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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
24O-Knocking at the Door

No one can reasonably expect any
firm decision to result from the hearings
which begin, tomorrow on Route 240's
point of entry to the District Of Column
bia. and where 1t is to go after 1t gets
here.
The hearings will merely sound the
opening guns Of battle which will last
for some time. They will serve the
useful purpose, however. of identifying
In the public mind the conflicting inter-
ests and the issues that somehow must
be resolved.
Wherever Route $40 goes in the
District, 1t is going to play hob-with
private property, with public property
and with assets that no one wishes to
surrender. Before it is decided, all Of
US will be kneelipg again as supplicants
before the Golden Calf OF franc, hoping
the sacrifice demanded will not be too
great, but never daring to question
whether this new god Is as false as It
Is Unsuitable.
Elsewhere in today's Star we have
attempted. by map and an article. to
outline some of the areas of controversy
produced by 240. Each one Of them
affects q great many people. We shall
reserve all but one of our own opinions
until we hear the arguments.
The opinion we express now Is that
II the practicability of the so-called
Wisconsin avenue corridor for Route
240 depends upon burrowing for miles
underground, in order to build a tunnel
for the diversion of truck traffic that
otherwise would go through Glover
Archbold Park. the advocates of that
scheme should have their heads exam
ined. In the first place, Glover-Archbold
Park was donated, and accepted by
Congress. for park purposes-not high
way purposes. 1t is by no means certain
that its use for Route 240-even without
truck trafic-is legal, or that Congress
would agree to turn it back to the donors
In order that It might be condemned
for highway use. In the second place,
the tunnel proposal has been advanced
merely as an argument to answer GER
tain objections to the Wisconsin avenue
corridor. 1t was dreamed up out Of thin
air.
If their fantasies in this connection
are indicative of their thinking in
related matters, we should hire some
new planners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Not Amused

What can be done about
the language used by some Of
our radio and T'V entertain
ers? The President has asked
US to spend q billion dollars
on education In the United
States. yet every time our
children turn q dial. they
hear the English language
murdered. How can teachers
(of which ! am one part
time) and parents teach
their children to speak COR
rectly. when all they hear on
their favorite programs are
gems such as I'VE amt
hardly got time to do that
no more" and He amt
done that like he orter done
IT," etc. Even the advertisers
have succumbed to the trend.
Do these entertainers have
any idea Of the harm they
are doing to our boys and
girls? How can we educate
children who cannot even
speak their own language
correctly9
icRasnerateG MotheH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Rokossovsky Moves Aooin

The career Of Marshal Rokossoysky
has taken another abrupt turn in his
reassignment as Soviet Deputy Minister
OF Defense, after two months in COM
mand of the TranscaucasuS Military
District. Significantly. perhaps. Premier
Bulganin and Deputy Premier Mikoyan
have been quick to indorse publicly the
Interpretation that the shift marks an
easing OF tensions In the Middle East
the area adjacent to the Caucasus Dis
trict-and lesSening Of the danger OF
war over Syria.
For 1t was at the height Of the
Syrian "crisis" last fall that Rokos-
sovsky. generally described as talented
and tough military leader. was dis
patched to the Tifiis command. At the
time, the Kremlin was broadcasting its
charges OF q Turkish American plot to
commit aggression against Syria
charges never supported by evidence and
finally muted after debate in the United
Nations General Assembly. Over a pc
riod Of several weeks, however. there
were reports out Of both Moscow and
Tifiis on the strength, preparedness and
intensified training Of the RokoSsovsky
command fianking Turkeys Asiatic
frontier-only 200 miles from Syria it
self. 1t was obvious then that 1t was
Kremlin strategy to emphasize the
threatening posture Of its military forces
closest to the Middle East Later, when
Marshal Zhukov was deposed as Soviet
Defense Minister, there was further
speculation that RokoSSovsky had been
transferred because Of his close associa-
ton with Zhukov.
AS for RokoSSovsky himself, he has
been up and down in the Soviet military
hierarchy. Polish born, he became
member of the Soviet Communist Party
in 1919. Jailed by Stain before World
War II, he was released after the Nazi
German invasion of Russia and played
leading roles In the defense of Moscow,
the victory at Stalingrad and the cap
ture Of Berlin. From l949 to 1855, he
was the Soviet "proconsul" in Poland,
with title Of Defense Minister and Chief
Of Armed Forces. He was withdrawn
from Warsaw when the National
Communist" government Of Wladyslaw
Gomulka came to power in 1856. II he
really is tough and trusted trouble
shooter for the Kremlin, as some Of the
evidence indicates, his withdrawal from
the Middle East periphery may indeed
be valid sign that the immediate dan
gers there have decreased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR

ers: How is 1t possible to
meet II the paths are diver
gent; that is. II one party
rejects or denies the COM
mon absolute values. there
by making all 'coexistence in
truth unattainable?" and de-
clared: "Out Of respect for
the name Of Christian. COM
pliance with such tactics
should cease" The Pope
also reminded those who be-
lieve In peace at any price:
1T would be q fatal error TO
repeat what in similar cir
cumstances happened during
the years preceding the Sec
ond World War, when all the
threatened nations. and not
merely the smallest. sought
their safety at the expense
Of others"
1t is strange indeed that
the very people who ridi-
culed Neville Chamberlain at
Munich land with good rea-
SOM should demand that a
Neville Chamberlain take
over today.
AnAhsaa z. BenEpaSeEh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Dealing With Russia
IN his letter 10 The sta

In his letter to The Star
about "East-West Talks"
Philip Schiff appears TO be
laboring under serious delu-
sions about the views Of Pope
Plus XII on Soviet intentions
and the deSirability Of neeo-
tiations with the Soviets In
their present frame Of mind.
In his last Christmas mes
sage. the Pope very carefully
warns the West against seek
ing an agreement which lacks
foolproof inspection where
so-called disarmament or
limitation Of ornaments is
concerned. In this same
message, Pope Plus makes
clear that II is the Soviet
Union which blocks the
achievement of genuin e
peace.
The 1866 Christmas mes
sage Of Pope Plus XII casti-
gated left-wing and liberal
Catholics for urging ever
more talks and meetings"
with Communist leaders. IA
warneG such wishful ehink-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Presidents Critics More Vigorous
BY FRANK R. KEN

criticism Of any sort, there
never was q more natural
name caller" than Mr..
Truman. One has only to
recall the many violent let
tiers he personally wrote TO
reporters and others whom
he accused Of misquoting
him-and then had TO apollo
gize-to know the kind Of
man he is.
Well, the reporters are
never disappointed when they
take a walk with him. He
always gives them q story"
full Of color and coarseness.
The latest example was q
week ago when, on coming
out Of his hotel, he was asked
what he thought Of the
.Eisenhower-Dulles broadcast
on the NATO the night be-
fore. why, it was nothing
but gobbledygook," he de-
clared. He then proceeded
to use the words bunk, bull.
bilge" and q few more. Also,
he said he was bored with
the whole thing. That was
enough. That was a good
story" and out 1t went over
the big news service lines a.
we'll as through the special
writer's" Mr.. Truman did not
say what he would have done
or said. All he said was
"gobbledygook. bunk" and
a few other highly polished
words. which seemed so i'm
portant that they we're sent
all over the world.
Attacks stepped Up
And what happened thenf
Why all the special writer's"
of the New Deal and Fair
Deal period sharpened their
pencils and went after the
President and his Secretary
Of State with renewed vigor
and fury. Slight comment
was ever made about the
badly crippled Roosevelt.
elected in 1882, and who
spent more hours than were
ever counted in q wheel chair.
Contrast this with the almost
daily repetition by widely cir.
culated commentators, COLI
umnists and cartoonists con-
corning Mr.. Else n h overs
three attacks" They seem
personally to resent his re-
covery. They appear deeply
disappointed that he and Mr..
Dulles did not somehow col.
lapse and come home dis
graced. A few days ago one
Of the most virulent of his
critics described the Eisen-
hover broadcast as zone i'm
beetle reporting to another"
This, of course, is OUT
rageous and it is only re-
peated here to show the ex-
tent to which some Of those
who really hate Ike" have
permitted themselves to be
carried. This is even too
strong for Mr.. Truman-or
his friend Mr.. Stevenson. or
Senator Hubert Humphrey Of
Minnesota. or any other Of
the Democratic blicity
hounds who are more or less
regularly referred TO a.
leaders" these days. Never.
theless. it fits in with the at
nioSphere they are trying to
create.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

An American weekly mag
azine read by millions pre-
sents annually its selection
as the Man Of the Year. In
its first issue Of this mo-
meutous new year 1t NOM
mates for this distinction q
Soviet leader. Truly this is
q new fashion for such q
role. His very face suggests
the gangster type. With the
shrevdness Of Q fox. the ruth
less cruelty Of a weasel and
the technique Of q bully. he
has temporarily reached the
top In the Kremlin setup.
It. Is an astounding thing
that as the Man of the Year
q disappearing atheist. a SCOT
fer at all religion. q partner
with Stain in the crimes he
now traitorously repudiates,
q man who has never hest
tated TO liquidate any who
have stood In the way Of his
policies and ambitions. the
man who unlooSed satanic
fury on the fighters for free
dom in Hungary. a man who.
during the very year for
which he is acclaimed, with
out scruple hurled into ohliy-
ion q trusted colleague. a
popular military hero. q man
who in q stimulated moment
forgot his usual bland peace
talk and exploded with the
threat that he and his hench-
men would bury" the United
States. Such q man now Is
lifted up before God fearing
Americans as the Man Of the
Year.
And what has become OF
our measuring rod Of true
greatness? What has hap
pened to the moral virtues
which have made our Nation
great and which are symbol
lied by the shining phrase.
honor bright?" From now
on in this age Of power are
we to go to the prize ring
instead Of the sanctuary. to
the spear rather than TO the
spire. for the prototype OF
the dominant man Of today
and tomorrow?
With the annual exchange
Of calendars history fortu-
nately comes 10 our disturbed
and distressed spirits with
the comforting assurance
that q man Of q year need
not be taken too seriously or
the verdict Of 365 days as the
final appraisal, An impressive
list Of individuals who. be-
cause Of their impact upon
q little slice Of time. might
have been listed as men Of
the year. have. by the years.
been toppled from their ped
estals. They have suffered
the same fate as Stains
statue In Budapest. pounded
and mutilated by the angry
fists Of those the iron man
had enslaved. Those who
think OF the inspiring symbol
Of the workers OF the world
the common man-aS not
Lenin but Lincoln. know full
well that the Great Eman-
cipator was not a man Of the
year. He was the failure OF
year after year. But when his
tired yet undaunted eyes
closed in death 1t was rightly
said. He belongs TO the ages. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

Since their return from the
Paris NATO convention the
stream Of journalistic criti-
cism that for the past two
years has unremittingly been
directed at the Messrs. Eisen-
hover and Dulles has notably
increased in volume and Bit
terness. Whether the anti
Eisenhower journalists are
following the Democratic
politicians or the politicians
are following the journalists
is q little difiicult to deter
mine. But certainly they are
cooperating quite beautj-
fully. They are, Of course,
greatly aided by those two
labor politicians. George
Meany and Walter Reuther.
These two gentlemen un-
questionably sponsor one Of
the most effective radio news
programs on the air which is
devoted TO belittling the
President and his admins
tration in every way 1t can.
All of this has been stepped
up In the last two weeks. Al
Of it is, perhaps. nature; and
70 be expected. but 1t hasn't
much point because its ami
mus is well understood and
not surprising. What is sur
prising is the plain fact that
Of all the publicity seeking
Democrats in 1860 the most
successful is one who is
barred by both the law and
his age-74-from running
again. TO wit, Harry S Tru-
man. As an ex-President Of
the United States perhaps
Mr.. Truman is entitled to be
recognized when he speaks
for publication, though If
either in the White House or
outside he ever gave utter
ance TO an original thought
or. spoke an original word OF
wisdom. 1t has not been
recorded.
Walkie- Talkie News
Nevertheless. Mr.. Truman
gets more free and favorable
publicity (which he loves)
than any other member Of
his party. including its tit
ular leader" Adlai Steven
son. He gets this because
he goes after It. He gets it
because he invented a new
and sure way Of getting on
the front page Of every
newspaper in the United
States. His method is very
simple. Every time he goes
TO New York-and he goes
quite often-every news
paper and news agency in
that city knows in advance
that he is coming, in what
hotel he is staying and that
he will take a walk before
breakfast in the morning.
Naturally. q large group Of
reporters meet him at the
door. accompany him on his
walk. and return with q
good story"
It is always a good story"
when one public man calls
another public man a mean
name or uses q rough adjec-
tive in describing him. Al
though there never was a
man in the White House
who resented more strongly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

estine. Pontius Plate was the
man OF the year. He had q
preponderance Of battalions
and up-to-the-minute mis-
siles for that day. But he Is
recalled now only because Of
his momentary association
with q Man who had no bat
talions except those invisible
ones called truth and right.
II was PLATE who was being
tried, not Jesus. The Cali
lean has been proved to be
the Man Of the Years. Why?
Because In the first century
and the twentieth. after
everybody has been adequate
ly housed. clothed and fed.
and released from all forms
Of exploitation and colonial
ism. the chief problem still
remains. what to do with
life--a problem for which no
social order based on collec-
tiviSm or on individualism for
that matter. has the solution.
II is because the Man OF the
Years is the answer that
when the Kremlin writes a
letter to Washington. it dates
It 1858 years after the birth
Of Christ. Every reply from
Washington and elsewhere
acknowledges the centrality
Of Jesus Christ.
Dorothy Thompson. whom
millions heed. is gazing not
at any man OF the year. but
at the Man Of the Years,
when she declares. "A God
fearing people. sure Of its
moorings. has nothing what
ever to fear from COM
munism. Then she adds.
Among thoughtful people Of
various creeds. one can
discern a growing conviction
that the world crisis is
fundamentally neither eco
nomic nor military. but moral.
ethical and religious" They
are the fundamental assump-
tons Of those who follow the
Man Of the Years. but OF
which the latest man Of the
year is as oblivious as a mole,
burrowing in a cave. is Of
the sunlight and the stars.
This so-called man of the
. year has challenged the
American dream which has
incarnated more OF the
spirit Of the Man Of the
Years than any system yet
devised. In q recent motion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
The Man of the Years
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

picture there Is portrayed q
lawyer perplexed by some
things now conspicuous in
the American scene. He asks
q friend. What has happened
to the American dream?"
His friend answers, The
dream is dying. Kent. because
we are losing that which
gave II life. We have all the
great words our forefathers
wrought out with their faith
and sacrifice. but the mean
ing Of them has lessened In
us as the substance OF our
heritage Is watered down"
We need not join with the
detractors Of the American
dream like the man of the
year or the fiatterers in our
own national household who
weaken our morale. What we
desperately need now are
challengers who will look
America In the face. with her
ease and comfort and COM
placency. and tell her what
q dificult and dangerous
thing it is 70 be an American.
Perhaps the latest man Of
the year. with all his sinister
plottinss. may help in that
challenge to the land he de-
spises. as America turns with
a new loyalty to the Man Of
the Years. It was an Amer
lean. Emerson. who magnifi-
Gently said that the name Of
Jesus Is not so much written
as plowed into the history Of
the world. II is significantly
true that the one name
which troubles the anti-God
movement Of which the man
Of the Year is such q vocifer-
Gus and voluble exponent is
the name Of Jesus Of Naz-
areth. Well might the name
that Is above every name
trouble their dreams Of con-
quest. For. as a present-day
English thinker puts 1t,
There is no modern CAe-
sartSm which can shoulder
Christ of the page Of his
tory and break His grip on
the souls Of men"
And so. as we front the I'M
certainties Of the New Year,
we present the Man Of the
Years - the Master Of the
centuries who will not be de-
nied-the inevitable Christ
behold THE MAN-captain
Of those who. for q high
cause have dared to suffer,
resist. fight. II need be die.
His is the face behind all
other faces. the Man not Of
the year. but Of the years.
whose stature grows taller
every passing year. whose
light grows clearer with ev-
cry passing day. and who
holds in His tireless hand the
swinging pendulum Of the
centuries.
Speak historvl Who are lite's
Utctors
Unrou thy long annals and
Sdv
Are they those whom the
i0orld called the pictors
Who Uon the success OF a day
The martyrs or Nero
The SpdrtdnS who JeH at
Thermopolyde's tryst
or the Persidns and Xerres
his Judges or Socrates,
Plate or Christ?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

The saviours Of humanity
have not been men Of the
year. but men Of the years.
The mills Of the gods which
move slowly but exactly have
q way Of grinding into obliv-
ion many men Of the year.
Once upon a time in Pal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
100 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

taken prisoner fifteen miles
the other side Of Zuni. From
the story of one Of the es-
capped poems, it is inferred
that he is well treated. Sew
eral parties had left Santa
Fe to endeavor to ransom
him If possible. He Is said TO
be the son Of Senator Dodge
Of Wisconsin. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Apoches

Hunters still weren't safe
from Indians 100 years ago.
On January S. 1858. The Star
reported: Indian Troubles;
We have information from
New Mexico saying that in
the last Of November Capt.
Dodge, U. S. Agent of the
Navajo Indians. was cap
tured by the ella Apaches. a
quasi hostile tribe, and is
now q prisoner among them.
He was hunting, accompa-
MED by q few poems, and was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Society

Washington's social world
must have been q gay one q
century ago. The Star on
January 8. 1858. reported:
"Gayety. The fashionable
world around US are making
the most Of the season. evil
IDENTITY; one or more hops
coming OF nightly. On the
night before last. we hear.
there was q delightful one at
Wizards. q large number Of
distinguished persons and
fashionable ladies now So
journing in the city being
present. The parlors Of
the fashionable boarding
house Of Mrs. Reynolds
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, corner
Of Four-and-a- half street
were also filled with q gay
company last night, INDUCING
in the pleasures Of the hop.
Many members Of Congress.
other than those LOCATED in
the house, were there. and q
host Of the prettiest girls in
Washington. besides quite a
number Of lady visitors Of our
city. A bountiful supper was
duly served, ere they sep
arated, and was evidently
relished with such appetites
as bright eyes, joyous music
and mirthful dancing are apt
to generate. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Joshers

The antics Of some idle
boys on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. evoked stern comment
from The Star a century ago.
The story. on January 6.
1858. said: Rude Boys. Two
young gentlemen came down
from Montgomery County on
Saturday with a load Of hay.
which they disposed of at a
good price. and invested q
portion Of the proceeds in
two shawls at a dry goods
store near the market. Then
they sauntered forth upon
the Avenue. wearing their
shawlS and presenting an ex-
ceedingly genteel appearance.
Some Of the bad boys in the
nelgnDornood a1ected TO see
something aboriginal in the
style in which these gentle
men were dressed. and fol-
lowed. shouting Indians"
They also executed the Com
manche war dance with
whooping Accomplishments.
until the young gentlemen.
naturally disguised with such
treatment. sought refuge in
q hotel. Really such rude
ness Of city boys to country
gentlemen Is intolerable and
demands the sternest re-
buke."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Trouble

Indian trouble was very
real a century ago. On De-
cember 90. 1857, The Star
reported: Florida Indians.
Gen. Harvey has had the
white flag out all over the
country. expecting the In
dams to respond to the DEM
onstration Of peace. Should
they fail to do so hostilities
will shortly commence. The
United States troops are in
q healthy condition. and
Gen. Harvey Is prepared to
take the field at q moments
notice"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

Back IN the days OF prl-
vate fire companies. battles
over who was going to put out
whose FIRE were frequent.
One such battle happened
here 100 years ago. On Janu-
airy Z. 1858. The Star report
ed: Fire Riot. The fire COM
panies Of this city were called
out about Z O'Clock last night
by a bright light in the d.
rection of Georgetown. which
proved to be the burning Of
the steamboat Salem at her
wharf. in Georgetown. A
riot enSued near the Circle.
in the First Ward. between
persons connected with the
Northern Liberty and West
ern Hose companies. The
hose reel Of the former was
taken by a number Of persons
and the wheels broken. Capt.
Baggott. chief Of police. re-
covered it and returned it to
the company to which it be-
longed. A great many stones
were thrown by both parties,
and several persons were
struck. but no one was dan
gerously injured"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

Feet
The Atlantic Gable was
big news 100 years ago. ON
January Z. 1888. The Star
reported: The Atlantic Tels-
graph-Mr. Cyrus w. Field
and Engineer Everett will
leave New York for England
in the steamer today. for the
purpose Of making arrange
ments for laying the Atlantic
telegraph in the spring. They
take with them the model
Of a new machine. invented
by Mr.. Burden. for laying
out the cable. which Is said
TO possess great advantages
over any that has before
been made. :"