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Evening star., 1952-03-30
Spires OF the Spirit
God Bless You

God bless you.p whispered stranger
with deep earnestness, as he grasped my
hand and his eyes for an instant looked
into mine. It was at the close Of q
lenten service in q great Eastern city.
The man with that benediction upon his
lips disappeared with the departing
throng. I shall probably never see his
face again. But. somehow, for these
recent days his fervent God bless you"
has arched the sky as rainbow. That
bow Of promise assures us that the in
vision OF the human by the Divine is
the most real thing in all our uncertain
life.
That "the soul can split the sky in
two and make the face Of God shine
through" is the sure testimony of the
ages. The split sky is as scientific as
the split atom. To call in question the
possibility that God can and does bless
suggests blind bat In Mammoth Cave
doubling the tinted glories Of the sunset.
The robin redbreasts and the more
crimsoned hues of the cardinals, who
now daintily and saucily tread our
spring lawns. moving about like ami
mated blooms. remind US Of the words
Of that One who as no other reveals the
heart Of the Eternal. "Your Heavenly
Father feedeth them" God blesses his
creatures. How simple and yet how
profound is the saying Of Sidney Lanier,
as he watched the marsh hen nesting
on the watery sod, II will build me .
nest on the greatness Of God!" When
the barriers Of impurity and self -trust,
which impede the infiowing Of the
Divine. are down, then, as Elizabeth
Browning puts it with her sure spiritual
insight: Gods completeness flows
round our incomplet leteness." That "com-
pleteness" means strength and patience.
JOY and guidance, which transforms
even tribulation into triumph. They
are the blessings Heaven waits always
to bring.
AS one sincerely prays for another.
all that is packed In that oratorio Of
benediction. God bless you." Manifold
are Gods channels OF blessing.
Through st. Francis multitudes have
been blessed Of God. Memorable and
moving are the words Of G. K. Chester
ton, as he describes this winsome incar-
nation Of God bless you: while it
was yet twilight figure appeared silent
ly and suddenly on q little hill above
the city, dark against the fading dark
ness, after night Of vigil not unvisited
by stars. He stood with his hands lifted,
. as in so many statues and pictures: and
about him was burst Of bird-singing.
and behind him was the break Of day"
Always st. Francis seems to be saying.
God bless you" In all the sacrament
Of living there is no more lofty wish
than that. It rises like white-peaked
Matterhorn above the mud and scum Of
mundane desires.
God bless you." sincerely uttered.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Gas Discrimination

1t was foregone conclusion that some
rate increase would be granted the Washington
Gas Light Company. Today's gas charges were
nxed 10 years ago, when all costs were lower
The change-over from manufactured to natural
gas has not relieved the company's need for more
revenue The Public Utilities Commission recog-
nized that need in 1949 when it granted the
company an increase which the courts later
ordered refunded on technical grounds Since
then the wholesale price of gas has gone up 40
per cent. The retail increase now approved by
the PUG is only II per cent.
The wholesale price has scared although
the Federal Power Commission has not vet
formally given its sanction to new rates which
were levied In two step -upS-one last September
and the latest this month. Before any rise in
the wholesale cost of gas to the local company
is granted by the FPC there should be an adjust
ment to take care of the drop in gas quality
which occurred two years ago. This drop in
BTU. content resulted from switch from rich
Kentucky gas to Texas gas of less heating value.
The switch was made without public notice,
when the wholesalers opened a new pipeline
from the Texas fields in 1850. But there was no
lowering of the price to the Washington Gas
Light Company. Since customers here are
charged according to B.T.U.s consumed the effect
was to raise the quantity of gas used locally
without corresponding rise in cost to con-
Sumers But the rise in consumption meant
larger wholesale gas bills for the company,
because wholesale gas is paid for on volume
basis, not on BTU count.
An FPC trial attorney has called this a "clear
case of discrimination" against the Washington
company. It is discriminatory because Virginia
and Maryland companies are getting more B.TU.s
for less cost. (They are being supplied with the
top-quality Kentucky gas) Whatever wholesale
@AIl,y
discrimination against Washington should be
ended-either by cutting the local company in
on the Kentucky pipeline or by making price
allowance to the company. If there should be
a price adjustment the reduction ought to be
shared with Washingtons consumers of gas.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate

Ettrick Shepherd. has beautiful ref
erence to Sir Walter Scott. Many Of
the farmer folk up there in the border
country almost Worshiped that great
man Of letters. Hogg tells about an
incident that beautified and sanctified
his own home. One day Scott, riding
over to Ettrick on his horse. Sibyl Grey.
dropped In for dinner. Before leaving.
he smiled affectionately at the little
daughter Of the home, walked round to
where she was sitting. took her up In
his arms. kissed her, set her down again:
and then, laying his hand devoutly on
her head, he exclaimed feryently and
impressiyely: God Almighty bless you.
my dear childl God bless you!D After
. moments tense and reverent silence
Scott departed, leaving the family
strangely moved. They never forgot
that scene and that hour.
When voltafre was an old man, Ben-
jamin Franklin visited him In Paris.
taking his grandson with him. AS they
parted, Franklin asked Voltaire to bless
the boy. The old man stretched his
lean fingers. over the lads head and
said: God bless you! Ny child. God
and liberty - remember those two
words" With all his skepticism Voltaire
somehow sensed in his blessing that
God and liberty cannot be separated.
What 3 magnificent "God bless you"
to be used by the priests In blessing
the people was that given to Aaron and
his successors! "On this WISE" 1t was
commanded him. "shall ye bless the
children Of Israel. saying unto them:
The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the
Lord make his face shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon thee and
give thee peace"
A preacher now nearing the end OF
his working day, thinking Of the brides
and the babies and the bereaved and
the worshipers for whom he had
uttered In high hours Q God bless you .
makes this comment upon the Aaronic
benedicticn: God bids his ministers
breathe this lovely benediction upon
His people because He has himself re-
solved to bless them and to keep them,
to show them His shining face and His
overfiowing grace: to reveal himself to
them In beauty and in majesty; and to
pour into their fevered hearts the peace
that passeth all understanding"
And as we say, one to another. "0od
bless you." In the midst Of LIES vicissi-
tudes and its changing scenes. often
when by cruel blows life seems to have
tumbled In. there comes with tri-
umphant reinsurance across q thousand
years the cadences Of q great hymn:
Finding. JolIo,Dino, keeping, struggling.
Is He sure to bless?
Saints. apostles. prophets. martyrs.
AnstDef yes"
Evening star., 1952-03-30
1t Is a FuN-Time Job

With juvenile delinquency on the increase,
the movement in Montgomery County for q
full time magistrate for its Juvenile Court Is
deserving Of widespread community support.
The problems Of the court are too numerous
and too complicated to be handled satisfactorily
on part-time basis, as they are today.
The present system dates back to the days
when Montgomery County was more rural than
urban, and when 1t was an easy task to admin
lister the court on three-day-a-week schedule.
Judge Noyes actually spends more than three
days week on court business, but even then he
is hard put to give adequate attention to the
accumulating cases. In working overtime the
Judge Is sacrificing part of his law practice
which he is permitted to carry on while not
engaged in court. The part-time arrangement
is unfair both to the court and to the judges
private practice.
The Montgomery County Juvenile Court
Committee has submitted to the County Council
special recommendation for appointment Of
the Judge on full-time basis. A similar recon-
mendation last year was received sympathetically
by the council, but action was deferred because
of feeling that the reform also should include
provision for longer term on the bench The
present appointment is for q two-year tenure.
It would take an amendment to the State Con-
stitution to permit longer appointment. How
ever, no amendment would be needed to provide
the county with full-time Judge Of the Juvenile
Court. This reform should not be delayed. The
question of four-year or longer appointments
can be considered later.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

tills is tllat its protests, as the State Depart
ment declared somes months ago, come with
singular il-grace" from the worlds chief
practitioner OF dominance seeking subversion.
Another reason Is that our country, II under
taking to overthrow the Red regimes, would not
try to do SO with program as openly publicized,
and as modestly financed, as the one provided
for in the Mutual Security Act.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Thut Twenty-Five-Foo Rope
Bv Bruce Barton

During one Of the early debates on
our program for European aid. o Senator
moved TO cut few hundred thousand
dollars out Of the multibillion- dollar
proposal.
My old friend Senator vandenherg
killed the proposed amendment with ons
wisecrack.
IF you were In o boat and saw Q
drowning man IS feet away. would you
throw him 20-foot rope?"
Somebody should have been smart
enough to answer: I'm Europe's case,
would certainly throw q 20-foot. rope.
II Europe has any CUTS at al. IL win
splash like blazes. and manage somehow
to negotiate that extra ffve feet. And II
Will be far stronger In the end for hav.
ing put forth the effort"
There were some thoughtful men who
urged this philosophy. One Of them was
New Yorker. recognized authority
on international finance.
He held that the United States had n
heaven-sent opportunity to force
Europe to do something for its own
salvation that 1t never would do with
out pressure namely, to revalue and
stabilize its clIrrencies on basis where
the citizens Of one country would be
willing to exchange goods and money
with another. He pied with the authori-
ties In Washington not to advance any
money until this stabilization had been
accomplished. To give the money i'm.
mediately. he said, would be merely
inviting failure.
No attention was paid to him. Instead
o committee was formed of patriotic
individuals with well-known names but
little international experience, which
reported that all we needed to do was
to give the money and everything would
be all right. Later, when one Of its
members was asked: who was the
population expert on your committee?"
he seemed surprised by the question.
There was no population expert, he said.
In other words. the committee set out
to rehabilitate millions Of Europeans
without ever stopping to ask how many
millions there were. or how fast they
were increasing.
Now, after five years Of our foreign
aid program. we find ourselves In q
position that would be ludicrous II II
were not 80 tragic. We have to send.
not one ambassador. but two to Iran to
persuade its Prime Minister to please
accept $23 million. We send $12 million
to Pakistan. and they send 1t back as
being an Insult" Though they later
sullenly agree to take IT..
The 25-foot rope now has grown to
m fank av,n fnsrs0ryr,v n MIN lSa ag AvnS
each new foot win cost u about 81 bil.
lion an inch.
tcopyrishht 1853. ~ King ysasarss ssAaisass,
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Luttimore, Pro and Con

Nothing could be better calculated to
reveal the shallowness of the WITCH
hunters than the letter Of E. j. H. He
writes that Owen baltimore published
an article by F. v. Field that was
straight Marxism." Like all witch hunt
ers. E. ]. H. ignores the time element.
which makes all the difference. The
article was published when we were
friendly with the Soviet Union. A short
time later, the Senate voted to send
billions of dollars in lend-lease to mill
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Letters to The Star

lions Of straight Marxists" to defeat
Hitler.
If we're going to ignore the time
element. why not investigate all those
Senators who voted to help SO many
straight Marxists In such big way?
They certainly must have been soft
toward Communism" and exerted quite
an influence on our Far Eastern
policy early in the game. This was
even before the Red Dean Of Fashion"
with apologies to Mccarthy became
Secretary Of State. Myl My!
Reveille.
Approximately two years ago Senator
Mccarthy made his original charges
against Owen baltimore. Now the Sem
ate subcommittee, the majority being
Democrats, has issued q report in which
they all agreed that baltimore was far
from being loyal American. The ques-
ton Of who was right, Mccarthy or
baltimore, is now answered. The New
York Times admitted that the report
pretty much substantiates McCarthy's'
charges. When the Times says that,
you know 1t is so, as they have no use
for Mccarthy. What the Senate needs
is more McCarthys. And Senator Ke-
fauver had the nerve to attack Mccarthy
In Wisconsin. What President he
would be.
Dewitt n R,,rke
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Kenilworth Smoke Nuisance

I was interested in an article in your
paper on the Kenilworth trash disposal
technique and the reasons given for
Its use. Those of US who live and work
out In Kenilworth abhor this nuisance
It is hoped that you do q detailed job
on this subject. including publication of
the smoke nuisance ordinance. a ques-
tionnaire put to the Commissioners on
how they violate 1t and If they are not
guilty and liable. Why is the B. q O.
Railroad held for violating the ordi-
nance and the city servants notF What
relative value will the land have when
reclaimed? What modern. clean methods
might be used instead Of the present
one? Why not publish pictures Of the
inferno at its worst?
r. G. James. M. D.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Pen-',1nles may be used II letters carry
Uriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Can Hove Prosperity
In u. S. Without War

believe you are as interested
as I am in rescuing our country
from the terrible threat Of total
war. I believe you are deter
mined to restore our Govern
ment to the hands of men and
women who, as Grover Cleve-
land said. believe public Office
is a public trust. I believe you
are determined to eliminate
waste. inef1iciency, and corrup-
ton. That is why I am here.
That is why I intend to take
my message to the American
people from South to North and
from coast to coast.
am here because this is in
deed a campaign of all America
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Building of Peace
Is Greatest Problem

The building of peace is at
one and the same time our
greatest problem and our great
est responsibility. It is the
cause to which every day of my
life's experience, every hour of
my labors will be devoted. All
of us know that peace can not be
built by just guns and trained
men. Peace is not built at the
conference tables alone. Peace
is not built merely by knowing
the nations of this world, and
their hopes and fears, and max
ing the great decisions correctly.
Peace Is not built merely by
knowing the economic facts of
the world and adjusting to
them.
Peace is not built just by
knowing how to get along and
creating firm alliances with our
friends in the world, or by
knowing the evil Vaccinations
Evening star., 1952-09-03

ternal Revneue at st. Louis, Mo.
On April IA, 1851. the collector
resigned Of his own accord. Only
through the persistent efforts Of
Senator Williams and the stern
action Of a Federal Judge of
Missouri were the facts finally
smoked out. During the weary
months that Senator Williams
was digging into this smelly
mess, the collectors superiors in
Washington continued to de-
fend him though they had in
their possession the evidence
upon which he was later brought
to justice. This collector Of in
ternal revenue was indicted and
convicted, fined and sentenced
to prison. In the judges words,
he ''sold his influence for a dirty
mess of dollars"
That wasn't just st. Louis
money stolen from the govern
mental revenue-it was your
money too!
At this point it begins to
look like a lot Of rotten apples
In the same department.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Ding Dong Daddy Jailed
As ; Of His Wives Testify
By the Assoeiaied Press

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 3.-With
wives Nos. IA, Is and Is on hand.
Francis H. Van VIE, 81. yesterday
was ordered held for trial on two
bigarny charges.
The onetlme San Francisco con-
ductor known as the Ding Dong
Daddy of the D Line" was jailed
in lieu of $1,500 bail. after the
three women testified at his pre-
liminary hearing that they are
still married to him.
Mrs. Mary Abba. So, Oakland,
said they separated six months
after their marriage September Is,
1949. Mrs. Martha Moyle. 81. Long
Beach, said they separated four
months after their marriage Feb
ruary 18, 1851. Mrs. Amelia
Pritchard. 73. Long Beach, said
she kicked him out" a few days
after they were married last Aug
ust s. The latter two said they
filed suit for divorces in recent
weeks.
Mr.. Van VIE will be arraigned
September II.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Nixon 10 Hammer
Al Red Subyersion on
Tour Of New England
By the Associated Press

ROCKLAND, Me-, Sept. s.
Senator Nixon moves on through
Maine today on a campaign kick
off tour. pledged to make Com
munist subversion and corruption"
in government "the theme of
every speech from now until the
election"
The Republican vice presidential
candidate began last night in
Bangor what he announced as
"the most intensive campaign in
the history of American poll
tics -
Senator Nixon, presented by a
toastmaster as "the nemesis Of
Alger Hiss and other such mis-
creants," will wind up his second
day of Maine campaigning with q
Sanford address tonight. Before
then. he will have spoken to Rock
land and Auburn-Lewiston audi
ences. He is travelling by chartered
plane.
DecrieS Stevenson Attitude.
II had hoped, frankly" the Sen
ator said, at Bangor. that Com
muniSt subversion in the United
States would not be an issue in
the campaign. had supposed we
were all against communism.
But Mr.. Stevenson has raised
the issue. He has made light of
the Communist threat. He has
demonstrated a shocking lack Of
understanding of this deadly seri-
GUS matter.
He has referred to it not as
red herring but as a phantom in
our midst.
I'm August on Saturday night.
I am going to talk about the Com
munist 'phantoms' and what they
have done. I think you will be
surprised"
Cites Administration Record.
Senator Nixon told press con-
ference he would name names
when and if it became necessary
in discussing the administrations
record. He said he does not be-
lieve Gen. Eisenhower will deal in
names and especially will avoid
direct references to Gov. Steven
son and Senator Sparkman.
The 39-year-old Navy veteran
told a cheering Bangor audience
of 800 he will campaign on the
record of the Truman Administra-
ton.
I'VE can anticipate charges Of
smear, hatcheting and name-call-
ing as we delve into the admins
tration's sorry record" he said,
$50 let's get one thing straight
right now:
IF the record itself smears. let
It smear. If the dry rot Of cor
ruption and communism, which
has eaten deep into our body pol
itic during the past seven years,
can only be chopped out with e
hatchet-then let's call for a
hatchet."
Evening star., 1952-09-03

highest Office in the land, it is
my duty to tell every citizen
as far as it is possible for me
to do so-exactly what my in
tentions and plans are concern
ing national issues.
With respect to corruption, it
is my purpose, If you should
assign me to that high post, to
clean out every vestige of crook
ednesS from every nook and
Granny of the Federal Govern
ment. This I can do only if
people like you are ready to
help. Unless you are ready to
help, unless every one of you
is willing to devote himself to
this task-don't send me to
Washington. But if you do,
promise we'll use the SCOOP
shovel - not the whitewaSh
brush.
A special reason we have to
do this job is for the sake of
the great body Of honest, de-
voted career servants of the
United States Government.
have worked with the civil
service all my life. There is no
finer body Of people more
devoted to the welfare Of their
country. It Is a shame that
corrupt political appointments
should degrade fine services.
I pledge to the Federal en-
ployes Of the United States that
they will have no more crooked
bosses. They will have the best
men I can find if I have that
responsibility. They will get
honest, able, fine leadership.
would never even have men
toned this subject to you to-
night If it involved a single iso-
lated individual, or a single
isolate Office, or even two in one
department Of Government. But
the tragedy is that it involves
Offices all over the United States.
not only in the Treasury De-
partment, but similar conditions
are beginning to come to light
in other departments. This
erodes the very soul of a gov
ernment.
Any group Of men who are
busy covering up their own
crooks are too busy to look after
the welfare, the housing, the
jobs and the security of the
American people. They are too
busy to think through the hard
decisions and provide the lead
ership which lis necessary to
build the peace of this world.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Theft of Peoples Money
Is Staggering in Extent

Yesterday I spent some time
with Republican Senator John
j. Williams of Delaware who
has been tireless in his exposure
of corruption within our Gov
ernment. The venality-the out
right theft of the peoples
money-that he has uncovered
is staggering in it's proportions
and in its extent. To describe
the whole sordid story to you
would keep us here for hours.
I shall briefly touch on three
cases that span the country.
On December II. 1947, a COM
mittee of the House of Repre-
sentatives reported "a condition
which may embrace criminality"
in the great Boston Office of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
The present Democrat majority
leader of the House cried the
report was IAN attempt to smear
the Democratic Party.
No one will ever know what
it cost the people of the United
States in money; what it cost
in breakdown of public morals.
1t was not until June 81, 1851
three and a half years later
that the head of that Office, the
collector of internal revenue
himself, was finally suspended.
Since then he has been indicted
and convicted, fined and sem
fenced to the penitentiary-
where he belongs.
There went some of the
money you paid in Federal
taxes.
Ladies and gentlemen, there
can always be one rotten apple
in a bushel and it might be no.
body's fault. But I can promise
you this: If I should ever find q
rotten apple in any barrel given
to my care, it won't take me
three and a half years to get rid
of it.
Now. let's take a quick look at
the Office of the Bureau of In