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Evening star., 1963-09-29
Choncery Rises

In view Of the current civic
controversy over the building
Of chanceries in residential
neighborhoods. I suggest that
those who would like to see
such an employment center
In a residential zone come out
and look at the chancery
now being built by the Ger
man Embassy at 4645 Reser-
voir road NV.
This m sSive six-story
structure, right in the heart
Of a section Of detached one
family homes, extends for an
entire block through to 1900
Foxhall Road. 1t towers over
the trees and homes and can
be seen from the George
Washington Memorial Park
way on the Virginia shore.
Those seeking arguments
for confining large chancer-
les to commercial or office
building zones need only take
q look at-or a picture Of
this high-rise office building,
a most obvious "nonconform-
ing use" of land.
Ruth AulI,
President. Palisades Citizens
Association.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Spires Inspiring

When our Sun day Star
comes, I eagerly turn to
read with enjoyme e mt and
uplift the article. "Spires Of
the Spirit" Again and again
I have turned to these writ
ings, in my scrapbook, for
inspiration. information and
guidance. Therein are chal-
lenges to deeper t thinking
and the better way of life.
Recently DR.. Harris re-
ferred to a gem of a book,
II Imitation of Christ" by
Thomas a Kempis. Only the
fortunate ones who have
m a d e its acquaintance can
appreciate this precious vol
ume. I esteem highly one of
these Spires under the cap
ton "A School Of Noble
Souls" which I clipped dur
ing the 1859 March 15th)
Lenten Season. I have kept it
folded in my own volume,
Imitation of Christ" I wish
that all aspiring people Of
good will could read and
ponder upon this Book of
the Centuries" which was
written before America was
discovered d. In 1t Is found
healing balm from their ten
sions, and contentious, now
tending to pull m ankin d
apart: and, as DR.. Harris
says, righteousness and
peace would kiss each other
in q world of blessed con-
cord" and so usher in the
finer verities.
Carrie B. ChisweIl.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
FROM THE STAR FILES. ..

these hills the rebels had
made strong defensive works,
not many in number, as If
they thought a few would be
sufficient for the purpose of
defending these approaches.
Gen. Rosecrans is now con-
Meeting these isolated bat
teries and will soon have a
line of works around the city
which will defy the united
strength Of Bragg and Long
street. Bragg will find it an
utter impossibility to dislodge
Rosecrans from this position
by direct advances
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Fighting Librarian

I received simultaneously
in the mail a copy Of the
American Library Associa-
tion's publication Access to
Public Libraries" and some
very thoroughly documented
comments from Harry Peter
son concerning the state
mentS made in the ALA pub
lication.
Some 10 years ago I had
the pleasure of working in
the personnel office of the
Public Library in Washing
ton under Mr.. Peterson's di-
rect supervision. My family
lived for a number Of years
in Georgetown and I have
visited Washington and the
public library a number Of
times.
I cite the above to indicate
that I have personal knowl-
edge Of the situation in
Washington extending back
over a number Of years.
The statements in the ALA
publication do not present a
recognizable picture Of the
public libraries Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. as I have
known them.
AS Mr.. Peterson points out,
no mention is made Of the
central library in Washing
ton, a major agency. serving
a large part Of the popula-
ton.
Mr.. Peterson, 1t seems to
me. has prepared a most tho
rough. factual, objective re-
futation Of the statements
about the District Of Colum-
bia Public Library.
The Star Editorial Of Au-
gust 18 refers to Mr.. Peter
son as a fighting librarian. "
This he certainly is, and he
has been fighting over the
years to bring the best posi-
BILE library service to all the
citizens Of the District Of Co
lumbia.
Oswald Fl. Joerg,
Director. Davenport Public
Library, Davenport, Iowa.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Madness

There Is no end to the extremes to
which the highway people will go to
plot against us motorists.
Street repairs we are used to.
New freeways that never get off the
drawing boards are old stuff. One Of
the iron-clad rules Of the game is that
every two lanes Of traffic must sooner
or later merge into one. No traffic
engineer, as everyone knows, really
earns his spurs until he is able to figure
out way for the lights to turn red at
every corner-juSt as you get there.
And now, beyond Bethesda where
the traffic starts to get heavy, the high
waymen of Maryland have outdone
themselves. They are tearing up the
Pine, beautifully Handicapped, four-lane,
divided section Of the Capitol beltway
between Wisconsin and Connecticut
avenues, which they built Just six years
ago. They are going to build 1t all over
again. Not half Of the highway at a
time, mind you, so the people who have
to travel between Wisconsin and Con-
necticut avenues could continue to do
so, but all Of 1t at once.
According to Mr.. Shook, who works
for the Maryland Roads Commission,
the almost unblemished surface Of the
parkway has to be made stronger for
trucks. And not only that, he says, some
grade Improvements and realignments"
have to be made. But we aren't taken
in by that kind of talk. We know the
real explanation. It's madness-pure
madness.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Billions for Defense

The quick passage Of this
years $47.3 billion defense
budget by the Senate again
demonstrated the intellectual
dishonesty Of such supposed
ly budget-minded Senators
as Goldwater. Byrd and Rus
sell. Georgia's "anything-for-
defense" Russell led the fight
to ramrod the appropriation
through with as little debate
as possible. accusing his OPP
position Of sowing the germ
Of unilateral disarmament"
The only real opposition to
Russell came from freshman
Senator George McGovern Of
South Dakota, who proposed
q modest cut Of a little over
50 billion. McGovern's state
ment that present levels Of
aid are distorting our econ
omy, wasting our human
resources and restricting our
leadership in the world" can
be argued pro and con. But
McGovern's position that
there is waste In the defense
budget seems almost unchal-
lengeable. AS McGovern and
others have pointed out, the
United States stockpile Of
nuclear weapons is far in
excess Of any conceivable
need.
One would think that
those Senators who are so
quick to Jump on Govern
ment aid to widows, the
blind. and the mentally
retarded would certainly
carefully scrutinize a single
appropriation that absorbs
over half Of each tax dollar.
But alas, these so-called
conservatives seem more in
terested In playing politics
than in looking at the third
largest (after the Soviet Un-
ion and Red China) socialist
system In the world, the
United States Department Of
Defense.
Edward W. Knappman.
Evening star., 1963-09-29

the prize for which Bragg
is contending, and until he
has won it we can but re-
joice with fear and trem-
bling over what he has done.
:" The Richmond Exam
liner was quoted: "'Our VIC
tory is complete, says the
exultant General Bragg.
Our victory cannot be COM
plete unless 1t is consum-
mated by the recovery Of
Chattanooga. The prize Of
the conqueror is East Ten
nessee. The incomplete re-
suit is very glorious. But let
us wait for the end before
we announce the triumph Of
Confederate arms. E. :"
This paper also quoted the
Chattanooga Rebel before
Rosecrans moved in: THE
mountains Of East Tennes-
see form the breastplate OF
the Confederacy. Pass them
and the probe Of the enemy
at once reaches the CUTS Of
the South. Therefore is East
Tennessee to be defended at
all hazards. :" The Star
Of September 30, 1853, pic
tured Rosecrans' position:
"Rosecrans is strongly en-
trenched and is ready to
meet the enemy whenever
he attacks. Chattanooga
cannot be taken by assault;
and as for a siege, we have
nothing to fear from that
mode OF proceeding. The
approaches to Chattanooga
from the south and south
west lie through two val
leys, those Of Chattanooga
and Cilico creek. Near the
city, In fact almost within
II, there is q range Of hills
encircling 1t and command
ing the valley for miles. Upon
Evening star., 1963-09-29
100 Years Ago

Chickamauga had many
repercussions. Union Cen
eral Rosecrans and his Con-
federate counterpart. Bragg,
were accused Of bungling;
the former for being too
bold, the latter for being too
timid. Others with stars on
their shoulders were shuf-
fled like cards, some worked
high in the deck, others dis
carded as Of dubious value.
Just as Longstreet was de-
tached from Lees Virginia
army to join Bragg prior to
the fighting in Georgia. so
was Hooker given command
of two Army Of the Potomac
corps and sent to beef-up
Federal forces at Chatta-
nooga. Three other Union
generals, Alexander McDow-
ell, McCook and Crittenden.
were ordered to face courts
Of inquiry because they had
failed to distinguish them
selves at Chickamauga. The
Star Of September 26, 1868.
quoted the Richmond Whig
on the Confederacy's failure
to follow-up It's victory at
Chickamauga: Situated as
Rosecrans is Cat Chatta-
nooga). the victory that
does not end in the capture
or dispersion Of his whole
army is a lost opportunity.
II he is permitted to hold
Chattanooga, then our VIC
tory will be without profit,
and we have only to mourn
that so many brave men
have died in vain. Rose
Grams must be destroyed or
driven from East Tennessee,
else the battle had as we'll
not have been fought.
He holds q region pestilent
with disaffection that needs
only the presence OF a YAM
kee army to ripen 1t into
full-blown treason. He holds
the country that must sup
ply the meat for our army,
nitre for our powder mills,
and coal and iron for many
OF our manufacturing estab-
lishments. The possession Of
that country is an indispen-
sable necessity TO us. 1t Is
Evening star., 1963-09-29
50 Years AGO

The great American game
Of poker was a hit in France
so years ago, but the French.
according to The Star Of
September 81. 1918. made
the rules as they went along.
One version was bridge
jackpots," limited to four
players. The entire So cards
were dealt among the four.
The trick was TO mentally
figure the best tive-card
hand you could make from
your l3 cards. II took three
deuces or better to open.
Any one having a flush or
higher could reopen" after
which a player with a really
good hand could declare the
game wide open" Freeze
out was called zero cent?
grade" Anyone for stud2
Women suffragettes were
making progress so years
ago, due in part to male
supporters. The Star OF
September 81. 1918, quoted
a feminist to this effect: I'VE
are gaining recognition ev-
erywhere and I am glad to
say that much OF our sue
cess is due to the support OF
men. Their unselfish help
in our cause proves that the
male sex has been greatly
misjudged by prejlldiced suf-
fragettes. 1t isn't true, as I
once heard a suffragette re-
mark, that a man Is only
willing to take the burden
from the shoulders Of a frail
woman when she Is harsssed
with the care Of a large and
paying property :"
Evening star., 1963-09-29
J. w. Haywood, jr.
Gets His Violin

On behalf Of the 20-30
Club, I wish to thank you for
your story about our request
for the donation of q violin.
You might be interested in
knowing that we received
nearly Is offers to donate q
violin for the student Of
promise at Cedar Knoll and
that 1t was possible for us to
select a very suitable violin
in excellent condition from
those offered.
Carl Oliver, superintendent
at the Children's Center, Kip
Thoresen, chairman Of the
20-30 Club project, and An
gela Khushigian. who Is in
structing the boy. join me In
expressing appreciation for
your help. Our thanks also to
Betty James. for bringing the
matter to your attention.
Bernard Peavey.
President, The 20-30 Club
of All Souls Unitarian
Church.
Evening star., 1963-09-29

have come out Of mans at
tempt to measure the infinite
with his petty inches. To say
that is not to betray skeptl-
cism. The Old Testament
says, "Canst Thou by search
ing find out God";; and the
New Testament asserts, How
unsearchable are His judg-
ments and His ways past
finding out" Such admissions
do not mean that we cannot
be sure Of the deepest reali-
ties. Emily Dickinson was no
ditto-mark defender Of ortho-
doxy and yet she wrote, with
refreshing candor, the lines:
I never spoke with God.
Nor visited in Heaven,
yet, certain am l of the SPOT
AS II the chart were given.
Most of the trouble In
religious thought grows out
Of the boastful claim Of men
that when 1t comes to God
and Heaven, and a dozen
other things, they do have
the chart and that others had
better accept 1t, or-l The
confession of faith, "How
Great Thou Art" breaks
away from such little charts.
The refutation Of any at
tempts to cram the dimen-
sions of deity into a tiny
compass is suggested by the
title of a big, little book, by
a profound modern thinker.
He has named his volume,
"Your God is too small" He
declares that the something"
back Of the material world,
and in 1t. is really far too
vast to be forced into Lilli-
putian man-made boxes with
neat labels upon them. He
speaks with biting sarcasm
of the parade of religious
organizations Of which there
is often a discordant medley
on the church announcement
pages of the Saturday papers,
some of which seem to be
saying, IF you will Jump
through our ecclesiastical
hoop, or sign on our particu-
lar and exclusive dotted line,
we will introduce you to
God"
The fallacy Of the like
ark OF Israel of old was the
idea that as 1t was bourne
about, God was in 1t. If any
thing happened to the ark
it also happened to the God
inside. That was why Uzza,
when he feared that the
sacred object was about to
topple over, died Of heart
failure brought on by fright
as he reached out his hand
to save 1t. How often across
the cropping centuries it has
been assumed, mistakingly,
that God himself was in
volved If disaster came to any
ark of faith which good men
were carrying. Jesus was
always declaring that you
can't put God in a box Of
your loyalities and regula-
tions and rituals. The sweep
ing outreach Of his spacious
ideas was too big to be fitted
into the narrow and bigoted
conceptions Of His day.
Tennyson was saying How
Great Thou Art when he
penned the lines
Our little systems have their day.
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of Thee
And Thou, o Lord, art more than
they.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Common Bible

I was delighted with your
editorial Of Sunday, Sept. Is.
entitled: &C o m m on Bible"
AS a matter Of fact, I made a
suggestion to one Of the
members Of a group who was
working g on this project
about three years ago; that
the King James version be
used as the English text. be-
cause Of its great beauty Of
language, with the necessary
corrections in translation to
be made, Of course. This ver-
sion Is dear to the hearts Of
more people and 1t would be
a shame to substitute the
poetic beauty Of its verses for
more exact and definitive
English where the same end
could be obtained by making
changes where necessary.
Catholic
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Progress Note

We have progressed from
"The Spirit Of Camp David"
through the Spirit Of Gene
va" and with the teSt-ban
appeasem It. into THE
Spirit Of Moscow"
On September 20 our Pres
ident proposed at the United
Nations that we join with
Russia In manned lunar ex-
ploration. Is 1t possible that
we are about to enter "The
Spirit Of Lunacy?"
Hans Birkenwald.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
HoWGreut Thou Art
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

age leap to the skies as the
tallest Spire. How Great
Thou Art - that Is the
heart Of q soaring song
which. in religious assem-
blages on the continents and
the islands of the sea, a
great host that no man can
number have been lifting to
the Father God, eternal, i'm
mortal, invisible, who is, "the
center and soul of every
sphere, yet to his trusting
heart, how near!" Or, as
David put 1t so long ago, in
sentences which have upon
them the breath Of immor-
tality, "The Lord Is My
Shepherd"
The awful thing about the
sort Of social system the So
viets vow to build In all the
earth Is that there is moth
ing In which to believe out
side man himself. To all
gestures Of dependence and
reverence the Kremlin, with
pitying ridicule for the SUI
perstitious. declares, "You are
Saluting q non-existent be-
ing; there is nothing there"
This means that communism,
with all its alleged virtues,
has nothing above it but a
low ceiling. Freedom, with
all its annoying growing
pains, has above 1t the sky.
What a heritage that our lot
Is cast in a land under God!
DR.. Harry E. Fosdick, whose
noble and notable ministry
has been but a footnote to
the breath taking exclama-
ton, How Great Thou Art,
in his latest book, Dear
Mr.. Brown" has put the
two conceptions In this way.
One Is that what we call
goodness Is an accident in
the material universe with
no mind behind 1t, no pur-
pose running through 1t, and
with nothing to account for
1t except protons and neu-
irons going it blind-the cos
mos itself a gigantic accident
consequent upon an infinite
succession of happy flukes.
The other explanation is
that goodness is not an acci-
dent but a revelation, a dis
closure of something ever
lastingly so, light from a
central sun, living water from
an eternal fountain"
This realization Of deity
has been the mortar holding
together the stones in the
wall of our growing civiliza-
ton. It has been the DOM
mating creed Of men whose
spiritual, moral, and intel
lectual strength has marked
them as giants contraSted to
the pygmies who see and feel
nothing above the ground
they tread.
When Voltaire was an
old man Benjamin Franklin,
in the year 1778, called on
him in Paris. Voltaire has
been called an atheist be-
cause he scorned to believe
in some peoples little God.
Franklin had with him his
17-year-old grandson. When
they parted the American pa
triot and philosopher asked
the great Frenchman to give
the boy a blessing. The one
who records that scene de-
clares it was a solemn mo-
ment for those present as
Voltaire stretched his lean
fingers over the lads head
and said-"My child, God
and liberty; remember those
two words" 1t is quite GER
tain that If the old thinker,
soon to swing out beyond
this bourne of time and sense,
had been questioned about
his God, he would have added,
And remember that God Is
incomprehensible."
Most religious vagar1es
Evening star., 1963-09-29

lar there anyway. However,
the national image" would
be considerably sharpened
and frightened by such an
act both at home and
abroad. These days our i'm
age is more than slightly
dusty from Birmingham fall
nIltl
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Let Ne Throuqh!'
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tohen accom-
panied By self - addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-09-29

There are formidable and highly
emotional domestic political factors in
volved. But there are also good reasons
why the United States Government
should respond affirmatively to the
Soviet Unions reported bid to buy very
large quantities Of American wheat.
The deal has been under discussion
in Ottawa by the KremlinS representa-
tives and group Of private American
traders. If it materializes, as expected,
1t will be consummated in keeping with
our countryS complicated system Of
price supports and export subsidies.
In effect, under our law, it will mean
that the USSR will be dealt with as
"a friendly nation" able to buy the
wheat at the going price In the world
markell price about so cents lower
than our domestic millers must pay.
In other words, like such friendly
nations" as France, the Soviet Union
will get an American subsidy. However,
although some groups in our country
are likely to vociferate against this,
the fact is that the Russians, If they
wanted to, could indirectly buy our
wheat at the same subsidized price
through third parties regarded as
friendly nations" Another fact worth
keeping in mind is that the prospective
deal with the USSR-a deal comparable
to the one recently negotiated by the
Kremlin and Ottawa-would not place
a heavy extra burden on the taxpayers
Of the United States. But 1t would help
to ease our costly surplus problem and
Improve, at least little bit, our present
poor position - one that has put a
serious drain on our gold-in the in
ternational balance of payments.
The domestic political factors re-
main, OF course, including much bitter
opposition among those minority groups
who are against doing any kind Of
business whatever with the Soviet bloc,
even such business as importing Poland's
excellent hams. In the worlds present
political climate, however, opposition
Of this sort is more passionate than
reasonable or realistic, and Congress
and the administration ought not to
be intimidated by it.
Two Senate committees Foreign
Relations and Agriculture-are now
Jointly engaged in seeking such judg-
ment. We hope 1t will be a judgment
in favor Of the deal. For peaceable
business with the Russians can be
another step, like the nuclear test-ban
treaty, toward detente, possible new
advance that could lead to bigger and
better things all around the world.
, 1963-10-11
PRIME MINISTER
MACMIILANT0
RESIGN SOON

England's Prime Minister,
Harold Macmillan announced
that he will resign from his
Office in the near future due
to i'll health.
Mr.. Macmillan recently I'M
derwent a successful operation
for the removal Of his prostate
gland and must spend q long
period in convalescence. He
is SO years old and has Pm OF
Great Britain since 1857.
, 1963-10-11
NEWSLETTER is
STARTED BY
v. /. EDUC. DEPT.

The Virgin Islands Department
Of Education this week began
distributing the first issue of what
is to be a monthly newsletter
originating from the Office Of the
Commissioners, Miss Jane Tuitt.
Edited BY Alexander Hender-
son, Director of Research in the
Department, the eight-page pub
lication in its first edition carries
a message from Miss Tuitt, who
in part states: 1T is with a great
deal of pride and pleasure that /
Welcome this newsletter as a ne
cessary instrument for education
al progress in the Virgin Islands.
For a long time, there has been
a lack Of communication between
Continued on page 81
, 1963-10-11
NO REGULAR DOCTOR ASSIGNED 10 The
QUEEN LOUISE HOME FOR CHILDREN

There is no doctor assigned to the Queen Louise
Home in Frederiktsed as there is no fresh milk available
for the very y~oung-from 8 to 5 years-children there.
AS William 2. Frank saw the fresh milk problem,
in a SPEAK YOUR PIECE article in the AVIS last
August It'll: Wards of the United States of America
have to drink powdered milk because some one in the
complex Of insular government and the federal welfare
department decided that the Queen Louise Home in
Frederiksted can't get any more fresh milk"
But there is medical care available, for the rs
appealing children now living there are welcome to any
and all facilities Offered by the ~Ingeborg Nesbitt Clinic
though no doctor has been scheduled to make regular
visits to the children's home.
This question Of regular visits by a doctor was taken
up by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Matt in an exchange Of let
tiers with officials in high places which started last No
vember. x..
Yet, no positive steps have been taken to correct
this situation. nearly a year later.
Mrs. Matz fastened to say that the children of the
Continued on page 81
, 1963-10-11
GALA PREMIERE OF
v. |. P.'S"

Sunday, at S pm. and 8:15 the
Alexander Theater will join Ra-
dio City Music Hall IN New York
in presenting an event Of major
motion picture Importance; the
premiere Of Metro-G oldwyn-May-
er's "THE v. /. P.'s", starring
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton. Destined by the magni-
tude of its casts, the brilliance Of
its original screenplay and the
intensity of its intimate drama,
1.-THE v. i. P.'s" is sure to be che
Of the most talked about and ac-
claimed motion pictures of this
Continued on page 81