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Evening star., 1955-11-06
A Spire on d Palace

wishes above It's decrees and
II she betrayed It's high stand
ards. She made known her
decision in words freighted
with moral irnperatives and
deeply moving in their SINGER
ity and simplicity. She has
pointed TO the spires Of the
spirit in q day when so many
resent that symbol, and who
recognize no law but their own
will. A great daily has put
succinctly the issue the prin-
cess faced: The kind Of sac
rif1te which Margaret has
matchmaking devotion to
something beyond herself lis
the shield Of our free world
in its deadly combat with the
evil forces Of q tyranny mas
querading as God walking on
earth"
Perhaps our noblest living
individual Gin the art Of re-
nunciation1, Albert Schweitzer.
has said: Example is not the
main thing In influencing
others--it IS the only thing. !"
And one Of the great princes
OF the spiritual realm, Rufus
Jones. was gazing at the spire
Of obligation when he de-
clared:: TT Is just this sublime
fact Of ought and ought not
which haunts our lives and
calls them from the low and
selfish and that brings q sig
nal glory TO human life"
One Of the oldest words is
obligation. It literally means
'stied in" Apart from what
one personally wants or even
Graves, that word obligation
mirrors what is due" or
lowed" to the group or the
nation or the human family
into which the individual unit
Is bound by invisible bonds.
When next we bow in prayer,
In q sanctuary Of any name or
sign, let us thank God that, In
q generation when so many In
every walk Of life have thrown
OF the ancient pieties Of
prayer and praise and worship
and scarcely ever, even on the
dear Lords blessed day. bring
one word Of gratitude to the
grace that has given them
life. one in royal family bears
such consistent public witness
to the faith, not that she
holds, but which holds her.
Let US remember. wherever we
worship. that across the sea
Is q winsome princess who,
with her prayer book In her
hand. as she bows at the altar
OF that One who is King Of
Kings, will see q new incandes-
cence in the ancient prayer for
strength. 'To do my duty in
that state Of life into which it
shall please God to call me-"
And now. bowing together at
q spire which rises above work
shop. school, cottage and
palace--a spire speaking Of
duties above rights, obligations
above inclinations. self-sacri-
fice above self-interest, a
strange sweet music fins the
heart. 1t is the melody Of
durable satisfactions. For,
SO nigh Is grandeur to on,
dust,
So near Is God to man,
When dptv ,Dhispers lou, Thou
must.
The youth replies. 4 cdn.'p
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Democrats Fiscal Policy Examined

vention he was one Of those
who worked closely with the
Roosevelt brothers. James and
Franklin. The combination
succeeded in arousing q good
deal of animosity In the
South. This has somewhat
abated but still exists and Mr..
Humphrey Is not q favorite In
that section. Nor viii his gen.
eral prestige and power be en-
hanced by the revelation In the
Townsend National Weekly
that he is one Of its fayorites.
Not much has been heard Of
the Townsend plan In recent
years, but those who think that
Its adherents have disap-
peared and its organization
gone out of business are very
much mistaken. The Town
'send National Weekly--a l2-
page pub1ication--is still
printed regularly in Cleveland.
Ohio, and circulated nation
ally. In the current issue
October 20, 1955-detailed ac-
count Of the progress being
made in the expansion and
extension of Townsend plan
legislation Is listed, and on the
first page. under the headline
Townsend Plan Proposals
Backed by Many" are pictures
Of the voluble Senator Hum
phrey and the rather dubious
Representative James RooSe-
welt Of California.
Humphrey Stands Out
We are further informed by
the Townsend National Weekly
that so far this session 247
bills have been introduced or
cosponsored to extend or ex-
pand the social security system
. along the Townsend approved
lines. According to the Ma
tional Weekly. Senator Hum
phrey personally sponsored IL
Of these proposals while Rep
resentative Roosevelt intro
duced only fiye. Thus Senator
Humphrey stands out as the
leader Of all members Of Con-
gress approved by the Town
send organization. The orig
inal Townsend plan was to
provide q Federal pension for
every citizen over IS years old.
In 1886 both Franklin D.
Roosevelt and his opponent for
the presidency, Alfred M. Lam
don, declined invitations to at
tend the Townsend national
convention. AS the New Deal
developed, the Townsend plan
was to some extent modified.
However, its national organ
indicates the movement Is still
vigorous and the manner in
which it plays up Senator
Humphrey is particularly
worth noting in view of the
fact that Senator Humphrey
is now one Of Mr.. Stevenson's
closest friends, that Mr.. Ste
venson is preparing to enter
the Minnesota primaries with
his support and that Senator
Richard Russell Of Georgia has
urged his party to nominate
q "centerist" for President, de-
scribing Mr.. Stevenson as too
''leftish." There is certainly
some food for thought in this
situation.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Injustice Corrected

Army Secretary Brucker has acted
with commendable promptness to correct
an injustice In the case of Lieutenant
Walter X. Novak. 1t is true that this has
come after Senator Mcnamara and Lon
Hooker, chief hearings counsel. .of the
Senate subcommittee on Constitutional
Rights, intervened In Lieutenant Novak's
behalf. But this does not detract from
the praiseworthy action taken by Mr..
Brucker.
Mr.. Novak enlisted as q private In
lo45 and was honorably discharged as q
sergeant In l947. He entered Michigan
State College to study electronics, and
enrolled In the ROTC. After graduating
In 1852. he was called into active service
as q reserve officer. This duty was sched-
uled to end In August, 1854, but Lieu
tenant Noyak enrolled for q longer period
SO he could attend the Army's guided
missile school at Huntsville, Alabama.
After little more than four months, he
was taken out OF the school last March
without explanation. On August s, he
was given general" discharge from the
Army--a grade below full honorable
discharge.
There were ~ charges against him.
Ten Of these concerned the associations
OF some OF his relatives ground for
adverse security findings which has been
discredited In several other cases. The
two remaining charges concerned Lieu
tenant Novak himself, and In this respect
his case differs from others in which top
defense authorities have reversed unfa-
yorable findings by their subordinates.
These two charges concerned Lieu
tenant Novak's membership Che had
denied being a member) In the Interna-
tional Workers Order, defunct organi-
zation which was on the Attorney Gem
erals subversiye list. Lieutenant Novak's
mother testified that she enrolled her
son In the TWO when he was IL years
old (ine Is now 28) so he could get the
benefit Of q cheap insurance policy. She
also testified that 1t was she who renewed
his membership In 1948, and handwrit-
ing expert confirmed this. Lieutenant
Novak steadfaStly maintained that he
never knew Of his membership and there
appears to have been no testimony to
the contrary
On these facts, plus the further
consideration that Lieutenant Novak has
relatives living In Poland, it may have
been proper to get him out of the guided
missile school, for that is sensitive
agency and he was engaged In sensitive
work. It may even be that there was
some reason to ease him out Of the Army.
But there was no excuse for the general
discharge, which raises security doubts
that caused Lieutenant Novak TO be re-.
jected for fve civilian Jobs In q month.
What Secretary Brucker has done after
q personal study Of the case is to over-
rule the Army security board and grant
Lieutenant Novak an honorable dis
charge. This will undo most Of the dam
age, and there Is no reason to doubt, on
the evidence, that 1t is an act OF simple
justice.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

There is q romantic charm
about the very word princess.
To children. q fairy princess"
conjures o vision Of glittering
ioyeliness. Even our serisation-
mad world so often and 80
sadly, unable to distinguish
between liberty and license
and with its values strangely
jumbled. has no greater COM
pliment for q radiant and re-
gal woman than TO say. "She
looks and acts like q princess"
In the midst Of all the omi-
nous snarlings and suspicious
and ugly disputes between the
East and the West, the eyes
OF the world have been, Of late.
upon 8 modern princess who,
In the sacred confines OF her
own conscience. has been
fighting . hard battle.
How long agD now it seems
since the writer stood In the
garden Of Buckingham Palace
chatting with her father, the
democratic Engiiah King,
George VI. He called my at
tention to the face Of . disap-
pointed little girl peerinE from
the palace window. She had
been kept from joining in the
gala scene by some slight In
disposition. Her name was
Elizabeth. On the same sunny
afternoon another wee maiden,
named Margaret, claspillg her
mothers hand, was moving
slowly toward the marquee
and mountains Of red English
strawberries while the favored
hundreds, hidden by royal
command to attend the party,
looked on with rapt interest.
Now that genial monarch
has been gathered to his
fathers and one Of those then
little girls Is upon the British
throne: and the younger. sl1ar-
ing with her sister the adula-
tion Of the Commonwealth, ID
indeed o princess royal as APP
proving applause Is ringing in
her ears. Under all skies her
decision. not to .kick on duty.
as one would q shoe" to use q
phrase of LcWeIl's. has thrilled
muItitudes even among those
who ardently wish the cir
cumstances could have been
different.
Above the royal palaces Of
England. Princess Margaret
has lifted q spire Of duty to
her people and to the world.
She has bravely declared that
there are some things more
important than personal hap
pinesS. While the verdict was
sacrediy her own, 1t Is q tribute
to the training and discipline
Of q truly Christian home,
where, In all things, her royal
parents irstilled a reverential
devotion to all that is high and
holy and Of good report. and
who themselves were the in
carnation Of their own pre-
cepts.
However. that their daughter.
facing a stern test, would
choose duty above the desire
of her own heart. did not
automatically follow even
though starry ideals were lifted
UP during her most impress
sionable years. It was possible
for her. even with royal ex-
ample. whirling around on q
rlerry-go-round OF q self
H
Evening star., 1955-11-06

that labor's most respected spokesmen
were telling one and all how the Taft
Hartley Act was going to enslave labor
and destroy the unions. It is good TO
know that those fears were exaggerated,
and it is good to have the Teamsters new
home as a shining item Of evidence in
support of this view
Evening star., 1955-11-06
SPIRES or THE SPIRIT.
Jogging His Memory
~ REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARH
chapiain Of the United states senate

centered career. to have
reached for the brass ring Of
Ter personal desire. ignoring
the fact that such wooden
steeds offer nothing but an
endless weary round. But
rather, she has chosen to ride
on on the white charger of
seliess service with the gold
on her royal banner unfair
nished and with honor bright.
Recently she stood In the
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Firemen's Puy

City employees. pumped for
pay raises in 1905. ever, ,as they
do today. and on October 26.
1905, The Star reported on one
apparently successful attempt.
Under the heading, An act
to classify the officers and
members Of the fire depart
ment of the District Of Co
lumbia and for other purposes
Commissioner Macfarmany has
taken the initial step, prom
ised many weeks ago, toward
establishing a higher scale Of
salaries for the firemen of the
District" Among the new sal
aries proposed. The Star said,
were these: Assistant engi-
neer shall receive an annual
salary Of $1,100; pilots, $1,150;
marine engineers, $l,l5O: as
sistant marine engineers, 5000;
drivers, $1,l00; privates Of
class number two, $i,0S0; pri-
Yates of class number one,
$3.50; laborers. $720; the su-
perintendent Of stables, 81, ,080:
and the assistant superintend-
ent Of stables, $780,"
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Panama Canal. charged with
making q special study OF q
lock-level canal. q sea-level
canal and the unit prices for
both of these, met this morn
ing and began their delibera-
tions. The work has gone on
vigorously since the engineers
returned from the isthmus
and many things have to be
done. Sunday was used for
making necessary drawings.
As to the type Of canal which
will be chosen ultimately
nothing can as yet be said
with perfect safety. It seems
settled. however, that the plan
Of Mr.. Bunau-Varilla to first
make o lock canal and change
1t afterward into q sea-level
canal has very little chance
Of adoption. The idea Of
making one canal in i've years
and then go on digging for
many more years to make it
finally as desired does not
appeal to most Of the consult
ing engineers"
Evening star., 1955-10-24
WORD GAME
Find 20 or more words In
COWARDS

meaning, persons who show
lack Of courage" Average is 18;
time limit. 20 minutes.
Rules OF the satne---1. Words must be
OF four or more letters. 2. Words which
"s. such as .6ets, "cars," are moi
used. 3. Only one form Of word d
used. Proper nanes are not used. "
Answer 10 GORGEOUS
gorse, gore, gorge. goose. goes. souse
Efog, grouse. gurge, ogre, rose rouei
user. sore. sour. sure. suer. surge.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

HEARING: Shortly after Her
bert Brownell was nominated by
President Eisenhower for Attor-
Iney General. he submitted to
questioning at the customary
hearing.
Have you converted your
stock holdings?" asked the Late
Senator McCarran.
eyes" said Brownell.
Have you resigned from your
law firm?" continued the Nevada
Senator.
Eyes"
"You have severed all connec-
tions with the flrm?"
"Yes."
'You no longer derive any in
come from its earnings?"
THAT is correct"
Senator McCarran thought
Evening star., 1955-10-24
A WORD
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Kansas City: On q recent
broadcast. a famous comedian
accented the word "decadent" on
the first syllable. Please COM
ment.-A. e.
Answer: The pronunciation
'DEK -uh-dent" is a criticism
which some American diction-
aries list as second choice. It
was seldom heard in the United
States prior to q speech by the
late F. d. r. in 1910.
The customary American pro-
nunciation. and the only choice
of some dictionaries. is: dee
KAY-d,nt. This has a much
stronger suggestion of deteriora-
ton or decay than "DEK-uh-
dent" which suggests a decade.
\ / strongly recommend the Sec
ond-syllable accent In both dec
adent and decadence.
Parsons: Please discuss the
word "hallowed." as 1t occurs in
the Lords Prayer. Should 1t
lhave two or three syllables?-
Mrs. G. 8.
Answer: In ordinary usage. the
word has two syllables, as In
speaking Of hallowed ground,
hallowed memories tHAL-ohd) .
But In liturgicaI tritualistic) US
age, 1t is often heard with three
syllables: HAL-oh-ed, as in
"Hal-oh-ed be Thy name"
! How is maraschino (the cher
ry) pronounced?--A. B.
| Answer: Marasshino. properly
speaking. is an Italian liqueur,
produced by distilling the fer
mented juice of the marasca
cherry. Maraschino cherries are
preserved in the Nqueur, or an
imitation thereof. In the cor
rect English pronunciation. the
first "a" is fiat. as In carrot.
Accent the third syllable, and pro-
nounce 1t "skee," thus: MAIR-
uh-SKEE-noe.
San Bernardino: Here is a news
item which reports that in India
a tiger and a wild buffalo in
vaded q tea garden. "The tiger
killed seven persons before he
was bored to death by the buf-
falo." Would not "gored' have
been the better word?-W. j.
Answer: Yes; gore means ito
pierce with horns or tusks." In
the United States the expression
''bored to death" means being in
a state Of extreme boredom. It's
hard to think of a tigers dying
OF ennui from his dislike Of q
buffalo.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc. /,
Evening star., 1955-10-24


It Is a weird fact that Mr..
Muzzy offers more free and un-
solicited opinions than players
who know something about the
game.
In this case his dire prediction
was based on the assumption Mr..
Masters would take the diamond
finesse. That's what Mr.. Muzzy
would have done and it Is a sure
way to lose the contract.
But Mr.. Masters had other
ideas. OF the several plays he
had in mind, the diamond finesse
ran a bad third. He intended to
use it only as a last resort.
Mr.. Meek opened the queen Of
hearts which was won in the
closed hand with the king. MIR.
Masters did not overlook the
significance of the opening lead.
Mr.. Muzzy or Miss Brash might
open q queen from queen double
ton, but that would be much too
risky for Mr.. Meek.
He wouldn't dream of 1t. When
he leads a queen he can be
counted upon to have the jack
and 10 as well.
At the second trick MFR. Mas
ters cashed the king of clubs.
Then he led the ace of spades
and a small spade to dummy's
king. He returned third round
Of spades and ruffed with the
queen of clubs. This maneuver
would have set up dummy's jack
II either opponent had held the
queen of spades guarded only
once or twice. But no luck.
Next Mr.. Masters led a club to
dummy's ace. pulled the last
spade from dummy and ruffed it.
He entered dummy again with
the ace of hearts and led back
the nine of hearts.
Mr.. Champion couldn't cover
1t and Mr.. Masters simply DROP
ped the four of diamonds on the
trick and let Mr.. Meek win.
/ After all. one diamond had to
be lost in any case. Mr.. Masters
had just arranged to lose 1t at q
time when any return the enemy
made would be suicide.
Poor Mr.. Meek was faced with
the choice of leading into the
ace-queen of diamonds or of
leading q heart which Mr..
Masters would ruff in dummy
while discarding the queen Of
diamonds from his own hand.
He chose the latter and IL tricks
rolled in.
Didn't I tell you he'd make
it?" asked Mr.. MuzZy as II he
had seen the winning play all the
time.
(cocyriRht, 1855, General Features Corp J
Evening star., 1955-10-24
By Rouson

this over for q moment. Then
he leaned forward and said:
"You realize, sir. that II you
aren't confirmed, you're going to
be in one helluva pickle!'
BORED: Bored at a dull party,
drama critic Alexander Wooll-
colt left early and fed to a
friends apartment.
Back so soon?" said the
friend. TT must have been pretty
dull"
"It was" replied Wollcott.
And now with me gone 1t must
be CHASTITY"
Evening star., 1955-10-24
OUR PRESIDENTS
By HONORE M. CATUDAL

why did President Eisen-
hover. by proclamation. call
upon all citizens Ito cooperate
In appropriate observance
throughout our country" Of to-
day. October "a. 1855?
2-President Millard Fillmore's
Secretary of State died at Marsh
field. Mass. 103 years ago to-
day; a long time United States
Senator, Secretary Of State un-
der three Presidents, he was one
Of the greatest orators we have
ever had. Who?
3-The names Of 10 Of our
Presidents begin with letters
found in the word THE" Can
you name eight of them?
(Answer on Next Page)
Evening star., 1955-10-24
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
-cwrxx NV q srIxxwrynnn
By EASLEY BLACKWOOD

Hell never make this one" !"
whispered Mr.. Muzzy to another
kibitzer, as he saw that the king
Of diamonds was behind Mr..
Masters ace-queen and the
queen of spades. amply guarded,
was behind dummy's king-jack.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Miss Brash)
AKJ82
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Is 1752
&AJ8
WEST EAST
(Mr. Meek (Mr. Champion,
8A1O43 AQ975
E0QJl06 .08742
}oK1098 oJ63
&42 ATS
SOUTH
(Mr. Masters)
AA6
0K5
oAQ4
&KQ10963
The bidding:
South West North East
IL Pass IA Pass
a. Pass 81 All Pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-24

POSiES FOR MRS. PRESTON FOSTER
When Foster the star and his wife arrived
in Silver Spring they found 4year-old Mary Nancy Fig
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Lawrence S. Eg awaiting them
with bouquet The Fosters and Thomas Mitchell head
stage show Thursday night at the Silver Theater in Silver
Spring for the benefit of the Montgomery County Youth
Opportunity Camp Ecso Lake.-Photo by Don Fugitt.',
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-24
Lone-Range Plan Urged
For Federal BUILDINGS

permanent building progra
have Topped.
Hitting the tempos' excessive
maintenance costs. Mr.. Kauff-
mann cited the 21,513 man-hours
of work lost last summer as an
example of the ineff1ciency of
tempos.
He called on the White House
to take the leadership in draw
ing up a permanent building
program to serve as continu-
ing blueprint based on
agreed upon priorities."
Urges Suburban Action
Earlier yesterday, speakers
urged the immediate acquisition
of undeveloped property in the
suburbs to meet the recreation
and leisure time" needs of
rapidly expanding metropolitan
areas throughout the Nation.
However, T. L. Brakeman, De-
troit Metropolitan Area Regional
Planning Commission director.
criticized the absence of any
practical standards to determine
just what kind of park needs ex-
list in metropolitan areas.
Milo F. Christensen. District
recreation director, said such a
study is under way in Califor-
mia. but otherwise the question
of adequate standards got scant
attention at the meeting.
At a business meeting of the
American Planning and Civic As
ISOLATION, chief sponsoring group
of the three-day conference
which opened yesterday. the fol-
lowing APCA board members
were elected to four-year terms:
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
Washington: Carl Feiss, Wash
ington; Laurance Rockefeller,
New York; Tom Wallace, Louis
Vile: Russell MANIFEST Black. New
Hope. Pa; S. Herbert Hare. Kan
sas City; Harold M. Lewis, New
York, and Arthur Rublof1, Chi
cago
Henry P. Chandler, of WASH
ington, and Philip H. Elwood. of
Tucson, also were named mem
bers of the groups Advisory
council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-24
Medical Examiners
Still Won't Certify
Georgetown Tests

The National Board of Med
ical Examiners are still not
ready to certify the grades OF
81 Georgetown medical students,
the Very Rev. Edward B. Bum,
university president, said today.
He added that, since the Exec
utive Committee OF the board
"has at no time indicated that
there was any irregularity on
the part of the "a students who
took these examinations, the
university authorities cannot I'M
derstand or accept a decision
that is based on a statistical
mean average and ignores the
achievement and reputation of
the individual student.
Father Bunn's remarks repre-
sent the latest development in
controversy between the stu
dents and the board after tests
were taken on February / and 2.
The students made high marks.
The board decided to withhold
certificates because the George
town students, in preparing for
the tests, had studied old tests
and the test given was an old
test.
Each State and the District
requires applicants for license to
practice medicine to pass an ex-
animation. In about 40 jurisdic-
tions. including the District, the
national board examination is
accepted. Each State also has
it's own test, and the boards
examination is purely voluntary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-24
FIVE NEW TAX
PLANS OFFERED

Here is list of five tax in
creases proposed by Com
missioners and amounts they
would raise:
IncOme-Lowering of ex-
emption from $4,000 to ST.
900 for single person and
$4,000 for married person,
81 million.
Restaurant Meals-Lower-
ing of exemption from so
to Is cents. 100000.
Real Estate-Raise rate
to S2.25 per 500 of assessed
value. $3.50. 900.
Beer-Boost from SIP to
So a barrel, $3.50, 900.
WineS-New tax of 20
cents a gallon on wine of less
than IA per cent alcoholic
content, $4,000.