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Evening star., 1955-07-27
Shadow of Things to Come

In deciding to strike, the transit
union formally notified the company that
its contract was terminated upon expira-
tion-July land the company acknowl-
edged the termination.
This action had particular bearing
on two points. One involved the arbi-
tration clause, precise Interpretation of
which is already pending before the
courts in case brought by the union.
Arbitration being covered in contract
which has been terminated, however, its
judicial Interpretation may now become
moot.
The other point affects the pension
fund. Agreement to maintain this fund
is part of the contract, and the contract
has terminated. A pension fund COM
mittee, on which management and union
are represented, has been unable to agree
on course Of action regarding continued
pension payments in the absence Of
contract and the trustee-Riggs National
Banks in the middle. If efforts to
obtain voluntary agreement fail, the only
recourse for the trustee is to obtain in
structions from court on how to pro-
ceed OF course, the pensioners now on
the rolls will get their money one way
or another. The question is when and
how.
The sinister implication here is
reminder that the contract covers
good many points other than wages and
working conditions, and If the contract
Is terminated, by failure of the parties
to renew 1t or by cancellation Of the
company's franchise, 1T is out of the
window for good. The pension fund, built
up over so many years, could be the fore
runner of number Of enforced liquida-
tions which will keep our courts busy for
some time to come.
That is merely one reason why the
union, as well as the company, should
forget what Congress may decide to do
and exert every effort to reach an agree
ment on renewal of the contract. Both
sides must make some hard decisions in
the next few days, or face consequences
that are mutually damaging to a degree
that has not yet been carefully estimated
Evening star., 1955-07-27
CA Housing Idea

/ nave read with much in
terest the accounts in the
newspapers regarding the
tribulations of the Central
Intelligence Agency in its quest
of a suitable location for its
new headquarters.
I suggest that consideration
be given to a site which seems
eminently qualified a n d
uniquely suited to the needs
of the agency on all counts,
namely, the former Sumner
Welles estate on the Indian
Head highway just three min
utes beyond the District line.
This site satisfies the require
"ment of being within a 20
minute radius of the White
House and. in addition, affords
a perfect location with respect
IT, evacuation in the event Of
emergency (being on an ex-
press highway only 20 min
utes from the Naval Powder
Factory reservation at Indian
Head, Md.
The area Of this particular
site would be more than ade-
quate and all required utility
services are readily available.
The view overlooking the Po-
tomac River is particularly
pleasing and the site would
afford a splendid vista both Of
and from the building.
b. 8. Glassman.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Strange Communion

Perhaps they chose too high
a Hill
To lift green candles to the
sky,
BrGDed the bitter doDticle
OF sGber- -tpipds, to bedutity,
or pulsed Nth inner urge to
tempt
The slender edge of stars
upon
Their needed bouohs at night
and dredmt
OF curDtn0 moons at break
of ddtDn.
HON. strange that ! should
understand
Dead pines that stand so
desoldte,
With ruin-pdrched roots on
sto71ey land,
On ground they meant to
consecrdte.
Anne Tonsey.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Speaks Up for Operators

Readers" comments re the
transit strike, in Thursdays
Star, need a bit of clarification
in the operators direction.
I particularly resent the
statement that the job prac-
tically requires mo education
or skill" I'm certain thou
sands of others didn't like that
remark. Reader" may be in
terested in knowing that the
transit company hires only
the best at all times. Many
operators have had college
training; many are builders,
electricians, and white-collar
men who lost their Govern
ment positions; many know
how to do various things the
highly educated" couldn't
possibly figure out or do, with
out a page-by-page descrip-
tive manual before them.
I know many operators, and
while they may not have COL
lege degrees their understand
ing of people (passengers) is
amazing. They also have
common sense, and in nine
out Of ten cases use it.
I believe the operators
should have higher wages and
better benefits. I think the
transit company should be
granted a fare increase the
same as other utilities have re-
ceived (the company's prob
lens are many; and, oh yes,
I'm happily married to an
operator.
Resentful.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Civic Service

AS retiring president of the
Fairfax County Federation of
Citizens Associations, I wish to
thank The Star and its staff
for the coverage given civic
affairs in Fairfax County over
the past year. We cannot be
effective citizens unless we are
well-informed. The rapid rate
of population growth with at
tendant needs for many public
utilities and services, the in
termingling and count ter
moving influences of State,
rural and urban interests, the
fact that as a starting point to
meet rapidly growing needs is
"a set of conditions and proceed
ures suitably designed for prior
periods-these and many other
factors magnify the great i'm
portance Of fact distribution,
in which your paper has been
so helpful.
Besides expressing apprecia-
ton for the fine service The
Star is rendering citizens
groups in Fairfax County, ]
desire to commend to your at
tention the new officers of this
federation, especially the pres
Evening star., 1955-07-27

Fifty years ago this month
q short article titled 'zur Elec-
trodynamik Bewegter Korper"
appeared in a German profess
sional journal. It's author was
q young examiner in the Swiss
patent office at Berne.
This article drew little at
tention among physicists and
none at all anywhere else. It
was highly specialized. theoret-
ical and very difficult for any
body to understand. The au-
thor himself has been quoted.
probably quite inaccurately, as
saying that there were no more
than 10 men in the world ca
pable Of following his argu-
ments.
Now the Swiss capital is
holding a jubilee celebration of
the appearance of this article.
It marked, although quite un-
recognized at the time, one of
the major turning points in
history. Largely because of it
man and his world never will
be quite the same again. Its
impact has shaken almost
every field of human living
and human thinking.
Brilliance Admitted
It hardly can be said that
the author suffered from neg
lect or lack Of appreciation.
The few who understood the
article, or even partially un-
derStood it, admitted its bril-
lance. Albert Einstein, who
had taken a mediocre clerical
job in the Swiss patent Office
because he had been unable to
obtain a job as a teacher at
the conclusion Of his own
university career, quite soon
found his hopes realized. He
was appointed to an instruc-
torship in the University of
Berne and shortly afterward
to an associate professorship.
He soon exchanged this for a
more important position at the
University of BaSle.
His fame grew in the lin
tied circle of European univer-
stiles and the impact of his
ideas gradually was felt off
the campuses. He was named
to a professorship at the Uni
versity of Berlin and a di-
rectorShip of the celebrated
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. There
he remained, although with
occasional unhappy expert
ences with the authorities, un-
til naziism with its distrust of
intellectualism and of the
Jewish race. forced him to
seek asylum outside Germany.
Perhaps this constituted the
greatest mistake Hitler ever
made.
That highly technical article
of so years ago, whose jubilee
both the university and city of
Berne now are observing, con-
tanned all the essential theses
OF relativity. OF its many i'm
plications by far the best
known is the discovery of the
Evening star., 1955-07-27
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

But what about straight
dreaming. or musing, If YOU
will, all by itself?
Surely there is and always
has been a need for this.
It is not too much to trans
late dreaming" as musing,
or even thinking.
**x
The shores of thought are
wide, they have their shoals
as well as their depth.
It is time for someone to
stand up to the active persons
who run the world, and say,
brightly, Let the dreamer in,
too"
How wonderful are the ac-S
tive ones! They have run the
world into reefs of despair:
their trails are soaked in blood
and tears; they call 'lpon us
ceaselessly to be active, to be
up and doing, with a heart for
any fate. The trouble is that
the doing demands so much
meanness, so much sillyness,
so much immaturity.
The politicians, the without
us-nothing boys, practically
say to the worker, Get out
and cause as much trouble
and confusion as you can, If
you want a raise; be the bad
boy of the community for a
while. and we will back you
up in it; If it doesn't work at
first, we practically authorize
you to begin to hit people and
destroy their property" For
this immaturity. both on the
part of the politicos and the
people, the world pays hand
somely. 1t is called action.
Dreaming is called inaction,
and is sometimes sneered at,
evidently because 1t is mature,
at times beautiful, and oc-
casionally even brings blessing
and peace to the world.
Without our dreamers, such
happiness as mankind knows
would not have come about. 1t
is true that even the world IT
dreams has its serpent, but
this seems to be part Of the
world of time.
The doer Of deeds does
count in the battle Of life, no
doubt about 1t.
Our point is that the
dreamer of dreams ought to
count a bit more. The hope
is that he will, sooner or later.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
JUBILEE MARKS EINsTEIN DISCOVERY
By THOMAS R. HENRY

vast forces IN the nucleus OF
the atom and atomic energy.
This, of course, affects every.
body on earth for good or
bad. Nobody disputes any long.
er that it may well destroy
the human race. Some claim
the point is quite disputable
and disputed-that eventually
some good may come from II.
Hated War
Professor Einstein himself
probably would not have rated
this as a major result. he
never was greatly concerned
with gadgetry, He was a gentle
man who loathed war and kill
ing and suffering. He had no
great concern with the needs
of industry. Perhaps he con-
tributed very little toward
them in the long view.
OF far greater Importance
than the conception Of the
equivalence Of m ass and
energy-then introduced into
physics for the first time-was
another conception which was
not new. There were plenty Of
suggestions in the Old Testa-
ment prophets. The author Of
Revelation had a dim grasp
of it. So did Saul of Tarsus. So
did Buddha and Mahomet and
Hiawatha.
But these men were not
mathematicians. They were
poets with the poets intuitive
grasp of things unseen. Elm
stein also was a poet and
something more.
Relatively Of Truth
The great implication of the
idea he set forth in that
rather obscure "zur Electro
dynamik Bewegter Korper"
was that reality, so far as man
ever could know it, was a fan
tasy within the framework of
his own very limited Sensory
equipment, that the truth as
man could know it was only
a man-made relative truth
vaguely related, if at all, to
the truth of nature.
He shattered PHILOSOPHERS.
He remade PHILOSOPHERS. He
made immortality credible.
Now, with a factual logic.
man could understand the
words of the prophet:
"He hath trampled the
mountains under the foot
steps of his eternities."
The Berne celebrations first
were proposed when Professor
Einstein was living and it was
planned that he would take
part in them. His death a few
months ago, however, has
made little change in the pro-
jected program.
The celebrations will not be
for the man to whom the
highly doubtful contribution
of atomic energy can be traced.
They will be for the man who
first released the human race
from the prison cell Of its own
mind.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

ident, Frank C. Waters. and
the first vice president. Benton
B. Bray. Details regarding Mr..
Waters are available in WHO'S
Who in America. Such q res
ume doesn't highlight his in
tense interest in civic affairs
which he exercises in a man
ner that reflects excellent
Judgment and a deep sense of
fairness. Mr.. Bray has been
editor of our federation bulle-
tin which keeps our rs member
associations up to date on
principal activities of the fed
Grafton. He, too, is a top-level
executive In the Federal serv-
ice, a clear thinker and q prac-
tical leader.
In connection with The
Stars helpful services to the
civic interests of Fairfax
County, special appreciation is
expressed for the quality of
workmanship of Mary Lou
Werner. Her series Of articles
on the master plan were dis
tributed in large numbers by
our m m ber associations.
These and her other articles
on problems and developments
in the, county have provided
discerning information and
have stimulated the needed
thinking and participation by
the citizenry.
I am grateful that your pa
per has given as much space
as it has to these matters. We
trust that thorough fact
finding and constructive anal
ysis will continue to be DOM
inant characteristics Of the
news articles.
T.L- ~ ck.-u>.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Talking With Red China

Now that the Big Four summit"
meeting has ended in a good and prom
ising spirit as far as Europe is concerned,
the United States seems clearly prepared
to make at least start on negotiating
extensively with Red China in an effort
to ease Asian tensions At any rate,
that is the obvious import Of Secretary
Dulles remarks yesterday and the State
Departments earlier announcement that
our Government and the Peiping regime
have agreed to enter upon ambassadorial
talks beginning in Geneva next Monday.
Heretofore all contact between Wash
ington and Peiping has been made indi-
rectly through third parties or has been
confined to conversations between con-
Sular representatives. Accordingly, the
fact that there are now to be face-to-
face meetings on the ambaSsadorial level
"a level that allows for more authori-
tative and much broader discussion
plainly suggests that the projected talks
are likely to mark the beginning of
significant new phase in our country's
arms-length dealings with the Chinese
Communists. Mr.. Dulles has left little
room for doubt on that score.
~Of course, as the State Department
has emphasized, this development does
not mean that the United States is about
to extend diplomatic recognition" to
Peiping. But 1t does mean, according to
Mr.. Dulles, that our Government is ready
to talk very seriously with the Chinese
Communists about very important mat
ters. To that end, the impending Geneva
Conversations addition to dealing
with the problem of releasing our i'm
prisoned flyers and repatriating detained
civilians-will have to do with wide
range of portentous questions. And these
will include, above all, the question Of
whether or not Red China accepts the
principle Of Formosa cease-fire and
is willing to take part with us, in good
faith, in basic negotiations designed to
promote peace in Asia.
In short, there Is at least some
ground for the feeling that the forth
coming ambassadorial talks may pave
the way for the kind of full-dress meet
ing that has now been advocated once
again by Chairman Walter George of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Mr.. George has been in favor of such
an American Chinese meeting-at the
foreign ministers level-ever since Pre-
mier Chou En-lai proposed it last April.
And the Senator's view is that it should
be held within the next six months to
strive for a real settlement or abatement
of the still-dangerous Formosa situation.
When he first called for action along
this line, Mr.. George-whose statesman
ship had much to do with the convening
of the summit" conference-declared
that the United States "is surely big
enough and great enough to talk" with
Red China. And that counsel, in which
Mr. Dulles has fully concurred, continues
to be common sense of the first order.
Certainly, If there is any chance Of pro-
noting an honorable Far Eastern peace
through high-level meeting between
our Government and Peiping, the meeting
should be held.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Isn't there a place for the
I~aovSaAr af I,n4ya.n

Isn't there a place for the
dreamer of dreams?
A famous figure in national
and international politics once
said:
''It is the doer Of deeds who
counts in the battle of life
not ID who looks on and says
how the fight ought to be
fought, without sharing the
struggle and the danger"
OF course, we all know what
he means. But we can agree
only If he meant a fight.
A struggle demands partic-
ipation. It is much better to
be in a brawl than to stand
on the sidelines and get
slugged anyway.
y 4 X \
Still, we think there is a
place for the dreamer.
Certainly Theodore Roose-
welt, who voiced the above
slogan of the strenuous life,
was a dreamer, at times.
He didn't like the novels Of
Jane Austen-we have often
wondered why-but he knew
the place Of the dreamer.
Especially. he knew the time
Of the dreamer.
He who looks on and thinks
must choose the time.
Time is the mysterious ele-
ment in which we all live. We
are it's victims, in a sense. No
body yet has solved its mean
ing.
1t is an element in which we
exist. If energy is a mystery,
even more so is time.
There is a time for. every
thing
So when is the dreaming
time?
Before the battle. or after
the battle.
That leaves a lot of dream
ing time.
X 4 4
Time is so ample that there
would seem to be a place in
it even for the person who
never takes part in the battle.
If there is no place, let us
make one for him.
The ample chambers Of time
surely must find room for one
so good.
There is a tendency to speak
of the dreamer as necessary
only If his dreams produce
something good, something
necessary, something essential.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
GI Justice


The Star of July 10 in an
article entitled Foreign Courts
Held Fair to GIs," quoted Dep
uty Undersecretary of State
Robert Murphy as stating that
in a total of 5000 cases in
which American servicemen
have run afoul Of local laws.
only IS individuals have gone
to Jail and as Of May 81 only
az were still there. He was also
quoted as summing up I'm not
one Of these cases do we be-
lieve that an innocent man
has gone to jail"
Since when has it been up
to someone in the State De-
partment to decide whether an
American citizen needed the
protection of the Constitution?
It's a sad state of affairs when
a man can be drafted into the
military service and then de-
prived of the Constitutional
rights he is expected to fight
to defend.
If foreign countries want the
protection of our military
forces they certainly can grant
the American citizen in uni
form the small privilege of be-
ing tried by an American court.
After all, they have found it
practical to grant diplomatic
immunity to members of the
State Department.
Evening star., 1955-07-27
Some Omissions

The article in The Star July
10 describing the plan to inn
prove supervision and teaching
in District public schools is
commendable. The article
would have been more note
worthy If it had omitted the
misleading figures relative to
college admissions from Wash
ington high schools, because
publication in such form gives
parents erroneous impressions.
Such a listing without further
background is the all-too-fre-
quent example Of well-mean-
ing educators creating poor
public relations unintention-
ally.
Your account omitted the
following information which
could have made your figures
more meaningful:
l. Emphasis on figures be-
ing 2 years out Of date.
2. Explanation that quail
ity Of colleges varies as greatly
as do high schools.
8. Emphasis on figures be-
ing based on the segregated
schools system of 2 years ago
(today figures would be raised
or lowered in certain Of the
schools listed.
4. Exclusion Of one of the
largest high schools (Sping-
arn) was unfair.
5. Emphasis on fact that.
under segregation. a large
number Of good students were
enrolled Intentionally in the
school listed as having high
est percentage Of college ad-
missions-Dunbar. Il have no
quarrel with the practice.)
6. Emphasis on scholarships
varying in quality within and
between schools. public should
know that many more are be-
ing given on basis Of f1nan-
cial need today than on
school record alone).
7. Number of scholarships
awarded, number going to
college and service academies.
in one of four lowest-ranked
schools on your list has in
creased considerably since
1952-53 (Anacostia). This
same school graduated one of
the three boys in the Wash
ington area to receive in 1855
the first coveted General Mo-
tors Scholarship.
8. Explanation to the pub
lie that no Washington public
high school is engaged entire
ly in preparing students for
college; vast and valuable
combination of vocational
technical, and bushes courses
serves the majority of fine
students very well in District
high schools.
It is hoped that printing
this letter win add a few
facts to support the accom-
plishments of District public
schools. Tax-paying parents
are supporting schools for all
children: these are not free"
schools, because good schools
cost money. Taxpayers will
support good schools if they
have facts to support state
ments made by school officials
who are charged with public
fund use to provide a better
education in a most fortunate
Nation.
Taa char
Evening star., 1955-07-27

their permits renewed?-EF.S.
A. North Carolina requires
al, its drivers to take O regu-
lar renewal re-examination,
including an eyesight test.
every 4 years. Certain other
States have adopted some sys-
tenn of re-examination but as
a rule only in specific cases.
O. How much money did the
Treasury's Conscience Fund"
receive last year from anony-
nous tax evaders?--L. T. o.
A. In fiscal 1854, money re-
ceived from persons un-
known" amounted to $44,248.
A somewhat smaller sum was
also contributed by people who
identified themselves.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

the art of eommunications-especiaily
that Of iptercepting low-voiced conver-
sations not always meant for older ears.
And when one grandmother is added to
"A others; there is little reason to doubt
that things viii hum-literally speaking.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

@. What does the Weather
Bureau mean by a meteoro-
logical ''key" day?--A.L.
A. A day whose weather is
popularly supposed to be a
sign Of weather to come, al
though the idea is without
basis in fact or reason. Janu-
airy /, ground hog day Febru-
airy a., and st. Swithin's day
(July 15) are examples. An
old proverb says that If it
rains on st. Swithin's day,
rain viii continue for 40 days
thereafter.
@. DO any States require au-
tomobile drivers to take q reg
ular examination and an eye
sight test in order to have
Evening star., 1955-07-27

tet." a group of councelers
who sing bop" real "cool."
Also I'm on the rifel team that
we orginized just this year. I
also play the clarinet & trum-
spet in the six peace band were
organizing. (You should hear
the racket after taps) On
top of theas time consumers,
I am trying to pass my Senior
Life-saving course.
1--WE have a very green staff
this year and I have made
some wonderful friends. I
forgot to tell you that I have
one night a week in town.
"Seasta is about over and I
am on life guard duty.
write later,
Tommy
FPS I may not need it but
you might send IS"
SuhScriher
Evening star., 1955-07-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
nv THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Evening star., 1955-07-27

Pen names may be used If
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. sAu
letters are subject to conden-
SntiOn.
Evening star., 1955-03-01
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