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He Is a sorcerer
toho can unlock
dynamic creatures
prisoned IN a block
OF stone, and HberGtinO them
can see
his eager vtsions
made reality.
Louise crenshow Roy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-22

@. Following his impeach-
ment, how many times did
President Andrew johnson APP
pear before the court during
his trial?-C. B. M.
A. President johnson never
in person entered the court
room. and so never stood face
to face with his accusers.
@. How much does the
human stomach weigh?-E. E.
A. The weight is from "a
to 5 ounces. The stomach
measures from 10 to IL inches
in length and is 4 to 5 inches
wide.
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left after taxes had been paid
on the prize?-T. w. G.
A. A bank in New York City
recently computed that a sin
gle person with an annual in
come Of $4,000 would have to
win a prize of $448,711.11 in
order to have $64, 900 left after
taxes. AS the money value OF
the prize increases, the per-
centage which must be paid in
taxes gets much greater.
@. Is there any food value
in mushrooms?-E. H. Y.
A. Scientists now believe
that mushrooms contain all
the amino acids required by
the human body, as well as a
great many B vitamins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-22

@. How much would a per-
son have to win in a quiz con-
test in order to have $4,000
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17

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DOROTHY THOMPSON
Complications in Near East

Iraq would be favored by
both monarchs. There is even
a report that at one time
King Abdullah Of Jordan con-
sidered Indicating in favor of
his Iraui cousin. Now his sue
cessor. young King HusSein.
has called in Iraqi troops to
help defend his much-harassed
frontier with Israel. But it is
fairly obvious that he also
wished to prevent the entrance
Of Egyptian troops for the
same purpose. And Egypt may
get there first.
But although Israel wants
TO see Egypt defeated land
President NasSer destroyed)
Iraq in Jordan is also not ac-
ceptable to her. Even the
normally moderate Jerusalem
Post called last Friday for an
extension of Israel territory
to include strategic Jordanian
outposts. in reaction to Iraq
reinforcements.
Thus we see the pattern Of
a latent state of war in a
mounting war psychosis in
which fronts are unclear. Long
ago this column predicted,
first. that II another war in
volving the great powers
should come in this genera
ton, it would start in the
Middle East. and. second, that
it would take the form OF
wars within wars.
We see no reason so far to
change our mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17
DORIS FLEEsoN
Presidents Visit Boosts Election Hopes
And Aids KucheI in Senate Race

LOS ANGELES.-All Cali
fornia Republicans feel better
since President Eisenhower's
Los Angeles visit was con-
firmed. but the most happy
fella is an amiable man with
an oddly cracking name.
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel
pronounced Keekle).
An Earl Warren protege now
trying for his first full term
in the Senate, Kuchel has been
getting lost in the battle of
G. o. P. titans within the
State. For example. the State
delegation to the Republican
convention was split three
ways. the Vice President, Gov.
Goodwin j. Knight and Sen
ator William F. Knowland each
selecting a third of the dele
gates. The seat left over they
gave to Kuchel.
Kuchel kept his spirits up
and his ego intact with the
comforting memory Of the
100000 majority he got over
Democrat Richard Richards in
the primaries last spring
Kuchel had cross filed and at
tracted about 100000 Demo-
Gratis. Richards also had a
well-known opponent in his
own party. who cut him down
another 400. 900.
When Kuchel returned after
Congress adjourned and began
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a rather leisurely campaign.
he discovered that Richards
was a real New Dealer who
couldn't be scared by big num-
bers. The Democratic nominee.
who learned. his way about
politics in two terms in the
State Senate. also is young,
vigorous and a demonic worker.
He had set a pace for many
months that the Washington
incumbent now finds it hare
to catch up to. With his clean
cut young manager. Glen Will
son. Richards has taken a sta
ton wagon into every county
and community in this big
State for a main street, hand
shaking visit.
The Richards line is that
Tommy Kuchel is a nice, in
effectual guy with a real bad
voting record. He cites
Kuchel's votes against CEN
surfing Senator Joseph r. Nc
Carthy of Wisconsin. against
the Hell's Canyon dam and
Tor Dixon-Yates and the nat
ural gas bill.
In his own party he effec-
lively stirs the deep distaste
for Nixon. This is especially
apparent in the Democratic
clubs which have sprung up
all over the State as the chief
vehicle for young voters.
Senator Knowland, among
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Stevenson Robin Hood candidate He plans to
dvvy General Motors the saveswe holding
Russia at bay with bow and arrow.
Ike says the farmer the hump" isn't the hump
hes that bothers the farmer but the barrel.
Politicians glossary Volunteer person
thought Of material wn it's mmateral with
him which embassy he gets.
rsays enough atomic power
to blow the OF its lie This Estes
Who to shake hands with who's listing ls degrees
starboard?
Ike campaigning the West refers his foes "poti
clans" Ike defines politician Democrat Of job An
unemployed Republican regarded statesman temporarily
at liberty
T. Coleman Andrews third party candidate campaigns
against the elected he'll the Republican
soil bank and live salary Of beans stumps
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sion that the West has been
building up Israel with a view
to using her if all else fails.
But the alignments are un-
clear. Jordan is protected un-
der treaty by Great Britain,
which a few days ago stated
that If Jordan rs attacked
Britain will defend her.
&And although all the Arab
states are in agreement on
Israel, there are riffs between
them.
Jordan is in a very bad way.
The state itself was a purely
arbitrary creation-an award
Of rock and wasteland to the
pro-British King Abdullah.
That Israel's long-range min
imum ambition is to absorb it,
thus controlling the Jordan
River and greater Palestine. :"
is no secret. That Egypt wishes
to bring it into the Egyptian
Syrian-Saudi Arabian COM
pick also is no secret, and
Egyptian influence on the Jor-
danian army is very strong.
But naq does not look with
favor upon such an extension
Of Egyptian power.
The kings of Jordan and
Iraa are cousins. II Jordan is
to merge in one form or an
other with any other state.
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Stevenson and the H-Bon1b

one-sided discontinuance Of
H-bomb tests by anticipating
a broken pledge by the RUS
slams. He says:
In short, H-bomb testing
requires no inspection. We will
know it when it happens any
where. and, by studying the
dust from that explosion, we
can determine what progress
the other country has made.
This means that If any country
broke its pledge. we would
know it and could promptly
resume our testing.
But why take any chances.
especially since officials Of the
Atomic Energy Commission
say it takes many months
and not a few weeks-to make
preparation for H-bomb tests?
There is some evidence. too,
that tests can be concealed.
Stevenson, himself, isn't sure
that any good would come
from abandoning our tests
while the Russians, even
though pledged not to do any
testing, failed to keep their
word. He says toward the end
Of his Monday night speech:
I'm the meantime "a n d
frankly because bitter expert
ence has proved that we can
not rely even on the firm agree
ment Of one bloc Of world
powers--we will proceed both
with the production of hydro
gen weapons and with further
research in the field"
Then why trust the Com
muniStS now? Also. what is
meant by further research?
Scientists say research without
tests is not adequate.
Stevenson has been n1isled
by his left wing" advisers
into the worst bungle in mod
ern politics. He is gambling
that the public will not under
stand or give weight to the
truth as revealed to them by
the highest standing scientists
of the country. He evil
IDENTIFY believes the people
will accept as truth the
stump speeches Of a candidate
who is willing to make almost
any claim in the hope Of get
ting elected, It is a fantastic
gamble curious idea Of the
credulity of the American
people.
Reproduction Rights Resersedl
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DORIS FLEEsoN
California G. 0. P. Feeling Better

whose many virtues are also
industry and perseverance,
recognized that Richards was
establishing his Statewide
identity very effectively. In
individualiStic California poll
itics, this is important.
Knowland bore down on
Kuchel to work; he bore down
on the White House for the
Eisenhower coattail-spreading
visit to Los Angeles County,
which casts ~ per cent Of the
States vote.
Richards has problems. He
is perhaps too liberal for those
conservative Democrats who
are assumed to be the ones
who chose Kuchel in the pri-
mary. He could not ride out
an Eisenhower landslide; he
says he is sure that it won't
occur. TV is an absolute neces-
sity in this populous county
and there is always too little
money for it.
The rare unity Of most
Democrats helps him. Labor is
for him nearly 100 per cent.
The party's new faces nation
ally. Governors and Senator's,
nave come here to help and
counsel. Senator John F. Ken
nedy of Massachusetts, went
around with him for days, in
cidentally getting a big hand
for Kennedy which augurs
well for his future.
It adds UP to the limelight
for Kuchel during the Essen
hover visit this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17

Lacking q dramatic issue in
the present election, Adlai
Stevenson is taking a page
from Eisenhower's 1852 cam
paign when he said he would
60 to Korea if elected.
The Democratic candidate is
now dramatizing the H-bomb
bv announcing that if he is
sent to the White House, the
first order of business will be
an about effort to discuss
with the Russians and the
British an agreement to end
all hydrogen bomb tests.
There is no doubt that nu-
clear bombs are terrifying.
and much has been made in
this country in particular
about how we might be de-
stroyed in q conflict with the
USSR. wing tales
have been told to the Ameri-
can people by politicians as
far back as 1949, months be-
fore President Trum q n an
nounced that the Russians had
exploded their first atom
bomb.
While. theoretically. it is
true that the world could de-
stroy itself in mad attack and
retaliations. professional mill
tary men doubt very much
that any such madness would
grip even ruthless enemies
such as the Communists.
The professional military
men recall that the belliger-
ents in World War dis
covered and used poison gas.
1t was then a crude and mild
weapon. Between the two world
wars chemical warfare made
tremendous strides. At the
outset Of World War II the
Allies and the Axis both had
large stocks of the most deadly
of poison gases, which could
have been used either against
combat troops in the field or
against the civilian population
of cities. The effect would
have been almost as devastat-
ing as the A or H bombs.
We had ample supplies both
in the Pacific and European
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17
Wars Within Wars Are Seen Possible
From Complex IsroeI-Arob Disputes

The Middle Eastern situation
is not growing less complicated,
despite the Presidents opti-
mism. Were the struggle con-
fined to Egypt and the leading
maritime powers = i.e.. to the
Suez crisis per se--the chance
Of reaching at least a tempo
rary settlement reasonably sat
isfactory to all would be likely.
But within the Suez crisis is
another of longer duration and
more formidable dangers,
namely the state of war that
continues between Israel and
the Arab states. 1t also in
wolves the use of the Suez Ca
nal, which. by Egyptian decree,
has been closed to Israel for
eight years. Any agreement
that does not result in opening
the canal to Israeli shipping
will not be accepted by Israel,
and there Is no sign whatso-
ever that Egypt will cease the
blockade.
In the Suez area there is,
therefore. one state-Israel--
in which a faction, likely TO
grow stronger. is prepared to
shoot its way out" OF an in
tolerable dilemma. taking adj
vantage of the international
crisis and counting on the sup
port. If it takes the initiative,
OF all or part of the Western
powers, with the added advan-
tage that the U. N. Security
Council has long since con-
demned the blockade.
Israel is not militarily weak.
During the entire Suez crisis
the West has been aiding her
10 arm. Arms have not gone
directly from the United
States. where the administra-
tons ofhcial policy has been
to discourage an ornaments
race" in the area. but they
have gone with the consent
OF the United States. Canada.
for instance. did not send "a
Jet planes TO Israel without
consultation with. and ap-
proval from, Washington. A
strong push in behalf Of Is
rael has come from France.
ons cannot escape the impress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17
Stevenson Believed Using H-Bomb Tests
AS Election Drives Only Burning Issue

theaters of operations and so
did our enemies. But not
once throughout the nearly six
years Of conflict did anybody,
including the ruthless Nazis
and Japanese, attempt to en-
ploy the highly perfected
chemical missiles. All COM
batants realized that they
would invite retaliation and
unprecedented devastation.
The average American over
looks the fact that wars are
fought not for theology, but
for gain. This country alone
has gone into two major wars
for theological purposes
either to make the world safe
for democracy" or to fight a
war to end all wars" These
slogans, whether they were in
deed believed by those who
announced them or not, were
definitely believed by the
American people and the
doughboys or GIs in the field.
President Wilson turned
down the suggestion Of our
Allies that we take the Ger
man islands in the Pacific
after the war, because we had
entered it for theological rea-
sons and not for profit. They
were inundated" to the Japa-
nese who used them against us
as important bases % years
later. After World War II, not
only did we not seek any
gain" but spent many bill
lions restoring the economic
and military power of our
allies and foes.
The same theology has never
prevailed among the powers
across the Atlantic. All wars
were started and fought for
territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
for profit. It is true that they
were clad in lofty phraseology.
but beneath the utterances of
their leaders there was a stark
desire for power and gain.
Under these circumstances,
and since the other peoples
of the world-including our
present enemies. the Com
munistshave not changed
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CONSTANTINE BROWN
On Dromotizing the Campaign

their goals, it seems to stu
dents of world conflicts that
the Russians, although possess
ing as good nuclear weapons
as we have. viii not take the
initiative in using them lest
they lose all the profits Of
war. This is considered an
explanation Of why in Stains
time the Soviets did not at
tempt to take Western Europe
by force. although they then
would have used only conven-
tional weapons. Even these
had proven sufficiently destruc-
tive for the Russians to realize
that, If victorious, they would
have conquered only a shell.
The professionals" in the
Pentagon who are much closer
to the true picture of the pres
ent international conflict are
not in the least panicked by
nuclear weapons. This is not
because they underestimate
their destructive power, but
because they feel strongly on
the basis Of the general phil
iosophy of fear that they will
not be used. They are con-
WINGED that regardless Of prov
ocations. We will never use
them first. And they also be-
lieve that our enemies will not
use them, because there will
be no profit in an utterly
destroyed and devastated
America.
We are still far from the
millennium when peoples and
particularly their leaders will
renounce violence to achieve
their selfish goals. We shall
continue to see international
violence and small peripheric
wars which may involve us in
a limited way. But they all
feel that the Communist Lead
ers across both oceans win re-
main unwilling to start a con-
flict involving mass destruc-
ton through nuclear bombs.
Neither side will admit this
openly. AS q precaution, both
sides will continue to improve
their present know-how as
they did with chemicals which
existed in huge quantities
during the last conflict but
were never used because both
sides had them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

A call for the withdrawal OF
Adlai Stevenson as the presi-
Dental nominee of the Demo-
cratic Party and the naming
of a replacement by the DEM
ocratic National Committee
would surely develop if DEM
ocrats generally throughout
the country fully understood
how ofiicia1 facts about nu-
clear bomb tests are being
distorted in the belief that the
public will not grasp the truth.
The alarmist speech de-
livered by Stevenson to
Nationwide television audience
Monday night was a deliberate
maneuver to scare the coun-
try. in spite Of the official
evidence to the contrary about
the lack of danger to the peo-
pie as a whole in the tests.
The National Academy of
Sciences, in a recent report
made by $50 of the Nations
highest level scientists - the
most reputable body Of men
in the scientific world--de-
clared that all the biological
damage from the testing of
atomic bombs has been essen
TALLY negligible"
The same report said that
radioactivity from medical and
dental X-rays is far more ex-
tensive than all the tests from
H-bombs could be for 80 years
to come. Is Stevenson against
all dental X-rays?
To try to win an election
by attempting to frighten the
electorate and at the same
time to urge the taking of
chances with American Sc
curlty at critical time in his
tory is an offenSe the equal
of which no candidate for
the presidency has ever COM
mitted.
If. as Stevenson comedies in
one part of his speech, the
Russians cannot be trusted to
keep an agreement, why stop
the American tests of the SUI
perbombs at all? Why give the
Communists an advantage of
several nonths-or even a few
weeks?
There are several contra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17
Candidates Speech Called on Attempt
To Scare Nation to Win Election

dictory passages in the Ste
venson speech which will make
many voters wonder what kind
of mind the Democratic Party
nominee has and what sort Of
judgment they can expect
from the man who aSpires to
be Commander in Chief Of the
Army, the Navy and the Air
Force. For, under existing law,
Stevenson, if elected Presi-
dent, would have sole author
ity over what to do with super
bombs and whether to use
them at all. He would, OF
course, have no authority
over the evil men in the
Kreml1n or any way of know
ing their intent. Yet. in one
part of his speech, he says he
wouldn't trust them and in
another part he is willing to
take a chance and wait and
see.
In the first part of the
speech. Stevenson rightly says
that I'VE have learned that
unilateral disarmament invites
rather than deters aggression. /"
But he goes ahead neverthe-
less to defend the idea Of a
unilateral or one sided aban-
donment of tests not far diff
ferent in effect from what he
proposed last April in a public
speech in Washington before
the American Society Of News
paper Editors.
Stevenson admits that until
there is worldwide agreement
on an effective system OF
balanced arms reductions with
adequate safeguards" the
United States must maintain
its defenses. He then adds:
"All our efforts to work out
any safe, reliable. effective
system Of inspection to prevent
evasion of arms agreements
have been blocked by the
Soviet rulers. They will not
agree to let us inspect them;
we cannot agree to diSarm I'M
less we can inspect them. And
the matter has been dead
locked there for eleven years
But further on in the same
speech the Democratic NOM
inee returns to the idea Of O
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Bazaar Planned

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Frost, each scoring 8 points.
 High point man for the Motor Pool was Gardner, scoring g points.
 The local team played a second game last Tuesday. The Bears once again won out, with a score of 40 to 30 against the Fire Depart ment from the Base. This was a very fast and exciting game.
 The Bears high point man was Bill McIver with IT points. Bill Damery was runnerup with 10 points.
 Large crowds attended both games. The games start at 7:;30 p. m. and the public is invited to attend.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-11-10
Wives To Be Guests Of Toastn1asters

The wives of the Kodiak Island Toastmaster's Club members will be guests at the regular meeting of the group Tuesday. The meet ing will be held at the Montmartre Inn, beginning at 6:3O p. m.
 Dinner will be served, during which typical program of speech es and evaluations will be present ed.
 Read the Mirror Classified ads.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-11-10

A Luncheon and Bazaar. has been announced for December 10. This will be under the auspices of the Emblem Club.
 The Bazaar, which is an annual event, will be open from 10 a. m. to 2 D. m. It will be held al the Elks Club.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-11-10
KODIAK. ALASKA. NOVEMBER 10, isss

game played at the High School Gymnasium last Friday night.
 The game was delayed for a time for lack of transportation for the Navy team. But it got on to a fast start with Artie Torgramson scoring 4 points for the Bears. Artie was also high point man for the Bears with points. The run nersup were Bill McIver and Bob
Kodiak mirror., 1956-11-10
GARDEN CLUB TO MEET

The next meeting of the Kodiak Garden Club will be held Wednes- day, November IA, at the home of Mrs, Sibyl Boggs. -
 The program is under the diree- tion of Mrs. Fern Collins and Mrs. Helen Hall. This will be centered around the theme, Autumn Plan ming for Spring Beauty" and Seed for Ming Trees"