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dick, assistant director. Bureau of
immigration, N. CIVIC; and Mar
tin Work, executive secretary, Ma
tional Council of Catholic Men.
Sister Mary Janet, SC, of the
Commission on American Citizen
ship, Catholic University of Amer
lea. will speak on Christian Social
Living" at the home and school as
sociation meeting.
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IS, 900, 900 For Schools

BELLEVILLE, I'll. - (NC) -
Since the end of World War II
more than S5,OO0,0OO has been
spent for construction of "a new
schools in the Belleville Diocese.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
More About the Great Seal

Since have been collecting material
concerning symbols of the Nation, I was
interested in the recent comments. of
Maury Maverick about the Great Seal
of the United States.
The inclosed design of Charles Thom-
son in 1882 gave us the ideas ircorpo-
rated in the Great Seal as we know it
today. .
In 1856 for the first time the pendant
seal, with both diverse and reverse de-
signs, was made by Samuel Lewis.
jeweler of Washington, D. c.. and was
kept in his possession. 1t was made of
iron and weighed 20 pounds. When the
seal was required, wax imprint was
furnished by Mr.. Lewis in a silver or
gold box and the cord or ribbon was
passed through the seal and adjusted
at the State Department. This practice
was abandoned in 1869, at which time
it was decided to impress the seal di-
rectly upon the document.
In 1885, for the first time, the seal was
used upon our currency but unfortu-
nately mistake was made at that time
which has not been corrected. An Amer
ican reads from left to right, so the OBJ
verse of the seal should be on the left.
But our 81 bill has the Asiatic influence
in having the diverse on the right side
of the design. It requires eight years
for rebuilding or replacing the plates for
our currency, and there have been two
such replacement periods since, the seal
first appeared on the currency and the
Evening star., 1952-08-24

DrOualS Madame de POmpadOuf.
about the national debt, currently about
1894 billion, whereas the Democrats are
quite nonchalant.
The attitude of the Democrats is
something like that of the French
Royalists in the 18th century. I think it
was Louis XIV who. when chided with
the size of the public debt. responded
with a wiSecrack. He said after us,
the deluge."
Adlai, suppose. will go on spend
ing, if elected. He says the people
demand a lot of special services.
If they do want these services and want
the cost of them merely added to the
public debt our people are about on a
par with the French Royalists for, in
effect. they are saying After us, the
deluge."
This. year would be good time for
the people (the voters) to remember
their responsibilities and to forget about
some of those so-called services.
Curmudge0n III.
editors note: H. L. Mencken'S
New Dictionary of Quotations credits
Nine. de Pompadour with having first
said after us, the deluge" She
tossed this bon mot at Louis XIV fol-
lowing the battle of Rossbach, Novem-
ber 5, 17570
Evening star., 1952-08-24

running mate. A clerk said "some Georgia man"
was on the Republican ticket with Eisenhower
and that "a young fellow-not Dirksen" was on
the Democratic ticket with Stevenson. woman
proprietor of a dry goods store brushed aside
the vice presidency question with the comment
that she didn't pay any attention to Vice Presi-
dents A draughtsman suggested that Sparkman
was the G. O. p vice presidential selection and
that Hartman was the Democratic nominee for
President.
The News Leader presented the findings
without comment under the head Interest in
Campaign Varies Here" The third of series
of articles in yesterdays Star on tagging registra-
ton in the counties near Washington gave
striking evidence that present interest in the
campaign is anything but high in this area, too
Obviously. there is fertile field still open for
political propagandizing and get-out- -the-vote
campaigning in the short time remaining before
election day.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
What Has Made Us Bad

That pertinent query-"What Has
Made Us So Bad?" was indeed appropri-
ate for heading up Bruce Barton's COM
ment July q.
The inception date Of our moral decay
may not be quite definitely established;
but it is certain. nevertheless, that this
decays progress got irresistible with. and
because of, the late Prohibition Era"
That was when some of the very Nation
al lawmakers who had voted us dry
never stopped drinking wet"-Tnany
supplied by their own bootleggers: when
the Supreme Court affirmed it unlawful
for one to fiout the prohibition statutes
but made it lawful for the Federal
Government to collect taxes on boot
leggerS' unlawful incomes; when hither-
to right and wrong in different cate
gories got to be relative terms" and,
finally but inevitably. wrong became
fright" No peoples morals can have
survived the orgies Of such period as
that. Ours-the American Peoples did
not; and, therefore. prohibition" largely
was the reason why Of our moral decay.
But we are not immoral: Our ethical
sense got crushed and. we are, conse-
quently, immoral.
The underlying cause of our ethical
collapse. however. Is the truth: "The
love Of money is the root Of evil" That,
though, is another story.
Rienzi b. Lemus.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Apothetic Electorate

If the results of political survey in Rich
mond, Virginia. are indicative OF conditions
generally, the voting public will need lot OF
education on the presidential tickets OF both
parties between now and November Il sampling
of citizens by the Richmond News Leader revealeo
an amazing amount of vagueness about the
Democratic and Republican nominees, especially
those running for the vice presidency.
Only % Of so men and women interviewed
in downtown Richmond could name all four
nominees Only 80 could name both the presi-
Dental nominees Only % could identity both
of the vice presidential nominees Four OF the SO
could not name any of the candidates. One man
offered to bet that Kefauver would beat Eisen-
hower. One thought Stevenson was Esenhowers
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Mr.. Hoffmon's Deposition

In June of last year, Republican Senator
Joseph R. Mccarthy of Wisconsin stood up in the
Senate and virtually accused General George c..
Marshall of having played leading role in
vast conspiracy against America-"a conspiracy
on a scale so immense as to dwarf any previous
such venture in the history of man." This out
rageous charge-as vicious and reckless smear
statement as has ever been heard in the halls OF
Congress-has never deserved to be digniied with
a serious answer being in itself the sort of thing
that merits little more than the loud silence of
contempt But if an answer were really required
an excellent one has just been offered by Paul G..
Hoffman in the pretrial deposition he has made
in connection with the Mccarthy SANDER suit
against Democratic Senator William Benton of
Connecticut.
Speaking under oath, Mr. Hoffman has
described as Enthusiastically false" the whole
strange and twisted Mccarthy thesis, including
the butchery of historical facts regarding the
Greek Turkish aid program and the purposes
and accomplishments of the Marshall Plan for
the recovery of free Europa plan which has
demonstrably checked the Communist advance
westward but which the Wisconsin Senator, by
a reasoning process upending the rules of reason,
has attacked as a kind of traitorous enterprise
of massive helpfulneSS" to the Kremlin. AS for
General Marshall himself Mr.. Hoffman has con-
cluded the deposition with these eloquent words:
General Marshals Americanism and patriotism
need no defense from me. His record speaks for
itself. 1t is a record of sel1eSs devotion to his
country that has been equalled by few and
surpassed by no one since this republic was
founded"
To repeat, if an answer to the Mccarthy
smear were really required, here is an excellent
one from witness of the highest standing. MIR.
Hoffman, now head of the Ford Foundation, is
the former chief of the Marshall Plans Economic
Cooperation Administration, which has since
been supplanted by the Mutual Security Agency.
distinguished Republican, he has long been one
of General Eisenhowers most ardent supporters
for the presidency and the general has made
clear that he sees eye to eye with him on this
matter Excluding eccentrics and people on the
lunatic fringe, the Wisconsin Senator seems to
stand very much alone-which is as 1t should
be-with his accusations against genuinely
great American.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
New York Sun. December s, 1902.

new xOfk sun, DecemDef ,, 1SVE.
dull time for news and the meeting of
scientists had to cover was duller yet:
but when Charles Stiles got to talking
it seemed to me he had something news
worthy :. So after his talk was over I
went to him and said Doctor, believe
if you could put that stuff into English
could write story for The Sun, :. :.
Stiles sat down and talked plain English
to me and described the worm -. he
drew picture :. it looked like fish
hook said "A hookworm' and he
laughed and said That's it. :. and I
called it the hookworm' :"
The headline attracted the attention
of paragraphers and carteonists and
Swelled the hookworm into vast pro-
portions. met Stiles in 1910, report
ing something for The Star. He cor
roborated Norwood's story in every way,
and when Mark Sullivan's third volume
of "Our Times" came out I wrote to
him telling him this story. He had
already got an inkling about Norwood as
possibility, from David Barry, who
had been Il think the Sun correspond
ent in Washington at the time. wrote
to Norwood and he replied with COM
plete corroboration, and have a letter
from Mark Sullivan pasted in my volume
of 'Our Times" In it he says that if a
second edition of the work came out he
would include the name of Norwood as
the hitherto unknown reporter. -
Irving Norwood left The Star and the
newspaper business about 1913 to be-
come town booster for Davenport, Iowa,
and later was in Hollywood in a news
paper enterprise. He died earlier this
year in Seattle.
Earl Goodwin.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Priority for Fiscal Equity

The new Citizens Advisory Council has given
proper priority to one of the Districts more
important needs: larger, more equitable Federal
payment for local services rendered The council
Is right in holding that the fight for fiscal equity
must be carried on relentlessly, despite past
setbackS
The councils emphasis on the need for
seeking from Congress fairer payment to the
District for municipal services it enjoys in
Washington contained in a report to the
Commissioners on new budget estimates These
estimates call for a record total of expenditures
next year-a total far beyond the capacity of the
District to pay. The total obviously will have to
be drastically sashed by the commissioners before
being submitted to the Budget Bureau. But, as
the council points out, the cutting knife would
not have to be welded so deeply if the Federal
Government paid its full share of the bill for
value received
Congress has become more and more neglect
full of its obligations toward District finances
with the passing of the years. The Federal pay
ment has declined from so per cent of the budget
to 40 per cent and on down until today the
Federal payment represents less than 10 per cent
of the budget. Yet the bill for local services to
the United States has risen steadily through the
years. The $1l million payment authorized for
the current fiscal year falls far short of meeting
the costs of District services to the Federal
establishment. .1 ....
There are a number of fair-minded and
understanding members of Congress who recog-
nize the Federal obligation and would like to
have it met justly. One of these, Representative
Furcolo of Massachusetts,, bluntly told the House
last spring: IF we do not pay the District fair
and just for water, the property, the services
and so on that we take from the District, then
the Government itself is corrupt and dishonest"
But too many members of Congress are not so
well versed on the problem-or deliberately ignore
it for selfish political reasons If the Citizens
Advisory Council can help in promoting more
congressional interest in District-Federal fiscal
relations and in combating misleading propa-
ganda about the subject Washington may be
able to get a better deal from future sessions
of Congress.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Dr.. Kurt Schumacher

The European political scene, and particu-
larly the German stage, lost one of its most
dramatic figures in the death of Kurt Schu-
macher, leader of the West German Socialist
Party.
Everything about Schumacher had the
coloration of violence. He was a dissenter all
his life. At 18 he served six months in the
World War German Army, losing one arm and
leaving the service with passion against "the
Kaiser's war;" He became disciple of Marx,
but from his first acquaintance was an uncom-
promising foe of LeniniSnn. As Socialist Deputy,
he baited and badgered Hitler and Goebbels on
the ReichStag floor. He was one of the first
marched off to concentration camp when the
Nazi Party became the single political instru-
mentality. He spent 10 years in that atmosphere,
most Of them in Dachau. When he reformed
his Socialist Party in postwar occupied Germany,
the Communists sought to join with him. He
drove them away with the same explosive vitriol
he had earlier applied to the Nazis-and has
since applied to Chancellor Adenauer and the
Western democracies. In l949, an infection
traced back to his earlier physical sufferings
cost him the amputation of leg but not until
recent months had his vigor been impaired.
Kurt Schumacher fought relentlessy against
the policies of cooperation with the West which
Or. Adenauer applied. He was against the
Schuman plan, the Bonn peace contract and the
European defense community pact. But his
opposition to these things did not arise from q
hatred. of the West. He opposed the Schuman
plan because its proposed pooling Of great indus
trial reserves would be still In the captalistic
pattern, not the socialist. He opposed the peace
and defense treaties because they perpetuated
for the time being the division OF Germany, the
truncation of East Germany where, incidentally,
used to be found a very large portion of the
German Socialist strength.
Kurt Schumacher had great political
following in Germany. He led that following in
a course which he thought by Socialist doctrine,
represented the interests of Germany. It is not
impossible that the course Of events in the years
to come would have convinced even Schumacher
that there is a mutuality in the interests of
Germany and the West, and that he would have
turned his violent talents in support Of that
belief.
Evening star., 1952-08-24

harmful effect on the community at
large. in willingness to press issues in
sistently in the face of strong personal
and social pressures."
This point Of view makes q lot of
sense. and the lack OF cynicism is re-
freshing. Who can doubt Mr.. Steven
sons sincerity? Yet you 60 on to say
that this Is inconsistent" and "a dis
tinct reversal of q Democratic trend of
20 years." Il thought every one wanted
changeD
Next you complain because he cracks
Jokes about the charge that he is cap
tive" Yet it is so obvious to most people
that he is q captor. whose craftsmanship
and intellectual equipment has captured
and compelled admiration from people
in every quarter. that a joke seems the
only reasonable answer. If Mr.. Steven
son is Captive" to labor, why is Gen.
Eisenhower, in the same issue of your
paper, ITO Speak at A. F. Of L. Converl-
ton in Bid for Labor Vote? Does Eisen-
hover want to be captive" too?
Susan w. Kline.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

that pertains to the making Of armies
and the maintenance of their effective
ness, has recognized in the American Or
ganization the elements which make it
the best in the world"
Under date OF August Is, 1902, The
Star chronicled the marriage of Rosa
: Herman, daughter OF
Hermon -Ney Mrs. Joseph p. Herman.
l Nuptiols and Milton R. Ney. The
ceremony had been held
at Freund'S the previous afternoon, with
Rabbi Louis Stern of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation officiating. Many
members Of the contracting families
were present, also Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Ullman, jr., Meyer Moses, Daisy Marks,
Daniel Moses, Helen Goldsmith, VIII
Ullman, Regina Hyman, Randall Hazen
Lee, Harry Simcox, Cora Cohen, Caro-
line Ullman, Jacob q. Moses and other
friends. The bride wore white liberty
satin and tulle veil. She carried a
shower bouquet of bride roses. Exactly
half q century later-AuguSt "a, 1852
Mr.. and Mrs. Ney are celebrating their
golden wedding anniversary. surrounded
~ tA4CA NAA0AAOAAS 6A0Aa0NAA4ANAAOAA esAA0
q great-grandchild Others who will
visit and greet them today saw them
married and remember the occasion
clearly.
The Star Of August %, 1902, con-
tanned an advertisement for the Black
Patti Troubadours,
Block Pctti proclaiming an ap-
Troubudours pearance at the Con-
vention Hall on Labor
Day. Besides the artist called "the
greatest singer Of her race" the bill i'm
cluded: John Rucker. Bobby Kemp, Mack
Allen, Leslie Triplett. May La1ge. Ed
Greene. win Cooke. Muriel Ringguld.
Lillian Garry, Slim Morgan and the
Turner Sisters: also Emma Thompson.
.'The Black Lily" and Sallie Green. ''The
Indiana Nightingale" Each Of these at
fractions was famous. but Black Patti
was pre-eminent. Her real name was
Sissieretta Jones. and she was the
Marian Anderson Of her day--a vocalist
Of supreme distinction.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Reel Men Of Letters

Now that the political conventions are
over and both parties have nominated
their synthetic candidates, neither of
whom was a candidate of the people
but of political bosses. why not give the
"All Americans" in all parties a chance
to nominate candidates? I have in mind
two men of letters as candidates, both
four-letter men. each letter earned in
the hard knocks of Americanism, Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Byrd. And if these two
candidates would permit the use Of their
names. then "real Crusade" could
start, North, South, East and West, for
the greatest write-in of all time.
Curly Jennings.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
GERM OF LAZINESS FOUND?
DISEASE OF THE "CRACKER" AND
or SOME NATIONS IDENTIFIED:

DR.. Cnafies warden stiles. Discoverer Of
the Heck worm Disease. Describes
Its Curious Effects 70 tho Sanitary
Conference Of American Republics
WASHINGTON. Dec. i-The Sanitary Con-
ference OF American Republics closed ita
sessions to-day with declaration almost
sensational In its Significance. DR. Charles
Wardell Stiles. Zoologist Of the Bureau
Of Animal Industry Of the Agricultural
Department and well known In the medical
world a. tho discoverer Of uncinariasis,
or the hook worm disease. as it is called.
declared In an address to the conference
this afternoon that this disease was mainly
responsible for the condition Of the poor
whites Of the sand districts Of the South.
and also indirectly for the conditions which
have resulted In the crusade against child
labor In the Southern cotton mills.
>A0H <StiIeAsa afldu~SS kafnr,~a Ho.~,.;ehL
Evening star., 1952-08-24

Speaking editorially, The Star for
August 26, 1902, said: Lord Wolseley.
field marshal of the Brit
Prose tor iSh Army, was recently
US. Army quoted as declaring that
in his opinion the Ameri-
can Army is the best in the world. An
astounded Britisher wrote to the great
English military commander and ques-
toned the accuracy of the report. Lord
Wolseley Immediately replied that the
quotation accurately describes the Amer
ican military force, and there the case
must be left, with England agape at this
display of diSloyal admiration for for
eign fighting organization. Lord Wolse-
ley undoubtedly weighed his words well.
He presumably knew the rumpus they
would kick up. But he could not have
overlooked certain facts in favor Of the
American Army which unprejudiced OBJ
servers are forced to admit. He saw, for
one thing, a better trained and more
businesSlike set of officers in the Ameri-
can uniform than those who wear the
British colors. He saw them more at
tentive in time Of peace to the actual
task of acquiring war knowledge. He
saw them eschew the social features Of
life in favor Of the military. He saw,
furthermore, that they were drawn by
process Of selection which, whatever its
demerits may be. nevertheless has the
great virtue Of securing representatives
of all grades of American society. There
is perhaps not much to choose between
the American and the British soldier IN
the ranks. They come generally from
the same stock. and good stock it is, too.
But an army Is very largely what its
officers make Of it. :. 5. War today is not
merely matter Of men displaying In
diyidual courage or Of hand-tO-hand
contests in the field. It has become more
than ever before great game Of skin.
The invention Of weapons Of precision. of
smokeless powder, of high-power cam
non, has eliminated many Of the fea-
lures Of old-faShioned strife. -. The
modern army Is q machine, the govern
ing factors Of which are the intelligence
and forethought and capacity Of its
human units, and 1t is gratifying to see
that Lord Wolseley. versed % he Is In all
Evening star., 1952-08-24
'Cundidute Stevenson Speaks

Why do you question the sincerity of
Gov. StevenSon'S attitude toward state
responsibility in government CCandi-
date Stevenson Speaks" August 16y,
when it is well known that he has held
these views of local responsibility, as the
correlatlve of rights and privileges, for
some time? AS Governor of Illinois. he
has tried to awaken a sense of respon-
Sibility in citizens for local problems, so
that these problems need not spiral to
the State level pointing out that as
larger government agencies are forced to
take over problems of local law enforce
ment, the cost to the voter is greatly
increased by paying two sets of officials
to do the same job. I submit the follow
ing quotation from his article, who
Runs the Gambling MachineS?" in the
Atlantic Monthly for February. 1852 Ian
article, incidentally, which should make
every honest citizen ashamed of every
nickel he has ever dropped into slot
machine1:
"I suggest that it is timely to explore
every possible alternative before we en-
bark upon course of funneling power
over law enforcement to the State level.
Once that level is reached, the pressures
will build up-as they have already
begun to do-to effect further transfer
to the Federal Government.
II think we should travel that inviting
but hazardous road very slowly. In this
instance don't think we need travel it
at all if we cultivate more positively the
sense of community esponSibility-i we
stop preaching so much about the vir-
tues of local management and begin to
practice them. But if we don't feel
sense of community responsibility for
law observance. then let's stop this
hollow wailing about concentration of
power and admit that we asked for it.
There is price tag on good local
government as there is on everything else.
It must be paid for in active and con-
tinuing interest in local affairs, in self
denial in all those situations where self
indulgence-the double standard-has a