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Langley Junior HIGH

Permit me to indorse most heartily
the demand for reversal of the de-
cision to transfer Langley Junior High
School to the use of Negro children,
made by Ralph w. Donnelly in his re-
cent letter to The Star.
Much sympathetic action has been
taken, and rightly so, to solve the prob
LENS of underprivileged minorities, but
even the quality of mercy can be
strained when the unconsulted and
overlooked majority is forced to swal-
low dose such as the Board of Edu-
cation has dealt in the transfer of
Langley.
According to the information avail
able, it is difficult to understand why
Langley, which is considerably more
distant than some other white junior
high schools recommended in priority
over Langley, should be chosen by the
board to relieve the overcrowding of
Negro schools. Nor can it be understood
why Langley, with it's last enrolment of
nearly 500 white children, is to be
used for the accommodation of some 300
Negro children, as reported in a state
ment attributed to member of the
board.
Superintendent Corning's job is q
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were pledged from the commencement Of their
task to the unpaid service of the poor. Each
takes the VOW OF poverty. The wealth of the
movement has developed mainly from the graft
tude of graduates who have desired to endow
It's progress with gifts made possible by the
benefits they themselves have received from their
mentors.
Baltimore was the scene of the first perma-
nent Christian Brothers foundation in the United
States. 1t occupied the Calvert Hall of which
the cornerstone was laid in 1912. The actual
opening took place in September, 1843. A CEN
fury later the American work initiated by the
disciples of st. de La Sale had spread from coast
to coast. st. Johns College in Washington is a
link in the chain Of which Washingtonians of
all affiliations are proud. 1t is celebrating its
centenary this year.
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Brighter Outlook at Koesono

The news from KaeSong today is good in
that the first phase of the negotiations appears
to have been brought to satisfactory end.
There has been agreement on the subjects
to be discussed in arranging an armistice-an
order to cease fire being merely one of several
points about which the military men must soon
begin to talk
The Communists have done we'll to retreat
from several demands, the latest and most
serious being that the actual armistice negotia-
lions embrace the question of withdrawing all
foreign forces from Korea.
Had they adhered to that condition. they
would have shown lack of any real desire to
end the hoStilities and the United Nations would
have had little choice left but to break off the
talks and return to full-Scale battle Fortu
nately, things have not worked out that way
BY backtracking and bringing their position more
into line with the U. Ms, the Reds have indi-
Gated that they may be ready to be reasonable
and so the outlook for a satisfactory agreement
seems much brighter now than 1t did a few
days ago.
However, as Defense Secretary Marshall has
declared there is still need for caution What
must be kept in mind is that the KaeSong talks
have had to do only with the adoption of an
agenda for later meetings to negotiate cease
fire and armiStice on the basis of conditions that
have yet to be discussed across the table and
accepted by both sides Like Secretary Acheson,
General Marshall has made clear that until there
is agreement on these military points-an agree
ment that will establish an acceptable and
effective armistice-such questions as the with
drawing foreign forces will have to hang fire.
For these are political questions that cannot be
dealt with by commanders in the field. But if
and when those commanders arrive at mutually
satisfactory truce terms, if and when there is
a guaranteed end to the shooting, then the with
drawal issue and kindred matters can be brought
up for discussion ION the highest governmental
level" which is the only place where it can be
handled.
Actually, even if an effective armistice is
agreed upon, the United Nations, in whatever
high-level peace talks may follow, must continue
to cling to what General Marshall has called its
long-range objective of creating conditions that
will ultimately make possible Korea that is
unified, master of its own destiny and free of
interference from any outside force" Consider
ing The past record of the Communists, such
settlement is likely to be long time coming.
Meanwhile-and it is a meanwhile that could
go on for many, many months-the U. N, regard
less Of the truce that may be worked out now
will have to maintain very substantial strength
over there to guard against the threat of renewed
aggression That is simply matter of political
and military common sense.
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Christian Brothers Conference

Members of the Christian Brothers will meet
in Washington for their thirteenth annual con-
ference beginning today They will attend
Chapel, Catholic University, and a series of
plenary sessions and section meetings at De La
Sale College, Queens Chapel road. This years
assembly has special Importance because it
marks the tercentenary of the birth of st. John
Baptist de La Sale, the founder of the Christian
Brothers movement. He was native of Rheims
in France who, himself an eminent scholar,
visoned the need-and the educational oppor-
tunity-of an order of teachers of noble character
and vocational distinction. The congregation
which he sponsored was organized in 1880. Sew
eral of the first of his schools started under
his own direction. The earliest of his normal
schools were set up as "seminarieS for country
teachers" Many troubles interfered with the
work during st. de La Sales own lifetime but
his enterprise furnished example and a pat
tern which his followers have employed with
worldwide success.
The elemental philosophy of the founder
centered in the idea that children should be
instructed to live virtuous and honorable lives
st de La Sale was not satisfied with mere
proficiency or cleverness in his boys. He wanted
them to be presentations of Christian culture
strength and refinement. In order that his
teachers might be as closely associated with the
,,eonle as possible he forbade them to teach in
: atin but required instead that they should use
the vernacuar tongue of whatever civic COM
nuunity they labored in. The Christian Brothers
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This and That

hurting mankind, it turns out some good
stuff.
These fans, for instance.
In them mechanical and electrical
genius combined to good ends.
X
'"This is going to be a good night
for Sleep" said Jones, as he stretched
out.
He tried to read for a time, but
somehow reading in bed loses its charm
as man gets older.
He could recall whole days spent in
bed, reading everything from the I'M
doubted masterpieces to the old Black
Mask detective story magazine.
Even the magazines are not as good
now, Jones thought with sigh.
AS he thought this, he jumped.
A little light suddenly flashed on a
few inches from his nose.
1t was not large enough to be q
burglars lantern, and, besides. burglars
no longer use lanterns, or even flash
lights.
1t was lightnin' bug!
Here and there it flashed.
In the dark room it seemed as bright
as the famous candle that sheds its
beams DER the naughty world.
A lightning bug, or beetle, in Temple
ton Jones well screened home!
There was sense Of chagrin to the
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Templeton Jones doesn't like insects
in his bedroom.
That is why he has probably the best
screened house in town.
He remembers only too we'll the old
home back you know where.
In those days, now gone beyond recall,
Jones father built a fine new house
with a cupola and all.
There were eight large windows in the
cupola, and eight blinds.
The green blinds were always pulled
down just halfway.
Access to the cupola was through a
narrow set of steps. There was no rea-
son to go up there, and no one did,
except now and then young Temp.
He could look all over town, see Nc
Grains farm to the north, and the fair
grounds to the south, and beyond the
sulphur springs.
Well, that had been long time ago.
This was hot night in suburban
Washington.
Jones turned on his big fan, and
let her rip.
In no time fiat the air was appre-
ciably cooler.
Modern science, Jones thought to
himself, is all right, now and then.
When it lets the bombs alone, and
devotes itself to helping, rather than
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By Jock Jonas

TT TOOK the Nation 70 years to rec
ognize Constantine Brumidi, logged
by criticism, but never-defeated artist
who labored a quarter of century to
decorate the Capitol with his murals
and other paintings.
Although countless visitors have
viewed the results of his efforts, until
recently his name remained obscure
relegated to brief references in Wash
ington histories, and to his seldom seen
signature, &C. Brumidi, artist, citizen
of the United States"
Today. beneath the fresco the Italian
born artist painted on the Capitol dome,
ceremonies honor his memory on the
146th anniversary of his birth.
The fact that he is even now gaining
notice is due to the persistence of DR..
Myrtle Cheney Murdoch, wife of Repre-
sentative Murdoch. Democrat, of Ari-
IONA. 1t was through her efforts that
Congress authorized last year a bronze
marker for Brumidi's grave in Glenwood
Cemetery. The marker is to be placed
later. Dr. Murdoch also has written
biography of Brumidi.
Brumidi was born in Italy, but his
early history is as vague as were pre-
viouS mentions Of him.
He came to this country in 1852, and
soon after his arrival was busy with his
painting. He painted THE Crucifixion"
for st. Stephens Church in New York
and 1.-THE Holy Trinity" in the cathedral
at Mexico City.
Then he was hired by Capt. Mont
gomery C. Meigs to decorate the Agri-
cultural Committee room at the Capitol,
and his career as the "Michelangelo of
the United States Capitol began.
After he had been commissioned, in
1855, to decorate the Capitol, he re-
marked:
Il no longer have any desire for fame
or fortune. My one ambition and my
daily prayer is that I may live long
enough to make beautiful the Capitol
of the one country on earth in which
there is liberty"
His brush was busy in succeeding
years. He painted symbolic figures of
history, geography, mechanics, COM
merce, the arts and the sciences and
war. portraits of Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton,
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BY Charles E. TroceweN

matter, as we'll as a slightly ludicrous
side.
Jones tried closing his eyes, but he
could still see it.
IF it will let me alone" he began,
but just then the thing went of Squarely
on the end of his nose, and that was
too much.
With roar like that of Gagged cata-
mount bereft Of its dinner, Templeton
Jones sprang from the bed.
He made lunge at the bug" and
stumbled over stool.
"Ouch!" he groaned.
Once more he lunged at the little
beetle.
"You may be friend of man." COM
mented Templeton Jones, irritably, "but
we are both better of with you outside"
At this moment he stepped on the
tail of his faithful Persian, which, feel
ing secure, had lain down to sleep at
the foot Of his masters bed.
"Meow!" screamed the cat.
What Templeton Jones said is better
left unsaid.
Finally he saw the beetle light up
over by the window. With fortunate
swing he caught it, at last, and then
put it out the window for keeps.
BY this time he was too hot to sleep
so he sat up reading, and can you guess
what? A book on beetles, sure enough.
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Five Percenters

Stories in your paper on five per-
center Samuel D. Mason, coupled with
the previous reporting on the shows
put on by the Senate Investigations sub
committee under the Craftsmanship of
Senator Hooey of North Carolina, have
failed to disclose to the public what I
believe is the most important thing these
hearings have developed.
With the exception of a New York
reporter who purposely baited Col. James
Hunt and who first broke the story on
the five percenters, the businessmen and
other individuals involved have been
portrayed to the public as honest, naive
people who just didn't know how to do
business with the Government, were lost
in maze of red tape and in dispair
turned to the five percenters to inter-
cede with Government officials in their
behalf.
The real truth of the matter is that
most OF these allegedly honest and con-
fused citizens, who just couldn't find
their way around Washington, were any,
thing but what they have been por-
trayed to be. These hearings have shock
ingly disclosed their moral dishonesty.
Case after case confirms the fact that
they not only knew their way around
Washington. but were in Washington
for one purpose only, namely, to get
and pay for through brides, if neces-
sary, preferential treatment and special
price concessions they were not entitled
to and could not get from the Govern
ment employees with whom they first
tried to do business.
These hearings have revealed the
alarming and widespread decay in the
moral ethics of private business and
private citizens. That they have been
doublecrossed by their five percenter
pals, and now publicly weep on Senator
Hooey's shoulder should generate no
sympathy from any one.
Mrs. Polly Smith.
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Scopegoots

Is it important that our public off,
Gals devote their time and energy now
to finding scapegoat for what hap
pened to China some time ago? Is it
necessary to blame an American for
China's fate? Should it be held against
a few men in the State Department
when the great mistake was made by
almost everyone? Chiang's most loyal
supporters as well as the most ardent
admirers of the Chinese Communists;
those who know China best, and those
who were there only long enough to write
a book sensational enough to sell during
the depression; even the missionaries,
two Of whom were aSsaSSinated by Chi
nese Communists in the middle thirties
all reported the Chinese Communists
to be merely miserable farmers with no
real understanding of or connection with
Russian communism. Now we are told
there was voice or two to the con-
trary, and it is being rubbed in with
all the fury of woman scorned." But
can any good come of it?
Those in public Office who spend their
time now weeping over Chinas past are
the real security risks. For they are
letting their tears blind them to the
immediate challenge we face-that of
seeing to it that average Americans are
not reduced to horse meat while few
can still afford steak, that average for
eigners are not reduced to starvation
while we scrape tons OF food into the
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Documents of Democracy

When President Truman accepted the first
volume of the def1nitive edition Of the papers Of
Thomas Jefferson, published by the Princeton
University Press he expressed his personal wish
that a similar service of compilation might be
rendered to other great Americans whose papers
still are scattered. Il am convinced" he said,
that we need to collect and publish the writings
of the men and women who have made major
contributions to the development of our democ-
racy." Such compilations, in his opinion, would
be practical aids to the Nation at a time when
democracy is facing the greatest challenge in its
history" The President therefore requested the
National Historical Publications Commission to
'look into this matter and . . report"
That was on May II, 1850. Since then the
commission has done what Mr. Truman asked
and the result of its inquiries is fascinating
pamphlet Of At pages dealing with the er-all
problem of the Recommendation Of the democratic
ideal Of national life. This leadet, however is
only preliminary statement. Prepared under
the supervision of DR.. Wayne C. Grover, Archivist
of the United States in his role as chairman of
the National Historical Publications group, it
forecasts a development which should make
history as well contribute toward the more
popular and useful study of history already made.
The report calls for increased knowledge of
what the men and women" who have been the
Nations leaders "have thought and done" It
sets forth that the commission has found that
this knowledge is incomplete because much i'm
portant information is hidden away in letters,
diaries and other papers that have never
been published" George Washingtons papers
were compiled and published as part of the
celebration of the bicentennial of his birth in
1882; Jeffersons papers are being published
under the editorial management of DR.. Julian P.
Boyd, member of the National Historical Publ
cations group, and the papers of some other out
standing leaders are available in book form. But
the writings of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams,
John Quincy Adams, Alexander Hamilton and
James Madison especially require systematic
compiling and printing.
Attention to the documents which came from
the hands of these five men is recommended
particularly by the commission. The literary
remains" of 81 other leading Americans also are
mentioned for inclusion in the project. Add1-
tional names may be nominated by different
cultural bodies and by private citizens. President
Truman suggested that educational institutions
learned societies and various independent
agencies should cooperate with the Federal
Government in the work The Recommendation of
democracy, he stipulated, must be completely
objective" and non-partisan. DR.. Grover and
his colleagues have accepted that injunction as
a mandate in the performance Of their task.
On the West Coast where everything hap
pens, a bandit less than five feet tall has been
sent up for a stretch.
As the twentieth century now has passed the
halfway mark, the rain check is no good in
case civilization is called of.
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Midsummer's Eve

All n1otionleSS the ,Dillo,D leaves abope
dark CLASSY 1Uater.
Still no10 the silence of full bloom
and full content:
This is the hour that is the uery mirror
OF the year:
The hallway mark: the fire and the
fury OF the spring all spent.
Not get the autumn, but the inminerce
of autumn
In PLAINTIFF c1airp OF cricket IN the
huShed dry grass,
In glittering AndTon1edG couched across
night sky;
But the earth turns eastward and the
hour must pass.
This is the crossroads of the year. when
season 1DGneS,
And irreUoc1bly no,D, the hour Is not
long, not long;
EngrdUe this moment on the heart: this
scented dark,
This lost and lonely, loUely cricket's
bell-Itke song.
Frederick Ebriaht.
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John Fitch, Robert Fulton Samuel F. B.
Morse, and many others.
His pay at first was So day. Later
the figure was raised to $40 day.
When he did his three years work on
the canopy and frieze Of the Capitol
rotunda, he was paid lump sum Of
100000
His life was far from serene.
His appointment to paint the Capitol
pictures had been bitterly opposed by
American artists. Congressional lead
ers. goaded by the resentful American
artists, continued to plague him through
the Is years that he worked.
Three years after he was hired, a
group of artists called for House COM
mittee to pass intelligent and unbiased
adjudication on embellishments in all
national buildings"
The committee was set up, and issued
its report, and without naming Brumidi
severely criticized his work
"A plain coat or two of whitewash Is
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full-time one, and I am convinced that
his continual study of the local school
system has acquainted him fully with
its problems. Unquestionably, he has
the interest of the schools and the chill
dren at heart. 1t is, therefore, regrettable
that the Board of Education has chosen
to disregard his recommendations in the
Langley case.
l believe that the elimination of emo
tionaliSm, coupled with a sane, prac-
tical approach to the problem, will result
in reversal of the Langley decision.
1. P. Meyer.
In answer to Ralph W. Donnelly,
president of the NE. Council Of Citi-
zens' Associations:
AS parents, we are appalled, at the
overall condition of the school sys-
tenn in Washington. We have attended
schools in States where all children
were admitted in a class room without
incidents" occurring. In the event that
these so-called incidents" do arise, they
can be traced directly to any parent
who is adverse to the American way of
life.
You are correct in assuming that we,
as Negroes, do not desire Langley for
our children due to the fact that it is
not step in the direction of unity in
the school system.
1t is tragedy. in this enlightened
era, that any white parent should will
fully halt the progress which will surely
result through the daily contact of stu
dents
In conclusion. the only real solution
to this educational problem is that of
abolishing the harmful and undemo-
cratic practice Of the dual system.
G. Greene Family.
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'MicheIonge|o of the u. S. Capitol

better, in the opinion of this committee,
than the tawdry and eXuberant orna-
ments with which many of the rooms
and passages are being crowded" the
report stated.
And again, after he had been at work
four years, the committee reported:
Far greater sobriety should be given
to these halls in their general effect, so
as to render them less distracting to
the eye"
His private life was unhappy, too. He
battled against Ill health and the I'M
happiness caused by estrangement from
his lovely wife, Lola Germon, nearly 40
years his Junior.
She had served as the model for the
women in his fresco.
Brumidi was so when he finished the
painting in the Capitol dome When he
was past 70. he began work on the
encircling frieZe in the rotunda.
While at work on the frieze he suf-
fered the injuries that led to his death
four months later. He slipped and fell
on the platform high above the Capitol
floor.
In the ensuing four months, he con-
tinued to work at home, busy with
sketches for completion of the frieze.
On his death bed, he turned the
sketches over to Filippo Costaggini and
designated him to complete the work.
Costaggini worked until the sketches
ran out, but the frieze was never fin
ished. The sketches were not complete.
Brumidi died February 10, 1880.
At his death, Congress changed its
tune and paid him lavish tribute. But
his name gradually slipped into OBJ
scurity, to remain there until Mrs. Muir
dock accidentally discovered his I'M
marked grave in Glenwood Cemetery
and began her campaign for his recog-
milton.
Last year, Congress approved a bill
appropriating $500 to place bronze
marker in Brumidi's grave. The marker
now is being executed. Mrs Murdoch
said, and will be placed on the fence
inclosed grave at later date.
Brumidi'S prophetic realization that
flame and fortune" had passed him by
is pointed up by the fact that when he
died he was so poor that Congress had
to appropriate money to pay for his
burial.
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Ruucous Radio

A street car, on which I was pas
senger, was delayed at st. Adams
Church recently by an assembling
funeral procession Everything was
quiet-except for the blaring transit
radio. The motorman made no attempt
to turn it off, whether he had authority
or not. The funeral moved away to
jazz tunes not at all appropriate.
am Washingtonian, and as kid
rode cars drawn by horses. But I did
not think would live long enough to
see Jacks" driving them
A. Clyde Morgan.
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hat is built

Q. Where is the church that is built
In the shape of f1sh?-F. I. R
A. In Kansas City, Mo. The Church
OF st. Francis Xavier, which is built on
this plan, was dedicated on July 4, 1850.
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garbage, that we do not lose our present
friends abroad while we quarrel over
the loss of one of them.
have always been an apologist for
Chang Kai-shek (what relief he was
after the warlord eraD; but the venom
Gus words and malicious schemes of
many in that camp are alternating more
of us than they are convincing.