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Evening star., 1963-05-19

Day Thorpe's review of
"Boswell's Diary for 1774-
1776" indicates that he would
like to question Thoreau
about the trout in the milk.
I assume that he is referring
to the passage in which
Thoreau says that circum-
stantial evidence sometimes
is very strong, as when you
find a trout in the milk.
I have always assumed that
in this passage Thoreau was
merely voicing a standard
Jest about substandard milk.
When you find a trout in the
milk it is pretty good evi-
dence Of a circumstantial sort
that the supplier has en-
larged his supply by adding
some water from the spring.
In the early 1900s In the
small Minnesota town in
which we lived jests about
watered milk were a stand
ard pastime. The milk in
those days was not produced
on a model dairy farm, bot
tied in a spotless plant and
delivered before daybreak by
a regular route man. Instead,
some farmer on the edge of
town would fill a few 10-gal-
lon cans with milk, load
them on his wagon and have
his farm team plod his route
at a three-mile-an-hour gait.
And he couldn't get around
too early, since his customers
had to be up and about when
he arrived.
He would stop in front Of
a customers house and the
customer would come out
with a pail or other container
and state how much milk
was wanted. The milkman
then would dip out the proper
amount. Since cream rises,
the first customers to be
served out of the l0-gallon
can would fare quite well. BY
the time the bottom Of the
can was reached the milk
would be pretty blue. The
people who got the blue milk
also got the opportunity to
Jest about watered milk.
The system for the dis
tribution of milk probably
was similar in Concord in
Thoreau's day. Many Of the
farmers there relied on
springs for their water sup
ply. And where the spring
was a cold one. a few trout
in it were not uncommon.
Hence Thoreau's Jest about
the trout in the milk.
Harold Kumm.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Risks of Testing

With the recent impasse
at Geneva, we again wonder
whether this generation will
be the last on earth. We can
not believe that 1t is truly i'm
possible to turn the human
race away from self-destruc-
ton. 1t is now known that
Strontium-90 released by nu-
clear testing destroys life
even before 1t can be born. II
there are new rounds Of test
ing, our children cannot
escape this sterilization. nor
can children anywhere in the
world-for fallout heeds no
national boundaries.
This decision rests In the
hands OF two men-Mr. Ken
nedy and Mr.. Khrushchev.
They have no personal fear
OF each other. nor do the
people OF our two great coun-
tries fear each other as indi-
viduals. Rather we all fear
the inhuman power OF the
atom TO destroy the just and
the unjust alike. Unless they
act as fathers first OF all,
there may well be no more
fathers in the world. We beg
them TO put the continuance
OF the human race before all
other considerations. He who
takes the first step in this
direction will win the graft
tude OF the worlds peoples
for enabling human history
TO continue. There are no
problems that cannot be
solved 50 long as there are
people to solve them; no con-
flict deep enough TO Justify
the terrible risk they take In
a resumption OF testing.
Dagmar Wilson,
Women Strike for Peace.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
LOSING Investment

The United Nations wants
the United States to pay an
other special assessment to
keep the U. N. running un-
til they can try and collect
back dues and assessments
from other member nations.
The United States and Eng
land are the only paid-up
members. So with only two
nations paying while los
member nations cannot, or
will not, pay up back pay
ments 1t looks like the U. N.
is a losing investment. Yet,
this administration keeps on
shoveling the hard-earned
American taxpayers dollars
down the U. N. drain. Paying
these special assessments into
the U. N. is like paying the
installments on a dead mule.
L. S. Growden
Evening star., 1963-05-19
On With the Plan!

A long series Of very controversial
public hearings on proposed General
Plan for Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties ended three months
ago. Since then, nothing has happened.
And the upshot has been that lot of
suspicious people in suburban Maryland
have been suggesting darkly that maybe
nothing ever would. AS matter Of fact,
we have given way to just such Specu-
lation ourselves.
The reason, quite frankly, is that
the plan proposed by the staff of the
Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission was attacked in
the bittereSt way you can imagine by
well-organized, articulate and politically
influential pressure groups within both
counties. These people all advocate
planning. But they quite naturally view
it first in terms Of what is good or bad
for their own personal financial inter-
ests.
Be that as it may, the rumorS Of
inactivity have got under the skin Of
Planning Commission members; so much
so that ]. Newton Brewer, the vice
chairman, made a fighting-mad speech
about it the other day, some excerpts
from which we think are worth putting
on the record. They follow:
considerable amount Of misleading and
inaccurate information has been circulated in
recent weeks about this commissions inten-
tions toward a general plan for the bi-county
Maryland region. AS fas as am concerned,
the need for a comprehensive general plan
TO guide the orderly growth and development
of this fast-growing area is even more essen
tial now than 1t was when we directed our
staff TO prepare such plan three years ago.
1t would be extremely difficult for this
commission TO set at this time definite date
for final action. . .. Nevertheless Mr.. Chair
man, ! think 1t is extremely important. in
view OF the exaggerated rumors and false
statements which have been made, for this
commission to set the record straight. =.
therefore move. Mr.. Chairman. that we 90
on record here and now as favoring the adop-
ton OF general plan this year.
These are fine words, and II their
room for complaint from anyone. The
commission also is quite right In saying
that Q) transportation is the backbone
Of any orderly general plan, and that (2)
the current status Of transportation pro-
posals In suburban Maryland is an un-
holy mess. There has been some crit
icism about the appointment Of member
Donald E. Gingery to "analyze" the vari-
Gus transportation proposals, and to
strive for some agreement on them,
because Of his frequent and vociferous
comments on certain highway and
rapid-transit proposals. Mr.. Gingery
promises to be objective" however,
and perhaps he will prove his critics
wrong. We hope so.
It also is altogether possible that
details Of the initial staff-proposed ver-
sion OF the bi-county plan, at which the
commission now is taking brand new
look, we're out Of line. Its basic goals,
Evening star., 1963-05-19
PACING Ponies

An article in your Sunday
Magazine on April % about
pony racing. by Jim Birch
field stated: There are no
pacing ponies" This is not
true. We operate a pony rae
ing track near Frederick,
called the Monocacy Race
way. We are the only track
In the United States that has
legged pacing races for
pacing ponies. We belong to
a national organization, the
United States Pony Trotting
Association, which controls 80
percent OF the pony racing
tracks in the country.
We have raised every one
OF our PAGERS from the day
they were born so we are
very proud Of them and we
like TO let people know that
there Is such a thing as a
pacing pony. The pacing race
is the feature OF the after
noon.
G. X. Burrler
Evening star., 1963-05-19

Vicksburg. to fire on the
(rebeD batteries. On the 10th
I placed six mortars in po-
sition with orders to fire
night and day, as rapidly as
they could. The works at
Haines' Bluff are very for
midable. There are IA of the
heaviest kind Of guns mount
ed, 8 and 10 inch and 7l2
inch rifled guns, with am
munition enough to last a
long siege. AS the gun car
riages might again fall into
the hands Of the enemy, I
had them burnt. blew up the
magazines and destroyed the
works generally. / also burnt
up the encampments which
were permanently and re-
markably we'll constructed,
looking as II the rebels in
tended 10 stay there for some
time. These works and en-
campments covered many
acres OF ground, and the for
tifications and the ilfle-pits
proper OF Haines' Bluff ex-
tend about a mile and a
quarter. Such a network Of
defense ] never saw. The reb-
els we're a year constructing
them and all were rendered
useless In an hour. In the
meantime, Gen. Grant has
closely invested Vicksburg,
and has possession OF the
best commanding points. In
a very short time a general
assault will take place, when
/ hope TO announce that
Vicksburg has fallen, after
a series Of the most brilliant
successes that ever attended
an army. There has never
been a case during the war
when the rebels have been
so successfully beaten at all
points. and the patience and
endurance shown by our army
and navy for many months
is about TO be rewarded. :"
Evening star., 1963-05-19

where the people rule under
God; for the very core Of all
life's happiness. they think
to cancel such obligation,
perhaps by a casual check
and some patronizing words
for all the church means to
the community and to the
Nation.
AS we stand today under
a Spire of the Spirit and
think of ourselves as debtors,
shall we with that Spire
against the sky, mediate on
all that is packed in a SIM
pie statement made by a
great religious leader? Here
1t is-"What an irresistible
force the church would be
did it not have to carry so
many who merely ride and
do nothing else" The cali
ber Of every life is revealed
by its response to the call,
Fares pleased"
An effusive youth was
heard to comment with re-
gard to a card party COM
panion-"Mr. Jones is the
most wonderful man I ever
knew. He remembered every
card I held at bridge this
week" To which a very level
headed young woman replied,
HAS it ever occurred to you
that Mr.. Jones is As years
old and that he doesn't know
or care about anything else?"
A wise and dedicated man,
whose life was invested in
others as he paid the fare,
and who knew the vacant
life Of this particular card
shark, overhearing the con-
versation about him, COM
mented-"The trouble with
the man you are talking about
is one Of the most common
maladies. If one wished to
describe the disease, one may
say that in a world where the
span of life is so short, the
energy of life so limited, the
needs of men so appalling,
the finest privileges of life
so enriching, the aforesaid
Mr.. Jones is making an in
effable fool Of himself with
trivial preoccupations."
The most quoted passage
Of our young Presidents in
augural address, as with the
white background Of the no.
BILE Capitol he stood before
a seen multitude, and was
heard by an unseen host
which encircled the earth, is
what he said about the obli-
CATION of every American to
ask. mot what the country
can give to him but what he
can give to his country" 1t
was a clarion call from the
new Chief Executive, Fares,
please"
This is the conclusion Of
the whole matter-those who
go through life like clinging
parasites, appropriating the
achievements and accom-
pliShments of others, are but
hitch-hikers, riding on cush-
ioned tires provided by some
body else. In this crucial
day when all we hold dear
is at stake, for Gods sake,
for our Nations sake, and for
humanity's sake, let us highly
resolve to Scorn to stand
among the loafers who lean,
but to take our place among
those who lift and who gladly
pay the fare.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years Ago

The Union AImy'S long
siege Of Vicksburg, which was
to drag well into the summer
Of '63. started a century ago.
1t was an ordeal for both
blue and gray. Having failed
in attempts to take yicks-
burg by troop assaults. Grant
YEARLY signaled for his big
guns to start shelling the
Confederate stronghold into
submission. A behind-the-
scenes hero Of the siege was
Gen. John A. Rawlins, who
is credited by historians with
preventing Grant from be-
coming a victim Of drink at
this critical time, thus ruin
ing his army career and caus-
ing the Union to lose its top
general. Rawlins was Grants
aide. An ardent foe Of al
cohol himself, Rawlins re-
monstrated with Grant in a
harsh and daring manner
when he relapsed into in
temperance. Rawlins has
been called "the man who
kept Gen. Grant on his
horse" There were prema-
ture reports that Vicksburg
had actually fallen, but The
Star of May rs, 1853. re-
vealed in an official dispatch
from Admiral David Porter
that the real work OF reducing
the Mississippi fortress was
Just starting. The dispatch:
Mississippi Squadron Flag
ship Blockham, Haines' Bluff,
Yazoo River, May 20 tvia
Cairo. 25th May - Hon.
Gideon Welles. Secretary OF
the Navy: Sir-on the morn
ing OF the 18th I came over
to the Yazoo River 10 be
ready TO cooperate with Gen.
Grant. On the 18th. firing
was heard In the rear OF
Vicksburg, which assured me
that Gen. Grant was ap-
preaching the city. The can
nonading was kept up furi-
ously for some time, when
by the aid OF glasses, ! dis
covered a company Of our
artillery advancing, taking
position and driving the reb-
els before them. Soon
as the capture OF Haines'
Bluff and IA forts was re-
ported TO me, ! showed up
the gunboats from below
Evening star., 1963-05-19
u. S. Aims in Europe

The international solons"
based in this country are
now using every conceivable
means within the Kennedy
Administration so that Amer
ican foreign policy can dis
rupt the concept Of a united
Europe.
The manner in which we
are attempting to pick off
the European countries, who
philosophically agree with
De Gaulle, but who are afraid
to effectuate these Senti-
ments, illustrates the enor-
nous United States power,
and bellies the newspaper
propaganda that we desire
equal partnership" with
Europe.
The only partnership we
desire is one in which the
European nations become
economic appendages Of the
United States, a relationship
already entered into by Brit
ain and Canada.
Do American businessmen
in Europe respect local GUS
toms, that is, when in Rome
do as the Romans do" as
suggested in Pope Johns re-
cent encyclical? OF course
not. No ethics stand in the
way Of profit or power. Since
American firms can abruptly
close a plant in this country
Tor threaten to do So) and
put thousands out Of work,
they think they can do the
same in Europe. France has
already said no to this prac-
tice, and the unarticulated
sentiment behind France is
deeper than we realize.
Liberals" in this country
are not liberal in spirit at
all. They join with the eco
nomic conservatives mot the
conServators Of a nominate
rialistic way of life) to shout
France is not outward look
Ing" France has a narrow
approach" France is living
in the 10Th century" They
use this backward Ian
guage, not realizing that un-
less Europe sticks together its
way of life will become as
materialistic as life in the
United States.
America is more material
istic and less God-fearing
than Russia (the two going
hand in hand) and the pal
liatives being given the
world will backfire If men
such as De Gaulle cut
through the morass with the
truth.
David L. Levy
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Sevoreid and Lenin

Eric Sevareid's The Era
of the Negro Movement"
pushed a multiplicity of ques-
tions into this Americans
mind.
Has Mr.. Sevareid ever con-
sidered why an American
must not take the law into
his own hands and why
such an act can not be toll
Grated by an orderly admin
iStration? I can't help won
dering If he is unaware of
how he promotes the theories
of Lenin instead of the prin-
ciples CT the great American
experiment. Just suppose
every single minority in the
United States, or possibly a
dissatisfied majority, sudden
ly took to shades of violence
to ply their cause. Can Mr..
Sevareid visualize how his
championing the emotional
acts of American groups is
promoting Leninism? Does he
possibly find Lenin to his
liking? I can only see Lenin
as a man whose driving con-
viction was that there was
good in pampering seeds of
unrest around the globe for
the purpose of leveling the
world to a mass of human
dishevelment. As an Ameri-
can I feel that the Ameri-
can experiment to maintain
a peaceful negotiation for in
dividual's rights in accord
with the Constitution of the
United States is the ultimate
and only hope In the name
of civilization.
Lenin may be the hope for
some areas of the world, but
during a period of general
upheaval the salvation for
humanity may we'll rest on
the prospects Of the continu-
ing experiment of a country
whose goal from inception
has been progress by an or
derly process laid down with
humanity-loving care in its
Constitution!
Agnes Schmitz Wyble.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tUhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Fares, Please
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate


by land and sea and air,
there is a growing urge to go
places. Endless lines are now
forming for summer travel.
Magazines are adorned with
vistas Of fascinating scenes
near and half a world away.
To cautious prospects the
tempting suggestion is flung
that if income does not match
wistful gypsy dreams, go
now and pay later"
Travel Bureau statistics re-
veal the vacation mobilization
Of a nation on the move for
the months just ahead. 1t is
an astounding phenomenon!
For the underprivileged chill
dren Of ghettos of poverty
there are appeals to the gen.
erous hearted for offerings to
provide the pure air freedom
Of country camps and retreats
with their inviting woods,
green expanses, and running
streams.
Now, in all the arrange
ments of leaving for a while
home sweet home, be 1t ever
so humble. there is the inevi-
table cost somebody must pay,
although that hook is cleverly
hidden in all the baited lines
thrown over by all the travel
agencies. Except in rare in
stances, free passes have gone
the way Of dinosaurs. Even at
advertised reduced prices the
call still is Fares, please"
These days fares are usually
paid before one enters a bus,
a train or a plane. Or, If 1t is
a private auto there awaits
the service station with its
sign "fill up" and the price.
But many Of us have mem
cries Of the trolley cars Of a
vanished day when a part of
the ride was the outstretched
hand Of the genial conductor
who nevertheless echoed the
stern insistance, Fares,
please"
A very dear friend Of long
years, DR.. Hal Luccock, was
one Of the most prolific
writer's Of the past genera
ton. He has gone on now
and his preacher son has just
compiled a book containing
the finest of the wheat Of
his fathers messages. He was
one Of the most searching
and scintillating preachers
of this century. One Of his
inimitable essays is on pay
ing the fare. 1t has been a
long time since I took 1t
from the library shelf. In
tender memory I open his
little volume now and quote
some words as fresh as when
he wrote them during World
War I. To begin with he tells
us that to some people the
art Of life largely consists in
evading the fare. Paul's
noble thought, II am debtor"
is still Greek to them. Then,
there are those who steal a
ride-they make no return
for benefits conferred. Some
ride on a pass. This pass is
handed to them by others,
usually ancestors, in the
shape Of money, position, or
talent. No sense of debt goes
with it. But there are others
who pay their fare. OF them
DR.. Luccock says, "TheSe are
the ones who make the
world morally solvent. They
take no delight in lodging.
Their lives are lifted out of
triviality and insignificance
by the ennobling power of a
great obligation"
Alas, how many there are
who, when great causes hav-
ing to do with human uplift
calling for help, go their
complacent way as they steal
a ride without paying the
fare. Even when a Spire
seeks to remind them of
what they owe to the church,
for the wealthy peace and
safety Of their homes, for
their very security in a land
Evening star., 1963-05-19

however-the direction Of future growth
into orderly and publicly economical
patterns, the preservation of areas
of low density open space, and the
development Of new means of control
ling these things-were both desirable
and right. These goals should be pre-
served in whatever new version is draft
ed, and lot of people will be watching
to see that they are.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
so Years Ago

The plush offices that
members Of Congress now
enjoy on Capitol Hill were
far from that so years ago.
Indeed, The Star of May 25,
1918, revealed that As new
Representatives were some
what shocked to discover on
their arrival here for the
SD Congress that they didn't
even rate office space in the
House Office Building-sim-
ply because all the offices
were occupied. "They have
been given offices in the
Maltby Building, at New Jer-
Sey avenue and c street. 1T
is a good thing said one,
that my constituents have
not been to see me. In my
office there is a moth-eaten
sofa. two rickety chairs and
a typewriter of the vintage
of 1850. >"
One Of the foremost cham
pions of the new income tax
law SO years ago was Rep
resentative Cordell Hull, OF
Tennessee, who was quoted
In The Star Of May 26, 1913:
"A glance at the fiscal his
tory Of all countries shows
a constant effort on the part
OF the wealthy to shift the
chief burdens Of government
taxation to the shoulders OF
those weaker. poorer and less
able to protect themselves
from the injustice and OPP
preston inflicted by dispro-
portionate taxes. :"
Two socially elite baseball
teams, representing the Met
ropolitan and Chevy Chase
Clubs, played q charity game
at the American League Park
here so years ago for the
benefit Of the free wards OF
Providence Hospital. The
Star OF May 26, 1918, re-
ported Chevy Chase, behind
the brilliant but erratic
pitching" Of A. II. Douglas,
won, 0 to 2. The Metropoli-
tan lineup included Randall
Hagner, Fleming Newbold
and Henry de Sibour: Chevy
ChaSe's hitting stars were
Cartwright Church and
Myron Parker.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
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lines of belief in the ProteS-
tant, Roman Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Other books examining the
church scene include BACHE-
LOR OF DIVINITY, by Wal
ter D. Wagner (ASSociation
Press; $3.50, a study of the
minister and the ministry in
today's world; THE CHURCH
AND SOCIAL WELFARE, by
Alan Keith-Lucas (Westmin-
Ster Press; $1.25) deals with
Christian perspectives on So
cial problems; THE PRES