone in this. How
ever, adult doodling is quite different
from child doodling, as any psychia-
trist will tell Mr.. Spratt. The Ror-
schach doodles were developed by no
child. on-objective abstractionists
are delving deeper than Rorschach
Evening star., 1953-04-22

under the belief that this scientific
field has esthetic values. They may be
mistaken, but so did people think that
Cezanne and Van Gogh were mistaken.
Now their children are paying fabu-
lous sums for Cezannes and Van Goghs.
AS a painter of abstracts (Which is
quite different from distractions, espe-
cially the non-objective type), am
familiar with the theories of Kandisky
and his followers-Bauer, Walden, etc.
Also I recognize the fact that the
theory is beyond my present ability to
put into practice. Furthermore, my in
terest does not run in that direction.
I can only envy contemporaries who
rush in where angels fear to tread"
But even pioneers with dull axes can
blaze new trails.
GinO ]. Simi.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Covenant on Human Riohts

Aside from f1libusters on Capitol Hill
and the endless red tape Of the Bureaus
the one fault Of our Federal Govern
ment is its inherent inability to move as
quickly as a unitarian government, or
dictatorship. However, the Constitu-
tion has been flexible with regard to
the Presidents conduct Of foreign pol
icy. Now Senator Bricker's amendment
would change this. The Senator and
the American Bar Association. which
sponsors similar amendment, have
unquestionably worked hard, long and
we'll in the interest Of the American
people. Yet I'm against changing one
line of the Constitution until the argu-
ments of the opposition are heard.
Even Secretary Dulles new stand
against the Bricker amendment has
failed to call them forth. The thought
inevitably occurs then that the Bricker
amendment may be but long awaited
panacea. which will even guarantee
that after this summer, summer won't
have its flies.
For my part, I think the essential
difficulty lies not with our Constitution.
but with the United Nations Charter.
The proposed Covenant on Human
Rights is good illustration. It is cur
rently driving the discerning of this
country into cat fits because of its
exasperating lack Of concrete defini-
tions. A fairy tale quality characterizes
the U. N. Charter as whole, and for
the reason that it has attempted to
build a moral order on totally amoral
foundation, Due perhaps to some of
its American contributors, the Charter
is as noble in conception as anything
ever spoken by the stole and epicurean
philosophers. Columnists are content
to call it Socialistic. Well, whatever it
is. it has plainly left God out Of its
deliberations.
think what this country wants Is
out Of the United Nations. Staying in
it means adding more and more COM
plexities to our already vexatious and
insure lives. In the time of Franklin
D. Roosevelt the anguished cry went up
that the lawyers were taking over this
country and legislating good men and
true rights out of business. It now
seems to be the Presidents turn to be
Shackled.
Donna Marquis.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Propoqondo and the POWs

AS prelude to reSuming the Korean truce
talks, the enemy has cut loose with a barrage
Of mendacious propaganda about the physical
condition of the first Communist war prisoners
repatriated by the United Nations Command.
Wholly apart from serving to dissipate whatever
good will may have been generated by the
exchange of sick and wounded POWs, the
propaganda suggests that the Reds are seeking
to offset-with big lie-the stories being told
by some of the returned American and allied
captives.
Although several of the men repatriated to
the U. N. have testified to having been treated
fairly we'll during their captivity, others have
given accounts of systematic Communist brutal
ity, including the imposition Of death marches
in the winter of 1850 and later in 1951-a charge
that seems to have more than little substance
in it because of documented proof of many
atrocities committed by the enemy in the early
days of the Korean war. In addition, few of
our freed soldiers have asserted that the Reds
are still holding in prison camps considerable
numbers of seriously i'll POWS.
If this last charge is true, then the Com
munists are guilty of having broken their
pledged word to return all sick and wounded
prisoners. However, since it is difficult to see
what they could gain from that kind of bad
faith, the accusation itself probably ought to
be viewed with reserve unless and until it can
be supported with concrete evidence. Never
theless, regardless of such reservations the
propaganda just put out by the Reds raises the
suspicion that they are trying to cover up some
thing by accusing the American directed United
Nations Command of doing things that only
they themselves have done.
This propaganda, as broadcast by the
Peiping radio, has depicted the repatriated
North Korean and Chinese prisoners as ghosts
of men" who have returned from the horrors
of Koje Island" bearing the marks of having
been "maltreated" and starved" by their
American and allied captors Actually, of
course all the U. MS prison camps have been
periodically inspected by the International Red
Cross to insure and confirm good treatment
for every inmate. Despite that, however, the
CommuniSts-who have never permitted any
similar inspection of their camps-have not
been deferred from doing typical smear job
with typical hate-inciting lies
The net effect Of these lies, aside from
what they may mean in terms of a cover-up,
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Portrait in Yellow

Poised for a moment, stDeetly stiH.
By dancing daughter stands.
A bunch of yellotD ddfodils
ClutcIted tightly in her hands.
Her hair is like q crotDn OF gold
Touched By the sprin0tin1e sun.
Almost as If from cleaning rays
Its sheen lDere brightly spun.
Her yelloiu dress bloiDs IN the icind
And then she n1oUes once more.
Skipping across the n1eddoic tcorld.
Learning its sprinOtinte lore.
Louise Dorey
Evening star., 1953-04-22
RoodbIock TO SIun Clearance

Unless caution is used, the congressional
free-Swinging economy ak could cause indirect
and, presumably, unintentional damage to a
program already approved by Congress and
widely supported by the public This is the
slum clearance and redevelopment program,
under way here and in many other cities
District authorities have double barreled
mandate from Congress to eradicate the dis
graceful alley dwellings and other slums which
have given the Nations Capital bad name
The mandate is backed by the 1945 District
Redevelopment Act and by the 1949 Federal
Housing Act The latter act authorized the
granting of funds to carry out the purposes of
the former law, which created the District
Redevelopment Land Agency. The agency has
the heavy responsibility not only of clearing
slumS and rebuilding them but of doing so in
a way that will assure all displaced residents
OF adequate shelter during and after the proc
eSs. To make certain that the evicted families
are cared for the agency is relying on the CO.
operation of the National Capital Housing
Authority in supplying public housing units
as necessary. And the District government has
agreed to contribute its share of the undertak-
ing by providing essential schools, Fairgrounds,
streets and other public improvements.
All Of this program has been proceeding
In an expeditions and orderly manner in the
nrSC SecClOn OF the southwest redeVelOpmenC
project-that covering Area B, near the Capitol
grounds. Plans for this initial undertaking
have been approved and only contracts for the
work remain to be signed It was at this stage
Of the program that the House Appropriations
Committee dropped bombshell that may wreck
the remainder of the redevelopment plans
both here and elsewhere. The committee has
recommended (D that public housing be aban-
doned and (2) that cities be required to con-
tribute to r1development in addition to the cost
of building schools, Fairgrounds and streets
and providing other public Improvements.
Without public housing to aid in sheltering
displaced tenants of alleys and other sum
sections the problem of rehousing these un-
fortunate people will assume near-insuperable
proportions. And If Washington and other
cities are to be required to spend millions in
addition to providing the public buildings and
facilities involved in redevelopment, a major
roadblock to further slum clearance and re-
development will have been raised. It is pos
Sible that a portion of Southwest Washington
could be "upgraded" sufficiently to interest
builders and investors in undertaking self
liquidating reconstruction program, without
major aid from the District. But such an up
gre ding would not take care of slum dwellers
and other ow-salaried citizens, either in South
west Washington or anywhere else in the city,
Therefore, if Congress wants it's Slum-
clearance mandate carried forward, it cannot
in good conscience accept the recommended
tions of the House committee on public housing
and on the financing Of slum clearance and
redevelopment.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

cents for our great collection Of Ameri-
can culture.
If there is some legal block to charg-
ing small admission, would it be too
undignif1ed for the Smithsonian to set
up a souvenir stand and sell small
pieces of mineral ores, or broken arrow
heads, or miscellaneous scraps of pot
terry? The American people, I'm sure,
would be delighted to mail in enough
Of such material to- keep the Smith
sonian souvenir shop well stocked.
Call on the people, DR.. Carmichael.
They'll stand behind you even if their
Representatives won't.
Mrs. August Hoenack.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Pokiston's Critical Needs

The vagarieS of nature and of external
economic circumstances beyond localized con-
troll have been the major contributors to the
political crisis in Pakstan.
A drought condition that has extended
through more than a single crop season has
turned the South Asian country from one of
self-sufficency in foodStuffs-and even an eX-
porter of wheat in the better years-to one
which has come face to face with famine. So
serious has this problem become that some of
the population has been reported Giving on
wild vegetation" In less than year, PakiStan
has imported nearly million tons of wheat
financed in part by an Export-1mport Bank
loan-and further wheat deficit OF 1.5 million
tons in the coming twelve months Is still ahead.
At the same time, drop in world prices
for cotton and jute-two of the country's big
export products-has damaged seriously the
Pakistani foreign exchange position.
Affecting both the political and economic
problems has been the interminable tension
between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir
ISSUE question of highly explosive quality in
each country.
Faced with these grave problems the ousted
Prime Minister Nazimuddin seemingly has been
unable to act with the vigor and imagination
that were demanded by the situation Governor
General Ghuam Mohammed, accordingly, has
taken the initiative of removing the Nazimuddin
government and replacing 1t with one headed by
Mohammed Ali, Ambassador to the United
States since February, 1852. Obviously, Mo-
hammed Ali is facing a critical and complex
situation but his own record in public service
and his demonstrated energy in posts of author
ity during recent years give grounds for
encouragement
In many ways, Pakistan during its brief
period of independence, has been one OF the
most stable and responsible of the nations OF
the Near East-South Asian area. AS a Moslem
country, it has offered no breeding ground for
Communist theology and it has shown unques-
toned tendency to align itself with the West
in the cold war which has divided the world
so deeply. Furthermore. it has provided re-
straining influence on the extremist inclina-
tions that have cropped up among some Of its
sister states in the Islamic bloc.
Pakistan'S crisis today is one that warrants
consideration, and any reasonable help that
can be given by the free nations The new
government of Mohammed Ali represents solid
hope not only for its own country but for all
others that are joined in the common cause
of progress and peace.
Going from neighborhood to neighborhood
in any city you notice differences. Among the
neat CT cottages everybody tries to appear
richer than they are while in the mansions on
the hill they're boasting about how broke the
Government keeps them.
In New York bank the teller verifies the
customers check with the accounting depart
ment by means of television hookup, and
we're afraid ours wouldn't get very good re-
ception in that fringe area just before payday.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Where is the largest earthquake
fault in the United States-D. r. H.
A. The United States Coast and Geo.
detic Survey says that it Is the San
Andreas Fault in California. 1t can be
traced with certainty for a distance Of
500 miles from Tomales Bay, 40 miles
northwest of San Francisco. through
the Tehachapi Mountains, at the south
ern end of the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains, to the Mexican border.
Q. Are the people in the world eating
more or less food than before World
War INV. A.
A. In most countries. according to
the United Nations. the daily number
of calories per person has been either
maintained at the prewar level or in
creased. This is not true, however. in
Austria. Denmark. Egypt, Western Ger
many, and India. There have also been
moderate declines in Burma, Italy,
Japan and Poland.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
NO TIME PROBLEM

as statistics will show. The heart gets
rest only when we also rest.
Mexicans and others have known
this for years. We claim to be the.
most enlightened, but our living dis
proves this.
The congressional group that decreed
against this should never have given in.
What does it profit any man to save
a little electricity and lose his health
eventually, and also his life?
Trapped with the Rest.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

is to. create an inauspicious atmosphere for the
truce negotiations scheduled to be resumed at
Panmunjom on Saturday. # the same sort of
propaganda continues to emanate from Peiping
and Pyongyang, the effort to work out an
armistice agreement will increase in difficulty
because of hardened doubts about the enemy's
good faith.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
McNuyr's Swan Song

The swan song of the Montgomery
County Councils retiring hatchet man,
Irving McNayr, about reducing the
real estate tax rate is as insidious as
the current Russian peace offensive.
Now that property owners have been
irreparably damaged by unfairly high
and irreduceable assessments, the pro-
posal to cut the tax rate is like Sitting
a mans throat then handing him
handkerchief to wipe away the blood.
Let's hope that the voters who mis-
guidedly elected these politically
irresponsible Charterites will not be
lulled by this stuff into forgetting
that they will have the opportunity in
1854 of rectifying their mistake.
M. X. Brady.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Mons Race With Time

The greatest single cause Of death In
the United States is heart disease. This
is not difficult to understand.
We rob ourselves Of needed rest by
getting up an hour earlier and going
to bed two hours later because It 'ap-
pears too early to go to bed. Besides,
the houses are too warm to go to bed
anyhow.
People thus become more irritable.
produce less because they rest less, and
by staying up 50 many hours, dig
into their cardiac reserve.
The older people who wish this are
the ones who are the greatest victims,
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Questions and Answers

The Star readers can get the answer to any
question Of fact by either writing The Evening
Wsshir1.1n eG B. and incios,ne e cents tsW;: ~:
turn postage 9r By telephoninR Sterling 3-7363.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

Pen-nGnaes may be used If letters carry
1Oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Other Half Of q Story

have The Star delivered to my home
daily because I feel that 1t is an out
standing paper, l. e., its editorial COM
ments are logical, and its coverage of
local and national affairs appears ex-
cellent. It was quite surprising, there
fore, to find the April 16 Star reporting
exactly one-haf of the story concern
ing a hearing before the local ABC
Board.
I believe that you owe it to The
Star and to the community to report
the other half of this story. There
are hundreds of people in the Takoma
area who have signed petition in
favor of package store at 1925 Fourth
street NV.
n. r. Jordan.
editors note: The story failed to
state that while opposition to the store
was expressed at the ABC hearing, a
petition signed by 623 persons favoring
the store also was introduced0
Evening star., 1953-04-22

In a New York bank the teller verifies the
customers check with the accounting depart
ment by means of television hookup, and
we're afraid ours wouldn't get very good re-
ception in that fringe area Just before payday.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

Going from neighborhood to neighborhood
in any city you notice differences. Among the
neat CT cottages everybody tries to appear
richer than they are, while in the mansions on
the hill they're boasting about how broke the
Government keeps them.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-05-15
Use and Care
OF Files
By DON G. LEE
Agricultural Engineer
Montana State College
By DON G. LEE

FILES WHICH we use daily in
sharpening tools or smoothing
metals have been known since the
days of King Saul and have been
misused more than any other tool,
according to expert mechanics. AS
a result files do not do the job as
well as expected nor do they last
as long as they should.
There are about 5000 kinds of
files ranging from the familiar mill
and bastard files to those with such
attractive names as 'Pippin." Each
is designed for a particular job.
There are two main classifications
of files-the single cut and the
double cut styles. The single cut
files include the saw, mill and lathe
files. They have series of parallel
teeth running diagonally across their
faces. Their main uses are for pro-
ducing smooth surface or for filing
hard materials.
Doub1e-Cut File
The double-cut file is recon-
mended for removing large
amount of stock. This file has two
rows of teeth. The first row is
usually coarser and is called the
"over-cut." The other row crosses
it to form the ''up-cut" Thus
hundreds of sharp teeth are avail
able for fast removal of stock. All