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The guardian., 1951-10-27

I bour. formerly of Everett, and
Mr.. Seymour have been friends
from childhood but had not seen
each other in ~ years. Mrs. Bar
bour is a native Of New Orleans.
4 All spent a most enjoyable even.
! ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Barbour left
/ Sunday. They planned to make
visits in New York and Florida.
Sensational Dance Revue
"TFOPICANA" - First appear
ance in Boston - January l4-l5.
1852.
An enthusiastic meeting was
held Monday night at $50 Mass.
Ave. by the Greater Boston
Housewives League. Reports
were read of the National House,
wives League Convention, which
recently was held in Washington.
II was stated that the National
Housewives League was incor-
porated through the office of e.
mer Lancaster, Dept. Of Com
merce building; also that new
District of Columbia Housewives
Chapter was instituted by Mrs.
Mary Turner of Boston, National
regional chairman, Bostoiiians
attending the National Conven-
tion were Mesdanles Estella Cros-
by, Ella Martin, Mary Turner,
Emma Armstead, Aurelsen Faul,
Mrs. Rogers Greene. Plans were
completed for the bazaar to be
held November 20 at Doric Halle
1912 fremont st.
The Annual Autumn Tea of
the Boston Book Lovers Club
will be held Sunday, October eS,
at $50 Mass. Ave, 400 pm. An
interesting program has been
arranged with Rev. William I.
Reeves of Gloucester Pres6y-
terian Church guest speaker. Mrs.
Gertrude Chandler, chairman.
Talent night at the Twelfth
Bapt. Church, Shawmut Ave,
November !, $3.50 pm. /
The public is cordially invited.
The Greater Boston House /
wives League will have its ann
ual sermon, Sunday ctober %,
7;30 pm. at the Pleasant Hill
Baptist Churchh, Humboldt Ave.
and Waumbeck st. Roxbury. |
Special musical program. All bus
mess and professional men and /
are especially asked to
attend. The service is open free
to the public.
The annual Autumn Tea by
the Altar Guild of st. Angus I
tines Church will be held Sun
day, Oct 20 at $3.50 pm. in the |
school yOm OF the church, 81
E. Len0x st. Mrs. Mary T. Pow
I'll, chairman, Mrs. Emma Good
I'll Newman, co-chairman, Mrs.
Frances Harrington, chairman
If refreshments.
The second concert of the 1851
952 season by the New England
Conservatory Orchestra, Ma
olm Holmes, conductor, will (
axe place Tuesday, November
8, in Jordan Hall at $3.50 pm.
he soloist will be Richard Sum
ners, oboe. The public is car
Tally invited to attend; tickets |
Without charge on application to
ie Deans Office at the Con- /
erVatory.
The family Of the late Berlie
}. Mason were shocked to hear
T his sudden death in the " A. |
Iospital, Butler, Pa. He leaves to /
lourn their loss three brothers:
Ienry L. Mason, Hopetown, Va;
The guardian., 1951-10-27
CITY NEWS

Look forward to the coming ni
Gerald Clark and his band Of
New York, the peoples choice.
at the Ritz Plaza Nov. >. Spon-
sOred by the Windsor Cricket
Club, Inc.
Dancing classes are held every
Saturday afternoon in ST. Marks
Recreational Centre on Town
send ST. for boys and girls from
4 to 16 years Of age. Miss lIao-
gene Roundtfee personally in
struets these classes in ballet, tap
and ball room dancing and has
limited the number of students
in each class in order to afford
each pupil personal attention.
Children are we'll trained in
ealisthenics, body building ex-
ercises necessary for poise,
charm, good posture and self
assurance. There are still a few
openings in each of the clesses'
which are held from 1870 pm. to
600 pm. For further inforna-
ton call HI 2-0421, after 900 p m.
The 18th Annual Guest Night,
sponsored by the Sunday School
Of st. Paul A. M. E. Church,
Cambridge, will be Sunday Oct.
28, at 1880 pm, presenting Ruth
and Henry Ellison, vOcaIists,
Mabel FentOn Butler, pianist,
John Murry, violin, and Gladys
Fuller, reader and Ernest Simlns
oboe.
Murray Hanks, Boston painter
and interior decorator, is en-
joying a visit by his brother,
Willie Hanks Of Crescent City,
Fla. The brother had not seen
each other in 81 years.
DR.. Nathaniel X. Wood, presi-
dent of the Boston tuberculosis
Association, announces the 45th
Annual Christmas Seal Sale will
open Monday, November 19, 1851
with Henry C .McKenna named
chairman, and Judge John ".
Mahoney co-chairman, to raise
money to fight and prevent
tuberculosis in Boston and Chel-
sea,
Annual Christmas Bazaar
and Exhibit by the Greater BOs-
ton Housewives League, Thurs
day, November 20, 3 pm. until
at Doric Hall, 1912 fremont st. /
Fine program, fashion show,
good music. Admission 15e. Net
tie Jackson, chairman.
GET MOTOR INSPECTION 4
STICKER NOW! Every motor
registered in Massachu- /
sets prior to November and
operated on Mass. highways dur
ing the month Of October MUST I
pass insuection and display the
red October 1851 sticker on Nov
amber 1st. Have your car in
ipected at once! Avoid the CON
gestion that always occurs near
he end of the month No con-
liberation viii be given to those
yho delay ard find themselves
lnable to have their cars in
pected before November 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Seymour
lad as dinner guests last Satur-
lay, Mrs. Rose Tyler of Everett
md Mr.. and Mrs Marcus Bar
,our of Seattle, Wash. Mr.. Ear
The guardian., 1951-10-27

William H. Mason, Brighton,
Mass; Edward T. Mason, Boston,
| Mass; sister, Mrs. Mary L. Pat
| terson, Roxbury, Mass; several
nieces, nephews and cousins,
Burial was in the National Gem
etery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Besides the wonderful dinners
served every Sunday at 4 PM.
at IL HOlyOke St., another Father
Divine House is just opened at
"a Worcester St, where three
meals day can be had. Where
can one get a meal of 2 kinds
of m eat, 8 to IL vegetables,
salad, coffee, bread and dessert
all for your donation.
A night Of games is scheduled
for Wednesday night, October 81,
at the Women's Service Club,
464 Mass. Ave. Sponsoring the
affair is the clubs board Of
trustees, Mrs. Ella O'Banyoun IS
chairman or arrangements.
The Minute Women for Peace
will hold public meeting at
AGA Mass. Ave, Thursday, Nov
ember l, at pm. Mrs. Luke,
Boston delegate to the Sovour-
ners for Truth and Justice par
ley in Washington, will tell about
her trip: In the national capital
she conferred with Congressman
William L. Dawson and War
Secretary Pace. There will be a
period for questions and general
discussion, also a musical pro-
gram. Refreshments will be serv-
ed.
Mrs. Paul Green, Norfolk, Va,
school teacher, spent the week
end in Boston attending the
Hampton Alumni Convention.
She is the wife of the Boston
real estate dealer.
The Mid-Week Prayer Circle
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Charles Smith, 6 Thornton St.,
End floor, Tuesday, October 30,
about 8 pm. Bible lesson is ST.
Luke, 7th chapter.
Mrs. Irma Hudson, after a
brief visit to her Boston rela-
tives, left last week for her home
in Norfolk, Va.
Alan Booth, piani st, and
Amanda Kemp, soprano, will be
presented in a joint recital by
the Building Fund Committee of
the Gloucester Memorial Presby-
terlan Church Of Boston on Sun
day, November 18 at $3.50 pm. IN
New England Mutual Hall, 225
Clarendon St., Boston. Mr.. Booth
IS a graduate of the Oberljn
Conservatory of Music, and a
pupil of Nine. Isabelle Ven
gerove Of the Curtis Institute
OF Music in Philadelphia Miss
! Kemp is a graduate of the Bos-
ton Conservatory of Music and
has given several recitals in New
England and the Midwest. She
has sung over Radio Stations
WMEX and WHDH in Boston.
The Nurses Unit, Peoples Rap
tlst Church, holds its annual tea
Sunday November A at 558
Mass. Ave. Public cordially in
vited.
The Women's Political Club
meets at 464 Mass. Ave. Tuesday
October 30, 8 pm. to adopt q
constitution and elect Officers
Mlllard F. Davis, 141 Lenox
81, recently received from Bos.
ton Navy Yard financial award
Ior his suggestion of a safety
nook on a stock bucket, to pro-
tect workers from injury.
Rev. S. B. Wells, pastor of FIRST
Baptist Church, of Hamlet, N
c., accompanied by one Of the
deacons Of the church, William
Little, Jr. were Hub visitors q
few days this week. Rev. Wells
occupied the pulpit Of Concord
Baptist Church, Rev. A. J. Sprat.
ley, pastor, last Sunday morn
Evening star., 1951-06-06
'Shoestrine' Air Force

In reading Gen. Vandenberg's testi-
mony in The Star. he made mention Of
our shoestring air force, which quota
ton brings to my mind two historical
facts.
One is David's homemade shoestring
fabricated sling shot with which he
stunned the mighty Goliath, took the
giants formidable sword and slew him.
The other is our combat with frayed
shoestring force against the mighty
British when they landed In Washington
and put fire to part Of it. Both shoe
string forces were victorious due to the
fact that the only potential force (Go6
was on their side. believe Macarthur
with the shoestring air force would also
achieve victory for Christianity and
with far less mortality and misery than
those who oppose him.
AS it is, foxy Joe Stain knows he has
q big job on hand. Chinese Reds are
too numerous to his liking and his fear
of opposition to his dictatorship and
power. He also knows that the U. N.
stands only partly in his favor. But he
does not know the potential force of
God, which will cause his downfall to
the glory Of God and Christianity.
Ferdinand II. Schulz.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
ARLINGTON, Va.


Dear Sir:
"A bird lover sometimes is taken aback
when his enthusiasm for our fine feath-
cred friends is not shared by others.
Recently we had house guest whom
we tried hard to impress with the rural
delights of our little home.
Turn in early tonight we advised
him, so you'll wake up in time for the
symphony.
"Since he didn't seem anxious for an
explanation. we gave none, deciding to
let him discover for himself what fine
musicians our birds were when they
started their overture at the first hint
Of dawn.
1.-The next morning. over coffee. we
asked our guest if he hadn't enjoyed the
symphony.
Couldn't hear the darn thing he
replied, for the birds
Sincerely. D. S. L."
The morning symphony Is one Of the
pleasures of suburban life.
It is not as loud today as it was some
years ago.
Much depends. however. upon ones
exact location.
The closer to woods. the more certain
one is to hear the real bird music.
This is music utterly unlike any other
In the world.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
This and That

The songsters fairly hurl themselves
at their task.
When they all get to going, they
fairly scream, but since the music is all
outdoors, it seems to fit the sky and
the clouds and the woods.
1t is marvellous how nature propor-.
tions her noises.
Even a waterfall seems all right, where
it occurs. Those who have listened to
the crash of the surf know how ridicu-
lous it sounds when "pipedo into the
home over the radio.
Opening strains of the birds mating
song usually are from the wood thrush.
or the robin.
Occasionally it is the song Of the
cardinal.
Dawn does it.
Half an hour later, and the thing Is
going full blast. Then it dies down.
The very first hint of light sets them
, off, but even before the beginning there
are few muted sounds.
Many species sing softly during the
night. Perhaps singing is rather large
term for it. It is more on the order
of few notes, sung with the bill closed.
Many Of the sparrows, including the
song sparrow, sing softly to themselves,
especially on moonlight nights.
+
It Is an odd fact that many city
dwellers find the bird noises wholly un-
Evening star., 1951-06-06
BY Charles E. TroceweN

welcome. when first they experience
them.
The noise-and it seems just that to
them-wakens them.
To the average city dweller, there is
nothing worse than being wakened by
an outside noise.
In the old days it was the milkman.
Cries Of the birds at dawn seem merely
irritating until one gets used to them.
After that, it is another matter. This
is a queer experience, and one wonders
afterward why he did not like this music
from the first,
The enthusiasm Of the bird lover is q
growth, that 10 why 1t is impossible to
make another take part in it all Of q
sudden.
In moving TO the suburbs, or to the
real country. one becomes part Of
nature. in way unknown in the city.
The weather becomes a real part Of
ones life. The sounds Of birds and ami
mails. the smells of growing things, and
the relation OF. one living thing to an
other
These all become pleasant facts in
the personal life. Until another has
gone through the same day-by-da ed
ucation, it is useless to try to make him
understand Some day he will wake UP.
and then he viii hear the music Of the
birds without needing to be told about
It. That Is. after all, the best way, be-
cause It is the natural way-tte way
the birds sing. Il
Evening star., 1951-06-06

and countercharges did the U. N little
good.
With national elections coming up
next year, the Republicans can be ex-
pected to play the Macarthur dispute
for all it is worth. If the U. N. is to
continue to hold the support of sub
stantial majority of the American
people. it will need all Of the non-parti-
san backing it can get. Fortunately the
National Commission for UNESCO is set
upon a broad. non-partisan base.
UNESCO is, of course, the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul-
tural Organization, a specialized agency
Of the U. N. seeking better understand
ing among the peoples Of the world. It
has SO member nations-the Soviet
Union is not among them-and sup
ports a wide range of international
projects. =.
The National Commission for UNESCO
Is set up by law to advise the State De-
partment and to direct UNESCO activi-
ties in the United States. Through It's
Evening star., 1951-06-06
6. O. P. Being Murdered?

OF all the Washington Donnybrooks,
none has been 50 marked by incom-
petence as the Macarthur senatorial
hearings. The administration is getting
away with murder because there isn't a
Republican on the committee who knows
how to cross-examine O witness. The
witnesses don't bother answering ques-
tions. They just ramble repetitiously
along. plugging the vague conclusion
that Papa knows best" - see tss
What job a good prosecutor could
do on Messrs. Marshall. Bradley, Collins
and Vandenberg for one-haf hour
apiece-requiring them to reconcile the
wide variety Of mutual contradictions
they've been voicing.
The obvious intent Is to let the hear
ings drone on until the yeomanry is
bored with the whole thing, and then
produce rigged committee vote that
Truman was right and Macarthur
wrong. The idiot public will accept the
verdict because they didn't have time
or mental industry enough to follow the
testimony.
Dumb as the Democrats are, there is
no evidence yet that the Republicans
have brains enough to play the beautiful
cards that have been dealt them.
Charles b. Mcdonald.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
The Job Is Only Halt Done

What ever became of the remaining so per
cent of the Hoover Commissions reorganization
program? The question is pertinent one in
period Of unprecedented peacetime spending,
when every means of averting waste OF Govern
ment money should be explored. 1t is not sufh-
cient answer to say that pressure of the defense
program has interfered with the governmental
reform movement. For reforms that mean econ
omy have proper place in the costly rearma-
nfent and rehabilitation program more etf1-
cient executive establishment would result in
better defense at less cost
Congress at this session has acted on only one
Hoover reorganization proposal, that concerned
with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Whereas the Hoover Commission suggested trans
ferring the RFC to the Treasury and curbing It's
Evening star., 1951-06-06
Religion in Schools

Just as in America the atheistie and
free thinker organizations took the lead
ership in trying to put an end to religious
instructions in the public schools, so
similar organizations are fighting for the
discontinuance of religious schools
themselves or against their support from
government funds in nearly every Euro
pean country.
The religious school is chief target Of
Communists in the countries behind the
iron curtain.
Even If it is true that, constitution
ally, God is ruled out of our public
school system. there is no barrier to
prevent a constitutional change which
will make our schools available to the
recognized presence of God.
One would never have supposed 20
years ago that the American people
would permit their representatives in
Washington, much less the highest court
in the Nation, to deliver the public
school system over to atheism by the
direct exclusion Of God from the class
room.
Ora O'Riley.
Durant, Okla.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
By Belmont Fories

CONVINCED that peace and security
~ can be attained only through the
Tinted Nations, the National Commits
sion for UNESCO is stepping up activi-
ties directed toward its top priority goal
the development Of strong popular
support for the U. N.
AS DR.. George D. Stoddard. president
of the University Of Illinois and chair
man of the commission, has pointed out,
support of the United Nations is the
cornerstone OF American foreign policy.
But any policy. foreign or domestic, can
be reversed at the polls. and the heated
debate touched of by the dismissal Of
Gen. Macarthur has made the United
Nations police action" in Korea major
political issue.
The decision to defend the Republic
of Korea against Communist aggression
brought the United Nations forcibly to
the attention of the American people as
an institution that could directly affect
their lives. The u. N. was page one
news all over the country. Support for
the Korea action, in Congress and out.
was almost unanimous.
But as the U. N. forces-at firSt almost
entirely American-were thrown back
toward Pusan in the early weeks Of the
fighting, there began to be questions.
Casualty lists are never pleasant read
ing. Relatives of the men who died
asked "Why?" and did not always get
convincing answers.
Television carried the Security Coun-
Gil debates into millions of homes. It
was vivid illustration of how an inter-
national organization works. But it is
doubtful that the telecasts of Russian
Delegate Jacob Malik's vitriolic denunci-
ations Of the United States as the real
aggressor In Korea contributed greatly
to international amity. To many Amer
leans the Security Council seemed to
be functioning at level only slightly
more dignif1ed than barroom brawl.
The alternating defeats and victories
Of the military forces in Korea brought
criticism of U. N. policy. complaints that
our Allies were not carrying their share
Of the load. and impatience with re-
strictionS imposed in an effort to keep
the conflict from touching of World
War III.
A growing sense Of Illustration at o
war apparently without hope of clear
cut victory was whipped up almost to
hysteria by the abrupt dismissal Of Gen.
Macarthur as the u. N. commander. It
seems clear that the q. N had very
little to do with the matter, but charges
Evening star., 1951-06-06

lending powers, Congress voted to keep the
agency independent and place it under single
administrator. But for the scandals which came
to light about the RFC even this change probably
would still be listed as unfinished business. All
of the remaining Hoover plans are pending in
various committees. The only signs Of activity OF
late have been on the part of the Senate Com
mittee on Expenditures in the Executive Depart
ments It has announced it will take up the
Department of Agriculture reorganization plan
after it completes hearings on amendments to the
legislative reorganization law A subcommittee
meanwhile has begun hearings on the proposed
coordination of Federal overseas activities Other
plans pending before this or other committees
include those for revision of Federal personnel
policies and procedures, reorganization OF the
Veterans Administration, merger of the Bureau
of Reclamation and certain civil functions OF the
Army Engineers Corps consolidation OF Federal
disqualification activities and facilities and mod
ernization of the Post Office Department.
The Citizens Committee for the Hoover
Report considers the postal reorganization bill
as one of the more urgent reforms still hanging
fire. That measure would, among other things,
"take the Post Office Department out of politics"
by eliminating the patronage serving require
ment that postmaster appointments be confirmed
by the Senate. But it is hard to whip up con-
gressional enthusiasm over any legislation that
would curtail political patronage. So the postal
reform plan, however urgent 1t may be, seems to
stand little chance of passage at this session.
And, unfortunately, the longer the postal and all
the other reforms are put off, the less likelihood
there will be that Congress will complete the job
laid out for 1t by the Hoover Commission in 1949.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
The Bridge

The far approaches, for many blocks,
ascend IN s,DellinD symphony,
The soaring cables crash like cymbals
up against noon sky:
Taut struts and giant superstTnctures
simmer IN aerial IRE
While far beloy, like ting beetles, the
traffic scattIes by.
The bridge, more than thing OF stone
and steel, is song
Made manifest In eUery graceful arch
and stDeeptng span:
Or If, of steel. q dream, in steel, poem
In stone,
The beautiful almost immortal oes-
ture OF most mortal man.
T,Dilight descends among the cables In
lilac and Diolet hneS::
Traffic has ceased its noontide fury OF
crescendo roar;
NoU at the lopeliest hour of the day,
the amber lights
And jepel-like beGcons indicate the
far. the unguessed shore.
Frederick Ebrisht.
Evening star., 1951-06-06
Discrimination

note with interest the recent news
paper comments regarding racial dis
elimination. in the court ruling in the
restaurant case. ss@
Although fully in accord with the basic
principle that "all men are created
equal" and should be given equal oppor-
tunities in this grand country of ours,
am wondering whether or not we might
be stressing the inequality of races in
this ISSUE
It's not the Negro being Disseminated
against in Washington. but rather the
white man. as / see it. For instance,
every person should have the right to
do what he pleases, insofar as his actions
do not conflict with the laws of the land.
and more important, Gods law.
What I'm driving at is this: Were I
in business for myself and Offering my
services to the public, I think I should
have the privilege of choosing whom I
wish to serve and not be forced to offer
my services to any one and every one.
Roy N.