Evening star., 1938-05-03
KUHN CUP AWARD
H0NORS MEMORY
OF LUKE WILSON
Civic BenevoIences of Late
Financier Recalled by
Bethesda c.: of C..
DR.. HEALY SCOUTS
FEAR OF WAR IN U. S.
Dean of G. U. Foreign Service
School Tells Group That
Danger Is Imaginary.
BY a stafI Correspondent OF The Star.

ropean war scare exists only in the
minds of Americans, DR.. Thomas H.
Healy, dean Of the Georgetown Uni
versity School of Foreign Service, de-
clared last night at the annual din
ner of the Bethesda Chamber Of Com
merce, which was featured by the first
awarding of the Oliver Owen Kuhn
Memorial Cup for outstanding COM
munity service.
The trophy was named in honor Of
the late Mr. Kuhn, managing editor
If The Evening Star until his death
last year and life member of the
chamber. After its presentation to the
chamber by Benjamin M. McKelway
the present managing editor of The
Star, it was announced by Samuel E
Stonebraker, chairman of the chamber
Award Committee, that the cup would
be awarded posthumously in memory
of the late Luke l. Wilson, financier,
Of Chicago and Bethesda.
Remembers Benevolences.
The award was made to Mr. Wilson
for many civic benevolences during
his 20 years residence in Bethesda,
especially for his gift of large tract
Of land on the Rockville pike, just
north Of Bethesda. for health center
now being built by the United States
Public Health Service. Since his death,
which occurred within a few hours OF
Mr.. Kuhn's. Mrs Wilson has added
another large tract to her late hus-
bands original grant to the Federal
Government.
In announcing the award, Mr.. Stone
braker said:
This cup will become a symbol of
honor to the memory of Luke l. Will
SON. He loved life and his gift of a
health center is most characteristic
Of this man for whom words cannot
measure our admiration.
THE eyes of our whole community
are focused on the many commendable
deeds he performed, especially the gift
of a part of his homestead for the
health center dedicated to the better
ment OF all. Truly he exemplified the
doctrine Of love of humanity"
Mr.. Kuhn's Work Recalled.
Mr.. McKelway, in making the pres.
entation to John A. Overholt. presi.
dent of the chamber, on behalf of The
Star, recalled the wide interest in civic
affairs shown by Mr.. Kuhn, both as a
resident of the community and as
managing editor OF his paper, which
served it. The fight against the So
called belt line railroad" the found
ing of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation. of which he was the
first president; the effort to widen ano
beautify Wisconsin avenue beyond the
District line, the organization of the
Bethesda Fire Department, Mr.. Nc
Kelway explained, were evidences Of
his hope that Montgomery County
would become community Of happy
homes and contented home owners.
This hope was rapidly being real.
lied during his lifetime and during hi
own residence in the county," he said
"and I think it is not too much to sa!
that he played substantial part II
making that hope become a reality"
Describing the situation in Europ,
and the Far East, DR.. Healy declared
that the alarmist views OF imminen
war SO widely held in America hav,
1jttla iy,sfifiro tioy, oit1oar ~, foo% ~, 4,
logic, and that the general peace pros
poets, instead of getting worse, have IL
the past few months been tremen
dously improved, so that the risk OF
general war is further off than it ha.
been for many years.
U. S. Involvement Discounted.
Many statesmen and students O
international affairs believe there il
small possibility of the United States
being involved in any war unless W,
go out of our way and start one," h,
asserted.
''They are convinced that through
emotionalism, n1oralizing, hysteria ane
propaganda, the bulk of our people
and even many high officials ane
members Of Congress, have been lee
to dangerously erroneous conclusion.
about the world situation and our owr
rule therein.
warfare is now going on and there
will probably be more the next few
years, but it is vitally important to re-
member that this warfare is of local.
lied character, and not likely to de-
velop into the only type of war that
might involve us, a general war.
Dr. Healy laid the troubled situation
In Europe to dangerous readjust-
ments," but claimed they can be solved
without precipitating any general Eu-
ropean conflict.
What we have been witnessing in
recent years is a gigantic poker game
with the 'haves' trying to retain as
much as possible and the have nots
trying to get from them as much as
possible"
Says League Dead.
DR.. Healy declared that the League
Of Nations was dead as political in
stitution, its downfall brought about
largely by the fact that 1t was an at
tempt to preserve indefinitely a status
quo which could not be preserved
against powerful nations convinced the
status quo was unfair to them.
The speaker described Germany's
expansion in Central Europe as "in-
evitable." The real danger in the
present armament race, he stated, is
not so much war as general bankruptcy
unless halt is called to these huge
expenditures.
The stories about a Fascist invation
against Latin America should not be
taken seriously, he said.
Leslie B. Bell was toastmaster at the
dinner and introduced past presidents
of the chamber as well as the recently
elected of1cers. Mr.. Overholt pre-
sided.