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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30
The Goal: A Fair Trial

1t is not at all surprising that there
has been conflict among the lower courts
In interpreting the Supreme Courts rul-
ing in the JenckS casa ruling which,
in some uncertain degree, opened the
files of the FBI to defendants in criminal
cases. For this was a confused and con-
fuSing ruling-a ruling which seemed to
hold at one point that language opening
the files should be narrowly applied, and
which, at other points, seemed to hold
that it should be broadly applied.
For this reason, it is most gratifying
that Senator OMahoney's subcommittee
has moved expeditiously to enact re-
medal legislation. In its main provisions,
the bill does three things: ~ 1t clarifies
the effect of the courts decision, (2) it
erects safeguards against the needless
disclosure of confidential information in
the FBI files, and, (3) it assures accused
persons of reasonable access to material
in the files which is necessary to an ade-
quate defense. In short, it is bill which
gives assurance of fair trial without
needlesSly jeopardizing the security of
information in the files of the FBI.
This involves material modification
of the courts majority ruling. For that
ruling, as we understand it, held that
everything in the files touching" upon
testimony given at the trial must be made
available to lawyers for the defendant.
The ruling expressly held that the docu-
ments in the files must be turned over
to the defense before the trial Judge can
decide whether they are relevant or not
relevant to the case.
In its key provision the proposed bill
reverSeS this holding. 1t provides that
only documents which relate to matters
concerning which a witness has testified
are available for use at trial, and it en-
powers the trial judge to delete from any
such document material which does not
relate to the subject matter of the testi-
mony.
The intent is to guard against fishing
expeditions in the files, while providing
access to relevant information necessary
for proper defense. We think this fully
meets the requirements of fair trial, and
we hope that the bill will not be lost in
the shuttle, but will be passed before the
congressional recess.
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NonpoIiticoI Advice

There was persuasive calmneSS and
directneSS about the unanimous report
of the Senate-House Economic Subcom-
mittee on fiscal policy, in effect indorsing
current Government efforts to control
imitation. Absent and gratifyingly so,
from the concise discussion of the prob
lem was any note of political PARTISAN
ship as the three Democrats and two
Republicans joined in emphasizing the
gravity of the situation while concluding
that present credit controls and tax rates
so often attacked by administration crit
les should not be eaSed at this time.
Under the craftsmanship of Representa-
tive Mills, Arkansas Democrat and men,
Der of the Ways and Means Committee,
the joint subcommittee based its findings
largely on seven days of public hearings
and the testimony of 35 private econo-
mists and Government officials At the
same time, it was clear from the objec-
tive and dispassionate tone of the report
that the five highly qualified commit
tee members-whose personal views range
from liberal to conservative in both politi-
cal and economic matterS-had applied
themselves most seriously to this par
ticular study.
Realistically the committee ac-
knowledged that restraining imitation
"never has been and never will be an
easy job"-and it cited current demands
for tax and credit relief as typical Of the
resistance to essential hard decisions"
Similarly, the group placed responsibility
upon both Congress and the admins
tration Ito increase their efforts" to
reduce Federal spending programs-se-
lectively and with care to avoid weaken
ing national security preparations or
activities which contribute most to eco
nomic growth. AS If in answer to com
plants that tight money" policies have
hurt some segments OF the economy more
than others, the committee warned that
the burden of imitation would be "far
more inequitably distributed" and that
the alternative Of direct wage-price con-
trolls would be equally bad.
AS an expression of economic theory,
the committees findings are not novel.
Secretary of Treasury Humphrey, for
example, has made many Of the same
points-including application Of any
modest surplus to debt reduction favor
Ing tax revision and relief when there
Is large enough surplus to accommodate
them, and stressing the need for encour-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30
la in East Germany
To the surprise of absolute

To the surprise of absolutely nobody,
the East German Communist regime has
announced that its candidates have won
995 per cent of the vote in Sundays dis
trict and town elections. Such a sweep
ing victory" of course, is explained by
the fact that the polling has taken place
on a strictly one-party basis, with no
opposition tickets allowed and everything
else nicely rugged in advance to insure
an almost unanimous ia"
Although hardly worth mentioning
otherwise, this latest of the East German
elections merits at least some passing
attention as another reminder of how
the Communists make a painstaking
effort to give the impression that the
great mass Of the people actually sup
port them through the democratic proc
ess. Yet the incontrovertible fact is that
they would be ANONYMOUSLY swept out
of Office if the electorate we're allowed
to choose between them and real oppo-
sition candidates in genuinely free vote.
In the circumstances, one wonders
why the East German Reds bother to
stage their palpably fraudulent elections.
Is it possible that they think their coun-
trymen, or anybody else, can be fooled
or hoodwinked by such a mockery of
democracy? If so, then these puppets
Of the Kremlin are only deluding them
selves, and the same holds true for all
comparable regimes in the other Soviet
satellite lands.
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error which obviously origi-
mated in the House of Repre-
sentatives is failing to accept
responsibility.
These Representatives who
have no praise for the GPO.
should visit the GPO to see
how their daily is printed.
Upon leaving their air-con-
ditioned Offices to visit the
GPO composing room. they
would be greeted by a mass OF
hot air, well over 100 degrees
at times. The copy arrives
tied in packets as it is sent
from the Hill. Each sheet of
copy is numbered by some
farfetched system. It takes
good men to keep 1t in proper
order.
The duplication referred TO
III this instance obviously, as
admitted, originated on the
Hill; so how could the GPO
be accused Of "goofing" in
errors committed by those on
the Hill? With four copy cut
tiers handling the copy, it is a
wonder more Implications do
not get into the Congressional
Record.
Leonard w. Allen,
Linotype Operator Night,
Government Printing
Once.
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Hells Canyon Looms as Campaign Issue

which the pending legislation
would equally well apply. It
is well to note that in addition
to practically all the Demo-
cratic leaders always except
ing Senators Byrd and
Lausche) the Hells Canyon
Government ownership bill is
supported by all the left-wing
socialistically inclined groups
in the country.
These include, Of course, the
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton and the CIO-AFL labor
combination which politically
Is becoming more and more
dominated by Walter Reuther,
whom Arthur Schlesinger, jr.,
one Of his oiliest friends, pre-.
diets in another 10 years may
be the most powerful political
figure in the country. Had the
good Adlai Stevenson been
elected in either 1852 or 1855,
Mr.. Reuther would not have
had to wait 10 years to justify
the Schlesinger prediction.
Now. If in 1860 Reuther can
nominate and elect a Demo-
cratic President. which Is his
big objective, he will still be
out in front Of his press agent.
Naturally, Mr.. Reuther is in
favor Of the Hells Canyon
project and long ago lined UP
all the prolabor Senators in
its favor. Certainly, If the
Eisenhower veto is sustained
las it is sure to be-, there
will be no longer any question
about the issue next year. The
people will really have a
choice, uncomplicated by COM
promise or confusion. It is the
thing for which so many politi-
cal tub thumpers have been
calling for over the years.
Some Democrats Unhappy
The record will have been
made in Congress, with one
party almost solidly lined up
in favor Of Government'owner-
ship and operation along true
socialistic lines, and the other
party just as solidly asserting
its belief in private enterprise
and economy. Some Of the
Democratic strategists are not
happy over the prospects, but
there seems little they can do
about it. For one thing the
big-mouthed party demagogues
think the issue beautifully
tailored to their particular
talents and are already lead
ing the pack. For another,
there just isn't anything else
In sight. 1t is. they argue. the
old tax. tax. tax, spend,
spend, spend, elect, elect and
elect" idea-and what could
be better than that?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30

In recent weeks there have
been some widely scattered
meetings Of politicians Of both
parties with the general idea
Of developing either an attrac-
tive issue for the 1858 CAM
paign or a dynamic presiden-
tial candidate for 1860. 1t can
not be said that either party
has made anything like salts
factory progress along either
line. However, a real separa-
ton Of the two parties on a
matter of high principle does
now seem about to emerge
from Congress which can ac-
curately be called a national
issue and upon which the
country seems really divided.
This is embodied in the So
called Hells Canyon project.
The latest Senate vote on this
plan to push the Government
still further along the path Of
socialism and public-power
ownership showed 43 out of
the 40 Democratic Senators
favoring this monstrous and
costly proposal. In other words,
all the Democrats except a
few consistent and conserva-
tive friends Of private enter
prise such as Senators Byrd
and Robertson of Virginia, and
the courageous Lausche of
Ohio. On the other hand, the
Republicans in the Senate de-
nounced the bill as a wild-eyed
Government ownership and
state socialism plan whose ul-
innate cost to the taxpayers
would be close to SO billion.
Apt to Be Vetoed
The more demagogic Of the
Hells Canyon project advo-
Gates in the Senate, such as
Morse Of Oregon and Hum
phrey Of Minnesota, seem GER
tain that the Hells Canyon bill
will pass the House by the
same slender Democratic mar
gin given in the Senate. If
that should happen-and it
probably will-the President,
it is believed, will promptly
veto the bill, and certainly
there are not enough votes to
override a veto. Thus, the is
sue would be made clear, with
the Democrats almost unitedly
on record as against private
enterprise and in favor Of a
closer approach to national
socialism. and the Republicans
on record. both as to the
President and in Congress, as
strongly opposed to any further
governmental encroachment
upon private enterprise, not
only in the field of electric
power but in the field of all
the other basic industries to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30
Thumbs Down on Peipino

In his San Francisco address to the
Lions International, Secretary Dulles has
cogently explained why the United
States is firmly resolved-"under present
conditions" to extend diplomatic
recognition to Red China or engage in
trade or cultural relations with it.
The reasons for this thumbs down
policy are both obvious and compelling
To begin with, as shown particularly in
Korea, and in places like Indo- China, the
Chinese Communists are still stigmatiZed
with black record of subversion, armed
aggression and fragrant violation of their
armiStice pledges. In addition, while
abusing our nationals and continuing to
carry out bitter campaign of hate
America propaganda, they persist in
evading our country's proposal for a
reciprocal remuneration of force. Indeed,
far from welcoming such a peace-promot-
ing idea, they have frankly declared that
they will resort to military action to seize
Formosa If they cannot get it in some
other way
In these circumstances, especially
since their venom has been directed
principally at us, we can hardly establish
diplomatic relations with the Chinese
Communists without doing serious dam
age to ourselves as self-respecting Ma
ton. And by the same token, as Mr..
Dulles has said, it is virtually certain that
such recognition would have tremen-
dously perplexing and discouraging psy-
Geological effect on great numbers of
people in mainland China who are Bit
terly opposed to the Peiping tyranny.
Moreover, it would deeply confuse and
depreSS the FormoSa Nationalist and all
those countries and governments of free
Asia that look to us for leadership in
holding the line against further Red
SubverSion and aggression.
All this argues powerfully for the view
that our policy regarding Red China, in
the situation now prevailing, must be
based on the proposition that neither
recognition, trade nor cultural relations,
or all three" would be wise. On the con-
trary, in Mr. Dulles judgment, such action
would be dangerous folly, and our Gov
eminent must therefore stand firm
against it. But for how long? Is our
American position to be everlaStingly
negative toward Peiping? The Secretary
has answered by saying that the United
States will shift to more affirmative line
when, as and if the Chinese Communists
change for the better, and he has voiced
the hope-perhaps too optimiStically-
that their rule will be impermanent and
relatively Shortlived.
In any event, never" is not realis-
tic or common-SenSe word in interna-
tional affairs, and Mr.. Dulles has been
careful not to use it in ruling out early
American recognition of Red China. For
the process of change is always so much
at work in the world that nobody can tell
today what effect it will have upon poll
cies tomorrow. Four or five years from
now, or possibly even sooner, we may we'll
find it highly desirable to have good
relations with Peiping-even if it is still
Communist. as 1t is likely to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30

There is something new un-
der the sun in our National
Capital-a Moslem mosque. 1t
is already the Mecca" for a
constant stream of visitors
from all over the world. The
fact that a graceful minaret
rises above richly artistic edi-
flee, designed to be a religious
and cultural center. marks
Washington, more than ever.
as a world city. An Islamic
minaret has thus taken its
place amid a forest of spires
in the monumental capital on
which are focused the eyes Of a
fear-haunted world. This jew
eled emblem which has been
called'"a poem against the sky"
has been warmly welcomed as
it takes its place in this ex-
panding metropolis in which
the illumined dome speaks of
a freedom which is white and
winning and Of an America
whose roots are deep in spirit
ual verities.
The lifting of a religious
symbol reverenced by 500 mil
lion living human beings who
look to Mohammed as the
prophet of the eternal and who
also. in their sacred book. the
Koran, reverence Jesus OF
Nazareth, is a highly signifl-
cant event in the present global
struggle 'twixt the darkness
and the light. In that titanic
contest, America is the des-
tined arsenal of liberty and the
Islamic hosts. with their en-
phasis across the ages on the
one God over all. have much
indeed to contribute.
This dream Of marble splen-
dor occupying one of the most
commanding sites Of the Capt.
tai. across the years Of its
building, has been opening like
a rare blossom of architectural
loneliness.
The heart Of its almost
breath-taking interior is so
hauntingly exquisite as to
suggest Washington Irving's
unforgettable description Of
SPANS Alhambra. Apart from
its religious significance the
edifice is such a creation Of
sheer beauty climaxed by the
towering ethereal glory Of the
minaret as to make every lover
of the Nations Capital CRATE
full that such a gem has been
added to her treasures. The
multicolored. polished col
umns and here and there blue
patches which seem to have
fallen from the bending skies
somehow seem to frame
Charles Kingsley's words:
Beauty is Gods handwriting.
Welcome it, therefore. in every
fair face, every fair sky, every
fair flower land he might
have added every fair temple)
and thank Him for 1t who is
the fountain of all loneliness"
How often when God would
lead to the beauty of holiness
He makes a stairway to 1t by
the holiness of beauty!
The mosque weaves a spell
with its aura and aroma of the
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daily call to prayer as worship
ers responding PROSTATE them
selves with faces toward
Mecca which. as a holy place
going back to Abraham, has
been the symbol of faith for
more than 1900 years.
Mohammed must be ac-
knowledged as the most po-
tent personality to appear
after the fall of Rome. Begin
ming the crusade In his native
Arabia. his passion vas to
smash the gross. polytheistic
idolatry Of his degenerate day.
and to turn his countrymen to
the worship of the one God.
Ridiculed. threatened, perse-
cuted. he boldly faced false
friends and cunning foes with
the sublime proclamation. IF
the sun stood at my right hand
and the moon at my left order
ing me to hold my peace l
would still declare there is but
one God"
1t is an almost unbelievable
historical fact that within a
decade of the dark days that
marked the lowest ebb of his
fortunes, he had achieved a
moral and religious revolution
among people sunk in the
abyss Of Grass idolatry and had
transformed an ignorant, de-
graded nation into a conquer
ing empire which spread from
India across parts of Asia,
Europe and Africa to the Pill
lars of Hercules. The cry.
There is but one God" was
not an empty fetish. That be-
lief at its best involved shining
virtues, charity, justice. for
bearance. benevolence, self
denial. Mohammed counseled
his disciples to return good for
evil, TO restrain the passions,
to bride the tongue. to be
patient under. injury. and to
submit ones life to the Most
High and to pray TO the one
God.
There could be no more
propitious time for the cree
ton Of this place Of worship,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30
A Minoret Amid the Spires
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Of study, Of interchange Of
thought, Of mutual under
standing. than this crucial day.
Surely it is a time not to
emphasize the difference of
those whose faith is in the
one God, but to unite hearts
and hands as Christianity and
Islam join in a cry resounding
around the world. There is
but one God. and He is SOW
ereign over ALL"
The millions of Islam who
today make that affirmation
are bound to deny the ma
terialistic basis of atheistic
communism under the hammer
and the sickle. The essence
of that goddess system is to
bow down to earthly idols as
pernicious as those against
which Mohammed protested
in his day. The followers of
Mohammed by their declared
creed are arraigned against
that which denies the very
essentials of their deepest be-
liefs. Today the red flag of
a goddess piracy bent on world
aggression waves over vast
hordes of those whose mad
masters have as their avowed
product mechanical, regi-
mented robots and who ridi-
cule the God whom both Mus
Inns and Christians worship
and adore. In the present
world crisis the cross and the
crescent are natural allies in
the solemn insistence, as Lin
coin put it. that life itself
must be under God" 1t is
imperative that. forgetting the
things that are behind, these
two faiths unite in building
bulwarkS against the threat
ened flood of atheism.
Spires and minarets are the
hope Of a fairer world. They
both point to the same God
Their voices join in the cry.
There is but one God, and
He is above the statep The
mosques of Islam, the syna-
gogueS Of Judaism and the
churches Of Christianity have.
as a part of their common
creed. the truth enunciated by
Moses and Jesus and Mo-
manned, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with
all thy soul and with all thy
mind and thy neighbor as thy
SELF Whoever says that for
this generation, with power
and persuasion. speaks for
God. This is the significance
OF the minaret amid the
spires.
CThis "Spire." written AZ
years ago. was sent forth by
the United States Department
OF State to wide areas of the
East to foster understanding
and is here reprinted by re-
quest of Islamic and Chris
tan leaders on the occasion
OF the dedication of the COM
pleted mosque in the presence
OF diplomats from many coun-
tries and of the President of
the United States.)
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

her own right and to follow her
husband into the African bush
than for Schweitzer himself,
who. after all, like a modern
st. Francis, saw in this serv-
ice for the most unfortunate
the only means Of mental sur
vival for himself. 1t can be
said now that without the
warm aid and comfort of
Helene, who was on his side
during the most difficult and
darkest hours of his life. even
such a genius and strong phi
losopher as Albert Schweitzer
might have faltered in his SUI
perhuman efforts.
Henry Walter Brann.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The Districts Juvenile Court
was termed a success when il
closed its first year Of opera
ton so years ago. On June
80. 1907. The Star reported
When the Juvenile Court was
adjourned yesterday after
noon it marked the end of
the first years work of the
Capital City's youngest tri-
bunal. Those who have been
interested in the court, its
work. its procedure and its
results, are said to agree that
the court has been successful
IN meeting conditions with
which it was intended to cope.
According to the records of
the court. recently summa-
rized by Bailiff William A.
Hickey. 1904 cases were heard,
including more than $500 ju-
veniles. and $50 parents hailed
in for failing to support their
children, or an average of
more than six cases involving
eight defendants every court
day. During the year there
was collected in fines or COL
lateral nearly $4,000, paid over
to the District, and more than
$4,000 was collected in the
nonsupport cases and paid for
the support Of wives and
children. Measured also by
figures. the success of the
court is shown by the fact that
only SO Of more than 1900
children were before the
court a second time -
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Defends Printers

The article in The Sunday
Star Of June 90. entitled
Speech Printed Twice But
Nobody Made It," provokes me
to protest.
Every time something goes
wrong concerning the Con-
gressional Record. the tend
ency is to blame the Govern
ment Printing ONCE.
When 1t comes to typo
graphical errors. misplaced
commas, and the like, the fault
lies. naturally. with the GPO.
To blame the GPO for an
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

mystic East. With a feeling
akin to Wordsworth's Rain
bow Rhapsody we exclaim,
My heart leaps up when I
behold this glory against the
sky"
The minaret with its lofty
parapet where is sounded the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-30

aging real savings. Coming from an infiu-
entail joint committee, however, the con-
illusions of Mr.. Mills and his associates
give important support to these orthodox
economic views and help to remove some
of the political football" atmosphere
from consideration of the problem