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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24

United States The foreign-car market
is booming here, up SO per cent from the
1855 level About so foreign makes are
now available in this country, with the
fastest sales increase being recorded by
West Germany's little Volkswagens.
American manufacturers are not seri-
ously threatened. perhaps, by this interest
in foreign cars. For the first half Of this
year, the imports captured only about IL
per cent Of the automobile market. It
is worth noting, however, that while the
foreigners were pushing their sales up
by the So per cent the sale Of our own
cars in the domestic market was dropping
by 10 per cent. There may be some
worthwhile lessons to be learned now by
our own industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
BoIoncinq the Picture

Current hearings on the Davis school
investigation leave room for a citizens
committee, formation of which has Just
been announced, which strives for bal
anced and factual presentation of condi-
tons attending indignation.
It is unlikely, however, that this
praiSeworthy objective is going to be
achieved merely by criticizing the motives
of the subcommittee conducting the in
curry. More important is the truth of the
testimony, by school officials and teachers
who are in better position than anybody
else to describe the experience thus far
under indignation. The credibility of
these witnesses is not readily open to at
tack. They are honorable witnesses, re-
f1ecting great credit on the teaching staff,
and it would be a grievous error to charge
them with bias or prejudice merely be-
cause they are presenting unpleasant in
formation.
1t is therefore reaSsuring to read in
the statement announcing its formation,
that the citizens committee intends to
present both the progress that has been
made under Indignation and the problems
which need attention - and that both
progress and problems will be brought to
the attention of the city and the country.
For progress under Indignation is best
measured by the success in overcoming
the new problems brought to light.
Any disposition to minimize the ex-
tent of the problems, for fear of iniuring
progress under integration, is unwise and
can delay the necessary solutions. A
citizens committee which merely
launches counter arrage to offset i'm
pressions left by the Davis investigation
cannot be nearly as helpful as COM
mittee which recognizes the existence of
problems and dedicateS its mission to
finding and applying the remedies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Plug for Foster Homes


With all due respect to the
United Givers Fund, / would
like to protest a little jab in
your recent plea for funds.
The story relates how Sally
had been put in a foster home
but it didn't work out.
Things were worse than be-
fore" This makes foster
mothers heartsick.
Sally couldn't have been
happy under optimum condi-
tons after losing her mother.
so let's not slur her foster care.
Now time has worked its mir
acles, and she has adjusted
herself to the wholesome life
at the Episcopal Home. I'm
glad.
But I would like to put in a
plug for foster homes. I have
taken care of other children
for four years now, and / can
say that as much goes into it
as for my own children. Each
child has found his niche and
become a part of the family.
Each requires much tender
ness, consolation. bandages.
understanding, laundry, meals,
laughter, discipline, prayer and
soul searching. Most children
who have come to stay with us
have made remarkable prog
ress in personality growth, and
all have left at least some bet
ter adjusted.
So, a kind word for foster
parents please. We try so
hard.
Anita Hooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Better View Southwark

There are highly encouraging i'm
plicationS in the announcement by the
Export-Import Bank that it is ready to
lend 500 million to Argentina. For this
decision is based not only upon the esti-
mated SoundneSS of the credit as busi-
ness proposition, but also upon an esti-
mate that Argentina's political evolution
has progressed to point of reasonable
stability. It was approximately year
ago that this South American country
threw of the totalitarian rule of the
PeronistaS. In the months between there
have been conflict and uncertainty as the
Aramburu administration sought to estab-
lish solid foundation for political and
economic freedom. Undoubtedly there
is more to be done, but the gains in the
first year hold high hopes for the future.
Meanwhile, the Export Import Bank
credits (not gifts) will be applied pri-
marily to urgent needs in improving the
country's transport system, with supple
mentary application to industrial and
agricultural projects. A badly deterio-
rated transport network was one of the
inheritanceS from the Peron regime 1t
needs emergency repair for today's needs
and considerable expansion for tomor-
rows. The loans earmarked for this
purpose will be long-term ones at approx
imately per cent interest. Other credits
for private enterprise purposes will be
under varying terms and conditions.
1t is Significant, incidentally, that
this desire for United States credits rather
than grants simultaneously has been en-
phasized by spokesman of Brazil, where
another new administration is initiating
a long-term program for greater indus
trialization of that country. I'VE do not
want gifts or handouts" Brazilian AM
bassador Peixoto told the New York
Herald Tribune, I'VE do need capital
loans which we can and will repay" Ger
tainly, under conditions of an improving
political climate, the southern continent
offers great opportunity for equating
hemisphere solidarity with hemisphere
strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Poddinq U. S. Expenses?

In Joseph Young's coll
umn September 10, reference
was made to per diem and
mileage payments for Govern
ment employees on travel status.
AS one who does a certain
amount of such travel pri-
vately, I suggest that the 10
cents-a-mile payment for car
operation is not only high, but
actually exorbitant from the
taxpayers viewpoint.
Twelve dollars per diem is
certainly not much. Most
private firms would allow If
teen or twenty without a MUIR
muir. But anyone who has
operated any kind Of private
cost-accounting system for an
automobile, unless it be q
Rolls-Royce, knows full well
that 10 cents a mile is more
than enough to cover gas, oil,
depreciation. maintenance. in
surance. and the like. In fact,
this sum is probably enough to
pay of the whole car if the
employe does any great amount
of travel with it.
I suggest our friends in
Government service content
themselves with the per diem.
where they have a good case.
and not with trying to get q
free new car every two years
via mileage payments.
Joe Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
EXCITING Future

Senator Estes Kefauver has been
quick to call attention to the similarity
between Mr.. Nixon's vision Of our bright
new future and Herbert Hoover's cam
paign theme in 1928-"tWo cars in every
garage and chicken in every pot"
But Mr.. Nixon's picture Of things to-
come is not invalidated because the rela-
lively modest Hoover prophecy was fol-
lowed by deep depression and World War
II. If our world can avoid the horrors Of
nuclear warfare there is no reason to
doubt that the average American, 10
years from now, will accept as common
place standard Of living which embraces
a better home, shorter work-week, two
automobiles, three television sets and
host of other labor-saving and pleasure
giving gadgets. And this exciting future"
this economic system that brings COM
fort and even luxury to every American
family" lies ahead, we suspect, regardless
of which political party happens to be in
power. For the United States, without
any doubt, has the skills, the chronological
capabilities and the economy to produce
this materialistic paradise.
What remains uncertain is whether we
will also develop the wisdom and the
moral character to find true happiness in
a push-button world. In the material
sense, this country has made enormous
progress in generation or so. But there
is precious little evidence that we have
learned to live well, or live better, in any
true sense of the term. Nor is this better
way of life likely to come about merely
through the multiplication of automo-
biles, television sets and whatnot. Some-
thing more is needed, and we will have
to look beyond political speeches to find it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Truman and Hiss

While ! agree with your edi-
torial conclusion that the AL
ger Hiss affair has been over
worked as a political gimmick,
/ challenge your statement that
former President Truman has
been erratic III his estimate Of
the affair.
Let us look at the facts and
see If we cannot set the record
straight. It was the Justice
Department, under the admin
istration Of Truman, that con-
victed Hiss of perjury, and he
did not use his power to pro-
vide executive clemency. So
the record on this is plain
and consistent. The President
prosecuted and let Hiss serve
his time for swearing falsely.
Now. you may agree with
Hall. Brownell, Nixon, Mundt.
Mccarthy and the others who
contend that being convicted
of lying, about knowing and
passing information to the
confessed spy and traitor,
Chambers, automatically made
Hiss a spy and a traitor also.
True it was damaging evidence.
but according to American JUS
tice was it conclusive as gener-
ally accepted?
President Truman, weighing
this evidence against all other
known facts, including the
knowledge that the events oc-
CURED during the time that
Russia was our war ally, has
consistently given Hiss the
benefit OF the doubt and re-
fused to Join those who brand
him as q spy and a traitor.
Even should time eventually
prove Hiss a traitor or a spy,
/ am sure history will acclaim
Truman's firm stand for Amer
lean justice at a time when it
was very unpopular to so act.
! admit the reports and COM
ments on Humans statements
have been cratic, often false
and misleading. but the fact is
that he has always stood firm
and been consistent on this
question.
S. B. Hardy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Northern Vacation

The sun Is a flaming streak OF
gold
At the far horfzon's rim.
IL cools to crimson and Ioven-
der
As the forest disles grow dim.
The lake smooths to patent
leather gloss
As the early night creeps In:
From dJar the laughter OF the
loon
Mocks silence NTH eeYie din.
oh. far is the traffic and the
noise:
Forgotten the citv's heat:
Life is a healing promise
fulfilled
In q pine-gHdrded retreat.
Helen Darby Bernins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Effects Of Hormones on Human Growth
By THOMAS R. HENRI

there was no growth increase.
But women have about the
same growth cycles. The Chi
cago University workers felt
certain that their growth also
must be due to sex hormones
and that the production OF
these Is stimulated by the
pituitary secretions. Curiously
enough. there was no result,
in growth. It is known that
certain types Of abnormal
adrenal glands in women fire.
quently produce male hor-
nnones. 1t was thought that
the individuals might be more
sensitive to the action Of the
pituitary substance. This,
however. has not proved true
and the mechanism by which
adolescent growth is stimu-
lated in women remains a
mystery.
Progesterone Studied
The effects Of injection OF
progesterone, one Of the fe-
male hormones, on a number
Of patients with deficient
adrenal glands, as well as on
normal subjects, now has been
thoroughly investigated, the
Cancer Society reports. It had
been suggested that this SUBJ
stance inhibited growth by
breakdown Of proteins in the
tissues.
This was found to be true
in every case. The fact that
this also occurred in patients
with deficient or inactive adre-
nal glands suggested that the
effect was not brought about
through the adrenals. Other
investigations show that none
Of the other glands play any
part IN the weight loss phe-
nomenon.
Testosterone given women
results in growth, Just as in
men. Progesterone produces
the same breakdown in both
sexes.
Yet, it is pointed out, there
is no evidence of more than
very minute amounts Of the
male hormone in the blood
stream Of growing girls and
there is no known mechanism
by which it might be increased
at definite times. Also it is
considered highly unlikely that
there is some as yet undiscov-
cred female hormone which
has a similar effect on growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Psychologists Differ

l am writing in response to
an article by the Associated
Press which appeared IL your
paper on September II, con-
corning the opinions If DR..
Frank C. j. McGurk on the
topic of Negro capacity for
education. It's style and con-
tent are so dogmatic as 10
preclude. in my opinion, the
understanding that DR.. Me-
Gurk's certain facts are no
more than his particular
Interpretation Of numerous
studies dealing xlth the "in-
telligence" Of different racial
and cultural groups. I am a
psychologist and can state
with conviction that DR.. Nc
Gurk's opinions relating to
Negro intellectual capacity"
do not necessarily reflect the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Gossip originally meant
God-related.
The gossip was some relation
at a baptism.
Shakespeare's plays are full
of "Old gossip" and How
now. gossip" or gentle gos-
sip"
There was no connotation Of
unseemlinesS then about the
word.
In those days, close relations
would get together and talk.
A gossip-noun--Was some
one who talked, that was all.
It didn't take more than 400
centuries, or thereabout. 10
turn the noun into the verb,
to gossip.
Somehow. in some way,
probably due to human nature
as it is, not as 1t should be,
the idea of criticism got into
the picture.
Criticism is always with us.
Mothers criticize their children
because they won't stand up
straight.
Throw your shoulders
back" said a mother on PENN
sylvania avenue the other day.
Her love was greater than
her knowledge.
If she had read enough, she
would have known that if one
pulls the head back. and gets
the spine properly aligned,
the shoulders will take care Of
themselves.
$50
True gossip has to do with
good things. because good
things are more fun.
Nobody. even in this odd
age, can get away from the
fact that mere rumors, or III
reports. always have q whip
lash action.
The person who applies them
is almost always slapped back,
and sometimes down, and it
serves him right, the so and so.
Honest gossip is talk. It has
been maligned as yak, yak"
but 1t holds interest in the
everyday, where most Of us
have to live.
Only an occasional person,
now and then. can meet the
picturesque. the thrilling, and
perhaps it is just as well.
For most Of US, the common.
place will do. ct has to-
Let us season 1t with good
gossip, and may we never sue
cunb to the temptation Of
betrayal Of trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Platform Double Talk

Inc Republican platform Is
a classic example of political
double talk. For orthodox Re-
publicans it says: 1--WE hold
that the major issue today is
whether government shall be
the servant or the master Of
men. We are unalterably
opposed to unwarranted
growth of centralized power"
There then follows a long list
OF promises which, in addition
to the fact that the Eisen-
hover administration has
given the green light to SUI
preme Court uSurpations of
States rights, run directly
counter to this declaration Of
a fundamental constitutional
principle of government.
The platform writer's say:
I'VE pledge further reduce
tons in government spending
=. :" which is to be accom-
plished by continued or in
creased spending in innumer-
able directions. Thus, the for
eign giveaways are to be con-
tinued and there will be more
Federal spending for local
schools, local housing, social
security, health and flood in
surance and CT and veteran
benefits. The farmers. in addi-
ton to parity price supports,
will get "soil bank" subsidies.
crop insurance, drought and
flood insurance and supple
mental credit" Also the Gov
eminent will buy up tempo
rary market surpluses" with
the taxpayers money and give
1t away. OF course, this does
not include dealers. who are
stuck with a surplus Of last
years automobiles or television
sets. For further farm relief,
the Republicans promise to ex-
pand the school-milk and
school-lunch program. And.
lest you forget, the taxpayers
viii be required to bestow these
benefactions under the leader
ship Of one who said that
Federal welfareism SIS q kind
Of dictatorship"
notwithstanding all Of this
"unwarranted growth of Fed
eral power" the spenders
promise further reductions in
taxes" continued balancing
Of the budget and ito main
tain the purchasing power Of
a sound dollar" They even
promise gradual reduction
Of the national debt" al
though, under President Eisen-
hover. the national debt has
been increased by ST. billion.
The Republican magicians
have outpromised the Demo-
cratic wizards.
Surely a reading Of this
platform must convince the
most obtuse that the Eisen-
hover new Republicanisrnp Is
in reality a Chinese copy of
New Dealism with expansion Of
its infiationary and welfare
state policies that imperii the
preservation Of individual in
itiative. seIf-reliance and free
dom. while promoting what
Mr.. Eisenhower himself de-
nounced as "the growth Of a
swollen, bureaucratic, monster
government in Washington"
Old Reaetionary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24

opinions Of psychologists in
general. More specifically. /
feel / am but one OF many
psychologists who would diff
fer with DR.. McGurk. His
statements should be regarded
as rejecting the opinion Of
but one psychologist.
David G. Twain. Ph.D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
BIockoding Israel

In discussing the Constan-
tinople Convention of 1883,
Dorothy Thompson quo ties
Articles 2. 4, 5. Z and s, which
prohibit blockade practices in
the Suez Canal and ensure
free passage for the ships Of
all nations; Article 10, which
permits Egypt to take meas
ures to secure her own defense
and internal security: and
Article IA. which declares that
the treaty shall not be limited
by the length OF. life Of the
Suez Canal Company.
1t is strange that Miss
Thompson has omitted to
quote Article IL Of that same
convention, as it is this which
qualities Article 10 and
strengthens those articles
stressing the permanent right
of all ships of any country to
free passage through the
canal.
Article IL states: "The
measures which shall be taken
in the cases provided for in
Articles 8 and 10 of the pres
ent treaty (Article 8, not
quoted by Miss Thompson,
empowers the Egyptian gov
eminent to call on Britain as
the successor (for the pur-
poses of the convention) to
the Imperial Ottoman Gov
eminent for assistance in
carrying out the convention)
shall not interfere with the
free use of the canal"
Egypt annot therefore
claim 'belligerent rights"
(which have in any case been
rejected by the United Ma
tionsl to justify her blockade
of the canal against foreign
shipping en- route to and from
Israel.
H. Y. Orgel.
Information Attache,
Embassy of Israel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Discounts Kent

The more Frank Kent raps
Adlai Stevenson. the better /
like Mr.. Stevenson. Mr.. Kent
accuses Mr.. Stevenson Of
hitting low. but he is the lowest
hitting columnist I'VE ever
read. And there is a difference
between hitting hard and
hitting low. There is an old
saying that a smart man
changes, but a fool never does.
So If Mr.. Kent thinks Adlai
has changed. all Of his admir-
ers think it is a change for the
better.
Real Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24

Gossip is fun. but breaking
condolences is something else.
CONFIDENTIAL"
Newspaper work is based on
that.
The man who breaks a con-
fldence is not respected.
Nobody likes him.
In everyday life, much the
same thing prevails. When
some one. in the guise of
friend. worms confidential
matter out OF another. and then
reveals it. he, too. is regarded
askance.
Good gossip is the fun of
life. s4
What one finds out. is fair
game.
But to trick 1t out Of an
other, and then spill it to the
first who will listen, there one
finds treason. stratagem and
spoils, as Shakespeare put it.
True gossip, for the fun Of
1t. viii have none Of such
tactics.
Life is difficult enough, with
out adding everyday treachery.
How beautiful living can be,
with fortune on ones side.
Even one of the greatest
and therefore most terrible
Of dictators said, in a candid
moment:
"A man must have luck"
A man must have more than
luck, though. He has to have
a sense of decency, of timeli-
ness and Of investigation.
The last is commonly over
looked.
A boy trains himself for one
task, then. just because he
starts OF at q salary i've times
what his father made at his
age. he thinks he is pretty.
good.
He concentrates on his mar
row field. and stays right in it,
to the loss of human interest.
Life is full Of interest, but
the young man misses most
Of it.
The sad thing is that old
men do, too. and old women,
and old pug dogs.
Remember the face of the
dog: how like a human being
1t is, and how little it under
stands.
People get that way, mainly
because they refuse to look,
listen. investigate.
Boiled down. that is all gos-
sip is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24

Ever since medical research
began. one Of its most perplex-
ing problems has been why an
individual stops growing after
becoming an adult.
There is rapid growth in
early childhood, a great squirt
during adolescence. Then q
status quo is maintained for
the rest Of life, until the in
evitable breakdown with old
age and disease.
The reason for the Adde'S
cent squirt and its ending now
has been determined in part
for men, but not for women.
1t is due to a complex inter-
action Of hormones secreted by
the pituitary gland at the base
Of the brain and the male sex
glands.
Work Of DR.. Allan T. Ken
yon and his associates at the
University Of Chicago is de-
scribed in the annual report Of
the American Cancer Society
which has partly subsidized
the experiments.
HormOnes Spur Growth
1t was recognized that pu-
berty and adolescence are the
periods Of most rapid growth
and also the time when sex
hormones first appear. There
has been previous evidence
that one Of the male hor-
mones, testosterone, actually
does stimulate growth, par
ticularly stimulating an in
crease in proteins which rep
resent the largest single COM
pOnent Of animal tissue.
Now the pituitary gland
produces hormones which
stimulate the secretion Of sex
hormones. It was believed,
therefore, that administra-
ton of these pituitary hor-
mones should result in q
growth squirt. This, DR.. Ken
yon and his associates have
found, actually is the case.
It was interpreted to mean
that at the start Of adult life
after adolescence, the glands
producing the male hormone
are not at their maximum ca
pacity and that growth equi-
librium is achieved, at least in
part, by the balanced delivery
OF the pituitary hormones.
When the substances we're adj
ministered to persons who
could not produce testosterone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-24
Bock-Sent DRIVING

One of the pieces of advice given
most frequently by American businessmen
20 their European counterpartS has been
to adopt American methods for market
ing vigorous advertising, attractive dis
play, guarantees of service, etc. Some Of
the Europeans have been listening-as
indicated by Wall Street Journal survey
Of sales Of foreign automobiles in the