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Evening star., 1957-12-22
Adventure Of a CMId's Doll Is the Story
OF Jerusalem at Chistmos Time, 1857

how mad the madness can be.
You walk into the American con-
sulate general on the Arab side.
a pleasant place. The young con-
sui offers you a cup OF coffee.
Everything seems normal. quiet.
relaxed.
mo Mons lond"
Then he points to a nearby
wall. not far from his window.
mo mans land begins there" he
says. "and Israel is about so yards
beyond that" Say total Of $50
yards in all.
You begin TO figure out how a
normal person living here-not a
tourist. not a diplomat-cQuld
cross those $50 yards. The quick
est way. you find. would be some
thing like this:
Go to Beirut. in Lebanon. and
then ny over TO the island OF
Cyprus. a British crown colony
about 80 miles out in the Mediter-
ranean. Then in Cyprus. get an
Israeli visa from the Israeli con-
sui there: fly TO Israel and wind
up $50 yards from this window
again.
II will have cost you q good
500. including air passages, ho-
tells and meals. With luck, you
might do ii in three days. All to
cross those $50 deadly yards.
worldwide Press servicel
Evening star., 1957-12-22

were Persians) they might then
be allowed into the Arab part Of
Jerusalem. But they had better
keep It quiet that they were going
to see Jewish baby. or immigra-
ton officers would bar them.
The true kings Of Jerusalem
today are the tourists. With all
the tension. tourist pilgrims have
dropped OF greatly in number.
Both sides feel the loss. and are
trying to do everything possible 70
lure them back again.
Normally, for example, there is
a curfew on autos between Am
man. capital Of Jordan. and
Jerusalem. They must stop at 5
pm. Even high officials. and vis-
iting American diplomats and
cabinet members. move after that
hour only with the greatest
trouble.
But a tourist. even after curfew,
has little trouble. His driver says.
to the herce-eyed Bedouin SOL
diers. merely one word: Tourist
The soldiers smile. step back. and
wave you on. It is the same on the
heavily guarded road TO the Jeru-
salem airport. Tourist Pass
oni"
For anyone else. though, Jeru-
salem Is q prime example Of the
insanity Of man. &.
Yet, unless you are on the look
out for II. 1t Is easy to miss Just
Evening star., 1957-12-22
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Suez Report: Limited War Text

to land in comparatively rough
fieIds.
Plenty Of Red Arms
Gen. Keightley's report on Rus
sian arms in Egypt is an eye
opener. British intelligence esti-
mated that Col. Nasser had 80
MICS and IS n-2S light bombers,
$50 modern Russian tanks and an
undetermined quantity of self-pro-
PEELED. anti-tank guns-SU-l00s
He noted that the Egyptian Air
Force had foreign technicians
who were certainly capable q
carrying out missions on the Ko-
rean pattern" He feared that the
n-28s would strike at his over
crowded Cyprus fields. but the
Egyptians never attempted it,
AS to small arms. Gen. Keight-
ley reported that in the Port Said
area alone. British commandos
recovered 81 three-ton truck loads
Of such weapons and ammunition,
most of which was of Soviet man.
ufacture and mainly surrendered
py Egyptians in civilian clothes.
For those skeptics who doubted
that the Arab world could master
modern Russian weapons. the
British commander had this to
say about the Egyptians and their
SU-l00's:
These guns were most skill
fully handled and caused US con-
siderable trouble. the fighting was
hard and the Egyptians made good
use of their dug positions. :"
Gen. .Keightley's report indi-
Gated, too. how easily the Egyp-
tian masses were stirred to action
after the false five-hour sur
render" in Port Said had been
rejected and the fighting resumed.
"On' the resumption of opera
tions. the garrison and populace
were encouraged to resist by loud
speaker vans which toured the
town announcing that Russian
help was on the way, that London
and Paris had been bombed and
the Third World War had started.
It stated. At the same time. the
report went on, arms were issued
to civilians.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
BY GERALD wARNG

OTTAWA, Canada. - Canadian
defense planners have decided
that the civilian soldiers Of the
militia would be about as useful
In modern warfare as cavalry or
balloonists. So the militia-the
Canadian equivalent Of the United
States National Guards being
shunted into civil defense duties.
much TO its disgust and dismay.
Defense Minister George r.
Pearkes, a retired regular army
general. tried TO sugar-coat the
pill. He announced the militia
regiments will be reorganized into
mobile columns" which will be
trained to take their places in
the battle for survival" In any
World War III.
But however glamorous Q "mo-
bile column" may sound. with It's
connotations Of Lucknow. Khar-
toum and Mafeking. Of rebellious
sepoys. mad Dervishes and fanat-
ical Beers. the militia has not been
placated.
Orders are that the militia will
carry out exercises with local
authorities and civil defense Or
ganizations."
Anger in the Ranks
Many an imperial moustache
has been curled into sharper, more
belligerent spikes in regimental
messes at the thought OF this fate
for such proud regiments as the
Governor Generals Foot Guards,
the North Nova Scotia High
landers. the Hamilton Light In
fantry, Princess Louise's Dragon
Guards and the Essex Scottish.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
MoUsTAcHEs BRYTLE
Conodo's MiIitio Gets CD Role

The other battle will be in this
country-to assist in restoring
order out Of the terrible chaos
that may result from enemy at
tacks with long range nuclear
weapons"
Air Reserve Hit, Too
The same thinking affects the
Air Force Reserve. The Royal
Canadian Air Forces only role in
a new war would be defensive.
The RCAF has IL squadrons OF
Jet interceptors with NATO forces
In Europe and nine squadrons In
Canada, assigned to continental
defensive duties. But the reserve
fighter squadrons and the reserve
light bomber squadrons are being
stripped Of their combat roles and
assigned TO air transport duties In
connection with civil defense. This
means that Canada will fight any
future war with It's air forces In
being. without requirements TO
speak Of.
Only the role Of the Naval Re-
serve remains virtually un-
changed. The main role Of the
Navy would be TO team up with
the RCAF's Maritime Air Com
mand and American sea and air
forces TO try to guard North
America against bombardment
with nuclear missiles fred from
submarines.
SO the Navy's manpower need
from reserves, to bring ships
compliments up TO full strength
for sea duty in time OF war. means
continuation Of the Naval Re-
serve In ~ traditional role.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

bell rang tomorrow, American
Army commanders would find
little air lift Immediately avail
able.
Army spokeSmen say that
enough transports for perhaps q
single division could be provided
by the Air Force. But they fear
that they might not even be able
to get that much because both the
Tactical Air Command and the
Strategic Air Command would
also need air lift for supplies.
personnel and base equipment and
would have to be taken care Of
first.
This prospective lack Of air lift
has brought such bitter. wry, COM
ments from Army officers as:
We'll probably have to call on
TWA or Pan American to fly our
guys to trouble spot If the Reds
act up"
Toylor4 View
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. Army
Chief Of staff. cited the transport
problem in a speech only last
Thursday at the National Press
Club. He said:
The Army does not have long
range transportation of its own.
1t is dependent upon the Air
Force for airplanes and upon the
Navy for ships to give us this
vital strategic mobility. The
dependence is so critical a one
that we must be excused If We are
often vocal in streSsing our need
for support
The Air Force has ordered a
force of big jet oil tankers for re-
fueling SAC bombers in fight.
Several big air lines have ordered
new jet transports for delivery at
the end Of next year. But the
Army has not been able to ear
mark any planes of this type for
its support.
The Russians already have in
troduced let and turbo-prop trans
ports in their civil air fleet and
have them available for lifting
troops. Some OF these fast planes
need far less runway than the
KC.l35 and are sturdy enough
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Fabulous H-Power
Is Still Out Of Reach
Nv DAVID KOONCE

Soon after DR.. Harold c Urey,
the Nobel Prize winning physicist.
said recently that he believed
British scientists had harnessed
the force of the hydrogen bomb
to produce cheap power, there
were official statements to the
general effect that DR.. Urey's be-
lief was highly optimistic.
DR.. Arthur Il. Ruark, chief Of
our own Atomic Energy Commis-
sion's project to tame the ther-
monuclear force, said that goal
is still far of. British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan, COM
menting on Britain's progress In
this field. cast some doubt on DR..
Urey's optimism, as did Acc
Chairman Lewis Strauss. And re-
ports that the Britons working
on the project would soon make
an historic announcement Of a
"breakthrough" have not ma
terialized.
But the possibilities implied in
even the slightest progress toward
this goal are so tremendous that
1t is tempting to speculate about
them.
The process involved is a fusion
Of atoms---a reaction opposite
from that which takes place in
the atomic fission bomb. DR..
Urey specifically mentioned the
fusion Of atoms in deuterium. the
heavy hydrogen in ordinary sea
water. Fusion breaks down the
atomic structure Of one element,
using the enormous heat of atomic
fission. and turns 1t into another
element.
When the element that is
broken down is heavier than the
end element which it becomes,
the difference in the weight be-
comes energy. Thus. If 100 grams
Of hydrogen can be fused into
99.28 grams Of helium. the ~
gram remaining becomes energy
1e million kilowatt hours Of it.
Tremendous Potential
The potential Of such a con-
trolled thermonuclesr reaction is
incalculable. It could mean the
end of the search for new sources
Of coal. oil and gas. One scien-
tist has said that the world would
have enough energy from heavy
hydrogen to last for a billion
years, despite the fact that deu-
terium is extremely rare COM
pared with ordinary hydrogen.
There is only one atom of deu-
terium in water for everye 6 400
regular hydrogen atoms. But
presumably. as long as there are
Evening star., 1957-12-22

There have been angry asser-
tions that II the Defense Depart
ment tries TO carry out this plan.
there will be wholesale resigna-
tions from the militia: that the
reserve army will dwindle from its
present $4,000 officers and men to
a few thousand.
Ofiicially the army discounts
this possibility. Gen. Pearkes said
that They (the militia) are a
great body OF public-spirited citi-
zens, and I have no doubt that
they will carry out the vital role
that is expected Of them In the
future" But serving reserve off,
GERS say, Wait until summer. II
the men don't 60 TO camp like
they've always done. well have
regiments with the strength Of
platoons."
interchangeable Assumption
The new role assigned TO the
militia is based on the assumption
which seems interchangeable
that In a thermonuclear war there
will be no need for q corps Of
partly trained troops to be tipped
through refresher courses and dis
patched overseas. The war would
be won or lost before they could
get TO Europe.
I'VE anticipate two types of
battle in which ground forces
will be engaged In any future
war. Gen. Pearkes told the
Canadian Parliament. lone
battle will be the direct contact
with enemy ground forces In
Eurore and will be fought by
forces In being md in position.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

At 10 minutes past 5 O'Clock in
the afternoon one year ago today.
the last British Tommy climbed
aboard an evacuation ship of
Port Said and the ill-starred
Anglo-French campaign in Egypt
was finished.
Like most military operations.
the Suez adventure offered les
sons for those willing to learn. In
this case. the lessons are Of spe-
cial importance to the Vests mil
itary men charged with preparing
to cope with a limited war--that
is. a war that Is limited In area
and does not involve the about
force Of Russia and the United
States. And the textbook could
well be the official report Of Gen.
Sir Charles F. Keishtley. who was
commander in chief Of the allied
forces in Suez.
The Keightley report. copies Of
which are now becoming avail
able in the United States. shows:
/. How poorly prepared Great
Britain was in important arms
categories even for a limited"
limited war.
2. The lavishness Of the Rus
slams in sending weapons to their
friends.
3. How important it is. there
fore. that the United States has
ready a strategic. mobile striking
force which could react swiftly
and with SUFFICIENT strength If we
ever are called upon to aid our
allies in q local war.
Achieved objectives
The Anglo-French operation in
Egypt. although certainly a
political fiasco, cannot be said to
have been a military failure. On
the contrary. it had met scheduled
objectives when Britain and
France, needing the United Ma
tions and the United States land
Kremlin rocket rattling), halted
IL. But seldom. perhaps. is a
military commander called upon
TO conduct a campaign with such
political and logistical handicaps.
Writing with remarkable re-
straint. Gen. Keightley. who in
the end got 10 hours notice. In
stead Of the promised 10 days. TO
proceed with the. move on Suez.
stated at the outset that he was
limited by three important factors;
. Lack Of harbors and anchorages
in Cyprus, the logical staging base.
This necessitated a seaboriie
assault from Malta, nearly 1000
miles away.
Q Shortage Of airfields in Cyprus,
In fact only one was available,
and that was under reconstruc-
ton. when the order to get ready
first was given IN August. 1856.
for possible action In Egypt.
. A shortage of landing craft
and air transport. There were
only l8 LISTS and IL Let's avail
able although two armored d.
visions, an infantry division and
q commando brigade were TO be
lifted.
The general. said that there was
air lift for only two battalions and
very limited air supply resources,
At another point in his report he
repeated that "our air lift and
air supply resources were very
restricted"
A Fomilior Note
When Gen. Keightley stresses
air lift he sounds like American
Army officers who for years hav,
been pleading for fast aeria'
transports for the Army's "stra.
tegic. mobile striking forces
unit designed for immediate &C
ton in any part OF the world.
But like Gan, KeiRhtley, II the
Evening star., 1957-12-22
BY GORDON GAsKILL

JERUSALEM (Arab Sectorl.--
There will be millions of dolls
under millions Of Christmas trees
put a certain doll. here in Jerusa-
lem. may tell more about the
tragic division Of this sad and
splendid city than all the words
that can be written.
As almost everyone knows by
now. Jerusalem Is split into two
parts by a barrier so impene-
trable that. by comparison. the
Iron Curtain seems q chain OF
welcome mats. One side Is held by
the Arabs Of jordan. and the
other by the Jews of Israel. And
this barrier may be crossed at
only one place. called the Mandel-
baum Gate. named for Jewish
merchant whose house once stood
here.
But the Mandelbaum Gate is
no gate at all. II Is merely a short
and dusty stretch Of road. per-
haps 20 yards long. Almost no
one passes over 1t. except few
privileged tourists.
They may go In one direction
only. usually from Jordan into
Israel. and they may not come
back. The grim Arab guards Of
Jordan check them out their
car moves across the few dusty
yards. absolutely forbidden to
stop for any reason the grim
Jewish guards Of Israel check
them in.
The Dropped Doll
II was here. in the middle Of
no mans land. that the little
American Girl dropped her doll
from the window Of the moving
car. as the tourist family crossed
over.
The car could not stop. II sped
on into Israel. and the girl began
crying for her doll. Her parents
said they would buy her another.
but that did little good. She could
look back. a few yards, and see
her doll sprawled in the dust Why
couldn't they 60 pick 1t up? II
was not easy TO explain. least Of
all to a little girl.
She cried harder. The Israeli
guards looked uncomfortable, but
II they stepped out into no mans
land for the doll. the Arab guards
would shoot them dead. The
child's crying carried across to the
Arab guards. too. but they could
not move either. for fear Of Israeli
bullets.
At last the child's father went
to the American consul on the
Israeli side of the line. The consul
came down. had his diplomatic
credentials examined and then. to
the relief of everyone. walked
slowly out into no mans land and
rescued the doll.
To such lengths of madness
and futility have things gone in
this fantastic city which has al
most never. in all its 1000 years.
really known anything but blood
and tears. Forty-four times it has
been sacked and ravaged. and
four Of the times utterly destroyed.
But always 1t has come back. and
even today 1t has a weird and
unquenchable vitality Of its own.
Trouble for the Wise Men
II the Wise Men Of the East
tried to come here this time. 1t is
very doubtful IT, they would be
admitted. 1t would depend a
great deal on who they were. II
they we're Arabs (more likely they
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movie producer. Cecil 3. de Mile.
The two others honored were:
Mrs. w. Murdoch Macleod,
New York. General Director OF
United Church Women who re-
ceived a citation as Church
Woman Of the Year." from Wei
fare Secretary Folsom.
William Harper Bryan, st
Louis, was named Lay Church.
man Of the Year. A citation
was presented to him by SUI
lpreme Court Justice Charles e
Whitaker.
Perry w. Morton, assistant
United States Attorney General
addressed the organization yes
Iterday.
The Washington Pilgrimage
is an interfaith organization
dedicated to the preservation Of
the American religious heritage
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ILubor Warned
|Of Setbucks
After Probes

Senator Morse and William F.
|Schnitzler. secretary-treasurer OF
the AFL-CIO. last night told
Washington labor leaders that
current Senate investigations OF
unions would be used to seek
legislation which would destroy
the labor movement.
The Oregon Democrat and Mr.
Schnitzler spoke at a banque,
lin the Sheraton Park Hotel
marking the 60th anniversary Of
the Central Labor Union.
This is the time for the
friends of legitimate labor te
stand up on the floor Of the Sen
ate and be counted" said Sena.
tor Morse, "for ! think you car
expect a terrific drive for legis.
Ilation which would set the
labor movement back a quarter
of a century"
Mr.. Schnitzler said there are
some who viii seek to seizt
upon the current investigations
as an excuse for legislation
designed to destroy the labor
movement ITSELF"
Mr.. Schnitzler said the ALL
CLIO is meeting the problem Of
racketeering in labor with "sterr
action and without panic"
Mr.. Schnitzler also has ad.
vocated legislation providing fol
disclosure of union welfare func
finances.
He also urged unions to i'm.
prove their civil rights records
He pointed out that the AFL.
Go has been a consistent hacker
Of home rule for the district.
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c. B. Deone Injured
In Auto Collision

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., April
81 R.-Former Representative
Charles B. Deane was injured
seriously today when two cars
crashed headon near the Wake
Forest College campus.
Mr.. Deane. So. who now prac-
tices law in Washington and at
Rockingham. N c.. his home.
was taken to Baptist Hospital
with fractures Of his left arm
and leg. Hospital attaches said
his condition was satisfactory.
Mrs. Dulci M. Masten, SO, Of
Winston-Salern. a passenger in
the other car. was treated at the
hospital was minor injuries and
released.
Police said Mr.. Deane was rid
ing with his son. c. D. Deane,
jr.. 20, a student at Wake Forest,
when their car was hit by one
driven by Chester r. Masten. So,
husband of the injured woman.
Mr.. Masten was charged with
driving on the wrong side OF the
road.
Deane. a Democrat, served n
years in Congress from North
Cardinals 9th District. He was
defeated in the 1866 Democratic
primary by Paul A. Kitchen, who
won election last fall.
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Air Petrol Staging
Final Test Today

The National Capital Wing Of
the Civil Air Patrol viii hold a
lpractice air search and rescue
mission at 8 am. today In an
annual problem and evaluation
exercise sponsored by the Air
Rescue Service Of the Air Force.
The CAP flyers will operate
from four local airports-Falls
Church, Congressional, Hyde
Field and Beacon Field--to trace
ian imaginary pilot who has been
reported downed in the area.
The Air Rescue Service eval-
Iuation tests are given annually
to the Sc wings of the CAP
across the country. This test
will be the last one under Air
Rescue Service sponsorship. how
ever. Supervision Of the CAP
will be transferred to the Con-
tinental Air Command in June.
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non-profit enterprise that is the
center Of q dozen institutions,
including the Menninger Clinic,
devoted primarily to mental
health.
DR.. Menninger also presented
the first MIND Award for fur
therance Of mental health aims
in the Washington area to G,
Rowland Shaw, president of the
District Association for Mental
Health.
The Kansas psychiatrist de-
clared that so sper cent of all
illnesses probably are due to
emotional troubles, and h
added:
Headaches that are psyche
logical in origin are just as real
as If there were something really
wrong with the blood vessels in
the head"
He said to avoid the head
aches, people must adjust to
their environments, and stop
fighting them.
Life for most Of us. most OF
the time, is a compromise" he
remarked.
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WALK SIDEWAYS
TO BRING END TO RAINBOW

The Rainbow Club. operating out of modest quarters.
but with heavy membership shut down abruptly yes
Yesterday by Arlington police the question of alcoholic
beverage license.
Seventeen policemen descended garage the 1900
block OF South Tenth road and found the place bullying with
more than $50 patrons makeshift bar and iukebox.
1T was fantastic" said Vice Squad Detective B. G. Cox.
1t was so crowded We had to walk sideways"
number Of patrons, he reported. left hurriedly by
diving through windows.
The raid early yesterday neted % pints whisky six
fifths Of wine and William H. Kinney. IS Kinneys home
is at the South Tenth road address
He charged with keeping alcoholic beverages at a
club without license.
Kinney according to Detective Cox been operating
the Rainbow Club with membership dollar apiece
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Death Of Boy
Ruled Accident

An exhaustive test has con-
firmed that Ronald Harley. 10
Of Lorton. Va. died during q
school softball game last April
IL. as the result Of being struck
accidentally by a bat.
First reports that the boy had
been fatally injured by a bal
were discounted by a preliminary
autopsy. But a medical exam.
iner's report yesterday. following
a week Of intensive laboratory
analysis. has confirmed the origi.
nal report.
Ronald suffered an unusua
brain laceration as a result Of
the accident. There were M
external signs of injury, DIR
Ralph M. Thompson. pathologist
lat Alexandria Hospital reported
The slight but sharp blow
from the bat Jared his brain
causing q laceration when the
brain tissue came In contact
with q rough portion of the
underside of the skull. There
was no internal bleeding, DR.
lThompson said.
He explained that the analyst:
he conducted with DR.. Richard
E. Palmer. also an Alexandris
Hospital pathologist. revealed
that the slight laceration caused
blood vessels to collapse, injur-
ling the vagus nerve controlling
the heart. The effect of the
liberation was to stop the heart
Ronald was the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Harley. HI
was a student at Fairfax Coun.
Ity's Woodley Hills Elementary
School.