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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-03-19
WMing, Engagements
DenzIar-Hult

Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Denzler of 20Ss
North Green rd. of the engage
ment of their daughter, Barbara
Louise, to Roger W, Hult, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Warner Hut
1912 lockwood ave. The we'd
ding will be solemnized in St
Pauls Episcopal Church on
June 9th.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-03-19
Visit


Broadening their travel exper-
|ience to include A Summer in
Scandinavia, the East Cleveland
Business and Professional Wo-
mans Club will visit that pen
nisula and it's three sister coun-
tries of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark on Tuesday, March
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-03-19
Clubs

Hardanger, an embroidery skill
famous in Norway, will be stu
died and stitched at the March
Goth meeting of the Needlecraft
Guild of Cleveland, meeting al
1:30.
A change in plans will near
card party for the Sunny Mon
day Golden Ayers the afternoon
of Monday, March 23rd. AS chair
man Of the social committee, Mr..
Roy Schmunk is planning the
party.
"Our Freedoms" will be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Still Too Much Crime

While 1t is gratifying that the crime
rate in Washington is well below the
national average, we agree with the
Commissioners that "there are still too
many times and places that one is not
safe on the Districts streets" There is
very little comfort in statistics for those
who have experienced the horror OF
being yoked or knocked down on public
sidewalk or for those who live in fear Of
such attacks.
The only comfort to be gained
locally from the FBIS crime review for
1858 is the evidence therein that local
law enforcement is more effective than
in many other large cities 1t is good to
know that while the national crime rate
was rising by 8 per cent over 1857. the
number of crimes here was leveling of
last year. Major crimes in Washington
actually decreased about per cent,
although the overall picture, taking
into account minor offenseS, showed a
per cent increase. It is interesting to
note that the decreases in robbery and
aggravated acknowledgements that in
clude attacks by yokers and other street
hoodlumS-amounted to II per cent and
IA per cent, respectively.
Recently, however, there has been
what Police Chief Murray regards as a
seasonal increase in street crimes. To
meet the emergency he has put on the
streets large number of additional
policemen, including recruits still under
training. This sort of strengthened
vigilance has produced good results in
the past. 1t is too bad that Police Acad-
envy training must be interrupted, but
it is probable that the active-duty train
ing will more than make up for time
lost in the classroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Food Editors Beware!

1t is interesting that recent steak
eating test revealed that meat from a
tranquilized steer is both more tender
and more tasty than something sliced
of a fretful "critter." The winning"
steers, for example, had a shot of one
of these happy-making drugs three days
before being shipped to market. The
first result was to induce a "devil-may-
care" attitude (the manner of measur-
ing this was not explained in our source
Of information) in the treated animals,
whereas the underprivileged or nom
tranquilized steers displayed real case
of f1dgetS. AS it happens, too, the quiet
ones lost only five pounds en- route to
slaughter, while the worriers lost about
rs. This was undoubtedly costly to
omebody-probably the consumer
along the way between ranch and dinner
table. Anyway, when the steaks were
served up, the vote was three to one in
favor Of the contented meat.
There was, however, a sort of dis
quieting note about this bit of research.
Talking to "a food editors who made the
test (good work If you can get it,, the
presiding scientist explained that his
drug also has proved useful in tran
QUILTING gorillaS. One must hope that
he is not proposing to carry this whole
thing step further by putting devil
may-care gorilla on the menu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Another New Star Home

4si We are not moving from Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue because
we dc not like the neighborhood. We
are very fond of this neighborhood, of
which we have been a part for more
Than a century. 1t has grown as we
nave grown, and it holds for us many
Gear associations which will remain
AFTER we have left We are moving
because we must have more room to
Keep growing with Washington and the
great Metropolitan Area of which WASH
ington is the busy hub. We have that
room in Southeast Washington and the
fine new Star. Building, described in
considerable detail elsewhere in today's
paper.
We refrain, however, from making
any predictions as to how long this spa
eious new Star Building will continue to
meet The Stars needs. History-The
Stars own history, written in its files
cautions against such predictions. Some
7S,yearS ago, when The Star acquired and
remodeled building on the northwest
corner OF Eleventh street and PennSyl-
vania avenue, there was a note Of
obvious satisfaction in the proud an
nouncement that mo expense has been
spared to make it (that new building)
the model evening newspaper office in
the country. The change of location has
cost about $4,000 It is the most
spacious of any one in the country, with
possibly single exception :"
> But 10 years later, when The Star
was dedicating the beautiful new build
ing out of which we have Just moved, it
was found necessary to explain that
"the necessity for erecting a building
commensurate with the large and rap
idly growing demands of The Evening
Star had long been recognized, and it
was also appreciated that the structure
must be not only equal to those needs
but should be well in keeping with the
great National Capital and a credit to
its people, whose interests have been SO
long and indissolubly connected with
those of The Star"
And another 20 years later The Star
was explaining again that it had out
grown this building and was erecting a
10-Story annex, Immediately to the
north, containing the most modern press
and composing rooms, in addition to
greatly enlarged Office space which
would meet foreSeeable needs for ex-
panSion.
So, while we have overcome in our
new building in Southeast Washington
the deficiencies which have plagued US
now for several years at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue, and have
allowed for considerable expansion in
years to come, those years to come may
be. much shorter than we think.
But we intend to keep up with new
demands, whatever they may be. Every
move The Star has made in the past
has been with one objective-the pro-
duction of a better newspaper for a
better community. That is why we have
moved again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

Once Federal department has
latched onto piece of real estate, the
task of prying it loose assumes monu-
mental proportions-even though the
property no longer is needed for the
purposes for which it was seized. 1t
has always been so. 1t is not surprising,
therefore, that the Air Force and the
Navy are planning to hold onto Boiling
Air Force Base and the Anacostia Naval
Air Station after flight operations there
are abandoned in the near future.
Nevertheless, we hope the President and
Congress will see to it that the 1000
acre site along the AnacoStia River is
put to better use than as place for
barracks, receiving stations and other
relatively unimportant military activ-
tiles.
In his report last year to President
Eisenhower on local airport problems,
Lieutenant General Elwood Quesada
recommended not only cessation of all
flying at the Anacostia fields but possible
use of the land to facilitate removal of
temporary buildings from the Mall. He
explained later that he had in mind the
razing of the Navy and Munitions build
ings, through transfer of their activities
to new buildings. Meanwhile, the Wash
ington Board of Trade has proposed
temporary use of the land as the site for
q worlds fair in 1868, with commercial
or industrial development of the area
after the fair.
Since the land occupied by the AT
base and the MAS originally was desig-
mated for inclusion in the Annapolis
park and parkway program, use of the
site for non-Federal purposes would re-
quire an act of Congress. If the space
seeking Federal Government is to retain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

One clear impression energies from
the goings and comings In Washington
during the past several days. That i'm
preston Is that this country is united
behind the President in facing up to
the Berlin threat.
This affirmation of unity is what
is left when Adlai Stevenson's Boston
speech is boiled down to its essentials.
1t is inherent in Defense Secretary
McElroy's announcement that military
plans have been made to- deal with
any Berlin emergency. The unity theme
runs through all of the comment from
both Republican and Democratic con-
gressional leaders after their meeting
at the White House with the President.
And the same inference presumably is
to be drawn from the unusual fact that
the President saw At to direct his press
secretary to announce that his special
meeting with the Security Council dealt
with "the evolving situation in Berlin
and the broader question of Germany"
The effect of all this as well as its
purpose is to guard against any faulty
reading Of the American mood by Mr..
Khrushchev and associates. We have
stated that we will accept war before
we allow ourselves to be pushed out of
our rightful position in Berlin. II this
is what our Government really means,
and we think it Is, it is of high i'm
portance that Mr.. Khrushchev be left
under no illusions. It should be made
clear to him that resort to force by
himself, or by his East German puppets,
will bring on the war which he says he
doesn't want. There may be room for
difference Of opinion as to whether ours
is the wisest policy that might have
been adopted. Once a policy has been
fixed in matter of this kind, however,
and once the Nation has been COM
mitted to it, then the time for debate
is over. We husband we withstand
together.
If any area of doubt remains, it
concerns the degree of unity among the
Big Four-the United States, Britain,
France and West Germany. There have
been indications that British Prime
Minister Macmillan is not too happy
with the Washington position and is
even less happy with the somewhat
firmer stand which evidently has been
taken by General de Gaulle and Chan
cellor Adenauer. We hope that this
disagreement is more apparent than
real, and that it will be possible to rec
oncile the differences, whatever their
nature and extent. For unity among
the Western allies in the face of this
Russian threat is hardly less essential
than unity among the American people
in support of the position which the
President has taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
r. A. Hurley.
Potomac AcropoIis

we are now on our way
toward acquiring a National
Cultural Center for our Capt.
tai City and for the hundreds
Of thousands of people who
visit 1t every year.
This center will provide an
opera house. also suitable for
ballet: an auditorium for re-
citals and orchestral concerts.
a theater and a lecture or
chamber music hall. IT will
enjoy the advantage Of a
most desirable location along
the Potomac River with its
natural scenery. and near the
west end Of the Mall with its
grand vista and impressive
Government buildings and
monuments. 1t will have about
nine acres of land for the
group Of related buildings to
be used for the above pur-
poses. and parking for cars
will be underground. This
site has been provided by the
Federal Government through
act Of Congress.
There should be no thought
Of trying to have the largest
or finest of cultural centers.
as other cities such as New
York and Boston will doubt
less develop more extensive
and costly ones on the larger
areas they have available.
But we in Washington. D. c.,
can have an inspiring Center
for the Performing Arts'whIch
will focus the eyes Of all
Americans on this necessary
phase of modern living. Peo-
pie the world over have found
that music and plays bring
solace and hope in times OF
trouble.
The board of trustees for
our cultural center is COM
posed Of Is persons who have
been appointed by our Presi-
dent. and Is high officers
in our Federal Government.
Their first meeting is sched-
uled for March 10. and they
will plan for raising the nee
eSsary SIS million to $25
million for this project. It
will be a privilege for people
throughout our Nation to
give every assistance to
them. Many hands and
bodies will make this labor
light, as they say.
Washington is a world
famed city, and its beauty
and Importance are con-
stantly increasing. Today,
the sound Of the jackham-
mer driving new foundations
is making music in the great
cities in our land, so let us
see what we can do for our
Capital City in producing a
symphony Of architecture for
our Acropolis on the Poto-
mac.
Paul ]. Thomas,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
A Call. to Arms
A March ! Star editorial,

A March l Star editorial,
"A Call to Arms" in reference
to my insistence on the prin-
ciple Of free German elec-
tons. asked this question:
But whose principle Of free
elections is to govern-our
own or the Communist yer.
sion?"
II my remarks left any
reason for such a question.
1t is only because free elec-
tons are so incompatible
with communism that I did
not think 1t necessary to Ia
, Dor the point.
BY free elections / mean
elections carried on under
safeguards that guarantee
the following conditions:
Universal franchise, full
availability Of information,
full freedom Of discussion,
secret ballot and complete
safety from reprisal.
In the debate to which
you referred. / Endorsed the
view that there are differ
ent kinds Of free elections,
and the form they take is
negotiable so long as the
principle Of free choice is
preserved.
Identification Of Germany
could be achieved through a
national plebiscite through
out both Germanys. 1t could
be achieved through a con-
stitutional convention Of
freely elected delegates. It
could be achieved through
ratification by provincial or
state legislatures, composed
OF freely elected legislators.
And there are other APP
proaches to uniflcation by
free choice that can be found
in our American history.
The essential principle I
referred to In debate is this:
Whatever plan is agreed to,
1t must. at some decisive
stage. be ratified by free cleo
tive processes as we UNDER
stand that term in this
country and in other free
nations.
Thomas J. DOdd,
Senator From Connecti-
cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

panies, respectively. an adj
ditional 5 per cent.
He further indicated that
this tax would be passed on
to the consumers through
these utilities. In other
words. it is his intention to
strike directly at the county
residents and property own
ers for this tax. For what
homeowner does not sub
scribe to these services? And
would 1t be fair to tax the
users Of gas and not the
users Of oil and coal?
Further. 1t is his intention
to hide this 5 per cent levy
by not "pinpointing it di-
rectly on monthly utility
bills going out to county
residents" This act of sub
terfuge could be accom-
plished by forcing these
utilities TO omit the line
IS per cent Montgomery
County consumers tax"
AS our county is currently
considering curtailing Ca
nine capering" with normal
associated expenses (un-
doubleday with uniformed
attendants and nets, etc.
it would seem logical and
very realistic for Mr.. Reese
to take a long and close look
at the expenditures Of his,
and our, local county gov
eminent. Many businesses
and companies have been
forced to do this in recent
months in an effort to de-
velop more economical and
efficient methods of "doing
the job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Montgomery BUDGET

The Star recently reported
that the proposed school
budget for lit ole Montgom-
cry County is $50 million, a
real lead-pipe head-knocker
for our rural county resi-
dents. OF this so-called rec.
ord school budget proposal,
81 million Is intended to be
raised by a 30 to so cents per
hundred increase in real es-
tate taxes on every big and
little cottage and comicile
in the county.
With Congress recently
passing the National Pre-
tense Education Act" to give
other peoples tax money to
more or less deserving school
systems, there seems to be
an inconsistency in Mont
gomery County school people
suggesting the old-fashioned
real estate tax method of
raising money. Why doesn't
the county hop on the band
wagon and merely float a 81
million gift of other peo-
pies funds out of the ire
pressible and irresponsible
majority in Congress? After
all. it's only money!
II the Congress can appro-
PIRATE 500 million Of our tax
funds to Communist Poland
and 500 million to Commu-
mist Yugoslavia. surely it can
let Montgomery County have
a mere "a million to advance
cultural aspirations.
There is no logical reason
to increase county real estate
taxes as a means Of financing
such a sad record of waste
and educational boondoggling
as is represented in the pro-
posed school budget of $50
million.
Franklin T. Miles.
1t looks as If Montgomery
County taxpayers are about
to receive another "jolt" in
the pocketbook. The most
recent was administered
when the State increased
the personal income tax
from 2 to 8 per cent prior to
the close of 1858.
However. March 3, at a
m Getting Of Montgomery
County delegates, Mr.. Reese,
County Manager, was to
place before that group the
proposal to tax the gross
receipts of the local cleo
trio, gas and telephone COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

ito harness even an evil
for the so-called good Of the
masses. Thus. by the legerde-
main Of political chicanery q
vice is turned into q virtue
II some Of its tainted returns
are poured into the public
Golfers. Such a perverted
policy, Of course. does not
claim to have any moral
foundation. It is a house
built upon the sinking sand Of
opportunism and expediency.
The whole body polite suf-
fers whenever and wherever
the Soviet theory is put into
operation, that the ends
justify the means. That spells
ruin" in the USA as well as
in the USSR.
The only remedy for
gambling on low and useless
levels is to lift the impulse Of
risk and adventure to some
high level Of vision and
achievement. The root sin
of gambling is that men
should take their God-giyen
instinct Of adventure, out Of
which great enterprises
should come. and waste it on
petty issues, demoralize them
selves and society, by the
perversion of a power meant
to mold the world and lift,
even little men, to greatness.
Sometimes a nation must
gamble. If Uncle Sam had
gambled in China on those
who hold our faith and
ideals, and had backed them
to the hilt, instead Of play
ing the futile game of in
GLIDING in our strategy ruth
less Marxists labeled "agrar.
ian reformers," the present
terror of Red China proba-
bly, never would have been
faced.
And speaking of gambling
on the highest plane. in a re-
cent plea for an adventurous
program of help for awaken
ing lands now sunk in want
and misery-help which in
the money called for leaves
astounded the conservative
holdovers from yesterdays
world-the former Vice Pres
ident of the United States,
Henry Wallace. has this to
Ssv of his exciting proposals:
There is no guarantee that
We shall succeed but there is
no other alternative"
At the end Of the Lenten
Way we will come to low
minded men rafting their
dice for the garment of that
Strange Man upon the cross.
They were galley slaves Of
the cult of something for
nothing" Characters, creeds
and careers are determined
largely by the things on
which men are willing to
wage their lives. Long ago
Donald Hankey declared that
religion is betting ones life
on God.
In such an age as ours this
anguished world is crying,
Wanted: Gamblers for High
Stakes on Great Issues!" For
alas
Some men die By Shrapnel,
Some come doiUn in flames:
But most men perish inch
by inch
Who play at little games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Protests to RIA

AS pastor Of st. Dominic's
parish in the Southwest, I
most vehemently protest the
proposed site Of the South
west markets and warehouses.
! am sure that ! have not
only the right to do this but
the obligation.
The right arises from the
fact that we at st. Dominic's
have thus far fully CO.
operated with the Redevelop-
ment Land Agency. I must
admit in justice that this CO.
operation has to this point
been mutual. We were prom
Used that nothing detrimental
to st. Dominic's would be
erected in its environs.
, In the aforementioned
cooperation for the better
ment Of Southwest WASH
ington. we are planning a
new priory which is to fit
RIA architectural plans for
the area. This is to cost us,
members of the Dominican
Order, the approximate sum
Of 81 million. That is for
the building alone.
My obligation in this pro-
test is evident from the word
pastor" shepherd. The pro-
posed market site will be
directly across from the
church, diagonally opposite
the anticipated new school,.
In spite Of the best super
vision, children are needless.
With trucks roaring in and
out of the markets, the dan.
ger to life and limb is great.
Moreover, with SO truck
parking spaces. / realize the
impediment this will cause to
the Police and Fire Depart.
ments directly adjacent.
All Of us are working for
perfection Of the redevelop-
ment. Why put an even
incipient blight area back
again?
Father Francis X.
Finnegan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
rs Years Ago

A probe of private mail
contracts with the airlines
rs years ago brought tenn
porary suspension of the
contracts-and tragic results.
The flying of the mail was
turned over to Army pilots,
On March 9, 1884, The Star
reported: Two Army planes
carrying mail crashed TODAY
IN widely separated sections.
causing the deaths of two
flyers. The accidents brought
to eight the number of
deaths that have occurred
since the Army took over the
task of flying the mails a
month ago. :" The next
day, The Star said: "Presi-
dent Roosevelt today cur
tailed Army flying of the
mail. Motivation of the
action was loss of life in the
undertaking. . :" The Presi.
dent decreed that only nee
essary' airmail would be
carried by the Army.
Washington, in the midst
of snow, was looking forward
to the cherry blossoms Is
years ago. The Star, on Feb
ruary 81, 1884, said: "A
prophecy of cherry blossoms
was in the wind today, even
as Washington suffered snow
and dug in for another mer-
curry dip toward zero. From
Albert Clyde-Burton, assist
ant superintendent of Ma
tional Capital Parks, comes
assurance that the cherry
trees will blossom after all,
PROBABLY around Easter,
April /. :"
Repeal came to Washing
ton Is years ago. On March
l, 1884. The Star reported:
"Washingtonians were able
to do their drinking legally
today within the confines of
the District of Columbia for
the first time since October
81, 1917. At the stroke of
midnight police began the
distribution of nearly 200
liquor licenses, the first to be
handed out in the Capital
since the Sheppard bone
dry law became effective
more than 16 years ago. :"