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Evening star., 1955-05-02
Tortured Wet Nam

The grave situation In South Wet Nam
reflects variety of confiicts-of person.
alitieS, of local interests striving for SUI
premacy and of national policies that are
being formulated far from Southeast Asia.
For the time being the basic concern as to
whether the divided country is to remain
half Communist and half Free or eventu-
ally be swallowed up by the Reds, is OBJ
Scured behind the violence attending these
other issues.
Last weeks outbreak of fighting was,
in the first instance, battle of local in
tereSts-the government of Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem versus the gangster society of
Binh Xuyen. The Diem government
appears to have won this initial skirmish,
but the blood-letting has brought more
clearly into the open the related conflicts.
One is that of personalities, centering on
whether Bao Dai, French supported abb
sentee chief of state, is to be the supreme
native authority or whether the ascetic,
uncompromising Catholic Premier Diem is
to continue in his post-perhaps with even
greater power than ever Favoring Mr..
Diem is the fact that he has successfully
def1ed Bao Dai's order that he should leave
Saigon and is receiving new support from
Revolutionary Committee" of South
Wet Nam citizens. Meanwhile French and
American policies are deeply involved
but not fully clear. Spokesman of the
French government, original sponsor of
Bao Dai, have repeated earlier doubts
about Diem's qualifications, but have
stopped short Of more open action against
him. American policy largely responsible
for Mr.. Diem's appointment originally,
continues to favor him but Washington is
awaiting new guidance from Special Am
bassador ]. Lawton Collins in Saigon.
One danger in this situation is that we
will lose sight of the real issue-namely,
whether South Wet Nam, and perhaps in
turn all of Southeast Asia, are to be saved
from communism. For whatever may be
the differences Of opinion and policy be-
tween Paris and Washington, there is no
doubt that the fundamental common con-
Germ is to keep free Asia on our side of the
Bamboo Curtain. There is, perhaps no
question about the anti-Communist feel
ing of both Bao Dai and Mr.. Diem, or even
OF the private army groups in South Wet
Nam. But it is clear that there must be
some resolution of the internal feuding or
communism simply will move into the
vacuum of authority Paris and Washing
ton should find formula quickly for a
common policy, and it should be one with
reasonable chance of commanding broad
public respect in South Wet Nam. OBJ
viously there must be a government of
genuine authority, and there is little likeli-
hood that one with headquarters on the
French Riviera or in the gangster hide
outs of Saigon can fill the bill.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
One Drive for All

It's about time that a COM
munity evil which Is rapidly
becoming public enemy No. l"
receives some direct attention
of community groups. I refer
to the various charity drives
which plague us from New
Years Day to Christmas eve.
It's time we stopped gripping
about this nuisance and
started doing something in a
constructive way to unity the
many Embarrassing activities.
Fortunately, the recent de-
cision of the National Red
Cross to permit its local
branches to become a part of
the local community-as well
as raise funds from it-simpli-
fles this task. Since this organ
ization, together with the Com
munity Chest. raised some
$5.25 of every $6 subscribed for
welfare work in our commun-
ity last year, If they can be
helped to join forces there will
be no alternative for the other
groups, except to quit "going it
alone" in the face Of the new
alliance.
The significant thing about
this problem is that we, as
citizens, can eliminate these
multifarious drives if we
want to.
The logical source Of impetus
for such a decision in Wash
ington would appear to reside
in groups like our citizens or
ganizations. welfare and recre-
alton groups, ministers and re-
ligious organizations, business
and trade associations, medical
and legal societies, Govern
ment, service clubs. the press
and our PTA organizations.
I believe that a one-day con-
ference, on the order Of the
U. c. S. Health and Recreation
affair could set in motion the
wheels to get us of dead center
in this matter. The Federation
of Civic Associations will gladly
do its part to get the band
wagon rolling. What about the
others?
George o. Butler,
President, d. c.. Federation
Of Civic Associations, Inc.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
Vaccine Funds

According to estimates, 1t
will require $120 million to
inoculate 80 million children
against polio, between birth
and the age Of 20. in the
United States.
AS matters stand now, the
National Polio Foundation will
supply this serum to all chill
dren in the first and second
grades at a cost Of $11 million.
Conspicuous by its absence in
the incubation program is the
kindergarten group and the
third and fourth grades who
are also very susceptible to
the dreadful disease. 1t has
been established that the most
susceptible period to polio is
from birth to nine years.
It is obvious that the only
reason why the entire youth
cannot get this incubation is
lack of funds to obtain the
serum. I, therefore, suggest
the following:
DR.. Salk, discoverer Of the
vaccine. a great scientist and
humanitarian, Is not inter-
ested in money for himself,
but is greatly concerned about
the Nations children obtain
ing immunity against polio.
We all owe DR.. Salk a debt Of
gratitude and the obligation
to satisfy his wishes. This can
be done by having the licensed
pharmaceutical houses pro-
ducing this serum pay a
royalty on every unit made
into the treasury of the Ma
tional Polio Foundation. The
pharmaceutical houses, with
which I am well familiar as a
local druggist, have realized
huge profits from scientists
discoveries Of miracle wonder
drugs such as penicillin, strep-
tomycin, aureomycin, achro-
mycin, terramycin, etc. With
the payments of royalties into
the foundation. their profit
ratio will not be jeopardized.
1t is fact that manufacturers
of other products in different
fields do pay royalties to the
inventor of any new item.
. The fund thus obtained, in
addition to the aggressive
campaign launched by the
March of Dimes, will, I be-
lieve, provide ample money for
incubation of all the children
in the land.
Herman Morton
Evening star., 1955-05-02
Surrender the Canal?

The position which Maj.
Gen. q. s. Grant III has taken
on the George Washington Me-
mortal Parkway question, as
described in your editorial Of
April "a. is a matter of real
regret to a great many con-
servationists in this area. No
person interested in the wise
development of our parks and
our civic planning generally
could have anything but the
highest regard for Gen. Grant.
During a most difficult period
in Washington's growth his
foresight and leadership have
been outstanding.
Yet, we believe that in this
instance Gen. Grant is wrong.
What was a notable advance
rs years ago is a limited VII
sion today. With the enormous
increase in population and the
ever-spreading suburbs, a
quiet, natural area so close to
the center of the city as the
lower Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal is fast becoming a
unique asset. Probably no other
large city in the East has
anything comparable to the
canal property in its present
state.
Your editorial manifests
several misunderstanding of
the fact. First, no one pro-
poses that the parkway should
not be built. Our point is that
1t should be constructed far
ther away from the canal,
along a route in fact contem-
plated in the early days of the
parkway project. In 1892, the
National Park and Planning
Commission stated above
washington the parkway will
utilize the Conduit road Mac
Arthur boulevard), which COM
mands many fine views of the
upper Potomac Valley and
which is now under Federal
Jurisdiction connecting Wash
ington with Great Falls"
Construction Of the parkway
along such a route would pre-
serve the values Of the canal
and avoid any question of a
breach Of faith with Mary
land. It would also be at least
Evening star., 1955-05-02
Calculated Faith

Announcement by the Ford Motor
Company of a three-year $625-million
plant expansion program dramatizeS anew
the tremendous vitality and the confident
optimism that characterize the American
economy today. This proposed expendi-
ture will bring to more than $2.3 billion
the capital outlay of Ford alone during
12-year postwar period. And even this
gigantic investment by single company
falls short of the approximately So billion
which General Motors figures to have
poured into new manufacturing facilities
during ten-year span ending with 1856.
1t is not the automobile industry alone,
OF course, that has been directing these
great amounts of capital into the national
industrial complex Almost every concern
in the iron and steel industry, from small
to large, has participated in an expansion
program that will have cost since World
War II approximately ST billion by the
end of this year and will have increased
productive capacity by nearly 40 per cent
Chemicals, electronicS, utilities, transport
and numerous other basic industries have
recorded comparably impressive growth.
One of the best summations of this BOOM
ing expansion was offered recently by
Chairman Fairless of United States Steel
Corporation in an estimate that during
the next 20 years there will be required
IAN investment of $500 billion in new
plants, new facilities and new lines of
production that do not exist today at ALL"
The men who are planning and ad-
ministering these investments are not
visionaries or experimenters. They are
businessmen, fully aware that miscalcula-
tions in terms of such gigantic sums of
private capital would mean disaster to
themselves personally, to the enterprises
they direct and, in some degree at least,
to the entire national economy. There is,
however, a striking unanimity among
them today and among economists who
have studied the Nations needs and its
potentialities from more detached view
point. 1t is difficult not to share this
confidence in the future.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The dog has for ages been
bred to the leash, the collar
and the harness. but the house
cat still wanders just as the
Governor says.
In doing so, it not only
roams for itself, but also for
us.
The free animal has less
and less chance, however, In
our mechanical and ruthless
society.
There are many dangers
besetting it, from traffic, pois-
on, mean persons, larger an
imals and the tricks and trib-
ulations of fate.
The roaming cat shows up
at the back door in the morn
ing with half his face ripped
open in fair combat.
r He looks a sight, with blood
matted on his jaws, but often
he gets well without human
aid.
Indeed, some cat friends are
sort Of superstitious about
this, and feel that as long as
the animal is left to his own
resources, he will get well.
We do not agree with this.
The pet animal that is truly
liked should be given the help
of the best medical care,
though it is rather expensive,
as all medical service is.
These small animals bene-
fit from the wonder drugs,
too, just as humans do. And
antiseptic care helps.
Since they do not usually
understand merciful ministra-
tions. these are best done by
the veterinarian. At home, the
best cat struggles and kicks,
and glowers at those trying to
help it.
Friends of cats will be glad
that Gov. McKeldin spoke UP.
against the often repeated
Slur against cats, that they
do, indeed, catch birds.
Adlai Stevenson, when Gov
ernor Of Illinois, made a sim
liar pronouncement in favor
of cats. So it is a bipartisan
policy.
He, too. noted that "the
problem of cat versus bird ID
as old as time. If we attempt
to resolve it by legislation, who
knows but what we may be
called upon to take up sides in
the age-old problem Of dog
versus bird, or even bird versus
worm?"
So, today, the cats of Amer
lea are sitting-and roaming
pretty, thanks to their
friends in high and low
places.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
Replies to Hutchins
WAsAlNTOA

At the convention OF the
American Society Of News
paper Editors. DR.. Robert s.
Hutchins. former president OF
the University of Chicago,
charged the press with indif-
ference to the erosion of free
dom" in the Nation. However.
his auditors had no difficulty
in understanding that DR..
Hutchins was really taking
them to task for not cham
pioning the cause of the "fel-
low travellers" in Government
who loudly protest against the
alleged violations OF their
civil liberties"
The speaker, without the
slightest basis in fact, charged
the Attorney General and the
State Department with ruin
ing the lives of thousands on
the basis of hearsay." naming
Edward j. Corsi, John Patton
Davies, John S. Service and
countless Others" Undoubt-
edly, the unnamed Others" in
clude Peress, Remington, Hiss
and the Rosenbergs. DR.. Hut
chins then continued: "See
the blacklist spreading in in
dustry. merging with proposals
that the American Commu-
nists should be starved to
DEATH" Also to the compla-
cency of the press is due the
fact that some Government
departments now have guild
ance clinics in which the en-
ploye is taught how not to
look like a security risk" It
is rather astounding that one.
even though a university ex-
president. would have the te-
merity to make such reckless
and irresponsible charges be-
fore a gathering of enlight-
ened American journalists.
It is a well-established fact
that, since 1882, many of the
reserved rights of the people
have been transferred to the
Federal Government, with a
corresponding curtailment of
their individual liberties. If
DR.. Hutchins is truly inter-
ested in learning who is indif-
ferent to as we'll as responsible
for the erosion" of real free
doms in the Nation, he will be
well rewarded by a study of
legislative enactments and Su-
rreme Court decisions during
the past quarter century.
Old Reactionary.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
The Floral Clock of
Edinburqh

In Edinburg. in early Spring,
The gardeners plant the
clock,
According to the years design.
With dtOart selected stock.
They set bright colors in the
hands,
The numerals are gay.
For contrast, they fH out the
dial
With muted green or gray.
Beneath the Ramsay Monu-
ment,
The tDorkS run underground
And, quite unseen, ring out
the chimes
And moue the hands around.
From equinox to equinor,
In Prince Charles Street,
the hours
Are measured through the
bonny days
With fragrant, blooming
fowers.
Hildesorde Walls Johnson
Evening star., 1955-05-02

to be chalk and newly fallen
deep snow. Another is titan
ium dioxide of high purity, a
chemical that Is used in
paints.
@. When we're domestic
animals like cattle, sheep and
pigs first brought to America?
". L. S.
A. 1t is generally believed
that cattle, pigs, sheep. goats
and horses were first brought
to the West Indies by Colum-
bus on his second voyage in
1893. Cattle, horses and sheep
came to Mexico with Cortez
in 1919. Pigs and horses were
introduced directly into what
is now the United States hy
fernando de Soto in 1889.
@. What is the name Of the
musical instrument that can
be played merely by waving
ones hands over it?-N. E. Y.
A. Theremin. This boxiike
electronic instrument. devised
by a Russian scientist, Leo
Theremin, was introduced to
the public in 1920. Tones are
produced by the movement Of
the players hands over the
instrument. The left hand
controls the loudness Of tone.
while the right hand raises or
lowers the pitch.
Evening star., 1955-05-02

equally as scenic as o road
near the canal. because it
would afford wider views. AL
though the use of the Mac
Arthur boulevard route would
involve various Vocational and
structural questions, we be-
lieve that they could be re-
solved within the practical
limits of engineering skill.
If all interests would unite
in seeking a route for the
parkway away from the canal.
all would benefit. The recrea-
tional features of the canal
would be fully preserved while
an entirely satisfactory high
way was constructed.
Elting Arnold.
Evening star., 1955-05-02

@. How did it happen that
two flags were raised on Mt.
Suribachi during the battle
for Two Jima island in World
War II?-C. S. K.
A. During the bitter fight
ing for possession of this jap
anese stronghold, some Ma
rines who were scaling Mt
Suribachi-an extinct volcano
and the islands highest point
noticed a length of japanese
iron pipe. After attaching a
small flag to it, they raised the
Stars and Stripes at 1920.
Shortly after. an unidentified
Marine went aboard the LIST
ITO, beached near the base of
the volcano, to obtain a larger
one. AS this nag was being
carried up the slopes Of Surf
bachi, the photographer Joe
Rosenthal noticed 1t and
started in close pursuit. The
result was the world famous
picture. The first small flag
had been carried ashore by
the I'd Battalion, 28th Ma
rines. The date of the flag
raising was February %, 1945.
@. Is II correct to say that
no substance on earth is pure
white?-R. c.
A. Yes. this is true. The two
substances that most nearly
approach pure white are said
Evening star., 1955-05-02

posals for legislation. and his views should
receive careful consideration. It Is to be
hoped, however, that favorable recon-
mendation to Congress will be forthcom-
ing on the substance of the committees
report. For unless Congress acts, the I'm
balance in favor Of an accused person, at
the expense Of the public interest," is going
to be perpetuated.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen-ndmes may be used IL
letters carry priterS' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1955-05-02
Racial Yordstick

An article in the March 81
Star stated it was pointed out
in the recent PTA conference
held in Washington that inte-
grafton showed a serious lag
by colored students, and the
implication was that colored
students are mentally retard-
ed, many Of them with los
Evening star., 1955-05-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


8,
c TO-.
BY THE HASKN SERVICE
Evening star., 1955-02-01

but missed him by a day. He
was headed toward Two Jima.
did I ever keep a diary?
Who needs a diary? Just liv-
ing life writes such full pages
every day. No, I never had a
major operation. but I did go
to the hospital to have one of
my babies.
"Once I did wish I could
die. I was down on my knees
waxing the floors when the
radio blared out that a certain
Marine battalion had landed
on Two Jima and the whole
island was ablaze like a pork
chop in a hot frying pam
Il surely do have an idea I
want to patent: I'd like to i'm
prove on those water-proofed
pants my 10 grandchildren
have at my house. Have l
ever slept in a motel? Grand
daddy and I take off alone for
a whole week every summer to
see how many miles we can
cover in seven days and we
always sleep in motels along
the way.
mo, ! don't believe I'd care
to live any part of my life
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Mary Margaret Mcbride Soys-
Those Worldly Wonen-
And Women of the World

have never pawned anything
but once let a houseful of
furniture go to a secondhand
dealer to finance a move to a
better job after the depression
-and I slept pretty darn good
in the back seat of Model t.
too, packed in with six children
and all our worldly goods. Dad
and I and six kids lived in a
tourist court for four years,
until we could get enough to
start over.
Have I ever gone hungry
for lack of money? Well, lack
of money forced me one time
to take some young corn and
peas and squash from a
farmers garden to feed my
family and the extra kinfolkS
who were parked on us because
of the depression.
"I've visited a lot of nice
places including Mexico. Even
went to California once to see
our son in the Marine Corps
Evening star., 1955-02-01

over: I might miss some Of
what's ahead. I did stay up
all night-three times, in a
hospital waiting for the first
three grandchildren. After
that, I was needed at home
to take care of the older ones
while the newer ones were de-
livered.
Haven't yet found time for
golf, but I went into a neigh
borhood department store as
saleswoman after the age of
so, I like selling yard goods
and baby clothes to these
young mothers in our modern
housing subdivisions.
Seems to you it takes q
heap of living to make a girl
a femme du monde. you say.
Seems to me it takes a heap
of living just to make a girl
a woman"
My Houston friend doesn't
give her score on the woman
of the world" quiz but she
doesn't need to. She's a woman
in the best sense of the word
and the world is lucky to have
her.
tFrom AP NewsfeaturesD
Evening star., 1955-02-01

new dormitory-dwellers is the
Common Room ON the first
floor where the girls can invite
their dates.
Armchairs make for easy
conversation, scrabble or cram
ming sessions. Down the hall
several small date rooms boast
white leather love seats.
The dorm's laundry room is
a good spot to look for stu
dent Nancy Eagle of District
Heights, Md. This energetic
freshman earns pin money by
washing and ironing shirts for
the boys in her spare time.
Cash and carry" she says.
Weekly business f1uctuates ac-
cordlng to the momentary fl
nancial state of her customers.
At least one minor dormitory
crisis has come and gone. But
the ban on pets, resulted in a
Evening star., 1955-02-01
CiirIsDorn
IsOpen at
ST. Johns
BY Potricio Simmons

Goods at st. Johns College
in Annapolis have more on
their minds than great books
these days.
Namely, a brand-new dor
mitory-the first built for
women in the schools 259-
year history.
Only four years ago, the
news that women were to be
admitted to st. Johns burst
upon the campus like an
academic bombshell.
Boys Move Out
A high-heel invasion was
one thing. But when st.
Johns men had to move from
one of their dorms to make
room for the weaker sex,
times were definitely chang
ing.
All that's past history now.
with today's charmers moved
into their own streamlined
quarters.
The boys are as happy about
Campbell Hall as the girls
and with good reason. The
new building is revolutionizing
operation Cupid"
Dating a blue-eyed fresh
man these days is a simple
matter of picking up the tele-
phone and talking her into
standing up Homer. Aristotle
or Plato.
Before, asking a cutie out
for a coke meant hiking across
campus and shouting upstairs
to see If she was home. Rea-
son? There was no switch
board in the old dorm.
Cory Kitchen
You can chalk up another
romance booster in the new
building-a cozy, family-styled
kitchen. Now a st. Johns girl
who cooks, can invite her date
over to prove it.
How do neighboring mid
shipmen rate on the new
switchboard and kitchen
scoreboard?
"The Naval Academy's
no competition" declares
Freshman George Wallrodt
jr., of Washington.
VERY few of the girls date
midshipmen," according to
pretty Miss Robley Timmins,
another Washingtonian.
Assistant Dean, Miss Bar
bara Leonard puts it this way.
At first people teased the girls
about coming to st. Johns
because of the midshipmen.
$50 they bent over backwards
the other way"
There's also the matter of
night curfew. Midshipmen
check in at 10 o'clock while
swain's at st. Johns can stay
out until /.
A popular spot for the 40
Evening star., 1955-02-01

half dozen casualties including
both dogs and cats.
Eight Graduates
Come June 10, the school
which follows a great books
course and which was char
tered by King William of Eng
land in 1896, will hand out its
first degrees to women. Eight
goods are slated to get sheep
skins.
In the final year of it's first
fours years of coeXistence, St.
Johns is of the opinion that
women are standing up under
the great books every bit as
well as the men.
Some of the bright ones are
women: some of the poor stu
dents are women. No different
from the men," says faculty
member Miss Leonard.
But III other matters-say
Evening star., 1955-02-01
School Association
Plans Fashion Show

Members of the Home and
School Association of the Oxon
Hill Junior High School will
sponsor benefit fashion show
in the school at $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow.
Mrs. E. Forest Warner, chair
man of the event, has made ar
rangements for the gala show
through the cooperation of Mrs.
Ivy Arnold, YWCA mobile serv-
ice director.
Proceeds will be used for
furnishings for the school.
Evening star., 1955-02-01

soul-search-
ing, I" writes
a Houston.
Tex, woman
after read
ing a recent
column in
W h ich /
tried on my
oSA q HdN1
ito n n a ire
which was
supposed to
+ e v e a ]
whether I
had b e e n
q r o u n d
mI1oh Or NOT