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Evening star., 1960-12-25
No Misconduct

The Maryland Medical and Chi
rurgical Faculty, which is the somewhat
cumbersome name for the State medical
society, has ruled that DR.. Clarence
Schilt, Silver Spring psychiatrist, did
not violate medical ethics by giving
a congressional investigating committee
details Of his doctor patient conferences
with Bernon F. Mitchell, one of the
two National Security Agency code
clerks who detected to Russia last
summer. The finding, in our Judgment,
is eminently proper.
A group of psychiatrists who ques-
toned his action were motivated by a
concern that no precedent be set to
endanger the confidential relationship
between a patient and his doctor, or
weaken the traditional ethical code
to which physicians adhere. AS The
Star pointed out at the time, however,
there are no absolutes in this field.
Neither the law nor the normal prin-
ciples Of ethical conduct which govern
such matters were applicable to the
peculiar circumstances that faced DR..
Schilt. He was forced to exercise a
delicate personal judgment. In placing
the security interests of the Nation
paramount to any moral debt he may
have owed an admitted traitor, he did
what was right, as we are sure the
great majority Of doctors would have
done in his place. "
Evening star., 1960-12-25
The True Christmas

Twenty centuries later Christmas
has become an adjective. It is most
often applied to two words irrelevant
to the manger: Rush" and Shopping"
The season Of blazing hope and bright
peace has become frantic time Of get
ting and spending, Of taut nerves and
short answers. '"The peace OF the Lord
which surpaSseth understanding, prom
1Sed in the Scriptures, not only evadeS;
1t almost mockS.
Various remedies have been sug-
geSted. The crisp slogan Keep Christ
IN Christmas" has been coined. Through
the years, stories have been written,
such as "The Juggler Of Notre Dame"
and ''The Gift Of the Magi," to show
an uncomprehending humanity that the
exchange Of giftS-worthily begun to
emulate the Magi who brought their
treasures to Bethlehem-is not enough.
The point, still imperfectly grasped, Is
that God gave us his Son and Christ
gave Himself to US. So we are not sup
posed just to go out and get things for
people; we are supposed to give them
Of ourselves.
Christmas poses other emotional
problems. So much sentiment being
called for, people cast about, trying
wassail rather than worship; unable to
believe anything, they try to feel some
thing. To them, observing Christmas
becomes something Of baffling burden.
Perhaps If the world had chosen
to initiate the actions Of the patient
shepherds instead Of the Uise men,
Christmas might have become the time
Of great rejoicing and small l;indnesses
that was intended. The shepherds were
watching their iocks when surprised
by the angel. They listened and heard
the message: Fear not: For behold,
bring you tidings Of great Joy, which
shall be to all people" st. Luke tells
us that they then said, LET US now 60
even unto Bethlehem and see this thing
which has come to pass which the Lord
has made known to US and when
they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this Child"
To listen, to wonder, to behold the
Redeemer, to share the news, this is all
that is required to celebrate Christmas
and to make 1t merry.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

dispatch in the American,
dated Charleston. says: The
Government troops have
abandoned Fort Moultrie,
spiked the guns and gone to
Fort Sumter, commanding
the harbor. War has begun.
-" The last deduction, Of
course, was premature. Major
Robert Anderson, F d e r a |
commander at Charleston,
had repeatedly asked Presi-
dent Buchanan to reinforce
the forts in Charleston Har-
Dor. Anderson felt both
Moultrie and Sumter were
about to be seized by the new
commonwealth. He, there
fore, vacated Moultrie, trans
ferring its 30-odd men to
stronger Sumter. South Car
olina authorities Immediately
took possession of Fort Moul-
trie, fixed and remounted its
50-odd guns. 1t became one
of the stout defenses of
Charleston Harbor, resisting
all efforts of the Union feet
to pass it, or reduce it. tire
mained in Confederate pos
session until the evacuation
Of Charleston and all the
forts in the harbor in Feb
ruary, 1865.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
rs Years Ago

Seeking safety and privacy
they felt could not be OBJ
tained in this country, the
family Of Charles A. Lind.
bergh was bound for a new
home in England Is years
ago. The Star Of December
%, 1885, reported the "Flyr
ing Colonel" his wife and
their 3-year-old son, Jon,
had sailed ON a freighter for
Liverpool. "In the British
Isles," the story said, young
Jon will have a chance for a
normal youth, without the
constant menace of another
such tragedy as robbed the
LindberghS of the curly
haired Charles A. Lindbergh,,
jr., for whose death in 1882
Bruno Hauptmann has been
sentenced to die. They will
retain American citizenship.
D.. Col. Lindbergh is known
to hold the opinion that
there is greater respect for
law and order in England
than in his own native coun-
try :"
Evening star., 1960-12-25
100 Years Ago

Aggressive as the South
was a century ago, it was
poorly equipped to wage war,
lacking rifles. cannon and
ammunition, to name only
few of the necessities. 1t
was to be like that for four
bloody years. Even after the
Civil War was we'll under
way. a recruit reporting to
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest
on the field of battle COM
planned he had no weapon.
Don't worry" said the Cen
eral. pointing toward the
Yankee camp, "we're going to
have a fight and they'll run
and throw their guns away"
That sometimes happened
with green troops. But months
before the war, the South was
trying to grid, getting an as
sist here and there from SYM
pathizers. For example, The
Star of December 26, 1860,
reported from Pittsburgh:
Intense excitement exists
here in consequence Of its be-
ing made public that U. s.
Quartermaster Taliafero was
negotiating for the shipment
from the Allegheny Arsenal
Of 78 guns to Newport. near
Galveston Island. Texas, and
46 more to Ship Island, at
the mouth of the Mississippi
River-the apparent object
being to strip the Arsenal
and place the guns where the
secessionists could get them.
The guns are 10-inch Colum-
bians and carry 32-pounders
The report also prevails
that muskets. shells, balls and
cavalry accoutrements have
already been shipped South
...." The next day this pa
per said: "The New York
Post has a sensation item
calling attention of Congress
to the alleged fact that 500
cases of muskets from the
Watervleit Arsenal, opposite
Troy, have been shipped to
New York City and put
aboard a steamer for Savan-
nah. :" More Startling
was news that seeded South
Carolina had taken a Fed
eral fortress, by default as it
were. The Star of December
27. 1860, carried this report
fTStn Baltimore: "A special
Evening star., 1960-12-25
Speaking of Censorship

The warning which FBI Director
Hoover has given the youth Of America
about undercover Communist plans to
exploit youth causes and movements is
timely, in view Of Red successes In STIR
ring up student unrest in many lands.
Mr.. Hoover, in his year-end report to
Attorney General Rogers, exposed Com
munist plans for "a new national youth
organization" to be "clandeStinely d.
rected by party members" The Com
muniStS hope, he said, "to repeat the
success which they achieved on the
West Coast last May in spearheading
mob demonstrations by college students
and other young people against q COM
mittee Of Congress" He was referring
to the rioting which disrupted q San
Francisco hearing Of the House Com
mittee on Un-.American Activities.
Mr.. Hoover'S latest disclosure Of
Communist plans to inflltrate college
campuseS should be Of special interest
to Arlington school authorities, who are
considering whether to permit students
in social study classes to see q Aim on
the San Francisco rioting. Controversy
has arisen as to whether the movie,
prepared from newsreels by the House
committee and titled Operation Aboli-
tion," accurately depicts what happened
at the hearing-especially with regard
to Communist participation in the dis
orders. After viewing the Aim, we are
convinced 1t follows closely the, detailed
FB1 report on how the Communist
Party planned, organized and led the
disgraceful demonstrations by unwit-
ting students. And we believe the FBI
account is trustworthy.
We are at loss, therefore, to un-
derStand why some Of the people who
are most outSpoken against censorship
in any form are crying for suppress
sion Of Operation Abolition" on the
grounds that 1t Is not factual and that
1t Is propaganda for the House group.
FBI Director Hoover's report on the
rioting under the title, Communist
Target-Youth," demolishes the first
contention. And the fact that the Aim,
while telling the true story behind the
demonstrations, also may tend to sup
port the work Of the House committee
is not sufIlcient reason for suppressing
or ignoring it.
The Arlington School Board, quite
properly, has left the question of show
ing the movie in social study classes to
a group Of social science teachers who
regularly pass on curricular subjects.
AS for us, we can see no reason why
anyone should be prevented from see
ing Operation Abolition" and making
up his own mind about it, and that goes
especially for social science students.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

They see even the Good
Samaritan as a Scheming
gangster.
But Christmas Day is no
time for panic or despair:
There are irresistible tides Of
good will in the world which
are sure to win. Even the
stars, hidden by earth-born
clouds, fight in their courses
on the side of those who go on
dreaming of the coming age
of gold.
Today is Christmas. And
Christmas belongs to the
dreamers who have ever been
pioneers of a divine discon.
tent. 1t is the dreamers who
have caught the vision Of the
better day, of a fairer world,
of a cleaner, kindlier order.
They have believed in it,
and sung it, and painted 1t,
and preached it, until the
vision has been at least par
TALLY brought down from
heaven to earth. Amid all
the dislocations and betray-
ais, and hopes deferred Of q
day like this, the Christian
Church, under all skies,
rightly goes on singing:
These things shall be: A lotti::
er race
Than e'er the Dorld hath
known shall rise
With fame of freedom In
their souls
And light OF knowledge in
their eyes.
Today is Christmas. And
that means the assurance
that not on one wondrous
night alone did a Star Of
Promise light the heavens
and rain its fire upon the
earth; but that straight down
the crowding years the STAR
lit pathway leads, reminding
our earth-filled eyes that ale
ways the highest truth ID
born in lowly places and il
clad in humblest garb. AL:
ways the angels of Christmas
carol that starry ideals must
be followed patiently and
obediently, no matter over
what burning sands or I'd
what lonely desert ones fall
tering feet are lured. Fof
always only a sign in the sky
above guides, to light and
life and love on the earth
beneath.
Today is Christmas. And
we neeo TO pray to be saved
from a gay festivity that
knows nothing o. receptivity,
from decoration that detours
dedication; to realize that
holly is holy only when its
scarlet beads are emblems Of
the crimson myrrh Of sacri-
flee and the glad gift Of &
contrite heart.
Today is Christmas. And
so, with the vision Of what
Christmas will really mean
when it comes not just on
one day, but every day, now
that it is Christmas every
where may our singing hearts
join in the refrain
I'm dreaming of a tDhite
Christmas,
When East and West shall
brothers be:
When mans hates no longer
shall blight,
And 1Dhen all edrth'S Christ.
mdSttdeS are tUhite.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

cept OF the Christian 1a1th
they profess to embrace.
Let's hope that with the
ringing in Of the New Year.
the disturbing noises from
all the Leander H. PerezeS
will be silenced against a joy
GUS din of Peace on Earth
Love your fellow-men, "
whether their skins be Of
dark or of light pigmenta-
ton!
Jesse B. Solomon.
Let's dedicate a day Of the
holiday season to thankful
ness for those who get worn
ragged so that others may
enjoy Christmas.
Christmas is torture for so
many people!
Take the store clerkS-the
mail carriers, the transit
company workers (if they
work, that is, which might
be open to doubt in view Of
recent performance); rail-
way and air lines, both per-
Sonnel and passengers who
must travel this time of year,
and company officials who
are responsible for travel
safety: Office workers whose
bosses load them with extra
work so they can get away
for vacations; caterers and
domestic workers who drudge
to make glittering entertain
ments possible; ministers and
priests with their round-the-
clock services; theaters that
provide diversion for the
light-hearted or the lonely:
doctors and nurses who know
that illness doesn't take a
holiday.
The list could stretch on
and on. With nerves frazzled
from the Saturnalia we have
made of Christmas, we are
very apt indeed to forget how
much fun 1t isn't for a great
many people. to neglect even
a simple, decent THANK YOU
for the sacrifices they make.
Virginia Lee Grimes.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
so Years Ago

An idea Of the. value of
major league baseball play
ers so years ago was present.
ed in a Star story of Decem-
ber II, 1910, telling of the
sale of the st. Louis Browns
to a syndicate of wealthy
clubmen. 1t stated: "A man
in close touch with the plans
of the new owners declared
they are preparing to spend
100000 to build up a VIM
ming team The new own
Evening star., 1960-12-25
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Today Is Christmas
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Jul e WIIlOOW VI IIIcIIlOIyI OVCIs
looking the landscape of the
yesterdays. How wistfully
millions in a white Christ
mas" listen to the words, like
the ones I used to know"
That is a nostalgia phrase
which tugs at the heart
strings. AS on Christmas
present one peers through
the magic glass which brings
back Christmas past there is
a medley of softly falling
white flakes. of hemlock
branches piled with glisten-
ing snow and the haunting
music of sleigh bells; and in
1t and through it all visions
Of an old-fashioned home and
Of dear ones who walk with
us no more. 1t all conjures
up vistaS Of dear dead days
that come not back.
There has come an Advent
greeting from an educator
who does not live in the
yesterdays. Indeed, he is
keenly alive to the pressing
problems of this troubled day.
But in the first verse of his
original Christmas poem he
is peering through the en-
ticing window of the past,
as he pens these lines:
I dllDGys hnve a rendezvous
With Memory on Christmas
Day,
The fragrance OF the pine
and hem
Like magic rug whiSks me
1UGy
To enchanted days of child
hood,
Where all the Uorld Is aOhtte
and good;
Where simple things are
great and grand;
Where Bethlehem is near at
hand,
And angels in the clouds aboue
Sing jubueeS of peace and
loUe.
With this thinker and
prophet who has many aca-
demic degrees after his name,
but who is a child again at
Christmas, we, too, crowd
around that window which
brings back the days we used
to know. And we rejoice that
by the miracle Of remem-
brance we can relive them on
this latest Christmas Day.
But today is Christmas!
And a true Christmas is not
simply a time Of retrospect.
It is also a day Of prospect.
After all, Christmastide. in
its inner meaning, is not
really a looking back, except
in our own little, personal
album where there are faded
photographs which, with their
tender appeal. affect our
spirits like the scent of
lavender on old lace. Christ
mas, at its heart, is not some
thing we have had and lost.
1t is something which has
never yet come. It Is q
radiant prophecy. 1t is a
shining light which no dark
ness can ever put out.
Today is Christmas. And
as once more the bells answer
each other through the mist.
under vaulted cathedral
arches and in holly decked
village churches, multitudes
will turn from the blackness
Of this hour to the dream OF
a white Christmas when, as
a loved hymn puts it, with
the ever-circling years comes
round the age of gold" GaZ-
ing this day at so much that
is dark in the international
landscape it takes no cynic to
remind us that that "age of
gold" is not yet here. There
are sinister forces loose in the
world which dream not of a
coming whiteneSS, but whose
stock-in-trade is to attribute
to those who plan good will
the black motives which the
accuserS themselves harbor
Evening star., 1960-12-25
FROM THE STAR FILES.

ers are wealthy men and
have laid aside that much to
strengthen the club. They
will spend it with a lavish
hand They are not in
the game for money that is
in it. :"
The day when a motorist
might drive from coast to
coast on more or less Of d
straight line was envisioned
by a Congressman so years
ago. The Star of December
18, 1910 reported: "A bill to
construct a national auto
mobile highway along or
near the 35th parallel of
north latitude, from the At
lantic to the Pacific Oceans,
has been introduced by Rep
resentative James A. HamilI
OF New Jersey CA few
transcontinental tours had
been made or were then in
progress, but they were prof.
ects of professional drivers,
and not family adventures0
The bill proposes sending
out at least Is surveying and
road-making teams to To-
cate and make a preliminary
line and path at least 10
feet wide, on the 35th pa
rallel, up hill and down Gale,
to study the topography. 80"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-02

eyed susan ana the Baltimore
Oriole; the first graders as In
dians; the fourth grade with
the discovery story; the second
grade with scene from colo
NAL days; the sixth grade with
a choral reading of Barbara
Fritchie and the dancing Of the
Madison, a modern dance step
which originated in Baltimore;
the third grade with singing
and the dancing of the Virginia
Reel; farming scenes from the
fifth grade and a barge scene
and living pictures from TT. Nc.
Henry from the fifth and sixth.
Following the children's pro
gram there will be a Spring
Festival sponsored by the school
P-TA. Among the features OF
the festival will be pony rides
for the children, also rides in a
pony cart, string pull, fish pond,
baseball throw, nail driving, and
dancing. There will be a bake
table, fancy table, old books and
white elephant table, a dancing
room for teen ayers, and a visit
from the state conservation
truck with exhibits. An auction
will be held of many interest.
ing items including a piece Of
needlepoint large enough for
chair seat. There will also be a
drawing for a variety Of door
prizes. Area residents are urged
to attend, have fun, and help
support your school and its
P.TA.
sa
ST. Paul's Methodist Church
In Laytonsville will make a
change in its service time start.
ling next Sunday, June 5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-02

Church will begin at 10 am.
ard Sunday School at IL m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Burke en-.
tertained last Sunday at a fare
well party honoring Sgt. and
Mrs. Sherman Whitaker and
family. Sgt. Whitaker, who has
been stationed at Walter Reed,
Is being transferred to Puerto
Rico. There were rs guests,
most Of whom were from the
personnel stationed at Walter
Reed. Local guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Mullinix and
family, Miss Barbara Mullinix,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stanton,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Quesen-
berry and Johnny and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lance Dayhoff and Mar
cha.
The Laytonsville Boys All
Club met last Thursday at the
home OF Thomas Hanson.
George Howes was the discus,
sion leader.
Mt. Tabor Church at Etchi.
son cleared $362.20 on their re-
cent supper.
Mrs. Charles Green, Mrs. Ray.
mond Kemp, Mrs. Everett
Jones, Mrs. William Waters,
Mrs. Woodrow Main and Mrs.
Joseph Rice attended the Wash
lngton West District meeting
last week at Woodside Church
In Silver Spring. New officers
we're installed including Mrs.
Jones Of Damascus as vice pres
ident.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-02

Van Petten, Mrs. Forrest Neal
and Mrs. Emerson Saylor.
Chairman Dwight Monnier
called the Court of Honor to
order and Scoutmaster Norman
Sanbower directed the Court
Ceremony. The following boys
received merit badges: Frank
Roger Griggs, Public Health;
James David Richards, Public
Health and Cooking; Stephen
Cain, Public Health, Home Re-
pairs and Cooking; David Sla.
ton, Cooking, Public Health,
Home Repairs, Bugling, and
Finger Printing; Peter Tucker.
man, Public Health, First Aid
and cooking; Dwight Monnier,
Public Health, Home Repairs,
Painting, Farm Home and its
Planning. Citizenship in the
Home, and Cooking.
Second Class awards went
to Forest Neal, Stephen Cain,
Alan Payne, Chris Van Petten
and David Richards. Star Scout
awards went to David Slaton
and Dwight Monnier.
Scout Executive Mr.. Harry
Gratten spoke to the group and
presented the Scouting Key
Recognition Training Award to
Scoutmaster Norman Sanbow-
err. Milton Shaw was installed
as patrol leader of the Rebel
Patrol and David Slaton, who
is patrol leader of the Rattle
snake Patrol was installed as
Troop Bugler.
A congregational meeting Of
the Dama scus Episcopal
Church was held last Sunday
at the home of Col. and Mrs.
E. Brooke Lee. A film was
shown on the mission program
of the Diocese of Washington
and on the proposed building
sites for new missions.
The Damascus Chapter Of
the Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca elected the following to
serve as officers for the 1860
81 school year: president, Tom
my Poole; vice president,
Charles Cramer; secretary,
Herbert Duvall; treasurer,
James King; reporter, Bob
Cline; and sentinel, Charles
Browning.
The local chapter has re-
ceived plaque and a fifteen
dollar check for placing third
in the Both annual Hoard's
Dairyman dairy cattle judging
contest. There were ITO vo-
cational agriculture depart.
ments entered from all SO
states, Canada, Israel, New
Zealand, South Africa and
South America also had en-.
trees. First place was won by
Front Royal, Va, and second
by Collinsville, Oklahoma.
The May meeting of the
Browningsville H m m akers
was held at the new home Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-02

Mrs. Maynard King in the
Middleton valley. Mrs. Roby
Watkins, Mrs. Deets Day and
Mrs. Chester Leishear were
named as a committee to plan
a bus trip for the group dur
ing the second or third week
in August. Mrs. Roy Arnold
showed members a group of
ready made dresses and told
members what to look for in
buying dresses for material as
well as construction. She also
showed how to remedy COM
mon faults found in such dress.
es.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Wachter
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Leishear spent the past week.
end on the Chesapeake Bay.
Jerry and Bethany Cooks
Damascus Band played for
monthly meeting of the Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce at
the Washingtonian on Tues
day. This was education night
for the County Chamber and
a large number of school of.
ficials were in attendance.
Damascus American Legion
Post I'll observed Memorial
Day with a special program.
The Rev. Raymond Wilson was
in charge. A service was held
in the Methodist Church. The
invocation was given by the
Rev. A. Dean Kesler. The
Gettysburg address was given
by Richard Doolan; Flanders
Field, by John King; and a Me
mortal Prayer by Mrs. Francis
Leizear, new president of the
Legion Auxiliary. Col. E.
Brooke Lee gave the main adj
dress, and the Rev. Thomas
Sim of the Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer the benedic.
ton. Following the service
flags and flowers were placed
on soldiers graves by members
of the Bluebirds, Campfire
girls, Brownies, Cub Scouts.
Boy Scouts and Explorers.
Flowers we're also placed in
each Damascus church last
Sunday by the Legion Auxili.
airy.
There will be a service Of
Holy Communion next Sunday
at the II am. service at the
Damascus Methodist Church.
The Baltimore Conference Of
the Methodist Church will
open next Wednesday at West
ern Maryland College. The Rev.
A. Dean Kesler and Mr.. Ev-
erett Jones as lay leader will
attend.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. Dean
Kesler were guests Wednesday
Of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Fire Department at the Francis
Scott Kav IN Frederick