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Some Other WAY

The D. C. Transit System bid for
another fare increase, close on the heels
OF It's settlement of a new three-year
labor contract, was as practicable as
night following day For this has become
the established pattern. According to
the company, the price Of satisfying en-
loye labor demands will add nearly $1.2
million to its expenses in 1868 alone.
And to offset this burden, 1t suggests the
elimination Of 20-cent tokens. What
could be simpler?
Among the several disturbing effects
or this easy way out, however, is the
firms own estimate that patronage
among token users might drop about S
per cent. And since some rs per cent
OF all bus riders now take advantage Of
the 20-cent tokens, officials figure that
the company estimate might translate
to loss OF something in the neighbor-
hood OF $500 regular patrons. Precision,
OF course, is impossible In such estimates.
But whatever the actual number Of pas
sengers, the loss is sufficiently great to
emphasize once again the irony OF
pattern Of pricing which chaSes custom
ers away at the very time that the met
ropolitan region as a whole is becoming
increasingly convinced of the utter ne
cessity TO expand transit use, and TO
make public transportation more at
tractive by whatever means possible.
What is the answer Officials Of the
Metropolitan Area Transit Commission,
who will sit down this week to ponder
the question, are being discreetly close
mouthed about their approach TO the
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ries. 1t is an area of apart
mentS.
Cleveland Park has for
years maintained its unique
residential character despite
apartments along it's east side,
on Connecticut avenue, and
rows of apartments along its
west boundary on Wisconsin
avenue. While these apart
mentS were rising, the land
values of Cleveland Park were
rising also.
Wisconsin avenue is not a
one-family residential section.
Because of heavy traffic, with
its hazards to children, and
its attendant racket, few fam
lilies would choose to live on
Wisconsin avenue in ordinary
homes.
Sound PROCEED apartments
make it possible for people to
live comfortably in this area
and attractive apartments
serve as buffers to protect
residents of Cleveland Park
from the traffic hub-bub, and
the dirt engendered by it, and
thus enhance the INABILITY of
their section.
BY replacing ancient, frame,
single = family dwellings, an
apartment on the disputed
site will be an eSthetic addi-
ton to the area and in pro-
viding modern accommoda-
tons for an expanding popu-
lation will be an asset to
Washington.
Nancy Link POWars
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The ChristmaS-New Year
holiday season is with us
again. AS in the past, I am
asking the businessmen Of
the community to help us
In our efforts to keep the
holidays a period of good
will and gaiety. Each year
We look forward to this per-
iod Of joy and celebration
with the hope that it will
not turn out to be just an
other time of traffic tragedy.
Yet, when it's all over, tn,
grim totals are added up and
once again we find that the
time of peace on earth and
goodwill toward men is a
time Of tragic disaster. Often,
the price Of lone too many"
at the office party is pay
able in blood.
It's not only the drink
ing driver who is a hazard
Gus product OF the wet"
office Christmas party. The
drinking pedestrian-perhaps
the fellow who's walking
only because he's in no
condition TO drive - is a
menace. toto himself and
to unwary motorists. One
fourth Of all motor vehicle
accidents during the Christ
mas holiday season involve
pedestrians, according to
National Safety Council
figures. In our own area, as
many as half OF all fatal
motor-vehicle accidents in
volve drinking drivers or
drinking pedestrians.
Is II any wonder that more
and more business organiza-
tons are drying up" their
holiday parties2 We ask your
help. Let's cut down on the
spirits" In order 10 pre-
serve the true spirit OF the
Christmas and New Year
holidays.
q. A. England.
Director OF Motor Vehicles.
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100 Years Ago

Unlucky indeed was the
Union soldier who calamity
but futilely Stormed the Con-
federate strongholds at Fred
erickburg on December IS,
1862. That was the day Of
carnage on which Gen. Lee
said: 1T is well that war is
so terrible-we should grow
too fond Of I'll" 1t was a
day punctuated with blast
after blast Of canister and
grape. The well-poSitioned
Confederate Army of North
ern Virginia used these
lethal charges with devastat-
ing effect as Gen. Burnside's
Army Of the Potomac tried
to make II to the top OF
Fredericksburg's Marye's
Heights. Although the battle
took place on a Saturday,
news OF the Federal defeat
was not made public here
until the following Tuesday,
December 16, 1862. Dispatches
In The Star Of Monday, De-
cember Is, 1862. made 1t APP
pear that a Union victory was
in the offing: "Hq. in the
Field, Saturday, Dec. 10, 8
pm.-The great battle at
Fredericksburg, which COM
menced at sunrise this morn
ing, closed at a quarter past
six this evening. It was des-
perately fought on the left.
We were met by an over
whelming force, but could not
be driven back. At 4 o'clock
tGen. Edwin W Sumner had
carried the enemy's first line
OF works. At 5 o'clock. the
fire Of musketry was deaf
ening. At 8 o'clock the en-
envy ceased firing, and hos
tilities ceased altogether, TO
be renewed In the morning,
II the enemy does not aban-
don his position. O.. The bat
tie was desperately contested
and at the close OF the day
the advantage appeared 10 be
on our side. II the rebels do
not retreat. tomorrow will
witness the bloodiest battle
OF the century Gems.
Burnside and Summer are In
the best Of spirits. and conf
dent that tomorrow will close
on a brilliant victory for the
Union arms. :" Same
day: "Hq. Army OF the Po-
tomac, Saturday evening, a
o'clock 1t being evident that
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the first ridge Of hills in the
rear of the city, on which
the enemy had their guns
posted behind the works,
could not be carried except
by a charge Of infantry 4.
the troops advanced at
a brisk run. When within
musket range Of the base Of
the ridge, they we're met by a
terrific fire from the rebel
infantry, who were posted be-
hind a stone wall and some
houses on the right of the
line. This checked their adj
vance, and they fell back to a
small ravine. >. Another body
OF troops moved TO their as
sistance in splendid style,
Notwithstanding gaps made
In their ranks by the rebel
artillery. CUnion troops, first
those under Sumner and later
Joe Hooker's men. charged
Marye's Heights IA times In
all. They got to within rs
yards Of the stone wall but
could go no further)" On
Dec. l6. 1862. The Star said:
THE following has been re-
ceived by the military tele-
graph dated Falmouth, Va,
Dec. Is: 1t has been rain
ing very fast. The river is
rising rapidly. Our troops
are all this side OF the river.
The pontoons are up" And
the next day this official dis
patch: "Hq. Army OF the Po-
tomac. Dec. IS. 1862, 8 pm:
Maj. Gen. Halleck: The army
was withdrawn TO this side
Of the river because I felt the
position In front could not be
carried and II was a military
necessity either TO attack or
retire. A repulse would have
been disastrous TO us. The
army was withdrawn at night
without the knowledge OF the
enemy and without loss
either Of property or men. A.
r. Burnside, Major General
Commanding" These brief
SSfield dispatches could
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ity to man, colored by shorts
sighted self-centeredness, has
soon or late always involved
him in disaster, and is doing
just that this very day as
Christmas with its way comes
around once more as a date
to be celebrated but with
"The Way" denied and dis
carded. All the radiant heal
ing qualities of love when
genuine cooperation is prac-
ticed is a part of what we
call the Kingdom Of God.
Sometime ago Norman
Thomas, the veteran So
cialist leader, declared that
the more he pondered one
verse in the New Testament
the more literally true it
seemed-"Seek We first the
Kingdom and His righteous
ness, and all these things
shall be added"
Even so great and effective
a preacher as DR.. Harry EN-
erson Fosdick confessed when
he was more than half
through his active ministry,
Il am ashamed that, after 80
years of preaching, I see now
for the first time the deep
truth in Jesus saying; that
I have left 1t as so many
others had, as poetry, failing
to see how prodigious the
fact is" For this saying
about THE Way" literally be-
strides this contending mod
ern world, crying above the
din of claShing politics and
economics and rival ideolo-
gies, Seek We first the King
dom of God" or else - or
else not enough to eat or
drink or wherewithal to be
clothed.
There is absolutely no way
to solve the crying needs Of
so-called underprivileged peo-
pie with not enough to eat
and with no shelter or medi-
cine for their misery but
Christ's Way! His is not an
alternative-it is a necessity.
The way to save America
from vultureS lowering over
the worlds misery is to make
Of our social order Of plenty,
not an economic process pri-
marily devoted to enrich the
few, but one whose goal is
to enrich the life of all under
all skies. 1t is only as our
feet are planted firmly on
the broadening way that
leads to the Kingdom for
whose coming the Master
taught us all to pray, only
as our gaze is on the far
Horizon of His Fathers will
regnant in a redeemed earth
that we can truly sing
I'm dreaming OF a phite
Christmas
When our bright hopes shall
come to earth,
When goodwill shall tighten,
And peace shall brighten,
As angels sang at Jesus
birth.
I'm dreaming OF a tDhite
Christmas
When East and West shall
brothers be,
When mans hates no longer
shall blight,
And tDhen all edrth's
ChristmdStides are Dhite.
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We Can Afford Action

To the Serious dialogue" on national
economic problems which President
Kennedy invited some months ago, the
Chief Executive himself has now con-
tributed one of the most reasoned and
persuasive arguments for tax reduction
and reform-plus careful control of
Federal expenditures.
Speaking before the Economic Club
of New York. an appropriate audience for
this type of thoughtful presentation, Mr..
Kennedy promised that simultaneously
with making his recommendations to the
new Congress on tax revision he will sub
nit fiscal 1864 budget showing total
proposed xpenditureS-other than those
for defense, space and debt chargeS-at
approximately the current level. This is
a welcome and constructive pledge, and
one which should be applied in fact to
appropriation and spending action in the
months to come.
The President is not proposing, Of
course, new and immediate balancing
Of initial tax losses, through reduction or
reform, by curtailmentS in spending.
Significantly, neither did Chairman Mills
of the House Ways and Means Commit
tee in his widely-quoted interview with
u. S. News & World Report, when he
expressed hope Of "Some reduction" in
spending but said it is not necessary to
have corresponding reduction" in order
to have tax relief. In Mr.. Kennedy'S
words, the Nation can afford "a tenn
porary deficit" or, as he put it at another
point, transition deficit" in order to
gain the benefit of worthwhile revision
Of the revenue laws.
But it is on the need of such revision
that the most remarkable consensus has
developed in and out of government.
The President expressed this view sue
cinctly In one paragraph when he cited
accumulated evidence of the last five
years that our present tax system exerts
too heavy a drag on growth-that it
SiphonS out OF the private economy too
large share of personal and business
purchasing power-that it reduces the
financial incentives for personal effort,
investment and riSk-taking" We agree
with the diagnosis, and the Presidents
Immediately following conclusion that
1.-THE Federal Governments most useful
role is not to rush into a program Of
excessive increases in public expendi-
lures, but to expand the incentives and
opportunities for private expenditures"
AS for the corrective legislation
needed, Mr.. Kennedy proposed three
broad tests but withheld details on his
final recommendations. He took note,
too, Of "the obstacles" and different
approaches which will develop in con-
Sidering legislation. Most Of all, however,
he emphasized that I'VE cannot afford
to do nothing" Certainly "the dialogue"
Of recent weeks and months spells out
the need to do something and has, in
fact, provided some extremely helpful
guidelines. The new Congress will have
ar opportunity for action that will be
Of the greatest economic benefit to the
Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-16
A Snow Job?

"As for me, I opened the
book knowing nothing about
China and holding no opin-
ions, a curious reader looking
for information and enter
tainment." With this con-
feSsion Of ignorance and
naivete your book reviewer,
Day Thorpe, undertook re-
Gently a lengthy and puz-
cling review of Edgar Shows
THE Other Side of the River:
Red China Today"
While placing his stamp
OF strong approval on Shows
panegyric on Chinese COM
muniSm in power, Thorpe
for reasons best known to
him-failed to reveal that
Mr.. Snow had established
himself as perhaps the lead
ing volunteer press agent in
the West for the Red Chinese
through the publication in
1887 Of his book Red Star
Over China" Now, Is years
later, Snow obviously not
having abdicated his title
produces this dirge on the
West, which Day Thorpe has
turned to for knowledge and
pleasure.
1t seems strange that Mr..
Thorpe was not somewhat
curious as to how Edgar
Snow managed In 1860 the
five months of Chinese
travel. supposedly prohibited
to American citizens. For
him to say that pressure
from Look Magazine led the
State Department to issue
Snow a "grudging passport"
is not an acceptable explana-
ton of this highly unusual
event. In my own mind, I
am wondering just what your
reviewer is up to in praising
Shows message about an
enemy which is dedicated to
our destruction.
F. w. Barnes.
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so Years Ago

A select panel representing
the Senate and House en-
tertained the National Press
Club so years ago by debat-
ing the question: Are Bow
Legs a Greater Menace to
Navigation Than Knock
Knees?" The Star Of Deem
Der 10. 1912, quoted Senator
Boise Penrose: "As to navi-
CATION Of knock-kneed men
and bow-legged men under
the influence of stimulants.
there is no question in my
mind that any one who is
familiar with these condi-
tons from long personal ex-
perience or observation would
realize that a knock-kneed
man would collapse In the
middle Of the road while a
bow-legged man went gayly
down the street. !" Repre-
sentative A. o. Stanley OF
Kentucky replied: IF / had
the time, / could prove TO you
by the frescoes OF Raphael,
prove from art and story,
that most OF the angels seen
IN the canyases and on the
walls Of olden times are
knock kneedl Imagine a
bow-legged ANGEL We, the
knock-kneed. are the con-
SENATORS Of virtue, we are
the epitome Of greatness, and
we view with commiseration
and pity the physical and
moral deformity OF the bow
legged. :"
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Stevenson Fiosco

Congratulations on your
penetrating editorial, Worse
Than Unfortunate" on the
mishmash about Adlai Stew
enson and Cuba in the Sat-
urday Evening Post.
% Apparently the administra-
ton Is a little old-fash-
Toned in attempting to shape
public opinion. Napoleon used
and curtailed the news to fit
his plans - but that was over
one hundred years ago.
Today molders of public
opinion must be men of COM
prehenSion and intelligence to
lead in public affairs. The ad-
ministration would be bet
ter if it led on public opinion
rather than attempting to
control it and playing. favor
ties with the press. Can they
meet the challenge? If they
can they would play the news
straight across the board.
Donald H. Dalton,
Chairman, Draft Rockefeller
for President Club, Wash
ington Area (1960).
80 -
1t is said that our hind
sight is better than our fore
sight and I daresay this is
true of almost all of us ex-
cept news analysts and edi-
torial writers who can't IA
Thorn the simple Alsop-Bart-
lett-Stevenson affair.
The answer is elementary
and only one conclusion can
be reached, namely, it was
not a leak but a guided mis-
sile that brought on the
famous report of the Alb
CONDO. Mind you, only Mr..
Kennedy and a few others
trusted and Of his own choos-
ing-knew who said what at
the top secret sessions. Isn't
1t evident that Alsop and
Bartlett, competent and "in,"
are not jeopardizing their po-
sition of favor with Mr.. Ken
nedy, particularly so when he,
Mr.. Kennedy, may hold Of
flee for many years to come?
Doesn't it come through
clearly that, regardless of
who told Alb, it was told
with Mr.. Kennedy's consent?
Pat DantOn.
The Juror in the press
over Stevenson and his atti-
tude on the Cuban situation,
together with the great ova-
ton given the President for
his firm and positive"
stand on Cuba, are puzzling
What Russia wanted and
now has received with the
Presidents blessing is Cuba,
the Monroe Doctrine having
been cast aside. True, Russia
In order to accomplish this
end, made some false"
moves by building rocket
bases and supplying planes;
but these the Russians grace
fully surrendered on request
for after all what does their
removal mean2 With Cuba
now firmly in hand, they can
be readily replaced at any
time, and, what is more. their
removal makes a helpless
puppet Of Castro. AS I see 1t
this game Of diplomatic chess
has ended with a victory fol-
Russia.
Joseph N. Nielsen.
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latest request. At the moment, 1t appears
likely that some form of relief for the
transit company will be required. During
the weeks before decision is made,
however, the regulatory commission will
have ample time to search for some
remedy other than the fare Increase
solution" which, following those that
already have taken effect, can only be
self-defeating, and contrary to the best
interests of public transit in Washington.
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Not ToIking 4. . Not Even SmiIino!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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FROM THE STAR FILES.

not begin TO tell the full
story. Union losses in dead
and wounded were more than
$4,000. and Confederate dead
and wounded around $500. AS
one New Yorker in blue put
1t: 1--WE might as we'll have
tried to take He'll"
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Way
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Inc one whose DlrCh the
world Is now about to cele-
brate in glittering glory once
declared, II am the way" 1t
was with His wise eyes upon
the truth of that claim that
Bernard Shaw, who was GER
tainly no orthodox Chris
tan, made this pronounce
ment: II see no way out of
the murder and misery Of
today's human plight but the
way Jesus Christ would take"
Such a conviction seems but
the echo of an old church
hymn: There is no one to
save us but Jesus, there is
no other way but His way"
In regard to the mechanics
Of life, the physical means
Of production, transportation
and communication, and in
the manifold problems the
inhabitants of this planet
face, there is a startling diff
ference between the world of
Jesus and the world Of this
latest Christmas. But the
central problem Of humanity
Is today precisely what 1t was
1852 years ago, and what it
will be 1862 years from now,
If man survives his own sui
cidal devices. Here is the one
question which makes all
other interrogation marks
pale into insignificance-
How may human beings live
together securely, nobly and
happily on this little speck we
call earth in the whirlpool Of
the heavens? Unless that
problem is solved we are
done for.
Bethlehem is today the
capital of the world because
the Supreme Person born
there broke through to
reality. He it was who de-
clared: Heaven and earth
shall pass away but My
Words shall not pass away"
That is the stupendous fact
that Christmas is always
shouting above the Babel Of
voices Of mans passion to
exalt his own interests.
With glowing spirit st.
Paul was pointing the way Of
his Master when he spoke Of
the love that knows no jeal-
ousy or makes no parade,
gives itself no airs, is never
rude, never selfish, never ir-
ritated. never resentful, never
glad when others go wrong,
always slow to expose, al
ways patient. That suggests
the balmy breezes of the
ChriStmaStide when insights
are deepest, love is brightest
and hate is faintest. Then,
even near relatives Of
Scrooge, self-contained and
solitary as an oyster, who
usually carry their own low
temperature around with
them, are thawed out by the
tropical weather of Christ
mas.
But how far off that is
from the way mankind has
taken when even in the camps
Of so-called United Nations
Their dens are fun of ttDiSted
kniUeS,
And in their sleep they often
cut themselves.
And yet they say the only
Way to keep the peace
Is not to cease collecting
kniUeS.
All that is in the opposite
direction to which Jesus
pointed when He declared, II
am the way" He believed that
love-as opposed to hate and
malice and vindictiveneSs-
love, as opposed to greed and
Selfishness, and the will to
exercise power over others, is
the ultimate reality, the rock
bottom fact about the uni
verse. And who would dare
to deny that mans inhuman-
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William Howard Taft.
facing unemployment when
he left the White House, was
offered a Job so years ago. The
Star OF December II, 1912.
said the President had been
invited 10 take the Kent
professorship at Yale Law
School. Friends say he is
weighing the offer against
going back TO Cincinnati and
hanging out his shingle." He
did become professor OF con-
stitutional law at Yale. a posi-
ton he held until 1921, when
he was appointed Chief
Justice Of the United States.
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Zoning Dispute

Joseph N. Nlelser
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Unhappy Folly Doys

Nancy Link POwars
, 1962-04-27

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN IsLAyDs
Division of st. Croix Christansted Jurisdiction
IN MATTER OF OF
ROBERT w. SKEOCH, ROBAT NO. 1866
Deceased
, 1962-04-27
MsTHE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF. SAINT cRoIx:. cHRIsTIANsTED
In the Matter of the Estate of
JAMES HOMAS PROBATE NC. 8-l960
Deceased
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT
JROBATE NO. 8 1860
! HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT

Pursuant to an Order Of the District Court Of the Virgin
Islands, dated April 49, 1862, the undersigned hereby gives
notice that she will render her final account in the above en.
titled estate on May 31st, 1862 at 1000 o'clock in the forenoon
of the said day atthe Office of the Clerk Of the District Court
in Christiansted. Any person having objections thereto should
then and there appear and show cause why said accounting
should not be approved.
Dated: April IS, 1862