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Evening star., 1954-01-10

Russia's scheme for advance has been
solely one of ambition, devoid of even
the attempt to recognize the existence
of ethics beyond the claim of superior
holiness, and at last she has hood
winked or hypnotized the nations or
so enmeshed them under her influence
by her SleepleSs intrigues that unless
Christendom arouses itself to action
she will have the whole Of Asia and
dare America to hold fast to her claims
for a share of the markets of Asia.
And yet there is nothing to RuSsiaS
diplomacy but a consummate genius
for perfldy. Once let this fact become
generally understood and the spell
would be broken and half her influence
would vanish. The present dif11culty
between Russia and Japan results en-
former, the latter having justice en-
tirely On her side"
The Star for January 13, 1904. con-
tanned two columns of specials" at
Goldenberg's, Seventh
Goldenberg's street around to K, de-
Bovooins scribed as exceptional
bargains in "the month
of greatest retailing opportunities. At
A cents each no girl, size 18 to 80.
needed to be without good quality
Coutil corset Similarly, no family
was required to forego the pleasures of
the game Of Pit at 35 cents deck.
Meanwhile. sable fox boas and blended
brook mink imperial long fiat scarves
were $3.50 each. Curtain ends, "hand-
some effects in Gable, Renaissance.
Arabian and other laces." could be
bought at 20 cents: and Scroll-Stitched
quilted comforts, filled with pure white
cotton prepared by special antiseptic
process" at $l.39. Mems suits. "the
seasons best styles. including all-wool
black Thibet and unfinished worsteds
and neat-patterned fancy fixtures in
worsteds and cheviots." were offered at
Evening star., 1954-01-10
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UriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

good faith with a criminal. He must
be prevented from doing harm. If we
cannot capture and restrain him, we
must be on guard against him. But
deal with him Is silly after he has given
ample notice that he will not recognize
his commitments.
p, OF course, it may be comforting to
hear Mr.. Mellett change his reference
from super patriots (those who disagree
with him) to respectable citizens and
unimpeachable patriots (When they
agree. But how much realism is
there in the thought of driving a wedge
between criminals to recognize and
deal with both. thus encouraging and
assisting them to continue their in
humane work at home and their SUBJ
version abroad? Even II wedge could
be driven between them Con which we
can only Speculate) We shall have ac-
cepted as "neighbor" second vicious
element. distinction must always be
maintained between totalitarian gov
ernment and its people)
Mr.. Mellett then gives us the prize
example Of double talk: None Of this
means that recognition of China is
coming soon, if ever. or that we ever
will cease to veto her admission to the
U.N 1t means only that good many
good Americans seem to be changing
their minds tsic) and taking a less
adamant attitude" If we will never
recognize Red China and never cease
to veto her admission into the U. NJ,
what is all this talk about? And what
matter if his good Americans" are
taking less adamant attitude? Actu-
ally. it seems that Mr.. Mellett is bit
frightened by his own propaganda and
his brashnesS in urging it. Hence,
having argued for recognition by claim
ing that 1.-The best people, are for it.
he hastens to reassure us that it doesn't
mean anything and We need not fear
that it will come to pass. Indeed it
will not come to pass so long as we
are not taken in by double talk and by
resort to expediency without principle.
We may not agree on what is right
and what is wrong. But in all decency
let us try to find what is right in
principle. and pursue it without mis-
taken notions Of expediency and tenn
porary advantage. Lloyd Buchanan.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Spires Of the Spirit
This Way Out

An amazing phenomenon OF this age
of discovery is the vast amount of
knowledge which is not used. It is
like tested remedies whose healing
balm is ignored and kept in sealed con-
tainers upon the shelves Of drugstores.
For instance. present knowledge re-
garding physical welfare, If applied,
would add years to life and also life to
years. It is common knowledge now
that. to large extent. we are what we
eat It is much more important to count
calorieS than currency. True, on a
planet where more than half Of the
"a billion members Of the human
family 60 hungry to bed each night.
no culinary choice is presented. But In
privileged America. with its wasteful
menus, multitudes go right on digging
their graves with their teeth, ignoring
signboards reading: This way out to
more abundant life"
However, bodily malajustments are
by no means always the result of law
less living. The annals Of afliction bring
revelations in inspiring sagas that the
happiness which all normal humans
seek is not the automatic fruit of physi-
cal health. The one who with gallant
gaiety of spirit wrote. "The world is so
full Of number of things. am sure
we should all be as happy as kings"
was none other than that master of
the dour land of the counterpart.
Robert Louis Stevenson. He wrote his
poem on Faith" with his arms tied to
his sides. to prevent hemorrhage, as he
scribbled those brave lines with pen
clinched between his teeth. Irresistible
joy glowed in his morning face and
flowed contagiously from that pen.
But the Blue Bird Of Happiness
seems a very elusive creature. To be
sure. the American Declaration of In
dependence declared that all men have
right to the pursuit Of it. However,
even that immortal document could
not guarantee that that dazzling bird
ever would be captured. While the
secret of obtaining 1t is well known, the
great tragedy is that most people look
for 1t in the wrong places. These de-
luded ones are, as Edgar Guest puts it,
Forever seeking happiness and always
finding something less
1t is that disappointing something
less which is the dismal penalty paid
by those who miss the shining mark
and thus never know the durable salts
factions which are the bliss of existence.
The hoped-for happiness which men
vainly seek in the mere attainment of
power or fame or material possessions
is shown for all time to be the empty
thing it is in the significant confession
Evening star., 1954-01-10

A telegram from Chicago to The Star
of January Is. 1904, said: August c.
Brucker. a postal clerk,
Misguided has been arrested on a
Philoteljst charge of stealing post
age stamps of large de-
nominations on letters addressed to
foreign countries. The postal authori-
ties say that chez admitted having
taken stamps for more than year, the
thefts not being discovered sooner be-
cause he was the last person to handle
the foreign mail before it was tied in
bundles. Brucker. it is said, declared
he wanted the stamps to add to his
collection"
Half a century ago the Russian en-
pire of that time was considered very
much the same sort Of
'Russion danger to the world at
Menace large as the modern Red
imperialism of the Soviet
Union is to the entire globe today. On
January II. 1904, The Star published
a special article by S. G. w. Benjamin.
reading in part: "The time has come
for a concert of the nations to resist
the vast Russian peril which threatens
the development of the higher civili-
zation underlying the mere material
and superficial civilization. Territorial
expansion of the United States has
mostly been by purchase. Even her
recent acquisitions. although lawful
compensations for an altruistic war,
were not accepted from destiny without
a large cash payment. A large part of
the British empire was aouired by
resistance to actual provocations and
warfare on the part of neighboring
peoples. Bombay. her first Eastern ac-
QUESTION, came as the dowrN of Kath-
crime of Braganza. The earlier growth
of Russia proceeded according to the
method Of the time and is not. there
fore, open to criticism; but since the
beginning of the 10th century holy
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Letters to The Star. .

them any activity except in areas 100
per cent Catholic police force regu-
larly bans Catholic professions or out
door meetings even in areas where the
population is largely Catholic. The
Premier. Lord Brookeborough. has pub
licly advised Protestants not to employ
Catholics.
We should also consider whether to
give aid to the Lutheran states Of
Norway. Sweden, and Denmark. all Of
whose constitutions place bans on the
activities of Catholics and on Catholic
missionary work.
If we are going to make complete
religious freedom a must for aid, let
us do a good job and investigate re-
Strictions by all countries.
Harry L. MOsSler.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Fifty Years Ago in The Star .

$865. Buttermilk soap was 5 cents a
cake. talcum powder. 1912 cents box.
On January IL, 1904, The Star fea-
tured a telegram from Derby. Conn,
telling how Frank Rog-
Miser Dies ers. rs. of that town,
Of Hunger owner of 100 acres of
good farm land and hav-
ing SIS, 900 in bank at his disposal, had
periShed of starvation in his house at
East Lyme the previous day. During
the summer, the man lived on roots.
herbs and fruit. but when winter came
he refused to buy food" John Huntley.
a neighbor took meals to him periodi-
cally and tried to persuade him to have
a fire in the house to Offset the cold
but Rogers would not eat and declined
provision of warmth on the ground that
it might cause blaze that would de-
stroy the building. In the folk history
of the United States he certainly rates
mention with the hermitS and recluses
about whom Helen Worden Erskin re-
Gently wrote in her "Out Of This
World
On January 18. 1904. The Star dis
closed that the letters and papers Of
Martin Van Buren,
Mortin Von BuFen had been presented
Popers to the Library of
Congress through
the public-spirited generosity of Mrs.
Smith T. Van Buren of Fishkill. N. Y.
the widow of the third son of the
i~a fIA
was "a remarkable series of letters
which passed between Andrew Jackson
and Martin Van Buren,. They begin
while Jackson was President and con-
tinue to the year of his DEATH" This
material, The Star observed, was of
particular value in connection with
the papers Of Andrew jackson which
were presented to the Library by
Evening star., 1954-01-10

Of the unknown author Of Ecclesiastes.
who found it all ashes: II went in for
great works. built mansions, planted
vineyards, laid out gardens and parks.
bought slaves. had large herds and
fiocks. larger than any before me in
Jerusalem. amassed silver and gold.
I secured singers and many a mistress
mans delight. Richer and richer ]
grew. refused my heart no Joy. But
when I turned to look at all had
achieved by my toll and trouble, then.
it was all vain and futile" There it
is, put down in this ancient document.
the common experience Of the ages.
Ten thousand times ten thousand voices
declare that the pursuit Of happiness
for its own sake leads but to frustra-
ton. establishment and defeat.
The Great Galilean, who, as no
other, knew what is in man, who taught
with borrowed coin from a borrowed
boat. declared by precept and parable
that from life of boredom, cynicism,
jealousy. covetouSness,. safety, there is
only one way out. In what we call the
Beatitudes. He is saying for the ages
to hear that happiness never can be
found within the small confines of the
'T." His deathless sentences. each be-
ginning with Blessed" or Happy is
the man." have to do not with those
who have something, but with those
who are something. The Beatitudes
make crystal clear that the way out to
happiness is not found in possession.
but in compassion. The Supreme
Teacher always was saying to those
whose lives were stuffy and stagnant.
because they were selfish: THE way out.
to that for which you yearn, is to join
your life to the needs Of others. You
must stop storing and start pouring"
When some one tried to express SYM
pathy to Wilfred Grenfell, toiling on
the frozen shores Of Labrador facing
dangers and enduring hardship for the
Evening star., 1954-01-10
New Measurements of Time

Four research scientists at the University
of Manitoba have developed new machine
allegedy making it possible to date carbon
bearing matter from as far back as 10000 years
ago. BY the operation of this device, its inven-
tors say human bones, fossils and vegetation
may be dated to within decade of actual age.
The gadget differs from the Geiger counter used
by Professor w. F. Libby of the University OF
Chicago who has dated specimens up to $4,000
years old. It is scntillating or Spark-diftuslng
affair containing derivative of carbon dioxide
in which the material to be tested is disinte-
grated Resultant light flashes are registered
by an electronic eye. The age of the specimen
is established by study of the rate of dispersal.
Experiments with the Manitoba machine
already have shown that it is applicable to relics
of the earliest humans known to have lived in
North America Further work has been planned
for the testing of material from which the
from period prior to the appearance of men
on the globe. 1t may be feasible thus to deter
mine lust about when the human race began.
Dr. Frank c. Hibben of the University OF New
Mexico believes that his researches with Gel
ger counter in Sandia Cave near Albuquerque
demonstrate an era when mammoths and men
were contemporaneous there He says the period
referred to was roughly 10000 years earlier than
our day. The University of Manitobas scntil-
lator pushes the calendar back to 10000 and
thus symbolizes a trend in archaeology and
ethnography. Philosophic implications are
important, too. They include the implicit
suggestion that humanity soon ought to be
mature enough to be intelligently humane on
a universal scale
Evening star., 1954-01-10
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain, United States Senate

Chaplain. United States Senate
sake Of the sick and needy inhabitants
Of the Northland, the great, good ply
sician turned with surprise and ex-
claimed: Don't pity me! I'm happiest
when I'm in Labrador!"
A day came when England's great
statesman. John Bright, felt that his
life had tumbled In. Disconsolately he
sat in the midst Of ruined rainbows
when his beautiful young wife, to whom
he was utterly devoted, lay dead in
their home. His friend Richard Golden
entered the stricken home with, of
course, words Of coincidence, but also
to say to John Bright: For you there
is way out. Your life is not ended
by this terrible grief. At this moment
there are thousands of homes in Eng
land where wives and mothers are dy-
ing with hunger. Come with me, and
we will never rest until the unjust
Corn Laws, which have brought this
suffering. are repealed" And John
Bright found himself in thrilling
crusade for others. All such follow One
who, with an ignominious, agonizing
cross so close that it could be felt, said,
For their sakes ! dedicate myself"
The most stupendous journey one
can make is from II" to "We." The
personal pronoun 'I'' may be but a re-
voting squirrel cage, getting the pant
ing prisoner nowhere. There seems no
way out. But there is. There is an
emancipation exit. 1t is under the
most potent word in the language.
we. And it reads: This way out to
bleSsedness, brightness and bliss" That
way out is missed by the cult Of hap
pineSs-seekers who never get away
from the personal pronoun and who
would reduce God himself to a Santa
Claus who comes down their chimneys
to flll their stockings with their desires.
Bernard Shaw gives US the conclu-
sion of the whole matter in striking
statement which might well be called
This Way Out: This is the true JOY
of life: The being used for q purpose
recognized by yourself as q weighty
one. the being a force Of nature, in
stead of a feverish little clod Of all
ments and grievances complaining that
the world will not devote itself to max
ing you happy" Blessed, thrice blessed
is the man who sees in time the'"This-
way-out" exit from the tyranny Of the
personal pronoun and from all the
empty existence Of selfishness. It is
plainly marked Others" and leads to
the only true joy there is and, at the
last, enables one to say: II am happy
and grateful for the causes which have
used me-"
Evening star., 1954-01-10
The Guaranteed Annual Wage

The disturbing statistics of increasing
unemployment and forecasts of 1854 business
recession have served once again to stimulate
interest in certain labor quarters in obtaining
contractual guarantees of an annual wage.
Unions of the C1O, Concentrated mostly in the
ass-production industries which are most
severely affected by downturns in the business
cycle, have given the greater attention to this
possibility Of stabilizing employe income. The
big labor organization has favored the principle
in convention resolution, and the Steelworkers
Union is expected to ask. in negotiations due
this spring, that it be embodied in the next
contract with the steel industry The United
Automobile Workers, another major CIO mem
ber, also is seeking this type of income protec-
ton and Walter Reuther, president of both the
UAW and the parent body, has described it as
"the next major goal Of our union perhaps
the most fundamental and far-reaching bar
gaining demand that the American labor move
ment has advanced throughout its history"
Actually the first annual wage-guarantee
plan was negotiated in 1894 and there have
been varying numbers of such agreements ever
since. Labor Department Survey in 1882 how
ever. showed that less than per cent of about
$500 collective bargaining agreements then in
effect contained such provisions. Guaranteed
wage plans take many forms. Some provide
what amounts to an extension of unemployment
compensation; others are features of employer
plans to spread production a full year;
others provide loans against future wages.
On the whole, industry has opposed the
annual wage. The heavy industries, for example.
claim that production demands not only are
cyclical but largely unpredictable; that main
tenance of high payrolls in time of business
decline would threaten bankruptcy and would
discourage risk investment needed for expan-
sion. u S. Steel estimated that If wage guar
antees had been in effect in the mid-193Os the
company would have used up its entire cash and
securities reserve in one year.
The AFL while not opposing the principle,
has taken realistic position on the matter. For
example, Boris Shishkin, director of research.
in a recent address said:
Annual wage guarantees may be appro-
pirate in some industries and unsuitable in
others. an employer who has no assurance
of the future volume of business is ILL
equipped to underwrite wage guarantee to
his workers. In highly irregular, unstable or
casual forms of employment annual guaran-
tees obviously impractical.
With Congress due to consider labor legis-
lation and the administration concerning itself
with factors bearing upon the economic trends,
the idea of guaranteed annual wage plans prob
ably will be talked about in other places than
around the collective bargaining tables. 1t
seems clear, however, that only in labor-industry
bargaining-in the light of each industry'S cir
cumstances-can the feasibility of such guar
antees be determined The record of past exper-
iments argues for extreme caution in forcing
such an obligation on companies or industries
not clearly able to accept it.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
zStote of Columbia

Senator Case is going to have his staff
explore the idea of giving the District Of
Columbia voting representation in Congress
and in the choice of President and Vice Pres
ident, by legislation, without amending the
Constitution.
The idea is not new. One of it's distn
.gushed advocates in the past was the late
Frank Sprigg Perry a Washington lawyer,
former assistant United States attorney and a
professor of constitutional law at Georgetown
University. His argument appears in hearings
before the Senate District Committee, 67th
Congress November through January of 1922
Mr. Perry believed that Congress should
and could create the State of Columbia
perhaps with the consent of the Maryland
Legislature, which originally ceded the area
to the United States, although such consent
might not be necessary. There is no clause
in the Constitution, he argued, which expressly
authorizes Congress to erect State out of the
land upon which the Federal City is located.
There is, however, no clause which prohibits
1t, and he held that if Congress exercises
political powers over the District similar to
those it exercises over the territory or other
property of the United States-and he believed
that to be the case-then legislative act can
create State out of the District of Columbia.
The idea of statehood for the District Of
Columbia, however, has never been popular,
for number of reasons. The concept of city
State, of such a small area, has been repugnant.
The sovereignty which accompanies statehood
would seem to clash with the constitutional
provisions assigning to Congress exclusive legis-
lative authority over the seat of Government.
These have been among considerations which
have persuaded most of the lawyers in the past
that constitutional amendment was desirable
IIH1
Congress the power to grant national voting
rights to citizens of the District without
creating a State.
Perhaps the most interesting point to be
developed by the sort of study that Senator
Case has in mind is whether, by legislative
action comparable to the creation of a State,
Congress could create unique type of State
in the DiStrict-under its powers OF exclusive
legislation-with limited powers Of statehood
conforming to. and not challenging, national
sovereignty. There is general agreement that
congressional control over the seat of Gov
ernment is desirable. Such State would not
be on an equal footing with the other sovereign
States. 1t would be new sort of State, and
might not be called State But it would con-
form more closely to fundamental principles
of representative government than the existing
anomaly of voteless Capital of the United
States
There is subject here worthy of careful
review If Congress has the power to create
? new type of State in the District, reserving its
AeWn sovereignty but permitting the people of
Washington to be represented in that Sover
eighty, the accomplishment of that objective
would be more Immediately attainable by legis
@Iation than by constitutional amendment
Senator Case might find it advisable to call on
other authorities for expressions of opinion,
and not confine the research to his own office
staff