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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Block the BRIDGE?

Once again I appeal to
your valued paper and to your
readers to use influence in re-
appraising the proposed bridge
across the Potomac, which,
according to experts of vision,
is tantamount to committing
a crime. I know that the bridge
has been approved by the
powers concerned. but it is
still a dead bridge. And there
should be even a ray of hope
before the fallacy is consum-
mated.
What stirred this unrecon-
ciled citizen of Washington of
many decades is a letter
printed in the New York Times
on February 81 by Alexander
Hamilton. president, American
Scenic and Historic Preserva-
tion Society. 1t should be
noted that their objection is
primarily based on the aes-
thetic side of the question. To
this should be added the re-
cent boast of Russia of their
ability to destroy our exposed
cities within a few hours and
when we ourselves are con-
sidering putting our factories
underground. And what about
our first line of defense when
the atom goes to work upon
destruction of everything
above ground?
Mr.. Hamilton, speaking for
the trustees of his society in
urging abandonment of this
Inflated bridge conception,
said: g. any new bridge now
planned across the Potomac
destroys the scenic beauty of
the handsomest part of the
river. 1t is especially attrac-
tive where it widens out to
embrace Theodore Roosevelt
Island. To people who
have a feeling for the beauty
of this almost lakelike scene,
to destroy its charm is in
comprehensive. . The bridge
would destroy its beauty. +.
In a similar case Battery Park
IN. " was saved from {.
an overhead trestle by
building a tunnel instead (and
now everyone is happy, in
Guiding most of those who
originally opposed (the tun-
neD. =. We are not SO rich in
such elements of natural
beauty around Washington as
to be tempted to destruction,
nor so poor as not to be able
to afford a tunnel. A tunnel
would preserve the scenic
beauty and fulfill all practical
needs the tunnel will pay
for itself in increased benefits
to the public. The bridge
project may seem like local
economy but isn't it ma
tional blindness?"
Isaac Topper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
'EIsie's War
So Elsie Janis has gone.

30 Elsie Janis mas gone.
1t made this veteran of
World War I feel like weeping.
Symbol of the light and mo-
mentarily fancy-free release
from the tensions of a murky,
mucky, cootie-burdened holo-
caust of guns and flesh. she
was, indeed. the Sweetheart
of the AEF."
I don't remember where !
saw her. except that it was in
big. bare, barn of a Red
Cross hut" But I have never
forgotten one thing she said,
after dancing and singing to
the front and center" of the
stage:
"They told me I must be
nice. They said I must be a
little bit restrained. They eau
toned that mustn't kick so
very high.
But I know what you boys
like. And I'm going to kick
just as high as I want to. It
will be just as high as 1 can"
And she did. Whatever the
moral connotations may have
been in the hearts of the
hordes of men at war, one
thing is sure: She brought us
all a revivifying part of home.
a compressed wholesale lot of
American buoyancy, a parcel
of charm from the life we
loved so well.
And now she's gone, and a
bit of every veteran of Elsie's
war died with her.
Earl Scoop Shutz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

house, everybody was sure of
his destination, come 81 years
of age.
X X X X
When Templeton Jones was
10 years old, he found the G.
A. Henty books.
These historical novels for
boys made great impression
on him, as they did on the
other boys of the English-read-
ing world.
When Temp was asked what
he wanted for Christmas. he
had but one reply:
"Henty books"
So it was Henty books.
plenty of Henty, Henty books
by the armful, anything to
please f1nicky young fellow
doomed to bars and stone
walls before his time.
Temp unused over his i'm
pending gift.
He had read 1.-THE Cat of
Bubastes," with Lee in Vir-
GINA" and several others.
Now he would glut himself.
He would swim in the world
of imagination conjured up for
the youth of the world by the
first modern newspaper CORES
pondent.
Temp Jones pictured to him
self the long row of Henty
books that was to be his.
Being young realist, he
knew that Santa Claus
wouldn't bring them, but that
good old Uncle Ed would.
But Temp didn't reckon
with Uncle Eds penchant for
penmanship.
When came Christmas morn
ing. and bright and early,
there was young Jones open
ing his books.
Happy?
Not at all.
He found that Uncle Ed had
placed the name of Temple
ton Jones" on the inside front
cover of every book, in a flow
ing copperplate hand popular
at the time.
Templeton Jones heart sank.
He hadn't wanted his name
in the books at all, but if 1t was
there, it should have been on
the f1yleaf, not on the cover.
We told you he was finicky.
His Christmas was ruined,
utterly.
But it was to his credit that
he said not q word, and no.
body ever heard of it until this
day, this very day, sure enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

The most extraordinary
power possessed by animals
for which science has no ade-
quate explanation is the navi-
gational ability of some birds
and fishes.
The little Antarctic tern, for
example, migrates each year
from Greenland to Little
America over more than 5000
miles of trackless ocean. The
golden plover flies annually
from Alaska to Hawaii across
1000 miles of unbroken water.
These are not just blind flights
in a certain direction. For
example, the great sheerwater
flies every year from Green
land to South Africa, but on
the way it finds a single Desc
late island, barely more than
a rock, in the South Atlantic.
There, on Tristan da Cunha,
the great hordeS assemble
every year for breeding.
Homing Pigeon Uncanny
Various conjectures have
been put forward. The weak
ness of all of them is that they
seem to require a knowledge
OF the mathematics of naviga-
ton somewhat above that of
the average Annapolis grad
uate with the assistance of
great books of navigational
tables and elaborate instru-
ments. If birds actually pos
Sess such genius it might be
well to commission a few great
sheerwaterS at least as lieu
tenants, Junior grade.
Most available for study,
and of most practical impor-
lance, is the homing pigeon.
This birds uncanny ability is
being intensively studied by
DR.. j. G. Pratt and his asso-
ciates of the Duke University
parapsychology laboratory. 1t
also is being investigated by a
similar group in Germany. The
directional ability could be ex-
planned, in part at least. by a
lot of specialized psi" DR..
Pratt, however, is not advanc-
ing such a hypothesis, as yet.
He is following up every lead
which might bring an explana-
ton in more conventional
terms.
But all the explanations
offered to date. he has found,
hardly hold water. During
the last century, for example,
an intensive study was under
taken by an American inveSti-
gator with the cooperation of
the Army Signal Corps. He
came up with an explanation
that found its way into many
textbooks-that pigeons navi-
gated with such accuracy by
determining the angle between
the magnetic field of the earth
and the so-called coriolis force
due to the earth's rotation
in other words, the angle be-
tween the magnetic equator
and the geographic equator.
Both forces are extremely
weak. Man is completely in
sensitive to both of them eX-
cept under extraordinary cir
cumstances.
It was assumed, of course,
that the birds had extreme
senSitivities to these forces.
But however accurately the
forces might be measured with
instruments. the mathematics
involved in calculating the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Godspeed to Mr.. Dulles

Today Secretary OF State Dulles sets
out on another of those overseas trips
that have recently been belittled and
deplored by some of his more PARTISAN
minded critics. Despite such brickbatS,
however, he can be sure that Americans
in general wish him GodSpeed. For this
latest of his many Journeys abroad seems
in some ways to be one of the most i'm
portant he has ever undertaken, and the
greater his success on it, the better
chance there will be to effect funda-
mental and much-needed improvement
in relations between non-Soviet Asia on
one hand and the United States and the
West as a whole on the other.
The primary purpose of the Secre-
tary'S trip is to attend next weeks three
day meeting-in Karachi, PakiStan-of
the council of the Southeast Asia collec-
tive defense organization. The meeting
will involve significant discussions and
actions aimed at increasing SEATO's
strength as an interallied POLITICAL eco
nomic and military enterprise designed to
establish effective mutual security against
the Still-present threat of Communist
subversion from within or armed agrees
sion from outside. But these sessions,
important as they will be, will constitute
only part of the far-ranging program of
activities that Mr.. Dulles intends to COM
plete before he returns home.
Thus, all told, his new travels in
South Asia and the Far Pacific will take
Mr.. Dulles to no fewer than ten different
countries. These include Ceylon and
TY,I0 Of oioIhh o
visited before, and both of which-espe-
cially Indonesia-have problems and
viewpoints that must be reckoned with
most carefully in the shaping of Ameri-
can foreign policy in economic and po-
litical as we'll as military fields. The same
holds true for the other nations on the
Secretary's itinerary. particularly SO in
the case of "neutralist," anti-SEATO
India, where the United StateS-for rea-
sons that are often very difficult to
fathonl-haS become the butt of hostility
that seems disconcertingly widespread
Mr.. Dulles will have good opportu-
nifty to promote corrective action against
this unfortunate American-Indian de-
terioration-a potentially dangerous de-
velopment-when he meets with Prime
Minister Nehru. Similarly, in several of
the other countries scheduled to welcome
him, he should be able to Offset some of
the propaganda effects of the recent Bull
ganin- Khrushchev tour OF South Asia. At
any rate, as he told his news conference
the other day, he at least will have
chance to appraise at first hand the new
Soviet and Chinese Communist tactics
and will perhaps come back better pre-
pared and more fully informed to help to
shape United States policy to take ac-
count of those new tactics" Clearly even
if his trip accomplishes only that much,
it will well serve the Nation and the free
world at large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Koq to Israel

With reference to the re-
cent letter of H. Y. Orgel,
Information Attache to the
Israel Embassy, I would like to
make the following comments:
1t has been Israel's policy to
disclaim responsibility for the
flight of the Arab refugees
from Palestine. One of their
favorite arguments, as re-
peated by Mr.. Orgel, has been
to pretend that those refugees
left their homes only upon be-
ing ordered to do so by the
Arab leaders. The facts, how
ever. prove the contrary; such
facts as 1 had presented in my
original lengthy letter to you,
most of which you were unable
to publish.
Assuming that the refugees
we're encouraged to leave their
homes by their Arab leaders.
it is still a fact that their
fight took place only after the
massacre of DER Yessin and
other deliberate terrorist raids.
This fact was confirmed by
no less an authority than
the late Count Bernadotte,
U. N. Mediator, as revealed
in a progress report that
he presented to the U. N.
General Assembly. In this re-
port he stated: 1.-THE exodus
of Palestine Arabs resulted
from panic created by rumors
concerning acts of terrorism
or expulsion. There have been
numerous reports from reliable
sources of large-scale looting.
pillaging and plundering. And
of instances of destruction of
villages without apparent mil
itary necessity"
Now, if Count Bernadotte'S
argument is not sufficient evil
dence for Mr.. Orgel, I would
like to refer to another evil
dence presented by no less
than the author of the DER
YeSsin massacre, namely Men
achem Begin, leader of the
Irgun terrorists. a countryman
of Mr.. Orgel. who is now a
member of the Knesset, Is
rael's Parliament. Mr.. Begin
says in his book, THE Revolt
Story of the Irgun": Jewish
forces proceeded to advance
through Haifa like a knife
through butter. The Arabs
began fleeing in panic, shout
ing, DER Yessin. In a foot
note to this account, Begin
adds: Arabs throughout the
country, prompted by acts Of
Irgun, were seized with limit
less panic and started to flee
for their lives"
Lastly, here is the testimony
of a Jewish writer, Lehman
Hal, the Arabs of Israel.
commentary American Jewish
Committee, New York, Nov
have travelled every corner of
this country; it became clear
that the Israeli troops must
have been cruel and destructive
even with the non-combatant
Arabs. There are, for instance,
too many dynamited, DESC
lated Arab villages where little
or no fighting occurred. The
Jews simply came in and
smashed the place"
Brig. ii. Mustafa,
Armed Forces Attache, EN-
bassy of Iraq.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Birds Navigating Ability Battles Man
By THOMAS K. HENRY

angles would stump most SHIPS
captains-at least ships would
be far off course before the
calculations were completed.
If this explanation were ac-
cepted, birds would have to be
credited with the combined
abilities of an Einstein and an
income tax accountant.
The theory was pretty well
disproved a few years ago
by DR.. G. D. T. Matthews OF
Cambridge University in Eng
land. He attached magnets to
the pigeons wings. just balanc-
ing the magnetic field OF the
earth. The birds found their
way home just the same. DR..
Matthews put forward another
theory which has been quite
widely accepted - that the
birds navigated entirely by the
sun. That is, somehow fixed in
their minds was the height
of the sun in the sky over their
home lofts at every hour Of the
day and that they determined
their course by the altitude OF
the sun and the direction Of its
movement at the point where
they were released. DR.. Mat
thews observed that when pig
cons were released at some
strange spot to which they had
been taken blindfolded they
flew around in circles for a
while as if lost until they were
able to fix the position of the
sun. Then they would start of
in a straight line.
Many Experiments Tried
This assumes, first, that the
birds possess an uncanny time
sense. Secondly, it also as
surnes an ability for mathe-
NAUTICAL calculation difficult to
accept.
DR.. Pratt. and even more so
his colleagues in Germany.
find some basis for the theory
from the fact that, when the
sun is covered by clouds.
pigeons seem to have con-
siderably more difficulty in
getting on a straight path.
Still they cannot accept the
sun theory.
Their experiments have been
in progress now for more than
three years, but they still are
far from any natural explana-
ton. They have tried such ex-
periments, for example, as that
of taking equal lots of birds
in four directions and releas-
ing them ten minutes apart.
With one exception, all seem
to find the right direction
home with equal ease, and get
back to the home lofts at the
same flying speeds. The I'M
explained exception is the
finding that birds flying north
ward do a little better than in
the other three directions.
This is the one parapsy-
chology investigation now
partly supported by the Office
of Naval Research. 1t might
have considerable significance
for national defense.
Maybe, DR.. Pratt says. this
navigational ability is due to
some aspects of "psi." He is
not willing to accept this, how
ever, until every other possible
explanation has been found
worthless.
Even then, he says a little
wryly, how can a bird be given
psychic test?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Ritual for q Cot

This is the ritual for a cat
before a fire, upon a mat:
She forms a circle Dith her tail
to shut out all the Dorld,
then sleeps in perfect conf
dence
tUitllin it Snugly curled.
She 10ill dwdke to ydUn and
stretch
and Trash her lovely fur.
then sit and reminiSce d,Uhle
nth softly muted purr:
but lOhen the circle OF her tail
she has unbound. then you
may talk, or udlk, or play ,Uith
her
Just as you please to do.
This is the ritual for a cat
before a fire, upon a mat.
Alfred !. Tooke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

renewal, as we have seen, will
; not permit this: it demands
immediate improvement and
immediate tax revenues.
Is vacant, weed-grown and
rubble-strewn land a blight?
Are "just a few" nonconform-
ing uses like a Welding shop
permissible IN residential
neighborhoods in Bethesda or
Falls Church? Does the
District of Columbia deserve
less?
I am sure that most of the
persons who have displayed
antipathy toward planned re-
construction in West Foggy
Bottom are not fully aware of
what urban renewal is. / feel
that it is your responsibility
to inform them.
Peter Glickert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
West Foggy Bottom

This is about West Foggy
Bottom-the area designated
as the Foggy Bottom Urban
Renewal Area. This area has
been included in a general
protest against urban renewal
along with an adjoining area.
The point wish to make is
that the arguments proposed
do not apply to the western
part of Foggy Bottom.
Urban renewal, under the
Housing Act of 1854, is the
answer given by the President
and Congress to the deteriora-
ton and depreciation of city
neighborhoods. 1t is designed
to upgrade messy" areas
not necessarily to eliminate
slumS. 1t is designed to pro-
vide a coming plan for areas
which never had a plan. or
which have not been kept to
a plan. 1t is also designed to
expedite conformance Of a
neighborhood to whatever plan
is adopted.
In West Foggy Bottom, all
indications are that the plan
will call mostly for row houses,
with perhaps a large apart
ment house or two, and ade-
quate parking space and
recreation areas for the resi-
dents. Maximum advantage
is to be taken of existing
structures. If the plan calls
for a structure where there
presently is vacant land or a
substandard dwelling, financ-
ing can be secured for the
owner to conform to the plan.
If the owner refuses, the prop
erty can be condemned and
sold at its true value to some
one who is willing to make the
improvements. Government
built housing is resorted to
only when no private party is
willing to do the improving.
There is no shortage of willing
persons in this area at this
time.
1t is apparent from this that
the acceptance or rejection of
West Foggy Bottom as a
renewal area is not a distinc-
ton between Government hous-
ing and private enterprise, but
a distinction between order
and laissez-faire, or. more
accurately when applied to
West Foggy Bottom, a distinc-
ton between action and in
action.
For many years, before the
bottoms recent discovery by
people from Georgetown, some
investors had been buying
dilapidated dwellings in this
area west of Twenty-fourth
street and renting them at
handsome prices. The idea
probably was that when the
houses fell completely down,
multistory apartments could
be erected. However, last year
the new housing code forced
the abandonment of many of
these dwellings. The two post
war apartment houses in the
area have plenty of vacancies.
What to do? Hold on to the land
until prices 60 up or the apart
ment situation is more favor
able? Meanwhile, use the space
for parking, if possible? Urban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What sports facilities are
provided for the occupants of
the White House?-G. S. T.
A. At present there are the
swimming pool installed for
Franklin D. Roosevelt. the
bowling alley set up during
the Truman administration
and a golf green for the use
Of President Eisenhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
DisoyowoI

The Sunday Star recently
published a letter concerning
the Harris-Fulbright bill. 1t
was signed "E. Parent" AS !
am the only "E. Parent" listed
in the telephone directory, in
this vicinity. wish to make it
clear that the letter was not
from me. I am against all
Government interference with
business.
Ernest J. Parent, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry 1DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sntion.
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April l9

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