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.Liqht on O Menace

The Washington, D. C.
Chapter Of the National Cystic
Fibrosis Research Foundation
wishes to thank you for bring
ing the menace of cystic fibro-
sis to the attention of the pub
lie through the Associated
Press story which appeared in
The Star June 81. Even
though this disease affects one
child in each 600 born in the
United States, it is known to
remarkably few people.
Like the president Of the
Massachusetts group men,
toned in the story, our own
president, Mrs. James H. Lang
try, lost her only child through
this disease. AS the Associated
Press story indicated, the IA
tally rate from CT is very
high. We should like to point
out that the fatality rate will
be much lower when more Of
these cases are diagnosed
early, before severe lung dam
age occurs. One goal Of our
chapter is to familiarize par
ents Of young children with
the symptoms of CT so that
they will seek immediate med
ical help when suspicious di-
gestive and respiratory symp-
toms appear.
Since cystic fibrosis is ofen
confused with other diseases,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Aid for Poles

The initiative of two former
Ambassadors to Poland and a
number of prominent citizens
IN suggesting that the United
States offer food to the workers
OF Poznan is generally the
first sign Of interest and con-
structive action this country
has taken regarding the up
rising Of the Poles against
their Communist oppressors,
and the acceptance of this
suggestion by our Government
must bring some measure of
relief to those Americans of
conscience.
However, our press inter-
prets the motive of our offer
as a purely political one to
embarrass the Warsaw govern
ment, rather than an oppor-
tunity to send food to hungry
people.
Do our neWSmen lack in
telligence or do they deliber-
ately hope to sabotage this
help to Poland?
Another comment, made re-
peatedly. either from ignorance
or malice and which must
irritate any well-educated
American and confuse those
of lesser education, is to call
Poznan a formerly German
city"
Poznan is a city, nearly
1000 years old, a Polish city
except for German occupation
for about 100 years in the 10Th
century.
Such statements on the
part of our press are at any
time unfortunate but particu-
larly now when Polish men,
women and children are dying
in a desperate battle for their
dearly beloved freedom.
v. ID. s.
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Blows q Gosket

The other day I tried to get
my car through &C. inspec-
ton. I was told that though
several repairs on my car would
have to be made. / could still
get special use tags for one day
only.
Moreover, l was told that the
inspection stations closed at
800 pm.
When I complained about
all this, I was told by a clerk
We'll, that's your tough luck.
buddy"
Next" he went on, stand
ing ready to shatter the hopes
of the next victim.
Any fool ought to know that
one day is not sufficient time
to prepare and deliver vehicle
through inspection. Who's re-
Sponsible for this medieval
regulation?
Granted. we've got to have
regulations and licensing and
laws and ordinances and stick
ers and registration cards, and
inspections and so forth, ad in
f1nitum, but for heavens sake
give us the time to get them.
A government should be for
the convenience as we'll as the
control of a people. When it
makes its own regulations near
impossible to observe, when its
subjects with awakened fury
stand ready, as I did the other
day, to blast the municipal
building of its foundations had
they but the means, some
things amiss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones often is
mistaken for some famous
movie person.
1t has been going on for
years.
Some time ago, when he
wore a mouStache. he was
sometimes taken for a famous
movie star with a small
moustache.
More recently, Jones made
at least two persons think he
was a famous producer on TV.
Seated in a bus, where no
television star would ever be,
Jones was suddenly tapped on
the shoulder.
Il beg your pardon" said
the Taper, but haven't I
seen you on Twp"
80 ~
Temp Jones shook his head,
as does a man coming up for
the third and last time.
mo. sir" he answered,
truthfully.
Isn't your name"
The man gave the name OF
the producer, a man with a
sort Of leer.
NO." replied Jones, more
positively, this time.
The interlocutor did not give
ground.
What is your name?" he
asked. pointedly. so pointedly
that Templeton Jones. a man
who shuns publicity, shud-
dered politely.
Then, in the greatest anti
climax Of the year, he MUIR
INJURED:
MY name is Jones"
To be mistaken FOR some
body else is seldom cheering.
There is, in every human
being, enough Of the old ego to
want to be taken just for ones
precious self.
This is what makes the
human world go round.
The eternal me" must not
be gainsaid. else terrible things
will happen. we are told.
4 4
Hence. it is no boon for any
one to be mistaken, however
carelessly, for some one else.
There are, it is true, great
types Of human beings.
. One picks up a picture from
darkest Africa. and right there,
in the front line of a group,
one sees a fellow who looks
for all the world like a man
down the block.
Long heads, round heads
These, and a thousand diff
ferent physical traits, make
people human.
There are certain resem-
blances. certainly, but every
body wishes to be taken strictly
for the one and only, which is
himself, with all the mental
and spiritual, it is hoped. traits
and characteristics.
All these go to make up
the individual.
Those systems Of politics
which tend to think Of in
dividual humans as cells in
the body polite, as alike as
cells in the blood stream
What bee. even, or ant,
would like 1t?
One may think that hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

Spired clouds OF midnight blue
Haze launched a fierce and
sudden flight
OF Silver ddggerS, coldo and
bright.
Impldcdbly this lethdl deD.
Frdh detenSeS piercing through,
ScatterS the roses OF delight.
Petals yellow, Unite, and red,
Bruised, diScolored, there
they lie
on the old brick Ddlk. I
sigh
For so much beauty furnished,
dead.
Sigh until I lift my head
And see, across the eastern
SKY,
A rdinbow's Shimmerino glory
spread.
Helen Connolly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Not Bread Alone

The cry for bread has been a rallying
signal for many revolution throughout
recorded history. 1t has, in fact, been a
cry that reflected literal need among
peoples whose oppression took many
forms, but most often included near
starvation. But it has not often been the
only cause of revolt. In Poznan, Poland,
last week it was the rallying cry again,
but it was notable that rebelliouS DEM
onStratorS also carried signs protesting
other conditions in the Communist
controlled country. 1t is significant, too,
that Polish publications in recent weeks
have been bold enough-or perhaps
desperate enough-to talk of a "rein-
statement of the citizens basic freedoms"
and a restoration of public opinion"
These, of course, are things that are food
for the mind, just as bread is food for the
body, and revolutions are nourished by
the hunger for both.
But just as the demand for bread is
common denomination among protests,
so may an offer of bread be measured in
broader terms than tons of wheat or flour.
Our own State Department offered bread
in fact, surplus foodstuffS of many
kindS-to the people of Poland at this
time. The offer has been rejected as a
propaganda" move. In 1858, after the
bloody riots in East Germany, Communist
authorities rejected a similar American
offer. Even So an estimated / million
East Germans received American food
parcels distributed from stations set up
Just within the West German frontier
In 1854, Communist satellite countries ac-
copied both food and medicine from the
United States after Central European
floods had reached disaster stage. But
in 1855, an American offer to relieve food
shortages in Albania was rejected as an
effort at foreign interference"
The Communist masters are aware
certainly that these offers-carrying only
the condition that the source of the gifts
be acknowledged clearly-have more
than superficial meaning to the benefi-
ciary peoples. They mean, with other
things, that the free nations not only
have the resources to give, but also the
understanding and the compassion to
recognize needs nurtured by oppression.
The latest offer, even though rejected, un-
doubtedly will have some of this meaning
for the Polish people If they are allowed
to learn Of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

less ants. scurrying from the
advancing football, think Of
themselves as individuals:
and maybe one, outstanding,
refuses to run, but rides right
up on the great boot, and is
safe, at least for the time
being. No living thing can ask
more. since time is every
thing.
Templeton Jones was once
mistaken for another worker
in this city.
The man had a Scotch
name. and Jones was cheered
by this. He likes the Scots,
admires them, and thinks
their names and tartans in
teresting.
1t is not generally known
that Jones has 1913 different
clan necktieS.
They are all wool, not a
yard wide. but the real thing.
some of them coming direct
from the bonny land itself.
There is a vast difference
between the real patterns and
the fake tartans sometimes
served up by manufacturers.
The practiced eye, including
that of T. Jones, can tell them
apart at a glance, and will
have nothing to do with the
fakes.
The real tartanS range from
bright. as you might say, to
dull. from the Clan Stuart
dress pattern to the somber
coloration of the Black Watch.
When he first started COL
lecting these ties, or cravats,
as they really are, Templeton
Jones went in heavily for the
bright ones. mostly The reds,
sometimes striped with yellow
Times change, and men with
them; Jones, collector, lost his
liking for the reds, and went
over to blues and dull greens,
including Davidson, green
with narrow red stripe.
One must have a feel for
materials to like the Scotch
tartanS.
Jones has it, and so does not
like to be taken for somebody
else, who may not have it.
Call me Jones'" he growls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Cape Adore to Be Joint Antarctic Base
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

There is one small, pebbled
beach, about a mile long and IS
feet above sea level, at the base
of the black cliffs, where both
Scott and Borchgrevink es-
tablished their camps. The
camp was originally planned
to be on the cape itself but
these plans have been
changed. The actual site will
depend on conditions when the
men arrive.
Not far from Cape Adare is
Ross Island on which towers
the one active volcano in the
Antarctic, Mount Erebus. 1t
is nearly 3 miles high. From
the highest of its three craters
there are constant surges of
steam and black smoke. This
crater is about a half-mile in
diameter and 900 feet deep.
During the 1947 Byrd expedi-
ton Navy flyers took their
lives in their hands to fly over
this crater with its supposedly
poison gases. There has been
no known lava outflow re-
corded for a century, but both
Sir Ernest Shackleton and
Scott observed numerous
minor eruptions in 1908 and
1911. This is the one spot
where the ice-shrouded con-
tinent shows signs that it still
Is alive.
Well Known Landmark
Mount Erebus is one of the
best known landmarks of the
Far South. It's summit rises
as a broad dome which ap-
pears to have been built up in
three stages. The first crater
is at a height of 5000 feet.
From 1t vertical cliffs rise for
about 2,400 feet. The second
crater, about 3 miles in diam
eter, is at an elevation of
1890 feet. From this also
come steam and sulphurous
vaporS.
About 20 miles east of Mount
Erebus is 11.000-foot high
Mount Terror, an extinct
volcano with a summit in the
shape of a truncated cone.
Both mountains were named
after Sir James Clark Ross
ships.
Study Of the volcanic phe-
nomena of Mount Erebus
naturally will be one of the
detectives of the Australian
and American scientists.
The primary value of this
camp, however, is due to it's
relative proximity to the South
Magnetic Pole. This was dis
covered in 1903 by DR.. Edge
worth David and Sir Douglas
Mawson, members of Sir
Ernest Shackleton's party,
after a long overland trek, at
an altitude Of about 5000 feet
in the Victoria Land noun
tains. The precise location, as
is the case with the North
Magnetic Pole, probably has
shifted somewhat in nearly a
half century. The present
tendency is to speak of a
magnetic area" perhaps of
several hundred square miles,
through which the pole I'M
predictably drifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

New Zealand and United
States scientists will occupy
jointly an observing station on
a narrow beach near Cape
Adare throughout the Interna-
tional Geophysical Year.
This is about 60 miles from
the northern tip Of Victoria
Land-one of the dozen or
more Victoria lands in the
world named for the British
queen during the surge of dis
coveries by English explorers
during the middle 10Th CEN
tury-in the center of which is
the south magnetic pole.
Next to the Bay of Whales
alone. it is the most historic
spot in the Antarctic. There
was Camp Ridley. from which
Sir Robert F. Scott set out in
1912 on his Inflated trek TO
the South Pole. There the
Australian CarstenS Borch-
grvink and his party in 1899
were the first humans to spend
a winter on the Antarctic con-
tinent. He had been there be-
fore. A distinguished scientist,
the lure of the Far South had
been so great that two years
before he had signed up as an
ordinary sailor on a Swedish
whaler. All sorts of names are
commemorated in Antarctic
geography. A lot Of the bear
erS of these names never were
nearer the South Pole than
Fifth avenue or Picadilly. The
one exception is that of one of
the greatest explorers of the
bottom of the world, Mr..
Borchgrevink. The strange
omission probably will be
remedied during the next year.
On Cape Adare stands a
solitary cross, over the grave
of the naturalist of his expedi-
ton. There also are scattered
remnants of SCOTS camp.
Part of PrOtectOrate
Cape Adare also is associated
with the name of its diScoverer.
Sir James Clark Ross, which is
perpetuated in the great Ross
Sea and Ice Shelf. He first
sighted this bit of the Victoria
Land coast in 1841.
The cape itself is part Of
New Zealand's Ross Protector
ate, which includes the best
known part of the Antarctic.
Little America belongs to it. 1t
is perhaps the only place. aside
from the northerly islands and
Palmer Land extending far
towards South America, where
a camp has been maintained on
land. All the Byrd camps and
Amundsen'S camp on the Bay
of Whales have been on the
Ross Shelf, which is only de-
batably part of the continent.
Cape Adare is a jutting pro-
montory of black basalt, usually
partly covered with snow. 1t is
about 4 miles long, the tip OF
a peninsula. Just back of it
black and white mountains
rise to attitudes of 5000 feet.
1t is fronted by black cliffs,
about 1000 feet high, broken
here and there by deep fjords
through which great ice rivers
flow out of the mountains,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

a two-time victim of serious
illness in less than a year is
a superior risk for the man.
killing job of the presidency.
In the words of DR.. David
Altman, at the time candidate
for the presidency of our
ANA: when President Eli
senhower RECEIVERS he will be
in better physical condition
than any of his opponents, Re-
publican or Democrat, have
been at any time in their lives"
How could a doctor make such
a fatuous claim?
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
On Forks and Spoons

Wonderful are the ways of bu-
reaucracy. Lewis CAROLS bright little
Alice would herself agree to that if she
thumbed through the report just released
by the Senate Preparedness Subcommit-
tee. For the report tells, among other sim
liar things, of how the Pentagon sold %
million wooden forks and spoons at
mere fraction of their original cost, while
Al the time the General Services Admin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
FIeeson's Case

DR.. Elton Herman implies
Doris FleeSon practices jour-
nalistic Sorcery. He is not
pleased with her columns pur-
porting to show President Eli
senhower'S second illness is
not exactly the asset his med
ical and political advisers claim
it to be. He places her support
ing proof in the class with
palm-reading and other forms
of fraud. Particularly he is
disturbed at the idea an
alleged handwriting experts
analysis of the convalescing
Presidents signature discloses
disqualifying attributes, prov
ing fatigue and physical and
mental inadequacy. I agree
that if we establish the prece-
dent that handwriting defects
are admissible evidence against
you, many of us doctors are
candidates for obligatory re-
tirement. On the high ground
of intelligent self-intereSt, 1
would be constrained to plead
the Fifth Amendment. And in
so doing, I would not regard
President EiSenhower'S medical
and political advisers as sub
versive or security risks, if
they did the same. But there
is more than alleged specious
Journalism in Miss FleeSon's
well-reaSoned and documented
challenge of this revolutionary
definition of presidential fit
ness. If the Democrats claimed
mileStoneS of authenticated
disability were qualifying steps
to the White House, the Re-
publican leadership would fire
their Madison Avenue public
ity and promotion consultants.
They could win the election
with an Office boys direction
of campaign strategy.
In the past have used The
Stars forum to disagree with
Miss FleeSon. 1 expect to con-
tinue to do so in the future.
But this time would feel like
a ce-straddling coward if
did not presume to defend the
praiSeworthy, and very neces-
sary, public service she has
rendered.
Miss Fleeson has put into
the language and symb ols
of responsible journalism the
honest. patriotic fears and
doubts of those who believe the
Presidents medical advisers
vicariously have usurped politi-
cal power and prestige totally
alien to their proper domain.
They have not made the dis
tinction between the Presi-
dent and the presidency which
Mr.. Eisenhower so coura-
geously and effectively insisted
upon. They operated on a per-
son who happens to be Presi-
dent. That is a far cry from
the conceit that this personal
service gave them the pres
cience to certify warranty for
the optimal vigilance and
highest-level competence and
performance Of the presidency.
Like many sincere, loyal Amer
leans Miss FleeSon is amazed
and appalled, at the claim that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

our group also welcomes par
ents Of children with celiac
and other disorders with SINH
lar symptoms. We meet on
the second Sunday of each
month. Further information
may be obtained from our
treasurer. Mrs. John Mitchell.
at Redwood STOPS, or from
me at Clearbrook 6-0383.
Mrs. w. w. Wells,
Vice President, Washington
Chapter, National Cystic
FibrosiS Research Foun-
dalton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
S1tion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
@. What is charlock? VIZ

@. What is charlock? VIC.
A. Wild mustard, or a yell
low-flowered weed of the mus
tard family.
@. Should household radia-
tors be painted with metallic
paint?-I.W.T.
A. No. 1t has been proved
that metallic paints retard the
radiation of heat. They are
therefore useful on pipes and
storage tanks. where 1t is inn
portant to keep neat IL. House
hold radiators should be made
grease-free and rusG. free and
then painted with a nat wall
paint or an enamel, preferably
OF the same tint as the walls.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15

The prosecution found AZ unac-
ceptable. The others were dis
missed by the court for having
unshakable opinions on the case
or by reason of health or bust
ness eXigencieS.
Since the trial began August
6, Chief Defense Counsel Paul T.
Smith mas contended repeatedly
that a fair trial is impossible"
He bases his argument on the
contention that an FBI press
release last January has fixed in
the minds of newspaper readers
the notions that the eight men
charged with the robbery are
guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15

The Secretary spoke before the
57th encampment of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. Last
night he stood in the reviewing
stand as the WV parade gilt
tered and blared its way through
downtown Dallas. Police esti-
mated that 100000 persons
TANNED the city to watch the
spectacle.
Some 10000 persons took part.
Bands, drill teams and high
stepping majorettes strutted
down the streets while a four
plane flight of F-80 Shooting
Star Jets streaked overhead.
Close behind came a flight of
giant BAT and B-36 bombers.
Mr.. Wilson said he felt that
a sound defense required a
proper balance.
You can't depend on any one
weapon or any one service alone,
ne told the veterans.
Our planning must be de-
signed to meet our requirements.
New weapons, new equipment,
new situations have required a
complete review of our military
posture. This in essence has
been called the new look in mil
itary affairs" he said.
Wilson said in an inter-
view last night he favored Vice
President Nixon for President in
the event President Eisenhower
should not run for reelection.
Il have always thought very
we'll of Vice President Nixon and
in recent years have found him
a very capable man." Mr.. Wilson
said
Mr.. Wilson denied saying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
Brink Trial
Still Stalled

BOSTON, Aug. Is (R.-The
trial of eight men charged with
the $1,218.211 Drinks robbery
now in its eighth day-was no
farther advanced today than the
day the case opened in Suffolk
Superior Court.
Not a single juror has yet been
chosen to hear testimony on the
nations largest cash robbery, al
though Judge Felix Forte has
been parading prospective jurors
into the court at the rate of 100
a day.
Fully 600 men and women
were examined for possible jury
duty up TO yesterday from an
available pool of 1000 Suffolk
County residents.
OF that number, the defense
challenged las as unacceptable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15

Suez Canal situation was minor.
Il never really said it was
minor" he said. II said it had
a minor effect on our defense
budget and planning. 1t is a
difficult problem"
Earlier, Marine Corps Com
mandant Gen. Randolph Mccall
Pate asserted that American boys
can whip the pants off anything
the Kremlin can put on the field
of battle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
Mayor Gets the Vote,
But Not the Office

DENVER tP).-Henry L. Ro-
beck was elected mayor of a
town that ceased to exist follow
ing municipal elections.
Robeck received So votes for
mayor in the little town of IRON
dale in suburban Adams County
Richard E. Benson, his opponent.
tailed 81 votes.
But at the same time residents
voted to discontinue their town
as municipal corporation by a
1874 vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
More Couples WORKING

NEW YORK.-Both husband
and wife in l0.5 million of the
nations families held jobs dur
ing 1855. This is about one
couple out of four and it con-
trasts with only 4 million work
ing couples in 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
Wilson Confident u. S.
Can Defeat Any Enemy

DALLAS, Tex, Aug Is Q1Secretary of Defense Wilson
said today he confident that the United States has he
and the military to inct disastrous defeat
any enemy"
Wilson said however that military have differences
of opinion how to keep United States defenses