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Evening star., 1960-05-22
100 Yenrs Ago

The long shadow Of a
craggy-featured, angular Mid
westerner was cast across
the Nations political stage a
century ago. The Republican
Party had staked its hopes
of gaining the presidency on
Abraham Lincoln. an Illinois
lawyer not well known out
side his own State. This
self-effacing man was quoted
by The Star of May 30,
1860, as having told the
committee that officially in
formed him of his nomina-
ton at Springfield: II wish
the honor could have fallen
upon some one of the far
more eminent and expert
enced statesmen whose dis
tinguished names were be-
fore the convention" He
would. however, accept the
trust. Two days before, this
paper, having recovered from
its initial surprise at Lin
coins emergence from prac-
tically nowhere. took a bleak
look at the nominees silhou-
cite: when in Congress he
was regarded as a gentleman
of fair average natural parts,
but exceedingly ignorant in
all matters likely to make
one a useful or distinguished
public man. He possessed
quite a gift of CAB, and. as
the public men of the time
are prone to do. he relied
upon that to carry him
through the discharge of his
functions as a Representa-
tive with credit. 1t really did
more for him than for most
of his compeers. because he
was endowed with a larger
share of wit that enabled
him to turn the laugh upon
his opponent in debate
whenever participating in it.
His ambition in those times
rarely led him to attempt to
make an impression in any
higher oratorical or legiSla-
tive walk. His positions
on the slavery question have
always been quite as ultra
as those of Senator Will
liam H. Seward. He
now has the reward for
the boldness of his anti
slavery radicalism. For
our part, we take as little
interest In the abolition vote,
as we should take in a con-
test between Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas. their
principles being alike sub
versive to the guaranteed
rights OF the States. and
their practices in their
rivalry to obtain the favor
of the anti-slavery senti-
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Water and the Future

Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson
has introduced in the Senate an admi-
rable bill we'll calculated to promote
research and development aimed at
finding economical means of convert
ing saline water" into water fit for
human consumption and for industrial
and agricultural uses.
This is an objective whose economic,
social and political significance can
hardly be exaggerated. AS pointed out
in a special study by the Research and
Education Committee for a Free World
"a group financed by the Albert and
Mary LaSker Foundation-the swift
growth of population and our constantly
increasing induStrialization are creating
a potential fresh-water crisis for the
United States and numerous other coun-
tries throughout the globe. In the COM
mittee'S words:
We are rapidly reaching the limits
OF our available fresh water supply The
only remaining additional sources are
salt and brackish waters. When we reach
the point where available fresh water
cannot meet our needs, expansion and
dustry will cease. The Federal Govern
ment has spent . only a few millions
on saline water conversion research. The
need is great that this program be de-
Veloped with sense OF urgency commen-
Surate with its Importance to our own
economic growth and the possibility it
offers of improving conditions of mankind
throughout the world. Foreign countries
in arid regions suffer from drought and
water shortages far beyond anything one
can conceive of in the United States.
Many of these nations have access to the
sea or vast resources of presently unus-
able brackiSh water. The effect of prac-
tical low-cost saline water conversion
process on the economies of these coun-
tries would be revolutionary.
It is with all this in mind that
Senator johnson has introduced his bill
to accelerate and enlarge upon the work
OF the Interior Departments Office of
Saline Water. The bill would appropriate
$l7.5 million-far more than is being
spent now on operations in this field
for great speed-up of discrimination
research and development in fiscal 1861.
The speed-up would be designed to make
the desalting process inexpensive enough
to compete with what most Americans
now pay for natural fresh water-ap-
proximately 80 or 40 cents per 1000
gallons.
AS Mr.. johnson has noted, our de-
salinization work is already at a point
where we can hope to produce fresh
water from the sea for less than 81 per
1000 gallons. This is a wonderfully
promising prospect, and he is right
in declaring that the expenditure he
proposes ''is one of the best our country
could make in its future"-and in the
future of the world at large, on both
sides of the Iron Curtain.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

agreement among them as
to what this destiny should
be. Some say we should
develop the Scientific Man
to outdo the Russians, others
the Civic Man to be a good
citizen, others the Social Man
to be well adjusted for life,
and still others the Economic
Man to be a financial sue
cess.
The education required to
achieve these purposes con-
sistS of training to copt
with the environment, which
surely has a place in educa-
ton, but in no way fulflls
any basic purpose for mans
existence. However, the edu-
Gators are not concerned with
any such purpose. To them
men should serve other men
in accordance with their ex-
pert guidance-not too unlike
horses which are trained to
haul. to jump, to race, to
carry a rider. etc.
Zalie V, Warner,
Evening star., 1960-05-22

have a new birth in freedom.
Wearing the ring of patriot
ism, pure and undefiled,
adorned with the red ruby.
what better preparation for
the next to the last day of
the month could there pos
sibly be than, on this ami
versary of Lincoln's nomlna-
ton, to keep the Gettysburg
speech in a conspicuous place
in every American home to
be read by all the members
of the family and pondered
each day leading up to the
last Monday of the month
when the bugles of remem-
brance are sounded?
To a great extent a man
is known by the lenses he
keeps. One is sadly handi-
capped. dwarfed in stature.
and limited in perspective
and understanding if a high
fence is built around today,
with no swinging gate lead
ing to the reaches and ranges
of the long past. The plain
fact is that the biggest part
of our lives is our heritage
and the roots Of today's
fruitage are deep in the past.
The judgments of the past,
perfected by the remedying
perspective of the years.
warn us as we stand in the
present not to put too much
value on the superficial and
often scornful estimates Of
today. The tribute to DR..
Syngman Rhee uttered re-
Gently by President EiSen-
hover suggests what the fu-
ture will have to say about
that great fighter for free
dom and statesman, long
after the captiouS voices of
little men have been drowned
by the applause of a century.
Remember, this hundredth
anniversary month, as we
think of Lincoln, that as he
entered the campaign for
the presidency, the New York
World had this to say: THE
age of statesmen is gone.
The age of railsplitters and
buffoonS, Doors and fanatics.
has succeeded. In a crisis of
the most appalling magni-
tude. the country is asked to
consider the claims of a boor-
ish third-rate backwoodS
lawyer for the highest sta
ton in the Government" A
century after that statement
appeared we know that be-
yond that type of poll ical
billingsgate Abe Lincoln was
on the way to his majestic
throne in the memorial on
the Potomac. Now he be-
longs to the ages, as the
ceaseless procession from all
over the Nation and the
world stand in reverence be-
fore that heroic form. His
tory repeats itself. And still
republics are ungrateful to
their greatest benefactors.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
EYe-to-EYe

Thanks for Carter Brooke
Jones incisive review of
Tongue of Fire" Ernest
Frankel's tricky, gauze-
draped diatribe against the
late Senator Mccarthy.
What psychopathic quirk
is it that compels various
imps Of the liberal" estab-
liShment to dig up poor old
Joe every six months or so
and kick him around again?
Nov there's material for a
bookD
But Mr.. Frankel has un-
deniably done a neat touch
up job on the familiar image.
The original admittedly had
one g1aring flaw-he was
a Wisconsinite. So Mr..
Frankel has made him a
Southerner, and the picture
is now complete - horns,
tail, cloven hooves and all.
There's nothing conformist
about Ernest, no stree!
Eleanor NJ. Smith.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
School Bonds

On May 81 the voters of
Fairfax County will face q
major bond referendum in
volving $26 million for school
construction.
AS citizens with children
in, or about to enter, the
Fairfax school system we
want to do everything we
can to guarantee the opti-
mum educational facilities
for our children. The number
of dollars involved and the
number and diversity Of
projects contemplated in the
bond issue make voter ac-
ceptance. as it is now pro-
posed, questionable.
We earnestly desire to see
the passage of this proposal
as we feel that the additional
classroom and teaching space
must be provided, and no
opportunity should be over
looked to further guarantee
the passage of bond monies
to provide such facilities.
For this reason 1t is sug-
gested that the various prof.
ectS included be separated
into two categories, one in
volving the absolutely
Sary classroom and teaching
space, and the second to
include all other items.
Such a separation will
allow each of us to vote more
intelligently, making a choice
which will serve as a guide
for our public servants.
More important, it should
serve to eliminate all possi-
bility of rejection of the
entire bond issue, thus guar
anteeing the provision of
classroom space so urgently
needed.
]. ID. vanWagoner, v. d.
Lee-ThOrp, Robert G. Han
key, William C. Hewlett.
DraneSville District Resi-
dents,
Evening star., 1960-05-22
'Mr. Eaton and Friend
Now that Premier Khrushchev

Now that Premier KhruShchev has
:: wrecked the Paris summit conference,
reports indicate that the Soviet Union
and Red China have decided to cut
loose with an unreStrained hate America
propaganda campaign. But Cyrus Eaton
the gay multimillionaire who has been
the Kremlin's favorite American capi-
-talist for years past-apparently feels
that everything will be hunky-dory as
soon as our country becomes sensible
enough to take trustful view of the
USSR.
Anyhow, Mr.. Eaton has just had a
nice talk with Mr.. Khrushchev about
Soviet American relations, and he has
given the impression that the Russian
leader continues to be a delightful
human being interested solely and
simply in peace and good fellowship
with the United States. UNDERSTANDABLE
enough, this has outraged Senator
Thomas Dodd of Connecticut, who prose-
cuted the Nazis at Nuremberg and who
feels now that the Cleveland moneybagS
ought to be brought to book under the
hOSoA ASV' "1IlCA PLOIAADltS pIlNdIC
american citizens from international
meddlesomeneSS of this sort.
If we were Mr.. Dodd, however, we
would drop the whole matter. After all,
the 76-year-old Mr.. Eaton has been
dealing naively with the Russians for
a long time. and now Mr.. KhruShchev
has had nothing better to promise him
foll
has triumphed in the whole world, I'll
say word in your favor" Certainly,
If the Red totalitarians ever take over
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Call to Help Aged

Awaiting our veto or ap-
proval is the controversial
Forand bill. Representative
Forand admits its imper-
fectionS and insuficiencies.
But. as experimental, pilot
social security and social
welfare legislation, it has
the virtue of attempting to
use already-approved means
to achieve a desirable end.
The approval means is to
share common burdens be-
yond the capacity of the in
dividual. The desirable end
is to help our old people faced
with rising health security
liabilities when they are least
able to bear their burdens
alone. The good end has BIZ
partisan approval. Mr.. For
and's means to the end is
bitterly opposed by our
American Medical Associa-
ton.
Pass the Forand type of
social welfare legislation, our
ANA argues, and its compul-
sions will socialize medicine.
Few will deny that our social
security system is an instru-
ment Of overwhelmingly ap-
proved national policy. Our
social security system COM
pels workers to shoulder the
inevitable burdens of retire
ment, old age and survivor
benefits. The Forand type of
social security, extension
would compel the worker to
anticipate the bankrupting
health security liabilities fac
ing all who live long enough.
1t is impossible to predict
with any certainty about the
future except that the in
firmities and liabilities Of
aging are universal. To COM
pei preparedness that is nom
cancellable and nondiScrim-
mating is just sound social
thinking and engineering.
In time of war, we doctors
accepted the sacrifices and
disciplineS necessary to serve
our sons on the battlefield.
The demands and compul-
sions of the cold war are
none the less inescapable.
In split seconds our present
way of life can become an
infinity of chaos and futility.
Surely the opportunity to
share common burdens while
we have the time to learn
and organize is sensible ma
tional preparedness. The For
and type of legislation pre-
sents such an opportunity
within an approved and ac-
cepted political instrumental
ity. Our mercy and kindness
to our old some day may be
mercy and kindness to our
selves.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD,
Evening star., 1960-05-22

ment of the -slavehold-
ing States. being equally
demagogish. AS we be-
lieve that the safety of
the South in the Union lies
in her unity upon the
slavery question. we should
regard the election of Lin
coin to the presidency as
a far less regrettable event
than the possible triumph Of
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Education for What?

In all the discussions and
articles on education there
seems to be very little in
clination to come to grips
with fundamentals. Before
becoming exercised over how
Johnny should be taught, it
would be more important to
first consider what he should
be taught. And what Johnny
should be taught depends on
why he is going to school in
the first place. In other
words, and before anything
else, basic consideration
should be given to the pri-
mary purpose of an educa-
tion. To do this requires a
deeper consideration of
fundamentals, namely. does
Johnny himself have a pur-
pose.
If man has a purpose to
fulfill in the scheme of the
universe as determined by a
supreme, external force which
governs the universe, then it
only makes sense that he
should be fashioned or
educated in accordance with
that scheme. The primary
purpose of mans existence
cannot be ignored through
IL to Is years of education
any more than the purpose
of this pencil in my hand,
which is to write, can be
ignored by the craftsmen who
designed and made it.
However, the educators do
ignore any such concept of
education. Indeed, they in
effect deny it when they seek
to fashion or mold men for
purposes which they believe,
in their great wisdom and
esotism, to be right ends. In
their zeal to create a destiny
for man there is not much
Evening star., 1960-05-22
so Years Ago

Just as there are varying
shades of Republicans today,
so were there classifications
in the party half a century
back. Pointing out In
surgent" and Regular" Re-
publicans existed, The Star
of May %, 1910, said: There
are radical insurgents, con-
servative insurgents, spas
modic insurgents and those
who insurge all the time
upon all questions. There
are dyed-in-the-wool in
surgentS, near insurgents
and those who insurge at
home but carry the Regular
flag in Washington. There
are those who preach party
regularity at home. but in
surge quietly but effectively
at the Capitol The voters.
have watched the develop
ment of the progressive
movement in the party &.
and will react in the fall
congressional elections :"
Illustrative of how the
horse was being outrun, new
speed records for racing cars
from 5 to 200 miles were set
at Indianapolis so years ago.
The Star of May 90, 1910 re-
ported: "a Marmon achieved
the most sensational long
distance triumph in the his
tory Of automobile track
racing in this country, win
ming the 200-mile race in 2
hours 46 minutes 81 seconds
breaking by II seconds the
record set by a Chevrolet. e. &.
The 5-mile record was broken
by Barney Oldfield in his
Knox. His time was 4:08. :"
The automobile was becom-
ing rather commonplace so
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Great Artist

AS one of the fortunate
ones who enjoyed the Gold
en- Age" of the Metropolitan
Opera, I wish to add a trib-
ute to that great artist, Lu-
crezia Bori.
Yes, her debut in Manon
LeScaut with Caruso was
wonderful, but the rendering
of the same opera with Mar
tinelli was art in its highest
form. The glorious blending
of their voices and fine act
ing gave a oneness and an
appealing art, seldom at
tanned. I still can hear them
in my vocal memory.
F. F. Wright.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT ~.
A Memorial Month
Rx M EREnERICE RRnMN u.RRIS
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Set in the golden circle of
the, howery month of May is
the radiant ruby of remem-
brance. The gem is red to
symbolic the crimson cost
of the precious things be-
queathed to us from the yes
terdays. But the memorial
celebration is not a sacred
tryst to be stumbled upon,
with no intellectual or spirit
ual preparation, any more
than are the sacramental
festivals Of Christmas and
Easter.
Every loyal American needs
to do his homework as pass
ing May days bring the time
of remembrance nearer and
nearer. To think of May 80
as a holiday and a picnic
day and nothing else is to be
guilty of sacrilege. For Me-
mortal Day to mean all it
could, and should, when
morning gildS the sky on so
dedicated a day. then on
other May days the record
of the past ought to be in our
hands and hearts as frequent
visits are planned to the
heroic yesterdays.
1t is meaningfully sugges-
tive that our Presidents
home away from the White
House is Gettysburg. What
better preparation for Me-
mortal Day than to travel to
that hallowed battlefield
with Abraham Lincoln? 1t
is a hundred years ago this
very month that he was NOM
mated as President of the
United States. Just a century
ago this very May his fur
rowed face was turned
toward the black tragedy of
the White House where. for
agonizing years. he was to
bow in his Gethsemane as
he gave his all to save the
Union.
In the midst of that fiery
ordeal he was indeed a man
OF sorrows and acquainted
with grief. Surely this was
true as, on a memorable
Memorial Day. in bleak No.
vember he stood on one of
the greatest battlefields of
the centuries. The immortal
words that fell from his lips
on that historic occasion are
freighted with all the tender
sentiments which were to
make sacred all subsequent
Memorial Days across the
beckoning years. In that
brief address whose phrases
had upon them the breath of
immortality, Lincoln of the
sad face saluted the past, the
present and the future.
Now, no man can be trusted
with the present and the fu-
ture who knows not the past,
The past at which he was
gazing stretched all the way
from the men in blue and
gray who, on that field SO
recently, had fought and died
for their convictions back to
those who, four score years
before, had offered their lives,
fortunes and sacred honor to
found a new nation dedicated
to the principle that all men
are created equal.
In that never = to be = for
gotten three-minute speech
which hangs on the walls of
one of Oxford's colleges as
a model Of pure English,
Lincoln set the pattern for
all days of remembrance. Out
of it all arose the prayer that
this Nation under God might
Evening star., 1960-05-22
rs Years AGO

Britain's colorful Law
renee of Arabia" Col.
Thomas E. Lawrence, came
to an untimely end Is years
ago when fatally injured in
a motorcycle accident. The
Star of May 10, 1885. report
ed from Dorsetshire, Eng
land: The British press
heaped eulogies on the I'm
crowned King of Arabia as
a genius who rated with Gen.
Gordon, hero of Khartoum.
Winston Churchill said We
have lost one Of the greatest
beings of our time Strange
mixture of fighter, scholar,
poet and soldier, Lawrence
set the seal of his flaming
personality indelibly upon
the history of Turkey and
Arabia in his passionate and
nearly legendary part of the
revolt of the Arabs against
Turkey :"
Notes from The Star Of
May 90, 1885, on the enter
tainment world: Matinee
Idol Bing Crosby's fan mail
took a sharp drop after he
announced the birth of twin
boys. Ethel Barrymore
appears at the National as
guest star in Somerset
Maugham's "The Constant
Wife The Informer'
and its star, Victor McLag-
len, are not doing so we'll at
Keith's box Office The
world race for television su-
premacy is on, with RCA an
nouncing it is going to spend
81 million in the first phase
of a project to lift television
out of the laboratory :"
Evening star., 1960-05-22

the globe in his lifetime "a most un-
likely event), the Cleveland capitalist
will have his eyes opened in way that
will punish him terribly, far more so
than any sentence under the Logan Act.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry UriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

The automobile was becom-
ing rather commonplace so
Evening star., 1960-03-03

live on is not enough of
everything. I'm unhappy
and my wife Is unhappy be-
cause Of me. And I feel sure
my children think the Old
Man is growing nutty.
Where can I get q job?"
Just about anywhere. A
man who has made good
money with q large COM
pany, especially II he has
been in sales work. can 1lnd
a job. 1t may be selling
bicycles to teen-agers, or
going door : to : door with
kitchenware for housewives.
The trouble is that success
full men who retire are all
wrapped up with pride. Be-
cause old associates may see
them. or because their ego
won't go away. such men In
sist on a job that is as good
or better than the old one.
For most men that caliber
Of job is simply not in the
cards. no matter how much
they protest and sputter.
Copyright 1860. Gen. Features Corp.
The Golden YeoB oppeon each
Thursday.
Evening star., 1960-03-03
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

WAIT: Diamond Jim Brady
began his meteoric career as
a salesman Of railroad sup
plies. Bursting with self-con-
fidence. he regarded no man
with awe.
Brady was once sent by his
firm to get an order from q
hard-boiled railroad presi-
dent who never permitted a
mere salesman to enter his
office. When Brady presented
his card to the secretary. the
latter said:
Sorry, he does not see
salesmen."
IN wait" said Brady TAX
ing a seat.
In a little while, the pres
ident came in. He walked
past Brady into his office and
remained there the rest Of
the morning. At noon he
emerged and went to lunch.
Brady followed suit. He took
up his vigil in the afternoon
and stayed until five, when
the president left for the day.
The following morning,
Brady was back again. For
the next five days, he just sat
and waited in the outer Office.
Finally the president took
notice of him.
who are you, young fell
low?" he demanded.
I'm a steel car salesman"
said Brady.
You know I don't see sales
men," snapped the other.
why have you been watt
ing?"
II have been waiting"
said Brady, almost casually,
Ito tell you that you can go
straight to hell"
Evening star., 1960-03-03

The Fomily Council consists Of q
Judge, q psyehiotrist, three clergy
men. three editors ond o women's
editor. Eoch article is q summary
OF on oetuol case history. The
council reports on problems thot
hove been deOlt with by respon-
sible ogeneies and eounselors.