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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-07

good wide margin. he did sue
coed in making grass roots"
a permanent part of our
language.
Released By the Bell Syndicate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
For Orderly Growth

A strong case for extension Of
coming controls to all parts Of Prince
Georges County was presented to the
county's legislative delegation at the
General Assembly. Less than half Of
the county now is subject to restraints
on diSorderly development Yet, as was
pointed out by Chairman Herbert w.
Wells of the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, rapid
residential and commercial expansion
In the uncontrolled southern portion of
the county is expected to follow con-
struction of the Jones Point bridge
across the Potomac River, of new high
ways leading to the bridge and OF a
Widened Route 301.
Most of the opposition to the pro-
posal to extend jurisdiction of the
NCPPC to all of Prince Georges came
from farm groups, which voiced fear of
interference with agriculture. However,
the pending measure would not affect
farming activities in any way. Only if
a farm we're to be abandoned for agri-
cultural purposes and subdivided for
residential or othe5 uses would the zon-
ing controls become operative. To leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Fall of the Miqhty

't0ol The roof has fallen in on Dave Beck,
portly, jovial and once powerful boss
Of the Transfers Union. AT 81, he stands
convicted of evading $4,000 of Federal
income taxes and, by way of punish
ment, he could well spend the rest of
his life in jail.
No tears need be shed for Dave
Beck because Of the fate which has over
taken him. He richly deserves It, Still,
there is something to be said for the
man. When one gets right down to 1t,
Dave Beck really is guilty of owning q
set OF sticky fingers. And as ones mind
runs over the revelations which have
come out Of the Mcclellan Committee,
which first turned the spotlight on
Brother Beck, sticky fingers emerge as
q relatively minorsSin.
What is, or what should be, Of much
greater concern is the committees ex-
pose Of the savages who roam the
shadow world of union racketeering.
We are talking about those sinister
characters who threaten the wives and
children of their victims, whose union
card" is the blackjack, the set OF brass
knuckles or the stick of dynamite, and
who can brighten a witness so that he
is afraid to open his mouth when called
to the witness stand before a Senate
committee.
This outrageous business is worse,
much worse, than Dave Becks devia-
lions from the straight and narrow.
There is a temptation. to invoke an
overworked adjective and call 1t shock
ing. What Is really shocking, however,
Is the fact that this oppressive racke-
teering can 60 on in this supposedly
free country, that 1t can be exposed
over a period Of two years, and that
still there is precious little evidence Of
atesk-pounding public demand for the
Kind II tough legislation which would
put tn, union hoodlttms as well as the
Becks behind bars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
FROM THE STARS FILES

Point Comfort, Va, The Star
reported: with homeward
banners streaming far behind
them, twenty ight bands
playing the Star Spangled
Banner and saluting guns
roaring tribute to the Presi-
dent of the United States,
the battleship feet of the
American Navy ended its
world cruise here today. After
steaming in review Of the
President the sixteen
white battleships finally cast
anchor in the same fairway
OF Hampton Roads whence
they started fourteen months
ago on the notable journey
of $4,000 miles. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Memory Stirred

The very interesting article
IN The Sunday Star Magazine
titled Career on Cloud Nine"
detailing the exploits of John
D. Shotter, Fort Eustis, Va,
brought to mind very vivid
memories of my small part in
assisting in the landing of the
dirigible RIA when it arrived
on Long Island, July 6, 1919.
We were awaiting dis
charge at Camp Mills, upon
our return from France in
World War 1, when we were
aroused from sleep in our
tents and loaded into trucks
at 2 am. The word was that
the R-34 was somewhere
along the coast and might
not reach its destination. We
were to be ready to hang on
to the ropes wherever and
whenever it came close
enough to the ground. After
running up and down the
island until after daybreak,
word came that it would make
the camp, which it did.
I have snapshots I took
showing several hundred
GIS holding it down by the
ropes flung from the gondola
in front. While l did not meet
Mr.. Shotter at the time, I
did speak to several crew
members as they descended
from the gondola. The R-34
was a majestic sight with its
nose pinned to the ground
and its tail high in the air at
about a ninety-degree angle.
T, III, DOlan,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Dan Reed-RepubIicon

Representative Daniel A. Reed, up
state New Yorker who died last week
at the age Of SO, was properly regarded
as true symbol of Old Guard Repub-
hcanism. Mr. Reed did not earn
this characterization, however, on the
grounds Of stubborn and short-sighted
political partiSanShip. He earned 1t,
instead, because his deep and sincere
convictions on the role of government
and on the responsibilities of Congress
In making the Nations laws conformed
to those additionally held by the Grand
Old Party. Indeed, in 40 years of serv-
ice in the House, Mr. Reed himself did
much to create the traditional Repub-
llcan image, and he defended it proudly
and ably, both within and outside the
party.
As member Of the powerful House
Ways and Means Committee, and It's
chairman in 195S-54, Mr.. Reeds greatest
prescriptions were with tax and tariff
leg1slation. His position consistently
was in favor Of lowering taxes, both
individual and business, and In favor Of
protective levels for tariffs He was q
skillful legislative strategist, demon
strating this most notably when he
piloted to passage the Eisenhower ad-
piiniStration's big tax reform bill dur
ing his committee Craftsmanship.
Mr.. Reeds district showed It's ap-
proval and loyalty to him in every
biennial election from 1918 to 1858. His
fellow members of the House, in both
parties, spoke their unqualified respect
for him in their eulogies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Of present wage agreements
Curtis L. Jones.
u. N. Elections

In his lecture on the need
for world government, in
Baltimore, Md, February IA,
Clement Attlee said: "a world
federation cannot be left to
the great statesmen. The
people in every nation must
be awakened to the extent
of the danger that threatens.
I hope the American
people will take the lead"
About ten years ago
Supreme Court Justice Owen
Roberts called for some
sort of union of peoples or
world organization in which
the people would participate.
In the IA years Of talks and
conferences since World War
II, about destruction has
become possible via push but
ton. and this certainly
makes arbitrary dictatorship
a greater menace than ever
in history. What, then, is our
recourse save closer union
with other peoples? One way
to begin is to have the people
go to the polls universally
and simultaneously and elect
some of the U. N. officials.
The act of voting has
always been a way of uni
flying people nationally -
bringing them closer together
factually and emotionally.
This can work internation-
ally as well. Furthermore,
every nation, large or small,
has its metropolitan areas of
population density. National
allegianceS, cultures, ideol-
ogies, revolutions have taken
hold first in the big cities
where the people get edu-
cation, indoctrination, and
news. History and geography,
then, furnish our lead for
the future. There are enough
people who understand the
ballot in Moscow, Paris,
Cairo, Seoul, Peiping, etc, to
vote U. N. and feel part of
U. N. and humanity. The
jewellers in the remote him
terland will awaken eventu-
ally, but first, as always, the
city populace will react to
the greater symbol Of U. N.
in the interest of all man
kind. Gordon Himelfarb.
PikeSVille. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

encompasses only what money
can purchase, while at the
same time he is paupcr
in a higher realm where Or
binary money is worthless
and useless. The only reason
that Jesus advised the rich
young ruler to get rid Of his
money was that in his par
ticular case a big bank ac-
count was keeping its victim
from riches money has never
purchased. j. M. Barrie, who
wrote a pungent story whose
title might have been Money
May Poison Life" neverthe-
less exclaimed, Let us no
longer cheat our consciences
by talking of filthy lucre!
Money may be always a
beautiful thing. 1t is we
who make it grimy." Money
can be translated into books
and music and all the uplift-
ing ministries of art. 1t is
a potent weapon with which
to fight the awful scourges
which STAY their millions.
Some time ago an Ameri-
can Journalist made an OBJ
Servation more golden than
gold, 1T is a good thing" he
said, Ito have money and the
things money can buy, but it
is a good thing to check up
once in a while and make
sure that you have not lost
the things that money can
not buy" A despicable
magician, watching st. Peter
use spiritual powers in heal
ing, coveted his secret. He
slipped up to the apostle and
whispered, Il want the secret
of your technique. will pay
you for it. Anything you
say. 1 have the money here"
Peters eyes famed with
righteous indignation as he
cried out, "Thy money perish
with thee! Go to deStruc-
ton with your money for
thinking you could buy Gods
gift with it,"
The poet, Edwin Mark
ham. tells us of a seeker
after wealth who was told
that if he could but wear
the shoes of a Supremely
happy man any wish he had
would be granted. He could
have riches untold. And so
the search began. But each
time when dealing with one
whose happiness at first
seemed complete, there was
discovered a fly in the ONT
ment of bliss. At last, in a
sunny field, was found a man
reclining in utter joy. He
measured up to all the tests
that the searching wanderer
had applied. This carefree
man in the field seemed one
whose cup of happiness was
full, and whose being was in
tune with the infinite, VII
brating like a golden harp to
the enhancing beauty of the
world. You are the mani"
cried the seeker for happi-
ness and for opulence. Lend
me your shoes! Quick, and
all fortunes are yours TO
choose" Yes, mighty
vizier-but 1 have no shoes"
The vizier had money to
buy any number of shoes,
but in the realm in which
that happy man was a
multimillionaire, money was
useless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Woge-Price Spiral

mittee Of the AFL-CIO told
the President there will be
no relaxation in the union
drive for higher wages. In
other words, organized labor
has said that there will be a
continuation Of demands for
new wage increases, regard
less Of the effect Of wage in
creaSeS on prices.
1t is suggested that the d.
rectors Of leading corpora
tons faced with expiration
Of wage contracts submit the
following proposition to their
stockholders: The directors,
officers and any representa-
tives thereof Of the XYZ
Corporation are prohibited,
from the date of this stock
holders meeting to two years
from this date, to enter into
any new contracts for any
increases in wages and other
benefits, unless, in the opin-
ion Of the directors and Off
GERS, the proposed increases
In wages and other benefits
can be absorbed by an in
crease in production and
there would be no increases
in unit costs which, in turn,
would result in increases in
selling prices.
The stockholders at annual
meetings, or at special meet
ings called for the purpose,
would have the right to vote
yes" or mo" for the above
proposition. The Stockhold-
ers would only be voting on
new contracts and not on
any obligations under existing
wage agreements.
If such propositions are
approved by the stockholders
of all Of the leading corpora
tons, then new wage in
>creases and resultant price
increases would be stopped
for the time being. The di-
rectors and officers of the
corporations could honestly
tell organized labor that the
directors and officers are pro-
hibited from making any
upward adjustments in wages
and other benefits which
would increase unit costs
and, in turn. increase selling
prices. So organized labor,
which would not want to
and could not afford to start
strikes OF. unlimited dura-
ton, would be forct to be
satisfied With continuation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Bright View Of Spires

As q regular reader Of The
Star for the more than rs
years I have been close to
the Washington scene, I wish
to commend you for the Sun
day column, Spires Of the
Spirit"
This weekly message Of DR..
Frederick Brown Harris is
now entering its twelfth year
Of offering inspiration and
spiritual nouriShment to
thousands of Washingtonians
and to citizens from afar.
While writing to his fellow
men of the contemporary
world-men who are deeply
immersed in the f1ux of pres
ent circumstances-Dr. Har-
ris has never lost sight of the
timelesS and enduring values
that give meaning to the
present.
Yet, while enhancing the
meaning of life for the rest
Of us, DR.. Harris continues to
communicate a sense of its
eternal faith. And while Of
fering his readers wisdom
with wonderment, he also
gives courage without COM
placency and belief without
faltering.
Jennings Randolph,
Senator From West Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

these rural areas subject to exploitation
by spectators without any restrictions
on land uses would be to invite hodge
podge construction and other types Of
undesirable development to run ram
pant in the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Questions the Law

The story of two girls ar
rested for keeping a dis
orderly house." by police who
misrepresented themselves to
make dates with and go home
with one of them, is another
example of the frequently
questionable tactics resorted
to by the city's morals divi-
sion. Is society any the more
safeguarded by these &C
complishmentS, its members
thereby made more secure in
their persons, their property
or their regulations?
Would we not more nearly
be getting our moneys worth
as taxpayers if every one of
the policemen now so en-
ployed were put into uniform
and walked a beat to protect
people from the real menaces
Of purse-snatchings and yok-
ings? I suspect that most Of
them enjoy their work so
much that they would leave
the police force if that we're
to happen.
Conduct which is only i'm
moral (as opposed to de-
structive or hurtfuD calls for
serious effort to curtail it,
only if those who engage in
it become so conspicuous as
to make themselves a kind of
public nuisance. When they
do, they can be apprehended
and punished by open and
straightforward means, and
without resort to such dubious
tactics dangerously close to
participation by the police
in the wrongful conduct in
question.
The police Of any country
are doing a dangerous thing
when they use measures that
undermine public respect for
them. In England, we are
told, every child looks up to
the policeman as his friend
and protector. I doubt that
this is true here. In that
story, perhaps, is one Of the
clues to the reason.
Luclen Z. Smart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Useless Money
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain OF the United States Senate

secretary OF the Treasury.
The present incumbent of
that important post is the
Honorable Robert B. Ander-
son, a distinguished Texan,
who, with great ability, has
held several top State and
national Offices. He was re-
Gently honored by one of the
most vital organizations
the Boy Scouts Of America
now numbering in its ranks
almost S million. Recently at
the annual breakfast in the
Nations Capital, where re-
ports for the year were made
by the relocated Scouts
from various parts of the
Republic, fianked by men,
bers Of Congress as well as
by outstanding representa-
tives Of the executive and
judiciary, national officers Of
the Scout movement spoke
in glowing terms of the va
rious activities of the vast
army of boys being trained
in all that is good and noble
for tomorrow's citizenship.
Because of his long and
valiant service in the Scout
movement, Secretary Ander-
son was awarded their high
est decoration. In reply to
the laudatory citation, he
made a striking statement.
The man guarding the Re-
public's finances declared
that the more he dealt with
the monetary affairs of the
Nation, the more he realized
that there were vital areas of
human relationship in which
money was not, and never
could be, the symbol of the
most essential values. Ac-
cepting the award, the one
man in our Government
whose leadership is aSSo-
ciated with money in these
days Of astronomical appro-
priations, said to those choice
representatives of American
youth that they must ever
remember that in the most
vital realm money is useless.
To say that is not to dis
count money-let alone de-
spise it. Money can do so
much that often its power
suggests a magic wand. 1t
can save millions from star
walton. 1t can erect houses
of worship. and schools to
train youth for tomorrow's
world. With it America has
raised bikes of defense at
home and abroad against the
engulfing Red tide. Money is
portable personality. With it
one can feed a neighbor and
engirdle the globe, easing
want and woe.
The Supreme Teacher
never said, as He is some
times quoted as saying that
money is the root of all evil"
1t was Paul who declared
that the love of money must
be put in that category. That
is a vastly different thing.
The love of money can be a
malignant disease. 20, Lord"
cries John Masefield, "the sin
done for things there's money
I'M" In his matchless para
bleS the Great Galilean has
much to say about money.
But nowhere does He teach
that the making of money is
intrinsically wrong. Yet He
who had to borrow a coin to
illustrate a truth He was pro-
claiming, knew full well that
a penny can be held so close
to ones eyes as to shut out
the sky and obscure the vast
range of things money never
buys.
The point Jesus stresses in
His frequent references to
money is that there are
yearningS and capabilities
which mere material possess
sionS never can satisfy, and
that man is being deceived
by a spacious and tragic al
legged bargain if his grasp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Benson on Farm SurpIuses-

The question of what to do about
our farm SURPRISES is before Congress
once more. This year the question pretty
much gets down to what we do about
wheat support prices. The major part
OF our surplus is now concentrated in
wheat. Certainly, If you add cotton and
corn to wheat, you have represented IS
per cent Of the crops in Government
hands or under loan, and they presently
total above $70 billion, and rising. Sur
pluses will soon cost us about 81 billion
annually in storage and interest charges
alone.
We had q great year for wheat in
1888, by far the biggest crop in his
tory. 1t amounted to IL billion bushels,
yet we can consume at home and sell
abroad only about 900 million bushels.
The rest goes into expensive storage.
This does not have a wide benefit for
our farmers. AS matter of fact, the
bulk Of the payments 60 to less than
10 per cent Of those who grow wheat.
Actually, farmers generally are do
Ing fairly we'll. Farm ownership is at
the highest level in history, and so are
net equities. The condition Of life on
the farm has improved immensely and
there is no longer that old sharp eco
non1ic, cultural and educational divid-
Ing line between life on the farm and
life in the city. Transportation, tele-
vision, electricity have worked wonders.
True, there are hardship areas and the
coSt-price squeeze is especially harmful
to farmers, but unrealistic wheat sup
port prices offer no way to alleviate
them. There are other means and we
are now pursuing them
What we need now in the Depart
ment of Agriculture is congressional au-
thority to set wheat supports at levels
that will lead to sales, not storage bins.
In this way, we can retain and build our
foreign markets and still produce all
that our domestic consumers care to
buy. This would save us billions yearly,
help to revitalize our agriculture at
home and abroad.
The above is Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Benson's own condensation Of his
statement to the Senate Agriculture
Committee. We thought it worthy of
reproduction In this form. It makes a
good'editorial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Successful Drive

A million thanks! The Star
deserves all of them for such
wonderful cooperation tell
ing the public about the fight
again muscular dystrophy.
Your efforts helped make
our 1858 appeal the most sue
cessful in MDAA's history.
Jerry Lewis,
National Chairman, Mus
cular Dystrophy Associa-
tons of America, Inc.
Hollywood, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
so Years Ago

The War Department so
years ago corrected a snub to
jefferson Davis. The Star. on
February 81, 1909, reported:
" The Secretary of War, by
direction of the President, has
instructed the chief of engi-
neers, United States Army, to
take the necessary steps to
restore the name of Jeffer-
son Davis as Secretary of War
to Cabin John Bridge The
above brief, significant mem
orandum was given to the
press at the Office of Secre-
tary Wright in the War De-
partment today. 1t marks the
triumph of the persistent and
long continued efforts of the
southern people to remedy
what they considered a blot
on the memory of the Presi-
dent Of the Confederate
States. :" The name had
been removed from the metal
marker on the bridge in 1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Patriotism Fades

Children these days hear
and learn little of the heroes
and traditions which made
America great. For over a
week I searched in vain for
appropriate patriotic symbols
for a children's party. But
Lincoln and Washington are
buried, except for outra-
geously overrated Washington
birthday sales. They are for
gotten in valentine senti-
ments and the advanced
commercialized rush of
Easter novelties and finery.
Even a small flag was almost
impossible to find in the
stores. Where has our good
old Yankee-doodle- dandy pa
triotism gone?
Mrs.. n II Rnua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry Drtters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtiOn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

A monument for the city
was in the making 100 years
ago. The Star, on February
81, 1859. reported: Mr..
Clark Mills has completed his
draft Of the pedestal which
he proposes for his eques-
trian statue Of Washington.
1t consists OF three tiers or
tablets, the small sur
mounting the larsert and u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Is Years Ago

Russian aircraft were the
center of an international
dispute 25 years ago. In a
story from Tokyo on Febru-
airy %, 1884. The Star re-
ported: The japanese for
eign Office sent a sharp pro-
test today to Moscow, de-
handing that flights Of So
Wet planes over Manchuria
and Korea be stopped. We
consider such incidents
highly dangerous a spokes-
man of the Japanese foreign
Office said. 1t is always dan
gerous for children to play
with fire. The filing Of
the protest followed reports
from Hsinking Of two in
stances in which (the re-
ports said Russians fired
upon japanese planes. E"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

Antarctica was causing
friction between a couple OF
friends rs years ago. On Feb
ruary 81, 1884, The Star re-
ported: Admiral Richard
Byrd and his frigid Little
America may again be the
chilly subject Of notes be-
tween Great Britain and the
United States. Great Britain
was reported today in un-
official but usually reliable
quarters to be contemplating,
for a second time, reminding
the United States that King
George had formally claimed
three separate large sections
around the South Pole, in
GLIDING the ice and snow o.
Little America -"