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Evening star., 1953-03-15
Letters to The Star

hook-and- line anglers are catching less
and less fish each year in Chesapeake
Bay. DR.. Tiller's contentious, in the
face Of the figures furnished the propo-
nents of this legislation by his own de-
partment and used by them to prove
their case. are therefore pure sophistry.
Over the years, when the inroads of
market hunters caused alarming de-
creaSes in game and fish populations,
wise legislation stopped these abuses.
Every State in the Union now has it's
fish and game laws. Let Maryland's As
sembly therefore face the facts in this
case at point and pass these Sorely
needed laws to conserve the fish in
Chesapeake Bay for all the people, ere
the rockf1sh and hardheads suffer the
fate of the noble sturgeon which at one
time was so plentiful it's roe was used
to bait eel pots. And where are the
sturgeon now? Gone-the way the
rockf1sh and the hardheads and the
trout are going-slowly down the road
toward the point of no return.
VIM. d. Leetch.
outdoor Editor The Star.
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Federal Stool Pigeons

With all due respect to Budget Di-
rector Dodge and his laudable effort to
eliminate or prevent unethical, wasteful
and illegal practices within his bureau,
am Of the opinion that his recent di-
rectlve to his employees to report such
practices will result in timidity of &C
ton and widespread suspicion among
employees and thereby become an effec-
tive morale destroyer. My experience
and observation lead me to the conclu-
sion that low morale often and perhaps
usually can be traced to one of three
causes: Cd an uppish attitude of major
and minor executives 90 garrulous
malcontents 90 stool pigeons. The fol-
lowing is concerned only with the last.
Every person should be held account
able for his own action or lack of ac-
ton. 1t is the duty of that persons i'm
mediate superior to observe and to cor
rect, if possible any ineficiency or un-
ethical conduct. Correction should be
face to face and privately. This is his
job and his alone. If he lacks the dill
gence, judgment and courage to do it,
then be should be shifted to some posi-
ton requiring no executive ability or
gotten rid Of. So far as have been able
TO learn there is no Civil Service regula-
ton that condones or upholds medi-
ocrity or crookedness. The reason for
the toleration of such behavior is be-
cause in some instances the behavior of
the executive himself is questionable
and in other instances because the ex-
ecutive lacks diligence and courage.
Stool pigeons are contemplate
breed. They sow diStruSt and suspicion
and their information is too often mo-
tivated by vindictiveness, jealousy or a
desire to find favor with the boss. No
executive worthy of the name will give
them any encouragement. There is no
place in well-run organization for
the sly, furtive methods of the stool
pigeon. Conscientious employees lose re-
spect for both them and those who
countenance their under handed mach
nations. T. E. Woodward.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

the States. :. would have this home
theater devoted to the production Of
the great classic dramas and musical
compositions, and would also advocate
substantial announcement to modern
authors for the building of new monu-
ments in the fields of American litera-
ture. +. The plays and operas to be
produced should be selected and first
played upon the stage of the home
theater in Washington and then sent
on tour" Mr.. Hanford continued to
the effect that such a theater would
help young actors, giving genius an
opportunity which present conditions do
not afford" His brother Henry for
many years was member of the busi-
ness Office of The Star, and his nephew
Wesley now is the papers national
advertising manager.
A paragraph in the society column Of
The Star of February 81, 1908, told
about 18th BIRTH
Nettie Herberts day party given by
Porty Guests Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Herbert. $50 N street
S.W.. for their daughter Nettie. Young
and old frolicked and feasted from
early evening until after midnight"
Among the guests were Mabel and
Pearl Grigsby, Hazel Sanford, May
Owens. Mary Gately. Irene Godron.
Maize Saur, Beatrice Keith, Mabel Byer.
Nettie and Mabel Burdine, Ruth Chip
man, Beulah Jones, Annie Smith, Mar
jorie Evans, Rachel Brooks. Bessie
Newman. Mary Costello. Laura Black,
Catherine Campbell. John Burke. Tilden
Herbert. Charles johnson. BENJAMIN
and Cleveland Campbell, Robert Hurley.
Garry Lewis, Kerwick and Charles Hay
den. Henry Smith. George Davis and
Fred Patchell.
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The society column of The Star for
March H. 1908, was headed by this
item: Miss Roose-
Alice Roosevelt welt went to New
To Puerto Rico York early yester-
day to have an eve
ming at the opera before sailing today
for Porto Rico. The audience was
large one and Miss Roosevelt had with
her in the Astor box her cousins. Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt, Miss Helen Roose-
welt. and her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Robinson. The two larg-
est staterooms on the ship were re-
served for the use of Miss Roosevelt
and Miss Elizabeth Hunt. whose guest
she will be on the island"
A testimonial banquet in honor of
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New
Hampshire was
Bouquet for reported in The
Senator Gollineer Star of March
13, 1908. It was
staged at the Willard Hotel and was
attended by representative businessmen
of the city. Mr.. Gallinger was acting
chairman of the Senate Committee on
the District Of Columbia. He had been
interested in Washington problems for
Is years, actively concerned with them
for 10. Like Senator James Mcmillan
of Michigan, he had been especially
concerned for the Identification of the
District. The dinner was an acknowl-
edgement of the services Mr.. Gallinger
had rendered. All three District Com
missioners were present. Mr.. Gallinger
remained in the Senate and continued
to be interested in District affairs until
his death August II, 1918. Gallinger
Municipal Hospital is his monument.
Former President Grover Cleveland
-22d and oath Chief Magistrate of
the United States-waS in
Cleveland New York on March 10,
Our 1908, and Q dispatch from
that city quoted him as
denying that he was there for any
political purpose. II am not In politics" !"
he declared. II am out for good. /.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Spires of the Spirit
Close the Door

Don't fence me in" is the persistent
demand of multitudeS who dread being
alone and who, afraid of anything that
is cramped and cabined, crave the ex-
citement of space, of motion and sound.
But the Greatest Guide to enriched
personality in all the world puts down
as an essential rule to abundant living
BE fenced in by stiffness. The Mas
ter of that realm insists: Enter into
thy closet and close the door,"
Contemporary craving for spiritual
reinforcement finds poignant COM
mentary in the story of a newspaper
man who recently has interviewed
many hundreds of men and women
in America whom he found cropping
for reality in religion. He reports that
from sea to shining sea frustrated peo-
pie are gobbling up religious books as
though they were spiritual headache
tablets.
There doubtless are helpful hints in
many suggested techniques for the
cultivation of the life of the spirit.
But the methods that really bring re-
suits in taking the dimness of the soul
away are those found in the directions
given by the most God conscious person
VINO ever trod this earth. Every vital
thlng suggested in modern attempts
to reach assurance in finding God and
being found of Him is mirrored in the
life and teaching of that One who is
the Way. His first insistence for the
seeker after God. who is closer than
breathing, is to withdraw at frequent
intervals from the pressing world
which, with its raucouS noises, hens us
IN and browns the voices of the Infinite
out. Without needing that Injunction
you are lost. This withdrawal from the
vain, deluSive world" is the ultimate
technique. Jesus called it closing the
door.
The matchless story pictures Him
slipping away from clamorous crowds,
stealing out of the Bethany home
before dawn, finding opportunities to
reach the solitude of some secluded,
wilderness trysting place, escaping to
an isolated garden, to be alone with
the Father whose will it was His meat
and drink to do. Such was His unfailing
habit. 1t was His secret. Who can doubt
that II, as in the days of His flesh, His
Sandaled feet trod the ways of our
thunderouS day His gentle yet insistent
command to burdened, famished souls
would be: Slip away from it all. Find
some quiet clolSter. Shut the door. For a
season withdraw from all this vocif-
erous immediacy.
How modern that sounds! Some one,
1eW years ago, computed that the
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Bon on Souvenir Guns

read with interest the letter which
j. D. Jackson wrote concerning armed
robberies in the District.
take very sharp issue with his
method rather than the desired result
The fact is, the fewer firearms avail
able to either storekeepers and/or
potential criminals, the better off we
will all be. The way to minimize crime
is not by extending the use Of firearms.
Along those lines, I am this day
introducing a bill in the House of
Representatives which would prohibit
members of the armed forces from
bringing into this country these So
called souvenir" weapons.
While this measure, If passed, will
only be step in the right direction.
think all fair-minded people will prefer
it to the suggestion of Mr.. jackson.
Lester Hoffman, M. G.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

published especially for billiardists. Ac-
cording to Shakespeare, women have
played billiards from the time of Cleo
patra. In 80 BIC. he makes the
Egyptian Queen summon Charmion to
billiards. Mary Queen of Scots was
passionately fond of the game. On
the evening preceding her execution
she wrote to the Archbishop OF Glasgow
that her billiard table had been taken
away from her as a preliminry step
to her punishment. The Empress Jose
phine used to rouse Napoleon from his
gloomy moods by game of billiards.
Adelina Patti became disguised with
her English table and had one made
in this city (New York;, for which she
paid $4,000, to take to her castle in
Wales. :. Lillian Russell can play al
most as well as professional"
On the theater page of The Star of
March IA. 1908, there appeared letter
written by Charles B.
Mr.. HontoTd's Hanford, talented and
Appeal popular shakespearean
actor and producer, to
Senator Charles Culberson of Texas,
IcdulLlS III DdTGs 411c LldttCT i WISH W
speak Of is the establishment in the
country Of what shall be known as a
national theater. BY this I mean the
establishment of a theater maintained
by the National Government, where the
classics shall be produced upon an
elaborate scale for their literary and
educational value as well as for the
entertainment they give, and without
the everlasting questions of How much
does it cost?' and viii 1t pay?' to
interfere. / believe that eventually such
a theater could be placed by proper
management upon a paying basis. -.
My idea would be the establishment Of
q national theater in the city Of Wash
ington. D. c., which. as you know, Is
destined to become one Of the greatest
educational centers, as well as the most
beautiful city in the world. with
branches extending to the large uni
versities and colleges. and, eventually.
TO even the smaller colleges throughout
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Freedom From Contempt

The Supreme Court found two conclusive
and far-reaching grounds for its 7-to-O ruling
that DR.. Edward A. Rumely was not in con-
tempt of Congress for his refusal to answer
certain questions before a House committee
investigating lobbying activities. AS secretary
of the Committee for Constitutional Govern
ment, DR.. Rumely had declined to give to the
House investigators the names Of purchasers of
books of politically controversial nature which
his organization was distributing. He was con-
victed of contempt in Federal District Court
in early 1851 but the conviction was later
reversed by the Court of Appeals.
In upholding this reversal, Justice Frank
furter accepted the opinion of the Appeals
Court that the House had not given to its
investigating committee sufficiently broad au-
thority to compel production of the disputed
information. For this reason, certiorari was
granted. At the same time while acknowledge
ing that constitutional doubts would have been
raised by such a grant of broad authority,
Justice Frankfurter said that the court should
abstain from marking the boundaries of Con-
gress' investigative powers unless an inquiry
of dubious limits has been unequivocally
specified by the legislative branch.
Justice Douglas, joined by Justice Black,
concurred in granting certiorari but on the
broader constitutional basis. In Mr. Douglas
opinion, the House indorSed the broad grant of
authority which the investigating committee
claimed. An inquiry of such scope, he added,
would be a violation of the first amendment
which, If sanctioned, would give to Government
"a club over speech and over the press" It is
a power, he said, which Congress may not
exercise by law.
Both opinions, having the same result,
should serve to reinforce respect for the
guarantees of personal freedom contained in
the Constitution.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
No Break for Lowbreokers

The resignation of Charles NJ Irelan as
United States attorney for the District is
normal consequence of the change of admin
istration. AS Democrat, it was to be expected
that Mr.. Irelan would step aside, and that is
what he has done.
He has served as United States attorney
only little more than year. In that time,
however, he inStilled the fear of the law in
organized criminal gangs, and was especially
effective in prosecuting dope peddlers. Perhaps
his outstanding achievement, however, was his
success, in collaboration with Police Chief
Murray, in improving the relationship between
his Office and the Police Department. Needless
to say a good working relationship between
these two agencies is an essential ingredient
OF effective law enforcement and Mr.. Irelan
deserves the warmeSt commendation for his
accomplishments on this score.
The current speculation is that he will be
replaced by Leo A. Rover. If that is correct,
there is nothing in this change of prosecutors
to bring cheer to the hearts of the criminal
element
In this ever-changing city, many people
will not remember the years when Mr.. Rover
filled the post to which, if the speculation is
correct, he is about to return. There are some,
however, who will remember that he entered
the prosecutors Office as an assistant in 1924.
year laCer ne became IlrSC assistant. his
chief, the late Peyton Gordon resigned in 1928
to go OH the bench. 1t was a mark of the
esteem in which Mr.. Rover was held that the
District Court judges, most of them Democrats,
unanimously selected the Republican first
assistant to serve as United States attorney
pending presidential appointment.
This came through in 1929 and Mr. Rover
served until September, 1933-which means that
he held office under three Presidents Coolidge,
Hoover and Roosevelt. .....
He is perhaps best remembered for his
successful prosecution of the clever swindler,
CASTOR Means. He was highly successful how
ever, in civil work and, just by way of showing
that the face of crime changes little with time,
as prosecutor of narcotic peddlerS. In the
years since his resignation, he has been engaged
in private law practice here, and has taken
prominent part in improving the adminiStra-
tion of criminal justice. 1t is hard to think
of any man who would be better equipped to
take over when Mr.. Irelan leaves.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

Politics is furthest from my thoughts
at present, although am always ready
to act in an advisory capacity, II so
desired. AS for taking an active part
in politics, that is not, to be conS1d-
cred" Mr. Cleveland, however, gave it
as his opinion that: "The trust ques-
ton would not be eliminated from
the next presidential canvass" and he
was entirely unable to see how the
question could be wholly divorced from
the tariff ISSUE"
The Star for March IL, 1908, featured
column-long story Of the arrest Of
Robert Hamilton of Raw
Troin ensworth, Fairfax County.
Wreeker9 Va, charged with having
caused the wreck of the
New York and Florida express on Feb
ruary 15-a crash in which the engineer
and fireman were killed. Information
leading to the filing of formal complaint
against the accused man had been given
by citizen in whose home he had been
living on the date mentioned. Hamilton,
a former employe of the Southern Rail-
road, was accused of having broken a
switch near Ravensworth, thus causing
the train-No. 33-to jump the track.
His motive. it was believed, was a grudge
arising from having been discharged
But the train generally was supposed"
to be carrying large sums of money"
and getting that money likewise might
have prompted the crime. Evidence
against Hamilton appeared to be limited
to his landlords statement and certain
circumstantial evidence, including his
presence in the neighborhood.
The Star on March II, 1908, quoted
the New York Times as saying: In
France gentleman
Ladies' Who is not ashamed to
PIoyed BiIIiords take his wife to see
professional bill
lard game. French women are good
billiard players and like to see all the
fancy shots made by professionals. +. :.
They read the billiard news In the
daily papers and subscribe to journals
Evening star., 1953-03-15
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.

mechanistic age, while there are things
that cannot be pushed back they can
be shut out. Doctors declare that the
disorders of the nervous system are
increasing so alarmingly largely be-
cause OF the distracting clamor of to-
days machines. A very great man
bears witness to the healing ministry
of stiffness, in these words: more than
half a century of existence has taught
me that most Of the wrong and folly
which darken the earth is due to those
who cannot possess their souls in quiet;
and that most of the good which saves
mankind from destruction comes of life
that is led in thoughtful Stiffness"
But to maintain such a shrine of
silence is not to get away; it is to
get a way-a way by which to live
in the midst Of life'S inevitable rush
and noise, with the peace and poiSe
that can no more be destroyed by any
outer turmoil than sword can sever
a sunbeam. We leave behind the ag-
gresSive whirl where we do things to
enter the stiffness where we hear things.
A very wise guide to spiritual reality
pours lifetime insight into one SEN
tence, when he says: Much of prayer
is listening and he who never listens
never prayS."
The lovelieSt and loftieSt things do
not come in explosive tones. They come
not in whirlwinds, but in whispers.
Perhaps God has been waiting for years
for some of us to close the door, to
enter into that quiet place with all our
burdens of work and our harassing
problems. It is there that weights may
be changed to wings.
That ringing injunction, "Close the
door," is saying to us, each of us, with
out exception: It is never a waste Of
time, in the morning, or at midday, or
in the evening, to thrust aside for five
minutes, ten minutes, an hour if you
like. inSiStent. pressing cares; to be still
and open up all the avenues of ones
being to the God who, thus found in
the silence. will reward us openly, with
unimagined strength to carry Onto
run and not be weary-to walk and not
faint.
So close the door that you may open
it again. to emerge with strength and
purpose strangely multiplied to meet
the tasks that wait. Our noisy age las
not revoked the Bibles putting of a
fundamental law of successful living:
In quietnesS and in confidence shall be
your strength" That leaves nothing
more to be said; but much to be done
on both sides of the door which is to be
shut. and opened.
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end that men, women and children in devas-
tated areas and war-impoverished regions may
experience Improvement of their lot-wth
American cooperation. This year, naturally,
help for Korea is major consideration.
Such practical demonstrations of Christian
idealism are significant in themselves as
charities of the highest value But they have
a secondary worth of profound meaning, too.
They prove the dynamic power of religion as
factor in civilization. without this force
materialism and atheism might conquer and
final chaos cover the earth.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Blame 1t All on Ivan

Propaganda posters on our buses and
streetcars with the warning Ivan IS
Watching You" have for some time
disturbed me. So was sorry to see
David Lawrence's comments on the
situation of the Communist regime
headed 1T Will Be the Same Old
Ivan" In both cases it is probably
only symptomatic of rather loose
thinking, but it does involve the funda-
mental error of identifying what is
typical Russian Qvan) with the Com
munist totalitarian enemy (Which very
probably doesn't include all Russians
and very definitely includes many who
aren't Russians. In the interest of
world peace think we should make
the effort to clarity our thoughts q
little. To identify Ivan with the Com
munist regime is childish oversimpli-
flcation we really can't afford
L. C.. b,
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Fish Conservation

read with interest the March 8
letter from DR.. r. E. Miller biologist
of Maryland's Department of Research
and Education, anent The Stars edito-
rial, 'Fishermen's Shortsightedness." I
was particularly interested in his state
ment that "As fishery biologist for the
State of Maryland, have no part in
the development of administrative pol
icy, and take no position regarding the
success or failure of pending legisla-
tion.'
At the hearing before the Chesapeake
Bay and Tributaries Committee of
Maryland's Assembly on the proposed
legislation pertaining to the regulation
of fishing in the bay, DR.. Tiller was
called and appeared as a witness for
the commercial fishermen and opposed
this legislation as not being necessary
This in spite Of the fact that the propo-
nents of the bills used Dr. Tiller's own
figures to prove their case. Therefore,
in this instance at least, DR.. Tiller def
nitely lent his aid to defeat legislation.
For whatever reasons, thousands Of
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Pen-ndneS may be used If letters carry
tOriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-12-27

when you make others happy,
then you are happy yourself"
drove into the valley to Uni
versal- international and arrived
on the Magnificent Obsession"
set just in time to see Jane Wy
man being wheeled onto the ope-
rating table. This scene was
startlingly realistic. After the
make-believe surgery I chatted
with Jane
Living in Hollywood con-
stantly reminds one of the Wis
cousness of gossip" Jane said
with feeling. Il hope that in 1854
I'll never repeat anything unkind
about any one. On my desk I
have three little terra Gotta
monkeys-one has his hands over
his eyes, one with hands over
his ears and the third covering
his mouth. They remind me to
see no evil, hear no evil and
speak no evil. It's a good resolu-
'tion for all of us"
I had cocktails with Betty
Cradle who is free-lancing for
the first time in her career with
"The Pleasures All Mine" for
Columbia.
TITS wonderful to be able to
pick my own pictures" Betty
told me. And for the first time
Evening star., 1953-12-27

Fontaine, Arlene Dahl, Marilyn
Maxwell and Rosemary Clooney
were lucky enough to play love
scenes with me-"
And when he added, "And I
want to keep beating Crosby at
golf" knew that Bob Hope
would continue to be himself
during the new year-and who
could ask for anything better?
Next I visited Audrey Hep
burn on the "Sabrina Fair" set
and watched while she played a
love scene with Humphrey Bo-
CART.
This has been a wonderful
year for me-" Audrey confided
later in her dressing room. MY
first Hollywood picture, Roman
Holiday has been a success and
1 have a wonderful contract
with Paramount. It's been a
dream, and all l can wish for is
more of the same. But I hope
I'll never take the good things
for granted because I know it's
gratitude which makes luck stay
with u.s."
Audrey also stressed the i'm
portance of happiness. "Happi-
ness is born out of the wish
to please other people," she said.