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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

ANA Delegate Representing
Ear. Nose & Throat Specialists
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that Sims disease exists. the removal o.
chemically infected tonSiS or adenoids will
greatly aid successful treatment.
Enlarged GdenOids can even result in
permanently reduced hearing ability. The
EuStachian tube. which runs on each side
from the middle ear into the area back Of
the nose, serves as drain and also keeps
the air pressure inside the ear drum equal
to the outside. Infections in children often
pass up the tube from the nose and throat.
Enlarged adenoid tissue tends to block the
poSt-naSal end of this tube. encouraging
infections. This is best removed surgically.
X-ray or the application Of radium to the
tube opening may sometimes be used. They
are not always, however, substitute for
surgery. and unless applied by properly
trained personnel are not without their
own dangers.
No Hard-and-Fast Rule
Doctors prefer to delay tonSillectomy until
the child's fourth or fifth year, because Of
the greater possible protective abilities Of
the tonSiIs and adenoids for very young
children. Yet there are many times when
the urgency of establishing an adequate air
passage overrules that age limit. In such
cases the removal of the adenoids alone may
suffice, but parents should be warned that
adenoidS taken out at this time may recur.
And of course, the medical profession agrees
that all operations for children should be
postponed when possible during polio
outbreak.
What about adults? Their tonSils and
adenoidS usually shrink and have little func-
ton. When they don't, the same reasons
for operating apply to them. There was
time when the tonsiIs, along with the teeth,
were removed on the least suspicion that
they might be ''foci of infection" Such
sources Of infection do exist. but a greater
discrimination as TO their removal is part Of
the advance of medical science.
We have learned that with tonsilS and
adenoidS there is no hard-and-faSt mass
rule Each patient is an individual. and
must be given the advice that fits his par
ticular case. " The End
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Our Sailors and the Past

In an age that has cut itself adrift
from many old anchors of dogma, custom
and tradition, it is news of some conse-
quence that the sailors of the United
States Navy have voted overwhelmingly
in favor of returning to the ancient 10
button style Of bell-bottom trousers.
Back in 1948, this style-which
originated with the British in the 10th
century-waS officially tossed overheard.
But the men of our Atlantic and Pacific
fleets took dim view of the whole BUSH
ness. They resisted it.; they simply could
not bring themselves to like the modern
lied uniform, zippered and buttonless.
And so now, since their dissent has con-
tinued over the years, the new order
changeth, yielding place to the old. For
our naval high command has bowed to
popular opinion in the ranks, and the Is
buttons are on their way back as part of
the regulation attire.
So at least little bit of the tradi-
tional past has triumphed over present
that seems too often to be hurting itself
by warning against all custom and tradi-
ton. Three cheers for the men of our
Navy. In their own way, they have shown
that antiquity still offers values worth
preserving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-25
Good Appointment

In nominating Marling Ankeny to be
Director of the Bureau of Mines, Presi-
dent Eisenhower has selected a we'll
qualified specialist for an increasingly
important technical post. The basic
functions of the bureau are to carry out
programs for conservation and develop
ment of the Nations mineral resources
and to administer health and safety
regulations for work in the mineral in
dustries. In addition, however, there has
been growing emphasis on research in
mining methods and metallurgy in order
to assure adequate supplies of critical and
strategic commodities. Aside from his
academic training at Carnegie Institute,
Mr.. Ankeny worked in his earlier years
as coal miner. Before becoming safety
director for the Bituminous Coal Opera
tors Association, in 1852, he spent "a
years in the Bureau of Mines. He is a
career man in the industry which he will
now have opportunity to serve in an even
more important capacity.
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Another Chart to Watch

Not the least interesting of the
statistical refiectors of President Eisen-
hower'S health are those recorded by the
stock market. On September 26, 1855, the
first day of market trading after the
Presidents heart attack, the Dow-Jones
average of prices on 80 leading industrial
stocks was down 31.89 points. On that one
day the value of all stocks listed on the
New York Exchange dropped by $14 bill
lion-compared with loss of SIC billion
for the entire month of October, 1929,
remembered for the big crash that pre-
coded four years of depression. Between
last September and April, however, the
market not only recovered but reached a
new peak from which it was dislodged
only when signs of business showdown
showed up this spring When the Presi-
dent was reported i'll on Friday, June 8,
the same average dropped only ~ points.
Within few days it had regained this
loss and had advanced further.
Traditionally the market rises in the
summertime, but presidential election
years have provided most of the excep-
tons to that rule. Wall Street dislikes
uncertainty, but has an almost uncanny
ability to measure at least the economic
and political news in advance. Its
recorded temperature" will be worth
watching for the next few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-25

The Justice" meted out in the past
by the puppet East German Communist
regime now appears to be undergoing
corrective process. At any rate, the
regime claims to have released 10000
prisoners in recent weeks, and certain
enthusiastically the notorious Hide
Benjamin Cred Hide ARE being sub
jected to heavy attack for having greatly
abused their powers by failing many
people who should never have been jailed.
These officials, according to one of the
charges lodged against them, "let them
selves be told by out-of-the- world the
oreticians that even a minor traffic acct
dent was an expression of an aggravated
class struggle"-a major crime calling for
major punishment.
In thus trying to give an air of re-
spectability to their brand of Justice"
!. East Germany's Reds have also indicated
that they expect the Adenauer govern
ment to be deeply impressed by their
action They have described it as "a
decisive contribution" that should en-
nance "the possibilities of understanding
Z between the two German states" But
: West Germans have been quick to be-
little the whole business as a propaganda
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More Interest Wanted

It is obvious, at the halfway mark
OF public meetings on Washington's
sweeping coming revision, that Consultant
Harold Lewis gave himself considerable
bargaining room in his new proposals. He
already has announced concessions which
take the sting out of few controvers-
ial proposals. He suggested the modif1-
cations voluntarily, and said the door is
wide open" to other changes.
1t is too early to say whether this
attitude can open the way for an eventual
give-and-take agreement between Mr..
Lewis and business and real estate groups
which have attacked his initial recon-
mendation as Impractical" and "exces-
Sive" from start to finish. If this impaSSe
should hold, however, the need will be
all the more imperative for an alert citi-
zenry to examine all viewpoints, and
voice its own sentiments. The five meet
ings sponsored by the Groom Committee
in the Northeast and Southeast to discuss
the proposals last week were good start.
Mr.. Lewis got long list of complaints,
and found support for general objec-
tives" from number of citizen groups.
Unfortunately, the meetings attrac-
ted too few residents to provide real
gauge of community reaction. 1t was
disappointing, too, that Mr.. Lewis ex-
plantations, at times highly technical,
generated little discussion of the basic
controversies involved. 1t is understand
able that residents interests should lie
primarily in their own areas, but the
city-wide implications of Mr. Lewis pro-
posalS on employment, parking and pop
ulation control also need fuller under
standing.
1t is to be hoped that during the next
week, as the public meetings move into
the Northwest, attendance will pick up.
The new proposals are complex and, at
this point, tentative. But the fact is
that decisions must be made now on what
Washington wants coming to accomplish.
All residents would be well advised to
get in on the ground floor, not only be-
cause of the effects of coming on indi-
vidual properties, but because of the
powerful influence 1t will exert on the
future development of the entire city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-25

This seems to be open season
on the Supreme Court, during
which time anyone can take a
shot at it. so here goes an
other.
Recently the court ruled
that civilians who accompany
the armed forces overseas may
be tried by court-martial for
crimes committed overseas.
Two women. wives of members
of the armed forces, not in any
way employed by the armed
services, such as civil service
employees, etc., but merely
American citizens abroad. were
the defendants in the cases
under consideration. The de-
cision was a split one. Of five
to three, the remaining mem
Der being unable to make up
his mind. and all Of the mi
nority members were unable,
because Of lack of time, to
submit written opinions, but
promised them at the opening
Of the fall term.
The United States Consti-
tuition. Article Ill, Section. 2.
provides: The trial Of all
crimes :. shall be by jury. 80"
Can anything be palmer?
The Fifth Amendment to
the Constitution provides: no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-25
Lost Fellow Travellers?

Pietro Nenni, leader of the extreme
left-wing faction of the italian Socialist
Party, has now cut loose with long and
bitter theological article that is likely to
be read with some sobriety by RuSsia's
collective leaders," Among other things,
it suggests that he and his followers
heretofore communism's most dependable
Western allies--have been lost by the
Kremlin and that they will henceforth
travel on their own, or perhaps even
throw their considerable parliamentary
weight on the side of Premier Segni's
anti-Red coalition government.
In its potentials at least, this is a
highly significant development from the
standpoint of Italy's internal politics.
For the Nenni Socialists-who in the re-
cent local and provincial elections gained
added strength at the expense of the
Communists long been close col
laborators of the Reds, and If they now
cease to be fellow travellers, if instead
they begin to vote like the other Socialists
and generally lend their support to the
middle-of-the-road coalition, Italian gov
erning stability should be appreciably
enhanced. And that in turn should
benefit the West as a whole
Moreover, in the free world beyond
Italy, the Nenni article should have a
marked impact on all extremist political
groups that still tend to be ardently pro-
Kremlin. In that respect, it should serve
to impede MoScow's efforts to promote
Red-Socialist popular fronts" in Western
parliaments. And it should intensity the
embarrassment of the bewildered and
divided Italian, French, British and other
non-Russian Communists whose heads
are still Keeling from the shock of what
Mr.. Nenni describes as the profound crisis
imposed on international communism by
the official Soviet revelations of Stains
nonStrouS crimes. For his own part, he
does not doubt the truth of those revela-
lions. On the contrary, he accepts them
for what they are-unquestionabl fact
and he sees in them good reason to brand
Nikita Khrushchev and company with a
large measure of the awful guilt involved.
Indeed, in effect, Mr.. Nenni contends
that the poSt-Stalin Kremlin-if it is to
purge itself of that guilt-must do much
more than just deglorify the dead tyrant;
it must overhaul the entire Soviet system
by eliminating the last vestiges of ter
rorism and by permitting genuine indi-
vidual and group liberty both within
Russia and in the satellite lands. Ger
tainly, to have him say this after all his
years of fellow-traveling, is striking
thing that should have wholesome roper
cussions not only in Italy but far beyond.
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Diplomatic Protest

The vacuum Of power re-
sulting from the Withdrawal
Of the British forces from the
Suez Canal is to be filled by
the Communists. judging from
the way in which Communist
Diplomat Shepilov joined in
the Egyptian celebration on
June 10, amid the approving
roars from Communist jet
planes.
How soon will we fill the dip
lomatic vacuum in Cairo and
replace Ambassador Henry A.
Byroade, whose laundering
pursuit Of Egypt helped push
the British out, bring the Rus
SLAMS in and resulted in a dam
gerous imbalance in military
power in the region?
Rita z. Grossnaan
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Thomas ]. Watson

Thomas J.. Watson, who died last
week at the age of 81, was one of the
most colorful of American industrialists.
A salesman by instinct and man of wide
and inquiring interests, he was a real
pioneer in developing the numerous ma
chimes on which so much of our modern
business world depends. His horizons in
this career were unlimited and it was
logical step for him to become one of the
country's leaders in encouraging freer
flow of world trade. His accomplishments
have been recognized by many foreign
governments and his contributions have
been notable in many fields apart from
business and commerce.
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person shall be held to answer
for a capital, or otherwise in
famous crime, unless on a pre-
sentiment or indictment of a
grand jury, except in cases
arising in the land or naval
forces. or in the militia when
in actual service in time of
war or public danger nor
be deprived of life, liberty or
property, without due process
Of law. :"
And yet Congress, by the act
of May S, 1850. known as the
Uniform Code of Military JUS
tice. Article 2, Section 10, pro-
vided: 1.-THE following persons
are subject to this code: In
time Of war, all persons serv-
ing with or accompanying an
armed force in the field; :"
and the Supreme Court in the
above opinion held that that
act of Congress was valid and
applied to these two women,
wives Of members of the armed
services. How much worse can
the court get?
Those women committed Sc
rious crimes and should be
punished; but if we are going
to do it in the name of law
let US do it lawfully. AS for the
judge who could not make up
his mind, ! suggest that he
give way to one who can.
Observer.
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YISTAS IN SCIENCE
U. S. to Study Ice-Free Antarctic Area
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

A camp Of United States
scientific observers will be oc-
cupied for the two summers Of
the International Geophysical
Year on the Knox Coast, near
the point where the Antarctic
continent first was sighted in
1910 by 1t. Charles Wilkes of
the United States Navy.
1t. Wilkes, later the founder
of the Naval Observatory, often
is credited with being the dis
coyerer of the continent al
though its northern extension,
the Palmer Peninsula, had
been seen 20 years earlier.
This station will have an
important part in the program
of international observations.
1t is to be located in an area
where there is some evidence
that the dead, ice-shrouded
continent is waking. Just back
of the Knox coast is an ice
free region of about 90 square
miles, the largest in Antarc-
tica. This is the so-called
Burgers Oasis, discovered on
Admiral Byrd's 1947 expedi-
ton.
Land Of Rocks and Lakes
1t is a region Of red and
black boulders scattered in
such confusion that one be-
comes hopelessly lost among
them in a few minutes. Among
the rocks, however, are several
green lakes. on one of which
it was possible to land a sea-
plane. The green color of the
water is due to algae, one
celled plants which are among
the most primitive forms of
life on earth.
The area might be regarded
as a scene out of the earliest
or the last days of life on earth
when living things first were
establishing themselves in the
waters, or when, with the in
exorably approaching ice
death of the planet, only the
simplest and most adaptable
organisms will be able to sur
vive.
The oasis is surrounded on
three sides by towering walls
of ice. Several hypothesis
have been advanced to ex-
plain its existence. One is that
the area overlays a so-called
batholith, a mass of hot rock
buried several miles deep after
slowly pushing its way up
ward from beneath the earth's
crust. Yellowstone National
Park is the top of just such a
formation. A rock mass of this
sort might act like a hot air
furnace in a basement, with a
constant flow of heat upward.
Another hypothesis is that
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones is toying
with the idea of getting a
power mower.
The fact that some so mil
lion male Americans already
have done so makes no differ
ence to him.
What other people do never
worries Jones; it is what Jones
does-or doesn't do-that in
terests him, mainly.
Probably most people are in
terested first in themselves;
it is equally plain that a GER
tain percentage of them, say
rs, won't admit it.
They will do anything but
admit it, being by nature just
that way. 1t makes no differ
ence. What people think and
believe finally comes out.
Everybody knows it. really.
1t is gnats and mosquitoes,
and a few midges, which are
worrying Jones into a power
mower.
The gnats, in particular.
These fiends hover over
every lawn, like evil spirits,
and especially over the face of
Temp Jones. grasscutter.
His old-fashioned hand ma
chine is just that-it takes
both hands, except now and
then.
The now and then comes
when Jones slaps at gnats.
These pests have two targets
in the Jones area.
His eyes.
Faithfully the gnats plunge
at these, so that Mr.. Jones
has to lower them, thus STUN
bling over the lawn hose.
While stumbling along, he
slaps with his left hand.
Now. slapping with the right
hand is none too good.
A gnat is a pretty small as
sembly Of wings and things.
Just how it manages to get
along in such a big. tough
world. full of larger and larger
insects, and millions Of people
with slapping hands, is one of
the lesser mysteries.
Nothing is surer than that
most gnats do manage to
escape.
They 60 right through
fingers.
After all. to q gnat, the
space between fingers must be
mile-size, at least in gnat
thinking.
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"Ha, hal" shrieks the gnat,
''you can't catch mel"
4
Templeton Jones has no de-
sire to catch the scoundrel.
He wants to pulverize it.
But his occasional victory
leaves him feeling defeated.
Victory against a gnat is not
very much.
One doesn't crow over a
gnat.
There are enemies and enc
mics. but tiny gnat isn't one
of them, except when it lodges
at the left eye, which isn't any
too good, anyway.
"Gnat," what a word!
Where does the "g" come
from?
"Gnaw" is another.
Saw 1t printed "knaw" the
other day, and it did look odd.
\
Templeton Jones thinks that
the fumes from a gasoline mo-
tor might keep the gnats away.
Perhaps he has an idea
there.
1t might be possible to in
corporate a teaspoon of insect
repellent in the gas. and thus
make it do double duty, If the
fumes themselves weren't
enough.
In the meantime, Jones
plods along faithfully behind
his hand mower, pushing at
intervals with his right hand
and arm, and slapping at gnats
with his left.
He passes on the following
personal discovery to all lawn
mower pushers:
Six quick slaps. in rapid sue
cession, are much better than
one at a time.
Multiple blows, he has dis
covered, put the individual
gnat at disadvantage. It
doesn't know whether the
blows are coming or going. and
in lodging so much, loses its
balance. and tends to fall be-
hind in the race for survival.
which is lucky for so small a
creature.
Well behind, it may survive;
right out in front Of Temp
Jones' nose. its survival rate is
distinctly lower.
But it is pretty sure that
Templeton Jones will be the
only man In the world who
buys a power mower, not to
NOV the lawn, but to get rid
OF gnats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-25

Of radiant heating" A small
area Of Antarctica would be so
oriented with respect to pre-
vailing winds that snow is
swept away as soon as it falls.
The surrounding ice then
tends to focus the suns rays
on the bare rocks, which have
q considerable capacity for
absorbing heat. A great deal
of this is collected through the
three months of summer sun
shine and slowly reradiated.
The boulders. it was deter
mined, were left by a retreat
ing glacier which had picked
them up somewhere in the in
terror of the continent. Final
solution of the mystery of the
oasis, one of the weirdest spots
on earth, probably will result
from the work of the scientists
at the Knox Camp.
Interior Almost Unknown
Beyond the coast the land,
generally featureless, rises rap
idly towards the South Pole.
The interior is almost UNI
known. Surveys will be car
ried out similar to those
planned in Marie Byrd Land.
On the opposite side Of the
continent from Little America,
a camp Of United States OBJ
servers will be set up on the
Filchner ice Shelf-the count
erpart in the Weddell Sea area
of the Ross Shelf but much
less extensive. This titanic
mass of floating ice attached,
to the continent like an apron
was discovered in 1911 by 1t.
William Filchner of the Ger
man exploring ship Deutsch-
land.
1t is one Of the least known
parts Of the world. The con-
tour of the coast beyond the
shelf still does not appear on
maps and is largely conjec-
tural. Just off the shelf Fitch
ner sailed through heavy pack
in which his ship was impris-
oned for weeks at a time. He
drifted about in this pack for
nearly three months through
gales which piled loose ice
cakes in windows Is feet high
around his ship. Here Sir Err
nest Shackleton's ship Endur-
ance was crushed in the ice in
October 1915. Filchner and
his party made a sledge Jour-
ney Of more than 100 miles
across the shelf without find
ing any trace of land.
The work of the Weddell Sea
observers will be quite SINH
lar to that of the scientists
stationed at Little America,
but will involve more explora-
ton trips into the interior.