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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
New G. O. p. Governor

The belated victory of the Republican
candidate for Governor of Rhode Island
holds more than superficial significance
for the G. o. P. For many years pre-
dominantly Republican, the little New
England State moved over to the DEM
ocratic column in the depression period
OF 1928-30. Not since the early 1905 has
Rhode Island had Republican member
OF the House or Senate, and only for one
term, from 1888 to 1910, has the State
House In Providence been occupied by a
Republican Governor. Throughout that
long period, the G. o. P. in the State was
relatively diSorganized and without effec-
tive leadership. Its winning candidate
now, 49-year-old Christopher Del Sesto,
Is son Of Italian immigrants, a cum
laude graduate of Georgetown University
Law School, former Democrat and an
experienced political administrator. His
victory, although tentatively challenged
by Democratic leaders on legal grounds,
was recorded when a delayed counting
OF absentee ballots overcame an earlier
lead held by Democratic Governor Dennis
Roberts. If 1t stands, Mr.. Del SeSto will
have clear title to party leadership in the
State, and 1t is this circumstance that
offers initial encouragement to the G. O.P.
on more than the strictly local basis
For in real sense, Mr. Del Sesto is
one OF those who can help carry out
President Eisenhower's expressed hopes
OF undermining" the Republican Party.
Not only is the Rhode Islander an enthu-
siastic supporter Of Mr.. Eisenhower and
the latter's moderate political philoso-
phies-he built his winning State team
around group of younger party workers
and made clear his intent of overhauling
the States party machinery in event he
won the election. He announced fatty
that he intends Ito supervise" operation
of the party in Rhode Island and that
one of his detectives is ito close the gap
between Mr. Eisenhower's popularity and
the lesser esteem in which so many
G.. o. P. candidates and officeholders
apparently are held.
As Governor, Mr.. Del Sesto may vet
have voice in the party division, and
control, OF the United States Senate.
Democratic Senator Theodore Francis
Green, SO, is the oldest active member Of
Congress in history. His term expires in
January. 1861 but in event of his death
or retirement before that date the States
Governor has the power to appoint a
replacement. A shift of one seat in the
present Senate could transfer control
from Democratic to Republican hands.
The youthful Rhode Islander there
fore is in good position to become an
important political figure in the next
few years.
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several factors, including impaired sight
and hearing, retarded reaction to threat
ened hazards and, perhaps the greatest
tragedy of all, old bones become brittle
and shock takes its toll" 1t is pointed
out that what would be a minor accident
to young person may be fatal one to
an elderly victim.
Traffic and safety authorities assert
that the high percentage of deaths and
injuries among older pedestrians could
be drastically reduced by the exercise Of
what the board calls "plain old fashioned
horse sense" Their wise advice to the
elderly person who walks Washingtons
streets particularly during this
busy shopping seaSon-iS: Don't take
chances-you can't afford it. Cross every
street as you would railroad track; that
is, stop, look and listen!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
New Rule in Japan

Tanzan IShibaShi, taking over as
Premier of Japan, has offered reassuring
pledges on both foreign and domestic
policies of his new government. An econ
omist by profession and leader of the
controlling Liberal-Democrati Party, Mr..
IShibashis first and closest concern I'M
derstandably cehters upon strengthening
his country's economic position. In this
connection he has made it clear for some
time that he favors an expansion of trade
with the Asiatic mainland and relatively
free spending policies by the Japanese
government. AS a result, there had arisen
fears that the current economic relation,
ship with the United States and with the
West might be disturbed, and that there
might be an increased threat of imitation
at home. 1t is on these subjects that he
has offered reassuranceS.
During recent conversations with
Walter Robertson, our Assistant Secretary
of State for the Far East, Mr.. Ishibashi
explained that his criticism Of certain
American economic policies pertained
only to the period of occupation and some
Of the regulatory DEGREES of that time.
And while he still has hopes of increasing
Japan's trade with its Asiatic neighbors,
he emphasized that he has no intention
Of providing strategic materials to Com
munist China or of otherwise departing
from the broad framework of Japanese
American economic understandings On
the home front, he has taken pains to
assure conservative elements in the Jap
anese business community that he is de-
termined to keep government spending
at level that will not be dangerously
infationary
The test Of these reassuranceS must
come. Of course, In the application Of the
policies. To Communist nations, trade
becomes political weapon. There is
strong sentiment In Japan for greater
commerce with nearby Asia and 1t may
indeed be essential to Japan's own inter-
ests. AS an expert in economies and an
anti-communist in politics, Mr. Ishibashi
has the experience and qualifications 10
weigh the risks against the advantages
and TO act accordingly. The same holds
true in domestic financial matters.
Taking office at time when Japan has
regained its full independence and recog-
milton In the family Of nations. the new
Premier has an opportunity for great
service to his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
The TumuIt Dies

BY this time the last remnants Of
the Anglo-French invasion force should
be out of Egypt-aboard ship and home
ward bound. 1t is a story which needs
a Kipling for the telling-but perhaps
Kipling told it long ago.
In any event, this retreat from Egypt.
coming, less than two months after the
first bombs fell, signals the end of an era.
The Captains and the Kings are gone,
the headland fires are down, and no one
speaks today of dominion over palm and
pine. The age of imperial power, after
years of slow decline, has gone down to
quick death. For Britain and, one
suspects, for France, the old days are
gone never to return.
What of the future? Do these ships
sailing homeward across the Mediter-
ranean foretell the setting of the sun for
France and Britain? We do not believe
that this necessarily is the case. When
all Of the considerations are balanced, 1t
seems evident that the French and the
British have withdrawn from Egypt be-
cause they concluded that 1t was in their
best interests to withdraw. We need not
doubt that their appeal to force was
dictated by estimates of national neceS-
sity. But those estimates were faulty, as
events have clearly proved.
1t does not follow, however, that
nothing has been gained. AS the armed
assault collapsed a new force asserted
itself in Egypt-the moral force of a
world judgment which was reflected in
the successful Intervention by the United
Nations.
OF course this is fragile thing. 1t
has hardly been tested at all as yet, and
it could easily prove inadequate to the
task. But the start has been made. For
the first time collective judgment based
on distinction between right and
wrong, judgment which condemns force
and invokeS peaceful negotiation, has
achievedat least preliminary success in
conflict involving major powers.
1t would be foolish to believe that
this lifts the curtain on new era. But
1t is not foolish to note that first step
has been taken If it should prove pos
sible, now that the armies have gone
home, to move on to successful settle
ment in the Middle East we will have
moved far along the road to attainment
of mankind's fondest hope-a decent,
workable peace. Everyone knows that
war, in this nuclear age, can bring moth
ing but catastrophe disaster. What is
needed is proof that the fears and the
controversies which divide men can be
adjusted by other means. If that proof
should be forthcoming in the Middle
East, then there would be solid basis
for new hope of better future for all
for the destitute millions In the Middle
East, for the French and the British and,
indeed, for all mankind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

Christmas was being cele-
brated on q Tuesday so years
ago. too, and The Star on that
day had a wish for one and
all. Its Christmas story for
December IS. 1906. said:
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Wouldn't it make a chorus.
though. if all the happy wishes
of the world. all the greetings
of this Christmas Day, we're
voiced on the moment, and
not. as now, scattered through
the waking day. young and
old. from early dawn to dusk,
and on into the coy, tinseled.
candlelighted night?
This little corner Of the stage
Jared mighty we'll today. Save
for the absence of snow-which
all the young folks considered
a personal slight-the weather
was ideal and very much on
the holiday order. A trifie cold.
perhaps, for those whose blood
runs over slow. but brisk and
bright and dry. Good weather.
too. for the first wearing OF
gift things-furs and coats and
gloves and mitts and the like.
This morning. early, there was
even a little furry of snow,
that held out a promise to the
sled brigade that later went
unfulhlled. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Teacher Transfer

/ wish to add my voice to
those Of the many parents and
children who are protesting
the transfer of Mrs. Hazel
Phillips from Chevy Chase
Elementary School.
AS a parent Of one Of Mrs.
Phillips pupils. I am vitality
concerned with that issue and
firmly support the stand Of the
PTA Executive Committee
both in general and in the
particulars summed up in the
recent article in The Sunday
Star.
But there is also a broader
issue that needs stating: The
issue Of the parents role in
public school administration.
AS the recent incident at
Chevy Chase Elementary has
shown. the concern Of parents
with school MANAGEMENT goes
far beyond the limits Of the
normal PTA program. /. for
one. am increasingly distressed
with the transfers and sub
stitutions Of teachers that
have affected both Of my
children.
Parents are in q very real
sense stockholders in the pub
lie school system and. as such.
we have q right to some kind
Of explanation when q good
teacher Is transferred without
notice. without charges. and
without a hearing.
In the case Of Mrs. Philips.
teachers we're warned against
discussing the matter with
parents, and the administra-
ton offered little explanation
on Its own.
All Of this is indicative Of q
rather important contradic-
ton IN our society today. on
the one hand parents are ac-
eused Of failing in their moral
and emotional responsibilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
God and Cradles

new ideas. for fresh interpre-
tations are always swinging at
the cradle. No policeman can
stop that. Youth vetoes any
moratorium on new ideas. It
refuses to accept as valid for
this day ideas as old and fall
lacious as those given as the
law and the prophets by Karl
Marx. Babies come trailing
new clouds of glory to a world
imprisoned in the deep ruts of
error and custom. Yet in our
smart sophistication we look
everywhere else but at the
babe in the cradle. "This is
the way" says a modern seer
'in which God cleanseS and
sweetens and lightens His
world. And He has no other
way Of doing it. The baby is
sufficient for the task. What
a baby cannot do cannot be
DONE" Hasn't the world Just
been to Bethlehem? Why
should We be astonished that
the way out of the murder and
misery perpetrated by the
most ruthless system the ages
have known Is not by battles
but by babies? Hasn't it always
been true that when a wrong
needs righting or a work needs
doing or a truth needs preach
ing or an evil needs exposing
or a social order needs recon-
structing God sends somebody
His word made flesh to do it?
That is why always the birth
columns are more important
than the obituary notices.
Baby hands hold all the keys
which fit the locks Of destiny.
Gods most potent weapon is
the babe in the cradle. When
the splendor of the world CEN
tered in Rome, ornate and all
powerful. when her far-flung
legionS were sweeping on from
conquest to conquest, the word
Of the Lord came to a humble
Jewish maiden, saying, THAT
Holy thing which shall be
born Of thee shall be called
the Son Of God and His king
dom there shall be no end"
No one who has seen Peter
Pan" will forget the stirring
duel between the pirate Cap
tain Hook, and Peter Pan. The
pirate is unable to conquer
him and begins to fear that he
is struggling against some
magic power which he does not
know. Who are you" gasps
the pirate. II am YOUTH" an
swers Peter Pan. He was in
vincible. Youth always is. For
to God and youth the future
belongs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Proud Skipper

Getting his ship 70 its desti-
nation In one piece, not 70
mention the passengers, was .
point Of great honor with the
masters Of vessels so yeaKs
ago. From Kingston, Jamaica,
on December 10. 1906, The
Star said the Hamburg Amer
lean Lines tourist steamer
Prinzessin Victoria Luise had
gone aground in calm seas Oh
Jamaica while bound for New
York Although all passengers
we're reported safe. The Star
said The vessels captain. n.
Brunswlg. shot himself dead
In hts cabin after ahe struck"
The president Of the line told
The Star Capt. BrrnSElE Vaa
a nne pilot and he must have
believed only death would
wipe out what he REGARDED a.
. disgrace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Cradles have always been
Gods channels for accom-
plishing his purposes through
the ages. That is the DEATH
less message Of Christmas.
Still He works through
cradles. Whenever God has
anything to say to the world
He, never starts a battle, He
just sends a baby. In these
fear-haunted days among the
most pessimistic assumption
regarding Goddess communism,
has been that at last a system
had been devised to tattoo
babies in their cradles. with
indelible marks which could
never be eradicated. Indoctri-
nation of tiny tots and on into
the teens was a process guar
anteed to make them fanatical
devotees of slavery-even spy
ing on the members of their
own household. There was to
be a fatal poisoning Of the
springs of life.
Ignoring the Christian be-
lief that In each individual
are instincts and impulses i'm
planted there by the Creator
that evil can never erase even
men Of faith have succumbed
to the fallacy that the Red
conspiracy had a sure formula
for capturing the cradle and
t therefore for controlling
youth. This juvenile job was to
be so complete that the new
generation would not even be
conscious that they had been
robbed Of God-given inalien-
able rights.
And then came Hungary
with an almost incredible phe-
nomenon. Youngsters trained
for a decade with diabolical
techniques to be loyal to the
regime have turned against
their cruel masters. Instead
Of Marx. Emerson has been
proved to be right. as he says.
THE world asks each new
youngster that comes into it
this question. wilt thou be-
come one of us and the soul
in each one answers heartily,
no." 1t is that mo" which
has sent thousands of them to
their death rather than longer
endure the suppression and
thraldom warping the sanctity
of their personalities. No longer
would they endure the coercion
saddled upon them by their
alien masters. The valiant de-
fiance of these battalions of
youth as they faced murderous
tanks and the fire Of Soviet
marksmen will forever live in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Age and Accidents

The Commissioners Traffic Advisory
Board has issued timely be careful"
warning to pedestrians generally-but
directed especially to those whose re-
flexes are slowing down because OF
advanced age. The warning. in the form
OF an illustrated pamphlet. cites some
accident statistics that clearly warrant
the interest being shown by the board in
the welfare Of the elderly pedestrian.
The board has found that whereas
persons so or over constitute only IL per
cent OF washingtons population, they
have accounted for 20 per cent Of local
pedestrian deaths in recent years. The
pamphlet attributes this disparity 70
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connecting link for these two
sister municipalities. That It
would be hailed with delight
by autoists goes without say
ing. That 1t would tend to
be Of great convenience and
use for business purposes is
beyond question. 1t would
serve also as fine ADVERTISE
ment for the two cities, for Il
would be talked and written
about from one end Of the
country to the other. ."
Bottle
The call Of the wild proved
too strong for q pair Of buff
faloes at the Zoo so years ago.
On December 81. 1905, Tho
Star reported: "A buffalo bull.
fight relieved the winter mo-
notony at the National Zoo.
logical Park Christmas Day,
and the interesting contest
was witnessed by several visi.
tors who had braved the cold
TO pay a Yuletide call at the
Zoo and give the monkeys a
holiday treat OF nuts and
candy. II appears that a big
buffalo bull had long held UNI
disputed sway as boss OF the
herd and the other male buff
falos always trotted away at
the approach OF the mighty
fellow. One OF the bulls
who had previously manifested
fear and retreated at the ap-,
proach OF the boss bull stood
his ground as the big fellow
came near. The boss gave 4
grunt OF disdain and made a
charge. The charge was
received bravely. and In turn
the other fellow backed away
and charged the boss bull.
They had II nip and tuck for.
fully 10 minutes until the
boss. yanquished and suffering
the loss Of his title Ar boss Of
the herd. turned tail and re-
treated. acknowledging that he.
had been defeated by the
other. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

Adlai Stevenson had an almost
similar fund supplied by friends
for an almost similar purpose.
Clearly there was nothing ille-
gal or improper in either case.
This was a great disappoint-
ment to the Democratic NAM
ayers. who thought they had
hold of something big in the
way of a bomb. They had to-
drop the charges of course,
about the Nixon fund" but
they kept up the Nixon smear
not only through the 1859
campaign but during the four
years that followed and then
through the 1856 campaign.
Everything that Mr.. Nixon
said was distorted. Every
effort was made to make him
appear a villain. Words were
put into his mouth that he
had not said and the limit
perhaps was reached when, In
his last speech before the elecs
ton, the noble Mr.. Stevenson
himself. in an unworthy
effort to capitalize on Mr..
Eisenhower's health, asserted
that a vote for Eisenhower was
really a vote for Nixon. And"
he dramatically declared.
from that thought I recoil. "'''
No Specific Charge
He did not specifically charge
Mr.. Nixon with any crime. He
did not assail his record. Never.
thelesS he conveyed the idea
that he regarded him as q
particularly poisonous kind Of
rattlesnake. From whatever
angle it is viewed it seems
dirty ball" Mr.. Truman
accused Mr.. Nixon Of having
called him q traitor, but that
wasn't true. What Mr.. Nixon
said was that under the Tru.
man administration the Demo.
Gratis had been rather soft" on
the Communists, which, when
one recalls the Alger Hiss case,
the Henry Dexter White case
and various others, seems in.
,disputable. At any rate, while
the lambasting Of Mr.. Nixon
continued all through the 1856
campaign, the notable fact
was that no charge Of inn
propriety was ever m a de
against Mr.. Nixon and ex-
tremely few of those against
him last fall could give an
adequate reason. The idea, adj
vanced by Harold Stassen, that
he had been so smeared he
was bound to lose Mr.. Eisens
hover many votes, appears to
have been completely baseless.
Since the election Mr.. Essen.
hover has evinced his trust and
like of Mr.. Nixon in many ways
the most recent being to send
him as his personal repre-
sentative to Austria, there to
dig out the facts of the Hun
garian revolution and the
Russian brutalities in crushing
1t.
1t may be that Mr.. Nixon
with Eisenhower support win
be nominated for President in
1860. though there is no cef-
tainty about that. Predictions
at this time are foolish. Mr..
Nixon made a good record in
the House. in the Senate, and
nearly everybody comedies he
has made a good Vice Presi-
dent. In brief, the Democrats
effort to smear him out Of
political existence has been a
fiat failure. He is now politi-
cally stronger than ever in his
life. Easily in the next four
years he may make mistakes,
but right now he seems pretty
smearproof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

the annals of freedom. The
Achilles heel Of despetism
which has posed as invulner-
able has now. to the gaze of all
the world, been exposed. 1t is
the youth. Ominous rumblings
from the oncoming generation
are being heard from the other
bound and gagged satellites.
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ships which he scuttled, his
refusal to accept the mandate
OF the Suez Canal Convention
which guaranteed free use of
the canal by all nations in
peace or war.
Such acts Of International
lawlessness constitute a chal-
lenge for our State Depart
ment which was instrumental
In securing the passage OF q
resolution in the Security
Council which called for the
settlement Of the Suez diff
Guilty. in which the principle
was enunciated that the canal
should be insulated" from
Egyptian politics. This reso-
luton is being violated by
Egypt in much the same man.
ner as Nasser's unilateral ac-
ton in selling the canal con-
trary to the Convention Of
1888.
For us to sit idly by watch
ing this "holdup" takes place
under our very eyes Is TO sub
NIT 70 international blackInail
Of the worst type. II Nasser
succeeds in this Machiavelian
act. II might we'll mean the
beginning OF a serious decline
in the fortunes Of the U. N.
10 which we have now 80 COM
pletely harnessed our foreign
policy and q parallel loss Of
prestige for US In every part
Of the world.
This vital test OF freedom
Of navigation" for all nations.
including Israel, who has such
a vital stake in the use Of the
Suez Canal. may well turn out
70 be the test Of all tests" 70
determine whether any would
be Hitler can fiout interna-
tional public opinion and get
away with II. bringing IN It's
wake a train Of events which
might well set OF the spark
Of World War III.
Philip sehiR.
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Boulevard

The situation Of roads be-
tween here and Baltimore so
years ago was reflected In the
anonymous comments Of q
motorist. reported In The Star
December 1e. 1906. The story
said: 1.-THE project TO con-
struct a good level road be-
tween this city and Baltimore
should be revived, said q
Washington autoist 10 a Star
reporter. and II seems TO me
that the ways and means for
such a fine improvement could
be found. The existing
roads between Washington
and Baltimore are very poor
and irregulsrly laid out. and
are avoided rather than sought
By the drivers Of horses and
automobiles. A good ma
cadamized straight surface Of
roadway between the two cities
would serve as an additional