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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
UnIowfuI 'PIedqe?

In its original form, according to the
World Almanac, the pledge to the flag
ran as follows: II pledge allegiance to
the flag and to the republic for which it
stands; one nation, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all"
This language was put together by
members of the staff of the Youths Com
panion in August, 1892, and the pledge
was first recited on October IL of that
year. Some time later the words "of the
United States of America" were inserted
after flag" And in 1854, President
Eisenhower signed a law incorporating
the words "under God" after nation"
The President commented that lin this
way we are reafflrming the transcend
ence of religious faith in America S
heritage and future. :"
Now a man named Joseph Lewis,
president of the Freethinkers of America,
has brought suit to strike out the words
under God" on the ground that the
phrase is unconstitutional as used in the
New York public schools and "a fragrant
disregard of the rights of conscience of
every individual. - An Albany Judge
has ruled against him, contendng that
the child of nonbeliever may simply
omit the words but Mr.. Lewis says he
intends to carry the case to the Supreme
Court if necessary.
This may not be an empty threat.
For the Supreme Court, nine years ago.
used sweeping language to strike down
program of religious instruction in the
Illinois schools. The late Justice Jackson,
while concurring, expressed regret that
the effect of the courts broad language
might be ito ban every form of teaching
which suggests or recognizes that there
is a God" The fact that the Illinois
program was entirely voluntary did not
save it. And the privilege of New York
child to remain silent may not save the
pledge to the flag, if and when this case
gets to the Supreme Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Change in Poland

Another interesting measure of the
change that has been taking place IN
Poland can be found in the press Of the
country. 1t is a press that is quite differ
ent from the one that existed before
WladySlaw Gomulka and the Warsaw
government won measure of independ-
ence from the Kremlin last October. For
large volume of typical Soviet propaganda
about racial discrimination" Capitalist
exploitation" and vast armies of I'M
employed in the United States, it now is
giving more and more space to laudatory
stories and articles depicting our country
as land of opportunity, efficiency and
high living standards.
And equally interesting is the fact
that the Polish press, while thus shifting
to a pro-American tone, has begun to
speak out sharply against certain Com
muniSt commentators in the Soviet
controlled satellite countries. These
commentators, writing as ordered have
been bitterly aSsailing Mr. Gomulka for
advocating a program of domestic de-
mocratiZation and eSpouSing the cause
of Poland'S national sovereignty and
freedom, but they are being answered
with uncommon vigor. This is truly
remarkable change, rejecting coura-
geouS determination not to be coWed by
Kremlin-inspired attacks All honor to
the Poles responsible for 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
For the Record

The Star recently carried
the story Of a heroic deed by
one OF our Navy doctors who
was lowered from a helicopter
to a ket-riddled lighthouse
in Chesapeake Bay.
I work with this doctor. and
each morning at $500. when
he comes into the nursery to
check the newborn babies.
you'd never dream of seeing
or even having visions of him
being dropped out of any mans
helicopter. because he is our
pediatrician and a very fine
one.
We here at the Patuxent
Naval Air Station Hospital are
very proud of our baby doc
tor" and think his name
should be spelled right. After
all, his parents might have
had the opportunity to read
about this heroic doctor and
yet they wouldn't have known
he was their son. It's not
every night a baby doctor"
gets up in a helicopter.
The doctor I'm referring to
is DR.. Charles E. Look. not
Cook"
G. Street. X. n.
Patuxent River, Md.
Editors note. The Star
regrets mispelling Dr.. Looks
name.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

World War l. when il was
taken to England by return
ing British Army officers.
Q. How did people first find
out how much certain sky
scrapers swayed in high
windS?--C. r.
A. David c. Coyle of New
York City invented the first
machine for the purpose, be-
fore the Empire State Building
was erected. The machine.
somewhat like a seismograph
earthquake recorder, was
taken to the top of a sky
Scraper under varying high
wind conditions, leveled by
means of adjustable screws,
and set in motion. Within 1t.
two delicately balanced levers
sent mirror beams Of light
onto a moving roll Of photo
graphic paper. When the roll
was developed, one wavy line
showed the side-to-side move
ment of the building. and the
wavy line beside 1t showed how
much the floor had tilted back
and forth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

Well. Charles Yarbrough's
column. Wings and Wheels"
February 25). really does it!
have been nursing my old
car along year after year. hop
ing against hope that Detroit
eventually will come to its
senses. giving us real transport
tation instead of styling and
horsepower we don't want.
Now ! read, via Yarbrough.
that next years cars will be
still lower tscraping the
ground. ! assume and that
no end is in sight" for the
mad and very expensive horse
power race.
This leaves me no choice
but to jack up the horn of the
old bus and run whole new
old car in under it. piece by
piece.
John Kenmuir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Viewpoint
Lila ID. SOnnemann,

AS an American Jew who
loves his country. should like
to explain the American jew
ish viewpoint to MesSrs Ben
Gurion and Abba Eban.
In negotiating with Mr.. Eli
Scnhower. let them please re-
member that he is the best
friend the Jewish people have;
also. that he is the spokesman
for the entire free world. He is
trying to give Israel as much
safety and security as is hui
manly possible without antag-
onizing the rest of the world,
The President is great and
human man, and | suggest
that they do not press him too
far and make all enemy of a
good friend. To our Christian
friends. including Dorothy
Thompson and Father Cough
lin. | say. please bear with us
"A little ionger---We are trying
to re-create the Israel of old"
The memories of King Solo
mon, King David, and Our
other heroes inspire us.
In closing. l ask the Jewish
people to leave the door open
so that some day we may be
friends with the Arabs. who
are also Gods children, and.
through Abraham. our first
cousins.
b. Blumenthal.
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poIicinq Prince GEORGES

We have been following with
great interest the plans for
regulating liquor licenses. with
the possibility of a county dis
pensary system for Prince
Georges County, and the tight
ening up of laws to prohibit
pin-ball payoffS.
Let us hope that our State
Delegates and Senators are
successful in passing laws that
will indicate TO prospective
business investors that the
economy of Prince Georges
County is not based on protect
ing the shady dealings of some
taverns Including those which
pose as restaurants. nor en-
couraging rackets and GAM
bling.
My personal attitude regard
ing liquor is we'll known: how
ever. there is one aspect Of
Senator Wheatley'S bill that l
would like TO have clarified.
l am of the opinion that most
package store dealers are in
a different category from the
tavern owners. l have sat IN
hearings with both groups. Let
us hope that strict regulations
and the resembling of licenses
will result in cleaning up our
present situation and not
penalize the package stores TO
the extent that taverns are left
freer to continue their type
of business.
Our delegates to Annapolis
deserve our deepest gratitude
for their courageous stand
against pin-ball payoffs. Dele
gate Hervey G. Machen is
absolutely right when he MAIN
tainS that the Federal gam
bling stamp paid for pin-ball
machines must be considered
evidence that the intention of
the owner is TO engage in
gambling.
Doesn't il become a ques-
ton OF what kind OF a county
we want? Let US hope that 1t
does not drift into the type
that is so riddled with gam
bling and liquor rackets that we
shall be considered poor invest
ment risks for the kinds Of
productive industries We deS-
perately need here!
Louise ID. Yuill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Oreqon Power Project

During a visit to Washing
ton I read your amazing edi-
torial of February 20. 1857.
concerning lack of need for
Federal hydroelectric projects
in the Pacific Northwest. Not
only is there now a shortage
of power but the future for
our industrial development is
indeed dim. unless projects are
constructed which can furnish
electric power for two or three
mills per kilowatt hour rather
than six or eight mills. This
can be done only by Federal
construction. Because OF the
showdown Of available cheap
power the economy of Oregon
has already fallen behind the
rest of the Nation.
The voters OF Oregon ex-
pressed their wish for cheap
Federal power by their return
ing Senator Morse and Rep
resentative E dith Green to
Washington and by electing
Representatives Ullman and
Porter this year and by the
election Of Senator Neuberger
in 1854.
Perhaps we should be re-
minded that the Federal prof.
ects are self-liquidating and
the present projects are being
paid of ahead of schedule And
further. there is no flood con-
troll in the private dams. just
this week we have had floods
in Eastern Oregon where ]
live.
Gene Il. COnklin.
ppNdlpfOn ORGY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Brotherhood

AS the celebration OF Broth
erhood Month drew to a close.
an article appeared in your
paper reporting a talk given
by the Rev Thurston N. Davis.
S. j. / was glad TO see this,
because Father Davis touched
upon topic not often men
toned III connection with the
goal of brotherhood. We.
clergy and laymen alike. are
all too prone TO engage in
glowing appeals for unity at
interfaith meetings. while the
real issues which divide us and
make a mockery of our efforts
slip by unspoken.
Some NAV feel that this is
quite natural. since one does
not point up differences when
the theme is our avenues OF
agreement. However. a dark
cloud If suspicion. Of tension
and of prejudice will continue
to exist until we are willing to
speak freely on those concepts
which divide us; until we are
willing to go further and re-
orient our approach to these
problems
Father Davis has mentioned
birth control. censorship. pub
lie funds for Catholic schools
and the election of person to
the presidency of the United
States who is of the Catholic
faith. as tension points be-
tween ProteStants and Cath
olics. Others could be men,
toned. And If we added Jews.
Moslems. Buddhists and Hin
dus the list could be further
heightened
Why do this and move out
Of the American scene into the
world religious complex? Be-
cause the failure to create an
abiding sense OF harmony here
is but a symptom OF a world
wide condition. And it is this
world failure which. in large
part. prohibits organized reli-
glon from taking a lead in
establishing a 'onc world at
peace.
So far our progress toward
world community has been
advanced through the efforts
OF science and education while
religions universal aspirations
have taken second place to
partialistic doctrinal con-
siderationS.
For example, in our own
country. while Catholics try
TO legislate for Professionals in
the matter OF birth control,
and Professionals do everything
In their power to keep a Cath
ole from the White House.
the persons and properties Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Walking With March

! iCdlked a While NTH March
today.
Looking around for signs Of
spring.
! heard the Sweet sap dripping
doiUn.
The melting brook begin TO
sing;
Sdw array catkinS, branch on
branch,
And one fat robin pert and
bold.
NarciSSuS dowerS White NTH
bloom.
A challenge TO the lingering
cold
tCdlted a Uhae NTH March
aud kneW
The Uerndl year had made q
start.
Though trees iUere bare and
iDind iDdS ru,C.
ReSuroence filled my wditino
heart.
Louise Dorey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Sanctions

The argument of not sane
tioning Israel, if you can't ef-
fectively sanction Russia. is
a ludicrous one.
If a bear got into your
chicken yard and ate five
chickens. and all you had was
a broom handle to ward him
off with. the broom handle
would not be an effective
weapon. But if little later. a
fox got into the chicken yard
and started to eat chickens.
would you say, We'll, l didn't
use the broom handle on the
bear, so. therefore, it wouldn't
be fair to use it on the fox"
Joseph l.. Duvall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

Negroes are violated. One has
to do little more than open
the paper to uncover illustra-
ton after illustration where
the religious ethic. corrhIon TO
all of us. needs firm applica-
ton. If this ethic is lacking,
it is not the fault of police or
the courts as much as our
own.
In short. appealing for
brotherhood is fine. but we
must do more. We must accept
our genuine differences, place
them in their proper perspec-
tive and get on with the fusi-
ness at hand. That means
creating brotherhood, in fact
by together demonstrating our
common belief in the inherent
dignity and worth Of all
human life.
Rev. David Hicks MACPHERSON.
Minister. Universallst Church
Of Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
'White-Outs,' Dust Arctic Hazards
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

Two major difficulties of liv-
ing in the Arctic-and espe-
cially of military operations
are being solved by engineers
of the Army's Greenland Task
Force.
Perhaps the weirdest, of all
polar phenomena is the white
out" The air is filled with
very fine ice crystals and water
droplets. Everything is i'm
mersed in an all-encompassing
whiteness. Visibility is as bad
as on the blacklist of nights.
A popularity Of this white
darkness over the eternal white
snow is that there is no up
or down" perceptible to the
human senses. except that a
man on foot can locate down"
by the pressure on the soleS of
his feet.
A companion walking beside
one may suddenly seem to be
floating in the air a few feet
ahead. This is a particularly
dangerous condition for air.
planes. There is no way in
which a pilot can locate the
surface of the ice cap. The
"white-out" is the major cause
for plane crashes in the Ant
arctic. Their present expert
ments indicate that it soon
will be possible to clear fairly
large areas. big enough for
plane landings. by means of
seeding" essentially tn e
method used in artificial rain
production. which will turn
the finely dispersed water
droplets and ice crystals into
some sort of precipitation:
A "White-out," after all, is
not much different in principle
from a heavy cloud on the
surface.
Problem of Crevasses
The second problem is that of
negotiating crevasses-night-
mare of all land travel in polar
regions. Near the camp at
Thule is one of the worst
crevassed areas in the world
1t extends at least so miles
inland. These great chasms
in the ice are due to the enor-
nous stresses to which the
flowing ice is subjected. They
extend downward for hundreds
Of feet. A vehicle, moving
slowly and cautiously, will
suddenly drop out of sight.
Possibilities of rescue are often
quite small.
CrevaSSeS are not apparent
on the surface. When one of
the great ice cracks opens it
is completely rooted over with
lightly compacted snow in a
few days. Apparently there is
no break.
The Army Engineers now
are operating in Greenland
the first successful crevasse
detector, an electronic device
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

carried on a long arm in front
of a weasel tractor. When it
gets over an ice chasm it auto
matically sounds a warning, so
that tie driver can stop in
time. 1t gives no indication,
however. Of the direction of
the crack. The tractor crew
must get out and probe
through the snow to deter
mine this.
Crevasses on major trails
leading onto the ice cap now
have been located by this
means and sections filled with
closely compacted snow to
make roads. Bridges would
be insufficient, since the edges
Of the break may be shifting
constantly back and forth.
The trails are lined on each
side by buried electric wires
through which flows con-
stantly a 300-volt current.
Tractors and other vehicles
must stay between these wires.
This is one place where even
the most reckless drivers never
venture off the marked trails.
Once well on the ice cap
there is little danger of run
ming into crevaSses but navi-
CATION becomes extremely diff
f1cult-probably more difficult
than on the open sea. In
summer, on some days. drivers
are guided by the sun, and in
winter. sometimes, they can
take sights on the stars. Most
of the time, however, both sun
and stars are invisible in the
intense White-outs and all
navigation must be by dead
reckoning.
Dust Is a Hazard
Curiously enough, one of the
worst problems Of trail-build-
ing in this land of eternal ice
is dust. The tractor trails are
covered with a thin layer Of
earth and rock. The high
winds blow this to the sides.
1t abSorbs solar heat and the
ice meltS under it.
AS a result the trail seems
to rise in the air. Originally
the sides were about level with
the roadbed. In a few days
there are shoulders feet high
where the ice has melted.
One Of the discoveries of the
engineers has been a new
building material-snow ce-
ment. They are using a Swiss
snowploW, to break trails and
open trenches, which has
proved quite successful in
keeping open Alpine passes.
This actually grinds up the
snow and pourS it out through
tunnels as it moves ahead, The
particles are much smaller
than are natural snow crystals
and. when compacted. produce
a far stronger ice for Struc-
tural use than normally is
found on the surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

is no better bird than the tit
mouse.
There are no better birds
than the titmouses.
No better birds than the tit
mice.
And, surely there is no better
bird than the nuthatch.
He is easy to PRONOUNCE, sim
gular or plural. thank heaven.
We have a mildly absurd
language, any way.
But it is old. it is beloved,
and it is efficient.
Every hundred years or so.
somebody comes up with a new
plan to wreck it.
Mostly these engaging
schemes have to do with SPELL
ing. But it is precisely in the
spelling that the history-core
of our language lies.
A better wav. we think. TO
reform English. would be to
make it uniform, just as we
have indicated.
II it is properly titmouse and
titmice. then it should be mon
goose and mongeese.
But if it should be deemed
best to make it titmouse and
titmouSes. then and then only
should it be mongoose and
mongooSes.
The titmouse is the saucy
little fellow with the peaked
ARRANGEMENT on his head.
The chickadee, which some
confuse with the titmouse. has
the little black cap on his head.
All of these tiny fellows have
different ways Of handling
seeds
No titmouse. watching nut
hatch hatch which, in this
case, means hack will ever
so and do likewise.
1t is here as with housecats.
One of them claws to get
out Of a room in which he has
been shut
Another, though hearing the
other. and watching its sue
cess, never changes. This one
never claws the door. but re-
mains as quiet as a mouse,
er. titmouSe.
1t never learns anything.
This. it seems. is a sort OF
universal law, in which we are
all trapped. at times.
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Titmice or titmouses?
Mongeese or mongooses?


These are questions brought
up by w. I. H. Of TWA, who
writes:
I'VE have a question about
the birds at our house that
we would like you to settle.
THE other day my wife
looked out at the feeder and
said: oh, lock, there is a nut
hatch and two cute titmouses."
Being of a professional ma
ture, I challenged this. saying.
You mean two titmice, don't
you?'
This started quite an argu
ment. Two suggestions were
made that might straighten
out the difficulty.
Il. That the offending spe-
cies not be allowed at the feed
ing station.
80. That the statement be
rephrased. as follows: oh.
there is cute little titmouse;
oh. hurry. there is another
one
Our nuthatches come one
at a time. First papa arrives
and picks up a sunAower seed
and departs
Then mama arrives.
do you think we might
teach the titmouses COR tit
MICE this method?"
%%&
Webster's big New Interna-
'ional gives it titmouse. plural,
titmjce.
1t remarks, in the grave way
OF big dictionaries:
THE English form has been
influenced by the unrelated
word mouse"
The book gives mongoose.
plural. mongooses.
So here we have another
instance of the mild abSurdity
of our beloved language.
You might think it ought to
be titmouse or titmice. mon
goose or mongeese. but it just
isn't. at least in one case.
You might think it better
titmouse or titmouSes. if it is
mongoose and mongooses. but
it isn't, at least in the one
caS2.
However pronounced. there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

The evolution" as he calls 1t. will be
interesting to watch. It could lead to
significant decentralization" of Madrid's
present authoritarian rule.
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Victim of Auto Trend

Pendleton. Greg.
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Defines County Line

Louise ID. YuilI.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-30
WEATHER REPORT

Cloudy with occasional show CTS tonight, partly cloudy and cooler Saturday. Low tempera- ture expected tonight 4045 and the high tomorrow AS.
 Precipitation for the month 2.84 in.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of ' am. today: highest temperature 55. lowest AT. Max. wind 14 mph from the N. E. Sunrise at 4:37 am, sunset at 7:25 pm.
 A year ago today: highest tenn perature 54, lowest AT. Extremes on this date since 1907: highest 67 in 1941, lowest 23 in 1913.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-30
Two Are Bound Over To The Grand Jury

Two cases have been bound over to the U.S.- District Court dby the Commissioner at Kotze- sbue. They are:
 Ralph Sampson of Norvik, on a charge of burglary in a dwell ing. Sampson waived prellimin- ary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Lacking $70O he is in the Nome jail awaiting the fall term of the grand jury.
 Natividad (Steve) Salinas charged with cohabitation in . state of adultery. He waived pre- liminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. He was released on $1,O0O bail.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-30
Visiting Covenant Official Will Speak, Show Slides. At Labor Day Conference

The Covenant Labor Day Con- ference will begin with special Festival of Song Saturday eve ming with the Rev. Turnwall of St. Paul Minn. as speaker. Rev. Turnwall is secretary of Home Missions for the Conference Bap- tiSt Church and has brought some colored pictures of his work.
 Services will begin at ' pm. Saturday evening. There will be three services on Sunday and one orl Monday.
 The public is invited to attend this short conference and take advantage of it's special features.
 A chartered Alaska Airlines DC-3 was scheduled today from Unalakleet with about 30 visitors to attend the conference.
 This will be the first time the conference is being held at this time of year and it is anticipated that interest will grow with each year.
 The first conference was held in 1919 and was organized by Rev. L. E. Ost. They have been held every year since then at the various Covenant Mission sta- tions.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-30
Arctic Sanitary Service
 Under New Management

Eli Mulch, who has operated the Arctic Sanitary Service for the past several years has sold out to Wilbur Arnold and plans to leave for Kenai, which is a part of the territory he has not lived and in which he has been interested for some time.