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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-14
.NAACP and the Police

Whatever the commissioners may
decide to do about the local NAACP's
charges of police brutality and discrimi-
nation, it should be done promptly. The
first thing to be done is to obtain from
Chief Of Police Murray statement Of
the facts and circumstances, as the
police see them, in each of the cases
cited by the NAACP president in the
.Laughlin. This report should be made
public as quickly as it can be completed.
The next step poses something Of
problem, because of such circumstances
as these:
/. The original resolution by the
NAACP Executive Committee called for
the removal Of Chief Murray. The COM
mittee charged that he tolerated bru-
tally, abused the prerogatives of his
Office, gave aid and comfort to policemen
who violated the law and police regu-
lations, exhibited racial prejudice in the
promotion and assignment of police
officers. Mr. Davidson, the NAACP
president, now Clarifies such charges
in his letter to Mr. Mclaughlin. The
charges, he says, are not "in their es-
sence" against Chief Murray as person,
bat as the head of the Police Depart
lnent and a proponent of archaic police
methods, doing his best as he sees it,
but incapable of comprehending the
role of Police Department in democ-
racy."
2. The same letter now makes
Commissioner Mclaughlin co-defend-
ant with Chief Murray. AS Police Com
missioner, the letter points out, he is
responsible for the Police Department.
He is also charged with condoning, by
his silence, the deprivation of civil
rights represented in "beatings and kill
ing" by the police, and in failing to
remedy conditions in the department
repeatedly called to his attention. Most
of the Recommendation" of the NAACP
charges, the letter alleges, is already
known to Mr.. Mclaughlin. For it is in
his files or he has been told about it.
8. The NAACP president suggests
that the Commissioners disqualify them
selves as an investigative body, and it
is obvious that any proceedings to de-
termine the competency of Chief Murray
to continue in Office would require that
Commissioner Mclaughlin join him in
the dock.
In such circumstances, therefore,
when the Commissioners complete their
own assembly of facts in the case, they
should ask the President to direct that
an investigation be made by the Depart
ment of Justice. That investigation
should prove to anybody'S satisfaction
either that something is wrong with the
local government and its Police Depart
ment, or that the conduct Of the local
.NAACP is as reckless and as irresponsi-
BILE as the tone Of its communications
would indicate. The public is entitled
to know, from the facts gathered by
some agency such as the FBI, which is
which.
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

In this epochal day a
thousand things point away
from ourselves. Our eyes are
glued to a telescope scam
ming the horizons. We are
held spellbound by what Is
happening in the world. New
discoveries and systems radi-
cally alter the pattern of
living and social experiments
change the political land
scape. Our attention is
riveted on the ends of the
earth as revolutions, like
swirling tornadoes, sweep the
world. Democracy and tyr
amy are locked in a life and
death global struggle. Much
OF what we call news is
composed of battle bulletins.
We have our ears bent to the
trembling ground for up-to-
the-minute flashes concern
ing the tense situation at
home and abroad. Living
rooms, dens, and even bed
rooms are equipped with
modern miracles of seeing
and hearing. The whole wide
world is portrayed before our
gaze. 1t is all fabulous-but
it is dangerous.
Watching with anxiety the
undeniable trend of the
times. a keen thinker warns
Of one dire danger as he says,
Modern inventions have
made it so easily possible to
pass the time without think
ing that many people get
along without it very well.
There is so much to look at,
movies, television, and those
picture books that go by the
strange name of comics.
Staring readily becomes an
easy substitute for thinking"
The late Fred Allen
prophesied that in another
generation we will have eyes
as big as cantaloupes and
brains the size Of a split pea
we use our eyes so con-
stantly and our brains so
little. Pictures and broadcasts
keep us roaming the world
with the greatest of ease.
Crises and problems are our
daily meat. The day ends as
some voice relates to us what
he sees in his crystal ball.
At long last 1t is time to shut
out the booming world with
Nov / lay me down to sleep."
But what about the me"
whose eyes and ears have
been so captured and en-
crossed? All. that is the prob
lem Of problemsI In all the
turnult and shouting Of these
Notwithstanding days. the me"
is too often the tragically
forgotten factor. The psy.
Geological trick that these
times are playing on multi
tudes of people is to keep in
dividuals so intensely con-
cerned with questions that
engirdle this terrestrial ball
that they are not even aware
that each person carries
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little farmer" On the other hand, So
cial studies have indicated that small
farm communities have virtues impor-
tant to the American way of life. 1t
seems clear enough, however, that no
answer has yet been found-politically
or economically-for their preservation,
and the small farmer" whose produc-
tion-not his profit-ranges from $3.50
to 81 200 year may be financially bet
ter OF with job in a nearby factory.
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THE GAME OF POLITICS
Bockqround on Civil Riqhts Issue
By FRANK R. KENT

basic idea Of Senator Guffey
was that he could be re-
elected in Pennsylvania, q
strong Republican State with
a big Negro vote. II he could
gain the full support of Mr..
Roosevelt for an assault on
that vote. The aStute Mr..
Farley quickly grasped the
political merit Of the Guifey
suggestion but also was clever
enough to see that II it
worked In Pennsylvania it
would also work In q number
Of other States. Together
they presented the plan to
Mr.. Roosevelt, who enthusi-
astically embraced 1t. He
actively co-operated with q
number Of Negro Federal APP
pointments and In various
other ways as well. To sup
plant this. literally thousands
of Negro pastors. deacons,
bishops and teachers were
put on the Democratic COM
mittee payroll and sent On
oratorical tasks into States.
outside the Solid South,
where the Negro vote was a
factor. The result was that
in all these States the Negro
vote, for years a basic Repub-
lican asset. was transposed
into a Democratic asset.
While Mr.. Roosevelt probably
could have been reelected
anyhow that year this Gufy-
Farley coup certainly ac-
counted for the extraordi-
nary size Of his victory and
the number Of Republican
States that went Democratic,
Back in Politics
In brief, the racial issue
not only had been revived.
but was back in politics up to
its dirty neck. In every cleo
ton since 1896 the Demo-
Gratis, with the potent help
Of the Walter Reuther type
Of labor leadership. have
striven nightly to hold fast
to the Negro vote. Equally.
the Republicans in every
campaign have tried to re-
cover their basic asset. I'm
doubtedly. there are men in
both parties, North as we'll
as South. who cherish sincere
convictions on this subject
ano whose attitude is nom
political. Nevertheless, most
Of the political hypocrisy is
in the big Northern and
Western States where the
Negro vote is not dominant.
but extremely helpful to the
Democratic Party. Most of
the sincerity is in the South.
where Negro political domi-
nance is deeply feared and
where every step toward in
tegration is regarded as a
step toward intermarriage
and a breakdown of all social
bars. This, Of course. is the
real reason for the desperate
nature Of Southern resistance
to the present proposals. This
is why any compromise is re-
garded as wicked--and why
the South, though outnum-
bered, will fight to the finish.
1t is an issue that can not be
wholly settled by either
Supreme Court decree or
congressional act.
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As this week opens. there
arises upon the American po-
litical scene the most violent
and vicious issue with which
this country has ever con-
tended. Once it split the Ma
ton, caused q bloody civil
war and after 90 years the
wounds still remain not
wholly healed.
Reference. Of course. is to
the racial issue. in the
form Of the so-called civil
rights bills now before the
Senate. At the noment there
is q good deal Of talk con-
corning q compromise which
would avoid the long fili-
buster now planned by the
Southern Senators and which
might end In bad feelings
that could last for genera
tions. At this writing, the
various compromise propos-
ais, including the one for jury
trial in cases OF court con-
tempt, seem without much
hope.
1t will be more or less q
miracle II this overshadow-
ing fight can be avoided. The
unfortunate thing is that the
issue is almost completely
saturated with politics and
emotion. So far as politics
is concerned, there was q
long period, stretching from
about the close Of the Civil
War until 1885, when the
race issue seemed almost
wholly out Of politics. The
Negro vote. largely concen-
trated in the South. was con-
cededly Republican. There
was an almost complete lack
Of struggle for 1t between the
two parties. Also. there was
considerable peaceful pro-
gress toward the civil
rights" around which now
RACES so inglorious Q battle.
The situation was one in
which most public men saw
neither profit nor sense in
the injection Of politics. Most
politicians were relatively
calm. Very few wanted a con-
gressional struggle - or a
party contest-over segrega-
ton or any other explosive
proposal bound up In the
racial issue. There was no
excitement and little interest
in 1t.
ROosevelt's Strategy
All this ended in 1895 when
the late Franklin d. Roose-
welt was running for re-elec-
ton against ALI Landon Of
Kansas. Mr.. Roosevelt could
easily have beaten Mr.. Lam
don II the racial issue had re-
manned outside Of politics.
But he chose to inject it and
Fundamentally lent the full
weight Of his administration
to a scheme concocted by ex-
Senator Guffey of Pennsyl-
vania and Chairman James
A. Farley of the Democratic
National Committee. This
plot has been often told in
this column-but its full in
EQUITY seems never to have
been fully appreciated. The
present situation appears to
justify its repetition. The
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around with him his chief
problem: himself.
Once again mass evange-
lism is front page news as
the old time religion" in
vades the Nations metropolis.
However. its appeal is not to
masses, but to cases. Its CEN
trail message as in former
days is. you must be
changed" Such movements
are not primarily concerned
with social transformation.
All great evangelists have
known that social Utopias
are doomed to final failure
unless, at the same time, in
dividuals are brought to grips
with themselves. AS eminent
a social thinker as Henry
George declared, Behind the
social problem lies the prob
lem of the individual" The
well-known aphorism, THE
soul of all improvement is
the improvement of the soul"
Is forever the fundamental
affirmation of Christianity.
1t finds the pivot, the center,
the hinge of all true uplift
and reformation in the in
dividual.
Men were always startled
out of their obsession with
matters outside themselves
at Christ's constant insist
ence on inward change.
What. me?" was the reac-
ton again and again. Eyes, -"
urged the Master. "You.
You must be born again"
The old Negro song is on
solid ground, Its not my
pastor, my teacher or my
neighbor, it's me, o Lord,
standin' in need of prayer. "
A preacher friend of mine
after deep thought an d
searching of soul brought a
pertinent message to a large
congregation at a church
where he was a guest preach
er. He meant to probe in
dividual souls in a message
not just to comfort the af-
flicted. but especially to af-
flict the comfortable. After
the service a woman said to
him, with glowing satisfsc-
ton, Il certainly enjoyed
that sermon. It's just what
these people need" He rec
ognized a common type which
is expert on checking up
on the faults Of others. II
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Sunday Shopping

The July 4. 1857, issue Of
The Star carried a letter
from Lillian Sinclair Large
objecting to Archbishop
O'Boyle's interest in limiting
Sunday shopping to neces-
stiles. This all began by a
letter from the archbishop
to the various pastors in the
Washington Archdiocese. His
letter was an internal COM
munication read by pastors
from their pulpits and in
tended for Catholics. The
archbishop Is charged with
the duty Of leading his flock.
He Is doing no more than
that.
Donald M. COunihan.
- -
A letter from Lillian Sin
clair Large misses the point
Of Archbishop O'Boyle's let
ter about the avoidance OF
unnecessary shopping on
Sunday.
Since all Christians observe
Sunday as their Sabbath, I
feel that his letter was timely
and appreciated by a large
number Of people.
Articles are appearing in
many newspapers and maya
zines by ministers Of other
faiths about Sunday Shop
ping" They. too. are remind
ing their members q Gods
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II would seem Washing
ton has been forever in the
midst Of q building boom.
A half q century ago, on
July 20, 1907, The Star re-
ported: "Wondrous changes
have been wrought in WASH
ington within the past dec
ade. It is as If the Nations
Capital was undergoing re-
Mobilization. Many millions
of dollars have been spent
in construction work within
that period. and from all
indications many more will
be expended before there is
a halt in the march of i'm
provements. To one who has
been absent from Washing
ton these past few years it
is a revelation to note the
transformation which has
taken place here. In fact
there would be many sur
prises for those who have
not been away from the city
if they made q tour Of the
District. Not all Of the citi-
zens Of the Capital compre-
bend the full extent Of what
has been done or what is in
contemplation. Visit a Sec
ton Of the city that YOU
have not been to for even a
year and you will find that
new buildings have risen on
the site Of old familiar land
marks to your surprise :"
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Competition

Business competition some
times took odd forms so years
ago. The Star. in a dispatch
from Valdez, Alaska, reported
on July 5. 1907: "One man is
dead. another is fatally in
jured, and nine seriously
wounded as the result Of a
first conflict between the Gug-
genheim and the Bruner In
terests at Katalia on Wednes-
day. The fight is over q right
Of way which the Bruner
forces are protecting. The
Guggenheim interests sta
toned detachments of armed
men at points commanding
the disputed ground early in
the day. Tony Depascal. in
charge Of a party Of laborers.
started out to lay track over
the Bruner right Of way under
cover OF a fire from these
camps. Brisk FIRE was opened
from the Bruner camp, but
Depascal's men succeeded in
capturing the steel Go Devil
on which the Bruner camp
has relied TO destroy the work
done by their opponents. Rep
resentatives Of the Bruner in
tercsts are making every en-
deavor to have Gov. Hoggart
order troops TO the scene Of
hostilities.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

newspaper - that Japanese
spies had been detected
sketching in the Navy Yard
md evicted-Admiral Leutze
was highly indignant over the
circulation Of such "a story.
and declared in the strongest
terms that there was not a
word Of truth in 1t.
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SoIutes Chief Murray

I want to take my hat of
to Police Chief Robert v.
Murray. as one who has
sense enough tc see through
the NAACP guise and TO
stand up for his rights and
TO stand his ground.
Frances KeFey.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
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.bsconded

The Police Department was
having It's worries so years
ago. On July 6. 1907. The
Star reported: "Since the dis
appearance last Wednesday Of
James Arthur Kemp. as stated
exclusively in yesterdays Star.
Maj. Sylvester has learned
some surprising things about
the dual life Of his chief clerk
during the past year or more
The downfall Of the trusted
clerk was q severe shock TO
Mai. Sylvester and other po-
lice fflcials. but others con-
nected with the department
expressed no surprise. They
knew he had been playing the
races heavily and that he had
been in the habit Of keeping
company with disreputable
women, but 1t was not until
after he had gone away that
they told what they knew about
him. II is declared that
the first Mai. Sylvester knew
OF the dereliction was when
he met Mrs. Flynn. the widow
Of Policeman Michael Flynn
who committed suicide several
weeks ago. Mrs. Flynn wanted
the death benefit due her,
which amounted TO 1897, and
had experienced some difficulty
In getting 1t. :" The chief
clerk, the story said. vanished
the morning he was 70 have
paid the 1897 TO Mrs. Flynn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-25
Contract Awarded
For Gu Buildings

Catholic University today an
nounced the awarding of a con-
tract for a new physics building
and enlargement of it'll John K.
Mullen Library to John Tester
& Son, Inc, Washington con-
struction firm.
Construction on the 81, 675, zoe
project will start Immediately
according to the Most Rev
Bryan j. McEntegart, rector
The architects are Murphy and
Locraft Of Washington.
The tive-story physics build.
ing will be built next to Shahan
Hall. It viii include seven teach.
ing laboratories and extensive
facilities for advanced research
in q variety of fields.
There also will be a lecture.
demonstration room seating 100
as well as Offices and q 1000
volume library.
Two new wings are to be
added to the Mullen Library
increasing capacity by 100000
volumes. A rare. book room tt
hold 5000 volumes will be 9
Feature.
4
Completion is expected b,
early next year.
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Permit for 456-Unit
Housing ProjectAsked

An application for the required
permits to build q new 456-
family public housing project in
Southwest Washington has been
filed with city officials by Ma
tional Capital Housing Author
ity.
Construction Of the project
Greenleaf Gardens. is expected
to begin before summer. The
necessary sites, mostly slums
have been acquired and the old
structures RACED.
Near Areas B and C
The dwellings. named after
James Greenleaf. an early de-
veloper Of the Southwest, will be
bounded by !, N, Canal and
Third streets. Southwest rede-
velopment area B Is located just
Ito the north, and redevelopment
area c to the west.
It will be the second public
housing undertaking here to in.
clude elevator apartments, tc
accommodate elderly or inf1rm
tenants. There will be two Of
these structures - one eight
stories high, the other i've stories
with a total of 326 dwelling
units. They will consist Of one
1.-TWO and three bedrooms.
The remaining 100 units o.
the project will be two-story row
houses arranged with garden
courts. These will have VI
Ito five bedrooms.
More Units Planned
Completion Of Greenleaf Gar
dens will raise to about 25,00(
the number Of low-income famil,
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1.l-million-unit total last year
Is. probable this year.
The report said factors con-
tributing to the upward price
movement include increased land
costs, higher coming require
ments and preferential prices for
mortgages on larger homes,
among others. It said the eur
rent tight money market" APP
pears to have played a major
role in the reduction in the num-
Der Of housing units built.
Mayors of 131 cities cooper
ated in the study. The report
said the Mayors recommended
aid for middle-income families
in the form of more favorable
mortgage terms, direct Govern
ment loans and more effective
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accommodated by
public housing here in 6,416
units. Another 1929 units are
being planned.
Three elementary and one
junior high school are located
nearby, and the playground Of
one abuts the Greenleaf prop
|erty. The new development will
be the third erected in the
Southwest.
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bracket are being squeezed out
Of the housing market.
Low-income families also were
described as suffering from
housing shortages said by the
report to be plaguing most of
the Nations cities. However,
poorer families are eligible for
low-rent public housing, the
study noted.
The subcommittee staff said
the building industry ''is con-
cerned with the question of
whether it is pricing itself out
Of the market" The report cited
figures showing that housing
production had dropped by 200,-
900 units last year in the face
of a rising need. And it said a
further falling of" from the
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tional Guards 167th Fighter
.Interceptor Squadron.
1t. Col. Joseph Crane, COM
|manding officer. said the build
ing Of reinforced concrete would
cost $4,000 to 500. 1000. depend
ing upon q final decision on
size.
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Housing Report
|AssaiIs Prices
BY the Associated Press

A Senate report says an up
ward trend in the prices Of new
homes has brought the housing
industry to a point where it Is
serving primarily the upper
income groups"
The report. prepared by the
staff of the Senate Housing Sub
committee, said yesterday fami-
lies in the middle Income
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Air Guard Will Get
BUILDING for Rockets

MARTNSBURG. w. Va, Jan.
IS GA rocket storage build
ing win be built at Municipal
Airport for use of the Air Ma
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Shop tonight until $50 Corners falls Church, Va
and Bethesda Budget Store. Washington store open
until pm. All our stores open Saturday, $50 to s.
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FREE PARKING AMoco sTATIoN--on K St. NV bet 9TH /

Morket Hours: Mondoy thru Thursdoy AM PM Friday
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Thanksgiving dinner. here
. are q few pointers to keep
in mind. The turkey should
, be stuffed just before roast
ing. Don't stuff 1t ahead
: Of time. The bread crumbs
and seasonings may be
mixed in advance and re-
frigerated. but combining
. them with the liquid Is a
last-minute affair.
Above all, don't freeze an
. uncooked, stuffed turkey or
q cooked -stufed turkey.
There are too many has-
ards.
Allow q to / cup of
stuffing for each pound
ready-to-cook weight. Rub
the cavity lightly with salt
and spoon the stufing into
the neck and body cavities.
Don't pack stufhng tightly.
If you do, you, wind UP
with a soggy mass and the
bird may burst when the
stufhng expands during
cooking.
Fill the neck cavity first.
Skewer the neck skin to
back. Then fill body and
lace the opening to hold
the stuf1ing. Tie drum
sticks to tail, or push them
under the bridge of skin If
that is the way the turkey
has been dressed.
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dash pepper. I cup finely
chopped celery a cup
finely chopped onion.
cup butter or margarine. 2
beaten eggs. " cup chicken
broth or water. Toss to-
gether bread cubes. crum-
bled cornbread and sea-
sonings. Cook celery and
onion in butter till tender
but not brown; pour over
bread. Add eggs and toss
lightly to mix. Moisten
with broth and toss. Makes
six cups, or enough for q
6-to-8 pound turkey, or
two roasting chickens.