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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
.Karrick Talk
Cites 'bung|e1

Commissioner Karrick said
last night some heads win RON
as a result Of what he termed
a "bungle" in ordering supplies
for District General Hospitals
new psychiatric building.
The $2.6 million structure was
scheduled to open in January.
However, Health Director DR..
Daniel Leo Finucane said this
will be delayed due to admins
trative mistakes at the hospital
that threw the place into utter
confusion"
Heard on Radio Panel
Commenting on the situation
in a radio panel discussion on
Station WWDC, Mr.. Karrick
said:
There is an unfortunate sit
uation caused by q failure in
ordering supplies and equip
ment at the hospital which
may delay its (psychiatric
building) opening.
II am keenly disappointed.
Strenuous efforts are being
made to correct the situation.
However, there still remains
some deadwood at the hospital.
II am not prepared to iden-
tify it (the deadwood) at pres
ent. We do not wish to avoid
this unpleasant fact nor viii
we shrink from any action
which is applicable"
Doesn't Foresee Shakeup
Mr.. Karrick. the commits
sioner in charge of public
health. fastened to add that
he did not think the end re-
suult of a current Investigation
into ordering policies would re-
suit in a wholesale shakeup."
He said those responsible for
the supply mixup were not
loafing on the job. Rather"
he asserted, they worked in
tenSely but inefflciently and
unsystematically."
The Commissioner also said
he would await a report from
DR.. Finucane before taking any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
|venezueiu's chumOer
Approves PIebiscite

CARACAS, Venezuela. Nov
10 R-The Chamber Of Dep
uties approved today q plebi.
scite December Is to vote or
another five-year term for Pres.
ident Marcos Perez Jimenez
Speedy approval is expected
also from the Senate.
The vote is to be a straight
yes or no on continuing Pere,
Jimenez in office. If the vots
goes against him, the council
will report to Congress fol-
further action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Civil Defense
Revises Plans

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Nov
q (R.-The Federal Civil De-
Tense Administration today an
nounced that its l.4oo employee:
would be reorganized to carry
out a long range preparedness
program.
The agency said it has beer
working for several months on
"a 10-year plan which will en-
phasize the continuity of Gov
eminent at all levels in an
emergency.
The plan also will emphasize
the agency said. the capacity
of Government ito provide the
leadership. direction and au-
thority which would be neces-
sary for national survival in a
|nuclear attack"
Under the reorganization
plan these new services are
created within the agency: OPP
creations, research and develop
ment. and special activities.
The plan also calls for
major strengthening" of the
seven regional Offices at Olney,
Md; brownsville. Ca; Den
ton. Tex: Battle Greek. Mich;
Santa Rosa, Calf; Denver
Colo. and Harvard, Mass.
Details Of how the Offices will
be strengthened were not an
nounced.
A spokesman for Region 2 OF
the Federal Civil Defense
Administration for Olney, Md,
which covers seven States and
the District. said he expects 1t
will be 80 to so days before
the preparedness plan becomes
effective here. He said plans
are to increase personnel at
Olney, but he does not yet
know how many. Details of
the plan are not yet available
here, he said.
He explained under the new
setup more stress will be laid
on the continuity of regular
government services, Federal,
State. county and city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
An Urqent Situation

Accepting committee assertion as to
the urgency of the situation" the Senate
wisely has approved SIT million addi-
tional appropriation for the nearly COM
pleted Washington Hospital Center. This
was done despite the temporary absence
Of legislative authority for increasing the
cost of the center to cover increased prices
for material and labor. Bills to authorize
the additional expenditure are pending in
both houses, however We hope there is
no hitch in authorizing the use of the
extra money voted by the Senate.
The supplemental fund is needed to
equip the hospital in accordance with the
original plans. The building will lack i'm
portant special facilities unless Congress
provides more than the 100000 addi-
tional recommended by the Budget Bu-
reau. These facilities include an eye clinic,
a cafeteria and other features essential
to an up-to-date hospital center of the
type which Congress proposed in the basic
legislation. The Senate Appropriations
Committee was persuaded by testimony Of
competent authorities that the center
should be completed as planned and the
Senate has agreed. 1t is now up to the
House to concur in the amended appro-
priation bill. 1t would be false economy to
hold back any part Of the sum required
to put the center into full-scale operation
at an early date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14

You might be interested in
our little family excursion to
Damascus. Md, last Sat-
urday. where we drove to the
Methodist church, which
serves an unusually fine chick
en- and country ham dinner
every year at this season.
The ride there was delightful
and the dinner came UP to
expectations.
Returning, we decided TO 90
through Cedar Grove. over to
old u S. Route 240. then over
the new U. S. Route 240, by
way of Rockville. Just out Of
Damascus, the road was OBJ
structed by traffic and after a
little wait we managed to inch
through between two cars
which had obviously collided
head on and then bounced
back TO leave q sort OF one
way passage between two
wrecks and much broken glass.
One man was lying beside the
road receiving such first aid as
was available. A little later
sirens were heard, and then
came a tow truck to remove
the debris.
Approaching Cedar Grove
over a beautiful highway, re-
solved to drive a little more
cautiously, two very young
men in one OF those sail fish
creations with diversified fms
passed us, giving their horn .
loud bleat - they did 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Time and Sun Power

When Christmas shopping begins this
year, one of the more novel gifts on the
market probably will be the solar clock.
It already exists, and its makers expect
to produce it in large numbers at a SELL
ing price of about 5000 for table or desk
model What makes 1t unique is that 1t
runs on stored-up power (enough to keep
1t going for as long as a year at time)
supplied by the sun or any ordinary in
candescent light.
The secret of the new timepiece is
that it contains solar cells. These cells,
which consist chiefly Of silicon, generate
voltage when struck by light, and the
voltage in turn charges kind Of battery
called an accumulation. The accumula-
tor, as its name implies is the unit that
stores up the energy thrown of by the
sun or an electric lamp, and 1t is this
energy that powers the clock mechanism
Thus we have what might be called a
mechanical, self-winding sundial Ac-
cording to the manufacturers, the equiv
alent of a days exposure to light will
keep 1t operating for a month.
This amounts to something more
than just another novelty, Of course. Like
the solar-powered rural telephone circuit
near Americas, Georgia, 1t has signih-
canoe all its own. For 1t serves as fur
ther evidence that the sun which each
day radiates on our earth more than
a quadrillion kilowatts of energy, may
yet be harnessed by man in way that
will utilize part Of that energy to light
up cities, heat homes and run factories.
This is one Of the great potential wonders
that our children may live to see even II
We don't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Plastic Progress?

The fix-it-yourself fad appears due
for its first major setback If an expert
mental plastic house now on display at
Disneyland becomes commercially avail
able. For as any long suffering toy f1xer
knows, nothing is more impervious to
repair than the plastic gadget that resists
nails, screws, scotch tape, string and even
chewing gum Only certain kinds OF
cement, that usually hold best when two
wrong parts are joined, offer any hope.
Still, some of industry's foremost
1rms have joined in producing this newest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Opposes Integrotion

The Montgomery County
Civic Federation might well
take some pointers from a re-
Gently approved statement Of
principles by another Mont
gomery County organization
the Montgomery County Citi-
zens Council. of Montgomery.
Ala. AS the school year comes
to a close. this set of principles
is particularly appropriate for
consideration in Montgomery
County. Md, which is the pace
setter for enforced indignation
in all Maryland counties.
The Montgomery County
(Ala.) Citizens Council sets
forth its principles in the fol-
lowing eight points:
/. We are dedicated to States
rights and local self-govern-
ment. 2. We believe in consti-
tutional government and the
divisions of power set out in
the Constitution Of the United
States. 3. We believe in the
preservation Of customs and
traditions. 4. We firmly believe
in separate but equal school
systems. S. We do not con-
done violence and civil strife.
s. We believe in the continual
ton of friendly relationship
between the races. 7. We be-
lieve in the right Of all races to
select or reject their associates
socially. 8. We are dedicated to
elimination Of Communist
influence in our Government,
educational and religious in
stitutions.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Jury Trial Memo

There are two sentences in Justice
Blacks recent decision in the case of the
wives who murdered their soldier hus-
bands which deserve the thoughtful at
tention of those who cry out in horror
against the proposal to provide for Jury
trials in civil rights contempt cases.
In one sentence Justice Black said
that trial by jury in court Of law and
In accordance with traditional modes of
procedure after an indictment by grand
jury has served and remains one of our
most vital barriers to governmental
arbitrarineSS" The other sentence reads:
"The concept that the Bill of Rights and
other constitutional projections against
arbitrary government are imperative
when they become inconvenient or when
expediency dictates otherwise is very
dangerous doctrine and If allowed to
flourish would destroy the beneflt of a
written Constitution and undermine the
basis of our Government"
We are fully aware that Justice Black
was talking about the trial Of criminal
charge against nonmilitary person by
military court. We are also aware that
a prosecution for criminal contempt,
strictly speaking, is not criminal trial
in the ordinary sense. But the distinction
is more one of form than of substance.
What Justice Black really was driving
at is the fact that trial by jury is a vital
and fundamental safeguard for the in
dividual-what Blackstone called the
"glory of the English law" Does it make
sense to say that of course man charged
with stealing COW is entitled to jury
trial, but that the same man, charged
with violating a civil rights injunction,
must be denied jury trial? The latter
is essentially criminal prosecution, and
the man, if convicted, faces prison SEN
tence which might well be much more
severe than in the theft of COW. Why
should he not be entitled to the safeguard
of jury trial?
The answer, Of course, is that the
Jury trial opponents think it would be
easier to convict an injunction-vi olator
In trial by judge than in a trial by
jury. They might be right. But is not
this essentially the strategy Of conven-
fence and expediency which Justice
Black has condemned as "a very danger
our doctrine? We think 1t is And we
also think that those who denounce jury
trials in civil rights cases, before they
even know what the juries will do, are
rendering a great disservice to the fun
damental concepts of our Constitution
and Bill of Rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14

dream house Of tomorrow, with Monsanto
Chemical Company-makers of the basic
plastic-taking the lead. Everything, or
almost everything, works by push-buttons
just as almost everything likewise is
adjustable to At the Papa Bear, Momma
Bear and any number of little bears.
Quite apart from the plastic qualities,
however, one of the most intriguing
features is a seeing eye" television
device that enables those on the inside
to see without opening the door who is
ringing the doorbell. This could be help
full, of course, to the haraSSed homeowner
who is trying to cement the bathtub
together before all the water runs out
the wrong places-just as magazine
salesman is leaning against the bell.
Leaving the salesman there is progress,
at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14

When I read your article
from Vienna headed ~. S.
Takes Up Visas Of Two Who
Went Into Hungary" the last
part Of a poem l used to know
came to my mind. I can't
remember the beginning which
concerned some grim faced
adult criticizing a boy for
playing hockey from school.
on a glorious morning. to go
fishing. but the last lines went
like this:
/ heard you whisper that the
truant boy was a fool.
That nothing ripens manhood
like the moments spent
in school.
With the fresh blue sky above
you
And the green grass under II.
How dare you utter such
nonsense!
oh liar and hypocritel
II you were a boy this morn
ing.
A boy with a heart and soul.
You'd be, in spite of a lickin',
That boy with the fishing
pole!
The United States consulate
in Vienna which took away the
passports Of the two South
Carolina college boys after
their unauthorized excursion
into Hungary might look up
another poem. this one by
Longfellow, which ends: "A
boys will is the winds will,
and the thoughts Of youth are
long, long thoughts"
Evon N. ClArk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
French Merry-Go-Round

Maurice Bourges-Maunoury Frances
new Premier, is only AZ years old, and
the average age of his 14-man cabinet
is under so. Despite having the assets of
youth and vigor, however, his coalition
government seems headed for short life.
One reason for this is that the
National Assembly has confirmed Mr.
Bourges-M in Office with an ex-
ceedingly reluctant vote falling far short
of an absolute majority. Indeed, even
some members of his own middle of the
road Radical Socialist Party have failed
to support him. So he is burdened with
heavy parliamentary handicap right at
the start as he and his cabinet, which
includes Socialists, undertake to govern
France.
Moreover, Mr.. Bourges-M aunoury's
program is virtually the same as that Of
former Premier Mollet, his immediate
predecessor. It is pogram that offers
nothing essentially new in relation to
Algeria. And its advocacy of higher taxes
and other "austerity" measureS-meas-
ureS designed to cope with Frances crit
ical financial and foreign-exchange Sit
uation-is no more likely to win the
backing Of the National Assembly than
did Mr.. Mollet'S, whose government fell
on the issue three weeks ago.
In these circumstances, it is difficult
to see how the new French government
can survive for long. Actually, much of
what Mr.. Bourges-M aunoury proposes is
sound and necessary. But the divided
National Assembly, whose multiplicity Of
parties reflects divided populace, is too
full Of Indifferent, cynical and self-seek-
ing factions to recognize reality, rise
above partisanShip and do what is best
for the country-the hard things, not the
soft things.
So Frances latest government, the
23d since 1945, is likely to fall in the near
future, and then the recurrent search for
a new Premier and a new cabinet will be
on again. Not until they make up their
minds to institute basic constitutional
reforms and rule themselves realistically
will the French people be able to get of
this absurd political merry go-round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Forbidden Reading

A group of New York parents thought
1t would be good idea to post an inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL version Of the Ten Com
mandments in school rooms in their COM
munity. They said they thought this
might encourage an appreciation Of
moral and spiritual values in the school
children" 1t seems, however, that they
will have to think again.
Another group of parents objected,
and the State Commissioner Of Education
ruled that the Ten Commandments must
be kept out Of the claSsrooms. His rea-
soning is rather interesting. Noting that
the Federal and New York constitu-
tions forbid the teaching of religion in
the public schools, he said: aside from
any religious issues involved, 1t should
be taken into consideration also that the
display of an item which cannot be freely
explained and discussed is unsound ed
ucational practice"
Perhaps he is right. II such an
"item" as the Ten Commandments, or
the Bible, cannot be explained or dis
cussed. there is not much point in leaving
1t around where the children can see It,
Some youngster might take a good look
at 1t, and in such event. one gathers, the
wall between church and state would be
torn down and the foundations of our
Republic undermined Better to safe
guard the country against such menace.
And why worry about the rampant
Juvenile delinquency which, whatever 1t
may do to the teachings Of the Ten Com
mandments and to the children, is not
considered to be unconstitutional?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14

The Evening Star and its
reporter George Beveridge are
to be commended for their ex-
cellent coverage of the recently
concluded public hearings be-
fore the Zoning Commission
on the new coming plan.
Your two editorials urging
all citizens to participate in
the hearings. the detailed
article explaining the issues
which appeared the day before
the hearing started, and the
full coverage of each days ses-
sions were objective, compre-
hensive. and public spirited
no mean achievement in an
arena charged with extreme
clashes of interest and result
tant controversy.
Congratulations on a job
well done.
Charles A. HOrSky,
President.
Washington Housing
Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Post Fifty

Each time ! read an aged actor
dies
! note his year count NTH the
more surprise
From hdutng knotDn him as he
first tDdS cast.
Impossible a man could age
so fdSti
Each time ! hear a school,
mates child'S to Wed
I wonder phere mv school
mates pears haze fed.
! neuer thought his life WdS
so far gone.
! felt no aging process going
on.
Each time another graduating
class
Reaches Commencement, I
behold Time pass
And note the passing dppre-
henstpely.
You don't suppose this might
apply to me2
james |. Montague
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
NucIeor Tests

Whether the Communists
are to blame or not for the
appeal by 1000 scientists to
stop nuclear tests. / say that
an International agreement Of
the United States. England
and Russia should be reached
to stop such an outrageous
plan to defend one another.
What good would the world
be If we have an atom bomb
or a hydrogen bomb war? I
reiterate that an international
agreement should be reached
by the three major powers TO
stop the tests. and If that is
done the world will be able to
rest in peace a while. There
after such INSCRIPTIONS war
ideas can be abandoned COM
pletely,
naniel n EalkeP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
initiative for Peace

June 14-Flag Day-com-
memorates the adoption Of
the Stars and Stripes as our
national flag. Since that time
in 1777, when the Continental
Congress adopted the flag as
1t now is, it has been a proud
emblem Of greatness. 1t has
stood for freedom and liberty:
for justice-and for peace.
In these critical times. 1t
might be well to examine the
record. Have we continued to
grant asylum as generously as
in the past? Have We consist
emily granted the full measure
of civil liberties that the foun-
ders of this country land Of
our fiag) envisaged? And have
our efforts for peace always
been beyond reproach?
Right now, to paraphraSe
Lincoln. we are engaged in a
great nuclear cold war. The
question Is. can this Nation -
or any nation - long endure II
this continues? Inasmuch as we
have the dubious honor Of be-
ing the nation that first devel-
oped and used this atomic
monster, might we not make
an equal effort to be the first
to put an end to the poten-
TALLY ruinous tests?
There exist. so we are told.
monitoring systems that can
detect any explosions Of one
megaton or more. Therefore, a
simple announcement to the
effect that the United States
will, in the future. explode no
atomic or hydrogen bombs Of
one megaton size or larger so
long as all other nations accept
these same restrictionS-we
will again be on the record as
q nation sincerely dedicated to
peace.
A proud flag is a symbol of a
great nation. Greatness i'm
plies strength. And strength
must include a moral integrity
which cannot depend upon
armed might.
Let us then honor our flag
on this June IA by reasSerting
our leadership in peace. Let us
set an example to the world
and take the initiative in end
ing the destructive cycle which
we started. back in l945.
Janet N. Neuman,
National Co-Chairman Pub
lie Relations. Women's
International League for
Peace and Freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Brain Drug Tried in Cancer Tests

that Of animals which re-
ceived food and water at will.
y \ ~
Some funny things are hap.
pening to the American birth
rate.
For the third consecutive
year. there were more than
four million babies born In
the United States.
The impact on the American
school system. still several
years in the future, will be
terrific, according to calcula-
tons just made public by the
Population Reference Bureau.
Some Of this impact all
ready is being felt, says q
statement issued by the bu-
reau.
For the three years from
October, 1858, through Octo-
Der, 1886" says the statement,
"kindergartens and elemen-
tary schools had to expand
enough to take in an extra
million each year. BY far the
largest increase came in the
lollypop circles. Kindergarten
enrolment jumped by SO per
cent from 1850 to 1855. Those
are the postwar babies, born
of parents living in perhaps
the most prosperous decade in
the Nations history.
Large Family Trend
Children in elementary
schools, some Of them born at
the tag end Of the war;. in
creased by a modest "a per
cent. High school enrolment
rose only 10 per cent. High
school juniors and seniors in
1856 we're born in the years
when the birthrate was re-
covering from the all-time
lows of the depression years"
A recent study reported by
the bureau shows that college
graduates are following the
general trend towards large
families. Male students who
have been out Of school for
only ten years have almost as
many children as those who
graduated during the depres-
sion Is years ago. Women who
graduated in 1945 already
have more children than those
who graduated in 1880. Mar
ried women 20 to "a years of
age who report five to six chill
dren have more than doubled
in numbers in the last five
years. In the same age group
those who had three children
jumped over so per cent be-
tween 1850 and 1854. Those
who had no children dropped
by almost q third.
This increased fertility
among Americas women" says
the report, has led to an in
crease among lollypop Gus
toners running into millions.
Births exceeded four million
for the first time in 1854, only
eight years after the birth
total first broke three million.
This increase Of youngsters,
just on the threshold Of their
academic life. will have to be
accommodated in o school sys-
tenn already bursting at the
seams"