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Evening star., 1953-10-23

financially. This helped the Truman
administration win much Jewish polit-
ical support in this country.
Israel apparently could not believe
the United States Government attitude
under President Eisenhower would be
too stiff. The Israelis, instead of call
ing off their Huleh hydroelectric
project, brought in 80 earth-moving
machines, strung f1oodlights across the
area and put men to work on a three
shift-around- -the-clock schedule.
Israel provoked the climax. Despite
the tiff over the Huleh project. Israel
plandly asked the United States to
start making available part of $1O0
million which Congress last year voted
for the Middle East. Normally. Israel
probably would have gotten about $50
million.
But the United States told Israel
that we could not give away money
that might help Israel defy the wishes
of representatives of the U. N. On
October 2 the United States informed
Israel more specifically that Israel
would get no economic aid out of the
$100 million appropriation until Israel
complied with Gen. Bennike'S wishes.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
What River Jordan Dispute Is All About
By jones E. Roper

THROUGHOUT history, the River
i Jordan has separated the nomads
from the people who are settled.
Throughout history, peoples on either
side of the unattractive little stream
have distrusted each other-and they
do today.
This distrust is the basis for the pres
ent f1areup between the Jewish state Of
Israel-on one side Of the Jordan
and the Arab state of Syria on the
other.
The dispute, on it's merits, is not mo-
mentouS. The ,IsraeliS on September 2
started digging a two-mile canal in
Northern Israel They say they plan
to divert the water from the Jordan
into this canal, through a hydro
electric dam, and then back into the
Jordan. At first glance, that sounds
commendable.
But protests have come from Syria
and now from Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike,
chief of staff of the United Nations
Truce Supervision Organization. Gen.
Bennike's job is to see that Israel does
not violate demilitarized zones.
The JewiSh-Arab truce agreement
signed in 1948 states that zones were
being demilitarized with q view to-
ward separating the armed forces Of the
two parties in such manner as to mini
mize the possibility of friction and Incl
dent, while providing for the gradual
restoration of normal civilian life in
the area of the demilitarized zone"
Gen. Bennike, Dane, says diver
sion of the Jordan waters would upset
the normal civilian life of the Arabs
living near the part of the stream that
would go dry-an area just south of
Huleh Lake. He says that elimination
OF the stream at this point and possible
drainage of swamplands also would
remove an obstacle that could help
keep Arab and Jewish sides apart.
Thus, he says, the project violates the
truce agreement, and should be stopped.
The Arabs fear even worse. They
suspect that Israelis who divert water
deeper into their territory would be
tempted to use it for irrigation instead
of returning it all to the Jordan. And
they fear that this project is an
example Of Israeli encroachment. In
the past, the Israeli armed forces have
seized land which U. N. assigned to
Arabs. U. NJ did little.
This time. the United States stepped
in. Beginning September 10, the
Israeli Ambassador was summoned to
the State Department for, conferences
at first, with low-ranking officers,
but finally with Secretary of State
Dulles. The State Department kept
asking Israel to hold up the project.
The State Department got tougher and
tougher.
But neither Israel nor the Arab bloc
of states thought the American protests
could be serious. After all, the United
States has been the chief sponsor of
the state of Israel-diplomatic and
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Revolutionary Project Lincoln

AS more light is thrown on the Govern
ment's top-secret project Lincoln" it is be-
coming evident that really revolutionary de-
fense development is in immediate prospect.
Part of the secrecy Shrouding this latest phase
of scientific research was removed for the bene-
fit of members of the National Conference OF
Editorial Writers in Boston last week. The
glimpse revealed vague outlines OF new system
of outer continental air-attack detection Of
such effectiveness as to make our present radar
screen" already obsolete. More encouraging
even than the scientific progress was the asser-
ton of the projects spokesman that the new
alarm system could be installed within two
wears at cost of around $370 million.
Project Lincoln is the code name for technical
studies being made by group of the Nations
outstanding physicists and other scientists in
the interest of improving our continental air
alarm defenSeS. Because of its huSh-huSh
nature, the public has had no way of knowing
whether any material progress was being made
in the project and, if so, what promise there
was for greater security against surprise enemy
attack Recently there had been unofficial and
unconfrmed reports in the press that the
project authorities had found that reasonably
effective warning system would cost close to $3.50
billion-a manifestly prohibitive investment.
The disclosures made to the editorial writ
erS were newSWorthy not only because they
indicated that new devices and new techniques
have greatly frightened the air-defenSe outlook,
but that these devices and techniques can be
put into operation at reasonable cost. If, as
Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner of the Lincoln Project
group asserted in Boston, it Is technically and
economically feasible to build an efficient six
hour-in- advance air-attack screen within
two years, there ought to be no delay in con-
structing this system. If, as he said, an early
warning system can be provided with an
investment of "less than $370 Million" the
impact on the defense budget would be rela
lively minor considering the protection such
sum would buy.
OF course, an adequate alarm system with
out adequate means of intercepting the air
invaders would be useless investment. For
tunatey, if DR.. BerknerS estimate of cost is
accurate it is economically possible to provide
both the advance warning and the attack force.
With six hours warning of an approaching at
tack, our interceptor and fighter planes would
counterattack far beyond our shores. Defense
Secretary Wilson has stated that both our warn
ing system and our interceptor forces need
strengthening. The next defense budget there
fore should encompass funds for at least a
start on a better Observation-Disclosures SyS-
tenn In view of what has just been revealed
about the encouraging Lincoln Project develop
mentS it would be dangerous to apply the
economy knife in that direction.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
By Charles E. TroceWeH

standard number, in addition to a
bushy tail, and all cooperate to give
the comic approach.
One would not dispute the thesis that
squirrels, as all animals, are essentially
serious at bottom.
1t is precisely because they are so
that they seem all the more daring,
even flirtatious, in the things they do
and the way they do them. They never
pick up seeds from the ground in the
steady fashion of pigeons, but approach
with one eye cast around for the re-
gard of onlookerS. This is the eternal
sign of the born comic No funny
manor squirrels satisfied with just
joke for its own sake. He wants to
share it with others, and to be sure that
every one is looking before he begins.
The next time you see q squirrel,
then, think of him as something more
than a mere animal with four legs and
a bushy tail. Real fun, in human,
is precious, and it is so in the sheer
animal kingdom, because it shows that
this golden thread Of life runs clear
through the pattern. There are several
of these precious threads. including
love, affection and kindness, not nee
essarily the same. If mankind succeeds
in blowing himself up, it will be good
to know that these threads still live,
in the animals, even among the mon
keys, and that they may, without the
interference of man, in some distant
era reach heights never reached. alas,
by the curious animal that thought of
himself as the very peak Of creation.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
| etters to The Star.

does not attempt to set such persons
straight as to the fact that no book
burning was ever proposed. Certainly it
is his duty; he knows the facts, and
knowing the facts why does he try to
lead an American audience to adopt
the foreign belief that book burning
was advocated
Senator Mccarthy never suggested
removing any books of any kind from
the shelves of libraries in America. DR..
Wright must know that To suggest
that books favoring communism over
the American system of free competi-
tive enterprise should be removed from
libraries America operates in foreign
countries to win friends for America
seems but the essence of common sense,
maybe too common" for DR.. Wrights
rareied intelligence.
If this kind of common sense is the
stuff of which 'ignoramuses" are made,
An IgnOramuS.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
This and That .

If you fear monkeys, because they re-
mind you too much of human beings,
why not consider the squirrel?
Here is living creature with a touch
of humor. This side of the squirrel is
often overlooked, as the accent is
placed on his supposed saving qualities.
Actually. the gray squirrel is a pretty
poor saver.
He attempts to hoard nuts, and COM
monty makes pretty bad job of it.
We watched one the other day, and
saw the fellow bury an acorn, but left
the whcle top protruding.
Now what kind of boarding was that?
Even blue jay can do better, as he
buries peanut in pile of leaves.
When he is through. the nut is hidden.
The squirrel is rascal in popular
sense.
His humor is the unconscious kind,
that never leaves a sting.
Consider some humans, how they re-
gard themselves as humorists, but are
only so in their own minds. They toll
not, neither do they spin, in comic
sense, and their puns fall pretty fiat.
In much of mans humor there is a
sense of ridicule, so much so that at
times it is impossible to separate fun
from an intent to hurt.
Many families have had to put up
with a wag for a lifetime. in order to
get the support that they want.
A wife will have to stand constant
"digs," especially before others, pre-
tending she finds the stuff really funny.
when all the time she knows different.
The squirrel tribes, possessing no real
Evening star., 1953-10-23
E. B. Henderson.

language. are unable to punctuate their
lives with such trials and tribulations.
They do what they do, and act as they
do, through necessity. but in the doing
they manage to put some punch, as we
say, outside the mere animal routine.
This attitude distinguishes them
from such serious animals as cats, and
most dogs. Now and then one finds
dog with some approach to sense of
humor, but usually in his case it is
merely the effect of a large lolling
tongue, of ears that lop or stand up in
what one chooses to think ridiculous
fashion.
The squirrel has the real comic touch.
He reminds one of the human comic
with the big eyes and the flexible
mouth who manages to give a groteSque
something to the slightest thing he
says, and this without any particular
effort on his part, simply as a part of
his nature.
1t is so with Old Man Squirrel
His appeal is simply that of the
born comic in any order of life. Surely
even the angels must have their funny
ones, since this spirit is apparently a
part of nature as we know it.
One of the pleasures of reading
science fiction, as it is called, is to dis
cover the impossibility of a human
being thinking outside of the human
norm and experience. The mast gro
tesque creature conceived by thehuman
mind nevertheless operates as human
being. no matter the number of eyes or
legs it possesses.
The squirrel, fortunately. has the
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Emergencies, Like Tempos, Linger

The American Institute of Architects is
justified in deciding that it will take positive,
aggressive action to uproot the emergency
temporary buildings from the Mall. AS Repre-
sentative Broyhill of Virginia pointed out in
coincidental blast at the "tempos,' there always
seems to be some new emergency" to prevent
Federal evacuation of the unsightly structures.
If we must wait until there is nothing re-
sembling an emergency in sight, the tempos
are likely to linger in midst for years on end
The ALAS president, Clair w. Ditchy, aptly
likened the tempo situation to that of the
railroad station which once stood at Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue 1t finally required
bold action by President Theodore Roosevelt
to eliminate the eyesore. Mr.. Ditchy out
lined a three-way attack on the tempoS to
fellow architects at the Middle Atlantic Region
Conference here: Cd The institute will press for
passage, of pending lease e-purchaSe bill under
which the Government could acquire possession
on the installment plan of leased buildings. In
this way the Government could obtain perma-
nent quarters into which occupants OF the
temporary buildings eventually could be moved.
(2) The architects will urge further dispersal
of Federal activities outside of the District but
within the Washington Metropolitan Area CD
Creation of a Committee on the National Capt.
tai to study the problem of getting rid OF
the tempos and recommend additional measures
toward that end
/. Washington welcomes the special attention
which the ALA and other groups of individuals
are giving to what has become veritably
permanent scar on the local landscape. We who
live here and certainly those who work in the
uncomfortable tempos hope that the movement
to which the ALA is giving leadership will spread
until it becomes irresistible. 1t will take con-
certed pressure from many directions, ap-
parently to start the wreckers swinging their
axes and sledgehammers on the first of the
shacks marked to go one fine day.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Book Burninu'
Zack Spratt,

The Star reports that DR.. Louis B.
Wright, director of the Folger Shake
Speare Library, at the dedication of the
Cleveland Park branch library hit
"book burning" and spoke of Ameri-
cans who are "too naive, too unin-
formed and too irresponsible" and of
misguided patriots, cynical dema-
gogues or plain ignoramuses (whol
become self-appointed guardians of
public manners and morals and try to
purge library shelves of books which
they consider wicked or subversive." :"
One of DR.. Wright's targets is plainly
Senator Joseph Mccarthy. The world
should be thankful for him, DR.. Wright
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Sem
ator Mccarthy is an elected (and re-
elected representative of the people,
not self-appointed. The source of the
appointment of DR.. Wright to speak for
any one other than himself is quite
obscure.
DR.. Wright apparently considers him
self the antithesis of misguided patri-
OTIS, cynical demagogues and plain
ignoramuses" and therefore knows that
the great "book burning" he is so
wrought up about was and is myth.
No one advocated any book burning,
certainly not Senator Mccarthy. DR..
Wright spoke of how foreigners view
the book burning" He apparently
Evening star., 1953-10-23
President Always Fair Come

The reason the elephant and the
donkey are the emblems of the two
leading political parties is that no man
can possibly live in the White House
unless he has either a mules hide or
an elephants skin.
Robert Burns said. "Wad some power
the giftie gle us to see ourselves as
others see U.S." If that Scotchman had
just come over here and lived in the
White House for four years he would
have seen all sides of himself.
"In England they say the King can
do nothing wrong. In America they
say their President cannot do anything
right" (Capt. Basil Hall, 1929
Zack Spratt.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Trieste Dispute

The Star published on october IS
report from Venice in which Constantln
Fotich declared himself in favor OF a
plebiscite in the disputed Trieste area.
Given without limitation and eXpla-
nation, plebiscite in the area can in
the present situation only mean an OPP
portunity for general balloting either
in favor of Italy and Yugoslavia.
This opinion was presented as a dec
laration of an outstanding anti-Com-
muniSt Yugoslav. In fact Constantin
Fotich cannot speak on behalf Of the
anti Communist Slav population con-
cerned and is in no way entitled to
express it's feelings.
The Slav population of the Trieste
area is composed of Slovenes and
Croats. Having lifetime experience
with the public affairs Of our co-nation-
ais and knowing the present trends and
implications in detail, we dare to say
that plebiscite in the area would be
at present impossible or at least morally
unpermissible. The citizens of the area
would have to choose between chau-
whistle Italy which in all its history
mercileSSly suppressed our national
minoritieS, and the YugoSlav Commu-
nistic tyranny. They would, therefore,
have to betray either their national
feelings and heritage or their most
profound hatred and dislike of COM
munism. Each and every citizen of our
origin in the area would find himself
in position similar to that of an in
nocent person forced to choose the way
of his or her own execution, to choose
death in the electric chair or in the
gas chamber.
We believe that the proper solution
of the Trieste problem can only be
found within the idea of the Free Ter
ritory" comprising both zones, organized
on the basis of principles of democracy.
with neutral administration which
would fully respect equal rights of all
citizens regardless of their origin and
protect the national and cultural herit-
age OF all groups. DIR. Vladko Mack,
President, Croatian Peasant Party.
DIR. Miha Krek,
President, Slovenian Christian
Democratic Peoples Party.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
October Soma

/ sit here looking at your fowerS,
The penciled lines upon your card,
Small tokens of your heart, and though.
I StriUe so desperately and hard
To hold the tears in check, they slide
In burning riDuletS to bring
The taste OF salt upon my lips
You taught so recently to sing.
Outside my tindows autumn 0lows
In golden Splendor from each tree,
It's beauty is sharp pain noW
Within my heart, no longer free
To race 1Dith you dotDn tDilit lanes
To find the first deep olotOtn0 star,
The magic OF october nights -.
HoW far you'pe gone, my lope :.
hoD tar!
Catherine {. Berry
Evening star., 1953-10-23
No Hard FEELINGS

Each of us should be very slow to cast the
first stone of criticism at Corporal Edward S.
Dickinson, who first embraced communism
but who now has changed his mind and is
returning to his home in the Virginia hills.
Corporal Dickinson has not said why he
chose to embrace communism after his capture
by the enemy in Korea. Perhaps he does not
really know himself. For he was quite young
only 20-when taken prisoner. Furthermore
Evening star., 1953-10-23

The State Department made no an
nouncement, because it expected Is
rael to back down. Instead, Israel
leaked the story Of the aid cutoff, and
continued its ditch-digging.
The vigor that Israel is displaying
may stem from its own fears. Arabs
in Lebanon and Syria have talked
about diverting water from streams
within their own countries. But the
streams eventually feed the River Jor-
dan, and Israel reasons that it's own
people would suffer if Arab ideas ma
terialiZe.
If the Arab and Jewish sides trusted
each other, perhaps an equitable plan
could be worked out. Eric Johnston, as
a special American representative, has
arrived in Syria to try to sell peace
making ideas. One would be to facili-
tate the flow of River Jordan tribu-
taries-from both Arab and Jewish
areas-into Lake 'Tiberias south OF the
Lake Huleh project. and then divide
the water fairly among Arabs and Jews.
But he can't even begin serious sales
talk until the present tension across
the Jordan ceases. In the past, the
tension sometimes has lasted for CEN
turieS.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any ousstion
81 IaGt by writing The Washington Evening
Star information Bureau, 1900 street NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

90
Star information Bureau, 1900 I street NV,
return postage.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Can helium be obtained from any
private firms?-N. T.
A. No, the United States Bureau Of
Mines is the sole commercial producer
of this lightweight, non-in1ammable
gas. The bureau recently announced
the production of its billionth cubic
foot of helium.
O. Why is U. N. Day observed on
October 24?-L. C. o.
A. To commemorate the founding Of
the United Nations on October "a. 1945,
the date when the charter went into
effect. U. N. Day is observed every
year in the United States by presi-
dental proclamation.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
1OriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Girls Head and Body
Of Boy Friend Found
BY the Assoeioied Press

PAMPLICO. S. c.. Dec. TO-
The battered head of pretty
15-year-old Pamplico school
girl and the body Of her boy
friend were dug out of an aban-
doned well near here last night.
Sheriff John Hanna said both
had been shot. The decapitated
body Of Betty Clair Cain was
found at 6 pm. Monday in a
shallow grave overlooking the
Pee Dee River. Her companion
was Harvey Allen. %, of Latta
Police Chief Harvey Cross said
two young white men were taken
to an undisclosed jail for ques-
tioning. Sheriff Hanna said he
was holding three men, includ-
ing two Negroes, in the Florence
County Jail. But he emphasized
no charges had been placed
against them.
Sheriff Hanna said a wallet
and watch were missing from
Mr.. Aliens person. The boys
relatives said he had both when
he left home Sunday to go on
a date with the girl.
The sheriff said the girls head
and Mr.. Aliens body were badly
beaten. Officers said Mr.. Aliens
face was $50 badly beaten that
it was hardly recognizable"
A six-man coroner's jury was
enpaneled and viewed the body
and head last night. No date
was set for the. inquest.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Union Aide Reported
Expelled for Life
BY the Assoeiassd Pres.

PADUCAH, KY, Dec. TO-
William B. Sanders. business
agent of Ironworkers' Local SOS
here. has been expelled from the
AFL union for life. the Louisville
Courier-Journal said last night
in a copyrighted story.
The newspaper said punish
ment was meted out by the gov
erning body of the international
union because Mr.. Sanders
allegedly refused to remove an
unauthorized picket line from
the $195 million steam plant
project near Joppa. Ill. last
October. It will supply some of
the power for an atomic energy
plant near here.
Mr.. Sanders also was report
edly convicted of diSregarding a
no-strike agreement between
the AFL and Becntel Corp,
prime contractor at Joppa, the
Courier-Journal added, explain
ing its information came from
reliable source who declined
use of his name.
The source also was quoted
as saying four other officers OF
Local sos repeatedly have been
suspended from the union and
identified them as:
Percy Cloud. Local sos presi-
dent. suspended 10 years:
Charles Culp, vice president;
Tom Marlowe, sergeant at
arms, and E. w. Osborne,
former recording secretary. all
suspended for seven years each
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Deoth Toll Rises to 81
[In vicksburq Tornodo
By the Assoeioted Press

VICKSBURG. Miss, Dec. TO-
The death toll from Saturdays
tornado stood at 81 today as
more aid was promised for
VickSburg.
Jack Tohill. sr.. became TIE
Saith fatality when he died last
night of heart attack and shock.
A few hours earlier Miss Regime
Jacobs died of injuries received
when her home was destroyed by
the twiSter.
At jackson, the Senate pre-
pared to act on House-approved
bills giving 100000 to rehabill-
tate homeless persons and $685. :
TOO to maintain National Guard
troops here to protect damaged
commercial property. The House
adopted both measures unani-
mouSly yesterday soon after they
were requested by Gov. Hugh
White,