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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
This and That

Summer Is q good time to catch up
on ones reading.
A good book to begin with will cost
just IS cents.
It ID one Of the aristocrats Of the
paperbooks, q Doubleday Anchor edi-
ton of stories by Sarah Orne Jewett.
The first and longest story. THE
Country Of the Pointed FRS" is really
short episode novel. placed in the
State Of Maine.
It is q leisurely told tale Of the old
times, which. In comparison with the
present, seen quite perfect.
It is an amazing reading experience,
to contrast this gentle story with Ers-
kline Caldwells "A Lamp for Night
Fall"
The older story Is the reverse Of
Caldwell's modern tale Of the Maine
people.
The astute reader win realize. how
ever. that the people are the same.
Sarah Orne JeWett q name to con-
lure with around 1901 gives the good
side OF these people, whereas Caldwell.
deserving his Southern people for the
noncc. presents folks Of the State OF
Maine Is be sees them.
Here We have disparity Of viewpoint
and each has It's good side. Probably
in between we get the people IS they
really are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

and illumine his words. He has been
called PUCK in sack suit" and there
is no denying the spiritual. even the
facial, resemblance to that miSchievous
sprite, for all through his reading he
intersperses comments of delightful hui
NOR and salty wisdom.
THE one thing that. doesn't belong
in poetry is sociology" he said on this
occasion. Sociology is the term for
anything that's so grim it doesn't belong
anywhere else" At another point he
quoted the old adage: "A penny saved
is penny earned" and jumped on 1t
said. "A penny saved doesn't represent
anything but meanneSs. A penny earned
represents enterprise"
His comment is honest. his wit is
sharp and clean. He says of modern
poets: Il don't like them when they're
too proud to ten me what they're talking
about" Once he waved writer's of free
verse out of the conversation by re-
marking drily: "They want to play ten
mis- without net" On the occasion of
his Boston appearance he commented
on the naturally large number of Har-
ward men present. Then he drew atten-
ton to the presence also of his friend,
Poet Archibald MacLeish, and re-
marked: .MacLeish is SO Yale you can
pick q lock with him."
Frost the poet is indistinguishabl
from Frost the man. for he has lived
up to his oft-expressed belief that the
human virtue that counts most is cour-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
BY Charles E. Trocewen

The world Of men, in particular, is
divided into literary minds and math-
ematical minds.
The latter may read books, but print
does not represent for them the great
good.
They find that in something that
moves.
Primarily the chief mover is them
selves, then they want wheel to turn.
spring to rebound. They have to have
a gadget Of some sort.
To the real reader. the book is the
gadget.
The book takes him there and brings
him back. The book is enough.
II you want to know how Americans
used to live, what good lives they had,
get a copy of THE Country OF the
Pointed FRS" Here you will find q
fresh nation In It's prime. It did not
have motor cars. radio or television.
it had no juvenile delinquency problem.
it knew enough to mind its own BUSH
ness, and it thought well OF itself. It
was q country and o people without
doubt Of their manifest destiny to make
the most of themselves and their lives.
The paperbooks do great service 70
the American people when they bring
back Is the light Of the reading Day
such works as The Country Of the
Poinfed Firs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

Miss Jewett's "Best'' short stories
were collected about 1925 in two vol
umes, and the present paper-backed
edition is selection from these two
books.
IF the reader finds himself taking
liking to the gentle art of Miss Jewett,
he win probably 60 posthasting to see
If he can purchase the two volumes.
It Is this sort Of reading adventure
/. that makes bookland what It is. not the
--latest" books or the book clubs or
famous names. 81
It Is what q book may do to you,
what adventures 1t may cause one to
go on. Here is the great turn Of the
road for many a man or woman. Books
lure one on, and here one sign says.
This way to the world Of books. /"
The other hand on the sign says.
This way to travel. |"
You are either one or the other,
either the person who finds books all
suficient, or the reader who is spurred
on to physical adventure.
Note that we call both readers.
In our experience we have discovered
that those hardy souls who want to
set out for q tour Of Europe Just BE-
Gauss they have read good book on
the Old world are often not as In
sisfent readers as those who md books
suficient Tor al purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Her Voices Speak

Insistently, the city's Dotces speak
With tongues OF steel and glass OF
flame and roses
The siril, emphatic oosces. and the
meek,
Determined to be heard. And nina
opposes
with utterance OF its opn to drown
them out.
In hum OF dynamo and scream OF
tDheels,
The Doice OF commerce makes her 0dudv
shout.
Ercuisite small. the ooice OF rain
appeals. 49,,
The ctr has no secrets, tells no lies
she speaks to God whenever CHURCH
bells ring.
Her tales are told thunder or Dhssp@
size
with tongues that neuer cease Their
clanroring.
Echo on echo uoices reGppe1r. M
But only dreGmers take the time 70
Donno Diekey :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Dr.. Rhee il, Town

President Syngman Rhee, accompanied
by his wife, comes to washington today
with some Of his views still in conflict with
those Of our Government. But that should
not In the least diminish the warmth Of
the of1icial and unofi1cial welcome that Is
his due as one Of our Stanchest allies in the
free world.
For DR.. Rhee, more than most leaders
abroad, has won special place for him
self In the hearts OF the American people.
He has done so by demonstrating, together
with the valiant armed forces of the Re-
public OF Korea, fearless and unWavering
determination to save his partitioned coun-
try from the continuing threat OF Com
munist enslavement- determination ex-
pressed by his compatriots not merely in
high-sounding words but In great sacri-
fetal deeds that have well served the cause
OF freedom everywhere.
Certainly, considering the character of
those deeds, the views that DR.. Rhee Will
set forth here this week in his talks with
our highest political and military authors
ties ought to receive the most sympathetic
hearing even though some Of them may
seem to be extravagant or unrealistic In
the extreme. The most important OF them,
Of course, apart from his somewhat COM
planning attitude toward the nature and
scale of American economic aid to his
country, is this: That the Korean truce Is
q grave mistake, that persistent Com
munist intransigence and violations have
invalidated it, and that the United States
should therefore fully support a northward
offensive by the 6O0.000-man ROK army
(the strongest In free Asia) to drive out the
Chinese Reds, end the partition and create
united and genuinely independent Korea.
Needless to say, the United States is
not going to assent to course Of this kind.
It is not going to do so because it has de-
cided-as shown in our mutual defense
pact with the Seoul government that it
will not run the risk of starting an about
global war over there unless South Korea
is the attacked, not the attacker.
It is good, however, to have the re-
doubtable South Korean leader and his wife
as visitors among us. Washington and the
Nation as whole have every reason to
welcome him, and whatever honor is be-
slowed on him while here will. be an honor
to ourselves as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Publicizing Refugees

It seems almost incomprehenSibl
that the Red Fascists. whom we usually
compliment by calling them "Commu-
nists. y appear to be gaining in the ideo-
logical as well as the actual warfare
with the Western powers. There seems
to be only one possible explanation for
this, namely, that our international
campaign against this fascism has
failed completely either for lack, Of
money or lack of imagination.
The Russians busily are engaged in
the expansion of their colonial empire
which, for sheer ruthlessness and in
human exploitation of subject peoples,
can be shown to be, the worst colonial
system in the worlds history. And yet
we letathe Russians persuade ignorant
people all over the world to fall into
their trap by urging these people to
overthrow 'colonialism." Why are
these people not taught by the Voice Of
America that as Russian colony they
would be worse off than they have ever
been in the past? Why are they not
taught to fear the greatest colonial
power Of all time? Why don't we call
a spade q spade?
It would not seem to be too difficult
to prove what life is like behind the
Iron Curtain. The most obvious way,
Of course, would be to have recordings
and Aim records made by all escapes
from behind the Iron Curtain. Such
recordings could and should be made
and preserved for the judgment OF his
tory. If some of these were broadcast
throughout the world along with ex-
tracts from Russian literature showing
their degenerate plan to COLOMBO the
entire world, the peoples in Asia. for
example. would be able to make a more
intelligent appraisal of the Russian
colonial system.
Our schools also should have record
ings of this type available for study.
The amount of published information
now available to our school system con-
corning life in the IRON Curtain coun-
tries is woefully inadequate. No wonder
that some Of our teachers and other
intellectuals react favorably toward Red
fascisrn. They have no way OF finding
out what is behind the facade Of lying
propaganda put out by Russia. We are
helping Russia to iron-curtain its
colonies by not publicizing what can be
learned from escapes. If the Voice OF
America is too lacking in imagination
or too moribund to make and publicize
recordings Of all escapes disclosing
why they escaped and what their for
mer life was like as colonial slaves.
some new agency should be created to
undertake this vital historical and pos
sibly world-saving project.
Henry C. Parker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Senator Flanders Criticized

With all due respect to Senator
Flanders, it seems to this reader that
his resolution is vague. It's very vague
ness makes it unfair. He seems to be
censuring Mccarthy on these grounds:
81 Some historians warn that our
civilization may be ending. Mccarthy
is contributing to this gloomy picture
because of Confusing leadership" 20
Hitler was anti Communist. Mccarthy
is anti-C Communist. Therefore. Nc
Carthy resembles Hitler in all of his
more horrible aspects. (Does that make
90 per cent of us Fascists?) CD Cohn
and Schine didn't pay their hotel bill
and once slapped at each other on their
journey through Europe. The world
judges us by Cohn and Schine,
and Europe is now disguised with US.
Therefore, Mccarthy should be CEN
sured. az Mccarthy is anti-Semitic
because some anti-Semitic. pro-Mc-
Carthy crackpots wrote to Senator
Flanders. I5) Senator Mccarthy is try
ing to SuperSede Abraham Lincoln and
trying to push out President Eisen-
hover as number one boy" in the Re-
publican Party.
shouldn't the resolution read about like
this: Resolved. that the Senator from
Wisconsin, Senator Mccarthy, should
be censured for, the following reasons.
acts and conduct: Cd He is extremely
anti-Semitic Especially to Cohn and
Schine). (2l He is an American-style
Hitler-because he doesn't like Reds.
ca He is writing "finis' to our civiliza-
ton. "a He pushes his weight around
too much in the Republican Party.
New Englander.
X
Senator Flanders should return to his
green pastures. With so much to be
done, he should quit having his fun and
attend to matters of state. He adores
all his fame and enjoys having his
name in the papers. Has his brain gone
soft--up aloft? Come home and cut
hay. for you've had your day. Senator
Flanders.
Chester NJ. Way.
Middlebury, VT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
BY Irene corboIIy Kuhn

ENTEEN THOUSAND persons. most
Of them in their twenties and thir-
ties. listened in erraptured silence one
summer evening recently in Boston
while an old man talked to them. Their
twin tributes of silent listening and
thunderous applause when he had fin
ished were evidence Of Americas cul-
tllraI maturity as well as appreciation
and understanding OF the old mans
worth.
For here Is man who grew up In q
society and time In which Is was
thought effeminate, eccentric or stupid
for any one to be q poet. Since Robert
Frost was not .efieminate. eccentric or
stupid, but man with D strong, abiding
belief In his own talent, he went quietly
about the business of becoming poet
while he earned o living farming and
teaching, until, today, he Ii one OF the
great poets Of this century, yet so hum
BILE he thinks Of himself as q farmer
and teacher first and says: ITS for
the world to say whether one is . poet
or not" s
prize. Robert Frost at 80 is still the
{ Slt1Ilb VI JILL A4tCLeIy oCCAlSe 4&Ak, CECCks
his name Of white hair surrounding his
leonine head, the years sitting as easily
on him as the honorS he wears so grace
fully, Robert Frost stood for an hour
and q half in Boston's Public Gardens
reading without glasses, showing no IA
tigue whatever as he did the stint he
loves so well. saying" his poems. The
lights edging the platform on which he
stood Shone on him warmly, thinning
him for the listeners he could not see,
since they were out In the friendly dark
ness, sitting and standing on the grass
on the edge OF Beacon HILL Loud speak
ers hidden In the trees carried his words
to the vast audience. and his voice
seemed to be coming from everywhere
as the music Of his cadences drifted
down from the leaves.
Whenever in the future think Of
this night" he said, II shall think OF
myself as flock Of birds in the trees of
the Gardens"
Many people. like the Boston Festival
audience, have had the privilege Of
hearing Robert Frost SAY his poems.
He stands before gathering and re-
cites his lines simply and with no
attempt to dramatic the quiet verse
that Is SO close to everyday speech, SO
full OF the courage and wisdom and
serenity which are the hallmarks Of his
own life. His humor, quickness, sharp
penetration and perception underline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
RobertFrost Proves Poetry q Living Force

age" courage to act on limited knowl-
edge; courage to make the best OF what
is here and not whine for more"
Frost was born In San Francisco,
where his 18th generation New England
father had gone in search OF q more
adventurous life than q Boston law
ONCE offered, but he is rightfully consid-
cred q New Highlander. As q boy. he was
brought back to Lawrence. Mass. when
his father died. and all his work and
most OF his life have been identified
with New England. He went to Dart
mouth first and Harvard after he was
q married man.
For IL years Frost worked the lean
soil of his farm In Derry, N. H.. bat
Ting the rocks and climate. seeing his
children born, writing his poems. No
one paid any attention to his poetry
so he sold the farm and took himself
and his family to England. There Ed
ward Garnett. the literary critic, recog-
nized the genius in Frost's poetry and
wrote q glowing article about him for
an American literary magazine. The
editor published the piece without real
izing he had muffed the chance Of dis
covering the homegrown genius himself
and had rejected Frost's poetry.
In fact, Frost was 40 when his first
volume, "A Boys WILL" introduced him
to America. Since then he has risen
steadily, carving out his poems with in
finite care and patience. often taking
six years to finish one to his satisfac-
tion
If there is Impotence in Frost it is
with those Of little faith and no pur-
pose. IT don't hold with people who ask
where do we 60 from here?' wouldn't
get up in the morning If thought We
didn't have direction to 60 in, he says.
posturings and arrogance Of science, no
sacred COW to him. Indeed, the opening
lire of poem he read In Boston Is
"Smug science with her ministry Of
fear" and In 1t, he tears the hide on
scientists who invent super bombs and
then stand around and wiring their
hands at what they've done. 1--WE are
sick with space Its contemplation
makes us out as small /. as brief
epidemic of microbes" he read. Through
that audience so close to the Harvard
and M. I. T. laboratories. there ran a
tremor, like q ripple across the still pond
in the Gardens, and sigh that was
no more than an indrawn breath for
the world so few people know, the world
Frost has made for himself, a world in
which he and his life stand as serene
as the hills of view. the pasture Spring,
and the birches he writes about
Copyright, 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Steel in Red Europe

The Communist bloc's growing ability
to make the tools of war is reflected in the
latest statistics on European steel pro-
duction
Reporting for 1858, the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe estimates
that the Soviet Union and its European
satellites produced approximately so mil
lion tons - an increase OF about 5 mill
lion tons over the 1852 figure. This rate OF
increase, incidentally, has been steady and
consistent since 1949. Within the Commu-
mist bloc, the Soviet Union is the major
producer, Of course, with about SO million
tons last year, an increase of 3.5 million
over 1852 and of 147 million over 1949.
Czechoslovakia, turning out nearly 4 mil
lion tons last year, ranks second within the
Communist group.
Although Communist Europe still
controls the larger portion OF the steel
making capacity of the continent (including
the United Kingdom), the Red bloc is push
ing its production ahead at a faster rate. To
reach their total of 62.8 million tons last
year, for example, the nome Communist ma
tons have been increasing their capacity
by an average of only few thousand tons
yearly as compared to the million average
increase behind the Iron Curtain. If these
rates of growth prevail for another three
years, the Communist countries would
match the rest of Europe on steel produc-
tion
For the free world as whole, the
American steel industry is the real work
horse with capacity currently estimated
at 124 million tons. II Western Europe's
capacity were added to that of the Com
munist bloc, however, our margin Of SUI
premacy would be wiped out and nearly
even balance struck in steel. Even today, 1t
is certain that the Soviet bloc is devoting
far higher percentage Of its steel produc-
ton to ornaments than is the case In either
Western Europe or the United States =
where consumer goods account for much OF
the steel demand. While statistics from be-
hind the curtain are hard to obtain and
subject to error, the steady growth of this
basic industry in the Communist area Is an
important guide in measuring the progress
Of the cold war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
While the Danger Grows

Another investigation OF the need Ior
an additional airport In Washington hardly
seems to be necessary, but II 1t will help to
expedite relief for the dangerously con-
gested National Airport at Gravelly Point
the new inquiry will be worth while. The
latest study is planned by the Senate Com
merce Committee, which in years past has
accumulated considerable information on
the subject
Senator Bricker, chairman Of the avia-
ton subcommittee of the group, said he has
arranged for the hearings, after adjourn
ment of Congress, at the suggestion OF
Maryland's Senator Butler. Senator Butler
recently commented on the great confu-
sion" that exists about proposals to provide
auxiliary commercial airport facilities here.
He is right about the confusion. And It Is
no secret that lot Of the confusion has
been stirred up by Maryland's delegation IN
Congress. It has become plain that Mary
land will fight any airport plan for Wash
ington that would preclude use-soon or
'late-of Baltimore's Friendship Interr1a-
tional Airport as an auxiliary air terminal
for the Nations Capital. The pattern OF
opposition was evident in Maryland's battle
against construction of an airport at Burke,
Virginia The same pattern has guided
Maryland opposition to partial use OF An
drews Air Force Base for commercial air
liners The Burke project has died and the
Andrews proposal is stalled. The idea OF the
Friendship boosters is that the more con-
fused the outlook for a new airport near
washington, the better the chances that
Friendship will be accepted as an alternate
terminal.
In all the squabbling over Burke and
Andrews and Friendship there has been
tendency to forget the urgency OF the stu
alton at the National Airport The GraveIy
Point field is one of the buster air terminals
In the country, with traffic long since past
the rated capacity for safe operation. An
airplane lands or takes off there about every
two minutes, night or day, on the average.
stacking of airliners, pending clearance
to land, contributes to the hazards The
Civil Aeronautics Authority and air industry
leaders repeatedly have warned OF the risks
involved in channeling so many multi
passenger craft into the overloaded airport.
The Senate subcommittee should con-
centrate on these dangers and means Tor
eliminating them at the earliest opportu-
nifty Pressures from our neighbors IN Mary
land who are UNDERSTANDABLE concerned
over tagging business at Friendship Airport
have no place in the local airport picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Back to the White Continent

The lure of the White Continent Is more
than Admiral Richard E. Byrd can with
stand. even though he Is now at the age
when men of more sedentary habits go INTO
retirement. Three trips Of exploration TO
Antarctica have served only to stimulate ms
interest in the south polar regions. After
his return from the 1947 expedition he made
It clear that he was determined to go DacK
to the bleak, cold wastes at the bottom OF
the world. His announcement OF plans Tor
organizing another exploration party mas
come as no surprise to his friends, therefore.
Admiral Byrd is known to have SEN
timental attachment for the south polar
land of icy ridges, high winds and low
temneratures. But more than the spirit OF
romantic adventure is behind his desires to
know more about this remote area. He told
a Cleveland audience that economic and
strategic considerations are involved In MS
latest plans The Arctic Is a pathway Tor
aerial trayel-or attack-over the top OF the
world. The Antarctic, Admiral Byrd pointed
ont. is a gateway between the South Az
lantic and the South Pacific for ships IN
the event of destruction OF the Panama
Canal. The nation which controls this
gateway, he said, will control the movement
of vital shipping in such an emergency.
OF no less Importance to the world,
however, are the untapped natural resources
of the vast continent. There was time
when such precious minerals as gold ana
silver were foremost In the thoughts OF
those who weighed the economic worth OF
the Antarctic Coal, iron and copper also
may be in abundance beneath the thick
sheath of ice that covers the land. More
recently the prospects of uranium deposits
have been mentioned by biologists IN sew
eral countries Admiral Byrd mentioned the
Importance of finding new sources OF ura-
mum. He indicated a search for such stra-
tegic materials would be conducted.
The admiral gave no details about his
new expedition. Several years ago ne sought
Federal aid in financing and sponsoring q
fourth visit to the South Pole. pending
bin to give Federal assistance to another
Antarctic expedition OF Captain Finn
Ronne-has not gotten very far. But, II
Admiral Byrd is correct In his estimate OF
the strategic and economic potentialities OF
the weirdscontina nt which The stars Tom