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OOHtlHucu rEOm rHSt age
dire need of real leadership,
said Mr.. Whitehead.
There was no immediate COM
ment from Gov. Stanley.
Judge John Paul of Virginia;
western district issued the Char.
lotteSville desegregation order
yesterday after citing the States
policy of delay in complying with
the 1854 Supreme Court ruling
He noted Virginia had taken
the step of amending the State
constitution to permit the sub.
sidization of private education
as recommended by the Gray
Commission, but said the States
policy during the past six months
has only been one of calculated
delay"
Il am not willing that this
court be knowing and willing
accessory to a policy which has
as its purpose delay and evasion
of the decision of the Supreme
Court" said Judge Paul.
He made a point of excluding
Attorney General j. Lindsay
Almond, jr.. from this policy and
noted Mr.. Almond had tried to
get the Governor to call spe-
cial legislative session to take
further steps toward meeting
the school issue.
TIE Governor said several
weeks ago he intended to call ar
extra session by early September
to consider the Gray Commits
sion program and possibly other
means to keep the races apart
in the schools.
The Gray Commission pro-
gram for avoiding compulsory
indignation was drawn up by a
32-member group of legislators
appointed by Gov. Stanely
Some parts of the program,
however, have drawn criticism
on the ground the door would be
left ajar for possible indignation
in some localities.
During the latter stages of the
January March regular session
of the Legislature, number of
lawmakers turned against the
Gray program and recommended
a stand-pat, go-slow policy
wherein Virginia would sit tight
on the school problem. This
feeling was espoused in the
Moore resolution, which passed
the House of Delegates but dice
in the Senate.
Difficulties Recognized
Judge Paul said he realized
Virginias customs can't bt
changed overnight. He noted
however, that Virginia and Other
States have had more than two
years 20 consider the change
since the 1854 ruling.
Il may be too frank said the
juriSt, but l will say I would b
closing my eyes to the facts if
didn't realize that the State il
pursuing a well-conceived policy
of delay"
He overrode State objection.
that the court didn't have juris'
diction, that the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People attorneys hadn't
presented a proper case and thai
to order a beginning to deSegre.
cation in the fall would NEAR
terrific administrative problems
Judge Paul then advised the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
|Ex-Queen Of Greece
lin French HospituI

NICE, France, July Is R.-
Former Queen Elizabeth OF
Greece was striker with a heart
attack recently and is seriously
i'll in a Cannes hospital.
A Observation-Disclosures both
of Britain's Queen Victoria ano
of Gar Alexander II of Russia
she also is distantly related tc
the present Queen Elizabeth Of
Britain, King Baudouin of Bel
quinn, and the dethroned roya'
houses of Yugoslavia and Ro-
mania.
She was divorced from King
George II of Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
CAB States Probe
Into Canyon Crash
By the ASSOCIATED Press

The Civil Aeronautics Board
today ordered a public hearing
August l into the crash of two
big airliners which crashed into
the Grand CANON in Arizona
June 80 with a loss of 1913 lives.
The board said the hearing
will be held here in the main
auditorium of the Commerce
Department Building.
At least one board member is
expected to sit with a panel of
experts from the Bureau of
Safety at the inquiry.
All aboard the two airliners,
Ia Trans World Airline Constel-
lation and United Airline Oct,
were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

Iduction of atomic weapons in
Western Germany.
This would permit revanchist
circles in Western Germany to
organize the production OF
atomic weapons, thus creating a
serious menace for peace in Eu-
rope"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Indignation Order Cracks
Viroinio School Stand

Charlottesville School Board to
go on the assumption that
schools will be integrated this
fall.
But Judge Paul reminded
counsel for both sides a deSegre-
CATION decree wouldn't mean al
the doors of all schools would
be opened to anyone who wanted
to get in. He said that while
children couldn't be segregated
because of race, there were other
factors that could be considered
such as residence. crowded con-
ditions of schools and student
qualifications.
Appeal is Planned
Thus, while ordering racial de-
segregation, he indicated school,
authorities still could retain
quite a bit to say about which
child should go to what school
Attorneys for the State and
the city promptly announced
their intention to appeal to the
4th Circuit Federal Court. An
appeal might, although not nec-
esSarily. delay the effective date
of the formal decree, which
Judge Paul held I'D pending
further recommendations from
opposing attorneys.
Mr.. Almond, who had Joined
former Gov. John S. Battle in
defense of the Charlottesville
School Board, pledged today a
continuing fight against the
courts decision.
Gray Seeks Farley
I'VE are going to appeal that
case and continue to fight for
what we believe is right and
against what we believe is
wrong" Mr.. Almond told re-
porters. The State has 80 days
to make its appeal.
State Senator Garland Gray
of Waverly, chairman of the
Governors study commission on
the school segregation problem,
said he hopes to be able to ar
range a conference with Gov.
Stanley next week.
It'll be up to him to decide
when a meeting (of the COM
mission should be held" said
Mr.. Gray.
The Governor has indicated he
expects the Gray Commission to
"restudy' its earlier recommen-
dations before he sets date for
special Assembly session.
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A Punitive Bill

The fact that Delegate Frank P.
Moncure has been able to secure So CO.
patrons for his bill to discontinue the
election of school boards in Arlington
County suggests that this threat is a
serious one. It is hard to believe, how
ever, that the Legislature will finally
approve this bill, which has all the ear
marks of punitive proposal.
There is no doubt that the vote in
Arlington, and throughout the Tenth
District. against the Gray Plan conven-
ton call has created resentment in other
areas Of the State. 1t also seems to be a
fact-although it is hard to understand
why-that the Arlington School Boards
announcement of its indignation plans
has been unfavorably received elsewhere.
It is hard to understand this because the
boards plans to integrate next fall were
explicitly conditioned on State authori-
cation and approval. main purpose Of
the Gray Plan, as 1t was presented in
this area, was to permit voluntary inte-
grafton where this was favored at the
local level And If there is any county
in Virginia in which voluntary integra-
ton is feasible it is Arlington. This
being so, it is almost inconceivable that
the school boards announcement would
be seized upon as basis for punitive
action.
OF course, Mr. Moncure does not rest
his bill on punitive basis. He said he
introduced it at the request of some Of
the good people" of Arlington who want
to take the schools out of politics" and
who are concerned" at the prospect Of
indignation. It is significant, however,
that these good people" did not go to
their own delegation for help. The fact
is that all of the members Of the Ar
lington delegation have declared them
selves opposed to the bill, and it is as
certain as anything can be that a ma
jority of the voters of Arlington want to
retain the elective system Of choosing
their school board.
So why should the Legislature adopt
the Moncure proposal? Virginia is faced
with an exceedingly difficult problem in
moving toward compliance with the SUI
preme Courts decision. 1t should have,
and should want, sympathetic under
standing as it tries to find the best solu-
ton. But 1t is not likely to enlist either
understanding or good will If 1t is going
to begin by enacting what Is essentially
spite bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
.Wortime Presidents

William E. Knorr is too
young, In his recent letter he
says he remembers only nine
Presidents, six Republicans
and three d m ocrats. He
associates the latter with three
wars, insinuating these Presi-
dents are to be blamed for
cause and effect. Those inter-
ested In painting the United
States as the villain respon-
sible for the wars of this CEN
fury will draw their conclu-
sionS.
Mr.. Knorr should be re-
minded Of one great Repub-
lican President. Abraham Lin
coin. worth more than FIVE OF
the peaceful" Republicans he
remembers combined, who is
associated with the bloodiest
war. and most fratricidal. ever
to occur on this continent. We
don't blame him for 1t but
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Eisenhower on Health

The American people will be well
served If Congress responds af1rmatiyely
to President Eisenhower's message on the
Nations health needs Far from being
grandioSe his proposals are relatively
conservative and modest in scale, but
they pronise-if translated into action
to lead to results of tremendous value in
terms Of our country's physical and
mental fitness.
This is particularly true of the
Presidents two major recommendations.
The first of these calls for Federal
outlay of $126.5 million on basic and APP
piled medical research in fiscal 1957-a
% per cent increase over the total appro-
priated for the current year. And the
second, closely related proposal, urges
Congress to enact legislation authorizing
$3.50 million for a five-year program Of
grants to help schools of medicine and
kindred institutions-which would have
to supply at least equal amounts in
matching fundsAto expand their laDo-
ratory and teaching facilities.
The President has been we'll justi-
fed in putting his chief emphasis on re-
seal lI dlu Vic dSAOiOAAdi Ad$Abti"o
needed for it. In itself, for example, the
proposed outlay of $126.5 million-most
of which is earmarked to go to medical
schools, hospitals and private laboratories
is tiny compared to our military ex-
penditures, but it is to be invested in
studies that will almost certainly lead In
time to great new life-saving discoveries
and developments. The studies will be
directed against cancer, heart disease,
mental illness, arthritis and numerous
other scourges-felds In which there Is
every reason to hope for advances COM
parable to or even greater than, such
achievements as the antibiotics and the
Salk poliomyelitis vaccine.
Similarly, the President has recon-
mended sound investment-an invest
ment likely to be dwarfed by its eventual
dividends-in asking Congress to support
his other proposals for improving the
Nations physical and mental well-being.
These include steps to alleviate shortages
OF health personnel and to help people
meet the costs of medical care. He
would do the latter by encouraging pri-
vate insurance rganizations-back by
Federal reinsurance If necessary-to Join
In pooling their risks" In order to in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
Close the LoophoIe

Findings Of the Coast Guard In the
disastrous sinking of the pleasure ship
Levin j. Marvel in Chesapeake Bay last
August certainly warrant vigorous prose-
cution of those held to be responsible for
the tragedy Even more important than
the proposed criminal proceedings, how
ever, is the Coast Guard recommendation
that it be given authority to license and
inspect such vessels in the future. It is
hard to understand why such authority
is lacking under existing marine-safetv
regulations
The Marvel was not private cruise
ship. She was an old wooden sailing
craft used in carrying passengers for hire.
On her last trip % passengers and four
crewmen were aboard her. The passen-
gers presumably supposed that the vessel
had been approved by the Coast Guard
for public cruises. In fact, according to
the investigators. the ships owner had
implied in misleading" advertisements
that the ship met safety standards"
Actually, no such Standards" for craft
like the Marvel exist-and, because she
was without power propulsion, the Coast
Guard had no jurisdiction over her. So
the Marvel with her unsuspecting pas
sengers sailed from Annapolis in the face
of storm warnings, continued her cruise
despite hurricane alert and finally
foundered at anchor off Fairhaven, Mary
land, with loss of IA passengers. The
board Of inquiry found that the hull,
launched In 1891, was unseaworthy and
the ship lacked proper lifesaving equip
ment.
While present maritime laws ex-
empted the Marvel from inspection, there
are criminal laws covering ship opera
lions that endanger lives. The Coast
Guard has asked the Department of
Justice to prosecute John Meckling, owner
and skipper Of the Inflated vessel, under
those laws Meanwhile, Congress should
heed promptly the plea of the Coast
Guard for full authority to protect the
public against other tragedies of the
Marvel sort. The glaring loophole in
the maritime. safety laws through which
the Marvel sailed to her doom should be
closed without further delay.
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Spare Those Trees

The controversy over "solv-
ing the traffic problem" of
Bethesda's Arlington road by
chopping down its lovely old
oak trees moves me to para
phrase a well known couplet.
Autos are made by fools
like me. Only God can make
a tree"
And 1t takes Him so years
or so to do 1t. whereas any
fool with an AK can destroy
one in so minutes.
Let those that have no APP
probation Of trees for their
own sake, please remember
that its tree-shaded streets is
one Of Washington's leading
attractions. Theresa II. Russell
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Annuities

Senator Johnston's bill
(S2875p to substantially lib
eralize civil service retirement
and family survivorship bene-
Ats might better be called a
bill for those who have"
Those still working have far
better prospects Of receiving
increased annuities when they
retire. in view of the higher
wages they now receive and
future raises they may get.
But many already retired, in
Guiding disability annuitants,
must remain satisfied-even
though their annuities are
obviously based on living costs
prior to the Spanish American
War.
If billions Of American dol
lars collected through taxa
ton can be squandered
abroad, why cannot Congress
establish a minimum annuity
of $2.700 for all those receiv-
ing less than that?
Lewis Kanick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

knowledge of history is alb
solutely vital for a people who
are to govern themselves.
Henry Ford may say that
history is bunk, or Carl
Sandburg that the past is a
bucket of ashes but the most
civilized and advanced peoples.
whether of the Orient or
Occident, have been keenly
conscious Of the past and its
lessons.
For history is the cardio-
graph Of power. and not to
know the one, is to fail to
understand the other.
Sincerely, T. L. p"
X \
Collection of the works of
some one author, such as
Henty. or Jules Verne. or even
Henry James, is one sure way
of keeping up ones literary
interests.
Reading the news of the new
books is not enough.
1t is essential to keep a pipe
line into the past, where we
all come from, and to which we
must look back. now and then.
If we are to keep a true view
of life and literature.
We know of several such
collections. one of some 100
volumes Of Henty. another of
the works of Verne, the first
great popularizer of science,
and the third of books by and
abou James. the great Ameri-
can-British novelist.
Many persons who forgot
their Henty with their youth
will not know that he wrote so
much.
In recent years. young people
have not read him; in fact
most of them never heard of
him.
Henty still remains one Of
the best. In a day when child
ren's books were slightly on
the sugary side, Henty alone
held up the torch of truth, and
kept it burning steadily.
Boys brought up or Henty's
stories made better estima-
ton of what life and living are,
we believe, than boys who were
not so helped.
The sales of Henty books
were enormous, so that thou
sands of old copies must still
be lying around on the dusty
shelves of second hand book
shops all over the country.
Any one who wishes to re-
vive his interest in books might
start out to find a few of them.
They will be soiled. but pro-
badly in good condition other
wise, because most of the old
boys who got them took care
Of Them.
1t is an amazing fact. but
a good one. that the Henty
book may be read by adults
easily and with pleasure:
though written fol boys. they
still hold interest for adults
who once were boys.
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Nv THOMAS p HENRY
A-Bomb Can Stir Up Old Epidemics

irradiation can disturb men,
tai functioning, in the long
run probably for the bad. Ex-
periments are planned on ir-
tradition Of the rats brains
before birth.
The outstanding feature Of
the syndrome is that the rats
become ultra conservatives
with no interest in anything
outside their own narrow
worlds to distract them from
the task at hand.
There is a widely held hy-
pothesis, not entirely proved.
that moderate exposures to
radiation to which no OBJ
vious damage can be traced
have an overall effect Of short
ening life. It is planned to
test this hypothesis on large
populations Of rats. Several
years, encompassing the life
spans of several generations Of
animals, will be required be-
fore conclusions can be reached.
Sterility Threat
There also have been warm
ings that radiation in not 9TH
erwise necessarily damaging
amounts will lead to wide
spread sterility. This appar-
emily is true and constitutes
a serious problem. In one year,
in experiments with healthy,
virile beagle hounds at the
University Of Rochester, COM
plete sterility was produced by
weekly radiation 10 times the
maximum which is believed
to be harmless to man. There
is no assurance that humans
would be similarly affected, nor
that the effect with smaller
doses might be much more
pronounced on the more SEN
tive human organism.
Thus far no sterility effects
have been observed with dogs
receiving up to twice the max
imum permissible rate for hui
mans but certain abnormali-
ties in the reproduction proc
ess have, been observed. The
hounds will be observed for the
rest Of their lives to determine
the significance of these abb
normalities, as well as the eff
fects of such moderate doses
on speeding the process of
growing old and on the aver
age life span.
New plant varieties which
promise large savings for
American farmers are being
produced by atomic radiations.
Among the recent achieve
ments reported by the Atomic
Energy Commission:
A very high-yielding variety
of wheat which is quite resist
ant to a wheat rust which
now costs American agriculture
millions each year.
A variety Of rice which has
short, strong straw to resist
wind damage which often dev.
estates the Texas rice crop. A
fax which is resistant to the
now prevalent fax rust dis
ease.
Several varieties of oats with
shorter. stronger straw which
are resistant to blight. Un-
fortunately. however, they are
highly susceptible to cat rust.
Most of these new varieties
were produced at the Brook
haven National Laboratory of
the commission in response to
specific requests. More than
100 projects now are in
progress.
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crease the protection offered through vol
untary prepayment plans.
Our country. with its rapidly increas-
ing population, is definitely in need of
program of this sort For the fact is,
as the President has said that ain the
light of the human and economic toll
still taken by disease, in the light of the
great opportunities open before us, the
Nation still has not summoned the re-
sources 1t properly and usefully could
summon to the cause Of better health"
Congress should act accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

A notable flnding-eonsti-
tuting a hitherto unsupported
and possibly quite serious pub
lie health problem In case Of
an atomic warts that heavy
radiation can reactivate some
serious epidemic diseases long
after all signs Of infection have
disappeared.
This finding. just reported
by the Atomic Energy Com
mission, has been demonstrate
ed in monkey experiments at
Johns Hopkins University in
the case Of one of the greatest
killers of all time--typhus
fever.
The same result sometimes
comes with administration Of
the adrenal hormone, corti-
some.
Baltimore has a considerable
population Of immigrants from
Eastern Europe who have been
in this country for more than
20 years. About a third of
these have at some time had
typhus. Some are survivors OF
the great epidemic which near
ly depopulated the Ukraine
after World War !.
There has been no possibility
OF getting fresh infection in
this country, yet several cases
Of typhus have broken out
among them following either
radiation or cortisone treat
ment. The commission plans
to extend the study to several
other Eastern cities with SIM
liar elements in their popula-
ton. II the Baltimore expert
ence holds good, 1t suggests,
says the report. "a public
health hazard which might
complicate the aftermath of
heavy exposure"
Eject on Brain
Another unexpected finding
from studies with rats at the
University Of Nebraska is that
heavy radiation has some ef-
feet on the brain that in
creases the speed of learning
and slows the likelihood of
forgetting Although these are
factors of intelligence as meas
ured by, psychological tests, the
commission doctors do not be-
lieve that radiation actually
increases intelligence, per Sc.
THE rather heavily irradi-
ated animals" says the report,
tested in various standard
puzzle situations In which a re-
ward is given for correct per-
Torrance, seem to learn the
correct response more readily
than unirradiated animals and
to forget more slowly. It does
not appear that a true basic
improvement in the learning
process is involved but that
the injured animals are less
subject to incidental distrac-
tons. They show markedly less
spontaneous activity as well
as various deficits in motiva-
ton and drive"
The results were most ap-
parent, says the report, in rats
whose brains alone were TRAD
lated, and with doses that
would be fatal if applied to
the whole body. It is highly
unlikely that any such condi-
ton ever would occur, unless
brought about deliberately,
with humans.
Still. the report stresses. the
experiments show that heavy
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Intrigue in Fairfax?

Inc people OF FalfIax Coun-
ty would do well to open their
eyes, and carefully investigate
those organizations operating
under names that would lead
one to believe the have an in
terest in our schools.
Our schools could open next
year, under the Gray Plan.
with no changes whatsoever.
to the complete satisfaction of
both races. These people have
no intention Of letting this
happen. l wonder why?
Witness the thoroughness
with which these organized in
dividuals spread their tentacles
in the name Of our children.
The results of the January 8
election in the lower end of the
county prove that their propa-
ganda was spread with aston
ishing dispatch. We must save
our schools: save them from
what? Flowery language that
cloaks a hidden purpose should
be listened to with q cautious
ear. E. M.