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Evening star., 1953-06-07
Red China Weary?

In certain japanese circles-described as
conservative and we'll -informed-there Is a
strong feeling that Red China has grown amen
able to a truce because it is most anxious to
get out of the Korean war and concentrate on
trying to strengthen its domestic economy and
political structure.
AS matters stand, according to these circles,
there is more than little reason to believe
that Mao Tze-tung and his regime at Peiping
want long breathing spell during which they
would avoid new adventures abroad while un-
dertaking an effort to consolidate their power
at home. This feeling on their part is attributed
to the fact that their forces in Korea have
suffered extremely heavy casualties and tre-
mendous losses in costly and hard-to-replace
equipment-a punishment that has weakened
them at home.
Indeed again according to the Japanese
analysis, Communist China today may be near
ing a point of exhaustion, and its leaders may
we'll be growing to dislike their dependence on
the Kremlin for arms supplies and other types
of aida dependence that has obliged them to
yield to past Soviet pressure against their own
inclination to stop the war. In the Japanese
view, they are weary of that pressure, and the
frictions between them and Moscow are likely
to increase time goes on.
This may be wishful assessment but it
has come from Japanese observers with repu-
tation for common sense. Two facts lend some
support to it, The first is that China is still
very backward as an industrial power and could
not possibly wage modern warfare without
Soviet help. And the second is that Sino
Russian rivalry and suspicion are rooted deep
in history. Accordingly, regardless of Peiping's
present Red complexion, reasonable case can
be made for the idea that the Chinese, getting
tired of Moscow's orders and wanting freedom
to build up their weak internal economy, may
be genuinely prepared to abide by an armiStice.
OF course, since veil covers everything
the Communists do everywhere, the Japanese
speculation must be taken with grain of salt.
Still, it is interesting enough to merit attention
as another argument suggesting that China has
TitoiSt potentialities that ought not to be ig-
nored by the free world either in terms of the
current truce developments or the long-term
future.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Fifty Years Ago in The Star =.

The Star for June 2, 1908, quoted the
st. Louis Globe Democrat as follows:
"Junius BrutuS Booth,
Booth as George the actor and nephew
Or St. Helen? of John Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of Presi-
dent Lincoln, has fully identified the
remains of the man known as David
E. George as his uncle. George or
Booth committed suicide at enid,
Okla) January IA last, and in his ef-
fects was found a letter directed to
K. L. Bates of Memphis, Tenn. Mr..
Bates came (to Enid at once and
fully identified the body as John
Wilkes Booth. He then went east and
has obtained positive Identification of
the remains from the dead mans
nephew and from Joseph Jefferson,
Miss Clara Morris and score of others
who knew him in his early days. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Bates story, he had
acted as Booths confidential agent and
attorney for nearly 40 years. After Lin
coin was shot, the assassin escaped to
the Garrett plantation in Virginia. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Bates, the man who was
killed was named Ruddy. Being warned,
Booth left CARROTS and was taken care
of by friends in Central Kentucky. He
later settled at Glenrose Mills, Tex.
where he conducted store for several
years as John ST. Helen"
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On May 80. 1908. The Star reported
the last meeting of the season of men,
bers of the Columbia
Columbia Heights Heights Art Club at
Art Club the home of Mrs.
Charles W. Schnei-
der. The president being absent. Mrs.
A. w. Seip was assigned the chair.
Florence Redway read an essay on
THE Origin of Decorative Art" pre-
pared by Eugene Wilkins. Mrs. Evely
Clark Morgan presented paper on
st. Cecilia, and Mrs. Sarah James dis
cuSsed How Men of Genius Work"
Mrs. John Stokes gave an account Of
an incident in the life of Parepa Rosa;
Mrs. Louisa Doris recited poem. '"The
Violin" by Alfred Lee Donaldson, and
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Report From the White House

President Eisenhower in a very able
and Soundly reasoned broadcast ad-
vocated no tax reduction this year.
But in the minds of the voters a tax
reduction was promised. The voters
have sensitive tax nerve. The
Republican Party has a majority of
only 3 in the House and only l in the
Senate. But If there is no tax reduc-
tion this year, next years election will
probably bring Democratic majoritieS.
The excess profits tax on business
(called "a tax, on growth, efficiency,
initiative, risk-taking-a mess to COL
lect"D expires June 80, 1858. The 1851
extra levy on individuals expires De-
cember 81, 1858.
Many Republicans advocate both
taxes expiring June 80. 1858. The
President advocates both taxes expiring
December 81, 1858. Both these extra
levy taxes should expire on the same
date for fair play and good politics.
Now let us compromise and have both
taxes elpire half way between June 80
and December 31-that is, October /,
1858. That will carry out the Re-
publican pledge-it will be both a
reasonable and a sound compromise.
Delcevare King.
President Eisenhower's televiSion ef-
fort was a nice. smooth show. Not quite
up to the Nixon production perhaps. but
then he didn't have Checkers. Maybe
he can get Cemetery, the Augusta
caddy, for the next one. Say, here's an
idea! How about borrowing j. Fred
M1opS from the Garr0wav Sh0wo And
a stirring climax would be to have
Dulles crossing the ice with Mccarthy
in hot pursuit.
Anyway, he's off to a good start and
if he just keeps away from the II
Love Lucy" hour, he should work up
a good Hooper rating. Son of '76.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Air Force Story

With the completion of General Vanden-
bergs testimony before Senate Military
Appropriations subcommittee the case for more
air power presumably has been made.
It is a case which, If not wholly convincing
should certainly stir msgivings in the minds
of the most complacent economy advocates
For General Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of
Staff, has said in substance that the S. billion
dollar cut in the air budget, plus restrictions
imposed on his command, will result in leaving
this country with second best" Air Force
an Air Force that will be behind that of the
Soviet Union He has also testified that the
Russian Air Force has both defensive and often
sive capacity and that cit is a serious threat
to the security of the United States" Re
inforcing this is General Vandenbergs earlier
statement that the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, in
March, warned Defense Secretary Wilson that
any reduction in the planned 143-wing Air
Force would increase the risk to our national
security beyond the dictates of national
prudence"
Against this stand Mr.. Wilson's repeated
contentious that the budget cut is not threat
to our air strength and President Eisenhowers
assurance that no undue risk is being taken
with the security of the Nation
When men who should know the facts best
are in such utter disagreement on the inter-
to know what to believe. Mr.. Wilson and his
aides are scheduled to appear before the COM
mittee tomorrow, and it may be that close
questioning will bring some clarification of
highly confused picture. If it cannot be clari-
fed however, and if a chance has to be taken,
1t would seem the part of wisdom to risk error
on the side of security.
The Star does not believe that General
Vandenberg and the other military leaders who
share his views are actuated by anything except
the highest motives The suggestion that they
have some selfish purpose in mind Is dis
creditable-not to the military leaders but to
those who advance it. These military men
have devoted their professional careers to safe
guarding the security of this country and they
should know what is required to insure our
security as well, if not better, than civilian
officials. When they say, and seem to be
virtually unanimous in believing, that impru-
dent risks are being taken in the name of
economy, that advice merits not only respect,
but also the most soul-searching consideration
that can be given. For the risk that is being
taken is new to our experience. Heretofore
we have always had time to arm after war
starts. But we will never have that opportunity
again. The Russians soon will be capable of
launching war with an atomic attack-an
attack which probably would overWhem us If
we were not ready when it came. So we are
gambling, really, with the life of this Nation,
and if there is serious doubt that the risk is
warranted it ought not to be taken-certainly
not for the sake of saving few billion dollars.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Society of Friends Disturbed

The Friends Meeting of Washington
is deeply disturbed by the course that
certain congressional Investigations are
taking. We are concerned with the
threat they present to democracy and
to the personalities of individuals, both
those conducting the Investigations and
those subject to them. *.>-
We know Congress has far-reaching
powers of investigation, and we feel it
should use them in any area of national
life where legislation is needed They
may be invaluable in determining that
appropriations are used wisely and laws
properly administered. But the exist
ence Of these powers imposes upon Con-
gress the responsibility to guard against
acting unwisely or dangerously.
Our Nation has a fine democratic
heritage to which the Society of Friends
has contributed. We feel that grow
ing atmosphere of distrust, fear and
suspicion engendered by certain in
vestigations threatens that heritage.
Neither individuals nor institutions can
best serve democracy when they are
coerced, intinidated or forced into a
straitjacket of conformity. We de-
plore the use of authoritarian methods
and are confident that democracy
thrives best where truth is free to COM
bat falsehood.
One of the basic tenets of our faith
is the Importance and worth of every
individuals personality. We believe
that the dignity of all men should be
respected in any investigation, criminal
or otherwise. Some recent investiga-
tions have been carried on in a man
ner that denies respect for individual
integrity. The character and career
of some witnesses have been impugned
or damaged and such persons have fire.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

dyers abandoned their vats. Employees
of the John and James DodSon mill
were told that they could return to
work at the old rates of pay or stay
away permanently, the mill being out
OF commission by order of the owners
in protest against the strike. Alto
gether, there were 80 branches of the
textile industry suspended. Daily loss
of wages was estimated at $125, 200.
A spokesman for the manufacturers
said that they were ready to remain
closed for a year if necessary, and
added: "As this is the decision, there
is no particular need Of making any
moves
Said The Star for June IL, 1903:
President Roosevelt received over three
wagonloads of presents
Presents to the of all kinds during his
President Western trip and
these presents have
been disposed of in the White House to
suit the tastes and desires of the Presi-
dent and his family. The heaviest and
bulkieSt of the presents was an immense
chair made from elks' horns. {.
Another rather strange present gathered
at Tacoma was pair of totem poles,
the combination gravestone and family
tree of the Alaskan and Northwestern
Indian. A splendid set of Indian
pottery was presented to the President
by the Pueblo Indians near Albuquer-
que, N. Mex, and the same place also
gave him fine Navajo blanket, one of
the best ever made in the West. San
Francisco presented magnificent gold
and silver loving cup and Sacramento
a silver and glass claret pitcher and
a handsome cigar case. Colfax, Calf.
gave the President box of gold and
silver ore. At Cheyenne, the Presi-
dent was presented with a beautiful
horse, equipped with saddle, bride and
every other necessity for rider. The
horse is now on its way to this city
and will be placed in the Presidents
stable" Mr.. Roosevelt also was given
locked deer horns, stuffed mountain
sheep. lizards and pheasants. Also
live badger named Josiah.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Annie j. Clark sang MY ALL" Others
sharing in the program were: Mrs.
I. Finney Engle, Lucy Lemon Peterson.
Mabel Reeves and Mrs. Garner. The
motto of the society was: Literature
and the elegant arts must grow up
side by side with the coarse plants Of
daily necessity"
Said The Star for June 5. 1903: "A
pail of dense smoke has settled over
the North and Middle At
Smoke lantic States and has OBJ
ond Foo scured city. town and village
in q somber veil Of gray
that is impenetrable. An aeronaut, if
lowering above the National Capital
today, would see nothing below him
but a mass of smoke and fog, the COM
bined product of the forest fires in
New England. New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic
Ocean, the forest fires contributing the
smoke and the ocean the fog. -. The
fact that the forest fires are so far
removed from the District appeared TO
make no difference in the density of
the smoke and haze. The streets were
filled with ii. The fog penetrated the
very windows and doors of the houses
and brought with it the smell of burnt
wood and the irritating smoke. In the
country :. the fields are almost OBJ
scured. and the river is blank gray
at a distance of Is yards.
Washington is not the only city to
suffer from the reign of smoke. how
ever. New York. Boston, Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Al
bany and Buffalo are enveloped In the
same hazy atmosphere"
Evening star., 1953-06-07
The Defense of Africa

The recreation of Britain's wartime East
African Command is logical step in relation
to both the defense and development of the
central part of that rich and strategically
located continent. One of the great storehouses
of the world, in terms of natural resources
hardly tapped as yet, lies within the equatorial
belt of Africa. It's loss to the free nations by
either military or political conquest would be
a severely damaging blow
In previous times of peace and war a first
line of defense for the African continent has
been anchored in the Middle East states of
Asia Minor, and in Egypt The ferment that
has beset the area in postwar years has pre-
vented a really secure extension of this pro-
tective strategy, leaving almost vacuum of
power south of Greece and Turkey.
The reactivated British command, presum-
ably to be headquartered in Kenya, can be
integrated to good advantage with French,
Portuguese and Belgian outposts and facilities
that stretch from the islands of the Indian
Ocean across the continent to the Atlantic.
BY itself, of course, military defense is not
enough to guarantee that this thickly popu-
lated and richly endowed area will remain
friendly and freely accessible to Britain and
other Western powers. The struggle for mems
minds which has been launched by Communist
political aggression already has touched the
native populations of middle Africa. If Britain
is to be the principal guardian of the free
military defense must be accompanied by COM
parable planning for strengthening the social
and economic fabric as well.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

and vision unabated, still pleaded: !:
"Give me the mountain!" We feel
like cheering the octogenarian as he
refuses to sit in his safe tent indulging
in mournful might-have- -beens. In con-
trast, with flaming eye and eager
heart. he insists: "Give me the noun
tain!" And he got it.
And SO. not satisfied with the ex-
ploitS which by faith and works he
has accomplished. man, refusing to
observe the "No-treSpasSing" signs Of
the one peak which had repulsed him
and pushed him from the fearsome
realm of it's untrod summit, with grim
determination has kept saying: "Give
me the mountain" Why has he in
sisted on having it? What is the gain
he seeks as the costly price of peril,
toll and pain is put down on this
highest counter on the planet where
anything is for sale?
That question was answered by one
climber who advanced against Mount
Everest and was driven back, as many
another has been before and since.
At gathering in Boston, this man,
who later gave his life in yet another
attempt, uttered this classic reply to
the "Why?" 1--WE shall not bring back
single bit of gold or silver, not gem,
nor any coal or iron. We shall not find
a foot of earth that can be planted
with crops to raise food.
If you cannot understand that there
is something in man which responds
to the challenge of the mountains and
goes out to meet it-that the struggle is
the struggle of life itself, upward and
forever upward-then you can never see
why we CO." The secret of that inner
urge which on winged feet has lifted
so many to dare the dizzy crags is, as
George Mallory of Cambridge, who also
finally perished near the taunting top
most pinnacle, exclaimed: Because
Evening star., 1953-06-07
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church:
Chaplain. United States Senate.

1t Is there" Anything which is there,
not yet brought under subsection by
man, is the inevitable ultimate perch
for the pinioned eagles of his ambition.
There is divine impulse that ScornS
logic and reason, which filings man out
and up to follow the gleam which leads
above, beyond and behind the mountain.
Mount Everest became the tantaliz-
ing symbol that nothing must thwart
mans quest to see and to SEIZE Now
that climactic peak is broadcasting to
this confused and contending world that
the highest SUBMITS of achievement can
be reached, not in isolation but in CO.
operation; that no man or no nation
climbeth to itself It is significant
that climber with a flag the emblem
Of Western civilization and one with
a flag speaking of all that Asia has to
give to the conquest of mans one world
reached the coveted goal together. To
divided world Mount Everest is saying
in global tones, Humanity is one"
When the Goth century was young a
prophet. gazing at an impressive sketch
Of Mount Everest and dreaming of the
great day when man would stand on its
summit, was inspired to pen rhapsody
which sounds now with the deepest
meaning in this creative day, when the
human race stands choosing life or
death on the border of possible Prom
ised Land: "All the greatest heights
have yet to be climbed. All the sweetest
songs have yet to be sung. All the
nobleSt poems have yet to be penned.
All the greatest books have yet to be
written. All the truest lives have yet to
be lived. All the most heroic exploits
have yet to be achieved. The whole
wide world with it's restless millions
waits to be conquered-as the peaks
wait for the Pathf1nder-for the beauti-
full feet of the triumphant mountaineerS
whose coming will precipitate the con-
quest of the ages. The challenge of the
heights is in our ears, it shines in our
faces. 1t is day for girding our loinS
for combined human enterprise. The
pinnacles beckon! The topmost crags
are calling! The Golden Age has still
to be uShered in"
That is the creed back of our prayer
to the Father of mankind, as we lift our
eyes to the highest ethical peak of all,
from which are uttered the precepts of
the Sermon on the Mount-the Mount
Everest in the geography of the SOUL
In the matchless supplication offered
daily by millions under all skies is the
petition: "Thy kingdom come, Thy will
be done on earth" That is the voice
of an intrepid faith ready to scale the
heights of a universal human brother
hood and crying, Give us the noun
tain!"
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Spires of the Spirit
Spires Of the Spirit
Give Me the Mountain By ssassek s s. 5as sewc Aorn

At long last man arrives on the roof
of the world. The highest Spire, leap
ing five miles above the earth, has been
scaled. Mount Everest, called Goddess
Mother of the World" the monarch of
all peaks which has hitherto defied
repeated attempts of intrepid explorers
to reach its sublime summit, has been
added as a new province to mans do
minions. Since, more than century
ago, Western eyes first beheld its awe
some height expedition after expedition
has been sent reeling back, by piercing
blasts hurting bombardments Of stone
and ice and by the gasping, rarefled
atmosphere.
Now, planted by victorious human
hands, both Western and all Eastern
flag fly from earth's tallest pole, from
which no national emblem has before
fluttered. The dauntleSs spirit of man
has conquered the global symbol of
isolation and inacceSsibility. Man is
no longer baked and baff1ed by the
highest pinnacle Of this spinning little
island in the sky which is his home.
That was news important enough to
thrill the millions in coronation Lon
don and around the listening world and
to wake q young Queen as the day OF
her crowning dawned. It seemed an
auspicious omen that, not only for the
commonwealth of which that gemmed
and glittering crown is the symbol, a
new Elizabethan era was being her
aided; but for all the yearning sons
of earth was stealing in the golden
light of a new dawn when the best
Is yet to be.
The exploit at which the world
Is resounding recalls thrilling request
of Caleb in Holy Scripture. Revealing
the patriarch's consuming ambition, at
fourscore years and five, he cried,
"Give me the mountain!" His eyes
were riveted on the heights of the
promised land - especially upon one
towering peak. At the age of As he
had been robbed of conquering those
distant hills by the craven fears of
the majority who voted to retreat,
wailing in terror: 1--WE are not able to
go up and possess the land"
Caleb and Joshua also saw the obsta-
cles and dangers. They admitted the
risks and the formidable foes: but, with
confident assurance like the blast of
trumpets. declared: 1--WE are well able
to take it" But they were compelled
to follow the trembling knees of those
who chose to wander in the wilderness
rather than to scale the bristling but
beckoning mountains.
All who refused the earlier chal-
lenge had found graves in the desert
when Caleb, at IS, with vim and valor
Evening star., 1953-06-07

business community toward this particular
tax will be distorted through persuasion or
presSure-f there is any-from administration
sources. (The United States Chamber of
Commerce and the National Association Of
Manufacturers already have reaffirmed their
opposition to extension of the tax and to the
administrations wishes on IT'D And it is also
unlikely that one department is going to be
silly enough to prosecute the heads of another
in a matter of this kind.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

One Of the great tragedies of modern
history was announced in The Star of
June II, 1908. via
King and Queen cable from Belgrade,
Murdered Serbia, as follows:
"A military revolu-
tion broke out here last night. The
troops who revolted, under the leader
ship of Maj. Angikovics, surrounded
the palace, assasSinated King Alex
ander, Queen Draga, the latter's sister,
the Queens brother Nikodem, Premier
Markovitch, Ministers Petrovitch and
Tudorovics. Gen. Pavlovitch, the former
Minister of War, and some of the men,
bers of the royal guard. Prince Kara
georgevitch was proclaimed King. A
new government was formed and this)
proclamation was issued: To the
Serbian people: Last night the King
and Queen were shot. In this grave
and fateful moment friends of the
fatherland have combined to form a
new government. While the govern
ment makes this announcement to the
people it is convinced that the Serbian
people will gather round it and lend
it their aid to maintain order and
security throughout the land. > The
streets are thronged with people, whose
actions seem to approve the coup d'etat.
Mr.. Protics, the new Minister of
the Interior, was loudly cheered." The
murder of Alexander ended the Obreno-
witch dynasty. His marriage to Draga
had been unpopular.
Front-page space in The Star for
June 3, 1908, was used to tell about
"a general strike of the textile workers"
at Philadelphia. About co.
Textile 900 operatives were out. Out
Strike of 600 shops closed, Al met
the demands of the strikers
and resumed production. "All of the
So ingram carpet mills are idle, affecting
directly 5000 weavers and 10000 hands
in other departments. The dyers in
the Berkshire plants remained on their
jobs when the management conceded
them a 55-hour week and increased
wages from $12 to $13, but all other