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Evening star., 1954-02-27
Why q Book Was Burned

I ask the privilege of enlightening
your very valuable commentator. David
Lawrence, and your readers on the
subject of the "book burning" in the
State of Florida. Perhaps had better
mention that Mr.. Lawrence's Book
Burning Case in Florida" concerns it
Affairs" which has been removed from
the curricula of the Florida public
schools because Of protests from the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The assumption is made in the article
that the WCTU diSapproves of teaching
the facts about alcohol to the children
in our schools. That this is an incor-
rect assumption would be easily dis
covered by little study of the history
of our organization. It was we who
obtained from the State Legislatures
the opportunity to teach the facts about
the nature and effect of alcohol on the
human system in our public schools.
What we mean by that is teaching OBJ
Jectively the scientific facts about al
cohol, what it is, and what its effects
on the human body and brain are
What We are objecting to is a series
of books. of which the one in question
is one. into which are injected materials
calculated to promote the alcoholic bev-
erage industry and the sale of it's
product. These books elaborate on
the process of manufacture of the
various alcoholic beverages and the
number Of persons employed in such
manufacture. suggesting the idea
that whatever its effect on the human
body it is necessary to continue its
manufacture and sale because it
gives employment to large numbers
Of people and brings great profits
to those who engage in such sale
In the particular book in question,
this promotion went SO far. am told.
as to suggest that the use of alcohol
is necessary to good public relations.
This raises the question of exactly
how far traffic which is admittedly
dangerous enough so that it has to be
strictly controlled by government, or in
fact any commercial concern, should
be permitted to come into the public
schools and substitute commercial pro-
motion Of its product for the objective
teachings Of science. There are plenty
of text books on the subject available
which do not violate the right of the
schools to be free from being made
promotion media for the sale of COM
mercial products
Elizabeth A. Smart,
Director. National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Government Would Benefit, Too

Federal employees who have been hoping for
q st-of-living pay increase will be disappointed
with the Administrations salary-readjustment
plan, just submitted to Congress. AS though
anticipating this unenthusasm, the President
inserted a real surprise in the legislative pack
age proposed for Government workers. Some
of the suggested fringe benefits, including the
contributory life insurance and medical and
disqualification programs, would be entirely new
ventures in the field of Government personnel
management.
The recommended pay adjustment would
have varying effects for the reason that it is
designed to restore the balanced relationship
between pay grades that the 1949 classification
law established. That act itself had brought
the pay structure into balance after years of dis
tortion caused by improperly distributed salary
increases. But the 1949 balance did not last
very long. A new series Of unbalanced pay
increases began to put 1t out of kiter again.
The readjustment plan outlined by Civil Service
Commissioner Young would eliminate many of
the gross inequities that have developed during
the past four years. For example, there are
cases in which employees of one grade draw more
salary than those in the next higher grade and
where the differential between supervisors and
subordinateS' pay has dwindled to negligible
proportions. When such conditions exist in any
organization, public or private, employe morale
and. consequently, efficiency are impaired
The insurance programs proposed by the
President are yet to be explained in full detail.
Congress will want complete explanation, for
questions are certain to arise not only as to cost
but as to whether any trend toward socialized
medicine is involved. From what has been an
nounced the life medical and disqualification
insurance plans are patterned after those
already widely used in private industry It is
the administrations theory that public servants
should have similar benefits.
Although not given prominence in the list
ing of proposed fringe benefits, the recommen-
dation for repeal of the Whitten rider is one
deserving prompt and serious attention of Con-
gress. This rider, restricting certain appoint
ments and promotions, was adopted under the
impact Of the Korean war. The need for such
restrictions long since has passed.
Because the whole package" will cost up
to $3.50 million year, it will be examined very
carefully by congressional economy forces It is
proper for them to do so. Congress would do
well, however, to ponder this sensible statement
by CSC Chairman Young: "All of these matters
we are discussing involve the concept that good
management in Government, as elsewhere re-
qures good organization, good personnel and
satisfied employees. We are considering here
legislation involving benefits to employees Let
us keep in mind that it is legislation for the
benefit OF the Government also"
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Nee corthy- Stevens Row

The spectacle of decent person like
Secretary Stevens being compelled to
cringe before the Nixon cronies, Dirk
sen. Mundt. Potter and their smirking
associate. Mccarthy is the most nau-
seating and shocking thing since the
Bataan death march.
Secretaries Wilson and Stevens and
Gems. Ridgway and Zwicker should
restore their manhood by resigning
Immediately from Offices which are no
longer honorable.
Some one might even try to get word
out to the golf course that this admins
tration. by turning the country over to
McCarthyism. is earning one thing from
American historians-contempt!
Son Of '76.
When is certain segment of the
public going to cease being taken in
by Senator McCarthy's strong words?
It is as standard tactic as his shifting
the spotlight to another subject when
he is challenged to explain one. We
are being told now that the Army has
deliberately coddled known Commu-
nists." Who is buying that one? There
comes a time, kiddies, when we must
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Push Button Wurfure

In your February 18 editorial, Some
thing Old, Something New" you said
you were puzzled to read that Gen.
Ridgway has said the push-button war
can never replace the ground forces who
"seize or defend the vital areas of land
for which wars are fought" You were
also puzzled because the views of Gen.
Ridgway and Admiral Carney seem to
reject the theory of preventing war by
threat of massive retaliation. Finally
you questioned how :"such a defense
establishment" apparently ground, sea
and air forces) can be paid for over
the long pull by the American people
The theory of winning war by push
button methods depends on weak
assumptions; mainly that we can
absorb an aggreSsor's opening blow and
knock him out with retaliation. In other
words, we're tough and he's soft.
The nation that expects to emerge
from war as anything better than a
co-loser. at best, will be prepared to
couple maneuver with fire power, and
will maneuver to strike through the
enemy'S weakness and pin down his
strength. It will bring the enemy to
CCA hAo Wy PAIA111IS ll1o dTIIlS UcIllIlQ IllIQ.
To block the enemy, hem him in, hit
him where he is vulnerable and back
him into a corner requires fast, hard
hitting combat forces on the ground, at
sea and in the air. The new look should
apply to all three, in terms of weap-
ons. efficiency, mobility organizational
streamlining and training.
You ask how this can be paid for
over the long pull by the American peo-
pie. Your question fosters a false prem
ise that there is a saving in depending
mainly On the tools of push button war;
fare, which require the ultimate in
production plant and make demands on
all national resources. Your question is
specious unless you can show that push
button defense will provide more mil
itary effectiveness per unit of national
resources consumed than a team of
ground, sea and air forces can provide.
Ray Adams,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United
States Army.
Evening star., 1954-02-27
British Loborite Split

There are signs that a big blowup within
the British Labor Party may not be far away.
It is a blowup that has appeared inevitable
almost from the day that the party lost the gen.
eral elections in october, 1884, but that has been
averted through the workings Of highly devel-
oped system of political discipline. 1t iS briefly,
the showdown on whether the Labor Party is
going to continue course just moderately left
of center-agreeably cooperative with the Con-
servative Party on many issues and strongly
favoring the Western defense aances-or is
going to strike out in more aggressively leftist
directions in which distrust of American foreign
policy and search for compromise with COM
munism might be the guiding principles
Up to now the faction of moderation, led by
former Prime Minister Attlee, has Prevailed
The more extreme leftist wing of the party,
looking to Aneurin Bevan for leadership, has
been biding its time in the months since a
series of maneuvers in 1852 demonstrated that
it was short of the numbers necessary to outvote
the Attlee group. During those months, how
ever, several developments have contributed to
an increasing restlessness within the Bevan fac
ton. One has been series Of defeats in by
elections for parliamentary vacancies
totaling II out of % contests Another has
been the relatively uncompromisng course of
American policy viS-a-vis the various aspects of
1t is on the latter problem that the latest
approach to an fntra-party showdown has come.
Preparing for general parliamentary debate on
the results of the Berlin foreign ministers con-
ference the LaboriteS this week caucuSed on
what was to be their official position. The test
came on a resolution sponsored by the Attlee
leadership, approving in effect the principle OF
the European Defense Community and the inclu-
sion of rearmed West Germany in collective
defense organization. The resolution was car
ried by close vote of 113 to 1O4, but it was the
size of the opposition that creates concern.
With the French National Assembly now
debating the EDO treaty, the showing of hard
core of British political opposition to German
rearmament might have profound effects in
Paris. For months past, British and French
representatives have been negotiating on a new
declaration Of British solidarity with the Edo
statement calculated to strengthen the pros
poets for ratification by the French Assembly.
French confidence in such declaration, even
if in treaty form, is likely to be seriously i'm
paired by the knowledge that an increasingly
large British political faction is antagonistic
toward German rearmament The impact of
this realization is not Offset completely by the
fact that majorities in the two British parties
still favor this approach to European security
and were so recorded by their leaders in
Parliamentary debate on Wednesday.
Mr.. Attlee has shown on previous occasions
when his back has been against the wall that
he is doughty and skillful political operator.
He may do so again in this row within his own
party and 1t may be deeply important to the
collective security enterprises Of the West that
he should once more prevail.
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Fute of Red Satellites

The proposition of Robert S. Field
in his letter on Making Friends With
Soviet" may sound alluring to most of
us who hope for liberation OF the cap
tive Central and Eastern European
peoples. yet dread the incalculable risks
of their violent uprising. let alone the
horrors of an atomic showdown
Though have nothing to offer as a
counterproposal, would like to point
to one common and dangerous fallacy
in the search for painless alienation
of the satellites suffering
Those acquainted with the techniques
and aims of world communism realize
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Letters to The Star

subversive. Do you want me to put
popularity above honesty and right? Do
you want me to pussy y-foot because the
New Dealers and Socialists might OBJ
ject if we court-martial this Soviet spy?
We don't need their vote SO badly that
we should sell out to the Soviet. Are
you asking me to appease the Soviet?"
Gen. Washington: You, Senator
Henry, are a rank, exhibitionist.
an incorrigible rebel out for self-glory.
To borrow an expression from the Tru-
man administration, you are WITCH
hunter"
Senator P Henry: ITO borrow an ex-
preston from Shakespeare. While you
here do snoring lie, open-eyed conspir-
acy his time doth take'."
Do you think Gen. Washington would
be as blind as some Of our present-day
generals and editors?
Henry X. Sweeney.
I think Crockett's February % car
toon depicting Senator Mccarthy be-
ing halted by Secretary Stevens as he
is about to invade the Department of
the Army with club Of intimidation
and smear tacticS) is smear on an
outstanding, conscientious American
Senator. and that it's "about time" in
view of recent events, that The Star
cohnteracted its effect!
C. l. POOre.
X
The most impressive exhibit of the
revolution of our times was your gall in
publishing Glib Crocketts cartoon.
"Ah0IIt Time 4" IN the McCa rthV- Ste
vens fight. James w. Farmer.
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Resureence

Siluer on storm black sky,
Sleet-SGUa0e gale detying,
One seG0nH hopered high,
Mourntully crying.
Sudden it circled, SUept,
Wings to the ,0i1ld confding.
Past cliffs tohere tpild surf leapt.
SeaWard a-riding
So as this poman slim,
BrGced to the surge of SorroD,
FeGrleSSly faced the grim
Threat of the morrOW.
Surely her heart Would soar,
Pinioned ,Dith faith unf0s)No.
Out of the tempeSt-rO1r,
HeGrenwdrd sailing
Harold willard Gleason
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Rachael Monroe.

ing communists IN the SLaCe OeparC-
ment.
Rachael Monroe.
The headlines are always with US. but
for a variation of the theme - the
United States must love Communists,
it has made SO many Of them. That
editor who not long ago ran a red line
under every place on the front page
where the word communism" appeared
likely finds his whole paper given over
to communism now. Nor was that re-
Gently resigned member of the Atomic
Energy Commission just being quaint
when he said that McCarthy-itis has
induced such mass hysteria in America
as to bring on fear paralysis, if and
when Russia greets us with bombs.
The brightly colored ball. the teeth
barring gambit that Senator Mccarthy
tossed at Gen. Zwicker was the oft
repeated $50 question. AS one who an
ticipated justice in the making. I ask
question: Has communism been de-
clared felony by the Federal courts?
Is 1t now basis for a court-martial and
dishonorable discharge from the mill
tary? These are questions the Senator
would seem neither to care about nor
hope to resolve. The Senator must have
long ago been dissuaded from the law.
He can't even go through it's gestures
which Is probably why he'll bust the
country wide open to stay in the
Senate
Above all and beyond all, Mccarthy
must stay in the limelight The Sena-
tors unholy love Of newspapers. and
the refreSher course in them he offers
witnesses, reminds me of that incom-
parable detective. CASTOR Means. It was
that famed hoaxer's prideful boast that
a canny follow-up of newspaper stories
yielded him continuous employment.
Senator Mccarthy talks high ransom,
too. Oh well. let's hope he doesn't kid
nap the country doing so.
Donna Marquis.
1t seems a shame that we have to stop
doing other important things to voice
our protest against lies, injustice and
blindness. But this seems to be nee
eSSary SO often.
Senator Mccarthy gets his informa-
ton from the FBI principally. The FBI
gets this information by painstaking ef-
fort and exhaustive investigation. When
the FBI completes its check on a person
it generally knows exactly how many
Soviet organizations the person belongs
to and is active in.
Instead of the Senator Mccarthy and
Secretary Stevens row, let's call it the
Senator Patrick Henry and General
Washington row.
Senator P. Henry: "The FBI has in
veStlgated Benedict Arnold and found
that he is an agent of the Soviet"
Gen. Washington: You are using in
timidation and smear tactics again,
Senator. You are a rabble rouser /
intend to give Gen. Arnold an honorable
discharge. I think you owe Gen. Arnold
an apology for the rough way you han
died him and abused him at his hear
ing"
Senator P. Henry: But, general. the
FBI investigated Arnold and found him
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Key Word GurbIed

A key word was misSpelled in my
letter on the Arlington County school
system which was published February
25. The "cave" system should have
read core" system. in use in Arlington
County school curricula.
ISadore Perlman.
Evening star., 1954-02-27
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE
By Gould Lincoln

,HEe1ueI CNH teG tle AnSWer 70 any Question
OF TACT by writing The Evening Star fnfor-
nation Bureau. 1900 Eye ST., NV, Washing
return postage. " AoA
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.
@. What is the smallest British COL
ony?-B. r. K.
A. Gibraltar, with an area of only
2 square miles. The Rock of Gibraltar, a
huge mass Of limestone, makes up al
most the whole of the colony.
Q. Why is a dog of mixed breed
called "mongrel?"-A. D. E.
A. The term is supposed to come
from the word 'mingle," and is de-
scriptive of mixed or unknown pedi-
gree.
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Canadian Swimmer
Breaks Florence Chadwick
Catalina Channel Record

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Up -
Sturdy Tom Park, who comes
from a Canadian family of cham
pion swimmers, has broken the
official record for the Catalina
Channel swim and deposed title
holder Florence Chadwick.
Miss Chadwick, an indefatig
able type, no doubt will try to
regain the record.
Park, 81, professional wrest-
Ter and service station attendant,
avoided any advance publicity or
announcement.
He simply went into the water
at Catalina Islands Emerald Bay
at 400 am. yesterday, struck out
and reached the rocky Palos
Verdes Peninsula On the Southern
California mainland 13 hours, Is
minutes and 81 second later An
official AAU timer was aboard
the boat that accompanied him.
The distance is figured at 81
miles.
Park broke Miss ChadWick's Of
fetal AAU record, set Sept. 81,
1852, by % minutes.
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Japanese Fisherman Exposed to
U.S.. H-Bomb Particles Dies

TOKYO, R)-A Japanese fish
erman busted by radioactive ash
from a us. H-bomb blast at BIZ
KIM March l died last night in
Tokyo hospital.
Aikichi Kuboyama, 40, radio
man on the fishing boat Lucky
Dragon, was believed to be the
worlds first death resulting from
a hydrogen bomb explosion.
The fisherman had been suffer-
ing from jaundice complications
brought on by radiation from the
Bikini bomb, japanese doctors
said.
His lines and death is a matter
of great international significance
for Japan.
This country has been bitterly
critical of the United States tests,
and is reported to have presented
Washington with bill for several
million dollars.
Less than an hour after Kuboy
annals death U. S. Ambassador
John M. Allison issued state
ment expressing extreme sorrow
and regret at this most unhappy
event"
my deepest SYMPATHY is ex-
tended especially to the family of
the deceased" the statement said.
In Washington, a spokesman
said the State Department would
have no further comment beyond
the Allison statement.
There was no immediate com
ment from the Atomic Energy
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Commission in Washington.
Kuboyama was one of % fish
ermen aboard the Lucky Dragon,
which was approximately 80 miles
from Bikini when the test bomb
was exploded.
The other fishermen also are
hospitalized but appear to be re-
covering.
The United States has offered
Japan one million dollars in dam
ages for the %.
Kuboyama's death conceded
with speculation here that Russia
exploded a hydrogen bomb re-
Gently on Wrangel Island, only
500 miles northwest of Nome, AL
aska.
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NOME GOSPEL HOME

8U8 front Street
Christians Gathered Unto the Name
OF the Lord Jesus Christ
LORDS DAY
1000 ABANDONING Worship.
200 P. M.-Sunday School.
700 P.M.-Gospe1 Meeting
WEDNESDAY
700 P.M.-Prayer and Bible study
THURSDAY
400 .M.-Boys' Craft Glass.
700 P.M.-Young Peoples Meeting.
FRIDAY
400 .M.-Girls' Craft Glass.
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Third Aye, West

HARRIET E. BROWN. MISSIONARY IN CHARGE
SUNDAY
1000 am. Sunday School.
11:OO am. Morning worship.
7:3O pm. Evangelistic Service.
TUESDAY, 7:30. Prayer Meeting.
THURSDAY. 1870: Bible Study.
FRIDAY. 7:30: Young People.
EVERYBODY WELCOME
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Japanese Strip-Tease Dancers
Strip Themselves Out Of Work

TOKYO, tR = The number of
Strip-tease shows, a postwar fad
in Tokyo, has shrunk from IA to
8, survey showed today. Spon-
sors Immediately cancelled plans
for a new luxury theater.
Observers attributed the de-
cline in popularity to the Japa
nese dancers tendency to accent
uate the strip instead of the tease.
Saccharin is 300 to 500 times as
sweet as ordinary sugar.
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Church Services
NOME LUTHERAN CHURCH

The White QuOnSet on B Stfeet
CURTIS G. JOHNSON
Phone White "a
SATURDAY
Confirmation Glass HOO AM.
SUNDAY
Worship Service - $3.50 AM.
= HOO AM. with interpretorl
Sunday School 200 PM.
Evening Service - 7:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY
Bible Study = 1880 PM.
CHURCH GOING FAMILIES
ARE HAPPIER FAMILIES.
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

BettDeen 3rd and 4th Aues. off B St.
M. IREpALE, LEADER
PHONE MAIN ITO
SATURDAY
1000 am. = Sabbath School
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

at Third and Diuision
LEWIS 1. HUoGINs, PASTOR
SUNDAY
10000 a.m.-Sunday School
1900 a.m.-Morning Worship
$50 p.m.-NY.P.S. Young
Peoples Meeting
730 p.m.-Evangelistic Service
WEDNESDAY
1870 pm.-MidWeek Prayer Meeting
Come with your Bible and friends
You are inUited to enjoy 1uith 1s
any and all of these services.
THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
WITH THE SINGING TOWER
ST. JoSEPH's CHURCH
Steddmdn and Third AUe.
REV. NEIL MURPHY. S. j.
FRIDAY
Evening Devotions-7:30 pm.
SUNDAY MASSES
500 and 5000 am
400 pm. at Nome Field Chapel
DAILY MASS
TOO am.
SATURDAY CONFESSIONS
400 pm. and 7:30 pm.
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RADIO PRO G. RAM
ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE NOME FIELD

7:30-Jack Benny
3: n0-Theater Guild
9:00-Phil Harris
9: 30-Dragnet
10: 00-Orchestras of West
11:OO-News
11:15-Sports Final
IL: 30-Howard Barlow
12:00-America's Music
12:30-H'ywood Music Hall
1:00-Sign Off
Monda
6:26-Sign On
6:30-Rise and Sh,..
7:00-NeWs
7:15-Rise and Shine
8:O0-News
8:05-Rise and Shine
8:15-Morning Devotions
8:30-Ronnie Kemper
8:45-Tennessee Ernie
9:00-Coffee Concert
9:58-Weather Forecast
10:00-Dave Garroway
10: 1O-Art Bakers Noteb'k
10:15-Jack KirkWood
10:30-Smiley Brunette
10: 45-Curt Massey
11:00-Bill Ring
11:15-Music fir. S. America
11:30-Dude Martin
11:45-At Ease
12:00-Today's the Day
12:15-John Conte
12:30-Platter Parade
1:00-You and the World
1:15-Hillbilly Jamboree
2:00-NeWs
2:15-Johnny Mercer
2:30-Music la Carte
A:00-News
4:05-Baseball Game
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MCCARTHY, LAID UP WITH
SINUS AILMENT. CANCELS
8 CAMPAIGN SPEECHES

WASHINGTON, R- Sen. Nc
earthly, explaining he is under
treatment for sinus ailment, has
cancelled the three speaking en-
gagements he had made for the
congressional campaign period.
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Sunday


7:56-Sign On
8:00-News
8:15-Sun. Morn. Melodies
9:00-Christian in Action
9:30-Crhistian Milit. Men
1O:O0-Protestant Hour
10: 30-Choraliers
10:45-Serenade in Blue
11:00-Temple Hour
12:O0-Youth Brings Music
12:15-Sammy Kaye Orch.
12:3O-Music by Montovani
1:O0-Holly. Radio Theater
2:00-Fellowship Hour
2:30-Stage Struck
3:00-Enchanted Hour
3:30-Eddie Cantor
4:00-NeWs
4:05-Baseball Game
5.55-Baseball Scoreboard
6:00-NeWs
6:15-Guest Star
6:30-Music from London
7:00-Family Theater