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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Letters to The Star

ing the United States. Now it becomes
an important factor in the continued
existence Of the free world.
A new and terrible rise in the worlds
population is only now beginning as
result Of the last decades medical
advances and the spread of this knowl-
edge to the most remote areas of the
earth. The fantastic nature of this prob
lem has received little concrete publicity:
In 400 years. at its present rate of growth,
Puerto Rico's population will equal the
present population of the globe. In
100 years. at its present rate of growth,
midas population will equal five times
the worlds population today. Until quite
recently, the population of the United
States has doubled every generation. In
almost every country and in every con-
tlnent, people are multiplying like a can
cerous growth upon decreasing resources
OF land, fuels, minerals and forests.
Instead of squirting our society to do
something about this insidious. dreadful
social cancer, your editorial, Food and
the Cassandras," tells us that more
productive agriculture and the dream of
using the secret of photosynthesis will
supply future populations with abundant
food. This, alas, is scientific fiction. The
worlds population is growing faster than
the most optimistic. practical posi-
bilities Of more productive argricul-
ture and our irreplaceable resources of
land. minerals, and fuels are being
used up.
Only the successful limitations of
population by society, in accord with
the resources needed by the population
for an adequate standard of living, will
solve this problem.
Robert Harrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Our Crowded World

was pleased to see R.HW.'s recent
letter ascribing the lowering Of society's
moral tenor to increased GENERALIZATION
OF population. have been hoping for
some time that somebody would come up
with that. It has been the obvious an
swer to me ever since my husband and
I and two small children spent six
months centralized" in one Of Washing
tons apartment projects.
We discovered that even the outlying
projects. which are certainly better than
in-town apartments. not to mention
slums, provide way of life for children
which can't help leading to morals far
below what we like to think of as Amer
lean standard. The first thing a young
child learns about society outside his
door is that any older child who feels
like it can come up and knock him down
and run away with his toys. The second
thing the child learns is that he can
knock down somebody smaller and run
off with his toys.
Inside the apartment children have to
be constantly squelched for the sake of
the furniture and the people upstairs
and the people downstairs and the peo-
pie next door. There is no place, there
1U1C, WIlcIc d CllllQ CdU 90 WIlaL ne wants
to or feel security for himself and his be-
lodgings.
If We hope to rear something better
than generation of major and minor
criminals and rebels. we are just going
to have to give some thought to the basic
requirements of growing children. One of
the first and foremost is space. which
in tremendous cities is such a luxury
that even the very rich can't afford it.
Another is a healthful community life
around them.
Actually, am not for complete going
back to the farm for every one. But do
think that we might give scome though:
to the suggestions of some planners for
decentralization. If negative argument
is needed to enforce this point, one might
just compare the delinquency and crime
rate in small American communities with
that in any one Of our big cities
Elizabeth Patton.
The problem of increasing populations
and decreasing resources with which
to support them is becoming more and
more serious each decade. Not very long
ago, famine in India or China was
only small news item, hardly concern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Spires Of the Spirit
Porchnents and PRINCIPLES By 5s &C. ss*s 4o"'
By Frederick Brown Harris
Pastor, Foundry Methodist Church
Chaplain, United States Senate.

George Washington, as he cried out in
those days of decision: Let us raise a
standard The event is In the hand
of God!"
Recently radio commentator said:
1.-THE Constitution is the source of our
freedom" That is misleading state
ment. The Soviet Constitution promises
as much as our own; but in all its fafr
promises it ignores and even denies the
Author of Liberty.
AS we seal for new tenure of perma-
hence the two documents we need to
remember, lest we forget. that our right
to life. to liberty. and to the pursuit of
happiness comes not from government,
but from God. That is the reason, and
the only reason, why no government has
the right to take those rights from the
people. The Declaration trumpets
Men are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights" It is God
who assures them. A Just government
simply secures them. That is the mean
ing of the flag which flies above the
Stars and Stripes on all naval ships dur
ing divine services. It Is out of the
sense Of God that we get sense Of the
worth of man.
While we are rightly always pointing
out that those who knelt around the
cradle Of our Republic passionately be-
lieved in the separation of church and
state, let us remember that they did
not believe in the separation of religion
and state. That is different Because We
do not recognize the difference, We are
tragically strangling our educational
system by leaving out the Fundamental
meaning Of life itself-God America is
doomed on all counts unless, to use
Lincoln's great phrase, it goes forward
under God" The only possibility fol
democracy is deity.
Alas, that secularism, which is lack
of faith in spiritual verities, in this
decisive day is draining thee moral
strength of the Nation. Everything that
makes America invincible in the global
struggle now raging is rooted in Goo
and comes from God. We have pre-
served the parchments which declare
that. We must preserve the principles
or for us the handwriting will be upon
the wall: Thou art weighed in the
balances and found wanting. Thy king
dom is divided and given to another"
We have stopped the decay of the
parchments. We must stop the decay
of the principles. or the parchments
will outlast the Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
The Public Should Know

special session of Indiana's legislature
mas been called for this week. It's purpose is
TO find some way out of the predicament in
which the State finds itself as result of defying
the Federal Governments insstence on secrecy
as regards the public relief rolls.
When State accepts funds from the Gov
eminent, matching on a $3.50 basis its own
expenditures for direct relief to the INDECENT
dependent children, unemployables and Others
the State must abide by conditions laid down by
the Government. One of these conditions is
that the State must provide safeguards which
restrict the use disclosure of information
concerning applicants and recipients (of relief
TO purposes directly connected with the admin
istrat1on" Last summer Indianas Legislature
amended its own law, eliminating the secrecy
provision, and the Federal Security AdminStra-
ton cut off Federal relief grants
Indiana has taken its case to court. There
are legislative proposals in Congress designed to
uphold Indiana's stand in the matter and requir-
Ing the payment of Federal funds number
of other States are closely watching the outcome
for there is considerable public sentiment
aroused by a few relief scandals-behind the
movement to end the secrecy attaching to relief
rolls. The Senate, rejecting this sentiment, has
approved one rider on tax bill by a vote Of
$3.50, which would have the effect of leaving
10 the States the decision on publicity for relief
rolls. The House has not yet acted on this
rider and other bills are pending which may
come to vote.
The secrecy provision is based on the theory
that there is some sort of stigma attached to
being on the relief rolls. And there is the
poSsbility-though it seems remote-that public
access to the names on relief rolls would facili-
tate their use for purely political purposes But
both of these theories, and others which have
been advanced in support of the secrecy require
ment should be challenged. For there is another
principle at stake which is more important than
any of these SuppoSitionS That is the right of
the people to know how relief money is being
spent and to whom it is being paid. For it is
the people who put up this money. 1t is their
own money 1t should be contrary to sound
public policy to cothe in secrecy the expenditure
of huge sums in public funds, paid out to support
citizens
There have been number of scandals in
connection with public relief, which showed that
people were on the rolls who had no legitimate
right to be there But in general the absence
Of scandal has been a noteworthy feature of
public relief administration. Perhaps the secrecy
has helped to cover up cases of maladministra-
ton Of relief funds. Be that as it may, we have
gone so deeply into the field of public relief,
established and the money involved has reached
such great proportions, 1t is high time that the
whole matter be re-eXamined.
The people who are taxed to support public
relief have rights that are more persuasive than
the theory that to reveal the names of relief
benefciaries is to embarrass them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Baltimore Gets Kicked Around

The Air Force may have good reasons for its
peculiar actions with respect to the Friendship
Airport in Baltimore but, if so, it has failed
to make them public. First it decided to con-
struct Military Air Transport Service terminal
at Friendship without previously consulting the
Baltimore authorities. Then, when a congress
sional committee suggested that Baltimore ought
to be consulted, an Air Force representative
conferred with the board in charge of Friendship
Airport and learned that certain conditions on
use of the airport would be imposed. Baltimore
officials heard nothing more until, month later,
they read in the newspapers that the Air Force
had changed its mind about Friendship and
would now seek authority to place the MATS
facilities at MCGUIRE, New Jersey.
In matter of such vital interest to Balt-
more 1t is hard to understand what the Baltimore
Sun aptly calls the "slap-happy" way in which
the on-and-off dealings were handled. OF more
Importance to the public generally, however, than
the methods used is the question of whether the
decision to abandon Friendship in favor of
MCGUIRE is wise one, from the taxpayers as
well as the Air Forces standpoint. Certainly the
New Jersey project will cost more-$5O million
as compared with $43 million at Friendship
Representative Fallon of Maryland has raised
in letter to President Truman the pertinent
question: will the utilization of the Friendship
Airport save the taxpayers money and at the
same time serve adequately the needs of MATS?"
He is right in demanding "clear-cut and
definite. answer.
If it was the list of conditions which Balti-
more sought to impose on the Air Force at
Friendship which caused the department to
reverse itself, the normal procedure would have
been to discuss the restrictions with view to
reaching some agreement. Mr.. Fallon wrote the
President that the conditions were, first, that
MATS would not interfere with the orderly con-
duct and progress of civil aviation at Friend
ship; second, that MATS would pay fair
share of the depreciation, maintenance and op-
Grafton Of jointly used facilities and, third, that
present and future construction would be in
keeping with existing standards and subject to
approval of the Airport Board of Baltimore and
local coming authorities Those do not seem to
be unreasonable conditions. In any event, they
were flexible enough to justify further discussions.
There were no further discussions, however,
ThA Air T"~"N IGNORED Baltimore Ef1cials in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

Under the heading New Publications"
one Of the best-selling novels of modern
times was reviewed in The
Lozorre Star of September IA,
Reviewed 1901. The book was La
zarre," by Mary Hartwell
Catherwood It deals in fictional form
with the mystery of the lost dauphin,"
heir to the throne of France as the son
of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The
author accepts the theory that the boy.
renamed Eleazar Williams, was brought
to America after the execution of his
parents. She pictures him as having
grown up in the forest among Indians,
and she carries him back to Europe to
claim his inheritance-in vain. The hero
finally comes again to America and
spends his later years as a missionary
in the wilderness interviewer with his
story is that of the lady Of his choice
Eagle, Nine. De Terrier. The Star critic
decided that: 1.-THE romance Is strongly
woven :. and calculated both to please
and to revive interest in the dauphin
tradition"
The Star for September Is, 1901, con-
tanned an editorial which read in part:
"It was somewhat disap-
Musicians pointing to the many thou
Criticized sands who thronged the
streets yesterday to watch
the course of the funeral escort to the
Capitol that there was not more uni
formity of practice among the various
bandmasters in the line. The leading
band played its dirge music at approx
mately the proper cadence Of about 80
beats to the minute, which permitted
slow, measured pace suitable to the oc-
casion. Some of the other bands how
ever, failed to hold to this pace. and in
one conspicuous instance set the regular
marching cadence OF 100 to the minute,
a difference sufficient to jam the column
at frequent intervals. There was like
wise noticeable lack of agreement as
to the time for the rendering Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
U. N. and Israel

In a letter September II. an Arab
spokesman questions the correctness of
the United Nations for condemning
Egypt for unreasonable sanctions against
the state of Israel. He then proceeds to
ally Israel with Russia.
This gentleman should realize that it
may be precisely because the United
Nations recognize Israel as having been
an active and responsible ally in the
victory over totalitarianism from 1899 to
1915, and as an even more potent fight
ing force today for the United Nations
in any world conflict which might pre-
sent itself against other forms of to-
talitarianism, that it has acted in the
manner described.
Sylvia Drummer.
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Indignant Pedogoeue

We District high school science
teachers are indebted to The Star for
carrying recently the letter about the
shortage of scientifically trained per-
sonnet for the defense mobilization.
However, all is not well between us and
The Star. journalistically speaking, and
I hereby call upon you to defend your
SELF
To begin with, you permitted one of
your letter writer's. Gino J. SINH, to call
pedagogues names. This person wrote,
"Pedagogues are notorious misoneists."
In the name of the District pedagogues,
as well as pedagogues in general, I deny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

abandoning Friendship, just as 1t had ignored
them in arriving at the original decision to use
the Baltimore field. That may be the Air Force
way of doing business, but it is not the right
way Baltimore is justified in protesting. Nobody
likes to be kicked around like that.
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Magnificent Rambler

BRADLEY WOODS
Really spacious, new, Stuulo-type brk.
rambler featuring large liv. rm.,
guest-Size DIN. rm., 3 bedrmS., =
baths, finished stairway to expan-
sible second floor. Garage. Full base
ment Convenient location.
REALTY CO.. INC.
OIL o1nI: Eyes WI AIN4
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HILLANDALE

Kensington Terrace
Is RMS BATHS
(Bedrm. and B. 1st A.
A NEST attractive suburban horne
situated on lot 60-ft. wide; con-
venient to public transportation
elementary school. stores and
churches. Gas heat, cleo. refsr.,
fun basement. Priced under SIS
600 Excellent 1st trust financing
Eve. or Sun, phone Mr.. Woodwell
ia. $3.50 .---...
L. T. GRAVATTE
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BETHESDA

NAVAL HOSPITAL AREA
Lovely white Dirk home on corner
property; 3 bedrms.. liv. rm. with
fireplace. din. rm. and kit: delight
full screened porch, beautiful lawn
with blooming flowers and shrubs.
This house has been newly deco
rated and has excellent financing
Priced. S20.500. Call Mrs. Dick
enson. ,WO. Sill.
To reach, Out Wis, ave. to Chelten-
ham. right to Tilbury. lett on Slea-
ford I'd. TO 1900 Sleaford pi
OPEN SAT. e. SUN. l TO s
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$3.50 DOWN
INVESTORS SPECIAL

bedrms., tiled bath up; nice living
rm.. dining rm and modern. fully
equipped kit down; full, dry bsmt.
Anchor-fenced rear yard. Screened
porch. $3.50 down and S75 per mo.
ArfaX Realty, Fla. 1850
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TAKoMA PARK

On about k-acre of ground. enjoying
a. knoll in setting of large trees.
this 2-family property has. on the
terrace level, a liv. rm., kit. with
dining area. and bath unit On the
lst fl. is a liv. rm. and large kit. din
rm.; 2 bedrooms and bath on 2nd
q. Furnished, if desired Please call
with INEz CUsHARD. Reaitor OR,
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$40 750

Brick Colonial, only two years old
Large living room, dining room, cleo
trio kitchen and half a bath, three
bedrooms on End floor, slate roof
full basement; close to bus and
schools.
WOODMOOR AGENCY, INC.
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BETHESDA

An immaculate house OF brick and
stone with four BEDROOM, two full
baths living room, dining room. all
electric kitchen. piue-paneled den,
fun basement with fireplace and halt
bath, detachn rage; lot IA acre,
nicely landscaped
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MODERN RAMBLER

With All New Furniture
RIGGS MANOR ESTATES
Owner going to Fla. under doctor
orders, must sell this lovely brick
rambler with all it's furniture. This
is an unusual opportunity TO pur-
chase a home and new furniture
with small down payment. Call
Mr. Finley, WA. 556S, with FRED
ERICK REAL ESTATE, RE. 2461.
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GREAT RAMBLER VALUE - ST
CHEVY CHASE

On level lot, and vacant, this size,
able house is recently decorated
3S-ft. liv.-din. rm.. large famil,
room with fireplace; lge. kit; bed
rooms and . baths on 2nd f.; , bed
rooms on 3rd f.; oil INV. heatinl
plant in bsmt. Please call Mrs
1920 or WI SSR~ %
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INVESTMENT g. INSURANCE co.
.
$l5,75O-KENSINGTON
80 PHIL. AVENUE
BUILDERS HOME

Brick and stone house in Forest
Estates. LIST floor, center hall, living
room with fireplace. dining room
modern kitchen, powder room, side
porch. 2nd floor 3 large bedrms.,
bath. sun deck. Full basement. toilet,
double steel beam construction. out
side entrance. large corner lot. I'm
mediate possession. Only 81, 900
down. Call Mr.. Ms ckintosn. Jr,
WEAVER BROS, INC.
DI. $500; Ewes, LO. $4,000.
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PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Liv rm.. firepl, din. rm. . bedrms.,
att. gar. Rockville 4405. -25
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BETHESDA
pAPKWOOn

Three bedrm. brick Colonial situated
on lge. fenced corner lot; fireplace
in liV. rrn., aluminium storm win
COWS and screens throughout; heated
full bsmt. with u bath; gear ga.
rage with concrete driveway; close
TO Naval Medical Center and Public
Health Service; walk to new
to open house Sun. 1 pm. til dark
HUGGINS a. HARRISON. INC.
Realtors, Kensington. Nd. LO
5-2S00: ewes TO 5-S6T0 -o6
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BETHESDA
OPEN SUNDAY, 2 TO 6

OPEN SUNDAY, 2 TO 6
First time offered; this charming g.
rm.. Diet. Cape Cod brick has liv. rm
with fireplace, ideal kit. full din
nm, den. > bedrms and bath; insu.
lated; expansible md f.; full base.
ment gas heat. attached garage
Very fairly priced. 1913 Harding
lane. To reach: Out Wis. ave. i.
blocks past Bank of Bethesda t.
Cheltenham. left one block to Til.
bury, right TO Harling lane anc
L..ll a.. .h.i.l.L ~
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SPRING is HERE!
Il a 2-Redrm Brick
$1,000 DOWN-GI

So per mo-, including taxes and in
surance, for this beautiful 2-bedrm.
bungalow on large lot with album
dance of shrubs, Diet. garage. Call
Mr.. Gordon, LO. 5-2910 or LO.
5-S1O5. ewes. Sat and Sun.
FREDERICK w. BERENS SALES. INC.
1890 K st. NV. Ma. 5005
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POTOMAC HUNT AREA

TOIOWAC HUN I AREA
Renovated frame farm house with
10 acres on hard surfaced road. LIST
Il. consists of Soft. living rm., din
fl. has 4 rms. and baths. There is
also an attractive gate house and
a small guest house. House com-
mands view of surrounding area
All this for 500, 500. Ewes, OU
$3.50. SAMUEL E BOGLEY, INC,
WI t3o0 Exclusive -o6
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

William Reynolds of Green
wood, has the laying hens of
this section. In January they
layed 9O1 eggs, and only 48
hens, and eggs at 6Oc per doz-
en- means something to some
one living in town.
sos
Sussex County Clerk of the
Peace Frank w. Lawson has is
sued the following marriage
Licenses the past week to: Will
liam ]. Esham of Millsboro and
Mary 3. Mitchell of Laurel;
George C. Marvel Of Milford
and Ruth Williams Of Ellen
dale.
The steamer Frederick, which
has been undergoing repairs at
AbbOtt's shipyard, has return
ed to Frederick, where the work
Of repainting will be done.
eos
Judge Frank A. Sweezy of
New York City, representing
Hayes and Anderson who oper-
ate two fish factories in Lewes
and who expect to erect a
large fertilizer factory there in
the near future, was looking
around last week.
eos
The fat hog contest around
Ellendale is over. Captain Mill
man claims the victory with his
big pOrkel tipping the scales at
6O6 pounds.
zoe
Rev. E. G. Hallman of Ocean
View spent Monday with Mrs.
Hallman's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J, w, Taylor at Magnolia.
Large fat muskrats are sell
ing in the local market for 25
cents a pair.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

were very much esjoyed by all
present and won't you folks who
90 not attend these services. come
Join us. We feel sure you will be
helped. Our motto is Enter to wOr-
ship and Depart to Serve"
I am glad to report that all who
were on the sick list are on the
mend and there are no new cases.
at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Thistlewood
and Mrs. Jack Kennedy visited
Frank Johnson in the Delaware
Hospital on Sunday afternoon and
found him just fine and happy as a
lark. Mr.. Johnson has been in the
hospital for the past two weeks
where ne had an optical operation
on both eyes and the operation was
most successful. He will be coming
home in day or two. The Thistle
woods also visited Miss Lizzie
Woodruff in the Home of Merciful
Rest and found her just fine. She
wished to be remembered to all in
quiring friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Koeneman
attended a funeral in Ridgely, Md,
Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Rachel
Mckinney She was a former nei-
ghbOr of the KOenemans when they
resided in Ridgely.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ Thompson
and son Gary visited his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson st
ThOmpsOnville.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Emory Webb and
Eileen and Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Sapp of Frederica, went to Marcus
Hook, Pa, on Sunday and were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Denney, the Sapps son in law and
daughter. The occasion was a birth
day anniversary of Mr.. Denney.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Blessing. Jr.
and children, Joyce Ann and Rus
sell, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Blessing /
Of Milford and Mr.. and Mrs. Clin-
ton Luff, Jr., of Vernon, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bless
ing, Sr., on Sunday.
Pfc. Maurice E. Blessing has re-
GENTLY been assigned to a COmmuni-
cation Squadron and is now stall
oned at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.