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were queried, some said they
had had it, but were all sold
out.
One drew Jones on a wild
goose chase by claiming to
have the big swan, but when
he arrived on the scene, the
girl brightly held forth a
grotesque affair, no longer
than a good hen, colored
bright red and purple.
Templeton Jones repulsed
this offering with semi-in-
dignation.
He wanted the real thing.
but decided he would wait
until next year.
Since he has no pool or
pond, he has an idea of plac-
ing the big white toy in
the back of his yard, among
some low-growing plants.
1t should look natural
there, he believes.
Surely swans come ashore,
now and then, to rest among
the rusheS.
Jones first caught sight of
his new toy in a 10-foot
pool in a back yard up the
street.
From his window he could
see three-fourths of the pool,
and the swan when it
swan" or "swum" to the
north.
The lightest breeze would
make it move around the
water in a most natural man.
ner.
Jones named it Swanee, .
after the old ballad.
The children in the water.
gave it quite a beating. but II,
was daddy who sat on it, with
its long neck crushed against
the side.
Even this it survived. Temp
Jones rejoiced to see Swanee
sailing around the pool the
next day.
He came to look for his
friend before leaving for
work. and on his return.
One day recently he looked
out
Horrors!
Poor Swanee had COL
lapsed, and was lying on the
lawn, a mere white blob Of
himself.
Then one day-there was
Swanee again, upright and
proud, sailing confidently
around his 10-foot world
again.
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Shot at 'Libertines'

More and more people are
confusing the meaning of the
word liberty with that Of
libertinism. When Patrick
Henry said Give me liberty
or give me death" he GER
tainly was not advocating
the libertinism Of our present
day speeding and reckless
automobile drivers who &C
count for far more deaths
each year than we're recorded
in the entire Revolutionary
War.
The prevalent idea today
seems to be that we have the
liberty to ignore laws and
ordinances because others
follow such course; we exceed
the speed limits and drive
recklessly and when we are
caught we give the lame ex-
cuse that the other fellow
was doing likewise. II par
ents, teachers. preachers and
judges would devote more
time and effort to changing
this ever-increasing attitude
their influence would be most
helpful IN reducing both jul
'venile and adult delinquency.
And this also applies to those
who call themselves good citi-
zens yet many of them show
utter disreSpect for law and
order by cheating in over
time parking, parking in re-
stricted zones, etc. Congress-
men. diplomats. and others
in high positions. including
the employees in their Offices.
are sometimes among the
worst offenders in this re-
spect. and it seems that such
INDIVIDUALS would consider
such petty selfish practices
beneath their dignity.
The setting of good examp-
les in comparatively small
things has far greater influ-
ence than we may think.
LongfeliowS poem, beginning.
IT shot an arrow into the
air; it fell to earth I knew
not where -" should be read
and given serious thought by
those who feel their acts are
too insignificant to affect
others.
G.P.O.
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Appeal Pays OFF

I am grateful to you for
giving publicity to my appeal
for books for the children at
the Kingston g. st. Andrew
Parish Library, Kingston, ia
maica, West Indies.
On receipt of the books so
kindly donated by readers of
your paper the librarian
writes:
Il write on behalf Of the
Kingston & st. Andrew Par
ish Library Committee to
thank you most sincerely for
the tremendous quantity of
books which you and friends
of Jamaica have generously
donated to the Library.
Many thanks to you and
the kind friends. We can as
sure you that our readers will
make good use of these
books"
May I also through your
courtesy thank the People to
People Section of the USIA
for helping me to get the
books to New York and the
United Fruit Company for
taking them to Jamaica free
of cost?
Una MarsOn.
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bad system; certainly, there
are occasions when 1t gals
honest and patriotic men.
But 1t still remains a bed
rock fact: You have got one,
single President in this sort
OF affair-or you have got no
effective President at all. And
when you have no effective
President at all, disaster is
not merely possible; 1t is
absolutely certain.
Many who speak glibly Of
democracy" suppose that
foreign affairs can be run
like a town meeting or a
postcard public opinion poll.
For good or Ill, critical for
eign affairs can never be so
run.
President Acting for Us
A President-in this case
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
makes a great, and possibly
a fateful, decision that goes
far beyond the waters edge.
Once. rightly or not, he has
made it, once he has solemn
ly committed our national
strength and purposes, re-
sponsible men can hit at him
destructively no longer. Once
the boat is in motion you
cannot grab the Presidents
elbow while he is rowing, no
matter to what terrible shoals
you think he may be heading.
(This correspondent re-
members with sick and last
ing horror what happened to
the national interest when
decent men were so blinded
by bitter partisanship and
fear as to kick and gouge at
another President, Harry S.
Truman, when, wisely or not,
our troops were MORALLY
committed in Korea.)
You have elected the Presi-
dent-this present President,
any President-as your rep
reSentative leader, not just
on Tuesday morning. so to-
speak, but also on Wednesday
afternoon. And in foreign
crises, once the dice have
been actually thrown, you
must go where he goes.
Do not many able public
men believe Mr.. Eisenhower
may be heading for disaster?
OF course they do. Don't
they believe Mr.. Khrushchev
typifles what is still a fearful
and brutal system? OF course
they do. Why. then. do they
not still cry out against the
President? Only because they
understand the ultimate re-
atty of our system: In the
great and terrible matters of
war and peace there can be,
to repeat, only one President
Of the United States at a
time. q.
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Suez Dispute

George Sfeir has made
statements opposite to both
the Constantinople Conven-
ton and Security Council
rulings on the Suez Canal.
Mr.. Sfeir claims that Israel
cannot enjoy transit rights
through the canal, as Israeli
ships have never had these
rights and you do not deny
a person a thing he never
had" This is peculiar logic
since this particular inter-
national waterway. from the
time of the Consta Ntinople
Convention. has been declared
free to the shipping of all
nations without distinction
of flag" The Constantinople
Convention actually stresses
that, although Egypt has the
right to take measures of self
defense. these measures shall
not interfere with the free use
Of the canal-the one section
of the convention which Arab
propagandists are always
careful to omit.
Egypt's only excuse for con-
flscating Israeli cargoes is her
pretext Of "self-protection
against a warring state" las
Mr.. Sfeir describes Israeli.
Since these cargoes are sent
in foreign ships, such as the
Danish Inge loft, the latest
victim, it is difficult to see
exactly what Egypt thinks she
is defending herself against.
especially since she had been
letting such foreign-chartered
ships 60 through for several
years without any nonsense
about "self-protection." Her
policy of blockading Israeli
cargoes in foreign ships is a
brand-new one that began
only this spring, and Mr.. Sfeir
is, therefore, wrong again in
saying that Israel is being
denied a right she never
had"
M, A. Palmuuist,
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Cites u. N. 'MeddIino'

We are about to witness
another experiment in fulfil
ity. aggravated by the one
world international socialists
the United Nations investi-
cation Of the Laos aggression.
The result will be exactly
the same as all other activi-
ties Of the U. N. The med
ding of that den of iniquity
is financed largely by the
taxpayers of the United
States-but som e h ow the
findings never fail to some
how indict the United States
and make a mockery of our
high ideals and principles.
By the time this so-called
investigation gets around to
the business for which the
junket is headed toward Laos,
the dirty work will already be
done; and the brave investi-
gators will have no alterna-
tive but to render a decision
that the small defenseless
nation is already divided
and 1t will then join divided
Germany. divided China, di-
vided Korea, divided Wet
Nam. All of these dwellings
have had the blessing of the
United Nations. 1t will not be
many years until all nations
will be divided, and we
will have a United Divided
Nations.
How long will it take our
representatives in Washing
ton to realize what the United
Nations really is. and take
action to get the United
States out Of the U. N. and
get the U. N. out of the
United States?
Arthur j. Schneider.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
"GAITHERSBURG, Md.

"GAITHERSBURG, Md.
Dear Sir:
What do you say about
ducks for my pond, and
maybe a real live swan?
"The life Of a pond is a
thing in itself. ! built mine
with fear and trembling, not
knowing what I would get
into or what l would attract.
Through the wonders of
nature. I attracted many
wonderful insects, various
plants. I put in some fish,
and also got, through no in
tention Of mine, some COM
mon water snakes and some
frogs.
THE latter undoubtedly
came across country, as is
their habit, but where the
snakes came from ! do not
know.
Where can I get informa-
ton about ponds? And don't
forget the swan. I would like
to have a swan.
Yours truly, TOM D."
=
The best and safest swan
Is the inflated plastic sort
sold this summer for SWIM
ming pools, especially the
smaller kind of pool for chill
dren.
This is one swan" that
takes no food, and offers no
other problems, except that
now and then it may collapse,
for lack of air.
These light affairs are
capable of bearing a small
child, being built rather on
the pontoon principle. not
altogether swanhke, really,
but good enough for all prac-
tical purposes.
AS for books. there are a
number of good ones about
ponds and the wild life they
attract.
The Field Book of Ponds
and Streams" has been a
standard for years. and may
be found in most public Ii
braries and in the larger
bookstores.
\ 4
AS for the plastic swan,
life-size or a bit larger, this
Is not so easily found.
Temp Jones fell in love
with one half way up his
block, and tried all over the
National Capital to get one.
He failed.
Fifteen different places
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

Some suggestions on what
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
should be shown while he is
visiting the United States
are good, but one is so child
ish and inappropriate that it
would backflre II adopted. I
refer to the suggestion that
Premier Khrushchev be shown
a traffic jam in a large Amer
lean city. If he saw one, he
would exclaim, Why, we
Soviets have found a way to
the moon while you Ameri-
cans seem to have difficulty
in getting into downtown"
Presumably the proponents
Of showing him a traffic jam
believe that the sight of one
would convince Khrushchev
of the widespread ownership
OF automobiles by American
wage earners, and would
demonstrate that the Ameri-
can people further their de-
sire for dignity and self-ex-
preston by driving private
conveyanceS.
1t seems to me that the
Soviet Premier will be amused
to find that. although we
Americans pride ourselves on
the democracy and efficiency
Of private enterprise, all
levels of government inter-
fere with the price system by
substituting the use of the
private automobile and all
other forms of transport that
compete with the most eff
cient means, urban and in
terurban railways. He will
find that Americans make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

born comedian to gain a
prominent place on the
theatrical roster was Henry
Placide (1799-1870). who
was born in Charleston,
South Carolina. His father
was a French gymnast and
rope-dancer, and his mother
a dancer and pantomimist.
The boy early became one
Of the family troupe, APP
peared in various ballets, E
finally being elevated to the
position of giving limitations
Of actors. His histrionic ca.
reer began in 1923, when he
became a member of the
stock company of the Park
Theatre, New York. Placide,
was for twenty years a men,
Der Of this company. and
after that. until his retire.
ment in 1865, he was a popu-
lar star"
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No Transit Improvement

It IS most regrettable that House
Judiciary subcommittee made so little
effort to act in the session of Congress
just ended on the Washington areas
interstate transit compact. Admittedly,
Che compact provisions were complicated
by furry of controversy early in the
summer. But the differences involved
certainly we're not insurmountable, and
a real desire on the part of the subcom-
-mittee could have resolved them.
The compact already ratified by the
Maryland and Virginia Legislatures,
would set up commission to regulate
Washington area transit rates and
-
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this possibility? Not in the
Nations Capital. The Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission and the Regional
Planning Council are urging
the construction of hundreds
of miles of space-wasting
freeways and highways in
the Washington Metropolitan
region; and. for the next two
decades, they recommend
less electric-railway carrying
capacity than we had when
the survey began in 1855.
To add insult to injury, the
planning bodies have bor-
rowed a leaf from George
Orwell's 1894" which con-
cerned, in part, the distor-
ton of facts in a totalitarian
society. BY the very title of
their recent report on their
mass transportation" sur
vey, the planners distort the
term mass transportation"
to mean transportation by
private automobile as we'll as
by public conveyance. They
also distort the term trans
portation system" to mean a
network of freeways and
highways rather than a trans
portation company or author
lty furnishing common car
rier co-ordinated service
based on regular routes and
schedules. having professional
operators, and charging
fares.
billiard II. Goodman,
Executive Vice President,
Citizens Transit Improve
ment Association.
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Controversial Book

The Indianapolis Star pub
lished a review Of the book
Democracy Versus Com
munism" by Prof. Kenneth
Colgrove, edited by DR.. Hall
Bartless Of Columbia Teach
ers' College. and various edi-
torial assistants, at a cost Of
approxim ately $150.000,
which can be presumed to be
tax-exempt funds. This re-
view states that "A more
apt title would be "Our Con-
stitution or Cyanide" The
Fairfax County CVa.) Board
of Education was more polite
but just as definite in its
disapproval of the book on
the basis that 9" it would
be better to seek books stress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
THE PASSING SCENE
Our Responsibility to the President
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

Why not be beastly to Nj
kita Khrushchev. the visiting
Soviet dictator? There are
two reasons why not. And
only one Of these-the first
has the slightest resemblance
to the official reasons being
given publicly by very high
American officials.
First Of all, nastiness to
Mr.. Khrushchev is barred by
the simple fact that our
President has asked him to
come here. Boorishness, petty,
ugly, street-corner tough
guyness, is out of bounds for
decent and grown-up people
everywhere. To say that this
kind Of conduct is mot Amer
lean" is surely to say a poor
thing.
For it is also not Italian,
not French, not British, not
Irish, not Hungarian, not Ro-
manian, not Polish, not the
thing to do amongst any and
all peoples Of civilized his
tories. 1t is pompous and Of
fensive to suggest that only
Americans" have standards
as to what is and what is
not done.
For the widespread human
fact and condition is simply
this: Disorderly demonstra-
tons against any kind of in
vited guest, anywhere, any
time, reflect only upon those
who commit such ill-bred
nonsense. Only big men (and
nations) can afford to be
courteous - which usually
means. really. to be unafraid.
Only the little-among ma
tons and among men-need
to show this fellow or that
fellow where he gets of. The
big and the secure know
where they Standard where
others stand. too.
The Controlling Principle
But it is the second rea-
son for not being rude to
Mr.. Khrushchev-the reason
never even whispered off,
cially-that is the main
theme of this piece. The first
reason. after all, is only gen.
tlemanlineSs-and many peo-
pie believe that gentlemanli-
ness is only another word for
sissiness. But the second rea-
son, which is the CUTS Of it
all, should impress even the
most practical"
1t is simply this: The
United States can have only
one President at a time. one
top decision-maker at a
time. And under the Con-
stitution this mans voice
anywhere, in any admins
tration-is the country's one
proper voice abroad.
1t may be that this is a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

@. Is sugar cane native to
Hawaii?-W. D.
A. No one knows. Captain
Cook found it growing in the
form of hedges when he came
to the islands in 1778. There
is a native legend that a
Chinese junk blown off its
course and shipwrecked in
Hawaii may have been the
means of bringing sugar cane
to the islands. 1t may also
have been introduced by
birds. or have been washed
ashore.
@. Please give some infor-
nation about an early
comedian named Henry Pla.
cide,-R.B,
A. players and Plays of
the Last Quarter Century"
says: The first American
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ton surmounted the 1856 in
junction and resumed activity
in the state, the resolution ex-
pressed determination t 0
turn back this latest effort
to ban our organization"
The Shreveport in june
ton, it said, lis one
more in a series of legal as
saults by southern authorities
on the NAACP. The record
provides no comfort for those
who believe that seuh actions.
viii stand UP on appeal or that
their threat will deter the
NAACP from its 50-year
fight for equality of citizen
ship for all Americans
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30
I'D Have Put Faubus and The Whole
Ganq in Jail. -, Confides Truman

common people, among whom
he would place most of the
nations Negroes"
He says that Negroes are
critical of likes moderation
while Truman has stated that
civil rights are a basic federal
responsibility.
II grew up with Negroes"
Truman is quoted as saying in
Ebony. " | was always friend
~ with them, and they were
just like part of my family.
| learned a long time ago that
the composition of the human
animal is about the same no
matter what color the skin is"
Rowan points out that in
urging laws to secure basic
rights and in throwing the
Presidency against segrega-
ton, Truman waged an infin-
itely less popular battle than
either Lincoln, whose freeing
of the slaves was as much of
a gift of fate as any belief he
had in racial equality, or
Roosevelt, who tripled the
earnings Of the average Negro
as a by-product of what he
gave to the entire nation.
Ebony says that Truman
stuck to his guns despite a
threat by the Deep South to
sabotage the Marshall Plan if
he PERSISTED. According to
Mrs. Roosevelt, similar threats
had often forced FDR to back
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30

away from strong civil rights
proposals.
Rowan writes that Truman
told him the Arkansas school
indignation situation in 1857
never would have gotten to the
troop-calling stage had he
been President. "All We need
to solve this Indignation pro-
blem Is some common sense"
he said.
Privately, according to
Ebony: Truman confided to
his Negro friends, I'D have
put ARKANSAS Governor Or
valle) Faubus and the whole
gang in Jail. | would have acti-
waited the Arkansas National
Guard Gust to take it out Of
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30
Mrs. |. {. Bates;
Others, Speak
AT Civil Rights
Meet in NYC

-Four of the nations top
civil rights personages adj
dressed a mammoth rally
Thursday evening at Manhat-
ten Center in New York CITY.
They included Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the
NAACP and Little Rock he
roine Mrs. L. C. Daisy
Bates.
Also, Rev. Martin Luther,
King, leader of the Montgom-
cry bus protest, and Jackie
Robinson, businessman and
former baseball star. It was
sponsored by the Federation
of Negro Civil Service Organf-
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30

No president in the nations
history stuck out his neck far
Their, or risked more in terms
of his own political future or
of the nations well-being in
order to eSpouse the f~irst-class
citizenship of the Negro than
did Harry S. Truman, says the
November issue of Ebony
Magazine.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who
urges patience, and in effect
asks Negroes to place their
ultimate faith in time, is a
molllfier or "peacemaker"
rather than an espouser of
unpopular views and causes.
He is in many respects a
"states-righter" and has made
this clear even when bold fed
eral action has been forced
upon his administration.
Those are the findings of
Carl T. Rowan in an article
called Harry Truman and The
Negro"
Rowan says Truman became
our greatest civil rights presl-
dent because "He thought that
to do so was of ultimate good
to the nation and because in
his early childhood he was
imbued With a respect for In
dividual liberty and with a
decided leaning toward the
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30
THIEVES ENTER
PRESS OFFICE
TAKE SAFE

During the early hours of
Saturday morning, thieves en-
tered the office of the State
Press and made away with
the office safe. Entrance to
the office, located at 806 West
9Th street, was made by
knocking out a panel in the
rear door, which opens into
an alley from the plant, and
climbing a Wall-petition to en-
ter the office where the safe
was kept.
The 20 x "a x 36-inch safe
was rolled to the alley exit and
loaded into a car. It was To-
Gated that afternoon on the
outskirts of the city in a
thicket by some boys. Efforts
to open the front door proved
futile, but a 6-lnch square
hole had been made into the
bottom.
The safe contained approx
mately 800 in silver, checks
and valuable papers and re-
cords personal and business.
The thieves emptied the safe of
all contents, but many of the
valuable papers and records
were recovered after being
scattered over a wide area.
The safe was damaged be-
yond repair.
Several suspects have been
questioned about the theft.
The investigation is still on.
The car used to haul the
safe was abandoned in the
woods a few yards from where
the safe was found.
Arkansas State press., 1959-10-30

state control) but would not
have used it. I'd have called
in guardsman from nearby
states and put them under the
command of the toughest gen.
eral / could find"