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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Virqinio Starts Over

The time is at hand in Virginia when
the tumult will SubSide and the test will
begin.
Gov Almond and the coalition which
supported him have pushed through the
General Assembly new approach to
the school deSegregation problem. On
the key iSSue-local pupil assignment
1t was a close thing, the Governors
forces prevailing by margin of one
vote. The essential fact is, however,
that massive resistance, as Of now, is
dead and freedom of choice" will have
its day.
The new program, designed essentially
to permit localities to decide for them
selves whether they will integrate or
abandon their public schools, still faces
"a prospect of court challenge. And if
1t survives in the courts, it then must
face an even Sterner test-the test of it's
effectiveness as a device to limit inte-
grafton.
On this latter score, there is little real
difference between the Almond and the
anti-Almond forces. Each wants to hold
indignation to minimum, the principal
difference being that the Governor and
his supporters are not willing at this
time to abandon entirely State-sup-
ported public school system. In his
closing message to the Legislature, how
ever, Gov. Almond said that 1--WE should
exhaust every recourse in its defense
and betterment before we consider
abandonment of our public school SyS-
tenn" AS we understand this, the Gov
ernor is saying that he would support
abandonment of public schools if ex-
perience with the new laws demon
StrateS that large-Scale Indignation can
not be avoided.
This test of the laws will also bear in
timately upon the future of the Demo-
cratic organization in Virginia. If the
laws fail it is almost certain that the
massive reSiSters, especially those from
SouthSide Virginia, will take control of
the party machinery,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
FIottery and Mr.. K.

Acting a bit belatedly, the press OF
the USSR has just devoted an unusual
amount of its limited space to the pub
LEGATION of numerous messages congrat-
ulating and eulogizing Premier Khru-
shchev on his 65th birthday. Typical OF
these is one signed by % of his col
leagues in the Soviet hierarchy. 1t
reads in part as follows: I'VE see in
you a tireleSS fighter for the triumph
of communism, for world peace. Setting
an example of feminist style of work,
SelfieSs service to the interests OF the
working people, you dedicate all your
Seething energy, wealth of political
experience, wisdom and daring initia-
tive to the building of communism.
:. All these remarkable qualities have
earned you the well-deServed love and
respect of the party and the people.
We strongly embrace you, our dear
Nikita."
Not since Stains day has so much
praise been heaped upon Soviet leader,
and this recalls to mind how Mr.. Khru-
Shchev, in his famous secret speech"
of February Is, 1856, inveighed against
"diSSolute flattery" and "loathSome
adulation." Here are some of the things
he said then: Comrades! The cult Of
the individual acquired I'D. monstrous
size chiefly because Stain himself =.
supported the glorification of his own
person [as1 an infallible sage. E. We
consider that Stain was excessively
extolled. :. ComradeS Lenin :. was
the living personif1cation of the greatest
modesty. :. ComradeS We must abol-
iSh the cult of the individual deciSively,
once and for ALL" Now that he is IS, one
wonders whether Mr.. K. still adheres
to these words or whether he has come
to welcome fulsome compliments as
JUNCTION to his soul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Spoce-Aqe Advisers

d. The Democratic Advisory Council
has increased it's own potential for
service in setting up a supplementary
Committee on Science and Technology.
There could be no rational disagree
ment, for example, with the statement by
Democratic National Chairman Butler
that these areas of rapidly expanding
knowledge should play IAN enormous
role in the formulation of virtually all
aspects of Government policy ranging
from national defense and foreign af-
fairs to our economic and physical we'll
being" And certainly, as he suggests,
recommendations to be made in the
party'S name for either legislative or ad-
miniStrative action in these specialized
fields should be based upon f1ttingly
specialized qualifications.
To do this job of advising the ad-
viSerS, the parent council has chosen II
distinguished American scientiStS-two
of them Nobel Prize winners-whoSe in
tereStS cover the wide range of physics,
geneticS, botany, anatomy, biophySicS,
zoology, geochemiStry, engineering and
AoPAAy' AAS SAOuR o4ACcl0y
mapped out broad agenda for its con-
Sideration, including possible legislation
to bring about freer communication and
a greater exchange of data between
American and foreign scientists. DR..
Ernest c. Pollard, chairman of the
BiophySics Department at Yale Univer-
,sity, has been designated as chairman
1t is essential, of course, if this
undertaking is to be helpful, that it be
conducted at level above purely par
tiSan politics. AS DR.. Pollard says, SCI
.entific and chronological facts are not
the exclusive property of any political
party, and he adds that there is no in
tention to issue public statements "for
purely political purposes" If the new
committee, and the Advisory Council in
turn, follow this expression of sound
intent this latest council project could
be of real value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Security Problem

In his address here recently to the
National Rifle Association, General Cur
tbs LeMay, our Air Force vice chief of
staff, made point that deserves more
than passing attention. He put it this
way: mo weapons system devised by
science and industry will give us protec-
tion unless it is maintained and operated
by a capable and dedicated crew. And
with few exceptions each new weapon
lis more expensive, more complicated.
land more difficult to maintain than the
system it replaces"
BY way of illustration, General
LeMay has cited such facts as the fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Plea for Post Office

When the new rural route
mail system was started IN
the Northern Neck OF Viz
GINA over a year ago, patrons
as well as postmasters were
told their post Offices would
not be closed.
In spite of that promise,
small post Offices are gradu-
ally being closed against the
wishes of both the postmas-
tiers and the patrons. Several
postmasterS that we know
have been notified that their
post Offices would be closed on
a certain date. They were not
given a chance to decide
whether they wanted to re-
tire or resign-just told to
close up. Our own postmaster
at Potomac Mills mas goCUen
one Of those notices. She does
not want to close her Office,
and the people of the COM
munity do not want her to be
forced to close. The Office is
an asset to the community it
serves and is a credit to the
postal service. 1t is a con-
Meeting link between two
rural routes which offers daily
mail service from MontroSs,
the county seat, to Colonial
Beach. The new system would
take two days for the mail
to travel between these two
points-a distance Of approx
imately 20 miles.
We respectfully request the
Post ONCE Department to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

trees, sycamores and oaks
rise skyward with Gothic
effect to form q heavy green
canopy. 1t is a private world.
cooled and huShed, that can
provide an effective antidote
to the Washington heat and
BUSINESS" This cathedral Of
natures handiwork. with its
arching trees and sylvan
aisleS, which for untold years
has been the choirloft for
feathered songsters with their
varied surpliced vestmentS,
is easily accessible from
many streets far removed,
because the nave Of this
primitive sanctuary is Of such
length.
With unbelievable blind
ness to the artistic, spiritual
and recreational values Of this
priceless asset, it is now pro-
posed to build a four-lane
highway along the whole
length of the valley. Such a
piece of official vandalism
would put the crowded thor
oughfare through the entire
nave of the leafy temple
leaving but a fringe, like shat
tered windows and ruined
transepts. 1t is unthinkable
that such irreplaceable riches
should be used to funnel null
titudes of people in a hurry
into the heart of the tenn
ing city. Have we gone city
mad? Callous utilitarianiSm
which thinks solely in terms
of traffic problems and COM
mercial advantage is posing
a Damoclean blade over this
living valley through which
the Capital of the Republic
breathes.
The final decision regard
ing this vital matter is now
in the hands of the subcom-
mittee of the United States
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee. This is a group OF
eminently fair and objective
legislators headed by an out
standing Senator who is judi
cial in temperament and &C
customed to weighing evil
dence. In but a few days
this group will either pro-
nounce the death sentence
for this verdant valley or
they will decree that in spite
of all pressures this oasis OF
unspoiled nature shall not be
taken from the people to
whom it was given. in order
that it may be made into a
macadam monStrosity.
If you feel deeply about this
massacre of woodland, If you
passionately desire the stub
born ounces of your regard
for the future to be put on
the scales, then petition the
committee that the park be
saved for the purpose for
which it was given in trust,
and that the funds now pro-
posed for its destruction be
refused appropriation. Direct
your protest to the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
There is yet time if you act
now for trees to win over
traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Defining Love

Your April 20 article quot
ing a Prof. Ernest Van den
Haag as saying love and
marriage don't mix because
as love becomes fulfilled it
ceases to exist was nauSeat-
ing.
This is just another ex-
ample of the erroneous con-
cept of love which is prev
alent through the world
today and which error is
nurtured. continued and
magnifled through the vast
media of communication
that is ours, particularly
motion pictures, comics and
the press. The idea of love
touted to us so necessarily is
not love at all but sex.
Love is a feeling one has
for a person for what he is,
what he does, his personality
traits which make him a
pleasure to be with. AS you
get to know him better this
feeling increases rather than
ceases to exist. This is the
love that Christ spoke Of,
this is the love He COM
manded us to have one for
another. With this type of
love physical appearance
means little. In a love Of this
kind selfishneSs does not
exist, there is no Jealousy,
for there is assurance that
the person loved always is
faithful, always true even
though he may be thrown
into situations where his at
tention momentarily may be
directed away from the loved
one. This kind of love grows
and grows, it is the love that
comes from the source OF all
love, God himself.
I think it is time we began
teaching through the vast
media something Of what
real love is. and we would
soon have marriages that
would not end in divorce. be-
cause they would not be con-
tracted on the shallow at
fractions of good looks and
the incessant demands of
our baser emotions that are
today unrepreSsed. with ami
mal-like unrestraint entirely
subjecting the sane, rational,
reasonable, higher-level crea-
lures that we are supposed
to be.
Angela M. Ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Undesirable Cover

We wish to make the fol-
lowing observation on your
color cover April 10 on The
Sunday Star Magazine, show
ing a television experiment
on a cat at the National
Institutes of Health:
Our organization does not
feel an experiment involving
a helpless, unwilling and de-
fenseless animal is a desir-
able subject for a front-page
magazine picture.
Since our efforts are di-
rected toward the elimina-
ton of suffering and cruelty
to animals and also toward
the education of the rising
generation particularly along
the lines Of humane treat
ment Tor all, IL is our oelleI
that such prominent pub
licity may tend to undo much
progress which has been
made in this field. We fur
ther feel it may tend to sug-
gest like experiments to the
unqualified which would
surely result in suffering and
cruelty to the animal en-
ployed.
Elizabeth c. Roberts,
Executive Secretary, Anti
vivisection Society of the
District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Memorable Memorial

OuLludy, April ~, al
tended a memorable memo
rial to an old friend, Barrow
Lyons. Over some 20 years in
Washington we met from
time to time to talk over
our common causes or to
try out a new idea on one an
other. I remember we'll his
deep understanding and the
inspiring consideration he al
ways gave.
The memory of his contri-
button to life was simply and
ably presented by the testi-
mony of old friends like
Gardner Jackson, John Edel-
man and others before an as
Sembly of former associates
and loved ones who filled the
Cosmos Club auditorium.
At this sane yet moving
occasion, we reverenced a
humble and lovable man for
the fine contributions he had
made to his neighbors and to
humanity. No tears or mourn
full intonations marked his
memory, but instead theee
prevailed a calm sense OF
gratitude that this man had
lived, that he had been our
friend and that we could I'M
derstand the nobility of his
life.
Some of us felt that his
selfiessnesS and dedication to
the cause of lettering and
enriching life belongs to that
age Is or so years ago. For
he came to Washington not
for fortune, not to gain fame.
not to acquire power, but TO
give his best to others
through his writing, his dis
cussion leadership, and with
his patience. He lived to
make other peoples lives
better and richer.
In the depression of the
'30s he established an un-
employment exchange in New
York that preceded the WPA.
AS a superintendent of a New
Jersey hospital he struggled
to raise the low wages OF
hospital workers. Through
his writings as a public in
formation director at the
Department of the Interior
he took up the causes OF
better conservation OF our
natural resources and rural
identification.
He was a writer, a music
lover, an artist and a great
admirer of nature as we'll as
crusader for social justice.
He never tried to make a
name for himself, yet he will
be remembered for his cour-
age in saying what he felt
without malice. He would
never fall into the type OF
today's Organization man, !"
and yet he took time to be
considerable of the other fell
lows view.
Wherefore, I was glad / had
known Barrow Lyons, who
made life richer. was glad
I could be in the company OF
men and women who could
appreciate his virtues and
understand the human values
he exemplified.
ArdOin E. CaSgrain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
No Second Prize

DeIenSe secretary McElr0yS ADDRESS
to his Newspaper Week" audience In
New York was, on the whole, persua-
sive argument in behalf Of more blood,
sweat and tears in our struggle with the
Communists. Unless we are willing to
make greater effort, he said, I'VE may
come out second best in competition
for which there is no second prize"
Broadly speaking, Mr.. McElroy dealt
with three aspects of the East-West
rivalry. Militarily, as of now and in the
foreSeeable future, he thinks we are
doing all right. AS he has said before, our
armed forces, on balance, are adequate
to discourage any Russian resort to
major war, and he insists that we in
tend to maintain the necessary deter
rent strength. He thinks we are tagging
in our educational effort, and that more
will have to be done in this category
even if it means higher taxes We do
not believe there can be any serious
argument on either score.
The third area discussed by the
Defense Secretary concerns the eco
nomic competition with Russia He
agrees with CHA Administrator Allen
Dulles, and others, that the United
States must make a greater effort in
this field if it is not going to be an
alSo-ran in this race for world position.
1t seems to us, however, that arguments
on this score by Mr.. McElroy and others
are either incomplete or not entirely
convincing.
Mr.. McElroy speaks of tough decisions
and hard choices which the American
people must make. In the military area,
if the Russians, as Mr.. McElroy suggests,
should increase their spending by so per
cent, it is clear that we will have to
match that effort. And this could in
volve some curtailment of production
of consumer goods. The same thing
could apply if the Russians throw
larger percentage of their increasing
production into foreign trade and for
eign aid. We cannot afford to run Sec
ond best in this economic race, either.
But is there a real need, as Mr..
McElroy implied, for sacrifices which
would make possible greater American
production of "all types" of goods? AS
of now, our total production is about
twice that of Russia. Even so, sub
stantial portion of our productive capa-
bility is not being used. Our immediate
problem is not productive capacity, but
how to dispose of the goods we are pro-
ducing and could produce.
So, assuming that Russia will con-
tinue to starve its own people in con-
sumner goods, why should the United
States provide facilities for greater pro-
duction of all types of goods? If we
were producing more automobiles, food,
televiSion sets, refrigeratorS and what
not, what would we do with them? When
we cannot dispose of so much of our
current production, is it really desirable
or necessary to increase production OF
all types of goods?
The American people may be willing
to tighten their belts" if the need for
this effort is clearly shown. But this
need is not satisfactorily spelled out in
Mr.. McElroy'S talk or in those which
have preceded it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
100 Years AGO

Juvenile delinquency was
rampant in the area 100 years
ago. On April 20, 1859, The
Star said: THE police were
kept busy a few months ago
in restraining the juveniles
of the suburban localities
from fighting, day after day.
They succeeded in breaking
up the mimic war parties,
but now the little fellows have
taken to the highway, and
stop other juveniles who are
sent upon errands and rob
them of what they have.
These petty robberies have
been so frequent as to de-
mand the attention of the
officers. The first example
will be made Of a gang OF
youngsters who met a small
boy a few days since on an
errand, and beat him, and
took from him the goods with
which he was sent. There
were several in this gang, and
none over IL years of age"
An addenda to the famed
Key-Sickles murder case was
printed in The Star a CEN
tury ago. The story. on April
80, 1859, said: quite a large
crowd of persons collected on
the street in front of Green's
auction rooms this morning
to witness the sale Of the iron
gray horse owned and rode
by the late Philip Barton
Key. The purchaser was
Col. McCarty, who secured
the animal for S138"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Poses Question

I would like to ask your
correspondent, Warren w.
Morse, just one question
about his letter of April IA
in which he recommended
that the funds being eX-
pended on civil defense go
into peace studies and dis
armament negotiations. Why
does he not also recommend
that the air defense funds,
which likewise do not guaran-
tee that we will not be dis
astrously attacked, be chan
nelled into the same worth
while causes?
Sherley Ewing,
Director, Maryland Civil
Defense Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

give favorable consideration
to continuation of this office.
1t offers services to the people
that no other Office in the
Northern Neck does. 1t is open
from early morning to late at
night daily, and every posi-
BILE assistance is rendered the
patrons. The postmaster read
lily and willingly assists her
patrons with correspondence
to the various Government
agencies, including Social Sc
curity. In other words. the
post Office at Potomac Mills,
Va, represents a community
service which the people de-
sire to continue.
Elsie w. Mallory.
Potomac Mills. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
so Years Ago

A difference Of opinion IN
WarTenton, Va, was settled
by harsh means so years ago.
The Star, on April rs, 1909,
reported: "After a hard fight
for his life, William A.
Thompson, associate editor
of the Warrenton Virginian.
who was shot in Warrenton
Saturday night by J. D. Har-
ris, principal of the Warren
ton High School, died at
Providence Hospital last
night. The shooting,
which occurred on Main
street about 7::30 o'clock Sat-
urday night, was the cul-
mination Of i'll feeling that
had existed for some time be-
tween Thompson and Harris.
due to differences of opinion
over public school affairs -"
The Nation was following
with keen interest a big
game hunt so years ago by
its former President. On
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Trees and Traffic
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS

One OF the poems former
generations committed to
memory from the Readers"
in the country schools Of
long ago began:
WoodmaH spare that tree
Touch not a single Dough
In youth II sheltered me,
And IN protect II noiD.
In the very urgency Of
those lines. throbbing with
indignation and determine
ton, even as children We
could sense that by some
sinister plot "a poem lovely
as a tree" had been doomed
to die. To the woodman
with appraised ak the verse
became a personal protest
that a tree with its valiant
record Of shade and shelter
should thus be brought down
ANONYMOUSLY to the ground
which had nourished 1t.
In later years, as the bat
tie for conservation took
shape, that verse, for some
Of us, has sounded a defiant
challenge to the assumption
that in the name of progress
natures glories can legiti-
mately be sentenced to ex-
tinction to clear the way for
the thoroughfares of ex-
pansion.
What we call our expanding
civilization" is proving a
creeping blight whose emblem
is the bulldozer. Whenever
and wherever woodsy reServa-
lions owned by the people are
threatened by the devouring
juggernaut Of traffic, ethical
and spiritual concerns are in
volved. 'Wanton modern dis
regard of the peoples rights
in forests and rivers and
mountain m a jeSties has
brought its tragic harvest in
desecrated park areas and
polluted and poisoned rivers.
In the one city which be-
longs to all America we have
a vivid illustration how cal
lous disregard of rustic
beauty and Of the public in
terest tempts officials who
are subjected to terrific COM
mercial pressures for high
ways and freeways. In this
case those in whose hands
the possibility of such a per-
version lies are not at all in
the category of vandals for
personal gain. They are
honorable and patriotic Off
Gals whose better Judgment
may be drowned by the
harsh cries of the market
and of the teeming city'S de-
mands unless the lovers OF
Gods great outdoors make
their voices heard and their
will known.
In the year that the writer
became a resident of the
Nations Capital, in 1924,
two citizens of Washington.
Charles Glover and Mrs. Anne
Archbold, presented to this
expanding world city a glo-
rious tract of unspoiled
woodland. 1t is so located
that it is really an island OF
wilderness area surrounded
by the ever-increasing traffic
thunder of a great metropolis.
The acreage was a munificent
gift which any city might
covet. 1t contains miles of
forest paths, Turing on
through meadows and over
hilltops, by green pastures
and the gentle waters Of a
murmuring brook which me-
anders through the bottom
land of the lush valley. 1t
was set aside with the specific
stipulation that it be pre-
served as a primeval. piece
of natures woodland for the
present and for the future.
A lover of this threatened
park bears witness: "The
trunks of century -old tulip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Teachers Pay

ut should be a matter Of
great concern to us that our
values are so confused that
our cultures pay television
and movie actors more than
we pay our schoolteachers,
and we hardly notice the
absurdity."
I have just read this state
ment written by Brock CHS
holm in Can People Learn
to Learn" and pass it along
in the hope that it will make
a few intelligent people think
seriously. A Parent.