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Evening star., 1960-06-05

1920. He headed the ticket also from
1900 through 1912. In 1928, Norman
Thomas became the Socialist Messiah
and he headed the party ticket from
that year through 1948.
Mr.. Thomas has earned a respected
place in American politics during his
many years at the head of the Socialist
movement, and it was his own forceful
plea to the party convention here last
week end that led to the decision to
seek no place on this years ballot Ex-
penditure of "the same energy can yield
better results for socialism elsewhere"
the 75-year warrior explained. We'll
bore from within. Well work through
colleges and labor unions Well write
platforms and heckle candidates"
For this much, at least, Mr.. Thomas
probably will be able to command at
tention-even if no votes-during the
coming campaign.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Kind Words

Once again The Star has
covered with remarkable
thoroughness and fairness
an important community is
sue. Its reporting on the
Fairfax County school bond
referendum was outstanding
The apathy which many
feared for the bond issue was
overcome largely as a result
of the important emphasis
which this news story re-
ceived in the press. For its
role, the citizens Of Fairfax
County can be grateful to
The Star.
You have demonstrated
again that where important
news is happening, The Star
can be found. Your readers
can find in the pages of The
Star a journal of the i'm
portant events in the Wash
ington community and in
the world at large.
William r. PerIik,
Chairman, Fairfax County
Citizens for School Bonds.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

on individual capacity and
development?
In this tragic and con-
fused world, with so many
physical needs crying out for
relief, individualiSm seems to
be breaking down and collec-
tivism is in the ascendancy.
A keen student of the trends
and tendencies of our times
has uttered a word which
needs to be shouted from the
houSetopS on both sides of
the So-called Iron Curtain.
1t is this: I'VE are tempted
to think of collectivism as
new and progressive. But it
is one of the oldest things in
the world. That's where hu-
man society started. Primi-
tive tribal life was absolutely
collective; the individual was
nothing. There was maSsed
control by custom and taboo;
no individual rights, no in
dividual conscience, no in
dividual religion" Yes, to be
sure, that is exactly where
humanity started. The
crowning glory of all the
centuries has been the emer-
gence Of the individual, his
intellect. his conscience, his
will, his freedom to choose
and to create.
In regimented totalitarian
regimes we see collectivism
gone mad. Individuals are
told to forget about their
personal Importance and to
realize that each person is
but a cog in a machine.
Theirs not to reason why;
theirs not to make reply, but
only to obey and conform.
They are told, just step on
the moving stairs and you
will be taken care of. But in
a true democracy the indi-
vidual is encouraged to be
himself, to climb stairs in
his own strength, to stand
on his own feet, to use his
own brain. That, of course,
makes the individual the
crucial factor in any situa-
ton.
The quality of our social
ism is determined by our in
dividualiSm. What a man is
determines what he has to
give. Our contribution grows
out of our cultivation. That
is why any system which
takes away from a man the
lure Of accomplishment by
the exercise of his own Prov
ess and power is tampering
with something very precious
his self-reSpect.
The symbol of all that has
made our American democ-
racy great, and mighty
enough now. in this desperate
day, to save the whole world
from the horror of regiment
ed communism, is not the
moving stairs upon which
people ride, but the STAIR
way Of opportunity up which
people climb.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Classic Obituary

Your editorial tribute to
Boris Pasternak will stand
as a classic obituary for god
less communism.
1t was Pasternak who re
called in his writing the to-
tai eclipse of civilization in
Russia in 1914. 80. that
last summer when life still
appeared to pay heed to in
dividuals, and when it was
easier and more natural to
love than to hate"
His spirit reflected the
abiding universally Of the
human instinct for grace,
peace, and order. His COM
plete disenchantment with
Bolshevism, as delineated in
DIR. Zhivago," aroused a
world chorus Of sympathetic
harmonies in every land but
Russia.
All of this The Star grasped
and set forth brilliantly in
an editorial which is indeed
a credit to the highest stand
ards Of American journalism.
There are PaSternaks in
every land-men who will de-
clare to the world at every
opportunity:
But, in any case, I am near
my grave,
And I believe the time vii
When the spirit Of good will
conquer
WickedneSS and infamy."
Warmest CONGRATULATIONS
to The Star.
Lawrence Sullivan,
Evening star., 1960-06-05
rs Years AGO

Washington was bedlam 25
years ago as an estimated
100000 carefree members Of
the Ancient Arabic Order,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
arrived here for their 61st
annual convention. The Star
of June 10. 1885, reported:
-Four thousand taxi drivers
went on strike at $3.50 am.
today after a mass meeting
called to protest what they
described as the unfair
warning of Peoples Counsel
William A. Roberts to Shrin-
ers to be wary of excessive
cab charges. District trans
portation facilities were seri-
ously crippled as vanguards
of Shriners began to pour
in But the 1lth-hour taxi
strike failed to dampen the
ardor of the visitors who
seemed to derive more enjoy
ment from trudging Pennsyl-
vania avenue with calliope
and band, anyway :"
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Peace Offering

The Nobel Peace Prize win
nerS at the Conference on
World Tensions have all ex-
pressed the belief that lasting
peace requires world govern
ment. They stress that such
government must be created
by agreement, not by con-
quest; that it should retain to
the federating nations a max
imum of individual sover-
eighty; but that it must have
clearly adequate authority in
the specific field of prevent
ing war.
At present, the nearest
thing we have to a world
government is the United
Nations. The U. N. was not set
up to be a government, how
ever, and while it has done
much good in humanitarian
and technical fields, its &C
tual political authority is no
greater now than when it was
first founded.
At a time when scientific
progress has finally made
world unity feasible, the ma
tions of the world have be-
come polarized into opposing
blocs, partial combination Of
some Of the more powerful
ones" each possessing an
"over-kill" capacity sufficient
to make debate about relative
military superiority super
fluouS.
The salvation, if there is
one, is for all nations to come
together in convention for the
express and admitted purpose
OF hammering out a consti-
tuition for the United Nations
of the World. A review con-
ference is provided for in the
present U. N. Charter which
could amount to such a con-
stitutional convention. We
have officially supported the
conVening of this conference
in theory. but deferred it in
practice. Let us make reality
OF this opportunity before it
is too late! !
John T, Harcourt
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Turkeys UpheovoI

To anyone who has lived
in Turkey, as I have, it was
obvious that the overthrow
of Premier Menderes was in
evitable. And that it. should
be accomplished by the stu
dents and military is no sur
prise.
Only the few of Turkeys
people who attend university,
and Turkish officers who have
had not only some school,
ing but the benefit of Ameri-
can instruction and know
how could have had their ap-
petites whetted for a free
nation.
Menderes' police state tao
tics, and his return journey
to the pre-Ataturk era were
bound to arouse these peo-
pie who had already had a
glimpse into the sunlight of
the free and progressive life.
How many students &C
tually sought me out - an
American-on the streets, in
stores, restaurants, in the
halls of the universities them
selves, to speak to me, well
come me. plead with me to
discuss life, America, politics,
the ways of free nations, the
hows and wherefores, etc.!
They hungered after and
envied our American way of
life, and were sincerely trou-
bled about, What are we
doing wrong in Turkey?"
This question came from stu
dents who belonged to the
Democratic as we'll as the
Republican Youth Groups.
I rejoice with these people
who may now have helped to
inspire the birth of a truly
free and really progressive
nation. 1 hope nothing will
deter or detour them from
the path they appear to have
now begun.
Esther X. Cannon.
y
What a revolving editorial
appeared in The Star May %,
Evening star., 1960-06-05
so Years AGO

One of the many mourners
at Mark Twain's funeral so
years ago was William Sgd
ney Porter, another popular
A erican writer, VIII o
wrote under the pen name
20. Henry" On June 6.
1910, The Star noted that on
this sad occasion IA few weeks
earlier) Mr.. Porter remarked:
"Well, the old fellows are
going fast. I suppose my
turn will come soon. And
yesterday he died. But o.
Henry wasn't one Of the old
fellows He was only 43.
Cirrhosis of the liver de-
stroyed him as the cutworm
brings down a young maple,
which has just spread its
limbs to the light above a
forest of it's fellows, for the
fame of his stories dates back
a brief eight years. Mr..
Porter pulled the covers of
shyness with almost passion
ate modesty over his head
with a nom de plume
selected from a newspaper
at random :"
Wrestling was a serious
sport so years ago. with his
trionics being left to the
theater. The Star of June
2, 1910, reported from Chi
cago: Frank Gotch, cham
pion heavyweight catch-as-
catch-can wrestler of the
world, successfully defended
his title against Stanislaus
ZbySzko, the giant Pole, win
ming in straight falls. The
foreign grappler, whose name
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Transit Nightmare

A recent article told how
the people of Greenbelt, Md,
were in a bad humor be-
cause of the bell of an ice
cream vendor and how with
in a very few days this an
noyance was corrected.
1t is amazing to us that
in one nearby neighborhood
the musical tingling of a tiny
bell can be tabled as an an
noyance and corrected, while
in the Capital of this great
Nation property destroying
disturbances go on and on
with the sanction Of officials.
This shocking disturbance
is a man-made depreciation
of what apparently was a
rather nice neighborhood.
1t started when o. Roy Chalk
took over D. c. Transit. He
removed the traffic light from
the front entrance of his
Wisconsin avenue garage and
started running hundreds of
his tremendous buses to and
through the rear entrance
on Forty-fourth street. This
street is lined with homes
and apartments that are
now rapidly deteriorating. AS
many as "a of these 12-ton
buses have been counted in
one period of so minutes.
Actually, the traffic count is
so great and continuous that
there is little relief in each
24-hour day from a continu-
Gus roar. In addition, the
nightly harasSing rackets
that come from the rear of
the garage most certainly
could not or would not be
tolerated in any other COM
munity on this continent.
Bewildered.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
100 Years Ago

While history reserves a
relatively small niche for
William Lowndes Yancey, his
name was a big one in poll
tics a century ago. This
Alabaman Georgia = born)
was an outstanding leader in
the South's clamor for inde-
pendence. Without him, his
torians tell us, there prob
ably would have been no
Confederate States of Amer
lea. He had been especially
loud and persuasive when
Dixie delegates walked out
of the Democratic conven-
tion at Charleston, S. c., re-
jecting policies repulsive to
them. New State groups of
Democrats were meeting to
decide whether to attend an
other Democratic conclave
at Baltimore, and the fact
that Yancey intended to be
there meant more trouble.
The Star of June 6, 1860,
said: If proof were wanted
that the (Stephen A. Doug
las managers here despair of
nomination of their chief in
Baltimore, it is palpable in
deed in their tone with ref
erence to the determination
of the Southerners who with
drew at Charleston to resume
their places in the conven-
ton at Baltimore. Even
Mr.. Yancey Gs) inclined to
repair to Baltimore on the
18th instant. E" On June
8, The Star further scoffed
that Douglas could win the
South over: "Mr. Douglas has
literally no party in Ala
bama. Perhaps $50 office
seekers have attached them
selves to his coattail. :"
Another name figuring
prominently in the news 100
years ago was that of Senator
Charles Sumner of MaSSa-
chuSettS, a notable advocate
of the emancipation Of slaves.
On May 20, 1856, Senator
Sumner had made a violent
antislavery speech in the
Senate, denouncing,. among
others, South Carolina Sem
ator A. P. Butler, who was
not on the floor. Two days
later, Buffers nephew, Rep
resentative Preston Brooks,
also of South Carolina, broke
his cane in beating the
Massachusetts, Senator at his
desk in Congress. Other
Southerners sympathized
with Brooks for breaking his
stick and when Sumner made
another blistering attack on
the South four years later
the muttering was renewed.
1t was rumored that another
Evening star., 1960-06-05
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Moving Stairs
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain of the United States Senate

OHe OI CLle mOSC 1dSclnaI-
ing inventions of the modern
day is what we call an eSca-
lator, or a moving stairway.
1t does away with all effort
on the part of the one who
desires to be lifted to higher
levels. 1t takes all transit re-
Sponsibility from the individ-
ual. 1t outdoes the elevator
in eliminating all thought
with regard to locomotion.
Alone you step on-alone
you step off. The whole con-
traption of continuous motion
is a marvel Of convenience.
But life itself is not a mov-
ing stairway. If it is thought
of in those terms it will do
terrible things to people by
robbing them of a sturdy in
dependence and Of a personal
initiative which develops
latent powers and character.
1t is the moving stairway
idea which a keen observer
of modern trends was deplor-
ing when he recently de-
clared: THE raging passion
of half our people is to build
barns and bigger barns, or
corporations and bigger COR
porations. And the raging
passion Of the other half of
our people is to get more and
more wages for less and less
work." The motto of the
middle Goth century, with too
many people, is not Make
me-" but Give me-" The
process now going on where
the social system is con-
Sidered as but moving stair
way is one of leveling down
instead of leveling up. 1t
tends to the glorification of
mediocrity. If. through the
removal of incentive, for
tunes cease to be made
legitimately as a result of toll
and ability, then the power
which makes the stairway
move for those who need to
be carried will be drasti-
cally diminished. The goose
which lays the golden egg
cannot be strangled to death
with the cord of taxation
and the basket be filled with
golden eggs.
The voice which from the
famous City Temple pulpit
in London-that of DR.. Leslie
Weatherhead prob a bly,
reaches more people than
that Of any other church.
man. Watching the moving
stairway policies of the well
fare state, he makes this
significant statement: What
is so often forgotten is that
if you give amenities end
leSSly to people who are at
heart grabbing and selfish
you will bring the life of the
community to chaos. In this
very serious hour human
motives are being poisoned
with a drug that is seeping
away the moral grandeur and
stamina of the whole land.
We might label the drug
thus: How can 1 do less and
gain more?" This is the phi
losophy of the moving stairs.
Personal responsibility is
the central theme of Chris
tianity and it stems out of
the root conception and
revelation of the dignity of
the individual person. Any
system of politics which seeks
to provide substitutes for this
personal accountability is ar
resting instead of stimulating
the spiritual growth of man
kind. The acid test of all
so-called welfare legislation
is what will be its final effect
Evening star., 1960-06-05

assault had taken place, but
on June IL, 1860, The Star
reported: "All apprehensions
regarding the personal safety
of Senator Sumner have been
diSpelled. 1t appears the
party who visited Mr.. Sum-
ner and made the alleged
threats was Capt. James L.
Henry of Kentucky, an exam
iner in the Patent Office :"
1t seems that Capt. Henry
actually had been agitated by
the speech by S en- a to- r
Sumner, but had no intention
of reSorting to violence,
Evening star., 1960-06-05

concerning the uprising in
Turkey. How can the riots in
Turkey be dangerous perver-
Sions of democracy when no
democracy exists to be per-
verted?
The editorial is concerned
only with the preservation
of anti-CommuniSt govern
mental alliances, with only a
token reference to the well
fare of the people.
MahlOn B. GlascOck.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Sky Spyinq

The U.N. Security Council
has determined by q 7-to-2
vote that air flights over
foreign territories are not
in violation of international
law, nor are they aggressive
in character. This may result
in some curious phenomena.
We know that the Soviet
government is inflexible and
will not accept the Security
Council ruling. But suppose
they decide to make the best
OF a bad bargain and insti-
tute a series Of reconnais-
sance flights over England,
France, the United States and
Japan. Will we in the West
accept these innocent over
flights or will we protest this
unilateral action to the u. N.
and perhaps induce a 7-to-2
vote branding such over
flights as aggressive?
Leo B. Orbach.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
S.W. DEVELOPMENT
A tho,,oht For A. 60

A thought for the South
west development:
Government girls-single-
and couples whose grown
up children have left home
can be housed without pro-
viding the great play spaces
required for families with
young children.
These people now spread
all over the city and in the
suburbs should be housed
within walking distance of
their work so as to relieve
the already unbearable traf-
fic problem.
To show some foresight
with reference to future traf-
fic paralysis, the zoning Com
mission should authorize the
building of as many 8-story
apartment houses in South
west Washington as the land
will allow.
ID. d. ExtrOm.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
The Icemun Cometh
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry lUriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSation.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
FROM THE STAR FILES.

sounds like a button-saw cut
ting through a hickory knot,
simply served one more ex-
ample that the foreign crop
in the headspinning line do
not class with the champion.
Zbyszko made a poor show
ing against his smaller Amer
ican antagonist. After
the men shook hands, Gotch
stepped back a bit and then
made a fierce flying tackle.
The Poles shoulders were
pinned before he knew what
was happening. 80"
Commodious new quarters
for the Chevy Chase Country
Club were on the drawing
board SO years ago. The Star
OF June 2, 1910, said: THE
design of the new house has
been decided upon and the
principal detail now is to
bring the estimates within
the sum which it is thought
ought to be spent mere
ly on the building. The limit
has been placed at 100000,
and that is regarded as lib
eral when it is considered
that the entire amount is to
be spent on the building
itself. AS designed by
j. H de Sibour, architect,
the new clubhouse will be a
low-lying structure, stretch
ing along the edge of the
lawn overlooking the greens.
E. The original build
ing, once a farmhouse dat
ing back to colonial days, is
to be preserved. . :"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01

mistic estimates with respect to
the availability OF trained Negro
workers during the next decade can
be reduced through education and
training.
These estimates constitute a
challenge to the nations educat-
ors, vocational guidance COUNSEL
lors and employers, as well as to
Negro students and parents, "the
Vice President said. I'm the words
Of our Committee report, added
efforts must be made TO help
Negro parents to keep their chill
dren in school 50 that they can
compete for employment more ef-
fectively. But theirs is not the
only responsibility.
I'm the interests of the nation
al economy as well as Negro
workers, II Is up to our educators,
vocational guidance counsellors
and employers to see that Negro
youth has the opportunity for the
kind Of training that win prepare
him for the types Of jobs which
we know win call for the greatest
numbers Of workers during the
next ten years"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01
laHhss-SHsf
Shows Wife How
To Shoof; She
Wounds Him

New York (ANP)-Hell hath
no fury! Mckinley Bright. 81. may
be slightly wiser a. the result Of
an experience Of instructing his
irate wife, Mary, 80, ON the finer
points Of loading and firing gum.
II seems that Mary objected
strenuously to the ardor displayed
by Mckinley toward another men,
Der Of the female species.
"If had a gun" Mary allegedly
said, 'Td shoot you.."
We'll" police say Mckinley
mickered in reply, there's one in
my closet and some shells in my
top drawer"
Mary easily found both. Here
Mckinley patiently showed her
to load the gun. Then he laughed.
You amt got the CUTS to shoot.
Mary showed him. She squeezed
off q shot and the husband top
pied with a bullet wound In the
chest.
Then Mary went into real hys-
terics and was stili numbering She
didn't mean TO hurt her errant
mate. as police led her to the sta
ton for booking.
As for Mckinley, doctors at the
Fordham Hospital say his condi-
ton IL still serious.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01
! Mon IO6 Years
I Old: Dies In
! Saint Paul

Final rites for Fred Holman,
10e years old, resident Of Crispus
Attacks Home, who died at the
Home Sunday, December n, were
held at 2 pm. Tuesday, December
20, at Brooks Funeral Home. Rev,
Floyd Massey Jr., officiated.
The deceased was born Deem
Der II, 1853 in Dallas County, Ala,
and had been a resident Of st.
Paul for a number Of years. There
are no known survivors.
He was a member Of Mt. olivet
Baptist church.
Burial was in Elmhurst ceme-
terry with Brooks Funeral Home
in charge Of the service.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01
Visitors To The
Peppers Office

Recent visitors who inspected
the Minneapolis offices and plant
Of the Spokesman and Recorder
papers were: Herbert L. Wright
Of New York City; Frank j. Hess,
Charles d. Curry, Minneapolis;
Mrs. William West, st. Paul; Mrs.
Fannye Smith. Mrs. Annie Smith,
Minneapolis; stephen Hedman,
wayzata; Frank Reid. Flint. Mich.
Paul X. Thomson. J. p. Dorsey;
st. Paul; Genevieve steefel. w.
NJ. LOckhart, James r. Walker,
Malinda Babb. Minneapolis; Hazel
Ia Verne Smith. Kansas City,
Kans.; Rev. T. r. Hendon, I'd
mund L. Hendon. Chicago and
AGra Ivory J. Lane, Compton,
Calf.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01
PUBLISHER LOUIS
MARTIN RETURNS
FROM NIGERIA

Chicago CAMP Louis Il
Martin, former editor of the Chi.
cago Defender and publisher Of
the Michigan Chronicle in Detroit
returned here this week from AZ
RIGA on a months leave Of al
sence.
Martin has been serving as edi.
torial advisor for the Amalgamat.
ed Press Of Nigeria based in Lag
os, the capital. During his stay in
the United States, Martin win rest
and gather information about nj,
gerians in this country to be used
in the Nigerian papers.
The well known newspaperman
went to Africa In January Of 1856
and expects to complete his as.
signment with Amalgamated In
April Of 1860.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-01

close to being a threat. I assume
1t is correctly reported since have
heard similar comments from 9TH
ers in the Kennedy organization
It's hard to know how much
weight to give the religious ''is-
sue. But 1t should be noted that
major opposition to Kennedy IA
coming from powerful Catholic
Democratic leaders: Gov. David
Lawrence Of Pennsylvania, Gov
Mike Disable of Ohio and maybe
Gov. Pat Brown Of California, who
apparently has ambitions Of his
own.
In a month or two Kennedy may
find he is out Of the race. or he
may get his second wind and be In
a stronger position than ever. Tho
first thing he has to learn, though
is to keep calm when the political
weather gets stormy.