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Assuring Canada

The State Department has replied
about as well as it could to Canada'S re-
quest for Stricter American control over
the reciprocal exchange of confidential
information between our two countries.
In effect, the reply promises that every
thing possible will be done to prevent
the repetition of such deplorable Incl
dents as the one revolving around the
late Herbert Norman, Canadian Ambas-
sador to Egypt, who committed suicide
last April after our Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee-in the teeth of
Ottawa'S official protestS-had made
public flimsy hearSay evidence linking
him with Communists.
What the State Department has
pledged to Ottawa is that our Govern
ment will adhere to procedures insuring
that security information concerning
Canadian citizens, received from Cana
dian sources" will not-without Cam
ada'S express conSent-be' transmitted
to any committee or body over which the
executive branch of the United States
has no control. Actually, however, these
procedures were in effect at the time of
the Norman case, but still they did not
prevent congressional publication of
data that had previously been repudi-
ated by the Canadians themselves.
The truth is, of course, that since
our legislative investigating committees
are altogether independent of the ex-
ecutive branch in such matters, the
executive branch cannot give ironclad
guarantees against breaches of conf
dence by those committees. Canadian
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, who has
expressed qualified satisfaction with the
State Departments note of assurance,
apparently has a sympathetic under
standing Of that fact. 1t is a fact
that can continue to cause trouble I'M
less Congress itself acts henceforth with
care and circumspection In this highly
sensitive international field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
For Better Diplomacy
Why can't we have a NOR

why can I We nave a more
efficient diplomatic corps?
The time has come for the
United States Government to
take the field Of diplomacy
more seriously. II we are to
enjoy peace and understand
ing with the other nations of
the world. we must have a
highly qualified diplomatic
corps.
Let's never forget, where
diplomacy fails, war usually
takes over. Diplomats are
the lifeguards Of a nation.
If we spend billions train
ing and equipping our war
riors. why can't we spend q
few millions training our
diplomats?
If the solution Of this de-
plorable situation we're up to
me. l would gear all my men,
tai and physical efforts to-
ward the establishment of a
foreign service academy-and
I would put a stop to the
practice Of selling diplomatic
posts to the highest donors
to a political party. In the
meantime. ! would make an
extensive survey among the
colleges and universities
which have foreign service
schools. with a view to Sc
lecting the highest qualified
students. After the selections
were made. rigid additional
training would follow in the
culture. customs. traditions.
language, history, ethics, poll
tics. economy. sociology and
tourism Of the countries Of
assignment.
This eventually would give
us the best trained diplo-
mats in the world. and the
prejudices. jealousies. misun-
derstandings and suspicious
which have characterized our
diplomatic history since we
lost the Franklins and
Adamses would be lesSened,
and we would enter a new
era Of true friendship and
peace.
The investment would be
worth it. don't you think?
John Z. Cabrera.
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memento from my teaching
days.
Blessed is the contented
spinster; for great is her re-
ward in comfort.
She shall enjoy long vaca-
tons undisturbed; and unre-
buked shall she waste her
substance.
"Cheerfully shall she econ
omize in the necessities Of
life; and riotously indulge in
the Injuries: and render no
fearful accounting.
Long, and deep and sweet
shall be her sleep o'nights;
and she shall prepare no
early breakfasts.
Her goings out and COM
inRs in shall be her own BUSH
ness: and peace shall dwell
in her house forevermore."
Edith BlinstOn Lowe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
For Youthful Voters

As a Washingtonian cur
rently on active duty with the
armed forces, l am greatly
concerned about the Nations
election laws. and feel that
legislation should be enact
ed to improve these laws
before the 1860 presidential
vote.
Arbitrary reliance on State
laws has made 1t possible for
l8-year-olds to vote in Geor-
gia and Kentucky, and has
made 1t impossible for many
residents of the District Of
Columbia to cast a ballot at
all. This is an unfairness
which hardly should exist in
our free Nation.
Is an 18-year-old Nebras-
kan any less intelligent than
a person Of the same age
from Georgia? My first sug-
gestion is that a national
voting age be established
Il years.
Many Americans believe
that members of the armed
forces should be allowed to
vote regardless OF age. My
second suggestion is that all
members OF the regular
armed forces, third and fourth
year ROTC. cadets in the
military academies and men,
bers Of activated reserve OF
National Guard units be per-
mitted to vote. II is only fair
that a young man or woman
serving this country should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
American Scientists in Antarctic amp

Twenty seven Americans
now have set up q camp al
most on the site of the dis
covery Of the Antarctic con-
tinent.
This discovery is officially
credited to Capt. Charles
Wilkes of the United States
Navy, later founder Of the
Naval Observatory in Wash
ington and then in command
of the United States Explor-
ing Expedition which had
circumnavigated the world.
On the morning Of Janu-
airy 16, 1910, ice-covered land
a few miles to the south was
sighted from three of Wilkes
ships. The region was named
Knox Highlands. after the
captain of one of the ships.
None of Wilkes men ever
actually landed on the con-
tinent. Some did land on an
outlying island and collected
some rock specimens, now in
the Smithsonian Institution.
The three ships then pro-
ceeded to skirt the continent
Tor 1,400 miles. sighting land
every few days. Here was
the expeditions great con-
tribution. 1t demonstrated
for the first time that Ant
arctica was a continent
rather than a lot of scattered
islands. Land actually had
been sighted many times
before.
Camp in Vincennes Bay
The American camp is
established at the head of
Vincennes Bay, named after
one of Wilkes ships. at APP
proximately ITO east longi-
tude. It is under the COM
mand of DIR. Carl Ecklund,
United States Fish and Wild
life Service biologist and
veteran Of several previous
Antarctic expeditions under
the late Admiral Richard E.
Byrd. Fourteen of the men
at the Wilkes base are Scien-
lists with a broad program
of research outlined for the
coming year.
Building material and sup
plies for the camp were
landed in February. The &C
tual construction now is
complete and the men now
are engaged in installing
scientific apparatus.
The site selected, according
to the United States Antarc-
tic Service, has proved quite
fortunate. There is, for exc
ample, an unlimited horizon
for observations of the south
ern lights. and the presence
of bedrock makes the site
excellent for seismic studies
The aurora, meteorology
and ionospheric physics pro-
grams now are in full opera
ton. There are two balloon
fights daily carrying appara-
tus for automatically record
ing upper atmosphere con-
ditions. Geomagnetism and
cosmic ray programs wait
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19

May I express my admira-
ton for your editorial China
Bound" august 49,. con-
d EN- ming the dictatorial
threats of punishment made
by Secretary Dulles against
the Staunch young Ameri-
cans who insist on exercising
their constitutional right to
travel.
The United States was
made great by men and wom-
en- who took their own safe
ty as their own responsibility
and went to new territory.
II Mr.. Dulles phony argu-
ment that America mustn't
let any American 60 except
where the Government can
see that he is treated like a
dollhouse plant had prevailed
throughout our history. we
would still be a nation Of Is
colonies along the Atlantic
Coast.
When will the State De-
partment learn that you can
not fight communism by APP
ing its dictatorial tactics in
the treatment of American
citizens? II we can fight
communism only by becom-
ing like 1t, Heaven help us!
May l quote Mr.. Dulles
prize statement in, a letter to
the New York Times Ito Mr..
Sulzberger) defending his
violation 6f the freedom Of
the press in barring United
States newsmen from China:
Foreign policy and diplo-
macy cannot succeed unless
it channels the activities of
our people, and in this res
pect newspapers have also
their loyalty and patriotic
duty"
"Channeling the activity
Of our people. :" Is this 1876
or 1894" and do we live in
the US. or in the State of
Diplomania? Why can't we
have a Secretary of State
who fights communism and
stands for traditional Ameri-
can rights at the same timer
Edmund c. Franklin.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKN
BY THE HASKTN SERVICE
Information 1900
D Please ncoe cents for return

@. Can you give me a brief
history Of the Nautilus?-
M. o.
A. The Nautilu s. first
United States atomic-pow-
cred submarine, was launched
at Groton, Conn. January
81. 1854, being christened by
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
on September 80. 1854. 1t
was commissioned and Joined
the Atlantic fleet. II left
Groton January II. 1855, for
its flrst sea trials, which con-
sisted Of so hours operation
without submersion, followed
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only preparation Of special
facilities before recording
will begin.
A Pathological team has
already established q route
to the ice cap and has pro.
ceeded to a point so miles
inland at an altitude of 1000
feet.
Satellite Station
Here a satellite station has
been established where gla-
cier and weather observations
are in progress. This station
has been occupied several
times during the past few
weeks. A small psychological
station also has been estab-
lished on q ramp Of the ice
cap.
DR.. Ecklund is an eminent
biologist. He wants to CO.
ordinate a geological pro.
gram with the physical pro-
gram Of the international
Geophysical Year.
mo museum in the world"
he says, has an even mod
erately good collection Of
Antarctic animals" DR.. Eek
lund is especially interested
in bird banding by which it
may be possible to demon
strate that Antarctic skuas,
sometimes called the blood
thirstiest birds on earth, &C.
tually fly over the South Pole.
Little is known" DR.. Eek.
lund said just before his de-
parture, "of the Antarctic
continent as the original
center Of dispersal Of some
bird groups. We might infer
that penguins, at least, are
OF Antarctic origin. Fossil
collections suggest they may
have evolved from a tribe Of
terrestrial birds which were
inhabitants of the Antarctic
continent during the long pc
riod of mild climate indicated
by fossil vegetation"
Record Temperatures Of Egg
Among the experiments
planned by DR.. Ecklund is
getting a continuous record
of the temperature inside a
penguin egg with an auto.
matically broadcasting ira
dio thermometer" designed
for his use by the ONCE of
Naval Research. He plans to
remove the embryo penguin
from the egg, insert the ther.
mometer and then fill the
shell with gelatin. 1t then
will be returned to the parent
birds, that presumably will
continue to care for it, just
as for a living egg.
Data which may be pro-
vided by this radio Their
mometer, it is believed, may
have some applications of
great Importance. A possible
example. according to a Navy
report, is the injection into
man Of a modified engine
that will increase his ability
to adapt to cold. Such injec-
tons might also permit doc
tors to lower the temperature
Of the human body for longer
periods than now is possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
This AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL


Perhaps the term bath
room scales shows the last
lingering footprints Of fake
modesty in the United
States.
Bedroom scales, with no
clothes on, would not be so
nice, the makers agreed, as
bathroom scales, where one
is normally unclothed.
Jones pinned for a new
scales. let us say.
Maybe the thing wasn't
going down fast enough to
suit him?
He had declined visibly, by
belt, for at least three
notches.
That should have been
enough. scales or no scales.
But it wasn't. The latest
reducing book our hero had
read said that no one, not
even Templeton Jones, could
assay his reduction by the
decrease in belt size.
Nothing. the fellow said,
so help him, but a pair of
scales would do.
Just where the pair"
came from. he didn't say.
Maybe from the old scales,
with the crossbar. and the
bucket at one end and the
weights at the other.
Modern science had come
up with something different.
an inner spring arrange
ment, guaranteed to weigh
with reasonable accuracy all
except the very latest, and
they would have to go to the
cattle dealers.
The upshot Of 1t was that
Templeton Jones purchased
a new scales, and took it
home in triumph.
He had already lost five
pounds. and was down to 1855
pounds, the old scales said,
from a high Of 1871.
Carefully he shed all his
clothes, and stepped on the
new scales.
Horrors!
The thing said l6l pounds.
avoirdupoiS. Goods sold by
weight, literally. goods Of
weight.)
Here he had been reducing
for a month, and hadn't
actually lost q pound
Jones felt disheartened,
until he realized that, after
all, 1t was only one pair Of
scales against the other.
You can guess which one
he kept.
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The way to reduce. as every
one knows, is to starve your
self a bit.
1t isn't quite as bad as a
concentration camp, at one
end. nor as good as a big
modern hotel, at the other.
Modern reducing means
calories. and these may come
filled with protein, minerals
and vitaminS. or only with
hot air. as it were.
When Templeton Jones
stepped on the scales a
month ago. he rejoiced.
Only l61 pounds. on the
hoof!
The last time he weighed
himself. he registered 1874
pounds. and two suit sizes
smaller.
This had been the low.
from TIA pounds. and all this
decline and fall had &C.
CURED II years ago.
Now he was back on the
scales again, with a pleased
smile at his modern weight
of 161 pounds; not too bad.
after all, considering all the
good cake, crackers, bread.
meat and potatoes on the
market.
Remember, this was a
month ago.
In four weeks, he went
down at the rate of a pound
a week to a low of 1856: quite
satisfactory. considering the
fine strawberry shortcake
with cream, the candy oars,
the soft drinks. and what
have you, as they used to say.
Jones kept a graph, or
chart. very businesslike. with
a Snaky red line going down
in a most satisfactory man
ner.
Then the serpent crept into
his reducing Eden.
No, you guess wrong
It wasn't a big slab of angel
food cake, or these miniature
chocolates, which are 80 de-
ceptive, nor yet again some
thing to drink.
1t was nothing more than
a desire for a new scales.
Bathroom scales. they call
them. although they never
shouldbe used in a bathroom,
because there is too much
moisture and plain steam
there for anything made Of
metal.
These spring contraptions
can rust, and so are best
kept in the bedroom.
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'Contented Spinster'

II It is proper to alter the
wording Of Stephen Fosters
historic folklore, why not go
further and alter the Bible?
l therefore offer you the
declaration of independ-
ence" OF an old-maid school
teacher. This is not original
with me. l do not know who
wrote 1t, but 1t is a cherished
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by the first deep-sea dive
tests. On May 20, 1857, the
Nautilus set an underwater
distance record when it ar
rived at San Diego from
Panama. a distance Of 3,049
miles. This trip took 6 days,
Is hours, 80 minutes.
@. How large is the Charles
A. Lindbergh State Memorial
Park in Minnesota?-G. A.
A. This park. located in
Little Falls, consists Of Ito
acres. 1t includes Lind
bergh's old home.
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DeIinquency's Origin

A lot of psychiatrists and
sociologists these days are
forming committees to study
Juvenile delinquency" Why
do SO many children murder
their parents and playmates?
Why are they causing so
much trouble in schools?
Why is larceny considered a
lark and sabotage a youth
full prank?
They blame social condi-
tons affected by world wars.
free use of the automobile,
lack Of home discipline.
progressive" education and
the general confusion caused
by a multitude Of new inven-
tions.t But the situation re-
sembles the weather. A lot
Of people talk about it, but
no one seems to be doing
anything about it.
Recently. two l8-year-old
boys left their studies at the
National Academy Of Broad
casting because they were
too "grownup" to go on with
their education. One was
getting married and one
found it difficult to support
his wife and child while at
tending school. Neither
could be considered delin-
quents, but both were victims
of social conditions that have
been responsible for short
changing" youth today.
Many young people have
not learned self-discipline.
either in the home or in the
progressive" schools they
have attended. They shun
anything that savors Of hard
work or drill" A shocking
number of today's teen-agers
cannot spell or make gram
matically correct sentences.
Three out of a class of
twelve. not long ago. did not
know the order Of the letters
in the alphabet and they had
been given good marks in
Baltimore and Washington
high schools0
But let's not blame the
homes and schools entirely.
Let's examine what children
are enjoying on radio. tele-
vision and movies and what
they are reading for recrea-
ton. Almost every play in
the movies or on TV deals
with crime and degeneracy,
The bars of a prison cell
probably are the most over
worked prop" in a TV studio.
Not long ago, when I went
into a movie theater to en-
JOY the conditioning. /
was Mortified to see young
sters clapping loudly as Ed
ward G. Robinson and his
fellow conyicts escaped from
prison. Apparently they were
OH the side of the criminals.
They Missed the police. as a
matter OF fact.
To show the indifference
OF the public. / call attention
to a nonprofit corporation
organized a few years ago to
present tapped programs of
plays arranged from great
short stories. Lee De Forest.
Kathleen Norris. Glenn Clark
and others who were con-
cerned we're on the advisory
committee. But when minis
tiers were asked to help, only
one or two responded. They
were too concerned with their
problems Of saving souls to
pay attention to the presen-
tation Of character educa-
ton programs.
A young child today. born
into a world. OF contradic-
tons. must grow to feel that
crime is an everyday activity.
Small wonder that. Adde'S
cents with overdeveloped
imaginations and no power
Of self-discipline decide TO
commit murder.
We really have begun to
do something about the
weather, with air-condition-
ing and the seeding Of rain
clouds. When will we start
TO do something about the
reading and entertainment"
our children are receiving
from the cradle on2
Alice Keith,
President, National Academy
Of Broadcasting.
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Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOrtters' corTec:
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
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the old devotees may find It's
unhappily happy ending.
1t is a largish cast of lissome
girls and weathered males that
rounds out Joey's world in
which the standouts are Hank
Henry as a moth-eaten night
club proprietor and Barbara
Nichols, a bullying, squeaking
chorus girl.
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MIDTOWN NEW YORK
And That's Enough TY
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER

NEW YORK - "A fellow
named Irv Calm has decided on
no more television watching.
He reports that a single Sum-
day night. recently. drove him
back to the movies. That night
he was watching TV when his
wife, Marge, came into the
room.
TV?" she asked. THE world
series is over"
Next came 13-year-old Patti
Calm and her dad asked her
to sit down and watch the ma
chine with him. 1t was a good
show. he said.
Good or bad" tipped
daughter, 81 wouldn't like it."
Next came 10-year-old Jill.
Irv told her he was watching
the Edsel show.
You mean the Edsel Sulli-
van show" snapped the
moppet.
Mr.. Calm has had enough.
He refuses to spend the rest
of his life being straight man
to three condolences.
4 X II 4
william Inge's new play.
1.-THE Dark at the Top Of the
Stairs" was being discussed by
some actors at Sardi's.
Sounds like. a murder mys-
terry" said one.
II don't think So" said an
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other, lit must be about kids.
Isn't that where kids always
leave their roller skates?"
y y + y
Overheard on Fifth avenue:
"She looked positively beautiful
in spite Of just having been
hit over the head and robbed
Of all her jewels and furs."
y \ y
Publicist Gene Weber has
put the Traffic Bureau to a
pretty rigid test. He parked on
Third avenue the other day
and. when he sought to put his
dime in the meter, found it was
broken. He went into a corner
store. made a couple of phone
calls and came out to find a SIS
ticket on the car for overtime
parking.
Gene sent the Traffic Sum-
mons Control Bureau two
checks-one for S. and one for
10 cents.
IF you will examine the
meter" he wrote. you'll see it
See SYLVESTER, Page BIB
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
Arena-"The Doctors Diem
ma; $50 pm.
Catholic University - Billy
Budd"; $50 pm.
acknowledgement Tables;
$3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador =" The Hunch-
back of Notre Dame; ITO,
3:15. $40, 1880 and $40 pm.
Apex-"E scapade": /, 2:45,
4:30. $40, sos and 9:55 pm.
CapitOl-"Jail House Rock;
l1:40 am, lao. $40, 5:45. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Columbia MY Gun Is
Quick; ll:l5 am. l:55, 4:45.
7:25 and 1915 pm.
Dupont - PERI: /. ESQ
4:40. $50. $40 and 1905 pm.
Keith's "Unholy Wife;
1875 am, lao. 3:45. 5:45,
$50 and 9:55 pm.
Macarthur - Panic in the
Parlor": $50, 8:l5 and 10 pm.
Metropolitan THE Hunch-
back of Notre Dame; 1925
am. 1:25. $3.50. $50, 7:35 and
$40 pm.
OntariO-"Raintree County,:
$50 pm.
Palace-"Stopover Tokyo;
ll;40 am. lao, 3:45, 5;45, 7:45
and GAS pm.
Playhouse - THE Joker Is
Wild: IL am. lao, APO. 7
and GAS pm.
Plaza-"And God Created
Woman; 1880 am, 1870. $50.
$50. 7:30, $50 and 1880 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Pal joey; 10
am, 1910, 2:15, 4;20. $50,
$50 and 1890 pm.
UptOwn-"Around the World
in 81 Days: $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Seven Wonders OF
the World; 2 and $50 pm.
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pal JOEY" Columbia sPietures
produced by Fred Kohlmar. directed by
Mr.. Sidney screenplay by Dorothy
Kingsley based UPON the stories of john
OHar with a musical score by Rich
ard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, in Tech
nicolor at the Trans-Lux Theater.