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Evening star., 1954-09-14
"PETWORTH.

Ec WIN II.
Dear Sir:
II have often watched birds when
storm is coming up how they scurry
around. but I have never been able to
tell where they go to be safe from a
storm.
If they stay in trees should think
some of our high winds would blow
them out.
But one does not see any dead or
injured ones around after a storm.
Also. they seem to be able to direct
their course even in severe wind. How
can this mite of fluff face into wind,
with nothing but its will power to di-
rect it and guide it to a destination
it may have chosen!
Sincerely. w. c. j."
A bird can weather a storm because
he was made to weather a storm.
He has great deal more than will
power" to protect him, too.
He has good food, strong muscles.
fine feathers and great clutching power.
He can face wind because he is
built like a ship.
He is not blown out of trees CHS
cause his claws are so made that they
hold.
If the branch is blown off, he easily
goes with 1t. maybe is buffeted by the
gale for few seconds, but he quickly
rights himself and is gone with the
wind
In other words. every bird is pro-
tected by what he Is, and can do.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
By Charles E. TroceweN
John C0nstantinideS.

to realize something Of the chain of
nature and the part bird life plays in it.
X X
GLEN ECHO, Md.
Dear Sir.
1T has been nine years since have
worried you with letter, but after
reading your article on, nuthatches
and thrushes I must do so.
"Of three apple trees planted in
1922, one is left, but I still get a few
nuthatches. and saw and heard
thrushes singing until lately.
1.-The downy woodpecker. I guess all
woodpeckers, seems to leave when I
quit putting out suet when warm
weather comes.
DO woodpeckers and nuthatches do
some migrating?
Yours very respectfully, c. B. Med"
Many species have what may be
called limited migration. They tend
to fly one way or other at the proper
times of the year, but actually the
flight is more of a gesture than any
thing else, giving-in to deep ances-
trail urge, but not true migration in
any real sense
The cardinals in given block. for
instance, will fly away in the spring,
to be replaced by others who all the
time may not have been more than
few blocks away.
These neighborhood changes are al
ways noticeable. but the birds cannot
be said to be TRUE migrators, even when
they are classed as migratory song
birds,
Evening star., 1954-09-14

parity of reasoning" even the surgeon
who plunges his knife into the body of
patient in critical and unsuccessful
operation ought to be classified as an
assassin since, according to the nom
Sensical views imputed to Mr.. Byrd's
Italian authorities" all the legal ele-
ments Of intent. necessary elf-defense,
justification, excuse, and so forth, must
be excluded from the considerations
that ought to determine the quality or
value of action by one nation towards
another.
Mr.. Byrd's excuse for reproducing
this Italian nonsense for the annoyance
OF American readers would doubtless
be that he is trying to present an objec-
tive picture of public opinion in the
countries of Western Europe: and more
specifically in Italy. But what he seems
to forget is that it is no defense to a
charge of libel and SANDER that the de-
fendant is merely repeating a worthless
Slander that he has heard from others.
Mr.. Byrd seems to feel that truth, false
hood. and fallacious reasoning, each
and all, have great and noble part to
play in European thinking, and that
~AAAASAASeAAAo, ~ VAlCy dIC WloC, SllOulU give
equal heed and attach equivalent i'm
portance to each of these three great
manifestations of the European intel
lect. But the actual result of his effort
in this instance is simply to create a
secondary semblance of validity for
what is really nonsense, through his
sympathetic presentation of some of
the false ideas on which Europeans he
has met are wasting their breath.
Charles S. Collier,
Professor of Law, George Wash
ington University.
editors note: Mr.. Byrd did not
so to Europe to correct the misun-
derstanding of America held by some
Italians and others, but to report
what some Of them were saying.
After reading Prof Golfers sug-
gestions of what Mr.. Byrd should
have said in rebuttal, The Star be-
lieves, that Mr.. Byrd was wise in
sticking to his role as reporter)
Evening star., 1954-09-14

ment also started cruel and unjust
war against Greece which needlessly
extended the miseries of the European
conflicts to new area. Mussolini's
government was working hand in glove
with Hitler's government and both
were thoroughly hostile to the United
States as well as to France and Great
Britain. Hitler's government actually
took the initiative in declaring war
against the United States after en-
couraging and inciting Japan to attack
us in the Pacific. Mussolini's govern
ment was Hitler's inseparable ally. At
long last the United States struck
back; and for military reasons the at
tempt Ito pierce the -soft-underbelly
of the Axis took the form of a mill
tary attack first on Sicily and then
on the mainland parts of Italy.
The important thing to remember
and to insist upon repeatedly and un-
failingly as valid. pro-American prop
aganda point based honestly and real
istically upon the actual facts of the
matter is that the American invasion"
OF Italian soil was legitimate reaction
to. and direct, result of the aggressive
and ruinous Italian policies and overt
acts of deliberately planned violence
directed against the whole international
order, that had long preceded any phys
ical action whatever by the United
States in the spheres affected.
Mr.. Byrd's Italian informants were
very likely actually 'spoofing" him
But If not. they were indulging in crude
and irrational self-deception, accom-
plished by means of the ambiguous use
of the term invasion" employed with
out any reference to the cause or justifi-
cation of the invasion" and in such
manner as to make this distasteful
term apply with equal force to radically
different Or most sharply contrasting
circumstances. According to this type
OF false suggestions, Gt hardly deserves
the name of false reasoning) there could
be no such thing as justifiable homicide
in private law for any man who killed
another in the external physical sense
would be guilty of murder. And by a
Evening star., 1954-09-14
The Loborite Travellers

Britain's former Prime Minister Attlee
Is learning what it means to accept Com
munist hospitality and not be forever OBJ
sequiously grateful. Nothing was too good
for Mr. Attlee during trip through the
Soviet Union and Red China. But now he is
being exposed" as clumsy propaganda
and rampant adherent of American war
mongering. Pravda, whose editorial opin-
Ion comedies so consistently with that of
the Kremlin, is taking the lead in explain
ing Mr.. Attlee'S character and shortcomings
to Russian newspaper readers.
Mr.. Attlee's great sin, according to
Pravda, was in daring to suggest to Chinese
Communist leader Mao Tze-tung that So
Wet Russia should reduce its ornaments,
ease restrictions on the Communist satellite
states and allow greater freedom to the Rus
sian people. Of these three suggestions,
Pravda appears most upset about the dis
armament proposal-describing its intro
duction by Mr.. Attlee as "much-used
American propaganda trick Somewhat
sadly in tone, Pravda explained that the
British visitor had stopped to "slander about
Soviet armament" despite having seen the
fruits of peaceful toll" at an agricultural
exhibit and having visited a new building
at Moscow University.
This ironic turn to the saga of the Brit
1sh Labor Partys tour behind the Iron Cur
tain does not, of course, provide the final an
SWer as to the effect of this rather extraor-
binary pilgrimage. Mr.. Attlee has demon
Strated both craftsmanship and good sense
during his distinguished career in British
politics and it was not expected that he
would become dupe for Communist tricks
during his travels. But there are others of
influence in the Labor Party, also in the
group touring the Iron Curtain lands, who
have seemed increasingly friendly toward
the "peace-loving" qualities of Communist
ideology and Increasingly concerned about
unity in the Western world The Labor
Party will be holding it's annual policy con-
ference at Scarborough later this month
and the voices of the returning travellers
will be listened to with interest.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
Plea for q September Gurden

You do not take me by complete
surprise,
Scaling the tDaH so imperceptibly,
And yet my garden iUith its StUeet debris
PauSeS in play Nth question haunted
eyes.
The foauers do not kno,U what hauoc
lies
Beneath your touch. How can a
feur-de-HS
KnoD anything of mute catastrophe
Hiding behind ingenious disguise?
Please 90 and leQue them safely here
inside!
built this DaH too high for you to
climb,
For snoU to threaten or for wtnds to
maui
Do not noleSt them 1Dditing oentle-eyed,
Yet fearful. They are not awdre OF
time
And uever Saw an autumn shadoW tau.
Donna Diekey
Evening star., 1954-09-14
Federal City Council

Chartering of the new Federal City
Council, widely representative citizens
group, may prove to be an important mile
stone along the path of progress for the
National Capital. That is the hope of those
who, having seen the effectiveness of or
ganized civic teamwork for city betterment
here and elsewhere, have banded together
to form permanent Washington COM
mittee. In sense, this will be an extension,
on broad lines, of the citizens committees
which helped to draw up and to gain con-
greSs1onal approval of the Districts epochal
public works program It is appropriate
that Francis G. Addison, jr, banker who
led the movement for public works legisla-'
ton, has been named board chairman of
the new council.
. Just as the Addison committee assisted
in providing the city with practicable and
much-needed capital improvement program,
the permanent council will strive to mobil-
tze public sentiment behind such vital tasks
as traffic relief, slum clearance and arrest
OF urban decay. Significantly, the staff
director of the council will be c. Yates
Cook, we'll known for his work in attacking
"city blight" in Baltimore and other urban
centers. The council was not planned as a
substitute for existing civic organizations
but rather as a supplementary body dedi-
Gated to an overall program of city i'm
provement. 1t will give its support, it was
announced, to intelligent efforts to improve
traffic, parking, housing and to meet other
related problems which impede the city's
progress" There are plenty of such prob
lens to struggle with in Washington and
1t is encouraging to know that a public
spirited group of determined citizens is
preparing to grapple with them.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
On the Shores of Tripof

There are at least two important as
poets to the agreement just signed between
the United States and Libya.
One is-in keeping with policy which
has become well established in both DEM
ocratic and Republican administration
that our own Government Is able and will
Ing to extend assistance to underdeveloped
or needy areas of the free world Libya,
whose political independence became a re-
ality less than three years ago, qualities as
such an area. For its immediate need, Libya
will receive from the United States $4,000
tons of grain between now and next June 80
Drought-destroyed crops have left the North
African country short of foodstuffs and
other countries already have come to it's
aid. Turkey, for example, delivered 1000
tons of grain at the Libyan port of Ben
ghazi last month. From the United States
also, as part Of the new agreement, will
come economic-aid funds amounting to 81
million in the current fiscal year and total
ling $42 million through fiscal 1871.
In return, along with whatever good
will may be involved, the United States is
granted for another 20 years the right to
maintain and operate the big air installa-
ton at Wheelus Field, near Tripoli.
In our present strategic concept of
global deployment of our military strength,
access to Wheelus Field is of substantial
value. Only few miles from the first-clasS
harbor of Tripoli. the airfield first was
established by the Italians before World
War II. known as Mellaha, the Arab name,
it changed hands several times early in the
war and finally became Royal Air Force
base in 1943. American use of the field be-
gan during the war but increased sharply
with the military aid program to Greece
and Turkey in 1947 and the subsequent
build-up of strategic and tactical bases in
the Mediterranean area.a Along with the
handy seaport facilities, the base now is
equipped with runways for the biggest
airplanes and all the administrative, op-
irrational and supply facilities required in
major installation
Certainly as long as the Middle East
and North Africa are to be considered areas
whose security is important to the United
States and the free world in general, the
big Libyan base is a highly useful and really
vital facility. The recently negotiated agree
ment should bring reciprocal benefits and
satisfaction to the parties involved.
A returned vacationist says his trip
took him so deep into the wilderness that
fish in the vicinity outnumbered the tele-
vision sets.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
Letters to The Star. +.
A Friendly Arm of the Low

The nicely written feature by J. Theo-
dore Crown concerning the affection
for Police Pvt. w. j. Matthews is ap-
preciated by all of us who have known
him and witnessed the kids greeting
him each morning. You would have to
see the rapture in the tots faces as
they gleefully embrace him in pairs and
threesomes to fully appreciate that he
is. by far the foremost child psycholo-
gist in Washington. 1t should be an
integral part of the indoctrination OF
each rookie into the Metropolitan Police
Department that he observe and take
instructions from Private Matthews at
least one morning-Private Matthews,
of course, being recompensed as an
instructor. 1t would tend to offset the
cynical expressions of some other older
officers. as well as teach them the right
way.
III. A. Sheehan.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
School Statistics
HI. A. Sheehan.

In agreeing with The Star that
school statistics differentiated accord
ing to race and color should still be
kept to comply with existing attendance
laws, I would go further, making al
tentative proposals. The first is that
the present law be amended to require
that records not merely distinguish as
to color but particularize as to race. i.e..
Italian, Chinese, Hebrew. etc.
The other, which I urge much more
strongly, is that the law be Immediately
repealed. In American society, race
and color have been given a wholly
artificial Importance. In school
system, they are devoid of true sig
nif1cance. j. w. Haywood, Jr.
Evening star., 1954-09-14
Questions and Answers

-, reader can get the answer to any question
OF TACT by writing The Evening Star Infor-
matlon Bureau; 1900 Eye st. NV. Washing
ton D D. G. Please inc!ose three t3l cents for
Evening star., 1954-09-14
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. When did George Washington
survey the Natural Bridge in Vir-
ginia a?-F. L.
A. About 1850 His initials are carved
on the bridge and also on a large
stone which served as his bench mark.
@. Is the saying Cleanliness is next
to godliness" found in the Bible?-
D. M.
A. No. This quotation is from a
sermon on dress preached by John Wes-
ley, one of the founders of Methodism.
Evening star., 1954-09-14

behaved In similar fashion while running
his own committee
Evening star., 1954-09-14

"A returned vacationist says his trip
took him so deep into the wilderness that
fish in the vicinity outnumbered the tele-
vision sets.
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mendations of Deputy Chief
Robert S. Bryant and 1t. Edwin
D. Crandall of the robbery squad.
BY the time the bandits had
reached the Eleventh street
bridge over the Anacostia River,
PvtS. Chase and Naecker we're
drawing alongside. Pvt. Naecker
drew his pistol and ordered the
bandits to halt, but they jockeyed
their car daringly, once brush
ing against the bridge side struc-
ture, and got away. Police could
not shoot because of the heavy
traffic.
Hit Parked Car.
But they remained close be-
hind the bandits as they turned
left on v street, then on to
Thirteenth street and finally
crashed into the parked car.
1t was learned the getaway
car. belonging to Milford H.
Feldman, Sic Domar avenue,
Takoma Park, had been stolen
and the Maryland tags replaced
with tags stolen from a car that
was wrecked last July. The lat
ter car belonged to Robert M.
Wanzer of Burke, Va.
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|penfagon 70 Request BiffIe Likely to Resume Post
Billions for Vast New In Senate Under Democrats

Leslie Z. Biffle may return to
his old job as secretary of the
Senate under Democratic control.
The post is one Of the top
ranking jobs in Congress and is
always filled by the party in
control.
Another job that will go to the
Democrats when they take over
in January is sergeant at arms.
a post now held by former Rep
resentative Forest Al. Harness.
j. Mark Trice, also a veteran
of many years as a Senate off,
cial. has been Senate Secretary
under the Republicans. For
nearly a year Senate leaders
have been putting Mr.. Trice for
ward as a candidate for Con-
troller General. But House lead
ers also have been pushing Rep
resenta&ve Cole, Republican, Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-05

gram of universal training would
be too rnilitaristic, a team al
ready has been set up to study
similar systems of other coun-
tries. It has been found that
Great Britain, Switzerland and
the Soviet Union presently go
much further along their route
toward UNIT than does the
United States
The groundwork of selling a
new plan also is well underway.
with conferences among officials
of the American Legion, National
Guard Association, Reserve Of
flcers' Association and other
groups. The Hannah plan was
mapped out and presented to
those organizations as an accom-
plished fact.
One of the basic problems
confronting the manpower ex-
perts is q simple one-a true
definition of a veteran. They
must decide whether he is a man
who has served in combat, in the
zone of hostilities or remained
at some home base. They wish
to reach some sort ofsdistinction
so that there can be an equitable
arrangement as to reserve obli-
cations for veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-05

to serve at Atlanta. but was free
on good time release. Maylone
waived preliminary hearing.
Were Prison CrOnies.
Police said the three criminals
became acquainted during their
many trips to penitentiaries. All
served time at Lorton Reforma-
tory on several occasions, and
Maylone and Lyles were in the
Federal Prison at Atlanta at the
same time.
In the wrecked automobile
police found the stolen money
and white handkerchiefs used as
masks during the holdup
Lyles and Mayione, according
to the story related by police, en-
tered the Georgia avenue market
where the night manager. Edgar
L. Spann, 80, colored, OF 1909
Rhode Island avenue NV, and
a customer, William H. jordan,
Sc, of 1107 Eleventh street NV,
were standing.
Robbed at Gunpoint.
Lyles pointed the gun while
Maylone took So from Mr.. Jor-
dan and the remainder from
the cash register. Then the
bandits returned to the car,
where Reed was waiting.
Mr.. Jordan. had the presence
of mind to get the tag of the
Nblack convertible. Quickly he
called police and radio Dispatch
ers Pvts, James Beach and
sFtemi Petrakis went into action.
For their work of forming a
posse the dispatchers won COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-05

New York. for this job as heac
of the General Accounting OF.
fee, and the White House hac
made no decision. Mi. Cole was
reelected yesterday for another
two-year term in the House.
Friends of Mr.. Biffle said to-
day they believe he would be
receptive to a bid to return to
his old post as Senate Secretary
II for any reason he should
decide not to take the place, a
likely prospect is FELTON, M
Johnston. who also has served
the Senate for many years. He
is now floor secretary on the
Democratic side of the Senate
chamber.
A change in control also is
likely to lead to numerous
changes in the stats of CONSUL
tants to Congressional commit
tees. i-@
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-05

Mrs. Freer said Inspector VIM
terS discussed in detail his re-
port to the District Commission
ers recommending the establish
ment of youth aid division in
the Police Department.
The Inspector, who was re-
Gently assigned to head the city's
Juvenile Bureau, wants to see
the proposed youth aid division
composed of the Detective Bu-
reau's former juvenile squad,
personnel from the Womerl's Blu
reau and personnel now assigned
to the Police Boys Club.
Unhappy Over New Law.
/ Mrs. Freer indicated certain
matters have yet to be worked
out between Judge Cockrill and
Inspector Winters. She indi-
Gated that the judge is unhappy
about the recently passed law
which establishes an, open arrest
book for juveniles, but admitted
that nothing can now be done
/ about it.
! Inspector Winters also urged
that the fingerprinting and
photographing of some juveniles
be continued. He added how
ever, that it should be limited to
"offenses amounting to a felony"
! committed by youths above 10,
children with lengthy records or
who refuse to identify them
selves.
| Judge Cockrill, Mrs. Freer de-
clared, plans to hold another ses-
sion with Inspector Winters to
work out policy on the matter.
She has long favored forcing
! police to obtain the permission of
the Juvenile Court judge before
f1ngerprints or pictures are
taken.
Way to Help Lift Burden.
Another feature in the inspec-
tors report is the proposal to
refer many juvenile cases to vol
untary agencies rather than to
the court.
This is in line with New York
City's system which helps lift
an unnecessary burden from the
Juvenile Courts dockets.
Mrs. Freer declared Judge
Cockrill is very pleased with
this suggestion" but said that
once referral is made the po-
lice should get no reports ON the
progress of the child because
that would amount to unofficial
probation by the police.
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.Ex-Highway Official
Convicted in TaxCase
BY The Assoeio.ed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. S.
George P. Dehardit, a former
member of the State Highway
Commission, has been found
guilty of income tax evasion In
1916.
A Federal jury found him
guilty after about IL hours
elaboration yesterday. It hac
had the case about the same
length of time Tuesday before
asking for additional time. The
trial began Monday.
Federal Judge Sterling Hutche-
son has not set a date for SEN
fencing Dehardit, who is free
under $500 bond.
Now a Gloucester attorney, he
was charged with reporting a
$17,254 income in 1916 which the
Government claims should have
been $26,019.
The attorney faces a maximum
sentence of five years in prison
or a $4,000 fine or both.
His defense counsel has indi-
Gated a motion will be filed to
set aside the verdict.
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Siomese Twins, Joined
AT Head, Doing Fine
BY the Asseeia.ed Press


CHICAGO. Nov. 5.-Chicago's
Siamese twins, born October /,
weigh more than IA pounds and
are doing beautifully" a spokes-
man for st. Anne's Hospital said
today.
The Andrews girls, Joined at
the head, weighed about
pounds when born by Caesar
can section. The children
christened Deborah Marie and
Christine Mary, are the daugh-
tiers Of Wilfred j. Andrews, So
a salesman, and his wife, Moreno
80. No date has been set for
tests to determine. whether il
will be feasible to separate them
surgically, the hospital spokes-
man said, "a
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