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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Grondstond Play?

When I was a boy on the
farm, the auto races at the
county fair were the biggest
thing in my life. I was fasci-
mated by the roaring racers,
the dust. the grimy faces Of
the drivers.
Most of all, I was fasci-
mated by a gadget, not unlike
a fit gun, mounted on the
outside of the racer body
handy to the drivers right
hand. AS he roared down the
stretch in front of the grand
stand, the intrepid driver
could be seen pumping mad
ly on this gadget, as if life
itself depended on it. 1t was
a great and dramatic sight.
Years later, a veteran race
driver conf1ded that the
pump" had no function
other than to impress the
crowd watching breathlessly
from the stands. In fact, to
remind himself of this need
to play to the crowd" he
had taught himself to say,
as he rounded the turn into
the stretch, Pump her up,
John, we're going by the
grandstand."
AS I read about President
Mcdonald of the Steelwork-
ers' Union saying that the
steel manufacturers want to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Takes Firm Stand

In my campaign to unseat
incumbent Virginia State
Senator Armistead L. Boothe,
I have consistently, constant
ly, and emphatically stated
at every occasion that I
would not, if elected, support
legislation to close the public
schools of Virginia. This
means, too, that I would not
initiate legislation to close
Virginia's schools.
This to me is quite clear
and I have never deviated
from this position.
1 have been constantly
asked my position on this.
and whenever your newspa-
per has written a story in
which my position is dis
cussed, the inference SEEM
ingly is always left that I
would close the schools, SIM
ply because I am opposing
Armistead Boothe. This is
incorrect and I request again,
as I have so many times in
the past, that I be put on
record with your newspaper
as being opposed to closing
the public schools Of the
State Of Virginia.
Donald Baldwin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Congratulations

For some time I have been
wanting to congratulate and
thank you for having such
perceptive and realistic COL
umnists. I congratulate par
ticularly Constantine Brown
on his column of october II,
REDS Seek to Lull United
States Into Trap" I admire
the informative and in
formed mentalities of all
your columnists and feel
certain that their insight
will help straighten out many
of our fuzzy thinkers, some
of whom write letters to the
editor.
Matthew A. McKavitt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
No Time for Apathy

The Stars october 10
editorial, Transportation
Apathy" raises several per-
tinent questions, and its con-
clusion is right to the point.
i.e., let's don't bog down argu-
ing details of the tranSporta-
ton plan when what is sorely
needed is community agree
ment on the broad goals Of
the transportation plan. If
the editorial was intended to
rouse the public to action, we
heartily concur, and we urge
The Star to keep hammering
away at apathy wherever it
exists.
Some of your readers may
not know what is being done
and what has been done
about this plan since it was
made public in July. The
planning commission and
the regional planning coun-
Gil staff members are busy
night and day talking to civic
and professional groups about
the plan, and the three
dimenSional model, with its
canned talk, poster eXpla-
nation and leaflet, has been
seen by thousands. The staff
just concluded six public
forum discussions Of the
plan, open to everyone who
would come. Members Of the
planning commission and the
council, together with mem
bers Of the transportation
committee Of the Washington
Metropolitan Regional Con-
ference, met continuously
during the summer to try to
get the Congress to pass the
interstate regulatory COM
pact. Radio and TV talks
were given about the plan
and the relationship between
it and the interstate regu-
latory compact. While the
people directly concerned
with this plan are doing a
great deal right now, much
more remains to be done.
The complex questions, the
ones so "distasteful to an
swer" as The Star so frankly
put 1t. will be answered, if
only by default. We hope
The Star continues to do its
part to help the community
understand the plan and the
fundamental issues which
must be met. This is no time
for apathy.
Donald E. Gingery,
Chairman, National Capt.
ital Regional Planning
Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
One Tongue for All

1t has been suggested that
American students learn a
second language to serve
Americas international rela-
tionships.
Let the United Nations APP
point a committee Of Ian
guage specialists to choose a
universal language. All ma
tions would be urged to teach
this as a secondary language.
Then the secondary language
would become the worlds
primary language, establish
ing universal communication.
Or must the world go on al
ways hampered in commune
cation by multiple languages?
DerwOOd M. Dudley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
FROM THE STARS FILES..

in behalf of Brown, through
the Tsaitsagan railway sta
ton here today. At the
moment the Japanese diplo-
mat was acknowledging the
noisy welcome that had
greeted him as he stepped
down from the coach that he
had occupied in the railroad
train. Suddenly a half
dozen revolver shots, fired in
quick succession, were heard.
followed by the cries of those
standing near the prince.
who had been wounded or
imagined tn EN- selves to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

paints the obscenities which
corrupt his thoughts and the
debaucherieS which degrade.
Spiritual and moral deteri-
grafton begins with a debase-
ment Of the imagination.
The things that appeal to us
in that hidden chapel are
always a telltale sign of our
kinships and our affinities.
The unpredictable Kremlin
boss may be SO per cent
wrong in his attitudes and
policies-as most Americans
are sure he is-but Mr.. K.
was too near the truth for
us to be comfortable when he
declared that the lewd dance
put on for his benefit, in
what is supposed to be the
Hollywood Chapel of Art"
was immoral and disgusting
and would have no attrac-
ton for a person with nor
NAL moral standards. No
wonder the visitor from be-
hind the curtain, looking for
opportunities to criticize the
United States and compare
unfavorably things he OBJ
served here with what obtains
in Russia, felt that what he
witnessed was a dissertation
to one from the land of the
lovely ballet which is poetry
in motion, far removed from
the sensual contortions Of
the "Can-Can."
In the chapel of art where
in Europe people with love
of beauty in their souls cul-
tivated from birth bow down
in appreciation to that which
is uplifting and esthetically
satisfying, they, too, often
find that in America that
chapel is profaned by that
which appeals to the base
ment of mans nature in
stead of to the sun-drenched
living room where beauty is
glorified and not debased.
Is that mystic, hidden
shrine within you covered
with such figures as were laid
bare in some chambers Of
Pompeii, where the eXcava-
tors were led to cover up the
pictures because they were so
foul? Or is your hidden
chapel like the cells in the
convent Of Saint Marco in
Florence where Fra Angel
ico's holy, sweet genius has
left on the walls to be looked
at, as he fancied, only by one
devout brother in each cell.
angel images and noble pure
celestial faces that calm and
hallow those that gaze upon
them?
Thinking Of the beatitudes
or blasphemies suggested by
such searching questions, let
us fall upon our knees with
this prayer upon penitent
lips-"Almighty God, unto
whom all hearts are open.
all desires known, and from
whom no secrets are hid;
cleanse the thoughts Of our
hearts by the inspiration Of
Thy Holy Spirit" And, so,
in the hidden chapel of my
heart, keep inviolate an altar
where Thy love is the flame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

clay a blacksnake whip on
the backs of the workers." I
am tempted to coin a phrase.
Pump her up, David, we're
going by the grandstand."
Pro- UniOnist, Anti-InfIatiOn-
list, Notwithstanding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
rs Years Ago

Washington sports fans
were startled Is years ago by
a front-page item in The Star
on october 26, 1884. 1t said:
For a cash price said to be
$3.50, 000-double the amount
ever paid for a player-Jos-
eph Edward Cronin, 28-year-
old manager Of the Washing
ton Baseball Club, today was
sold to the Boston Red Sox.
While declining to announce
the purchase price, Clark
Griffith, president Of the
Washington club, admitted
it was twice as much as the
price reported paid by Col.
Jacob Rupert Of New York
for Babe Ruth in 1919
$125,000. The price tag
on Ruth has stood as the
highest for a single player
in the annals of baseball
trading. :"
An innocent man was a
victim of gang warfare Is
years ago. The Star, on Oc-
tober "a, 1884, reported:
"Spurred by yesterdays gang
ambush of an innocent vic
tim, the District Commits
sioners and police officials
today conferred on plans for
a sweeping campaign against
gamblers in Washington.
Meanwhile, detectives Of the
homicide squad were said to
be hard on the heels Of two
known suspects in the mis-
taken identity murder Of
Allen B. Wilson. 80, a news
paper route salesman. Police
are convinced the gunner
killed Wilson as they lay in
wait early yesterday for
Mickey Mcdonald, described
as a local numbers oper-
ator, at the latter's home
on the edge of Takoma
Park. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
How Much Hardship?

@ Inc DeSC news WHICH mas COiHe OuL
Of the steel strike in recent days is the
announcement that direct negotiations
have been resumed between the union
and the industry. Despite the dismal
failure of collective bargaining in this
dispute, there is chance that the pres
sureS bearing down on both parties may
yet produce an agreement. For our part,
we most certainly hope so.
There is also the prospect, however,
that this may not come to pass, and in
such event the real issue which con-
fronts this country should be clearly
understood.
The President applied for and OBJ
tanned a Taft-Hartley injunction in
Federal District Court after the steel
fact-f1nding board had reported to him
that it saw no hope Of an early agree
ment. This injunction, If it becomes
effective, will require the Steelworkers
to return to their jobs for 80 days.
Counsel for the union has chal-
lenged the validity of the injunction,
however, and that challenge is now I'M
der consideration by judges of the Third
Circuit Court Of Appeals. AS we under
stand it, the unions basic position is
that the strike, now in its 103rd day,
may have caused some hardship, but
has not yet resulted in the kind Of
national emergency which must exist
before an injunction can be issued under
the statute.
So the question is: How far may a
strike in basic industry be pushed be-
fore the Government can intervene to
protect the public interest? Must the
national economy be literally in state
Of collapse? If not, how much hardship
must be endured before strike can be
temporarily halted?
Any answer to such questions as
these must be related, in some degree at
least, to the actual nature Of the dis
pute. What are the facts as to this?
There really are two issues in the
management controversy. One is
economic in character. But the fact
finding board reported that the parties,
as to wages, were only about / cent
apart. The other has to do with revi-
sion Of the work rules in the steel plants.
The companies had insisted on such
changes as condition of any wage in
crease, but, at the end, they offered to
submit the work-rule issue to binding
arbitration. This was fatty refused by
the union.
Where does all of this leave the
country? It is left in situation in
which the steel union, having refused
to arbitrate one issue and being very
close to agreement with the companies
on the other, nevertheless claims law
full right to push the country closer, but
without saying how much closer, to eco
nomic chaos. 1t may be that the union,
under the provisions of the Taft-Hartley
Act, is right in this. If the courts adopt
the union view, however, we see moth
ing left except the enactment of new
legislation which will be tougher than
this So-called slave labor law" For
public sentiment is not going to put up
with much more hardship from labor
management dispute which should have
been settled long ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Loose Moose

Regarding the APP Wire
photo Of the jay-walking
moose in The Star of Octo-
Der 16, the caption stated,
where else could it happen
in the United States but in
Fairbanks, Alaskan"
Are all APP Wirephotog-
raphers located on the West
Coast? Similar opportunities
could have been had on sew
eral occasions in such towns
as Brunswick, Orono, and
Skowhegan, Me.
Alaska may be new to the
United States, but not neces-
sarily unique!
=" HnInIrSwa1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Harvard Wises Up

The Introductory story in
your Reporter in the Class
room" series was headed
Harvard Grad Goes Back to
Grade School," The urgent
necessity for this sort Of
thing has been recognized by
Yale men for years. 1t is,
therefore, encouraging to
note that even such a modest
start has been made, at long
last!
James Howard McHenry.
yale, 1910
All efforts to unmask the
real emptiness of modern"
or progressive" education
appear to be for naught.
Now The Star runs a
sweeping series Of articles
tending to soothe the public
back into apathy once more.
The articles by Andrew
Bingham detail the inter-
esting" type of instruction.
instead of providing the child
with a concrete source Of
information. The lie is all
around you in the business
world, wherein job applicants
cannot spell, read or do
arithmetic properly. Every
where prep" schools are
filled to capacity in an en-
deavor to provide some SEM
blance of education that the
progressive method does not.
Even modern high schools
have taken up additional
books in the nature of ere
fresher" spoilers.
In brief, could you but take
this opportunity to view any
single subject as a whole
(such as examining arith-
metic textbooks for all the
elementary grades, I am
sure you would be astonished
to find that each grade is Of
fered substantially the same
material. Most of the mate
rial in the elementary schools
is actually presented on the
nursery school level. And the
method of presentation is so
confused that it tends to be-
come a subtle psychological
attack on the minds and in
telligence of our children.
The educational dilemma
is national, and there is
some Intangible direction to
this "Pollyanna" approach
to so-called modern" edu-
cation. Textbooks seem to
develop out of something as
ethereal as a national
trend" and not at the State
or local levels.
Henry Bernstein, M. d.
Fredericksburg, Va.
y II 4
Congratulations to Andrew
Bingham for his expose Of
the methods Of teaching
reading in the first grade. No
wonder the Russians are
ahead Of us. If the remaining
articles of his series are as
Illuminating as the first, per-
haps the inhabitants of the
District will rise in wrath
and demand not only that
the time of their children be
not wasted in futile folde-
rol, but that educated and
qualified teachers be en-
ployed and not mere gradu-
ates of those malignancies on
our higher educational sys-
tenn known as colleges of
education.
EnCinaor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
A Hidden Chapel
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate


normal Sunday morning
there are 80 million people
In America who are actually
in church. Even with all the
rosy figures Of these days re-
garding the number Of people
who attend public worship,
surely that 80 million ought
to be at least double out Of
the population Of 100 million.
It is an encouraging thing
to be lauded that more and
more everywhere there are
being displayed outside Of
business establishments ex-
hortations to attend church
on Sunday. and the same
thing is heard-sandwiched
between secular programs
on radio and television.
But vital and important as
public worship is, whether
the edifice is a cathedral, a
chapel or a crossroads village
church, to which people 60
from varied motives-even
more meaningful is the inner
chapel which each individual
has within his personality. It
was this private shrine where
there is naught but an altar
that Bliss Carmen had in
mind when, after gazing at q
worshiping congregation, he
wrote rather cynically:
They're praiSing God on
Sunday,
They'll be all right on
Monday
It's Just a little habit They're
ACQUIRED.
He was evidently dubious
as to what a good many
within those hallowed walls
would do with the inner pri-
vate chapel they would be
carrying around with them
the rest Of the week.
John Oxenham was con-
cerned about what sort Of
services" were habitually
held in that chapel when he
wrote his searching lines:
Mid all the traffic of the ways,
Turmoil Without, lDithin-
Make in my heart a quiet
place
And come and dtDeH therein.
A little shrine of quietness,
All sacred to ThySelt,
Where Thou shalt all my soul
possess,
And I may find myself.
All that suggests that a
mans attitude to God and to
his fellows is never indicated
by his gold f1sh-bowl per-
formances in public worship.
He may go through pious
forms, ito be seen Of men,"
but the acid test is always to
what does he bow down in
his own private chapel where
are enshrined the symbols Of
the gods he really worships.
The same man may be a pill
lar in the public temple and
a pagan in his private chapel.
Forever every man is fres-
Going the walls of that inner
chamber with the represen-
tation Of the things he really
loves and admires. From the
cradle to the grave we each
live in the presence Of the
things we etch day by day
upon the clustered walls Of
the soul. Those inner COM
partnerships inevitably mold
our lives into their likeness,
even as in Hawthorne's story,
Ernest, who gazed constantly
at the noble features Of the
Great Stone Face, was
changed into the same image.
For, las a man thinketh in
his heart, so is he"
The pure in heart. out of
thoughts and fancieS that
uplift and enrich, will paint
upon those walls the things
that are excellent and Of
good report. The libertine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

an agent in this city. Mr.. C.
will reach the court in time
to be present at the trial
TODAY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
100 Years Ago

Death Of Washington as a
major port city was foreseen
in The Star a century ago.
The story on October Is.
1859, said: 1.-THE steamer
Mount Vernon is at AleXan-
dria, and will there discharge
her cargo of miscellaneous
freight which will be light
cred to the western wharves
for delivery. The steamer will
not come up, the captain pro-
Tossing to be fearful of risk
ing her passage over the bar
on an ordinary tide. Her
cargo for the return trip will
be lightered down to her at
Alexandria at the Office
in this city 3,700 barrels of
flour have been entered for
the return trip, besides a very
large amount of miscellaneous
freight :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
so Years Ago

The first woman in the
United States to take to the
air in a flying machine went
aloft with Wilbur Wright SO
years ago at College Park.
The Star, on october 81.
1909, reported: "a diversion
of more than ordinary in
terest from the daily flights
was furnished today by
Wilbur Wright at the govern
ment aerodrome at College
Park, Md. Having coached
his three army officer pupils
to the point where they now
are able to operate an air
plane themselves, Mr.. Wright
had for a passenger a woman
aviation enthusiast in the
person Of Mrs. Van Deman,
wife of Capt. Ralph H. Van
Deman of the 21st Infantry.
The machine circled the
aerodrome and was put
through some intricate ma
neuvers, the flight lasting 4
minutes. Mrs. Van
Deman was the first woman
to fly in a heavier than-air
machine in the United
States. :"
The District was preparing
to do battle with a deadly
disease so years ago. On
October 80, 1909, The Star
reported: ITO carry on the
fight against typhoid fever in
the District of Columbia the
Commissioners will ask the
public health and Marine
hospital service to draft
specific laws and regulations
and suggest definite lines of
work which that service, after
three years of investigation,
think are necessary to check
the disease. The proposed
laws and regulations desired
by the Commissioners will
provide for legal control of
typhoid fever patients and
bacillus carriers. -"
The Japanese were learn
ing so years ago that the
way of empire is not easy. In
a story from Hardin MAN
churia) october 26, 1909, The
Star reported: Prince
Hirobumi Ito, privy chan
cellor and resident general of
Korea, was assassinated at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

Wild game conservationistS
have been worrying about a
decreasing duck supply for
100 years. The Star, on Oc-
tober 81, 1859, reported: 1.-THE
dealers in wild fowl and
game begin to exhibit a few
specimens in the market, as
indications Of what may be
expected as the season ad-
vances. Wild ducks are few
as yet, and it is probable that
the supply will be brought
from distant points, as ducks
are growing scarce upon the
Potomac. The old duckers
give various reasons for this
scarcity. Some of them think
they have been frightened
away by the numerous gun
ners and the steam naviga-
ton. Others think that the
recent hard winters have
driven them to other rivers
where they have found better
feeding grounds -"
The legal staff for John
Browns defense at Charles
town 100 years ago included
a Washington lawyer. On Oc-
tober %, 1859, The Star re-
ported: 1.-THE Hon. Samuel
Chiffon, of this city, of the
law firm of Chiffon g. Ma
gruder, left here yesterday on
the afternoon train, having
been engaged as counsel for
John Brown, the conspirator,
now on trial at Charlestown,
Va. Nov Charles Town, w.
Va Mr.. Chilton's aid was
sought by persons in Boston,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
German Disciplined

ELATH, Israel (JTA) = A Ger
man sailor received disciplinary
action, including cancellation OF
shore leave, from his captain after
painting a swastika on the German
ship Pelion, anchored here.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
PSYCHIATRIST
WILL ADDRESS
SISTERHOOD

DR.. Jack z. Elias will speak on
"Children and Their Emotional and
Growth Problems From Age and
Up" at a noon luncheon meeting
of Temple Beth Israel SiSternoou
Tuesday at the temple auditorium.
DR.. Elias, sponsored by the Phoe-
nix Mental Health Clinics speak
ers bureau, is assistant professor
of psychiatry and clinic psychiat-
rist at Arizona State University. A
question-and-answer period will fol-
low his address.
Luncheon co-chairmen are Mrs.
Mac Chiate and Mrs. Sam Shapiro.
Program chairman is Mrs. Burton
Kruglick. Reservations may be
made with Mrs. Archie Miller, AM
6-3165; Mrs. j. Shuirman, AM g.
1856, or the temple office, AM D
1911. Free baby sitting service
will be available.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
SOCIETY & PERSONALS
Musical Skit
Will Depict
Purinn Story

A musical in Calypso rhythm, de-
picting the Purlm story, will fea-
ture a 12: 80 pm. luncheon meet
ing of Beth FL Sisterhood March
10 at Beth FL Auditorium.
Mrs. Carol Klein will narrate
the Magillah. Mrs. Harold Green,
concert pianist, will play several
musical selections. The Sister
hoods past presidents will be hon
ored. Mrs. Klein is luncheon chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Harry 5.
Austin.
Participants in the skit will be
Cantor Harold Green, Mrs. Jack
Alpert, Mrs. Harry Liebhaber,
Mrs. Sam Mackoff, and Mrs. Mar
vim Miller. Mrs. Irving Levey,
musical arranger, will serve as ac-
companist.
Proceeds of the $1.25 admission
price will be used to purchase new
prayer books. Visitors are wei
come. Reservations may be made
with Mrs. Hy M. Dreiseszun, AL
4-824s, or Mrs. Louis Green, AN
5-4161.