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Evening star., 1951-04-01
Common Sense at NLRB

General Counsel Bott of the National Labor
Relations Board has announced two rulings
bearing on an important provision Of the Taft
Hartley Act. The provision is that which pre-
scribes the conditions for a union shop, and
which protects an employe from being dismissed
from his union and thereafter fired for any
reason except non-payment OF initiation fees
and dues.
The first case to come to the General Counsel
involved a Wisconsin employe who had signed
the notoriously Communistic Stockholm Peace
Pledge in manner indicating that he was acting
for the union. The union, for this reason, de-
manded that he be fired, and the employer
complied.
The second case was similar in principle.
The employe was guilty of drinking on the job,
dishonesty and other offenseS. He was expelled
from the union and the union members said they
would not work with him. In that situation, he
was fired
Inboth cases, the General Counsel ruled that
the Taft-Hartley Act had not been viola .sd. This
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.
Walter X. Bachrach.

Independent nation. Matters were COM
plicated by the fact that Japan also was
developing an aggressive attitude toward
Korea. The Japanese eventually would
take over the county but the Russians
never would be satisfied with any con-
troll other than their own. History, 1t
seems, makes habit Of repeating; and
the end is not yet, even in 1851.
X
"While the people Of the District Of
Columbia are bathing in muddy water"
said The Star Of March
Filtration Plant 26. 1901, "they have
pyooress the satisfaction Of
knowing that prepara-
tions for providing filtration plant are
going on as rapidly as the circumstances
will permit" No site had been acquired,
and nothing very tangible could be done
until Congress had acted on this phase
of the subject. Col. A. M. Miller had
submitted plans for both mechanical
and slow-sand system Of filtering. One
site suggested was at the head Of First
street, Just east of the Howard Uni
versity Reservoir; another proposed was
between the Soldiers Home and Albany,
North Capitol and First streets NV.
The mechanical system was vigorously
opposed by the Medical Society OF the
District OF Columbia Meanwhile. there
has been much complaint over the turbid
condition of the water this year." The
long -desired filtration plant finally was
built on the Mcmillan site and placed in
service in 1905. It was supplemented
by the Dalecaqlia plant in 1927.
Evening star., 1951-04-01

Said The Star on March II, 1901:
Arrangements have been made for
series of revival services to
Boy be held this week and prob
Preacher ably next at Israel A. M. E.
Church, on First street
S.W., near the Capitol, at which
Lonnie Dennis, years OF age, IS 70
occupy the pulpit. The boy named is
here under the care of his father. he
has been through q large part OF the
country on preaching tour and comes
to washington for the second time. his
first having been made several months
ago. The boy preacher is regarded as
wonder by those with whom he hasscome
in contact, owing largely to his complete
knowledge of the Scriptures. He is from
Georgia, having been born In Atlanta.
He declares he has been called to the
service of God as was Samuel Of old. and
his desire and intention is to expouno
the Gospel"
Father John Gloyd, pastor OF st.
Patrick's Church. died in the rectcry
at Tenth and G streets
Fother Gloyd NV, March 81. 1901. and
Dead The Star for that date
chronicled the passing Of
"the venerable and highly esteemed
clergyman" with regret. He had been
i'll for about four years. and the end
therefore was not unexpected. Priests
Of the parish, sisters Of the Holy Cross.
nurses from Providence Hospital and
number OF devoted parishioners were
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Dr.. Darby

The Rev. Dr. William Lambert Darby, dying
at 76, leaves many Washingtonians in his debt.
He was pastor and missioner whose work was
richly effective. Thousands Of people knew him,
appreciated his services, considered him per-
sonal friend. He was happy in his vocation, glad
to think of himself as being useful in a world Of
confusion and distress. Experience had made
him an optimist. His faith was substantial
force, and he himself was the first Individual
sustained by 1t.
During 18 years DR.. Darby headed the Office
staff of the Washington Federation Of Churches.
Retiring from that post of duty in 1910, he soon
was chosen president of the Washington Bible
Society It was not until 194S that he finally
broke his daily routine of labor. AS recently as
last week, he still was in touch with old asso-
ciates here. The news Of his death was unex-
pected He was busy to the last, and that is
privilege he would have wanted had it been
granted to him to express his wish.
DR.. Darbys services were rendered to the
whole community Of Washington, and an appro-
pirate memorial as he was-perhaps
will be provided by his friends at the head
quarters of the Federation Of Churches. where
he invested his heart 30 long and so successfully.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Spires Of the Spirit
Boats Without Oars

In a dramatic passage Tolstoy has
given us the picture OF q man sitting In
a boat which had been pushed OIL from
an unknown land. He had been shown
the opposite shore. given a pair Of oars
and left alone. He rows straight out
into the stream. Then the current Seizes
his boat and swings 1t about. Around
him are other little boats. The occu-
pants Of some have thrown their oars
away; a few are bravely struggling
against the current. but most are gliding
with it quite content. One begins madly
to row upstream against the swift cur
rent, as he cries: Fool that was to
drift" The oars prove his salvation.
He escapes the destroying rapids. In
safety he reaches his desired haven. Lest
the meaning of his story be missed. the
great Russian prophet sets it down in
black and white. He explains: "The
current Is the tradition OF the world.
The oars are our wills. The opposite
shore Is God" The moral is that If we
drift with the prevailing currents of the
world, If we fail to use the oars of our
free will. then the only goal which gives
life It's giory--good and Gods lost.
Life with all its profound meaning, its
startling possibilities for good or evil, is
mirrored in this little parable. It Is a
tragic story Of boats without oars.
II ~
What q revealing glimpse is here
afforded of our contemporary scene! All
that we call civilization has not changed
one iota the fundamentals faced by each
human life. In profound sense we are
not all in the same boat Each birth is
a launching. We enter life alone and
leave ii alone. For a. while we float
about in the comparatively safe cove of
the home, which is a school in the use
of oars. Then. SO far as the great factors
Of character are concerned, our indi-
vidual boats head out to the wide stream
with its dangerous currents. We are
given pair Of oars and left alone. We
can use the oars or drift. Heaven is in
the rowing, hell is in the drifting.
We belong to day which takes great
stock in the interior furnishings Of life's
boat. There are cushions and gadgets
galore. It is equipped with everything
to ravish the ear and eye and to pander
Evening star., 1951-04-01

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and stimuli
taneously negotiating trade treatv
with Russia, which had fomented armed
revolts within Iranian borders and
probably would have taken over the
country but for U. N. pressureS.
India, home of literally scores of the
wealthiest potentates on eartf1-the
Agha Khan receives his weight in
jewels each birthday-and a veritable
treasure house of strategic materials
which we lack. is eminently able to
pay for whatever it wants. India now
forbids export to us OF materials vitaily
necessary here but for which it has
no use, opposes us in the United Ma
tions. and yet expects us to tax our
poor to extinction while the vast for
tunes Of its niaharajahs go untouched.
One has battery of solid-gold cannon.
Charity to worthy unfortunate is
commendable; but maudlin, reckless
squandermania has already led us to
the brink of national disaster. En-
lightened self-interest may yet aid US
to lead the world to salvation; self
ruin and national bankruntcy mean
OILY that we all go down together.
w. A. B.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Modern Influence

The influence Of the so-called Modern
Art Movement on the art museums mas
been vicious. This group seemingly
controls the art publications, the art
policies of many newspapers (not The
Starr and magazines and, in many cases.
the galleries and museums in which the
most important exhibitions OF contem-
porary art are held. The serious artist.
who will not be coerced into painting to
please these critics. finds himself up
against an organized movement. He
either paints as they director he
doesn't show.
1t was interesting to note that the
annual exhibitions Of the National
Academy received only small notices
in the New York papers. But let some
artist have show of something new"
"a few pieces of bent wire. or group
of pictures painted with the artists
toes instead of his fingers, and the
exhibition gets columns of publicity.
A favorite expression Of the art critics
today is, "We must keep an open mind"
I agree. But not TO the extent most
of the so-called moderns have kept
it open-so open that all the contents
have fallen out!
There is. however, ray Of hope for
the future. Paris, the originator OF
art trends for the past century, is
definitely going conservative. A recent
contemporary show in Paris. compris-
ing over 1000 paintings, included few
distractions. Most of the work was
in the traditional manner.
It is my prediction that before long
there will be such revulsion of feel
ing in this country against the sort
of stuff that the public has been asked
to swallow over the past decade, that
art exhibitions in the future will again
be o place where the intelligent lay
man will be able to enjoy few hours
time.
Walter X. Bachrach.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Service Economy

p I just read r. H. WIS letter. If every
ex-service man or woman who has wit
messed the almost incredible waste in the
services writes you. you're In for a
deluge.
I have been In position where I
have seen thrift that would outScotch
the Scots in one branch Of the service,
and waste that would make you sick in
another branch. had it proved beyond
any doubt that the less you give the
military the better they take care of 1t.
I was a supply officer for the Marine
Corps. This branch Of the service Is part
of the Navy and. as such, "the poor
cousin" When the Navy receives its ap-
preparations, it allotS the minimum
amount to the Marines. For years the
u. s. M. c. has learned to get the most
for the least, to stretch its pennies
and care for what it has lovingly.
AS a supply officer on Marine bases. I
saw Office equipment IS years old, still
in daily use: learned that the Marine
Corps accounting system is one Of the
best, bar none. And, above all, learned
that If the Marines entrusted you with
any of their supplies you took mighty
good care Of it-or personally paid for
the loss.
Imagine my surprise when was sta
toned at a Navy base! Supplies and
equipment were in lavish abundance. so
much so that most of the available stor-
age space on the base was taken up with
excess stock. I vividly recall one enor-
nous storage room containing over 200
Hollywood beds. These beds had been
ordered for officers quarters. OfdcerS'
quarters already had two beds in every
room, many of them with two mat
tresses. The excess beds were nuisance.
Anybody who wanted one as gift could
have one, and the Navy would do the
hauling. AS far as could ever figure
it out, once the Navy ever ordered any,
thing and it was delivered and paid for.
that was the end of it. 1t was taken off
the books: no one ever had to account
for it again.
The Marine Corps never took any
thing of its books until it had fallen to
pieces. And then the person who was
accountable for the object-be it 39-
cent issued undershirt or 500 desk
had to turn in the pieces. The only
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Another Freedom Scroll
By Bruce Borton

guess I am about the only man who
meant to sign the Freedom Scroll and
didn't. had my fountain pen in hand
and had read the first two paragraphs.
which sounded all right: II believe in
the sacredness and dignity Of the indi-
vidual. believe that all men derive the
right to freedom equally from God"
Then, just as I was ready to sign, my
eye caught the third and last paragraph:
II pledge to resist aggression and
tyranny wherever they may appear on
earth"
Sadly handed the pledge back to
the earnest young lady and nut away
my fountain pen.
"You mean you won't sign it?" she
gasped
II can't sign it." answered. 1T
would not be honest"
mot honest!" she cried. "How can
you say such a wicked thing? Why.
more than IS million Americans have
signed this. think you are awful"
I said: "This pledges me to resist
aggression and tyranny wherever they
appear on earth have no intention
Of doing this. have no power to do it.
even II wanted to. And am against
making any big sweeping pledge that I
know, or should know, in advance that
I can't possibly carry out. think much
of the worlds present trouble arises
from the fact that the United States
has let loose too many well-meaning
citizens making big promises, impossible
to fulfill, all over the world"
Freedom Is q very new idea in the
uyorld Tho MaCno Tharta which iS fha
symbol of the beginnings - and very
limited beginnings they were-of our
freedom, is only 1856 years old. The
Declaration OF independence in which.
for the first time, it was proclaimed that
"all men are created equal" was adopt
ed ITS years ago-only yesterday.
To two-thirds Of the peoples Of the
world the idea of freedom is meaning
less. Their understanding Of it can
come only through the long, slow
processes of education and agricultural
and industrial development.
I myself am not so much concerned
with the lack of freedom abroad as with
the fact that every days newspapers
and radio broadcasts bring us the sor-
rowful news that we have less freedom
here at home than we had "a hours be-
FORE Controls, taxes. and past and
future foreign wars, are making us the
pawns of a bureaucratic. militaristic
state.
Who will circulate a Freedom Scroll
for less restraint and more freedom in
the u. s. A.? promise that my name
will be on it.
tcopyright 1851. King Features Syndicate, 1nsJ
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Slow Mail Service

Crime investigation? Why not con-
gressional inquiry into the iniquity being
perpetrated upon the taxpayers by the
Post Once Department? No mail deliv-
cries in the suburban areas until almost
high noon. No mail collections after
5:55 pm. from the Wesley Heights
boxes.
If the Post Office budget cannot be
balanced. let our solons raise the price
of postcard to two cents and Of first
class stamp from three to four cents.
But let's have streamlined service
worthy of America in 10th. century
not the sluggishness which marked
the horseback days of mid-19th century
when stamps were not even used.
Cecil ]. Wilkinson.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Keep Police Responsibilities Clear

,, Attorney General McGrath and FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover have drawn proper distinction
between the useful activities of a congressional
anti-crime committee of the Kefauver type and
the proposed watchdog" activities of perma-
nent Federal crime commission. An overall
national commission on crime would bring the
Federal Government dangerously close to the
role OF national enforcer of local laws. MIR.
McGrath and Mr.. Hoover are opposed to any
thing resembling Federal police force in this
country-for Soundly democratic reasons. They
are right in reminding Congress that the pri-
mary responsibility for enforcing gambling laws
rests with the States The fact that some of the
States have been shown to have been lax in
living up to their responsibilities does not justify
the Federal Governments stepping in and
taking over.
The Kefauver committee has done a fine
Job in exposing dark spots on the crime picture.
1t has uncovered enough to warrant continuation
OF the inquiry until the whole sordid mess has
been thoroughly explored. A congressional COM
mittee can do this exploring without encroaching
on the local law enforcement domain, whereas
the Investigations of national crime commits
sion might arouse resentment in the States. The
Attorney General has made good suggestion
in proposing that the States themselves take
the Initiative in investigating crime conditions
within their borders. This could be done through
legislative committees or State-created crime
commissions. A close working arrangement be-
tween States in suppressing crime also would be
helpful
The Federal Government should give advice
and aid to the States when requested, of course,
as the FBI, Internal Revenue Bureau and other
Federal law enforcement agencies already are
doing. Some strengthening of national laws to
make it more difficult for interstate racketeers
to operate across State lines may be desirable,
too. Another national crime conference here
under auspices of the Attorney General might
bring the responsibilities of Federal, State and
municipal authorities into clearer focus. Those
responsibilities seem to have been confused in
the minds of some sincere advocates of greater
Federal activity in local law enforcement areas.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
DisIoyoIty Deals Are DANGEROUS

It is not enough for the Presidents Loyalty
Review Board to condemn the departmental
practice Of making IDEALS" with employees ac-
cused Of disloyalty. A thorough investigation
of such deals should be undertaken, with view
to making sure that the employees who have
benefited from the practice are kept off the
Federal pay roll.
That Government agencies would bargain
with dsloyal employees, allowing them to resign
without the stigma of loyalty proceedings
against them, is beyond understanding Yet
the Loyalty Review Board has found numerous
cases" in which employees with bad records were
other Federal jobs, Because their employment
records contained no reference to disloyalty pro-
ceedings, the employees had no difficulty in get
ting jobs elsewhere in the executive establish
ment. Deals of this sort are grossly unfair to
other departments. They impair the efficiency
of the whole loyalty program and might even
imperil the national security.
The practice of giving employees suspected
of disloyalty chance to resign arose frem
provision Of the original loyalty regulations per-
mitting designations in certain mitigating cir
cumstances" or if national security was not in
volyed. The provision was intended for use only
in cases where there was some doubt as to the
suficiency of evidence against an employe But
the Loyalty Review Board was surprised to learn
that employees with "bad records" had been
allowed to resign, with no notation on the rec
ords rejecting on loyalty. This is an easy way
of avoiding difficult loyalty proceedings, but 1t
is a poor way Of protecting the Government
against disloyalty. The possibility that many Of
these employees with bad records may still be
working for the Government in positions of
trust is disturbing, to put it mildly.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Fable for Our Time

There is a brand of thinking in india and
elsewhere that expresses itself in high philo-
sophical or moral language to support the thesis
that it is virtuous thing for some nations to
hold themselves severely aloof-in a rarefed
atmosphere of intellectual, spiritual and physical
neutrality-from the rather vulgar hurly- y-burly
of the struggle now raging between the forces
OF democratic freedom and the forces of Com
munist tyranny
The real nature of this view has been well
summed up by Swiss writer taking part in the
current Bombay meetings of the Indian Congress
for Cultural Freedom. The writer-Denis de
Rougemont-has put the thing as follows:
Imagine wolf, lamb and shepherd. The
lamb decides to remain neutral between the wolf,
which threatens him, and the shepherd, who
protects him. He hopes that by doing this the
wolf, instead of eating him, will busy himself
first of all with the shepherd, or perhaps the
shepherd will attack the wolf BY this means
the lamb, who still feels that he is not strong
enough to act, will gain time"
- In such circumstances, the lamb cannot be
blamed for doing what he thinks may help him
to save his own skin or at least delay the VOLTS
attack on him His neutrality, in other words,
even though it may prove to be futile in the
end, is defensible matter of expediency-a
policy he adopts only because he feels driven by
desperation to try it in an effort to escape being
gobbled up. AS Mr.. de Rougemont has said,
however, such course is not defensibe, but is
merely "a transparent piece of trickery," If the
lamb attempts to justify it by moral or doc
trinal reasoning" as something that is not only
expedient but also splendid, wise noble or spir-
itualy good in itself.
Mr. de Rougemont has given voice to a kind
Of fable that seems well suited to our time.
Certain nations because of their vulnerability,
may feel impelled to declare that they want to
STAY out Of todays struggle. But they cannot
really be neutral between good and evil. The
lamb who tries to be, the lamb who talks and
acts as If he were practicing Righteousness, not
exrediency, when he declares his aloofness from
both the wolf and the shepherd, is disingenu-
ous and silly creature who will have only himself
to blame if he is finally devoured.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chapalin, United States Senate.

Chapai1n, United States Senate.
his mission in life and the goals at which
he aimed. As the voyage started he
seemed to have conscience such as
Huckleberry Finn described, which took
up more room than all the rest of the
insides put together" For fruitful years
Bacon manfully resisted the sinister
pressures of his day, SO full of bribery
and corruption. Finally he was made
Lord Chancellor of England. But he be-
came lost leader. Somehow he turned
traitor to the oars of unpurchasable in
tegrity. With worldly success and
recognition he "sat pretty in his boat"
his oars at his feet instead of in his
hands. The current captured him. He
became the victim of fashion, custom
and convention. He was convicted of
gross bribery and banal corruption and
lived his )ast half decade a diSgraced
man.
Thomas Carlyle tells us in a striking
statement that, for while, he yielded
to the craven temptation to follow the
line OF least resistance. Suddenly, some
thing within him Sprang up and took
CUutIU1. AOOh1llS tAlc LyIdIlt AInL LII tAlc
face, he grasped the oars with a new
grip and cried: II am not thine, but
my own, and free! And despise thee"
Then. with himself as captain, of darted
his boat. cutting the current heading to
the goal. Who can doubt that we are
getting near the fatal defect Of our day
when we speak OF drifting ships and of a
time when boats are held so dear and
life so cheap. as the oars Of duty and
conscience and moral integrity and high
idealism no longer battle the contempo-
rary currents which sweep one away
from the spiritual ends and values Of
life?
To every man there is given the choice
Of drifting or rowing. John Oxenham
looked with pity upon those who drift to
and fro upon the misty flats. He was
thinking Of boats without oars. and Of
other boats whose oars defy the currents,
as he declared:
"To euery man there openeth
A high tDGy and lolD;
And euery man decideth
The tDay his soul shall CO."
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thing that was ever expendable to them
was ammunition. strongly suspect that
the sole reason the Marines insist on all
their men being expert marksmen is that
they hate to see bullet go to waste.
Let the Army and the Navy learn
from the Marines. They've been pinch
ing pennies for years.
A. u. &.