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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
THE GAME OF POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT
Eisenhower's Sincerity His Top Asset

The conviction among the
more experienced observers
of the American political
scene here is that the basic
question in this campaign is
one Of sincerity. 1t isn't for
eign policy or fiscal policy. 1t
isn't farm policy or labor
policy. It isn't social security
or the racial indignation Of our
public schools.
All these things are impor-
tant, but they are not basic.
While candidates and politi-
clans discuss and debate these
matters. and the air and the
press are full of charges and
countercharges, none of these
is basic. Despite the clash Of
paid propaganda and publicity.
the fundamental question still
seems to be in which candidate
and which party can the
American people as a whole
believe; which candidate can
they really trust? Naturally.
the Republicans think they
have the answer to that
clearly, they say, Eisenhower.
Some Of the Charges
In support of this view is
cited the fact that. although
the Presidents opponents have
now begun a viruIent personal
attack upon him, and recent
ly the Messrs. Truman, Ste
venson and Kefauver have be-
come abusive. accusative and
violent, they have not person.
ally assailed his sincerity. With
Mr.. Truman clearly leading
the other two, in the last few
days they have tried to make
the President out a tool of
the special interests" (Which
phrase takes one back to the
old William Jennings Bryan
campaigns; a political weak
ling (Which was the way Mr..
Truman described Mr.. Steven
son just before his nomina-
tom; a "bungler" who is run
by the Madison avenue boys"
"a new description of the Re-
publican publicity experts
who, however, seem to have no
one quite as expert as Clayton
Fritchey, who pulls a heavier
oar than anyone else around
Mr.. Stevenson; a well
meaning boob surrounded by
bad men," which takes us back
to the Harding days.
AS the campaign progresses.
the anti Eisenhower attacks
(led by Mr.. Truman, whose
personal venom is undisguised)
grow more violent and direct.
But they still fall short of
questioning the personal sim
cerity of the President. And
that is the important point.
Candid Republicans concede
that Mr.. Eisenhower has made
some mistakes and that some
of his appointees have disap-
pointed him; that he is by no
means perfect. What they do
assert, however, is that in
sheer sincerity and unselfish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
What's Your Size?
BY DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain of the United states senate.

The question of size is a
very important one. From hats
to shoes, the size of articles Of
apparel is a most relevant mat
ter. It's no use to go into a
mans store and ask for a COL
lar. Between you and the new
collar is the question, What
size?"
But, after all, physical pro-
portions are comparatively in
significant matters. AS one
great Englishman put it. when
some sighting reference was
made to his unprepossessing
stature: THE minds the
measure of the man." The
vital question about a person
is not what clothes fit him, but
what conceptions of himself
and his fellows find room with
in the circumference of his
interests and sympathies. Will
liam Wilberforce was a pigmy
edition of a man. No physical
delineation of him could pos
sibly look impressive: but that
dwarfish, sickly specimen Of
humanity had a moral stature
so big and strong that in
20 years he never yielded to
the craving for increased doses
of opium which the doctor pre-
scribed to keep body and soul
together. Boswell went to
hear him and, after being
gripped by his tingling pas
sion, set down in his record:
IT saw what seemed a mere
shrimp mount upon the table.
But, as / listened, he grew and
grew until the shrimp became
a whale" At first the tag this
disappointed observer put up
on this little man, who as no
other one man stopped the
British slave trade, was. size
shrimp. But when the pas
sion Of a titanic cause flowed
from his burning lips the tag
was changed to, size-whale.
That was indeed Wilberforce's
correct measurement. That
is reflected in the inscription
on his grave in Westminster
Abbey: THE Attorney General
of the Unprotected" That was
his size. A great cause made
him great.
The one pertinent question
about every one of us in these
days of destiny has to do with
the size of our mind and heart:
Do they At our day and our
world? The objectionable sin
in this middle-of-the-twen
tieth century is to live on a
small scale in a stupendous
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Suez Fat in Fire

Secretary Dulles is going back to Lon
don ito seek by peaceful means to insure
that the Suez Canal viii perform the
international service to which it is dedi-
Gated by the Convention of 1885," The
effort is one which, for the sake Of the
record, should be made. But we think
that Mr.. Dulles is embarking on futile
journey.
If words mean anything, Egypt's
President Nasser has killed all hope of
solving the canal crisis through any such
instrument as the proposed users asso-
citation. In an infiammatory speech, the
Egyptian President has described that
plan as "a declaration of war;" He says
that the aim Of the proposal sis not peace
but war and aggression against the small
countries" And he proclaims his inten-
ton Ito fight anyone who attacks Egypt"
ALI of this, in our judgment, is ire
sponsible nonsense. 1t is the language of
a man who wants to burn his bridges who
is deliberately inf1aming the minds of his
people so that he could not accept, If he
wanted to, an equitable and peaceful
solution of the problem.
Nevertheless, the NaSSer attitude, as
reflected in this latest speech, is a fact
and it's consequences must be reckoned
with. One consequence is to doom the
users association plan. There was never
much reason to pin our hopes on this
plan, which contemplateS that Anglo
French-American ships would be sent
through the canal with pilots of the
associations own selection and with the
tolls paid to the association. From the
first, it was highly improbable that Mr..
NaSSer would permit a ship to go through
the canal under these conditions. And
now, against the background of his latest
oratorical effort, it is virtually certain
that he will not agree to such plan.
So we doubt that there is much pur-
pose in sending Mr.. Dulles to London to
seek by peaceful means to assure that the
canal will continue to perform its inter-
national function. 1t would be more
realistic for him, in collaboration with
the French and British, to begin without
undue delay to work out the necessary
alternative means of bringing in the oil
and other commodities which the West
needs. Mr.. Dulles objected the other day
to calling this boycott of the canal.
But, call it what you wish, it looks like
the only remedy, short of war, which
remains. And we do not believe that the
West should or will resort to war to force
passage through the canal.
The Egyptians, despite the resigna-
ton of most of the professional canal
pilots, say they will be able to keep the
canal operating and the ships moving.
Perhaps, in some degree, they will be able
to do this, although most of the experts
think that they will fail. This, however,
has become something of an irrelevant
question. For if Nasser will not accept
the users association plan, as he evil
IDENTIFY will not, the West cannot use the
canal, even If it continues to operate,
without knuckling under to the Nasser
terms. We assume that France, Britain
and the United States have no intention
of doing this. If that is the case, the
sooner they perfect their alternative plans
the better 1t will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

many people living in their
diminutive world, working on
the crossword puzzle of their
personal whims and wishes.
What will be the size Of the
questions discussed in the
coming elections-as political
truInpetS sound for the quad
rennial free-for-all democratic
debauch-as, alas. so many
election years have witnessed?
How many Americans will be
big enough to think in terms
of the next generation, rather
than of Just the next election?
The answer to that in your in
dividual case determines the
size Of your citizenship.
you had better aim for
the presidency now" said a
politician to the eminent
statesman. Elihu Root. Later
you may find yourself having
missed the substance, and hav-
ing nothing but the shadow"
Replied that great Secretary of
State, the dimensions of whose
patriotism were spacious: Il
have always thought that try.
ing to get something was the
shadow, and that being some
thing was the substance" No
mistaken magnitudes therel
In a day freighted with des-
tiny when the greatest of all
causes is calling for our loyalty
and the garnered treasures of a
thousand years are in mortal
danger, when the poison ar
rows of determined foes are
flying about our heads - too
many, in picnic mood, are rid
ing wooden hobbies on a futile
merry go-round of trivialities,
instead of riding forth as
valiant knights to battle for
Gods truth against the devils
falSehood.
One of Americas most
pungent preachers has recently
said: THE world is full of
shortages. but most crucial
shortage in this devastated and
frightened world is that of
people with heads the right
size to fit a globe. World
survival demands heads that
can think in global terms"
Some one paid a tribute TO a
legislator not long ago. saying:
HE has a heart of gold and
a head full of feathers,
Feathers won't do today--they
never did. We are in a global
gamble where heads win"
What is the size of your
head-and your heart? That
is the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

devotion to his country he is
the equal Of any President we
ever had, and the superior Of
any since 1882. That quality,
sincerity" is unquestionably
his greatest political asset.
Able as he Is, amiable as he is,
high-minded as he Is, "sin-
cerity" is the real reason for
his vast personal popularity
throughout the country.
So far neither Mr.. Truman,
Mr.. Stevenson nor Mr.. Kefau-
yer has personally assailed
the Eisenhower sincerity-but
they will--unquestionably they
will. Each week shows a
closer approach. In the end
there will be an attack upon
the personal character Of the
President--and then, say the
Eisenhower aides. will come
the reaction. Not only will
the bulk Of the American
people react---but Mr.. Steven
son and mis- running mate, Mr..
KefauVer, will find their own
personal sincerity questioned
with far more proof than they
have to support their Eisen-
hover attacks. The degrading
Stevenson subservience to
Walter Reuther, the CLIO
labor boss. will be brought out
in the open. So will Mr..
Stevenson's insincerity in criti-
Ching the Eisenhower veto of
the rivers and harbors bill,
which even the Democrats
admit required courage in an
election year. So will a num-
Der Of other things concerning
Mr.. Stevenson which were
hardly touched on in 1852.
Red Herring Still OdOrOus
Already. Mr.. Truman, by re-
iterating his "red-herring"
comment on the Alger Hiss
case. has insured that that
case will become an issue. In
answer to a question over a
broadcast in Milwaukee, Mr..
Truman first said. mo. I never
said that" then followed i'm
mediately with But that is
what 1t was-and is" To an
other question, Mr.. Truman
said NO: that he did not be-
lieve Mr.. Hiss was a traitor to
his country; that he had not
been indicted for being a trail
tor but "only for perjury"
That was all it was" he said.
This, of course, is too ridicu-
lous to be taken seriously. And
Senator Mundt, of South Da-
kota, has demanded that the
good Adlai either repudiate
Mr.. Truman or 1et the coun-
try know where he stands. 1t
undoubtedly will be recalled
that Mr.. Stevenson was one
of Hiss character witnesses
in his first trial. Add all this
up and it is clear that before
the campaign ends some of
the campaigners and candi-
dates are really going to be
down in the gutter. 1t is also
clear that one of them will
not be the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

During World World II a
newspaper correspondent saw
brave men gladly and gallant
ly give their lives for a great
cause. Then, also, he watched
with contempt others who
cleverly evaded any place of
danger where their own pre-
cious lives would be placed in
jeopardy. Surreptitiously they
feathered their own nests and
protected their own little in
terests, seeming callously OBJ
livious to the big issues being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
InsuIted

The Navy was in a huff. a
half century ago, about the
treatment its men received
when some ships docked in
Portland, Me. On September
Is, 1906, The Star said: Rear
Admiral Evans has sent to the
Secretary Of the Navy a report
in which he vigorously criti-
cizes the treatment the sailors
Of his fleet received while in
Portland, Me. He claims that
they were beaten by the police
and refused admittance to
places Of amusement because
they wore their uniforms. Com
menting upon the report, Sec
rotary Bonaparte said that he
would make recommendations
to Congress for relief to meet
such conditions. and he also
remarked that 1t would not be
the policy Of the department
to go out of its way to send
vessels to places where seamen
are Ill treated. The inference
is that all ports of this kind
will be avoided unless 1t is
necessary for vessels to 20
there in the course Of bust
ness. I" VA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names MAY be used II
letters carry Uriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
cart before the horse. Actually
moral behavior arises out Of
participation in common cul-
ture. Faith without works is
of little avail. Within the
content of the regular cur
riculum and day-by-day ex-
periences of the school we can
find abundant opportunity for
children to acquire practice in
the Lood life and to lay bare
the principles that will nourish
and sustain right conduct
all this without resort to the
religious doctrines that tend
to set men apart rather than
to bind them together. The
traits of character commonly
priced, the virtues that Con-
stitute an indispensable social
cement, are by no means the
exclusive property Of any one
religious faith
I might add that while
religion is usually confused
with belief in the supernatural,
this is not an essential. 1t is
ethical practice which gives a
religion its chief Importance.
There is an ethical core in
most religions man has created
through the timeless ages ne
has worked on a pattern Of life.
Religious education should of
fer 20 children the ethical
principles found in the many
Bibles Of our world, and this
instruction should be presented
not as a remedy for juvenile
delinquency but as a means Of
discovering more fruitful ways
Of living a good life together
building a unity not Of creed
but Of deed.
L. d. MaeIntyFe. i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

residents. The winners Of
the first three prizes were, as
follows: First prize, DR.. Jesse
B. Schafhirt, 1882 First street
northeast. Second prize, C. F.
Bryant, 1927 First street
Northeast. Third prize, Harry
B. Barker. No. IL engine
house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

The stagecoaches Of the
West still were falling prey to
bandits only q half a century
ago. On September 8. 1906,
in story from Wawona, Calf,
The Star reported: "The
Yosemite stage was held up by
a single bandit near Ahwahnee
yesterday. The passengers
were lined up and compelled to
give UP their money. Wertner
Bishop Of New York lost $3.50
and A. F. Ormsbee Of
Brooklyn $l3. Bishop and
Ormsbee secured snapshots Of
the robber, who wore a black
mask. ~. A soldier passenger
was asked to get out Of the
stage. He had a loaded rifle,
but was prevented from shoot
ing by his fellow passengers.
who feared his aim might not
be true and that the robber
might have accomplices. The
Wells Fargo treasure box was
taken out, rifled, and the con-
tents burned. 1t is not known
how much this box contained.
The United States mail was
not disturbed further. The
sheriff's posse is after him"
Gardens
A Northeast neighborhood
spent the summer so years ago
identifying its yards and gar
dens, the residents wing with
one another for the best re-
suits. On September 9, 1906,
The Star reported: Citizens
Of the North Capitol street
and lexington region are
determined that if the Dis
triet government will not help
them out they will beautify
their section none the less.
They consider Washington one
Of the most beautiful cities in
the world. and they are
anxious that their section shall
rank with the best in looks.
With this object in view they
started out this summer on a
competition for the best-kept
lawns and gardens. and some
Of the citizens even went 90
far as to care for the park
ings in front Of their resi-
dences, for the District allows
no money for that sort Of thing
in that section Of the city.
The North Capitol and Eek
ington Citizens Association
took the matter IN hand and
early in the season offered
three money prizes for the
best-kept lawns and gardens.
The prizes we're not large. but
1t was more the spirit Of COM
petition than the prizes them
selves that Spurred on De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

Ten thousand persons were
killed in a typhoon which swept
Hong Kong so years ago. The
Star, on September 10, 1906.
reported: 1.-The typhoon which
swept this port yesterday, de-
stroying a great number Of
vessels and causing much loss
of life. was of a local nature
1t came suddenly and without
warning. The observatory had
predicted moderate winds. Halt
an hour after the gun signal
had been fired the storm was
at its height. 1t lasted two
hours. !. over 1000 sampans
and juntas are missing from
Hong Kong alone. Wharves
were swept away and houses
collapsed. The military bar
racks are in ruins. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Plague

The dread plague caused
thousands Of deaths in India
in 1905. A report on that year
was given in The star on Sep
tember Q. 1905. in q story from
Calcutta. The story said: THE
report on the plague In the
united provinces in 1908, which
has just been issued BY Maj.
Chator White. shows that the
entire districts have been
swept, and that over 300 900
people died from rs effects.
The Muttra district. which was
the worst, had 1884 deaths.
against Abs in 1904. The
scourge paralyzed the people.
in the commanders graphic
description. II Is believed that
the rat 1ea Is chiefly RESPONSE
bic for the spread Of the
plague and war has been
Vaged against the rats" =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Mileage

Automobiles we're being i'm
proved at a great clip a half a
century ago, and The Star re
ported, on September 10, 1906:
"Twenty-t three hundred miles
in an automobile without a
single puncture is a pretty
good record. When you add
to that the fact that most of
the trip was through a coun-
try where an automobile has
never been seen before and
that it took in a new and in
teresting mining country, the
prospect is that it was a pretty
good summer outing. That IS
the sort Of trip into the wilds
OF central Canada that was
recently finished by Capt. A.
F. Lucas of this city, well
known among a large circle OF
friends as an expert mining
engineer and incidentally an
enthusiastic automobiles. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Uriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20
Legal Advertisement

to the said absent Defendant, now residing
IN Rupert, West Virginia, of the object
and substance of this Btu of Complaint,
warning her to be and appear in this Court
IN person or by Solicitor on or before the
LIST day OF February, 1857. to show cause.
II any she may have. why a Decree ought
not ne passed herein as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Montgomery County. Md.
True Copy-!Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
CLARK 1dQ9
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20

ROCKVILLE-West End, 2-story
frame. 7 rooms and bath, one
block to stores, Pc. etc, ideal 10.
cation for housewife and business
man, or rental. Priced at only
$4,000. nicely financed. 3 ACRES
A mi from Acc, 3 bedroom ma
sonry rambler, firepl. in liv. rm.,
sep. dining room. y baths, part
basement. $16,5OO. WOODFIELD
just reduced. very attract.
frame 3 bedroom rambler, firepl.
in liv. rm., full bsmnt, gar, p &C.
$12,950. GAITHERSBURG = 2
story, 3-bedroom frame home, sep.
din. room, bath, full bsmnt, lot
80 100, $14,75O. GATHERS
BURG Attract. 3 bedroom frame
rambler on y acre land, nicely
handicapped, fun basement, new
furnace, equipped kit. $13,750
GAITHERSBURG - New 3-bed.
room frame rambler, firepl. in Gv
rm., patio with firepl., full base
ment, bath, equipped kit Rooms
are all lge., lot 75x146, $15,750
Attract. financed. ROCKVILLE
Twinbrook. One of the later mod
els with larger rooms, entrance
screened from lge. kit, firepl in
liv. rm., upstairs all insulated
room for 2 extra lge. bedrooms
and bath. Fenced back yard, nice
shrubs, $4,000. Assume lge. Gil
at AZ. Mr.. NOORBECK - l Ac
with good 2-story frame home
firepl, in liv. rm., sep. din. rm.,
bedrm. and u bath on LIST fl.
bedrooms and bath on End fl;
basement, h.w.h., many expensive
shrubs and flowers, nice trees,
'$21,500. Has $4,000 first trust,
Owner will help finance. Kay
Bowling, Washington Grove, Md
Tel Gaithersburg 247-J. 1881
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20
GARD or THANKs

We sincerely appreciate and
wish to thank all our friends and
relatives for every act Of kindness
and sympathy also your prayers
during the illness and death Of
our beloved father. S. L. TIMBER.
ger.
The Umberger Family 1889
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20
REAL ESTATE

ROCKVILLE -3 bedroom brick
rambler, living room w/dining
area, tile bath, equipped kitchen,
fenced yard, good neighborhood.
Convenient to schools and stores.
$500 per month rent. Sale $12,S50,
with $3.50 cash, assume CT,
Loan. Call Pc. 2-6495. 1448
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20
SERVICES

REUPHOLSTER WITH CONF
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guaranteed Workmanship, sensi
BILE prices, large selection of fab
RIGS, slipcovers, draperies. Made
to order furniture. Budget plan
available. Free estimates. Palace
Uph. Co., Rockville, Md. Pc. 2
9233. 1047
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FOR REM
ROCKYILLE. TNINBROOK

ROCKVILLE, TWINBkOUk = 2
bedroom, newly decorated 500.
HUNGERFORD TOWNE- bed
room, carport $110; SEMI FUR.
Apartment in town, 3 bedrooms,
$50 plus utilities; One bedroom
apt. $50 plus util, Bridges, Peter
& Spencer, Inc, Realtors. Pc. 2
1874. 1853
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ROCKVILLE - 3-bedroom ram
bier, roomy, spic-and-span, in nice
area. Asking $11,950 to a Vet
with So down, or to non Vet, may
assume present AN loan. By
appointment, Mrs. Walker, OIL. 2
1913, Cox & Co., Inc. 1865
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-12-20

LEWISDALE, MONTG. CON-.
Damascus, 6 rm. house with cleo,
hot and cold water on hard road
excel. garden cow. to churches,
stores and school, $55 per mo,
Apply T. Deets Day or Phone
Clearwater $3.50. 1917