Evening star., 1949-02-23
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Appreciation of Human Differences


nual celebration is an urgently needed ac
knowledgment of that unity Of life which
makes all men brothers.
Such a unity has been the ideal of every
true religion. Whatever the name employed.
every religion has postulated one supreme
spirit, or principle, all-powerful. all-benevo-
lent, all-pervasive. And each religion. in
its own terms. has added to those postu-
lates the belief that all men are brothers.
Marvels Of science have made obvious on
the physical plane q global unity. Man
has conquered the adr the land. the sea.
He now has but to conquer his own sense
OF separateness; to say in effect, that every
man is his neighbor.
This he does say. more and more, as the
Red Cross and like organizations can testify.
Fire, flood. famine-all these obvious perils
suffered by any man, waken in his neigh
Dor near or far sense of sympathy and
kinship. But, great as these are, brother
hood includes also an appreciation of DIFF
ferences-dinerences of culture, race, re-
ligion.
The more earnestly each of us endeavors
SO to live that we can appreciate as we'll as
sympathize with our fellowmen, the more
force we add to world harmony. Universal
brotherhood is fact in nature Let us ac-
knowledge 1t as such, that men may know
peace. DR.. THOS, GREVIILE
President. The Theosophical Society in
Washington.
"Untimely Observation" Regretted
To the Editor Of The Star:
In a recent letter to The Star, Senators
Vandenberg and Connally were criticized for
their interpretations OF the Atlantic Pact,
and their opinions were compared with the
appeasement tactics of the former Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain.
This was an untimely observation. es-
pecially in view Of the high regard in which
both elder statesmen are held by the Ameri-
can public, and also because the discussion
OF the topic "a moral commitment to fight"
had been opened by Senator Donnell on the
floor Of the Senate, at which time the
latter encouraged the opinions Of Senators
Connally and vandenberg. and others as
well. STAR READER.
Admiral Bieri's Transfer
To the Editor of The Star:
Senator Kilgore's irresponsible statement
regarding the cause Of the transfer of
Admiral Bieri appears to prove that Captain
Oierdorns characterizat ton OF the Senator
tnougn 1ndlscreet-was nevertheless accu-
rate. VIRGINIA WALKER
Inter.Racial Restaurants
70 the Editor Of The Star:
The Negro just doesn't seem to under
stand the motive behind the desire of
white people for segregation No white
person feels that the roof will fall in, in
the theater or in the dining room, should
Negroes join them. We are not grading their
quality or judging their abilities. We simply
want to move among other white people
call 1t whatever you will.
One OF YOUR contributors relatas hie
perience in Chicago and pleads for some
white restaurant owner in Washington to
open his doors to colored. Why don't the
colored people open some decent restaurants
for their people and invite the whites? That
would be real democracy. All the white
people wanting to eat in the colored res
taurant could do SO. And, If the nonsegrega-
tion movement is as popular as the colored
say 1t is, one colored restaurant could
make fortune. LARRY DOOLEY.
"A Fair Deal for Teachers"
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS president of the Junior High School
Teachers Association of divisions 1-9 of
the public school system I wish to thank
you for the splendid editorial in The Star
of February l3 entitled Fair Deal for
Teachers" We teachers always are CRATE
full for whatever the press may do in our
behalf. HELENE e. SAMUEL
To the Editor OF The Star:
Accept our thanks for your editorial "A
Fair Deal for Teachers" In The Star Of
February 13. Your support of fair deal
for education and for teachers Is most
genuinely appreciated.
1t appears that education in this city
must have the vigorous support of the press
and the public to prevent salary discrimi-
nation against teachers that would prove al
most disastrous to morale already seriously
impaired.
As you doubtless have been informed. the
pay raises granted to the average District
of Columbia teacher since 1910 have
amounted to 46.7 per cent not 81 per
cent In the case of high school teachers.
even the maximum salaries paid have in
creased only 375 per cent from $4,000 to
$4 400. Under the present scale no teacher
may look forward to an annual wage OF
more than 81 500 minus deductions. These
figures place educational workers in a very
unfavorable position when compared with
professional employees of Government or
industrial workers.
We believe that the teachers task OF de-
veloping civic and occupational competence
is necessary for maintenance OF our social
structure. This important work is full
time job Teachers make no claim to
superiority, but they invite comparison with
those engaged in other pursuits as to EN-
cheney and conscientious performance OF
duties.
Unless the general public is willing to
relegate classroom work to hangers-on'
spiritless and without ambition or vision,
adequate pay adjustments must be made
At once EBER JEFFERY.
president, High School Teachers Associa-
ton of the District Of Columbia.
No Religious Persecution in Greece
To the Editor Of The Star:
In your Wednesdays issue letter ap-
peared in which an absurd parallel Is drawn
between the case of Cardinal Mindszenty
and that of "the execution OF conscien-
tious objector" in Greece. No background
is given in the latter case other than
mere reference to the news item announcing
the execution, but an unwarranted state
r,aot 10 nade that the victim" was guilty