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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
By the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. is.
The AFL Transfers Union
opened a midwinter Executive
Board meeting today with Presi-
dent Dave Beck sounding a
"hard times" warning and ques-
tioning labor peace moves.
Mr.. Beck, chief Of the 1.3 mil
lion-member teamsterS union. hit
at Secretary of the Treasury
Humphreys money policies and
said they are responsible for the
present unemployment situation.
"Our present economic Situa-
ton can be traced right back
to the hard money policy
launched by Humphrey nearly a
year ago." Mr.. Beck said. This
search for. hard money has
brought on hard times"
The teamsters unions Inter-
national Executive Board was
expected either to reject out
right or throw so many condi-
tons into accepting proposed
AFL-CIO mo raiding" agree
ment as to place its effectiveness
in jeopardy.
AFL President George Meany,
chief proponent of the AFL-CIO
peace plan. left Miami Beach
today ahead of the opening ses-
sion of the teamsters board. Mr..
Meany has been trying to per-
suade labor unions to agree to
peaceful settlement of their
rivalrieS.
Mr.. Beck, who has called a
score of lawyers to the team
sters board meeting, was expect
ed to contend that the mo raid"
pact is illegal under the Taft
Hartley Act. The agreement is
designed to bar a union from
one federation against trying to
capture members already organ
lied by a union in the other
federation.
The peace agreement would
apply. however, only to unions
specifically signing it. The
teamsters. one of the largest
unions in the country. could vir-
tually torpedo the plan by a
veto.
That Mr.. Beck, who has con-
siderable ambitions to swell
teamsters membership, would
refuse to go along with the plan
was considered a foregone con-
cluSion as the teamsterS board
meeting got under way.
Mr.. Beck said the experiment
launched by Mr.. Humphrey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15

shortly after President Eisen-
hover took Office Of issuing Gov
eminent bonds at higher inter-
est rates had retarded credit, re-
stricted business activity and
Spurred the present unemploy-
ment situation.
Mr.. Beck said the auto indus
try was the hardest hit, being in
"the worst position in 80 years. "
He said used car values had de-
clined to the point where thou
sands of car owners are turning
their autos back to finance COM
panies for the balance due be-
cause they can buy the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Beck Sounds Note of Hard Times at Meeting

type car of used car lots for less
money.
Any one, Mr.. Beck told report
ers, can walk into an automobile
Salesroom with cash and buy q
new car at anywhere up to 80
per cent of list price-"and
that's a damn serious situation. I"
Comment from Detroit gave no
support to Mr.. Beck's statements.
Paul T. Graves, executive vice
president of the Detroit Automo-
bile Association, said: MIR. Beck
is as full of baloney as-but I
don't want to comment on that
at this time"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Aimed at ChiLd-Core Abuses

Montgomery CountyS new child-care hcens-
ing ordinance fills void that had invited neg
lect and more serious abuses in the operation
of nurseries and day-care centers. 1t became
obvious during investigation Of the death OF
child in a private nursery home last October
that the States loosely worded and loosely
administered licensing law was totally made
uuate in its control of such establishments And
1t was found that the county was without super
visory or regulatory powers despite the fact
that numerous of these quasipublic homes"
and centers were operating in Montgomery
County.
The new ordinance will require the regis
U;ation and licensing of all nurseries, day-care
institutions, boarding schools and similar places
Offering care for children under 16. The regu-
lations were drafted in way to exclude such
activities as baby-sittlng or non-professional
care by neighbors' children. Before license is
issued an applicants facilities must be inspected
and approved by county coming, fire, health and
other appropriate authorities Other rules in
administration of the establishment must be
complied with. Some of these rules have been
questioned, from legal standpoint, by the
county attorney 1t may be that the ordinance,
or parts of it, eventually will be tested In the
courts. At least Montgomery County has made
a good start toward safeguarding its children
from the hazards of unlicensed and uninspected
child-care facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

is being spent yearly under program OF send
ing instruction kits to every high school prin-
cipal In the COMMUNICATING to the school
officials the option OF introducing course
in how to make out Form 1040 in a way that
will be pleasurable to the Bureau and less
painful to the taxpayers. The response from
the teachers, Mr.. Andrews reports has been
enthusiastic and he estimates that the $4,000
is being more than recaptured by marked
increase in accuracy in the returns. His sta
tistics show, for example, that IS per cent Of
adults make errors in their tax returns
sometimes even to their own disadvantage
but that less than two per cent of the hot-rod
set gets fouled up when helping the head OF
family on the great annual chore.
Now if Mr.. Andrews could only figure out
some way for Junior and his sister to ante
up the payments, we old folks would look upon
March Is with less misgiving. Or perhaps he
thinks their day will come soon enough-and
he could be right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Spires of the Spirit

Perhaps no sally of Mark Twain has
been repeated more often than his
whimsical remark. Everybody talks
about the weather, but nobody ever
does anything about It," The humorist
of course was thinking Of the weather
as ubiquitous topic of conversation
whenever and wherever people come
together. 1t still is. Personal greetings
are likely to be. coupled with some
comment on the weather But no
longer can it accurately be said that
no one is doing anything about it.
Since Mark TWain'S days great
deal has been done. With constantly
increasing scientific knowledge, the
Weather Bureau talks about the wealth.
er in every newspaper Of the land and
in constant reports on radio and tele-
vision. These forecasts are vital aids
in making those who have to venture
forth. on land or sea or in the air. ade-
quately prepared to weather the
weather.
Now, just as any year is likely to hold
within its twelve months all extremes
of weather, SO every normal life must
expect to encounter not only blue days
and fair. but also cloudy skies and chilli
ing winds. The real test of what we
call our faith is: Will 1t enable us to
weather the weather when the forecast
is suggested by the old hymn about
the stormy winds that blow" and the
swelling tides of woe"? Thank God for
days of blessed calm, when the very
waves seem charmed and tranquil and
the heavens above are as sapphire.
But the hour will come when. perhaps,
on the far horizon will be discerned
cloud no bigger than a mans hand.
which will thicken and blacken until
all the heavens are covered with the
frowning harbingers of storm. Then
comes the test as unutterable loss. frus-
trated plans, bitter disappointments.
bereavement. trouble and difficulty
sweep over the soul. Certainlyno one
who takes life seriously can escape the
necessity of confronting situations
fraught with tragedy and in his own
soul coming to terms with trouble.
But we never will come to terms
with it by discussing the mystery of
evil or of suffering. Whatever men
and women want in hours of dread
and darkness is not an answer to a
problem but a power to carry them
through. The question never is: Why
do have to face this? But, now that
have to face it, how can do it?
How can I come through the storm,
escaping shipwreck of faith with that
faith intact and with even more of
the light of God shining in my soul?
The New Testament does not offer a
theory or an explanation. 1t offers a
power and victory. The power to be
more than conqueror is not in our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

selves. OF course, in these tense days
multitudes need to be helped to answer
the prayer, Take from our souls the
strain and stress" But, relaxing is
not the answer as to how to weather
the storm that some day will surely
wreck cherished plans and leave many
dearest hopes total loss That day
will reveal how deep are the roots of
our faith.
The cult of Woodworking does not
have the final answer. although that
philosophy has been elevated into al
most a national fad. A well-known
minister who has helped many to
weather the heaviest storms that
life can know has said warningly:
Many ministers who seem to preach
perpetually on peace and poise have
discovered the blessed word relax and
have compassed the whole Gospel into
1t. They are almost on the verge of
revising the Scripture to read: If any
man will come after Me, let him
relax: and Go into all the world and
keep down your blood pressure"
This gospel of serene and success
full life is very attractive, especially to
those who think of religion as an
escape. But if We are to follow Jesus
We dare not forget that His was not a
calm and successful life. He died on
cross.
Life is sure to bring some weather
not to be weathered just by relaxing.
To be sure, we have to control and
conquer our foolish selves. But victory
In life's sterneSt tests comes not by
calming ourselves, but by grasping some
one outside ourselves. greater than our
selves. Even in the midst of a storms
wild commotion the eternal promise is:
Il will keep that one in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on Me-"
One OF the bravest, most poignant
letters ever penned was written in the
freezing temperature of the Antarctic.
With driving billiards. sweeping across
the white wastes, from the camp of
Robert Falcon Scott and his compan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

For nearly "a hours" said The Star
for January 20. 1904, washington has
witnessed a steadily falling
HeoVy Foil cloud of snowflakes and
Of Snow the prospect of this being
the heaviest snowstorm of
the season when it began yesterday
afternoon has become fact. Coming
from the sunny Southland in mid
afternoon, the snow sWirled and eddied
around the tall buildings and swept
into every corner and Granny, every
moment increasing in strength and
force until at dark it had grown to
the respectable proportions of West
ern blizzard. without the accompany
ing high wind that marks those eff
forts of the weather to bury the in
habitants under mantle of feathery
fakes. Not for moment did the fall
cease, and the industrious household
ers INDUCED in three performances of
snow shoveling during the storm. one
regular and two matinees. Up to
noon today inches has fallen at the
gauge at the Weather Bureau"
Advertising in The Star for January
10, 1904, SakS & Co., Pennsylvania
avenue at Seventh
Buster Brown street, announced: 1.-The
Suits genuine Buster Brown
{ suits are solely sold by
us in Washington" Such garments,
it was explained. were named after"
the Buster Brown "of New York Herald
fame" They were made to. with
stand the pranks Of that young gentle
man." The suits worn in the play
Buster Brown" then being performed
at the Lafayette Opera House, "were
modelled after the styles we have in
stock and were made by the makers of
ours. There is a most successful COM
bination Of strength and style in these
suits. While in general outline they
resemble Russian blouse and sailor ef=
fects. they possess, many character
istics exclusively their own. =. Stimuli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

taneously with the theater production
we are showing the new line of Buster
Brown serges and homespuns and
cheviots in solid colorS and unique
patterns" Boys from 2l2 to 10 years
of age were the targets of the adver-
tiSements. Prices for wool suits ranged
from $495 to $3.50, for wash suits
from $3.50 to 81. Curiously, the Buster
Brown drawing used to illustrate the
copy did not include the famous Buster
Brown collar.
One Of the supplementary horrors of
the recent Greenlease kidnapping case
was the fact that scores of
GhouIs persons attempted to use tfE
In 1904 anxiety and beWilderment
of the child's parents to
their own profit. A telegram to The
Star of January Is, 1904, shows that
similar viciouSneSS was not unknown
half century ago. 1t was sent from
Chicago and told how three men had
been arrested for robbing dead and
dying victims of the Iroquois Theater
disaster. One of the trio was saloon
keeper charged with taking ,$199 from
Mrs. E. j. Trask of Ottawa, ILL.,. when
she was carried into his barroom in the
last few moments of her life. The
money was shared with bystanders in
payment for their silence, but they con-
fessed when Intercepted by police.
A meeting of the Short Story Club
at the Riggs House was reported in
The Star of January %,
Short Story 1904. Hyland c. Kirk
Club read his Skull of Mes
mer," Mrs. Jerome Hub
bard recited Jean MacGregor" and
1.-THE Lark" j. H. Whitaker presented
humorous anecdotes" and Mrs. c. S.
York discussed THE Sequel of the Su-
preme Test" Charlene Browne, Flora
Holden. H. p, Hoover and G. F. Jarboe
took part In the musical portion of the
program. In the audience were: Capt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Studying Mors

Earth dwellers soon may be hearing inter-
estng news about the red planet Mars. Inc
National Geographic Society and Lowell Ooserv-
atory at Flagstaff, Arizona, are sending DR.. E. 9.
Slipher and a team of associates to BlOenl-
fontein, South Africa, to study that celestial
migrant through 27-inch refracting Lamont
Hussey telescope, the most powerful sky-gazing
machine in the Southern Hemisphere. Mars
this spring and summer is expected to pass
directly overhead in its closest approach to our
own little speck of cosmic dust in 10 years. Care
full efforts will be made to photograph, the near
est surfaces as it speeds through space.
Dr. Slpher is an expert on that aspect of
astronomy His group will strive to obtain pic
lures from which map of at least half OF Mars
can be assembled It likewise will endeavor to
measure the planets diameter and to gain
better understanding of the internal compost
ton of Mars. Coincidentally, other teams will
operate at Mount Wilson and Palomar in Cali
fornia, using the 100-inch and the 2O0-inch
telescopes, respectively Amateur collabnrators
scattered all over the world have been invited
to report their observations of Marian weather
during the entire year 1854.
OF course, the famous canal" or chan
nels" seen by G. v. Schiaparelli of Milan in 1877
will be an objective of both DR.. Slipher's group
and the cooperating teams. Some students
believe that they prove the existence Of inteli-
gent beings on Mars; others are skeptical. If
clear, readable photographs of the continental
networks" are secured at Bloemfontein, the
reactions may be sensational.
Meanwhile. there is general agreement that
the planet named for the war god has many
points of resemblance to the earth. These
include seasons, vegetation of Sort clouds, day
and night, meteors and comets, possibly tenn
perature suitable for the .Sustenance of life as
we understand life. Mars Individually possesses
two satellites. They we're discovered right here
in Washington by Professor Asaph Hall of the
Naval Observatory, August II to 16, 1877.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Presidents Health Plan

DR.. Mattino!y. writing in your letters
column, touched on the heart breaking
fraud in the Presidents incredible
health insurance proposal 1t would
be like the $50 deductible insurance
policies on your automobile. You'd be
eternally bankrupt by the mishaps that
cost S4950.
Surely the health of the American
people is not so endangered at the mo-
ment that we need to take the Federal
Government into the field of health in
surance and let it mess things up so
that the private companies will no
longer give boot and eventually we'll
all be Government-insure and nothing
else. That's as GUM a prospect as 60
ing to the United States Employment
Service looking for a job. BY the time
you get through with one of these Fed
eral Government agencies trying to
solve your problems for YOU you feel
like nothing but worm and good for
nothing except the poor farm anyhow
l know from bitter personal experience
I collected my $50 week as a veteran
once. l would have starved before
going through the ordeal again.
What does the President think was
on the minds of the American people
when they voted Republican in 1852?
Has he swallowed the Stokes-Mellett-
Fleeson line that they voted for Ike,
but not the Republicans? Eisenhower
was running like a dry creek until
Robert A. Taft came out with his
Morningside statement insuring the
people that Ike really was a Republic
can and not Fair Dealer in violation
of the honest labelling provisions of the
Pure Food and Drugs Act. Has Ike no
best friend" to tell him this? Has
Ike no best friend to point out to him
the fine embroidered handiwork of
what Taft called the ever diligent
inventors of unnecessary ways to spend
the taxpayers money and NEEDLE in
the honest citizens business?
Unreconstructed Rebel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Spires Of the Spirit
Weotherinq the Weather By z:ssssss s:s=: 4o'''
By Frederick Brown Harris
Mjnister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.


Chaplain. United States Senate.
ions this letter was written by man
who himself was dying. That man,
Scott. was telling about his companion,
Edward Wilson. The letter filled with
pathos said: IF this letter reaches you,
Bill and will have gone out together.
We are very near 1t now. And should
like you to know how splendid he was
at the end-everlaStin cheerful and
ready to sacrifice himself for others.
Never word of blame to me for lead
ing him into this mess. His eyes have
comfortable blue look of hope, and
his mind is peaceful with the salts
faction of his faith regarding himself
as part of the great scheme of the
Almighty. / can do no more to COM
fort you than to tell you that he died
as he lived. brave. true man, the best
of comrades and the staunchest Of
friends"
The secret of spiritual victory, what
ever the test or storm or wreckage of
hopes, is that kind of faith. With that
reliance one can meet anything-the
faith that our own life. even with its
defeated hopes, has nevertheless place
in Gods great plan; and that In the
most devastating experience Almighty
love will not let us go.
ChriSt'S promise is never to lift us
out of storms, but to strengthen with
might in storms. And how often it is
that men and women who have met
great tribulation in their own lives
come out of that experience with a
wonderful new equipment for the Serv-
ice of God and their fellows! Their
pain is transmitted into power. There,
in full view of the ages stands Paul
with head lifted up, with level eyes
confronting life with its dangers and
furious opposition, yet crying: Il can
do all things with Christi"
That ability to weather the weather
is the essence of Christianity. What
a graphic description Paul gives of the
weather he ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, dis
couragements. betrayals, losses! But
he found power not his own that took
hold of him and held him in its mighty
grasp.
There are times when a man is lost
unless, acknowledging that he Is beaten,
he turns to God and asks for His grace
and power. This secret Of weathering
the weather is beautifully mirrored in
Toplady'S great hymn:
II on quiet sea. totCard Heauen Ue
calmly sail,
With grateful hearts. o God, to Thee
t0e'u own the taUoring gale.
But should the SurgeS rise, and rest
delay to come,
BleSt be the tempest, kind the storm
which driueS us nearer home.
Teach us in eUery state to make Thy
1Cilt our otUn
And, lChen the joys of sense depart.
to liUe by faith alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.

w. w. Case. Harriet A. Hosmer Mr..
and Mrs. Jerome Hubbard. Claire Bene-
dix, Margaret Haywood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert T. Fawcett, Mrs. M. L. Tanner,
Lucille v. Garrett, Capt Fred I. Dean,
DR.. Thomas Calver. Mrs. J. w. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uriah Roraback and Mira
NJ Metcalf.
On January 25, 1904. The Star re-
ported the arrival of the remains of
James Smithson at
Smithson Remains the Smithsonian In
Received stitution. They had
been brought from
Genoa, Italy. to the Navy Yard here on
the U. S. S. Dolphin. President Roose-
welt was represented in the party
awaiting the casket by F. B. Loomis,
acting Secretary of State. Others pres
ent were: Alexander Graham Bell and
his father, Alexander Melville Bell:
Rev DR.. Randolph H. McKim, rector
of the Church of the Epiphany; DR..
Samuel P. Langley, secretary of the in
Stitution: Senators Cockrell. Plat and
Frye and Representatives Adams. Dins-
more and Hit, and the British AmbaS
sador Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. A
battalion of Marines stood at attention
and the Marine Band played Nearer
My God to Thee" while the body was
Carried ashore. Troop F, 18th Cavalry,
from Fort Myer, escorted the caisSon
from the gate of the yard to the Smith
sonian Building on the Mall. A proper
tomb for the man who gave his for
tune to America for the advancement
of science and the diffusion of knowl-
edge" was to be constructed.
* X
The Star for January 26, 1904, fea-
tured lengthy cable from London an
announcing the
J. Whitoker Wright sudden death Of
Drops Decd the financier. j.
Whitaker Wright.
Immediately following his conviction Of
fraud and sentence Of seven years Pc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Redistributinq the Wealth

1t is surprising that a newspaper of
the caliber of yours would choose to
publish the letter captioned Man with
a Plan" in which the writer proposed
to rediStribute purchasing power
through taxation. He cited as typical
case man and his wife. past middle
age" who for number of years had
a fair income. and now have COM
Portable. adequately furnished home.
durable automobile, and sufficient in
vestments for old age" In their case.
he feels there are few material goods
that they still lack" and except for
current needs they have virtually
stopped buying" He not only sets
himself up as judge and jury to decide
what should constitute comfortable,
adequately furnished home" and pres
ent and future appropriate scale of
living for some one else, but he thinks,
moreover. that the income of these
people should be reduced by taxation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Getting Used to Life

Governmental indoctrination of youth has
been favored and effective technique OF
naziism and communism with results that gen.
orally are deplored outside the totalitarian
countries. 1t seems, however, that the practice
is being widely and rather popularity employed
in democratic U. S. A. with results that are
profitable in terms of dollars and cents. The
Internal Revenue Bureau, an agency that
fguratively will be looking over lot of Shout
ders In the next two months, Is understanding
an estimated 10 million high school students
In the gentle art Of making out income tax
returns.
Commissioner Andrews figures that $4,000