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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
The News From Newport

If any firm understandings were
reached between the President and
Governor FaubuS at their Newport
meeting, they have been well concealed
in the language of their respective
statements.
Governor Faubus told reporters he
had assured the President that he ex-
pected to accept the decisions Of the
courts and that he hoped the Justice
Department and the Federal judiciary
would "act with understanding in
diScharging their duties in indignation
matters. This, as far as we can make
out, is pretty much what he has been
saying all along.
The Presidents comment may have
been bit more significant. He noted
that the Governor had stated his inten-
ton to respect the decisions of the dis
trtct courts and to cooperate fully in
carrying out his responsibilities with
respect to those decisions. Then Mr..
Eisenhower said this: I'm doing so I
recognize the unacceptable responsibility
resting upon the Governor to preserve
Law. and order in his State" And, he
added, Il have assured the Governor Of
the cooperation of Federal offlcials."
Anyone, we suppose, can diStill his
own differences from these statements.
For our part, we think they mean, and
we hope they mean: % That Governor
Faubus intends to proceed, in good faith
and as best he can, to comply with the
courts Indignation order. (2) That in
doing so he intends, If necessary, to use
the National Guard and any other forces
at his disposal to maintain order and
suppress violence. (3) That the Federal
authorities are going to refrain from any
act which would rock the boat and un-
necessarily add to the gravity of an
already dangerous situation.
We do not know whether these are
valid conclusions or not. The events Of
the next few days will tell. 1t is our
belief, however, that nothing less will
restore a Semblance of order to the
chaotic school situation in Little Rock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Potomac Restudied

I note in The Star of Au-
gust 81 three headlines:
100000 Is Approved for
Potomac Survey" Potomac
Study Gets $4,000" and
Study Of Area Problems by
Congress Assured"
Study. Study. Study. The
poor old Potomac has been
under study for the past so
years to my personal knowl-
edge. and goodness only
knows how long prior to that.
and millions have been spent
with no apparent results.
The Washington water
supply is in the same cate
CORY. In 1918 during World
War /, I was one Of four
engineers detailed by the
United States Geological
Survey to make surveys Of
possible dam sites in the
South Fork, Shenandoah
River, as q reserve water
supply for the city Of Wash.
ington. Thirty nine years ago
and not one thing has been
done about It.
SO again they are planning
TO survey the Potomac"
Why not look up some Of
these numerous surveys made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Views

Dorothy Thompson's COL
umn Status Quo on Disarm-
ament" provides a peculiar
viewpoint Of how to obtain
peace. In effect it says the
way to get peace is to "sell
someone down the river" and
that unless a conference has
that feature 1t makes no con-
tribution to peace. What
kind Of viewpoint is that?
The idea that peace is only
to be bought at the expense
of some victim-country is not
new-that idea had its pro-
ponents about 1888 CMunich)
and 1899 (Soviet German
pact), when the idea Of col
lective security broke down
due to shortsightedness, and
little more.
/ do not recall that Miss
Thompson believed In the
peace through victims" APP
proach in 1888 and 1899. Her
columns Of that period very
likely deplored it,
I never did expect her to
become an out-and-out pro-
ponent of peace through vic
TINS" Too bad.
Morton Franklin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Success Is Essential

WaShington's second United Givers
Fund campaign already is of to good
start, although the annual drive will not
open formally until next Thursday. The
first million Of the 81 million sought has
been pledged through the Special Gifts
Unit-an augury of another successful
venture in one-package giving for Met
ropolitan Area charitable, welfare and
health services. Last year, in the initial
critical test of the UGF plan, the city
and its surburbs went over the top, rails
ing S6,615.O00. record amount. This
years goal is higher-but there are more
member agencies to support, more needs
to be met and higher costs of the
services to consider. Nothing short Of
victory in the new campaign will be
enough.
AS matter Of hard fact, the 81
million goal Of the 1857 drive is nearly
half million dollars short Of the mini
mum needs reported by the 140 organi-
cations which have banded together for
the one-shot solicitation. Another over
the-top collection 5 essential II the gap
between estimated minimum needs and
the campaign goal is to be reduced. I'm
foreseen emergencies have contributed
to the necessity Of raising more money
than ever before, including disasters
which have drained Red Cross relief
funds and increased demands on the
Red Cross blood program. Until last
year the Red Cross had conducted its
own drives. Now it has Joined with
other agencies in the move to reduce
the multiplicity OF independent fund
appeals SO have several of the agen-
cieS engaged in health research.
Eight more agencies have aban-
doned their own drives this year in ia
vor of the UGF one-shot program. They
have shown good judgment in so doing,
as the public generally has indicated its
displeasure over the seemingly endless
succession of appeals that has been the
rule in the past. We know now that
united giving on broad scale is as
feasible in this area as II has proved
to be elsewhere; that 1t can bring in
more money for the agencies at less
overhead cost than in separate drives,
and that the contributing public wants
It. Thus, another successful UGF cam
paign is in prospect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Gentlemen of the Press SIuq 1t Out
By FRANK R. KENT

they don't like Ike" and
consistently show it by the
way they try to needle" him
in press conferences and the
picayunish nature Of their
columnar criticisms.
These seem to increase in
bitterness though not in size
as the 1858 and 1860 elections
grow closer. Though they
have no clear cut issue, the
Democratic strategists are
imbued with great confidence
as they look forward to the
coming campaigns. The basis
for this confidence, Of course,
is the fact that Mr.. Eisen-
hover cannot again be a can
didate. Hence this needing"
Of the President will continue
along the present low lines in
the hope 1t can be made i'm
possible for him to transfer
his strength to his party's
nominee. Perhaps this they
can do. Certainly there are
among them a good many
astute and skilled operators
in this particular propaganda
field. However, the aforesaid
confidence has become con-
siderably diluted in the last
two weeks.
Combination Breaking Up
The cause is the Demo-
cratic Governor of Arkansas,
Orval Faubus, whose fiashy
performance in calling out
the National Guard to pre-
vent nine Negro children
from being integrated into a
white Little Rock school has
been a national sensation,
stirred up a considerable
violence in the South, and
created an ugly and danger
Gus situation in the country.
It also apparently has shot
to pieces the Democratic
claim Of credit for the pas
sage of the Civil Rights Act.
Gov. FaubuS' performance
has been warmly Endorsed by
the Democratic Governors of
South Carolina and Georgia.
In view of this situation it
would seem difficult indeed
for the Democrats to per-
suade the Negroes of the
great cities of the North and
West that they belong in the
Democratic Party. And with
out their vote the Democrats
Just can't win.
1t is equally true that the
Democratic Party's basic as
set is the Solid South. Had it
not been for the combination
of Solid South and the Negro
vote in crucial States. the
extraordinary Democratic VIC
tories beginning in 1886 would
not have been possible. 1t
was an unnatural and in
congruous combination which
now seems to be breaking up.
There appears no one in the
Democratic Party able to play
both ends against the middle
quite as expertly as the late
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Care of the Eyes

Your September 5 article,
How to Stop Killing Your
self" said: "Crossed-eyes
need early attention" That
is 100 per cent correct.
There may be other more
serious visual problems, but
none is so visible as crossed
eyes.
Most of us do not realize
that Strengthening crossed
eyes is Just a step in the
right direction. because the
original cause might still be
present. Normal fusion of
the two eyes is important,
and even more so is the total
visual performance Of the
child. We live in a usually
dominant world and vision is
the most dominant process
In man.
Your paper is TO be con-
graduated for printing ar
ticles on the Importance Of
vision.
shew Kuhn Lee, Cd.
Chairman, Visual Training
Committee. d. Q. OPP
tometric Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

incIude sucn over-al1, mutually trouble
some problems as trafic, water supply,
health and housing. Mr.. Munlford sug-
gested that new forms Of Metropolitan
Area government be invented" to ham
die problems that are beyond the reach
of local authorities but which are COM
mon to all jurisdictions. But such an
invention" to be successful, would have
to be cooperative enterprise, initiated
by the jurisdictions concerned in their
own interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Riots

Racial trouble brought
serious rioting in Vancouver,
British Columbia, SO years
ago. In a story from that
city on September 10, 1907,
The Star reported: 1.-THE Chi
nese and Japanese quarters
Of Vancouver are practically
in q state Of siege. Hundreds
Of revolvers and guns were
sold yesterday to Orientals
until the police prohibited
the sale Of firearms. Every
Chinese merchant goes about
with an armed bodyguard.
and beside the entrance of
every Chinese store stands a
Monaghan with a rifle. All
the Chinese cooks. millmen
and laborers and all the
Japanese working in the city
and in the country within a
radius Of Is miles from Van
couver have been summoned
to the Oriental quarter and
are filling all the houses of
the quarter. Besides the fire.
arms. knives. stones. bottles
and bricks are in stock ready
to repel the attack Of the
mob at any future occasion.
Glass In every Oriental shop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

from food to filters, infallible
tests have proved that to be
happy. healthy and wise we
simply can not do without
the boons there offered.
Our so-called civilization is
cluttered. numbered and. al
most smothered with things.
To obtain these alleged es-
sential accessories Of modern
living all one is asked to pay
down is q token LOU. Now
for the multitudinous devices
which save time. decrease
drudgery and increase COM
fort, we raise a TIE Deum Of
gratitude. To protest against
the multiplication of ingeni-
Gus things would be an idle
and futile gesture. No one In
his senses would recommend
that we turn our back on it
all and escape to some palm
fringed atoll in the Pacific
in the middle of an island in
the middle Of the ocean. That
would be no solution. We
must live in the midst Of our
competitive rush which seeks
to pile up riches and to
gather into barns and banks
in the mad race to get on in
the world. yet which all the
time may be wearing out our
tired hearts, breaking our
taut nerves and starving our
neglected souls.
1t is significant that every
where people are avidly read
ing books whose purpose is to
point from the sticks and
straws on the ground to the
angel with the crown Of gold.
symbolic Of peace Of mind.
The sale Of such volumes is
indicative that in the midst
Of a surging mass Of things
multitudes in Vanity Fair
are conscious that in forever
seeking happiness they are
always finding something less.
The push Of progress. the
pressure Of propaganda. the
drive of mass production,
have been robbing our gener-
alton Of peace and poise and
filling our hospitals with neu-
rotics and the streets Of our
cities with hurrying people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

Some time ago reference
was made in this space to
the extremely trivial charac-
ter Of the criticism leveled at
the President by his Demo-
cratic opponents. This
ranged all the way from
childish iibes at his golf play
ing to allegations that he did
not know what was going on
in his own administration
and was kept inadequately
informed by his aides.
The climax Of this type Of
anti-Eisenhower propaganda
came last week when one Of
the best Of the New Deal
Fair Deal columnists burst
loose with an attack upon
the President for his news
conference amiability and
good nature. The general
complaint Of this journalistic
gentleman was that Mr.. Ell
senhower's conversation was
dull, namby-pamby and un-
exciting: that the newspaper
men and women would like
to hear some tough talk"
from him. The general idea
was that they would enjoy
seeing him get mad and kick
somebody in the teeth. In
other words. they vastly pre-
fer the violent letter-writing
outbursts Of the prankish
Mr.. Truman and the not al
ways frank Mr.. Roosevelt to
the plain words Of a sincere
man who neither patronizes
nor grovels to them.
New Deal Hangover
This strange hostility to
the President upon the part
Of the working press" I'M
doubtedly is q sort of hang
over from the Roosevelt adj
ministration. In that era fire.
quent dinners and dances
were given for newspaper
men and their wives at the
White House. Mrs. Roose-
welt sent flowers. wrote let
tiers and called on special oc-
casions. Mr.. Roosevelt from
time to time asked small
groups in for Consultation"
There were some who dis
liked and disagreed with him
and toward these he was
venomous and vindictive. But
as for the big majority. no
President in our history
played up to them quite as
artfully and ardently. The
net result was that he made
devoted New Dealers of
many.
There were Of course. some
who were unaffected by this
obvious White House PAM
pering and petting. but it had
an effect upon q considerable
number. nevertheless. And
the devotion Of these carried
over into the Truman adj
ministrations and made them
enthusiastic advocates Of the
unfortunate Adlai Stevenson
in 1852 and 1856. Naturally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Still Guilty

d
The United Nations General Assem-
bly, has well served the cause of truth
and freedom, and done honor to itself,
In overwhelmingly voting to condemn
again last falls savage Soviet suppress
sion Of Hungary's rebellion against
Moscow's domination and the puppet
Red tyranny in Budapest.
Significantly enough, this decision
eco to 10, with 10 abstentions) is even
more resounding than that of last Janu-
airy ~, when the Assembly (55 to 8, with
IS abstentions) expressed comparable
condemnation and established special
five-nation committee to make an ex-
haustive inquiry into all aspects of the
Hungarian uprising. That committees
report, signed without dissent by the
representatives of Australia, Tunisia,
Ceylon, Denmark and Uruguay, now has
been emphatically Endorsed by the new
vote-which means, in effect, that the
vast majority Of the u. N. has reaf1irmed
all its past findings holding the Kremlin
guilty Of the crime of using naked
armed force to deprive Hungary of
liberty and political independence.
Only the Communist bloc, including
Yugoslavia, has voted against this ac-
ton. AS for the 10 abstaining powers,
among them Syria, Egypt and neutral
list" India, as well as Ceylon, it Is note
worthy that most of them-if not all
have not questioned the objectivity or
truthfulnesS of the five-nation report.
In that respect, the Kremlin can derive
little comfort from their aloofness. Acc
tually, more members of the U. N. than
ever before have now ranged themselves
forthrightly on the side of the freedom
seeking Hungarian people. And in an
effort to help those people the Assembly,
in the resolution it has just adopted,
has once again called upon the Russians
and the Kadar regime to "deSiSt" from
repressive measures. In addition, 1t has
named its retiring president, Prince Wan
of Thailand, to undertake a special mis-
sion aimed at winning Moscow's and
BudapeSt'S compliance.
1t is only too easy to say, Of course,
that all this amounts to little more than
pious words and empty gestures. And
certainly what the Assembly has done
cannot Of itself bring about new birth
Of freedom in Hungary. But there is
moral pressure involved here whose po-
tentialities ought not to be underesti-
mated. Can the Kremlin afford to be
forever scornful Of it? Can Nikita
Khrushchev. and his colleagues laugh
of the fact that their position has the
support only of the Communist bloc and
faces the standing, persistent condem-
nation of no fewer than go nations in
all parts of the globe? Can the Soviet
Union refuse to receive and listen to
the able Prince Wan without doing
injury to itself, propagandistically and
otherwise?
Only time will give us the answers
to such questions, but the hope may at
least be entertained that the Kremlin
will find it to its own advantage in due
course to begin loosening its present iron
grip on Hungary. And needless to say,
If that proves to be the case, the credit
will be owing in large measure to the
General Assemblys unequivocal stand
in behalf of liberty and human rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

rhymes or intense, excited,
staccato tones extol the SUI
perlative wares for sale in
side the tents they set up.
While world news stands by.
waiting for its turn, we are
deluged with assertions that
from superduds to supersuds,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
R0kes and ANGELS
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

This title was determined
almost three hundred years
ago in Bedford jail across the
sea. There. in prison for his
faiths sake. John Bunyan
breathed the breath Of inn
mortality on the pages of
Pilgrims Progress" The
characters with which he
peopled his dismal cell live
forever. They are timely and
timeless. One Of his verbal
pictures which deserves to
hang in the gallery Of our
own busy day is "the man
with the muckrake." The in
dividual depicted is not do
ing anything wrong. Indeed.
what he is doing may be very
useful. He is raking up the
sticks and straws which litter
the ground. But he is so en-
crossed with what is on the
ground that he fails to see
an angel with a crown of
gold lowering just above his
head. The trouble is that he
does not lift his sight. He is
too obseSsed with that which
is Of the earthly earth. Gaz-
he at this picture who will
dare suggest that Bunyan is
not a modern writer? Has
today's obSession with things
ever been portrayed better?
Certainly no intelligent per-
son in this inventive day
would question the legitimate
place Of all the implements
and aids to living of which
the rake may be taken as a
symbol. But what Of angels
and crowns Of gold so near
yet not even seen? The pic
ture Of rakes and angels
might be called the tyranny
Of things. Does not that sug-
gest the peril Of goth CEN
tury America
To walk UP and down the
aisles of a 5 and 10 cent
store Is to behold an array of
things" which is nothing
short Of amazing-useful,
clever. ingenious articles de-
signed to meet every con-
ceivable want and need. In
such an emporium America
the Beautiful becomes Amer
lea the Bountiful. Every de-
vice in glitter and gadgets
and glamorous covering is
employed to appeal to the
modern delight in luxuries
and conveniences. In the
America Of Clay and Web
ster. 1t is estimated that
there were not more than
200 different items urged on
the average person by those
out to capture buyers. Today
there are something like
10000. Surely the American
way is paved with things.
But one does not escape the
lure Of things by passing by
store doors and reckoning
windows. Sitting in the den
or the living room in the
welcome quiet Of the home
one has but to turn a knob
and without even knocking
there troops in noisily a pro-
cession Of commercial bark
ers who. with jingling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

who have forgotten even the
grace Of courtesy and who
have lost the sublime secret
that to give is to live. AS an
observer Of our hectic Main
Streets has put 1t as he
watches restless multitudes.
They jerk their way through
hectic days with an accelera-
ton beyond the capacity Of
the human spirit to endure"
Surely the call Of this decisive
day is away from the know
how" about which We talk
so much and with which we
offer to cure the worlds ills
to the ''know-why" and the
''know-where." It is a sum-
halt. to be still, and
to enter into the refreshing
realization that there are
things We can very well get
along without. It was q wise
woman who. coming back
from what had been thought
Of as a shopping trip. when q
friend commented on her
empty hands. exclaimed: 1--WE
had q marvellous experience.
I couldn't find what I had in
mind to purchase. but some-l
how as ! looked in q lot Of
shop windows. ! got all
steamed up about the enor-
nous number Of things ! am
really better on without"
The way to get a lift from
shopping is toslook gleefully
at the things one can do
without-especially If, with
the money you haven't spent.
you can therefore make an
added contribution toward
answering your own daily
prayer. Thy kingdom
come" That sort Of shop
ping may substitute angels
and crowns Of gold for more
unitarian rakes. It is an
emancipating vision that We
certainly can get along with
out cushioning our own lives
with the things that impov-
erish our own painting hearts.
It is possible that we may be
among those with arms
loaded with things and yet.
at the same time, with hob
bled feet and blinded eyes.
grope down q narrow gorge
and call it life."
Alas for those who are the
spiritual descendants Of that
man Of whom the Master
Teacher spake. who held a
coin so close to his eyes that
it blotted out the stars, who
came to think entirely in
terms Of bigger crops and
bigger barns, but with whom
1t was later than he thought.
Pityingly Jesus said of him
who thought he could house
his soul in q barn: "You fool
ish mani Tomorrow your
name will be on the obituary
list. Then whose shall these
things be?" Can it be that
as Americans so busy with
the rakes as too often to miss
the crown Of gold held in
angels hands that we are
paying far too much for
things that for our souls
sake we could do without.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

A proposal since carried
out was put forth by a Wash
ington physician q half a
century ago at q time when
insanity and its causes still
were little understood. The
Star, on September 10. 1907.
reported: DIR. william L.
Robins, chairman Of a COM
mittee appointed by the
Commissioners to investigate
local lunacy conditions. has
made a preliminary report,
which declares that present
methods make it almost i'm
possible to secure adequate
information as to the causes
Of insanity in the District.
The present system Of
getting patients to St. Eliza
beths would be greatly i'm
proved upon, DR.. Robins says,
by the establishment Of a
psychopathic hospital. where
persons suspected Of insanity
could be sent for observation.
Those found to be in need Of
treatment for mental dis
orders could then be sent to
the asylum upon the certifi-
cate of the physicians con-
nected with the psychopathic
hospital :"