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port finding a hitherto I'M
charted gulf 100 miles long
penetrating the Enderby coast.
BelgianS expect to establish
their Antarctic stations some
time this year in the neighbour
hood of Breid Bay, a part of
the Weddell Sea area. This sta
ton will be operated through
1858. The expedition will be in
command of CASTOR de Gel
ache, son of the chief of the
Belgian expedition which in
1898 was the first party to
winter in the Antarctic. Both
the diScoverer of the South
Pole. Road Amundsen, and DR..
Cook. the American who later
laid an unsubstantiated claim
to discovery of the North Pole,
were members Of this expedi-
ton.
Argentine Has Base
The French already have
set up two stations in Adele
Land, the French enclave in
the Antarctic continent es-
tabliShed as territory of the
republic by the discoveries of
Dumont D'Urville before the
middle of the last century.
AT the first station established.
named after D'Urville. they
report that the lowest tenn
perature yet observed has been
-22 with a maximum of five
above. They report winds
blowing northward from the
Pole with velocity of 65 kill
ometers per second.
The Argentine expedition
has established a new base on
Tule Island. one of the Sand
wich Island group, for ex-
ploration of the Weddell Sea
area.
The region itself is a region
Of rockpiles strewn in the ut
most confusion. 1t is full of
enormous boulders. The place
is strewn with black and red
garnets. none probably of gem
quality.
A Navy party spent several
days there in 1949. The pro-
fusion of colors among the
rocks was such as to provide
an almost perfect natural
camouf1age. A helicopter from
the Navy ice breaker which re-
turned to take off the party
had great difficulty locating
their camp although they had
surrounded it with bright yell
low flags The men finally at
tracted the pilots attention by
flashing a mirror.
Other Antarctic groups al
ready are hard at work and
report important geographic
discoveries.
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District of Columbia

Cared from Virginia and
Maryland,
The District OF Columbia ndS
made,
The scat OF our great countru's
capitol.
Preserving freedom THROUGH
the sun and shade
OF changing history, THROUGH
tDdr and peace.
Here is the center OF orr
Nations life.
Her lars. her craftsmanship.
her hopes and dreams.
Her buiwdrk tDhen dark doubts
and fears are rite.
ALONG these streets Wdlkcd
men OF destiny.
Whose Inspiration StHl seems
near TO-DAY.
To an The morid II Is a beacon
nOW.
Procldimino precious liberty
dlunUs
Louise Dorey
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Federal Spending

/ voted for President Eisen-
hover both times. chiefly be-
cause ! thought him to be a
thoroughly honest man with
high moral principles, and the
fact he promised to do every
thing possible TO curtail the
reckless and wasteful spend
ing which had been going on
in our Government for so
many years.
I still believe President Eli
senhower is an honest man
with high principles. Never
thelesS he seems to have lis
tened too well to the give
away boys and the entrenched
bureaucrats in Washington. He
is now trying to Guido the
Spend-happy Truman all down
the line.
Why do we need to spend
so much more for defense and
foreign aid in l957-l958 than
we did in l95l-l952 when the
Korean War was still in
progress?
Why does the President call
on labor and management to
hold the line on wages in an
effort to curtail initiation and
at the same time recommend
and legislate an increase in
the minimum wage scale?
Such an increase sends wages
up all along the line, and in
crease in pay without increase
in production is pure imitation.
Why do We have an Agricul-
ture Department that on one
hand is making every effort
10 increase farm productivity
and reclaim barren land for
production and on the other
hand is busy paying out bill
lions Of dollars to the farmers
TO curtail their crops and take
productive land out OF culti-
walton?
Why does the President
think that the Federal Gov
eminent can build schools.
public works and roads for the
States cheaper than the States
can do 1t for themselves?
Why the great Importance
attached to foreign aid? This
aid, OF course. started shortly
after World War l on a limited
basis and was intended to as
sist the wartime nations TO
get back on their feet. 1t has
now mushroomed to something
fantastic. All any country has
TO do to get a handout from
Uncle Sam is to say the word
communism"
Carter Davis.
Winchester. Va
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
An Ice-Free Area in Antorctico
By THOMAS r. HENRI

A third Russian station in
the Antarctic is to be set up in
one of the most fantastic areas
on earth-the hundred square
miles of green lakes and wildly
tumbled black rock which is
almost entirely free of ice,
located on the Knox coast at
about 100 degrees east longi-
tude.
This is the celebrated Bum
gers oasis, discovered by 1t.
Comdr. Bunger of the 1947
Byrd expedition while on a
reconnaissance flight and
which since has been revisited
only once. 1t is by far the
largest known ice-free area on
the Antarctic continent.
On an exploring trip from
the Soviet station at go degrees
east this oasis was encountered,
approximately $50 miles from
the base, and the Russian SCI
entiStS were intrigued by the
possibilities it offered for OBJ
servations directly associated
with the International Geo.
physical Year program in the
far south.
The area still is essentially
ice free, according to Polar
Scientist Tcellichev, who will
be in charge of the station.
The water in the lakes is only
slightly salty. he found. This
has been a matter of some dis
pute. 1t has been maintained
that they are not actually
lakes but backwashes of the
sea.
Climate Distinctive
Tcellichev maintains in his
report that the oasis area seems
TO have a "micro-climate" of
It's own, quite different from
that of the rest of the CONT
nent. This applies both TO
temperature and humidity. he
reports. Much the same claim
was made by the late Admiral
Richard E. Byrd at the time of
the discovery. He maintained
that the ice-free area might be
explained as due to a furnace
OF molten lava under the
earth. This is one theory
which the Russians will test.
Australians at the Mawson
base on the coast of Enderby
Land report finding a gigantic
new glacier about 300 miles
wide and $50 miles long NOV
ing down from the Antarctic
mountains. This may well be
the second largest glacier in
the world, rivaled only by the
great Beardmore glacier which
empties into the Ross Sea and
has been considered the best
land route toward the South
Pole. The Australians also re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-03

Congratulations to the Mont
gomery County Council for at
last awakening to the fact
that 1t has subdivisions with
not a tree in sight. The pass
ing of an "antibulldozef bill"
preventing clearing all natural
growth from subdivision land
is a step in the right direction.
This will prevent soil erosion,
preserve our natural beauty
and increase our watershed.
Stella b. Werner, who pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-03
Khrushchev on TV

NlklCa .. knruSncneV, chlef OF the
Soviet Communist Party, emerged yester-
day before the American people as
rather engaging televiSion personality,
more or less as relaxed as Perry Como.
But the only thing really novel about the
appearance-the first of its kind by so
high figure of the USRR-was the APP
pearance itself, which made the man look
not unlike some of our own political
leaders, and fairly attractive one at that.
There was nothing perceptibly novel,
however, about Mr.. Khrushchev's answers
to the questions put to him. On the
whole, they amounted to little more than
a repetition Of what he and his colleagues
have said many times before about the
deSirability of competitive peaceful CO.
existence" and about such other matters
as nuclear tests, disarmament and the
Kremlin'S Self-avowed conviction that
communism as a way of life will ulti-
mately be willingly, happily,
without any application of force of any
kindly nations everywhere, including
the United States. And Mr.. KhruShchev,
like one of the leading characters in
George OrwelPS 1894" turned reality
completely upside down when he blandly
declared that Hungary'S puppet Kadar
regime and all the comparable Red
regimes behind the Iron Curtain are in
power not because they are backed by
Soviet armed force, but only because the
people Of those countries are overwhelm-
ingly eager to be governed by them.
Yet, despite the palpable fakery of
assertions of this sort, Mr.. KhruShchev
did manage to convey the impression that
the Kremlin is genuinely anxious to work
out some kind Of live -let-live under
standing with the free world, particu-
larly the United States. At any rate,
although affirming that the immortal"
idea of communism would survive an
acknowledgement Armageddon, he i'm
plicitly acknowledged that such a catas-
trophe could be at least as terrible for
Russia as for our own country, and he
sounded as if he really meant it when
he said, I'VE want peace very much" and
that Soviet policy is therefore earnestly
intent upon avoiding war Referring to
disarmament efforts. for example, and to
related measures aimed at improving
EaSt-WeSt relations, he had this to say:
We should not look upon each other as
robbers, but we should look upon each
other as honest people. We are prepared
to give you our word, and we are pre-
pared to afford the means of control We
are agreed to have control, inspection
posts established to check up on the
agreement, and we believe that these
conditions exclude the possibility of any
sudden attack of one side on the other"
OF course, the Soviet word has been
broken so often in the past that this kind
of statement from Mr.. Khrushchev must
be taken with more than a few grains Of
salt. Nevertheless there is some reason to
believe that the Kremlin, as he seemed
so intent upon emphasizing in his Ameri-
can TV debut, honestly desires to lessen
the danger of war and promote peace for
the sake of its own best interests. If so,
then we can hope for some substantial
progress in that direction; in any event,
we must certainly keep on striving for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-03
"TENNYSON STREET

Dear Sir:
DO you think it necessary
to put out water for the birds?
Aren't there enough places
for them to get water without
me bothering myself to lug
out something for them to
drink?
THE silly things must have
their bawths, too
DO you think l should con-
tinue providing my 'feathered
friends, as some call them.
with water. when the world is
full of water?
With a little ingenuity, they
should be able to rustic it up
for themselves. I think.
please do not think me
heartleSs.
Il love the birds. but think
they might exert themselves
Just a wee bit. now and then.
instead of just flying around
and looking pretty.
Sincerely. JANE MARY w
Orthodox bird baths are Just
right for bathing and drink
ing. and so have a large fol-
lowing. both among humans
and birds.
The humans buy the baths
for the birds and the birds
patronize them. 1t is amazingly
easy!
often. except for these
baths. the songsters find no
water at all, even in civilized
communities.
Sometimes fish pools are too
deep for bird bathing or drink
ing, and too often even the
designated bird baths on ped
estals are empty.
So the first thing people
who like the birds should do.
from now on. is to see to it
that they have water.
Birds are flying. all right,
but they are not doing it just
to look pretty.
They need food-and waters
4
Each human family which
has a bird bath should make
some one member responsible
for keeping it filled.
The untitled bath is a sort
Of mockery.
Yet it is easy to forget, as
so many things are.
The best way is to have some
one member of the family so
interested in bird life that he
or she will not forget them.
This means that both food
and water will be provided.
even in spring and summer.
I here is one school of
thought which insists that
providing seed and grains, and
raiSins, for the songsters is
not necessary in summer.
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No Defeotist

/ disagree emphatically with
the conclusions reached by
Dorothy Thompson in her COL
umn Peace and the New Eco
Monies" She wrote, in part:
1T is. therefore, folly to take
radical disarmament proposals
very seriously or to anticipate
any real relaxation of tensions.
Under the new economics, airy
complete relaxation of ten
sions would create a techno-
logical-economic catastrophe"
Such thoughts imply an in
definite continuation of the
dangerously insane situation
between the United States and
the USSR. Was there ever.
historically. any like situa-
ton between two major powers
that did not eventually result
in war? Surely the leaders of
the civilized world, regardless
OF their ideologies. know that
henceforth war is unthink-
able. They must know that as
long as any amount Of ten
sion exists among armed ma
tons such tensions could de-
velop into explosions. 1t is
therefore mandatory that dis
armament be achieved, at first
experimentally; then totally
and universally.
l reject the concept that any
complete relaxation Of ten
sions would create a techno-
logical-economic catastrophe.
Miss Thompson's thesis is
static and defeatist. She
seems to forget that, as yet.
ours is an expanding. dynamic
economy. cushioned against
blowouts. with a built-in sbil-
ity to bounce and stretch. and
susceptible Of constructive adj
justments. Examples of ad-
justment devices that may be
used to temper the "cataStro-
phe" Miss Thompson postu-
lates and fears are a shortened
work week. a comprehensive
Missouri River Authority and
several others like 1t: a pro-
gram Of home, school and hos
pital construction; a greatly
increased point four aid pro-
gram.
We have matured somewhat
and have learned a few things
since 1929.
G. W. Van Tillburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-03

Eagles, Spades. Hearts,
Diamonds and Clubs (lowesD.
The game was invented in
1887 in Vienna and reached
the United States from Eng
land. The deal is as in Con-
tract Bridge, except that l6
cards are dealt TO each player.
and the 65th card cface up is
the Kitty card or Widow,
awarded to the successful
bidder.
@. What were the 10 wiz
tues which Benjamin Frank
lin tried TO practice?--LA.
A. Temperance, silence.
order, resolution. frugality,
industry. sincerity, justice,
moderation. cleanliness. tram
guilty. chastity. and humil-
ity.
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Pen names may be used n
letters carry wrtters correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
higher prices OF clothing for
the months to come.
1t is vital that the admin
istration take immediate meas
ures to stabilize conditions in
our industry employing $780,
600 workers. and to re-estab-
fish normal trade relations
with our foreign friends.
Harry A. CObrin.
Executive Secretary,
Clothing Manufacturing
Association of the
United States.
New York City.
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@ Since pre- World War II
days, has food or clothing in
creased the most in price,
E.Z.
A. Food has led all the
major groups OF consumers
goods in price rises. In the
period l939-l956. food prices
increased about 14O per cent.
while wearing apparel prices
went up about 1903 per cent.
O. Is there a five-suit bridge
game?-F.B.
A. Yes. The game is played
with two full five-suit decks
OF IS cards each. The fifth
suit usually green) is called
Eagles or Castles in this coun-
try, and Royals in England
The suits rank: No Trumps,
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

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The Barren Land

Winchester, Va.
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Judge Stresses
Schools Duty

Public schools must assume a
major role in the training of
children whose parents have
failed in their responsibilities,
Juvenile Court Judge Edith H.
Cockrill said today.
Judge Cockrill spoke to a con-
ference on school law at the
Woodner Hotel, sponsored by
the National Education Associa-
ton.
She said she would be the first
to condemn any school of
thought which would shift pri-
mary responsibility for basic
child training to the schools.
But, she said, realistically.
know that many parents are
failing, and in the absence OF
any presently known means Of
correcting parental failure, l
submit that in its own interest
the community must bridge the
gap"
Judge Cockrill said there was
evidence of failure ION the part
OF schools to discern. diagnose or
deal adequately with the prob
lens of children until they reach
an acute and eruptive stage"
She asked for a working rela-
tionship" between the schools
and the juvenile court whereby
school officials may become more
aware of the effect of school
failures on delinquency and
stimulated to make greater
efforts to take corrective meas
ures before the problems becomf
acute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15

yer Spring. Md. He was arrested
last month in the District for
driving with suspended District
auto registration.
Gilbert Giordanc. defense
lawyer, said the Moss car is reg
istered in Maryland because
Moss is. a Maryland resident.
Therefore, the auto is not sub
ject to District registration laws.
Mr.. Giordano said.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Douglas Moore said the registra-
ton suspension expressly ap-
piled to any vehicle owned by
tMossl OF a type subject 10 reg
istration in the District. The
only question before the court is
whether the defendant, by virtue
of his having moved to Mary
land, is relieved from compliance
with the financial responsibility
act"
1T matters not where the We
hicle is registered. said Judge
Reeves. THE violation is driving
in the District"
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BLIMP SETS ENDURANCE RECORD

but l suppose they will set up
again now"
So Nirlm. like other Kibbut-
zim. Is again setting up gun
emplacements. passing out rifles.
submachineguns and practicing
defense neuyers. Bright
searchlightS are lit around set
Elements all over Israel, and
24-hour guards keep watch.
But If the incidents don't stop.
Klbbutz will be raided some day
and the ISraelis will demand
protection. If the United Ma
tons troops and United States
diplomacy cannot protect the
settlements, Israelis say they will
have 10 use their old methods
OF teaching Arabs a lesson.
And the grim merry-go-round
will be of on another round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Move to Suburbs
FoiIs to AbsoIve
Driver Violation

District automobile owners
can't escape tie financial respon-
sibility law by moving to the
suburbs. Traffic Court Judge Mil
dred Reeves declared yesterday
Judge Reeves gave a $40 fine
to John t, Moss of Silver Spring
for driving his car in the District
after his District auto registra-
ton was suspended for failure
to prove financial responsibility
The District suspended his reg
istration last July but took no
action against his driving per-
nit. In September, Moss moved
from the District to the 1900
block of Hildarose drive in Sill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15

baslc policy of pushing Israel
ever backwards.
Arabs sag Israel must let Arab
refugees return to their Israeli
owned homes and must give up
former Arab-owned territory be-
fore the raids can be stopped.
This Just makes Israel more
anxious to defend Israeli homes
and intimidate~ the Arabs.
United Nations sources say
both sides must exercise re-
stralnt, even sacrificing some
sovereignty and dignity. in efforts
to avoid provocation of the other
side No one here believes for
one instant that this will be done.
Suggestions have been made
that the United Nations troops
patrol all borders. GAIA is
showing. however, that United
Nations troops cannot stop all
incidents or stop one country
from announcing loudly it is
beng attacked by the other
and that it has the right to
re.aliate.
The Arabs have backed the
United Nations patrol idea
Israel has rejected It. Israel
says patrols physically could not
stop multiple small scale teda-
yeen raids but could stop Israel
military retaliation.
The only real solution offered
by either side is the lnslStence
that the United States must
change the political policy OF the
other side.
No Place Is Safe
How much real physical dan
ger is there from these raids
The deal toll tells its own story
And plotting Of Arab raids on the
map Of Israel shows that literally
no place in this country is COM
pletely safe.
Border settlements both de-
tend Israel and invite attack.
Talks with members Of one
kibbutz near the GAIA Strip.
kiooutz Min, have convinced
this reporter that klobutz dwell
ers do not fear Arab raids.
We are too we'll organized
for them, one New York born
kibbutznik said We have ex-
perienced army officers in our
kibbutz and they have organized
our defense. The Arabs don I
dare come near us"
Kibbutzniks dread the return
OF border tension, however. 1t is
costly in money and manpower
TO maintain eternal vigilance
and sometimes Arabs do get
through Kibbutz Nirim. for in
stance, was shelled once from
INSIDE GAIA. and one person was
killed and half Of prize herd OF
cattle was wiped out.
Expect Resumption
When the Sinai campaign
opened. our military unit got the
assignment of taking that GAIA
mortar position. the New Yorker
said. 1T sure was fun to hand
1t out for a change. instead OF
taking il. We fiattened them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15

"uCu AoIH Eusb age
and 102 civilians: Israelis. o.
military and SO civilian.
Most Arab losses were suffered
by Egypt-330 persons.
These figures do not include,
OF course. casualties during the
Sinai war which was. in effect. a
super-raid BY Israel. aimed at
wiping out Fedayeen bases and
at forcing Egypt to stop anti
Israel activities,
Cite Fedayeen Raids
Israel says the beginnings Of
fedayeen raiding were first noted
in mid-l954 United Nations OBJ
servers do not agree there was
evidence Of a semimllitary char
acter OF the Arab attacks. But
at any rate. the frequency of
shellings, retaliation and coun-
generalization increased
Early in 1856 Israel methodl-
cally shelled the GAIA strip. kill
ing 66 and woundlng l27 IN an
effort to quiet the border.
1t was after this shelling that
Egypt announced the organlza-
ton of fedayeen units to avenge
GAIA. The United Nations here
says the fedayeen soldiers were
recruited among Egyptian and
GAIA Arabs given uniforms. arms
and some training. They were
then sent on shooting and bomb
ing raids to the very heart of
Israel.
The final Israeli answer was
the Sinai invasion.
The Pattern for War
1t is obvious that this pattern
OF attack and counterattack leads
toward the dead end of war. The
Arabs say their people we're
merely trying 10 return to home
lands uSurped by the Israelis. but
that when Israeli attacks became
intolerable the fedayeen had
to be organized TO protect bor-
der vlllages OF course. fedaveen
raids led only TO bigger Israeli
attacks and more Arab deaths.
Israelis say these incidents
we're one phase Of an announced.
organized Arab drive to destroy
Israel and that Israels military
retaliatory raids were necessary
to protect Israeli citizens. These
raids usually resulted IN a period
of border calm. followed by in
creased Arab raidIng and Israeli
deaths.
The biggest raid OF all--the
Sinai campalen-produced four
months comparative calm. In
cldents are now increasing and
fear is that snow balling Of
atrocities may be under way
Both Sides Offer Solutions
How can all these attacks be
stopped?
tiating peace with her. Israel
says the pattern of raids shows
they can be stopped on order Of
Egypt's President Nasser But
Israeli retaliation has only made
Col. NaSser less willing to stop
his retaliation and renounce a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Purim Cabaret Niqht

The Slsterhood of Congrega-
ton B'nai Jacob Beth Israel will
hold a gala Purim cabaret night
at 9 pm. tomorrow in the syna-
gogue. 3408 c street SE.