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Evening star., 1963-01-20
FROM THE STAR FILES.
so Years AGO

For those Johnnies-come-
lately who think New York
has always been the club to
beat in the American League,
it wasn't so so years ago.
The Yankees - pardon, the
Highlanders - finished dead
last in 1912, and The Star
Of January 9, 1918, revealed
Frank Farrell, owner of the
New York club, was making
a serious effort to turn his
team into something better
than a patsy. Frank Chance,
this paper said, had been
signed to manage the High
landers for three years, and
was believed to be guaran-
teed $25,000 in salary for that
period, plus 5 per cent Of the
clubs profits. Chance, a great
National League first base
man for a decade, hoped to
follow the lead Of another
National Lacquer, Clark Grif-
fifth, who had injected new
life into the Senators the
year before. simultaneously it
was announced the High
landers would train that year
in Bermuda.
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Gala Pressure

The National Society Of
Federal Engineers, Scientists,
and Allied Professionals
wishes to congratulate
Joseph Young and Repre-
sentative Broyhill on the
stand which was so we'll and
clearly presented in "The
Federal Spotlight" January
10. 1868, against the pressure
tactics used on career en-
ployes to attend the "$100
Gala" This organization
heartily concurs with Mr..
Broyhill and Mr.. Young in
their viewpoint.
In addition, we feel that
the tactics used are yelled
coercion, harassment, and in
vasion of privacy. We also
feel that Government Off
cialS are flagrantly violating
the code of ethics for
Government service on which
this society of Federal pro-
fessional employees is founded.
Mr.. Young foretold these
questionable activities as
early as December Z, 1862.
All Federal employees, espe-
cially the members Of this
society, are happy to know
there is a man like Mr..
Young, who is always alert
to present all the facts of
interest to, and the better
ment of, the Government
employees.
James w. Raffensperger,
PreSident-Elect. NSFESAP.
Evening star., 1963-01-20
100 Years Ago

President Lincoln's eman-
cipation proclamation did
not, of course. end slavery
with the simple stroke of his
pen, but there were immedi-
ate results. By grapevine and
from snatches Of what they
heard repeated from news
papers, Southern Negroes
learned of their impending
freedom. Many didn't wait to
be liberated" by the Union
Army but fled to it. Gen.
Sherman soon had a thou
sand ex-slaves at work on
M Memphis Notifications.
Washington, where slaves
had been emancipated in
April. 1862, experienced a
sudden influx of contra
bands" in rags, or sweat
stained field clothes, or dis
carded pieces they had in
herited from their owners.
Some were shuffled off to a
camp Of tents and frame bar
racks on upper Twelfth street
NV. A Freedman's Village
sprang up in Arlington.
Southern sympathizers here
did not like 1t and there were
ugly incidents. The freedmen
had no single leader but they
had some articulate spokes-
men. The Star Of January
is, 1868, quoted from a lee
ture by w. j. Watkins, a Ne
gro who edited a small North
ern newspaper for seven
years. Speaking at the Israel
Bethel Church near the Cap
itol, he said: THE flames
Of agitation are now flash
ing with splendor over the
Nation. throwing their light
on the final contest between
slavery and freedom. Slavery
is rushing down the dark
abyss Of ruin. amid the ho-
sannas OF angels. People we're
asking each other what was
TO be done with the colored
people. He called attention
TO their tthe NegroesO de-
fects as a class. There was
a lack Of unity among them.
If there was any people who
should be united. II was
theirs. The so-called South
ern Confederacy hesitates
not to say that slavery is
the normal condition OF the
colored race. They had en-
emies at the North and
South, all bent on their de-
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Death of q Doctrine

Constantine Brown quotes
an European analyst as ask
ing, Who made the Iron
Curtain?" The answer: "The
United States at Yalta, Te-
heran and Potsdam."
In the face of such opin-
ions, whether they be sound
or false, one naturally in
quires, Where does the
Monroe Doctrine fit into
such ugly pictures?" 1t does
not. That once-famous pro-
nouncement made it plain
that European nations would
no longer be permitted Ito
extend their system to any
portion of this hemisphere"
And of course, this tacitly
implied, like all under
standings, that the United
States would not meddle in
Old World affairs. 1t was a
two-way street.
To claim, as do New From
tier spokesmen, that the
Monroe Doctrine still func-
tions and was applicable to
recent Russian activities In
Cuba, is to ignore salient
facts Of history. The Monroe
Doctrine was killed in 1917
when Woodrow Wilson sent
American troops TO France.
1t was buried forever in 1919
at Versailles when the Pres
ident insisted on cramming
democracy (so-called) down
the throats Of muted minor
ity peoples In eastern Europe
and loading punitive repara-
tions on Germany. Hitler
was not the product Of Ger
man preference; he was the
direct and evil fruit OF
Woodrow Wilson's blindness
and blundering at Versailles.
When President Roosevelt
likewise ignored the princi-
Piles Of the Monroe Doctrine
and hurled American SOL
diers and dollars into Eu-
ropes maelstrom in l941, he
merely buried that already
dead doctrine deeper. And at
Teheran and Yalta he was
allowed TO repeat the Wilso-
nian follies on a greater and
more tragic scale.
Dan =. Van GOrder.
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Painless Tax

If President Kennedy In
tends to steer anything but
a collision course into ma
tional bankruptcy and none
tary repudiation, he must
find new sources of taxation
to offset not only the prom
ised tax cuts but the insane
spending of his and previous
administrations.
The capital gains law, en-
acted only as a punitive
measure, now penalties short
term profits as If they were
something akin to crime.
This results in all but small
traders holding securities be-
yond six months even though
this frequently turns profits
into loss, not only for the in
dividual but for Uncle Sam
also.
In pre-capital gains years,
securities listed on the two
New York stock exchanges
frequently averaged 100 per
cent turnover each year COM
pared with 10 to is per cent
in later years.
Eliminating the six-month
holding period and placing all
profits on an equal basis
would reverse this trend.
With increased turnover, ad-
ditional billions of reason
ably painless tax revenues
would flow into the Treasury
from many sources. This
could be accomplished by a
20-word amendment and pro-
vide Mr.. Kennedy with the
wherewithal to make his fam
ily'S ownership of the Penn
sylvania avenue property per-
manent.
1t could, that is, If Mr..
Kennedy honestly desires a
balanced budget, which some
times appears doubtful.
Charles w. Carter,
Evening star., 1963-01-20

The United States was one
Of the worlds few major
powers that lacked a mill
tary reserve force so years
ago. but steps were being
taken TO correct that defi-
cheney. The Star OF January
Z, 1918, reported Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood. Army Chief
Of Staff, had indorsed a bill
introduced in the House by
Representative Tilson OF
Connecticut. Gen. Wood
said: THE reservists should
receive So a month while in
reserve and upon being called
TO the colors for service in
war should receive an amount
equivalent to So for each
month he may have served
in the reserve. This would
give the reServist. when called
to the colors, something to
leave with his family. and
would encourage men to 90
into the reserve and remain
in It," Great Britain already
had a reserve Of 2i5,000 men:
Germany. 4,700,0O0; France,
100000; Russia, 100000;
Japan. 100000; Italy,
100000 and Austria, $780,
600.
Evening star., 1963-01-20

parties and surprise pack
ages are all a part of un-
sophisticated childhood.
One of the menaces of on
going years is routine which
becomes boredom grooves
which turn to graves = the
graves of expectancy and
wonder. One is we'll on his
way to that cemetery, where
lie dead things with wings,
when spontaneity is smoth-
cred by the conventional. A
wise man who was speaking
about extracting maximum
satisfactions from life wrote
a sentence worth inscribing
on the gateway of each new
day. Here it is: ITO keep on
the qui vive, even when i'm
mersed in routine tasks, to
move among crowds or tread
solitary paths with ones
spirit on tiptoe, alert for
glimpSes of grandeur in soul
or skies or on the earth, to
keep awareness keen for an
unpredictable, unpurchase-
able insight of the truth,
surely thus to travel hope
fully, conscious of the factor
of surprise, is to live greatly"
I write this in the light
of a luminous bulb which
even now we cannot explain.
1t came as a momentous sur
prise to a man named Edi-
son who, with dedicated Gu
riosity, made his life a search
for surprises. That, of course,
Is the passion of science all
the way from Archimedes in
the bathtub to Newton un-
der the apple-tree, or Frank
lin daring the tempest of his
kite. Yesterday in a hospital
I saw physicians entrusted
with the secrets of modern
drugs ecause researchers
with the same curiosity,
searched for surprises as that
displayed by Andrew Flem-
ming when mold on the edge
of a dish became the first
step in opening the surprise
package of penicillin.
Christianity is built on the
incredible surprise of an
empty tomb. Its history
across all the years since has
been a succession of surprises.
One of the most surprising
men of all the centuries,
st. Paul, when he found
God piling one surprise upon
another, caught glimpses of
glorieS awaiting beyond this
bourne of time and sense, as
he exclaimed, Eye hath not
seen nor ear heard, nor hath
1t entered into the heart of
man, to conceive what God
hath prepared for them that
fear Him."
When Maltbie Babcock in
prophetic lines was pointing
to a world of surprises he
pictured the fuzzy ugliness of
a crawling worm, emerging
into a transfigured butterfly
as Gods bright surprise"
But, as the final surprise he
lifts up this picture: 4
A body tDedring out, a crun-
bling house of clay!
o agony OF doubt, and dark
ness and diSmdyl
Trust God and see Uhdt I
shall be-
His best surprise before
UOuT cues,
Evening star., 1963-01-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used lUiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied by SELF addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-01-20

AS a housewife, with five
children TO educate, and as
one who someday hopes TO
attend college myself, I
would like to join with the
growing number OF individu-
ais and groups, who are
urging that the Nations
Capital have a municipal
university.
I also agree with those
who feel that this would be a
much more fitting and APP
propriate memorial TO Frank
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Let's Get Movino!

The Home Loan Bank
Board says foreclosures on
small businesses and resi-
dences probably reached a
23-year high in 1862 with
$4,000 homeowners and busi-
nessmen losing their property.
Let's get this country mov-
ing again, again.
RIM. Shank.
Evening star., 1963-01-20
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
huWorId of Surprises
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

On January 25 many are
preparing for the next great
day of surprises hidden in
gay wrappings, December 25!
When that annual gift
morning dawns the gay and
colorful packages conceal
surprises. The truth is that
most of us are so eager to
get to the presents that even
the most artistic covering,
while admired with a passing
glance, is quickly discarded.
Like Jackie Horner who, into
the luscious pie thrust his
thumb and pulled out a
plum, it's the gift inside that
counts!
But the Christmastide is
not an island of surprises
surrounded by 364 days of
humdrum. The dictionary
says "humdrum" is "monoto-
nous and tedious common
places" Oh, no, the element
Of surprise is one of the
chief ingredients of a zest-
full life. Life that is life in
deed is not spent seated on
a stationary hobby-horse
keeping his monotonous pace
on a painted merry-go-
round. 1t is riding off into
the unknown on a white
charger, constantly ready for
the thrill of the unexpected.
The New Year does not
mean buying tickets for a
ride on the never changing
circle of a carrousel. 1t is
mounting the steed to take
us across an unexplored
plain where no one has ever
ridden before. 1t is a non-
predictable journeyl There
may await surprises in a
world where there is both
the sordid and the splendid.
1t is an unknown road along
which bloom violets and
where lurk vipers.
But If we have eyes to
see, even when the vile dark
ems the lenses through which
our eyes peer at this many
splendored universe, we be-
hold wonders enough to grip
our hearts in glad surprise.
AS Archibald MacLeish puts
it in his lines, which present
the years as a succession of
prize packages:
At ttDenty stopping round
about
I thought the ,0orld a misery
place
Truth a trick, faith In doubt
Little beauty, little grace.
NolO at Sirty iDhdt I see
Although the tUorld is tUorSe
By far
Stops my heart In ecstasy
God, the DonderS that there
are!
There are some things
characterizing childhood
which must be left behind
unless one is to be an emo
tional and ethical dwarf.
Childishness must go but if
child-likeness, with its sense
of wonder, disappears, with
its eyes sparkling at surprises,
then drab life becomes a
matter of periods rather than
of exclamation points. More
knowledge never puts out the
candle of wonder. On the con
trary the more we truly know
the more wonderful does ev-
erything appear.
And so child likeness, with
an eager expectancy never
outgrown, finds wonder
around every corner. The ar
teries of enthusiasm over
something brand new have
not yet hardened. The peren-
nial fascination of Alice in
Wonderland for children, and
for older juveniles, lies in the
fact that it opens a mystic
realm where anything can
happen-and does! There are
breathless surprises at every
turn in that enchanted land.
It is a realm where surprise
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Few of Us Left

us left to support the Ma
tion's Capital in all its glory.
Congress denies the Dis
trict its fair share of the
cost. 1t passes laws to make
the District an example of
progress in the New From
tier, at the expense Of the
Districts taxpayers. Do
gooders restrict birth-con-
troll measures (but scream in
protest at restricting relief
for children of a mother who
does not care enough for
them to deny herself living
with a man and producing
more). Our streets become
a veritable jungle unsafe at
night anywhere and in day
light in many places. Laws
are passed exempting numer-
Gus persons and organiza-
tions from taxes-"non-prof-
it" educational and patriotic
organizations, not to men,
tion the diplomats who are
constantly increasing in
numbers and demands. Sup
port is given to q ridicu-
lous transit franchise
(granted under panic condi-
tions during a labor dispute
made critical by inept Com
missioner interference
which gives tax relief to the
transit company, even
though the entire investment
put up has long since been
recovered many times, and
which overlooks the require
ment that streetcar tracks
be removed, not left or COW
cred up. And somebody for
some reason decides to put
traffic lights in the middle
of Pennsylvania avenue. Et
cetera. Et cetera.
But let us face the fact
that continuously increasing
the taxes of those who now
support the District will
make us even fewer until fl
nally there will be none left.
Then Congress will have to
pay the entire cost of what
will be completely a welfare
city-and neither the Nation
nor the welfare recipients
will like 1t. If this to to be
avoided, Congress must ac-
cept now its rightful share
of the financial burden, and
the taxes imposed upon resi-
dents must be fairly imposed
upon all. Moreover, steps
must be taken to stop
squandering the available
funds-to spend those funds
for necessary purposes, not
for frills or give-away pro-
grams.
A. M. Morgan.
The District government is
screaming for more money.
The taxpayers should take a
walk down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and view the useless ex-
penditure for the traffic poles
now installed from the Capt.
tol to the White House. Be-
sides being a monstrosity, a
traffic hazard and a useless
expenditure of District funds,
they are unnecessary. The
potentially beautiful vista
down the Avenue is now lost.
The traffic lights on the
corner curbings have sufficed
for many a year and now
that the streetcars have been
eliminated. the need for the
light poles in the center Of
the Avenue seems rather ri
diculous. The writer read in
The Star that an authority
for District affairs stated the
poles would be removed for
parades. Did anyone ever
hear Of such a ridiculous and
senSeless answer2 Let the
District government clean
house and not be so loose
with the taxpayers funds
and we would not need a
raise in real estate taxes
which are too high now. I
give upl
Evening star., 1963-01-20

lin and Eleanor Roosevelt
than the slabs Of stone"
proposed.
AiIeen F. Sheehan.
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Municipal University

Disguised Native.
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"OIeonder" pattern in cotton-royon
blend domosk.
Reg. e.9e, 54x72 cloth, 6 napkins.
7.9s set; Reg. 1898, 64xlo4 cloth,
II nops., 1893 set; Reg. 1893,
7oxeO ovoI cloth, 8 nops., 1898 set;
Reg. 1875, 10" round cloth, 8 nops.,
1923 set.
Table Linens-AH 5 Stores
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PetoI pink, lemon, mint green, blue
mist, antique gold, platinum grey
shadow green, white
Req. l.ee hand towel 49, 1873 co.
Req. 6ec wosh cloth 1900 SSe co.
Towels-AH 5 Stores
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SlTuATI0Ns-DoMEsrIC
(coNTlNUED)

WOMAN wants ironing and cleaning
refs, exper. Call 4e3-9A69.
YOUNG LADY would like baby sit
ting. and light housework, days PEI
week. 726-654e.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
AAA Equipment
FOR INSPECTION CALL
965-l366, WEEKDAYS

ABACUsEs. wilkinson blades anc
garden tools, farm bells, kegs
churns. coolers. milk pals, horse
shoes. tools, hydrometers, SNOW
ball scrapers, wooden porcf
swings. elders, hammoeks. old,
fashioned coasters, kettles. stone
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(cONIINUEDl

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motor and auto. trans, $50 ca. 81
Plymouth wagon, $40. JU. 7-4765.
ACCORDION, 120-key stradavarl.
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Swedish
Classic
FURNITURE
Living Room. Bedroom
Dining Room

On the long. long 4-eushion
sofa. exposed arms in solid
walnut, accent the clean con-
temporary styling. Two dec
orator lamps and three living
room tables in rich grained
walnut with masterfully deco
rated teak inlays add to I'M
hear Of beauty and interplay
OF design. Correlated bedroom
and dining room are sculptured
in solid RlowinRly alive oil fin
iSh walnut. decorated with dis
tinctive die-cast pendant pulls
Of solid brass. Superior con-
struction throughout. including
top-quality mattress and box
spring.
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LADY desires g.h.w, and baby sit
ting. PHI, 232.2477.
LADY desires light housekeeping
references. II. 6-3477.
MOTHERS HFLPER, II. German.
American live In, farm preferred,
Exper. Write Box &c, Star.
RELIABLE colored. girl wishes work
taking care Of elderly lady. Light
housework, or child care experience
Tel. 5el.I532, reference.
WILL GIVE DAY CARE TO or
children In my home. SILVER SprinE
area. Reasonable. JU. s.o757.
WOMAN desires s-day wk. work. vii
refs. Cali RIA 1.s1A1.
WOMAN desires full time E.h.w.
plain cooking, days. 100, exper.
refs, ct. Sept J. 543.o932.
WOMAN, colored. exper. Wants day.
work, Thurs, Fri. and Sat, 592.2J2s
WOMAN, colored wishes days work
xper., reliable. City refs. 5s4.9l1S
WOMAN. colored, wants days worl
or regular work, exper. HU. 1.4l41
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1uuO NSAN SOuB&
New show premiereS on ABC and
NBC, plus two pro football games.
are among the TV highlights for
Sunday, Sept. Is. This list is COM
piled from available information)
Issues and Answers Q:30 pm,
WMAL-O. Howard K. Smith, as
sisted by ABC news correspondents.
National Football League q pm,
WTOP-9. The Washington Red
skins VS.. the Cleveland Browns.
American Football League 4:3O
pm. WMAL-O. Buffalo at Oak
land.
The Twentieth Century 6 pm,
WTOP-9. Biography of AL Smith,
the Happy Warrior" Repeat)
Walt Disney's World G:3O pm,
WRC-4. Part two, "Davy Crockett
Goes to Congress" Fess Parker as
Davy defends the Indian and small
farmer. (RepeatO
The Travels of Jaime McPheeters
G:30 pm, WMAL-O. Premiere.
Dan O'Herlihy as Doc McPheeterS
and Kurt Russell, IL, as Jaime, in
series based on Robert Lewis Taylor's
prize novel. Episode: THE Day Of
Leaving"
The Sunday Stor TV Moe0zine, W
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And Next Sunday

Ed Sullivan Show g PM,
WTOP-9). Repeat. Wayne and
Shuster, Canadian bagpipers, Cana
dian singers, hockey players, etc.,
plus Jan Peerce, Xavier Cugat and
others.
Grind $3.50 pm, WRC-4.
Premiere. Mystery comedy series
starring Imogene Coca as an itin-
Grant domestic. Telly Savalas guest
stars in the premiere, The Grue-
some Basement"
Arrest and Trial 1890 pm,
WNGAL-O. Premiere New 90-min-
ute series coStarring Ben Gazzara,
as the detective, and Chuck Con-
nors as lawyer.
Show of the Week 30 pm,
WRC-4). Premiere. THE Last
Hangman," a drama of aged Irish
Republican Army veterans who plot
an assassination. Ed Begley, Finlay
Currie, Noel Purcell and Give Revill
are featured. Ernest Kinoy wrote it.
100 Grand 90 pm, WMAL-D.
Premiere. A new quiz program with
Jack Clark, emcee. Amateur experts
in a particular field are pitted
against professional authorities.
'hinstOn, D. C., September 8, 1868 IS
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The N MOsu1e Washington, c,
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Water RepeIIency
MS. w. s., OrOn Hill, Nd.

Mrs. w. g., OIOw httb Mo.
MY daughter and ] have
raincoats we like very much.
but as such, they are USE
less. After . few dry clean
ings they lost their water re-
pellency.
I have sent both Of them
to two Of the supposedly best
day cleaners for water repel-
lent treatment. Both places
professed TO have done 50. but
IN the slightest Of showers
they are soaking up water.
Upon complaining / was
told that water repellency
was for slight showers only,
which Is q ridiculous state
ment as q raincoat that can
only Withstand the barest Of
showers Il useless.
Is there any place we can
send our raipcoats to get the
right treatment7 II you have
solved q similar problem stlg-
gestions would be appreci-
ated since these coats are ex-
pensive. stylish and barely
used.
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Elere's How

Reodsr' Clearing House b con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE,
MAIL ss . pubIle-ssries snehsnss
o. ideas between area rsudsn. The
stuF esanOt scesps phone coils per-
toinins 10 thb eoIuma. Al letters
must bear me writer's full name end
address. No advertising b printed.
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Removing Dye

Mrs. N. r., Winchester
would like to ask the read
ers Of RICH to help me with
this problem.
/ have two good crepe black
dresses that ! want TO dye
different colors. Is it pos
sible TO remove the black dye
in order to re-dye them?
II anyone has had exper-
fence with this. please drop
me Q note Is TO whether the
method was satisfactory.
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ScuIp-Stone

70 Miss p. II. T., WGshiHUton
Mrs. c. C. h Silver Spring
To help you find the stone
for making jewelry:
A soft stone which can be
carved with o pocket knife
and comes in five colcrs or
types Is advertised in Amert-
can Artists Magazine. It Is
called Sculp-stone and u
available from Sculpture
House, 50 = 3Oth street. N.
T.. 10, N. z.
This company win send Q