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Evening star., 1955-02-05
Uphold Senote's Dignity

AS Senate pages, we would like to
inform you that we do not call Sena-
tors of the United States Senate by any
"nicknames" whatsoever
We have read in an article by Betty
Beale. appearing in The Sunday Star
Of January 80, that Senate pages used
names such as Dome" and Money
bags in reference to Senators. We
have never used any of these fictitious
names and haven't even heard of most
of them.
We have more respect for the men
who have been generous enough to give
us our jobs than to use any nicknames
or even think of nicknames for them.
Many of us were called on the tele-
phone by Miss Beale, who tried to get
us to tell her some nicknames which
we allegedly used. She must have made
many of them up.
Ten Senate Pages.
Editors note: Society Columnist
Beale says not all of the pages with
whom she spoke were as uncommuni-
cative as those whose letter appears
above)
Evening star., 1955-02-05
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
Dear Sir:

TA0A0 S11OItN11, fds
Dear Sir:
Yesterday morning we were awak-
ened by the birds in our back yard.
"All of them seemed to be there,
squawking, twittering and flying from
branch to branch in the oaks.
MY husband said they were OBJ
viously disturbed by something near
the house. so we got out the binoculars
and, sure enough, discovered an owl on
one of the branches.
1--WE watched off and on during the
day, and the owl stayed until dusk.
1T is back today and the birds are
repeating the performance. AS far as
we know, it Is Screech owl
do the other birds always react this
way to an owl?
I'VE have been here four years and
have fed the songsters regularly with
seed, suet. crumbs. etc
1.-THE rind from bacon or ham is
nailed to board on the tree that grows
on the patio, and is especially enjoyed
by the creepers, woodpeckers and a
great big flicker. We have seen other
species, not equipped for 1t, hang on
to the side of the tree.
1--WE have several kinds OF sparrows
and nuthatches. tufted titmice. blue
jays and cardinals.
1T is wonderful to see the combina-
ton of the latter two in the snow.
"An inexpensive pair of binoculars
adds to the enjoyment.
yours truly, N. W."
Evening star., 1955-02-05

clared war on the Chinese Reds in
Korea-only to misuse 1t.
Although the Truman war still con-
tinues, there being merely an armed
truce in Korea, the three protesting
Senators voiced the same old cry of
the appeasers that passage of the res
olution might bring on war. Perhaps
it was of such men that the philoso-
pher, John Stuart Mill. wrote: War
is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest
of things; the decayed and degraded
state of moral and patriotic feeling
which thinks nothing worth war is
worse. A man who has nothing which
ihe cares more about than his personal
safety is a miserable creature who has
no chance of being free. unless made
and kept so by the exertions of better
men than himself"
In all the annals of history, fear and
timidity have never won a lasting
peace. Our fear-stricken Senators
might profitably ponder the funda-
mental truth which was recently so
well expressed by Gen. Macarthur at
Los Angeles: peace, indeed, can be
obtained at least temporarily by any
nation if it is prepared to yield its
freedom principles. But peace at any
price-peaee with appeasement-peace
which passes the dreadful finality to
future generations-is peace of sham
and shame which can end only in war
or slavery"
Old ReactiOnary.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Chronic Disease HospituI'

Your newspaper recently reported a
special meeting of the District Of
Columbia Medical Society. called for
the purpose Of opening a drive to
obtain 81 million from the citizens of
Washington. It was suggested that
this amount could be parlayed with
Federal matching money into a total
Of $3.5 million and be used for the con-
struction of a 275-bed Chronic Dis
ease Hospital" The proposition ap-
peared to receive only lukewarm
support from those who were present
at the meeting. which circumstance is.
think. evidence Of their good judg-
ment.
Proponents of the plan failed to take
into consideration that q hospital for
chronically i'll patients would require
the same medical. nursing and house.
keeping stats which are found in any
good general hospital. because these
patients frequently acquire acute con-
ditions which require prompt attention.
Why duplicate existing facilities when
1t is feasible to add to them?
Years ago. I was appointed chief
of staff to the Washington Asylum
and Jail; the name of the institution
was changed later to Gallinger, and
later yet to District of Columbia Gen.
eral Hospital At the time of nv
appointment and for IA years follow
ing, this was practically a chronic
disease hospital. All the other hospitals
in the city transferred patients to
Gallinger, as soon as it was evident
their condition had become chronic.
From 1914 to 1928, the yearly admis-
Sions averaged 5000. The attending
staff consisted Of so physicians, and
gradually increased to 100. Among the
medical and surgical diseases treated
were Appendicitis, gallstones, kidney
stones, prostatitis, benign and malig-
nant tumors, fractures. hyperthyroid-
ism, vascular occlusions requiring am
putationS of extremities, strangulated
hernia, pneumonia, pleurisy, empyema,
influenza, peptic ulcer, intestinal OBJ
Struetion, heart disease, psychosis, and
tetanus.
Surgical operations were performed
daily.
This description of the work of this
hospital which treated most of the
chronic patients who were hospitalized
indicates that chronic disease hospi-
tai cannot be divorced from a general
hospital. I am in favor of a separate
building. attached to and part of an
existing general hospital, for the ac-
commodation of chronically Ill patients.
To attain this end, the District of
Columbia General Hospital or the
contemplated Medical Center should
make provision for Chronic" build
ing. in planning for the future, and it
should be financed in the usual manner.
The number of drives should be de-
creased. Every mail brings solicitation
for more or less deserving projects.
Contributions to the Community Chest
should be generous enough to take
care of all deserving local causes.
National drives will continue as long
as they are needed, and the Red Cross,
tuberculosis Cancer, Heart, Arthritis.
PoliomyelitiS and Muscular Dystrophy
drives are all worthy of our generosity
but let's not break the camels back. i,
James A. Cannon, MD.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
MacArthur's Speech

There may be real hope for the world
when an international figure like Gen.
Douglas Macarthur can come out
fatty in favor of world law to end the
threat of world devastation through war.
The generals recent dynamic Los
Angeles speech revealed that he has
done anything but fade away" In
deed. Gen. MacArthur's long, lonely
vigil in the stony towers of the Waldorf
may have given him chance to take
stock and think through to long
range concept for living in the world
of the H-bomb.
Perhaps all of our statesmen should
be given a chance for solitude and
soul searching. They might, like Gen.
Macarthur. lose much Of their bellig-
erency and ort-sightedness.
Gen. MacArthur's recommendation OF
world law to outlaw war is evidence
that, instead of fading away, he has
suddenly burst into being-and is now
one of the few of our leaders to talk
and think like 20th-century man.
M. X. Harvey.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Fritz KreisIer at Eighty

President Eisenhower spoke for thou
sands of his countrymen when he wrote to
Fritz Kreisler: Your musical artistry has
become an unforgettable part of the expert
ence of people the world over" The compli-
ment has been justified by 80 years of living
and working for the most popular of all the
arts-the art of melody, the art of harmony.
Nobody who ever has listened to the great
est of violinists can have failed to be CRATE
full for his magic. He served not only the
heart of music but also the heart of hu-
manity. Fate cast his days in time OF
trouble, and he often must have been dis
couraged. Yet, like a good physician, he
rose to minister to those in need OF such
healing as he could give He carried his
fiddle wherever suffering was. His philan-
tl1ropies were numberless. One of them is
the donation of his precious Guarnerius, the
manuscripts of Brahms violin concerto,
Chausson's "Poeme" and more than SO of
his own works. plus his decorations, medals
and citations, to the worlds greatest library
the Library of Congress.
It seems too much to hope just now that
Fritz Kreiser will live to see peace on earth
again. The immediate outlook is, to say the
least, bewildering. But how good it Is that
this good man should care so much and
still strive so earnestly for brotherhood
among men! AS it was claimed long ago
for the painter Raphael that he made
humanity proud to be human, SO 1t may be
affirmed for the greatest of modern virtuosi
that he helps us all to be our best, our
nobleSt selves.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Tribute to John Cluoett Proctor

For many years I. a Washingtonian
and old subscriber to The Star. read
John Clagett Proctor's instructive and
historical articles in The Sunday Star
with greatest interest. I had the pleas
ure of getting acquainted with him at
meetings of the Society of Natives, and
now and then he made use in his writ
ings of historical facts relating to the
political life of my late father, one-time
protege of Stephen A. Douglas, and
later lawyer and editor of weekly,
the Washington Sentinel. With pleas
ure read that the Columbia Historical
Society, at it's January meeting in the
Library of Congress, awarded certif-
icate of merit as historian, journalist
and poet" to our dear and honored
friend, John Clagett Proctor.
Anita Schade.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Fuvors Flat PostoI Increase

AS a postal clerk of many years ex-
perience, am bewildered at Postmaster
General Summerfield'S tenacious hag-
Cling to effect salary reclassification
within the postal service, 1t Is my
opinion that, with few reservations and
exceptions, postal supervisors would be
fairly treated in a fiat increase. espe-
cially considering their education, back
ground training and experience tas a
group.
From whence cometh the sudden
added increment of administrative abil-
ity that merits an extra salary wind
fall? What functions do these present
wizards perform from day to day lex
cept in isolated instances). that any
well-rounded postal clerk couldn't a6e-
quately replace them on 48 hours
notice? I'd like to know from Mr..
Curious Clerk.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Tunnel Versus Bridqe

Congress no doubt will be interested in
the cost estimates submitted by Tunnel
Expert Ole SingStad OH his proposal for an
under-river crossing of the Potomac at
Constitution avenue. While the figures
given for four lane or six-lane tunnel are
not as fantastic" as some submitted by
other experts in past years, the unfortunate
fact remains that tunnel is going to cost
lot more than the bridge already ap-
proved by Congress-probably twice as
much, including approaches, according to
District authorities.
Mr. Singstad estimated that a four-lane
tunnel would cost $25 million and Six-lane
tunnel about $3.50 million But these costs
are exclusive of the network of approach
roads which would be necessary for either
a bridge or a tunnel. The District has
estimated the cost of siX-lane bridge at
about $7.5 million, to which must be added
about SIT million for approaches A six
lane tunnel, with similar approaches, would
therefore total in cost nearly $53 million.
Who is going to pay the extra cost OF
tunnel, the main purpose of which is said
by the Fine Arts Commission to be avoid
ance of conflict" with the Lincoln Memorial
and the Memorial Bridge? Obviously, the
District should not be asked to pay the bill
for this esthetic enterprise. Which prompts
another question: Just what is eSthetically
wrong with the idea of building another
attractively designed bridge over the Po-
tomac in the central area? A properly
designed bridge can be monumental asset
to any city, as well as utilitarian structure.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Hope Springs Eternal

Now that the Chinese Communists nave
contemptuously spurned the good offices
of the United Nations, there are reports that
an attempt may be made to arrange For
mosan cease-fire with the Reds outside the
u. N framework. Accepting the theory that
while there is peace there is hope, the sin
cerity of those who advocate such an at
tempt is not to be questioned.
There is ample reason to believe, how
ever that Senator Knowland is right when
he says that we have gone about as lar IN
this direction as we should go.
The Chinese rejection of the U. N. invi-
tation was deliberate, calculated affront.
With rhetorical flourisheS reminiscent OF
the Hitlerian era, they have said that they
will accept no settlement of the Formosan
question that is not capitulation to them.
Why should we refuse to take these
people at their word? Why should 1t be
supposed that any settlement which we
could possibly accept can be arranged by
bypassing the United Nations2 Why not
accept the Chinese Communist government
for what it SO obviously is-an outlaw regime
which has nothing but scorn and contempt
for what we think of as orderly and lawful
international procedures?
The President has said that Formosa
is vital to the security of the free world,
and that we will fight if necessary to keep
it from falling into Communist hands.
Congress has overwhelmingly authorized
and Endorsed this view. Why should we
not take our stand sQuarely on that propo-
Sition? Why should we not assume that the
Communists meant exactly what they said
in their insulting rejection Of the U. N. bid?
And why should we not assume that they
mean to attack Formosa, and prepare our
selves accordingly for war?
If this country is to retain its self
respect, the time has come to let Mao TSe-
-tung and Chou En-lai make the next move.
Meanwhile, we should by all means make
it perfectly clear to them that we, in our
turn, meant exactly what we said about our
determination to resist any attack on
Formosa.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
This and That

Small birds, as rule, do not like
owls and hawks.
They keep wary eye out for the
two of them. but their treatment Of
them is somewhat different.
From the hawks, they flee into the
trees and shrubs, and remain as quiet
as mice.
This is because the hawk takes only
one victim from group and the rest
know they are safe.
From the owl, the small birds react
as given in the letter above. They are
do not like him either.
Owls ordinarily do not molest song
birds, but now and then take one
for their supper.
The other species gang up against the
daylight owl and try to make his rest
miserable so that he will not come
back the next day.
Blue jays, in particular. have spleen
against all owls, and especially against
smaller ones, such as the screech and
barn owls.
Often the jays make such nuisances
of themselves that the harassed owl
flies away in his clumsy daytime FASH
ion. Then the victorious jays, scream
ing their heads of, follow after him
and in the wake come the other species.
for once glad to chase something. 1t
all reminds one of the march move
ment in Mahlers first symphony.
Small birds are happy when they
succeed in chasing an owl away, but
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Barrier to Rock Creek Highway

1t is with great deal of disgust that
I find hurdle has been placed in the
way of a new highway through Rock
Creek Park. This extension is must.
and without much doubt it will become
a reality in the near future. After
checking with many people who are
opposed to this highway, I find that
their reasons are purely personal and
have little or no interest in the con-
servation of Rock Creek Park.
These delays have done nothing but
hinder thousands of taxpaying drivers
who deserve a new highway, and if it
is necessity that this highway go
through Rock Creek Park then let's
clear up the situation by having the
small number of people opposing the
highway come out from behind the
false clouds of conservation and fight
under their true banner-conservatio
of personal property.
George Young.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Unimpressed by Justice Douglas

Justice Douglas proposal to have
"both Chinas" represented in the
United Nations u.s. I am afraid, in
tended to cut some of the props from
under Chang Kai-shek and President
Eisenhower at the same time. If JUS
tice Douglas really wished to have
such a scheme considered in the light
of the good he might think it would
do, it would have been much more con-
siderate to have suggested it to the
President or perhaps to Mr.. Lodge,
Secretary Dulles OF another official en-
gagged in steering the Nation at this
critical time. Instead he is occupied with
popularizing himself and furnishing di-
versionary ammunition to those who
would like to embarrass the President
and the country's program when for
the first time since during the latter
part of World War II we have taken
both an honorable and a politically wise
position regarding China.
ClarksOn ]. Beall.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Reunion

Come, set the table with simple fare
But, / pray, arrange some HoDers there
In a crystal bot1l to smile at me
While you are pouring the amber tea.
Wen light the candles on either SIDE
OF the old buffet, their clo,0 Wal hide.
or help to lessen each deep etched line
The years hare brought to your face
and mine:
Wen talk Of the past as friends t0Hi do.
OF distant places and folks tDe kneD
Long long ago in toorld ,0here Spring
Had spilled its magic on everything;
And 1uSt for little whtle tonight
As ,ce toast the past BY candle light,
Wen ,Darm our hearts t0ith memory
Against the chill of reality.
Viney Wilder
Evening star., 1955-02-05
L ettersto The Stor..

gave any back to me at the end Of the
year-or ever. Far be it from me to
take issue with the intelligentsia, but
/ just don't know how they figure that
a single person getting $500 per year
pays only $68 income tax. Maybe I'm
just plain dumb. but can't figure out
what they mean. And am supposed
to be pretty good at figures.
Taxpayer.
Editors note: The income tax re-
ferred to in the article was that levied
by the State, not by the Federal Gov
ernment. AS stated in the article. Dis
trict residents pay no local tax on in
comes lower than $4,000. The article
also stated that, including Federal in
come tax, the average total direct tax
bill of a $7,500-a-year individual is
about $4,000
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Politics and the Atom

It is unfortunate that the Joint Con-
gressional Committee on the Atom continues
to be at political war with itself, along
strict party lines, over the so-called Dixon
Yates contract. And more unfortunate still
Is the fact that the Atomic Energy Commits
sion remains caught in the middle of the
fight. Nevertheless, if the contract itself
is as meritorious as he obviously believes it
to be, the President is on sound ground in
declaring his firm intent to go through with
1t even though the committees Democratic
majority has voted Solidly in favor of can
collation.
True enough, veteran Commissioner
Thomas E. Murray has testified that the
controversy over this issue has impaired
the Aces work in both the military and
nonmilitary fields and he has warned that
there is likely to be further serious damage
in that respect if the administration insists
upon going ahead with the project-a pri-
vate undertaking designed to supply the
iva system with 100000 kilowatts in the
Memphis area in order to make up for a
comparable amount of IVA power being
delivered to our atomic plants at Paducah.
But Mr.. Murray has taken an on-again-off-
the contract, then approving it in it's final
form, and now switching back to the oppo
sition-and his latest change of mind seems
to have been brought about primarily by a
desire to put an end to partisan politicking
rather than by any sudden discovery of
grievous faults in the contracts terms.
In other words, if this is fair assess
ment of his new position, Mr.. Murray would
abandon the contract not so much because
1t lacks merit as because the joint commit
tees Democratic members (who do not have
the unanimous support of their party col
leagues) threaten to keep on vexing and
distracting the Acc with unremitting at
tacks on the Dixon-Yates project. How
ever, the Republican administration can
hardly be expected to surrender to such
threat if it is honestly convinced of the
projects worthWhileness. And this seems
particularly true in view of considerations
like the following: ID Chairman Lewis L.
Strauss categorical assertion that the
undertaking has in no degree been injurious
to the Aces primary operations, and l2)
the fact that the contracts terms appear to
be economically better than those already
in effect with private companies supplying
power to atomic installations elsewhere.
Yet, politics being what they are, and
because advocates of public power regard
Dixon Yates" as phrase meaning an en-
croachment of creeping capitalism" on the
territory of the Tennessee Valley Authority,
the joint committees Democrats are not
likely to diminish their attacks.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
Admiral Hook

News of the death of Rear Admiral
Frederick R. Hook at San Diego has been
received by his friends in Washington with
sorrow and regret. He began his service
as a Marine Corps surgeon in 1917, got
baptism of fire in Belleau Wood and was
awarded the Navy Cross for the heroism
he demonstrated there. Other honors came
to him for his behavior in advanced posi-
tionS at st. Etienne, Mont Blanc and
Boureches. Later he commanded naval
hospitals in Massachusetts, and California,
then was an instructor at the old Naval
Medical School and chief of surgery at the
old naval hospital here and also chief
of surgery at the Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda. World War II took him to the
South Pacific where again he proved his
valiant qualities as Force Medical officer
with fighting details in front-line action.
All of this is public record and widely
known and appreciated, but Admiral Hook
was not subject to capture in paragraph.
Much of his story never was told, never
could be told while yet he lived. His mod
eSty would have silenced acknowledgment
of his exceptional talents. He was great
medical and surgical educator, inspiring in
his teaching, his diagnostic procedure, his
skillful artistry as an operator and his
thoughtful and kindly postoperative man
agement of patients. The bravery he had
exhibited on the battlefield stood with him
in difficult emergencies in his surgical prac-
tice, and his students, seeing this as
precious asset in such work, realized that
his courage was contagious. Junior officers
around him yielded him the highest respect.
When he retired in 1948 he left legend
which still prevails in the scenes of his
labors.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
No Time for Fear

The Stars timely editorial, "No
Time for Fear" January %, pertinently
observes that the partisan views of the
Senators who opposed the joint resolu-
tion authorizing the President to en-
ploy American armed forces, at his
discretion, to repel an attempt by the
Chinese Reds to "liberate" FormoSa,
seem to reflect, in large part, the sort
of fear-laden thinking that imposed
so great handicap on our conduct
of the Korean war;" which resulted in
Communist victories in Korea and Indo-
China. The statesmanlike address Of
Senator George in support Of the resi-
olution was in welcome contrast. 1t
is not recalled that anyone Of these
dissident Senators raised his voice in
protest when ex-President Truman,
without congressional sanction, as
sumed even greater authority and de-
Evening star., 1955-02-05

manently disabled residents. It did not,
in other words, want $4OO yearly of Federal
funds; it preferred instead to take care OF
its own problems Now the Ohio Supreme
Court has ruled it must take the cash and
let the principle CO. 1t could be, OF course,
that Harrison County has won all the way
a lot of unusual publicity, certain amount
of admiring respect, and $400 worth OF
money Not bad reward for defending its
principle.
Evening star., 1955-02-05
What Price Principle?

Rebellious little Harrison County has
lost its fight for principle while being forced
to accept income. For nearly four years
this Ohio community of about 10000 citizens
has struggled against participation in
Federal aid program for its totally and per-