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Evening star., 1954-05-12
This and That .

mother bird, and is a marvel OF simple
engineering.
Birds often make false starts in
building.
They work like beavers for a time,
then suddenly give over the effort. and
the location sees them no more.
The human watcher at the nest does
not know what happened, and mostly
never knows. He simply sees what hap
pens.
Once an oriole pair started fine nest
in our yard at the end Of long branch
Of locust tree.
The nest was completed. and was
ready for eggs, when the birds deserted
it.
A week later, in q rainstorm, the
whole branch with its nest came crash
ing down.
The question was, did the birds know
what was going to happen?
Or was it the sight Of half dozen
pet cats that caused them to stay away?
The simple creatures of nature, both
bird and four legged. have their own
private systems Of getting along in this
world.
They have what is called ancestral
but the ancestral memory operates
through their unconscious mind. There
can be no question that animals have
this mind. It is the part Of the mind
that dreams.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Closed for Fishing

There is much to be said for the philosophy
that prevails in Seymour Texas. On one spring
day each year, the SITE residents of that COM
munity simply close the front and back doors
and 60 fishing. A recently Monday was this
years day. and even though the Weather Man
turned in q low reading Of SO on his early morn
ing thermometer the big hook-and-line party
took place
The headlines that morning told of tragedy
In Indo- China, of confusion at Geneva and Of
controversy in Washington. When the anglers re-
turned, these symptoms of our troubled times had
changed little If at all. But what of the fisher
men, of whose paStime it has been written:
"TiS employment for my idle time, which
is then not idly spent; a rest to my mind,
cheerer Of my spirits, diverter of sadness
cplmer of unquiet thoughts, moderator OF
passions procurer of contentedneSs"? If they
returned in better spirits, even If without fish,
then the evil forces Of tragedy, confusion and
Evening star., 1954-05-12

"I am inquiring why we never see
an oriole in Washington.
do they prefer Baltimore?
Birds frequent certain trees and
bushes, Of course. We have so many
beautiful birds but orioles seem to
avoid us.
"Why?"
So writes H. c. Of Newton street NE.
There was a man in this town who
spent 10 years Of his life trying to see
Just one Baltimore oriole, and finally
made it.
He saw a real one. in tree in near
by Arlington.
Then he was happy.
y
Not every bird lover is 50 faithful
in hunt.
The oriole is one species that does
not take too kindly to human building
operations.
Large scale building and housing
DEVELOPMENTS do not appeal to this one.
The wood thrush, on the other wing,
has become a town bird.
+
Not so the oriole.
This beautiful and gentle creature
rather reSentS too many people around:
many humans will understand this, and
sympathize with the bird.
But the oriole has always been
shy builder.
1t does not haunt itself, as some
species do; the nest Il built BY the
Evening star., 1954-05-12
STRENGTHENING Northern Tier

must disagree with your April II
editorial, Strengthening the Northern
Tier" which concludes that the State
DEPARTMENTS decision to arm 1raQ us
in the interest of the Middle East, OF
the West in general, and perhaps OF
peace for the world"
It is ludicrous to think of Iraq as a
bulwark against Russia. A tiny Brit
lsh force overthrew pro-Nazi revolt
in Iraq in the last war and during the
Arab invasion of Israel. small Israeli
unit defeated a much larger 1raqi army.
Iraq is, as you point out, irreconcil-
ably opposed to Israel. You refer to
guarantees" that our arms support
will be used in self-defense and not
against. Israel But how can we de-
pend on any guarantees? The West
could not prevent the Arabs from at
tacking Israel in 1948. Once arms are
sent, the die is cast.
If you wish to provide arms, surely
we have q right to insist that 1raq
must first conclude peace with Israel
and not maintain. as she insists on
doing, a state Of war against peaceful
neighbor.
How would it help the free world If
the arms which we supply to Iraq be-
come the instrument for widespread
conflict which could engulf the entire
area?
It would be far better, in my opinion,
and more in keeping with American
traditions to help the people Of the
Arab countries with economic aid so
that they can gain stake in democ-
racy which so many of them lack.
Balfour Brickner,
Rabbi, Temple Sinai.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Zhukov and Eisenhower

Leaving aside ideologieS, Soviet Marshal
Georgi K. Zhukov and General Dwight D. Eisen-
hover are known to have had a great deal of
respect and a real personal liking for each other
when they were together in Berlin after Ger
many's defeat in May of 1945. After having
led their great armies to smashing victory
over Hitler and his Nazi legons, they served
there as occupying commanders for relatively
short time, but it was long enough to enable
them to develop genuinely friendly associa-
ton as topnotch soldiers and plain, ordinary
human beings
So it is not altogether surprising-even
though it is highly unusual in terms Of the ma
ture Of past Soviet propaganda-that Zhukov
has marked the ninth anniversary of the Nazi
surrender by paying'a rather warm public trib-
ute in Pravda to his old Berlin acquaintance,
who has since become our President, and to his
British counterpart as well In his capacity as
Russia's First Deputy Defense Minister, he has
expressed himself this way: eve honor the
fighting valor of the troops of the United States
and England in period when they fought with
us against the German Fascist armies. We
honor also their leaders, Army General Eisen
hover and Field Marshal Montgomery, under
whose leadership American and English forces
repeatedly defeated the German Fascist troops"
However, although this bouquet represents
an interesting anu pOSSlDly SISu1IlCduC OepdE.
ture from the customary Moscow claim credit
ing the Soviet Union with having defeated Hitler
all by ITSELF Marshal Zhukov has hewed to the
party line at least to the extent of parroting
the hackneyed Communist lie about American
"imperialsts" and bankers" and wall Street
magnates" These "ruling circles" 1t seems, are
insanely greedy for high profits. and so they are
preparing under the Eisenhower administration
Just as under the Truman administration
to unleash new war in which Europeans and
Asians would be used as cannon fodder" against
the U. S. S. R. and the other peoples democra-
cies" But let them beware. They are playing
with dangerous fire" and Russia s armed forces
are ready to smash back at them.
Zhukov thus has thrown brickbat as well
as a bouquet at his former Berlin associate, but
it may be doubted that he really suspects the
latter of being party to an evil war plot After
all, back in 1945, the Marshal was on such good
terms with General Eisenhower that he ac-
cepted an invitation to visit the United States
The late Josef Stalin however, refused to let
him make the trip and saw to it that he was
placed on obscure assignments. It Is too bad
that this happened. Had it not happened, had
the Red army's top hero been allowed to see our
country and learn at least little bit about our
desire for peace, he might be less inclined today
now that he has come back into prominence
under the Malenkov regime-to lend his name
to poisonous antf-American propaganda. In
stead he might be moved to use his influence
with the Kremlin in an effort to bring about
some easing Of international tensions.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
A Day Well Spent

Acting Chairman Mundt and his subconn.
mittee did not make any progress toward
expediting the Army Mccarthy hearings at
yesterdays session. 1t was, nevertheless, day
well spent.
Senator Mundt, reluctantly but faithful to
his pledge that he would take no action which
would be considered unfair by any of the
principals, cast the deciding vote against the
DirkSen motion to curtail public hearings
And Senator Mccarthy, quite inadvertently,
demonstrated the wisdom of keeping the
hearings open.
These hearings may or may not produce
clear answer to the question of who has been
lying and who has been telling the truth in
this affair. But they are giving the people an
opportunity to form their own judgment of the
individuals involved. And the Wisconsin Sem
ator yesterday gave them chance to see why
some people object in no uncertain terms to
what they call Senator McCarthy's methods.
After the luncheon recess Senator Nc
Carthy launched into a Scathing attack on
Attorney WEIGH. 1T is now clear" he said,
that Mr.. Welch the attorney for Mr.. Stevens
and Mr.. Adams, is not acting in what would
call good faith when he keeps me at the phone
for two hours, and finally accept, accept what
he thinks is a proper document, and he comes
in here and says never saw it before"
For a moment Mr.. WEIGH looked like
promising candidate for the jail house. But
then the truth came out. Mr.. Welch had not
kept Senator Mccarthy on the phone for two
hours He had not talked to him at ALL And,
in fact, he had not seen the document to which
Senator Mccarthy referred until he walked
into the committee room. Senator Mccarthy,
1t developed, was the victim Of some one "who
led me to believe that these changes were
suggested by Mr.. WEIGH"
The Star does not believe and does not
suggest that Senator Mccarthy knowingly made
the false accusations against Mr.. Welch. He
was merely performing in typical style
accusing and condemning without knowing the
truth or bothering to ascertain the truth.
1t was a good thing to have the public
witness this display of the Mccarthy method
And this is one good reason why the open
hearings should be continued.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Sules Tux on Food

am indignant that Congress, in the
D. c. public works act, coupled the
appropriation with 10 sales tax on
food. Instead, the exemption feature
of the D. c. income tax law should
have been lowered, believe, from
$4,000 to $1,000.
Actually my family makes money
with the food tax and the large income
tax exemption. But consider the case
of my part-time household helper.
After rent controls were abolished her
rent was raised over 50To, and carfare
has gone up at least twice since the
war. I have tried to help by raising
her pay-but, the essence Of this new
act is unfair.
The act treats equally people on re-
lief and the millionaires. 1t reminds
me of the window tax and the salt tax
in France, that brought on the revolu-
ton. We want to avoid spreading
communism in our country; is this the
way to do it?
E. H. Buck.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Letters to The Star.
Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
aDriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

watching televiSion are changing their
opinions? This Senator who loves to
bask in the imelight, appears to have
no conscience about examining secret
papers, no scruples and no conception
of truth Tin the using Of long involved
sentences containing truth, apparent
mentS).
Also Senator Mccarthy does not ap-
pear to care for the security of the
Nation when he insists on wanting to
give out information that the Attorney
General says should not be given out.
Mrs. G. nc.
If the Stevens-McCarthy hearing is
in any way an example of the way
Congress operates. by all means let us
televise Congress.
We the People.
Until recently I was all for Mccarthy
and his methods because felt that he
was dealing with traitors and spies and
there was no other way to handle them.
But since his wild and irresponsible
attacks on such people as Zwicker,
Stevens, Hensel, Murrow and Mrs.
Moss, / have completely changed my
mind about the man.
Willis Lawson.
would like to commend you on the
fair and objective editorial. "The
Phony Letter" on the letter introduced
by Senator Mccarthy as letter from
the FBI. hope this editorial will mean
objective analysis Of all evidence in this
case until the conclusion of the in
vestigation. This is refreshing and more
like the old time Star.
..... Native Washingtonian.
Your May Z editorial Senator Nc
Carthy's Crime" is one Of the most
ridiculous editorials have ever seen
in your paper. You call security risk
that patriotic officer who gave Senator
Mccarthy a summary of the warning
Of the FBI to the Army in 1851. Your
editorial is a clear indication that
you have no conceivable idea what
security risk is. wish there were more
people like that Army officer. II 1t
hadn't been for him, no one would
know how lax Army Intelligence has
been on the Communist problem.
If you would devote half as much
time to the interest of eliminating Com
munists from Government as you do to
the people who are exposing them or
furnishing information to anti-Com-
munist legislators. then you would be
rendering a higher public service than
you are at the present.
Dewitt o. Burke.
In your recent editorial, "Case Of the
Doctored' Photo" it is evident that. like
some Of the participants in the hear
ines. you cannot see the woods for the
trees, and have strayed far afield from
the important issues in the case.
Our national security is not endan-
gered by any relatively unimportant
photographs. But our very existence as
a Nation, and our very existence as
individuals, are in the gravest sort OF
peril from the menace Of worldwide
communism. Mccarthy has been warn
ing the American people Of this Tor
the past four years. and still is, even
in these hearings.
Some years ago, j. Edgar Hoover,
writing for a well-known magazine,
said that inasmuch as there are no
laws against the Communist Party or
its front organizations. the most eftec-
tive method of combating them is py
Evening star., 1954-05-12
By Donald MichoeI Rouh

TT HE MAN who really started this
J. point of order" business - the
parliamentary prerogative Senator Nc
Carthy and others have so enthusi-
astically invoked in the current hear
ings-was an Army general with not
30 much as whit of legal background.
A point Of order, decided the gen.
eral. takes precedence Of the pending
question out of which 1t arises; is in
order when another has the floor, even
interrupting speech or the reading
Of a report: does not require second;
cannot be amended or have any other
subsidiary motion applied to it," etc.
Brig. Gen. Henry Martyr Robert was
80 when he first published, in 1876.
his now-famous "Rules Of Order" q
compendium Of parliamentary law
based upon the rules and practices of
Congress. as he put 1t. When Gen.
Robert was IS. he once told friends,
he was called upon to preside at q
meeting, Of which he made o perfect
botch. There was at that time nothing
around in the nature Of parliamentary
guide, he lamented. so he decided to
write one some IL years later.
Sale Of the first printing was an
unsensational 1000. BY 1850, however.
Gen. Roberts work had sold 1,S50.000
copies.
Born in South Carolina in 1887, Rob-
ert was appointed to West Point in
1858, graduating in 1857, brilliant
student of mathematics. AS an Army
engineer, he was put in charge Of de-
fenses on San Juan Island at the time
of the boundary dispute with Great
Britain. During the Civil War he super
vised construction of defenSes for
Evening star., 1954-05-12
New Emphasis on Internal Security

Attorney General Brownel has moved to
strengthen weak spot in the Nations defenses
against communistic or other subversive activi-
ties. BY creating a new division Of the Depart
ment of Justice to handle internal security
prosecutions Mr.. Brownell has taken a step
which should enable the department to keep
pace with the rapid investigative strides of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI has
been piling up evidence against suspected
spies and other fifth column elements faster
than normal departmental machinery could
handle the cases. serious backlog of cases
awaiting prosecutive action has developed.
Prompt prosecution Is as important as
effective investigation. Inordinate delays in
presenting evidence of espionage or subverSion
to grand jurieS can prove advantageous to the
guilty for key Government witnesses may
disappear and memories may falter. The
criminal division is overloaded with cases
involving violation of many Federal laws. AS a
consequence it has been unable to give i'm
mediate consideration to numerous FBI reports
regarding Smith Act violations and other
security matters. Under the Smith Act the FBI
has waged successful attack on the leadership
of the Communist Party. The drive is con-
tinuing. 1t calls for a complete and vigorous
follow-up by departmental prosecutors.
There is nothing unusual about relieving
the criminal division of responsibility for GER
tain types of prosecutions. The departments
tax and antitrust divisions were set up to
give special attention to law violations in those
important fields Certainly internal security
laws should not be subordinated to revenue and
monopoly laws. Chosen to head the new division
is young New Jersey attorney who has been
successful in sending to prison some Of the
country's more notorious gangsters He Is
William F. Tompkins, now United States At
torney for New Jersey. He will have plenty OF
opportunities to extend his good record when
he takes over the vital job to which the Attorney
General has assigned him.
Evening star., 1954-05-12

exposing them to the pitiless spotlight
Of publicity.
This is exactly the method which Is
followed by Mccarthy, and his batting
average is pretty high. too. Although
he has upon occasion struck out badly,
he has also hit some mighty important
home runs, and he is also a pretty
adept base-runner.
Considering that the Communists al
ways agree whole-heartedly whenever
the left-wing newspapers throw mud at
Mccarthy, it stands to reason that
someday the American people will wake
UP, and looking backward. will realize
how right Mccarthy was, and how
wrong certain newspapers are.
Robert A. Mullen.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
The Hearing

If the Mccarthy concept Of guilt by
association is to prevail and all sympa-
thizers with the Spanish Loyalists are
a bunch of dirty Communists, then GER
tainly all opponents of the Spanish
Loyalists are bunch of dirty Nazis and
Fascists. There were more of Hitler's
and Mussolini's bully boys fighting the
Spanish Loyalists than there were
Stalins bully boys assisting them.
Incidentally, one awaits with interest
any signs of punitive action against the
junior Senator for what The Star has
correctly pointed out to be his involve
ment as an accessory in the case Of
unquestioned subversion involving an
officer in the Army Intelligence unit.
Son of '76.
It has become evident during the
present anti-McCarthy hearings that
the New Deal holdover Army Counselor
John Adams, with the help of his hold
over colleagues, has successfully engi-
neered the indefinite suspension Of the
Investigations of the Mccarthy Com
mittee into Communist activities in the
Government. This is result which Mr..
Truman did his best to achieve but he
failed. Testimony before the committee
has brought out the fact that it was
Adams who prepared the smear paper
containing anti-McCarthy charges,
which started the present investigation,
and that it was Adams who leaked"
> the information to his favorite New
Deal columnist who thereby "scooped"
his colleagues. Subsequent events have
shown that there was no excuse what
ever for the preparation or release OF
the Army charges.
If Secretary Stevens had replaced the
New Deal holdovers in his department
with Republicans he would doubtless
have co-operated with the Mccarthy
Committee in exposing Communist in
filtration in the Army under the New
Deal. That would have helped the Re-
publicans. But thanks to the holdovers
the Republican party is now placed in
the position of covering-up and pro-
tecting the Communists-juSt as the
New Deal did for 20 years. The present
hearings, aided and abetted by New
Deal newspapers and columnists, ap-
pear to be successfully smearing both
Mccarthy and the Republican admins
tration.
Henry C.. Parker.
If TV never accomplishes anything
else, it has earned its existence, in pre-
senting this drama. It points up the
ineficient, crooked workings of the peo-
pie running our country, and the vital
necessity for having all legislators and
public officials, with the necessary train
ing and experience for the work they
are to do, elected directly by the people.
instead of being directly or indirectly
political appointees. so that our country
can operate eficiently. instead Of mostly
by the grace Of God. as it is now.
Our country may thank God fer
vently some day for Joe Mccarthy:
&c. M.
had, until the past few weeks, felt
that Mccarthy, in spite Of his tactics.
really had the welfare Of the Nation
at heart, and that perhaps it was for
tunate that some one like him was bold
enough to go after the facts and expose
things that might otherwise never be
exposed
admit that as far as his personality
was concerned I had considered him
both crude and mean but I admired
his zeal and the work he was doing.
wonder how many other people
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Crown of Motherhood

oh, neuer a cross wds 1t that she bore,
Rather croDn she proudly tDore,
Enrichino, ennoblino unworthy me.
Rewdrding, and ever setting free
My soul to soar in straight. true line
To,oard TINT crown OF motherhood
Dorn by mine.
oh Lord, oiue me courage, Lord. otre
me strength:
Let my soul touch the shadoto OF hers
at length.
AImo Roberts Giordon
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Man Who Raised First Point Of Order

flcient. American parliamentary law
is built upon the principle that rights
must be respected. rights Of the ma
jority Of individuals, of absenteeS, and
rights of all of these together" be-
lieved Gen. Robert. Basic to his pro-
cedural code was the principle that
the decision Of the majority was the
decision of the assembly.
Put another way, Gen. Roberts
thinking encompasSed the belief Of the
right of the majority to decide. right
of the minority to be heard, and right
of absentees to be protected.
Where there Is no law, but every
man does what is right in his own
eyes," wrote Gen. Robert, there is the
least of real liberty"
It goes without saying. Of course,
that parliamentary law is important
only to a self-governing people. NAL
enkov, it seems fair to say, has no use
for the concept.
A rather curious situation arose in
1947 when the United World Federal
lists held their organizational meeting
in ASheville, N. c. One man got on his
feet and suggested Roberts RULES OF
Order" be adopted as the organiZa-
tion's official legal Baedeker. While
the motion was on the floor. somebody
else raised a completely irrelevant
point.
Point Of order" cried another dele
gate, impatiently. There's already a
motion on the floor"
mot So" interposed the chairman,
wisely. There is no point Of order
until the Rules OF Order are adopted"
Thus enlightened, the impatient
delegate deferred to the chair.
Gen. Roberts ex cathedra pro-
nouncements on parliamentary proce-
dure were then orderly acted upon.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
by Newman sudduth.

Washington, Philadelphia and New
Bedford, Mass.
Col. Robert was the Districts En-
gineer Commissioner in 1901. On
his retirement in 1901, when he was
Chief of Engineers, he was promoted
to brigadier general.
Gen. Roberts contribution of sane
and orderly standardized code of good
manners was both democratic and ef-
Evening star., 1954-05-12

controversy were defeated Just q little. It Is
unfortunate that there is no one-like the
Mayor Of Seymour-to turn the pursuit Of this
soothing sport into an order for all the world,
even If Just for day.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1954-05-12

@. How many baggage cars are
needed to take the Metropolitan Opera
on tours. B. T.
A. Twenty-Five cars are needed to
carry scenery, costumes. properties.
and electrical equipment. The artists
and staff travel in two special trains.
Not all the operas in the repertory are
given in each city. and the baggage
cars are 80 packed that they can be
routed directly to the next city in
which they will be needed.