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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Inspired by Spires

wish to express my pro-
found appreciation of the mes
sage "The Spires of the Spirit,
which DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris continues to contribute
with such outstanding force
fulness.
1t very often happens that
I am not able to read any
other portions of The Sunday
Star but I would not for any
thing forego the opportunity
for inward stimulation that
DR.. Harris message furnishes.
to such an unusual degree and
in an inimitable way. It is my
privilege to go in and out
among many. many families,
as you may well imagine: their
problems and difficulties. their
tensions and anxieties, some
thing that only a minister OF
the gospel can know, and !
find that an innumerable num-
Der of people share my appre-
citation of The Spires Of the
Spirit.
1t must be heartening for
DR.. Harris to know that in his
retirement" he continues to
exercise this powerful and val
liable ministry. 1.-The Spires of
the Spirit" are an eloquent re-
minder to us all that we need
constantly to be directed and
re-directed to God, and this
Harris does in a way that is
certain and answering. / pray
that he may be spared for
many years to continue this
ministry"
Maldwyn A. Davies,
Associate Minister.
Chevy chase prpShvtprioY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
The Wide Open Road

More speeding means more
cars out Of control, "a stock
excuse and explanation for
any automobile accident)
which frequently means more
unnecessary deaths; and, most
certainly. more property dam
ages. A surviving operator
states that he ''lost control Of
his car" Oh, no, you didn't
Mr.. Driver. You couldn't lose
something you didn't have.
And you never had control Of
your car. But there is no ques-
ton regarding the fatality.
The evidence indicates that
the corpse is as dead as though
you had killed her with an
axe.
Safe driving cannot be reg
ulated by figures on dial.
In most places in the District,
the speed limit is Is miles an
hour. That is a very fast rate
Of speed If you hope to retain
control over your car. Most
drivers, however, think that rs
means IS. And since they are
good drivers, it is perfectly
safe for them to drive at 40.
Then a few more miles; say so
or SIS will do no harm. Conse-
quently we have another death
in traffic. And tomorrow, we'll
have another two or three. At
the years end, the District will
be presented with a plaque.
attesting to our honor as a
traffic safety communicative
Hallmark of Absurdity. But
it will hang in some cob
webbed corridor while we en-
joy speeches about our leader
ship in traffic safety. We will
be pleased to realize that we
are now participating in the
SLOW Down and Live" cam
paign sponsored by the Gov
errors of the 48 States as we'll
as Puerto Rico and Nova Zem-
bla; which campaign will
doubtless protect us, at least
until Labor Day.
Safe driving means that
under the conditions present.
the driver has control over his
car. That means that he has
the ability to stop before COL
liding with a person or prop
erty. 1t does not necessarily
mean that he may drive 40
miles an hour, nor 80, nor 20,
nor 10. nor even S. The abil-
ity to stop your car without
colliding is the kind of driving
that will prevent fatalities.
Without any statement to the
contrary. we must assume that
is the type of driving we wish
to foster.
Whoever may be responsible
for the way drivers operate in
the District should resign !.
or be sacked. The District will
wag along in some way with
out them. They should be re-
placed by persons who will
enforce the law of controlled
driving. And that is the only
way this insane slaughter will
be stopped. Perhaps the game
isn't worth the candle. Per-
haps the slaughtered should
have remained at home. For
people must travel, you know
Fee Gee NiOrd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Dark CHAPTERS

Lloyd Wright, chairman of the
Commission on Government Security has
come forward with what he considers to
be Recommendation in support of the pro-
posal to make it crime to disclose secret
information. It is not an impressive
presentation.
Mr.. Wright makes one statement
with which we are in full accord. He
says that the members of his commission
do not believe that journalists will claim
a special immunity over their fellow citi-
zens." We do not think that journalists
will claim such right, nor do we think
they should have such right. But 1t
does not follow that the commission is
on sound ground in urging that disclosure
of classified information by anyone be
made a crime. The following excerpt
from Mr.. WrightS own statement bears
on this point:
During the past week requested the
responsible official lin the Pentagon) to
release part Of this improperly divulged)
information which, in my opinion, no
longer required secrecy. / had hoped
enough might be resurrected from the
grave of unwarranted continuing CLASH
flcation to demonstrate to the American
flow from an individuals taking the law
into his own hands. regret to report
that this request for declassfcation was
denied and that the information is ap-
parently entombed forever, with the final
rites of classified burial in the bureau
cratic graveyard Of a maze Of files, never
to be disseminated to the American people
who are entitled to know the full details
of these dark chapters of betrayal.
Rhetoric aside, what is Mr.. Wright
saying here? He is saying that the con-
tinued classification of this material is
unwarranted. He is saying that informa-
ton which no longer needs to be kept
secret is being entombed by the authori-
ties in a bureaucratic graveyard. He is
saying that the American people are
entitled to this information, but that 1t
will never be made available to them.
Nevertheless, if anyone should disclose
any of this improperly classified informa-
ton, he might be sent to jail for five
years, or fined $4,000, or both, under
Mr.. Wrights proposal. This is one reason
why we are not favorably impressed with
his jail-andf1ne idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Pilots Pay

You are printing the finest
paper it has been my privilege
to read. I will continue to hold
this opinion, as will others. so
long as you are able to put
your finger on truly impor-
tant issues such as discussed
in reporter Jim Bishops COL
umn, "Pilots on Their Way to
Nowhere"
No thinking person can be
anything but astounded by the
trem e douS chronological
change that has taken place
in our armed forces during
the past 10 years. This is par
ticularly true in the case of the
air arms. How have we been
able to hold the capable men
required to man such modern
machines around the clock
for the almost ridiculous SAL
aries quoted by Mr.. Bishop?
No sound business could afford
spending thousands training a
man willing to take the risks
of flying a modern jet only to
pay him the ridiculous salary
Of $181 a week after he is good
enough to become a colonel.
I am sure that the risk alone
is worth that. Little wonder
that so much money is spent
for the training of replace
ments each year.
If Congress is serious about
cutting down on the cost of
national defense, why not be-
gin by ending this senseless
waste of trained manpower.
A decent wage which would
restore the value of a military
career is the all too obvious
remedy.
Frederick r IT Kuehn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Underpoid Scientists

Much has been said of our
inadequate supply Of scientific
manpower. Too little has been
said of our current wastage
of scientific resources. This
waste, in Government agencies
in particular, is due to a
shortsighted view on COM
pensation and blind allegiance
to a 40-hour week.
The effect of the low pay
scale is reflected in the
amount of time the scientist
&. spends on the job and in self
improvement. Ordinarily it is
expected that he would not
regiment himself to a 40-hour
week and would spend a con-
siderable portion of his leisure
time in acquiring new scien-
tif1c knowledge. However, he is
now forced to divorce him
self from these natural incli-
nations by the necessity of
meeting the many family A.
nancial crises dictated by a
form of poverty amidst total
employment.
These financial difficulties
are solved in some instances
by after-hours employment.
In others the family man will
try to make ends meet by
spending his time on home
maintenance and repair. Thus
we find our scientists devoting
their energies to noncreative
work which could be hired out
to neighbor boys or ordinary
laborers at nominal rates of
pay.
We are engaged in a tech
biological race of which there
has been no equal. We will
not be able to enter another
war with inferior weapons
and stall the conflict until we
become technically superior.
We must do everything pos
sible to foster the creative eff
forts of our scientists so that
we may be technologically SUI
perior to all nations.
Steps must be taken to make
the Government scientist a
respected member of society.
The salary structure should
be revised to induce competent
men to return to Government
service. We must restore our
Government laboratories to
their previous regulations and
dispense with the current
practice Of contracting out to
industry on a cost plus basis
any problem requiring original
thinking.
BY paying the scientist
more, working him harder and
longer, he will be happier and
more productive.
Second Rater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Suspended, Not Abandoned

Although Congress has refused to
appropriate any more money at this time
for extension of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, there is no reason to
believe that the parkway will not be COM
pleted eventually. But it is quite likely
that there will be some modification of
the original parkway plan before the
scenic drive along the Potomac River
is extended beyond the new headquarters
of the Central Intelligence Agency at
Langley, Virginia.
Congress decided against appropriate
ing funds for purchase of right of way
as far as Great Falls after strong oppo-
sition to the program had been voiced
by property owners, conservationists and
some officials of Fairfax County. The
opponents urged that the original route
be shifted away from the palisades of
the river so as to make use of existing
roads in the area. The National Capital
Planning Commission previously had in
dicated that it might change the old
plan in certain respects. AS first laid
out on the maps, the parkway was to
follow the Virginia shore to Great Falls,
where 1t would be linked to the Maryland
section Of the parkway by bridge. The
bridge proposal has been laid on the
shelf for an indefinite period.
The parkway must be completed as
far as Great Falls if the basic purpose OF
linking Mount Vernon with the ruins
Of George washington's canal project is
to be fulfilled. The proper legislative
committee of Congress should make a
study Of the extension problem with a
view to submitting to the next session
Of Congress an acceptable revised plan
for building he road all the way I'd
Great Falls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
ARLINGTON, Va

Dear Sir:
"At least once a month l
vow I'd stop reading all news
papers If it weren't for the
sense of peace and calmness
found in your column.
you've inspired an interest
in birds shared by our whole
family. We know very little
about them but feel that we
are learning fast.
Around our apartments we
have a lot of window wells,
about four feet deep. which
prove the downfall of count
less baby birds.
"Since you've awakened our
bird consciousness, my daugh-
ter makes the rounds on a
mercy mission every day.
When we find a distressed
baby. we rescue it and let it
go If the mother is near.
Recently she came rushing
home with a baby bird,
screaming for help.
"She had rescued it, all
right. and had crammed two
raisins in its bill. They were
too much for him, and he was
choking.
Il extracted them with
tweezers, and dripped water
into his mouth-and from
then on we had a baby bird
on our hands.
I'VE frantically called the
pet shops to find out what to
feed him. and we were told to
start with pablum and milk.
Then. the next morning,
when the Zoo was open, we
could find out what his regu-
lar diet should be.
$50
IT was fortunate, when
called the Zoo. | found a very
patient gentleman who told me
they fed all their baby birds on
little pellets Of equal parts Of
ground meat. hard-boiled egg
yolk and pablum.
IT particularly appreciated
the kindness Of this same gen.
tleman when he didn't laugh
when / asked him II it would
be necessary for me to get up
every three hours during the
night as I had done the first
night.
II am delighted to report
the bird is thriving on his diet,
plus water from an eye drop
per He practices his crazy
flying in the living room every
night. much to the horror OF
my friends.
when will IL be safe TO
turn him loose7
when he learns 10 peck at
his food, and eat 1t all by
himself?
"Will he still have the in
stinct to find his own food?
Are baby blue jays usually
so friendly? He loves 10 hop
up on our hands and just
perch there.
zone more question that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats Seek to Stir UpG.O.P. Fiqht
BY GOULD LINCOLl

The Democrats, striving per-
hapS to turn the spotlight
away from the major division
in their own party over civil
rights legislation. are center
ing their fire on differences in
the G. o. P.-particularly over
the Presidents budget and
over modern Republicanism."
The party organ, Democratic
Digest, for July gives most of
its attention to the Republican
intraparty rows. In a leading
article entitled &c. o. P. Fight
Gets Rougher," the Digest sug-
gests that the Republicans
usually conduct their family
fights behind locked doors, but
that this summer brawl is both
shrill and public. 1t adds: "The
first Eisenhower term produced
four years Of loll and lull.
soothing as a 1896 Guy Lom-
bardo medley. so the Repub-
lican family didn't take Dwight
Eisenhower very seriously
when he announced that the
second term was going to fea-
ture a rock and roll beat en-
titled modern Republican,
ISM But when Dwight sat
down to play his first number
The $72 Billion Budget
Blues'-the Republican elders
dropped their stereopticons
and moustache. cups in horror
and the family fight began in
earnest"
Sticking the knife in a little
deeper, the Digest said that at
a dinner in Indiana, Senator
Knowland of California, Re-
publican Senate leader. was
introduced as "a member of
the Republican faction of the
Republican Party" The Digest
continued, declaring that the
Republican Party had found
itself caught in q two-way
squeeze for money = the Old
Guard refusing to contribute
and the Citizens for Eisen-
hover sitting back with 81
million left over from the 1856
campaign tightly locked up for
fear it would help the Old
Guard.
Point to Democratic Split
The Republicans, for their
part, never miss an oppor-
tunity to picture the Demo-
cratic Party as disastrously
split. And there seems no real
reason to deny this fact in
view of the stand taken by the
conservative Democrats of the
South and the liberal Demo-
Gratis of the North and West
on civil rights. This split is
nothing new. But it has been
greatly accentuated by the
drive for civil rights legisla-
ton in the present Congress.
The civil rights bill, backed
by the Eisenhower admins
tration, was passed by the
House and is now on the Sem
ate calendar. When it is taken
up either this summer or next
January at the opening of the
second session of the Eighty
fifth Congress, headlines across
the country will scream this
division in the Democratic
Party.
That there has been division
in the Republican Party since
the beginning of the Eisen-
hover second term, Is plenty
obvious. There are signs. how
ever. that the COP. in Con-
gress and out. is lining up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Time for q Break?

We don't know who counted them,
but the Pan-American Coffee Bureau re-
ports that Americans drank an all-time
record 125 billion cups of coffee in 1856.
BY any standard, this is lot of coffee,
although the bureau found out some
where that as much as one-fifth Of our
population averages as many as Ave cups
q more daily. And presunA bly, for the
sfit of those who have suble stay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
In Lowrence's Corner

In a recent letter, George
Schueller criticized David Law
renee as IAN opinionated man
who does not understand the
function of the Supreme Court
in a democratic society" be-
cause Mr.. Lawrence thinks
the Supreme Court decided
wrong in some recent cases.
To balance Mr.. Schueller's
evident view that the Supreme
Court is ir some way omnipo-
tent, l quote Arthur Krock in
the New York Times of June
%: There is nothing specific
in the Constitution that en-
powers the Supreme Court to
impose on Congress and the
Executives its constructions OF
the national charter that have
varied with changing times
and changing judicial person.
nell"
Since the present power of
the court Is not explicitly
granted in the Constitution,
the accumulation of power by
the Court is subject to the con-
tinuing permission of the SOW
ereign people,
Mr.. Lawrence is on safe con-
stitutional grounds when he
opposes the substance Of the
courts recent decisions.
Another letter from Walter
Smalley also took Mr.. Lawrence
to task on the inappropriate
issue Of semantics because Mr..
Lawrence applied the word
radical" to acts of Chief JUS
tice Warren. Mr.. Lawrence
has written at length on the
reasons which Justify his be-
lief that Justice Warren Con
sistently follows the radical
line" Mr.. Smalley does not
cite single fact to repudiate
Mr.. Lawrence. but offers his
mere opinion that Justice War
rem is a moderate. middle
reader as incontrovertible evil
dence that Mr.. Lawrence's ig-
norance Of English is so gross
that he would benefit by a
course in semantics. Surely q E
issue here is not semant1 /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
THIS AND THAT.
Bv CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

keeps me awake nights:
Why, when 1 see every kind
of baby bird, don't I ever see a
baby pigeon? We have so
many grown ones around here.
And a word in defense Of
starlings. They're fun to
watch Their philosophy, as
far as I can see, seems to be
live and let live and I've
never seen more faithful and
efficient mothers.
Sincerely. M.W.M."
y II
Window wells are nuisances
and traps for baby birds.
The best thing to do is to
cover them with a screening
OF some sort. 1t should be
stout, to keep human babies
from falling in, too.
Short of this, our CORE
spondent's system of rescuing
those that fall is the best.
Jays. it seems, are particu-
larry prone to fall in such
places. As smart as the
father and mother birds are.
they cannot get them out ex-
cept by coaxing them to fly.
Sometimes they will have to
iced a baby down a window
well for a week or more be-
fore it is able to fly out.
After a baby bird is raised
by hand, it is safe to turn IL
loose once 1t has learned to
ny and to eat food from the
ground.
The best way is to take IL
outdoors daily, and try to in
duce 1t to peck at food. II
should be allowed to fly as it
pleases. and will return to
hano lor a Few days, or maybe
weeks. Then. one morning.
it will not come back-and
that is II.
1t will have the instinct to
eat. all right. A few weeks
indoors cannot blot out the
millions Of years behind it.
Remember. these creatures
came originally from snake
like ancestors, the first egg
layers.
Young jays are always
friendly. They are remark
able birds. at any age. true
Americans. all.
Baby pigeons do not often
fall out Of their nests, but we
saw one the other day. it
having fallen from a wide win
dow ledge Of an Office build
ing.
Young pigeons are so large,
and fly so we'll. that they are
always mistaken for adults.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02

more and more in support Of
the Presidents program. Not
only is President Eisenhower
still greatly popular with the
people, but he. as President.
has great power and influence
in party leadership.
Talk as they will, either
Democrats or Republicans, it
is a fact that President Eisen-
hover. because of this great
influence, can nominate the
Republican candidate for
President in 1860. How far he
will go is anybody's guess. But
some Of the insiders insist he
will take more and more in
terest as the time approaches
in the selection of possible
successor. Under the two-term
amendment to the Constitu-
ton the President cannot run
to succeed himself. He is died.
icated. however, to what he
calls modern Republicanism"
and he is not likely to sit by
and watch an ultraconserva-
tive group in the party take
over in 1860. 1t will be recalled
that Theodore Roosevelt. who
announced that he would not
run for reelection in 1908.
was able to bring about the
nomination Of his then par
ticular friend, William How.
ard Taft. who became Pres
ident.
Others Have Done II
Calvin Coolidge, another
Republican President who an
nounced early he would not
seek another term. kept his
hands of and Herbert Hoover
won the presidential nominal
ton without great difficulty.
The late Democratic President,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, un-
doubtedly could have nomi-
mated anyone he wished if he
had decided he wasn't going
to run himself. And finally,
President Harry S. Truman,
by exerting his influence at
the Democratic National Con-
vention Of 1852. brought about
the nomination of Adlai Ste
venson. Truman also, like
Theodore Roosevelt and Cool
idge, had said he would not
seek denomination. 1t is very
clear, therefore, that a lot of
talk about the loss of presi-
Dental influence by a Chief
Executive who has declared
himself out of the picture is
without foundation.
In tnlS connection 1t Is not
without interest that the DEM
ocratic Digest is undertaking
to drive a wedge between
President Eisenhower and Vice
Presto ent Nixon, picturing
Nixon as unwilling to support
the President on his budget
and on modern Republican,
ism" 1t used considerable
space in an effort to prove that
Nixon endeavored to dodge
and not take sides. The Vice
President, however, has gone
to the fore for the President.
for his budget and for his pro-
gram which is the essence Of
IN o ID ern Republicanism.
When the President decides
whom to support for the 1860
nomination, he may we'll turn
to Nixon. The Democrats,
however. continue to picture
Nixon as a tightrope walker.
But then the Democrats don't
like Nixon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Thot Clean Bomb

I read that we are to have a
clean" atom bomb. How we
do progress! I presume by
clean" 1t is meant that 1t will
clean this planet OF all life
when we get around to
using it.
c. w. Van Tilburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What and where is the
Conservation Foundstion2 -
RE.
A. This is the affiliate OF the
New York Geological Society in
conservation work. Its address
is 80 East 10th ST.. New York
Is, NY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-02

but the fact that the mote"
in Mr.. Smalley's mind is at
least as large as the one he
observes in the mind of David
Lawrence. M. J. Duffy.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-01-02
Il Korporacije hrv. Donna
u Detroit, Mich.

Ovim putem dajem do zna-
MIA braci i clanovima koli
kluba toll odsjeka br. 351,
da SUI posao u domu primili
John Kosovec, Jr., Charles
Morgan te &c dom biti da-
lie otvoren S d a m dana u
tjednu, to svaki dan cd 10
sati prize podne do diva sata
u jutro, osim nedjelje po-
nedjeljka, kad ce Sc zatvoriti
raniie, ako nema nikoga u
klubu.
Braca kosovec i Morgan
primili su oval posao wise "a
korist napredak korpora-
CHE Hrv. Donna, nego "a svo-
-iu, pax Sc umoliava svu onu
bracu koii su bilo kojeg
razloga prestali dolaziti u
klub, da Sc povrate i da o.
pet budu njegovi patroni, a
gore spomenuta dvojica, JAM
&c "a bratsku podvorbu i de-
mokratsku slobodu svakom
pristojno Sc ponasajucem cla-
nu njegovom prijateliu.
Ia korporaciju Hrv. Donna,
JOsip DObrinec, izvi.