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Evening star., 1951-08-19

before we wake up? How many men
must lie under crosses2 How many
must weep for those for whom the
word. "nevermore," is branded on their
hearts? How many children must ask:
Where Is my daddy? / want to see
him. When viii he come back?" And
what can we say to them? How can
we explain?
How many men must come back
physically and mentally crippled, some
partially, others doomed to q life In
q world Of hospital beds? .
The Bible says, "He who would keep
Israel shall neither slumber nor Sleep"
We say the same thing. Eternal vigi-
lance is the price Of liberty" But
saying something and doing something
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Before We Cross Thot Bridge

bridge between Washington and Alexandria
is one of the necessary projects of the future.
1t is natural that Representative Howard Smith,
who represents district that would be the
major beneficiary from construction of such
bridge, has sought to hurry it along by spon-
soring an authorizing bill. But it is gratifying
to note that Mr. Smith is willing to hold up
that. bill until another highly important pre-
liminary step is taken. This step will take form
in Joint survey in which the District, Virginia
and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads will
participate.
Such studies have preceded other bridge con-
struction in recent years 1t would dispose Of
number Of questions that must be answered
before the Washington Alexandria bridge can
be built. It would determine the best location
for the bridge and its system of approaches. 1t
would determine, on the basis of origin and
destination counts, the need for this bridge in
relation to other pending bridge and highway
projects its probable cost and the equitable share
in that cost to be borne by the District, Virginia
and the Federal Government.
The Star does not believe that such a
survey, conducted with the thoroughness which
has marked comparable undertakings in the
past, would find that the cost of the bridge
should be met by increasing the local gasoline
tax as provided in the Smith bill The benefits
of the bridge would be too widely shared. Some
examination should be made of the possibility
of meeting at least part of the cost by toll.
This method of financing in other areas has
resulted in construction that otherwise would
have been delayed for years. 1t is proving
acceptable to the users of such improvements
and is practical and fair method of financing
that ought to be tried here.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Education
By Bruce Borton

asked the president Of big chemical
company where he had gone to school.
thinking ne probably would answer.
Instead. he told me he had attended
preparatory school, and then college
both Of which required every student tc
take Latin and Greek.
When asked If he regarded that :.
a good educational foundation for .
man who was to boss hundreds of chem
lists, physicists and engineers. he said 4.
most certainly did.
The answer pleased me because IL fit-
TED into my own old-fashioned and now
seemingiy outmoded, ideas. For many
years nave been in the advertising
business. and whenever a young college
student asks, What courses shall take
to fit me for advertising?" I answer.
Greek and mathematics"
do not mean this facetiously. far
from it. Greek and mathematics and
the sciences are alike in this fundamen-
tal-each OF them requires the mind to
do hard work; to attack difncult prob
lem and think through to q correct
answer.
The advertising business and most
other businesses are simple. We can
teach a young man the vocabulary and
practices Of advertising in six months
or so, and he can 60 on from there to
a successful business life, provided he
has learned how to think, and to think
Importantly.
Today it sometimes seems as il our
schools and colleges had forgotten how
to teach the things that really are i'm
portant.
For example, last year the New York
Times conducted q survey to find ont
what college seniors know about the
history Of the United States. Few of
the several thousand who were oues-
toned could name the Presidents of
their country; only about half identi-
ned Abraham Lincoln as the President
during the Civil War, and only hand
ful knew the name of the President in
World War /.
A more recent survey to test the
geographical knowledge Of 4,752 col
lege and university students showed
that less than half could tell the ap-
proximate population Of the United
States. less than half Of / per cent
could name and give the approximate
population of the Nations i've largest
cities. and only about per cent could
name four out Of the seven of their
country's principal imports.
There are only very few youthful
years in every human life when the mind
is fresh and plastic. and the memory
able to retain. These years should not
be wasted with today's so-called '.life-
adjustment education" iced with voca-
tionalisrn. They should be used to teach
the best and most beautiful things man
can know power over language,
mastery of pure science, exposure to
great literature and art. basic knowl-
edge Of history. philosophy and religion.
No matter what q young man does to
earn his living, his education will have
been worthless unless he has learned to
know and to use the first-rate- and also
learned to love 1t.
tcopyyisht 1881. Kins Features syndicate Inc, /
Evening star., 1951-08-19

is elected (Federal officials are ap-
pointed-inSular officials are elected:
(5) appeals from Puerto Rico's supreme
court are seldom takne. (The situation
is no different than appeals from q
State supreme court, except that in the
latter case appeals go directly to the
Federal Supreme Court. whereas in the
former appeals 60 to the First Circuit
Court.)
With its new constitutional govern
ment. Puerto Rico will occupy position
similar to that of a State, except:
l. A statute Of Federal relations, BIZ
laterally adopted. will join the island
to the United States instead Of that
union being effected by the Federal Con-
Government win be parallel to that Of
q State.
2. Although Federal laws apply gen.
orally to Puerto Rico as to q State,
Puerto Rico will have no voice In the
election Of Federal lawmakers or the
Chief Executive; and
8. Thus Puerto Rico will not be SUBJ
ject to Federal internal revenue taxes.
except on Federal salaries and income
derived from sources outside the island.
The ties between Puerto Rico and the
United States are no more tenuous than
the ties among the States are tenuous.
If anything, Public Law 600 strength
ems Puerto Rico's union with the United
States while granting full self-govern-
ment along State lines to a people ca
pable of handling this trust.
English is compulsory in Puerto Rico
from the first grade. At university
level classes are in English or Spanish,
depending upon the professors choice.
College students are bilingual upon en-
tering the university.
Ended now in Puerto Rico is Federal
interference in purely local matters.
Congress has discarded this suggestion
of colonialism.
Full democracy is offered to Puerto
Rico. Whenever it is thus offered it
strengthens the union Of free peoples
owing allegiance to the same flag.
Union based on equality is tenfold
stronger than union based on subordi-
nation.
A. Fernos- Isern,
Resident Commissioner Of Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Egypt on Weak Ground

It is regrettable that Egypt has seen ft not
to modify its position regarding Its blockade OF
Israel-bound shipping in the Suez Canal It's
friends in the West, for some weeks past, have
been hoping that it would take more moderate
line, but it has not done so. AS result, France,
Britain and the Uniteds States-with obvious
reluctance-have been moved to present a resolu-
tion calling upon the United Nations Security
Council to ask the Cairo government to put an
end to the blockade without further delay.
The resolution-which apparently has more
than enough support to insure its adoption
emphasizes number OF points that the Egyp-
tians have yet to answer with much effectiveness.
The points include the following: "a The block
ade is not in keeping with either the spirit or
letter of Cairos pledge Of cooperation at Rhodes
in January, 1919; (2) it is inconsistent with the
peace-making objectives of the armistice agree
ment between Egypt and Israel; CD under that
agreement, it cannot be defended as legitimate
exercise Of the privileges of active beligerent
and az the Suez restrictions, denying to outside
countries supplies required for their economic
reconstruction" constitute an 'unjustihed inter-
ference with the rights of nations to navigate
the seas and to trade freely with one another"
including the Arabs and the Israelis
A case in point has to do with petroleum
shipments ISraeps refineries In Haifa are the
third largest in the Middle East. In view Of the
Cr1tlcaI IOl dispute III 1Tau3 t1lcy 4ldNe cPcCia1
Significance in terms Of offsetting considerable
part of the production lost as result Of that
dispute. But Egypt by its blockade in the Suez,
has prevented British, Dutch, French and Ameri-
can interests from sending through tankers OF
the crude product to have that product refined
in the Israeli facilities This has imposed an ex-
traordinary burden all around-an imposition
that the Cairo government can hardly justify In
international law. measure of the burden is
the fact that tanker moving out Of the Persian
Gulf would be Obliged, under present restrictions
to travel clear around Africa and then through
the length of the Mediterranean to get to Haifa.
OF course. the free movement of crude oil
to Haifa is only incidental to the much larger
issue Of how the Egyptians can reconcile their
blockade with either established interna-
tional rules or their obligations under the armi-
stice now prevailing. They have intimated that
they will ignore the Security Council II the
Council adopts the Anglo-French- American reso-
lutionl But they stand on what looks Nike very
Evening star., 1951-08-19
A Wrong Kind Of FrugoIity

The Senate should undo the damage that
the House has done to the administrations pro-
gram for $85 billion In foreign military and eco
nonic aid. OF course, to the extent that the pro-
gram can be cut safely, without hurting the vital
allied defensive effort against the threat Of Red
aggression, 1t ought to be cut. BY the same
token, however, II the cutting Is indiscriminate,
as In the case of the 81 billion House slash II 1t
Is carried out regardless Of what the pruning
knife lops on, 1t will add up to penny -and
pound foolish kind Of economizing
Everything considered, it Is difhcult to un-
derstand why so many members of Congress
in both Houses-while ready to vote for prac-
tically all the military outlays involved In the
program, have become enamored Of the idea Of
making very deep slashes In its provisions for
economic aid which the administration has linn
tied to $22 billion of the total $85 billion. Indeed
some voices have been raised In favor Of entirely
eliminating the $22 billion. That is an extreme
proposal, Of course but 1t nevertheless reflects
rather surprising congressional misconception OF
what the projected military assistance is de-
signed to achieve.
Most Of that assistance, like most Of the
military assistance, is planned for our Western
European allies in the Atlantic Pact. Actually,
in very large measure. tits anything but purely
economic In character. For 1t is tied in closely
with the sharply stepped-up rearmament pro-
grams of our friends abroad It is meant to en-
able them to 60 forward with those programs
without placing dangerous additional strains on
their already-taut civilian economies. Further
than that, 1t Is designed to enable them to turn
out equipment for our common defense at con-
siderably less cost than II the United States had
to do all the supplying.
To appreciate this point. We have only to
keep in mind that country like Belgium can
build q mine sweeper, for example, much more
cheaply than We can for either our own Navy
or for the naval forces of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. But to do so, at this
particular juncture the Belgians must have
measure Of economic aid to get the engine or
certain other items to complete the vessel for
delivery. Thus, as a result of such aid, the
military equipment can be acquired at markedly
less cost than would otherwise be possible.
Similarly, much Of the n-military assistance
proposed for Asia and the Middle East may be
regarded as defense outlay because its purpose
Is to increase the output Of strategic raw ma
terials.
So it would be mistake to draw sharp
lines Of distinction between the economic aid
and the military aid making up the Mutual
Security Program. In many respects, the two
overlap and are dependent on each other. That
is why any congressional economizing action
must be much more discriminating than that
taken by the House. II it is not, then we may
learn in the end that for every dollar saved in
else, with the effect Of seriously weakening our
overall allied defensive project That kind OF
frugality Is luxury we simply cannot AFFORD.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Pours II On

= t
In the splendid editorial page fea-
t,lre August IA, on Faith of Our Fa-
thers,'' by william A. Millen, there
appeared this erroneous sentence (dis-
cussing attendance In the early fall)s:
There Is also the matter Of equinoctial
rains"
The United States Weather Bureau
has endeavored. by much zeal and some
expense to the taxpayers. to dissipate
this still-prevalent mistake. The Wealth
er Bureau shows, In substance, that
there is no meteorological condition pre-
vailing at the time Of the equinoxes that
could cause rain at the two periods of
the year.
The bureau very Interestingly and in
formatively shows, too, that one can take
any day or date Of the year, and. by
resort to the long-range records now
available, find that similar rains occur
over the United States all through the
year. and are not peculiar to the equinoc-
tial seasons.
It Is regrettable that this error still
occurs, even In so dependable medium
as The Star; and, too. In connection with
50 fine an endeavor as promoting Faith
of Our Fathers"
Norman Sandridge.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Commissories

I think that we service wives should
get UP in arms about the rise in the
cost Of food at Government commits
saries. It Is one Of the most unfair
propositions ever made. AS they stand
now, prices at commissaries are not SO
much below retail grocery stores and are
fixed so that enlisted personnel and
non-commissioned officers. who do not
enjoy the fabulous salaries Of our So
called civilian white-collar workers. can
buy food for their families without fear
of starving to death. High-ranking
military personnel also do their shop
ping at commissaries, but they were
established for the benefit Of all the
military think service people should
stick together and fight this commissary
price scandal to finish.
Service Wife.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

shows Soviet Aims, and we have even
been denied that charming Czechoslo-
vakian film, THE Emperors Nightin-
gale" We are q Nation Of ignorant
citizens. from the concrete jungles Of
Manhattan to the gumbo wilds Of Mis-
souri,. and we are proud Of it.. The
Soviet Union can entertain delegation
of Negro and white American trade
unionists, but we can't entertain one
Russian. lest the American people dis
cover that most Russians don't wear
boards, aren't starving, love their fam
lilies, have sense Of humor and are
Just as intelligent as We are.
Virginian.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
uxes.


! am writing in regard to the dis
astrous tax bill on the House calendar.
am q pediatrician In prosperous
small community. working from am.
to II pm. seven days week and have
four employees on my payroll. In order
to continue payments on my building
and stay out Of debt. every expense has
to be cut to the minimum, and even then
my net profit allows no saving at all.
When finished paying taxes last year.
I had enough In the bank to run my
ofiice for less than one week.
My conscience and training win not
permit me to lower my standards OF
practice In order to increase my income.
But If my taxes increase. ! shall have
to either give up my practice or raise my
fees out Of reach of q certain per cent
Of my patients.
What is happening to me Is happen
ing to all In the middle Income bracket
We are becoming increasingly alarmed
at the growing power of our Government
and Of the inestimable damage 1t is
doing to the economic and moral lives
Of its people.
Dorothy Wyyell, MD.
Midland, Texas.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Is something else. So let's not stop like
the hare, which drowsed by the wayside
because he was overconfldent Of his
speed Let us be like the turtle that
won the race because he kept right on
plodding along till he reached his goal.
Let US do like Teddy Roosevelt said,
Speak softly but carry big stick"
B. KIP.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Alarmed by U. S. Apathy

Iwant to get up and scream. America.
Wake Up!", when ! read about these
Russian peace conferences.
The prince of death will be the hero
who wakes up the sleeping beauty.
America, with his revolving toothless
face.
Must we have another Pearl Harbor
Evening star., 1951-08-19

weak ground. In the long run, they win be serv-
Ing their own best interests II they moderate
their attitude In line with what the majority
regards as the law and the equities Of the situa-
tion. In the debate thus far, their Arguments
have been unimpressive.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Pen-nGnses may be used II letters carry.
Uriters' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris. whose weekly article usually
occupies this space, is on vacation.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Remember?

The Sunday Star, August 5, carried q
letter from w. r. Byrne, a Star reader
a years, who regretfully was canceling
his subscription and moving to Florida.
I can go him little better.
have subscribed to your paper since
October %, 1889. When / moved to
Detroit three years ago had 1t for
warded, and have been doing so ever
since. sold The Star in l875-when
was 11-and the price of the paper to
the carrier boys was " cents a copy
half Of what we sold 1t for. am an
oldtime professional ballplayer and my
name is often mentioned by my friend
Dick Mansfield in Those Were the
Happy Days" wonder if there are any
old-timers left who remember when
had tryout with the Washington Base
ball Club?
George E. Winkelman.
Detroit.
It may be Of some interest to you
that during the summer OF 1884 was
an Evening Star carrier. August Donath
was the route agent, afterwards Super
intendent Of Documents. At that time
The Star was seven column paper. SELL
ing for cents. There were horse-car
lines, the Washington & Georgetown
Railway, running along Pennsylvania
avenue out to the Navy Yard and
through Georgetown. think to Wis
consin avenue.
It seems to me that the heat Of WASH
ington is greatly exaggerated. The hot
weather does not last long-there are
many cool days during summer. The
people Of washington find very hospit-
able, considerate and generous. 1t was
with great regret that left Washington.
1t is not only very beautiful city but
no other city can equal it In its cul-
tural facilities. great libraries, art
galleries, museums and places Of interest
as well as its cultured people.
Frank w. vedder.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-03-15

THE MONTANA WINTER FAIR, Montana's major
winter agricultural event. opens at the Gallan county
fairgrounds in Bozeman this Saturday. March IT. and
runs full week, through March a. Starting as win
ter livestock show in 1948 the Montana Winter fair has
grown into al-around agricultural exposition of
statewide Importance
The pictures on this page illustrate few of the
activities of last years show.
RIGHT: Livestock look
Hereford
this BELLOWS many
displays the booth the
TOM LIEF II Cleaning trophies annually
livestock BOTTOM RIGHT: of
menbreeders talk il Bridges
George
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
FRIDAY is CLEANUP
DAY IN LOCAL
| CEMETERY

A number of toWnspeople have
decided that Friday afternoon,
May ID, will be cleanup day at
the Clintwood cemetery. All citi-
zens of the town, or any other in
terested persons, are asked to
meet at the cemetery in the after
noon for work.
People are reminded of the fact
that the community cemetery is
usually one of the most neglected
spots.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
No More Money To
Nations Trafficing
With Our Enemies

Both the Virginia senator's,
Byrd and Robertson, voted in ia
vor of the amendment to the de-
ficiency appropriation bill which
will prohibit payment Of Euro
pean recovery funds to any nation
that deals in war materials with
a country at war with the United
States.
This amendment is particularly
aimed at Great Britain. Senator
Byrd says, "The fact that Great
Britain has been sending war
materials to the Red Chinese
through the port of Hong Kong is
to me a most outrageous proce-
dure."
Senator Byrd was one of the
co-patrons to the amendment,
which was passed through the sen
ate by a large majority.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
County Men First In
State Forestry
Judging Contest

A team of Dickinson County
farmers placed first in forestry
judging contest held at Rustburg
on Monday of this week. Sixteen
teams from different parts Of the
state were entered in the con-
test. The local team was made up
of Holiday McFall, Jerry Stan
ley and Fred H. Stanley.
The Dickinson county entrants
were agriculture students, taking
work under the provisions of the
in-service training act for vetel-
ans. They were accompanied to
Rustburg by their instructors, F.
L Colley and Charles D. Baker.
To Holiday McFall went the
distinction of placing first among
all the contestants, Jerry M. Stan
ley made the fifth highest indi-
vidual score The following points
were judged:
/. Estimating board feet in
standing timber.
2. Estimating cubic feet and
cords in standing timber.
Tree Identification
d. Improvement cutting
5. Area measurement by steep
ing off areas
A banquet was given the 48
contestants and their instructors
at the Virginia Hotel in Lynch
burg by the Lynchburg Chamber
of Commerce.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
Darrell LEE ADDINGTON

Darrell Lee Addington, q, died
at the home of his father, LiIburn
Addington, at Clinchco Monday.
Funeral services were held at
the Community Church in Clinch
CO Wednesday, with Rev. J W.
Addington officiating. Burial was
in the family plot in Temple Hill
Cemetery.
Surviving are. the father, and
the following brothers: Warren L.
Addington, Clintwood; Eugene AID
dington, and Ray Addington, OF
Clinchco; and the following sis
ters: Mrs. Pauline Mullins, Clinch
co; Mrs. Catherine Fletcher, Mil
lard.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
MRS. LOU GIBSON FULLER

Mrs. Lou Gibson Fuller, rs, wild
ow of the late Rev. Frank H. Full
Ter, died in a Bluefield hospital
Saturday after a short illness.
Burial was in the West Hill Gem
etery at Lebanon on Monday.
The Fuller family lived at Clint
wood for a few years while Rev.
Fuller was pastor of the Clint
wood Baptist church. They NOV
ed from here to Lebanon about
1918 and lived there for while
and then moved to Wise, where
Rev. Fuller served the Baptist
church as pastor. He died at Wise
more than 20 years ago and was
buried at Lebanon.
Mrs Fuller had lived with one
Of her daughters at Bluefield
since shortly after the death Of
her husband.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-17
JEPTHA MULLINS

Jeptha Mullins, 70, died sudden
ly at his home at Bartlick Tues
day. Death was attributed to a
heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
the home Wednesday at II a. M,
with Elder Howard Colley offici-
ating. Burial was in the family
cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Hannah Mullins; two sons, Allen
and Alfred Mullins, both of Bart
lick; five daughters: Mrs. Jim
Fuller, Mrs. Miles Yates, Mrs
Lee Stevenson, Mrs, Oliver Stey-
enson, all of Bartlick, and Miss
Doris Mullins, at home; two sis
ters, Mrs, Patton Mullins, Bart
lick; and Mrs, Tyler Thomas, Of
Birchleat.