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Evening star., 1954-11-03
Diplomatic West Point

Bishop q. Bromley Oxnam's recent
pointed remarks before a meeting of
some 800 Methodist ministers and their
wives. as reported in your issue of Oc-
tober IL, recall to mind an article he
authored for the old Pathfinder maga-
zine some three years ago. In that ar
ticle. he bemoaned the fact that in
his world travels he was forever being
confronted at the various American
embassies abroad with men who re-
ceived their academic training at
Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.
It was the bishops thought that this
was an intolerable situation manifestly
expressing Rome's desire to inhltrate
the American Foreign Service. With
Georgetown as the diplomatic West
Point, there was need for action: POSI-
tive resistance and, If possible, elirnl-
nation Of the threat to the security
Of the service. The role Of counter
agent was assigned by the bishop to
American University.
The thought, of course, which comes
to mind Is what of the vast majority
Of Americans in our Government
Offices abroad who were graduated
from the various Ivy League schools
and some Of our larger State univer-
sites? Certainly they are not all Cath
olics and just as certainly they are
far from coming under the guidance
Of the Georgetown influence. Too, the
bishop might well inquire into the great
number of Protestants who are gradu-
ates Of that sinister school of inter-
nofinYol A be nf fHo
Potomac. He would be surprised at
the proportion. And, Of course, the
question comes to mind as to just what
position in affairs of state Bishop OK
nam's diplomats and representatives
are supposed to take. This writer erro-
neously picked up the idea that Ameri-
can policy and not Catholic, Jewish or
Protestant policy was to decide our
course of action in all cases.
Since the writer is an alumnus of
both Georgetown Foreign Service and
American University Graduate School.
he feels that his comments are not
entirely out of school when he describes
the good bishop as something other
than an academic Louis Bean. For to
say that American University can build
q foreign service school by 1860 to
compete with Georgetown is to deny
all the rules Of evidence. It would seem
so much more appropriate If the efforts
Of the Methodist bishop were directed
toward raising the standards Of those
departments of the university already
In existence before taking of wildly
into uncharted waters. i7-
Finally, the calculated insinuation
that Georgetown has nefariously irltil-
trated the State Department. United
States Information Agency and other
agencies abroad is in the first instance
comical and in the second instance
downright insulting. It is true that
Georgetown graduates comprise large
number of Foreign Service personnel
Second only to Harvard, but all are
there through merit and each speaks
his own individual voice with his own
conscience and the Policy Planning Di-
vision of the State Department as his
guide.
T. F. L.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Tvs Influence on Juveniles

Since children initiate naturally. how
can 1t be reasonably concluded that
crime stories which are promoted so
extensively through movies. television
and radio do not contribute to the
detriment Of young, eager listeners?
Who hasn't seen many o tense. be-
wildered youth devour these emotional
horror dramas with engrossed NOR
bidity? Their sense of values Is not
established so as to know what to
sift and what to justify.
In one weeks time no less than q
plots dealing with crime. mostly mur-
ders, were scheduled for Tv enter
tainment.
Parents can guide children to a GER
tain extent, but hardly successfully
against the force of this increasing
influx Of such hideous types of amuse-
ment.
Growing minds as well as bodies
need healthy diet.
M. M. Bache.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Retrospect

You haue so many memories to hold.
So many treasures wrought of
yesterdays.
You hdUe a tDealth of precious spirit
gold
That shines throughout your friendly,
Thoughtful iDGys.
You often smiled iphen tears exposed
their threat,
You spoke in terms of courage,
hope, and cheer.
You found no time for tpords of ratn
regret,
Despair, or doubt, or pdralyztng fear.
You gaze so much OF self, nor gaze In
pain;
Your giving but increased your
ample store;
The hopes you freely shared somehow
remain,
Not less for being shared, but ereB
more.
Your cheering smiles. your iuords OF
hope reflect
The may to build a happy retrospect.
Florence Pediso Jansson
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Whut About Peress?

The Star editorial OF October %,
What's in a Name?" was interesting
as the withholding of the names of
those who approved the promotion Of
Major Peress Is not what we expect
from the military.
The military has become all-power-
full. General Lawton was silenced by the
Army and then retired. The Senator
from Wisconsin was allowed to function
until he started to fight Reds within
the military branch of service.
Why does the Army remain silent?
There is an answer-why are we being
deprived of it? We know our Army
must be strong for the defense of our
country, but we must remember that
too much power given to any one will
eventually be abused.
r. " n
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Strange Election

If there is one thing which this off-year
election clearly proves, 1t is that the Amer
ican voter Is an unfathomable and unpre-
dictable creature.
The supposedly "apathetic" voters
1ocked to the polls in numbers which
should make the experts blush. AS this
was written the Democrats appeared to
have taken the House by smaller than
expected margin. The Senate race was
photo-f1nish affair, with the Republicans
apparently clinging to lead that was
razor-thin. The final outcome will not be
surely known, however, until the last re-
turns trickle in-and perhaps not until the
question Of recounts has been settled.
What conclusions may reasonably be
drawn? Certainly the Democratic Gland
slide" foreseen by Harry Truman when he
went to the polls Yesterday turned out to
be mirage. That trend" toward the
Democrats which many of the experts were
pointing to week ago has proved to be an
elusive thing. Perhaps it was present in
the governorShip contests. But in the con-
gressional races the Democratic gains
hardly were better than normal for an Off
year, and may still prove to have been less
than normal.
Can it be said that the outcome is
reputation of the Eisenhower legislative
program? It would take quite stretch
of the imagination to make any such claim
If the farmers were up in arms, how did it
happen that Democratic Senator Gillette
was beaten in Iowa? Where is any evi-
dence that the voter protest against the
tax bill, about which so much was heard
when the measure WAS in ConpreSS fiplrpd
in the results? What about the Mccarthy
issue? If it was not laid to rest before
the election, it certainly has been buried
now. In the West, the Republicans were
supposed to be doomed by the administra-
tons power policy. But the voting pattern
does not bear out this supposition.
From it ALL one would think that Presi-
dent Eisenhower can derive considerable
satisfaction especially If the G. o. P. holds
the Senate. He laid his prestige and his
personal popularity on the line when he
plunged into his eleventh-hour campaign
to get out the. vote. His batting average
was not too good in the cases of the par
ticular candidates for whom he appealed,
but the overall result in many areas was
better than had been anticipated
Finally, there is the matter Of the ur1-
expectedly good Republican showing in the
West. It will take a lot of district-by-
district analyzing before any one can un-
dertake, with confidence, to say why this
came about. But at this writing it seems
fair to pin blue ribbon on Vice President
Nixon It looks as though his driving, de-
termined and, at times, bitter campaign
may have paid off.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Folly of Disarmament
C.. v. H.

Peace and the United Nations seem
to me, as to the Governor of Utah who
recently changed U. N. Day to U. s..
Day in his State, to be all but anti
thetic. Nations cannot be united for
peace.
This is certainly true if permanent
peace is to be maintained, for inter-
national negotiations-treaty-la and
its diplomatic scraps of paper"-have
sorry record as to peaceful accom-
plishment, with no prospect whatever
Of gradually" overcoming aggression"
or "colonialism" or imperialism" or
any other cause" of war. Needing
study are the causes, not of conflict
which is implicit in life's struggle for
survival-but of peace.
A recent Star editorial October 24)
speaks of the great powers" that
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Letters to The Star.

longer be tolerated by nation whose
leadership in the world depends not
alone upon material and defensive
strength, but upon the integrity. purity
and reality of her principles governing
her people, as reflected in the laws Of
the land. Inequality and prescription
by law must be attacked in every quar-
ter and in every State until such laws
have been expunged from the record.
Mrs. william T. Mason.
President, National Council Of
Negro Women.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Cupitul Transit Critic
T. F. L.

Just what is Capital Transit shooting
for in this city? think most people
realize that they would love to own
controlling interest in all the utilities
here, but I am one who hopes that
never happens.
Now they are trying to intervene in
the rate increase requested by the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. This should
raise a real loud howl from the citizens.
Consider the service that you get from
Capital Transit and the service from
Pepco.
My suggestion is give Pepco the raise
they deserve, and cut the fare on Capt.
tai Transit. until we get the service
we have been paying for these past five
years.
B. Waller.
Editors note: Capital Transit OBJ
jects to an electric rate increase be-
cause it is one Of the city's greatest
power consumers.)
Evening star., 1954-11-03
CoIumbio's BicentennioI Ends

The formal celebration of the 200th
anniversary of the founding of Columbia
University has come to an end, but the i'm
pact and influence of it are by no means
finished. Indeed, the utility of the bicen-
tennial very properly may be said to be only
now going into effect. The preliminary pro-
cedures begun year ago merely served to
set the stage for the drama of the past
week end, when scholars and government
officers from many different foreign nations
and all parts Of our own country collab-
Grated to call attention to the principle for
which Columbia stands-the principle of
the characterization of learning and of the
fruits thereof.
Admittedly, a different view prevailed
when the original Kings College in New
York was chartered by George II in 1854.
Government of the people, by the people
and for the people" was missing quantity
then. Equal liberties and the advantage
of education for all" even now is an aspira-
ton rather than an accomplished fact to
the vast majority Of living men and women.
The bicentenary theme of Columbia Uni
versity-"Man's right to knowledge and the
free use thereof"-still remains an ideal to
be labored for. This was the burden Of the
words spoken Saturday evening by Queen
Mother Elizabeth, representing her daugh-
ter, the sovereign of Americas Mother Eng
land, when she declared: "The need for
well trained, discriminating minds has
never been more real ;. # we are to resist
the tide of materialiSm and disillusion. it is
in universities such as this. with their tradi-
tions Of true spiritual values, that we must
Aud c11rnt
Other speakers echoed those Senti-
ments. The whole purport of the Columbia
celebration was toward the future-a time
already discerned as a period of storm and
struggle, strife and bitter sorrow unless
education in its widest and most pervasively
general application can prevent such a dis
astrous denouement. Queen, Mother. Eliza
beth, of course, has faith In Columbia and
in all other free institutions Of democratic
culture to equal the progress Of the past in
centuries to come. So must we all.
53
OF course, the electric light is a won
derful invention. Still, there was something
to be said for the old days when the worst
hurricane could do to the lighting system
was to blow out the candles.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

Q. How large a crew is carried by
the new atomic-powered submarine
Nautilus?-B. A.
A. The vessel is manned by II officers
and IS enlisted men.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

Pen-1Gnses may be used II letters carry
,Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject TO condensation.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer In an, op..,,or
o. dsct 6y writing The Evening Star infor-
tn nslSn n S1fes1 l2O0 Eye q. NV. washing.
return postage " se 49,
Evening star., 1954-11-03
By The HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. What unionized trade or profes.
sion is most highly paid?-J.WK.
A. Airline pilots are the highest paid
unionized group.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

OF course, the electric light is won
derful invention. Still, there was something
to be said for the old days when the worst
hurricane could do to the lighting system
was to blow out the candles.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Ferrer Suyored
Princeton Life

k1Al&&AX XWkgAlkJ.
jose Eerrer energes as q
nifty song-and-dance man In
Deep In NY Heart. proving
there IS no end to this mans
versatility.
On Broadway. he has di-
rected as many hits as he has
appeared In. He recently
completed directing and star
ring In the movie version of
his play. 'sThe Shrike."
Last year when he and
his wife, Rosemary Ciooney.
bought . Beverly Hills home
with tennis court, he took up
that sport as . beginner and
now Is at the stage where he
plays only with pros.
Same with chess.
How does he explain this
versatility?
II can't stand arnateurism
In anything. When ] start
something. I work ct it until
! become q professional at it.
But the secret Is that I never
start something that ! don't
enjoy doing.
That's why it took me five
years to get through Prince
ton"
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Butch Jenkins looked like
a star In Human Comedy.
but where Is he now2 Prob
ably much happier than II
he had grown into . leading
man In Hollywood.
(Released by NANA.) q
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Arc nriva.In ZOO Indlen I'd.

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Evening star., 1954-12-12
Diono IS Durable
Miss Lynn Among Few Child Stars
To Continue Flourishinq Career
By SheiIoh Grohona

when she reached maturity.
She's now Mrs. Joseph Pevney,
wife Of . bright young movie
director.
Jackie Cooper, who cried
buckets and became b star In
The Champ" with Wally
Beery. really had problems 90
he grew older. During ado
legcence he organized b dance
band. taking advantage OF his
hobby. Jazz drums. Now he's
doing moderately WeII as an
actor, but divorce, and tln-
happy romances have plagued
him ever since he reached
mans estate.
Jane Withers was such q
big-sI1ot star at III years of
age that Hollywood boulevard
was chock full Of Greyhound
buses crammed TO the door,
ways with elderly people from
all over the United States who
called themselves the Jane
Withers Fan Club" They paid
their own fares to journey to
the movie capital just to get
q glimpse Of their favorite lit
tie girl. But jamie has been
out Of work since she was old
enough to wear Hpstick In
public. A few months ago she
sued. Texas oil millionaire
William Moss for divorce In
q court trial that involved
custody Of their thres chill
dren.
illness Hurt Judy
Judy Garland's health al
most put an end TO her
astonishing career 90 q top
Hollywood star that started
when she was IL years old at
Metro. Overweight, physi-
cally and emotionaIIy ex-
hausted, Judy almost gave lp.
Her comeback picture, "A Star
u Born" which has Just been
released. win decide whether
Or not she still has Q Aim
career ahead. She's terrific In
the dlm, but the question IL,
can producers take the tenn
permanent that ran the budget
to t6 million.
Deanna Durbin. IA spite Of
MANY attempts to leap the
dangerous-yeary gap has had
to forget all about movies
Overweight, but not too robust
in health, abe now lives
quietly In Europe with her
third husband and new FAM
lily. Deanna has put all
thoughts OF q Rlarnorous
Evening star., 1954-12-12
HOLLYWOOD.

"a AAN - AAn1A - ~ - - A~e
Diana Lynn A just shout the
only screen luminary who has
managed to get through the
awkward years Of adolescence
TO be 3 bigger star now than
when she started. Currently
co-starred with Burt Lancas-
ter In THE Kentuckian. 2
Diana's professional Life for
the last six months has been d
rush from one picture to the
next, following her big success
in the London stage version
Of "The Moon Is Blue"
Diana came TO Hollywood as
q concert pianist at the age
of 10, and started her film
career as Ginger Rogers kid
sister In 1.-THE Major and the
Minor" Recent pictures in-
clude co-starring with John
Derek In THE Annapolis
Story" She just made the
starting date by the skin Of
her teeth because Of another
plum part she was Bob
Mitchum's leading lady In
Track Of the Cat" And the
morning she returned to Hol-
lywood from location. she had
to rush over to Paramount for
the leading role with Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis In
you're Never Too Young, !"
the remake Of ''The Major and
the Minor" only this time
around. Diana ID the love In
tereSt.
Others Less Lucky
Other adolescents haven't
been a. lucky. Tragedy. unhap-
piness, or marital difficulties
have burned the paths Of most
Of the great child stars. Start
ing with Jackie Coogan, whose
life has been marred with q
series Of court trials, divorces
and brushes with the law,
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Evening star., 1954-12-12

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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

strong position, doing satisfactory bust
ness, and making new investments in this
community.
The newspaperman is trained and YOU
might say hardened to irresponsible state
mfntS. He checks every statement. in Al
search for the true facts. 1t is surprising
the number Of statements repeated in good
lalth by people who have not made the ef-
loft TO assure their correctness. The calam-
NY hoWler is always ready to make ire
SPonslble statements and dire predictions.
Don't believe them until you have checked
them Tor correctness and don't re-tell Cos
Sip
1t is our humble belief that gossip is re-
Sponslble Tor much unhappineSs and mali
clous gossip is the objectionable sin.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

Let us hope il is not impairment
TO pass on few thoughts suggest
ed by this prayer Of Christ, espe-
cially with regard TO praying for
other people microscopy prayer
in the true sense is always un-
selfish, though one may literally
pray for other persons with self
ish motive. For instance. il a WON
an whose husband is a candidate
for office prays for his election.
that is praying for some one else.
right enough; but maybe she is
saying one word for him and two
for herself So an ambitious mother
might pray that her child would
make good in Hollywood and
bring home the baconD This is
not microscopy prayer in the
Christian sense. Christ's prayer for
others shows that he deeply and
completely desired their highest
good But he does not offer this
prayer in silence and solitude. He
prays in their hearing, they knew
they were on his heart We cannot
always pray in the presence Of
those for whom we pray; but it
does them great good to know we
are carrying them on our hearts
before God No service Of friend
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
Nothing You Ask?

Nothing you ask will be de-
MED. popular hymn says, But
the Bible does not promise that
Jesus never promised it What is
promised. and what is true. is that
the more our prayers harmonic
with the will of the God of Love.
the more surely they will find an
sWer Nov W& often pray for our
friends, as We do for ourselves,
that God will help them do what
they want to do, or get what they
want 10 have. or get rid Of what de
presses or pains them. Give them
what they want! is our cry. MANY
Of us are too selfish even to get
that far in praying for OthersD
But there is no guarantee that God
will give all men or any man, ex-
actly What he wants This poor
world would be in a much worse
mess than it Is, if God simply act
ed at everybody's dictation The
best We can ask for those we love
is that they may learn to desire
what God himself desires,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02

b. Ted Ke1fnf

If you are considering getting
closed tent for camping, first
De sure Of the size, and then worry
about the type. For comfort you
need a floor space OF 3X7 feet for
each occupant And if YOU are go
ing to use your tent for anything
more than a shelter. you need adj
d;tional room to stand UP. turn
around, store your duffel and per
hars do some camp work on rainy
days.
Now to help YOU to decide on
the type there arc Just four
main kinds here IS a digest
of an article IN sports Afleld mag
azine by Col. Townsend Whefen.
The umbrella tent This IS the
N t comfortable for summer
camping and family use It gives
you clearance TO stand up almost
out to the four walls. IT IS easy
to erect, particularly if you use
center pole Probably YOU VIII
want a waterproof llc0r cloul
sewed into the tent. Il keeps the
tent cleaner and makes It easier
to erect.
You can't roll up the walls OF
an umbrella tent FOR Ventilation,
so be sure to pitch It II the shade
1t should have a window with
mosquito net at the back, ana
veranda fly in front adds TO the
tents comfort Ordinarily IN
umbrella tent cannot be used with
a WoOd-burning stove or heater,
1t is fairly expensive tent
The Avail tent Tins tent IS
erected with three long poles
These can DC short metal sec
tons which you can carry III the
car, or YOU can cut tent poles at
camp site. II you plan 10 use lhe
tent in hot weather the walls
should be arranged 50 they can
be rolled up and tied, or else there
should be window IN tae rear
wall With mosquito net. For use
an cold weather " lth WOOD
burning stove, there Shouid PC ~
asbestos stoveplpe mole Inc g.
wall takes longer TO erect IMAM
most other tents.
The pyramldal tent--9ome py-
ranhdS nave walls oulelo uoii =
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-02
LENTEN MESSAGE
p 0 w Z r
For Today's Living

Salt is good; but If the salt has
lost its taste, how shall its salti-
ness be restored
On the desk in my dormItory
room I have a small sign a
question Of Just two words ONLY
LEFT-OVERS? Perhaps it seems
foolish to the other students who
breeze in and out Of the room,
but to me it has great significance
for behind it is this story
A Christian missionary and a
young communist in India were
discussing the relative strength
Of the cause each represented At
length. the communist said, with
the ring of conviction in his voice.
We are bound to win the world.