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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

caught and held in a net of
sunbeams when the Angel of
the Resurrection blows her
trumpet and the dead earth
stands upon her feet and
sings. Deaf and blind is one
even with camera in his
hand. whose spirit does not
find a choir loft under the
blossoming boughs and who
fails to join his voice in the
swelling oratorio OF the eX-
ultant Hymn to JOY" whose
words are married to lifting
notes of Beethoven:
Sing tOith all the sons OF glory,
Sing the Resurrection song.
Death and Sorro,U. edrth'S dark
story
To the former days belong,
All around the clouds are
breaking.
Soon the storms OF time
shall cease,
In Gods likeness man dlDdking
KnoUs the everlasting peace.
There are tongues in trees.
The significance of Jeremiah's
blossom vision is in what ne
heard. The budding bough
Of the almond tree which he
beheld was strikingly like our
cherry blossoms. The Hebrew
word for almond means watch
ful--sure. 1t was so called
because it is the earliest bios
soming tree Of the East, the
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Rhzy Truck Route

Massachusetts avenue NV.
the Park avenue of Washing
ton. embassy row and site Of
stately old homes, is in danger
of becoming a truck route.
Huge, overweight trailer
trucks and a steady stream OF
sand. gravel, gasoline and
other truck monsters are con-
stantly speeding through resi-
Dental sections. rafting win
dows, shaking houses. causing
cracks in walls and ceilings.
and dangerously undermining
foundations.
HomeoWners on MaSSachu-
sets avenue are not convinced
Of the equity in raising real
estate assessments when val
ues are being destroyed
through the indifference OF a
city government that allows
choice residential area to be
used as a trucking route. caus-
ing the need for expensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain of the United States Senate

Again it's cherry blossom
time in Washington. From
every State Of the Union come
pilgrims to this mecca of
beauty. For on the banks of
the quiet Potomac. in the city
which belongs to every Ameri-
can. is unveiled a picture of
surprising glory-the yearly
miracle of bloom. There is
but one reply to the query.
What came We out for to
see?" Answer: Just bios
SONS"
When all this loneliness was
but a woman's dream. she
sought ways and means Of
bringing her vision to earth.
Confronting stern Govern
ment official. she asked for his
influence in getting the roots
of Japanese trees into Ameri-
can soil. He at once raised
the practical question as to
what would be done with the
cherry crop If the proposed
trees were planted. When he
was assured that there would
be no cherries-only blossoms
he exclaimed, What good is
that sort of a cherry tree
with just blossoms" All! Ask
the enraptured multitudes for
whom business as usual back
home is forgotten, the political
pot left to simmer. even inter-
national problems locked up in
White House and State De-
partment desks. as hundreds
of thousands representing a
fascinating cross-Section of the
Republics life turn abruptly
from the demands of duty to
do as Thoreau did when he
excused himself from an in
sistent visitor because he must
go to keep an engagement with
a tree. And the blossoming
trees await the call clad with
rainbow ribbons caught in
their hair and decked in gor-
geous robes. lovely as moon
light and delicate as a brides
veil.
1t was in the risen glory of
life-surging springtime that
$500 years ago the Prophet
jeremiah gazed with ravished
eyes at branch which had
flushed with pink white bloom.
His exclamation. Il see a
poisoning bough," tingles
with the tinted witchery OF
these latest Towering branches
now that spring has come.
There is a world of difference
between looking and seeing.
A little primrose by the wall to
Peter Bell was but a yellow
flower and nothing more. But
to Wordsworth that same lift
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first which the soft caress Of
spring wakes from the winter
sleep to bloom and beauty. Il
see," said the ancient prophet,
"a sure and steadfast bough."
Then came winged words, Il
will surely hasten my word to
perform it," Back Of the
bough for this preacher of old
was personality. not machin-
cry. The blossoms were signal
ling to him a timeless word.
This was the message he
caught: MY word, jeremiah,
is as sure as the poisoning
Dough - as dependable and
constant as the returning
Spring. I am back OF the bios
soming bough. / am back of
the world which is mine. I am
back of you. Let that assur-
ance grid you with might. Let
the white blossoms be a par
able Of my faithfulness. In the
winter Of your dependency.
the blossoming bough is on
the way. I will watch over my
word to perform it"
The blossoms remind us that
while the Bible is a book of
human falling and fainting
and failing. it is also the book
Of the Divine Consistency. 1t
tells of a love that followest us
all the way. That means that
even the bare tree lifted on
Calvary changed nothing in
God. 1t but revealed the love
that was always there and
never fails. The blossoms
speak to the weeping Jercmi-
abs of the goth century. dis
NAL prophets OF gloom, who
talk as If the confusion and
near chaos of these days
mean that God has abdicated.
But He is still the steadfast
One who spoke so long ago
through the blossoming bough
to His servant. The span of
error with its little day is but
the bursting Of bubble. Evil
dies but the God OF the bios
soming bouch lives on, loves
on, and conquers all. The
clouds are but lies. The blue
sky is the truth. 1T is My
word" said God to jeremiah.
in the miracle of springtime.
1T is My word He says to US.
l will perform it. One bios
som saying that is worth a
million tons of commercial
cherries. That WOrd brings
peace and poise, making one
who bets his life upon it salts
fed each new morning to wake
and find that God is there.
That sure word is being broad
cast to us now as 1t was to
jeremiah in Just blossoms.
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THE GAME OF POLITICS
Racial Issue Splits Democratic Party
BY FRANK R. KENT

party line they would rather
be moderate and reasonable"
under Ike. whom they like
personally, than under Adlai,
whose wise-cracking, smart
aleck ways have not built up
either admiration or affection
in the South. What the South
fears is that no matter who is
nominated. the forces of the
ADA, union labor, the NAACP
and the big city bosseS---in
brief, the combination that
has controlled the Democratic
Party since Roosevelt was first
elected-will be strong enough
to put over a racial school
plank or nominate a candidate
that they simply cannot take.
May Bolt to Third Party
If either of these things
happens, it is difficult to see
how a bolt of Southern dele
gates, heading into a third
party, can be avoided. Four
years ago four States in the
so-called Solid South-Flor-
ida, Texas, Tennessee and Vir-
ginia-went for Eisenhower.
though the racial issue was
not then raised. This year it
cannot be avoided either in
the convention or in the cam
paign. If the South has its
way and the interposition plan
adopted by Virginia is Endorsed
in some form in the platform.
the Negroes in the big pivotal
States of the North and Mid
die West who have been voting
solidly and helpfully Demo-
cratic since 1886 will go over
en- masse to the Republicans.
IT by this or some other plan
the South is not pledged pro-
lection against integration.
more Of the South will go Re-
publican next November than
since the Civil War. At least
that is the way the more clear
headed political leaders Of the
party view the facts,
AS they see it, the inevitable
showdown" is soon due.
Through four presidential
campaigns, slick Democratic
politicians, under Roosevelt
Truman guidance. have played
both ends against the middle.
They have truckled to the
Negroes in IL Northern and
Western States where they
held the balance of power,
and at the same time beguiled
the white voters in the South
into staying in line. Now, TO
use an old circus expression,
the monkey is dead and the
show is over" Now the stage
has been reached where these
smart Democrats, who thought
what they had done was so
funny, have got to lose either
the Negroes of the North or
the whites of the South. They
can't possibly keep both. Either
way, the loss will be catas-
trophic. Not even the canny
Mr.. Stevenson can find a way
out of this mess. though he is
trying pretty hard.
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The more the condition Of
the Democratic Party is con-
templated, the more discour-
aging 1t seems. AS they would
say in certain cultural circles,
the party is split -four ways
from the Jack" It not only
lacks candidates Of the char
acter and caliber to unite and
thrill the rank and file, but
1t IL torn In every State which
the Democrats formerly re-
garded as their own by an
issue more emotionally and
dangerously charged than any
campaign has seen in genera
lions.
This, of course, is the racial
issue raised by the Supreme
Courts decision banning seq
regation in the schools of the
Nation. Once this question
gets into politics, as 1t now is
to an extent not known for q
long time, 1t creates the deep
est and widest gulf in the
world, one that cannot be
bridged by any court decree
or legislative act. one that
counsels of moderation and
reason are currently helpless
to cross, one that poses a
grave problem that time alone
will solve. Some of these solu-
tions are exceedingly unpleas-
ant to look forward to or to
discuss.
Issue Absent 1 Years Ago
-Four years ago this issue was
wholly absel4t from the presi-
dental campaign. 1t was not
touched upon in either Demo-
cratic or Republican platform.
In the former the only men
ton was under Education, "
wherein 1t was said: Every
American child. irrespective of
color, national origin. economic
status or place of residence,
should have every educational
opportunity TO develop his
potentialities." Then there fol-
lowed this sentence: THE
Federal Government should
not dictate nor control edu-
cational policy" That was
all. That was all from. the
party that in 1885 tricked,
bought. bribed and sweet
talked" the Negro vote in the
North into transferring its
allegiance from the Republi-
cans to the Democrats-and
kept it in line for sixteen years.
1t was a cheap price they paid
even if they had paid any
thing like as much as they
promised. which, of course
they never have.
In 1852 the Republican plat
form did not contain a single
word on this question of the
Negroes and the schools. But
this time both will have to de-
clare themselves. This time
a moderation and reason
plank, as proposed by Adlai
Stevenson. following the lead
Of Gen. Eisenhower. is no,
going to satisfy the Southern
Democrats. If that is to be the
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Just Blossoms

ed cup of yellow gold suggests
thoughts that wander Off into
eternity. Always the sacra-
ment of the highest is offered,
not to those who can explain
it, but to those who with the
sweet grace of receptivity can
accept it. The opulent wealth
of LIES top levels is given not
to the keen in brain but to the
pure in heart. One was not
only looking but seeing as he
described April's yearly page
ant as that vast complex of
tiny grass blades, blossoms.
fragrances, bird : notes. all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names NAV be used u
letters cdrru tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
continues to be applied to all
bona flde visitors. Preferential
treatment for Soviet citizens
would be especially unfair to
all convinced anti-Commu-
nists. to which group 1 am
proud to belong.
The acceptance of Soviet
argument logically will CLASH
fy as criminals United States
residents who have been fin-
reprinted for instance. Gov
eminent employees.
Karlis Kalnins.
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repairs to fast -deteriorating
homes.
We hope prompt steps will
DE taken to change this un-
tenable situation and that the
city government will have
enough pride to keep Wash
ington'S Park avenue from be-
coming a truck route with the
inevitable deterioration of
property and attendant loss of
tax revenue.
HOuseOwner.
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Finqerprint Waivers

According to the press. Con-
9ress has been asked to waive
flngerprinting to permit a ten
day visit to the United States
by Russian weight lifters,
since the Soviet team objected,
feeling that fingerprinting is
only for criminals
AS a former displaced per-
son, / was fingerprinted before
arriving in the United States,
as were thousands OF other de-
cent refugees. This practice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

siderably set up at the opportunity to sit
down across the colonelS desk for Is
minute chat. If this doesn't break the
ice. there is even greater hope in the pro-
posal that the top brass" always should
hold open house on New Years Day.
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VIII Il Ely2

Suspicious were beginning to
be aroused half century ago
that the Wright brothers out
in Dayton, Ohio, might have
something after all. On March
25, 1906. The Star said: 1T
looks at last as though the
conquest of the all were pretty
we'll under way. The Aero
Club of New York has re-
celved a communication from
the Wright brothers of Dayton,
Ohio, telling what they have
accomplished with their latest
flying machine. and their
statement seems to put the
question of aerial flight quite
within the realm of practicable
things. The Wright brothers,
1t may be stated, are not
novices with a machine they
want to float a patent for, but,
while not generally known TO
fame. they are known to
limited circle OF scientific
workers as two people who
have done more for practical
fight than any other several
men in the United States. They
state that they have machine
that weighs over 900 pounds
with the operator aboard and
that it has made flights Of 38
minutes duration, in which
time II has covered % miles.
This they declare has been
done in the presence OF a few
select witnesses. one OF whom
is a Washington man. When
the Wright brothers say they
have done this thing. the
scientific public, it is claimed,
will come pretty near accepting
their assertion What is more
to the point, the French gov
eminent has started Ii COM
mission to this country to,
watch the machine.
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The Theuter

Washington had a difficult
choice to make in its theater-
going so years ago. on April /,
1906, The Star carried adver-
tisements listing such attrac-
tions as Eddie Foy in The
Earl and the Girl' at the
Belasco; Claiming Pollock S
THE Little Gray Lady" at the
Columbia,
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FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

have Where is there
city in the union that will
stand for anything like that?
If the majority of the people
in this District do not want
any other form of government,
If they want to be decitizen-
lied. then | am willing that
they should go on. But l think
this capital city should be
model of republican institu-
tons as well as a model of
boulevards and buildings :"
Social Note
In its World of Society"
column on April 2, 1906. The
Star reported: The United
States converted cruiser May
flower arrived at Havana yes
terday with Mrs. Roosevelt and
her children en- board. The
Mayt1ower was reported by
wireless telegraph when she
was 20 miles distant. The
American legation was at once
alerted. and Mr.. Morgan
boarded the Mayfiower as soon
as she arrived and greeted Mrs.
Roosevelt, Archibald Roose-
welt and others of the party
went ashore and drove about
the city, but Mrs. Roosevelt
remained on board. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

Italy's Mount Vesuvius was
on rampage so years ago,
spreading death and destruc-
ton, In The Star of April 8,
1906. a dispatch from Naples
said Better news was received
this morning about Mount
Vesuvius. Since last evening
the stream of lava that was
moving toward Tore del An
nZiata, a city of 28.084 in
habitants, II miles from
Naples. has been stationary
and the eruptions from the
volcano are less violent. One
hundred and fifty thousand
refugees from the afflicted
districts are in Naples" Then
on April 10 The Star reported
"Frightful Disaster in
Naples" telling how Two
hundred people were buried
this morning in the ruins of
the Market Monte Oliveto
when the roof collapsed under
the weight of cinders from
the volcano" Another follow
up in The Star of April IL.
said $4,000 Italians were
homeless and property loss ran
to $50 million.
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In Congress

The Districts form Of gov
eminent was a topic on Capt.
tol Hill half a century ago.
Reporting a speech the day
before by Representative Sims
Of Tennessee, member of the
House District Committee, The
Star of April 10, 1906 quoted
this gentleman thusly: Where
do the officers who run the
District Government or the
Judges who sit in the District
courts come from? Suppose
you are an able lawyer. have
studied the judicial system of
the District and you are ac-
quainted with the people and
their institutions. There is a
vacancy in one of the courts.
Will you be appointed? Pos
sibly but not probably. A man
from some State will be APP
pointed. perhaps a man who
can no longer be elected to the
Senate or House by the votes
Of his own people, will be in
stalled in the District of
Columbia as a Judge to de-
termine and try the rights OF
people here. to whom he has
no allegiance nor ever can
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Bod Friday

April 10. 1906. was Good
Friday and the chaplain of
the House of Representatives
made pointed reference to the
sacredness of the day when
the legislators of that branch
convened at noon. Hardly had
the Amen" died away when
there began a bloodless free
for-all. The trouble started
over some personal remarks
inserted in the Journal las the
Congressional Record was then
called) by Representative Hop
klns of Kentucky. Before you
could drop a gavel. Democrats
and Republicans were swinging
verbal haymakers. There were
many cries for order and.
finally, The Star Of that day
reported; Speaker Cannon.
with a flash of good humor.
spread oil upon the waters
Said he: Why everybody has
been out Of order for the past
40 minutes That relieved the
tension and the House quickly
changed the subject. :"
, 1956-06-20
IMPORTANT ALUMNI
MEETING

J A large number Of the alum
nj of the Christiansted High
School have been unable to
respond to the recently circu-
lated invitation to a banquet
as soon as was requested. The
Executive Committee of the
Alumni Association has there
fore called an emergency
meeting for Tuesday, June %,
1856, at 800 pm, at the high
school auditorium. It is i'm
perative that all alumni at
tend in order that plans for
the banquet can be completed.
Alumni dues Or pledges will
be accepted at this meeting.
Charles A. Emanuel
Acting Secretary
, 1956-06-20
NOTICE 10 cREDIToRs

Please take notice that the undersigned ha sheen appoint
Executor in the above entitled estate. All persons hereby d-
,rected to present their claims with proper vouchers within
six Co months from the date hereof. Persons indebted to the
said estate are required to make payment within the said
time. Persons claiming to be next of kin shall file their proof
of hership with the undersigned or with the Clerk of the
District Court within the aforesaid period.
Dated: June Is, 1856 Stanley A. Farrelly
1 Executor
, 1956-06-20

CONG. -.
haven't cleared up better than
they have in the Virgin Is
lands during the last five
months. / am hopeful that
changes TO rthe better (that is,
of closer and more construc-
tive relationship between the
executive and legislative) may
take place soon."
, 1956-06-20
F O A E

One ~ Ton Ford Truck,
Flat Bed, good running condi-
ton.
, 1956-06-20

In the District Court of the the Virgin Islands of the United States
Division Of Saint Croix at Christiansted
In the matter Of the Estate of Porbate No. 1856
SARAH REFS, dcsd
, 1956-06-20
FOR RENT

F SPACE AVAILA-
BILE, Ideal location in the
heart of Christiansted Town,
bright,> airy and cool. Rental
reasonable.
Contact: Stanley Farrelly
Telephone No. 129W or u
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Designing Woman

the more casual mode of dress in the film
capital A wonderful model for her own
designs. Jean occasionally gets away from
her store and drawing board to enhance
the decor of local biStroS. Recently, she
was discovered" dining in fashionable
restaurant and given small role in The
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" but she
really has no desire to be in movies. Though
that may seem more glamorOus TO some
Miss McCallen wants to stick TO designing.
Born in Grand Island. Nebr.. 24-year-old
Jean has been in Southern California for
10 years When asked what influences her
designs, she replies. Men" She feels women
dress for men, and that her angle OF man
appeal is right No matter what her APP
proach. this pert and enterprising young
lady is the best advertisement for the
clothes she designs.
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CEEING Jean McCallen walking down
~ the streets Of Los Angeles. one would
be almost sure to assume she is either in
or aiming at movies. But Jean has designs
of her own-and they're on the backs OF
film lovelieS. In other words, she designs
the clothes that enhance Hollywoods CLAM
our girls.
About four years ago. after graduating
from the Art Center College in Los Angeles.
Jean started in designing clothes. selling
her sketches to manufacturers on free
lance basis. Now she has her own store
in exclusive Brentwood and branch in
Beverly Hills. All articles of clothing in
the shops are of her own design, except
sweaters.
Although she prefers to design cocktail
and evening wear, Jean finds her most
profitable lines is Sportswear. because Of
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-20

ed paragraph 109.24a pc dropped. It further deplored the dead loss" of over 20 percent of the catch, which it contended was beng prac- tlced. It urged prosecution of those whose methods brought on wan ton waste" particularly fishermen who took crab in those periods when the recovery of meat to live weight is less than Is percent.
 Wakefield then reviewed the fishing operations of his Company, and challenged the legal, moral, political or economic soundness of '1ocal' vS. outside" interests as a basis for conservation regulations.
 A discussion arose as to the number of crab pots that should be allowed each boat. Dyson stated he'd like to see the regulations changed to Is pots per man. in the
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-20

ed it was better to control them.
 Considerable discussion followed on the harvesting of King Crab. MT. Lowell Wakefield had submit ted brief earlier, which was not read. Mir. w. A. Ritter of the Alas ka Fresh Company, crab cannery at Homer, asked that the brief be read at the hearing. In his brief, MT. Wakefield reviewed the King Crab spring and fall seasons. He stated: Grab meat recovery was as low as Is to 20 percent during August and September in the Ko- iok District, as against normal 23 to 25 percent" In the Cook h. let district, he contended," ThouS- ands of lightweight" crabs were caught, delivered and procesSed. Thousands more were killed by penning in inadequate live boxes for excessive periods" He criti- cizd the Service for failure to use either field closure or wanton waste prosecution in the Cook h. let area.
 In the brief submitted, Wake field contended the closure in the Cook Inlet from January l to May 31, is bad regulation, as most of the finest crab are caught during that period. The brief recommentl