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Evening star., 1961-03-26
100 Years Ago

The Federal garrison at
Fort Sumter, South Carolina,
was running low on supplies
at this period Q century ago.
Rumors that the Government
was about to evacuate Sum-
ter stemmed in part from the
appearance In Washington
Of three commissioners from
the COME federacy. They let
it be known that the seeded
States were willing to pay for
Sumter and some other forts
In Dixie. The commissioners
were led to believe Sumter
would soon be abandoned, as
was recommended by Gen.
Winfield Scott and most Of
Lincoln's cabinet. Each day
in late March. 1851, items in
The Star reported "the
latest" from Sumter. On
March 26, 1861, this paper
said: "The only news we
have today from Fort Sum-
ter is Q dispatch from
Charleston which says: The
Stars and Stripes are still
visible from the ramparts Of
Sumter-no evacuation yet
The rumors and statements
are so contradictory that
nothing can be depended
upon with regard to the time
the evacuation is to take
place. There is an evident
desire on the part Of the
administration to be in no
hurry aboutit; in other words
to keep, up the heavy war
expenditure on the part Of
the Confederacy. estimated
at $25. 900 q day, for watch
ing MAJ. (Robert) Anderson,
(Sunter's cornmander) who
would never trouble them If
they should not trouble him.
5. !" The day before The
Star had reprinted q bellig-
erent editorial from the
Charleston Courier: I'VE have
endured long enough the
dilatory and delusive rumors
from the feeble fanatics who
preside at Washington. Fort
Sumter must and will be very
soon devoted to its original
and proper and lawful objects
and purpose, in and for the
defense Of the harbor Of
Evening star., 1961-03-26
FROM THE STAR FILES.
so Years Ago

With the opening day less
than a month away. the
American League Baseball
Park (Which pre- dated
Griffith Stadium burned
down so years ago. The
Star reported on March II,
1911: CAN the stands except
the tip ends Of the bleachers
were destroyed by fire shortly
before noon today. The
property loss to the club is
between $4,000 and $4,000.
AS soon as the season Of 1911
is closed, work on q fireproof
steel and concrete stand will
be started. Officials Of the
club are considering what
steps will be necessary to
start the season. It is possible
that a few games will be
played on the grounds Of the
old Union League Park at
18th and H streets NE. The
club goes on the road after
the first few games, and it
is thought that an effort will
be made to have the new
stands ready by the time the
club arrives back. :. James
P. ODea, grounds superin-
tendent. attributed the fire
to the carelessness Of q
plumber who left q blast
lamp unmatched in q room
under the 50-cent seats. :"
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Freedom Forces at Work

There are certain aspects OF the
formation Of the Cuban Revolutionary
Council" frankly identified as the fore
runner Of a Provisional Government
intended to diSplace that Of Fidel
Castro, that offer genuine hope Of an
end to the bloody tyranny in Havana.
The council itself represents
coalition Of the two strongest and best
organized anti-Castro movements in
exile. One is the Democratic Revolu-
tionary Front, longtime anti Castro
and anti Communist group headed by a
veteran Cuban political leader, DR..
Manuel Antonio de Varona. The other
is the Peoples Revolutionary Movement,
made up largely Of ex-Castroites and
headed by Manuel Ray, once a. Cabinet
Minister in the Castro government.
Neither group has ties with the ousted
regime Of President Batista, but several
weeks Of negotiation repeatedly were
required to produce their united front
agreement, with the overthrow Of Castro
the first objective. Agreed upon, too,
was the choice Of DR.. Miro Cardona, q
former President Of the Cuban Bar
Association and briefly Prime Minister
under the Castro rule, as President Of
the council.
In combination, this is not simply
q group Of counter-revolutionary hot
heads. One foundation Of their support
rests with thousands Of Cubans now in
the United States, many Of them profess
s.onal men who were understanding Of
the need for change when Castro
Supplanted Batista but who have become
fully aware that the result has been a.
complete loss OF freedom. and property
rights under the Communist influenced,
If not dominated, regime Of the Castro
clique. AS Of now, according toybeliev-
able reports, other thousands are in
military training IN nearby countries
for an armed invasion Of their home
land In the near future and, actually,
anti-Castro forces already have been
reported in operation in remote parts
Of the island. And finally, there is
reason to believe also the reports that
many among the middle and working
classes still in Cuba, as well as some Of
the professional military people, viii be
ready and willing to join the night
against the Castro tyranny.
It is to all Of these that the council
headed by DR.. Cardona made persua-
sive appeal through its 10-point "mini-
mum program including restoration
Of constitutional government, Of indi-
'vidual freedom (mentioned specifically
in this category were freedom Of educa-
tion and an end to totalitarian indoctri-
nation Of children), the freeing Of
political prisoners and the renewal Of
traditional relations with the democratic
countries Of the world Significantly,
included in this program, too, is a
promise ITO ratify in their present
positions" all military personnel who
aid in the overthrow Of the Castro
Communist regime.
Careful planning and confident
words are not enough by themselves,
Of course, to accomplish the freeing Of
Cuba. They are essential, however, to
success Of the great effort contemplated,
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Missile at Air Force

Bill Hines says that the
Army is keeping q stiff up
per lip in the matter Of the
Defense Department directive
handing over space leadership
to the Air Force" He could
well have said that the Army
is disguised and mad about
the whole thing.
Now that q new directive
has given all Of outer space
to the USAF, / wonder how
soon AT politicians will take
retroactive credit for Army
Ordinances many ''firsts' in
space-first satellite put up
by the free world, Explorer
/, with two more later Ex-
plorers; first free-world sat-
elite to orbit the sun, and
many, many others.
F. d. McHugh.
Evening star., 1961-03-26

jeering" at the speaker; but
when I looked" he says, "at
the questioner and the sew
eral hundred youngsters
staring at me, 7 understood
the matter was serious" In
his attempt to give a salts
factory answer. as he turns
from the mass to the indi-
vidual and as one reads be-
tween the lines, it is as If
in this Soviet controlled
classroom the teaching Of
the New Testament, which
deals not with the ninety
and nine but with the well
fare of the one, is being
substituted for Das Kapital
as it must be ultimately
If the inner meaning of life
is to blaze in all its innate
effulgence.
Here, in the very darkness
Of Soviet night is a CLEAN
Of the glory Of the lighted
mind - the truth, which
Boris Pasternak was cruci-
fled for uttering. There is
much here to read between
the lines.
And now the other first
page headline: Erich Hat
Manufacturer viii Be Or
dained a Priest in Rome"
Here is a mid-20th century
narrative Of one who, in our
gilded society, has great
possessions. 1t is a story of
a poor rich man, who at So,
with all that material sue
cess could bring, becomes a
Roman Catholic priest be-
cause he has found that
There is more to life than
piling up dollars" In this
new capacity he will serve
in one of the most impoy-
erished sections Of Louisiana.
From the vice president of a
great corporation, this Yale
graduate, who served his
country valiantly in war, be-
ing asked for the meaning Of
the step he has taken, re-
piled! 81 don't want to be
dramatic about it, but you
know everything Just seemed
ephemeral."
The same phenomenon is
evident in the Protestant
church as many middle
aged men are entering the
ministry. And laymen, too,
are becoming flaming her
aids Of the passion when
before their religion has been
largely q form, now it is q
compelling force. They have
found the answer, and are
helping others to find It, to
the question Of that Soviet
group Of young people,
what is the meaning of
life?"
No Iron Curtain indoctri-
nation can keep out the Sc
cret which DR.. GrenfelI
found in Labrador, which
DR.. Schwietzer has found In
Africa, and DR.. Dooley glor-
flied in Laos. The secret is
simple but profound: To
give is to live!
Reading between these
headlines let us put it in
these lifting lines for Lent
! heard Him call,
Come, tolIotD-thGt IUcs all.
MY gold OretD dim,
My heart tUent after Him.
] rose and tollot0ed-
That 1DGS all!
Who tOould not toHoD
II they heard Him call?
Evening star., 1961-03-26

Charleston. If soft words
will not effect our purpose,
we can easily try stones. But
by some means or other and
very speedily, Fort Sumter
must be ours. :" Grimly
amusing was o report from the
Charleston correspondent Of
the New York Times, which
The Star reprinted on March
q, 1861: There are q good
many things happening down
here which do not get in the
papers. One Of them created
o terrific stir among the fair
who flocked to see their
brothers and lovers the other
afternoon at Sullivan Island
Tin Charleston harbor). An
immense number Of the tall
est kind Of Shooting-irons
are scattered thickly over the
points that project into the
harbor. This particular after
noon the same soldiers who
fired the accidental shot at
Fort Sumter were expert
menting with shells; these
men are infantry who have
no practical knowledge Of
long ranges, so they put q
large shell in one of the
Columbiads and let 1t slide.
It went ricochetting over the
bay. and, to their horror, they
saw it fall on Sullivan Island,
directly back Of the summer
hotel, the Moultrie House,
now used as barracks. At that
spot the ladies were enjoying
themselves, with the Palmetto
youth gathered close around
whispering all sorts of sweet
things In fondly listening
ears, when, with a loud whiz,
the shell landed within so
yards Of the party. Fortu-
ately. nobody was hurtl :"
Evening star., 1961-03-26
IS Years Ago

Mussolini knew whereof he
spoke rs years ago, when he
said: when and how war
win come, one does not know,
but the wheel Of fate turns
fast" He saw o European
war coming and The Star Of
March %, 1896. reported Il
Duce was getting ready for
1t: Premier Mussolini /.
abolished the Chamber of
Deputies and all large pri-
vate industries in Italy to-
day. He left only. medium
and small private industries
intact and said Of large pri-
vate industries: We are going
toward the period in which
these industries :. will have
to labor exclusively, or almost
so, for the armed forces q
the nation. /, :"
Evening star., 1961-03-26
View of Peace Corps

Now that the dust is
settling a little, q few facts
are becoming evident about
President Kennedy's United
States Peace Corps, especially
from the viewpoint Of college
students.
A common opinion among
college men seems to be that
the United States Peace
Corps would be fine If it was
q substitute for the military
draft, and II 1t provided for
future exemption from the
draft. Particularly II the
Peace Corps pay was on a par
with Army pay and fringe
benefits. Otherwise most men
students can't figure out how
they could cram in college,
law or medical school, Peace
Corps and the Army and
still have time during their
youth for such personal pur-
suits as marriage. for ex-
ample.
A portion Of the above
opinion is that an economic
screening" Is inherent in the
Peace Corps and only the
economic elite Of the upper
classes win be able to afford
It. because students in the
lower-income brackets face q
tougher row to hoe" in at
tanning economic security,
and they would have to make
the heaviest economic sacri-
fices by serving In the Peace
Corps. The ''idealism" Of the
Peace Corps director, Chicago
businessman r. Sargent
Shriver. in giving UP q salary
Of about $4,000 q year; is
suspect because he can afford
to do 50 very easily.
Politically minded college
students are also wondering
If the Peace Corps will be
used to promote the cold war
rather than peace. They want
to know more about the
plan for political screening"
and Senator Humphreys
announcement that only
students with political ma
turity" would be chosen.
I suggest or recommend
that the United States Peace
Corps be placed under the
direct supervision Of the
United Nations and that
young people from various
other countries be permitted
to Join. II the Peace Corps
project Is started under inter-
national control and respon-
sibility and paid according to
United States Army pay with
draft exemptions for the
future provided, 1t win elirni-
nate most Of the above
objections and suspicious. No
one will be able to accuse our
Government of prosecuting
the cold war and the arms
race with one hand and pre-
tending to serve the causes Of
international peace with the
other hand.
Ruth Scott CaprOIov.
Miami, Fla.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Brinkmonship'

I applaud the strong stand
by the new administration on
the Laos situation. OF course,
in the days Of President
Eisenhower and John Foster
Dulles, the Democrats would
have called such q stand
craftsmanship"
Margaret Bradford.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
GIoboI Government

Constantine Brown. has
put his finger on the real
danger we face. He tells how
Kennedy and his surround
ing group, called "the
apostles" are striving to-
ward the welfare state and
one-worldism.
II patriotic Americans do
not stop this trend, we are
finished Is an advanced
civilization. And we will de-
serve to die under the Com
munist tyranny.
Those poor nuns and
priests in the Congo were
helpless. So were the people
Of Hungary, Poland, East
Germany, China, and mil
lions Of other unfortunates.
But we are not helpless.
We have the privilege Of
standing up to be counted on
the side Of freedom. This
means accepting our indi-
vidual responsibility SO as to
hold government to q mini
mum. And It means telling
the worlds SlaVe-drivers
where to get off, not giving
In to them at every turn.
Unfortunately, our best.
educated are the blindeSt in
these elementary matters.
This is not accidental, be-
cause Marxism and its un-
holy cousin, Keynesism, have
been carefully and subtly i'm
planted in colleges. Harvard,
incidentally, is q hotbed Of
this dangerous nonsense.
Those Of Us who are not
so brilliant" as to wish TO
do away with the America
we love by subjecting her to
global government, while
making her citizens depend
ent on central power, had
better speak up-quickly.
II, Paul Murray.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry 1rriteTs' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tCtll be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped enUelopeS.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
New EnoIish Bible


In the current issue Of
"The Christian Century"
March is, 1861 an article
entitled THE Sharp Sword
Of the Lord" effectively re-
spends to your editorial
Lets not tinker :. etc."
It states THE new English
Bible Is not q connoisseur Of
literary phrases and elegant
terms Of language; rather It
Is one which stands ready
for action as an agent Of
evangelization." Perhaps this
is why your correspondent,
Day Thorpe, after having
lived with the book for two
weeks, responded as Mega
lively as he did regarding the
new translation.
One might wish that we
could have heard similar re-
action from editors interest
ed in preserving great writ
ing" when they discovered
in the LIST century that this
same book was written In
vulgar. everyday language.
Certainly, literature, as Q
heritage Of our past, needs
saving: but when 1t is the
major source OF our knowl-
edge Of the person Of Jesus,
1t needs reading more--in
the language Of the present.
Jesse w. Myers,
Director, Westminster
Foundation, University
Of Maryland
q . y
You really hit the nail on
the head in your brilliant
editorial on the way radicals
are messing up the Word Of
God. More power to you and
your God-fearing critic. The
King James Version was
good enough for st. Paul,
and it's good enough for me.
r. II. Reneau.
= = 4 ss
Your editorial ''Tinkering
with the Bible" overlooks the
fact that the trne Scriptures
are written In Hebrew and
Greek; and, therefore, any
translation has been tinker
ing"
In King James day, there
was q need for q Biblical
translation in the language
Of the period. Granted, much
Of that version Is still under
standable, but many Of the
terms carried q different
meaning three centuries ago,
and. therefore, are mislead-
ing today.
This brings us to the ques-
ton: Do we value the Book
as the Word Of God or for
its literary beauty? I would
not minimize the value Of
the poetry and beautiful Ian
guage. but I would say that
our primary concern should
be q clear knowledge Of Gods
teachings. Certainly the
verses that have stabilized
Christians through the years
viii have the same power
merely altered in pronoun
form or syntax II translated
accurately.
Patricia n. Brown.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Between the Lines
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

In gazing at any printed
or written page an essen
tial art is to read between
the lines. The area between
the lines is not blank. 1t is
often filled with meaning for
those who have eyes to see.
Between the lines are found,
written in invisible ink, inti-
nations, suppressed and un-
expressed hopes and desires,
subtle tones and overtones.
One can become quite expert
in peruSing a letter the post
man has just brought by be-
ing conscious not only of
that which is plainly said in
the good or poor penman-
ship which stretches across
the paper, but in reading be-
tween the lines things not
expressed, locked in the heart
OF the one from whom the
message comes. To ascertain
fully all that an epistle ac-
tually says it is often i'm
portant not only to read the
lines but also to decipher
that which is between the
lines where there are signals
for those who have eyes to
see.
On the front page of a
great daily newspaper re-
Gently were displayed the
usual black hammered head
lines answering in bold type
the question of the avid
reader, whats the news?"
Listed on that one page was
the record of devastating
tornadoes with their tragic
toll; there was the latest
word about the recession,
and the Cuban fiasco; there
were spread out the problems
and decisions of the new ad-
ministration in Washington;
there was traced the trail of
violence, robbery, assault and
delinquency in our great
cities. All this was shouted
from the "hOusetops" of the
front page. But there also,
among the most arresting
pronouncements, were two
prominent headlines. The
first, phrased in bold type.
was as follows: Leading
Marxist Berates Reds for Ig-
noring Meaning of Life" All,
here appears q crack in the
wall Of regimentation which
those who do not ignore his
tory and who know some
thing Of the ultimate yearn-
ings Of the human heart
have been sure would appear
sooner or later in the mono
lithic system of totalitarian-
ism. Under the heading noted
above we are told that the
leading Marxist philosopher
OF Poland, in a lecture before
q large class Of youth, de-
clared that communism risks
losing its world battle for su-
premacy in the struggle for
the mind Of man" unless it
turns from its obsession with
masses and comes to grips
with the significance of cases
that is, with the problem
Of the human individual and
his fate.
In a startling way he
boldly reproaches his COM
rades for the emphasis on
the primacy Of society in the
mass TO- the neglect Of que
ries concerning "the mean
ing Of life." He confesses
that this new attitude came
to him as a result Of ques-
tions asked by serious
minded and questing youth
at the close Of q lecture on
the tenets Of Lenin. One of
the students, having been
indoctrinated with the So
phistries Of Karl Marx, asked
with trepidation, please
don't be angry, but. would
you be so kind as to explain
from your own experience
(ah. how poignant! not from
the rawlings Of abnormal
Marx. but from your own ex-
perience)-what is the sense
Of life?"
The lecturers first reac-
ton was to think Of such an
inquiry as a bit Of "taSteless
Evening star., 1961-03-26

space to pictures Of Caroline
Kennedy with her father.
We need q bit Of sunshine,
along with the bad news. in
these troubled times. Pictures
Of Caroline (an adorable
child fill that need. Please
do keep them coming, and
OF Jr., too, as he toddles
along. Mrs. H. p.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Princess Caroline

We have taken The Star
for nearly 80 years and al
ways found very interesting
reading. Nowadays it is very
difficult to find an article
that does not in some way
bring IN some member Of the
Kennedy family.
Why page after page of
pictures Of little Caroline?
No doubt she is as sweet as
many millions of 3-year-
olds. Not since the days of
Princess Alice" has there
been SO much whoop- -dee-do
over one resident Of the
White House. Please give the
Kennedy family a rest. Par
ticularly Caroline, lest she
become the Nations most
spoiled child.
Mrs. e. s. Ransom.
y
Rather than silence Caro-
line, ! think the child should
be promoted to q cabinet
post. Only Mr.. Goldberg can
compare with her in news
making: so far all Of 1t has
been pleasant news, which
I cannot quite say for Mr..
Goldberg. The Cabinet post
should be called Department
for Plain Speaking by Minor
Children. Let us have Caro-
line in the cabinet.
Joseph /. Puente
. = T. 4 -
1t takes all kinds Of people
to make q world. even the
type who wrote complaining
about The Stars devoting
Evening star., 1961-03-26

1t takes all kinds Of people
to make q world. even the
type who wrote complaining
about The Stars devoting
Arizona sun., 1961-12-07
THE NEGRO PRESS cREDo

The Negro Press believes that America
can best lead the world away from racial and
national antagonisms when it accords to every
man, regardless of race, color or creed, his
human and legal rights. Hating man, fearing
no man, the Negro Press strives to help every
man in the firm belief that all are hurt long
as anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-07
GIBSON'S CASE
is POSTPONED

New York - Argument in the
United States Supreme Court or
the contempt conviction of Rev.
Theordore r. Gibson of Miami,
Fla, has been postponed to Dec. a,
NAACP General Counsel Robert
l.. Carter was informed this week.
The hearing had originally been
scheduled for Nov. 16.
At issue is a siX-month jail
sentence and a fine of $1,000 inn
posed upon Father Gibson, an Epis
copal clergyman and president
of the Miami branch of the Ma
tional Association for the Adj
Vancement of Colored People.
Father Gibson was convicted of
contempt of Florida legislative
investigating committee because of
his refusal to verify his answer
to questions based on the NAACP
branch membership list. The case
is before the Supreme Court on
appeal from a decision of the Flori-
da State Supreme Court which up
held lower court ruling requir-
ing him to testify that certain per-
sons named by the committee were
or were not NAACP members. He
was originally convicted in August,
1860.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-07
URBAN LEAGUE
SURVEY REVEALS
20 MILLION COUNT

New York = An up-to-the-minute
presentation of what underlies the
major factors in race relations in
America, titled Economic and
Social Status of the Negro in the
United States,' is spelled out in a
bound document published today
by the National Urban League.
Facts set forth in the S2-page
volume are drawn from infornna-
tion compiled by the Department
of Health. Education and Welfare
for use by the Urban League, and
are current as of Autumn, 1861.
In commenting on the publica-
ton, Henry Steeger, null presi-
dent, cited a number of specific
areas of the Recommendation which
he regards as most crucial to the
future of the American Negro---a
20 million population facet Of our
national society.
"It is shown in this study, that
in the decade just past the Negro
population increased over the white
growth rate by five-to-four
ratio" Mr.. Steeger points out.
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