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Evening star., 1950-03-27
Lent

Season OF eentleness. The days of Lent
Turn the gaze inDard Uith appraistno
ray:
Where haze We taltered on our
hedUen1Uard 1Uay?
What priceless, unreturning hours
n1iSSpent?
Like tired wanderers coming tDith
content
Back to the paths from Which they
lDent nstray,
Let US rene,D our pilgrimage and pray
For steadtast feet upon the rough ascent.
Up,uard and npward ,Dhere the long road
leads,
Behold ahead the glory of the height.
The radiance proceeding from, cross
Where, TOR mans sin, sinless Sapior
bleeds,
Where the 1Dorld's darkness shall bs
changed to light
The paradox of JOY from pain and
loss.
NEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Excavations Under St. Peters

The preliminary reports OF the archaeological
investigation of the grottoes of st. Peters In
Rome are important principally because they
create interest In the official findings which are
to come. Nothing has been announced thus far
which really can be taken to answer the question:
Where was st. Peter buried? The excavations
referred to in recent dispatches from Vatican
City are not finished. Work will be in progress
for months, perhaps for years. Only when the
whole enterprise has been completed will the
committee of archaeologists give their verdict.
Discussion at this time serves little purpose save
to keep alive the enthusiasm of scholars and
laity for the task.
Any such effort is certain to be difficult.
St. Peters admittedly was built on ground
which had been occupied by other buildings.
The foundations of the circus of Nero may be
under its walls. If so, they are deep. Structures
which once were on the surface have sunk, and
the areas around them have arisen. In London
the change of level has been estimated at
foot century If the same rule applies In
Rome the remains of Neros ampitheater must
be at least twenty feet below the present plaza
pavement Another factor to be taken into ac-
count is that of changes in the underpinning
of st. Peters under the direction OF successive
Popes responsible for keeping the church IN
repair. Campaigns of reconstruction undoubt-
edly have occurred again anu AGAIN. ooAic poi
tions of Constantine's basiica are almost certain
to be in the fabric somewhere. They may have
been raised on the ruins of Neros circus Such
practical expedients were common in antiquity.
Even when the experts have returned their
verdict on the work at st. Peters, there may
be differences of opinion concerning it. Tradi-
tlons dating back five centuries tell that Peter
and Paul were executed by Nero. The former
was crucified, the latter beheaded. According
to Eusebius the year of their martyrdom was
81 AID. Other writer's mention "a, following the
nre which destroyed ten of Rome's fourteen
districts Both apostles in any event, are be-
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Lewis and Laughter

wonder if anyone really believes that
John l.. Lewis and the UNIV were not
directly responsible for the latest coal
strike? King John is probably still laugh
ing up his sleeve at his latest push-over.
Considering what a watered-down.
weak, and wilted case the Government
prosecutors had the audacity to bring
to court. it is only logical that such
thought comes to mind. Certainly the
powers that be put a damper on the
issue. Aside from the simple truth that
Lewis has kicked the public in the
stomach again, it is fairly evident that
the Administrator love OF labor's vote
paralyzed its prosecution - something
which has taken place all too often in
recent years.
AS long as the Fair Dealers continue
to close their eyes to the Taft Hartley
law, and let Lewis and his ilk shove the
country into economic strait jackets
whenever their fancy chooses, the pub
lie will keep getting kicked around
which all bears out the fact that the
statesmen have been beaten out by the
vote venders and union leading racket
eers. Lewis can howl up his sleeve; he
has been allowed to do So
Robert s. Reiss.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Time to End This Imposse

The time has come to settle once and for
all the fate of the Marshall Heights redevelop-
ment project. If the report of the House Appro-
prationS Committee reflects the attitude of
Congress as whole, then the District Com
missioners, the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the District Redevelopment
Land Agency should abandon the much-debated
undertaking Immediately. 1t is grossly unfair,
however, to criticize these authorities for alleged
discrimination against a minority group" as
the committee did in its report.
The discrimination" charged by the House
group consists in application of freeze on
any construction work in the SubStandard sub
division, pending a final decision as to the future
OF the redevelopment program This freeze
order was not something arbitrarily issued by
the Commissioners or the NCPPC, but was re-
quired by Congress. 1t is mandatory under the
redevelopment law. 1t was designed not as
discriminatory measure against anybody, least
of all the residents of Marshall Heights, but to
protect the latter from wasting their own funds
on remodeling or other improvements that
would be made useless if the area were re-
developed as planned.
Far from being discriminatory, the re-
development plan for Marshall Heights was
intended to single out the residents of this hap
hazardly built Northeast section for extraor-
Is
ill-planned and much of their housing in dis
repair and lacking in sanitation and other
utilities Marshall Heights picked an
area most in need of urgent modernization
under the provisions of the 1916 Slum Clearance
and Redevelopment Act. District officials said
1t was impractcable to improve streets and to
install sewers water and other public utilities
In the without extensive regarding, some
of which would make number of the dwellings
virtually uninhabitabe. The COST too, would be
prohibitive.
But residents of Marshall Heights have
waged an effective campaign against the re-
development program. They do not like the
idea of being moved from their present homes,
however insanitary or outmoded District officials
may think the structures are. They want to do
their own redeveloping in their own way And
the construction freeze prevents them from
doing this.
Although Congress for the past three years
has refused to appropriate any money for
Marshall Heights, NCPPC officials have clung
to hope that both Congress and the Marshall
Heights folks would change their minds. The
action of the House Appropriations Committee
indicates that there is little no hope of a
congressional change of heart. For the COM
mttees demand that the freeze order be lifted
is tantamount to an edict that the whole Mar
shall Heights plan be dropped. Under the cir
cumstances, the Commissioners, the NCPPC and
the Redevelopment Agency should reconsider the
whole project at once. If the plan is abandoned,
however, the people of Marshall Heights will
have nobody but themselves to blame If they
find themselves burdened with prohibitive street
improvement and utilities costs when the Dis
trict proceeds with its regular highway, sewer
and water extension program in that corner Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
The Movies Popular Prices

The theater managers are making a
lot Of fuss over the 20% excise tax
and how television is keeping people
home, but their own high price of ad-
mission has been carefully evaded.
It seems to me that the best way to
get people to the movies again is to
lower the price (Which in turn lowers
the taxi and then maybe we can con-
slider the movies more often. The So
called popular prices" have been much
too high too long already.
Charlotte Duncan.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Teachers Sick Leove

1A1C SlCl1Cllo VI w nave ldG6ly
read that, if the Johnston Sick Leave
Bill Is enacted into law, District teach
er may remain out of school 1870 days
within year. This Is possibility; but
the people of the District should not be
led to infer too much from hypotheti-
cal situation.
In the first place, this could happen
very rarely. 1t would take as much as
six years for teacher to accumulate
that much sick leave; and, then, after
staying out that much, he would have
to pile up leave for eight more years,
to do 1t again. In such case, moreover,
he would be entirely without paid sick
leave for two years after that. Again,
so of these days would be with part pay
and would, consequently, cost the teach
er hundreds of dollars. 1t is easy to see
that teachers would seldom 60 through
all this. just to stay out OF school during
most OF a year.
No, the Johnston Bill is not designed
to help an imaginary teacher indulge
a perverse desire to play hockey from
school. On the contrary, its effect would
be to provide security in his position for
a teacher who might suffer from illness
for several months during the school
year. The present Sick Leave Law does
not adequately safeguard teachers for
a period of really protracted illness.
Among other things, the Johnston Bill
would give Washington teachers this
security by allowing them to hire sub
stitutes at their own expense for as
many as 50 days year, after using up
their paid sick leave. AS result. they
could safeguard their tenure, without
Evening star., 1950-03-27

lieved to have given their lives for their faith.
They were buried somewhere One Caius, cited
by Eusebius, said: If you will 60 to the Vatican
or to the Ostian Way you will find the trophies
of those who laid the foundations of this church"
1t is those trophies that the excavators under
ST. Peters are looking for.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact BY writing The Evening Star Informa-
tion Bureau, 1900 Eye street NV, Washing.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Who were the first professional
baseball players?-F. o. A.
A. Alfred j. Reach of Brooklyn was
the first professional player. being en-
gagged to play for the Philadelphia Ath-
letics in 1867. The first complete
professional team was the famous Gin
cinnati Red Stockings of 1869, 10 men
drawing $500.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

Never pour with sleeves rolled up.
Never kneel when pouring.
Never allow observers within thirty
feet of pouring.
One wonders about the rest Of the
Industrial Education Department at the
University of Maryland after seeing such
a perfect horrible example rs pictured
in your paper.
W. C.. Doe,
Evening star., 1950-03-27

eral level Of good manners. According
to Carolyn Hagner Shaw, who edits the
Social List of Washington and is some
thing of D. c. Emily Post, postwar
manners are definitely worse than pre-
war.
"One hostess know issued so invita-
tions and found herself running out of
food for 80 guests" says Mrs. Shaw.
"The invited guests had dragged along
Aunt Minnie or Uncle Bill or that friend
from out of town. and never said boo
to the hostess about it."
And take the matter Of the reception
line at most large parties. A lot of
people are lodging it. They never see
the hostess from start to finish. In
stead, they circumnavigate the receiv-
ing line and steer a straight course. like
child at kids party. for the refresh
ments.
AS Mrs. Shaw sees it. the least the host
or hostess deserves at these million
dollar" parties is limp handshake from
incoming and outgoing guests. Other
wise, what party is worth the price?
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1950-03-27

@. Can a crocodile attack human be-
ings on land?-C M.
A. The crocodile does not attack in
discriminatory but it can move fast. Its
tail is flexible and powerful and on land
1t can run well in q straight line.
@. What part Of the animal is repre-
sented by the coral used for jewelry7
IS. v.
A. The corals ordinarily seen are only
the skeletons. They were once inhabited
by multitude of small polyps that occu-
pied the cuplike cavities seen in the
dead coral.
@. How many battleships did the
United States have in World War H?--
K. G. w.
A. At the beginning of World War II
the United States had II battleships in
commission. Eight were completed dur
ing the war, and at the end Of hostilities,
% were In service.
O. How long does 1t take lumber TO
be seasoned?-M. r.
A. The Forest Products Laboratory
says that it takes about 40 to $50 or
200 days to air season most Of the
softwoods, and about so to 200 or 800
days to air season most of the harder
hardwoods.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Letters to The Star

causing cent of additional expense to
the taxpayers of the District. This pro-
vision would, moreover, restore some
thing which was in operation before the
present Sick Leave Law was passed. 1t
had always worked successfully.
Another thing to remember is that
other Federal and District employees, in
cluding the school officials, might con-
ceivably be away from work more than
1870 days during the year. They can &C
cumulate as much as $50 days Of sick
and annual leave. All of this, further
more, would be paid leave, while the
teacher would pay for so days of his
leave, with only 80 days, at most, being
paid for by the taxpayers of the District.
Our fellow citizens are entitled to
know the whole truth about legislation
that so vitally concerns them and their
children.
Don B. Goodloe,
Legislative Representative, Local n,
American Federation of Teachers.
Names Con Be Dangerous
For some years, the public has been
deluged by page newspaper ads, mail and
dppcdlS Oll Ille 1Ol SuppOIG Ol VAIL
Gus objectives loosely labelled liberal"
bearing the names of many people who
are considered to have influence with
the public. Most Of the organizations
making these appeals eventually have
become known as Communist front
groups.
A person might join one or two in
nocently. but when one permits his
name to be used repeatedly by such
groups he cannot claim innocence. The
least he can claim is stupidity.
Just what inference can be drawn
from such repeated associations but that
such persons are fellow travellers? Sen
ator Mccarthy is not the one who
"smears" their regulations. It is they
who did so by their own deliberate ac-
tions in permitting improper use of their
names.
Observer.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

A pseudonyn is permissible only
Dhe1 letter carries correct name
and address of 1Uriter Please be brief.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

1000 homes now
actually u n d er
construction in
our great "Bunche
Park" Subdivision
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25

one, less paying client for your Of
flee files. Sincerely, and for
Clean Sports ALVIN MOSES
Melting Pot Drippings"
Sammy Jethroe, is making the
Sporting News" often called the
"bible of baseball information"
look like the Gallup Poll and Wal
ter Winchell inthe 1913 election,
aye what p? : Chalk up another
fine job tothe brilliancy of track
coach Joe Yancey in the progress
of Stafford Thompson who runs
on the One Mile "B" squad of the
Pioneer A. c. Harrison Dill
lard's that great Olympian, might
have felt as the writer did about
how long Dilard's 12O year high
nufdle record would last before
some kid would come along and
rub it out :. My private guess was
at least not inside Of 10 years
This but goes to show that all of
lie ssould cease saying, sit will
never be broken or equalled''.
A fortnight ago out Fresno,
CAL, way Dick Attlesey, towering
U. S. c. senior shaded the billiard
mark of 1876 by a tenth Of a
second, accomplishing this unbe-
lievable feat in 9O-degree heat:
The new record smasher stands
6 feet 8 inches and hits loO
Continued on page three)
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25

Dunn, Counsellor for the ABC
(American Bowling Congress-:
"Dear Sir:
Your client, the American Bowl
ing Congress who recently rescind-
ed a rule restricting membership
to white males," should be ex-
c%eedingly happy that you advised
the dropping of the aforemention-
ed Un-American practice.
Had this bowling empire collaps-
ed as | believe popular opinion in
time would have accomplished,
citizens of tomorrow would have
rightfully checked it's demise to
the u%ndercover hate campaign that
is full-brother to, the late Adolf
Hitler's formal of . "divide and
rule, or ruin"
The thousands of colored bowl
ing enthusiasts will now be free
to participate ina sport that will
enrich your almost empty trea-
sury to unthought of proportions.
Community clubs will mushroom;
colored stars will "whizz" Mar
shall, who as recent as 1916 was
capable of testing the skills of the
leading white keglers extant will
be developed. l am most happy to
have had a stake in this success
full fight just as | have fought
uncompromisingly against discri-
mination in all forms on every
front including the entertainment
theaters.
You are a sagacious lawyer for
had your advice been in thecther
direction, that would have meant
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25
Madame andit
|To.Receiye Abbott
Award
Award

CHICAGO CAMP Madam
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, indian
ambassador to the United States
was announced this week as the
winner ofthe third annual Robert
S. Abbott Memorial award.
She will receive her award for
outstanding work in the promo
ton of democracy throughout the
world, according to John H. Sens-
stacke, publisher, Chicago Defen-
der, sponsor Of the award.
1t wall be presented to her June
10 at a banquet. Speaking Of Ma
dame Pandit's contributions to
world democracy, Sengstacke
said:
MADAME Pandit has been duly
selected in recognition of her eff
~fectiveness in promoting the prin-
ciples of democracy, for her out
standing work as a vital part of
the GROWING effort in India for
independence
The winner is the sister of
Jawaharlal Nehru, prime mirist-
er of India. The two past winners
were the Illinois Bell Telephone
company and its president, G. K.
McCorkle, for fair employment
practices two years ago and Presi-
dent Truman for his efforts in
behalf of civil rights last year.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25

Newcombe and Roy. But consid-
ed this, each is a different per-
sonality; each has had different
family backgrounds; each has had
different educational opportunities
and each has different aspirat-
ions.
Yet, they have one thing in
common, they all are blessed with
talent to play baseball. This is the
common denominator in which
the baseball fan is interested,
nothing else.
A few conversations cannot re-
veal all about a man, but they
can tell you a lot. If Jackie Ro-
binson can make a million dollars
let hims do it, help him do it. If
he has ever done anything to ease
the hard road American blacks
trod, now is the time for those
people to prove their gratitude.
Stop yapping at his heels.
No one knows better than Jack
lie that the life of a baseball star
is short at it's longest. We should
be doing everything to prolong it.
My hat is off to Jackie Robin
son, the Most Valuable Player in
the National League, the National
League batting champion, a gen
tleman and a scholar. Long may
ne reign and let's hope that there
will be more like him to follow.
1t won't hurt us a bit.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25
Jackie Robinson :
What A'Man
By Alvin E. White

Robinson suddenly has become a
paradox in the field of publicity.
Although more reams of magaZine
and newspaper copy are being
printed about Jackie than prob
ably any other baseball PERSONAL
ty, he is also the target of much
bidding criticism.
Such national magazines as Life
Saturday Evening Post, and Eb-
ony have recently printed stories
about him with Life picturing him
on it's front cover and the Post al
so picturing him onthe back cover
in a breakfast of champions"
advertisement.
As the top Negro in baseball,
Jackie has been since the beginn-
ing the subject of many articles
and stories. Fortunately, it has
been my privilege to talk with
Jackie several times. In these talks
I larned a numebr of little pub
licized facts about the man of
whom more has been written than
any other Negro in sports except
Joe Louis.
Meeting him in his home, with
his mother, wife and children was
an opportunity to see him relaxed
although his private telephone
rang constantly. He has less pri-
vacy than a gold fish in a glass
bowl.
The morning after his daughters
birth, l saw Jackie in front ofthe
Y on 135th street passing out
cigars just like any other proud
daddy.
Fences Carefully For Pitch
The day before the baseball
season opened, sitting in the Dod-
gers dugout at Ebbets Field, Jack
lie talked frankly. The man makes
his points without prompting. No
one puts words in his mouth. Nat
urally, he is cautious until he is
sureof his ground. Many people
APPROACH him with propositions; SO
he fences carefully until he gets
the pitch.
These chats revealed that Rob-
inson isn't perfect, he's a human
being.
Take Jackie's background and
you may better understand why
he is the person he is. At college
he was a brilliant athlete in foot
ball, basketball andtrack, and he
got a good education, too. Throw
such a man in any crowd, and he
should stand out. 2
Sucha background which may
give him different interests, con-
versation above the average, and
probably unusual ambitions, he
will be slightly different from the
usual baseball player. This may
be@why some call Jackie a snot.
It is not fair.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25

S
neraly every honor possible ex-
cept for the baseball hall IF fame
which will have to wait until he
through as a player.
Perhaps people begrudge Jack
les $4,000 salary. Maybe the
constant heaping of honors, rhe
constant demand for radio, NOV
les, personal appearances, are
souring some folk. But has he let
anybody down in any of these
various endeavors? He fits right
in why? Not because he is a
| snob or has built a barrier around
himself.
Suddenly drop fame and money
on many young men, and things
happen. But Jackie keeps his
same level head and accepts the
| advic of Rachel, his wife. No
breath of scandal has touched the
man = he is married tothe same
wife he started out with. He has
not played the night club circuit
with tin horn soprts. He has not
been cavorting with this, that or
the other female gold digger, nor
has he permitted a vluture-like
group of sycophants to drain off
his hard armed dollars. He has no
secretaries" or Wallets.
Name another man who has
| been through the mill like Jackie.
| Who else has been called on to
b guinea pig in a world shaking
| experiment where the slightest
| slip would mean disaster and fail
ure?
Talks About Pee Wee
In the Brooklyn dugout, Jackie
talked about Pee Wee Reese,
Brooklyn captain who had ben lis
tening and talking with us.
"There's the man you ought to
write about, Jackie said. "He's
a southerner from Louisville. He
used to dread going to Cincinnati
because his folks would drive over
to visit him. Eevrytime they came,
they always tried toget him to
stop associating with me. But he
had the right attitude and the
answer. He's my best friend on
the club" az -
Reese had kidded about Jack
les movie. Asked if he intended
attending the premiere, Pee Wee
grinned and jerking his thumb
toward Jackie, said, "What! And
help make that guy richer?"
Robinson is an ordinary man in
many ways. He will risk. a couple
of quarters on a nag when he
visits the race track, which is
seldom. I don't know if he shoots
craps I didn't ask him
"I'm not mad at anybody and
I am not feuding with Campanel-
la, Jackie told me
Three Different Personalities
On the Brooklyn team, there are
four colored players, each one a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-25
Beating
The Gun
By Alvin Moses

By Alvin Moses
March-Of-Ti
NEW YORK (ANP)- AN
OPEN LETTER to Michael ].
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04
PIONEERS OF ALASKA CONFER DEGREES

The Pioneers of Alaska met last Wednesday evening and conferred degrees on two candidates:
 T. P. Lane, son of one of Nome's early prominent families, who was here as child and who is in terested in quartz mining in the Solomon area where his family has held property for fifty years; and Frederick Bockman, son of Helen Bockman of the Land Off, flee who was born and raised in Nome. and is one of Nome's World War II veterans.
 Following the meeting Sam Huxley showed movies taken in this area during the past five years including some excellent reindeer pictures.