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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Agreement on q River

Next to the bitter and emotion
filled dispute over Kashmir, no problem
has so deeply disturbed relations be-
tween India and Pakistan as that over
use Of the waters of the Indus River
and its main tributaries. Indeed, in
the long run, this issue could be para
mount in determining the fate Of
millions in the two countries who are
normally dependent upon the Indus
basin for irrigation and the growing
Of essential crops.
Both governments, responding to
the good Offices Of the international
Bank for Reconstruction and Develop
ment, agreed recently to one-year "tran-
sitional arrangements" for division Of
the water resources. During the life
of this agreement, it is understood that
the bank will continue its efforts to
find a permanent formula acceptable
both to Karachi and New Delhi. Not
only those most directly affected, but
all who are genuinely interested in
peaceful and constructive relations be-
tween these South Asian neighbors must
be hopeful that this first step will lead
to final solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Temple of Faith

Ninety years ago small group
Of men assembled in Pennsylvania
avenue storage room to plan new
religious temple in Washington. The
dream which these piouS men had Of a
powerful force for good in the Nations
Capital has become reality in the form
Of the venerable and respected Adas
Israel Congregation, housed in an i'm
posing synagogue at Connecticut avenue
and Porter street. From that small
beginning the congregation has grown
until today it is the largest Conservative
Jewish body in the city-and one of the
largest in the Nation.
AS part Of ceremonies marking the
Goth anniversary, the congregation is
dedicating the Joseph A. Wilmer Memo
rial School Building in honor of the
prominent merchant who for IS years
was its president. Thus, Adas Israel con-
tinues to expand its sphere of spiritual
influence. President Eisenhower sum-
married the organizations achievements
most appropriately when, in a letter to
Rabbi David H. Panitz, he said: "For 80
years, by faith and work, this congrega-
ton has strengthened the life of the
Capital city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Parkway Support

Senator Hayden's personal support
for the George Washington Memorial
Parkway project in Prince Georges
County is most welcome. In the past,
efforts to get money to purchase this
stretch Of the parkway site have failed
in the Senate largely because there was
no one of sufficient stature or prestige
who took enough interest in the project
to fight for 1t. Senator Hayden-dean
of the Senate as well as chairman of the
powerful Appropriations Committees
just the ian to provide this leadership.
His promise of support definitely en-
hances the pathways prospects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

representatives was held. 1t was as a
result Of this conference that Governor
Hodges finally decided to call out the
National Guard. The Guardsmen, heav-
lily armed, took strategic posts at the
gates and elsewhere. The night shift
was not molested, for the FIRST time In
months. The militia ought to be kept
there as long as there is any danger Of
further violence. Certainly there was
little chance Of settling the differences
between the management and the union
as long as the disgraceful disorders were
allowed to 60 on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
50 Years Ago

The pressure was on so
years ago for Daylight Saw
ing Time. On May II, 1909,
The Star reported: "Presi-
dent Taft today promised to
take up with his cabinet
tomorrow the international
question of more daylight. A
delegation from Cincinnati,
representing the National
Daylight Association, called
on the President and re-
quested him to take the
initiative in a reform move
ment directed against the
clock. The idea Of the move
ment is to begin the day
two hours earlier during the
summer and consequently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
BeIoted Strike Breakdown

Governor Luther Hodges effective
breakdown on violence at the strike
bound Harriet-Henderson cotton mills
in Henderson, North Carolina, has long
been overdue. 1t had become apparent
that local police and State troopers were
either unable or unwilling to suppress
the intermittent disorders which, since
the strike began last November, have
endangered the lives of mill workers
and damaged plant property. The Gov
ernor's action in sending 800 National
Guardsmen to the scene, with fixed bay
onets on their rifles, has restored law
and order to Henderson-for the time
being at least :
Governor Hodges previously had sug-
gested curious way to end the sporadic
attacks on nonstrikerS. He proposed
that the mill management discontinue
the night shift, members of which had
been special targets of jibeS, hoodlum-
ism and outright violence by the Strik-
ers-members of the Textile Workers
Union of America (AFL-CIO). Mill
President John D. Cooper rightly con-
tended that such shutdown would be
IAN absolute surrender to force and vio-
lence." So the rifle fire, the dynamiting
of plant gates and other gangster- like
tactics have continued virtually under
the noses of local authorities.
When fresh outbreaks of violence,
including dynamite explosions and a
fusillade of rifle shots, occurred Monday
night, however, an emergency confer
ence between State officials and plant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Uncle Som ACES

Inc expected lack OF prog
ress in the Geneva conference
on world affairs points up the
question Of how the blood Of
a nation great enough to sire
a man like Patrick Henry
could have become so diluted
in less tran 200 years.
If one assumes that no
sensible individual would play
even penny-ante with q pro-
fessional gambler (unless he
were equally prepared and
morally flexible) it leaves
only the logical conclusion
that we go along with this
international game for the
sake Of a few dearly bought
months Cor days. Of respite.
1t is difficult to picture the
Revolutionary Americans -
the ones who told the then
greatest nation on earth what
they could do with their tea
lin a similar role. They were
young men, vigorous men,
and their philosophy was not
LET us buy peace for our
selves at any cost" for this is
the outlook of the aged, the
pot-bellied, the comfortable
man.
Only the misSionary-mind-
ed among us would invite an
inveterate liar and cheat into
our homes and pretend to
enjoy his company or at
tempt to convert him to our
mores. Assuming that what
we read is history, then
there should be no reason to
collectively invite a group Of
gangsters to share our civiliz-
alton. If the world is truly to
be divided then let us asso--
ciate with those who can
profit by our friendship, and
allow those who see merit
only in dishonesty and
double-dealing to carry out
their trafflc among them
selves.
If history teaches at all, it
points out that the aging Of
nations, like that Of its in
dividuals, begins with dys-
function of its component
parts. We. as a nation, have
let the rigidity that was
once in our backbones stiffen
our thoughts and the CUTS
that once sought only the
protection of stone walls now
willingly hide behind futile
conference tables.
The America Of Patrick
Henry was a young nation
its philosophy that of young
men who assumed a future.
The senate of Marcus Au-
relius was composed Of the
aged, and, as all old men,
they looked favorably only
on the past.
Is it too late for us to have
a choice?
Naoaandpa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Five Years Later

1t has been five years today since
the Supreme Court outlawed racial seq
regation in public schools. And 1t has
been almost four years since the court
said that desegregation should proceed
with all deliberate speed. How far along
the desegregation road have we Travelled?
On the surface, appreciate progress
has been made. According to Southern
School News, which does factual job
of reporting, desegregation has become
effective in 802 of the 2,909 biracial
school districts in the Southern and bor-
der States. A more significant statistic
reveals, however, that 783 of these 802
desegregated districts are in the border
States of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and West
Virginia. The remaining 10 desegre-
gated districts are. in the mid-South
States of Arkansas, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia. In the six
States Of the deep South-Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
and South Carolina-there has been no
desegregation in public schools below
the college level.
The obvious inference from this is
that desegregation, even after five years,
still has long road to travel. 1t has not
even been tested in locality in which
sentiment is so strong that schools will
be closed before they are integrated,
although test of this nature may soon
be forthcoming in Virginia's Prince Ed
ward County. So, on this fifth anniver-
sary, it is fair to say that good progress
has been made in those localities in
which progress was feasible. 1t also
seems fair to say that many more years
must pass before final balance can
be strickland even then that balance
will have to take into account not only
progress in deSegregation, but also its
cost in terms of closed public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Beer and Baseball

Besides seeing the Senators
lose, which in the light Of
their fine showing this year
is pain enough. I witnessed
one recent night what I be-
lieve to be the most disgust
ing, inconsiderate thing !
have ever seen at a sports
event, and that Is serving
beer in the stands at Griffith
Stadium.
The vendor on several &C.
casions plopped his large car
rier on the step next to the
end seat where I was sitting.
with the following results:
The slopover from four dozen
cans ran down at least three
steps; the cracked ice on top
Of the cans "a ruse to make
the drinkers think it was
cold was dumped on the
steps, making it dangerous
for anyone walking UP or
down, as one had to almost
fight his way through those
who couldn't wait in their
seats but had to crowd
around to get their 40 cents
worth. Naturally, before the
vendor left it smelled like a
corner saloon. I continually
had to watch my shoes and
trousers so they wouldn't be
splashed. Drinkers blocked
the view Of the field thus
preventing full enjoyment of
the game.
Then, before the vendor
could refill and get back
again, customers went down
to the counters to bring up
more, also in open containers,
and with one man trying to
carry three or four, this was
stopped along the row as he
returned to his seat.
In the bleachers beer gar
den, beer is conveniently
served at q long table. I have
sat In the bleachers above,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
rs Years Ago

Washington officials were
considering enticing residents
to spread over the city more
Is years ago. The Star, on
May II. 1884. reported: Be
cause so per cent Of Wash
ington's population lives In
the Northwest section, the
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission con-
siders the city is lopsided and
today declared that desirable
residential areas in the
Northeast and Southeast
should be developed by stirnu-
lating public improvements
there. The commission said
the park and playground
facilities should be encour.
aged, and it is ready to do its
part If funds are secured,
So interested is the commits
sion in the Northeast and
Southeast that it instructed
its staff to draw up q pro-
gram for presentation at its
next meeting. -"
twenty-five years ago Rus
STA was concerned about dis
armament talks. In q story
from Geneva on May Is.
1884, The Star reported:
Maxim Litvinoff, Russian
Commissar Of Foreign AZ
fairs, arrived here unex-
pectedly today to consult
with League Of Nations lead
ers on the question of dis
armament and possibly the
Soviet Unions entry into the
league. The arrival of the
Russian diplomat created a
sensation in league circles
deeply discouraged over the
apparent impasse in moves
toward an accord on arms.
1t was reported that Russia
is alarmed over the recurrent
rumors that the World Dis
armament Conference win be
allowed to collapse. -"
There was q government
change in Bulgaria IS years
ago. On May 10. 1884, The
Star reported from Sofia: "A
coup d'etat today established
a military dictatorship Of
Bulgaria as a climax to q
cabinet crisis. Shortly be-
fore dawn today troops
rushed the Sofia barracks,
occupied all public buildings
and took up positions at all
strategic points in the cap
ital. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

der to the current, to sue
cumb to the worlds subtle
but persistent pressures. No
varsity crew ever won q race
by drifting with the stream,
and no one ever yet drifted
into strength or goodness.
Francis Bacon was given
one Of the keenest minds ever
entrusted to a human being.
With his hands grasping the
oars he wrote inspiringiy
about his mission in life and
the goals at which he aimed.
AS the voyage started he
seemed to have a conscience
such as Huckleberry Finn
said took up more room than
all the rest Of the insides
put together" For fruitful
years Bacon manfully resisted
the sinister pressures Of his
day so full Of bribery and
corruption. Finally he was
made Lord Chancellor of
England. But he became a
lost leader. Somehow he
turned traitor and released
his hold on the oars Of un-
purchasable integrity. With
worldly success and recogni-
ton he sat pretty in his
boat" his oars at his feet
instead Of in his hands. The
current captured him. He
became the victim of fashion,
custom and convention. He
was convicted Of gross bribery
and banal corruption, and
lived his last half decade q
disgraced man.
Even Thomas Carlyle tells
us in a striking statement
that for a while he yielded to
the craven temptation to
follow the line Of least re-
sistance. Suddenly he came
to himself and that self
sprang up and took control.
Looking the tyrant Drift in
the face, he grasped the oars
with a new grip and cried:
II am not a thing, but my
own. free! And I despise
thee" Then, with himself as
captain, of darted his boat,
cutting the current, heading
to the goal.
Who can doubt that we are
getting near the fatal defect
of our day when we speak Of
drifting ships and Of a time
when boats are held so dear
and life so cheap that so
often the oars of duty and
conscience, moral integrity
and high idealism no longer
battle the contemporary cur
rents which sweep one away
from the spiritual ends and
values of life.
To every man there is given
the choice Of drifting or row.
ing. John Oxenham looked
with pity upon those who
drift to and fro upon the
misty flats. He was thinking
Of boats without oars, and of
other boats whose oars defied
the current as he declares
But to every man there =
openeth
A hi0hDdy and a lot0,
And eUery man decideth
The way his soul shall 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Guidance Center

Frederick D. Hunt shows a
complete misconception Of the
purpose, function and ac-
complishments of the School
Guidance Center.
I happen to be one parent
fortunate enough to have my
child In the School Guidance
Center, and I can assure Mr..
Hunt and anyone else inter-
ested that it is not q baby
sitting service nor is 1t a
place where the children run
wild. From my observation
Of the school in general and
my own son in particular, I
can assure Mr.. Hunt that
the children are well taught
and that even in the first
grade homework is assigned
and thoroughly checked. I
would tend to agree with Mr..
Hunt that private secondary
schools are to be encouraged.
but / believe private schools
at a lower level are likewise
to be encouraged. The School
Guidance Center is a first
class educational institution
in every sense Of the word.
Possibly the parents Of
many Of the children at the
School Guidance Center are
to blame for some Of their
children's difficulties, but it
Is hardly fair to use this as
an excuse for failing to as
sist the children. Certainly
the discipline at this school
is effective. The school does
everything possible to teach
all of these children who have
special problems of their own
to adjust both to the public
school system and to the bet
ter private schools. I hope
that Mr.. Hunt will investi-
gate the school at first hand,
and possibly he may change
his mind.
Edward d. Gasson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Pulls Ruu on Senate

The article, Compromise
Eases Row: Senators Can
Take Rugs or Leave Them"
makes my blood boil. The
$4,000 mentioned is a lot
Of money to set some Gov
eminent officials UP a little
more in the lap of luxury.
Such nonsense when the Ma
ton needs that money for
more important reasons!
What happens to the poor
people who can't even buy
proper food or clothing for
their children? What Of the
tremendous amount of money
needed for medicine and re-
search, our educational facili-
ties, our Fairgrounds and
parks? Robert w. SibOle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

give longer hours for after
noon and evening recreation.
It is proposed that the first
of each May the clock be
turned up two hours, the
revised time to remain in
effect until October /. :"
There was illness in the
first family so years ago. On
May IS, 1909, The Star re-
ported: MRS. Taft, who suf-
fered a nervous breakdown
yesterday. was much i'm
proved today. After a call to
DR.. Delaney, the attending
physician, it was announced
that the Presidents wife had
rested comfortably. and was
much better. Although Mrs.
Taft is much improved to-
day, it was said at the White
House that she would not go
to Petersburg and Char
lottesville with President Taft
tomorrow morning. Charlie
Taft, the youngest son Of the
President, whose tonsils were
removed yesterday, has re-
turned to the White House
from the hospital and is get
ting along nicely -"
Another monument went
up here so years ago. The
Star, on May 20, 1909, re-
ported: "In memory Of his
illustrious service as a pa
triot, philanthropist and the
ologian, the bronze statue Of
Rev. DR.. John Witherspoon,
the famous Scotch PreSby-
terrain clergyman, one time
president Of Princeton Uni
versity. signer Of the Declara-
ton of independence, and q
member Of the Continental
Congress, which has been
erected at the junction Of
Connecticut avenue, 18th and
N streets, in front Of the
Church Of the Covenant, was
unveiled and dedicated this
afternoon. :"
Belated honors were being
paid Washington's designer
so years ago. On April IS.
1909, The Star reported:
Honor will be paid to the
memory of Mai. Charles
L'Enfant, the engineer who
under the authority of Gen.
Washington laid out the
plans for the Capital city Of
the United States. in con-
nection with the removal Of
his remains to Arlington
Cemetery. Congress having
offered the Commissioners
the rotunda Of the Capitol
for the ceremonies in con-
nection with the transfer of
the remains from an obscure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

and had no objection to 1t. If
1t has to be served in the
stands, let the Griffith man
agement set aside several Sec
tions, erect tables, and those
who want 1t can have 1t. Then
drinkers and nondrinkers
both can enjoy the game
without feeling they have to
take their trousers or dresses
OF to keep from paying a
clothes cleaning bill every
time they go to a ball game.
L, Z, ThaFpe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
To Row or to Drift
SPIRES or THE SPIRIT
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate

Can any good thing come
out Of Russia? The answer is
yes. Glorious things have
come out Of that great nation,
now In the grip Of regi-
mented tyranny. Something
great has recently blossomed
in that land made arid by
those who shackle minds.
Boris Pasternak has given
the world Doctor zhivago."
There is a poignant cry from
his suffering soul In his poem
Of dedication:
Somewhere are people, free
dom and light;
Behind me Is the noise Of
pursuit
And there Is no tody out.
Here is one. as he puts 1t,
''lost like a beast in an enclo-
sure" but who, nevertheless,
is in the shining succession
with Dostoevsly, Berdyaev.
and Tolstoy.
In q dramatic passage. Toll
stoy has given us the picture
Of a man sitting in a boat
which had been pushed of
from an unknown land. He
had been shown the opposite
shore, given q pair Of oars.
and left alone. He rows
straight out into the stream,
then the current seizes his
boat and swings 1t about.
Around him are other little
boats. The occupants of some
have thrown their oars away;
q few are bravely struggling
against the current, but most
are gliding with it quite con-
tent. One begins madly to
row upstream against
the swift current as he cries,
Fool that ] was to drift"
With the oars he escapes the
destroying rapids and in
safety reaches his desired
haven.
Lest the meaning of this
story be missed. the great
Russian prophet sets it down
in black and white. He ex-
plains, THAT current is the
tradition of the world, the
oars are free wills, the OPP
posite shore is God" The
moral is that If we drift with
the prevailing currents of the
world and fail to use the oars
Of our free will, then the
goal which gives life its glory
good and Gods lost.
Life with all its profound
meaning. its startling posi-
bilities for good or evil, is
mirrored in this little parable
made in Russia. 1t is q tragic
story of boats without oars.
Each one of us is given a
pair of oars and left alone.
In a real sense, we are not
all in the same boat. We can
use the oars or drift. Heaven
is in the rowing. Hell is in
the drifting.
We belong to a day which
takes a great stock in the
interior furnishings of life's
boat. 1t is equipped with
everything to ravish the ear
and eye as 1t panoerS TO the
senses. The hands Of many
become too grasping to bother
with oars. The will, which
was ordained to be the cap
tain Of the soul, is weakened
and debauched. The oars are
discarded or lost overheard.
Tolstoy's story depicts an
alarming situation in our
America which cannot be
reached by congressional in
vestigations or legislative en-
actments. Moral goals can
be attained only with the
oars Of toll and sweat, pro-
PEELED by the bullying biceps
Of purpose. The greatest Of
all temptations Is to surren-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
100 Years Ago

The comings and goings Of
a President received casual
attention 100 years ago. The
Star, reporting on a presiden-
tial trip May II, 1859, said:
THE President, Secretary
Cobb, Attorney General Black
and Secretary Thompson,
yesterday paid a visit to Bal
timore, for the purpose Of ex-
aiming the site for a new
courthouse. Mrs. Attorney
General Black, Mrs. Secretary
Thompson, Mrs. Senator
Gwin and Miss Gwin accom-
panied the party. They were
received at Baltimore by
Judges Giles and Mason and
a number of prominent citi-
zens and conducted to Bar
NUNS Hotel, where they par
took Of q collation.. They re-
turned to the city by the eve
ming train"
Washington was experience
ing a poor shad season a CEN
fury ago. The Star, on May
IS, 1859, reported: "The
latest accounts from those
engaged in the fisheries from
our city are the reverse OF
favorable. Messrs. Gibson
and Clark are doing very
little, and the prospect does
not improve at all as the
season advances. Gibson,
who fishes one Of the largest
landings on the river. sent
up to Alexandria yesterday
between 200 and 800 shad.
Clark sent up, the result Of
one haul, 800 shad. which
is the best haul Of shad that
has been made on the river
this season. Capt. Founce
cut out last week. and moved
his traps homeward. No
news about the wharves."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
FROM THE STARS FILES

resting place on a farm to
a permanent spot in the ma
tional cemetery, overlooking
the city he laid out. the Com
miSsioners have arranged
ceremonies to take place i.
the morning Of April %. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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