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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-04
Mrs. huron LUwson
Returns to City

Mrs. Huron w. Lawson has
returned to her apartment
at 2141 I street after q fort
nights stay ct the Hotel
Dennis in Atlantic City. Ear
lier in the summer Mrs. Law
son spent several weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom James in
Prestonsburg. KY.
Mrs. James Is the former
Edith Fitzpatrick. well known
contralto, and Mrs. Lawson,
formerly was Franceska Kas-
par. soprano. They appeared
on many programs together.
Mrs. Lawson now Is work.
ing on several songs recently
written BY Howard Thatcher,
Of Baltimore. which she will
sing early in the autumn at
the Phillips Gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-04

Expert teoehers make -
the difference. Typ
ing at Temple Is
fought BY Paul
Stokes. o champion
typist. who gives
every student per-
sonol attention. TUT
tiOn is 50 weekly in
d0Y school, $3.50 rAUL STOKES
weekly Of night school.
TEMPLE SCHOOL
1888 G St. NV. MA. S-4670
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-04
La Sertomc Club
Elects Officers

The Women's Auxiliary of
the Sertoma Club Of WASH
ington recently elected the
following slate of officers for
the coming year: President.
Mrs. Carleton F. Smith; Vice
President. Mrs. Merrill p.
Galliher; Secretary. Mrs.
Robert N. Hislop: and Treas
urer. Mrs. John Randall
Straughan.
This is the second year the
organization win be headed
by Mrs. Smith who was also
elected Governor Of Virginia.
Maryland and the District OF
Columbia at the South At.
lantic Regional Joint Con-
vention Of Sertoma and La
Sertoma last March.
Evening star., 1957-12-29

scotsman named H. j. Meehan
has just been cheered at a Glasgow
educational meeting for urging that the
apostrophe be excised forthwith from
the English language The apostrophe
he has in mind, of course, is not the
rhetorical DEPRESSION that a speaker
resorts to in speech in order to direct
nowery words Of praise to some special
person or thing. No, indeed What Mr..
Meehan inveighs against is that other
kind Of apostrophe which nearly all of
us use In writing to indicate (l) the
poSSessive case (such as "dawn's early
light" and "love's labor) or (2) the
omission Of one or more letters or figures
(such as ne'er for never, can't for cannot
or '76 for 1776).
To put 1t mildly, Mr.. Meehan, who's
headmaster of st. Johns School in Por-
tobello, Just doesn't like this time
honored and much-employed old typo
graphical mark. On the contrary. hes
passionately opposed to 1t, apparently
because he thinks It's of no service what
ever to any mans or womans self
expression. He minces no words about
1t. Listen to him: 'The apostrophe is
utterly useless and should be dispensed
with. There is no such indication in the
spoken word, and yet people have no
difiiculty In knowing II noun is in
the possessive case or II 1t is singular or
plural" Clearly, his views on the matter
are firm and unequivocal, and the fact
that hes been loudly applauded in
Glasgow leaves little room for doubt
that many Of Scotlands educators agree
with him.
Still, there are those among us over
here who like TO cling to the old way
OF doing things and who feel moved,
despite Mr.. Meehan, to address rhe-
torical apostrophe to the typographical
kind-to wit: "Ah, little mark, good and
many are your uses. What poet e'er
could do without you when words like
never ne'er will rhyme with fair? What
ink-stained wretch will fail TO bless you
for having helped him kill stilted line?
Small though you are, a mere curl In
print, you're big among the tools of
writer's. Poetry and prose have been
your debtors through the ages. Destroy
you now? oh, mans ingratitudel Oh,
no, Apostrophe, thousand times mol
1t hpst can't happen here" a
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Miss Bradshaw

Miss May Bradshaw. who died Fri
day, was one of the best known and
most highly regarded teachers in the
District Public School system, which
she served for forty-eight years. A
native Of Washington, member of one
Of its older families, she came to
symbolic in the minds of countless
pupils the most admirable qualities Of
a teacher. Teaching was her vocation,
and she brought TO 1t an active, intelli-
gent mind, love for her work and
respect of its Importance which left an
impression on those who came to know
and admire her. The Star, in comment
ing on her retirement in l949, found
apt quotation from the author Of
Ecclesiasticus: Consider that I labored
not for myself only, but for all them
that seek learning" 1t seems fitting
today as an epitaph.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
The Worker No More?

The Communist Party in the United
States apparently has decided to stop
printing the Daily Worker, which has
been having hard time trying to sur
vive the economic perils of publishing
itself as the true voice Of Marxism-
Leninism in America. John Gates, the
editor. is still fighting valiantly in an
effort TO keep the sheet alive, but stead
lily declining circulation and his ideo-
logical enemies-led by william 2. Fos-
ter, man who seems to refuse TO be-
lieve that Stain is dead-appear to have
placed him on the side of lost cause.
Thus, in an intraparty campaign
apparently designed to liquidate the
Daily Worker, Mr. Foster and his
friends have been attacking this trouble
ridden newspaper goodness, how thin
1t has grown in recent months!) as a
"revisionist" evil that should be done
away with. In other words, 1t has
ceased to be dogmatic In the old Stain
list style; 1t has been elf-contradictory;
1t has opened its columns to dissenting
opinions; 1t has occasionally criticized
the Kremlin, and 1t has displayed, gen.
orally speaking, kind Of confusion, q
kind Of befuddled pen-mindedness, that
is typical Of the bourgeois, capitalist,
imperialistic" press. In short, 1t has
shown a deplomble tendency not to
Evening star., 1957-12-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR

gendered the "nonresistants"
some years later,
The form of the hymn
used on the Ellipse this year
is more useful. but not quite
as accurate as that In Re-
vised and Revised Standard
Versions. which give 1t in
this unquotable form; ION
earth peace among men with
whom he is pleased" The
Roman Church versions in
Latin are correct: par homi-
nibus bonde poluntatis. The
differences in translation
hinge on rendering the Greek
phrase ep dnthropois eudo-
kias. literally Ito men Of good
will" or we'll disposed. I be-
lieve II is only In English that
the term good will TO men"
got currency.
The original motto Of the
voluntary American peace
movement was peace on
earth, good will to men.
Now, $50 years later the urge
Is governmental and the
sounder motto. peace on
earth TO men Of good will" is
It's keynote.
Denys p. Myers.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Airport Authority

AS was expected, the Virginia Air
port Facilities Study Commission has
recommended the creation of a State
Airport Authority, empowered to build.
take over and operate airports in any
part Of the State. Actually, however,
the principal objective Of the proposed
authority would be the purchase and
operation of the Washington National
Airport and its auxiliary terminal, II It
should be built in Virginia. Whether
the forthcoming General Assembly will
approve such an undertaking will de-
pend largely on two things: "a A show
ing that the State would benefit, finan-
cially as well as economically. from
ownership and management of the
nearby airports. (2) A final decision in
favor of Northern Virginia site for
Washington's second airport,
AS for the first consideration, the
study group. headed by Arlington State
Senator Fenwick, Is convinced from a
study Of airport costs and earnings that
It would be not only financially feasible
but profitable for Virginia to take over
the two nearby terminals. However.
another State agency, the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning Commission,
Is Just as convinced that such an in
vestment would be losing proposition.
Apparently the conflicting views arise
from different bases for computing
costs. Both groups presumably will be
given ample opportunity to express
their opinions to the legislature.
The second factor remains an un-
certain quantity. The site decision will
be known. however. when the Quesada
Board submits its recommendations to
Congress In the near future. It is un-
likely that Virginia would be interested
In buying the National Airport from
the Federal Government unless the
auxiliary airport also is built within the
State. Federal officials already have
expressed their willingness to sell the
airport to Virginia II suitable arrange
ments can be worked out. But Congress
viii have the last word both on the
location of the new airport and on
possible transfer of the two airports to
Virginia. Thus. with both the Virginia
Legislature and Congress controlling
the transfer plan, the road to fulfillment
win not be an easy one.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Universal Prayer

In these tense times when
a spark could ignite the en-
tire world. we search our
minds and souls for some
solution that will keep such
q thing from happening. No
matter what we try or do,
1t always seems impossible
TO bridge the gap between
East and West.
I believe the only solution
to bring all people together
in pursuit of happiness, and
one that will be supported by
all people the world over, is
prayer-prayer for our lead
ers as follows:
Almighty God. we pray
that You will bestow upon the
leaders of our Government
Thy divine light that they
will understand and believe
In Thy supreme authority
and that they will lead us in
peace under Thy divine guild
ance." i.
am sure that the Rus
sian people would join us
In this daily prayer, which
could be spread by the Voice
Of America without reproach.
Thomas b. Vaughan.
Evening star., 1957-12-29

be completely faithful echo o. the
party lire proclaimed in Moscow.
So Mr.. Foster and his friends, aided
by the economies Of the situation, seem
TO have succeeded In winning vote to
bury the Daily Worker. Too bad II true.
For this publication, whatever else may
be said for or against II. has at least
been lively since Nlkita Khrushchev's
attack on Stain. The liveliness has
stemmed from the fact that there has
been deep intraparty Split-here and
abroad--over the vices of communism
in such places as Hungary. AS pub
lished in New York. the Daily Worker
has given us an Illuminating insight
into this inner theological struggle. and
all OF US therefore have reason TO regret
the prospect Of It's passing.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Hymn of the Angels

1t is gratifying to note that
the Government this season
is finally using the Hymn Of
the Angels correctly on the
stand at the Pageant Of
Peace on the Ellipse. There
on the entablature 1t reads:
Peace on earth to men of
good will" That is the way
the original Greek reads. not
as in the King James version
OF Luke lila: "On earth
peace, good will toward
men," The difference is i'm
mense. The right version in
wolves reciprocity, the Older
English form undiscriminat-
ing paciflsm.
A good deal depends on
this difference. It is literally
true that the peace move
ment in the United States
began In a religious fervor
for the wrong form in a tract
entitled, war Inconsistent
With the Religion Of Jesus
Christ" by David Low Dodge
in 1910. which logically en-
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Interstqte Tax TongIe

and Ribicof Of Connecticut, youthful
and politically attractive Democrats, are
seeking joint consultation with their
neighbor. Democratic Governor Harri-
man of New York. Their concern Is an
interesting one. affecting as It does the
pocketbooks Of some 100000 OF their
constituents and bearing upon a ques-
tion that is by no means confined 70
the teeming triangle Of these three
States. It Is, in brief, the right OF u
State to levy income taxes on nonresi-
dents employed within its boundaries
a right that has been upheld by the
United States Supreme Court.
Mr.. Meyner and Mr.. Ribicoff are
taking the offensive on one front,
namely. that New York State is dis
eliminating against their constituents
in the matter of allowable deductions
a point on which the Supreme Court has
held that there should be no discrimi-
nation. Moreover, on another front,
Governor Meyner already has In his
arsenal bipartisan and unanimously
enacted resolution of the New Jersey
Legislature calling upon Congress to
initiate an amendment TO the Federal
Constitution forbidding States to levy
income taxes except on their own resi-
dents. Governor Ribicoff has told a
news conference that he will ask the
Connecticut delegation in Congress to
support the New Jersey proposal.
On the immediate issue OF dis
elimination the evidence appears TO
support the complaining Governors.
Under New York State law, nonresident
income taxpayers are entitled only to
a nat deduction Of 10 per cent Of their
gross income or $500, whichever is less.
Resident income taxpayers, however,
may deduct all other State and local
taxes. interest charges, contributions TO
charity, percentage Of insurance and
medical expenses and variety Of other
disbursements. One Of the results, ac-
cording to a study of tax returns In
Albany. Is that the average nonresident
pays IS per cent more income tax In
New York State than does a resident
with equal income and the same number
OF dependents. Not surprisingly, the
affected commuters of New Jersey and
Connecticut feel all this the more deeply
because their own States, along with is
others. do not have an income tax at all.
The problem Of overlapping taxa
tion-Federal. State and local-has been
increasing steadily in recent years. It
Is not simple one to resolve. All juris-
dictions need income to provide the
services expected or demanded. At the
same time, there is point Of economic
exhaustion for the sources being tapped
-as well as injustice in some Of the
distribution Of load. The three Cover
nors involved in this particular contro-
versy have a serious question OF
executive and administrative judgment
on their hands.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
God-the Ruler Yet
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Many self-appointed high
priests OF unbelief across the
centuries have announced
that they were about TO con-
duct the obsequies of religion.
In loud and irreverent de-
malls they have bowed God
out OF the front door Of His
own universe as a needless
hypothesis. History has been
punctuated with such at
tempts before and since the
French revolutionists set up
q lewd woman as the goddess
OF reason In Notre Dame,
Paris. The present under
takers. ready to embalm re-
hgion as skillfully as they
rendered that service TO the
dead body Of Lenin. are by
no means the first to brand
the faith Of the ages as
crude superstition. At least
those who thus rant against
anything higher than their
own red flag are well quail
fied TO pose as experts in all
kinds Of crudenesS. No won
der that after 20 years of Q
regime which has no place
for God the masters Of the
Kremlin are banned at the
vitality Of the churches
which refuse to die. They are
finding religion such q lively
corpse that as this year ends
they prescribe the injection
Of heavier doses Of atheistic
penicillin in the elementary
schools. hoping 10 kill the
lingering germs Of belief in
the supernatural. Three
score years from now. when
the Tooth anniversary Of the
Inauguration Of q goddess So
cial order is celebrated, the
flame OF faith viii still be
burning in the hearts Of the
millions who are incurably
religious.
The reason for this is that
atheistic cuttings do
not Danish God. His great
white throne is still high and
lifted up. And 1t is not vacant.
Maltbie Babcock put that
regnant truth in a phrase
which, since he first lifted II
In q paean Of his own invin-
chile faith, has been on the
lips OF millions-"Though the
wrong seems oft so strong.
God is the ruler yet" Amid
the fallacies and sophistries
of communistic doctrine the
most potent force is the
deathless creed of those who
still crowd the churches,
Catholic and Protestant. with
their affirmation. II believe
in God the Father Almighty"
And in the free world the
chimes from thousands Of
church belfries. the anthems
from countless choirs. the
Greed repeated by believers Of
every tag and label. the pro-
phetic voices from pulpits
under all skies. are proclaim
ing the fundamental belief
without which life is but
mockery. sound and fury sig
nifying nothing-"I believe In
God the Father Almighty"
That belief put in its right
full priority-absolutely first
is the only hope Of this
fear-haunted world. For. as
Browning said with profound
insight. religion is all or
nothing"
The unbelievable phenom.
enon Of the present situation
is that so many. even In ma
tions whose acknowledged
Gnd is the I Innd with freIn-
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Hores on the Hill Hounded BY Tabor

In every Congress so far
as anyone now living can re-
call, there always have been
9 lot Of rabbits" Regardless
Of party lines in most Con-
crosses they are In q majority.
There Is no reason TO believe
that the Congress that will
reconvene after January l will
be any different in this re-
spect than those which have
preceded It.
BY rabbits" Of course, are
meant those members Of
House and Senate who beat
their breasts. below about
their convictions and extol
their so-called principles" in
public but who, when the test
comes. cravenly yield TO pres
sure from the special-interest
groups. As nearly everyone
knows, there are numerous
such groups operating in. out
and on Congress. There is
the farm group. the railroad
group, the Federal jobholders
group. the natural gas group,
the segregationist group. the
antisegregationist group, the
power group and many others.
However, the most powerful
group Of all Is the union
labor group. This Is the
group headed by the real pol
iticians Of the AFL-CTO COM
bination, Of which Walter
Reuther is the chief. Over q
broadcast five nights q week
1t Is proclaimed : that they
represent "i6 million men
and women Of the AFL-CIO
your friends and neighbors,
struggling to make America
free and strong" OF course,
that sounds very noble, in
deed. The trouble is 1t Just
is not true.
Powerful and Selfish
This group is powerful
enough but not in the least
unselflsh. On the contrary,
they are led by selfish and
self-seeking men who are
paid very large salaries and
have extremely expansive
expense accounts" They
are the real bullies Of Con-
gress. They constitute the
group-p particularly MIR.
Reuther-who put the ALL
CIO into politics and put up
the money collected from
their followers) to pay for
the political propaganda and
purposes for which they aim.
1t is amazing how much they
have been able to accomplish
politically in the last Is years.
The leaders Of this group
secured the enactment Of the
Wagner Act in the first
Roosevelt term and from
then on dominated the
Democratic Party and the
Democratic administrations.
During the RooSevelt-Tru-
man regime they ran In and
out Of the White House as
though they owned it. Mem
bers Of Congress covered
under their threats and they
were able to pass or prevent
Evening star., 1957-12-29

are with US are more than
they who are with them" and
to cry out. "Ye fearful saints.
fresh courage take" These
disturbed times call loudly
for some voice. or voices. to
speak TO this day with the
vibrant faith which rang in
the words of Garfield as. fac
ing the terror-stricken throng
IN the Nations Capital when
the martyred Lincoln lay cold
and still. he declared: God
lives. and the Government at
Washington still standsl"
Only a few years back other
dictators were scoffing at
God and themselves assum-
ing omnipotent poses. Speak
ing Of a warning pronounce
ment. freighted with brim-
stone. by Adolph Hitler. as to
what would happen to all
who opposed his kind Of
peace. Winston Churchill
said the most striking and
curious part Of Hitler's ha-
rangue was his complaint
that no one pays sufiicient
attention to his victories" :"
Look at all the victories !
have won" Hitler exclaimed
In effect-"Look at all the
countries ! have invaded, and
struck down-look at the
thousands Of kilometers that
I have advanced into the
lands Of other people-look
ct the booty ! have gathered
and the men I have killed
and captured! Why are they
not downhearted and dis
couraeed?" Why? Because
they had a cause, and q God
Of righteousness and justice
back Of that cause.
When that madman II
Germany, hating the race
that gave Christ to the world,
decreed the playing Of Men
delssohn's wedding March"
a criminal offense because
the composer was a Jew. a
great religious prophet in
America. gripped by the be-
lief that God is the ruler
yet. cried out from his ma
tional pulpit: Twenty five
years from now. what do you
think will be the relative po-
sitions Of Hitler and Men
delssohn? What Hitler stands
for is doomed to decay as
we're the insane. reactionary
policies Of James the Second.
In Mendelssohn there is the
accent OF the Holy Ghost
that mankind will not lose"
Well, Mendelssohn is back.
and Hitler died a suicide In
his underground bunker.
And so in the Armageddon
Evening star., 1957-12-29

passage of any legislation
they favored or opposed,
right up TO the time Of the
Taft Hartley Act, which
nothing but the power and
personality of the late Sen
ator Taft. backed by an
aroused public sentiment,
made possible.
In the coming session labor
legislation is bound to loom
large. 1t win be one Of the
main issues with which the
administration win have TO
deal. It is one in which the
citizens Of the country have
o great stake. The time has
arrived when 1t can no longer
be showed under the rug. The
corruption exposed by the
Mcclellan committee has
really shocked the people
generally. The Kohler strike
In Wisconsin, with its vio-
lence. bloodshed and destruc-
ton Of life and property, is
stiil going on in its fourth
year and Is one of the worst
exhibitions Of labor union
irresponsibility and ruthless
ness In the history Of the
country. The New York
strike Of the Benevolent
Association Of Motormen was
In complete defiance of law,
order and the Constitution.
Other strikes are pending or
In progress. There has been
great damage to health, pri-
vate and public property and
human dignity. For q while
in New York chaos prevailed
and neither the Mayor Of the
city nor the Governor Of the
State seemed adequate to
cope with the situation.
Labor Under Cloud
Add all this up and It does
seem enough to put the whole
labor movement" in tire
United States under q pretty
dark cloud. The climate into
which they have been thrust
by the Senate committees IS
not a salubrious one. Despite
protestations of purity which
pour out Of the various pub
licity instruments and or
ganizations they are neither
persuasive nor convincing In
the next election their sup
port may become a liability
instead Of an asset. The
rabbits" may be fewer in
number and not as easy TO
bully. Clearly. the various
probing committees have
made it plain that the time
has come for the Congress
to enact legislation that will
protect the people from such
unnecessary hardships as
have been inflicted upon
them in the past year. Con-
sidering all the circum-
stances, this does seem a
queer time for Secretary Of
Labor James Mitchell to join
Walter Reuther. the most
militant of all labor politi-
clans. in opposing the right
to work" law. Could Mr..
Mitchell be a rabbit" too?
Evening star., 1957-12-29

bling knees are acting as II
they half believed the blatant
blasts from Moscow. that re-
lision is doomed. Desperately
we need multitudes who see
clearly. as did the prophet in
the long ago. that they who