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Challenge to the KremIin

Regardless of how MoScow'S propagandiStS
may react to it, President Humans letter to the
chief of the Soviet Presidum-a fgurehead
whose office is technically higher than Dictator
Stalin's-constitutes an effective and WELT timed
challenge to the men of the Kremlin. The chal-
lenge is simply this: That they let the Russian
people know the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth about "the aims and
purposes of the United States" and "the pro-
found desire of the American Government
to bring about a just and lasting peace"
Along with his letter the President has trans
mitted a copy of the Mcmahon Ribicoff reso-
luton in which both houses of Congress have
proclaimed the friendship and good will of the
American people for the Russian people and
"aL the peoples OF the earth" But the letter
itself, while strongly endorsing the resolution
makes point of emphasizing that the unhappy
events OF the last few years have demonstrated
that all such gestures and formal diplomatic
negotiations among nations will be largely bar
as long as the Soviet Union and its satellites
maintain an Iron Curtain to black out the truth
about the free world-a curtain behind which
the leaders of Red totalitarianism have been
Systematically striving to poison the minds of
the masses under their control with ceaSeless
propaganda barrage Of monstrouS lies aimed at
stirring up great wave of war-breeding hatred
against Ine Unlted STATES ana the west as
whole. Accordingly, in effect, Mr.. Truman has
called upon the men of the Kremlin to stop this
evil forthwith and open up their empire to an
unimpeded exchange Of ideas and information
II they will do so, he has told them, If they will
permit us to acquaint the Russians with our
real aims, there will be no war"
Perhaps Mr.. Truman's judgment is a bit too
optimistic on that score, but there can be no
doubt that the removal of the Iron Curtain
would do more than any other single action to
put an end to the worlds present grave tensions
The Soviet dictatorship, of course will take no
such step unless and until it makes up its mind
to revolutionize its policy for the better Still,
the Presidents challenge, since it tends to put
Moscow's propagandists on the spot, may help
bit to spread a measure of light through the
darkness now engulhng the masses of Russia
and all the satellite lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09
Paris 1000

The people of all France are celebrating the
20Ooth anniversary of the founding of Paris with
out regard for whether the great metropolis of
continental Europe really Is 2000-or much more
Nobody actually knows when the first settlement
on the present island of La Cite was effected
What is certain is that at the time of the con-
quest of Gaul by julius Caesar roughly two mil
leniums ago the PARISH were recognized tribe,
living on the Sequana or Seine. The chief town
Of these so-called barbarians was Lutetia, and it
stood just about where Notre Dame stands now
Most historians regard the first event Of primary
Importance in the development of the community
as that of the introduction of Christianity by St
Denis, martyred on Montmartre in $50. The en-
peror Julian made the place the seat of his gov
eminent between 355 and 361 A. D. Another
benefactor of the early capital was Clovis, the
first of the Merovingan dynasty
But the Paris of those distant days disap-
peared long since. The city as it appears in 1851
traces back principally to Francis /, who started
the Louvre and the Hotel de Vile, and to Henry
w, who completed the Pont-Neuf and sponsored
additions to the Louvre and the Tuileries. They
set the pattern for Louis XIII his mother, Marie
de Medici, and his minister, Cardinal Richelieu,
who began the Luxembourg and the Palais Royal,
and Louis XIV who laid out 80 new streets, con-
structed 80 new churches and the Hotel des In
valides and the Observatory and commenced
many other improvements Not even the Revo-
luton could wreck all the work Of the Valois and
Bourbon kings. 1t served, however, to provide
Napoleon I and Napoleon III with whatever ex-
cuses they needed for their own campaigns of
establishment Both contributed to the fame of
the metropolis as IAN immense hospitality" for
all the rest of the world.
Others whose names inevitably will be re-
membered in connection with the present cele-
bration include the painters Clouet Poussin, Lor-
rain, Vatican, Boucher, Fragonard, David, Ger
ard, Ingres, Gerome, Courbet, Millet, Bonheur,
Bouguereau, Cezanne and Gauguin the writers
villon, Rabelais, Moliere, Voltaire Diderot, STEM
dial, Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, father and son; Flau-
bert, de Maupassant, Rostand, Anatole France and
Roman ROLAND; the composers Lully, Rameau
Gretry, Auber, Halevy, Berlioz, Offenbach, Saint
saens, Bizet and Debussy; and, of course, the
philosophers from Abeard and Saint Bernard to
Bergson and Jacques Maritain. Merely to call
the roll of such men of superior talent is to show
why Paris always has meant something very spe
cial to everybody everywhere. 1t has been a
center of art and learning, and it may be hoped
it will continue to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09
The Myriod and the One

Ho,o many millions, Questing for bread
or iDi7te,
Wrangling and graphing for crown
or fee,
Labor and lope, ,Dith shouts of "Myr'
and "MineP',
SiDaoger and boast, and rear their
progeny,
And slip from vieD, and leaue no other
sign
Than does sea-sheH flung into the
sea.
But these are mostly common, grubbtno
souls,
Earth bound as tDorms, and practical
as moleS.
Then, comet-strange aboue the welter-
ing throng,
Alien to all the clans that flame and
fight,
Rises a Mozart Nth his Uisard song.
One IN a myriad, and time holts her
flight,
And il, spell that fingers century long,
Men pant, and glo,u. and n,arpel, and
delight.
Yet he is but a straying brother iDe deem
Tied to the stars, impractical as
dream.
= Stanton A. cobIentz
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Defends Syria

The. Rev Mr.. Daniel Polling, in a
letter published in the June 20 issue
of The Star, made some statements con-
corning Syria which should not pass
without comment.
While respect Mr.. Poling's age and
piety, must take exception to his
sweeping generality that it is undeni-
able that the Christians of Syria feel
that they are being increasingly crushed
and oppressed. trust it is not pre-
sumptuous of me to say that I do deny
that statement In my work during the
past five years, I have had numerous
contacts with all sorts of Christians in
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Comments on the Strike

Comments on the Strike
The transit strikes effect on traffic
in Washington clearly demonstrated
the disaster that would overtake the
Nations Capital in the event Of an
enemy bomb attack.
1t pointed to the possibility that more
people would be killed and hurt in
panic to evacuate the city than by
enemy bombs. Within minutes after
an alert was sounded. streets and bridges
leading to Maryland and Virginia would
be hopelessly damned. Bus and street.
car service would fail at once.
1t is patent that Washington needs
more bridges across the Potomac and
Anacostia Rivers and system of broad
streets leading to them. Unless ave-
nueS OF escape are provided, workers
and inhabitants of Washington will be
hopelessly trapped and many will perish.
To people living in target areas, such
as the Capital, means of escape are
more essential than expensive plans for
dispersal. For. the dispersal point it.
self becomes target Avenues OF es-
cape also could be used either in peace
or war times.
C. B. Dickson.
The transit strike should serve as
stimulus to the people of America and
as deterrent to the would be agrees
sors against America.
Being an auto owner, drove to work
on the two days of the strike. I saw
many cars with four and five passengers,
very few with only one or two occupants.
It seems to take an emergency to
make people realize we are interde-
pendent on each other in this country
One cannot live without the other and
keep alive the spirit and ideals Of
America.
Since Americans seem capable of
rising to any occasion, 1t gives me
feeling Of intense satisfaction and pride
to be member of this tribe" May
this attitude prevail forever in America
and keep alive all that is precious and
dear to any American Let this attitude
warn any aggressor that America is
not as asleep as she appears to be when
it comes to aiding one another for the
good of each other and America
Kenneth J. Staffa.
Eventually the public will be billed
for the loss of revenue incurred by
the Capital Transit Co. as the result
Of the strike, including wage increases
granted employees.
The bill will take the form Of in
creased fares. The Capital Transit Co.
can well afford to absorb this increase.
not pass it on to the public.
Harry Daniels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09

the infant United States began spread
ing in Europe. France and Holland adj
vanced cautious loans. A French fleet
arrived in America with boxes of hard
money while the able Superintendent
of Finance, Robert Morris, began wav-
ing his magic financial wand.
Continental money never recovered
Under Hamilton's Funding Act in $780,
a few of the continentals were accepted
at rate of 100 to l. The bulk of the
millions that had rolled from the presses
was lost or destroyed. At the end of
the Revolution, rare was the family
without bale of these worthless notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09

Syria. The Overwhelming majority of
them from the farmers to the high gov
eminent officials, feel very strongly that
they are "first-class citizens" of the
country and are actively cooperating
with other citizens in the upbuilding of
the republic.
Mr.. Polling speaks of the opposition Of
certain Christian leaders to the new,
Islamic -oriented Syrian constitution"
1t is true that during the debate on the
proposed constitution, many Christians
joined with other minority religious
groups in the country, and with many
liberal Muslims. in opposing clause of
the constitution which would have made
Islam the official religion of the Repub-
lie of Syria. What Mr.. Polling neglected
to say was that this clause was voted
down before the constitution was finally
adopted. The constitution now in force
does not make Islam the official re-
ligion Of the country; on the contrary.
religious freedom is specifically guaran-
teed to all inhabitants of Syria.
Mr.. Polling is guilty of historical my
opia when he calls the Christians the
original inhabitants of Syria. If he
means that the Christians were there
before the Muslims, he is correct. How
ever, the history of Syria begins at least
as long ago as 1000 BIC. The capital of
the country. Damascus, is called the old
est continually inhabited city in the
world. and we Of Aleppo, supported by
Psychologists, claim that Aleppo is older
than Damascus. Sumerians, Akkadians,
Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Phoe-
nicians, Hittites, Hurrians, Persians,
Greeks and Romans-to name only
few of the ancient peoples-were all in
habitants of Syria before Christianity
existed.
The problems which the establishing
Of the state of Israel have introduced
into the Near East are fantastically COM
plicated and potentially dangerous to the
peace and security Of the world Because
of the completely and Importance Of
the situation it is extremely important
that we give all sides a fair hearing,
rather than making up our minds on
the issue on the basis of brief, care
fully guided tour of only one of the
countries of the area, or after reading
the material presented by only one party
to the controversy. Half truths and
innuendoes will only confuse the issue
further. and may lead us in our igno-
rance to make tragic mistakes.
George Frederick Miller. Jr.,
Academic Dean, Aleppo College, Aleppo,
Syria.
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Nursing Homes

nursing TomeS
Your timely coverage of the antici-
pated nursing home situation, in which
the Commissioners contemplate action,
Is most interesting.
1t is hoped that the new building code
will awaken the city heads to do some
thing constructive for the many aged
requiring nursing attention. 1t is almost
impossible to find more than two or
three f1rst-class nursing homes in our
city.
If putting 800 or 900 old people out
into the street is necessary. let's do so
before a disastrous fire takes it's toll,
and while they are still alive. Allowing
such hazard to exist is greater crime
than closing these INSCRIPTIONS oper-
ated places.
Ex-Patient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How many words were spoken in
U. N meetings during 1950?-E. E. Y.
A. Figures are available for the 50
plenary meetings Of the year. These
comprised over 663, 900 words Speeches
by the U. s. S. r. delegation accounted
for by far the largest percentage Of the
total
Q. Is it correct to say that a bride
walks down the aisle" Of the church
at her wedding?-L. B. T.
A. In popular speech it is. However.
the word "aisle" correctly designates a
wing or subdivision of the building.
rather than the alley or passageway into
which the pews open
Q. How fast does the wind have to
blow before one can notice a breeze?
C. M.
A. A wind of one or two miles an
hour Is barely perceptible. A wind of
three miles an hour is perceptible.
while at four or five miles an hour one
feels gentle breeze.
@. Why was Columbus, as a child,
taught Latin?-M. H. E.
A. When Columbus was eight or ten
years old he was sent to the naviga-
ton school in Genoa. His first task
there was to learn to read Latin It
was then the only written language
OF most European schools.
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Questions and Answers

Che Stars readers can get the answer "a
any question OF fact by either writing The
NNEyS 81 SIar INFORMATION Bureau. 1900 street
return postage OF oy telephoning sT 736a
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Letters to The Star

Pennaes may be used letters carry 1Orters correct
and addresses All letters subject to condensation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-11
BY ROC PHILIPS

briefly by telepathy while in one
of the offices on his inspection tour
and told him that he and Joe must
| take a jaunt out of town into the
country alone. If anyone came
along or knew where they were
headed she wouldn't meet them.
Val listened impatiently until
Ray had told it. He excused him.
SET then with the promise he
would be right back. While he was
gone Arthur Granger went into
an act on how glad he was that his
daughter would soon be with him.
and how he had looked forward to
this day ever since she had been
taken from him SO long ago.
When Val returned Neal and
Craig were with him. He looked
distinctly puzzled.
"This is it," Ray thought grimly.
Either they take my story at face
value or they know that I'm on to
them and it's no use in their pre-
tending any more"
He started to repeat his story to
Neal and Craig.
Wal told u.s." Neal said almost
| CURLY.
when is this rendezvous?s
Craig Blaming asked.
"She didn't say" Ray answered.
Il gathered that the sooner the bet
ter, however. Even right now"
He thought, "If Joe and can
only get away scot free from this
crowd of liars we won't come
back, whatever happens"
Are you sure she contacted you
and you didn't imagine it?" Val
asked desperately.
With that. question Ray knew
Val had talked with the Vargians
and been told that they didn't get
| the slightest trace of a telepathie
bearing, and that either there had
been none or something new had
been added to things.
"Of course / didn't imagine it'll"
he said Indignantly. What reason
would ! have for that?"
That's it," Val said, addressing
his remark more to his three fel-
low Custodians than to Ray. ''You
would have no reason to-"
Well" Neal Smith said, as
though making decision on bad
bargain, "it's about time for din
ner. Suppose we eat, and then you
two can 60 out and keep your rem
devious"
The rest Of you eat" Val spoke
up hastily. I'll go. out and rent a
car for. them SO it'll be all ready
when they are"
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TIME TRAP
AZ Nswsfsospfes

"a good idea" Ray said ap-
provingly.
WAL caught a taxi which took
' him directly to the building
where Ray had spent most of the
day supposedly inspecting lignt
fixtures. There was q preoccupie !
frown on his face as he entered the
building and took the elevator 10
the tenth floor. He was obviously
well known to the attendants in
the building. He had told the truth
when he had said no one was per-
mitted in the areas occupied by the
Vargians unless they had known
business there.
He strobe quickly down the hall
on the tenth floor and opened a
door without knocking. The room
he entered was large, taking up the
full length of the building. There
were several dozen Vargians here.
all buSily watching banks of
television screens that brought va
ried scenes to view from all over
the city.
He ignored these and walked
through the long room to door at
the far end. in the same wall as
that through which he had entered.
This time he knocked. A voice was
telling him to come in even as he
knocked-but he was used to the
Vargian ability to see little way
into the future. He opened the door
and entered a room where half a
dozen Vargians sat around a table
in some sort of conference.
These were Vargians such as Ray
and Joe. hadn't seen. They We're
old men, stopped shouldered and
with gray hair Their skins were
wrinkled. Their two eyes like nor-
NAL peoples were faded. s.
But in the forehead of each of
them the third eye was startlingly
different than in those Ray and
Joe had seen, In each of them that
third eye was brightly alive with
strange forces that swirled and
danced.
Val paused after he closed the
door. He swallowed loudly several
times. He. always felt helpless and
uncomfortable in the presence of
these Vargians here, that sat quiet
ly, day after day, and guided the
deStinies of both Vargians and
men.
They looked at him, their faces
expressionless. They were waiting
for him to speak.
TO be eontinuedl
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Mercy Island" a story of the
Florida Keys, appearing in an
April issue of The Saturday Re-
view of Literature, the leading
national magazine of book re-
views.
/. Mercy Island was. published
in a special Florida preview .edi-
ton ON March z, but the regular
edition did not come out until a
few days ago, on April Z. A
thrilling story of adventure on a
remote Florida Key, the story is
reported to have sold exception
ally well in Florida during the
past month, and its reception
throughout the nation promises to
be very good.
4 X r.
The Citizen said in an editorial
paragraph today:
Two state conventions this
month. Soon we will have ma
tional conventions, but first we
must have convention hail.
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Chapter 20

Cnapter ~
DACK in the hotel Ray found Joe
ID and Val in the lobby doing In
two chairs by the windows. he
woke them up and told them with
an air of suppressed excitement
that it had happened. Val came to
his feet instantly.
Good" he said. Lets go up to
your room where we can talk"
did you ask her if she has a
girl friend for me?" Joe asked the
moment they reached the room
and the door was closed.
AZ was too excited to think OF
it." Ray said.
what did she say?" Val Nelson
asked impatiently. "How is she?
Are the Vargians treating her
well?"
Ray looked at Val blankly. He
had forgotten that Nelva, accord
ing to the story that had been
dished out to him, was supposed to
be in the hands of the Vargnians
"She didn't say how she was
or where she was" he said. "She
just told me how we could get
together"
7'How?" Val asked eagerly.
"She said for me and Joe to get
out someplace away from town and
be sure that no one knew where
we were and she would meet u.s.
Ray said. "She stressed the mo
one,' too, as though she meant
even you fellows" Amalicious i'm
pulsed possessed him. He added
naively. II wonder why?"
II wonder too" Val Nelson said.
1T makes me think He stopped
abruptly.
'Itmakes you think what?" Ray
asked innocently.
Never mind" Val said. Lets
60 over to headquarters so you
can tell her father about it"
They left the room. Val hung
back and was the last one out. Ray
saw him turn toward the far cor
ner of the room and dart a ques-
tioning glance at the wall paper
half way up.
$50 they have a spy gadget in
our rooml" he thought. aAm /
lucky decided not to voice any of
my suspicious to Joe. They would
have heard every world" as
They caught a taxi to save time,
and were soon in Arthur Changers
underground Office. Neal and Craig
weren't there. Swiftly Ray re-
peated what he had told Val and
Joe; that Nelva had contacted him
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10 YEARS AGO

l 1890
Within the next twelve month
Florida will be the greatest are
IN the world in aviation develop
ment, Senator Claude Pepper de
clared today.
Senator Pepper pointed on
that appropriations have already
been made by Congress for add
tional aviation facilities at Ke,
West, including buildings, acces
series and equipment amounting
to $2,770,000
Il X 4
County Commissioners las,
night postponed decision on .
proposal backed by the Key West
Woman's Club that they buy and
operate travelling library for
use in connection with schools
here and on the Uppaf Keys n
Mrs Marjorie B. Emmons, state
supervisor, statewide library pro-
ject, WPA, told the commissioners
she would furnish the chassis for
a "bookmobile" along with $1,000
in new books if the commissioners
would purchase the frame body
for the machine and agree to buy
new books to replace those lent
by WPA.
AS X X n
Ley Memorial Church, through
H. T. Roberts and other mem
bers of its board of trustees has
sold to Isadore Janowitz of New
York a lot at United and Georgia
streets and two other lots on
United, it was learned today.
The price for the three lots was
about $1,000.
x 4 X
Stetson Kennedy, who has liv-I
ed in and written about Key West
for most of the past five years has
a review of Theodore Pratt's]
fl a i
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Today's Horoscope

This day produces a sincere
and steadfast man or woman
who makes many friends and
holds them by force of worth. 1t
gives a generous nature, fully
alive to the world about and, in
a way. conscious ofsits BWn n1effts1
and DESTROYS of recognition. If
travel is undertaken, many ad-s
ventures are probablesl31 iig II
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Charles r.. Denny, NIB. o. execu-
tive, one-time chairman of gthe
Federal Communications Coml.
mission, born in Baltimore. 80
years ago.. ;aIasz i1gse ias1s iasti.s = I,