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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Continued From FIRST Rag,

OOuShuucu EEOm WIESt RdBe
been interviewed, including
Wiley T. Buchanan, the present
chief protocol officers. Others
will be questioned this week.
The inquiry was set of by
the recent disclosure that King
Saud Of Saudi Arabia had given
an automobile to the wife OF
Victor Purse, former State De-
partment protocol officer, after
the Arabian rulers visit here
last February.
The subcommittee, 1t was
emphasized, is not interested
in the Purse case as such since
this has been fully aired. But
it is undertaking to find out
what other officials have re-
ceived gifts, the value of them.
and whether the acceptance
was cleared properly through
State Department channels.
Not Aimed at Small Gifts
In emphasizing that the
inquiry was not directed at
officials who have received
small gifts or babules of no
great intrinsic value, Senator
Met lellan said:
1--WE will take into account
that gifts have been received
by high officials and that gifts
may be offered in the proper
spirit Just as an expression of
gratitude with no implication
of an obligation.
1--WE will try to establish a
line of demarcation to deter
mine what is proper and accept
able and what is not"
While the Constitution bars
any Government official from
accepting gifts from foreign
power without the consent OF
Congress, it has become a prac-
tice in the State Department
to allow its employees to accept
gifts of no intrinsic value.
This has been done by ad-
ministrative decision and the
subcommittee is interested in
finding out to what extent, ii
any, such decisions have been
based on legal opinion within
the department.
In addition to the conStitu.
tional ban, an 1881 statute ex.
pressly provides that no gift
shall be accepted by any off.
cial without the consent Of
Congress.
That statute provides:
ANY present, decoration, o,
other thing, which shall b,
conferred or presented by an.
foreign government to any of
fetal of the United States, civil
naval or military. shall be ten.
dered through the Department
of State and not to the indi.
vidual in person, but sucl
! nreSent dec0ratioo or nthe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

moves to the center of the
rockets stage now that Jupi-
ter-C has been given the green
light, is a recently naturalized
American citizen, who led the
development of one of Ger
many's most dreaded World
War II weapons, the W..
When he was, from his own
choice, picked up by troops of
the United States 44th Divi-
sion, he was summary re-
jected as the inventor Of the
W. by one soldier who said
that the youthful scientist che
was then 80 seemed too
young, too fat, too jovial.'
Once his identify was con-
firmed. DR.. Won Braun was
flown to the United States and
signed to a years contract with
the Army to help with our own
infant rockets program. Since
1850, this pioneer of outer
space has been in charge of
technical operations at the
Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville,
Ala, working with a staff that
includes 100 German scientists
who were with him at the Bal
tic Sea base of Peenemunde
from which the W. was
launched over England.
MOOnStruck Since BOyhOOd
DR.. Won Braun has been
moonstruck since his boyhood
in Prussia. He was obsessed, he
once told The New Yorker
magazine, with "a romantic
urge to soar through the
heavens" The son of a one
time Minister of Agriculture
for the Weimar Republic, he
attempted to launch his first
guided missile at the age of Is.
1t was pressurized by a bicycle
pump. and it wouldn't fly.
After graduation from tech
nical institutes in Berlin and
Zurich, young Won Braun
Joined a volunteer group of
interstellar enthusiasts. who
rented an abandoned proving
grounds outside Berlin for IS
cents a year. Experiments
under the direction of Profess
sor Herman Oberth. now a
Huntsville colleague. were so
successful, the society was soon
charging a small admission fee.
And German military experts
were so impressed they recruited
the whole club into the Ord
nance Division of the Army,
with Won Braun. only % years
old, as civilian chief.
In 1886, Hitler expressed an
interest in the rockets program
and poured huge sums into the
research center at Peenemunde.
Four years later, DR.. Van Bruan
joined the NaZi Party. Such
progress was made at the base,
that in 1910. Heinrich Himmler,
GeStapo chief ventured to take
over the entire operation per-
sonally. DR.. Won Braun resisted,
and several days later was i'm
prisoned. He was released on
personal orders of Hitler and
charges that he had been pre-
pairing to fly to England with
data, were dropped.
Buzz Bombs Fired
On September Z. 1914. the
first of some $500 buzz bombs"
was aimed at England. causing
severe damage and demoraliZa-
ton among battered civilians.
DR.. Won Braun said of this
occasion many years later. 1--WE
felt a genuine regret that our
missile, born of idealism. had
Joined in the business of kill
ing We had designed it to
blaze the way to other planets.
not to destroy our own"
In another interview, he once
said that the. fundamental
stimulus of research is lust
plain curiosity and it should
stay that way"
BY January, 1945. the Rus
slams had pressed within 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Mcclellan GroupP Probes
Acceptance of Gifts.

thing. shall not be delivered by
the Department of State unless
so authorized by act Of Con-
gress."
In at least one instance there
has been a ruling by the Justice
Department that Government
officials could not receive gifts
without the consent Of Con-
gress regardless Of the worth
of the gifts.
Followed Princes Visit
This ruling grew out of the
visit to the United States of
Prince Henry of Prussia in
1902.
On the occasion of that visit
the Prince bestowed a number
of gifts of something less than
princely nature. His presents
consisted of portraits given the
Navy Department, the Military
and Naval Academies and a
photograph to each Of several
military and naval officers.
Elihu Root. then Secretary
OF State. asked the Justice De-
partment for a ruling on
whether the constitutional pro-
vision could be construed as
applying only to a ruling prince
in which case the consent Of
Congress would not be re-
quired for delivery of the gifts
to the individuals.
Provision Cited
Henry M. Hoyt, who was Act
ing Attorney General at the
time, held that consent of Con-
gress was required. He cited
the Constitutional provision
that no Government official,
without the consent of Con-
gress, could accept of any
present, emolument, Office, or
title, of any kind whatever,
from any king, prince. or for
eign state" and added:
1T is evident from the brief
comments on the provision, and
the established practice in our
diplomatic intercourse that
its language has been viewed
as particularly directed against
every kind of influence by for
eign governments upon officers
of the United States, based on
our historic policies as a Ma
ton. 1t must be observed that
even a simple remembrance of
courtesy, which from motives
of delicacy recognizes our pres
ent policy. like the photo
graphs in this case. falls under
the inclusion of any present . Z.
of any kind whatever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

search and development project
or contract of. several years of
priceless experience on the part
Of a few individuals go down
the drain. We must learn to
grow and preserve teams. We
do it in baseball. Why not in
research and development also?
@. In your opinion, what is
the military implication of the
Russian satellite on the present
United States defense estab-
lishment and its future devel-
opment?
A. 1t is another indication of
the ever-growing Importance of
space weapons. Ten or fifteen
years from now space superior
ity will have taken the place of
today's air superiority.
@. How do you account for
the apparent apathy toward
missile development in this
country between 1947 and 1858?
A. Right after the war pub
lie interest turned away from
weapons and toward the re-
sumption of production of badly
needed consumer goods. The
United States had won the war,
but few people in this country
realized that that mighty war;
time ally, the Soviet Union, had
emerged from the war more
powerful than ever beforehand
that her rulers were in no mood
whatsoever to lose their war;
time gains through hasty dis
armament.
There was no ballistic missile
development program in the
United States between 1945 and
1851 because there was no OBJ
vious need for it, no interest
for it, and no money for it
@. Under ICY agreement,
knowledge learned by space
satellites is to be shared fully.
How useful would knowledge
learned by Russia's Sputniks be
in developing or accelerating
our missile programs? And in
what particular ways?
A. We expect to learn from
the Sputniks, with or without
Soviet collaboration, quite a
few things with regard to the
shape of the earth, trans
oceanic mapping and survey,
mass distribution within the
earth and density of the up
permost layers Of the atmos-
phere.
This type of information can
be CLEANED by tracking Sput-
nik's orbit and its ultimate
fiery destruction by re-entry
into the atmosphere.
If and when the Soviets will
present the results of their tele-
metered readings from the sat-
elites themselves, we are likely
to learn many new things on
cosm1' radiation, solar X-rays,
effects of extended weightless-
ness on animals, density of
micrometeors and meteoric
dust. and the like.
@. What does Russia's success
mean in terms of science educa-
ton in this country, and public
attitudes toward scientists and
basic research?
A. 1 am convinced that the
Sputniks will give Russia'S sci
ence education program an adj
ditional most powerful boost.
can only hope that it will
give the United States science
education program an even
greater boost, because we need
such a boost badly.
And l also hope it will en-
nance the recognition of sci
ence and scientists in the eyes
of the United States public.
Unless we manage to make ca
reers in the science more at
tractive to the young genera
ton, we cannot hope to win the
long-range struggle with the
Soviets for scientific and tech
nolOpical SIIperioritv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

Men and women in the
twilight years of life-211 Of
them-were made comfort
able and happy last year at
the Hebrew Home for the
Aged, an organization receiv-
ing support through the
United GiverS Fund.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
"A GOOD MAN RESIGNS

Willard Wright rendered his resig-
nation last week as chairman of the
Yam Festival.
Two years as head of the towns
most strenuous committee is enough
tor anyone.
Under Wright's guidance the Fes-
uval mas shown progress and for the
first time in its brief but illustrious
history 1t is on profitable basis.
Undoubtedly, with continued proper
guidance, it will continue to grow and
become more famous.
During the past few years there
has been need for caution. The
Festival seemed to teeter on the brink
OF folding several years ago thus the
need for caution light.
If the Festival is to continue grow.
ing as it rightly should then so...
thought must be given to eXo....
its activities. We must ,.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

and one-half years. youth ma,
now volunteer for Six-months c
active duty training, serve thre,
years in the Ready Reserve. arc
the remainder in the Standby
reserve for a total oblikation o.
light years service PreviouslS
"as compelled to serve sI3
month"; on active duty and scv
one-half-yearS in tho
f'ady Reserve. Under the new
}!an a high school student may
be deferred until he completes
his schooling.
For those in the age group l8
and one-half years to rs. the
nliStment period is six years
He must serve six months on
Give duty and a balance of five
% .uo-half years in the Ready
'...Trn. In the case Of a high
school student a dcfcrmcnt o.
D. 10 one year is authorized for
the completion Of his schooling
In the case OF men already
serving in a reserve unit in the
g" group II to 90, and in an
enlistment program not author
ling an active duty tour. a
change Of category may be eff
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

en- got Kick out of c. c. Soles and Sons ad in tho
discount Days section. First line in the free fof
Secton read You'll wonder where the iey went -
And I'll bet you didn't even recognize the tooth
paste commercial with new dress ~ 'o''
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
CONGRATULATIONS
IN ORDER

Congratulations to the Sheriff's
Department of Columbus County are
in order for their apprehension of
Pete Strickland.
Their methods for experimenting
him were sound and logical. A man
as elusive as Pete Strickland won't
ever be apprehended by chance.
1t will always take the kind of vigil
conducted by the Sheriff's depart
ment.
Nine months is long time to hold
warrants without issuing them but
better nine months than forever.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
Editorials . . .

the educational aspect nor should we
overlook the entertainment features
which prove such a heavy drawing
card
An event as large as the Yam Fes-
tival cannot be properly staged if
everything is left until the last minute.
The more time devoted to its plan
ming, the better the event.
One thing that must be remember
ed. The Yam Festival is not the sole
property of the committee. 1t belongs
to Tabor City and its owners should
be willing to give assistance when
needed
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

we are out OF bacon, out of coffee out of coL
ana OUT OF money, the wife commented the OH
DAY as she complle her shopping list 'e'
was beginning to wonder what became of r
old out house that provided pranksters with '"e
special Halloween trick. It's still here but it nova
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
YOUR HELP is NEEDED

A crippled child needs your help.
Each year the Easter Seal Sale
campaign comes TO Tabor City. Prac-
tically each year, regardless of the
quota set, this community fails to
support its share of the Easter Seal
Sale.
This year the goal for Tabor City
has been set at 1915. Certainly this
Is fair proportion when taken into
consideration the entire county's goal
is $4,000.
Unlike some campaigns, the ma
Jorlty of Easter Seal money stays in
your home community. Today there
are many Columbus County crippled
youths who can hope for a brighter
tomorrow because of the aid received
from the Easter Seal Society.
Only the crippled children can ap-
preciate fully the Easter Seal Society.
But only the strong and healthy can
keep giving hope to these crippled
children.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
RATS CAUSE DAMAGE

MADISON. WIS. - Rate cause
a billion dollars worth of dam
age annually to U. s. food. prop
crty. human beings. and live
stoCk-the production Of more
than 100000 average American
farms This fact is brought out
in a new booklet published by
the Wisconsin Alumni Research
(WARFD.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

fected by applying for SIX
months of active duty.
Another new plan under the
change in the age bracket II to
26 is that man may volunteer
for two years Of active duty and.
upon completion of his enlist
ment spend tyo years in the
Ready Reserve and two years in
the Standby Reserve.
Men who entered the Army
Reserve prior to April LIST are
not affected by these new
changes. Their military oblige-
tions remain the same. but they
may elect TO take advantage of
the new program if they so de-
sire.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

when stranger is real nice to you. he
gentleman or thinks you are a prospect
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
Army Reserve
Plan Begins
On April lsi

A new plan, recently approved
by the Congress which affects
the length OF time men must
drill in the Army Reserve after
serving hix-mOnthS on active
duty. goes into effect April LIST,
according 20 officials at the local
U. S. Army Reserve Training
Center.
Primarily concerned with
young men who have not yet
reached the age of 26, it affords
them a new option for fulfilling
their military obligation.
In the age bracket II TO -
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

FOR every girl who's got the curves, there's
Who's got the angles
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

Hospitality is the art of making people
home when you wish they were.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

Inc man who said two could live cheaper than one
wasn't talking about any kind of animal know.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03
Carriers
Column
By-W. Horace Carter

i S&&&&%$sS&
CONGRATULATIONS: There still crimes tina;
need solved Columbus County think it's time
offer congratulations the officers who finally apprehended
Pete Strickland his alleged cutting
hut believe sticking the until the job is done
regardless of how takes Some of the indicate that
Federal authorities got in ON this Strickland case and were
the latter weeks the chase. We 100
calling and Federal assistance
solving crimes when
that the fish pond the TAM
driver death and the Lewis homicide need to be looked into
higher anyhow, Prdgen deputies
due congratulations for catching Pete Strickland
FISHING: Anyone any Dogwood blooming yet?
Some the real authorities fishing around here claim that
the perch won't do much biting until the DogwoodS
bloom. fisherman says bite
when boiler just every
puts lot of emphasis the full What
looking for i'll nice pretty day. with the Dogoods bloom
ing the boot owls hoong and the full day like
that should the fish biting we'll that would
your hook behind a
whose have slipped brought home about
pounds OF bass from the Northeast Wilmington
catching
rather large numbers but the size extremely small
But Ebert Shelley, couple ago, brought
couple of huge blue Dream Ebert biggest
ones he had caught anywhere
SPOILED: We understand some o bootleggers
allowing their mash spoil the Federal
been n in
We wonder this affected the white whskey
Reports have indicated that at
sale price $50
depending whether it or COD. is
what sets the price white whiskey Incidentally.
ersand that 80
urered in the United States from North Carolina,
South Carolina Georgia and Florida That's industry
which the South a monopoly. in
we can take no pride 1t has payroll but
not shadow the heartaches broken
crimes
BIG STORY: The word has leaked n leaked out
from other that pretty story unfortunately
scandaouS nature, might be locally couple
weeks This officers if It material
ICES will get people serious trouble Now everybody
to the weeds
BARGAINS Tabor City continuing novel Dis
count Days throughout this the lady
shoppers looking over the special section weeks
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-04-03

reader from the other end of the county vrt,o
that this column stinks 'S writes
:. Couid De the subject matter of the column And
1t could be that he should try reading in tb AND
room. Al 'iie living
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26

The reason the hashish can be removed from
the stomach of the camel is that the camel is no
dope. 1t won't digest the DOPE Anyway, the dope
stays in the camels stomach long enough for the
smugglers to make the trip across the border
1 AM WONDERING if hashish doesn't explain
some other things in the Middle East An American
professor recently returned from the Middle East,
remarked on the fact that the Arab seems to live
in state which makes little distinction between
fact and fancy-in other words kind of drugged
state. They refuse to recognize a fact which dis
pleases them.
The Jewish State displeases them, so they don't
acknowledge its existence. When the Israeli army
overran and conquered the Sinai they spread the
report that the Egyptians had gained victory in the
Sinai They live in land of shadows.
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
Rabbi Fox:
Rabbi Fox:
Jewish Quiz Box

QUESTION: Why is it customary for the mourn
er to sit on low stool during the seven-day mourn
ing period?
ANSWER: This is generally derived from the
custom which required the mourner to overturn his
couch his bed before sitting on it. The Paestinan
Talmud derives this from the passage in Job which
reads: $50 they sat down with him upon the ground
seven days" Job 2:13). This passage refers to the
visitors Job had during his mourning
This text which reads upon the ground" is in
terpreted to read near the ground by some author
tes Others, however, insist that the mourner actu-
ally sit upon the ground. This latter situation is
customary amongst the Sephardc Jews. The entire
custom is interpreted by as an act of humility
in which the mourner displays the fact that death
reduces ones pride and stature and brings one "cos
er to earth"
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26

successful Upon mmigrating into the United States
he became a diamond polisher and later entered
business and is now the owner of fleet of tankers
and freighters.
INTERESTED IN ZIONISM since early youth,
he visited Israel several times after the establish
ment of the Jewish State It was from his firm
that Delek the national oil company of Israel rented
the Kern Hill tanker which will now 60 down in
history the first ship of United States registry
to reach Israel through the Gulf of Akaba-kept
closed by the Arabs to Israeli shipping.
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
The Cenfer's Usefulness

The remarkable use of the Tucson Jewish Com
munlty Center-more than 177,0O0 Tucsonans used
the facility during the past calendar year-bears out
the fore-sightedness of our leaders
Such heavy use of the Centers facilities indi-
Gates that the programming has been we'll planned
and carried out
More and more the Center becomes the hub
of Tucson Jewish community activities and right
fully SO because it is supported by ALL the COM
munity and is everyone's to use
The Center does many community services such
as its operation of nursery schools and day camps,
swimming Instruction. teaching of slills in arts
crafts, dancing and athletics
The Center serves the young and the old and
those who are pleasantly situated in between All
of us can be proud of OUR Center
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26

He is Samuel Wang, owner of the oil
tanker which carried 16,5OO tons of
Persian Gulf oil to the Israel port of
Elath as test case of the principle
of innocent passage of ships from
the Red Sea to Israel.
A man of Al, Mr.. Wang was born
in Poland and came to the United
States in 1910 His father owner of
a bakery, and all other members of
his family were annihilated by the
Nazis when they occupied Poland. He
himself attempted to read Palestine
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
Thanks From BIB. Girls

EDITOR:
On behalf of the B'nai Birth Girls please accept
our thanks and appreciation for the help you rem
dered in making our Conclave success.
Your assistance in judging both the Newspaper
and Oratory contests was greatly appreciated. We
trust that we may call on you in the near future for
further help.
MYRNA ZIMBLER
Conclave Chairman
2216 E. Second
Tucson
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
Ahe hani0S
POST OFFICE

HARRY ACKERMAN, the fighting young state
SENATOR has returned to Tucson after losing "the
good fight"
The senator, along with Sen Harold Giss of
yuma mad tried to push through the state legisa-
ture bill erasing discrimination in public housing.
But the fight was lost The bill was not passed.
Still 1 don't feel the fight was entirely lost"
Sen. Ackerman says. eve knew that if we didn't
try this year to get passage we wouldn't be able
to get it through next year.
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
Boris SmoIur
The Blockade Breaker

AN AMERICAN Jewish immigrant, member of
an Orthodox congregation in New York, emerged
as the central figure in breaking the Arab blockade
against Israel in the Gulf of Akaha
The Arizona post., 1957-04-26
Dovid Schwartz
The Camel Is No Dope

1T APPEARS that the Israeli campaign in the
Sinai was instrumental in breaking up a ring of
hashish smuggers operating in the Sinai and now