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Evening star., 1950-10-22
All Himself
By Bruce Barton

A man died recently who was one Of
the most conscientious I ever have
known. He was, in fact, so conscien.
tious that he hurried himself into an
early grave. and nearly busted the COM
pany he sought so earnestly to serve.
AS president he had personality, judg-
ment, lnitiative-every executive quail
fication but one. He never could stop
worrying, never could conquer his moth
er-hen complex. He tried to do it all
himself. .--.
All of his subordinates respected
him, and their grief at his funeral was
genuine. But every one of them knew
in his heart that the business would
make better progress under his less bril-
liant successor-a quiet. eaSygoing man.
who would be content to call the signals
and let the team carry the ball.
Moses, the great law giver, came close
to killing himself by trying to do it all.
The story is in the 18th chapter of
Exodus:
it came to pass on the NOR
row, that Moses sat to judge the peo-
pie and the people stood by Moses from
the morning unto the evening.
And when Moses father-in-law
(Jethro) saw all that he did to the
people. he said, the thing that thou
doest is not good
Thou wilt surely wear away, both
thou, and this people that is with thee:
for this thing is too heavy for thee:
thou art not able to perform it thyself
alone So
'Hearken now unto my voice, will
give thee counsel -" .,+
Jethro's counsel was that Moses
should appoint able and honest assist
ants, to be rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties. and rulers
of tens" These would be the peoples
judges, hearing every small matter"
letting only every great matter" come
up to Moses himself. So" said Jethro,
shall it be easier for thyself, and they
shall bear the burden with thee $50
In my early business life hearkened
unto the voice of the then brilliant young
sales manager of big publishing house.
now the president of bigger one. He
had hired me as his assistant. ot
What do you expect me to do?"
asked him. ~
Take over as much of my job as YOU
can, and as fast as you can." he an
swered, land when YOU have. taken it all
over I shall expect to continue to draw
my salary just for having been smart
enough to hire you.' ,,res
(Copyright, 1885, King Features Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1950-10-22

behaved and destructive of property. Ou
with them, says the fanatic Let their
parents move somewhere else, and that
includes the parents of well-behaved
youngsters-of all youngsters.
Just as there is an affinity between
dogs and children, so they are linked as
nuisances in the minds of the "antis. -
Alexandria's reputation as a city of
homes is in ieopardy-if its citizens do
not realize that success Of the eviction
threat of controlling the private lives of
community residents will only encourage
greater stringency on the part of the
victorious fanatics.
Gabrielle e. Forbush.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Fifty Years Ago in The Star =.

The society column of The Star for
October %, 1900, led off with an account
r. D. of the wedding of Helen
Dunn -Durhs Dunn and William Gait
Wedding Burns at St. Patrick's
Church on the previous
day. 'As the bride entered the church
with her brother-in-law, Addison A.
AShburn, who gave her away, Prof
Armand Gumprecht, the organist of the
church, rendered the wedding march
from Lohengrin.' The four ushers
George Edward Boyd, Edward Lacey
Burns, brother of the bridegroom; Leroy
Whitley Heron and Frank Fish Rogers
led the bridal procession to the altar
The bridesmaid was Annie Dunn, sister
of the bride. At the entrance to the
chancel the bride was met by the bride
groom and his best man, Harmon Burns,
another brother. The Rev. Dr.. Staf-
ford performed the ceremony. The bride
wore becoming gown of white taffeta
and mousSeline de sole, with pearl trim
mings, and tulle veil" Mr.. Burns
was an employe of The Star for half
century. He started selling papers at 13
and was circulation director when he
died at 68, March A. 1916. His photo
graph is in the gallery of Star nota-
bles in the clubroom on the eighth floor
of The Star Building, but his practical
memorial is the circulation department,
which he spent his lifetime developing
and which is carried on in the tradi-
ton of service which he established.
On October "a, 1900, The Star an
nounced: Gilbert Grosvenor, son of Prof.
Another Col1eoe ond Edith ~ pal, ~
wedding daughter of Prof Alex
ander Graham Bell, were
married in London yesterday morning
Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor will spend their
honeymoon travelling and will not return
to America until some time in December
Prof. and Mrs. Bell, with the relatives
OF the bridegroom and the family, were
IN London to attend the wedding The
bride was attended by Marian Bell as
maid of honor and Helen Bell and Miss
Crossman as bridesmaids A golden
wedding anniversary reception is to be
held at the present home of Dr. and Mrs
Grosvenor in Bethesda, Md, tomorrow
evening. DR.. Grosvenor celebrated his
50th anniversary as editor of the Ma
tional Geographic magazine last year
Former Secretary of State John Sher-
man died early on October %, 1900, and
The Star of that day
John Sherman contained lengthy
Decd obituary article about
him. He had been a
younger brother of the famous Union
Army leader, Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman, but had developed his own
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Sir Stafford Retires

In the past few years, as Britans economic
czar" and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stat
ford Cripps has capped long and distinguished
legal, diplomatic and political career with a
record of achievement well deserving of his
countrymen's deepest thanks
Moreover, in broader sense, the free world
at large has reason to pay tribute to him as he
leaves office now because of Ill health. For Sir
Stafford among all Britons, has earned the lions
share of the credit for his countrys remarkable
economic recovery since 1947-a recovery of vast
Importance not merely to the security of Britain
but to the security of America and every other
like minded nation as we'll.
In 1947, owing chiefly to the grave losses and
dislocations caused by the Second World War
Britain was deep in dangerous crisis. 1t was
this crisis, with all its enormously difficult
problems, that was dumped in Sir Stafford's lap
when he became Chancellor. From then on, in
what amounted virtually to one-man rescue
effort, he displayed an extraordinary ability to
lead his country out of the morass. With the
indispensable help of the Marshall Plan and
with a rigorous no-favors-t to- anybody austerity
program he carried on an unremittng drive that
slowly but surely lifted the United Kingdom from
the depths of depression to where it is today-in
a relatively very healthy and strong economic
and financial position.
cause of his doctors insistent warnings that he
must have rest or soon die, few Britons-even
among the Conservatives-can fail to hail him
as man who has served his country remarkably
well. Further, although Socialist and stalwart
OF the Labor Party, he has done so without
engaging in partisanshp or striving to achieve
narrow, doctrinaire objectives.
In short-as he turns over the seals of his
office to Hugh Gaitskell, who has been his under
study-it may rightly be said of Sir Stafford that
he has placed the interests of all Britain high
above the interests of personal politics. The
results shine, and the free world as a whole is
the gamer.
On advice of his handlers, Senator Quagmire
is not standing on his record in the campaign
for reelection but from here on in will emphasize
"the great task ahead"
Vishinsky, at U. n. is still in there pitching,
but there are moments when he ought also to
wear a catcher's mitt
Evening star., 1950-10-22

velops the mental faculties of the chill
dren to the detriment of their general
health and that too much study is in
furious. The average age in the sixth
grade is II years, and it was the opinion
OF the board that no good resulted from
compelling children at that age and
under to study at home" A different
philosophy prevails in 1850. Teachers
are authorized to assign home work and
parents expect them to do So
An editorial in The Star of October
10, 1900, said: "A New York jury has
r,- just awarded the
'o'ue OF widow of the victim of
Humon Life a street railway acc-
dent $4,000 damages
The husbands income was $4,000
year. On the same day in the same
court jury awarded the widow of an
other victim of street railways care
lessness S1,500. his income having been
about $1,000 year. The disparity in
the two cases is attracting marked at
tention, particularly in view of the fact
that the usual practice in these damage
cases is to limit the award to 5000
maximum"
The fourth continuous automobile
trip from New York to WASHINGTON" an
nounced Th e
New York to Star on Oc-
Washington by Auto tober 20, 1900,
was completed
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
DR.. w. H. Stemmerman of PaSSaic, N. j..
accompanied by w. j. Hampton, formerly
OF this city but now residing in the me-
tropolis, reached the east front of the
Capitol in the doctors runabout steam
carriage. The trip between the two i'm
portant cities in the new style of con-
veyance has attracted much interest
among autOmobiliStS throughout the East
and its successful completion is excep-
tionally gratifying to them The jour-
ney was replete with entertaining Incl
dents. DR.. Stemmerman was at the
lever and guiding bar the entire distance
over and will direct the vehicle through
out the return trip. -. The doctor is an
experienced automobilist and pilots the
carriage with adeptness" His machine,
it was explained, was driven by steam.
generated in gasoline burning boiler
The car weighed $50 pounds and the load
about 400 pounds. During part of the
trip, Dr. Stemmerman and his passenger
did, 10 miles an hour They we're en-
route from Monday morning until sun
down Friday. The first motor trip from
New York allegedly was made by George
R. Scott. the second by Capt Frank T.
Avery, U. S. A., and the third by Mr..
. Weston. Wonder if MI Weston was Ed
ward Weston. the electrical eng.neer9
Evening star., 1950-10-22
How About U.s.

When are we going to have price cell
ings and wage controls? When is the
Council of Economic Advisers going to
stop talking about voluntary" controls
holding prices down and recognize that
Mr.. Baruch was right some weeks ago
in advocating immediate controls? When
will the President cease to be "gravely
concerned" about rising prices and do
something about thenl-employing the
broad powers which the Congress has
given him? Just as soon as the railroad
men, the steelworkers, and all the rest
of organized labor gets its next wage
increase and not before. Naturally farm
parity will then have to be adjusted so
that farm income won't be diminished
by the inevitable price increases that will
follow the above wage increases. And so
1t goes. on and on and on.
But when is this overgrown Govern
ment of ours going to have some con-
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Dogs and Children

1t is good to see the citizens of this
area taking up the cudgels for the dog
owning residents Of section Of Alex
andria now being subjected to the get
rid of them or else" type Of landlordly
blackmail
One point, however, has not been made
by those who rightly see this as perse-
cution, and not so petty. That is-that
the success of any fanatic drive against
something leads to the next step, in
greater degree of intensity.
1t is easy to make the misbehavior of
one or two hungry. rowing strays or one
noisy, badly behaved, privately owned
dog for there are suc1) an excuse for
decreeing the determination of several
hundred well-trained pets and guardians
OF as many families. Next-if the Hous-
ing Authority succeeds with this fiat
comes what? Children.
1t has happened before and can hap
pen again. Children can be noisy, badly
Evening star., 1950-10-22
For Postal SeIf-Support

Postmaster General Donaldson'S appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for approval of
a raise in parcel post rates revives rate fixing
method that has been in the discard for 20 years
Apparently the Post Office Department in the
past has avoided use of the ICC course for fear of
being put in the position of by-passing Congress
In rate-hXing matters. Yet Congress authorized
the method in 1925 and presumably wanted it to
be employed when postal authorities deemed 1t
desirable. Mr.. Donaldson cannot be accused of
underwriting Congress, because he was specifi-
cally authorized to go to the ICC by an obscure
provision of the deficiency bill passed just before
congressional adjournment
The 1925 law was last invoked in 1880 bv
Postmaster General Walter F. Brown Since then
all requests for postal rate changes have been
made direct to Congress. Mr.. Donaldson used the
congressional approach unsuccessfully during the
past session. The House approved mail rate
increase bill but the measure was inferred by the
Senate Post Office Committee This was the
same House that passed a resolution directing
the Postmaster General to cancel his economy
order curtailing mail deliveries. This resolution
fortunately was lost on the Senate side in the
rush to adjourn. Also lost, incidentally was the
Hoover Commission proposal to take the Post
Of1ce Department out of politics" by removing
postmasterships from the patronage list Both
the postmaster General and the President backed
this reform, but the bill remained in committee
pigeonhole.
Mr.. Donaldson wants to raise parcel post
rates an average of Is per cent, which would
make the service pay for itself. The increase
would cut the departments expected deficit of
$3.50 million by more than 500 million Parcel
post like most other postal services has been
losing proposition for long time. Until rates
for the losing services are boosted to somewhere
near the cost of handling, the Post Office De-
partment must continue to operate on a sub
sidized basis. There is no good reason why
taxpayers in general should help postal customers
pay their mailing bills. Mr. Donaldson deserves
public support in his efforts to put his department
on businesslike self-supporting basis.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Letters to he Star
Pe1-'1anaes may be used If letters carry
a0r1ters' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.

sideration for the millions of us in the
low income group who are not fortunate
enough to belong to the new aristocracy,
which the present administration ap-
parently considers the sole foundation
of the Republic refer to the millions
of US who are secretaries, civil servants.
soda clerks, store clerks, bookkeepers,
copyWrlters, teachers, bank tellers, &C
countants, shipping clerks, the people
living on fixed pensions, etc.
When will we again have government
OF the people, by the people, and for the
people-all the people?
Fl. Blakely Harvey, Jr.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Henry L. Stimson

The free world at large has good cause to
JOIN with Americans in mourning the death of
great statesman, Henry L. Stimson An out
stanolng crusader for peace in an era couded
by aggression, he nevertheless stood steadfast
against paciflstic compromise. He was among
the first to perceive and warn against the
dangers of appeasng power hungry dictators.
There was much truth in his testing comment
once to Senate committee: IF you 90 on
reading from my past statements you'll make
me feel like Winston Churchill for having been
right so often"
Mr. Stimson was right when he foresaw the
risks of permitting Japan to have its way in
Manchuria. AS Secretary of State he urged Great
Britain and France to join with the United
States in taking firm stand against the Japa-
neSe invaders, but was rebuffed. AS private
citizen he sought in vain to have the United
States cooperate with the League of Nations
In enforcing rigid economic sanctions against
Italy for the latters attack on Ethiopia He
deplored Britains refusal to support a French
effort to eject HiterS troops from the Rhineland
nrst victim OF Nazl aggression. He recommended
that Congress outlaw shipment of arms, scrap
iron and oil to Japan. He twice invoked the
BRAND Kellogg Anti-War Pact-flrst during the
Russian Chinese clash over the Chinese Eastern
Railroad in Manchuria and again against the
Japanese when they took control of Manchura-
both times without success The latter effort
brought into being a new American policy of
refusing to recognize sovereignty changes effected
by military force. This "Stimson doctrine" has
been keystone of American foreign policy ever
since.
With this background of clear thinking and
fortnight action, Mr.. Stmson was exceptionally
well fitted for return engagement as Secretary
of War during World War II. Always believer
in strength as a preserver of peace, Secretary
yt<nson, despite his years. entered enthusiast
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Copy Cot

In one of the letters appearing in your
issue of October II. under the head
Socrates and Dogs" the writer, Eddie
Miller, refers to Socrates reply, when
elected as city dog catcher: "It is not the
job which honors the man, it is the man
who honors the job"
This is in line with the oft-quoted
response of Epaminondas, one Of Greece's
ablest generals. who when his enemies
sought to humiliate him by offering him
the Office of public scavenger of Thebes,
accepted the position with the statement:
IF the office will not reflect honor upon
me, will reflect honor upon it."
Gertrude E. Mackenzie.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-24
City Employees
In Detroit Ask
$4,000 Pay Floor

Detroit (LPA) = Council n of
the AFL State, County and NUM-
cipal Employees, has petitioned the
Common Council to set a $4,000
minimum salary for city workers.
Some 10000 here receive less.
"Wartime production has Great
ed high-paying jobs that are at
tracing city employees to private
industry" declared Genevieve Ran
dolph, union secretary. She said
the $4,000 minimum and cores
ponding salary adjustments would
mean approximately an 18-cent
hourly raise for some $4,000 city
workers.
All Ruthenburg of the council
contrasted the '1ower-paid city
employees" who have received no in
creases, excepting a 212-cent hour
ly boost in some classifications,
with the workers in automobile
firms and other large segments of
private industry who have received
packages ranging from Is to 10
cents hourly this year.
A similar petition covering Local
345, Detroit School janitorial EN-
ployes, affiliated with Council II,
was filed with the Board of Edu-
cation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-24
Universal Training Proposed
By Johnson For Boys IL To 20

Washington (LPA) = Secretary
of Defense Louis Johnson called
upon Congress to approve a sys-
tenn of universal military training
for boys between II and 20. His
proposal was made in identical
letters to the House and Senate
Armed Services Committees re-
ceived Aug. 16.
Less than week earlier, Pres
ident Truman was reported to feel
that UNIT should not be brought
up now lest it slow down emer-
gency legislation dealing with the
Korean crisis. The President stress
ed this viewpoint at his Aug. II
press conference. He said he per
sonally had not requested that
UNIT be introduced. However,
Johnson said he had the Presidents S
approval.
1t was expected that UNIT would
get a cool reception from labor.
Spokesman for the AFL, CIO, Ma
chinists and rail unions said their
organizations had consistently op-
posed it in the past. Whether their
views would change would depend
on how they analyzed the present
crisis. Meanwhile, nobody gave
UNIT chance at this session of
Congress.
Johnson submitted the Defense
Departments plan in the form of
a bill calling for compulsory train
ing for youths between II and 20
whenever the President wished to
begin such a program. "In my op-
inion," Johnson wrote, "the recent
events in Korea have only served
to emphasize the fact that univer-
sal military training is an essen
tial element of an integrated and
balanced system of national secur-
ity."
Under the Defense Departments
bill, which was introduced in Con-
gress, each youth subject to UNIT
would receive six months training.
If possible, he would choose his
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-24
HUDSON SHORE HOLDS
ANNUAL TRAINING COURSE

West Park, N. Y. UPA)-The
third annual training course in
methods Of workers. education has
concluded at the Hudson Shore
Labor School here.
Workers from the Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union, Carpenters,
Sleeping Car Porters, Transport
Workers, Postal Employees, Govern
ment Employees, Newspaper Deliv-
cry Union and Steelworkers attend
ed along with trade unionists from
Sweden, Finland, France, Germany
and England; and college students
from Sarah Lawrence, Vassar
Obertn, Cornell, Connecticut and
Brooklyn.
Programs of workers education
in the labor movement, are the
main subject of the school with
background courses in labor issues
Of 1850 and what is going on in
workers education. There were also
workshops in visual aids and other
teaching methods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-24
Bay State Labor Must Accept Private
Disability Insurance AFL Group Told

Springfield, Mass. (LPA)-If or
ganized labor in Massachusetts,
wants non-occupational disability
insurance, it will have to accept a
system operated by private insur-
ance companies. That's what Gov.
Paul Dever told the State Fedora
ton of Labor's 1850 convention
here.
The Fair-Dealing Governor, an
advocate of state insurance fund
system which labor has supported,
said it would be impossible to push
anything but a private system
through the state legislature. The
insurance lobby" with the help of
influential church spokesmen ruin
ed the chances of state fund legis-
lation, he declared. The federation
ended its convention without TAX
ing definite action on Dever's re-
commentator.
The Governor described the in
surance lobby as particularly eff
fective" in Massachusetts. One of
its tricks, he said, is to persuade
employees Of insurance companies
that they will lose their jobs if GER
tain legislation is passed. Then the
employees ask their legislators to
oppose the legislation. Dever i'm
piled that this tactic was used to
oppose state fund disability insur-
ance.
In this instance the lobby had an
unexpected ally, the Governor add
ed. "A distinguished churchman
and student of social questions
came from Washington to appear
before the special committee which
was studying the question:" he con-
tinued. The churchman expressed
warm support of the principle of
cash sickness benefit legislation"
but said private insurers should be
tried first. Then, according to
Dever, can official and very influ-
entail religious newspaper pub
lished an editorial supporting the
same view.
Labor has contended that a state
fund would be cheaper than a pri-
vate system and would pay bene-
fits more freely. Union spokesman
have pointed out that in the opera
tion of a state fund allowances
would have to be made for adver-
tising, profits and other factors
present in the private insurance
business. At the same time, COM
pany lawyers would not be around
disputing a large percentage of
claims, they say.