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was described in some detail
by a task force report of the
Hoover Committee. The re-
port was never printed, and
this reporter knows of only one
complete copy now available to
the public.
Since it's release the director
of CIA, Rear Admiral Roscoe
H. Hillenkoeter, has given Con-
gress a report on changes made
in CIA as a result of the Hoover
survey. Meanwhile, another
group was appointed by the
President to investigate CIA.
This committee, headed by
Allen Dulles, brother of Sena-
tor John Foster Dulles, Repub-
lican, of New York, reached
practically the same conclu-
sions as the Hoover Committee.
From all available informa-
ton, you get this glimpse Of
the inner workings of the
American espionage system:
The Central Intelligence
Agency is divided into five
major Offices.
Three are charged with the
collection of information. They
do it by espionage in other
countries. by examining foreign
documents and monitoring for
eign broadcasts. CIA's moni-
toring stations hear an average
Of 1000, 900 words a day.
Sift Raw Material
A fourth unit is the Office of
Collection and Dissemination.
It maintains a vast index sys-
tenn of facts and photographs
of foreign industry, science,
personalities, etc.
The fifth unit is the Office Of
Reports and Estimates. It's job
is to evaluate intelligence and
prepare intelligence reports for
the President and other Off
cials concerned with high
policy.
It has six regional branches
covering geographical areas
and four concerned with eco
nomics, science, transportation
and international organiza-
tions.
The regional branches as
semble raw material from
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that it doesn't learn enough
about what's cooking In the
United States of America. The
report explains it this way:
"The military services tend to
withhold operational informa-
ton and the details of military
plans on the grounds of secu-
rity. In formulating plans the
State Department tends to rely
on its own judgment and infor-
nation without consulting CIA.
Although CIA appears to be
supplied with all information
Of q strictly intelligence ma
ture, 1t is not clear that CIA
has adequate access to infor-
nation about operational de-
velopments." N
Dastributsd by the Associated Prsss.]
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Could some nation launch a
completely surprise atom bomb
attack on the United States?
One reply can be given con-
fidently: This Government is
now using it's eyes and ears as
it has never done before in
time of peace.
The American spy system,
although still in its infancy, is
robust and growing. Men who
have had the opportunity to
study it close up say that if it
had been in existence in 1941
the japanese probably would
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Truman sent George Messersmith
as Ambassador to Buenos Aires
and Messersmith followed a policy
Of appeasement.
Neither President Truman MOI
Secretary of State James F
Byrnes intervened to reconcile the
two policies-or the two men
and this two-headed course oil
action produced freakish results
A bitter feud developed between
Braden and Messersmith and Pc
ron exploited it to the full.
When Gen. George c. Marshal,
became Secretary of State. he ac-
cepted the designations of both
Braden and Messersmith and
Bruce was sent to inaugurate a
new era of good feeling.
MI. Bruce adopted the emollient
methods of Messersmith in his
dealings with Peron. rather than
the bellicosey of Braden. Private
ly the new Ambassador said the
situation in Argentina was only
a comic opera anyway, so why get
worked up over it? Publicly he
called Peron "a great leader of a
great nation" and said the die
tator possesses extraordinary
capability to understand with ex-
traordinary rapidity the most in
volved commercial situation"
More than a year after Mr.
Bruce's arrival in Buenos Aires
the Argentine government en-
barked on a spirited anti-Amer-
ican campaign. Peron, Sonora
Peron and assorted cabinet min
listers stoutly belabored the Colos-
sus of the North in general and
Wall Street in particular as the
chief authors of certain misfor-
tunes which then afflicted
Argentina.
The British, when similarly
criticized, had issued a sharp de-
NAL and rejoinder, but Bruce and
the State Department publicly
ignored the Peron governments
outbursts-as one would natural
ly do in the case of mere comic
opera complications,
Evening star., 1949-10-30
James Bruce Placed
AEF Batteries
in First War
By Wallace R. Deuel.

A man who placed field artil-
lery batteries for the American
Army in France in World War
will soon be helping place bat
teries-and other equipment-for
the armies of free countries all
over the world.
He is James Bruce, a 6-foot,
2O0-pound convivial Baltimore
banker and businessman. who
was American Ambassador to Ar
gentina for two years beginning
August, 1947, and is President
Truman's appointee to admins
ter the $1,314.010,000 American
global military assistance pro-
gram.
Bruce will be ST on December
I23. He is brother of David K.
E. Bruce, American Ambassador
to France. Howard Bruce, a cou-
sin, until recently was deputy ad-
ministrator of the Economic Co.
operation Administration.
The military assistance program
administrator is a member of the
Park avenue, or country club
and-corporation element Of the
Democratic Party-not the shirt
sleeve element.
All.Out for Truman
He is, moreover, one Of the rel
atively few Democratic f1nanciers
and industrialists who went all
out for President Truman in last
years election. He contributed to
the party war chest at time
when such action seemed to many
to constitute sheer romantic prof
ligacy rather than any realistic
political calculation. He organ
lied a Businessmen for Tru-
man" Committee which strongly
supported the President. These
acts of faith have hardly harmed
Mr.. Bruce's political career since
the election.
He was prominently mentioned
for the post of Ambassador to
Britain before being named mill
tary assistance program admins
traitor, and he may yet go to Lon
don when Lewis Douglas resigns
as Ambassador there.
For IL years prior to his ap-
pointment as Ambassador to Ar
gentina, he had been vice presi-
dent of the National Dairy Prod
ucts Corp. of Baltimore and a di-
rector of other companies. includ-
ing American Airlines. the Amer
ican-HaWaiian Steamship Co., the
Fidelity Phenix Fire Insurance
Co.. Republic Steel and the Gen.
eral Cigar Co.
His clubs include the Brook.
Links, Racket and Tennis, Burn
ing Tree. National Golf, Recess,
Eckridge and Maryland.
Mr.. Bruce's favorite outdoor
sport is hunting, and he owns q
hunting and fishing estate on
Pinckney Island. N. G.. His home
is in Eccleston, Md, and he main
tains an apartment in New York
City and has three stock farms.
He collects Currier & Ives prints
and etchings of World War I.
Sent to Argentina
President Truman sent Mr..
Bruce as Ambassador to Buenos
Aires as part of American recog-
milton of the Argentine dictator.
Juan D. Peron, in 1947.
Peron had given aid and COM
fort to the Axis during the war
and the United States had tried
first to get rid of him and then to
induce him to mend his ways.
Spruille Braden had been the
principal agent of this policy. first
as Ambassador to Argentina and
thereafter as Assistant Secretary
of State for Latin American At
fairs.
While Braden was Assistant
Secretary. however. President
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Ex-Arti|eryn1an Directs Arms Aid
F Financial Big Gu'
and Diplomat in
GIoboI Job

When the armistice was signed
he was attached to the staff OF
the 7th Army Corps for occupa-
ton duty in Germany.
He served as aide to Woodrow
Wilson when the President visited
Italy, and stayed on in Rome as
assistant military attache.
In 1919 he went to Albania to
investigate disorders there for the
Paris Peace Conference.
Discharged from the Army that
same year. he returned to the
United States and resumed a Ca
reer in banking which he had only
Just begun at the time of Amer
ica's intry into that war.
Banking Career
He has been often a bank and
corporation vice president since
then, but apparently only once a
president.
In 1921, at the age of 20, he
became vice president of the newly
formed Atlantic Trust Co. of Bal
timore. In 1926. aged "a, he went
to New York to become vice presi-
dent of the International Accept
ance Bank. The following yeal
he was named vice president of
the National Park Bank, and when
this institution was merged in
1929 with the Chase National
Bank, Mr.. Bruce was made vice
president of the Chase, too. He
was only 81.
In 1881 he returned to Balti-
more to become president of the
Baltimore Trust Co.. a post which
he held for two years.
In September, 1898. he became
financial adviser to the directors
Of the Home Owners Loan Corp,
and. in 1884, vice president and
director of the National Dairy
Products Corp.
During World War II he served
as honorary chairman OF the
commerce and industry division of
the Red Cross in New York and
was vice chairman of the United
Hospital Fund Campaign Com
mittee.
Father Was Biographer
Mr.. Bruce is slow in movement,
deliberate in speech but quick in
decision. He dislikes paper work
and whenever possible transacts
business face to face" or by tele-
phone. reducing correspondence
and memoranda to an absolute
minimum.
He frequently disposes of propo-
sitions by saying either, THAT
makes sense" or THAT doesn' t
make sense"
He is generally regarded as q
lhearty extrovert, and has even
been called back-slapper. He is
a sociable man, and dimes out a
good deal, but he Is an early riser,
and often slips away from parties
before others are ready to give up
and go home.
Born December %, 1892, in
Baltimore, his father was William
Cabell Bruce, a lawyer and man
Of letters who won the Pulitzer
Prize for Biography in 1918 for
his Benjamin Franklin Self-Re-
vealed" and who served one term
in the United States Senate from
1923 to 1929.
His mother was a member of
one of the outstanding financial
and industrial families Of Balti-
more.
He attended the Gilman Coun-
try School in Baltimore and was
graduated from Princeton in 1914.
He took a law degree at the Uni
versity of Maryland Law School
in 1916.
He is married and has two
daughters.
(By Special Advancement With the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Staggering Slate Awaits
Return of 8lst Congress
Another 1O.Month Session Is Unlikely Since
the Legislators Will Want to Stump
for Next Years Elections
By Gould Lincoln

In weeks plus day the slst Congress will the session
which will write finally its record bad Indifferent Not
wihstandg the thousands of words which have flowed
dsappobaon at the close of its session
only program
includes major items labor legislation repeating the
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Old Hatreds, False Pride
Blocking Unity in Europe
Analyst Finds Western Nations Are Torn by
Almost as Much Strife, Jealousy and
Suspicion as When Hitler Struck
By Constontine Brown

sTRASBOURG France (By AImai).-The people of this
medieval capital Aace of three things which their city
beautiful cathedral making
liver the Christmas
they hope to add fourth and important
distinction that the Council OF Europe which
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

chosen and trained by Miss de Mil
le herself.
The Theatre Guild declares that
the cast coming to Wilmington Is
one of the very best of the several
which has presented oklahoma!
during its six years of uninterrup-
ted triumph from one end OF the
country to the other.
Ridge Bond, strapping big
young baritone-a native of Okla
h0ma, by the way sing the role
of Curly" the penniless but
handsome and fearless cowboy
hero. Marilyn Landers, who has be-
come known as "Oklahoma,s gol-
den girl" because of her natural
blonde beauty and sparkling per-
sonality, has the soprano role of
''Laurey." the rich farmers daugh-
ter. The two top comedy roles-the
Persiah peddler, and ''Ado Annie, "
''the gal who cain't say no." are
in the capable hands of Jerry
Mann and Jean Ruth. Other of the
principals in the cast of 81 are
Mary Mario, Walter Donahue, Dave
Mallen, Henry Clarke, Claire Pas
ch, George Dawrence, David Ahdal
and Alice Cliff.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
FISHERS DISTRICT


Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Taylor and
spent Sunday in Village
Green, Pa. Mrs. NJ. A. Robinson ac-
them home after spend
ing two weeks vacation visiting
relatives and friends in Chester,
West Grove, Avondale and Village
Green, Pa. and Granogul, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Rust and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stubbs and
son were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Rust on Thursday evening.
We are glad to report Mr.. Rust is
able to be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Anderson and
family and Mrs. Lola Anderson and
son, Bobby, of Wilmington, spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Stubbs and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Cannon Of
Of Media, Pa, were weekend
guests of their patents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Zott.
Misses Elizabeth and Katie Kin.
der OF Bridgeville and Mr.. M. E
Russell and son spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w
Rust.
Mrs. John Lloyd was visitor IN
Wilmington on Saturday.
There will be Sunday School a
Todd's Sunday morning at 10 AN
Mothers Day service at IL A. M
A welcome to all.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Godfrey made
a business trip to Baltimore, on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Hunter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Townsend and
Mr.. Ira Paris of Easton, Md, were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Goodwin.
Mrs. Reese White spent Friday
in Philadelphia.
The children of Mrs. Ida Wheat
ley celebrated their mothers birth
day on Sunday by unexpected visits,
which was delightful occasion
to her and also her sister, Mrs. Ell
sic Lingo. Callers were Mr., and
Mrs. Donald Wheatley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldon Wootten of Seaford !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Wheatley,
Oak Orchard; Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Wheatley, Georgetown and
Mrs. Elsie Parker, Millsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dunkel are
spending the week in Valley
Forge, Reading and other points
of interest in Pennsylvania.
Last Saturday the Millsboro Fire
Company received a new Ford FL
fire truck, which has 1876" whee
base. 1t is equipped with cab anG
has a 500-gallon rotary pump anC
a 1,20O-gallon non-splash type cop.
perloy booster tank. There are
sizes of hose L., 11s", and 2" anC
A. of aluminium ladders.
This engine was bought mainl!
for rural use, and with the pur
chase of this engine, which in
creases the capacity of water to 2,
900 gallons, the Millsboro Fir
Company feels that it is wei
equipped to fight any rural fire.
Three history winners of tn
Millsboro High School, winners il
the local area in the United Ma
tions Contest. held annually
high schools in the United States
willfspeak in the Millsboro Lion
Club, Monday, May 8, at 6:45' !
M.
Speakers and topics are ALLIE
Powell. Early Attempts at Worl
, Union" Marilyn Cahall, "HistoT
of the United States" Margar'
Knapp, "The United Nations Char
ter"
/ The Millsboro Lions Club spOl
sors the contest through the guiC
!. ance of Frank Wood, history il
structor of the Millsboro Hie
School.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
MILLSBORO

The Firemens Auxiliary will
meet tonight (Thursday) at the
home of Mrs. Roy Jones.
The Band Of Hope Auxiliary will
meet at Hickman's Restaurant on
Tuesday, May 10. at 8 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harrison
and son, Gerald, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Cordrey and son, Lawrence,
and Mrs. Pearl Hickman visited
Longwood Gardens, Kennett
Square, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Ellis and
daughter, Susan, of Celbyville,
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Godfrey
and son, Barry, of Clarksville,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Ellis
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Wheatley Donovan entered
Wilmington Hospital on Friday,
where she underwent an opera
tion Monday.
Mr.. Norman Bachelor, student
at the University of Delaware,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Bachelor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schumacher
entertained twelve guests from
New York, Saturday night, who
came down for the Pack-Campbell
wedding, Sunday afternoon, in St
Francis DeSales Church, Sails
bury, and the reception in the Wi
comico Hotel.
DR.. and Mrs. w. Blaine Atkins
spent a few days in Baltimore this
week.
Miss Susan Hill of Woodstown
N. j., and Miss Barbara Mitchell
of Newark, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Mitchell
Mrs. Clara Adkins entertained
the Ever Faithful Auxiliary at he
home last Tuesday night.
Mrs. Jake Powell has been a pa
tient in the Beebe Hospital, wher
she has been suffering from a bro
! ken shoulder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins Grove an
children of Wilmington spent tn
I, weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. H. F
: White.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Barton c
Atlanta. Ca, are at their home o
Union Street for an extended visi
Mrs. w. ]. p. White and Mr.
VIM. Ayres are spending the wee
! in Philadelphia,
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

Another opportunity to see and
hear gay and joyful "Oklahomal"
is to be given to admirers of the
ever popular Rodgers and Ham
merstein musical in Wilmington
and vicinity. The Theatre Guild,
producer of the sensational won
der play, announce that it is senc-
ing to the Playhouse its famous
"National Company of "Oklaho-
mai" for a full week engagement
beginning Monday May % at $3.50
p M, with matinees on Wednes-
day and Saturday at 2:30.
So again @0h, What a Beautiful
Mornin'," "The Surrey With the
Fringe on the Top People VIII
Say We're in Love, I'm Just d
Girl Who CANT Say No, Every
things Up TO Date in Kansas
City" "Oklahoma Okayl,a Many
New Day" Its a Scandal, It's al
Outrage, sAll or Nuthin, and the
other songs which are now house
hold words, may be heard in theil
natural setting on the stage, pre-.
sented in action by gaily eostumeC
singers, with appropriate scenic
background, without which the,
cannot have full effect.
And no less interesting and i'm
portant are the Agnes de Mile
dances. Including. the ballet, "Ou
of My Dreams, which brings th
first act to a smashing close, pre-
sented by corps of young dancer
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
FELTON,

Mrs. B. g. Johnson of Phila. and
Miss Jean Coverdale of Chadd's
Ford were recent guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben CoYerdale.
Mr.. Joseph Sevrin of Trenton, N.
j., and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Har-
rington and sons, also Of Trenton
have been recent visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. East were din
ner guests on Sunday of their son,
Kenneth East and family in Sea-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Denney
and sister of Harrington have been
recent guests of Mrs. John M. Car
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Dill with their
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. James HI.
Jones of Railway, N. j. spent the
weekend in Washington, d. G.
At the Silver Medal Contest held
April rs in the School, Jean Short
was awarded the Medal.
The P. T. Al. will hold a bake on
Saturday, May 7th in the Fire Hall
The Final meeting of the p. T. A
Will be held Tuesday evening, May
10Th in the school The program in.
includes Art and Music and the an
nual election of officers.
The M. Y. f. will hold meeting
IN the Sunday School room of the
Methodist Church on Monday even
ing at 1880 when a Speech Contes
will be held. Miss Helen Allen.
National w. c. T. U. Lecturer
Will be the guest speaker.
1 Special Mothers Day service,
be held next Sunday morning il
cur Methodist Church. Specia
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

music by both Senior and Junior
.Choirs. Sunday evening will be the
final meeting Of the M. Y. F. par
ents are especially invited to this
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Atkins and
two sons of Salisbury we're visitors
of Mr.. Clarence Morris, daughter,
Shirley and son, Terry, on Sunday
Miss elizabeth Gruwell of Wilm-
ington is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Gruwell.
Miss Thelma Steward took part
in the Piano Recital given at the
Jr., College In Dover, Sunday after
noon Others from here who at
tended were Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
I Steward, Mrs. Joseph f. Stward,
Mrs. Walter Moore and Mrs. A. c..
Bennett.
Rev. and Mrs, T. B. Brinton, Mrs.
]. Stward and Miss Thelma Stward
Miss Shirley Morris, Mrs. Walter
Moore and Miss Ann Moore attend
. ed the Concert Of the Wesley Choir
us held in the Peoples Church last
\ Thursday night.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Pegler Of
Fort Lauderdale, Florida spent a
few days this week with Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Moore before leaving
this Country to make their home
in England. They plan to leave by
plane this Friday for England
. which is Mr.. Pegler's native land.
The Kent Co., w. c. T. u. Con-
vention will be held in Smyrna
Tuesday May 10th. Mrs. T. B.
i Brinton is the President and has
full program beginning at 10:OC
O'Clock in the morning.
; Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Shriver and Mrs
/ Brittingham attended the P. T. A
| meeting in Wilmington, Saturday
Evening star., 1949-02-06
Elaborate Flower
SbOW Is Planned

OF particular interest to all flower
lovers Is the announcement that
plans are well under way for an
elaborate flower show devoted to
flower arrangements of all kinds.
Every garden club Of Washing
ton and vicinity-about 40 in num-
ber-has been invited to participate
in the show and floor space is be-
ing reserved for florists displays.
Mrs. William Parker Herbst, jr.,
Of the Trowel Club, Is the general
chairman Of the event which will
take place on Friday and Saturday,
May 20 and 81, under the sponsor
ship of the Georgetown Visitation
Convent Alumnae Association. The
show will be held in the gymnasium
on the schools fine old grounds at
Thirty fifth street and Volta place
in Georgetown and will predom-
mate in display of flower arrange
ments.
The clubs enthusiasm for the
show leads the committee to expect
between 400 and 500 exhibits in
approximately II classes.
Qualified judges will judge the
exhibits and, in addition to the
usual ribbon awards, there will be
handsome prizes for the winners.
Evening star., 1949-02-06

day in the River Road Presbyterian,
Church, the Rev. Harry w. Rankin&
officiating. 4
The bride was given in marriageA
by her father and attended by Miss
Helen Marie Cunningham. Mr.. Paul
j. Franz, jr., served as best man.
After a short wedding trip Mr..
and Mrs. Shipherd will make their;
home in Spartanburg, S. @
Evening star., 1949-02-06
Sbibberd-B0pce

Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Menzies
announce the marriage OF their
daughter, Mildred Menzies Boyce,
to Mr.. John J. Shipherd Nv, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Shipherd
III, of Easton, Md, and Philadel-
phia. The wedding took place Fri
Evening star., 1949-02-06

son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest r.
Moose. The wedding took place in
Holy Comforter Church, and was
followed by reception at Memorial
Confederate Lodge.
MIR. Belts gave his daughter in
marriage and Mrs. Donald Bradley
was her only attendant. Mr.. Thom-
as J. Fuschene served as best man
ana Mr.. John Moose and Mr..
George Belts were ushers.
After q honeymoon In New York
the couple swill live in Washington.
Evening star., 1949-02-06

N100 V AVA NN NV S1s
The engagement OF Miss
Joyce DEXTER Cummings to
Mr.. Truman McGiu Hobbs, son
OF Representative and Mrs.
Samuel F. Hobbs of Alabama,
is announced By her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. DEXTER Cum
mtngs of Lake Forest, III.
Hal Phyfe Photo.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-22

Italian Befana and Russian Ba.
bousEa are variously reported to
lave hcsjtated 10 follow the Wise
Men, m.sdirected them, and refused
shelter TO the Holy Family: in their
respective countries, these two age
less wanderers slip toys beneath the
pillows of sleeping children--still
looking for the Babe of Bethlehem
whom they have never found.
Chvistkind, in keeping with the
German idea Of Christmas, is the
messenger Of the infaHt Jesus who
brings happiness TO good children;
Polish and Hungarian youngsters
search the house for strands of an
gel hair-conclusive evidence that
The Holy Angels are near 10 bcstow
gifts upon the worthy
In France. the Yule Log is al
lowed to burn momentarily, cXtin-
guishcd and covered with a cloth
After the Log has failed TO yield
gifts, the children are sent TO ask
pardon for their omissions in pri-
vate Meanwhile, parents place the
presents beneath the cloth to be dis
covered by the returning children
Syrian legend sends the Gentle
Camel of Jesus, laden with gifts, rid
ing over the desert on Epiphany
Eve--exhausted by the Fastening
Wise Men, ne was blessed with inn
mortality by the Christ Child.
The identity Of the gift-bearer is
immatcrial; but it is vital that no
child be disappointed; no trusting
heart betrayed; lest the magic hour
passes, leaving broken dreams and
twisted emotions to wander across
the wilderness Of eternity.