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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon Seems Heir Presumptive
By GOULD LINCOLN

January .. 1918. II he were
nominated for President and
elected next year. when he en-.
tered the White House In JAM
uary, 1857, he would be A
years old-the second youngest
man ever to become the Chief
Executive Of the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt is the
youngest to date. He was ~
when he succeeded Mckinley.
and became 43 q month later.
It has been suggested in
some quarters that President
Eisenhower, If he continues
unwell and obviously unable to
seek denomination and re-
election, might resign, thereby
putting Vice President Nixon
in Office as President. There
has been no indication what
ever from the President or his
immediate advisers the Pres
ident will adopt such q course.
But If he did. it would be q
great boost for a Nixon pres
idential nomination. In the
first place, Mr.. Nixon would be
placed In q position Of great
power In his party and In the
country. II he made good. his
nomination might be assured.
He would have an opportunity
to prove himself during the
next half year. Further. q man
in the White House determined
upon his own nomination for
President is difficult to defeat.
In addition to Martin Van
Buren, and Theodore Roose-
welt, Calvin Coolidge moved
from Vice President to Pres
ident, first through the death
Of President Harding. and then
to election in his own right.
So did Harry s. Truman.
Advantage Of Accession
With Nixon once firmly in
the White House-should the
President resign-the Repub.
lican Party and the people gen.
orally would get used to think
ing of him as Chief Executive
not merely as an understudy
not likely to be called upon to
assume the presidency. Mr..
Nixon is widely known. He has
strong friends among the Re-
publican leaders in all parts Of
the country. He halls from the
second most populous State in
the Union, certainly a pivotal
State In presidential elections.
He is q hard campaigner and q
good speaker. These are his
assets.
To the leaders Of the Demo-
cratic Party, however. Nixon
is anathema. They have made
him a chief target Of attack
largely because he has 50
strongly attacked them par
ticularly on the ground that
they were soft toward the
Communists during the Roose-
welt and Truman administers
tions. Obviously. q Republican
candidate next year must have
some Democratic and inde-
pendent votes, if he is to win
the presidency. Faint-hearted
Republicans might feel that
Nixon could not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Heod-On Crash

I am shocked by two Of the
traffic concepts which made
the headlines during the annual
meeting Of the American Auto
mobile Association, an organi-
cation presumably dedicated to
greater safety on the highways.
The concepts which evidently
carry the approval Of the AAA
are: ta) Radar Is being used
not to deter speeding but as a
method of entrapment, and
(b) q major hazard on the
road Is the slow-poke driver.
Radar is a scientific speed
measuring Instrument used by
enforcement authorities to
catch speeders. No. warning is
required to make the use of
radar legal. The idea that
speeding is q sort Of game be-
tween police and motorists sub
ject to rules aimed at making
it exciting. Is not only silly
but unquestionably immoral.
Speeders kill people, including
themselves. They are not any
more entitled to o warning
that an unseen eye is measur-
ing their speed than a burglar
is entitled to a warning that
a particular home Is protected
by a shotgun and a bulldog.
AS for stating the sioN-poke
driver is a major hazard on the
highway, have searched our
traffic statistics in vain but all
! come up with as major causes
of accidents are: speed. failure
to yield right Of way, speed.
driving on wrong side of the
road, speed. drinking. speed
following too closely. and
speed.
Do we want to lick the trafic
problem? Let's concentrate
rather on the real causes Of
accidents.
A. Julian Brylawski.
Chairman, Committee on Pub.
lie Education, Commits
sioners' Traffic Advisory
Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27

"Hi!" writes L. A. c. But.
let's correct the kids when
they yell Hi at us.
"To this writer, 1t is dis
respectful and discourteous.
especially to older folks.
"Just yesterday. while seat
ed in Lincoln Park. three
youngsters passed by. all well
groomed and clean. Hi they
said in unison. giving me big
smiles.
"At once / told them to all
ways say Good morning or
Good evening. because that
. was the polite way to speak
to their elders.
an a few moments, the
smallest came running past me
(this was in the afternoon
and called Good morning.
Then the larger ones fol-
lowed. very respectfully saying,
Good evening"
\
This went on the remainder
of the afternoon to those on
the benches. I thought I had
given them q good lesson in
department.
II asked one Of them to help
me pick up the litter strewn
around, and after finishing
around my bench. I gave him
a penny.
Later he was running all
over the big park urging his
small companions to clean up
the park for the nice lady.
Children love to do the
right thing. If someone only
takes time to tell them.
"How important this little
chap was when he realized that
he was the leader in cleaning
UP the litter strewn about by
careless and thoughtless adults
too lazy to drop bags, paper
and bottles in the containers
for that purpose"
\ 4 4
Every person to his taste,
but we continue to boost Hi"
which Is good at any time
Of day.
Who is there who hasn't said
Good morning" in the after
noon, and Good evening" in
the morning?
Sometimes there seems to be
q sort Of compulsion about it.
Templeton Jones kept count
on himself. and found that he
said the wrong thing eight out
Of ten times.
The worst part Of it was that
he always said 1t wrong to q
certain person!
1t is an amazing thing. how
some people bring out the
worst in you. For q fact.
Jones has been trying to win
the friendship Of q certain
fellow in his organization for
years.
So far, he hasn't even got to
first base.
He has often wondered about
1t. The other Is equally well
educated. q very fine looking
person. clean. companionable.
There would seem to be
no reason at all why they
shouldn't hit 1t of together,
as the expression has it, but
the plain fact is that they
do not.
"And never will" Templeton
Jones admits. ruefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Clashes in Pulpit

1t seems grotesque in this
age when so much prayer Is
being given for the establish
ment OF peace on earth that
some of the clergy should
waste time and energy IN an
attempt to stir up that very
peaceful spirit by trying to
limit the Almighty to their per-
sonal comprehension Of our
omnipresent God.
From time immemorial there
have been schisms and divi-
sions among religious sects and
denominations. And now with
the concentrated effort to unity
men on earth through q deep
Or understanding Of the ways
Of God, is 1t not incredible
that men Of the cloth still cling
to external differences? Are
they not postponing instead Of
Fastening the day OF peace on
earth to men Of good will?
Helen Jackson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Cyprus Issue

The convocation Of the Lon
don conference on Cyprus gave
rise to hopes that some mu-
tlally acceptable solution could
be reached. whereby the right
OF the people Of Cyprus to self
determination would be recog-
nized. while at the same time,
the defensive requirements Of
the Western community Of ma
tons would be safeguarded and
the legitimate interests of the
Turkish minority would be ade-
quately secured.
The Justice for Cyprus Com
mittee Is sorry to state that
this hope has been cruelty de-
ceived by the collapse of the
London talks and the shocking
outburst of violence and re-
ligious intolerance in Istanbul
and other Turkish cities. where
the Greek minority was SUBJ
jected to unspeakable abuses at
the hands Of enraged Turkish
mobs.
Reports printed in the Brit
ish and American press EN-
phasize that the party mainly
responsible for the failure of
the London conference is Tur-
key, which displayed so in
transient an attitude as to
surprise even Great Britain.
The Justice for Cyprus Com
mittee can only deplore the
untoWard developments which
led to a state Of tension seri-
ously jeopardizing Western Sc
curity In one Of the most SEN
sitiye areas Of the world, and
threatening to4disrupt old and
trusted alliances. There is no
doubt that while the lot of
the people of Cyprus was not
in the least improved. at Lon
don. the overall situation has
deteriorated alarmingly. Yet
security considerations are said
to have been the main reason
which led one power to refuse
self determination and another
to stubbornly oppose even self
government for Cyprus--which
only goes to prove that stra-
tegic expediency considered in
itself can sometimes defeat its
own purpose and should not
be allowed to acquire over
riding Importance in deciding
the future of q people as fer
vently devoted to the ideal Of
freedom as the Cyprians.
While condemning any form
Of violence as an instrument
Of policy and expressing indig-
nation over the Turkish riots,
the committee holds that a
peaceful solution to the Cyprus
problem can still be worked
out. In the committees view
such q solution should meet
the following requirements:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Autumn Opus

A catbird splits the hazy air
With soloed grey nlonotony---
A milky moth clinos tightly to
An Gutnmn-ardent tree.
A beetle seeks a tenement
Against the coming cold.
And bumblebee. ictth tr1pel-
ers' pouch
Brimtul of purloined gold.
HUNS slow ddieu. iDhile In the
blue
Beyond sapphire periphery,
A late lark soars--iDithin his
song
The high essentials that belong
To hdil-Gnd- tdrei0eH ecstasy
Embodied In his psdlmody.
Mortho Sherwood Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27

@. Is the title "excellency"
the privilege Of an ambas-
sador?--K. F.
A. Use Of this honorary title
for ambassadors has been in
general use by the nations Of
the world for 800 years. In
1893, the bestowal Of the title
excellence" by Henry Nv OF
France on hte Due de Nevers.
his ambassador in Rome. set O
precedent which has been uni
versally followed since the
treaty Of Westphalia, 1646.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Tribute to Educator

In the September is issue OF
The Star. Donald B. Hadley
reported criticisms made by
DR.. Leon p. Smith. dean Of the
College Of Arts and Sciences at
Maryland University. concern
ing the educational deficiencies
Of many present-day college
students and laid on the ele-
mentary schools the blame for
this lack Of knowledge Of
fundamentals. DR.. Smith was
reported also as having ex-
pressed hope that there might
be action among Montgom-
cry County parents zone Of
these days to tight for better
elementary-school training for
their children"
As q Montgomery County
parent. I should like to point
out that our present county
school superintendent. DR..
Forbes H. Norris, represents
the largest single achievement
Of groups and individuals who
have been working for many
years in this county for ex-
actly the things DR.. Smith
advocated. Years ago, for ex-
ample, the Parents League
was formed In this county for
strengthening training in the
'three Rs" But this group was
years ahead Of the times and
was criticized severely for be-
ing against" the schools. Now
that the criticism Of public
schools has swelled Nation
wide to such overwhelming
proportions 1t can no longer
be denied. ignored or ridiculed.
individuals andior organiza-
tons may "acceptably" criti-
cize the schools; furthermore.
1t is recognized at long last
that the most devastating
criticism actually may be from
those most DESTROYS Of helping
the schools.
Montgomery County. ! think.
is fortunate in having DR..
Norris as head Of its schools,
for he is aware Of the need for
emphasis of the fundamentals
in the elementary schools and
not only says 80 but works
realistically toward that end.
He was quoted in two recent
newspaper articles to the effect
that the three Rs" would be
emphasized this year because
the achievement test results in
this county had shown the
need for this emphasis. But
one does not reorient a school
program overnight nor single
handedly; 1t takes time, and
1t requires personnel honest
enough to discard. methods
and curricula which do not
produce thorough fundamental
training.
When DR.. Smith talks Of too
many students coming to
Maryland University. :. who
can't write read spell
-. or organize thoughts" one
must remember that all such
students are not supplied by
Montgomery County. that
those who do 60 to Maryland
University from this county
may not be representative Of
this county's high-school grad
yates, and that, certainly.
those from this county re-
ceived their elementary-school
training in schools not admin
istered by Or. Norris. And.
finally, it is obvious that If
what ! have said is encourag-
ing to Montgomery County
parents. it is something which
/ am free to say, but which
DR.. Norris cannot say.
Florence L. Douglas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-27
Questions and Answers
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Mckay Optimistic For
Alaska Economy After
End Military Spending

WASHINGTON, R-Secretary
Of the Interior Mckay expressed
optimism last night about the &C.
onomic future of Alaska, even
after heavy military expenditures
there have stopped.
"Bastions of defense for the
whole of North America have
been constructed" in the Terri
tory, he declared, and the hun
dreds Of millions of dollars spent
there by the military have made
it possible to develop many re-
sources far more rapidly than
would otherwise have been the
case.
ut is obvious that there will
be some recession with a decline
in military construction expendi-
lures. To a small extent this has
already happened, but | do not
believe that it will be serious.
Southeastern Alaska has not
shared in the boom occasioned by
military construction. 1t is ex-
periencing, however, a boom of
more normal and therefore per-
haps more wholesome proportions
in the development of its own re-
sources"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Ike Confident OF
COP Leaders Ii
Party Has Unity

WASHINGTON, R- President
Eisenhower told Republican law
makers today that the COP can
control the national administra-
ton forever" if it works in unity
for principles that the people can
accept in confidence.
He also described as complete
bosh" suggestions that the Am
erican people have been led to
expect too much too soon out of
the Geneva summit conference
and let-down will work against
the Republican party.
The President spoke informal
ly at a breakfast at the Statler
Hotel attended by all but II Of
the 249 Republican senators and
representatives.
The pre-adjournment gathering
was arranged by Republican Ma
tional Chairman Leonard w. Hall.
There was a 1856 second term
atmosphere as the President en-
tered the room, with many of the
legislators chanting eve want
Ike"
Although the President made
no mention of a second term, he
urged the legislators when they
go home to carry positive mes
sage to their constituents about
the work they have done and
will do.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
CAB Sets States
Alaska Fares Same
For DC4's, Docs
sources.

WASHINGTON, R-The Civil
Aeronautics Board has establish
ed new minimum air fares be-
tween Seattle and Alaska. At the
same time it found fare differen-
tails between DC-4 and DC-6B
airplanes unwarranted.
The CAB rejected the applica-
ton Of Alaska Airlines for per
mission to charge SIS less for its
DC-4 service than Pan American
World Anyways charges for faster
DC-6B service over the same
route.
The CAB found proposed re-
duced States-Alaska fares, filed
by Alaska, Pan American, Pacific
Northern, and Northwest Airlines
unreasonable where it appears
that such reductions would adj
versely affect the financial posi-
ton Of the subsidized carriers. :"
1t said that a fare differential
between the DC-4 and the DC-6B,
on States Alaska service, was
'unwarranted where the DC-6B
service, while more desirable, is
of the nature of tourist service,
making efficient use of the cap
acity Of an aircraft which is not
more expensive to operate than
the DC-4."
The board set sos as the mini
mum first class fare between
Seattle and Anchorage, and the
following minimum fares for
tourist class between Seattle and
these Alaska points: Fairbanks,
$50; Anchorage, SIS; Juneau, $55.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Bulgaria Promises Israel
To Pay Compensation
For D0wned Airliner

JERUSALEM, R- An Israeli
Foreign Office spokesman said
today Bulgaria has promised to
pay compensation, at least in part,
for the Israeli airliner shot down
Wednesday by Communist gun
ners.
Fifty eight persons, including
II Americans, persisted in the
crash.
The spokesman said a note re-
ceived here declared the Rulgar-
ian governments readiness to.
take upon itself the respective
part of the material damage
which has been caused, after it is.
duly established.
The Bulgarians announced yes
terday that their gunnerS shot
the Israeli planes tail off when
ii wandered off course on a flight
from Europe to Israel.
The note received today ex-
pressed profound regret"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
House Passes Over
Alaska's Mental
Health Bill

WASHINGTON, LR - Il h {
Alaska Mental Health bill ap-
parently is dead for this session
Of Congress.
Congressional Delegate Bart
lett says it is his understanding
from key House. members that the
bill now will not come up i'm
the House until next year. 1T
had been approved Wednesday by
the House Interior Committee but
apparently became a victim of the
final congressional rush toward
adjournment.
The bill proposed to revise the
treatment of mental patients in
the territory by providing facil-
tiles for treatment there. They
now are taken to a sanitarium in
Portland, Ore, for care under
government contract with the pri-
vate institution.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Acc Hints AT New
Weapons Based On
1854 H-BOmb Tests

WASHINGTON, Up - The gov
eminent said today it has begun
producing weapons whose design
is based on the spectacular 1854
hydrogen bomb tests in the Pac-
ific. and limited these are of sew
eral types.
It said also that the prospects
for developing an airplane driven
by an atomic power plant have
considerably frightened" in the
last six months.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion, which made these disclos-
ures, was as close mouthed as
usual in its 18th semiannual re-
port to Congress. The report COW
cred the first half Of this year.
Some scientists have speculated
that one device tested in the
Aces Operation Castle" at its
Pacific proving grounds in the
spring of last year may have been
a "hydrogen-uranium bomb"
The theory is that such wea-
pom would produce much more
radioactivity than even an H
bomb with its deadly clouds cap
able of covering a 1000 square
mile area.
There was nothing in the Aces
report to support this speculation.
The report said domestic pro-
duction of uranium ore and its
concentrates reached record lev
elS-making the United States one
Of the worlds leading uranium
producers"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Japs In a Other Over
US. Plans To Base
Atomic Cannon In Orient

TOKYO, R-The arrival of six
US. Army atomic cannon at Oki-
nawa reused political fire today
in Japan's parliament.
Under critical opposition ques-
tioning, Prime Minister Ichiro
Hatoyama said the United States
had not informed Japan that the
atomic guns and rockets were
being sent to the Far East for
the first time
"Since this issue is very i'm
portant," said Foreign Minister
Mamoru Shigemitsu, 1--WE have
Immediately asked for official
confirmation.
"The governments attitude will
be decided by the reply"
The Diet questioning, in which
Shigeru Yoshida, beaten by Hato-
yama in last falls elections, par
ticipated, followed a Washington
announcement that a six gun
battalion Of 280mm. atomic can
non and a battery of long range
726mm. bombardment rockets
were being assigned in the Far
East.
At Okinawa, biggest US. Far
East base, an Army spokesman
said the atomic guns had arrived
there and would be unloaded
Saturday and Sunday.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Bob Thompson, Anchorage
Restaurant Owner, Killed
In Accident At Ski Bowl

A N G H 0 r A @ E j., Up = Bob
Thompson, veteran Alaska skier
and Anchorage restaurant owner,
was killed yesterday when truck
loaded with barrels Of gasoline
overturned at the summit of
Arctic Valley Ski Bowl, eight
miles from here.
Thompson was one of the or
ganizers of the Anchorage Ski
Club and was helping take fuel
to the ski lows. A companion,
John Goetz, said the truck lurch-
ed over the edge of a high ridge
at the top of the ski bowl area.
Goetz was thrown clear.
A helicopter sent to the scene
was unable to land and Thomp-
son was loaded into the aircraft
as it lowered in the air. He was
dead on arrival at the Air Force
hospital here
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
NUM- Airways
Plane Crashes
AT Feather River

The LIS aircraft Of the. Nome
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, flown
by Sam Parkinson, went out on
three search and rescue missions
Wednesday night and Thursday
morning.
The search started when word
was received that the NUM- Air
way plane piloted by Martin
Olsen was down near Feather
River about 40 miles west Of
Nome.
Two missions were flown on
Thursday night but were unsuc-
ceSful due to bad weather and
darkness.
Passengers on the plane were
Mrs. Sam Okboak and three chill
dren enroute to Nome from Teller.
Pilot Martin Olsen reports the
group had to walk ten miles across
the tundra to reach the beach and
at no time was there word of
complaint from the children, who
rested frequently. All were pro-
vided with sleeping bags and
emergency rations carried on the
plane Two of the children were
of school age.
The plane, a new Stinson Gull
wing, developed mechanical trou-
BILE, causing the forced landing.
According to reports, Olsen did
skillful job Of landing without
injury to any Of the passengers
although the plane is a wreck.
When the group reached the
beach, Olsen built big bonfire
which was visible to the search
planes.
Early Thursday morning the
survivors were sighted by How
ard Mays, who landed and picked
up the passengers of the crashed
plane. Martin Olsen was picked
up shortly afterwards by Parkin-
son in the CAP plane and re-
turned to Nome.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-29
Lutheran Pastor Is Found
Guilty In First Heresy
Trial In Sixty Years

MILWAUKEE,, pa Lutheran
pastor, found guilty last night in
the first heresy trial in the CO.
year history of the Northwest
Synod of United Lutheran Church
said after the verdict, II am not
guilty as charged"
The Rev George p. Crist, Jr.,
81, summoned from his home to
hear the decision, added, II have
committed no offense against the
rules of the United Lutheran
Church. / am certainly saddened
by the verdict, but I think | was
as ready for it as I could be-"
a synod trial board of seven
pastors found Rev. Crist guilty of
nine counts of deviation from
church doctrine and recommend
ed he be suspended Immediately
from his pulpit. He was found
innocent of five charges. He de-
MED the IA charges were valid
deviations from church doctrine.