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Evening star., 1952-06-22

On June 10, 1902. The Star quoted
the New York Herald to the effect that
-,, ,,. Chekib Bey, Turkish
iuTKish MINISTER Minister to the
Hero United States, while
visiting in Boston
had saved cab driver from serious
injury and rescued frightened young
woman from the cab" The cab, turn
ing from Boylston street into fremont.
had broken its axle. AS the vehicle fell,
the horse attached to its shafts tried
to bolt. but the driver kept hold of the
relns and. caught between the front
wheel and the curbing. was in danger
OF being crushed or trampled by the
horse in its struggle to be free. Then
"Chekib Bey ran forward, jumped di-
rectly in the way of the wheel, gripped
the cabman, showed the wheel aside and
dragged the driver to the sidewalk"
Next he opened the door of the cab.
and Calmly removing his hat, offered
his arm" to the scared young woman
passenger and assisted her to alight."
She left the scene after thanking Chekib
Bey but without giving her name.
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The Star Of June 18, 1902, contained
a report of an incident at rockingham,
Sussex, England. in
Kipline Creotes which the novelist
a Sensation and poet, Rudyard
Kipling, played an al
legedly sensational part. His aunt, Lady
Burne-Jones, widow Of the famous
painter. had been opposed to the Boer
War. When the struggle closed in terms
of British imperialist victory, she pro-
tested by displaying banner inscribed:
'You have killed. you have conquered"
This was resented by the rockingham
public, and Lady Burne-Jones was be-
sieged in her home by crowd. Mr.. Kip
ling then intervened with thoroughly
Kiplingesque grafton of the kind the
people -. were not accustomed to hear
from one who established the local rifle
brigade" The poet-novelist also an
nounced that he was closing the drill
hall he had given the community. He
refused to express his opinion of Lady
Burne-Jones' black banner. but he en-
phatically disapproved of Rottingdean's
manner Of expressing its disapprobation
Of 1t.
Evening star., 1952-06-22

truly noble life. 1t is impossible to write
the record of the perfect life without
including in the narrative of the gentle
Jesus, meek and mild" the scenes when
the blast of His scorn was SO hot that it
frightened and scorched those upon
whom it fell.
When we read Christ's denunciations
of the Pharisees, His words are like
volcano belching forth molten lava. The
Man of Galilee is both tender and ter
rible. In brilliant book about Jesus,
Behold the Man." by John Seely, there
are two especially searching chapters.
One is on the Law of Mercy and one on
the Law of Resentment. With deep in
sight the author declares, THE two al
ways go together" 1t is here plainly
enunciated that the man who cannot be
angry cannot be merciful-that there
can be no great love without the capac-
ity for great wrath. That is what the
Bible means when it talks about "the
wrath of the lamb" But the directions
for getting angry, by that One who is
called the Lamb of God, make it abund-
antly plain that explosive wrath is an
ignoble thing if it is set off simply by
any interference with our personal
comforts, plans or rights. Christ was
utterly unruffled, no matter what men
did to Him. Even when reviled, He
reviled not again. It was only when
arrogant, selfish strength tried to stran-
gle or exploit weakness that the hot
flame of His anger leaped up.
What conf1agration of wrath lights
up the sky of the centuries in SEN
tence like this: Whose shall cause one
OF these little ones which believe in Me
to stumble. it is profitable for him that
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Neither Sane Nor Sound

When Representative Talle of Iowa offered his
amendment which virtually abolshes consumer
price controls he told the House: what we
should aim for is a sane and sound and practical
formula for decontrolling goods which are not
scarce"
The trouble with Mr.. Tales amendment,
which the House adopted by vote of 146 to 60
is that it is not sane, it is not sound, and it is
not practical.
There is much that could and should be done
to improve the price control program. To main
tain controls on items that are selling under
ceiling prices is not only pointless; it imposes
needless and burdensome paper work on retailers.
Something could and should be done to make it
easier to challenge OPS regulations in court.
There should be more equitable means of en-
abiing retailers grocers in particular to protect
themselves against post-Korean rises in costs.
But the Tale amendment goes dangerously
far beyond any such corrective limits as these.
This is what the amendment says:
The ceiling price for any material shall be
suspended as long as Cd the material is selling
below the ceiling price and has sold below that
price for period of three months; or (2) the
material is in adequate or surplus supply to
meet current civilian and military consump-
tion and has been in such adequate or surplus
supply for period of three months.
For the purpose OF this paragraph, mate
rial shall be considered in adequate or surplus
supply whenever such material is not being
allocated for civilian use or, in the case of an
agricultural commodity or product processed in
whole or substantial part therefrom, is not
being rationed at the retail level of consumer
goods for household and personal use, under
the authority of Title of this act
If this becomes law, very little will be left of
price control. Any agriculture product that is
not rationed, and this includes foods and cloth
ing made from wool, cotton or other agricultural
products would have to be decontrolled In
order to maintain any controls on such items,
OPS would have to institute rationing, which it
is not equipped to do and which would be an in
tolerable nuisance.
Furthermore, the Tale amendment contains
no provision for reapplying controls no matter
how high prices might 60. This could only be
done If rationing were instituted.
The House will have an opportunity to think
this scheme over between now and Wednesday,
when roll call vote on the amendment is sched-
uled. The need for reasonable modification of the
control program is clear. But there is nothing
reasonable about an amendment which in effect.
scraps most price controls on essential con-
sumer items, and then requires rationing before
the controls can be reimposed even though prices
go sky high. ~
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Criticism of Judqes

In the absence of some special law dealing
with the subject, the true test of contempt in
crltlcizing a judge is whether the criticism
tends to obstruct the administration of Justice
Criticism is not contemptuous in the legal sense
unless it does tend to obstruct justice
There is a special law in Virginia, and it
presumably will govern the decision in the con-
tempt case against the Reverend Ross A. Weston
of Arlington. If Mr.. Weston should be convicted,
it will remain to be seen whether the Virginia
law is valid under the first amendments guar
antee of freedom of speech
From the layman's point of view however, it
is difficult to conclude that Mr.. Weston's criticism
of Judge Mccarthy amounted to contempt in
the usual sense of the term.
There was nothing admirable about the
sermon which led to the contempt citation. It
falls into that shallow and offensive class of
criticism which resorts to innuendo to question
a mans integrity while saying that his integrity
is not being questioned at all. This is a tech
nique that has become only too familiar in
political debate. But it is not the sort of thing
most people expect from the pulpit.
sermon, however, can be shallow and
offensive without being in contempt of court.
It Is ridiculous to assume that Judge Mccarthy
could be coerced or intimidated by anything that
Mr.. Weston might say. He is conscientious
judge who applies the law as he understands it.
Insnuations to the effect that he is Fascist
minded, or that he is tool of the Byrd
machine" may temporarily misead few gullible
people But loose talk of this kind soon begins
to defeat its own purpose. In the long run it
will not impair confidence in the courts and it
will not divert Judge worthy of the name from
his duty.
There is room in our system for criticism,
ofoiu ~ i,,d~
The important thing is to preserve full oppor-
tunity for fair trial. AS long as that oppor-
tunity is not curtailed, criticism falls short Of
contempt No lasting harm can be done by
criticism, especially criticism that is not sup
ported by the facts. But great deal of harm
might be done if the power to punish for con-
tempt were to be used to silence criticism,
including criticism of the sort that is involved
in the Arlington case.
Evening star., 1952-06-22

Of Lord Lister and four other doctors.
England, prepared for the crowning of
the King and Queen Alexandra at West
minister Abbey on June 26, was reported
shocked by the news released by his
majesty's private secretary, Sir Francis
Knollys. The Star in an editorial praised
the monarch in this language: His in
huence has been for good. He has
respected the traditions of human lib
erty and has violated no conventions or
uSages. He has strengthened the ties
binding England and America together
and has made for world-peace to the
extent of his powers"
The Star for June %, 1902, carried a
lengthy and detailed account of the first
Fother Aehstetters Rev. Robert j. j.
First Moss Achstetter at st.
Mary's German
Catholic Church the previous day. A
son of Charles and Josephine Achstetter,
206 New York avenue NV, the young
priest was escorted from the rectory by
a procession Of small children, members
Of the Windthorst Club, acolytes and
clergy. He was assisted at the altar by
Rev. Cornelius j. Dacey. Rev. John P.
Tobin of San Francisco, Rev. John
Glenn Of Iowa, Rev. Maurice j. Cahill
and Rev. Father Currier, pastor of st.
Mary's, who preached the sermon. The
choir sang Haydn's Imperial Mass No.
3" accompanied by the Marine Band
Orchestra and the organ. Additional
sacred music was rendered by a quartet
consisting of Mrs. Kitty Thompson
Berry, Margaret Eichorn, A. S. Fennell
and Frank Redstock. DR.. Anton Gloetz-
ner supervised the musical portions of
the entire service. Father Achstetter
became pastor of st. Joseph's, Sykes
vile. Md, in 1904: Our Lady Of Good
Counsel, Locust Point, 1908, and SITS.
Philip and James. Baltimore, 1929. He
died q monsignor. November %. 1945.
Relatives residing in Washington include
his sisters. Antoinette and Mary. now
Mrs. jeremiah ]. Connor, mother of
Rev. John Connor, chaplain of Gallinger
Hospital; also. his nephew Robert j.
Achstetter. 3419 Mckinley street NV,
and grandnephew Robert ]. Achstetter.
both Of whom continue his name.
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Spires Of the Spirit

ANY group of honest men, when they
get mad enough. can drive out crime
and make an awful lot of trouble for
criminals" So declared a newspaper
coiumnist after an aroused and angry
citizenry had cleansed the Augean
stables in certain racket-riddled city.
The great advances in wholesome
human relationships have come when
troublesome reformers got fighting mad
at malodorous conditions which smelled
to heaven. Something is sure to hap
pen when determined men, facing evils
which degrade and defile human life,
get as angry as was William Lloyd
Garrison when he cried out to those
who tried to silence his potent voice:
Il will not equivocate, will not excuse,
I will not retreat single inch! And
will be heard!" But, as says an old
proverb, you can always tell the size
OF man by the size of the things
that make him mad"
That one whom the ages have called
The Way gives the only valid directions
for getting angry. He never tried to
eliminate Indignation from the qualities
that make a full-rounded man. It is
one of the chief factors in the dealing
OF Jesus with human personalities that
He sought always to salvage, rather
than to smite. He clearly defined His
technique when He announced, IT came
not to destroy. but to fulfill" Knowing
what was in man, He based His attitudes
on the assumption that no human urge
or instinct is inherently bad. He came
not to challenge, but to channel.
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When He saw men gambling. He did
not cry out against the risk of taking
chances; He wanted them to bet their
lives on some cause worth while. Pa
tiently He watched the self-assertive
drive for place and pedestal on the part
OF those slow scholars in His school,
But any manifestation of consuming
ambition never repelled Him. When He
saw it, He felt like one who covets
the force of waterfall to be harnessed
to wheels that will turn that power
into products for human good.
Jesus never branded danger as some
thing heinous and bad in itself. Anger.
He taught, is fire, and like all fire is
dangerous. 1t must be kept within con-
troll. What is often labeled temper Is
momentary madness. 1t can be a brut-
lsh and childish thing, utterly undis-
clpllned. Outbursts of petulant nerv-
Gus energy constitute a serious defect
or deformity in character. But righteous
anger is an inevitable ingredient of a
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Bob or Ike?
By Bruce Borton

Bob Taft and Ike Eisenhower are two
great Americans. Which one will the
Republicans nominate?
A little book by James L. Wick, news
paperman, may influence the answer
to that question. It is How Not to Run
for President, Handbook for Repub-
licans." (Vantage Press. $1)
Says Mr.. Wick: 1.-THE Willkie cam
paign to win the Republican nomination
in 1910 was the most effective campaign
in recent political history" But. he adds
ominously: "Willkies campaign to win
the 1910 election was the poorest. with
one exception, Dewey's in 1948." He is
right!
I seconded WILKES nomination at
Philadelphia before a wildly cheering
throng of middle-claSS Americans who
thought that Heaven had sent a great
champion to save them from bureauc-
racy, deficits and war. If the election
had followed Immediately he would
have won hands down.
But his speech of acceptance that
came over the radio from Elwood, Ind,
weeks later, sent our hopes tum-
bling. Mr.. Wick calls it catastrophe"
Our champion showed no convictions.
promised no fight. He was no David
going out to slay the Goliath Of One
Man Power; he was mild and muddled
"me-tooer." Just second-rate Roose-
velt." the disillusioned voters said to
themselves. why changer"
In 1914, says Mr.. Wick, Dewey, too.
refused to fight. The rich New York
interventionists financing his campaign
persuaded him to suppress any discus
sion of Roosevelt's tragic mistakes in
foreign policy, while other amateur
strategists were sure he could outbid
Roosevelt for the votes of the pressure
groups. "Never mind the middle-class
Republicans" they told him, "they will
vote for you anyway; they have no.
where else to CO."
-Four years later there was not even the
pretense of battle. Truman savagely
fired his biggest guns at everything Re-
publican" says Mr.. Wick. Dewey fired
his opening popgun with the promise
on September 20 that I will not con-
tend that all our difficulties have been
brought about by the present national
administration
In other words, "there Is no real issue,
but wouldn't you rather have nice new
little President like me than the nice
little old fellow you have now?" The dis.
gusted voters didn't even trouble to an
swer; they stayed away from the polls
in droves.
Every delegate to the Republican con-
vention should read Mr.. Wick's little
book. Not all will agree with it. But
don't see how anybody can dispute its
major premise-that only fighter can
hope to win. .@.. .-
(Copyrisht. 1851. King Features Syndicate. insI
Evening star., 1952-06-22

might decide to forfeit their vacations rather
than incur disapproval from those who make up
the efficiency records.
This is a questionable economy plan that
has no proper place in the pending Independent
Offices appropriation bill 1t is a legislative re-
form that should have been handled in the regu-
lar way-through the Civil Service Committees
of both houses, Furthermore, it is reform which
reverses the carefully considered action of Con-
gress last year in repeating previous leave riders
in favor of an overall leave-curtailment law.
Somersaulting of this nature reflects no credit
on Congress.
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Fifty Years Ago in The Star .

In The Star Of June 20. 1902. the fol-
lowing paragraph was reprinted from
the New York Evening
The Collecting Post: 1.-THE collecting
Hobit habit is a malady
that few have escaped,
the evidences of it being apparent in all
ages and climes; nor are the years of
mans susceptibility limited as they
range from infancy to honorable senior
ity. Not even poverty can insure i'm
munity from the contagion or spon-
taneous development of the symptoms:
on the contrary, the purest type of the
collector is the man who has not the
whereWithal to acquire on sight the
prize he discovers, but must undergo
picturesque privations in the byways OF
necessity. in order to hope for the ulti-
mate possession of the luxury. AS to
the antiquity of this absorbing pastime,
the most famous collection was the
most ancient-namely. the specimens
selected and placed in Noah's ark. the
first cabinet"
The Star on June 16, 1902, chronicled
the presentation of the first Minister of
Cuba to be sent to the
xueSodo United States - Gonzales
Presented de Quesada. He was es-
corted to the White House
by Secretary of State John Hay and
formally transmitted the greeting of
President Tomas Estrada Palma to
President Roosevelt The new Minister
and his wife were staying at the Chevy
Chase Inn. pending the completion of
their home" When inquiry was made
at the District of Columbia surveyors
Office as to where that house was and
whether it had any relation to Quesada
street in Chevy Chase, D. c., the answer
was that no official register of street
names is maintained in the Nations
Capital.
A cable from London informed The
Star of June "a, 1902. that King Edward
VII was Ill and that
King Edword his coronation would
Sick be postponed i1defi-
nitely. The cause of
the sovereign's indisposition was de-
scribed as perityphlitis. His majesty
submitted to surgery under the hands
Evening star., 1952-06-22
The baltimore Mystery

Quite possibly in requesting customs officials
to halt any attempt by Owen baltimore to leave
this country the State Department has taken
only routine action in keeping with the reStric-
tions that have been in effect since May against
American travel to the world behind the Iron
Curtain. To put it mildly, however, the circum-
stances surrounding the move suggest that more
than mere routine is involved. Willingly or
unwittingly the impression has been created
that special precautions are necessary to make
sure that the controversial Johns Hopkins pro-
fessor does not try to get out of the United States
to hole up somewhere within the Soviet empire.
Thus, in commenting upon the matter, spokes-
men for the State Department explained that
the customs officials have been alerted against
Mr. baltimore because Federal agency (uniden-
tified) has had "tip" to the effect that he has
been planning to make trip to the Soviet Union
or one of the Red satellite lands. The pro-
fessor, for his own part, has emphatically de-
clared that he has had no such intention and
that he has not been preparing to go "any-
where out of the country" either on this or the
other side of the Iron Curtain Actually, of
course, he has every right as an American citizen
to travel overseas if he can qualify for pass
port and visas in accord with present regulations.
The net effect of the State Departments
action is to suggest that Mr.. baltimore cannot
SO qualify at this time. His status in that re-
spect apparently is under investigation, and his
reputation-whether justifiably or not-has thus
been placed under cloud. This is an extraor-
dinary thing, and it seems to be without pre-
cedent If he is innocent of dark intentions he
has every reason to demand that he be cleared
forthwith of the implications of being dealt with
as If he were potential fugitive, BY the same
token, If the so-called "tip" about him has sin
&efo IN full
be forthcoming from the authorities involved
AS matters stand the case seems to be out Of
key with our American way of doing things
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Spires Of the Spirit
Directions Getting @ z?ssS@sk s:s*2 =e"'
" Frederick Brown Harris
Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate

a great milestone should be hanged about
his neck and that he should be sunk in
the depth of the sea-" There is no
namby-pamby suggestion there that
perhaps, if he knew all, there might be
something in the offenders background
to explain his crime. But white heat
like that is justified only when ignited
by intense care for what happens to
others.
When our ruling passion is a great
cause which is high as the heavens
above our personal interests we are
sure to develop some colossal hates. Lord
Macaulay, it is said, came to have
terrific anger against dandelions after he
TOOK up gardening and realized what
weeds did to his flowers. His hatred of
the one grew out of his love for the
other. The acid test is: What makes
you angry?
No wonder contemporary peacher,
weary Of the tame, timid complacency
OF so-called good people, says: IT am
through preaching sermons on how to
control the temper. The modern church
member has no temper worth talking
about We have been content to kill
flies in the jungle while savage tigers
have held the road" Yes, to be sure.
there are those who will go off into a
Spasm OF wrath over a collar button
which rolls under the bed, but who will
remain calm as the summer dawn at
the slavery and slaughter of innocents.
There are nations which still hope that
in the present global struggle against
chains. slavery and goddess materialism
they can be neutralists. The only hope
that the polluted stream of modern life
may be cleansed is an epidemic of
anger that will sweep the world.
Long, long ago, Plutarch set down an
eternal truth: Anger is one of the winds
by which the sails of the soul are filed"
Supine indifference to wrong doing is
always sign of moral deterioration.
Criminals become brazen, wrongdoers
walk inSolently. rascals take possession
OF high places. until good. aflame with
INDICATION, arises and sweeps them from
the seats of power.
Wanted: Millions of Americans whose
anger flames against villiany wherever
lntrenched! Wanted everywhere: A
large capacity for moral indignationi
To be saved from weak resignation to
the blatant and rampant evils we de-
plore we need to offer daily, as a fer
vent prayer petition first framed by
William Shakespeare: Touch me with
noble anger"
Evening star., 1952-06-22
Letters to The Star
Pen-na11es may be used If letters carry
Uriters' c7rrect names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

addition to that of the Republican
primary. 1t is fair, think, to conclude
also that many of those voting in the
Republican primary would have taken
the Hartman side on civil rights had
they been given the opportunity.
The issue of segregation was very
clear and Washingtonians were given
the most unusual opportunity of express
ing their opinions and they did. The
people have spoken; now it is time for
officials to act to conform with the
peoples desire. The Commissioners
should hesitate no longer in migrating
the Fire Department. Congress should
take action now to integrate the schools.
and segregation or discrimination should
disappear from the scene in WASHINGTON
everywhere.
Charlie E. Malone, Sr.
Evening star., 1952-06-22

ii Eisenhower was nominated, North
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia Louisiana
and Texas would 60 for him. All this
is pure propaganda on the part of these
gentlemen, for they must know that if
the Republicans carry any State in the
South 1t will be on the issues of the
day and not personalities, and any State
that Gen. Eisenhower can carry can be
carried by Senator Taft or any one else
nominated by the Republican Party.
James *. Parsons.