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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

There's talk Of repeating the month Of August for
disturbing the Five hurricanes oodand two speeches
by Harry Truman.
Senate committee investigates security risk hrings. A
security risk is fellow found guilty by Republicans of
ciang with Communists before the Eisenhower team did
The super-carrier Forrestal Its trial The ship
big that has to get forday travel orders to get
to his battle station.
Secretary Of State Dulles coners with japanese Foreign
Minister Shigemitsu Dulles rs government still
side against Russa?" shigemitsu: Eyes Is yoms?"
Harry the administration of stealth
and cunning YEAH the Republicans promised the
And all we got peace and prosperity.
Maxwell gives $500 900 Mediterranean yacht
ing party for the continental That's the that
continent between them and their husbands
many people visit Russia Soviet Embassy
has replaced the White House Washngtons leading travel
agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
DAVID LAWRENCE

Former President Harry Tru-
man not only is eligible under
the Constitution to run again
for the presidency but in many
respects he Is the logical per-
son for the Democratic Party
to nominate in 1856.
It Is the Truman record
which the Democrats are still
Boosting about as having been
so much better than the Eisen-
hover record, and it is q re-
turn to Trumanism which the
country may expect If 1t elects
a Democrat to the White House.
For. Just as in the 1852 cam
paign Adlai Stevenson didn't
dare to repudiate Trumanism,
so in 1856 the Democratic nom
inee will likewise have to cam
paign In defense of the same
doctrines or else risk the loss
of the former Presidents sgive
'em hell" technique in the
campaign. Thus, it is more
logical that Harry Truman
make the race himself.
Once before in history a
Democratic President-Grover
Cleveland-after a lapse of 4
years was elected again. The
Congress specifically exempted
Harry Truman from the con-
stitutional ban against any
service in the presidency be-
yond two terms. Some will
argue that Mr.. Truman's age.
II. is lettering factor, but
his contemporary. Senator
Barley Of Kentucky, is still
In public life at n.
Mention of Mr.. Barley re-
calls q point that maybe Mr..
Truman would like to forget.
For it was big unionism which
blaekliSted the Kentuckian
when it came to selecting a
presidential nominee in 1852.
Mr.. Truman now says that the
Republican administration is a
captive of big business. but the
country viii remember that big
unionism dominated the Tru-
man administration. Nothing
that Mr.. Truman can suggest
by way of alleged harm done
by the present administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Democrats Refuse to Repudiote His
Record, So He Should Be Their Man

in protecting the Presenter
prise system from sabotage can
possibly compare with the in
jury to constitutional practice
recorded when Mr.. Truman
violated the Constitution in
seizing the steel industry. This
was done because, as the late
Phil Murray intimated in one
of his speeches prior to the
seizure, Mr.. Truman had
pledged himself in a private
deal not to use the Taft-Hart-
ley Act.
No President of the United
States in all history ever seized
an entire industry and. when
Mr.. Truman did SO, he was
promptly rebuked by the Su-
preme Court of the United
States.
Curiously enough. none of
the left-wingers, with their
stooge organizations, came out
to defend the rights of business
men as free men under the
Bill of Rights of the Constitu-
ton. There was no such solicit
tude about legal procedures
and "due process" exhibited
then as there is now when a
person who is merely asked
whether he has ever been a
Communist pleads the Fifth
Amendment.
Whatever the alleged dam
age of "McCarthyism" abroad,
nothing hurt the prestige of
the United States more in for
eign countries-particularly in
Asia-than the summary dis
missal of Gen. Macarthur by
President Truman without SO
much as a hearing. The SUI
preme commander of our Far
Eastern forces, who had adj
mittedly done such wonder
full job in postwar Japan, not
only wasn't given a hearing
which it is so often claimed
every Government employe is
entitled to get--but he wasn't
even given the courtesy of be-
ing notified ahead of the pub
lie announcement that he was
fired. He got the first news on
the radio.
The disregard of the Con-
Evening star., 1955-01-30
BY Erank Z. Kent

She was with Robert Mcwade In rip
Van WinkIe," then with Shakespeare
repertoire group. Next she was given
rigorous and thorough training in
every department Of dramatic art, in
cluding voice culture. gymnastics, tenc-
ing and an aIl-round histrionic school
ing such as few players have UNDER
gone tn preparation for trial appear
ance as Parthenia In AIngomar" at the
Bijou Theater, New York. The young
classic actress won instant recognition
from the metropolitan critics, but her
winning Of the public was slower and
more arduous.' Subsequent presenta-
tions Of Rosalind and Viola confirmed
her position as q star" but II was her
work as Barbara Frietchie In b play by
Clyde Fitch that brought her popular
adulation. Beginning In 1904 she acted
with e. H. Sothern, TO whom she was
married In 1911. Her name. as old
timers win have guessed, really was
Sarah Frances Frost In private life and
Julia Mariowe on the stage. Fifty years
back the team was at the New National
Theater IN Much Ado About Nothing" !"
Gothern died in 1893. Miss MarIOws In
Hamlet" and '.Romeo and Juliet" Mr.
1850, but their fame never.
III
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Fifty Years Ago N The Star -.

Of Alfred Tennyson, Gilbert K Chester
toms life of Robert Browning and
Charles Hiatt's life of Henry Irving
were mentioned. In the field Of So
GEOLOGY the leader was "The History of
the Standard Oil Company" by Ida
NJ. Tarbell Under Literature" Bliss
Carman's "The Friendship OF Art"
Josiah Royce's Herbert Spencer" and
G. J. Hawkins "The Mind Of Whittier"
were catalogued. Such were the pro-
ducts Of the horse and buggy age" In
letters.
Quoting the Atlanta Journal. The
Star on January l8. 1905, said: In the
great Southwest court
Cost OF ship is counted costly
Romunce luxury. A Tilted swain is
suing the fair lady for
$50, 1000, charging 5000 to courtship
expenses. The wooing period extended
over only little more than four
months, and the disappointed lover
itemizes his waste Of time at 81 day.
aside from presents and other expenses,
Announced In The Star on January
rs, 1905, the death of Walter L. Camp
bell at YOUNGSTOWN.
JUDGE CompbelI Ohio, brought grief
mad to many washington
friends who had
found him q man Of "a genial, affection
ate and gentle disposition" He had been
Mayor 0f youngstown and judge Of
the Orphans Court there. also an
author and editorial writer "cf excep-
tiCnal ability His skill In business
affairs likewise was noteworthy. Own
fng residence at Connecticut avenue
ana M street. he spent much Of hts time
at the washington Chess, Checker and
Whist Club where be was acknowledged
to be an expert player Of chess. His
life story Illustrates what IN indoni-
table spirit can accomplish against ad-
verse circumstances-even such b ter
rihle handicap Is total blindness from
infancy" esss
Evening star., 1955-01-30

He was a casualty of the personal
battle he failed to win, the victim Of
temptation which lured him to pre-
mature end. As remarked an oficer
OF the law who once picked him up,
tncoherent and shoelesS. He was a
hero to everyone but himself" Yet
those who have known him best across
the years testify to his kindly and mod
est qualities. BY his yalor in the epic
assault he had won place among the
gallant who on that black island
marched into the Jaws Of death. Yet.
daring death with high courage. some
how he could not face life. Often it is
a greater test to live than to die.
The unhonored passing of one Of the
six whose sculptured forms will keep
on lifting the flag as long as the Re-
public endures is not the proper oc-
casion for temperance preachment
or for any frail and fallible mortal to
climb up into the seat Of judgment.
However, 1t truthfully can be observed
that the heinous thing which did him
10 death and snatched from him his
meridian years, with all their promise,
threatens the future of our dear land
AtAUlC tAidAl ally AuCuAUS4Cu1 oAUfG10lUAl,
dire as that menace is.
Alcohol ruins more hopes, debauches
more bodies, dethrones more brains,
blights more homes. fills more hospitals
and jails, loses more jobs and murders
more people than all other public ene-
mics combined. The blood Of Ira Of
Two cries. in defeat, from the winter
ground. The might-have-been seemed
to constantly mock the victim whom
the enduring bronze calls victor as.
despairing of his shadowed future, he
exclaimed: II have had many chances,
but" He knew the poignancy OF Whit
tiers words. "Of all sad words Of
tongue or pen. the saddest Of these. 1t
might have been!"
All hail to the Alcohol Anonymous
Good Samaritans who, refusing to lose
hope. delve into the murky waters of
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Separate, but Related

Postmaster General Summerfield, a
stickler for carefully wrapped parcels, sent
his postal-pay and poStal-rates proposals
to Congress In well-tied package. But 1t
did not take congressional leaders long to
unwrap the bundle and lay the postage
problem aside for later consideration. This
is the same procedure followed last year
with disastrous results, namely, presiden-
tial veto of nonrevenue- providing pay
bill. Congress ought not make the same
mistake twice In row,
It is proper to handle the postage
question in hearings apart from those called
to consider a pay increase for post office
workers, but 1t Is hiding ones head in the
sand to contend that there is no relation
between the two subjects. The administra-
tion has held that one should not be passed
without the other as companion piece.
The postal deficit has been cut under the
Summerfield regime from about $500 million
a year to between $500 and $4O0 million.
The per cent pay raise and fringe dement's
recommended by the administration would
add about s170 million to the deficit.
Mr.. Summerfield again, therefore, has
asked that the postal service be put more
nearly on self-sustaining level through
increased rates on letters and on second
and third class mail. There Is always an
outcry against such proposals. The issue
to be decided Is to what extent the Govern
ment is 10 continue to subsidize mail costs.
No Postmaster General has ventured to
suggest that the whole postal system should
be self-supporting. but many have urged
Congress to reduce the deficit-and hence
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Sunday Sales

A news dispatch carried In The Star
OF January 10 told Of clergymen and
business Representatives in the Silver
Spring area having organized to launch
an attack from the pulpit and through
the press on the spread Of Sunday busi-
ness operations in Montgomery County.
do not wish to express in this let-
ter any personal judgments or antip-
athies toward my ellow-clergymen. /
share fully the conviction that the
Christian Church should emphasize
strongly dynamic crusades to urge peo-
pie to fulfill their obligations Of con-
science to respect their one day Of wor-l
ship each week"
The objective to which the Silver
Spring Ministerial Association and
other interested parties are directing
their attention is to be greatly appre-
ciated and respected; however, wish
to voice strong conviction of opposi-
ton to the method adopted by these
well-meaning clergymen and business
representatives.
It Is quite one thing for the church
to organize for spiritual persuasion and
to rely upon the spiritual power and
dynamics Of Christianity to lead men
to the observance of a day Of rest: but
it is quite another thing, however, to
devise legal schemes. blue laws. and
compulsory measures disguised as
methods Of urging people" to fulflll
these obligations
When the strong arm Of lega1ism
must be called upon by the church in
any capacity to bring about moral ref
ormations it no longer is method OF
persuasion in the strictest sense Of free
moral operation. I wish that in this
enlightened and advanced Goth century
the church leadership would have suf-
ficiently matured spiritually so as to
discard medieval methodologies of le-
galism IN order to extend the influence
of the church.
Any church, whether it be Protestant
Evening star., 1955-01-30

On January 80, 1905. The Star re-
ported the services Of rededication at
Church mortal Church the
Rededicoted previous day. Presi-
dent Theodore Roose-
welt was the principal speaker at the
There is peculiar function to be
played by the great Lutheran church
In the United States Of America. +.
It is destined to be one Of the two
or three greatest and most important
national churches in the United
States, one Of the two or three churches
most distinctively American. In
the last analysis the work Of states
men and soldiers, the work Of the
public man. shall go for nothing If 1t
Is not based on the spirit of Chris
tianity working In the millions Of homes
throughout this country" Another
address was given by the Rev. DR..
George w. Miller Of Baltimore on
The Church Of the Living God"
Rev. ]. @, Butler. pastor Of the consre-
cation for so years, told of the fire
which had destroyed much Of the
building in 1904 and explained how
reconstruction had been effected. An
nterdeuominational service was held
In the afternoon and another more
definitely Lutheran service In the eve
ming with Senator'S Charles Dick Of
Ohio and Knute Nelson or Minnesota
as speakers. Paul w. Fishhaueh played
the new organ and Roland r. Roderick
directed the choir. Among the singers
was Gertrude Eberly.
The Star Of January IA. 1905. con-
tanned a list Of books recently acquired
by the Public Library
lbFGy Of the District Of Co
Accessions lunbia Leading the
column were: Green
Mansions. BY w. n. Hudson: ssThe
Golden Bowl Henry James: Beverly
Of Graustark.n George Barr McCutch-
con: and Manassas Upton Sinclair.
Among biographies, A, G. Ben2on's life
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Spires of the Spirit
Victor and Victim

It was an heroic group which on the
loftiest peak Of that rocky outpost
raised the Stars and Stripes at Two
Jima-that lonely eastern island of
blood and sweat and tears. The deed
was done under baptism Of murder
Gus fire. Out Of the valiant battalions
Of American warriors who fought their
way through perilous seas to land on
that strategic dot Of bleak sand and
rock, over $500 never saw America
again. The storming and capture Of
this key island. making it the costliest
piece Of real estate In the world.
merited the tribute Of Admiral Nimitz:
Uncommon valor was common
virtue
Many an act Of valor is written only
in the chapter Of the unapplauded,
the unheralded, the anonymous. But
six Marines were destined to have their
act Of selfless daring recorded by the
eye Of the camera for all the world to
behold. To actually photograph that
death defying achievement, Exhibit
No. OF the American fighting man In
action at his brayest and best, deserved
and received the coveted Pulitzer prize.
It was an idea Of genius to think Of
casting this Goth century version Of 20
say can you see" into permanent,
nfelike depletion. at which In years TO
be would be pointed q million cameras.
Now the intrepid deed is frozen into
immortal bronze for the generations
following. There, by the quiet, brood
ing Potomac. in the loveliest Of settings
close by Arlington's storied gates. 1t
stands In dramatic vividness already
q National Monument.
Il
On that November day of "a, when
this new sacramental bronze was offi-
cially accorded an honored place in
the Nations Monumental City, but
three of the original Two Jima band
were present for the unique experience
of seeing themselves lifted into history.
Three of that eager group whose hands
had grasped the battle standard under
far. alien skies Joined the biyouac Of
the dead before the fight for the bastion
was over. One Of the survivors, who
with long, long thoughts looked on at
the unveiling, had In his veins the
blood Of the noble race which roamed
the continent before the coming of the
white man. How eminently fitting 1t
seemed that one pair of those American
hands which raised Old Glory, perched
high in victory. should be those of a
red man! Now but two Of those World
War heroes remain. The American with
Indian lineage who, so recently at his
Nations Capital, saw himself in heroic
proportions lifted to proud niche In
the temple of fame was found dead at
80, lying on the frozen ground Of the
reservation.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Ashes on the Rug

A survey by those people who make
carpet sweepers has produced the encourage
ing response that the lady Of the house likes
to have one of the hand-operated gadgets
around to sweep up cigarette ashes when
they are spilled on the rug. This is en-
couraging in more ways than one. Not only
does it offer promise for the future of the
carpet sweeper industry, but 1t also provides
an excellent and long needed excuse around
the house.
Ashes on the rug, one knows, are a
catastrophe in the well-ordered home.s It
Is not enough to promise to be more careful
in the future Nor is 1t enough to treat the
accident lightly, with the worn joke about
ashes keeping out the moths. The lady OF
the house Is not receptive to levity when
ashes are on the rug. One has long ago
given up any effort to get the mess cleaned
UP before it Is noticed. The maneuver has
too many pitfalls. 1t is difficult to carry
the broom or sweeper past the lady of the
house without arousing certain suspicious.
1t is difficuit, too, to grind them into the rug
without leaving some trace. Blowing them,
as one has tried, serves merely To scatter
them and make them even more noticeable.
Since ashtrays never seem adequate,
this catastrophe is likely TO occur again and
again, good intentions Notwithstanding. IN
the future. however, when one spills ashes
on the rug, the deed win be boldly an
nounced. Then, when the recriminations
begin, one will assume look Of hurt sur
prise, ard point out that snch acts are q
necessary part OF the scheme Of American
life. One would not want to be accused Of
doing anything, or emitting anything. that
would irrepatably damage the carpet
sweeper industry, would one? The news
from the survey IS encouraging indeed. i
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Anti Ten1po Strategy

Washington's A temporary Federal
ONCE buildings owe their longevity in large
measure to the lack Of carefully drawn
program for their elimination from the
local scene: There has been sporadic snip
ing at them from varied sectors over the
years, but no concentrated attack according
to definite plan Of action. The tempos-
veterans of two world wars-have demon
strated that they have remarkable survival
powers, despite their fiimsy construction.
The anti-tempo forces should welcome,
therefore, the plan by Representative Broy-
hill Of Virginia for commission to make
positive plans for the removal Of the tempoS
from the Mall and elsewhere. This group,
In effect, would constitute strategy board
to map out campaign for the expeditions
razing of the old buildings and the erection
Of permanent new office buildings in appro-
pirate locations.
This would be sort of slum- clearance
and relocation program on the governmental
level The commission would be composed
of key Federal officials, representatives Of
the National Capital Planning Commission
and the Fine Arts Commission and three
members from private organizations inter-
ested in the problem. II this or any similar
group should succeed In bringing to an end
the inglorious reign Of the tempos, It's place
In the District hall OF fame would be
assured.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

The society column OF The Star for
January Is, 1905. featured an account
of the wedding Of
Wurren- Pershing Capt. John J.
Wedd;nn Pershing and Helen
Frances Warren;
daughter of Senator Francis Z. Warren
Of Wyoming. at Epiphany Church that
day. Rev. DR.. Randolph McKim ofiici-
ated ct the ceremony. The bride. who
Is an exceedingly graceful girl. wore
simple but extremely becoming dress Of
soft white satin, made princess. -. A
coronet of orange blossoms crowned her
tulle veil" Miss Orr. Of Pittsburgh was
maid Of honor. "A pretty group Of girls.
dressed in light silk and lace. with
picture hats, former classmates OF the
bride at wellesley College, were notables
among the guests escorted down the
middle aisle. With q fine disregard Of
the zero weather, they left their wraps
In their carriages and braved the cold
to appear In their dainty finery TO the
best advantage" President Roosevelt
was present with his wife and daughter
Alice. A reception ct the willard Hotel
followed the rites at the church. Capt.
and Mrs. Pershing left Washington on
. honeymoon trip which was to be pro-
longed to his post OF duty at Tokyo in
Japan.
The Star .of January 20. 1905, told
the story of d child player whose career
on the stage began when
An Actress +. abe was IL. Born at
Al Twelve Caldbeck. tn the Lake
District Of England. this
youthful artist came to America with
her parents at 4 years Of age. She
lived at FIRST on q farm In Kansas. later
in Cincinnati. where she attended
public school. Her particularly rich
and appealing voice" was brought to
the attention Of Col. n, 3. J. Miles. who
took her on tour as member Of o
juvenile .Pinafore" company. This
amateur experience resulted In her per-
manent Identification with the drama"
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Moryiondrs S Obligation

i A bill passed by the Maryland House
would commit the State to the carrying
out of an obligation implicit In the Federal
Maryland agreement for construction Of the
Washington Baltimore Parkway. The bill,
now before the State Senate, would ban
heavy trucking from the 11-mile stretch
Of the expressway built by the State. This
Is the only part of the new parkway on
which trucks are allowed. Yet Maryland
offlcials knew from the very outset of the
undertaking that the Federal Government
always intended the parkway to be free
Of truck traffic.
In pursuance OF the original purpose OF
limiting trafic to passenger vehicles and
such military transport as some emergency
might justify. Federal engineers laid base
and paving designed solely for lighter traf-
flc. This lighter construction ends near
JeSsup, Maryland, where the State section
OF the highway begins. The State, as though
unaware of the restricted nature Of the
parkway, built the Jessup-t Baltimore link
rugged enough to handle heavy truck traffic.
The belated efforts Of State authorities to
keep trucks of the road through voluntary
arrangement with the trucking industry
have come to naught. The only way for
Maryland to live up to its part of the bar
gain with the Federal Government is to
pass legislation specifically barring truck
traflc from the parkway.
Certainly, until such legislation is
passed, talk Of turning the whole parkway
over to the State OF Maryland for MAIN
tenance and operation is premature, to say
the least.