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Evening star., 1955-05-04
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
New Synthetic Rodium Created
By THOMAS R. HENRY

new vitamin, Biz. The radio
active element, a product of
bombardment Of nickel into an
atomic pile Of the British
Atomic Energy establishment.
in this way becomes part of
the vitamin itself. Ordinary
cobalt constitutes a vital part
of this vitamin as found in
nature and may be responsible
for much of its powerful ac-
ton against pernicious ane-
mia. 1t also is a major growth
factor.
The available supply of this
new isotope still is very linn
tied, according to a resume of
the British Conference in the
Journal of the American Med
ical Association, but it is ex-
pected to be much more
abundant soon for experiments
all over the world.
At the same conference at
tended by about 800 Euro
pean workers, representatives
of the French Atomic Energy
Commission told of labelling
with radioactive carbon vari-
Gus amino acids, the basic
building blocks of the body.
with radioactive carbon in an
effort to determine how the
body builds these up into the
essential proteins. The la
beled substances. however.
are used only with expert
mental animals.
The carbon has a half life
Of more than 5000 years which
bars its use both for expert
mental and medicinal pur-
poses in man.
British workers also de-
scribed experiments in tracing
the storage of so-called estro-
gems, bases Of sex hormones,
in the body with tritium, the
radioactive triple-weight hy-
drogen which is a basic ingre-
dent of the hydrogen bomb.
All European countries with
atomic piles, it was stressed at
the conference, are laying
particular emphasis on the
discovery and production of
isotopes that can be used in
fighting disease. With the
first atomic flssion there were
many predictions Of the pos
sible revolutionary effects on
medicine. but up to now these
have been slow to develop.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
The Morning Walk

She skips across a pool upon
the path,
Then stops to stir a mir
rored pinch OF sky:
She matches SpdrrotoS busy
tDith their bath
And tries in pain to catch
a dragon-fy,
While /, I tpdlk along Seddtety.
She stoops to pick a daisy, says
a rhyme.
While pulling petals ,Dtth a
orimy hand;
Then finds a long-brdnched
odk-the size to climb.
And StrdighttDdy Ddnishes in
tairyldnd,
While /, / tDdlk along seddteiv.
A butterfly mistakes her for a
rose
And settles like a jeDel on
her hair:
But no one passing sees her
as she goes,
or 0uesSeS that a once
young heart Skips there,
For I, / tDdlk along Sedatelv.
4 Emily Corey AIIemon
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Unfriqhtened America

A carefully conducted study Of Amer
ican sentiment has produced some re-
sponses which should surprise certain
people.
The results of the study, sponsored
by the Fund for the Republic, are set
forth in a report written by Samuel A.
Stouffer and entitled Communism, Con-
formity and Civil Liberties" A primary
purpose of the survey was to find out what
people were worrying about.
Approximately 80 per cent were wor-
ried about personal and family problems
A blissful 10 per cent weren't worried
about anything. Less than per cent were
worried about the internal threat of COM
munism. And fewer than one-half of
per cent were worried about the threat to
our civil liberties.
Significantly, the study was made in
the summer of 1854, when the Army
Mccarthy hearings were still under way.
There is nothing in the outcome, however,
to encourage any politician who may still
believe that he can ride the Communist
bugaboo to position of power. There is
even less to support those on the other
side of the fence who professed to think
that great masses of Americans were being
cowed and intimidated by an alleged
threat to their liberties growing out of
the tactics of the self-appointed Commu-
mist hunters
Different people will reach different
conclusions from the surveys results. But
there ought to be pretty general agreement
that the American people do not panic
easily, and that it is good that this is so.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Praises Eisenhower

After reading President
Eisenhower's speech to the
Associated Press in New York.
I am more convinced than
ever that our President is
man of wisdom, integrity and
deep conviction.
Following his compliments
of the newspapers for being
known as the medium through
which people learn the truth
in every part of the country,
the President made a pro-
found statement. He said:
And never was it more i'm
portant than it is today that
the people of the entire world
have free access to the truth"
This reminds me of what the
Lord said in John 8:32: And
We shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you
free" The President certain
ly is on the right track.
With his experience in for
eign countries he evidently
knows wherein most of the
trouble lies with those ma
tions. and now that he has
a group of men in high posi-
ticns of our Government who
oppose all forms of totalitar-
ian systems, as the President
does himself. 1t is not so diff
cult to gain the confidence
of the rulers of these foreign
countries, and it appears that
we are fast approaching a
better and more mutual under
standing with those nations
and will soon work out a
peaceful and harmonious way
Of getting along together.
American Citizeu
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Green Liqht for Parkway

It Is reaSSuring to know that land
buying under the Capper-Cramton Act
will go ahead as a result of favorable
action by the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee on the Interior Department bill.
The House already has approved the pro-
gram and the Senate is expected to accept
the recommendation of its committee. It
appears certain, therefore, that the George
Washington Memorial Parkway eventually
will be completed on both sides of the
Potomac River, despite earlier questions
raised by the Budget Bureau about the
advisability of further Capper-C -Cramton
appropriations. The parkway is too i'm
portant to the whole Metropolitan Area
to be left unfinished
Budget Bureau officials some time ago
had suggested that it was time to turn
the project over to Maryland and Virginia,
without any Federal help in financing it.
Such course would mean certain death
for the extension programs on both sides
of the river. Maryland and Virginia have
lived up to their agreements under the
Capper-C -Cramton bargain" often posting
their matching shares of funds before the
neither State has the money or the in
clination to take over the whole burden
of a parkway that will benefit the Nations
Capital as much as or more than the two
States.
The funds approved by the Senate
committee would be used to reserve rights
of way in Fairfax County and in Mont
gomery County. Money for grading of
another part of the parkway was denied,
pending further study of the relationship
between the highway on the Maryland
side and the canal. Also eliminated was
an item for construction of a section of
Fort Drive through Battery Kemble Park.
There had been civic opposition to both
appropriations. But the committee made
a mistake The Star believes, in disapprov-
ing $4,000 item for enlargement of the
staff of the National Capital Planning
Commission It is to be hoped that the
Senate will restore this small but i'm
portant sum to the bill and that the
House will agree to the move. Adequate
future planning requires the additional
personnel
Evening star., 1955-05-04
ENJOYS of Culture

President EiSenhower's an
nouncement that the Govern
ment will soon send the Phila-
delphia Orchestra to Europe
as cultural ambassadors" is
indeed good news. It is assur-
ing to read that Eugene Or
mandy will be taking with
him one of Americas finest
symphony orchestras, and
there is little doubt that they
will be an impressive force
wherever they perform. In
the present world situation
this comparatively inexpen-
sive venture could have a
more favorable effect on our
waning friends across the At
lantic than a thousand atom
powered freighters.
Joseph Sullivan.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
@. What are paraplegics?

@. What are paraplegics?
j. M.
A. People who are paralyzed
from the waist down as q re-
suit Of spinal-cord injuries or
diseases. In World War II,
$500 men became paraplegics.
@. Who come next in sue
cession to the British throne
after the Duke of Cornwall,
Princess Anne and Princess
Margaret?-L. Mob.
A. Following the Queens
children and her sister are:
The Duke Of Gloucester, her
uncle. and his sons Prince
William and Prince Richard:
the Duke of Kent. his broth
er Prince Michael and his
sister. Princess Alexandria;
then Princess Mary, the Prin-
cess Royal, aunt Of the Queen.
Q. Can you quote the old
rhyme which tells on what
days Of the week the equiv
alent Of Sunday is observed by
people Of various faiths?-
A. H. r.
A. Christians worship God
on Sunday, Grecian zealots
hallow Monday, Tuesday Per-
slams spend In prayer, Assy-
rians Wednesday revere,
Egyptians Thursday, Friday
Turks, on Saturday no He
brew works" =
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Tariff and Trade

A recent letter on Foreign
Trade" accused special in
terests" Of fighting for re-
strictions on the executive
power to negotiate and main
tain tariff :" ! fail to find
In our Constitution any word
of the President having the
power to negotiate tariff or
to regulate foreign commerce.
Instead. Article I, Section 8.
of our Constitution specifically
grants to Congress the power
to regulate commerce with
foreign nations, and among the
several States, and with the
Indian tribes"
Advocates of so-called free
trade fail to point out that
the United States Is already
the lowest-tarif major trading
nation on earth. They do not
mention that the British. who
complain of our high tariff.
have an average tariff wall
twice as high as ours, in addi-
ton to outright embargoes and
quotas on foreign goods which
we don't have at all. In addi-
ton, our State. Department
signed an agreement at Geneva
making the United States a
permanent member of the
GAIT organization, in which
our Government will have only
one vote out Of A. on trade
matters. The GAIT agree
ment has not been approved
by Congress.
In contradiction to Foreign
Trade" wish to urge all citi-
zens who believe in our Con-
stitution as a document which
properly distinguishes between
the powers of the executive
and legislative branches to
write or call their Congress-
men and urge that they con.
tinue to exercise their consti-
tutional power to regulate
commerce with foreign ma
tions. They should also be
urged to consider the fact that
we already have the lowest
tariffs of any major trading
nation.
Julian E. Williams.
Evening star., 1955-05-04

Under our Constitution it is
the duty and responsibility of
the President to either ap-
prove or withhold his approval
from the legislation.
Thomas G.. Walters,
Operations Director, Govern
ment Employees Council, AF
of L.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Gronchi and ItcIy's Reds

Giovanni GrOnchi has been chosen as
1taly's new President by an overwhelming
vote of the Parliament in Rome--with the
complete and enthusiastic support Of the
Communist members and the fellow
travelling left-wing Socialists. Indeed,
these extremists have hailed his election
with such display of exultation that the
West seems to have some reason to doubt
the auSpiciousness of the event.
Yet, although described as it's leading
left-winger, Mr.. Gronchi is member of
the Christian Democratic Party, and cer-
tainly, as such, he appears to be anything
but bedfellow of the Reds Further,
despite the fact that the two men have in
dicated marked personal incompatibility,
most observers in Rome are certain that
he will ask Premier Mario Scelba-who is
one of the conservatives in the same party
to continue in office without Interrupt
ton.
Under Italy's constitution, Mr.. Scelba
must hand in his resignation between now
and May IL. However, unless the experts
are wrong, Mr.. Gronchi will regard this
as mere technical formality and desig-
nate the distinguished Premier to carry
on with the policies he has been following
up to now-policieS that have been strongly
pro-WeStern and Communist Even
so, Mr.. Scelba may run into trouble trying
to organize an acceptable cabinet, and
that may be why Rome's Reds have well
coined the election of the new President
as If he were one of themselves
But this has the earmarkS OF being
Just political oddity. At any rate, Mr..
Gronchis record to date is reassuring from
the Western standpoint, and his new post
is largely ceremonial one-So much so,
in fact, that 1t is difficult to see how Italy's
Communists could benefit greatly from
having him in it even if he were their man.
Accordingly, the significance of their
strange enthusiasm for him seems far more
apparent than real.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Parents School Group

The belief of the Parents
Educational Research Organ
ization that each child should
have a text book for each
academic subject and that he
be required to master the con-
tents of that text strikes at
one of the greatest mistakes
made in Arlington schools. In
those subjects in which there
are insufficient books, students
do not have them available
for home use. In other cases
no regular text is used. This
means there is no written
guide and no easy reference
for the student. Nothing in
our schools can be more anti
quated and inexcusable than
that.
Virginia Sheets.
+ X u n
Three of my neighbors and
/ have decided to form a study
group of 10 or IL parents to
discuss the tenets of Parents
Educational Research Organi-
cation. After we have rung the
subject dry we each plan to
create another similar group
and urge others to do the
same. In this way we believe
we can get countrywide con-
sideration of these principles.
Worker.
! am happy to see that such
outstanding people as Thomas
B. Rogers, Mrs. Thomas j.
Broyhill, Mrs. Alma Peck, Mrs.
Gladys Peterson. and -Jaek
Rathbone are leading the new
PERO group in a program to
improve our Arlington schools.
Public spirited people like
these should be congratulated
for giving us such a construc-
tive plan.
Norman c. Williams.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Unconvinced

II the Rev. Duane H. Ram
sey has a suggestion for q more
democratic approach to ma
tional defense than UNIT he
should come forward with 1t.
While he is looking for 1t, per-
haps he will be good enough to
answer a few questions that
he left dangling in his letter.
ID Just how will UNIT
bring about drastic changes"
in the traditional American
way OF life?
~ Where does Mr.. Ramsey
90 for proof Of his statement
that war Is sin?
90 what Ia 'unchristian
about UNIT?
! Donald r. Haynes.
Evening star., 1955-05-04

and Mr. Lewis in particular, Mr.. Chasanow
would have been dismissed and ruined.
But this did not happen. Instead, when
the errors in the handling of his case
were exposed, responsible Navy officials
moved promptly to correct the injustice.
Mr.. Lewis fully merits his prize, and the
warmeSt congratulations
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Mr.. Lewis Deserves Ii

The award of the Pulitzer Prize for
national reporting to Anthony Lewis, of
the Washington Daily News, is we'll
deserved recognition for fine piece of
work 1t was Mr.. Lewis who fired the
opening guns in campaign which led to
the vindication of Abraham Chasanow, a
Navy employe involved in security charges.
Had it not been for the press in general
Evening star., 1955-05-04
HIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES TRACEWELL

When Templeton Jones saw
the picture of a sheep in the
paper, 1t revived his old long
ing for one of those animals.
Jones has always been
wanting a dog, a cat. an
opossum, even a skunk; he is
blood brother to Walt Whit
man. who said he could live
with animals. they did not
sweat and whine about their
condition.
No doubt one of the best
features of all strict animals
is that they cannot talk.
Man, as the talking animal,
can talk back!
That is where he sinks in his
harpoon.
The poor animals with their
four legs and no real hands
never say a word in reply, no
matter how much is said to
them.
They learn. in time, to un-
derstand what a harsh tone
means, and how far they can
go when the human tone Is
mild.
The animals do great deal
of talking in their own way
to each other. Every one who
has watched a mother dog or
cat take care of her offspring
knows how this is.
A sheep an automatic lawn
mower?
Templeton Jones has har-
bored that idea ever since he
saw pictures of the sheep that
used to be on the White House
lawn.
Cutting the grass would be
only one of the services rem
dered by them.
And above all, the woolly
animals would present a per-
feet picture to the receptive
mind.
If a picture is worth thou
sand words. a statement one
may be inclined to doubt, there
must be a receiving mind in
the background.
The eyes have it, in looking
at all kinds of pictures, wheth-
er the static one on the wall,
or the movie on the lawn.
The human eyes are the
center of every picture of any
kind, and it is just as we'll for
us to remember this, so that
we can all be sure of the fact
that the locker Is the main
guy In every picture, no mat
ter what or where.
This Importance makes the
beholder king in his own right.
He is able to look with a SUI
perior gaze, outdoing the ar
tist. even. The JOY of 'the
painter, holding his head on
one side and squirting out of
the corner of his eye, Is as
nothing to the pleasure of the
beholder, the famous locker,
the critic, for every man is a
critic in this very good sense.
Animals in the picture add
to the composition, since they
are elements both out of the
artists brain and reality, too.
The animal in a natural pic
ture is put there, in a very real
sense. by the eye of the be-
holder.
1t is this kinship that
makes the picture with an ami
NAL In 1t a special sort of COM
position. And If we include
children, as animals, we may
be forgiven for the grouping.
This was so well realized
in the Victorian days that
children we're always posed.
Even the restraint did not take
away from the special quality
they gave to the natural or
painted composition.
y 4
Every amateur photographer
realizes this as he goes about
taking snapshots in the spring.
time. He knows that there is
nothing so interesting to life
Evening star., 1955-05-04
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
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any picture must be the leading
one: that the role must be SYM
pathetic for her; that the pic
ture must be made in techni-
color and that the budget must
be 100000 or above.
Mr.. Kahane said he had noti-
fed Miss Hayworth's agents that
there would be a months delay
in the starting of the picture.
Her $12,500-a-week salary
was due to start March 7. but
on that date / received a letter
from her that II photography
did not start on that date. it
would be considered a breach Of
contract" Mr.. Kahane said.
Mr.. Kahane said the studio
tried unsuccesSfully to replace
Miss Hayworth in the picture.
81 Million Production
This was a 81 million produc-
ton and we wanted a name
actress. The sets were still
standing until a month ago
when we tore them down." the
executive added.
After court, Miss Hayworth
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Films of More Than Routine Merit

"THE ADVENTURES OF SADIE"-Joan Collins decorates .
comic tale of castaways . desert island
LADY THE TRAMP"-A ladylike spaniel leads . dogs
life in Walt Disneys Cinemascope feature cartoon.
LEFT HAND OF GOD"-Humphrey BOgart In top form
adventurer masquerading q a priest.
QUENTIN DURWARDR0bert Taylor Swashbuckles his
through the Sir Walter Scott adventure
REBEL WITHOUT CAUSE"-A reasonable study Of deln-
quency, starring the late James Dean.
THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS"-Funny French frolic with
Fernandez playing most Of the leading roles.
TENDER TRAP"-Lfe In New York bachelors apart
ment; Celeste Holm Debbie Reynolds, Frank Snatra.
WHITE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS musical Yuie greeting:
Bling Crosby, Rosemary ClOoney, Danny Kaye.
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MIDTOWN NEW YORK
Koto Pickers Are Scarce
By ROBERT SYLVESTEY

You hear about Andre Kos
telanetz and that koto? No?
Well, 1t goes like this. Good old
Andre decided that on New
Years eve he would conduct
"Sea of the Spring" at Carnegie
Hall. This is a work for koto
and orchestra" by the distingu-
ished Japanese composer. Michio
Miyagi. So far, so good. Then
Andre got into trouble. Seems
there amt any decent koto
players in this neighborhood.
Andre looked here, he looked
there, he looked everywhere. No
koto players worth their salt.
But just as Andre was about
to abandon sea Of the Spring"
he looked in the newspapers and
discovered that S. Hurok has the
Azuma Kabuki dancers here in
town and the Kabuki boppers
have a fellow named Shinichi
Yuize. You never heard Of Shin
ichi? Man. he's the bestest koto
picker in town. So Andre and
Sea of the Spring" and Michio
Miyagi and Shinichi will all be
at Carnegie for the big concert.
Shinichi will double between
the Kabuki boppers remember
them?l and Carnegie.
Also on the bill will be Hershey
Kay's Saturday Night Merely
q local production.
y + y
Saturday must have been a
fairly rough day for everybody,
but particularly for Dorothy Col
Inns. currently starring at the
Copacabana. Miss Collins fin
ished her Friday night chores
at 2:30 am, got up at 10, re-
hearsed all day for THE Hit
Parade" TV show. ran out Of re-
hearsals to do a Christmas hymn
on the Rockefeller Center skat-
ing rink, the Tv show, did two
Copa shows, and drove home to
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GRAHAM

Continued From Page Ara
considered the best Oscar eli
mate.
MGM is sending Eleanor
Powell two or three scripts
weekly. They want her back.
Eleanor still teaches regular
Sunday School in addition to
her half hour every Sunday on
local television.
&AA
The white -and-blue card an
nouncing the birth of the Kirk
Douglases' Peter Vincent latter
Van Gogh, had a message from
Anne and Kirk-"Rudolph Va
lentino will be quickly forgotten,
once our son reaches the right
age!"
Who says prize fighting
doesn't pay? MGM is paying
Rocky Graziano $3.50. 900 to film
his life story. Somebody up
There Likes Me-"
Kim Novak. who has Holly
wood agog as another Jean
Harlowe." may be a slinky siren
in public, but she's just q plain
Jane at home. Kim wears mo-
makeup, cuts her own hair,
wears low-heeled shoes and
hangs out at the Beverly VIII
shire soda fountain.
Elizabeth Montgomery will do
"Siege" on TV. Liz needs a lot |
more experience before she tries
movies. Her lack Of experience |
showed IN 1.-THE Court Martial
Of Billy Mitchell"
The new Information Please
Almanac" lists the leading 1855
news events: The hydrogen
bomb tests, President Eisen-
hower's heart attack, Russia s |
preparation for war, etc. And, in
the middle: Marilyn Monroe d.
vorces Joe Di Maggie. :. In
cidentally. Goth Century-FoxE
had to assign 15-man squad to-
handle Marilyn's 1854 Christmas
mail and presents. There were
no presents and only % cards at
the studio here this year. but i
hear M. M. did all right in New
York.
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