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Evening star., 1955-01-03
Best Week Of Our Life

This is the beginning Of the most
orderly week in the existence of the Amer
ican home. Toys and discarded clothing are
no longer under foot The budget balances
to the final penny. Buttons are replaced,
and socks darned Television is at mimi
mum. One is up at the first signal of the
alarm, stands in front of an open window,
breathes deeply and counts each breath
Downstairs, breakfast awaits, the eggs just
right, the toast unburned. The smell Of
tobacco smoke has vanished.
1t is orderly, too, at the Office The
employer notes with satisfaction that one
applies oneself diligently to the work TO
be done, beginning the moment one arrives
and not stopping until the clock stands
nearly at five. Telephone messages are
answered promptly. and appointments kept
on time
We have all of us resolved to do better
in 1855, and during this, the first week. the
resolutions are kept to the letter. It is
futile to try to learn the exact time they
are broken. They do not smash at once
like water glass swept from the table. 1t
Is gradual sliding back into habits with
which one has lived during 1854.
one picks up the pipe unconsciously
one day, and takes few puffs before
realizing these familiar movements have
trapped one for another year. Toys and
clothing are scattered with increasing ire
quency The toast Is charred at the edges,
but one is too rushed to notice. having over
slept. Books are neglected and television
shows resound through the house. No one
Evening star., 1955-01-03
By Normon Lindhurst

BONN.--A weird drama Is now being
played out at Berchtesgaden. Adolf
Killers old Alpine retreat. A Bayarian
magistrates court Is prinly going about
the task Of declaring Hitler legally dead.
The Berchtesgaden court has refused
to speculate that Hitler may be q pris-
oner Of the Russians; that he escaped
to Argentina or some South Sea isle on
q submarine: or that. his features al
tered BY plastic surgery. Hitler has gone
back to housepainting In some German
Village as plain Fritz Krause.
The court has even refused TO issue
death certificate merely .presumings
Hitler to be dead Hitler. the court has
ruled, Is dead beyond an doubt.
Almost since the day the war ended,
the Germans have regarded Hitler with
g strange detachment that has consist-
emily bafIaed wide assortment cf allied
sociologists who have sought to probe
the German mind.
Fanatical surviving Nazis and the
slim crop Of neo- -Nazis are not afraid to
get up In public and advocate the Sal-
vaging Of the good from national 30
eialisn, or to defend Maxi atrocities.
But Hitler they never mention neither
in nraise, extennation nor defense.
At the opposite pole. the Germans
who suffered most under Hitler sirni-
larly have little to say about Hitler
personally They still furiously de-
nounce the Nazis. but there Is void
In comment on Hitler directly.
When German cartoonists touch Hit
ler--which Is not often they treat him
as a figure for ridicule. Occasionally
Hitler is lampooned in carnival parades.
Recently. IN Bonn. police picked UP
souvenir stand proprietor who had been
vending wine bottle corks with . bust
Of Hitler.
It Is singular that when Germans dis
ctfSs the atrocities and horrors perpe-
trated by the Hitler regime they are
always referred to as the work Of the
Nazis," never Of Hitler personally.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
The Right to d Public Trial

The Sixth Amendment to the Federal
Constitution says that "in all criminal pros
ecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right
to speedy and public trial s.. = It is hard
to see how language could be palmer or
meaning clearer. Yet the New York Court
of Appeals has divided, 4 to 2, on the issue
In the Jelke case.
It is true that the case was decided, not
on the constitutional question, but through
Interpretation of statute of New York
State. It is also true that the result of the
decision is to uphold Minot Frazier (Mickeyl
Jelke,s right to public trial But the fact
remains that two judges voted to the con-
trary
Jelke was indicted in sordid sex case,
and the trial judge, acting under State law,
decreed that the press and public should be
excluded from the trial during the presenta-
ton of the States case This was done over
Jelkes protest, the Judge concluding that a
public airing of the accusations against
him would be harmful to public morals.
It may well be that this trial Judge was
Influenced by worthy motives. But II a
Judge can close trial, over the objection
Of the accused, for what are worthy motives,
he can also close it for what may be made
to appear to be worthy motives. And If this
were tolerated it would not be long before
substantial rights of accused persons would
be In danger.
Thus it is gratifying that New York's
highest court has sustained the view that,
whatever the statute says, criminal trials
must be opened when the defendant so
wishes To repeat, however, it is surprising
and somewhat disturbing, in view of the
Sixth Amendments command, that two of
the New York judges thought otherwise.
Evening star., 1955-01-03

President Eisenhower rejects Senator
Knowland's strategy for naval block
ade Of Red China, because he considers
that warlike act. Nov. according to
Prayda and other sources In Moscow,
the United States Is already responsible
In its role of allied leadership for
various warlike acts. The important
one at the moment Is the move to
rearm West Germany. That Of course
is not an open act Of aggression. but
1t is nevertheless a move on the military
chess board no less significant than
would be a naval blockade Of Red China.
Such moves have the common purpose
of thWarting Communist exploitation.
1t may be altogether academic to dis
tinguish between their essential char
acters.
But our acts termed warlike In Mos
COW have not brought on World War
III, result that is contrary TO what
administration followers predict would
happen from such moves. What is odd
or inconsistent about our foreign policy
is that similar actions can be warlike
In the Far East, but not so In the Euro
pean theater, regardless Of Moscow's
designations. Are we more afraid Of
antagonizing Red China than we are
Of prodding the Russian bear?
It is this writer's opinion that our
discrimination as to moves In Asia is
continuation Of the fumbling policy
for that theater, which has meant in
recent years monumental losses for the
free world and which now bids fair to
bring dishonor and lost prestige because
of Red China's immunity from retalia-
tion for outrageous treatment Of Ameri-
can PoWs.
Norman C. Cooke,
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Nov It's OfficioI-AdoIf Hitler Is Dead

only. but are Of no historic importance. :
Appraising Filters likely future his
torical importance to the Germans.
American occupation ofIicials long have
had pat answer: -Hitler win be re-
membered as the man who built the
autohahns."
Said half -jestingly. this appraisal
probably has more than kernel of
truth. This magnificent system Of ex-
press highways, linking virtually every
corner Of Germany. remains Europe's
finest road net. It win be many years
before any other European country can
match 1t.
Speeding effortlessly ct IS miles an
hour from one corner Of Germany to.
another, many German unconsciously
reflects. sThese NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
built them
The chief beneficiary from Hitler's
death certificate win be his sister. Mrs.
Paula Hitler-Wolf. 58. Penniless and
living on public relief, Hitler's sister
has been battling for six years for q
share In the Fuehrer's stable fortune
and personal effects. all impounded by
the Bavarian government.
Hitlers brother. Alois. whom Hitler
set up In the restaurant business in
Berlin. now lives as recluse In HAM
burg under the name "Alois Hiller.,'
Oddly enough. Hitler's native coun-
try. Austria. has pushed the hardest to
give HitlerA q definite postwar legal
status. The Austrians have ruled that
Hitler was war criminal. and they
have pressed the Berchtesgaden court
for death certificate to lay the legal
basis for seizing Hitler's property In
Austria.
# there exists q German attitude"
toward Hitler today. it might be said
TO be that Hitler was man with '.some
good ideas" who bamboozled the Ger
man people. whose movement was
taken over by thugs and degenerates,
who wound up. betrayed by those he
trusted. madman.
North American Newspaper AiiiancsJ
Evening star., 1955-01-03
veteruns All ID Step

In reference to an article which
appeared December 80, in The Star,
regarding the raising (sic) Of Veterans
Service Center located on Post Square
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. ! make this plea:
Being q veteran, I have received
many helpful dement's from this organi-
zation and, being centrally located as
1t is. makes II easily attainable BY all
veterans in this area.
/ know speak for many q veteran
when I say that this organization
should be allowed to stand where it is
to continue to be q great service TO the.
veterans of this area and credit to
the Government Of the United States.
Hotsy Alperstein.
In reference to an article which
appeared December 80, in The Star,
regarding the raising lsic) Of Veterans
Service Center located on Post Square
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, make this plea:
Being veteran, have received
many helpful benefits from this organi-
zation and, being centrally located as
1t is. makes it easily attainable BY all
veterans in this area.
know speak for many q veteran
when i say that this organization
should be allowed to stand where it is
TO continue to be great service to the
veterans of this area and a credit to
the Government OF the United States.
Nathan Gruber.
~
In reference to an article which
appeared December 30. in The Star,
regarding the raising (sic, Of Veterans
Service Center located on Post Square
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, ] make this plea:
Being a veteran, / have received
many helpful benefits from this organi-
zation and, being centrally located as
it IS, makes it easily attainable by all
veterans in this area
know speak for many veteran
when ! say. that this organization
should be allowed to stand where it is
to continue to be d great service to the
veterans of this area, and credit to
the Government Of the United States
Alan B. German.
IN reference 10 an article which
appeared December 80. In The Star.
regarding the raising tsic) Of Veterans
Service Center located on Post Square
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. ] make this plea:
Being q veteran, / have received
many helpful benefits from this organi-
zation and, being centrally located as
it is. makes it easily attainable by all
veterans in this area.
know ! speak for many q veteran
when say that this organization
should be allowed to stand where it is
to continue to be a great service to the
veterans Of this area. and a credit to
the Government Of the United States.
Sidney Rubin.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Soviet Building

There is a note Of urgency in the Soviet
decree under which about 100000 Russian
youths are to be drafted into "shock
project to help build factories for the pro-
duction of prefabricated concrete sections
and parts. Issued by the Young Communist
League, the decree describes the undertaking
as every important patriotic matter" but
no explanatory details are given. However,
there have been indications that general
construction has been going so poorly in the
q. s. s. r. that special measures are needed
to speed 1t up.
Some Of these measures have been OUT
lined In recent speech by Nikita s. Khrush-
chey, one of the top men Of the Kremlin.
He has declared, among other things, that
architects should learn to count money"
that far too much waste Is involved in erect
ing sskyscrapersp for housing purposes, and
that the time has come to eliminate back
wardness and inefficiency from Soviet
building operations. And he has demanded
that steps be taken at once to draft stand
ardized designs and adopt mass-production
techniques for the construction Of hospitals,
schools and apartment houses.
There have been numerous reports to
the effect that Soviet construction -particu-
larly In the field Of apartments In very
bad way. II 1t were not, the Khrushchev
speech would not have been delivered, nor
would an army Of youths have to be recruited
for the 'shock project" Assuming that this
latter development is not meant for military
building. the Russian people may now be
about to get . break They need one. BY
Western Standards their housing is miser-
able, and they may be sore enough about 1t
to make the men OF the Krenlin take urgent
action to improve 1t.
Evening star., 1955-01-03

At the wars end the Allies burned
Hitler's uniforms. amid serio-comic
secrecy. fearing they might become
the "holy cloth Of Nazi resurgence
But these fears have proved groundless.
NOW the allies treat Hitler's personal
possessions as they would those Of any
other German The Bavarian govern
ment was permitted recently to return
to Hitler's former housekeeper, Ami
Winter. two autographed luxury edi-
ton copies Of Mein Kampf, one Of
Hitier's briefcases and several Hitler
Watercolors and sketches.
Ruled the court handing the case:
These items have sensation value
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Understanding

4 think I k,oso me reason men mare
strdped
On trackIess deserts and ancharted
seas,
Hare dared the mountain heights that
hare dfsnaved
The iCe1keY hedyts--doun through
the centuries
The Cdst uszhn0Un mas called 10 those
tCfI0 seek
Adventure Ia Dilder realm wHere
they
Mar sase tse restless ysarnang on some
peak
IN Darien before Their anaa cay.
/. TOO. mould leaUe the past beahna.
iDotid 90
Aion0 some strange. enchaHted ROAD
10 1nl
Thar perfect moment for the heart 70
That sOeef appeasement Jor the yesless
ForeUer there piH be those scho forsdke
The Old for HesC--thOu0h penynfno
hearts may break.
coshsriss G. Berg
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Shameful Deoth Record

Ned II. Dearborn, president OF the Ma
tional Safety Council, Is right. Americas
holiday traffic toll Of nearly TOO dead Is q
shameful" commentary on the state of
civilization which we are supposed to enjoy.
Even the worst fears of traffic authorities
were fulf1lled for the Christmas and New
Year week ends, despite concentrated ef-
forts to drum into the minds of motorists
the extra hazards Of those periods of cele-
bration. Mr.. Dearborn aptly described the
grim statistics as evidence OF "a tidal wave
Of carelessness, selfishness and cold indif-
ference" The tragedy Of it all is that this
Is 4 national disaster that was foreseen In
threatening form and that could have been
averted.
The only cheering news on the traf1c
front as another year dawned was the fact
that Washington, during the past year, met
the local threat effectively enough to prevent
some Of the traffic deaths which ordinarily
would have brought additional sorrow to
the city. The District hung up bright
new safety record as 1954went into history,
with the lowest number OF fatalities Of rec
ord-59. That total is six deaths under the
previous low figure set In 1852, when IS per-
sons died from automobile accidents here.
The reduced toll is even more impressive
when compared with the city's all-time high
Of 1876 deaths, recorded in 1884, when fewer
automobiles were on the streets. There IS
positive proof in the local record that con-
slant education, enforcement and safety
engineering pay gratifying annual dividends
In terms of human lives saved, injuries
avoided and property damage foreStalled.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
By THE HASKTN SERVICE

Q. How many varieties Of morning
glories are there2--D. w.
a. Approximately 500 closely related
twiners are In the morning glory group.
Q. Why did Princess Ileana name her
wartime hospital the Hospital Of the
Queens Hearth X. M.
A. She named II 50 in honor of her
mother, the late Queen Marie OF
Rumania. Princess neana, q great
granddaughter Of Queen Victoria,
operated her hospital for S years until
she was obliged to fee from her country.
9. At what time Of day do auto
mobile accidents occur most frequently?
r. N. Y.
A. The twilight hours are considered
the most hazardous, and q large pro-
portion Of automobile accidents occur
between pm. and pm. About d third
OF all pedestrian deaths occur during
these hours.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
| etters to The Stor

the helps salaries. Why can't we adopt
the method used in Europe that Of
adding anywhere from 10 to Is per cent
to the bill to take care Of tips? 1t is.
designated as service charge and
does away with the nuisance Of tipping.
Hotels do It as well as restaurants and
other places rendering services. The
amount collected is divided among all
the employees, and In that way even
those employees who are never seen by
the guests receive their share. The ex-
ira amount Is well worth being relieved
Of the trouble Of worrying about who
and how much to tip. am sure many
Of Us would welcome such q plan here.
Jeanetta M. Wright.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Questions and Answers

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question: o. tact bH writine The Evening
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Evening star., 1955-01-03

Secretary OF Agriculture Benson's de-
cision to remove Wolf Ladejinsky from
the post Of agricultural attache TO the
Far East is deep affront to millions
Of naturalized Americans, unless Mr..
Benson is prepared to offer a better
reason than yet advanced for classi-
flying Ladejinsky as q security risk.
Just as converts to Catholicism are
often far better Catholics than those
born into, it, so are naturalized Anneri-
cans jealous OF their citizenship. which
they regard as their most valuable
possession.
The most plausible excuse which this
writer has read as to Mr.. Bensori's de-.
cision is that he objects to Ladejinsky's
Evening star., 1955-01-03

Pen-nGnses may be used If letters carry
1oTtterS' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Ludeiinsky ccse

,sa Way CUSA41C1u yUuE ntdu WIlbCF,
Cecil Holland. for his excellent round
up on the Ladejinsky case? It was both
factual and interesting and gave the
reader clear picture Of Mr. Ladejin-
sky,s BACKGROUND and experience.
Surely q career man who has made
such an outstanding record IN the agri-
cultural field and has been highly
praised by Gen. Macarthur and Am
bassador Allison and many others for
his land-refornl program in Japan, de-
serves better treatment at the hands
Of Secretary Benson Now that the
case has been widely aired through the
press and many protests have been
lodged, the Secretary is giving state
ments to the effect that he wants to
protect Mr.. Ladejinsky's rights In the
American tradition: that his case will
receive fair and impartial treatment
In the department.
It seems to me that it is rather late
TO make these pious statements after
bringing the former attache home in
october to attend an important con-
ference and then letting him wait in
Washington without even getting In
touch with him concerning his change
of status. According to the article by
Mr.. Holland. the only information Mr..
Ladejinsky received came to him Sec
ond and third hand" Then. when he
went to the department. he was told by
an assistant that the Secretary was
''too busy to see him. This Is pretty
shabby treatment OF man who has
served 20 years in the Government and
served it well.
AS to the security angle, there must
be something radically wrong with this
administration security program when
q man can be cleared by the sensitive
State Department but not by the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
Agnes Winn.
Evening star., 1955-01-03
Questions U. S. Policy

Carmen Fortier.
Evening star., 1955-07-19
By the Associates Press

The Budget Bureau denies
that President Eisenhower has
impounded funds for io7 water
resources projects, as charged by
some Democrats.
The President said Friday
night, after signing the public
works appropriations bill. that
he would not have these projects
which were not in the budget
for this fiscal year-undertaken
pending a further check.
That set off Democratic criti-
Icism. Senator Ellender, Demo
Icrat of Louisiana, said:
This theory of impounding
appropriated funds in order to
illustrate the will of Congress is
an indirect means of accomplish
ling something which the Con-
Igress has steadfastly refused to
Igive the President-that is, the
power to veto specific items ir
appropriation bills"
Esprit Of Dixon-Yates"
Senator Neuberger, Democrat
lof Oregon, said the President''
action could mean that Con-
gress win have lost all real con-
troll over appropriations. !"
Senator Morse, Democrat oi
Oregon. asserted the decision
shows that the spirit of Dixon
Yates still lives in the White
House and the Budget Bureau =
Senator O'Mahoney, Demo
Icrat of Wyoming, said that al
Geneva MIR. Eisenhower is "act-
ing to eliminate the executive
government that he is trying at
Evening star., 1955-07-19
Dr.. Litchfie!d Gets
PITTSBURGH u. Post

PITTSBURGH, July 10 P.-
DR.. Edward H. Litchfield, dean
of Cornell University's Graduate
School of Business and Public
Administration, has been named
chancellor of the University OF
Pittsburgh, the university said
yesterday.
The Board of Trustees elected
the 41-year-old educator to sue
|ceed Rufus H. Fitzgerald. who
retired June 80 after serving IL
years.
DR.. Litchfield was born in De-
Itroit. He was graduated from
the University. of Michigan in
1886 and received his doctor Of
PHILOSOPHY degree there in 1910
After World War II he was
director of civil affairs for the
United States military govern
Iment in Germany, serving under
Gen. Lucius d. Clay.
He returned to the United
States In 1949 and became q con-
|sultant to the Undersecretary OF
the Army. He also served as
president of the Governmental
Affairs Institute in Washington
He went to Cornell in 1850
and became dean of the Grad
uate School of Business and
Public Administration in 1858.
Evening star., 1955-07-19
Fund lmpoundingD Denied
In l07 Woter Projects

home to fasten on the people
of the United States"
Senator Mansfield. Democrat
of Montana. said Secretary OF
Defense Wilson had 'thwarted
the win of Congress" by i'm
pounding SAG million in funds
voted by Congress to keep the
Marine Corps at present
strength.
The executive branch is now
saying that. regardless Of what
the Congress does, we win hold
up the funds he said.
Humphrey See "Imbalance''
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
Iof Minnesota, said the "theoreti-
cal balance" OF power between
the executive and legislative
branches of government is NOW
lin imbalance.
He said the Budget Bureau
was taking on, the status Of "a
second parliament not elected
by the people"
Rowland r. Hughes. budget
director. commented that In q
statement:
THE President did not
order the irnpounding of any
funds.
Wherever project plans ara
incomplete the President said
that initiation of the added.
projects cannot be undertaken
until the detailed engineering
plans have been completed and
we have a sound basis for the
cost estimates No funds have
been impounded and no action
to impound any funds appro-
Ipriated by the public works.
bill is contemplated"
Evening star., 1955-07-19
House Votes Ship Plan
For NucIeor Cargo Fleet

atomic power plant of the type
used in the submarine Nautilus
Specialists say this type would
mot be practical in a CONNER
Icial vessel.
During House debate Repub-
Ilican Leader Martin of Massa-
IchusettS told his colleagues "the
President still wants his ship
He added he assumed the Presi-
dent would want the House bill
sent to the Senate ito see what
they want"
Would Keep U. S. Abreast
Sponsors claimed the vessel
which the House bill would au-
thorize would accomplish the
purpose Mr.. Eisenhower seeks
and keep the American merchant
marine abreast of other nations
in developing a nuclear-powered
merchant marine.
House opposition to the legis-
lation came mainly from the
ISenate-House Atomic Energy