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Evening star., 1949-07-03
A Cancelled Fourth of July
independence Day Message Recalls How Czech Leader
Affirmed Freedom for His People
By the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, d. d, Lin. d.
,yn Harris, D. d., Lift. D.

sembly and petition. We accept the Amer
ican principles as laid down by President
Wilson, the principle Of governments deriv-
ing all their just powers from the consent
of the governed. We accept the principles
laid down in the American Declaration of
Independence-the principles of Lincoln.
The longed- for age of humanity has come.
We believe in democracy, we believe IN lib
erty and liberty evermore.'
And so on this latest Fourth of July the
Voice of America, speaking from Washing
ton, where the Czech declaration was writ
ten by her greatest son, sends back to en-
slaved Prague. with the shadow of Caesar
across its ancient battlements, the inspired
words of her own Declaration. We send
them not just as history. but as prophesy
that a sure tomorrow will yet restore their
cancelled Fourth.
This obscene blasphemy of all that is
high and holy, which dares to attempt the
lifting of Caesar to the throne of the
Almighty, shall come to naught. Limits
have been set to the power of any Caesar
The blatant attempt of the Kremlin atheists
to change Masaryk's formula from Jesus,
not Caesar to Caesar above Jesus is
doomed to failure. To the church of Jesus
this Red menace says, Conform or be de-
stroyed Become an agent of your nations
totalitarian masters or be liquidated' Such
blasphemy is not just an onslaught against
one church. 1t is a deliberate attack on
spiritual verities, on all religion, on every
church everywhere. But to render to Caesar
the things that are Gods always is the sig
nal for the final collapse of any system
which so blasphemes. There are things
that are not Caesars, and that by no ex-
ercise of brute might can be made Caesars.
The day will come, as sure as there is just
God, when the tower of aggression erected
by these violators and debasers Of the in
divdual conscience will come crashing down
in Prague, even as fell there a former SYM
boil of tyranny. That Liberty Bell will peal
again. Masaryk's soul will go marching on
in an emancipated nation. That is his
faith and ours.
There is Power that the puny hands of
the greatest dictator can never grasp or
hold. The antidote for the poison of ma
terialistic atheism being poured into the
bloodstream of humanity is for democracy,
purged of its Inconsistencies, to dedicate to
God the things that are Gods, in our hearts,
in our homes. in our legislative halls, in our
schools and in our churches. The faith of
July T. l949, is that this latest attempt of
these latest Caesars to enslave the human
spirit and mind will fail in our generation
as such attempts always have failed AS
Masaryk himself put it, "Only the weak
or the second-rate take refuge in deceit
Nothing is great if it is not true" In his
spirit we lift high, this black day of persecu-
ton, the motto of the Czech Republic,
'Pravda Vitezi'-"Truth Will Prevail"
Evening star., 1949-07-03
General BrodIey's Timely Advice

With the Senate preparing to take up
shortly the House-approved military ap-
preparation bill, General Bradley, Army
Chief Of Staff, has delivered a timely
warning against lop-sided defense budget
rather than emotional appeal" in divid-
ing military appropriations left little doubt
that he had reference to House insistence
on an imemdiate start toward the Air
Forces goal of a seventy-group organ
ization. A battle is expected in the
Senate over the size of the Air Force
appropriation.
Addressing graduates of the Command
and General Staff School at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, General Bradley cautioned
his fellow ofdcers-including representa-
tives of the Air Force-to avoid the danger
that we will be caught up in the fancy
of futurism and commit ourselves to un-
balanced forces that will not match the
forces which might oppose u.s.
'We cannot afford to spend six billion
dollars in the enlargement of particular
service" General Bradley said, that may
require seven billion dollars to maintain
next year and perhaps eight billion dollars
to maintain and improve in the succeeding
year, unless we realize and fully intend
the long range effect that this will have
on our future capabilities" The net effect,
he said, would be to end up with a National
Military Establishment dangerously out OF
balance.
President Truman allotted the Air Force
$4,000, 600 900 of the $14, ,765, 100000 defense
budget. This sum was to provide for forty
eight full-strength air groups during the
next fiscal year. Although the President
has argued that larger Air Force would
unbalance the armed forces, the House, by
a vote of 271 to /, increased the Air Force
share of the defense fund to IS, ,400, ,000, 900,
so as to provide fifty-seven air groups
Earlier the House had authorized building
up seventy-group Air Force by 1858.
The Chief of STAFF said that balance, as
he views it, does not mean an even three
way split Of defense money, nor adherence
Evening star., 1949-07-03

to a set formula of $50 many ships
equal so many soldiers equal so many air
groups" AS against a "one-shot task
force" theory of attaining quick victory,
he prefers strategy of unified and con-
tinuing effort" with no lull during which
the enemy may catch his breath and
recover his strength. That is sound rea-
soning by an outstanding exponent OF
successful warfare. 1t Is advice which the
Senate should keep in mind in considering
the pending military appropriation bill.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Mr.. Durden Makes Sense

President Colgate Darden, jr., of the
University of Virginia, and a former Gov
ernor of that State, Is having minor
difference with the present Governor,
William M Tuck
Mr.. Darden thinks the House Committee
on Un-American Activities is entitled to
University. Governor Tuck, who certainly
cannot be accused OF left-wing leanings,
would reject the request. But it is not this
difference of opinion which is of general
interest, and 1t Is to be expected that a
satisfactory agreement will be reached by
the two men. What is of Interest Is Mr..
Darden's point of view.
He says that the University is supported
in good part by public funds, that it is
desirable for the public to know what is
being done at the University, and that he
sees no reason why the textbook lists
should not be made public. OF course, he
should not, and would not, acquiesce in
any attempt by the committee to censor
textbooks or any other material used in
teaching at Virginia. But Mr.. Darden also
points out the little advertised fact that
the committee, after the original request
for the lists, sent second letter in which
1t disavowed any thought of censorship or
attempted censorship. And on this basis,
he is entirely willing that the House COM
mittee, or any one else, should know what
is being done at the University which he
heads.
This is an attitude which is not only
sensible, but which stands in wholesome
contrast to the rather emotional touch
me-not attitude which some educators
have adopted.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Senator Wagner Steps Down

In reSigning from the Senate for reasons
of health after 26 years of service there,
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York has
brought to an end legislative career OF
first Importance. It has been a career
intimately identified with the great politi-
CAL social and economic changes that have
taken place in this country during the
recent decades of upheaval everywhere.
Inevitably, because of the very nature of
the times, Mr.. Wagner has been a contro-
versial figure, but the significance of the
role he has played is too obvious to require
detailed demonstration.
Thus, as a measure of his work, 1t Is
enough merely to cite the fact that he
introduced and piloted through to action
such bills as those creating the National
Recovery Administration (NRA), the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FERA), the Works Progress Administra-
ton (WPA) and the Public Works Admin
istration (PWA). Above all, besides spon-
soring social security legislation and
multitude of other measures, he gave his
name to the far-reaching labor law which
has since been replaced by the Taft-Hart-
ley Act but which has permanently changed
the whole character of union-manage
relations.
AS this legislative record shows Senator
Wagner has been primarily interested in
matters involving human rights and the
welfare of the underprivileged and the
exploited. His own experience turned his
thoughts in that direction. After coming
to this country from Germany as an immi-
grant boy, he worked hard among hard
working people, spending his spare time on
jobs that enabled him to pay his own way,
as an honor student, through college and
law school. He knew the meaning of pen
ury, economic insecurity and the kind of
abuses labor often suffered, and as he
moved on from State legislator, to judge
and finally to United States Senator, it was
almost foreordained that he would loom
large in the era of reform and social
change inaugurated by Franklin Roosevelt.
OF course, not all of the change or all
of the reform will be universally acclaimed.
But a considerable part of it has been
undeniably wholesome, and it will last, or
even be enlarged upon, because the char
acter of our day and age-its economic
complexities and it's social stresses makes
1t imperative in one form or another.
In that sense, as he steps down now at
the age of 70, Senator Wagner can have
the satisfaction of knowing that he has
contributed much to his country. In the
words of Republican Governor Dewey, this
distinguished Democrat has been "a good
and faithful public servant" and Ameri-
cans in general, regardless of party. will
wish him "long life and renewed health"
Evening star., 1949-07-03

monumental in its simplicity, penned the
declaration of independence for that re-
public across the sea. in this Capital City.
Proudly he said Of it, 1T is cast in form
to remind Americans Of their own Decla1a-
ton of independence How gladly and
gayly new Liberty Bell rang as he and the
founders sharing his vision pledged their
lives, fortunes and sacred honor to the
cause of democracy, even as their fore
runners had done in Philadelphia nearly
a century and half before. 1t was
month before the armistice ending the First
World War that this philosopher statesman.
who by any valid appraisal must be &C
claimed as one Of the truly great figures
of the past century, with the burning words
of the new independence declaration IN his
hand, grasped the rope of democratic deti-
ance which set new Liberty Bell ringing
in far-off Prague. 1t heralded the birth
of a nation of which he was destined to
be the first President.
Two weeks after the Czech declaration was
written in Washington D. c.. its stirring
phrases sounded like trumpets In the pic
turesque and storied capital in the center
of Europe. During those first days Of wild
rejoicing symbolic occurrence was that the
tall slender column which the Hapsburgs
had erected in the old town square to COM
memorate their final conquest of the Czechs
300 years ago. crashed to the ground. 1t
came to pass that October % became to
the new nation what the Fourth of July
Is to America.
In this black day, when Masaryk's dec
laration of independence is nailed to to-
talitarian cross, it is fitting that we cele-
brate our free Fourth by broadcasting some
of those winged phrases with the confident
assurance that their truth. crushed to earth.
IL
ton of independence affirmed. THE re-
public will guarantee complete freedom Of
conscience, religion, science. literature and
art, speech, the press and the right of as
Evening star., 1949-07-03

found sympathy, will
mourn with the ma
ton whose Liberty
Bell, modelled after
our own, is today
tragically nlute-its
tongue Cied-bound
with the cords of
treachery, slavery,
tyranny.
AS a matter of his
toric fact. Thomas
Masaryk, the George
Washington OF this
European expe r j.
m e mt in freedom
whose character was
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Complains About Transit Company
Policies and Attitudes

Your report of Capital Transit wage mat
ters mentions $5O0000 in potential econo-
mics the company can make, but refrains
from doing, lest it displease its employees
What are these economies and why are
they not effected, that the high fare here
may be reduced? Why doesn't the PUG
investigate?
Instead, this company inflicts horrible
program of tin-pan jazz music on its
patrons, interspersed constantly with stri-
dent advertisements. Likewise, it recently
has ordered its operators to challenge so
many valid transfers that one feels like a
criminal offering one In return for its ex
orbi.ant fare, it SHOULD permit great lati-
tude in transfers. For sheer ability to
create ill-will among patrons. Capital
Transit reflects outstanding genius. FS.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Letters to The Star

anti-lynching bill?
If he opposes aid to Europe, I think he
should have the courage to say he opposes
the Marshall Plan. Or is being specific too
controversial?
tom, but think we have a right to expect
more from our journalists.
CAROL SADE.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

"The new card game, canasta, can be
learned in an hour One then looks
around for the sucker who has played 1t
only fifteen minutes
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Spires of the Spirit

On our own glorious Fourth in the joy
Gus jubilate of Liberty Bell, whose pealing
has never ceased since that shaking
day in 1776, every true American, in pro-
Evening star., 1949-07-03

SUFFICIENT unto the day is the Congress
thereof. However, II this is trend, the
62nd should be lulu.
Evening star., 1949-09-14

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13 FURNITURE STYLED CABINETS beautiful eobnets-ocous
tieoIy matched to the speaker and chassis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-01

The need for students to join
the District high school cadet
corps is at its greatest today be-
cause the development Of future
leaders to meet the threat against
democracy is so important. &C
cording to Maj. Gen. Anthony c..
McAuliffe, the hero Of Bastogne.
He presented commissions and
warrants to 10 members of the
uniformed school corps, before an
audience of several hundred per-
sons in the National Guard Ar
mory yesterday afternoon.
The presentations took place
during the first mass ceremony OF
its kind ever held here. with TOO
cadets from 10 high schools OF
Districts l to 10 parading In re-
view. 81
The review was staged to i'm
press upon the public the prestige
Of the 67-year-old cadet corps. 1t
was pointed out.
Gen. McAuliffe, who said nuts"
to the Germans after their sur
render demand in the Battle OF
the Bulge. first spoke Of his cadet
days while a student at Eastern
High School from 1912 to 1916.
Gen. McAuliffe. now chief OF
the Army Chemical Corps, said he
was pleased with the smart ap-
pearance and formations Of the
cadets. He declared that while
many changes have taken place.
there has been no change In the
eountry's need for leaders.
1T is greater today than ever
before" he emphasized. I'VE need
. better citizen and . strong
America to meet the onslaught
against democracy and democratic
ideals"
Gen. McAuliffe was assisted IN
the presentations by 1t. Col. VIII
liam E. Barkman, professor OF mil
itary science and tactics In the
District schools.
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his staff, the following cadets.
who assumed their ranks at the
beginning Of the school year. were
formally commissioned during
the ceremonies:
Central High School - Capt. Charles
A. Davis, jr.; Capt. wellington Hung. Capt.
Michael P. Trolano. jr.; 1st 1t. Norman
c. Crews, jr., LIST 1t. T. James Segnari.
I'd 1t. Ralph N. Beall, I'd 1t. James
E. Lacey, I'd 1t. Eugene Whitmire. Sergt:
Mai: George Bechas, 1/Serst. Ronald
De Lucien.
Mckinley High School-Capt. Paul p.
Altman, LIST 1t. Ronald H. Danner. LIST
1t. John T. Mcveary. End 1t. George H.
Fahy, 1Isertg Thomas q. Webb.
Eastern High SchooI-Capt. George E.
Choulis. Capt. Melvin Simon. Capt. John
A. Webster. LIST 1t. Leonard D. Kemenyas,
End 1t, william O.. Hargroye, ,1Isergt.
Raymond Garcia, band; Sergt: Ma.
Thomas A.. Moran, 1/Sergt. Robert J.
Sorrell.
Western High School - Mai. Gary
Capt. r. Joseph Peisinser, LIST It.
John H. Gill, LIST 1t John P. Holman,
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by the way they conduct them
selves.
The formation and withdrawal
of the brigade yesterday was led
by Cadet Colonel Thomas A. Far
ley. On his staff were Maj. Earl
E. Kohler, Maj. George r. Smith
and Sergt. Maj. Frank r. Bailey.
The schools participating were
Anacostia, Bell Vocational, Calvin
Coolidge, Central, Chamberlain
Vocational, Eastern. Mckinley
Roosevelt, Western and Woodrow
Wilson.
Greetings to the assembly were
extended by Norman ]. Nelson,
first assistant superintendent OF
schools. Musical selections were
played by the brigade band, di-
rected by Walter G. Howe.
Brig. Gen. William H. Abend-
roth, commanding officer of the
District National Guard, and host
for the ceremony, led the long
list Of distinguished guests.
In addition to Col. Farley and
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; More NMU Seamen
Arrested in Dispute
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. New legal
moves were In prospect today IN
the CIO National Maritime Unions
factional battle that has resulted
in the arrest Of three more seamen
on assault charges.
State Supreme Court Justice
Denis OLeary. who yesterday dis
missed on technical grounds a
petition for an Injunction against
NMU President Joseph Curran.
told anti-Curran petitioners to file
corrected papers today.
The left-wing anti-Curran group.
which is supporting the unions
ousted New York port agent. David
Drummond. wants the court TO
restrain Mr.. Curran from inter-
fering with Mr.. Drummond's
functions.
The action originally was filed
in Federal Court, which threw 1t
out on jurisdictional grounds.
Outside the courtrooms, the
union strife continued to break
out in physical violence. Street
brawling around NMU headquar-
tiers has hared several times since
Mr.. Curran's administration re-
Gently ousted Mr.. Drummond and
IA other officials.
The three new arrests came
after Arden Perrin. . member Of
the anti-Curran faction. charged
that he was attacked and Knocked
down as he was distributing leaflets
outside the union hall.
Charged with simple assault
were Charles Mathews. SO: Daniel
Smith, as, and Robert Cooke, IS.
They were released in $500 bail
each for q hearing next Wednes-
day.
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ss j., william Heck nss1:,t st Ii sc5n ona.
man, 1st 1t. Louis B. Stack. End 1t. Yves
p. Durand, End 1t. Thomas w. Marshall,
Sergt. Mai. Kent c. johnson, /Sergt.
Herbert G. Hopwood. 1/Sergt. Wilbur M.
Skidmore.
Roosevelt Hish sehoeI-Maj; Samuel
o. Albert, Capt. Peter A. Chaconas'
Capt. Richard G., Holmes. Capt.
Armentrout Ist 1t. James P. Hudson.
1st 1t. Richard C. Parker, LIST 1t. Kenneth
S. Sanders, list 1t: Leonard F. sehenkel'
2nd 1t. Richard H, Anderson, IND ".
John L. Birdas, 2nd It. Sidney Spiegal;
1ISergt Lawrence Berkow. ] /Sergt. Fred
Locantore, 1/Sergt. Harry 6. Chaconas,
woodrow Wilson HiEh sehool-Mai. Ed
mund H. Feldmap. Capt. Robert M. Hin
richs Capt. Richard A. Jewett. LIST 1t.
Laurence L. Cockerille, st 1t. LLOYD L.
Gibson. LIST 1t. John H. Hess LIST II.
K. Gibbs. Cd 1t. Oliver o. Howard
/Sergt Donald @. Bowes, l/Sergt.
Richard F. Gillespie, serst Mai. James
A. Anaeostia High School 1t. Col,
Z EAl} Harris, MAJ ksn9eth +: STU, ssunks Z
Lewis, Capt. Jean B. Meade. Capt. David
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K Miller. Capt Lloyd M. Starrett. Capt.
Edward A. Wardwell. CAPT. Robert M. Will
Arthur W. Burer. 1st 1t. Fred r. Cowan,
1st 1t. Thomas W. Cutshaw, st 1t. Robert
. Dennison, LIST 1t. Horace D. Hayes. LIST
Lit. Eduardo Laso, LIST 1t. John H. Malone.
LIST 1t. James r. Ruckman. I'd 1t. Patrick
o. Gates, I'd 1t. David r. James, I'd 1t.
John H. Kendrick. I'd 1t. Gene c. Santucci.
I'd 1t. William j. Steele, I'd 1t. Gilbert O.
williams, I'd 1t. Robert A. Wilson, I'd 1t
John J. Wolff, 1 /Sergt. Donald L. Wade,
l /Serst:, Malcolm E: Lawrence. 1/Sergt
Jesse N. Howe. /Sergt. William A.
Frazer, sergt. Mai. Delbert r. Smith;
1 /Seret. David X. Roth, band.
Coolidge Hikh school-Capt. Josiah p.
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Another speaker was School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning. He said
that, in his opinion, no District
high school activity is more i'm
portant than participation In the
cadet corps.
DR.. Corning related that, In a
recent discussion with Army Of
f1cers at the Pentagon, he was
told that former cadets can be
recognized at recruiting stations
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Afford, LIST 1t. Robert 9. Bryant, 1st
T., Gerald McGovern. and It. Graham
Holland, 1/Sergt. Donald D. Rowsn.
Capt. Ned Hall. LIST 1t. Robert J. Blev1ns,
End 1t. Norman Z. De Ment 1/SerEt.
William v. Hayes.
Bell Vocational Hlxh Scheel-Ma1. Nil
ton r. Neitzey. Capt. william i. FOX.
Capt. De Lame I. Twigg, 1st 1t. Walter
r. Chapman, LIST 1t. Thomas J. Combs.
LIST 1t. Henry A. Lnck. I'd 1t. william
H. johnson, I'd 1t. Charles D. HOGAN.
Sergt. Maj. Jerry L. Doering, 1Ieergt.
Melvin N. Teheau, 1ISerGt. Elwtn N
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-19
Functions Of
The YWCA

One of the principal functions
of the Young Women's Christian
Association is to provide ~recreat-
ional facilities for the benefit of
young women and girls of the
community. The West Side branch
of the WV has scheduled an ell
certifying program into which girls
and young women with a variety
of interests will be attached. The
program is being. encouraged with
the aid of the slogan that On
lockers Don't Have Any Fun.
Following is a listing of some Of
the activities.
Starting October 3 there will be
a weekly class in "Slimnastics".
This is a class in exercising and
weight normalizing instructed by
Miss Marjorie Crockett.
Starting on Wednesday evening,
October 5, there will be a weekly
class in ceramics or pottery MAX
ing and clay modelling. This course
will be instructed by Mr.. Richard
Clark. Tuition will be SO plus
materials. Also those interested in
adult interest groups if interested
in dramatics, chorus, millinery or
sewing may call the WV : Adams
1922 : for information about the
meeting time and costs.
On the LIST and Bird Wednesday
Of each month the Business and
Professional Women's club meets
at 8 pm. The BPW club holds
discussion groups, fascinating trips,
gay social affairs and enlightening
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