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Parking on WoodIey

I find it necessary to use
Woodley road, west of Con-
necticut avenue, daily in the
area passing the Sheraton
Park Hotel. The street is a
narrow one under the best
Of circumstances and pro-
vides for legal parking on one
side (the north) but not on
the other, which is marked
mo Parking. Except on Sum-
days" Nevertheless, some
persons attending the church
opposite the Sheraton-Park
use the south side of the
street for parking regardless
of these signs. Their action
leaves only enough roadway
for cars that must be driven
very slowly and with extreme
care to barely scrape by each
other.
These questions arise: Is a
man who disobeys laws and
safety regulations a better
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things in all phases Of life
come out of Interruptions
which are perhaps at the
time irritations. With Con-
gress in session it may be re-
corded that many Of the most
Illuminating and scintillating
sidelights thrown on matters
under debate come when an
orator is stopped in his YER
bal flight and. yielding the
floor. agrees to be interrupt
ed by a question Of q coll
league.
At last there comes to all
that shattering interruption
called Death" It appears
so final that we are tempted
to think Of it in terms of
"the end" But the supreme
and significant glory of life
is that there is no death,
it is only an interruption
and nothing more. Wrote
Victor Hugo, II feel that
I have not said a thousandth
part Of what is in me. When
I go down to the grave I
shall have ended my days
work, but another day will
begin next morning."
The radiant teaching min
istry near the Nations Capt.
toll Of DR.. Crosby Bell was
suddenly interrupted by a
heart attack. He was told
almost Immediately that in
a few hours his earthly ca
reer would end. Fearlessly
facing what men call death
he talked for several hours.
obliviouS to the pain, to his
devoted wife about their
beautiful years together.
Then, he dictated q message
for his class the next day.
When it was read he had
gone over to the painless
other side. In this valedictory
word to the class he had
loved and had expected to
face the next day, he said,
Tell the boys that I have
grown Surer of God every
year of my life, and I have
never been so sure as I am
right now. I can see now
that death is just the
smallest thing-just an Incl
dent-that it means MOTH
ing. There is no break and
all that really counts in life
goes on" And with his last
words he was saying, Death
is but an interruption. There
is greater glory ahead, to
which shattered schedules are
but a vestibule."
For the worlds Redeemer,
Calvary'S cross, seemed to his
anguished followers a shat
tering catastrophy. a devas-
tating interruption. He was
so young. and as they
thought, had many years Just
going about doing good in
His beautiful ministry. But
that interruption was the
prelude to the risen glory Of
Easter and to the conquer
ing ages which have fol-
lowed. AS the Living Christ
has gone on from victory to
victory. The night is but an
interruption between twilight
and the dawn, and Easter
assures us that the adven-
ture of death will prove to
be the most enriching inter-
ruption of all.
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Reference is made to a let
ter to The Star concerning
the origin of aloha o."
According to "Hawaii's
Story by Hawaii's Queen
Liliuokalani," published in
1898. it might we'll be con-
cluded that the lyrics of the
song aloha De" can be
attributed to Hawaii's last
monarch, Queen Liliuokalani,
although her own account
does not claim the credit for
the musical composition.
Quote from pages 289-290:
II found. notwithstanding
disadvantages. great consola-
ton in composing, and trans
cribed a number of songs.
Three found their way from
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On Moderation

AS presented by Attorney
General Rogers, the position
taken by President Eisen-
hover in opposition to more
Federal legal power to force
school Indignation upon an
unwilling people seems to me
to be an eminently sensible
one. But one can be sure
that 1t will bring forth wild
cries Of anguish from the
NAACP and its extremist
white supporters who having
tasted blood are intent upon
the kill. These people would
like nothing better than a
reoccupation of the South
land by Federal troops.
The President has re-
marked on more than one
occasion that voluntary pub
lie acceptance is the only real
solution to the indignation
problem. There are in the
South, as in the North
and West, many communities
where. because of the insig.
nif1cance of the Negro popu-
lation, school indignation
would be accepted as a mat
ter of economy. But in other
areas, North and South alike,
dense Negro population will
continue to present insur-
mountable barriers to school
indignation. In these areas
many white parents will re-
fuse to send their children to
predominantly Negro schools.
and in such areas the pub
lie school system is sure to
suffer.
Harvey H. Hewitt.
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The Resurrection

In this signal victory Of
Christ over all world forces,
we have convincing testi-
mony Of what God condemns
and what God approves.
Christ's resurrection brands
all antireligious forces, all
impoSters, tyrants and
usurpers. It sets Gods seal of
approval upon all the quail
ties. values and purposes for
Christ's life and ministry.
Easter stands for the tri-
umph Of the spirit over the
material. It stands for the
supremacy Of the soul over
sense, Of honesty and honor
over trickery and false peace
negotiations" In other
words. the mph Of
Christ's resurrection stands
for truth over falsehood.
Communism may seal
800 million, or one third Of
the worlds population, in the
tomb Of hopelesSneSS from
which all reason recoils. but
God is on the side Of truth
and will not permit the
father Of lies" to prevail.
James Russell Lowell re-
minds us Of this encourage
ing truth and it Is appropriate
as world governments brace
themselves to meet the Ber-
lin crisis:
Careless seems the great
Avenger; history pages
but record
One photographic in the
darkness. 'twixt old
systems and the Word:
Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the
throne
Yet that scaffold sways the
future. and behind the
dim unknown.
Standeth God within the
shadow. keeping watch
above His own.
Chaplain william Colder.
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Sow Of Heart

&KA1t was pagan who frSt understood
the death on the Cross. AS Christ gave
% the ghost, the Roman Centurion said,
Truly this was the Son Of God"
No such instantaneous recognition
greeted the Resurrection. The sacrifice
ar Christ, for the whole human race,
was met at the beginning with dis
tressihg display Of human frailty and
q sorry lack of the faith, hope and
charity He had come to teach.
The vindictiveness Of the chief
priests did not die with Christ. On
being told Of the empty tomb, they
reacted in petty, political way. They
called on the elders, and all agreed to
pay the soldiers of the watch large
money" to say that "The disciples came
by night and stole Him away while we
slept"
In point Of fact, the disciples were
then totally incapable Of any such in
trepid and willy action. Demoralized by
the events Of Good Friday-about which
they had been amply and specifically
forewarned they were hiding them
selves in fear of the Jews. The burial
of their Savior had been left to Joseph
Of Arimathaea, a rich counsellor, who
"also himself sought the Kingdom of
God" He went boldly" to Plate and
"craved the body of Christ" PLATE,
the eternal temporizer in the immemo-
rial fashion of uncertain officials, an
swered the question with another. Was
Christ dead? On being told it was so,
he gave the body to Joseph, who laid it
In a newly made sepulchre.
Joseph did what had to be done.
So did the women, who on the first
Easter morning went to anoint the
body of their Master. For this practical
good work they were rewarded with the
news of the Redemption. 1t was to
Mary Magdalene that Christ revealed
Himself.
Woman ,Uhy weepest ttou7 Whom
seekeSt thou?
She supposing him to be the gardener
saith unto him. "Sn. il thou hare borne
Him hence tell me tpheTe thou hast laid
Him and iOiH take Him Gacdy."
Jesus saith unto her, MARY"
She turned herself and saith unto him,
"Rabboni" Which is to say. Master.
Hurrying back to the mourning
disciples with the Stupendous message,
she was met with disbelief. Two other
woebegone disciples were walking to
EmmauS, too downcast to raise their
eyes. To the stranger who Joined them
they told of the death Of their Master
and of their hopes. Like so many since,
they apparently felt that Christ had
come to make them happy-instead OF
to save them. He upbraided them for
being "slow of heart"
Two thousand years have passed,
and men are still "slow Of heart"-still
incredulous of the Easter story, or in
different to it, or quick to diStort its
meanings The Resurrection did not
change human nature. 1t simply gave
men the hope of heaven through the
imitation of ChriSt-in life, death and
immortality.
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o'clock train for Philadel-
phia, where irons were put
on him and he was carried
off without any attempt at
rescue. The subject was
brought before the House of
Representatives at Harris
burg, and some exciting re-
marks were made. :"
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and some way Of meeting the ever-in-
creasing cost Of improved highways in
all parts Of the State. 1t cannot carry
this burden unless additional revenues
for highways are available. The only
solution seems to be an increase in the
gasoline tax-as already has been pro-
posed at Richmond. This is problem
which must be tackled forthrightly by
the next General ssembly.
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Milk Purity

The regulations Of the
Maryland Milk AS
ISOLATION are a farce. 1t is
true they have the purest
milk in the world. but that
does not mean a thing. Their
regulations remind me Of a
man who has taken a bath
in warm, soapy water-which
is good for ordinary purposes
but to be doubly clean, as
the Milk Association would
put 1t. he must rinse himself
in a germlcide, which would
be unnecessary, time consum-
ing and an added expense.
Does any intelligent person
believe that the U. S. Depart
ment of Health. Education
and Welfare would sanction
regulations that would be
detrimental to the health of
the American people? I would
say they would not. Millions
Of Americans in large cities
do not use milk with all the
frilly standards that the
Maryland-Virginia Milk As
ISOLATION wants us to abide
by. Yet, I have never heard
Of any epidemic or COM
plants Of the poor quality of
milk from these particular
parts of the country.
The frills attached to the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Milk AS
ISOLATION cost the milk con-
sumner unnecessary ad de d
dollars and freeze out COM
petition. 1t gives practically
the whole Metropolitan Area
Of Washington to the Mary
land-Virginia Milk Producers.
and that is pure monopoly as
well as pure milk.
AI,,;v. NT;rotwaa
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LETTERS TO THE STAR


my prison to the city Of Chi
cago. where they were printed.
among them Aloha Oe' or
Farewell to Thee which be-
came a popular song" She
places the date at 1895.
The Queen refers to her
imprisonment Of eight months
by the then provisional gov
eminent Of Hawaii when she
was confined to her apart
ments at Iolani Palace, Homo
lulu.
Lee f. McCsinniS. Jr.
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Christian because he is at
tending church than one who
Is attending to other essen
tial affairs of life? Is 1t really
Christian for such a careless
and thoughtless churchgoer
to park illegally and thus en-
danger the lives and property
Of otherS-as well as his own
property (car) ? Are the police
going to enforce the law in
this case or excuse 1t while
they enforce it against other
citizens?
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What a bunch Of DULLES
the members of the District Of
Columbia Subcommittee Of
the Committee on Appropria-
tons are! They are like the
big boy who attacks the small
boy he knows is too small
and weak to retaliate.
AS the District is without
votes, the House members
know they can with impunity
attack us in our weakness.
This is sometimes called cow
ardly.
q z nnr,m..v~aawa
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT }
Shattered Schedules
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain OF the United States Senate

neatly budgeted Is the delight
Of one whose bent 1t is TO live
according to a mapped-out
pattern. The favorite maxim
Of such orderly people is.
there is q time for every
thing" But how often a de-
ssign Of procedure arranged
from the inside is wrecked by
intrusions from the outside!
Shattered schedules present
problems that have to be
reckoned with.
Amid the swift currents of
active life there is no week,
scarcely a day without its
Interruptions. Free lance
marauders are sure to break
through any picket fence
which we may erect TO guard
a carefully arranged schedule.
The alarm at the door will
send us hurrying to meet the
unexpected and the unan-
nounced to the woeful neglect
Of the important thing upon
which at the moment we were
focusing our thought and at
tention.
How often the telephone
sounds the knell Of some
creative endeavor to which
We had dedicated a cherished
hour Of respite from the din
Of clamorous engagements.
How often some vital prof.
ect is left dangling in the air
as somebody abruptly de-
mands for himself the time
which rightly belongs to
something else. But in spite
Of this nefarious practice in
terruptions sometimes prove
to be blessings in disguise.
Interruptions have been
known to turn out as inspira-
tons and channels of enrich
ment that might otherwise
have been missed. Shattered
schedules often clear the way
for ampler service. 1t is
doubtful II the autobiography
Of any inspired life could be
written without a chapter on
Interruptions I Have Used"
One of the finest books
written in America was born
Of an interruption. 1t be-
gins. II was just going to say
when I was interrupted"
The interruption referred to
in that opening sentence last
ed a quarter of a century,
but If it had not occurred,
we never would have had that
delightful volume, 1.-THE Auto
crat Of the Breakfast Table,"
by.Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
DR.. Henry Vandyke's grip
ping story of THE Other
Wise Man." is essentially a
narrative Of interruptions. It
tells how the quest to find
the King as one brought as
gifts the pearl and the sap
phire and the ruby was con-
stantly interrupted by some
clutching present human
need. The Interruptions
claimed the gems, and the
planned destination never was
reached. But through the
Interruptions the seeker found
the golden goal.
John Bunyan'S life was in
terrupted by IL years spent
in a dungeon in Bedford Gaol,
but his shattered schedules
gave to the world Pilgrims
Progress"
How often a career inter-
rupted by illness has been
made immeasurably more eff
fective by what at first ap-
peared to be sheer catastro-
phe. Out of the collapse
Of cherished plans which
seemed to make life tumble
in have come strengthened
character and enlarged ca
pacity for service. One of
Scotland's greatest preach
erS declared that a six
months interruption of his
public ministry by illness
meant more to his apprehen-
sion of spiritual things than
any other experience of his
life.
Some Of the most valuable
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Pen names may be used "
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden.
sdtton.
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so Years Ago

MarauQlng 1nQlanS were
still abroad so years ago. The
Star, on March 90. 1909, in
a story from Oklahoma City,
Okla, reported: "One hun
dred Greek Indians, half
breeds and Negroes, under
personal command of Chief
Crazy Snake. kept up their
march on the warpath early
today, but were failing to
spread the terror among the
people that such events
caused in earlier days. Rather
they were retreating before
five companies of armed Ok
lahoma militiamen in an eff
fort apparently to reach a
stronghold in the Tiger
mountains. :"
Taking politics out Of the
judiciary was the aim Of
President Taft so years ago.
The Star, on March 80. 1909,
reported: Judicial appoint
ments will not be part of the
patronage of the United
States Senate. That is the
determination of President
Taft, expressed to callers to-
day and on other occasions
recently. The President does
not propose to have judges
made through political deals
and influences. He considers
that he is competent to pass
upon the fitness of men Tor
the bench, and he will do so.
At the same time. he will be
glad to receive suggestions
from Senators and Repre-
sentatives as to the qualifi-
cations Of applicants for ju-
dicial places. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

A fugitive slave created a
minor stir in Harrisburg, Pa,
a century ago. On April 4.
1859, The Star reported:
Considerable excitement was
created at Harrisburg. Pa, on
Saturday last by the arrest
of a colored man named
Daniel Dangerf1eld by Dep
uty United States Marshal
jenkins. as a fugitive slave.
He is claimed to be the prop
erty Of Mrs. Elizabeth Simp-
son of Virginia. He was ar
rested quietly a little before
seven o'clock in the morning
at the market. and placed in
one OF the cars Of the z
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Plans were being laid for a
gathering place for the social
elite so years ago. On April
2, 1909. The Star said:
President Taft has issued
orders that will make the
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100 Years Ago

The search for fortune in
the West was sometimes I'M
reWarding a century ago. The
Star, on March 30. 1859, re-
ported: "A private letter re-
ceived here today from Fort
Yuma bearing date of March
4. speaks in very discourage
ing terms of the prospect Of
the gold diggerS in that vi
cinity. In short, the writer
says that the mines are one
of the greatest humbugs Of
the day. and those who go
there expecting to amass for
tunes in a few weeks or
months, will be woefully dis
appointed. The Ameri-
can miners have all left, ex-
cept for some twenty-five,
and the mines are now
worked by Mexicans. :"
An impromptu show enter
tanned an impromptu audi
ence on Pennsylvania avenue
100 years ago. On MaSch 81,
1859, The Star said: "Yester-
day near dark, the Winneba-
goes now at the Juanita
House -Four and a half
street near the Avenue)
amused the denizens of that
quarter and the paSsers by
with a genuine Indian dance,
on the narrow portico of the
house. Many hundreds COL
lected speedily to listen to
their monotonous, but by no
means inharmonious, singing
and drum beating and to
see them 'whirl about, and
turn about and Jump Jim
Crow :"
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BULLYING the Weak

Hugh H. Soper
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Aloha De-

William II. Payne.
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Junk Bomb
Kills "a in
Philippines

MANILA, April 10 (AP) "A
500-pound salvaged bomb ex-
ploded in a Central Luzon fish,
ing village today, and the Phil
ippine News Service said al
least "a persons were killed and
many others injured.
The report said most of the
dead were children between 8
and IL years old.
Many Of those injured were
hit by fragments in their
homes.
Police expressed fear the
death toll may reach so. Many
families reported some missing
relatives.
The news service said fisher
men had taken the bomb from
a sunken ship in Lingayen Bay
and were taking it apart to use
the explosive in fishing. Many
of those killed were standing
around. watching the opera
ton.
The explosion occurred near
Dagupan. in Pangasinin Prov
ince. The report said of "a YER
flied dead. only IL were recog-
nizable.
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Ex-SoiIor Gives SIT 900 Nest Egg
To Academy for Sport Scholarships

athletes who want to go to the
academy. The fund will be ad-
ministered by the Naval Acad-
envy Alumni Foundation.
Nov, what can ! do for
you?" Capt. Cutter asked.
I'D like to see the new sta
dunn" the man answered.
What else can / do for
you?" Capt. Cutter asked after
taking his guest on a tour of
the new plant.
Would you ride me to the
bus station?" the man asked.
I've done what / came to do.
Now ! want to 60 back home. I"
Capt. Cutter had to force
the man to take a receipt for
his money. Know what he
said?" the captain asks. He
said he didn't need any receipt;
that he trusted everybody in
side the academy walls.
TO this man, money was
nothing except something to
do good with. ! haven't had a
spiritual lift like this in a long
time"
Before boarding his bus the
man had one more request Of
Capt. Cutter. He wished to
remain anonymous.
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time for any special prepare
ton. He won't have any spe-
cial worries beforehand. be-
cause all his companions will
face the same selection posi-
bilities as he will"
Mercury, the NASA's man.
in-space project, came down
to earth yesterday with an
nouncement of the names Of
the men involved. All military
flying officers, all married, al
in their thirties, the Mercury
Astronauts are:
1t. Col. John H. Glenn, jr.
81, Ohio-born Marine who now
lives at 1888 North Harrison
street, Arlington.
1t. Comdr. Walter M. Schirra
r, USN, So, Annapolis grad
uate who has recently beer
stationed. at Patuxent River
Md.
1t. Comdr. Alan B. Shepard
jr., USN, IS, Naval Academy
graduate who regards East
Gary. N. H., as his home.
Capt. Donald K. Slayton
USAF, IS, aeronautical engineer
from Sparta, Wis.
Capt. Virgil l. Grissom, USAF
,33, mechanical engineer from
Mitchell, Ind.
Capt. Leroy Gordon Cooper
jr.. USAF, 80. aeronautical en-
gineer born in Shawnee, Okla
1t. Malcolm S. Carpenter
See SPACE, Page AS
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Stricken Plane Lands
18 Nd. u. Cadets Solely

mediately," Capt. Hamel said.
I'VE had just made a l80-de-
gree turn to head back for
Rocky Mount when the other
engine failed"
Then the crew chief, SiSergt.
Robert w. Norris, 30, of 1915
Quebec street, Arlington, made
a speech:
Gentlemen" he told the
cadets. the captain said we're
going into pretty bad weather,
so you'd better put your chutes
on.
The Maryland ROTC cadets
didn't know Capt. Hamel had
landed on a dead stick" until
they were safely on the ground.
The university identified the
students as:
George w. Adkins, Brooke B..
Barrett. John M. Bronstein.
William r. Culling, Donald C..
Drury. Walter D. Folger. Har-
old E. Gilreath. Barry P. Co.'S
sett, Andrew P. Grose. Edgar
Main, Lance NJ. Maxwell, Will
liam H. Mock, James F. Put
man. Henry A. Romberg, jr.:
Dudley T. Smith, Timothy E.
Taury. Robert E. Ziesel and
John Hamel. the pilots son.
The Air Force identified the
planes copilot as Mai. Richard
L. Gribling.
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Pukistun Downs
Twin-Enqine Jet

KARACHI, Pakistan, April
10 (AP).-Air Force sources
said a twin engine jet plane
was shot down by a Pakistani
air force plane near Rawalpindi
today after the jet refused tc
land. Hours later, in New
Delhi, the Indian Defense
Ministry announced that an
Indian air force Canberra JET
was missing.
The Defense Ministry said the
jet had failed to return to base
after a routine flight. 1t added
that the Canberra was not
armed and carried a two-man
crew. A spokesman said nc
further statement would be pos
sible in New Delhi until full
details we're made available in
Karachi.
Air Force sources here gave
this account:
The jet was sighted flying
over the city of Gujrat in West
Pakistan. heading for Rawal-
pindi. The Pakistani air force
plane intercepted and ordered
the jet pilot to land at Guirat
He refused to do so and was
shot down.
Investigations are still in
progress" official sources said
when pressed to identify the
plane.