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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
BY Charles E. Trocewen

suburbs. there are very few snakes
around.
We know one thick growth Of ivy.
climbing over a locust tree stump.
where not snake has been seen in q
quarter Of century.
It is true that now and then there
is rustic in the ivy, and something
moves. but it Is only a shrew.. one of
the small mice-hke things most OBJ
servers put down as Short-tailed mice.
The cats root them out. and toss
them high into the air. with natures
lack Of pity.
The ivy has been their home. but
an unlucky movement revealed them
to watchful green eyes.
+
There is a patch Of green day lilies
where q baby bunny lives.
When first seen, he was no more
than inches long.
Now. after several weeks, he Is all
Of 6 inches, about the length Of good
sized sparrow. and such ears!
He neStles in the grass all day long.
eating the white clover blossoms.
When a starting flies down. the
young rabbit does not finch. but eats
away with the rapid motion Of the
jaws peculiar to his breed.
He is safe in his green world for
time, but when he grows larger. and
those ears longer than he used to be.
he win ind himself In q hostile world,
where only the green offers him food
and shelter. Green things. and his
strong long legs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

eral But his labors encompassed much more
than that. Among other things, they included
his exhaustive studies leading to presidential
recommendations for universal military train
ing. They also included, in addition to his i'm
pressive administrative improvements in CO.
operative procedures between private and
governmental scientific groups, his distinguished
career, as head Of the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology, where he saw to it that students
cultivated proper understanding of the hui
manitieS as well as of Laboratory techniques
and distractions.
Scientist, administrator, educator, human
itarian and patriot of a very high order, DR..
Compton belonged to that relatively small
company of Americans whose energetic genius.
acting like a spark, catalyst or an inspiring
torch through the, generations, has led the
United States to greatness. It is surely no
exaggeration, though it may be a cliche, to
say of him that his passing constitutes real
and large national loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
This and That

endlessly? Maybe the Lord is trying
of the curtain, that we are all pack
Of fools. and deserve exactly what we
get.
Sincerely, j. F. L."
Many have noticed the green curtain.
Most rejoice in it, all except those
strange persons who must have their
bright flowers, or vegetables, and want
every last square inch q space for
them.
There is nothing in the world to
take the place Of green, not even the
soft blue of skies, or beloved eyes, or
the red flash of the cardinal, or soft
gray Of the catbird.
There is nothing so good, in sense.
as green grass, green stalks, green
leaves. green Of lawn, green Of ocean
wave and cats eyes, and poll parrot
feathers.
Green is with us always, even to the
end of time. and with it goes q soft
benediction.
It is good for the eyes, it stands
always in the back of the mind, which
SccS S1cCus uUt leu az 4IO PCaA AAAOuASnIO'
We are forest people, and both love
and dread the inclosing greenery. We
know that from the green comes fresh
life to the living world. and also from
it crawl slithering things.
We cannot see q nest Of ivy without
thinking Of snakes.
Fortunately for most Of the city
people who have moved into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Karl 7. Compton

In 1916, when it honored him with the
Medal of Merit-itS highest civilian aRard-the
United States Army formally acclaimed DR..
Karl T. Compton not only for outstanding serv-
ices" to the Nation but also for having been
personally responsible for Fastening" the end
of the Second World War. The accolade was
well earned, and the same holds true for all the
other tributes bestowed on him before and since
then, at home and abroad.
For DR.. Compounded now at 66-waS
truly brilliant physicist and truly fine Ameri-
can whose work lives on after him as con-
tribution of FIRST Importance both to his own
country and to the cause of freedom throughout
the world. measure of his stature as man
of science is the key role he played in the war
time achievement of radar and the atomic
bomb. Another measure is his postwar service
as chief of the Defense Departments Research
and Development Bcard-a position in which he
did much to speed up advances in Jet propul-
sion. guided missiles and new weapons in gen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
-Associated Presa Photo.

the hospital by driving rapidly straight
along the Appel Quay -.
ION reaching Franz Josef street, the
Mayors car in the lead turned to the
right into it. according to the original
program. The Archduke's chauffeur
started to follow it but the officer in
the front seat called out, That's the
wrong way!' The chauffeur put on the
brakes in order to back up. It happened
that it was precisely at this corner that
Prinzip was standing.
HE stepped forward and fired two
shots point blank. One pierced the
Archdukes neck so that blood spurted
from his mouth. The other entered the
abdomen of Sophie Chotek CHS wife, :"
But for that wrong turn and the
shifting Of gears, the old world with its
romantic architecture, its simple faith
and the excellent chance it gave its in
habitants of dying peacefully in bed,
might have spun on few decades more.
In the weeks that followed American
newspaper readers learned the diplo-
matte meaning of ''ultimatum." Austria
Hungary, which was allied with I'M
perial Germany, declared war on Ser
bia, which was allied with Russia.
Russia was allied with France and
England. All made good on their al
ianceS.
At the time. it didn't seem to occur
to any one that the United States would
become participant. OF one thing
every one was sure. It would be short
war. It would cost too much money.
remember going downtown one day
in early AuguSt-barefoOt. of course.
The news Of the moment was the in
,vasion Of neutral Belgium. John Kloep-
fer. the, village banker, was telling in
curing citizens: England won't 60 to
war. She has too much sense,
On that very day Sir Edward Grey,
in his chancellery in Whitehall, was
saying:
= THE lamps are going out all over
Europe: we shall not see them lit again
in our lifetime"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

the route, Danilo Hitch director of the
plot) had placed the various murderers
to whom he had distributed bombs and
revolverS.
"Mehmedbashitch. Chubrilovitch and
Chabrinovitch were on the river side
near the Cumurja Bridge. Hitch and
Popovitch were across the street near
the Austro-H Hungarian Bank e. Prin-
zip at first stood near the Latin Bridge.
Later. while the Archduke was at the
Town Hall, he crossed over the Quay to
the corner of the narrow winding Franz
Joseph street
Just as the motorcade was approach
ing the Cumurja Bridge, "Chabrinovitch
knocked the cap off his bomb against
a post, stepped forward and hurled it
at the Archduke'S car. The chauffeur.
observing him, put on speed so that the
missile fell onto the folded top of the
uncovered car and bounced off. It ex-
ploded with heavy defamation partly
wrecked the following auto and Seri-
ously wounding 1t. Col. Merizzi and
several bystanderS." Chabrinovitch was
captured.
The party continued to the town
hall. 'The Mayor, who had written
out his speech of welcome, started to
read it. as if nothing had happened. It
hardly suited the occasion. It dilated
on the loyalty of the Bosnian people
and the overwhelming joy with which
they welcomed the heir to the throne,
Franz Ferdinand, by nature quick-tem-
pered and outSpoken. roughly inter-
rupted the Mayor, saying: Enough of
that. What! make you visit and
you receive me with bombs" Never
theless, he allowed the Mayor to finish
his address.
1.-THE question then arose whether
the party should still follow the pre-
arranged route through the narrow
Franz Joseph street The Archduke
insisted that he wanted to visit the hos
pital to inquire after the officer who
had been wounded by the bomb It
was decided that the autos should reach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
While Time Runs Out

1t may be, as Mr.. Churchill is reported to
have told congressional leaders, that time, in
the long run, often solves many problems It
does not necessarily follow, however, that a
solution in Southeast Asia, if left to the
processes of time, would be to our liking.
There has been no indication that the White
House discussions between Mr.. Churchill and
Mr.. Eden on the one hand and President EiSen-
hover and Secretary Dulles on the other are
leading to a common course of action in Asia.
1t would seem, on the contrary, that divergent
views are hardening.
The British leaders evidently believe that
they can deal with the Chinese Communists,
and are determined to try. No one doubts, as
Mr.. Churchill has Said that Britain will be on
the side of freedom when final decisions must
be taken. 1t is our belief, however, that the
West should not wait until final decisions are
forced upon us in Asia. Instead of marking
time, we think that everything possible should
be done at the earliest date to organize a con-
certed resistance to both the open and covert
march of communism. We do not think that
the West can tolerate the loss by subversion or
conquest of the strategically important coun-
tries in that part of the world if it is possible
by timely action to save them. It may not be
possible, of course, to organize an effective re-
sistance. But we think the attempt should be
made, and made now
1t certainly will be most unfortunate if the
British are unwilling to join in such venture
at this time. But there is no reason for despair
Our policy should be to work and work closely
with Britain wherever it is possible to do So
In Europe for instance, the alliance seems firm
This is so because our national interests har-
monte in that theater.
1t is quite evident, however, that in other
areas our national interests, as seen by the
respective heads of state, do not harmonic.
Instead they tend to conflict. In these situa-
tions we must be prepared, when we conclude
that the time for action has arrived, to strike
out on our own. It would be better, much
better, if we could collaborate with the British
in the working out of all of the problems which
face U.S. But where this cannot be done, where
economic or political obstacles bar collaboration,
we should not hesitate to seek solutions in
company with such nations as may be willing
to go along with us. If the British are right
in their apparent belief that the West can live
peacefully with communism, little of conSe-
quence is going to be lost. They may be mis-
taken, however. Certainly, past experience
argues that they are. And if they are mistaken,
the end result will be better if, while time runs
out, we have been able to shore up the physical
defenseS of those nations which wish to be
free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
BETHESDA, Md,

Lear Sir
81 suppose all your readers have
noticed the unusually thick growth Of
shrubs and evergreens this year. In my
garden the fences are all hid from
view, even the neighbours house to the
rear has disappeared in the lush
growth.
"This is as it should be. The need of
human beings to be close together is
only exceeded by their longing to be
well separated. Indignation, the slogan
of the moment, has its drawbacks, as
most people ind out in the end.
II like this greenery that hides me
from the people over that way; love
to see my green wall staring me in the
face. know my neighborS are there.
If need them; for the time being. at
least, can let them alone cheerfully.
I'm winter it is all different. The
millions of leaves fall to the ground.
and gradually the house on the other
street comes into view. see again
their dog, and their children, and
notice they are still trying to lure birds
with q red bird house.
Then comes spring again, and first
a mist of soft green appears, and then.
with rush. the thick green that hides
everything from view.
This is green curtain, the best
kind of curtain. We have had too much
of iron curtains, whatever they are;
what we need Is the green curtain.
Gods gift to mankind. There are so
many Of Gods gifts to US, why should
We fight and wrangle with each other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
The Second Stor

The tired heart Nnm0sked. alone and
spent,
Seeks solGce for numb boulder
nrert.
The earnest search. the proudly sure
li1bed pace
Were not enough: too high the toner
of fame
For courage unsustatned to scale.
Despair
Is tDGttinO, nserciless. in some dark
place
OF dun retreat. unless some buried
fame
Be found and tanned to life to fout
him there.
Then man some second star reliOht the
fDGy
And prod the pulse to tIrob another
day.
From beat to slov-drtven beat and
Uetn to Uein
The tired heart takes up the mem
refrain.
For II there be battle lost. sDho could
So surely find the fam. though fault
of foe
or fighter as the one aCho struck too
or not at alp From terror freed. he
mould
Law bare his scars that thereby one
might kr0tD
or seek q stronger shield. q steGdieT
gait.
So from remembered stTtvtnO, heaven
lent,
Comes peace, promise and q sGcTG-
TGent.
Marion Leonard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
FronkIin's Plan of Union

Last week (June 2O-26) Albany, NY,
celebrated the 200th anniversary of the
First American Congress. All America
should rightly celebrate that June of
1854 when Benjamin Franklin pre-
sented to the Congress a plan for unit
ing the 13 Colonies. Thereafter called
the Albany Plan of Union, the proposal
was adopted by the CongresS-on to
fail of ratification by the Colonies and
the British Crown. But in the words
Of Representative O'Brien Of New York,
I'VE should give this almost forgotten
page of American history its proper
place in the great march of events
which has transformed those little
colonies of 1854 into the world giant
of 1854"
Franklin had to wait 80 years to get
another hearing for his plan-at the
Constitutional Convention Of 1887. This
time the tribulations of trying to lead
Is separate existences had made the
Colonies more receptive and our Fed
eral Union was born. That was in the
ox-cart era. One wonders how much
time the free nations think they have
today in the jet-atomic era to come to
the same sound conclusion that our
founding fathers did-that in union
there is strength and that maybe the
same principle of federal union applied
among them can give them the CO.
hesion so badly needed to cope with the
oneness of the Soviet bloc.
Helen b. Hamer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

The doctrine of hemisphere guardianship
which President Monroe proclaimed for the
United States in 1923 has provided an effective
shield in the 1871 years since. And its words of
warning against "interposition for the purpose
of depressing them (other independent nations
of the Western hemisphere), or controlling TN
any other manner their destiny" have not lost
their meaning today.
It is true, however, as proponents of the
pending anti Communist manifesto said in the
Senate last week that modern aggression and
Imperialism are preceded by the subtle tactics
of infiltration and subversion, with "the naked
force and violence" of conquest following this
preparation for destruction. This has been the
course of events in Guatemala, and the Latin
American community today is face to face with
the question of whether foreign force, the
international Communist movement" shall be
allowed to intervene in the affairs of this hemi-
sphere. The congressional manifesto which has
won such quick and overwhelming bipartisan
SupportisayS it shall not.
Described as a reafirmation of the Monroe
Doctrine the congressional resolution Specifi-
cally reaf1rms also the Caracas ANTI Communist
declaration of last March Opposed only by
Guatemala at that time) and supports any ap-
propriate action which may be taken by the
Organization of American States to bar inter-
national communism from this half of the globe.
It builds, in other words, upon the sound and
lasting foundation which President Monroe eS-
tablished in that message to Congress so long
ago.
Meanwhile, the course of events in Guate-
mala-which prompted this current concern
over hemisphere inviolability-haS taken new
and probably promising turn. The forced resig-
nation of the Arbenz government and its re-
placement by military junta headed by Colonel
Diaz offers reason to believe the tide has turned
against Communist control in that country. It
had been noticeable throughout the Today re-
bellion that the regular army has done relatively
little to halt the invading" forces of Col. Cas-
tillo ArmaS, and there was reason to believe the
army command was out of sympathy with the
depoSed President. Reports that army officers,
as well as cabinet ministers, had resigned and
taken refuge in the Honduran Embassy during
the week end support belief that Col. Arbenz'
commitments to leftiSt control were becoming
increasingly unpopular. It will take more time
to establish conclusive meaning of yesterdays
developments but the prospects for blocking the
Communist menace now seem greatly improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Cutting off Hiss Pension

The Star reported Representative
Clardy, Republican, of Michigan, ZEN
ragged, boiling mad" and Representative
st. George, Republican, of New York,
finding it Uncomfortable" that the
Bureau of the Budget. labeled IAN
Eisenhower agency" had held that
Alger Hiss retirement pay could not
be withheld by bills now in the Congress
at arrival of the time of eligibility.
I quote from the Constitution of the
United States:
Section 9, Clause 3-No bill of at
tainder or. ex post facto law shall be
passed."
BILLS of attainder" were devices of
the English government to punish in
dividuals by parliamentary action when
there was no means of doing so by
established law.
May then inquire if Mr.. Clardy
seethes with anger because a sensible
challenge offers itself to mentally, NOR
ally and legally unhealthful trends away
from government by law and toward
ally government by men = first long
strides on the road to dictatorship
and tyranny?
Is such constitutional checkmating
of government by personal whim, by
vindictiveneSS and utter disregard for
basic guarantees the thing that Mrs.
st. George finds Uncomfortable"
am Republican. expect to go on
being a Republican. But that does not
mean have to subscribe to any whip
ping-boy psychology. I hold no brief
for Hiss. But here the issue is not Hiss.
It is government itself.
II Hiss can be deprived of his re-
tirement pay by legal action in the
courts, under established law, as some
thing fraudulently obtained as incident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Letters to The Star.

to reasonable purpose in the Govern
ment. well and good.
But wreck the basic law, the Ameri-
cans guarantee of freedom and justice
for as long as it shall stand. No!
Never! Earl Scoop Shutz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Questions and Answers

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No Natural Enemies?

DR.. Lob Seng TSai, non-C Communist
Chinese scientist who teaches psychology at
Tulane University in Louisiana, is inclined
strongly to the belief that there are no such
things as natural enemies" or IAN ineradi-
cable instinct of pugnacity which makes fight
ing or wars inevitable" On the contrary it is
his firm conviction that the almost unlimited
power of education" can persuade lions and
lambs particularly the Kremlin and the free
world) to lie down together or live side by side
in an atmosphere of good neighborlineSS and
peaceful co-exiStence
All this may. sound, of course like one of
the piouS but thoroughly suspect observations
Of Soviet Premier Malenkov. Nevertheless, as
presented the other day at the international
Congress of Psychology in Montreal, DR.. Tsai'S
thesis has been conjured up out of something
more than the thin air. For he has based it on
impressive conclusions drawn from series of
concrete experiments conducted over period
of several years. Among other things the ex
perimentS have shown that cats and rats
generally regarded as natural enemies par
excellence-get along fine with each other,
peacefully and comparatively, when they are
placed together shortly after birth and reared
in common quarters where there are no parental
or similar influences to inculcate in them a
spirit of mutual fear and hostility.
More striking STILL another of DR.. rSai's
experiments has demonstrated that full
grown and Every ferociouS" alley cat-with "a
long and glorious record of rat killing"-can be
educated TO live in harmony with the creatures
he once loved to destroy. And by the same
token the rodent involved in this test-a mature
rodent formerly full of tremendous anti-feline
fear and hate-haS been taught to sup from
the same dish, face to face, with what used to
be the object of that fear and hate. In short,
these two supposedly natural enemies have
been brain-washed, so to speak, in a manner
that has ended their fierce animosity toward
each other and led them to cooperate and CO.
exist in shared cage as reasonably compatible
neighbors, if not as dear friends.
So DR.. Tsai has concluded that nowhere
in the animal or human kingdom does there
seem to be truly natural, instructive, Unborn
enmity All enmity,. he suspects, IS acquired
rather than irrevocably bred in the mind and
heart, and he therefore feels that peoples
everywhere can educate themselves out of it
more or less as he has educated mis- cats and
rats. To be sure this may be an over
wiShful view, but it is somehow encouraging
in an age when nations If they do not stop
snarling at each other, may well end up obliter-
ating themselves in an atomic hydrogen Donny-
brook Fair.
The dividends on bread cast upon the
water are well known. And Junk cast upon
the trash pile comes back two years later as
q 45-dollar antique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How did the pigmy deer get onto
the Florida keys?-J. E. r.
A. These animals are believed to be
descendants of larger white-tailed deer
that were marooned on the islands
ages ago. The pigmy deer are one OF
the half dozen examples Of midget deer
left in the world. In 1852 only 81 were
left of the large herds that once roamed
the keys.
@. When did Cy Young pitch per-
feet game in baseball? Is he still liv-
ing?-J. Nice.
A. Cy Young pitched a perfect game
on May 5, 1904, one Of six in baseball
history. He celebrated his 87th birth
day on March 20, 1854. A perfect game
is one with no runs, no hits and no
one reaching first base.
@. How are oil companies able to drill
oil wells of shore in deep water?-
D. H. T.
A. Stands are built on stills for deep
sea drilling. Some are permanent
structures and cost over a million dol
lars, but as many as five wells may
be drilled from one platform. The
drilling crew eats and sleeps aboard
these self contained units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

The dividends on bread cast upon the
water are well known. And Junk cast upon
the trash pile comes back two years later as
q 45-dollar antique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

Like small boy with new knife, man
who discovers he has q sharp tongue never
knows when to stop using 1t.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-01

Buy Quonset and be sure you have safe
place for this years crop. Reseal what you
may presently have stored at profit. Re-
sealing 1858 wheat will bring you an addi-