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Evening star., 1953-04-03
Do as the Romans Did?

am afraid that Frank Mulkern,
whose letter criticizing the "overex-
pansion" of our power appeared in
your paper, has not very deep under
standing of the lessons to be learned
from Roman history.
1t is true that Rome was an ever-ex-
panding power up until 258 years before
her fall in 476. The period of lowered
morale and uncertain governmental
policies brought the cessation Of her
expansion and at the same time dim
mutton of Roman order and justice.
While she was expanding, she was con-
structive and virile.
Mr.. Mulkern might be reassured to
learn that until her demise. Rome
lasted as great power roughly 1900
years (the United States is not yet 200
years ODD and did relatively more for
the advancement of civilization than
any other nation has done before or
since. If we last as long and accomplish
as much we have nothing to worry
about for several centuries.
ClarksOn J. Beall.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
By Charles E. TroceweN

each one will be struck in the face,
knocked down. kicked, trampled on.
So life works itself out.
X
The chance for the contrite heart
comes to every one, even, in time, to
the poor overvitamined, undermannered
poker-faced youngSter who feels that
he, at least, will outwit both God and
nature.
Everybody who ever lived thought
so once, youngster.
That was what the poet meant
when he said that the contrite heart
still stands.
1t stands for every one. and each
one in his time shall have the oppor-
tunity to exemplify it. to examine him.
self, and to see whether he has it. or
whether he just kicks and foams and
goes down, as Job wanted to do, cursing
God.
Life is, in a sense. a giving up.
The baby gives UP the safe, warm
place of its birth.
The child loses his curls. and his In
nocent place in life.
The boy finds life complicated, the
farther he goes. He has many wants,
and tries to satisfy them all. but now
and then some stronger, more ruthless
comrade takes something away from
him.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

as well. They should be as insistent rs anybody
in a demand for complete clarincation Of an
unusual episode.
The Bureau of Standards must be like
Caesars wife. Its highly important scientific
work must remain uninduenced by any pres
sures, economic or political If DR.. Astins re-
moval was justified, the Secretary of Commerce
and the President-who has now accepted his
enforced resignation without question-would be
in stronger position had they sought the ad-
vice of disinterested scientists charged by law
with supervision of the scientific work of the
bureau. For it is this scientific work that has
been impugned. When politicians begin decid-
ing the efficiency of commercial battery re-
newer, the maintenance of a number of stand
ards is In jeopardy.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Is London older than Paris?-
P. T. E.
A. London rose out of complete OBJ
Scurity after the Roman occupation of
Britain, in the 1st century of the
Christian era. The actual date of the
founding of the city has long been a
matter OF dispute, but the bombings Of
World War II exposed hitherto UNI
known remains of early occupation.
During the recent excavations for
Lloyd'S new building a new Roman site
was discovered which may date back to
A. D. IS. Paris. in 1851, celebrated its
2,OO0th anniversary.
Q. Why was January 1st chosen to
be the first day of the year?-F. w.
A. Alter and Cleminshaw explain the
origin as follows in Pictorial Astron-
omy" (Thomas Y. Crowell Co.. New
York. 1882: THE old Roman year
began with the first month of spring
Caesar evidently intended to start the
year with the shortest day, when the
sun is at the winter solstice about De-
cember %. However, he delayed the
~ H9AAAAAAS 3 VI VIC Jcdl OuC OI regard Tor
the customs and superstitions of the
people. who had always begun the year
with new moon. The new moon
nearest to the winter solstice fell on
January /, and so the Julian calendar
was started on that date in the year
IS BE-"
Q. Is the new ship. the SIS. United
States. an oil burner?-MBB.
A. Yes, her boilers are fueled from
tanks holding million gallons of oil.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Health Hazards in New DELAYS

Senator Johnston of South Carolina has
rendered a. distinct service to the District by
calling the attention of Congress to the serious
plight in which the projected Washington Hos
pital Center finds itself as a result of uncer-
tainty over finances There should be no
uncertainty whatever about the future of this
vital health enterprise Congress recognized
the Importance to the community of the pro-
posed center when it passed the Hospital Center
Act in 1946 and when it authorized appropria-
tions totaling about $40 million for it's con-
struction. OF this amount only $22 million has
been appropriated. A request for SO million
additional has begged down in the Budget
Bureau pending economy studies.
It would be unwise and dangerous economy
to hold up, curtail or otherwise seriously hamper
the building of the badly needed Emergency
Episcopal-Garfield center on the Soldiers Home
grounds. AS Senator Johnston correctly warned
the Senate in speech on the floor, Congress
itself has condemned WaShingtons hospital
facilities as "antiquated, unsafe and pitifully
inadequate" Such conditions are constant
threat to the health of the city They adversely
affect hoSpital-training programs that are so
essential to maintenance of acceptable hospital
standards. It was because of these much
criticized conditions that Congress approved
the establishment of modern hospital center,
combining the resources of three of the city's
outstanding hospitals.
There have been too many distressing
delays in this project already. Original plans
for putting it on the site of the old Naval
Observatory collapsed under opposition from
the Navy Department. The Soldiers Home site
was then chosen, and plans correspondingly
revised. Meanwhile inflated costs have neces-
Stated further revision of plans, calling for
800 beds instead of the 1000 once provided
for. Latest blow was the Budget Bureaus
freeze" on all new construction, pending
studies as to urgency of the various projects
involved. This freeze order not only has held
up funds already appropriated for the center
but apparently has affected progress through
budgetary channels of the new request for
So million.
The Metropolitan Area Hospital Council has
appealed to the Eisenhower administration for
an exemption of the center project from the
announced economy program, on the ground
that Washington hospital needs are Critical
and vital" Charles S. Dewey president of the
center, warns that the whole undertaking may
fall apart" If there are continued delays of an
Indefinite nature. He recently told a House
Appropriations Subcommittee that if there
should be another major postponement: II not
only fear, but can almost confirm, that some
other plans will have to be developed to provide
adequate, safe and efficient hospital services
to the sick people of the Nations Capital" The
President and Congress should see to it that
such a misfortune does not befall the people
OF this community.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Burma Fovors NeutroIism

Two actions by the Burma government
its formal request for the ending of American
aid and its complaint to the United Nations OF
Chinese Nationalist violations Of Burmese ter
ritory-attest to the deep-seated tensions that
are plaguing South and Southeast Asia today.
Like so many of the countries of that area,
Burma in the postwar years has been living
through troubled infancy of independence
Although ties with the British Commonwealth
have been retained, a fear and antagonism to-
ward white imperialism have remained in the
public mind and have continued to exert con-
siderable force upon the political behavior. The
drawn-out war in Indo-China, the Communist
capture of China proper and the implications
of the new American policy toward Formosa all
have caused increasing concern to the Burma
government.
Fundamentally, the Burmese fear seems to
be-and there has indeed been substantiating
evidence-that head-on clash between Com
munist and Communist power is approach
ing in South and Southeast Asia. The reference
in the Franco american communique of last
week to the possibility of the Chinese Commu-
mist regime pursuing aggressive war elsewhere
in the Far East" indicates that this fear Is
present in non-Asiatic minds also. The present
Burmese plan for facing up to this threat, evi-
IDENTIFY is patterned after the Indian policy of
neutralism. Accordingly, the Burmese seek the
removal or dispersal of Chinese Nationalist
guerilla, troops which have been operating
along the Burma China frontier and the with
drawal of whatever pro-Western "taint" is i'm
piled In American economic aid.
The fallacy of this policy of neutralsm,
this plague on both your houses" philosophy,
lies in the idea that the world is divided today
into two power blocs each seeking domination
Of the globe. Actually, more discerning study
of the postwar behavior of the Western nations
and particularly of the entire history of Ameri-
can participation in foreign affairs would dispel
this dangerous notion that the West is bent
upon conquest. It should dispel, too, the even
more dangerous idea that benevolent neutral
ism toward communism ever would be rewarded
by genuine friendship or tolerance Of anything
short of outright vassalage.
Whatever the wisdom, or lack of it, in the
Burmese point Of view, however, there appears
little the West can do at this time other than
cite the record of how and where aggression has
cropped out in the postwar world. The facts are
clear enough and the Burma government should
study them with Burmas own interest in mind.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Victory for Mccarthy?

believe Cartoonist Jim Bergman
Is sorely mistaken in depicting steam
rolled Mccarthy on the Bohlen affair.
On the contrary, the Wisconsin Sen
ator has won another fundamental VIC
tory. Once again, Mr.. Mccarthy has
achieved his purpose by sowing suf-
ficient seeds of doubt about his victim.
Indeed, it is time that Joseph McCar-
thy's purpose" be clearly and openly
stated. He is undermining the public
confidence in responsible government
and leadership, and thereby grooming
himself as the political savior of
America.
A Mccarthy grafton, like that Of
Marc Antony, is filled with meaning
full innuendo, designed to stir our most
primitive responses. How many people
have already begun to say, I'VE need
some one like Joe to keep his eye on
things" Is this somebody" replacing
representative governme ent? What
organ of government can be trusted,
unmatched, unquestioned by the po-
litical savior? In 1948, you couldn't
trust an Army court-martial in its
deliberations over former German SIS.
O1ANC1O, A1Ol UIIC OCkldCG
contrary view to McCarthy's charges of
judicial brutality. You couldn't trust
George Marshall nor the Joint Chiefs
of Staff in the conduct of Far Eastern
policy. Now Bohlen is.the bad security
risk, IA Senators and the President to
the contrary. We are, at the very least,
to hold our noses high from men
tainted by procommunist administra-
tion-pussy-f footing it with the Com
mics, in McCarthyesque terms. In short,
you can't really trust anybody but Nc
Carthy.
Jack BaransOn.
Both your editorial writer's and COL
umnists have been very pleased that
the confirmation of Charles E. Bohlen,
as Ambassador to Russia, would be a
great defeat for Senator Mccarthy. If
an accurate appraisal is made of the
Evening star., 1953-04-03
No Timid Soul

In recommending 10 per cent reduction in
the Truman budget for his department, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Benson has walked boldly
up to the economy bull and grasped its horns.
But there is no assurance that he will be able
to hang on.
In each succeeding Congress, hymns Of
praise are sung to economy, balanced budget,
lower taxes, etc. But when the time to cut ar
rives particularly if the cutting is to be done in
the agricultural budget, the legislators quickly
change theirtune. Their aversion to any signifi-
cant pruning of the farm subsidies is remark
able enough to be listed among the Seven Won
ders of the World.
Mr. Benson has recommended, for instance,
that $11O million be trimmed from the authori-
cation for the farm conservation subsidy pro-
gram for the fiscal year beginning July /, 1854.
And the fate of this recommendation will serve
as reliable guide to the ultimate possibility Of
any real economy in this costly area Of govern
mental spending.
Under this soil-conservation program, the
farmers are paid for putting lime on their land,
for fertilizing, for planting legumeS and for
adhering to similar conservation practices. The
desirability of these practices is beyond dispute.
But if the taxpayers are to be required to subSi-
die the farmer so that he will keep his land in
good condition, why should they not also be
called upon to pay manufacturer for keeping
his machinery in first-class shape?
Last year the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton and the Grange urged Congress to re-
duce the conservation payments by $100 million
a year. The reasoning of these farm agencies
was that any competent farmer would adhere
to sound conservation policies as simple mat
ter of good farm business, and that there was
no reason why he should be paid for doing
something that is in his own interest. When
the bill finally emerged from Congress, however,
no appreciable cut had been made.
Perhaps Mr.. Benson will have better luck.
At least he is not afraid to try, and that alone,
is something new under the agricultural sun.
But as of this writing, he is hardly an odds-on
tavorite to win.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

battle Mccarthy waged against Bohlen.
you will find these accomplishments
by the Wisconsin Senator:
At the offset only two Republican Sem
ators opposed Bohlen-at the end IL
Senators opposed him, with at least
dozen more voting for him only to
support President Eisenhower, not as
a slap at Senator Mccarthy.
The two most powerful Republican
leaders in the Senate, Taft and Know
land, admitted they were not happy
with the nomination, and indicated
they would not have appointed him.
The public has been brought to
realize that the same old State De-
partment crowd are still in control AS
Senator Murray, Democrat, of Mon
tana stated after the voting, "This is
a victory for Truman and Acheson."
Are you still sure that this was a
great defeat for Mccarthy?
Dewitt o. Burke.
We recently stopped taking The Star
BECAUSE we were fed up with it's policy
of defending the "pinks" and their
supporters and attacking Mccarthy
one of the few people who really wants
to rid the country of Communists. I
got The Star last night to see if by any
chance it had changed its attitude, but
there was the usual dig at Mccarthy
on the editorial page. Last November
the American people certainly ex-
pressed their desire to get rid of the
Acheson crowd and support Mccarthy.
Why can't the present administration
and The Star do the same?
Ex-Reader.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

ming to wonder whether President
Eisenhower is giving the concentrated
attention it deserves to the political
aptitude of those upon whom he can
not escape being dependent.
To be liberal, dedicated to the ma
tional welfare, devoted to the bipar-
tisan approach in foreign relations, to
be conciliatory. industrious, decent, to
possess all these estimable virtues is
not enough. The President owes a prior
obligation of answering loyalty to the
political party which elected him.
Politically. he must not only sustain
the homely virtues, he must accept
spiritual leadership and at the same
time maintain mundane discipline
within partisan ranks. This is the really
tough and often downright disagree
able phase of being party head.
It is too soon to expect political
astuteness from the leaders Of a party
which has had for 20 years the far
easier and less responsible tasks of OPP
position. The danger appears in neglect
of politics in a degree that later may
force embarrassing compromises or
hysterical promises.
President Eisenhower has launched
his administration under favorable aus
piceS. He has chosen able men as ad-
visers and administrators. He is still
enjoying the honeymoon. Here's
hoping that he will not be disappointed
in nor unprepared for its eventual
termination. Here's hoping that out of
his rich experience in disciplined team
work, his Affirmative decision may con-
tinue to be praiseworthy and, when he
is constrained to act in the negative,
that his noes" will be courageous. firm.
and accompanied by that disarmingly
persuasive Ike smile.
John Churchill.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Letters to The Star.

lifted and encouraged and strengthened
to go on in this life Of much con-
fusion and, chaos.
heartily join in her demand for
bigger type for good news" for If
murder and other awful crimes Just
must be published, then let it not be
always on the front page, but in the
back pages: and let the good news be
made manifest. for the sake Of our
youth, If for no other reason.
Mrs. L. G. Holt.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Questions and Answers

The St'I readers can get the answer IN any
question OF fact by either writing The Evening
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Evening star., 1953-04-03
Good and Bod News
John Churchill.

Much publicity is given to crime and
dishonesty. but all too seldom is the
other side of the picture shown,
This was brought home to me very
sharply recently when I was the one
to benefit because of the honesty of an
anonymous person.
At a branch post Office I had left my
billfold, containing a considerable
amount Of money. lying on the writing
table. Because I had no occasion to
use 1t again for several hours, I had
not even missed it when a telephone
call from the post Office informed me
OF my loss. When I claimed the bill
fold, I was informed that the person
who found it had turned it in at the
post Office window but had declined to
leave name. I have no way of ex-
pressing my appreciation to the person
whose honest act means so much to
me. unless that person should see this
and so know how grateful I am.
Id.
After reading letter by Esther Nc
Crossan. captioned Bigger Type for
Good News tried to find, and maybe
meet. Esther, and give her a grand
mother hug, and say ME tool" I am
81 years old, and never could under
stand why papers, even like the good
Star, of fine repute, cater to the vicious
minded and ignore the fact that if they
didn't, most Of their readers would
enjoy their papers more, and be up
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-24

attendance, the high rate of absen-
teeism costs the school teachers.
Aside from that, Mr.. Perry pointed
cut the children not in school are
being handicapped.
In connection with teachers sal,
aries, Mr.. Perry pointed out that
the average annual pay for teach.
ers was $2,400, as compared to 49,
900 for state employees. He said
that if this could be equalized
North Carolina could attract more
and better qualified persons into
the teaching profession.
In business session, the Parent
Teacher unit decided to sponsor
local presentation May 8 of a play
by members of the Griggs school
Parent-Teacher unit. Kitty Hawks
share of the proceeds will be ap-
piled to the lunchroom fund to wipe
out a deficit.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-24
JONES BINGO
SETS OPENING
FOR SATURDAY
CASTOR Mann Also to Start
Bowling Alleys in Rec
reation Center

Mays Head. - The Recreation
Center and Jones' Bingo will open
Saturday night for the season.
From then on the bingo place will
be open at z each night and at l
Sunday afternoons. Later it prob
ably will be open every afternoon.
Until June l, the Recreation Gen.
ter will be open week ends. After
that it will be open every night and
afternoon.
CASTOR Mann, who owns the Rec
reation Center, operates 10 bowl
ing alleys. He also serves beer,
soft drinks and sandwiches. Mrs.
Mann will be in charge of the re-
freshment end of the business, but
Mr.. Mann said he did not know yet
who would be employed.
H. w. Jones of Norfolk, Va,
operates the bingo place for Mr..
Mann. Although this will be Mr..
Jones fifty season on the beach,
it will be his second in that loca-
ton.
Managers this season will be Joe
Shesser and Wade Yount, both of
Norfolk, Va. Mr.. Yount will be
the caller. Todd and Toodles At
kins of Elkins, w. Va, who have
been connected with Jones Bingo
five years, will be back and Miss
Elva Rae Mann is also to help.
The interior of the building has
been redecorated, but the arrange
ment will remain unaltered. In this
building, the bingo tables are in a
center section enclosed with a ba-
lustrade. Premiums will be dis
played on racks over the tables and
also on shelves on the side walls.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-24
TENTH BIRTHDAY
OCCASIONS PARTY
FOR BOBBY YOUNG

Avalon Beach.-On the occasion
of his 10th birthday, Bobby Allen
Young was honored at party
given Monday by his mother, Mrs.
R. A. Young. The party was at the
residence in Avalon Beach.
Entertainment included fishing
for favors; guessing the number of
beans in a jar, in which Roger
Parker was the winner; dropping
clothespins in jar, in which the
young host was the winner.
Before the guests left, ice cream
and cakes were served. Mrs. Young
was assisted in entertaining by her
sister, Mrs. Norman Smith.
Besides the honoree, those pres
ent were Laura, Benny and Janice
Hedrick, Roy and Roger Parker,
Diane and Vicky Smith, Benja and
Marian York, Danny, Clarence.
Martha and Shirley York, Pamela
Weatherly and Tanya Young.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-24
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hayman of
Elizabeth City spent Sunday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hines and
two sons and Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie
Hines of Norfolk, Va, spent Sun
day with Mrs. Hildegarde Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt Baum and
son, Clay, of Stoneham, Mass, are
here to visit her mother, Mrs. Liz
zie Hines. Mr.. and Mrs. Baum and
Mrs. Betty Pugh were in Eliza
beth City Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. st. Clair Gaimel
of Norfolk, Va, will return home
Tuesday after visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Carson Meekins.
Rex Henley, stationed with the
Coast Guard at Portsmouth, Va,
has been here to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Henley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Beacham of
Broad Creek Village, Va, spent
two days last week with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Beach
am and Robert Best.
Jack Finn, stationed with the
Coast Guard at Norfolk, Va, is
here to visit his family.
After 72-hour leave, G. C.
Curles has returned to Portsmouth,
where he is stationed in the Coast
Guard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Whitehurst
and daughter of Creeds, Va, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Beacham, Jr.,
and three children of Norfolk, Va,
have been recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Beacham. Duane, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Beacham,
observed his 18th birthday at a
family party, Saturday night.
Hope L. Beacham is here from the
Coast Guard station in Portsmouth,
Va, to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. l.. Beacham.
Kenneth Clay Tillett of the
Air Force returned last week after
service at Okinawa, in which he
flew more than 20 missions over
Korea. He is visiting his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Tillett,
and his father, Clay Tillett.
Roy Beacham, Jr., of Crisfeld,
Nd, left Sunday after spending a
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Beacham. The latter Mr.. Beacham
was home for the week end from