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where the parade will begin march
ing to Nora Davis school. Thou
sands are expected to attend, and
chartered buses are scheduled with
delegates from all over Mississippi.
Sunday night, memorial sermon
will be preached by DR.. E. l.. Fox
of Gulfport, Miss. Grand Chap
lain) according to information re-
leased from the Grand Lodge head
quarters at Natchez, Miss.
Monday night, November 9Th, at
8 pm. five hundred dollar ($5O0)
scholarships will be awarded at
Nora Davis school, Fifteen con-
testants will take part in the ora
torical contest. This organization
has AWARDED scholarships to stu
dents in past years who are attend
ing the following colleges: Alcorn
Tougaloo, billiard University, Jack
son, Southern University, Milwau
kee Engineering School and Nat
chez College also contribute to
the United Negro College fund for
education.
1t is the policy of this organiza-
ton to help some worthy boy and
girl in each annual session. This
Grand Lodge has a widows and
orphans relief department which
has for the past 30 years contrib
uted to the relief of Mason's fam
lilies. The organization also has
a charity relief department that
contributes to its distressed men,
bers Of the order. This Grand
Lodge has more than 81 chartered
subordinate lodges and AZ subordi-
nate chapters of Eastern Star, also
Is or more juvenile circles of chill
dren.
During the past 80 years this
organizations has contributed to
its members in Mississippi, more
than $50 thousand dollars $780,
CC0) to the relief of widows, or
rhans and charity. This order is
an0 affiliated member of the orig
inal general Grand Masonic Con-
gress Of Grand Masters of the U.
S. A. and Canada, also the United
Supreme Council of the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite for the 33rd
and last degree of Free Masonry
for the Southern and Western Ma
sonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., Grand
Orient, Washington, D. C. organ
lied April 5th, 1869 under the
leadership of the late Hon. John
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matte presentation helps the child
in his social adjustment and crea-
tiveness." Concerning the tech
nical side of production, Mr.. Bat
tie pointed out that all teachers
should have knowledge of technical
procedures such as building and
constructing scenery. In answer to
questions concerning types of plays
acceptable for high school produc-
ton, he advised the group to con-
suit the high school section of cata-
logues from the leading publish
ing house such as Dramatiste Play
Service and Samuel French.
The theme of the Pre-school Con-
ference was: "Organizing Our
Schools For Effective And Learn
ing"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-10-23
KNIFE DEMAND

LONDON-The British National
jewelers. Association reports big
demand for steak knives now that
meat is freed" after IA years of
rationing.
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(OONCINutU ITUIl rage OHtI
hall contest between the Alcorn
College Braves and the Lincoln
University Tigers Of jefferson
City, Missouri.
All high school guests will be
admitted to the game free. APP
proximately 1000 high school stu
dents are expected to be in attend
ance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-18
Best Balance Since War

A survey Of international trade by the
secretariat of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade at Geneva indicates that
world commerce is "far better balanced"
today than at any period since the end OF
World War II.
With commodity prices dropping from
the high levels prompted by the Korean war
there are warning signs, however, for coun-
tries counting on heavy exports of manu-
featured goods. Primary producers like
many areas of Africa, South Asia and Latin
America have suffered by the commodity
price declines to point where their i'm
ports have been curtailed substantially. In
turn, they have in many cases encouraged
home production Of consumer goods, a loss
of markets that is expected to be perma-
nent in some instances.
Significantly, the healthiest areas Of
trade were found to be those where inter-
changeability of currencies has become free
and where discriminatory practices through
quotas or protective tariffs have been
lightened.
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,Iums AIwuys With Us?

Slums Alwuys With Us?
On July /, there was an increase in
d. c. real estate tax. water rent. etc.,
and come August l. tax will be levied
! on the very food that we eat, to aug
nlent a District slurn- clearance fund.
This means we will clean out one SUM
section only to move to what has been
a clean, livable area and create slum
there. You can take the man out of
slums but you can't take the slum
breeding and rearing out Of man.
The majority of slum jewellers don't
know anything but slumS. They don't
want to know anything else and regard
less of what these politicking elected
and appointed Federal and District
government officials do, they won't ever
change these people. 1t is an unjust
act for the Government to tax all the
people of the Nations Capital to clean
out one slum area only to create an
other one. This slum clearance is, ]
am afraid, going to prove an endless
cycle and very costly to the taxpayers,
because these same people will continue
to create slums wherever they live.
Nish Showers.
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some one should be concerned with these
other matters. The cold appellate state
ment that Stewart was convicted ''of first-
degree murder committed Id robbing gro
Gerry store" should not obscure the tragedy
which befell Harry Honik1nan and his fam
lily. Perhaps the trial judges charge to the
jury was highly prejudicial' to Honik-
mans murderer. But should not some one
be concerned with the possibility that, un-
der the new law of insanity, q savage killer
may be turned loose on this community?
The Star, for one, thinks SO, and it
hopes, at the least, that the Court of APP
peals will grant the request by United
States Attorney Rover for rehearing by
the full bench Of the Monte Durham case.
If this dangerous doctrine of legal insanity
Is to be imposed on Washington, 1t should
not be done by the edict Of three among
the nine appellate judges.
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Spires Of the.Spirit
A Date With d / rec

In the shady expanses of the grounds
surrounding the National Capitol are
many noble trees. Most Of them are
tagged with their botanical deSigna-
tions. But tags do not explain the
spell Of q tree.
A glorious American elm proudly.
lifts It's leafy. lofty branches and
spreads its benign shade in close prox-
unity to the famous white dome which,
shining like alahaSter in the darkness,
is an inspiring symbol of America at
its best. There are q number Of such
lordly trees standing sentinel near the
Nations legislative halls, which remind
us Of the phrase Of the poet Keats,
who always was awed by tall oaks:
Those green-robed Senators Of ma
jestic woods
Recently, nationally known legis-
lator. breaking away. for q while from
the relentless grind Of ONCE. commit
tee room and forum. was seen walking
across the grassy knoll to the sylvan
spot where this majestic elm holds
kingly sway. It's yerdant robes flowing
with regal and sacred grace.
Said the Senator whose form We
have just glimpsed. to colleague he
CHANGED to meet, I'm turning aside
long enough to pay my respects to
yonder magnificent elm. You mean, /"
said the other In evident approval,
you are about to call on tree!" And
why not? Trees have been the intimateS
and the inspiration of some Of the
tallest among the sons of men.
-
FT5I.a,.n v,o;noc -, &rnnc h,aA &Ira.v
never shout: they wait to be called
upon before they speak. Trees are
friends who respect our moods. But
II they are to be won they must be
wooed. Then it is that "the commu-
NEGATIVE trees begin to persuade us to
live with them in pensive meditation
and Quit our lives of solemn trifles."
But their confidence may be earned
only by one who, in spite Of crowded
schedules still finds time for date
with a tree.
Thoreau, the Hermit Of Walden
Pond, who, by example. undertook to
show his generation how many energy
and time devouring things men and
women could get along without, once
excused himself from q persistent vis-
itor by explaining that he must needs
go to keep an engagement that he had
with tree. The biggest and busiest
Of men never have felt that they had
to apologize for keeping tryst with q
tree.
Ruskin once wrote: mo man can be
far wrong in temper Of mind or way Of
life who really loves trees" Oliver
Wendell Holmes often left his home to
trudge many miles, always carrying
his measuring tape along so that he
might take the girth Of some great tree
Of which he became enamored. FIRE.
Quently the genial autocrat Of the
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at Bryant's Theater In New York in
1859. The composer said that the song
undoubtedly prolonged the Civil War"
because sit made heroes out Of un-
disciplined soldiers" Emmett was re-
Sponsible for many other hits. His final
appearance on the stage was at Mount
Vernon In 1908. when the local Elks
gave minstrel performance and Dan
agreed to be present and sing Dixie,
which he did with considerable effect"
On June 10. 1904. The Star quoted
the Milwaukee Sentinel. which in turn
cited Martin T. Burke OF
Gront in La Crosse. Wis. by mar
C.rlann riage cousin OF Gen.
Grant" and "the only sur
vivor Of the few men who were ASSOC
ciated with the great soldier statesman
in the famous old leather store In
Galena," as follows: capt. Grant re-
moved from st. Louis to Galena with
his family in May. 1860, and he inn
mediately went to work in his fathers
leather store there. When Capt. Grant
(came1 to Galena to take position IN
the leather store, Simpson and Orville
Grant, his brothers, and myself were
running it. Capt Grant was q well
come addition to the store force. II
has been said that Capt. Grant occu-
pied an inferior position In the Galena
store and did not draw enough salary
to enable him to live comfortably and
pay his debts. This Is not the fact OF
the matter. His position IN the store
was precisely that Of his brothers. Like
them he lived wen and met his Obli-
cations promptly. His work was Of q
general nature. He waited on custom
ers, filed orders. packed goods. weighed
in hides and did whatever else came to
his hand to do. He also drove out into
the country to ret orders from custom
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etters to The Star. /.
Pen-111mes may be used II letters carry
lDriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

in part, as follows: 1.-THE Senators and
representatives J. shall in all cases,
except treason, felony. and breach of
the peace, be privileged from arrest
during their attendance at the session
of their respective houses. and in going
to and returning from the same. e. :"
have always thought that the pur-
pose Of this provision of the Constitu-
ton was to prevent interference with
. Congressman's performance of his
duties. Conceivably, where the divi-.
sion on legislation is fairly even, the
vote could be affected If it were possible
to prevent few members from reach
ing the floor by having them arrested
on trivial or trumpet up" charges,
so the Constitution wisely gives them
immunity from such interference.
It never occurred to me, however
that 1t was the intent of the trainers
Of the Constitution to grant them inn
munity from prosecution for such of.
lenses. There is big difference be-
tween "arreSt" and prosecution" Con-
gressmen can find time to absent them
selves from the Sessions of their re-
Spective houses" for a great variety Of
reasons without apparently, endanger-
ing the Nations interests. It would
appear possible for a Congressman to
present himself in court to answer for
his misdeeds at time when he could
be spared from his congressional duties.
But when a Congressman presents
himself in court for trial and claims
immunity (and gets it, after he has
been found guilty and f1ped. it would
appear to be time to have this provision
Of the Constitution corrected, either by
an interpretation more in harmony
with what appears to have been its
original purpose. or by amendment. It
was certainly the intent of the found
ing fathers that the United States have
one class Of citizens. can't believe that
they intended to establish Congressman
as a. group privileged to violate the law
with IMMUNITY. And can't believe that
the majority of citizens want it that
way.
I. M. Confused.
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ers. In nearly every town in South
ern Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota, we had custom
er, and he called on many OF these
customers during the IL months he
was connected with the store. -. Capt.
Grant exhibited many excellent bust
ness qualifications. He was prompt
and systematic, close observer Of bust
ness conditions and a good Judge OF
their probable results. Possessing
high sense of honor himself. he was
inclined to trust others and often
found it difficult to refuse credit to an
unworthy applicant even when his
Judgment told him the case was du-
bious A few experiences, however,
served to remedy this virtuouS fault"
Grants home In Galena was "a plain
two-story brick house. situated In an
excellent neighborhood. The future
general and President. Mr.. Burke tes-
tilted, twas essentially domestic man
and most excellent husband and
father"
The star for July Is. 1904, carried a
dispatch from New York. reporting:
Alexander Hamilton,
In Honor the father Of the Con-
az Hnm;lton stitution,' who died on
July IL. 1904. from q
wound received in duel with Aaron
Burr, was honored by exercises at sew
eral places in the city yesterday, the
centenary of his death. Most impressive
of all was an impromptu memorial
service held at his grave in the church
yard Of old Trinity Church. The request
had been made by the centennial COM
mittee which had charge Of exercises
held at Hamilton's old home, the
Grange, that exercises BE- held at the
tomb. At noon, owing 10 . misunder-
standing. no reply was received from
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the church authorities. Several persons
Nathaniel Pendleton Rogers. great
grandson Of Nathaniel Pendleton. who
was Hamilton's second in the duel, and
r. 8. Aleshire Of West Virginia, a
great Of Hamilton.
They were standing at the grave when
three or four other persons approached.
Among them was Albert H. Walker, a
well-known patent lawyer, who is an
admirer of Alexander Hamilton. Mr.
Walker, on learning that no exercises
would be held, asked permission of,the
sexton to conduct o memorial service.
Several hundred persons also attended
memorial meeting held In the after
noon on Washington Heights at One
Hundred and Forty-second street. A
platform had been built around the Is
trees near the Grange. where Hamilton
lived. The trees were planted by Ham
ilton himself as q memorial to the Is
States. Forty members of the Alexander
Hamilton Post, GAR, the band OF the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum and 300 chill
dren from the asylum took part in the
exercises. There were 1000 present"
A paragraph in the society column
of The Star for July is, 1904. reported
q surprise party
Elsie Carpenter given Elsie Carpen-
Surprised ter. then -. at the
home Of her parents.
43O p street NV. Among the guests
were Helene and Ralph Saffell, Ruth
herman, Mary and Katie Wells. PAUL
inc and Grace Mcvey. Gladys and Lin
ton Some, Lille, Isabelle and Edith
Bontz; Mary and Ethel Walters. Flor
ence Payne, Elaine Kennedy. Willie
RAY. Harold Pindell. Willie Davis and
Corhin Rudy.
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Case Of Immunity

Our lawmakers at times display
disgusting patterns of behavior for our
young folk to follow. Recent instance:
Democratic Member Of Congress Eber-
harter objects to q policeman doing
his duty in a traffic matter. However,
the Congressman when taken before
a Judge Just wanted ITO be treated
with fairness and courtesy and did
not want the charges dropped because
he was Congressman He was then
found guilty and fined SIS and costs.
The case eventually was dismissed
when the Congressman had change
of mind and avowed IT feel COM
pletely and totally justified in claim
ing immunity"
What man!
Mrs. N. r. Street.
Legislator Valves Immunity
falls back on the poor taxpayer to pay,
the bill.
Why do we have to get such people
to run our Government? I don't think
there is any question in the minds of
Star readers that the officer was do
ing his sworn duty, but as lesser
PANAAS 0SAVdAV A4C Id PAS44CU dIOQI1Q
by a big shot, bent on inflicting his
opinion and wishes where he should be
preserving his dignity and self-respect
as an example for others.
We can all cry immunity when we
are licked. but we should pay off when
We are dead wrong.
C. C. Crockett.
4
As an American I am DESTROYS of
knowing as much as can about our
system Of Government and our way Of
life. read the Constitution of the
United States at least once year and
try to understand its provisions. Most
Of them appear rather clear, but every
now and then something occurs to
make me wonder II understand what
] read.
Article I, section 8, Privileges OF
Senators and Representatives" reads,
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breakfast table had d date with GER
tain grand old. oak ct Beverly, Massa-
cllusetts, which he never approached
without o bow and genudecti0n. OF
that tree he said to the friend upon
whose land It stood: "Ah. John. you
think you own that treel But you don't.
It owns you"
To the author Of one Of the most
widely read novels q date with GER
tain tree was always q signal to ex-
ercise his own highest literary facul-
ties. This Is indicated as he REM
inisces: 1.-THE greater part of my work
has been done ct home, my favorite
beneath an old beach tree. Often when
its thick foliage has protected me with
its cooling shadow it has been the only
witness Of my mental struggles
But often an engagement with
tree does not mean that one, like
galley slave, is to bend in mental
toll. It rather beckons to an escape
as to an oasis from the clutching
claims Of the dusty road. James Rus
sell Lowell. who once said he cared
more for his trees than his books,
advises that every man should some
times retreat into the heart Of the
woods and closet himself in the rustling
privacy Of leaves. SO that there one
may find peaceful pleasure, respite
from nagging necessities, throwing the
pack Of Fostering plaques which pursue
on his scent by taking to the many
scented woods. Wordsworth has sug-
geSted In deathless phrases what en-
richment may come to the spirit as
recompence for q date with trees, when
he wrote:
One impulse from a DernGl mood
May teach you more OF man,
OF moral eDH and OF good,
Than all the sGOes can.
An outstanding essayist on whose
rhythmic pages words are set to music,
and who is remembered by those who
were privileged to know him as q
courtly, cultured, knightly personality,
passionately loved trees. He believed
that tree comes nearer to having q
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From the Birds Point of View

One must view with mixed feelings the
Ottawa report that the Whooping cranes
nesting place-its greatest secret-haS at
last been discovered somewhere in the re-
mote parts of Canada.
In sense, OF course, this may be very
good news. For the ce-plentiful whoop-
ing crane is virtually extinct, and II It's
breeding grounds are now known, then
measures may be possible not merely to
save 1t from vanishing altogether-like the
dodo or passenger pigeon-but also to en-
courage it to stage comeback that might
enable it to multiply and thrive perna-
nently in large numbers.
But such prospect seems at best to
be extremely "iffy," and there is some rea-
son to doubt that the whooping cranes
themselves would welcome it. At any rate,
for long, long time now, they appear to
have been passionately intent upon frus-
trating and escaping mans every attempt.
carried out by plane and other means-to
pursue and track them down to their hid
den nest in Canada, whittier they ny each
summer after their regular winter soJourn
deep in the heart Of Texas.
This evasive action on their part, this
persistent and systematic elusiveness, GER
tainly suggests the possibility that these
rare creatures do not want man to NEEDLE
in their affairs. And who can blame them
If that is how they really feel? Who can
blame them If they are allergic to becoming
plentiful again only to be shot down by
hunters or rounded up to spend the rest of
their lives in ZOOS Gagged. earthbound and
tremendously unhappy?
SO the report from Ottawa, much as It
may please ornithologists, must be read
with certain measure Of reserve. For the
man-fieeing whooping crane, taking q
bird's-eye view Of 1t, may well regard 1t IS
bad news indeed.
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Thoiond Willing to Fight

The Department of Defense has made
Fortnight and timely decision In APPROX
ing "a new and additional military assist
ance program" for Thailand. For In cur
rently beleagured Southeast Asia, ThaiIand
stands as a country determined not only to
defend itself against Communist aggression
but to aid In fighting such aggression else
where. It has done so already in Korea
with men and airplanes; and 1t has done so
in the United Nations General Assembly,
with vote branding Red China Ias an
aggreSSor In Korea. It was one of the first
states to halt trade with Communist China,
it announced quickly its readiness to join In
a Southeast Asia alliance against commu-
niSm and It recently offered military-baSe
rights to anti-C Communist powers.
Thailand has been receiving American
military assistance for some time past. We
have training mission In that country, and
about 500 air and ground officers Of the
Thai forces are In training here. Enlarge
ment Of this program has been negotiated
during the past few weeks with Thai mil
itary mission In Washington for that pur-
pose. The announcement Of snew and adj
ditionap aid did not, quite UNDERSTANDABLE,
explain In detail what is to be done but the
encouraging thought Is that this Is not to be
another case Of "too little, too late"
Throughout the Korea and Indo-C China
crises there have been authoritative voices
raised to say that an aggressive training
program under American supervision could
field the number and quality of native Asian
troops needed to check Communist aggres-
sion on that continent. General Van Fleet,
who trained Greeks and Koreans success
fully, has been foremost advocate Of this
means of defending the free parts Of Asia
at a. cost tremendously less than that Of
putting American troops into the field. In
his opinion, preparedness packages" Of
about 10 trained and hardy divisions could
save countries like Thailand, Burma, Ma
laya and Indonesia from Communist abb
sorption.
Thai1and is strategically located in this
troubled area and It's resolutenesS may boil
ster the morale OF its neighbors. The Amer
lean decision now having been made, 1t is
hoped that its translation into action will be
undertaken promptly and aggressively.