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Evening star., 1953-02-09
Allied Planes Pound
Red Lines and Bases,
Land Fighting Eases
By the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL, Feb. 9.-Allied war
planes pounded anew at Com
munist front-line positions and
supply arteries in Korea last
night and early today. while
ground fighting tapered of to
small-scale patrol clashes.
Snow hit the western and CEN
tral sectors early today. The
mercury dipped below zero all
across the 155-mile battlefront.
South Korean pilots - flying
propeller-driyen Mustangs-took
part in today's strikes against
Chinese front positions and rear
area supply dumps.
Supply Center Blasted.
The raids followed the bombing
of a key supply center near Py-
ongyang by IL American B-29s
last night. The airmen reported
Communist night fighters made
three passes at the bombers but
did not fire. Anti-aircraft fire
was described as moderate.
The Air Force said the 50-acre
supply center was left in flames.
Two other B-29s hammered
Communist front positions.
The 9th Army reported that
Allied tanks, resuming their
bunker-busting tactics, destroyed
or damaged IS bunkers. q caves,
IA observation posts and II gun
positions.
The tanks traded fire with four
Communist armored vehicles yes
terday on the west-central front.
4 Missile Ships Ready.
In Tokyo, Far East naval
headquarters announced that at
least four United States war
ships could be- called on short
notice to lombard Communist
positions with guided missiles
should the war situation re-
Quire their USE"
The four ships were named as
two specially converted sub
marines. the Cusk and Carbo-
nero, and two heavy cruisers, the
Boston and the Canberra.
The Navy did not say what
type of guided missiles the war
ships can launch.
Communist broadcasts heard
in Tokyo appeared to have an
undertone of nervousness in
their description of the observa-
ton of the fifth anniversary Of
the Korean Red army.
The broadcasts exhorted civil
ians to double their support OF
the Communist war effort and
for underground agents in
South Korea to "step up their
resistance"
The Reds charged that the
United States sis feverishly pre-
pairing to launch new. large
scale military adventures"
Evening star., 1953-02-09
Help the Housewife,
Congress- Istyrqed
BY the Associoted Press

A group of % big city con-
gresSmen said today they will
propose forming a Senate House
Committee to watch out for the
financial interests of the Amer
ican housewife.
Elaborate services" they said
In a joint statement, help busi-
ness, labor and farmers, but
there are practically no Serv-
ices for consumers.
And the housewife, they add
ed needs some one now to study
the effect of eliminating price
controls on her food budget.
The group said it will sponsor
a resolution to establish a Joint
Congressional Committee on
Consumers, made up of seven
Senators and seven Representa-
tiveS.
The committees job, they said,
would be to investigate meas
ures to safeguard consumer in
terestS," to determine the fair
ness of prices of essential COM
modities and to study the way
they are marketed.
The resolution to set up the
committee was sponsored by
these Representatives:
Addonizio, Democrat, of New
Jersey; Boiling, Democrat, of
Missouri; Frances Bolton. Re-
publican, of Ohio; Dollinger,
Democrat, of New York; Dorm,
Democrat, of New York; Eber-
harter, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
Vania; F'riedel, Democrat, of
Maryland; Garmatz, Democrat,
of Maryland; Granahan, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania: Hoffman,
Democrat, of New York: Javits.
Republican, of New York; Kelly,
Democrat. of New York; O'Hara,
Democrat, of Illinois; Powell.
Democrat, of New York; Rodino,
Democrat, of New Jersey; Rog-
ers, Democrat. of Colorado:
Roosevelt, Democrat. of New
York: Scott, Republican. of
Pennsylvania: Sullivan, Demo-
crat, of Missouri; Wier, Demo-
crat. of Minnesota: Yorty, Dem
ocrat. of California: Zablocd.
Democrat, of Wisconsin, and
Fulton, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Evening star., 1953-02-09
Britain will Oppose
Red China Blockade
Office Says
BY the Assoeiuted Press

LONDON, Feb. 9.-Britain will
firmly resist any proposal to
blockade Red China, the Foreign
Office made plain today.
A spokesman recalled that
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
told parliament four days ago:
"We have said to the United
States) that we would think it
would be a mistake to have a
policy of blockade" of mainland
China.
His statement at a daily news
conference was prompted by
newsmen who questioned him
about Washington reports sug-
costing President Eisenhower's
administration may be ponder
ing whether to blockade the
China coast as part Of it's gen.
eral Far Eastern policy.
The spokesman said the Brit
ish government has received no
such official proposal from the
United States. He told a queS-
toner Britain would expect to
be consulted before a decision
of that sort were taken and he
added: II believe. we would be" :"
Makes Unusual Comment.
The British government OBJ
viously is concerned about re-
ports published here that serious
American consideration is being
given to blockade. That con-
Germ was reflected in the Foreign
Office action today in comment
ing on ashypo thetical question
! an unusual step.
The British belief seems to be
that the United States is look
ing at the blockade possibility
only as one aspect of a new, more
forceful general Asian strategy
which would include the other
spots of tension, such as Malaga
and ndo-China.
British Press Critical.
The Foreign Office expects an
early American move to seek the
views of the main allies in Korea.
The blockade question, coupled
with Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles visit to Western
Europe, helped earn the United
States as poor a set of notices
in the British press today as it
has had in many moon.
The conservative Daily Mail
said Mr.. Dulles had created a
dangerously confused situation"
by his Today tour of Western
Europe. The Daily Telegraph,
another supporter of Prime Min
lister Churchill's government,
found fault with some of the
American officials public lectur-
ing of his Western allies and
asserted:
1T would seem best to make
such communications through
Evening star., 1953-02-09
Van Fleets Farewell
Voices Regret We
Didn't Finish Job
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Feb. 9.-Gen. James
A. Van Fleet bade farewell to
the United States 9th Army's
Korean battle front today and
said:
MY only regret is that we
didn't finish the job"
The army commander, who
turns his tremendous job over
to 1t. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Wednesday, made his last 'front.'
line stop at the United States
1St Marine Division.
God bless you, good luck
and good shooting" he told Ma
rine Maj. Gen. I. A. POllack and
his staff.
He then expressed regret that
the job wasn't finished.
That marked the windup of a
three day hail and farewell
tour by Gen. Taylor and Gen.
Van Fleet.
100000 to Line Streets.
Gen. Van Fleet. who has COM
manded all United Nations
ground forces in Korea for %
months, leaves for Japan
Wednesday on the first lap of
his trip back to the United States
and retirement. He will spend
several days in Japan, then fly
to Honolulu to join his wife for
a few days rest. The Van Fleets
will travel by ship from Homo
lulu to San Francisco.
Mayor Kim Tai Sun of Seoul
said about 100000 Koreans will
line the streets of the capital
to say goodby to the man they
have proclaimed their friend,
protector and brother in arms. /"
Gen. Taylor, meeting COM
manderS across the front for the
first time, indicated he would
tour the front again shortly
after taking command.
1t was ca day of honors for
Gen. Van Fleet as he accom-
panied his successor across the
war-ravaged peninsula.
Receives HOnOrS.
During briefing at the United
States End Division headquar-
tiers, Gen. Van Fleet learned he
had been awarded the Neither
lands highest decoration-the
grand cross in the Order of
Orange Nassau with swords. The
Netherlands commander, 1t. Col.
Cornelius Schleroord. said the
formal decoration ceremonies
would be held later in the United
States.
At the United States 7th Di-
vision. Gen. Van Fleet was given
a chromium-plated bayonet and
a small bayonet badge worn by
combat infantrymen.
At the British Commonwealth
Division, killed pipers of the
famed Black Watch played My
Home" as the generals light
planes landed.
Brig. D. A. Kendrew, COM
mander of the 29th Brigade of
the Commonwealth Division, re-
ported Van Fleet was tickled
pink to have the pipers farewell
him." "
Evening star., 1953-02-09
New Denture Cleanser
STOPS ODOR FROM
FALSE Teeth

Unpleasant false teeth odors. stubborn
tobacco stains and ugly food tarnish dis
appear quickly from demtures soaked q
few minutes daily in . STERA-KLEEN
solution. This safe. modern cleanser.
developed by dentist. gently keeps
plates sparkling clean. natural looking
free of bitter "after-taste without harmful
brushing or scrubbing STERA-KLEEN
costs only a few cents at drugstotes.
Evening star., 1953-02-09
South Africu Accidents Fall

South Africa'S accident rate
has declined from 1.l67.96 per
10000 vehicle in 1888 to BAL .38.
the johannesburg Road Safety
Association advises.
Evening star., 1953-02-09

ADVERTISEMENT.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-02

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Evening star., 1953-02-16
Economy Everywhere.
By Charles E. TroceweN

Maybe your parents say you are go
ing out too much. Doesn't father
work eight hours a day, with an hour
for lunch?
How long does mother work, with
all her time saving devices, bridge clubs
and shopping tours? Don't they think
they should get out on week ends?
Well, so do we, and after our 45-hour
week. we need our weekend parties
and trips.
"Also you say we don't like some of
the culture Of the adults. Did you like
modern art the first time you saw it?
1 don't think so. it has to grow on you.
You had to study it and learn about it
to appreciate it.
"Give us time, If we ever want it We
will come to it, and don't worry we
will.
Were adults, not exactly like you,
because we don't know what you do,
but we're learning, every day some
thing new, and with every day and
new experiences we become more and
more like you and our parents.
II can't type very well, as you can
see. but I believe that you had the
wrong idea about us, and hope that
I have cleared you up little.
Sincerely, M. D."
Thank you, Margaret, you have
cleared us up a good deal.
We can recall those times, and they
were painful.
Why can't some one make school
fun?
This column thanks E. r. 8. Of
Clinton, Md: L. C. Of Blair road,
E. v. B. of Bethesda, H. M. Of Arling-
ton and others for interesting letters.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
Zoninq Board Secrecy

The decision of the District zoning
Board, adverse to American University,
was a great disappointment to all
those people interested in the future
of the university and of Sibley Hos
pital. One cannot help wondering
whether the refusal of the individuals
on the board to tell how they voted
was based, on their anticipationO of
adverse public opinion. The boards
decision appears to please the favored
few, rather than contribute to the
health. safety and well being Of un-
numbered thousands who would be
affected by modern hospital and an
improved campus.
In a democracy it is the general
policy Of those in government to re-
spond to the wishes of the majority
when such wishes have not been and
cannot be proved to conflict with the
welfare Of the few. It is the writer's
belief that the Zoning Boards decision
has been shortsighted and that it will
be reversed in court.
Clifford ]. WaIdrOn.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
This Quiet Place

The days all run together like a dream
That blurS upon GtD1keninO,
Time Is no longer measured By an hour,
By dntDn or night torsakenin0
The play OF light and SHADOWS tn this
place,
And lite itself does not seem real:
Only your hand reaching out to mine
Can quicken heartbeats. make me
feel
That ! still yearn for something more
than peace,
More than this Quietude of days.
That ne can never build a tu1H so high
But that some part of life still strGys
AboUe, beyond-to touch tDGitt10
heart
And pull it back to tDarnth again,
To bring surge OF laughter and OF
lone,
And the sharp poi0nGncy of pain.
Here in this quiet place this truth has
To touch heart / thought tDds numb.
q Catherine E. Berry
Evening star., 1953-02-16
ALLEN ROAD.

Dear Sir:
IT rate myself an average teen-ager.
'You say that we think Of ourselves
as the peak Of creation.
Il disagree.
what parent goes through q day
as we do? Up at Z. snatch . roll, make
a dash for the bus stop.
"At 7:45, the time when the bus
should come, there you are, patiently
waiting.
Finally at s:25, the bus rolls calmly
up. AS the bus starts, and you are
dashed to the floor because there are
no seats, the driver has both eyes on
some boys behind him. whom he is
telling how to drive bus.
Three stops later We arrive at the
wonderful, freedom loving place, the
school.
"We pile OF the bus with the driver
yelling. Hurry up, have two more
loads
IF it is raining. or has rained, we
wade through ankle-deep mud and
water until we reach the cafeteria.
where we try to find our friends and
wait until the bell.
Our day starts in the homeroom.
where they yell few instructions about
an air raid drill, yelling above the
wind which is whistling through the
top floor room, which we have.
Then our class periods start, and
it seems that you are always fighting
the other 1920 kids to get to your
class.
Finally the door Of the class looms
a3ead and you enter.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
This and That /.

1.-THE assignment is on the board.
your head bitten OF by the teacher,
and you start the work.
-Four periods pass that way, each in
q different room, each time having the
problem Of fighting your way there.
by this time you are ravished.
"The bell rings, and the mad dash
Is on. BY the time you get there, the
line has gone three times around the
cafeteria. and you join it.
"Twenty-nine minutes later, one
minute before the bell, you get your
lunch.
Maybe you were smart and brought
your lunch.
"You walk calmly to your locker.
open 1t, and draw out mouse eating
lunch. The mice live behind the lock-
erS and crawl in the lockers through
the air holes.
"After lunch there are two more
classes all filed with class work, plus
homework.
'sWhen the $3.50 bell rings you rush
for the door. Then you arrive home.
after nine hours all fun Of work. and
your mother says. Dear. why didn't
you Well, you either blow q fuse,
walk out, or listen to her complaints.
Later comes the time for home
work
I'VE don't think we are any better
than adults, we are on our own at
school. we do pretty well. and we want
to be on our own at home, doing our
part without that little Why didn't
you following US everywhere.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
Publicity on Pordons

The "goldfsh-bowl" policy on presidential
pardons and combinations adopted by Presi-
dent Eisenhower is in refreshing contrast to the
shielded procedure that has prevailed IN recent.
years. Attorney General Brownell correctly re-
CARDS the granting Of pardons and commuted
sentences as part of the Governments busl-
ness that the public is entitled to know about.
Yet there has been tendency in the past to
keep such information secret as long as possible,
apparently on the fallacious ground that the
pardon power was presidential prerogat1ve
that concerned only the President and the
beneficiary of the action.
The trouble with the old policy was that it
provided a handy cover for any order that
might not stand public scrutiny and criticism.
Behind this screen President Truman since
December "a last had issued seven pardons not
recommended by the official charged with ad-
vising the President on such matterS-Danlel
Lyons, pardon attorney at the Department OF
Justice. 1t may be that all seven Of these par
dons were justified, but the public certainly has
a right to be curious over clemency granted in
cases not considered by the pardon attorney to
merit clemency.
There is no more reason why news OF clem-
ency for a convict should be withheld than news
of his conviction and sentencing in the first
place. Under the previous policy the release OF
any information regarding pardons and COM
mutations of sentence was a haphazard mat
ter No announcements were made at the time
of the orders. Only when press inquiries were
received was information released, mostly OF
meager nature. Every effort was made to pro-
tect the identity of persons urging pardon.
From now on, however, all pardons and
combinations of sentence will be made matters
of public record, available to the press, members
of Congress and any one else having "a legiti-
mate interest" Moreover, the names of persons
and groups recommending clemencS also will
be revealed. Underlying the new policy Is the
sound principle that all public business not af-
fecting national security should be conducted
openly-without any suggestion Of cover up.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
Addicts Need CompuIsion

In your Sunday paper of February l,
a writer signs himself "Perplexed," and
he is. no doubt. just that: for in writing
his opinion Of the proposed law for
narcotic addicts, he writes that the
cure may be worse than the habit. He
claims that if the addict wants treat
ment. he will ask for it.
How wrong he is. For the truth Is
that addicts go on and on. carrying
others down with them. until it is too
late to help them. The time to treat
them is now.
"Perplexed" also speaks Of the
drunk" stating the shameful fact that
he may get relief on a 39-cent bottle
Of wine. Alcoholics, too, should be
hospitalized. and not be burden on
their families.
Let us hope the plan for compulsory
disqualification will soon be in effect.
Interested.
Evening star., 1953-02-16
The Lonq-Morse Report

Last summer, acting as a subcommittee OF
the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators
Russell Long and Wayne Morse made fast
flying 30000-rnile survey of scores of American
bases and installations abroad. They have now
submitted their findings and conclusions in
report that criticizes much more than it praises.
Further than that, it is report in which the
two authors, not hesitating to offer their rather
sweeping personal ideas on what our global
strategy should be, sharply question the
adequacy and wisdom of this Nations high
level planning" against the threat of Soviet
aggression.
As regards such things as waste and duph-
cation of effort, it may well be that the Long
Morse findings-even though couched in IAN
guage that seems bit too extravagant-W1ll
help to bring about corrective action where
needed At any rate, they are receiving the
full attention of the Armed Services Committee,
and If further investigation shows that they
are solidly based on present-day facts (the Sit
uation has undergone considerable change
since last summer), the committee undoubtedly
will bring proper pressure to bear on the De-
tense Department for measures designed to
effect improvements as quickly as possible.
There is good reason to doubt, however,
that Senators Long and Morse are on sound
ground when they discourse, in their report,
on complicated tactical and Strateg1cal matters
They are not professional military men, and
certainly their "quickie" summer trip has not
equipped them to lecture the Pentagon on how
best to locate and man overseas installations.
Nor has it equipped them to pass dogmatlc
iudgmentS-as they have-on what needs to be
done for the 1ong-term security OF the Nation
They fatty declare, for example, that the
United States should reduce the number OF its
troops abroad; they come out against the pos
sibility that our country may find itself "sta-
tioning three-quarterS of million Servicemen
at remote points of the earth for the next
generation" and they unqualif1edly assert that
Mobility of American reserves is better
answer to the threat of Communist aggression
than an attempt to hold such outposts with
enough Of our troops and airmen to defeat
Snajor enemy assault
<aHow can Senators Long and Morse be sure
of themselves in arriving at such conclusions?
The answer is that sureness Of that kind Is
pretentious and ill-founded. For the over
whelming weight of expert military opinion
opinion based on much more than fylng
trip abroad-s that it would be abSurdly reck-
less and hazardous in the extreme to station
only token American forces at overseas bases
and to depend on rushing mobile reserves to
those bases to hold them after being attacked.
Further, given the kind of world we have, it
is sheer wishfulnesS to suggest that we must
not reckon with the possibility OF having to
station many thousands Of our Servicemen "at
remote points of the earth for the next
generation"
A generation is not really long time in
terms Of history, and men like Senators Long
and Morse are hardly in a position, at this
stage, A say with the slightest degreeN Ger
Evening star., 1953-02-16
Opposition Spokesman

In his Saturday night Embarrassing talk
to the Democratic faithful, Adlai Stevenson
said nothing that was seriously disappointing
to those who expected him to function in the
best tradition as spokesman for the loyal op-
position.
There was no bitterness, no pettiness, in
what he had to say. Good humor eased the
sting of the jibes at the "car dealers" who have
replaced the New Dealers in Washington And
good sense underlay the admonition to his fell
low Democrats to rise above narrow PARTISAN
ship. Let us never be content" he said,
merely to oppose; let us always propose some
thing better"
Mr.. Stevenson, however, did not always heed
his own advice. There was more than trace
of mere partisanship in his suggestions that
the new administration was employing the de-
vice OF the ultimatum, large economy size. to
exact from our Allies the sullen obedience of
satellites. The new regime has brought some
pressure to bear on our friends abroad The
purpose, however, has not been to compel them
to do things they would otherwise refuse to
do but merely to prod them into living up to
agreements into which they have freely en-
tered. There is rosy tint to the Stevensonian
picture of free men marching as companions
in arms in common cause. But experience
has shown that there are occasions when a
1It1e even d uGClS QIcSSuIc, ID SOOO 4UI
the common cause.
One other thing might be mentioned. The
walls of Communism, as MIR. Stevenson said,
are not going to be brought tumbling down by
"a few blasts on the trumpets of psychological
warfare" Granting this, just what is his STRAIT
egy for prevailing over IAN enemy whose mas
sive power is matched only by its malevolent
purpose?" If Mr.. Stevenson knows the answer
he managed, in this speech, to keep it to
himself.