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A. These tracks have been
reported at heights ranging
from $500 to $4,000 feet, high
above the treeline. Some Of the
"farthest north" animals Of the
Himalayas are the snow leop-
ards, the Asiatic mountain
goats. the bharal wild sneep),
Himalayan red bears, yaks, and
some smaller animals. Higher
still. BIOLOGISTS have found bees,
moths. grasshoppers, and but
terfiies. Highest Of all are tiny
black spiders which eat each
other to stay alive. living four
miles or more above sea leNl.
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.VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Electrical Streams Far Above Earth
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Enormous streams Of cleo
tricity. hundreds Of miles above
the earth. are believed to be
responsible for m a gn tic
storms.
They will be investigated by
the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
now observing its hundredth
anniversary, during the forth
coming International Geo.
physical Year. in an effort to
determine the precise nature
of these currents. Their alti-
tude and magnitude still are
debatable. There is a POSSIBLE
ity Of an electrical jet stream
near the equator, comparable
to the jet stream of air now
encountered by aviators around
the world.
The Survey is especially in
terested because Of the effect
on compass needles. The Sur
vey is charged with preparing
mariners charts, which should
show quite precisely how the
needle varies from time to
time and from place to place.
Magnetic forces, according
to a Survey statement,
come from two sources. The
strongest are located deep in
the earth and are relatively
stable. Hour-to-hour and day.
to-day fluctuations, however,
originate above the earth's
surface and are quite closely
related to sunspots and to
the Northern and Southern
Lights.
More Observation Posts
The Survey has seven per-
manent magnetic observa-
tories in the continental
United States, Alaska, Puerto
Rico and Hawaii. During the
ICY program two more tempo
rary observatories will be
added, together with about IS
portable stations in the United
States and Alaska.
In the construction and
location Of these stations ex-
traordinary precautions must
be taken. Iron nails. for ex-
ample, cannot be used. Traffic,
nearby machinery and stray
electric currents leaking
through the ground can de-
stroy the value of observa-
tions. Certain kinds Of con-
crete, mortar and asbestos
must be Stunned. A railroad
electrified with direct current
can cause hopeless disturb
ances in a laboratory many
miles away. One war veteran
on the staff had great diff
Guilty operating the instru-
ments. Finally it was found
that he had a bit of shrapnel
in his right hand. In the Far
North. magnetic observations
have been confused because of
curious natives with shotguns
crooked in their arms.
The American studies OF
magnetism, according to the
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For Action, Not Talk

Enough time and words have
been spent in debate on a Sec
ond Washington airport to
have seen its accomplishment
long since, yet 1t seems no
nearer a solution. There is
little. II anything. new that
can be added to the volume
Of facts" for or against Burke.
/ do not profess to expert
knowledge on any Of the con-
troversial questions but I have
a strong conviction that self
ish interest and short-sighted
prejudice have unduly infiu-
enced many.
Facts are essential II we are
to avoid serious errors but
equally essential. In my opin-
ion. is vision. The develop
ments that converted a swampy
Potomac bottom into a world
capital that is the pride Of
all Americans are the fruits
Of planning and decision by
bold leaders who had faith and
vision far beyond the visible
horizon. Passenger air trans
port already bids fair to be-
come the accepted mode Of
travel in conjunction with the
automobile. But air freight is
in its infancy. No one can
possibly foresee the extent of
expansion in this field. From
its very nature 1t is apparent
that air freight is best adapted
to the type Of products that
comprise light industry. the
very thing that would be most
beneficial to Fairfax County
and would blend in best with
It's residential character. Burke,
in the south central part OF
the county. is ideally situated
to accommodate this type of
development with the least dis
comfort to the existing pattern
and the greatest advantage to
Fairfax County as we'll as to
Washington.
1t is high time TO end petty
pickering and to attack the
problem with the kind Of far
sighted vision that built Amer
lea. Our Fairfax board Of
county supervisors and our
10th district representative
should set their sights beyond
the horizon.
r. w. Grow
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"R STREET.

X STREET,.
Dear Sir:
Recently you told Of the
addition of a small cat to a
household and the amusement
it caused in getting used to its
new life.
IT had a somewhat similar
experience with a tigercat,
name unknown, that came to
our door late one evening.
Since / am a softie for
cats, took 1t in, and kept
it in the basement all night.
THE next morning 1t
showed no desire to leave.
so I kept it all day. and found
it an amusing small creature
but very timid.
II thought that II I tried
to play with it, it would soon
lose its timidity. but not So
it refused to come out from
underneath a chair.
IT tried coaxing 1t with
string and ball. those great
toys of cathood, but neither
seemed to offer any lure.
so I let 1t alone, to sleep.
I presume, because I could
not see beneath the chair.
Evening came again, and
I thought the animal might
like to leave now. but 1t did
not, and so let it alone again.
1T took two weeks Of this.
to get it used to the place.
rs this unusual?
Sincerely. E. M. p"
~
No, 1t usually requires two
to three weeks to get a young
cat acclimated, as it were.
This mostly goes back to
poor diet.
Today's strains of common
cats come from poorly fed
animals. the result Of the war
years and the lack Of meat
for carnivorous animals.
A cat may seem to be well
fed. on grains and vegetables,
If it will eat them, but 1t can
not be; the animal economy
demands proteins.
Kittens commonly grow fat
and glossy furred, in such
cases. but they do it at the
expense Of inner organs. -
The result is that such cats
often die OF kidney and other
ailments when 2 or 3 years
old.
The unfortunate part Of lack
Of proper foods for all growing
creatures is that the resulting
lack seems very difficult TO
make up in later years.
This is particularly true Of
four-legged animals.
Human children. once they
get good food, stand a very
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THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

good chance Of making Up all
prior deficiencies, but with
members of the cat tribe
there seems to be an IRE.
versible loss.
Something can be done. Of
course. by feeding the animal
correctly later, but even then
there will be q large chance
of it never making UP what 1t
has never had.
In coming into a strange
home, a kitten makes a great
adjustment.
1t must get used not only
to new food and drink, but
also to new people.
There Is no telling what Its
past life has been. in many
cases.
Some people think it funny
to slap at a kitten, and so to
get it to strike back.
This is a sure way TO spoil
its disposition.
A kitten brought up on this
sort Of boxing finds itself
striking at every friendly
hand extended toward it.
Fostering by small children.
little things themselves, leads
a young cat to become q
scratcher. as If by nature.
when 1t is solely because Of
bad training.
Once a kitten becomes used
to this treatment. it invariably
raises a paw at even the
friendliest gesture, and is
therefore regarded as bad"
when it is only reacting as
nature taught 1t to do.
A piece Of string occupies q
good place among cat train
erS.
A dangling cord represents
a mouse, to the kitten or cat.
Older cats wall handled
never lose their liking for this
sport.
They sometimes prefer the
dangled string to q rolling
ball. The latter may be called
the universal toy Of all child
hood.
Cats prefer soft ones, into
which they may sink their
claws.
The ball and the string
might be elevated to q place
of Importance in the cat world
by its chroniclers, much as
the wheel and the ball have
been among human children.
All are means toward activ-
ity. precious among all living
creatures.
A few philosophers may
attain greatness by staying
still. but most Of the rest Of
living things. including the
cats, want To move around.
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@. What name is used for
the effigies or dolls which are
used in black magic?-P. l..
A. Frank Gaynor's "Diction-
airy Of Mysticism" defines the
word Imaguncula as meaning
IAN image made of clay. wax.
wood. etc., used by practition-
ers Of black magic. witchcraft.
and sorcery." The plural is
Imagunculae.
@. What animals live In the
Himalayan Mountains at the
altitude where the tracks Of
the Accountable Snowman"
have been reported7-P.T
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'Peipinq's InhumonitY'

Your editorial entitled
"Peiping's 1nhumanity" elo-
quently pointed out the brutal
treatment accorded Rev. Full
gence Gross while he was a
prisoner in China. The affair
Is indeed a SOLDERING reminder
Of the darker side of mans
nature.
I cannot. however. accept
certain statements made in
the editorial.
You write that 'Peiping
simply does not conduct itself
in keeping with the basic
standards of civilized society.
This is the one thing above
all that still argues eloquently
against extending diplomatic
recognition to Red China or
admitting it into the United
Nations"
This statement has a dis
turbing smugneSs about 1t, and
Furthermore Is unsoupd for
eign policy.
1t would appear from recent
history that 1.-The basic stand
ards Of civilized society" are
capable of remarkable flexi-
bility in the actual conduct Of
human affairs.
For instance. is it in keep
ing with those standards to
launch mass bombing attacks
upon civilian populations?
Every nation capable Of launch
ing such attacks has found 1t
within its moral standards to
do so.
Have the French found it
within their moral standards
to conduct their qualification"
campaign in North Africa?
Have we and the British
found 1t within our moral
standards to endanger human
life by exploding nuclear
bombs?
Even we, the so-called adj
vanced nations of the West,
have hands as bloody as any in
the world.
The sad truth is that inter-
national politics is not. and
never has been. conducted &C
cording to 1.-The basic standards
of civilized society" Let US
not, then, invoke self-righteous
moralisms as a basis for our
foreign policy. To do so is to
court disaster, for it obscureS
the real nature Of the present
struggle.
Our struggle is not a strug-
gle of good against evil. Of
morality against immortality.
1t is a struggle for survival in
a world Of fire.
Whether or not we decide
to recognize the existence OF
Communist China and admit
it to the United Nations is
not a question that depends
on the moral caliber Of the
Chinese people. 1t depends.
as should all foreign policy
decisions. on whether 1t is to
our national interest to do so.
Since our national interest is
favored by an independent.
nonsatellite China. and by a
reduction Of tension through
out Asia. the question Of rec
ignition becomes a little easier.
Richard v. Darryn.
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AS one who associates him.
self with Admiral Neill Phillips
In the substance Of his stand
re: Planned Parenthood's
abortive effort to obtain UCS
approval for United Givers'
Fund ALLEGATION, the UNDER
signed prays the Admiral to
cancel his resignation from
the UCS board. 1t needs his
fortnight. stalwart counsel.
Lnsenh ID. kaufman.
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Look Up

Look up. look up; don't miss
the ShoW.
The iDindS OF spring are
blowin0
And high against the still blue
sky
The feecy clouds are
fotDinO.
The budded branches odily
iDdUe,
To greet them as they pass,
And everv heart Is filled Nth
hope
As bright as ne,D green grass.
Lee Arthur
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material victory, however, Is shared by
all who need the canal as an instrument
OF commerce and who can profit only by
its use rather than by its destruction.
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How to Cut BUDGET

Except for pensions. and in
terest on the public debt. cut
back every item that exceeds
the prior years appropriation.
X. ID. v.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry UrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASkIN SERVICE

s o.n '"i y maj ao e Eve S' S.'S 81 Es,ip
q postage 80 'o" ~
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Atoms for Peace

Joseph ID. Kaufman.
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Plea to Admiral

Richard v. Darryn.
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, June u H1-Dividends
announced
Extra
Pc Stk Of Pay
Rate Rod record able
Maremont Aut Prod ino $40 6-2a
Irregular
Fresnillo 2Oc 6-25 7-1O
Interim
NY A Hon Ros Min 5Oc 6-2l 6-os
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Bison Charges
Unfair Deals
In Food Trade

CHICAGO. June Is (P.-l
spokesman for the food distribu,
ton industry today said tina
there are more secret rebates
brides, handouts and similar
Iillegitimate payments in that in.
dustry than ever before"
Federal regulation over unfair
and discriminatory practices ir
the industry is breaking dowr
almost completely. Henry j
Bison. ir.. of Washington, D. C.
associate general counsel of the
National Association of Retail
Grocers. told the 58th annual
convention.
Mr.. Bison, in a prepared ad-
dress. called for the enforcement
and observance of the Robinson.
Patman Act. which is applicable
to distribution policies of the
food industry.
Another year Of the present
trend will render the Robinson
Patman Act a lifeless relic OF
the past in the industry" saic
Mr.. Bison.
IF discriminatory practices
are permitted TO thrive ano
flourish they will inevitably be-
come the accepted way of doing
things, and will drive honest and
fair practices out OF the market.
Mr.. Bison also told grocers
about the merger movement in
the retail food distribution in
dustry that holds especially
grave implications for the fu-
ture."
He suggested two alternatives
TO meet the merger problem.
"One is to restrain harmful
mergers by law. The other is to
change the present climate SC
that small and medium size local
operators will not feel it neces-
sary or advisable TO sell out.
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Atomic Mutual Assets
Now Exceed $50 Million

President Newton I. Steers. jr.,
Of Atomic Development Mutual
Fund, Inc, said today net assets
now top $50 million.
He pointed out at the close OF
business Tuesday, net assets were
S50.309,299 Appreciation in the
market price OF many securities
in the funds portfolio is the
cause. he explained. as well as a
substantial increase in the sale
of its shares to the public.
Sales during May totaled s2.3
million and were the largest since
April 1855. he said.
At the same time he announced
acquisition Of 1000 shares OF
Aerojet-General Corp. purchased
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YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
MiIIionoires Increasing
~ SYLVIA PORTER

The odds that you or I eve,
will have an income of a million
dollars a year or a half or a quar-
ter or a tenth of a million ar,
mighty meager. to put it mos
modeStly.
Rather, the Internal Revenue
Services final analysis of oul
1854 income tax returns indi.
Gates a full SO per cent of us hac
incomes of under $4,000 anC
over IA per cent of us had in.
comes under $1,000. And while
tens of millions of us have moved
into higher brackets since 1854
the basic income pattern is the
same.
Nevertheless. I confess thai
ever since the days of the New
Deal-when the lament thai
none of us ever would be able tC
become wealthy again in oul
land moved into our folklore
have been utterly fascinated By
statistics revealing how many
Americans nave achieved the in.
come shakespeare Of 100000 tc
81 million a year. Somehow,
suspect that you too harbor a
secret curiosity about this-sC
here goes. with the results OF
three separate studies on high
incomes which by coincidence
have all been released in the last
several days.
Details of Survey
According to the Internal
Revenue Services survey OF in
come tax returns:
In 1854. the number Of 81 mil
Ilion-a-year Americans increased
80 per cent over 1853 to a total
of POI. THAT. incidentally, was
the period of the 1953s54 recess
sionD The POI Americans had
an eye-popping total income OF
$406.S million.
The number in the 100000
TO 81 million group rose 10 per
cent to an impressive 1869.
There is no question that many
more have entered this fabu-
/ lousy Well-heeled eroup since
1854.
According to a Business Week
survey of top executive salaries:
In 1856, seven executives of
American corporations received
salaries of over $500. 900.
Their names? Eugene G
Grace. chairman of Bethlehem
Steel: Harlow H. Curtice, presi-
dent of General Motors; Arthur
B. Homer. president of Bethele-
hem Steel; Crawford H. Greene
walt. president of du Pont
Frederic G. Bonner. executive
vice president of General Mo-
tors; Louis c. Goad, executive
vice president of General Mo-
tors; and Robert E. McMath.
vice president of Bethlehem
Steel.
One among these seven-Mr
Grace-received a pay raise that
put him, in solitary Splendor. IN
more than 100000. the first
man to earn that much year
since Business Week started the
surveys in 1850.
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CHICAGOLIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. June ~ up -Livestock
HOGS 800 Moderately active. uneven
generally steady 10 as much as ~ lower
on butchers Sows generally steady ~
weak; No ana 3 l9O-.a"J lbs butch
.fs au-"o 90 several lots No "A
these weights 20 nO-.d15 few Iots No
and = sorted for Grade 10 20 80; rs
hcad lot No 2lu lbs uniform In
weight and grade au65 No ) and /
23u-21n lbs 10 nO-1a 80. few lots
around go lbs mostly No i and >
~ 20 90. No and 3 "60-5OO lbs
- 25-l9 90. load No. 3 325 lbs IL. III
larger lots mixed grades 10000 lbs
SONS III un-l .un few small lots oaO-
y lbs, 25-l1.75. bulk 425-55O lbs
~ 7J-l6.UU
Cattle 900; calves 200 Generally
STEADY 70 strong on all classes. few
loads and lots average good to average
choice fed steers . 50-23 81 lew stand
ard and good Is OO-2l 90. sprinkling
GOOD and choice heifers and mixed year
llngs 90 OO-23 30, utility and CONNER
cial cows 4 5O-l6 80 few bulls fS.5
down few good and choice ycalers
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RCA Forms
International
Subsidiary

NEW YORK, June Is (P.-
Robert w. Sarnoff, president Of
National Broadcasting Co., to-
day announced formation of a
new wholly owned subsidiary.
INBC International Ltd. to
handle television operations
throughout the world.
The new Canadian corpora
ton will open headquarters in
Montreal in July, Mr.. Sarnoff
said. NBC International will
also open an Office in Mexico
City later this year and a head
quarters in the Far East in 1858.
The new company will con-
duct all NBC station manage
ment services, station invest
ments and program sales outside
the United States and Canada.
Program sales will include those
of the NBC-TV network and
those of California National
Productions, Inc.
Mr.. Sarnoff announced the
election of Alfred r. Stern as
board chairman of the new COM
pany and Romney WHEELER as
president.
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MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK, June Il tP.-Nationa
association Securities Dealers Inc
Noon Quotations.
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In addition to the top seven
another 16 received salaries O.
over 100000 a year.
Their corporations? OF tn,
l6, four are with Ford, three
with du Pont, two with Column
bia BroadcaSting System anC
the others are with United Mer-
chants & Manufacturers, Unior
Carbide. Republic Steel, Distill.
ers Corp. -Seagrams, General Mo.
tors, Proctor g. Gamble anc
Gulf Oil.
Middle Category
I And according to the American
Management Associations sixth
annual survey of salaries in the
middle management" category
In 1857, the average business
executive in the middle manage.
ment category is earning nearly
Is per cent more than he earned
last year.
OF over 5000 middle manage
Iment executives surveyed, three
quarters received salary raises
last year. In large companies
middle management salaries may
go as high as $4,000.
OF course, taxes slash the total
incomes. For instance, the esti-
mate is the tax bite shrinks Mr.
Grace's take-home to about
$133, 900. And out of the $406.5
million reported by the 201 mil
lionaries. taxes took over 1927
million
But by any standard you can
mention, these top salary and
income men must be called
tremendously wealthy. And they
must have investments from
which they can earn incomes
subject only to limited taxation
In short. these $$$$ statistics
pound home the fact that while
America is becoming a land of
peoples capitalism" it also is a
land of giant capitalists too.
And despite the New Deal,
Fair Deal and now what even
some ardent Republicans call the
Ordeal. the Horatio Alger saga
lives on. It's still possible to be-
come a millionaire and remain
one.
Distributed 1857 by the Hall Syndicate.
Inc. All Rights Reserved
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directly from the company fol-
investment.
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SAASSh ANNulACAAiCAlbo VI OAkCAi CuS-
toners and are determined tc
continue to expand facilities ano
improve techniqueS to keep pace
with modern progress.
Deposits of Washington banks
totaled S1,379000.000 on March
IA, date of the last condition
call. a gain of $40 million from
year earlier although down
moderately from the all-time
record of STA billion last Deem
Der 81, Mr.. Callahan said. He
pointed out that bank deposits
here in June, 1906. totaled only
$50 million.
Loans amounted to S6119 mil
lion on March IA, compared with
$500 million a year earlier, but
a closer look shows that they
have ranged from high in
January to a low in March and
now have just about returned
to their previous record, he de-
Clared.
The general outlook for Wash
ington business is good and
nearly all indices remain at or
near record levels attained dur
ing the upSurge in the Nations
economy over the last few years,
he continued. The influx of visi-
tors to the National Capital has
exceeded all previous records and
predictions. he said.
Rodgers Gives Warning
The bankers heard a warning
from DR.. Raymond Rodgers. pro-
feSSor Of banking at New York
University. who told them that
the decline in business activity
this summer will be more than
seasonal. but he predicted it will
not 60 very far or last very long.
Discussing his forecast of a
more than seasonal decline Prof.
Rodgers said adverse factors will
outweigh stimulating ones and
that the index of the industrial
activity could drop to between
lao and l42.
Such a decline would be auto
matically followed by a change
in the cerdit policy of the reserve
authorities. even though a con-
sumner index continued TO rise. ;"
he said.
You should weigh your poll
cies against the many changes
which have already taken place
in the American economy. and
the even greater changes that
impend' he told the bankers.
You will keep in mind that
policies that work now and the
conservative policies that were
sound and conservative when
business was setting new records