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Evening star., 1950-09-24

seeks to pile up riches, to gather into
barns and banks in the mad race to get
on in the world, and which all the time
may be wearing out our tired hearts
breaking our taut nerves and starving
our neglected souls.
How keenly multitudes long for the
beautiful Isle of Somewhere was indi-
Gated by the phenomenal sale of Peace
OF Mind" in which a Hebrew rabbi
pointed the way to still waters. It is
made clear. in that golden volume and
In all other valid guides to TRANQUIL
mind. that the gate Isl narrow and that
superduous baggage may bar from the
high road. In the midst of a surging
sea OF things, multitudes in Vanity Fair
are forever seeking happiness and al
ways finding something less. The push
OF progress. the pressure of propaganda,
the drive Of mass production have not
enriched the quality of culture. They
have robbed us of peace and poise, filled
our hospitals with neurotics and the
streets Of our cities with hurrying peo-
pie who have forgotten even the grace
OF courtesy and who have lost the
sublime secret that Ito give is to live"
AS an observer of our Main streets has
put 1t, They jerk their way through
hectic days with an acceleration beyond
the capacity Of the human spirit to
endure"
Evening star., 1950-09-24
The Assembly and Red China

The General Assembly has acted wisely in
emphatically rejecting proposals by India and
the Soviet Union to admit Communist China into
the United Nations without further study or delay
The rejection does not preclude the possibility of
admission at some later date, but it does make
clear that the great majority is in no mood to
decide the issue, one way the other, right now.
One reason for this is that 43 of the As
semblyS SO members still recognize the Nation
alist government of Chang Kai-shek and are by
no means certain that they ought not to keep on
recognizing it, After all, lot of them have vet
to be convinced that Communist Peiping is not
Moscow's puppet or that it is really qualified to
speak for the people of China Moreover in view
of the harsh treatment accorded Western diplo-
matte personnel by the Chinese Reds-notoriously
so in the case of American Consul General Angus
Ward-there is natural and well-founded re-
luctance to admit them into U. N. membership.
In additon-and this is the most important i'm
mediate conSideration-the free world can hardly
act sensiby on the matter until it has a much
clearer understanding of the Mao governments
policy in relation to the North Korean aggressors
In the circumstances, the ASsemblys heavy
vote against the Indian and Russian resolutions
may be regarded as an act of good judgment.
The door, of course, has not been slammed shut
against Red China, for special seven-nation
Evening star., 1950-09-24

plan was recommended and approved by
tne chief OF engineers, U. s. A., and the
secretary OF War. Mr.. Casey, a famous
arcnltect In his time, had had much to
DO with the Library of Congress and
later was to design the Memorial Con-
tlnental Hall for the Daughters of the
american Revolution and to be associated
with George S. Morrison in designing
the Taft Bridge. But the many-toWered
memorial bridge publicized so years ago
last Friday never was built. The Arling-
ton Memorial Bridge which does exist
was the work of McKim, Mead & White.
1t dates from 1926, with a dedication
ceremony on January 18, 1882.
X
Wages were low half a century back.
The Star on September %, 1900. printed
Help Wanted fnr. m "yTt "Genf1en.an I,fHea,
ADVERTISEMENTS Stenographer and
typewriter of some
experience; wages $6 week to start"
The same column contained card read
Ing: Wanted: Young man in law office
to write and be useful: give qualifications
and last school attended, salary, 81 a
week" Clerks in business Offices were
paid SIS weekly. The rate for laborers
in the construction industry was $1.50 a
day Soap statesmen received $12 weekly
"and expenses or commission" But, of
course. money went further in "the horse
and buggy age" than it does now.
One Of the city's mercantile land
marks was inaugurated into service on
September 26, 1900, and
The Mons The, Star for the next
Store day told about it in this
manner: "a blaze of
electric bulbs, garden of palms and
handsome floral pieces, the new home
of The Mans Store at 1005-1007 Penn
Sylvania avenue, was thrown open to
the public last evening. The reception
hours were from 7:30 to 10:30 o'clock.
but owing to the crush of callers it was
after II o'clock when the doors were
closed. The evening was most enjoy
able one. D. j. Kaufman, proprietor
of the establishment welcomed his
guests, who were afterward shown
through the various departments by the
large corps of clerks and employees, all
attired in evening dress. :. The Kauf-
man store is one of the handsomest in
the City and the largest devoted ex-
to mems belongings. Mr.. Kauf-
mans success during the past three
years has been wonderful. Some
months ago he was fortunate in Sc
curing an adjoining building for the
purpose Of enlarging his store. The
Evening star., 1950-09-24
General Marshall Returns
Televiewer.

Regarding your editorial General
Marshall Returns in the September 13
issue. should like to comment that the
f1neness of Gen. Marshall as a person
and his high military reputation should
not obscure the fact that he has hereto
fore. in diplomacy. gone along with Mr..
Acheson's policies. His mission to China.
which bore the Acheson stamp, was no
less disastrous than If he had not had
one OF the finest military regulations in
the world.
There is the fear that the President
has made this Cabinet change in the
hope that the halo of prestige which is
Gen. Marshall's as military leader will
serve as dazzling binder. AS long as
Mr.. Acheson remains influential, how
ever, replacements of other key officials
cannot produce confidence that we have
regained our equilibrium on the verge
OF disaster.
Shirley Campbell.
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Letters to The Star -.

IN the square Of his choice, with the
other square left blank. We are glad the
amended law SO provides. The new form
OF course, will be on the ballot at the
November election, because Judge Brown
ordered 1t on September last.
So we fail to see what good purpose
is served now by Mr.. Ward in trying to
make an issue of a few phrases published
IN one newspaper prior to September
and which item is wholly Irrelevant now.
We think 1t is time for the member
ship OF these civic associations in Fair
fax County to take cognizance of the
various statements issued in their behalf
and to call halt to the tactics of mis-
representation which are being en-
ployed and which were directed at our
Commission from the beginning of our
work four months ago. We do not think
such tactics will help the County Man
ager cause among minded people,
We think it is better to promote a spirit
OF harmony, and we welcome a fair de-
bate on the real issues.
Walter Grain.
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Government Study Report

have noted that Harold Ward has
been writing letters to the newspapers
cr1ticizing the Fairfax County Study
Commission on County Government, on
which I had the privilege of serving as
chairman.
In one Of these letters. Mr.. Ward
speaks of the work of the civic associa-
tionS but neglects to note that, while
there were some associations which con-
tributed valuable data to us, there were
others among them favoring the County
Manager form who did everything they
could to discredit in advance the
work Of the Commission and the in
tegrity Of its members. Some of these
same individuals and groups have not
ceased their sniping tactics, even though
the commissions report has received
vide acclaim inside and outside the
county.
Mr.. Ward sarcastically refers to So
called errors" in our report and seeks
to magnify out of all Importance q
stenographic error in our advance copy.
He fails to state that in the official copy
which we filed with the Board of Super
vlsors, the so-called error" did not
appear. The Commission had recon-
mended that the form of ballot in Sec
ton 1928 of the Virginia Code be
adopted, and we need not have inserted
the actual text Of those provisions,
though in so doing our first copies did
not include the slight change made by
the last Legislature.
So that all who read this letter may
understand the point. the law which
was in effect until this year asked the
voters to strike out, by drawing q line
through 1t. the choice they wished to
reject. whereas the amended law pro-
vides square opposite each choice so
cheek mark can be placed by the voter
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Shirley Campbell.

two buildings have now been merged
into one and are stocked with goods
which were carefully selected through
out and have about them a Kaufman
style and originality"
Inc following paragraph appeared in
The Star for September "a, 1900: Miss
Alice Hayes, daughter of
Miss Hoyes Mr.. and Mrs Henry G.
Departing Hayes of Capitol Hill, ac-
companied by her brother.
Stephen Hayes of Pittsburgh, sailed Sat-
uroay Tor England, en- route to Bombay
Inola, where Miss Hayes marriage to
capt Charles Archer of the British Army
Will take place. During their short stay
In england, Miss Hayes and her brother
Will be the guests of Capt. Archer's par
ents. The interesting romance leading
up to the marriage began 18 months ago.
when Miss Hayes was visiting in England.
Capt. Archer followed her to this country
last fall, and it was their intention to
be married here this fall The bite of
a mad dog shortly after his return to
lndla necessitated his going to Paris for
treatment and also rendered any addi-
tlonal length of absence impossible. The
marriage will take place in the home of
English friends in Bombay Capt. Archer
is on the staff of Lord Curzon, eviceroy
of India
The Star for September 21, 1900, an
nounced that Herbert Putnam, librarian
I;L: a.. of Congress, had
-I,o''u" ,, Fa'"o" returned from Eu-
Home rope. He had been
away for three
months and had spent the time buying
books for the Library in London, Paris
Ihe Hague, Amsterdam, various cities in
Germany and Vienna in Austria. It was
explained that: Librarian Putnam took
with him lists of books which he wanted.
for the Library and other lists were sent
him from time to time. With these he
consulted the dealers and compared
prices. No book was bought for its value
as curio and none purchased at arti-
hclal prices" Mr. Putnam covered the
whole field in arrangements for future
dealings. which will enable the Library
to secure what it needs in reasonable
way, as Congress makes provision"
Among the volumes bought by the Ii
brarian during his tour abroad were
valuable works in history, political and
social science, statistics, history of diplo-
macy, finance, jurisprudence in its larger
sense and general literature. In addi-
ton. there were extensive purchases of
books bearing upon colonial administra-
tion."
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Discourogement About U. NJ?
By Bruce Burton

Over on the East River in Manhattan
the first Of the marble palaces which
are to be the permanent home of U. N.
has been completed. This would seem
to be a cause for cheer on the part Of
those who greeted U. MS birth with
such elation. Instead, many now are
depressed. They repeat the rumor.
probably false, that the buildings have
been planned for easy conversion into
offices or apartments, if U. N. folds. They
say that u. NJ after all. is hardly more
than soapbox and that to date the
Russians have used it more effectively
than we.
I do not share this pessimiSm My
hopes have not sunk low because they
never were unduly high. Diplomats
never have been notable for unselfish-
ness, imagination or humor. BY tradi-
tion they are time-wasters and social
hutterers. When Geneva was suggested
as the permanent home-or The Hague,
or the Black Hills-I said: THE site
chosen will be within easy motoring
distance of the Stork Club" It turns
out to be within easy walking distance.
This was all to be expected. And as
for U. NJ being "soapbox," what is the
matter with that? Isn't it progress
when the worlds peacemakers, who so
easily can become the warmakers, must
deliver their speeches out in the open,
where the forces of world public opinion
to some degree at least, can exert an
influence?
Do you remember the story Of the
missionary and his wife whose ship was
caught in typhoon? The captain had
ordered the passengers to their state
rooms and the crew to the pumps. After
time the frightened missionary, unable
longer to stand the strain, crawled
tremblingly up to the bridge. Are we
doomed?" he cried.
The captain pointed to the crew,
whose swearing could be heard even
above the roar of the storm. When
those men quit swearing and begin to
pray. then you and your wife can be
really frightened" he shouted. GAS long
as they keep swearing, there is hope"
Another hour passed. A second time
the missionary made his tortured way
from the cabin to point on the deck
where he could hear the men at the
pumps. Thank God, Mary!" he cried,
returning, "The men still are swearing"
The dreadful sea called WAR Is as
old as creation ITSELF its dark currents
have never been adequately charted; it's
storms have their frightening origin in
the hidden depths of mems hearts. No
charter, conference or treaty can give us
cheap and easy peace. But the U. N.
crew is still bending to the pumps. And
the deathly silence that always precedes
the outbreak of major war has not de-
scended. The men still are swearing.
Copyright, 1850. King Features Syndicate. 1na1
Evening star., 1950-09-24
The Potomoc's Critical Condition

Although open sewers no longer are tolerated
In modern urban communities, the Potomac
River In the vicinity of Washington is close to
becoming one. So close in fact that Harold A
Kemp District Director of Sanitary Engineering
mas informed the Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin that the river from Hains
Point to Fort Foote, six miles below, is in a.
critical and near-dangerous" condition Unless
more is done soon to reduce the load of raw
sewage dumped daily into the stream, he said
the Potomac actually will be little more than
big open SeWer-a menace not only to aquatic
life but to human health and welfare
Mr.. Kemp, chairman of the commission,
called attention of the anti-pollution group to
the Metropolitan Area situation at a time when
the members were hearing reports on improved
conditions in the upper river. Industrial waste
and sewage had brought serious contamination
to the Potomac in the Cumberland region, but,
thanks to the commissions efforts, the amount
Of pollution is being markedly reduced. Now the
Washington Metropolitan Area is emerging as
the worst "sore spot" OF the whole river It is
problem which concerns not only Washington
but the city of Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax
Counties in Virginia and Prince Georges County
In Maryland.
Sewage from communities totaling in popula-
ton more than $500 900 persons empties into the
six-mile stretch below Hams Point. Only 20 per
cent OF the pollution in this eff1uent is removed
before it enters the river. If the river is to be
made reasonably clean, at least 68 per cent of
the pollution should be removed, according to
Mr.. Kemp At the present rate of population
Increase and sewage-treatment progress, the
outlook for the future of the river is very dark
Much more will have to be done in the next
few years than in recent years If the Potomac
Is to avoid cesSpool conditions.
The District is expanding its sewage treat
ment facilities under recent appropriations and
authorizations but this construction program
will not be fully effective until about 1857. Even
then not more than IS per cent of the pollution
will be removed, An improvement program also
is planned on the Virginia side. Arlington is
considering bond issue for an auxiliary sewage
processing plant and Fairfax has allotted funds
for it's first plant. The State Water Control
Board has applied strong pressure on the two
counties for positive action to help clean up the
river. 1t will take strong pressure from another
source-the public-to carry out the program as
planned The Interstate Commission is doing
q praiseworthy job in helping to arouse public
opinion In support of the important anti-pollu-
tion movement.
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Spires Of the Spirit
On Doing Without

Just turn of the knob and, without
knocking, there troops noisily into our
homes procession Of barkers, each, in
excited. staccato tones, extolling the su-
perlative wares for sale inside his par
ticular commercial tent. We are deluged
with assertions that, from Superduds to
dupersuds, infallible tests have proved
that to be happy, healthy, wealthy and
wise, we simply cannot do without the
boons offered.
Our So-called civilization is cluttered,
numbered and almost smothered With
things. To obtain these alleged essen
tial accessories of modern living, all one
is asked to pay down Is o token lou.
Now for the 101 devices which save time,
decrease drudgery and increase comfort,
we raise a TIE Deum of gratitude. To
protest against the multiplication Of In
genlous things would be an idle and
futile gesture.
When John RuSkin journeyed across
England in horse-drawn Stagecoach as
a spectacular protestation against what
the railroads were doing to mar the rural
landscape Of the lovely shires, he did
not turn back the smoking engines by
one pun. No one can help his day by
just berating It, Today is always the
point Of no return. The horse -and-buggy
age has gone to stay For better or for
worse. we must accept our physical uni
verse.
Insofar as the means Of living tend to
obscure the meanings Of life, the cure
for the ills Of our mechanical age is
not In the direction of Clifford Gessler's
"The Reasonable Life" He would es-
cape our gadget-ridden, ambition driven
and fear-haunted modern slavery by
copying the ways and attitudes Of the
relaxed people of the South Sea islands
among whom he long lived
He longs for the gentleness, relaxa-
tion and reasonableness that are grown
in that tropical garden. At AID and
Broadway he sighs wistfully for the
palm-fringed atolls where the code of
living forbids boarding. prohibits the
laying up Of treasure that cannot be
communicated by sharing, and where
none is allowed to go hungry. But the
delectable life under these languid palms
cannot be uprooted and set down In
the midst OF our competitive rush which
Evening star., 1950-09-24
The New old Ironsides'

The Nations merchant fleet has been notably
strengthened by the recent launching of the s. S.
Constitution, the big new passenger vessel being
built and QUILTED for the American Export Lines
at the Quincy (Mass.) shipyard of the Bethlehem
Steel Company. As far as commercial operations
are concerned, her entry into transatlantic
service will tend to Offset the Governments
decision-announced just before she slipped down
the ways-to make troop transports out of four
other liners now under construction, including
the giant 48 000-ton United States
Named after the original Constitution, our
NavyS most historic vessel, the new "Old Iron
Sides"-like her June-launched sister ship the
Independence-has been generally hailed in
maritime circles as the largest, fastest and most
luxurious liner that has been sent down the ways
in this country since 1885, Along with the
Independence, she has received an official go
ahead signal to be outftted in a manner that
will enable her to promote American interests
in the transatlantic travel trade. To that end,
with a cruising radius of 10000 miles, speed in
the neighborhood of Is knots, and crew of 578,
she is to accommodate 1000 passengers in sur
roundings of the most advanced character and
design.
Taken together, the Constitution and indie
pendence-each of $4,000 gross tons and measur-
ing 683 feet in overall length-thus will be
pOCenC 1acGOr IN serving Jne NaClOn IN Ine
international maritime field. Moreover, if events
make the move necessary, they can readily be
converted into transports capable of carrying
5000 troops apiece. At the moment, however,
in view of the fact that the huge United States
at Newport News and three smaller vessels being
built at Camden, N. j., have been taken over for
such service, it seems fairly certain that these
two new American Export liners will be able
to compete with foreign vessels for the travel
business Only grave war developments are likely
to change that.
OF course it can be argued with some cogency
that 1t would be economically unsound for this
country to go all-out in seeking maritime
supremacy. Yet short of making such bid there
is good deal to be said for the following view,
as expressed at the Constitutions launching by
Charles Ulrick Bay, our Ambassador to Norway:
TN peacetime the size of our merchant feet must
keep pace with the size of the Nations production
and population while in wartime the merchant
fleet must maintain full relative parity with our
fighting ships to adequately support the
Navy and carry men and arms to foreign shores"
From the standpoint of both commerce and
security, that seems to be safe-and-sane rule
OF thumb for the United States to follow.
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

On September rs, 1900, The Star
printed review of "the laws and regu-
lations to govern the
Nobel Prize award of the Nobel
StipuIotions Prizes" the first of
which, it was announced,
would be presented at Stockholm on De-
cemper 10. 1901, 'the anniversary of the
death Of the donor of the prize fund
Alfred Bernhard Nobel 1888 1886, in
ventor Of dynamite. Income from the
trust fund he established was to be
divided into five parts, one for "the per-
son having made the most important
discovery or invention in -. r.. physical
science" one for "the person having
made the most important discovery or
having produced the greatest improve
ment In chemistry" one for "the author
OF the most important discovery in
physiology or medicine" one for "the
author having produced the most no
table literary work in the sense of ideal
ism" and one for "the person having
done the most or the best, the work of
establishing the brotherhood of nations,
Tor the suppression or reduction of stand
ing armies, as well as for the formation
and the propagation of peace confer
ences." Debate still continues over the
exact meaning of some of these words.
For instance, the Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannlca translates the fourth stipula-
tlon to read: '"The person who shall
have produced in the field of literature
the most distinguished work of an ideal
lst, tendency" Allen Upward, an Eng
lish philologist, wrote a whole book
c'The New Word") on this variation
alone. There also has been widespread
discussion of the boundaries of physics
and chemistry. Nine Marie Curie re-
ceived Nobel prizes in both sciences. Yet
within her lifetime physics traditionally
was understood to include chemistry. It
is of interest in this connection that
Nobel wrote his will without consulting
either lawyers or scientists. He employed
the Swedish language, naturally. With
regard to the prize for literature, he said:
En- del den, som imam litteraturen har
prooUcerat Diet utmarktaste / idelisk
rigtning."
Drawings for memorial bridge over
the Potomac to Arlington Cemetery were
reproduced in The Star
Memorial Bridge of September %. 1900.
DESIGN They represented what
William H. Burr and
Edward P. Casey thought such a Struc-
ture should be. Five sets of towers were
features of the composition. The length
OF the bridge was to be about three
quarters OF mile. Supporting the road
way there were to be 80 arch spans. The
Evening star., 1950-09-24

tration. The public is entitled to better
transmission rather than worse. even
though the worse does permit color.
II the change to 405-line transmission
Is adopted I personally will convert nv
set. but there are vast numbers of set
owners who may not be able to afford
such an expense and the pleasures and
benefits OF television will be denied them
by reason Of the fact that their sets will
be made imperative. A system COM
patible with the present 525-llne system
should be mandatory.
How about instituting a campaign to
induce the FEC to respect the rights and
privileges Of all the people? Make COM
patibility mandatory.
TeIeyiewer.