Evening star., 1937-12-05

| is now going through a period of great
transition and the evolution which is
taking place is in no small way ad-
justing the PHILOSOPHERS of men and
women the world over Will this
change lead VI toward a better life
| or will it only prove a fetter in the
| fight mankind has waged for 80
many milleniums?
| Today on the continent we are wit
Messing grave conflict, a conflict
between two PHILOSOPHERS In red
Russia we are told OF co-opera-
tive socialistic set-up where every
one is servant to his brother and
the state, a state pledged to peace,
but inconsistentiy supporting the
greatest army of our day. To the
southwest and bordering the tranquil
Adriatic We cannot help but visualize
In a nation OF today an empire Of old,
one constructed on conquest and
nourished on the imperialistic food
of marching legions. Here our theory
differs, for here in the sunny land
where Campanella dreamed of as the
future Shangra-Lai, we see the cor
porate state at work with its in
genious demand that all who dissa-
prove must fall. /
Both OF these theories and conse-
quently both Of these states are deter
mined in the quest for social and
economic reform. Social and economic
discomfort is indeed very old. We
find it in China giving rise to much
strife that existed when Confucius
was endeavoring to make his people
observe the Golden Rule. In Syria
and Egypt the slaves groaned under
the singing lash of the taskmasters
In Greece Solon fought for the better
ment OF the oppressed. while Plato
with his ideas of reform wrote and
urged for his ideal state. We are all
acquainted with the writings of Sir
Thomas More dreaming of but never
hoping to see his Utopia. In more
recent times the names of Bellamy
and Marx stand out as pillars to the
structure OF social betterment. All
OF these and many more have hoped
and prayed that some day, somewhere
the perfect order might prevail. There
Is a nucleus to this struggle, a driving
force which is altering the forms of
government in every hemisphere. This
force Of which I speak is the malad-
justment existing between capital and
labor. difference stimulating class
hatred, a wound which if not healed
might bring the same sort of meta
morphosis into our frame of govern
ment as was experienced by other less
fortunate democracies.
1t has already been the cause of a
bloody revolution in Russia, followed
by years of readjustment which have
been everything but pleasant 1t has
brought about dictatorial regimes in
Italy and Germany supporting regi-
mentation and the abandonment OF
democratic educational ideals. Econom-
ic dlstrust and the greedy desire fol
more resources to appropriate has beer
the reason for such monstrosity anc
| degragation in the Far East. Both
capital and labor must be dealt with
on an equitable basis or we will fine
ourselves drifting not cautiously but
desperately into fascism or com.
munism.
Since time immemorial such a con.
dition has existed solely because those
in legislative positions have failed tc
halt the onslaught. Dictators anc
their unscrupulous tactics are merely
the offspring of those in key-posts who
shirk their duty in times of need. II
Congress does fail in its duty to the
people it makes little difference
whether We adopt one form or the
other Of these radically different
PHILOSOPHERS, for the adoption of either
one will surely mean the confiscatior
BENJAMIN r. STICKNEY, JR.
Clark Mills Foundry
Was in the District.
To the Editor of The Star:
THE STAR has always been partic.
ularly anxious to claim for the Dis
trict of Columbia all honors to which
it is entitled. 1t is not its policy tt
give them away" to other localities
On page FIT, The Sunday Star
November %. 1887. bottom of column.
4 and S, under the heading 'Histori
grams" is cut Of the Statue O.
Freedom atop the dome of the Unitee
States Capitol. In lengthy legenc
beneath GA lines in caps) it statee
that
THE Statue Of Freedom was
nodded in the Clark Mills foundry,
in Bladensburg, Md"
I am attaching a copy of a lettel
from the National Geographic Societ,
in response to information from MT
that the Clark Mills foundry was ii
the District of Columbia-not il
Maryland. You will see how unreli.
able were the eminent authorities they
consulted by the contents of the let.
ter added hereto.
Here is the letter:
Accuracy, perhaps more than an,
other factor, guides the men who edi
the National Geographic Magazine
The editors use only those reference
books discovered to be Trustworthy
by the test of time.
THE statement that the Statue Of
Freedom, surmounting the Capito
dome, was cast in bronge in Mary.
land became part of the legend undel
the picture on page 201 of the Febru.
airy issue in the following manner:
81. Mr.. H. P. Cammerer, secretary
Of the Fine Arts Commission, in hi!
book, Washington, the National Cap.
ital.' page 800, states that the Clarl
Mills foundry was located at Mill!
avenue toward Bladensburg.
80. Toward Bladensburg seemed
not specific enough. Was it in tn,
District of Columbia or Maryland? w,
consulted Fremont Riders Washing
ton On page Ais, under a sub
heading 'Bladensburg, Nd he wrote
1T was at Bladensburg that Clarl
Mills, the sculptor, had his work
shops and foundry
"3. A second check, before publica
ton, resulted in the following informa
ton from pages 246-7 of Charlie!
Moore's Washington, Past and Pres
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