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Evening star., 1955-11-27
BeIobors Non-Unionist

A word or two for your cor
respondent, Nish Showers,
who objects so strenuously to
having the children of strik-
ing workers fed with Govern
ment surplus food. The right
to strike is the only strong
weapon workers have which Is
at all comparable with the
powerful economic weapon of
huge corporations.
Mr.. Showers is evidently
either ignorant of, or quite
indifferent to, the enormous
benefits unions have secured
with years of blood, sweat and
tears, for both union members
and nonunion workers. Near
ly everyone who enjoys a de-
cent salary today is indebted
to the tireless, heart-breaking
efforts Of the early unioneers.
To sneer at unions is to bite
the hand that has fed you, and
is, moreover. base ingratitude.
Practically all of our impor-
tant industrialists are in ac-
cord with the self-evident
truth that management and
labor are but two sides Of the
same coin, and it must follow
as the night the day, that with
big industry we shall have big
labor, and to both wish many.
many prosperous and useful
years.
Clare O'Brien.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Union Merger

A union merger was in the
news a half century ago. too.
On November 9. 1905, The Star
reported: "One of the most
important movements that has
been consummated in Wash
ington labor circles for a long
time has just come to fruition.
1t is the consolidation of the
FIVE local unions Of Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners
In the District into one large
union, with a membership of
about l 900 woodworkers. Plans
for the amalgamation have
been under consideration for
several weeks. but so quietly
was the work of consummation
carried on that there was no
leak until the arrangements
had been completed and the
consolidation of the five bodies
effected. The consummation
meeting was held at Pythian
Temple, and approximately 600
carpenters and ioiners were
present. At the close of the
meeting the announcement
was made that the combined
union will begin life with 1000
members and nearly $4,000 in
the treasury.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
PorochioI Schools

The recent statement OF the
Catholic Bishops Of the United
States, that the students Of
private and parochial schools
have the right Ito benefit from
those measures, grants or aids,
which are manifestly designed
for the health, safety and
welfare of American youth,
irrespective of the school at
tended" deserves some COM
ment.
/, / agree that private and
church-related schools in
America exist not by sufference
but by right. I also agree that
parents have the right to exer-
else their choice as to what
school their children shall at
tend. But I do not believe that
public tax funds should be used
to benefit any sectarian insti-
tuition. including the parochial
school.
Why should my hard-earned
tax dollars support religious
schools which exist to teach
a, religion, quite alien from
mine, as the integrating ele-
ment of their curriculum?
Let us maintain the separa-
ton of the state from the
church and refrain from using
public funds for special and
minority interests.
John e. Wilson.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Laboratory Animals

/ would like to know why
Georgetown and George Wash
ington University Medical
Schools were allowed to get
and keep dogs for experiments
when they have such shabby.
uncomfortable quarters for the
dogs? I read where the dogs
are kept in cages and can't
move about or stretch in the
open air or sunshine like
animals are naturally supposed
to do. ! don't see why the
Humane Society and all other
citizens who have a heart
don't put a stop to this in
human treatment Of dogs by
these medical schools. It is
bad enough even to use dogs
for experiments, much less
not even have the decency and
heart to provide comfortable
places for these animals to
stay in.
These medical school people
ought to be ashamed of them
selves, and ought to be forced
to do something about this.
They may not have any heart
or feeling where animals are
concerned, but other people
have. AS for myself, ! do not
have any use for people who
are heartless toward animals,
and I do not care who knows
1t. Merle Sandel.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
The Cost of q Candle
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
By REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRI
Chaplain Of the United States senats

the narthex Of the Christmas
cathedral. Peering through
the doors ajar we are gazing
at the Pickering lights on the
high altar Of Advent. No won-
der with the spell Of a sane
tuary upon his spirit a poet
speaks Of the dim religious
light"
And another, awed by the
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Part Of the Campaign

Senate Democratlc Leaoer JonIlSuA
has given an early preview of things to
be talked about on Capitol Hill In the
second session of the 84th Congress. In
cluded in 13-point legislative program,
most of them are subjects which were
considered in the last session and, In
few cases, already have been acted upon
by one branch Of the Congress. Most
of them in some form undoubtedly will
be included also In the adminiStration
legislative program when President Eisen-
hover submits his state of the Union and
subsequent messages to the Congress.
Several have been under study by COM
mittees during the congressional races
The fact that there will be Demo-
cratic Republican overlapping on legis-
lative topics does not mean, Of course,
that there is agreement on how to deal
with these issues. Senator Johnson, for
example, defined his farm program" as
one which would restore 80 per cent OF
parity subsidies and extend benefits to
additional crops. The Republican admin
istration, with considerable Democratic
aid, sponsored the flexible price support
plan which only now Is becoming appli-
cable The farm problem seems certain
to be one of the most controversial issues
of the 1856 campaign. Both parties are
sure to make strong bid for farm favor,
but agreement on legislation will come
only after some bitter in-flghting on what
is to be done Tax revision, another of
the subjects listed by Senator Johnson,
is likely to touch OF comparable inter-
party struggle. The Democrats, beaten
back during the last session on efforts to
reduce the tax load on low-income groups
and even to eliminate some from any
income tax liability, are expected to re-
turn to a similar program The admin
istration, not yet committed on the tax
question as whole, is expected to take
another look at the budget picture be-
fore disclosing its plans. Federal aid to
schools, roads, housing and other public
welfare causes also are due for support
from both sides OF the political aisle but
on different formulas
Actually, Senator Johnson's early an
nouncement Of Democratic program is
one Of the opening moves in the 1855
campaign. Most of what happens on
Capitol Hill next year--whether at Demo-
cratic or Republican instigation--will
have sinailar complexion.
Evening star., 1955-11-27

before since in the dark streets
Of q little Eastern town there
shone the everlasting light. In
spite Of blasphemous and bla-
tant denials by the goddess
clique whose lair is the Krem-
lin, the darkness cannot put
out the light of the traditional
Russian candies.
Phillips Brooks. that glorious
preacher Of the word, who
made ancient creeds incandes-
cent with the light Of God as
he made Holy Trinity Church
in Philadelphia and Trinity
Church in Boston the pulpit
thrones Of perhaps the great
est ministry of the last hun
dred years, and whose own life
was as the candle of the Lord,
was totally oblivious that he
was revealing the secret of his
own life when, In a famous
sermon. he said. THE candle
is glorified by the fire and the
fire Is manifested by the can
dle--the candle obeys the fire.
The docile wax acknowledges
that the subtle flame is its
master and 1t yields to its
power. In the utter obedience
and self-surrender Of a great
hour the unlighted nature has
been lifted up and is lighted at
the light Of God and now
burns with Him" We are in
deed as unlighted candles until
the fire Of God touches our
poor lives and we begin to
blaze, not with the yellow
flame Of moral expediency, not
with the red flame Of un-
bridled license, not with the
green flame Of our own Jealous
covetousness, but with the
white flame Of an utter self
giving whose ruling passion is
to serve. Always the world
knows when that fame has
fallen on a human heart. A
lighted candle does not have
to advertise itself. With the
waiting wick on the high altar
Of our own dedication, let us
offer now, each of us. in the
quietness this prayer to the
Father Of Lights:
Light thou my candle. Lord,
Till all this early part of me
Glotps Nth Thy fire diUine.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Arms Race and Humanity

AS indicated by Chairman Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commission, the So
Wet Unions latest nuclear explosion
the largest thus far in any of It's test
series-leaves no room for doubt about
this: That the men of the Kremlin are
going all out in an effort to catch up
with the United States, and surpass it
If possible, in the development and pro-
duction of A-weapons and the hydrogen
bomb.
OF course, for propaganda purposes,
the Soviet leaders continue to call for
a ban on all nuclear and thermonuclear
experimental detonations. As usual,
however, they preach one thing and
practice the exact opposite. And with
their newest explosion-an H-bomb test
that has been measured in megatons, or
the equivalent of millions of tons Of INT
they have served notice, In effect, that
they propose to follow this course until
they feel that their atomic-hydrogen
arsenal Is at least equal to Americas.
Nor should anybody be surprised by such
prospect. For the Kremlin, as matter
of policy bearing upon Its own security
and its dominance-seeking world am
bitions, has long since made clear that
1t has no intention Of putting an early
end to the arms race.
Thus, at innumerable international
meetings like the recent one at Geneva
and Thursdays session of the United Ma
tions Disarmament Commission, Soviet
representatives have perSistently blocked
every Western effort to establish gen.
timely effective system-a vetolesS polic-
ing syStem-of world control over the
terrible new instruments Of mass deStruc-
tion. Instead, as a counter plan, they
have offered little more than proposals
to ban those weapons with mere paper
pledges that would be backed by a
vaguely eventual method of inspection
altogether too inadequate to merit the
trust of anybody. Quite obviously, given
this situation and the continuing atomic
hydrogen tests in the USSR, the United
StateS-in concert with its allies-must
do everything possible to insure that 1t
will not lag behind or become second
best In the nuclear and thermonuclear
race.
Yet the fact remains that this race
Is by far the deadliest in history. Unless
1t is stopped, it may well lead to the kind
of war that could literally wipe out the
whole of humanity-aw war In which there
would be no victors, but only indescrib-
able mutual destruction, as Soviet Premier
Bulganin has himself just acknowledged
in India. So what must be hoped for
now, and the West must keep on striving
to bring about fulfillment Of the hope,
is that the Kremlin will one Of these days
recognize the catastrophe potentialities
of. its policy and join with the rest OF the
world, at long last, in building a truly
decent and trustworthy peace.
Evening star., 1955-11-27

Gothic glory Of a great cathe-
dral. penned the lines:
In blessed Notre Dame OF
Chdrtres,
Where jeWeled tDindotcs
shine,
/ said, II man concerted this
place,
He Is himself divine.
But the most valid symbol
Of divinity in humanity is not
in ornate windows but in COM
monplace candles which bear
their uplifting ministry in
humble cottages as well as on
altars of the temple. For
candles are vocal with what
the worshippers bring to the
alteration of the Light Of the
World whose birthday is the
watershed Of the centuries.
breaking the ages in two.
Across the changing years the
significance of lighted candles
in the worship Of the one God
whose heart the Child Of
Bethlehem unveils is almost
beyond belief. as they picture
the invasion Of the human by
the divine.
More candles will be- aglow
this latest Christmas than ever
Evening star., 1955-11-27

Candles Of all sizes and at
all prices! Such is the waxen
lure of bedecked shops in every
city and town Of the Nation.
The .Yuletide rush for candles
is on. The price tags vary.
based on bulk and quality. But
In a deep sense, the final cost
of a candle which fulfills its
mission is the same. Its des-
tiny is to give its life away.
The waning wax Of a lighted
candle is the sign Of self-giv-
ing of which it is forever true
itself it cannot save. 1t is a
burning bush out Of which q
tongue Of fire utters winged
words. The only way a candle
can keep the fame is to feed 1t
with its own life. The very
genius of burning wick is
that it is giving itself away.
That is why candles are so
truly emblems Of the inner
truth of Christmas. On the
grave of a great servant of
humanity there is a seal and
on 1t is depicted a candle
burned down to the socket.
One who loves the soft glow
Of candlelight so greatly that
her home living room suggests
to friends q candelabra has
had for years under the glass
Of her workaday desk lovely
lines which glimpse the fiery
cost to the candle when once
1t meets the flame. Here are
the verses under the glass.
The beauty OF a candle
touches me,
1t is so softly gay,
So steddfdst and so careless
OF itself.
Giufno its life dwdy.
With inaren body slender iUhite
and stiil
Melting like snotD or tee,
1t Is a spendthrttt NTH a soul
OF flame
Offering sacrifice.
How often In exquisite greet
ings, when every embellish-
ment of color and artistry have
been commandeered, cleaning
candles and pictured cathedral
glass unite to convey the ten
der beatitudes of the blessed
season. Already we are in
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Two Cents Worth

The Democrats said Frank
lin D. Roosevelt was indispen-
sable. And now the Republicans
say Dwight D. Eisenhower is
indispensable.
I'd like to get my 2 cents
worth in on this. ! say Adam
was the only and original in
dispensable man. And. since
Adam, no other man has be-
come indispensable. / dare
anyone to prove otherwise.
Ed Batzner.
Evening star., 1955-11-27

It is, of course, possible
that long before next August
the present really serious split
in the Democratic Party will
be healed and the current en-
barrassments of Adlai Ste
venson, now front runner" in
the race for the nomination,
will have disappeared. But
at the moment it seems better
than an even bet that the
breach will have widened and
the bitterness increased.
Traditionally, after having
made a good fight" in 1852
(even though he carried only
nine States) Mr.. Stevenson,
the titular leader of his party
and a candidate for renomin-
alton, as was ex-Gov. Dewey
in the Republican Convention
Of 1948 and as was the late
William Jennings Bryan in
the Democratic Conventions Of
1904 and 1908, should have
had, as did they. a united
party back of him and at least
superficial harmony on the
issues. But it is perfectly clear
that at this time he has
neither. The reasons are not
in the least obscure.
Criticized Within Own Party
One, of course, is the change
in the political climate caused
by Mr.. EisenhoWer's heart at
tack. Up to that moment the
odds were heavy that Mr..
Eisenhower would be renomi-
mated and reelected. When
he was stricken the whole
Democratic prospect bright
ened. The feeling among
party politicians that Mr..
Stevenson was entitled to re-
nomination greatly diminished.
Mr.. Stevenson's ardent wish to
get the nomination without
being compelled to enter the
primaries and without conven-
ton opposition was rendered
futile. Not only have rival
and really formidable candi-
dates appeared. such as Gov.
Hartman and Senator Ke-
fauver. but Mr.. Stevenson's
speeches and statements have
aroused criticism from sup
posed friends" In his own
party fully as pronounced as
any that has come from the
Republican side. For example.
Gov. Hartman has sharply
assailed Mr.. Stevenson's ex-
pressed conviction that mod
Grafton" and middle of the
roadism" should be funda-
mental in Democratic policies,
both foreign and domestic.
Just who induced Mr.. Stew
enson to use these words mod
crate" and middle of the road
ism" is not clear. They do not
in the least sound like his two
cronies, Stephen Mitchell and
Paul Butler. They sound
much more like Thomas Fin
letter, formerly Secretary of
Air under President Truman
and a man of real ability and
character. But whoever wrote
that moderate" and middle
Of the roadism" speech could
not have foreseen its effect.
So far as the Republicans
were concerned. it was not
hostilely viewed because this is
Evening star., 1955-11-27
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The Star so years ago, on
November 30, 1905, began its
Thanksgiving Day story this
way: by right of proclama-
ton and grace Of long estab-
hshed custom, today Is set
apart as the thanksgiving
time of the American people.
Feast day and day of prayer,
it is a time Of silent retrospect,
Of whispered thanks and graft
tude. The vast machinery of
the Government rests notion
less. the fires banked, the
workshops are deserted. And
in the world-famed centers of
our business life dwells silence.
strange and unaccustomed, the
clamor of but yesterday hushed
and breathless until the COM
ing of the morrow"
Evening star., 1955-11-27
THE GAME OF: POLITICS
BY FRANK R. KENT
Stevenson May See Party Split Widen

the basic and often expressed
view Of Gen. Eisenhower-the
two things in which he very
deeply believes.
The first strong dissent came
from Gov. Hartman, who de-
clared that those words, mod
Grafton" and middle Of the
roadism" had no place In the
Democratic creed. They be-
longed to the Republicans and
should be left to them. Others
echoed the Hartman views
and made it plain that Mr..
Stevenson, their "titular lead
er," had struck a very sour
note. indeed. Friends of Mr..
Stevenson at once rushed to
his defense, declaring that all
he had done was to express
what he personally believed.
He was, they said simply try
ing to take the advice of those
who had been counseling him
to be his "own intelligent self"
and not descend to dema-
goguery in discussing issues.
1t is. they say, very discourage
ing that when he does that he
should find himself criticized
not only by men within his own
party but by the very people
who urge him to be his "own
intellectual self"
Must Take a Stand
What is even more disheart-
ening is the fact that, being
the first avowed candidate
for the nomination, he is COM
PEELED to take a stand on every
issue and answer every charge.
If he continues to be his "own
intellectual self" on every issue
in sight. he is going to get into
trouble with the various groups
and classes to which his party
is now attached and to whose
special interests he is himself
committed since 1852. Chief
among these are the bosses Of
organized labor and the dis
contented farm leaders. AL
ready these have echoed the
resentment Of Mr.. Stevenson'S
moderation" and "middle-of-
the-roadism" remarks. The
feeling here is that Mr.. Ste
venson, despite the ideaHstic
pictures which some of his
warmest admirers paint of him,
Is really a very canny little
guy. indeed. in the great game
Of politics which he is now
playing pretty hard.
The fact is that while Mr..
Stevenson is not only willing
to cut as many corners as any
other Of the Democratic as
pirants, he nevertheless feels
that he must hold on to his
reputation as a man of in
dependence and idealisrn.
Hence his moderation" and
middle-of-the-roadism" state
ment. The trouble about Mr..
Stevenson is that he wants so
badly to be President that he
will say nearly anything cal
culated to bring him votes.
and there isn't anything right
now he can say that will not
lose him as many votes as it
would gain him. He is in a
difficult position and there is
no way Of telling him how to
work 1t out.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Warfare on Winqs

Armor Magazine, a publication con-
centrating on military technology, fore
sees an era close at hand when warfare
may be fought almost entirely off the
ground. This does not mean fleets of
giant bombers and faster -than-sound
fighter planes, guided missiles or wide
ranging underwater craft. It means war
fare with weapons that are more or less
conventional today but with one signifl-
cant change, namely. nobility by air. It
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Smoky CupitoI

One worry Of the Capitol
housekeepers apparently had
been solved when The Star
reported. on November %.
1905: very little remains to
be done during the present
week to make the Capitol
ready for occupancy by next
Monday, when the Congress
session begins. The new and
extensive ventilating system
gave some trouble last week
before 1t settled down to busi-
ness, and on several occasions
the big building was filled with
smoke from floor to dome. The
system is In good shape at
the present time, however.
and already . great improve
ment has been noted in the
atmosphere Of the building"
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Ought to Be a Law

News stories on the proposed
District tax on salaries Of
Marylanders and Virginiar1s
working here point out that
members of Congress from
those States will oppose such
a levy. Why? Maryland has
been imposing q similar tax
on District and Virginia resi-
dents working in Maryland.
Congress should pass q law
forbidding a State to tax nom
residents.
Mrs. L. Z. Calvin.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

tions are for humanity alone.
should 60 down in history
beside the great Gettysburg
Address. l.. C.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Quotes

The Star OF October 28
quoted President Eisenhower
as follows:
"The book Of history re-
fleets mankind's unceasing
quest for peace. What more
effective contribution could
be made toward true world
peace than the worldwide
supplanting Of want with
plenty?"
These automatic words,
fitted as they are to current
world problems, coming from
this peace-loving military con-
queror, whose enemy Is still
his brother and whose awbi-
Evening star., 1955-11-27
The Ohio Kids

A sprightly news note about
the upcoming Congress was
reported in The Star on No
vember 28, 1905. The story
said: Three new members OF
the House Of Representatives
Ralph Cole. Beman G. Dawes
and Edward l.. Taylor-al-
ready collectively christened
the "Ohio kids" called at
Speaker Cannon's Office this
morning to say 'Howdy' and
make themselves officially
known to Uncle joe The three
cannot boast very much more
than a hundred years in the
aggregate, but they are all three
huStlers from a State that has
turned out some pretty swift
T,1nvnrS In itS dpv
Evening star., 1955-11-27

those on the other side.
The solution of this evil is to
make the game more open. for
bid mass plays, penalize all
holdings by expulsion. cut
down the tackling and inter-
ference and make the game
once more what it used to be,
and should be today, true foot
ball. with the palm of victory
going to the team that can
kick and catch and run bet
ter. and not to the team that
can slug and chew and butt
and break bones and gouge
eyes with the greater luck. :. ;"
YuIe Season
There we're a few indica-
tions that the Christmas sea-
son was on the way at about
this time a half century ago.
On November %. 1905, in a
dispatch from Rockland, Mass.
The Star reported: "Barges
bound South in tow of tugs
with their decks massed in
brilliant green have furnished
a somewhat uncommon spec
tacle in the lower harbor and
the Mussel Ridge channel dur
ing the past few days, show
ing a new method of shipping
Christmas trees cut in Maine.
In former years. trees cut
along the lower Penobscot
have been sent away by rail-
road" But this, The Star said,
was now impossible because
all the trees near the railroad
lines had been cut, making it
more economical to haul them
by truck to seaports and trans
mort fhoy,o ~, hornac