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Evening star., 1953-02-22

Lafayette that Washington was "the greatest
man" of his age because he was "the most
virtuous" They also shared the opinion OF
Brougham that: '"The test of the progress of
mankind will be in the appreciation Of the
character of Washington" Subsequent genera
tions have honored him best when they thought
Of him as the noblest exemplar Of American
standards of civilized living. The qualities he
personifed in the eighteenth century are needed
in the twentieth-not merely in government
and public affairs but likewise throughout our
whole democracy, throughout our entire exist
ence as a people.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
College Profs Resisting

Some kind friend Of those Congress-
men who are active in Investigations
should sound warning against quizzing
college professors. Such Congressman
have derived much pleasure and pub
licity in recent years by subpoenaing
citizens, asking them what they were
and what they had been, and charging
some with contempt. Confused wit
nesses have stupidity chanted hundreds
Of times the weary formula, II refuse to
answer on the ground that 49,"
Encouraged by their success with the
less talented and relatively illiterate
persons. investigating committees now
are taking in more territory college
faculties. College profs. however, are
not so easily intimidated. They know
the Constitution and laws under which
they live. and they have command Of
languages to defend themselves.
When asked what their political views
are, they do not have to dodge behind
the cliche, IT refuse to answer !. )" but
can explain that they are not required
to divulge their thoughts and opinions
publicly and that Congress does not
have power under law to invade the pri-
vacy Of citizens mind.
Some congressional committeeman
already are reluctant to take on the
profs. for fear the Investigations viii
backfire.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

tury, eve desperately need the ballast
Of the great beliefs Of the Christian
faith. Not until these beliefs are part
Of the cargo can we face the prospect Of
the journey with any degree Of eQua-
nimity and serenity"
Now the faith by which we really
live is very different thing from the
copybOok ethical or moral actions to
which we may, on occasion, give our
intellectual assent. The determining
question is: What is the working faith
we actually carry as part Of the cargo
over the sea Of life?
Across the last half century or 50
there has been an insidious tempta-
ton. In our Questing and scientific age,
to throw overheard any items Of faith
which cannot be vindicated in q test
tube, to refuse to believe what cannot
be seen. There has been disposition
to give UP this or that supposedly
incredible or obsolete doctrine. Mega
tions have taken the place Of afiirma-
tionS, until, as contemporary prophet
Of eternal verities puts 1t, seeing how
few our positive convictions are and
how little they matter, we grow easy
going about everybody's else convic-
tions, until we end In a muSh Of
general concession"
A certain young man, modern to his
finger-tipS, recently confessed to q
nationally known and trusted preacher
that, somehow, he felt that in the
terrific tests Of these times some vital
things had been thrown overheard
which were really essential to adequate
belief. Said this youth: II am con-
vinced liberal. and could never force
my mind back into the narrow molds
of the old theology. But, sometimes.
especially in crises when one wants deep
rootage, the modernist soil seems thin;
there is something missing. Our re-
ligious faith is superficial. There was
Evening star., 1953-02-22

modations, expert service and with the
duty and inclination to make the mate
rial In It's custody useful to students.
and having already considerable mass
of manuscript material relating to
American history. has seemed to us the
natural and fitting depository. We
have therefore decided to give this
collection Of papers to. the Library Of
Congress and by this instrument do
convey to the said library all our right,
title and interest therein, conditionally
on the papers being accepted by you on
behalf Of the library for the purposes
and uses as hereinbefore stated. It is
possible we may make further contri-
buttons to these papers. We wish the
collection to be known as the Mont
gomery Blair Collection and entered
as gift from us as his children. Minna
Blair Richey. Montgomery Blair. Gist
Blair and Woodbury. Blair" The en-
richment Of "the national library" rep
resented by this communication was an
event-and still is an event-of out
standing Importance. It set an exam
pie which brought the Library of Con-
gress some Of its most precious treas
ures. including the papers Of Presidents
Lincoln, johnson, Grant, Garfield, Nc
Kinley. Theodore Roosevelt, Taft. VIII
son and Coolidge.
The Star Of February %, 1903, con-
tanned dispatch from Paris reading:
AT the last swell reunion
oke-Wolk given by the Comtesse de
RoQe Talleyrand-Perigor before
leaving for the south Of
France. the Due de Montmorency, the
Marquis de Massa. the Comte Stanislas
de Castellane and the Comte Edouard
de Ia Rochefoucauld. each leading by
the hand q beauteous comtesse. mar
quise or duchesse. performed, to great
applause, the cake walk. It is q
craze that has come to Paris. And from
Paris it has gone on to Vienna" How
much farther the rage would spread
was Q question. The ballerinas Irene
Sironi and Rosita Mauri agreed: The
cake walk Is no dance ct all" But an
American George washington LOpp-
was teaching the novelty to society" In
his own washington Palace" and Il
was his opinion that: I'VE must b nv.
ing Ia 3 cake-walk period"
y ~
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Investment Penalty

While ways are being studied to re-
duce the different types Of taxation
which have been inflicted on the
American people by recent admins
trations, wish to point out that surely
one of the first taxes which should be
abolished is the capital gains tax.
This obnoxious and iniquitous tax
penalties the American citizen who
makes an investment from which he
may later, derive profit. It is his
own hard-earned money which he
should be permitted to invest as he
pleases. However, under this strangling
and preposterous capital gains tax he
finds to his sorrow that he has to pay
a terrific tax on any increment he may
receive. If. however. he is forced to
sell his real estate or securities at a
loss, that, of course, is his own funeral
and he is not reimbursed by the Gov
ernment for the loss. But just let him
make few dollars from his investment
and they step right in and tax him
out Of all proportion.
understand the United States is
the only country where the capital
gains tax is in effect. Just why should
an American citizen be penalized for
showing little sagacity in his invest
ments? Repeal this tax first Of all, and
give the American people little en-
couragement toward again showing
some ingenuity in their own behalf.
They do not really want to sit around
and wait for the old age pension.
A. M. Gray.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Chaplain. United states senate.

power and depth in that old-fashioned
Christianity that, somehow, we mod
ernists lack" And that spiritual leader
to whom he turned admitted that often
modernists have been so anxious to be
liberal that they have forgotten to be
religious.
When, for instance. we think Of the
granite faith in the sovereignty Of
God which we associate with the Carl
catured Pilgrims, the faith that many
moderns have left is as light as cork.
Often 1t is so superficial that it goes no
further than q parrotlike repetition of
inherited formulas. It is far, indeed,
from the constant consciousness of an
Overshadowing Presence in the shadows.
and behind the shadows, which sings
like lark on morning wing In the
PSalmiSt's paean Of calm confidence:
Therefore, will we not fear, though
the waters roar and be troubled. The
Lord Of Hosts is with us, the God of
Jacob is our refuge"
Our age is bewildered and frightened,
not because the tempest is high but
because its faith is low-and light.
God has not been dropped from the
practically dropped from life. How
lister as believers, yet, to use Biblical
phrase, God Is not In all their
thoughts" There are church members
galore who spend more time in opening
the hoods Of their cars than they do
in opening their hearts to God.
The most Stupendous animation is:
"I believe in God the Father Almighty"
Back Of that massive credo is the ulti-
mate regarding life and its destiny. II
that expressed belief is hollow, then
1--WE are adrift with nothing but the
prevailing secular and often pagan
philosophy which is all many people
have left of their original beliefs about
life and man and our world" With that
cargo Of cork any ship. is headed for
defeat and disaster.
Lent is q period dedicated to dis
trusting our negatives and to reveling
In our affirmations the radiance Of
that Holy One whose life is the light of
men-who calamity faced the cruelest
and darkest life can bring. with q
faith which never wavered-even when
the design took the form Of two lines
like cross. Henry Van Dykes prayer
arises from q tossing boat which has
more than cargo of cork, as he cries:
20 Maker of the mighty deep,
Whereon our UeSselS fare,
AboDe our ltte's adventure keep
Thy faithful match and care.
In Thee, tUe trust, tOhGte'er befGH.
Thy sea is 0reGt-our boats are small"
But big enough for Godl
Evening star., 1953-02-22
SUGGESTION to Mr. MeIIett

How wonderful to hear from Mr..
Mellett that the issue Of off-shore oil
IS easily settled by merely looking at
the tremendous BENEFITS public schools
would receive in the event Of Federal
ownership Of the submerged lands! With
this noble and generous reasoning in
Evening star., 1953-02-22

mind, let's do more nice things. shall
we? Let's. for instance, give me q
steak dinner every day. All we have to
do Is get the President to turn Mr..
Mellett's weekly salary over to the
United States Navy, and I'll get 62A
per cent of it to buy food with. What
difference does it make who owns the
money to begin with, since that silly
old nasty thought has apparently never
crossed Mr.. Mellett's mind.
Albert S. Bill, jr.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Letters to The Star

ped from this tiny but proud country.
by giving 1t an active voice In world
affairs. We may find, If we listen
carefully to this small voice, that the
Firms speak our language.
Mrs. L. A. Leach.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

Pen-names may be used If letters carry
iDriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Junior Miss Sweaters,
$50 to sos Were 3.95fo7.9S

$50 In group. SIip-ons and eordisens
in wool, nyleR and orion. White, pink,
yellow end derk shades. Sizes -
10 40.
Were Now
$50 Junior Blouses,
cotton broodeIoths and
botistes, royons, linens
in white and posteIs $50 TO lbs
Sizes 9 to &c., 5.95 TO 2.95
IS Junior cooss, wool,
tweeds and oobordines
in fitted and boxy
styles. Postels, navy, 45.0oto
black. Sizes 9 to l5-- 1926 $500
IS Junior Dresses,
washable cottons in as
sorted styles; prints and
solid coIors; embossed
cotton broodcloths S.o5 5.95
dressy royon foilles and TO 10
ocetotes. Sizes to IS 22.o5 l2.9S
W6L-Junior Misses Apporei,
4th Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Save u and More on Sportsweor

1877 Sports Sepsrotes,
silk, orion and linen
shorts, sleeveless cotton
blouses, royon toffeto
and wool skirts, sizes
10 to 20 -----
10 Sports Toss silk
and nylon skirts, linen
pedoI pushers and royon
jackets, sizes 10 to 20.
40 Blue Jeans, denim,
with cotton flonneI plaid
lining, sizes 10 to lS.
36 Wool FIqnneI Sloeks,
novy, black, oroy and
brown, sizes 10 to 20
IS cofton Dresses,
pretty prints with eowI
neekline. sizes 10 to l8
W6L-Sportsweor, Thil
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Wonen's Cotton
Sports Shirts,
5.85 and 7.85

" eIG SsIO 20 1870
l54 in group. BY fomous mems shirt monu-
lecturer. Long or short sleeved and sleeve
less styles. Of imported and domestic eottons.
Assortment Of eoIors in checks and plaids.
Sizes II to 20.
WGl-The Mems Store, Second Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Greet Savings on Mems
Silk and Royon Ties, S5c

We're 2.OO, $50 and $50
$50 smoOth-tyins. eorefulIy tsiIored silk
and Foyon ties. Wide assortment Of summer
eolors in fouIonds. ioequords, stripes. neat
and bold patterns. checks end oil over
patterns. t.t
Were Now
ZOO poirs Mems Hose. EIos-
tic top onkIets in cotton do
n1onds and fancy sports pot s5e 55e
,erns; royon vertical potterns. and 6For
Good selection of coiors s 100 800
81 Leother Ash Treys and
Cigarette Boxes. imported
from Fronce. unique novelty 5000
styling $50 2.s5
81 Money Bill Clips. gold
finished with patented feature
to keep bills separated by de-
nominations Add 2O9o tax $50 100
l26 pors Mems Cotton Pa
jomos. Coot and MILDLY styles
in assorted foney stripe and
novelty potterns. Sizes A to D 3.95 2.95
81 Imported Brier Pipes in
selection of shapes and styles.
Light and walnut finish. Special Las
W6L-The Mems Store. Second Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Underwear Reduced

Is Gowns, oeetote ,ond royon Were Now
crepe, with nylon net trim,
round neekline. White. Size
s2 -------------------- s.es 1.4s
- Poiomos, ocetote and
Toyon crepe, 2-piece toilored
style. Moize. Size 34--- 3.o5 ass
l8- Gowns, ocetote and royon
cholIis, with loee and ribbon
trim, fitted. Dainty print on
rose. Size 34--- 5.o5 9.49
WGL-Underweor 3rd Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
i Decorator Fobries GreotIy Reduced )
Summer and Occasional
Furniture at Big
Reductions
Summer Furniture

] Curved Bench of cedor-
6 Wrousht-iTon Side Chairs
finished in white enamel. Red
plastic scot --l-------
10 WFousht-iFon Side Chairs
finished in white enamel.
Chortreuse Plastic seot----
9 BoFwe choirs with metal
frame and solleIoth cover
I WrousHt-iEon Arm Chair
with shrimp finish --=-----
] WFousht-iFon Side Choir
with black finish and rotton
z WTousht-iFon Side choirs,
statutory bronze finish------
10 Glider Pods------
] Toble Seat Of black tubuIor
steel with brown cotton cover
lown Settee of cedar ---,
] Metal Lawn Choir with
spring steel seat and back.
White enamel finish --
] WFousht-iFon Flower Stond
finished in white enamel
] Hardwood Lown Chair fin
ished in white enomeI--
] Hardwood Table finished in
green and white enamel
] Folding Yoeht Choir Of
hardwood with white enamel
finish --------
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Mems Fine Leather
Shoes, 6.o5

" ere 1U.35 to I6.y5
Al Pairs, Including Loes oxfords and Stepin
Styles. Leather and composition soIes. A
width: Sizes 40. II and l3. width Sizes
IA, 8. 8h, ek, 10, loh, u and 3.
width: Sizes 6h, 7. 8, loh, ! ! and ! VI.
D width: Sizes eh, Iva. g., Sh. 3. 10,
loh and ! l.
W6L-The Mems Store, End Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25

Save on Dinette Sets,
1895 We're S0.0S

O>O>S " eIG OIsIO
sets in group. Chrome with plostie tops.
includes toble and cheirs. in aray,
in red.
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Mems Sports Shirts, 1856

We're 5.9S and 7.9S
so in group. Royon in Ions-sleeved style.
Assortment Of eoIoFs in sizes smoll, medium,
larse and extro-Iorse.
WGL-The Mems Store, Second Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Gift Shop Items Reduced
ToddIers' Dresses, 1875

N6L-The Gift Shop, Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Knit Lingerie Reduced, ,

1.95 We're 3.95 to 4.95
so NyIon Trieot holt slips, and some royon
jersey gowns in group.
WGL-Knt Underwear, 3rd Floor
Strow Hats, 1000
We're 1900 to 5000
55 in group. Attractive selection Of styles
end eoloEs. Assorted sizes.
WGL-Milliney soIon, Second Floor.
Evening star., 1953-06-25
OccosionoI Furniture

] Risht-aEm Loveseet, mod
ern design with brown cotton
upholstery ----
] DFop-IeGf Extension TobIe,
mahogany --
] Modern DFop-Ieof Exten-
sion Toble, mahogany veneer
with Nonkeen finish
z DFop-Ieof TobIes of lined
oak Observation-Disclosures
3 Modern occosionaI Chairs
with green cotton upholstery
] Extension Dining Teble,
mahogany veneer ---
i Extension Dining TGble,
mahogany ---
3 MiFFoF-boek Wall Rocks,
mohoeonY-finish hardwood
! WoII Shelf, mohoeony-fin-
ish hardwood -----
] Four-eompoEtment Moso-
zine Rock Of mahogany finish
hardwood ------
] Corner Shelf, mahogany
finish hardwood -------
W6L-Furniture, Sixth Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Stationery, Leather Good.

500 Boxes Stetionery. slightly looto 81
domoeed White---------- $50 to IL
200 Pkss. Paper Guest
Towels, fIorol desien------ s5c IS
46 WGste Paper Baskets,
metol and simulated Ieother- 2.25 Ia
4 Embossed Leather Spinet
Desk Pods. thistle design 1850 rs
leothev-eoveEed Stationery
Desk Boxe. -----------, 1000 l7.s
! Brown LeofheE-eoveFed Desk
Secretary. for spinet desk s., 5,o0 AS
4 Poirs Bed-Spees- l4.95 7.9
I Pair VeFonite Book Ends - 22.50 l6.5
! Five-pieee Metal Desk Set,
Old English brass finish ----- 1000 $50
WGL=StotioneEY lst Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25
Women's Fomous-nome

SnOSSs T.0O WeTe 1919
l2S poirs stripping sendoIs and pumps
in block and sun-mstoi potent Ieothess.
Hish-heeled styles.
lis Peirs Fomods- -moke Shoes inelud-
ing hioh-heeled pumps ond sandals.
Beige kid, black potent leather, and
eeesheIl, eroy. blue or black suede.
Were 1876 and l7.o5. Now -6.S5
WGL-The Shoe Center, End Floor
Evening star., 1953-06-25

Glomorous StoIes, AS
We're 5.95
35 in group. Black wool woven stoes in O
variety OF potterns. Royon velvet stoIes, fully
royon lined. in red or yellow.
WGL-Neckweor, st floor
Blouse Reductions
Were Now
IS Royon and Cotton BIouses,
some toIored, some Ioee-
trimmed, short and long
sleeves. Sizes 81 to So IN 4.e5t to
white and posteIs------- 5.95 3.65
30 Nyion, Royon. and Betists
BIouses, variety Of styles.
Short and long sleeves in .~
group. Sizes 81 to SO; white. $3.50
red and posteIs- 7.95 4.4S
WGL-Bouses, st Floor
Slips, 2.45 Wers 395 to f95
~ Slips in oeetote and royon crepe. Loee-
trimmed or toiIored; stroioht or bios cut SKIRT
Black or navy, sizes 81, a., so.
W5L-costume Slips. 5rd Floor
Evening star., 1953-05-22
VA Hospital 10 Modify
lis Use Of New TB Druq
By the Associofed Press

LOS ANGELES. May o.
ISoniazid, hailed six months ago
as a wonder drug against tuber-
culosis lost some of its glamor
today in reports to the National
tuberculosis Association.
DR. Ross L. Mclean of the
Veterans Administration Hospital
at Baltimore, announced the
abandonment of iSoniazid alone
as a T'B treatment in his inStitu-
ton, but said its use would be
continued in combination with
other drugs.
This was done after a massive
study by the VA, the Army and
the Navy of nearly 1000 cases
of TB among servicemen and
veterans.
DR.. Mclean said the use of
isonlazid alone was discontinued
at his hospital because of the
appearance in patients of TB Or
ganisms resistant to the drug.
One of the greatest dangers,
DR.. Mclean asserted, is the use
of drugs in such way that they
may promote the growth of drug
resistant TB germs.
Evening star., 1953-05-22

iel B. Strickler, former Lieuten-
ant Governor and State Secre-
tary of Commerce Andrew
Sordoni, former State Senator
and close friend of Gov. John S.
Fine. Gen. Strickler returned
to military service as command
ing officer Of the 28th Division
when that National Guard unit
was called to active duty.
Mr.. Reiter testified during the
taking of pre-trial deposition
hearings in a $3.50 million anti
trust suit filed by the Pennsyl-
vania Motor Truck Association
against the Pennsylvania and
other Eastern. railroads and the
New York public relations firm
OF Carl Byoir, Associates, Inc.
The truck association and
other truckers contend the rail-
roads engaged the Byoir firm
to conduct a campaign of will
f1cation" against the truckers.
Maintained Since 1885.
The suite, at the Penn Harris
Hotel, has been maintained by
the Associated Railroads since
1885, Mr.. Reiter said. adding the
apartment is the Harrisburg Of
nee OF the association.
I'VE don't have budget enough
tc maintain Offices elsewhere and
also have sleeping quarters in
the hotel" he explained.
The witness didn't saw how
Evening star., 1953-05-22
BY the Associcted Press

CHICAGO. May ga weary
man surrendered to police last
night. telling detectives he was
tired-and his conscience hurt.
Then Richard Fitzpatrick, 81,
told police how hard he had
worked to break into a railroad
station. steal a 40O-pound safe
and push it three blocks to his
home.
Before Fitzpatrick surrendered
police had found the safe-un-
opened-in the rear of a 12-
apartment building on the South
Side where Fitzpatrick lives. The
Illinois Central Railroad had
reported the safe missing from
its 10th Street Station.
Police had no trouble finding
it. They simply followed the
deep marks cut in the pavement
by the safe.
Fitzpatrick said a man saw
him pushing the safe in the mid
die of the street, but did not say
a word to him.
Fitzpatrick told police he was
so exhausted after pushing the
safe three blocks he went to bed.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Senator Duff Listed
Among Those Using
RaiIroad's s Apartment
BY the Associofed Press

PHILADELPHIA, May o.
Senator Duff, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, was one of sew
eral prominent Pennsylvanians
named yesterday as occasional
occupants of a Harrisburg apart
ment maintained by an official
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The witness, William Reiter,
lobbyist for the railroad in Har-
risburg, the State capital, testi-
fed he maintains the apartment
on a round, basis. He said
several top State figures used the
suite when they couldn't get a
hotel room"
Mr.. Reiter is assistant to the
vice president of operations of
the Pennsylvania Railroad and
chairman of the Associated Rail-
roads of Pennsylvania.
Occupants Recalled.
He said that among those he
recalled using the apartment
were Senator Duff, 1t. Gen. Dam
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Ituly's Richest Crop
Is Perfume Essence
BY the Assoeioied Press

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy,
1taly's most expensive farmlands
yield bergamot. an orange lemon
cross whose rind yields the es-
sence of milady's perfume. An
acre of such land costs I'D to
$4,000. Five or six acres are
enough to provide a comfortable
living.
All Of the worlds bergamot-
producing land is located in
Southern Italy. Other nations
have tried to produce bergamot,
but invariably failed. The plant
is delicate, requires a particular
type of soil and much sunshine.
Essence of bergamot sold here
last year for $23 for 90 pounds.
The United States bought 81 per
cent of 204, 800 pounds exported
for total of $2.7 million.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Soviet Press Publishes
News of Big 3 Meeting

MOSCOW, May % P.-The
Soviet press today printed
briefly an announcement of the
forthcoming meeting of the
heads of the United States,
British and French governments
in Bermuda next month.
The text of the announce
ment, which was a Tass dis
patch from Paris, was carried
on the last page-foreign affairs
page-of the newspaper Trud.
1t said similar announcements
were made in Washington and
London.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Witch Murder Draws
Stiff Jail Sentences
BY the Associofed Press

JADOTVILLE, Belgian Congo.
A witch hunt in the Lualaba
district of the Congo's Katanga
province ended recently before
the court at Jadotville with stiff
sentences for the witch hunters.
When informed by public
rumors that an old woman in
his village was a witch, the chief
ordered one of his henchmen to
murder her without telling the
authorities. However, after the
murder. the dead woman's family
complained to the Belgian ad-
ministration.
The chief got life imprison-
ment and his henchman 20 years.
Both have appealed.