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Miss Hoffman We'd
To Mr.. Fisher

Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Hoff-
man of Arlington announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Edith Johansen Hoffman, to Mr.
John Fisher, U. S. NJ, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Fisher of Port
land, Me.
The ceremony took place August
8 in the home of the brides parents
the Rev. Arlington A. McCallum
officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher, parents OF
the bridegroom, with their daugh-
ter, Miss Audrey Fisher, and Mr.
Edmund MacLaren, uncle of the
bridegroom, came from their homes
in Portland for the wedding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07

European theater said last night
that the first group Of Sc German
prisoners of war, trained in the
United States for jobs in local Ger
man governments, have arrived at
Cherbourg, France.
After briefing, the men will be
discharged as prisoners and report
to American military government
attachments for assignment-the
first group as policemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07

Items Of Interest
To CatifaI Set

The newly appointed Minister Of
Foreign Affairs of Panama, DR.
Ricardo j. Alfaro. and Sonora d.
Alfaro entertained at a luncheon
Sunday in their home in honor Of
the Ambassador designate of Pan
anna, Senior J. j. Vallarino, anc
Sonora de Vallarino.
Mrs. Elizabeth Glascock Taylor
principal Of Beauvoir National Ca
thedral Elementary School, and mel
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Taylor
are spending the rest of the summer
on the New England coast.
DR.. and Mrs. E. Osmun Barr, with
their son, Mr.. E. Osmun Barr, jr.
who spent the past month in the
Adirondacks, have returned to then
home in Chevy Chase.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roeder VILE
of Tulsa, Okla, with their daughter
Miss Kay Vile, are the guests Of
Mr.. Wile's aunt, Mrs. Anton Heit-
muller.
1t. Luther S. Gartrell, who has
been stationed in Louisiana recent
ly, and Mrs. Gartrell are the guests
of the latter's mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Smith, in Delafield place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kubacki
who spent the past week at Cape
May, have returned to their home
on Rittenhouse street.
Mr.. Donald Quicker, U. s. M. c.,
has been spending short time
with Mrs. Quicker in their apart
ment at the Revere.
Mrs. Dake Sheeler has returned
to her home here, following a stay
of several months in San Fran
cisco and San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Futrovsky
have announced the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Katie Flu
trovsky, to Arthur Loewy. S 1/c
U. S. N. R., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Loewy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D c. - B-3
J,

learned. A formal resignation from
the Secretary has been in the White
House since the death of President
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
The Public Pays

Public opinion will hold the op-
orators rather than the union to
blame for the failure of the Com
missioners' attempt to bring about a
settlement, through arbitration, of
the damaging truck strike which
seriously affects the public interest.
The reason for this is that the
operators have declined to accept
the arbitration formula finally pro-
posed by the Commissioners, with
the advice and counsel of the United
States Cancellation Service. The
formula was acceptable to the union
The operators contend that the
formula was union dictated" and
1t may very well be that in the opin-
ion of the operators the union is to
blame for having refused the arbi-
tration plan acceptable to the op-
orators. The operators further con-
tend that the unions attitude, from
the start, has been "all or nothing"
In such circumstances, the for
mula itself will have to stand ex-
animation on it's own merits. The
one proposed by the Commissioners
and acceptable to the union sub
mitted all the unions contract de-
mands to arbitration. The oper-
ators wished the question of wages
alone submitted to arbitration. AS
the dispute is not over wages alone,
It seems reasonable that all OF the
issues in dispute should be arbi-
trated
The Commissioners formula pro-
vided for selection of an arbitrator
by Commissioner Young or by Chief
Judge George c. Barse OF the Mu-
nicipal Court. That is uncertain
and subject to criticism. But, as the
operators were willing to submit the
matter to an arbitrator selected by
Judge Barse from the bench OF the
Municipal Court, the difference be-
tween the two proposals certainly
should be subject to further discus
sion rather than fiat rejection as
being dictated by the union.
The public is pretty well con-
vinced by this time that when the
two sides in labor dispute heco11e
hopelessly deadlocked over issues
normally pertaining to wages and
working conditions, as they are in
this case, and where a substantial
public interest is involved, the only
sensible recourse is to bring in
third party and abide by the deci-
sion. The alternative is economic
pressure by both sides until one
gives in. But in this case it is the
public which suffers more than
either of the disputants, and the
public will not lose much time in
making up its mind as to the source
of the injury which is inflicted.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
The Consumers Side

The Senate District Committee
has acted wisely in affording oppo-
nents of the so-called fair trade
practices bill full opportunity to-
morrow to present the consumers
side of the case. The consumers,
after all, have a right to be heard,
for it is from their we'll worn pocket
books that the additional retail costs
of many standard brand commod-
tiles will be extracted if the pending
legislation becomes law. Up to now
only one side of the issue on the
Saltonstall bill has been heard-the
manufacturers and distributors
side. The implications of the meas
ure are too far reaching to permit
of casual consideration. especially in
view of the evidence that some of
the States in their haste several
years ago to follow CALIFORNIA; lead
in adopting such legislation even
copied unintelligible phraseology
caused by typographical error in
the California law.
Actually, no convincing reason has
been advanced for speeding action
on this bill. On the contrary, there
is every good reason to ponder all
the potential effects of any proposal
which will boost prices in this era
of high prices. That the "fair trade
practices" bill will make the Gus
toners of chain store and other cut
rate establishments pay more in
many instances for such necessities
as drugs and toilet goods Is con-
ceded. That is the very purpose of
the bill-to outlaw prices under
those fixed by the manufacturer of
nationally advertised trade mark"
articles. Thus, as opponents Of the
plan have declared, the bill might
more properly be called a price
fixing" bill than one to insure flair
trade practices"
The announced objective of the
legislation is to protect manufac-
turers from misuse OF their products
by retailers employing the "loss
leader" method of stimulating sales.
Under this method, cut-rate dealers
advertise nationally known products
Evening star., 1945-12-09

On the eve Of my conservation as
bishop. The Star has done me the
honor Of asking me to write the re-
ligious editorial for this Sunday
issue. In accepting this honor, have
chosen the text which appears on my
episcopal coat of arms: "Sectamini
Caritatem-Aim at Charity"
We residents of Washington have
special reason for needing this ex-
hortation which st. Paul gave in his
first epistle to the Corinthians. Many
of us have come to this city from
all parts Of the country and regard
Washington simply as our temporary
place of abode. We work here and
live here for the time being; we
admire the broad avenues, the stately
buildings, the beautiful parks; we
enjoy what the city has to offer in
the way Of entertainment and amuse-
ment-but our deeper interests are
back home. The friendships we form
are, for the most part, but passing
ones. We have q nodding acquaint-
ance with out next-door neighbors.
We have associates, few or many,
according to our position and the
requirements Of our social life. But
the deeper friendships and the closer
bonds characteristic of the more
stable communities some Of us have
known in our younger days are
strangely lacking.
AS for the poor, they seem far re-
moved from us. They occupy obscure
corners and remote by-ways of the
city. Often we are hardly aware OF
their existence, to say nothing of
their needs. We have little interest
in what happens to their children.
If the institutions for the neglected
and the wayward are inadequate,
that is simply problem for the pub
lie authorities. Conditions which
may exist in homes for the impov-
erished aged cause us little or no
concern. The result Is that our Ma
tion's Capital often seems strangely
lacking In the spirit Of charity.
Some will maintain that this con-
dition Is the result Of circumstances
inseparable from life in large mod
ern city. Men are too busy. They
live in isolated units of huge imper-
sonal apartment houses, where there
is no incentive and no room for that
kind OF hospitality which is one OF
the coverings of charity. They eat
in restaurants and are drawn away
from home for their recreation. Un-
der such conditions there is no op-
portunity for the development OF
those contacts which are the neces-
sary setting of the exercise Of charity
In the true sense Of the word.
To some extent all this Is true, but
the real cause Of the lessening Of the
spirit of charity lies deeper than this.
1t is to be found in a changed atti-
tude toward life and, In particular,
in a changed estimate of the nature
and value OF the individual, which Is
tied up with mems religious concepts.
One OF the things which set the
Evening star., 1945-12-09

the Rev. DR.. j. B. Perry, rector of st.
Andrews parish, stressing the need tn
Danish "all personal ambitions and let
all be done for the greater glory of God
and His church" The Rev, r. Allen
Grimth was elected temporary secretary
OF the convention. AS to the name of
the new diocese, the Rev. DR., Randolph
H. McKim obtained unanimous agree.
ment that it should be 'The Diocese of
Washington" When Bishop Paret left
the chair, the Rev. DR.. John II. Elliott.
rector OF the Church Of the Ascension.
was chosen in his place as presiding of
f1cer. Mr.. Grifnth, let it be remarked
parenthetically, is supposed to be the
last survivor Of the participants In the
Initial diocesan meeting. He was pres
ent at the anniversary service at Wash.
ington Cathedral last Sunday after
noon.
A featured story in The Star for De.
cember S, 1895. was that OF the opening
of the carnival Of
C.. A. c. Carnival the Columbia Ath-
Opening letic Club '.in the
spacious home Of
the organization on G street last night"
The success of the occasion was attrib-
uted to brilliant men and bright-eyed
women" who collaborated to that end.
Booths were allotted for the sale of toys.
flowers, candy, lemonade, perfumepy,
plated ware, china, dolls and popcorn.
On the program of entertainment l6iss
Zoe Rigby danced "fancy dancer Ind
Arthur Plant demonstrated club
swinging
Evening star., 1945-12-09

at prices representing an actual loss
in the hope Of attracting customers
to their stores and selling them ad-
ditional articles at substantial
profits. But the proposed bill would
not be limited in application to "loss
leader" tactics. It would make it
unlawful for the retailer to sell his
goods below the nationally fixed
price, whether he could still make a
reasonable profit by so doing or not.
Hence, the dealer who desired to
pass on to the public savings &C
cruing from his efficient merchan-
dising methods would be prevented
from doing so. These are but few
of the arguments on the consumers
side of the fair trade practices"
bill. They are worthy of the most
careful consideration by the legis-
lators weighing the Saltonstall bill.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Spiritual Sustenonce

John D. Rockefeller, junior, has
given a million dollars for religious
reconstruction. The field of work
thus endowed is that of Europe par
ticularly, but the need for spiritual
renaissance all round the earth is
conspicuously apparent. Much OF
the suffering which mankind has
endured in the past thirty or forty
years traces back to the materialistic
conceptions which, beginning nearly
two centuries ago, replaced the faith
which made bright the times some
what arbitrarily called medieval"
Millions of people were taught to
adjust their lives to expediency.
Traditional codes of ethics and
morals were Knocked and ridiculed
by mistaken philosophers 1t
gradually became fashionable to be
agnostic with regard to the doctrines
of Jesus as well as to Jesus Himself.
Political and economic notions OF
purely adventurous character were
permitted to assume the value and
quality of law among all classes OF
people. The meaning of individual
ity was perverted in the interest OF
building whole systems of slavery
for the masses. 1t became dangerous
to disagree with the theories of
security" which the architects OF
totalitarianism invented.
Out of such defiance of essential
reality war and revolution were Ger
tain to arise The first global con-
fict brought forth another planetary
struggle of even vaster proportions.
Multitudes died that freedom might
survive. But it was not for liberty
alone that blood and tears were
shed. Freedom must be employed
constructfvely, If it is to be worth
its cost. The citizens of the nations
that fought for liberty are justified
In wanting its natural fruits. To
meet their need the San Francisco
Charter was designed and the United
Nations Organization established.
But they will fail, as other, earlier
endeavors Of the same sort failed,
unless they are sustained by popular
idealism based on the noblest wisdom
the sun ever has looked down upon
the wisdom OF Judaeo-C Christian
tradition. I
Mr.. Rockefeller is but one man
who realizes the compelling demand
Evening star., 1945-12-09

early Christians OF from their pagan
contemporaries was their love Of
their fellowmen. "See how they love
one another" was the comment Of the
pagans concerning them. And that
love was not confined to their own
group. 1t embraced the pagans
themselves (although the pagans
naturally were unwilling to admit IT.,
so that they were willing to risk life
itself to carry the gospel to their
unbelieving brothers. That love had
its origin in Christian faith, In be-
lief in God our Father, in belief in
the brotherhood Of all in Christ our
Saviour, in the unalterable convic-
ton that every human soul for whom
Christ shed His saving blood is some
thing infinitely precious not only to
God but also to all who love God.
1t was this charity born of religious
faith which changed the face of the
earth and gave rise to our Christian
civilization.
H&
II today this bond of charity,
which alone can bind men together,
is suffering decay, it Is because the
essential religious element has been
removed from Its texture. For all
love of ones fellowmen, which is not
mere passing sentiment, must have
its origin in religion alone which
gives the foundation for the concept
OF the true brotherhood Of man. 1t is
religion alone which gives an ade-
quate motive for universal and en-
during love of our fellowmen with all
their imperfections, their perversities
and their stupidities. And we should
never forget that it is religion alone
which justifles others in taking our
selves to their hearts. The concept
OF brotherhood and the philanthropic
spirit may endure for a while after
their religious foundations have been
destroyed; but, deprived Of their spir-
itual sources, sooner or later they
must wither like the vine that has
been cut OF from its roots.
If then today we are witnessing a
general decline of the spirit of char
ity not only here in our own city but
throughout the world, II there is q
growing lack Of friendliness among
men, If there are multiplying ten
sions between the racial groups which
compose our communities, If there Is
mounting suspicion and jealousy and
even hatred of nation toward nation,
are we not justified in attributing all
this to the decline of that religious
faith and to the abandonment OF
those religious concepts on which our
Christian civilization was built? II
men return to pagan concepts, they
must ultimately return to pagan con-
duct. After all, we cannot love our
fellowman as a brother unless we
know he really is our brother. And
we cannot know him as our brother
unless we know God as our Father.
II then we would aim at charity, we
must turn our face toward God in
whom all true charity has its birth
and its abode.
Evening star., 1945-12-09

finding. did not at the same time follow
through with recommendation for an
immediate improvement Of the Concilia-
tion Service along the lines recon-
mended by the Labor Management
Conference. particularly, since, with
fact-finding hanging over them, the
parties to future disputes will want to
exhaust the full possibilities Of concilia-
tion and voluntary arbitration, before
laying themselves open to further public
action. In its present condition the
Cancellation Service Is not going to be
equal to the task.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Capital Sidelights
By Will P. Kennedy.

The House cloakrOom, Wnefe MEM
bers gather In privacy, has been expert
encing q metamorphosis from cross
roads country-stor cracker-barrel type
of discussion on "the state Of the
Union, to the more cultural quality OF
an old-time salon. House members have
turned to literary. biographical and his
torical discussions. Each week some
little-heard-of book, containing 4 gold
mine Of valuable food for thought, is
recommended for reading and analysis.
For the coming week the selection IS
"Steepleiack," two-volume work by the
late James Gibbons Huneker. 1t was
recommended a quarter Of century ago
by three Pennsylvania Republican
members. highly esteemed-"H "Hampy"
Moore. later Mayor of Philadelphia. au-
thor of Roosevelt and the Old Guard:
the highly respected ordained minister
in politics. Representative Henry w.
Temple, and ''the grand Old Man OF the
G. o. p" the late Representative George
P. Darrow.
k1An 1ooc~It, pIAfdbC oeAiC Cod4y w
President Truman, as he was for Presi-
dent F. D. Roosevelt, and Representa-
tive Charles A. Plumley, formerly his
teacher and later boon comrade, Joined
forces recently to pay tribute to vet
eran at the Capitol, whom they both
loved. Bill" wrote and Charlie" de-
nvered before the Vermont Society Of
the District a well-deserved tribute to
the late Charles A. Webb, long time
Congressional secretary and President
Of the Vermont Society. Other men,
bers Of the society, like Walter Husband
and George Wales, formed coterie that
cannot be replaced. Soon after gradu-
alton as one of the men who have con-
tributed most to Dartmouth's spirit"
Mr.. Webb became associated with Mr..
Husband, ever afterward his closest
friend. He came to Washington first
from a Vermont editors chair as secre-
tary to the late Senator William P. Dill
ingham, subsequently to the late Rep
resentative and Senator Ernest w. Glib
son, and then to Senator Austin.
\
The octogenarian House clerk, South
Trimble, who came to Congress As years
ago, is not interested In the westerns" or
wild West" tales, because he has lived
through most dramatic incidents in his
home State, Kentucky, and now is re-
viewing nearly score Of famous Ken
lucky tragedies and trials. He has been
recommending to House members the
following list for perusal: Rowan Cham
bers duel, Jackson Dickinson duel, Hol-
man-Waring duel, assassination Of
Francis Baker by Isaac B. Desha in 1924,
assassination Of Solomon p. Sharp by
Jeroboam O. Beauchamp, Richardson
Waring tragedy. Wilkinson trial, trial of
Matt F. Ward, execution Of Sue Mundy,
Thompson-Davies tragedy, assassination
Of Judge John NJ. Elliott, Tolliver-Mar-
tin or Logan feud, Goebel-Sanford kill
Ing, swope- -Goodloe tragedy. Colson-
Scott tragedy. Goebel assassination,
Hargis-C Cockren feud and death OF Judge
James Hargis.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Fifty Years Ago

numbers has been an American habit
at least for so years,
Street Numbers possibly for twice that
And Nomes long. In The Star for
November 26 1895, it
was said: New York has a greater. total
OF numbered streets than any other city.
It's highest is 222d street Chicago,s
highest Is 13Sth street. BROOKLYN
has > 1oeth street. Curiously enough,
Keene, N. H., with population of less
than 10000. has . esd street. Philadel-
phia does not 60 above 72d street in
numbered streets" The most popular
name for streets was Main-450 of them
had been counted. There were 375 cities
each remembering the first President
with Washington street. High streets
were listed in ITS cities Broadways ex-
listed in ITS different communities The
Nations Capital had Tin Cup alley.
So did Lexington, KY But nobody ap-
peared to know why.
Said the Star of November 30. 1895.
There has been discovered In Bir-
mingham, in the
Objects Of Worship very center of
Mode to Order Christian Eng
land, q factory
where idols are made for heather ma
tions. Many attempts to obtain admis-
sion to the factory have been made. but
. strict watch is kept upon outsiders
anxious to pry into the secret chambers
where the heathen gods are made and
reporters especially are prevented from
entering the works Idols of all kinds
are turned out, representing the gods of
all heather nations from Tokai to
Timbuctoo. The export trade to heather
countries Is fairly large one, although
more gods are sent out to foreign deal
ers In curios in the bazaars of Cairo,
Damascus, Colombo, ETC., for sale to
unsuSpecting travellers anxious to take
nome some mementoes OF their stay
abroad" Some of the faxed deities
brought fantastic prices in London when
offered as stolen by sailor during the
Chinese war" In Egypt, however, the
Birmingham gods, it was explained.
may run up from 500 to anything"
Curiously enough, the fraudulent pro-
duct was more correct in form" than
the real articles.
~ ~
Services in memoHy of Alexander
Dumas the Younger, who died on No.
vember ~, 1895, were re-
Funeral Of ported in The Star for De-
Dumos cember 2 of that year as
being transformations, in
accordance with the wishes of the de-
ceased author and dramatist." The body
of the dead writer, according to q cable
message from Paris, "was inferred in
the cemetery Of Montmarte in the pre-
sence of vast concourse Of literary
men, artists and actors" Nothing was
mentioned about what Dumas, fils, left
to guarantee his lasting place in the
history OF letters his novel LA
Dame aux Camelias," better known as
Camille or in its operatic form Ia
Traviata." But perhaps that did not
matter. The obvious gains nothing, 1t
seems, by repetition
4 80
Front page space In The Star OF De-
cember 1, 1895, was devoted to an ex-
haustive
First Convention OF chronicle OF
Washington Diocese the primary
the new Diocese Of Warrington. The
place Of assembly was St. Andrews
Church, Fourteenth ahd Corcoran
streets. Opened BY the Right Rev. VIII
liam Paret, Bishop Of Maryland, the
gathering heard sermon delivered by
Evening star., 1945-12-09

People talk about America as
being "traditionally isolated" from
the Old World. Yet it was none other
than Lieutenant Colonel George
Washington of Virginia, who, at Fort
Necessity in Pennsylvania in May,
1854. started the Seven Years War
which devastated Europe and, ac-
cording to the Encyclopedias Britain
MICA, "laid the foundations of the
British Empire"
Evening star., 1945-12-09

The Army is about to release 10000
doctors to civilian practice, but with
the handicap that while in the Army
they had no practice whatever in
waiting year or more for their bills
to be paid.
Evening star., 1945-12-09

for a, rebirth OF religion. Many
others will join with him in the
cause OF reconstruction to which his
latest benefaction is devoted. The
number of helpers, however, must
be legion, If the work Is to succeed.
Evening star., 1945-12-09

How can anybody doubt the exist
ence of hell? All one needs to do to
prove its reality in ones own ex-
perience is to stand on a street
corner in the rain and wait for q
bus that never arrives.
Evening star., 1945-12-09

Only eleven mothers at the most
can recognize their sons on the new
three-cent Navy stamp, but at least
eleven times eleven already have
done so.
Evening star., 1945-12-09

The character who begins by say
ing, Il am a man Of few words" is
too often technically correct as to
number. but uses the same ones too
often.