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'SobeH Loses

When I read your recent
editorial, "Sobell Loses" con-
corning the case of my son,
Morton Sobell, I was unable to
understand the logic of your
reasons for agreeing with
Judge Kaufman's decision
denying Morton a hearing on
his motion for a new trial.
You say that "the most
damning thing against Sobell
is the fact that he had ample
opportunity to advance his
claim of kidnapping and per-
jury at the trial and chose not
to do So" Then you continue,
He preferred not to take the
stand in his own defense, even
though a friend, Max Elitcher,
had specifically involved him
in the conspiracy. This being
the case, there can be no rea-
sonable doubt as to his guilt.
The objections which he raises
now, and which he has raised
repeatedly since his conviction,
come too late in the day."
First. it is not true that my
son had ample opportunity to
prove the use of perjured tes-
timony concerning his kid
mapping during the trial. The
evidence was not available. It
took a detailed investigation
recently completed to produce
the documentary evidence to
prove my son was illegally kid
naped, and that the prosecu-
ton knowingly used perjured
testimony.
Second, although one can
argue the wisdom Of the at
torneys' decision not to put
Morton on the stand despite
his wanting to testify, this fact
cannot justify the conclusion
that there can be no reason
able doubt as to his guilt"
Judge Kaufman himself told
the jury it was not to draw
any inference from the fact
that my son didn't take the
stand. Under our system of
law. a man has to be proved
guilty. He doesn't have to
prove innocence.
Finally, are we to say that
because evidence wasn't avail
able and comes too late in the
day." my son must spend "a
more years in Alcatraz? 1
know my son is innocent, and
l have faith this will be recog-
nized in the courts. To say
that a man who could prove
his innocence could not be
freed because he raised legal
points too late" would be the
helght OF injustice. I know your
paper would not in any way
want to see any legal doors
closed to my son.
Judge Kaufman's refusal
even to grant a hearing on the
evidence reminds me of some
OF the opinions by judges in
the Mooney Billings and
Sacco-Vanzetti cases. They.
too, were ardent in defending
the trials at which they had
presided. But today we know
that there were injustices in
these cases. Rose SObeII.
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
impatient Fan

This is in defense of sports
writer Burt Hawkins who was
mildly chastised by reader
Robert Marlowe for being a
little rough on the Washing
ton Baseball Team.
Frankly, I've always been a
little amazed at the restraint
and patience shown by The
Stars excellent reporter, Haw-
kins' and columnist Siam,
when it comes to writing about
the team. When Mr.. Marlowe
has followed the Senators as
long as have 90 years., even
his patience may wear a little
thin.
The club has been sub
standard for too many years.
The management has yet to
see the wisdom of a large,
alert scouting system, a good
farm program and an awak-
ened public-relations setup. It
operates one of the most an
tiquated parks in the majors
in one Of the most inacces-
sible sections of the city. It
has done everything imagine
able to discourage loyal sup
port on the part of the real
baseball fans and it is at last
paying the price with poor
attendance and inferior teams.
! think Mr.. Marlowe will
agree that for the good Of the
town it's time for the Griffith
family to give up the ghost
and sell out to someone who
can afford to run a big-league
operation. Then maybe Burt
Hawkins will have something
to cheer about.
George Turner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
Germony's Conduct

Inere is something horrlty-
ing about the letters recently
reported circulated by some
Germans to the United States
Ambassador and the COM
handing general of the
United States forces regarding
the persistent reports of undis-
ciplined conduct by American
troops in Germany. While
these actions cannot, of course,
be excused. neither can the
language used in the letters
written over German sigma
lures. 1t may have been too
much to have hoped that these
Germans could have learned
something from the past,
namely, the sordid and I'M
civilized use Of bigotry to incur
special and immediate advan-
tage. Doubtless. as some reports
suggest, many Germans do not
reflect the brutal tone of the
aforementioned letters. But the
fact that some apparently do is
unfortunate and permits one
to speculate.
At the present time, West
Germany is pressing for the
return of certain assets. If
trends such as are expressed in
the letters to the officials of
the United States indicate a
sick habit Of mind on the part
of some Germans, there is per-
haps reason for pause on the
general matter of handing
back these assets to Germany.
effectively considered, there
seems to be little logic in such
a policy anyway, and the re-
cent emotional outburst would
seem to confirm a negative at
titude taken by the United
States Government.
ii. o. Ward.
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although some times one
climbed above the other as
though to gain an advantage.
They fenced against each
others beaks and never
seemed to strike at the body.
There was a fairly rapid give
and take, the bills Gathering
loudly against each other"
The fencing toucans are
among the more conspicuous
birds on the island, particular
ly because of their Gala
Shrill frog-like cree" which
is repeated over and over again
and can be heard half a mile
away. The call is most fire.
quent in the morning and late
in the afternoon. 1t stops alb
ruptly at sunset"
4 4 u
An eXtant animal which is
almost a miniature of the an
cient monster dinosaur, tricer-
atops, which has been extinct
for about 100000 years. has
just been added to the reptile
collections of the Smithsonian
Institution.
This is the three-horned
chameleon of East Africa
which reaches a length of
about IL inches. The curious
horns, from an inch to an
inch-and-a-half long, protrude
from the nose and between
the eyes of the males. Females
are hornless.
Extremely PugnaciOus
These chameleons are ex-
tremely pugnacious animals
and sometimes use their horns
in fights to the finish. At
times these contests develop
into tedious pushing matches,
with the horns interlocked. At
other times a really vigorous
fighter will dispose of a weak
er adversary in a few minutes.
Males are brilliantly blue,
green and yellow. Uganda
natives are terrified by the
Notwithstanding creatures, who
actually are quite harmless to
man.
The creatures are most
abundant in desert areas COW
cred with low shrubs. They
are expert aerialistS and can
leap with certainty as much as
two feet from branch to
branch. They have prehensile
tails, like various monkeys.
One can hang from branch
by the tip of the tail.
The chameleon sits motion
less for hours at a time and
feeds almost exclusively on
flies, butterflies, beetles and
bees which come within reach
of its darting tongue.
1t is a consummate buffer.
Apparently it never tries to
hide or run when confronted
by an enemy. Instead it tries
to brighten the foe, including
man, by initiating its body so
that the otherwise loose skin
is drawn taut and kissing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30

@. How does the CONNER
cial quick-freezing process af-
feet the nutritive values Of
foods?-H. I. d.
A. In general, the original
nutritive values of the foods
are preserved. A 5-year study
on nutrition in frozen foods
has recently been completed
by an independent research
laboratory, and detailed nutri-
tional values Of 81 frozen veg
etables, fruits and juices were
published in the May. 1856,
issue Of the Journal Of Agri-
culture and Food Chemistry.
A free reprint of this report
may be obtained from the Ma
tional Association of Frozen
Food Packers, l415 K st. NV,
Washington S, d. c.
@. Is it all right TO wash a
badly soiled necklace Of arti-
fetal pearls?-A. T. w.
A. 1t is not advisable, but II
necessary the necklace may be
washed in mild, lukewarm
soapy water, as pearl rings
and pins usually are. 1t should
then be restrung, as the wash
ing process weakens string.
To keep pearl necklaces clean,
frequent and gentle rubbing
with a soft chamois is all that
is necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
"sILVER SPRING. Nd.

Dear Sir:
Recently you cast doubt on
the validity of the movement
to take Shakespeare's plays
away from him and give the
credit to somebody else.
1T is a dubious undertake
ing. all right, but what differ
ence does it make?
Shakespeare. himself, said:
The plays the thing
II believe that is true. We
have the plays, and what
wonders they are! And what
difference does it make who
wrote them?
"'Call a rose by any other
name The Bard said that,
too.
"Shakespeare's plays, by
Shakespeare, or by somebody
else, are still great, grand and
enthralling.
Il went through the usual
periods in an American school
child's life.
First, l hated Shakespeare,
because I had to read him.
I'VE studied the plays, word
by word, until 1 thought I
could never look one in the
face again, much less ever
enjoy one on the stage.
Then, years later, saw
some good productions, and
saw I was mistaken, as I SO
often am.
Nov, in my old age, l have
become enthralled at last with
the power of mind, heart and
soul OF these great productions
OF the English speaking race.
Il commend them to all per-
sons past 60 years of age.
Really, you have to be that
old, TO understand and appre-
ciate Shakespeare.
Very truly. John L. F."
1t does make some differ
ence, though.
When the golden bowl is
broken, and the silver cord
rent, and the writer goes to his
last long home, his works are
all that are left of him in this
world.
1t makes a difference, truly.
whether they remain his, or
are stolen from him, in the
name Of research. and &C
credited to somebody else.
The plays, or novels, or es-
says, or whatnot, over which
he worked, are still intact, as
Shakespeare's plays are, but
the hand that wrote them is
not the same.
And it ought to be. That is
the point.
There should be no tamper-
ing with such things.
In all literature, there is no
parallel for the present attack
on Will Shakespeare.
* +
Takers in literature there
have been, and some of them
who need not have been.
The man who wrote Ossian's
poems was good in his own
right.
But to try to take a mans
literary labors, If such they
may be called. away from him,
and give them to some other
person, should strike one as
an extremely dubious proceed
ing. Just on the strength Of
1t.
The mere fact that 1t Is
being done. in very large-and
expensive books = tips the
scale against the doors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30

ton of their permit for the
building was being refused by
those in authority. At that, the
Rambler may be correct in
stating that there was a fall
off in bike rentals; for as our
little family of nom, dad and
two boys rode around the
Point, we seldom came across
other families doing the same.
Have the grass growing,
rose spraying, weed digging,
barbecue eating homeowner
parents in our D. c. area for
gotten the joys of doing things
together with their children,
and have they given up so
quickly, for themselves, the
pleasures of youth?
There is a time for every
thing, and a sense of modera-
ton will let us taste many of
the Joys of living.
Mrs. Isaac Goldberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
The Tree

Waking in ny room,
I fairly heard
The singing bird:
! kneiO. then,
The ledfng tree tgds there,
Holding the bird in air,
For there can be
No bird without a tree.
The pioneers knetD that,
on lands, bird-silent, fiat.
First, the planted tree
And then the bird.
The singing Uord.
Waking. they knep as I,
From earth totDdrd SKI,
The ledfno tree wGS there,
Holding the bird IN air.
There had to be,
Before the bird, the tree.
Louise D. Gum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
Rebel Yell

The Sugar-named civil
rights bill" is one of the most
misleading pieces of nonsense
ever palmed of on a gullible
people. In this Nation where
civil rights have always been
the tombstone to our self
government, to bring out such
q bill at this time, 1859 years
after we put the original Bill
of Rights in the Constitution,
plumbs a new depth of hypoc-
riSy.
Nowhere under the sun are
human rights more securely
planted in the law, or more
jealousy guarded than in the
United States of America. To
take such a misleading right"
further would be to breed a
nation of cry-babieS and nam
by-pambies. In this Nation and
in our way Of life great for
tunes have been developed,
illustrous careers have been
achieved, a great nation has
grown to top the world. If a
man cannot achieve what we
call success in this environ
ment, then he hasn't got it.
If we pursue to any further
Federal statutory length this
will-o'-the-wisp of stuffing
rights" candy into the inept
mouths Of those who are not
willing to win same on merit,
we will soon see a reversal of
the processes that have made
this self-reliant people great,
and they will sink down to the
level of the gimme" nations
that now look to Uncle Sappy
Sam for handouts.
The simple core of this rot
ting apple Of a rights bill" is
that the Negro vote is being
courted. and at any cost. If the
decent people of the Nation
are going to sit idly by and
let this sort of thing be put
into the Federal law, they will
have deserted their birthright,
and will deserve the igominy of
decay. The time has come to
call a halt to this hypocritical
pap and get down to work, as
Self-reliant men and women.
You cannot legislate happi-
ness. contentment. success of
the individual, equality of
brains, Drawn, spirit, social
status. and a sane point of
view. These are things men
and women have to work out
for themselves. Otherwise
what is left to the individual?
The environment we have in
herited from the founders of
this Nation is all that is
needed for the deserving to
achieve these things-white,
black. or brown. 1t has been
proved over and over again,
by the very men who now seek
to ladle out the sugar-coated
poison to our future.
Garland b. Porter.
Atlanta. Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
Nixon's Sinners

I regret to say I cannot
pick up an issue of my favorite
paper, The Evening Star,
without reading some COM
ment on our Presidents health,
and the hazards we face with
Richard Nixon as his second
place man.
Could some of this deroga-
tory comment be coming from
some of the left-wing boys
who recall Nixon's activities
when he was a member of
Congress? Or is the objection
based on his tender years?
For the latter, I suggest they
read history. Theodore Roose-
welt was only ~ years of age
when nominated for Vice
President.
The average mans brain is
developed to adult size before
he is SO years of age.
Delmer G. Wright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30

ing independence and sovereignty" to
puppets like the Warsaw regime? The
questions answer themselves. Need any,
thing more be said?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry t0riters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-30
Questions and Answers
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
BY HERBERT BRATTER

The latest effort Of cotton
textile manufacturers to SUBJ
ject their foreign competitors
In this market to import
quotas was rebuffed this week
by both the Agriculture De-
partment and President Eisen-
hover. The textile industry.
like other industries, has been
agitating on Capitpl Hill for
sitter import barriers. In De-
cember it resorted to what
looked like clever tactics when
1t petitioned Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Ezra T. Benson to use
his power to recommend to the
President the imposition Of
quotas on cotton textile i'm
ports. The industry said such
imports are interfering with
the Governments support pro-
gram for raw cotton.
As we know from listening
to innumerable radio and TV
forums, there are two sides to
almost any question. Anyone
who knows nothing about a
subject and hears one side
only may be convinced. In
this instance let us look at
both sides, giving the pro-
ponents and opponents APP
proximately equal space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
VIRGINIA
Moncure Bill Places
Legislators on Hook
BY ALEX Il. PRESTON
star stan Correspondent

RICHMOND. - As Bobbie
Burns said. "The best laid
plans Of mice and men gang
aft a-gley."
An otherwise well-oiled legis-
lative machine was percolat-
ing along smoothly enough
until about two weeks ago.
That was when Delegate
Frank p. Moncure Of Stafford
threw his monkey wrench into
the gears. There have been
a lot of diScordant grating
sounds since he introduced his
bill to repeal the law under
which Arlington elects its
school board.
The truth is that he has
handed a hot potato into the
laps of the other 139 members
Of the House Of Delegates and
State Senate. It presents an
issue which politicians may
use--one way or another-in
future campaigns.
It Is safe to say that a num-
Der Of legislators hope the
House Privileges and Elections
Committee will kin Mr.. Mon
cures bill. Then they won't
have to stand up and be
counted"
Arlington was already reel
ing from the legislative blow
from the Moncure bill when
another Delegate followed
through with a second punch
the day after a public hearing.
Delegate John Boatwright
Of Buckingham. with strong
backing Of House leaders. un-
obtrusively dropped In q bill to
take away the right Of Federal
employees Gin Washington" to
serve in local ofices-specif1-
cally on school boards. Effect
Of this measure would be to re-
move three Of the flve members
Of the Arlington School Board
and three Of the seven mem
bers on the Fairfax County
Board.
The federally employed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

TronsitQuiz
To Test Old
Inquest Low

~ GENE GOODWIN
star STAR oorssspendsat

ANNAPOLIS. - History d
being made ct. the current
session Of the Maryland iegis-
lature, only nobody b quite
certain Just what the history
books Of the future win say
about It.
In invoking the so-called
power Of grand inquest" O.
the House Of Delegates did last
Monday night. o controversial
and little understood provision
Of the State Constitution was
put into . full play. probably
for the first time since the
present Constitution was
drafted In 1867.
The reason for pulling out
this constitutional Sunday
punch was ITO inquire into
the background. causes and
possible ending Of the current
strike In the Baltimore Trans
1t Co."
Although the inquest has
gotten by. by two vote tests
the first los to 0 and the sec
ond II to 33-support for the
move has not been on the
flrmest basis.
The SO members Of the Bal
timore City delegation and
most Of the delegates from the
Baltimore suburbs are ell for
1t because they want the folks
back home to think they are
doing something TO end their
Inconvenience. Similarly. many
delegates from the other coun-
ties voted for the inquest and
then the $4,000 appropriation
for It's professional star be-
cause they didn't want to Of
fend and obstrlct their Balti-
more colleagues.
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Alabama

Ancient passions dark as
blood boiled to an exploding
fury last week after the Uni
versity of Alabama enrolled its
first Negro student in the 1875
year history Of the institution.
Last August. a Federal Dis
trict Court judge had ordered
the university TO admit 90
year-old Autherine Lucy, OF
Birmingham. Miss Lucy
wanted a degree in library
science. And she wanted 1t
from the University Of Ala
barna, because. she said. I'm
from Alabama"
But also from Alabama was
q majority Of the all-white
student body at the University
Of Tuscaloosa. Demonstrations
began IL hours after she at
tended her first class on Feb
ruary 3. a Friday. BY Monday.
the demonstrations had be-
come a riot, with an angry
MOB attempting to ambush her
as she was driven from class
to class. They screamed "kill
her, kill her!" at Miss Lucy
and shouted "nigger -lover!" at
faculty members who sought to
protect her.
On Monday night, the uni
versity Board Of Trustees
excluded" Miss Lucy until
further notice in the interest
of her own safety and that
Of Others.
On Thursday, Miss Lucy
filed suit for re-admission to
the university. The suit also
asked that she be allowed to
eat and live, as well as study.
on the campus. The right Of
residence was not granted her
in her original admission. The
suit named II persons as de-
PENDANTS, including faculty
members who sought to pro-
tect Miss Lucy from the mob.
The court set q hearing on her
complaints for February 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Agriculture Chief
Denies 7 exile Plea
On Foreign Quotas

Ats obtained by the Japanese
are at the expense Of the
United States textile industry.
While United States cotton
mills have to contend with
competition from synthetics.
with high wage costs and raw
cotton prices artificially sup
ported by the Government,
japanese and other foreign
mills can buy cotton cheaper
from countries which have ex-
banded their production under
the shelter of the United
States support program. Part
of our surplus cotton finds
its way abroad. financed by
Export-Import Bank loans or
otherwise, to the benefit OF
foreign mills.
Cotton textile import quotas
would apply not only to ia
pan, which recently announced
controls of exports to the
United States on a voluntary
basis. but to all countries.
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something for everybody. The
soil bank provision was just
what Mr.. Eisenhower had
asked, and the committee
threw in proposal for SITS
million more than he had re-
quested to finance the scheme.
The total amount which would
be made available to farmers
for what they don't grow would
amount to 1880. 900. 900.
Two plans comprise the soil
bank proposal. One would pay
farmers for taking surplus
crops out of production. The
other would compensate farm.
ers who participate in a con-
servation program requiring
them to retire part OF their
lands to watershed develop
ment. tree-growing, forage and
soil-building devices.