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Evening star., 1951-06-03
Don't 'ScuttIe' U. N.

As the legislative halls and every
street corner echo with the views Of
the American people on this country's
proper course towards Red China, it
seems to me that one aspect of this
problem is not receiving its proper con-
sideration That factor Is the United
Nations and It's value in this strife-torn
world
In 1919-20 many Americans believed
that Woodrow Wilson's League Of Ma
tions held promise for the peace of the
world after the war "to make the world
safe for democracy" However. the
United States Senate did not ratify
participation in the league. and this
ineffectiveness in later years.
Once we found ourselves engaged in
World War II, the public desire for
collective security" against aggression
mounted. This time the idea gathered
the well-nigh unanimous support of the
American people, including the Senate.
Other nations feeling the same. the
United Nations was born in San Fran
cisco.
When World War II came to an end.
there we're millions of people in West
ly believed that a modus operandi be-
tween Russia and the West would be
found around the conference table which
would make for permanent peace. To
u.s. this may sound unrealistic and naive,
but that doesn't make it any the less
true. (The writer spent II months re-
Evening star., 1951-06-03

the bedtime-story selections But the real mes
sage for the rest of the world is the fact that
the reason given for Soviet displeasure is that
both Snow White" and Cinderella" put step
mothers In a bad light.
When you come to think of 1t, does the
modefn world provide more likely candidate
as champion OF cruel stepmothers than the
Soviet Union? Any nation which has felt its
iron embrace Is all too familiar with drudgery
like Cinderella's and living death like Snow
Whites And the Soviets are on record as
wanting to become stepmothers to the whole
world, So naturally, they have to make the
species attractive. We Just didn't know they
saw themselves so clearly. It seems to be
progress Of sort.
Evening star., 1951-06-03

one OF them being the first "grandchild"
OF the school. Mrs. Tuckerman like
wise has had the honor of being repre-
sented by the first great :"
She remembers the first commencement
quite well. Miss Mahony was not pres
ent, so Miss Miller really was the only
graduate personally to receive certifi-
cate so years ago. Il wore long white
organdy dress with many ruf1es." Mrs.
Tuckerman told The Star last week, "and
was very much afraid that might
trip and fall; but I didn't" Indeed,
nothing marred the occasion. The first
commencement was a success in every
respect establishing an example which
still is followed at Mount st. Alban
Oratory was flourishing. art half a
century ago. The Star of June /, 1901,
contained a review of a
Lotus Club book of after dinner
Orotors speeches which had been
delivered at the Lotus
Club in New York and were considered
worthy Of preservation for the notice
of future generations Such volume
obviously was warranted-because the
orators included Charles Kingsley,
Wilkie Collins. Lord Houghton, Bayard
Taylor, William S. Gilbert, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Robert G.. Ingersoll,
Charles A Dana Whitelaw Reid, William
Winter, Horace Porter, Henry NJ STAN
ley, Sir Edwin Arnold. Elihu Root,
Parke Goodwin, Anthony Hope, Seth
Low, Andrew Carnegie, William Dean
Howells. Mark Twain, Lord Herschell,
U. S. Grant, Wayne McVeagh, Henry
Van Dyke. Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph
Jefferson and. naturally, Chauncey M.
Depew. Each of these was speaker
of genius. II they have adequate sue
cessors In our time. 1t may be won
dered where they are hiding.
Evening star., 1951-06-03

rumors OF war. Then come directions
and advice as to what to do when these
things come to pass. What is 1t? Cast
yourself to the ground In depression and
defeat? Abandon hope and wait for
the worst? No, just the opposite.
When these things come to pass" the
early Christians were exhorted. lift up
your heads, for your redemption-your
salvation-is not far away; it is draw
ing near" That is the sound of the
trumpets we desperately need in these
days. Too often our labels are libels;
they make us traitors to the faith we
profess, they send us Scurrying to join
the ranks Of the defeatists.
AS men and women of faith, we can
not believe that this planet of ours is
to disappear in the dust of an atomic
explosion. It is to be the earth of the
redemption. And we are saved from
black pessimism by the radiant faith
that the best is yet to be-
And so, today. when one cries with
haunting fear, This is the end of
everything" another by his side replies:
mo. this is my God marching on in
judgment and mercy"
In such hours Of storm and darkness
the very presence Of catastrophe has
always raised up another prophet, and
another, to reassert the unshaken, ever
lasting spiritual realities. In such an
age as this our best hope is that mill
tant. atheistic communism, with its
fanatical passion. will dynamite che
complacency OF tame. tepid and timid
Christianity and fling the Christian
church, Of every name and sign, and
all who believe in the supremacy OF
spiritual verities, out into the greatest
global crusade for the enthronement of
Evening star., 1951-06-03
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate.

Christ's principles since the tomb sealed
by dictator failed to hold a Living
Lord.
Let us remember that the very move
ments sweeping the world today, de-
manding more abundant life for that
half OF the earth which exists in misery
and hunger. revolutions used, defiled
J and debased by the Soviet Union for
their own evil designs, are to large
degree the harvest of seed sown by a
Christian civilization; and that in the
cries Of the depressed and the sup
pressed is heard the voice of the Father
OF all mankind, saying: Let MY people
goi"
We are to lift up our heads in days
like these because the most relevant
fact in the world is the fact of Jesus,
who said and says: II am come that
We might have life, and that ye might
have it more abundantly." To the God
to whom Thousand years are as one
day, only two days have passed on the
clock of the Eternal since the frustrated
disciples turned away in despair and
defeat from their Master hanging dead
on two crossed beams of wood. But
Gods purpose for the ages moved un-
impeded past Roman cross, to sweep
on from victory to victory. Now, again.
ruthless vandals are on the march and
the same black labels which have done
service in all the years are again nailed
to our troubled times. In the clouds
and darkness Of this volcanic day we
see paganlsm loose in the world bent on
Its diabolical mission of destruction.
Yes, but. in our tendency and tempta-
tion to panic, the truth that will keep
us on our feet with heads erect is that
the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! His
great white throne is not empty! Defeat
OF the things for which we fight is i'm
possible. Evil already has been sentenced
to death. The voice of hte Watchman
ringing in the darkness is heard with the
assurance: "The morning cometh!" To
doubt that is spiritual treason.
Two friends were climbing by night
in the PyrenneS mountains. Suddenly,
terrific tempest burst upon them. One
OF the two exclaimed in awe and terror:
This looks and feels like the end of the
world" "Oh, no." cried his friend who
had been there before. This is how the
dawn comes in the Pyrennes!'
The crash and thunder of today are the
signal for the salutation of the dawn,
as to the trumpet-tone, Lift up your
heads" increasing millions cry with a
faith invincible: I'VE lift them up unto
the Lord!"
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Spires Of the Spirit
Lift Up Your Heads

It is interesting and significant to read
the labels that the contemporaries Of
every century paste upon the gate-posts
of their own times For instance. the
prophet Isaiah declared Of his day, 1T is
a time of darkness and sorrow" Strange
to say, that is about the same label that
leaders IN every century have suggested
as characterizing their times. Even those
whom we call the founding fathers said
things about the present and future
prospects Of democracy, as they stood
around the cradle of our state. that
could not exactly be called Jubilate. AS
we stand at the Wailing walls OF our own
troubled times, they seem as full OF dis
counting labels as the highway billboards
are Of screaming advertisements.
We are told constantly in mournful
numbers, by the press and by radio. that
this is time when the very moral foun-
dations seem to be moved, time when
materialism and secularism seem to be
eating out the very fiber Of civilization.
The adJectives used toll like funeral bells
Let US admit that any pessimist can find
plenty OF black paint for his use here in
America. Moral delinquency is debauch-
ing, spiritual illiteracy is widespread,
secularism is blighting: money poured
out for strong drink and softening luxu-
ries is a mighty torrent contrasted with
the tiny trickle for character building
agencies.
Recently. an outstanding American
educator. to whom the current condition
of affairs is deeply discouraging, asked
solemn question in the face of what
the Senate committee uncovered in New
York regarding the criminal alliances
between Government and gambling His
question is: Does New York City believe
anything?" And, of course. this query
includes other cities. Then adds this
nationally known educator. gloomily:
Here is the most terrifying question
with which present-day education is
faced. We are no longer certain that a
Nation or State or county or city or
town or village believes anything"
1t was time strikingly like ours of
which we have a record in the fascinat-
ing story which we call the Gospel of
st. Luke. Its writer was doctor In
the 21st chapter of Luke's account
we have what some one has called "a
devastating catalog Of crisis and con-
vulsions, of formidable, ruthless forces
playing havoc with good mems dreams,
of prosecutions, racial hatreds and mar
tyrdom. We are told here also Of
nation arising against nation, of abomi-
nations and tribulations, of wars and
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Peace Con Be Won
By Bruce Borton

Paul G. Hoffman, is sincere. able and
devoted. I doubt if any other American
could have administered the Marshall
Plan better.
Now he has published an account Of
his stewardship called Peace Can Be
Won" I bought copy Immediately and
was impressed. Agricultural and indus
trial production has increased in most
of the European countries; morale il
higher, hopes are brighter.
Also, I was warmed-as every reader
must be-by the ringing confession of
faith, Paul is well named; he is an
apostle, fervent pleader.
But one thing about the book shocked
me: When I looked in the index for
the word population" it was not there
This seemed strange indeed. How can
any one report statistically about the re-
covery of continent without giving the
statistics as to population increase?
What does it profit country to add 10
per cent to its food supply if, in the same
period, the mouths to be filled have in
creased Is per cent. To what degree are
our Marshall Plan dollars subsidizing
additional oyerpopulation in countries
already overpopulated?
These questions are given added peril
nency by another new book called
Human Fertility" 1t was written by
a scientist, Robert C. Cook, who has de-
voted much of his professional life to the
study of the growth of the, worlds popu-
lation and the terrible dangers arising
therefrom.
The first chapter deals with Puerto
Rico and should be read with SOUL
searching attention by Paul Hoffman,
Dean Acheson and every other one
worlder For in Puerto Rico we have
had Marshall Plan for more than so
years. Since 1898 we have been pour.
ing our billions and our scientific, medi-
cal and educational "know-how" into
that island.
We have built schools. We banished
yellow fever. With hospitals and clinics
the death rate. But the birth rate has
zoomed The population. which was
about one million when we took over, is
now % million and at the current rate
will double in about "a years.
So with all our good will and all our
money We have produced in Puerto Rico
situation worse than before we started.
The forests are almost gone; only in the
mountain interior does the traveller ever
hear q bird sing" Much Of the island
is a Sinking and nauseous slum,"
wherein we have "unwittingly encour-
aged the survival of the unf1ttest to an
extent scarcely equaled in the entire
civilized world Hungry and Indifferent.
i'll and ignorant. the peon wanders about
beg citing himself"
In presenting this sad picture would
not give the impression that am pes
sImist. I believe, as Mr.. Hoffman does,
that Peace Can Be Won." But only if
we are willing to face all the facts, not
Just the pretty ones.
Copyright. 1851 King Features Syndicate. yns.l
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Evening star., 1951-06-03
EquoI Justice Under Military Law

Unification of the armed forces has finally
had it's effect on military justice. After long
study by military and civilian groups, the De-
fense Department has just put into operation
the Uniform Code of Military Justice" Under
this code soldiers, sailors, marines and flyers
will be assured of equal treatment by disciplinary
officers, by courts-martial and by high authori-
ties.
The list of punishable offenses remains about
the same for all services but trial procedures
have been changed-chief1y to the advantage of
the enlisted man. The code calls for more
thorough investigation of alleged offenses before
charges are made. Enlisted men may request
that third of the members of trial courts be
composed of enlisted personnel. This is new
privilege for sailors, but one which they may not
always make use of, judging from experience
with the plan since 1949, when the Army and Air
Force adopted it. Only a small percentage OF
enlisted men have asked for enlisted Judges"
Military legal officers say that this is because
enlisted men have found that commissioned
officers are more tolerant of enlisted mems short
comings than commissioned soldiers
Two of the more important reforms under
the code will protect the interests of defendants
to greater degree than in the past. Hence
forward every man brought to trial on serious
charge will be entitled to representation by a
often have acted as defense counsel under the
previous court-martial procedure. The second
major reform is the creation of Court of Mill
tary Appeals, composed of three civilian jurists
and ranking with the United States Court of
Appeals. Heretofore appeals have been handled
by the secretaries of the respective services, act
ing on the advice of the judge advocates general
Penalties are standardized for the three
departments, so that there is no chance of a
soldier being more harshly punished than
sailor, or vice versa. One maximum penalty
which went overheard with adoption of the code
was the Navy's traditional 80 days on bread and
water for certain offenses. The maximum on
bread and water now is three days. Incidentally
duelng is still punishable crime for all services
"a holdover from earlier days that has been
retained because duelng is still practiced in some
foreign countries. Americans now have good
excuse to decline to accept such challenge.
The uniform code is an essential part of
the unification program. Men who fight as
team deserve to be treated alike by military
police and military courts.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Stopping the Music

If the Constitutions due-process clause can
be stretched to cover music on buses and street.
cars it can be stretchedto cover almost anything.
Nevertheless, the Court of Appeals, in a
unanimous opinion has held that music or, more
accurately, the advertising commercials on the
Capital Transit System deprive objecting pas
sengers of liberty without due process of law,
and are therefore banned by the Constitution.
What the Constitution-makers would say to this
is any ones guess. 1t must be admitted, how
ever, that the court has backed up this novel
legal proposition with an appealing argument
to the general effect that in this age of mount
ing distractions citizen is entitled to little
peace and quiet as he rides his bus or streetcar
to and from work.
Presumably the case will go to the Supreme
Court for a final word on the subject And that
courts opinion, if and when it comes, may well
be something of classic.
The highest court has considered this ques-
ton of noise and noSe-makerS in the past.
Three years ago five of the judges, majority,
laid down the shocking doctrine that loud
speakers are today indispensable instruments of
effective public speech" The gist of this deci-
sion, announced over the outraged protests of
Justices Frankfurter and Jackson, was that the
City of Lockport, New York, could not prevent
q man from invading and diSrupting the quiet
of the citys only public park with sound truck
and a batch of speeches few months later
a majority of the court seemed to back away
o bit from the Lockport decision
Trenton, New Jersey, ordinance curbing
the use of sound trucks on the city streets was
before the court. Five of the judges sustained
the ordinance, but three of them made it clear
that they were doing so only to the extent that
1t applied to vehicles with sound amplifers
emitting foud and raucous noises"
How they may feel about the somewhat
different situation of music on buses, with COM
nercials thrown in, remains to be seen. The
majority of bus riders Gf they really are
majority who like this sort Of thing can wait
and hope for the best. The dissenters can, and
no doubt will, keep their fingers crossed.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Up to the KremIin

In parallel notes France, Britain and the
United States have now called upon the SOVIET
Union to make up its mind, one way or the other
whether it really wants to stage Big Four Con-
ference to deal with Germanys future and kin
dred problems affecting the peace of Europe ana
the world. In effect, though politely worded' the
notes ask the Russians to stop stall1ng and answer
with simple Eyes" or mo"
The stalling has been going on ever since
last November when the Krenln itself took the
initiative in proposing that such meeting be
held In the ensuing exchange of notes, the
four powers finally decided that the Foreign
Ministers deputies should confer in Paris to
work out an agenda. The Paris sessions began
in March, with Andrei Gromyko speaking for
the Soviet Union Day after day. week after
week, with tedious, hair-splitting debate, they
have dragged on, but apparently to little avail
At times agreement has seemed near, but always
Mr. Gromyko has managed to raise some ooJec-
tions or demands begging everything down.
At the moment with numerous other dlt-
ferences seemingly ironed out, the major demand
is that the agenda include Big Four discussion
of the Atlantic Pact. But France Britain and
the United States have ruled out such discus
sion on the ground that it would not be germane
to the problem of trying to put an end to in
ternational tensions and promote laSung
Improvement in EaSt-WeSt relations. The only
thing it would do would be to give the Soviet
Foreign Minister an opportunity to cut loose
with a lot of propaganda harangueS aimed at
splitting the Pact's allies or slowing up their
Joint effort to establish a system OF collective
security against aggression.
The three Western powers, as set forth in
their notes, regard Big -Four Conference as
desirable" and are ready and willing to hold
one without further delay Emphasizing that
enough agreement has been reached at Paris
to make possible such a meeting, they have pro-
posed three alternative agenda and urged that
the Kremlin accept one or another of them "in
the interest of strengthening peace" To that
end hoping that the acceptance will be forth
coming in an early reply, they have suggested
that the Foreign Ministers of France, Britain,
the United States and the Soviet Union meet
in Washington beginning July 23
This leaves it up to the men of the Kremlin
to decide whether or not Big Four Conference
is to be held. If they sincerely desire one, they
have only to respond favorably and it will take
place, perhaps with some constructive results.
If their answer is unfavorable, then it will be
clear that they are not interested in doing any
thing specific to ease present international ten
sions. They have been arguing about the matter
long enough. If that is all they intend to do,
the West ought to stop listening to MIR. Gromyko
and put an end to the current Paris talks.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Policy Lacks Starch

To what has our Nation come when
our military and other leaders cringe
before another nation, and try to stir
up all of us with fear of Russia and
the terrible things it can afflict upon
us helpless nation? Shades of Wash
ington, Zachary Taylor and Theodore
Roosevelt!
Since when has this Nation covered
and trembled before any other nation?
Is it not time that we got back to God
and trusted in our strength with His
help? Is it not time our leaders gave
us courage and strength, and bravely
faced whatever terror is ahead Of US?
We have met enemies in the past with
confidence from earliest Colonial days
when odds were greatly against US.
III. N. Wheeler.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Homework in Moderation

1t was with incredulity that read
the letter from Kathleen A. Funk
houser advocating no homework what
soever in our schools.
believe that it is tragic indica-
ton Of the times in which we live.
times of tension and overanxiety.
when we overlook the Importance Of
training and disciplining the mind with
the excuse that life is too short. We
can see the product of this kind Of
reasoning all around US. Do we have
enough wisdom. maturity of Judgment
and integrity of opinion in our Govern
ment officials and lawmakers, to pass
off lightly the training of future gen.
Grafton?
OF course. homework should be dealt
out with moderation. No one wants
our children to be pale, wan drudges
But has it ever occurred to Mrs. Funk
houser that the parents who supervise
their children's homework, and even
sometimes go to the heinouS extreme
of asking that they be given more, are
not trying to keep their children out
of their way but are trying to prepare
them to meet life intelligently, not to
escape from it?
No matter how good the instructor.
in our public schools, with their large
classes. children cannot be taught to
reason for themselves by classwork
alone. Automats with nodded patterns
of thought are at cruel disadvantage
in college and in the world outside the
ivory tower. G. A. L.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Union Now
Constant Reader

Relative to the "Union Now" promo
ton in the United States: Would you
say that this is plan to help England
win the Revolutionary War tpoor old
busted EnglandD or to help the South
to win the Civil War, or both?
1t seems obvious that the Union
Now leaders scheme covertly to destroy
the Republic of the United States of
America. In this are they particularly
different in principle from the II top
Communist leaders In the United States
who were sentenced for treason?
George Blumenauer.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Stepmothers to the World

1t may be sign of the times that the
SovietS are now sore at Snow White and Gin
derella. two girls who never did them bit of
harm. A Communist paper in the Russian zone
of Berlin wants their stories rewritten-or
banned. They are, you probably never knew
until this moment, "anti-progresSive"
We can all sympathize with the children OF
t&e Soviet zone who will be deprived Of these
stirring tales. We can sympathize with their
nareats who must delete such prime fare from
Evening star., 1951-06-03
Boutonniere for Brown

Congratulations to Constantine Brown
for his courage and idealism in
the magnificent article. Prayers for
Peace" May 30. May we all back him
up in this without cynicism, materialism,
, undue pessimism or politics! Maybe what
we need is more Of the same, as in the
era when we had statesmen with ideals,
or so have heard!
Constant Reader