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Evening star., 1951-04-22
Our Main Atomic Insurance

Civil Defense Administrator Millard Caldwell,
in his talk to the American Society of Newspaper
Editors, has drawn frightening picture of what
the Russians can do to us-@whenever they feel
like it"-with their atomic bombers In his
opinion, and it probably is a sound opinion, they
are capable right now of delivering single blow
that could make "shambles and slaughterhouses"
of all our major cities. So he has urged that the
Nations press "get the facts" about this situation
and drum them into the consciousness Of the
people"
Mr.. Caldwell apparently believes that such
drumming would lead to action on programs
that could save a lot of lives in the event of an
all-out Soviet atomic attack Certainly there
can be no doubt that universal public aware
ness of the danger would serve to promote and
speed up the kind of individual and collective
preparedness that could hold down the number
of casualties in case the worst happened 1t is
a question, however whether the public is not
already pretty well aware of the danger. It is
question, too, whether there is wisdom In the
proposal that American newspapers make
special project of emphasizing sto the Nation
that the Russians-"at any time"-can destroy
20 or 80 of our cities because we really can't
prevent the great bulk of their planes from
reaching our urban areas. How frightened are
people supposed to get? And what good can be
accomplished by repetitious scare talk Gas in
effective as the too-frequent cry of wolf!
Wolf!'o when the Government itself seems un-
certain about just what 1t wants to do, or can
do, in the field of civil defense.
This is not said in criticism of Mr.. Caldwell.
He has a peculiarly difficult job, the more so
because the best kind of civil defense would
have only palliating value if our cities came,
under an A-bomb attack Nevertheless he seems
to have exaggerated bit in declaring that
'there is little or nothing we can do to stop"
the Russians from waging atomic warfare against
us. The truth is that even If civilian prepared
ness is seriously tagging, we can do lot-and
undoubtedly are doing a lot-by maintaining
and increasing our ability to answer any assault
from them with far deadlier retaliatory action
In the last analysis, short Of the establish
ment Of good peace, that ability is our only
real security against an atomic onslaught by.
the Russians. AS long as we can retaliate with
great force, they are not likely to be eager to
strike at us whenever they feel like it." On the
contrary, there is good reason to hope that they
will never ''feel like it" If they know that for
every city of ours that they try to destroy, we
will promptly obliterate two or more cities of
theirs Until we have rigid international control
of the atom, that will have to be this Nations
main insurance against an all-out A-bomb attack.
Civil defense programs, though sorely needed,
are Of secondary importance In that sense.
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Fifty Years Ago in The Star 5.

a sensation by displaying an alleged
photograph of the mysterious atmos-
pheric phenomenon. "There seemed to
be a number of huge buildings, all of
beautiful and imposing architecture.
whose spires and buttresses strongly
suggested the cathedrals of the old
world" The Indians could see these
things and the prospector, lone Will
loughby," finally saw them, too. Then
the Photographic plates were exposed.
One was successful. Because OF that
fact. the scientific expedition was being
organized.
A dispatch from Pittsburgh, printed
in The Star for April 20. 1901, said "The
estate of the late State
A Doctors Senator Chris L. Magee
Bill has received bill from
DR.. Walter c. Browning of
Philadelphia for $190.00O for profess
sional services during the illness of
Senator Magee. DR.. Browning was in
attendance on Senator Magee for 81
months previous to his death, and ac-
companied him to several places for the
recovery Of his health. The fee is be-
lieved to be one of the largest of it's
kind ever charged in Pennsylvania or
in the United States, and has produced
widespread comment in professional
circles. The bill is understood to be
itemized, covers exactly 81 months
treatment and is charged at the rate
of $50 per treatment hour."
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary
Of their organization. members of the
Washington Saengerbund
Suengerbund gave a jubilee concert at
Jubilee the National Theater on
April 81, 1901 and The
Star for the next day reviewed the
occasion extensively. Tenors to the
number of 26, and ~ basses sang. An
orchestra of 40 instruments accompanied
the songs under the leadership of Henry
Xander, director of the Saengerbund.
Charlotte Maconda, soprano, and Franz
WIlczek. violiniSt, were the soloists. A
special jubilee chorus composed by Mr..
xander was sung at the close Of the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

as a cloak for malice, but as servants
of God"
Faithful Citizen.
Thut impeachment Idea
Since my name appeared on page /
Of your April II edition. I have been
deluged with threatening telephone
calls from alcoholics and others.
When talking to your reporter, men,
toned the comments of several friends
on the subject of MacArthur's dis
missal. and the impeachment idea was
one Of those. It was not my own idea,
nor do I subscribe to it. Your reporter
asked me, What are you going to do
about it?" (meaning my reaction to
MacArthur's dismissaL, and answered,
II hope I'll get chance to campaign
for Macarthur as President" That was
the comment thought he wanted for
publication. Impeachment seems i'm
practical to me.
So those characters who threaten me
with "a day of reckoning actually are
barking UP the wrong tree, but they pro-
vide an interesting sidelight on some
of the types that support the admins
tration.
Anyhow. hurrah for Macarthur. an
honest man!
Elisabeth McSherry.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

Draper Medal for his researches in
astro-physics. Henry L. Abbot read a
paper on the climatology of Panama
A report on 1.-THE Effects of Secular
Cooling and Meteoretic Dust on the
Length Of the Terrestrial Day. by r. S.
Woodward also was submitted. Among
the members in attendance were: Alex
ander AgaSsiz, Franz Boas, Henry p.
Bowditch, w. G. Farlow, Henry Fairfield
Osborn, Ira Remsen, Charles D. Walcott,
George w. Fill, Samuel p. Langley,
Edward s. Morse and Simon Newcomb.
A forecast Of the Russo-Japanese War
of 1904 appeared in The Star Of April
II, 1901, as follows: Ever
Rumble of since Russia, backed by
War France and Germany, COM
PEELED Japan to Withdraw
from Port Arthur and the peninsula
section of Manchuria. Japan has cher
ished bitter resentment, and for the
purpose Of retaliation and self-defense
has been building up powerful navy,
and organizing and drilling an army
of whose size and efficiency very few
persons have an adequate conception.
Japan has been awaiting the opportun-
ity to assert herself In order to cure her
wounded self-respect and recently there
have been several indications that the
critical moment is at hand. Having
expelled Japan, Russia has herself oc-
cupied Port Arthur and Manchuria, and
the opportunity seemed about to pre-
sent itself for Japan to reciprocate by
playing Russia's former role and to give
the Muscovite power notice to quit Man
churia under conditions which in some
respects resemble those that accom-
panied the notice of eviction formerly
served upon Japan"
Some scientific men were leaving VAN
couver for Alaska, and The Star on
April 18. 1901. explained
Mirooe in that they were going to
AInsko study what was known as
''the Silent City mirage" "a
subject Of much discussion during the
past 10 or IL years" As far back as
1887 . mining prospector had created
a 3
Evening star., 1951-04-22
The British
By Fronk R. Kent
BY Bruce Borton

DR.. George Riley. the famous osteo-
path, once was invited ito meet George
Bernard Show, devotee Of osteopathy.
They had hardly shaken hands before
Shaw burst into bitter vituperation Of
America. DR.. Riley stood it for about
three minutes and then cried out: "Stop
that! You ought to be ashamed Of
yourself! How dare you, man whose
food and clothes and roof tree are prin-
cipally paid for by the money Of Amer
lean book buyers and play-goers. how
dare you say such things about country
and a people of which you are so abys-
mally ignorant? I never knew such
impudence!"
Shaw shut his mouth. A look Of
amazement came into his eyes, but with
it CLINT Of admiration. He told friend
afterward: "That man Riley Is one Of
the most interesting people ever met"
4
Too many British authors and LEG
turers have accepted our hospitality
often lavish and effusive to the point
Of servility-and taken their winnings
and gone back home to write and talk
scurvily about us. Too many Of the
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our prosperity, are unfriendly at heart.
Yet / admire the British. They write
the English language better than we.
Their administration of justice is swifter.
cheaper and more dignified. In the
conduct of foreign affairs they are so
much smarter that it just isn't funny.
Indeed, one of my distinguished lawyer
friends, leng-time subscriber to the
London Spectator, tells me that by read
ing it he has long been able to predict
six months in advance just what our
State Department would do-the British
loan, the Marshall Plan. the Atlantic
Pact.
(capyrighs. 1851. Kins Features Syndicate. mad
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Spires Of the Spirit
Safety Second

The vital matter Of priority has the
power to make or break q life. Every
life is thrown off balance without the
determination to put first things first.
No wonder that Norman Thomas, so
well known as political and economic
thinker, declares that the more he
ponders one verse of the New Testament
the more literally true it seems: Seek
We first the kingdom of God and right
eousness"; and that, then, the needful,
practical and material things will be
added, If the ruling passion has to do
with spiritual verities
The trouble with this torn and tor
tured world is not that altruism is ex-
cluded from consideration: it may be
given place in a list of desirable
things but, too often, the order in which
it is placed is self first and others Sec
ond. That arrangement of priorities
spells ruin to, individuals and nations.
Personal safety never was meant to be
put first. It's proper place is not safety
first. but second.
AS In the school Of the years we
slowly learn life's essential lessons 1t
becomes more and more clear that
abundant life is largely matter OF con-
stant hazard. Faith is the victory that
overcometh the world. But certainty is
not faith. There is no faith without
venture and adventure.
In our complicated civilization there
is an increasing tendency to seek life's
securities and to avoid its risks. Safety's
legitimate place is second But our
generation seems bent on safety first
to be content to stay at the little border
station where the trails run out and
stop; rather than to leave Safety Town
and to heed Kipling's call: Something
lost behind the ranges-Lost, and wait
ing for you. Col"
y
In one Of his unforgettable sketches,
st. John G. Irvine has vivid character
portrait Of Mr.. Timms. young London
clerk who deliberately ruled out all risk
in his life. He moved wise prudence
from Its legitimate second place to first.
Outlines an inner voice would urge
adventure, saying. do something to
Evening star., 1951-04-22

expanding Prince Georges General Hos
pital another 125 beds. its experienced
and successful administrator is to be
replaced by deserving Republican who
now operates a 16-bed infirmary.
The Republican platform uncompro-
misingly opposes political manipulation
and control of the healing arts. It SOL
emnly promised a rule of merit and
community control But despite these
solemn promises, it looks as though the
Republican commissioners are trying to
snatch defeat from the Jaws Of almost
certain victory In the next election. This
raw deal is sure way of doing it.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Rosenberg Sentence

read with a deep sense Of revulsion,
in your letters of April IL, the futile
attempt of Moritz Goldstein to white
wash the reasonable actions of the
Rosenberg couple.
wonder if the parents Of the dead.
manned or fighting soldiers of Korea
share the compassion Mr.. Goldstein feels
toward these condemned traitors.
Perhaps If Mr. Goldstein were to spend
one day shouldering gun and slogging
through the cold mud Of a Korean
battlefield, he might feel differently.
Better than that, Mr.. Goldstein could
spend one hour walking through the
wards Of Walter Reed.
Peggie Crowley Masheter.
Evening star., 1951-04-22
These Porkwoys Are Important

Approval by the House Appropriations Com
mittee of funds for the Washington Baltimore
and Suitland Parkways was fully justified on
defense grounds alone, These two parkways in
nearby Maryland were begun as military projects
during World War II, but never completed. The
same reasons which impelled the Federal Gov
ernment to begin them are applicable in the
present emergency
The Washington Baltimore Parkway will
provide direct link between Fort Meade and
the Nations Capital Maryland already has COM
pleted part of its bargain in connection with
this road. It agreed to build 1O-mile section
extending from Baltimore to the Jessup Road
with a link to the new Friendship international
Airport. The Federal Government agreed to
carry the divided zlane highway the remaining
19 miles to Washington After grading about
third of that distance, work was halted with
the end of the war. Last year Congress voted
to resume construction of the parkway as a.
defense undertaking. The $42 million appropri-
alton just approved by the committee would
enable active construction to proceed at an
accelerated pace. The parkway eventually will
enter Washington along the line of New York
avenue extended, with the District providing
suitable approaches inside the District line.
The Suitland Parkway was another wartime
military project that never has been finished
Anacostia, linking Andrews with Boiling Air Force
Base and the Anacostia Naval Air Station. Only
one lane of what was to have been two-lane
parkway was completed during the war, although
grading for the parallel lane was done before the
end of hostilities. The House committee has
recommended an appropriation of $s25,00O for
construction of the second lane.
Aside from their obvious Importance as mill
tary highways, both parkwayS are included in
Washington'S long-range program for traffic
relief on the Maryland approaches to the District
The Washington-B baltimore Parkway will reduce
congestion on the dangerous stretch of U. S.
Route l between Washington and Baltimore.
Police and safety officials have described this
part of the main North-south highway as one
of the worst accident breeders in the country.
That is another good reason for seeing to it that
the alternate route is completed without further
delay.
Evening star., 1951-04-22
'FeeIer' From Red Korea

It is interesting, though probably not very
significant that the peace feeler" from the
North Korean regime represents the first peep
uttered in long time by this broken-down Krem-
lin puppet. During the past several months, the
Chinese Communists, together with their Moscow
mentors, have been doing all the talking over
there, but now the junior partner in the ag-
gression-the criminal crowd that started it and
then was smashed by the United Nations prior
to Red Chnas intervention been allowed to
speak out, as if to remind everybody that it is
still around.
AS for the "peace feeler" itself it has all the
earmarks of being little more than another
propaganda maneuver. At any rate-as ad-
dressed to the United NationS-it seems to differ
in no essential respect from the line that has
been followed by Peiping and the Kremlin. Thus
1t brands the United States as an "aggressor"
and insists-though perhaps with somewhat less
emphasis-that our American and Allied forces
(not the Chinese Communists) be Immediately
withdrawn from Korea to enable the people of
that country to handle their own affairs without
further strife In other words, while urging that
France Britain the Soviet Union, Red China and
our own country meet in special conference to
negotiate settlement, it appears to have in
r II the kind of settlement that would call for
q. N. surrender under which the South Koreans
would be left to the tender mercies of the enemy
and dragged behind the Iron Curtain for the
greater honor and glory of Stain.
In breaking their long silence with pro-
posal of this Sort the North Korean Reds can
hardly have expected to arouse the U. MS enthu-
siasm. The only conceivable significance in the
thing is that they have not mentioned Formosa
or Red China's demand for admission into the
United Nations. Perhaps this is meant to sug-
gest that peace negotiations could be held with
out reference to those two issues If so, the
point is interesting but not especially important
What the enemy should realize by now is that
more of his "feelers" will get anywhere unless
and until it embodies basic concessions and a
genuine WILLINGNESS to end the crime of sggres-
sion in wav that will satisfy the conscience Of
free mankind.
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Tribute, Not Show

In your issue for Monday. April 16,
1851, your colunnist. Thomas L. Stokes,
had an article entitled. 1T Looks Like a
Good Show" referring to the plans for
welcoming Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Mr.. Stokes departed from his usual
dignity in imputing to the American
people spirit of revelry, and even de-
bauchery. on this occasion. It was not
in such mood that they sought to
honor Gen Macarthur, upon his home
coming.
Whatever the merits Of the contro-
versy over the conduct of affairs in
Korea, our people wished to express to
Gen. Macarthur their gratitude for his
outstanding service to his country as
soldier and administrator. through long
and difficult years It was by no means
a show, but a tribute.
Harriet w. Pierson.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

On April g. 1901, The Star published
a long account of the equestrian sta$ue
Of Gen John A. Logan
Stotue OF and its pedestal at Iowa
Gen. Logon Circle. dwelling cere-
monies had been ar
ranged for Tuesday, April 9. The
Simmons, sculptor born at Webster,
Me-, in 1912. He had created repre-
sentation Of the general riding along
a line Of battle. his horse moving at a
gentle trot" The base was 20 feet
high and the horse and its rider rose
ID feet higher. Gen. Logan was por-
trayed twice life size. With his steed,
he weighed tons. The casting was
done in italy and King Humbert had
bestowed knighthood on the sculptor.
Front-page space in The Star for April
Is, 1901, was used to tell how Santiago
Iglesias, president OF
Puerto Ricons the Federation Of
Suffering Workmen of Puerto
Rico, visited the White
House to hand to President Mckinley q
petition signed by 5000 Puerto Ricans,
asking employment. The document re-
cited the conditions Of distress in the
island and set forth: I'VE want work;
nothing but work. We want to earn the
means of subsistence" Mr.. Iglesias,
however, went somewhat further. in
sisting that: 1.-THE workers Of Puerto
Rico also demand perfectly free insti-
buttons, under which they will be en-
dowed with full liberty and enjoy the
same rights as the workers Of the United
States to develop their labor organiza-
tions and realize their natural and
legitimate aspirations without hindrance
or oppression.
The annual meeting of the National
Acadeny Of Sciences was in session at
the National Museum half
Academy OF century ago and The
Sciences Star for April IS. 1901,
carried lengthy account
of the proceedings. Asaph Hall presided.
Sir William Higgins Of London, it was
announced. had been awarded the
Evening star., 1951-04-22
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate.

a century, said: Faith is our capacity,
standing on frontier, to hazard our
lives on something as we move out into
the unforeseen" This is the very
essence of religion.
Human appearances often are against
the wagerS that the human spirit makes.
The most astounding thing about the
greatest upruSh in spiritual power of all
history, which we call Christianity, is
that it is centered primarily not in
church or book or creed, but in a
personal adventure with Christ, in the
direction in which He is going as He
says, Il am the Way" 1t is essentially
a daring thing, a mountain mover, as
Jesus himself called it. 1t never was
meant to- be preservative, but creative.
It is not as one hymn has it, "a sure
repose." It is taking the open road.
OF course, religion is refuge. Religion
is comfort. Religion is enrichment. But,
in all and through all. it is personal
venturesomenesS Its symbol is not
spiritual humming bird, a fitting
around in fields filed with sweet nectar.
It, rather, Is the three Hebrew children,
with no insurance to cover the fire risk
Of the furnace, but saying: Even If we
are not delivered. we viii not bow down."
No one who gives priority No. to
safety, to comfort. and an adherence
of venture and risk ever can reach as
surance that it is better to be chaste
than licentious; that it is better to be
generous than selfish: that it is better to
be brave than to be a coward; or, even,
for that matter. that there is God
These are all discovered by those who
put safety second. Surety comes to
those who are willing to risk. The
highest revelations are reserved for peo-
pie who take the initiative, who hear
and heed the call of the ranges far
beyond, where the trails run out and
STOP"
A faith that will sustain and hold
when life hits us and hurts us, or even
tumbles in, never will be secured ex-
cept through moral and spiritual adven-
ture. only as we endure as seeing the
invisible. Always it is the reward of
putting Faith first and Safety second.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

Pen-'aanaes may be used If letters carry
UriterS' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.
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Letters to The Star

as cloak for malice, but as servants
of God"
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-06-16
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-06-16

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