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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
Cultural Center

Recently I introduced leg
islation to extend for anoth-
er five years the time in
which money can be raised
for the National Cultural
Center and provide a COM
prehensive study of the best
possible site or sites for this
great project. I also urged
that performing arts pro-
grams be undertaken imme-
diately in some Of the fine
downtown theaters that, for
want of patronage, are being
considered for parking lot
purposes.
According to published re-
ports, high administration
sources say now the odds on
chances are that the river
side site for the center will
be abandoned for a location
in downtown Washington.
Businessmen who are ad-
vocating a downtown site
point out that the roadways
now being built around the
river site will strangle the
center, make 1t very hard to
reach and render the site
most unsuitable. They point
to the central city sites of
similar cultural facilities in
New York, Paris and other
cities, and say money will be
much easier to raise locally
for the center If business
leaders can see how it will
help generate trade for their
restaurants, shops. ETC., as
similar facilities do for shops
in other cities.
I am in receipt Of a letter
from a Washingtonian, Vir-
ginia Livingston Hunt, who
is related to General Phillip
Kearny of New Jersey fame
She tells me she plans to do
nate $1,000 to the National
Cultural Center, and adds:
II think the place for the
new opera house should be
on Pennsylvania avenue so
long as that street is to be
remade. e. 1t must be a
building that will have some
grounds around it so that it
will have dignity and i'm
pressiveness. The man in
the street who will enjoy the
music and ballet must be able
to reach the building by pub
lie transportation. I have
only been to two concerts at
the Watergate because I have
no car and there is no means
of getting away"
William B. Widnall,
Representative from New
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sides. (The Federals suffered
almost 10000 killed, wounded,
captured or missing; the Con-
federates lost approximately
10000. but captured many
cannon and small armS.) All
the bridges were blown up
by Gen. Mcclellan as he re-
treated, and all the property,
stores. etc, that he could not
save were destroyed. The
enemy got very little besides
a portion Of our siege guns
and about 40 pieces of light
artillery. We captured a num-
Der of the enemy's artillery
and also took many prisoners,
but were compelled to release
most of them rather than
be encountered. The Rich
mond Dispatch announced
the death of Gen. 'Stonewall'
jackson. :" (This paper
carried the same erroneous
report Of Jackson's death the
day before. He proved to be
very much alive as the war
progressed. Jackson's brigade
had a timetable schedule to
attack an isolated Union
force led by Gen. Fitz-John
Porter early in the Seven
Days Battle. but for once in
his life "Old Jack" was late.
hurting Lees Strategy The
Star gave this sample of the
ferocity of the fighting at
Savage's Station: ". The
battle commenced at 5 in the
afternoon and lasted until II
at night. The rebels, covered
by thick timber, we're enabled
to remain concealed until
they had reached a wheat
field that stretches from
Savage's to a dense belt of
woods. Suddenly appear
ing out of the timber, they
opened with rifled cannon
upon our forces. drawn up in
full view to the south of the
railroad. A rapid enfilading
fire of shell and grape was
at first so staggering that our
men could not form nor our
artillerymen bring their bat
teries into service Night
put no end to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tuiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
so Years Ago

A tryout of an American
dirigible, in which it was
hoped to fly the Atlantic.
ended in disaster for its in
ventor and crew so years
ago. The Star of July 2, 1912.
reported Melvin Vaniman,
who built the half-million-
dollar cigar shaped craft. had
persisted with his brother
Calvin and their crew of three
when the dirigible's gasbag
exploded at 1000 feet off At
lantic City, N. j., plummet-
ing the ship into the ocean.
Several thousand persons
who had turned out to see
the experimental flight wit
messed the tragedy. 1t was
the second trial run for the
Inflated Akron. In its first
flight, some six months ear
lier, the dirigible had made a
forced landing after staying
aloft for hours.
To stimulate interest in
building a national highway
from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coasts, an intrepid party
of motorists arrived here so
years ago, having driven
from Los Angeles in less than
two months. The Star of July
IL, 1912, reported the path
finders" Bert Smith, auto
mobile editor of the Los An
geles Times; Dell Potter, John
Yak and Francis j. Dyer
drove in that morning, hav-
ing left Los Angeles on May
Is in a Locomoble. The
ast-to-coast highway could
be built, it was estimated, for
$50 million, of which the Fed
eral Government would be
asked to pay half. The Star
said the "trail-blazers met
with no accidents. Their ma
chine is equipped with block
and tackle and every other
accessory for repairing a car
and pulling it out of a tight
place. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
The Court Under Fire

It is no surprise that the Supreme
Court decision in the New York prayer
case invited and has received unusually
harsh criticism, evidenced in part by
the extensive samples Of our own heavy
mail we have printed in the past few
days. We agree that criticism is amply
justified. We do not agree, however,
with the theme which underlieS so much
Of it. The theme to which we refer Is
that the decision was designed to I'M
dermine religion and to support COM
muniSm.
The more valid basis for criticism
was eloquently expressed some fourteen
years ago by Justice Stanley Reed, lone
diSsenter in the McCollum case, involv-
ing religious instruction in public
schools. Justice Reed and other critics
of the majority opinion in that case
saw in it the forerunner of the case
decided last Monday. And we have little
doubt that the case decided last Monday
is the forerunner Of others yet to come.
If the court continues along this line,
reading into the prohibitions Of the First
Amendment meanings which were I'M
dreamed of by those who wrote and
approved 1t, it will become so preoc-
cupied in uprooting cherished and long
accepted customs of the people as to
invite damaging disrespect and ridicule.
In his McCollum dissent Justice
Reed, now retired, warned that "this
court cannot be too cautious in up
setting practices imbedded in our society
by many years of experience" Devotion
to the great principle of religious liberty
should not lead us into rigid interper-
tation Of the constitutional guarantee
that conflicts with accepted habits of our
people" The same thought was ampli
fled In an editorial in the Journal Of
the American Bar Association which we
reprinted at the time and are reprinting
again on another page Of today's Edito-
rial Section. The philosophy and Judi
cial propensity" of the court discussed
in that editorial finds repetition in the
New York case just decided. It is that
philosophy and judicial propensity,
rather than the imagined pro-Com-
munist or irreligiouS leanings o; patriotic
and upright judges, which should be of
most concern.
The late Justice Jackson, while
agreeing with the decision in the Nc
Collum case, wrote that 1T is idle to
pretend that we can find in the
Constitution one word to help us as
Judges to decide where the secular ends
and the Sectarian begins in education.
Nor can we find guidance in any other
legal source. It is matter of which we
can find no law but our own proposes
sions." Justice Stewart, the lone dissenter
in the New York case, expressed in other
language much the same thought. The
strained attempt by the court to find
Constitutional authority to support its
prepoSSeSSionS is an understandable
source of resentment and criticism.
The court will consider in its next
term cases involving recitation of the
Lords Prayer and the reading of Bible
passages in public schools, and these
cases will be closely associated with
other hitherto sanctioned and highly
esteemed customs and convictions Of
our society. The fate of religion will be
involved in these cases. But to lesser
extent than continued respect for the
court
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See Editorial: Open Dump

see EoitoTioI: open lump
day - with our increasing
concern with the threat to
health Of air pollution - the
Nations Capital would sat-
isfy itself that this is the
only possible solution. In
deed, one is forced to con-
clude that such resignation
can be reached only with
shocking indifference to the
health and welfare Of the
residents of this Northeast
area, or with over-zealous
concern for the state Of the
purse strings.
And I am impelled to ask,
"Why us?" Why have we
been volunteered" forever to
inhale the residue Of the
trash accommodations Of all
Of the rest of the city? I
am not one prone to attrib-
ute race implications to
every adverse condition en-
countered. But is it mere
coincidence that the Districts
two dumps (Benning Road
now closed-and Kenilworth
are located in areas which
always have been almost ex-
clusively Negro? Do not the
circumstances suggest the
likelihood that they were
so located because the resi-
dents Of these areas were
those most impotent effec-
lively to protest?
The sites were selected
years ago. The choice made
then has little pertinence
now. except to how it relates
to discussion of the landfill's
continued use. I am little
impressed with the defense
that the District of Columbia
has no alternative - that it
does not have incinerators
that will accommodate the
type Of trash contemplated
for continued burning at
Kenilworth. Imagine, If you
can engage in so extravagant
a fantasy, that the disposal
grounds were known as the
Spring Valley" or the Wood
ley" landfill. Do you not sup
pose that. somehow the Dis
trict Sanitary Department
would have found a solution,
years ago, more satisfactory
to residents of those areas
than that now offered US?
AS I indicated, my wife
and I are recent residents in
this area. It can be argued
that we - as well as many
of our neighbors - moved
here with our eyes OPEN"
And so we did.
The District Governments
budgetary problems are le-
gion. There is no gainsaying
this. But the District has
lived with financial difficult
les before - and has sur
vived. Somehow it - and/or
the Congress - found funds
with which to construct a
new stadium costing many
millions of dollars - much
Of which the D. C. taxpayers
apparently will be privileged
to pay. Somehow it finds
money to build a seemingly
never-ending network of
highways and bridges to ia
cilitate the movement of sub
urbanites to and from the
city. Somehow it even found
that it could afford the lux
ury of seriously considering
spending millions of dollars
to build an aquarium, where
presumably greater concern
would be given to the welfare
of fish than apparently is to
be given to the health of the
children in this area. And
somehow I think the money
and means can be found to
construct whatever facilities
are required to permit per-
manent elimination of open
burning of trash in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
James r. Yancey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-01
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Fetters of Freedom
BY DR.. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS


Tnere can De no freedom
without letters. There is no
law which the So-called free
need to understand more
than that. Unless letters are
an integral part of the glori-
GUS thing called freedom,
then freedom degenerateS
into the heinous thing called
license. To disregard the fet-
tiers of freedom is to lose the
very freedom of which one
may boast.
AS the birthday of the
Declaration of independence
draws near. America desper-
ately needs to emphasize the
letters more than the free
dom.
OF course, the anniversary
of the ringing of the Lib
erty Bell in Philadelphia
ought to be a time of CRATE
full rejoicing, and for all true
Americans to register a VOW
in heaven that no sacrifice
will be avoided as too costly
to defend and preserve our
freedoms. This must be an
essential part in keeping our
Nations birthday in these
dire times when diabolical
forces that have not God in
awe plot freedoms deStruc-
ton.
But no question is more
paramount or pertinent than
What do we mean by de-
Tending our costly birth
right?" AS the Nations
natal day draws near this is
the prayer to lift to the God
who hath made and pre-
served us a Nationals in
Thy Name we contend
against the vile treacherieS
which on the Fourth of July,
1862, foul the earth and en-
slave Thy children, make us
the kind of persons fit to be
the defenders of the regal
and precious things which
ennoble our national and
personal life and crown it
with glory. Teach us gladly to
accept the letters which
alone are the safeguards of
our freedom"
Liberty is a boat with oars.
We can use the oars or drift.
Heaven is in the rowing
hell is in the drifting. We
belong to a day which takes
great stock in the interior
furnishings Of life's boat
there are cushions and gadg-
cts galore. 1t is equipped
with everything to ravish the
ear and eye and to pander
to the senses. With all this
there are people who imagine
themselves free who will
bride and cheat and sell their
honor. Their hands become
too grasping to bother with
oars! To do so is to fetter
their inclinations. For them
to live is to drift. They do
not bother with the oars be-
cause their wills have been
debauched by indulgences
which often drag humans be-
low the level of beasts. They
are obliviouS to the fact that
spiritual power can only be
generated by oars propelled
by the bullying bicepS of pur-
pose. No one ever yet drifted
into strength or goodness.
And so multitudes who
shout "hoorah" for our free
dom become the victims of
fashion, custom and conven-
ton. Who can doubt that we
are very near the fatal de-
feet of our day when we
speak of drifting ships and
of a time when alas, with SO
many so-called free men, the
oars Of duty and conscience,
moral integrity and high
idealiSm no longer battle the
contemporary currents which
sweep one away from the
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Wentworth Bonfire

AS a recent resident and
homeowner in Eastland Gar
dens, it Is with dismay that
I learn of the Districts plans
for the burning of trash in
definitely - although on a
somewhat reduced scale - at
what is delicately referred to
as the Kenilworth ''landfill.
OF course, I am aware Of
and appreciate the Districts
vexing problem Of trash dis
posal. 1t seems inconceivable,
however, that in this present
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Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
II Delaware Al Delegates
Attending National Congress

Seventeen All boys and girls
from Delaware, delegates to the
4lst National All Club Con-
gress which started Sunday, ar
rived in Chicago Saturday
morning and began a whirlwind
of activities lasting through to-
day.
Before leaving Newark, Del
aware, Friday noon, the dele
gates attended brief orienta- :
tion session at the University of
Delaware along with their par
ents and then dined together.
They went by bus to Baltimore
and caught a train for Chicago.
Accompanying the group are
James o. Baker, state All
Club Leader, Newark; Dean
Belt, New Castle County All
Agent, Newark; and Mrs. Mad
cline Wiebel, a Kent County
All leader from Hartly.
The delegates, all state win
ners In the National All Awards
program will return home Sat-
urday December y.
Delegates include:
Doris Jarm an, Newark,
achievement; Richard Baxter,
Middletown, agriculture; Diane
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
Post Office
Move Orderly

AT the end of the first week
at the new site of the Smyrna
Post Office the employees are
"still In the process of be-
coming acclimatized", accord
ing to Mrs. Mary S. Colds
borough, postmaster.
The removal to the new site
was orderly and systematic, and
the public is become accus-
toned to the change from Main
Street to Market Street Plaza.
The dedication of the building
will take place at later date.
The site contains 1888 square
feet of interior floor space, and
ample paved parking and man
euvering area is provided.
The reaction of the public
to the beauty of the interior
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Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
Christmas Lights to
Go On Friday Night

The Christmas lights will
be turned on In Smyrna this
Friday and stay through New
Years, Rex D. Gilmore, town
manager, toldmembers of Town
Council at their regular meet
ing last week.
Decision was made to award
prizes for exterior Christmas
decorations as on previous yrs.
Prizes will be in the following
categories:
Residential, SIS, first: SIS,
second; $40, third. CONNER
cial, one award amounting to
SIS. The judges will make their
decisions on Dec. 20. They will
be named in the near future.
Gilmore reported many re-
quests are being received for
security lights. 1t was pro-
posed that they would cost $500
per month.
A motion was carried to adopt
security lights, and an electric
schedule will be set up making
them available for customers
desiring that type of illumin-
alton.
A motion was unanimously
carried that parking be elm
mated In front of the school
buildings on Frazier Street,
and a speed zone to be marked
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
Legion to
View Film

The regular monthly meeting
of the David c. Harrison, Post
No. IA, Inc. will be held at
8 p.m., Wednesday, December
S, 1862 in the Post Home on
Glenwood Avenue. Smyran, Del
aware.
w. Alan Stafford. Entertain
ment Chairman has announced
that through the courtesy of the
Diamond State Telephone Co.,
Dover a film entitled Seconds
For Survival" will be presented
for members and their guests.
This is an action-packed film
which shows very dramatically
the role of modern communi-
cations In our nations air de-
tense system.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
Plan Party

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Citizens Hose Company will
hold a Christmas party at the
close of the regular meeting on
Monday, Dec. II.
Each member is requested to
bring a gift of one dollar for
a grab bag. Refreshments will
be served by committee com :
posed of Mrs. Agnes Boyles,
Mrs. Addie David, and Mrs.
Helen Hudson.
Members of the local auxil-
iary attende the meeting of the
Kent County Ladies Auxiliary
held on Tuesday, November 27.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
.Jancees Trim
Window

An attractive window display
was seen during the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday season In the win
dow at the headquarters of the
Smyrna-Clayton Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
1t had been arranged by mem
bers of the Jancees, and showed
small Thanksgiving table.
holding a turkey, TWO place
sets, fruit, and a Bible.
Seated at the table we're two
large dolls in the garb worn by
the Pilgrims in New England.
A sign read: 1--WE Thank Thee
Lord for all our blessings. !"
1t was averyprovocative set
ting and proved meaningful to
many observers.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
State Snow
Equipment
Made Ready

Every individual item to be
used by the State Highway De-
parument In snow removal op-
erations has been checked and
placed In condition for immed-
late service, according to an
announcement by William ].
Miller, Jr., Director OF OPP
erations for the Department.
MIR. Miller, said the equip
ment and supplies are prepared
to completely clear the highway
of snow wherever it is possible
to do SO throwing plowing act
ivities and the spreading of a
sand mixture on the roadway
surface.
AT the direction of Mr.. Mil
ler, and under his supervision,
Raymond H. Johnson, Main
tenance and Equipment Super
visor for the Department,
visited each maintenance yard
to examine the plowing equip
ment and check on the stock
piles In various locations.
MIR. Johnson reports that the
trucks, to which the snow plows
will be attached, and the pillow
equipment, was checked at each
location with special attention
to all of the working parts.
Mr.. Johnson reported that he
had carefully checked the a.
mount of chemicals on hand,
both salt and calcium In all
three counties and also viewed
the stockpiles where prepared
sand is awaiting use.
AS result of purchasing ad-
ditional equipment, SUSSEX Co.
has five salt and sand spread
ers of five cubic yard capacity
while Kent County has three
similar spreaders which, with
other spreading equipment will
enable them to cover their area.
New Castle County uses tail
gate spreaders, which have been
working very well In that county
because of the much starting and
stopping along some of the high
ways in that county.
MIR. Johnson said that as a
result of the inspection some
work was found needed on some
trucks, such as light adjust
ments, fixing turn signals and
a few other small items but said
work is in progress in making
these adjustments.
Mr.. Miller said, after exam
lining MIR. Johnson's report, that
he felt his Department would
be ready to go to work on the
highways as rapidly as any snow
falls.
The maintenance crews who
will operate snow removal
equipment, have all been trained
In the use of this equipment and
are familiar with the areas In
the territory they will cover.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29

subject to the approval OF the
Chief of Police, William M.
Short, and the town manager.
The Smyrna Cotillion Club
was granted permission to use
the Town Hall for a dance on
Feb. 10, the price to be de-
termined later.
Following discussion onuse
of water meters, 1t was moved
that water users outside the
town limits be billed beginning
with the January first quarter,
with an increase of fifty per-
cent of the present rate.
The town manager was asked
to draw up an ordinance for
licenses for fish and vegetable
peddlers in the town, after a
check with other towns.
A motion was carried that
bills be sent for curb and gut
ter on Locust Street at $2.55
per running foot.
William R. Manter, certified
public accountant, of Dover was
retained as auditor for the com :
ing year.
Mayor Robert w. Riddagh
reported on attending meeting
of the Mayors Association
where the dump situation was
discussed. Nothing definite has
yet been achieved.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-29
Local Schools
List Events
For December

The Thanksgiving recess for
the schools of the Smyrna Spe-
cial School District ended on
Monday, and the schedule of
events during the month of De-
cember has been set up by
school officials.
Basketball practice will begin
on Monday, December 8 at BIS
pm. and the end of the second
marking period is Tuesday, De-
cember A. A meeting of the
Board of Education will be held
on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The Junior Class play will
be presented on Thursday, De-
cember E at $3.50 pm. and the
Delaware Day Assembly on F ri
day, December 7 at $40 am.
On Wednesday, December IL
the County Choral Festival is
scheduled from 9 am. to IL
noon. The Clayton School Par
ent Teacher Association will
meet that day at 7:30 pm.
The Smyrna Elementary
School Christmas program will
be presented at that school al
1880 pm. on Tuesday, Dec. l3,
A Junior High School Christ
mas party is scheduled to be
held at the East Elementary
School on Friday, Dec. IA from
s to 10 pm. Report cards will
be distributed at 3:l5 pm.
The Faculty-Varsity basket
ball game will be on Tues
day, Dec. l8 at pm. and the
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