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Evening star., 1957-12-25
Missiles for NATO

Your editorial Of December
10. Missiles for NATo." once
again indicates an urgent
desire TO have the Govern
ment take immediate steps
to negotiate with the Soviet
Union for the purpose Of
bringing about peace. Your
editorial shows justifiable
concern over today's situa-
ton, but let's not jump
eagerly and anxiously each
time the Soviet Union utters
words Of peace.
In this holiday season
when messages Of good will
are exchanged by people
wishing for peace. ] also ex-
tend my best wishes to all, in
cluding the people Of the
USSR, but I would urge your
paper to be prudent when
advising readers TO accept
what well might be a Soviet
Union Trojan Horse" Of CO.
existence; and TO beware Of
exchanging the principles Of
the Prince Of Peace for the
threats and empty promises
Of the Duke of Doom. 1t
seems incongruous that in
this spiritual period which
joyously and solemnly cele-
brates and honors an Al
mighty God, we should turn
TO the Communist admins
traitors OF persecution for the
answer TO peace.
c. W. Edwards
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Christmos GREETING

As one Of the thousands
Of Hungarian refugees who
have come TO this country
IN the past year. I would
like TO express my personal
appreciation for the privilege
which the United States has
offered US.
After II years Of Russian
terrorism, this first Christ
mas season In my new, free
country makes me weep for
joy.
! would like. through your
newspaper, TO wish all Of
America q very Merry Christ
mas and express the prayer
that all Of Hungary may en-.
Joy the freedom ] now have.
Gabor Bablef.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

other penguins join In the
persecution.
Just how they manage to
arrive at this cult Of uni
formity is not known, but
it oddly resembles the cult
of orthodoxy about which
so much has been written
among human beings.
The penguins have their
own ways Of nfe, and these
are bird ways, not human
ways, but at times they seem
to partake Of a sort Of uni
versal nature in all created
things.
The penguin in captivity
will follow its captor, and
learn to greet him, such is
the power of the call to din
ner, and to walk along .
corridor just the same as 1t
did along the great ice foes
Of the cold regions.
Its happiness and suffering
much resemble those Of any
living thing taken out Of its
natural home and made to
exist for q while in q wrong
place for it.
When it comes to our
shores, for a little while, it
does what all must do, under
similar circumstances.
1t makes certain adjust
ments, to the best Of its
unthinking ability, and lives
the best it can under the
new set Of conditions hem
ming it in.
That its captors do their
very best to ease the strain
is good for the penguin, and
also much to the credit Of
the people who spend their
lives taking care Of it.
To be fenced in, among
humans. Is not good, but TO
be fenced in. when you are
q penguin far from home, is
all right. since without this
fencing you could not live for
"a hours.
II is not for nothing that
the penguin appealed to great
literary figures, including An
atole France, whose Penguin
Island" Is q classic.
Something there is about
this bird that touches the
heart Of all sensitive people.
and makes them think just
for q second that there must
be q direct relationship be-
tween them and 1t.
The world flies on, the stars
swing In their orbits, moth
Ing escapes from the chain
Of being: music comes from
the spheres. and overhead the
Sputniks roll, part Of the
everlasting heavens.
The little penguin looks US
steadily in the eye. and seems
TO wonder. who are your"
We look at the penguin,
and wonder. who are your"
Everything Is even at last.
None Of US knows . thing.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

The Prince Georges
County Mental Health So
ciety. a sharing agency in
the United Givers Fund.
would like to publicly ex-
: press its appreciation for the
generous participation by
individuals and groups in
our county in the collection
Of Christmas gifts for pa
tients in the State mental
hospitals.
Four station wagon loads
Of individually selected gifts
were driven to Baltimore
where they were wrapped
and picked up by hospital
trucks and is individually
tailored gift packages aver
aging SIS each were care
fully selected. wrapped and
mailed to Prince Georges
County former patients who
/ are now in family cars"
outside the hospitals.
Our special thanks to the
following groups which gave
us outstanding assistance
with this project: Prince
Georges County Police De-
partment. the Volunteer Fire
Departments. Calvert Club,
Jewish Women's Council,
w. s. c. s. and Young Mar
ried Couples Of Hyattsville
Methodist Church. citizens
in Cottage City-Colmar
Manor. Landover Hills
School, Bladensburg Ele-
mentary School. Fairmont
Heights Jr.-Sr. High School,
Suitland Jr. High School.
the District Heights Cub
Scouts, the ladies Of the
Eastminster Presbyterian
Church, the College Park
Rotary Club. Glenn Dale
Women's Club, Student
Community Fund at the
University OF Maryland,
Ruth Chapter No. Z. o. =. g..
and Sigma Alpha Chi So
rority.
Not only have the holidays
been frightened for the
mentally i'll in Maryland
hospitals, but for the givers
and those Of us working as
volunteers in mental health
and mental illness as well.
Thomas b. Richie,
President Prince Georges
County Mental Health So
ciety.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

pedestrians and automobiles
hardly seems sensible.
Living near Thirty-seventh
street NV. I can hear day
and night the screaming Of
rescue squad ambulances
speeding to Georgetown Uni
yersity Hospital. Often there
is no necessity for the siren:
never any excuse for danger
Gus speeding. The recent ar
rest by ID. c. police of such
a driver is q step in the right
direction.
Emergency vehicle drivers
have as much responsibility
for the pubhc's safety as We
have for helping them on
their way. They may think
that they are infallible. We
are not. Doris NJ. Mcneil.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

George Mason Hlgn Scnooi
which prides itself on high
standards, there has been in
augurated q teaching pro-
gram based on guidance
pamphlets in a Getting
Along" SERIES. such as How
to Study" why We Have
Rules" etc. These form
the basis Of once-a-week
study in the seventh to
twelfth repeat twelfth
grades. These are justified
by administrators as neces-
sary because the high school
pupils need to be taught so
cial values and the parents
have not and will not do so.
To add insult to injury TO
the teachers asked to teach
this tat best) elementary
school level material. 1t must
be paid for from funds earned
by the teachers extra-cur-
ricular activity, since the
school board. which demands
that It be taught. has not
the money to pay for the
pamphlets.
A vociferous group Of par
ents apparently has per-
suaded the school admins
traitors that they are more
concerned with the social
adjustment of their children
than with what they learn,
and that the school must
respond to that concern. Is
It possible that this is the
majority group7 II 1t Is,
shouldn't they at least pay
for the kind Of teaching they
want with their taxes? II
It Is, shouldn't we stop ex-
pecting that our high schools
can accomplish this training
for social adjustment which
the parents have abdicated
to them, and also train stu
dents accidentally? II 1t is,
isn't II time we give the high
schools over completely to
the bands, the newspapers,
the arts and crafts. and cre-
ate q new system or o new
institution which will train
the minds Of those young
people who need and may
even want such training.
and whose parents may want
1t for them but have not yet
made themselves heard by the
school administrations
Northern virginiAn.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Where .An lis Calm, All Is Briqhf'

This Yuletide more than
$50 Of our countfymen are
at the bottom Of the earth.
They have Just greeted the
dawn Of the festival of the
birth Of mans Redeemer In
q world Of high. white noun
tains I:nder grass-greeu skies
IA virgin ice land where no
Christmas stars rise IN .
shining East Of high floating
phantasms. They are In .
land, for the next nve
months. Of the gospel hymns
eternal morning. They are
in O 10-miIlion-year-old land
pure Of mans sins and
doubts and speculations, and
aseptic against the deadly
malady Of life's fecundity
which fiouts the majesty Of
the eternal emptiness.
They are the nearest neigh
bors to any other world
which may also have known
the coming Of o Redeemer--
some invisible planet Of yell
low Alpha centauri rs trillion
miles away which some
months hence viii shine high
in the southern skies, with q
cross Of yellow stars among
its celestial neighbors.
Unique Baptism
These men are scientists.
sailors and soldiers. They
have passed through q unique
baptism in whiteness and
ancientness unsullied by
thought or creed. They are
the men Of the six American
scientific stations on the
Antarctic Continent and its
contingent ice shelves. Most
Of them already have passeo
a year in the Far South and
are about ready to return to
this chatter-chatter. steam
heated civilization from the
Poles baptismal silence and
cold. They are being re-
placed by others Of their
kind.
For some Of them this
Christmas may be q day of
happy farewells - however
temporary may be the happi-
ness. For nearly all men
who have come out Of the
great. cold whiteness have
experienced q lifelong fret
fulness to 60 back, and some
Of them have, time and time
again, at last TO find graves
there with crystal noun
tains carved In angel. figures
as grayestones. One need
mention only such titans
among puny humanity as Sir
Robert F. Scott and Sir
Ernest Shackleton. And there
has been the mystical devo-
ton of many others-the
late Admiral Richard z.
Byrd, for example. For such
men. as for cloistered monks
vowed to silence who un-
thinkingly desert the cloisters
and the silence. there is only
a pseudo o-happiness any more
in the gloomy world Of birds
and trees and flowers and
the laughter and machina-
tions Of men.
Such, most aSsuredly, will
be the case with some Of the
polar scientists now about to
come home. May the others
make the best Of their most
inspiring Christmas.
All this is instigated by a
Evening star., 1957-12-25

brochure just received from
the Antarctic Committee of
the National Academy Of Sci
ences outlining plans for the
second year Of the Interna-
tional Geophysical Year pro-
gram In the Far South. In
the past year an excellent
foundation has been laid,
facilities established, and
many Of the research prof.
ects gotten well under way.
During the next few months
Of the white Antarctic sum-
mer probably will come the
elimination, at least for the
time.
Then once more, perhaps,
the vast white wilderness ct
the ultimate end Of the world
will be left to its evanescent,
phantom-like mirages, to its
whiteness and its silence and
to the shining nights Of its
winters. But much will have
been accomplished-such, for
example, as the semiperma-
nent occupation Of the South
Pole under DIR. Paul Siple or
the successful camp on the
Weddell ice shelf under
Comdr. Finn Rome, one Of
the most dedicated of all
polar explorers. Much OF the
data collected still must be
correlated, analyzed and in
terpreted. This will require
years, but it can be done In
comfortable, steam heated
stuffy ofiices and laboratories.
Some Of the findings may
have little value, or possibly
q very great value from the
viewpoint of practical men.
That none can predict. Any
way. in the long sweep Of his
tory that is not a very i'm
portant viewpoint. It is Just
as likely that none Of them
viii have any practical value
at all-that is, make money
for any man. make living
more comfortable, ease in any
way the burden of our days.
Perhaps their true value viii
be greater If this is so.
One Vital Lesson
There is one thing that
certainly some Of the men
now returning from the Ant
arctic viii have learned. They
will have abandoned the
heresy that the object Of
science Is to make Nature
mans servapt-unfortunate-
ly widely taught in American
schools. For the only worthy
object Of science is to make
man q better servant Of Ma
ture by knowing her better.
For this she drops crumbs by
the wayside now and then.
They will have been in 3
land where @ stern nature.
with no nonsense about her.
neither compromises with
man nor, like q wanton, leads
him down easy ways. to his
own inevitable destruction.
They will have known a
science akin to a symphony
or an epic and not at all as
sociated with a collection Of
gadgets.
Christmas greetings to
them from an old Antarctic
hand-from q drabber world
and q softer living. Who does
not envy them?
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Airport Alternative

AFTER years OF dellDeration
by the Congress and six years
of adherence to the Burke
site by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, the travelling
public. the most interested
and unrepresented party. is
still hoping for an equitable
solution saving its time. The
Air Transport Association
and the Washington Board
Of Trade should fight for
such q solution. Have they?
The Quesada hearings in
dicate a Recommendation to
the President will be made
shortly and Burke seems to
be the choice. But where
does this leave the National
Airport? Though it could be
expanded to meet the needs
OF the next 10 years. the Ma
tional Airport is not to be
used for jet operation. AT
this time, this basic decision
precludes proper expansion
of the National Airport, real
ly reducing it to a second
class airport.
Do the considerations in
volved support such q deci-
SION? i!
From the inception of air
transport, each increase in
the power of applied propul-
sion has required increased
airport size and capacity.
Future power increases. in
cluding atomic and nuclear
adaptations. will force longer
approaches, longer and wider
runways Of greater strength.
Because of fund limitations.
Burke will be tied to present
conceptions of size. But once
the confines Of Burke are
landlocked by encroachments,
its expansion win be pre-
vented Just as Midway Air
port in Chicago has been
denied expansion. II Burke
is built, land sufflcient to
meet future needs should be
set aside, now.
But what Of the enormous
cost and economic losses in
Cured?
Contrast the ground and
water space available at no
cost for expanding the Ma
tional Airportl
Had the National Airport
not been built, the site would
be recognized as suitable for
Jet operation. more so than
any land-locked site. Why?
Because the Potomac River
provides many miles Of un-
trammeled approach. the glide
approach needed for the
large, fast planes Of the Jet
age. Further, for the time
being. the jet noise nuisance
would be disagreeable to fewer
people.
Safety Of life should be a
conclusive factorl Only Is
miles by air separate the
National Airport from the
Burke site. With the speeds
and size of future planes in
mind. can anyone say, in
conscience, conflicts in ap-
proach, stacking and depar-
ture will not occur?
At whose door shall the
casualties. so invited, be
piaced2
II is not too late TO revise
the plans for Washington
airportsl
Francis H. Miles, jr.'
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Emergency Speeds


The deaths Of two young
college students in q fire.
truck collision and the de-
cision Of q coroner's jury to
hold the student-driver
should bring about q reap
praisal Of emergency vehicle
policy.
Is 1t necessary for fire en-
gines and ambulances TO op-
crate beyond the law-with
no regard for speed limits or
lights? An important rule
for thinking and behavior In
emergencies Is keeping calm.
Rushing pell mel. scattering
Evening star., 1957-12-25

As one of about 800 inter-
ested spectators who could be
found at any Of the sandlot
football games this year. !
would like to congratulate
these flne boys who have
given up every Sunday to
play football purely for the
love Of the game. These fell
lows portray the real mean
ing Of sportsmanship. They
receive nothing for their eff
forts but personal satisfac-
ton. They receive no pay as
professionals do. nor the
esteem and admiration given
school players. Yet, they give
all Of themselves; their time
and energy for the game they
love. Rarely have ! ever seen
either their games or their
scores mentioned in the
papers.
This year the "Shsmrocks, "
one Of the few sandlot foot
bah teams left In the District.
had an undefeated season.
Such an accomplishment by
any team certainly is worthy
Of recognition: and yet they
are to be left out again when
the outstanding football play
ers Of the year receive their
trophies at the Touchdown
Clubs banquet. in January.
Sandiot Enthusiast.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
The penguin is a bird many

1Hc penguin 10 q DiLu ulAAly
people wish might be indigo
nous to the United States.
As 1t is, we can never see
it except in ZOOS, and per-
hapS that Is enough.
Here is one Of the great
living oddities. about which
much has been written. with
the last word yet to be said.
This is because nothing
final can be written about a
living creature with such an
appeal.
Surely this lies, in the final
analysis, in the plain fact
that the penguin is not afraid
of US.
All other living things are.
Despite the pains we may
take to disguise it. the fact
is that humanity has gone
out Of its way to be mean,
cruel and vindictive to other
living things.
Including man. himself.
We may be such things as
dreams are made Of. but We
are also steel. blood and sand.
FIRE and birthstone. destruc-
ton and death.
We combine this lust for
death with an appeal almost
childish in our capacity for
finding sermons in stones
and tears in everything.
We have. used all animals,
birds, fishes and even the in
sectS, for our own good as we
say. and quote Holy Scrip
ture to back us up.
So -
The penguin somehow ap-
pcals to such living things
as us.
The way they stand before
US, IN our exploratory mo-
ments, unafraid and chal-
lenging US to do our worst.
somehow appeals to US as
much as a sunset does.
All Is not lost for us. then.
and q penguin has told us so.
It stands there IN the ice
and snow, not with silly eyes,
but with eyes wide open to
something interesting before
1t.
This trait Of curiosity binds
them to US with famous
hoops of steel. This makes
man and bird meet on an
equal plane, for II they are
curious. we are more 30.
- y
The penguin appeals TO us
because somehow II resem-
bles O man without III humor
as a part Of 1t.
In its own habitat, OF
course, it is not without the
universal peevishness that
belongs TO all created things.
evidently.
II an all-white child is
born TO 1t, its own mother
pecks it TO death. or drives
1t away unfed, and all the
Evening star., 1957-12-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iUrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Joy to the World

In the irst grade, we used to sing
from full hearts:
"0h, Christmas is coming, on
Christmas Is near,
The day toe love best OF all days
IN the rear :"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
81. PETERS BROTHERHOOD
70 NEAR ADDRESS
ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The third monthly Sunday For
um sponsored by the Brotherhood
OF st. Peters AME church will be
held Sunday. February IT. at 4:3o
p. m. at St Peters church. Fourth
Az s. at Ilst St, Minneapolis,
Topic for discussion will be.
Are the Three RS Being Neg
lected in Our Public School Teach
ing Today"
Leaders OF the discussion will be
Maynard Reynolds, Elementary
education department, University
OF Minnesota and Mrs. Alice
Dreschler. retired English teacher
in the Minneapolis school system.
Miss Dreschler spent many years
as a teacher at Central High
school
Or Ernest Lowe. chairman and
moderator Of the Forum, win pre-
side.
Luther Prince Is president OF the
forum.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
Twin City
. Church NeWs

Montgomery Improvement Asso-
citation last Sunday, when over
$3.50 was collected TO support the
campaign for indignation In the
South.
Appreciation was expressed by
Mrs. william Sayles ana Mrs.
Leola Rawlings and families to
DR.. Massey and members for kind
nesses extended to them In their
bereavement on the passing OF
their sister, Mrs. Alice Curry.
Commentator was expressed TO
the Gospel Chorus for the excellent
musicale last Sunday.
Among visitors who were in
troduced and welcomed were Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Burkey Of st.
Paul, active workers with the
Cub Scout Pack 20; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. r. Young OF Minneapolis; Adam
Smiley OF Louisville. KY. and Pri-
vate owen Price. now Of the Unit
ed States Marines. stationed in
jacksonville, Fla
The BYE met In Fellowship HAN
at 8 p. m. and at 8 p. m, the an
nual Union Interracial Service was
held at Park Baptist church with
DIR. Massey as speaker and the
three choirs singing,
On Sunday, DR.. Massey will
speak at the morning worship ser
vice and music win be by the
North Como Presbyterian church
Choir. The Senior Choir OF Pilgrim
will sing at the Presbyterian
church.
The quarterly meeting OF the
Minnesota-South Dakota Conven-
ton will be held at Bethesda Bap-
list church on Sunday. February
"a at 3 p. m.
Following the doxology, decl-
catory prayer was given by Trus-
tee s. f. Hall.
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Ten Commandment"
DeMilIe Spectacular
A. Lyric On Feb. n

Hailed rs the master film.ma
er's greatest creation. Cecil b. De-
Miles production OF The Ten
Commandment" will have It's
Northwest premiere in Minneapo-
lis on Thursday, February 2Ist at
the Lyric Theatre. when a special
benefit showing. sponsored by the
League OF Catholic Women will
open the exclusive reserved seat,
two-shows-daily engagement.
Tickets for four weeks in ad-
vance went on sale Mt the box Of
flee and by mail starting Monday
February nth.
Regarded "a potential Academy
Award commended on a number of
counts, the biggest film In motion
picture history dramatixes the life
Of Moses, one OF mankInd's great
est leaders.
Produced and directed by Mr..
DeMille In VIstavision and TechnI-
color. The Ten Commandments"
wasw rittend for the screen by
Aeneas Mackenzie, Jack Gariss.
Jesse l. Laskey Jr., and Frederic
NJ. Frank. as based upon the Holy
Scriptures and the writings OF
Philo. Josephus and others who
tin in the missing years Of Moses
life not covered In the Bible
The films mammoth cast IL led
by Charlton Heston, who portrays
Moses. the Prophet, Lawgiver and
Liberator Yul Brynner Is his op.
poncnt. the tryanicai Pharaoh
Ramases II. Also starred are Anne
Baxter. Edward q. Robinson
Yvonns De Carlo. John Derek
Zebra Pagst. Sir Cedric Hard.
wtcke, Martha Scott. Vincen,
Price. Nina Foch. Judith Ander-
son. Henry wiicuxon and many
others The monumental film fea-
lures over 90 speaking parts and
contains more than rs 900 extras
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-15
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN

Pastor c. c. Sunwall used for
his topic last Sunday, Sowing
the Seed" He said that the King
dom of God was the keynote of the
teachings Of Jesus. In the Sermon
on the Mount, Jesus spoke about
the Kingdom of God. Our govern
ment IL real. so Is the Kingdom OF
God real
The lesson today tells US about
the development Of the Kingdom
Of God. The text In Mark 4.26-29.
The seed has been sown in abund-
ance. Wherever Jesus went He
sowed the seed Some times In the
heart OF an individual, as the Sa-
marian Woman. and sometimes a
mong the multitudes.
Every Christian should be SOW
ing the seed. Good seed must be
sown. Not our thoughts. ideas or
interpretations. The seed Is the
important thing. We sow and God
will bring the increase. Because
the mouth speaketh what the
heart IL full Of, II Is important that
we lay up the Word in our hearts.
Our business il to SOW the seed.
Some will fall in good ground.
some on rocks and among thornes
and thistles. That which falls in
good ground win grow. first the
blade then the ear, then the full
grown ear There is power in the
Word. II Is the power OF God TO
salvation 20 those who believe.
There Is gradual process OF
growth. The Word sown in the
prepared heart will bring forth
fruit in abundance This is the
first harvest The Kingdom Of
Glory IL the second harvest The
good seed sown in a receptive
heart will bring forth fruits unto
eternal life.