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Evening star., 1953-04-19
Hospital Center Delay

Opinions differ as to whether the proposed
Withholding of additional funds for the i'm
portant Washington Hospital Center would slow
down progress on the long delayed project. The
General Services Administration says it intends
to proceed with planning and construction "as
rapidly as circumstances permit" Center off,
cials, on the other hand, are convinced that
the proposed cancellation of its budget request
inevitably will mean more of the frustrating
delays that have plagued the undertaking from
the outset. They will ask for restoration of at
least ST million of the original So million esti-
mated as needed to carry out the design and
construction schedules. Congress should give
careful consideration to this appeal, for any
unnecessary postponement of center plans will
aggravate the bad conditions prevailing at old
and decrepit hospitals which the center will
replace.
In an effort to cooperate with the ad-
miniStration'S program for reducing expendi-
lures this year. center officials accepted without
protest 66 per cent slash in the $3-million
estimate The decision by GSA to- eliminate
even the $1-million minimum" item came as
severe jolt to those who are worried over pos
sibe effects OF any prolonged delay in bringing
the center into reality. The 8OO-bed center will
replace the old and deteriorating buildings now
occupied by Emergency, Episcopal and Garfield
although urgently needed have been put off in
the expectation that new quarters would be
ready within two or three years. If there is to
be further pOStponement of the completion
date, however, money will have to be spent on
repairs before very long. Such expenditures
would tend to offset any temporary economies
effected by withholding new funds from the
center.
Charles S. Dewey, president of the center,
told the subcommittee at a previous hearing
that ST million was the minimum sum needed
to carry on the work. He testified that he had
Informed the Budget Bureau that I'VE will do
anything but postpone" the center program
"A poStponement at this tinle"- he asserted
"doing nothing, stopping all construction, all
further work, would completely stop all pos
sibilities so far as can see, of ever having this
hospital center" 1t may be that the GSA has
good reasons for changing its mind about the
necessity for a $1-million appropriation. One
of its representatives told the subcommittee that
a restudy of the project indicated that funds
remaining from previous appropriation would
be sufficient to continue preliminary operations
In view of the conflicting opinions as to
the effect of the budget cut caution would be
advisable in applying the. economy ak to the
hospital center. A special study of the local
hospital situation by the new Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare, Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby, might be helpful in enlightening
the Budget Bureau, the GSA and Congress on
the urgency of Washingtons hospital problem
and the danger of deferring plans for its
solution.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Spires of the Spirit
Religion Is Dynamite

One Of the most popular news COL
umnists recently pictured two men
talking together about today's world.
They finally took up the subject of
religion One of the men said to the
other: We've got to stay out of re-
ligion. It's dynamite" So it is. Even
Jesus, the greatest of spiritual teach
ers. declared that if religion is crystal
lized into faith the size of a tiny
mustard seed there is enough power
stored in it to remove mountains. It
is that startling truth which makes
some people, when religion ventures
outside the dim religious light of
sanctuaries, label it: Dangerous! Keep
aWaym
Some time ago a great newspaper
great, at least in circulation-under-
took to say what should and should
not be talked about in church pulpits
of the land. 1t pontifically declared
that it was altogether right for the
pulpit to discuss personal piety" and
domestic morality" 1t was equally
positive that it is altogether wrong and
improper for the church to concern it.
self with business, industry or politics.
In other words, it cautioned the church
to keep it's dynamite out of ordinary
human relationships. The editorial
board that made that pronounce
ment seemed to be. perfectly will
ing that religion should be an
escape, shield, perhaps even an opiate
or an aneSthetic: but they warned it
against being a mountain mover.
X X
NOW nftfinnnS ITyhon coaI1lor nr;f;oc
thus cry out against pulpits mixing in
politics and about the necessity for
preachers to stick to what they call the
simple Gospel, their real motive is not
to keep inviolate the sacredness of
the church: but to keep the insights
of religion from revealing the goddess
ness OF their own sacred preserves.
They really are trying to keep moral
dynamite, dangerous from their point
OF view. from the areas where men
really live. This attitude, of course.
can be understood.
Genuine faith is so explosive that it.
has blown to Kingdom Come hoary So
clal evils which have stood stubbornly
in the way of human progress. Across
the centuries there have been those,
who themselves stood to profit by some
form of exploitation of their fellow
men, who have cried to high heaven
against the dynamite of religion being
put where it might explode and pull
verize some castle of special privilege.
There are even some churchgoers who
regard the church as pillow of repose,
rather than as a pillar of protest.
The fact is that religion was dyna-
Evening star., 1953-04-19

mite in the hands of the Hebrew
prophets, from whom the social passion
of Christianity springs. Amos, Micah,
Isaiah. jeremiah and the rest of them,
in spite of no-trespassing signs, in
sisted on planting the dynamite of their
faith dangerously near the evils which
barred the multitudes from more
abundant life. They had surprisingly
little to say about a distant heaven.
They were this worldly through and
through. Their pronouncementS were
indictments of rulers and priests who
put ceremony before conduct, who rev.
eled in plenty while the people starved
and who were experts in neSt-feather-
ing rackets. To be true to that pro-
phetic tradition. how can we deny that
in the name of Righteousness the en-
tire political fabric must be mastered
and controlled by right-minded men,
working according to right principles
until the whole round of human rela-
tionships, including government, indus
try, work, art and letters is cleansed
and held up to God an Offering well
pleasing in His sight? Yet there are
those who, in spite of the contagion
of the germs of ethical disease, in
municipal, national and international
affairs, would hold the religion of the
prophets and of the Great Galilean at
arms length, exclaiming: do not
bring religion into politics or business!"
A businessman, who on Sunday
helped to take up the collection in a
fashionable church, stood on Monday
in the midst of the acquisitive confusion
of the New York Stock Exchange and,
when one whom he labeled as pious ven-
tured to say something in the name
of Christian ethics. angrily exclaimed:
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Fifty Years Ago in The Star .

The Star of April IS, 1908. carried a
report of a meeting of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens
VoteIess Association at
observation-disclosures which two of the
District Commits
SionerS attended.
and quoted E. B. Townsend, president
of the association, as saying that lit is
humlliating to realize that here under
the dome of the Capitol the people are
denied their birthright as American
citizens, are not permitted to exercise
voice in their own affairs" Voting,
the speaker continued, was "a glorious
heritage" It crowns the individual
citizen with (the) right to declare his
choice, to exercise his own judgment
and so prepare him and fit him to ac-
cept the verdict as to how he shall live
and by whom he shall be governed"
Denied the privilege of the franchise,
M. Townsend insisted, a resident of
the Federal City is almost ashamed to
acknowledge" his association with
Washington. Commissioner Macfar-
land answered in an address beginning:
Il am opposed to the introduction of
partisan politics in any form in the
District of Columbia"
On April II. 1908. The Star printed
an announcement from Chicago via
New York that Lolita
Lotto Armour Armour was\ mo
WoIks longer a cripple" DR..
Adolph Lorenz of vi
emma had been successful in the opera
ton and treatment which he had ar
ranged for the correction Of the little
girls congenital deformity. The child
could-and did-walk. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Ogden Armour, had offered
the famous physician and surgeon $780,
Evening star., 1953-04-19

Meanwhile. he wrote history of the
pioneers of the Mississippi valley. Other
books were produced at intervals up
to 1902, when i'll health forced him to
offer his resignation from the Senate
cnaplalncy. Two nieces took him to
Pasadena, Calf, where he spent
his final days. He was half blind from
the age Of five, totally blind from his
30th year. But the Dictionary of
American Biography testifles: "He in
dulged in no complaints or pathetic
illusions to his misfortune"
Quoting the Chicago News, The Star
on April IA, 1908, recalled that the
poet-naturalist, John
John Burroughs Burroughs, lived in
In Washington Washington 40 years
ago. He was then
an Army nurse. At that time, Walt
Whitman was employed in the Treasury
Department, and these two made the
acquaintance of streetcar conductor
whose first name was Mike. The three
roonled together in very humble
place, where the rent matched the en-
durance of their pocketbookS. Mike.
judged by the worlds standard, was
the best off, for each month he re-
ceived 500 in the deprecated paper
currency of the time for his services to
the tramway company. He still oc-
cupies this enviable position, for he is
now the head baggage master at one
of the important stations on the Penn
sylvania Railroad" Burroughs lived
for while after the Civil War on "a
little patch of land near the Capital"
then moved to the Adirondacks. Whit
man settled at Camden. N. j. Both
left their mark on the Nations Capital.
and 50 perhaps did Mike.
Evening star., 1953-04-19

account Of excellence rather than to
search for deficiencies" A "felicitous
trifle" by Mr.. De Koven himself was on
the program. 1t was described as a
Spanish march," The peer Ghynt"
suite by Edward Grieg was performed
with the technical proficiency and at
the same time in a manner which dis
played close appreciation of it's somber
and intense poetic quality" Aptommas,
the harpist, was Soloist, and The Star
critic thought he played with exquisite
finish" but that his selections were
scarcely OF a dignity in keeping with
the remainder of the program" The
orchestra was praised for loyal preci-
sion" and ''interdependence."
On April II, 1903 The Star an
nounced the death of the Rev. William
Henry Milburn.
Death of chaplain OF the
ChopIoin MiIburn senate senate He had
been chosen chap
lain of the House of Representatives
in 1885, when he was only % years OF
age. Later, he was chaplain of Con-
gress," serving both branches of the
national legislature. His term of spirit
ual leadership of the Senate began in
1893 He was Methodist Episcopal
clergyman during most Of his career
but was affiliated with the Protestant
Episcopal Church from 1852 to 1878
AS a circuit preacher in Illinois prior
to coming to Washington. he faced the
dangers of weather. wild animals and
Indians" and collected materials for
an autobiography. published in 1889
His lecture tours subsequently took him
to Canada and England. He "exhorted"
in Washington during the Civil War.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
6. o. P. Sweeps Vigorously

The latest outrage of the present ad-
ministration, the handling of the Alt
meyer case at Federal Security, Ger
tainly proves that the Republican Party
is without heart. They have made
that abundantly clear from the firing
of the White House telephone operator
to the unfeeling manner of dropping
Mr.. Altmeyer, the father of the whole
Social Security System.
AS the new broom which was going
to sweep clean takes a few swipes it
appears to have been badly muddied,
as witness the Wesley Roberts fiasco.
For the sake of the whole country, I
do hope the new administration soon
gets comfortable and secure enough with
itself that It no longer needs to make
scapegoats of such outstanding public
servants as Mr.. Altmeyer and DR..
AStin.
G. Is.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
DR.. MoIon's Victory

The outcome OF the general election IN the
Union of South Africa adds up to a sweeping
victory for Prime Minister Daniel F. Nolan and
his Nationalist Party. He has greatly increased
his strength in Parliament. AS a result, his
countrys policy of racial segregation is likely to
become stricter than ever, and he himSelf-as
some of his opponents fear-may be tempted to
move in the direction of dictatorial govern
ment and ultimate secession from the British
Commonwealth.
Racial segregation, of course, is deeply
rooted in South Africa'S traditions and history.
Called "apartheid," it is a system under which
some nine million native Negroes-the great
majority of the pcpulation-are figuratively
walled off from the rest of the people and
denied any voice in the government In addi-
tion, about one million "coloreds" f-castes
and Asiatics, most of whom are Indians-are
similarly segregated although they have limited
voting rights. Finally, there is the Unions
white minority. This is made up of approx
mately three million persons whose political
prerogatives are in no way circumscribed. They
are the ruling class
However, even though the whites are in
favor of "apartheid" (many non-whites are in
favor of it, too), they bitterly disagree among
themselves as to whether the system should be
relaxed, kept as it has been through the past
or be made even more severe. Broadly speaking,
they divide into two main groups. The one that
wants stricter segregation consists of DR.. Malan
and the Nationalsts, who are mostly descend
ants of the Beers and whose language is
variety of Dutch. The other, represented prin-
cipally by the United Party, is made up chiefly
of English-speaking people of English stock
the moderate element whose parliamentary
strength has been sharply reduced in the gen.
eral election.
Apart from their distaste for a more
stringent form of "apartheid," these moderate
South Africans have been opposed to DR.. Malan
because of suspicion that he is ambitious to
establish a dictatorial one-party rule under
which he might sever the countryS ties with
the British Commonwealth. The suspicion may
do him an injustice, but his critics argue that
it has too much substance in it to be laughed
off, What has made them fearful is the record
of his effort last year to make his Nationalist
controlled legislature superior to the Unions
supreme court-an effort to render the court
powerless to pass upon the conStitutionality
Of any of the legislatures acts.
Now that the general election has given
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Less Taxes, More Sugar

Keying its action to an improved world
trade relationship the British government has
announced a reduction in certain taxes and
has pledged that it will seek no new levies
in the coming fiscal year. In addition, an
early end of sugar rationing has been promised.
Aside from the economic progress which
this type of news implies, and the comfort 1t
brings to any citizenry, probably the most con-
structve tax reforms announced were those
intended to encourage modernization and ex-
panSion of the national industrial plant. One
of these was the reinstatement of the practice
of allowing tax rebates to business interests Tor
reinvestment of profits in capital improvements.
The other was the termination of the excess
profits tax on industry as of next January l.
To Britain, this encouragement to expansion
and greater efficiency in production could pay
further important dividends in the future.
While American defense aid played its
part in frightening the British economic re-
portland it was so acknowledged by Chancellor
of the Exchequer Butler-the United Kingdoms
world trading surplus and the improvement in
gold and dollar reserves of the sterling area
each exceeded the total of such assistance. The
government action at this time, however, does
not mean that Britain has all its economic
worries solved. The tax relief given is some
thing of gamble that it will result in equal
or even greater revenues through greater turn
over of products, or long-term increase in
production for export. Furthermore, world
trade is variable that can turn down as well
as up-particularly in the face of intensified
competition from such quarters as Germany
and Japan, each of which is clamoring for
greater world markets.
At the moment, though, the British eco
nomic news is on the good side
Evening star., 1953-04-19

him important new strength, DR.. Malan-in
addition to pressing for stricter segregation
may well try to do what his opponents fear. It
must be hoped, however, that he will show
sense of responsibility and not seek to deprive
his country of what is prime bulwark of
liberty in all free lands-the judiciary's con-
stitutional power to rule against legislative or
executive excesses If he and his party do not
exercise restraint on that score, the victory he
has won can have bitter consequences for
South Africa
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Site for SibIey

Site for SibIey
1t is disturbing to me to read news
paper articles about Spring Valley
Wesley Heights residents raising money
to fight erection of hospital on Amer
ican University campus.
One would think all of the residents
of this area are in agreement. Well,
here is one that is not, and am sure
there are many others.
Some people think that all they have
to do to get what they want is to offer
a large enough amount of money and
they can get results in their favor
whether they are right or wrong. Our
country was not founded on such prin-
clples as might makes right" and yet
already these people have had the zon-
ing rule changed by their influence.
American University was established
on its present site long before Spring
Valley was developed. If Sibley Hospital
is allowed to be built on the universitys
own property, it is up to fair-minded
Christian men and women to stand
up and do what is necessary.
1t is purely selfish and not the least
olt humanitarian, if this project is
blocked
Wesley Heights Resident.
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900 to come to America in her behalf.
While here, DR.. Lorenz treated hun
dredS of other children, most of them
without charge. The Star published
scores of news reports features and
editorials about his work up to the
time of his death in 1946. Lolita became
Mrs. Mitchell Wilder, an esteemed per-
sonality in Washington as we'll as Chi
cago society.
Reporting that the annual egg rolling
at the White House had been can
celed because of inclement
No Eoo weather The Star, for April
RolI;no 13, 1903, quoted an anony-
s nous police sergeant as fol-
lows: II am glad that there
is nothing doing here today. This whole
thing is an Impractical, antiquated az
fair, and the better people of Washing
ton ought to urge its abolition. More
diseases are communicated from one
days egg rolling than from hundred
other gatherings during the year in
Washington. Besides that. the children
who come here never hear or see any,
thing that benefits them. Frequently
they hear other children say things
and see them do things that their
parents would be shocked if they were
aware Of"
A review of a pop" or popular" con-
cert given at the National Theater by
the De Koven Symphony
Pop Orchestra the previous eve eve
To,..r. ming appeared in The Star
0"ee" of April Is. 1908. Liberal
enthusiasm" it was ex-
planned, was manifested by the audi
ence, which was disposed to take
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Open Police Heurino

A crisis will be reached shortly in Dis
trict affairs. Chief Murray is to be COM
mended for insisting on an explanation
from the two suspended police in
spectorS relative to their rapid accumu-
lation of wealth. Probably their ex-
planation will be plausible I am sure
most of us hope so and would be inclined
to give them the benefit of the doubt,
but it will be lamentable if it is not
disclosed publicly.
A false sense of loyalty that stigma
tizes the majority because of the lack
of discipline of the erring few is in
excusable. Complete faith in the
Metropolitan Police Department and
their hoped for uplift in morale will
be impossible if the hearings are closed
to the public. It is futile to expect a
revision of the regulations to increase
the punishment of convicted criminals
will be effective if people generally be-
leve some police are or have been in
league with criminals.
Tolerant Resident.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
Red Cross Goes Over

The success of this years Red Cross fund
campaign in the Metropolitan Area, which has
reached 100.12 per cent of the goal, is highly
gratifying.
This achievement is due to the tireless
efforts Of the host of volunteer workers under
the direction of Campaign Chairman R. Roy
Dunn and to the generosity of the thousands
Of contributors. To all of them, The Star
extends its warmest congratulations for their
splendid service in great humanitarian cause
Evening star., 1953-04-19
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church,
Chaplain, United States Senate.


1--WE don't want any of the stage play
of Calvary here" Yet the eternal
truth of the incarnation contains po-
tential energy capable of burning up
all the dross of mems unrighteousness
and of making the whole world new.
It is to be remembered that when
Jesus, himself, undertook on a notable
Sabbath to make the emancipating
words of Isaiah's prophecy His personal
program and to send the truth there
enunciated running along all the ave-
nues of human relationship, with no
regard to the boundaries of border or
breed or birth, the civic and religious
leaders at once recognized that sort of
religion as dangerous explosive. The
synagogue was in an uproar. This IA
natic must be stopped at all cost! There
was no benediction for that morning
service, and a murderous attempt was
made to hurl the young radical over
the cliff outside the village to which
His name was destined to give immor-
tality.
power of God" But the very word he
used is the root from which we get oul
modern word dynamite" G. K. Ches-
terton once declared that Christianity,
even when watered down, is hot enough
to boil all modern society to rags.
The exclusion of Jesus from the
sphere of secular government, the rigid
separation between things secular and
things sacred, this departmentalizing of
life is in the end fatal to men and inSti-
tutions which try it. Christ must be
either Lord of all or He is not Lord at
all. Surely, the houses men live in, the
places where they work, the schools
where their children are trained, and
the economic order which conditions
their lives must be the vital concern of
the church. All the provinces of life
are provinces in which the mandates
and moral imperativeS of religion are
to be recognized and obeyed.
A well-known man who believes that
religion is dynamite sat in church pew
near a stained-glass window. During
the service he found himself gazing at
the inscription under pictured angels
One letter was missing. Instead of
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST"
it read: GLORY TO GOD IN THE
HIGH ST" After the benediction, he
went out hoping they would never
supply the missing e." Approvingly,
he said: THAT is the real role of the
church: To see to it that the glory of
God foods High street and Main street
and all the activities and institutions
of men,"