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36 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES TUESDAY' MAY' 31 1953 (THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR) 5Elje flanga (Eity The Morning Issue of The Star Established October 19 190L William Rockhill Nelson many years It stood beside a fine spring on the Mexican trail The Times building was erected in 1885 Fairmount park opened for the summer season yesterday The old covered bridge on the Lexington road nine and one IN THE nine STORE The trto stood with faces lifted Arms and eager fingers reaching reaching High above the counter a little box Blew bubbles into the air (Gone are the clay pipes the bowl of water The floating soap the dam? aorons This age is mechanized i Oh what beauty swung bevond their grasp! The Kansas City Star Company Owner and Publisher half miles northeast of Independ- wtiat c00red magic What diamonds! ence which was off its piers in! what pearls! the recent floods is to be re- fining globes rose fell touched And burpt The little box spilled stored The piers Will be raised More and more iridescent spheres four feet Into universe of three small folk And still the trio yearned to hold a bubble In their hands Listen my darlings Bubbles always burst But the" could not heer mv mind Telling them the truth They must learn it For themselves as others do Helen Rhobs Hoopzs Tito Continues To Stand Finn have to be applied to eacti farmer's wheat if it should be made the basis of the loan rate A similar problem but perhaps of lesser magnitude is developing in the cotton industry The pressure toward solution of the quality phase in both wheat and cotton comes from a realization that farm crops must be produced lor market not for government storage A Generation Too Eate? The season of the cap ana gown and the college degree is on us again and the perennial crop of bright young people with the scrubbed and intent faces is ready to sally forth It's been the same story every spring for generations The difference is the bonanza that awaits many from the class of 1955 with jobs competing for youths For poor dad a generation ago it was just the reverse Instead of jobs searching for youths the old man probably was out competing for that $10 a week post as stockroom boy In a national class-of-1955 survey the News World Report has come up with these starting salaries for graduates in technical fields: Engineers and scientists ranging from $375 to $525 a month medical technicians $350 to $500 accountants $275 to $450 and so forth The wide range of course comes from the varying pay scales met throughout the nation from New York City to the smaller Mid-West community different specific skills qualifications of the individual varying demand and supply and other factors Graduation day Old Dad sitting out front can hardly contain his pride He may be a generation too late tor the big bonanza but somehow we bet it never occurs to him HE SHALL NeVeRTHIRST And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst VI 35 Address All Letters: The Kansas City Star 1729 Grand Aventte Kansas City 8 Mo Telephone HA 1200 (Want Ad Dept Only Telephone BA 5500) Subscription Ratt a4ornlrfr evening and Sunday (thirteen papers a wee delivered by carrier In Kan-at City 40 cents a week 174 a month Bv mall oostaee Drepaid In Missouri and Kansas 45 cents a week: elsewhere In the United Spates and the united States possessions 65 cents a week In forelen countries 1 00 a week Entered as second class mautcr at the postofflce in Kansas City Mo under the Act of March 3 1879 Member or the Peess All rights ol publication of special dispatches are also reserved postage ro single copies 8 to 14 pages 3 cents 18 to 24 pages 4 cents 28 to 39 pages 5 cents 84 to 40 pages 6 cents 42 to 50 pages 7 cents: 52 to do pages 8 cents 60 to b6 pages 9 cents 68 to 74 10 cents: 76 to 84 pages 11 cents 86 to 92 pages 12 cents 94 to 100 pages 13 cents 102 to 108 pages 14 cents: 110 to 118 pages 15 cents During April 1955 the net paid circulation ol The Star was as follows: Evening (dally average! 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Weeklv Star Farmer (average! 4ivvi TUESDAY MAY 31 1955 By Elie Abel (Service of the tr York Times) VX" ASHINGTON The tenta-' five conclusion of United States foreign policy officials is that the Russians may have unwittingly strengthened Marshal Tito's independence by their behavior in Yugoslavia There is little anxiety in administration circles about the outcome of the Soviet-Yugoslav talks and the prevailing impression here is that Tito will stand firm on the big political issues United States officials are convinced that Tito will not after seven years of successful re- A newspaper headline sistanee to Soviet pressure free- Will Be Debt-Free on July 1 ly submit to the overtures arouses the thought in the mind Nikita Khrushchev first sec- of Jim Cornish of the Pratt retary of the Soviet Communis Tribune that it's a good thing Kansas Notes WITH Senator Russell a good man too announc ing that he will not he a candidate for President Rolla Clymer concludes in the El Dorado Times well we ran always fall back on With the gin and tonic season virtually upon us Bertha Augusta Gazette character Ima Washout believes there should be a longer word to say than when Attack on Religion in Tehran Directs Attention to Unusual Faith Unity and Peace for All Nations and Religious Groups Was Goal of Cult Founded a Century Ago in Iran and Much Persecuted Since With 3 U2 Million Members Around the World It Has Only 8000 in but an Impressive Temple By Baker (A Member of The Staff) IN the middle of the last century a man hailed by his followers as the Great Messiah the Promised One appeared in Tehran Today in the same land of Iran the religion he founded faces bitter persecution its practice outlawed in a predominantly Moslem nation The high-minded teachings of Baha'i and its rapid growth indicate that it will take more than the government of Iran to write the final chapter in a story which ranks among the most fascinating in search for truth Last week in the climax of a long campaign against Baha'i the military governor of Tehran ordered the destruction of the giant Hazir Fatulghodes temple center of the sect Throughout the world some 32 million Baha'i members are prepared to protest sending their appeals to the shah of Iran and the governments of other nations Essentially Baha'i teaches the universal brotherhood of man the unity of all religions and peace for the whole world To its followers it represents a combination of the best of the nine great faiths Christianity Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Mohammedanism Saba ism Zoroastrianism Babism (the immediate predecessor of Baha'i) and itself The seeds of grew in then in a young man who originally probably had nothing more in mind than a reformation of Mohammedanism Mirza Ali Muhammad in time assumed the title of the Bah (the Gate! and proclaimed that he was An earthly manifestation of the unity and oneness of God and A forerunner of the Great Messiah whose advent was predicted by previous prophets such as Abraham Moses Zoroaster Christ and Mohammed Bab Executed Islam was inhospitable to religious deviation and the Bah was imprisoned tortured and eventually executed before a firing squad in 1850 By then his mantle had been donned by Mirza Husayn Ali who proclaimed himself the Messiah foretold hy the Bab and trans- as First Guardian of the Faith and head of the future House of Justice provided in the writings of Designed a's a universal faith nevertheless maintains the exotic flavor of the Orient Its headquarters is at Haifa residence of the Shoghi Effendi and its religious center has been in Tehran in the temole being destroyed by Iran There are 8000 Baha'i members in this country with the North American center at Wilmette 111 a suburb of Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan There a huge temple originally projected in the first decade of this century was completed in 1953 at a cost of $2613012 In the form of a nonagon the dome-topped building has been called Chicago's Taj Mahal less reverently orange and a The Number Nine The number nine plays a significant part in with the numerical symbolism carried out in the temple The highest single digit nine indicates the coming of age of the human race Locally and nationally the ion both showering their material and spiritual gifts on all The guiding light of is pure love of God without hope of reward fear of punish Its aims include: Universal peace Abandonment of all prejudices Universal education especially for the girls who Mill be the mothers and fir: educators of the next generation A world-wide language Equality of men and women Agreement of religion science and reason A universal league of na tions to be obtained without violence and to function through an international parliament Divine Revelations Through the centuries God has been revealing these aims in various ways Baha'i teaches: word of God is one word the spokesmen are Thus Christ a Moses Buddha and others play their part in Baha'i Baha'u'llah was the latest chosen by the Creator to express His purpose FORTUNATE FOUR the Legislature doesn't meet between now and July 1 "TOW that the drought picture has changed Celland Cole asks in the St John News be the first dealer to offer combines with digging attachments to cut this years Reading recently where one man said of another state has lost a valued and irreplaceable Claude Older impressed was his rejoinder one is irreplaceable in the state oj anywhere else from the hen house to the national Jack Harris reports in the Hutchinson News-Herald a fellow there is well along with his spring work He already has found three neighbors who more or less reluctantly will lend him their power lawnmowers Walt Neibarger of the Tonga-noxie Mirror is convinced some-one is taking the town beautification-idea seriously since a lawn-mower was stolen from back of the Mirror office party If the mission to Belgrade does turn out to be a diplomatic defeat for the Russians Khrushchev will have to carry the major responsibility for it was -his speech on his arrival in Belgrade on Thursday that reinforced the suspicions of the al-ready-aloof Yugoslav leader The Yugoslav premier assured the United States before the Russian visitors arrived that lie would not violate the Battle act in any economic transactions he might work out with them The Battle act provides that any country selling strategic materials to iron curtain countries shall forfeit further American economic aid Strict adherence to this law would limit the area of Dossible negotiation with the Russians to the export of agricultural products and Yugoslavia has no surplus food In fact during the drought last year the Yugoslav's were dependent on American aid for 1960000 tons of wheat The current trade agreement signed in Moscow last January 5 provides for the sale of Yugoslav chemicals shoe leather tobacco and plywood to Russia in exchange for newsprints oil raw cctton manganese ore and anthracite coal Officials familiar with the trading potential of both countries believe that this exchange totaling about 20 million dollars in value this year can be increased by extending the list of commodities and stepping up the quantities delivered But the increase is not likely to be spectacular these officials believe and will not go far toward solving or even substantially easing Yugoslavia's economic troubles They contend that for major capital equipment and for manu-l THE American people had some unexpectedly welcome news over the Memorial day week end The Chinese Communist government announced its decision to release four of our fifteen airmen known to be held by them in violation of the Korean armistice agreement The announcement from Peiping to be sure pretended that Capt Harold Fischer and his three fellow prisoners had been to And India's Krishna Menon upon whose intercession the fliers seem finally to have been liberated could describe the action as a move by Red Chirra to relax current tension in Asia Neither of these devices of course can conceal the' essential fact After appearing impervious to free world opinion and failing to respond to a United Nations appeal the Chinese Communists have suddenly elected to retreat in part from a legally indefensible position Why? Is it mere chance that this gesture came so shortly after the Afro-Asian conference in Bandung where Chou performance as the great peace leader was somewhat impaired by visible suspicion of Red China among her neighbors? Is there perhaps a connection here with the recent calming of the political waters around Formosa? And is it purely coincidental that the latest developments in Asia are calculated to reinforce rather than embarrass the co-existence campaign which Russia is now pushing so assiduously in Europe? At least the semblance of a pattern emerges from those developments It points to a simultaneous shift of tactics executed by both Communist regimes the implications of which need to be tested out as much in Asia as in Europe For it now clearly devolves upon the government of Red China either to the rest of the captive American airmen and civilians or to show persuasively how their cases differ from the situation of the Fischer group Meanwhile we can rejoice that a ruthless dictatorship for whatever reason has been induced to give up four more human pawns ITH the season just opening Hal Evanc injects a thorny thought with a paragraph in the Earned Tiller and Toiler to the effect that there are 1J0 more days until be back in the dear old Kansas ants may not be considered pretty enough to meet Cinemascope requirements but the Norton Telegram is among the folks who will vouch for their energy and perseverance the Bulletin a and will followers say But all these great religious leaders express the only true religion: worship of God One unusual aspect of Baha'i is its calendar given by the Bab and consisting of nineteen months of nineteen days each with four inter-calary days in an ordinary year and five in a leap year between the eighteenth and nineteenth months New Year's day falls on March 21 after a period of fasting in the month of Loftiness Other months have such names as Splendor Glory Mercy and Honor The future of Baha'i in the Moslem world at least seems rather hazy as the Iranian persecution gains momentum With its advocacy of nonviolence Baha'i leaders say the sect will give no active resistance to the governmental decree Already the 9-man directing committee for Iran has been dissolved Certainly however will continue to pursue its goal of international peace under one God looking more to the Western hemisphere perhaps than elsewhere Although only 8000 followers have been recruited in the on a speaking tour in 1912 said: this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement May it be the first nation to proclaim the unity of mankind May it be the first to unfurl the Standard of the Most Great If there is a simple formula for this goal of a new world order it is contained in the Baha'i version of the Golden Rule you look toward mercy regard not that which benefits yourselves but hold to that which will benefit faith is administered by 9-man governing boards The number appears repeatedly in the temple architecture: there are nine sides nine concrete piers descending ninety feet below the water level of Lake Michigan nine pillars or pylons symbolizing the nine religions and nine arches It is set in a 9-acre park with nine sides nine avenues and nine gateways and eventually will be surrounded by a sunken garden with nine fountains The structure itself rises 191 feet the nine arches of the dome giving the appearance of arms reaching to the sky nine hands touching as in mass prayer There are 385 lace-like pieces in the filigree of the dome pre-cas-of cement and quartz Architecturally the Wilmette temple ranges from Mohammedan window arches to Gothic gallery and Byzantine dome It lacks stained-glass windows and religious images but nevertheless with light filtering through the glass lining of the fragile openwork takes on all the majesty of a lofty house of God In Wilmette as elsewhere there are no set religious rituals Baha'i admits no clergy or priesthood Not a church in the common sense the Baha'i temple is a for meditation and prayer with services of vocal music and readings from the great religious books of the world Ultimately it is hoped it will become the heart of a community center containing hospital orphanage college and scientific laboratory Thus as said: will become harmonized with science and science will be the handmaiden of relig factured goods Yugoslavia will ax Moxley the itor of that continue to depend on the Wert terling weeklv jlearty Mon-The Russians are believed tc day rs King telephoned be in a stronger position when it Goldfish for SM? comes to straightening out the jt'vednesdav a pretty angry Mrs tangled accounts between the King called and said two countries that go back to 'be ad: somebody stole the fish the Cominform break in 1948 The right out of my Yugoslavs contend the iron cur- AEGESTeriition sinre the tarn countries owe them about 1 iola Regis: er was founded in 0 million dollars in van- 1W7 was published ous commodities Officials detailing thp history of Allen here recognize that a generous Countv which uill he stressed settlement bv the jthe week-long centennial cele- would markedly improve the Yugoslav eeonomv and might persuade Tito to adopt a mSre a folks have pointed out that co-operative political attitude lPn ne so far But the Yugoslavs who show to emphasize the county angle in remarkable confidence in the a centennial celehraton most strength of their position savjni he others pointing their b-they will not be satisfied with servances toward the establish-such a settlement and will de- ment of one or more of their leader ok the Faith in the Early Years of This Century towns Ida's historical pageant to be portrayed at Riverside park starting Thursday night will have a cast of 300 persons El wood Hobbs mand reparations for the damage to their country as a result of its excommunication now acknowl edged hy Khrushchev himself to have been a mistake England's New Strength: Welcome in Washington By Roscoe Drummond AT The decisive Conservative party victory in Britain is an unusually valuable asset to the Western Alliance It is profoundly welcome in Washington for three reasons Because it removes from the British government the uncertainty of a thin parliamentary majority and gives it the stability to meet the temptations and trials of the Big Four conference and after Because it strengthens the Anglo-American partnership Because it confirms that the new British prime minister Sir Anthony Eden has political courage without which even the most talented statesman is only half equipped It was against the persistent pleas of some of his closest advisers that Sir Anthony called the general election for last week But Sir Anthony was gambling for higher stakes he was prepared to make a riskful decision Ke did not vvish merely to head a precarious time-serving even for the honor of it He wanted the support of the British electorate not just the support of the Conservative party He wanted to- earn in his own right a positive meaningful mandate and if possible a substantially improved majority He won both handsomely Anglo-American co-operation does not hinge upon particular parties in either country It would be a great mistake to assume that it does The United States and Britain worked closely and effectively together throughout the tenure of the Labor party from 1945 to 1951 But there is no doubt that Anglo-American co-operation is strengthened by the Eden victory at this particular time Most important of all it largely removes from international relations the conflicting rivalries and conflicting purposes as between the extreme left wing Aneurtn Bevan and the more moderate Clement Attlee which now dominate the British Labor party Under the circumstances a Labor victory would have almost certainly raised the gravest doubts over whether Britain would stand firm when negotiations with Moscow got onto quicksand territory Uncertainty over where a divided Labor party would take Britain in foreign policy was no doubt a considerable factor in the pro-Conservative vote With the political strength which President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden each has at home it will be easier for them to make bold decisions if necessary in the Big Four conference and at the same time to resist the enticement to do something just temporarily popular In a word each will have Irppdnm and independence of action (Copyright 1 9 5 5 Xeir York Herald Tribune Real Swing to Right By David Lawrence LONDON England has settled down to what it hopes will be five years of stability and progress The general election which has given the Conservative party a comfortable majority in Parliament reflected a basic desire for continuity There was no appreciable amount of protest against the party in power and the opposition didn't offer anything attractive So the people gave the Conservative party an increased something that no party in power has achieved in ninety years American political leaders can derive a good deal of guidance from a study of the British election results For it is a rare thing also in America when a party in power increases its strength in a subsequent presidential election What has been a virtual deadlock between the two major parties in Britain has been broken The Conservatives actually polled nearly a million more votes than the Socialists did There was a definite switch in the voting or rather a as it is called here Many Socialist members were elected by majorities of ltss than a thousand votes and many more districts by what must be considered narrow margins There is no question about it the margin of fifty-nine seats by which the Conservatives won does not tell the whole story of the basic shift toward conservatism which appeared throughout the country The large stay-at-home vote was to seme extent too a measure of the acquiescence of the electorate in the policies of the Conservative government The Gallup polls which forecast the result were remarkably accurate within 1 per cent which is of course the kind of thing that can be misleading in a very close election like the Truman-Dewey contest in 1948 but which when it occurs in a decisive result such as was experienced here last week gives the scientific polling method a great deal of prestige All in all the election brought a great deal of satisfaction in many quarters Some of the Conservatives were glad they get a lop-heavy majority which could start feuds inside their party Some of the right wing Socialists were glad because the country showed no inclination toward left wing Socialists some of whom had a hard time getting re-elected in districts normally safe for Socialist Labor candidates The Communists got very votes and elected nobody The left wing Socialists nave an idea they can make more progress now as a minority and can force the other wing of the party to come to them Undoubtedly a struggle for leadership has begun already in the Socialist Labor party ranks As long as Britain Stays on a sound economic basis and taxes are gradually reduced there is little likelihood that the parliamentary life of the Conservative party will be endangered in the next five years (Copyright 19 5 5 Kew York Herald Tribune) formed Babism into To his followers he was known as (Splendor of God) announced that a new day of God had come that the age of universal brotherhood was at hand Again Moslem authorities reacted violently the religious leader spent his last forty years in prison and died in 1892 in a Turkish penal colony His son and successor Abbas Effendi was not freed from Turkish captivity until 1908 He died in 1921 and in his will named his son the Shoghi Effendi then student at Oxford More Efficient Elections By common-sense legislation the Kansas City election board continues to increase the efficiency of its operations The estimate that it will save S40000 a year from a series of bills passed by this Legislature appears to be on the conservative side One example of progress is the bill that gives the board the authority to let the United States postoffice handle the required canvasses of the registration rolls Under the old laws two officials from each polling place (a Republican and Democrat) have been required to go door to door to verify the residence of people on the roils Even at $8 a day small pay for such a heavy job the canvass has added considerable expense Now the postoffice is prepared to make the check through the postman at a cost of 1 cent a voter The board made a test run on three precincts checking the canvass by postmen against another made by the special deputies The results by the postmen turned out to be more accurate Better than anyone else the postman knows who lives on his route And he is an employee of the United States government Landladies who might otherwise cover some fraudulent registrations aren't likely to lie to the postman If this or any of the other authorized improvements don't work well in practice the board still has the right to go back to the old methods The overwhelming support given by the Legislature is a credit to the work by the board and its chairman Hampton Chambers An Expert Appraises Atomic Power two spud push buttons lor both nhaust and intake tor daytime-night-time operation Ventilates several rooms -h cool gentle night time breezes P'ovides rapid circulation a in take tan tn one or more connecting rooms MStr INSUUtD-fits all standard sash type windows Windows can be closed during inclement weather without removing tan A PUZZLE IN WHEAT QUALITY ment of fluids in pipelines detection of leaks in water mains fire alarms industrial research detection of liquid level in enclosed systems preionization in gas discharge tubes testing the efficiency of filters measurement of wear in test engines for testing lubricants checking efficiency of industrial mixing processes investigations of alloy structure and casting procedure checking migration of constituents in paper manufacture measurement of plant nutrients in soil and uptake of fertilizer investigation of silt movements in an estuary and microanalysis of trace constituents in chemicals and metals (Science Service) lcuerdille wi lL Push button (Controls WINDOW FAN PRICES S5 Start 39 and up JcticuVV The anti or of the following is directo of atomic energy research establishment at Harwell England By Sir John Cockroft PROGRESS in the peaceful application of atomic energy in Britain has excited world-wide interest and I have been asked many questions on the possibilities of the use of atomic power for industrial purposes in other countries Here are answers to questions I am sometimes asked Do you think that atomic reactors for power purposes will be of value to less developed countries and how soon will atomic power be available to them A Atomic power will be of just as much value to less developed countries as water power or power from coal and gas where an undeveloped country has ample resources of conventional power atomic power will have no advantages for the next ten to fifteen years until its cost becomes less than conventional power costs Its immediate role in the world is to supplement conventional energy sources where they are becoming inadequate For such purposes it could become available in the early 1960's Does disposal of atomic waste present any difficult problem? A The disposal of atomic waste is one of the many technological problems which have to be solved during the next decade This like the other problems is being extensively worked on and there is no reason to suppose it cannot be solved since the volume of the waste product is very small when concentrated Is there an immediate prospect of getting electricity from atomic power? Atomic power will be available in Britain on a scale comparable with that from a normal large power station within two to three years Will the cost of atomic power compare favorably with that of power generated by orthodox means? A Atomic power is likely to cost rather more than conventional power during the first five years of its use but the cost will probably be little different from conventional power costs in ten time What is the likelihood of ships being powered by atomic units as an economic proposition? A Commercial atomic ship propulsion is not likely to be economic for the next decade What is the potential range of use of atomic energy products in industry? The use of atomic energy products in induslry is steadily growing some of the applications in use already are the following: Control of thickness of strip material for rolling mills discharging of static electricity in textile operations radiography oil prospecting control of move FORTY YEARS AGO COMPARE THESE FEATURES: Exclusive twin injector cones deep-pitched propeller end beautiful modern design makes Vornado the outstanding fan in America You get more performance ond comfort per dollor in Vornodo Comport it and tee! Over 6000000 Satisfied Users REGARDLESS of how the fight goes on the level of price supports eventually something will have to be done about pricing wheat according to quality Under the present government loan program wheat of the highest qualities for bread-making is worth no more than wheat fit only for livestock feed Because some of the lower quality wheats are the highest yielders and because weather has been unfavorable to quality production the last few years the government bins are loaded with the lower quality grain While the inclination is to blame the farmer for producing the low quality wheats actually he gets his income from selling by the bushel li he gets no premium for higher quality grains there is little incentive to produce them Secretary Benson in his recent Hutchinson Kas address said the Department of Agriculture is considering establishing a loan rate schedule which would discount low quality wheat He did not state definitely that fhis would be done The truth is such a step needed though it may be will require a tremendous amount of work and perhaps entirely new methods of testing grain The test obviously would have to be rather simple as it would of necessity NO DOWN PAYMENT Pay as little as MOVES MORE AIR From the Files of May 31 1915 Memorial day was generally observed today as the date fell on Sunday A children's ward has been opened at the General hospital with forty beds for the little ones Two landmarks of early Kansas City are being razed to make room for a new structure They are the Diamond building and the Times building both at the convergence of Main and Delaware streets at Ninth The Diamond was built In 1870 and was the first permanent structure south of Sixth street for Each Wtek 501 MODEL 16C IEKKIKS CO' Call VI 9430 1 2 IT Walnut Open Thursday Nigh.