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Matter of Fact

In a recent letter, Jessie b.
Solomon endeavors to throw
light upon the handling of Sc
curity risks with the Govern
ment by defining various types
of risks. In this connection
she states, Security Risk CD
could be such case as Will
liam Henry Taylor, an Inter-
monetary Fund official, whose
loyalty was impugned by Eliza
beth Bentley on the basis Of
several vagaries. Mr.. Taylor
was consequently fired from
his appointment"
It is not my desire to enter
into an argument with Miss
Solomon concerning her APP
proach to the problem. Inas-
much, however, as I was the
legal counsel to William Henry
Taylor referred to. would APP
preciate it if you would take
note of the following facts.
William Henry Taylor is an
official connected with the In
ternational Monetary Fund, a
specialized agency Of the
United Nations. and is not,
therefore. a civil servant di-
rectly connected with the
United States Government.
Mr.. Taylor was at no time
fired from his appointment
On June %, 1865. the Interna-
tional Organizations Loyalty
Board. an agency OF the
United States Government,
filed an advisory determine
ton with the Secretary of
State stating that in its opin-
ion there was a reasonable
doubt as to Mr.. Taylor's 10y
atty to the Government of the
United States. AS the attorney
in the case. Immediately
challenged this decision and
asked for a reopening Of the
case. Additional hearings we're
held on october 10 and 20,
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Double Jeopardy

1t appears that certain prac-
tees of the District Tax Col
lector's Office amount to double
jeopardy. For instance, when
the purchaser of a new car
turns in his old one as part
payment, he must pay the tax
on the full purchase price of
the new car, despite the fact
that he has already paid the
tax on his present car. What's
fair about that? ]. w. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29
NISTAS IN SCIENCE
Explorers Find Great Hole in Pacific
By THOMAS R. HENRI

There are green, nowery VAL
leys within about 400 miles Of
the North Pole.
They occur on the northern
most projection Of Greenland,
the large peninsula Of Peary
Land discovered by Admiral
Robert E. Peary In 1900.
Finding Of extensive but
quite circumscribed areas Of
thick vegetation has been re-
ported to the Arctic Institute
Of North America by DR.. Z. J.
Frank, geologist Of q Danish
Arctic expedition, who with
one companion made his way
on foot over this challenging
land.
"At one point near the Arctic
coast" says DR.. Frank. eve
entered q deep. northward as
cending valley where TO our
surprise there was q dense
vegetation cover Of Cassiope.
low, tufted shrubs of the
heather family: Dryas, low
shrubs Of the rose family with
solitary white or yellow bios
SONS, and dwarf willows"
A few days later on Cape
Morris Jessup, the northern
most point of Peary Land, the
two explorers encountered lush
vegetation. There were mats
OF green moss, peoples, plants
OF the mustard family, and
pink Towering Arctic willows.
They found about 20 different
higher plants among the moss
tufts.
Region WeII-Mapped
The trek, which involved
cutting stairs up glaciers and
crossing swift rivers and des-
olate sand deserts with heavy
loads, was undertaken to
study the geology of the
region. The peninsula is
crossed from east to west by
a mountain range, from 40 to
SO miles wide, with peaks
more than 5000 feet high.
The region has been we'll
mapped by air, chiefly by
Danish expeditions, and the
coastline has been outlined,
but previously essen TALLY
nothing has been known of
the interior on the ground.
Curiously. despite the areas
of thick vegetation, few ami
mails were seen. At one time,
however. the two explorers
were followed for hours by a
large. white animal which
turned out to be a polar wolf,
now extremely rare in Green
land. In mid-August they ran
into snow squalls and at one
time were confined to their
tent for "a hours when a dense
mist, in which visibility was
zero, closed in on them.
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Enlarge Airport?

On the 18th anniversary of
the successful operation of the
National Airport it becomes
necessary to increase or, If
possible, to double the capac-
ity of present facilities. Much
consideration has been given
to the selection of such far
away points as Burke, Va,
and Baltimore, Md, with
little mention of enlarging the
present facilities by. extend
ing them for several miles
south along the Potomac
River bank, as the present
port was created.
In this connection, / recall
the same controversy arose in
the selection of the present
site, when President Roosevelt
cut through ong-standing
controversial sites and Sc
lected the location south of
Gravelly Point, three and a
half miles from downtown
Washington. This airport was
built by constructing bikes
and cofferdams and pumping
over 20 million cubic yards of
gravel from the bottom of the
Potomac River, thus serving
the double improvement of
deepening the river channel
and building an airport.
And all of this work was
accomplished by the Army
Engineers. thus lessening the
additional expense of outside
contractors. Then as now, in
times of peace, in what better
occupation could the Army
Engineers engage themselves
than in construction of much
needed expanded National
Airport facilities?
I know of no obstacles that
could not be overcome in this
solution of this urgent prob
lem. If the experts" and
Congress really want to save
the taxpayers any money. this
would be their best way to
do it, and at the same time
keep the National Airport fa-
cilities adjacent to the Ma
tional Capital.
John Henry Lambert.
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A great hole In the sea noor.
approximately 5 miles deep
and 8 miles wide. has been
found or the Pacific coast Of
South America by the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institutes
exploring ship Atlantis.
The trench, more than 500
miles long. lies about so miles
of the coasts of Chile and
Peru, running northward from
a point about opposite the
north Chilean port Of africa.
Soundings show the bottom Of
the trench to range from "a
900 to $4,000 feet deep. Thus
it is one of the deepest spots
In all the oceans, comparable
to the Mindanao Trench of
the Philippines and the great
Puerto Rico Trench in the
Caribbean.
The sides Of this trench, the
Atlantis observers report, are
almost vertical and range in
height from 1000 to 1000
feet. In one place they rise
$500 feet in a quarter mile.
One long section was found
with walls 5000 feet high.
Main Object Of Voyage
The sea bottom, they report,
declines sharply from the shore
outwards, and then rises with
almost equal abruptness. The
trench is balanced by noun
tains 4 miles high a little more
than 100 miles to the west
ward.
A prime objective Of the At
lantis voyage, undertaken in
cooperation with the ONCE of
Naval Research, was to obtain
cores from the sea bottom
which would yield information
on the rate at which sediment
from the land has built up and
also might contain organic re-
mains which would shed some
light on ancient life. Many
such cores were obtained but
they have not yet been ana
lyzed.
Although existence Of this
great depth has not hitherto
been suspected, the Atlantis
observers point out, it is COM
mon for very high mountains
to be balanced somewhere by
very great sea depths. Thus
the Mindanao Trench, deepest
spot in all the oceans, roughly
balances some Of the highest
peaks of the Himalayas.
Such a condition is more or
less conducive to great earth
quakes, such as have shaken
the Pacific coast of South
America in the past. and might
be considered as establishments
in the balance of the earth'S
crust.
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Workers Compensation Act was that It
was the only way at the time to assure
local coverage. This temporary expedient
has become permanent law, however,
with the result that rates and rate
changes based solely on dock workers
needs are automatically applicable to Dis
trict employment Of all categories. Mr..
Mcmillan is sponsoring bill to end such
nonsense by enacting workmen's COM
pensation law for Washington. We hope
Congress will pass this legislation
promptly.
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Postal Deficit

The annual panhandlers are
knocking at the doors Of Con-
gress again, requesting another
handout to meet their usual
deficit. Why does not Con-
gress tell the Post Office De-
partment to get out of cut
throat competition with pri-
vate industry, or charge COM
parable prices and rates to
private industry, and there will
not be any annual deficit for
the public to pay? If private
industry cannot haul, or sell,
at Post Office prices and rates
without going out of business,
then it stands TO reason the
Post Office Department can
not either.
The primary purpose of the
first Post Office organized was
to carry letters, cards, news
papers and other periodicals
to disseminate the news TO and
for the public. Then we're added
third and fourth class mail
matter advertisements and
parcel post. Ever since those
two classes of mail were added
there has always been a Post
Office deficit and the Post Of
flee Department, as usual, re-
quests the raising of first-class
letter mail rates to meet the
ever-increasing Post Office de-
felt. Anyone who has worked
in the Post Office knows that
first-class mail is the only
service that has paid its way.
Let the mail order houses
with their tons OF catalogues,
the wholesalers and retailers
with their millions of circulars
advertising their wares and
the manufacturers with their
carloads of parcel post pay for
the use Of this service with
prices and rates comparable
to private industry. Then there
will not be any annual deficit
for the public TO make UP by
paying 4 cents to send a letter.
Ex-POst Office Clerk.
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Communist Eniomo

1t may be just as well to state at the
outset that we do not pretend to know
precisely what is going on in the Com
munist world.
There is considerable evidence sup
porting Secretary Dulles theory that
Moscows control of Communist parties
in other lands has been "gravely i'm
paired" and that there is Every high
degree of dissatisfaction" among non
Russian Communists with the present
leadership in Moscow This is implicit in
the criticisms which have been voiced in
recent days by Communist sources in the
United States, Italy, France, Britain and
other countries.
Mr.. Dulles also Stoutly maintains
that this is not something that has been
planned and directed by the Kremlin in
keeping with the new Communist line. "I
reject that theory" he told his press con-
ference. ITO my mind the evidence is so
strong the other way that, to me, it is
quite conclusive that this is coming about
as result of real differences, and that
there is not a prearranged pattern in this
matter at all"
before Mr.. Dulles knew that Pravda had
republished an article by Eugene Dennis,
American Communist, which referred
to the. Khrushchev speech denouncing
Stain and which by implication criticized
the present Russian leadership for letting
Stain commit his crimes.
Pravda is the faithful mouthpiece of
the Russian Communist Party. Khru-
shchev is the party boss. Assuming that
Khrushchev has not already been marked
for liquidation, it is inconceivable that
Pravda would have reprinted such an
article without his consent. But why
would Khrushchev let the Russian people
read their first word of his attack on
Stain in an article which lays a founda-
ton for criticizing KhruShchev?
Unless there is some other valid ex-
PLANTATION, this seems to lend support to
the prearrangement theory. And if so,
perhaps Mr.. Dulles was mistaken on that
point He made one other point, however,
on which we do not think he can possibly
be wrong.
Mr.. Dulles used the upheaval in the
Communist world as basis for another
plea for Western strength and unity.
The iron-fisted Stain policies are being
abandoned, in Mr.. Dulles view, because
they have ceased to produce successes for
communism. And they have ceased to
produce, he believes, because the growing
strength and unity of the free nations
have barred the way to further political
conqueStS based on a policy of terror and
intimidation. Therefore, said Mr.. Dulles,
"thiS is, above all, time for the free
nations to remain strong in their unity"
We do not see how there can be any
rational dissent from that proposition.
Whatever the hidden reasons, a great and
profound change is afoot in the Commu-
mist world From our point of view, it
appears to be change for the better.
We should hold ourselves ready and able
to exploit it at every opportunity. It
seems almost foolhardy, especially at
time like this. for the House to be slashing
the foreign aid program, particularly its
military assistance aspects.
To do this could turn out to be
tragic case of throwing in the sponge just
when your opponent is Keeling on the
ropes
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AppIouds Lawrence

/ cannot refrain from ex-
pressing my admiration for
David Lawrence's article,
Attacking an Ailing Presi-
dent"
1t is high time someone
appealed for fair play. and in
this, as in so many other
writings, Mr.. Lawrence is in
the lead.
John L. Ferguson.
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Spending a vacation at home
is in order sometimes.

Spending a vacation at home
is in order sometimes.
The green garden is best.
That is, a real outdoor Iv-
ing ROOM" where you can take
sun baths without the prying
eyes of the dear old neighbors.
OF course. there will al
ways be a. house or two from
which an inquisitiVe eye might
be cooked, but fortunately to-
day, people are too busy.
If there are plenty of leaves
in-between. nobody could see
much, anyway, and most
people. too, are by no means
Adonises or Venuses.
So a vacation in the yard is
good and becoming increasingly
popular.
The way to do it is to make
a business of it.
Not saunter out, as one does
every day, to work, or sun
battle, but go out in good order
and stay out.
Running back and forth, in
and out, is no vacation.
No. the way to do it is to put
up with gnats, ants and mos
quitoes just as if they weren't
there.
Then one Immediately has
the feel of a true vacation.
Picnic?
Well. if you must, but the
vacation idea is better.
\ Is
Just rigging UP a picnic in
the yard may please the kids,
but scarcely the old folks.
The vacation idea goes best
with the green garden, as we
said, but what is a green yard?
One. let it be said, in which
flowers and fruits, and. even
vegetables are at a minimum.
This idea of the all-green
garden has its defenders and
opposers, like everything else
today. Fifty per cent for, so
per cent against, you know
how it is, and the victory to
the candidate who can muster
up an added one per cent.
Somehow, this is called de-
mocracy, but sometimes it
seems rather silly.
After all. if something is
what one wants, then it is 100
per cent, isn't it?
~ ~
We think so. and thus the
green garden comes into its
own.
For one thing, there is no
need for clipping and trim
ming, in the all-green yard.
The owner never has to
bunker down. a hard thing to
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1855, and on January S. 1856,
the chairman of the loyalty
board advised Mr.. Taylor that
the board has vacated the
advisory determination" of
June %. 1855, and declared,
1T now has been determined
that. on all the evidence, there
is not a reasonable doubt as
to your loyalty to the Govern
ment of the United States"
1t is true, as your writer
indicates, that the board did
consider charges made by
Miss Bentley ION the basis of
several vagaries." Evidently,
the board decided that these
charges were exactly what
your writer terms them
"vagaries." Byron N. Scott
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29

@. What are considered
Rembrandt's greatest paint
ings?-T. r.
A. Directors of some Of the
worlds greatest museums have
mentioned as among their ia
vorltes his Prodigal Son (now
in The Hermitage. Leningrad) ;
Self-Portrait mellon Collec-
ton. Washington, d. CO.; The
Night Watch tRijksmuseum,
Amsterdam; and Christ at
Emmaus (The Louvre, Paris.
@. In the l948 Berlin arlift.
how many cargo-carrying
flights were made by Ameri-
can and British planes2 r. c.
A. From June. 1913. to May.
1949, the planes Of these two
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Insanity Series
The series Il Was Criminal

The series II Was Criminally
Insane" will long be remem-
bered by a few. BY others it
will be read and forgotten. Most
of the victims will inquire,
What good will it do? What
good do most articles like that
do?"
A man gets tuberculosis and
is sent to the hospital until
he is ready to be restored to
society. A man gets cancer,
there is no disgrace to it. and a
million dollars are laid at his
feet to help him get we'll. But
when a man deviates from the
normal pattern of life, that
man is usually tried and thrown
into prison and the public re-
fuses to recognize his illness
as an illness. Besides, society
must be protected, and the only
way to do it is to take the vic
TINS pound of flesh and all the
blood that goes with it.
In Germany and other en-
lightened countries they rec
ognize that such people need
help and they give it. In our
country a man may live a good
life until he is middle-aged,
then something happens to be-
cloud his thinking and he vio-
lates the law. All the good Of
his life is forgotten. The public
demands a price and gets it.
1t is not concerned with why 1t
happened; it only wishes to
punish and punish hard.
Such a form of illness or
insanity may strike in any
family. When it does. we too
shall know, as did Harold j.
Hall. the heartaches of the
victim and the distress of
family.
Such men are despised by
other men. but perhaps they
are better off than we who sit
in the judges seat and refuse
to be enlightened, for perhaps
we are despised by God.
Louise C. Carr.
Because 1 hold The Star in
such esteem, l was Saddened
a few months ago when you
published material from the
current mental hygiene sur
vey. But now you have made
a fine restitution for your err
ror, in publishing II Was Grim
inally Insane" by Harold Hall.
The educational value of that
series of articles can hardly
be overestimated. Mr.. Hall
touches everyone's heart, and
the public always will react
wholesomely to truth. Certainly
he has told it, and the cause
of mental health has been fur
thered. in this fine gesture.
Godspeed to Mr.. Hall and con-
gratulations to The Star.
Mary A. Wastfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sltt0n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29

@. Is a person within his
rights in refusing to accept
mailed merchandise that he
did not order?-K. v. z.
A. Yes. All that is necessary
is to write refused" on any
parcel or piece Of mail he does
not want, and hand II back
unopened to the mailman or
postmaster. No one is under
an obligation to accept any
piece Of mail.
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air forces carried in 2,343.3O1
tons Of food and other supplies,
on 277, 264 flights. The man
in charge Of this "logistic mir
acle," as II has been called,
was General William H. Tun-
ner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
Washington
Please
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29
Shower

The i0dg burnt grasses,
BroiDn and dry.
Respond to moisture
From the SKY,
Walking to green
From dusty sleep
Is enough to make
A rdindrop tDeep.
Jone Merchant
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TUESDAY

Continued From Preceding Poss
500
7-Democrotie Committee.
S-The Big Poyoff. Quiz.
sos
7-FiIm Festival. Movie.
] Hour IS min. 1.-THE Roinbow
Joeket." 1854. A barred Jockey
tokes a iod in hond and teaches
him the tricks of the trode. Rob-
ert Morley. British.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
October 80

0sSS
7-Louis Allen. Weather.
TOO
4-Superman. Fontosy.
5-Sfeve Donovon. Action.
"Shndow Of Feor." Douglas
Kennedy.
7-Jim Gibbons. R. RendeII.
Sports. News hiehliohts.
9-Do You Trust Your Wife?
7:l5
7-John Dolly. News.
1880
4-Jonothon Winters. Color.
5-WoteFfFont. Adventure.
"Driftwood." Preston Foster.
7-Conflict. Drama.
"coptoin Without Country"
A slave rebels aeoinst his masters
to become pirate leader in the
Sponish Moin,, Jacques Sernos.
9-Nome Thot Tune. Quiz.
7:45
4-NBC News,
Dovid BrinkIey. Chef HuntIeY.
500
4-The Big Surprise. Quiz.
5-Movietime USA.
! Hour IS Min. -Four Jocks
and JILL" le4l. Desi Arnoz.
9-Phil SiIveFs Show. Comedy.
Sergeant Bilko tries to get his
Fort Boxter Motor Pool platoon
spot on U. S. Army rnusicoI
show TO be presented on Broodwoy.
8:25
4-RepubIicon Committee.
$50
4-Nooh's Ark. Color.
Friendly Lion" Noah and Sam
cure leg infection that cdused
normally doeile lion to maui
his trolner.
7-Wyott EoFp. Western.
80 Long. Doro, So Long," We'd
ding plans ore cancelled when
spurned sutton threatens to shoot O
prospective groom. Hugh O'Brion.
9-The Brothers. Comedy.
Gloss Reunion" Cole Gordon.
Bob Sweeney.
900
Alone Wymon Theoter.
Between Jobs" Two portners
foil out with trooic consequences
otter they solvooe o valuable
jewel coehe from O sunken boat.
Roiph Meeker. Neville Brand.
7-Broken Arrow.
Passage Deferred" A gold dis
covery threatens on lndion poet.
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 h.-The New
YORK stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions BY principal
aealers on the exchange for November
o. 244 S34 shares including 1898 shareS
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Stocks Lower,
GiveUpGains;;
Trading Quiet

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (R.-
SteelS gave up most of their
early gains as the stock market
turned lower in quiet trading
early this afternoon.
Losses ranged to 2, with a
few special situations of 4.
Lukens Steel was down around
4, Bethlehem. up 2 at one time,
lost about half and United States
Steel declined major fraction.
Oils with Middle East re-
sources declined following an
announcement by the British
government that it would start
rationing gasoline and oil for
cars beginning December II.
Royal Dutch gave UP IA
while Gulf was OF around a
point. Fractionally lower were
Texas Co. and Standard Oil
(New Jersey.
Motors eased on lower pro-
duction reports for the last
quarter. Down slightly were
Chrysler, General Motors and
Ford.
Chemicals gave ground with
Du Pont of about two points.
Slightly lower were Allied Chem
ical, Union Carbide and Air Re-
duction.
Aircrafts Jagged. United gave
up more than a point and Doug
las eased. Boeing registered a
slight gain.
Corporate bonds declined.
Government bonds leaned lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Nov. 20 Hl.--Gralns re-
bounded after an early dip On the
Board Of Trade today Dealings be-
came active IN all cereals FOLLOWING
yesterdays slow trade.
At the outset there was some carry.
over from the previous session. when
the market had closed with 4 distinctly
weak tone. But this selling was not
heavy and easily absorbed.
Wheat near the end OF the hrst hour
was "a lower 70 Y hiEher, December
s;3a corn "a lower 70 e higher,
hiS SsMoef peesm a e" re lo gssbt e
% q higher. December 81 GslI soy
S2.5lh, and lard is 70 rs cents
hundred pounds higher. December
While brokers' buying on the early
rebound Was 70 some extent technical.
tney noted quite GOOD buyins By for
Turkey was scheduled 70 buy $50. 700
tons Of wheat November % and Greece
10000 tons November 20. Also mem
TONED IS potential buyers were Colombia
and French North Africa. A snosstorm
influence on neW crop futures
The trade heard Fufaors the Com
modify Credit Corp had Discontinued
its sales Of wheat a. los per cent Of
parity plus stoTage chafGe1 u vas
said oderinas would Be made AZ market
prices Which are HIGHER than recent
Cash corn receipts we're Iisht A. ~
cars Great Britain bought . small
quantity q corn and Scotland 2O0.OnO
bushels.