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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Women. As. Hos 10th Child

WATERFOWL, N. Y, Mar. is
R.-Mrs. Lawrence Mitchell, As,
has given birth to her goth child
In rs years. The newest baby.
born Friday, is her 18th son.
Ten OF Mrs. Mitchell's sons and
her eight daughters are living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16

subcommittee investigation of
Reds in the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Dinner Bid Refused
: By Mccarthy Critic

= MILWAUKEE,, Mar. 16 (R.-
Fred r. Zimmerman, Wisconsin's
veteran Republican secretary of
state, said last night he would
not appear on the platform with
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
Of Wisconsin, when the latter
makes a major speech here Fri
day night.
Mr.. Zimmerman previously had
accepted an invitation to attend
the Young Republican Club din
ner, but he told newsmen he had
not known then that Senator
Mccarthy would be present.
Senator Mccarthy is scheduled
to make q speech In which he
will reply to Adlai Stevenson's
criticism that the Republican
Party is 'half Eisenhower, half
Mccarthy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16
Mccarthy 70 Appear
On Edward Murrow's
Nv Show April s
o. ne AssoeIassd Press

s.s NEW YORK. Mar. 16.-CBS
, Commentator Edward r. Murrow
has agreed to Senator McCar-
thy's suggestion that the Senator
appear on Mr.. Murrow's show
April 6.
Senator Mccarthy had notified
Mr.. Murrow he would be willing
!. to appear either March 23 or
:, April 9 on the CHS television
show "See It Now" to reply to
charges Mr.. Murrow made
against the Wisconsin Republi-
can. Senator Mccarthy said he
would prefer April 6.
In his acceptance Senator Nc
,Carthy charged MIR. Murrow had
In the past consciously served
:. the Communist cause"
Il Mr.. Murrow's reply to Senator
: Mccarthy said that 81 deny this
utterly" and added:
1.-THE record when it is nm
ished will show who has served
the Communist cause, you or T."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

power production and distribution.
After paying all costs the power plant
in the town refer to turns profit
into the city treasury equalling about
81 per person in the town. This is
an annual payment. In reply to those
who claim that public ownership means
loss of tax revenue it should DE mem
toned that in 1852 when their tax load
was the heaviest Potomac Electric paid
taxes Of about six dollars for every
customer served. Almost one fourth
of the company earnings was from
power sold to governmental agencies so
that corresponding share of the taxes
paid simply represented the transfer OF
the money from one governmental
pocket to another.
would not join Mr.. Lawrence in
saying that Senators Morse, Gore,
Humphrey. Hill, Ed Johnson and others
should be censured for their "fili-
buster" do think that they should
have admitted what they were doing
and explained that they felt 1t wise to
postpone action on the bill until the
voters had a chance to decide in No.
vember whether they too wanted to
indorse the biggest "gift" In this real
"give-away" administration.
Charles L. Stout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Dear Sir:
II thought you might like to hear
about Wilbur, a white rabbit who
makes his home on Leland street.
He appeared out Of the clear some
months ago, and divided his time be-
tween several families, and sleeping
in the garage of the family next door.
Both families have small children
who feed him and make pet Of him
when they can catch him, as he is q
bit wary OF being touched.
When one family went on vaca-
ton recently. Wilbur hoped across
the street and took up residence with
q family there. The young children
feed him carrots.
How he manages to escape the dogs.
including coach dog and q boxer. to
say nothing of the 18-pound cat be-
longing to me. do not know.
1.-The cat is not as fast on his feet
as the rabbit, and / doubt that the
rabbit is 10 years old. either.
Wilbur came up to dinner on the
terrace. and had q nibble Of lettuce.
while the cat and big red setter
looked on.
Is this unusual?
1t seems TO me that any pets we
ever had were soon taken care Of by
dogs. even In q fenced-in yard, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Home Rule Sidetrucked

For brief moment early in July, it
looked as If District citizens might
possibly have to face the burden Of
governing themselves. But don't worry,
kiddies! The Home Rule Bill has been
taken care Of. You Washingtonians can
relax now. and 60 back to letting Con-
gressmen and Senators from Podunk
and Siwash decide the property taxes
you pay and when you can get your
sidewalk fixed. And you can be happy
that people-who never faced election
but were appointed by1 other people
who never faced election but were APP
pointed and confirmed by a President
and Senate who were elected somewhere
else-will decide how your schools will
be run.
You don't have to bother your pretty
empty heads about such things. AS in
previous sessions of Congress, your
benevolent Board of Trade has seen to
that. It can boast, as it has every right
to do, that it has continued to succeed
in saving you from your untrustworthy
selves. Let us all join in gratitude to
this great American organization that
has helped you avoid the dangers Of
that threatening theology
Alexander B. Halves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
BY Charles E. TroceweN

from one enterprising country news
paperman who knew his tales Of the
wild rabbit would get chuckle from
many readers.
The rabbit, in these stories. was al
ways portrayed as besting ferocious
dog, driving 1t before him In the street.
These tales were in the great tradi-
ton Of American myth, which gave
us Paul Bunyan and the rest Of our
folk heroes.
The ferocious, dog-killing rabbit held
: his own until World War I, when
other matters arose to take the col
lective mind Of America OF such friv-
olous details of our national life.
We never knew whether the writer
Of those old rabbit stories passed away.
or whether he just got plumb tired Of
his creation.
Most Of us never saw q ferocious
rabbit, wild or tame. Timid. or just
plain frightened, standing motionless
at any sound, or streaking away into
the brush, the wild rabbit Of our farms
and suburban districts is just wild
bunny, not given to oversociability
with man or beast. 81
Wilbur Is q modern rabbit with his
own ideas Of how to act and live. May
he not get too chummy with dogsl
We believe he can hold his own with
cats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
This and That

Wilbur comes and goes at will, and
no one knows where he came from.
Cordially yours, M. E. N. w."
4
Wilbur must be q rabbit of parts.
He knows how to handle himself
in the modern world.
Dogs. age-oid enemy Of his kind,
he disdainS.
Probably he was somebody's pet, from
long line of pets.
Such animals. in time, come to take
over few traits Of civilized creatures,
and lose . bit Of their instructive fear.
We can recall years ago passing
yard in downtown Washington in which
a white rabbit and black dog played
together.
They made pretty picture we have
never forgotten.
Wilbur, the rabbit, points up to the
fact that these creatures are not as
helpless as one thinks.
The wild rabbit has its speed, mostly,
as It's defense, but 1t also can deliver
q tremendous kick with its hind feet.
In the old days Of the gay COS. So
called (aild by comparison with today's
rather gloomy outlook, they were. In
deed, gar and happy 1t was feature
Of summer journalism to have at least
one story or q ferocious rabbit.
They came, We have learned since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Please, Mary

Please. Mary, 0ipe me faith like yours
For Christmas seems far OF to-
The tree is trimmed, the lights are
bright
Yet piercing loneliness endures.
Please. Mary, glue me faith like yours.
o. Mary, plen the infants head
Lay gently on your Uir0in breast.
The strength OF tDonlGn manifest
Itself. You kneU, for God had said,
A Virgin Mother, Spirtt-tDed.
Please. Mary. otpe me faith like yorss
As you taught and trained our God,
ntGde-mdn,
As you sGw Him die in Dtvine plan.
Please 0tDe me Lone until the Ways
ARE through. and Man has taith like
yours,
Please, MGryl
Peggy Anne Smith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Juvenile Delinquency

Many years ago / was non-coyn-
miSsioned officer in q branch Of the
armed services that enlisted young
men under 81 years for limited duty,
and was assigned to company Of
those boys. We learned that young
boys are great hero worshipers and
that they are not always discriminat-
ing In their selections. The heroes
were always conscious Of their prestige
and were alert In cultivating every
field to maintain their position.
The greatest heroes were the "dare
devils" and when they had exhausted
every other field they went out Of the
garrison and tangled with the police.
How they gloated whenever the police
returned them to the garrison! Their
stock scared for weeks and their ar
rogance knew no bounds. But we hit
upon method Of making these
heroes" look ridiculous. The effect
was magic, 1t punctured hero's ball
loon and his crowd of admirers
promptly fell away Some of the
heroes were not that easily debated
and required sterner treatment and
this we applied in ever increasing doses,
always making it clear that there were
available even sterner remedies,
until they cried enough. We see around
us every day individuals and nations
who respect only force.
Some years later became lawyer,
and Judge for several terms, in the
days before juvenile courts were estab-
lished. and applied those same meth
DDS to juveniles brought before me and
the same results ensued. always being
careful not to violate the rule against
"cruel or unusual punishment" Juve-
nile delinquency was no problem in my
jurisdiction. always was careful to
distinguish between the prankster and
the sadist, for had not forgotten my
own youth and my many pranks, the
recollection of some of which embar-
rass me still: likewise to lay bare to all
OF them the powerful machinery of the
state available and the reasons why all
this expensive machinery exists.
After my time juvenile courts were
established all over that State and
promptly became the football of poll
itics, so much so that juvenile delin-
quency rose immensely. One example
will suffice. The juvenile court Judge
in that jurisdiction appointed as proba-
ton officer the most notorious bootleg
ger in that county. Gle commanded a
large block Of votes of the Under
world. The women of that county
promptly rose en- maSse and compelled
him to revoke that appointment. But
the judge still is in office today, al
though all judicial Offices are supposed
to be non-partisan in that State. He
would rather be known as "a kindly
old gentleman than as strict DIS
ciplinarian, the better to insure his re-
election. But the juvenile delinquency
record speaks for itself. Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

several communication mediums. Not
all people feel the need of either OF
both. Further, the listener generally
has choice of several channels or
stations Most important, the listener
or viewer does not foot the bill, at least
not directly, and exorbitant charges
would hurt the advertisers and the sta
ton owners themselves rather than
the customers"
Electricity. on the other hand, Is the
great common denominator Of mod
ern industrial society. No one can
really do without it yet few can
choose between electric systems. l. e
distributing companies. Many Of us
feel that privately owned electric COM
panies are no more reasonable than
privately owned water or sewerage sys-
TENS. Having lived for some years in
a small town which owns its own
electric plant, now fifty years old. I
have never seen the logic Of private
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Curling Senator Mccarthy

I am new subscriber to your news
paper and am therefore not sure just
what your editorial policies and aims
are. Your recent editorial "Curbing
Senator Mccarthy" intrigues me up to
certain point but leaves me wondering
as to the main interest Of The Star. Is
1t to remove him from his Craftsmanship
or is it to adopt rules which compel
him to conduct fair and decent hear
ings"?
Assuming that The Star is not anti
Mccarthy Just for the sake of being
Mccarthy and believing that
everybody, including Senator Mccarthy,
favors flair and decent hearings" it
occurs to me that The Star should
take up its own challenge and publish
for public inspection its detailed version
of rules which will compel him to con-
duct fair and decent hearings" and at
the same time be effective in exposing
Communists which great many Amer
leans believe have held and are holding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

courage foreigners to transmit to our Gov
eminent information that could conceiv-
ably spell the difference between life and
death for many thousands Of Americans.
Certainly, to put it mildly, our country
will be getting good bargain If by offering
rewards up to $500, 900, or by promising per-
manent residence to cooperating aliens, it
acquires the type OF information that could
save great numbers of us, including Mr.. Nc
Carran, from being blown to kingdom come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
M Street 'Bruin-ScrombIer'

Georgetown's M street should be re-
paved and taken out Of the horse-and-
buggy days. It is unsightly and GER
tainly is of no historic value There are
numerous asphalt patches where the
street has been dug UP and repaved
without replacing the stones, and last
but not least, it certainly is hard on
automotive equipment and uncomforta-
BILE to ride on. I overheard one lady re-
mark to another: Every morning when
I arrive at my Office. it takes me an
hour to get my brain unscrambled
after riding over M street" There is
something In what she said.
r. ]. X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 70 any question
Of fact By writins The Evening star pfor-
ton 5. D. g. Please incloss three %, sents for
return pcstaGe
By THE HAsKN SERVICE.
@. II an object were dropped from
the top Of one Of the tall buildings
in New York City would 1t fall straight
down to the ground?-R. Mem.
A. No, it would swerve to the east
few inches because Of the earth's
rotation toward the east. The amount
Of detection in inches at the ground
would depend on the time taken by
the object in falling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
BroiIing a Steak

The backyard grill Is in increasing
vogue, rivaling the popularity of the barbe-
cue pit of the free and easy '20s. It takes
many forms, from the elaborate and per-
manent brick structure to the most mex
pensive portable. But each of these, large
or small, carries the same problems when
the time comes to broil steak.
If one is prone to disbelieve the Census
Bureaus figures on population, there is
proof enough, when one begins to broil a
steak on his backyard grill, that the popu-
lation has in fact grown tremendously. The
advice which such an occasion brings is
close to overwhelming. There is one who
knows that the way to light. the charcoal
is not the way 1t is being done at this mo-
ment, and that ones theories are volubly
expressed There is another who feels that
the grill is too close to the fame-or too
far away, depending on his own view-and
this, too, is brought to the attention Of the
backyard chef.
There is another who suggests that the
only steak At for eating is one which Is
charred outside and red-rare inside, and
still another who disputes this, and insists
that it be broiled uniformly, inside and out
The advice is just as varied when the mat
ter of sauces comes up, and the chefs own
preparation is viewed with suspicion. One
begins to wonder where all Of these people
came from. Surely one did not invite them
all?
The business of broiling steak is del
icate task, and one which must be per-
formed without Interference from others.
Everybody knows, except those gathered in
the chefs back yard. that there Is only one
proper way to broil steak, and that Is
what is being done. One viii leave the final
verdict to the tasting, and one Is sure that
when that time comes, victory win be his.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
| etters to The Star.

positions Of responsibility in Govern
lnent and industry to the detriment Of
the United States.
The editorial mentioned above leads
me to believe that The Star is against
sin" Therefore II The Star is to be as
''faira as you wish Senator Mccarthy
to be. you should tell the public If it
is your position that there are no COM
munists who should be exposed. Or If
it is your position that there might be
some Communists who perhaps should
be exposed, then. in the public inter-
est, you should give us your formula
for such exposures.
Robert M. RenfrO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Privately Owned Utilities

One has to admire David Lawrences
loyalty TO. the conservative cause. but
one feels that one should be forgiven
for laughing at some Of the defenses
he employs.
In his column on July rs he would
have us believe that the private ex-
ploitation of atomic power is reasonable
because in this country radio and
television are largely within the con-
troll Of private enterprise. AS an OPP
ponent of privately owned public utili-
ties I simply can't "buy" his reason
ing.
Radio and television are only two OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Atomic Smuggling and the Law

Another measure of the somewhat
weird and perilous nature of these times
can be found in Attorney General Brow
nells request to Congress for special legiSla-
ton designed to cope with the threat of
super sabotage through atomic smuggling.
Broadly speaking, the proposed bill
which has the backing of the National Sc
curity Council, our top policy making body
would do the following: ~ It would au-
thorize the payment Of rewards ranging up
to 100000 to American citizens or foreign
ers who give information leading to the dis
covery Of Illicit npclear material or weapons,
or who put the finger on persons attempt
ing to sneak such things into our country or
assemble them here. And (2) the legisla-
ton would permit the granting Of perma-
nent residence In the United States to
aliens, together with their families, who
supply our Government with productive tips
of this SORT
Senator McCarran, apparently because
he is opposed to relaxing our immigration
laws for any reason, has assailed Mr..
Brownell's proposal as dangerous" and
absurd" Actually, however, atomic sabo-
tage-even though it probably would be
tried against us only in synchronization
with an About air attack-has become
menace real enough to justify legislation
of the type requested. For A-weaponS have
long since ceased to be big, bulky, readily de-
tectable destroyers. Today, despite the APP
palling magnitude Of their explosive power,
they can be made small enough and light
enough to be carried by hand and brought
into our country In several kinds of packag-
ing, including diplomatic pouches and suit
cases.,
In other words, as confirmed some
months ago by FBI Director Hoover, A-wea-
pons have been so developed-and can be so
protected from detection by Geiger coun-
ters-that it Is now altogether possible for
enemy SaboteurS to Smuggle them into the
United States either in complete form or
in separate parts for later assembly. One
such weapon, for example, could be gum
barrel device (about 80 inches long) ca
pable OF unleashing' fearSome devastation.
Another could be an "imploSion" sphere that
would be roughly only the size Of softball,
but still loaded with enough fashionable ma
terial to set of blast equivalent at least to
that OF the atomic bomb that shattered
Hiroshima is to say, equivalent at
least to 90 900 tons of exploding TINT.
Accordingly, regardless OF Mr.. McCar-
ran, the Brownell proposal seems to be quite
In keeping with the sort of threat that we
must constantly reckon with in the atomic
hydrogen age At any rate, 1t is difficult to
see what is wrong with the idea Of estab-
fishing special incentives to alert our citi-
zenry against the possibility Of an unprece-
dentedly deadly form Of smuggling and
sabotage. And 1t Is equally difficult to see
how or why It would be dangerous" and
absurd" to enact law that might en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
The Right Course

It is not difficult to imagine situation
In which one Of the liberal" Senators who
want to see vote Of censure against Mr.
Mccarthy would find himself in the same
boat now occupied by Senator Mccarthy
But In that case those who seek to ridicule
the Senate for "evading" the issue by
sending the cenSure resolution to COM
mittee for study and report would be yelling
to high heaven that this very procedure
be followed
The SenateS vote last night to send
the Mccarthy business to select commit
tee, with instructions to report before ad-
1ournment, does not guarantee that the
Senate will vote on such a report before
adjournment. Sending the matter to
committee could be device to get lot
OF Senators off the hook who do not want
to vote. That remains to be seen, however,
and to be judged on the facts.
But the Senate'S vote last night hardly
deserves the criticism it has received and
will receive. It was the proper thing to do.
And it is not without significance that
heavy majority of the Senators chose this
course instead of proceeding to vote on the
Flanders resolution, which faced certain
defeat because Of its disregard Of elemental
principles in judicial proceeding.
Whether Senator Mccarthy deserves
Senate cenSure for his conduct remains,
after all, a matter of sharply divided opin-
ion. The Star is of the opinion that he
does. But the accusations against him
must be sustained by evidence, he must be
given formal opportunity to refute the
charges against him, and the traditional
method in preparing that sort of an issue
decision nf o0,1nS
Is to follow the procedure of committee in
vestigation and report.
Any other course would establish a
dubious precedent, and probably give Mr..
Mccarthy clean bill Of health to boot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Russia in the United Nations

Why should Russia be member Of
the United Nations? The Soviets are
using aggression all over the world. and
we are against that. The object Of the
United Nations was to preserve peace
over the world and avoid aggression.
Why, then, should Russia belong to the
organization? Daniel B. Felker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Where Credits Due

In your July 20 editorial. "Forerun-
ners Of Folsom Man" my name has been
substituted for that OF DR.. r. Dale
Stewart Of the United States National
Museum. who did most capable job
Of repair and restoration on the Mid
land (Texas) skull. which has recently
received considerable publicity.
] certainly have no objections to being
associated with such distinguished COM
pany in such an interesting matter. but
] do not wish to take credit for some-
thing In which I had no part.
M. w. Stirling,
Director, Bureau Of American Eth
nology, Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

Pen-1iGnses may be used II letters carry
sUriterS correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject I'd condensation.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-07

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