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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

What do you do about the
cat at the back door at S
O'Clock in the morning, claw
ing to attract your attention?
This is the question asked
by a reader.
If it's your cat, that is one
thing; but If it belongs to
somebody else. that makes a
small problem Of the every
day.
You get up half an hour
before time. to feed 1t one
morning-and now 1t comes
every day at the same time.
What do you do. then. if
you like cats?
HAs
The best thing is TO roll
over and so back to sleep.
Maybe 1t will go away!
Let 1t claw in vain for sew
eral mornings; 1t finally
will choose q more seemly
hour.
Give In to 1t, and It win
advance the time q little
each morning.
These curious animals have
minds Of their own. They
have no alphabets, no books.
OF course. and in q very real
sense do not think at all. At
least not in our human sense.
But they have ways Of their
own to get what they want.
1t is a curious fact that
man. the friend in general Of
dog and cat. seldom stops to
think how different the strict
animal outlook on life must
be from his own.
He has the advantage of
the help of others in his
thinking. He has books, al
phabetS and other helps. He
looks backward and forward.
s. %x
The honest cat has no such
aids to thinking.
He has only his senses. and
such help as instinct, as We
call it. can give him.
He is "eye-minded."
What he sees, he sees. We
almost had said he knows.
but does he?
He emissions his world with
sight. touch. and smell. and
that is about all. The pull
of muscles he feels. He has
the aid of hunger and sex.
He cannot put two and two
together to make four.
Yet as We look at his bright.
knowing eyes. 1t is almost
impossible to understand, for
our part, that he is not like
us at all. in many important
respects.
y
Therefore. We can forgive
him his failings, and rejoice
with him at his successes.
One Of his achievements is
to cozen us, as the Eliza
bethans used to say, into do
ing what he wants us to do.
Just how he arrives at his
determinations is difficult to
say; We cannot think he
thinks much about II.
Mostly 1t is Just plain
wanting. something with
which the whole world is
familiar.
He wants somethins. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Our Asphalt yunqIe

! indorse 100 per cent the
recent letter by T. v. Ryan
urging a "box-score" on
crime with respect to the
blood -curdling. ruthless sex
ual attacks. yokings. rob-
berries, beatings and madmen
drivers who kill. main. rob
and intimidate the women Of
Washington.
Women no longer feel that
they are in a free city where
they can go out alone in the
evening. or even together.
Heinous crimes go unnoticed
in the back pages Of the
newspapers and our very
fine chief Of police sits
manacled where the courts
have left him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. May the flag of the
United States be used To
cover a speakers desk. or
draped over the front Of a
platform?-C. T.
A. No, 1t should never be
used in either Of these ways.
II the flag is to be displayed
fiat. 1t should be displayed
above and behind the speak
er. If on a staff, 1t should be
in the position Of honor, at
the speakers right.
@. Is there q real animal
like the dormouse in Alice in
Wonderland?-F. @.
A. Yes. the dormouse. a
small. alternating rodent
that looks something like q
squirrel, is found in warm
parts Of the British Isles.
Europe. Asia and Africa. The
dormouSe has a large head
with a pointed nose, large
eyes. and a long tail, The
dor" In his name is sup
posed to come from the
French word "dolmir." mean
ing TO sleep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Nixon's Healthy Note on Missiles

In the midst OF the hand
wringing which has been
going on In this country over
the failure Of our first earth
satellite test, Vice President
Nixon has sounded a healthy
note-urging the American
people TO get behind our
missile people and help
them" 1t is time. he said,
to move away from the wall
ing walls. He frankly adj
mitted the first satellite
test was a great disappoint-
ment. He added, however,
that we have failed before
and will again. but that Is
no reason to give up or adj
NIT defeat.
1t seems. however, that
this is the hour of the cry
babies and the politicians. It
Is quite natural that political
opponents should level their
guns at the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration because OF the
failure Of our first attempt
to launch a satellite. Ger
tainly no one-the Eisen-
hover administration or any
one else-will applaud the
failure. How many times in
the past have Americans
tried important experiments
and failed. only to try again
and succeed? Remember the
attempts soon after the turn
Of the century Of the late
Prof. Langley, head Of the
Smithsonian Institution, to
perfect and fly a heavier
than-air flying machine. Prof.
Langley had the right idea,
as proved by the small ma
chine he sent winging into
the air. But, when he tried
to launch a larger, man.
carrying airplane from the
roof of a houseboat a few
miles down the Potomac
River. only to have the
launching gear foul UP the
experiment and plung e
the plane into the river.
Prof. Langley was unmerci-
fully ridiculed. A few years
later, the Wright brothers
triumphed, and the air.
borne age has followed. and
become one Of the wonders
Of all time. American scien-
lists do not give UP.
Reversal by Critics
No one knows how many
times the Russians may have
tried before they got a Sput-
nix launched successfully
Nor are they likely to tell
US. We do things differently
There is no Iron Curtain
when We are not at war. The
secret Of the atomic bomb
which the United States pro-
duced after great effort and
great expense during World
War H-was well kept. But
our nuclear tests have been
public TO the press and to
the world in the postwar pc
Rod. And not long ago. those
who are now shouting the
loudest that there should
have been no publicity about
the a ttem pted Vanguard
launching were harshly crit
iciSing the Eisenhower ad-
ministration for not keeping
the American people fully in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
To Revive River Trade

The current study OF proposals to
deepen the Potomac River channel will
determine the ACCESSIBILITY of attempting
to revive, TO some degree, the era of COM
mercial shipping which made Washing
ton and Alexandria key tidewater ports.
OF course, there is no prospect Of a re-
turn to the days when the Potomac was
an important trade route. The railroad,
the motor vehicle and the airplane long
ago relegated the rivers trade to minor
position in the commerce picture But
shipping on the river undoubtedly would
pick up substantially II navigation we're
made easier
In support Of the movement to i'm
prove the river for deep-water shipping
purposes, regional committee has esti-
mated that water freight totaling 81
million tons year could be carried on
the Potomac II the channel we're deep
ened sufficiently to accommodate large
bay and ocean ships. The tonnage now
at Alexandria, principal port Of the area,
is about 100000 year. The Army Engi-
neer Corps has estimated that it would
cost about $ll million to deepen and
widen the channel as proposed by pro-
moters of greater port facilities in this
area Whether this investment would
be justified can be judged only after
consideration of the possible benefits TO
be derived by the whole community, as
distinguished from the advantages to be
gained by commercial interests The
present study will throw light on this
question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Dim View

once upon q time, many
aeons ago. on one Of the lesser
planets in the sky. appeared
a higher type Of animal.
which became known as man.
Man was identified as having
varying forms Of higher in
telligence. which eventually
resulted in separate races.
For many centuries they
lived happily and content
eddy, following the pursuits
necessary for life. visiting and
trading back and forth with
no thought Of injury TO any
one.
AS time went on. some Of
the more intelligent races
began TO invent things that
would make their existence
easier. Envy and suspicion
followed by hatred and covet-
business eventually resulted in
wars. This condition contin-
ued. until inventive genius
definitely was turned to
weapons Of destruction.
Greater and more deadly
weapons were devised. The
wars continued.
Still civilization" survived.
Came a time when scien-
fists, whose original intent
was to find out what made
the world tick. discovered ire
menduus forces hitherto only
dreamed Of. The armies Of
the nations took over and
civilization entered the rocket
and missile stage. The masses
would have preferred TO live
and let live. but those ele-
waited to position Of rulers
would not have 1t so.
The race for supremacy
was on. Bigger and better
missiles. bigger and better
rockets capable of travelling
greater distances and causing
more and more destruction
were built. Many of such
weapons were stockpiled.
Some hoping for peace were
able to lift a feeble voice, but
as the tension increased
someone goofed and there was
the devil to pay. One after
another the nations which
had them. fired their inter-
continental weapons. Man
exterminated himself and all
life on the planet persisted,
Even the atmosphere itself
was consumed.
The planet was dead.
Now. in the process Of
time. the souls of those who
persisted before their time
came back to the only planet
that would sustain life such
as their former existence re-
quired. in order to work out
their intended destiny. But
sad to relate. II seems that
they are fast travelling the
same old paths, and are again
preparing to annihilate each
other In the same manner
and for the same reasons.
having learned nothing from
their former experience.
w. II. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
What Price Satellite?

America, please 1t is not
fair to compare our rocket
failure with the Red Sput-
niks. Look instead at half the
world that America is feed
ing. while Russia starveS her
captive countries TO produce
one dying dog in the sky.
America could have a dead
dog. too, at that price.
Coral Morgan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10

scratches on the screen at a
very early hour, much to
ones discontinue, if a cat
lover or not.
BY his trial and error
method of thinking, he man.
ages to get what he wants,
sooner or later.
Sometimes he achieves this
by the good will Of mankind.
sometimes by his own efforts.
We cannot forget the old
black cat which paved open
an outside door to a back
porch refrigerator. and pulled
out a paper bag with a rab-
bit In it. This was in the
day when most households
used ice, 1t also was the
time when many people ate
rabbit. Today very few do,
we believe. Maybe fear Of
the rabbit disease, tularemia.
has something to do with 1t.
The old black cat needed
no advice as TO how to get
what he wanted. Nor was
he afraid.
His truSty powers Of scent.
excelled only by those Of the
dog. told him what ne want
ed. His experience in ram
bling told him how to 60
about getting it.
So when Templeton Jones
opened his refrigerator. he
saw the rabbit was gone. but
not very far. for when he
looked out on his porch. he
saw who had taken it. but
not very far.
Old Blackie was having Ahe
feast of his life.
No Government worker.
using famed gobbledygook or
good English, could have
done a better job of finding
something and making good
use Of it. The cat brain is
not like mans brain. but he
makes very good use of what
he has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
u. N. Inodequocies

Thomas L. Stokes suggests
in his column. Time 20
Seek Guidance" that We call
on the mental and political
scientists in an effort 70
head of global war.
He quotes DR.. Carl A.
Jung as saying 1T needs only
an almost imperceptible dis
turbance Of equilibrium in a
few of our rulers heads TO
plunge the world into blood.
fire and radioactivity." The
political scientists. Mr.. Stokes
says. are the statesmen, and,
while he says they've gotten
US into a lot of trouble, they
have also kept us out Of a
lot. A thoughtful article,
However. may one question
Mr.. Stokes assertion that in
recent years the U. N. has
evolved into an international
government. Certainly at no
other level of social involve
ment would man find a
league-type agency adequate
10 govern: it would not do at
municipal. or county. or State
level. and assuredly not at
interstate or Federal.
This is in no sense a re-
Fiction on the U. NJ, with
out which this planet would
be unbearably dangerous and
bereft Of hope-but only TO
point to the lack Of powers.
legislative. judicial. execu-
tive, within the U. NJ. which
is not even information
government. and to suggest
that to call it so is to do
semantic disservice to the
cause of world law.
No man has done more
valiant and valuable service
to the concept Of interde-
pendence Of the worlds
peoples than has Mr.. Stokes.
but one must challenge him
when he speaks Of govern
ment where there is no gov
eminent. but only anarchy.
which the U. N. as presently
constituted can do no more
than mitigate and hold at
bay.
Mary Stuart Chamberlain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10

formed about our missile and
satellite programs.
Vice President Nixon ad-
mitted that the publicity
about the Vanguard launch-
ing and its failure has been
harmful. On the other hand,
he pointed out that this is
our way of doing things and
that a secret failure-which
undoubtedly would have been
discovered-might have been
worse. Now our scientists will
go to work TO find the error
in construction which
brought about the fizzle of
the Vanguard. and be sure
they will correct it.
Day Of Partisanship
The Democrats-some OF
them-have made the most
of our day Of humiliation"
The Russians and some of
our friends abroad have jibed
at US. ridiculing the United
States and Americans. 1t
seems almost as though these
jibes from abroad might
unite us. But this seems to
be the day OF the partisan
politicians well as the day
Of humiliation. The critical
Democrats apparently think
they see a silver lining to the
cloud: that now they can
really go to town in their at
tacks on the President whom
they hold personally respon-
sible-they hope-for the
failure of the Vanguard.
Fortunately. the American
sense of humor has come
alive. as evidenced by the
many quips which are being
made about the Vanguard
and its failure to get success
fully of the ground. Some
of them are more caustic
than humorous. But that is
not harmful. What was
harmful was the suggestion
that all is lost. that we have
become an inferior power.
and are at the mercy Of the
Communist world. Further.
that we have lost face with
the world and that our allies.
frightened stiff. will now LOOK
elsewhere for leadership.
Whatever the Russians
may say. they are not likely
to believe that America is de-
feated-even in this matter
Of outer space satellites. Nor
are they likely to believe that
we have fallen so far behind
in the development Of dead
ly missiles that they can
either blackmail US into
concessions or be sure Of de-
feating US should they try
armed force. Indeed. if they
had any such fancy. II they
believed We could not retail
ate Immediately and with
tremendous force and de-
struction to themselves. the
men in the Kremlin might
have moved strongly already
The fact that they have not
is evidence they know the
power not only Of our de-
tense. but Of our offense.
should we be attacked.
AS Vice President Nixon
said. however. it is time for
Americans to back our scien-
tistS-not to kick them about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Rights Board Vacancy

Now that the Civil Rights
Board has a vacancy. why
should not some OF its faults
and weaknesses be corrected?
1t has no woman among its
members, and the Negro rep
resentation is absurdly small.
The appointment of a Negro
woman to the vacancy would
be a start toward q realistic
board.
NJ. lGirianA 3. OHtmsM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Ever-HopefuI
w. H. II.

/ have noted that during
the past year, In referring TO
Mr.. Stevenson. The Star has
often felt Obliged TO identify
him as the twice defeated
candidate" for the presi-
dency.
Since you now rarely use
this phrase. l hope We can
conclude that what at first
appeared to be defeats were
actually only dry-runs.
L. II. Saul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry Wrtters' correct
names and addresses Al
letters are subject to cond en-
sdtion.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07
Friends And Vice Versa

esYour insstence on accusing Egypt of being pro-
Communist country which is not true will move Egypt
closer to the Sovets. This note
from Norman Okla, signed by individual named
Mustafa FL Rifai was published in the May II issue
of Time Magazine.
"Although they (Arab refugees) are not commun-
stic basically they stirred up quickly they
will try anything they have nothing to lose This
was MAY 28 Phoenix Gazette report OF an interview
with Nezr Kirdar Iraq visiting
the United States under an EISENHOWER exchange lei
lowshp.
Both David Rockefeller, Chase Manhattan Bank
board vice chairman, and U.S. Sen. Hubert Humphrey
of Minnesota recently called for establishment OF
Middle East regional development authority. Prlncl-
pal beneficiary of the auhoritys irrigation power and
cal stability" in the is the avowed aim.
Blackmail payoff is another phrase for it.
The thnly yelled threat that the Arab nations will
turn to the Communists if the Free West does not pay
both homage and dollars has been repeated monoton
ously recent years.
It is the paradox of American foreign policy that
this kind of blackmail succeeds with monotonous
uarity. We have played ball with dictators in Spaln
Argentina Dominican Republic, Egypt We rod on the
toes of nations which staunchly assert their advocacy
of democracy, alignment with the Free West against
communism, such as Indochina and Israeli
We have failed Indochna, which has come under
the thumb of communism Israel remains strong des-
pte our actions in the Middle East.
The tragic truth is that Indochna Israeli and other
nations like them would have placed themselves in
better position for American backing if they had
stayed on the fence in the cold instead of cast
ing their lot with
Uncle Sugar should stop being bamboozed by small
worlds two principal sides-the best customers for
their oil and their ditch and the side which would sup
plant them with puppets of their
We hold all the aces. Let's play them.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07

out, the recognition of universally
arises out of the particular. when
a Frenchman IS most French, we
recognize the universal traits in his
behavior. People recognize the uni
versatility of Jews when, as in the
novels of Sholem Aleichem, they
are most Jewish"
The Hackett play makes no use
of the many discussions, referred
to in the diary between Anne and
her Sister-discussions on the sub
ject of Margot's determination, if
they survive, to go to Palestine and
be a nurse.
LEVIN SAYS, From the Broad
way version, no one would ever
suspect that thought about jew
ish homeland existed in any Jewish
mind"
Similarly, according to the diary,
Anne's friend Peter says that if
he survives he will change his
name and cease being Jew. Anne
begs him not to do so.
"It is in these passages, says
Rabbi Weinstein, "that the girl
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07
The World Over

becomes mature, eloquently voicing
her faith and her understanding
that every person has a right to
live as he is made.
"This perception by a young girl
in Anne's situation is indeed thrill
ing, perhaps the most thrilling and
positive factor in the diary. It is
difficult to believe that any adap-
ter could miss such material, ex-
cept purposefully.
"IT is BECAUSE of these oms-
sions that Levin charges betrayal
of the idea of the book which he
still feels obliged to fight for even
though Otto Frank appears to be
content with the success attained
by the Hackett version"
After the commercial runs of the
Hackett play, community groups
will want to use the diary for thea
trical presentation. Levin hopes to
get permission to have his script
tried out at that time.
Unquestionably, in view of his
present success-if for no idealogi-
cal reason-the Jewish community
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07
Israel Heads Mesa Synagogue

Officers have been installed by
Congregation Beth Shalom of Mesa
and it's sisterhood.
In a ceremony conducted by
Rabbi Elozor Weiss of Phoenix's
Beth Hebrew Congregation at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Seigel,
125 Fraser DR.. w. in Mesa, Irving
Israel assumed the congregational
presidency. DR.. Abraham Checker
was installed as vice president,
Sam. Levy as treasurer, and Sgt.
Dudley D. Guard as secretary.
Installed as directors were Chair
man Albert A. Horwitch, Sam Sin
coff, Saul Singer, William Kippen,
Max Farkas, Max Siegel, Ben Ans
pach, Abe Friedman, Israel Mosias,
Dave Cohen, and Mrs. Rose zaller
Mrs. Zaller also was reinStalled
as sisterhood president. Other sis
terhood officers are Mrs. Ben Ans
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07
Council Women Plan
Luncheon Catherine

The Council of Jewish Women
will close it's 1956-57 season with a
noon luncheon next Thursday, with
proceeds going to the F'rieda Marks
Scholarship Loan Fund. Site is the
Valley Garden Center, 1909 N. 18th
Ave.
The fund provides interest-free
loans to students needing financial
aid to complete college work in
Arizona.
Nah jongg and card games will
follow the luncheon. Admission is
$1.75 per person. Luncheon chair
man is Mrs. A. c.. Robbins.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07

it through his front-page review in
the New York Times book section,
he was not able to get his drama
tization of the diary accepted for
performance.
It was the Hackett version which
was Aapproved by Otto Frank,
Anne's father, and which has had
so long and successful run on
Broadway and overseas.
RABBI JACOB j. Weinstein of
KAN. Temple in Chicago inquiries
into the matter in Congress week
ly article.
He believes, with Levin, that
much of the essence of Anne
Franks story was left out of the
Hackett dramatization, perhaps in
the interest of universally.
But, as Rabbi Weinstein points
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07

should demand an opportunity Of
seeing Anne Franks diary enacted
in Levin's version.
NEWS ABOUT prayer-the Billy
Graham variety-has been very
plentiful during the past month,
while the much publicized revival
ist has held his 81 100000 crusade
against the devil in New York's
Madison Square Garden.
But very little has been heard
here of another sort Of religious
pilgrimage which took place in
nearby Washington, D. c., during
the very same month.
The Pilgrimage of Prayer for
Freedom, headed by Rev. Martin
Luther King-leader of the Mont
gomery, Ala, bus boycott-involved
an estimated $1,000 persons, white
and Negro. They converged on the
nations capital from 36 states on
May II to celebrate the third an
niversary of the Supreme Court
decision on school desegregation.
THE MEETING was at the same
time protest against the inaction
on civil rights by Congress.
While it may not Immediately
affect the administrations attitude
toward civil rights legislation, it
will have importance for the future.
For it represents an interracial eff
fort of some magnitude, and a
cooperative venture by labor and
religion which holds interesting
possibilities.
1t will not surprise us if the Pill
grimage of Prayer becomes an
annual event, which, even more
than Billy Graham's revival, even
tually brings hope to millions.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07

pach, vice president; Mrs. Max
Siegel, treasurer, and Mrs. william
Kippen, secretary.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-06-07
By Deborah Jaffa Metz
(Tha News Own Columnistl

"Compulsion," Meyer Levin's re-
cent novel, is a beSt-seller. It's
tremendous success and Levin's
belated but enthusiastic reception
into the circle of recognized
American authors are heart-warm-
ing.
One remembers his earlier and
important works which achieved
inadequate acclaim = Citizens, +"
"The Old Bunch" "My Fathers
House." "In Search"-and is aware
of the diSappointments every writer
must face before he attainS sue