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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Mr.. Hartman Is 'ActiYoted'

It is something less than major
political surprise that Governor Hartman
of New York finally has "activated" his
candidacy for the Democratic presidential
nomination. Flushed with his own UNI
expected success in winning the New York
Governorship in November, 1854, Mr..
Hartman told televiSion audience on
that night of victory, ct am for Adlai
Stevenson in 1885," But almost from
that moment he has been backing slowly
away from this incautiouS commitment.
BY last summer he was still "for" Mr..
Stevenson but was additionally on the
record as not feeling morally bound to
support the 1852. Democratic candidate at
this years nominating convention. BY
fall he was frankly agreeable to being
"favorite son" of the New York delega-
ton, with the added explanation that he
was too busy as an "active Governor" to
become an active candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination. Some of his political
friends, notably Tammany Chieftain De
Sapio, have had more time available,
however, and the only question unan-
swered in recent months was when Mr..
Hartman would make his bid openly.
He has done so now in telling the Wyo-
ming Democratic convention that his
name will be placed in nomination mot
as favorite son, but as candidate"
Mr.. Harriman'S announcement does
not, of course, open any clear path to the
nomination. Even in New York there is
formidable Stevenson strength, organized
by former Secretary of Air Force Fin
letter and supported by such powerful
political leaders as Senator Lehman and
Mayor Wagner of New York City. If Mr..
Stevenson fares we'll in his remaining
primary tests with Senator Kefauver of
Tennessee, the other front-runner, Mr..
Hartman has no assurance of control
ing New York'S 98 convention votes.
At the same time, the New York
Governor has some assets that may APP
peal to the convention. BY staying out
of the primaries, he has avoided any Of
the setbacks that have been suffered
alternately by Mr.. Stevenson and Senator
Kefauver. He has become a leading
spokesman of the so-called liberal wing
of the party and one of the most out
spoken critics of President Eisenhower
personally and of the Republican admin
istration. AS practitioner Of the give
EN- hell" technique, he has been called
"Park Avenue Truman"-a label that
might not hurt him if the convention
becomes deadlocked. Mr.. Truman'S album
dant praise of Mr.. Hartman last week
may indicate further support from the
former President at the convention.
Thus. even as long shot, the New York
Governor will 60 to Chicago in fair
position to ppt on rugged night q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Jet Bombers FIy
Over BoIIino

A Chaplain spoke. his Ury
smile oddly speet..
"Hdpe iDe no SGcrdmentS held
most dedr?--
When Jets. at iUar, shall blot
the sun I fear
.InhGrmony tn Hedven wM be
complete"
A frownino Air Force chief
made dnSUer: "True.
But II zoe must fight dragons,
as of old,
No foreign polUer shall boast
at last, Behold
A netD red star has risen
oDer you.'"
A feet OF ships above, bright
flags beloU.
These bomber creus. that
foliotD Spdcidl quests
With purpose pure as knights
Uho sought The Grail.
WIN guard our homes, our
faith. Believers know.
For iCe haze seen them pass
through fiery tests
That else. without our SGviors
help, mould fail.
Leslie Dykstro /,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Showdown on Foreign Aid
By GOULD LINCOLN

He said. too. that If this coun-
try accepts the opportunity
now offered to help make men
free it will pursue the one
course that can lead to an
eventual and lasting peace.
The House and Senate
Foreign Relations Committees
are both engaged In whipping
into shape the necessary leg
islation authorizing foreign aid
for fiscal 1857. President Eisen-
hover has asked for a total
of approximately $40 billion.
of which So billion is for mill
tary aid. and $1.9 billion for
economic relief and technical
assistance.
4 ~
Economic aid for most Of
the West European countries
is out, as stated by the Presi-
dent in his foreign message to
Congress last March. Rehabili-
tation in these countries has
progressed enormously under
the foreign aid program since
the close of the last war.
The Importance of the nom
military foreign aid program
has been greatly increased by
reason of the Soviet Unions
new drive to gain prestige and
friends through economic as
siStance. especially in these
underdeveloped countries.
Notwithstanding this fact,
strenuous efforts are being
made in Congress in this cleo
ton year to chop the authors
zation of funds for economic
aid, as well as funds for mill
tary aid. It's a short-sighted
operation.
Furthermore, an important
recommendation by the PreSi-
dent that Congress declare a
policy under which long-term
commitments for economic
projects in underdeveloped
areas of the world may be
made has been seriously under
fire.
The President recognizes
that one Congress cannot
bind a future Congress. and
that appropriations must be
made each year for any prof.
ect. But he feels that some
assurance should be given that
economic projects, undertaken
in these underdeveloped coun-
tries, will be pursued to COM
pletion, though it be only q
moral assurance.
The House Foreign Affairs
Committee, while refusing to
accept the Presidents plan
for a 10-year loan authority,
went so far as to write into
the bill a declaration that
foreign aid should be con-
tinued as long as "interna
tional communism" remains
"a danger to the peace of the
world and to security of the
United States"
The foreign aid bill not only
has to receive committee ac-
ton. but also the action of
the two houses of Congress.
Senator Smith insists its pas
sage is the most important
immediate step Congress can
take to assure a safe and more
peaceful world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

AS Congress approaches q
showdown on foreign aid. Sem
ator H. Alexander Smith Of
New Jersey. veteran Republic
can member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
is emphasizing a basic and
important reason for the con-
tinuance of nonmilitary aid
to underdeveloped countries.
1t goes beyond the prevention
OF the spread of communism.
although that still remains a
primary objective.
Speaking recently to the New
Jersey State Bar Association,
Senator Smith said:
1.-THE nonmilitary foreign
assistance program must have
a more human and more uni
versal objective than merely
the prevention of the spread
OF communism. Our primary
nonmilitary objective should
be as friendly partners to help
fulfill the aspirations of the
millions of people in the un-
derdeveloped countries for
freedom. independence, self
determination. and, of course,
a higher standard of living"
x + x X
The New Jersey Senator is
firmly of the opinion that
peoples of these underdevel-
oped countries, most of them
in Asia and Africa, are eager
to learn the ''know-how" from
America of real government
OF the people, by the people
and for the people.
He is convinced, too. that
the peoples of these countries
are eager to break away from
the old imperialismS and CO.
lonialisms, and to be recog-
nized as free and independent
and without any form of ex-
ternal control. American aid.
he insists. can be so given and
administered as to convey the
"know-how' of democratic
self-government.
IF We can meet this obiec-
tive" the Senator said, "the
appeal of communism should
disappear and should no
longer be such a threat to our
own future freedom and Sc
curity.
Stated in another way, our
primary nonmilitary objective
should be a human man-to-
man contact with peoples who
really wish to be free and who
wish to know what brought
freedom and liberty to the
people of the United States. -
Nonmilitary aid to these
underdeveloped countrie S
should also be designed par
ticularly to improve the eco
nomic condition of their
peoples. Senator Smith be-
lieves. He warned that the gap
between Western economic
prosperity and that of two
thirds of the nom Communist
world, which is underdevel-
oped. is steadily increasing
And, he added:
Our own standards of living
will advance only if we do our
part in helping to advance
standards of living in Asia,
Africa and Latin America. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

their individual problems by
moving to segregated Virginia,
or sending their children to
private schools. Unfortunate
ly, the masses cannot resort to
either solution.
The existing integrated sys-
TEN is equally unfair to both
the white and colored races,
and a condition with which
the majority of the colored
race is not in agreement is be-
ing forced upon them, mainly
by the NAACP.
I am not opposed to oppor-
tuniteS and education for any
race. I believe all peoples
should be given every right
which is theirs under the Con-
stitution. but I am bitterly op-
posed to enforced Indignation.
L. M. Jones.
X y X X
About a year ago several of
your writer's had articles pub
liShed which asserted that in
tegration of schools was all
but an accomplished fact.
Since that time the facts have
proved otherwise. In many
communities the plan has been
set back indefinitely and in
others greatly retarded. How
ever, your news coverage con-
tinues in the same vein as
before. I suppose much of it
comes from the wire services,
but about eight out of ten lines
on integration still feature
writers who favor the idea,
while speakers and writers on
the other side are often ig-
nored. Also, the many failures
here in the District are CLOSED
over or ignored.
Why can't some news of
successful fights against inte-
grafton be published for the
vast majority of your sub
scriberS who oppose the whole
idea?
Richard H. Clare.
Kensington, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones' five
pronged attack on the COM
mon cold deserves the atten-
ton of the medical societies.
1t has brought him through
two years without a real cold,
and, therefore, seems to have
merit.
Nobody. not even the medi-
cal men, know exactly how to
treat a cold.
Most of them today let
nature do the curing. If you
run a fever. you get into bed
and stay there; if no fever,
then stay in the house.
During the interim, you do
nothing much except sleep, if
you can.
The Jones five-prong sys-
tenn follows:
/. Vitamin A.
2. Antihistamine.
3. Heat up at once.
4. Plenty of water.
5. Sunlamp.
Some might say that there
is no scientific justification
for the use of vitamin A as a
preventive.
7. Jones takes $4,000 units
a day. all fall and winter, and
swears by it.
FIVE thousand units, he be-
HeveS, are not enough.
AS for antihiStamine. it has
been somewhat discredited in
the last two years. following
the furry at its first introduce
ton to the American people.
The Jones system calls for
the taking of one of these tab
let or capsules on going to bed.
And that is all.
II one won't do it. DR.. Jones
says, four more won't, either.
Besides, most of them make
you sleepy, which is good. at
night.
The third item is heat.
This old time-honored in
gredient in the old days came
IN the form Of a hot bath. with
its following all-in feeling.
Jones goes that one better.
he believes. by getting in bed
at once and heating up with
an electric heating pad.
The main instruction is: At
once.
Waiting won't do. The best
thing is TO do this as soon as
one can, the quicker the better.
1t was not for nothing, evil
IDENTIFY, that the common cold
got is name.
One really is cold.
Heat seems the natural rem
edy. With the aid and miracle
OF electricity, one may warm
UP without sweating, always
an unpleasant business.
Just wrap up good, and bask
a half hour to an hour.
II that won't do It, sweating
won't.
If that won't do it."
This is a keynote in the
Jones system. and means
simply that he is conservative.
None Of this OVERRIDING, so
deplored by medical men.
As for the plenty Of walks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

item, this formerly was meant
to mean orange Juice.
Jones believes that the flavor
is unnecessary.
Just two full glasses an hour
before each meal.
Not a great deal, but It
helps. and doesn't waterlog
the drinker, another unpleas-
ant feeling.
The Sunlamp is Templeton
Jones own personal addition
to the cold cure.
Here again. as with vitamin
A. it seems impossible to say
definitely just where the help
lies.
Certainly the fact that one
is a bit tanned Ger. red) cam
not prevent one from catch
ing cold. But probably the
plain fact that one is in a
better mood. due to the mind
elevating effects of the rays,
has something to do with it.
The fact that Jones has
had Sniff1es, now and then,
must not be held against him
or his "cure."
This is Washington nose"
as someone called it.
You can't call 1t a cold. any
more, and nobody does. 1t is
allergic rhinitis, if you want
to get technical, which no one
does, certainly not Temp
Jones. who is the most un-
scientific fellow alive.
Jones wouldn't give you
"Gradiva." a short novel by a
minor German writer, for all
the scientific tones in the
world.
1t is contained as a part OF
one of the recent ariStocrats
OF paperwork. Dream and De-
lusion," in which Sigmund
Freud analyses the tale, but
he has added little to it. The
story's the thing. a sweet love
story Of springtime, set in, Of
all places, Pompeii, the i'll
fated. Get 1t. if you want to
see how love sweeps all before
1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Mental Health Survey

I was shocked and appalled,
by your front-page story of
Sun day, May 13, entitled
Mental Health Experts Quiz
zing 400 Families in District"
This story is on the level of
yellow journalism. You really
should use science writer's for
science stories. Your reporter
displays ignorance of the pur-
poses and methods of scientific
research; his approach is that
OF a bumptious cub whose only
experience has been in police
court. The story as written
should not have been printed.
and I am astonished at your
city editor-perhaps he was
sleepy.
1t is common knowledge that
survey questions are not in the
public domain until the survey
is completed. Advance publica-
ton of the questions would
give respondents time to COM
pose answers that might be
very different from what they
would say spontaneously.
Ruth Gilbert.
Rockville, Md.
Quite obviously-the right
hand of your paper, in de-
manding more research into
mental illness, knows not of
your by-line happy left hand.
Your expose" in Sundays
paper concerning the survey
now being taken of 400 Dis
trict families has no doubt
caused this piece of research to
BE discontinued. If it has not
been discontinued, the results
have at least been seriously in
1iuenced by your publication of
a portion of the questions.
DR.. clausen and DR.. Kohn
gave excellent reasons for re-
fusing to let The Star publish
the questions. The common
sense reasons are backed by
scientific studies. The Star, in
publishing some Of the ques-
tons, appears to have acted
like a little boy. left out of a
secret--and determined to get
even with those ''meanies" in
the know.
1t is impossible to have re-
search into the causes Of men,
tai illness If every paper, re-
porter or what-have-you is
allowed to determine what is
to be published and what is
not. That the questions. as
you see them. are SILLY" mot
worth our tax money" or
irrelevant, is none Of your
business.
] think you owe a prompt
and sincere apology to Drs.
Clausen and Kohn for inter-
fering with important and
needed research.
Mrs. Jane 4. Keeeles.
Fairfax. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
To Win the Race

The huge new research center just
dedicated by General Motors Corporation
is much more than an undertaking
designed merely to meet GINS needs in
the highly competitive field of free
American enterprise. That is one of its
important functions, of course, but its
chief significance is that it promises to
promote progress of sort that is vital to
our country's future economic well-being
and military security.
This point has been we'll emphasized
by Harlow w. Curtice, GINS president
AS he has put it, the United States is
engaged in great struggle in an age
when dynamic obsolescence" demands
that ceaSeleSS effort be made to replace
the old with something new or better
And such an effort is absolutely essen
tial not only because there are COM
polling economic reasons for it, but
also-and more mportant-becauSe our
country would be gambling with its lead
ership in the world, and even with its
very survival, if it failed to do everything
possible to keep ahead of Russia in the
chronological race.
The race calls for just such projects
as the new General Motors center Lo-
Gated near Detroit, this extraordinary
institution, with its Is modern buildings
on 3S0-acre industrial campus, is
already employing thousands of Scien-
fists, engineers and technicians Nor are
the brains and SkillS of these people
being harneSsed solely to figure out ways
and means of producing marketable
things like fancier automobiles or more
advanced types of refrigerators. Actually,
as Mr.. Curtice has explained, they are
being encouraged to put major emphasis
on pure, basic research-the kind of
research that has led in the past, and
will lead again, to revolutionary dis
coveries and developments.
Looked at in that light, this remark
able undertaking (Charles F. Kettering
has likened it to an intellectual golf
course) may rightly be regarded as one
of the Nations great potential resources,
and not simply an enterprise calculated
to make big and rich company bigger
and richer And the same holds true
for the similar but smaller center opened
early this month, near Pittsburgh, by
United States Steel. Numerous other
corporations operate comparable projects
on lesser scale, or are contemplating
them, and the more of them there are,
the better off our country will be in terms
of its expanding economy and its safety
from attack.
But research centerS, in and of them
selves, are insufficient If corporations
are to build and run them, they must be
able to depend on an adequate supply
of scientists, engineers and technicians.
Our colleges and universities, however,
are not turning out nearly enough such
graduates. In fact, compared to the
Soviet output, our shortage is appalling,
and unless effective action is taken to
reverse the present trend, our tech
biological superiority may be lost within
the next decade. In that sense, as far
as potentialitieS are concerned, we already
face a grave situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Cancer Drive Success

We of the Arlington County
unit of the American Cancer
Society are deeply grateful to
the thousands of faithful and
tlreless volunteers who aided in
so many ways in making our
April Cancer Crusade a success.
The housewives, the business
men, the public officials, pas
tors, police. school children,
teen-agers, thepress, radio and
television-all helped to carry
the Cancer Society'S message
OF Fight cancer with a check
up and a check" to the people
OF our community.
Nearly rs per cent of the
county'S goal of $4,000 has
been raised. Collections to date
total approximately $4,000.
This includes all donations re-
ceived during the current ifs
cal year, the major portion of
which was collected during the
crusade.
Contributions will continue
to come in throughout the
spring and summer, and we
are confident that by the end
of the fiscal year in August
Arlington's quota will have
been reached. We hope that
persons who missed the oppor-
tunity of making a donation
during the crusade will send
their contribution to the Can
Ger Society's Arlington unit.
at 1900 North Edison street.
The money contributed to
the Arlington County unit is
put to work quickly. Sixty per
cent of it remains with the
Virginia division in Richmond
for redistribution over the
State according to program
needs OF each community.
The other 40 per cent is used
to support the American Cam
Ger Society'S national program
including medical and scien-
tific research by some 1000
topnotch scientists seeking new
cures for cancer in 152 insti-
tutions throughout the coun-
try; training of 100 doctors
for cancer diagnosis and treat
ment: and Nationwide public
cancer education through ex-
hibits, motion pictures, TV.
and radio programs, pamph-
lets, posters and news and
magazine stories.
Mrs. Allen J. Dickey,
County Chairman,
1856 Cancer Crusade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
migration Difficulties

The opponents of a segre-
gated school system state that
it is more costly to operate
than the integrated system.
However. it is interesting to
note that the superintendent
OF the District public schools
now sees the need for more
classes and teachers than was
originally anticipated, for the
reason that indignation and the
results of city-wide achieve
ment tests present problems
never faced before, the solu-
ton of which requires more
special classes, fewer children
in regular classes, more teach
ers and therefore more, but
not to say the least, taxes.
The present problem is
therefore very serious, as the
white taxpayers are being
forced to move into Maryland
and Virginia areas, and are
leaving the District at a very
high rate. in order to get away,
temporarily at least, from in
tegration and all it embraces.
The colored people in time,
which is not far off, will also
be forced to move into the
suburban areas bordering the
District, in order to get a
break in taxes, which are low
now compared with what they
will be in the near future when
things are in full swing. leav-
ing Washington out on a limb.
This may happen in all large
cities faced with the same
problem presented to them bv
the Supreme Court. Around
and around it goes; where it
stops, nobody knows.
w. L. ].
\ K
I have been a subscriber and
constant reader of The Star
Tor many years. preferring it
TO all other Washington papers
because I felt it was unbiased
and reported the news accu-
rately and truthfully. How
ever. the paper appears to have
devlated from this policy, es-
pecially with respect to propa-
eating the idea that Indignation
OF the races in the District of
Columbia public schools is
moving along smoothly and
without incident. Nothing
could be farther from the truth.
One has only to talk with
school teachers, and refer to
the published statement of a
member of the school board
that teachers are spending
30 per cent of their time dis
clplining and 20 per cent in
teaching. What kind of an
education can any child re-
ceive, regardless of race, creed
or color" when such a small
percentage of teachers time
is spent in instruction?
Many parents are solving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

the Hoover group, and the effort to have
the Government relinquish activities that
are competitive with private enterprise
should not be unnecessarily hampered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

closely, obtained positions in
many cases on the leading
New York papers and other
important papers throughout
the country. The proof of the
pudding is the eating. The
school could not have been
Scoffed at so much! Nor should
the fact be overlooked that
the first dean of the school,
the brilliant Talcott Williams,
made a notable contribution to
its founding and starting.
Albert w. Atwood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

@. Who was the actress who
played ISIS Hopkins" for many
years?--S. T. /.
A. Rose Melville, who be-
came Mrs. Frank Minzey. She
died in l946 at her home in
Lake George, N. Y, at the age
Of 68. Rose Melville appeared
more than 5000 times, before
an estimated 5 million people.
in the pigtailed title role Of
the play isis Hopkins" She
was a native Of Terre Haute.
Ind. Mr.. Minzey. who survived
her, played opposite her in
isis Hopkins"
Q. What Is the derivation
OF the surname Cheyne?--P. o.
A. This Is a Middle English
spelling Of the word chain. 4
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