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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Protest Denied

A wire-service story pub
lished December Z may have
given your readers the i'm
preston that the New Haven
Civil Liberties Council, along
with other organizations pro
tested" a lecture in New Haven
by Attorney General Cook of
Georgia on The Southern
View of Segregation" Any
such suggestion is wholly in
accurate. The council has
Joined with other interested
groups-such as the NAACP-
in sponsoring another meet
ing-a day later than Mr..
Cook's-at which a panel of
speakers will present a variety
OF viewpoints on desegrega-
ton. The idea that the coun-
ell. an affiliate Of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties, would at
tempt to prevent Mr.. Cook
from speaking is fantastic.
We would be the first to de-
fend Mr.. Cook and his spon-
sors against such an attack.
However. the occasion for us
to make our traditional de-
tense Of freedom of expression
did not arise. because there
was no protest.
Another story had it that
the same organizations de
mandeo" an opportunity to
rebut Mr.. Cook at his lecture.
This also is inaccurate. There
was a proposal-not made by
the Civil Liberties Council
that Mr.. Cook engage in
debate. His sponsors declined.
Our position is that anyone is
free to challenge Mr.. Cook to
debate. and he is equally free
to refuse.
Ralph S. Brown, jr.,
Chairman, New Haven
Civil Liberties Council.
New Haven, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Algerian Issue
C. T. Jeffrey.

An editorial in The Star Of
November n stated that 1.-THE
United Nations was well adj
vised to drop the Algerian issue
-. for Algeria has been
an integral part Of (France)-
historically and constitution
ally-for generations past" If
this measuring stick is applied
to Russia. then certainly Esto-
mia, Lithuania, Latyia and
other territories swallowed by
Russia are not entitled to in
dependence.
Let's be consistent! 1t is in
credible that the sovereignty
and self determination of the
people concerned should be
overlooked In such a callous
manner. The comparison with
our reaction to any possible
U. N. intervention as TO Alaska
or Hawaii is entirely inappro-
pirate, since these territories
belong to the United States
with the full consent of the in
habitants. This is not the case
with regard to Algeria. Moroc-
CO, Tunis, Alsace-Lorraine and
Corsica. More than Is million
Arabs and 1.6 million Ger
mans must live under the
French yoke, while our Gov
eminent points Q finger at
Russia and asks 1t to free the
millions Of Germans and others
1t has enslaved. Why not first
demand entirely free plebi-
sciteS in sace-Lorraine, the
Saar. Algeria. Morocco. Tunis.
Corsica. and Tyrol? Why not
determine the sovereign will of
the people there? Whether
these areas want to be free or
join their mother countries.
their desires should be re-
spected and not be trampled
under foot. as they are now.
Just as q lasting peace is i'm
possible as long as Russia holds
German and other areas In
slavery, 1t is also unimaginable
between France and Germany
until there Is genuine self
determination in Alsace-Lor-
ralne and the Saar. To remove
the existing obstacles between
countries Is to strengthen
peace; to ignore them or try to
cover them up is to weaken
peace and Western unity. AS
long as France is holding large
German territories and trying
to Frenchify them. it must fear
German action. Once France
occupies only areas inhabited
by French majorities it can re-
lax and have the inner unity 1t
needs so much.
I am sadly disappointed that
Mr.. Dulles. a churchgoing man,
should stand idly by while the
sad spectacle Of French OPP
preston in the Saar, Alsace-
Lorraine and other areas
passes before our eyes. Sem
ator Jenner Is to be COM
mended for having asked for
an explanation Of this atti-
tude, at least with respect to
the Saar.
Believer In Self Determination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19

@. Did many American In
dams distinguish themselves in
World War II?-V. r.
A. Yes. 1t. Ernest Childers, a
Creek, and 1t, Jack Mont
gomery, a Cherokee, won the
Medal of Honor, the Nations
highest award. Others re-
ceived the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, the Distinguished
Flying Cross. the Soldiers
Medal, the Silver Star, the
Bronze Star and the Air Medal.
The name of Pfc. Ira Hayes,
full-blooded Pima, is we'll
known as one of the flag -rais-
ers on Mount Suribachi, but
less known are Harvey Nat
chees, a Ute, the first United
States soldier to enter the CEN
ter of Berlin, and Leroy Him
lin, another Ute, who was one
of the first group to make con-
tact with the Russians on the
Elbe. Three hundred Navajo
Indians served their country as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Free Enterprise

On a recent Facts Forum
program. Senator Sparkman.
democrat of Alabama. said.
There is not the slightest
danger of a public power mo-
nopoly" by the Federal Gov
eminent. and that "the private
interests have no valid grounds
for complaint that public DOW
er has stunted their growth,
Their charge that public power
Is socialistic is a smoke screen
TO blind the public to the real
reasons for their attack. The
whole issue grows out of their
determination to have a COM
plete monopoly" Notwith-
standing this admission that
the Federal Government is in
active competition with "pri-
Vate interests" in the field Of
electric power production, the
Senator would probably stoutly
insist that our traditional sys-
TEN Of free enterprise remains
unimpaired. His private defini-
ton of free enterprise should
prove interesting.
AS for who has a monopoly.
Admiral Ben Moreell, head of
the Hoover Task Force Com
mission on Water Resources
and Power. says: In 1888 the
installed capacity of Federal
power projects was less than
per cent of all electric utilities
in the country. BY 1858, the
Federal Government had be-
come the largest single manu-
facturer of power, producing
1871 per cent of the kilowatt
hours generated. Federal prof.
ectS now under construction
and authorized will, by 1860.
more than double the 1858
capacity and when all are COM
pleted will triple it, reaching a
total of IS million kilowatts at
a total cost of $40 billion"
If Senator Sparkman can
view this prospect with COM
placency, then, when the Fed
eral monopoly reaches 100 per
cent and the last private power
company has been liquidated
he should be deliriously happy.
The healthy operation, ex-
pansion and prosperity of the
American free enterprise sys-
tenn is the basic guarantee for
1855 million Americans that
their sons and grandsons will
not have to die in the trenches
and foxholes of World War III.
Therefore, we can't but be
chagrined and disturbed to see
that this American economic
system today has become the
target Of irresponsible dema-
goguery and politicking.
Freedom is our most precious
possession. II socialism is bad
for the United States then q
little bit is bad-just as any
degree of a disease is as bad as
the disease itself. When eco
nomic freedom is gone all other
freedoms will soon be lost.
Old ReactiOnary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19

code takers in the front-line
communications of the Marine
Corps, using their native Ian
guage. The code proved to be
an unbreakable one.
@. May white bread be In
cluded in q reducing dietp-
L. MICA.
A. Nutritionists point out
that bread does have q place
IN the reducing diet. A slice
of white bread, half an inch
thick. furnishes only SO calo-
ries plus q host of nutrients.
A pat Of butter or margarine
adds only so calories. In re-
cents years bread has been
enriched to increase quanti-
ties Of the B vitamins-thia-
mine. riboflavin and niacin-
as well as iron. in the national
diet. About 80 per cent of
today's commercial white
bread is enriched with these
four nutrients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19

The suns corona, the circle
Of pearl-colored luminescence
which surrounds the black disk
of the sun during the seconds
of total eclipse, is about five
times the size at which it has
been estimated in the past.
This is the conclusion of Car
negie Institution astrophy-
sicists, just reported to the in
stitution's trustees, from radio
observations carried out dur
ing the year at the Seneca
MD observatory.
One Of the two or three most
strongly radiating radio stars"
In the universe is in the con-
stellation of Taurus, the Bull.
From this source in the distant
heaven there is a constant
radio wave emission which can
be picked up on earth. The
nature of this source still is
completely unknown.
Once each year the suns
corona. believed to be an ex-
tremely tenuous ring of atom
sized particles surrounding the
sun at a distance of several
million miles from the edge of
the visible solar disk, comes
between Taurus and the earth.
This obstacle should stop "a
good deal of the radiation from
the mysterious radio star, pro-
viding the atmosphere of the
sun itself was quiet rather
than swept by great storms.
The present year was the last
in which this condition would
be fulfilled for a decade.
Crown Consists Of Electrons
The Carnegie physicists
found the radiation scattering
effect, which they had expect
ed to be confined to the visible
corona, at a distance from the
outer edge Of the sun equiva-
lent to Is times the radius of
the sun itself.
This indicates. the report
stresses, that the invisible part
of the corona is far more ex-
tensive than that which ever
is observed either during a
total eclipse or with special
observing apparatus.
The suns crown now is be-
heved to consist of particles,
probably largely electrons, and
to be extremely tenuous-
probably more so than the
most complete vacuum at
tainable on earth. It also is
extremely hot.
\ Hk 4
More than 20 per cent of
the people of the United States
are overweight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19

1t is at least interesting. At any rate,
in its own way, it serves as measure
of sorts of how the late dictator of all
the Russias has become progressively
less and less Sacrosanct as his successors
have grown more and more accustomed
to their own power. Certainly, when he
was a living force capable of making
heads roll, only the foolhardy would have
assailed one of his strongest habits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19

Does lack of mastery of Eng
lish grammar cause one to be
a poor French student?
A correspondent says a
teacher told her so, but we
wonder if the teacher had it
right.
Our belief is that the reason
most Americans are poor stu
dents of foreign languages is
simply that they will not work
at it sufficiently.
They will not study hard be-
cause they have a subconscious
feeling that English is enough!
But let P. B. G. of Wisconsin
avenue tell it:
For awhile, both my French
teacher and myself were mys-
titled over my failure to get
anywhere with French
Especially in view of the
string Of AS, indicating out
standing performance. which
I was pulling down in English.
Then one DAY my teacher,
a beautifully educated French
woman with a flair for teach
ing as well. frightened some
what, as she said to me: 4
think I have it! Those high
grades in English are still
battling. but l honestly believe
your failure in French proba-
bly, stems from the fact that
you may not be well grounded
in English grammar.
1--WE teachers of the Ian
guages,' she went on. find that
this is a common failing
among American students. You
do not know your English
grammar. as such. Naturally,
that is a serious hindrance
when you wish to master an
other language. TIL ere are
many bad things in Europe,
but that is not one of them!
Our school children are all well
grounded in the study of
grammar. We see to that.
We insist upon it, because it is
important
by Jove, I believe she's
right"
BY Jove, We believe she's
wrong!
Not completely wrong, of
course: one seldom is. There
is often a grain of truth in
every untruth, just as there
is a bit of untruth in every
truth. There is also a grain of
corn is every bushel of wheat.
The sad fact about grammar
is that it is necessary, all right,
but it must become a part of
the daily life to be effective.
That is, no one IAN write or
talk acceptably If he has to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Backs Kefouver

1t looks like the Democrats
are going to run a losing horse
again this election. Seems like
they never learn. If they win.
it will be the labor and farm
vote that will turn the tide.
What does Stevenson know
about either? Last time Sena-
tor Kefauver went to the DEM
ocratic National Convention
with enough electoral votes to
be the nominee, but did he get
the nod from the Big Boys?
No. They picked a losing horse.
II anyone can be in SYM
pathy with labor, Or the farm
err, it is Senator Kefauver.
who came up the hard way.
He is a self -made man and
a gentleman. AS President he
would have the interests Of the
masses at heart. Big business,
and monopolies, would not
thrive on the unsuspecting
public under his leadership.
They know that and are be-
hind the stop Kefauver"
movement.
I like the Senator because Of
the enemies he makes in turn
ing the searchlight of truth
upon those engaged IN corrup-
ton and graft. Back In 1929.
when the Republicans were in
Office, 95 per cent of the wealth
of the Nation was in the hands
OF per cent of the people. In
another three or four years
history will repeat itself. II
you have any doubts Of that
Just take a look at all the
small businesses going broke.
Under Republican rule the
laboring man. the farmer and
the small-business man have
about as much chance as a
SNOWFALL on the equator. II
you are a farmer. a laboring
man. or a small-business man.
then you owe 1t to yourself to
vote for a man who knows your
problems and has your inter-
ests at heart. Vote for Senator
Kefauver. Serve notice on the
boys in the back room that
you will not be switched this
time.
L. s. Growden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Open Your Heart
To q Child

Open your heart to some little
boy.
And God mill 0iue you a Gift OF
joy;
Open your heart to a little girl,
And God iDiu giue you a
priceless pearl,
And magic iDill Olimmer on all
beloD-
You will find diamonds In the
snotD,
The Spirit of Christmas tDill
fH the air,
And beauty Diu dazzle you
eperyDhere.
Open your heart to a child In
need,
And faith tDiu 0roto from a
mustard seed,
And you wiil shine like a
Christmas tree.
Open your heart to a child
and seei
Elizabeth Londeweer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
A New Leaf on Transit

The transit debacle is about COM
plete. We did not believe last summer
that the course pursued by the Commits
Sloners and Congress, in dealing with the
transit strike, could ever appear in retro
spect to be more fantastic than it seemed
to be at the time. We were wrong. It
was even more daft than it appeared to be-
That, however, is water over the dam.
WaShington'S very serious problem now
is to find some means of providing public
transportation after next August Is. Part
OF that problem lies in the question of
who is going to find out what needs to
be done. The authorities at the District
Building are not equipped to find out
They lack the funds to engage the serv-
ices Of the expert consultantS who should
find and recommend a sound course of
action.
One device might be for group of
Washington investors to negotiate with
the Wolfson group and buy its stock
That might still be done. But there are
not many people who have the funds
available for investment in SO question
able business enterprise as operation of
public transit. For it Is becoming in
creaSingly clear that private operation of
mass transit requires some form of public
subsidy if it is to supply adequate service,
and public subsidy to profit-making
private ownership would run into valid
objections.
1t may well be that we have reached
the point where the only practical alter
native is public operation through
transit authority. If So the sooner we
face up to it, the better. For good mass
transit is essential to the well-being Of
Washington, and without it we shall in
vite deterioration of downtown property
values, and more rapid decentralization
Of business beyond the Districts boun-
daries. If mass transit cannot be sup
piled by private enterprise, it must be
supplied by public ownership.
Under the so-called Bingham plan,
variations Of which are found in other
cities, the property of the transit COM
pany would be acquired in exchange for
revenue bonds, issued for specific terms,
and requiring no heavy outlay of public
funds. In some cities, such bonds are
tax-free. The public authority would pay
no taxes, and would thus be in a bet
ter position to plough back profits into
improvement and expansion of rapid
transit, looking to the inevitable day when
mass transportation must be furnished
under one system for the Metropolitan
Area. A public authority, moreover, would
be free of the ANTICIPATED form of public
regulation under the Public Utilities Com
mission, which hampers profitable opera
ton and improvement of the service
to attract patronage.
We do not pretend to know whether
the authority principle is sound or work
able in Washington. Some Of its disad-
vantages are obvious. The Commissioners
and the Public Utilities Commission, how
ever, should Immediately request Con-
gress to authorize study of the problem
by retaining the best people obtainable
to make it.
Aimless beating of the bushes for
somebody who wants to turn fast buck
by selling stock in new transit company
is not going to get us anywhere in doing
what must be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
The Tense Holy Land

Israel stands on what looks like
rather shaky international ground as a re-
suit of it's large-scale attack last week on
Syrian positions near the eastern shore
of the Sea of Galilee. Although full
report on the incident has yet to be re-
ceived from the Palestine Truce Super
vision Organization, the United Nations
Security Council has strongly indicated
that the facts already at hand warrant
at least unanimous vote of condemna-
ton against the Tel Aviv government
Indeed, some of the councils members
may even be inclined to lend full support
to Syria's demand for economic and other
sanctions.
Through Ambassador Eban, Israel
has sought to justify the attack as legit-
innate counter-action against series OF
Syrian provocationS and haraSSmentS, In
Guiding the Smelling of Jewish fishing
craft. But this argument apparently has
failed to impress the determination Secu-
rity Council Instead, virtually all of the
members, including the United States,
have taken positions plainly suggesting
that they agree with the view expressed
by Ahmed Shukairy, Syria's representa-
tive-namely, that 1.-The attack could not
be described as retaliation. Retaliation
against what? Nothing outrageous has
taken place to provoke an outrageous
retaliation" of the sort launched by the
Israelis week ago Sunday night.
In other words, judging from the
facts thus far reported, Israel-Some OF
whose citizens have openly criticized
their government for this act OF violence
seems to have seized upon relatively
minor provocations as justification and
excuse enough for reprisal in the form
of a major truce violating assault with
heavy arms. OF course, goaded as 1t is
by implacable Arab hostility and recur-
rent border incidents, Tel Aviv may well
feel that its retaliatory policy is essential
to national security. Yet the fact remains
that it is dangerous policy. And what
have the Israelis gained from it in the
present instance? They have hurt them
selves before the bar of world opinion.
They have invited condemnatory action,
or worse, from the u. N. And they have
led Egypt, as Syria's ally, to warn that
another such bloody attack will be coun-
tered in way that could easily bring
on resumption of full-scale hoStilities.
Thus, as Christmas approaches, ten
sion in the Holy Land is at new peril
point The situation calls for much more
than the Security Councils urgent at
tention. 1t calls also for great restraint
from the contending parties. Above all,
it demands that the Arab states show
some real willingness, at long last, to sit
down with the ISraelis in genuine effort
to negotiate definitive peace settlement
along the lines proposed by Secretary
Dulles and President Eisenhower. Given
such settlement, the whole area could
begin to prosper in an era of cooperation
and mutual security. Conversely, as long
as the present uneasy truce continues,
there will be constant danger Of fresh
incidents of type that could explode
into major war of utmost gravity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry iDriters correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
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Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-04-08
Honor Mel Mocks
At Hungry Horse

HUNGRY HORSE Mr.. and
Mrs. Burrel Baxter, Hungry
Horse, honored the Mel Macks at
buffet party Friday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Mack and children will
leave soon for Shasta Dam where
Mr.. Mack is transferring with the
Bureau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mel Mack were
guests of honor at a farewell card
party Saturday evening given by
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Newhouse.
Each man attending was required
to make an Easter bonnet for his
wife which she wore during the
remainder of the evening.
Diane Jewell, baby daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Jewell, was
baptized Sunday morning at the
Martin City Hungry Horse Com
munity Presbyterian church by
Rev. ElWyn Tesche. There as
Godparents were Mrs. JEWELS
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Diehl, Hot Springs, who with
their daughter, Janis and Patti
! spent the weekend visiting the
Jewels. Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell also
joined the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL MCLAUGHLIN left
Saturday morning for a three
weeks visit with their two daugh-
tiers in Arizona.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simmons
left Friday evening for Spokane
where Mrs. Simmons will remain
! for three weeks.
A dessert bridge party was given
Friday evening at the Leonard Lee
home with Mrs. Lee and Mrs. j
w. Patterson hostesses. Mrs. Ellis
Shelhamer won high prize and
Mrs. Marcus Hidden, low.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Rose, former
residents visited here Friday.
i Mrs. Dick Greiner and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Dean Greiner
Poison, went to Great Falls, Thurs
day, to visit Mrs. Dean Greiner':
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jane.
;, Cleveland, returning Sunday. Dear
Greiner and children spent thu
weekend here with Dick Greinel
and children.
A stork shower sponsored b.
the ladies aid of the Communit,
/ Presbyterian church was givel
March 81 at the Perry Crandal
i home for Mrs. Elwyn Tesche.
i Next regular meeting of tn
Community Presbyterian ladies ali
will be Thursday at 100 pm, a
the home of Mrs. Perry Crandall
house No. IA. All interested ladie
are invited.
Mrs. Marcus Hidden attended tn
i State convention of Delta Kapp
Gamma, women teachers. honor
airy which was March Is and 2
: at the Finlen hotel in Butte. Sh
presided as toastmistress at tn
noon luncheon at which her chap
ter, Lambda, was hostess chapter