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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
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I have the greatest admira-
ton and respect for Mary
McGrory's writing ability.
She has an easy style, a
clever way with words, a
most disarming way. In short.
she is a talented writer.
However, it is becoming in
creasingly obvious that she
is not a reporter in the real
sense of the word. She does
not fulfill the first duty of a
good reporter, which is to
tell the facts without regard
to personal views.
The latest case in point is
her front-page reporting of
the Presidents press confer
ence on August 20, with this
headline: "All's Right With
the World, Happy President
Hints" Then follow such
things as: THE Chief Ex-
ecutive's brow, like the skies.
was cloudless throughout to-
days session with press. .
The musical accompaniment
for today's question-and-
answer period would have to
be Gershwin's buoyant Sum-
mertime and the Twin is
easy :. The President, in
short, did not look today like
Atlas with the weight Of the
world on his shoulders. He
seemed to have more in COM
mon with Huckleberry Finn"
Then on page 5, as part of
another report of this press
conference, appeared a pic
ture Of the President with
this accurate caption: "Seri-
Gus. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER is
earnest and unsmiling as he
talks to newsmen at his press
conference today" The pic
ture definitely reflected the
tone of this other report Of
the conference.
1t seems to me Miss
McGrory should be a column
mist. Then she could freely
express her opinions and i'm
pressions, and her readers
could take them or leave
them. Your other reporters
give the factS-why not Mary
McGrory?
c. ]. K.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
Virqinio and the Law

We know that our Airing
ton member of the House of
Delegates, Mrs. Kathryn
Stone, would have accepted
the Supreme Courts decision
as being the supreme law Of
the land without raising a
question as to whether or
not this decision was an en-
croachment on State Sover-
eighty and individual lib
critics, beca use she has
consistently opposed every
measure which the General
Assembly proposed to retain
that sovereignty. Her oppoSi-
ton to such legislation may
have been due to the fact
that she is against Segrega-
ton, but it is, hard to under
stand how anyone could have
sat through all the debates
in the General Assembly
without a clearer compre-
hension of what Virginia is
fighting for.
Basically and fundamen-
tally the issue is not Segre-
cation VS.. integration, but
whether the States have the
right to run their internal
affairs without interference
from the Federal Govern
ment. This fundamental
question of States rights
could have been raised over
any other issue, but it took
the Supreme Courts decision
of May II, 1854, to bring it
to a head.
So far as / know, the Con-
stitution and the laws which
are made in pursuance there
of are the supreme laws of
the land. Section 8 Of Article
I enumerateS the powers
delegated to the Federal
Government, and the power
to run our schools is not
among those enumerated.
For Sc years the courts have
affirmed and reaffirmed that
the schools are a State func-
ton. The Supreme Court now
says that the States have to
integrate their schools.
This is where law and or
der mentioned by Mrs. Stone
comes in. She has asked that
as we approach the critical
days in Virginia that all cit
liens contribute to law and
order. In requesting this, she
is asking that the citizens
accept indignation of our
schools, because this is the
only way law and order can
be kept. The acceptance of
such platitudes, however,
would not be in keeping with
the history of a free people.
Virginians fought to win
their independence, and they
will fight to keep it.
Kitty l.. Reynolds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many Vice Presi-
dents Of the United States
have been lawyers by profess
sion?-R. j.
A. All but six Of the So
Vice Presidents (from John
Adams to Richard Nixon
we're lawyers by profession,
or had studied law.
@. Are hickory nuts good
TO eat?-P. T.
A. There are several va
rieties Of hickory nuts, some
Of which are flavorful, some
bitter. The pecan tree, for
example, is actually a species
Of hickory, Carya illinoensis.
Other hickories bearing edi-
BILE nuts INCLUDE the shay
bark, the shellbsrk or king
nut. the pignut, and the
mockernut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
THE POLITICAL MILL
Labor to Be Big Issue in Campaign
By GOULD LINCOLN

Congress has shaken the
legislative dust from its feet
it hopes-and gone home
to campaign. The dust Of the
defeat of all remedial labor
legislation, however. con-
tinues to cling to the feet Of
some of the members. This
issue is surely going into the
campaign. Apparently 1t will
be pressed by both Republic
cans and Democrats-but
from different angles. Indeed.
the Republicans already are
broadcasting the fact that a
Democratic controlled Con-
greSs in the face of the
revelation Of gross racketeer-
ing and corruption in some
labor unions and by some
labor leaders, made by the
Mcclellan Senate Inves-
tigating Committee - failed
to pass any law designed to
prevent and punish such
misdeeds.
On the credit side of the
legislative record, President
Eisenhower is shown to have
succeeded in getting much
of the legislation he called
vital" to the safety and Sc
curity Of the United States.
For example, he can take
satisfaction in the passage
of his three major "musts"
the Defense Reorganiza-
ton bill, the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements bill, and the
Mutual Security bill. He did
not get all he wanted in
these measures, but he got
the major part. The Trade
Agreements Act was extended
for four years, instead of the
f1ve-year period the Presi-
dent requested. Nor did the
President get the whole sum
he asked for foreign aid -
mutual security, so-called. He
had the aid Of the Demo-
Gratis in these victories.
No Action on Labor
But on the labor legislation
program which the President
sent to Congress, nothing
was done. Included in that
program were amendments
to the Taft-Hartley Act
which should have been
made long ago. Also, the
President and his Secretary
Of Labor, James P. Mitchell,
strongly recommended that
laws be enacted which would
help put an end to the rack
eteering in labor unions and
the corrupt use of union
funds which have been dis
closed. Now that the Con-
greSs has adjourned, it looks
as though labor legislation
was not meant" to run well
in this prediction session.
Top labor leaders, including
President George Meany Of
the AFL-CIO, favored the
Kennedy Ives bill which
passed the Senate 88 to l, but
died in the House 100 to 1893,
falling far short Of the nee
essary two-thirdS majority
needed to pass under suspen-
sion Of the rules, and even
short Of a majority vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

only Of hunting, fishing and
like endeavors?
You must.
The fellow positively will
not respond DO government.
international affairs, art, ex-
cavations in deserts, or ami
mails outside the canine Spe-
cies.
He demands action, and
you must give it to him, even
in talk, and especially in talk.
What can you get out of 8
man who has caught his first
marlin?
Why, marlin!
He breathes, talks. thinks
marlin, does everything but
eat marlin, and this he will
not do because he threw the
poor fish back.
This is not as cruel as 1t
sounds, Of course, because he
says the salt water will dis
solve the hook in three days.
and then the fish is all ready
to be caught again.
Temp Jones likes best the
man whose interest is books.
He knows books, the man
knows books, and between
them there are books and
more books, since almost
everyone in the world is put
ting out one or more books,
it seems.
A book is something you
love, If you do, regard only as
a doorstep land not a very
good one) il you do not.
The man who has utterly
no use for books, evidently,
lives in the suburbs.
Jones was coming along
that rainy morning, when
right there before his eyes,
lying on the parking, were
three nice books, soaking wet,
but bravely fronting the
morning.
One of Churchill's volumes
of history, Villa Gathers
my Antonio" and that book
about the River Kwai.
Temp Jones shook his head
sadly.
What is going TO happen to
a nation where such things
be?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26

The real reasons why and
how the Kennedy-Ives bill
was jockeyed into a position
where it could only reach thu
House floor for debate and
vote under suspension of the
rules have still TO be dis
closed. Instead of being re-
ferred promptly to the House
Labor Committee. it was held
on the Speakers desk for 40
days. When it did reach the
committee, all the Demo-
cratic members voted not to
take up either an identical
Democratic bill or a more
drastic Republican bill. Un-
der suspension of the rules,
only 40 minutes Of debate is
permitted, and no amend
ments may be offered. The
Republicans, claiming the
Kennedy-Ives bill was weak"
complained they had been
hog-tied in their efforts to
improve the legislation. Most
Of them voted against the
measure, and most Of the
Democrats voted for tin a
futile gesture in the closing
days of the session. How
ever, 81 Democrats voted with
Republicans opposing the bill.
Mitchell Denounced
The Executive Council Of
the AFL-CIO has denounced
Secretary Mitchell because he
permitted Republican House
members to say that he OPP
posed the Kennedy Wives bill.
when it came up on the floor.
1t also denounced the "re-
dictionary Republican leader
ship Of the House" for oppos-
ing the bill. Also, the ALL
CLIO News has declared that
the bill was defeated in the
House by an "unholy alli-
ance" of employer organiza-
tons, the reactionary Repub-
lican House leadership, the
Mine Workers and the "cor-
ruption-ridden leadership Of
the Teamsters."
The fact sticks out, how
ever, that the Kennedy-Ives
bill and all other remedial
legislation for labor failed in
this Democratic controlled
Congress, in session for al
most eight months. S ONE
thing could have been done
and should have been done
in all that period. The situa-
ton as it now stands gives
the G. o. P. an issue.
In the campaign now get
ting under way to elect the
86th Congress, leaders Of
organized labor will naturally
work hard to elect candidates
whom they consider favorable
to their cause. They are out
to show that labor, in politics,
is a major factor. They will
do their utmost to defeat
Senator Knowland in his race
for Governor in California
and to defeat Senator Gold
water seeking a second term
in Arizona. Both are Repub-
icans. What they want is a
f1rmer grip on Congress
with labor legislation still in
the ofing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26

qualities which would seem
to have been significantly
lacking in the ruling of the
appellate court. This court
seemed more concerned with
maintaining the dignity and
prestige Of the Federal
judicial system.
No ruling Of any court,
from the highest to the
lowest, can ever be forced
upon the people unless the
people are willing to accept
it. This has been demonstrate
ed time and again through
out the history of our Nation.
Unpopular Supreme Court
decisions were successfully
def1ed by Presidents Jackson
and Lincoln, and in 1865 a
radical Republican Congress
def1ed a Supreme Court edict
by imposing military rule IN
the defeated Southern States.
If an unpopular 'Dred
Scott" decision can be over
ridden and reversed, so can
an unpopular integration
decision if the people so wish
it. Harvey H. Hewitt.
The news concerning inte-
grafton in Little Rock in the
August 20 Star and your
editorial on the subject gives
me the urge to write you Of a
suggestion / heard recently
at a small dinner party of
socially minded persons.
Someone, a foreign observer
I believe, remarked on the
supposed fact that the
United States Is the only
country in the world in
which coeducation is the rule
in the public schools, and
expressed the opinion that
If we separated the sexes the
most serious objection to in
tegration automatically would
be removed. 1t seems to me
to be a thought that merits
the most serious considera-
ton and study at the present
moment, and I would like to
see expression from others on
the subject. Separation Of
the sexes could be deferred
until the junior high school
grade, ! believe, which would
not entail so great a financial
burden on the community.
But this is a detail for later
consideration.
Robert A. Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
Little Rock RuIino

Now that the U nit e d
States Court of Appeals has
overruled Judge Lemley's ex-
tension decision at Little
Rock, it is quite evident the
South is the major recipient
of the new coercive code. AS
expected, the Court of APP
peals had already reached its
edict under a flimSy veil Of
justice.
Be it known to the pseudo
liberals, the South does not
intend to rest on its laurelS
while the Supreme Court
violates the very Constitution
it has sworn to uphold. The
South must dedicate itself
to the fact it is not defying
the Constitution but uphold
ing it. Our being condemned
by those who would like to
federalize this Nation only
increases our incentive to
fight.
ID. ]. COckreH.
= y =
Human nature cannot be
changed, regardless of six
dozen judges opinions. Judge
Lemley was right.
Daniel b. Felker.
4 4 \ 4
The position taken in your
editorial, Little Rocks Or
DEAL" is, 1 think, an eminent
" sensible one. Under our
form Of government. justice
should always be dispensed
with wisdom and discretion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used "
letters carry sDrtterS correct
names and addresses AL
letters are subject to conden-
sGti0t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26

This is an appeal to save
our Streetcars. 1t is a short
sighted crime to abolish the
cars. 1t will aggravate our
traffic problems as many ex-
perts have shown. What we
need is to extend and i'm
prove our trolley system to
the benefit of the riding pub
lie, the stockholders in the
transit company, and ulti-
mately the city of Washing
ton itself.
I am one of those persons
who cannot afford an auto
mobile, and do not want one
anyway; yet, if the Rhode
Island avenue trolley is abol-
ished, I will be forced to get
one. This will work a real
hardship on me. And one
more unit will be added to
the congestion.
AS my late father used to
say, a bus is a mighty poor
excuse for transportation.
Fannie Pritchard Ross.
Regarding the article on
the abandonment of Trolley
Routes 30 to Brooklawn and
No. 81 to Branchville, the lat
ter line originally extended
to Laurel but was cut back
about 80 years ago to Belts
vile and then about 10 years
ago to its present terminal
at Branchville. At one time
large wooden interurban type
cars were used to make the
run starting at Fifteenth and
G streets NV.
I heard it was originally
intended to run this line on
to Baltimore via Ellicott City
but the idea was abandoned
when the Washington, Balti-
more and Annapolis electric
line was constructed in 1908.
I for one hate to see this line
go.
Herman H. Diers, Sr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-26
TroNeYs vs.. Buses

Kitty L. Reynolds.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04
Cage And Swim
Teams HOnored
At ST.. Charles

The st. Charles basketball
and swimming teams were hon
ored at the schools sports ban.
quet held last week.
Herman Knapp was elected
honorary captain of the 1875
cage squad while Dick Scott was
named captain Ct the 1889 swim
ming team. which is coached by
Father Omer Schroeder.
Scott succeeds Steve lssl
and John connor, who co-eap-
tanned the tank team during
the past season.
Winning basketball letters
were Tom Ryan. Bob Koerner
Knapp, George Vargo, Charles
Keys. Jim Kloman, Yves Harri.
and Mike Sweeney.
Swimmers winning varsity let
tiers: Igel, Scott, Common, jim
Mackin. Roger Knott George
Igel and Dave Dorwood.
Also receiving monogram.
were Managers Fred Gottemoel
Ter. Bob Terleski and Bill Eek
stein.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04

stop, respectively; Bill Bodner,
first base: and Joe D'Andrea
and Joe Roback, outfielders.
From a field of IS candidates,
yoach irwin hopes to have 18
who will form a winning COM
.bination.
Watterson, scheduled to play
Linden last Wednesday, meets
st. Mary Wednesday and Aquin-
mas on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the St. Mary
Rsmblers have decided TO
fore-go track competition this
year and concentrate on its
baseball program.
st. Mary. which ends its fran.
chise in the Metro League this
season before entering the
Franklin County League, was to
open its campaign against Reyn
oldsburg, Thursday.
Coach John Magaw plans t6
use John Sauer at first base
Wally Gray at second, Billy Bar
Irett or Dave Segbers at third
Gary Bucilla at short, and Larry
Ward. Dan Rowles, Dick Bowar
and Bob Weber in the outfield
Jim Miller is the starting
catcher.
Dividing hurting chores vii
be Mike Jennings, the captain
and Mike Deri.
Other top prospects include:
Pat Callahan, Jim Stark, Bob
CaiIiehio, Mike Montler and
Jerry Naegele.
The Ramblers host Canal Win
chester on Saturday, travel tt
Groveport Tuesday, and visi
Watterson Wednesday.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04

and probably the darkest
horse" in the 21-year history of
the NIT tournament.
There were very few, be-
sides Musketeer Coach Jim
Mccafferty and his players,
who thought that the team
had q chance.
The Musketeers lost their ace
player, Corny Freeman, because
of scholastic difficulties in Feb.
ruary. They then wound up with
a mediocre 1911 record, losing
seven of their last eight games
During the teams losing
spree, several die-hard FAM
hung Coach McCafferty in eff
figy. Contrary to usual pro
cedure when a team departs fol
a tournament with a rousing
cheering sendoff, the Xavier
team left the campus in a blu:
which was pelted with snow
balls.
However, genial McCafferty
later commented philosophical
ly that the coaches and players
received this pelting "as a bride
who is pelted with rice"
AT New York, the newspapers
derided the NIT officials for in
viting Xavier to compete be
cause of the teams poor record
However, apparently isnor.
ing fhe script which said that
Xavier would be bumped
quickly - probably in the
first game - the Musketeers
entered the tourney war bent
on doing their best - which
was good enough TO win the
championship.
Unseeded Xavier stopped Nj
agara. 1886; defeated Bradley
the defending champion, 1852
an then bumped third-seedet
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04
.AII-CathOIic
Cage Team
Is Chosen
SteubenriHe and Dayton
Land One Player
On Top Ten

The top-ranking basketball
players from two different Ohio
colleges were named to the 1858
Catholic College All-America
basketball team, announced in
the April issue Of the Catholic
Digest.
Representing the University
of Dayton is Don Lane, who, al
an even six feet, is the shortest
man on the select ten.
Jimmy Smith of the College
Of SteubenvilIe, one of the
tailest men on the star squad
at 6-6, also was picked for the
team.
Alex Inniss, a 6-5 star for Nj.
agara, is the only native Ohioan
on the team. He makes his
home in Hamilton.
Among 72 players picked for
honorable mention were three
from Xavier University in Gin
cinnati. Named were Hank
Stein, Joe Viviano and Corny
Freeman.
Dayton also captured two
honorable mention berths with
the naming of Jack Mccarthy
and Arlen Bockhorn.
Others picked for the Al!-Star
team by the 10 member board
of coaches include:
EIgin Baylor Of Seattle Uni.
versity; Mike Farmer and
Gene Brown, San Francisco
University; Tom Hawkins. No
tire Dame; Jim Cunningham,
Fordham; Alex Ellis, Niaga-
RAJ; Al Inniss, ST. Francis Of
Brooklyn; and Dennis Boone
Of Regis College, Denver.
Baylor, a precision player and
one Of the top scorers in the ma
ton, was a unanimous selec
ton. Farmer was picked by nine
Of the 10 coaches.
Coaches who aided in the pol
were: Tom Blackburn, Dayton
John Castellani. Seattle; BOZ
Feerick, Santa Clara; Taps Gal
lagher, Niagara: Eddie Hickey
st. Louis; Roy Leenig, Holy
Cross. Ray Meyer, DePaul; Du
dey Moore, Duquesne; Ken Nor
ton, Manhattan; and Jim Pol
lard, LaSalle.
Arthur Daley, sports column
isl for the New York Times
compiled the selections for The
Catholic Digest.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04

CINCINNATI - Xavier Uni
versity last week honored its
gallant NIT championship bas-
ketball team at a banquet
where squad members elected
Joe Viviano and Hank Stein CO.
captains of next years quintet.
Earlier in the week, 10000
Cincinnati fans turned out at
Greater Cincinnati Airport
and acclaimed the champions
when they arrived home from
the tournament wars.
Every road to the airport was
damned with automobiles. After
the welcome at the airport,
there was a motor cavalcade
through some of the city's prin-
cipal streets where other crowds
cheere5 the heroic champions.
Reaching the university field
house, the team was cheered by
$500 more fans, jammed in
side the building while other
thousands milled around out
side.
Speeches by Cincinnati Mayor
Donald d. Clancy, Father Paul
L. O'Connor. president of the
Jesuit university, and each
member of the basketball squad,
highlighted the homecoming.
At the banquet, viviano
was awarded . trophy Is the
teams top rebovnder while
Stein received two trophies.
One trophy was given to him
for being named the most val
liable player in The MT and
the other for posting the best
field goal percentage.
Ignoring what appeared in.
surmountable odds, Xavier
dreaded its treacherous route
to the NIT finale and then, in a
thrilling battle, defeated top.
seeded Dayton. 1874, in an over.
time game.
Along the way, Coach Jim Nc,
Cafferty's Musketeers derailed
Niagara, the favorite; Bradley
the defending champion; and
st. Bonaventure, the third-seed
ed team.
The teams Of four Catholic
universities made II 10 the
semifinsls in The NIT. Xavier
and Dayton fought II out for
the title, while ST. Bonsven.
tvre downed St. Johns Of
Brooklyn. s4-6S, for the third.
place spot in the tournament.
1t was Xavier's third appear.
ance in the NIT. In 1856 and
1857, the Mukseteers reached
the quarter-finals before going
down to defeat. They weren't
given a chance of taking the
top prize as this years MI
opened - they weren't even
seeded.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04
Rosecrans Bishops
Hope For Big Year

Rudy Antonetz, baseball coach at GAINESVILLE Rose
Grams, is hoping this years diamond squad will do as
well-or even better-than last years aggregation
which captured the Cambridge Sectional co-champion-
ship while posting a 124 record.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04

Xuuier Fiue PROBES
Is .EqualiSer'

The Xavier University Musketeers, in winning the
National lnvitational Tournament basketball champion.
ship, gave classic meaning to the words: heart, deter
mination, spirit and gallant.
Xavier was the longest shot in the tourney field
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-04-04

The members of the Lessard
families living in North Amer
lea are descendants of Etienne
de Lessart, farmer, who in 1853,
granted the religious authorities
the land on which were built the
first and all other churches built
in Ste. Anne de Beaupre.