Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09

Lip Service to Prince Of Peace
Once again the so-called Christian ma
tons are giving their annual lip service
to the Prince Of Peace.
In 1917, was one Of multitude who
stroye to prevent the entry OF this coun-
try into the war to end wars" Re-
member?
One of our specific goals was to limit
appropriations for the War Department
to 81 billion annually.
Our current appropriations are s37
billion.
Theresa X. Russell.
YoIto Secrets
Why. it might be asked. are far too
many of our finest men SO grievously
mistreated? Direct reference is made 10
Arthur Bliss Lane, former United States
Ambassador to that unhappy land
known as Poland. 1t is suggested that
a letter. dated March %, written by
the aforementioned gentleman, be read,
with profit. Among other things, 1t Is
a revelation of historical incident"
which Mr.. Lane aptly expresses in the
closing sentence of the letter: Il trust
that this error will never again be per-
petrated in history"
It would, perhaps, not be amiss to
quote two other portions of this heart
rending letter: "It was particularly
interesting to me as former Ambassador
to Poland to read for the first time
conversations that took place at Yalta
with regard to Poland" Also, special
l. fal $N hi
American diplomatic representative can
efficiently help his Government unless
he knows of the agreements which his
Government made with respect to the
Nation to which he is accredited
What a crime against our own in
terests. We Americans should thank
the Almighty that We do have unself1sh
so-called public servants" used in
the best sense of the word and or nom
political verbiage, to act for us, when
possible. How much better could such
men and women do the LOB" with at
least a bit of the truth, as known at
"home" It's far from fair or reasonable
in our own self-interests, to allow such
men as ex-Ambassador Arthur Bliss
Lane to operate in vacuum. Amen,
again, to the words contained in the
first quote herein.
Mahlon Ashford.
Placing Blame for Sums
Why do they always blame the land
lord for slums, whether the landlord
is Uncle Sam or some individual? The
landlord doesn't make the slum, it's
the people who live there. A picture in
The Sunday Star on March 81, showing
q neglected home and cluttered yard.
burns me up. / am not a landlord; the
only ground / own is in a flower pot
on my window SILL SO you can't call
me biased Even if house is shabby,
well-caredfor yard improves the
place. And if the landlord saw that
his tenants wanted to help themselves,
I am sure, in most cases, he would
help them.
was born in a. small mill town
where the people. mostly foreigners,
worked from Z am. to pm. for low
wages. But their homes and yards were
immaculate. Many Saturday helped
rake and sweep a yard so that we kids
could shoot marbles or play hopscotch.
The corners and edges were planted
Will 1oNcIS W llclp bCduIl1y VIC pun
dwellings.
There wouldn't be any slums II the
people themselves wouldn't make them.
A little elbow grease would help con-
siderably,
Jean Lindsay.
Eisenhower's Churchooine
According to David Lawrence, Senator
Nicely of West Virginia, in a recent
speech before CLIO convention, had
this to say:
Eisenhower never Joined a church
until after he became President
now) it has reached the point that
one Of the great papers of the country
every Monday morning carries story
about Eisenhower's attendance at
church the day before ..
ANY man who tries to parade his
religion that way before the public
is ungodly. II that's an unreasonable
and unfair statement, then make the
most of it."
This. it seems to me, should cause
anybody to wonder whether the Sena-
tor is trying to start smear campaign
against the present administration, or
is he Just making of himself what the
late Hugh johnson called profess
sional smart aleck."
If I were in public life and couldn't
find anything more legitimate and
proper than that for bricks to sling
at President of the opposing party,
I'd throw bouquets instead or keep my
mouth shut.
Troy G. Knifin,
Kansas City, Mo.
1t grows weariSome to q regular
reader Of the multitudinous columnists,
and letter writers, who now attack the
Democratic Congressman and politi-
clans for objecting to the innumerable
attacks made upon them by their
counterparts in the Republican Party.
We. as a Nation, have short-lived
memories. Throughout the Democratic
reign, the selfsame "villification" was
hurled at the Democrats by the Repub-
licans. But when the shoe Is on the
other ones foot, 1t pinches too much
for comfort.
Marguerite X. Yost.