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Evening star., 1954-11-12
The Senator Is the issue

Senator McCarthy's criticism Of the
select committee which has recommended
that he be censured is q transparent and
typical diversionary maneuver.
The issue before the Senate Is not
whether the members Of the select commit
tee are "unWittingly handmaidens" Of the
Communists. Perhaps some people though
certainly not the members Of the Senate
viii be willing to treat this slurring comment
as true. A few people may accept the ridic-
ulous proposition that because the Commu-
nists would like to see Senator Mccarthy
censured, Senator Watkins and his col
leagues were unwittingly playing the Com
munist game when they recommended CEN
sure. Be this as 1t may. however. the fact
remains that this Is an irrelevant and ex-
traneous consideration.
The sole issue before the Senate is
whether Senator Mccarthy is guilty Of the
things charged against him, and whether
they are of such nature as to warrant
censure. On these points, senatorial opin-
ions may differ. But no Senator should let
himself be diverted from the pertinent ques-
ton by such an accusation as Senator
Mccarthy has made against the Watkins
committee.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

A 14-year-old boy may have q black
widow spider ais pet and get away
with 1t, thanks to the providence which
watches over small boys. but it is not
an advisable pet. and It cannot be
recommended.
'Our relationship smacked more Of
co-exiStence than friendship" writes r.
r.. "but still was instructive and en-
tertaining at least to me.
My contribution to our association
was a half-stunned fly every three or
four days. When the NY was popped
into her jar she started full tilt In
pursuit. It was always q good chase
as d black widows web Is not sticky,
and q fully revived fly could make as
good headWay through the haphazard
web as could the spider.
'But the widow. had q weapon.
with her hind legs she threw loops
Of web at the fly until she caught it
and tied it down.
"Then she killed 1t with sting and
sucked out the succulent internal
juices.
IA few drops Of water occasionally
were welcome. too.
Our play periods were rather brief.
would stir up her Web with q
finger and then let her throw the loops
until she thought was tied down.
Then withdrew. She never seemed
To tire of the game.
The spider died year and half
after ! caught her. 7 was about 14 ut
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Plenty Of Shock Waves Here

Scientists at the Air Forces Air Devel-
opment Center in Dayton. Ohio, warn that
shock waves from supersonic aircraft can
cause serious damage on the ground. The
warning was contained in a, special report
on air-base problems, including noise abate-
ment.
The scientists spoke in terms Of decibels
In describing the effects on the human sys-
tenn Of the nerve -shattering noise Of planes
breaking the sound barrier. The sound bar
rier Is not being broken very often In the
washington area. but humans and buildings
near the National Airport and the military
air bases across the Anacostia are being sub
jected to periodic decibel commandments,
Evening star., 1954-11-12
The Athletics Go West

The on-again-off- -again process Of sell
Ing the Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas
City appears finally to have been completed
On the whole, 1t has been one Of the dullest
stories on the sports pages for several weeks
and it was not helped by airing the bitter
row that has been going on for SO long within
the Mack family, owners of the club in Phil
adelphia Saddest OF all was the picture Of
Connie Mack, a grand old figure in the
game, going through what may be his final
illness while his team leaves the family
ownership.
For washington and the local ball club
the transfer Of the Athletics has irnplica-
tons also. The shift means that the nearby
Baltimore Orioles will be moved to the East
ern Division Of the American League and
that home dates for the Senators and the
Orioles will overlap often during the season.
A fight for patronage from certain parts Of
Maryland and competition for radio and
television followers seem assured washing
ton fans, OF course, may fand encouragement
in the initial reaction from Grifnth Stadium
that the local team will be strengthened to
handle the new competition.
AS for the American League, the move
appears to be a reasonably good solution
to serious problem The Athletics had be-
come q poor bali club and q money losing
business enterprise. One answer was To
move the team somewhere else. There may
have been other cities that would offer
greater promise than Kansas City but none
came forward to buy the club. This Is the
third shift Of major league team III two
years and the results win be watched with
interest next season.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Good Friends Are Leaving

Washington will be losing two Of its
most popular diplomats when French Am
basSador Henri Bonnet and Greek Ambas-
sador Athanasios Politis end their tours Of
duty here. For in each case these repre-
sentatives of friendly European govern
ments have distinguished themselves not
only in their professional capacities but
also as good neighbors in the community.
Mr.. Bonnet came here almost exactly
ten years ago, shortly after the liberation
of France from wartime German rule It
has not been the easiest decade in French
history. The problems Of economic recon
struction and political instability have been
major ones to France in that period and
there are troublesome readjustments still
In the making. Through all of these
changing times, however, Mr. Bonnet was
constant and unchanging in his own ap-
probation of the historic bonds between
France and the United States, and in his
determination that these should not be
injured by the vexatious problems of the
moment. In discharging this responsible
ity, he brought a better understanding Of
France to America and it is safe to believe
that he gave to his government In Paris
comparably better understanding of the
political and public mind In this country.
In all Of this he was aided immeasurably
by the gracious and equally popular Madam
Bonnet.
Mr.. Politis came here also at difficult
time for his country, just as it was nearing
the end Of its long and exhaustive civil
war. In these past four years, Greece has
advanced far toward domestic recovery
It has strengthened its regional position
through treaty relationships with Turkey
and Yugoslavia and has become full
partner Of the West in the NATO. Mr..
Politis, a career diplomat, has been an able
interpreter Of Greek American interests
during his tour here.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Decorum Of Judges

The Supreme Court has laid down
sound rule to guide lower courts In the ham
ding Of contempt cases against disrespectful
or otherwise disorderly lawyers Because
Judges also are human and may, in
human way, identify offense to self with
obstruction to law" the court advises district
judges to guard against this easy confusion
by not sitting themselves in judgment upon
misconduct of counsel where the contempt
charge is entangled with the judges per-
sonal feeling against the lawyer" It was
this majority attitude that led the high
court to reverse Judge Holtzoff's criminal
contempt finding against Attorney Dorsey
K. Offutt and recommend trial of the con-
tempt case before another judge Of the
District Court.
Justice Minton pointed out in brief
dissent that the new hearing of the con-
tempt charges against Mr.. Offutt was pro-
posed despite the fact that ''this (the Su-
preme) Court admits petitioner (Mr. Offutt)
is guilty" Justice Minton and two other dis
senters, Justices Reed and Burton, voted
to uphold the judgment Of the Court of
Appeals that Attorney Offutt should be
punished by 48 hours Imprisonment. Justice
Frankfurter, for the majority, said the court
was not unmindful Of the fact that Judge
Holtzoff's finding of "reprehensible miscon-.
duct by Attorney Ofutt during the explo-
sive Peckham abortion trial was sustained
by the appellate court. But the majority
said: "We are not concerned with the repre-
,hensibility Of petitioners conduct and the
consequences he should suffer. Our concern
is with the fair administration of Justice"
And the court found that Judge Holtzof
permitted himself to become embroiled"
in an "intermittently continuous wrangle
on an unedifying level" This wrangle led
the appellate court to reverse the conviction
of DR.. Peckhanl, while supporting the con-
tempt finding against the defendants
counsel.
It is difficult for judges to control their
feelings when provoked by contumacious
attorneys, defendants or witnesses But
Federal Judge Medina controlled himself
admirably during the exhausting and vex-
atious Communist trials in New York City
and by so doing served well the cause of
fair and orderly justice. Judge Medina's
example is a good one for other judges to
keep in mind when they find their patience
and tempers frayed by provocative words
or actions Of persons before the bar.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
This and That

the time. It was not an easy loss to
bear"
The present vogue. begun in New
York City. TO regard black widow
spiders and the lesser tarantulas as
almost harmless, Is not good one.
The average person, no matter his
age. would do better to think OF them
as extremely hazardous, and let them
strictly alone.
It is true that the black widow mostly
bites in defense Of her young, but the
trouble Is that the human element in
the scene cannot be sure just when
this Is.
The trouble with the black widow
spider bite. and especially for children,
Is that there Is enough venom In one
to put q fllll-grown adult temporarily
out OF business.
When this venom Is spread over the
small body OF q child, there are conse-
quently more severe results and danger.
We do not have many tarantulas In
this country. and those we do have are
brought In on fruit. principally bananas.
The appearance alone Is warranted
to frighten the average person away.
The black widow spider. however. has
appeared In ever increasing numbers In
nearby counties. particularly ID Mont
golnery County, Md.
This column Ii not willing to Join
any movement to exculpate the black
widow spider,
Il i not always serocious. - our
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Bosic Case Against the Tempos

The General Services Administration has
added to the accumulating evidence OF the
need for ridding Washington of its war
born temporary Federal Office buildings.
Its study Of the relative costs Of maintaining
temporary and permanent structures shows
clearly the uneconomic aspects Of holding
on to the tempos along the Mall and else
where. It Is an expensive business from the
housekeeping standpoint alone.
More persuasive than the economic fac
tor, however, is the basic argument for elm
mating these wartime relics from the land
scape, namely, the urgency Of resuming the
orderly development OF the Mall and West
Potomac Park as originally authorized by
Congress. Completion of the broad Mall
program west of the Washington Monument
has been stalled since World War by the
intrusion of the misnamed tempos. Those
first invaders Of the Mall werea supposed to
be emergency campers. Their sponsors
promised faithfully that they would leave
as soon as the war was over. But they
fingered on and on and some Of the World
War veterans are still entrenched In the
same old locations. The reinforced concrete
Navy and Munitions Buildings are painful
examples OF untemporary tempos that have
survived not one but two world wars, and
the Korean war as we'll Meanwhile, many
frame structures have been added to the
pioneer settlers.
Tentative plans for approaches to the
new Constitution avenue bridge have To-
cuSed attention once more on the Mall i'm
provement program long envisioned by the
planners Of a more beautiful National Cap
ital. It is to be hoped that Congress will
support wholeheartedly this Mall cleanup
and redevelopment program. The deface-
ment Of the city's parks and memorials by
the unsightly buildings which long since
have outlived their emergency "leases"
represents an appalling failure by the
Government to meet its responsibilities to
the people Of the United States in develop
ment of the American Capital
Evening star., 1954-11-12
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many wildlife refugees does
the Federal Government maintain? Do
many visitors go there?-P. A.
A. There are 272 wildlife areas adj
ministered by the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service. More than third
OF the 4,686,909 persons who visited
them in 1858 used the refugees for fish
ing. Hunting, swimming, nature study
and picnicking chiefly interested the
others.
@. What planet receives the most
light and heat from the sun?-H. j. T.
A. Mercury, which, on the average,
receives seven times as much sunlight
per unit area as the earth. The planet
revolves around the sun just as the
moon revolves around the earth, al-
ways presenting the same face to the
sun. Consequently, the temperature
may rise to over 800 degrees r. on one
side Of the planet, while it stays near
absolute zero on the other.
Q. Does the weather have any part
in producing the brilliant colors of
autumn leaves?-E. D.
A. 1t does have something to do with
the quality, timing and duration of
autumn colors. A moderately cool,
moist fall season makes the colors more
brilliant and longer-lasting than does
a dry, warm season. Frost Is not neces-
sary for the production Of color In
autumn leaves.
Q. Can b roller coaster be stopped
anywhere along its route?-T. K.
A. Cars can be stopped at two, and In
some cases. at three locations on the
structure. Many long-track coasters
have special safety brake located at
strategic section Of the structure to
stop train under emergency condi-
tions.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

nevertheless. The shock waves seem to build
up Just as the telephone bell rings or as .
climactic moment arrives In radio Or tele-
vision program.
It Is good to know that the scientists
are giving some thought to the persons un-
fortunate enough to live or work beneath
the recurrent "shock-wavep paths Of the
commercial and military planes operating
regularly In this region. So far the plight
OF these people seems to have been for
gotten In the rush to develop bigger and
louder power plants for aircraft.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
A Child Looks at d Queen


They said queen Uas coming to our
totrn,
And might see her passing on the
street,
thought she'd near a shining. golden
croiDn,
And purple Delvet robe dotOn to her
feet.
There ipGs no golden coach NTH nsak.
iDltte steed;;
Instead, she sat Uitttn q limousine,
That moUed quite sIoiUlg NTH stately
speed,
To let US children look upon queen.
And she Das pery fair ana uaved her
e hand
And nodded to us NTH q loreIv smile.
She seemed the siUeetest lady IN our
land,
i l felt that could lous her an the
1Dktle.
She pas more beautiful than ang other.
That must be iDiy they eau her the
Queen Mother.
3. 4. AnoeIiee
Evening star., 1954-11-12

Just exactly what is right? viii the
majority Of the Senators, assembled 800
years from now, also say that this par
ticular act of censure was necessary or
just? Who dares TO be so sure of his
own wisdom as to place it on record for
all time? This writer's wise father al
ways said. "When in doubt, don't"
Senator's who wish to censure Senator
Mccarthy may do well to abide by my
fathers rule.
Vivian Dewey.
The Watkins committee should be
repudiated by Its creator, the Senate of
the United States. From first to last
the committee made no effort to be an
impartial jury. Its procedures consti-
tuted an inuuisition. In the manner Of
Soviet Communist relationships; not an
inquest in the manner and traditions Of
American justice.
Never was the august function Of
censure by the Senate invoked for cause
so trivial and insignificant.
John SpargO.
Old Bennington. VT.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Questions and Answers

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formation on the activities Of any one
who might be traitor to our Govern
ment or who might be harboring or
covering sup for traitors in the Army,
In the State Department or in any
other department of the Government,
including the White House itself. Why
not?
The right of Congress to remain free
and independent Of executive and judi
cial influence must be preserved. The
Senate, Congress. the American system
Of coordinate and independent powers
Of Government, not Mccarthy, are on
trial today.
James M. Thomson.
Gaylord, Va.
The Senate is about to play the role
Of the old-time schoolmaster who hides
q stick behind his back. The stick is
the law. or tradition, that makes it pos
sible for other members to Judge and
punish fellow member. Moral values,
being as uncertain as they are, might
make it more correct for the lone victim
to censure the censuring portion of the
assemblage. Who can say for all time
Evening star., 1954-04-24
u. 5. Court Here Gets
Communist Appeal
From Security Act
By Howard [. Dutkin

for the District of Columbia to-
day had under advisement the
first court test of the constitu-
tionality of the 1850 McCarran
Internal Security Act.
The case was brought by the
Communist Party, appealing
from a 1853 order of the SUBJ
versive Activities Control Board.
The board. set up under the
act, had labeled the Commu-
mist Party Communist Action"
organization. AS such, under the
act. it is required to register and
to list the names of members
and give an accounting of funds.
In addition. it is required to
label all its publications going
through the mails as Commu-
mist. The same identifications
must attach to any radio or tele-
vision program the party pro-
notes.
Penalties for Failure.
Failure to comply with the
order. if it is finally upheld in
the courts, calls for Jail SEN
tences of five years. plus fines for
each day of noncompliance. If
the officers of the party do not
comply, the individual members
are subject to the same penalties
unless they register their names
as members.
At yesterdays hearing at
torneys for the party argued
that these provisions are viola
tive of the free speech" and
self -incrimination' Amend
mentS.
They cited the McCarran Act
definition of a Communist-ac-
ton organization as a partici-
pant in a worldwide sedition
conspiracy under foreign con-
troll.
For a member to be forced to
admit he is a Communist would
be to make him brand himself,
by definition, as traitor, the at
torneys argued.
He would be barred from Fed
eral jobs and many in private
industry, they said. If he is an
alien, he would be subject to
deportation and. if naturalized,
his citizenship could be revoked.
it was stated.
They declared the act was not
passed for the purpose of Civ
ing the Government necessary
information but to destroy or
force underground" the Commu-
mist Party"
Deny Penalty Is Issue.
Government attorneys con-
tended the question of what
penalties confront party men,
berS is not at issue before the
court now.
The only point to be con-
sidered, they contended, was
whether the sole fact of regis
tration. considered entirely alone,
is valid.
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman
appeared to disagree with this
contention.
You can't strip a verdict of
its consequences" he COM
mented.
At other times, the judges
questioned the attorneys on the
applicability of the "clear and
present danger" doctrine.
This doctrine DEGREES that the
first amendment guaranteeing
free speech and press may be
limited when there is shown a
clear and present danger of sub
stantive evil involved. AS the
late Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes put it. one is not privi-
legged to cry fire" in a crowded
theater.
The case was heard by Judges
Prettyman, Davis L. Bazelon
and John A. Danaher. Attor-
neyS Joseph Forer, John Abt
and Vito Marcantonio appeared
for the Communist Party.
Arguing for the Government
were Beatrice Rosenberg, JUS
tice Department attorney, and
George Gallagher, general coun-
sci of the control board.
Evening star., 1954-04-24
.Horsemen to Form
Posses in OkIuhomo
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

WEWOKA, Okla. - Harking
back to the wild and woolly West,
roundup clubs are forming as a
posse to aid officers in East
Central Oklahoma.
Sheriff John Sewers, welcom-
ing the reinforcements, said he
would have 100 horsemen imme-
diately at his disposal for
searches in this heavily wooded
area.
Evening star., 1954-04-24

terial Area at Tinker Air Force
Base.
A 1888 graduate of West Point.
Gen. Moorman received his pi-
lots wings in 1884 and served in
various Air Corps assignments
before entering the field of mil
itary meteorology in 1887.
Evening star., 1954-04-24
Special Dispoteh 10 The stor

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va,
April 24.-Alonzo D. Peters,
principal Of the elementary
school at Summit Point. has
been named president of the
Jefferson County Education As
sociation. He succeeds w. G.
Eismon, principal of Charles
Town High School. The new
Evening star., 1954-04-24

F Force Base
yesterday.
Gen. Moor
man, who lives
at 6805 Oak
! a n e. Chevy
Ch aSe, Md,
has been dep
uty A w S
C ON m ander
since 1851. He
succeeds Maj.
G e n. o. w.
Senter, W h o
will command
the Oklahoma
City Air Ma
Evening star., 1954-04-24
AIonzo Peters Heads County's Educators

president has been serving as
vice president.
Richard Adams, principal of
Blue Ridge Elementary School.
was named vice president; Miss
Margaret Gracey, of Harpers
Ferry High School, secretary;
and Miss Margaret Ellen Gore,
of Wright Denny Elementary
School in Charles Town, treas
urer.
Evening star., 1954-04-24
Gen. Norman Heads
Air Weather Service

Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Moor
man, jr., assumed command of
the global Air Weather Service
in ceremony at Andrews Air
Evening star., 1954-08-29


AUTHOR 6 son with Ewopeon friend in Lisbon
DO EUROPEANS REALLY HATE US?
Continued from page seren
in what was left of the wine to the friendship of
Italy and America
How often we heard from Spanish woodcutter.
a Neapolitan dock worker. a Portuguese clerk
Swiss storekeeper or French farmer about the
nephew Tor uncle or grandmother) who had emi-
grated to Pittsburgh Tor Cleveland or Bridgeportl,
and had there found good job. good house and
sturdy children. You never hear about nephew
who went to Stalingad to win his wife and make
his fortunei
Almost every European of the less privileged
classes has relative or neghbor relative in the
United States. Anti-American propaganda.
whether from Soviet cold-war technicians or from
ance when it tries to penetrate the deeper layers Of
the peoples Of Europe.
Hollywood,s Tops
We SAT. often the only Americans. in small
Spanish or Italian movie houses. to watch an old
Buster keaton film, new Western or Techni-
color spectacle The audiences laughed hissed,
smiled and applanded exactly as our snall-town
audiences do Everywhere IN Europe Hollywood
citizens of Europe vote with their hard-earned
francs. lire and pesetas for American films part
and parcel of America over Soviet films and
over their own too sophisticated movies
In the stores of European towns, European
parents buy cowboy suits. complete with sombrero.
lariat and sixshooters for their children We never
saw or heard of European store that carried
junior Cossack outfits.
In French Italian and German cities, boys and
styles - Truman shirts. saddle sport shoes. blue
jeans You never Russian high neck
shirts. fur hats or leather boots.
To drive through small Spanish towns, where
few cars ever come. is a very public enterprise.
Children. young men and old women accompany
you as you make your way slowly around sleeping
dogs donkeys piled with high loads of grass, play
ing babies and gossiping housewives. When you
stop. crowd Immediately gathers.
During our first days in Spain We noticed an
occasional GOODNESS which, when crowd surrounds
you, is disturbing. Then one day. in answer to
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