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Civil War Stamps

Selection Of Roy Gjertson's
design as the official Get
tysburg stamp is a good
example Of the lack Of I'M
derstanding on the part Of
many people Of the objective
Of the Civil War Centennial.
Especially Is this true Of
members of the Stamp Adj
visory Committee who
selected Mr.. Gjertson's en-
try because of strength in
art and narrative terms
with the division Of the
country in the Civil War
battle represented by the
skit background of blue and
grey.
How much more appropri-
ate in keeping with Public
Law 85-305 and a Presiden-
tial Proclamation signed De-
cember 8, 1860, would it
have been to select the de-
sign of Russell H. Hill who
has caught the spirit of
why We Commemorate the
Civil War" Mr.. Hills design
merged the blue and grey
into a neutral color and the
bullet-pierced cap was a type
worn by both sides. The
judges rated his entry as
excellent artistically" but
too weak for, satisfactory
stamp design. Pity that the
stamp committee should he
so unaware Of why we COM
memorate In the first place.
Before they select the CEN
tennial stamp design in 1864
and 1865. they should read
the Proclamation. the Public
Law and seek advice from
at least one member OF the
Civil War Centennial Com
mission.
The Proclamation says the
Civil War was a demonstra-
ton OF heroism and sacri-
flee by men and women Of
both sides who valued prin-
ciples above life itself and
whose devotion TO duty is q
part Of our Nations noblest
tradition. The Public Law
says "the Civil War forged
the unity OF this country and
the sons OF both North and
South have subsequently
fought side by side for hui
man freedom. justice, and
the dignity OF the individual
among people every where"
Let's emphasize the end
result OF that modest and
least avoidable OF all mass
conflicts. winston Chur-
chilli and leave the conflict
angle TO boys at play.
Eugene II. BreitenberE
Captain. u.sA.
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100 Years Ago

Gen. Grant was in trou-
BILE at this time q century
ago. His Army had explored
almost every possible avenue
of approach to Vicksburg
and found them all impass-
able. The country was SIM
ply too soggy to move q big
force with its heavy equip
ment and guns. And, to add
to the generals headaches
and President Lincoln's I'M
happiness over the slow pro-
gress Of the war, there were
reports in Northern papers
that Grant was drinking.
Even though Lincoln did not
agree with Grants strategy
at Vicksburg. he believed
that a general on the scene
knew more about the situa-
ton than a man In the
White House. He let Grant
alone, and to those who
whispered that Grant was
getting soggier than the
bayous that thwarted him.
the President said In effect:
Find out what kind OF whisky
he's drinking; well send bar
rels Of II 10 some Of our other
generals. The Chief Execu-
tive turned elsewhere for
help. The Star Of March 81.
1853. printed a presidential
proclamation In which Lin
coin designated a day "for
national prayer and humilia-
ton" II read: whereas the
Senate OF the United States.
deVoutly recognizing the SUI
preme Authority and Just
Government OF Almighty
God. in all the affairs OF
men and Of nations. has. by
a resolution. requested the
President 10 designate and
set apart a day for national
prayer and humiliation: And.
whereas, II is the duty OF ma
tons. as well as OF men. 10
own their dependence upon
the overruling power Of God,
10 confess their sins and
transgressions, In hum Bile
sorrow, yet with assured hope
that genuine repentance viii
lead 10 mercy and pardon.
and 10 recognize the sublime
truth, announced In the Holy
Scriptures and proven by all
history. that those nations
only are blessed whose God
Is the Lord: And. inasmuch
as we know that, by His d.
vine law. nations. like indi-
viduals, are subjected 10 pun
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GriswoId of Harvard

Dean Griswold Of Harvard
Law School hardly needs any
defense in his statement,
This is a Christian country,
in origin, history, tradition,
and culture" He is undoubt-
eddy able to take care Of him
self.
Perhaps those who have
taken exception to his state
ment, however, are unaware
that New England was set
tied and established by Puri-
tans and Pilgrims, and that
descendants Of these religious
dissenters started the Ameri-
can Revolution at Concord
and Lexington on April 10.
ITS.
Harvard itself, was estab-
lished as a Christian institu-
ton dedicated to the defense
of Christian morality and cul-
ture, to "Veritas, Christie, ct
Ecclesiae" Truth, Christ, and
the Church,. In his bequest
in 1898, John Harvard left
his books and q small estate
to instill Puritan morality in
students at the college that
was to be given his name:
LET every student be
plainly instructed and earn
estly pressed to consider well
the main ends Of his life and
studies; to know God and
Jesus Christ which Is eternal
life and therefore to lay Christ
in the bottom as the only
foundation of all knowledge
and learning and see the
Lord only giveth wisdom. Let
everyone seriously set him
self by prayer in secret to
seek Christ as Lord and
Master"
There is, however. one vir-
tue of the early Puritans and
their descendants at Concord
and Lexington that Is per-
haps most relevant in Ameri-
can culture today - gutsl
Puritans and Yankees were
not reluctant to take a moral
stand for right, against
wrongl Rufus Webb.
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Mr.. Vanderbilt was what is sometimes
known as a "robber baron" of those
times, and arrogance was common
among these men Of power. In today's
political society and national economy,
Mr. Bridges also is man Of power and
arrogance. His testimony is one Of the
best arguments we have seen in support
of legislation to protect the public inter-
est from the likes of Harry Bridges. 1t
is intolerable that such men should have
the legal right to cripple this country.
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Lord. and devoted to the
humble discharge Of the re-
ligious duties proper to that
solemn occasion. All this be-
ing done. In sincerity and
truth. let us then rest hum
bly, In the hope. authorized
by the Divine teachings, that
the united cry Of the Nation
will be heard on high, and
answered with blessings, no
less than the pardon Of our
national sins. and restora-
ton of our new divided and
suffering country to its for
mer happy condition of unity
and peace. :"
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listed in the worlds who's
Who" temporary failure has
proved but the discipline
which prepared for success,
the education which trained
for attainment. How often
the disappointments Of the
hour have proved a stairway
to the success Of decadesl
On the island continent Of
Australia there is q peak
called Mount Disappointment.
Why the early pioneers there
SO named 1t is q gripping
story.
Mount Disappointment"
cannot be bypassed in life's
Journey Its stony slopes are
always crowded. On its sum-
NIT is the graveyard Of
strangled hopes. Shall we say
that many people who climb
that mountain are disap-
pointed, at least to some de-
gree, with their jobs, with
their marriages, with their
children, with their friends,
or even with their religion,
largely because they have ac-
cepted a scale of values which
is utterly wrong2
1t has been said that our
modern life is like q depart
ment store in which someone
has gone around switching
the price tags with the amaz-
ing result that essentially
cheap and tawdry goods ap-
pear to be more valuable than
articles of high quality. 1t is
as though one we're to find q
string of artificial pearls sell
ing for q thousand dollars,
while a genuine diamond is
marked a dollar-and-a-half.
1t is because so many Of our
disappointments all along the
line grow out Of our confu-
sion with regard to life's true
values that the antidote for
the disappointments which
are the bitter fruit of the
error Of mistaken magni-
tudes is to heed the one
thing which Lent says to us,
If we but listen-Behold The
Man!
Lent, with all its splendor,
is a glorified disappointment.
The Lord Of Lent was ac-
quainted with disappointment
bitter ones from friends
and foes. They came from His
family, His home town, and
His church, But, these be-
trayals of His radiant expec-
tations never floored Him for
none of them grew out of a
mistaken scale Of values. No
matter what the first word
of any experience might be,
Jesus never ceased to be
aware that a beneficent God
has yet to say the last word
in any mans life.
And, when in a dark gar
den, in a supreme hour, He
stared at q looming disap-
pointment-crowned with the
thorns of thwarted plans
He cried out in agonized
pleading: Father. If it be
possible, do not put this cup
to my hps-but, even so, Thy
will, not mine, be DONE"
Then came The Cross, and
on the steps Of that grim dis
appointment, He climbed to
His ageless glory as the Lord
Of all life!
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ishments and chastisements
In this world. may we not
justify fear that the awful
calamity Of civil war, which
now desolates the land. may
be but a punishment inflict-
ed upon US for our presump-
tuous sins. to the needful
end Of our national reforma-
ton as q whole people? We
have been the recipients Of
the choicest bounties Of
Heaven. We have been pre-
served, these many years. in
peace and prosperity. We
have grown in numbers,
wealth and power as no 9TH
er nation has ever grown.
But we have forgotten God.
We have forgotten the gra-
cious hand which preserved
us In peace. and multiplied
and enriched and strength
ened US; and we have vainly
imagined. In the deceitful-
ness Of our hearts. that all
these blessings were produced
by some superior wisdom and
virtue Of our own. Intoxicat-
ed with unbroken success, we
have become too self suffi-
cient TO feel the necessity OF
redeeming and preserving
grace. too proud 10 pray TO
the God that made us. II be-
hooves US. then. 10 humble
ourselves before the offended
Power. 10 confess our nation
al sins. and 10 pray for Glenn
ency and forgiveness. Now.
therefore. In compliance with
the request. and fully con-
curing in the views OF the
Senate, ! do. by this my
proclamation. designate and
set apart Thursday. the 3Oth
day Of April. 1853, as a day
OF national humiliation and
prayer. And I do hereby re-
quest all the people 10 ABB
stain on that day from their
ordinary secular pursuits. and
10 unite. at their several
places OF public worship and
their respective homes. in
keeping the day holy 10 the
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so Years AGO

Spring floods in Ohio and
Indiana took more than 700
lives so years ago. The Star
Of March 20, 1918. quoted
President Wilson as declar-
ing 1t a national calamity
and urging the public to as
sist, through contributions to
the Red Cross and otherwise.
The situation seemed worse
than 1t was, with Ohio Gov.
Cox saying his States death
toll might reach 1000. Par
ticularly hard hit we're Day.
ton and Columbus. and, in
Indiana. Peru and West In
dianapolis. The Star "ex-
traed" on March 81. 1918, the
headlines reading Columbus
Horror Grows Dayton Is
Again on Firel" Bodies Piled
In Streets. Dead Fill the
Churches" Secretary OF War
Lindley Garrison and Gen.
Leonard Wood. Army chief OF
staff, headed west TO see what
troops could do TO aid and
keep order. There was a stir
In Congress 10 take measures
that would prevent such dis
asters In the future.
President Wilson suffered
his first rebuff so years ago
when q white House APP
pointment was turned down.
The Star Of March 20, 1918,
reported the Chief Executive
had offered a Job 10 Samuel
Gordon, longtime doorkeep-
err and barber for Governors
Of New Jersey. but Sam"
said he preferred 10 stay IN
Trenton. The bid 10 trim the
Presidents hair was at
tractiye. he admitted. but his
sideline Of running an an
tique shop apparently was
dearer TO his heart and more
profitable.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Spires OF The SPIRIT
Dis0ppointn1ents
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

TOOu WLlcIe we are taught
how to face LIES disappoint-
ments 1t will be q boon which
cannot be overestimated.
Without that lesson learned,
the record Of our mortal years
itself will be but a disap-
pointment. In our ordinary
vocabulary. a disappointment
is something which thwarts
our plans, which blots our de-
signs, which mocks our will,
and vetoes our fondest hopes.
1t keeps us from reaching our
castles in Spain. 1t pulls the
promising rainbows from
our skies.
But, one Of the chief min
istries Of q really great biog-
raphy is to put In proper per-
spective failures to reach
certain goals which have been
set. When we survey q life
from its beginning to its end
ing here, 1t is a panorama
in which we see planned
things which never came to
pass. And so. we know what
a wise man meant when he
declared: "Often mans dis
appointments are Gods APP
pointments." How many at
the end Of the way see clearly
that what they once wanted
most would have been a
tragic curse.
Often when I see the L.
lumined form Of Lincoln,
throned in light in the clas-
sic memorial in the Capital
Of the Union he saved, I
find myself repeating the
words Of a beautifully ex-
ecuted plaque on my study
wall. Headed by the word
Discouraged" the plaque
says: when Abraham Lin
coin was q young man he ran
for the Legislature in Illinois
and was badly swamped. He
next entered business, failed,
and spent II years of his life
paying up the debts Of a
worthless partner. He fell in
love with a beautiful young
woman to whom he became
engaged-then she died. En-
tering politics he ran for Con-
gress and was badly defeated.
He then tried to get an APP
pointment in the United
States Land Office but failed.
He became a candidate for
the United States Senate and
did not come within sight Of
1t. In 1856 he became q can
didate for the Vice Presidency
and was again disappointed.
In 1858 he was defeated by
Douglas. That defeat, at the
time, seemed a crushing blow.
But, in the face of all these
disappointments he even
tually achieved the highest
success attainable in life
and undying fame to the end
Of time"
Close by that plaque is a
glorious painting Of Phillips
Brooks who seems to loom
more and more as perhaps
the greatest spiritual person.
atty Of the past 100 years.
When he entered the Theo-
logical Seminary at Alexan-
dria he had been stung with
disappointment and over
whelmed with q sense of
defeat because Of his utter
failure as q teacher at the
Boston Boys Latin School. 1t
was because the President of
Harvard, in an interview,
asked him If he had ever
thought Of the ministry as a
vocation. rather than teach
ing, that with no sense of
mission and torn by uncer-
tainty. he became q student
in the Virginia school. And
so, 1t came to pass that an
initial disappointment gave
to the world the greatest
pulpit voice of that genera
ton.
For many victories now
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liens require that force be
used. The District Is most
fortunate to have as heads of
its school system and police
department men who seem to
recognize this.
Leonard j. Williams.
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that he spoke so well when he did
speak.
Griffin: Father, ] would like to
get down to this question of re-
ligiOus leadership in the Deep
South as it concerns specifically
human and civil rights. We have
two striking examples Of action on
the part Of Catholic leaders-the
work Of Archbishop Rommel in
New Orleans and Of Archbishop
Halilman in Atlanta. What about
ether Bishops? Are we moving
ehead, stagnating or falling back?
Thompson: There have been
many other moves, certainly, made
with no fanfare. l myself do. not
believe in q lot Of fanfare in
connection with good actions. Out
Of the twenty-five diOceses in the
South, twenty have desegregated
schools. But even five diocese
represent sufficiently large area
TO cause us grief. Yes, we are
moving ahead, but Of course in
many cases, Negroes think il is
little too slow and that we are per-
haps a little too cautious. Many
Negroes still use the old bone"
symbol. They feel that W h e
Catholics are throwing us the bone
and telling us this is what we want
and this is what we should have.
I'm not saying either that Negro
Catholics want any kind Of special
treatment. They feel tn icy are
getting special treatment r ig h
now, and that is the trouble. ALI
they want is to be treated exactly
the same as any other Catholic. 1t
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PAGE THREE

cannot be repeated too often that
Negroes are intensely aware Of
second class citizenship in the
Church; and this is the one place
where il is absolutely devastating,
no matter how many southern
white Catholics might TatjoBslize
or try to justify it.
Griffin: Father, on researc
trips through the Deep South, I
have often encountered nOp-NegrO
Catholics who are deeply con-
cerDed. Almost invariably these
peOple-and these are not Negroes
will ask me: why doesn't the
Church speak now" The Church
has been speaking" for kOne
time, Of course. What they mean
is why do not the local pFelates
speak up now. This was partieu-
larly true in Mississippi before
Bishop GerOw issued his recent
statement. Do you, - . Negro
priest feel that the silence Of some
Bishops is as loud as we Catholics
sometimes seem 10 hear it?
ThOmpon: fear that the silence
in some areas is quite loud. Many
people think that this silence is .
sign that those in authority agree
with the situation as it exists.
Whether they do or not, that is
not for me to say. 1t does seem
that the splendid statement Of the
American Bishops on racial justice
has not always been implemented
Or at least the Negro Catholic in
the South can not always see evil
dence Of its having been imple-
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