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Evening star., 1960-01-10

coined a word expressing just
what clouds today with
worry. He called it fear
thought to distinguish it
from forethought. Fore
thought is concern for the
future expressing itself in
telligently. Fear-thought Ii
concern for the future ex-
pressing itself irrationally
and leading to failure and
misery. Our minds break
down with a needless load as
we add to today's problems
the strain Of wrestling with
tomorrow's needs.
The greatest expert on
living, the Man Of Galilee,
was always talking about
today. Listen, as He said and
says: BE not anxious for
tomorrow. Tomorrow will
take care of itself. The days
own trouble is quite enough
for the day."
AS we scan the 366 days,
each in its own little square,
in the new calendar and
think Of what NAV crowd
into them before midnight,
December 81, it is well to
remember what a very wise
man. an eminent physician,
Sir William Osler, said many
years ago now. He was talk
ing to medical students, and
what he said then deserves
to live-and does. He de-
clared the chief worries Of
life arise from the foolish
habit Of looking before and
after. He told Of standing on
the bridge Of an ocean liner
and hearing the signal which
causes all the watertight
compartments of the ship to
be closed. The captain ex-
planned, That is our chief
factor Of safety" What I
urge" said the great doctor,
'iS that you so learn to con-
troll the machinery as to live
with daylight compartments
as the most certain way to
insure safety on the voyage"
The load of tomorrow, added
to that Of yesterday. carried
today makes the strongest
falter.
And as our hearts go on
singing Just for today" and
praying Give us, just for
today, our daily bread" let q
Scottish writer sum it all up
for us: Let us take life on
Gods terms-one day at a
time. The days pass one by
one, grace comes wave upon
wave and peace descends
when we learn to leave things
to God. for He is faithful
and the mama falls each
morning"
God broke our years to hours
and days
That, hour BY hour and ddy
by day,
Just going on a little tDdy
We might be able all along
To keep quite strong.
Should all the tUeight of life
Be laid across our shoulders,
and the future, rife
With Doe and struggle, meet
US face to face
At Just one place, tDe could
not 90;
Our feet mould stop; and so
God lays a little on US eUery
day.
Evening star., 1960-01-10

tax reforms-Such as a withholding sys-
tenn and elimination of the much-de-
nounced personal property tax-are ex-
plored. One thing seems obvious, how
ever: If a sales tax too restricted in
scope and percentage of take" should
be adopted, other taxes will have to be
raised substantially if Virginia is to pro-
vide her citizens with the services and
facilities they are demanding.
Evening star., 1960-01-10
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Just for Today
BY DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

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year upon which we have en-
tered leaps from the usual 365
to 366. It is the interesting
and somewhat complicated
story as to how and why every
fourth year February is al
lotted 20 days. This arrange
ment was finally accepted as,
after centuries Of miscalcu-
lation and confusion, there
emerged the calendar now
in general use. But the
mechanical adjustment Of
the time span Of the year in
terms Of days suggests the
Importance Of each "a hours.
So far as individual life is
concerned, the vital con-
sideration is not in terms Of
centuries or years or months
or weeks, but in days. In
stead Of saying that at death
o persons age was more than
80 years it would be more
meaningful to say that his
age was more than $4,000
days.
In a great cathedral in
the Nations Capital on the
last Sunday Of the old year,
the one prayer which seemed
to bear on its wings the
quintessence of all sane and
sanity living was framed by
Scripture: $50 teach us to
number our days that we
may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
The paramount thing about
the new calendars which
now find places on our walls,
on our desks and in our
pockets is not that 1860 con-
sists of IL months, but Of
366 days. No picture thrown
upon the vast screen of his
tory changes the fundamen-
tai fact that life is delivered
to us not in bundles Of years,
decades, or centuries, but in
days. To be sure, we may
study history a hundred
years at a time, but actually
we live a day at a time. All
strategy for great living and
noble achieving is based on
the beautiful, benef1cent law
Of day by day.
There is a very pertinent
question in the matchless
drama Of Job-"Hast thou
commanded the morning?"
II one cannot conquer a day,
1t is hopeless to think Of
victory in any more extended
unit Of time. 1t is a very old
and loved hymn Of the
church which mirrors the
tried and proved technique
Of triumphal living-the Sc
cret Of the Cody graces Of
persistence and patience-in
the lovely lines:
Lord, for tomorrow and its
needs / do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain
of sin Just for today
Let me be Slo,D to seek my
Dill, prompt to obey;
Help me to sacrifice myself,
Father. today.
The answer to that prayer
means that we must learn to
shut out the yesterdays and
shut of the tomorrows.
Blocking on the past is as
necessary as it is difficult.
But as soon as we permit the
past to assert an arresting
mastery over us. whether 1t
be the deadening compla-
cency Of splendid achieve
ment or the disabling remem-
brance Of dismal failure, we
doom every new day to fu-
tility. OF course. only the
fool ignores the past. but it
is still tragically true that
the man who is governed by
his yesterdays is a slave.
Then, for radiant living we
must decide what we are
going to do about tomorrow.
Someone defined worry as
"the thinking we do today
which ought to have been
done yesterday" A wise man
Evening star., 1960-01-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ~
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtton.
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Clubs Nixon

The only New Years reso-
luton I made was to form
the Anybody But Nixon"
club, and to become Charter
Member No. /. If there are
others-regardless of race,
creed, color, political back
ground, or whatever-who
want to join, I'd be glad to
hear from them.
My club has only one slo-
gan, one plan of action, one
goal, one hope, one purpose.
one sign. It is, Of course
Anybody but Nixon!
LarstOn d. Farrar.
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Perpetual Calendar
So, Willard Edwardg Ia

So, Willard Edwards is at
1t again with his perpetual
calendar panacea.
1t is years later, but the
arguments (?) are the same.
He says for example IF the
United Nations approves
adoption Of q new civil cal.
endar, everyone could bene-
1T"
Everyone. that is. except
Catholics, Protestants. Jews,
Arabs and anybody else who
observes any particular day
Of the week. For In establish
ing the flxity Of the new
Streamlined year with its
equal quarters Of 81 days each
Mr.. Edwards would complete
ly explode the flxity Of the
week and send Sunday, Sab
bath, Friday and other days
Of weekly significance wan
dering through the week.
Mr.. Edwards says the pres
ent calendar lacks flxity."
And he's right. 1t does lack
fixity. 1t lacks yearly fixity.
And this worries the econ
omists, the statisticianS and
Sundry others.
But 1t doesn't lack weekly
fixity. The present calendar
honors the historic weekly
cycle which Mr.. Edwards cal
endar would upset.
The perpetual calendar Is
anti-American in that 1t at
tacks the sacred days Of the
various religious faiths: 1t Is
anti-Catholic in that 1t has
Sunday falling one year on
Monday, the next on Sunday,
the next on Saturday. and so
on; it Is anti-Protestant, anti
Jewish and anti-Moham-
medap for similar reasons.
But, Mr.. Edwards is right.
The new cal dar would
benefit everybody - except
those who care about any
particular weekly day Of
religious observance.
Donald F. Haynes.
/ wish to congratulate
Willard E. Edwards, my COL
league in the calendar reform
movement, for his detailed
description Of shortcomings
and discrepancies in our
present Julian-G -Gregorian
calendar. A perpetually fixed
calendar is an absolute neces-
sity in our entering the space
age and is long overdue.
Mr.. Edwards calendar is a
great improvement over our
present archaic calendar,
though it is far short OF the
perfection which Is shown
in the simplified Universal
World calendar. The perpet-
ually fixed order and utmost
regularity Of the latter is
such that it cannot be i'm
proved or changed as long as
the sun, earth and moon
maintain their present cycles.
1t was the uncontestable
perfection and simplification
Of the Universal World CAL
endar which amazed a major
ity Of the United Nations and
caused II Of their number,
who had already voted to
adopt the so-called World
Calendar" Sessions Of Lake
SucceSs) to rescind their deci-
sion and switch to the newly
submitted Universal World
calendar.
The result of this episode
and follow-up activity Of the
Universal Calendar Society
eventually caused the Rookie
feller- financed World Calen-
dar Association, which pro-
NOTED a calendar similar to
Mr.. Edwards, to cease their
activities. If anyone is inter-
ested in seeing the accumu-
lated material of % years of
promoting an imperfect cal
endar (Same as Mr.. EdwardsD
he may go to the library of
Congress and find 49 cases
(large) Of it stored away in
their vaults.
Walter +. ROthe,
President, Universal Calendar
Society. Inc
Evening star., 1960-01-10
so Years Ago

Another statue was un-
veiled in the Capitol's Statu-
ary Hall so years ago. On
January II, 1910, The Star
reported: by poetry and
oratory and enthusiastic ap-
plause. prominent men of the
Nation and a large assem-
blage of people paid tribute
to Lew Wallace, soldier. au-
thor and diplomat. in Statu-
ary Hall this morning during
ceremonies attending the un-
yelling Of a statue Of Gen.
Wallace in the Capitol Hall
of Fame. Statuary Hall was
crowded to its very doors by
the crowd which came to pay
tribute to Indiana's illustrious
son and author of Ben
Evening star., 1960-01-10

to the tidal basin every
afternoon and enjoying the
healthful exercise. :"
A group of immigrants
were lost in the deep South
so years ago as they sought
aid from President Taft. The
Star. on January 16, 1910,
reported: when seven de-
jected and footsore Poles
meandered into Washington,
Ga, last Wednesday they
fondly believed they had
reached the Capital of the
Nation. 1t was their be-
lief there was but one Wash
ington in this country.
The Poles explained to the
officials Of Washington, Ga,
that they had endeavored to
reach the National Capital to
present to President Taft a
grievance against a New York
employment concern. :"
Evening star., 1960-01-10

Pensions for Government
workers were under discus
sion so years ago. On Janu-
ary IS, 1910. The Star re-
ported: What to do for the
relief of men and women
who grow old in the service
House Committees on Civil
Service to hear the represent
atives of the Civil Service
of the Government was taken
up in earnest today at a joint
session Of the Senate and
Retirement Association. who
are in annual convention
here. Those who addressed
the committees we're strongly
divided in preference between
straight civil pensions and a
contributory system whereby
the cost Of the pension would
be deducted from the SAL
aries Of active workers. :"
Skating was the talk of the
town so years ago. The Star,
on January IL, 1910, re-
ported: For the first time
in many years Washington is
enjoying a real skating car
nival. There has been
good skating for more than a
week. Consequently
fashionable Washington has
Joined forces with the small
boy and is having the time
Of its life. Instead of loafing
around tea tables indoors,
the diplomatic and home So
cial sets are hying themselves
Evening star., 1960-01-10
100 Years Ago

There was color in the
midst Of drab winter in the
Nations Capital 100 years
ago. On January IL. 1850.
The Star reported: "A stroll
through the hothouses Of the
Government at the foot Of
the Capitol in these times Of
snow, mud and ice, is vastly
pleasant. In addition to the
always attractive appearance
Of the plants here collected.
a variety Of rare specimens
usually called winter flowers
are now in full bloom, and
send forth their fragrances
and display the beauty Of
their colors in a manner ex-
ceedingly refreshing in view
of the general scarcity Of
such things elsewhere at
this time. :"
Evening star., 1960-01-10
FROM THE STAR FILES.

$1,400. and the bill passed
unanimously"
Evening star., 1960-01-10

One way to keep the side
walks clean was pointed up
100 years ago. The Star. on
January 10, 1850, said: I'VE
notice that the fashionable
ladies, with their trailing
skirts, have succeeded in
sweeping the mud from the
crossings on the north side
Of the Avenue in a manner
that makes it quite con-
venient for us pantaloon
specimens Of humanity to
get about"
Evening star., 1960-01-10

Help in a cold winter was
on the way 100 years ago.
The Star, on January 10.
1860, reported: The needy
will be glad to learn that on
last evening the Board of
Aldermen passed a Joint
resolution providing for the
distribution Of fuel for the
deserving poor. 1t is to be
regretted that the Board Of
Common Council had ad-
journed previous to the pass
age of the resolution by the
upper board, thereby pre-
venting its passage by that
board on last night. 1t will
doubtless go through on next
Monday night. The bill, as
introduced by Mr.. Dunning
ton. proposed to appropri-
ate an additional $700, but,
on motion by Mr.. Brown. who
remarked that If anything
was to be done for the relief
Of the poor 1t had better be
done right or not at all, the
amount was increased to
Evening star., 1960-05-29
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
STAGE
SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"The Rat Race; Debbie Reynolds and
Tony Curtis two young showbusiness hopefuls who
find New York difficult scene; $780, $3.50, 535, 7.35
and $40 pm.
APEX-"The Poachers Daughter" the Irish portrayed
lovable looneS; l. 240, APO 6:l5 sos and 9:55 pm
CAPTTOL-The Giant of Marathon; Steve Reeves fexes
his muscles again; 2, 1856 5:55, 755 and $50 pm.
DUPONT-"The Would-Be Gentleman; the Coincide
Francaise version of Molieres drama, wall-to-wal
mirror held up to human folly; l, 2:40 425, 6:10,
and GAS pm.
KETTHS-"The Gallant Hours; film story of Admiral
Haseys victory at Guadalcanal; $780, 2:50 5:15 TAO
and 10 pm.
MacARTHUR-"The Man in Cooked Hat: amusing farce
international diplomacy, with Peter Sellers; 205,
4, 6, 755 and 9:55 pm
METROPOLITAN-"Th Rat Race" Debbie Reynolds and
Tony Curtis two young showbusiness hopefuls who
find New York difficult scene; las, $50, $780, 7:45
and $40 pm.
oNTARIo-"Battle of the Sexes" polished British
in Thurber's amusing story Of man woman; l:l5,
3, 4:45 $50, 8:15 and 10 pm.
PALACE-"Wild River; stubborn widow VS.. the IVA,
made distinctive by 10 Van Fleet; lis, 320, $50,
TAO and $50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Expresso Bongo" satrcal. hilarious
mentary by the English modern times, 1885, 3:35,
5:35, 7:35 and $50 pm
PLAZA-"Prvate Property" honest, frank account Of
amoral seduction lis, 2:30, $3.50, $40, $780, 8:25
and 9:55
ToWN-"Klers of Kilmanjaro"; Robert Taylor tricks
Africa among the bush country natives; 230, $50,
835 and 140 pm.
NS-LUX-"Suddeny Last Summer; version of
Tennessee Williams turbulent play enhanced by
top performance from Elizabeth Taylor l, 3:10 $40,
TAO and $50 pm
UPTOWN-"Can-Can"; overblown production of the Cole
and pm.
wARNER-"Ben- -Hur" brilliant 11-oscar production on a
mammoth scale Of the story of Christianitys BIRTH
and 1880 pm
Evening star., 1960-05-29
THE PASSING SHOW
Performing Arts
Fight for Peace

fed. though, by the burst of
enthusiastic applause that
greeted the first Georgian
dance number. The dancers,
who undoubtedly had been
having some qualms too,
responded in kind with a
warmth and enthusiasm OF
their own.
From then on the rapport
was complete and it contin-
ued through the two subse-
quent nightly performances.
1t was most satisfying to be
caught up in this mutual
sharing of good will.
Happens There, Too
This hands = across the
footlightS exchange Of re-
gard is a reaSsuring and
hopeful thing. 1t hints that
whatever madness is abroad
in the world is abroad up
there in the political strato-
sphere. Down here among us
just plain folks, we can get
along fine.
This is not solely a do
mestic phenomenon, either,
not something that only hap
pens to US gullible Ameri-
cans. In the columns just to
your right is a report from
Russia on the reception be-
ing given the My Fair
Lady" company on tour
there. 1t, too, has been
hailed enthusiastically, both
before and after Mr.. K.
pulled the rug from under
those three other fellows in
Paris.
1t is a further indication
that nothing has happened
to change the old fact that
people are interested in peo-
pie, that humans, given half
a chance. would rather like
other humans than dislike
them.
This does not mean that
there really isn't a cold war,
that we need not be alert,
that it is safe to go, as the
political football phrase has
it, soft on communism.
1t does make it fairly clear
that cultural exchange is
worth all the time. effort and
money we can afford to put
into it. and more. The per-
forming arts, with the rap
port they establish between
artist and audience, are
powerful weapons of peace
and understanding.
Evening star., 1960-05-29

comedy. 1t was to run for
almost 10 years in Hollywood.
That was 1912. She recalls
auditioning with 100 other
beautiful girls in a hot thea
ter for what seemed like
hours before Murray picked
her as. one of his original
glamour lovelies.
Murray recalls the Incl
dent.
You know how beautiful
Rhonda is now. Imagine
what she looked like as a
teen-ager. She was my first
choice. I remember one WELL
built blond in the same line
who didn't make it. I told
her: Sorry, kid, maybe you'll
land in something else'."
The blond: Norma Jean
Daugherty. Film audiences
know her better today as
Marilyn Monroe.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
BROADWAY
Where's Sweet Milk of Concord?

night. From the start Of
negotiations, Equity voiced
determination to call out all
players if a new agreement
were not reached by the
deadline.
The producers have dis
played an equally adamant
front of unified determine
ton. Although the League
unlike the union-has no
disciplinary power over mem
bers, members are pledged
not to sign individual agree
ments with Equity. The Shu-
bert interests. which do not
belong to the League, an
Evening star., 1960-05-29

hits to support its contention
that the rise could be granted
without significant increase
in operating costs.
To the unions long list OF
major and minor demands.
the producers have replied
with a number Of counter
claims, ranging from longer
rehearsal periods to a five
year contract (the present
one was for three years..
Backgrounding the dispute
is the famous struggle of Al
years ago when the fledgling
union struck to win recogni-
ton as the agent Of players
who until then had come to
terms separately with each
producer for each show.
Bitter Spectacle
From August 7 to Septem-
Der 6 the battle ragged, and it
was a spectacle filled with
bitterness, comedy, the melo-
dramatic and the weird.
Veteran producers includ-
ing David BelaSco and Flo
REM ziegfeld vowed never to
produce a show again If
Equity won. George M. Co.
han, both a star and pro-
ducer, stormed off to form a
rival union. Afterwards, tri-
umphant Equity let the in
transigent veteran work on
Broadway without a union
card. the only player ever
granted such exemption.
Chorus girls paraded to
Wall Street, then source Of
considerable show business
coin; an airplane few low
over Broadway dropping the
handbill pledges of one pro-
ducer that his show would go
on; a mechants' association
pledged part of receipts to
the embattled players.
Equity. which only weeks
before had received its char
ter from the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, faced up
to the Producing Managers
Association, with meager
funds and uncertain mem
bership. Some big players
dropped out, but the cam
paign rallied others such as
the Barrymores, John Drew,
Eddie Cantor and Ed Wynn
who led a torchlight parade
up Broadway.
Stagehands Helped
Fans found theater fare
uncertain and subject to sud-
den change. At one time or
other during the frantic
four weeks, 33 New York
shows were affected, others
were shuttered in Boston,
Chicago and elsewhere.
The musicians union and
See GLOVER, Page B-8
Evening star., 1960-05-29

In Rhonda's case, Of course,
the ad infinitum looks are
accompanied by wolf whistles.
Finally a Singer
After many years as a dra-
matte movie star, Rhonda
finally is becoming known as
a singer-the way she first
got in the movies.
David o. Selznick heard
me sing once and called me
in for an addition. I sang for
him and he Immediately cast
me in 'Spellbound,' a story
about psychos.
"It was not until recently
when l got together my own
nightclub act that I was able
to convince anyone that I
was a singer"
The redhaired beauty has
appeared in Las Vegas, Miami
Evening star., 1960-05-29

nounced "We are with the
League"
Off-Broadway shows, sum-
mer stock theaters and such
seasonal projects as the
Stratford, Conn, Shakes
peare Festival are not in
volved, being covered by sep
arate contracts with Equity.
Besides creation of a pen
sion program, the main
monetary demand of the
union is for an increase in
weekly minimum pay from
$103.50 to $120. Equity has
published breakdowns of the
running expenses of several
Evening star., 1960-05-29
BROADWAY
BY WILLIAM GLOVER
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK.-Wanted: A
happy ending for Broadway's
biggest drama. There is moth
ing make believe about it.
Facing each other are ac-
tors and producers in the
most serious stage conflict
since players closed the thea
terS in 1919.
Regardless of the next big
scene-mediation or a strike
threatened for mi mig h t,
May 31-final results can be
far-reaching. The immedi-
ate imbroglio simply spot
lights a growing economic di-
lemma in a business that
crosses about $50 million a
year.
Involved in the outcome is
everyone on Broadway. IN
cluding the public at the
boxofice. Professional thea
ter across the country is also
concerned.
Would Close Everything
A strike would close %
current New York attrac-
tions. halt cross-country tour
ing of 7 Broadway-creation
shows. Plans for all autumn
productions have been sus-
pended.
This is the background Of
the crisis:
The performers. Joined to-
gether in Actors Equity, are
seeking improved working
conditions and benefits from
the showmakers, otherwise
known as the League of New
York Theaters and the Shu-
bert interests.
Key demand Of the players
is establishment Of a pension
program. Granting that and
other benefits sought would
make it necessary to boost
ticket prices Is per cent, the
managers declare. Nonsense,
replies the union.
For over a month, the
rivals have INDUCED in war
councils, charge-swapping,
no-compromise vows and po-
lite name calling. Recently
the dramatic tempo has
speeded up.
. Opposed Views
"I am convinced that the
league is attempting to destroy
Equity" said Ralph Bellamy,
president of the performers.
"The final, unwinking alb
surdity is that Equity is act
ually fighting for greater
potential unemployment for
its members" answer Louis
A. Lotto. president of the
Producers League.
The current contract gov
erning Broadway and touring
productions expires Tuesday