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Evening star., 1955-07-31
Defends Commissioner

I wish to protest against the
vile and groundless attack by
an anonymous letter writer,
hiding behind the infamous
name of Capital Transit Co.,"
on our conscientious and
public minded Commissioner,
Robert E. Mclaughlin.
Instead Of concentrating on
the important issue Of settling
the strike this letter-writer
prefers to launch personal at
tacks on our Commissioners.
These distinguished citizens
have been working continu-
ously for the welfare Of the
community, at the price Of
great personal sacrifices. It is
their duty to keep the public
informed of what is going on
behind the iron curtain" Of
CTC even If 1t does not please
the anonymous person re-
sponsible for the unjustified
attack.
District Walker.
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Alexandra Issue

am convinced that had the
Alexandria School Board taken
a positive public position on
the matter Of school desegre-
cation last week it would have
precluded a Federal Court suit
against the board this coming
September.
The board was asked to go
further than the favorable pol
icy statement action of the
Norfolk School, viz, to an
nounce that it would open all
schools on a desegregated basis
beginning with the school year
1856. It was also presented
with an alternative Of going
on record expressing its feel
ings and requesting that the
Governor call a special session
of the General Assembly inn
mediately to deal with the far
reaching problem.
The school board fiatly re-
fused to yield to either of the
requests. BY maintaining that
they were servants Of the
Commonwealth (not to the
City of Alexandria and its cit
izens, mind you), the board
members Joined other officials
who refuse to recognize the
fact that the Supreme Court
has ruled. 1t would seem that
the board members have never
heard Of the thing called pub
lie sentiment. They expressed
the view that Richmond had
ordered segregation for the
year. and that no matter how
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Call for Action

Did It ever occur to the resi-
dents of Washington that Louis
Wolfson cannot run the street.
cars and buses?
After all. the workers struck.
didn't they? And did anyone
ever think that rs cents an
hour increase in wages would
mean q raise Of at least $40 a
week, or over $40 q month?
The longer the strike lasts the
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Helpful Echoes From Geneva

Geneva because he wanted to
play bridge with him ut night.
Well. what Of 1t? And why
not? The overwhelming point
of view Of the Journalists on
the job at Geneva was that
General Eisenhower had put
on q performance Of which all
Americans had q right to feel
proud; that largely due to his
earnestness and sincerity, the
conference had had q meas
urable degree Of success; that
the prospect for q continue
tion Of this period Of peace Is
brighter than 1t was!
There will, of course, now
that the President Is back. be
dissenters both in his own
party and in the opposition in
Congress. And there will be
trouble of various sorts in
various fields. That is inevi-
table. But there will be few to
deny that Mr.. Eisenhower has
added to his personal prestige
and popularity by his conduct
at Geneva and by his speech
last Monday in Washington.
No one worth needing so much
as suggests that there was
any touch of politics about
the Eisenhower performance
at Geneva or since. No one
can accuse him of a lack OF
leadership. No one thinks
now he should not have gone
or should have taken q dif-
ferent line. He has not, OF
course, settled the most diff
ficult problems which disturb
the world and threaten peace.
But he has at least taken
steps in that direction which
the great masses Of men and
women everywhere approve.
In addition, he has so firmly
and clearly placed the position
of this Nation before the world
that no one either in Russia
or anywhere else can again
accuse us Of wanting war-or
him of being a "warmonger." "
The day of that anti-Ameri-
can propaganda has gone. The
President shot 1t to pieces with
his inspection proposal, his two
speeches and his personality.
He comes home to find his
critics still bowling about the
Dixon-YateS contract and he
finds his Secretary for Air,
Harold Talbot, facing some
ugly and embarrassing charges.
But the Dixon-Yates business
has been so blown up as to
have become a bore and the
Talbot affair, while certainly
unpleasant. not to say NAL
odorous, is not as politically
damaging as it seems. In q
years time it probably will be
forgotten. Certainly, there is
not in it the kind Of issue
which the Democrats have
been looking for in 1855. The
Presidents work in Geneva
much more than outweighs all
the little stuff the opposition
publicity organs and agents
have dug up in a year Of hard
digging. +.
Evening star., 1955-07-31

Probably the most signifl-
cant tribute to the success Of
the Geneva conference and
that of President Eisenhower
in the dominant role which
he played there came not from
his friends at home but from
his enemies. Particularly was
this notable among the edito-
rial and columnar critics who.
from the start, had disparaged
the notion that any good
could come out of the meeting
of the big -Four" heads of
state and discouraged the idea
that talking with" the Rus
SLAMS was a sound suggestion.
For many weeks these
critics, for some curious rea-
son, had joined with the DEM
ocratic National Committee
publicity performers. aided and
abetted by the propagandists
of the ADA, the CIO and
Senators such as Morse, Of
Oregon; Humphrey, Of Min
nesota, and Kefauver, of Ten
nesee, in a campaign of sneer-
ing and jeering at the Presi-
dent. They pictured him as
a weakling who did not know
what it is all about" They
insisted that Mr.. Dulles does
all his foreign-policy thinking
for him and that his mind
was principally occupied with,
his golf game. OF course.
none of this was true, but it
was strictly along the Demo-
cratic committee line the in
tent of which was to lay a
foundation for an anti-Ad-
ministration attack upon Mr..
Eisenhower as q presidential
failure who should not be
renominated.
In the course of six work.
ing days at Geneva, Mr.. Eisen-
hover changed all this. He at
once became the outstanding
personality at the conference
and in the world. He did
this not by asserting himself;
not by throwing his weight
around" not by ostentation
or showmanship; not by prop
aganda. He achieved it sim
ply by being himself. Beyond
question he is the most COM
pletely honest, completely
truthful, completely sincere
man who has spoken for this
country either at home or
abroad in the last % years.
He impressed these qualities
not only upon his colleagues
about the conference table but
also upon countless millions
who heard and read what he
said; also upon the several
Thousand correspondents, edi-
tors, reporters and publicists
who were at the Geneva con-
ference and some of whom
were hostile to him.
It is interesting to note that
only one of these thousands
thought it worth while cabling
his paper that the President
had sent for General Gruenth-
er of the NATO to come to
Evening star., 1955-07-31

Perhaps the most potent
phrase brought down from the
summit" is "prayerful pa
tience." In those words is
packed the wisdom Of the
ages.
The heavily freighted phrase
is a part Of the prescription
for a desperately sick world.
That formula was in the
hands of President Eisenhower
as, returning from Geneva. he
lifted it up before a listening
nation.
AS two worlds faced each
other, every word uttered by
either side was held up in the
blazing light Of scrutiny.
Every phrase has been search
ed and held upside down for
hidden meaning. In spite OF
disarming smiles and an al
most overdone appearance OF
affability, no one there was
fooled into forgetfulness that
between the representatives
of the free world and the
three inscrutable Russians
there was a great gulf. No
one had a deeper consciousness
of that yawning divide than
the American President.
Back in his Nations Cap
ital, after a momentous week
which may make a deep notch
in history, our Chief Executive
spoke with transparent frank
ness to his fellow countrymel1.
He pictured "the wide gulf
that separates East and West.
a gulf as wide and deep as
the difference between indi-
vidual liberty and regimenta-
tien, as wide and deep as the
gulf that lies between the con-
cept of man made in the image
of God and the concept of man
as a mere instrument of the
state" This means that the
gulf between those who looked
into each others eyes by the
clear waters of that lovely
Alpine lake, within sight OF
stately peaks, Is as wide as
the controlling belief which
colors every aspect Of life. q
consciousness of the Living
God who is the source OF life.
the only refuge and help, and
who alone gives mortal years
any meaning; and on the other
side the blatant denial OF any
spiritual supremacies at the
heart of what to them Is a
dead, blind, and Indifferent
universe.
A puppet man without IN
alienable rights is the in
evitable fruitage of a system
without God. But one of the
heartening signs of the pres
ent world situation is that
there are unmistakable por-
tents that, after more than q
generation of the goddess
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Summer Stream

Dreams are made beside SLredIu Ill
summer. 1T surges over rocks to the
silent pool below, paradoxically active
and cool, boiling along to the broad river
It's busy waters kiss the bank, try 10
cling, then sweep away, moving always
to their end in the sea. The streams
million-noted whispers blend into
single voice, lulling the dreamer from the
intrusions of the world. It follows the
rutted path of centuries. It is at once
uncertain and complacent, discovering
the new along its ageless and familiar
way. The summer stream Is OF the
moment, but timeless.
The summer stream, neither master
nor slave, commands the dreamer and
serves him. It Is insistent on attention
to its myriad moods But once the mind
is shared and cleansed of the spidery
strings of care, it excuses, even encour-
ages, wandering. Its depths and shall
lows are as of those of the mind itself.
The water moves from one to the other,
turning pebble and polishing it, dusting
the sand from jutting rock, devouring
a sunken limb, sweeping a leaf and
twig to another place, hurrying ahead
Of itself. It's activity nudges the brain.
The grass and moss and ferns along
its banks are It's honor guard as it tolls
to move a mountain, turning work to
play Here, lazing on the banks, the
dreamer finds secluSion for his secret
dreams. The waters Of the moment pass
swiftly on to their end in the river and
the sea, but are reborn again in the
clouds, as the dreamer sitting beside the
summer stream Is reborn.
Evening star., 1955-07-31

who fashioned his social fall
lacies into mental and spir-
itual straitjackets. That regi-
mented order has q lie at
the heart OF it. It is already
apparent that given time, vast
changes are coming behind
the curtain. Even the tempo
rary masters Of all the Rus
slams are beginning to suspect
that the hard facts that will
at last doom to failure what
they plotted for the whole
world are catching up with
them. A stubborn fact is that,
while for a time 1t is possible
to jam programs, there is no
device that can finally jam
Gods truth or stop it from
marching on.
Both sides in the global
struggle, appalled, at the pos
sibility in mans trigger-nerv-
Gus hands of blowing up the
race and, perhaps. the planet,
are tacitly agreeing to leave
nuclear weapons on the threat
ening stockpile. For it is ap-
parent now to all that If they
are to stay above the ground
humans must occupy their
spinning globe together, where
there are chasms that at pres
ent defy all social engineers to
bridge.
What, then, are we to do
who bet our lives on the ON
impotence Of Gods truth that.
man is made in His image?
OF course, we are to keep
strong, and get stronger. But
beyond and above that, what?
And here comes the Presi-
dents calm and wise prescrip-
ton. Here are the directions
for the policy of the free
world: We are to go on in this
sort of a world living our
faith with prayerful patience,
intelligence. courage and toll
Evening star., 1955-07-31
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

total aggregation of 100 men
and horses Both Of the pro.
prietors were riders and were
starred In the bills, together
with their sons. The tents
were pitched in the Center
Market Space. The circus did
this region thoroughly. show
ing in Alexandria on the 26th
and 9th Of July, in Washing
ton on July 20, 80. 81 and Au-
gust / and 2, and in George
town August 8, twice in each
day, thus Offering the inhab-
itants of the Capital neighbor-
hood 16 opportunities, as
against the four now (l905)
given by the several greatest
shows on earth to the local
population. The admission was
Is cents, with no half price
Judging from The Stars later
comments on the performances
1t was of commendable quality,
while the clown was hilari-
ously amusing"
Bennington Disaster
The Star of July 81, 1908,
announced that "a boiler Of the
United States gunboat Ben
nington," lying in the harbor
of San Diego, Calf. exploded
today and probably every man
on board was either killed or
wounded" and this forecast
was confirmed in large part by
subsequent dispatches, pub
lished July %, listing 50 known
dead, seven bodies not identi-
fled and a long list Of injured.
Commander Lucien Young
expressed the opinion ;. that
there was a weak spot in one Of
the boilers, but said there had
been no visible defect. so far
as he knew. The men tell
a different story. They say that
1t had been the talk Of the ship
for at least six months that the
boilers were defective. The
upper deck amidships presents
a mass Of wreckage. The
smokestacks have been blown
out of place and the super
structure is bent and twisted.
The plates on the side are
bulging out and leaks in a
number Of places are letting in
the water. John Turpin, a COLI
ored man of the crew. who was
on board the Maine when she
was blown up in Havana, was
on board the Bennington and
again escaped injury. He
rendered valuable aid in rescu-
ing the dead and wounded"
Fatal Automobile Accident
A telegram from Los Ange-
les, printed in The Star for
July 81. 1905. told of the death
Of M. T. Hancock, millionaire
plow inventor and manufac-
turer. following a trafiic acci-
dent in which his own large
automobile "traveling 40 miles
an hour" had been in collision
with q buggy and a telephone
pole. Mrs. Hancock, her SON
and her daughter also were
injured seriously. Meanwhile,
from Worcester, Mass, a re-
port was received that seven
drivers in the Glidden tour had
been arrested for speeding at
Leicester, Mass, and, being
released, had draped their cars
with crepe and left that town
slowly with q band playing q
dirge "in 'front.'"
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Panama Scandal Revived

0uAu1B SCdAUoA 1eCVAECW
Under date of July II. 1905.
The Star published a cable
from Paris. reading: Emile
Arton, one Of the principal
figures in the old Panama
Canal scandal, was found dead
in his apartments this morn
ing under circumstances in
dicating suicide" The man
referred to had been SEN
fenced in 1896 to serve eight
years Imprisonment for COM
plicity with Baron de Reinach
and DR.. Cornelius Herr in the
frauds of the Panama Canal
Co. "Arton was the interme-
diary between Baron de Rein
ach and the incriminated
French deputies-that is, be-
tween the briber and the
bribed." He wrote the checks
and had the check book on
whose stubs was recorded the
guilt of about 140 politicians.
He alone possessed the secrets
Of the bribery. When the
crash came in 1892, Arton dis
appeared and with him went
about $4,000 of the funds
of the French Dynamite So
ciety with which Chez was as
sociated. Arton was finally
captured in London and taken
to France but was pardoned
in 1899. De Reinach COM
mitted suicide, and DR.. Herr,
after seeking refuge in Eng
land. died there in 1885,"
Memorial for Mr.. Garfield
A meeting of Minnehaha
Lodge No. !, Independent Or
der of Good Templars, at the
Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street NV, Tuesday evening.
July IS. 1905, was reported
in The Star two days later,
with emphasis on that part Of
the proceedings which was in
tended to commemorate An
drew N. Garfield. well known
to all local temperance work.
ers" as q founder of the Anti
Saloon League. The memo
rial program was in charge Of
S. w. Russell, and those par
ticipating included: Mr.. and
Mrs. James L. Ewin. S. T.
Westdal, Edward E. Wilson,
John Bryson, Wilbur McDan-
lei, Mrs. Carrie Smith and Miss
Laura E. Bryson. Mr.. Garfield
was praised for "his strong
influence on church organiza-
tionS."
Circus of 1855 Praised
In the Fifty Years Ago space
Of The Star of July 23, 1905.
the following paragraph ap-
peared: Juvenile Washington
was set agog by the announce
ment in the advertising COL
umns Of The Star of July 90
d855) that the circus was
coming. 1t was distinguished
from numerous competitors
then on the road by being
styled Rivers 6 Derious Gre
clan Circus without explana-
tion Of the adjective. No
three-ring affair this. with two
stages thrown in. No vast
stretch of canvas 10 cover an
audience Of $4,000 and to ac-
commodate the activities of
800 employees and 200 per-
formers. This was q modest
affair as compared with the
shows Of today, yet proud Of
! Its IS performers and Its
Evening star., 1955-07-31
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Highest Summit
BY REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Formerly Minister, Foundry Methodist Church
Chaplain, United States Senate

theory in practice through the
Kremlin's heinous methods. it
Is not working. It is becoming
more and more evident that
human beings do not At into
the slavish containers de-
signed by Karl Marx and those
Evening star., 1955-07-31
LETTERS TO THE STAR

harder it is going to be to get
back competent drivers to run
the buses and streetcars, as
many are going into other in
dustries. Comparing other cities
and the wages paid the work.
ers, it would appear that
Washington men were doing
very well.
Congress and the other par
ties had better get busy or we
will be afoot until after jan
uary !, 1856.
A. Newcomer,
Evening star., 1955-07-31

Pen names may be used II
letters carry trriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
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the board felt on the matter,
1t could not move.

1t could not move.
The Alexandria School Board.
in an area of no racial difficul-
ties, could have indeed gone
on record on this matter at
least, thus bringing the views
of the city's people to bear on
Richmond for an early solu-
ton at State level. This, I be-
lieve, is one Of the purposes OF
a school board in a locally
controlled, decentralized edu-
cation system as in Virginia.
1t appears that unless the
school board changes its atti-
tude, it is inevitable that the
board will be carried into court.
with each member Of the board
being named individually as
defendants.
Lester H. Sitton.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-01
Glendale

Rev Lewis F. Cockerill has
resigned as pastor. Of the Wesley
Hn Methodist Church in Glendale
and has accepted the call of evan
Rclism Rev Cockefill has been
pastor Of this church since It's
founding several yeaers ago We
wish him much success IN his new
Geld IF eifdcavor. He and MIS-
Cockerill will be greatly missed
MI. and Mfsc Robert K Evans
Of Phlladelphia. recently spent
several weeks with her mother
Mrs Ella Christian IN Oak Grove
MISS Kate White Of Falls
Church. has returned to her nome
"Oakdalc' for the summer
Recent visitors in the home Of
Miss FnlZa White were. Mrs, and
Mrs. Jesse NJ CLARK Mr. and Mrs
Walttt Ceislak and jim. and II
= White. all Of Richmond,
Those visiting Mrs Edna Bak-
er HndRins and Mrs j II Jam
oison. in oak Grove Friday we're
Mrs. Mauly LeSueur, Mrs Naomi
POE and Mrs Johnson.
Sympathy is extended 70 the
family of Miss Lucy Nicholas.
whose death occurred Friday at
her home
MISS Lizzie Nuckois is NOW stay
ing in tive home Of her sister Mrs
Susie n Davidson at TN" Or
Hlafd
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Per
kins of Kent Store recently visit
ed then cousin MI and MIS- w
w Lovlng
Homecoming Day VIII be OBJ
served AT Buckingham BaptiSt
Church. Sunday. June "a Visit
ING minister viii be- the Rev Ed
ward Clarke Of Winchester as
sisted by the pastor Rev PAU
n. Gillian
Announcement has been re
crived here of the approaching
marriage Of Miss Ada Evans. OF
WASHINGTON 10 Ralph +. Derfen~
backel, Of Baltimore. Md Nj
Dclrenbackef Is a native 81 BucK
inpham and formerly resided IN
Glendale.
Mrs Annie = Johnson was
.shouercd with gifts and lovely
cards on june 10 her Goth birth
day. Guests recently at "uiton
Terrace" were Miss Evelyn Har-
rls OF Montross. Va. and mother
Mrs Dave Harris. of Alpha Also
Mrs. Frank Derrenbacker Mrs
Lucy station and Mrs. W T. Poe
Miss Nell Poe is spending some
time in Richmond with her broth
or and slster-in- law. Mr. and Mrs
S T Reynolds
Leonard Keel Baber. 50, Ken
mond sales anu advertising exc
cutive and native Of ArVonAa died
last Thursday. June l6 at his
home IN the capitol city. Among
the Survivors were Mrs Putney
Hudgins of Oak Grove
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-01
AndersonvilIe Events
AndersonviIe Events
Doug Cowan, II, Draws Rifle Bead on
Chicken Raider Pow. No More Skunk

Eleven year-old Doug Co@an
was IN the wheat cutting buslne
last geek He drove the tractor
four days Nhlle lis uncle Herbert
cut the graft After such siren
uous days IL looks as If a man
would really need hts rest at n!eslt.
but Doug had busy nights. no
Something was deYouring his
grandmother chickens and that
something mad 10 be captured
Keeping a Close watch ana a ready
gun, Doug finally spotted the
calpit skunk II the m.dag Of 3
meal on chicken One shot Clip
ped OFF yhe animals head
Mis- B.lly Morgan came IN by
plane last Sunday from tHo week
In Chicago Her work taxes hei 10
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-01
THUGS TAKE TRIP FUNDS

New York Mrs Rose ColaVlto
and her husband. MIKE saved
small sums over the past twenty
,os.s 90 that they could. some
aav ,teit ,he,r native Italy. After
raising seven children. they man
aged 10 save $4,000 and planned
to fly TO Italy on July 6 The other
day. Mrs Colvita took the money
out Of the bank to buy plane
ticket and get ready for The trip,
Young thugs robbed her. beat her
and sla,hed her arm with knife.
ending their 20-year- long dream
trip
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-01

Meet Mrs. Harold X. Bailey,
newly appointed home agent
for Buckingham County Eor-
nerly assistant to the late Miss
Blanche Howard Mrs. Bailey
was appointed TO the post this
month. She is graduate Of
Meredith College Raleigh ~ {.
Her husband is retired Air
Force officers and they gliye
near Andersonvilic wi1h their
son Kos I
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-01

VIII County Station Of Com
monwealth Edison Company. Chi
Gag. will use less than pound
OF coal TO produce a kilowatt hour
OF electricity. compared with the
1854 average for the entire system
OF / % pounds per kilowatt hour.
This follows the trend OF inereas-
ing efficiency througout the in
dustfy.
Evening star., 1955-09-15
New York T ronsit
WAGE Pact Hailed

NEW YORK, Sept. Is Or
The New York Transit Authority
and the CIO Transport Workers
Union have agreed on q So
month contract providing an
ultimate l7-cents-an-nour raise
for some 10000 employees.
The agreement, reached yester-
day. was hailed as very salts
factory" by both the authority
and Michael j. Quill, union
president.
An authority spokesman, esti-
mating the cost at $50 million,
Esaid the wage increase will not
mean a boost in fare.
The TWU membership will vote
on the new pact next week.
The new contract is retroactive
to March Is. 1855. and runs un-
til December 81, 1857. It in
Icludes an initial wage boost Of 2
cents an hour until July Il 1856,
an additional 2 cents an hour
on July l, 1856. plus q Scents
an-hour increase on July /. 1857.
The agreement also provides
for four additional paid holidays,
increasing the number Of such
holidays to six.
t Current hourly wages average
$2.l5 for motormen and $1.96 for
bus drivers.