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Evening star., 1948-04-18
Fifty Years Ago

The Star for April 5, 1898, announced that
Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard had offered to the
Library of Congress the col
Generous 6ift lection Of engravings and
roI;hr,n books on art gathered by her
late husband. An acknowledge
ment of the gift by Librarian John Russell
Young was reproduced in full. 1t was explained
that the educational utility" Of the donation
was exceptional. Works listed included those
of Durer, Rembrandt, Claude Lorraine, Hogarth,
Reynolds, Turner, Paul Revere and every
noted American engraver" since 1780. Mrs.
Hubbard indicated that she would set up an
endowment Of $4,000 to provide funds for the
purchase Of additional material. Half CEN
tury later her benefaction still Is an effective
asset to the greatest photographic establish
ment in the world. As recently as last Monday,
DR.. James G. McManaway, acting director OF
the Folger Shakespeare Library, found in the
Hubbard portfolios an engraved version of
portrait Of Queen Elizabeth in which ne is
much interested
A dispatch from Chicago to The Star of
April 1e, 1898, said that blasts from over 200
whistles would announce to
War Declaration the public that war had
Arrnnoed been declared by either the
United States or Spain.
1.-THE railroads will also take part and every
engine will take up the footing as it is echoed"
Thus mo town or village within so miles OF
Chicago will be kept in ignorance for more
than a few minutes after the news has been
received here"
The Star of April 16, 1893, publcized the
death OF Robert Purvs, whose maternal grand
mother was Moor and his
Deoth Of grandfather an Israelite
Robert Puvis named Baron Judah. He
had been president of the
underground railroad" in the slavery period
and first vice president Of the Womans Suf-
frage Society when Lucretia Mott was president.
It likewise was mentioned that he was an
ardent prohibitionist and leader in the Irish
movement land in improving the condition of
the laboring man."
Quoting the Philadelphia Times, The Star
for April IA, 1898, let it be known that: 1T is
the popular belief in Scotland
The Sword Of that the sword Of William
WolIore Wallace, the friend of Bruce
and the hero par excellence Of
Scottish romance, lies with other relics IN
Sterling Castle. This, according to Duncan
McTavish of East Grard avenue. is popular
mistake He alone has the sword Of the Scot
tish warrior, and he says that it has been
handed down from sire to son in the McTav-
ish clan for centuries" The weapon referred
to was 6-feet- -4-inches long and weighed u
pounds.
A loan exhibition of important works OF art
for charitable uses brought out brilliant
gathering Of society people"
Art Show chronicled in The Star OF
For Chority April u. 1888. The old Cor
cofan Gallery was the scene Of
the display and most Of the more prominent
movers in the world Of fashion, diplomacy or
ofncialdom smiled upon each other" at the
opening. A total Of lit caPvases. representing
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Is the practice Of democracy and the creation
under freedom of justice and Of brotherhood
that will redeem communism"
This, then, is the answer to Wanting Is:
What? The threat now hanging oyer us ike
the sword Of Damocles cannot be eliminated
by more swords. There must be new purpose
and new passion in the practice OF our own
freedom. We must turn from so-calleo
democracy that thinks primarily of what one
can get from the common pool rather than
what one can give. Added to our cherished
Bill Of Rights must be an equally compelling
Bill of Responsibilities.
Our democracy must be purged OF its be-
trayals II it is to live at home and be mt Tor
export to the ends Of the earth, Genuine
democracy is the most costly thing on earth,
much more costly than totalitarianism
Communism lays the most absolute claims
upon its devotees. It Is a cause to which 1t Is
demanded that they give themselves sacri-
ficially, body, soul and spirit. There Is venture
in it, and risk in it, and glory in 1t, and the
splendor Of self-giving in it.
1t Is high time in America that we realize
that mild, undemanding. half Christianity
cannot successfully combat militant, MASTER
full paganism. This desperate crisis finds us
WIN pOlIlCdi CIccu, DIS VIGIL do WALL ieiAsAoe"'
faith, which is timid, tame and tepid, in a land
too largely devoted to gadgets, comforts money
making and pleasure.
member Of the United States Congress-
recently back from parts of Europe, Asia and
Africa where he saw at t1rst-hand fanatical
communism burning with the intensity of an
acetylene torch, feeling on his return the chill
of an undemanding democracy and Of a list
less church here in America, exclaimed:
would to God we had the flaming zeal and
the consuming beliefs that would make us,
as Americans and as Christians, In this de-
cisive day match with our own intensity and
convictions the sacrifice and the devotion OF
the Communists"
Who doubts that we sorely need some Of the
contagious enthusiasm and the utter abandon
OF the ecstatic throngs who only recently, as
they surged through the Red Square in Mos
COW, were shouting, 1--WE are going to change
the world!"?
A postscript to the answer of the question,
Wanting is What? which America must read
and heed, II she is to win the global war of
ideas that now is being waged, Is that you
cannot beat something with nothing.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Africa as Haven for Capital

Londons current breakdown on trans
fers of capital from British to South Afri-
can securities draws attention to the latest
dodge adopted by nervous money in its
prolonged quest for a relatively safe haven
in a world increasingly unsafe for liquid
assets.
The most interesting point in the matter
is that the switching was being done
mainly in Switzerland, long the favorite
repository for migratory funds. The
process reveals perhaps better than any
thing else waxing distrust even OF
Switzerland as haven for capital to-
gether with disinclnation to convert to
American dollars or dollar securities.
"Wise" money deems all of Europe insecure
under the shadow of potential World
War III It likewise reckons the United
States as a major target of Soviet attack
in case of so dread an eventuality. Accord
ing to such reckoning, South Africa offers
itself as a welcome alternative. Geo.
graphically remote from the centers of
world tension and with its economy based
chiefly on gold-a commodity whose value
is unimpaired by war and, with SEEM
Africa logically qualities as welcome
refuge.
The preferred medium of transfer to
South Africa is its gold-mining securities,
quoted in sterling on the London Stock
Exchange and traded regularly elsewhere
in Europe, notably in Switzerland. The
mechanics of the process are too compli-
Gated and technical to be here fully set
forth. Suffice it to say that through Swiss
banks investors have been buying South
African gold-mining shares in quantity,
paying for them largely by switching from
British securities also on a sterling basis.
The heavy depreciation of the pound
sterling on the Swiss free market
rendered the process a profitable one for
those investors but dangerous leak
for the British economy. Accordingly, the
British government has now prohibited all
switching from British to South African
securities and even from one South
African group to another. Consequently
it will henceftrth be impossible for Swiss
Investors to Scquire South African gold
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Concer Campaign.

The campaign against cancer will make
headway to the extent that there is con-
structive public interest in its success. This
meaning is plain to anybody who ever has
paused to consider the problem. But the
point needs repeated emphasis until the
whole public is enlisted Every individual
should know enough about what cancer
is, how it operates and what its effects are
to be able to help and willing to do so.
First people ought to understand that
cancer is increasing in incidence. There
were 10000 deaths from cancer in 1900:
$4,000 in 194O As the average duration
of life is heightened, the danger of cancer
is multiplied. Not hereditary and not con-
tagious, the disease nevertheless seems to
be as much part of human existence as
existence itself. Yet 1t is one of the most
durable Of all major causes Of death. The
tragic difficulty in at least Is per cent
Of all cases Is that the uncontrolled growth
of cells is not discovered until it has
affected 1noperable portions Of the body
or become too widespread to be subject to
complete removal.
1CIIldPS ~ SOOn WALL NC do SO11lA1Ao1l 4O4
people to be examined for early cancer as
it now is for people to be examined for
pulmonary tuberculosis. Every physician
should be detection agent, trained to
recognize abnormal cellular expansion in
stantly wherever and whenever he may
encounter it. But the doctors require the
help of the laity. Their patients must
learn to report to them any hard or tough
lump which, especially If it is painless,
they may notice. Similarly, any unusual
lesion, discharge or bleeding should be
brought to the attention Of physician.
Even a few days delay may be fatal in
certain cases.
On the other hand, great many patients
can be cured once cancer has been dis
covered. Thousands of people have been
relieved by surgery, X-ray and radium
treatments. Meanwhile, research is going
forward on a round-the-clock schedule A
spokesman for the laboratory scientists
working on cancer recently declared that
in as little as five years the riddle of its
cause and cure may be read. The time
may be hastened by popular cooperation.
Specifically money is required. During the
present month, the American Cancer
Society-including the District of Columbia
Division with headquarters at 1900 Fiji
teenth street Northwest-is asking for
contributions from all who are able to give.
The Star commends the drive as an enter
prise deserving of generous help.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

everywhere, as If
molten fury seethed
beneath the planet
on which we live and
move. w h e ev er
there is misery and
chaos, agents Of this
dynamic system are
alert to use human
anguish as grist for
their diabolical de-
signs. That system
always runs true to
the form suggested
by Lenin's admis-
sion: "It Is neces-
Evening star., 1948-04-18

sary - to use any ruse, cunning, unlawful
methods, even concealment Of the truth" To
which Stain adds his amen IN these words:
Dictatorship means nothing more nor less
than the power which rests directly on vio-
lence which is not limited by any laws or
restricted by absolute rules"
At Bogota following familiar pattern, fires
Of hatred are lighted under the very table
where men of peace were sitting with radiant
dreams, planning for brighter tomorrows. A
fair city Is turned into a riotous inferno In
q futile attempt to discredit hemisphere
solidarity.
This very day comes the crucial test in Italy
where the devils lies wearing the livery OF
heaven have marched and shouted in an effort
to deceive the very elect and where traps OF
tyranny have been baited with tempting prom
ises by those who have destroyed liberty In
every nation they control. In Italy today the
people vote for the spires Of freedom or for
the fires Of perdition. God grant that in the
voting booths in the land Of the discoverer OF
America the people may choose the truth And
the truth will make them free.
In such world, Wanting Is: Wl1at2
One answer resounding everywhere in lands
still free is: Arms reconstruction, rehabilita-
ton and feverish preparation to meet force
with force So far, so good But 1t Is not the
whole answer The answer to the cry, Wanting
is: What? has been suggested by the assertion
of one Of the Nations greatest religious leaders:
"A policy based upon the erroneous assumption
that an theology can be contained just by force
leaves the initiative in Communist hands 1t
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Copy-Cuts Need Inspiration

At its annual dinner here the other
night, the Potomac Rose Society heard one
of its members declare that copy-cats are
not likely to grow beautiful flowers. BY
this he meant that nobody should go about
cultivating garden by slavishly initiating
the methods of others. Yet, no matter
how right this may be, the fact remains
that human beings are congenitally dis
posed to ape each other. There are pre-
cious few tnnovators among us; man or
woman has to be brave-or perhaps eccen-
tric-not to do things the way everybody
else does them.
The point is illustrated by much more
than gardening. Nearly all of us are copy
cats in practically everything. There is
imitation In art, prose, poetry, music, poll
tics, food, clothing, etc. In our American
world, for example, as soon as few in
trepid pioneers succeeded in putting over
the new look" the mass of our women
quickly conformed. AS for the men
among us, how many are there who rebel
against conventional garb and go around
wearing togas or silken knee breeches?
Our society Is pretty much standardized:
when it comes to the ordinary customs
and habits of living, the mavericks are
rare.
Nor is this conformist, initiative instinct
necessarily unwholesome. On the contrary,
so long as it is not carried too far, so long
as 1t Is not allowed to idealize mediocrity,
it has stabilizing effect on the operations
of our society. Without it, indeed we
might all be anarchists At any rate, as
Lord Chesterfield has written, 1--WE are
more than half what we are by imitation.
The great point is to choose good models
and study them with care"-a fact that
holds true for most things in life, from
roses on up.
Alas, though, from the copy-cat's stand
point, the world seems to be running out
of good models, and that may be why the
times are so out of joint. With less and
less worth initiating, how can mankind
maintain an adequate sense of direction?
The question suggests that what we may
really need above everything is some in
spring innovations, or resurrections, in
terms of both ideas and leadership. Given
that, then perhaps our aping instinct
would serve us well not merely in growing
flowers but also in restoring order to our
messed-up planet.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Republican congressional experts on money
matters say 1t may be necessary to boost taxes
again in 1910. The taxes wouldn't go back up
to their wartime levels, they say, but some in
crease in revenue might be necessary. There
have been so many new demands for money
for the armed forces, foreign aid and 50 forth.
With revenue going down on account OF the
recent tax cut, this might put the Treasury in
the red The Government would have to bor-
row to pay current expenses. 'Its either that"
said one COP Congressman, speaking Of the
possible tax raise, cor deficit spending, unless
the world picture changes considerably and we
can cut down on defense spending. We cannot
afford, after all our demands for balanced
budget and payments on the debt, to incur
deficit spending"
Evening star., 1948-04-18

old and modern artists" were arranged on the
walls. "Of portraits by contemporary painters
those of Mrs. Townsend by tn. Chartran 3 b.
Kaufman by j. Edward Barclay, Miss c~.e
by Mondum Vos, Mrs. A. c. Barney by Hubert
vos, Mrs. Stilson Hutchins by Prince P. Trou-
betzkoi and OF the British Ambassador and
Mrs T. B. Henderson by Benjamin Constant
attracted great deal of attention" supple
mentary exhibits included fan which hao
been owned by Marie Antoinette ana anotner
fan which oFce had belonged to Mrs. Benedios
Arnold y
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Political Calendar

Monday-Arrangements Committee meets at
Philadelphia to select keynoter and other off,
cials of Republican National Convention.
Tuesday-Kentucky primaries to elect 35 Re-
publican and 36 Democratic delegates and NOM
inees for United States Senate and House.
Louisiana elects Governor and other State
officers. a,s5 -
Wednesday-GOP State Committee names
seven delegates-at-large to complete New
Yorks 97-vote national convention delegation.
Saturday-Hawaii convention names five Re-
publican delegates. Kentucky special election
to I'LL United States House vacancy in 9Th
district. Washington State and Idaho name
20 and 12-vote Democratic delegations, respec-
lively
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Strike Strategy?

The month-long miners strike has SO de-
pleted the Nations soft coal pile that John L.
Lewis may find it much easier to bargain with
the steel and coal industries for new con-
tract July /. Coal stocks may be so low next
June that steel mills may be willing 70 pay any
price to avoid stoppage in coal production.
If so, look for Lewis to insist on direct nego-
tiations with the two giants Of the industry.
instead of regular negotiators, as he did during
the pension strike They are Benjamin r.
Fairless, president of the United States Steel
Corp, and George M. Humphrey, chairman OF
the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Scientists, discovering that 40 per cent
of all ants dislike work, don't come right
out and say they were demoralized by the
New Deal.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

A worlds butterfat production record is
claimed for Soviet COW; which one can
we'll credit, as who's better than the Red
chum at milking property?
Evening star., 1948-04-18

An all-purpose serial number that will
do the citizen from the cradle to the grave
is in debate, and in fancy we hear neigh
borhood mother, Nov, 38-2764, you
come right in"
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one which he presumably had in mind
when he told friends in 1912 that, in
electing to remain in Germany, he was
acting "in the interest OF history"
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Presidential candidate of the vegetari-
ans is SO, and promises an active campaign
Out Of difference to his years and faith, the
tomato should be passed, not thrown.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

A Columbia undergraduate group has
asked General Eisenhower to state his posi-
tion on 10 issues Of the day. Who knows
Ike may have to become candidate to
avoid committing himself.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

A Philadelphia curator of mollusks
clocks the snail's pace at one mile in ten
years. Which, for civilization, in these
confused times, would be nice going.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

The flames and fumes Of atheistic COM
munism seem to be pouring through many
vents in the thin crust Of the earth we
have known. The eruption is here, there and
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Then there was the absent-minded bar
ber, on his day of, who held a mirror
behind the bush he had just trimmed.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

If it's to be war let's stockpile some
stovepipe. Always, in the great American
tradition, there must be imitation cannons
to rush to, in girding for fight already on.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
World Trade

GENEVA, Switzerland.-The Transport and
Communications Commission OF the United Ma
tions, meeting here now, hopes to find ways OF
developing travel and transportation In Asia,
Africa and the Americas. Russia and the United
States are among the Is nations represented.
TORONTo-George McIlraith, parliament
tary assistant to Trade Minister c. D. Howe,
predicts that Canada's great wartime industrial
expansion viii pay Of. He says the country
viii I'M wider markets for its products. md
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Navy Us. Germs

Just in case it gets a lot of new men through
the draft and universal military training, the
Navy is stepping up its program to control dis
ease among recruits. The medical research
unit at Dublin, Ga, will be moved to the pig
recruit camp at Great Lakes, Ill, and special
attention will be given to contagious diseases
like colds, influenza and "strep" throat. -. The
Navy and Agriculture Departments will work
together on study of disease-carrying insects
at Cairo, Egypt.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Capital Briefs

A new unified public relations school for
Army, Navy and Air Force will be established at
Carlisle, Pa. The present public information
school class at the air university at Craig Field,
Ala, will be the last Of its kind. Secretary
of state Marshall and Secretary Of Interior
Krug are planning to set up advisory groups
to help them on problems of international
fisheries and wildlife. Industry and State gov
ernments would be represented.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
I1.: ALa,d Some Shadows of Coming Events
AOOh111S 1AANd~A Are Noted Here and abroad

I'VE will become less dependent on the United
States and the United Kingdom for exports and
imports"
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Not Afraid of Reds

MEXICO CITY-President Miguel Aleman
SAYS he sees no danger from communism IN
his country Estimates are that there are only
$4,000 actual card holders In Mexico. In the
last presidential campaign the Communist
Party lacked enough names to put candidates
on the ballots, but the government waived the
rule and gave the party equality with others
Neither Is Finland
HEISINKI-President Juho PaasikiV says
it's not likely that Finland will 60 the way OF
Czechoslovakia. Any attempt to overthrow the
present government or interfere with free par
liamentary elections next July will fail, he
saws. He adds that Finland's international
position will not be changed in any way as a
result of the new Russian Finnish pact.
Naval Air
Secretary of Defense Forrestal has asked re-
tired Maj Gen. Oliver P. Echols. wartime Air
Force chief of procurement, to help him CO.
ordinate the Navys aviation supply program
with the Air Forces. =. The Navy uses AVA
ton gasoline rather than kerosene in Jet
fighters so 1t won't have to store two types OF
fuel or worry about the occasional kerosene
shortages.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Spires Of, the Spirit :.
Wanting Is: What?
Democracy Held to Need the Contagious Zeal Shown
by Militant Revolutionares
Spires of, the Spirit

By the Rev. Frederick Broyn Harris, D. d., Lit. d.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
IEnters Tin Student Art Contest

/ Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School last week entered the largest
number of candidates in The Eve
ming Stars Student Calendar Art
Contest of any school in the Wash
1ington metropolitan area.
j Twelve names were submitted by
fthe school, which last year provided
some of the finest art in the con-
iest. These were Sherie N. Sher-
wood, Patricia L. Wood, Jacqueline
sMunroe, Patricia Corcoran, Warren
Allen, Penne Babcock, Cassandra
sBritton, Jane Hale, Dorothy r.
Drain, George c. Seaman, jr., Lorna
Roman and Virginia Patterson.
I. Twelve other entries were received
from II schools. They were Ronnie
sLoyejoy, Kramer Junior High
School; Edwin H. Chappelear and
Warren Gage. Central High School;
Jean Wells, Cardoza High School;
Donald W. Parker, Hyattsville High
School; Elizabeth A. Frey, Mount
Vernon Seminary; Lorchen Her
.fnann, Greenbelt High School;
Frances G. Borden, Thomas Jeffer-
son Junior High School; Nancy L.
Coon, Bladensburg High School;
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Claudette SarSfield, st. Stephens
School; Amzie B. Smith, Merritt
Junior High School. and John H.
Alter, jr., Alice Dean Junior High
School.
The contest is open to all junior
and senior high school students in
the Washington metropolitan area.
The six pictures judged best will
win 500 United States savings
bonds and the pictures will be print
ed in The Stars 1949 calendar.
All pictures must be in color. The
medium is left to the discretion of
the artist.
Public balloting will decide the
first prize winner, the opportunity
to vote being provided when the
pictures go on display in the lobby
Of the Department of Commerce
Building May l. The other five
prize winners will be selected by
a committee of judges headed by
Clifford K. Bergman, The Stars
famous cartoonist.
Full information may be had by
writing to the Art Contest Editor
Room 724, The Evening Star Build
ing.
Evening star., 1948-02-22
College Gets $500, 900
IfIt Cun Equal Sum

The Agnes Scott College has re-
eeived an offer of $500, 900 for en-
dowment II this sum can be matched
by the school, Washington alumnae
of the school were told yesterday
at a luncheon meeting at the Iron
Gate Inn.
: Mrs. Ernest L. Jackson. president
of the Agness Scott College Alumnae
Club of Washington, made the an
nouncement. She said the aim OF
the Decatur, Ga. college is to raise
100000 of which half will be used