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Evening star., 1956-12-28
Taste in Literature

I do not agree with Randall
Jarrell's criticisms Of our liter
ary and artistic culture, of this
deep freeze age"
In analyzing Mr.. Jarrell's
maiden speech for the public
after his recent appointment
at the Congressional Library.
one should not take his tongue
twisters too seriously.
There are those who believe
the old school is best and make
comparison with it. and there
are those who believe that to-
days inventors are the best.
and won't look at the older
works. OF course there are
others who believe only in the
phenomena Of both and look
for it in both.
We have modern greats (this
is for the goth century, as
Faulkner. Street, Hemingway.
Steinbeck. Stephen Benet,
Thomas Wolfe, Jack London,
Ellen Glasgow, Sinclair Lewis,
George B. Shaw. D. Hamlet,
and dozens Of others including
Benjamin de Casseres, q treat,
for the gentleman has style,
and real literary balance in
both prose and poetry. His
problem was that nobody rec
ognized him and he had to be
privately printed.
Well, everyone TO his own
liking. What might be my
dish won't be the other fellows.
And that Is what makes this
world interesting.
Paul TwitcheIl.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
mo Bid to Suicide

In your editorial mo Bid
to Suicide" December 15), you
speak of premature uprising"
and state, "If there is to be q
day of liberation for the satel-
lite countries, it will come with
time and the inevitable changes
that time brings"
You might as well have said
that If there is a day of slavery
for the United States, it will
come with time and the inevi-
table changes that time
brings. 1t is the paradox Of
these times that the MarxistS
who believe in the inevitably
destined triumph of commu-
nism are working most fever
ishly to bring this about. But
we who profess to believe that
men make history somehow
expect the mere passage Of
time to defeat communism.
If the day Of liberation Of
the satellites is any closer to-
day than it was nine weeks
ago, it is not because nine
weeks have elapsed but because
the courageous Hungarian
people dealt a Gripping blow to
communism and demonstrated
anew that man does net live by
bread alone.
But if the day of liberation
is further away now than 1t
was nine weeks ago it is be-
cause we Americans have
shown the Reds that however
much we may lift our voice
we will never lift q finger to
disturb the reign of the Krem-
lin tyrants over their ill-gotten
slave empire.
We need not feel sorry for
the dead Hungarians. To them
the words Of Patrick Henry
we're real. not rhetoric. Will
any of us die SO well? The trag-
edy of Hungary in in Wash
ington, not in Budapest.
David Keyser.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

our suburban communities.
Just how the Dummies manage
to escape the dogs is a mystery,
but they do, and a community
will have to be so years old. at
least, before they begin to die
out.
Cats. dogs and now para
keets-
These are the usual living
creatures to be found in SUBJ
urbs. The canaries seem to be
on the decline since the advent
Of the talking parakeet.
We do not imagine that q cat
in the house adds anything TO
the job of teaching a bird to
talk.
The feline presence UNDER
standably makes the bird shy.
No doubt its ability to talk,
after an interesting fashion,
depends a great deal on tic.
tTender loving care)
After the new resident set-
ties down into q community,
especially comparatively new
one. he finds at last that the
wildbirds constitute the most
interesting living creatures.
They come to his yard TO eat
insects. and he begins TO be-
come interested and put food
for them. and from then on he
has a hobby.
In most suburban commun-
tiles, the new residents will be
able TO identify as many sS 10
plus species, a few more or
less.
As the years 90 by. and more
and more houses are built, and
the territory for miles farther
out begins TO be built on. he
will find the number Of species
beginning 10 decline, 30 that at
last he may identify each year
no more than 80 species, an
average city count.
The ones left TO him. how
ever. will be very fine birds.
the cardinals, blue Jays. tit
mice, juncos. song sparrows.
mockingbirds, and others.
In time he will come 10 rea-
lize that the common sparrows.
with good food. grow into pref
ty birds, without the necessity
for their jostling tactics they
found necessary for survival
In the city streets.
Even few starlings. II not
too many. will finally appeal 70
him. and he may not be too
much upset over a few pigeons.
either. 80 he may come, In A
very practical way, 70 be 4
philosopher Of sorts, though ne
may not realize II. II viii b.
good for him. beeauSs Il b
much easier and pleasanter 70
be . philosopher In this world
than 70 fuss and fume over
everything that corneG IN. and
70 many things come UP nova
days. We seem 70 al BE- bent
on worrying each other 10
death.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
Johnny's Reading

Persons who see the pity Of
the licensed handicapping of
bright American children wish
there might somehow be q
roundup Of gray-haired teach
ers who know why Johnny
can't read.
The crime against Victor
Riesel is small compared with
the virtual binding Of hosts
Of our young children. Our
boasted Libraries are locked
against them. The record Of
human achievement can never
inspire them-unless they can
read.
What unaccountable mott
vation is back of the stubborn
insistence that English words
are like Chinese symbols and
have to be learned individ-
ually? No wonder illiteracy has
been prevalent in China! 1t
will be in America, too, unless
children are permitted to as
semble words from known
parts. as they so readily as
semble their toys,
Educators profess their be-
lief in employing all a child's
senses in the learning process.
Why then should he not be al
lowed to ''listen" to the parts
Of a word? Can II be that our
schools are manned with per-
sonnel who themselves have
not been taught the sounds Of
letters and syllables and who
use the dictionary only inef-
fectiveiy?
The Nation is agonizing over
the spread Of delinquency.
Much Of the problem comes
from the Illustration OF an ex-
panding mind stopped in its
tracks. More than a few chill
dren have been sentenced to
reform schools because books
and blackboards have become
too meaningless TO be further
endured. Running away from
them is truancy. Repeated acts
Of truancy become delin-
quency.
Is the child for whom you
are responsible reading only
pictures and attempting TO
guess all the words In the Eng
lish dictionary? II you. your
self. can't teach him to read
words. take steps 70 find some
qualified grandmother who
would love 70 help even one
Johnny out OF the vice into
which he has been so sense
lessly wedged. Desperately he
needs q friend.
With the ability 10 help him
self, he may acquire enough
knowledge 10 become one Of
the engineers or scientists that
America 20 much needs. rather
than . living apology for
American pedagogy.
Troubled Bystandeg.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
Under-Chorqed
Law Observer.

I have read. with great in
terest your article, Charles
Countian's Big Issue-To Stay
Rural or Go Urban" which
appeared in the December 8
issue of The Sunday Star.
Your reference to the Naval
Powder Factory being an i'm
portant employer in Charles
County is very much appre-
ciated.
Your article included a state
rnent that, Many of the
county's residents work I. at
the nearby Naval Gunpowder
Factory" The correct name
for this activity is UNITED
States Naval Powder Factory"
and has never included "Gun-
powder"
Our activities are consider
ably broader than the manu-
facture Of gunpowder. Actually
the Naval Powder Factory en-
cages in research, development
and manufacture Of a wide
variety Of powders and pro-
pellants. as well as propulsion
units for several rockets and
many of the latest guided mis-
siles. For example, the Naval
Powder Factory has manufac-
tured powder which we expect
will provide part of the energy
required for propulsion of
the man-made earth satellite,
Manufacture of powder for the
Navy's big guns represents only
a small part of our total effort.
1t is hoped that the above
information will be Of interest
to you.
George E. King,
Captain, United States
Navy. Commanding Ofhcer
United States Naval Pow
der Factory. Indian Head,
Md.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
Last Link Found in Monkind's Chain
By THOMAS R. HENRI

although his brain volume In
some cases was only 750 &C.
that is. only IS &C. better than
a gorilla's. We know that there
are now and always have been
some people in every human
race, whether European, Mon
golian or Negro. who are Homo
sapiens although their skulls
fail to exceed 500 &C. in volume.
Nowadays We hide such people
in asylums and call them mic
rocephalic idiots, but that does
not change their sapient hui
man ancestry. nor does 1t pre-
vent them from living and
speaking or acting like the
sapient human beings they
are; or learning to do anything
that a very primitive man with
q similar brain content. like
australopithicus. is likely to
have been able to do"
Brain size, DR.. Dart admits,
does not necessarily parallel
intellectual ability. Investiga-
tions during the past few years
in one Of the major australopi-
thicine sites. the Makapansgat
valley about 200 miles north of
johannesburg. have shown
quite clearly that the creatures
were adapterS and thinkers.
No Stone Weapons
A major distinction between
man and lower animals has
been the manufacture and use
Of tools by humans. Hitherto 1t
has been assumed that the
earliest artifacts were Of crude
ly fashioned stone. The austria
lopithicines, however, used the
teeth and bones Of the hyenas
and other animals upon which
they preyed. Out of these they
made clubs. saws, axes. ham,
mers and many other contriv-
anceS.
Says DR.. Dart: "These ex-
tinct australopithicines had
brains about twice as big as
those Of chimpanzees. More
important, they were not semi
erect creatures that built nests
of broken branches in the
tops Of trees Like chimpanzees.
where they chartered and
munched shoots Of leaves and
fruits. They greatly exceeded
chimpanzees and gorillas in
the use Of tools because. along
with bigger brains, they had
hip bones and a pelvis, thighs.
legs and feet that were in no
sense ape-like. Their trunk
and lower limb bones and
muscles were just as human as
those in the torso and hips.
buttocks and thighs. legs and
feet of pygmies or bushmen.
They did not spend their lives
clambering in trees or swing
ing from branches, nor did
they scamper over rocks on all
fourS like balloons. They
strode and raced like men.
They did not lollop along sup
porting a greater part Of their
body weight on their knuckles
like gorillas and chimpanzees
when they are on the ground.
They marched on their heels,
their arms swung free. Gus
tomarily they carried In their
hands weapons, just as all
human beings have carried
them since they became up
right. m
The fossil animals slain by
the man-apes were 20 big that
! was first misled into believing
that only human beings Of ad-'
vanced intelligence could have
been responsible for such man.
like hunting"
Evening star., 1956-12-28

Gaps between man and his
ape-like ancestors now essen
TALLY are closed.
The major evolutionary
chasm is bridged by grotesuue
pre-humans. the australia
pithici who lived in South
Africa about a million years
ago.
This is asserted by DR.. Ray
mond A. Dart of the Univer-
sity Of Witwatersrand. johann
nesburg, in report just pub
lished by the Smithsonian In
stitution.
More than q hundred fossil
specimens of these creatures
have been found in the last
decade. DR.. Dart has been
one of the chief workers in
this field.
The man-apes had almost
human" bodies and brains
much nearer SO than the gro-
tesque pithecanthropus Of Java
who still is recognized as the
first human-like animal whose
remains have been found.
They were less human, how
ever, than the beetle -browed,
thick-skulled Neanderthalers
Of the middle ages, the CEN
tenary of whose discovery is
being observed this year.
The australopithici walked
erect in man fashion. They
improvised and used tools and
weapons. Their brains. as de-
termined from skull capacities.
At into an hitherto unbridged
gap between true apes, like
gorilla and chimpanzee, and
the Neanderthalers.
Gap Bridged
Says DR.. Dart: THE appar-
ent gap between living apes
and living sapient men has
been completely bridged by
overlapping australopithecine,
pithecanthropine (the Java
ape mani and neanderthaline
phases Of human develop
ment. Nothing illustrates this
better than brain volume.
Although living men gen.
orally have fairly large brains.
they vary in volume from 100
cubic centimeters to 1850 &C.
In other words. q person can
still be called q sapient man
even when his brain is only
one-third the size Of his fell
lows.
1.-THE living apes brains,
however, vary in volume to a
relatively far greater degree
from 81 to 685 &C. The gap in
brain volume between the
smallest Drained gibbons and
the largest Drained gorillas is
nearly 900 &C.. while the gap
between the biggest gorilla
brain and the smallest known
sapient mans brain is only
105 &C. The gorilla should be
more insulted to have his
brain compared to that Of a
gibbon than we should be to
have the human brain COM
pared to that Of a gorilla.
1.-THE australopithecine skull
capacity varies from 400 &C. to
1000 &C. The pithecan-
thropine skull capacity varies
from 750 to 1850 &C., and the
neanderthaline from 1880 to
1000 &C. So the range Of
skull capacity in living man
overlaps not only that Of the
extinct neanderthal and pithe-
canthropine races Of man but
even that Of some members Of
the australopithecine race.
I'VE know that pithecan-
thropus was a primitive man,
Evening star., 1956-12-28

New homes are crowding
out the Virginia deer, says a
correspondent.
This end result Of house
construction Is part Of the fate
Of wild animals in our grow
ing country.
"Over in Springfield" writes
]. r. Of Annandale, I'VE saw
two young deer back Of the
new homes. There are still
some wooded sections there; I
know, because several boys
were lost in them last year.
There used to be foxes. but
no more, on account Of the
new homes going UP.
Homes are crowding the
deer out fast"
Cats. foxes, parakeets, deer
and dogs, all interest the
writer.
"Our own cat" the writer
says, "is a 15-pound black and
white handsome fellow. He
was half starved four years
ago when he followed us
home.
when he first arrived, he
worried US by climbing UP the
back screen door. / put an
old bird cage on a chair. and
into this cage put the kitten
at night.
"He doesn't meow any more,
but he still climbs UP the
screen door every time he
wants in. all Is pounds Of him.
Friends Of ours had a cat.
It refused TO go across the
floor heating register. and had
to be carried over backwards.
"Our cat responds 10 No,
no, no. / am now trying TO
train him to leave our parakeet
alone by saying this. He hurt
our first bird. but has left the
other two alone. The present
one is the only one which has
learned TO talk"
Dogs usually constitute a
problem in new communities.
This correspondent says: I'VE
have almost as many dogs as
people here and they all run
wild, taking things OF porches
and upsetting garbage cans.
II understand some places
have q law against letting dogs
run wild, but how do they en-
force It? We have had TO put
wire around everything"
Certainly becoming ae-
uuainted with the fora and
fauna. especially the fauna. Of
q neighborhood Is one Of the
real Joys Of moving into q new
place.
Not every neighborhood will
have deer. but most win have
opossums. though the new
resident may not zee one for
q long time. Opossums are noe
turnal. and win come 70 bird
feeding stations outside win
dowS. especially II the feeders
are stocked With bread toward
evening.
VIVID rabbits inhabit most Of
Evening star., 1956-12-28
Merry-Go-Round

Night Is for rest and sleep,
The old folks say.
But for Us Hrelier ones.
The time for play.
Who rants TO sleep
When stars. and moon, and
dance,
Make Of the dark
A rhythm OF rild romance,
Shot through wtth cocktail
splur0e.
And pep. and laughter.
But o, the damage.
OF the morning after.
GiroIdo Forbes
Evening star., 1956-12-28
Imperialism

AS you said in your edi-
torial December 81, "Nuri
Said Speaks Bluntly," the rec
ognition by the Premier Of
Iraq that the greatest threat
to Middle East peace and
progress comes from the Soviet
Union is to be welcomed. But
when the Iraqi Premier warns
against any repression toward
colonial thinking" on the part
of Western powers there is
a thing or two that he should
be told bluntly.
Arab leaders constantly
point to a naked emperor, no.
only to the ghost of an en-
peror. when they stridently
blame all the evils to which
they are subject on Western
imperialism" or "colonialism."
"Anti-imperialism" has be-
come great slogan among
the Arabs, but more often
than not it covers up an "im-
perialism" in reverse; at the
first opportunity the anti
imperialiSts display open i'm
perialist tendencies. To the
extent that Nuri Said is con-
testing the claims of NasSer
for the imperial title he Is to
be supported, but we must
keep in mind that we may be
confronted by unhealthy COM
petitors. each living on the
denaagogy that economic and
cultural backwardness, disease,
illiteracy. low living standards,
the absence Of a highly, de-
veloped industry, corruption.
and everything that is wrong
in their country are due to i'm
perialiSt oppression and ex-
ploitation.
The source of the evil is
the historical fact (for which
nobody can be made respon-
sible) that Asia has been trail
ing behind Europe by about
three to four centuries, the
period in which the modern
world has come into being.
G.. F. Hudson has noted that
the feeling Of discrimination
and humiliation which besetS
these people in view of their
backwardneSs-the same peo-
pie who once believed them
selves to possess the highest
culture-is in the last resort
nothing but dissatisfaction
with themselves. This feel
ing of inferiority is projected
on to the West, and it con-
tinues to be active long after
the real or alleged cause
imperialist rule-has ceased
to exist.
Egypt has been independent
for more than 80 years; Iraq
for over 20; Syria and Leba-
non for the last 10 years. The
presence Of British troops in
the Suez Canal Zone and on
certain airfields in Iraq, was
undoubtedly a source Of anger
and resentment for Egyptian
and Iraqi patriots. But they
had, on the whole, a free
hand in the management Of
their countries affairs, GER
tainly during recent years.
The citizens Of Syria and Leb-
anon have had no points Of
discord whatsoever with West
ern Imperialism since the end
Of World War II. apart per-
haps from such minor issues
as the management of the
tramway in Beirut. 1t would
have been overoptimistic to
expect that anti-imperialism
would disappear with imperial
ism; exactly the opposite has
happened, contrary to pre-
dictions. Both the leaders
and the led went on to attack
Imperialism and TO blame 1t
for the present dismal state Of
affairs. as If nothing had
happened.
Sfanhen Rnck.
Evening star., 1956-12-28

constituted organization which
is continuously endeavoring to
find ways Of lessening auto
mobile accidents adopts
stringent rules it should be
commended and approved
rather than condemned. And
/. for one, do not think the
Arlington Police Department
has overstepped the rules Of
decency in the above men
toned action.
Law Observer.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
But, cOARADE-?'
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names ntdy 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, 1956-02-18
MuItu Crash
Kills 81 on
British Plane

VALLETTA, Malta, Feb. 10
R. "A four engined plane
carrying British troops home
from Egypt crashed and burned
at Luqa airport today, killing all
81 persons aboard, including a
stewardress.
A War Office announcement
In London said the private plane
chartered to ferry British SOL
diers and their dependents be-
tween Britain and Malta,
crashed on take-off.
The plane was owned by
Scottish Airlines. A Ministry
of Civil Aviation spokesman said
all aboard-45 British service
men and six in the crew-were
killed.
The plane was York, a four
engined -high-wing monoplane
used for transport and troop
carrying. The York carries SO
to 60 passengers and a flying
weight of 80 tons and a cruising
speed of 275 miles an hour. 1t Is
a civil development of the war
time Lancaster bomber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-18
BY PETER WHISTLER

North American Newspaper Alliance
LONDON, Feb. 18.-Whither
the conservative Englishman, he
of somber tweeds, umbrella and
frown?
Something's got into him, or
more precisely. on him. And 1t
isn't a conservative gray or blue
or brown.
It's more than a new look
it's rainbows all over the ruddy
gent, from fancy sandals and
socks to the mambo hats crown.
Or so one would POLITICALLY fig
ure from the London Mems
Trade Fair, which this week has
been vividly--nay, flamboyantly
illustrating what the we'll
dressed British male is to start
doing about his apparel. The
hat Tin delphinium blue,
to observation-disclosures socks.
the WDM is to do a lot about
Frightening himself up.
The true WDM it appears.
leaps from bed in the mornings
in port wine -colored pajamas,
splashed with a design of small
black Jamaicans in red hats.
chasing one another into green
pA pisc areHi H. na,ama, he
|plunges into underpants boldly
printed with the flags of IA Of
the United Nations. and q baby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-18

Countess raced through a
system of Railways to the swing
ing front door, where she forced
her way out. Once outside, she
circled the block.
"The next we saw Of her."
Mr.. Barbour said. "she was up
on her back feet looking in the
door at shore patrol headquar-
tiers next door. They, of course,
didn't let her in.
Then she came down the
street. 1t was raining hard and
when she got to this glass door
she just came on through it.
Trainer Pat Anthony trapped
her between the smashed glass
door and a storm door,"
1t was the second wild animal
escape for the same circus in
Memphis. In 1853 two lions
managed to get out but were
quickly recaptured without in
cident,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-18
Maryland U. Student
Accused of Murder

BALTIMORE, Feb. 10 (R.--
Richard M. Wick. Allentown, Pa.
.metallurgist, died today from in.
Ijuries police said resulted from
Jan alteration in a downtown
hotel lobby.
After his death, police picked
up Gregory M. Delli-Pizza, Uni
versity of Maryland medical stu
dent, and charged him with MUIR
der. Delli-Pizza, Is, of Weirton.
w. Va, had been freed in $1,000
bail on an assault charge.
The medical student testified at
"a preliminary hearing that he
followed Mr.. Wick from q night
club across the street into the
hotel foyer last Thursday night
and struck him with his fist. An
elevator operator who said he
witnessed the attack told Of
fic ers Mr.. Wick hit his head
when he fell.
Deli Pizza told Magistrate
Meyer NJ. Cardin that Mr.. Wick
had touched Charlotte Holland.
81. of Huntington. w. Va, q
dancer at the night club. Police
said the girl. also known az
Jeanne Winters. gave the same
address as that of Delli-Pizza.