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, 1955-05-14
Probate No. 2-1955

In the Matter of the Estate of
CHARLES K. IVES, deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Evening star., 1955-06-21
The Muqinot Line

An almost forgotten relic of World
War II has intruded itself recently into
the planning for West European defense
1t is the Maginot Line, multi billion
dollar system of buried fortifications by
which France once hoped to hold itself
invulnerable to German invasion. The
hope was shattered in World War II not
because of failure of the Maginot net
work but because an easier invasion
route-through Belgium-was left in
adequately protected. The Maginot Line
itself never was captured by force of arms
it was surrendered by order of the
Vichy government.
In the years between, the French
have maintained the fortificationS-re-
storing the power facilities and some of
the armament. Even today, military men
are not fully certain that the under
ground System-some of it as deep as
seven stories-would not have value in
a nuclear war as shelters, storage space
or even for industrial plants. The ques-
ton is whether the high cost of main
tenance is warranted by these question:
able values. u would seem unlikely.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
A Costly Pest

With the advent of the summer mo-
toring season, 1t is good to know that Vir-
ginia has launched Statewide cam
paign to eliminate an annoying and
costly pest, the ''litterbug" This is the
aptly descriptive name applied by an
association of civic and trade organiza-
tions to the motorist or pedestrian who
tosses beer cans, pop bottles, sandwich
wrappings or other trash on the States
roadsides. Banded together into what is
called the Virginia Anti-Litterbug Coun-
Gil, the groups have joined with the State
Highway Department in trying to abate
the trash nuisance on public highways
The department spends about $500, 900
every year in cleaning up the roadside
litter. This money otherwise would be
available for road construction and re-
pairs. This is heavy penalty to pay for
the carelessness of those who use the
highways-not to mention the esthetic
angle.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
No More StoIIinq, Please

The nearly unanimous vote of the
House for rs per cent classified pay
raise warrants hope that Senate con-
ferees will accept the House bill without
lot of haggling. The House proposal
is virtually sure of presidential approval,
whereas the Senate's 10 per cent plan is
almost certain to be vetoed if submitted
to the White House.
There is no likelihood, as matter
of fact, that the Senate would hold out
for the 10 per cent figure, in view of
enactment of an per cent raise for the
postal service. But Senate insiStence in
conference on some compromise percent
age higher that the House-approved
increase could further stall the long
delayed legislation. Federal employees
have waited too long as it is for pay
benefits which they should have been
enjoying since last session.
The time has come to stop playing
political football with civil service pay
and pass legislation which will give claSsi-
fled workers their first raise since 1851.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
In God We Trust

A bill passed by the House
and now before the Senate re-
quires that the inscription, "In
God We Trust" be placed
upon all our paper money.
This bill should be defeated
for at least four reasons.
Cd If a person be a sincere
Christian. this bill is little
short of blasphemy. Jesus
"overthrew the tables of the
money changers" in the ITEM
pie of God" Matt. 21:121: and
when shown a coin imprinted
with Caesars image, he said
Render therefore unto Caesar
the things which are Caesars;
and unto God the things that
are Gods" (Matt. 22:2D.
Jesus would have been shocked
at the inscription of Gods
name on money which he rec
ognized as the symbol of the
material rather than of the
spiritual.
% This bill forces Human
lists, who find no reliable evi-
dence of a diety in the cosmos,
and who, under our Constitu-
ton, are otherwise free from
colnpulsive religious acknowl-
edgment, to use money having
thereon an expression of theo-
logical belief to which they
do not subscribe.
I'D 1t violates the principle
OF separation of church and
state. Under our completely
secular Constitution, religion
is a private and personal mat
ter and should remain so. To
say that coins already exhibit
this inscription, which has re-
Gently also been printed upon
stamps, does not condone its
extension TO paper money: ra-
ther it suggests the repeal of
these already existing in
fringementS.
"a The statement "In God
We Trust" is fraudulent. AS a
people we never have, and do
not now, place our trust in
God, rather do we place it in
armament. If we really be-
leved that trust in God was
effective, we would eliminate
that major portion of govern
mental expenditures which is
now devoted to defense.
Harold r.. Ration.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Little Monsters

According to the benign look
bestowed on the kid by the
public prosecutor on TV, the
father is guilty when the
adolescent son burglarizes a
freight depot. because he spoke
harshly to the kid. What about
the Ten Commandments?
Don't they teach them Thou
shalt Not Steal" anymore?
Maybe it was old fashioned but
it was definitely understood by
small children they were re-
sponsible for their own pre-
meditated actions and would
be ostracized if they became
thieves. That was before "de-
linquency" became the rage.
The vast majority of criminals
jailed are thieves. Unfortun-
ately, the young are encour-
aged by this tripe to excuse
their acts by blaming their
parents. Disguised Parent.
Evening star., 1955-06-21

@. What famous people are
buried In the Memorial Court
Of Honor Of Forest Lawn Me-
mortal Park in Hollywood,
Calf. .?-H. McM.
A. Gutzon Borglum, the
sculptor of the Mount Rush
more Memorial In South Da-
kota; Carrie Jacobs Bond, be-
loved American composer of
"A Perfect Day.; and DR..
Robert A. Millikan, the noted
physicist and Nobel Prize win
ner. Burial In the Memorial
Court Of Honor is an honor.
that In conferred by the Coun-
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Red Terms for Tokyo

Despite some recent suggestions to
the contrary the Soviet Union does not
seem to be very serious about negotiating
an acceptable peace treaty with Japan.
Representatives of the two countries are
meeting in London on the subject, but
the RusSians--though relatively amiable,
which is in accord with their new thaw-
ing behavior in the cold war-apparently
are in no mood to make any significant
changes in their old and altogether i'm
possible proposals for a japanese settle
ment.
At any rate, that is the impression
that has been conveyed from London to
Foreign Minister Shigemitsu in Tokyo.
For the Kremlin, as he has just reported
to a parliamentary group, still seems to
be insisting upon such terms as these:
ID The japanese must end their mutual
security alliance with the United States:
(2) they must arrange for the prompt
withdrawal of all American defense
forces from their country; (3) they must
have us agree to abandon our truSteeShip
and military bases in the Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands; ~ they must work out
pact with Red China and take the posi-
ton that Peiping should control Formosa,
and (5) they must adopt policy of rel
atively unarmed neutrality.
And what would the Kremlin offer
in exchange for all this? Apparently
nothing of any significance whatever,
territorial or otherwise. In short, judg
ing from present indications, Moscow
will sign peace treaty with Tokyo only
on the basis of conditions that would
leave Japan acutely vulnerable to Com
muniSt conquest,
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Three Round Stones

carried three round stones
When ] t1GS a lad
Smooth tUhite pebbles
We're all the hopes / had.
I held them in my pocket
Clutched dway from uiew,
And they t0ere all the ,Donder
That I kneU.
Other boys might tinker
With their tops and twine.
But there Mould be no trading
OF these white stones of
minei
I held them in my pocket
And e0ery noU and then
I'd take them out and toss
them up
And tCish that they Dere ten
.Notp. I know that beauty
Is not tDltdt some one otons:.
But Ultat q little lad might see
In three round stones.
Laurence {. Estes
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Like VoItoire
Observer.

David Lawrence states June
IA, There is only one way the
world can be safe for democracy
and that is by getting rid of
autocratic and dictatorial gov
ernments." This writer wonders
whether Mr.. Lawrence has refer
ence to Dictator Franco when he
makes such a statement. A few
short weeks ago, Mr.. Lawrence
was indeed very complimentary
of the autocratic ruler who re-
ceived him with open arms when
he visited Spain.
Whether the United States is
going to benefit from military
bases for which we are paying
dearly does not warrant all the
kind compliments to the former
ally of the axis powers. Let us
re m m b err that the Falange
Party can be as much a destruc-
tive element as fascism as we
saw it in Germany and Italy or
present communism. no matter
where it exists.
Many other readers, am sure,
would approve certain consist
ency in Mr.. Lawrence's writings.
Though ] disagree with him most
of the time, I am like Voltaire
when he said Il disagree with
you. but I will defend to my
death, your right to say it."
AS a constant reader of your
newspaper, may I congratulate
you on the diversified opinions
expressed on your editorial page.
Slightly Confused.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Father Walsh Retirinq

It must have been with special poign-
ancy that thousands of WaShingtonianS
learned of the retirement of the Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh from the regency of
the School of Foreign Service at George
town University He has been so def
nitely the leader of that work from its
inception 35 years ago that it is hard
to think of him as being separated from
it. OF course, the truth is that he never
will be set aside from the institution
which is his heightened shadow Father
Walsh may write emeritus" after his
title, but it will be mere formality. Far
into the future his name and Georgetown
will continue to be related
A like observation applies to the bond
between this good neighbor and the great
teaching order to which he dedicated his
gifts more than half a century ago. It's
sponsor was Spanish soldier who sought
the conversion of infldelS. Four hundred
years later Father Walsh accepted SIM
liar mission in his campaign of resistance
to materialiSm in its political aspect of
communism. To him as much as to any
other individual the free world owes it's
understanding of the hollow and wicked
Marxist indictment of religion as IAN
opiate of the people," Father Walsh
went to the heart of that mischief in
Moscow and brought home to America
with him the convincing proof of the
Soviet conspiracy against Christian
democratic civilization. But he also
sounded repeated warnings against other
relationships and tyrannies, wherever
they appeared.
Meanwhile, he taught the construc-
tive values of freedom asa background
for learning. Father Walsh's lectures
and books reached multitudes outside
academic walls, He has been a popular
izer of knowledge in the fine scientific
spirit of James SmithSon and in harmony
too with the ethical example Of Ralph
Waldo Emerson. His own country has
been fortunate in having had his serv-
ices, and the world at large has been
Evening star., 1955-06-21
THE POLITICAL MILL
Eisenhower's Deep Hope for Peace
By GOULD LINCOLN

war had been won the nations
would be able to set up an
agency which could and would
work for peace-the United
Nations. For ten years this
agency has been in existence.
During that period it has met
with signal successes and de-
featS. 1t has waged one war
the Korean war-against ag-
greSSion. In that war, the
United States carried 95 per
cent of the burden. It stopped
the aggression and turned back
the aggresSors. The U.N. has
achieved successes through
diplomatic means, too. AL of
this President Eisenhower rec
ognized - the imperfections
along with the brighter spots.
He took occasion to declare
again the loyalty Of the United
States to the U.N. and its
spirit.
The President did not sound
like a peSSimist. He did not
throw cold water on the COM
ing four-power conference. On
the contrary, his whole tone
was one of hope-and of deter
mination to go forward in the
crusade for a peaceful world.
It's Up to Russia
But here again, success will
depend on the willingness of
Soviet Russia to 60 along.
While the record over the last
decade shows that Communist
nation as aiding and abetting
aggression and subversion,
there have been more recent
signs of willingness on the part
of the Russians to discuss ar
rangements for peace, includ-
ing disarmament. Up until
the present. Mr.. Eisenhower
has declined to take seriously
proposals for a conference of
heads of governments, insist
ing that until Russia gave
some evidence of sincerity and
by its actions-not words
that it wanted peace, such a
conference would lead no.
where. But Russia has changed
its tune in some measure. It
has agreed to an Austrian
peace. for example. 1t has not.
or so it seems, encouraged the
Chinese Communists to make
war in the Formosa Strait
as it encouraged the Commu-
nistS in North Korea to attack
the Republic of Korea five
years ago. So Mr.. Eisenhower
is carrying out his pledge to
go anywhere in the interest
of world peace, when there
seemed reasonable hope Of ac-
complishment.
Evening star., 1955-06-21

President Eisenhower, In his
address opening the 10th an
niversary ceremonies of the
United Nations. grasped the
leadership in the drive for
world peace, which is - or
should be-the main objective
of the "at-the-summit" four
power conference in Geneva
next month.
No one who heard the Presi-
dent could doubt for a mo-
ment he is going to that con-
ference. with the heads of the
governments of Britain. France
and Soviet Russia, to obtain
assurances they, too, will work
for the new kind" of peace
which he described. 1t is not
a mere sitting of the guns"
the President emphasized. 1t
must be a glorious way of
life" with the atom, dedicated
once as mans slayer" becom-
ing mans most productive
servant. And further. the
President said, the world must
experience "a new expansion
of living standards and of cul-
tural and spiritual horizons"
The United States has already.
by its own example. placed
great emphasis on the need
of all nations working to aid
others in the improvement Of
economic and social conditions.
Political Shipping
Ever since the President
signified that he would take
part in a four-power summit"
conference he has been the
target Of those who attacked
him for not taking a more pos
tive position in regard to the
conference. on the one hand,
and of those, on the other
hand, who disapproved en-
tirely of his joining in such
a conference. Indeed, it seems
some of his Democratic critics
plan to make an issue of the
conference results-or lack of
results. And, further, that they
would be delighted if there
were no results. Perhaps this
is good party policy-but it
is not good policy for the
United States and its people.
The President expressed his
hope of Success-he made no
attempt to predict. But he
spoke particularly of the high
hope which seems to stir peo-
Piles all over the world this
summer. He recalled that ten
years ago, the summer when
the U.N. was born, a similar
season of hope existed. The
hope then was that after the
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Crime and Punishment

In agreement Win haInfyn
B. Thomas's recent letter,
have the same belief that
"only when young people un-
derStand that crime carries a
severe penalty will there be a
decrease in crime" We have
been too lenient with juvenile
crime.
These juveniles who are pro-
tected from adult punishment
for their crimes laugh at the
courts, the judges and their
own parents. Their attitude
is one of arrogant. overbearing
knowledge of how far the
courts will go to punish them.
Only when our courts wake up
and deal with juvenile crime
as not a misdemeanor of
childhood, but as a tendency
to break rules that will con-
tinue if not abruptly stopped
with strong positive action of
jail term or fine worked out by
the juvenile Immediately, will
there be a drop in crimes by
juveniles. When any nation
begins Furnishing a crime by
loss of life that crime almost
ceases. No sane person above
seven (Which is the age of un-
derstanding right and wrong)
will commit a crime when he
knows that death is offered as
reward for the crime. Nations
with a strong arm of punish
ment have wonderful crime
records. People can 60 any,
where on the streets at any
time without being molested in
such a country because of a
strong arm of punishment.
Anyone will do anything
he thinks he can get away
with or get off easily from.
Therefore, when our juveniles
know they will get scolded and
given into their parents Gus
tody, they steal, kill and be-
come vandals.
AS a teacher in our elemen-
tary schools, I see each year
children who are on the road
to a criminal life. I also see
and hear the parents of these
same children. Most of the
parents either do not know
what to do with the child or
uphold the child in all he does
because they refuse to believe
their child could be wrong.
This is the beginning of juve-
nile crime. The place to begin
Kidding our community of
these future criminals is not
in the courts but in the homes.
Minnie S. Woodson.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Think for Yourself, 10.

The various religious and
educational objections to the
proposed revision of sex laws
as set forth in the American
Law Institutes new moral code
appear to be the same old
hypocritical wall that mans
emotions of the sexual nature
are too much for him to
handle by himself. Rather some
higher authority. say the state,
acting as agent for the church.
should dictate to him how he
should feel about sex and,
further, what he can and can
not do about his appetite.
I feel that many thinking
persons in America share with
me avery deep concern for the
direction that this new wave
of morality is taking.
You cannot have both free
dom and security at the same
time. The American people
are, whether they wish it or
not, at a moral crossroads.
Has it come to such a pass
that we are afraid to think
for ourselves?.
Absolute nonsense! Have a
little heart. Divorce yourself
momentarily from the clatter
of daily life. Do something
that most Americans have
completely forgotten about!
Take a walk. preferably in the
country. Regard the wild
flowers; soak up the beauty Of
green fields and trees. Learn
to be a little quiet by yourself.
Natural man has great dig
nifty. Civilized, Goth century
man very little. To restore the
dignity. man must needs once
again learn to think for him.
self. Herein lie truth and
freedom.
Jeanne Fiske Swanson.
Evening star., 1955-06-21
Gil Of Regents of Forest Lawn.

@. What is the maximum
amount the Federal Govern
ment allows its employees for
board and room daily when
they are sent out on business
trips? This Is in reference to
civilians only-H. j. O.
A. The maximum Is 50 a day
within the limits Of the con-
tinental United States, but
many agencies pay less under
various circumstances. The per
diem is In lieu Of subsistence
and is supposed to cover lodg-
ing. meals. tips and personal
expenses Of all kinds. <
Evening star., 1955-06-21
DisqruntIed Toxpoyer

AS Montgomery County,
Maryland, taxpayer. please
register me in complete SYM
pathy with our beleaguered
county manager who is trying
to put the education racket in
focus.
l recall that in the 1913
presidential campaign, Gov.
Nav of Utah, a Democrat,
told of an off-the-record
statement which he attributed
to Gov. Dewey. the Republic
can presidential candidate.
He had heard Gov. Dewey say
at a Governors conference,
the Utah Governor related,
that the most powerful and
most dangerous lobby in this
country was the education
lobby.
Gov. Dewey, understand
ingly, denied it. l wish he
had stood by his guns, because
it is a fact.
The taxes on my home in
Montgomery County have
practically doubled in recent
years. I appreciate the cost
of. living has gone up, but 80
per cent Of the increased taxes
have been for schools, or
rather 80 per cent of the taxes
on my home goes for schools.
We are told that the kids
have been piling into Mont
gomery County in recent years.
If anything, the more chill
dren and more parents the
less taxes should be. Our mass
production economy is based
upon that theory. Our chain
groceries, our automobile in
dustry are based upon the
theory that the more they
sell, the less the cost.
l submit that under the
guise Of free education the
taxpayer should not be asked
to support changing diapers
or baby sitting.
I hope our realistic county
manager gets some support.
Carlisle Bargeron.s
Evening star., 1955-06-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

the mightiest, knows much
about soul effects. Ralph WAL
do Emerson and other .sages.
American and otherwhere, have
tried to dip into the recesses
of the soul for everyday use,
but mostly they leave us about
where we were before. The
soul is a personal thing. 1t
clings to the doubter, and will
not let him go.
1t is this soul, one may
believe. that somehow manages
to build up its own creation
at the touch of the sun. Wise
men they were, the ancients,
who worshipped it. Theirs was
not a Grass mundane belief
in just a physical source of
light and heat. Surely they
looked up.
Today'S American sunWor-
shipper finds the gray days
growing grayer and grayer.
He longs for sunshine, the
giver of suntan.
He is a topper of the in
visible.
Light rays assume gigantic
proportions to him.
Standing in a city street, or
lolling in a suburban backyard.
he finds himself thinking of
the seashore, where shore and
sea meet. but always there is
the sun.
How like a god, indeed, as it
shines down on the seaweeds,
the jellyf1sh, the sponges, the
course grass on the dune, the
white oval-windowed bryo-
zoan, the bushy gray bryo-
Zoan.
Sea cucumbers, barnacles
and beach fleas, all respond
to the suns touch. Shrimps
and sandbugs, hermit crabs
and fiddler crabs shout with
Joy to see the sunshine stream
B ing over them.
The little pink shells are
washed up, and the jingle
shells, and sometimes a conch.
They stored them away in old
fashioned parlors, and small
boys were told to hold them
to their ears and hear the
ocean.
Sunshine is at the bottom of
all the wonders, and especially
at the top Of wonders. So it is
no marvel. perhaps, that all
America is divided into the
sun-lovers and the whiteskins.
This is a good addiction, one
that never harms, but only
does good, so long as a little
common sense is used along
with it. Peer anxiouSly out of
the window, and see If there
is any chance of seeing the
sun.
When the sun comes out, the
soul OF man blooms anew in
the springtime Of creation.
Evening star., 1955-06-21

their desire to be together,
colored people will continue to
segregate. Further, as they
desire political representation
by members of their own race,
particularly in Congress. and
being in the minority, they
must of necessity concentrate
in specific areas and their
children will attend school
within those areas. Only by
segregation is it possible for
them to elect a colored repre-
sentative to Congress from
such cities as Chicago, De-
troit and New York.
Observer.