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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-21
White Man Is Hated, Even for His Virtues;
He Has Exported Know-How, but Not Love

The text Of the pastoral
letter Of the bishops Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
to Episcopalians throughout
the world is. ! suspect. q docu-
ment Of great Importance to
Christians of all denomina-
tons.
Issued from Honolulu, the
letter concerns itself with the
Christian attitude toward the
great revolutions that are
shaking Asia. and with the
Christian responsibility in the
face Of these events.
And within this framework
it also concerns itself with the
inner contradictions within
white. Western civilization,
that have plagued it since the
rise Of the West as the domi-
nant civilization of the globe.
The bishops in Honolulu.
gazing upon the Pacific is
lands and the great continent,
saw much "that in our human
eyes is disturbing. even fright
ening. yet. under God. full Of
promise"
They saw "a tidal upheaval"
Of half the worlds population
of deprived, hungry people.
struggling for food and ma
tionhood and full human
status and acceptance, and re-
sentful toward the West and
the white man. in his pride
and power"
It is true that the revolt
Of Asia is directed against
white. Western man, against
his long assumption of su-
periority. and. as a conse-
quence, against the religion
which the majority of the
Western peoples profess. The
West. on the whole. is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-21

Shop Downtown Thursday II to 9 at 7th 8 18th 8 G
Evening star., 1955-02-28
BY Charles E. TroceweH

Actually, he is making sounds; what
he says" is a note Of music, though
at times it may be harsh enough, in
line with the modern theory of musical
dissonance.
The birds were the first artists, and
expressed themselves because they
wanted to express themselves. It was
their way of being human-does any
one doubt that every living thing is
related?
II he does, let him watch a male
cardinal at this time of year present
his lady love with a sunf1ower seed.
+
Many watchers think this is "kiss-
ing" but actually 1t is just the same as
young man handing his sweetheart
box of candy.
All the rest Of the year, the male
redbird spurns his lady love. He even
chases her away from food, and will
even fight her. if she gets too near.
But let spring come, and he is diff
ferent.
Then he selects the plumpest seed
he can find, and sings that first sweet
song, SO that the female comes close.
Va And as she does, her husband gives
her the finest sunhower seed he can
find. refraining from eating 1t himself,
though he must want to very much.
Then, truly. we do know that spring
Is Just aroun& the corner.
Evening star., 1955-02-28

lean crime comics cannot be imported
any more, and Holland has taken the
same step. In England importation
Of American comic books is restricted.
France Is also resisting the insidiousness
of crime comics.
DR.. Henri WALTON, leading French
child psychologist, enumerated "the
sad characteristics" of the comics:
THE false science which is used only
for murder. sexuality linked to cruelty.
the pin-up girl with the knife, bes-
TALLY, race hatred, ibidinous and per-
verse monsters, the Fascist notion Of
Supermen, solitary avengers"
Why do we spend so much money
on the Voice of America when we are
sending these messengers of ill-will
throughout the world? What response
can we make to Russia when she holds
up as the true America a bestial, cruel
country concerned only with crime and
sex. when almost every country in the
world has samples of our crime and
horror comics published in our own
land to back the Russians up?
There must be some way to force the
publishers OF this vile trash, to stop
making 1t available to children and
for that matter, anyone. I only hope
that I am not the only one who
realizes the hidden menace and wants
to do something about it.
Jeanne Mitchler.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
This and That

IT too heard a call from the cardi-
nal" writes nature lover.
"At a recent gathering. this question
was tossed around. What sound on
earth is to you the most thrilling or
cheering?'
"A horser1an in our midst thought
for moment. then replied, The neigh
of one of my stallions.'
"A woman spoke up, TO me it's the
music in the whistle of a train at
night
"One of the Moslem faith said it was
the call of the muezzin when the faith
full turn to. Mecca in prayer.
Then came my turn. Without hesi-
tation came my answer: Oh. the chal-
lenging call of the cardinal as he stakes
out his claim in nearby barren tree
before the frost has left the ground.
Then, suddenly, we know that spring is
just around the corner. Surely there
is no bird note that surpasses his ring
ing love call"
Other friends of birds may not agree
with that, exactly.
Every birds song, or even call, is
lovely. " .. ~
Some enthusiasts claim that the yell
Of the jay enthralls them. s...
These are all notes from natures
treasure house of music. Birds make
sounds that may be said to be the very
Foundation notes Of music.
Evening star., 1955-02-28

But we can understand the enthusi-
asm Of our correspondent for the cardi-
nails first real spring song.
It comes in February, and Is heard
often when snow is on the ground, as
1t was this year.
"Cheer, cheer, cheer cheer" 1t calls,
and somehow the very words strike one
as exactly right.
There has been q great deal of dis
cussion among bird lovers as to whether
bird songs mean" anything; that is
whether what they SAY" is in words
we know.
Actually. they do not use words, but
sounds.
They are primitive sounds, perhaps
that is why they thrill us.
The same bird might sing in different
countries, and in each one, some
imaginative persons. thinking and talk
ing in his own language, would wrest
the bird notes to his own tongue.
Thus in England the bird would
speak English. and in Germany. Ger
man; in America he would talk English,
or American, as you choose, and In
Mexico, Mexican or Spanish, as you
choose. u
So you see, bird would have to be
o greater wonder than he is to speak
all these languages at onAe.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Jim Preston Retires

On the record, Capitol Hill is losing one
of its grandest and most widely liked pers
sonalities with the retirement of James D.
Preston. But those who know Jim Preston,
and that means just about everybody who
works around Capitol Hill, know that retire
ment is not likely to keep him permanently
out Of the legislative halls and galleries
which have been so much part of his life.
Jim Preston has been well known for
several lreasons-because he looks like Neville
Chamberlain, because he spent six years at
the National Archives and because for the
past ten years or more he has been the
registrar for lobbyists before the Senate.
But to the newsnen around Washington for
the past half-century, some Of them scat
tered all over the globe today, these claims
to fame kre pale ones compared TO his 50
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Makes q Case for Nature

It is said that there are times when,
if we failed to talk, "the hills and
mountains would cry out" At this time
it seems that, in the absence Of much
needed defamation, the trees, streams,
and the very rocks are about to raise a
plaintive cry. For, one of the most ac-
cessible parts of our park beautiful
Crock Creek and some of its surround
ing streets are threatened with both
DETACHMENT and debasement. How long
will the hands of commercialism and
mercantilism strike at the very core of
Washingtons probably most appealing
park? see no reason why any part Of
Rock Greek Park, designed and planned
through natural and artistic means to
awaken admiration, and to even raise
the hope and aspirations Of all who
view its scenic beauty. should be sacri-
feed to the gods of greed and avarice.
A theater. particularly an outdoor
itself, is wonderful asset to any COM
munity. And Carter Barron Amphi-
theater is no exception. But to abuse
the ground it occupies, and to permit its
sylvan setting to be marred in order to
crafty pecuniary desires of road con-
structors and commercial. mercantile
and transportation interests, constitutes
an act most appalling. No high-speed
highways should traverse Rock Greek
Park. Neither should any fringe park
ing be allowed to make a mockery of
Carter Barron Theater and its nearby
streets on which are many uniformly
good and wholesome residences The
inordinate parking of residents, to say
nothing of nonresidents Of the District,
and the establishment Of noisy public
transportation route through quiet
streets should be prohibited.
John Sinclair Perry, M. ID.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Peru Bitter Over cubun Sugar

The fantastic preferential treatment
that the United States gives Cuba in
relation to the other nations Of our
hemisphere is greatly resented in my
country. Peru.
The population of Peru is nearly dou-
BILE that of Cuba. Peru has nearly 10
million inhabitants, while Cuba has
only So million.
The territory of Peru is IL times
larger than that of Cuba. Peru has
$4,000 square miles, while Cuba has
only $4,000 square miles.
But despite this enormous difference
in size and in population. the United
States gives Peru sugar quota of only
$4,000 tons. while they give Cuba q
quota of 2,718,000 tons. In other words,
Peru is only permitted to ship to the
United States tons for every 100
tons shipped by Cuba.
But this is not all. While the sugar
from Peru is subject to full import du-
ties. say 1923 cents per pound. Cuban
sugar gets preferential duty treatment.
only 0.34 cents per pound.
The effect that this fantastic pref
erential treatment has had in the econ
omies of the two nations can be best
appreciated by the following figures:
While the imports of Cuba from the
United States reached $3.50 million in
1854 (January through August, those
of Peru reached only $78 million. And
while the national budget of Cuba
reached $311 million in 1854, that of
Peru reached only $152 million.
Thus the little island of Cuba, which
occupies the 17th position in size among
the % nations of our hemisphere, has
been able to reach a much stronger
economic position than that of Peru
which occupies the 9Th position, only
after the United States, Canada, Brazil,
Argentina and Mexico, due to this fan
tastic preferential treatment that she
receives from the United States.
Cuba has Just announced that she
has sold 10000 tons of sugar to Rus
sia, through a London firm, and that
Evening star., 1955-02-28
In the (RepubIicun) Clouds

Here. here, David Lawrence! Come
down out of the clouds lover the Re-
publican national headquarters).
So there are SIS million persons who
earn less than $4,000. Let's take a
person Of this class take a man and
wife with two children. The wage
Garner earns $500. For this he now
pays in income tax $165 go year. This
is without considering the many other
taxes on taxes. His tax cut under
the Democrats plan would be $50 and
he would still pay $65.60 in income
taxes. (Where do you get $40 per voter?)
I'll bet you 100 to / this $500 man
would still like to join the 100000 who
earn $25.000 or more a year, whom
you call the most thrifty class. Just
how much could you save under SINH
lar circumstances, earning $500. or
even $4,000. $4,500, $4,000?
Sure. sit back in your old easy chair
and clip your coupons. I'll trade in
come with you now, and pay your
blasted taxes with smile.
Charles w. Pickens.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. When was the Army Medical Mu-
scum established in Washington, D. c.?
*. OH.
A. In 1862. It owes its existence to
Surgeon General William A. Hammond,
who decided to collect specimens of
gunshot wounds and other war injuries
and diseases for study, research and
display, in the hope Of reducing NOR
tality and suffering among soldiers. The
original collection was gathered BY DR..
j. H. Brinton, who with clerks and
illustrators toured the Civil War battle
fields to obtain material. BY 1949. the
Army Medical Museum had developed
into the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology. vast diagnostic and re-
search center. The Museum has many
important and interesting exhibits, in
cluding collection of microscopes
which is among the largest in the world.
@. Is there a catalogue available
which describes the curriculum Of the
new United States Air Force Acad-
emy?-M. P. I.
pages of information about proposed
courses Of instruction. requirements
and proceedings for admission, etc., is
ready and copies will be mailed to pub
lie libraries. high schools, colleges and
universities. Air Force bases. AF-ROTC
units and members of Congress.
@. Is 1t true that old Persian rugs
have q mistake somewhere In the pat
tern?-J. F. K.
A. Slight variations In color or in
design often exist. The weaver sought
to avert the feared Evil Eye" from his
precious work. and destroyed its near
perfection by deliberately varying the
color or the pattern.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Decision at Bonn

In overwhelmingly approving the Paris
accords, the Bundestag-the lower >house of
the Parliament at Bonn-has made a
courageous and historic decision whose i'm
fermentation should greatly strengthen the
security not only of West Germany, but of
the entire Atlantic community and the free
world in general.
For the decision-which undoubtedly
will meet with similar approval in the
Bundesrat, the upper house-means that
West Germany, unless France Unexpectedly
fails to complete ratification of the accordS,
will now become free and sovereign men,
ber of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton and the projected Western European
Union. And that means, in turn, that it
will participate militarily-with an army of
100000 men, plus substantial sea and air
forces-in the common defense against the
menace of Red aggression. Thus, in effect,
if everything goes according to plan, the
international balance of power will be al
tered in way that should deter the Krem-
lin from striking westward.
What makes the Bundestag's vote par
ticularly impressive is that it has been cast
in the teeth of Soviet threats that such
decision would bar Germany's reunifcation
and be countered with steppedup military
measures behind the Iron Curtain These
threats-although they seem decidedly
phony in view of the Kremlin'S present ire
mendous armed posture and it's East Ger
man militarizing program-have had some
effect as propaganda designed to discourage
and intimidate the West Germans and
spread the spirit of "neutralism" among
them. Happily, however, in the final par
liamentary showdown, Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer's superb leadership has prevailed
because he has been able to show that the
Paris accords, properly effectuated, should
promote, rather than impede negotiations
aimed at, bringing about unif1cation.
In the best of circumstances, of course,
it will require considerable time to make
West Germany an effective participating
partner in NATO. But the Bonn decision
even though it has shaken the cohesiveness
of Dr. Adenauer's coalition government
constitutes long step forward in that di-
rection, and the Atlantic nations therefore
have good reason to rejoice in 1t, regardless
of Moscow's outraged rumblings.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Farming in the Red Paradise

The United States Information Agency,
acting through the Voice of America and
other channels, is making good and proper
use of the story of Soviet agriculture. For
the story tells of failure so vast and shock
ing that the world at large-including
especially those areas where all too many
guilible people have fallen for propaganda
about the Marxist "paradise"-should be
thoroughly disenchanted with the Com
munists and what they have done to Russia
with collective farming.
This story is the story of a ruthlessly
miSgoverned nation whose fast-groWing
population has less grain per person today
than in 1926. Made up solely of Moscow's
own admissions and statistics, it a story that
reveals, in addition, an almost unbelievable
decline in livestock production. In 1928, for
example, there were 1872 million cows in
Russia, but now there are only about 258
million. Similarly, as against 66.8 million
in 1928, the country's present total of cattle
is not much more than 81 million-a drop
of, almost 10 million head in the past %
years.
. Indeed, Russia today has fewer cattle
than it had under the Cars rule in 1916,
two years before the Bolshevik revolution
and the founding of the Soviet paradise"
Certainly, taken together with the lag in
grain output, this statistic is in itself about
as damning an indictment as could be drawn
against Communist planning and farm col
lectivization. And what makes the whole
thing doubly grim and astonishing is the
fact that the countfys population-multi-
plying at rate of million annually-has
increased by scores of millions in the past
three or four decades
All this means that the great bulk of
the Russian people must live on very short
rations-particularly in meat and dairy
products-and it must also mean widespread
unrest. The story thus is one that should be
pondered around the world as an example
Of the havoc wrought in the Soviet Union
by Stalin's pitiless drive to regiment human
beings and force the laws of nature to con-
form with Marxist theology. And the story
may be worth pondering, too, as an indica-
ton that the Kremlin-despite its outward
show of strength-may be faced with an
internal crisis that could conceivably be its
undoing.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Portisonship Takes Over

The hope-never too bright-that the
Senate'S investigation of the Federal Sc
curity setup would rise above partisan pol
itics is beginning to fade. And this is too
bad. An intelligently conducted, nonpar-
tisan study of the security system is badly
needed and might have done great deal
of good. But political cat-and-dog fight
will serve only to make bad situation
worse.
The fear that partisanship is beginning
to take over does not arise so much from
the reported choice of former Senator Gill
lette to serve as counsel to the committee
which will conduct the study. It would
have been better if this task had been en-
trusted to some eminent lawyer from pri-
vate life. But Mr.. Gillette, if someone with
political background is to get the job, is a
good choice.
Committee Chairman Johnston of
South Carolina is responsible for the par
tisan rumblings that are being heard. He
has said, in almost single breath and be-
fore hearing single witness, that the in
quiry will be conducted fairly and without
bias" but that he certainly hopes 1--WE are
not going to have any Fifth Amendment
civil service commissioners or other wit
nesSes appearing before our committee" In
view of this, why not fear the worst? Even
Senator Mccarthy usually waited until
after a witness had invoked the Fifth
Amendment before pinning that tag on him.
Evening star., 1955-02-28

years Of service as superintendent Of the
Senate Press Gallery. It is post that is
highly important to the Senate itself as
well as to the correspondents. The wealth
of knowledge commanded by Jim Preston,
his honored status with the Senate and his
loyalty to the press made combination
that spelled distinguished service.
There wouldn't be room in the gallery
today for all of Jim's friends. But it is safe
to say that as he drops in on any day during
his retirement he will find only friends.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Comic Book Menace
Reynaldo Gubbins.

just finished reading a book that
really stunned me- Seduction Of the
Innocent" by Frederick Wertham. M D.
Perhaps the reason that it struck me
so forcibly was because, being 18, I'm
not very far removed from the comic
book stage.
Seduction of the Innocent" is lot
truer than many people care to think.
I'm sure that the comic book czars
won't like it because of what it says
about the filth and crime they give to
kids as entertainment I think now
that I must have been very lucky to
escape the influence of this dirt because
I was an avid reader of comic books
until a few years ago. Maybe the rea-
son was because didn't read the crime,
love or horror kinds, but managed to
stick with the funny ones.
Other nations of the world are a
lot smarter than we seem to be in
regard to the reading matter we hand
our children. Canada has outlawed
comic books by legislation brought on
by popular demand. In Sweden, Amer
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Letters to TheStur.

she has given them an option for an
other $4,000 tons.
It is frankly incomprehensible that
nation that receives such fantastic
preferential treatment from the United
States should sell sugar to Russia. when
existing international treaties prohibit
the sale Of strategic" materials to the
Iron Curtain nations
No. doubt the Congress of the United
States, which is at present considering
the 1855 sugar quotas, will give this
matter consideration; because the ma
tions Of our hemisphere. like Peru.
would prefer to sell their sugar to the
United States rather than to Commu-
mist nations. But to be able to do it.
the Congress of the United States has
to open the doors of this Nation to
their sugar and has to eliminate all
preferential treatments.
Reynaldo Gubbins.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Once There Were Sturs

Once there vere stars, and music rode
the Uitd,
And laughter sparkled ON city
street:
But then, you came along. and you
tDere kind:
The dream you brought ,Dds COM
nlonplGce, but sDeet.
So, day by day. / shu6fed of my
dreams,
Nor sought the skies to find pertec-
ton there.
/ tDorked content from ordinary themes,
And found prosaic beauties newly
fair.
So ,Das yours. subdued, domestic,
tanned
Leaving ambrosia for the crust OF
bread
And DItere, before. my questino heart
had famed,
II settled for security instead
NosD you hGUe gone, see. beyond the
pain,
My heart Is reaching for the stars
again.
4 Lee Avery 4