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tiative should come from private groups.
The US. already has proud record of
health aid. Right now we are devOting $50
million year to international health. That
includes National Institute of Health re-
search overseas. aid programs Of the In
ternational Cooperation Administration,
contributions to WHO and the United
Nations Children's Fund, as well as other
aid. No nation has done more. But no
nation has the responsibility of doing more,
for we are the great beacon of mankind.
Thy is tool for us and all men Of good
will. II is not cure-all for health problems.
II is not an end in itself. Its real success
will be measured not by what it begins but
by its continuing results over the years.
Nothing could be crueler or more self
defeating than to begin major health pro-
gram, and then drop it IL months later.
Need men, money, ns0ssrioI
Effective research and improved public
health require men, money, material, and
time. Patience and persistence are the quail
tiles that pay of. Cures for battling diseases
may be one month or one year or one gen.
Grafton away, even If we mobilize all
possible resources.
Chronic shortages of doctors, nurses,
trained midwives, dentists, pharmacists, re-
searchers, can't be solved in one year. But
Thy can help awaken the world to the dam
ger of medical scarcity. Education and
training programs can be launched.
An old Arab proverb reads, He who
has health has hope, and he who has hope
has everything" IHY might well signify
international Hope Year." The Ind
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OF which so much has been writ
ten lately, men of Gods good
will" in a phase that turns up
rather frequently. In these texts
it means those whom God has
chosen, those to whom he has
freely extended his good will of
salvation.
THERE is EVERY reason to
believe that in the Gospel, writ
ten in approximately the same
time and environment, these
words have the same signifi-
canoe.
I'M THIS LIGHT, the angelic
chorus takes on a new dimension
and open depth as We see its
full import: Glory to God in the
highest"-that is, in heaven; and
on earth peace"-the same hea-
venly glory shared with men
ito men of (his) good will
shared with those whom God has
chosen to favor with salvation
through the sending of his son.
PEACE ON EARTH. good will
to men, is a good Christian senti-
ment in which we can all share.
We should not be too disturbed,
therefore, when we hear the
Bible quoted this way, even
though 1t is incorrectly quoted.
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away the figure of the Child
Jesus.
lT WAS BEFORE her in plain
sight. She had left it there TO
have it nearer her during the
year, but that it was in plain
sight had, over dreary days,
made it more difficult to see,
simply because she had grown
less aware of its presence.
THE BOY WAS STILL busy
when the grandmother return
ed. His fingers did not fly. There
was some extending of the
tongue in concentration, first
from one side of the mouth then
the other, and eventually a star
was formed. 1t was not exact.
What star is? 1t shOne beautl-
ully. 1t was a star TO be proud
of, a star for Christmas star
TO guide one home? A star on a
Christmas tree guides anyone
home at Christmastime.
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o FAVORS

lens by changing the text to
good will to men," which any
body could understand.
I'M RECENT YEARS new
light has been shed on this bibli-
cal verse from an unexpected
source, which not only confirms
that the Vulgate, Catholic" ver-
sion is the correct one, but also
gives us a better idea of its
meaning. "Men of good will" as
we have just said, is ambiguous,
but peace" is not.
IN BIBLICAL LANGUAGE,
"peace" is virtually the same as
"salvation"-it means harmony
with God, the union or renewal
of union between God and man.
THIS, IN ITSELF. has always
made it more than likely that
the good will' in question was
Gods rather than mems for the
Bible is here ascribing the com
ing OF salvation to Gods love
freely given, not to any worth
mess ON mans part. Now we
have contemporary evidence that
that is precisely what the express
sion did mean.
I'M THE WRITINGS Of the
Jewish community that produc-
ed the so-calIed Dead Sea Scrolls
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original insp ed words OF the
evangelist, without the "correc-
ton of later copyists.
TODAY ALL MODERN trans
lations of Luke 2:14, whether
by Catholics of Protestants, agree
with the Vulgate reading, though
they may understand it various
ly.
THE REAEiNG FOLLOWED
by the King james Version was
the result of netting fairly
common in the r anuscript trans
mission of the libical textile
urge Of a copyist to simplify. 1t
must have been an urge that oc-
Cured very early, to account for
the appearance of this reading in
so many of the manuscripts.
s.Peace to men of good will was
what the evangelist first wrote.
BUT WHAT DID iT MEANT
Was the good will" (Which is
q single word in the Creek that
possessed by certain men? Or
was he referring to the good
will Of God (Which Is the usual
biblical meaning of the word?
IL Gods will was meant, in what
sense was it meant? From one
point of view, it was a simpler
matter to solve all these prob
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On bitter winter nights
such as this the boy and
Granny would share fire
and bread and hear the
music of the wind, for the
wind truly makes music in
mountain countries.
1T signs OR HUNS I'M THE
pines or cedars, and sometimes
even sounds like the Swishing
Of ocean waves. Tonight, it was
blowing fiercely. Now and then
it would vibrate a loose board
Or bang the shutter which had
the broken lock.
DO you hear something,
Grandma"
THE OLD WOMAN did not
answer the boy. 1t is doubtful
that she heard; she did not hear
well. Neither were her eyes
rs good as they used to be, nor
did she smile as often as she
once did. She had reasons for not
smiling: Times were hard and
she was not getting any younger.
SHE HAD FALLEN behind in
her duties, too-her sewing, for
example. Anyone could tell that
by the little boys clothes, par
ticularly in back where the
patches needed patching-al-
though not a great deal could
be done about the clothing gen.
orally, since it was originally in
tended for someone much larger,
and thus, was more than ample.
THE BOY heard the cry again
and went to the door. He slipped
outside. The night was biting.
No stars were in the sky. Snow
was falling, wild flakes scurry-
ing to the earth as if impatient to
join others to form a deeper
spread of white.
"Come to me-" the boy heard
a voice call and hurried toward
the sound. He found a child in
The snow.
HELP ME-" said the child.
The boy reached down and
tried to lift the child but could
not.
1T would make no difference
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Day Before :. d.
CONTINUED from page 3

CONTINUED from page -
dining room; George, Dave, Paul, and Bob nave te WIZ
dows: Ben, Charlie, Gerry, and | take the chapel.
WORK is GOING on everywhere. 1t doesn't sound hke
a monastery! Hammers and buckets and buffers send their
distinctive notes through the busy halls. In all this DIN, ana
largely responsible for it, is the JOY that seems almost
tangible. It's not an isolated Joy; it takes on the force Oh
an esprit de corps. It's as real as the paint, of the walls or
the wreaths on the door. And it's contagious. | even 1et
happy to build the chapel stable. why mention this as
strange? Because I'm one of those people with ten thumbs.
each other clumsier than his neighbor next door,
HOW CAN EXPLAIN this jubilant spirit? The PsalmS
said it: lone day in Thy courts is better than a thousand.
THE HOURS OF the day fly by. The stable takes form
Then mail call-With all the Christmas mail from nome.
Then lunch, common recreation, more work on the crlor
a short stroll to get some fresh air-each OF these IKE a
%fast-moving cloud that is too excited to stop.
FINALLY. SUPPER. And after that, another stroll 10
view the cribs and trees that decorate the homes IN the
area. By nine o'clock I'm in my room, readying myself Tor
a twohour sleep before Midnight Mass. | bury my excite
ment under the covers and lose myself in dreams.
THROUGHOUT the year, bells call us to all our eAer-
cises. But not on Christmas Eve. Instead, a group Of carolers
walk through the long corridors waking the sleeping and
ushering in the Joy of Christmas. | had not been long asleep
when | heard their voices faint in the distance. The sound
grew louder. "Joy to the World, the Lord is come | NOV
ed quickly from the bed, out into the hall and down the
corridor, paiamas and all. / wanted to hear the song and
ioin in ii. LET heaven and nature sing"
JOY TO THE W0RLD-this was the JOY that | found
In my first Christmas at the seminary. The carOlers sang
Joy; the walls sang joy; the whole community sang JOY; and
I, a real part of it ali, sang joy. Thanks to You, Lord, for
the Joy that comes in Your servicei
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But the crib was empty.

But the crib was empty.
Granny" The boy started to
tell Granny of it but stopped,
startled, staring at the crib. The
Child is in the manager"
Il found Him while you were
working so valiantly to give Him
a star" Granny smiled. He was
where / expected Him least"
1t was good TO see Granny
smile; it made her face light up
and soften like it used TO.
do you think, Granny the
little boy asked, after collecting
himself from his surprise, that
the child / saw in the snow was
truly the Christ Child?"
WHO CAN sAY?" The old
grandmother stirred. ITO bed
with you now" She watched
thoughtfully as the boy cllmed
the worn, cottage stairs.
Continued on page ~
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BY JOHN TRAVERS MOORE

anyway" the child said sadly. II
would still need a star to guide
me home"
A GUST OF WIND blew the
words away. The little boy Won
dered. He looked at the sky and
saw no star. What manner Of
child was this who needed a
star to chart his course home
ward. He had heard of the Christ
Child. Could this be the Christ
Child?
He turned his gaze to earth
again-and the child was gone.
HAD 1T BEEN an illusion, a
mirage? Was he ill, delirious
with fever? He felt his fore
head. It was cold. He felt his
nose; it was colder.
He searched about, hoping TO
find the child. There was no
sight of him.
GRANNY The boy ran back
to the house, passing through
the yellow patch of lamplight
where he had seen the child.
Someone is out in the snow"
He paused abruptly. WAS out
in the snow"
THE OLD GRANDMOTHER
frowned because the boy had
gone outdoors without his coat,
but she listened to his story with
the patience Of the old. 1T
might have been the Christ
Child" she told him. who
knows the mysterious ways of
God?" She then chided him for
going without the coat, and re-
minded him that it was Christ
mas Eve and that he should soon
be in bed.
He fingered as long as he
could. The Christmas tree was
not decorated as deliberately as
most. But it was a good tree.
The only trouble was that a star
was missing at the top. The star
they had used had worn out,
the year past.
THE cREcHE WAS in its ac-
customed place under the tree.
Granny would never miss put
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ting out the creche. Though it
was dusty in spots, where Gran
ny missed seeing them, it was
where it belonged, with the fig
ures of Mary and Joseph and the
Three Wise Men and the shep-
herds-and the little angel with
the clipped nose watching from
the roof, peeking over the edge.
The boy busted the creche
idly, glanced up at the tree then
down again at the creche. Gran
N.Y." His eyes widened with
amazement.
THE OLD LADY turned in her
rocker. She had no trouble
hearing the call this time.
1.-The crib is empty"
The grandmother leaned back
and nodded. Il tried TO find the
figure of the Baby Jesus. 1t must
nave loSt.
but how"
NEVER MIND. I'll look for it
again"
THE LITTLE BOY was not
fully eomforted. A creche with
out the Baby Jesus was not COM
plete-not a creche at all. Even
the angel with the Clipped nose
seemed to be unhappy and not
smiling. The star missing from
the top of the tree was not en-
couraging either. The star
that was what the child in the
snow had mentioned: A star to
guide him home!
The little boy set about inn
mediately to make a paper star
from the Christmas wrappings
they had saved from last year.
He worked painstakingly on the
shiniest of the lot.
GRANNY WATCHED him for
a moment, then quietly left the
room. She went to the mirror OF
the old marble-top dresser.
Thinking Of the boy working so
hard for the Christ Child, she
smiled, and the mirror returned
the smile, just as people will
do when smiled at. She glanced
down, suddenly remembering
where she had carefully put
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exam CheaterS

I'm getting Worried that he may be beginning
to fall for her. CAROL, Memphis
. Your sisters behavior seems rather er-
ratio and l hope your parents give some
sympathic concern to her excessive need to
attract attention.
As for your immediate problem = try
and be all dressed and ready the moment
your date arrives. If possible, intercept
him at the front-door before your femme
fataLe" sister gets a chance to zero in
on him.
She'll be forced to find an audience of
her own to test the method dramatics
she's been practicing on your dates, and
come to understand the difference between
Stealing the show and showing of"
1t takes talent for the first, but the second
requires nothing more than plain nerve.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
The memory fingers on

The memory fingers on
DEAR DICK: haze been steadily dating
certain boy for quite a long tOhiLe. We are
Uery fond of each other and tOe haze lots of
fun together but there is one thing zoe dis
agree on: 'the girl he used to go steady tUith. +"
EUey time l do something wrong, he COM
pores me with her. EUery time soe date he
ALWAYS talks about her and how much he
loved her. What can do?
-"coNFUsED," Richmond, Va.
Give this fellow a little more time to
completely douse his ex-fame. But if he
continues to go steady with her memory
and hurt your feelings with it, give this boy
tsOO ex-girl friends to talk about.
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For Orderly Zoning

MA proposal before the Montgomery
Comfy Council would close loophole
in The county coming law that permits
ev8sion Of time restriction on refling
Of fezoning pleas after disapproval. Al
though the present law forbids renewal
of rezoning application within Is
months of previous denialof the request,
a number of applicants have gotten
around the restriction by reducing the
area involved in the petition and filing
new applications. AS result, citizens
and groups opposed to the rezoning have
been put to added expense and trouble
In fighting repetitious applications COW
ering substantially the. same tracts.
The situation has become so bad, In
fact, that both political parties included
Id their platforms last year pledges to
relieve the citizens Of such harassing
practices. The County Council now Is
considering proposed amendment that
would apply the time limitation to any
and all parts of tract for which re-
zoning is requested. The council would
have discretion, in exceptional cases, to
modify the restriction. Certainly some
such revision of the law should be made
II the public is to be adequately pro-
tected against tactics designed to Cir
cumvent reasonable check on repeti-
tiouS coming requests.
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Root of the Controversy

As we understand 1t, the burden Of
Budget Ohicer Walter L. Fowler's inter-
eSting speech to the District Bankers
Association last week is that every new
formula" proposed for ending the in
terminable controversy over what the
Federal Government should pay in sup
port of its Capital merely produces more
controversy.
As one repeatedly exposed to such
controversies through long and useful
service at the District Building, Mr..
Fowler feels that the best way to end the
controversy is to get rid Of the concept
which produces 1.-THE concept OF d.
vided responsibility as between the local
taxpayer and the Federal Government
in maintaining the National Capital.
The sole responsibility, Mr.. Fowler
argues, rests with Congress. Therefore,
collect fairly apportioned local taxes
and put them in the Treasury. Regard
less of the amount so collected, let Con-
gress assume full responsibility for its
seat of government, determining what
sort of city it wants as the Capital OF
the United States and appropriating for
1t accordingly.
Mr.. Fowler does not present his idea
as anything new. Nor Is 1t new. As
Mr.. Fowler recalls, the same principle
was advocated by the District Commits
sioners back in 1915. A Joint COMMITTEES
of Congress unanimously approved 1t.
We thought they were wrong then. We
know they were wrong now. At that
time the division of expenses between
local community and the Federal Gov
eminent was $3.50, a hxed ratio OF
matching local dollars with Federal dol
lars that was part Of organic law. The
division was under attack in Congress
as too generous to the District. Under
the tragically wrong impression that the
fixed ratio-subsequently modified to
60-40-was the root Of controversy, the
root was pulled up and destroyed. The
substitute for the fixed ratio was sub
stantially the same principle Mr.. Fowler
seems to advocate now, and which, as
matter of fact, is just about what we
have now.
There is nothing wrong with Mr..
Fowler's idea. What is wrong Is that
Congress will not adopt Mr.. Fowler's fine
concept that responsibility should &C
company power, in government Of this
National Capital The real root OF the
controversy. is an ancient form OF
tyranny, once defined in this country
as taxation without representation.
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Federal construction protector one
financed in part by Federal funds. The
Secretary would be empowered to call
public hearings to determine public SEN
timent in such cases and to consult with
other governmental authorities, the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
and similar groups. Furthermore. the
legislation would provide for q con-
tinuing study "of ways to promote and
encourage the restoration and preserva-
ton OF historical sites and buildings
and antiquities by governments, private
organizations and individuals"
This is very meritorious cause. OF
course, no action should be authorized
that would prevent the construction Of
vitality essential public works II no feas-
ible alternative can be found to sacrifice
ing place Of historic interest. Usually,
however, alternatives can be worked out
II there Is q sincere desire to do so.
And the Humphrey Thompson proposal
would apply the pressure necessary to
promote the study Of alternatives.
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Service Of Highest Order

Gracious and timely tribute was
paid last week on the Senate floor to one
of the fine men Of our times, General
George Catlett Marshall.
The graciousness was contained In
the words spoken in series of brief but
obviously sincere remarks from both
sides Of the party aisle about the soldier
statesman who has often been identi-
fed as the architect Of victory" In
World War II and went on from there to
design history's greatest master plan Of
peacetime reconstruction. Before, dur
ing and after these peaks of his distin-
guished career, General Marshall filed
other roles in military and civilian life
that makes his record Of service an en-
duringly brilliant one.
The timeliness of the tribute was
obvious. It came at the period when the
Nation was recalling, with a mixture Of
pride and reverent remembrance, the
18th anniversary Of D-Day - the very
hours in which an unmatched host Of
the best manhood In the free world was
fiinging itself against the enemy-held
beaches Of Normandy. It came, too, at
the period when that same free world
was marking the 18th anniversary Of
General Marshall's exposition at Har-
ward University's commencement exer-
cises Of his plan for the rehabilitation
Of war-exhauSted Europe. And 1t came
"a thoughtful bestowal Of honor in life
time-while General Marshall, now 70,
lies critically Iii.
The tributes spoken were uniformly
eloquent Among them, however, was
one that took occasion to relate the rec
ord Of the past to an obligation of the
future. It was, by letter, from Sir Win
ston Churchill, who not only recalled
the varied victories in common cause,
but reminded all that succeeding gen.
erations must not be allowed to forget
his achievements and his example" To
this, we subscribe.
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70 Preserve Americana

n Legislation sponsored by Senator
Humphrey of Minnesota and Represent
alive Thompson of New Jersey would
co. long way toward preserving some
az the Nations historic buildings and
sites that, now or later, may be threat
eiled with destruction. Had such SyS-
tenn of safeguards existed in the past,
many Americana now gone might well
have been saved for admiration and
veneration today.
81 Under bills proposed by Senator
Humphrey and Representative Thomp-
son, the Secretary Of the Interior would
be authorized to protect ANY site, area,
building or other object Of historical
significance" which is in the path Of any
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with its friendly" hug/
With proper treatment. may
become q rug.
Today these creatures all
are met. TO try I This issue:
Shall all mankind live-or
die? I Around the table In
the spacious hall I The
newshounds snap for tidbits
as they fall.
What win Geneva mean TO
me? Or you? I An aviary?
Kennel or q ZOO? I VIII dol
phin. lion. eagle. bear survive
Or only atoms still remain
aliveITo coalesce, and form.
in Gods good time I Another
Eden. free from strife and
crime I Or must such future
Eden once again I Be devas-
tated by the curse Of Cain?
Clark Kincaid.
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Three Little Pics

The concern shown by
David Hawthorne Of Florida
ever the Whitman Publishers
version Of the story Of the
''Three Little Pigs exempli-
fies the true American demo-
cratic spirit Of vigilance.
I suggest that in his re-
quest to the Florida Legisla-
tlre for censure Of this pro-
Negro tale, Mr.. Hawthorne
should zealously stress the
fact that there is positive
evidence Of the publishers
subversive intent In the very
manner in which the book
has been printed. Has our
alert American noticed that
Whitman Publishers have
printed black letters on top Of
white pages? If that isn't in
tent on their part to show
superiority Of the Negro race,
I don't know what isl
Jessie B. Solomon.