Evening star., 1961-08-15


impartial opinion in the
Park Police controversy. AS
a taxpayer. I am, in a
manner, one Of their en-
ployers. AS q resident of the
George Washington Memo
rial highway, I am in a
rather advantageous position
to observe their daily opera
tions.
I have never met Chief
Stewart, but l have been ex-
posed to the exceptional and
refreshing courtesy of his
department. In the current
quagmire of agitated inferi-
ority complexes wherein most
men are belligerently trying
to assert their self-impor-
tance without any effort to
earn prestige, the Park
Police under Chief Stewart
are a rare exception. They
wear their uniforms with the
smartness Of West Point
cadets. not the sloppiness of
the puffed-up. egg-headed
CT who believes he's too good
for a uniform. They are
courteous to the public even
when cautioning speedsters.
I have been cautioned. They
are alert to their RESPONSE
bilities and apparently will
ing to act beyond the call
of their duty.
Not too long ago I had
q flat tire on the parkway.
I walked to the nearest home
and put in a call for the
AAA. When I returned to
my car, park policeman
was inspecting it. We waited
for about Is minutes. When
no repairman had shown up
by that time, the policeman
lacked up my car, changed
my tire, and pumped up the
spare. An obstruction to
traffic was removed with the
least possible loss Of time
and simultaneously, a gain
made In public relations.
To this day I regret my
lack Of courtesy in not get
ting his number and writing
Chief Stewart a note COM
Tnending him. Particularly
inasmuch as Chief Stewart
did not find himself too busy
to write me a courteous let
ter Of thanks when at q sub
sequent time / had occasion
to report a misdemeanor on
the parkway. I might add
that the Park Police re-
sponded with much less loss
Of time than any city police
I have ever had occasion to
call-with the possible ex-
ception Of the Japanese po-
lice who maintain q box on
every corner.
Whenever q superior whips
a unit into parade-ground
excellence, there are bound
to be disgruntled misfits. My
husband Is a colonel in the
United States Army; I should
know. I also know that three
or four malicious individuals,
copying Communist tactics
Of false charges and counter
charges, can disrupt the most
efficiently run organization
by keeping it on the defen-
sive and forcing the diver
sion Of effective time from
the business at hand to dis
proving unfounded accusa-
tions. ! used to earn my liv-
ing, you see, as an analyst OF
Communist tactics. It begins
to seem as II I, and others
like me, should 90 back to
work when even small units
such as our Park Police are
no longer safe.
E. Evelyn Meidling.
A Star article titled, Union
Officer Backs Chief Stewart,
Blames BolshevikS in Park
Police, leaves unanswered
some poignant questions and
glaring inconsistencies. .
Mr.. Beye accuses a certain
"tightly-organized. Bolshevik
faction" - of engaging in
"lawlesS aggressions calcu-
lated. expert subversion-for
the sole purpose of creating
friction and destroying the
fine Park Police organiza-
tion."
If the above accusations are
false, the accuSer should be
held responsible. of course.
But II the above are more
than just wild, reckless
charges, why hasn't Chief
Stewart ferreted out these
half dozen leaders Of the
subverSive faction" preferred
charges and brought them to
Justice? II a police chief can
not, or rather does not put
the finger" on the known
saboteurs. "slbversives-and
leaders Of lawless sssressions"