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Evening star., 1950-07-30

No wonder, in speaking of the spiritual
foundations of America, keen student
of our history, pointing to the colonial
spires, declared Of the early settlers, that
Notwithstanding many horizontal par
simony, those who set up their altars in
this new land broke loose skyward" in
a more or less deliberate and conscious
assertion of their kinShip with the i'm
mortals and their indefeasible rights as
sons of God Totalitarianism fails to
break loose skyward. That is its fatal
limitation. There is nothing in the
MARKHAM philosophy of dust even to sug-
gest the language of destiny. The Soviet
blasphemy is inevitably, from its very
premises, an assault on spires. 1t is out
to ''liberate" all people from the fiction"
of religion.
The fundamental difference between
the twisted and perverted doctrine of
communism and the creed which the
free world so imperfectly exemplifies is
God. The titantic struggle of today is
not primarily power contest between
two giants. The contest is the hammer
and sickle versus the spires. The diff
ference is God. Without that which is
not just formal belief in God, but a
transf1guring experience of God, with all
that means in terms of redeemed hu-
manity the odds are all with atheistic
communism and the fanatical hordes it
Evening star., 1950-07-30
FIunkinq the Druft

have just noted in The Star that
ont of 81 draftee candidates who were
scheduled to appear before the Arling-
ton Farms staff, IS failed to appear, 81
failed the mental and physical exam
ination, and Is passed. OF the latter
Is, some were expected to be dis
qualified because of one thing or an
other. Averaging out the probable "ac-
ceptables" amongst those who failed to
appear and those of the passed Is who
later will be disqualified. let us say
as a generous estimate that total of
Is out of roughly so persons of draft
status Cor Is per cent? will be deemed
qualified for service.
The average person such as myself
may have difficulty in reconciling these
appalling figures when he looks about in
per cent of the young men of draft age as
any community and tries to visualize rs
being physically or mentally unable to
fight.
A situation such as this. if it is GEN.
eral throughout the country, which is
likely in view of the pue.ile reaction to
the present continuing crisis by many
members ! Of Americas population. is
worthy Of more than raised eyebrow.
Veteran of Normandy.
Solomons, Md.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Letters to The Star

bers of the House 1t conducted rather
extensive hearings on the subject of
universal military training, and on July
5, 1945, filed with the House of Repre-
sentatives report recommending the
establishment of such system as a mat
ter of broad national policy.
Appearing before the committee were
all of the top brass of the Army and
Navy, including many other citizens. DR..
Karl Compton as we'll as DR.. Daniel A.
Polling were among the witnesses. Rep
resentatives of the churches. and educa-
tors, of course bitterly opposed the idea.
Likewise the labor organizations. So the
report was filed, and has peacefully re-
posed in the archives of the House. 1t
is quite true, as you stated in your edi-
torial, that the President has several
times recommended the establishment of
such system of training, but one gets
the very distinct impression that there
has been no steam behind the recon-
menCation. 1t is my judgment that if
ANYTHING of this sort ever comes to pass.
it will have to be done in period such
as we have at the moment.
Clifton A. Woodrum.
Evening star., 1950-07-30

had been experimental with in the Illi-
nois National Guard under the direction
of Maj. r. P. Davidson of the North
western Military Academy at Highland
Park, ILL., 1t was believed to be superior
to anything to be found in military
establishments across the water"
The Star on July 30, 1900, announced:
"Humbert I. King of Italy, was shot
- through the heart by
ltoIion King Angelo Bressi at Monza.
Assossinoted Italy, last night and ex-
pired in few minutes.
The assassin was Immediately arrested
and with difficulty protected from the
fury of the people. King Humbert had
been attending distribution of prizes
in connection with a gymnastic COM
petition . nine miles north of Milan.
He had just entered his carriage with
his aide-de-camp, amid the cheers of
the crowd, when he was struck by three
revolver shots fired in quick succession,
one of which pierced his heart. E. The
news of King Humbert's assassination
did not reach Rome until after mid
night. Signor Seracco. the Premier.
summoned meeting of the cabinet.
The Prince of Naples, heir to the throne,
is yachting in the Levant." Bressi, the
murderer of the King, was a native of
Prato, a weaver by trade. He had lived
at Paterson, N. j.. and apparently re-
turned to Italy to commit his crime "be-
cause of his hatred of monarchical in
stitutions" The Star editorially praised
the dead sovereign as "brave and kindly"
and said: His bearing was that OF
royalty tempered by the spirit of de-
mocracy."
The Star of August 8. 1900 quoted
dispatch to the New York Tribune, read
ing in part: Strong hopes
Rough Riders are entertained in Arizona
For chino7 that new regiment of
Rough Riders will be sum-
nloned in the impending call for troops
for service in China. It is believed that
three regiments of cavalry should be
formed, and that the Southwest should
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Bach After 200 Years

Two centuries ago last week Johann Sebastian
Bach died at the age of IS. His contemporaries
had not esteemed him particularly Most of
his work was unpublished. There was danger
that he would be forgotten. But his genius saved
his name. When Mendelssohn discovered and
publiczed his st. Matthew Passion in 1929, the
whole musical world hailed him as an authentic
immortal Now he is one of the great stock
resources of musicians of all categories. His
popularity is so important force that the
Soviet Union is attempting to claim him as
forerunner of Karl Marx.
But Bach is secure against traduction. So
long as the fugue remains significant musical
pattern he will be recalled in connection with
it in it's most perfect form. He was the master
of all practitioners of the contrapuntal style
Religion prompted his efforts, and the organ
was his natural instrument.
Bach, however, was no conscious or deliberate
musical reformer. His mind was commonplace
so far as revolutionary ideas were concerned
What he did was to take the simplest melodies
and develop them until they assumed absolute
grandeur. He wrecked nothing, destroyed moth
ing All his life he was devoted to quiet, system
attic building. His entire career was service
profoundly believed. The masses he devised are
acts OF worship. His Easter oratorio is a tri-
umphal affirmation of his compelling faith.
To attempt to explain Bach by any material
lstlc theory is sheer nonsense. He is beyond
schools or cliques or partisan societies. The
celebration of the bcentennial of his death is
simply new occasion for acknowledgment of
his universally.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Spires of the Spirit
The White SDire

A white Spire rose with exquisite grace
above the ancient town. Topping the
trees, it seemed to leap from the very
center of the river port. asserting it's
priority even as steeple dominates
church edifice. 1t was from q moving
ferry boat that I beheld it-a ferry
where the cushioned wheels of summer
traffic were halted for the little voyage
across the broad river.
The steering wheel of our own car
was exchanged for daily newspaper.
Splashed across its front page were
screaming announcements about the
fierce fighting in far-away Korea. The
horrors of that flaming front and the
ominous tensions of the explosive world
situation were vividly mirrored in the
photographs and terse dispatches from
that embattled peninsula.
Standing at the stern of the boat, as
the widening expanse of the glistening
river stretched brimming to the banks,
and looking up from the anxious perusal
OF the Somber news reports found my
self gazing at white spire on the. reced-
ing shore. AS the outlines of buildings
grew less and less distinct, the spire
seemed to loom in even clearer perspec-
tive. etched against the bending blue
of that brilliant July day. Then, some
how, the spire stepped in front of the
headlines and actually blotted them out
of view. 1t came to pass that silent
spire was speaking more loudly than
tanks or bazookas. It's voice became
paramount, imperial and imperative.
That tall finger pointing upward stood
out in isolated splendor as the inspiring
emblem of spiritual verities worth living
for, fighting for and, if need be, dying
for. It spoke of values worth any cost
to preserve even in the present imperfect
attempts at democracy.
AS perhaps nothing else, spire is the
symbol of a righteous and loving God
over all, to be worshiped: of inalienable
rights no power can confer or deny, and
of human dignity that no tyrant can per-
manently defile or degrade. William Penn
was gazing at white spire when he de-
clared: people will either accept God
as their king or they will accept human
dictator in His place."
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

have the organization Of at least one
of the three. Nearly all the local
tPhoenix) members of the old regiment
express themselves eager to join the
force if they can be attached to
a successor of the old organization.
The regiment of Rough Riders, officially
known as the 1st United States Volun-
teer Cavalry, was recruited mainly in
Arizona, New Mexico Indian Territory
and Oklahoma. =. A number of officers
would be missing {. . OF the old staff,
Adjutant Keyes is dead. killed in the
Philippines. The ranking captain.
ONeill was killed in Cuba. The
third captain. Houston of Oklahoma.
died last month in Manila, and Capt.
Luna of New Mexico was drowned lately
in a river passage in the Philippines,
where he was on the staff of Gen.
Lawton. Capt. Capron was killed at
Guisimas."
In The Star for August 2, 1900, it was
chronicled that: 1.-The Eastern cham
:, pionship lawn tennis tour.
lown tennis nament ended yesterday
Contest afternoon on the courts
of the Longwood Cricket
Club, Boston, with brilliant match for
the Challenge Cup. Champion M. D.
Whitman successfully defended his claim
to the trophy. beating his challenger,
Dwight F. Davis, by three sets to one
The score was: 6-3, 3-6, GO. 6-3 The
champion was in rare form and put up
a really marvellous game. So clever was
his play that many of those who saw the
match Immediately predicted victory
next week in the international matches,
for Whitman and Davis will represent
America against the English experts who
are now on their way over here. 8.
This was Whitman's third successive VIC
tory for the Longwood Challenge Cup,
and the handsome trophy now becomes
his personal property" Mr.. Whitman
subsequently turned from tennis to in
dustrial production, Mr.. Davis became
Secretary of War in the cabinet Of Presi-
dent Coolidge but is best remembered for
the tennis cup which he provided as his
gift to the game.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Vision
By Bruce Borton

There are two kinds of men Of vision"
There is the man who sets up high
goal for himself and, though he may
never reach it, works diligently and in
telligentty to be closer to it at the end
of every year.
There is the other kind of man who.
seeking so earnestly the greater good.
neglects the duty closer home and
spreads his resources so thin that he
invites disaster for himself and all who
have confided in him.
I knew one man of the second sort
who had inherited snug little business
and for several years managed it profit
ably. But all the time he was fretting
because he wanted to be something big.
His chance came when he was elected
president of the chamber of commerce
of his State.
Over night he was transformed from
a small local business man into State
wide figure. He travelled constantly,
making speeches. giving interviews, hav-
ing his photograph taken. drawing up
resolutions and taking a public position
on every issue, whether he knew any,
thing about it or not.
He was in the State capital and in
Washington more often than in his own
Office. At conventions he was pointed
out as the most active president the
chamber had ever had, man of great
public consciousness and high vision.
Meanwhile, his competitors were max
ing hay. And one day the sheriff moved
in and took over his snug little business.
He wound up as minor official in a. COM
petitor's organization.
tell this story because have become
more and more worried by the fact that
the United States today has more men
of vision than all the rest of the world
put together. There is hardly capital
city, port or good sized town (outside the
Iron Curtain) that doesn't have one or
more American experts, college profess
sors, economists. administrators or CO.
ordinators living on an expense ac-
count, giving away taxpayers money,
and making vast and vague moral COM
mitmentS
Without some vision no country pros
pers, no business grows, and "the people
perish
But you can mark this down and
remember it: No vision is good which
sacrifices mans own family, or his
stockholders and employees, or his own
country, to the greater good.
Vision, like charity, begins at home.
tcopyrishg 1850. King Features Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Do They Deserve Bail?

In view OF the obvious purpose OF the
Soviet Union in provoking and directing
the war in Korea, and in view Of the
conviction of certain persons who by
their disloyal acts favor the totalitarian
system of government of the Soviet Un-
ion in preference to our own conStitu-
tional republic of individual liberty, I
suggest that the bail of these convicted
people be Immediately revoked and that
they be confined to Jail for the duration
of the Korean war, or until their convic-
ton has been reversed by the United
States Supreme Court.
I have particular reference to Alger
Hiss, Judith Coplon and the eleven Com
munist leaders These people are not
entitled to the benefit of our liberal sys-
tenn of jurisprudence (to give every per-
son the broadest possible opportunity to
prove his innocence), because if it were
in their power, they would deny others
this fundamental right by destroying
the government which seeks to protect
it,
In view Of the crime for which they
were convicted, and the seriousness Of
the present conflict. with the probability
of developing into another world war,
their freedom is a menace to our safety
and security. Their potential danger as
spies for an enemy country cannot be
too strongly emphasized.
A person convicted of murder is in
variably denied freedom on bail pend
ing his appeal. spy may cause the
death of thousands of innocent people.
AS Thomas Paine so @truly said. "A
traitor is the foulest fiend on earth"
AS measure of safety and protection.
urge the revocation of the bail of Alger
Hiss, Judith Coplon and the eleven con-
victed Communist leaders.
Joseph Lewis.
Miami Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1950-07-30

The Star for July %, 1900, said "Dr.
Richard J. SouthWorth, the only son OF
the late Mrs. E. D. E. NJ
DR.. Southworth Southworth. the cele-
Decd brated novelist. died yes
terday afternoon at his
home. corner of Thirty sixth street and
Prospect avenue, where his mother died
little over year ago. DR.. Southworth
was married and leaves a widow but no
children His sister, Mrs. James Valen-
tine Lawrence, who resides at Yonkers,
N Y. mas been notified of the death and
is expected to reach the city today Sew
eral weeks ago, Dr. Southworth, who had
been in poor health for some time, was
forced to take his bed on account Of the
heat. He was seized with fainting
spells yesterday afternoon. DR.. Robert
Reyburn the family physician. was sum-
moned, but the patient expired before
his arrival. DR.. Southworth was So years
of age and native of Wisconsin. He
took a course of medicine, and after
graduating became a hospital surgeon in
the Federal Army" Later, he studied
law here in Washington. His health
seems always to have been imperfect.
Some records show his name as Rich
mond rather than Richard. His mother
published 60 novels, some of which still
are popular.
An automobile battery was described
in The Star of July %, 1900, and it was
affirmed that "the prac-
Automobile ticability of this interest
Bottey ing type of artillery for ex-
acting service" had been
demonstrated by run then in progress
between Chicago and Washington. This
latest novelty in fighting machines" a
writer using the initials w. F. explained,
consists primarily of a Colt machine
gun mounted on an automobile carriage.
which, it is claimed, is capable of speed
of IA miles an hour on. the roughest
country roads and can attain to 80 or 35
miles an hour along ordinary thorough
fares. A gasoline engine furnishes the
propelling power for the automobile. and
the gun and full equipment weighs con-
siderably more than ton" The battery
Evening star., 1950-07-30
War Is He'll

Betty Beale in the Society Section
OF The Sunday Star, July %. writes. Its
the debutante and college set that will
feel the biggest personnel inroads of the
Korean war. as the young and lovely are
already beginning to wonder who's going
to be left in the stag line for the Christ
mas season."
We were distressed by her concern at
the fate of these young and lovely ones
as result of the nasty old Korean war.
Perhaps a direct invitation to Mr..
Stain to join the prementioned stag
line might have beneficial results.
Or We might just call off the whole
war. merely explaining frankly to hin
the dilemma he has caused by his
thoughtless behavior. We feel sure he
will understand.
Another remedy might well be to enlist
the aid of all ATS. and with this in
mind we have accumulated choice list
of two-headed and one-legged ATS. and
would be very happy to make this list
available to purchasers of one $25 war
bond.
We have offered several solutions
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Our National Eagle

Current efforts to protect the bald eagles OF
Alaska raise question as to how the eagle came
to be the national symbol of independence and
freedom. Few Americans, it seems, know the
answer. John Hancock began it. On July 4,
1776 when the Declaration of independence had
been acted upon, he rose as president of the
Continental Congress and said: 1--WE now are
q nation, and appoint Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson a Committee to
prepare device for Great Seal OF the United
States of America" -
The committee turned to professional artist
for help. Frenchman Du Simetiere, then
resident in Philadelphia, was consulted. He
developed composition featuring Norman
shield divided into six quarterings each of which
he suggested should represent group Of citizens
in relation to the country in Europe from which
the group had migrated. The rose was to stand
for England, the thistle for Scotland, the harp
for Ireland, the feur de lis for France, lion for
Holland and an eagle for Germany.
But Du Simetiere's design did not please
Franklin and Adams, and Jefferson was requested
to submit something better, including the meri-
torious details of the French artists proposal
and Of sketches which they themselves turned in.
The drawing which Jefferson finally offered to
the Congress preserved the Norman shield and
the German eagle This heraldic idea however
was not accepted. The Congress proved hard
to please. Indeed, the whole matter of the
Great Seal was neglected until 1882, when John
Hanson, president of the Confederation Congress,
appointed Henry Middleton, Elias Boudinot and
Edward Rutledge a committee "to prepare
suitable device"
These gentlemen tried to persuade the Con-
gress to be satisfied with Jeffersons adaptation
of Du Simetiere's conception. When that prop
osition was declined, Charles Thomson, congress
Sonal Secretary was told to work out a solution
for the problem He conferred with Boudinot
and DR.. Arthur Lee; and they appealed to Will
Barton, brother of DR.. Benjamin Barton. It was
young Barton who expanded the eagle into a
ssll-dedged symbol, displayed proper, holding
Evening star., 1950-07-30
By Frederick Brown Harris
Pastor, Foundry Methodist Church:
Chaplain, United States Senate

inoculates with\ its poisonous propa-
ganda.
Woe unto the nation which turns
from it's spires and it's affairs! For, as
warns a modern prophet. new altars
will surely be built to idols with terrible
faces and bloody hands, carrying whips
and swords
The U. N. police forces in South Korea
are fighting against the pulverizing ham,
mer and for the harmonizing spires.
Syngman Rhee, President of the Korean
republic, is consistent representative of
the gospel of the white spire. 1t is that
faith which sustained him across the
long struggling years with hopes de-
ferred. Facing colossal obstacles. beset
by foes without and within, and with the
high-poWer North Korean radio blanket
ing the entire country with speciouS
harangues against foreign" domination.
this gentle Christian statesman now
often is maligned by the Soviet SANDER
ing technique as stern and heartless
and ''reactionary" dictator What could
better refute all that false witness than
the testimony of John Foster Dulles?
After his recent trip to Korea, he said
that, undoubtedly, one of the chief
reasons for the ruthless invasion from
the north was the growing success Of
the democratic experiment south of the
dividing line.
Again and again, during the long
years when he was valiant soldier fight
ing in America for his enslaved land,
Syngman Rhee knelt humbly to receive
from the hands of this writer the Sacra-
mental bread and wine symbols of sac
rif1ce, dedication, and of the truth that
makes men free. Then, as now, he had
bread to eat of which the world knows
not. Last November a reporter asked
President Rhee what Importance he at
tached to the Christian church and its
activities and institutions in Korea. He
flashed back the answer: 1--WE base all
our hopes for democratic development
in Korea on the Christian movement.
Where else could we turn for help? 1t is
our only hope"
His confident eyes were upon that
sacred sign which, in his land and our
land and every land is the emblem Of
lifes skyward dimension-the white
spire.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
A pseudonyna is permissible only
7Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of 1Uriter. Please he brief.

to this serious problem, and we would
like to add, in the spirit of deepest SYM
pathy, that it obviously is going to be
very tough war; but then, things are
tough all over.
A Veteran,
A Draftee,
One of the College Set,
A 4-F,>
A Housewife.
Evening star., 1950-07-30

in his beak scroll inscribed with the motto viz:
e Pluribus Unum,' and in his dexter talon a
palm or an olive branch; in the other bundle
of 13 arrows; all proper"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-24
Former Agent At
Plattsburg Dies

Thomas Novel Golden, 65, of
South Vienna, former New York
Central depot agent at Plattsburg,
died at 1:20 a. m. Saturday in the
home of Rachel Smith, South
Vienna, where he had resided for
the last 18 years.
Mr.. Golden retired in August,
1949 because of i'll health. He was
the railroad agent in Marysville
prior to working in Plattsburg.
A son of Thomas Jefferson and
Shrenia Belle Tharp Golden, he
was born April %, 1885, in Speed
well, Ky. He never married.
He was member of the Ma
sonic lodge in Marysville and the
Baptist Church, Speedwell, KY
lie attended the South Vienna
Methodist Church after moving to
South Vienna.
Surviving are one brother, Dot
son Golden of Leroy, H., and %
nieces and nephews.
The body will be sent to Le-
Roy, H., for services and burial
in Oak Grove Cemetery there.
Voiine IS a Small Price Fo'
Liberty!