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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22

An-Out-Attacki The University
Of Minnesota medical research de-
partment has been given q grant
Of SOC. 900 20 further Its war on
heart disease. The grant came
from the Minnesota Heart Assn.
The annual Heart Fund drive win
be held In this state from Feb. I
10 -.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22

From AnOIIA; Ann Arnold
Hedgeman. most astute Of ARA
merican women polIticoes has
landed @ Job a. assistant TO New
York's Mayor Robert wagner. II
you read last weeks picture page
in this paper you saw Mrs. Hedge
man In the photo showing Hulan
Jack being sworn in at Manhattan
Borough president. Mrs. Hedge
man was reared In Anol<A, Mime
sofa, educated there and at Ham,
line. which gave her an honorary
degree . few years ago.
Most persons who follow politics
win recall that she had tho top
Job held by q Negro woman In the
Truman administration. that Of
Assistant TO Social Security Al
ministrator Oscar Ewing.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22
BRIEF
N JEWS
SCENE
'Bgh and L0wdown"
BY BAn.EE THOMAS

Predictions Of Things To Come,
The Transfers Union Report
from Washington has this to say
about President Eisenhower and
Congress: Republicans In Con-
gress win junk rke's legislative
program consider II too New
Dealish. Instead they'll pass a
hodge-podge OF laws without plan
adjourn In July TO campaign
for reelection"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22

No Pin-Path; Thsrs's no pm
path 70 weight reduction says the
Minnesota State Medical Assn.
Most Of the piIls marketed 10 day
the Assn. claims. add ealorSes 10
the dist instead Of taking them
away.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22

Paul Robson has q new album
Of songs pressed by the othello
Recording Co, 50 West l25th St.,
Suite 8, New York ~, N, Y. No
longer the darling OF the concert
stage since his pro-Red pronounce
ments and activity, none Of the
big time labels will issue his songs.
Despite Robeson's political ideas
he still has q voice and can sing
certain songs AZ does no other liv-
ing baritone. The album contains
such numbers as Wandering
Curly Headed Baby, Witness
-Four Rivers" and the 'HassidIc
Chant" sang In Hebrew with Or
chestra and chorus. The album II
on the 1914 RPM. As Bailee re-
members them, only one Of the
songs could be said to have any
political significance and II was
80 faint that II couldn't be rec
ognized unless one was searching
for political angles--as most any
present day listeners TO q Robe
son record probably would be.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-22

Although q man may poaaoAs Virtna
talent and good conduct, he may neverthe-
less be disagreoable. There n q certain
fashion IN manners. which n too ofon
neglected ~ OF no consequence. but, which
frequently becomes the basis on which the
world win form . favorable or unfavorahlo
opinion Of you; and little attention 20
render them engaging ana polished, VIII
prevent others from entertaining prepoa-
sessions respecting you; which zee may
operate greatly to your advantage -
Ia BruyCrN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
BY Charles E. Trocewen

some of the clutter left by humanity Is
taken away, leaving cleaner world.
Would that earthworms could find
some use for old whiskey bottles!
Often the question Is asked. why
does one so seldom see dead bird?"
The answer is twofold. First, the
birds are small, as living things go. and
are often camouflaged, when they fall
among leaves.
Second, they are taken care of by
natures sanitary agents. These include
the various beetles, and, of course, the
bacteria.
Carbon beetles and others will work
beneath a dead bird. excavating the
ground, so that it will fall lower, and
into the earth. to give the new beetles
to come the right growing conditions.
There is competition here, as else
where; man has no monopoly on COM
petition. If the burying beetles do not
work fast enough, the flies will get
ahead of them.
Centipedes, mites and ants-always
the ants-soon comes to the decaying
carcass, and in the end the bacteria
complete the cycle.
What is left becomes the food OF
plants. From the organic to the inor-
ganic. and back again.
The starlings on the lawn at this
time of year are part Of the sanitary
picture Of nature in operation. Without
their aid. and the help Of others. We
could not live on this earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
This and That !.

Have you ever watched starlings on
the lawn?
No one knows, exactly. what they are
eating. It is easy to say bugs, worms.
but close inspection fails to show
them.
Yet the birds are eating something.
Recent nice summer days saw
dozen of the big fat fellows on the back
grass. apparently having the time OF
their lives.
They moved first this way. then that.
the bills going down for food. There
could be no doubt about it being some
thing good to eat.
Birds must eat almost necessarily,
like moles. Moles can go only 80
minutes without food, else they die,
birds can exist for much longer, prob
ably day or two. certainly all night.
but food is a great necessity for them.
&
We humans have made food taking
q rite, in which we try to hide the vast
necessity.
The white tablecloth. the sparkling
glasses, dishes, forks, knives
These are more than just liking
for nicely. as We so fondiy imagine;
they spell out that we are eating. too.
just as the starlings are.
Natures way of cleaning the earth
is through these creatures Of hers.
Only, q minute examination Of the
stomachs of starlings could show exact
~ what the dumpy fellows are eating,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Playing 1t Safe

British unwillingness to make in South
east Asia the same commitment that has
been made in Europe against an aggressor
hardly comes as a surprise.
Thailand and he Philippines had urged
that the projected Southeast Asian Treaty
Organization embody- pledge to fight
automatically If member nation should
be attacked. This is essentially the pledge
contained in the NATO agreement. But the
British cabinet rejected the suggestion last
week Instead, Britain will accept a COM
mitment binding each SEATo nation to
regard an attack on one member as threat
to the security of all. The effect would be
to require consultations in event of agrees
sion, but not automatic military resistance.
Whether we. would accept the stronger
pledge is uncertain. There is no uncer-
tainty, however. with respect to the point
that SEATO Is going to be measureably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

They quickly exchanged 100000 ban
tering words and we were of again.
There was no difficulty at the hotel.
a huge affair which was built for the
Paris Exhibition of 1889. We were given
large room with full-length French
windows at the bowed corner Of the
building. The bath tub was six feet long
and three feet deep. Everything was
spotleSs and the tax was $500 francs.
about six dollars.
Paris has become a relatively silent
city. A ban on the use Of the automobile
amazing how well it Is obeyed by q
people who achieved reputation for
lack Of discipline in 1892. Unlike the
American Capital there are no moronS
trying to solve traffic jams by pressing
the button. One poor American was in
an embarrassing violation of the ban.
The wires to his horn were short-cir-
Quilted as he crossed the bridge to the
Place de la Concorde. Every gendarme
stopped him, and every gendarme threw
his arms into the air in that gesture Of
futility which the French have made
famous. Then they waved him on.
The chestnut trees in the Champs
ElySee are already starting to turn, but
otherwise Paris is as green now as
Washington was in June. All Europe.
especially Paris, has had an unusual
summer. constantly cool weather with
clouds and showers instead of sunshine.
The incredible thing about this beau
tiful city to the first-time visitor is the
number of handsome six-story buildings
with the classic orders of architecture
properly superimposed from the cornice
Of the doorway to the caves. Some Of
them are on alleys so narrow that the
architecture can be observed only with
dif1iculty-like the decorations on the
early New York skyscrapers which could
not be seen from the street.
One understands why young Ameri-
can architects flock to the Ecole de
Beaux Arts and try to impose this
discipline on American cities. The
French architect signs on the second
floor front of his building with the
date. Eighteen eighty-nine certainly
was the great year, so many Of the
buildings are of that date or there
abouts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

but what the observer may be sure Of
is that they are Kidding the good earth
of something or other that might make
it foul. ri
Probably some of the food taken in
by the starllngs is already dead. It
would decay. communicating the air. II
it were not for these ceaseless appe-
titles.
There are many such scavengers.
Wasps, among them.
The young queen wasps seek shelter
now from the coming fall and winter.
retiring to attics, places under roofs,
even under the bark of the trees.
Some of them will live the winter
through, an6 be ready to emerge at
the first touch of next years spring.
but most will die. as their mates in the
summer colony.
Now earth worms, those cleansers OF
our soils, begin to take into their bur-
rows leaves and some other parts of
plants.
They use these as food. Sometimes
they are fooled. They have been known
to take with them underground such
things as feathers. The belief Is that
they grip, by a sort of instinct, any,
thing that is grippable, including
feathers Their little minds do not go
far enough to discriminate.
Investigators have watched the
worms burying small pieces of string.
even tangles of thread. In this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Texas Primary

II the Texas Democratic primary had
gone the other way-if Governor Shivers
had been beaten-the wishful- thinking
prophets would be hailing the result as
marking decline in the popularity of
President Eisenhower In all probability,
however, they would be just as mistaken
as If they were to treat the Shivers victory
as proof that the President is as popular in
Texas today as in 1852.
Perhaps the President retains all Of his
Texas following. But 1t would be mistake
to interpret the Shivers vote as establishing
the fact Governor Shivers, to be sure, did
bolt the Democratic party to support Gen.
eral Eisenhower in 1852. and this cost him
the support of the party regulars. But the
thing which the primary really put to the
test was the ability of the regulars to
punish Governor Shivers, not the popular
ity of the President.
The basic issue, actually, was that Of
Texas independence" AS spokesman for
the conservative wing of the party, Gov
ernor Shivers attacked his opponent, Ralph
w. Marlborough, as being the candidate of
the Northern Interests" the latter being
defined to include political. left-wingers,
labor bosses and the opponents of racial
ScSTeSdGlOIl. MI. 4dEOOTOuSu 1llG UdCk,
taking the line that Governor Shivers' bid
for an unprecedented third term was de-
signed to perpetuate his dictatorial domi-
nation of the State, and this despite the
fact that he had been guilty of party dis
loyalty and bad administration.
Can the result fairly be interpreted as
rejecting swing toward conservatism,
just as the victories by Senators Sparkman
and Kefauver we're said to mark trend
toward liberalism? Probably not. For if
such generalization were justified, one
would have to assume that the Texas pri-
mary, together with Senator Eastland's win
in Mississippi, had Cancelled out the results
in Alabama and Tennessee. And that
would not make much sense.
The most rational appraisal would
seem to be that the Texas primary was de-
cided, as is generally the case in State
elections, by local issues and local person.
alities. It was not test of President
Eisenhower or of the Republican admins
tration. It was not test of the perform
ance of the SD Congress. 1t was, instead,
a rather narrow vote of confidence in Gov
ernOr Shivers, and rebuke to those Dem
ocrats who put party regularity ahead of
all else in both State and national politics.
In this respect, majority of Texas Dem
ocrats have asserted their independence,
and it is a healthy thing that they have
done so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
A Marble Hail. for Labor

There are signs here and there that
the revolution in labor has come full
half circle. Some such signs Congress
is currently investigating. In addition,
there is at least one such sign right
here in Washington.
Working men banded together with
other workers to protect themselves
against exploitation by employers, and
the union organizations of workers have
admirably succeeded in that aim, by
and large. Even If so inclined, an en-
ployer has scant opportunity to exploit
an employee in the present day.
The half circle to which refer is the
present need Of the worker of protec-
ton not from an employer but from the
leaders of his own labor organization.
In the example with which this letter
deals have no reference to dishonesty
or to Intentional evil insofar as know,
but to possible excess of enthusiasm
and misuse of money.
This Washington sign Of misuse OF
union funds can be seen at the corner
of Fifteenth and M streets NV, where
the international Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers Building can be located
if one penetrates the screens of protec-
tive boardwalk, Scaffolding, workmen,
drills, and falling debris.
This building was (and at this writing
still Is on the M street side) a hand
some, stone-faced one, and I have heard
numerous persons comment that it was
very good looking. agreed with them.
A handsome, stone building. however,
was apparently not adequate for the
officers of the electrical workers, so the
stone is being stripped from the build5
ing's face and the inside is being done
over. Now, one seeing an attractive
building in good repair being stripped
may reasonably inquire what material
the union officers propose to use for re-
placement. The answer is something
of shocker: Inside and out they will
use marble and granite!
Marble is the material which legend
and fact connect with the splendid halls
of princes, emperorS, and indeed many
OF the kings of industry against whom
the workers originally organized It may
well be that those splendid halls were
built through the sweat and blood of
slave labor" conscripted to the back
breaking task.
The rulers Of the electrical workers
must have dreamt that they, too, dwelt
in marble halls. and so they shall. These
marble halls may be said to be
built through the sweat if not the
blood of the union members in the
sense that union funds-and it must
involve substantial amount-are pre-
sumably being used to pay for the
granite and marble halls. These funds
might have been used for welfare of
the members in unemployment bene-
fits, medical benefits. scholarships for
members children. widows pensions,
or many other valuable purposes.
Instead, the union officers shall have
their marble halls. Does it appear that
a new group of princes has arisen?
If so, how shall we protect ourselves
from them? Union Member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
The Legion Takes Over

~, For the first time since the War of
1872, Washington has been captured by
organized uniformed forces of Invaders
but this time the city likes it. In short, the
American Legion has taken over the town
for the biggest convention that this con-
vention-wise Capital has known. Every
body seems to be happy.
The happiness was especially notice
able today among Government employees.
many of whom, by the way, are veterans
and Legionnaires themselves. President
Eisenhowers eleventh-hour decision to give
Federal employees half holiday tomorrow
for viewing the big parade on Pennsylvania
avenue sets precedent, it is true. But
occasions in the future when this precedent
could be troublesome certainly will be few
and far between. The Presidents move
was particularly welcome to police and
traffic authorities for it will enable Federal
workers to get clear of the congestion in
plenty OF time before the start of the parade
should they desire to dc so. Thousands,
OF course, will stay downtown, to swell the
throngS which are expected to Jam the
parade route tomorrow from pm to mid
night or later. That u.s. if the weather re-
mains favorable.
= All in all, the outlook is generally IA
vorable for one of the American Legion's
more memorable conventions and parades
and for one of Washingtons outstanding
opportunities to live up to its traditions as
genial host History of a sort is in the
making here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Reporter Gets His First Glimpse Of Paris

The American tourist seems omni-
present. You oyerhear him at the
Eiffel Tower remarking that it is not
as high as the Empire State Building.
and the elevators are not so good. The
difference of 40 years (1889-1929) in
this short iron age seems to mean
nothing to him.
But the tourist most frequently seen
is the German youth. Blond and
tanned. frequently wearing the leather
shorts Of the Bavarian Alps and
shouldering rucksack. he is all over
Paris. With Teutonic thoroughness, he
usually has his map out to identity the
famous buildings.
Americans live so far across the At
lantic that they find 1t hard to under
stand why the French have been so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

station st. Lazare where you get of
the boat train"
The porter at the station seemed
delighted with the idea OF taking our
luggage to the Terminus. No taxicab
would be necessary. He ratified his
baggage wheelbarrow over the cobble-
stones. l tried to keep him in sight,
ana my wife Mickey hurried along in
the rear, trying to keep me in sight.
We had a feeling that our entry was
somewhat of parade. especially when
a man at a sidewalk cafe noticed that
his friend the station porter was
venturing beyond his customary rounds.
The friend ran out into the street
gesticulating. The porter dropped the
handles of his truck to gesture in turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Department Of UrbunicuIture'

In a recent article in The Star. David
A. Heller wrote that CALIFORNIA; Re-
publican Congressman. j. Arthur
Younger, has introduced legislation to
set up a cabinet-level Department Of
Urbiculture." That, Mr.. Heller says,
means urban culture-which would
look after city jewellers. just as the
Department of Agriculture attends to
the wants and welfare of farm folk"
And it's not bad.
I think, though, in the matter Of
a cabinet-level addition, our national
paramount-if not imperative-need is
Department of Transportation" But
that's another story. What perturbs
me in this case Is turning of urban
into "urbi," now that urban has at
tanned national, cultural legislative"
significance. Phonetically, my convic-
ton is that authoritative etymology
would label Representative Younger's
intended cabinet-level creature de-
partment of Urbaniculture
Rienzi B. LemuS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Tex on Our Daily Breed

should like to ask what has become
of the Unborn charity in the hearts OF
our city officials? I refer to the recently
imposed sales tax on foods. The few
dollars which this tax will cost me are
of little Importance, but what does dis
turb me is that now our fair" city is
empowered to take bread out Of the
mouths of the poor. The Star recently
published data showing that some TO-
600 D. c. families earn less than $4,000
annually. These people cannot afford
a tax on their daily bread. call for a
repeal of this disgraceful levy, now!
Nathan II. ROSenthal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Russion Naval Threat

The British Admiralty's latest estimate
Of the strength Of Russian seapower con-
nrns and amplifies American Navy reports
on the Soviet fleet. Especially alarming is
the British belief, based on undivulged
sources OF information, that the Russian
submarine force has grown to nearly 500
craft, many Of them of the long-range
snorkel type. And the Soviet anti-Subma-
rine fleet also is expanding at rapid rate.
All allied authorities now agree that the
Kfemlin war lords have at their disposal
several times the number of submersibles
that Germany had when she launched her
almost successful attack on our Atlantic
supply line early in World War II. If the
British estimate is correct, Russia soon will
have five times the number of submarines
that we have and nearly ten times the num-
Der in the British navy. In addition, the
Soviet navy within the next two or three
years will have an estimated 80 cruisers, $50
deStroyers, 500 motor torpedoboats, 800 es-
cort vessels, 1000 minesweepers and 1000
naval aircraft. There are also several battle
ships, but no aircraft carriers. Nearly all
the ships" the Admiralty said, "are of post
war construction and most of the aircraft
will be jets. All ships not ref1tting are kept
fully manned and operational. :. They may
well be capable of using, in varying degrees,
long-range torpedoes Of greatly improved
type, mines with complex anti-sweeping
devices, tactical atomic weapons and guided
missiles, both offensive and defensive"
That Russian naval experts have been
experimenting with submarine borne atomic
missiles is taken for granted. sneak
atomic attack by atomic armed enemy sub
surface raiders is threat to which our de-
tense authorities must give serious consid-
Grafton in this A-bomb and H-bomb era.
That is why the United States has been con-
centrating on submarine detection devices
and systems and on killer squadrons
Of surface and air patrol craft. Great adj
vances repeatedly have been made in anti
submarine defense devices and procedures
since World War II, but the enemy subma-
rine threat remains very worrisome prob
lem Certainly, the British appraisal of
Soviet naval power permits of no compla-,
cency on the allied side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Bound

The sky Is blue GboUe my maple tree,
Upon a summers day / find life stDeet
To lie upon the crest OF my green hill
With the fallen stars OF daisies at my
feet.
The half-moon of the sea lies to the
east
But the little snowy sails call me no
more
To all the lorely corners OF the World
For which / longed tn restless days OF
gore.
I, tpto aDould sail for Sdmdrkand,
I, iUho Mould be Touer,
Am bound By daisies. sky and hill.
And chained By purple cloDer.
Beuloh Henderson Smith