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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-02-23

The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People is one of the best friends
that America has. The best friends
that America has are those found
in the NAACP and other liberal
organizations, who tell America
the real truth, regardless of con-
sequences"
Those are the bold statements
made Sunday afternoon at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church at the King
of Clubs Forum by the Honorable
Marshall L. Shepard, DID,, coun-
cilman-at-large of the city of
Philadelphia and pastor of Mt.
Olivette Baptist Church of the
same city
Using as general theme,
Waterman Weather the Night,
The Morning is Coming and so is
The Night" DR.. Shepard opened
his address by explaining that:
1--WE are living in a brand new
age, since the year of 1854. Our
racial situation in America is the
key to the whole problem of
human sufferings all over the
world. The world is constantly
watching America and what is
done here is reflected all over the
world"
DR.. Shepard took a sharp blast
at compromising preachers when
he said: "Any preacher who does
not take a difinite stand on the
important issue of segregation, is
not worthy of his calling"
The speaker paid tribute to
DR.. Martin Luther King of Mont
gom2ry, Ala, who led the Mont
gomery bus boycott.
1t was one of the most forceful
addresses delivered during the
current forum series, and was
well received by large and ap-
preciative audience.
Music was furnished by h e
Northwestern Senior High School
chorus.
NORTHWESTERN WINS
BANNER
Again, Northwestern was the
winner of the banner in the at
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-02-23

II, Carver third with IL and Mays
fourth with 2. To date the stand
ing in the feature is Northwe tern
3 and BTW 2. The forum ends
next Sunday.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-02-23
NORTHWESTERN WINS
BANNER

Again, Northwestern was the
winner of the banner in the at
tendance feature of the forum
with 70 students present. Booker
T Wachinotcn was second with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Good Idea, Anyway

Creation OF a Joint Committee on
the District of Columbia, as proposed in
legislation sponsored by Senator Clark
of Pennsylvania, Representative Thomp-
son Of New Jersey and others is good +,
idea. 1t always has been good idea and
we think it always will be-
In some special circumStanceS-the
drafting, for example, of legislation for
control of alcoholic beverages following
prohibition repeal the public works pro-
gram; several local tax lawS-the House
and Senate District Committees resolved
themselves into joint committee. The
joint committee conducted the hearings,
agreed in principle on the legislation,
and then the legislation was separately
considered by the two committees. A lot
of time was saved, and the resulting leg
iSlation was improved by the process.
The same principle would be represented
in abolition Of the House and Senate
District Committees in favor of one
standing, Joint committee-as the bills
provide.
If such a Joint committee could pass
on the District budget each year, and
support 1t by the necessary appropria-
tions, 1t would be more beneficial re-
FORM For one of the chief problems in
local government is the continuing con-
fiict between the legislative and appro-
priations committees. The legislative
committees are responsible for making
the laws. The appropriations commit
tees must furnish the money to make
them effective. And there are times
when the two sets of committees are
as far apart as the poles in what they
choose to do-leaving the unrepresented
local taxpayer in the middle. The bills
do not go that far, because the trespass
on the precincts Of the appropriations
committees would be considered beyond
the pole.
We hope the House and Senate bills
to create Joint committee will receive,
at least, hearing. In the past there
has been reluctance by all OF the COM
mittees to give up anything they have
now and 1t will be interesting to discover
whether human nature Is suddenly
changing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
INVITING the Showdown

There is no question about Senator
MorSe'S right to block by his objection
what seems to have been the otherwise
unanimous agreement to lay aside the
civil rights bill for two days while some
pending legislation is disposed of. There
is, however, question as to his wisdom.
The time may have come for the
showdown that he now invites. But after
the constructive work accomplished on
perfecting the civil rights bill by the
process of reasonable debate, it is un-
fortunate that Senator Morse'S objection
is likely to signal abandonment of that
process in favor of tactics that so far
have been avoided.
It is unfortunate, in the first place,
because the resulting measure that the
Senate approves-if one is approved in
the circumstanceS-will not be as good
bill as the measure that was being ham,
mered out in deliberate debate. And it
is unfortunate, in the second place, be-
cause the problem facing the Senate,
not only with respect to civil rights but
with other legislation involving immedi-
ate headlines, becomes more compli-
Gated, and less subject to reasonable
solution.
Senator Morse is an experienced and
effective filibuSterer himself, so he may
have been able to pass expert judgment
on the delaying maneuverS available to
his opposition, and decided that they are
limited, and that this is the time for the
test. But the result is not going to be
helpful to civil rights, nor does it serve
the public interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Brown(eII) Taste

If there is merit in the maxim that
politics should end at the waters edge,
our Attorney General has offended
grievously against it.
We do not know why Mr.. Brownell
chose an American Bar Association
luncheon in London as forum for a
political speech. We do not know
whether he was right in imputing We
nality in the Department of Justice to
the Truman administration and virtue
to the Eisenhower administration. Nor
do We think this greatly matters. The
point is that the bar association and Mr..
Brownell, in sense, were guests in Lon
don. The situation called for the observ-
ance of certain proprieties. II Mr..
Brownell wanted to make a political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Odyssey

Your features by Charles
Critic on travelling with four
children give me quite a kick.
I just returned from a
2,500-mile trek by car with
six of our 12-ages IA, Is,
lll2. two 10 and one 9-plus
my mother in law. Nom
stayed home with the six
younger ones.
Our itinerary included
New York City with subway
trip to Coney Island, West
Point. Boston, Portland. and
into Canada. What an ex-
perience! In Boston the
11la-year-old boy fell into a
fountain in the Boston Pub
lie Garden, fully clothed, and
had to troop through the
streets to our hotel dripping
wet.
Congratulations to Mr..
Critic. but he "ain't seen
nothing. yet"
Weary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

out of all proportion to their
number, when m e asured
against the sincere wishes
and hopes of the public.
1t is to be hoped that in
the future we will have fewer
announcements and more
announcements regarding the
proceedings before the Lon
don disarmament conference.
C. w. Van Tilburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Love That Debt

1t seems a shame that Randolph
Burgess is planning to leave the Treas
ury. For he has way of making
man feel ashamed of himself for stew
Ing about the national debt.
There was time when the New
Dealers, or the Fair Dealers, or some
kind of dealers went about the country
side chanting a siren song Why worry
about the debt, ran their refrain We
owe it to ourselves, and the bigger it
is the richer we are. Obviously (al-
though it is not entirely obvious to us)
this was fiscal snare and delusion.
1t was a silly notion one to be forth
rightly condemned by every good
American who believes that a penny
saved is penny earned Tor is it the
other way around?), and what good
American doesn't.
UnderSecretary Burgess has not
picked up this New Deal line. He takes
a different tack. AS he has just told
the Senate Finance Committee, why
worry? 1t is true that the national
debt may not be going down very much,
OuO VAC AluOAOAol AllOOAlC hCCPo HOlIlH up,
and the result, as we understand 1t, is
that the debt, which is hanging some
where around the $270 billion level,
becomes less and less important in the
larger scheme Of things.
Mr.. Burgess illustrated his point
with statistic which is more or less
within the range of our comprehension.
Ten years ago, he said, the national
debt averaged out to 1882 for every
man, woman and child in the United
States. Today, as result of the SUI
perior way In which Republican ad-
miniStration comes to grips with such
problems, this average has dropped to
1881 for every man, woman and child.
Is this not reassuring item of in
formation? Is it not enough to make
one thoroughly ashamed of himself for
all the peeviSh things he has said about
our crushing burden of debt? OF course
1t is-unleSS, by some unhappy chance,
those siren singers were right when
they were trying to make us believe
that the debt was something that was
owed to ourselves. If they were right,
and If Mr.. Burgess is right, then every
man, woman and child in the United
States is $25l poorer today than he was
10 years ago,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

Recently I noticed the fol-
lowing headline in the press:
House passes bill appropriate
ing $500 each for Senator's
chairs for new Office build
ing"
A couple days later the fol-
lowing headline appeared
Administration opposes an
increase in pay for Federal
employees for fear of inf1a-
ton"
Is there any consistency in
those two statements?
Imagine $500 for a desk
chair. Why, that would fur
nish a house for many retired
employees. Yes l am one of
them and / never expect an
other increase in my annuity.
Retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
BottIenecks

AS a faithful reader of your
paper, and as one who adj
mires your excellent news
handling, I would like to call
attention to two new traffic
bottlenecks:
l. Until recently I have al
ways driven downtown on
18th Street. Now. during the
morning rush, l find that the
new Curb Lane for Buses
Only" has tended to drive
most Of the traffic (buses in
cluded) into two lanes. From
H street to E street there
is now an impossible bottle
neck. Two cycle policemen
patrol the curb lane. which
is used without police inter-
ference by an occasional pri-
vate car or bus. Extra police
men are stationed at each in
tersection. The result is a
complete showdown of south
bound traffic. as the bulk of
this traffic is now in the CEN
ter lanes. Until the new ruling
went into effect, with the new
signs and added police. this
traffic moved steadily on; now
it is continually stalled.
2. Kennedy Street NV,
between 18th and 10th streets,
was until recently a route
over which east to west
traffic moved steadily. Now
new traffic lights and rout-
ings have been completed
where Kennedy crosses 14th
and 18th streets. East-to-
west traffic on Kennedy is
now banked up all the way to
18th street for the first time
in my memory.
AS a daily motorist over
these routes. l know from
my own observations that the
new construction projects are
not the cause of these new
bottlenecks. More careful
planning, and more efficient
traffic handling by police will
provide solutions. Putting up
new traffic lights, new Curb
Lane" signs and adding more
policemen is not the answer.
Intelligent regulation. with
better timing of the lights. is.
Reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

Why all this endless dis
cussion about civil rights?
Certainly there have been
some abuses, human nature
being imperfect. But these
are not. as is popularity sup
posed, confined to the South.
There is the present New
York City controversy over
housing. There are the Cali
fornia communities where the
local citizenry will not allow
a Negro to remain overnight.
There are the Chicago and
Detroit race riots.
Could the current attack
on Police Chief Murray be
a small example of the meth
DDS used in promulgating the
larger uproar over civil
rights? Is this a better ana
logy than we realize?
ThOughtful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
Digs Jitterbugs

I take my pencil in my
hand, for good old classics to
make a stand
I call down the wrath Of
the jitterburgs many. but
don't think their taste is
worth more than a penny
To call going crazy" a
form of diversion is some
thing I never could quite
understand
Jumping and twisting and
wearing your feet out, going
stark mad to the blare Of a
band
Good music has come down
to us from the ages. Wagner,
Debussy. George Gershwin
and List
These men and all others
who wrote. played and sang.
TO the world gave gladness.
a light through the mist
l don't deride talent,
there's too little of IL. but
wasting that talent is truly
a sin
How can you enjoy the
true beauty of music when
all you can hear is an ear
splitting din
But worst Of all this, TO my
way Of thinking. is the prac-
tice Of killing a beautiful
song
Converting II into a swing
time arrangement. into a
class where It doesn't belong
You swing fans have plenty
Of swing tunes TO last you.
enough TO provide al the
noise that you need
So please. for the sake OF a
lover Of music. don't murder
the Classics, for Arts sake.
take heed.
Martin L. GreenberG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
For q Better World
Thoughtful.

Scientific knowledge has
made such giant strides dur
ing the past half century that
it is not impractical or dreamy
to believe that this world
could be made garden spot
given peace, the will and
the proper direction of ener-
gies. The basic requisite for
such a program is. of course,
an end to the cold war. a
durable peace among all ma
tons, a growing understand
ing of and respect for other
points of view, and the self
discipline to devote a measure
of our energy and wealth to
such an end.
1t Is disheartening, there
fore, to see so many influen-
tial and high-placed people
in the camp of those who APP
pear to be the theological OPP
posites of the peace at any
price" group. in that they
seem to be opposed to peace
no matter what the price in
continuing tensions and the
appalling waste of main
tanned mass production for
mass destruction. Tensions
continue to build up but the
production has so far, for
tunately. gone down the drain
Of obsolescence.
Regardless of what else has
been said Of the men in the
Kremlin. they have not yet
been accused of insanity
Hitler was insane). They
know that any nation has
nothing to gain but every
thing to lose in a modern
nuclear war. The Russian
people know it. We know it.
The world knows 1t. While
1t is vitality important that
we protect our present by be-
ing on guard. 1t is just as i'm
portant to protect our future
by examining, fairly and
realistically. every proposal
put forth by the Kremlin
with disarmament as its an
nounced objective. The peace
at no price" group performs
a disService to our country
and mankind in general by
rushing into print or on the
air to pooh-pooh every pro-
posal put forward by the
Kremlin at the disarmament
conference in London and
crying loudly that the Soviet
cannot be trusted. etc. True.
the Communists past record
is against them. but II may
be that in the matter Of pos
sible nuclear warfare they are
convinced that their past tao
tics. II resorted TO again. will
only result in their own de-
struction.
The most disquieting fea-
ture about this group that
favors the status quo is their
high nuisance value, i.e.. their
vocal power and influence u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

two of three atoms left In
nature today.
Now. according to the
semi-annual report Of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
astronomers at the Mt. VIII
son and Mt. Palomar OBJ
servatories Of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington,
have calculated with certain
mathematical subtleties. the
half life of a supernova also
is about SIS days.
In anybody's book. cali
fornium is hot stuff" The
Carnegie scientists say that
the most logical explanation
is a californian explosion.
The element does not exist.
per sc. in the stars. 1t is Gre
ated in various stellar proc
esses, just as it is created in
the University of California
laboratory, until enough is
created to produce the ter
rifle star explosions.
1t also has been suggested
that the super nova may re-
suit from an accumulation
of negative matter. which
produces a complete CONVEX
sion of matter into energy
when brought in contact with
positive matter of which this
universe is composed. 1t is
questionable, however. wheth-
er enough negative matter is
produced by stellar processes
to account for the super
titanic explosions.
OF Doubtful Use Here
The University of Cali
fornia scientists, says the re-
port, "have evaluated vari-
Gus alternatives and showed
that the build-up of cali
fornium 234 by very rapid
successive neutron captures.
starting with iron, provided
a reasonable explanation for
the production of super
novae. Experiments are in
progress to measure the half
life of this isotope more &C
curately. It is particularly
striking that scientific work
in conjunction with a pro-
gram as nonbaSic in its de-
velopment as weapons devel-
opment can provide informa-
ton which leads to an under
standing of astrophysical
processes.
A natural question Is
whether this exploding ele-
ment, probably a very little
of which is powerful enough
to destroy completely a star
which may have been a thou
sand times the mass of the
sun, has any potentialities
for use on earth. A negative
answer is likely. The material
does not exist in nature on
earth. 1t can be created only
in extremely minute quanti-
ties by expensive and labori-
Gus processes.
Anyway. it probably always
will be too dangerous to play
around with in quantities
greater than a few atoms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Jones has thought Of Civ
ing up eating entirely. and
Just drinking cold drinks. this
kind of weather, but the idea
hasn't much to commend 1t.
really.
Eating must go on, despite
the weather.
The fellow who said ones
appetite lags when the day is
hot surely didn't know what
he was talking about.
Somehow it seems that
Jones appetite remains con-
sistently good. whether the
day is cool, warm or hot.
Whether it rains or SHOWS.
freezes or windstorms. the
Jones desire for food renews
itself consistently every six
hours.
This six-hour idea OF Temp
Jones is one which can be
approved. The interval be-
tween meals has ranged, in
popular usage, from three TO
four hours. with the English
peoples eating even oftener.
perhaps every three hours.
II should be 6 hours &C
cording TO Jones.
Thus. breakfast at Z means
lunch at / o'clock and din
ner at Z again.
II one wants to eat a noon
day meal, he should eat
breakfast at 6. and so will
draw a dinner at 6 in the
evening.
Those persons who do not
eat breakfast until 8 in the
morning. should not eat
lunch until 2 o'clock. which
means that they should not
get dinner until 8 o'clock.
This Is a Jonesian plan
diff1cult TO follow as many
will discover. II they try TO
work 1t out. what with snacks.
cold drinks and coffee breaks.
But 1t is the only way to eat
properly. as a human being.
Jones asserts.
And II you don't eat this
way?" we asked.
Then you are a monkey.
and you might as well admit
IL. Monkeys eat all the
time" he smiled. That's one
Of the reasons I approve Of
them. They are so happy in
their trees"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

leIilpleJUIl jules lids Uecl
trying to reduce a few pounds
recently, as many people do.
He is keeping a graph. or
chart, as businessmen do of
sales.
His graph is supposed to
show a satisfactory down.
ward trend but unfortu-
nately the big line goes side.
ways, not down.
He should be glad it doesn't
go up.
Jones was very proud Of
his chart. and spent a nice
hour occupied in making it.
with big lines. little lines in
tersecting. and little squares
galore.
Graphs, as they are popu-
larly called, can be used for
many things, to show in
creases. declines and staying
steady.
The Jones graph remains
remarkably true at exactly
100 pounds.
He neither gains nor loses,
but just stays steady.
That's consistency for you!
Reducing in hot weather.
as Jones is finding out. is
easy enough, but for one
thing.
This is the ubiquitous soft
drink
While some attempt has
been made in recent years to
reduce the sugar content of
these universal favorites. I'M
fortunately many of them
are still loaded down with
SWeeJeIllIlR.
Many persons find IT al
most impossible to go through
a hot day without gulping
one or more of a favorite
flavor. much TO the salts
faction Of the bottlers and
vendors.
The point is, according TO
our Mr.. Jones. that they play
hob with the best intentioned
reducing program.
BY the time you have taken
in several more calories than
the plan calls for, by taking
a few cold ones. the best laid
plans Of mice and reducers
have gone away, or disap-
peared down the hatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
AMon-Mode Element Blasts the Stars
By THOMAS R. HENRY

The synthetic element
californian. unknown on
earth until produced in the
Atomic Energy Laboratory
of the University of Cali
fornia. may be the cause Of
the most titanic explosions
known in this universe.
These are the super-explo-
sions of stars, the super
novae. A hitherto invisible
star suddenly appears in the
heavens. Its brilliance is
about a million times that
which it had before. Only
two or three supernovae have
been recorded in the time Of
man on earth, in the hun
red-billion-star milky way
galaxy.
After the explosion the
star disappears completely.
as a star. 1t has been spec
ulated. however. that the So
called Crab nebula in the
Northern heavens. fllaments
of gas arranged roughly in
the shape of a crab visible
through powerful telescopes.
represents what is left of a
star which vanished in a
supernova explosion some
time before the Christian
era. The explosion was OBJ
served and recorded by Chi
neSe astronomers.
Powerful Radio Source
This Crab nebula recently
has attracted renewed at
tention because 1t is one Of
the most powerful radio
sources in the universe and
one of the three which have
been identified with visible
objects.
There are novae explosions
every few years. A star flares
up to perhaps a hundred
times its ordinary brilliance.
There are speculations that
the Star of Bethlehem was
a nova-certainly not a su-
per nova.
Although seldom recorded
in the past 10000 years in
this galaxy. supernova explo-
sionS are not uncommon in
creation. Astronomers of the
Mt. Palomar observatory Of
the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington detect a few
each year in other galaXies.
Californian is one of the
new elements built up out Of
uranium by the University of
California physicists. Like
most Of the other elements. it
has several isotopes. One is
californian 234. Unlike most
of the other synthetic ele-
ments. it explodes Sponta-
neously. 1t has a half life
the period in which half the
atoms in any concentrated
amount will explode-of SIS
days. 1t may have been in
cluded in the original atomic
makeup of the world. Half
disappeared within SIS days
after Creation. Half of the
remainder disappeared in the
next SIS days.
It's a long time since crea-
ton. Probably there are only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-31

A. Yes. The whimsical
poem from which you quote
c"There Was Once a PUTIN.
by Florence Page Jaque0 re-
fers TO a real bird. Pufins
lead a carefree life at sea.
nesting each spring on islands
from Maine TO Greenland
and from Portugal 70 Norway.
They nest in burrows which
they dig and carpet WITH
straw. On some English is
lands they invade rabbit war
rens. either driving out the
rabbits or moving In with
them for the FIVE weeks IN
cubation period their one
large egg requires. Both par
ent birds tend the nest.