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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Dead End in Steel

There are two ways of looking at
the impaSSe which has been reached in
the steel Strike-object or through
propaganda tinted glasses.
Those who prefer the latter can lis
ten to Walter Reuther, who says that
use of Taft-Hartley injunction would
convert the President into strike
breaker" Or they can listen to Senator
Kennedy, who charges Mr.. Eisenhower
with "miShandling and neglecting" the
strike. Those who prefer the objective
approach will await the report Of the
fact-finding board, composed of three
men whose integrity is not open to
challenge.
At this point, the immediate queS-
ton is whether the strike has produced
a situation which threatens the national
health and safety. Apparently the union
president, David Mcdonald, does not
think so. For he says the union will go
into court and oppose the issuance Of an
injunction. To do this the union must
contend that the national health and
safety are not imperiled at this time.
But there seems to be little point to this
President EiSenhower's formal statement
says he has been advised by both
parties that negotiations between them
have broken down and that they see no
hope for an early voluntary settlement"
II this is the case, the peril point, If it
has not been reached now, certainly will
be reached in the very near future. So
tia ho "a (nx i1oi1
already at hand, clearly is imminent,
and we think that the fact-finders will
so hold.
1t is reported that the fact-f1nders
will try to persuade the parties to settle
the dispute before Friday, when their
report to the President must be filed.
We hope that this will be possible. If
It is not, there remains a chance that
the settlement will be reached during
the "cooling-off" period prescribed by
the law. If this does not materialize,
and the strike is resumed after 80 days,
nothing will remain except to hand the
whole problem back to Congress.
This would reflect dismal failure
Of collective bargaining, but there are
those who think, or who profess to
think, that any new legislation would
help the union and hurt the industry
We venture the suggestion that this is
not true; that new legislation more
probably would be harmful to both sides.
In any event, this dispute can be and
should be settled on voluntary basis
before next year, and we hope that it
will be-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Who's Next2

I wrote a letter to your
paper on October 2, praising
your editorials regarding haz-
ardous Temple Hills Road.
I just returned from carry
ing a little black and white,
no special pedigree, cat who
was a member of our family
for almost 9 years. to the
veterinarian to be put to sleep.
We loved her dearly, and
a car rounding the curve on
Poplar avenue hit her. 1
mentioned the many chill
dren on this street, and
the many who have mourned
the destruction brought by
speeding on this narrow, side
walkless, curving road. Now,
my son and I are mourning
the loss Of our beloved pet.
MUST a child or adult be
killed or seriously injured to
put a stop to this?
Little did I know when I
wrote to you on october 2
how soon tragedy would strike
our family, because Priscilla
was a member of our family.
If I must, I will withdraw my
child from school until some
measure of action is taken
to remedy this deplorable sit
uation. I cannot sleep nights
because of the continued
worry.
Helen Kainer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Bar Them Everywhere

A sound safety principle underlies
the proposal to raise Nationwide bar
against drivers who, having shown
themselves to be unfit to operate car
on the public highways, have been de-
prived Of their licenses in their home
States. The principle is that a driver
who is menace to public safety in one
State is a menace everywhere.
The proposal for a universal ban
on unsafe drivers was presented to the
American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators at its convention in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The rec
concentration came from the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area Traffic Council,
after study Of the permit
problem by the councils committee on
driver licensing. The first step in the
plan would be adoption of a regional
agreement on revocation reciprocity
among the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Other regional agreements would
follow, until the whole country was COW
cred. Thus, when driver in one juris-
diction was deprived of his permit for
serious traffic violations he would be
unable to obtain license in any other
State during the period of revocation.
At present driver who operates a
car or truck in another State may obtain
permit there, often without any check
Of his traffic record in his home juris-
diction. Under the proposed agreement,
however, other States would be notified
of all license revocations and would
therefore be able to refuse permit with
minimum of red tape. The plan would
be mutually beneficial to the States,
in addition to helping to protect safe
drivers from the recklessness of highway
maniacS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Common Sense Prevails

Judges Miller, Danaher and Bastian
Of the United States Court of Appeals
seem to have settled one important ques-
tion-namely, that our Juvenile Court is
not criminal tribunal and its proceed
ings are not subject to the law which
governs adult criminal trials. It Is pos
Sible, Of course, that the full appellate
court, or the Supreme Court, may re-
verse the three judges But this is un-
likely, for. the result certainly would be
to destroy the concept Of the Juvenile
Court as an institution dedicated pri-
marily to rehabilitation rather than to
punishment.
The appellate courts action took
the form of refusal to review, thereby
implicitly approving, a ruling by the
Municipal Court Of Appeals. The latter
court, speaking through Chief Judge
Leo Rover, had reversed ruling by act
ing Juvenile Court Judge Austin L. Flick
ling diSmissing charges against three
boys, the oldest of whom was 10, who
had set fire to the Stevens School.
There was no question as to the
guilt Of the boys. In the presence Of the
father Of one of them, they showed
police where and how they set the fires
which caused $4,000 damage, where
they got the kerosene, etc. But the
policeman who made the arrest was un-
willing to name the youngSter who gave
him the "tip," contending that this
would expose the boy to retaliation. 1t
was on this basis that Judge Tickling
freed the offenders, holding that it was
unfair" not to name the informant
since this deprived lawyers for the &C
cuSed boys Of an opportunity to ques-
ton whether there had been probable
cause" for making the arrest. The de-
tense lawyers also commended, inciden-
tally, that the case should be thrown
out under the Mallory decision because
the boys had not been promptly ar
raigned, and also that the corpora
ton counsel could not appeal Judge
feelings ruling because that would
constitute double jeopardy.
All of this was swept aside by Chief
Judge Rover, who said that the Juvenile
Court Act of 1888 contemplated informal
proceedings governed by the procedures
OF civil actions. It follows, he said, that
"if the detriments and stigma Of crimi-
nal trial do not attach to the juvenile
for this court, then :. neither does he
have the right to be tried as criminal"
This holding, as indirectly approved
by the Court of Appeals, coupled with
the latter tribunals recent ruling in a
juvenile double jeopardy case, should
get Juvenile Court procedures back on
the right track. The basic purpose Of
this court is to salvage as far as possible,
the future Of youngsters who get into
trouble with the law. 1t is not supposed
to instruct 10-year-oldS in the fine
points Of beating the rap by resort to
technicalities, no matter how guilty they
may be. OF course, the procedures
should be fair and should serve the
ends Of justice. But the basic objective
should be rehabilitation-not a free
education in how to burn down schools
and get away with it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
To Make FIyinq Safer

number of collisions and near
collisions between civil and military air
craft in recent years led Congress to
authorize centralized control of the
airways by the Federal Aviation Agency.
Plans for setting up such control SyS-
tenn, therefore, constitute step toward
safer use of the Nations airways by all
planes.
Investigation of several of the
accidents and near-collisions had indi-
Gated strange lack of coordination at
times between civilian and military air.
control operators. Military planes some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Detects Flaw

Reference is made to an
article in This Week maya
zine dated October 4, 1859,
and titled, Cracking The
Mystery OF The Sahara
Ghost Plane"
I take exception to part
Of the following quotation.
"Rubertus got into the
cockpit and eased himself
into the pilots seat. Absent
ly, he wound the clock on the
instrument panel. Incredibly,
it ran. He saw that she was
on automatic pilot. He tipped
the fuel gauges. All tanks
empty"
One Of the most remark
able aspects of this mystery
is that the batteries would
be in operating condition
after is years of non-uSe and
exposure to Superheated and
superdry air, yet that is the
implication since the fuel
gauges work off the batteries.
How could any electrolyte
remain in the batteries, and
without the electrolyte
(Which would possibly COM
pletely evaporate in a month";
how could the batteries work?
Robert b. Meyer, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Man and Beast at Best

Delightful, entertaining,
and inspiring seem best to
describe The Star story and
picture about the blessing Of
animals which took place in
Georgetown, october 4. The
reporter surely caught the
spirit Of the event: the good
humor Of the humans. the
tolerance of the animals for
each other, the peace and
happiness Of everyone pres
ent. It was indeed an occa-
sion when the perfect &C
cord which should exist be-
tween humanity and animals
seemed to be crystalized into
q few minutes of spiritual
tranquility.
The sheep in the fore
ground of the picture was
purchased at an auction, thus
saved from the slaughter
house. In the New Testament
Christ so often compared
Himself to a lamb, that the
person who purchased the
sheep felt that It would not
only symbolic these passages
from Scripture, but would
also be a kind of silent
spokesman for all the suffer-
ing animals in the world.
The sheep was named Fran
ceS. 1t has been taken to
Peace Plantation, an animal
shelter in Sterling. Va, where
it will be permitted to live
out its natural life.
Therese Ann Olson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Immoral Movie

I was interested in Jay
Carmody's review of 1.-THE
Lovers" 1t happens that ]
was in Guatemala in August,
where this picture was play
ing at one of the cheaper
movie theaters. The boldness
Of some scenes, as shown in
stills outside the theater, ex-
ceeded anything I had ever
experienced in the movies. In
my book, the picture is
grossly immoral. At any rate,
it grievously violates any rea-
sonable standard Of delicacy
and good taste.
What particularly inks me
is to see an adversely critical
quote from Mr.. Carmody's
review used by the exhibitor
to lure customers into the
theater. I notice that the ad
writer slyly followed up the
direct quotation by an ex-
clamation point. thus sug-
costing to the reader a view
point or attitude toward the
picture that Mr.. Carmody did
not express. This I consider
downright unethical on the
part of the Plaza Theater's
publicity man or whoever
concocted the copy.
I commend Mr.. Carmody
for the good sense evidenced
in his review of the picture.
Thomas C. Clemens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Contest With Soviet

I would like to suggest a
daring idea. Why don't we
challenge Nikita Khrushchev
to a peaceful contest to de-
termine whether the Soviet
Union or the United States
can provide its citizens with
the greatest amount Of free
dom Of speech?
Or, we could make it a con-
test on freedom of the press,
or free choice in selecting TV
programs, or books, or con-
sumner products.
Khrushchev certainly likes
international competition.
And the competition to put
the first man on the moon is
all right.
But our society was not
organized to conquer the
moon. 1t was not even organ
lied to beat a competing for
eign country in per capita
farm and factory production.
Our society was set up to
provide mankind with a
maximum amount Of person.
al freedom, and a maximum
amount of protection against
the sometimes efficient but
more often capricious tyran-
ny.
Now we are being chal-
lenged by a full-fledged tyr
ant to compete on his terms
in fields in which he is sure
he can beat us. 1t somehow
seems . bit smarter to me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
100 Years AGO

John Brown began his raid
on Harper's Ferry 100 years
ago on October 16, and the
next day The Star reported:
by our Geographic columns
it will be seen that reports,
though of a very vague and
conflicting nature, are re-
ceived of a Negro insurrec-
ton at Harper's Ferry, the
seizure of the arsenal, cut
ting Of telegraph wires, fir
ing into railway trains, etc.
On inquiry at the War De-
partment, we learn that the
Department is in receipt of
no further information than
is given in our Geographic
columns. The Department
has ordered three companies
of troops from Fort Monroe
to Harper's Ferry, Col. Rob-
ert Lee, U. S. A., in COM
mand; also, 80 Marines from
headquarters at Washington,
1t. Israel Green in COM
mand. The Marines from
this city go by the $500 train
this afternoon, reaching
Harper'S Ferry about 8
O'Clock this evening""
A church was being read
led for dedication 100 years
ago, and on october IL,
1859, The Star reported: "St.
AloysiuS-The dedication Of
this church, as our readers
are well aware. takes place
next Sunday, on which &C.
casion there will doubtless
be a very large attendance
in view of the fact that
Archbishop Hughes is an
nounced to conduct the cere-
monies and preach the dedi-
cation sermon. Seats have
been reserved in the church
for the President and some
of the members Of his cabi-
net, who are expected to be
present. Invitations have
also been extended to the
Young Catholics Friend So
cieties of Baltimore, George
town and Alexandria. :"
Counterfeiters were oper-
ating in Washington 100
years ago. On october IS,
1859, The Star reported:
1.-THE city is flooded with bad
coins, especially American
half dollars and quarters.
So well executed are they
that extra vigilance is re-
quired even at bank coun-
tiers to intercept them. There
is quite certainly a depot for
the issue of such coin in
this city, and the police off,
Ger or detective who can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
rs Years Ago

An assassination in Europe
Is years ago set the world
on edge. On October 8, 1884,
The Star reported in q story
from Marseilles: king Alex
ander of Yugoslavia and
Louis Barthou, foreign min
lister Of France, were assassi-
mated today as the Yugoslav
monarch came to France in
an effort to improve Yugo-
slav-French relations :.
They were shot down by an
assassin later identified as
Petris Kalemen, IS, a Yugo-
slav, said to be a merchant
recently arrived in France.
He attempted to commit sui
eide by shooting himself in
the mouth, but was cut down
by police sabers. Seriously
wounded, he died a short time
after his arrest. :" Pierre
Laval succeeded Barthou az
French foreign minister.
A figure whose escapades
had been in the headlines
many times died Is years ago.
In a story from New York on
October IL, 1884, The Star
reported: Edward West
Daddy Browning, wealthy
real estate operator and hus-
band Of the former Frances
Peaches Heenan, died today
in Scardale, N. Y, his sec
rotary announced. Death was
attributed to heart failure,
complicated by uremia.
The public thought Of him
as a fabulously wealthy real
estate man with a penchant
for adopting young girls. :"
A nationwide manhunt was
on Is years ago. In q story
from Louisville, KY, on Oc-
tober IT, 1884, The Star re-
ported: "Hampered no longer
by any danger to Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll, Federal agents
today concentrated their eff
forts to running down
Thomas H. Robinson, jr.,
named as the mad kidnaper.
who took the society woman
from her home here last
Wednesday for $4,000 ran
som. :" Mrs. Stoll, daugh-
ter Of one of Kentucky'S
wealthiest families, was re-
turned home after the ran
som was paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
Aesthetic MonoroiI

Mr.. Keith Of the Mass
Transportation Survey is re-
ported to have told a local
audience that m onorail
would be unacceptable for
rapid transit in the District
and suburbs, because it would
require bulky and unattrac-
tive supports. Naturally no
one wants to inflict on the
Washington area something
as hideous as the old New
York elevated. But is it really
true that monorail towers
must be ugly? Modern archi-
tects, such as Pier Luigi Nervi
Of Rome. are designing struc-
lures Of extraordinary light
ness and grace using REIN
forced concrete. Before sum-
marily rejecting the idea of
monorail solely because of its
alleged appearance, why not
refer the design problem to a
real expert such as Signor
Nervi, or Edward Durell
Stone, the architect of our
National Cultural Center?
With the aid Of new building
materials and methods, could
not a man Of genius and
imagination produce a mono
rail structure for Washington
that would be both functional
and aesthetic, Just as were
the aqueducts Of Rome in
ancient times?
1t is significant that a COM
mission Of leading Detroit
citizens, after four years Of
study. has recommended a
54-mile monorail system for
that city. Though their pro-
posal was turned down by city
officials last July as impracti-
cal "at this time" the deci-
sion was not based on the
monorail'S appearance but on
financial considerations.
David Sanders Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11

look through telescopes in
stead Of looking at q mirror.
Anything but face themselves.
Yet, Of course, that Is where
the trouble lies.
Now the secret Of building
ourselves into something bet
ter and bigger is simply con-
stantly to give ourselves
away. Ralph Waldo Emerson,
who was a preacher turned
essayist, whose penetrating
insights are still valid, in
writing about building a bet
tor YOU says; Rings and
jewels are not gifts but apollo
gies for gifts-the only gift is
a portion Of myself" But I
know of a man truly humble
in spirit who, when chal-
lenged with his conception
OF giving oneself away, re-
piled, Il have nothing of any
Importance to give to any,
one" But he had and in
thus giving he was also in
vesting in himself, for this
kind of giving builds charac-
ter and spiritual stature.
AS one man who had made
1t a rule of his life ex-
claimed, "A portion of thy
self is a sip Of happiness as
satisfying as it is costless."
Your blueprint for building
a better self is in your hands
If you will but go ahead with
the building in the spirit Of
the resolution by one who
actually built a better YOU.
AS the poet said:
! am just one.
But / am one.
! cannot do much
But I can do something.
What ! can do, ! ought
to do,
What I ought to do
By the Grace of God, I
tDill do.
Some years ago there died
in Paris a woman who had
the dubious reputation of
being the best-dressed woman
in Europe. After her death
the chief item Of the legacy
she left was a wardrobe
containing almost 1000
dresses. But, as DR.. Hal
Luccock remarked when he
read that, with the 1000
dresses there was only one
life, with each frock the same
unseeing eyes, the same deaf
ears-the same enameled,
lifted face-lifted, that is, by
outward persuasion, never by
inward expansion Of spirit"
Here was one YOU smothered
in a WARDROBE
Your task to build a better
World,
God SGid-I answered hoU?
The tDorld is such a large
place,
So complicated noU.
And I so small and useless
am
There's nothing I can do.
But God in all His tUisdom
said,
Just build q better YOU!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
SPIRES OF The SPIRIT
Building a Better You
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate

Every device OF this inven-
tive day seems part OF q
conspiracy to take ones
attention away from himself.
1t is indeed q fascinating era
in which our lot is cast with
the whole whirling ball on
which we live open now to
swift Jet travel.
Newspapers and magazines
with graphic INSTALLATION, to-
gether with radio and tele-
vision programs, combine to
take one away from himself.
The talk is more of far
places-even Of the moon and
Venus. and speculation about
space in general.
On the earth, rival systems
strive for the mastery and
lethal means Of wholesale
destruction and thus raise
questions as to the survival
Of the race. An individual
is no more than q grain Of
sand on the seashore. In
totalitarian regimes untold
millions are being taught that
they individually do not mat
ter except as they become q
useful part Of the system
at best each is but a cog in
a vast machine.
All that is, Of course, the
opposite of the teaching
found in both the Old and
the New Testament and in
all the great Masters of life.
There the emphasis is always
on the individual-on the
YOU. The burden of insist
ence is YOU must be
changed, YOU must be made
into something high and fine,
strong and useful in the full
flllment Of Gods plan for
YOU.
Jesus said to Peter, "YOU
are sand, YOU shall be rock"
Paul, the Apostle who has
left his mark on the ages,
has wildly described the
struggle inside himself. The
centuries have listened as he
tells about that bitter con-
test in which so often he was
the sort Of person he did not
want to be. The things he
did not want to do, these he
did, and the things he de-
sired to do, these he did not.
The worst was on top so
often while the best was
worsted. His whole life was a
civil war. His job, as that Of
every man, was to conquer
himself. And what a self
Paul builded before he wrote,
II have kept the faith"
With problems to the right
of us, and to the left of us,
and before us, the dangerous
psychological trick played
upon multitudes in such a
day as ours is to focus the
attention upon the affairs
and cares Of the world, and
even Of other worlds, so that
one becomes almost oblivious
to the paramount signifi-
canoe Of himself. Dwight L.
Moody, the well-known evan
gelist, was accustomed to
telling the great audiences
who heard him that he had
had more trouble with him
self than with any other
person he had ever met.
Yet, it is that problem that
most people try to dodge.
When those with some inner
reimbursement - and the
number these days is amaz-
ing-crowd the psychiatrists'
offices, these probers of per-
sonality say with one accord
that perhaps the chief diff
Guilty they find is to get
patients to face themselves.
Those who come seeking
help, with discords that are
spelling life's music, want to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11

Another World Series came
to an end so years ago. On
october II, 1909, in a story
from Detroit, The Star re-
ported: Pittsburgh has won
the worlds baseball cham
pionship, defeating Detroit
today by the overwhelming
score of 8 to 0 in the seventh
and decisive game of one of
the greatest battles ever
fought for the worlds title.
This gives the National
League champions the victory
by the count Of four games
to three. This is the third