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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Old Engine House

A solution of the dilemma
faced by the International
Monetary Fund. arising from
the location of the Old Engine
House occupied by the Asso-
citation Of Oldest Inhabitants,
can be reached by leaving the
old building where it is. The
plans for the addition to the
INF Building provide for a
spacious parked entrance on
the Old Engine House site. It
is wholly unnecessary to re-
move the firehouse from this
park.
The National Capital. more
than most cities. has special
interest in historic structures.
The present INF Building,
with the planned addition.
constitutes a structural mass
similar to a thousand, yes. 10
thousand. other Office sbuild-
ings. The Old Engine House is
well-nigh unique.
Just as Trinity Church
stands in the shadow of tower
ing structures in New York's
financial district as q symbol
Of grace and antiquity. so
should the Old Engine House
remain against the background
Of the wholly commonplace and
undistinguished INF Build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

security. As President Eisenhower once
said, professional military competence
and political craftsmanship must join to
form judgments" on what the country
can and should do in this field The Sym
ington committee has scheduled an ex-
haustive examination of qualified opin-
ions and pertinent data bearing on our
own effort and on that of Soviet Russia.
This study can render great service.
We hope that politics will be kept out of
the committees inquiry, and that it will
have full cooperation from the admin
istration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Russia and the Middle East

Because of the Soviet Unions past
record, and because of the very nature
of international communism, anything
said or done by the Russians in these
days must be greeted with large meas
ure of reserve and suspicion. But even
so, although it must still keep its fingers
crossed, the world has reason to be
cheered by the Kremlin'S latest statement
of policy in connection with the Arab
Israeli crisis. For the statement, If words
mean what they seem to mean, greatly
holsters the hope that potentially cata-
Strophic war can be averted in the Middle
East.
In any event, the Soviet Foreign Min
istry has now placed itself on record be-
fore the world as being ready and willing
as it should be-to give full support to
the United Nations in a common CO.
operative effort to strengthen peace in
Palestine" And to that end, in keeping
with the Security Councils recent unan-
imous decision to send Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold to the area, it has
called upon Israel and the Arab states
to refrain from frontier shooting Incl
dents, to work together to improve the
tragic lot of the displaced Arabs, and to
strive for a settlement of their bitter
differences ION a mutually acceptable
basis taking into consideration the just
national interests Of the interested sides"
The reason why this statement is
encouraging is that it seems to reflect a
decision to moderate recent Russian pol
icy in the Middle East. Up to now that
policy has been compounded chiefly of
anti-WeStern SubyerSive intrigue and
tension-breeding Communist arms ship
mentS to Egypt with the end in view of
enabling the Kremlin to inf1ltrate the
region and win dominant position there.
But today, judging from what the Soviet
Foreign Ministry has said, and judging
also from the unprecedented Molotov-
Mikoyan visit to the Independence Day
reception at the Israeli Embassy in Mos
COW, the USSR wants to join with the
u. NJ, and particularly with France, Brit
ain and the United States, in efforts
to pacify the situation before it erupts
into what could become a devastating
global war.
0VNVCA dAAOVAAOA ways VAAC IA CAAAAAAA
new declaration, despite earlier indica-
lions of Soviet plan to give unstinted
support to the Arabs against the IsraeliS,
appears to serve notice on Egypt and
allied Arab states that they cannot count
upon receiving Russia's backing-either
political, economic or military-if they
and Israel drift into full-scale hostilities.
Needless to say, if this is the true mean
ing of the Moscow statement, then the
current Bulganin- KhruShchev visit to
Britain may well have the happy effect
of promoting agreements that could lead
to lasting peace in the Middle East.
After all, men like Premier Nasser and
Premier Ben-Gurion are not likely to go
to war if the great powers are firmly
agreed on measures to prevent such
war,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

Jones went to the window,
looked out. and saw a neigh
Dor, who had just returned
from a trip. collecting small
sticks to start the fireplace
fire.
Leggy, with the animal in
stinct in high gear, realized the
danger of such a sound.
1t meant. to him, an enemy
afoot.
Templeton Jones today be-
lieveS that efforts to get chill
dren to walk in any certain
way are mostly wasted.
PoSitioning of the feet in
walking depends mostly upon
ones bones.
What Miss Chatterbox of
long ago said about it, or what
any one today says. is some
thing else again.
The way to walk is natu-
rally, and that means as one
can, with the best intentions.
without too much thought
about it.
Anyone one who normally
had to think about walking
would tumble over his own
feet, in time.
Nagging at children to do
this, to do that. happily has
almost vanished from the
American scene.
We nudge them, now.
Straight footprints in the
snow show how the walker
walks. If that is the right way
for him, so much the better.
II his feet turn out, or turn in,
maybe that is the best.
Think of the Indians. There
must have been knock-kneed
Indians. bowlegged Indians,
pigeon-toed Indians, as well
as the straight-away walkers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

@. When did Americans
first become interested in
chinchilla breeding?-L. H. B.
A. After the first World War.
In 1918. Matthias Chapman Of
the Anaconda Copper Co. in
Chile bought a couple Of chin
chillas from natives in ex-
change for a plug Of chewing
tobacco. Later. he obtained
more Of them, and after re-
turning to the United States
established a chinchilla ranch
at Inglewood. Calf, in 1923.
@. Who was the first philat-
elist? G. w. A.
A. Jean-Baptiste Moons, a
bookseller Of Brussels. Belgi-
UNI, is reputed TO be the first
stamp collector. About 1852,
he also became a dealer. In
England. Edward Stanley Glib
bons was the outstanding pio-
neer. Beginning In 1856 at the
age Of sixteen, he was allowed
to display his stamps in q cor
ner Of his fathers pharmacy
in Plymouth. Later. he founded
the firm which still bears his
name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Curb Wolf Packs

I've noticed that, more and
more frequently, automobiles
are used by juveniles in their
depredations against the citi-
zenry and each other. This
raises a point of conflict: A
Is or II year old can obtain
a limited drivers permit, but
cannot, without Juvenile Court
waiver. be made to answer for
his actions in adult court. The
granting of permit presup-
poses attainment of sufficient
maturity and social orientation
for that person to be entrusted
with a ton-and-a-half Of po-
tentially deadly machinery on
the crowded streets. Such
being the case, why are not
those same persons held re-
sponsible for their actions and
brought to trial In adult court?
/ don't propose to deny the
privilege of driving to all Is
and II year Odds. Nor do /
propose that the jurisdiction
Of Juvenile Court be lowered
to 15-year-olds. / do propose
that the juvenile law be
changed so that any l6 or IT
year old person operating an
automobile which is involved,
in any manner, in any act of
juvenile hooliganism or crime
be automatically removed from
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and
stand trial in adult court. II
this seems too harsh, then
make revocation Of permits Of
such persons a mandatory
penalty to be invoked by the
Juvenile Court.
What will this do? 1t will
slow the wolf packs down. help
localize and make them easier
to control and apprehend. Any
Juvenile with his or his par
ents' car will hesitate to use
that car for unlawful purposes
If he knows that he will either
stand trial as an adult or have
his permit revoked. 1t will be
one more step toward forcing
juveniles to an awareness OF
their responsibilities to the
community. steps they seem
unwilling 70 take for them
selves. Allen w. Barr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

Is there no way Of arousing
people from their appalling
lethargy toward civil defense?
Apparently the consequences
Of an attack are so horrible
that most people can't endure
any prolonged contemplation
of the subject, or else conclude
that there is nothing anyone
can do anyway. The attitude
that lit can't happen here" is
a common one, too.
1t is the fervent hope of us
all that it will never happen
and our prayers should be di-
rected to that end, but to ig-
more plans for preparedness is
senseless.
Whether we accept it or not,
we live in an age when the
threat of a nuclear attack is
always with us, and to put off
learning about the best ways
of preparing for this stagger-
ing possibility is committing
mass suicide in event of war.
think the press is partly at
fault in not keeping the sub
ject of civil defense before the
public. Every scrap of informa-
ton on the planning and prog
ress of the Civil Defense Or
ganization should be reported
without emitting the disturb
ing aspects that lack of prep
aration could bring.
Much credit should be given
those valiant souls who are
participating in civil defense
work, but the lack of support.
financially, from Congress, and
morally from the public, must
make their difficult job a dis
couraging one.
Even without sufficient APP
preparations from Congress, If
enough volunteers could really
get to work and make some
progress in mapping escape
routes and alerting the public
to take some action, perhaps
then the money needed to
follow through would be ap-
propriated.
It is doubted that when
Operation Alert" takes place
in July. the vast majority of
non-Government workers will
have any idea of what to do.
Susan DuHamel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Ex-D. c. Priest Pursues OrnithoIoU
By THOMAS R. HENRY

all Of a deadly variety which
were undigested and may even
have been swallowed alive.
The bird itself seems immune
to the venoms.
The bird he worked hardest
to find was the pava cantona.
1.-THE bird who talks too much"
It is similar to the North
American pheasant but almost
as large as a turkey and one
will furnish food for a day for
an entire family. But. says
Father Olivares, the unfortu-
nate creature has talked itself
to DEATH" 1t is constantly
chatting in a loud voice and
whenever this happens in the
neighborhood of any human
habitation scores Of people are
attracted and surround it. AS
a result it is nearly extinct.
The naturalist priest spent two
months seeking for one which
will be almost unique in col
lections.
He is trying to save it for
posterity because, he believes.
it may become a valuable addi-
ton to domestic fowls. 1t is
quite easily domesticated and
it is quite probable. he be-
lieves, that it will breed in
captivity. Even when domes-
ticated. however. 1t lives in
treetops and gets much of its
food there.
Fantastic WOOdpecker
Among the more fantastic
birds of his present collection
is the scarlet-headed wood
pecker concerning which there
is a curious native superstition.
This bird, Father Olivares was
told, knows two kinds of jungle
weeds. When a sprig of one is
placed crosswise over a sprig
of another and placed on any
object, even the hardest stone,
it can be broken with ease.
Only the bird knows the weeds.
The priest. however. looked in
vain for a demonstration of
the magical powers.
A curiosity of the collection
is a toucan, probably a distant
relative of the parrot, with an
enormous, hard bill more than
5 inches long which natives
use for making knives, forks
and all sorts of table equip
ment. This toucan, which lives
entirely on large fruits which
it swallows whole, is itself ex-
cellent eating, Father Olivares
says. 1t is exceedingly tame
and easily captured. Conse-
quently it also is in some
danger of extinction.
Most conspicuous and bril-
llantly colored of the jungle
birds collected was a trogan,
also close relative of the par
rot. 1t has a breast of scarlet
and yellow of a brilliance
hardly surpassed in nature.
The female is a quite somberly
colored creature.
On his latest jungle trek.
Father Olivares discovered six
birds. including a blue duck
and several tanagers, who
spend their summers in North
America but 60 South to the
Colombia jungles early In
oJif,Yv,aV
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Country Portrait

He ,Dds a rdmShdckle man,
Still held together
Like an old sugar house long
Attacked BY wedther.
Shddowv-eyed, hill-tilted.
Joints like sprung hinges,
He loved the young and their
snowy
Mdple-sdp hinges.
Frances FROST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

to teach recruits how to stay
alive. We need a ready and
strong Marine Corps; and if
the instructors are unable to
enforce and unable to teach
discipline, we might as well
abolish our armed forces. Dis
cipline is essential in combat
therefore. it must be taught
and enforced before that time.
John BlOdgett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones remembers
admiring his own footsteps in
that last snow of the season.
Straight and true as an
Indians" Jones said to him
self, in self admiration.
1t is seldom that this sturdy
character ever blows his own
horn, even to himself, so this
occasion was historic.
A little more ego in his char
acter. and Templeton Jones
might have been a great man.
AS it is, he plods along more
satisfied with himself than he
ever let's on.
The footsteps in the snow
were an example.
There had been somebody
along earlier. and his feet were
very much pointed out.
Templeton Jones recalled
that in the grade school here
which he attended so many
years ago. the teachers had
We'd with one another to force
the kids to walk toes out.
SIN Ill Temp Jones had
thought it wrong then, but he
never said anything, because
it just wasn't the thing to do.
In those days, children had
few public opinions of their
own.
Secretly. in their own minds
and hearts, their ideas were
very much their own.
Young Jones picture of the
perfect walker was inspired by
Uncas in the Leather Stocking
tales of Cooper.
Indians, it seemed, always
walked straight away, one foot
after the other.
Such walking, of course, took
up less room.
A narrow trail, for such a
walker. was sufficient.
American Indians didn't have
to have smooth sidewalks.
The Indians had to make
the best Of their way over
twigs and branches, which
cracked and snapped unless
you used the minimum amount
Of treading space.
You had to be an Indian to
do it correctly.
Temp Jones and the other
boys had tried 1t with in
different success.
ancnes would crackle,
twigs would snap.
49,
Many years later, Templeton
Jones was to realize the mean
ing of such sounds to an
animal.
He had a big tigercat named
Leggydear, so named by q
small child who liked to use
the big cat as a pillow.
Since Leggy this right nance
loved people, he never pro-
tested, just squirmed out from
under. and settled down a few
feet from his tormentor.
One day the cat was in the
house. when suddenly there
came a cracking sound from
outside.
With a bound. the tiger sat
upright, ears erect.
Then he gave q growl, low
and menacing. the sort one
often hears from Q dog, but
seldom from . cat.
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BOGOTA, tBy MaiD Co
lombia's jungle priest is also
one of South Americas fore
most naturalists.
He is a brown -robed Fran
ciScan who was one of the
community at the Franciscan
Monastery in Washington for
4 years and who gave a COL
lection of more than 800 birds
to the Smithsonian Institu-
ton when he returned to his
native land 2 years ago.
Now professor of biology at
the Franciscan Colegio de Vir-
rey Soils in Bogota, Father An
tonic Olivares Is combining the
duties of a priest and q COL
lector of birds in the deepest
jungles along Colombia's riv-
ers. For months at a time
afoot, on muleback and in
fragile native canoes. he
plunges into dark rain forests,
armed with a crucif1x to save
souls and a shotgun to collect
specimens of some of the
rarest and most colorful birds
on earth.
He has just returned from
one of his longest jungle in
cursions - four months in the
dark jungles of the Pacific
coast states of Cauca and Ma
rino, with more than 1000
specimens, some of which
probably represent species
hitherto unknown to science.
1t is an ideal combination of
callings, Father Antonio says,
for in both his fields there is a
rich harvest and one breaks
the trail for the other. For the
jungle is filled with unshrived
souls and orange, purple and
scarlet wings and the weird
singing of strange feathered
creatures in the everlasting
twilight. He is compiling a
comprehensive description of
the entire bird life of Colon
bia.
Curious Laughing Hawk
He has had no opportunity to
study closely the specimens
obtained on his latest incursion.
But in the collection. for ex-
ample, there is a humming
bird about an inch long, but
with a bill nearly 2 inches long
and the smallest of all hum
ming birds. a gem-like creature
less than an inch long which
might be mistaken EARLY for a
large bumblebee.
Night and day the music Of
humming birds fills the rain
forest canopy with it's millions
of brilliantly colored blossoms
rich in nectar.
Another of his specimens
is the Guiana laughing hawk.
greatest foe of the smaller
varieties of venomous serpentS.
1t is notable of its loud, raucous
laughter. Killing one of these
birds. he said, is almost a
capital crime among the Paci-
f1c jungle people because Of it's
services in keeping the forest
floor clear of deadly snakes.
Anybody who kills one, they
say, always will have bad luck.
In the stomach of the specimen
he collected were three snakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Marine TRAGEDY

Every parent with q son
about to enter our country's
armed services should feel
grateful to The Star and
George Bragaw for the lucid
and Illuminating piece April
IL on instruction methods at
the Marine base at Paris Is
land.
To my mind it reveals a
number Of. shocking things
about Marine Corps training
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which one
would suppose did not exist
outside the Iron Curtain. The
most shocking statement. to
me, at least, is in this para
graph of Mr.. Bragaw's story:
"All the recruits home or
job training is of little use to,
him there. The psychological
shock, Drill Inspectors (called
Dis are told in school, wipes
out all previous values and al
legiances. It is their job to
see that it does"
If that isn't brain washing,
I'd like to know what it is.
Any parent who has devoted
years of his life to instil into
a youth a set of values which
includes respect for the dignity
of man, a balanced sense of
decency and justice. love and
fear of God (no easy task, be-
lieve mel would be a fool, in
deed, to turn his son over to
a noncommissioned officer to
wipe out" all these values.
That this "wiping out" is left
by the Marine to enlisted men
with little or no supervision by
commissioned officers is indi-
Gated by Mr.. Bragow's state
ment that "a recruit almost
never sees an officer at Paris
Island" If this is correct
and Mr.. Bragaw seems to know
what he is talking about-it
reveals a faithless disregard
of the trust reposed in the
Marine Corps by unsuspecting
parents.
Stephens Rippey.
\
1t would be disastrous if
the Marine Corps were ever
forced to revise it's training
methods to pacify the tender
feelings Of the sob sisters who
place kid-gloves treatment
above national security.
The tragic occurrence at
Paris Island was unfortunate.
However. one should not con-
denim the whole system be-
cause of one isolated case
which could happen land has
happened) in the sister serv-
ices.
Anyone who doubts the value
of Marine Corps training. need
only look at their splendid
combat record.
Vincent F. Callahan, jr.
I received my boot train
ing" in 1913, and / can re-
member many times it seemed
like a living hell and a prison
camp. But / have profited
from that training. I was
called back for the Korean
conflict, and I saw how Ma
rine training was softened be-
cause some "momma's boys"
couldn't take it. They wrote
to mama and she wrote her
Congressman. The result
well read the casualty lists.
Sergeant McKeon is a COM
bat man. and so are all other
senior D. is. They have
learned through experience
how to stay alive, and they try
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

ing. This is especially COM
pelling as the life expectancy
of the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants is far greater than
that of the international Mon
etary Fund. The purpose of the
fund is to stabilize currencies
of civilizations built upon our
economic system. The fund
has an unexampled opportu-
nifty to achieve its stabilizing
function by preserving the Old
Engine House where it is.
Homer Joseph Dodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Cancer Crusade

The Cancer Crusade must
not fail, just because there
have been many drives. It is
the last of the major fund
raising efforts, and people are
weary of working on cam
paigns. Yet, the Cancer Cru
SADIE is so important to so
many people that we must not
stop until its goal is reached.
Research has brought us a
long way in our efforts to con-
quer cancer. What Salk has
done for polio can be done for
cancer. Now is not the time to
slacken our efforts.
The Cancer Crusade Is an
educational drive as we'll as a
money-raising campaign. The
educational message which the
volunteers bring to each fam
lily may help to save your life.
It urges you to make an ap-
pointment with your doctor
now for a thorough medical
examination because early de-
lection and prompt treatment
are our best weapons against
cancer.
Call any one of the 119
doctors in Arlington who are
cooperating with the Cancer
Unit in the Arlington detec-
ton plan and discuss a check
up with him or his secretary.
While you can expect the fee
for such an examination to be
reasonable, it is obvious that
it may be higher than for an
ordinary Office visit. The cost
of such an examination is like
insurance to protect yourself
and your family.
Some people are so afraid Of
cancer that they don't like to
think about it. Sometimes not
even long enough to learn q
few simple facts which might
some day save their lives. It is
only natural that people should
fear cancer because they have
seen it take the lives of mem
bers of their families or
friends.
1t is for that very reason
that I have left no stone I'M
turned in my efforts to re-
cruit workers to carry the life
saving message of cancer con-
troll to everyone. When it APP
peared that I could not find
enough women to work for the
Crusade, I discovered an I'M
tapped source of willing volun-
teerS among men and senior
high girls. The success of the
drive is as important to men
as to women because more
men are dying from cancer to-
day than are women. And since
the youngsters of today are the
adults Of tomorrow, the cancer
message is significant for them.
too.
One whole area in my d.
vision of the County is being
covered by men. The senior
high girls of the Tri-Hi-Y Club
are taking over another area.
/ hope the public will receive
every volunteer courteously
and listen to his message about
cancer control. These canvass
ers are not only asking your
help. they are offering to you
the help Of the American Can
Ger Society. 1t is just as i'm
portant to the success of the
Cancer Crusade to receive its
life-saving message as it is to
give a cash donation.
Mrs. Frank r. Reutiman,
Chairman, South Airing
ton Division. Cancer
Crusade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mdv be used II
letters carry DriterS correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.