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Too Early for 1t

Secretary of State Dulles has per-
suaSively set forth the view that at this
stage it is a matter of relatively little
Importance" whether the Senate sends
a delegation of its members to London to
sit in on the current disarmament talks.
Thus, as he plainly indicated at his Tues
day news conference, the talks are still
pretty much in the feeling-out stage, and
1t is improbable in the extreme that they
will lead to any East-West agreement,
even small one, before the end of the
calendar year-at the earliest
In these circumstances, although he
feels that 1t would be useful" If group
of Senators could get the atmosphere
Of the negotiations" by going over there
to listen and observe, Mr.. Dulles sees no
need for any hasty move along that lire.
His attitude is quite understandable.
After all, as he has put 1t, "the fact Of
the matter is that the negotiations are
being directed here at Washington by
the President and by myself, and in order
to maintain close contact with the guild
ing instructions and the policies that are
concerned, the best place to do that Is
Washington and not in London. London
is on the receiving end; Washington is
the formative end, when 1t comes to the
making of these policy decisions"
OF course, while saying this, Mr.
Dulles has emphasized that he regards
1t as important for the Senate's most
interested members to participate as
much as possible as our program Of dis
armament develops, and as our policies
crystalline and take shape However, at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
Skirn1ish at the Dam

The hearings on the still indefinite
proposal of damming the Potomac serve
a useful purpose.
That purpose, however, has not been
TO invite testimony on which to base
decision of when, where and how to build
a dam, or whether such dam is a nee
water supply of Washington and the
Metropolitan Area.
The purpose of the hearings is to
obtain smattering of public sentiment,
which more or less will identify sources
and determine the weight of support and
opposition to high-level dana at River
Bend; and from the resulting pro and
con discussion to awaken interest in the
importance of the problem for which the
dam is suggested solution.
The arguments, pro and con, have not
been particularly impressive. There is
opposition from those who believe their
own interests would be adversely affected
by a dam-and the resulting inundation
of an extensive area of the beautiful
Potomac Valley. There is support from
those who would like to see the objective
of impounding water combined with
generation of what they think would be
cheap electricity. Anybody can under
stand and sympathize with the views
on both sides of the argument, without
losing sight of the fact that they really
have very little to do with the problem
itself.
That problem is to assure a plenti-
full supply of water by offSetting the pos
sibility that with increasing urbaniza-
ton of the Potomac watershed, increas-
Ing diversion of water for irrigation and
industrial use with recurring cycles of
drought, the river we know today may
not be here in some foreseeable future.
Studied in relation to such possibilities,
the objections and the support of special
interests pretty well cancel each other,
just as the adverse opinion of the head of
the National Park Service on a River
Bend dam would seem to cancel the ia
vorable opinion of the Engineer Commits
sioner and his assistants.
AS Leesburg farmer, James SYM
ington, put it at the hearing in Fairfax,
the Potomac must be considered as
belonging to all the people Of the water
shed, in spite of local interests" That
is the concept which must govern the
search for solution, whether it is a
high-level dam near River Bend, a series
Of low-level dams farther up the river,
or combinations of these and other
schemes capable of producing the best
results.
The desirable objective now is firm
plan, supported by all relevant facts
obtainable, of how best to solve our own
little segment of a growing problem that
the experts tell us is confined to no
single area of this country; a national
problem of increasing water shortages
that unless solved intelligently, and in
time, can become national catastrophe
When such plan is produced for
study against the tangible background
Of alternatives, testimony for and against
it will carry more weight.
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Man of INTEGRITY

John L. Lewis. president of
the United Mine Workers. re-
Gently had conferred upon
him the honorary degree of
doctor Of laws and words of
praise from officials of the
State University of West Vir-
ginia-scene of innumerable
past conflicts between coal
operators and their arch-foe,
the redoubtable protaganist
Of the humble and danger
ously- toiling coal miner.
After saying that Lewis Gin
the critical view of informed
Judgment is the foremost
labor statesman in the world"
University President irwin
Stewart stated:
John L. Lewis, under your
leadership the miners have
co-operated in the introduc-
ton of modern machinery and
methods which have improved
the conditions of labor, made
American mines the most eff
flcient and productive in the
world. provided the founda-
tons for the economic well
fare Of West Virginia (among
other States) and established
a firm base for that industrial
development which is a great
source of power to the free
world"
Mr.. Lewis has been indeed
one Of the most astute and
progressive captains of labor
in the world.
We recall that Congress
once also conferred upon Mr..
Lewis an honorary title, that
Of w. F. I.-"Welfare Fund
Integrity" One of the first
congressional investigations of
labor welfare funds--that con-
Quoted by Senator Paul Doug
las into the administration
Of the United Miners Welfare
Fund-not only gave Lewis a
clean slate but wound up by
commencing the integrity and
efficiency with which this
fund was being administered.
MY certificate Of honesty"
Lewis calls this senatorial
report.
This huge fund - large
enough to build and admin
lister 10 hospitals for miners
in the States OF West Vir-
ginia. Virginia and Kentucky
was not large enough, 1t APP
pears, to leak out one dollar
dishonesty. What a contrast
to the administration OF
similar funds by the Team
sters' and Bakers Unionsl
StanwOOd Cobb,
Director. Chevy Chase
Country School
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
Water PIunnino

Recent stories In The Star,
dealing with projected meas
ures for water supply. flood
control, etc., by dams and large
flooded areas Of Maryland and
Virginia, recall to me CONVEX
sations I had between 1910 and
1941 with Oliver Clarke, q
young engineer and close
friend.
At that time (l940) the
Gao Canal had been aban-
doned as a means of transport
and Mr.. Clarke proposed to use
1t in his plan in this manner:
Starting at Z locks just above
Great Falls. to place in the
canal bed several large con-
duits to carry water from the
western end Of the canal to the
Great Falls q locks) end. To
install over these conduits a
continuous roadway from
Great Falls to Cumberland. To
make the project not only self
sustaining but eventually to
pay of the original cost by
making the road a toll road;
supplying water to towns along
the way at a moderate cost to
them; supplying Washington
with ample pure water.
At Great Falls he would
have directed the water sup
ply through turbines for the
generation Of electric current.
This would not have affected
the priority Of the Washington
water supply and would have
generated enough electricity
to light the streets Of WASH
ington at small cost and pos
sibly to furnish electricity at
small cost to other. smaller
communities in Maryland.
OF course. this plan is hard
~ practical now for many rea-
sons. but I thought it would
be worth recalling as an ex-
ample of what planning ahead
could do even now.
Mr.. Clarke submitted his
plan to the authorities in con-
troll in Washington at the time,
but received no encouragement
nom them.
George II. Bright.
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United Nations

Voices. uoiceS, heraldin0 the
moment
Chaotic nations beDilderinO,
grope
For dnSDerS-this toDerinO
Babel
CriSS-croSseS - yet clasps a
breathing Hope.
Much Is reckoned In a strength
upholding
The truth NTH deeds OF
honesty plan
To search NTH shafts OF
Honor, Lope. Devotion
To each his DISCRIMINATING
the man.
Voices. UoiceS, oUer again
strong voices
Holding the Golden Rule-the
perfect mold
Together IN minds OF tDtsdom.
The lion, the littlest lamb safe
IN It's toldi
Lulu Minerva Schultz,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

A great many people Just
have small electric fans. and
they can do a great deal with
them If they know how to use
them.
The official organization OF
fan manufacturers has put out
some interesting information
According to them, the best
results with a small fan are
secured if it is placed a dis
lance twice the diameter OF
the fan from the window, and
faced blowing into it.
This is just the opposite OF
what the average user thinks,
but if he tries it out, he will
discover that the makers are
right.
There also is something
about the height of the OPEN
ing of the window, in COM
parison with the height of the
opening Of the opposing win
dow.
1t is always good, we are
told, to have an opposite win
dow with a small fan, say from
10 or IL or Is inches in
diameter.
This means that the force
of the blow will finally pull
fresh 1--WE hope) air into the
room from this opposing
window.
But without such a window,
if there is another opening in
the room. some air will come,
and even in the smallest
amounts. this is good.
We believe that some people,
even today, look upon electric
fans with a slight misgiving,
not unmixed with a guilty
feeling.
They feel that their fore
fathers had no fans, and got
along all right, so they should
do the same.
Just what degree Of guilt
complex attaches to the tri-
umphant users of air-condi-
TONERS we do not know.
There can be little doubt
that one drawback of the Or
binary fan is its tendency to
give the user a stiff neck or
shoulder.
Perhaps 1t would be better
to say that the tendency is
wholly on the part of the hui
man element in the scene.
He will do best to adopt
Templeton Jones method, the
result Of many years expe-
rience.
Jones takes a small soft bath
towel to bed with him, one Of
the oldest, so that it is thin
and not really much good for
drying with after a bath.
Such a towel, however, Il
just right for swabbing pur'
poses.
Jones' idea land he is a mar
with many ideas) is that thu
trouble comes in permitting
the fan to blow on a wet neck
or shoulder.
The neck. in particular
Temp Jones says, Is the chin
ney Of the human system.
He emissions a sort Of smok,
coming up from all around thu
head.
ITO keep my brains cool,
he grinned.
To the suggestion. that nj
one knew he had any. he re
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

Prosecutions and terror con-
tinue in Hungary. The Inter-
national Commission of Jurists
has collected information
which shows that according to
a conservative estimate 10000
opponents of the Kadar regime
are in prison in addition to
the 12,700 released during the
October revolution and since
rearrested. There are about
100 secret police prisons, and
IL forced labor camps and
2 internment camps inhu-
manly overcrowded. Three
torture chambers have been
discovered in Budapest. and
there Is reason to think that
these are again in use. The
number Of people deported to
Soviet Russia is estimated at
$4,000.
Moreover. our commission
has collected information
from Hungarian sources show
ing that the system of judicial
terror in Hungary is not only
continuing but is being aggra-
waited. Special tribunals had
been set up in which the lay
element predominated. The
Peoples Tribunal can sentence
an accused person previously
acquitted or increase the SEN
tence.
Special tribunals consisting
Of FIVE members. Of whom only
one is required to be a pro-
fessional lawyer, have been set
up. because many professional
judges refused to do the dirty
work Of the Kadar regime.
The international Commits
sion of Jurists, enjoying a
consultative status with the
U. N. Economic and Social
Council. and representing the
views of a great number Of
lawyers in many countries,
calls on the United Nations:
To take prompt and effec-
tive action in the light Of the
report Of the United Nations
Special Committee on Hun
gary. to uphold-in accordance
with the Charter, the Treaty
Of Peace with Hungary of
February 10, l947. and the
Geneva Conventions of Au-
gust IL. l949-the authority
Of the Rule Of Law and the
protection Of human rights in
Hungary.
To appoint and press for
admission of an independent
investigating committee Of
lawyers as observers to Hun
gary.
To refuse delegate Gre
dentials issued by the Kadar
regime.
Stefan Osusky,
Member, international CON-
mission Of Jurists, Head
quarters at The Hague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

A new brain drug that APP
parently makes animals per-
manently crazy" has just
been described in a report to
the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science
here.
It is bis-beta-aminopropri
onitile, reported by Drs. H. A.
Hartmann and H. F. Stitch Of
the University Of Wisconsin
Medical School. The effects.
which vary somewhat for diff
ferent animals, apparently are
roughly similar to those of
lysergic acid. which produces
in humans a condition similar
to schizopllrenia, Of short du-
ration.
With this drug, however.
there seems to be no reversal
Of the process.
After injection, says the re-
port. rats showed no behavior
changes for about AZ hours.
Then they showed a marked
hyperactivity. They moved
their heads from side to side
and twitched theft iiecks in a
manner reminiscent of victims
Of one type of enceuhalitis,
When placed in an open space
they ran backward in an
unco-ordinated manner. If
pushed forward they counter
acted by pushing backward.
sometimes with such force as
to produce a complete back
ward somersault. The slightest
touch excited screaming.
Eighty Animals Tested
About 80 animals were
treated, with identical results.
The peculiar pattern of beha-
vior persisted for about IA days,
at which time a decline in
backward running was noted.
The rats then moved alter
nately forward and backward
and in the intervals frequently
circled as If chasing their tails.
Head twitching persisted. They
have remained in this condi-
ton for a five-month period
During this time they have
been able to eat and gain
weight.
Interesting psychopatho-
logical symptoms were OBJ
served in birds. On the third
day after injection a general
hyperactivity was noted. II
was characterized by persist
ent locomotion, excessive
courtship and compulsive eat
ing. There were periodic cir.
cular movements and back.
ward walking.
THE behavior pattern o.
fish can also be changed. Aft.
er a delay Of ten days the fish
showed periods Of hyperactiv'
ity which lasted for about fivt
minutes and consisted of gyro-
scopic movements. barrel roll
ing. swimming on the back o.
side. or standing on the head
Afterwards they regained {
normal position. The episode.
can be reproduced at any tim,
by merely touching the fish.
"Grasshoppers also were in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

@. From what part Of Eu-
rope did the ancestors Of the
Presidents m other dda
Slower Eisenhower Gomez
IA.
A. From Switzerland and
Germany. The young Ida
Slower, who is recorded as hav-
ing been "vivacious, golden
haired and blue-eyed." was a
direct descendant of the Jacob
Slower (also spelled Stauffer)
who in 1880 received from the
Virginia Colonial Council a
grant Of 10000 acres on the
South Fork Of the Shenandoah
River "for the settlement Of
himself and divers Germans
and Swiss whom he proposed
TO bring thither within the
next two years"
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Clean Bombs

In your June rs editorial,
Making Them Clean" you
say that we can take their
word for it when three scien-
fists virtually guarantee" the
advent of clean" nuclear
weapons that will have prac-
tically no radioactive fallout.
Why not keep an open mind
about this until we see how
other scientists react?
Two Of these three scientists
are DR.. Edward Teller, So
called father of the H-bomb."
and DR.. Ernest Lawrence. head
of the University Of California
Radiation Center.
On November S, 1856, on the
eVe of the presidential cleo
ton. these two issued a state
ment. which included the fol-
lowing:
The radioactivity produced
by the testing program is in
significant. The most authors
tative report on the subject is
the study of the National
Academy Of Sciences, COM
pleted earlier this year. in
which 1t was shown that past
tests have not put into the
atmosphere an amount OF
radioactivity which is harmful
IN any manner"
This misrepresented the con-
tents of the authoritative"
report, which said: a.. do not
consider tthere) is an amount
of radiation which is geneti-
cally harmless, for there is no
such figure other than zero"
1t would not have been pru-
dent to have relied on the
mere word Of these men. who
in addition to being scientists
may have had a political ak
to grind. when they we're Gin
terpreting" for us the findings
Of other scientists. Let's wait
now to hear what other scien-
fists say before jumping to any
hasty conclusions.
Sidney Koretz.
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Public Works Report

The report Of the Commits
sioners' Public Works Program
Review subcommittee concern
ing the District Health Depart
ment is a valuable one. If the
recommendations are carried
out. a major step will have
been taken toward the develop
ment Of a much-needed indi-
gent care program for the Dis
trict.
Elimination of widely scat
tered facilities for INDECENT
medical care and better util-
ization of private hospital
services will result in better
patient care. and, undoubted-
ly. significant economy Of
operation.
Transfer of the Medical As
sistance Division from the
Health Department to the We'll
fare Department is a logical
move. The determination Of
INDECENT care eligibility is
properly function of the Well
fare Department, inasmuch as
many Of these patients are on
public assistance. Moreover,
the additional funds which
would become available would
make possible the establish
ment Of a registry Of indigents.
their geographic location. and
the institution Of efficient
administrative proceedings re-
garding their care.
The new Director Of Health
has already given indication
that his administration will
be one Of careful planning and
thoughtful decision. His APP
proach to this latest report is
in keeping with such a policy.
He deserves the cooperative
assistance Of everyone con-
neutrality-suspicious.. local on
Gals and the people Of the
community. Only such CO.
operative effort can succeed
in making the D. c. Health
Department outstanding.
Interested Physician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
Brain Druq Drives Animals Crazy

jected. When the lengths Of
their leaps were measured 1t
was found that they were sig
nificantly increased after adj
ministration Of the weakest
concentration.
I'm all the tested animals the
drug produced hyperactivity.
Changes in the motor system
were most pronounced but
there was also an excitation in
more complex patterns. such
as eating and courtship. In
addition to acceleration Of
normal behavior, the COM
pound apparently produced
new and abnormal patterns.
The symptoms persist, con-
trary to the transitory symp-
toms produced by lysergic
acid. It may be that there is
permanent alteration Of the
neurons Of spinal cord and
BRAIN"
The engine plasmin, con-
tanned in blood plasms, is
proving a remarkable agent in
healing Of wounds, treating
chronic ulcers, and dissolving
vascular blood clots.
This has just been reported,
through the Protein Founda-
ton, by DR.. Eugene E. Clifton
and the Sloan-Kettering In
stitute for Cancer Research.
Eighty per cent Of 80 cases
Of chronic leg ulcers. he re-
ports, showed complete heal
ing after plasmin had been
administered. Other infec-
tons involving osteomyelitis
and chronic wounds we're
healed within q few days,
although prior treatments Of
several months had proved Of
little value.
DissOlves Blood Clots
Further use Of the engine
in patients with vascular blood
clots, which often follow sur
gerry. has shown remarkable
tendencies to dissolve the
clots rapidly without bringing
about a reaction in the pa
tients. Promising results have
been shown in clearing away
clots in the lungs and ar
terieS.
Properdin, a protein con-
tanned in the plasma, may
play major role in resistance
to infections, according to an
other Protein Foundation re-
port. It now can be processed'
directly from blood plasma, in
GLIDING some that has been
stored at low temperatures for
several months.
If successful stockpiling Of
the substance could be
achieved. says the report, it
probably would have great
value in protection from and
control Of virus and bacterial
infections which arise in per-
sons exposed to abnormal
nuclear radiation, as would be
the case with thousands in an
atomic war. Even in industrial
use Of atomic energy there are
bound to be serious radiation
exposure accidents.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

piled: THE way I sweat in hot
weather proves it,"
- 4 =
BY drying himself with q
few def swabs, every now
and then, Jones swears he has
not suffered a stiff neck or
shoulder in years, despite the
fact that 12-inch fan blows
over him all night long.
We offer his plan therefore.
as worth trying.
Some people think q small
fan. especially an oscillating
one, does best when placed on
the floor
The secret of this, according
to Temp Jones, is where one
gets the hottest.
If 1t is the lower part of the
anatomy. then the floor posi-
ton is best.
If the upper half. including
the chimney, or neck. then the
best placement Of a fan is
on a table.
Mr.. Jones says that the
psychological end of using q
fan must not be overlooked.
If you can fool yourself, he
says. into thinking the fan is
playing smash, to use an old
expression, then, something is
achieved.
In other words, If the user
can give himself the illusion
OF being cooler. then he has
done something, whether he
really is cooler or not. This
is the way the human ami
NAL is built. mentally speaking.
So it is a good idea, Jones
suggests, to place a facial
tissue within the range of the
fan and the human eye, SO
that it blows in the wind, and
this blowing is seen easily.
Since a tissue is extremely
light. even the worst fan will
make it wave frantically, but
this way Of using the paper is
not the best; the better results
are secured If the paper is
placed far enough away so
that it just wiggles.
1t is the wiggle, rather than
the wave, which does it.
This small movement, Temp
Jones AYERS, suggests GOODNESS
to the human mind even bet
ter than a frantic waving, and
he may be right.
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the present juncture, that is something
that can best be done here. The Secre-
tarys Judgment makes sense. Actually,
to send senatorial delegation to Lon
don right now, with everything still up
in the air, might well be premature to
the point of doing more harm than good.
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sGtion.
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Hunqory's PIiqht

Interested Physician