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Evening star., 1952-07-06
Strophonger's Lament

am a daily patron Of the Capital
Transit Co., riding several times each
day on its overcrowded conveyances.
would like to see an increase in wages
for its employees but cannot see why the
public should be harassed by further in
conveniences. It does not require much
imagination to visualize the rush hours
with individuals retarding others as
they try to extricate 15-cent fares which
they never have ready. The greedy
owners should never abolish the pass.
which is the greatest aid to motorman
and traveller Any person who has ex-
perienced the convenience Of pass
will be willing to pay more for it.
According to the dividends cited, the
company's owners are thoroughly un-
reasonable and completely selfish. In
this complex, inconsiderate existence
with its ever increasing difficulties, may
we not retain the facility Of the pass?
Perhaps the company could save money
by printing them on tissue paper with
less gorgeous decoration of birds. trees
and flowers. Old Washlngtonian.
Evening star., 1952-07-06

which is far more heartening both at home and
among our friends abroad than the woeful
lamentings of the little band of five who SEEM
ingly would prefer that we relinquish our
leadership or perhaps even abandon our allies.
To this it might be added, also, that the
promptness and emphasis of our own action may
be taken as a warning to the Communist bloc
that we are still firmly committed to the policies
of Western solidarity and as evidence that our
political differences may be reconciled rather
easily on a major issue. It is well known here
that the other signatories to the pact are each
facing extraordinary political problems of their
own but it is to be hoped that they will read into
our action the same lesson we are expressing to
the unfriendly powers-and will in turn expedite
their own ratification procedures.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Sermons via the Voice

On Sunday. June IS, 1852, there ap-
peared in your columns letter from
one Elgin Groseclose under the heading
"Broadcasting Islam Propaganda?" The
writer takes the Voice OF America to
task for broadcasting series OF daily
sermons by prominent Moslem leaders
during the holy month of Ramazar. His
major complaint is to the effect that
the agencies of the United States Gov
eminent are supporting the Islamic
religion.
Perhaps for the enlightenment OF Mr..
Groseclose and other readers. am in
position to present some facts that may
clarity the situation. The issue that
confronts our country and other peoples
throughout the world is one between
people who believe in God and those who
do not. Amongst believers, the United
States Government plays no favorites.
Constitutionally it is inhibited from
doing so, but it unhesitatingly enlists all
the organized agencies Of religion
whether in our own country or elsewhere
that will make common cause against
the Kremlin anti-God combination.
For more than two years the Voice OF
America has been broadcasting mes
sages in As languages prepared by dis
tinguished Catholics, such as the Rev.
Ignatius Smith, dean Of Catholic Uni
Evening star., 1952-07-06

forces. He witnessed to that faith by
being found. whenever professional
duties allowed. in his pew at the church
where he was deyout member. At last.
he who had saved others. himself could
not be saved. His physical frame. at
tackled by disease, was steadily weaken
ing.
His mind was as alert as ever. and
he had the companionship Of great
books. On q tablet he wrote scintillat-
ing comments which mirrored the
beauty of his inner1 life One day,
shortly before the end Of his earthly
life. he sat at his desk writing. After
ward, dear ones found that he had
been penning prescription. He was
copying. just for his own inspiration,
words which he loved, uttered by that
eloquent American preacher, Robert F.
Burdette. When this good physician
had gone hence there lay on his desk the
message he had Transcribed in his own
Handwriting from a printed card, now
framed and hung near the physicians
desk. There is no question that, know
ing his own days were numbered, he
was thinking Of the glowing sentences
as the best guidepoSt he had found to
radiant living. The author had called
them 1.-TWO Golden Days." And so. in
the name Of the one who believed
thoroughly in this prescription for hap
piness. we pass 1t on. 1t is what the
doctor ordered:
There are two golden days in the
week upon which and about which I
never worry-two carefree days. kept
sacredly from fear and apprehension.
"One Of these days is yesterday. Yes
terday, with its cares and frets; and all
Evening star., 1952-07-06
P. O. Makes Hard Ones Look Easy

Some time ago you ran a series OF
articles and published quite few letters
critical of our postal service.
All of this may be justified, but think
that when credit is deserved it should be
given.
Periodically, I have been receiving
magazine published and mailed from
Bogota, Colombia. It is slick-paper
publication usually running 26 pages or
more. The envelope carries a three CEN
tavos stamp-the equivalent OF about
one cent in the United States.
I have been amazed at the resource
fulness of the postal department in de-
livering this magazine to me. since the
only address is my name. Washington.
u. S. A., Sterling 6722. That Is my ONCE
phone and the magazine comes to my
home. Recently we moved, and our old
address is still listed in the telephone
directory. but we still get the magazine.
The same package, if addressed to
some one few hundred miles from
Bogota in Colombia, would have reached
it's destination, If at all, months after
the same package mailed at the same
time reached me in Washington. I'd
like to tip my hat to the Washington
postal service.
John p. Plum.
Evening star., 1952-07-06

were the brides brother-in-law and
sister, 1t. and Mrs. j. D. Patton; DR.. and
Mrs. Frank Loring and Miss Loring.
1.-THE beautiful young bride was charm
ing in her dress of white crepe de chine,
made in princess style. She Is the
youngest Of three sisters, all Of whom
have great personal attractions and
many accomplishment The bride OF
last night made her debut a few seasons
ago and is favorite with both old and
young. She more closely resembles her
mother than her older sisters, having
the beautiful large eyes and exquisite
complexion that made Mrs. Stephen A.
Douglas national beauty" This refer
ence was to the celebrated Adele Cuts,
Washington belle Of all time.
*s*
An article in The Star for July II,
1902, said: "Adelina Patti Is now In Lon
don. -. The hand OF
AdeIino Time appears not to
Still Youna touch her. Patti
never had childhood.
She was prima donna when she was so
small that it was necessary to put her
on a table that she might be seen. and
at she was singing with fire and pas
sion the role of Norma, revealing its
tragedy Of love betrayed, of jealousy
all-consuming. Of maternal sacrifice
complete. Thus now she has no old age.
The tall, dark Swede who is her hus-
band is perfect specimen Of physical
development and athletic manhood. but
although he is young enough to be her
son, Patti looks young beside him. At
the Albert Hall old men and women win
sit with their grandchildren and tell
about PATHS appearance and PATHS
triumphs In the days Of their youth. and
then Patti will come out. unchanged In
looks. to receive the same Applause. to
Evening star., 1952-07-06
American Leadership

1t was entirely fitting that the United States
should have been the first of four signatory
powers to complete formal ratification OF the
Bonn peace contract and the companion protocol
applying the security guarantees and obligations
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to
West Germany.
For no selfish purpose other than our deter
rnination to preserve our own liberty and to halt
the aggressions of Communist imperialism, we
have assumed a role of leadership IN the Tree
world The idea of restoring large measure OF
sovereignty to the citizens Of the West German
republic and of making that state partner IN
effect of the NATO group is an important part
of the strategy of that freedom. We urged tnat
this strategy be followed and it is fitting that we
should have ratified 1t without delay.
The margin by which these two actions OF
ratification were taken in the Senate-77 to IN
one case and 70 to 5 In the Others OF con-
siderable significance in ITSELF At time when
the country Is preoccupied with a national
political carpaign. these votes reflect . degree
Of bipartisAl attitude toward foreis9 policy
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Spires Of the Spirit
What the Doctor Ordered

Every doctor whose practiced eye
probes the meaning of bodily symptoms
knows that some cures lie beyond the
ken of his skill. There are hurts no
physician can heal That is why in
this period of terrific stress and strain
there is emerging striking new part
nership of the medical practitioner, the
psychiatrist who deals with disordered
mental outlooks and the minister Of
religion.
One Of the most notable pioneers in
the psychological field, dealing with
minds out Of gear, was Jung. In his
book, Modern Man in Search Of
Soul,' he has a striking pronouncement
regarding frustrated personalities who
have lost their way. He says: Among
all my patients In the second half of
life-that is to say. over 35-there has
not been one whose problem in the last
resort was not that Of finding re-
ligious outlook on life. It is safe to
say that every one Of them fell i'll be-
cause he had lost that which the living
religions Of every age have given to
their followers, and none Of them has
been really healed who did not regain
his religious outlook" That certainly
suggests that there can be drawn no
sharp line Of demarkation between the
function Of doctor and minister.
The increasingly close relation Of the
two noble professions is vividly illus
trated in the constant cooperation and
understanding manifested in Korea be-
tween the doctors and the chaplains.
Often the physician. because of his
own religious insights and experience, is
able to do for patient whose ailment
has spiritual roots what drugs and
treatment can never accomplish. That
Is what Robert Louis Stevenson had in
mind in statement that he made
often: "The doctor is the flower of our
Christian civilization"
In Myrtle Reeds Spinner in the
Sum-" she quotes what DR.. Ralph Exter
said to his father. the old doctor, as the
younger man began the practice Of
medicine. Father" said young Ralph,
"it may be because I'm young. but
hold very strongly the ideals Of our pro-
fession. It seems a very beautiful and
wonderful life that is opening before
me-always to help. to give, to heal.
I feel as though had been dedicated
to some sacred calling, some lifelong
service" It was that conception which
had consecrated the long service to suf-
fering humanity Of a doctor In the
Nations Capital. distinguished in his
chosen field. Always he was conscious
OF the primacy Of spiritual verities and
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Who Is Conspiring in Steel?

There may we'll be, as President Truman
alleges, conspiracy against the public interest
operating in the steel strike. Whatever evidence
Of conspiracy Is discernible however, points to
public interest be-damned attitude on the part
of vote-conscious administration and labor
leadership that is aware of and is trading on its
political power. In fact, probably the most
revealing summation of this affinity was provided
before the Wage Sterilization Board announced
its recommendations; it was provided when
steel union official confidently forecast favor
able attitude from our "friend in the White
House"
At the time when Mr.. Truman was under
the illusion that he possessed inherent powers"
which permitted him to seize private property,
he painted most alarming picture of the
dangers to the Nation and our security effort
which would result from a steel shutdown. To
avert these dangers, he seized the industry while
other administration spokesmen talked of grant,
ing the WSB recommendations-atlea least on wages
and referred to the patriotism and statesman
ship of the union leaders. When the Supreme
Court stripped away the fiction of inherent
powers" these same union leaders called their
men on strike within a matter OF hours. That
was on Monday, June g. and most of the steel
industry has been shut down ever since-setting
back military production, causing layoffs in other
expansion program.
Congress has since refused to grant the
seizure powers asked by Mr.. Truman and has
taken the extraordinary course OF requesting the
President to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act,
statute enacted for the express purpose Of pro-
viding formula which might prevent an In
dustry crisis Of this nature. The Presidents
answer has been contemptuous disregard of
the will of Congress, seeming determination
to do nothing further about shutdown which
he once described in such alarming terms, and
an announced discovery simultaneously with
the same findings" by the union-that the
steel companies are engaged in conspiracy
against the public interest
Ironically, the recourse taken by the union
in the face of this conspiracy is provided by
the Taft-Hartley Act in section specifying that
the National Labor Relations Board should have
power to grant relief from unfair labor practices
The complaint in brief, is that the six big COM
panies OF the industry are refusing to bargain
and are conspiring to prevent smaller concerns
in the industry from bargaining. Under the
circumstance that all issues except the union
shop one are acknowledged to be settled or
within easy reach of agreement, the complaint
seems really to be an effort to force industry to
surrender on this final point. If this is the case,
q politically inspired pressure move may be
under way. And the Labor Board, for the sake
Of It's own reputation, should stick to facts and
nothing but facts In its consideration OF the
complaint
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Cheating the District

The compromise District budget finally
approved by Congress is, of course a vast
Improvement over the ruthlessly slashed appro-
priation bill originally voted by the House. But
the compromising went too far when it was
allowed to reduce the amount of the Federal
obligation for local services rendered There is
no logical excuse for such compromise
Thanks to the Senate most of the heavy cuts
proposed by the House were restored before the
bill went to the White House. Had these cuts
been made mandatory there would have been
seriously diSrupting effects throughout the
District government. As matters stand, some
belt-tightening will be necessary in most depart
mentS. The school system and the Police
Department will receive the heavier jolts. There
will be fewer new teachers for the overcrowded
colored schools, already plagued with scarcities
Of space and faculty. The Police Department..
under fire from congressional and other sources
for sporadic scandals and ineficiency apparently
will be prevented from hiring the men needed
to fill some 200 vacancies on the force. This Is
a hard blow at time when police recruiting
teams are securing nearby States in search of
applicants to bring the department to full
strength. Inevitably the reduced funds will mean
more overtime work and thinned-out patrols.
Although the veterans information service
probably will have to fire some employees, the
majority of departments are expected to absorb
the cuts in one way or another.
The Senate made a strong fight to keep the
Federal Governments fixed obligation at the
present figure of $12 million, but in the end
bowed to House insistence on a reduction The
House BILL on recommendation of Representative
Taber, had proposed cut in the lump sum of
$24 million. The compromise total was $11
million. But any reduction at all on this debt Of
the United States to the District Of Columbia is,
as Representative Furcoo told the House during
the debate, corrupt and dishonest" He added:
1.-THE only thing that matters is that we owe it,
and we should pay it, even If we have the power
to cheat the District out Of it,"
The cheating is corrupt and dishonest,
whether it involves 81 million or $2.4 million.
The principle underlying the fraud is exactly the
same in both cases.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.
John P. Plum.

sing the same songs with the same man
ner and in the same voice-So the peo-
ple in the audience will say, even If the
critics do find few flaws. Whoever
will come after her will be small in COM
parison, small in the estimation OF the
audience, which adores only Patti when
she is at hand and keeps on adoring her
year after year. decade after decade,
with faithful enthusiasm the world has
seldom seen equaled." Patti was 60
when these words first were printed.
She died in 1919.
Said The Star of July Is, 1902:
Archie Upperman Of l014 Seventh
street S.W., has writ
Trino to Stop ten to the District
The Music Commissioners, calling
attention to an alleged
nuisance which is being carried on IN
vacant lot on the west side OF Seventh
street between K and L. in the shape
Of a brass band which plays from
o'clock until after II o'clock at night.
A number Of signers added their names
to this letter. They claim the nuisance
should be discontinued by the Commits
sioners. The performance began on the
9Th day of June and was to have con-
tinued but two weeks. but the COM
plainants state it is still carried on and
is becoming steadily worse all the time.
The noise from the band makes 1t i'm
possible for the people in the neighbor-
hood to sleep. and as there is sickness
in the community the condition OF the
invalid is made much worse by the con-
slant noise at night as well as by the
disorderly conduct Of the crowd OF
Ioafers who 1oiter about the music.
Mai. Sylvester has recommended that
when the license expires 1t be not re-
newed and that no license IN the future
be issued for tit place"
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Peace Scores
By Bruce Borton

A few years ago the chairman OF the
board of one of the Nations leading
banks called his officers together to an
nounce his retirement.
I'm not going to make a ceremony
of this departure" he said. "You have
all known that 1t had to come; shall
soon be so years old. just want to
ask you men one question: What would
happen to the economy of the United
States If tomorrow Stain should sud-
denly come out for peace?"
With that he waved them all good-ny
and walked out the door.
One of the younger vice presidents
told me the story. What Is the an
swer?" I asked him. What would
happen if Stain should suddenly agree
to make a genuine peace?"
This country" he said. would go
into the steepest tailspin in its his
tory"
That is a shattering thought but
true. Our economy has been war
economy for the past Is years.
Early In 1887. F. D. r. made boast
full speech recounting the gains that his
New Deal had achieved-full employ
ment, higher wages, increased national
income. "We planned it that way" he
exulted. And he added that the fiscal
year would wind up with a balanced
budget-the inference being that deficit
financing would no longer be needed.
But by fall the picture had UNDER
gone a sharp and disturbing change.
All the signs indicated that the cut
IL q
down business and lessening jobs; some
thing had to be done quickly or the
voters would be unhappy and disobedient
in the 1888 elections.
Forthwith, presidential speeches be-
gan to put less emphasis on domestic
issues and more on the foreign situa-
ton. Congress was asked for more
money, not for home consumption, but
for preparation for war.
The preparation was right and proper:
I do not criticize it. And the economy
did respond to the expenditure. The
voters said they never had had it so
good" and they voted right" -Four
years later war came and brought the
boom that wars always bring. Followed
then the postwar outpouring Of billions
all over the world. which kept factories
busy and the stock market boiling.
When the moment came that fresh
recession seemed to be In the making.
Korea was sprung on US, and the lid
was OF again.
Now, for months. the Korean peace
negotiations have been dragging along.
Every time there seems to be any real
promise of success. what happens? The
stock market takes o tumblei
In other words. we have got ourselves
into the tragic position where war
means prosperity and peace means
panic.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Disarmament Plank

Man-made codes and creeds present
some curious inconsistencies
For one life that has been destroyed
and one home that has been wrecked
by alcohol, probably 1000 have been
ruined by gun powder.
But conventional moralists continue
to make taboos on smoking and drink
ing" and to tolerate and accept the
hideous institution of war.
II the current political campaign
were waged on issues, instead Of on per-
sonal rivalries and ambitions, and II
either of our major parties had in
telligence enough to put total dis
armament plank in It's platform. am
convinced that it would win in walk.
Theresa HI. Russell.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Last Chance for the G. O. P.

The delegates at Chicago are faced with the
necessity of making decision which may well
determine whether the Republican Party is to
survive as effective force In American politics.
The issue itself is simple one The Taft
forces, either not foreseeing the consequences
or in reckless disregard of them, have overplayed
their hand They have used their control of the
pre-convention machinery to grab delegates with
a ruthlessness which smacks of desperation. And
in doing so they have raised an issue which can
not decently be compromised, but which, instead,
must be resolved by the convention itself.
That issue, reduced to its simplest terms is
whether the Republican nominee is to be honestly
chosen. And the method by which the Taft
controlled Republican National Committee tenn
porarily seated pro-Taft delegates from Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas was not honest. Instead,
1t was an arbitrary abuse of power which, If
ultimately successful, would quite probably serve
to drive away millions of prospective Republican
voters
General Eisenhower and his aides are right
in refusing to compromise on this issue. There
is really, no basis for an honest compromise
The eleventh-hour proposal in the case Of Texas
from Senator Taft, adopted by the national
committee is without basis in fact or logic. The
contesting delegates should be seated in accord
ance with the wishes of the Republicans in Texas
1t Is not the business Of handful of men in
Chicago hotel room to carve up the delegation
and serve one portion here, another there.
There is, Of course, dispute as to the facts
In the Texas controversy. But the national COM
mittee has amply demonstrated that it is in
competent to decide that dispute on basis that
would inspire public confidence. 1t is dispute
which must be decided on the convention floor
without any Steamroller tactics. And to do this,
the disputed delegations should be barred from
voting on each others eligibility. This requires
a change in the rules and the Taft forces bitterly
oppose such change. But 1t Is strongly advo-
Gated by all Is Republican Governors, including
at least one Taft supporter, and the party bosses
had better pay attention to the views of these
men.
II each disputed delegation is allowed to
vote on all contests except its own tainted
result is inevitable. That is too obvious to
require elaboration. The only possible way in
which an impartial decision can be reached is
to exclude from the voting all of those who
have personal and selfish interest in the result.
Opportunity may be knocking at the Re-
publican door this year for the last time. Defeat
vention with a candidate whose title to the
nomination is under cloud. In the best Of
circumstances, there is not going to be any easy
victory in November. And without candidate
whose claim to the nomination is clear, and be-
hind whom both factions can unite, there is little
If any, hope Of victory. Instead of victory there
will be defeat And 1t may very well be doubted
whether a Republican Party, shattered by the
bitter dissensons which would attend bossed
nomination, could hope to survive such defeat.