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of the new installation may eliminate
the need for restoring two of the three
stations destroyed in Syria. And while
it may take as much as a year to have
the necessary new station in full opera
ton in Syria technicians estimate that
the damaged stations may be by-passed
meanwhile to permit limited flow of
new oil. 1t is estimated that pipeline
transport within a week can reach an
annual rate of about II million tons,
representing welcome 10 per cent of
normal West European consumption de-
rived from all sources.
There are other potential benefits
In restoration of the oil movement. Re-
lations between Syria and Iraq have been
strained for long time and for many
reasons. The monetary cost of the oil
blockade has served to worsen this re-
lationship. This factor, at least, will be
relieved somewhat by getting the lines
back in service. To this extent, it
should play its part in relieving the over
all tensions of the area.
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Smoke Screen?

The International Brotherhood of
TeamSters is not improving its position
before the court of public opinion" by
adopting defiant resolutions about main
tanning united front against anti
union" attacks in the Mcclellan commit
tee investigation. Such a resolution was
the fruit of an eleven-state Western Con-
ference meeting in San Francisco last
week end.
Reacting to the committees sordid
disclosures Of vice and underworld activi-
ties of the union in Oregon, the San
Francisco delegates voted their conf
dence" in Frank w. Brewster, Western
Conference president, and Clyde Crosby,
the unions international representative
in Oregon. Both were under fire in the
committees hearings last week as being
prominent in the eXtracurricular opera
tons of the union. Crosby already is
under indictment on charges growing out
of Portland police investigation on vice
operations in the city. Brewster is charged
with taking brides to permit setting up
gambling machines under protection of
the teamSterS.
The tone of the San Francisco meet
ing was not one to encourage confidence
that the union leadership, at least, has
any feeling it needs to mend its ways.
Joseph j. Diviny, vice president, de
fined the purpose" of the meeting. His
definition was constructed largely
around an explanation that the investi-
cation is being used by certain employers
to try to divert the unions from their
normal course Of operation" In remind
ing the delegates that I'VE will always
have enemies" Mr. Diviny implied that
the committee itself has some sinister
antiunion bias. 1t is doubtful if Mr..
Diviny believes this, and we are sure that
the court of public opinion" does not.
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High Fares

The House of Representa-
tives wasn't getting along too
well with the people who ran
Washington's StreetcarS a half
a century ago. On March 3,
1907. The Star reported: The
House of Representatives last
night passed the bill authoriz-
ing the extension Of the local
street railway system to the
Union Station. and by a deci-
sive vote adopted an amend
ment providing for Scent
fares in the District of Column
bia. 1t is conceded, even
by the most ardent railway re-
formers in the House. that the
3-cent fare amendment has no
chance of getting through the
Senate. and consequently last
nights performance by the
House is valuable chiefly as an
indication of the temper of
the lower branch of the Ma
tional Legislature in regard to
local street railway corpora
tions. Representative
James Of Kentucky. author Of
the 3-cent fare amendment,
=. considered it an outrage.
he said, in view of the enor-
nous dividends that both
these corporations are paying
on watered stock, that they
should be permitted to charge
a cash fare of S cents or to
sell six tickets for a quar-
ter.
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Reopeninq the Pipelines

One more step toward clearing away
the costly after-effects of last years
Anglo-French-I Israeli invasion Of Egypt
has been taken in Syria's announcement
that repair Of the oil pipelines may be
Syria TO Mediterranean ports, were shut
of early last November when Syrian
agents sabotaged three pumping stations.
The price has been high. West European
markets have been deprived of pipeline
undertaken at once. Three lines owned
by the Iraq Petroleum Company, which
transport oil from Iraqi fields across
supplies that usually averaged about "a
million tons annually. Iraq, forced to
shut down the Mosul field and curtail
production sharply in the Kirkuk area,
has been losing royalty revenue at rate
of about $40 million monthly Syria has
lost the monthly fees charged for transit
of the oil.
There are reasons, however, for some
optimism concerning the future. In the
past four months, engineers have fin
ished installation of five new high
pressure pumps in the Kirkuk field that
can increase the flow from that produce
Ing area from Is million to SO million
tons annually. In addition, the power
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Fan Limbers Up, Too

Although the temperature
readings are still in the freez-
ing range. spring is in the air.
Yes. nature is just busting out
all over: crocuses are abloom,
trees abud. mallards winging
northward and high rumped
convertibles are tipping all
over the place.
Far to the southwark, down
Orlando way. there are also
indications Of a change in the
season. At long last spring
training for our baseball team
Is under way. Our perennially
optimistic manager is watch
ing veterans and hopefuls
timber UP. while the big boss
sits in the sun and babbles
endlessly about a trade"
There are no new faces in
camp, not even one exciting
new prospect, but this is spring
SO we can dream of opening
day and maybe a berth in the
first division. While there is
life there is hope. and there
is life in some Of our veterans.
at least they are warm--for
the time being.
Angus Sinclair.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

but in Washington in 1859 /
was in the beautiful stadium in
Mexico City. seating 100, 900,
for the opening OF the Pan
American Games. and it was
the thrill of my life. Mexico
City. with its limited resources,
can afford to hold these games.
Some say Washington cannot.
We need a stadium here in
Washington. not only for these
games, but other sports events.
With the Olympic Games
scheduled for Rome in 1860.
it's logical they will be awarded
TO the United States in 1864.
What more logical city to hold
the 1864 Olympic Games. than
Washington, d. c.?
l. like many living in the
Washington area. have come
from another city. Frankly, l
think Washington has been a
hick town long enough. Let's
plan and build this much
needed stadium, and show
other nations, as we'll as our
own people, that Washington
is truly our Capital City.
Lester L, Tharpe.
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Pan American Games

I have read with interest
your article on the Pan Ameri-
can Games. scheduled for
Cleveland. Ohio. in August,
1859. Ohio Senator Lausche, in
terming them a "nonessential
event undeserving OF Federal
financing, is typical OF the
average person, unacquainted
with the tremendous good that
can be derived from these
games. as well as the Olympics.
am SURPRISED that a distin-
puiShed Senator would make
such a remark.
1t was my privilege and
pleasure to attend the Pan
American Games in Mexico
City in March, 1855. Every
morning. prior to the after
noon events. / observed the
athletes Of various countries
engaged in friendly conversa-
ton and exchange Of ideas, on
the beautiful and spacious
campus of the University Of
Mexico. ! met and talked with
many Of them. l was impressed
with the manner in which all
participants conducted them
selves, regardless Of race, creed
or color. There, and on the
athletic field. there was no
racial discrimination. The
American athletes were truly
ambassadors of goodwill. Quite
a contrast to the report OF
Americans. in other countries.
in another capacity.
The Pan American Games
should be held nowhere else
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face the disconcerting fact.
In spite of rather rosy yet
often specious figures with re-
gard to church building and
church attendance in this Ma
ton supposed to be the show
case of religious faith, with
God recognized even on its
coins and now in its Pledge
OF Allegiance. moral delin-
quency is so debauching. spirit
ual illiteracy is so appalling,
secularism is so blighting and
money poured out for strong
drink and softening luxuries
is such a mighty torrent con-
trasted with the tiny trickle
for character building enter
prises that 1t is no wonder that
by more than one writing
prophet Of these days We are
4eninded that the symptoms
in contemporary America are
ominously similar to those of
Rome just before the fall.
Alas that we must confess
that it is with a bleached and
anemic creed that in this day
We are called to face the ire
mendouS world crisis of these
fearful days. We are called to
mobilize against the mailed
impact of overwhelming num-
bers whose fanatical II believe"
thunders around a shrinking
world. But it is a creed which
rises no higher than the dust
beneath humanity's feet. In
less the II believe" of the free
world as mlrrored in the de-
votion and dedication of these
sacred weeks has back of it
the resistleSs spiritual assets
OF which any atheistic ma
terialistic is impoverished, we
face a future of immeasurable
gloom and terrible catastro-
phe. 1t is as serious as that.
Only a revitalized Il believe"
can cancel a date with dooms-
day.
But this is the victory that
overcometh the world even
our faith-but it is a faith
which must be practiced in
every relationship of life. The
so-called Christianity of the
West can never win by swing
ing traditional phrases around
by the tail and calling it the
orthodox faith" For far too
many. their creed is as Cole
ridge characterized it, bed
ridden truths which lie asleep
in the dormitory of their
minds" The victory of right
eousness over the present as
saults of anti-Christ at home
and abroad waits upon a gen.
uine revival bringing new
life to bedridden truths among
those who wear the hallowed
name of Christian. That sure
victory awaits a faith that
with a new surge of power
leaps from the beds of apathy
and ease and serves and sings
and marches and fights and
wins.
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he declared that a landlady
considering a ledger should
ask him first, not about his
income-her first inquiry
should be about his doctrine
of God and the universe. His
reply would indicate his faith
and from faith flows conduct.
But there is no assertion that
means less than II believe"
if they are but hollow words
lifted up as a facade to hide
the absence of a faith that is
not there.
Our belief is revealed not by
the creed we are willing to re-
cite. but by the road We are
willing to tread. 1t is indicated
by the direction of our lives.
The most ominously tragic
thing in this day of awesome
decisions is that what we label
1.-The West" in spite of its pro-
fessed belief in eternal verities
has turned so largely to false
gods and is under the tyranny
Of things. For vast multitudes
in the free world" the real
religion practiced is Mammon-
mad priority given to the ac-
emulation of material pos
sessions. To reach goals of
afiluence it makes its servile
devotees goose-step through
years OF nervous strain more
slavishly than any regiment
ing tyrant. A trusted spiritual
leader has called our Western
civilization "a fairly nasty
mixture Of cash and gadgets."
The burning question of the
sacred weeks leading up to the
empty tomb in Joseph's lovely
garden and to a living Christ
outside the sepulchre whose
life death could no more stop
than a sword could sever
sunbeam. is what is the pres
ent heralded religious renaiS-
sance doing to individual lives
whose faith TO date is tame
and tepid and timid. Let us
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turned the Government over
to big business" He was,
they insisted. the "pliant tool"
of the special interests" I'm
concerned about the small
businessman and the "work-
ers." he had. they asserted,
surrounded himself by, and
was under the domination of
the great corporations and the
Every rich"
Record for Inconsistency
That was the real Demo-
cratic theme song in the last
campaign. It was ineffective
because it was so completely
false, but it cannot be denied
that the Democrats did their
best with it and were deeply
disappointed that even those
who. for one reason or an
other, were unenthusiastic
about the President could not
be persuaded that he was
either fraud or a fool--or
both. The simple fact is that
neither the Democratic prop
agandists nor the journalistic
supporters believed these ale
cations themselves and are
glad to get to the point where
they no longer have to make
them.
The alternative to which
they have now gone in anti.
Eisenhower propaganda, how
ever, does seem to make them
more than a little ridiculous.
If they had keener sense Of
humor they would see the
somewhat silly position in
which their new line" puts
them. 1t seems a full reply to
their earlier propaganda and
makes something of a record
for inconsistency.
Because. instead of portray
ing the President as exclusively
devoted to the interests of big
business" whose creature he
was alleged to b. they are now
earnestly engaged in trying
to inculcate the idea that a
rift" has occurred between
the President and the wealthy
men who once worshipped him.
These are quoted as saying
about the President that she is
as bad as Roosevelt; that he
has gone crazy; that his
modern Republicanism" is
lust as unSound as the New or
Fair Deal. etc., etc." OF
course. there is no more truth
in these accusations than there
was in those which so recently
pictured him as being owned
by the great corporations and
the men who control them. 1t
does put the Democrats in
what seems to be a ridiculously
inconsistent position. They
can't really have it both ways
but they can try Who cares
about consistency these days,
anyhow? Maybe more people
than you think
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Bedridden Creeds
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Lent is the great shout of
Christendom-"I believe" 1t
points to the spiritual verities
which underlie human life
and which in the end must
prevail. To the barren mega
tons of materialistic atheism,
Lent is the jubilant. trium-
plant answer. AS the Man
OF Galilee rides on to his death
and past it. He exemplifies the
lofty possibilities that are in
every man. 10 be sure He is
utterly unique. He is the
hottest among the mighty and
the mightiest among the holy.
Yet His call to the least and
last and lowliest is Follow
me-" That means that human
nature at its worst can be
changed. For Lent is not only
a belief about God. but also
a belief about man. And as
my good friend Leslie Wealth
erhead. one of the greatest
contemporary preachers, de-
clares: IT may sound IDEAL
istic to talk about changing
human nature, but to talk
about changing human society
without changing human ma
ure is lunat;c."
Lent is the most radiant
promise of human nature set
to music. The untold millions
OF every race who reverently
walk the Way of the Passion
are wildly aware that it leads
to a stingless death and a
spoiled and beaten grave-to
the Hallelujah Chorus of
earth's gladdest day with its
soaring refrain.
/ beliepe Gods boundlesS lore
spells hatred'S doom
! belieue that death 1udS met.
and pdnquiShed at an
empty tomb.
Serene ADORE the ,Corld'S udst,
cruel need
Looms hiqh a CroSS-God's
denthlesS deed
This is my creed. belieue.
1t is not an easy creed
far from it. 1t wasn't easy for
the one whose name, as Emer-
son puts it. is not Just written
on history, but plowed into it,.
Real belief is never a soft
acquieScence, it is a tough
achievement. Belief is not
blind credulity. 1t is not what
the Queen suggested in alice
in Wonderland" when. with
regard to some fantastic as
sertion she was supposed to
swallow. Alice said, II can
not believe that" Well" said
Her Majesty, lust close your
eyes. take a long breath and
try again" On the highest
levels faith is open-eyed. but
always it is adventuresome---
it risks. 1t is something we
are willing to wager our very
life upon. We are ready to
hazard everything. including
ourselves. for something we
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THE GAME OF POLITICS
This Seems an Era of Inconsistency
By FRANK r. KENT

Apparently, as the years
pass. consistency seems on the
wane in both political parties.
1t used to be regarded as an
indispensable virtue. To be
convicted Of inconsistency was
a thing to be avoided at all
hazards and which more or
less disastrously affected the
parties and candidates found
guilty thereof. However. it
seems unlikely that politicians
of the past were ever quite as
inconsistent as those of the
present.
After the first Roosevelt
election in 1882. inconsistency
has been steadily practiced by
both parties and nearly all
candidates. In that campaign
the Democratic platform was
the shortest. simplest and most
concrete ever adopted by any
party in the history of Ameri-
can politics.
Nevertheless. as the late
Senator Carter Glass of Vir-
ginia. used to say, in speaking
of the New Deal which he SO
immensely detested, in less
than six months after his in
auguration Mr.. Roosevelt had
"repudiated every party pledge
in his platform and every per-
sonal promise in his speeches"
The Voting Record
Yet. for reasons concerning
which there is no real agree
ment among the great ran
cid American people" (as the
late Samuel G. Blythe used to
call them they reelected
him three times, elected the
terrible-tempered Mr.. Truman
once and the amiable Mr..
Eisenhower twice. In none of
these Campaigns and admins
trations since 1882 have either
platform pledges or personal
promises been pronounced or
decisive.
True. in the last campaign
the Democrats denounced Mr..
Eisenhower for failure to live
up TO his and his party'S
promises in l952-and there
was considerable foundation
for these charges. Naturally.
however, the Democrats did
not give the reasons for this
administration failure to cut
expenses and do certain other
things. But they did not dwell
long or effectively upon these
inconsistencies. On the con-
trary. in the last two weeks
of the campaign these fail
ures were scarcely touched
upon and the Democratic cam
paign went into its finish with
Mr. Stevenson himself. Sem
ator Kefauver and nearly all
their supporting ghost writer's,
journalistic propagandists and
eulogizing columnists concen-
trated that Mr. Eisenhower had
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FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The British were not so
brash half a century ago about
making moves that might dis
rupt the Suez Canal, according
to one diplomat. On March
II. 1907, The Star sought an
answer to the question of why
the great powers often put on
a show of naval force at Tur-
keys doorstep, but never fol-
lowed it up with positive
action, The Star said: The
question was propounded to a
prominent diplomat. who an
swered: The Suez Canal.
Therein lies the generally &C
cepted explanation Then he
added: The question is one
seldom considered. The
powers have often threatened
to seize a Turkish port or
blockade the Dardanelles. If
such thing is ever attempted.
nothing more may be expected
of the Sultan than a defiant
stand; but the powers will not
dare TO carry out their threat
because they know that the
ruler of Turkey may repeal
the charter of the Suez Canal
and would hold it for redress.
The Sultan's authority in the
canal zone is rather obscure
and often forgotten. If he
should declare forfeiture of
the charter. the blow would
stagger continental Europe,
particularly England, for a
time at least. The British
government now receives prob
ably 40 per cent of all income
derived by the payment of
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AppIouds Civic Group

The members Of the Lamond-
Riggs Citizens Association have
just given a superlative dis
play of community courage.
by voting to make admission
a matter OF residence rather
than OF race.
Those who travel this trail
are heading toward the citadel
OF democracy.
J. w. Hayworth. Jr.
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Lone Duck

The former lame duck" ses-
sions Of Congress caused a
routine so years ago that
seems odd compared to today's
Legislative practice. On March
q. 1907. The Star reported:
President Roosevelt spent an
hour or more in his Office this
morning before leaving for the
Capitol to sign the last bills
presented to him. He did not
see any OF the callers who
wanted to talk with him. He
signed a number of bills that
had been passed upon by the
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departments. Accompanied by
Secretary Loeb and a number
of the executive Office clerks.
the President left the White
House at IL o'clock. On ar
irving at the Capitol ne was
Immediately lcined by mem
bers of his cabinet in the
Presidents room in the Senate
wing, where his presence is
necessary at the short session
of Congress to sign the latest
bills. All the members of
the cabinet were there, and
several prospective appointees
were there also, :"
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Flood

The Allegheny. Monongahela
and Ohio Rivers were on a
rampage half a century ago.
On March Is, 1907, The Star
reported, in a story from Pitts
burgh: The great flood which
has held Pittsburgh in its grasp
for SO hours reached its crest
at 6 O'Clock this morning when
a stage of SO feet 9 inches was
registered at Hers Island
dam, a short distance below
this city. The other gauges are
under water, so that it is i'm
possible to give exactly the
depth at Market street, Pitts
burgh, where the stage is
usually taken. 1t is estimated.
however, that there was a stage
of 361a feet at Market street
at 6 O'Clock this morning. After
that hour the three rivers. the
Allegheny, Monongahela and
Ohio, began to fall. The
flood to date has cost more
than a score of lives and has
damaged property to the
amount Of more than SIS mil
lion. This amount will be in
creased later, for the scores of
mills that have been shut down
since Wednesday will not be
able to resume for days and
thousands Of working men are
idle. There is great suffering
among the poorer classes. . :
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verify believe. Behind our
work, our ambitions. our loves,
our goals. our social and polit-
ical attitudes. our affinities
for the good or the bad, lie the
beliefs at the center of our
being and which make and
mold us G. K. Chesterson
was on the right track when
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Dim View

Woodrow Wilson probably
had no thought of a future in
the White House when he
lectured on THE President of
the United States" at Columbia
so years ago. On March l6,
1907. The Star reported:
Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University. speaking
yesterday in his lecture at
Columbia emphasized the
fact that the power of the
President is constantly growing
and that the presidency has
come to be something entirely
different from what it was in
tended to be by the makers
of the Constitution. While
they intended him to be only
the executive of the laws, he
has become. according to DR..
Wilson. the political leader Of
his party and the popular
leader of the whole Nation.
DR.. Wilson said that with the
immense business of govern
ment it was absolutely impos-
sible for the President to be
an executive. I have he said.
in the course of my life known
two or three Presidents. and in
talking with them the most in
teresting thing l have found
out is how little they know
about affairs in Washington.
What they find out they learn
by reading the newspapers,
and they do not have time to
read as much as an ordinary
citizen. If a President gets any
sleep at all he can find out but
a small bit of what is going