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Evening star., 1961-07-02
100 Years Ago

A noisy overture to the
first battle of Bull Run was
staged a century ago this
week on the upper Potomac
near Hainesville, Va. Vari-
ously called the flight at
Hooks River" and the "af-
fair at Falling Waters" it
involved Union troops led by
Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson
and a Confederate force
commanded by Brig. Gen.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
The clash, a minor one as
Civil War battles went, took
place on July 2, 1861. Jack
son, learning Patterson had
crossed the river at Martins
burg, took a regiment and a
company or two of skirmish-
ers, and went out to meet him
Ito get some practice" The
Star said: "The diSunioniSts
were beaten, retiring pre-
cipitately and leaving Patter-
son in command of the field.
Patterson's loss was 3
killed and 10 wounded, while
that of the enemy is believed
to be much larger. The
first stand was made at
Porterfield's farm, on the
turnpike road, near Haines-
vile, where it was necessary
to destroy a barn and carri-
age-house in order to make a
charge upon the enemy. Here
the conflict was fierce, the
Confederates standing we'll
up to their work, but finally
slowly retreating. Knapsacks
and canteens were hastily
thrown aside as encum-
brances to a backward march.
They left behind them a
number of blankets and other
articles of value, indicating a
considerable loss on their
side. )" The Star of July
6, 1861 reported in a 4th Of
July dispatch from Martins
burg: "The whole army (Gen.
Patterson'S) moved up to this
place yesterday and are now
encamped here, quietly
spending the 4th. Most ad-
mirable order prevails, al
though Some outrages have
been committed upon private
property. Capt. Nadenbush,
commander of a company in
Col. Aliens 1st Virginia Regi-
ment, has had his house COM
pletely gutted by stragglers.
=. The soldiers got into his
distillery and began to abb
stract large quantities of
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liquor, when the liquor was
ordered to be emptied into the
creek. Gen. Patterson has
given strict orders to shoot
the first man caught stealing
private property, and the or
der will be rigidly enforced.
A rumor prevails that
Gen. McClellan's column is
only two days march from us.
Burnside's Rhode Island
battery will be here tomor-
row. Maj. Doubleday's heavy
battery is now here. >"
The Star of July 5, 1861, told
of an Independence Day pa
rade here, with President Lin
coin and his cabinet review
ing troops from in front of
the White House. As the
Garibaldi Guard passed, each
soldier tossed toward Lincoln
a sprig of evergreen or a
flower of some sort. This
went over big with everybody,
except the owners of the
gardens that had been
stripped bare near the Carl
baldi encampment. (The
Garibaldi Guard consisted of
Hungarians, Germans, Ital-
ians, French, Spanish. Swiss,
CossackS and other foreign
ers recruited in New York.
They wore red blouses and
rakish hats. They carried
their rations of bread i'm
paled on their bayonets as
they marched.) "At the close
Of the review there was a
general rush of the vast
crowd present towards the
stand whereupon sat the
celebrated personages who
had honored the occasion
with their presence; cheer
after cheer was given for the
Union, the President. Gen.
Scott, the cabinet. etc.
The President, being per-
sistently called for, said that
he had made a great many
poor speeches, and now felt
relieved that his dignity did
not permit him to be a public
Evening star., 1961-07-02
oh, to Be q Kid Aqoin!

What ever became of that
delightful, though short
lived, time of life known as
"childhood"2 Once upon a
time children were small
creatures whose existence
was Singularly a thing apart,
and quite enchanting.
I have seen babies, learn
ing to walk, wearing long
trousers! Could it be that
the clothing manufacturers
have a large supply of ap-
parel once designed for mid
gets on their hands which
they want to get rid of?
Nowadays a boy cannot look
back to his first" pair of
long trousers as a sort of
milestone. 1t is ludicrous to
see grown men wearing Ber-
muda shorts, and small boys
wearing these monstrous
"long" trousers with match
ing jacket"
American children are not
permitted to be children. In
their mature years they try
to recapture a childhood they
never had-all out of Sc
quence. Like producing Act
II of the play, before Act I.
Small girls are painted up
at an early age to be sirens
of sorts-when they should
be enjoying freedom from
the preSSureS of the competi-
tive arena-which can come
much later, also in its proper
season.
Is it all a matter of eco
nomics? Do the parents want
to rush the children along
in order not to have an eco
nomic burden on their
hands? That is where the
people of older cultures are
way ahead of us. They do
not exploit their children,
and make them the center
of attention. And the child,
and later youth, flowers
without pressure"
Eleanor Harris.
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was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome warn of that.
Total human brotherhood is
not something of which we
can shout in the midst Of
selfish cries for personal gain,
''All those in favor say aye"
The "ayes" already have it.
Brotherhood has teeth and
claws. There is hell in its
denial, as well as heaven in
its fulfillment. Adrift on an
uncharted sea humanity is
all in the same boat.
1t is the paramount con-
viction that humanity is one
which blazes in the burning
belief that led David Living
stone to utter the deathleSs'
words now engraved at his
burial place, in the floor of
Westminster Abbey: May
heavens richest blessing
come down on every one,
American, English, Turk, who
will help heal the open sores
of the world"
In this glowing sentence
is glimpsed the great and
glorious truth that normal
governments, as we'll as the
worldwide church, are sens
ing now a new saving vision
of sharing, as the opulence
Of favored peoples is being
offered to lift the human lev
els of those who, through no
fault Of their own, have
known nothing but gnawing
hunger and unassuaged tor
ment Of body and mind. max
ing existence a living hell.
OF course the one thing
that the free world is seeing
now as gospel truth" is all
a part of the good news that
Mans Best Man proclaimed
1000 years ago under the blue
sky of Palestine. He laid down
the law of brotherhood for
all the ages as He declared
that life can only be made
safe for all if neighborliness
is practiced without consid-
Grafton of space or race, and
if love of our neighbor thus
interpreted equals love of
oneself. All unfairness, in
justice, exploitation, denials
to others of abundant life, is
but storing up the grapes of
wrath by the blasphemers Of
brotherhood.
The love that Is at the
heart of brotherhood is the
active endeavor that every
individual member Of the
vast human family may have
the chance to become the
best that it is in him to be.
Any other attitude but stores
the grapes of wrath where
some day they will explode
to injure, if not destroy, our
own precious, delightful
selves, of which we are tempt
ed to think so much.
Then clear the ,Oay, then,
clear the Way;;
Blind creedS and kings hare
had their day.
Break the dead branches
from the path;
Our hope is in the aftermath.
Our hone is in heroic men
Startled to build the Uorld
again.
TO this eUent the ages ran:
Make DGy for brotherhood
make Day for man.
Evening star., 1961-07-02
Ladies on Aid

The Leagues Of Women
Voters of the Washington
area express their support of
the administrations foreign
economic aid program.
Our foreign aid program is
not new. We have had more
than 13 years of experience,
of trial and error and expert
mentation. Now the admin
istration is proposing new
concepts and new methods
which, we believe, deserve
public and congressional sup
port.
The cardinal points of the
new approach, first outlined
in President Kennedy's special
message to Congress in
March, are: /, long-term fl
nancing for long-range ap-
proacheS to long-range prob
lens; 2, improved, more ef-
ficient, and simplified admin
iStration; 8, encouragement
of intensive efforts by recip-
lent countries to mobilize
their resources and especially
to make necessary internal
reforms; 4, increased cooper
ative efforts by all industrial
nationS-a partnership effort,
not solely an American effort.
Most Congressman, with
their knowledge of world af-
fairs, realize that we will
need a program of foreign
economic aid for many years
to come. Hopefully, they will
also agree that only with
long term planning, made
possible by long-term financ-
ing, can we, other induStri-
ialized nations, and the re-
cipient countries engage in
meaningful development pro-
grams. In other words, the
long term approach-which
incidentally, was recon-
mended by President Eisen-
hover during his administra-
tion-can facilitate more eff
ficient, more economical, more
rational expenditure of the
taxpayers dollars. AS the
President said, it does not
make sense to build a bridge
halfway across a river!
Granting the President
authority to borrow from the
Treasury over a five-year
period does not mean that
Congress will lose control of
the Nations purse-stringS.
Such authority must come in
the first place from Congress;
subsequently, Congress can
call for an annual review
and explanation of the pro-
gram; and finally, Congress
can-if it so desires-revoke
the authority it granted.
Mrs. Richard SimOnsOn,
president, D. C. League of
Women Voters. Mrs. c. M.
Derryberry, president, Mont
gomery County League. Mrs.
Robert Wolf, president, Prince
Georges County League. Mrs.
Robert S. Roe, president,
Alexandria League. Mrs.
Charles F. Neumann, presi-
dent, Arlington County
League. Mrs. Terry Dalton,
president, Fairfax County
League. Mrs. Walter F. CrO-
min, president, Falls Church
League.
Evening star., 1961-07-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry fDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tUiIl be
returned only Dhen accom-
painted BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-07-02

chronological revolution" coupled with
the steady increase in the work popu-
lation, threatens to keep unemployment
high unless labor, management and
Government jointly can work out a
fair solution.
Evening star., 1961-07-02
FROM THE STAR FTLES

speaker. daughter and loud
applause)" Later, at the
Treasury, when time came to
raise a flag presented to the
City of Washington by New
Workers. Lincoln agreed to do
the honors, saying that when
the flag was UP sit would be
Tor the people to keep it upl"
Evening star., 1961-07-02
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Grapes of Wrath
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS, d. ID.
Chaplain of the United States

In the Battle Hymn of
the Republic" written over
a century ago by Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, is a significant
phraSe-"where the grapes of
wrath are stored" The pres
ent-day centennial celebra-
ton of the War Between the
States brings poignant echoes
of the old, unhappy, far
off days and battles long
ago. That strife was the ter
rifle explosion of grapes of
wrath planted at the very
heart of this free land by the
enslavement Of an alien race.
That is a devastating time
bomb more deadly than the
split atom which stored in
any social system betrays the
doctrine of human brother
hood.
In any denial of the one
ness of humanity still the
grapes Of wrath are stored.
The paramount task of the
privileged on this rapidly
shrinking globe is to put out
the Spluttering fuse before
earth-s h a king explosions
wreck the social gains Of
a thousand years.
The problem Of problems
is how men and women and
little children can live to-
gether on this tiny island in
the sky securely and happily.
With all the earth now a
neighborhood that is the one
urgent question before the
House. The greatest diScov-
cry Of this fabulous century
is that humanity is one. No
fences, walls or curtains can
alter that fact. Any doctrine
Of selfish isolation but stores
the grapes Of wrath under
the very system which fash
ions it.
United Nations Ambassa-
dor Adlai Stevenson went
forth from this land of
privilege and plenty to gaze
into the pit of life-destroy-
ing poverty in which teem-
ing millions in Latin Amer
lea wallow in want-suffer
and die. A public servant
who went with him and saw
the same thing was asked on
his return: "Why aren't
Americans more concerned?"
His answer was, Because
they are more interested in
baseball than hunger"
Those who pass by on the
other side, ourselves and those
in South America, are DOOM
ing themselves. How people
suffer and die in certain parts
of Brazil is of vital concern
to those in that country who
luXuriate on the avenues of
the elite, and to those in our
own country who can pour
out thousands of dollars for
the coming-out party of one
debutante.
Well has it been said: 1--WE
read the story of strength
being oblivious to weakness
and we read it with pity for
the weak. But no cruelty nor
neglect of the mighty toward
the feeble ever worked agony
for the feeble with any more
certainty than it worked ruin
for the strong" Charles
Dickens had his eye on the
warning of history and of the
Holy Bible regarding mis-
used strength when he asked :
why should Midas in his
palace care for Tom-all-alone
in his cellar?" He answers:
There is not an atom OF
Toms slime, not a cubic inch
of any pestilential gas in
which he lives, not one obscen-
ity or degradation about him
but which shall work its
retribution."
And so, in such a worlC
as we now inhabit, brother
hood is not an elective. It is
mandatory. No people, nc
nation, no system, can veto
brotherhood. The glory thai
Evening star., 1961-10-29
Pope Near 80, Proys
For All Worlds Babies

in French to the newsmen. who
had come to give their birth
day greetings. the Pontiff
urged dedication to truth.
To Be HOnOred
"By working for truth" he
said. you will also be working
for human fraternity. Because
it is error and the lie that
divide men,"
Next week, combined celebra-
tions will be observed here to
honor Pope Johns birthday
and the anniversary of his
election as the supreme ruler
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Highlight of the observance
will be a papal a capella in
st. Peters BaSilica next Satur-
day. The chief celebrant will
be Giovanni Battista Cardinal
Montini. archbishop of Milan.
the first of AZ cardinals that
Pope John created. High pre-
lates of the church and repre-
sentatives of so nations will
attend.
Pope John was born Novem-
Der 25. 1881, at Soto il Monte.
a little town in northern Italy,
whose names means under the
Mount"
Evening star., 1961-10-29

VATICAN CITY. Oct. %
(AP) Pope John XIII, near
ing his 80th birthday, prays
daily for every newborn baby
in the world.
The Pontiff, elected to the
Papal throne Just three years
ago today, disclosed this to
newsmen this week in a special
audience he described as a
family affair.
His broad. good-natured face
abeam - several times he smiled
and chuckled-the Pope spoke
casually:
You know" ne said, "at 80,
sleep does not always come as
it does to a baby"
Prays for World
1t Is then, while waiting
for sleep he said, that he turns
to newspapers. books, or
prayer. He prays for the world
in those moments. he added.
with the comment that his
daily prayers include the en-
tire Is mysteries of The
Rosary. He said that while con-
templating the third mystery
the birth of Christ he
dedicates his prayers to new
born babes.
Those prayers" he said, Il
devote to all the babies born
in the preceding "a hours. This
way, I pray for all of them. +"
Earlier. in a formal address
Evening star., 1961-10-29
Religious Retreat
Scheduled Friday
At Quuntico Buse

The Eastern Orthodox Con-
gregation of the Marine Corps
School, Quantico, Va. will hold
a religious retreat Friday
through Sunday at the Relig-
ious Activities Building in
Quantico.
The Very Rev. Alexander
Schmemann. professor Of
church history and liturgical
theology at st. Vladimir's Or
thodox Seminary in New York,
will be the retreat master.
Under the theme Of The
SacramentS and Sacramental
Life in the Church." the three
day retreat will begin with reg
istration from noon to 5 pm.
Friday.
The retreat will continue
through Sunday featuring lee
lures and discussion groups on
the main theme and religious
services in the Eastern Ortho-
dox Holy Trinity Chapel and
the Memorial Chapel of the
Marine School Religious Activ-
tiles Building.
The Rev. Boris Geeza. East
ern Orthodox chaplain Of the
Marine School. is director Of
the retreat.
Evening star., 1961-10-29

of Britain's manpower shortage
is that 1t has brought MFR. Wat
kinson's strategic thinking into
a measure of conflict with that
of United States planners. Un-
able to gear themselves for
any sort of long, grinding con-
ventional campaign. the Brit
ish are tending to rely basic
ally on nuclear strike power.
This has come at a time when
the Americans have moved
away from the massive re-
taliation theory.
Mr.. Gilpatric expounded the
new view laid down by Presi-
dent Kennedy that the United
States. by swelling its con-
ventional forces. now has the
chance to choose between all
out nuclear war and humiliat-
ing surrender.
Evening star., 1961-10-29

a representative personally
views the item and handles the
transaction"
Government funds are never
used in a refurbishing project,
she said. MANY persons do
nate items to the White House.
When this is not possible we
search for angels to purchase
the item"
Although not inclined to dis
cuss the personal tastes and
preferences of President and
Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Pearce did
say Mrs. Kennedy likes 18th
Century French pieces. but she
doesn't play favorites."
The French pieces are used
in the Kennedy living quarters
on the second floor. she said,
where the First Lady had a
small kitchen installed to facil-
itate serving meals when the
family Is not entertaining.
"The main kitchens are a long
way off," Mrs. Pearce ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1961-10-29

meeting OF antique collectors
Friday night.
Furniture for the three state
parlors. the Red, Green and
Blue rooms, already have been
collected" she said. Nothing
but originals have been chosen.
There will be no reproductions.
1T is difficult to recreate
anything prior to this period of
1917, because the White House
fire of 1914 which destroyed
records along with furnishings. "
Mrs. Pearce said furniture of
Evening star., 1961-10-29

the Federal and Empire periods
is being gathered. But she
added:
The public is under the i'm
preston we are searching for
(antique) items. This is not so.
Our mail. and we receive hun
dreds of letters a week from
dealers and private persons.
brings enough items to our at
tention. II we are interested,
further details and photos are
requested. If interest continues,
Evening star., 1961-10-29
White House Decorator
Seeks Period Originals

STURBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. % I'VE have plan in
the White of President Monroes tme
the newly appointed curator Of the White House Mrs
John N. Pearce. ~
Already start in the interior restoration along those lines
been made the Washington decorator told
Evening star., 1961-10-29

France to meet the Soviet
threat to Berlin with the. big
gest build-up of military power
Evening star., 1961-10-29
:Power BuiIdup Urged
For Berlin Threat

: LONDON. Oct. % (AP)-
rhe United States has urged
West Germany, Britain and
Evening star., 1961-10-29

OPEN
kz:3o to 9 pm.
:. in
. Silver Spring
>end Arlington
Aon. thru Fri.
> Sat-, 8 TO s
Evening star., 1961-06-28
zuckert Holds
AerOspdce
Force Vital

A renewed plea for an aero
space military force for the
"day after tomorrow" was
voiced yesterday by Air Force
Secretary Zuckert.
In an address before the Aero
Club of Washington at the Ho-
tel Washington, Mr.. Zuckert
declared "the Air Force of the
day after tomorrow must be
truly an aeroSpace force, un-
restrained in its operations by
earth's gravity and fully clear
Of the atmospheric runway.
1--WE do not have" he warned,
"a choice as to whether or not
we invest in aerospace military
forces. That decision is no long
er subject to our shaping.
Pressure Of Events
1T has been shaped by world
events and by pressures beyond
our control"
His message was q call for a
drive ahead with the peace
Evening star., 1961-06-28

full and constructive exploita-
ton of space research, COM
munication, meteorology. as
Economical knowledge. even
travel and transport. In short,
the National Aeronautics and
Space administration must
succeed.
But for NASA to succeed,
Americans peaceful objectives
in space must not be subject to
Evening star., 1961-06-28

friendship plate" from hel
homeland from Robert s. An.
desron, vice president OF Holly
day House. Representatives oi
10 block groups from the ares
each presented a gift and Mrs
Geneva K. Valentine, president
Of Hollyday House, gave the
Commissioner a scroll.
Even if I hadn't planned to
have an office any more" Mr..
Mclaughlin said. I'D get one
to hang this in"
Evening star., 1961-06-28

displaced. That is why we are
continuing and will continue
work on the BIO as a flying
machine and have urged its de-
velopment-in the national in
terest-as q weapon system.
The air frame and engine tech
nology will contribute to still
newer systems.
The Secretary paid high tri-
butte to Mai. Robert White for
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Adoms-Morgon Fetes
Neighbor McLoughIins

outgoing District Commits
sioner Robert E. Mclaughlin
and his wife Ellen last night
heard plaudits from their
neighbors in Adams-M Morgan
area at a testimonial reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mclaughlin
were feted by the board of di-
rectors of the Guy o. T. Holly
day House, Inc. at testimo-
nial reception at the Hotel 2400.
Hollyday House is a citizen
group which has done much to
reconstruct the Adams Nor
gan area on a block-to-block
basis.
The McLaughlins, who live
at 1855 Ashmead place NV,
in the heart Of Adams Morgan,
heard John r. Searles. jr., ex-
ecutive director Of the Rede-
velopment Land Agency, praise
the Commissioner and list his
great accomplishments in re-
development"
1T is with great sadness we
say goodby to our Lord Mayor
and his lady. Best wishes.
Bob and Ellen"
Then DR.. w. Deaver Kehne,
chairman of the Adams Morgan
Community Council, spoke on
the Commissioner as a citizen:
I'VE haven't had any trouble
with him." he said jokingly.
I'VE took it easy on him when
he was in the District Building,
but now that he's back in
private life, we'll show him no
mercy in bounding him for
counsel and advice"
DR.. Thelma Dries, vice presi-
dent of the Adams-M Morgan
Neig h borhood Conference,
talked about Mclaughlin the
neighbor. She lives around the
corner from him. "Since he
began public life. he has strived
to wipe out every vestige of
segregation in the District" she
said.
Donald D. Gartenhaus, chair
man of the Adams Morgan
Planning Committee, said: I'VE
of Adams-Morgan have followed
with interest and pride the
press of our Commissioners
accomplishments.
Mrs. Mclaughlin, q native of
England. accepted a china
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Apple Commissioner

ANNAPOLIS, June % (AP)
The Governors office has
announced the appointment of
r. Samuel Dillon. jr., of Han
cock to the State Apple Com
mission for a four-year term
starting July /. He replaces
John Casper.
Evening star., 1961-06-28
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Mr.. Zuckert did not mini
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BIO bomber. He said it is too
early to decide the extent to
which manned bombers may be
Evening star., 1961-06-28

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