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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The Star pointed the finger
Of publicity at an unusual
gambling operation so years
ago. In its story on Sunday,
August 26. 1906, The Star said /:
almost under the shadow of
the dome of the Capitol, a
well-equipped gambling resort
is flourishing openly, un-
checked by Federal, District or
State authorities. About six
miles down the Potomac, not
far from the city of Alexan-
dria, a houseboat floats at the
same moorings day and night,
week in and week out. From
the outside it has the appear
ance of an ordinary but rather
capacious ark. But the
scene within is a revelation to
the uninitiated. There, in that
comparatively limited space,
is installed a complete and
elaborate gambling plant, fur
nished not only with the plain
devices and paraphernalia
used in the various games, but
supplied with electrical appa-
ratus and other supplementary
means for giving style and fin
ish to the establishment. :"
The authorities told The Star
they were powerless to act be-
cause existing laws did not
cover gambling on the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Time to Speak Up

II Governor Stanley is correct in say
ing that 95 per cent of the white people
OF Virginia support his school plan, the
battle is lost But we do not believe that
he is correct.
The Governor wants to withhold
State funds from any school district
which integrates, either voluntarily or in
obedience to a court order. In the 1854
IS school year, according to the Richmond
Dispatch, at least "a counties got
more than half their school funds from
the State. So the club which Governor
Stanley proposes to WELD is big one.
If his plan should be adopted all Of
the States counties and cities, once faced
with court order to abolish segregation,
would have this choice: Close their pub
lie schools and operate private schools
with such assistance as they might get
from Richmond, or keep their public
schools open and raise by taxation the
equivalent of the money withheld by the
State. If they chose the latter course,
they would still have to pay their normal
State taxes.
We do not believe that the full mean
ing of the Governors ill-advised proposal
has been graSped by the people of
Virginia. If it has been, it is inconceiv-
able that he has the support of IS per
cent of the white population. But unless
those who oppose the plan speak up and
speak up now, the Governor is apt to have
his way. The decision will be made at the
special session of the Legislature, which
begins tomorrow, and those Virginians
who prefer the assignment plan-tuition
program, which we believe to be decidedly
preferable, had better make themselves
heard without delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

propriated for enlargement of the force.
One advantage of this plan is that it
insures extra police protection by expe-
rienced officers. AS the recruiting and
training of additional officers progresses.
the extra-duty program will be CORE
spondingly curtailed. The present force
consists of 2,218 men. BY working on
their days off or at other times, the vol
unteerS not only will earn more money
but greatly contribute to public safety.
And the city will not have to wait for
many months to obtain the additional
police protection which Congress ordered
when it granted an increase in the force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Greece in the past and, there
fore, has no right to desire this
union, the answer is that
Cyprus has never been con-
suited as to its political desires.
1t had no voice in the British
Proclamation of Annexation in
1914, in the Lausanne Treaty
Of 1928. 1t was proclaimed a
crown colony by the British
in 1925 without its consent,
and presently in London we
again find no representative
of the Cypriot people. This
disgraceful rule by force over
a mature people has been
Britain's serious blunder, and
one against which we Ameri-
cans fought in our own
struggle for freedom.
Therefore. we who symbolic
freedom and the right of self
government cannot silently
stand by and survey the
tragedy Of Cyprus without
Becky Fanares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Thompson's Views

I have noted for some time
what Mr.. Orgel pointed out
in his letter Of August IS.
1856 - that Miss Dorothy
Thompson appears unable to
write about the Mid-East with
out anti-Israel reference.
In her column which APP
peared the same day as Mr..
Orgel's letter. Miss Thompson
surpassed herself. Only a dis
torted mind could imagine that
the present Suez problem. with
its threats Of war. has been
brought about by the machina-
tons Of a person or group
who planned every Western
move in the Mid-East in the
past years with the intention
OF bringing the United States.
Britain and France into a war
against the Arab states for the
purpose Of STRENGTHENING Is
rael's position.
II the influence Miss Thomp-
son imputes actually exists
an influence to throw great
nations into warmly has It
not silenced Miss Thompson's
venomous penn
/ Jacob seidenberg. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
On Going to Your Own Funeral
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

thing else except the life of q
friar. But never did he allow
himself to be haunted by the
images of dead possibilities.
He went on to be Gods gay
troubadour to bless millions.
In a modern novel is de-
scribed a poignant scene. A
wife reminds her husband, who
is a successful physician. that
she feared materialiStic ambi-
tons had taken the saddle in
his life. She reminded him of
his early ideals which had
scared above any thought of
Sordid gain. But the polished
and urbane doctor, whose heart
had once been so moved by hui
man suffering, smiled cynic-
ally and said that all that was
just the immature ideas of
naive years. But the sad fact
was that he had attended the
funeral of principles he had
eSpoused at the beginning.
They were buried under an
avalanche of things. A poet
has written a terrible phrase to
describe that tragedy, in these
lines: These visions pass, and
leave us resigned to our ig-
noble days"
What a devastating phrase!
Resigned to our igncble days"
Nothing of that kind hap
pened to st. Paul. He at
tended more than one flu
neral of what once he was.
But on stepping-stones of his
dead self he climbed to higher
heights. To do that he had to
attend the funeral of the per-
son he had been. He called it
putting away the "old man."
One said pertinently of Paul:
THE vocabulary of the death
bed and the grave was con-
stantly on his lips. Again and
again he told the Christians of
Europe and Asia the story of
his own death and burial"
Much of his biography con-
sists of obituary notices. He
declared that his old nature
was dead, and that he had
been crucif1ed with Christ. But
as he held more than one fu-
neral service he remained not
at any grave to mourn. AS he
held the funeral service over
Saul he went on to the life of
Paul.
Christianity is ever the re-
ligion of dying and living. of
graves and gardens, of burials
and of resurrections, of hold
ing funerals for the lower that
as
We lay in dust Hte's glory dead,
From the ground there may
blossom red,
Life that shall endless be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Brown on Cyprus

Constantine Browns senti-
ments on the Cyprus issue are
merely "the same old story"
used by so many unsympa-
thetic people who favor British
colonial rule of Cyprus. De-
spite the time-worn arguments
such as those given by Mr..
Brown, I would like to express
my opinion-that Of an Ameri-
can citizen who visited lovely.
peaceful Cyprus for six months
in 1858. At that time the
Cypriots were vainly attempt
ing diplomatic negotiations
with Indifferent Britishers.
Although these attempts had
been going on for decades.
they continued to fall upon
deaf ears. II was obvious
even to the passing tourist that
these people might turn to
more serious means in order
to be heard, and. in 1855, after
their failure to gain any recog-
milton, they resorted to vio-
lence. In their plea for self
determination. they have been
forced into the unfortunate
role Of terrorist" only after
every other logical means
proved fruitless. This terror
ism surely could have been
foreseen by the British and
rapid action on their part
easily could have curtailed 1t
Instead, their outrageous $50
luton" TO the problem was to
exile the islands spiritual
leader. Archbishop Makarios,
who is well loved and re-
spected not only by Cypriots
but by Greek Orthodox in this
country and the world over.
As 70 the argument that
Cyprus has never belonged to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
THE GAME OF POLITICS
"A Hard Look at the New Stevenson
BY FRANK R. KENT

1t is interesting to note that
since the Democratic conven-
ton the large corps of New
Deal columnists and commen-
tators who. beginning in 1852,
were so fervently in favor of
Adlai Stevenson and contrib
uted so greatly to his repu-
tation las an intellectual
idealist," always using the
word "literate" in their de-
scriptions Gas though he were
the only candidate anywhere
who could read and write),
have developed a new cline"
for use in the coming CAM
paign.
The new Stevenson" they
proclaim, is vastly different
though not fundamentally so
from the Stevenson Of 1852.
For one thing, he is no longer
q reluctant presidential can
didate who had to be drafted"
in the convention; who did
not really want to be Presi-
dent and who actually adj
mired Gen. Eisenhower. This
time he not only wanted the
denomination, but is now eager
to defeat Mr.. Eisenhower and
become President himself.
Practically everybody will agree
about this latter description Of
his attitude. but there are a
great many pretty well posted
observers who disagree al
together both as to Mr.. Ste
venson's being drafted" four
years ago or about his reluc-
lance to become President.
These think that this is just
so much bilge and that he was
neither drafted" in 1852 nor
reluctant"
Changes Talking Style
Nevertheless, that is the
story Of the Stevenson journal
istic brigade-and it will be
stuck to. In addition, they
say that the new Stevenson"
is much more experienced po-
litically, that he now realizes
he cannot reach the great
masses of the voters by wise
cracks and alleged witticisms;
that while still "literate" he
now knows how to talk to the
common man" and, there
fore, will make a far more
effective fight. Also, it is
pointed out, he is at last free
of the Truman incubus. APP
parently. on the theory that
the great rancid American
people" have little sense and
no real memory, the facts are
ignored that just a short time
ago Mr.. Truman was describ-
ing Mr.. Stevenson as a politi-
cal weakling who could not be
elected and that Mr.. Stevenson
was paying homage to Mr..
Truman, describing him as a
great President" and his per-
Sonal friend.
OF course, he never was
either and never will be. An
other part of the new Steven
son line" so eloquently ex-
pounded by his propagandists
is that the decision" of Mr..
Stevenson. after his own
nomination, to throw the con-
vention wide open for the
unhampered delegates" to pick
his running mate, was a fine,
far-seeing action which estab-
fishes a very healthy precedent
in American politics. Astonish-
ingly, a good many American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

hurriedly in any decision, and
a verdict has been reached,
to make the judgment final.
If one is always returning with
question-marks to the grave of
that which he is supposed to
have buried he will never
know happiness again. In one
Of the biographies of Every
body'S Saint" st. Francis of
Assist, there is told a wonder
full story drenched with tears.
Francis longed to be a friar
and to dedicate himself to
poverty and to pilgrimage. On
the other hand, he loved a
sweet and noble and gracious
woman. He wrestled with the
alternative possible choice. At
length, in an agony of tears,
he chose the sandals, chalice,
and cloak. 1t is said that one
raolanC moonlight night Fran
els attended a funeral of the
self he had renowned. The
earth was mantled with snow.
The brethren of the monastery
saw him rise at dead of night.
In the silvery moonlight they
watched him fashion out of
the snow images of wife and
children and servants. For an
hour he sat with them, fancy
ing he tasted the joys of life
and love; then. solemnly ris-
ing, he kissed them all in a
final farewell and deliberately
turned from such a rapturous
human future and re-entered
the convent. That night Fran
els the Friar buried one self
he might have been. He at
tended the funeral of every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Big Itch

A Star writer so years ago
adopted a light tone in writing
about an insect problem. On
August IA, 1906. The Star re-
ported: This is a flea year,
and the flea, as many persons
are learning by experience. is
no respecter Of persons. In
fact there seems to be more
trouble Of the flea variety in
the fashionable section OF the
city than in any other. Pos
sibly this is because the more
fashionable section IS pronest
TO holler when 1t is hurt. /.
Some Of the reports from the
northwest section are doubt
less exaggerations. The story
that there Is q Percheron breed
Of fieas In town as big as draft
horses Is obviously a falsifics-
ton. There are no authentic
accounts Of any Of the insects
bigger than Shetland ponies. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
In Defense of Animals

One Of the few mitigations
Of today's sorry state Of the
Nation is that more and more
people are becoming animal
conscious and protective Of
animals.
This is especially true in the
antivivisection movement. in
the increasing number of or
CARNATIONS pledged to abolish
the hideous cruelties practiced
upon living animals in labora-
tories, in the name Of med
ical science" The latest Of
these. called the Peoples
Lobby. Is working TO secure
congressional action.
Enlightened medical opin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

newspapers have accepted that
act at its face value and APP
plauded it. Perhaps they are
right. but there is distinctly
another view. There are, in
deed, some low creatures who
contend that this "hands
off" and wide open" stuff so
widely proclaimed was in
reality a stunt" and as phony
as they come.
AS evidence Of this they as
Sert that. while the good Adlai
may piously have kept hands
of" so far as his running mate
was concerned, his campaign
manager and close personal
friend, James Finnegan, GER
tainly did not. From the
start Mr.. Finnegan was for
the politically indicated Ke-
fauver for second place and
was Gin there pitching" for
him all the time. Further,
there are clear-headed OBJ
servers such as David Law
renee who contend that with
out Mr.. Finnegan's weight as
Mr.. Stevenson's manager Mr..
Kefauver would not have won
and that Senator Kennedy of
Massachusetts, would have run
away with the prize. 1t seems
reasonable to ask whether Mr..
Finnegan, who has since been
renamed by Mr.. Stevenson as
his manager, would have been
as aggressively active in be-
half of Mr.. Kefauver without
the complete acquiescence of
his principal, the "literate" Mr..
Stevenson. The answer OF Mr..
Lawrence, who is a veteran
and wholly objective observer
of national conventions, is
no" And he it was who
characterized the whole "open
convention" business as q
"contrived stunt"
Strange Running Mates
At any rate, the "literate"
Mr.. Stevenson. notwithstand-
ing the necessary political
amenities, now has as his
running mate a man whom he
personally dislikeS and who
personally dislikes him. Hooked
together they make a strange
pair, but each can be counted
upon to make the best of it.
However much they dislike
each other they will give a
public impression of loving.
Also it is true that in addition
to the mutual diStaSte between
Mr.. Stevenson and Senator
Kefauver which, however dis
guised through political ne
ceSsity, still exists, there is also
the unhealed personal feeling
between Mr.. Stevenson on one
side and ex-President Truman
and Gov. Hartman on the
other.
1t is true that in politics
with rare exceptions there is
no such thing as a permanent
political enmity. Nevertheless,
there have existed-and do
exist = many lasting political
grudges which, however we'll
concealed, are exceedingly
real. Some of these were
created before and some dur
ing the recent Democratic con-
vention. Nothing much can be
done about them, but we may
as well face the fact that when
the convention ended all was
by no means sweetness and
light. Nor is it now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

sued by the IsthmAn Canal
Commission. The basis for
bidding is invitations for $500
coolies, although it is made
clear that the commission may
call for such additional num-
bers of Chinese laborers as it
may need, should the expert
ment be successful, but the
number shall not exceed 1000
per month. Extra precau-
ton has been taken by the
commission. in its specifica-
tons. to provide against lia-
bility for damages or indem-
nifty on account of death or
disability of any laborer or
employe by accident or dis
ease. The contractor must &C
cept the responsibility for any
such damages maintained by
legal claim. Laborers coming
under this contract will be
provided, free Of charge, with
lodgings. burial grounds, etc. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Indian Sign

The sad tale of an Indian
who parted with a nickel I'M
necessarily was told in The
Star so years ago. The story,
on August 81. 1906. said: "Old
Flat-Iron was the worst dis
appointed man in Washington
Saturday. He is the oldest In
dian with the Pawnee Bill
show. and he spent 5 cents
riding downtown to call on
President Roosevelt, only to
find him out Of town. He was
so distraught in his thrifty
soul at the idea of having
spent money for nothing that
he walked back to the grounds
(then at Fifteenth and II
streets Me- and came near
being late for the night per-
Torrance. He had met all
the Presidents in Washington
since Grover Cleveland, and
he thought 1t pretty independ-
ent of a young fellow like
Roosevelt to go out Of town
without stopping to say How'd
do?' TO him. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Abuse

Baseball news stepped of
the sports pages occasionally
SO years ago. In a front page
story on August "a, 1906, The
Star reported: New York-In
announcing today that the
suspension Of Manager Nc
Graw of the New York Ma
tional League ball team is
listed to take effect tomorrow
at Cincinnati, President Pull
liam Of the National League
further approved the action OF
Umpire tombstone in suspend
ing the New York manager.
McGraw was suspended for
using improper language di-
rected at the umpire during
a game between New York and
Chicago at the Polo Grounds
in this city several weeks ago.
MY conclusion" says
President Pulliam, sis that
McGraw used the most villain
Gus language one mortal could
use to another TO Umpire
tombstone on the ball field
and well merited his removal.
] regret that / am unable TO
take the baseball patrons into
my confidence and give them
the evidence before me. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

ion, stressing psychosomatics,
or the influence of the mind
and the emotions upon the
body. holds these experiment
tations to be as futile in heal
ing human ills as they are dia-
bolically cruel.
Health is not to be attained
by torturing defenseless dogs
in laboratories and stewing
bugs.
Just the contrary is the case.
Mrs. Charles E. Russell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
More Police Protection

Chief Murray's plan for raising the
Police Department to its authorized
strength of $500 men, despite tempo
rary shortage Of recruits, is good one.
He will revive the system he has used in
the past to provide more patrolmen for
street duty during emergencies This in
wolves extra duty by policemen who VOL
unteer for special services. They will be
paid for their overtime fron1 funds ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

The Government was cast
ing about for cheap labor to
help build the Panama Canal
so years ago. and q part Of
It's experiment was reported in
The Star August 81, 1906. The
story said: Specifications for
bids TO furnish Chinese labor
for the construction Of the
Panama Canal have been Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

what otherwise might have
been. Jesus gave a piece of
very essential advice when He
said about such funerals:
Have them over. Don't be
going back all the time to
graves you have dug. Let the
dead bury their dead, while
you come and follow me-"
There is nothing more i'm
portant in life than when we
have weighed each factor I'M
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

MED home by her son Cosby Per-
rim who spent the week end. Mrs.
Perrin had been the guest of her
daughter Mrs. Arthur Keys, of
Arlington for about six weeks.
Maynard Barden and his sis
ter. Mrs. Hazel Cook Of Richmond
visited their parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Garfield Barden last Saturday
Cabel and Richard Morris kill
led two fine turkeys in this vi
cinity.
cinity last week.
Mrs. Arthur Hudgins and Miss
Mary Elliott. both of Richmond
spent the week end with their sis
ter. Mrs Morton Barden and
Mr. Barden. While there they all
motored to Danville. accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. F. Lillian Elliott,
Of Farmville, and attended the
wedding of their cousin. Robert
Anderson. of Roanoke. He was
married to Miss Patrca Hasty of
Danville in the Shelton Memorial.
Presbyterian Church.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

and France as Q lieutenant.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Loftes,
Of Kinston. N. c.. are receiving
congratulations on the birth Of
q daughter, Evelyn Louise on Fri
day. January 8. Mrs. LOFTS is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Hoy
Wilson, of Earls.
Also receiving congratulations
are Mr.. and Mrs. George O'I1ardy.
III. on the birth Of q son. Satur-
day. January IA at Medical Col
lege of Virginia Hospital in Rich
mond.
At a recent annual meeting of
the Amelia Bride Club. Mrs. Flo
renee Doyle was elected president:
Mrs. Jackson Courier. vice-presi-
dent and Mrs. Eugenia Lee re-
elected as secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Joseph McConnaughey en-
tered Johnston-Willis Hospital on
Wednesday for a check-up. Ben
Meade's conditions remains about
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Amelie Community News
.Ms.ss9 S0g0gm0MeSy news 3
Amelia Golf, Country Club Elects
Stuart TONNES President For 1856

The annual meeting Of the Of
ficers and stockholders Of the
Amelia Golf and Country Club
was held Monday. January 9 at
the club. Stuart TONNES was
elected president: DR.. J. r. O'Neal
vice president and Mrs. Charles
Hardy. was reelected secretary and
treasurer. The Board of Directors
for 1856 consists Of the following:
w. r. Blandford, Powhatan, j.
T. O'Neal. Stuart Townes. Hardy
and Ones Hammer. all Of Amelia.
Mrs. A. A. Johns entertained
Circle No. l.. Women of the
Church. of the Amelia Presby-
terrain Church on Tuesday even
ing.
Stanley Hall son of Mr.. and
Mrs. g. s. Hall. of Virginia Beach
formerly Of Amelia was a visitor
IN Amelia on Monday. He recently
received his discharge from the
Army after serving in Germany