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Evening star., 1962-04-29
100 Years Ago

The South lost its greatest
port, New Orleans, a century
ago. Its capture was some
thing Of a personal triumph
for David Farragut. the
"Old Heart of Oak" who had
spent some Of his early life
in New Orleans but whose
conception of duty caused
him to stay with the Union
when war between the States
broke out. Farragut was no
green pea at sea. He had
fought in the War Of 1912,
had seen action on the Bar
barry Coast and had wiped
out piracy in the Caribbean.
He was past go and in semi
retirement when the Civil
War started, but he became
the most famous American
sailor of that day. He was
the saltiest sort of salt"
yet he inspired his crews to
great deeds. New Orleans was
taken by Flag Officer Farra-
gut on April 10, 1862. Forts
st. Philip and jackson sur
rendered to Gen. Ben But
Ter the day before. The Star
of April 10. 1862, carried a
dispatch from a New York
Evening Post correspondent
with the Union file t:
g. Probably before this
letter reaches you dt was
dated April 13) the telegraph
will have flashed over the
land the intelligence Of the
downfall of the greatest rebel
city. The great Gulf Fleet has
already passed the bar of the
Mississippi and is now before
Forts Jackson and st. Philip,
the grinning Cerberi which
guard the entrance to the
Hades of Seccessia. The flag
ship Hartford is the ocean
home of Commodore Farra-
gut. After the Hartford came
the sloops-of-war Pensacola.
Richmond and Brooklyn. and
the old vessel Mississippi, a
veritable old war seahorse
armed with heavier guns bor-
rowed from the Colorado.
These vessels constitute a
most formidable arm Of as
sault. They are probably pro-
vided with guns as no vessels
were before; besides the usual
complement of 26 guns. how
itzers are placed in the tops.
porter's mortar fleet is a little
Evening star., 1962-04-29
All Costs Count

Your article Your Moneys
Worth" by Sylvia Porter in
issue of April % was head
lined Wage Spirals Taper
ing Off" but such title some
what bellies the content of
the article and those contents
were not quite a complete
evaluation of the data.
It is true that wages" as
such may not have been in
creased but the labor cost"
also includes fringe" bene-
fits and, in the steel case
especially. the fringe" bene-
fits were not nconsequential
but hardly mentioned by
some commentators.
ID. N. Burnham.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Historic Mile

It has been obvious for some time
now. that vigorous efforts will be made
during the next several years to re-
juvenate the sadly deteriorated sections
along the north side of Pennsylvania
avenue between Capitol Hill and the
Treasury. The news that the Federal
Government has dealt itself hand in
this project is welcome and entirely
proper, in view of the great significance
which this historic thoroughfare has
held for the Nation since the early days
of the Republic.
Specific proposals, setting forth the
role of the Government in this plan, are
being made to the President by COM
mittee on Federal office space, headed
by Secretary of Labor Goldberg. While
the details have not been made public,
it is understood that the report will rec
ommend that the President set up top
level commisSion-in which Congress as
we'll as various administration agencies
would participate-to insure that the
renewal of the avenue is planned as
single architectural entity, and to ex-
ercise a high degree OF control over
designs Provision for some new Federal
office space of course would be included.
But the officials studying the problem
believe-wisely in our opinion-that the
solid and massive wall of Federal con-
crete which now lines the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue should by no
means be duplicated on the north
Rather than create canyon, these
officials feel, there should be diversity
of uses which would enliven the avenue
and make it an integral part of its sur
roundingS in central Washington.
This parallels precisely the thinking
of Downtown Progress, the private or
ganization of Washington businessmen
which is working toward rehabilitation
of the entire downtown area. Thus,
there is every reason to assume that
this important campaign would benefit
greatly from an active administration
and congressional interest in Penn
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Tit for Tot?
Vaux Owen.

In his letter published in the
April % issue of The Sum-
day Star, Alexander Jerome
expresses a hope that our
NATO allies in Portugal do
not think that all Americans
have given up hope of seeing
Goa once again free. He goes
on to recommend that those
Americans who are willing to
forget Goa should reflect for
a moment on how they would
feel if 1ndonesia should seize
Hawaii.
Those Americans who are
willing to forget Goa are un-
doubtedly aware of exactly
what we could expect from
Portugal II 1ndonesia seized
Hawaii.
A. L, Hubbard,
Evening star., 1962-04-29

armada of itself having
no less than 81 schooners
laden with death dealing
mortars-implements OF war,
for one of which the leaders
of the old Spanish Armada
would have bartered any
dozen of their best vessels
Before I arrived in these
waters, the fleet had begun
the great work Of entering
the Mississippi. The Missis-
sippi River consents to leave
SeceSsia for the Gulf only
with an ungrateful compro-
mise, and in the shape of q
huge deposit of sand - the
famous bar which shipmas-
ters shower so many impre-
cations on. The water was so
shallow that the larger YES
sells could not pass; and the
cannon. anchors and almost
every movable article on
board the Hartford, Pensa-
cola. Richmond and Brooklyn
were transferred to light
schooners. The heavy war
vessels. thus lightened. sailed
triumphantly over the bar
and reshipped their arma-
ment higher up The first
vessels which passed the bar
took possession of the de-
serted village of Pilot Town,
which in the flush days of
Louisiana was a famous water
ing place, the Long Branch
of New Orleans. The place
was deserted and the spa
cious hotel was at once oc-
cupied by our surgeons and
fitted UP as a hospital "
Gen. Butler was placed in
command of New Orleans. He
ran the city with an iron
hand. One of his early orders
was that any woman. who
"by word, gesture or move
ment should insult or show
contempt for any officer or
soldier of the United States
would be regarded and held
liable to be treated as q
woman of the town plying he1
vocation"
Evening star., 1962-04-29

can stampede away from re-
sponsibility!"
Commenting on that grim
list of present day symptoms
a close friend of mine writes,
maybe that's over-colored
but there is truth in it. We
believe in free enterprise in
America, then under God let's
keep our enterprise free from
corruption and graft that we
may have the spirit Of service,
the spirit that was in Lin
coin, the spirit of those who
gave their lives for our lib
erty."
The dominant directions Of
Jesus are, to be great you
must serve. To be used by
ideas which Christ let loose
in the world, one must wish
to be great in the Masters
sense of the word, and yet
have a dread of being called
great. One must wish to
help and dread thanks, one
must have the love of serv-
ice and a dislike for rule, one
must try to be good and
blush when caught at it. In
a well known book that atti-
tude has been called The
Magnificent ObseSsion."
Now, on the calendar of the
Eternal, where a thousand
years is as one day, this bat
tie of ideas has only been
raging for two days since
Christ went to the cross. But
we can see now that when
Jerusalem was enveloped in
the dust of defeat, and the
storied temple was in ruins.
as blasphemous pagan hands
defiled the Holy Land. the
Hebrew-Christian ideas were
not buried in catastrophe.
After that defeat they
marched on to be the great
est factor in molding the new
earth.
The verdict is already in
as between the Strutting Ma
poleon who sought power for
himself. and Louis PaSteur,
who seeking nothing for him.
self, was the servant of all.
MuSSolini, who graSped for
power in all directions, was
hung up by the heels, but an
other Italian, Marconi. who
gave the world the miracle
of wireless communication, is
hung in the worlds hall of
fame. DR.. Albert Schweitzer
goes into Africa to serve and
to heal; Khrushchev, with no
regard for African welfare,
plots to send his agents into
the Congo to bring chaos and
strife - to set the tribes at
each others throats. Who
doubts that DR.. Schweitzer
will be revered for his service
long after Khrushchev and
his grasp for world power are
forgotten?
With his eyes upon this
war of ideas, one of the best
known men of our genera
ton noW retired) comment
ed, when a man must see his
life in retrospect as the Sha-
dows gather in the western
sky, it is a triumph indeed.
looking back, to be able to
say, I am grateful for the
ideas that have used me-"
Evening star., 1962-04-29

In his column Of April 25
in The Evening Star, Mr.. Da-
vid Lawrence is critical Of the
Presidents Federal pay re-
form program. He also states
that fringe benefits in the
Federal service "are at least
as generous as, and often
better than, those granted to
salaried workers in industry"
The facts are that because
both pay and benefits in the
Federal service have Jagged
SO far behind those in pro-
gressive business and indus
try the Government is faced
with a critical recruitment
and retention problem in
many categories Of employ
ment vital to the security and
welfare Of the Nation.
This long has been recog-
nized by virtually all quail
fled authorities both within
and outside of the Federal
service. Most recently, it has
been vigorously affirmed by
the Presidents Advisory Pan
el on Federal Pay Systems,
headed by Mr.. Clarence Ran
dali, former chairman and
now a director of the Inland
Steel Company, who also has
served successive administra-
tions in Washington, of both
parties. in posts of high re-
sponsibility.
The panel report empha-
sized that how to attract
and hold within the Federal
Government men and women
possessing superior skills and
capabilities is a major prob
lem which must be faced
squarely." The report con-
tinued that Ito accomplish
this, we believe that the Fed
eral Government should take
steps to insure that career
employees from the lowest tc
the topmost levels should re.
ceive compensation compar.
able to the average paid tc
employees in nongovernment
jobs doing like work"
In statement to the Sen.
ate Post Office and Civi
Service Committee. Elmer B
Stats, Deputy Director o
the Bureau of the Budget
declared that Federal white
collar salary rates have fall
en- so far behind private en-
terpriSe levels that substan'
tial adjustments are needed.
In the recent address to tht
National Civil Servic,
League, Senator Henry M
Jackson Of Washington sale
that today. Federal pay
scales are below those thai
Evening star., 1962-04-29
When Grief Is Ours

During six agonizlng days
and nights, while my hus-
band, Norman M. Macleod,
lay in Prince Georges County
General Hospital, the victim
of fatal burns, I was con-
stantly reminded Of these
lines. Had I written them
myself, they could not better
express my feelings toward
the many people who shared
our tragedy.
Friends" - old acquaint-
anceS in other States who
read of this, and whose mes
sages now lie beside the
empty place with its teapot
full of spring flowers, across
the table from me.
In this community where
We were comparative stran-
gers. it meant neighbors and
their relatives giving me
transportation back and forth
to the hospital at vital times.
1t meant understanding and
sympathy from utter stran-
gers, who were visitors at that
hospital, when they put aside
their own personal concern
to try to comfort me.
AS for the Cheverly Hos
pital. I have never expert
enced anything such as that
entire personnel impressed
upon me. Workers all over
that hospital we're praying
for my husband-office peo-
pie and cleaning people. /
shall never forget one of the
latter saying to me. We're
all praying for him."
And. in the night hours.
when the nurses had done all
they could, they were humble
enough to put a hand on my
shoulder and say a prayer
for both of us-sometimes a
Catholic; sometimes Protes-
tant-it takes a time like this
to make you see what a
friend really means.
I was continually i'm
Evening star., 1962-04-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR
They Come-Our Friends

pressed with the genuine
goodness Of all these people;
their reaching out was some
thing that defieS any words
of mine. When a beautiful
young nurse extends herself
far beyond her duty as a
floor nurse and answers your
question as to her religion
by the smiling reply, Just a
Christian" you feel the same
comfort that comes when
another little staff nurse,
gently takes you by the arm
and asks. wouldn't you like
to take a walk with me to
our little chapel?"
These are all hard-working
nurses: just as busy as those
in countless other hospitals
my husband had been in.
but it was the first one I've
known where so many creeds
had such harmony of spirit
and purpose.
Was 1t just chance that an
old Negro patient across the
corridor softly whistled I'm
the Garden" my husbands S
favorite hymn, during one of
those almost breathless
watches? I don't think so;
think it was something that
human words can scarcely
explain.
Now. perhaps, people can
better understand my request
that expressions of sympathy
be directed to this wonderful
hospital for a facility for
victims of acute burns. I
never would have thought
I'd be the one such a tragedy
would befall, but it did! And
I must go on; but the going
is easier for the unspeakable
gift of Friends" Won't you
be one to that haven where
there are no barriers?
Margaret S. Macleod.
Evening star., 1962-04-29

When l came upon the
following poem, almost OBJ
scured in box of trash, sew
eral weeks ago, I little
thought how great a signifi-
canoe it would have for me
in such a short time.
FRIENDS
'Twould never do for God to
liue across the street.
Or in the house merit door.
Dhere tDe should daily
meet.
So, in His WiSdom and His
loUe, He sends
His Angels, kind. to Udlk
NTH uS-tDe call them
"FRIENDS"!
Just triendS-one Uord! But
letters can express
A Uedlth of sympathy and
pure unseltiShneSS.
One Sylldble-d single breath
cdn form it-FRIENDS;
Yet, o hotD much our
happiness on them
dependsl
When trouble comes, or loss:
tDhen grief Is ours to
bear,
They come, our friends
NTH words OF cheer, ouv
load to share.
HoU could De face defeat
without a friends cdreSS?
Had ne no friend to praise,
hoW bare Uould be
success!
'TiS not Gods plan that ,De
shall see Him face to
face;
Yet He mould hedge US in
1Uith His dbounding
Grace,
And, so His messengers OF
loue to earth He sends
They're Angels! But, tDe
know it not-dnd call
them "FRIENDS"!
Author Unknown.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The War of Ideas
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
chsplan Of the United States Senate

around the globe are vividly
reminded of the never-end-
ing battle of ideas. The ages
portray a pageant of con-
tending good and evil. That
is what the Bible is all about
- the war of ideas!
What is called the Passion
of that One whose birth
dates time is a perennial
proclamation that 1t was not
Jesus but PLATE and all he
stood for who was on trial,
even when the One who de-
clared "I am the way and the
truth" was sentenced to the
gallows Of that day.
But Calvary proved not to
be the last word, Beyond the
cross was a spoiled and
beaten grave and a Risen
Life which the tomb could not
hold
Sing my tongue, the glorious
battle,
Sing the thinning OF the fray,
NoD dboue the cross, the
trophy,
Sound the high, triumphant
lay;
Tell how Christ, the iDorld's
Redeemer
As a victim Won the day!
Now what are the ideas
which as nowhere else were
incarnated in Jesus of NaZ-
areth and which are winning
the war as they find men
and women willing to be their
channels? The Master, him
self, laid down a basic prin-
ciple when He declared to
disciples who were scrambling
for places of prominence in
the coming kingdom of the
Nazarene, You know that
the rulers of the gentileS lord
it over them and their great
men exercised authority over
them. 1t shall not be so
among you. Whosoever would
be great among you must
be your servant even as the
Son of Man came not to be
served but to serve" There it
is in one sentence.
On one side of the battle of
ideas are those who are mo-
tivated by a passion to get,
on the other, those whose pas
sion is to give. On one side
are those who are primarily
out to feather their own nest:
on the other, those who are
dedicated to increasing the
comfort and happiness of
others. On one side are those
who seek power over others:
on the other side, those who
use power on behalf of others.
With all the bitter ana
themas we hurl at the abom-
nations of one like the
bearded bandit now bringing
Cuba to ruin as he is drunk
with lust and power. we must
stop to consider how far even
in our sweet land of liberty
we come from actually living
up to Christ's law Of service
In "Variety"-a magazine not
often quoted in religious cir
cles-Shall we lift up an in
dictment recently made by
Roland Cannon. an adver-
tising man who is in close
touch with the seamy side of
modern America. Here is
what he sees and says-"Si-
lently, contagiously. some
times inside and sometimes
outside the law, the Nations
cheating habit deepens; con-
tract kickbacks, shady deals,
political grating, media pay
offs, business embezzlement,
income concealment, la b o r
feather bedding. capita a
price-fixing, Shoddy work.
manship. venal Journalism,
academic cribbing, and per-
haps worst of allan Ameri-
Evening star., 1962-04-29

sylvania avenue. The report of the Gold
berg committee will be awaited with
interest.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
FROM THE STAR FILES.
so Years AGO

The motoring season had
started at this time so years
ago, good weather bringing
with it new models. Some
pictured in The Star of April
%, 1912, were the complete
Mitchell line," starting with
the two-passenger, four-cyl-
inder roadster, priced at $3.50,
and working up to the seven
passenger. six-cylinder tour
ing car. available at $2,250;
the Maxwell Mascotte,"
listed at $3.50 fob. (top ex-
tra); the new Marmon,
easiest riding car in the
world" and the Paige
Beverly Torpedo, $975, fully
equipped" The Stars auto
mobile editor advised: "An
ideal days run in a motor
car, now that the roads are
rapidly rounding into shape
for touring, is to Ridgeville.
Md, and return. a distance
of about 80 miles. The re-
cent rains have laid the dust
and otherwise put the roads
in excellent condition. Nv
taking short spins at the
opening of the season, the
operator is enabled to break
his hand in before the sea-
son sets in at full blast. BY
gradually working up to the
longer distances. by the time
the touring season is over he
will be a seasoned pilot of
the silent steed. -"
Evening star., 1962-04-29

Legislation to establish the
United States Public Health
Service was meeting with
some opposition in Congress
so years ago. Senator Works
of California was quoted in
The Star of April 20. 1912,
as viewing the proposed new
agency as a dastardly plot
on the part of doctors in
general and the American
Medical Association in par
ticular. IF this effort is sue
cessful" he said, lit will
create the worst, the most
intolerant and the most dan
gerous monopoly the country
has ever known The
Governments plan Of pub
fishing and distributing
books and pamphlets on
diseases sim ply spreads
thoughts of disease and
therefore spreads dis
ease. :" The Senator also
denounced the practice Of
vaccination.
Evening star., 1962-04-24
PEOPLE
BUSINESS

Wesley r. Sandell has been
appointed manager of the East
man Kodak processing labora-
tory here. He succeeds Dean F.
Lawson, who has been named
sales manager of Kodak's color
print and processing organiza-
ton in Rochester. N. Y.
william T. Nummey has been
appointed senior vice president
in charge Of real estate and
construction, Gibson's Drive
Inn Restaurants. Inc. He pre-
viouSly was with Giant Food
Properties. Inc.
Kelly and Angel, public re-
lations concern, has opened Of
fices at 1924 Prospect street
NV. Owners are Fred c. Kelly.
former editor of an appliance
magazine, and Jane Angel, for
mer public relations director Of
Suburban Hospital.
Robert Kenneth Snow has
been named office and person.
mel manager Of the American
Trucking Associations. He for
merly was employment super
visor for Safeway Stores.
John B. Davis has been
named manager of government
sales and Andrian T. Wander
Linde manager Of the Wash
ington branch. the Davidson
Co., division Of the Mergen-
thaler Linotype Co.
Richard Stein has been ap-
pointed radio paging represen-
tative of Motorola Communi-
cations & Electronics. Inc, in
this area.
Perry s. Ury has been ap-
pointed general manager, Vic
tor r. Hirsh director Of pro-
gram operations and James
Barker local sales manager for
radio station WGMS.
Evening star., 1962-04-24
Southern Net
Jumps ShorpLy

NEW YORK, April "a (Spe-
ciaD.-Net income of Southern
Railroad Co. for the first quar-
ter of 1862 was $6,O83.OOO OF
30 cents a share the company
reported today.
This compares with a net
income for the same period of
1861 of s4,88O.OOO or 64 cents
per share.
Carloadings for March and
April were at a rate of about
10 per cent above last year,
the railway reported. continu-
ing a satisfying" uptrend
which began in the latter part
of last year.
Southern's first quarter gross
operating revenues we're $67,-
017,000 as compared with SOL
785,000 in the same period of
last year. Railway operating
expenses were $46,965.000 for
the first quarter as campared
with S45.819,00 last year. Net
revenue from railway opera
tions was $20,053, 900 as COM
pared with $751; 1866, 900 last year.
Directors today declared a
quarterly dividend of 10 cents
per share payable June Is to
stockholders of record May IS.
Evening star., 1962-04-24
S22O Million
OF Ford Stock
kMarkefed

NEW YORK, April "a CAP)
"A 1920 million block of Ford
Motor Co. stock was offered
publicly today by the Ford
Foundation. The sale of 2.25
million shares was made
through a group of underwrit-
ers at a price Of $97 share.
This was the fifth sale of
Ford stock by the Foundation,
a non-profit organization which
grants for scientific. educa-
tional and charitable purposes.
The first sale, in January 1856,
opened the country's second
largest auto company to public
ownership.
Proceeds of the latest sale,
being handled by an under
writing group headed by the
First Boston Corp, will go to
the Foundation. The Founda-
tion has sold Ford stock in
order to diversity its holdings.
Before today's offering it held
27.6 million shares of Ford
stock.
Evening star., 1962-04-24
ARC Plans
CuroIinuUnit
For Research

Atlantic Research Corp. OF
Alexandria today announced il
will establish a rocket research
and development facility near
Corolla on the North Carolina
Outer Banks.
Philip K. Rely, Jr., manager
of ARCS development depart
ment. said the company had
expanded to its limit at its
Gainesville, Va. plant and had
to look elsewhere.
The Outer Banks site has
more than eight miles of 'front.'
age on the Atlantic Ocean and
is bounded on the west by Cur
rituck Sound. ARC will use it
in static testing of rockets and
experiments with its "gel-solid"
propellant, a booster fuel with
the texture of tooth paste that
could produce millions of
pounds of rocket thrust.
Mr.. Reilly said the site was
chosen for its isolated location,
nearness to navigable water
and available work force. 1t
will employ 435 by the end of
1864.
Evening star., 1962-04-24
Sheuhun Buys All
Auto Firm Stock

S. P. Sheahan. president of
the Suburban Cadillac-O -OldS-
mobile Co. has acquired COM
plete ownership of the COM
pany, it was announced by
Floyd D. AkerS, Cadillac dis
tributor in this area.
Suburban, at 1920 Arlington
road. Bethesda. was founded in
1854 with Mr.. Sheahan as gen.
eral manager. He became pres
ident in 1860. A company
spokesman said he had major
ity control of the agency's
stock and acquired the re-
recently from Mr..
Evening star., 1962-04-24
Research Firm
In Silver Spring
Cancels Offerino

Operations Research, Inc, of
Silver Spring has withdrawn a
proposed 1O0,0OO-share public
offering in the wake of a major
reorganization of its West
Coast division.
A statement to stock sub
scribers, mailed over the week
end by Auchincloss, Parker &
Redpath, underwriters, said
ORR had notified the Securities
& Exchange Commission it was
withdrawing its registration
statement.
Harvey D. KuShner, executive
vice president, explained that
fundamental policy differ