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Evening star., 1955-11-07
Fever in Middle East

The United Nations and our own State
Department are not concentrating today
on a search for genuine Arab-Israeli
peace. They are, for the moment, trying
only to avert outright war. This distinc-
tion In itself reflects the current serious
ness Of the situation In the Middle East,
For not since their armistice was signed
In early 1949 have Egypt and Israel been
closer to full-scale reopening Of hos.
tilities And perhaps never before has this
threat, seemingly limited to the involves
ment Of two relatively small powers, carr
ried more grave implications for the
peace Of many other nations.
AS usual, the current crisis has arisen
primarily out Of aborder incident
this time In the El Auja triangle on the
edge of the disputed Negev. Claims and
counter-claims are conflicting, but the
U. Mater directing protest to Israel
for launching an attack in force-has
proposed withdrawal Of all troops and
formal demarcation Of frontiers In the
area. Actually, the Ell Auia incident and
the fact It involved substantial COM
smitment Of troops on both sides are only
symptoms OF the rising fever In Egyptian
Israeli relations. This has happened
largely because new element has en-5
tered the Middle East picture, namely,
an active Intervention by the Soviet
Union lin contrast to its surprising de-
gree Of aloofness In earlier years.
Unfortunately, the stage has been well
prepared for trouble-making For more
than six years, Israel and the Arab states
have lived by an uneasy truce In which
neither side has made serious effort to
flnd plan for permanent peace. The
United Nations, Its resolutions largely
ignored and It's truce commission often
frustrated, has accomplished little be-
yond day-to-day kind Of policing.
Meanwhile, the Western powers have
failed to find--or at least been unable
to sell--a formula that would help the
interests Of the area or Of the West IT.
self. The failure is largely and increas-
ingly our own. French influence, for ex-
ample, has almost disappeared entirely
In the Middle East because Of the North
African problems. British influence has
diminished Our own has been impaired.
The Arabs have mistrusted our motiva-
tion and the Israelis have been dis
satisfied with our performance. The sale
Of Communist arms to Egypt should not
have been surprising development-- #
IS surprising only that 1t did not happen
earlier. 1t has stiftened the Egyptian
backbone and given the Israelis an ex-
cuse to demand more, particularly from
the United States. An arms race OBJ
viously Is not q prescription for peace
And better formula has not yet been
presented.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

company now doing q business
Of 800 million entitled to q
larger profit than 1t received
when it was crossing only $25
million? II not, what incen-
tive is there to improve and
expand2 Many Of Americas
largest corporations. including
some purveyors Of food, show
net profits Of less than one
cent for each dollar received.
! do not see how they could be
much less II the corporations
are to remain solvent.
It may be in order to state
that I am not connected with
any stock exchange or broker
age house. though ! have
bought q little stock in an
effort to provide Q "hedge"
against imitation.
Frank B. Bgistow.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
SeupoweF revolution

SeapOwer Is IN the early Stages OF
revolutionary process which, before many
years, may transform into museum pieces
most Of the conventional ships Of Amer
ica's great fighting feet Of World War
II. In their place will be an armada Of
nuclear- powered surface and Elbsurface
craft, bristling with guided missiles.
rockets and other weapons Of the atomic
and electronic era-some with nuclear
warheads of frightful potentiality.
The awesome outlook was presented
to newsmen and other guests at the
commissioning Of the Navy's guided-mis-
sile cruiser No. /, the U.S.S. Boston, at
the Philadelphia Navy Base The figure
81 painted on the bow Of the converted
cruiser was prophetic Of what Admiral
Burke, Chief Of Naval Operations, de-
scribed as program calling for literally
DOZENS OF similar vessels In the near
future. Guided-missile cruiser No. ! Will
not be nuclear-prope but, according
TO Admiral Burke, eventually her sue
cessors and other surface ships viii have
atomic power plants. Two United States
submarines already are operating under
atomic power and half q dozen additional
submersible A-boats have been au-
ttorized.
The Boston was saved from the
graveyard or naval museum by the deci-
sion to experiment with her as q guided
missile platform. Her huge eight-inch
aft gun turret was torn out, along with
one stack, and replaced BY grim battery
cf sleek 16-inch, lO-foot- long, radar-con-
troiled Terrier" rockets. The Terriers
we're aptly named They have the capac-
ity to track down and destroy any type
Of aircraft which might attack the feet.
The launching racks can be altered TO
permit Of surface -to-surface operation.
While the range OF the missiles Is only
about 20 miles, the mobility Of the
launching ships will extend the range as
far as the ships can 60 In safety. Thus,
the guided missile ships can be sent far
out from the fleet to intercept attacking
aircraft before they can get close enough
10 harm the main fleet. And, presumably,
the main ships of the future fleet also will
be armed with guided missiles for self
defense.
Nuclear propulsion, Of course, will
eliminate the difficult and risky refuelirlg
operations so familiar to men Of the Navy
Iii World War II and the Korean War.
One atomic charge will provide enough
fuel to send the feet anywhere in the
world, without worry about oil consump-
ton or distance from refueling bases.
The picture painted by Admiral Burke
and his associates Is 4 truly grim one.
And 1t tends to cast doubt on reports that
the age Of great fleets Of lighting ships Is
past.
Evening star., 1955-11-07

Q. Please tell how perspirs-
tion stains can be removed
from nylon and dacron cloth
ing.H. H.
A. II the perspiration stain
is fresh, the best procedure is
TO dampen the stain with
water, then hold it over an
open bottle Of ammonia water.
Old perspiration stains can be
sponged with white vinegar.
After this treatment. the
article should be washed thor
oughly. II the color has been
removed. nothing can be done
about the stain. In white wash
able materials, stains can be
bleached out by using bleaches
such as hydrogen peroxide or
hydrogen peroxide plus sodium
perborate. One teaspoon Of
sodium perhorate can be added
to one pint Of peroxide. Sponge
with this solution or dip the
stain into o solution made by
adding two teaspoons Of sodium
hydrosulite to one pint Of
Evening star., 1955-11-07
News Suppression

Some Government officials have ale
ways tried to withhold or suppress news
that is unfavorable to them. No doubt
they viii continue to do this, regardless
OF what administration may be in power.
It is the. Job Of newspapermen to combat
suppression all along the line, and In this
continuing effort the constructive sup
port Of an organization like the American
Civil Liberties Union Is both welcome
and useful
One should be careful, however, not
to overstate the case in support Of the
claim that news Is being improperly sup
pressed. For overstatement first breeds
skepticism and then outright disbelief.
The recent ACLU report on news sup
preston is in many respects an over
statement. One example should suffice.
The report contains this statement: THE
inlpromptu wisecracks OF the press corps
veterans-wise man or cynic as each In
dividual may be-cast valuable sidelights
on this whole question of information
concealment or news concealment by
one smart enough to be Washington
correspondent KNOWS Lnat MS pOSS likes
Ike Is one such quip."
The report concludes that this quip
illustrates an "undoubted" truth: That
able reporters will not work as hard TO
penetrate secrets within the Federal adj
ministration which they know will be
undervalued, or cut to brief items on
page SO or 48, as they might have worked
for Page display during the Roosevelt
or Truman administrations"
This, far from being the "undoubted"
truth, has the earmarks Of sheer nom
sense. # there is any basis for 1t, how
ever, 1t does not convict the Government
Of news suppression. The real indictment
is against the newspaper publishers and
their Washington correspondents.
The report concludes on note Of
alarm mo matter how closely one places
ones ear to the ground" it says, "it is
difhcult to detect any distant rumble Of
an uprising by the people themselves TO
protect the First Amendment" II this
Is correct. and it probably Is, the explana-
tion may lie In the fact that the people
do not believe the First Amendment is
under attack by their Government, and
they refuse to pay any attention to ex-
aggerated outcries to the contrary.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
InyentoriesOur Times

James e. Summers concept
Of corporate stockholders is .
bit amusing They remind one
OF the cartoons Of bloated
dnanciers which appeared In
the yellow press Of the Nc
Kinley era.
Latest figures show that
] about rs million Americans
own stock In corporations. A
surprisingly large number Of
them have incomes Of less
than $4,000 q year. ! am sure
ali Of them would like to have
Mr.. Summers tell them what
stocks OF good, safe quality
they could have bought during
the past year or more that
would have yielded them more
than g per cent on the cost
of the stocks. Many Of the
best known 'tblue chips yield
less than do long-terni Gov
ernment bonds. To be sure.
those who took a chance and
got In on the ground floor Of
these corporations before they
became blue chips are now
sitting pretty (For years
after General Motors was or
ganized its stock was regarded
as poor stuff But these for
tunates are few in number
compared with those who got
In on the ground floor Of COR
pOrations which failed.
Mr.. Summers seems To re-
sent the fact that many COR
porations are reporting larger
receipts and larger net profits.
Are We not all trying to iii-
Screase our income7 Is not 3
Evening star., 1955-11-07

Serious tropical diseases, due
to microscopic animals which
are transmitted by kissing
bugs" are being investigated
by scientists of the Gorgas
Memorial Laboratory here.
These kissing bugs, belong
ing to essentially the same
family as the more northern
bedbug. remain a little known
race Of insects although their
role as carriers Of disease has
been recognized for years. New
species now are icing dis
covered and new facts learned
about their ways Of life.
The disease insects generally
live In cracks Of walls or in
thatch roofs and seldom
emerge except during the night
when they attack sleeping per-
sons. The most notable malady
for which they are responsible
Is Chagras' disease which is
quite prevalent in Brazil and
northern South America. The
protozoan carried by the kiss
ing bugs penetrates the muscle
fibers Of the heart. There it
multiplies very rapidly until
finally Q muscle cannot con-
tain the organisms any longer
and ruptures.
Fatal to Children
This Is especially serious in
children who frequently die Of
heart failure. It does not
often cause death in adults.
but is extremely weakening. It
also attacks the central nerv-
GUS system and results in
cases Of encephalitis, or brain
inflammation which often proves
fatal.
The varieties Of kissing bugs
which are responsible now have
been traced as far north as
Texas and California, says DR..
Carl M. johnson, director Of
the Gorgas laboratory. No
human case vet has been re-
ported In the United States
but it Is known that the pro-
tozoans attack the hearts Of
rodents.
Thrive In Rain Forest
Five or six species belonging
to the kissing bug" group
have been identified here. DR..
Johnson says. and all may be
capable Of transmitting the
disease. Varieties now are
being found which seem to be
Evening star., 1955-11-07

depth the ruination Of all other
forms Of recorded music. In
cluding long-play recordings.
Even hi-h. the beloved. Is
threatened, these honest per-
sons feel.
Actually, one may believe.
tape and long play records are
the two sides Of one thing.
There is always room for
everything. in this complex
modern life Of ours. because 1t
seems basic with modern peo-
pie to split $3.50 on every
thing.
If one agrees. another dis
agrees.
Already there are tape ad-
yocates who are willing to
swear that long play records
cannot hold a candle to the
tapes.
Now we have stereoscopic
sound, whatever that is, and
no doubt within a few more
years there win be other forms
offered for our entertainment.
All these are new scientific
marveIs.
Books are as old as the hills,
in comparison,
Although the use Of type is
only a few centuries old, the
book, as a thing, has come
down to us for a thousand
years and more.
What distinguishes the
bookloyer today is the fact that
he need not have much money
to have books.
The paperbacks are doing a
marvellous Job in bringing
books to the millions, and as
they do so. the love OF read
ing increases.
There viii be no lower stand-
ard because Of Tv, or anything
else.
The reader is the reader;
he knows what he wants, and
viii get it. come he'll or high
water. He win wrap bis pre-
cious books in asbestos, for the
former. and dry them out,
from the latter.
All other media are grist to
his mill.
They viii help the reader,
not hurt him. II 1t does not
work out that way, why, then,
he is no reader, to begin with.
An advertisement Of q new
book started out in some such
fashion as this: IF you are
one who finds yourself happy
with picture books and televi-
sion, then this is not for you
Very frank. indeed, and only
partly true. because there can
be no such sharp distinction.
Everything helps everything
else, in the world Of the mind.
That is one of the facts that
makes It great.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Clarifies an issue

Recently an AIM candidate
for the School Board in Ar
lington County stated that he
favored q referendum on the
question Of kindergartens for
Arlington. An AIM candidate
for the County Board stated
his position more frankly:
Our existing School Board
recognizes the public twice
has voted down kindergarten
referendums. The School
Board doesn't have the nerve
to present 1t again to the pub
lic."
This is a point which re-
quires claritication. There Is
no provision In Virginia law,
and there has been no such
provision. by which the ques-
ton Of having kindergartens
In Arlington can be or could
have been presented directly
to the people In q referendum.
BY law, the responsibility and
authority for such q decision
rests with the School Board.
But funds for the school pros
gram are provided by the
County Board. There is no
legal way by which School
Board members and County
Board members can eyade
their respective responsibilities
by having a referendum.
The only vote even ap-
preaching q referendum on
kindergartens was the vote on
four school bond proposals in
May, 1947. Three Of the pro-
posals- one for $3.029,0OO for
secondary school construction,
one for $3.50. 900 for full day
sessions In the first and second
grades. and one for $685., 900
for kindergartenswere de-
feated. Since that time more
than $40 million has been
voted and spent for secondary
school construction. and mil
lions more voted and spent to
get full day sessions for all
children--an objective which
was not fully attained until
this September.
Warren Cox,
Chairman, Arlington Coun-
" school Board.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Some Facts About Kissing Bug
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

confined exclusively to the
canopy Of the rain forest which
extends northward into Mexico
and may constitute Q migra-
ton route. These canopy In
sects, however, have not been
identified definitely as disease
transmitters.
A very similar type Of pro-
tozoan, DR.. johnson says. is
the cause Of another serious
tropical disease, leishmaniasis.
This particular germ spends
its life, like a filterable virus.
inside the cells Of higher ami
mails, usually the skin cells Of
human beings. It can, how
ever, exist outside the cell
where it is extremely active
and mobile.
Transmitted by Flies
Apparently it Is carried from
person to person by a small
black fly about whose ways Of
life little is known. The insect
is being studied systematically
by the Gorgas Laboratory sci-
entists. It causes disfiguring
skin ulcers and is closely re-.
lated to the protozoan which
causes the dreaded oriental
sore Of Africa and the Middle
East.
The South and Central
American form, however. may
be more serious than that Of
the Old World because here
there are one or two cases
each year where it attacks the
larynx. Victims are unable to
talk.
There is little likelihood, the
Gorgas Laboratory scientists
say. that either ChagraS' dis
ease or leishmaniasis ever will
become q problem In temper
ate climates but they are
definitely lurking maladies Of
the American tropics which
may have far-reaching conse-
quences unless more is known
about them.
Located strategically in the
Canal Zone. the position Of the
Gorgas laboratory might be
considered an advanced sem
try post for the challenging Of
disease-causing insects and
other organisms which break
out Of their natural jungle en-
vironment and have poten-
tialities ,of adjusting them
selves to greatly different ways
of life.
Evening star., 1955-11-07

water Rinse promptly and
thoroughly,
@. Who published the first
English Language daily news
paper?--C. b.
A. An Englishwoman, Eliza
beth Mallet, in London in
1702. A small sheet printed on
only one side, her Daily Cou-
rant lived for less than two
weeks. 1t was later revived,
for several months, by another
publisher.
@. Should nylon hosiery be
washed with soap or q syn
thetic detergent2-L. j. e.
A. Warm water and o good
household soap or synthetic
detergent are equally good for
this purpose, according to the
manufacturer Of nylon yarn.
Hose should be washed soon
after wearing. Perspiration
and soil will not weaken the
nylon flbers, but they can dull
the color.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL


Il heartily agree with you
and Temp Jones that the
streetcars should be retained
for the benefit Of those who
like to use the 80 minutes
prohtably instead Of q dead
loss.
II have done much valuable
reading on the cars, while on
q bus I can do nothing but
stare out Of the window"
So writes s. M. p, who goes
on to say:
II feel, too. that TV is cut
ting into the reading time Of
Americans very seriously, and
that the result is bound to be
q lowered mental standard"
We agree with the FIRST
paragraph. do not agree with
the second.
We believe it Is this way:
Those who genuinely like to
read, viii always read. Tv or
not.
In fact, for them. teleyision
may act as a wholesome ad-
junct and Stimulator.
We know one man who, see
ing Paddy Chayefsky's beauti-
full Holiday Song" on the
screen, rushed right out and
purchased q copy Of the
young writer's plays.
&&& 4
Fear of television, as it may
affect book reading, is another
modern disturbance, that is all.
1t actually has very little
substance. In other words. 1t
is q ghost or something, look
ing very solid. for a time, but
finally turning out to be very
thin and vanishing.
This comes about, not
through lack Of good In It.
but solely because it does in
no sense compete with the
other
The reader is always the
reader.
To him, type is better than
anything else.
It is this love Of print, we
feel. that keeps books and
other forms Of reading at an
all-time high.
Much the same may be said
Of music.
when the phonograph first
came into being. there were
those who said that 1t would
ruin music.
When radio came along,
thousands of honest persons
worked up q fear. They said
radio would ruin the records.
Now we have more and
better phonograph records
than ever before.
The newest fear is that Of
tape.
Tape recording Is believed by
some to hold in its curling
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Segregation Views

So. Manros A. Nickens be-
lieyes that one cannot be In
tellectual and q democratic
citizen and also q segregation
ist. Is this an example Of the
fine and noble spirit Of toler-
ance our integrationist friends
are espousing across the coun-
try?
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Dollars for Travel

The American tourist, familiar
sight In almost every part Of the globe,
II making 4 substantial contribution this
year 10 the world economy. A survey
conducted by The New York Times, for
example. produces statistics showing
that American expenditures for travel
services and consumer goods In 10 foreign
Evening star., 1955-11-07

engineering surveys. as is the
practice under this one party
system Of government. were
given without . competitive
analysis.
The Board Of Supervisors
then. wishing to do something
about the nonrevenue pro-
ducing sewer system, hired
some more aor1competitiye
experts to devise q master plan
in order TO force new con-
struction along the nonprofit
county integrated sewer sys-
tenn, At $40O q connection,
they felt that this might bail
out their sewer system. The
land owners. builders and
farmers, however. objected to
the three and fiye-acre lot re-
striction in plan which was
designed to force development
along the sewer lines. This
particular provision would stop
growth in three-fourths Of the
area Of Fairfax County If
adopted. The $l6O.0Oo master
plan has not been adopted
and we still have our sewer
system to bail out. In the
meantime the interest. pay
ments on the bonds still come
due.
Now this same one-pafty
Board OF Supervisors has pro-
posed this $40 million water
bond proposal to try to bail
out the sewer system as it
Is apparent that the master
plan win not be adopted in
It's present form.
During the past month. !
have examined and listened to
all Of the arguments on the
proposed Potter Water Plan"
on which the water bond issue
Is based. Those opposed to the
plan have proven beyond all
doubt that the Potter Plan is
not economically feasible; that
1t was poorly thought out.
poorly engineered. and poorly
designed and presented. Now
during the last week before
election, the same Board Of
Supervisors issued the state
ment that the Potter Plan
does not have to be the plan
used, but that any water plan
could be adopted. Actually,
what this amounts to is that
the Board wants the taxpayers
to give them q blank check for
$50 million to spend regard
less Of what kind Of q water
system we end up with. No
thanks. /, for one, want to
know what / am buying. what
1t viii do. and what 1t is go-
ing to cost, before ] buy it, not
afterward. You see, ! am q
businessman, not Q utopian
writer.
James i. Deaver,
Republican Candidate, Mason
District Board Of Super
sisors, Fairfax County
Editors note: The Star does
not think the water and sewer
bond issues are comparable.)
Evening star., 1955-11-07

Pen names psap be used u
letters carry iDriters correct
names and addresses. All
Letters are subject to conden-
satioH.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN sRRVICE

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u. N. Appraisal

Donald T. HAYNES.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-30

have application to other plants.
We must investigate the genetic
or hereditary aspects of cold
resistance in plants to find road
map for developing what we need
in the way Of crops, DR.. Beadle
is one Of the worlds top genecet-
lists and there are other outstand-
ing biochemiSts, Psychologists,
and related specialists at Earhart
who can help us"
DR.. Hodgson will combine his
Pasadena visit with a trip to
Cleveland, Ohio where he will
attend the International Kiwanis
Convention June $3.50. Hodgson
is lieutenant governor for the Al
aska- Yukon Division of Kiwanis
international.