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The Associated Press is entitled exclusively te the use tor republication ef all the local news printed in this newspaper, as well as all A. P. news dispatches. A—8 WEDNESDAY, June 29, 1949 Judgeship Restrictions The Senate-approved restrictions on new District Court judgeships have the desir able objective of insuring representation on that tribunal of judges who have bene fited from the actual practice of law. The restrictions also would prevent selection of the three new judges from present or recent employes of the executive establish ment. But there is little wisdom in writing into law such limitations on presidential appointive powers. Under the McCarran amendment, all three nominees for the proposed new Dis trict Court vacancies must have been "actively engaged in the private practice of law” and must have been free of any Federal employment for three years pre ceding their appointment. Two of them must have been engaged in the private practice of law in the District for at least five consecutive years prior to appointment. The restrictions would apply permanently to three District Court judgeships. Chairman McCarran of the Judiciary Committee told the Senate the provisions are intended to give the District Bar ade quate representation on the court and to control a tendency in recent years to give ; most District Court judgeships to Govern ment attorneys, some of whom have had little or no experience before the bench. But, as Senator McGrath of the District Committee pointed out on the floor, no such standards for other Federal judge ships have been set up by law. There are residence requirements for Federal judge ships outside of the District, but nothing else. Senator McGrath expressed his belief that the President would veto the whole judgeship measure if such a limitation were imposed on him. It would automat ically exclude from presidential consider ation men who might be exceptionally well fitted to serve on the District bench, but who lacked a few months of practice to qualify, or who had accepted a call to Gov ernment service within the three-year period. The President should not be handicapped by'an inflexible legal provision in seeking the best possible men for the three addi tional District Court judgeships provided in the pending legislation. No such re strictions would apply in the case of the three new appellate court judgeships. The Senator’s action may have a salutary effect, however, in bringing to the atten tion of the President and the Attorney General the desirability of choosing for these posts lawyers who, in addition to other qualifications, have had the advan tages of court experience. And if it will Induce the Attorney General, who makes recommendations to the White House, to give more consideration to candidates sug gested by the District Bar Association, so much the better. But The Star believes that the prospect of a presidential veto on the vital judgeship legislation as a whole and the questions as to the propriety, if not the constitutionality, of restricting the presidential appointive powers, warrant elimination in conference of the McCarran amendment. The Belgian Elections The outcome of the Belgian parlia mentary elections has several interesting aspects. The outstanding one is the failure of the Social Christian Party to obtain an outright majority in the next Chamber of Deputies, which would have enabled it to do away with the present coalition ar rangement and form a cabinet exclusively its own. The Social Christians represent the con servative and clerical elements in the population. The party likewise reflects the linguistic and cultural division of Belgium between Flemings and Walloons. The Flemish-speaking part of Belgium is more Strongly Roman Catholic, more conserva tive in outlook, and more rural than the Walloons, who speak French and include the chief urban and industrial areas. Al though the two racial elements are ap proximately equal numerically, the Flem ings tend to vote more as a unit, whereas the Walloons tend to divide between the Socialist, Communist and Liberal parties. The result is that the Social Christians have long been the largest single party in parliament, though they have not in recent years been able to transform their plurality into a majority. This was their aim in the current elec tion. They were encouraged by the fact that, for the first time, women exercised the franchise, and women slightly out number men in Belgium. Since women are traditionally supposed to be more cleri cally inclined than men, the Social Chris tians hoped to benefit notably. Their lead ing plank was the return of King Leopold to the throne in place of his younger brother, Prince Charles, who has been ruling as Regent ever since the end of the war. The King’s return is a complex and highly controversial issue, involving his wartime attitude toward the Germans and his morganatic marriage to a lady who comes from a distinguished Flemish and clerical family. In order to effect their proposal for a plebiscite on the King’s return, the Social Christians would have had to get a majority in parliament, all the other parties being opposed to the idea. The Social Christians, however, have not won a majority. They will thus have to make a coalition arrangement with one or more of the other parties. The existing coalition was between them and the Socialists. But the election returns indicate that the Socialists barely held their own, whereas the Liberal Party made surprising gains, virtually doubling its ex isting representation In the Chamber. This indicates middle-class discontent with high taxes, cost of living and Socialist backed nationalization and welfare proj ects. A conservative-liberal .coalition thus becomes a political possibility, leaving out the Socialists, though the obstacles might be many. The final aspect of the current elections is the poor showing of the Communists. They have lost approximately one-half of their voting power in the previous election, and will have only a dozen seats in the next Chamber. Since there will be a total of 212 seats, this reduces the Communists’ representation to a negligible fraction. The Best Way Out The apparent reluctance of the Presi dent to be put in a position where he would have to cut from 5 to 10 per cent out of the funds appropriated for the executive establishment in the next fiscal year is understandable. But it is beginning to look as though this is the best, if not the only, way to avoid a deficit of well over a billion dollars. It is, of course, the responsibility of Con gress to appropriate funds, and there is more than a suggestion of politics in the Republican-dominated move to pass the buck to the President. There is one curious aspect of this situation. In former years there has been agitation, indorsed by the White House, to give the President the power of item veto over appropriation bills. In other words, the President would have the power to veto selected items, and the present proposal is very similar to that. A decade ago, however, Congress was strongly opposed to such a plan. Now, it seems, the opposition comes from the other end of Pennsylvania avenue. Be that as it may, the fact remains that sixty-one Senators have signed a petition directing the President to make the econ omy cuts, and enough others have signified their support to indicate that a veto of the proposal would be overridden in the Senate. What Majority Leader Lucas will do in this situation is uncertain. His position has wavered, but he seems to be against the plan, presumably in line with the Pres ident's wishes. Five weeks ago, however, Senator Lucas said he was opposed to Re publican efforts to trim each appropriation bill 5 per cent, and that Republican econ omy effort collapsed. But at the same time the Majority Leader said he would support a move by Democrats on the Appropria tions Committee to work out some formula for economy. It looks as though Mr. Lucas now has that formula. He does not seem too happy about it, perhaps because of the prepon derance of Republican signatures on the petition, but he must know that the choice is between this plan and a deficit. And he must also know that the administration cannot escape the obligation to do its best to avoid a deficit simply because the Con gress dodged its responsibility. Secrecy Can Hurt There is nothing particularly new In what Dr. Karl T. Compton has Just said about secrecy and security. But it is the sort of thing that needs to be restated and re-emphasized in these days when all too many people seem to have the idea that rigid #nd wholesale controls on scien tific information will automatically pro mote the safety of the Nation. Nothing could be less true. Speaking as chairman of the Research and Develop ment Board, our top agency for scientific planning, Dr. Compton has reminded everybody that secrecy and security are far from being synonymous. Of course, in such fields as atomic energy and guided missiles, common sense demands that re strictions be placed on various types of information. But common sense also de mands, as Dr. Compton has warned, that those restrictions should not be carried to excess, for if they are, then they are likely to hurt us much more than they will help. Actually, excessive secrecy can be dan gerous. An iron-curtain atmosphere is not conducive to the development of new ideas. In Dr. Compton’s words, science flourishes best under conditions that permit free inquiry. Restraints hold it back, put a brake on its progress, handicap it wher ever it needs to move without blinders. If in the field of A-weapons, for example, we should allow only twenty-five experts to know about a project that could be handled better if fifty knew about it, some other country conceivably could catch up with us or outstrip us in the atomic race. Unfortunately, given the kind of world we have, a large measure of secrecy is necessary. As Dr. Compton has said, how ever, such secrecy is “the negative or de fensive aspect of security,” and we must be on guard against the danger of carry ing it so far that we impede the “con tinual technological progress" on which we must primarily rely to keep the Nation secure. The point should be mulled over by anybody who supposes that the way to be safe is to place everything in impene trable darkness. Frederic D. McKenney During more than sixty years Frederic Duncan McKenney exemplified in Wash ington the conception of De Tocqueville that “the profession of law is the only aristocratic element which can be amal gamated without violence with the natural elements of democracy, and which can be advantageously and permanently com bined with them.” His view of the work of courts was that it should represent the principle of government by the best quali fied in terms of honor and equity. He sought by his own devoted endeavor to strengthen the profession to which by deliberate choice he belonged. None of his contemporaries held the bar in higher esteem or greater affection. The story of Mr. McKenney’s career is a story of natural growth. He was born to his vocation as the son of the seventh clerk of the Supreme Court, an officer manner as well as the bent of his mind | was largely the making of his father He was graduated from both Princeton and what now is George Washington Univer sity, His closest associates included such distinguished practitioners as Samuel F Phillips and Wayne MacVeagb, both first rate lawyers. He appeared with success and distinction before the ultimate tri bunals here and abroad His knowledge of international jurisprudence was pro found. At home he contributed to Amer ican industry and commerce the counsel of a disciplined yet a creative mind. Not everybody knew him intimately. Mr. McKenney was no seeker after per sonal followers. He would not have lifted a finger in the interest of fame His objective instead was the quiet satisfaction of adding to peace and order In the world Above everything else he wanted a bal anced. fundamentally equitable civiliza tion. His long years of faithful application to that purpose were constructively spent, so that it might be remarked of him that he was in effect ‘an architect” as Scott employed the word in “Guy Mannering' — a builder of a tolerable society. No Cause to Investigate the FBI It is reassuring, though not surprising, to learn that President Truman has no intention of ordering an investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its methods of operation. He has acted wisely in announcing this fact publicly through a White House spokesman. The announce ment should put an end to the clamor by some critics of the FBI—most of it intem perate and ill reasoned—for an “impartial” study of the bureau’s Investigative, report ing and filing policies. The demands for an investigation of the investigators came in the wake of the dis closure of confidential FBI files at the Coplon trial. The disclosure was made against the advice and and over the pro test of Director Hoover. But the release of the records does not justify the attacks which have been made on Mr. Hoover and his agency by those who were shocked at the publication of “unevaluated informa tion.” From all reports, Mr. Hoover, too, ! was shocked that they were published. The ‘ files in question are no different, In the nature of their content, from those in other Intelligence organizations. The FBI uses the same questioning techniques, rec ords Its findings and holds its reports for future reference in the same way that other investigative agencies in this country and abroad do. There is nothing in its long record under Mr. Hoover to warrant 1 fears of witch-hunt tactics or other abuses j of its authority. And until there is some evidence of such tactics or abuses, there is no reason to conduct the proposed investigation. This and That By Charles E. Tracewell “ALEXANDRIA, Va.. “Dear Sir: “The American egrets have returned. Last night I saw five wading in the marshes at Four-Mile Run, just south of the National Airport. Last year, I did not see any until August. Perhaps we’re going to have even more of these spectacular birds with us this year. I hope you'll devote a column to this , very interesting visitor. “Yours very truly, B. W., jr.” * * * * They pre truly beautiful birds, these egrets, now making a comeback in the South. The National Capital is glad to have them come here. They are, however, no prettier than our other birds. They are larger than some of the other water birds, but not particularly more beautiful. Nor are their habits any more interesting. A nice gull, for instance! There is a good one. It is always interesting, more so to some than others, to see something rare. And the egret is a rare one, at least has been for many years. Since the comeback started, dozens of them have been seen along the East Coast, as far as New York and even in lower Massachusetts. * * * * As far as we are concerned, we will take a blue jay, or a cardinal, or a chickadee! These are fine birds, too. and appeal to thousands because they come to their very doors. There is something especially appealing, these people think, to the dooryard bird. Dooryard is a word once used more than it is today. During the Civil War and there after, people often spoke of dooryards. To day we say garden. In the old days, people planted little gardens at doors. They did not have the idea of foundation planting, as we say. Some of the old-fashioned door yard gardens were filled with annual blos soms. They used well known flowers, the simple things one could “start" from a cut ting, or from plants given by a neighbor. The idea of foundation planting came in with modern real estate developments. Folks did not want to wait and do their own plant ing when they bought a house. They wanted the builder to do it for them. It was the beginning, perhaps, of that essentially mod ern idea, to permit some one else to do what one ought to do for one's self. In the old days every one had a shotgun and a pistol, and was ready to defend his own home, but now he wants to call the police. Clean people walk along and see trash on the street but they seldom, if ever, stop to pick it up. That is some one else's job, too. We are very departmentalized. The old days, often sneered at. had many good points. An egret was no rarity, then. There were plenty of them. People hadn't killed them off for their feathers. Farther back, the passenger pigeons gathered by their millions. They, too, were no rarity. They were all killed off. Conservation work has not been thought of. then. Every man was . his own killer, in the old days. There was some individuality about it. Nowadays we kill in packs, called regiments. • * * * Watch the egrets, when you get a chance, but do not despise the little plain birds, some of them, that come to our dooryards. The egret is big, 40 inches of him. with no crest, but with a plume springing from the back and extending beyond the tail. Plumage is entirely white. The bill is yellow, the feet black. The egret is more picturesque, certainly, and larger— But a brown creeper is a beauty, too, though he is but a few inches long. Over the years, the creeper is more valu able to man. because he creeps over our trees and cleans them of harmful Insects. He is a pleasant little fellow to have around, one of the sturdy band of home birds that steadfastly refuse to lurk near rivers but are willing to make their homes at our little places in the suburbs. Let us value them and realize that a creeper on his tree is quite as spectacular, in his way. as an egret on the river. It is the beauty of bird watching that we can have who held that post from 1858 to 1913. The both. Letters to The Star Warn* of Danger af In trad tug On Avrnae Safety 7«n« Te :S» Ba.'.sr s* Tfc# Star I* St necessary that tome one be killed or seriously injured at Use intersection of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue N W . before anythin* can or a i-l be done to eliminate the dangerous practice on the part of motorists who are making left-hand turns from the Avenue into Thirteenth., of cutting short through the pedestrian “safety" none in the center of the Avenue south of the streetcar tracks’ Every day many per sons find :t necessary to cross the Aven ue at this point, and very, very often some of these persons also find it necessary to leap for their lives to get out of the wav of such incon siderate and reckless drivers. The “walk ’ light stops pedestrian traffic in the center of the Avenue and the safety gone ‘outlined w ith white stripes< is provided • presumably* for the protection of the pe destrians But it appears that at least three fourths of the drivers making the left-hand turn at this point cut short diagonally across and through the safety gone The following proof of the prevalence of this practice is offered: Since extensive repairs to the sur face of the pavement at this intersection were made last winter. It has been necessary to paint the white lines outlining the safety gone twice ‘the last time was m April>. and it will very soon be necessary to paint these lines again, as they rapidly are being obliter ated, not by the shoes of pedestrians but bv the tires of automobiles which should never cross these lines at all. Seldom is there a traffic officer on duty at this corner, but when one is. he is much too busy blowing his whistle at pedestrians to even notice the motorists “short-cutting" through the safety gone, much less to speak to a motorist or give out a ticket for this offense Or can it be that there is no law or traffic regulation prohibiting the danger ous practice referred to? A solution to the problem might be to make the safety rope a raised platform or “island"; this should prevent most, if not aii. of the short-cutting ONE OF THE LEAPINO PEDESTRIANS Reappointment of Chairman Of Pl’C Protested by Progressives To the Pditor of The Star The article In The Star of June 23. announcing the nomination of James H Flanagan for a third term with the PUC, was read with amazement by those of us who are familiar with his record. The article stated that “Mr Flanagan continues to preside over the PUC with his usual, quiet, unruffled dignity.” During the hearings held last summer, resulting in the latest Increase in Capital Transit fares, Mr. Flanagan favored the company by constant arbitrary rulings and by closing the case without permitting the Washington Committee for Consumer Pro tection a single day's continuance after cross-examination to prepare testimony or secure technical witnesses. The Peoples Counsel criticized the evidence accepted by the PUC. Mr. Flanagan's record is one of flagrant favoritism toward the public utilities and open hostility toward the representatives of the people who have opposed the continuous increases in utility rates granted by the PUC. Between 1942 and 1945 Mr. Flanagan took the lead in delaying rate reduction proceed ings against Capital Transit for four years, even though the company was earning $1,500,000 over and above a 6 per cent return and the CIO had asked for a prompt hearing in 1944. By contrast, when the PUC. In May. 1947, approved an increase in Capital Transit rates, it allowed the higher rates to become effective only 63 hours later, even though the law provided a 30-day period for recon sideration. On June 5. 1947, Mr. Flanagan, at the hearings held before the Senate Dis trict Committee, admitted that he and PUC had decided in advance when they entered this order to deny any petition for recon sideration which might be filed. Senators Capper. Holland and Sparkman sharply criticized this action. The Progressive Party of the District of Columbia feels that Mr. Flanagan's record of constant favoritism toward the public utilities and open hostility to representatives of the people show that he is not qualified to swve as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. We condemn the nomination of Mr. Flanagan and call on the people of the District of Columbia to protest against his reappointment and urge that a person truly representative of the interests of the District be appointed. It should be pointed out that this situation obtains in the District where we are vote less. and should further stimulate the people to see to It that Home Rule for the District is a must of the 81st Congress—that is, in the House of Representatives, a bill for Home Rule and Reorganization of the Dis trict Government having passed the Senate. GERTRUDE EVAN8, Executive Secretary, Progressive Party. Urge* Abolition of Segregation In Schools as an Economy Move To thf Editor of The 8t»r: In its lead editorial June 24 The Star quite properly was concerned over several Congressional activities—generous provision for sick leave bills for teachers. Increased pension for widows and orphans of police men and firemen—all of which in the end will cost the taxpayers more money. In asmuch as no one approves careless spend ing of public funds. The Star is to be com mended for its study of such alleged reck less spending. After gagging on such relatively small fi nance, however, the editorial policy had an about face and strongly supported the *41 - 000.000 school building program. Only question was the method of financing, both methods of course depending on the tax payers. Although a third Star editorial no doubt clearly could make these declarations show consistency, the purpose of this letter is not to question editorial logic, not to question whether The Star should oppose what it doesn't like and support what it does in whatever form it sees fit. The purpose of this letter, is to urge a study of this *41.000 - 000 to see whether the taxpayers' money is going down the drain as an effort to main tain an expensive dual school system. For example, in spite of 3.000 vacant pupil stations in white high schools (estimated to rise to 3.200 in the year 1060). the school building program recommends not one or two but three new high schools for Negro children, who. of course, certainly need more adequate housing both in building quality and sufficient number of pupil stations. A new Cardoso will cost *3.350.000; yet Central and Roosevelt, two white schools, together have enough vacancies to house the overflow at Cardoso, and the vacancies at Eastern and McKinley, two more white high schools, easily could take care of the basic capacity of Cardoso Negro high school children come from all of these areas to Cardoso. And to circumvent a predictable several million dollar request for a new ad ministration building. The Star might look into saving that much by the use of Cardoso for the administration headquarters. The Consolidated Parent Group, led by Gardner C. Bishop, certainly is right in call ing for the end of the dual school system on grounds of unequal educational facilities m a segregated system. He can add to that sound justification the following: God tbs dual school system because it eons tat tn* Letter* foe puMwafsow «*!.!>: bee* the ngnetu** end add®*** of f*se v*~i'.f~ although if u pmurN# fee a writer tmeecn to The Sts- : nr s no*n dr plum* Pie*** h* bn*' payer* easily a Quarter mar* than an inte grated *v stem The Star a* a lead.fi* oesr it. ty a- i national newspaper :» urged to study tr * dual school *»««a for the cost to r>* tax payer tn providing duplicate f*c :ie% - .3 building grant high school* while other edu cational g:anta are teirt ghost? MARY KELSFY COOKr ■'Mamtluti»n ‘ of l>r t tshbria *eew As Prelude to "Relies and "Tract* " 7® :*♦ Btitw fi Tti» a*.»r The recent Atlantic Cite convention of the American Medical Association was do - sion day for organised medicine Our House of Delegates made three cruet*! decisions purposed to stay the threatened nocia.it*-. .on of the healing art* It sternly rebuked a symbol of alleged reactionary leadership of our unpopular past it gave a new concept of strategy and leadership a noisy vote of con fidence it sruled for an' home remedy that could survive local politics desp.te solemn promises of a truly national solution of our urgent health insurance need? Dr. Fish be in a as made Uve official scape - goat for all the sins of reactionary leaflet - ship in our unpopular past. Mu«Jed and shackled, we delivered turn to his many enemies ss hostage for our good intention* If a scapegoat can stav the compelling hun gers of all mankind for collective security against bankrupting health hazards. Dr Fish be in is presumed to fill the bill. His severest critic* must admit he rose to power and prestige tn the void created by spurned leadership Practicing doctors were too busy or too indifferent to Its exhaustive demands to wear it* mantle of inevitable power Dr Fish be in took that spurned bv lesser men and created professional prestige which envy changed to a deadly occupational hazard This was because nature endowed him with the brilliant mind and aggressive ego in separable from superior performance He S* one of the few- doctors who could retire to a bare, cloistered cel! and emerge w ith every essential of medical science reduced to writ ten authority. He was guilty of assuming his social views were as authoritative as his learned discussions on any phase of medical science. Now he is leveled to the low estate of compulsory silence and the impotence of official emasculation. Victory for "New l iberalism ** I frankly confess I was one of those who felt Dr Fish be m a reactionary views on social science were harming the medical profession. But there was something sick ening about the way we masters of healing executed judgment 1 saw him on several j occasions in Atlantic City He was a lonely figure who accepted his unaccustomed ostra cism with dignity and any act of friendship with touching gratitude. But what sickened me were the cynical remarks made by i former admirer* after he passed. Dr Fish- j bein'* public humiliation may have been a triumph for the new liberalism in medicine. But it was a far greater victory for anti semitism. Doctors ahould remember that pretensions to even-handed Justice only are convincing when purged of the malice of envy and revenge. I was present as a visitor In our House of Delegates when our new leadership was introduced and given a noisy vote of con- j fldence. The top-strategy planners for our survival as a free profession are not doctor*. We who revolted at politicians Invading the Nation a sickroom now have a husband-and wife publicity team directing our strategy. Miss Baxter is going to stop the socialisation of medicine with a holy relic By keeping politics out of Sir Luke Feldes' picture of "The Doctor" she seriously proposes to satisfy our growing hunger for solvent social security within the framework of true dr- j mocracy. Miss Baxter s husband. Clem Whitaker, j Is the atomic task force of our new public relations. With the fervor of an evangelist, he exhorted us about things done and to be done. If he missed a alngle suffocating cliche, It was not for lack of time. An eloquent and persuasive spokesman for British doctors grudgingly was given five minutes to tell his story and he geve social ized medicine the most effective debunking I have ever heard by recittng chapter and ! verse of its greatest failure. Mr Whitaker took much longer to say infinitely less When he was through we gathered that Oscar Ewing would never socialize medicine as long as Whitaker and Baxter had $3,000,000 to spend on tracts, holy relic* and stamps As a family doctor I have never been much for cure by testimonial. Whitaker and Baxter did not change my mind. Local Dissident* Given Power. We always have preached a ■national'* solution of our health security problem* The term "national" implied equal social Justice and security for all under an im partial rule of law. Our House of Delegate* substituted a rule of men for our professed ideal of a "national" rule of law It gave local dissidents with their prejudices and hates the power to veto any plan they disapproved. Instead of courageously pre scribing one national remedy eaicaciou* for all. our AMA repudiated our profession * most sacred quest: That is. a specific rrmedv for any disease’ This has been our idea! because we know a specific remedy will heal everybody, any place Like alee, every doctor know* that a multiplicity of alleged remedies is s frank confession that w* have none The AMA has lent It* prestige and author ity to a gun-shot prescription for healing a serious disease. That prescription changes Its healing standards as It crosses each State line. The miserable and helpless are left more hopeless than ever! Instead of courageously assuming leadership in healing this Nation s wound*, our AMA ha* aban- j doned all pretense of wanting it As Dr. Pish be in wag the repudiated symbol of our old reactionary leadership. Whitaker and Baxter are symbols of the new We have turned heaiing over to publicity ex- t pert*. In the future if you are sick, listen ■ to your radio and don t forget to epen your morning mail' "Doctors" Whitaker and Baxter may be sending you a sacred relic or a magic tract’ THOMAS E. MATTINGLY. M D. j Yea. Same I’niertiilr Tear her* Are Net tempirwwty Anti-Red To U»» B8;;*r et Tl>» Star A number of our unfreratUea are refusing to circulate anti-Communist oath* This is not surprising It seems that to be a pro fessor nowadays you must have a pin* com plexion. ANDY LARMAN. Kays Mr. Straw Faded Te Answer Aeewatiem To U»* Suite «? TtM Scat; I had a good deal of sympathy with Messrs. Straus and Bcke of the Interior Department in their controversy with Con gress until I read the statement of Mr Bow. former counsel of the House Commuter and of Mr. Straus in The mar cf June 3® j Mr. Bow cited certain definite finding* of the committee with respect to Messrs Straus and Boke. Mr. Straus in his reply did not answer a single one of these accusation* All he dal was to call names and attempt to discredit the committee. B UZ Berlin, Once Ghost Citv, Shows Notable Changes *1 r *ti i»•! i »* * man 1 W»» Y*uftro #• # M*. wn m I bn KcKvtUl By 7 *<••««» K H»*• * M-KUtN ft Wi )«• tr • >? ■% *n. a' non##? » .'jd« ,# » .• ..rr I .*»« rm? »-.i. tevars 6wm a a* •.*.-«« tr. f»a. '•*• c. . »» . i h -t* |>«n t« a* and twrurt* n! e ‘at —da !»,* **-•. a* r * » -r.> - i *« ihmw#? »ha »■'*'*’ ' »'rer * s-t » rr . : * ah* ,t * sc • (arm •n* tvf*.-* and apa umi No.**, '! *4 <*.t# H Ir.t w.*’. ***r~ 1ft if. » |*»a*>r «af * *•*&! fi’.4 th*:* ‘a* bear a than** »-vt that nsvd f.;«r.a' sjoirr.tta f,~jr nr*:* a*n «h#» Am*t senna *»d# trae ft**t r* t-r? sr.te th# r>M*r! taaktenu*^ dint,-tea ♦ aJ Zahiaminrf Sc»(••%: 4>f t# aiOfTa^iwid#«it* ah# **•'* »*th that pan? nr* bar* an a !»;■ nf • nr area* aondartad b? 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'i e Russian through a fra K„*p . f * list Is the bua gie* on ;t» w*v frvoi t; « great Templehof a r Rent St s* ,h< . .dr* t: • RrJfhch*tfC#iio e and t*e at! iah1 abe'.irr • t.ere Ktticf and !;;* br sd» are *ui>p *-<1 ■* trace kilted them <;»« v just tie fore the rot f Of Russian troop On the auiface there ** ! it tie evidence of Russian occupation No Re*t1 soldo » sra seen tn the streets where the* saarmed four yeas* ago Only after entering tfse Hi rush sector does tire Red flag appear tn front t f an elaborate monument to Rusaian nr dead w hich w bs erected before the present non* limits were do idrd Armed Red arr.tr m keep iratch over it night and da» A noticeable feature of this little patch of the Russian sector is the number of tie*. man women working with pick* in the rubto a pile* The enormous yob of »*>rttng out tha brick* blocks of marble and iron for sal vage seems hardly to hare gotten underway, j Airlift Plane* Roar. I All night long the eh lift plan** roar <n»»« head I! i» inipievviie to watch them landing and taking off flora 'templeho? with a mathematical precision of movement that represent* the height of air transport ef ficiency In the American and Bi Utah sec tor# there can lie no question that tha air lift ha* done it* Job It probably repreeenta the difference between rise appearance of these area* and the area under ftuaaian occupation With the end of the blockade a ataady inflow of approalmately 10 500 ton* a day l* being maintained ” 000 by air, 1 000 by canal barge and 3 500 by highway It ia sufficient. Mil Oen Oeorge I’ Hayes tha acting military governor, tells the corre spondent# to build up s reserve for the coming winter This however is not ee cumulating a* fast a* ws* hoped when the blockade ws* lifted, and at present there ta little prospect of any material reductions in the airlift activity From "00 to 1003 trip* a day continue to be necessary Generally among both military and civil ian personnel In the American sector tha cold war as it ha# gone on for the pa*t year. I# nearing It# end and the pro*, pert* of It* development into a "hot war" are more remote today than at any time la the past three year* Questions and Answers A ?H<|W fS* t*JS M *t» t*4*i 'f*t «| f»t* jb» *r!Ur,| TV# *SUM»-#»«<.« IN*'- n# *t#» ?»v* fhtflasUhB tiur#*ti Al«i 9 ram* » f < • urn " f) * » .»•♦* tor >«•*• UfftMl if {# f*\urn **-*?•«• Bv Till II4WKIN Mtsvirr Q Who originated the nrmssral slogan of the three gicar Hs’ O P ft A It was Baton Han* von Buiow * ltJft 94< noted violinist and conductor and arm in-law of Ltatt, who coined the slogan of the litree great B», Bach, Beethoven end Brahms Q How much edible meat can be obtained from a whale1 O T R A There are approximately 3’y ton* of prime cut* in a whale In Japan and Nor way. whale meal ha* long been an articia of food. Q What doe* the name ‘Thailand * mean* How many time* ha* thU country changed It* name1 8 O E A Thailand mean* "I.and of the Free" and la the prearnt name of the country, having been restored May 1, 1949 by Urn Pi comer Formerly known a* Hiim the country became Thailand during World War II. but chanced back to Siam after *. *?d* for purposes of foreign relation* Q What are the three |t:nd< of ale*eg used in a baseball game* 7 A I. A Three kind* of glove* u*ed in a b*«s ball game ase, the Brat baseman t mitt tha catcher * mitt and Urn Beider * glove* Q To what extent doe* smoke reduck the sunshine in New York City1 LAB A Smoke reduce# the tumhin# of an average bright day by *7 per cent in thk early morning and ’ 4 per cent at noon Q What 1* the Negro strength at thk Army1 D McM A Current Negro strength of the Arm? I# 1.173 officers and 71.111k enttktkd men. a* compared with 3 officer* and approaimateiy 4,300 enlisted men in 1939 Q What i* the origin of Ahoy' the tra ditional had on shipboard1 K VLB A Ahoy wa* once the battle cry of thk Viking* Q Dom Use lent pro* sde a ar ea let pen*Hr than uauai lor atrUtin* a JW**e who to wear in* ikam1 LIP A A* a rule the tow do#« not apociftraUy m*cr auch a prwtoion but in all probability a jud.tr in paaaaM arcbrnot wouid tat* into conajderauon th# far? ih*t a prrwou weormf epetiMtir* wouid to# tarn* Utety to be in lured by a biow m the far# than on# not warm* then*. Lines to An Overgrown Hobby Ht>vr tod l am. my hobby ham, To tee pon ox e* gross n To tilth extent that po% **««# Thu arropampt cl tone While /, who erne* dttemered poo Unnoticed on the that!. 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