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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
See No Evil

It is regrettable that partisan poll
itics, with the election Of q Mayor In the
ofing, Is fuzzing up New York Citys
grave juvenile crime picture. But poll
tics cannot justify or excuse the see-no-
evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil attitude
which Mayor Wagner has adopted.
A few days ago, DR.. Maurice h.
Greenhill, chairman of New York's Com
munity Mental Health Board, made pub
lie the findings of q survey which he
conducted in Washington Heights. This
area was the scene Of the recent gang
murder Of 15-year -old Michael Farmer,
who was stabbed to death by young
hoodlum who said he wanted to discover
how it felt to sink knife in someone's
body. DR.. Greenhill formerly was head
Of the department Of psychiatry at the
University Of Miami School Of Medicine.
Presumably he is competent in his field.
The principal findings In his sur
vey were that terror rules in Washing
ton Heights, that the community suf-
fers from "hopelessness, helplessness
and fear" and that there Is lack OF
pOl1CC pEOOCCb1Oh Nd6dAAOO boAA6oJS AASAAAA
idation Of school teachers and the police
by delinquents, and lack Of restrictive
measures"
OF course, this report was pounced
upon by the Republican politicians who
are trying to Inseat Mayor Wagner. 1t
also hit the Mayor between the eyes and
he has hit the ceiling. DR.. Greenhill
has been ordered to mind his manners
and keep his mouth shut. His report,
which he insists is correct, has been sup
pressed in the Mayors offlce and Is not
available for examination. This may be
good politics, although we doubt it. Ger
tainly, however, 1t is not good way to
deal with the juvenile crime problem
which is plaguing our largest city. For
while It may be possible to sweep the
problem under the rug, 1t is not going
to be solved there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
We Apologize, Too

There was considerable merriment
in the Senate the other day when SEN
ator Knowland inadvertently referred
to Senator Lyndon johnson as the
minority leader" We thought it was
rather amusing, too, for everybody
knows, or should know, that Senator
Knowland is the minority leader and
Senator johnson is the majority leader.
It does not seem quite so amusing
now. For in glancing over The Stars
editorial page for Friday we discovered
that we had not only pinned the minor
ity leader" label on Senator Johnson,
but that 1t had run all day without being
caught and corrected. When Senator
Knowland's slip was called to his atten-
ton (by Senator Johnson Of all people)
he fastened to apologize TO the dis
tinguished majority leader" We are
little slow in getting around to 1t, but
we apologize, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
Safety Belts in Viroinio

Your editorial OF August 10
on Virginia highway safety
came right to the point. It is
indeed time to stop talking
and start doing something
Speaking Of highway safe
ty, do you know Virginia's
outlook on auto seat belts?
1t is truly extraordinary. The
State has a law on them
which Is poorly written, but
the enforcement Of II is even
worse. The State Police re-
quire belt makers 10 send q
sample to q laboratory tor
testing and. IN addition, pay
S25 to the State police and
send them q free belt sample.
in order to. get State "ap-
prevail" All this even though
the belt may meet sac and
CAA standards and even have
a certification stamped on
the belt
But this isn't the worst Of
It An out Of State car own
er who has a safety belt
made by. say, a California
manufacturer who doesn't
sell his product in Virginia
is required TO take them out
OF his car or else not get an
inspection stickerl There's
nothing wrong with the car,
you understand. and nothing
wrong with the belt either.
except It doesn't have State
approval" 1t this sounds a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
FESTIVE Poland

Warsaw's Communists have long re-
garded Lodz, which is Poland's second
biggest city, as a sort Of model metrop-
oils from the standpoint Of being reia-
lively docile and never causing the party
any trouble. But within the past week
there has been tension in the place--a
FESTIVE mood not unlike the kind that
exploded into last years bread-and-
freedom riots in Poznan.
The immediate cause Of the trouble
appears to have been decision ruling
against any wage boosts unless or
until the which Is facing
many extremely diff1cult problems-re-
ceives adequate additional revenues
from the is per cent increase It has Just
imposed on the price of vodka. In answer
to this, the transport workers Of Lodz
staged three-day strike and the gem
eral populace displayed q temper that
can hardly be reasSuring to Warsaw.
This is q situation that goes beyond
economic unrest or Righteousness against
low pay and hard living conditions.
just as in Poznan and elsewhere through
the country, there is in Lodz not merely
a profound yearning for material bet
torment, but also a great spiritual hunger
for individual and group freedom. Since
last October, under WladysIaw 0omulka
and the new independence-m Com
munist regime in Warsaw, measure Of
such freedom has been granted, but IT
has not been enough to satisfy the In
Sistept and natural demand for more.
In that respect. the events in Lods
constitute another outward sign OF the
volcano that seethes beneath the sur
face Of Poland. This volcano, which
exists in every country trapped behind
the Kremlin's Iron Curtain, Is made up
primarily Of the Unborn human desire
for conditions that safeguard against
having ones substance destroyed and
ones body enslaved by tyranny. This
is an ineradicable desire. Although It
can be suppressed temporarily. as in
Hungary last fall, it can never be per-
manently excised from the heart or
mind Of man. Mans history is proof
enough Of that.
AS far as the Poles are concerned,
LODI demonstrates that they are still
far from satisfied with the degree OF In
dependence Mr.. Gomulka has managed
to win from Moscow. Yet, although they
rightly want their nation to be COM
pletely its own master, they must reckon
with Soviet readiness to use brute force
to keep them in line. In such situation,
like other peoples similarity trapped,
they have reason to move warily. step
by step, in striving for the kind Of free
dom that should have been theirs long
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
Meeting in Buenos Aires

For the next two weeks or so, the
finance ministers of the Organization
of American States will be meeting In
Buenos Aires in an effort To work out
programs designed to promote economic
progress throughout the Western Hemi-
sphere. meaning particularly in the
countries to the south Of US. To that
end, the proposals to be considered call
for such things as the establishment Of
a special international fund for the re-
gion, the creation Of common market
like the one being organized in free
Europe, and measures to encourage
greater flow Of private investment from
the United States.
There is not now any hemisphere
unity Of views on these matters. and
there probably never will be. Our own
country, which Is represented at BuenoS
Aires by Treasury Secretary Anderson,
has indicated, for example, that 1t Is
less than enthusiastic about the idea Of
setting up an exclusive nter-American
financing fund. As for our sister repub-
lies to the south. while they are eager to
have our private enterprise invest more
money in their industrial and agricul-
tural development, some Of them do not
agree with all our views as to the need
for specific and strict guarantees to pro-
tect such investment against the va
carries Of sudden political change in one
or another Of these lands Further, in
terms Of our economic aid, more than q
few Of our Latin good neighbors feel
that we tend to deal with them much
less considerably than we do with ma
tons in Europe, Asia and the Middle
East.
Despite all this, however, the fact re-
mains that our country buys more from
Latin America than from any other re-
gion, and our private investment down
there is huge. 1t is fact, too, that our
inter-American community, like no COM
parable geographical area, is united
on the basic idea Of cooperating for
the common good. Accordingly, although
thew have many differences to iron out,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
II This Be Treason

Some Of the editors around the
country are quite upset over one Of the
provisions Of the civil rights bill which
could affect them. Under that provi-
sion, approved by House and Senate,
anyone who releases or fuses" without
the consent Of the Commission on Civil
Rights any testimony or evidence given
In executive session Of the commission,
shall be flned or imprisoned.
The protesting editors, knowing they
would print such testimony If they could
get it, say this provision is very bad. and
they argue that it infringes upon free
dom Of the press. Maybe so. Yet the
editors may not realize how fortunate
they really are. For If they were pros
ecuted for violating the Objectionable
provision. they would at least have the
right Of Jury trial.
According to some Of the propa-
ganda emanating from the Department
Of Justice, which some of the editors
have been parroting. Jury trial has no
place in the civil rights bill. What IS
sauce for the goose, however, Is sauce
for the gander. Why should editors have
Jury trials? Perhaps the jurieS would not
convict! What should be done, there
fore, is to strengthen" the provision. II
should be amended to give the Attorney
General the right to bring civil action
In the name Of the United States to pre-
vent acts on the part Of editors in print
Ing unauthorized news that leaks from
executive sessions of the commission.
This would follow the basic pattern Of
the civil rights bill in seeking to protect
the right to vote. Clothed with this new
power, the Government could try Of
Tending editors without Jury. The
process would sustain the power and
dignity of the Federal judiciary, as this
empty phrase goes, and send the editors
TO jail without undue delay.
That, at least, is the line some Of
the editors have been taking in oppos-
ing the Senate's fury trial amendment.
The civil rights bill, therefore, should
not be weakened" or "emasculated" or
"nullified" or destroyed" by giving Of
Tending editors Jury trials, or by safe
guarding the freedom Of the press at the
cost Of interfering with the rights Of
the Commission on Civil Rights to the
privacy Of its executive sessions.
The irony Of political circumstance
which finds able editors defending free
dom Of information while swallowing
the hokum that some citizens should
forfeit the freedom Of trial by Jury Is
unacceptable. So If this be treason, make
the most Of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

In the western part OF the
United States q giant tree lies
prone on the ground. It was
standing and flourishing
when Columbus discovered
America. For centuries It
waved its branches in def
ance Of the fiercest storms.
but what the tempest could
not do the termites did. It
was destroyed by an inner in
vasion. 1t Is q striking illus
tration Of the terror Of the
termite.
In his Tropical Africa"
Henry Drummond tells Of the
secret ravages Of the white
ants. He describes their enor-
nous powers Of destruction,
and how insidiously and Sc
cretly they work. He pictures
q man sitting in his hut and
thinking It is as strong as on
the day he built II. Suddenly
he awakes to discover that
there is nothing around him
but q shell. Silently the white
ants have been at work. eat
Ing out the heart Of every
beam. No one has seen the
destroyers. no one has heard
them tooling. There has been
no warning Of their presence.
Then. in q moment. comes the
revelation and the very pill
lars Of the house collapse be-
cause Of the secret ravagers.
The COLLINS will get you II
you don't watch out" warns
Little Orphan Annie. She
had RECALLED the scared chill
dren with her lurid tales un-
til their eyes widened with
apprehension and their hair
stood on end with fear She
was conjuring out Of her
imagination fearsome crea-
lures with grotesque and
leering faces. lying in am
bush to spring at unsuspect-
ing wayfarers. COLLINS are
symbols Of the big visible
enemies which wait to way
lay the unwary and the uil-
armed. They suggest wild
men and wild animals. But
q very important fact Of life
is that the most dangerous
foes to welfare and safety
are not those whose frighten-
Ing faces and curdline cries
make the blood run cold,
and blanch the face with
terror. Only q very small
proportion Of the human
family is menaceu py spec
tacular assassins Of the bulky
type. Vastly more people
are slain by deadly foes that
make no sound and are in
visible to the naked eye. To
one unfortunate who b COB
bled up by a goblin, even in
the form Of a drunken driver,
thousands are felled by IN
visible germs. These ubiqui-
tous human killers cannot be
measured. weighed or seen.
Many a hunter in the wide
spaces Of Africa or Asia has
escaped all the ravenous
beasts only to be killed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Terror of the Termite
Too Much UpdrcFt!
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate

the bite Of q poisonous or
m-carrying insect. The
battle Of the Panama Canal
was waged against an air
force Of mosquitoes. Walter
Reed, whose honored name
the great Army hospital in
our National Capital bears.
was one Of the valiant who
In the war against the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

not that we shall do anything
conspicuously wrong, but that
we never shall do anything
splendidly right. st. Paul
tells US plainly where the
flercest fight to win our souls
Is TO be waged when he says.
I'VE wrestle not against
flesh and blood tthe giants
Of evil but against spiritual
wickedness tthe termites Of
decay" That matches
One, Who taught as never
man taught, tells us Of a de-
feated life which fell short
Of the glory. This man for
whom the music Of life was
spoiled was tripped and
trapped-not by any gross or
venal sin which, If known
and advertised would have
ostracized him from his fell
lows-Oh. mol He was Just
entangled through what
Jesus called THE worry Of
the world and the lure Of
riches" It Is not the wild
storms that beat upon US
from the outside that we
have most to fear, but the
termites which silently do
their deadly work. To meet
outside attacks we are all
ready with our swords and
shields and coats Of mail. but
as the Bible. with unerring
knowledge Of the pitfalls
along the road to character
puts 1t in an unforgettable
warning, 1T is the little
foxes that spoil the vines"
The Psalmist many hun.
dreds Of years ago knew that
the chief dangers are not vis-
ible and vociferous. They are
hidden and silent. Listen to
the deep wisdom Of q prayer
which the ages have not
dimmed. who can discern
his errors?-Clear thou me
from hidden faults" That
petition comes first as 1t
ought. Then follows Keep
back thy servant from pre-
sumptuous sins-Let them
not have dominion over me"
All. those presumptuous sins
How they bulk and stalk
and roar and threaten and
pounce-how they throw their
weight between US and the
SHINING goals which beckon.
But these we can confront
with the sword of the spirit
II our arms be strong. But
the secret sins. the hidden
faults-not the things we try
to keep hidden from others
but those Of which we our
selves are oblivious-the uI1-
seen termites devouring the
very caliber Of character and
crumbling the foundation Of
our being-the betrayals that
rob US from welding the
strength Of 10 when our
hearts are pure. to meet pre-
sumptuous sins. o Thou God
Of our Salvation save us from
the frightful foes without,
by delivering us from the
terror of termites within.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

Speaking Of the adverse
effect nuclear fallout might
have on generations yet UNI
BORN" what about the new
authority which the Army Is
seeking from Congress to per-
NIT up TO 90 per cent Of the
draft-eligible men to be re-
jected?
II the services take the
very cream OF our Ia. crop
Of young men and ship
them of either to watch over
every little remote way sta
ton in the world. or be killed
OF crippled in battle. couldn't
this also have an extremely
adverse effect upon the l.Qs
Of future generations Of little
Americana
Some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

Scourge Of yellow fever won O
place in the same chapter
OF faith exploits as Louis
Pasteur. who battled the
germs more fatal to France
than any opposing army.
So 1t is in the higher realm
Of the spirit we need to fear
the germ more than the
giant. We are not likely to
be fioored by the devil with
cloven hoof and armed with
diabolical weapons Of imp.
ish seduction. Rather, we
may meet our moral Water
loo by unnoticed and UNI
suspected temptations 70
drift, to follow the line Of
least resistance. to compro-
mise and Just to melt into
our surroundings. Many
there be who. to livid en-
Elements Of evil. blurt out,
Get thee behind me, Satan, I"
but nevertheless go to the
devil by small surrenders to
anything less than the pos
sible best.
Life is not simply a battle
with the seven deadly sins,
including the fragrant ones
Of the flesh. but the awful
danger Is that there will be
no open battle with its noise
and alarm. The best never
departs to the sound OF
bugles. but with silent san
dals. The subtlest Of tempta-
tons Is TO be content with
second best or even third, to
set up housekeeping on
lower levels Of reverence or
rectitude and morality. AS q
prober Of souls has perth
nently put the painful truth,
"You are on guard to van
quish sensuality in the ugliest
form. But the easy-going
idea that everything should
be taken as 1t comes and that
nothing is really more i'm
portant than anything else
is death to all moral earnest
ness" Our chief danger is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

rather low-grade charges
against both Mr.. Eisenhower
and Mr.. Nixon, but never
could be brought to the point
Of being specific. He never
came forth with evidence or
proof. Nor did he ever follow
through" Nevertheless, in
these charges against his own
party associates 1t is generally
believed that he really has
certain individuals in mind.
Whether he will ever have the
courage to name them is
another matter. Much more
likely, 1t is held, he will make
Q deal with them, looking to
q continuance of himself in
his present well-paid post.
Four Likely Candidates
OF the four most likely
Democratic aspirants for the
presidency - Hartman of
New York; Kennedy of Mass
achusetts; Kefauver of Ten
nessee, and Lyndon johnson
Of Texas - the most con-
spicuous are Senator johnson
and Senator Kennedy. With
neither Of these has Mr.. But
Ter been sympathetically
allied. OF the two. Senator
Johnson at the moment
seems to have at least more
Journalistic adherents. None
Of the New Deal-Fair Deal
interpreters Of politics seems
able to mention his name
without speaking Of his
brilliant strategy" particu-
larry in the recent civil liber-
ties battle. They also usually
couple brilliant" with mas
terly" and wise" Rarely
do any of his literary adj
n1irers speak Of his ''convic-
tons" Actually, he Is an
exceedingly smooth Texas
politician and Slick" would
seem a more realistic word
than brilliant" to describe
his strategy" and himself.
At any rate. though Sena-
tor Johnson undoubtedly has
an extraordinarily favorable
press largely composed Of
New Deal columnistsl. most
of those who know them best
think Senator Kennedy the
better man and believe he
would make the better Presi-
dent. However, the feeling
is that Chairman Butler does
not rate either very high
naturally not. Like so many
Of his campaign blasts, prob
ably no more viii be heard
of Mr.. Buffers latest charge.
The trouble with Mr.. Butler
is that politically there is no
real weight behind him. To
some extent the same is true
Of his friend, Adlai. Aside
from the fact that he is a
two-tine loser. his publicity
value seems steadily shrink
ing. Soon. what he says and
does viii no longer be first
class stuff"-except on very
dull days. Or, so it now
seems. AS for Mr.. Buffers
"grab-the-reins" charge, if
he is still holding them in
1860 it ought to be easy for
the "grabbers" to take them
away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
Roots of Delinquency

Why is II after so many
murder cases. robberies. van-
dalism and attack cases done
by today's So called mixed. up
incorrigibles. lazy tramps,
and hoodlums. their relations,
friends and neiehbors come
UP with surprising state
ments like They were such
quiet. nice people and not
troublesome" and that they
can't understand why these
same people could do such
terrible crimes.
The answer IL this: These
very same nice people are
two-faced outside their home
or apartment. They show
their good side. but inside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
THE GAME OF POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT
Behind M. Buffers Sensational BIost

While In California re-
Gently. Paul M. Butler,
chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, burst
out with q more or less
sensational charge that q
group Of "saboteurs" is try
ing to capture control Of the
Democratic Party so that they
can dictate the nominee for
President and Vice President
In 1860.
This allegation did not
seem to get the public at
tention If deserved. Not that
Mr.. Butler is as much an
influence in his party as his
official position would indi-
cate. Nevertheless, it cannot
be recalled that any national
chairman in either party
ever made such a charge at
such q period. His assertion
is that this group" seeks to
grab the Democratic reins"
for purely selfish reasons.
In brief. it amounts to q
declaration from the official
head Of the party, whose
primary purpose is supposed
to promote party unity. that
there exists a serious party
division.
Party Rift Revealed
It reveals a party rift that
had been more or less un-
suspected. Certainly it makes
1t worth while to examine
the position and character Of
the chairman and his sup
porters and the reasons for
the rift. So far as Mr.. But
Ter is concerned. though he
draws--and has from the
start--a e25.000-a-year sale
airy from the allegedly bank.
rupt Democratic Party, he
Is far from being either the
most astute, the most popular
or the most respected Of
Democratic national chair
men.
He largely owes his job Ia
his personal friendship and
partisanship for Adlai Ste
venson, one Of the worst
beaten candidates for the
presidency IN our history. Mr.,
Stevenson, whose postelection
speeches. interviews and state.
ments reveal him as a deeply
emhittered man, has repeat
eddy said that he cannot
conceive" Of any circum-
stances under which he would
again run for President,
However. he has not said it
quite in words land he easily
could that would irrevocably
rule him out. And so long as
he does not do that he will
have q rather powerful friend
Cor at least one in q powerful
position) as long as Mr.. Butler
is chairman. Further, Mr.
Butler has made 1t clear that
he intends to hold on to that
Craftsmanship just as long as
he can.
It is typical Of Mr.. Butler
that in charging that a
group" Of Democrats with
their eyes on 1860 are
scheming to take over party
control, he refuses to mention
any names. During the 1856
campaign he made many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

they are selfish and rotten
Just as they are inside them
selves. Roughly one can take
a gamble and say that in an
average Of four out Of every
ten homes in this country
these serious problems exist
today.
1t boils down to two impor.
tant reasons which are lack
ing In American homes and
they are discipline and. most
important, trust and respect.
Walter Farrar.
New York, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

little bit incredible. I invite
you to verify 1t.
Safety belts are an excel
lent safety device and more
and more people are buying
them. They are not. however,
a required" item Of equip
ment. like windshield wipers,
horn, etc. wouldn't 1t make o
lot more sense for the State
inspection stations TO advise
and counsel the car owner on
kinds Of belts. proper install
lation. ETC.. instead Of har-
assing him with petty an
noyances?
VIM. +. LOyelace.