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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
For the Record

In The Star Of November
IL, a statement regarding the
Southern Medical Association
needs correction.
Under the heading 5000
Doctors Meet Here for Four
Day Farley" you have errone-
ously stated that the Southern
Medical Association is "the
largest association Of doctors
except for the American Med
ical Association" This Is not
true. The American Academy
Of General Practice Is the sec
ond largest association Of doc
tors, with 21.70O members.
The Southern Medical Associ-
alton is. / believe. In third
place. with about $4,000 doc
tor members.
The Southern Medical Assoc
citation Is now celebrating its
50th anniversary. The Ameri-
can Academy Of General Prae-
tice Is not yet 10 years old
Naturally, those Of Us who
have served AAGP as It's Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
CLEARING the Canal

Reports vary widely on the number OF
ships sunk and on other obstacles block
ing renewal Of traffic through the Suez
Canal. Estimates on the time needed to
do the job, after all necessary agreements
are obtained, range from three to twelve
months. There is little disagreement,
however, on some basic opinions. One is
that the salvage operation will be for
midable one, requiring a considerable
amount of heavy and specialized equip
ment as well as experienced personnel
and direction. Another is that the effort,
too great for the capacity Of Egypt alone,
will require international cooperation.
A third is that the industry of Western
Europe and the economy of the Middle
East, both highly dependent upon pro-
duction and marketing of oil from
the latter area, will be suffering until
the job is completed. In other words,
the cost of undoing the damage of the
British French Israeli attack on Egypt
will be high one-and not only in terms
of money.
1t is encouraging, in the face of this
prospect, that the United Nations is pre-
pared to join in the reconstruction job
and that the Egyptian government is
agreeable to this aSSiStance-Subject to
withdrawal of British and French forces
when U. N. policing of the ceaSe-fire be-
comes fully operative. While these latter
conditions are being negotiated and car
ried out, there is much that can and
must be done in preparation for the SAL
wage job. Virtually all Of the equipment
floating cranes, dredgeS and machine
shopS-owned by the Suez Canal Com
pany for maintenance of the waterway
was destroyed during the few days Of
fighting. Some of it is part of the debris
at the bottom of the canal. At the north
end of the passage, British authorities
already have collected replacement equip
ment and more is en- route from Malta.
Presumably, its employment under U. N.
SuperviSion-but not under British or
French-would be mutually acceptable.
Danish and Dutch salvage companies
repeatedly already have been approached
about participating in the work. One
measurement of the Importance of time
is found in the fact that normal main
tenance has required the annual dredg-
ing of million cubic meters of silt to
keep the canal open and the channel at
a constant depth. Interruption of this
year-in, year-out job merely adds to the
essential work later.
These are among the practical prob
lens, quite apart from the political ones,
involved in the Middle East crisis. Their
recognition has proved, at least, that the
Importance of the Suez Canal has not
been exaggerated over the years while it
was being described as the "life line"
between Europe and the East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

NJ husband plays his clarinet
Then ledves II on the mdntel.
He throtos his coat across a
chair
And filings his tie, Without a
care,
Upon the htohbov standing
near
To hold each piece Of manly
gear.
Imagine, then, my great
surprise
one day When tasks DeYe
finished
Ny husband smiled and said
TO me.
my dear. these shelUesL Non
let me see:
I think I'H redrTGnoe those
cans:
Your herbs and spice; the pots
and pans"
MohbelIs II. Wilder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
A Needed Study

study to determine whether there
Is a reasonable and workable alternative
to immediate construction of more prison
facilities, expensive to build and more
expensive to maintain, is completely
justified.
We commend Mr.. Karrick and his
fellow Commissioners on their selection
of a method, and personnel, to pursue
sucS a study. Mr.. Gasque, counsel for
the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
improvements in the Federal Criminal
Code, is experienced in the assembly Of
facts and opinions needed in such investi-
cations Members of the distinguished
committee Of experts invited by the Com
missioners to serve will be able to supply
both facts and authoritative opinion as
to the feasibility Of the suggested alterna-
tive. That alternative is to strengthen
the machinery of probation and parole,
with the thought that adequate admins
tration-by additional case workers
might accomplish more for the commu-
nifty than larger prisons.
The idea behind this examination Of
the suggested alternative does not spring
from professional "reformers." 1t has
been advanced by men whose careers in
the supervision Of prisons. and personal
experience with the inmates who COM
prise their ever-growing populations,
enable them 20 speak with conviction.
And their conviction is that there must
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
PLANNING a Rivers Future

The growing interest on both sides
Of the Potomac River in proposed mas
ter plan for pollution and flood control in
the Potomac Basin is gratifying. Nearly
everyone familiar with the problem Of
cleaning up the river and using it for wa
ter supply, boating and fishing is agreed
that preparation of an overall plan is
a necessary first step in the program.
Now legislative advisory committee in
Maryland has recommended an inter-
jurisdictional conference in January to
discuss means Of co-ordinating antipol-
luton and conservation measures under
such a master plan.
II is logical for Maryland to take the
lead in such movement, since that State
towns" the river, except for the portion
within the District of Columbia. But
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
also have an interest in the Potomac, as
evidenced by their membership, along
with Maryland and the District, in the
Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin. This commission has made
good progress in stimulating river clean
up, but 1t has been handicapped by lack
Of an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. plan for reduc-
ing sewage and industrial contamination,
for Harvesting flood waters, for prevent
ing erosion and for other steps to improve
the condition Of the river.
Legislation probably will be required
to expand the commissions authority and
influence to enable it to adopt an over
all program and put it into operation.
The proposed conference among repre-
sentatives Of all the jurisdictions in the
Potomac Valley should help to effect
the legislative reforms needed TO bring
= master plan into being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

be some more intelligent and constructive
method Of dealing with some categorieS
of law violators than by locking them up
on conviction for certain offenses. The
Commissioners, after considerable pre-
liminary study of the problem by Mr..
Karrick, have decided to make some for
NAL weighing of the pros and the cons.
They have selected committee of emf
nently qualified men and women to make
the study. Their conclusions should be
well worthwhile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
A Freer Poland?

WAduySIdW GomuIKa, the 1ndepend-
ence-minded Communist boss of Poland.
has returned from Moscow to Warsaw
with what looks like a considerable num-
Der of important Soviet concessions. At
any rate, assuming that words mean what
they seem to mean land it may be a
wlShful aSsumption), he has negotiated
with the Kremlin an agreement that
promises to endow his country with a
substantial new measure of freedom.
The concessions embodied in the
agreement are political, economic and
military. Politically, they commit the
Kremlin-on paper at least-to deal with
Poland as sovereign nation on the basis
OF complete equality" Economically,
they write of certain debts owed by
Warsaw to Moscow, and they include
arrangements for grain deliveries and
long-term credits to pay for other COM
moditieS to be imported from Russia.
And finally, militarily, they give to the
Poles what seems to be a rather Signifl-
cant degree of control over the positions
and movements of Soviet troops stationed
within their country in connection with
the So-called Warsaw pact, the Commu-
nist-Style NATO.
In exchange for all this, plus prom
Use OF repatriation for Poles still held in
the USSR, Mr. Gomulka and his regime
have pledged themselves to adhere to the
Warsaw pact in spirit of "indeStruc-
tible union and fraternal friendship"
with the Russians. They have also agreed
that the existing international situation
continues to make necessary "the tenn
porary presence" of Soviet troops in
Poland-a presence already legalized by
past treaties and agreements. Many
Poles undoubtedly wish it were otherwise,
but their feeling on the matter may be
considerably tempered by the fact that
the Kremlin has reaff1rmed that it con-
siderS their Oder-NeiSse frontier to be
inviolable, which means that it has re-
affirmed its support for their claims to
the East German territory handed over
to them in 1945.
OF course, despite the concessions
that have been won, the Gomulka mission
to Moscow has not resulted in making
Poland genuinely independent. But it
does appear to have brought about
looSening Of the Soviet grip, enough so
to give the Polish people some reason to
hope that their country will henceforth
be less exploited by the Russians than
in the past and that it's role will be better
than that of completely Subservient
satellite. To that extent, therefore, Mr..
Commissioner imprisoned by Stain as
"TitoiSt" scored at least minor
and perhaps even major success after
a period of tense and critical maneuver-
ing in which the Kremlin seemed at one
point to be ready to deal with the Poles
as with the Hungarians.
What remains to be seen now, how
ever, is whether the new agreement will
stick. Soviet promises have been too
often violated by Soviet deeds for any,
body to take the situation for granted.
But assuming the best, assuming that the
concessions become fully effective, the
people of Poland should be freer than
they have been for more than a decade
past, and conceivably, with the world
changing as 1t is, they may eventually
achieve full independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
THE POLITICAL MILL.
Civil Rights Program to Be Pressed
By GOULD LINCOLN

the Southern Democrats ready
to battle against a civil rights
program. But he insisted it
would be far better in the long
run to have this intraparty
fight and get 1t over with.
Senator Kennedy took much
the same position.
The Republicans have no
such problem. They can go
along unitedly with the adj
ministration's program - and
1t is expected they will, with
few exceptions. If they take
the lead In the fight, as they
propose to do, they can gain If
the legislation is passed, and
they can gain If it fails be-
cause of Democratic oppo-
Sition.
Early House Action is Key
That is the setup as time
rushes on to the arrival Of the
85th Congress. There seems no
question that the House will
pass a civil rights bill. It did
in the last session Of Congress
by a 2-to-1 vote. If, however,
the Democratic leadership in
the House drags its feet on
this issue-as it did in the
recent seSsion-the delay in
the House might give the OPP
position in the Senate a
chance to defeat the measure
by inaction, as happened last
July shortly before Congress
adjourned.
An alternative, of course,
would be for the Democratic
leadership in the Senate to
put the civil rights legislation
before that body promptly.
1t could get Senate action be-
fore the House, or at the same
time. That might be bitter
pill, however, for Senator
Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
Democratic leader Of the up
per house who has much to
say about what legislation is
to be taken up. Also, a civil
rights bill will go to the
Senate Judiciary Committee,
headed by Senator Eastland
of Mississippi, a determined
foe. On that committee, too.
are other bitter opponents Of
the legislation.
The Democrats have cracked
the whip over the shoulders
Of Representative Clayton
Powell of New York, Negro
Congressman who came out
for Eisenhower during the
closing weeks Of the recent
campaign. They have denied
him Observation-Disclosures
corded members of the House
at the Capitol. It is question:
able, however, that this tactic
will do the Democrats any
good with the Negro voters in
New York, of whom there are
a great number.
Apparently, the intra- Dem
ocratic Party struggle will
burst out in a big way. famed
by a Republican breeze. The
Northern Democrats seem to
be ready to ride roughshod
over their colleagues from the
South, still believing that the
Southerners must remain
Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Middle Fast View

No United Nations decisions
can obscure these facts:
ID Israel wants peace while
the Arab dictators and their
ally Russia want war. ~ The
Arab dictators plot and act
70 destroy Israel. 80 Israel's
crime" Is her determination 70
foil the designs Of the MUIR
derous eabal Of dictators and
Communists. - 50 far, our
eountry's foreign policy con-
sists Of threats 70 our friends
and treats for our enemies.
Isaac Kast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
New RepubIiconisn


story November IA, we the peo-
pie. are now to be blessed
with something Mr.. Eisen-
hover is calling my" program,
i.e., the new Republicanism,
or modern Republicanism.
This Understanding phrase, a
product of Madison avenue,
embraces a wide territory, and
is holding up a veritable utopia
before our bedazzled eyes. Ger
tainly no one could dispute
the fact that the G. o. P.
needs overhauling; but let's
take a glance at this banner
with the strange device.
Twenty-Five years ago, the
old Republicanism, one of the
most vicious systems this Ma
ton has ever endured, brought
into being a deep depression,
affecting millions of loyal
Americans with untold suffer-
ing. The blight with its de-
struction fell impartially on all
homeowners and farmers, job
holders, children and old folks,
while a Republican President
paced the halls of the White
House looking Cor so he said
for prosperity that was just
around the corner, but which
never showed up.
Then came the Roosevelt
years. followed by the Truman
Fair Deal: and these admins
trations brought forth the
great reforms now so firmly a
part Of our daily living that it
is hard to picture life without
them.
Under the old Republican,
ism there was no recourse to
loans or credit; there was no
FILA, no bank insurance, no
work and very little hope. Fear
was rampant, and there was
actual starvation among the
poorer classes. But that griev-
Gus period is now. happily, Of
the past. Today's voters, those
who probably drove TO the
polls in their brand-new con-
vertibles and cast their. first
ballot for this modern Repub-
licanism. have no emotions
about times that tried the souls
OF their parents.
And now this newly man.
dated regime has adopted,
and claimed as its own, all the
forward-going social reforms
that had their founding in
Democratic legislation. my"
program is probably believed
by unthinking millions who do
not know or care about the
origins Of the vast socialistic
measures now so integrally the
wool and warp Of our lives.
MY" program. the modern
Republicanism, came ready
made and perfected into alien
hands that % years ago neither
knew nor cared how the other
half lived.
Truth, it's wonderful!
A. L. Harrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
THIS AND That
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

The sting, let us say, is there,
and everybody knows it. And
steps aside.
The atom research Of today
merely points up the sting in
the universe.
It is there, maybe it is Just
as well to bring it to the fore
and to take a good look at it
while we can.
The principle of evil, it has
been called.
The devil, some call it.
1t is, baSically, a sting, and
is as unpleasant as any singer,
whether from bee, man or from
the powers of the universe.
After all, mans understand
ing of these powers. while re-
spectacle, is as yet merely q
scratching Of the surface.
If 1t has brought to the
surface some very ugly facts
and things, it is no more than
we should have expected to
find.
Uncoverings. Of whatever
nature, are unpredictable.
You never can tell what you
will find. and too often 1t Is
sting.
The stinger principle is as
old as life.
A sting is. In essence, q de-
tense.
Let us all remember that,
the next time a wasp gets after
US.
The French have a pleasing
maxim, This is a very wicked
animal; when attacked, 1t de-
tends ITSELF"
Perhaps we should hold the
same thought. too, when an
associate or other snaps back
in an unkindly fashion.
His tongue is his singer.
and he must use 1t. now and
then, else 1t dry up in his
mouth.
Cultivate. therefore, a re-
sistance to such things. such
stings, such arrows Of outra-
geous fortune. as Shakespeare
oddly called them.
Old Shake, evidently. had
the idea Of q singer. too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

The Eisenhower adminiStra-
tion-through Attorney Gen.
eral Herbert Brownell, jr., and
the Department Of Justice
is planning to press for early
consideration of its civil rights
Legislative program in the new
Congress which meets January
3. The President, himself, will
deal with the issue in his mes
sage on the state Of the Union
during the first week Of the
session.
From Democrats Of the
North and West already have
come demands that civil rights
legislation be given the right
of way. Senator Hubert
Humphrey Of Minnesota and
Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts have spoken
out strongly on the subject.
With such backing. it is obvi-
Gus that civil rights bills will
command support Of a ma
jority in both houses Of Con-
gress. But Immediately the
shadow of a filibuster in the
Senate-by Democrats from
the South-raises its head.
Some Favor Action
The Democrats of the North
and West have been partic-
ularly aroused to the need Of
doing something" about civil
rights legislation by the simple
fact that large numbers of
Negro voters shifted over to
the Republican presidential
candidate and other Repub-
lican candidates in the recent
elections. This Negro vote has
been a chief reliance of the
Democrats to carry States and
congressional districts in big
areas of the country ever since
the depression Of the early
Dos ana the days of Franklin
D. Roosevelt in the White
House. They realize that an
other election-for control Of
Congress-is coming up in
1858, and they desperately
want to hold onto their thin
and razor-edge majorities in
the Senate and the House.
The Democrats will control
the coming session Of Con-
gress. Obviously. if they are
unable to get action on civil
rights legislation because of
Democratic opposition in the
Senate and House, they will
be held responsible, particularly
if the Republican administra-
ton drives hard for action. In
deed, the Republicans in the
last campaign drove home
their argument that this kind
Of legislation has failed and
failed again, with the Demo-
Gratis almost continuously in
control Of the Congress.
Two Democrats Urge Action
Senator Humphrey minced
no words in his call for early
action on civil rights legisla-
ton. He said the Democrats
were numbering themselves"
on the hook of inaction, and
that in the coming Congress
they will have to fish or cut
bait" He admitted the civil
rights issue will cause a bitter
fight - that the party is
divided over the issue, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

Everybody respects q wasp.
One late autumn specimen
got in the bus the other day.
and every passenger showed
awareness Of it at once.
Some shrank away, others
pretended not to worry, but all
took notice Of it.
The respect, undoubtedly,
was for the singer.
If wasps didn't carry stings,
most human beings would pay
them no attention at all.
The wasp flew from one end
Of the vehicle to the other,
with a simultaneous shrinking
Of passengers as it few.
At last, at one stop, someone
drawer than the others gave a
great toss Of his arms, and out
sailed the insect, to vanish in
traf1c.
It was a poor place for a mis-
placed wasp. If wasps can be
said to be misplaced. It may
be that any place 1t can hang
its hat, in the old phrase, is
home, sweet home to it.
The wasp reminded one
watcher of humanity at large.
Those who are mean, in
other words those who can
sting. often get the greatest
respect.
It is not that one admires
them, or even fears them, but
certainly is glad to keep away
from them as much as pos
sible.
The leadership principle"
so much praised in certain
foreign nations Just prior to
the last war. deliberately
builds up the sting 81 human
ity. and especially in the voice.
The loud bazoo is respected.
whereas the soft gentle voice
is mostly disregarded.
The sweet-tempered person
is often at a disadvantage in
this world.
Kindness OF heart is re-
spected. by word Of mouth and
in print. but in everyday life.
the kind person is often much
put upon. as they used to say.
The forward. brash per-
sonality usually gets what he
or she goes after.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

cent Of the city's population.
Puerto Ricans are American
citizens. and are eligible 70
vote when they have compiled
with New York requirements.
@. Where Is the port Of
Whittier. In Alaska. located7
o. H.
A. The Port Of Whittier,
principal military port for
mainland Alaska. Is located At
the west end Of Passage Canal.
an arm Of the Prince William
Sound. II Is 90 miles southeast
Of Anchorage. Alaska. and
100 miles distant from Seattle
in the United States. II IL one
Of AlaskaS few iee-free ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

ficerS and as chairman Of its
national committee take pride
in the fact that ours is the
second largest medical organ
ization in the United States,
and has grown to be so in such
a short period Of time. This
is in no way meant to detract
from the excellent meeting
and the fine physicians Of the
Southern Medical Association,
Of which / happen to be a
member. I am also a member
of the American Academy Of
General Practice.
I. Phillips Frohman. MD.