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The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-02-17
CLEAN NY. BACK YARD OF
jim CROW SAY STATE DEMO!

Albany NY. (Atlasl Democrat
leaders sharply charged Repubi-
can leaders with failing to lend
lis support in the past to measures
THAT vii outlaw insurance comp
any discrimination based on race,
color or national origin.
The debate was touched off by
Senator Alfred f sanfangle, Man
haitian Democrat when he introduc-
ed resolution which called for
the creation 81 a joint legislative
committee to ascertain the extent
Of discrimination and determine
legislation needed to wipe it out.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-02-17

University. That was before the
era Of bold liberalism. There is
no excuse today for lame efforts,
for if bieotry is TO find the going
hard. concentration must be point
ed IN education
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-02-17
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Evening star., 1950-12-10

in park preservation 20 years ago led to the
States exclusion from the Capper Cramton park
development program, under which Maryland
has made numerous park purchases with Federal
grants and loans. Northern Virgnias belated
anxiety over its shrinking park land has
prompted the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission to recommend legislation to
permit allotment of up to $4,5OO000 to Virginia
for park acquisition. The legislation would be
in the form of an amendment to the pending
National Capital Planning bill, which has passed
the Senate and is before the House District
Committee
Congress should see that the Capper Cram
ton amendment passes-either as part of the
planning bill or as an addition to the Capper-
Cramton Act itself. The planned development
of the whole metropolitan region requires the
preservation of at least some of the few re-
naming sylvan areas in nearby Virginia.
Evening star., 1950-12-10

reckoned With-just as in the material
world gravity is still there, no matter
what any transgressor with free choice
may do about 20th-story window.
The most tragic heresy Is to interpret
the sayings of Jesus as beautiful but not
workable, as belonging in life's scented
gardens but not on its busy highways.
So-called practical people often seem
to assume that Jesus dealt in dreamy
ideals: but that life itself is deals, and
not ideals. But Christ was not reveling
in pretty pictures when He talked about
the Family of God. He was dealing in
reality as hard as granite. Humanity
is where it is today because it is a
family and won't act as if it were. It
is increasingly evident that the One
Family idea is the only thing that will
work among frail creatures of dust on
this little spinning island in the sky.
Suppose the situation no matter what
anybody's religious beliefs" may be, is
just what Jesus warned when, pointing
to His teachings He said with a SOL
emnity like tolling bells: "Whosoever
shall fall upon this stone shall be
bruised; but upon whomsoever this
stone shall fall, he shall be ground to
powder" That is stated with the con-
fident assurance of a tested chemical
experiment. 1t is the working of the
law of cause and effect in the spiritual
universe.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Mr.. Brown on the GriddIe

In his column appearing in The Star
of December 4. Constantine Brown has
taken very rash and unrealistic position
with regard to the nterrelationships of
military strategy and overall policy in
time of war. He states: I'm the Far
East war we appear to have adopted a
new military concept; namely, that mill
tary strategy is subordinate to diplomatic
policy. At no time in history has such
concept ever had validity" This is
piece of shockingly dangerous-and de-
onstrable-nonsense.
A famous statement of the military
theorist, Won Clausewitz, may be summed
up to the effect that war is politics
(policy) continued by other means. It
is meaningless. or at least very mislead-
ing, to say that war is not policy" as
Mr.. Brown does in the sentence follow
ing on the above quotation from his
column.
Let us not be misled by the fact that
Mr. Brown chooses to call this supposed
innovation new military concept"
This statement reverses democratic prin-
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Virqinio Park Authority

Virginia's move to preserve some of it's
rapidly diminishing park areas in Arlington
and Fairfax Counties was made none too soon.
The Virginia National Capital Park Authority
comes into being as new residential projects are
springing up along or in wooded lands that
should be saved foE park purposes The new
agency, authorized by the General Assembly
earlier this year, will provide the leadership
which has been needed to prevent further de-
struction of possible park sites.
The Park Authority will have an important
role to play if Congress grants to Virginia the
right to participate in benefits of the Capper-
Cramton Act. Virginia's lack Of interest
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Mr.. Trumon's Private Letters

1t can be left to those whose judgment has
never yielded to rash impulse to belabor the
President because of the letter he has written
to Music Critic Paul Hume of the Washington
Post There will be enough of them.
For the rest of u.s. the reaction is one of
deep regret Mr. Truman has been under an
inordinate strain. The death of a close friend,
the cruel responsibilities imposed by the factors
which threaten our civilization, are enough to
bring man to the breaking point. But
President of the United States cannot afford
to give way. The people look to him for leader
ship, and he has duty to provide that leader
ship. He must not permit any personal provoca-
ton, real or fancied, to cause him to neglect
that duty.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Spires of the Spirit
On His Shoulders

The festivity of Christmas, with all
its dazzling decorations, is but the frame
for stupendous fact The tinseled lane
brings one only to a dead end, blind
alley. unless it leads to throne.
The burning question of this fear
some hour is, Upon what shoulders
shall the government of mankind rest?
Back of all other questions that is the
fundamental question that is being asked
amid the subterfuges and camouf1ages,
the charges ana the countercharges
reverberating in the conference chamber
of the United Nations.
Christmas has to do with government,
which means human relationships. The
highest glory and the deepest truth of
Advent is supremely expressed in that
conf1agration of soaring song which we
call 1.-The Messiah" as Isaiah's glowing
prophecy is set to Handels cadences:
And the government shall be upon His
shoulders. And He must reign for ever
and ever!'
Now the most exciting and thrilling
thing about the claims of Christmas is
that they are true. It's assumptions are
absolutely valid, it's ultimate sway is
inevitable. The precepts and principles
VI bllC Sl1t wiz Vic oCClllCllCAl
Babe are the very laws of the moral
and spiritual world. No matter how
theology may endeavor to explain
Christs personality, it is more and more
evident that He had broken through to
reality and that He stood with His back
against the moral pillars of the universe
when He declared: Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but my words shall
not pass away" The future belongs to
Him. The government must be upon
His shoulders. There is no alternative
but calamity and collapse.
1.-THE Sermon on the Mount is some
thing more than a kind of behavior
pattern put out in a de luxe edition by
a kind of celestial Emily Post for pious
people who want to be meticulously
correct and awfully nice" 1t is the con-
stitution of the Kingdom of God. The
vital precepts uttered by that One who
is mans Best Man, loves Best Love"
are wrought into the very fabric of
human life. Even when they are con-
temptuously rejected they are still to be
Evening star., 1950-12-10
HIiterocy and the Draft

Aroused by the high rate of reflections of
Maryland draftees as result of intelligence
tests the enterprising Southern Maryland Times
is campaigning editorially for a lberalized
policy to give even illiterates an opportunity
to serve in this emergency. The Weeklys sug
geston makes lot of sense In view OF the
need for military manpower.
The large number of draftee reflections for
mental disqualiications is not confined to Mary
land General Hershey, selective service director,
has depIored the trend and has urged the re-
examination of rejecteeS where the percentage
of reflections has been abnormally high. The
national average is about IS per cent. There
have been charges that some young men have
flunked the mental tests deliberately to evade
induction
But the Southern Maryland paper is not
so much concerned with slackerS, which it be-
lieves to be relatively few in number. 1t is
interested in the plight of youths who, be-
cause of inadequate schooling, are turned away
by draft boards despite their willingness to join
the Army The Times believes these men should
be accepted if they are otherwise qualified, and
given elementary instruction in the three RS.
The Army conducted such courses during World
Was II and obtained some useful soldiers in
the process.
One of the obstacles to such program right
now is the lack of sufficient instructors for train
ing of the men already inducted. This shortage
of instructors has kept the monthly draft quotas
below the totals really needed for national
security. But when more instructors become
available and as the manpower demands grow,
serious consideration should be given to ac-
cepting illiterate men who are willing to fight.
Evening star., 1950-12-10

long obituary article appeared in
The Star on November 80, following the
~, :. death of Eugenia
Dies the same day.
she was de-
scribed as "a great-grandniece of the
immortal American patriot" and as
founder and one of the vice presidents
of the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution. Employed in clerical capacity
in the Post Office Department, she was
go years of age at the close of her
career. With regard to her part in
launching the OAR, The Star said. Her
conception of the necessity of forming
a society to preserve the early history
OF people and the events which COM
blned to establish the liberty of the Re-
public was inspired by her fear that
the fresher glories of the Civil War
might dim the luster of those in the
distant past" The other founders rec
ognized by the OAR after half century
were Mrs. Mary Lockwood, Mrs. Ellen
Hardin Walworth and Mary Desha.
The amusement column of The Star
for November %, 1900, announced that
Way Down East would be
'Woy Down presented at the National
Eost' Theater-"a pastoral play,
notable for its genuine
heart interest, it's cleanliness and it's
perfect binding of delicate pathos and
honest humor of the homely, country
sort" A coherent plot" distinguished
the drama THE moral is not obtruded,
and the lesson must be taken by in
ference by the spectator himself. It is
triumph of stage realism, and many Of
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

the effects shown have never been
third act, the maple sugar camp with
its snow-laden trees and cracking
branches in the fourth, and the repro
duction of the farm of Squire Bartlett
in the first act are all strikingly effective.
It takes three special cars to carry the
scenery and properties used in this play"
The cast included: Phoebe Davis. Odell
Williams, Phoenix Haney, j. H. Bunney
Frank Bell, Ella Hugh Wood, Sarah
Stevens, Mabel Strickland, Caro- Gordon
Leigh, Frank Currier, Uric B. Collins
and many other Washington favorites."
A telegram from New York, printed in
The Star on November 81, 1900. said:
"The police Of Ho-
AnorchIst Plot boken, N. j., have re-
Revealed ceived letter alleging
the existence of a plot
to assassinate President Mckinley. The
writer of the letter gave in his communi
cation the name of the alleged chief
conspirator, which the police refuse to
make public at this time. The letter,
which is illegibly signed, is as follows:
Sir: Having almost thoroughly assured
myself of an anarchist plot against his
excellency, Mckinley, I consider it my
duty to advise you of the name of one
who is more than suspected of being a
leader, whose name is found in the
enclosed slip. He is fugitive from JUS
tice and dangerous man, having been
convicted several times, and on the last
occasion being sentenced to five years
imprisonment for an anarchist attempt.
MY statement can be verified on appeal
ing to the prefect of police at Paris.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Thought for the Day

We, of this country, face certain
threats: Mainly. Communism. It is
here, and it is abroad. 1t is steadfastly
spreading everywhere.
Our Government is fighting this to the
best of it's ability. OF course, it doesn't
do anything right! They've put scads
of money into uncertain projects. They
have passed a bill (the Internal Security
Act) which will not run the Communist
Party out of the country, but run them
underground. They seem to take their
time in meeting things of immediate
necessity, such as the Chinese inter-
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Mr.. Acheson: Right or Wrong?

The Republican contingent in the Senate
will decide this week whether the demand for
Secretary Achesons resignation is to be made a
party matter. The Senators should think long
and carefully before coming to their decision.
Those who are clamoring for Mr.. Acheson's
official scalp have argument which runs
something like this: The Secretary of State has
lost the confidence of the American people.
Therefore, he must go. It doesn't matter whether
the things that are being said about him are
true or not.
The Star thinks that it does matter.
If Mr.. Acheson has failed as Secretary of
State, If he is responsible for faulty decisions
that have been injurious to the country, then
there can be no argument. He should be re-
placed. But this is not something that should
be taken for granted or that should be believed
merely because somebody says that 1t is true.
Where is the evidence? What decisions are the
critics talking about?
Again. if it is true that Mr. Acheson no
longer enjoys the confidence of the people, if
it is fact that he has become a liability rather
than an asset, then the President may have to
replace him. In a time such as this, national
considerations should come first. But these ifs
are big ifs Where is the proof that the people
have lost confidence in Mr.. AcheSon? Some have,
without doubt, but what about the majority?
The speeches of Senators, who may or may not
be influenced by partisan motives, are not neces-
sarily in harmony with the sentiment of major
ity of the people in this country.
There is another point that should be con-
sidered. Glib arguments to the contrary, the
difference between doing the right thing and
the wrong thing is something that does matter
If Mr.. Acheson, on the whole record has done a
creditable job as Secretary of State, and The
Star believes that he has, the right thing to do
is to support him. The wrong thing would be
to throw him to the wolves for the sake of a
harmony which probably would be both illusory
and of brief duration.
This country is going through period of
great trial The temptation to do the expedient
thing is strong. But when we have passed
through whatever lies ahead, all of us will feel
better in our hearts and in our consciences if
we can look back and say that we have tried to
do the right thing, that we have not permitted
any one to stampede us into accepting the doc
trine that the difference between right and wrong
is something that doesn't matter.
Evening star., 1950-12-10

ciple so deftly that it might pass un-
noticed, barring exposure. The new"
concept of the supremacy of the civil
over the military power-read policies"
has a venerable history in democratic
theory and practice. Any new" concept
introduced here would appear to consist
though very obliquely-in the proposal
that this order of things be reversed.
Admitting the urgent nature of the
struggle of the free world against world
Communist imperialism and, thank
God, we are not alone in combating this
peril, but join our forces and policies
with other nations in the United Ma
tions-the abandonment of this new"
concept could result only in the loss of
our liberties, Of our moral position and
conviction and. consequently, Of the
military victory as well.
Another aspect Of Mr.. Browns argu-
ment which cannot be allowed to pass
unchallenged is his attempt, after having
turned the order of things topsy- -turvy
in the first place, to put the definitive
curse on policy" by calling it 'diplo-
matte policy" (Foreign policy by any
name will smell as sweet. Mr. Brown) If
military strategy is not subordinate to
the larger area of foreign policy, then
Mr.. Browns argument leads inevitably to
the conclusion that considerations of
military strategy should predominant
over all other aspects of foreign policy.
Aside from the fact that such course
Is morally unthinkable and militarily
impracticable. it would appear to call
for some species of military dictatorship:
first, to possess the desire for such mad
course and, secondly, to carry it through.
Mr.. Browns difficulties would seem to
be both ethical and archaeological ones:
Cd 1mmoderate employment of the tech
niques of loading" an argument by the
use of color words and rhetorical ma
nipulations not subject to logical anal
ysis: and co Indulgence in that favor
lte exeJcise of pseudo -intellectuals, which
consists in sonorously invoking all of
history to witness to the eternal verify of
concepts that give every appearance of
having been elaborated on the spot to
lend scholarly authority to a point of
proof.
Mr.. Brown is performing a much
greater service to his public when he
sticks to pungent statements of opinion
and fact than when he attempts to
elevate superficial aspects of contem-
porary military difficulties to the level
of an historical mystique.
Ernest V. Hollis, jr.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
The Korean Civilians

Although overshadoWed by news about the
bleak tide of battle, the plight of the civilian
population is not the least grim of the stories
38th Parallel, scores of thousands of nom
combatants-together with their children-have
an understandable dread of the prospect of
continued Chinese Communist advance Their
great anxiety-which the Red underground is
trying to convert into sense of panic-StemS
from the fact that they want to be free, that
they have openly demonstrated that feeling
through their support of American and allied
United Nations forces and that therefore they
are likely to be marked for savage reprisals If
and when the aggressors overrun the whole
country and catch up with them
So it is not surprising that large numbers
of them have been thinking desperate thoughts
about what is to become of them. Who in the
free world can fail to feel the deepest sympathy
for them? A terror they have already expert
enced is crowding in on them again, and 1t is
only natural for them to seek an avenue of
escape But what avenue is there? Where can
they go? How can they get out If the criminal
invaders continue to drive forward? The ques-
tions speak for themselves. These people deserve
we'll of the United Nations. Their situation is
one of the many reasons why no effort should
be spared to stop the advance of the aggresSors
That may not be possible, but every measure
must be taken to make it possible All the
threatened Koreans have right to expect that
nothing will be left undone-Wthin the limits
of military reason-to safeguard them.
Evening star., 1950-12-10
Our 'Show-Window'
By Bruce Borton

Daniel w. Bell. former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and now
president of bank in Washington.
headed group of American citizens
who spent some weeks in the Philippines
and submitted a shocking report to
the President
The report was no surprise to me- A
business friend of mine, who had gone
to- Manila hoping to establish a branch
of his company, had told me things
even more shocking. He had met and
talked with every member of the
Philippine cabinet except one. He Said
Manila is a sewer of graft. theft and
corruption. The Government is busted
and its checks are bouncing all over
the place. Every politician is raking in
fortune
He asked one member of the cabinet
who had boasted 100000 income:
What income tax do you pay?"
Don't make me laugh" the minister
said. None of us pays an income tax"
What is the corporation tax?"
Twelve and half per cent. Some
of the radicals are agitating for Is
per cent, but we don't intend to stand
for anything like that"
1Hc ItllllpplIlco IldNc UCcu IldACu
as Americas "shoW- window in the
Orient"-the living proof that we can
successfully play God" to other peoples.
We took control under the noblest
protestations of idealism. We have had
sort of Marshall Plan there for half
a century, pouring in billions. Now Mr..
Bell recommends $50 millions more.
subject to certain conditions Without
doubt it will be accepted to be followed
by more hundreds of millions.
The same newspaper which carried
the Bell report brought us doleful tidings
from Korea Hanson W. Baldwin, famed
military expert of the New York Times.
says that it is true today, as it was
last June, that from strictly military
point of view, Russia can gobble up
Korea any time she wants and we
cannot stop her.
It will be interesting to have a Bell
report on Korea so years from now.
with an estimate of how many more
millions will be required there.
Assuming, of course, that by that time
our people have any money left.
Copyright. 1850 King Features Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1950-12-10

France The writer of this letter the
story will be investigated" What came
of the checkup apparently never was
publicized. But President Mckinley
really was in danger.
In the society column of The Star of
December 4, 1900 the following para
,.,, graph was included:
mary Nori'sies Mrs. Calderon Carlisle
Debut entertained at an aft
ernoon reception yes
terday in honor of the debut of her
daughter, Miss Mary Carlisle, who was
presented to gathering which reflected
most delightfully."- the indisputable charm
of an assemblage of the oldest residential
families as we'll as that of diplomatic
and official circles. The flowers sent the
debutante were so plentiful that the two
drawing rooms seemed literally a great
bouquet. The handsome hostess, goWned
in pale blue silk and lace and exquisite
pearls, and her fair young daughter, in
white crepe trimmed with rosebuds, re-
ceived in the middle room. The Duchess
d'Arcos, in white silk and lace, and Mrs.
Frederick B. Mcclure, in gray crepe.
presided at the tea table. Miss Jane
Riggs, Miss McCauley, Miss Sargent and
Miss Winslow were also in the receiving
party. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle afterward
entertained at a large supper those who
had assisted at the reception and other
friends" Today Mary Carlisle is Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, pianist, composer,
generous patron of music. Her husband
long was vice president of the Board of
Directors of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association.