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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06

He related an incident that
occurred recently at the farm.
A small Negro Girl had . tooth
ache. He called 4 dentist who
in the past had treated menu
bers Of the farm community.
He was told the girl could
not be treated that day, nor
the next day. week or month.
II asked, 'Ever?'" DR.. Jor-
dan said. THE answer was
never
The trouble with youth to-
day. he said. Is that they are
not looking for n cause. ASK
the average youth II he'll take
a cause or q Cadillac" he
stated. Hell, say q Cadillac
10 to one.
People. " he said. 'have
asked me: Why don't you sell
out and move away?'
How can We leave" he told
the audience. when people are
sick, when peoples souls are
bloated with arrogance and
hate?"
DR.. Jordan spoke in RANKIN
Chapel as q part OF the uni
verSity's annual Religious
Emphasis Week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06

Vice President Nixon viii b.
the next q. o. P. presidential
candidate.
Gov. McKeldin may wind up
his State political career In
November, 1858. when his
second term expires. He is
limited by law TO two terms as
Governor. He said ne win not
run for the Senate II Senator
J. Glenn Beall seeks reelection
IN 1858 and he believes Senator
Beall will do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06

are going 10 keep our commu-
nifty stirred up. keep ii chal-
lenged. keep It alive TO It's
responsibilities - despite its
prejudice and bigotry and
hate.s
DR.. Jordan, who Is white,
operates the Kolnonia Farm at
Americas. Ga. about 100 miles
southwest of Atlanta.
Many Outrases
The farm has been the scene
Of economic boycotts. burned
crosses. bomhings and pistol
and rife shots fred in the
night. Last week. one of about
IS Negroes working and living
there was beaten.
DR.. Jordan said that at pres
ent. I'VE are sending two or
three Of our strongest men on
any errands We have to do"
He also said that a telephone
campaign. aimed at keeping the
farm occupants from sleeping.
recently was started. Each
night. he said. the telephone
rings every 80 minutes.
Dentist Refuses Services
I'VE are not angry enough
to pull the phone OF the wall"
he remarked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06
OHlciuI Of NAACP
Fined in Arkunsus

NORTH LITTLE ROCK
Ark. Dec. 8 N9.--The vice
president Of the North Little
Rock Chapter Of the national
Association for the Advances
ment OF coIored People was
fined yesterday for withholding
information on the chapters
and financial rec
ords.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06
InterrocioI Form Head.
Explains Refusal to Quit

The director Of an nterracal Georgia farm yesterday
explained why he has not given up the OF beangs
hombings and boycotts.
we have too enemies for give up and sell out
the Rev. DR. Clarence Jordan told Howard University students
and teachers.
I'VE going TO keep performing as divine irrtan We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-06
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
University Progress

The Maryland General Assembly has
shown its interest in the past in the Uni
versity Of Maryland's efforts to raise its
academic standards and expand its edu-
cational services. The current Legisla-
ture, therefore, should give careful and
sympathetic attention to the university,s
plea for additional funds with which to
continue the improvement program spon-
sored by President Wilson H. Elkins
DR.. Elkins took over the leadership of
the institution at time when the uni
versity's faculty and facilities were under
fire from authorities weighing the univer-
sity'S status as an accredited college.
Many Of the shortcomings criticized by
the outside investigators have been cor
rected. But. according to Dr. Elkins'
testimony before the Finance Committee
OF the State Senate, the salary scale for
professors is well below that prevailing
among the ten leading State universities
in the country. The PROFESSIONAL pay at
College Park ranges from $4,385 for in
structorS to $685. for full professors. DR..
Elkins has asked for 81 million in the new
budget to raise these salaries all along
the line, with top pay Of $10,750 for full
professors. Certainly the university will
have trouble in recruiting the larger fac
ulty it will need to care for growing en-
rollment unless a more attractive pay
scale is offered to men and women OF the
teaching profession
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Dogs Life

AS Charles Darwin once observed,
dogs seem to have something very like
conscience" And it appears now that
they also worry lot when they live in
big cities. Indeed, according to DR.. Will
liam c. Glenney, head Of the American
Veterinary Radiology Society, they worry
so much that many Of them are beginning
to develop ulcers, just like humans who
work under high pressure or in state
Of emotional tension.
DR.. Cheney blames this on the fast
pace Of metropolitan living. MANS best
friend" 1t seems, suffers great deal of
stress and strain In trying to cope with
whirling traffic, the mauling behavior OF
bothersome children and such other
things as strange dogs that come down
the street looking for fight. AS a result
ulcers are becoming fairly common in
the canine world thus dispelling the
notion that the ailment Is peculiar to
us bipeds, than whom nothing alive has
more worries.
AS for dealing with the problem, DR..
Cheney suggests that tranquilizing drugs
might help our distressed canine friends,
or perhaps some special effort to teach
them how to live at slower tempo. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Canned Speeches

What has happened to
speech making? Everything
nowadays is read parrot-like.
1t sounds like our statesmen
never thought of thinking for
themselves at all.
will acknowledge the
diplomatic advantage of hav-
ing everything phrased before
hand. but it loses its punch in
the uninspired way it is de-
livered. There is no color, no
courage, no inspiration. In the
Arab-Israeli speech. Ike said
Justice and conformity (pause)
with international law (trail-
ing helplessly). He meant
Justice Cthrob) and confor-
nifty : with-i international law"
CHANGING up at the audi
ence and then down at the
paper continually looks like q
chicken drinking water.
If anybody has anything to
say. / don't think he is any
more apt to say the wrong
thing than read the wrong
thing. II you practice good
grammar. no glaring errors are
likely. Anybody who has any
convictions at all. with a little
thought to a few choice
phrases. and a short outline,
can put over his point with
no danger Of saying the OPP
posite thing. Thousands OF
people do II all the time:
Teachers. preachers. and even
the good ladies at the garden
club.
Anita HOOper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Praise From Pokiston

1t is not too often in these troubled
and contentious times that our country
has nice things said about 1t. AS fire.
quently as not, because we cannot hold
ourselves aloof from the hard problems
Of the world, we find ourselves subjected
to varying degrees of foreign criticism
for what we do or fail to do. So we can
not be blamed II we get lift out of those
more or less rare occasions when there
is some overseas praise for America.
Hence 1t is good to note that Pakistan
has just been the scene of such an occa-
sion. The National Assembly there, while
debating international AFFAIRS has been
virtually unanimous in speaking OF our
country in the most laudatory terms.
And Prime Minister Suhrawardy, i'm
pressed by the warmth Of the sentiments
expressed, has made a special point of
declaring to the Assembly'S members that
the praises they have "showered on the
United States for its friendship, for its
alliance, for assistance which 1t has given
to us, for support which 1t is continuing
to give u.s." are eloquent proof that the
people Of Pakistan appreciate American
help in ample measure and are as whole
heartedly with us as we are with them.
These friendly words will sound good
to the ears Of all Americans. 1t is re-
freShing to hear them. But given the
world as 1t is, and given also our own
shortcomings, we can expect such praise
only every now and then, at intervals few
and far between. After all, we are living
in an age in which our unacceptable and
extremely diff1cult international role ex-
poses us at least as much to brickbats
as bouquets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Planes and WHdIfe

One can feel sorry for o. F.
Atkins if he cannot realize it is
only because the wildlife peo-
pie are interested in humans,
that they wish to preserve the
woods and bird life around Bel
mont Bay. in order that we
all may enjoy the good life.
Surely few persons do not
know that cutting away woods
to barrenness reduces the wa
ter table. creates flash floods.
and the extreme lack of good
water in this area. Surely the
majority cannot enjoy the
smell and taste Of chlorine.
1t is because the "wildlifers"
are interested in homo sapiens
that they wish to prevent him
from becoming an automaton
living in a lighted cave,
never experiencing the joys
and delights of the outdoors.
Who can enjoy working the
entire day in a windowleSs Of
nee, only to come home and
sit in front Of a television set
all evening? Is this what hu-
mainly means? Can the ma
jority Of us enjoy this? Do not
all humans need outdoor recre-
alton? Can the little crowded
suburban boxes set in long
rows with nary a tree for
shade. be called homes for hu-
mans? Let's stop destroying
our only salvation and calling
1t progress!
One. also must feel sorry
for any group who must live
IN the vicinity of an airport,
The noise is more than man
was meant to endure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Potomac BottIeneck

I am just one of the many
hundreds who lose from As
minutes to an hour each day
on account Of the inadequate
trans-Potomac traffic facilities.
Except for the rush hours,
which cover approximately six
to eight hours each day. I can
travel between my home in
Virginia and the Federal Trade
Commission Building in. less
than 20 minutes. but to get to
work in the mornings normally
requires 40 minutes - some
days SIS minutes. the extra
fifteen minutes being of my
working time. At night the
return trip takes from so
minutes to a full hour.
While I and many others
suffer. Congress procrastinates.
BY the time any bridge or
tunnel is constructed, it will
be inadequate. If two or even
three bridges, including a tun-
mel. were Immediately con-
structed. they would, even at
the present traffic level, be
crowded during most hours
Of the day. Yet no relief is
in sight.
Funds appear to be avail
able-there is no question as
to need-so why not proceed?
The people who live IN the
District and Virginia who must
cross the Potomac twice each
day. those who work for the
Government. those who have
other business, truck-drivers
and transient travellers, all are
entitled to more expeditions
consideration and action. All
Of us pay taxes and most of us
vote. We implore Congress for
relief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

able and loving of all dogs,
unless he receives special
training. in which case he can
be as nasty as they come.
A poetess has told at length
OF the love of the boxer for
mankind, a thing scarcely de-
served, but nice. just the same.
Jones old dog was white,
somewhat resembling the fell
low that walked in the parade,
but there the thing ended.
Jones dog loved walking,
though; it always went with
our friend, especially on trips
downtown.
Once Jones took him into
a store on Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. into a sporting goods
store now extinct.
The store had the old
fashioned cash runways
around the ceiling. in which
small leather carriers took
your $40 bill to the cashier
for change.
A twenty would buy plenty
OF groceries in those days, not
just for one day. as now, but
for a week or maybe more.
Honest.
When Jones dog saw the
little carriage start its run,
he ran barking after, his head
erect. his legs moving briskly,
and his eyes never leaving the
moving object above.
1t was the barking, however,
which caused the manager to
ask Jones to take his pooch
outside.
The dogs bark was of the
deeply mellow sort. Jones felt
offended that the music had
not been appreciated at its
true worth.
AS soon as he got his change.
he took his money and his dog
out the door and never went
back.
Somehow, the new stadium
cap reminded him of the old
dog, the old store. and the old
Washington. in which happi-
ness lay just around the cor
ner. Maybe it still does-if
you are only l6 years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Cyprus Issue

Constantine Brown gave a
very competent ontline of the
Turkish position on the Cyp-
riot question.
He makes. however. one
point that / am afraid can
hardly be sustained by the
facts. He repeats the Turkish
allegation that lin the event
Cyprus is handed to Greece
:. +. 1t will eventually become
another Red air and naval
base threatening Turkey" To
me. 1t means that Greece is
destined TO become a Red
satellite-because how else can
a Greek Cyprus become a Red
base? Does the State Depart
ment share this fatalism about
Greece? ! was there not long
ago and l saw no evidence
whatsoever that Communist
influence is on the increase.
The Greek people had a first
hand experience with Com
munist aggression and they re-
PEELED communism with a de-
termination that certainly en-
titles them to more faith on
our part.
The only issue that causes
serious disappointment in
Greece today is the Western
attitude toward the claim of
the Cypriots for self-determ-
ination. They feel that the
ideals for which we all fought
a terrible war are betrayed in
the case Of Cyprus.
Once this thorny question is
settled, there is not the slight
est doubt that the Greek peo-
pie will continue their associ-
alton with the free world with
out any mental reservations.
On the contrary, our inability
TO work out a just solution for
the problem only facilitates the
work of the Communist agi-
tators who certainly use the
issue to undermine Greek de-
votion to the ideals that are
part Of their heritage.
AS to the partition OF the
island, l hope that we are
serious enough not to take it
seriously.
Dimitrios G. Kousoulas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Drawing the Line

The Hoover Commission, Staunch de-
fender of nonpolitical Federal career
service, was the real author of the plan
which the White House will use to Sepa-
rate political and nonpolitical jobs in the
Government. Properly administered, the
plan could not fairly be feared as a pa
tronage grab at top-level civil service
positions. On the contrary, the program,
as advanced by the Hoover Commission,
would do no more than draw a definite
line between Federal appointments of
political nature and those made under
the merit system. Such line has been
too flexible in the past, according to find
ingS of Hoover task force.
The Hoover Commission reported In
1855 that frequently career employees have
been improperly projected into the policy
making and policy defending field by
politically-appointed Superiors. Said the
commission: ut has been natural that
overworked and relatively inexperienced
noncareer executives have tended in
creasingly to rely upon career administra-
tors to carry part Of the load. While
career administrators have not been
asked to engage directly in political
battle, they have been over the past num-
Der of years thrust into the defense of
agency policies, programs and activities.
Some career administrators have been
drawn out Of their proper role and have
become identified with certain admins
grams. To be sure, some career admin
istrators have relished political combat
and have done well in 1t. However, once
they become so involved, they are, Of
course, vulnerable to political attack
which directly threatens their further
usefulness"
Philip Young, outgoing personnel adj
wiser to the President, has based the ad-
ministration's draw-the-line proposal on
the recommendation Of the Hoover Com
mission. In effect, the plan would create
additional noncareer executive posts as
needed. This extra staff aid for busy
agency executives would be designed to
relieve career administrators Of all duties
which could be regarded as having politi-
cal implications. There would be no spill
ing over of partisan activities into the
nonpolitical career field. The call by the
President for a list of extra noncareer
jobs needed in the departments and
agencies should not be construed by
politically minded executives, however,
as an invitation to enlarge the patronage
field at the expense Of the merit system.
The President-and Congress-should be
on the alert against any such "raiding"
tactics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01

lation OF years, covers a sur
face of solid ice the nature Of
which, under the great pres
sures to which it is subjected
in the depths, is quite un-
known. Winds with velocities
of as much as 125 knots blow
over the cap quite constantly.
1t is covered much of the time
with a weird, phantom filled
whiteness.
, Despite these difficulties the
engineers slowly are pushing
inland. One of their camps is
200 miles beyond the edge of
the cap. Perhaps the greatest
difficulties are over when they
have got their equipment safe
ly over the melt zone which,
in the words of one engineer
officer, would be mighty hard
for a snowshoed jackrabbit to
negotiate in summer"
The problems being met are
both those of living on top Of
the ice and under the ice. The
latter probably is more COM
Portable and safer most of the
time, and there have been
visions of small ice-buried
cities. But there remain many
questions to be answered.
Building Under Ice
There are two ways of build
ing disable under-ice structures.
First is excavating tunnels in
the fashion of coal miners and
with roughly similar tools.
Both drilling and blasting to
date have proved fairly easy
and safe. The second is dig
ging deep trenches from the
surface and roofing them over,
first with steel forms which
are removed when natural
roofs are formed by the snow.
Both these structural types
have proved quite safe, sub
stantial and comfortable. The
walls. the engineers have
found, are deformed very little
from year to year. Ice appar-
emily has an inherent stabil-
1ty which is hard to match.
Still largely unanswered are
problems of diffusion. of gases
through both ice and COM
pacted snow which slowly is
changing to ice.
Most of the work must be
done in what would be consid-
cred dead of winter in tenn
perate climates. There is
brief summer from mid-June
through July. But by the mid
die of August the SHOWS start
again in the latitude of Thule
and before the month ends the
1ce-cap camps may be buried
in drifts. Through the short
summer the temperature may
be quite equable-from so to
IS degrees Fahrenheit. With
August it goes down rapidly,
however, and in mid-winter
1t sinks to 10 and 30 de-
greeS Fahrenheit for day after
day in the interior.
Such is the land which must
be rendered a useful part Of
the earth's surface"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Tncorrigible Pupils

AS your editorial "Incor-
rigible Pupils" points out,
something has to be done with
the truly incorrigible child so
that the other children can
concentrate on their studies.
However. the problem is to
identify a child as incor-
rightly 'incorrigible" scientif-
ically rather than to take a
harassed teachers word for
it. / recall that when 1 went
to school here in D. c., some
of my best chums were trans
ferred to what were then
called "ungraded schools"
simply because a not too
kindly teacher declared them
incorrigible.
1t was my firm opinion then
and it is now SHARED by many
schoolmates) that the teachers
were hard to get along with,
and took their spite out on
these kids. There were, of
course, two or three bad actors
in every school. and they were
we'll known to the pupils,
though sometime not to the
teachers.
But most Of the so-called
"incorrigibles" were, at the
worse, smart-alecks or pos
Sessed Of annoying manner
isms and habits requiring
understanding and patience.
AS a former pupil land as
a parent Of public school
pupils / can not help but
wonder if the sum total of
our "incorrigible" pupils can
not be reduced If we developed
more understanding. patience,
and Christian charity in our
teachers. and I mean in all
SCHOOLS.
Because of the irreparable
damage that can be done TO a
child's mind and future. we
should not label a child as
incorigible except on the au-
thority OF competent psychol-
ogists. And then he should be
given the finest treatment
that we can supply to make
him a good and useful citizen.
We have too many pariahs
cluttering UP our social Or
ganism now.
John Dominic Michael.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Greenland Challenges Army Ingenuity
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Nearly q million square miles
covered with ice two miles
thick is presenting challeng-
ing problems to soldiers Of the
Corps Of Engineers Arctic
Task Force.
The area is the worlds
largest island. Greenland.
With aviation developments
since the last war it has be-
come one of the most impor-
tant strategic lands on earth,
lying under the shortest air
routes between new and old
worlds.
The engineers are operating
near the great Air Force base
at Thule, meeting both pres
ent problems Of transport,
housing and supply. and
studying conditions which
must be faced in the future.
For it is obvious that the vast.
dead, unknown landau ex-
panse of glittering whiteness
upon which are no landmarks
whatever-progressively must
be brought to life.
Greenland, the engineers
have found, is a demon
guarded island. 1t can be di-
vided roughly into three sec
tors, they say. First is a fringe
of ice-free. mostly boulder
covered land close to the
shore, especially in southern
Greenland. This extends from
a mile to eight or ten miles
inland. This made possible the
Icelandic settlements, 500
years before the first voyage of
Columbus, from which the
pioneers set out in open boats
for the coasts of North Amer
lea. In spots this land prob
ably still is quite fertile.
Has a "Melt Zone"
Just beyond is the melt
zone" In winter it is ice
covered and heavily crevassed.
In summer it is traversed by
swift streams from the melt
ing glaciers and ice cap. This
is essentially impossible. La
boriously built trails may be
washed out overnight. This
melt zone extends inland for
from 10 to Is miles.
It ends abruptly in towering
white, almost vertical cliffs
from $50 to 300 feet high. In
only a few places are there
breaks in these cliffs which
can be used as ramps. A ma
jor problem both of the mill
tary and explorers has been
to get supplies over this great
ice wall. Beyond is the al
most boundless ice cap, the
second largest in the world.
What lies under it nobody
knows. The engineers. how
ever, are attempting a long
range program, to get some
kind Of a profile by depth
soundings of as much Of the
island as possible.
Beyond the ice walls there is
very little melting. Snow $50
to 200 feet deep, the accumu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
View of Hiqh Bench

With the retirement of JUS
tice Reed, the last conserva-
tive has left the Supreme
Court. In the past two years
this court has, on FIVE differ
ent occasions. frustrated Fed
eral and State efforts to ex-
pose Communist subversion. In
each Of these decisions: Peters
v. Hobby. Pennsylvania v. Nell
son. Slochower v. New York
Board OF Education. Commu-
mist Party v. Subversive Activ-
tiles Control Board. and Cole
v. Young. Justice Reed dis
sented and. except in the Pc
tiers case. was joined by Justice
Minton. who retired from the
court last year. Apparently
Minton and Reed became fed