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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Beside the Point

It is hard to see how any one can disagree
with President Eisenhower's assertion that no
man should sit in judgment on his own case.
The difficulty is, however, that this Is not at
issue in the dispute between Senator Mccarthy
and the Army.
Senator Mccarthy, who has been under
severe pressure from his colleagues, claims no
right to sit in judgment on his own case. For
the purposes of the pending investigation, he
has yielded the Craftsmanship of his subcom-
mittee to Senator Mundt. He has said that he
will not participate. in any subcommittee vote
on any question affecting himself or his staff.
He has voluntarily offered to testify under oath.
What is at issue, the question which remains
unsettled is his insistence on an opportunity
to examine witnesses.
The President sidestepped this question,
and it is undeniably difficult one.
AS a general rule, congressional commit
tees have not permitted individuals undergoing
Investigations to examine witnesses. Most
certainly, Senator Mccarthy has not done so.
There is the further point that it might be
difficult to obtain a competent committee
counsel unless he-and he alone-conducts the
examination of witnesses And what will be
the effect on future Investigations If such a
precedent is set in this instance?
On the other hand, this is no run-of mine
congressional investigation. 1t is extraordinary
in the highest degree, and there are arguments
for waving the ordinary rules of procedure.
Two main detectives should be kept in
mind. First the primary purpose Of the hearing
is to get at the truth Who is lying in this
dispute between the Mccarthy subcommittee
and the Army? Will it be easier to find the
answer if both Senator Mccarthy and counsel
for the Army are permitted to question witt
nesses subject, of course, to control by the
subcommittee?
Second, every reasonable effort should be
made to avoid giving Senator Mccarthy any
opportunity to say later that he was deprived
of full opportunity to bring out the facts. If
by chance the investigation should go against
him, or against his aides, he should not be
permitted to emerge in the role of martyr.
The main objective, to repeat, is to ascer-
tain the facts. No secondary consideration
and the dispute over the right to examine
witnesses is secondary consideration-should
be permitted needessly to stand in the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
OF Tronscendent importance

President Eisenhower told his news confer
ence yesterday that Indo-China has become
one of the backgrounds where people who
want to live their own lives are fighting Com
munist aggression. The prospects for victory
over the Communist aggression would be much
brighter if the story were no more complicated
than this.
THERE'S Communist aggression" in Indo-
China, of course, but the leaders of the agrees
sion and the troops who are fighting with re-
ported fanaticism under them are native Indo-
Chinese. Even though these leaders received
their Communist indoctrination elsewhere and
even though their military supplies are coming
from Red China it is not a foreign force in
military sense that is the aggreSsor in Indo-
China. On the other hand the defending forces
are not made up mainly of native Indo Chinese
who want to live their own lives secure against
Communist aggression. They are made up,
instead, of a combination of some, but not
enough, Wet Namese troops and of French
colonial forces from other parts of the world,
under top command of French officers.
1t has become generally recognized as the
President said yesterday, that the protection OF
Indo-China from Communist capture is of
transcendent Importance to the Asian-Paciic
area and to the free world as whole. The
United States already is financing an estimated
three-quarters of the current annual cost of
this eight-year war. American aircraft, tanks
and other equipment are being sent in increased
quantity and Secretary of State Dulles told
press conference recently that there will be
greater assistance if needed.
But both Mr.. Dulles and Secretary of De-
tense Wilson have referred again this week to
the Importance of greater participation, polit-
ical and military, by the native peoples in this
fight against Communist aggression. Mr.. Will
son, more outspoken on this particular issue,
said that effective and aggressive training of
Indo-Chinese troops is essential if the war is
to be brought to successful conclusion. We are
willing to assist in such training"
American training of native troops was
significant factor in defeating Communist ag
erosion in Greece. 1t was highly successful in
building up the military strength of South
Korea. The failure, thus far, to build stronger
native Wet Namese army in Indo-China pro-
vides partial explanation for the length and
cost of this conflict. The French reportedy are
still opposed to turning over to or even sharing
the military training responsibility with Amer
lean officers. In this common cause of tran
scendent Importance however, it is time that
winning methods should be found and used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Fortunate Choice

Maryland authorities, sensitive over
charges that their proposed Route 240 extern
sion would destroy vital park areas, wisely
have chosen a nationally known firm of park
way designers to prepare plans for the contro-
verSal Rock Creek Parkway project. Fortu-
nately, the firm is particularly we'll informed
on Washington's parks having aided in devel-
opment of scenic, recreational and memorial
areas in the District and its environs. There
is sound basis therefore, for the belief of State
officials that their employment of the firm
Should allay the fears and misunderstanding"
which have stalled the undertaking.
In selecting Olmsted Brothers, of Boston,
to draw plans and build scale model of the
belt highway Route 24O encroachment on Rock
Creek Park, the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and the State
Roads Commission had in mind past relations
between the firm and the National Capital
Planning Commission. The latter commission
had strongly opposed the 240 invasion at first,
but finally agreed to a compromise plan, sub
ject to the agency'S final approval 1t is inter-
eSting to recall that the founder of the Boston
consulting firm, Frederick Law OlmSted, also
was one of the founders of the NCPC (then the
National Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion) and for several years was a member of
the commission. The plan which the NCPC
Will be asked to approve therefore will be drawn
up by consultants known to be advocates and
protectors of park land, here and elsewhere
Of course, the whole enterprise hinges on
the outcome of litigation pending in the Dis
trict Court If the court decides that the extern
sion of Route 240 and the belt road through a
section of Rock Creek Park is not inconsistent
with the purposes of the Capper-Cramton park
law, the prospects of an eventual agreement
among Federal and State agencies will be much
brighter than they were few months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Compunionship

Who tillS field is brother to the soil:
Related to the tDi1,d, the rain, the
sun:
Tethered By bond OF solemn, earnest
toll
Which UdrnS his heart aUhen active
day is done.
Who plotDs the ground and hGrrowS
dotUn the clod
And seeds field to clouer or to
maize
Is blood -relution to the origin sod.
And friend to UeGther all his lip-
ing days.
Who feels the mind against his open
face
And feels the toarmth OF sun upon
his back,
Who ,Ualks in rain and does not seek
place
OF shelter from the storm, can never
lack
For true compdnionship. HgtUiu belong
To all the universe. to joy and song.
Billy B. Cooper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Woodbridge School Issue

object to an article in The Star Of
March II. headed Twenty witnesses
Ask Lifting Of Colored Ban" The arti-
Gle is an account of hearing held by
the D. c. Recreation Board as to the
use OF white schools by colored civic
groups after school hours. Your &C
count Of the hearing, emphasizing as
1t does the few, as you put it, witnesses
opposing the change in bylaws which
would result in Negro use of white
schools, does not present true picture
Of the groups of citizens who do oppose
this change. Many of the twenty or
CARNATIONS represented by speaker
at the hearing have no direct connec-
ton with the case in point.
The school that has been requested
by Negro groups as a meeting place is
the Woodbridge School, Central and
Carlton avenues NE. All of the groups
opposing Negro use of white schools
represent large numbers of people liv-
ing in the area of the school who will
be decidedly affected Mrs Alfred Smith,
who spoke for the Rhode Island Avenue
Citizens Association, represents 800
members; James Prentice. who spoke
for the Woodbridge School Parents, rep
resents parents of over $50 school chill
dren who attend Woodbridge School.
The speaker from the Michigan Park
Citizens Association likewise spoke as
a resident Of the area affected. The
speaker from the Woodbridge Civic As
ISOLATION appears to be the only speaker
Of the 20 so-called witnesses in favor
Of Negro use of the school who is di-
rectly connected to the real reason for
a change in the bylaws of the D. c.
Recreation Board.
Such organizations as the League of
Women Voters, the Federation of
Churches, !. the Catholic Inter-Racial
Council. the Urban League, the Wash
ington Unitarian Fellowship, the Wash
ington Friends Meeting, the Progressive
Party, the Jewish Community Council
and others are to be praised for their
civic interest. However, the opinions of
these groups have no bearing on the
situation in regard to the use of Wood
ridge School by colored groups. The
overwhelming majority Of the citizens
of the Woodbridge School area ii. e.,
Rhode Island avenue to New York ave-
nue. and Mills avenue to Eastern ave-
ur1el oppose the change in the bylaws
of the Recreation Board permitting
Negro use of white schools. We resi-
dents of Woodbridge feel that our wishes
in regard to something that will affect
our community should be considered
rather than those of groups not con-
cerned with our problems.
Margaret w. Smith,
Chairman, Woodbridge School Parents.
Editors note: The Recreation Board
was obtaining views on a proposal to
open white schools throughout the city
to colored groups for night meetings. If
the board shapes its general policy to
permit such meetings, then objections
will be heard to opening individual
schools. such as Woodbridge, before any
action is taken.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Samuel SheiIoborqer

Samuel Shellabarger, best-selling novelist
came by his vocation naturally. Among his
ancestors were the Schellenberger brothers who
helped to lay tr~ foundations of Swiss liberty
at the meadow of Gruth in the canton of Uri
in 1906. The tradition of freedom as a living
force descended to him particularly through
the grandfather whose name he bore-an Ohio
Representative in Congress who was responsible
for much liberal legislation following the War
Between the States.
Little Samuel" was present at the death
bed of "the Judge" as child of eight and never
forgot the solemnity of the occasion. His own
parents already were deceased, and he was left
to be brought up by his grandmother and other
women relatives in house filled with books and
pictures at 812 Seventeenth street Northwest.
He attended the Sidwell Friends School and
the school of Robert Lee Preston on Eighteenth
street and likewise had private tutors,
but the educational advantages which later
proved most helpful to him were those directly
provided by the women members Of his family.
They read him the romantic classics and made
them important to him as elements of his own
life. When he went to Princeton, he took all
the literary prizes available.
But Mr. Shellabarger's creative writing did
not begin until 1928 when he took his wife, son
and two daughters to Europe to do historical
research "on the scene. The biographies OF
Chevalier Bayard and the Earl of Chesterfield
which he produced were scholarly works, but
they attracted very few readers. When their
author tried to be popular" he soon developed
a numerous following. After experimenting
under several pseudonyrns he wrote and signed
with his own name Captain From CASTLE" In
1945. 1t had qualities quickly recognized, and
its success opened the doors to Prince Of
Foxes" 1947; "The Kings Cavalier" 1850, and
Lord Vanity" 1883 Oldtime Washingtonians,
enjoying all these achievements found addi-
tional pleasure in remembering the little boy
at Sidwes' and Mr. Preston's whose childhood
dreams Of romance had yielded such worthy
results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Letters to The Star

cans and Puerto Ricans alone would re-
quire many thousands of additional
homes in all sections of the country.
did indicate that, If the act were
amended in certain respects. the oppor-
tunity available to lower-income and
minority-group families could be
heightened. but held that "the proof
Of the pudding is the eating. Any
failure in meeting housing needs un-
der the Iberalized legislation now pro-
posed would clearly fall upon the door,
step Of private enterprise.
Frank s. Horne,
Assistant to the Administrator, HouS-
ing and Home Finance Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Two Views on Toxes
Vergne West

Whom to believe? Thomas Stokes
column of March % would have The
Stars readers believe the Republican
tax bill is primarily for the benefit
of the rich people. Dorothy Thomp-
sons March % column speaks with no
less authority and would have us be-
lieve that the Democrats tax proposal
is primarily for the rich people.
believe both columns have good points
but the columniSts' biased opinions
spoiled two good articles.
Charles 0. Keller, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Aid to Building Trode

Every building mechanic. laborer,
subcontractor, and thousands of others
appreciate your good papers publishing
the Prince Georges County building
permits.
1t enables the men to know the new
jobs coming out. which means their
living.
Dodge Building Report costs 500
now and few can afford it.
No wonder The Star is so popular; it
publishes all the news.
John r. RiggleS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

He was given the same kind Of an
honorable discharge that a war hero
would receive at the termination Of his
enlistment.
The Barnum show now being staged
to cover up by the brass-hat clique is
proof that a serious military blunder
has been made.
Senator Mccarthy served his country
well when he censured the Indifferent
general involved in permitting an I'M
faithful soldier to escape justice.
Dana Wier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

it is likely to become mighty popular through
out the u. S. s. r.
AS to that, the commissar in charge OF the
new beverage has urged its users to write let
tiers telling him their reactions to 1t. This Is
something that could have interesting results.
Conceivably If enough Russians imbibe 1t, the
effects of the drink might in time vindicate
Robert Burns dictum that freedom and whisky
gang thegither." Who knows?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
6. o. P.'s Tax Strategy Poor?

can ticket in 1852. it appears right now
the Republicans are doing everything
within their power to repeat the fatal
mistake which the Republican-con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Cose Of Moi. Peress

America is puzzled over the way. the
Pentagon handled the publicly exposed
fifth amendment tooth-yanker case.
The honorable discharge given this per-
son may never be altered or revoked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Questions and Answers

The reader can get the answer To any oues-
ton OF fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau. 1900 Eye ST.. NV. Washington
0 D c. Please inclose three 81 cents for
return postage "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE

Q. What is the chief constituent of
meat?-R. F. E.
A. The chief component of meat is
water. Next in Importance is protein.
In addition, there are fats, minerals,
vitamins, acids, etc. The composition
of meat is not fixed but varies with the
breed, sex, age and condition of the
animal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

@. Who was the Roman soldier who
smote Our Lord with his sword at the
time of the Crucif1xtion?-E. H. r.
A. According to tradition his name
was Longinus, or Longius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

James Emery Brooks.
Evening star., 1954-05-07
] Boys Admit Taking
19 Cars in ; Weeks.

Seven boys ranging from IL
to 16 admitted to police yester-
day they stole 10 cars in less
than three weeks from the Con-
gress Heights neighborhood,
where all live.
None of the boys had a police
record. All were turned over to
the Juvenile Squad by Detective
Sergts, c. I. Smith and Delmar
Reed.
Police said the youths ad-
mitted taking the cars for joy
rides and abandoning them
within three hours. All were re-
covered undamaged.
The ring" was discovered last
night when two Park policemen
stopped two of the boys riding
in a car at Nichols avenue and
Blue Plains drive Sc. They ad-
mitted the car was not theirs
and under questioning by the
Metropolitan detectives, impli-
Gated the other five boys.
The first Of the cars, all Of
them late models in the lower
price field, was taken on Good
Friday. Since then the acts had
occurred at q rate of about one
q night.
Evening star., 1954-05-07

The Armed Forces communi-
cations Association is convening
In the Shoreham Hotel amid a
welter Of equipment-television
telephones. teletype. radar, sonar.
Photographic and radio.
In addition to the advances in
military communications, the
visitor can see himself on three
television sets at once in q Signal
Corps exhibit near the main ball
room. A small television camera
catches you as you go down the
stairs and broadcasts on a closed
circuit.
The exhibit shows uses of TV
for instruction and for watching
the enemy.
Sonia Detects Sub.
Through the clatter of the
latest automatic switching tele-
type center comes the bip-boop
Evening star., 1954-05-07
EIectronic Miracles of Defense
And Offense Performot Exhibit

Of a Navy sonar set. The demon
stration model shows a minia-
ture destroyer circling near q
submarine, while the screen rec
ords the subs position. The dem
onstration is life-like. Navy Of
ficers said, except that extrane-
Gus noises, such as might come
from large fish, are not present.
Other exhibits show how an
etching process can wire. in 80
seconds, an electrical circuit that
took 18 hours by hand. .
The ways Of guiding missiles
are shown. Tracking telescopes
are mounted in one device. When
the missile is airborne, the tele-
scopes pick out predetermined
stars by checking their specto-
graphic analysis. BY triangula-
ton on the stars-in the manner
of human navigators-the ma
chine finds its position.
BY picking up different sets OF
stars in succession, the missile
can be sent as far as halfway
around the world.
HOming Device Takes Over.
When it reaches the target
area, a homing device. which can
be made sensitive to ink, light,
sound or radar, takes over to
guide the flying bomb to the
target.
In a hotel room above the ex-.
hibit, a sailor lies on a couch.
strapped to electrical connectors
that broadcast his electro-car-
diogram, respiratory rate and
other physiological data to an
exhibit downstairs. This sys-
tenn is used to allow doctors a
constant check on the condition
Of test pilots flying experimental
airplanes. A doctor on the
ground can read the charts as
they are produced and warn the
pilot Of trouble he might not
recognize.
The convention will acontinue
through tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-10-31
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Evening star., 1954-10-31

State flags are hung in the
triforium gallery to the north
and south of the Great Cross
ing, and each Sunday an
individual flag takes its turn
in the procession, with pray
ers said for it's State.
The Cathedrals symbolism
is not only of national, but
of international interest. One
Evening star., 1954-10-31

1922 Thirteenth street NV,
and Mrs. D. J. Williams of the
National Cathedral School.
All the others are volunteers.
The aides agree they enjoy
guiding tours more than any
other service they could give.
Highlighted in Miss Boards
lees memory is the time she
conducted a party of Japa-
nese, officials on a tour, and
their excitement when they
learned of the high altar
figure of their own Neesima,
founder of the first Christian
college in Japan.
Mrs. Williams speaks for all
the aides when she says, Its
the hope we have of touching
some one in the group, bring
ing him closer to God. We
want to give each one some
thing to take home and live
with"
Pilgrims come from every
corner of the globe. On
single day, the Anglican
Bishops of Bombay, the
Upper Nile and the Argentine
visited the Cathedral. Mrs.
Carl Stodder, ALA Legation
street NV, recalls the visit
of Princess Elizabeth, now
Queen of England, and her
interest in the cross and
candleSticks on the altar OF
the Chapel of Joseph OF
Arimathea, which were the
gifts of her father, George
vi. The aides show visitors
where Elizabeth knelt to pray
for her father that day.
To stress the national unity
expressed in the Cathedral,
Mrs. Emma M. EdmondS, 1926
Newton street NE, shows
tourists the memorial win
dows to Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson and the
statue of Abraham Lincoln
kneeling in prayer. All the
Evening star., 1954-10-31

day, while Mrs. l.. p. Wheat,
2311 Connecticut avenue, was
telling the legend of the
Glastonbury thorn tree
sprung from the staff of
Joseph of Arimathea, an
English woman broke In with,
TITS all true! I'm from
Glastonbury, England, where
the thorn first grew"
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-15

THERE IS SO much talk about
social security and old age pension.
Before we had it most people tried
to have something for old age, but
now many of them don't care as
they can live off it when old. I
have seen strong young men work
a little while then quit and live off
unemployment compensation as long
as they could. They work just
enough to draw it again, then lay
around again. When I mentioned
that they couldn't get as much re-
tirement pay as if they worked
steadier, they said, eve don't care.
We will get old-age pension. 1t pays
more anyway" The good man gets
the least, the lazy dead-beat the most
from it. At least that is how it works
around here.-RaYmond w. Road
ifer. Crook Co.. Wyoming.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-15
Consider Many Factors

/ THINK THE farmer should be
entitled to social security but there
are a lot of factors that should be
taken into consideration.
A farmers investment is larger
than the average small businessman
and he has very rapid depreciation
on his largest expense, his ma
chinery.
If they take all the special prob
lens farmer has into consideration
and work out their social secruity
program accordingly, it would be a
fine thing. But if they work it out
on the same basis as the average
businessman, I'm afraid it would
be very unsatisfactory. 1 think a
farmer should be entitled to retire
at 55.-James M. Hall Pondera Co.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-15
No Pushing Around

AS A FARMER 1 am 100 per cent
against the social security plan. I
don't want any part of it. We the
people of the United States are sup
posed to be free people, but to my
way of looking at it, we are being
driven away from all our freedoms
that we ever had.
still want to be free man and
would like to keep on doing things
without being pushed around
Chris Zindler. Saltwater Co.