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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-20
Counting Trees

Again today I count the trees
That offer cool green shade,
and ease
For i0edry eyes; one sycamore
Well constituted TO restore
Belief IN tdllness. keeps It's
place,
Five naples tDeu julfu the
space
Assigned to them. one dog
tDood bends,
And one tUtld cherry tree as
cendS
In lust the nay dliDdys knew.
Green wedlth enough for any
Uiew.
And yet ! miss the lifting
Dough
Where one elm Uds, and Is
not non.
Jone Merehont
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-20
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
'AbominobIe Snowman Unmosked
By THOMAS R. HENRY

hard ground scantily covered
by sand were IL inches long
and five inches broad.
A few days later these same
shepherds found quite similar
footprints on the snow at q
considerably greater elevation.
These prints were considerably
larger than those left in the
sand and there were no traces
of toes. This was obviously
due to the melting Of snow at
the edges of the footprint
after exposure to the sun, with
consequent enlargement Of the
entire impression.
Pranavanada notes that
footprints in snow are subject
to changes in dimensions and
obliteration of details not only
through melting but also as a
result of strong winds. He
himself came upon gigantic hui
man footsteps while on a pill
grimage to a holy peak. This
is reached through a narrow
pass crossed by only two or
three persons a year. He
learned that a barefoot pilgrim
"a man of quite ordinary size
had been through the pass
nearly a month before. Melt
ing was q reason for the 81
inch-long footprints seen by
the swami.
Rejects Monkey Theory
According to Pranavanada,
the red bear is one of several
animals that make excursions
into the high snow fields and
glaciers. The footprints Of
any of them, distorted by melt
ing, hardly would be recog-
nized by naturalists.
He rejects altogether, how
ever, the theory that the
"abominable snowman" may be
a langur, or black-faced
Himalayan monkey. Langurs
in the upper Himalayas, he
says, move down to lower,
warmer regions well in adj
vance of snow fall.
In the Tibetan language, it
is pointed out, the term
mitch kangmi" can be trans
lated as "man-bear."
Admittedly, DR.. Straus points
out, the new findings do not
entirely solve the mystery and
will not put a stop to the
popular stories of pre-human
monster who has survived in
the high mountains. The mat
ter cannot be settled con-
clusively, he says, until a
specimen of an undoubted
snowman" is obtained for
study.
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Mitch Kangmi, the "abom-
Unable snowman" of the high
Himalayas, is q big red bear.
This is an animal well
enough known to biologists,
about the size Of man, with
light-red or reddish-brown
fur, which sometimes walks
on its hind legs like a man and
may leave q human-like foot
print in sand or snow.
At least this is the conclu-
sion of the Rev. Swami Prana-
vanada just published in the
Indian Geographical Journal
sitting stories of Tibetan eye
witnesses and the stories Of
explorers.
For several years stories Of
the "abominable snowman"
have been coming out of Tibet
and Northern India. Huge
footprints in the snow, at ele-
vations of from 10000 to d.
900 feet, have been reported by
quite reliable witnesses, in
GLIDING members of various
Himalayan expeditions. They
even have brought back photo
graphs of these footprints
which could pass for those Of
a large ape. But DR.. William
L. Straus, jr., Of Johns Hop
kins University, in a commune
cation to the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement
Of Science here in which he
calls attention to Swami
Pranavanada's investigation,
says BIOLOGISTS long have rec
ognized q superficial resem-
blance between human and
bear footprints.
Shepherds Story
Among the persons inter-
viewed by the swami was q
Tibetan shepherd whose sheep
had been attacked by the
animal at an elevation Of
10000 feet. The creature. the
herder said, rose on its hind
legs after first running on all
tours and departed with a
victim after Intellectual gun
fire from the natives. 1t was
light red and about the height
of a man.
According to another in
formant, a similar creature
was encountered by shepherds
at a height of $4,000 feet. At
times it moved on all four legs,
at others on hind legs alone.
When erect its height was a
little greater than that of a
tall man. The body was COW
cred by a thick coat of reddish
brown hair. Footprints left on
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLSE. TRACEWELL

father mockingbird making
only a token defense. if it does
not fly away, which it often
does.
The parents of assailed young
must wait until the foe has
gone.
That is about all they can do.
1t is. indeed, as much as
most creatures can do that
exist without the mental idea
of heroic sacrifice in their
minds.
The intelligence of the bird
creatures is not too high, but
only high enough to carry
them down the centuries.
They are among the oldest
living things, and therefore
may be thought to have enough
brains for their ultimate, if
not immediate, good.
This has been worked out by
nature in her queer ways.
1t is said that a warbler
from whose nest the rightful
baby has been taken, and a
phony put in its place, never
knows the difference.
On the other wing, a warbler
mother may repeatedly build
a nest over a nest in which q
cowbird has placed an egg.
This has been carried to the
point where there are three
nests, one on top of the other.
The bird parents, regardless
of species, are told to defend
just so much. evidently. and no
more.
We must be reminded of the
beautiful old poem with the
lines:
1.-THE little lambs play, they
know no better,
They are only one times
one"
Birds, despite their abilities
at survival. are only "one times
one" when it comes to many
things in their daily life.
In other words, what we are
trying to say, is that the par
ents Of the little mocker we're
in no sense to blame for what
happened.
In nature, the big always
wins.
We suspect that he does in
human affairs, too.
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Thomas Makes a Mark

We wish TO extend to The
Star our most grateful APP
probation and thanks for the
wonderful work Rod Thomas
has done with his writing on
bowling in the past year.
Being among bowlers most
all year long. I hear many
comments from them about
the articles Mr.. Thomas has
written and they are highly
appreciative of them.
From these same bowlers we
wish to convey one other mes
sage Of constructive criticism
not enough space is devoted to
bowling news in our area in
comparison to some other areas
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Buzzes Our Tower

I couldn't help being a little
amused at ID. c. Airport Con-
gestion tanning Radio Lanes"
by Charles Yarbrough, in your
July IS issue. AS matter Of
fact, I read it just before driv-
ing to Washington National
Airport, where I keep my
plane, and going out on an
afternoon fight. That old
bromide about the scientists
saying fatty that the bumble-
bee can't fly kept occurring to
me as I read your article. AS
you know. the bromide goes on
to say that the bumblebee
hadn't heard this learned
theory, so he went on his
merry way. flying with ease
and efficiency, just as he
always has through the ages.
What I gather from this
article is that it's part of a
campaign to get Burke air.
port built at all costs. Per-
sonally, I see nothing par
ticularly wrong with getting
Burke built. SO long as the
taxpayers who are going to
have to foot the bill realize
what they are buying. Briefly.
the commercial air1ines want
a fancy new airport. In many
ways they definitely need it.
And if they can get Uncle
Sugar to buy it for them,
well. they're to be congratu-
lated.
But to exaggerate the facts
to achieve that end is some
thing else again. You'd think
from reading some of the
things your paper has been
carrying that the sky is black
with airplanes, that it's virtual
suicide to fly into or out Of
Washington National, etc. This
sort Of thing is as phony as
a three-dollar bill.
First, there's the headline
item about the "24 Near
Misses in One Month" over
Washington. Much of the
material on that particular
subject came from me, but
when the headline writer got
through with it, it was an
entirely different story from,
what I had tried to explain.
There we're 2 reported near
misses. A group of us-includ-
ing airline representatives
went over those with the great
est care, because they we're
actually the primary reason
for the Washington expert
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ARLINGTON, VA.

ARLINGTON, VA.
Dear Sir:
II hate birds, after I saw
what 1 saw this morning.
81 looked out my second
story bedroom while dressing
and saw a large blackbird,
more like a grackle than a
startling, picking at something
that looked like a gray piece
of paper.
But when I heard the
'eeps' from the object picked
on, ] realized that it was a
young mockingbird.
II was not sufficiently
dressed to rush to the rescue
but I called to my mother-in-
law, who was downstairs.
"She went out and brought
the fledgling in, but 1t was
soon dead.
\ 4 4
I'm not bothered about the
grackle, who was only picking
on some one of another genus.
But where were the parents
Of the little mockie?
what about all this. that
birds are homogeneous, faith
full to their mates, protective
about their children?
I'll tell you what happened.
My mother-in-law brought the
fledgling in. 1t gave out a
few more 'eeps. the sound the
baby knocking birds make
when they are demanding food
from their parents. But they
were weak little 'eeps.' And
then it died.
MY mother-in-law put the
body outside. The grackles
were gone. But the parent
mockingbirds came flying over
it, making a lot of noise.
Sincerely, G. K"
4 X
Birds, in defending their
young, can only go so far.
Even the belligerent mocker
is mostly bluff. not possessing
weapons of defense, and not
too much offense.
1t can peck at a cat or
human. but that is about all.
In the face of grackle, so
much larger and meaner. it
can do little, even in protect
ing its young.
Once the mean yellow-eyed
bird starts to commit murder.
it goes right ahead, with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-20
Civil Defense

Ice Committee has given seri-
Gus thought to the compli-
Gated problem of civil defense.
In particular we have consid-
cred the national civil defense
demonstration scheduled for
today. Concern for the well
fare Of our fellowmen-what-
ever Observation-Disclosures part
of our Quaker tradition. Every
humane and Christian motive
moves us to wish to help the
victims of fire, flood or war.
We wish to join others in
readiness for such relief, and,
more important, in prevention
of disaster when possible. We
hope our record makes this
clear.
Some aspects of civil de-
Tense. however, run counter to
this purpose or at least have
different implications:
/. Civil defense is now tied
to a war spirit. Insofar as civil
defense is promoted as part of
a national policy which sees
war preparation as a justifi-
able means for ourselves and
as a way to deter others, it
falls under our objection to
all war-hot. cold, or psyche
logical. Civil defense in to-
days world comes to be based
on fear and hostility. From
motives of the highest patri-
otism we do not oppose war
only for fear of what others
will do to us, but also reject
what we are called on in war
to do to others.
2. Civil defense is not linked
to work for peace. Citizen
preparation for civil defense
is not accompanied by any
comparable official action to
build citizen responsibility for
peace, the only real defense
from nuclear war.
8. Civil defense creates illu-
sions both of security and in
security. People are coming to
see the massive damage in the
new type of war. No side can
win it, and few men are likely
to survive. The scientists
warn that those who do sur
vive may pass on the effects of
radiation to generations yet
unborn. Drills that at best
can promote only the most
limited protection in a future
war tend today to produce in
some persons anxieties and UNI
healthy psychological tensions,
especially among young chill
dren. In others, a false sense
Of security is created. Both are
unwholesome. as also is the
fatalism with which such
exercises come to be regarded
by the majority of people.
For real defense, let men and
women in this country place
their trust in less illusory
measures They could back
more earnestly Americas
share in action to achieve dis
armament, relax international
tension. show friendlinesS to-
ward those who suspect us. i'm
prove the welfare of the most
needy Through international
cooperation.
Peace by peaceful measures
is our real civil defense. AS
President Eisenhower has
stated. There is no alternative
to peace" And President Tru-
man earlier declared, war is
not the sane mans alternative
to anything"
Therefore, while recogniz-
ing the value of realistic dis
aster-relief measures and the
genuine concern of those who
work for civil defense, we call
attention to the dangers, spir-
itual and otherwise, which we
see in the current demonstra-
ton. The Biblical affirmation
still speaks to men today For
God hath not given us the
spirit of fear, but of power,
and Of love. and Of a sound
mind"
Henry J. Cadbury,
Chairman, American Friends
Service Committee,
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tUriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-20

@. When a seed company
develops a new hybrid flower
or vegetable. can it patent the
seeds?-E. A.
A. No. seeds cannot be
patented.
@. What does the name
Edna mean?-E. P. L.
A. The name, from the He
brew, means rejuvenation.
@. I have heard that mucky
soil can be solidified with
chemicals so that it becomes
strong enough to build on. Is
this so?-S. S. N.
A. A commercial process
called soil solidification in
jects chemicals into subsur-
face water-bearing soils. and
is claimed to convert these
soils Immediately and perma-
nently into a solid mass hav-
ing the load-bearing value Of
native sandstone. The process
can be applied both before
construction and after compile
ton of a building or other
structure.
@. What is the Population
Reference Bureau.-G. M.
A. This organization. with
headquarters In Washington,
d. c.. is an Incorporated. nom
profit, scientific organization
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Monsure's Resignation
Accepted by President

the necessity to return to pri.
vate life" due to persona
obligations"
White House sPress Secretar.
James c. Hagerty said tn
resignation was accepted ION TIT
basis of personal reasons" HI
said it was not requested by tn,
President.
Mr.. Eisenhower was asked al
his last press conference OF
January Is if he had made an!
study of the criticism of Mr.
EMansure relative to firing him.
The President replied that h
would "just ignore" the last par
!of the question. He added tina
he had asked for a complete in
Ivestigation on what had hap
Ipened and would get it in du'
course.
Asked if the President had We
received a report on the investi'
cation, Mr.. Hagerty said II woulc
think that the answer would b.
that he has not"
mo Surprise" to Brooks
Representative Brooks, Texa'
Democrat who heads the Houst
Government Operations subcom'
Imittee which has been investi'
eating the Cuban nickel case
said Mr.. Mansure's resignation
came as mo surprise to me-" He
added that he hoped this will
result in q more efficient and
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General Services Administra'
tor Edmund F. Mansure, recently
under fire from some congress
sional critics, has resigned "dut
to personal obligations"
President Eisenhower accepted
his resignation late yesterday. tt
be effective February 10. with g
friendly letter avoiding any men
ton of the criticism Of Mr.
Mansure.
At the same time, the Presi.
dent announced his intention tc
appoint as acting General Serv.
ices Administrator Franklin G
FIoete, now Assistant Secretary
Of Defense for Properties ant
Inspection.
Mr.. Mansure was criticized by
a House subcommittee for the
manner in which insurance con-
tracts were let in connection
with expansion of Government
nickel plant in Cuba.
Without referring to the critic
ism, the resigning GSA head
wrote the President that 1.-THE
nickel expansion program in
Cuba is progressing on time and
the actual production Of nickel
SURPRISING all previous produc-
Ition."
For Personal Reasons
His letter to Mr.. Eisenhower,
dated February 3, gave as the
only reason for his resignation
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President to Fete
New Ambassadors

President Eisenhower will en-
terrain at luncheon tomorrow
for recent new ambassadors as
signed here, the White House an
Inounced today.
The guests will be ambassadors
who have come to Washington
since the Presidents September
"a heart attack. Under a tenta-
tive plan that has been in effect.
the new ambassadors nave for
Iwarded their credentials to the
President through the State De-
partment instead of calling in
person to present them during
the Presidents convalescence
Among the new ambassadors
lis Mario Rodriguez Altamirano OF
Chile. whose credentials were &C
cepted today by the President.
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available. He's being perfectly
honest about the situation"
The Democratic view: Hes
made up his mind not to run.
and this is paving the way for
the announcement"
Everything that happens here
now is seized upon and subjected
to the closest scrutiny as a pos
lsible clue to the great question.
For example: Last week the
White House asked news photog-
raphers to submit portrait pic
lures of the President, made since
his heart attack. The official por-
trait was taken before then. and
presumably will be replaced now.
Result-A prairie fire of rumor
that they want a new picture
to use in the campaign" The
White House wasn't commenting.
Nothing Like 1t
Never in the history of the
presidency has there been a
situation quite like this one. 1t
is normal for a President to play
icat-and mouse with his decision.
But in this case. the uncertain
ties that arise from a heart at
tack have added the X-factor.
From Washington. the hopes
and anxieties spread across the
whole of America.
There are the Republicans who
hope to get the nomination if
Mr.. Eisenhower does not run.
There are the II G. o. P. Sena-
tors, the Is Governors. and the
l203 Republican Congressman
who come up for reelection this
year and would hope to benefit
from the Presidents popularity
All the way to the courthouse
level are thousands of Office
holders. and Would-be Office
holders. whose future may very
well hinge on MIR. Eisenhower's
decision.
The political arena is not the
only affected area. In Wall Street
and in business circles generally
you hear the same word re-
Ipeated over and over-"uncer-
tainty." AS one analyst puts it:
We've been running this
country by cardiograph for the
last four months"
The uncertainty will be dis.
PEELED after the Presidents
icheckup.
Usually, such examinations
consist of the cardiograph which
charts the heart action electrf-
icallY measurements of the mise
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.ignation-signed "Ed"-he wrote
the President that GSA had just
completed "the most successful
hearings before the Suhcommit-
tee on Independent Ofices APP
preparations" since the agency
came into being.
He asserted that GSA has made
direct savings of more than $500
million since the Eisenhower ad-
ministration came into office,
with such savings this year rum
ming more than $3.50 million.
Mr.. Eisenhower's reply, adj
dressed to "Mr. Mansure," said:
II respect the reasons you have
given for wanting to return to
private life. and accordingly ]
accept your resignation effective
at the. time you indicated, on or
about February TO-"
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economical administration

economical administration al
IGSA."
The subcommittee is due to re.
open hearings on what Mr.
Brooks said were basic con.
iflicts" in testimony aboui
whether Mr.. Mansure directed
insurance brokerage business tt
William ]. Balmer, a Chicago
friend.
! In earlier hearings Randall
Cremer. supervising engineer Of
the nickel plant at Nicaro, Cuba
testified that Mr.. Mansure had
Suggested Mr.. Banner for the
brokerage. But Mr.. Balmer sup
ported Mr.. Mansure's denial
saying that he got the account
on his own.
Mr.. Brooks said Mr.. Mansure
would not be recalled to the
stand. He added that the hear
ings would end February 16 and
that the subcommittee then
would prepare report which
he hopes will be helpful" to the
new GSA chief.
Mr.. Floete. due to take over
as acting GSA head when Mr.,
Mansure leaves at the end OF
this week. has been an Assistant
Secretary Of Defense since July
ll8, 1853.
When appointed to that job,
he was living in Des Moines,
Iowa, as a retired businessman
He had operated q small manu-
featuring plant. a retail lumber
firm, a construction company
and a tractor company at vari-
Gus times In Lincoln. Nebr., and
Des Moines. He is 66 years old,
In submitting his letter Of res
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blood pressure, and dimensions
Iof the heart; and an X-ray ex-
animation of the heart. This
data, along with fluid analyses,
lis then compared with compar-
able data from previous exam
nations.
But supremely important
phase Of the check may be the
patient himself-what he tells
his doctors of his feelings and
reactions. Does he tire readily?
Does he have any echoes OF
pain? Does he have feelings OF
breathlessness?
Hence, the Presidents doctors
can give him a report only on
their findings and their best
judgment as to his condition.
Mr.. Eisenhower is IS. II he
serves a second term. he would
be 70 at the end. the first man
in history to reach that age in
the presidency. Life insurance
company statistics indicate that
Al per cent Of the men in his
age bracket live 10 years or
more after a heart attack.
However. some cardiologists
have little faith in statistics.
They cite several reasons.
Can't Curb Worrying
Among them are the mysteri-
Gus effects Of worry. strain and
emotion on the human machine.
Doctors can protect the Presi-
dent pretty well from fatigue
and the mechanical effects Of his
Job. But they can't keep him
from worrying about the tremen-
dous responsibilities that 60 with
it.
DR.. Paul Dudley White. Bos-
ton specialist who has been at
tending Mr.. Eisenhower. recently
minimized this factor. II per-
sonally don't think stress and
strain is as important as diet"
he said.
AS to the second term. DR..
White said Mr.. Eisenhower would
have to make that decision him.
self knowing in full what the
hazards are"
Tomorrow: The President
himself as d day approaches.)
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.livering the first Bulganin mes
sage to Mr.. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Dulles pointed out that
this was throughs an unprece-
denied demand by Mr.. Zaroubin
that he be allowed personally to
see the President. Mr.. Dulles said
that this was highly publicized.
throwing around the whole OPP
Grafton a glamor of publicity
which obviously must have been
intended.