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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
Airport Action at Last

Prospects of early solution of Wash
ington's long-Stalled airport problem
suddenly have become much brighter as
a result of the realistic conference COM
promise on the Presidents request for
$l2.5 million appropriation for Sec
ond airport, The compromise assures
that the money will be ready when the
controversial question Of a site is settled
presumably by the Anyways Moderni-
cation Board. And from the recent Sem
ate debate on the proposal that the new
board (created for another purpose) rec
ommend the proper site, it seems clear
that the boards decision will be accepted
as final.
OF course, II the board, headed by
retired Air Force Lieutenant General
Ellwood QGesada, should agree with the
Civil AeronauticS Administration and
other authorities that the best available
location is at Burke, Virginia, the Mary
land legislators may be expected to con-
tinue their fight for Friendship. In fact,
the MarylanderS have made it plain that
they are against any new airport for
Washington anywhere. They want Bal
timore'S Friendship Airport to get big
slice of Washington'S commercial air
business, and a new air terminal at
Burke or Chantilly or anywhere else in
the Washington area would blast their
plans.
But the floor discussion Of the pro-
poSal to have a study of the airport
made by the Quesada board indicated
that other opponents of Burke, includ-
ing the Virginia delegation, would drop
their fight If the board should decide
that Burke was the best site. The Chan
lilly alternative was mentioned promi-
nently in the debate, so the board prob
ably will give full consideration to this
site. along with others. Whatever the
choice may be land Chantilly has GER
tain advantages over Burke, as well as
disadvantages, it is reaSsuring to know
that money for an actual start of con-
Struction will be available. Any further
protracted delay in relieving air trafic
congestion at the National Airport would
only add to the hazards already present
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26

The Girard-case is back in the news
again, as the Supreme Court-sanctioned
trial Of the Army specialist in a Jap
anese court begins at Maebashi, near
Tokyo. And with its temperance in
the headlines is certain to come a re-
newal of agitation for changes in the
law to assure GIs abroad of trial before
American tribunals.
However, it is so late in the current
session that. Congress is not expected
to resume serious consideration at this
time Of pending proposals to amend or
cancel that part of the status Of forces"
agreements under which Girard's trial
for fatally shooting Japanese woman
became possible. Two efforts earlier this
session to revise the law have failed.
The Bow resolution to require that such
trials be held in our military courts was
reported favorably by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee last June. but 1t has
been withheld from the floor by the
Rules Committee. Subsequently a move
to attach an Americana trial rider to the
foreign aid bill lost in the House by a
tie vote of 134 to 1874. There are no
indications that further efforts to guar
antee American trials to military per-
sonnet abroad will be pressed at this
session. 1t is safe assumption that
vigorous efforts will be made to amend
the law when Congress reconvenes, how
ever.
What Congress does may hinge to
some extent on the outcome of the Cir
ard trial. 1t has been predicted that
the Japanese court will be more lenient
with the defendant than court-martial
would have been. If Specialist Girard
gets OF with light sentence, the argu-
ments for legislation to protect" GIs
from foreign injustice will be consider
ably weakened. Veterans organizations
are determined, however, to demand
modification of the agreements, what
ever the japanese decision in the Girard
case. And the veterans WELD lot of in
fluence among the Nations lawmakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
On HELPING Ourselves

Just at this time when
Congress is appropriating
billions to keep UP a false
economy by deficit spending,
started by President Roose-
welt in 1888. /. for one, wish
to protest against the appar-
ent waste which has been re-
ported for several years in
foreign aid. Helping foreign
countries may have been
partly warranted for a little
while Immediately following
World War II. but why keep
it UP indefinitely? Now the
interest on the public debt
is reported as approximately
$7.2 billion a year. and we
are having a terrible drought
in our land. 1t is high time
to call a halt on deficit SPEND
ing and foreign aid and ex-
pect those aided to give us
a handout rather than con-
tinue to waste our substance
on them.
The more than $40 billion
practically wasted on foreign
countries since World War
II should be sufficient.
Bystander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
Comrades Abroad

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck,
two of the most uninhibited Americans
of our time, have become foreign corre-
spondents. One of their current assign
ments" is to ugoslavia-admittedly a
sensitive listening post just this side Of
the Iron Curtain where home grown
variety of communism presumably must
have a slightly greater sense OF humor
than the Moscow brand. Both Mickey
and Donald, along with an increasing
cast Of other American comic strip char
acters, are appearing in the Yugoslav
newspapers. Donald, perhaps because Of
his VIGOROUSLY bad temper, is operating
under an aliaS-Paul Duck-but there
has been no evidence that the change
of names has changed his delightfully."-
irritable disposition.
Actually, Mickey and Donald and
their friends are doing a sort of re-
porting job in reverse. They are, in
other words, not reporting YugoSlav life
to American readerS-as other corre-
Spondents debut instead are present.
ing something Of America to their fol-
lowers in Yugoslavia. In the long run,
this may have greater value than the
conventional reporting. Donald's rau-
cous quack, for example, is a real voice
Of America" while the impish Mickey,
the lugubrious Pluto and the rest Of the
popular Disney family have their human
and worthwhile eounterparts through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
Donors Philosophy

This is in response TO the
query by "Emden" as to why
q donor Of blood should not
be compensated for his time
and his blood. I am not able
to give blood very often, hav-
ing given perhaps a total Of
six pints. However, / feel
more than compensated for
the blood I have given and
the time it took me to give
1t, by the knowledge that the
two times I needed blood it
was available and that 1t will
be available If / should ever
need 1t again.
Emden should figure that it
is a type Of insurance. Every
time you pay an insurance
premium you don't complain
because you aren't hit by a
car. So give blood gladly,
and don't worry about not
getting an immediate return
on your investment. 1t will
be there when you need it.
Susan Jane HendershOtt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
Police Interrogation

The Mallory decision was
indeed a wise one. 1t reflects
pure, sound reasoning. While
police third-degree methods
are not practiced rampantly.
the possibility in any given
case is always present. While
an accused has the protec-
ton of the Fifth Amendment
in court, he has no protec-
ton in a police Interrogation
room, which may be occupied
by overzealous law-enforce-
ment officers. Are We to be-
lieve that a suspect is never
coerced. beaten or promised
BENEFITS merely for his sig
nature on q confession? Can
We expect a policeman to
readily admit. under oath
and In court. to such illegal
tactics?
The Mallory decision ne
cessitateS definitive legisla-
ton. However. it must be
approached from all avenues
Of thought-not merely from
the police standpoint, but
with q liberal, unbiased ap-
proach. cognizant of the idea
that any one Of US might one
day be confined in an in
terrogation room with sew
eral hostile policemen and no
Fifth Amendment.
I do not deny the necessity
Of police questioning a sus-
pect.
As an amendment to the
Heating bill. for the protec-
ton Of the public as well as
individual suspects, I vDuld
suggest a requirement af-
fording the suspect the pro-
lection Of an attorney during
the Interrogation.
Briggs ID. EverSon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
For the Defense

Every day we read Of Army
installations being closed.
combat units inactivated and
cut-backs in the reserve pro-
gram. These actions are
being carried out in the name
Of the catch-all phrase
economy in Government"
There are many areas in
Government where economies
can be made, including, per-
haps, junkets by congresSion-
al interests and big business
subsidies that originated in
the 1905.
In the face Of ever-con-
slant need for economy.
there is nothing in the in
ternational picture that sug-
gests that we relax our guard.
Within the year we were
reading Of the bloody Soviet
reign Of terror against the
patriots Of Hungary. Then 1t
was the triumph Of commu-
niSm in Syria. A few years
ago it was the invasion of
Korea.
Coups d'etat and periphery
conflicts in faraway places
have become our business be-
cause Of the vast improve
ment In communications. and
we have learned through
bitter experience that global
wars start from the so-called
'brush fires"
These considerations make
it imperative that we main
tain adequate Army forces
to discourage or. If necessary.
to fight aggression before it
can spread into q holocaust.
Our country's safety is at
stake. and this is more i'm
portant than the dollar sign
or political clambakeS.
Defense Is survival before
it becomes fiscal.
Irate Taxpayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26

out our entire population. To under
stand them, and why we like them, may
contribute to an understanding of Amer
lean life and its free wheeling freedoms.
1t is unfortunate. perhaps, that
Mickey and Donald have not yet cracked
the columns of Pravda and Izvestia-
although these Moscow journals are
pretty funny just as they are. 1t may
be, of course, that Donald's tantrums
and their usual unfortunate foot-in-the-
mouth endings would seem too much
like some Of Nikita's own adventures on
a public stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
Lost Causes

Syria's recent detection TO
the Soviet camp brings to
mind one Of the political
battle cries so effectively
used by the Republicans dur
ing the Truman-Acheson re-
gime.
You've lost us Chinar
they used TO shout. as If a
land overstuffed with 500
million souls could be had
or disposed Of at will by total
strangers, the way one dis
poses Of a lollypop.
The Democrats can now
make use of the same battle
cry and charge that Mr..
Dulles foreign policy has lost
us Egypt and now Syria.
giving Russia its first solid
foOthold on the shores of the
Mediterranean.
And by the way, the po-
litical party to which Mr..
Dulles belongs, and in whose
name he has won such bril-
liant diplomatic victories, has
lately ceased and desiSted
from repeating the one about
having lost China.
Quite possibly, don't you
think, they have noticed the
beam that is in their own
eyer
B. 8. BercOvIcI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26

Like millions Of others,
/ am disturbed greatly over
the black eye which will
inevitably be given the rank
and file Of organized labor,
as a result OF the racket
hearings. I have been a labor
official and / have worked
for management. America
could never have become
great without both. Some
In management might seek
to take unfair advantage of
labor because Of a few rot
ten apples in the barrel. l
hope Americans will keep an
open mind until all the evil
dence is in and corrective
measures are taken.
When baseball found itself
In a precarious position fol-
lowing revelations Of dis
honesty in 1919. Judge Lands
was appointed car, and
within a short time the
games lost prestige and re-
spect were regained.
My formula for labor's di-
lemma is that the member
ship call a convention and
choose a hard-hitting, out
standing American for car,
with unlimited powers to dis
miss any ofiicer or member
for or without cause II in
his discretion he feels that
the movement will be better
of without the. individual.
He should be given unlimited
powers In all matters con-
corning union welfare. The
Job must be done quickly. be-
fore the public loses conf
dence in unions.
John L. Lewis would make
q good car. He is tough;
he knows what 1t is all about
and to my knowledge no one
has ever successfully chal-
lenged his integrity or his
love for organized labor. An
other would be former Presi-
dent Truman. He has the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Brain Waves of Unborn Are Studied

Recent English expert
ments have shown the same
sex difference in dogs and
rabbits. 1t probably is COM
mon to all mammals.
The hitherto unknown sex
difference. it was pointed out,
may prove Of considerable
value in criminal investiga-
tons and in the diagnosis Of
various sex abnormalities.
Shutting out the world of
sight and sound results in all
sorts of Authorizations.
1t is one of the basic tech
niques Of brain washing"
It may be an important fac
tor in accidents on super
highways which run through
monotonous country and are
free Of billboards, and in
factory assembly lines.
The phenomenon has long
been known from accounts of
polar and desert explorers.
1t probably is an important
factor in the abnormalities
Of bed-ridden patients, ar
Thrills and old people whose
faculties are failing.
This has been stressed in
q report to the association
by DR.. F. Herbert Leiderman
and his associates of Harvard
Medical School. They have
just started controlled scien-
tific studies to better UNDER
stand the phenomenon. They
find it probably plays a
prominent role in any con-
dition where consciousness
is impaired. Perhaps it is
q basic in the Authorizations
Of delirium tremenS.
The Harvard doctors OBJ
served gross decisions lasting
over several days among polio
victims kept in tank type
respirators. They then pro-
duced the same kind of alb
norm alities in perfectly
healthy adult volunteers kept
in this kind of respirator for
SO hours.
1T is becoming increasing
ly clear" DR.. Leiderman re-
ported, "that Sensory depri-
walton is a factor that must
be reckoned with in public
health. A recent study re-
vealed that 80 out of SIS long
distance truck drivers had
visual Authorizations and
sometimes responded to them
in a way to produce accidents.
Industrial accidents cost the
United States millions a year.
The factory assembly line
with its repetitiouS tasks long
has been a source of injuries
which frequently result from
the workers ceaSing to con-
centrate on the job at hand.
Such accidents may be due in
part to the monotonous pat
terning of the sensory stimuli
in the environment. Automa-
ton now is adding another
dimension of sensory depri-
walton in the factory and
ONCE setting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26

II there is any surviving
doubter Of the theory that
apes are somehow in the hui
man line Of life. let him stand
for half an hour on Con-
necticut avenue some bright
morning.
AS he watches the endless
procession of automobiles
whizzing past him, he will
see one of the greatest pa
rades Of humanity in all the
world, and no doubt at all
will remain.
He must have, Of course,
a slight tinge of cynicism in
his makeup. for without this
fine ingredient he will not
recognize the ape strain in
all of us.
He will see carloads Of SOL
emn apes, cars with some
apes supporting the frame
work with hands and arms.
still others-these are fe-
males-sitting with back to
the doors.
All these simians in endless
profusion. dressed In sport
shirts and heaven knows
what beneath the doors.
Every now and then. some
one. riding by, will throw a
pure monkey grin at the in
tent watcher. Somehow, this
particular animal sees into
the cynical aspects Of the
whole thing. and almost
shouts In a smile, "Oh. I know
what you are up to-you
don't fool me, because I am
a monkey. tool"
*NA -
Anyone who has ever stood
in front of the cages at the
Zoo will recognize that fash
ing grin in a second.
Once we stood fascinated in
front of the biggest cage
there while a medium sized
ape showed his displeasure OF
q girl in a green coat.
It was q very nice coat, by
human standards, at least the
girl evidently had thought so;
it was not too green. but
green enough. II you know
what that means.
Well. the ape barred his
teeth every time thu poor girl
drew near the cage.
She was quite embarrassed,
since everybody laughe d
more at the grinning ape than
at her. it was true, but how
was she to know that?
This was not make-believe
on the monkeys part. He
threw himself into a veritable
rage, he ratified the bars with
his strong hands and arms,
he jumped up and down on
his sinewy legs.
1t was all monkeyshines Of
a particularly virulent char
acter, and everybody there
recognized the fact.
Take of your coat" some
body suggested. 1T is the
color or something"
The girl didn't agree, per-
haps not wishing to be out
faced by a mere monkey. but
finally drew away. almost
with tears in her eyes.
1t is no compliment, after
all, to be resented by one Of
your poorer ancestors.
y
The monkey show on our
streets every day cannot rest
on three tricks. after all.
1t takes more than q girl
with arm out Of the widow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

or back to the door, or a sud-
den wide grin. truly.
The case for the monkey
mus stands or falls on the
general resemblance. not only
in features, but more in &C
tons.
Both monks and men have
arms and hands. and these
potent instruments of the
body general naturally fall
into certain lines of action.
The simple gesture of TAX
ing the left hand of the
wheel to raise a bottle of soft
drink Zone may hope) to the
lips, while tooling ones way
down Connecticut avenue at
the height of traffic. speaks
volumes of some kind.
The kind. it is true, will
depend upon the readers. or
in this case. the watchers
viewpoint.
He may say to himself.
"Just exactly what a monkey
would do if he could drive n
car"
An honest traffic police
man would agree.
All motions in cars other
than those connected with
traffic safety are merely
monkeyshines.
AS traffic grows worse in
our city, the officer would say
if he had time, every driver
must concentrate on the
large picture of the road
ahead.
He can't do this If he is
looking around at somebody
in the back seat, no matter
how attractive, or if he is
showing of by allowing the
car to go on without either
hand on the wheel. (You see
this monkey trick, now and
then, and a very dangerous
one it is. Half a second is
good" one report saidy any
thing more is poor.")
To recognize the monkey in
man, watch him in a car. If
that doesn't do it, you had
better go back to the Scopes
trial, and read it carefully.
In the meantime, Connecti-
cut avenue will DO. any morn
ing except Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-26

Obstetricians now are TAX
ing the brain waves of I'M
born children.
Two basic patterns have
been found which may throw
light on the future fate of
the individual. Variations
from these appear to indicate
serious abnormalities devel-
oping.
This has just been reported
to the American Medical AS
ISOLATION by DR.. Richard L.
Bernstein and his associates
Of the United States Naval
Hospital at st. Adams. VT.
The brain waves are OBJ
tanned by placing electrodes,
using special techniques, over
the abdomen Of the proSpec-
tive mother. In IS per cent Of
the cases examined to date a
stable pattern Of large, low
voltage waves with q fire.
quency Of about IL q second
was found. In the other Is
per cent the pattern was that
Of fast waves running from
is to 80 q second.
This does not necessarily
mean any abnormality, all
though in two Of the fast
wave cases the mothers were
epileptic. Evidently. it was
pointed out, the two types Of
brains are developing in quite
different fashion.
In one case a pattern Of
small, six-per-second waves
was found. DR.. Bernstein de-
scribed them as death waves
of the unborn. The foetus
was in the process Of dying.
\ =
There Is sex in skin and
blood. In fact, the difference
between male and female
probably exists in all cells of
the body. it was explained in
a demonstration before the
association at a recent meet
ing by DR.. Joseph H. Kiefer
and his associates Of the Uni
versity Of Illinois.
In female cells there is q
minute, curved module Of a
substance known as chroma-
tin which appears on the
membrane of the cell nucleus.
1t is extremely difficult to dis
Germ, however. without use of
special techniques. This is
the reason the sex difference
has been unnoticed in the
past.
DR.. Kiefer himself works
with skin cells. Skill is re-
quired to distinguish the
"chromatin mass" from the
so-called nucleoli, tiny bodies
which exist in all cells. The
chromatin body is not en-
tirely restricted to females.
1t can be discerned in about
10 per cent of normal male
cells. In females, however, it
appears in more than 40 pei
cent Of the cells. The sex
of blood or skin can be de-
termined by microscopic ex-
animation of about 100 cells.