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,ChoinIess Minds

With a remarkable lack of tiYnidity,
the university students of Czechoslovakia
have addressed series of sweeping de-
mands to the puppet Communist govern
ment in Prague. Boiled down to essen
tialS, the demands call for a free press,
uninhibited parliamentary debate, an
end to the jamming Of Western radio
broadcasts, removal of the ban on "bour-
geois' foreign literature, and abolition
Of adulation for the Soviet Union. In a
word, the cry is for hberty--for a return
to the kind of national independence and
democracy that the Czechs enjoyed in the
days Of Masaryk and Benes, before the
nalevolent Red coup Of 1948.
1t is interesting, and perhaps even
significant, that the Prague regime has
openly acknowledged that demands of
this sort have been made. Needless to say,
the chances are that no action will be
taken to satisfy them, but the fact still
remains that the young intelligentsia of
Czechoslovakia have spoken out rebel
liously against tyranny, and in way that
has been heard throughout their land.
Freedom is what they want. They have
said so in no uncertain terms, and their
feelings undoubtedly are shared by vast
numbers Of others in all the captive
countries of Europe. This is force that
the Krerllin can never repress-a death
less and invincible force that is working
always for eventual liberation. AS Byron
has said Of it.:
Eternal Spirit OF the chdinless Mind!
Brightest IN dungeons, Libertvl thou
art -.
And tuhen thy sous to letters are constgnd,
To letters, and the damp vdult's ddvless
gloom.
Their country conQuers with their
mdTtvrdom,
And Freedoms fame finds wiHos on every
iDtnd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Plans for U. S. South Pole Expedition

Fifteen Americans win live
for II months buried in snow
at the bottom of the world,
starting early next year.
They are the scientific OBJ
servers and technicians who
viii man the United States
station at the South Pole dur
ing the International Geo.
1 physical Year.
A village Of eight buildings
is planned. These will be set
up early this winter on the
snow surface of the cuplike
depression in thes great Ant
arctic ice cap. at the mathe-
NAUTICAL southernmost point on
: earth. It is anticipated that
snow soon will pile up around
! these structures. and eventu-
ally cover them completely.
At first the village will have
. the appearance of a level
plain dotted with snow
mounds. Then the spaces be-
tween these mounds win fill
up. For some months. however.
the roofs. provided with sky
lights, probably will remain
clear.
To Observe Constantly
All communications. will be
through six-feet-wide, electro
cally : lighted tunnels from
building to building under the
snow. The nearest neighbors
will be a party of Russian SCI
entists who are expected to set
up a similar village about 600
, miles to the north.
The snow-buried scientists,
however. never will be COM
pletely shut off from the world
above the ice. Much of the
program requires constant OBJ
servation Of the sky-studies
of the green-flaShing southern
lights. Of the variations in the
rain Of cosmic radiation from
outer space, of the shifting
levels of the ionosphere, or
electrical roof of the atmosp-
here. Ohservatories for these
purposes will be glass-domed
expansible towers which can
be raised or lowered at will.
Under plans announced by
the United States National
Committee for the Geophysical
Year, life under the snow
should be fairly comfortable,
although far from luxurious.
The men will be housed in a
barracks with a lounge and
post exchange stocked with to-
bacco. toilet articles and
candy. There will be hot and
cold running water-probably
showers and laundry tubs.
All the buildings will have
electric lights. They will be
heated by a central oil-burn-
ing furnace with supplemental
heating units in some of the
buildings. Thorough prepara-
tons will be made for ade-
quate ventilation. Heat is an
important consideration. The
South Pole in all probability
is the coolest spot on earth,
above the snow. Temperatures
of 100 below may be expert
enced. 1t will, Of course, be
somewhat warmer under the
snow-but the cold will be of
a peculiar, understandable sort
known only to the few who
have been in the ice-buried
camps Of Admiral Richard E.
Byrd's former stations at Little
America. Each building will
be provided with automati-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
An Omission

On June IL, you published a
letter by the counsel of the
American Veterans Commit
tee. Phineas Indritz, comments
ing on the considerable prog
reSs made during the past
seven years in ending discrim-
ination in the District Of
Columbia. The last three para
graphs Of his letter, which.
dealt with the other side of
the coin, and constitute a rele-
want part of the total picture,
were omitted. possibly due to
space limitations.
Those paragraphs were as
follows:
I'm light of this progress,
continued segregation in the
Fire Departm e mt and the
Police Boys Clubs seems
strange and anachronistic. It
is time the District Commits
sioners acted to bring these
District-supported institutions
in line with the policy and
pledges Of the President to
eliminate every vestige Of
racial segregation in the Ma
tons Capital. The remain
ing exceptions in the District
Commissioners nondiscrimi-
nation policy order of Novem-
Der Is, 1858. should also be
eliminated.
I'm several other areas Of
our daily life, racial caste still
challenges the good will and
decency of our leaders. our
citizenry and ourselves. Many
hospitals engage in gross racial
discrimination. The Dental
Society excludes colored dem
lists. The YMCA seems un-
duly hesitant to end its segre-
cation. compared to the sue
cessful experience of the
YWCA.- Discrimination in
housing is rampant. Racial
barriers in jobs are high. And
IL am. on Sunday remains the
most segregated hour in the
Nations Capital.
"Our justifiable pride in
progress already made to inn
prove our community life must
not lessen our resolve to con-
tinue with the unfinished task
before U.S."
Kenneth M. BiFkhead.
Executive Director. Ameri-
can Veterans Commit
tee. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
History Of Slavery

In her recent letter, Joan
Hailstalk said the first Negro
slaves brought to America
against their will were sold
like CATTLE" Does Miss Hail
stalk know how the Negroes
got here, and what their con-
dition was before they came?
Does she know what happened
to them after they got here.
other than that they were
slaves and that the white
folks fought a war about them
that nearly wrecked the coun-
try?
1t is true these unfortunate
people we're sold like cattle"
but they were sold before
their arrival in America. They
were chased and captured by
their own people, then i'm
prisoned in a filthy stockade
until snapped to a slave-trader
for a bolt Of cheap calico or a
few gallons Of rum. and we're
driven across the gangplank to
be packed like sardines in the
suffocating hold Of a slave ship.
It was a cruel, wicked, nau-
seating business.
After their arrival in the
New World, however, most of
the Negroes didn't fare so
badly. The Negro chattel slave
was fed. clothed and cared for
in sickness and in health.
When he got too old TO work,
he was provided for. In this
respect, he was much better
of than the white wage
slave" in New England.
And, Of course, all the Ne
groes in America weren't slaves.
In 1860, there we're 100000
free Negroes in the South, and
they owned property valued
at more than SIS million.
About one in every hundred
Of these Negroes owned slaves.
Most Of them owned only two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Cheaper Swimming

The undersigned, as repre-
sentative Of the Manor Park
Citizens Association. attended
the June IL meeting Of the Dis
trict Recreation Board. At this
session. Edward J. Kelly. mem
Der Of the board from the Ma
tional Capital Parks, recon-
mended for the boards consid-
Grafton the inclusion of a sum
of $50, 900 to 100000 to finance
an adjustment in swimming
pool rates for teen-agers. He
pointed out the difficulty teen
ayers encounter in earning
spending money. especially
girls, to pay so cents admission.
He also brought out the fact
the pools are now mourning a
loss each year and cannot en-
large the loss by reducing rates:
therefore the need to secure
funds to accomplish the aim Of
controlling delinquency by en-
couraging swimming-pool at
tendance by teen-agers. He
stressed that there is no bet
ter way to spend so little
money. The sum is much less
than that spent by many. cities
for this type of recreation.
Mr.. Kelly also proposed that
the District Recreation Board
manage the swimming pools
in line with their other recre-
ational functions.
This organization wishes to
commend Mr.. Kelly for his.
fortnight action and whole
heartedly indorses his pro-
posai.
William ]. FOrman,
Vice President. Manor Park
ftfffoas.cs AccNn4nfios.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Toned hand-powered mower
because he is old-fashioned in
his ideas.
Besides, he is slightly afraid
of gasoline, and does not well
come the idea of a long snake
of cord dangling around from
one of the electric mowers.
Where, he asks, would he
attach the latter? He cannot
quite see the pantry light. nor
yet the bridge lamp in the
living room.
So Templeton Jones sticks
to the 18-inch old-time cutter.
not too bad if you keep 1t
properly oiled. and know how
to handle it. s.
The Jones system also calls
for dividing each section, on
its given day, into two parts
again.
This is done by ruthlessly
moving a Swath right down
the middle of the larger block.
Then each half is whitfield
down until Jones can stand
and NOV across. each part,
pulling the mower back to his
chest each time. Ness walk
ing, you see.)
BY these subterfuges, he is
able to get the work done with
out worrying too much about
his truSty heart and vascular
system in general.
The greatest worry, Of
course, is gnats.
These pests love a hot dry
spring and summer. They turn
up their collective noses at
modern insect repellents, and
evidently do not worry too
much about the Jones A-No.-1
slapping technique.
On small terraces, or banks.
Jones stands at the top, side
ways, and permits the mower
to run itself down the hill,
guided by the right hand.
The machine is drawn up
each time. as our friend keeps
a sideward stance.
Clipping around the borders,
and raking?
Temp Jones says, Nothing
doing" He draws the line at
these extras. The big thing, he
says, is to get the lawn cut.
isn't it? A million mowers
chorus. "Yesl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Nj. Pinenu in Town
During his visit here. Ere

During his visit here, French Foreign
Minister Christian Pineau will be able to
spend little time on his own with some
Washington area residents who are eSpe-
ctally close to hinl-his son and grand
children. But this family reunion will
have to be held in relatively brief
snatches between the numerous formal
eventS-including talks with Secretary
Dulles, lunch with the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and an address to
the National Press Club-that make UP
his crowded official schedule
Mr.. Pineau, who recently visited Mos
cow with Premier Mollet, will have many
important matters to discuss, both on
and of the record, with our American
officials. Among other things, he can be
expected to give an enlightening firSt-
hand account of Nikita KhruShchevs
negative remarks regarding German re-
unification, and he undoubtedly will have
something to say about the French gov
ernment'S evaluation Of the KremlinS.
smiling new tactics and discrimination
program. In the past he has criticized
our country's generally negative response
to this changed Soviet line, but he is still
wary enough of the Russians to be a
firm advocate Of keeping the Atlantic
alliance as strong as possible.
Moreover, in his talks with Mr..
Dulles, Mr.. Pineau is likely to seek re-
affirmation of our Governments sympa-
thetic support for Frances efforts to find
a Just solution of the Algerian crisis. This
Is delicate issue-a situation in which
the views of the Arab states must be
carefully weighed-but our country has
good cause to stand by the reasonable
position it has already taken. In any
event, close French-American ties con-
tinue to be indispensable to the safety Of
the free world, and Mr.. Pineau's timely
and very welcome visit should certainly
help to strengthen them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Summer Song

The pasture is wearing her
cuffs and collar
OF Queen Anne's lace, Nth
the bows Of yarroD,
And happily. bright as a neu-
nltnted dollar,
Trtlls and iohistleS a rufous
field sparrow.
A butterfly Daltses, and bees
IN clover
Hold long consultations Nth
aectdrs they seek,
While suddenly. all that Is
lacking comes oUer
The hill: A young lad pho
must fish In the creeki
EIoine v. Emons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

Walking is not always the
boon it is said to be. especially
on hot day.
Chaf1ng, you know.
Older people who take UP
moving the lawn. for in
stance, may discover that a
baby has no monopoly of this
small trouble.
Small it may be, but the
chatting is no reSpector Of
persons. nor of wealth or any
other matter.
A good practical idea, then,
is to sprinkle some good baby
powder around at strategic
points, before beginning the
task. and seeing to it later
that one is bathed and dry.
These may seem funda-
mental points, and they are.
but words of caution are
needed. apparently.
Temp Jones, our lawn now
ing friend, made this little
discovery all over again in q
very personal way.
He had not been used to
grass cutting, and found it a
chore.
No wonder, he said, people
go in for power mowers.
But since Jones is a fellow
who likes to use his brain on
his own problems, he has
come UP with a solution,
geared to his own needs, but
one which may attract others,
too.
The Jones system Of lawn
grass cutting follows. It will
have to be adapted. of course,
TO the individual.
Jones divides his back lawn
into two parts.
One section he mows on
Monday, then quits for the
day. Tuesday he takes the
second section.
The front lawn, and such
side as there is, is divided into
two parts. Caesar divided all
Gaul into three parts. Jones
does better with two.
One section he does on
Wednesday. the other on
Thursday.
Since no section, front or
back, is large, the result is
that our aging friend does not
have much to do on any one
day.
What If it rains, or some
thing else comes up2
The Jones system is fiex-
ible.
That is one Of It's best
features.
1t is so flexible, as matter
of truth, that it does not have
70 be done at all.
Jones sometimes almost
gives in, since he cannot get
to the work except at the
hottest time Of the day.
He has to lecture himself
severely about hot weather
gardeners, and the like.
He sticks to the old-fash-
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strange thing, as Izvestia is now discover
ing, when such stun is passed on as
comedy" One might believe the Krem-
lin at last really is displaying sense Of
humor-if one did not recall an observa-
ton by the late H. L. Mencken that
sense Of hun1or always withers In the
presence of the messianic delusion."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

@. What hotel in Europe is
highest above sea level?--A. A.
A. The Hotel Berghaus at
Jungfraujoch in Switzerland,
which stands at an altitude Of
1880 feet. 1t is reached by
a mountain railway from In
terlaken. At this high eleva-
ton above sea level there is
snow the year around. and an
underground ice palace pro-
vides skating at all seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18

Pen names Saav be used II
letters carry iDrtteTs correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtfon.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

to the car parked at the curb. He would not know
that across the street the merceSS eye Of camera was
watching him, recording every move
Even If Gardella looked directly at the window, Kirk
knew he would see nothing Just shade pulled down
in front room Of another of Tampa's cheap boarding
houses A shade pulled almost down. And then :.
Three fftyeight- With quick, nervous GESTURE Kirk
stubbed out his cigarette. He was strongly built young
man with steady gray eyes and sandcolored hair
bleached lighter on top by the fierce Florida sum- An
eaSy-gong man. man who liked people, family man.
This was a strange role that he found himself playing
But il was too late to back out Of it now.
He glanced once behind him. Two nights he had
spent in this shabby ROOM alone except for the cock
reaches Two nights and the better part Of two days.
self with Gardelas habits, watching him come and 60,
learning where he parked his car, stalking him if he
were an animal. not q man.
Three fifty-nine Kirk felt unfamiliar dryneSs in
his mouth. holoWneSs just beneath his belt buckle.
This his cup Of tea, really He salesman,
not hunter. There was no exhilaration for him in
tracking down quarry. But he had made bargain.
bargain with Jerry GiIIem. He was determined to go
through with it.
While the sweep-second hand Of his watch
swung inexoaby around the DIAL he reived the whole
episode from its innocent beginning to its disastrous
ending Andy Solomon. who ran the hardware store in
the little Gulf Coast town. had called him up and asked
him to stag poker party. He hadn't been particularly
eager to go; he seldom played poker. and played it
rather badly.
But Tay had encouraged him - lovely Tay dark
haired Tay Taylor Halliday. the woman he loved, his
wife, the mother of their child. Tay had said "Oh go
on Kirk. it'll do you good to pretend you're bachelor
again Then she had pulled his hair and added. But
just for evening. my nefeathered friend. And If
you're not home by three am, III come after you with
q rolling pin!'
So he had gone. He had gone, he had had hiehball
or two. he had enjoyed himself thoroughly - for a
while. Then something had happened to his luck. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

Ibis was IT, Kirk Halliday thought feeling the tension
mount Inside him. The moment that would spell sue
cess or failure The moment when the trap so carefully
set and bailed. was ready to be sprung.
He crouched lower. narrowing his eyes against the
afternoon glare Of the street outside feeling the pespi
ration trickle down his back. He shifted the camera
slightly and adjusted the tripod. then checked the tee
photo lens again. Everything would depend. ultimately.
on a few feet Of l6-mlimeter film. He did want any
vibration. any blurTing Of focus to spoil il.
For the twentieth time in the last half hour he glanced
At his wrist watch Three fyseven In exactly three
minutes. now. the telephone would ring in the diny
house across the street. Gardea would answer IT, would
Set the urgent message He would not question its valid
ty why should he? He would come out Of the house.
fast he would walk quickly perhaps he would run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

wasn't that he held poor cards the contrary, he held
good Ones So good that he didn't how he could lose
But every time the pot was large enough to matter,
someone else was holding five cards that just
shade better than his own.
II was just friendly game. the stakes weren't exces
slvely high But BY midnight, Kirk was nearly hun
dred dollars in the hole All the fun went out Of it, then
Nobody was enjoying it, really. They extended the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Death On
: The Waterfront
,uched over q movie camera,

trap
he to make eviIm
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"Prstsnd you're . bachelor
again." Tsy said, teasing
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-23
2 Priests Freed
By Reds Will Be
Home, March 81

UNION CITY. n. J. - (NC(-
Fathers Marcellus White and
Justin Garvey, Passionist mission
aries released by the Chinese
Reds last November after four
years in prison, will arrive in
New York aboard the liner Con-
stitution on Holy Saturday, Mar.
81.
Bishop Cuthbert O'Gara, C.P.,
of Yuanling, himself a former
prisoner of the Chinese Reds,
will greet them when the ship
docks. Slated to be at the pier
are their mothers, Mrs. Jennie
Deacy White of Waltham, Mass,
and Mrs. Martin ]. Garvey of
West Covina, Calf, Father En-
nest Welch, Passionist Provincial,
relatives, and fellow Passionists
from ST. Michael Monastery here.
The two priests will 60 d.
rsefIy to St. MichaeI's where
the Psssionist community will
Join with them In singing .
"Ts Davm" In thanksgiving
for their release and safe re-
turn home.
On Easter Sunday Bishop
O'Gara will celebrate a solemn
Mass OF thanksgiving, with Fa-
theirs White and Garvey assisting
him as deacon and subdeacon re-
spectively.
Father Garvey spent seven and
half months in punishment
cell" During this time, four pris-
oners died OF maltreatment, and
one was driven mad. Father
White, jailed in February, 1852,
three months after Father Gar
vey, was continuously questioned
by his jailers, browbeaten and
threatened with execution.
On March s the two priests
were received in private audi
ence by His Holiness Pope Plus
XII.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-23
NOtedAustrian
Journalist
Given Tribute

VIENNA - (NC) - Lead
ers of Church, state and the
cultural life of Austria join
ed in honoring DR.. Friedrich
Funder, dean of Austrian
journalists, on the tenth an
niversary of the founding of
his postwar Catholic weekly,
Die FUrche.
In an unusual tribute to the
octogenarian journalist, who is
correspondent emeritus of the
N.C.W,C. News Service, the Uni
versity of Vienna solemnly re-
newed the Doctor of Laws di-
ploma which it conferred on DR..
Funder in 1898.
Or. Fvnder, author OF re-
eently-published history of
modern Austria, is q former
president OF the International
Commission OF Catholic Edi-
for A one-tims member Of the
State Council of Austria. he
was one Of the first persons
arrested when Hitler annexed
Austria. He spent seven years
in several concentration camps.
Now in his s4th year, he is pre-
pairing another historical work.
DR.. Funder joined the staff of
the old Vienna ReichSpoSt during
his student days. He stayed with
IL to become editor and publish
er, and to build the paper into a
powerful daily with a chain of
five subsidiary weeklies.
Today recognized as one of Eu-
ropes leading Catholic journal
lists, he is the only Austrian in
his profession ever to be given
the knights Cross of the Order
of Plus, which was conferred on
him by Pope Plus XI.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-23
Group Opposes Relaxing
Business on SUNDAY Laws

NEW YORK-NC)-Any relax
alton of the Sunday observance
laws which would permit conduct
of more businesses on Sundays
has been opposed strongly by the
Co-ordinating committee of Cath
Ollie Lay Organizations which rep
resents some go organizations in
the New York archdiocese.
The committee issued a state
ment which took note of efforts
being made to relax the laws.
The statement said that Sunday
is a special day of prayer, relig-
ious worship and rest. There Is
no adequate reason for depart
ing from existing custom and
practice of our community and
our country. Present laws already
contain generous exceptions per-
mitting necessary and essential
business on Sundays. Any further
relaxation OF these laws would be
unnecessary and highly undesir-
able"