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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Study on Juvenile Crime

The study submitted by the Com
mittee on Juvenile Crime made me
burn. especially the portion which said
figures tell story not of children
who need guidance, but predominantly
of hardened, sophisticated criminals
who must be stopped. -"
Instead Of being sophisticated"
many of them are mixed up mentally
and are trying to cover up their feeling
of insecurity and conflicts, which are
mainly attributable to lack of proper
concern and guidance by adults over
a long period of time. The recently
formed Youth Council has taken cog
nizance of this situation and is at
tempting to deal constructively with
the problem. While prevention is the
best policy it is important to think in
terms of rehabilitating youths who have
already committed crimes instead of
treating them as hardened" criminals.
I also wish to voice strong objection
to the unwarranted and insulting re-
marks about social workers in the COM
mittee's report. In my opinion they are
very we'll trained and often are under
paid for the fine work they do.
The thought of living in a world
dominated by the cold-blooded view
point exhibited by the committee
makes me shudder.
Layman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Eugen Weisz

Born in Hungary, brought up in Italy,
Eugen WeiSz had been sailor, boxer, an
advertisement illustrator, soldier and teacher
of calisthenics before he began to paint or even
to draw seriously World War brought him to
Washington. He entered the Corcoran Gallery
school when its director was Edmund c. Tarbell
and stayed on when Richard s. Meryman took
charge. His wanderings over, the last 80 years
of his career were years of rich achievement
He became an authentic master in portraiture
landscape and still life. Perhaps more impor
family he became a skilled and an inspiring
teacher of art. The bonds which developed be-
tween him and his pupils were like those be-
tween parent and child in an ideal home.
Mr.. Weisz thus was a constructive force
in the Capital and in the Nation at large. His
instincts were conservative. The tide of expert
mental modernism swept around him but not
over him. He never defied nature. Instead, he
held the traditional mirror up to reality when
it was unpopular so to do. His pictures re-
1ected his own integrity and the discipline
OF his experience. When he painted rocks,
biologists admired them; when he painted
flowers, botanists approved them; when he
painted people, their friends could recognize
them without being scolded into appreciation
The example he set was in itself a social and
cultural value.
Back of all his enterprises lay Mr.. Weisz
erudition He took seriously the history of art
and the biographies of artists. His lectures for
George Washington University proved his learn
ing. They demonstrated also his profound
humanity, his sympathy with all living things
At the Corcoran Gallery school he will be re-
membered as an educator in the best sense of
the word. A scholarship fund now being raised
in his name will be one monument and there
well may be others equally deserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Mr.. Brokers Bolt

1t is difficult to believe that very many of
the Republican Senators who have Endorsed the
Bricker resolution are going to stay in the Ohio
Senator's corner while he does battle with the
Republican President. For If they do-if they
are willing to come to an open break with Pres-
dent Eisenhower over any such issue as the
Bricker resolution-then the future is going to
hold very little, politically speaking, for the
Republican Party.
The Bricker resolution seeks to amend the
Constitution in manner that would impair the
treatymaking power which Presidents have
exercised for 100 years. Last January Is the
President took an unequivocal stand against the
so-called which" clause of the resolution
the clause which provides that "a treaty shall
become effective as internal law in the United
States only through legislation which would
be valid in the absence of treaty"
Respected constitutional authorities differ
as to the precise effect of this language If it
were to be written into the Constitution. There
is room for difference as to its precise meaning.
But there can be no doubt that, in some degree,
it would diminish the Presidents treaty-making
power and cripple the United States in its con-
duct of foreign relations during what is perhaps
the most critical period in our history. Further
more, it would do this, in The Stars opinion, in
the face of the fact that there has been no real
abuse of this power in the past and that the
fear Of abuse in the future Is fear that has no
substantial basis. OF course, abuse is possible
in almost any field of executive or legislative or
judicial activity. But it would be fantastic to
attempt to amend the Constitution to guard
against all of these possibilities.
President Eisenhower has made it clear that,
on this issue, he intends to fight. The Star hopes
that he will, and believes that he should, fight
with all of the weapons at his command. In
such fight he ought to have, and he probably
will have when the chips are down, the support
of those Republicans who oppose the resolution
because they believe 1t to be unwise as well as
the support of those Republicans who have
flirted with the proposal but who would not be
willing to stay with 1t to the end at the price
of political self -destruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23

powers by removing functions from the
Executive and transferring them to the
Congress. It is essential that the Presi-
dent retain his authority to fulfill his
constitutional responsibility to act in
times of national emergency as well as
in the day-to-day conduct of foreign
affairs.
Mrs. Monroe Burk, President, League
of Women Voters of Fairfax County
Mrs. Haig~ Dermen, President. League
of Women Voters of Prince Georges
County.
Mrs. George Galland, President, League
of Women Voters of Alexandria.
Mrs. John Latimer, President. League
of Women Voters Of the District of
Columbia.
Mrs. Thomas Lee Smith, President,
League of Women Voters of Mont
gomery County
Mrs. Knud Snowman, President. League
of Women Voters of Arlington.
Mrs. Samuel Vanneman, President.
League Of Women Voters Of Falls
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
By Gould Lincoln

When tUds 1eiD to lite you crossed
my tU1y, .->
Lingering long enough to set one
Aoloio on my horizon. From that day
ItollotOed talteringly It's steady gleam.
There hare been lonely stretches wlten
the light
Lay strangely shndo,D-like about my
feet.
And barely lit pathway through the
night:
Yet other times the sun tell iodrm
and sweet.
Thus, it has gone. The dream you
gaze to me
Still shines, and come nearer, mile
By mile.
Ny pilgrimage. had you been here to see.
Would kindle in pour eyes quiet
smile
Your faith In me paS great, and
shall hold
1t bright against my heart. like
cloth of gold.
Webb Dyeus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Odds Improve on EDO

The on-again-of again prospects of the
European Defense Community becoming re-
atty have been frightened somewhat by several
developments OF recent days.
. Most concrete of these was the action of
the upper branch of the Dutch Parliament
in voting ratification of the supranational army
treaty by SO to T. While this result virtually
was assured when the lower house Of the AS
sembly approved the pact several months ago,
completion of the legislative process Just few
days before the Big Four Foreign Ministers meet
In Berlin provides timely encouragement for the
Western confereeS When Queen Juliana signs
the measure, the Netherlands will be the first
of six participating powers to have completed
all fornlalities pertaining to acceptance of the
treaty. Parliamentary ratification has been
voted in West Germany but a court ruling Is
being awaited on challenge Of constitution
atty. In Belgium, the lower house Of Parliament
has approved but the upper has not yet acted.
France, Italy and Luxembourg have taken no
legislative steps as yet.
France, of course, is the key power among
the heSitant group but two Of the encouraging
developments Of recent days have occurred on
the French stage.
s~ Foreign Minister B!dault, fully committed
to the treaty and due to represent his country
at Berlin, has won agreement from the French
cabinet that he is not to entertain any Soviet
proposals for trading" the European army for
some "illusory promise" by Moscow It had been
feared, for example, that the Red confereeS
would hint that French intransigence on the
EDO might be rewarded by peace in Indo- China.
Secretary of State Dulles and Foreign Minister
Eden, whose governments are not party to the
EDO, are prepared and ready to resist antici-
pated Soviet efforts at Berlin to obstruct or to
wreck completely the single army plan. Mr..
Bidault is now lined up with them, not only in
personal conviction but with precise indorse-
ment and authority from the government OF
Premier Laniel.
Meanwhile, cheering and realistic French
view on the issue was expressed a few days ago
by Robert Schuman, former Foreign Minister,
one of the authors and signerS of the treaty.
Mr.. Schuman told the Anglo American Press
Association in Paris that the French people are
ahead of their representatives in the National
Assembly in their support for the EDO plan.
He pointed out that public opinion had sup
ported the European Coal and Steel Community,
but that it was not until the Assembly had
adjourned and the deputies had returned to
their home districts that they became aware
of the wishes of their constituents. When they
! returned to Parliament, ratification of that
treaty was voted by comfortably wide mar
gin. And Mr.. Schuman now predicts similar
development in the case of the EDO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Slightly Cooler

The Weather Bureau has explained why the
suburbs are cooler than downtown, but to one
who has struggled out of bed these past few
mornings to close the windows-after futilely
arguing that they should never have been
opened In the first place-scientific explanations
are of little comfort
The cold floor on bare feet and the fumbling
in the dark for the thermostat offer reminder
enough, particularly when one is convinced that
it is somebody else's turn this morning to get
up and close the windows and turn up the
thermostat. The ice on the windows is another
reminder. One never sees ice on the windows
at the Office downtown But in the suburbs it
persists in forming discouraging pattern for
one who is trying to get under way in the morn
ing when the coffee takes forever to heat.
This comparative GOODNESS in the summer
Is boon. But in the winter, especially the
biting, snowy, Icy and highly unusual winter of
the past few days, the penalty is paid. Tempers
reach the breaking point over who stole the
covers from whom. It is difficult to understand
why the feet of one should be so cold when the
feet OF the other are warm and coy When
the alarm clock has been wound and SET the
blinds drawn, the lights turned of, and one is
settled into bed at last, discussion arises about
who should get up again and, spread an extra
blanket on the bed.
The family car, left out all night in the
suburbs, balks at the first few hints of the
starter that 1t should perform its task of trans
porting the bread winner downtown, but in the
evening, after 1t has been downtown all day, it
Is more cooperative. ALI Of these things are
indication enough that 1t is slightly cooler In
the suburbs. We can hardly wait until summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Oppose Bricker Amendment

We, as presidents of the Leagues of
Women Voters of the Washington area
wish to express the opposition of our
leagues to the Bricker amendment.
The power of the national Govern
ment to conduct foreign relations must
be maintained as provided in the Con-
stitution. The Bricker amendment
would deprive the national Govern
ment of it's full power to carry out
treaty obligations in important areas
Of national policy and would leave to
the States the choice of implementa-
ton.
The constitutional system of checks
and balances between the executive and
legislative branches of the national
Government must be safeguarded. The
Bricker amendment would alter the
traditional concept of the balance of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Dismissal of Security Risks

The new regulations governing secur-
ity Investigations of civilian employees
of the Army are but one further act in
dicating the schizophrenia from which
the top thinking of our present admin
istration suffers. 1t was not long ago
that President Eisenhower proclaimed
the right of every American Ito face
his accusers." All Americans were
heartened by the firm stand taken by
the President re-affirming their basic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
letters to The Stor

officials in private industries tell me
that 80 yearslis 4 years over the age
limit.
Earl ". Kershaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23

Pen-f,dnaes may be used II letters carry
Urtters' correct names and addresses,
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Free Enterprise Bloc
Faces Australia TEST
BY the Assoeioted Press

SYDNEY, Australia, May 28.-
An .all-time record of more than
5 million voters will decide in
general parliamentary elections
tomorrow whether Australia will
continue under the present free
enterprise coalition or return to
socialism.
Despite the fact this is the
prime issue in the voting for 1913
members of Australia's lower
chamber, the House of Repre-
sentatives, it has been the quiet
est election campaign since the
end of World War II.
Australians believe this apathy
is a sign the Liberal-C Country
Party coalition Of Prime Minister
Menzies win be returned to Office.
The faction which wins the ma
jority Of seats in the House
chooses the government.
Voting in Australia is compul-
sorry. and those eligible who fail
to go to the polls are subject to
fines. The roll call of electors is
swelled this time by the addition
of thousands of foreign-b
adults who completed the neces-
sary five, years residence in Aus
tralia and now have become Aus
tralian citizens.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
By Hurry Lever
Ssor Stuff CORRESPONDENT

INDIANAPOLIS, May 28.--
The country's outstanding ex-
pert on. airplane collisions
yesterday emphasized that the
problem has become so serious
that airliners probably will have
to carry periscopes and early
warning devices within the next
few years.
| At the same time. another
authority had a more pleasant
revelation during a brieflng OF
reporters at the Technical De-
velopment and Evaluation Cen
ter of the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration here. It was dis
closed that revolutionary new
type bladder" fuel tanks for
airlinerS are being tested and
give every promise of minimiz-
ing deaths 'sbf passengers from
firek when an airplane must
crash-land.
Thomas M. Edwards. who has
long studied the collision matter,
specifically referred to the one
on November /. ,1949. near
Washington National Airport
between an airliner and a
Bolivian fighter pilot. It killed
| IS and began to focus attention
on the subject.
/ Mr.. Edwards said this accident
probably would not have oc-
CURED if the DC-4 had carried
a periscope. According to in
veStigation, the fighter and
airliner collided beyond the scope
of the pilots vision.
Hundreds Of Near Misses.
Mr.. Edwards disclosed the
startling fact that, in one six
month period. about 300 near
misses" between aircraft oc-
CURED.
Installation of periscope and
early-warning devices may be-
come required equipment, even
if it means putting on another
crewman to man the periscopes,
he said.
In discussing survival from
aircraft fires. Robert j. Schroers
of the evaluation center pointed
out that IS per cent of airplane
accident deaths result from this
cause.
Spectacular tests conducted by
the center. he said, will mean
that, in about a year, the alumni
mum fuel tanks now being used
by airlineS may start giving way
to rubberized fabric tanks, which
will not ordinary burst on i'm
pact and cause fire.
Withstand Crash Tests.
The rubberized test tanks,
crashed against a wall by a
Navy catapult with 80 to 100
mile-an-hour force, are stand
ing the impact remarkably well,
with no leakage, in the face of
1000 degree temperatures of
the flames. The findings are be-
ing studied by the aircraft in
dustry, inasmuch as splashing
gasoline from metal tanks in
an emergency landing is a thing
to be feared.
The center also is conducting
Evening star., 1954-05-28
White Backs Bunche
AT Loyalty Hearing
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 28.-Walter
White, executive secretary Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
said last night he had testified
in behalf of DR.. Ralph Bunche
before a United States loyalty
board.
It was the second appearance
before the board in three days
for DR. Bunche. principal direc-
tor of the United Nations Trus-
teeship Department. After DR..
Bunche's first appearance, Board
Chairman Pierce j. Gerety said
mo inference should be drawn
from the fact" DR.. Bunche de-
clined comment.
Mr.. White said he had re-
quested permission to appear be-
fore the International Organiza-
tions Employees Loyalty Board of
the United States Civil Service
commission.
The board last August began
checking on 1896 American citi-
zens employed by the U. N. BY
May /, it had cleared all but 162.
Mr.. White said the full loyalty
board, sitting at the Federal
Building. was cordial and frank
and gave me ample opportunity
to say what I asked permission
to say"
His testimony included, Mr..
White said, the fact that he has
known DR.. Bunche closely for Is
years and that II know how COM
pletely non-Communist and pro
the democratic process he has
been all his life"
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Chaplin Happy 10 GET
Communist Peace Prize
BY the Associoted Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May
28.-Actor Charlie Chaplin said
today he was happy to have
been awarded a peace prize by
the Communist-sponsored World
Council of Peace.
The council at a meeting in
East Berlin yesterday announced
the award of it's 1853 prizes to
Chaplin and Russian Composer
Dmitri ShoStakovich. The actor
has notified the council the prize
money, about $4,000, will be
devoted to work of peace and
friendship in London. Vienna
and Geneva.
Chaplin's secretary said she
did not believe he would go to
Berlin to receive the prize in
person.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
House Probe Group
Fires 7 Top Aides;
Feud Seen as Cause
BY the Associoied Press

A House subcommittee inves-
tigating alleged labor racketeer.
ing has fired it's two top staff
officials in what appears to be 9
new fareup in a running feud
between Chairman Bender, Re-
publican. of Ohio and Repre-
sentative Hoffman. Republican
of Michigan.
Sacked yesterday were Downey
Rice, chief counsel. and Arthur
Toll, special counsel. who have
directed the subcommittee's work
since early this year.
It was learned that Mr.. Hoff-
man, chairman of the parent
Government Operations Com
mlttee. joined with the subcom.
mittee's four Democratic mem
bers in swinging a 5-4 closed
session vote to dismiss Mr., Rice
and Mr.. Toll.
Mr.. Bender called the action
outrageous" and "just another
step in a well-planned campaign
calculated to stop any inveSti-
gaticn of labor racketeering by
those who have much to lose il
the facts are ever brought to the
public" He called it obvious
that the investigation was get
ting close to some very impor-
tant and influential people who
are determined TO protect them
selves by stopping these hear
ingS."
Authority Was Curbed.
Mr.. Hoffman voiced similar
views last February after Mr.
Bender helped strip him of most
of his authority as chairman OF
the full committee.
The peppery Michigan Con-
gresham said then that the Re-
publican leadership "cut me
down" in his own special probe
Of alleged racketeering because
I'VE got too close to some high
people who thought we were
stepping on their toes" |
Mr.. Bender yesterday attrib-
uted the firing of Mr.. Rice and
Mr.. Toll to Mr.. Rice's taking
exception to certain goading or
the part Of a Democratic men,
ber." He said Mr.. Rice and
Representative Mollohan, Dem
ocrt, of West irginia had an al
tercation at Minneapolis several
weeks ago. and that subcommit-
tee Democrats voted against
holding hearings at Minneapolis
and refused to participate in
the hearings at Pittsburgh"
The Ohioan, who is running
for the Senate this year, said he
would take up the matter with
House Speaker Martin and House
COP Leader Halleck next week.
No Other Comment.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Mr.. Rice or MIR. Toll
or from subcommittee members
other than Mr.. Bender.
Mr.. Bender played a leading
role last February in the unusual
committee Squabble which
stripped Mr.. Hoffman of most o1
his authority and set up Mr.
Bender and other subcommittee
chairmen as virtually independ-
ent Of the chairman's control.
Mr.. Hoffman told the House
then that Mr.. Bender and other
rebels were setting up little
kingdoms Of their own"
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Order Of Purple Heart
Moves Offices Here

National headquarters of the
Military Order OF the Purple
Heart have been moved to Wash
ington. national adjutant Archie
j. Bakay said today.
The new Office, moved here
from Chicago. is in the former
immigration and Naturalization
building at Tenth and D streets
NV. The group has other Of
fees in Philadelphia. New York
and Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
|Periscopes for Planes Forecast
To, Avoid Midoir Collisions

experiments to quench quickly
engines fires on aircraft, using
new chemical distinguishing
agents. Fire tests of oil tanks,
hose lines. f1re-walls. hydraulic
fluids cargo compartments and
other parts of an aircraft, also
are eliminating many hazards.
In another phase of the in
spection. Raymond c. Herner.
chief of the Airports Division,
explained new development re-
ferred to as flexible" airport
runway paving. He showed that,
with the advent of heavier planes
and the transport jets of the
future, present runways will
deteriorate more rapidly.
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Hot Strike Ends

NEW YORK, May % R.-A
10-month strike against the Hat
Corporation of America at South
Norwalk. Conn.,. ended officially
yesterday with the formal sign
ing Of Q three-year agreement.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

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circulated about 20 years.