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Evening star., 1953-06-21
Rhee and Red Conditions

The Communists, In their bitter reaction to
President Rhees crisis-breeding liberation of
more than $4,000 Korean prisoners Of war, have
kept the door open for truce agreement. But
they have done so on the basis of two broad
conditions that could block such an agreement
for many weeks or even months to come.
AS presented to the United Nations Com
mand, in somewhat ambiguous language, the
substance Of these conditions seems to be as
follows: Cd Whether or not the armiStice is
to include the Rhee government as signatory,
the U. N. must give adequate guarantees that
ROK leaders and their armed forces will abide
faithfully by the terms; and ca II the Rhee
government is to be signatory, the u. N.
must Immediately" recapture all the liberated
POWs and assure against similar incidents in
the future.
This second condition, which apparently
would be dropped If South Korea were not
included in the armistice land how could it
be excluded?), is quite obviously completely
unreasonable one. For the rounding up Of
these prisoners, who are now largely indistin-
guishable from the mass of South Koreans,
would be a virtually impossible task, and the
Communists well know 1t. They know, too,
that these liberated men, even II they still were
in custody, would eventually be set free-as
DR.. Rhee has done prematurely In his unilateral
fait accompli-as individuals inSistent in their
refusal to be repatriated to Red territory. So
the enemy, in asking for their recapture, has
asked for an essentially pointleSs act that
simply cannot be carried out, and If he con-
tinues to demand it, that will be clear evidence
that he does not really want a truce.
BY way of contrast, however, the enemy
is by no means being unreasonable in his other
condition. Certainly, If there is to be real
truce, he has a right to expect firm assurances
that the U. N. Command will be able to exercise
sufficient control or influence over South Korea
and it's army to guarantee that that army will
not "go it alone" by ignoring the terms and
continuing to shoot it out with the Communists
Clearly enough, in view Of DR.. Rhee's astound-
ing POW action and his persistent threat to
keep on fighting regardless Of any armistice,
such a guarantee seems absolutely essential.
But unfortunately this is guarantee that
the U. N. Command cannot offer in good faith
unless and until the Rhee government-or
perhaps some successor government-takes
South Korea off it's present reckless course and
unequivocally pledges itself to honor the truce
terms. Short of that, even assuming that the
Communists are not serious in their POW
demands and are genuinely anxious to stop
the shooting, 1t is difficult to see how an agree
ment can be reached at Panmunjom. At the
moment, the prospect seems about as bleak as
it could be.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

of his instruments of labor; that all
men might travel out OF the kingdom
and return at their own pleasure; that
a man might make what will he pleased.
and that the court of common pleas
should no longer follow the kings
person, but should be held in some
certain place and should be open to all
men. This great charter was presented
to King John at st. Edmundsbury on
Christmas Day, 1914. and it was pre-
sented to him and again rejected by
him at Brackley on Easter following.
why do they not take my kingdom?
asked the King Of his barons. But
public opinion was against the sover-
eign. Robert Fitz-Walter, marshal OF
the Army of God and the Holy Church.
was in the field. London, Exeter and
Lincoln, opened their gates to the
armies of the barons. John yielded,
asked for a conference at Runnymede,
and on an island in the Thames oppo-
site the Runnymede marshes the char
ter was discussed and signed in one
day. And that day was June Is, 1915"
Part of a fuIl-page advertisement Of
S. Kann Sons & Co. in The Star for
June 10, 1903. was devoted
Summer to summer need" CAD
Needs gets intended to make sum-
mer more tolerable. Water
coolers of japanned tin in assorted
colors, galvanized lined. were priced at
90 cents; crystal" water sets, includ-
ing half-gallon pitchers and six glasses
to match, at 30 cents; "Zeroette" nurs-
cry refrigerators of japanned tin, neatly
Stenciled, packed with mineral wool.
at $1.98. Enterprise" meat or food
choppers. complete with four different
knives, were 98 cents; Gem" ice cream
freeezers. four-quart size, $1.98: BLACK
Seal lawn hose. 25-foot lengths, $2.79.
Another portion Of the page asked:
.Are you large?" and replied, IF so,
this is your skirt chance. We know
your trouble. your dificulty in getting
ready to-wear clothes that At and look
well" Black brilliantine skirts were
$7.ss; skirts Of Worombo Venetian
cloth. $40.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

Just half century ago the Road
Drivers and Riders Association Of the
District of Colum-
Drivers and Riders bia was being or
Oroonizino ganized, and The
Star on June 13,
1908, gave an account Of the members
plans. Their purpose frankly was to
provide pleasure" Ito establish fra
ternal feeling among pleasure drivers
and riders" P. v. DeGraw was the
promoter of the society. Those inter-
ested to join included: James D.
Yoemans, Brig. Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Samuel Ross. Ben Butterworth, B. H.
Warner. s. B. Hege, Arthur c. Moses,
Edward H. Droop, R. j. Kirkpatrick,
Southwick Briggs, David Moore, George
Prince, N. Main, Philip Deis. Robert
Callahan, Barry Bulkley, Allison Nailor,
Fred Geiseking, Conrad Becker, George
ZurhorSt, Andrew Joyce, and E. b. Nc
Graw Mr.. Droop owned horse named
Tommy Atkins: Mr.. Callahan a team,
Prince and Duke
The Star of June Is, 1908, included
an editorial reading in part as follows:
ITO few of the orators
Mosno Chorto who delivered addresses
Anniversary yesterday in cornmemo-
ration Of the 126th
birthday of the American flag does the
thought seem to have come that yes
terday was the 688th anniversary of
Magma Charta. 1t is a picturesque
coincidence that the birth. of the flag
of freedom should this year, owing to
the real anniversary falling on Sunday,
have been celebrated on the anniversary
Of the birth of that great charter,
which was one Of the very early and
very positive declarations Of the rights
of men. It was q charter which de-
clared that right or justice should not
be sold. or refused, or delayed; that no
freeman should be imprisoned or lose
his freehold, be outlawed or otherwise
punished but by the Judgment of his
peers or by the law Of the land; that
no person should be fined to his utter
ruin. but only according to his offense,
and that no man should be deprived
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Spires of the Spirit
Between the Lines

A United States Senator, in CONVEX
sation recently with colleague OF that
great deliberative body, ventured an
Interpretation which the phraSeOlogy OF
a certain statement did not seem to
warrant. On being asked on what he
based his Judgment, he replied: Be
cause of what read between the lines"
The Senator was calling attention to a
vital realm. The area between the lines
is not blank. It is filled with meaaing
for those who have eyes to see.
Learning to read between the lines
is an essential art, as we deal in multi
tudinous relationships with our fellows
on the highway of life. Between the
lines are found intimations, subtle tones
and overtones, suppressed. and unex-
pressed hopes and desires. What is be-
tween the lines is often the exact OPP
posite of what actually. is written. In
any communication there is always
likely to be more than the words
employed in its composition suggest.
Talleyrand, the French writer. realizing
that what is said may be facade to
hide meanings that the words used may
belle or deny. cynically declared: Lam
guage is made to conceal thought"
When one adjusts his glasses to
peruse letter the postman has just
delivered there is often more than
meets the eye. When the reader comes
to the erd, even though the penman-
ship may be as perfect in It's legibility
as If typed, he may be long sea-mile
from grasping the total significance Of
the thought as it lies in the heart
and mind Of the sender. To ascertain
clearly and fully all that an epistle
is trying to say it is essential not only
to read the lines, but also to decipher
what Is between the lines. The ink
scattered and spilled upon piece Of
paper as thought symbols tumble from
the point of pen may only partially
mirror what is really locked in the heart
of the one from whom the message
comes Certain things engraved between
the lines interpret the words on the
lines. Memories may be there, that
bless or burn; sacred condolences and
intimate knowledge Of the writer's
ideals and ideas. Out OF this back
ground there may emerge the definite
feeling that all is not being said
that the visible writing does not tell
the whole story. There Is something
between the lines which Is lifting its
signals.
There are times when one need not
take mo" for an answer II one reads
between the lines. Every ardent lover
wooing his hearts desire gauges the
progress of his suit not just by what
she says. It is what he reads bet ee'l
the lines which is eagerly scanned as
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Pen-names may be used If letters carry
1UriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

finding the truly better way they fall
into something just as bad. or even
worse, than that from which they with
drew. This is what has happened in
Italy. 70,
In order to have q real democratic
country people must be permitted to
think for themselves, and this has not
been the case in many Of the foreign
countries, including Italy, consequently
they are continually jumping out Of
the frying pan into the fire." ~ "a
The Lord gave man q mind and ex-
poets him to use 1t in voting and also
in religion. And while those Italians
who voted for ideas which are COM
munistic are not yet in the true light
of freedom they are, nevertheless. exer-
cising their divine right to think and
choose their own way. And may the
time never come when this freedom is
taken away from the common class OF
people of the United States.
John ]. Pierce.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
By Fronk R. Kent

ceal the facts. The young man was
Immediately arrested and brought be-
fore his father. who. notwithstanding
the fearful entreatieS Of his wife and
daughters, sentenced him to death. He
took him upstairs in his warehouse, ad-
justed a rope around his neck. having
first secured it inside. and then pushed
the young man out of the window,
where his dying struggles were wit
messed by the inhabitants Of the town
Of Galway. In the town records this
entry is yet to be seen: James Lynch,
Mayor Of Galway, hung his own son
out Of the window for defrauding and
killing strangers. without martial or
common law. to show good example
to posterity.' It may be from that in
cident that lynch law took its name.
It is not a peculiar American inStitu-
ton, as Is commonly supposed, but has
been practiced in other countries"
+ ~
The Star Of June IS, 1903. announced
the death Of Miss Marion Somers West.
1.-The highest SAL
Highest SoIoried aried woman
Womon EmpIoye' employe Of the
District govern
ment and for Is years in the Engineer
Department" She had succumbed at
Columbia Hospital following an opera
ton. A daughter Of former District
Commissioner. Gen. Joseph Rodman
West, she was a sister Of Mai. Parker
West. u. s. A.; Mrs. Cordelia OReilly
of the Pension once and Russell West
Of the Ordnance Division, Rock Island
Arsenal, Ill.,; also of Mrs. William M.
Wood Of Fort Flagler. Wash. Her
home had been at 1925 N street NV.
The exact amount Of the salary Miss
West had earned was not disclosed in
her obituary. Inquiry at the District
Building last Thursday brought the
suggestion that 1t was about $720 .
year"
Evening star., 1953-06-21

he plucks the epistolary petals. "she
loves me, she loves me not"
Among the most important letters
in all the world which have left their
image and superscription on the fast
hurrying years stand the pungent
messages of Paul. which have outlasted
the throne Of the tyrant whose heads
mans ak ended the apostles mortal
life. But no one can really comprehend
the amazing epistles Of the New Testa-
ment without reading between the
lines In one Of those letters Paul
states fact: "a great door and effec-
tual is opened unto me. And there are
many adversaries." He might have said,
with faint heart: But there are many
adversaries." The word 'and," which
he used. makes us look between the
lines. It indicates that to his mind the
adversaries constituted the door. Diff
ficulties lured him on. The secret of
his life is glimpsed here, not in the
lines but between the lines. It tells us
that to him challenge was chance, and
opposition opportunity.
It is, of course. possible to lift up GER
tain sentences and. upon these isolated
statements, to base doctrines which
contradict the very spirit Of the Master
who is the majestic figure Of whom the
letters speak. Shakespeare suggests
that most hateful dogmas which have
plagued mankind have been baptized
with some scriptural text. There have
been multitudes who have been haunt
ed by the fear that they may have COM
mitted a transgression for which there
is no pardon. Their eyes being glued
upon a solemn warning, they live in
agonizing fear that they may be guilty
of the "unpardonable sin" OF course.
the very fact that their consciences are
alive enough and their spirits sensitive
Evening star., 1953-06-21
The Russian Wives

Despite his undoubted preoccupation with
such urgent problems as rebellious East Ger
many, Foreign Minister Molotov has found
enough time to inform Ambassador Bohlen of
the Kremlin's decision to permit four more
Russian wives of American citizens to leave the
Soviet Union. The decision raises the hope
that the post-Stalin regime, in response to Mr..
Bohlens recent representations in behalf of
the United States, may be preparing to take
similar action in connection with all other cases
of the same kind. If so, there will be happy
ending to one of the most senSeless of MoScow's
postwar policies.
All told during the course of the Second
World War and shortly thereafter, some $50
Americans in the Soviet Union married Russian
girls. Several hundred other non-Russian ma
tionals-CanadianS, Chileans, French British,
etc.-did the same After We day, however,
Moscow decreed that none of these young
women could leave the U. s. S. r. to live abroad
in their husbands countries. This policy,
which has resulted in enforced separation for
most of the couples involved, has always
seemed to be little more than purposeless
stoniness of heart, the more battling because it
has done the Kremlin no good whatever, but
only harm, in the field of propaganda and
human relations.
But now at long last, judging from Mr..
Molotov'S response to Mr.. Bohlen, the Soviet
government seems to be softening little, at
least to the extent of granting exit permission
to some of our nationals Russian wives. If it
keeps on softening that way, if it does the
same in the hundreds of other cases, it will be
liquidating a cruel mistake that has brought
grief to many young people and added ma
terially to the free worlds bitter attitude toward
the Kremlin.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.

MeLnO0loB
Chaplain. United States Senate.
enough to harbor that dread proves
that they are far from being In that
category. They are victims of reading
just the black print. If they would but
read between the lines and see there
the constant evidences of "love that
will not let us go" that "followest us all
the way" they would rejoice In the
emancipating assurance Of a great
hymn:
We make Hts. loDe too narrow
By false standards of our otDn.
And tCe magnify His strictneSS
With zeal He tDould not otUn.
When people talk about some Of the
inaccuracies and Of the terrible deeds
told about in the Bible they are only
analyzing the ink in which it Is written.
In dealing with this unfolding revela-
ton Of God to man, always it must be
remembered that the Divine has had to
break through human ignorance, sin.
dullneSs OF perception, with repeated
failures and many words left unspoken,
until capabilities have been developed
to understand and to think Gods
read between the lines.
The matchless story Of the Prodigal
Son is an effective rebuttal Of many
preposterouS ideas that blundering men
have entertained regarding the nature
and purposes Of God These doctrines
have often libeled the Father God.
The opulent riches Of ultimate truth
stored in this parable which fell from
the lips Of the One who came from
God to reveal the heart of the Eternal,
Is not contained In the few printed
paragraphs it takes to tell It; 1t is
stored, rather. between the lines. There
is proclaimed q love boundless as the
sea and broader than the measure Of
mans mind.
And now, shall we say reverently
and gratefully that, in judging human
records God Himself takes into consid-
Grafton what is between the lines
Robert Browning is preclaiming that
truth as he says:
Not on the Uul0dr mass
Called "1Dork" must sentence pass:
But all the tUorld,s coarse thumb
And finger tail to plumb ,.
All instincts immature.
All purposes Nnsnre:
Fnncies that broke through language
and escaped.
All I could neDer be,
All men ignored In me,
That I tDGS north to God.
What q glorious and golden gospel!
That the Judge Of all the earth fails
not to see and to recognize the worth
registered between the lines.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
No Men Any More?

What has happened to us?
We had men once. Men who would,
and did, die rather than quit fight
or abandon friend.
Can you imagine the men serving
under Ethan Allen or Morgan or Scott
or Decatur or Fremont Cor any Of
hundred others in our history say
ing publicly, IT wanna go home to
momma"? Peter MiddIemont.
Maria, Tex.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
TwiIiqht of q God

In the field of Soviet journalism, Kom-
muniSt is the magazine equivalent of the daily
newspaper Pravda. This means that it is the
chief mouthpiece of the high command of the
Communist Party. Accordingly, since its words
never deviate from whatever dogma the Krem-
lin may decree at any given moment, its recent
editorial attack on hero-worship must seem
little short of sensational to all those Russian
ideologists who not long ago, and for many
years before his DEATH deemed it both prudent
and immutably orthodox to apotheosize Josef
Stain.
Indeed, as its file of back issues will show,
Kommunist, like Pravda, has played leading
part in building up the vast volume Of Soviet
literature (if it may be called that in which
Stain is depicted as veritable god-the shining
sun Of the earth, the glory Of the world, the
supreme genius of the ages, the "coryphee" Of
all the sciences the beloved father" the
never -wearying protector of humanitys best
interests, the personiflcation of wisdom, truth,
justice, compassion and everything else that is
beautiful and good in the life of man. These
are the accoladeS expressed in countless such
phrases, that the Russian people remember
having had drummed into them over and over
again. necessarily, for years, right up to the
day when the divinity died.
But what does KommuniSt say now? Taking
q hard whack at people who make gods out
of mere clay-footed mortalS it says this: "Our
party deciSively struggles against person.
ality; that is to say, against the idealistic In
hation of the role of personality. imputing to
it a supernatural mind, Superstitiously bowling
before it and ignoring the role of the masses
and the party. The cult Of personality Is
damaging because it inculcateS in the working
masses not activity and initiative but tenseness
and expectation that everything will be done
by individual personalities, leaders and bosses.
So much for hero-worshipers. So much for
those who have been guilty Of the foolish and
ideologically reprehensible effort to deity Stain
The new Kremlin quite obviously is against that
sort Of thing
This decision to deapotheosiSe Stain, 20
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Letters to The Star

Of Columbia should rise up in protest
against this threat of having an ex-
pressway or speedway through this beau
tiful, natural bird, animal and floral
sanctuary. To us who love Rock Creek
Park. It would be no less than sac
rilege.
OF course we want progress and would
not stand in the way Of relieving the
traffic congestion, but not at the ex-
pense of Rock Greek, the worlds most
beautiful natural park. 'f'~
Let's circle around the city. Let's
have subways, let's do anything rather
than contaminate this natural beauty
with the roar Of speeding cars. the
blaring of horns, the squealing OF
brakes and the obnoxious carbon mon
oxide fumes.
Catharyn ElwOOd.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Threat to Rock Creek

I, for one, offer my full support for
the Action Committee for Fair Road
Planning, Chairman Gerald p. Nye and
Mrs. Richard Danforth Stimson, Secre-
tary, who gave us a full page adver-
tisement in the June IL edition Of The
Star, revealing the imminent danger
of our loss of quiet. seclusion, and vaca-
ton privileges in Rock creek Park.
I think every citizen in the District
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Still Fuvors Burke Site

In the Star for June IS, there is a
very good editorial which shows the
utter unavailability of Friendship as a
relief airport for Washington. The ed
itorial quoted Gen. Doolittle as elm
mating Friendship on account OF the
great distance, but it failed to say that
Gen. Doolittle in the same report was
strongly against the partial use of
Andrews Field and warned against mix
ing civilian flying with military flying
for obvious reasons. ...
Gen. Doolittle also recommended GER
tain safeguards for civilian ports which
hardly could be taken at Andrews on
account of the thickly populated sur
rounding area. know of no better au-
thority than Gen. Doolittle. It seems to
me that all this leaves the Burke site
as the only logical one for the airport.
]. A. Smith.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
ItuIy's Election
Catharyn ElwOOd.

The recent election in Italy and the
one there in 1948 prove at least two
things First, money does not always
buy votes. If it did the billions spent in
Italy by the United States would have
resulted in a larger victory for what is
called the Christian Democratic party.
as the United States is backing that
party.
Second. it is evident from these elec-
tions that the Catholic Church Is def
nitely not the answer to communism,
for the Vatican was also backing the
De Gasperi movement. Since commu-
n1sm has almost taken over the Italian
government it would appear that the
United States should take note Of such
matters and beware lest we become an
easy victim to the same communistlc
teaching.
Whenever people are forbidden to
think for themselves it generally results
in an inward uprising of the mind. and
sooner or later these feelings express
themselves in action. and, the sad thing
is that it often happens that instead OF
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

knights from all areas Of Vlr-
gina VIA gather Ut ROBIN Crest
farm near Amherst. September 10
.or the annJaI ious,.ng tourna-
ment sponsored by the Amherst
Nelson Tournament Association
Robin Crest, home OF Mr.. and
Mrs Gordon Quinn, is Just three
miles from Amherst. Knights from
West Virginia abe expected to
participate FarmVllle area riders
have been invited
Festivities start at one o'clock
With knights ana ladies marching
under the lance arch onto the
field Kni4hts have been request
ed to. wear sashe5. Jousting viii
follow The coronation ball will
5e held That night at the Amherst
Fa-r Grounds with the Royal Vir-
mans playing