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The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republlcation ef ell the local news printed in this newspeper, as well os all A. P. news dispatches. A—* SATURDAY. September 11, IMf m ' — 11 s1 ■—1 am i -i— Virginia's Negro Schools There are some indications that the real issue is being overlooked in Virginia’s Negro school controversy. That issue is not whether Negro pupils should be admitted, to white schools. This is not required by Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson’s order, and if the local author ities in King George and Gloucester Coun ties were to abolish segregation in the schools they would stand in violation of the State’s constitution. The real issue is whether Negro children are to be provided school facilities substan tially equal to those for whites. On this point there can be little debate. The facilities are not equal and the local authorities in the two counties admit that this is the case. This is a state of affairs which cannot be permitted to continue. Substantially equal facilities must be made available, first as a matter of simple jus tice, and, second, as an essential step in complying with the court’s order. This leaves only the further question of whether the local authorities are to be given a reasonable time in which to com ply. It has been only a little more than a month since the formal order was served on them, although they had known for several months that such an order was coming down. In either situation, how ever, It seems quite probable that they have not had enough time to make the necessary improvements, and In the best interests of all concerned they should be allowed a reasonable time. One of the two Negro lawyers represent-i ing the colored students has said that he proposes to seek a contempt of court judg ment against the King George officials. If he should ask for such a ruling then It would be up to the court to determine whether the school authorities have done their best to obey the order. But in arriv ing at this decision it is most unlikely that the court would refuse to apply the test of reasonableness in measuring the degree of compliance. The other Negro lawyer Involved appar ently has taken the position that there can be no satisfactory solution short of out right abandonment of the segregated school system. He is within his rights, of course, in agitating for such a change. But by mov ing in this direction, by seeking to upset a social pattern that has been fixed since Colonial days, he is not likely to achieve much of benefit to the Negroes. If the real aim of these men is to secure Improved educational facilities for colored children, facilities that will be substan tially equal to those for whites, their pur pose is a laudable one and it can be accom plished. If they are willing to work with the white authorities in a spirit of reason ableness this desirable improvement should not be long in coming to pass. But they are not going to accomplish much of real or lasting benefit If they are agitating merely for the sake of agitation or if they are going to be so foolish as to attempt to Insist upon the abolition of Virginia’s segregated school system. Ferdinand of Bulgaria Ferdinand of Bulgaria was one of the characters of his time. Tall, loosely built, bearded, long nosed, bald, stone deaf, he was every inch not a King in appearance and manner. Yet he had a commanding presence. Nobody ignored him. Wherever he appeared, he was the center of the scene. He met Edward VII on equal terms, mocked William II to his face, defied Nich olas II. flouted several Sultans of Turkey. Pride of ancestry was one of his assets. He was a cousin or an uncle to more than a hundred princes. The Kaiser declared he excelled them all In brains, and Ferdi nand blandly agreed with him. Perhaps he modeled his philosophy on that of Cyrano. The resemblances between Rostand's hero and the cleverest of the Coburgs were striking as well as numerous. Both loved life despite its disappointments. Ferdinand, inheriting vast wealth from his mother, could buy many of the satisfac tions he wanted—jewels, rare coins, beau tiful pictures, fascinating books, moun tains of flowers, whole cellars full of an cient wines. He made no bones over being a hedonist. Pleasure meant much to him, and he conceded the fact with a smile. His sense of humor helped him through three decades of crises while he occupied the shaky Bulgarian throne. He laughed out right at the sequence of incidents which cost him his job. The remainder of his career was devoted to avoiding the country he had done his best to rule from 1887 to 1918. How Ferdinand was drawn into the First World War as an ally of Germany remains even now something of a mystery. The Treaty of Bucharest in 1913 robbed Bul garia of the fruits of victory her armies had won in Macedonia and Thrace under his active leadership in the field. In May. 1915. the help of Russia. France. Italy and Great Britain was sought for the restora tion of the lost areas. No concrete answer was received. Ferdinand finally turned to Germany for assistance against wfhat he regarded as the greed of his Balkan neigh bors—Serbia. Rumania and, Greece. This led to an ultimatum from Russia which eventuated in hostilities in which for sev A eral years the Bulgarians were successful only to be defeated at last at Dobropole. After his abdication the erstwhile mon arch retired to his ancestral estate in Bavaria. There he played the role of a country gentleman with distinction. Oc casionally he visited foreign countries in cognito. His major interests were music, studying birds, growing roses. If anybody mentioned politics to him, he was deafer than ever. Finally he has died amid the ruins of Europe. But even at the end his rubies probably still sparkled very much as they did when he was young and he first carried them about in his pocket. Dynamite in Berlin More than 2,000,000 German men, wom •en and children live in the Anglo-French American sectors of Berlin. They are not merely a statistic representing two-thirds of the city’s population. They are volatile human beings with taut nerves and supercharged emotions. Three years after having suffered a total defeat, they still are experiencing a hand-to-mouth exist ence in a bleak atmosphere of personal strain and political disorder. As they have shown in their massive street demonstra tion against Russia and its stooges, it is not safe to goad them. In some cases, near-desperation fills people with a kind of docile apathy, but not so with them. They have been anything but indifferent or timid. Recklessly or not, they have openly sided with the Western Allies and ; displayed bitter hostility toward the Soviet Union. These Berliners, of course, probably have no great love for their Anglo-French American conquerors, but they know— they have seen—that Britain, France and the United States have been trying to be just and decent. They know, too—they have seen—that the Kremlin, together with the traitorous German Communists, has been seeking through deceit, force and oppression to impose its tyrannical will on them and swallow them up In the Soviet Empire. They are not blind to the fact that Russia is behind the mob move ment to destroy their democratically elect ed city government. They do not have to be told who is responsible for the land and waterway blockade that would have long since reduced them to starvation were it not for our airlift. Nor do they have to be told that if the latest threats against that airlift are carried out, the conceivable result may be a shooting war in which the Western Allies would have to abandon the city temporarily and leave them to the tender mercies of the Reds. Aware of all this and maddened by it, they have not hesitated to choose sides in public, regardless of the risks. To be sure, the wisdom of huge street demonstrations of any kind is seriously open to question because of the danger of uncontrollable mob violence. But the one staged by the anti-Communist Berliners must nevertheless be regarded as a meas ure of their courage—perhaps a reckless or unwise sort of courage, but still cour age, and worthy, as Senator Chan Gurney has said, of commendation everywhere. At the same time, however, it is ominous | in its potentialities. By giving full vent i to their pent-up feelings, the Germans could set off an explosion in Berlin cap able of wrecking whatever hope may still remain for a peaceful negotiated settle ment of the current crisis. Whether they know it or not, the Russians, with their strong-arm methods and goading tactics, are playing with dynamite. If they are not deliberately seeking war, they had better shift soon to a new and saner policy. New card rules for contract, with lighter penalties for revokes and miscalled bids, go into effect October 1. The wise husband will not, however, Immediately shed the shinguards. Amos and Andy, in a unique deal, sign over their service for life for $2,000.000— nice going for a team whose start was a taxi with no doors. Music Is National Marks Levine, vice president of the National Concert and Artists Corporation and an acknowledged leader among im presarios, recently contributed to the I^w York Times a statement in which he declared: "I cannot think of music as being American, or German, or French, or whatever else. Trite as it may sound, music must be and in fact is international ■ in its nature, universal in its scope and appeal. ... We can only classify music as | great or insignificant, inspired or labored, ! good or bad, whether written by an | American, by a Frenchman, an Italian or a New Zealand Maori.” Such an opinion obviously is entitled to respect, coming as it does from an authority in matters musical. But is it true? Anybody who ever has heard the bagpipes at Edinburgh Castle must believe that there is a music which is distinctively Scottish. The same observation applies to the haunting minor melodies one finds in the crowded streets of the native por tion of Hong Kong: If they are not Chinese, what are they? Verdi dealt with cosmopolitan themes, but he always was an Italian. Tchaikovsky probably did not especially want to be a Russian, yet he remained a son of Muscovy even after he had visited England and America. Simi larly, Elgar was English, Granados was Spanish, Ravel was modem French even in the Bolero. The critics cannot explain Beethoven by denying that he was German any more than they can account for Sibelius by con tradicting the fact that he is Finnish. Smetana’s ‘‘Bartered Bride” is Bohemian and nothing but Bohemian. Dvorak is a Czech despite his ‘ New World Symphony.” So is Mahler fundamentally Bohemian and j Grieg Norwegian. We would do these masters a disservice if we tried to divorce them from the lands which gave them | birth. Victor Herbert was bom in Ireland and remained Irish all his life. It is a matter of history that George Gershwin and Irving Berlin have been inspired largely by Jewish harmonies, some of them ages old. The beautiful Negro spirituals of America are specifically Negro achieve ments. - Mr. Levine, however, is not altogether | mistaken. Stephen Collins Foster was not ' a Negro, yet he wrote scores of songs which had their thematic sources in Negro musical tradition, tracing back to Africa and to a time relatively as distant as Troy and Cnossos. Such music is in ternational In the sense that it Is unl t> versally appreciated, but It Is indubitably American in terms of production, this surely is what is wanted: Music so ap pealing that all nations, all classes and all conditions of people will value it with an enthusiasm and a devotion equal to those qualities in the composers. The Whole World Is Vulnerable With American participation, the British have just completed their biggest air exer cises since the end of the war. What the exercises seem to have proved is that the United Kingdom is one Of the most vul nerable places in the world. At any rate, within a matter of minutes the other day, London was “devastated.” According to impartial military umpires, a mock raid by hundreds of bombers so severely “blitzed” the great city that its “'attackers” had good reason to assume that all re sistance in it had been broken. The event, though make-believe, is grimly meaning ful. What if the attack had been real? What if only a few great planes had come over and dropped A-bombs? What if there had been a rain of supersonic rockets with atomic warheads? Where would the “tight little isle” be today? And what would be the condition of its inhabitants? The questions speak for themselves. Looking back on the worst of the “blitz” staged by the Nazi Luftwaffe and on the terrors of the V-2 rockets fired at them from the French shore, thinking Britons must now say to themselves how mild all that would seem in retrospect should there be a third world war. Jet propul sion. supersonic flight, the atom, bac teriological weapons—these would be the instruments of any new conflict in another twenty or thirty years. With them, all of England could bp wiped out in a day. And if that could happen to England, it could happen to any country, even if the process of annihilation should require a little more time in lands as large as our own. Because of geography and other cir cumstances, the vulnerability of the British is peculiarly intense, but it is a vulner ability shared in kind, if not in degree, by every people in the air age. Actually, no aerial maneuvers, no mock raids, are needed now to demonstrate the horrible potentialities of another war. Conceivably, if one nation or group of nations had overwhelming superiority in such a war, victory could be won at little cost. But if the belligerents were about evenly matched in things like A-weapons, and if the struggle were fought to the death, the chances are that all would be vanquished in the sense that none would And enough left to be worth living for. Indeed, given that kind of conflict with the new instruments of mass destruction, the virtual extinction of the human race would be altogether possible. It is not only Britain that is vulnerable. So is America. So is Russia. So is the whole world. The sum of it is that man has reached a point where his very survival depends on a lasting peace. Without that, he will drift willy-nilly to suicide. “In India, employes of the Hyderabad government get 116 official holidays a year, a 30-day vacation, 15 days’ ‘casual leave’ and Sundays.’’ One further ques tion: Is the pay check mailed? This and That By Charles E. Tracewell “BETHESDA, MD. “Dear Sir: “Last evening I saw a hummingbird that was completely foreign to me. “He was smaller than the ruby-throated or his mate, and had a longer bill. His back was striped jailbird fashion in orange and black alternately. "The peculiar thing about him was that al though my husband and I stood close to him for several minutes watching him fly around the r.icotiana, we could not hear a sound from his wings. “Have you any idea what our friendly neigh bor's name is? “Sincerely yours, J. H. B.” • • * • That, ma'm. was no hummingbird. It was a moth. It was probably an evening hawk moth, al though there are several other species of moths that fool people. When we lived in Georgetown we had plenty of hummingbirds, and several forms of moths. One was a dark green, so mucn resembling the female ruby-throated hum mingbird that most observers had no doubt of its identification as such. No hummer, however, will permit a watbher to stand directly over it, or even cup it with a hand. This odd creature did. It, visited the phlox plants at about dusk. It came to them every day, and so we called it the phlox bug. The bili of the moth is longer even than a hummer’s bill. No respectable hummingbird would permit a human hand to close over it. It the action were possible, the bird would probably stab its powerful bill directly into one's hand, as it sometimes does into the body of a foe. Hummingbirds are brave little creatures. They often give their lives for the sake of their_ nests. They may even be said to be ferocious, within their limits. The moths, on the other wing, are as in sensitive to human presence as most insects. Yet the resemblance between them and the little birds is striking. * • « • We were standing In the garden the other late afternoon, watching the bees at some blue flowers. There weie hundreds of flowers and hun dreds of bees. A constant movement over the flower faces was kept upr as bees moved from one to an other, their golden bodies, with black rear, shining in the sun. Kach bee glistened with a real patina. Not a bee paid the slightest attention to the watchers. All at once a huge black bumblebee flew in. In comparison with the dainty bees, he was almost a bull in a china shop. The Dees made way for him, but no more. They did not seem afraid. Among the insects, everybody minds his own business, in the main. Perhaps if mankind could emulate that trait, and forget about their form of com munism, our human world would be better off. Net all hummingbirds hum. And there is only one that comes here, the ruby-throat. If you see something that you think is a bird, so small that you think it must be a hummer, put it down as a moth, an evening hawk moth, possibly a sphinx moth. In going from flower to flower, humming birds perform the same office in the economy of nature as bees, butterflies and moths by transferring pollen from one bloom to another. Hummingbirds seldom if ever walk on the ground but perch readily enough on branches, clothes lines and telephone wires. "Inhabitants exclusively of America,” says one expert, "the hummingbirds constitute not only the most charming element in the won derfully varied bird life of the Western Hemi sphere, but also without doubt the most re markable group of birds in the entire world.” Rivoli's hummer, sometimes called the reful gent hummingbird, a native of the Southwest, is aald to have no wing hum. Letters to The Star W7^ Queen Wilhelmma Owns No Washington Real Estate To tho Miter ef The Star: In a letter to your paper, which was pub lished in The Star of September a, C. A. Lelmbach suggested that the European Re covery Program Act should be so revised or amended by Congress as to require countries that are recipients under this act "to divest the wealthy citizens within their borders of some of their holdings" and to decrease the amounts allotted to those countries with the revenue so obtained. This suggestion to confiscate or appropriate private property lawfully acquired and owned by citizens, who moreover pay their extremely heavy taxes' on both property and income, seems to me so entirely at variance with the concept of private property generally accepted In the United States, that I do not see any need to bring forward arguments against it. I am confident that in the United States Mr. Leimbach’s suggestion will not find any serious consideration, the less so since all residents of the Netherlands have to give up their dollar - income to the state (and also certain classes of dollar-securities), for which the state reimburses them in Netherlands guilders, the dollars being rued to pay Netherlands debts to the United States. in r.is letter ne mentioned as "a case m point” the private means of the former Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, saying “it was reported a fey weeks ago in The Star that her personal estate is valued at some thing 1'ke $157,000,000.” I consider it neces sary to deny the truth of this statement; it has no foundation at all. Whatever private means Queen Wilhelmina owns, it can be stated that the above-mentioned astronomi cal figure is exaggerated to an extent which makes it* use worthless. Owns No Real Estate Here. Mr. Leimbach refer* apparently to a story which The Star published on August 8, written by the Chicagb Daily News foreign service’s correspondent, William McGaffln, from The Hague about the royal family of the Netherlands. It is a very good story and every Dutch citizen would read it with satisfaction, with one exception. Mr. McGaffin writes: “Wilhelmina is a multi millionaires and one of the richest women in the world. One American in Holland esti mated her total wealth at $175,000,000. In cluded in her holding is a large block of apart ments in Washington, and numerous Amer ican stocks and bonds." It seems very 'difficult to kill once and for all the false rumor that Queen Wilhelmina. now Princess of the Netherlands, owns the Westchester Apartments in Washington or at least part of it. This story has been coming up again ami again for a number of years and it is probably impossible to trace its origin. I have been told that it was an invention cf Gennan propaganda against the Queen in the beginning of the last war; if not, it is just gossip. However that may be, I welcome this oppor tunity to state that Queen WilhelmTna never owned the Westchester Apartments or even one share in it. This statement, confirmed by the management of the Westchester Apart ments, is based on authoritative information received from the Netherlands. In fact, Queen Wilhelmina does not own any real estate in the United States. I am convinced that by publishing this letter you will make a valuable contribution toward correcting rumors which should not be circu lated because they completely lack foundation in fact and even might do harm if they are used by uninformed persons for purposes which further neither the interests of the United States nor those of my country. E. N. VAN KLEFFENS, Ambassador of the Netherlands. * Editor's Note—The story regarding Queen Wilhelmina’s alleged ownership of Washing ton real estate has been printed in one form or another many times. The Star’s atten tion has been previously called to the de nials by authorized representatives of the Netherlands that there is any truth to these stories and it is a matter of regret to The Star that the error was inadvertently repeated in its columns. An Exasperated Parent Blows Off To the Editor ot The Star: Everywhere you turn you hear; “Visit your schools, help improve your schools.” Conse quently I'd like to present an angle which, if considered seriously, might do its bit toward Improvement. I'd like to know why Washington school teachers aren’t allowed to teach? Now, here, if ever I saw any, is a pathetic group of adults painstakingly trained for a respectable position but who evidently are regarded as a pack of morons by our school officials. The above are deductions made by discover ing a shocking fact: My 8-year-old son was promoted to his fourth grade in school and he couldn’t read his sister's second-grade reader nor did he know his multiplication tables. Even though I attended my boy’s PTA meetings regularly, not all year was I aware that he was so weak. His reports did not show it nor did his teachers indicate that he didn't know words like “family,” “besides," not to mention hundreds of others. To put it simply, he couldn't read, he didn’t know what 9x5 are; and he has an above-the average intelligence. A Parent Gain* Understanding. Dumbfounded, I contacted his teacher this summer and after we had really let our hair down, I collected some choice understanding about our District school system. Teachers don’t have the time to teach. In stead, they use one-half of the school year preparing imposing display exhibits, pageants and demonstrations to impress the public with what your children and mine can’t do. And who tactfully suggests all this sweat and blood? Our pompous, hypocritical school offi cials, the teacher’s superiors of whom she Is mortally afraid. This is what went on In my child’s class ! last year: ; ill A play—time consumed in preparations, one-half of each day for three weeks. 12) An observational period for teachers ! This is the time when one teacher shows off | to other teachers how much better she car teach than they. Teachers seem to be com pelled to practice professional discourtesy. In \ order to be insured that the children don’t give the wiong answers and disgrace her, a teacher has to drill them for a certain length of time preceding the lesson. My child got a stomach full of “Life in Holland’’ for three whole weeks and nothing much of anything else. His chances of getting to Holland are exceedingly slim, yet he can't decide if he has received the proper change when I send him | to the store. (3i Participation in the construction of a model of proposed recreational facilities for the community. The teacher couldn't teach at all for two weeks. <4> Rehearsal for that monstrous sham Child Health Day. The children rehearaed a lot of clownish activities (which they knew only too well) for two months. Meetings a Chore. When said teacher isn’t rehearsing and creating she is busy attending meetings. These meetings are for the improvement of th# profession as far as the latest techniques are concerned, I understand. They are so numer ous and last so long Into the evening that the poor teacher has only time to rush home .K i ... Letters for publication must bear the signature and address of the writer, although it is permissible for a writer known to The Star to use a nom de plume. Please be brief. to a hungry husband and child, perform her household duties and drop exhausted into bed. 'The next day she faces 35 to 40 squirming demons and has no work prepared for them. A conscientious teacher prepares-her work the night before school. Small wonder my child didn't learn. His teacher, terrified of reprisals at the hands of our “progressive school heads,” seldom enter tains any thought of demanding that she be allowed to teach—a job for which we taxpay ers pay her and her supervisors. I only hope that other parents have la mented over how little their children have learned and that they will take some positive action to improve this serious condition during the coming school year. Demand of our school officials that the harassed school teacher be allowed to teach her full four hours and forty-five minutes. Demand that those activities mentioned above be-abolished or greatly limited, so the teacher will have the time to teach. Congress is investigating everything else. Let it begin to investigate the education of its future citizens here in Washington. ' * PARENT. Too Many Ciphers To the Editor of The St»r: In "Looking Ahead" on the editorial page of The Star for Sunday; September 5, the num ber of veterans' policy holders should be 15,000,000, not 15,000,000,000, shouldn't it? X. Y. Z. Favors Investigations To the Editor of Hie St»r: It is well understood that our President has the constitutional right to withhold confiden tial information from congressional commit tees, if he so desires. However, it is somewhat difficult, despite his constitutional right, to understand why congressional committees have been deprived of such information from these confidential files as would enable them to bet ter perform their duties in the handling of the tasks recently undertaken for the good of our country. Are we, the people, to infer from such tac tics that Congressmen who serve on these congressional committees are not representa tive, responsible, trustworthy men, or is it Just a case of pure political antagonism? These Congressmen are elected by the people to represent them to the best interest of all, and I do not think that keeping a close check on subversives in our country is altogether a political gesture on the part of the Republi cans, but that these investigations are being conducted for the protection of all. There may be a “red herring” floating around somewhere but, in my opinion, investi gating any subversive element that might be or has been affiliated with our Government is certainly not "it.” Our three branches of government should work together with unity at all times. When such antagonism develops between our Execu tive and Legislative branches, it is, regardless of party politics, not good for our country and certainly gives the thinking people of America much food for thought between now and No vember. A DEMOCRAT. Richmond, Va. Deplores Segregation in Sport ■fyVST • "'•i- ' ■ ' To Ui* Editor of The SUr: . With the two major league baseball teams near the top at the present time carrying col ored players in the line-up, why does not the Washington basebaH club strike out and make baseball a real concern here? There are at least two dozen good colored players who could make the team that plays at Clark Griffith's ball yard. If it is money the stockholders want, think of the 100.000 cash customers it is estimated old Satchell Paige has drawn through the Cleveland turnstiles. Or watch the numbers being turned away or unable to get tickets to Jackie Robinson's ball yard. Richie on the coast, Dan Bankhead, Newcomb and others on the Brooklyn farm teams are winning aver 75 per cent of their games. Football this fall will find star colored grid iron neroes on many of the "pro" fields. Buddy Young, Motley, Dan Brown, Lanny Ford (a Washington boy), Mann, Ike Owens, Tojn Casey, Bill Willis, Tunnell, Harris, and many others will be heard of in the various Sunday and mid-week professional games during the coming fall season. How smugly silly are we with our prejudices! Perhaps when Truman comes back or Dewey comes in we may have a change in local gov ernment or sentiment which will make democracy here—American style—respectable elsewhere. The bigots are largely the older people who are reckoning without considering their younger sons and daughters. E. B. HENDERSON. How Mr. Hughes Consented To the Editor of The Star: Current comment aroused by the death of former Chief Justice Hughes involves certain matters of which I have personal knowledge or to employ a familiar quotation (in sub stance if not textually correct): "All of which I saw and part of which I was.” I represented the New York Sun, reporting the Supreme Court for seven years prior to my resignation. I was privileged to hear and re port the many opinions read by Justice Hughes before he left the bench to accept the nomi nation for president. I shared the general high regard for Justice Hughes, of whom the late Senator Jim Watson once said: “His is the finest intellect in American public life.” I accepted an invitation from Prank H. Hitch cock to advise with him in his pre-convention organization for Mr. Hiighes. We proceeded with caution because he was unable, personally •>r through Influential friends, to elicit a word of approval or disapproval from Mr. Hughes and we felt that at any time our efforts might be frustrated by a public declaration from the Associate Justice that our efforts were un authorized and offensive. I planned to obtain a "go” signal. I was writing politics for the Sun from the Washing. ton viewpoint. The late Siting A. Powler was head of the Sun Washington bureau. He had covered the Insurance investigations conducted by Mr. Hughes that brought his name favor ably before the country. I suggested that he go to Justice Hughes, point out to him the embarrassment to Sun writers who recognized the growing Hughes sentiment but hesitated to write about It lest it embarrass the Justice. Responding to Mr. Fowler's visit Associate Justice Hughes said: "If my country calls me to this higher service, I will feel it my duty to accept.” Thus Mr. Powler obtained a sign which "an evil generation” (of politicians) had vainly sought for. The development was gratifying to the Sun and even more to Prank Hitchcock who pro ceeded with his organization. JERRY A. MATHEWS. Community Movies Appreciated TO the Editor of The 8t»r: I am very grateful you have shown the movies at Port Dupont this summer and hope you will continue them next year. MILDRED ORANGE. | f The Political Mill ** Republicans Warned To Push Election Efforts Public-Opinion Polls M«y Cause Ovar» Confidence, Leaders Say By Gould Lincoln • At the very opening of the presidential cam paign. three public-opinion polls—Gallup,' Crossley and Roper—give Gov. Dewey of New York a better chance to win than President Truman. One of them, indeed, Elmo Roper, goes so far as to say Gov. Dewey has the election in the bag—unless a political miracle or some violent change in conditions arises. He adds he does not expect either. All of this gives the Republican leaders great confidence. The danger is that it may make them overconfident and also lessen the inter est of the rank-and-file voters who oppose President Truman aud support Gov. Dewey— an Interest which is vital on election day. Republican National Chairman Hugh Scott was quick to speak out, after Mr; Roper de clared Gov. Dewey so far ahead that no pur pose was to be served by reporting the trend of public opinion during the rest of the cam paign. “I wish,” he said, "to call upon all Republi cans to increase their efforts to elect Republi- “ cans to every office at stake this year. This is no time to relax our efforts to build up lha biggest majority in history for the Dewey Warren ticket, and for the many senatorial, gubernatorial and House candidates who ars running this year.” Must Get Out Vote. If too many potential voters who are op posed to Mr. Truman fail to go to the polls on November 2—and instead go fishing or to play golf or what have you, the expected Dewey Warren victory might well turn out a flop It Is up to the Republican State, county, city and precinct leaders to get the vote out—and this looks to be one year no matter what Mr. Tru man may say when a big vote will be of - assistance to the Republican presidential nominee. The publication of these gloomy reports for Mr. Truman—encouraging for Gov. Dewey— may have one of two effects on the Demo cratic national ticket. They may greatly stim ulate the Democratic workers to get out th# vote, or they may put such a damper on the Democratic campaign that the Truman vote may fall off still further. It is anybody's guess about that. The Democrats, for a number of years, have had all the better of public-opin ion polls in the presidential campaigns. They did not appear to lessen the vote in any way which was cast for Franklin D. Roosevelt—by making the Democratic campaign managers and the rank and file overconfident. Probably they won't do Gov. Dewey any harm either. Need House Majority. There la one very good reason why the Re- ' publicans should endeavor to get out all th# vote possible in support of the Dewey-Warren ticket. A big vote for the national Republican ticket can very well assure a big majority for the Republicans In the new House of Repre sentatives, and dash the present Democratic hopes that the Democrats will win control of the Senate. Gov. Dewey and the Republicans today ap pear to have Mr. Truman and the Democrats on tha run. Certainly, it is no time for the Republicans to ease up. Up to the present, the Democratic campaign has been mostly name calling—a cheap way of campaigning which usually does not pay off. Gov. Dewey and President Truman are about to start on campaign trips across the cpuntry. There are vital issues—vital to the interests of the whole country, not just to special groups—which the speakers should discuss, not only in a critical way but in a constructive way. It may be they will do so. Certainly, the people themselves should give every attention to these discussions. The Democratic criticism to date of Gov. Dewey is that he has delegated to others—as in the case of Harold E. Stassen s reply to Mr. Truman in Detroit—the Job of speaking out. That kind of criticism will diminish and fade when Gov. Dewey takes to the hustings. But whether Mr. Dewey will deal with Mr. Truman and his candidacy, or Just ignore the Demo cratic candidate and let other Republicans answer him, remains to be seen. It Is one of the things that is irritating the Democratic high command today. Questions and Answers A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau, 310 Eye street N.E.. Washington 2. D C. Please Inclose three (3) cents for return postage. BY THE HASKIN SERVICE Q. What is the largest tree grown from tha smallest seed?—J. H. T. A. The largest tree grown from the smallest seed Is the redwood, the Sequoia sempervirena of California. Q. In what countries did revolutions occur in 1848?—B. T. A. The “year of revolutions” was marked by1® political disturbances beginning in Italy with11 a local revolution in Sicily In January, and ex tending to France. Russia, Poland, Sardinia, Bavaria. Prussia, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark. Hungary and Austria. In England It amounted to little more than the Chartist demonstration. Q. What is the derivation of the word "cau cus”?—E. E. N. A. The word supposedly comes from “caulk ers.” mechanics who caulk or stop leaks in ships, from the fact that the early meetings in Boston were attended largely by caulkers. Q. What are the restrictions upon the choice of names for race horses?—D. G. A. Naming a race horse is not the simple process it might seem. The Rules of Racing require that a name be restricted to 14 letters and spaces and that it shall not duplicate a name used during the previous 1£ years, either on the turf or in the stud. Names of such famous horses as Man o’ War and others, which, lu the opinion of the registrar, have earned equine immortality, never can be used again. Anv name even hinting at advertising is for bidden. It is estimated that about nine out of ten names submitted for approval are re jected for various reasons. Q. What is the full name of the painter who- - is known as "Grandma Moses”?—S. S. i A. Her full name is Anna May Robertson' Moses. "Grandma Moses,” who is well known for her paintings of farm and snow scenes, lives at Eagle Bridge, N. Y. Sonnet for Lost Things Where are they stored.... dear things that men have lost? Their dreams—brave galleons like white clouds that sail Across youth’s azure sky—at last, storm tossed, i They vanished. Must all eager searching fail To find them? Where are loves that, Through the days Of summer, sped the hours incredibly— * Have they been lost bn autumn’s wind swept ways? There was a word of staunch integrity, There was a gallant banner carried high, A faith, a rose, a voice that used to call With sweet insistence, a soft lullaby Remembered fondly . . . Have we lost them all! We ask the way—nor calculate the cost.,, Only to find the lovely and the lost! B. Y. WILLIAMS. . ^ * ? » . i i