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Department Store Hours

May take the liberty Of posing a
problem which feel to be rather COM
mon, at least in this vicinity: namely,
shopping hours for Government workers
Or for that matter all people who work
in offices from am to S or PM?
am wondering why it is that the
large department stores of Washington
(whose customers are mainly recruited
from Government service) are unable to
cooperate in any way so that we may
have at least an hour or two in which
to select the necessary items for our
everyday use, without standing on our
heads and having to return merchandise
selected in great hurry.
Yesterday, for instance, I spent my
one hour, to 6, trying to buy two ar
ticles and in one store. I had to wait Is
minutes before could even be waited
upon, although the f1oorwalker said he
would "try" to get some one as soon as
he could. Everyone is courteous and help
full; I have no complaint on that, for
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Longest II Hours in History

That eminent statesman and military
technician. Representative James z. Van
zandt Of Altoona, Pa, made o speech in
his home town on July Is, In which he
said that our Nation was In "a hell Of
fix In Korea, and that we would have
to get out OF Korea within 72 hours"
Since Mr.. Van Zandt Is member OF
an important military committee great
many people got scared, assuming that
he knew what he was talking about.
The "72 hours" would have been up
Tuesday, July 10. Instead Of getting out
Of Korea. we have landed two new divi-
sions and seem to be turning the tide.
If an ordinary Government employe
makes statements or commits acts cal
culated to discredit his Government or to
break down public morale. he gets the
works from the FBI. and investigating
committees, and rightly 50.
Voteless Citizen.
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Who's Hourdinq?

am thoroughly sick and tired of
stories in newspapers about food hoard
ing-I would like to know who is hoard
ing food. would like to know where
they are getting the money to buy food
certainly not on the wages the aver
age person is getting today.
The food hoarder certainly is not the
average American, for food prices are so
high, and wages so low in the average
family, that they have trouble trying to
get enough food to eat, let alone have
so much money they can buy in supplies.
Another thing: The average family no
longer has home. Most of them live in
cramped quarters; if they had the money,
they do not have the room to hoard
The merchant likes to hike prices. And,
Of course, the more talk of boarding, un-
true as it is. the more excuses he has to
hike them. ID. Lowell.
Concord, NJ H.
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program that was all too short, judged by regular
Army standards The Guard now is holding its
second two-week summer training maneuvers
throughout the country. Most air units are
using World War II planes, although few have
been equipped with jet aghters-not of the
latest type In summary, the National Guard
is ready to do its best with what it has-but it
could do a much better job if it had another
year or so in which to train and equip its men
for actual combat But time Is no more avail
able than the modern tanks and antiaircraft
guns and radar and aircraft which the Guard
needs to fulfill It's mission as effectively as it
would like to fulfill it.
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Spires Of the Spirit
Cheers for the u. N. FIoq
Spires of the Spirit

Eyes glisten and the heart beats a
little faster when true patriot beholds
his nations flag rippling proudly in the
breeze. Its folds are woven of thou
sand strands of memory and affection.
In 1t are caught the recollections of
glorious exploits and immortal deeds.
Now new flag has been born! Side
by side with the emblems of the free
1t is having its crimson baptism in bat
tie. It is the white and blue symbol of
the United Nations.
Well did one of Americas greatest
dailies declare: Our soldiers can be
proud to fly it beside the Stars and
Stripes. In their danger, in their suf-
fering. in their present defeats and their
future victory. they can give it what
flag needs, noble history"
It stirs the blood to realize that on
far peninsula of Asia, where tyranny
struck in unprovoked aggression, 400
u. N. flags will be waving above the bat
talions of the free peoples of the world
The supreme commander of the united
forces, in accepting the flag to be flown
above his headquarters, with deep emo
Of the greatest efforts man has made to
free himself"
That flag, carried into battle against
ruthless foes, will make this summer of
1850 one of the epoch-making periods
of recorded history. as America pours
out her strength to make effective the
decree of the United Nations. A thou
sand years from now history's verdict
may well be that this was our finest
hour.
Another hour that the future will not
forget is that America, after with astro-
nomical cost perfecting the atomic bomb,
offered to surrender her then exclusive
power and to put that awful weapon into
secure international keeping. In that
action, our Nation rose to height of
ethical grandeur never before reached
in human history. She actually offered
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a priceless piece of her own sovereignty
for the sake of world peace, and she was
met with bitter, scornful refusal by the
pagans who launched the attack on
Korea.
Peace has its price, and it is high.
The question above all others is, does
mankind want peace enough to pay the
cost? The U. N. flag replies, YES"
But silken purse cannot be made out
OF a sows ear. And a new world cannot
be made out of grasping, acquisitive
patriotism brand that good old DR..
Johnson declared was "the last resort of
scoundrel"
part of the price is that an awakened
Asia, with its billion of faces not as pale
as ours. must be seen not as the white
mans burden, but as the white mans
brother. All that is glimpsed in Point
-Four Of the Presidents noble world pro-
gram. 1t is for all this that the United
Nations flag must speak If it is to be
carried to triumph. It's rainbow Of uni
versal hope arches the charter in these
words: ITO reafhrm faith In fundamental
Evening star., 1950-07-23
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.

not be done again for several years. The
pillars and other portions of the porches
get dirty quickly by being leaned against
by nearly everybody who wants some
thing to aid in holding them up. The
big chandeliers in the east room are
being taken to pieces and will be polished
and put in place again before the summer
is over. This is quite job in itself, and
is done every summer. There are three
large chandeliers, and each one contains
over 5000 pieces of cut glass of delicate
shape Every piece has to be cleaned
separately, that the chandeliers may
shine beautifully during the social season.
There are, therefore. over $4,000 pieces of
cut glass to carefully polish and replace"
S. Kann, Sons & Co., Eighth and Mar
ket space NV, advertised in The Star on
July q. 1900: Good liter
Books ature makes tiresome tray
For TroveI cling lighter, weary hours
brighter and are always
appreciated companions And such q
complete stock as we carry! Call for
whatever book you may or the works of
your favorite author, and you'll find us
selling them for scarce more than half
the publishers price,! We mention a few
of the newest and most talked-of books:
Reign Of the Law by James Lane Allen.
94c; TO Have and to Hold, Mary John
son, 94c; 'Unieavened Bread Robert
Grant, 98c; Deacon Bradbury Edwin
Dix. CSC; Monsieur Beaucaire,' Booth
Harrington. 85c; Sophia Stanley Wey-
man, $1O9; When Knighthood Was in
Flower Charles Major. 98c; The Man
Who Corrupted Hadleyburg, Mark
Twain, $124, and The Redemption
Fred Goss, 98c.' Kann's also carried "a
remarkable line of copyright paper books
&c to 14c."
The following quotation reprinted
from the Trades Unionist in The Star of
July 25, 1900. is of interest
Stor Chopel now, after half century.
Hnnnv because currently The Star
composing room is being
remodeled and brought up-to-date: "The
Evening Star chapel of printers are the
best-housed of any chapel in the United
States, If not in the world. They have
every convenience that the heart could
wish for, from the latest improved
machinery with which to perform their
daily labor to shower bath, that they
may refresh themselves at the close of
the day. Members Of the chapel adopted
a unique means by which to testify their
appreciation for the consideration shown
them by The Star management by re-
producing the first page of The Star,
full size, of July 4. on elegant calendared
paper. containing half-tons poStraits OF
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The Star on July %. 1900, printed a
letter from r. P. W., reading in part:
II am one Of the many
Orgon who wish to raise voice
Objected To in mild protest -.
against that unartistic,
unharmonic and peace destroying inven-
ton called a pipe organ on the merry
go-round at Cabin John Bridge. While
the amusements and divers forms of
entertainment for pleasure-seekers at
the bridge are f1rst-claSs, and the band
concerts are delightful, the organ on the
merry-go-round fills the whole vicinity
with its ceaseleSs twadareedle, twadaree-
die, tedum from noon till the grounds are
deserted. While the organ may be very
fine instrument Of it's kind, it utterly
destroys all of the beauty of the band
concerts given on the grounds. In fact,
at times the band can scarcely be heard
on account of it,"
A telegram from Independence, Kans.,
published in The Star on July %, 1900,
reported: James and
FIGHT With Grover Parker living in the
An EoqIe Indian Territory south of
here. had a fierce battle
Will d large Dd1u CehS1C WAC Otl1C1 udys
which is particularly noteworthy in that
the eagle was killed by the older brother,
who is only IL years Old They were on
their way home, when the bird swooped
down upon them, striking the younger
boy and knocking him to the ground
senseless. Before the elder brother could
realize what had happened, the bird had
struck him in the face and knocked him
down. AS he started to get up, he saw
the infuriated eagle coming at him the
second time, and, seizing a wagon spoke
that was lying near, he hit the bird as
it came closer, injuring it slightly. Again.
the third time, it charged down upon
the boys and seemed to be making for
the younger brother, who was still lying
on the ground unconscious, but the older
boy quickly got between his brother and
the bird, and succeeded in striking it a
blow that laid it dead at his feet. The
bird is to be stuffed and will be kept as
curiosity on account of it's size."
1.-THE usual summer overhauling and
repair work is in progress at the White
House during the absence
White House of the President and his
Repairs family. explained IN, Tne
painters, the carpenters, the plumbers,
the upholstererS and all other kinds of
workmen are busy doing the work as
signed to them. The annual coat of
paint Is being given the front porch of
the mansion. The entire house was
painted year or 20 ago. and this viii
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More Faith
Bv Rmee Borfon

One Of the first plays remember see
ing was "The Man from Home"
Booth Harrington and Harry Leon
Wilson had written 1t as q caricature Of
an American in Europe-bustling bots
ferrous and positive that everything at
home was bigger and better In every way.
The authors intended to teach Amer.
leans how not to behave abroad.
To their surprise, the audiences took
the play literally, cheered the Fourth Of
July speeches of the hero, and thought
he was just the kind Of fellow their sons
should grow up to be.
Since those simple days, we Americans
have become much more cultured" and
subdued. We have grown self-consciouS
about our national pride, and almost
apologetic. We have gone so far to the
other extreme that the whole power Of
our Governments propaganda is now
concentrated on trying to make us think
less Of the United States and more Of
other countries. We must buy more
goods from abroad, even If 1t means
throwing our own people out Of work.
We mustn't have any foreign policy that
puts American interests first. We must
defer to everybody. We must teach our
children to think, not Of the United
States, but Of One World.
It is q situation fraught with danger.
No man ever amounted to anything in
the world unless he began with a firm
belief in himself. And no nation has
even achieved or held world leadership
unless 1t did the same.
want great campaign for more
faith by our people in themselves, in
the United States, and in the capitalistic
system which has made the country
great.
want the kind of faith that the
Bible speaks about-the faith that can
move mountains"
And wind up my plea by reminding
you Of one Of the most tragic stories in
all history
Jesus. after His success in Jerusalem,
went back to "His own country" where
He had been brought up. On the Sab
bath He spoke in the synagogue to His
old neighborS, the men and women who
had known Him as the boy working In
the carpenters shop.
Looking down into their faces He
saw, to His sorrow, no sign Of welcome.
Instead, He saw cynicism and SneerS.
''You may have fooled them in Jerusa-@
lem" said those faces, "but we know you.
Go on, do miracle. We dare you"
Then occur those awful words: Tie
could do there no might work :. be-
cause of their unbelief."
Even the Almighty can do nothing for
. people who have no faith. y
tcoDssisA 1850. Kins Feature syndicass 1nso
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the managers and editors Of the paper,
and the different homes 1t has occupied
from its birth until the present the
magnificent building it now occupies
contrasting vividly with the buildings
formerly occupied by it." A COPY of
this broadside still is on display in The
Star library.
A cablegram from London to The Star
for July 26. 1900. said: while the latest
impression 4. is that a
Leader portion Of the foreign
Required colony of Pekin may have
escaped slaughter the
general concenSuS seems to continue
to favor the acceptance of the worst
news and prompt action thereon, the
contention being that the only possibil-
ity Of definitely ascertaining the truth
is by the allied commanders inquiring at
Pekin. Judging from the news from
Tien Tsin. however. and the discussions
of the admirals there prospects for
speedy advance seem to be endangered
unless the governments speedily agree
upon supreme leader" Fifty years
later Gen. Douglas Macarthur Is the
top officer" Of the international effort
in the Orient.
The Star of July %, 1900, contained a
report from Consul General Dubois at
st. GAN, Switzerland, concern
Zeppelin ing test of Count Zeppelins
FLIGHT airship at Manzell on Lake
Constance on July 2, reading:
AT o'clock, the great ship, 1874 meters
(407 feet) long and IL meters (39 feet)
in diameter, containing II separate bal
loon compartments filled with hydrogen
gas was drawn out of the balloon house
and securely moored to the float. In 20
minutes all was ready for the ascent, and
the ship left its moorings, with Count
Zeppelin in charge Of one of the gondolaS
and Eugene Wolf, the famous explorer,
in charge of the other. while Baron Bas-
sus accompanied the party as meteor
ologist. At the moment Of the ascent
the wind was blowing at the rate of
about rs feet per second. giving the
operators good opportunity Of testing
the ability Of the air wheels to propel
the great ship against the wind. The
cigar-shaped structure ascended slowly
and gracefully to about 80 feet above the
raft b. The propellers were set In mo-
ton, and the airship, which has cost
considerably over 5000, 900, started easily
on its interesting trial trip" An altitude
of 1900 feet was reached. The airShip
remained aloft about so minutes. trav-
eled about 10 miles, then gracefully set
tied on the surface Of the lake without
taking any water.
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Our Steel and Russio's

The American steel industry, at an estimated
cost of more than 1000, ,o00,00O now is under
taking to increase its productive capacity by
6,36S 900 tons before the end of 1852.
This means that the United States will be
capable, in the relatively near future, of turning
out an annual total of los 10000 tons Of ingots
and steel for castings-16, ,000 600 more than our
peak output in the Second World War, and
1s,7OO0 600 more than could be produced last year
by all the rest Of the world combined. 8,
These are figures of great Importance. Right
now, In face of the Korean crisis, our annual
steel capacity is II 100000 tons greater than 1t
was at the height of our war effort in 1914 At
the beginning Of this month"; for the hrst time
In its history, the industry went over the
100, ,000, ton mark, and within the next two
years 1t will be far beyond that.
BY way of contrast, the Soviet Union, If it
has achieved the goal it set for itself few
years back, is now producing steel at an annual
rate of 25, ,400000 tons, or only about fourth of
ours All told including the output of its satellite
countries, it has at its disposal yearly produc
ton of about 900 tons, which is lilliputian
in relation either to ours alone or to ours in
combination with the important tonnage being
turned out by such countries as Britain, France,
Belgium and Western Germany.
Percentagewise, of course, the Russians have
been devoting far greater part of their steel
to ornaments than has the Western world which
has been channeling the overwhelming bulk of
its production into civilian goods. Nevertheless,
although the Soviet capacity thus may be
militarily much more meaningful than ours in
O short-term sense, it is relatively puny as far
as the long pull is concerned.
In other words should there be a general
war of long duration, the West would have
overwhelming superiority in steel, which is
probably the best single measure of any nations
capacity to fight. Coupled with our similar
superiority in such other vital fields as electric
power and OIL this is key factor to be reckoned
with in the current tense situation.
After all, it is not for nothing that we are
viewed as giant among nations. Though
relatively disarmed at the moment, we have
long-pull potential that the Kremlin must surely
be thinking about most soberly.
Evening star., 1950-07-23
1t Takes Time to Get Ready

With a call to active duty believed imminent,
the National Guard will need additional time to
ready itself for any major role in the Korean
war; Starting almost from scratch to rebuild
itself after World War II, the Guard is under
manned, underequipped and only partly trained
for combat. If called to duty now, most of the
divisions would be gravely handicapped in
fight against trained troops of the type en-
countered by General MacArthur's men in South
Korea.
The Guard itself is not subject to criticism
for the condition of restricted readiness which
prevails today It's officers have been clamoring
for more up-to-date equipment more funds for
armories in which to train and more opportuni-
ties for Joint field maneuvers with regular troops
The open feud between the National Guard As
sociation and the National Guard Bureau has not
helped morale. The controversy arose out OF the
Gray Boards recommendation that the militia
be federalized. Particularly bitter was the argu-
ment between the Air National Guard and the
Air Force over the latter's suggestion that it
take over the Air National Guard.
Despite these difficulties, the Guard has
made good progress in preparing for its war
time mission, which, since World War II, has
been regarded as involving chiefly home defense
functions The generally accepted theory at
the Pentagon has been that the Guard would
have no need to go abroad in the atomic age.
Expeditionary forces, If required were to be
made up of regular troops with the militia tax
ing care of the home front. With that prospect
in view, emphasis has been on a three-year
training program designed to prepare the men
for defense against air and ground attacks.
The first three-year training period will not
have run it's course until 1851. That means that
another year of training is necessary before most
Guard units could be considered ready-accord-
ing to the present training policy. These excerpts
from recent issues of the Army Information
Digest, official Army publication, illustrate the
situation of the Guard as of today: "By 1851, it
is estimated all organizations (of the National
Guard will have completed one three-year
training cycle. Individuals completing this cycle
will have been trained in their particular mill
tary occupational specialties, and organizations
will have participated in unit training up to
regimental and group levels Only training
subjects essential to initial or emergency combat
missions are included in the program. In event
of mobilization and before entering campaign
or sustained combat, this training would be sup
plemented by three or four months in the field,
in order to complete organization and equipping,
and to undergo other essential training"
The Guard today has strength of around
350,O00-a little more than half of it's authorized
wartime strength There are 27 infantry and
armored divisions and 81 regimental combat
teams, but few If any of these are at combat
strength. The whole Guard was reorganized in
1949 and it received its first postwar field train
ing only last summer That was two-week
Evening star., 1950-07-23
Cancer Congress

The Fifth International Cancer Congress,
assembled in Paris last week, conceded with the
fftieth anniversary Of the discovery of radium
by Pierre and Marie Curie. It represented half
a century of endeavor to understand, to diagnose
accurately, to treat and to cure human malig-
nancies. The agenda was divided into three
branches-biology and experimentation; pathol-
ogy, clinic and therapy; social struggle. Cancer
specialists from all parts Of the earth on the
free side of the Iron Curtain and two silent
delegates from the Soviet Union attended
Among the Americans were DR.. John r. Heller,
director of the National Cancer Institute, United
States Public Health Service and dozen of his
colleagues. The papers read by these and other
workers in cancerology are to be published as
one inclusive encyclopedia volume. This book
will be, in effect, monument to the labors of
cancer scientists of the whole world without
regard to any limitation of any Sort
But the Cancer Congress has not been merely
gathering of doctors with accomplishments to
report. Rather 1t has been group reiteration
of the challenge of an increasingly serious peril to
human existence. The cancerologists meeting In
Paris asked each other: What do you know?
What have you discovered? What can you tell
us that will help us to stop this killer of men,
women and little children" Each individual
to whom these questions were addressed had
brought his or her own experience to the
convention. One after another they laid before
their peers their conceptions of their own
activities, their methods, their hopes and the
net results of them "as of now"
Much obviously has been done. What remains
to be attempted, however, is prodigious task.
Cancer, to state the fact BADLY, is far from
being conquered. It is destroying thousands of
people annually. In America, If not elsewhere,
it is outranked only by diseases of the cardiovas
cular system as a cause of death It is killing
the very young as well as the old. Yet gains
have been made, progress is being registered
daily in the social struggle" against malignant
growths. The doctors who met in Paris are
returning to their homes with the conviction
that their toll is not vain. Other wars are
occasional; theirs is ceaseless and constant They
need the help of the world public, and the
present is good time to assure them that, in
spite of other demands from other evils, they
shall have 1t.
Our favorite among new-car models, we
guess. is the that provides comfortable seating
for "eight big people," with slanting foreheads
and no hats.
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Letters to The Star

after all those people are working also.
I am merely speaking about the store
policies in this respect. Things are par
ticularly difficult in the summer when
the stores are all closed on Saturdays.
I realize that many of the smaller
shops do stay open on Thursday, but this
does not apply to the department stores
where many of us have charge accounts.
Jane jacobson.