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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Rouoh Niohf

The morning after Hurri-
cane Connie had passed on I
rode down to the Columbia
Island Marina with my hus-
band and our three sons to see
how our small boat had
weathered the stormy night.
We were very thankful TO md
her riding safe and sound on
a very high tide. as were every
one Of the many other boats
locked in this lagoon.
Perhaps there is nothing UNI
usual about what I have told
up to this point. but while we
were there the expression on
q certain mans face has given
me the desire to write this
letter.
That man is s. King Fulton,
who owns and operates the
concession at this marina.
The night Connie sideswiped
us. while winds blew furiously
he held an all-night vigil, with
out q wink of sleep, pumping
vater out Of boats and REIN
forcing tie-up lines to insure
their safety. He was Just as
concerned about the smallest
run-about as he was the larg-
est cruiser.
As he came walking slowly
from one Of the docks, still
dressed In his ''Norwester"
coyeralls, I went over to ask
him what kind Of a night it
had been. As he talked I
looked into the kindest pair Of
tired eyes I have ever seen.
He complained not once, either
about the weather or the ter
rife responsibility he had as
sumed. And then with an IL
Elimination as sudden as fash
light, I saw that his too-con-
scientious heart had already
been reinforced by God for his
laboring night.
How many Of us stop long
enough to be grateful for men
in our midst like MIR. Fulton?
Personally, / am deeply moved
by the spirit and concern of
this man for every boat he
takes in his marina.
Hazel nj. Reynolds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
THE POLITICAL MILL
Communists Always With Us
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Hiss, who had had a respon-
sible position In the State De-
partment.
It was the persistence Of
the House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee which A.
nally unearthed a convincing
case against Hiss. And it was
the present Vice President,
Richard Nixon. who, as a
member of the committee, was
largely responsible for I'M
earthing the evidence which
finally clinched the case
against Hiss. Instead of CO.
operating with the House COM
mittee, many Of these wit
nesses have used the Fifth
Amendment of the Constitu-
ton as q shield-if they need
one.
The idea seems that, now
Mccarthy has had his wings
clipped, those who are Conn
munists, have had dealings
with the Communists and
support them can go their own
sweet way.
Walter Has Other Ideas
That, however, Is not the
intention Of MIR. Walter and
the other members Of the
Un-American Activities Com
mittee, nor should it be. To
say that congressional COM
mittees are to keep their hands
of, and to cease their efforts
to trace subversives in this
country is ridiculous. The
Republicans have used the
Red issue against the Demo-
Gratis for a decade. They have
argued that it was the soft
ness Of the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations to-
ward the Reds that caused
so much trouble and permitted
valuable information to fall
into the hands Of the Russian
Communists. The Democrats
have reacted violently to these
charges. With the committees
Of Congress now controlled by
the Democrats, it is unlikely
that Communists and fellow
travellers will have a free run.
MIR. Walter has an opportunity
to show that congressional
hearings can be conducted
with fairness to witnesses
called before it and at the
same time be effective. So far,
there is no indication the
Walter committee Is trying to
investigate the stage--as such
OR to establish a blacklist Of
actors, authors or producers.
It is, however, seeking to
follow the trail Of the Commu-
mist conspiracy wherever it may
lead. Il Is trying to ascertain
just how that conspiracy is
operating in the United States.
Quite naturally. the Commu-
nists and fellow travellers viii
not take kindly to the inves-
tigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Bus. what is that? Temple
ton Jones definition:
IAN old medieval vehicle,
once run by happy men.
'RuSting specimens may be
seen on demand. II you de-
mand long enough.
''See District Commission
ers."
Jones has a happy eye for
all the pretty girls who come
to his Office.
He spotted Miss Frances on
her very first day.
Several days later, true ro-
mantle that he Is, he wrote a
song "All the Pretty Girls Are
Called Frances"
Two days later he wrote
another tune, "She's My Roly-
poly From North Carolina"
with accent carefully pre-
served.
Since his romances never
60 any further, he tore up the
words the next day, but the
melodies linger on.
The trouble with the words
was this:
It should have been South
Carolina. A grievous error,
down hathaway.
X 4 \ n
We have always doubted
that story by our old friend.
that the sun was in his eyes
when charming Miss Frances
boarded his bus half way
down the avenue.
If we know the old rascal
right, and we think we do,
he saw her, sure enough, but
just didn't want to get up and
give her his seat.
Old-fashioned men still
think they ought to do that;
it was instilled in them at
their mothers knee, literally.
Whether m Q others, dear
souls. wanted their sons to be
courteous and for whose sake is
still an open question. Any
way, it took. Men and even
boys used to leap up at the
mere sight Of a lady boarding
a bus.
Now that both buses and
ladies are gone, we can see
things in perspective, and
realize at last that mother
was right.
II we aren't courteous any
longer, 1t isn't her fault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18

The House Un-Amer1can Ac~
tiyities Committee is again
demonstrating the fact that
the Communists are always
with us.
Under the Craftsmanship Of
Representative Walter, Penn
sylvania Democrat, q sub
committees hearings Of ac-
tors In New York Is showing
up the manner and extent Of
Communist infiltration. The
arrogance Of many Of the wit
nesses seems to demonstrate
what Senator Mccarthy Of
Wisconsin and his friends
predicted when the Senate
last year censured him. They
said at the time that such
action, against . man who
had been relentless In his
search for Communists and
fellow travellers In the Govern
ment and In industry, would
be an encouragement to the
subversives.
It was, indeed, the factor
which caused q number Of
Senators to ponder whether
they should go along with the
resolution Of censure, even
though they resented the
methods Of the Wisconsin
Senator. It has been q long,
difficult road-the unearthing
Of Communist infiltration In
this country. The House IN
American Activities Commit
tee has been travelling that
road for years. Many times, in
the past, efforts were made to
discredit the committee and to
put an end to 1t. Those were
the days when Representative
Martin Dies Of Texas was
chairman Of the special COM
mittee to investigate in-
American activities IA COM
mittee which was renewed
from year to year until it was
finally made o standing COM
mittee Of the House.
Failed to Die
New Deal radicals did their
best to kill the special COM
mittee-bu always the House
rose up and supported the In
vestigation Of un-American
activities. At that time, the
Roosevelt administration was
mighty friendly with the Rus
sian Soviet government. It
was o friendship which went
right along through that adj
ministration. Many Of these
friends Of the Russian govern
ment continued on despite re-
peated warnings Of the sub
versive activities Of the Com
munists In this country. In
deed. the reluctance Of the
Truman administration to ad-
init that there had been such
infiltration persisted, although
1t was rudely jolted by the
trial and conviction Of Alger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
For the Record

I have been enjoying the
crisp features Brian Bell has
been doing on Paris in your
Sunday Pictorial Magazine,
hence I reacted rather sharply
to the caption describing the
winged Nike Of Samothrace, in
the Louvre, as having been
created by an unknown sculp-
tor in honor Of a celebrated
French naval victory" in the
Aegean Sea.
Until now, most archaeology
cal authorities seem to be
agreed that the statue was
emplaced in a center of wor-
ship on Samothrace (Samo-
thrake) early in the fourth
century BIC. A date around
306 BIC. seems to crop up
frequently in commentaries,
which would be a bit before
Julius Caesar divided all Gaul
(and the Gallo navy, per-
chance) in three parts to
simplify my prep school study
chores. The Nike then was
attributed to q Greek sculptor
and regarded on an artistic par
with another product Of Greek
sculptural genius, Venus de
Milo, also of BIC. creation.
There is good reason to
believe there was no French
naval victory in the Aegean
that early and the good Homer
who wrote the caption must
have been nodding at his type
writer.
Even allowing for a fair
share of Homeric nodding, I
regret that some goalie % pre-
Hellenic term for the unsung
who keep the misses from get
ting into print) did not ma
terialize to keep the uncor-
rected caption from getting in
the type net.
w. A. Kinney.
Editors note: The Star
regrets that Reporter Bell at
tempted to rewrite history and
thanks Mr.. Kinney for rewrit-
ing Mr.. Belly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Brer Rabbit an de Franchise

When Brer Rabbit got himself en-
tangled with the Tar Baby, Brer Fox had
him cold.
"Well, I speck got you dis time, Brer
Rabbit" sezee. Maybe amt, but speck
lis. You bin cuttin' up yo' capers en-
bouncin' 'roun' in dis neighborhood
ontwel you come ter bleeve yo'sef de boss
er de whole gang dar you Is, en- OAR
you'll stay twel fixes up bresh pile i.
kaze I'm gwinter bobbycue you dis day,
sho' SEE Brer Fox, sezee.
Den Brer Rabbit talk mighty tumble.
II don't keer wat you do wild me, Brer
Fox" sezee, $50 you don't cancel the
franchise of the Capital Transit Company
and run me out Of town. Roas' me, Brer
Fox" sezee, "but don't cancel the franchise
Of the Capital Transit Company and run
me out of town." sezee.
"Hit,s so much trouble fer to kindle
a fer" SEE Brer Fox, sezee, dat I speck
I'll halter hang you," sezee.
"Hang me DIES ez high as you please,
Brer Fox" seq Brer Rabbit, sezee, "but
for de Lords sake don't cancel the fran
chise of the Capital Transit Company and
run me out of town." sezee.
IT amt got no string" SEE Brer Fox,
sezee, zen now speck I'll halter drown
you." sezee.
Drown me jes as deep as you please,
Brer Fox" SEE Brer Rabbit, sezee, "but
don't cancel the franchise of the Capital
Transit Company and run me out of
town." sezee.
''Dey amt no water Nigh" SEE Brer
Fox, sezee, zen now speck I'll halter
skin you,H sezee.
"Skin me, Brer Fox" SEE Brer Rabbit,
sezee, snatch out my eyeballs, TIA out my
years by de roots, en- cut off my legs"
sezee, "but please, Brer Fox, don't cancel
the franchise of the Capital Transit
Company and run me out of town."
Co'se Brer Fox wanter hurt Brer Rab-
bit bad ez he kin, so he cotch i'm by de
behime legs, an Cancelled the franchise
OF the Capital Transit Company.
En- wild dat, Brer Rabbit skip out des
ez lively ez a cricket in de embers.
For which we apologize to Uncle
Remus But he, and others, will under
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18

@. What career did Herbert
Hoover, jr., follow before he
entered the Government?
&C. r. K.
A. He followed the same
profession as his father
that Of mining engineer. An
expert in radio, MFR. Hoover
devised new electronic meth
DDS of geophysical prospect
ing for oil and in 1885 founded
his own company for this pur-
pose. In recent years he has
frequently acted as petroleum
consultant to q number of
foreign countries.
@. What became Of the ex-
plorers Lewis and Clark after
they returned from their ex-
pedition?---A. L. e.
A. Lewis and Clark arrived
back in st. Louis in Septem-
Der, 1906. In recognition Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
(. So Lovely as a Tree

During the past few months
] have observed with growing
concern that many trees are
dying In the Nations Capital.
In the park between Connect
lieut. avenue and K street, two
have recently been cut down.
but no effort has been made
to remove the stlmps, 50 1t is
apparent there IL no inten-
ton Of replacing them. The
large magnolia In Lafayette
Park is almost dead and sew
eral more nearby seem to be
whitening. This condition is
prevalent in other parts OF
the city. and I think it is time
to do something about 1t.
Why can't we have a certain
day In the year designated
National Tree-Planting Day."
and thus encourage both chill
dren and adults to focus atten-
ton on the Importance Of pre-
serving the numerous species
Of trees for which Washington
has become famous?
After all, is there anything
in nature comparable to a
tree2 The shade and shelter it
gives. the fruit or nuts 1t bears,
the strength It's long, tough
roots bring to rolling terrain,
the home 1t provides for Gods
little furred and feathered
creatures, the lumber it furs
nishes for houses and furniture
these are some Of the many
benefits that accrue from the
tree. and they should not be
taken for granted.
What I have in mind is SINH
lar In character to the Fiesta
del Arbol In Venezuela. one of
our most enterprising Latin
American neighbors. In this
beautiful land south Of the
border" an entire week in
May is devoted to the Tree
Festival, during which children
at school. adults at home and
public officials entrusted with
care Of the parks concentrate
on planting and cultiyating
trees native to their country:
the bands play, other musical
programs are sponsored and
lectures are given on conserv-
ing Venezuela's natural re-
sources. 1t is a wonderful idea.
It will doubtless require
congressional action to have
such a day as I have suggested
officially designated. and when
Congress convenes next ses-
sion I intend to approach Rep
resentative Broyhill, who has
done so much for the city as
q member Of the House District
Committee, and ask him to
introduce q bill along the
proper lines. But such a move
ment requires public interest
and enthusiasm and support.
Frances LOuise McCracken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18

Templeton Jones wears his
heart on his sleeve.
His friends can wound him
with q look. or, what is worse,
by not looking.
Failure to greet Is the worst
Of all.
II a friend or acquaintance
passes him by without speak
ing, the poor fellow really
suffers.
He expects they viii say,
Hello, JONES'" or Good morn
ing. Mr.. JONES'" or "How are
you. Colonel?" or "Hy, cap
tain" or perhaps just "Umph."
as so many people do.
This MIR. Umph is a great
guy.
He goes along every street,
and is In every Office.
His name might be Chame-
leon. except the big book lists
him as CLANCY" and his
wife's name as Mercedes, when
actually it is Lizzie.
He is listed in the City Di-
rectory as O clerk" when
actually he writes for q living.
Jones dilemma is not unique.
Others. too, wear their hearts
on their sleeves.
They also often become hurt
because someone with his head
in the clouds fails to speak.
What can be done for them?
That is not the question. A
better phrasing would be.
What can they do for them
selves?
4 \ n X
The beauty of Templeton
Jones If we may say so, is that
everything applies to him.
He is the hurt and the hurter.
He knows when he is snuh-
bed. when he is overlooked,
and when he is not spoken to.
Nobody can fool him on such
human matters.
He is Old Man Human, him.
self.
He suffers with every snub
because he doesn't snub, he
says
Halt, Mr.. Jones!
Are you sure you do not
snub others? Can you not recall
that morning, when the sun
smote you in the eyes, and you
failed to recognize Miss
Francis when she got aboard
the bus?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18

their achievement Lewis was
appointed Governor Of the
Missouri Territory, and Clark
became a brigadier general in
the Louisiana Militia and
Superintendent of Indian AZ
fairs at st. Louis. Lewis died
in 1909 and Clark in 1888.
@. How does the United
States rank with other coun-
tries in the number of al
coholics in its population
E. e.
A. Studies of the World
Health Organization as to the
nature and size Of the prob
lem Of alcoholism have ranked
the United States fourth in
the percentage of estimated
alcoholics to the total adult
population. Switzerland, Chile.
and France were ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Force IS Not the Answer

At his news conference the other day,
Secretary Of State Dulles noted with In
terest that the Chinese and North Korean
Reds now seem to have Endorsed the sem
timent he expressed last week in q
trenchant little discourse on the use Of
force as an instrument OF national and
international policy In the atomic-hydro-
gen age. The discourse kind Of SER
mon for all countries in our time-was
prompted by a question bearing upon the
partition Of Korea. MIR. Dulles referred
not only to that partition, but to others
also (meaning particularly Germany and
Indo- China), and what he had to say
may well be regarded as text that
should govern the thinking and action
OF every people and every government
throughout the globe.
The text Is simple In rather UNI
pretentious and homely but nonetheless
eloquent sort Of way. And 1t is also about
as effective a summation as could be
made Of the central issue-the overriding
reality confronting modern man with
his almost unimaginable new weapons of
mass destruction. In Mr.. Dulles words,
Il do not see how you are ever going
to have peaceful world or avoid the
consequences, the horrors, Of what viii
develop probably into an atomic and
hydrogen war If force Is used as means
Of correcting these injustices. It takes
time and patience to cure these injus-
tees The fact that you don't go to war
nAa A% $1aof
accept them or acquiesce in them or give
up hope OF changing them. I am con-
WINGED that these unifcations viii be
brought about and that they will be
brought about under far happier condi-
tons than II we try to bring them about
by going to war. By war you may then
unity the country, but you may then
unity it only for insects and not for
human life"
All this is just another way Of saying
that resort to military force-even though
we must be strongly armed with that
force to counter the threat Of aggression
has become obsolete. It has become
obsolete because its results could easily be
far worse, and very probably would be in
describably worse, than the disease it
would cure. Those who are impatient
for quick solutions to everything may de-
plore such a viewpoint. Yet, deplore 1t
as they may, the incontestable fact Is
that the world, unless 1t guides itself in
accord with that viewpoint, can drift into
a war that could virtually obliterate the
human race. MIR. Dulles has not exag-
gerated His thesis must be globally ac-
copied, or the globe itself may one day
be reduced to a radioactive shambles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Suggests New Series

The Stars series Of articles
on "P arenthood Without
Hokurn" should be followed up
with q series on the public
schools In Arlington County
For parents have long been
denied knowledge Of the type
Of moral education their chill
dren are receiving at the hands
Of teachers. who In reality,
are given the responsibility Of
foster parents during the larg-
er part Of the day and Of the
children's period Of develop
ment. Arnold Saggese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
Ladies' and Gentlemen, We Cont Raise the curtonr
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry sDriters correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to condeH.
sGtion.
that the public can again be
served?
That no champion is heard
Of the principle that q strike
Of unions Of workmen against
the public should be prohib-
ited--such as Is the case Of
public utilities?
That no voice is heard ad-
vocating that the tower of
labor unions to gain their ends
should be confined at least
TO damaging their employers,
and not be greatly magnified
by. depriving the public of
necessities? Jay Larcomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ry THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-18

Is IL nOt EeInhrkHDle.
That no criticism from any
source has been heard of the
union of workmen Of the Cap
ital Transit Co. in Washing
ton for interrupting bus and
streetcar service to the public?
That what comment is heard
is criticism Of the company
for not meeting the demands
of its organized employees 90
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-10
Treasury Opposes
Free Gold Market

Delegate Bartlett's recently
submitted bill to create a free
gold market in the US. has been
actively opposed in committee
hearing by the Treasury Dept.
Treasury officials stated that
under a free market, the US.
would have to either stay out of
the market or stand ready to buy
and sell at the official price to
prevent fluctuations. If they did
the first, they claim it would be
a step away from sound none
tary policy, and the second alter
native would be, in effect, con-
vertibility Of currency into gold
which they feel we are not ready
for until foreign currencies are
freed from existing restrictions
world currencies.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-10
SOviets Agreeable To
July Ii Meeting OF
Big Four At Geneva

PARIS, Up - Soviet Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov told the
French Thursday Russia has no
basic objection to July 18 as the
date and Geneva as the site of
the top level Big Four meeting,
a highly informed French source
said.
Premier Edgar Faure and For
eign Minister Antoine sPinay had
Molotov to lunch. He left after
ward to take the Queen Elizabeth
at Cherbourg for the United
States.
The French informant said
Molotov was extremely cordial
through the elaborate French
meal.
There is clearly an atmosphere
of thaw," the informant said.
He commented that since for
NAL arrangements for top level
Big Four meeting are to be set
tied later this month at San Fran
cisco, announcement of the date
and place cannot yet be made
Molotov will attend the celebra-
ton there on the 10th anniver-
sary of the United Nations.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-10
Twenty Crewmen Of
Swedish Tanker Perish In
English Channel Collision

RAMSGATE, England, Up - A
Swedish oil tanker burst into
flames after an English Channel
collision early Thursday and 20
Of her crew who leaped into the
burning sea were feared lost.
Rescue ships drawn to the scene
by the glow of high leaping
flames saved FL of the crew and
the only woman aboard the 1878
ton Johannishus. Several surviv-
ors were hospitalized One of the
crew was dead on arrival on Eng
lish shore.
Of the 43 aboard, the captain
and several officers were. be-
lieved among those lost. The res
cued woman was the wife Of an
engineer who also was saved.
The Johannishus collided with
the 7,256-ton Panamanian freight
er, Buccaneer, about Is miles off
the Goodwin Sands between here
and the Belgian coast. Although
fire broke out aboard the Bucca-
neer, it was soon brought under
control.
The Nome nugget., 1955-06-10


Under the Alaska Land Regis
tratlon Law passed in 1858 and
amended in 1855, all owners Of
patented mining claims which are
located outside of incorporated
municipalities, cities, or towns.
school districts or public utility
districts are required to file a
Statement of Ownership before
Dec. 81, 1855, if they have not
already done so. Holders of un-
patented claims are not required
to file. If the patented claim hold
ers have already filed under the
requirements Of the 1853 law or
the old 1915 law, they need not
file again this year.
Filing of the statement will be
done in the precinct recording of
flee of the precinct in which the
patented claim is located. Record
ers have been furnished with
forms for land owners to fill out
for the filing, or they can be OBJ
tanned from the Territorial De-
partment of Lands.
Recorders have been given
complete instructions and will be
able to assist claim owners in
filling out the forms. More than
one claim may be listed on one
statement. When patented claims
are sold or transferred to new
owner, the new owner must file
a Statement Of Ownership within
the calendar year in which the
transaction was completed.
Further information can be OBJ
tanned from the local Recorder or
the Territorial Department Of
Lands, Box 1853, Anchorage.