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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Science Academy
Awards Medal to
Warren Weaver
BY the Associated Press

The National Academy Of
Sciences will award its public
welfare medal to DR.. Warren
Weaver. vice president of the
Rockefeller Foundation.
DR.. Weaver, a specialist in
both mathematics and biology,
headed committee Of genete-
cists commissioned by the
academy to study the effect of
atomic radiation on future
generations.
The academy's president, DR..
Detlev w. Bronx. will present
the medal to DIR. Weaver at q
dinner tomorrow at the Rookie.
Teller Institute in New York.
Last years winner of the
medal was DR.. James r. Killian,
jr., president of Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology, who
was recently appointed Presi-
dent Eisenhower's special as
SiStant for science and TECH
nology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
.Germ-KiIIinq
Antibiotic
Is Announced

CHICAGO, Nov. Is (R.-
Abbott Laboratories has an
nounced development of a new
antibiotic which it says kills
bacteria outright instead OF
merely halting their growth.
Abbott researchers said yes
terday the antibiotic. ristocetin,
has been effective in treating
patients who failed to respond
to other biotics. They added
that hundreds Of disease-caus-
ing bacteria have no natural
resistance to ristocetin and
only rarely develop resistance
to it.
They said three years OF
clinical trials in 20 hospitals
showed the drug is effective
against infections caused by
streptococci and pneumococci,
and a g ainst staphylococcal
pneumonia, meningitis. septi-
cemia and bacteremia. They
added it provided short-term
treatment for acute and SUBJ
acute endocarditis and pre-
vented recurrence of the dis
ease.
The drug, which Abbott has
given the trade name Spontin,
is administered through the
vein instead of by mouth or
intramuscular injection.
The antibiotic was isolated
from a sample of soil from the
Garden of the Gods in Colo
RADIO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
|SPUTNIK PROBLEM
SOLVED: SHOOT
THEM OUT or SKY

BALTIMORE tR.-sen-
ator Butler. Republican Of
Maryland. believes the
United States should shoot
down Russia's satellites as
quickly as they are
launched.
II would like to see our
armed forces shoot down
Sputnik H." he said. Il
think it is possible Of ac-
complishment. We just say
to them. you put them up
and wen shoot them down.
! think well come to that
some day, and it's not too
far off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18

craft and heliocopters that
will do in the air essentially
what trucks and jeeps do on
the ground"
Heaviest Weight Problem
The use of atomic weapons.
the General observed. will en-
able the Army to reduce its
tonnage Of conventional am
munition-"always out heaviest
problem"
The atomic power reactor at
Fort Belvoir has more than full
filled expectations. he declared.
Such nuclear power and
heating plants, built to operate
over extended periods of time
without refueling. provide
greater mobility advantages by
eliminating the transportation,
storage and consumption of
conventional fuels" he said.
A study is now underway. he
declared, to produce a 400
kilowatt nuclear power plant
which can be transported in q
25-ton trailer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Reds Would Trude
Dutu With Jupun

TOKYO. Nov. IS (P).-The
Tokyo Astronomical Observa-
tory said today. the Soviet
Union has proposed an ex-
change of information with
Japan on earth satellite OBJ
servations.
Japan has received much of
its previous advance data on
the two Soviet Sputniks-such
as their anticipated route
from the calculations of United
States scientists. The Russians
have given out almost no adj
vance data except the radio
frequencies on which the baby
moons transmit and timetables
of their crossings over various
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
GsA sTOcKPILEs
70 MILLION TONS,
FLOETE REPORTS

The General Services
Administration has stock
piled 90 million tons of
goods worth more than 81
billion in the United States,
Franklin Floete, GSA ad-
ministrator. today told the
National Defense Trans
portation Association.
The stockpiles. mostly for
the military. are located at
220 points in the United
States. generally removed
from bomb target areas,
Mr.. Floete said.
The stockpiles primarily
consist Of metals. minerals,
cordage and oil and even
exceed in value the nations
agriculture surplus stocks,
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
u. S. Scientist Disputes
|Russion Missile Boost

there have been no known sue
cessful tests of an American
ICBM.
A former Air Force official
in the Eisenhower administra-
ton said last night he thinks
the Soviet Union is two OF
three years ahead of the United
States in missile development
Trevor Gardner said the situa-
ton represents a ''full-scale
national emergency"
Question ON Oppenheimer
In answer to a question, Mr..
Gardner said the Eisenhower
administration should consider
bringing J. Robert Open
|heimer back into Federal serv-
ice to help with the missile
program.
Mr.. Gardner said DR.. Open
heimer has one of the finest
minds in the world -. think
it's the job of DR.. Killian, if it's
anyone's. to ask him elf
w neither DR.. Oppenheimer
needs. to be brought back
In the field Of education, Sec
rotary Of Welfare Folsom yes
terday cautioned against a
crash program" In New York,
DR.. Alan T. Waterman, director
of the Nationl Science Foun-
dation, urged Federal aid in
raising the pay of science
teachers If State and local gov
ernments can't do it alone.
Mr.. Folsom. speaking at
cornerstone ceremonies for the
new 81 million headquarters Of
the National Education Associ-
alton. said I'VE are hearing
suggestions from all sides on
how to revise our educational
system and revamp it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Link 10 Plants,
|AnimaIsFound
by Scientists
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
star stan Correspondent

NEW YORK. Nov. ia
hitherto unsupported link be-
tween plants and animals was
reported today to the National
Academy of sciences, meeting
lat the Rockefeller institute
here.
This link is in the chemical
similarity Of indeoaceletic acid,
the major hormone known to
date which increases enor-
mously the growth Of plants,
and serotonin. a recently dis
covered animal hormone which
is secreted in muscle and brain
cells. An overabundance Of sero-
tonin in the brain is credited
by some psychiatrists with the
most prevalent and difficult to
cure Of all mind diseases, schiz-
ophrenia, or dementia praecox.
The link was reported to the
National Academy. senate OF
American science. by DR.. d. w.
Wooley Of the Rockefeller In
stitue of Medical Research.
Indeoaceletic acid has been
identified for some time as the
major plant hormone respon-
sible for accelerated plant
growth. Other plant hor-
mones, such as the well-known
DOT. which kills by over-stim-
ulation, are chemical varia-
tions.
Primary Function
So, DR.. Wooley reported, is
serotonin. In both cases, he
reported. the primary function
seems to be that of increasing
the permeability Of cells In
the case of indeoaceletic acid,
the plant hormone, the cell
membrane permatability is in
creased to the passage of
water. This causes the cell to
lengthen and growth is speeded.
Serotonin. so far as is known,
has no growth function. 1t
stimulates the contraction of
internal muscles. This appar-
emily is accomplished, DR..
Wooley said. by making cell
walls permeable to calcium,
magnesium and other metallic
molecules. These, in turn.
cause contraction.
In both plant and animal, he
pointed out, nature made use
of basically the same ingre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18

dent. but as animal brain
started to develop it was neces-
sary to change somewhat the
pattern Of the rnolecule SO that
Iit would not combine easily
with nerve cells. or pass from
one compartment Of the body
to another.
The brain requires a limited
amount Of serotonin. This it
secretes from its own cells.
Larger amounts are believed to
have profound effects on be-
havior. Body cells, however,
produce the hormone in
variable amounts and there are
great increases at times, as
when blood patelets are rup-
tured.
Were it not for the chemical
change which prevents the
substance being taken up by
nerve cells the brain would be
constantly at the mercy of such
increases. The alteration prob
ably was necessary for animal
life. 1t took place apparently
very early in the transition
stage between the two king
doms. Serotonin. however. is
not found in some Of the low
est invertebrates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
'ASCAP Pays
Tribute to
Handy, "a

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (R.-A
throng of admirers joined last
night in singing happy birth
day to William C. Handy, the
frail. blind composer of THE
st. Louis Blues" q
For the 84-year-old Negro
it was a long way from st
Louis where, he recalled, Il was
a tramp"
About 800 persons gathered
in the grand ballroom of the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel and paid
$50 a plate-proceeds to the w
c. Handy Foundation for the
Blind-in a tribute sponsored
by the American Society OF
Composers, Authors and Pub
fishers.
AS Mr.. Handy entered the
ballroom in a wheelchair. q
30-piece Paul Whiteman Or
chestra saluted him with "Ala-
bamy Bound" Mr.. Handy was
born in, Florence. Ala.
President Eisenhower, Vice
President NixoH and New York s
Gov. Averell Hartman sent
kilograms of congratulations.
In replying to glowing
speeches, Mr.. Handy recalled
selling 1.-The Memphis Blues, y
another of his compositions, for
$50.
Since then" he said, II have
been repaid many times for the
light YOU have shown me IN
this tribute tonight"
Mr.. Handy was "a on Satur-
day. when a simpler party was
held in his home in Yonkers,
N. Y.
This week has been pro-
claimed w. c. Handy Week in
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
REDiscOvERiNG SCIENCE:
Scientists Are Human,
Fellow Men Leorn

what bids to make on a Job.
That's okay. because it's for
his economic benefit. But II
"a scientist muses. over a re-
search problem, it means he's
odd. though solving that prob
lem could be advancing his
own career"
DR.. Ernest Pollard, chair
man of Yale's Biophysics De-
partment, tells a story illus
trating how easy it is to alb
serb popular concepts about
scientists in general
Finds Them Human"
A high school girl worked
one summer in his laboratory
as a dishwasher and assistant
to a technician. among eggs be-
ing used for research, one
Matched a baby chick. which
became her pet.
One day it tried to follow her
into an elevator, and fell four
floors into the well below.
"She was terribly impressed
that scientists in our lab solved
the not-easy problem of rescue
in a few minutes through intel
ligence. Drawn and kindness, +"
DR.. Pollard says. "She says il
was an eye opener how human
and nice scientists are, not like
the popular pictures of them. Z"
Ernie Pollard doesn't say so,
but it's also a tribute that at
home he's regarded as a human
being, father and husband
rather than a scientist.
For the young girl was his
own daughter, Carlo.
Tomorrow: What scientists
dO-hOw and why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18

being held as q climax to Ar
gentina's Aeronautical Week.
Gen. Martin said the bomb
ers. each powered by eight jet
engines. flew on a direct route
to Argentina from Homestead
Air Force Base, Fla, and back
at an average ground speed Of
$50 miles an hour. They few
at attitudes of 10000 to $4,000
feet.
The bombers were refueled
en- route by KC-135 and KC-97
tankers. 1t was the first time
a KC-135 was used to refuel
a B-52 on a long-distance
flight. an Air Force spokesman
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Notre Dame Club
To Hear d.. PorterfieId

DR.. John D. Porterfleld, of the
U. S. Public Health Service. will
address the Notre Dame Uni.
versity Club of Washington al
S:15 O'Clock tonight in the
Sheraton-Pafk Hotel. DR.. Por-
terfeld was graduated from
Notre Dame in 1913.
Moving pictures of 1857 Notre
Dame football games will be
shown. John A. McGrath
Washington attorney. is club
president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Press Attuche TO Speak

Robert o. Mensah. press at
tache for the Embassy of
Ghana, will address the How
ard University Women's Club
at 8:45 pm. tomorrow in the
Miller House. 2225 Fourth
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18

slightly less than "A hours.
The big B52s made a pre-
dawn landing at Plattshurgf
Air Force Base yesterday. The
81 crewmen caught UP on Then
sleep while the planes were
checked and fueled, then. they
were off to their home field,
Loring Air Force Base in Maine.
Everything functioned per-
fectly all the way" commented
Brig. Gen. William K. wild
BID Martin, commander of
the flight. I'VE could have
Kept right on going"
The planes roared Saturday
afternoon over the Argentine
capital where an air show was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18


wives, auto mechanics, actors,
musicians, teachers, bricklay-
ers. economists. All of us have
specialized knowledge and a
jargon of our own-some more
than others.
Scientists are peculiar only
to the degree all humans are
pu2zling to other humans.
But they are bearing cross
of considerable public opinion
which believes scientists are
oddballs, very evil or very de-
dicated to good. impractical,
superhuman. absent-minded,
self-centered. goddess. or dull.
Surveys show IS to nearly
80 per cent of teen-agers and
adults hold such opinions.
This doesn't make scientists
happy, naturally. They say
these attitudes don't hurt them
personally so much as science
generally, and the decisions of
youngsters whether to become
scientists. Russia encourages
no such views about science and
scientists.
Movies about mad scien-
fists" played a part in creating
prejudices against scientists,
say Anthropologist Margaret
Mead.
So have concepts drawn from
TV, newspapers. radio, teach
ers gossip. and behavior of
some scientists themselves.
How much did Einstein,
needing a haircut. needless of
accepted conventions in clothes,
come to eXemplify the average
scientist? How much do a few
doctors. lawyers. bankers, or
bus drivers create public opin-
ion about these occupations?
Meet many scientists and
their common denomination CT
humanity becomes clearly APP
parent.
Some are avid football OF
baseball fans. or love music,
books. poker. or playing tennis
OF golf. Others like bridge,
growing roses. seeing plays,
travel, swimming.
Many are gay and witty
some quiet, some shy. or all
these things at different times
Only a very few are stuffed
shirts or Snobs who believe you
ough to know a lot about their
subject or speak their Ian
guage in order to be intelligent
though they know precious
little about other peoples spe-
cialtieS.
Like other people, that
marry, have children, work in
parent-teacher associations or
Boy Scouts. vote and argue
politics. worry about bills. Ak
UP the house on week ends
Most Love Their Work
They love their work. espe-
cisily the good ones, and are
w pped UP in 1t as is anyone
who likes his job. They find
their work fun and exciting
that's why they chose it.
One impression is that sci
er. means a hermit life of
4 ospection" comments DR.,
Julian Sturtevant, professor of
Oh mistry at Yale University.
"A contractor can sit home
at night and be withdrawn be-
cause he's mentally calculating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
py be AssoeLated Press

1 RI TIT A114@AAtc4 EtS9-
Soviet marshal says Russia
1has \ iitercontinental missiles
THAT would be decisive in any
future war. But one American
scientist says Russia's satellite
Ilaunchings provided only par
ltial evidence that Russia has
lsuch weapons.
Meanwhile, the Martin Co.
lsaid in Baltimore it is estab-
Fishing a new division to speed
arrangements for launching an
American satellite under the
Navy directed Project Van
Iguard. The Martin Co. is prime
contractor for the Vanguard
satellites three-stage launch
ling rocket.
Boast Carried in Prayda
The Russian missile boast
was made by Artillery Marshal
IS. Barentsev yesterday in an
larticle in the Communist news
paper Pravda. Marshal Barent-
sev's article followed the line
taken by other Russian mill
ttary leaders in celebrating So
lviet Artillery Day.
Marshal Barentsev said long
range missiles give the Soviet
Union the ability to smash any
aggressor anywhere and under
any conditions.
Another artilieryman, Mar
shall S. S. Varetsov. said Rus
STA has ready vast array Of
modern weapons, including
atomic, thermometer hydro
gem and long-range rockets
capable of destroying enemy
targets at distances unimag-
ined at the end of World
War IL"
And Mihail N. Christyakov,
still another artillery marshal,
claimed that Soviet artillery is
maintaining "its superiority
over those who openly call
themselves our enemy"
| Four Requirements
DIR. Fred Singer, a Univer-
sity Of Maryland astrophysicist,
said yesterday the launching of
two Russian Sputniks demon
strated positively only one of
four requirements for an eff
fective intercontinental ballis-
tic missile.
The four requirements, he
SAID. are propulsion, accuracy,
guidance and a means for pro-.
tecting the missiles warhead
from atmospheric friction when
it heads back toward earth
from space.
IF we just look at the Sput-
niks,' DR.. Singer said, I'VE can
certainly say they have the
propulsion. They claim all four,
but Sputnik shows us only
one"
Beyond saying this, DR..
Singer voiced no opinion on
whether the Russians actually
have disable ICBM. He took
part in a locally televised panel
program.
DR.. Singer said Russia may
score more propaganda gains
when the first small United
States test satellites are sent
aloft. probably next month, be-
cause they will be much smaller
than the Russian satellites still
whirling around the globe.
In the long run, DR.. Singer
said, he doesn't believe United
States prestige will be too
greatly damaged" as a result
of Russia's satellite achieve
ments.
A spokesman for the Martin
Co. said in Baltimore the cree
alton of its new division was
not indicative Of any dissatis-
faction among company Off
Gals with progress so far in
its Satellite-missile work.
We're on schedule" he said,
but the schedule is behind the
Russians"
A formal company announce
ment said the new organiza-
ton will embrace also other
Martin activities at Patrick Air
Force Base. Fla. This is the
American missile test center
Martin activities there include
test work on the Air Force
Matador tactical missile and
matters connected with the Air
Forces Titan tcBM. So far,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Six B-52s Fly Nonstop
To Argentina ond Back

PLATTSBURGH. N Y. Nov is tF9--The Strategic Air
Command had another entry today its log achievements
nonstop fight of six giant jet bobes the
United States to Buenos Aires and back.
The flight marked the first of planes" as the
Air Force describes the group had such trip took
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
Army Combat Chonees
Near End, ToyIor Says

Reorganization of Army in
fantry and airborne divisions
to meet combat conditions in
volving atomic weapons will be
completed by next summer,
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army
chief of staff, said today.
While the Army acts to
facilitate the movement of men
and equipment. he said, it
would like to be assured "of the
adequacy and capability of the
transport, particularly with
respect to air transport. avail
able to support us"
Addressing 1900 delegates at
the 18th annual meeting Of the
National Defense Transports
ton Association at the Shore
ham Hotel. Gen. Taylor said
the Army is cutting its trans
portation loads to meet the
requirements Of atomic war;
fare.
He reported that a checker
board disposition of semi-inde-
pendent units fighting and
moving about with considerable
gaps between all elements" is
anticipated. In order to in
crease its mobility. the Army
has reduced the tonnage re-
quirements Of its airborne divi-
sions from $4,000 to 1000, he
added.
Speed Up Mobility
The Army is trying to speed
up its mobility with new tanks.
light weight, air-transportable
armored carriers and by study
ing the use Of atomic power for
locomotives, several types of
water borne craft and a track
less land train" he said.
There is no doubt that nu-
clear power has. the potential
for helping the Army reduce its
heavy tonnage and for permit
ing it to attain greater logisti-
cal independence" the General
said.
Other efforts by the Army to
achieve faster and lighter mo-
bility, he noted. included de-
'velopment Of fixed wing air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18
BY ALTON L. BLAKEsLEE

"ssUyIa1eu FIesb oVIence HepOFIer
NEW YORK. Nov. 10 -
Scientists are strange and
puzzling people for one simple
reason - they are human.
They are ordinary people
with specialized knowledge in
one or more sciences.
AS people. they are no diff
ferent from lawyers, house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-18

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