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Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20
SPORTS WRITER BECOMES
TEACHER

SAN JOSE, Calf. -(P)- Art
Johnson, assistant sports editor
of the San Francisco Chronicle,
has been appointed director of ath-
letic publicity for San Jose State
College. He holds the rank of as
sistant professor with teaching re-
sponsibilities.
Johnson, 80, succeeds Danny Hill
who left to work lor Tie National
Collegiate Athletic 9urean in New
York.
Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20

Paula Jean Myers captured all five
National AAU diving titles in 1857.
Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20

Seedless green grapes are good added
TO cabbage salad.
Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20

Cherr0Iet's radical netU Turb0-
Thrust T8 and honey-smooth
TurbogIide* automatic drive
form q performance team that
spells action. At all speeds,
under all driving conditions,
they give you the quickest,
snOOfhest response of any
thing going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Dodqer Fan

We didn't know that Louis Wolfson
is Dodger fan, but he is a man of
varied interests and 1t could we'll be so.
He is not the sentimental type, however,
and If he has offered IS million in cash
for the Dodgers, as he says is the case,
then those Buns must be good for some
thing.
A Mr.. Walter Troutman, who seems
to be sort of a mouthpiece for Mr.. Wolf
son, would have us believe that Mr..
Wolfson's real interest lis in keeping the
Dodgers in Brooklyn" But we do not
believe 1t. For the Wall Street Journal,
which has an unpleasant way of think
ing in dollar terms, reports that the
Dodgers earned $1,860,744 after taxes
in the five-year period from 1852
through 1856. This could have some
thing to do with Lou Wolfson's interest
in buying up the club and keeping the
Dodgers in their lush home pasture.
ALI of this, however, is getting away
from the point we originally had in
mind. Mr.. Wolfson, If we may recall
to our readers an unhappy chapter in
local history, was once the owner of
the Capital Transit Company. But the
District Commissioners, aided and
abetted by some of the politicians on
Capitol Hill, ran him out Of town be-
cause he was antisocial, or something
Of the sort. What we would like to know
is why the Commissioners (there have
been some changes) weren't smart
enough to see their golden opportunity.
Why did they have to chase Mr.. Wolfson
out of town? If they didn't like the way
he ran the buses and streetcars, why
didn't they Ak 1t SO he could trade the
Capital Transit Company for the Wash
ington Senators? A man with IS million
in cold cash could do a lot for our ball
club. And Mr. Wolfson, If we know our
man, would have made money doing 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Warming to Syria

The statement which Secretary
Dulles has issued in behalf of the Presi-
dent is a solemn warning to the Com
munists that the United States fully
intends to come to the aid of Syria's
Arab neighbors If they call for help to
resist aggression.
We do not think there is any ele-
ment' of "bluff" in this warning. In
fact, there cannot be. For a point has
been reached in the Middle East at
which the United States must say what
1t means and mean what it says. With
out this, If there is not flrmneSS of pur-
pose in the White House. and If we do
not make our intentions clear to all con-
cerned, the whole Middle East structure
which we have been trying to maintain
very probably will come tumbling down.
One by one, Syria'S threatened neigh
bors, unless resolutely supported, can be
expected to fall to the Communists.
Mr.. Dulles said that 10y Henderson,
deputy Undersecretary Of State, had re-
ported to the President on conversations
during his recent trip to the Middle
East with high officialS of Turkey, Iraq,
Jordan and Lebanon. The Secretary Of
State then noted that there was par
ticular concern over border incidents
and intensive propaganda and subver-
sive activities directed toward the OVER
throw of the duly constituted govern
ments Of Syria's Arab neighbors."
This in itself is a form of agrees
Sion-aggreSsion which may easily ex-
pand into that armed aggression"
which Congress has authorized the
President to resist with American armed
forces If any attacked country calls for
such assistance. And Mr.. Dulles, in this
connection, said that "the President
afflrmed his intention to carry out the
national policy, expressed in the con-
greSsional Middle East resolution which
has been adopted, and exercise as
needed the authority thereby conferred
on the President"
1t is our belief that this means ex-
actly what 1t sayS-that the United
States intends to use its armed forces
in the Middle East, If the need arises,
under the conditions set forth in the
Middle East doctrine. We trust that the
international Communist" -meaning
M0Scow--will not be under any illusions
in this connection, and that they respect
the Presidents hope" that they Will
not push Syria into any acts Of agrees
sion against her neighbors."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
No Retreat in Arkansas

~ Federal Judge Ronald N. Davies has
done his duty in rejecting plea from
Little Rock school officials for a delay
in putting into effect their plan for
gradual integration in the city's white
high school.
The Judge pointed out that this plan
vas Originated and conceived by the
citizens Of Little Rock acting by and
through their own school directors" He
1onnd that no substantial evidence had
been presented to show that the plan
RQuld not be put into effect. And, A.
nally, he said that Il have constitu-
ipnal duty and obligation from which
win not shrink"
twas his duty and obligation to base
his decision on the evidence presented
IN his court. And there was no evidence,
In the real sense of the word, to show
that Little Rock, as far as that COM
naunity alone Is concerned, could not
proceed with the plan.
OF course. the plan cannot be put
Into effect as long as the National
0hardsmen are stationed at the school
With instructions to bar Negro students.
Hut the question Of Governor FaubuS'
authority to use the Guard to prevent
Hstegration was before Judge Davies
in yesterdays hearing. He ruled on the
only question that was presented to him.
The next move is up to the Gov
efnor. He can withdraw the Guards
men; he can keep them on duty to-
maintain order, or he can use them to
continue the blockade of the high school.
# he chooses the third course, and he
may, there will not be much that Judge
Davies can do about it, at least for the
moment. The issues Of high policy
raised by such a course Of defiance on
the Governors part would have to be
dealt with, in the first instance, by. the
authorities in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Mon'sFoIk

The audiences presently
viewing "West Side Story"
at the National are under
standably moved by the con-
hict between two gangs end
ing in so much sorrow and
death. Even while both sides
agree to fight clean, with
fists. they bring bricks and
knives because the other side
might prove untrustworthy
OF course the slightest ac-
cident precipitates the tragic
use Of these weapons.
1t was easy to see the folly
Of our stage characters, play
ing out in miniature the in
ternational cold war. What
an example our moralizine
statesmen are setting for our
children.
Can't we see our own giant
follies clearly enough to I'M
derstand that all Of us are
participating in develop
ments toward the biggest
war ever. and are we smart
enough to call a halt9
A. Bloom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
EnIorging the Capitol

Speaker Sam Rayburn has made II
eminently clear that he favors imme-
diate extension Of the east front OF the
Capitol. As chairman Of House-Senate
commission with authority to get the
program under way, his decision may
well end the long, bitter controversy
over the project.
Whether the 32h-foot extension
would do violence to the beloved Capitol
'front"-perhaps the beSt-known and
certainly the most-photographed sub
iect in the Nation-is controversy that
divides even the experts. The. American
Institute of Architects several times has
opposed the extension. Yet some OF its
own members favor it, For everybody,
however, there is comfort in the fact
Hthat detailed plans for the extension
have been approved by panel OF dis
tinguiShed architects. These plans call
Tor precise reproduction of the present
facade. Critics will argue that these
architects were working under prede-
termined instructions to plan the S21a-
foot extension, regardless Of their per-
sonal sentiments about the change. This
may be true. Yet it is unlikely that
architects or engineers would lend their
names or efforts to so controversial a
project if they opposed its results.
The east front extension, of course,
would provide only portion OF the Cap
tolls additional space needs. This finds
emphasis in the report of Capitol Archi-
,tect Stewart. That report calls for an
eventual $l10 million expenditure to
extend also the Capitol's west side, pro-
vide extensive underground storage and
parking facilities, and make numerous
other improvements. While Mr.. Ray
burn pointed out that these improve
sfments will extend over years In the
future" 1t is we'll to have long-range
plans available for approval in principle,
and ready for execution at the appro-
pirate time.
r. Senator Knowland, another men,
Der of the Rayburn commission, was
correct in making public complete text
of the $l10 million proposal, especially
in view of the commissions unique pow
ers to act without further authorization
from Congress. Publication Of the re-
port at least gives the public, and pri-
vate groups genuinely concerned with
the Capitols future, chance to express
themselves.
il There is heavy note Of irony, new
ertheless, in the contrast between the
efficient methods Congress has adopted
to provide for its own Capitol Hin needs
and the numbering machinery set up
for other essential Federal expansion in
Washington. Extension Of the White
House grounds westward to Seventeenth
street and construction Of new execu-
tive office building, for example, consti-
tute a modest project in comparison
with the new Capitol program. We hope
, Congress will cut some Of the red tape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Statue Of Christ

My wife and I particu-
larry enjoyed DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris inspiring ar
ticle on the Statue Of Christ
the Light Of the World (Sun-
day Star, September /, 1851 /.
This heroic-size figure in
bronze dominates the mod
ernistic front Of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference
Building at 1912 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Truly, as DR.. Harris writes,
1t is "the most significant
figure in all the city" DR..
Dudley c. Watson Of the
Chicago Art Institute has de-
scribed 1t as like a flaming
torch sending enlightenment
out to the whole world"
Your readers may be in
terested TO know that the
statue was executed by the
distinguished sculptor, DR..
Eugene Kormendi. Winner
Of many prizes for his sculp-
ture in the United States and
Europe, DR.. Kormendi was
for 10 years Sculptor-in- Res
idence at the University Of
Notre Dame.
Elizabeth Kormendi, his
wife, also is an artist Of
distinction. She is widely
known for her paintings anc
ceramics.
The Kormendis have re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Water Safeguard

One Of the factors given too little
thought in the decision to build the
Central Intelligence Agency building
near Langley was the potential pollution
threat to Washington's water supply.
The new CHA home will be above the
District water intake at Snake Island.
Fairfax County, in promising to provide
sewage disposal facilities for the big es-
Enlistment, faced the problem of where
to dump the treated sewage. It is re-
assuring, therefore, to know that the
county is considering an experts rec
ommendation that all the sewage from
this new source, plus that from num-
Der of communities In the Langley
Mclean area, be conveyed to the Poto-
mac River at point well below the
water-supply intake.
The county apparently has SUM-
Gent funds from $50 million sewer
program to carry out the proposal OF
the consultant, g. Hubbard Massey. The
Massey plan calls for the collection of
sewage from the several watersheds
above Snake Island through pumping
system which would send the sewage
down to the Pimmit Run watershed,
near Chain Bridge. The county already
has a sewage-treatment plant on Pim-
NIT Run. This would have to be doubled
in capacity in order to handle the heavy
additional burden from the upper wa
tershedS.
If this plan were followed, the eff
fluent would enter the river at point
where the dangers to health would be
minimized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Hands Across the Sea

1t was with pleasure that
I read in The Star that we
will extend aid to Saudi
Arabia, Yemen and Muscat
of Oman. These three will
make a total of 70 nations
we have helped in the last
10 years. Isn't it marvellous
that we have so much money
that we can give away a lot
Of it to 70 sovereign states.
There are only l03 sovereign
states on earth, so let's in
clude the remaining ones
also. Maybe they would en-
Joy a handout too. We have
lots Of money.
Walter Fielder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

with high-powered advertise
ing facades. conceal the un-
savory facts regarding prod
ucts which, with glamorous
claims. they urge the people
to purchase.
The greatest menace fac
ing America today in the
elobal scene is that our lead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

have no say. They are not
being shown the estimated
rs million who, behind the
bamboo curtain, are now in
prisons or labor camps. These
deluded young Americans are
facade victims. BY being used
as guinea pigs for propa-
ganda. they betray their Ma
ton. God forgive them. They
know not what they do.
In the spiritual realm a
facade may be q deadly de-
vice. There is always the
danger that q religion Of
empty form may take the
place Of a religion Of power.
st. Paul was calling attention
to this pefil-the possibility
Of this terrible substitution
when he lamented that there
were many who were ready
to accept Christianity as q
form who would have nothing
to do with 1t as a force, He
was thinking Of religion as
decoration instead Of dedica-
ton. Gibbon has q tremen.
dous indictment Of the re-
ligious leaders Of the 10th
century. He said. They held
in their lifeless hands the
riches Of their fathers with
out inheriting the spirit
which had created that
sacred patrimony. They read,
they praised, they compiled,
but their languid souls
seemed incapable Of action
and thought" Alas, their
spiritual descendants are still
among usl They specialize
in religion as a form instead
Of as q force. Walter Lipp-
mann scathingly character
ICES such as "grimly spiritual
persons devoted to the wor-
ship Of sonorous generalities. "
The great apostle to the
gentiles declared. II am not
ashamed Of the gospel. It
is power. It was that
aspect Of Christianity which
Gilbert Chesterton had in
mind when he affirmed
christianity, even when
watered down. is hot enough
to boil all modern society to
rags" That is a religion
that marches and sings and
transforms and fights anc
conquers. Years ago it wa:
my pleasure to listen to 9
preacher who was indeed q
spiritual giant, DR.. j. H
Jowett. One Of his sentences
is enshrined forever in my
memory. Across the Ions
years I can still hear hi:
voice as he uttered these
words: when I visit Calvary
life is transformed from q
picnic into a crusade" The
sovereignty of sacrifice
symbolized by THE Old Rug
ged Cross" is the Creates
power in the universe. But
lifted and worn simply as ar
ornament. even the crusad-
ing cross may be but a falst
facade for a lifeless Greco
futile as a picnic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

One Of the vital lessons to
be learned in the school Of
experience is that very often
things are not what they
seem. Facades do not always
indicate what is really back
Of q fair exterior. Decoration
is often deception. A pose
may be the crucifixion Of the
truth. An ancient warning
reminds the unwary that
Satan often masquerades as
an angel of light. Without
surrendering to a chronic
suspicion which believes the
worst. 1t is always the acme
of a wisdom labeled common
sense" when one gazes at any
glittering showcase to raise
the inquiry. What's back Of
it," Do the front window
claims correspond with the
behind the-scene realities?
They surely did not in one
18th-century historical epi-
sode in Russia. Prince Poten-
kin. a favorite Of Empress
Catherine II. was given by
the Queen the governorship
of the Crimea when that area
was annexed by force Of arms
to the Russian domain. Cath
crime decided to tour that
new part Of her empire. Po-
temkin knew that the rosy
accounts he had sent with
reference to his alleged feats
in lettering social conditions
by no means matched the
ugly facts. To save his face
he decided to perpetrate on
her majesty a huge hoax. 1t
is recorded that he built and
peopled attractive villages
along the royal route. He en-
ployed hirelings to play the
part of contented and pros
porous peasants. All this was
but q false front to hide
the deplorable conditions in
which the people actually
existed. However. 1t is de-
clared that her majesty. gaz-
ing with pleasure at such
undeniable evidences Of the
governors ability, showered
him with praise and increased
honors. The Empress riding
by in state never stopped to
ask. What is back Of 1t alp"
But Catherine II was no
more naive in accepting as
valid the testimony Of super
fetal appearances than are
those in this year of our
Lord, VINO take at face value
all that is proclaimed by po-
litical or commercial bankers,
The Voice Of America is
working "a hours a day to
expose deceptive facades set
up by the ruthless dictator
ships Of Russia and China.
The international gangsters
who now rule these vast
areas freely admit that ly-
ing is a part Of their prop
uganda technique. It is the
task Of the Federal Food and
Drug Administration in oul
land to expose the nefarious
practices Of firms who, otter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Vaccine Priorities

/ have seen no suggestion
that pregnant women receive
priority for Asian flu vaccine
nor have I seen any an
nouncement that Federal
workers may be allowed to
take sick leave to take care
of flu families. 1t seems
quite logical and medically
sound that either or both
procedures be adopted.
Or are mothers nom
essential?
TX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

ers and our people will be
deceived by facades. Mis-
guided American youths in
Moscow have spoken glow
ingly about the flowers and
the welcoming smiles Of q
million people. They do not
see the millions who will
never smile. They were '1iq-
Undated" by those protesting
to care for the common peo-
pie. These American youth
seemed oblivious to the fact
that those who were trying
hard to act as brothers to
the foreign visitors are those
who but a few months ago
were butchers Of youth in
Budapest who died for the
liberty america symbolizes
and Russia despises. Those
misled adolescentS did not
see the 10 million people who,
by this system now decking
itself in flowers, were
crammed into hideous slave
labor camps, the tens Of
thousands who were shot by
secret police, or the millions
and millions still alive who
are held in terrified subjec-
ton.
In Red China these young
folk who have known the
boon Of freedom are gazing
at facades unveiled for them
evidently with no thought
that back Of anything they
see are the murderers OF
100000 American boys in
Korea. the slayers Of 20 mil
lion Of their own countrymen
in various land reforms
purges and other anti-"reac-
tionary" campaigns. They dc
not see the corpses Of a mil
lion Chinese women who have
died as a result Of the REQ
Chinese marriage reform
movement aimed at destroy
ing the old Chinese family
system so that the state coulc
tighten its lasso over the
slaves Of the Peoples De-
mocracy" in which the people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

While there was a consid-
erable-and inevitable-sat-
uration of presidential politics
in the session of Congress
Just ended, 1t is perfectly
clear that in the next ses-
sion. which will convene in
January--just four months
off-this saturation will be
greatly intensified. Hardly
anyone in either party ex-
poets anything else. though
it still will be more than two
years before candidates for
President and Vice President
can be nominated.
For this intensification
there are three outstanding
reasons. One, of course, is
that in November Of 1858
there win be an intervening
national election, in which
the whole House membership
and 80, or one third, Of the
Senate will be chosen.
Though there will be no Pres
ident then elected, the OUT
come, whatever it may be, is
sure to have an effect upon
the presidential election in
1860. It will settle which
party controls Congress.
"Trend" Expected
Also, it is almost sure to
show what the politicians call
a trend" A second reason
is that If the Republicans
regain control, it will help
make their record and redeem
them from the charge Of
futility. On the other hand,
If the Democrats hold or in
crease their House and Sem
ate majorities, it viii enable
them to Illustrate the admin
istration and promote their
prospects two years hence.
The third ''intensification"
reason naturally is the
presence in the Senate Of
more presidential aSpirants
than have been seen in q
long time.
To mention q few, there
are Vice President Nixon and
Senator Knowland. who il
retiring from the Senate 10
run for Governor Of Califor-
mia as his first step toward
the presidency on the Re-
publican side. Among the
Democrats there are Senator
Kennedy of Massachusetts,
Senator Kefauver Of Tennes-
see, Senator johnson of Texas
and others. There also are
as usual. several Democratic
Governors who, more or les
secretly, cherish presidential
aspirations. All Of these IL
the next session will be keenl!
alive to the trend" and nat.
urally eager to take advantage
of tiff it is in their direc'
ton. In the meantime, per
haps the best indication o.
the quality and character o.
the Democratic strategy car
be gathered from the Demo
cratic Digest, sponsored b!
National Chairman Pau
Butler. whose closest politica
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Gently moved to Washington
from Indiana and are es-
tablishing a studio at their
new home, 2743 Tilden street
NV. They should prove a
tremendous asset to local art
circles. John v. Hinkel.