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Evening star., 1951-10-07

letters which loyal citizenry brands
upon those who in these days of the
supreme test betray the free world and
espouse the contemplate cause of the
slave state. Such traitors join the de-
based company Of the Benedict Arnolds
whose patron saint is Judas Iscariot.
But one is also guilty of high treason
who barters the most precious thing in
the world. integrity-selling 1t to the
devil OF selflshness. The supreme trea-
son is to put ones own cupidity at the
center of ones universe
In an Eastern city recent trial sent
a municipal official to States prison for
accepting graft. The testimony revealed
the very day when this elected public
servant churchman, a civic leader,
backer OF all good causes, yielded to
the temptation to increase his weekly
income by accepting the shady PROPOSE
tions Of the underworld He actually
reversed the unblemished record of
lifetime. He decided that honesty did
not pay-in bank deposits-and that
from then on he was going to join those
who get theirs" He continued to pose
as a patriot. He Joined in salutes to
the nag on public occasions. He hurled
anathemas at Communists. But all the
time he himself was traitor. He had
surrendered to inner selfshness.
But one does not have to commit a
prison of1ense to do that. As soon as
one makes it the drive Of his life to see
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Spires Of the Spirit
ha rnncOn ut \al+icnnocc By Frederick Brown Harris


The scene Is the always solemn OPEN
ing of session Of the United States
Senate. The Vice President. in calling
the body to order, announces first OF all
that the chaplain will offer prayer. The
Senators present stand with heads
bowed in reverence. as do the visitors
from all parts of the world who crowd
the galleries. Since the beginning of
the Republic that wayside shrine with
its altar of supplicatton has stood at the
portal of each days deliberations.
At the first October session Of that
which is often called the greatest DELHI
erative body in the world. the opening
prayer contained the confession that
I'VE know ourselves for what we are,
petty and proud creatures who seek
their own will and whims in spite Of
the noble and polished professions with
which we come to Thee" Then was
lifted this petition: Cleanse the inner
fountains Of our hearts from all defiling
foulness and from the secret siW of pre-
tense. Fit us faithfully to protect the
Republic from outward aggression and
from the treason of inner selfishnesS."
Later on, that same day, one out
SCoIlu4IlB ScLdGOI was QeaTQ 10 say 10
another, equally distinguished: "I have
found myself repeating a phrase of the
chaplain's noontide prayer, the treason
OF selfishness-the treason of selfish
ness ," Said the other: "Ive been
thinking of it, too. That is the treason
most to be feared and from which our
America needs to pray for deliverance."
Standing now beneath the Spires of
the Spirit, shall we join those nationally
known legislators in thinking frankly
about the enormous significance of that
phrase. whose terrible possibilities need
to challenge not only the Congress, but
TO be laid on the conscience of every
American worthy Of that proud name?
Now treason is an ugly word To be-
tray ones cause, to shatter trust, to
cruelty integrity. brings down upon the
head Of the offender the disdain and
disgust Of those who can forgive any,
thing but the objectionable sin of SELL
ing out to the enemy. Browning catches
the whitening scorn with which outraged
virtue turns on a traitor, in his Lost
Leader:
Just for handful of silver he left us,
Just for ribbon to stick in his coat"
That is the hateful label in scarlet
Evening star., 1951-10-07
In Eisenhower's Comp

John Barbers recent letter to The
Star managed to include most of the
current STOP Eisenhower clicheS: He in
diets Gen. Eisenhower forslacking moral
courage to declare himself on contro-
versial domestic and foreign issues; he
would make Gen. Eisenhower respon-
slble for allowing Russia to fight her
way to Berlin ahead of Gen. Patton and
he condemns him for being among those
present at Yalta'S sell-out to Stalinist
imperialism. To his credit Mr. Barber
omitted the scurrilous anti-Semitism
with which these charges usually are
associated
UnWlttlngly, ! am Sure,E Mr.. Barber
has praised Gen. Eisenhower with faint
damns. The real fear that thinking
Americans have Of any military hero is
that he may be the man on horseback
Franco, Peron and others who aped Ma
poleon demonstrate how it can be done.
But every objection Mr. Barber has cited
is convincing proof Gen. Eisenhower
could not play this fascist role. Unlike
another military hero who openly cam
paigns for Senator Taft, Gen. EiSen-
hover never by word or deed has been
insubordinate to. his constitutional
civilian Superiors. He was subordinate
to the policy-making authority of his
Commander in Chief when he ordered
Patton to slow his thrust at Berlin. At
Yalta the mortaliy i'll Roosevelt took no
counsel except with his betrayed faith
in Stains integrity
Serious students of history hope Gen.
Eisenhower will continue to be subor-
dinate to civilian authority while he is
in uniform. He best can prove his fit
ness for highest civilian leadership by
refusing to usurp its sovereignty as q
military idol. Perhaps Mr.. Barber be-
lieves a general in highest position Of
international trust and impartiality
should wallow in the muck of McCar-
thyism and other domestic feuds and
brawls. But there are those who be-
lieve he can best heal. cleanse and re-
unite our Nation by giving his all to one
allegiance at time And that present
allegiance is to stop the tide Of atheist
aggression through an invincible North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
How can Mr.. Barber possibly say in
all confidence that Gen. Eisenhower has
no opinions of his own? He may have
some very definite and very fixed opin-
ions on all domestic and foreign ques-
tions confronting us today. but consider
ing the fact that those of the military
who have the courage to express them
selves receive the well-known boot, as
did Gen. Macarthur, no doubt Gen. Ike"
is very smart individual who prefers
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Letters to The Star
Pen-nameS may be used If letters carry
yrtters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

to keep his mouth shut until such time
as he deems it propitious and wise to
speak out.
Mr.. Barber also takes a potshot in
passing. and very harsh potshot, in
deed. at the late Mr.. Roosevelt. Why.
IN heavens name, can't we let him rest?
He is not here to defend himself. Very
few OF us are SO naive as to believe he
was infallible, but what occurred at
Yalta. II in fact the country was sold
down the river" was the fault of those
who permitted, in fact, even forced a
mentally, spiritually and physically i'll
man to continue as leader, attempting
to be man in complete control Of his
actions. his senses. man of sharp cal
culation Mr.. Roosevelt was none of
these at Yalta. He was kept in office to
save the party, nothing less He was an
alllng. perhaps a dying man, when he
ran for offlce that fourth time. It was
low and foul to press him into continued
service, and I for one say that he was
not at all responsible. l recognize and
admit that he is responsible for the
economic slide we have experienced in
the last is to 20 years, but he is not
alone in that responsibility. admit
that he was a politician, just as is
everyone who has ever been in office of
any kind
AS to Eisenhower, wait and see what
he has to say. If nominated. As to
Roosevelt, let him be.
And whatever Eisenhower or any
other candidate has to say, actions
speak louder than words. Do they ever
do Just what they say they will?
Gene Allen Thomas.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Aid for an AiIinq River

preliminary studies by sanitation engineers
nave SHOWN the alarming magnitude of the
pollution problem in the section of the Potomac
River within the Washington METROPOLITAN Area
The findings amply justify Arlington. Fairfax
Alexandria and Falls Church in launching
joint effort to control pollution entering the
river from the Virginia shore The District of
columbia already has undertaken a sewage
treatment program that will prodAce effective
results on the Washington side
1t was stated at the recent meeting of the
interstate Commission on the Potomac River
Basin that there was short period this past
summer when the river actually was dead
stream-lts water so septic as to kill all fish
life When the flow falls of during such
periods of drought as the area now is expert
encmg' the pollution content increases danger
ously. The engineers have technical phrase
Tor lt-oologlcal oxygen demand. The daily
biological oxygen demand in the Potomac River
today is far above the desirable limit according
10 technicianS engaged in the joint survey
sponsored by the nearby Virginia communities.
About IS per cent of the pollution entering
the river in this region comes from the District
and from Maryland. The latter uses the District
ge-treatment facilities. under a joint ar
rangement. BY 1855 the District plans to begin
operation of new treatment plant that will
greatly reduce the pollution on the District side
or the river. Additional facilities will be in
operation by 1860, further abating the sewage
menace. Virginia, after tagging too long has
begun to assume her share of the anti-polution
burden. Until recently only Arlington had taken
any steps to avoid the dumping of raw sewage
in the river. Now additional treatment facilities
are authorized and the regional survey is ex-
pected to show the way for greater improvements
including possibly a joint sewage disposal
system. Credit for this frightening outlook must
go to the enterprising Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin, the Virginia Water
Control Board and farsghted officials of the
communities involved
Evening star., 1951-10-07

respect to law enforcement and general condi-
tions In the county is that such conditions are
very good" The April, l949, grand jury ex-
pressed indignation over "unfavorable newspaper
publicity" declaring that gambling conditions
had been Exaggerated" 1t added: Conditions
in the county at the present time and for at
least the past several years are and have been
no reason for undue concern by citizens of the
county"
Yet during the past decade it had been an
open secret that Prince Georges County had be-
come haven for racetrack and numbers rack
eteers, the home and headquarters of the late
Jimmy La Fontaine and, according to evidence
dug up by United States Attorney Fay, by
the Senate Crime Committee and by other
outside agencies, the nerve center of gam
bling operations extending across State lines.
The new grand jury has something more
than newspaper publicity to guide it. 1t will
have before it testimony before the Senate
committee by Sheriff Beall of an alleged at
tempt to bribe him and evidence of what
the committee described as Sc million
numbers syndicate operating in the county. 1t
will have testimony before the Senators by
Charles E. Nelson, named by the committee as
head of the syndicate that he had financially
backed what he thought" was numbers busi-
ness. 1t presumably will have other evidence
indicating that gambling conditions in Prince
Georges County have not been exaggerated by
the newspapers, despite the failure of previous
grand juries to discover any serious wrongdoings.
Complacent grand juries are not likely to make
any notable discoveries The new grand jury has
an extraordinary opportunity to deve below the
surface and uncover what has been wrong with
law enforcement in the county. 1t will be shrk-
ing its responsibilities it fails to dig deeply and
searchingy.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
College Girls
By Bruce Borton

In the first years of our marriage nv
wife used to 60 with me on all my busi-
ness trips She had been president Of
her college class, which numbered near
ly $50; in every city there were class
mates for her to see, and I met quite
few of them.
Some were pretty, some plain. but
they all seemed to know how to make
the best of what they had Some were
taking graduate work; some were work.
ing in stores, Offices or social service
organizations Every bride was sure she
had picked the best boy in the world.
I never heard a single word OF COM
plant, nor caught the faintest sugges-
ton of self-pity.
AS group they met the test which I
had learned from a very tough gent
when l worked in a Montana construc-
tion camp. What man wants in a
wife, he said, lis woman that will
stand at his back till his belly caves in"
Well, many years have passed, and
the other day I picked up a pamphlet
from my wife's desk containing post
card reports from these same girls,
many of them now grandmothers. Here
are RANDOM samples.
After leaving the hospital where I
had been nurse for II years started
real estate business. Happy. healthy,
hoping to get together enough pennies
to pay for the trip to reunion. :"
Sorry to miss the reunion am
planning to be in Denmark for six or
eight weeks. My job is with the Home
Economics Extension and the Denmark
meeting is the triennial meeting of the
Associated Country Women of the
My husband died in 1943. now live
alone in my little house, but have some
outside interests. AS chairman of
church circle Of 81 members, and work.
ing on several other committees and the
choir, I have time in addition for one
day at Red Cross and am staff aide in
blood donor center. -
Coming to reunion with photo
raphs Of eight grandchildren under g.
three girls, five boys. Active in church,
civic and fraternal affairs. Happy run
ming garden and orange grove. -
For 23 years was the only woman
on our School Board. Now 1 am first
and only woman on our City Council.
AS was top man in the vote, I am
chairman of finance. Am also chairman
of local Red Cross. Home Service, Hos
pital Coffee Shop, Musical Scholarship
Fund"
In all these years my wife's old friends
hadn't really changed bit. They were
still contented. still busy, still unselfshly
active.
Copyright. 1851 Kins Features SYNDICATE Inc.
Evening star., 1951-10-07

degree from that institution. Com
merclal conditions in Japan" he ex-
planned, have not been good for sew
eral years, but the outlook is Frightening
right along and the prospect is for a
revival of good times. The business
depression followed the war with China.
Our victory gave our people an idea that
our nation was an exceedingly big one
and many enterprises were begun. In
the course Of time there was an over
production without markets for the sur
plus, and hard times followed"
dispatch from JohnstoWn, Pa, re-
produced in The Star for October 2,
Mr.. schwob President Charles
Gives Church NJ. schwab Of the
United States Steel
Corp. had presented a new church
building to the people of ST. Michaels
parish at Loretto, his own birthplace.
The donors speech was responded to by
Archbishop Ireland in behalf of the
congregation. Sharing in the ceremony
OF conservation were to be Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia and the Very Rev.
John Boyle. vicar general of the Altoona
diocese. The church was a memorial
to Prince Dometrius Gallitzen, the
pioneer priest and patriarch of the
Catholic Church in the Allegheny region.
X.
Paid space in The Star of October 3,
1901, advertised -four complete exhibi-
tions" of "the original
Moin Shows Walter L. Main Shows,
Coming larger and grander than
ever" with lone thousand
men, women and horses" and "the larg-
est travelling menagerie in existence"
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Root Of All EviI'

am afraid your article on imitation
in The Sunday Star September 80 will
only confuse an already unnecessarily
complicated matter Questions on money,
imitation and economics are not,
fundamentally, as complex as they are
made to appear. 1t just depends in
what school of economic thought you
happen to believe in.
The writer Of your article admits that
there is an imitation of sort and that
it will probably get worse, which is scant
comfort to the public Also that in
f1ation prevails when goods are short"
This type Of imitation Is inconvenient
but not dangerous. 1t is temporary and
can be corrected by an increase in pro-
duction. The lion in our path today is
the type of infction known as "cost-of-
production imitation" Because of our
constantly increasing taxes which in
variably are absorbed in the cost of pro-
duction, we are faced with an almost
uncomfortable type of imitation.
Most Of the confusion on imitation
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Employing the Handicapped

Congress has designated the week beginning
today as National Employ the Physically Handi-
capped Week" and Federal and local committees
are mobilizing rehabilitated workers for the
defense campaign especially but for ordinary
industrial and commercial routines also. The
Nation cannot afford to be wasteful of any of it's
human resources. Handicapped persons should
be trained in useful skillS and. when they have
been so trained, they should be placed in jobs
where those skills can be exercised effectively
This is duty recognized by the Federal Govern
ment and by many State governments and
municipalities. 1t is supported by two considera-
tions worthy of mention here and now.
One of course is that of the instinct of
sympathy which the fortunate naturally feel
toward their handicapped neighbors. blind
person, for example, is entitled to the help of the
community in which he belongs. But few Amer
leans so afflicted want to be favored simply be-
cause they are handicapped. They wish to be
employed on equal terms with their fellows The
various rehabilitation programs aid them in
qualifying and the results frequently are
remarkable
Perhaps the principle of natural compensa-
ton is involved in such cases. The blindness of
Homer and the blindness of Milton yielded "The
Odyssey and Paradise Lost under the influence
of their acceptance of the challenge of their
udnQlCdp. Dedl beethoven WTOJe DeautlIul
music. Melancholy Dante brought forth "The
Divine Comedy Lame Scott and Byron, manned
Cervantes and Nelson hunchbacked Aesop and
Steinmetz, paralyzed Heine and Pascal, con-
sumptive Keats and Stevenson migraine-torture
De Quincy, Coleridge and Darwin, lonely Hans
Christian Andersen and Lewis Carroll-each of
these immortals sublimated his suffering and
the common welfare was the gamer. The annals
of humanity are replete with personalities made
richer by adversely to the profit of millions.
And the end is not yet. The handicapped
men and women of our own time are motivated
by the same dream of triumphing over circum-
stance, and they deserve full opportunity to show
what they can do Particularly now, when man.
power is needed in the struggle to preserve our
free civilization against totalitarianispn in its
latest threatening form, employing the hand-
capped is a privilege as we'll as duty. History
confirms this view, and the prevailing emergency
ulumines it.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Pastor. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain United States Sonata

how much he can get from his country,
rather than how much he can give to it,
he commits treason. The gsal of a
the common pool than he takes out.
That self-realization comes through
Self-surrender is universal law. The
penalty for disregarding that and at
tempting some shortcut to Hearts De-
sire Is to reduce ones stature from a
potential moral giant to a puny pigmy.
Caring for ones self may mean coddling
a mean little creature of narrow, clam
orous. egoistic desires. To put that self
in the saddle is to lose life utterly.
When an individual life is stretched
to take in the interests of others the
personality is not depleted; it is COM
pleted, it is enormously enlarged The
highest treason is to deny that in prac-
tice. One is held back from that crime
against himself, not by fear of penal
penalties but. by the pull of inward
sanctions-that holy trinity of honor,
honesty and fidelity. The most heinous
offense against ones self is to commit
sacrilege in that inner shrine, to blow
out the candles of faith and hope and
love on that altar. It is in the profa-
nation Of that holy place that self
respect is lost.
Well has 1t been said that a quick
sense OF possessing within ourselves
something fine. that must not be desc
Grated, is essential to great character
In all literature there is no more search
ing and significant phrase than Tenny-
sons about being loyal to the royal in
thyself." Inner treason is the desecra-
ton of that
And shall we add this to the Senate
prayer: o God, when hot egotistical
voices are resounding in my soul, telling
me that unselfishness does not pay;
that love is not the law, that altruism
Is foolishness, and that the thing to do
in life'S swift race is to look after No. /,
to get and grab while the getting and
grabbing is good; o Thou searcher of
hearts, when such voices are whispering
in my own heart. tempting to the inner
treason Of self1shness. may I hear again
the tinkle Of water being poured into a
basin, and as in vision see the Son Of
the Most High washing His disciples
feet and going forth to'change cross
into throne, as losing His life He finds
it to the Joy Of the ages?
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Until Proved Guilty

1t seems to me that the charge that
Senator Mccarthy has hurt innocent
people" is taking paradoxical turn.
Added to the evidence disclosed by
the McCarran Committee, Mr.. Stassen's
recent testimony proves beyond doubt
that State Department advisers like
baltimore and Jessup were so very
innocent" that they swallowed the
Communist propaganda line along with
the hook and sinker
Couldn't we please get rid Of these
innocent people" before they bring
more disaster to millions of innocent
victims of their "innocence?"
Grateful McCarthyist.
Evening star., 1951-10-07

springs from our constant dealing in
money which in reality is nothing more
than sort OF yardStick or counter Of
wealth. People do not seek money as
an end Cat least they should not), but
as means towards an end, the end in
this instance being the purchase of the
necessities or luxuries of life. Paper
money Of itself is worthless If there is
no highly organized system of ex-
changes, and. as matter Of fact, most
OF the worlds trade is done on credit
and not in cash. Actually, people ex-
change goods or services, not money.
Money is merely the counter of the
quality or the quantity of the goods or
services received
l think your fine paper could render
the public and the Nation great service
by giving some publicity to the writings
and proposals Of Henry George, whose
logic, economic science and common
sense never has successfully been chal-
lenged.
George Maravelas.
Editors Note: On the subject of the
single tax. Henry George had this to
say: The tax upon land values is the
most just and equal Of all taxes. 1t falls
only upon those who receive from So
ciety peculiar and valuable benefit,
and upon them in proportion to the
benefit they receive. 1t is the taking by
a community. for the use of the COM
munity, of that value which is the crea-
ton OF the community Economist
George held that since the land was the
source of ali goods, taxes should be
levied against those who exploited the
land. Whether his views, If followed,
would stem imitation is a questionable
matter. The French revolutionaries
tried issuing printing press money based
on the value Of communally held land
and set off one of the worst infiations
ever seen prior to the European infla-
tions Of post-World War days)
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-06-16
NAACP Organized
In Homestead

Homestead, Fla. - Monday
night, June 4th, a large group of
Negro citizens gathered in Home
stead to organize a branch of the
NAACP.
The meeting was opened by
Rev. Matthew Fayson, pastor of
the local AME Church, who had
played a prominent role in help
ing to arrange for the mass meet
ing. Harry T. Moore, executive
secretary of the Florida NAACP
State Conference, delivered the
principal address and presided
during the election of branch Of
ficerS.
The following solicitors report
ed a total of "a memberships: Mrs.
English Lowe, 40, Rev. Fayson.
Is; Mrs. Margaret Scott, 10. Of
ficerS elected are: J. B. Stevens.
president; Fred Hopkins, vice
president; Mrs. Margaret Scott,
secretary; Mrs. English Lowe.
treasurer; Mrs. Daisy B. jackson.
chairman of membership COM
mittee; Mrs. Lucille Sapp, chair
man of entertainment committee:
Rev. Turner Whitaker, chairman
of legal committee.