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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Hope Springs Eternal

Harold Stassen, returning empty
handed Through no fault Of his) from
the London disarmament talks, seems
to be putting the best face on q bad
business.
In New York, he told reporters that
the Western nations and the Soviet
Union are considerably closer together
than ever before on the disarmament
question. And when he arrived here he
said that the talks were not in vain
that "the day viii come when we reach
agreement"
To many people this viii sound like
so much wishful thinking, IS, indeed, It
may be. There is q chance, however,
that Mr.. Stassen is right, and, in any
event, we do not know what else he
could have said. For this debate goes
now to the full United Nations Disarma-
ment Committee in New York, and in
view Of this Mr.. Stassen could hardly
have been expected to throw up his
hands and throw In the sponge.
In all probability the debate in New
York will turn out to be a massive prop
uganda exercise. What could not be
accomplished in private in London Is
hardly going to be accomplished in the
full glare of the spotlight in New York.
Still, II the Russians are willing to talk,
the talks must be kept going in one
forum or another. There is no prospect,
as far as we can see, rof reaching even
a modest agreement any time soon. But
II there ever was situation in which
hope springs eternal, or should spring
eternal, it is this one. For II there is
never to be an arms agreement Of any
kind, II the arms race Is destined to 20
on and on, the whole teaching Of ex-
perience Is that the race will lead to a
cataclysmic explosion-an explosion in
which both the West and Russia will be
destroyed. Furthermore, for such hope
fulness as it may warrant, the Russians
know this as well as we do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
OurFoirch

Sidewalks and streets in
certain areas Of Washington
continue to be very dirty. A
plea was made in the spring
by the District Sanitation
Commissioner for a cleanup
campaign. Few citizens have
co-operated and soon they
can use falling leaves as an
alibi.
, II is the taxpayer-the
same one who losses trash
around-who has to pay for
1t to be cleared away eventu-
ally after 1t has detracted
from property values and
destroyed civic pride.
II is depressing that $4,000
tons Of trash are thrown on
Americas 100000 miles Of
highways during an average
week end. A lot OF IL filters
the streets Of Washington.
Mrs. Beverley Robinson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

near San Diego. Many ex-
cellent shots have been taken
elsewhere. particularly Of sea
mounts in the Northern Mar
shall Islands and on Clip
perton Island in the east
central Pacific.
Most important new tool
being used to facilitate studies
Of the relatively shallow water
fringes Of the seas Is the
aqualung, developed primarily
for the use Of sportsmen.
Scientists soon discovered
1t also could serve their
purposes. Marine biologists
at the Navy Electronics La
boratory at San Diego, Calf,
have been using free-div-
ing techniques since 1851.
Since then they have exc
panded their applications
Of the technique and now
use It to descend TO depths
as great as 100 feet.
Three summers ago the
marine biologists completed
the FIRST underwater geologic
cal mapping job to be UNDER
taken In the United States.
This work was done OF San
Nicholas Island. Calf, for
the Naval Ordnance Testing
Station. Another study car
ried out recently by means
Of free-diving techniques was
Of the correlation Of the ply
steal properties Of marine
sediments with the velocities
Of sound waves passing
through.
Still Largely Unknown
Other work done by MEL
divers on the sea floor In
cludes study Of minor struc-
lures, such as ripple marks,
and studies Of underwater
weapons and other equip
ment. The divers also have
taken many fine underwater
photographs, with both still
and motion-picture cameras.
All this still leaves un-
touched the great depths Of
the sea which must be mapped
by means Of echo soundings.
Some idea, although a quite
incomplete one, of their fauna
and flora can be obtained by
dredging. BY and large. how
ever. the great depths still
remain unknown, except for
a very rough idea Of their
contours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Journey to Newport

There are those who say that the
President should hold Governor Faubus'
feet to the fire In the Little Rock school
business-that no thought OF face-sav-
ing compromise should be entertained.
This strikes US as being q short-sighted
View-the kind Of approach that may
win the argument but lose the Gus
toners.
OF course, we do not know why
Governor Faubus sought meeting with
the President at Newport. He may not
be looking for a face-saving way out
Of an untenable position, but our guess
would be that he is. And If so, the
wise thing, the stateSmanlike thing,
Tor the President to do is to give the
Governor all reasonable assistance. to
that end.
There is no basis for contending
that this would entail an abdication Of
proper Federal authority, that it would
amount to condoning defiance, nullifica-
ton, or whatever term one may wish to
apply to the Governors performance.
Mr.. Faubus has insisted from the outset
that he is not defying the Federal au-
thority, that he does not challenge or
dispute the power Of the Federal court
to order migration in Little Rock. In
his telegram to the President, he said:
IAN good citizens must, of course, obey
all proper orders of our courts and it
Is certainly my desire to comply with
the order that has been. issued by the
district court in this case, consistent
with my responsibilities unner the Con-
stitution Of the United States and that
Of Arkansas"
Obviously, there is note Of reserva-
ton in this last phrase-in the Govern
or's reference to his responsibilities
under the State constitution. he has
used the expression before, and 1t is
not clear to US what he means by 1t.
If the meaning is obscure, however,
that Is no reason why the President
should not sit down with the Governor
and explore the Iatter's thinking. And
It viii be all to the good, we think, II
some accommodation can be worked out
as result Of such discussion.
1t Is easy, in an emotional situation
such a. has prevailed in Little Rock, to
lose sight Of the real objective. That
objective, in our judgment, is not to
prove that the power of the Federal
Government can be used to demolish
q Governor. The real objective is to
get ahead with the Indignation pro-
gram prepared for Little Rock by the
local school authorities, and to do this
In an atmosphere which will preserve
rather than destroy the opportunity for
children Of both races to obtain an
education.
We have no doubt that the Federal
power will prevail in Little Rock If a
showdown is forced. But, assuming that
this should be the case, what happens
after the court compels the Governor
to withdraw his National Guardsmen?
Who is going to create, or recreate,
climate favorable to the education Of
children in mixed classes in a commu-
nifty which would be more embittered
than ever before?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

q mess. Like other exclama-
tions. the word hurrah is Of
indefinite origin. but 1t may
be regarded Is suggested by
the German "hurren," mean
ing whir or whirl.
Q. Does the earth expand
and contraet?-E. r.
A. The earth pulsates in
periods Of about IL hours, as
its crust yields to gravita-
tional attraction of the sun
and moon. At q point direct
~ under these bodies, and
at the antipodes Of that point,
the earth's diameter is in
creased by from s to 10
inches above its average di-
ameter; at the same time its
diameter at q point 90 de-
grees west or east is similarly
decreased. Thus, q wave
crest, and q depression 30
degrees away. pass continual
" around the earth twice
daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Whew!
Clarence L. Chapih.

It seems obvious that the
tragedy Of our public schools
can be most logically attrib-
uted to the fact that our edu-
cational policy is no longer
formulated by genuinely edu-
Gated people but by the prod
ucts Of that recently spawned
profession
BY removing the ideal Of
intellectually from our
schools, educators are merely
attempting to mold schools
in their own barren image.
Their intellectual sterility Is
obscured behind q facade Of
such esoteric Technology Is
life related" learning :
readiness" whole child"
growth" ETC.. and its con-
comitant emotive vocabulary
of "rich," fruitful" mean
ingful." gripping" "spon-
taneous," etc. The skeptical
parent is usually inundated
by the professional educators
deadly barrage Of this jargon.
II his skepticism persists. he
Is annihilated by the edu-
Gators heavy artillery: dem
ocratic ideals and processes"
enemy Of the public
schools" etc. Thus. anyone
critical Of the current fads in
our schools Is, ipso facto, an
enemy Of the public school.
Accordingly, he has no re-
spect for democratic ideals
when he objects to q system
which did not come from
the people, but which was
foisted upon them by q group
Of career educators.
The conclusion Is plain:
Educators are incapable OF
formulating sound educa-
tional policy for our schools
because Of the limitations Of
their own educational expert
ence. Their primary concern
is not the wise education Of
children, but the extension
and perpetuation Of their
self seeking bureaucratic
machine.
Parents should realize that
the education Of their chill
dren 10 4 very solemn trust;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

Reference IL made to the
feature article on me under
the by-line Of John Nickel
way In The Sunday Star Of
September /. The article
purports to be . character
analysis related to my presi-
dency Of the District of Co
lumbia Branch. National As
ISOLATION for the Advance
! ment Of Colored People.
For the most part the writ
ing was an honest and effec-
tive effort to present accu-
rately to the public the
NAACP and It's aims.
I feel strongly, however.
that clarification Is needed
Of the quotation directly
under my picture. I'm q
troublemaker. and the state
ment in the article itself.
He frankly states: Tn q
troublemaker.'"
The word "troublemaker. /"
which ! did use. was taken
out Of context and thus given
an entirely different conno-
tation. I stated that there
were some who consider me
. troublemaker because ] will
not compromise with princi-
pie nor agree with the ide-
ology Of status quo. Any
other use Of the word
''troublemaker" was by Mr..
McKelway, and II / seemed
to accept the term, it was
clearly within the framework
Of our discussion on my basic
philosophy.
! do not consider myself q
"troublemaker" except in the
sense that Jesus of Nazareth
was q troublemaker for those
who would flout God, that
our founding fathers were
troublemakers for a tyranni-
cal mother country, that Lin
coin was a troublemaker for
those who would disrupt the
Union. or that the United
States Supreme Court Is q
troublemaker for those who
would deny fundamental
rights to citizens because Of
race.
It is obvious that this view
point is contrary to the popu-
lar concept Of q troublemaker
IA reckless, irresponsible,
rash person who creates fric-
ton entirely without regard
to consequences and with no
constructive purpose.
Eugene Davidson.
Editors note: The descrip-
tive phrase was Mr.. David
sons, not the reporters; its
use in the article did not
convey the viewpoint de-
scribed by Mr.. Davidson as
the popular concept Of q
troublemaker")
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
.VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Navy Explores Pacific Oceans Floor

The Navy now is exploring
intensely 1.-THE largest UNI
known area on earth
region Of titantic mountains,
vast prairies. abysmal valleys.
This is the. floor Of the
Pacific Ocean.
The explorations - which
already have resulted in dis
covery Of one Of the highest
mountain ranges and some
Of the deepest chasms known,
are being carried out with
traditional echo soundings,
skin diving and deep-sea
photography. The two latter,
as they apply to considerable
depths. are new techniques.
The history Of deep-sea
photography began in about
1888 when DR.. Maurice Ewing
and his associates at CO.
lumbia and other investi-
gators at the Woods Hole
(Mass.) Oceanographic In
stitution began to experiment
with cameras that could
photograph the sea bottom
at depths divers were unable
to reach. After being dropped
overheard these cameras sank
to the bottom. took pictures.
released ballast and finally
fioated to the surface.
New Camera Developed
Now the Navy has de-
veloped one camera built to
be operated at depths as great
as 20, 900 feet. AS this camera
weighs only 125 pounds in
water, it can be lowered on
the three-sixteenth inch wire
carried by most research
ships. The camera and its
electronic flash tube are
housed in forged aluminium
cases attached to a light steel
frame. Hanging from this
assembly is q free-swinging
lead weight which, upon
touching bottom, activates an
electrical tripping switch. The
camera can take as many as
"a pictures during a single
lowering If it is alternately
raised and lowered at 30
second intervals. A special
electrical system lets the
camera operators know the
instant the instrument
touches bottom. The greatest
depth at which a picture has
been taken so far is 1902
feet, OF the Pacific Coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Immature Drivers

The letter by Larston Far
rar headed ''For Saner Driv-
ing" said that e dispropor-
tionately large number Of
accidents involve teen-agers.
1t is not only teen-agers who
constitute the dangerous age
group Of drivers.
Statistics by the National
Safety Council show that
drivers IS to "a years old
are the ones involved in ac-
cidents all out Of proportion
to their numbers on the high
ways. And Of this group.
those Of II TO ~ years are
more prone to accidents than
are those Of Is and 10 years.
The letter also said: THE
false emphasis placed on
curbing speed Is nothing
short Of criminal" etc. Ac-
cording to the National Safe
ty Council. in 1856. in all
fatal trafiic accidents. speed
ing was the cause Of 80
per cent Of them. The next
m ost numerous violation,
failing TO keep to the right
Of the center line, was the
cause Of 10 per cent Of all
fatal accidents.
No course Of instruction
can instill an ever-present
sense Of responsibility and
caution which viii restrain
youth when tempted to show
on his newly acquired
mastery over . powerful
machine. A mind does not
fully mature in the class
room.
The driver who causes
an accident in nearly every
case knows better than to
do what he did to bring about
the accident. But he took Q
chance-he showed OF by
passing on q curve or ct
the top Of . hill. and demon
strated ct least 70 himself
his superiority over those
slow-pokes who stayed in
line; and he has gotten away
with 1t 30 many times that
he has come TO feel that as
q driver he Is in q class
away above the ordinary
drivers on the highways.
Only by slowly maturing his
mind. or Withdrawing his
driving permit. wiz he be
cured. Only years Of expert
ence viii mature the mind.
Take trafic ofncers out Of
those comfortable cruisers
and put more Of them on
motorcycles and keep them
patrolling the highways and
cracking down on every vio-
lator. That would put the
fear Of the law into the
immature minds. as well as
the adult-minded.
Clarence L. Chapin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
The Golden Touch

AS the only man in WASH
ington who ever made a doll
lar of a Wolfson, ! feel
qualified to comment on your
editorial about Louie Wolf
son offering five million bucks
for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
When a college boy in
Jacksonville, Fla, in 1929
80 I promoted dances after
the football games. I'd rent
q hotel ballroom and hire q
band and put on q wing
ding. To miss one Of my tor
rid toddles was to risk social
oblivion.
But there was always the
revolving duty Of collecting
a dollar-and-a-half from
each male guest. and as
cashier I was forced to relieve
poor old Sam Wolfson Of this
amount whenever he APP
peared. / can't remember
II ! ever got any dance
money away from Louie; even
then he was probably too
smart for me to take.
The Wolfsons are not as
"antisocial" as the District
Commissioners or the press
here would have you believe.
In jacksonville they have
always been considered very
civic minded.
I always thought WASH
ington made q mistake in
lighting with Louie. II they
had asked for his civic help
instead Of black-j acking his
Capital Transit Company, the
whole mess might have been
avoided.
I agree with The Star edi-
torial which closes: "What
we would like to know is why
the Commissioners weren't
smart enough to see their
golden opportunity. Why did
they have to chase Mr.. Wolf
son out Of town. II they
didn't like the way he ran
the buses and streetcars, why
didn't they fix 1t so he could
trade the Capital Transit
Company for the Washington
Senators? A man with IS
million In cold cash could do
a lot for our ball club. And
Mr.. Wolfson, II we know our
man, would have made money
doing It."
Paul McIlvalns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Perhaps this is due to his
hobby.
Soap collectingl
We sometimes have won-
dered II there is another per-
son in all Greater Washing
ton with the same hobby.
Collecting such things as
postage stamps, and old fur.
niture, bottles and books, and
Q hundred others
These are well-known hob
bies, but who ever heard Of
anyone collecting cakes Of
soap?
You have to know Jones
to believe 1t.
AH&
Just how he started, even
he does not remember.
But It was in the Roaring
2Os. as they are sometimes
called. and maybe that &C.
counts for 1t.
He began to gather In cakes
Of soap Is . squirrel does
nuts.
He buried them, In q sense,
In his medicine closet.
These usual chests. how
ever, are not very big. after
all, and the Templeton Jones
collection long ago bulged
out and overnowed the cabi-
net much a. the water IN .
pool does when . hefty swim
mer plunges in.
The linen closet came next.
and when that was full,
Templeton Jones and family
had to do something.
They moved to Chevy
Chase, then as now popu-
larry called the heaven Of
Burleith.
Jones had soaps from
Czechoslovakia, or however
you spelled it then; he had
fine cakes from France. the
heaven Of fine cosmetics.
and from England and every
nation to the south.
Evidently north Of that.
nobody bathed, because our
collector could find no repre-
sentative soaps.
He had one soap, q large
square, so light that 1t doated
on top Of the water. every
bit Of it.
He found it. not long ago.
in Q drawer seldom opened.
and was delighted to find
that this odd specimen lath-
cred as well as ever.
That Is one good thing
about soaps, they never wear
out.
They may lose their scent.
and darken with age, but
when properly moistened
with water, they always burst
into foam.
Even in q swimming pool.
Try It sometime, says
Templeton Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

that school administrators
and teachers should be gen.
timely educated: that teach
ers are not to be confused
with psychologists. sociolo-
gists, or soothsayers; that
teaching Is essentially an art
and cannot be learned in one
year or one hundred years Of
education courses; and that
an educational system can be
no better than the people who
create it.
E. E. Riehey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

Supt. Hobart M. Corning
recently stated that commu-
nifty opposition to his school
integration system seems to
be dying down.
This no doubt is true for
the same reason that q man
stops chasing a train after
he has missed 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

real purpose Is to intimidate and per-
haps to silence critic, not to bring
about a prosecution for criminal con-
tempt which would have 4 chance Of
surviving in the appellate courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13

Q. What was the name Of
the novel which did not con-
tain the letter "e"?-C. B.
A. "Gadsby," . novel Of
SOTO words in which the
letter e" did not occur, was
published in october 1899. It
was the work Of Ernest Vim
cent Wright. . 66-year-old
Bostonian and q naval mu-
stefan in World War /, who
wrote 1t in five months while
living at the national mill
tary home in Los Angeles,
California. Wright complet-
ed the book in March 1887;
he died at the home on Oc-
tober Z. 1899. just as the first
copies Of his book came of
the press.
Q. What is q hurrah's
nest?-O. l..
A. A hurrah's nest is q
United States expression
meaning q state Of utmost
confusion; q disordered heap;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Lowrence's Plan

Who Is David Lawrence
trying to kid in his plan
to Solve School CONTROVERSY"
The gist Of his plan Is to
maintain separate white and
colored schools, and also in
tegrated ones for those who
wish tall on q completely
voluntary" basis.
But the catch in this is
that 1t is based on the false
assumption that separate
schools discriminate equally
against white and colored
children-that there exists q
problem Of white parents
wishing their children to be
permitted entry into the
same schools colored children
attend-and that's plain
hokum. The result Of adop-
ton Of his plan would be
simple enough-segregated
schooling would remain in
fun force, only the colored
schools with perhaps one
or two whites included)
would be called "integrated, I"
and the white schools"
would remain white
schools"
Another minor by-product
would be the necessity for
erection Of additional schools,
or at least providing adj
ditional space In present
overcrowded schools which
would be labeled For Colored
Only" and which would re-
main largely unused If not
completely vacant.
A brilliant trickster, this
David LAwrencel
Let's face up TO it-there
is no more excuse for sep
arating people according to
color than there Is for sep
arating them according to
religion, ancestry or blood
type.
Or. Arthur COwan.
David Lawrence has the
most workable solution to
the migration problem that
] have read. America was
founded on the democratic
spirit Of the right Of man to
free choice. II some people
do not wish to attend q GER
tain church or patronize =
certain restaurant. store, ETC.,
they have that choice. Why
not allow them to decide
whether their children at
tend segregated or integrated
schools? Why does one group
feel the necessity Of forcing
its opinion on another group?
Disturbed Mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
LETTERS 10 THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry tDriterS correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
satton.