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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Serving Justice

II the interests of justice are to be
served-juStice to criminal suspect and
to the community-legislation of the sort
being advocated by Senator Butler of
Maryland is urgently needed.
Existing law requires that a suspect
be arraigned-that is, taken before ju-
dicial officer and charged-without "un-
necessary delay" The question is what
Congress means by unnecessary delay.
AS interpreted by the Supreme Court in
the Mallory case, a case in which a con-
victed rapiSt has been turned loose, the
phrase means at least that the police may
not arrest upon mere suspicion but only
on probable cause" whatever that may
amount to in given case. And it also
means that while suspect may be
booked" by the police, che is not to be
taken to police headquarters in order to
carry out a process of inquiry that lends
itself, even if not so designed, to eliciting
damaging statements to support the ar
rest and ultimately his guilt"
In our judgment the effect of this will
be to tie the hands of the police and
unnecessarily expose the citizens of Wash
ington to criminal depredationS without
doing anything to protect the legitimate
rights of an accused person.
Senator Butler would have Congress
define the meaning of unnecessary
delay" by specifying that suspect may
be held for questioning for period of IL
hours before being arraigned. This fol-
lows the practice in Britain and in some
States, and we think it is entirely reason
able. OF course, no confession obtained
through coercion or promises should be
admitted as evidence and a suspect should
be advised of his right to counsel, to re-
main silent and that any statement he
makes may be used against him. But
with these safeguards in force, we think
the police should be given fair oppor-
tunity to investigate crimes and question
suspects. The prevention and detection
of crime is not game in which the cards
should be stacked in favor of criminal
and against the proper interest of the
community in his apprehension and
punishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Civilian Awards

The plan for establishing a presi-
Dental Medal for Civilian Achievement
is designed to fill long-felt need. In
the past it has taken special legislation
in each case to extend the Governments
formal recognition to persons not in the
armed services who have made outstand-
ing contributions to the Nations welfare
or prestige. For example, Congress has
authorized special medals for Charles A.
Lindbergh, Thomas A. Edison and several
others. President Eisenhower is right in
believing that permanent award system
should be established, with recommended
tons for awards made by board of
citizens. This would be in addition to
awards honoring Federal employees for
distinguished service.
The proposed new Setup was Sug
gested by presidential advisory COM
mittee headed by DR.. Harold w. Dodds,
retiring president of Princeton University.
The President informed the committee
of his desire that merit awards be Gre
ated to "honor our fellow citizens who
make great contributions to the advance
ment of our civilization and of this coun-
try" He may have had in mind Sugges-
tons that DR.. Jonas Salk be given an
official award for his discovery of the
vaccine that has dramatically reduced
the danger of polio infection. Certainly
there is merit in the plan of honoring
such men as DR.. Salk with medal SYM
bolizing the Nations gratefulness for
their distinguished achievements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Presidential Papers

Some fellow who boldly signs
himself "A Taxpayer" recently
got in some dirty digs at for
mer Presidents Roosevelt and
Truman.
Taxpayer" says that in
making his presidential papers
available to the American pub
lie, Mr.. Truman is only giving
back something that didn't
belong to him anyway.
Some other Presidents didn't
preserve their papers and our
country is thereby so much the
poorer. Robert Lincoln de-
stroyed many of the presiden-
tial papers of his immortal
father and the heirs of some
other Presidents were recon-
pensed for presidential papers.
Taxpayer" also squawks
about Roosevelt's stamp COL
lection. FDR's stamps were
just as much his property as
the estates of George Wash
ington and Warren G. Hard
ing. Mr.. Roosevelt was an in
telligent stamp collector for
many years, and I hope his
family benefited considerably
by his foresight.
C.. Wesley Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
NAACP VS.. Murray

The NAACP would hardly
be expected to win a city-wide
popularity contest at any time.
Nevertheless recent splenetic
outbursts against it have been
somewhat startling.
In fairness to all parties, it
seems to me that the associa-
tons charges against Police
Chief Murray should be heard
by as impartial a group of
citizens as the Commissioners,
in ultation with the
NAACP. can designate. The
task of NAACP will be hard
enough. All official records are
in the files of the Police De-
partment.
1t is certainly conceivable
that some improvements could
be made within the depart
ment along lines suggested by
the associations charges. Why
not give the NAACP an un-
biased hearing?
J. w. Haywood, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Murray as ConsuItont

It is good to know that Thomas E.
Murray, even though he has come to the
end OF his distinguished seven-year serv-
ice as member of the Atomic Energy
Commission, will continue to play an
try's nuclear policies, military and nom
military alike.
This has been made possible by the
decision Of the Joint Congressional
Atomic Committee to retain Mr.. Murray
as consultant. He is eminently qualified
for such post. Although there have been
deep differences between him and Acc
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, he iS-like
Mr.. Strauss man profoundly and self
lessly interested in developing nuclear
energy in way that will best serve our
Nation and the free world at large. In
that respect, dedicated as he is, he is
anything but a political partisan, and
for that reason, even though they are
open to challenge, his dissenting opinions
have special value that commendS them
to the careful attention of all Americans
These opinions, as set forth in his
latest statement to the joint committee,
range over wide field. He still believes,
for example, as he has believed for some
years past, that Mr. Strauss and the Acc
as whole are relying too heavily on pri-
vate enterprise to develop atomic power
for peaceful uses. Further, Mr.. Murray
is convinced that our military strategy
has been distorted by an excessive en-
phaSis on Superbombs and the theory
OF Difference. In his opinion, limited
war, not total war, is "the more promi-
nent likelihood of the nuclear age" and
ne therefore holds that we are making
a grave mistake in not developing and
producing items of thousands" of small
A-WeaponS. Above all, although he favors
putting an end to multimegaton expert
mental detonationS, he takes the posi-
ton that it would be Irrational" 'inde-
feasible" and reckless in the extreme"
for the United States to join in any
international agreement calling for even
a temporary halt to the testing or manu-
facture OF the smaller weapons.
Other authorities, of course. have
strong arguments to offer against such
views as these, and it may well be that
Mr.. Murray is wrong in many respects.
Yet, even though some of his sharpest
diSSents may be oversimplified or mis-
taken, 1t is wholesome thing that a man
OF his caliber and experience. is not with
drawing entirely from atomic affairs Just
because he is no longer a member of the
Acc. Certainly his advice in this field
will always be worth listening to as a
safeguard against complacency. The
joint committee is to be commended for
persuading him to continue serving the
Nation in that sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Anthony Memorial

I initiated the national effort
to secure the inclusion OF
Susan B. Anthony in the Mt.
Rushmore National Memorial
in 1888 while Gutzon Borglum,
the late sculptor, was in Wash
ington trying to secure funds
for his Shrine of Democracy.
Before I left Washington I had
secured the support of the
leading national women's or
CARNATIONS and prominent in
dividuals and had secured the
introduction of a bill for the
necessary funds. I continued
the effort until the sculp-
tors death in 1941. and
I continued my appeals to Lin
coin Borglum, son of the sculp-
tor, through the years. Time
has wrought changes at the
mountain and in the progress
of the woman movement, and
I am happy to announce that
Lincoln Borglum has author
lied me to give out this state
ment: You can quote me as
saying that I would consider
it an honor to carve the me-
mortal to Susan B. Anthony
if funds are available"
1t is we'll understood that
nothing will be attempted at
this session of Congress. The
object is to let the country
know that there is an oppor-
tunity to complete the me-
mortal as it was visioned by
Gutzon Borglum before his
death when he said: II have
in mind a place for the por-
trait Of Susan B. Anthony !. /.
on the west wall. :"
Rose Arnold Powell.
NHsv@a.~Alsa NHs....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL

He doesn't buy a deepfreeze,
we are told. because it keeps
food well, oh no, but simply
because somehow, in the back
OF his mind, it makes him feel
better; and does this, not be-
cause of electricity, but solely
because it is a provider, and
mother was the best provider
he ever knew.
Hokum or not, that is what
the bright boys say makes one
buy a deepfreeze. It's a SYM
Dol. or something.
n \ y \
Routine is a symbol, too.
sometimes an unappreciated
one.
People fuss at routine, but It
has its place, 1t makes people
feel better on the job, and any
thing that does this is good.
Handling Of a cigarette, we
are told, soothes the normal
mind.
1t is much the same in an
Office.
The very stepping into the
elevator in the morning is more
than stepping into an elevator.
1t is first step toward. the
usual.
Routine holds us all in its
loving grip. protest though we
may. through gripes, paper
rustling, going away on vaca-
tions.
What's the best part Of q
vacation, for instance?
Some people say it is get
ting back to work again.
Part of the routine, as our
correspondent almost says, is
getting out Of work, at least
in a small way. There Is
something about 1t satisfying
to the human spirit of the
normal.
The best getter-out-of-work.
however. is the guy who SAYS
nothing. but just looks i'm
portant. We almost forgot
himl
He can Guido all the paper
rustlers. the rushers after
phones. the intense walkers to
and fro.
He doesn't have to move a
muscle. he Just looks impor-
tant. Don't ask us how he does
1t. 1t is a gift. we think.
II the rest Of the office could
look so important. maybe they
wouldn't have to resort to
the little tricks so much. But.
without them, the usual
wouldn't be so usual. after all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Of Mutual Concern

Since the good health of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area is a matter of
mutual concern to all residents, the Joint
movement to coordinate regional public
health activities is worthy of support
by public and private agencies in the
health field. The various urban and sub
urban communities composing the area
are so closely bound together -geograph-
ically economically and socially that a
health problem in one neighborhood be-
comes Of interest to other communities
as well. The Joint consideration of such
problems undertaken by the new Wash
ington Metropolitan Regional Conference
is sensible extension of interjurisdic-
tional teamwork.
The Steering Committee of the con-
ference has a list of health problems
that are common to the entire region
and that require concerted action for
their solution. For example, coordination
OF the attack on polio, rabies and other
diseases would be beneficial to all resi-
dents. Virginia State Senator Fenwick,
chairman of the Health Committee of
the conference, cited also the need for
better area control of tuberculosis VIC
Tins and for better facilities for the mem
tally Ill and the aged. River pollution
is another problem bearing on public
health.
And well up on the list Of subjects
for study should be the question Of the
adequacy Of hospital facilities in each
community-and their use by residents
OF other communities. District Commits
sioner Karrick has pointed out that be-
tween 80 and 40 per cent of the patients
in Washington hospitals are not District
residents, yet District taxpayers have
contributed heavily to the building of
the hospitals. Furthermore, INDECENT pa
tients from nearby areas often have been
admitted to District hospitals under
emergency conditions-with no hope of
recovering costs of disqualification These
are problems that deserve the earnest
attention Of all governing bodies in the
Metropolitan Area, with view to equal
izing responsibilities and sharing bur-
dens. The whole area stands to benefit
from such intelligent cooperation in
solving health problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
This May Be Red Letter Day in History
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

to the oficial opening today
Of the International Geophysi-
cal Year In which more than
10000 men, competent and rig
orously trained in many dis
ciplines and representing 81
nations. are joining in far
reaching programs Of pene-
tration into the unknown. It
is worth q note that the two
major participants are the two
greatest apparently opposing
forces-the United States and
the Soviet Union. And from
all evidence at hand both are
actuated with the utmost good
will.
From the researches Of the
ICY presumably there will be
some practical BENEFITS Lead
ing to better transportation,
better construction, better ag.
riculture, better navigation.
better communication. room
for more people on earth. Man
may even take his first step
of the planet itself. Such
things are bound to clutter I'D
research, however greatly to
the regret Of cynics who feel
that all material progress is
no more than hard-surfacing
the roads to humiliation. Still
a certain amount Of it proba-
bly, is necessary to get the es-
sential appropriations-in this
case only a little more than
5000 million.
knowledge Is Real Goal
But after all. the real goal
of the IGY-we hope in the
minds of all its participants
is knowledge itself and not the
incidental fruits of knowledge.
From it, there is every reason
to hope. will come a clearer
perspective Of creation and
mans place in it and per-
haps Of the littleneSs and
aloneness of man in the whirl-
ing turmoils of space and time.
And this. in turn, may dampen
little the likelihood of cold
wars becoming hot wars-or,
in other words. out of the
findings may come suggestions
for accomplishing the essential
missions of wars in less ex-
cruciatingly painful ways.
The ICY itself will be a war
OF a sort-a war against the
encompassing forces of dark
ness that press upon the hori.
IONS of the intellect. The bat
ties Of this war will be fought
In a realm Of ink-black skies
which one enters over bars of
diamonds:
In lands Of June-green skies
where the mountains, which
are ice pillars. shine with the
radiance Of the portals Of Par
adise;
In the coral palaces Of the
Nereids at the bottom and end
of the western ocean;
In the shining white noun
tains which rise beyond all
these and beyond all mans
realities;
On the borders Of ultimate
reality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Auto Graveyard

Recent news stories tell of
the proposed 10 additional
fringe parking lots at a cost
of approximately $4,000 each
for 300 cars.
We have repeatedly brought
to the attention Of the District
Commissioners the lot bounded
by Sixth and Seventh streets
and o and P streets NV,
which is owned by the District,
and has for years been used as
a police impounding lot, right
in the midst of our business
district. We have requested
that either a parking lot or
low-coSt housing be erected
thereon. which could become
revenue producing for our city.
This ground. comprising $780,
600 square feet, is not only
conveniently located for fringe
parking. but could also be used
as a public parking lot with
parking meters for 24-hour
parking for approximately 600
to 300 cars. We feel that this
might help the businessmen of
this area as well as the down.
town business area and might
possibly keep business from
moving to the suburban areas
of Maryland and Virginia,
where parking is no problem.
This valuable ground has be-
come an unsightly, cluttered
junk-yard for abandoned and
broken-down vehicles in our
business midst, and has hurt
our business and endangered
the livelihood of our many
merchants in this section.
These dilapidated cars also
mar the beauty of our city.
practically in the heart of
Washington, and in a direct
route of traffic coming and
going out of our city.
Louis Leventhal,
President. Northern Seventh
Street Business Mems Assn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01

as a group, excused from jury
duty?-S. M.
A. Each State has its own
list Of occupations which are
exempt from jury duty-usu-
ally Of persons who serve the
public or whose absence would
result in harm or inconven-
fence TO the public. II persons
in these occupations are called
for jury duty, they are at once
excused on the basis Of exempt
occupation. Among them are
physicians. dentists, teachers.
flremen, attorneys. police ON
GERS. postmasters, railroad en-
gineers. civil officers. and the
like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01

The existence Of mankind
everywhere Is threatened by
cold wars" Of many kinds.
Hatreds, jealousies, repres-
sions, long-submerged griev-
ances, probably irreconcilable
ideologies aft1ict the human
race. They constitute q COM
pick of diseases which
threaten. very seriously in
deed. extinction of this species
within q few generations.
There never has been a long
road to extinction, it must be
remembered. It has come
completely and quickly to or
ganism after organism in the
billion years of life on earth.
There is no reason. of course,
why the human species should
be preserved. Being members
of it we are. naturally. a little
prejudiced. Somehow we con-
slider ourselves a little better
than pigs and a lot better
than the duck-billed platypus.
which nobody will seriously
dispute.
Two Possible Escapes
Two possible escapes from
the doomsday of hydrogen
bombs. bombs potentially a
thousandfold more destructive,
scores of other harpy-winged
terrors. poisoning of earth and
air and sea, radiation-trig-
gered resurrections and surg
ings of deadly viruses have
been suggested by men of
good will all over the earth.
First is the way of religion,
concerning the necessity and
value of which there need be
no speculations here. Second
is the way of science, objective
and verifiable knowledge of
man and his world obtained
and expanded through the
hard process of research.
Concerning the facts of re-
ligion. there are, and probably
always will be, emotionally en-
FILTERED disagreements. Con-
corning the ascertained facts
Of science there can, by very
definition. be no disagree
ments. But the body of knowl-
edge which can be included in
this category remains ex-
tremely small. 1t can be in
creased only by prodigious eff
fort. Even this effort in the
past has been terribly encum-
bered by tribal and racial jeal-
ousies. by narrow and false
ideas of "practicability," by the
sensory walls which a secret
boarding nature built around
the human intellect.
In view of all this, today
may we'll mark one of the red
letter days of history-the
start of the first truly co-ordi-
mated effort during the 5000.
odd years of civilization of all
the earth'S peoples to extend
knowledge of the insignificant
little planet on which our lot,
willy-nilly, is cast. and its rela-
tionships to the fathomless
universe. We refer, of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
NINETEENTH STREET.

NINE ZEN LII STREET.
Dear Sir:
II think it was mean Of you
to tell how people manage to
give the impression they are
working hard in offices when
they are merely pretending.
IF you give us away like
that, what will we have left?
you know we are not GO
ing to really work, don't you?
1t isn't just us at all, but the
whole setup of modern life.
There are too many people,
so there must be too many
jobs. There is no getting out
of it.
when there are too many
people in too many jobs. there
isn't enough for each one to
do to keep busy.
$50. and this is the crux
Of it, each one must rattle
paper, as you said. and walk
around. and rush busily from
one phone to another.
\ 4
II protest above all your
revelation about coffee drink
ing.
For two weeks after your
article, no soggy paper cups
Of coffee appeared at desks in
my section. 1t was awful.
Then, one day, a cup ap-
peared. and now we are all
back on an even keel again, all
stopping dark-brown fluid over
our desks, and all happy. de-
spite such ardent truth-tellers
as yourself. So there!
"Admiringly. JANE L."
+
That's the nice thing about
reforms, things soon settle
back into the old routine.
The normal, whatever 1t is,
Soothes and pacifles.
One of the best ways to live
long and happily, a wise man
said the other day. is to settle
down to the obvious.
Straining ones mind and
stretching ones muscles to
find the unattainable really
gets one nothing much ex-
cept a pain in the neck, or
maybe heart failure.
The usual routine has the
built-in feature Of normally,
as one Of the Presidents in
sisted on calling 1t, much to
the dismay of the purists.
Routine takes care Of all Of
us. 1t is a sort Of universal
mother. just as the modern
smart boys say a deepfreeze
is. in the average purchasers
mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-01
Views of Hiqh Bench

Is there any justice in the
decision handed down by the
Supreme Court whereby a
self-confesSed rapist is set free
to commit the same crime or
worse, simply because there
was a question of time before
his arraignment? And who is
best qualified to judge how
long it must take for an ar
raignment to be made? Is it
the police who are so dill
gently working on the case.
who are so directly concerned
with it's just conclusion or is
1t a political appointee sitting
on the bench of our Supreme
Court? From two recent de-
cisions handed down by the
Supreme Court. concerning
the FBI files and the Mallory
case, it seems to me there must
be something dreadfully wrong
with either our laws or with
our Supreme Court. Something
should be done-and quickly
to correct the situation.
Reader.
X n X X
A recent column by a noted
commentator on the Gripping
of America in the Communist
struggle by the Supreme Court
contains this line, 1.-THE JUS
tees display a curious aware
ness of the actual operations
Of Communist subversion."
Why should the respectable
cloak of jurisprudence be
thrown around these raw de-
cisions. saying that it's all a
mysterious science. beyond the
understanding of the simple
layman who, therefore, is un-
able to judge?
Baloney to the line that
these are all honorable men,
but too dumb to know what
they are doing!
Why should not every man
who used his power in the
court to throw open the flies
of the FBI to criminals be
impeached? Or why shouldn't
Congress cut off appropria-
tons to the Supreme Court un-
til each and every one Of the
gentlemen who raised his hand
In favor of this dirty business,
has moved out?
Thelma T. Robinson, MD.
Beverley Hills, Calf.
$50
The Supreme Court, in
ordering the release of five
convicted Communists, said
that advocating and teaching
violent overthrow of the Gov
eminent" is merely an lab
stract principle" and not "con-
crete action" which the Smith
Act requires. The court did
not trouble itself to explain
why the teaching Of concrete
action" is not inherent in
violent overthrow" II it
meant that there must not
only be teaching" but an eff
fective demonstration of CON
crete action" TO sustain a con-
viction. this would be locking
the stable door after the horse
is stolen: which recalls this
recent item in the conservative
British weekly. Time and Tide
"A Northamptonshire mag
istrate who happens also to be
manager Of q primary school
was rash enough to ask q pro-
spective master whether he