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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

In the Capitol Prayer Room.
above the altar with its open
Bible. there is a very striking.
colorful window. In jeweled
glass blaze the words This
Nation Under Cod" What
that momentous phrase means
is suggested by the central fig
ure of that artistic depletion.
There it is that the Nations
fundamental faith is focused
in the pictured figure Of
George Washington kneeling
in agony of petition on the
frozen ground of Valley Forge.
The father of his country is
not portrayed saying his pray
ers. He is praying. That al
ways is the most stupendous
of transactions. That hal
lowed room under the white
dome of the Capitol is dedi-
Gated to the conviction with
out which religion fades into
futility, that more things are
wrought by prayer than this
world dreams Of" We are, of
course, thinking Of prayer in
its highest reaches as asking
God for nothing except Him
self. Prayer in its innermost
meaning is not requesting
something we want. 1t is
yearning for that which God
wants in us and through us.
On the highest peaks of petit
ton, prayer ceases to be a
catalog of the things-likely
to be mostly material-which
we think we need. Through
light and shadow, gladness
and adversely, the summit Of
prayer is Thy Will Be Done"
When prayer reaches that al
titude, a subtle selfishneSs.
which often intrudes and in
vades petitions with its mum
dane desires. passes in music
out of sight.
The acme of communion is
mirrored in a modern hymn
Nothing Left But Heaven and
Prayer" The fact is that with
these two supreme things left,
God and prayer, a two-way
road by which spirit with spirit
may meet, everything vital re-
mains, no matter what else the
swift currents of tribulation
may sweep away. From a
great and yet practical mystic,
Rufus Jones, comes the pro-
found statement Religion is
primarily and at heart the
personal meeting of the soul
with God and conscious COM
munion with Him. To give up
the cultivation of prayer would
mean in the long run the loss
of the central thing in reli-
glon-it would involve the sur
render of the precious jewel of
the soul. In prayer there is
unmistakable evidence of in
coming energy from beyond
the margin of what we call
ourselves" The glowing testi-
mony of such a saint and sage
and scholar fits exactly the
confession of the plaintive
Negro spiritual-"It's me. it's
me. oh Lord. standing in the
need Of prayer" If the one
expressing that deepest of all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
THE GAME OF POLITICS
ICWiIion DueIs With Military Expert
BY FRANK r. KENT

retracted them. Instead, ne
has left them lying loose
with whatever political APP
peal there may be to the
unthinking voters generally.
He may have gained votes by
such loose oratory-but he has
certainly lost considerable re-
spect among those who
thought he was above this sort
Of dangerous demagoguery on
so vital a matter. 1t seems a
little worse than his 1852 flop
on the t-Hartley Act, which
he first described as a good
law but needing amendment
and a few weeks later, under
pressure from the labor boss,
Walter Reuther, denounced as
"Slave-labor" act which must
be repealed. No one yet has
made denial of this degrading
reversal. Nor has anyone tried
to mt 1t in with the picture of
him as a man of integrity and
character. The two simply
cannot be reconciled.
Another tumble
Another big Stevenson FUN
BILE was his allegation that the
Eisenhower administration had
"appeased" the late Argentine
dictator. Peron, and through
DR.. Milton Eisenhower, broth
er of the President, had ar
ranged huge United States
loan to the then Argentine
government. OF course. the
facts completely contradicted
these statements. If there was
ever any appeasement of
Peron 1t was in the Truman
administration and the loan
was made long before Mr..
Eisenhower became President.
1t was matter with which DR..
Milton Eisenhower was not
even remotely connected. The
real achievement of the Presi-
dents brother in Argentina
was to convince Peron of the
wisdom of lifting the censor
ship which he had imposed
upon the three big American
news services and all Ameri-
can correspondents. Though
these facts have been widely
printed, they seem to have
escaped Mr.. Stevenson's at
tention.
At least, he has made no
effort to correct the totally
false impression which he
promulgated about the record
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton. In his frantic effort to
get elected Mr.. Stevenson has
had to talk much more than
he did in 1852, and undoubt-
edly has made number Of
statements which he cannot
sustain. 1t does seem, how
ever, that a man who talks
SO nobly about the high
road" and the truth" would
want to do something to clean
up such "low-road" untruths as
have recently cluttered his
path. If. as seems clear, the
real issue is between the per-
sonalitieS of the two candi-
dates. Mr.. Stevenson is suffer-
ing from the comparison. AS
the President has pointed out,
he is not sticking to the facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

ing age. it is now perfectly
evident that the arm of flesh
has failed us. Modern mechan-
ical inventions have far out
reached spiritual potentials.
The length of the material
ropes is greater than the
strength Of the bending spir-
itual stakes. AS for nothing
else, the desperate dilemma of
mid-20th century cries out for
the power of prayer that can
release energy as certainly as
the closing of an electric cur
rent does-which heightens all
human capacity and unlocks
divine reservoirs of power,
opening invisible doors into
new storehouses of spiritual
force" The over-awing con-
ception that God must be the
dominating reality of life
which is abundant was brought
to me this summer in the
Orient with the binding light
of a new revelation. In Free
China 1 sat in an upper room
where, like a flame, prayer
blazed on the altar of pooled
devotion as its tongues were
fed by the surrender of 40
separate lives. That choice
character with such charm
Of body and soul, Madame
Chang Kai-shek, was one of
that circle. She has told in
her little book on THE Sure
Victory" about the prayer
groups which have been
formed in Formosa, that en-
battled island under the very
guns of tyranny. That prayer
group meeting each week is
but one of more than a hun
dred OF such circles of power
meeting regularly in Taiwan.
We Occidental visitors could
not understand the language
of those kneeling women as
their petitions assembled. But
one knew that breaking
through all confines of speech
that a mystic power was sweep
ing in as truly as in an upper
room OF long ago when the
church was born in pentecoStal
fire. Uncowed by the volume
of violent hatred from the
mainland, confident that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
In the Need of PRAYER
BY DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain of the United States Senate

gates of hell cannot prevail, the
lovely leader of that group,
Madame Chang, declares I'VE
must have a chain of prayer
group around the world.
Civilization will advance in
proportion to the personal con-
Germ, enthusiasm, and faith
through prayer that we soak
into it," In that faith every
Wednesday afternoon without
fail for five years, the prayer
meeting has been held in the
capital of Free China. AS its
leader testifies radiantly. God
takes over and the Holy Spirit
is really with U.S."
But this is no isolated
phenomenon in that one city
or in that nation. We found
that in Korea, led by the vice
speaker of the assembly, a
group Of legislators in that
land now experiencing such a
glorious renaissance each week
there meets for prayer in a
room in a nearby church. OF
course, these illustrations of a
vital movement do not seem
unfamiliar to any American
Christian. In every State of
our union and in many nations
around this world under God
intoxicated leader, Abram
Vereide. imbued with the same
invincible faith as China's first
lady. are like groups who meet
regularly. tapping the divine
sources of power for today'S
dire need.
More important than the
verbal fireworks of any en-
phemeral political campaign
or of any diplomatic maneu-
vers is the word that in the
United States Senate and
House and in every part of
the Union are weekly praying
circles, part of a movement
growing by leaps and bounds
an increasing army of those
who believe that God is not
dead nor doth he sleep. The
greatest news, even though
not in the headlines of the
day, is that men of faith, re-
fusing to be browbeaten by
mere brutal bulk, are seeing
not just the marshalled foe
who scorns our Christ and
assails His ways, but also on
the hills about in larger
circle the chariots of God
and the horsemen thereof.
In this day of the whirlwind
and the earthquake. with its
changing social landscape,
these men and women of the
inner circles, with a humble
sense of standing in the need
Of prayer, with contrite hearts.
are endeavoring to meet the
conditions of Gods require
ment of old, which is also a
promise, IF My people which
are called by My name shall
seek My face and pray and
turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear and forgive
their sins and heal their land. :"
That is the present-day voice
Of God, the Father Almighty,
who waits to furnish through
prayer the power to lift hui
mainly to His feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

Perhaps there is no outstand-
ing issue of either domestic or
foreign policy between the two
presidential candidates in this
campaign. Perhaps the real
issue is whether the people as
a whole would rather have Mr..
Eisenhower and the men
around him running the Gov
eminent in this critical stage
of the worlds history than
have Mr.. Stevenson and the
men around him running II.
At any rate, Mr.. Stevenson
has rendered this question of
personality more acute by
what are accounted his biggest
fumbles since his nomina-
ton. The first of these, of
course, was his putting him
self forth as challenging the
Presidents judgment as a
military expert. One would
have supposed that anybody
as astute as Mr.. Stevenson is
supposed to be- would have
hesitated to challenge the po-
sition in this field of the man
with the greatest military ex-
perience of anyone living and
who at the same time has
established himself as the
leading living seeker of world
peace. In addition, as Com
mander in Chief he certainly
is in position to know more
about our whole military setup,
as we'll as of that of the Rus
slams. than anyone else.
Challenged Him Anyway
Nevertheless, that is exactly
what Mr.. Stevenson did. He
made a suggestion about end
ing the draft which seemed to
promise that if elected he
would do this sooner than Mr..
Eisenhower. He also made
the suggestion that he would
end the hydrogen bomb tests
more speedily-and thus ter
inmate competition between
the Russians and ourselves in
this menacing matter of Great
ing these destroyers Of civiliza-
ton. Well. on neither Of
these suggestions did Mr.. Ste
venson find any support what
ever among military experts
and practically none among
the newspapers now supporting
him. Thus, his close friend
and counselor, Thomas Finlet-
ter. made a long. apologize
and rather pathetic defense of
these Stevenson appeals. But,
able and sincere as Mr.. Fin
letter undoubtedly is, they
were unconvincing, and the
good Adlai is left in the posi-
ton of a man who, with no
foundation at all, has injected
the draft into politics and put
forth a hydrogen bomb pro-
posal without knowing what he
was talking about.
In his speech last Tuesday,
President Eisenhower made it
clear that these proposals by
the Opposition" were purely
political, entirely impractical
and not in accord with the ma
tional security. 1t is typical
that Mr.. Stevenson has not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

but the details of the arrange
ment and improvement OF the
plaza and the streets leading
thereto have been left until
this time because of the UNI
foreseen difficulties that could
have arisen. :. The treatment
OF the large area of the plaza
was also considered in detail.
and the plans as agreed upon
provide for three immense
fountains in front of the sta
ton which will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 :"
Speed Trop
The Mayor OF Glen Echo
was getting tired Of automo-
biles speeding through his
town at more than IL miles
an hour, and set about, so
years ago. to put a stop to it.
On October 8, 1906. The Star
reported: Speeding automo-
bilists who ventured out Glen
Echo way Sunday, and who
exceeded the twelve-mile-an-
hour limit prescribed by law,
were hailed before Mayor John
A. Garrett Of Glen Echo.
There were fourteen offenders,
and all were assessed fines
ranging from IS to $50. The
Mayor of Glen Echo had an
officer on duty to police the
mile and a quarter OF the
Conduit road Macarthur
boulevard that bisects the
corporation of Glen Echo. He
was mounted on a wheel, and
is declared by the Mayor to
be able TO negotiate the dis
lance with the most reckless
chauffeurs. Many complaints
have been made Of the reck-
less driving of 'whiz cars on
the Conduit road. 1t is de-
clared that conditions we're so
bad that the highway was even
dangerous for automobiles. >"
Theft
A policeman with sticky
fingers was the subject of a
! Star story on october IA, 1906.
On that day, The Star said:
IL. L. Morris, teacher OF
chemistry at the Central High
School, took exception to the
manner in which Policeman
s. E OF the second precinct
waited upon himself while in
the o street market a few
days ago. He saw the police
man help himself 10 two rolls
that we're on bakers bench
and he lost little time in call
ing up police headquarters on
the telephone and stating a
hypothetical case TO Sergt.
Carter. His query was what
a policeman would do IL he
saw a person take two rolls
from a market stand and
walk of with them without
paying for them The sergeant
naturally responded that the
policeman would arrest him.
Professor Morris then sur
prised the sergeant by telling
him ti.at the man In the case
was a policeman. The profess
sor said he could Identify the
policeman, who, he said, had
taken the rolls, and when
Policeman E. went 70 the
school he was identified. His
Identification was made more
certain by the admission Of
the policeman. =. ;"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

needs is dressed in cap and
gown. he might want to Ak up
the grammar of one yearning
perhaps in overalls in the cot
tonfleld. But the pleading
meaning would be exactly the
same.
In this troubled and totter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
PuzzIine?

II the maze in front Of
Union Station bewilders you.
you can trace the bewilder-
ment back TO october 5. 1906.
On that day The Star re-
ported. THE plans for the
arrangement Of streets and
streetcar tracks leading to the
large plaza in front Of the new
Union Station have been de-
eided upon by the representa-
tives Of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
and Pennsylvania Railroads
and the architects OF the sta
ton building. The legislation
providing for the location Of
the Union Station fronting on
the plaza was passed In 1903,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
Unreasonable Claim

Maryland and Virginia are stretching
logic 2 an absurd lengI when they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

A famed widow died a half
a century ago. On October
16, 1906, in a dispatch from
New York, The Star reported:
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who has
been i'll of pneumonia at the
Hotel Majestic, was still alive
early today, but her death, it
is said, is not far off. Mrs.
Davis took a sudden change
for the worse last night, and
her physicians said the end
is only a question of hours. 4.
Mrs. Davis is 80 years old. D..
Mrs. Davis has made New York
City her home for several
years, but spent the summer in
the country, returning to the
city in autumn to live, usually
in a hotel. Last winter while
stopping at a hotel she was
taken seriously i'll as a result
of a cold. and, owing to her
age, it was feared that she
would not recover. After a
weeks illness, however. her
health was restored. -. :" But
this time, her illness was fatal,
and Mrs. Davis died that same
day.
Lark
In a story from Boston
headlined young Teddy's
Lark" The Star reported. on
September 80, 1906: In the
municipal court this morning
Judge Sullivan refused to grant
a warrant for Theodore Roose-
welt. jr., son of the President,
on the charge of assault on
M. B. Blagden, coxswain Of
the Harvard crew. This ended
the matter for the time being,
but it is believed that the
police will do all in their power
to push the matter to the end,
Accepting the hint of Police
Commissioner O'Meara that he
surrender without being sought
on a warrant, Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., came TO Boston
this morning from his apart
ments in Dunster Hall. Cam
bridge. to appear before the
municipal court 10 answer TO
the part which the police claim
he played in the student dis
turbance on the common on
Thursday night. At the
end (of the hearing) Mr.
Bangs (the accused's at
torney) left the courthouse,
remaining uncommunicative
except to express tersely his
lack Of esteem for a press
which sees fit to give promi-
hence TO the incident Just be-
cause the Presidents son ia
implicated. :"
PuzzIino2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Drive Begins
For Symphony

The Business Committee for the
National Symphony Orchestra S
Sustaining Fund today opened
the drive to attain its $50, 900
quota.
The goal for the entire cam
paign is $40. 900. The group was
to be entertained at the Metro
politan Club at 4:30 pm. today
by John Gawlel. committee
chairman. They also will receive
instructions and campaign ma
terial.
Business firms and individual
businessmen have made it pos
sible for more than $4,000 area
children to attend free concerts
by the National Symphony. Fiji
teen such free concerts have
been scheduled this season and
thousands of other students have
heard programs broadcast over
Radio Station WGMS.
Sponsors who have each con-
tributed one free concert for
young people are the American
Security & Trust Co., Lee D..
Butler. Inc: Campbell Music Co,
Capitol Cadillac Oldsmobile Co.,
CIO-Philip Murray Memorial
Fund. the Hecht Co.. Frank R.
Jelleff. Inc: Kilt Music Co., Mrs.
Charles Hamilton Maddox, Per-
petual Building Association. Po-
tomac Electric Power Co.. Sears
Roebuck & Co, Mrs. Jouett
Shouse, WGMS and Woodward
d Lothrop.
With an operating budget of
more than $500, 900. IS per cent
Of which returns to the commu-
nifty In salaries and services. the
National Symphony Orchestra
is a large economic as well as a
cultural factor In the life Of
Washington.
That is the gospel the busi-
nessmen will be preaching during
the campaign starting today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Kefouver Flies Friday
To File in Minnesota
BY the Associated Press

Senator Kefauver, Democrat
of Tennessee, will fly to st. Paul
Friday to enter his name as a
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination In the
Minnesota preferential primary
March 20.
He announced last night he
will go directly from the St.
Paul Airport to the State Cap
itol where he will file. He au-
thorized the entry Of his name
January 81.
After spending the night in
st. Paul. Senator Kefauver win
fly to Detroit Saturday after
noon to address a dinner Of the
congressional district of
Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
President Sees
Faint Hope in
Notes

President Eisenhower today
held out some faint hope that
his correspondence with Soviet
Premier Bulganin will be pro-
ductive.
He said the United States must
never be in the position Of block
ing any avenue to peace. no mat
ter how small the avenue.
This was the first comment by
Mr.. Eisenhower on the second
letter which the Soviet Premier
has sent to the White House urg-
ing a 20-year Soviet-American
treaty Of friendship.
When Mr.. Eisenhower turned
down the first proposal, Marshal
Bulganin came back with his
second message.
Studying Second Note
Mr.. Eisenhower, when asked
about this at a news conference
-oday. said the United States is
Marshal Bulganin S
later message every day.
No matter what the past per-
formances - such as broken
treaties-the United States must
never be in a position of block
ing any avenue. no matter how
small, Mr.. Eisenhower said.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he could
not express hope any more
explicit than that.
He continued, however, that as
long as We keep up a correspond
ence that is not a mere denuncia-
ton of one another, there is
some faint hope.
Different Emphasis
Mr.. Eisenhower's remarks. gave
somewhat different emphasis
to the American appraisal of
the Soviet letter than Secretary
Of State Dulles made at a news
yesterday.
Mr.. Dulles expressed belief
that Moscow was handling the
two Bulganin 1etterS-and Mr.
EiSenhower's first reply - as
largely a propaganda matter.
Mr.. Dulles said that the urgency
Of answering Marshal BulganinI
was not very great.
Thus. while both Mr.. Eisen-
hover and Mr.. Dulles shared
considerable doubts that the
letters would lead to-
anything, Mr.. Eisenhower seemed
to emphasize what little hope
there was. while Mr.. Dulles
sought to point out the negative
aspects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08
Police Drop By as Suspects
Drop n-ThrouehS kyIieht

Spying Pvt. Jones at the front.
the men dashed out the rear,
Elliott Everett Stevens, 90, COL
ored. of the 1900 block of 6
street NE, ran right into Pvt.
Preloh's arms. The other man
ran or and Pvt Preloh took an
Intellectual shot at him.
Half an hour later, Scout Car
81 picked up Charles w. Hemp
hill, %. colored. near his home in
the 100 block of Thirteenth
street Sc. He and Stevens were
charged with HOUSEKEEPING. A
crowbar and gloves were re-
covered from the men.
ctevens told police he was
discharged only yesterday from
the Army-more exactly an Army
stockade at Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08

tralist inertia or drifting into
active cooperation with the So
Wet bloc. 1t is becoming in
creasingly accepted in London
that Britain not only can but
soon must show that leadership
BY establishing such a union
Britain might restore much Of
her former wealth. prestige and
power in world affairs. British
circles feel,
In addition, Western Europe's
technical and material skill
could double or triple the present
slow rate of Commonwealth de-
velopment If such a union were
formed.
Men behind the plan also say
the union of 270 million West
Europeans with the Common
wealth's 500 million would open
vast outlets for Europe's man.
power. money, scientific and in
dustrial output.
British planners acknowledged
that there would be numerous
obstacles to the proposed plan,
including possible objections
from the British people to have
foreigners gradually influence
their domestic and overseas
affairs.
They say, however, such a
move would be hailed through
out Europe as an end to Britain's
traditional isolation from con-
tinental affairs. They also be-
lieve it would play a vital role
in helping to solve the German
and French problems.
Apart from political, economic
and strategic advantages. Brit
ish statesmen also say such a
merger should be particularly
welcome to the United States.
They feel 1t would strengthen
allies and eventually
help reduce United States over
seas military and economic aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08

Two men now residing in a
police cellblock selected an in
appropriate moment to visit the
Metropolitan Paint Co., Inc.
1923 Fourteenth street NV.
early today.
About the time they were
slipping through the skylight.
Police Pvts. John B. Jones and
William Preloh were passing the
rear OF the building on Swami
street NV. in Scout Car 1871.
1t took only minute for the
policemen to ask the radio dis
patcher for additional help.
Then Pvt. Jones went to the
front door and Pvt. Preloh to
the rear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-08

One responsibility of good
citizens Is to vote. In order
to vote you must register.
Show Congress--and ~ Ma
ton - that Washingt0nians
are good citizens. Register now
at the District Building and
vote In the election May !.