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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-10-29

a closed bar and helped himself
to few drinks because was
thirsty" He's now in, instead Of
at, the jug.
Bookmaker, in London, Eng
land, has learned never to bet on
filly. Winked at a pretty girl
who promised him q date and
kept it by hailing him into court
for illegal bookmaking. She was
a policewoman.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-10-29

relatives here recently. He
is a former resident of Fin
castle. His house still stands.
X =
Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Pettus included:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Jenn-
ings, of New York; and Mr..
and Mrs. Hardman, of Iron
Gate, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bundy
spent last week in Charleston,
w. Va, before returning to
Johnstown, Pa, for the win
ter.
Mrs. Lettia Fairfax enter
tanned the Willing Workers
Club, Friday night. A gen
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-10-29

erous gift was made to the
Fire Department which is do
ing wonderful work in the
county: The November meet
ing will be with the j. c..
Otey'S.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-10-29
Blue Ridge
BY Marie Redd

Rev. Pinkard delivered a
wonderful =. message which
was taken from Exodus Is rs.
Su bject: "Bitter Water
Sweeten". The 25th verse
says, "And he cried unto the
Lord; and the Lord showed
him a tree, which when he
had cast it into the waters,
the waters were made sweet !:
There he made for them a sta
tute and an ordinance and
there he proved it,"
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cuts and bruises about the
head. We hope he will soon re-
cover and be out again.

Fellow in Detroit, Mich, hast
had his thirst slaked for from,
three to IS years. Threw a chunk
Of concrete through window oil
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-10-29
Fincastle News

Fincastle News
The Countrywide League
met in an extra session at
the First Baptist Church of
Buchanan. Plans were made
to represent in the Negro
Org. Society. Patrons from
all sections of the county at
tended. Rev. C. j. Smith
helped with his advice that
caused the business session
to move smoothly.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cole
man, of Belmar, N. j., visited
Evening star., 1955-02-08
This and That
Lloyd Buchanan.

where / learned to eat" says this
correspondent.
Truly, we do learn to eat, and no
doubt that is where the modern world
of fatties comes from.
The trouble was we often learned to
eat and love best the foods that fatten.
such as bread, cakes. pies, crackers,
crullers, milk-yes, milk, because it en-
ables a child to wash down otherwise
dry crackers, etc.
1t must be remembered that modern
dietetic science is not very old, so that
millions of people were brought up be-
fore it became popular.
AS a matter Of fact. probably mil
even before the modern science OF nu-
triton was born, that is how new it is.
Many old-timers even refuse to admit
that anything has happened. in the
science of eating.
go ahead and eat your victuals,"
the older mothers used to say.
Today's ladies use no such wordage,
but some of them manage to convey
much the same sentiments.
The truth seems to be that we all do,
indeed, learn to eat from the hands
and minds Of those who provide the
provender.
Probably the greatest harm is done
youth today by allowing a child to
build up a too great hankering for
'sugared foods.
Z This trend has been seized upon by
Evening star., 1955-02-08

a base for attack against the main
land? But that presupposeS that we
will break the cease-fire agreement.
We have clearly stated that those
islands are necessary to our defense.
In retaining them we are not asking
modification Of the status quo. The
cease-fire would thus be accepted at
the point which now exists in the hope.
fatuous in the light of Communist dis
regard of other agreements. that a
modus vivendi could be found. Why
any concessions as a condition preced-
ent? Are we admitting such weak
ness that we must accept terms and
make concessions? Let all, whether in
this country or abroad who urge con-
cession consider the contradiction be-
tween such a position and the moral
right which is ours, guarded by our
superior force Let them further realize
that concessions will be regarded as a
sign of weakness, and will encourage
further demands.
We should be clear in our thinking.
Perhaps there, are some who question
either our right or our force. Let such
speak up. and let us know that they
indorse the Reds claims, because they
themselves question our right, our force,
or both.
Lloyd Buchanan.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

I
Dear Sir:
Come now, it's not like you to
grimace like that over supposedly
ugly dose of medicine, and that's what
your ugh suggests in your recent
article on blackstrap and mush.
Folks out in Indiana are not too
differ Mt in eating habits and dietary
oulrKS from those in Pennsylvania,
where I learned to eat. and enjoy, such
things as fried mush and ponhaws
(scrapple) with New Orleans sugar.
house or blackstrap molasses.
"Of course, occasionally we'd lose the
sweet tooth and indulge in either of
these foods with no molasses. but gobs
of butter instead; but blackStrap always
got the nod otherwise.
"And I like salt and pepper on
schmierkase cottage cheese. also
plenty Of sugar.
did you ever tempt your taste buds
with schmierkase and black apple but
ter? And good old fashioned tub butter
with salt beads standing out all over it
and a taste that made anything on
which it had been piled a gourmet's
delight. Prefer oleo to the present-day
creamery butter.
by the way. liked your sign-of on
that article-'Laugh and grow fat with
This and That
Sincerely. N. o."
Evening star., 1955-02-08
By Charles E. FroceweN

manufacturers to provide sweetened
drinks galore and even breakfast foods
coated with sugar.
These popular sweets are counter
acted, perhaps, by the wiser use of
proteins. vitamins and minerals, but
who can say what will happen when
these children begin to grow old?
They will have swallowed oceans of
sugar. unnecessarily, and veritable seas
of water doped with fluoride, a rat
poison.
We we're reading in the most recent
book put out by scientific circles to sup
port the huoridation of water.
In this book it was revealed that the
difference between safety and danger
was between / and parts OF, fiuoride
per million, or whatever the phrase is.
A pretty slim margin. after all, or is
It? Perhaps one has to be scientist
to know
The volume also said that there is a
town in China, we believe it Is, where
they have a bit too much fiuortne
tnaturaD in their water. and most OF
the towns inhabitants have stiff backs.
Learning to eat is mighty factor,
for good or evil.
How many really know how to eat?
Whether living in Indiana uargely
populated from Pennsylvania or in
Washington. D. c., the need for the
use of the mind in eating is as great
as 1t is In the other affairs of life.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Toward Stabilized Forces

Under more stable world conditions,
House consideration this week of the ad-
ministrations draft-extension proposal
might be expected to be prolonged, with
opponents having a field day. Unsettled
DEVELOPMENTS in the Formosa area, however,
have created an atmosphere generally
favorable to this and other defense meas
ureS There is no reason to doubt that the
selective service law, due to expire on June
80, will be continued for another four years,
as recommended by President Eisenhower.
Defense Secretary Wilson has told Con-
greSs that without an extension OF the draft
law it will be impossible for the Defense
Department to maintain the minimum
armed forces regarded as essential to Amer
ican security. The Army is particularly de-
pendent on conscription, as volunteer en-
listments have fallen far behind the hoped
for rate. Even with early approval OF in
creased pay and benefits for servicemen the
immediate problem would remain, for the
effects of higher pay and allowances would
be of long g-range nature.
The House Armed Services Committee,
in reporting the administration draft bill,
minus controversial reservist provisions Ito
be handled as separate legislation) evi-
QGIlCcQ It's COlCSAH Will pLCoCilU dAAo nv
posed military n1anpower goals. Chairman
VinSon had been among congressional
leaders expressing fears that cut in Army
strength now, as proposed by the President,
might be too-dangerous calculated risk.
But, after hearing both sides of the question,
Mr. Vinson announced that his committee
would not oppose the reduction.
Chairman Vinson, like the President and
Secretary Wilson, has decided that it is
impracticable to keep shifting manpower
levels upward or downward with every new
crisis in the present cold war era. The best
that we can hope to do now is to establish
reasonably stabilized armed forces, with
adequate and well-trained reserves to back
up the .active-duty contingents. That is.
what the President and his advisers are
seeking to do through an extended draft,
revitalized reserve program and military
pay legislation. Congress would be well
advised to 60 along with this carefully and
solemnly formulated program.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
DR.. John r. Mott

Born in 1865, John Raleigh Mott was 20
years Of age when he encountered the ex-
perience which set the pattern of the best
part of his life. The date was January IA,
1885, and the place was a meeting hall at
Cornell University in Ithaca. New York
Within the auditorium the noted Cambridge
cricketer, J. Kynaston Studd protege of
the famous evangelist Dwight L. Moody, was
preaching. Arriving late and pausing mo-
mentarily at the door, the young sophomore
student from Iowa heard spoken the words:
Seek ye first the Kingdom OF God"
The call thus phrased became the guild
ing principle of John Motifs heart and mind
All other considerations were swept aside,
and he pledged his talents unreservedly to
Christian enterprise. The Young Mems
Christian Association lay ready to his pur-
pose. He was chosen student secretary OF
it's international Committee in 1888 and
served at that post until 1915. Meanwhile
he accepted the secretaFyship Of the Student
Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
and organized the Worlds Student Christian
Federation which eventually operated in q
different countries. In 1910 he presided oyer
the World Missionary Conference In Edin-
burgh and in 1917 he was called to the
executive leadership of the YMCA National
War Work Council. 1t was not until l947
that Dr. Mott retired from Christian organi-
cation labor.
But mere recital Of the positions he
held and the administrative work he did
represents only fraction Of his worth to
the cause in which he was enlisted. The
two million miles he travelled and the 81
books he wrote provided much better
measuring stick for his achievement. DR..
Mott was statesman. He made Christian
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Appropriate Court Spokesman

Testimony at last weeks Senate hear
ingS was Overwhelmingly in favor OF the
proposal that the Chief Justice be invited
to address the Congress, at periodic inter-
walls, on conditions within the judiciary.
The opposition seemed to be centered on
two principal points. ..
One is the completely cynical sugges-
ton that the appearance of the Chief Jus
tice before Congress would involve politics,
by providing some politically ambitious in
cumbent of that high office forum for self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS matter OF fact, 1t is
difficult to imagine more unlikely occasion
for Chief Justice, were he so inclined. to
attempt a personal or partisan buildup.
The people who have injected this idea are
the politicians themselves. They, of course,
are playing politics.
The other point in opposition is the
novel theory that appearance of the Chief
Justice before the peoples chosen repre-
sentativeS in Congress would in some mys-
terious manner tend to break down the
principle of the separation of powers
Springing from the Constitution.
The Constitution provides for zone Su-
preme Court in which it vests the "judi-
cial power of the United States" To Con-
RTGSS Is lC1I Gllc plONlSlOll VI dA1 A1AACA hOA
courts It is Congress that decides how
many courts there shall be and where they
shall be located and how many Judges shall
man them. 1t is Congress which establishes
by it's own regulation the jurisdiction of
such courts, save that outlined for the Su-
preme Court in the Constitution. The sal
aries of the judges are established by Con-
gress Every penny spent by the courts
81 ho nYN~iof fal kvyT
The courts, in other words, are under
the complete control of Congress insofar as
establishing and maintaining the machin-
cry of justice are concerned 1t could not
be otherwise. Yet the fundamental prin-
ciple of separation of powers has been
strengthened, rather than weakened, under
this arrangement 1t is more generally &C
cepted now, the wisdom and safeguards of
that principle having been tested by expe-
rience, than when the Constitution was
written.
The proposal that the Chief Justice ad-
dress the Congress did not originate with
the politicians, or officeholders in the exec
utive branch. 1t originated within the ju-
dietary itself, coming from distinguished
judges, including Chief Judge Stephens of
the Court of Appeals, whose jealous regard
for the principle of separation of powers
under the Constitution is hardly open to
question. That separation would be
strengthened, rather than weakened, by the
proposal. In practice, the dignity of the
courts as a separate and equal branch of
orr Government would be enhanced Our
judges are deeply disturbed by developing
strains and stresses on the machinery of
justice, imposed by new burdens, the nature
of which Congress does not seem to appre-
ciate. The judiciary needs spokesman Of
its own. The Chief Justice is the appro-
pirate spokesman.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
M. r. CantiIera.
Paul GiOrnO.
w. G. Mcfarland.

wish to comment on your editorial,
Serving the Boys Welfare"
have been a resident of Washing
ton for more than a quarter of CEN
tury and have seen, despite a segre-
gated system. youngsters of all ages
and races play in streets and on lots
with harmony.
You refer to natural processes of
more gradual change. What is this?
Is it the arbitrary reasoning of the
adult that the time is not yet ripe?
Or is it the friendliness of child who
puts his hand into that of little friend
and invites him into his circle?
The whole question of segregation
and discrimination is one of such COM
plexity that no one answer sufices as
an ideal solution---and the question of
time in an overall sense is probably
academic. The time is "now"-the
time was yesteryear. While we post
pone making the American ideal-de-
mocracy-a truly living thing in every
aspect of our lives, we are failing in
our duties as good citizens. good par
ents and true believers in the fellowship
of man under one God
I am sure there is no wide enmity in
the community toward the Police Boys
Club Board of Directors-rather an
earnest prayer that, in this era of chal-
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Lees Rank

Reporter Ray kaltWaSSer recently
referred to Robert E. Lee as General
of the Army" of the Confederate States
of America, and several days later was
criticized by Correspondent j. w.
Edgerly. Mr.. Edgerly objected that Lee
was not General of the Army" as
no such rank and title existed in the
c. S. A.
am of the belief that Mr.. Kalt-
wasser was more nearly correct than
Mr.. Edgerly would have us believe he
was At least he was correct as far
as rank was concerned even If Slightly
inaccurate as to title. On January %,
1865, the Congress of the Confederate
States of America passed an act pro-
viding for the appointment of an Off
Ger "who shall be known and desig-
mated as General-in- Chief who shall
be ranking officer of the Army. and
as such shall have command of the
military forces of the Confederate
States" (See THE War of the Rebel
lion: A Compilation of the Official
Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies" Series I, Vol. 46, Part II,
page 1205) Then by General Orders
No. from the Adjutant and Inspector
Generals Office, dated February 6,
1865. paragraph 2, General Robert E.
Lee. having been duly appointed Gen
eral-in-Chief of the Armies Of the
Confederate States, will assume the
duties thereof, and will be obeyed and
respected accordingly"
According to the Memorandum Rel
ative to the General Officers Appointed
by the President in the Armies of the
Confederate States, 18611865," page
3, Lee was confirmed in this rank by
the c. S. Senate on January 81. 1865.
Ralph Donnelly,
Member Civil War Round Table OF
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1955-02-08

their cause before the U. N. Once this
is done, it is only step to having the
Communist representatives admitted to
the U. N. This country keeps saying
there will be no appeasement of the
Reds and then goes right ahead and
appeases them. The experience of the
ages shows that appeasement never
settles anything and that the peace it
achieves is merely temporary and just
a prelude to new aggressions. A sharp
and determined warning to aggressors
often prevents war, whereas a weak
and feeble retreat in j. the face OF
threats eventually brings on war.
Roy ]. SOntag.
Evening star., 1955-02-08

ity an authentic force and power wherever
he appeared. His eloquence moved multi
tudes of listeners, but it was equally effec-
tive in the assembly places of parliaments
and cabinets. No contemporary better
deserved the title of world citizen" and
the Nobel Prize which was given him in
1946 was an appropriate acknowledgment
of this fact Washington knew him as a
good neighbor,. and he long will be remem-
bered here - especially at Washington
Cathedral which he helped to build.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Labor of Love

He rise early on this day OF sun,
To do the chores. A ne,O-born heifer
cali
Needs his attention. He has planned
to burn
The upper meadow II the tOind Is right.
And sngoing fence along the lo,Der lot
Must be Strengthened to corral the stock
He has not put to pasture In the hills.
He dresses in familiar denim tDear.
And builds FIRE In the stoue before
He calls the family. Breakfast cannot be
Delayed this morning: he must be about
The needed labor OF his little farm.
Small routine tasks that matted Dinter-
through,
His stride Is quickened;; there Is toork
to do.
Billy D. Cooper
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Roger Burgess.
Vote for Trude Bill

AS presidents of the Leagues Of
Women Voters in the Washington area.
we wish to express our support for
H. r. and H. r. 536, identical bills
to renew the Reciprocal Trade Agree
muats AG.. Sinc9 1922, 18th" President has
had this power to make tariff reduc-
tions agreements with other coun-
tries for our mutual benefit. The cur
rent bill, H. r. /, embodies President
Eisenhower's moderate but forward
looking trade proposals. It is step
toward expansion Of world trade.
However, the League of Women
Voters of the United States in its re-
cent statement to the House Ways and
Means Committee has made two spe-
cific suggestions for modifying H. r. l
in the il1Seroo--t of more constructive
trade policy. First, we believe that the
act should be extended for more than
the three years specified in the bill.
Up to now, the act has come up for
extension at short intervals, each ac-
companied by increasing controversy
and uncertainty. Our trade policies
should be as stable as possible, so that
traders and manufacturers here and
abroad can make long-term plans and
capital investments with some degree
of confidence.
Second, we recommend modification
or elimination of the escape clause and
peril point sections in the act. The es-
cape clause has permitted a domestic
industry to request tariff increases
through application to the Tariff Com
mission on the ground that imports
are injuring it's business. This means
that foreign producers are constantly
threatened by the possibility Of tariff
barriers If their goods become COM
petitive with American products. The
peril point is the level below which the
Tariff Commission will not permit
tariff reductions on certain specified
products. Like the escape clause, it
tends to protect one industry at the
expense of our overall national eco
nomic interest. Certainly there are
other ways to prevent destructive COM
petition and unemployment.
We know that H. r. alone will not
solve all the problems of foreign trade.
But failure to enact this measure or
the weakening of its provisions would,
in our opinion, lead to contraction
of trade among nations, and thus cause
great harm to the United States.
Mrs. George F. Galland, president,
Alexandria League of Women Voters;
Mrs. Vernon Weihe, president, Ar
lington League of Women Voters;
Mrs. John F. Latimer, president, Dis
trict of Columbia League of Women
Voters; Mrs. Monroe Burk, president,
Fairfax County League of Women
Voters; Mrs. Robert D. Baum, presi-
dent, Falls Church League of Women
Voters; Mrs Thomas Lee Smith,
president, Montgomery County
League of Women Voters; Mrs. Haig
Dermen, president, Prince Georges
County League of Women Voters.o
Evening star., 1955-02-08
'cruckdown Worrunted

Congratulations on your February 2
editorial "Crackdown Warranted" The
after-hours bottle clubs in Prince
Georges County need cleaning up.
It is difficult to conceive of any truly
civic minded citizen finding it necessary
to do his drinking after am.
Your paper and your readers will do
the community real service by backing
States Attorney Blair H. Smith all the
way in his drive to close the notorious
clubs.
Roger Burgess.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Letters to The Star

lenge and the approaching observance
of Brotherhood Week. each one Of
them will thoroughly search their con-
sciences and take action to which we
can point with pride-action that will
prove America the vanguard of freedom.
Laura III. Harris.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
Ceose-Fire

The Chinese Communists have an
grily refused to take part in cease-fire
talks with the U. N. I take no risk
in labelling such reluctance as phony
and in predicting that they will nego-
tiate. But their reluctance" is cal
culated to persuade us to accept their
conditions: For example, we must first
withdraw from Quemoy and the Mat
sus. But If the cease-flre is to be in
good faith (mark the wordsD, why
the fear of retention of control of
those islands? They may constitute
Evening star., 1955-02-08
View on Formoson Crisis

This correspondent views the cur
rent alarm about Formosa as an elab-
crate attempt by the Chinese Com
munists to gain admittance to the
United Nations They put on an
elaborate war scare in order to get
their representatives invited to plead
Evening star., 1955-02-08
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. What make of car was the one
used for the title role of the English
movie "Genevieve"?--E. I. F.
A. Genevieve is a 1904 Darracq, D
cylinder, IL hp., and capable of 40
m.p.h. on the fiat under favorable con-
ditions. The car has taken part in
several veteran car rallies.
Evening star., 1955-02-08
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