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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
ALittIe Too Much

Good luck and nothing else, is re-
sponsible for the fact that. no one was
hurt when dummy half-ton aerial mine
dropped from Navy helicopter intoA a
st. Marys County school yard. A few
minutes before, more than 100 children
had been playing where the mine struck
and buried itself in the ground.
One may concede in this air age that
accidents are unavoidable There will
always be danger of injury or death from
mishaps But the st. Marys incident can
hardly be called an accident.
According to spokesman for the
Patuxent River Naval Air Station. the
helicopter was being flown by non-Navy
pilot over territory not authorized for
testing aircraft This, 1t is said, was due
to misunderstanding" The aerial mine
was dropped "inadvertently"-wh
that may mean.
This kind Of carelessneSs, along with
such a thing as the recent accidental"
discharge of an Army Nike equipped with
live warhead. is little too much to take
calmly. If the mine had landed on the
schoolhouse the Navy presumably would
be taking drastic action against the re-
sponsible parties. The incident should not
be filed and forgotten simply because the
mine happened to miss the school by q
few feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Cancer Crusade

Washington tomorrow will strike back
at cancer. Every home in the Metropolitan
Area is to be given opportunity to know
what services are rendered by the District
of Columbia Division of the American Can
Ger Society. Coincidentally, every home
will be afforded opportunity to help to
make those services more and more
effective.
The campaign against cancer is far
from won. Research and education con-
sstitute one aspect Of the drive; diagnosis
and prompt treatment represent another.
Progress has been accomplished in each
separate field. But the overall problem
still is unsolved.
II does not follow that people should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
All in the Same Boat
BY REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church:
Chaplain, United States Senate

stand, we sympathize: our
hearts are with you. We, too,
slowly perhaps, have learned
the costly lesson that we are
all in the same boat. Man
kind is one. We can only
reach our brightest goals to-
gether.
We humbly ask today that
those who judge us, and some
times harshly, shall remember
that for a hundred years from
the privilege and comforts of
our Western life some of Amer
ica's choicest souls have gone
out, forsaking all dear to them.
that they might pour forth
their lives as costly ointment
in the neediest parts Of the
world. They went far from
their native land to plant the
seed Of freedom which even
now, in the worlds ferment, is
coming to harvest in other
continents.
We would remind our friends
now meeting in the Far East
that it was America which
coveted the best for China over
a half century ago following
the Boxer Rebellion when we
returned to that vast country
SIS million for purposes Of
education, the part of the in
demnity which was awarded
to our Republic.
Before the present regime
took over in China and began
to misrepresent so much Of
the past, in every intelligent
Chinese mind there was a set
tied predisposition to trust
America. Both in China and
in Russia there was an over
whelming response to the sim
pie friendliness which Amer
lea manifested in many ways.
4
Hatred and suspicion must
be changed to trust and con-
f1dence in a new world where
there is neither East or West.
We must make our friends in
Asia sure as they stand at the
crossroads that America wants
nothing for herself that she
does not eagerly for all the
world. This does not involve a
mush Of concession, but the
must of a new understanding.
Asia needs us. And we need
Asia. For we are still in the
same boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Parkway and Canal

No Stauncher friend and protector of
parks in the Washington area could be
found than Major General U. S. Grant Ill
His record as a public official and as a
retired Army officer has been one of con-
slant alertness to preserve the natural
scenery of the Potomac Valley for the en-
joyment of present and future generations
Of citizens. His strong statement, there
fore, in defense of plans for extending the
George Washington Memorial Parkway
to Great Falls should carry weight with
Congress.
Some park conservationiStS have OPP
posed the parkway program on the Mary
land side of the river on the ground that
the roadway would destroy the beauty of
the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. The
Star agrees with General Grant that such
a contention is unsound. The parkway
actually would open the canal and towpath
to greater number of people, without
destroying any part of the waterway. In
fact, the parkway, as planned, would not
touch the canal right of way at any point.
General Grant is right, moreover, in
deploring the attacks on the parkway pro-
gram at this late date. The scenic drive
was approved by Congress in 1880 as a
major objective of the CapperC ramton
Act. General Grant took leading part
in launching the project and in starting
1t on its way. It was always understood
that the section Of the parkway on the
Maryland side would be tied in with the
canal. Yet no objection to this plan de-
aveloped until recently. AS General Grant
told the Senate Appropriations Committee,
to drop the parkway extension program
now would be breach of faith with Mary
land, which has contributed its share OF
the parkway cost under the original agree
ment with the Federal Government. Con-
gress will take the right course If it ap-
propriates the money needed to continue
work on the parkway on both sides of the
Potomac gorge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

Although desertion Of his
former friend. Mayor Ken
nelly, In his fight for renomi-
nation in Chicago has prob
ably made certain Adlai
StevenSon's support In the
1856 Democratic National
Convention Of the big Illinois
delegation Csc votes), there is
O question as to whether this
support will not do him more
harm than good.
For at least seven years Mr..
Stevenson has posed as an ex-
ponent of good government
and clean politics. His original
support of Mr.. Kennedy four
years ago was consistent with
that pose. Mayor Kennelly's
record as Mayor fully justified
that support. He had restored
what was called in Chicago an
EZRA of good government" Yet
when, q couple Of months ago,
Mayor Kennedy came up for
denomination he, strangely
enough, found Mr.. Stevenson
against him. Without any ap-
parent reason the noble Adiai
supported q hard-boiled or
ganization politician named
Richard j. Daley, who was the
candidate Of the old and ex-
tremely unsavory Chicago ma
chine, once dominated by the
late AL Capone and now con-
trolled by the Negro Congress-
man from Illinois, William
Levi Dawson. Mayor Ken
nelly was defeated by Mr..
Daley in the primaries and the
latter was elected Mayor by a
very narrow margin.
Suggestions Not Original
Two weeks ago Mr.. Steven
son made an effort to get back
on the lofty plane from which
he was supposed to operate.
But he did not quite succeed.
Without the responsibility or
the information with which
the President and Secretary
Dulles are equipped. he none
theless undertook to assail our
foreign policy in the Far East.
His suggestions were not orig-
inal; his criticism had all
been made before. He offered
the rather despicable state
ment that the administra-
tons foreign policy seemed
more based on domestic pol
itics than on realities. This is
on the same level as Mr.. Ste
venson's friend, ex-Chairman
Stephen Mitchell, occupied
when some months ago he
charged that the Presidents
advocacy of the DiXon-Yates
contract was promptedy by his
friendship for Bobby Jones,
who has a small stockholders
interest.
However, Mr.. Mitchell hast
lily withdrew from that charge.
and until Mr.. Stevenson's
speech the other night no one
had suggested that either the
President or his Secretary of
Stats were playing domestic
politics in handling our for
eign affairs. Now that that
allegation has been made no
one believes it. Nevertheless, it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
School Supporter

Stan Stanton suggested the
use Of armylike methods of
teaching for Arlington schools,
and wondered if high-school
students were taught how to
study and If anyone ever
heard of teachers being given
instructions how to teach?"
The school of the armed
forces to which Mr.. Stanton
referred usually has the cream
Of the enlisted men, who know
that their Army careers may
well depend on the showing
they make and that their
grades will follow them about
as officers. My husband was an
Army instructor. and from him
I learn that the average person
is more likely to be a &C" stu
dent than an GA" Student
absorption would seem to de-
pend on: Natural 10, incen-
tive, inclination and sustained
interest.
When Arlington teachers,
who spend hours scheming,
planning, and dramatizing
their subjects, com e in for
criticism, I feel must protest
and point out that it is ex-
tremely challenging to hold
attention in fundamental sub
jects for years. It is hard to
make algebra and adverbs as
romantic as survival on a
desert island or ocean raft.
Further, I must point out that
excellent colleges such as
neighboring Univer sity Of
Maryland spend years train
ing young people how to teach
and how to present their topic.
Unfortunately, not every pupil
has a zeal for knowledge, and
the teachers efforts are frus-
trated.
Arlington high schools are
doing their task we'll enough
to turn out scholarship stu
dents In creditable numbers.
Mrs. II. q. Ragsdale, JS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Letter of Credit

Ii the April II Review Of
1tie Week, I started reading
the portion dealing with the
Salk vaccine about halfway
down, thinking that would be
enough. I quickly discovered
such a superior piece Of writing
that ! went back to the be-
ginning. in order not to miss
a word.
I do hope you'll recommend
the writer for the annual
science writing awards.
The Star has much to be
proud Of. so why not sign the
Review of the Week?
Ruth Boyer Scott.
Editors Note: The Review
Of the Week is written by sew
eral members Of the Sunday
department staff and is not the
work of an Individually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

and under the banner Of free
dom together attain new
heights Of plenty and life
abundant. For now:
We men OF earth haze here
the stuff
OF Pdrddise-Ue haze enough!
We need no. other stones to
build
The stairs into the Untul-
filled
No other cedar for the beam
And dome of mans immortal
dream.
That Immortal dream" al
ways has been America at its
best. With all our past fail
ures and shortcomings we
nevertheless sincerely can say
to those of our Asian and Al
rican brethren. who in good
faith meet to talk about a
better future and to make
sure that a baser type of CO.
lonialism is not substituted for
the systems Of exploitation
now repudiated, we under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Mr.. Corsi Proves NOTHING

Two weeks ago this newspaper ex-
pressed the belief that Edward j. Corsi
was being offered up as sacrifice in the
hope of propitiating Congressman Walter
of Pennsylvania. Since then, testimony in
a Senate committees investigation of Mr..
Corsis difficulties with the State Depart
ment has indicated that this criticism of
Secretary Dulles was unwarranted
There still is reason to believe that Mr..
Walters charges against Mr.. CorSi, charges
which have not been supported by facts,
may have been the precipitating factor in
the removal of Mr.. Corsi as deputy adj
ministrator of the Refugee Relief Act.
There is also reason to believe, however,
that Mr.. Dulles was amply justified on
other grounds in wanting to dispense with
Mr.. Corsi.
These grounds come down to matter
of PERSONAL---VERY. Mr.. Corsis propensity
for what Democratic Senator Mcclellan
calls wild" statements. Mr.. Corsi charged,
and failed to prove, that Mr. Dulles was
guilty of whole string of falsehoods"
He charged and failed to prove, that he,
Mr.. Corsi, was a victim of "Nazi" tactics.
He charged, and failed to prove, that a
security gang" in the State Department
had undercut the refugee program. He
made charges, which he failed to prove,
of Sabotage" of national scandal etc.
In fact, not only did he fail to prove any
of these charges, but the testimony of
witnesses who were not immediate parties
to the controversywas all against him.
1t seems reasonable to conclude that
Mr.. Corsi talks too much and too eXtrava-
gantly. 1t is also reasonable inference
that Mr.. Corsi's days in the State Depart
ment would have been numbered If Mr..
Walter had never opened his mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
CIerqy's View of UNIT

I am writing to express my
concern as a minister and
citizen regarding the current
trends toward militarization OF
this country and to express
my opposition to the National
Reserve Plan bill, H. r. 5297.
This is a bill which proposes
drastic changes in the tradi-
tional American way Of life,
and all interested in main
tanning democracy should OPP
pose it for the following rea-
sons:
1t calls for universal military
training (although not desig-
mated as such in the language
of the bilD, and CONSUMPTION
was one reason the founders OF
our country fed from Europe.
Consumption and its ensuing
results have never yet led to
peace, but to fear. distrust,
armament races and war.
Universal military training
is preparation for war and war
is sin against God and man:
therefore Christians should not
participate in it nor promote
it.
1t disrupts family life and
creates attitudes of social and
moral conflict which in turn
lead to delinquency and mental
disorders. There has never
been any acceptable substitute
for parents and the home in so
far as discipline and moral,
physical, mental and social
maturity are concerned. The
army is not the best place Ito
make a man" out of a youth.
Universal military training
cannot be harmonized with the
life and teachings Of Jesus
Christ, to whom we are ulti-
mately responsible for what we
have or have not done with
our lives. Jesus warned that
those who live by the sword
shall perish by the sword and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
Clock Tompering

If we must have daylight
saving time, why not be adult
about it? Instead Of childishly
changing our clocks, why not
go to work an hour earlier?
This would achieve the same
result and end the confusion
caused In past years because
D. 8. T. has not been univer-
sally adopted In the United
States.
Ollie smoot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
THE GAME OF POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT
Stevenson and Truman Have Their Say

does appear TO give some basis
to the charge that Mr.. Steven
sons latest grafton was at bot
tom . campaign speech. with
no trace Of biparttsanship
or magnanimity-two virtues
which his friends have claimed
for him.
The truth Is that. regardless
Of his gestures to the contrary.
Mr.. Stevenson at the moment
Is an eager and active aspirant
for the presidency. This is
natural enough and not to be
criticized. It is exactly what he
was In those 1852 preconven-
ton days, when his coyness
only served to convince those
who knew the facts that the
notion he had to be drafted
was O joke. It may be that
next year, II the Eisenhower
strength remains unimpaired.
Mr.. Stevenson really will elm
mate himself. For his friends
say he has no taste for q sec
ond defeat. However, should
he run. in view Of his hookup
with the worst elements in
Chicago politics, his labor
leader alliances. his partisan
speeches and extremely prac-
tical political friends. it is diff
f1cult to see how he can again
pose as a noble young man.
outstandingly idealistic and
high-minded. His recent speech
was clear attempt to regain
that position. But. well as he
talked, it checked considerably
short.
Stevenson Milder Partisan
To be sure, he was less vio-
lently partisan than ex-Presi-
dent Truman. who spoke at
the Democratic dinner here a
week ago. Mr.. Truman Is the
most conspicuous Democrat
now pledged to Mr.. Stevenson.
However, he did not do his
candidate much good by that
speech. In bitterness and bad
taste the ex-President seems
to lead all his party colleagues.
To some extent his vitupera-
tive style is followed by the
new propaganda of the Demo-
cratic National Committee,
but a good many of the more
responsible Democratic leaders
deplore his cheap and immod-
crate attacks. These feel there
is no political percentage in
accusing Mr.. Eisenhower of
doing or being things that he
obviously isn't doing or being.
The truth is that up to now
the Democrats have not been
able to develop a single issue
that seems sound or upon
which they can stand. The
1856 election is still II months
off. The President may make
some bad mistakes and have
some really bad luck. No one
can tell about that. Many
things may happen and po-
litical prophecy is a dangerous
business. But at the moment
he is certainly the strongest
man in the country and ex-
tremely few political judges
really doubt that he will be
renominated and reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

Asian-African problems. as
we'll as Acknowledgment
affairs, are concerns of people
who are all in the same boat
they are all huddled together
in a space ship called the
Earth. An unacceptable fact
regarding those who are more
and more crowded together on
the earth boat is: Humanity
Is one" But that fact stems
out of a greater truth, which
is: God is one.
In those three mighty
monosyllables is captured the
most stupendous truth which
ever has been apprehended by
the human mind. From among
deities many and tribal gods
galore which cropping man in
vented to explain the mys-
ferrous universe, there moved
into the mind Of Abraham
the revolutionary conception:
THE Lord our God Is one
God" This one adventure of
the human mind is the great
est single achievement of the
intellect. the richest gift to
mortal life that ever has come
to man. All history finds its
final goal mirrored in those
three words. God is one" If
that is true, then it follows
as the day the night that
mankind also is one. In the
last analysis that common re-
lationship to the Creator ties
every person, for veal or woe.
to every other person. Long
ago a prophet of that one
deity declared: God hath
made of one blood all men to
dwell upon the face Of the
earth" Mankind is one. 1t is
ignorance of that fundamental
fact. or the denial of it. which
explains the most horrible and
hideous pages of human his
tory.
It was inevitable that, when
men with all their cruel hos
tilities had at last conquered
time and space and the earth
shattering power Of the atom
had been unlocked, there
would be finally faced the al
tentative of cooperation or
humiliation. Mid twentieth
century has brought that
dreadful decision with its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

shadow on all the earth. the
blessing or the curse. life or
death. That is now the question
before the House Of Humanity,
whether it's the U. NJ, the
NATO. the Asian-Afro con-
clave, or the congress or par
lament of any individual ma
ton. The question of queS-
tons is not whose set of ideas
is to prevalent how can one
group of men outwit the others
but how can mankind under
all skies achieve a just peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

vet just that is what the bill
would require youth to do.
Duane HI. Ramsey,
Minister. Washington City
Church of the Brethren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
LET TIERS TO THE STAR

names may be used II
letters carry ,Driters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24

Sit-by-the- Fire" Nat Good
win wished it known that he
intended to return to straight
comedy" Robert Mantell had
earned $4,000 playing Shake
spearean roles in Pittsburgh.
Victorien Sardou, "A years Of
age, was writing a new play
for Sara Bernhardt. Edna
Wallace Hopper was touring
in Captain January" by
Laura E. Richards. Clyde
Fitch was revising His Grace
de Grammont" for Otis Skim
ner. Paderewski was to play
a special piano composition at
a benefit for Helena Mod
jeska.
Joseph Jefferson Dead
The Star for April "a. 1905,
reported: Joseph Jefferson
died at Sis o'clock last eve
ming at his home, the Reefs,
Palm Beach, Fla, after be-
ing unconscious all day. At
his bedside with the medical
attendants were his wife, two
of his sons, Charles B. and
Frank, and his faithful old
servant, Carl Kettler." The
famous actor was rs, having
been born in Philadelphia,
February 20, 1929. According
to tradition, he had made his
debut in Washington in 1888,
when a child Of 4, dancing
with the talented Negro delin-
Gator, Thomas c. Rice, cele-
brated as jim Grow. Later he
was associated with John T.
Ford as a scene painter, man
ager, producer and comedian.
He created the part Of Asa
Trenchard in Our American
Cousin in 1859 and made his
initial appearance as Rip Van
Wrinkle in 1860. His last per-
formance in Washington was
on November 81. 1908.
Thaw-Nesbit Wedding
On April 5, 1905, The Star
reported: Harry K. Thaw and
Florence Evelyn Nesbit were
married last evening in the
study of the Rev. Will
liam L. McEwan, pastor of the
Third Presbyterian Church at
Pittsburgh. The ceremony was
brief, and then Mrs. William
Thaw, who last fall set her
foot down on having anything
to do with her son Harry so
long as he kept company with
Miss Nesbit, the chorus girl,
kissed the bride. It is be-
lieved that Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Thaw have taken q fast train
for New York or some other
Eastern city. from which they
will sail for Europe. Miss
Nesbit, who, like Thaw. halls
from the region Of Pittsburgh,
is about 20 years old. At the
age of is she came to New
York and began to pose as an
artists model. Her beauty Of
face and figure made her a
rage in the studios. She drifted
to the stage and was in the
original production Of Flora
dora as q flower girl.
Harry Thaw met her at about
that time. Two years ago she
went abroad. presumably TO
study music"