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Evening star., 1950-10-02
Now for the Big Series

So, it will be the National Leagues Phillies
against the American Leagues Yankees in the
Forthcoming World Series of baseball. Until the
tenth inning yesterday 1t looked as though q
little World Series" play-on was in prospect
between the Phils and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
But that home run by Dick Sister, with two on
the bases ahead of him, was more than enough
to give Philadephia its second National League
pennant In history. It is hard to believe that
the big series itself will produce more spine
ztingling ball game than the tight contest at
Brooklyn proved to be-
{ :. The tPhillies go into the series under the
psychological handicap Of a distressing string of
losses In the hnal stages of the National League
race whether yesterdays bright victory, much
credit for which goes to young Robin Roberts,
the Phillies' 20-game winner, will snap the team
out of the doldrums which seemed to africt 1t in
recent weeks is a big question. The New York
Yanks are formidable aggregation, even though
they cannot match the strength Of some of their
predecessors.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
BY Charles {. TroceweN
Edward D. Ransohon.

and such way. so that in some nayste-
rious. manner the hoped for thing or
event would arrive. all in due time. due
to the impingement Of will on destiny,
or something or other.
Today, will power. as force and en-
tity, has given way to the ego and the i'd.
Freud usurps Kant, in the popular
mind. 5s. ~.
Even Schopenhauer takes back seat.
Now we read 1.-THE Mature Mind" and
wonder what next.
Well, the best next for the individ-
.ual may be q very simple thing.
A daily walk.
Just that, and nothing more.
In addition to the blood sent circulate
ing, there is the sheer fact Of being OUT
doors, where one lops up the most oxy-
gen, and above all puts ones self In su-
preme touch with the very environment
meant by nature for all good animals.
Let us not be ashamed of belonging to
the animal kingdom. There are some
very fine animals In the world, animals
whose minds never conceived such a
deyilish thing as an atom bomb, animals
whose paws have never dropped on other
animals death from the skies.
Maybe II more men tried to find out
the good points IN animals, they would
be ashamed of themselves and give up
some Of the bad traits Of human beings.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Arlington Bridge

There Is, across Potomac's stream,
{ a mystic bridge fyet all mag see)
From Northern dream to Southern
dream, ~,
Leading from, lincoln up to Lee.
1t spans the guilt that suadered ,oids
A Nation In her mad distress,
Symbol that no1o alone abide
Forgetting and torgettulness.
From, Lincoln leading up to Lee,
From Lee to Lincoln leading dotcn:
Each lued and died for liberty;
Immortal is their 1Dorld renotDr.
Not pictory but Oalor giUes
The hero in our hearts shrine;
Say not In yours that Lincoln lDes
Alone, and Lee alone In mine.
Ask not ,otose 1o1s the 1,obler loUe,
or who ,pds right and t0ho ipos
1Drong;
Remember only ho1D they stroUe
Like men, and suffered, and pers
strong.
Calm in the Temple OF the States
The soul OF Lincoln fingers on;
And Lees great spirit consecrates
E His homeland heights of Arlington.
Foes OF the Past, nom brothers all,
Your captains By the peaceful riper
Upon you, as their FOLLOWERS, cnH
70 clasp your hands tn lone forever.
ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE.
Evening star., 1950-10-02

Autumn means many things TO many
people.
To some, it will mean the return Of
an opportunity to walk.
Humid summer weather is not exactly
the best for the amateur pedestrian.
Cool days give every one an incentive
to put ones best foot forward.
There are all sorts of walkers. and
many ways to walk; there Is the neces-
sary walk, and the walk the doctor or
ders; there is the walk because one has
to, and the walk because one wants to
walk.
Charles Dickens thought nothing at all
of making fifteen miles in the rain be-
fore dinner-or was it after dinner?
It made no difference. because Dick
ems was a giant. His fifteen-mile stroll
would kill the invalid.
A little walking, now and then, is not
only the best constitutional exercise.
Above all, it necessarily gets one out
into the open air.
This is an achievement In itself.
scarcely known as such to the person
who naturally likes to stay outdoors.
Modern American civilization has bred
up millions of persons, who, strange as
1t may sound to those who may not have
thought much on the matter, neverthe-
less are indoors most Of the time.
Standing On corner for bus, or
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This and That

walking next door to engulf q sandwich
and O. cola drink, cannot be called out
door life.
For these indoor people, who bend
their mid-sections forward over type
writers or desks, including stenographers.
clerks and lordly executives. there Is
a great need Of more outdoor life.
They all realize it, but not many OF
them do much about it. except once .
year. and then they generally overdo 1t.
coming back to work with reddened skin
and mosquito bites.
Everyday outdoor life, IL they could
manage It, would be much better, even
the most careless of them knows.
That 1t can be managed. in most cases,
is sure, but 1t requires what our grand
fathers called will e
Once upon time. will power held the
center OF the psychological stage.
Learned men write books about 1t.
Kant and other famous Germans, among
others: everybody said his friend must
use will power, II he wanted to overcome
handicaps. or work his way out Of dim
culties.
Poor sick people were earnestly i'm
plored by their felatives to ''use your will
power"
They were entreated to think IN such
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Employing the Handicapped

The annual drive to secure employment for
handicapped persons starts today. It's objective
is Jobs for people who physically able to work
but thus far are unemployed. Basically, the
campaign is an educational effort. 1t aims at
teaching one group of citizens to appreciate the
talents and experience OF another group. The
principle involved is that of a proper evaluatlon
of ability. History abounds with illustrations OF
the powers of handicapped persons to JUSTIFY
their existence in terms of useful service. -:.
Such individuals generally are more deeply
interested in achieving success IN a chosen line
of work than their unimpaired contemporaries
are apt to be. The challenge of an opportunity
stirs them to their best endeavor not merely IN
the sense of appealing to professional pride but
also because it gives them chance to prove their
right to "an even break with their neighbors
This DYNAMIC force often has been remarked by
snectators. 1t almost seems as if Providence has
granted the average handicapped man or woman
an extra share of determination to win In the
struggle of life.
Industrial engineers call the demonstration
of this phenomenon superior productivity.
Blind persons employed inspecting cables are
more ef1icient than people who are not oiino'
Their faculty of touch has been increased ny
their loss of sight Similarly deaf people develop
seeing ability beyond that OF hearing people.
"rhe law of compensation" is manifested In
thousands of cases-and society at large H the
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Pedestriuns' Plight

The Star recently reported the fatal
injury Of q pedestrian on Pennyslvanaa
avenue by o bus. Eye-witnesses stated
that the pedestrian was crossing the
Avenue on the green light. while the
bus-with the vision Of the operator
cut OF by passengers-made the turn
on the green light.
Rule IS states that when approaching
an uncontrolled crosswalk. the driver OF
a vehicle must yield the right OF way
to pedestrians crossing within any
marked or unmarked crosswalk. 1t 10
worth the life of any one who wants TO
test out this rule. Cars no longer even
hesitate, particularly In making right
or left sweeps" in main arteries. Ihey
cut corners, and run you down without
restraint. Any one who tries to take ad-
vantage of Rule Is will wind up In the
hospital in short order.
Rule II provides that at intersections
controlled by lights, or an ofhcer. drivers
shall yield right Of, way to pedestrians
crossing or those who have started to
cross on a green signal. At Seventh and E
streets NV, an out-of-town motorist
who had good manners and was "nosing
in" carefully on pedestrians was given q
siren salute by District drivers behind
him, who resented any delay IN their
travel because Of consideration given
pedestrian.
The police apparently have no interest
in the enforcement Of trafdc regulations
for the protection Of pedestrians. Of
ficers in squad cars are as hagrant Of
tenders as other motorists. They have
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Alexander B. Trowbridge

s. Architecture has need of its statesmen, and
Alexander B. Trowbridge was one Of them. Espe-
cially toward the end of his professional career
he was a consultant with other designers in the
making, of buildings Of outstanding beauty and
utility. He shared with Paul P. Cret in the de-
velopment' of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
certainly q noble achievement, and he was
associated with Pierson and Wilson in the crea-
ton of the Library of Congress Annex, perhaps
the most satisfactory structure OF its kind IN the
world.
4 Mr.. Trowbridge brought to such work
compelling enthusiasm as well as wide experience
and sound judgment His natural gifts OF dignity
and charm were practical assets in negotiations
between sponsors and contractors. He was
diplomat, and there were numerous occasions
when his skill in that regard was called into
helpful service But it was not exclusively on the
business side that he was effective. When he was
young he had been not only thorough student
of esthetics but quite as definitely popular
teacher of the philosophy which yields taste and
discernment His own personal attainments as
an artist were many and notable.
Much OF his labor, as 1t happened brought
him no financial reward. Mr.. Trowbridge gave
generously of his time and strength to the
Architectural League of New York, the American
Federation of Arts, Washington Cathedral,
Hampton Institute and various other cultural
and religious agencies. He was faithful church.
man and q devoted patriot His life was spent
for high ideals. Yet he always remained man
among men, agreeable to meet, congenial to
know, endowed with the saving benefaction OF
humor.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
By George Weller

I'd OME.-Conf1ned by age to q single
IN crowded room in Roman nunnery.
S7-year-old George Santayana, dean OF
American philosophers, Is following with
boyish excitement the fortunes Of Amer
ica's armies in Korea.
Santayana, busy, twinklng old gen.
tleman in neatly mended pajamas. fol-
lows the GIs with special interest be-
cause they liberated him from the Nazis
in 1914. But even when liberated, San
tayana stayed cheerfully in his cloister.
waiting for the world to come to him.
santayana follows our troops in two
ways: BY scrutinizing newspapers
through his magnifying glass In his
sleep, through dreams.
II dreamed last night about a new
landing of American troops" he told .
visitor in September. But" he
added meticulously, ''the soldiers in my
dream landed only in q limited sense.
Geographically they were In Korea, yes.
But they had not unloaded their sup
plies nor set up their guns. So actually.
rs soldiers. they were not there, were
they?"
The visitor was somewhat shaken. q
few hours later, to hear newsboys Shout
ing word that Americans had landed at
Inchon.
In 1912 Santayana walked out Of Har-
ward at midyear. came to Europe and
never went back. Why? II was bored
with teaching. Besides. I'd reached h
point where had to teach my own
philosophy. hated doing that. was
never really q professor, always q stu
dent"
An inherited income enabled him to
seek his spiritual fortune in Europe after
a generation of gentlemanly dueling with
William James. papa Of American prag-
niatism. Still impish today. Santayana
talks like the modern campus rebel
conformist. the bachelor junior-profes-
sor, witty and evasive, who snubs faculty
meetings and dresses too well to be re-
Evening star., 1950-10-02

spectacle under the elms. Fifty years
ago James called him nervously. THAT
elegant fish,"
Santayana recalls exactly how he made
the Gandhi-ish change from dandy
into day laborer in the pale. hard
quarry of philosophy.
IT gave UP society on impulse" he
says. after a formal dinner at one
house was supposed to attend a dancing
party at another. went home to change.
But when I took of my dinner jacket
said to my self, Why on earth should
I 60 out again for more Of the same
thing?' I just kept right on undressing.
dropped into bed-and never went out
again"
Santayana lives on Mount Cello, one
Of Romes seven hills. with the Irish
order Of "The Little Company OF Mary"
better known. for their wells, as the Blue
Sisters" His life is confined voluntarily
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Hod Enough Potatoes?

Please end this silly potato controversy
going on In your paper. No matter
whether you call 'em Pommes de Terre
Souffle or mashed potatoes with chicken
gravy, they are still 'taters.
OF course, II you get nickels worth
Of mashed potatoes made with water at
your favorite cafeteria, they won't taste
as good as they did at home when your
mother made them with cream and
butter But by the same token, COM
mercial apple pie isn't as good as home
made apple pie with rich, daky crust
and loads Of goodies in the filling.
incidentally, the food costs in my little
lunchroom have gone UP another 2 per
cent in the past month. and If we don't
get price control law pretty soon. my
scent coffee and 55-cent lunch will be
things Of tho past.
Edward b. Ransohon.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Advertising in the Movies

I should like to denounce the personal
insult this and many another movie-goer
receives almost all the time now. I'm
talking about the practice by theater
operators Of forcing their patrons to sit
through minutes Of commercial adver-
tising regarding the candy. popcorn. and
other refreshments in the lobby Of these
theaters.
pay 50 cents to be entertained, not
to be sold something! This is purely
unsolicited advertising. and it gets my
goat. think that 1t should be stopped
Immediately. .,.....-
It is . good thing to be able to buy
refreshments II you care to; surely all
appreciate this convenience. Practically
all theaters today are clean, cool. and
pleasant places But since when does the
management have the right to capitalize
on the presence Of pleasure seeking pa
irons and foist on them self plugging
propaganda! ~. x~>42eatSnf = 4
And II the management would assert
this Service" Is at the request of Joe
Patron. then I'd say that was lot OF
bunk. Anybody has ample opportunity to
buy rcfreshment as he comes In the
theater: he has to walk by the. displays
And what's to stop him from getting up
when he feels hungry during intermission
and buying then?
Silver Spring Movie goer.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
The Trade of Space for Time

The Official "Well Done" cabled to General
Macarthur by the Commander in Chief contains
this passage
Few operations in military history can
match either the delaying action where you
traded space for time in which to build up your
forces. or the brilliant maneuver which has now
resulted in the liberation of Seoul
The amphibious landing by Marines and
infantrymen, with all the fine support from Navy
and air, was the stroke which brought victory
in Korea. 1t was delivered in accordance with
General MacArthurs concept which took form
almost as soon as the Korean war started. :
But when the history of this campaign is
written, the military people may place more
emphasis on what Mr.. Truman described, In his
congratulatory message, as trading space for
time"
This decision to trade space for time was q
command decision representing the choice be-
tween alternatives. It will be recalled that the
Presidents original announcement to. the Amer
lean people of our intercession in Korea spoke
only of air and sea support for the armies Of
South Korea The widely accepted inference
was that ground troops would not be committed.
At one time that may have been the plan,
but not General MacArthur's. He had the choice
between harassment of the invading forces with
air and sea bombardment and blockade, while
building up land force to strike later on; or of
committing land forces Immediately, not with
the idea of stopping but Of slowing up the
advance by q dogged maneuver Of withdrawal
one of the most difficult of all operations. He
chose the latter. He committed troops piecemeal,
without orthodox reserves. He subjected them,
and vicariously the country, to the seeming
humiliation Of continued defeat.
someday an adequate account Of the gal
lantry Of these troops unseasoned to battle,
lacking the right equipment in the beginning,
will be written. And In retrospect will doubtless
be shown that it was their courageous execution
of MacArthur,s orders, holding bridgehead
while the real punch was gathering force, which
saved many more lives than the victory now
has cost.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Vigilance, Not Vigilontes

Cumberland, an industrial city, has reason
to be extremely vigilant against subversve activ-
ties The Maryland city should take care, how
ever, to see that its vigilance does not take on
the character Of vgilante action. The note OF
caution is prompted by news stories about the
formation OF a tri-State maryland, West Vir-
ginia. PENNSYLVANIA watchdog committee" OF
police and private citizens ito hunt down Com
munists."
According to Police Commissioners Long OF
Cumberland, police railroad officers and veterans
will work together to ferret out subversive ac-
tiyities" in, the industrial region around Cum
berland "We are serving notice on the Red
element" he announced, @that any activity We
consider against this country will be scrutinized
very closely and reported TO the Federal Bureau
of Investigation"
If the scrutiny does not involve actual In
vestigation of suspected subyersive persons, the
plan may be helpful to the FBI. The President
has asked State county and municipal law en-
forcement authorities to- cooperate with the
FBI in its counterespionage work by reporting
promptly suspicious groups and individuals. But
Director Hoover of the FBI recently said: "Once
YOU have reported your information to the FBi,
do not endeavor to make private investigations.
This can best be done by trained Investigators
who have access to data acquired over the years
on individuals engaged In subverslve actlvlties'
Hvsteria, witch-hunts and vigilantes weaken
internal security" That is sound advice Tor
everyone to follow in this period OF public
anxiety over communistic inhltration OF govern
ment and industry. 49,
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Sontoyono, Still Going Strong at 81

to his bedroom, sprawling with books.
with folding screens masking his bed and
washbowl. Soft foods are his diet, be-
cause half his teeth are gone. But his
handshake is Arm and warm and his
fingers steady.
.Santayana's epicurean intellect wan-
ders all over the world, tempting people
like Robert Lowell. the Pulitzer Prize
poet, to visit him. Almost every one who
Hampers with philosophy sends him books.
Santayana's ivory tower Is = letterbox.
He does not, however; correspond with
John Dewey, Americas other senior
philosopher. Years ago we wrote, when
he thought was with James and him
self among the pragmatists. but we
stopped" A
Jacques Maritain, the French philoso-
pher who once taught In Chicago, tried
to get Santayanaa outdoors. hoping per-
haps to make hin, an elderly athlete like
Shaw. As ambassador to the Vatican.
Maritain had limousine. which he put
at Santayana's disposal.
"The chauffeur drove me around the
gardens OF the Pincio," says Santayana.
"I was bored, frst because my weak eye
sight prevented me from seeing the gar
dens, and second, because knew them
by heart already" The nuns OCCASION
ally wheedle him into walking in the
garden of a nearby villa, but he claims
the hard pebbles hurt his feet. ..
Santayana, whose cheeks are the color
Of tawny roses despite his indoor life.
works hard every morning on the last
volume OF his memoirs: "Dominations
and Powers"
He laughs at the Harvard legend that
he was so eager to escape the United
States that he walked out in the middle
OF q class. "It's not true" he says. my
departure from America was long and
deeply meditated.
But the wrong story doesn't bother
me. like false tradition even better
than the true kind. because the inven-
tion itself proves that it comes from
the heart"
tchieaso Daily News Fersisn serviee)
Evening star., 1950-10-02

gamer, If only enough jobs are provided. Par
ticularly with respect to disabled veterans of the
armed services, the attitude of the public should
be constructive.
The whole drive this year is correlated to
national defense. America needs all the man
power 1t possesses The campaign to obtain en-
ployment for the handicapped is, in effect, q
utilization and reclamation project for the
Nations greater security 1t should have the
active cooperation Of everybody.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
80 Percent Error

On Sunday. September IL, you were
kind enough to print letter from me
under the heading Five Irresponsible
Years" At that time was away from
home and 1t has just come to my atten-
ton.
In that letter ] made the. accusation
that Congress has for years been handing
out to the silver barons Of eight west
ern States subsidy Of "l0e per cent"
for all silver offered to the Government
for sale. AS it appeared In The Star, 1t
was stated as subsidies Of 40 per cent"
to the silver barons.
Would you be kind enough TO make
it clear that intended to say (and did
say) 100 per cent?
..~ 81. Albert d. Rust.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Pot and Kettle

w. Averell Hartman, special foreign
affairs assistant to President Truman said
in addressing the A. +. Of L. In Houston,
Tex, that Senator Taft follows policies in
line with Communist objectives and
should be voted out Of Congress to help
win the peace.
As recall, Mr.. Hartman was Ambas-
sador to Russia during the war when We
were playing footsie with Joe Stain. 1t
seems to me that Mr.. Hartman helped
arrange and attended such conferences
as Yalta and PotSdam, which encouraged
Russia's postwar expansion into the Far
East and into Western Europe. It seems
to me that the Communists and the Com
munist sympathizers in the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations are largely re-
sponsible for the Russian military
strength that now threatens the free
world.
It seems to me that Messrs. Truman
and Hartman have taken the Stain line
Of accusing their opponents OF the very
things Of which they themselves are
guilty. We will never get the Commu-
nists out Of our Government until We
remove the party that put them there
and that party Is the New Deal. the FAIR
Deal. 72 aEi@
Senator Taft is a loyal, conscientious,
able American. He possesses more Aoil-
ity than President Truman will possess
II he should live to be as old as Methu-
selah, and it is certainly below the Dig
nifty of the ofice Of President Tor Mr..
Truman to try to smear such sterling
character as Bob Taft. In doing this. ne
further illustrates his lack Of ability and
understanding Of the high ONCE which
he now unfortunately occupies.
George Z. Stringfellow,
East Orange, N. j.