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Evening star., 1955-09-22
Polite Deferment
BY a vote of AZ to IL, with six abstel

BY vote of AZ to IL, with six absten-
tions, the General Assembly has once
again gone along with the United States
in deciding to postpone for another year
any action on the irrepressibly recur-
rent issue of whether or not to accept Red
China as member of the United Nations
But this time, in marked contrast to the
past, the deferment has been agreed upon
in relatively polite manner, with Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov-Peiping's chief
sponsor-voicing his objections in Ian
guage containing none of the customary
Communist invective. Thus, in Its own
way, the so-called Geneva spirit" has
triumphed over acrimony and hot con-
tentiousness at the very outset OF the
Assemblys new session.
How long this spirit will prevail,
however, is anybody's guess. Actually, as
far as Red China is concerned, it Is by no
means unanimous spirit. For the AS
sembly has heard some understandably
harsh talk from Foreign Minister Yeh OF
the Chinese Nationalist government.
Mincing no words, and with the record
supporting him, he has reminded every
body of the evil done by the Mao TIE
tung regime, and he has bitterly assailed
that regime as being altogether UNIT for
membership in the U. N. And his views
have been indorsed, at least in part, by
Colombia's delegate, who has emphasized
the illegal absurdity" of even thinking
about admitting the Peiping Communists
while there remains in force the Assem-
bly's 1851 resolution condemning them
for criminal aggression in Korea.
Nevertheless, leaving aside such ex-
Evening star., 1955-09-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

street railways" As Q matter
Of fact, II anything. the bus
system renders more trans
portation because it Is more
flexible and speedier and Is
able to adjust itself more
readily to changing conditions.
What Mr.. Thompson forgets Is
that each year the public
transit systems are suffering
from an invasion of five to
six million more new auto
mobiles. In our own city our
annual count shows that with
the registration Of every auto
mobile, the system loses ap-
proximately TOO passengers per
year. This is the real cause
for the decrease in passengers
carried and in passengers
serviced. Certainly no intel
ligent individual would expect
any transit company to render
as much service in 1855 as 1t
did in 1850 after losing 50,-
600, 900 passengers during that
interval.
It is true that the company
reduced the number Of It's EN-
ployes, but q large part Of this
was due to the fact that the
streetcar barns were closed
down and two-man cars were
abolished with the termina-
ton Of the streetcar operation.
The fact Is that 1t is generally
acknowledged in Minneapolis
that the service today is better
than 1t was under the old oper-
alton. There is no question also
that the bus operation Is more
economical. and that is based
on solid economic facts. We
have streamlined our operation
with one type Of vehicle, which
Immediately reflects q saving
in maintenance and operating
costs. We have also concen-
trated our operation from nine
car stations and garages to
three central garage opera
tions.
Fred A. OsSanna,
President, Twin City Rapid
Transit Co.
Minneapolis. MINI.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Man vs.. Beost

I have read In The Star Of
the dog poisoning c harges
against DR.. George Speck Of
Alexandra. I should like to
make q few comments In the
doctors defense which ] be-
lieve are pertinent.
Some. people can sleep
through almost any kind OF
noise that occurs during the
night. Others find certain
noises quite disturbing Of rest
and sleep. The aforementioned
are fortunate and should sbe
generous enough to take into
account that the second group
exists and would appreciate
their cooperation in making
the night hours as quiet as
possible. People can be asked
to maintain the peace; pet
dogs can be trained to keep it
or be kept in a place where
their barking will not disturb
those who have no control over
them: wild dogs must either
conduct themselves according
to the standards set by humans
or suffer the consequences OF
disturbing the peace. After all,
we run the dogs and not they
US!
DR.. Speck seems to have had
ample reason for putting the
dogs out Of the way. 1t is un-,
fortunate that some innocent
dogs were dispatched by the
poisoned bait. The doctor, by
presenting i2-year-old Edward
Butcher with a replacement for
his lost pup, has shown that
he acted not in q spirit OF
malice but purely with an eye
to eliminating a nuisance
which. If a human had been
responsible for it. would prob
ably have been terminated
earlier by the local police.
Doubtless. 1t is painful for
q dog to die from strychnine
poisoning. If the authorities
had acted at the request Of the
doctor, the dogs could have
been put out of the way earlier
and in a less disagreeable way.
II is dif1icult to understand
the inner workings Of some
individuals with respect to
animals. That 1t is wrong to
mistreat them, I do not deny:
that the animals should be
allowed to make life miserable
for humans. I cannot agree
with.
Norman s. Meese.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Denies Turk Plot

1t was q shock 70 read IN
your issue of September IS an
item by James e. Roper de-
scribing a press conference OF
George v. Melas, Greek Am
bassador to Washington, on
the unfortunate events which
took place in Izmir and Istan-
bull on the night of September
6. The writer conveys the i'm
preston that in the references
Of the Greek diplomat to the
explosion of a bomb in the
courtyard of the Turkish con-
sulate in Salonika. which
started a whole chain Of events.
"the harshly undiplomatic in
ference was that the Turks
themselves had touched of the
blast as an excuse for what
followed" ID
II that Is true. then the in
ference does not stop there.
the further implications being.
that what followed was also a
plot by the Turks themselves.
I have no reason to doubt
the accuracy Of The Star re-
port, yet I do not want to be-
lieye that such an accusation
was made.
Furthermore. such a theory
does not stand to reason. Who
would believe that Turkey. in
the midst of q rapid and sue
cessful economic development.
would hatch a plot which
would infiict upon itself dam
ages amounting to between $35
million and $3.50 million. ac-
cording to various estimates?
And for what? To counter the
subversive instigations on the
Island Of Cyprus Of a priest
and o handful of terrorists?
Mol That is against common
sense.
I should think that the most
sacred duty Of a diplomat is
to cement and further alli-
ances and by no means to
foment discord between his
country and its ally against a
common enemy. Adnan Men
deres. Prime Minister Of Tur-
key. in q statement made on
September 13 before the en-
traordinary session Of the Tur-
ish Grand National Assembly
in connection with the same
events. declared: 1--WE are still
convinced that the alliance
Of the two countries Turkey
and 0reece) In these dark
Evening star., 1955-09-22
THE POLITICAL MILL
1856 Is G. O. p. Year in Illinois
By GOULD LINCOLN

tary of state. and Representa-
tive Sidney r. Yates are also
under consideration.
: Democratic Hopes
The Democrats are asking
themselves just how vulner-
able Senator Dirksen will be.
Some of them frankly admit
that II President Eisenhower
runs again. and conditions
are as they exist today. Mr..
Eisenhower viii In all prob
ability carry the State. They
say, however. that II they
can hold an Eisenhower lead
down to 250,000 they may de-
feat both Senator Dirksen and
Gov. Stratton. This sounds
like wishful thinking. Sena-
tor Dirksen is one OF the
most active campaigners IN
the country and q spellbinder
on the stump.
The Democrats say. how
ever. that Senator Dirksen
has been a Taft man, q Nc
Carthy man. and now Is an
Eisenhower man. They COM
ment, too, that he didn't do
much in the 1854 campaign
for the Republican nominee.
Mr.. Meek. IT'S probable. on
the other hand. that no one
could have done much for
Mr.. Meek In that senatorial
election. Mr.. Lucas. his
friends point out, campaigned
hard for the reelection OF
Senator Douglas. spending a
month in the State and speak
ing constantly. He has been
friendly, too, with Col. Jacob
M. Arvey, Democratic national
committeeman. and with the
new Mayor Of Chicago, Rich
ard ]. Daley.
When 1t comes to picking q
candidate for Governor. the
Democrats Of Illinois are
likely to turn to Chicago. Sew
eral potential candidates are
under discussion. beginning
with MIR. Barrett II he issnot
nominated for Senator. Others
are Stephen A. Mitchell.
former Democratic National
Chairman, Herbert Paschen.
Cook County treasurer. and
States Attorney John Gut
knecht Of Cook County. Gov.
Stratton. the Democrats in
sist, is not as strong as he
was-one reason, he let the
Republican senatorial nomt-
nation contest get out Of hand
last year and wound up with
q weak candidate.
Illinois is always an i'm
portant political battle-ground.
Since the turn Of the century.
Democratic presidential can
didates have carried it six
times, Republican candidates
eight. Five Of the Democratic
victories were in the Roose-
welt and Truman years. It
took Mr.. Eisenhower to turn
the tide in 1852.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
No Scandal in Siqht

One can only 0epiOre CIle reaOlIleoo-
eagerness might be better word-of
House Majority Leader Mccormack to
play partisan politics with the legal dis
pute over the plan for constructing q
far-reaching air defense communications
system.
This project, known as SAGE, is an
urgent defense measure. Without OBJ
tanning specific authorization from Con-
gress, the Air Force has gone forward
with the job. Some contracts, condi-
toned on future appropriations, have
been entered into with private concerns.
At its completion, the plan calls for some
$4,000 additional telephone circuits to
link together the huge warning system.
much of which has been approved by
Congress.
Perhaps the Air Force should have
obtained specific authorization for the
additional circuits, which will cost large
sum of money. But it thought 1t already
had authority to go ahead. And it seems
clear that appropriate congressional COM
mittees were kept informed Of the Air
cUECc pidIlS.
This hardly adds up to conspiracy
or scandal. True, the Controller Gen.
eral has ruled-though he may reconsider
that authorization should have been
obtained in advance. Even If this is the
case, however there has been nothing
furtive or underhanded about what the
Air Force has been doing.
1t is absurd for Mr.. Mccormack to
be talking about "a secret effort to bypass
Congress" to be making suggestive COM
parsons with "the Dixon-Yates deal"
and to be issuing -thumping state
ments about bonanza for big business"
The SAGE project is important to the
security OF the Nation. Even Mr.. McCor-
mack does not dispute this. It ought to
be completed as quickly as possible, and
there is every probability that Congress
will approve it. If a mistake in procedure
was made it will have to be corrected,
even though time may be lost. But a
mistake of this kind certainly does not
Justify the kind Of politicking in which
Mr.. Mccormack has seen At to indulge.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Two woGermonys

The outlook Tor Germany repnlnca-
ton has not been frightened by the treaty
Just signed in Moscow by the Soviet gov
ernment and its Communist East German
regime Certainly the development sug-
gests that the Big Four foreign ministers,
when they meet next month in Geneva,
are likely to make little headway toward
agreement on ending the present partl-
ton. Indeed, the new pact seems to be
predicated on the assumption that there
will be two Germanys for rather long
time to come unless the West accepts
something very much like the Kremlin's
terms for a unifying settlement
Thus, to begin with, the pact purports
to grant real sovereignty" to East Ger
many. The effect of this, from the Soviet
standpoint, is to place that puppet part
of the divided nation on the same inter-
national legal plane as West Germany.
AS a result, according tt, the East German
Communists, Chancellor Adenauer's gov
ernment at Bonn-even though 1t has
repeatedly denied the legitimacy Of their
regime-must henceforth negotiate di-
rectly with them on border controls,
problems arising in Berlin and numerous
other matters, including those affecting
the country as whole.
The Kremlin, of course, has long been
insisting that the two Germanys must
enter upon such negotiations as an essen
tial precondition to any agreement on
reunification. And this precondition--
calculated to build up the power and in
fluence of the East German Communists
has been tied in with two others a.
That the partition must continue until
Bonn withdraws from the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and (2) that the
Germans, If they are ever to have a re-
united country, must embrace neutrality
and be relatively unarmed within the
framework of an all-European security
system. In short, as it has presented its
arguments thus far, the Soviet Union
apparently wants to unite Germany only
on the basis of terms that would make 1t
acutely vulnerable to eventual Comrnu-
mist engulfment.
Considered against this background,
the new East German sovereignty"
treaty-which can create difficulties for
DR.. Adenauer-seems designed more to
impede than to expedite Big Four un-
derstanding at the Forthcoming foreign
ministers conference. At any rate, un-
less the Russians are willing to make
some substantial concessions there, it is
difficult to see how there can be salts
factory reconciliation between their views
and Western proposals to unity Germany
as NATO ally but subject to system
Of special Misunderstanding possibly
a five-power mutual security pact-to
insure Russia's safety. AS matters stand,
such reconciliation still appears to be
long way Of.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
The Russion Way

During q period character
ICED by more smiles and little
action" news items datelined
Moscow are to be read with
greater care and scrutiny. With
your kind permission. I request
to add some additional infor-
nation to a news item entitled
Soviet Criminal Laws Eased.
Says Professor" published in
your paper September IA.
Public policy in the United
States constitutes basic legal
precepts in conformity with
"bonos mores." sound moral
principles in accordance with
the old Roman maxim "Salus
populi suprema lex" that is,
1.-THE welfare of a people is
the supreme law" The trainers
of the Constitution Of the
United States. by adopting
that document as the basic
law of the land, made q great
departure from the then exist
ing forms Of government. sub
stituting for the rule for force
the establishment of principles
OF guidance for the promotion
of welfare of the people OF the
United States. The Constitu-
ton. a very flexible docu-
ment, also made provision for
amendments, and with chang
ing circumstances and condi-
tions the amendments adopted
and laws passed were for the
purposes Of improvement OF
popular welfare. In the USSR.
in a country where the gov
ernment is supported mainly
by a one-party system. where
the basic law still rests upon
the old principle of "L'Etat est
moi" that is II am the state"
and where the people have no
basic rights. 1t is a political
crime to demand certain
rights. governmental reforms
or improvement in popular
welfare.
Those of US who were born
and educated in prerevolution-
ary Russia, In a school OF
thought based on principles Of
universal brotherhood, Stabil-
ity and progress. still remem-
ber the hopes and aspirations
Of the Russian people Of Raw
nopravie" or Equal Rights"
and "Svoboda" or Freedom"
While it. may be true that
there have been some minor
changes Of the laws in the
USSR, equal rights and free
dom are still noted by their
absence. And the main reason
the revolution is still not Sc
cure in the USSR is because it
is physically impossible for q
selected few to maintain mil
lions Of people in mental sla-
very indefinitely.
Meyer Taske, LIB.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

On the stoop Of the other.
one or two recalcitrant guests.
as sounds Of watermelon
revelry came out Of the open
parlor windows.
On the window sill sat Old
Man Smiths pet black cat.
Sally.
Sally eyed the night with
feline interest, but kept one
eye on fanny. the bulldog.
Sally's perch was 8 feet from
the ground. just about the
height Of the stoop, with its
steps.
"Now, Janny." said Temp
Jones, putting an admonish-
ing hand on the dogs shoul-
der.
But he was too late.
fanny took one leap, and was
across the narrow street in q
second.
His third leap was a soar
ing, six feet into the air.
directed squarely at the place
where the cat had been
perched.
Sally. however. was not
there.
She had jumped down and
run through the parlor. and
was streaking it beneath the
dining room table as fanny
struck the parlor floor.
There was q yell and q
whoop from one Of the guests
as the black cat skidded be-
meath the table.
There was positive uproar,
as the big white dog slid across
the polished floor and went
beneath the table after the
black cat.
Out the back window went
the cat. and out the window
went the dog. and the night
swallowed them.
The guests swallowed un-
known amounts Of watermelon
pulp at a gulp. but the excite
ment was over.
MY dog" began Temple
ton Jones. as he rang the bell.
MY cat" spluttered Old
Man Smith.
Then everybody laughed, as
each side sought its respective
animal.
Hot summer nights were al
ways fun in Washington.
Evening star., 1955-09-22
When ! Was YOUNG

When I iDGs young ! aDrote OF
Death!
I dramatised mans last. slo,u
breath. es 90.
The glory and the ape of age
Became the pattern OF my
page.
Now that my steps tread a
sloDer pace
And ] borroD from times
brief hour of grace
MY blood Is strdining to keep
in the strife
And ! ,Drite all day OF Youth,
and Life!
Marcel Brown
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Room for improvement

Even the Weather Bureau agrees with
the average citizen that there Is room for
improvement in the science of forecast
ing weather-especially hurricanes. Err
ratio lone showed how successfully nature
in the raw can battle electronic COM
puters, radar and skilled meteorologists.
But there is good reason to believe that
more and better facilities for analyzing
such storms and keeping track Of them
could produce more reliable predictions
than marked Ione's meanderings.
It is surprising and disturbing to
learn, for example, that air reconnais-
sance of lone stopped at the shoreline,
on the CarolinaS. Prior to that Army,
Air Force and Navy hurricane hunters"
had kept the big storm under almost con-
slant surveillance from the Caribbean
region to the Atlantic Coast. The flyers
reported on the location, wind force, bar
ometic pressure and scope of the whirling
mass of wind and rain, so that weather
experts in Miami, Washington and farther
up the coast could chart the course with
remarkable accuracy and issue appropr1-
ate warnings to coastal areas. But as
soon as lone crossed the coastline, the
aerial tracking ceased, leaving the
Weather Bureau dependent on obServa-
tions on land by eye and radar. With
communications interrupted where the
worst of the storm was centered, tele-
phonic and telegraphic intelligence was
inadequate or entirely missing at times.
And radar, ordinarily reliable, was so
close to the rainy, windy mass that the
picture it gave was confused and often
useless. x
Air reconnaissance after the storm
struck inland, bureau officials say, would
have helped to fill the information gap
that had much to do with the issuance
of erroneous predictions of the course Of
the blow. The military flyers quit their
observations at the coast, 1t has been
disclosed, because Of an arrangement
with the Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton designed to avoid conflict with civil
ian airline operations. 1t is hard to under
stand, however, why military planes
probing to the eye of a hurricane could
interfere with airliners, which presum-
ably would not subject their passengers
to hazards of flying through hurricane.
Surely some way could be1worked out to
I'LL the air-reconnaissance void that de-
velops when a hurricane hits the main
land.
Hurricane forecasters have tough
enough job as 1t is, since they are dealing
with the capricious elements. They have
accomplished a great deal in recent years
inaimproving the accuracy of general and
special forecasts. More scientific aids
and further research no doubt will bring
further advances But in~the meantime
such an elementary aid as aerial surveil-
lance over land as well as sea ought to be
available when a hurricane like lone
poses a threat to the Eastern seaboard.
Evening star., 1955-09-22

The hot summer nights
Of 1855, sparked by hurricanes
Connie and-what was that
other gals name?-are over.
leaving only their memories
behind.
Washington has always had
hot summers, as any city
built on a swamp is bound to
have.
Templeton Jones remembers
one hot summer night long
ago.
1t was in the center Of the
city. in an area regarded at
that time as the perfect
height of fashion.
Everybody who was anybody
lived there in brown stone
mansions or green stone man
sions, probably made Of syn
thetic stone. artfully colored
and machined.
Those old houses still stand,
their green not quite so green.
their white faded and made
dingy by the dust Of time.
~ 4 y
In this section. each house
had what was called a "stoop."
This is a good Dutch word,
meaning a sort OF little
entrance porch or portico.
Porch, veranda. piazza
The Dutch stoep, as properly
spelled, was introduced into
this country in New YORK
City, when Father Knicker-
booker held sway.
The real stoep, or stoop as
we now spell it. was simply q
small covered entrance porch
with small benches.
It covered such entry ways
of not less than 7 steps. and
not more than IA. Just how
these numbers came to be
attached to them is not known
at this time.
It would be interesting for
people now living in those
same old houses in the old
Jones neighborhood to check
up on their stoops. and see II
they live up to the 7-to-l4
arrangement.
The night Templeton Jones
remembers was as hot as they
come.
Not a breath of air stirred.
and everybody who was any
body was out on his stoop.
Jones sat with his big
white bulldog. fanny, and
watched the people fiocking
in across the street to a water
melon party.
They had simple diversions.
in the old days. No television.
no cars, no radios, just plain
home amusement.
Old Man Smith was giving
the party.
He was a big man, with
fiorid complexion, who in
sisted on wearing a formal top
hat along with q red cravat
and yellow shoes. ];
No sportier combination ever
came along that block, or any
other.
But Old Man Smith. as he
was universally called, was
totally unaware of the daily
sensation he caused.
Il u
Picture. now. two row houses
facing each other.
On the stoop Of one is young
Temp Jones. with his big
white bulldog. fanny.