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Evening star., 1953-11-22
Spires of the Spirit
The Fourth r

"Readi1' and 'ritin' and rithmetic"
formed, a vital trio in the curriculum
of the public schools without which
the story of America cannot be told.
They dotted the landscape in the
winning of the West. But in those
early days, when the foundations of
future greatness were being laid. a
fourth "R" not taught to the "tune of
hickory stick but largely caught
from the radiant faith of the teacher
and backed by the nome, was also
accepted. indeed, taken for granted
This fourth 'R" was for righteousness.
Without being sectarian. these foun-
tainS of learning. over which bent the
children of pioneer days. contained
invigorating ingredients of ethical
sensitiveness and of spiritual verities.
Startling evidences of moral break
down in contemporary life are raising
the anxious question: What has become
of the fourth "R" in our, educational
process? With all the opulent wonders
of this inventive age there are signs on
all sides, in human relationships, of
tarniShed\ integrity. No wonder an
educational writer on the staff of one
of the acknowledged great newspapers
of our land recently declared to the
writer: Whether we call it ethics or
religion. something utterly vital, but
now largely lacking. must be put back
into our educational system or America
will go the way of civilizations which
have passed into oblivion" If that
awful thing happens, it will be because
the barren soil of materialiSm could no
longer grow the fruits of the spirit
The real malady now blighting our
social order is spiritual breakdown,
a moral bankruptcy, an ethical soil
erosion.
Revealed by numerous surveys, it is
evident that moral and spiritual illit-
eracy is appalling in this Nation which
by official profession is under God"
In this land of homes and schools and
churches the statistics regarding young
Americans, growing up in almost utter
ignorance of the things which alone
can stabilize life and give it tone and
meaning, are almost unbelievable. If
integrity is the life blood of the Ma
ton, then America, in spite of her
hearths, blackboards and spires, is
slowly bleeding to death. The out
breaks of juvenile gangsterism and
vandalism among youth in the so-called
most respectable and favored sections
of our great cities are but one symp-
tom. BY multiplied signs there is indi-
Gated everywhere decided sag in the
ethical realm. And this lowering of
the standards of conduct reaches into
commerce, politics and even sports.
The confusion now rampant in the
realm of integrity is what the Gov
Evening star., 1953-11-22
A Two-Woy Bargain

When the Addison Citizens Committee
submitted recommendations for financing a
public works program for Washington it made
this important point:
"The preservation of the economic
stability of the District depends in large
measure upon the employment of taxing
system which does not penalize through
excessive rates persons and business eStab-
HShmentS within the District against
those in the surrounding Metropolitan Area.
The District is experiencing movement
OF important tax-paying population groups
and commercial establishments into subur-
ban areas and a replacement by them of
occupants having lesser tax-paying ability.
To widen the already existing tax differen-
tial within and without the District Of
Columbia will accelerate the movement to
outlying areas and intensity the Districts
current fiscal dilemma"
The Addison committee did not recommend
the large increase in taxes (approximating $40
million a year, that the Budget Bureau has
allotted as the Districts share in financing the
public works program. 1t recommended about
half that much, in the form of higher water
rates and new sewer tax.
In proposing methods of raising the local
revenue necessary to meet Budget Bureau
terms, the Commissioners evidently have made
comparisons between new rates and taxes to
be imposed in Washington with those prevailing
in Maryland and Virginia. The validity of
these comparisons, and the effect of the new
taxes and higher rates on the cityS economy,
will, of course, be examined in detail between
now and January, when the whole public works
program comes before Congress- 1t may be
taken for granted that any group of taxpayers
hit hard will argue that the tax increase
should be paid by somebody else That is
always true.
The important thing to remember now,
and in January, however, is that these pro-
posed local tax increases-added to a local
tax burden that is already high by any method
of comparSon-are to be regarded as contingent
on a comparable increase in the Federal Gov
ernment's participation in District financing.
This participation, outlined by the Budget
Bureau, includes an increase of about 50 million
year in the Federal lump-Sum payment, an
actual and metered charge on the Federal Gov
ernnent for water and sewer services, and
Federal loans at prevailing Government interest
rates.
The danger that the District taxpayers face,
and experience has shown how real a danger
1t can be, is that Congress will enact the legis
lation placing higher local taxes in effect but
will alter or even repudiate the terms outlining
the Federal share. If the Commissioners are
successful in gaining local support for the
higher taxes required to finance the public
works program, that support should depend
on the willingness of Congress to bind the
Federal Government to its part of the bargain
The Commissioners have done we'll to spell
out the cost of the public works program in
terms of local tax increases. But they will
not ask the people of Washington to pay this
price without a firm guarantee by Congress that
our partner in the undertaking, the Federal
Government, will meet its own obligation.
Evening star., 1953-11-22

1857 to 1870. controller from 1871 to
1876. president of the Niagara Park
Commission from 1888, delegate to the
State constitutional convention in
1894, originator of the plan for con-
solidating the several boroughs in one
metropolis, sponsor of the merging of
the Astor, Lenox and Tilden libraries
in the New York Public Library and
member Of many special municipal
commissions. He also was active in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art the
American Museum of Natural History.
the American Geographical Society and
the Sons of the American Revolution
To him more than to any other per-
son the existence of Central Park.
New York, is due.
Among the books reviewed in The
Star on November 7, 1908, were: Cor
ganized Labor: It's Prob
BOOKS lens, Purposes and Ideals,
Of 1903 and the Present and Fu-
ture of American Wage
Earners," by John Mitchell; 1.-Two Lit
tie Savages," Ernest Thompson Seton:
Who's Who in America" third edition,
edited by John W. Leonard: Back
grounds of Literature" Hamilton
Wright Mabie; THE Indians of the
Painted Desert Region" George
Wharton James; Book of Cheerful
Cats" j. G. Francis; Christmas Songs
and Easter Carols" Phillips Brooks:
The Chasm," Reginald Wright Kauff-
man; "Hettie Wesley" A. T. Quiller-
Couch Sixty Jane and Other Stories"
John Luther Long; History of Social
ism In the United States" Morris Hill
quit; Tea Table Talk" Jerome K.
Jerome: THE Forest" Stewart Edward
White, and "Col. Carter's Christmas"
r. Hopkinson Smith.
Evening star., 1953-11-22

Blues are as great as those from the
Reds. Great dangers lie in the Blues
because what they do, they do in the
name of religion. The Reds are ad-
mittedly goddess. The Blues act to
control the lives of people through
force, the force of law while the Reds
work through the force of the law
less. &,s
If want to sell on Sunday, it is my
own affair, God-given and supposed to
be Government-gu guaranteed right. The
Blues who go around nosing into the
activities of others on their So-called
day of rest are neither resting nor
Worshipping.
great is the fact that we have had more
freedom than any other people in the
world.
May the good Lord save us, not only
from our sins; not only from the Reds
but also from the Blues.
Luke w. Clarke.
would remind Mr. Reissig that
there are many people who do not be-
lieve in tradition and therefore do not
keep "the day that has been tradition
ally set aside for rest and worship" but
worship on some other day according
to then belief and conviction. Should
they be forced to close their place of
business on your traditional" day of
worship?
E. /. Zoerb.
C5reencaStle pa
Evening star., 1953-11-22
Code for Porents

The. PTA of Shepherd Elementary
School deserves to be complimented on
"A Code on How to Be a Better Parent"
published in The Star November II.
If parents especially of teen-agers,
would stay home little more and stop
drinking and smoking so much. be-
lieve there would be less juvenile de-
linquency.
Mrs. r. w. Mende.
Evening star., 1953-11-22

When the Addison Citizens Committee
submitted recommendations for financing
public works program for Washington it made
this important point:
Evening star., 1953-06-04

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Evening star., 1953-03-25
Union Project at Capitol
Approved by House Group

The House Public Works Com
mittee yesterday approved a
resolution by Representative
Mack, Republican. of Washing
ton, which would permit the
AFL international Teamsters'
Union to erect temporary struc-
lures on the Capitol grounds in
connection with their new office
building at the intersection of
New Jersey avenue, E street and
First street NV.
A similar measure by Senator
Magnuson, Democrat, of WASH
ington is before the Senate Pub
lie Works Committee.
The resolution provides that
any structure put up must be
temporary and the Capitol
grounds must be restored to a
condition satisfactory to the
Architect of the Capitol. Al
though the teamsters' building
will not be on the Capitol
grounds, it viii be necessary to
encroach upon them about two
feet to excavate for the foun-
dation.
Evening star., 1953-03-25
A-BI0st Volunteer Would Let
Family Goos Close as He Went

from the blast area in the Ne
vada desert near Las Vegas.
They didn't even run, but walked
out to the pickup trucks.
The wind, of course. was right.
It was blowing steadily away
from them. although they were
near enough to the explosion
point to see the cloud building
above them at a steep angle.
THE others saw the chang
ing colors, because they were
farther back" Comdr. Voris
said What we saw was mostly
dust from our angle"
Comdr. Voris and his family
live on Weymouth street near
Garrett Park, Md. He is a grad
uate of several military schools
which teach nuclear warfare
and protective measures.
Evening star., 1953-03-25
British Sports Events
To Stuy on Schedule
RY tha Assoeiated Prass

LONDON. Mar. 25.-The
union jack flew at half staff
today over British sports grounds
in tribute to Queen Mary but
officials ruled that sports events
would go on without interruption.
The track classic. the Lincoln
shire Handicap. will be run to-
day and soccer matches every
where will take place as sched-
uled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-13
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Evening star., 1953-01-04
Coal Output Declined
In 1852, May Go Even
Lower by Year S End
BY the Assoeiated Press

|
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3.-Jolln l.
Lewis won $1.90 a day pay in
creased for this 100000 coal
miners in 1852 with a strong as
sist from President Truman but
the industry's plight deteriorated
during the year with production
continuing its steady decline.
All soft coal (vituminous) mines
produced an estimated 474 million
tons last year, compared with 534
million tons in 1851. The predicted
1858 production is only ass mil
lion tons.
Two work Stoppages interfered
with output last year but the
amount of coal mined still ex-
Iceeded demand. The year ended
with about 80 million tons of
mined coal stored above ground
a near record.
The industry rounded out the
last IL months wrestling with the |
same problems confronting it at
the start Of the year-how to re-
gain markets lost Of competing
fuels and how to open new
markets.
Production Decline Seen.
Coal company economists think
Ia steady decline in production can
be expected until around 1860. At
that time. their thinking goes, the |
growing demand for fuel will reach
the point when oil and gas can't
supply the demand. Then coal
production may start climbing
Iagain since its vast reserves are
counted by the millions of tons.
Coal men see some hopeful signs
however. Steel industry expan-
sion means the mills will burn up
more coal. And the electrical |
power industry is expected to in
crease coal production by Is mil
lion tons in the next five years.
The darker side Of the picture
shows oil and gas continuing to
|encroach on Goals domain. Coal
sources think they can just about
write off railroads and urban
homes as a future market.
The hard coal (anthracite) |
fields of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania slumped further in 1852.
although some large producing
companies report they are ex-l
panding and finding it hard tol
hire enough help.
Some Miners Idle.
That region turned to a hunt
for diversified industry to restore
its economy and employ miners
idled in some communities. Atl
Hazleton, Pa, a meeting of work.
ers. investors and labor leadersl
decided to make joint campaignl
aimed at drawing new industries
to the area.
Increased prices were author
lied by the Government for both
hard and soft coal. But some |
types of soft coal already were
selling well below ceiling prices.
Others, like smokeless fuels, were
at or near ceiling levels. Soft
coal prices range from So to $12I
Ia ton at the mines, but the price
is raised considerably by trans
portation and handling costs be-
fore the householder shovels the
coal into his furnace.
Strike Was Expected.
That shutdown was followed, by
Ia week-long strike which had long
been expected. In late July, Mr..
Lewis notified Harry M. Moses.
head of the Bituminous Coal Op-
orators Association, he was ready |
to negotiate a new contract.
A day before the contract ex-l
|pired on September 80. Mr.. Lewis |
and Mr.. Moses agreed on the
$1.90-a-day pay boost. The pact
also raised the royalty paid by|
operators to the UNIV welfarel
fund from 80 to 40 cents a ton Of
coal mined. Southern coal pro-
ldllcerS settled on the same terms.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Home Builders ReporI
Second Biggest Year
Despite Restrictions
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 8. - The
housing boom rolled unchecked
to its second biggest year in 1852.
Builders started around 1,125.-
900 dwelling units, a total ex-
ceeded only in 1850. This far
outstripped all forecasts.
It was done in the face of some
materials shortages, and credit
restrictions in effect most of the
year.
Smoothing the way, however,
was stability of building costs.
These stayed level during the year
and little further change is ex-
tpected.
Builders Optimistic.
The housing activity helped in
crease total expenditures for all
types of new construction in 1852
to a record $685. billion.
Will this million-unit pace,
maintained now for four success
sive years, continue?
Home builders say yes. Some
others doubt it. These contend
we've caught up with postwar
shortages, and that actual needs
for new housing now run only
around 100000 units a year.
Most analysts of the construc-
ton industry expect little change
in 1853 in the total spent for all
types of construction. Including
repairs and maintenance, this was
estimated as high as $42 billion
in 1852.
But significant shifts in en-
phasis are forecast for the coming
year.
Dollar volume of residential
building is expected to drop, while
some sharp rises are looked for in
expenditures for highways, public
works and utilities, and such COM
mercial structures as stores, Office
buildings and warehouses.
Decline May Be Offset.
These increases are counted on
to Offset an overall decline in
industrial construction for the
year. For the first three months
only, however, Government agen-
cies have estimated business
spending for expansion and i'm
provement will total a near-record
SOS billion.
In housing, a trend toward
balance of supply and demand was
reported in late 1852 by members
of the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Cunned Coffee Sales Mount

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-More
than 800 million pounds Of coffee
went to United States consumers
in vacuum-packed containers
during 1852. American Can Co.
reports. This is a 12-fold In
crease in sales since 1924, when
the can manufacturing firm in.
troduced the collar-type key
opening coffee can with the re-
closable lid for packing coffee
under q vacuum.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Last Of Freed POWs
Heading Over Pacific
By the AsSoeioied Press

HONOLULU, May 5.-Three
big military transport planes
were headed eastward across the
Pacific today with the last group
of 149 sick and wounded Amer
ican fighting men freed from
Communist prison camps in
Korea.
Two of the planes. each carry
ing 10, landed at Honolulu to-
day. The third headed toward
California today from Tokyo
with IL Americans, two Cana
dians and six Colombians.
(The returning men include
Corpl. John L. Waters. whose
wife Eloise and 4-year-old son
live at 80 Galveston street
S.W0
There has been no announce
ment as to when any of the men
would leave Hawaii for Travis
Air Force Base, 40 miles north
east of San Francisco.
Only two of the liberated cap
tives remain in Tokyo-Capt
Zach Dean Of Douglass, Kans.
for a second honeymoon and Pfc
Clifford Smith of Lake Charles
La, for further medical treat
ment.
The two Canadians and six
Colombians are the first non
United States fighting men freed
by the Communists to be flowr
across the Pacific in freedom
airlift.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Senator'S Indignant
Al NewsU. Stacked
Papers Favor Reds
By Cecil HoIIond

Disclosures that United States
occupation forces had financed
German newspapers that turned
out to be critical of United States
brought indignant protests today
from members of the Senate In
vestigation subcommittee.
Senator Mundt, Republican,
of South Dakota, called the &C
tions utterly inexcusable" and
said the subsidizing of German
newspapers was "squandering Of
public funds"
Chairman Mccarthy, Republic
can, of Wisconsin, said he ques-
toned the wisdom of such financ-
ing of German newspapers and
indicated this was one reason
why the Senate Appropriations
Committee, of which he is a
member, is critically examining
the proposed foreign aid budget
for the fiscal year starting July /.
100000 Marks for Red Material.
The members of the subcom-
mittee expressed their indigna-
tion after hearing testimony that
one Heinrich Kiersecke of the
Fuldaer Volks Zeittung received
a 300.000-mark loan to acquire
a printing plant and then printed
Communist literature.
Subcommittee Counsel Roy
Cohn said he and another in
vestigator-G. David Schine -
were able to confirm these facts
on a recent trip to Germany. He
added that the State Department
also had confirmed it.
The subcommittee also re-
ceived testimony from Julius
Epstein, a New York writer, that
the American occupation news
paper Die Neue Zeitung, pub
lished in Frankfurt, has as edi-
tor and publisher a man with a
pro-Stalinist and pro-Commu-
mist record. He identified the
man as Hans Wallenberg.
Mr.. Cohn said the Subcom-
mittee has received a report
from the State Department say
ing that Mr.. Wallenberg had
been denied security clearance
at one time and later the case
was reopened. What DISPOSE
tion was made of the matter
was not brought out.
This testimony was given as
a prelude to a return appear
ance before the subcommittee of
Theodore Kaghan, acting chief
of the public affairs division of
Evening star., 1953-05-05

has resigned as head of the
United States attorneys Office in
Municipal Court.
In Judiciary Square it was
reported unoficially that Ken
meth D. Wood, Fifth street law
yer, would be named to succeed
Mr.. Diamond.
Fihelly in Office 20 Years.
Mr.. Fihelly has been an as
sistant United States attorney
for more than % years. He was
named top assistant by Mr.. Ro-
yer when the latter first held
Office in 1928.
A native of Massachusetts,,
Mr.. Fihelly attended Boston Col
lege and took law at Georgetown
University. Including work in
the Justice Department, his TO-
tai Government service exceeds
80 years and he is eligible for
full retirement when he elects.
He participated in the prose-
cution Of Japanese war crimi-
nails after World War II as an
assistant to Joseph B. keenan,.
In Washington he has ham
died the prosecution of such i'm
portant cases as the Charles E.
Nelson gambling ring; Marine
William MacFarland, on charges
of murder and rape; Brig. Gen.
Evening star., 1953-05-05

Bennett E. Myers. subornation OF
perjury; Oscar CollaZo, the
Peurto Rican who attempted to
assassinate former President
Truman; Eugene Dennis, former
secretary of the Communist
Party, for contempt of Congress;
Theodore Jarvis Cato, on charges
of murder and rape, and for
mer Representative j. Parnell
Thomas, for defrauding the Gov
ernment.
Received Award in 1949.
In 1949, Mr.. Fihelly received a
Justice Department award from
then Attorney General j. How
ard McGrath, on completing Is
years of service in office.
In announcing his resignation,
Mr.. Diamond commented that it
had been requested by Mr.. Rover.
Mr.. Diamond was first appoint
ed to the U. S. attorneys Office
in 1910. He was placed in charge
of the Office at Municipal Court
in 1912 and remained there until
1947. when he resigned to go into
private practice.
However. the prosecutor re-
turned in January, 1852, at for
mer U. S. Attorney Charles M.
Irelan's request.
Mr.. Diamond expects to enter
private practice both in the Dis
trict and in nearby Maryland.
Mr. Diamond wrote Mr.. Rover
that II am sincerely sorry that
circumstances are such that my
services as an assistant United
States attorney are not necessary
beyond the date of June 26, 1853,
as set forth in your recent letter
requesting this resignation"
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Chevy Chase Circle
Sunday Parking Ban
Lifted by Maryland

Churchgoing motorists again
may park legally Sunday morn
ings on the Maryland side of
Chevy Chase Circle, as we'll as
on the District side.
The ban imposed last summer
has been lifted by the Maryland
State Roads Commission after a
campaign spearheaded by Rep
resentative Horan, Republican,
of Washington.
Many drivers were caught by
surprise when the ban was inn
posed. Their complaints resulted
in a decision by Montgomery
County authorities not to prose-
cute those tagged for parking
violations when the regulation
took effect.
Parking space on the circle
was particularly attractive to
members of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church and All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Representative Horan, a men,
ber of the Presbyterian church,
and others worked for months
to get the MARYLAND signs
changed to conform to those in
the District. The latter author
lied Sunday morning parking.
The representative worked
with Senator Beall and Repre-
sentative Hyde, Republicans. OF
Maryland; George M. Lewis, jr.,
director of the Maryland Roads
Commission traffic division, and
District Traffic Director George
Keneipp.