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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18
On the Air
On the Ar
'MiIIie' Can't Win Friends
Competing With Danny
By Harry Macarthur

The roll was called in the
living room the other evening
and Danny Thomas won by a
whopping majority. The tele-
vision editor had to go away
from there to have a look at
Meet Millie," returning to
CBS-TV. complete with sponsor,
on Tuesdays at 9 pm.
In how many living rooms
across the land something of
the same sort happened nobody
knows. If we were in charge at
CHS, however, we'd be giving the
matter some deep thought. A
man assigned the task of finding
the least likely spot in the CHS
schedule for a situation comedy
couldn't have improved on this.
Danny Thomas Make Room
for Daddy" carried by ABC-Tv
on Tuesday nights at 9. comes
very close to being the best half
hour comedy on television. It
eSchews the broad slapstick ap-
proach and it is natural comedy
with a heart. It's central figure
is warm and likable personality
whose weekly visit is anticipated
eagerly.
Make Room for Daddy" got
OF to a slow start. Watching it
has entailed abandonment of old
laziness on the part of viewers,
the breaking of the old Chan
mel 4-Channel 8 habit. It's rating
has increased steadily, however,
and it has become the one show
lot of people refuse to miss.
If you had to be marooned on
desert island with one television
program you would find that this
one would wear better than most.
Meet Mile" proved on it's re-
turn to be just what it was before
when it was being showed around
as a Saturday night sustaining
program. Done Give" in Holly
wood, it manages to avoid the
Hollywood look. In the past it
has usually been one of the
funnier programs of any week
and it must be ranked as superior
to many of CBS-TV's more
highly-touted comedy shows.
AS a Jackson Heights, New
York. mother daughter team,
Florence Halop and Elena YER
dugo are refreshingly true to
type. If you have ever en-
countered a New York mother
with a marriagable daughter,
you'll see her again in Miss
Halop. If you have ever found
yourself on a New York subway
train during the rush hour, Miss
Verdugo's deft mimicry of the
Manhattan stenographer's speech
rhythm will take you right back
there.
Their comedy gets a bit
broader than it needs to be now
and then. but they generally
manage to keep it believable.
Miss Halop and Miss Verdugo
also manage to get some gen.
uine. non-mawkish sentiment
into their portrayal of an af-
fectionate mother re-
lationship.
Everything about Meet Mil
lie." in fact. makes it appeal
to precisely the same people who
are loyal to Danny Thomas. With
that loyalty staring her in the
face, "Millie" is never going to
reach her full potential audi
ence on Tuesday nights at 8.
X X n
HE SAID "NEIGH"-Another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18
Toduy's Radio and TV HiohIiohts

Pianist Doris Rosenberg are
heard.
$3.50, WWDC - Rock Creek
Park: Harry T. Thompson,
associate superintendent of
the National Capital Parks,
speaks on Construction of a
Main Artery Through Rock
Creek Park"
9:35, WRC-Eddie Cantor: A
musical tribute to Spring.
1000, WRC - Fibber MCGEE:
Fibber has his handwriting
analyZed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18

thing you have to know about
to get along in television IS
equine psychology. If you can't
talk to horses, it still pays TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-18
University Of the Air

Iodoy-Thnrs- March 10. 1854
WcFM-ss.5 Me-, Channel 25s
$3.50 pm. - A M E RICAN
COUNCIL OF LEARNED
SOCIETIES: The Under
standing of Other Cultures:
Latin America" a talk by
Henry Grattan Doyle, dean
of olum bian College.
George Washington Uni
Versity.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Bad Day for the Army

One does not have to accept Senator Nc
Carthy'S perjury suggestion to agree that
Secretary of the Army Stevens gave a very
poor account of himself on the witness stand
yesterday.
Testifyng on May 6, Mr.. Stevens was quite
categorical. With reference to the Armys
chronological report of March 10, setting forth
the complaints against the Mccarthy committee
and its staff, he said: II don't know who decided
to prepare it," And when he was asked whether
he had ordered the charges "put out" he
answered: mo, sir, I didn't order them put out" !"
Under cross examination yesterday, Mf.
Stevens said, first that the responsibility" for
the charges being put out" was completely his,
and, finally, that he ordered the charges put
out" Mr.. Stevens seemed to contradict himself
almost as directly on the question of RESPONSE
bility for preparation of the March 10 report.
1t took much hammering away by Senator Nc
Carthy to wiring from Mr.. Stevens the concession
that it would be ''fair assumption" that he
made the decision that the charges should be
prepared After many probing questions, and
much seeming equivocation, Mr. Stevens said:
II believe that it was my responsibility, and
that undoubtedly did order them (the charges
to which he had referred on May 81 to be
made up"
The Secretary can blame only himself if
public reaction to his testimony is adverse to
him and to the Armys case.
Evening star., 1954-05-25

Here is the way Templeton Jones has
solved the daylight saving time problem,
as far as he is concerned!
He has all clocks on the first floor
of his home set to daylight saving, and
all clocks on the second floor set to
Eastern standard time.
annually fused and foamed about the
change.
Each spring. he began. and each fall.
he bemoaned the change back again.
Now, everything Is harmony in his
home. with strictly two level time.
Now when he wants to escape from
the present, he goes upstairs, and In
Il steps is back In what he calls o
saner time.
He steps from the palpitating present,
with its many idiotic ideas, into the
slower time Of yesteryear.
Templeton Jones does not push this
idea too far.
He might. If he cared. believe that
yesterday was o better time for hui
manity. because yesterday people, as
groups, did not push each other around
SO much. They did not stick their noses
into the affairs Of peoples half way
around the world. Or did they? Jones
is not sure, and that Is why he refuses
to carry his idea too far.
He simply knows that when he goes
upstairs, at o'clock. let us say, he
suddenly finds it Is only o'clock.
The world Of the upstairs Is slower,
calmer, more smooth running.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
BY Charles E. TroceweN

man who feeds the pigeons every
morning at Chevy Chase terminal.
The first Monday Of daylight saving
time, the man with the bag of chicken
scratch feed appeared one hour earlier
The band Of pigeons lined up on the
terminal roof eyed their friend coldly
It was not time for him to be thereI
When he began to sprinkle the seed
across the bit of lawn, the birds looked
very much upset.
He was the right man, they recog-
nized. and he had the right seed
But It was not the right time, and
that was that.
So the pigeons refused to come over
and eat. At 10:30 o'clock that morning,
q late rising friend told Jones, the chick
feed was still there.
Those silly birds would not eat 1t.
The next morning, however, when the
man appeared an hour earlier. the
pigeons hew down and resumed their
old eating habits at once.
So such changes are not drastic,
Templeton Jones admits, but may be-
come the accustomed in little while.
with the result that when late Septem-
ber arrives. every one has to get used
to SLOW time again.
II Is all q bit Of the unnecessary
confusion injected into modern life for
no real good. Jones thinks. Hence his
stubborn resistance on ct least one fioor
Of his home.
Evening star., 1954-05-25

administration has not made itself clear
on this issue. Unfortunately the situa-
ton has been getting steadily worse
and may soon become hopeless if France
agrees to terms with the Reds.
France seems to feel that only the
presence of American troops can save
the day. This proposal is repugnant.
especially to Americans who saw the
tragic debacle of Korea and its un-
certain end and naturally fear another
such embodiment. This, however, may
not need be so.
The history Of the Indo-China war
has shown the French consistently out
generated in almost all phases Of the
fighting. They should win, but don't.
The French cry for American troops.
Why not send them American generals,
not to advise, but to run the war? It's
time that France be forced to swallow
her pride, If Indo- China is to be saved,
for their sake as well as ours. The war
can still be won, but only American
generalship and American equipment
can do it. Dien Bien Phu proved that
the French Union can fight. The ad-
ministration must talk France into ac-
cepting American generalship so that
fight can be won.
w. Byron Larew, Jr.
Evening star., 1954-05-25

to prompt belief that Ethiopia could become
the bread basket Of the Middle East"
Ethiopia is charter member Of the United
Nations -rehecting perhaps the Emperor's faith
in international justice-and it had troops
among: the United Nations forces in Korea. An
American military mission is aiding in the
training of Ethiopian forces and an American
manned radio and interceptor station is oper=
ating, by mutual agreement at Asmara. The
strategic location of Ethiopia and the proved
devotion of its Emperor to the cause of liberty
enhance the value of their association with the
free nations. Washington will welcome the
Emperor here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
This and That

Heaven knows that what every one
needs now is world where the UP.
setting process has not gone so far. He
them as better. If you were to ask him
why they were better. he might not be
able to tell you. A cynical questioner
might say, Don't you really mean that
you were younger, that is all?"
Jones had thought Of that line Of
reasoning. Modern science shows that
man is not just meat, bones and hair,
as the poet said, but is rather cells,
cells filled with mysterious abilities to
create hormones. engines, and others.
and to carry on chemical operations
marvellous beyond anything man can
do. The best trained chemist or physi-
cist can only marvel ct what he finds,
and try to understand it. He can
duplicate it only now and then.
Jones upstairs world, where even
time Is slower" is more peaceful, be-
cause everything is slowed down.
Instead of rushing forward to bed
time, as he does on the first floor, he
finds it another hour before his normal
retiring time.
He believes some Of the perplexity Of
today's children results from this
puzzling difference. The poor things
do not understand what Is happening,
but they do realize that confusion exists.
Even the beasts and the birds are
confused.
Templeton Jones has watched Che
Evening star., 1954-05-25
An Ally From Africa

1t is a mark of these disturbed times that
visit to the United States by the Emperor
of Ethiopia should have deeper significance
than mere display of pomp and circumstance
1t was nearly 20 years ago that Halle
SelaSSie demonstrated not only the courage
but the foresight to resist totalitarian aggreS-
sion. His resistance, in military terms, was Of
small impact as Italian Fascist forces took over
his country and drove him into exile. But In
moral terms bis fight was good one and there
are lessons still to be read into his words Of
disappointment although not of despair
when the League of Nations refused support to
his country. God and history will remember
your judgment" he said sadly. And in the face
of later reverSeS at the hands of the League,
he added: "Never shall cease to hope. I still
have faith in the ultimate triumph of interna-
tional Justice
The first step toward triumph for Halle
Selassie came in 1941 when he took back his
country from the Italian invaders. The story
since then has been one of slow but consistent
progress toward improvement of the country,
through communications agriculture and de-
velopment of natural resources; and improve
ment of the people, through education and
medicine The economic potential Of Ethiopia
was strengthened considerably by federation in
1852 with Eritrea, the former Italian colony on
the Red Sea coast of Africa, giving the enlarged
country ports Of its own. The agricultural po-
tential-in the raising Of such products as
coffee. COTTON sugar and cattle-is great enough
Evening star., 1954-05-25

protection, and supplying him with con-
f1dential information. should suppose
that. receiving such stolen material. he
would be regarded as equally guilty with
those providing it.
On the other hand, there was a vio-
lent explosion when the committee was
unable to force Mr.. Adams to tell in de-
tail about the meeting between Mr..
Adams, Attorney General Brownell and
others. a meeting which seems to me
legitimate. and not subject to senatorial
review, in determining what legal pro-
cedures Mr.. Adams as counsel Of the
Army had q right to follow.
Puzzled.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
'One-Mon Rule and the Acc

There seems to be more heat than light
in the controversy over the proposed legislative
change that would describe the chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission as the COM
missions principal officer"
Opponents Of the change-one of the many
now being considered as amendments to the
outdated Atomic Energy Act of 1946-have
voiced the fear that it would concentrate ex-
cessive power in the hands Of the Acc chair
man, who at present Is Lewis L. Strauss That
is to say, despite the spirit and intent of the
1946 law, the revision would end the co-equal
status of the commissions five members, re-
duce four of them to a position of relatively
weak subordination and thus pave the way for
a dangerous form Of "one-nan rule" in one Of
the most important agencies of the Govern
ment.
Indeed according to some who have ex-
pressed this view, Chairman Strauss has al
ready begun to act as if he were entitled to
reign supreme in the Acc. However, they have
failed to document their sweeping statements
with any specific or genuinely convincing ex-
ampleS of abused authority, and Mr.. Strauss
himself-who is scheduled to appear next
week before the Joint Congressional Atomic
Committee probably will have an opportunity
to comment at length on such criticism, or at
least on his own conception Of what his duties
are and should be both as head of the COM
mission and as President EiSenhower'S close
personal adviser on nuclear and thermometer
matters.
Like Representative Cole, the chairman,
most of the Republican members of the Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee have denied
that there is any ground for fear about "one-
man rule" in the Acc. As they have explained
it, the proposal to designate the head of the
commission as principal oficer"-a phrase
not contained in the 1916 law-does not repre-
sent departure from past or present policy,
but merely gives formal recognition to the fact
that whoever preSideS over the agency oc-
cupies special titular position. Further, they
have emphasized that the Aces decisions and
actions would still require majority vote under
the proposed change.
Nevertheless, although such a voting re-
Quirement would seem to be reasonable safe
guard against "one-man rule and although
the chairman of any agency-by virtue of his
of1ce-is bound to have an extra measure of
authority or influence, some Democratic men,
bers of the joint committee are not convinced
that principal officer" is a relatively inSignif
icant phrase. They feel that it lends itself to
interpretations that could undermine the CO.
equal position of the Aces members, and they
wonder-not illogically-why it should be pro-
posed as an amendment to the 1916 act If it
really has no special meaning or. purpose
Accordingly, the advocates Of this partic-
ular change would do well to explain 1t more
precisely For it is unclear as it stands, and
the argument over it has thus far been less
than enlightening.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Will 1t Be All or Nothinq?

Threat of a presidential veto has given
needed impetus to administration efforts to
save Federal salary reclassification plans from
being wrecked by all-or-nothing postal pay
raise advocates. The White House has made it
plain that any congressional move to increase
postal or other Government workers salaries
without reclassifying them will be resisted to
the last. It is possible, therefore, that intran-
sigence of postal groups fighting the admin
iStration's pay-realignment plan may imperil
the pay and fringe benefits program for all
Federal employees. Those who are insisting on
scrapping reclaSsifcation in favor of an across
board increase ought to consider carefully
the risks they are taking.
Most of the compromising so far has been
on the part of administration officials. AS q
concession to postal organizations that contend
the Summerfield- Civil Service Commission pay
readjuStment plan would not give employees
decent raises, officials have said they would
not object to a moderate pay raise Superim-
posed on the basic reclaSSification program
They would approve revised proposal giving
postal and civil service workers generally from
5000 to $3.50 year increase on the average
But the well-organized postal lobby prefers a
fiat 10 per cent raise in lieu of any full or par
tial reclassifcation plan.
The administration wisely has stuck to its
guns on the reclaSsif1cation ISSUE however, for
without such readjuStment of salaries, all
along the line, the Federal pay structure will
remain out of balance An off-balance pay syS-
tenn inevitably means inequities for some work.
erS and favored treatment for others. A Gov
ernment pay scale which, as is now the case
provides some employees of one grade more pay
than some employees in the next higher grade
is out of date and indefensible It is all right
for organized employe groups to campaign for
higher pay but they show strange short
sightedness when they ignore the necessity of
bringing all salaries into proper relationship.
Congress should see to it that, whatever the
final decision as to a pay raise, provision is
eral pay.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Prewur Poland
w. Byron Larew, Jr.

In The Star of May 16 there is ref
erence to a "Free Polish Government
of London" in an item entitled very
nificantly-"Polish Agent Says Allies
are Needed Inside Curtain"
It is the undisputable urgency and
Importance of the above problem which
prompts one to qualify the remarks
expressed by the agent" in question.
May the friendship of the Polish
people. suffering now under Communist
dictatorship, be won by offering them
another, Communist dictatorship?
Any one who thinks seriously will
answer in the negative. Yet the So
called Polish Government Of London"
seems to maintain otherwise, composed
as it is of the survivors Of a prewar-
Warsaw dictatorial regime.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
letters to The Star

methods" used to achieve the present
objectives. and the obvious violation of
the fundamental doctrine of separation
Of powers. The great crusade" is slowly
going down the drain. and looks more
and more like the Truman-Acheson
party in another guise.
Citizen.
AS white Southerner fail to under
stand the hue and cry over the aholi-
tion Of segregation in our schools. The
Supreme Courts decision appears to be
a fair and logical one in what is sup
posed to be an intelligent and demo-
cratic country. What has always been
strange to me. is the fact that we could
ever judge citizen by the color Of his
skin and not by the facts of his birth
or naturalization. It has always ap-
peared odd to me that we could grant
first-class citizenship to dark-hued Ba-
varians. Italians, Greeks, Chinese or
Armenians. but we denied the same
privileges to native-born citizens Of
lighter color whose ancestors had been
here for centuries, but who happened
to be Negro.
I grew up with colored kids on the
farm. played with them, went SWIM
ming and hunting with them. I at
tended the. same church and listened to
with awe and appreciation to their folk
songs, spirituals and tall tales. It never
occurred to me to treat them as other
than an equal until was misled by
the honeyed phrases and cheap political
utterances of my self-appointed lead
ers in the South.
am a veteran Of World War II. My
colored buddy in the AAF received q
Bronze Star for his work on the Burma
Road. I always thought of him as just
plain. intelligent American citizen.
never thought of his skin color. My
wife and would be proud to think
that our daughter might now attend
school with his daughter, in harmony
and friendship, as Americans all.
]. Wilbur POtherby.