Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-27
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The recent shocking Incl
dent Of the Stabbing Of the
administrative aide of a
member of Congress while
she was at prayer in church
is a horrible travesty on
social conditions here in the
Nations Capital.
Isn't 1t ironic that we as q
Nation try to solve problems
all over the world, and yet
can do nothing to prevent
such things from occurring
right on our own doorstep?
1t Is largely the fault Of
the men In black" who sit
on their benches, and like
Pontius PLATE merely wash
their hands of anything
which might be troublesome.
Criminals, especially youth
full ones, are treated like ex-
allied personages, and the
Sob-sisters cry that we need
more Fairgrounds, more rec
reational facilitiesI These are
not children in the primary
school who should stand in
the corner as punishment,
they are hardened individuals
who should learn that every
thing In life has to be paid
for, and as a person sows, so
shall he reap. II they are
capable Of committing and
carrying out such heinous
crimes. let them pay in full
measure.
Back in the 1930s the cry
was do away with Slums,
and everything will somehow
adjust and work out fine.
Well the slumS have gone, the
projects built, and the switch
blade knives are welded with
fierce abandon. A persons
surroundings, no matter how
humble, are the outpicturing
OF the individuals who oc-
cupy them; and many hui
man beings revert right back
to the source Of their misery,
themselves!
The guilt would seem to be
divided equally between the
judges who want to clear
their calendars for a long
weekend of golf, and indif-
ferent citizens who couldn't
care less because 1t didn't
happen to them!
Eleanor Harris.
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Your account Of the at
tack which took place in st.
Peters Church states more
than 40 detectives have
been assigned full time to
the search Of the knife-wield-
ing thug :" and that Dep
uty Police Chief Scott threw
every available man in the
Homicide, Robbery and Sex
Squads, as well as the fifth
precinct, into the manhunt. {"
Is the use of this many po-
lice personnel standard pro-
cedure for all such cases, or
do congressional employees
and VIPs rate special serv-
Ice? In reading about the
many other attacks taking
place in the District I can
not recall any reference to
such an extensive investiga-
ton. I realize that our Po-
lice Department is handi-
capped in many ways, but I
believe that all citizens are
entitled to the same service.
regardless of who they are
or what position they hold in
life.
John A. Webster III.
The brutal Stabbing of a
lone woman at prayer in st.
Peters Church simply bears
out the startling and ines
capable conclusion that we
are fast becoming a pagan
nation. This is not an iso-
lated event. Such things hap
pen often.
So, what do we do? For one
thing all communication
media including pulpits bet
ter start Immediately to re-
store Christianity to Ameri-
ca. All have failed in their
job Of making America a
truly great Nation. A stack
OF missiles is no proof of
greatness. Russia has them,
too.
We have made a sorry mess
OF things. Newspapers, courts,
radio. TV, schools and pull
pit are guilty of this national
Disagreement. False philoso-
pliers and false theologians
are the principal malfactors.
This guilty man Is our
product. -.-.
Matthew A. McKavitt.