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Evening star., 1961-04-02
It Ouqht to Be q Model

The new law under which residents
Of the District will vote In the next
Presidential election-Spelling out the
details Of the suffrage permissible under
the Twenty third Amendment is of
great Importance. The Commissioners
were well advised to get an early start
on the legislation they propose to sub
nit to Congress, and tomorrow's hearing
lat the District Building at 10 o'clock will
provide the initial opportunity for
presentation of views, some of which
ARE sure to be conflicting.
- There should not be too much
sdtfhculty in reaching agreement on
sound b1l-which will be subject, of
course, to later hearings and debate in
sCongreSs-if the Commissioners and the
political organizations take the OBJ
.ject1ve suggested by Senator Keating.
That is to devise law for the District
of Columbia which "can serve as model
for the entire Nation" That objective
could be obScured by partisan wrangleS
, over whether certain provisions of the
law are most apt to benefit one party
over the other. Only bill drawn to
serve the voter will be acceptable. And
that would be one designed to remove
every unnecessary impediment to his
casting vote for those of his choice.
!v-- Senator Heating, one of the prime
movers for the Twenty Amend
: -ment, has made study Of the various
I defects in State laws which kept most
OF the 19 million voters, unable to vote
!; in the past election, away from the
) polls. We are glad to know that he, for
, one, will be alert to the importance of
! eliminating such defects in the Districts
:elaW.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Legal Brief on School Aid

g. The net impact Of Secretary Ribi-
icoff's memorandum to Congress on the
constitutional questions involved in
Federal aid to education lends mpch
support to the opinion that legislative
proposals for assistance to public and to
church schools should be kept separate.
80. For while the Ribicoff memorandum,
prepared by the legal staff of the Depart
sn1ent of Health, Education and Welfare
In cooperation with the Justice Depart
ment, may not convince advocates of
Federal aid to private schools that theirs
Is an unconstitutional proposition, it
does assemble sufficient evidence for
objective doubt. No such doubt exists,
OF course, with regard to public schools
AS a practical matter, there are
several dangers involved in treating
them in combination. Congress itself is
deeply divided on the constitutional
issue, as well as on the principle of pro-
Vidlng direct assistance to church
schools, and there is considerable doubt
that it would even pass legislation
treating both school categories alike.
Secondly, President Kennedy has taken
a strong position personally that
Federal aid to church schools at the
elementary and secondary levels is un-
constitutional and there is a possibility
that he might veto measure covering
both public and non-public schools.
And finally, if and when such legislation
were tested in court, there is the obvious
threat that it might be struck down on
the constitutional grounds. The net
effect, Of course, If any of these posi-
bilities should come to pass, is that there
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Expedient Act?

Our Government has done an I'M
usual thing in dismissing espionage
charges against Igor Melekh, the So
Wet official arrested in New York last
october while working as member Of
the United Nations Secretariat The
dismissal, however, does not mean that
the charges-on which he might have
been sentenced to as much as 25 years
mprisonment-have been found to be
too weak to hold up in court; it means
merely that our top authorities have de-
cided that there Is more to be gained
than lost in letting him go, provided
that he gets out of the United States no
later than April II.
The Federal Judge who was to have
presided over the Melekh trial has ac-
ceded to this decision-apparently with
some reluctance-on the basis of a direct
request made by Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy In response to a let
ter from Secretary Of State Dean Rusk
strongly recommending that the case be
dropped A spokesman for the State
Department has vigorously denied that
the move is in any sense part of "deap
WOIhCu OuG WIFI GIlG- fAT6Llllu III COIl-
nection with such matters as the recent
release of two American RB-47 flyers or
the plight of Francis Gary Powers, the
U-2 pilot now imprisoned in the USSR.
Actually, according to the spokesman,
our Government has acted as it has
solely and simply in an effort to promote
an improvement in Soviet-American re-
lations.
AS practical matter, of course, the
decision to expel Igor Melekh, rather
than try him as spy, may be viewed
with equanimity as a development Of
little consequence in terms of our ma
tional security. However, if there really
is no quid-pro-quo deal involved, if it is
true that he is being set free only be-
cause of hope that his release will help
to ease tension and thaW the cold war,
then Americans have good reason to
question the wisdom of the whole busi-
ness. Certainly nothing could be more
naive or wishful than to assume that
such gesture might touch the heart
Of Nikita KhruShchev.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
so Years AGO

A Washington aviator made
flying history here so years
ago by carrying two passen-
gers. The Star reported on
March 81, 1911: REX Smiths
biplane made about a dozen
flights over the Speedway
(better known now as the
Hams Point-Potomac Park
area), on two of them carry
ing two passengers. 1t was
the first time in this country
that three persons had been
carried by one machine.
There was no attempt made
at flying in a circle. All of
the flights were straightaway
and fairly close to the ground
the highest flight being so
feet. One of the passen-
gers was c. A. M. Wells, an
automobilist. who had always
declared that automobiles
were good enough for him
and that he would not go in
a flying machine under any
circumstances. BY the time
he came back down, he was
thoroughly converted and
wanted to 20 again. Most Of
the flights were made by
Antony Janus. but Mr..
Smith himself took the plane
aloft on the last trtp.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
The Lessons of Easter

Some people spend lifetime trying
to fathom the mystery of Easter; others
never try at all. The symbolism is quite
plain: The renewal of life, as in the
rebirth of earth in Springtime. But the
thunderous actuality of Christ's hideouS
death on the Cross and His glorious res
direction three days later has challenged
mans understanding from the first.
ChriStS enemies understood it's Signifi-
canoe at the time better than His
friends. Upon being told that Christ
had vanished from the tomb, the high
priests gave Large money" to the SOL
diers, and instructions to say that the
disciples had come by night and stolen
Him away" y
If the event of the Resurrection is
difficult to grasp, its lessons are not
Throughout the great drama of the
Passion and the first Easter, Christ, in
all those incredible encounters, was
simply saying, over and over: Love, be-
Ieve, hope. He did not try to explain.
When Plate asked, What is truth?"
Christ did not reply.
At the Feast of the Passover, which
was the Last Supper, Mary Magdalene
came and annointed him with oil. Among
His followers were some who were bit
self-righteous, as men have always been,
and they clucked at the extravaganza.
But Christ silenced them in an answer
that has come down through the CEN
turies: "She hath done what she could"
II shall not leave you comfortleSS,"
Christ told the Disciples at the Last
Supper, having washed their feet. given
them bread and wine and a new COM
mandment: Behold, charge you to
love one another as have loved you"
At the foot of the Cross the little band
could not imagine what the comfort was.
The instruction went on, II explanation
was lacking. There was no reproach for
His tormentorS. Instead: Father, for
give them, for they know not what they
do" For the good thief, there was the
promise of Paradise. For the beloved
disciple, the charge to take care of the
Mother of God.
When He had risen, the first to see
Him was Mary Magdalene. She was
woman, and so a realist, but she be-
leved in miracles, and she went and
told the others, who were huddled to-
gether in fear of the Jews. They dis
missed her news as idle tales" Christ
appeared among them and "upbraided
them with their unbelief and hardness
of heart" He was even sterner with the
apostles with whom He walked on the
road to Emmaus: 20 fools and slow of
heart" he called them. He did not ex-
pect understanding; He demanded faith.
And he said to Thomas, the doubter,
and to all of us who celebrate Easter
today, Blessed are they that have not
seen and yet have believed"
Evening star., 1961-04-02
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years Ago

South Carolina seethed
with impatience a century
ago over the Federal Govern
ment's delay in evacuating
Fort Sumter. President Lin
coin was undecided whether
to withdraw the garrison
troops or supply and even
reinforce them. Some of his
cabinet members felt the lat
ter course was almost certain
to start a war. Only Treasury
Secretary Salmon Chase and
Postmaster General Mont
gomery Blair favored send
ing supplies to Sumter.
which Lincoln finally de-
cided to do. Meanwhile, the
tone of dispatches from
Charleston continued omi-
nous, such as one that ap-
peared in The Star on April
2. 1861: "The Notifications
in the harbor having been
finally completed, they were
visited here this afternoon
March 800 by General
Beauregard and members of
the (State) Convention
The completion of the great
work and the satisfactory
manner in which it has been
accomplished is the theme Of
much rejoicing and all
that is wanting to make the
Joy complete is the evacua-
ton of Sumter and its occu-
pancy by its rightful own
ers, the Confederate States
of America. Great anxiety is
felt as to the Administra-
tion's course about Fort
Sumter. II nothing is done.
soon the fort will be at
tackled and captured. The
sentiment of the people is
entirely in favor Of &C
ton. . :" On April 4, 1861.
this paper reported members
Of the State Convention and
their ladies had made an
excursion into Charleston
Harbor by steamer to inspect
the commemorative forti-
fled islands. For details, The
Star quoted the Charleston
Mercury: THE Columbiad
guns (of the Iron Battery
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Shades of Korea

Doris Fleeson is undoubt-
edly correct, in so far as her
implication goes, that Gro
myko and other Russians and
Communists are sizing up the
President. And it appears
that they have sized him up
pretty we'll judging from the
results regarding Laos. For
they have gotten just what
they have been planning to
get and just what they have
been asking for for months.
They have agreed to arrest
hostilities-at a point at
which they have dominant
advantage-in return for a
three-nation conference to
work out a truce. (Shades
Of Korea-especially North
KoreaD The three-nation
conference is to be made up
of one neutral" one Red
power and probably one not
too-powerful power from the
Western camp. This confer
ence will choose IA powers to
be represented on a body to
be set up to see that Laos
has a neutral" government.
The connotation of that
word neutral" when applied
to arrangements with Com
munists is, or should be by
this time, thoroughly under
stood by all of us. What
Americans and others who
believe in liberty wish to see
in Laos, and all other inde-
pendent countries, is a free
government-not a neutral
government! No government
dedicated to neutralism to-
ward communism is a free
government - nor can the
people under that govern
ment be free. There can be
no such contradiction in
terms, or in fact.
The whole thing sounds
like China and 1947 and l948
over again. 1t spells eventual
victory for communism. 1t is
the sort of thing which made
World War II inevitable.
ClarksOn j. Beall
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Crucifixion Lesson

If one contemplstes the
interrelated economic, polit-
ical, physical and spiritual
chaos in our world today it
would seem there is proof
enough that we are still in
need of some kind Of saliva
ton beyond the powers of
man; that salvation is not
an accomplished fact but a
continuous struggle for sur
vival, not only Of flesh, but
of the eternal human nature.
We are the guardians of the
divine plan for spiritual sur
Vival Of all good in the world.
We have a trust in human
nature to master the animal
man, to rise above the grav-
ity of our past, to use ma
teriality and the human in
strument but not to worship
and be lost in them. The
future is not here, nor on the
physical planets. The greater
adventure is beyond and
above. in that plane Of
thought and sensation where
materiality takes on an in
tense, vibrant and perman-
ent reality that defies age
and time; where all is young
and beautiful. Physical death
DEGREES there is no escape for
any human being from this
adventure, this unfoldment
of the human soul, this life
that Is beyond all death-nor
from the fulfillment Of mans
desires, be they good or evil.
Is this not the lesson of
the Crucifixion? Could we
but dwell upon theS e
thoughts, at this Easter time,
and see in sober reflection
this universal spirit of good
descending in the personal
Christ, humbling itself in
human nature, spit upon,
hated, misinterpreted and
used falsely, imprisoned in
the flesh, burdened by all
human suffering. we would
barely comprehend the Di-
vine nature. Could ever hu-
man nature, without divine
wisdom and power, suffer
this passion with a love so
pure it speaks in these words,
Father. forgive them, for
they know not what they
do?
Should we not let this
great truth become a part of
our daily lives and our daily
thinking? Is this not the
salvation the whole world
needs; the good news" we
should be broadcasting to all
nations of the world? Can
we not see the source of our
strength. the origin of, all
good, the necessity for free
dom within a universal moral
law? Then we have nothing
to offer those who are Great
ing and sustaining their own
gods through physical and
material necessity, and our
need for salvation is as great
as theirs.
Carl B, Smith.
Evening star., 1961-04-02

on Cummings Point, nearest
battery to Sumter) bear on
the south wall of Sumter, be-
ing at an angle of about 35
degrees. This is not considered
favorable for preaching, but
owing to the fact that the
wall is loopholed for mus
kerry throughout it's entire
length, which weakenS it a
great deal, the effect of shot
upon it would, we think, even
at the distance of 1,150
yards, effect a breach within
a reasonable time. On the re-
turn trip, the two steamers
containing the party
(passed) directly under the
grim walls of Fort Sumter,
the ramparts of which were
crowded with officers and
men. 'Dixie's Land was
played by the bands on the
steamers and several white
flags were spread in the
breeze, but whether the gal
liant major Roberto Ander-
son or any of his small
band responded, the reporters
saith not. Gen Beauregard,
in order to exhibit the skill
of his artillerists, INDUCED
the visitors with a sight of
artillery practice from two
batteries, a buoy in the ship
channel, distant 1000 yards,
being used as a target. &.
Three rounds we're given; at
each round the visitors ex-
pressed their admiration of
the excellent shots that
were made by the gunners.
The shells from the mortars
were thrown beautifully. On
the last round the balls
nearly all struck Immediately
by and over the buoy. :"
Evening star., 1961-04-02

There is to be no end to
the cold war between Or
ganized medicine and respon-
sible political leadership.
The American Medical Asso-
citation and the Department
of Health, Education and
Welfare have forgotten their
primary mission in the polit-
ical and economic domain
Of the general welfare. The
primary mission Of both the
ANA and HEW is healing,
not fratricide. Neither the
ANA nor HEW has any
mandate to fight to the
death over the strawman, So
cialized medicine. The real
issue is one Of social con-
science: How can we unity
the healing arts, so that
every shoulder can share the
inevitable burdens Of bank
rupting health security needs
and risks? And, to share them
without profits and subsidies
for the fortunate-or sane
tions and insufficiency for
the many burdened with I'M
met needs. Both the ANA
and HEW should face the
cold facts in this cold war
between organized medicine
and responsible political
leadership.
Our last official statistics
are for 1859, dependably
audite d by the American
Hospital Association: There
was a grand total of l.6 mil
lion hospital beds in the Ma
ton; IL million of these beds
were under governmental
control. In other words, the
doctors workshop, which
only qualified doctors can
Evening star., 1961-04-02
New English Bible

In his article, 1.-THE Salt
May Be Losing Its Saltness,"
Day Thorpe has expressed
so well-and with weight to
his wordS-the very feelings
I have had concerning latter
day, modern-language trans
lations of the Bible.
How sad to lose the sound
of Biblical language! 1t isn't
casual reading that leads to
understanding of the Bible,
and modernizing the language
of such a deep book is no
magic key to instant" under
standing. Homer, Chaucer
and Shakespeare are still
offered to our children in the
unwatered language of the
authors. Cannot we do as
much with the Holy Bible?
Marginal references can lend
the light Of any new evidences
and discoveries that may have
become available and still
leave the beauty Of traditional
Biblical language undisturbed.
Let us give our children
the advantage of our latest
knowledge, but let us not rob
them unnecessarily of their
rightful heritage.
Mary-Lou Hobbs.
-
Was the publishing Of the
letter Of r. H. Rennau In
Sundays Star March 26)
your tongue-in-cheek apology
for your ludicrous editorial
on the new English Bible?
II so, you made partial
amends for that Incorporate
and ridiculous trifle. Better
luck on your next book re-
view.
REV. Kenneth F. Arnold
st. Luke's Church,
Bladensburg, Md.
+ .
Do you realize that r. H.
Rennau's praise for your edi-
torial on the New English
Bible actually condemns your
point Of view? He says that
if the King James Bible was
good enough for st. Paul, it
is good enough for him. You
compared the new tranSla-
ton with vandalism.
The New Testament was
written originally In Greek.
st. Paul never saw the King
James Bible.
Shirley s. Elliott.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Is Years AGO

The iron nerve Of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann broke
on the eve of his electrocu-
ton for the kidnap-Slaying
of the infant son of Col. and
Mrs. Charles Lindbergh. The
Star of March 81, 1886, said:
". Hauptmann's sob-racked
story of innocence shrilled
through the death house (at
Trenton, N, j. unbroken
and unchanged. I am inno-
cent cried the condemned
baby killer, even as final tests
were being made a few feet
away of the chair in which
he is to die shortly" Haupt-
mann's execution, set for that
night, was delayed at the last
minute. He was executed on
April 8, 1850
Evening star., 1961-04-02

maintain and operate, is about
70 per cent Government
owned, financed and oper-
ated. Only 80 per cent of the
doctors basic facilities are
not under the dictatorial
control of Government. And
it is characteristic Of all
Government facilities that
those who are either patients
or professional staff there
of do not make policy or have
free choice or unqualified
veto. 1t is a ake-it-or-leave-
it proposition.
Yet in 1859, the 100000
beds not under Government
control processed about 18
million Of the almost "a mil
lion hospital admissions.
Some 2.9 million of the 3.6
million babies delivered in
1859, were delivered in
nongovernmental hospitals.
This raises two questions:
Why should Government be
in the business of delivering
babies and treating Short
term health security needs?
And, by what rule of reason
or equity should either our
ANA or HEW ignore the cold
facts Of record and act as if
they were pure fiction? There
is one common denominator
to the problem of the ANA
and the HEW finding ways
and means to rededicate
themselves to their primary
mission Of healing and i'm
plementing the solvent, suf-
ficient health security Of all
Of us: One indivisible, bank
rupt purse eventually must
foot both bills, your purse.
Thomas E. MattingIy, MD,
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Rops High Bench

Miriam Ottenberg's sim
pering article, "A Portrait of
a Man Who Does His Best, "
March 19) is offered to Amer
ican readers at a time when
cries, "Impeach Warren" are
heard all over the land. Does
Miss Gutenberg offer this
school girl essay as an
answer to the wave of con-
demnation against the War
rem Court?
Harold r. Collins
Gloucester, Mass,
Evening star., 1961-04-02
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
News From Graveyard
By DR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Senate
, q certain 1oveI o chor,

In a certain novel a char
acter remarked, History is
just news from a grave
yard" That became a favor
ite phrase of one of my close
friends, a glorious writer and
preacher. He used it in a
book he published to suggest
the stupendous news of
Easter. Today, after a not
able teaching and preaching
career, he knows more fully
what that News" is Since
last Easter he has passed.
through the portal we call
death. Now his body is in a
graveyard but he goes
marching on, past death, in
the glory on the other side.
Every person on this tiny
island called EARTH" in the
whirlwind of the heavens, is
hurrying on to meet a date
with death. Even the paths
Of glory lead but to the
grave. The one question
which is being asked each
year, as increasing millions
look squarely at the life and
death of Mans Best Man, is
Does his empty tomb prove
that for me, as an individual,
there is continued existence
on the other side of death?"
Job raised this poignant
query for the ages: IF a
man dies shall he live
again?"
Is what we call life blown
out at the end of mortal
days like the flame of
a candle? That interrogation
leans heavily against every
appraisal of life's final mean
ing. 1t is a question being
asked these days with a new
persistence by scientists, men
of letters, captains of indus
try, professors, and by youth
on college campuses.
AS this century entered the
fateful decade of the COS,
freighted with human des-
tiny, certain outstanding fig
ures in contemporary Eng
land were asked as moderns
to give their answer to Jobs
deathleSS query. The ques-
ton was lifted by a great
British newspaper and sent
to a panel Of distinguished
leaders in all realms Of en-
deavor:: DO you really be-
lieve that life goes on after
death?"
That newspaper was
prompted to render this
public service because, as il
stated, at some time office
boy and cabinet minister
Communist and Democrat
atheist and churchman, all
ask themselves this leading
question, "Is there a life
after death?" The interest
of people in all walks OF
life was intense, even excit-
ing. When the replies were
printed there was a popular
demand that the result OF
this vital inquiry be given
wings in a book. This has
been done.
Among the closely rea-
soned replies were the state
mentS of men eminent in
educational circles and in
Journalism. In the list were
doctors, preachers, states
men and authors. England's
we'll known preacher, nv
good friend, DR.. Weather
head, seemed to sum the
matter up for all of them
as he said: II believe that
men go on living after
death; I believe that here we
have only just begun to live;
I believe that after death
we will begin to realize what
living is"
One who replied tells OF
an experience as one lovely
spring morning in a field he
found a lark's nest. In his
hand he held a lark's egg
Within that little brown egg
there was life-it was a very
shut-in life, yet there was
promise of a wider life that
would begin when the con-
filming shell broke. Within
the egg was the apparatus
capable of producing the
lovely notes of the lark or