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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
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THE ST. cRoIx AVIS

here, SO far removed from the roar of the concrete jungles.
Gold, pure and refined, gleames forth in our man. hui
mainly to man, in the richness of our culture and charac-
ter, in the ready hospitality among all Virgin Islanders.
Golden too, / must add. is the absence from these shores
of the ugly blotches of organized crime, of subversive
of racial discrimination, Thank God, that this
&c 90 . - 3
, 1958-01-07
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Continued from Saturday.

Continued from Saturday
It is good to have you here with us, Your Excellency.
Please turn your steps frequently to these shores to renew
with us those many ties that still remain between Den
mark and the Virgin Islands. As our voices resound, Am
bassador Kaufman, in the traditional cheer Hans Males
tact Kong Frederik den TX laenge leve;;' we know that
you join with our prayers for the continued Well-being OF
our i~llustrious leader, President Dwight p. Eisenhower.
Gratitude to Committee
want to thank, particularly, DR.. Roy w. Bornn, who is
TODAY in Washington on urgent business, and Messrs.
Henry Rohlsen and George Simmons, the chairmen OF the
three steering committees; as well as the active members
of our committee: Commissioner Leon A. MaWson, Messrs.
Adolph Gereau, j. Antonio Jarvis, Raphael heatley, and
my one-time private secretary, Mr.. Frederick a. Esan-
mason. These officers have accomplished an effective trans
lation Of historic recapitulation into p~ageantry and praise
and have crowned it with beauty and dignity. ! know that
YOU appreciate their work as much as ! do.
Outstanding was the distant journey back into the
nostalgia past, in which we were led by Mr.. jarvis yester-
day, to stand in the presence OF history as enacted Within
changing of the guard over our island home 40 years ago.
We do appreciate the fine planning and much effort, and
particularly the genuine interest, which developed into
delightful and remarkable focus the spontaneous outpour-
ing of a peoples gratitude to our sovereigns, past and
present.
THANKS, EVERYONE
In this harmony Of interests, we recognize and we
congratulate the participating arms: the. United States
NAVY, the insular government departments, our industries
and other fields of private enterprise. and many others,
! some appearing in the programs and parades OF yesterday
and today, Tor their part IN this Impressive portrayal Oh the
Virgin Islands success story of twoscore years.
OLD OF THE ISLES
And, now, with your kind permission, I would like to
discuss a few anniversary thoughts in the chatty supper
time style which we used some years ago. | would like to
talk to you this morning about gold. Now, please do not
look surprised; | am no longer the Commissioner OF FL
nance, and | no longer prepare the revenue estimates. And
/ do not have any gold in the banks vaults, either. So.
just relax and hear me through, please. Since | have hard
" done any public speaking over the past years, I just
had to find some familiar ground from which to sound off.
That is why | have chosen gold, the well known yellow
metal, one Of the heaviest substances known. l will en-
deauor to point out that gold, not exactly the raw ore, but
its equivalent in cultural and material value. is being dis
covered and being developed every day in the Virgin
Islands.
ITS ATTRIBUTES, SURELY
/ understand that when Interior Secretary ~Seaton
visited the Virgin Islands last December he received an
application from a group of prospectors for mining rights
at the newly opened national park on the island of St.
, 1958-01-07
OUR HERITAGE

1 QUIZ HERIlAGE ny.
We must repeatedly refine this precious ore by the
constant cultivation of harmony and goodwill. These days
of retrospect-yesterday and ~today-crowd us with fond
memories of the gracious and gentle life OF yesteryear. We
are proud of those memories; for they represent the skein
with which we fashion the rich fabric of our folkWay. It is
good that we maintain in our towns the Old World jewels
of architecture; it is better when we efabellish the refined
taste in our morals; but we are at our very best when we
can pass on this heritage to succeeding generations as
theirs okeep and to increase. God grant that this will al
ways be SO. .st"sa
PAYMENT IN Coll
In gathering the notes of this talk, we visited our
public library and found there a treasure trove of Virgin
Islands material: many, many volumes dealing with the
historical-and the folk interest, drawn from a wide field of
scholars, educators, government officials, and other
writer's.
We found in Zabriskie's account Of the transfer, this
incident which took place on a Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock, on the last day of March 40 years ago, in the large
diplomatic reception room of the State Department Estate,
War, and Navy Building) in the city Of Washington.
There the then Secretary Of the Treasury, William G.
McAdoo, headed to Secretary of State Robert Lansing
Treasury warrant, representing $5 million in gold, and
smilingly explained that he had brought the money in the
form of a warrant because the actual gold coin would
weigh nearly 48 tons. Approximately $4,000 pounds, that
is.
~PROSPERING .POORHOUSE
That incident was definitely not the first time, of
course, that gold in. substantial quantity jingled in Virgin
Islands history. In bygone years, as you will recall from
histol y, our cities and towns were used as sanctuary for
freebooters in from the Spanish Main. Here they counted
and shared the loot, we understand. March 81, 1917, was
definitely not the last time that such bullion was linked up
with our islands. A President of the United States once
labeledou islands as IAN effective poorhouse." That was
unfortunately % tackled on to us back in 1881. Unfortu-
nately or fortunately? Let us discuss the phrase in the light
OF what has TRANSFERRED since.
We can venture this explanation: AS part and parcel
, 1958-01-07
ITS ATTRIBUTES, SURELY

/ understand that when Interior Secretary ,Seator
visited the Virgin Islands last December he receiveda
application from a group of prospectors for mining rights
at the newly opened national park on the island of st
John. hope they find gold, or silver, or uranium, or ever
oil. But, my dear friends, the gold that | speak about, the
treasure of the Virgin Islands of the United States, spar
kles in the loneliness of our sunrise and sunset. in the
panoramic splendor Of our landscape and .seascape, in thu
wonders Of our climate, and in the peace and ~quietnes
, 1958-01-07

We can venture this explanation: AS part and parcel
of our Nation we experience the rise and fall of the ma
tional economy. Therefore, when the lamented depression
shook the country two and one-half decades ago, it is quite
understandable that the Islands, too, as its miniature, had
to bear the brunt Of a damaged economy as well. That was
the time Of the classic proposal to Congress that DenmarA
be paid to take us back.
That remark, however sincerely meant or well intend
ed, from the honored guest aboard the U. S. S.. Arizona
made us do things : : and do them in a big hurry. For
since then, the p~oorhouse has paid off the mortgage, every
cent of it. Yes, we have definitely done so. Official docu
Continued on page -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

Even though we have yet to carry
out a successful unnamed lunar probe,
the AstronauticS Institute of the West
inghouse Electric Corporation has begun
to talk seriously about building a power
station on the moon. In fact, despite
the Pentagon's current lack of enthu-
Siasm for the idea, the institute would
like to get started on the project right
away
DR.. Peter CaStruccio, the institutes
director, makes the whole thing sound
fairly simple. While refusing to venture
a guess as to how much it would cost,
he has been emphatic in declaring that
he and his associates are confident that
1t can be carried through to successful
completion. In the first phase of the
undertaking, the necessary equipment
wire mesh and giant plastic sheets
coated with photoelectric MATERIAL
would be rocketed to the moon. Next
would follow human construction crew,
and this crew in turn would put every
thing together in way that would cap
ture the suns rays and convert them
into enough electrical power to run a
base that would have tremendous po-
tential military and nonmilitary Signifi-
canoe in relation to the earth and all
the rest of the planets in our solar
system.
This is no comic-strip idea. On the
contrary, according to DR.. Castruccio, its
realization "is essential for welfare and
progress in the Nations space race with
Russia" As for military implications,
he has hkened the projected lunar base
to "a fortress located on high noun
tain which can easily rain projectiles
into the valley" (meaning the earth).
And to illustrate his point he has OBJ
served that to hit our world with one
megaton nuclear warhead fired from the
moon would require rocket with a
launching weight of only 5000 pounds,
whereas a similar weapon shot up there
from here would require a delivery
missile weighing not less than 100000
pounds.
To those of us who become hope
lessly confused when we try to work
with anything more complicated than
a monkey wrench or screw driver, all
CAAAo may oSCul Adl1IdoGAC W d pOulI ItldI
rules out even the dimmest kind of COM
prehension. But Westinghouse is not
fooling, nor is DR.. CaStruccio, and quite
few of the Pentagon'S experts agree
that the idea may well become an oper-
ating reality in the lifetime of our
children.
AS for our aging selves, what of
us? What can we do but marvel at how
astoundingly everything has changed
mot necessarily for the better) since
that not-so-long- ago time when the
automobile was dazzling novelty or
when our eyes popped as we listened to
the magic Of music and voices coming
to us from the first crystal radio sets?
Alas, the dear dead days of simple
wondepH 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Keeping Pace With Africa

1t is in appropriate recognition of
the growing Importance of Africa and
its political evolution that our State
Department has established its new Blu
reau of African Affairs and placed its
administration under an Assistant Sec
rotary of State. The pace toward eco
nomic and political development on the
once-deSignated Dark Continent has
been rapid in recent years, particularly
so in the post-World War II period.
Most of the newly independent coun-
tries are members of the United Nations
and their common interests have helped
bring them together as an influential
bloc in that world body.
The new bureau will be responsible
for United States relations with all
parts of Africa except Egypt and the
Sudan, which remain under jurisdiction
of Middle East Affairs, and Algeria,
which, because of Is relationship to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
R. S. V. p.

Our Government now has sent an
other note to the Kremlin on the sub
ject Of holding technical discussions to
deal with the problem of establishing
international safeguards against the
danger of surprise aerial attacks. The
note reminds the Soviet regime that it
has yet to reply to a similar missive
addressed to it last July 3l--a letter
urging that the talks begin in. Geneva
during the first week of October.
This proposal was made in response
to Premier Khrushchev's July sug-
geStion to President Eisenhower that it
would be useful" If civilian and mill
tary experts of the United States, the
USSR and possibly some other coun-
tries met for nonpolitical study of the
problem, with view to drafting specific
recommendations for policing arrange
ments that could be acted upon later at
a summit conference or some other dip
lomatic get-together. In effect, Just as
in the case of supervising a ban on nu-
clear testing, the Kremlin seems to have
agreed to the idea in principle How
ever, in contrast to its position as re-
CARDS the control of experimental A and
H detonations, it has yet to start getting
down to the brass tacks of the matter.
SO our new American note may be
regarded as timely prod. What it asks
for is an affirmative R. s. v. p, and it
suggests that the talks originally pro-
posed for the first week of October be
scheduled to begin about two months
after such a reply is forwarded. Thus,
II favorable Soviet answer is made
later this month, the technical discus
SionS would start in Geneva sometime
during November; or early December at
the latest. A good and encouraging
precedent has already been set by the
recent successful conclusion of East
West scientific deliberations on the feas-
Utility of inSuring the effectiveness of
ban on nuclear experimentation. The
same sortof meeting undoubtedly could
lead to trustworthy open skies" guar
anteeS against the menace of sneak air
assaults.
These guarantees, as advocated by
Mr. Eisenhower and his expert advisers,
could be effective enough to allay the
mutual suspicious and fears inherent in
the eVer-increaSing ability of the USSR
and our own country to attack each
other from the air with annihilating
force and virtually no warning. Clearly,
this is field in which effective policing
is Of vital Importance, far more so than.
in the field of nuclear testing. If the
Kremlin recognizes that fact by CO.
operating with us, then the world will
be able to hope for better sense of
security than 1t has any reason to feel
now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Proud of Its Past

Southern Maryland'S historic Charles
County has many good reasons to be
proud of its past. Most of these reasons
will be reviewed in pageant and other
ceremonies this week end, climaxing the
county'S SOOth anniversary of its found
ing. The celebration will be held against
a background made up of mixture Of
the old and the new In American ways
of life-a mixture which adds to the
attractiveness of the ancient but pro-
gressive county.
Charles County was more than
century old when one Of its residents,
Thomas Stone, signed the Declaration
of independence and when another of its
leaders, John Hanson, was elected first
president of the United States in Con-
gress Assembled" Organized as polit-
ical unit in May of 1858, the county is
one of the oldest such units irI.the Ma
ton. It's once thriving Patuxent River
port, Benedict, was the scene Of the
British landing in 1914 for their march
on Washington. Some of it's oldest
colonial homes have been well preserved
to this day, reminders of an era of
pleasant living enjoyed by numerous
dignitaries of the tobacco plantation
period. A number of George Washing
toms close friends lived there.
It is good that Charles County has
found time, in the midst Of its usual
preoccupation with the busy affairs of
modern life, to remember and revere it's
colorful traditions. AS friendly near
neighbor, Washington wishes the county
another three centuries or more Of
progress and prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

1t was interesting to read
what Dean Acheson said in
The Evening Star in refer
ence to the United States
drifting toward war.
Perhaps Dean Acheson only
thinks in terms of material
gain, but those who think
on spiritual levels can readily
see that the United States is
really taking a stand for God!
Nikita Khrushchev recently
stated in an interview that
our grandchildren would not
be able to understand how
we could believe in anything
but communism, which is &C
tually a threat to the entire
world. Communism is athe-
istic, and the Communists
are out to destroy those who
believe in God, the creator
of the entire world; thus
America and any other
country which stands ready
to check the spread of Rus
sian aggression are in reality
fighting for God and democ-
racy, which are inSeparable.
Thus the United States help
ing Chang Kai-shek and his
people, who have accepted
Christianity, is really fight
ing for those who believe in
God and against those who do
not. Is there really any higher
purpose in life to fight for2
William Edgar NewRent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Little Rock Go-Aheod

A unanimous Supreme Court, for
reasons which presumably will be set
forth in some detail later, has decreed
that indignation must proceed forthwith
In Little Rocks Central High School
The immediate effect of this was
to force the hand of Governor Faubus.
He has responded by closing all four
senior high schools in Little Rock, and
setting October as the date for ref
erendum to determine whether the
voters will support his action.
1t is difficult to foresee the longer
range effects. Conceivably, if the refer
endum should go against the Governor,
1t may be possible to open the school on
an integrated basis and operate it with
at least reasonable success under the
watchful eyes of the force of deputy
marshalS which has been recruited by
the Department of Justice to assist in
enforcing the courts order. This is not
the belief, however, of those who are
closest to the problem. The Little Rock
School Board, which tried in good faith
to implement its plan of indignation, told
the Supreme Court that, without delay,
there was no chance of operating a
successful educational program in the
school. 1t pleaded for time-for "the
opportunity to preserve our public edu-
cation system" But this plea was
rejected by the court.
Pending the promised expression
Of the views supporting our judgment"
the considerations which prompted the
courts decision will remain undisclosed.
1t is reasonable to infer from the ma
ture of the questions asked by the jus
tees, however, that the court was more
impressed by possible impairment
through delay-of what it regards as the
constitutional rights of the Negro pupils
than with the practical difficulties Of
enforcing such rights.
For the moment, the one certain
thing is that the outlook in Little Rock
is bleak one-eSpecially so for the chill
dren of both races whose education is
bound to suffer, whatever the ultimate
solution of problem which, for the mo-
ment, seems to defy rational solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Quemoy Conveys

I thoroughly agree with
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney
that "the use of United
States warships to convoy
Chinese supplies to Quemoy
comes dangerously close to-
ward committing aggression"
Have we lost all sense Of
fairness? Do we consider
that we have to dictate to
the Chinese Communists that
they must give up their
nearby islands?
We would not accept COM
munism no matter how much
Russia and China tried to
bully us into it. So why
should we expect the Chinese
Communists to kow tow
to us?" Airline d. Han
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Dear Sir:
Knowing your interest in
and sympathetic love of
birds. l want to share my ex-
traordinary experience with
you.
This spring. a pair of
robins built a nest in the
rose arbor above the kitchen
door. The whole process was
fascinating, as the nest was
at eye level and they seemed
utterly unafraid of human
observation.
I'm a nearby arbor by the
fence, a pair of cardinals
built their nest at the same
time. 1t was no sooner COM
pleted than some miSchiev-
Gus crows arrived with a
great cawing and utterly
destroyed it.
"A few days later, as I sat
by the window watching the
robins, I saw the female
cardinal perch on the edge of
the robins nest.
THE female robin pushed
at her with her beak, not
angrily but firmly.
PLAINLY. the cardinal was
asking to share the nest.
e* x 4
This went on for several
days, until one day l saw the
female cardinal firmly estab-
liShed in the nest.
ITO my amazement, the
female robin returned about
then, the female cardinal few
out, and the robin took over
the eggs.
This arrangement proved
perfectly friendly and con-
venient for all concerned. It
was as if the robin had sub
let the nest with kitchen
privileges, for both the males,
robin and cardinal, made fire.
quent visits with offerings of
food to the occupant of the
nest, indiscrimin a t ely,
whether it was the female
cardinal or the robin sitting
there.
Eventually the eggs
Matched; the robins left
the nest first. But the cardi-
nal pair, as if to repay their
hosts, remained on, and were
faithful to the end, when
only one large robin fiedgling
refused to leave.
x 4 4 4
THAT last morning, I
watched the last of the little
drama.
THE robins had gone, in
complete disgust, but the
cardinal pair sat on the ar
Dor and coaxed and en-
coraged the stupid little fell
low until he finally ruffled his
wings and took of.
II saw the first awkward
flight into the shrubbery as
he plunged out with the
cardinal pair winging along
on each side of him.
Finally, I missed my two
little families for a long time,
as I had shared their most
intimate experiences and saw
with my own eyes their gen.
tleness, consideration ami
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

winch ne DaSed his stand.
The President does not leave
much to the argument that
the United States should
never be drawn into a war to
preserve two islands, four
miles off the mainland Of
China, for Chang Kai-shek,
head of the Nationalist Chi
nese government. AS he states
the case, we are committed
by treaty and by our own in
tereSt-our own security-to
the defense Of Formosa, and,
II necessary to that defense
in the opinion of the Chief
Executive. to the defense of
the offshore islands. 1t is true
that these islands. within
Smelling distance of the Chi
nese coast, are a much easier
target than Formosa, a hun
dred miles away. But the
Chinese Communists have
again and again asserted their
intention Of taking, by force
OF arms, If necessary, the is
land Of Formosa.
Appeasement No Solution
To give them the offshore
islands now would be pre-
cisely what the President said
-appeasement. Appeasement
of armed dictators has never
saved the world from war.
Nor will it in this case. And
If war comes, these offshore
islands in the hands of the
Chinese Nationalist - our
allies - would be an even
greater menace to the Chi
nese Reds than they would
be in the hands of the Chi
nese Reds to the defense Of
Formosa.
The criticism of the Eisen-
hover administration. so far
as our policy in the Formosa
Strait is concerned, has not
been confined to Americans.
1t has been vociferous in
some of the countries of our
allies, particularly in Europe.
Yet a couple of decades ago
they had their Munich" And
what did it get them? In
those days there was no
United States to take the
lead in denying appeasement
to Hitler and Mussolini and
later the japanese war lords.
This CONFERENCE.-The
declined to become a member
of the League of Nations and
had withdrawn within its own
shell. After Munich, the die
tatorial governments of Ger
many, Italy and Japan really
stepped out to gather in more
and more territory. Until
finally Britain and her allies
called a halt. The result was
a devastating war, the most
devastating in the worlds
history. in which we became
involved. Indeed, it was
forced on us.
Shall we start the old Mu-
Mich chain again-this time
in the far reaches of the
Pacific? 1t is incredible we
would be so foolish, or that
the other nations of the free
world should acquiesce. For
Russia and her satellites are
at their doors. ..