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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05

But there is still another curtain
which may be thrown not about the
children Of darkness. but which may
hem in children of light. Even we of
the West, or the East. who scott at cur
tainS whose strands are fashioned OF
fear and inferiority completes, may I'M
consciously use the very light in which
we revel as a curtain which hides from
view the tragic facts of others less
privileged than we The old expression,
II was blinded by the light" may have
implications to which we need to be
alerted.
In her monumental novel, "Romola,"
George Eliot, in depicting the Florence
OF Savonarola. coins a phrase which
opens up warning vistas regarding this
matter Of curtains. She says. 'The light
can be curtain. as well as the dark
ness" All. here is danger Of which
we, in privileged America, need to be
made wildly aware, lest we construct
a curtain even out of our light!
When people are dazzled by effulgence
their eyes cease to function. A curtain
Of light makes them oblivious to that
which is around them. They are blinded.
Perhaps 1t would not torture the mean
ing of striking saying Of the Great
Galilean to quote 1t as warning against
using light as curtain: IF the light
within thee be darkness. how great Is
that darknesS?" Privilege has sly way
of concealing from the pampered how
the other half lives. whether across the
railroad tracks or across the world
Light may blind as well as reveal.
In the days OF the Russian Cars,
around the brilliant court surfeited with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Horserudish Trouble

The horseradish growers, at least the
horseradish eaters, are just like everybody else
these dayS-they're in trouble
1t seems that the first load of the 1852 crop
of horseradish recently arrived in st. Louis,
quantity described by the Wall Street Journal as
"the horseradish capital of America" and turned
out to be understood and immature. Strangely
enough for the hot seasoning, it was the hot
season that was blamed
Horseradish it develops, needs temperate
climate with reasonable amount of moisture,
and the right soil. The SOIL and maybe 800
farmers who have a peculiar talent for this
peculiar CROP are concentrated in the st. Louis
neighborhood. Ordinarily the temperate climate
and the right amount of moisture are also found
around st. Louis, but 1852 is strange year in
more ways than political ones. This year the
horseradsh was burned up and so are the
farmers.
OF course, the ultimate bite will be put on
the horseradish eaters-and it won't come
entirely fromstheir cocktail sauce. The farmers
are simply raising the price of their understood
and immature horseradish from $12 per hundred
weight to SIT. Some people, especially those who
eat, Just can't win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05

workers taken on by emergency agencies, SUBJ
ject to later investigation under loyalty proceed
ures. Then it was found that the three-year re-
stricton applied specifically to applicants" for
civil service jobs who were rejected-but not
specifically also to employees who had been fired
on security grounds. Amendment of the rules
followed.
1t is hard to understand however, why some
personnel directors of emergency agencies have
been so careless Of the security of their own
agencies as to pay little or no attention to the
background of persons hired for emergency work.
csc officials found that several of the dismissed
employees had no trouble whatever in being &C
cepted for unemployment in another agency
Apparently they were hired on mo- questions
asked" basis-subject to the usual security check
later The trouble with this procedure is that oc-
casionally several months pass before the loyalty
Investigations can be made Meanwhile the dis
credited employee has been back in the service
The csc should 60 further than announce its
new rule on rehiring. It should crack down
sternly on the apathetic attitude which some
Federal personnel officials still seem to have in
connection with the loyalty program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Ike in Wisconsin

General Eisenhower's Wisconsin appearance
was one of those things that will satisfy no one
He was walking political tightrope-trying
to appeal for Senator McCarthys reelection
without indorsing what has come to be known
as McCarthyism. 1t was not an enviable role to
bein. But General Eisenhower, political realities
taken into account, did the best he could with It,
He did indorse Senator Mccarthy, the can
didate. He did not indorse Senator McCarthy's
conduct or methods. On this latter score the
General said: 1--WE can win nothing by trying
to make every one think and act alike. Such
course would deaden the lively spirit Of freedom
itself. We would have nothing left to defend
If we allowed ourselves to be swept into any
spirit of violent vigilantism. To defend freedom,
in short, is-f1rst of ALTO respect freedom
That respect demands another quite simple
kind of respect-respect for the integrity OF
fellow citizens who enjoy their right to disagree
The right to question or challenge a mans judg-
ment carries with it no automatic right to
question his honor"
This, to repeat, probably will satisfy no one,
Senator Mccarthy included But it pursues
middle course between a politically futile re-
pudiation of Senator Mccarthy as candidate
and an enforcement of his obnoxious tactics
If General Eisenhower, as the Republican presi-
dental candidate, could have chosen wiser
course, it is not readily apparent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
No Deal in the U. NJ

You might be interested in some COM
ment on the mo Deal in the UN" section
of your Review of the week in Sundays
Star (September 2D. The second and
third sentences are inaccurate: But
in practice, new members are admitted
through log-rolling operation between
Russia and the West. We agree to let
in a couple of Soviet satellites. and
Russia agrees to let in some Of our
friends" The UN Security Council and
General Assembly have admitted nine
states to UN membership to raise the
present total to go members from the
original 81. They are Afghanistan, Ice
land, Siam, Sweden, Pakistan, Yemen,
Burma. Israel and Indonesia. It will be
noted that none of these nine states IS
a Soviet satellite. Indeed, no Soviet
satellite has won UN admittance since
the UN formally started operations IN
1916.
The item further states: cat present
there is a backlog of nations seeking
membership but unable to get by the
Security Council vetoes." This is also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Strange Loxity on Loyalty

It is surprising and disturbing to learn that
loophole in the loyalty program, plus some re-
rlarkabe laxity on the part of few Federal
agencies has opened the way for an undisclosed
number of dismissed employees of questionable
LOYALTY to re-enter the Government service. The
situation has become known publicly as result
of an announced amendment of civil service rules
restricting unemployment of Federal workers
discharged "for cause"
Until recently it had been generally supposed
that no person rejected under the loyalty pro-
gram would be eligible to apply for reappointment
within three years. But it has come to the at
ter1tion of the Civil Service Commission that some
employees who had been fired for loyalty reasons
have reappeared elsewhere on the Government
payroll within a few weeks or months OF their
dismissal The revelation came during the
course of routine checking on the loyalty OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05

George I. who was a son Of Sophia Of
Hanover, a daughter of the Elizabeth
of Bohemia above referred to.
His royal highness. Chowfa Maha
vajiravudh, Crown Prince Of Siam, was
visitor in Washington
NFown rhnee on october II, 1902. and
" Siam The Star gave front-page
space to reports Of his
doings. An attractive young man quite
apart from his regal expectations, he
was met on his arrival by Herbert H. D.
Pierce, Third Secretary of State, and
three troops of the I'd Cavalry from
Fort Myer. When he called upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt he was received and in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Pierce's chief, Secretary
John Hay. The Prince was dressed for
the occasion In q pale lavender coat
trimmed deeply with gold, dark blue
trousers with broad red stripes. white
helmet topped with brass spike and a
yellow silk sash across his breast gilt
tering with insignia" His attendants
also were "gorgeously apparelled." Prince
Chowfa was the son of King Chulalong-
korn, whom he succeeded in 1910 "A
liberal and progressive sovereign, mod
ern Thailand remembers him with APP
probation.
A telegram from Scranton. Pa. to
The Star of September IS, 1902, said:
James WenZel was
StrikebreokeF dubbed to death today
Killed near the Grassy Island
colliery within less than
mile Of where the 18th Regiment Is
in camp. Wenzel was formerly secre-
tary Of the Grassy Island local union
of the United Mine Workers. He re-
turned to work few weeks ago and
thereby gained the enmity Of the other
members Of the union. No arrests
have been made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Mr.. Bevun Wins q Battle

Aneurin Bevan has won a major battle
although he has not by any means won the war
that is raging within the British Labor Party.
The aggressive leader of the left-wing bloc
within the party put up six candidates for the
important seats on the National Executive Com
mittee. Four of the candidates, including Mr..
Bevan himself, already held seats and the vote
at the partys national conference in Morecambe
returned them to those places. The significant
gain came in the election of the two other
Beyanites, and in the circumstance that they
defeated two party stalwarts-Herbert Morrison
and Hugh Dalton. Mr.. Morrison, Labors deputy
leader in Parliament and former Foreign Secre-
tary, had held his Executive Committee seat Tor
80 years, except for a one-year break IN 1912.
Mr. Dalton former Chancellor of the Exchequer,
was an influential although controversial figure
in the Labor Government
On an Executive Committee of Is, it is clear
that Mr.. Bevans sextet will not be the con-
trolling clique. The big trade unions. which
provide both the numerical and financial back
bone Of the party, are strongly anti-Bevan. at
present at least, and they named IL of their
candidates to the committee. 1t is equally clear,
however, that the demonstration OF Bevan
strength will not go unheeded within the party
and the prestige and influence OF the militant
WelShman will be enhanced.
Probably the basic fact in the whole British
political picture is that socialism has become
firmly fixed upon the nations economic and
social life. To rather great degree Mr..
Churchilps Conservative Party is caretaker
today for the pattern of socialism that was
imposed upon Britain and its government by the
Labor Party-even though there have been
certain notifications or tactical retreats since
the Conservative victory last year. There will
not be complete rolling back of this socialist
tide in Britain under Conservative government,
any more than there could be complete erasure
of the New and Fair Deal social changes in the
United States under Republican administration.
Mr.. Bevan's victory will undoubtedly result
in greater strength for the militant socialist
viewpoint within the Labor Party. In turn, 1t
probably will mean greater Labor resistance
in Parliament to conservatism in domestic affairs,
and more energetic advocacy of socialism be-
fore the British public.
The Western community and particularly
the United States, can hardly take comfort from
Mr. Bevans gains. He has accorded only grudg-,
ing and qualified support to the mutual defense
effort. The Labor Party, which made the first
commitment to this effort when it controlled
the government, is still supporting 1t and the
trade unions reaffrmed this position in their
annual congress last month at Margate. But
Mr. Bevan's voice will now be louder. and pos
sibly persuasive, in its critical dealing with
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Fifty Years Ago in The Star +.

On October 4, 1902, The Star quoted
the London Daily News in relation to
Elizabeth of Bohemia.
THE Mother "foundress Of our reigning
Of Kings" dynasty, as her younger
brother, the ill-starred
Charles I, was to be the ancestor of the
elder branch of Stuarts. From either
the brother or sister every living member
of every reigning family is descended
It is little remarkable that James I, the
only child Of an only child Of an only
child, is the ancestor of every princely
parsonage in Europe, as well as many
others. Elizabeth, who was named after
our queen of spacious times was
deeply attached to Henry, the eldest
son Of James !, who died in his fathers
lifetime. She married in 1913 when
she was I'D the Palgrave Of the Rhine,
who afterwards became the winter king
of Bohemia Frederick W and after
much suffering died in 1882, just as
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who had
been a claimant Of Elizabeth's hand,
was triumphing The widowed queen
lived on poor allowances from England,
Holland and the Rhine states until she
returned to England after the restora-
ton of her nephew. Charles II. She
then resided in Lord Craven'S house In
Drury lane, where she died in 1862. We
cannot now measure what charms and
wit were those which gained for her the
name of Queen of Hearts and the adj
miration of all who knew her. She was
not clever. She was not on the best
of terms with all of her numerous chill
dren. Her favorite child was Prince
Rupert of the Rhine. the Royalist
cavalry leader, whose name is renewed
today in the second heir to the throne
Of Bavaria, to whose house he be-
longed." Elizabeth II Of England. now
reigning, is the older daughter Of King
George VI, who was son Of George V.
who was son Of Edward VII, who was
a son Of Queen Victoria. who was q
daughter Of Edward. Duke Of Kent. who
was q son of George III, who was .
grandson Of George II. who was son OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05

Star declared editorially. "They are
young in spirit. They must be. or the
Journey that some of them have made
to attend the encampment would have
been impossible" Speaking OF travel.
The Star mentioned as zone of the dis
tinctively novel features" of the G. A. r.
Invasion" a pageant of AUTOMOBILES
which attracted admiring attention
from the thousands of people who lined
the sidewalks along the route" Gen.
Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief OF the
G. A. R., rode at the head Of the long
procession of horseless vehicles and was
loudly cheered by all the visiting veter-
ans who recognized their leader" Tents
had been raised in the White Lot south
of the White House to shelter the "boys,"
but many of them registered at hotels
and boarding houses downtown" The
Star printed a special supplement OF
news and views as a souvenir OF the
encampment. It contained a map show
ing battlefields and Notifications in the
neighborhood of Washington.
Most of The Stars issue for october
8, 1902, was devoted to descriptions OF
the G. A. r. grand re-
Forode OF view" down pennsylvania
Heroes avenue. President Theodore
Roosevelt rose from sick
bed to pay his respects to the veterans.
Vast crowds of civilians watched the
long line of marchers. A civic escort
in black frock coats, dark trousers and
vests and silk hats. marshaled by w. F.
Guide, rode at the head of the parade.
Gen. A. Noel Brakeman led the G. A. r.
contingents A stuffed eagle, "Old Abe"
was carried by Wisconsin delegation.
The Illinois division was captained by
little girl in white and gold uniform.
Pennsylvania was represented by at
least 5000 men. Dan Burns, giant
more than seven feet TALL" bore
flag. The ministers of Cuba. China.
Peru and Chile were in attendance. One
Of the spectators greeted with loud
cheers was Gen. o. o. Howard, who had
ridden with Gen. w. T. Sherman in
the grand review" Of 1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Spirits of the Spirit
The Curtain of Liqht

Amid today's human commissions,
shaking the planet, national curtains
are quite the fashion. Just as the con-
fident assertion was being made, in
world fast becoming one. that the day
OF artificial fences was thing of the
past, 10. the thickest walls ever known
are being thrown around millions to
isolate them from other millions. The
one system which loudly advertises to
the workers of the world that 1t pro-
poses to tear down all partitions between
groups and whose avowed goal is
classics society, attempts to erect, sur
rounding its far borders, curtain so
opaque that 1t is called iron. This is
to prevent the light that is on the out
side from diSpelling the darkness that
is on the inside.
We hear much also about the so-called
bamboo curtain flung around the vast
reaches of China. well-known news
paperman who escaped to tell the world
in an uncensored broadcast what is
really taking place in China draws this
picture: Everything is being dragooned
into the party pattern. The news
papers publish only what is acceptable
to Picking, while every effort Is made.
for instance, by the exclusion of foreign
news agencies, to cut the Chinese people
off from knowledge of what is happen
ing abroad" The idea is to keep regi-
mented slaves back Of spite fences. in
ignorance of the world outside their
frontiers and to feed them false i'm
pressions of the past history and the
present position of their own country
in its relation to the rest Of the world.
H. G.. Wells has a short story with
the title. THE Country of the Blind"
In it he describes race Of people. in an
inaccessible valley, who had lost their
sight. When. by accident. traveller
reached their valley and told them of a
world In which there is light and color
and spoke to them Of the rising and
the setting sun, of the sky at night
covered with stars. they believed that
he was mad or the victim Of some mys-
terious disease. Their world Of dark
ness was to them the real world-the
only world they knew-and they could
imagine nothing outside it or better
than it, That is parable Of what hap
pens to people who live in an tnacces-
sible world back Of curtains. Those
who put UP such partitions watch with
cruel eyes lest there should leak through
from the outside world information
which might refute the official propa-
ganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
AnuIyzes Stevenson's Taxes

Gov. Stevenson's own tax figures are
an indictment of the Truman regime for
the Governor makes 1t clear that his In
come, like that of the average American.
has steadily slid backwards due to high
taxes and imitation.
In 1912 Stevenson paid about one-third
of his income in taxes and, only nine
years later, in 1851, he paid about half
of his income in taxes. His 1851 net In
come appears to be nearly twice as much
as his 1912 net income but. when one
considers that the consumers dollar now
buys about one-third of what it did in
1912, it does not take much figuring to
see the Governors income is fast going
downhill, too-so much so. that perhaps
with few more years Of Trumanism the
Governor, along with the rest Of us, may
be paying as much as IS per cent OF his
income in taxes. And. since Stevenson
is Truman's stooge, he cannot be counted
upon to give us anything but more
Trumanism.
Margaret w. Anderson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Airport Indction Is Risky

The increasing air-traffic congestion at Ma
tional Airport makes it imperative that some
thing be done soon to provide relief This is an
urgent matter of public safety according to the
Civil Aeronautics Administration and other
authorities. Yet, the alarming fact is that
absolutely nothing is being done about the
problem. All action and planning have come
to complete halt as the result of failure of
Congress to appropriate any funds for the
auxiliary Burke airport project.
The CAA has just reported some startling
statistics on the rapid rise in passenger traffic
at the Gravelly Point terminal last year. The
number of passengers increased from 1,629723
in 1850 to 2458,717 in 1951a Jump of 81 per cent.
The number of aircraft movements increased
from 14S748 to 186,747, or % per cent. And SO
far this year the upward trend has continued
at rapid pace. This is disturbing to aviation
safety officials because the National Airport
already has reached the saturation point. To
impose more air traffic on the overloaded field
Is to increase the flying hazards there.
Congress has agreed with the CAA the
Doolittle Commission and other investigators of
the situation that Washington must have an
additional airport as soon as possible Congress
Signif1ed its agreement by authorizing construc-
ton of an auxiliary airport at Burke, Virginia,
and appropriating initial funds for land pur-
chasing. But this action stirred up storm of
protest by residents Of Burke storm which
induced Congress to halt further appropriations.
The Burke project today is at a standstill,
although the Government has more than 1000
acres of land needed for the 4500-acre site.
Meanwhile, Maryland officials have been reiterat-
Ing their proposal that Friendship International
Airport, near Baltimore, be designated as Wash
ington's alternate air terminal. The Dooittle
Commission indicated disapproval of this plan,
holding that Friendship was too far from Wash
ington to serve the Capital adequately.
So the Government has two serious problems
on its hands. It has the problem of insuring
greater safety for air passengers coming into and
leaving the Nations Capital and the problem
Of what to do with thousand acres of land in
Fairfax County acquired for new airport.
Neither of these problems can be ducked by
Congress when it meets again. If Congress
wants the Burke project killed, it should kill it
directly by canceling the original authorization,
not by the indirect and uncertain method of
Withholding money. The longer the decision,
one way or another, is delayed, the greater the
hazards to the public at the present airport and
the greater the responsibility which Congress
must bear for this grave situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-05
Mr.. KEENAN, and the Kremjin

The Kremlin is running true to form in
demanding the recall of Ambassador KEENAN,
from Moscow. Secretary of State Acheson has
replied by calling public attention to the Soviet
governments long record of violation of civilized
international manners, and by saying that Mr..
KEENAN, will come home for consultation.
All foreign diplomats in Moscow except those
from the Communist satellite states, live and
work in an atmosphere of isolation. Mr.. KEENAN,
said so to correspondents in Berlin drawing
parallel to his period of internment by the Nazs
"a comparison which provided the pretext for
the Russian action. AS an experienced diplomat,
Mr.. Kennan undoubtedly knew that the COM
pariSon would be annoying to the Kremln. But
the facts of diplomatic life in Moscow are OF
Soviet making; if hearing the truth spoken
irritates the Kremn it has the power to correct
the evil circumstances.
The presence of an American Embassy staff
in Moscow has a certain value in the handling
of routine relations. Whether, under the cir
cumStanceS, the actual presence of an AmbaSSa-
dor there is also a real advantage Is open to
question. There has been nothing in the postwar
record to indicate that an American Ambassador
In Moscow has been able to temper the hostile
Soviet attitude toward the United States, or has
been able to function effectively either a
friendly or unfriendly observer. The question of
whether Mr. KEENAN, should be replaced in
Moscow does not seem, therefore, to be pressing
one. Neither does there seem to be any urgent
compulsion for considering retaliatory action
against the Soviet Ambassador in Washington.
Mr. KEENAN,, however has proved his
capacity to render great service in the formula
ton and application of American foreign policy.
He will very probably have further opportunities
for service, perhaps greater ones by virtue of
being freed from his "internment" in Moscow.