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Evening star., 1963-01-27
so Years Ago

There was a battle in
Congress SO years ago over
what form a memorial to
Abraham Lincoln should take
the present edifice on the
banks Of the Potomac or a
special highway to be named
for him, running from Wash
ington TO Gettysburg. The
Star Of January 20, 1918, said
the memorial as designed
was opposed by Representa-
tive Sherwood OF Ohio, say
ing Lincoln himself would
be opposed TO a fantastic
Greek temple, since he had
no knowledge Of the Greek
alphabet. =" Arguing for
the memorial. Representa-
tive Mccall Of Massachusetts,
balu. IN washington you
will find statues of generals
mounted on horses Of every
breed, so many II looks like
a cavalry parade. You see
statues Of Presidents and
statesmen and OF foreign
soldiers who aided us in the
Revolution, but you will find
no national memorial TO Lin
coin, and this man, above all
others, should have a me-
mortal here. The archi-
lecture Of a Greek temple be-
speaks simplicity, beauty and
strength, and these are the
elements so strongly predom-
inant In Lincoln's charac-
ter )" Mr.. Mccall, Of
course, prevailed.
Evening star., 1963-01-27
'Other Beinqs?'

In our Milky Way-which is but
one of the billions of similar galaxies
that sprawl awesomely in every direction
through the boundless reaches Of space
there is not just our own sun, but
hundreds Of millions of other suns. And
around these revolve some 800 million
planets with intelligent life on them.
This is the view Of Professor LLOYD
Motz Of Columbia, and he is by no means
alone IN voicing 1t. On the contrary, as
he has said to learned gathering in
New York, most scientists now take it
for granted that thinking beings exist
far beyond our earth, our solar system
and our Milky Way. AS to that, the cur
rent issue OF Hamburg's German Tribune
reprints pertinent and quite fascinat-
ing article on the possible nature of
these not improbable creatures Writ
ten by Dr. Robert Jungk, the article says
in part:
Mr. Ray Bradbury, an American writer.
has asked how human space travellers would
react If they were to meet intelligent
beings in the form of large hideous spiders.
Would not man instinctively attempt to kill
them rather than seek understanding
with themP
An English critic, Mr.. A. c. Clarke even
holds that 1t is the fear of barbaric mankind
which has up to now made it appear advis-
aole 10 beings on other heavenly bodies to
nice IN space. They have kept silent
intentionally in order not to be found by man
The Frenchman Aime Michel, on the other
hand, has prophesied that man in certain
moments Of development would perhaps, con-
slder 1t necessary to break off contacts
with "other beings" because he discov-
cred the inferiority Of mankind.
A Soviet Russian scientist I'M. AgrestI
mas raised the question whether such meet
lngs OF mankind with superior beings from
other worlds has not perhaps, happened AL
ready during the prehistoric age It is
particularly significant that such thoughts
are being published in Soviet Russia today
-: new non-dogmatic spirit appears to
have been introduced into the rigidity of
Marxlst dogma. Even metaphysics and
religion have returned to the thinking of
soviet citizens In a "cosmic camouflaee" /"
But in the West, too. the expectation of
tne discovery OF life on other heavenly
nooles' will be very strong spiritual
impetus. After all, the question Of the
supremacy" OF homo sapiens" is involved.
Ihls is scientific issue which refers man
to the fact that his history is not at the end
but, perhaps only at its beginning.
In any case, astronomical and meta
physical speculation to one side, it would
be an absurd presumption for earth
Ings to regard themselves as the only
Sentient beings in a multiverse whose
VaStnesS is too immeasurable for the fl
mite mind to comprehend. What conceit
for any of us on this little mortal coil to
preen ourselves as the elite of creation!
Evening star., 1963-01-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Break through the crust and
you sink instantly to a depth
which makes movement i'm
possible. A good deal has
been said Of the demoraliza-
tion Of the Army. The word
is too strong. 1t does not
apply to the mass Of the
Army at all. But it does apply
to a good many Of the Off
GERS. They are demoralized
in every sense Of the word,
and they are a source Of dis
couragement-of discomfort
to their subordinates and
to the ranks Gen. Burn
side (had) prepared for an
other aggressive movement.
1t was a bold plan but II
vigorously executed was rea-
sonably certain of success.
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Mr.. Europe

The Freedom Award sits we'll on
Jean Monnet Of France For he has
played a vital role in leading Western
Europe toward the kind Of economic
and political unity It must achieve to
safeguard its liberty and its material
and spiritual riches against the ever
present threat Of Communist subversion
and aggression. The Coal and Steel
Community Euratom (the six-nation
agency for the peaceful uses Of atomic
energy), and the Common Market above
all-these are the great new postwar
institutions whose existence is TO be
credited to him in large measure, more
so than to any other one man.
II is not for nothing, therefore.
that Mr.. Monnet has come TO be known
as Mr.. Europe" and II is fitting that
he has been honored and eulogized
at time when President de Gaulle
seems recklessly determined TO keep
the British out Of the Common Market
and to go 1t alone in building and
operating a French nuclear arsenal
Mr.. Monnet quite obviously takes a very
dim view Of the prideful Generals re-
sistance to the idea OF admitting the
"Anglo-Saxons" into the Markets mem
bership AS he has said at Freedom
House In New York, Entry into Europe
would be good for Britain, for Europe
Tor the West and for world peace" One
Evening star., 1963-01-27
100 Years AGO

Abraham Lincoln's prob
lens as President and Com
mander in Chief pyramided
as the Civil War progressed.
Following close on the heels
OF a congressional rebellion
that precipitated a cabinet
crisis, the Chief Executive
at this time in 1853 had to
deal with another conflict
among his top brass"
After his disastrous expert
ence at Fredericksburg, Gen.
Ambrose Burnside again
wanted to recross the Kappa
hammock and have another
go at Lee. He did get his
Army Of the Potomac on the
move. but torrential rains
caused his artillery. wagon
trains and everything else
to bog down. Some Of Burn
sides subordinate officers
were openly insubordinate on
his dubious handling Of the
troops at Fredericksburg and
they opposed his follow-up
strategy. Burnside wrote
orders dismissing these dis
senters-among them Gen.
Joseph Hooker-and went to
Washington for a personal
audience with Lincoln. II the
President refused 10 back him
UP, he intended TO resign.
The net result was a new
commander for the Army OF
the Potomac-Gen. Hooker.
The Star Of Monday, Janu-
airy 26, 1868, said: Gen.
Burnside arrived in Wash
ington on Saturday morning
and was In conference all
the forenoon with the Presi-
dent, the Secretary Of War
and the general in chief.
We understand that, at his
own request, he was relieved
from command of the Army
OF the Potomac, and that the
President Immediately con-
ferred the command on Mai.
Gen. Hooker" The next day
this paper observed: 1T
seems 10 be taken for granted
that Gen. Hooker will soon
put his army actively at work,
the time Of his delay being
simply a question Of mud. 80.
Gen. Hooker certainly has a
very fine army; the finest con-
ceivable, II he can manage TO
infuse into II the elan that
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Cuban BuiIdup

The inquiry by the subcommittee
presided over by Senator Morse has done
little, at least as far as the public is
concerned, to shed light on what is really
going on in Cuba.
President Kennedy and Democratic
Senator Humphrey do not appear to be
much concerned. Senator Morse, also a
Democrat, has offered the opinion that
the American people can have complete
confidence" in the way this administra-
tion is handling foreign policy matters
IN Cuba and elsewhere.
Maybe so. But Democratic Senators
StenniS and Symington are uneasy about
Cuba. Senator Stennis says Russia's
continuing buildup in Cuba is rapidly
converting CaStro'S forces into the sec
ond most powerful military power in the
hemisphere" And Senator Symington, a
former Air Force Secretary, says "big
Soviet military complex" has been con-
structed in Cuba during the last six
months. He is especially concerned over
the high proportion of air personnel in
the Soviet military units stationed in
Cuba.
Over on the Republican side, Sen
ators Aiken and Heating have been
heard from. The former states that
Russia is building an enormously strong
military and political base in Cuba"
And Senator Heating, who was right
last year about the missiles in Cuba at a
time when the administration was
wrong, says he knows of no offensive
weapons going to Castro now, but that
the military buildup is 10 times greater
than 1t was last July. He also says that
Castro has warplanes capable" of carrye
Ing nuclear weapons, and with a range
sufficient to reach many targets in the
United States.
Finally, Senator Russell, chairman
of the Armed Services Committee. notes
chat intelligence reports do not support
claims OF recent large buildup in Cuba.
He also notes, however, that our intelli-
gence has been in error before, and that
some Of the sources now reporting a
buildup came up with information con-
corning the presence of Soviet missiles
and bombers in Cuba last year before
our intelligence people had established
this to be fact. Actually, there was a
denial from the Pentagon that the mis-
sileS were in Cuba just few days before
aerial photographs showed them to be
there.
1t is difficult to know what to make
OF all this. When Khrushchev sent his
missiles and bomberS into Cuba, that
made certain amount of sense. If he
could get away with it, it would give him
a militarily useful forward base. But
with the missiles and bombers gone
assuming that all of them are gone
Cuba's value to him from a military
standpoint is sharply reduced. One
would think the Soviet premier would
cut his losses instead of continuing a
buildup.
Enough doubt has been raised, how
ever, to justify further study. Conse-
quently, we welcome the announcement
by Senator Stennis that he and his Mill
tary Preparedness subcommittee will
make their own investigation. The Mis-
sissippi Senator can be depended upon
not to embark on mere headline-hunt-
ing expedition.
Evening star., 1963-01-27

1t has somehow or other lost
since Gen. McClellan's sep
aration from 1t. :" Hooker.
a West Pointer, was then 48,
a tall, robust, bronze haired,
gimlet-eyed man. who had
fought in the Mexican War.
In the Virginia Peninsula
campaign, his division bore
the brunt Of the fighting at
Williamsburg. Leading his
troops amid a hail Of bullets,
he inspired them and di-
rected their artillery fire even
after he had fallen In the
mud with his dying horse.
This is where he won the
name Fighting joe" a So
briquet which he personally
disliked because Of its swash-
buckler implications. Lincoln
might have passed over
Hooker for some Of the things
he had said. but instead the
President wrote him a letter
on January 26. 1853, saying:
Il have heard In such a way
as TO believe II OF your re-
Gently saying that both the
Army and the Government
needed a dictator. OF course
II is not for this. but In spite
Of II. that I have given you
the command. Only those
generals who gain successes
set up dictators. What I now
ask Of you is military success
and I will risk the dictator
ship" AS a result OF Burn
sides complaint. there was a
reshuffle Of top officers in
the Army OF the Potomac,
with a few being sacked.
The Star Of January 20, 1863,
quoted a New York Times
correspondent: THE Army OF
the Potomac is like the soil OF
Virginia: the upper crust is
hard, but thin, a little rain
soaks II and underneath lies
a treacherous quicksand.
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Wilde About Mona

In the very few moments
that a man-in-the-street Is
allowed to view Mona Lisa at
the National Gallery. 1t is
impossible to grasp the
unique quality Of the paint
ing certainly not its spirit
and meaning.
There have been some ref
erences in the press since
this picture went on display
to an essay on this great
work of art by the British
essayist and critic, Walter
Pater. It was Pater who
wrote the wonderful line,
land her eyelids were a little
weary"
oscar Wilde, in his glitter
ing and wonderfully percep-
tive essay entitled The Critic
as Artist" did more than any,
one else to popularize Pater
on (his spelling) "Lionardo's
Norma Lisa"
Here are bits from Wilde's
deft rearrangement Of Pater's
essay:
g. whenever I pass into
the cool galleries Of the Palace
of the Louvre, and stand be-
fore that strange figure set
in its marble chair in that
cirque of fantastic rocks, as
in some faint light under sea,
I murmur to myself. She is
older than the rocks among
which she sits; like the YAM
pire. she has been dead many
times, and learned the Sc
crets Of the grave; and has
been a diver in deep seas,
and keeps their fallen day
about her: and trafficked for
strange webs with Eastern
merchants; and, as Leda,
was the mother OF Helen
OF Troy, and, as st. Anne,
the mother OF Mary; and
all this has been TO her
but as the sound OF
Tyres and flutes, and lives
only In the delicacy with
which It has moulded the
changing lineaments, and
tinged the eyelids and the
hands And I say TO my
friend, The presence that
thus so strangely rose beside
the waters is expressive OF
what In the ways OF a thous-
and years man had come TO
desire: and he answers me,
Hers is the head upon which
all "the ends Of the world
are come" and the eyelids
are a little weary"
Let us, remind those who
may tend to be a bit over
awed by a great masterpiece
that Wilde added as his own
view, g. g.. 1t Is rather the
beholder who lends 10 the
beautiful thing its myriad
meanings. and makes II mar
vellous for us, and sets II In
some new relation 10 the
age. so that II becomes a
vital portion Of our lives, and
Evening star., 1963-01-27

heartless cruelty. The blood
of a martyred host cries from
the ravaged ground. It is a
record Of imposed famine.
genocide, deportation, torture.
and liquidation. In spite Of
these fiery trials the popula-
ton Of the Ukraine is pres
emily over 40 million.
Religious leaders have suf-
fered persecution matching
that of the early church.
T housan of Christian
churches and chapels have
been desecrated. Over 200
literary Ukrainian men and
women have paid with their
lives because they scorned to
dip their pen in the venom
Of the Communist line.
To this day a sanity Arch
bishop, Metropolitan Slipy,
languishes in barren, cold
Siberian dungeons sentenced
to degrading servitude. He
has spent II of his II years
in that blasphemous captivity
because he has refused to
bow the knee to a pagan Baal
in the image of a subservient
church hierarchy in his home
land.
The voice Of a Ukrainian
poet Of a hundred years ago,
who died during Lincolns
first year in the White House,
yet speaketh. His name, Taras
Shevchenko. His message is
about to be amplified to all
Americans, as well as loyal
Ukrainians, and we might
add, to the Russians tool To
honor him the American Con-
gress has authorized the erec-
ton of a statue which will be
a perpetual prayer in stone.
That sculptured form Is now
being fashioned and will be
erected near the Capitol in
Washington. Listen to the
prophetic song Of Shevchenko
ringing clear across a hun
dred years:
1t makes a great difference
to me
That evil folk and tDicked
Attack our Ukraine once so
free
And rob and plunder 1t at
tDiH. H-r
That makes a great differ
ence to me. .a
In 1863 that is still the sad
story Of the Ukraine - and,
1t makes a great difference to
this sweet land of liberty.
In the pathos Of Shev-
chenko's lines is mirrored the
plight of all the other cap
tive nations, including Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Romania
and now Cuba - and all
the rest, held in the grip Of
Soviet colonialism. That
makes a difference, q great
difference, to the Unite d
States of America. ..a
There is q silence that Is
not golden but craven con-
corning captive nations. In q
world that cannot perma-
nently remain half slave and
half free, calloused indiffer-
ence as the policy of any So
called democracy not only
dooms the captives now in
foreign fetters but also passes
the sentence of ultimate
death upon its own freedom.
Yes, it makes a great differ
ence to YOU and the
UKRAINE - and to the
whole world Of tomorrow!
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Machines Don't Strike

President Kennedy's recent
statement in his economic
message to Congress, that
sustained major increases
in production can re-employ
the jobless," would appear to
be true; yet, If one examines
the facts a bit more carefully
he will find some reason for
doubt about the Presidents
statement. Increased produc-
tion does not mean more
jobs if this increased pro-
duction is brought about by
increased automation.
Automation is the answer
to the employers question,
How can we get our jobs
done without delays in pro-
duction?" Delays in produc-
ton mean loss of contracts
and orders-a loss of money.
Machines are not subject to
periodic delays in production
because of strike. The Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics re-
ported recently that in the
fiscal year 1862. 10 million
man-days Of work we're lost
as a result of strikes; that
is equivalent to $4,000 men
stopping work for one full
year. An employer seeing this
alarming statistic should
hardly need a second thought
to choose machines over men
for his plant. An employer
cannot afford delays because
of the somewhat arbitrary
demands and the often un-
compromising attitude a Of
union leaders.
With incessant, Gripping
strikes, employers cannot be
expected to hire more men
to increase production: nom
striking machines will be en-
ployed instead of men and
unemployment will still be a
national profile m. Only a
concentrated effort on the
part of union leaders to come
to contract agreements, with
out reSorting to strikes, will
encourage employers to hire
more men instead Of replac-
ing them with machines.
j. William BrimacOmbe.
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Down the Hatch

Thanks for your coura-
geous editorial Down the
Hatch" concerning probable
Hatch Act violations by po-
litical commissars in extort-
ing 500 contributions to par
ty Golfers from Federal ca
reer employees. The equivo-
cations Of the Chief New
Frontiersman himself about
this smelly episode is in nau-
seating contrast to the 2 am.
ride of Federal Paul RevereS
In their frantic search for
derogatory informa ito n
against United States Steel
because that corporation an
nounced a modest increase in
steel prices to compensate
for repeated wage rises. But
attacks upon corporations is
in the best demagogic tradi-
tion.
Anyhow, it's millions for
defense of one mans right
to attend the university of
his choice, but not one cent
to prosecute the craven po-
litical commissars who CAL
lously, and within the guide
lines of their superiors, ex-
tort from civil employees q
kick-back of their Govern
ment salary. Shades of the
great jefferson, who with his
high standards of govern
ment conduct and with his
fear Of future judicial usurp-
alton, which has already ar
rived-the great man, who, If
with us today under any other
name. would be termed a
rightist, or at least a reac-
tionary. So glad we have a
free and, in many cases, a
courageous press a mighty
bulwark of freedom.
Evening star., 1963-01-27
Right in His Element
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Evening star., 1963-01-27
Corcoron BiennioI

49, W. Ss HSthhtbSH
In view Of the remarks Of
your distinguished art critic,
Frank Getlein, about the Cor
coran Biennial Jury's action
In awarding the William A.
Clark prizes, I feel obligated
to offer the following clari-
fication. The fact of the mat
ter is that all three Jurors
were unanimous in selecting
the five prize awards. 1t was
only on the matter Of deter
mining their relative order of
rank that the chairman. Ben
Shahn, abstained, leaving the
decision in the hands Of Mr..
Marca Relli and Gordon
Smith. And, I should add that
the consideration of the prize
awards was not done at the
end of a long day Of judging,
but on the morning of the
second day.
Herman Warner williams, jr.
Director,
Corcoran Gallery Of Art.
= = =
I'm glad I attended the
opening Of the 28th Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary
American Painting at the
Corcoran Gallery. 1t eased my
conscience about that messy
basement I've put off clean
ing for so long. 1t isn't really
messy-it's a treasury of ma
terial for do-it-myself art
masterpieces. Take that old
bicycle frame for instance.
With a little imagination and
a lot Of muscle I might twist
it into something really lovely
to hang over the mantel.
Then there's a broken sun
lamp, a bottle Of weed-killer
and some pruning shears.
Mounted properly on a back
ground of brownish purple
thunderheads, who could miss
the nostalgia message-sum-
mer! And how about a box
of detergent plus some dirty
socks against a background
Of depressing tattle-tale gray.
I could call it simpy Mon
day"
Let's give a rousing cheer
for Frank Getlein's review
Of the exhibition. It's time
for all red-blooded art critics
to unite against this shame
less mockery the bewildered
public is forced to endure
these days. He pulls no
punches in his attack on
paint squirtings, some of
which reminded me Of the
time my small son gleefully
emptied a toothpaste tube on
the bathroom wall. Mr.. Get
lein does give credit where
it's due, and I'll go along with
him on the few canvases he
thought worthy Of calling art.
But the so-called advance
paintings" had better be
halted in their advancement,
or the old masters will rise
from their graves TO haunt
us.
Katharine b. IvisOn.
- -
The winners OF, the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art Exhibi-
tion and H. w. williams. jr.,
are TO be congratulated on
the service TO realism they
have performed. as reported
In your Sunday Magazine.
Not that / quarrel with
the judges choice, but even
an idiot would realize that
Cascades No. q appears up
side down. This can readily
be rectified If the viewer will
either rotate the page 1870 de-
grees, or stand on his head
while viewing IL. The untitled
construction was wisely left
nameless tfor Tworkoy's So
called Thursday" is really
a representation OF Late
Wednesday, but also is re-
yersed from left TO right. and
so is best viewed IN an un-
silyered mirror.
The gum machine is a
lovely thing, II that is the
word ! am thinking Of, but l
fear II is not.
Am / a square who prefers
Boucher and Bouguereau 10
Bontecou2 You bet I ami So
more power 10 Corcoran's
judges Long may they ravel
Robert L. Elchberg.