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Evening star., 1953-10-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

there, in fact, the very words. No Won
der Shakespeare seems somehow so
modern, so right, despite the archaic
words.
From Shakespeare, down to Harry
LAUDER
Both of them men of the stage, eager
and ready to entertain. They both
must have had good time doing it,
too. Nobody can be sure about Shake
speare, he was long time ago, but
there are thousands still living who
can recall Lauder, and thousands more
who still own his phonograph records.
They were old acoustical discs, but
good. And Harry Lauder, from first to
last.
The only way we can know Shake
speare is through his plays, and they
are enough.
A good book to revive tagging in
terest in the bard is the 85-cent reprint,
Shakespeare" by Mark Van Doren.
Here one finds an essay by brilliant
Shakespeare student and teacher on
the poems and each one Of the plays.
While in no sense Beauties Of Shake
speare' sort of thing, the book does
bring many quotations, many Of them
out of the usual line of such offerings.
Here the reader will find sensitive
comment on Shakespeare as man,
writer and actor, and most readers will,
on finishing, be able to believe. as per-
haps they always have, that William
Shakespeare was the man who wrote
the plays.
why should any enc believe other
wiser
Evening star., 1953-10-08

Civil War; it changed hands several
times. There was period when the
people never knew from day to day
whether they'd be hosts to the YankS
or the Rebels, and there was, IN what
later became West Virginia, sentiment
in favor Of each.
To return to 1859 and John Brown,
it seems incredible that the gaunt Kan
san could have expected with 81 men,
three Of them scouting over in Mary
land, to have held the town and ex-
panded his operations. Within a few
days, after word got out Of the be-
leaguered town, there were enough
militiamen in HarperS Ferry to have
fought small war. But, as Mr.. Greene
brings out, most Of them were in the
saloons drunk and not eager to tangle
with the cool, heavily armed Brown and
his frontier veterans. 1t took Brevet
Colonel Robert E. Lee and small COM
pany Of Marines, including a young
lieutenant named j. e. B. Stuart, to
control the frenzied situation and cap
ture the insurrectioniStS with a mini
mum of bloodshed Most of Browns
men did not live to face trial with him
at Charles Town, where their leader
was hanged. Most Of them were shot
down in the SkirmiShing.
All extant mementos of the raid and
Of other high points in Harpers Ferry's
stirring history will be on display when
the National Park Service finishes re-
storing the acres set aside for the ma
tional monument.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
This and That

The main thing is the spirit.
One may wonder what the present
generation would make of Lauder. For
his day and age, he was pretty nice,
and he left an impression on millions
of persons the world around.
To most American listeners, it seemed
very right, somehow, that he ended
his days as Sir Harry. The British
have better system than we have
here Here, in our own beloved country,
about the only way man can be re-
warded is with money. Over there.
the extra -doer gets both money and
honor, which somehow seems as it
should be.
What a wonderful people, the Eng
lish; their great poet, Shakespeare, was
so far ahead Of his age that he wrote
modern slang, and If any one doesn't
believe this, let him look up the play Of
Richard H." in which appeared for
the first time the beginning of the mod
ern expression, 'You can say that
again.
Richard has been deposed. and the
new king. trying to let him down easy,
says: THE shadow Of your sorrow,
hath destroyed the shadow of your
face'
Richard, eager for good line, bawls
out:
Say that again!
1.-THE shadow Of my sorrow. Ha!
Let's see." etc.
The accent, 1t must be admitted, In
the old days, undoubtedly would have
gone on "again." and not on that" -
we say It today, but the substance was
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Mr.. Wilson's 'Optimism'

Most of the reports of Defense Secretary
Wilson'S press conference lay stress on the rel
atively optimistic character OF his comments
on RuSsias atomic and H-bomb capacity. It
Is hard to find much basis for optimism, how
ever, in anything that Mr.. Wilson said.
He thinks the Russians are some three to
four years behind us in the development Of
atomic bombs and H-bombs, plus the means
to deliver them. Other presumably we'll
informed officials and former officials think it
will be only year or two years before the Rus
slams achieve the ability to deliver devastating
attack. But there is not much reason for op-
timism in this difference of opinion, even If one
prefers to accept Mr. Wilson'S estimate as being
the correct one. For at best, all he is saying
is that it will be three or four years. instead OF
one or two years. before we will find ourselves
living under the immediate threat Of destruc
tive Russian assault.
The Defense Secretary also seems less in
clined than some Of the others to believe that
a surprise Soviet assault would result in defeat
for this country. But he was something less
than firm on this point. The biggest deterrent
to war, he said, is the probable realization"
on the part of the enemy that they probably
could not win in the long run. Farther on, he
said he was "Sure" the Russians couldn't win
a war. Next, he said my hope is" that eventual
improvement in the internal situation in Russia
will get them farther away from the untenable
position of universal communism And, finally,
he commented "I think any one who would
look forward to war as a means to settling any
thing is just crazy"
Whatever one may think Of these observa
tions, they hardly add up to optimism. Mr.
Wilson is, perhaps, somewhat more hopeful
than, for instance, Val Peterson, Director Of
Civil Defense, who was publicly predicting on
the same day that an atomic war is inevitable
Obviously Mr.. Wilson does not share this view
but he was hardly trying to be optimistic when
he told his press conference that he did not
think we should become "too panicky" about
the possibility of Russian attack.
Actually, we should avoid both panic and
optimism. For neither state of mind is justified
by the known facts. These facts, whether we
have one year, two years or three years before
the Russians will be ready, suggest firm adher-
ence to wen-settled course Of action And
that is the course which includes determined
effort to increase our own strength, energetic
action to build up the Western alliance, and
the faithful exploration of every avenue which
might reasonably be expected to lead to a
peaceful settlement This Is about all that we
can do. The rest is up to the Kremlin. We
can only hope that it is not dominated by men
who are 'just crazy"-as was Hitler when he
launched the war that was to build the Reich
the Japanese when they unleashed the sneak
attack against Pearl Harbor in their disastrous
bid for mastery Of the Pacific.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Stevenson's Report

Adlai Stevenson apparently learned
nothing from last falls elections. His
recent report to the country adds up to
more and more appeasement, the very
thing the country rejected.
Europe, he says, is the key to balanc-
ing Soviet power. This, OF course. is
just what Acheson believed, and almost
resulted in writing Asia off completely
to the Communists. He admits that
France is little doubtful, not being
able to afford their social expendi-
lures" and the Indo-C Chinese war too.
Hence he would have us take over the
latter. It would be unthinkable to
Adlai, apparently, that the French gov
ernment employees should not have the
right to retire, and be supported by
American taxpayers, at the age OF 81,
five years below the age at which our
own Federal workers can quit, even
with the heavy contributory payments
they make.
Mr.. Stevenson brushes of as Of no
significance the heavy Communist vot-
ing strength in France. The fact Of
the recent condition Of near-anarchy
in that country, with Communicated
nationwide strikes, wasn't important
enough to Adlai to receive mention.
Asia, he claims, is lin revolution"
He doesn't say, as Acheson did, that
we should stand aside and '1et the dust
SETTLE" But he all but says 1t, In
advocating that we continue to place
our major reliance on Europe. And by
preparing to make concessions to Red
China. On this subject, Adlai attempts
a poorly concealed straddle. He pro-
fesses skepticism about China'S inten-
tions. Then plays up what "our
friends" think, that China wants only
peace and trade" And insisting that
we have something to negotiate with"
Since every one knows that China
wants admission to the U. NJ, iquida-
ton of Formosa and free trade with the
world, it seems clear that Adlai would
have us grant one or all Of these con-
cessionS. In other words, more and
more appeasement, for nation whose
word on any agreement would be as
Evening star., 1953-10-08
The President Intervenes

The Civil Service Commissions statement
OF policy governing observation-disclosures dismiss
ais is important more for it's White House origin
than for its content. There is nothing really
new in the plan to protect career employees
announced by csc Chairman Philip Young.
The new development is the Intervention of
President Eisenhower in a muddled situation
that has hurt morale and impaired efficiency
of the Federal establishment. The President,
speaking through his chief adviser on civil
service matters, has, in effect, 'laid down the
law" to departmental heads who seem to have
forgotten or ignored ong-Standing merit-SyS-
tenn policy in making economy cuts in personnel.
The commissions earlier advice to depart
ments and agencies on how to effect reductions
in their stats was taken by many administra-
tors as just advice and nothing more. Unfor-
tunately, the csc had no authority to compel
compliance with its suggestions. AS result
many veteran career employees were let out
while temporary employees remained on the
payroll. Moreover, some administrators ev-
denced little concern over the plight Of dis
placed workers. despite CSC efforts to find other
jobs for them in the various departments and
agencies. Recently the csc threatened to seek
the aid of the Controller General in cutting of
pay of temporary employees who, under the
commissions reduction procedures, should have
It had become apparent that only firm
breakdown by the President himself would con-
vince some personnel officials that the admin
iStration meant business in seeking to protect
careeristS. This breakdown has come in the
form of White House ordered statement and
amplif1cation of civil service policy in connec-
tion with staff retrenchment Specifically, the
department heads have been warned Cd not
to dismiss any permanent "status" enploye who
is qualified to fill job held by temporary
worker, and (2) that "all possible steps" must
be taken to assist discharged careerists in find
ing unemployment in the Government. More
explicitly, Mr. Young, on behalf of the Presi-
dent, has instructed departmental personnel
chiefs to find places for displaced career work.
ers by releasing, if necessary temporary y-indef-
mite employees.
Meanwhile, the threat Of further large
scale dismissals appears to have passed. The
process of attrition is expected to take care Of
q majority of additional reductions From now
on, then the reduction-in-for program is
likely to proceed in more orderly-and fairer
manner Earlier intervention by the White
House might have averted lot OF the con-
fusion and unrest that have clouded the admin
istrations commendable determination to put
the Government on a more economical and
efficient basis of operation.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Be Careful in the Woods

This is Fire Prevention Week, designated by
President Eisenhower as time for national
re-education against the peril Of conf1agra-
tionS causing loss of life and property on
deplorable scale In cities and towns people
are asked to clean up cellars, attics, alleys and
other areas where accumulated litter and junk
constitute danger. Equally important just now
is the warning of fire hazards in the forests.
The Forest Service has issued an appeal to "al
woods users" to be especially careful not to
start blazeS which may escape control. A long
continued drought has made the forests un-
usually dry. The official count of "man-caused"
blazes in national forests for the first eight
months of 1858 is 3,094-a reduction as COM
pared to the same period last year but still too
many.
AS the Forest Service sees them, the last
three months of the calendar are bound to be
the most dangerous. More people are in the
woods, and that means an increase Of the
number of chances of fires being lit, both for
legitimate reason and by accident. The dryneSs
of the forests multiplies the risk. leaflet pub
lished by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition
Manufacturers Institute cautions hunters con-
corning the handling of their guns and adds
three warnings to campers which all woods
users should heed, as follows Select suitable
place for your campfire, preferably beside
stream or lake; remove all combuStible material
down to the mineral soil; extinguiSh your fire
with water" The same agency says: Limit
your smoking to the camp area or while resting
in safe place near o. stream or lake; avoid
smoking while on the trail; never throw away
lighted matches /. or any other burning
substance which has not been thoroughly
extinguished."
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Danger Signs in Guiana

Although the precise details of what Is
happening in British Guiana have not yet been
fully reported, there appears ample justif1ca-
ton for the London governments action in
dispatching additional military strength to the
South American colony
It has been clear since the Peoples Progress
sive Party won the April elections, the first
under new constitution, on campaign theme
of fighting British imperialism" that 1t was
attempting through labor control and labor
legislation to destroy the authority of the Brit
ish governor. Whether the P. P. P. heads
actually are Communicative record of their
past interest in Communist affairs and gather
ings throughout the world lends strength to
such a charge-the strategy employed has the
familiar Communist coloration. Strikes have
been called against the sugar and rum indus
tries, important in the colonyS economy. and
legislation has been pressed to force employers
to recognize unions certihcated by the P. P. P.
Labor Minister. Efforts of the British governor
to negotiate the differences and to maintain
order at the strike scenes have been countered
by tough TALK from spokesmen of the P. P. p.
cabinet.
Thus far there has been no suggestion from
London that the new constitution might be
suspended or that the governor in Guiana
might demand the resignation of the Progress
SlV6 ParLy government LII 1ldS pccA SAAoA 5CA
fatty, however, that the troubles are arising
out of "the intrigues of Communists and their
associates" and that if uncontrolled they might
lead to attempts to set up Communication
mated state" Military and naval strength Is
en- route to prevent such development and 1t
is quite proper, if such threat exists, that
these steps are being taken.
British Guiana, a Semi-jungle country OF
about half f-million population, has some i'm
portance to the free world on two counts. 1t Is
q major producer Of industrial diamonds, rank
Evening star., 1953-10-08
SIumbering Town With q Troubled Past
By Carter Brooke Jones

G IGNS Of awakening are seen these
~ days in the Slumbering village Of
HarperS Ferry, w. Va. The crumbling
old place, sleeping so long and no
doubt haunted by terrifying dreams Of
the past, is beginning to stir as the
Government prepares to make ma
tional monument out of its ghoStly
main street and other spots Of historic
significance.
Tourists who take the trouble to turn
of the main highway, which bypasses
the town, find Shenandoah street,
which runs along the Shenandoah River
to the point where it flows into the
Potomac, several blocks Of mostly
empty buildings-storeS, homes, hotel
or two-buckling into ruin, never again
to be lived in. They see High street
struggling up the sheer hill, with here
and there q stone house inhabited.
Driving to the summit, they see the
same magnificent view Of the two rivers
encircled by thickly wooded mountains
at the conveyance Of the States Of
West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland
that once caused Thomas Jefferson to
write that the scene was worth voyage
across the Atlantic.
Hardly 500 persons live in and around
Harpers Ferry today. These October
days when the mountains are turning
crimson, orange and russell, there is
little activity; few people pass and
those seem in q sort Of lethargy. It is
almost as much ghost town as any
abandoned mining camp OF the West.
But there was an October day 81
years ago when the thousands who lived
there were thrown into panic and fury.
The town was suddenly captured by an
elderly man with short white beard
and his small band Of followers. The
whole biography Of Harpers Ferry Is
told In book just published, "The
Raid" by Laurence Greene (Holt).
Everybody has heard Of John Brown
and his raid. But Mr.. Greene, q former
Washington newspaperman, not only
gives spirited account Of that strange
precursor to the Civil War. but diScloseS
many other episodes about Harpers
Ferry not so generally known.
It is indeed curious today, for the
peace Of past without a present hangs
over the community, but Mr.. Greene
points out that If, as John Steinbeck
once said, q town has q definite emo
ton, Harpers Ferry's has been "vio-
lence." Mr.. Greene adds: Through all
its ages Harpers Ferry has" been the
core of unseemly tempers, more Of
them, inch for inch and man for man,
than have been visited upon any other
community I ever heard Of, even in
the town where Job lived"
Back in the time when there was no
town, at an unknown date, war parties
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Rome

The streets sink drowned IN shGdotDs
Night claims all
SaUe one sun-cherished spot
One Weathered tDGll.
Where last the sunlight CLEANS
Like FURNISHED gold
In simple lines the pdSSer-by
Is told,
The young English poet. John Keats
Died here,
And nothing more Is iDrttte1
S0U0 the year.
StolIo H0lit
Evening star., 1953-10-08
By THE HAsKN SERVICE.

@. What is the purpose Of the Wise
Owl Club?-C. P. o.
A. To induce industrial workers to
protect their eyes while on the job.
The club, which now has almost 5000
members, is made UP Of people whose
sight was actually preserved by the
wearing of proper eye protection when
an accident which might have blinded
them occurred.
@. Where are the largest worms on
earth found?-T. T.
A. In Australia, where giant worms
may be II feet long and weigh pound
or more.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Letters to The Star :.

books, bus rides, teachers salary, build
ing construction and maintenance, or
other expense. Usually their only H.
nancial privileges is tax exemption for
their real estate.
Martha r. O'Keefe.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Pe11-1,Gn1eS may be used If letters carry
10riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

worthless as any Communist signature
is, a nation that already has broken
the terms of the agreement we recently
negotiated with her, by withholding
U. N. prisoners Of war, not to mention
the record Of murder and torture Of
which we have overwhelming evidence.
One can only wonder who were the
advisers and consultantS Of Stevenson
on his trip.
Veritas.
Evening star., 1953-10-08
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer TO any
question Of fact by either y5iting The Evening
Star Information Bureau, 100 ] street NV.
turn postage or by telephoninR STerlinR 3.7303
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
AIRCRAFT SPOTTERS NEEDED IN WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKA

ANCHORAGE, tR- Maj. Clar- ence Suver of the Alaskan Air Command said Friday civilian air craft spotters are needed in Gear ly observation" along Alaska's western SeacoaSt and arctic fringe where thorough coverage by radar is not financially feasible.
 Major Suver, who was in charge of the Ground Observer Corps before it's transfer to the civil defense organization of Alaska, said civilian help is not needed to to augment the military air de- fense system in the Anchorage or Fairbanks areas.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
Plane Drops Wreath on Will Rogers, Wiley Post Grave Near Pt. Barrow

FAIRBANKS, R-An Air Force plane dropped a wreath Saturday on a weathered stone memorial that marks the spot where Will Rogers and Wiley Post died in a plane crash just IS years ago.
 The stone memorial lies approx imately 12 miles from the village of Point Barrow, northernmost point in Alaska. It is in an unin- habited region of flat tundra near a small arctic lake where Post and Rogers died.
 The plane from Ladd Air Force Base at Fairbanks circled low, dropped a wreath and then scat tered flowers in the area.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
Rough Atlantic Crossing Does Not Faze These Africans"

NEW YORK, R - It was a rough crossing from Liverpool but that didn't seem to bother party of four zebras, five mon gooses, three vultures and a hyrax.
 The thirteen African animals were passengers on the storm tossed liner Media which docked yesterday after skirting the edge of hurricane.
 Many of the 219 human passen- gers were laid low with seasick- ness.
 But not the animals, reported their caretaker.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
Wild Pacific Typhoon Misses US. Okinawa Base

TAIPEH, Formosa, R-A wild typhGon ripped across the China mainland Monday after sideswip- ing the big American base at Okinawa and the Chinese Nation alist island of Formosa.
 The Japanese weather bureau in Toyko said the big storm, which changed course and did not hit Okinawa or Formosa with it's full force, struck the China coast about 15O miles south of Shanghai.
 The bureau said the typhoon, one of the mightiest ever recorded in the Pacific, was churning northWestward.
 Okinawa escaped with minor damage, mostly to power lines, but northern Formosa was Iashed with heavy rains and winds up to 69 miles an hour.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
Improved Radar System For Alaska To Operate Soon

SAN FRANCISCO, R-An inn proved radar system that will spot the location and flight path of all aircraft flying within a 30- to 60- mile radius soon will be in opera ton at San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Anchor age, Alaska, and Honolulu.
 Charles T. Haist, General Elec- tric radar equipment specialist here, announced the new system Saturday. It has been installed and accepted at San Francisco and Oakland airports, but opera tional tests and training of oper- ators are necessary before it can be put into use.
 Haist said the new system will assist Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration controllers in directing each plane via radio through a safe and efficient traffic pattern. During periods of poor visibility the new radar can be operated with an airport's precision ap- proach control aids.
 Haist said the new system helps the control tower to space and control the arrival of inbound planes so they can be fed into the precision approach control system at the safest, most efficient rate.
 Only moving aircraft show on the screen of the new radar. This prevents images of stationary ob- jects such as tall buildings or mountains.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17
10 Passengers Die In English Train Wreck

MANCHESTER, England, R - Two British trains crunched into each other atop a viaduct 30 feet over the River Irk Saturday, kill ing 10 passengers and injuring 50 others.
 One coach SomerSaulted into the river bed, landing upside down after ripping a big gap in the viaduct wall.
 An emergency call went out for >acetylene equipment to burn through parts of the wreckage to reach at least three persons be- lieved trapped in the coach. The river is shallow at the isolated stretch of track about a mile from Victoria Station.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-17

Dec. 8, 1900, President McKin- ley, by executive order, reserved lands in the town of Nome and also near the mouth of Nome Riv- CT for military purposes !. Fort Davis" (GRG
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