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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10
More Teacher Support

About week ago spokesman Tor
three Washington teacher organizations
expressed strong support for the position
of School superintendent Hansen on
corporal punishment and the dismissal
of uncomfortable pupils. Now the D. G.
Education Association, generally re-
garded as the major education group
in the city, has followed suit with a
vigorous statement Of its own.
In letter to the Board of Education,
association secretary Helen E. Samuel
emphasizes that the need for change
In the corporal punishment rule does
not stem from a desire by teachers to
punish. 1t results rather from the
knowledge that the mere existence Of
the present ban causes some children
to become arrogant and unresponsive
to authority" This, Of course, is pre-
cisely the point which DR.. Hansen mas
consistently endeavored to make, and
on which he just as persistently has
been misinterpreted. AS an illustra-
ton of the extreme and senSeless in
terpretations of the existing rule which
St%AA
it was essential that students and
parents must understand that touching
a child, leading him physically from the
room and subduing a pupil who has
become uncomfortable are examples Of
disciplinary control which are permissi-
ble." The association and DR.. Hansen
also are in agreement that the power
of expulsion should be used only as a
last resort. Neither Of them, signifi-
cantly, accepts the contention that this
authority would cause "the dumping Of
children into the streets"
Such statements as these from
educators, who are the real experts in
the field, must be gratifying to DR..
Hansen, and should be no less so to the
community as a whole. One can only
hope that they will offset some Of the
hysterical nonsense which has been
spouted by those who are far less quail
fled to speak on the subject.
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Interprets Bible

In the argument before the
Supreme Court on the Mary
land and Pennsylvania pub
lie school prayer cases. one
justice quoted from Matthew
6:6 as a defense for a purely
secularistic public school. The
quotation reads: But thou.
when thou prayest. enter into
thy closet and when thou
has shut the door, pray to
thy Father which is in Sc
cret; and thy Father which
seest in secret shall reward
thee openly"
OF course, the interpreta-
ton here is against the prac-
tice of the Pharisees Of max
ing a big show Of their re-
ligion, Of having less interior
spirit Of prayer than external
manifestation. There is no
condemnation Of public
prayer per Sc. We must re-
member that Christ often APP
peared on the Sabbath in the
synagogue.
We used TO hear It said
that a person need not fol-
low the commandment to
honor God on the Sabbath
day by public devotion. These
people said that one could
pray anywhere, even under
a tree. OF course. this is true
but never have / heard OF a
case Of a person praying UNI
der q tree. No doubt some
people have done so.
The argument Of the JUS
tice regarding private prayer
is an attempt 10 remove
prayer from the tree 10 the
closet, and keep II there. The
Bible has It's experts who in
terpret 1t just as the SUI
preme Court has It's experts
TO interpret the law OF the
land. However, no biblical
scholar would interpret this
passage from the Bible with
out reading and understand
ing what went before this
quotation, which by the way.
refers 10 public and secret
aims. or without understand
ms the attitude Of the Phar-
isees who paraded their
religious beliefs IN an osten-
tatious manner. In this re-
gard we can recall the story
OF the humble publican and
the proud Pharisee in Luke
l8.i0-i4.
Matthew A. McKavitt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10

ing the infantry pickets. 1t
is stated. with the counter
sign. They came In from all
sides in squads Of four or
five. not firing, but quietly
capturing all Of the provost
marshal's guards who took
them for Union soldiers. They
then formed three parties,
one going to the house oc-
cupied by Gen. Stoughton,
another to that occupied by
Col. Wyndham, and the third
to that where 1t. Col. john
stone escaped. Everything
was so quietly conducted
that the presence Of an en-
envy was known to but few.
Their chief object seemed TO
have been TO capture Gen.
Stoughton and horses. They
did not take or destroy any
com missary stores. They
went out In the same direc-
ton by which they entered.
struck the Warrenton Pike
about eight miles the other
side OF Centreville. and con-
tinued on that road 10 War
renton. To prevent being in
tercepted, wires we're cut by
the Rebels between Fairfax
Court House and Centre
vile. and no communication
could be sent 10 Fairfax Sta
ton. Sundry citizens Of
the vicinity known 10 have
acted In cooperation with
Mosely have been arrested
and sent here. :" Tn
Star OF March II. 1853 re-
vealed that one OF those who
aided Mosby was a woman:
1T turns out that the
woman Antonio J. Ford, Of
Fairfax Court House. was the
principal spy and guide for
Capt. Mosely IN his success
full raid upon that village. 80"
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FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years AGO

John Singleton Mosby, sort
Of a secret weapon for the
Confederate Army, made one
of his many spectacular raids
as a Ranger about this time
a century ago. A product Of
the University Of Virginia,
Mosby enlisted in the Con-
federate cavalry early in the
war. He participated in both
First and Second Bull Run,
saw action in the Peninsula
campaign and at Antietam,
and for a time was on Jeb
Stuart's staff. In January,
1853, he began operating in
dependently as q Ranger,
with his original command
consisting Of nine men. Al
though he was regarded by
the Union Army as an OUT
law, he nevertheless was
commissioned a lieutenant in
the Confederate Army q
month after he set himself
up In the raiding business.
His little outfit swelled in
size and by the summer Of
1863 they became known as
Co. A, 43d Battalion, Parti-
san Rangers. Mosby received
so much help and useful in
formation from countryside
Virginians that the area In
which he roamed was called
"Mosby's Confederacy." How
ever. his name was not we'll
known here when he raided
Fairfax Court House on
March Q, 1853 and captured
Union General e. H. Slough
ton and 100 others Of his
command, plus a stable herd
OF horses for his own horse
soldiers. The Star OF March
IA. 1868, in reporting the in
cident, referred 10 him as
capt. Mosely". The story
said: Careful investigation
has made II certain that the
following are the facts In
volved In the recent Rebel
raid on Fairfax Court House
In which Acting Brig. Gen.
Stoughton and others were
captured. VIZ: Capt. Mosely.
with from so 10 rs men In
United States uniform, en-
tered Fairfax on the morn
ing Of the 9th inst. at $3.50
am. He came into the lines
by way Of centreville. pass
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Facts Wanted

Senator Mansfield, in our opinion,
is a man Of great integrity and COM
petence. Nevertheless, we think he
missed the real point in his imprisoned
appeal to the Senate to refrain from
"politicking" on the Cuban question.
The Majority Leader has suggested
that recent Republican attacks were
based on a news story that was pub
lished on May 5, 1861. He also has
expressed the belief that these attacks
are injurious to the national interest
that to "toy" with such things as
the details of who bungled the Bay Of
Pigs operation lis to toy with the life
of the Nation"
This is an argument which over
looks a basic point The American
people have been encouraged to believe
that mo United States forces" were
involved in the Cuban invasion, and
that President Kennedy would not
permit them to be involved under any
condition. In the strictest sense, this
is true. But it also strikes us as the
finest kind of splitting-if news
reports in addition to those mentioned
. by Senator Mansfield are correct.
These additional reports coming
from presumably responsible and in
formed individuals, indicate that the
May 5, 1861, news account told only
small part of the story. These reports
suggest that 16-not four-American
we're involved as pilots or in training
capacities in the Cuban invasion. Some
of them certainly were National Guard
officers, evidently recruited by the
Central Intelligence Agency on some
kind of informal or civilian" basis.
II this is so, the statement by Attorney
General Kennedy that mo United
States forces" took part in the invasion
needs very careful scrutiny.
Our feeling about this matter is
not that it was wrong" to use Ameri-
cans to train the Cubans, or even to
fly combat missions. 1t is great pity,
we think, that the effort at the Bay of
Pigs failed because too few Americans
were used, and because their equipment,
including planes, was inadequate to
the task
What disturbs us is that this con-
tinuing leakage Of information which,
If true, casts doubt on the accuracy Of
former official statements, can hardly
fail to make most Americans wonder
whether their Government is telling
the truth or is trying to brainwash
them. Certainly 1t is necessary to pro-
tect our intelligence structure. At the
very least, this means that the public
cannot be told ALL" But when a mish-
mash of conflicting information gets
into the public domain, 1t is desirable
that all Of the facts-consistent with
protecting national security-be put on
the record. We do not believe that this
has been done in the Cuban affair. On
the contrary, we think that facts, un-
doubtedly known to Castro, are being
covered up or distorted to protect indi-
viduals in this country from their re-
sponsibility for the monumental blunder
at the Bay Of Pigs. This is unwise and
and within the limits of legitimate
security conSiderationS-unn
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'PiIqrim Army of 'T3

Having a very personal in
terest in the March 3, 1918
suffrage parade (my mother
marched In it,, I was pleased
to see your news story in The
Sunday Star, March 8 and
also the Rambler's article on
February %.
However, with regard to the
news item. If there are any
of General" Rosalie Jones'
Pilgrim Army" women still
living, I'm sure you will
eventually hear from them.
They did not ride horseback
from New York to D. c. to
join the parade, as the news
article implies. They walked
- 258 miles according to
your own special correspond
ent" Ethel Lloyd Patterson,
who accompanied them. They
made the pilgrimage in about
IA actual walking days -
about the same mileage pei
day as the Marines were
allotted Though the Marines
Of the current 50-mile hikes
did not take the fun time
allowed them.
Your cartoonist, Mr.. Berry
man, ST., had a delightful
cartoon about the marcherS
from New York, on Febru-
airy Is, 1918, captioned spirit
Of 49," and on your editorial
page Of February 10, 1918
there appeared the squib
"Posterity may read of the
woman's suffrage hike with
something of the admiring
interest that attaches to Pau
Revere's ride"
But please give them credit
for their valiant effort II
walking - not travelling BY
horseback - that incredible
distance, burdened by the
long skirts and petticoats Of
the day, in the wet February
weather. Even getting begged
down in Maryland mud didn't
stop theml
s, B, O'Leary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10

An immediate change was
noted at the White House
when Woodrow Wilson went
10 work as President so years
ago. The change. The Star
OF March IL, 1918 reported.
was fl the Chief Executives
departure from the customary
manner OF dress observed by
his predecessors. Cleveland,
Harrison and Mckinley wore
frock coats all the time.
Teddy Roosevelt broke with
tradition 10 the extent Of
coming 10 the office in black
cutaway, with matching
trousers. Taft wore frock and
cutaway coats. and oc-
casionally q blue sack suit.
Wilson smashed precedent by
receiving callers, official and
otherwise. In a light gray
suit and shirt with turn
down collar.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied BY SELF addressed,
stamped enuelopes.
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Widow Lines

In a review Of the book
Private Shaw and Public
Shaw" Day Thorpe wrote in
The Star:
"a curiosity Of the work is
"Lawrence's obsessive care
with the typography. I my
self hold that no book is
worth the reading if printed
with widow lines at the top
of pages. :"
A widow line" I take it,
is the end of a paragraph,
one line or less in length, ap-
pearing at the top of a page.
Just for curiosity, I glanced
through a few books in my
library, and found this de-
plorable condition in a rather
well known work - the POL
itics Of Aristotle" in an in
expensive edition. Another
example turned up in a mod
erately expensive edition Of
the Koran.
Granted that the typogra-
ply of a book is important
to the ease of reading, and
If well done can contribute
an esthetic satisfaction in ad-
dition to that which may pro-
coed from the substance OF
the work, 1t would be hard
to believe that Mr.. Thorpe
could mean the statement
quoted to be taken literally
If so, one might tend to the
conclusion that his apparent
approval Of the book about
the two Shaws is conditioned
by the absence of widow
lines" whereas he might have
found the other two books
noted above quite unfit to be
read.
I should be interested in a
more complete exposition OF
the basis for Mr.. Thorpe's
Judgment of books which he
reviews.
H. A. I. Sugg.
Editors Note: Mr.. Thorpe
confesses that he has read
neither the Politics OF
Aristotle" nor the Koran
and therefore is in no posi-
ton to dispute Mr.. Sugg's
contention that these vol
umes are Of some value de-
spite their obvious faults.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10

From the hour of its final
passage that debate would be
continued back of 10 bound
airy lines. Just what kind Of
a government was it offering
the divergent StatesP AS Ben
jamin Franklin energies from
the Hall let us join Mrs.
Eleanor Powell. Of a well
known Philadelphia family Of
that day, and the friends who
are with her. She asks the
question, 'Dr. Franklin, have
you given us a monarchy or
a republic2" He replies with
solemnity, I'VE have given
you a Republic, II you can
keep It'll"
That IF" suggests the
struggle that has been waged
from that day to this to keep
the Republic. The American
heritage is not an accom-
plished thing to be put In a
patriotic Jewel case and
handed down as an heirloom
to generations following. 1t is
a living thing which must
breathe the air of every new
day. 1t must be reinterpreted
and rewon by every new gen.
Grafton. IF you can keep it"
sounds the ominous warning
that what came out of the
deliberations in Independence
Hall may be lost. The America
which has sprung from the
Declaration signed by 56
names of those along the At
lantic Seaboard is not so
much a place as it is a state
of mind - a ferment, a rev.
olution, a continuing revolu-
ton OF the common man.
The struggle to keep what
the founding fathers gave us
is wildly depicted in q grip
ping book by DR.. Casper
Names of The Washington
Star. Its title is. Politics in
the American Drama" In
scintillating chapters the
author holds up a mirror to
successive battles to keep the
Republic. To the American
stage, playwrights have
brought the issues and the
tendencies which have sought
to debase and corrupt tn e
American dream. AS dozens Of
times the curtain has gone
up Americans have gazed at
the interplay Of sinister in
fluences contending for the
mastery in our national life
and multitudes viewing these
dramas have registered the
solemn vow, The Republic
it must be keptl"
AS Henry Luce once wrote
in the preface of a political
play, "In the face of a world
wide challenge to all that we
have ever felt about liberty
and justice and truth, let us
see a man without any par
ticular ak to grind who will
throw back, in the face of
that challenge, an enthusiast
tic love Of fire dom, cham
pioning Of truth and defense
of justice"
1t is the ever present dam
ger of losing the Republic
which led Chief Justice
Hughes, shortly before his
death. to say. "The real ques-
ton today is whether we have
enough Of the old spirit that
gave us our institutions to
save them from being over
whelmed2"
The greatest thing about
America is - we have been
given a Republic with all its
glory for the common man,
IF we can keep it,!
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presumed the council is as shocked as
the other citizens who have to live with
this invitation to tragedy. In any event,
the General Assembly should at the very
first chance enact legislation giving
Judges and juries authority, If not COM
polling them, to review defendants
records before passing suitable sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-10

The Star OF March II. 1918.
frontpaged q new face in Of
fetal Washington. that Of q
derbied, high-collared, hand
some young man named
Franklin d. Roosevelt. who
had been appointed assistant
secretary OF the Navy. under
Secretary Josephus Daniels.
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Lloyd Buchanan.

Editors Note: Dean Girls
void included a lengthy ref
erence 10 the Fourteenth
Amendment, deleted by The
Star in It's condensation Of
his address)
Evening star., 1963-01-06
SMALL WORLD

growing smaller with every crucial crisis
from kitchen conference TO school bombing
exposed and critically examined BY frunk.
foFceful
. Ralph McGilI
Evening star., 1963-01-06
SIGNED CONFUSED"

frightened Furious 81 Too
F0t. Abby answers them oil, puts common
sanse on The li1e with light touch. Her
cool, etinieUl udsce IS spiced With VT for
serY sulsy reading
De1y Abby
Evening star., 1963-01-06
SLAM?

Thirteen cards do not d winner mcke !. I. but I.
with the expert direction Of 0 mosterful bridge
plcyer your game hos o better ehunce.
: Alfred SheinwoId
Evening star., 1963-01-06
ELE TED or NOT

he knows oil the people We know as
politicicns. lis beat Is cnmp0ien train and
congressional chomber where he observes The
heort 81 tomonow's headline. His cstute, de-
trthed eommentuy IS politically enIykseniae
. William S. White
The Sidney herald., 1963-05-15

the credit loan and repaying
the loan. For many an operator
his allotment income is the only
thing that keeps him in bust
ness.
There are those who are sug-
costing that if growers vote
down the wheat program Con-
gress will enact if not a better
program at least an emergency
program. Responsible leaders
in Washington including Presi-
dent Kennedy, Chairman Ellen
dor Of the powerful Senate Agri-
culture Committee and Senators
Young and Metcalf from wheat
states, say there is no chance
for such a development. Rep.
Frank Thompson, city Congress
man from New Jersey, sums it
up clearly, saying, eff farmers
don't vote for a program, I don't
know why I should continue to
vote for them"
Briefly, the vote May Fl sets
up a program for wheat for
only one year, 1864. 1t is not a
production cutting program;
quotas cannot be set lower than
one billion bushels a year, and
the Secretary may increase the
quotas for all wheats or those
kinds in short supply. He is
guided by requirements to pull
the carryover down to reason
able and safe levels and still
meet national needs. Kinds of
wheat in short supply desired
by the markets will still be
available at premiums above
price support. The wheat pro-
gram applies only to wheat and
not livestock!
The Sidney herald., 1963-05-15

prices = all government sup
ported we'll above ours. The
pressure of our cheap wheat
would discourage opportunities
for our feed grains in the Euro
pean Common Market and our
wheat that now clears the FEC
barriers would likely stay home.
Through the international
Wheat Agreement and Public
Law 480 our government is now
carrying on an orderly program
of making the abundance of
American farms available to
markets and people in other
lands. This can expand only as
markets and purchasing power
of the people improve.
What about imports of wheat?
We are told if imports of wheat
are shut off, more market would
be created at home. The facts
are that the US. wheat imports
amount to about 6 million bu-
shells a year, which is extremely
small compared to more than
1000 million bushels of annual
production. Unwise actions by
referendum could jeopardize
that important market.
That 6 million bushels in
cludes small imports of Cana
dian seed wheat. Few people
realize that us. farm exports
to Canada have been increasing
remarkably in recent years
amounting to more than $500
million a year, with that nation
the largest taker of our farm
production.
The domestic market is limit
ed. The record shows that de-
spite the steady growth of our
The Sidney herald., 1963-05-15

cattle on the ranges and in feed
lots will mean cheap cattle.
Some people say we can dis
pose of unlimited production of
wheat overseas. This is an I'M
sound argument unless farmers
are ready to produce wheat for
nothing and give it away. The
US is already disposing of huge
quantities of wheat overseas.
1961-62 were record years for
shipments of US wheat from
our shores. In 1861 we sent more
wheat overseas than we con
Sumed at home.
Opponents of the wheat pro-
gram continue to talk about a
mythical $1.63 a bushel for
wheat that would be available
with a no-vote and about pro-
duction. I assume they r pin
ming their faith on the lower
level of price in the Internation-
al Wheat Agreement. I am
afraid by the time a Montana
farmer absorbed the freight re-
quired to send his wheat over
seas he'd be lucky to net $1.00
a bushel.
Actually a flood of 9O-cent
US wheat would make it ex-
tremely difficult to maintain
the Agreement, and if it went
down., our relations with farm
ers in Canada and other parts
of the world would be danger
ously impaired.
An avalanche of cheap US
wheat seeking markets overseas
would not bring happiness to
Belgian, English, French and
German farmers who are strug-
Cling to maintain their wheat
The Sidney herald., 1963-05-15
for Small Grower

worth 70 cents a bushel. He will
be able to divert acres out of
wheat in the same proportion
as other growers, and earn di-
version payments. These certifi-
Gates will be a crop income in
surance feature = 70e a bushel
the producer will be sure of at
the start of the season.
In most cases, the 70 cents a
bushel is equal to the total net
income the producer can expect
from his operation. So, in a
sense, his entire net income is
safeguarded in the Yes program.
The Sidney herald., 1963-05-15
\ kAoy p Wheat Vote

population consumption OF
wheat and wheat products re-
mains about the same over the
years. I have often thought
that if the baking industry
would make a more nutritious
and tasty loaf of bread, more
wheat would be used. But that
would not absorb the great pro-
ductivity of our farmers.
On the production side of
wheat the prospects are fantas-
tic. We have already seen ma
tional average production per
acre increase from 1873 bushels
per acre in 1850 to "A bushels
in 1861, and it is expected to go
to 27 bushels in 1865. Recently
an important break-through has
been made in developing a n.y.
brid wheat. When the hybrid
wheat comes into full productive
use we can expect much the
same upshoot in wheat produc-
ton we saw with the develop
ment of hybrid corn.
Shall we pile greatly in
creased production on top of an
already high carryover of
wheat and demoralize the mar
kets and income of millions of
our people? 1t can be seen, I am
sure, that unlimited production
will not solve the problems re-
lated to wheat.
With grower approval of the
1864 wheat program it will be
possible, according to respect
able estimates, to expect a ma
tional gross income from wheat
at $2.3 billions while a no-vote
will mean a drop to about SIZE
billion. With a y~es-vote, nation