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Evening star., 1957-12-27
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
Russions Make Weird Brain Test

A weird sort OF transient
death-in-life In a one-sided
world can be produced BY q
knife thrust in the middle Of
the brain.
This Is reported by DR.. N.
]. Nezlina OF the physiology
laboratory Of the Soviet
Academy Of Sciences. in the
ofiicial journal Doklady. now
being translated By the
American institute Of Bio
logical Sciences here.
Over a remarkably short
period, however, lower levels
Of the brain have consider
able ability to compensate
for injury-that is. an un-
injured part takes over the
functions of the injured.
This long has been known
10 take place in lobes Of the
cerebral cortex, the top Of
the brain which is the seat
Of all conscious action. The
physiology Of the depths of
the brain. controlling the
unconscious and instructive,
still Is only slightly known.
After the operation de-
scribed by DR.. Nezlina ap-
parently the world never be-
comes completely two-sided
again. although prob bly,
there is no conscious real
izati0n Of its one-sidedness
after q time.
Experimental on Dogs
The Russian psychologist
was concerned with compen-
sation for injuries In the
lower levels Of the brain
specifically the so-called d
pons. q mass Of nerve iibers
interspersed with gray mat
ter which connects the cere-
bral cortex. the top Of the
brain, with the cerebellum.
or "little brain" whose chief
function is control Of bal
ance.
In o group of mongrel
dogs, Nezlina and his as
sociates cut half way through
this pons. thus partly sepa-
rating balance from conscious
control. The results:
Immediately after the op-
Grafton there was total de-
struction of the ability to
stand and walk. The entire
first post-operative day the
animals lay motionless. BY
the end Of the day there
might be some feeble move
ments Of the limbs or tail.
On the second day they be-
gan to lift their heads. BY
the. third or fourth day they
began lifting the forward
part Of the body and also
somewhat shifting their posi-
tions in the boxes.
Prom the very beginning
all operated dogs manifested
q characteristic change in
the muscle tone Of the body
and extremities as a result Of
which the bodies and necks
curved to the right sides.
On the left extremities there
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New School Heed

There hasn't been much
said In the community about
the choice Of the next super
intendent for the public
schools Of the District OF
Columbia, and this Is prob
ably as II should be. The
Board Of Education should
be completely unhampered in
It's efforts 70 select the best
man available 10 lead the
public schools Of the Nations
Capital.
However. II seems natural
70 think that the Board Of
Education would welcome
suggestions. particularly from
among those In our COM
munity who have been close
70 the field Of education. On
the basis Of my own work and
Of my knowledge Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia school sys-
TEN. ] should like TO suggest
that the board does not need
TO go outside Of the Distfict
70 md . first-rate educator
for the pOSt Of superintend-
ent.
DR.. Carl p. Hansen, now
associate superintendent in
charge Of high schools and
formerly associate superin-
tendent In charge Of ele-
mentary schools and Of cur
riculum development. Is the
natural person for the post.
He Is an educator of great
stature. creative and imaei-
native. with long and success
ful experience As administra-
tor in major posts in the Dis
trict Of Columbia school sys-
tenn. and with a thorough
knowledge Of our community
and its problems. He has
made significant and lasting
contributions to the educa-
tional system In the District
and he will provide dis
tinguished leadership to 1t If
he is placed at its head.
! commend DR.. Hansen
most warmly to the attention
Of the Board Of Education.
Isaac Franck.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
NAACPs Case

A. q member Of the NAACP,
] would like TO urge all Vh-
ginians to read with care the
report made by Delegate
Boatwright after his recent
investigation of the NAACP.
From the factual evidence
presented, thoughtful persons
may learn much more than
Delegate Boatwright in
tended. They will learn that
the NAACP Is Q grass-roots
organization with more than
30 branches In Virginia, OBJ
viously not organized and
run by outsiders" from New
York. They will realize that
the NAACP objectives are en-
tirely within the framework
Of American and Christian
ideals and that their methods
are In the highest tradition
OF responsible citizenship.
But more important still,
II becomes quite clear that
the popular picture OF the
NAACP recklessly lashing
poor, helpless Virginia with
scores Of unprovoked law suits
Is false.
On the contrary. this or
sanitation acted with re-
straint and judgment after
the 1884 Supreme Court de-
cision. For two years after
this decision, virginia NAACP
members filed no further
suits. but waited and watched
in vain for some sign OF good
faith from the white ma
iority. Eventually, the NAACP
was faced with q choice not
OF Its making. The few mod
crates had been howled down.
Compromise and gradual ac-
commodation had been out
lawed not by the NAACP but
by the short-sighted white
majority. The alternatives
we're total surrender and
withdrawal. or further court
action. In spite Of this, care,
Judgment and responsibility
still ruled the NAACP in It's
choice Of further legal action.
And so the fight continues
with bitterness and hate not
OF our making. We burn no
crosses, we make no threats,
we rely as we have always
done on the justice Of the
courts and the conscience Of
our fellow Americans.
Edith 7. Ruft0n.
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@, How many Presidents
elected in goth years" have
died in ofnce?--J. T.
A. Six, beginning with the
one elected in 1840. William
Henry Harrison died in April.
lsAl, . month after his in
auguration. Lincoln, Gar
field and Mckinley. elected
In 1860, 1880 and 1900. died
In ONCE as the result Of
assassination-in 1855. 1881
and 1901. Harding was
elected In 1870 and died In
1913. r. d. Roosevelt, re-
elected In 1910 for hia third
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time ago were attacking her speeches
for giving them "a pain In the neck"
and making her sound like "priggish
school girl"--must be eating some of
their words now. II not. they ought TO
be. After all. to confound them, she
may yet become another Victoria or
another Elizabeth I. modern version.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

Templeton Jones began to
wonder:
Was it he or the building
that began to warm up about
1880 every morning?
Before that magic hour.
everything see m ed to be
about right.
No heat around the collar.
no warmth in the chest re-
gion. no complaint about any,
thing.
Then the change began.
Jones looked around now
for a window to open.
"Whew!" he said. Its hot
in here"
It Is not widely known.
perhaps. that every human
being has a low point in tenn
perature.
Hence. a high point. too.
Investigations have shown
that in many people the low
point comes at about 6
O'Clock in the evening.
Hence. the cocktail. for
some.
Others believe in more and
better food. and some in
running the furnace up. when
1t Is already too high.
Extra coats and sweaters.
for others.
This low point. in measure
ment. is not very much.
In some cases. taking the
temperature would show no
change at all. but one shiv-
ers. just the same.
It Is like the old "thermo-
static 70s," when the ther-
mometer on the wall showed
~ degrees in the living room.
or maybe IA degrees-and
one was cold.
The coolneSS had been
working its way over from a
cold radiator for some time
and had not yet reached the
thermostat.
Today's instruments are
better. in this respect. They
reach ahead, as the manufac-
turers say. Or are supposed
to. anyway.
In the daily life. one must
often reach ahead.
In Government. this is
called planning.
You sit around in q little
room. q group Of you. and
think UP things for other
people to do. and to pay for.
In some obscure way. you
think up something distaste-
ful, such as asking the
wight what Is his religion.
Maybe he knows about the
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry Drtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
satioH.
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Donald Trenches The Star
was able TO contact in this
area is related TO Comdr.
French.l
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Dorothy Dowling
To Wed
Comdr Pfeifer

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Bowling of Arlington an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Dorothy
Shreve to Comdr. Carl F.
Pfeifer USN, son of Mrs.
Fred A. Pfeifer and the late
Mr.. Pfeifer of Springfield,
Ohio.
Miss Bowling was gradu-
ated from Holton Arms
School and attended George
Washington University.
She is a fourth generation
Washingtonian and is pres
emily serving on Mrs. Elsen-
hower'S Social Stan at the
White House.
Comdr. Pfeifer is a gradu-
ate of the United States
Naval Academy and during
World War II saw extensive
duty in the South Pacific.
He is currently on duty at
the ONCE of the Chief Of
Naval Operations. and dur
ing a previous duty with the
office. he served in additional
capacity as a White House
Social Aide.
A fall wedding is planned.
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|HondurUnS
WiHSend
New Envoy

Following the resignation
yesterday of DR.. Ramon VIII
leda Morales. Honduran en-
voy to the United States,
speculation has it that his
replacement will be Tivurcio
Carias, an attorney who is
presently serving as Hon.
duras' Ambassador to the
United Nations in New York.
DR.. Morales, who plans to
leave Washington August IS.
has resigned so that he may
return to Honduras and help
in the Liberal Party cam
paign in the forthcoming
elections when a constituent
assembly will be chosen, The
elections are slated for Sep
TENDER 81.
DR.. Morales is head Of the
Liberal Party. He has only
been in Washington six
months.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1857 :. 81

had its effect. not only in the
labor groups. but in the Con-
gress and the executive de-
partment Of the government"
In describing Bolivia's
struggle against her plight
today. Senior Andrade said,
Il realized that Bolivia was
a comparatively unimport-
ant and poverty stricken
country, a minor actor in
deed on the vast global stage.
Yet, almost without excep-
ton. 1 found the newspapers.
the news magazines and
many others, including mem
bers of the House and Sem
ate, willing to devote time
TO our case. They we're in
terested in knowing the truth
of our story that the revolu-
ton in Bolivia represented
an effort to break with reac-
tionary forces which kept
our people almost at a SUBJ
human level"
Through a most liberal
oil code. we are entering in
to partnership with your
great petroleum companies
in an attempt to develop
what may be one of the
worlds great oil fields. My
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government" continued the
able envoy. lis one of the
most applicable foes which
international Com m u nism
has in all the Americas. We,
are trying to overcome infla-
ton and are enduring great
hardships in an effort to do
so. We hope to report to you
in the not too distant future
that we have triumphed. II.
will be a triumph also for the
United States. Many in this
room today can say: I'VE
helped make it possible"
But the words that most
endeared the popular AM
bassador to his listeners were
perhaps these: Where in
history can we find another
nation with the unparalleled
economic and military
strength of the United States
which has leaned over back
wards to avoid physical in
timidation Of. weaker ma
.tions? Where can we find an
other instance of a country's
using its wealth SO freely to
help less fortunate coun-
tries?"
Here is a man who under
stands America.
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Diplomatic
LunCheOns
AreGiven

The Spanish Ambassador.
Jose Maria Areilza. Count of
Motrico, entertaine ed at
luncheon yesterday in honor
of the visiting Spanish Un-
derSecretary of Industry,
Alexandra Suarez Pello.
Among the ranking guests
at the stag MONDAY party
were Assistant Secretary of
State Thorsten Kalijarvi and
President of the Export-Im-
port Bank Samuel Waugh
Others included represen-
tatives of the International
Cooperation Administration,
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion and the International
Bank and Monetary Fund
and the State Department.
Another luncheon yester-
day-this one all women
was given by Nine. Hussein,
wife of the Egyptian Ambas-
sador. who entertained in
honor of Nine. Anwar Niazi.
bride of the Egyptian Min
lister.
Her guests included the
wives of the Ambassadors,
Ministers and Counselors of
all the Arab embassies. wives
of State Department officials
and embassy staff wives.
making a total of As who at
tended the seated buffet.
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EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
BoliViQns Decorate
Then Celebrate

Abells. Scotty Reston and
his wife, were also there.
The more serious part of
the reception began at 5
o'clock when Ambassador
Andrade presented eight men
with the decoration of the
Condor of the Andes. There
were ii on the original list
but three received their
awards in Bolivia.
The honored were New
York Times Publisher Arthur
Sulzberger, and lawyer
Workman Davenport, who
helped draft Bolivia's new
petroleum cede-both being
made commanders in the
order; Drew Pearson of the
Bell Syndicate. Gardner
Jackson of the AFL-CIO, and
1t. Col. William r. Reilly.
who we're made officers of the
Condor Of the Andes; and
Clark Galloway of United
States News and World Re-
port, Robert Hallet of the
Christian Science Monitor
and Capt. Joseph Kristoff,
who received the rank Of
knight of the order.
About Mr. jackson and the
absent Ernesto Galarza Of
the AFL-CIO, Ambassador
Andrade said. they went to
Bolivia a few years ago as
the representatives of or
gained labor. Their report
on the things they learned
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BY BETTY BEALE

Mrs. Eisenhower's sudden
operation was a topic among
guests at the Bolivian En-
bassy reception yesterday.
Someone said the First
Lady was so clipper Sunday
she obviously was not ex-
pecting to be operated on
Tuesday. The fact that the
President had a meeting
planned for yesterday morn
ing also indicated a lack of
advance knowledge. Appar-
emily Mrs. Eisenhower went
to the hospital for further
tests for a known condition
and it was decided then and
there to operate and get it
over with.
Observing the crowd in the
garden of the Bolivian EN-
bassy between 6 and 8, one
had the feeling that just
about everybody still in
Washington had turned up
for Ambassador and Sonora
de Andrades' independence
day celebration.
There was Perle Mesta in
a beige Jersey suit trimmed
with beige fox and match
ing felt hat-mute testimony
to the cool summer we're sud-
denly having: Senator Stuart
Symington. whose wife has
gone to Nantucket to occupy
the house they leased for the
rest of the summer; Senator
and Mrs. Ralph Flanders and
Senator George Aiken of YER
mont and Senator and Mrs.
Alexander Smith Of New Jer-
sey.
Mr.. Bulganin All Right
Soviet Counselor Sergei
Striganov represented the
USSR In the absence of AM
bassador Zaroubin who is in
Russia. He was chatting
with the Minister of Ro-
mania where Soviet leader
Khrushchev met with Yugo-
slav President Tito last week
without the company Of
Soviet Premier Bulg min.
Since Mr.. Bulganin's health
and future have been spe-
culated about since. I went
up to Mr.. Striganov.
"How's Mr.. Bulganin?" I
asked.
1T seems he is all right, "
replied Mr.. Striganov with a
half smile. Everybody asks
me that question" Though
he was recently in Russia, he
said he didn't see him.
The Soviet Counselor was
more interested in talking
about Sochi. RuSSia's famous
Black Sea resort. w h en-
someone said that the beauty
of southern Italy around
Capri is simply incredible. he
said that's the way it is at
Sochi. which he recently
visited.
The president of the Chevy
Chase Club. Gregory Prince.
arrived with Carroll Morgan.
And there were the Ambas-
sailors of Peru. Saudi-Arabia,
Afghanistan, Argen t n e,
Uruguay, Sudan. Cuba, Pan
anna and Wet Nam.
Eight HOnOred
The Max Rabbs, the
Director of the International
Monetary Fund and Mrs.
Per Jacobsen. Mrs. Drew
Pearson with her son and
! daughter-in-law. the Tyler
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Miss Smith Will
Become Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Louis
Smith of Ardnave Farm,
Potomac. Md. announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter Bette-Barron to Mr.. Peter
Owen StamatS. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Spencer
Stamats of Ceder Rapids.
Iowa.
An August 81 wedding at
Ardnave Farm is planned
with a reception following
the ceremony.
Miss Smith attended Holt
on Arms School and Sweet
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To Wed
Mr.. Blow

Mrs. Coggeshall Kuhn has
announced the engagement
Of her daughter Sarah to Mr..
George Blow, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Waller Blow of
York Hall, Yorktown. Va. The
wedding will take place in
early November.
Miss Kuhn is attending the
Georget town University
School of Languages and
Linguistics. She made her
debut in 1854 at the Wash
ington Debutante Ball.
The future bride is also
the daughter Of Mr.. Wendell
Speer Kuhn Of New York.
She is a granddaughter Of
Mrs. T. Chester Coggeshall of
Rochester. H., the late DR..
Coggeshall and the late Mr..
and Mrs. William Speer Kuhn
Of San Mateo, Calf.
Mr.. Blow was graduated in
1850 from Harvard Univer-
Sity and in 1858 from the
University of Virginia Law
School He is a lawyer with
the firm of Covington and
Burling.
He is the grandson of the
late Capt. George Preston
Blow. USN. and the late Mrs.
Blow of Yorktown and the
late Mr.. and Mrs. George j,
Cooke of Chicago.
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Briar College. She made her
debut in 1850 and is a mem
Der of the Washington As
sembly. Mr.. Stamats attended
Dartmouth College.
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Lakeside Vacation

Mrs. Alvin C. yelling. with
her two children. Mary and
Peter. has left for the family
cottage on Lake George
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bills designed to cfrustrate"
anti-segregation activity. They
were signed by Gov. Orval K.
FaubuS.
Although Faubus is considered
a liberal on many issues, his Ii
beraliSm was not apparent this
time. Winthrop Rockefeller, who
is very powerful in Arkansas
politics, warned Faubus that the
state anti-NAACP laws .'would
set up what you might call an
Arkansas gestapo. No organiza-
ton would be safe from embar-
rassment of an investigation and
behind closed doors, too"
This is what has happened in
other states:
FLORIDA = The Governor was
given new emergency" author
ity under which he could cancel
peaceful NAACP meeting call
ed to discuss school indignation.
Georgia - The attack here has
been via tax statutes. Although
incorporated as a non-profit or
ganization, Georgia Revenue "a
gents raided the NAACP''s office,
demanded all records, including
membership lists, presumably to
find out if the organization.
lowed any state taxes"
LOUISIANA = The NAACP
was accused of failing to register
under 1924 law that applies to
"fraternal, patriotic, charitable,
benevolent, literary, scientific,
athletic, military or social organ
izations." The law has never
been invoked against the xxx.
MISSISSIPPI - The LegiSla
ture established a 12-man State
Sovereignty Commission which
Gov. Coleman said would cen
able us during the next two
years to maintain a successful
fight for preserving separation
of the races in this state" It's
budget is S250,000.
THE SCAPEGOAT - Few
Southern politicians ever blame
themselves Or Dixie's "know-
nothings" for racial tensions. It's
all the doing of those "outside
agitators."
In this connection we are in
clined to agree with the Rev.
Eugene c. Blake, president of
the National Council of Churches
of Christ:
''No one who knows the facts
can blame the NAACP for the
racial problems in our country
or think of this organization as
made up of extremists of one
sort to be set opposite the ex-
tremists on the other side who
make up the White Citizens
Council and the Ku Klux Khan"
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from early spring when green
leaves begin to appear until late
fall when the last green leaves
fall from the trees and frost
kills the habaceous plants.
The Lepidoptera, the scally-
winged order to which butter
flies and moths belong, has two
genera that produce gals.
The Diptera, the order to
which true flies, gnats, midges,
and mosquitoes belong, has many
genera that have gall formers.
Since all gals are harmful to
plants, much damage is done to
some of .aur most valuable crops
by this group. The damage
done to wheat by the Hessian
fly is an example. Millions of
dollars worth of wheat is des-
troyed by this introduced species
of fly each year.
The Hymenoptera, the order
of the ants, bees, wasps, and
their related forms, contains the
sawflies. These insects are call
ed saWflies because the adults
have saw-like structures on their
ovipositors for cutting into the
leaves for ,depositing eggs. Much
damage is done to certain plants
by these insects since their lar
Calls Protect Insects
OF the thousands of kinds of
gals on plants, each one will
have from one to several larvae
of insects present. Each differ
ent kind of gall has a differ
ent species of insect in it. By
this it is possible to determine
the kind of insect by the kind
of gall formed.
The adult insect lays the eggs
in the art of the plant required
for food for the larvae. The
normal plant tissue usually does
not respond until the eggs hatch.
Apparently the larva begins
eating and excreting substances
that have a profound effect on
the surrounding plant cells. The
cells are stimulated to grow in
to the abnormal shapes that are
called gals.
The insects continue to live in
the gals where they have all
the necessities of life and are
protected from outside harm.
Use and Damage
Calls from oak trees are rich
in tannin. This is a compound
of tannic acid used in the tam
ing of leather. Peasants of Italy,
Iran, Cyprus, Asia Minor and
Syria gather the. gals used in
commerce.
The Smyrna fig which does
not produce pollen itself, de-
ponds on the gall producing in
sect to pollenate it.
1t is said that one tenth Of
the total wheat crop in the
United States and Canada is
destroyed each year by Hessian
flies. In some areas the destruc-
ton goes as high as 80 to so per
cent.