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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26
DAVID LAWRENCE
Behind the u. S. Satellite Lag

its small wonder that 3 lay
man like the President should
not be able to make an ex-
plicit determination as to
what TO do.
When somewhat the same
problem faced the Truman
administration and divided
reports came in about the
necessity Of developing the
hydrogen bomb. serious de-
lays also occurred. Luckily,
In the end q decision was
reached which enabled
America to perfect the H
bomb. but soon afterward
the Communists In Moscow
caught up. They had been
helped BY scientists Of the
West who detected or who
gave information to the So
Wet agents. Many Socialists
still believe In sharing In
formation" on a sort Of citi-
zen-of. the-world basis, and
this has worked to the adj
vantage of the Communist
Laboratories. but not to ours.
The demand for 4 GEAR"
or q boss" for the missile
program assumes that the
difficulties which arise in
scientific matters can be met
by a kind Of dictatorship. It's
just as easy for q "czar" to
make q wrong decision as il
Is for anybody else when
confronted with conflicting
views as to what ought to be
done in the scientific field.
The GEAR" idea Is based
largely on the theory that
'interservice rivalries'
which could, Of course, be
conquered by civilian author.
itiesAre at the bottom Of
the mess, when the truth is
that scientific men as well as
civilians are involved. It is
being wisely suggested that
the way out Is to impress on
the scientists summoned to
advise the Government that
they must keep out Of the
political area, and for civilian
authorities to order programs
completed by fixed dates ir-
respective of whether the de-
vices are perfect" Then and
only then can progress be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Withstonding Khrushchev Blasts

- -.
tor peileve the Soviets are
NOT ~ tne impregnable mile
tary posture ne appears 20
uia.S..s'
II the Reds mad the real
superiority khrusiichev boasts
ABOUT tney would not urge
coenstence on US and the
rest Of the Tree world. They
would force It. nrst ny an
ultifnatuna and then BY an
act Of baiiistic aggression.
Since Soviet force has not
been tried against America
and her allies, the reason Ii
that the Red power is not as
potent as claimed. responsible
ofiicials say. This does not
mean, however. that we are
not faced with 4 real threat
should we continue to remain
second best In DEVELOPMENT
Of ballistic missiles and mis-.
sile destroyers.
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IN ths err srsn " -, Sarc, Is - -
ara ,,ou,hara naar ana ,,,,s,,s
h,,tfo,, war are r. ths r,c,-,.
yn,,nista dacidad s,o s,.y - ~.
iessh aegression e =, ~, 4,
fine world ws are re- rasSv ~
nneet n s,,ccesrs,,iiv ,1,,ss
combination 81 air naval
and ground mower i rnn-
sidered stir s,,nre,ns Ana
desnite the large n,,nsher 80, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26
BROWN
Lack Of lmpregn0ble Military Posture
Seen in Red Diplomatic Terrorism

This despite the efforts Of the
tinid souls and the vocif-
erous supporters Of the Kren-
Inns peaceful policies"
On November Is the New
York Times carried q full.
page advertisement by the
National Committee for q
Sane Nuclear Policy urging
bringing Of nuclear weapons
and ICBMs under interna.
tional control, the pooling Of
world science to assure that
the development Of satellite
and rocket stations Is carried
out In the interest Of the en-
tire human community, and
the immediate suspension BY
all nations Of A and H bomb
tests.
The committee has an i'm
pressive number Of important
signers. Besides Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt there are . number
Of well-known ministers, rab-
bis, professors, psychoana-
lysts and authors. The Inn
portance Of this message to
the American people escaped
most Of the newspapers in the
United States except the
Communist mouthpiece in
the United States, the Daily
Worker. which devoted q long
editorial to praise Of the
noble aspirations Of the
signers.
Despite these manifesto.
tions Of people who still live
under the Illusion that We
can share the international
bed with the Communists, the
first wave Of panic seems over
in this country and the bois-
ferrous threats of Comrade
Khrushchev that unless we
yield to his demands for co.
existence tKremlin PATTERN
we shall be destroyed are in
effective insofar as America
is concerned.
Responsible officials who
are evaluating the public
maneuvers Of the Red dicta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26
Dragging Effect Of Varying Ideas
Compared to Pre-H Bomb Issue

"The idea was to act fast,
get Q bah into the air. and
after that worry about the
refinements."
This source states further
that the United States knew
the Russians were working on
a "Sputnikp and that hence
1t would be desirable to
launch Americas satellite ''as
soon az possible"
But this simple plan. which
could have been pushed
through to success, fell into
the hands Of numerous
groups, and the original idea
became burdened with q
complicated scientific pro.
gram" The explanation con-
tinues as follows:
There are good scientists
and bad scientists. And when
you have an idea and 1t is
shared with others. well, all
kinds Of complications are
added. There are second
thoughts, doubts, and the
people who get In on the pic
ture at a later date have
their own ideas. This and
that scientist would want to
add complicated scientific de-
vices. This went on until it
became too late and the RUS
SLAMS got ahead Of us. This
is what happened to our sat-
ellite.v
Asked about the Presidents
knowledge. Of the situation,
the same source declared
that Mr.. Eisenhower seemed
fully informed about the
program itself, and added:
Frankly, he amazed me
with his knowledge. ! ex-
pected him to be rather dull
on the subject, but he
seemed to know all about 1t,
and seemed to have Q good
grasp Of the scientific data. "
The same individual said
1t seemed to him that 1t was
not o question Of the presi-
dent not knowing but q ques-
ton Of his not being able to
reach o decision. When,
however, scientists disagree,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26

The emphasis that has
perpetually been put upon
the poverty of the Russian
people and Of Russian life in
terms of consumers goods
and material amenities has
been very dangerous for the
more advanced" nations of
the West.
Russia's leaders have never
denied Western superiority in
many fields. They have. on
the contrary, admitted it,
while contending that a So
cialist society, even one start
ing in a primitive, agrarian,
underdeveloped country could
and would catch up with and
overtake the old advanced"
societies in a startlingly short
span Of time, and in the very
fields where Western pre-
eminence was universally
Observation-Disclosures de-
velopment based on scientific
technology.
The launching Of the first
two earth satellites celebrated
the 4Oth anniversary of the
Russian Bolshevik revolution,
at a time when the leaders
of all the Communist states
were in Moscow.
It announced. without the
need of verbal propaganda,
that the Russian claim had
been fulfilled and ct the
point Of highest scientific
and chronological Develop
ment, the adventure into
the exploration Of outer
space.
1t announced without the
need Of further elaboration
that a backward" and
"underdeveloped" nation. 40
years ago a land largely Of
illiterate peasants, had pro-
crossed into the 20th--or the
2lst-century at a hitherto
unprecedented rapidity.
That this accomplishment
has been achieved at an
enormous cost Of sweat,
blood. and tears endured by
the Russian people; that it
has required perpetual post
4 ponement Of hopes for an
easier. more comfortable life;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26

Seeking to pinpcint respon-
sibility as to why the Soviets
took the lead In launching
"Sputniks" and why Amer.
icas may be tagging In the
missile race is like trying to
find q needle in & haystack.
The story Is the familiar one
Of everybody having q differ
emit idea and Of the tendency
Of many scientists to present
varying ideas, 90 that no de-
cisiOns were reached.
The reason 1t Is familiar is
that the same thing hap
pened-but fortunately with
out disastrous results when
the hydrogen bomb was be-
ing developed. Leading scien-
lists we're reported to have
told the Truman administra-
ton. for instance, as late as
the autumn of 1919 that the
hydrogen bomb should not be
developed for moral rea-
sons" that It was not "feas-
ible," and there were ''insuf-
ilcient facilities and scientific
personnel to carry on the de-
velopment." and that It twas
not politically desirable"
Those were the days when
some Of the scientists arro-
gated to themselves the role
Of political advisers role
some Of them have since
maintained in their repeated
opposition to further tests Of
the H-bonb despite Russia's
continuance Of testing. Yet it
is by testing and experiment.
ing that the Soviets have
gone ahead. e
It would be wrong to gen.
eralize on the ways Of scien-
lists. though some of them
win have to bear the respon-
sibility for Americas recent
defeats. Thus, one of the
best-informed men In the
Government, himself a scien-
fist here who has been on the
inside Of what's been hap
pening in the missile and
satellite field, describes the
planning on the satellite this
way:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26

BOSS Khrushchev has
stepped up his campaign Of
guided missile rafting. With
In 10 days he gave lengthy
interviews. first to United
Press Correspondent Henry
Shapiro and then to Q three
newspaperman team headed
BY William n. Hearst, IT.,
publisher Of The Hearst news
papers.
In both interviews. exceed
ing 5000 words each. he en-
phasized Russia's complete
victory in guided missiles
over the free world and that
America faces total destruc-
ton in the event Of Q war.
The only alternative left
to us, according to Khru-
ehchev. Is to give up al our
defensive alliances, suspend
all further work In nom
conventional weapons, dump
our stockpiles Of A and H
bombs into the ocean and
proceed cheerfully on q policy
Of co-existence and ''eco-
1onic competition" with the
rJSSR. Communist China and
their satellite countries.
The Kremiin boss Is ut
present engaged in . CAM
paign Of unprecedented dip-
lomatic terrorism. He ex-
poets it to result ~ in slow
ing down the impetus of our
building guided missiles of
all types and l2) to break up
the existing alliances of the
free world which would make
things highly uncomfortable
should Soviet Russia decide
to push further its plans for
world domination.
While there still is confu-
sion in administration quar-
tiers over how to cope with
Russia's scientific advances
shown In the launching Of
the Sputniks, the wave Of
panic which prevailed imme-
diately after their launching
has considerably subsidized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26

measured, instead Of waiting
indefinitely for the debate on
the drawing boards to be re-
solved.
Important above all else
now is not the next satellite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-26

but the long-range missile
and the antimissile weap-
ons being successfully de-
veloped in American military
and scientific projects.
Reproduction Rishts ReservedJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

1He SUNDAY STAR MAGAZINE WASHINGTON o c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

economy of operation. For instance.
Louis ST. Charles of the Department
of Corrections received a cash award
of Sl05 for developing a soap made of
I've and waste fats from slaughtered
animals, thus saving his department
$1,000 a year in soap purchases.
Most District jobs are under Civil
Service or some form of merit system
Actually, there are % different pay
schedules The jobs carry fringe
benefits, such as annual and sick
leave, retirement pay, life insurance,
unemployment compensation, injury
compensation. overtime pay provi-
sions, longevity increases and holidays.
In-Service training programs in the
various departments include instruc-
ton in firSt-aid, judo, use of firearms,
arson detection, housing inspection
and food inspection, among others
Interested in working for the city?
Municipal employment officers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Continued From Preceding Page

would be glad TO see you if you're a
qualified stenographer or an engineer.
the District Personnel ONCE in
Room 2l0, at 499 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, is the focal point for job
applicants. II services only about
5000 positions, but a promising
prospect for some other job will be
referred to the proper place. such as
the Board of Education, District
Library, Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board. Court System. Police and
Fire Departments, Recreation Depart
ment or Redevelopment Land Agency.
The city uses several recruitment
sources, including the Civil Service
Commission, the United States En-
ployment Service. Interdepartmental
Placement Committee, Public Admin
istration Clearing House, American
Municipal Association, various pro-
fesSional societies and other cities
and States and Federal agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
Sullivan, Weiss
Named Agoin to
IAI!-Muson-Dixon

BALTIMORE, Mar. 5 Dr.
Jack Sullivan. sharp-shooter
from Mount St. Mary's, and
Frank Weiss of American Uni
Iversity. are the followers among
firSt-team members of the ALL
Mason-Dixon Conference basket
ball team, picked by the Is
coaches and announced today.
Sullivan. former star at st.
Anthony High School in WASH
ington, was a unanimous choice
in making the team for the
third straight year. It was the
second time for Weiss. Other
first-team members are Leon
Hawker Of Hampden Sydney.
George Welsh of Baltimore and
Jim Staitl of Loyola.
Roger Meyer. Baltimore; Burt
Sheing, Mount st. Mary's; Sloan
Stewart, Western Maryland; Ken
Joyner, Randolph Macon, and
Bill Toomy. Roanoke, made the
second team, while given hon.
orable mention were Marty
Mitchell and Bill Ulber, both
of Catholic u; Larry Pence,
Bridgewater; Bill Civiletty Johns
Hopkins, and Dick Sperger, Roa-
noke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
AU, Gu Favored
In League Swim

American University and Cath.
Ole University figured tC
dominate the Mason-Dixon Con-
ference swimming championship.
which wind up starting at 1896
pm today at AU.
Trials were held yesterday
with AU qualifying IL for today's
finals and Gu qualifying eight
Loyola qualified six, Randolph
Macon. four, and Roanoke, three
4 Two conference records were
broken. Chuck Bailey OF AL
broke his own mark of 5:22.l in
the 440-yard freestyle by a whop.
ping l0.l seconds and also wor
the 220-yard freestyle qualifying
race. Will Caterson of Roanoke
swan the l00-yard freestyle in
$40 seconds TO shave seven
tenths of a second from the
former record. He also won the
50-yard freestyle.
AU assured itself Of a clean
sweep in the go freestyle by
taking all four qualifying spots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
RundIey, Shorror,
Marshall, Wright,
Flora Make AII-SC

Rod Hundley of West Virginia
is a unanimous choice for the
All-Southern Conference basket
ball team chosen by the South
ern Conference Sports Writers
Association.
Lloyd Sharrar of West Vir-
ginia also made the first five, as
did Lee Marshall and Dom Flora
of Washington g. Lee and Dick
Wright of Furman.
Second team, Gene Guarilia. George
WASHINGTON; Arthur Lambiotte. Rich
mond; Clayton Coates, Virginia Tech;
Terry Penn. Virginia Tech; Warren
Mitchell. Richmond
Third team. Colin Mintz Davidson;
Bob Hoitsmar william & Mary; Roy
Peschel, Richmond; Dick Wherry. the
CITADEL; Don Enseiken, William 8; Mary.
Hon oraole mention Clayce Kishbaugh
ard Bob Smith, West Virginia; Dave
Kuhn and Lewis Mills. Virginia Tech;
Byron Plnson. Furman; Teddy Weeks.
thu. Citadel; Barry storick, WASHINGTON
& Lee Bill Telasky. GeorRe Wasninston;
i'm kaplan, William & Mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
Two P|ayoffs
Feature Brief
School Slate

Two playoff games, one league
game and practice game are
all that will be played by the
are as scholastic basketball
teams today.
st. Johns and DeMatha play
off for the Catholic League run
nerup spot at 8 pm. at Carroll
and Calvert County plays Great
Mills at 8 pm. at LaPlata
BladenSburg and Bethesda
Chevy Chase wind up regular
season play in a Maryland BIZ
County League game at 8 pm. at
B-CC. while Luther Jackson
travels to Fairmont Heights for
a practice game at / pm.
The st. John 's-DeMatha win
ner will play Dunbar of the
Interhigh league Thursday
afternoon in the preliminary to
the City Championship game be-
tween Cardozo and Gonzaga, and
will qualify as the second Wash
ington team in the Knights of
Columbus tournament at the end
of the month.
Calvert County and Great
Mills play for a berth in the
Maryland District 2. class B
tournament at Suitland Friday,
while B-CC will be attempting
to improve its 15-4 record in a
game with Suitland C10-9). No
matter who wins this game,
neither teams league position
will change. B-CC is in second
place at go while Suitland is in
fifth at At.
Luther jackson and Fairmont
Heights will be warming up for
State tournaments in Virginia
and Maryland, respectively, in a
practice game today and another
at Luther Jackson Thursday.
Luther jackson, runnerup to
Parker-Gray in Virginia's Dis
trict Group II Virginia Inter-
scholastic Association, joins the
Bulldogs in the State semifnsls
at Virginia State College Friday.
Fairmont Heights will compete
in the Maryland State tourna-
ment for Negro high schools at
Morgan State College Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
BY SID SUSSMAN

Cardo2o, Interhigh and D. c.
Public High tournament cham
pion, and Gonzaga, Catholic
League titleholder. clash at Uline
Arena Thursday for the City
Championship and the Eagles
had best beware of Herb
GLADDEN..
GLADDEN.. 6-foot-l senior vet
eran of three varsity campaigns
mostly as a reserve. continued
an amazing late season squirt
yesterday to pace the Clerks to a
$3.50 rout of Dunbar for the
Public High tourney title before
en- enthusiastic crowd OF 1900
at Tech High.
Dunbar, victimized by Cardozo
for the third time in four meet
ings. meets the winner OF to-
nights St. John's-DeMatha game
in a preliminary to the City
Championship contest.
Coach Has No Explanation
Coach Frank Bolden Of Car
doz0 actually has no exp,ana tion
for the sudden surge Of GLADDEN..
the unsung reserve who turned
out TO be a vital factor in the
Clerks compilation of an 1873
record this year.
Herbs ny best shooter. floor
man ara rebounder-in scrim-
mage But he always choked up
in the games. Until recently.
that is. Now. l don know what
Id do without him in there.
Bolden said.
Cardo2o. which lost only TO
Roosevelt. Dunbar and St.
Johns. shows no signs of slowing
down. II buried Dunbar under a
secord-halt avalanche yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
Scholastic AII-Stor Game
RescheduIed Morch17

night. decided to allow the
private schools to beef up their
squad with five players from
prep schools. AS a result, Lew
Luce and Doug Moe of Bulls,
Bill Tallant and Bob James of
Woodward and Joe Bellino of
Columbian were named to the
private school squad with seven
private school boys.
Luce, Tallant and Porter Shreve
of st. Adams are repeaters from
last years game. which was
played between the All-Highs
and All-Preps. Luce also was the
most valuable players for the
All-Highs the previous year.
Catholic League coaches picked
two repeaters, Ernie Cage OF
IDeMatha and Tony Carroll of
Georgetown Prep. Cage was the
most valuable player for the ALL
Props last year as he led them
to a 77-54 victory with an 49,
point performance.
The private school team will
be coached by Bob (Snakey)
Graham of St. Adams and AL
Sleepy Thompson of st. Step
hens while the Catholic League
squad will be handled by Tommy
|OKeefe of Gonzaga's champion
ship team and either Joe Gala
CHER of ST. Johns or Morgan
Wooten of DeMatha, depending
on which team wins the run
nerup spot in the Catholic
League tonight.
The All-Star game will be
by a contest at / pm.
between teams in the l2-and-
under class from the Jelleff and
Eastern branches of the Bows
Club of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
CARDOZO TAKES TOURNEY TITLE
GLADDEN. Poses Threat
To Gonzogo Thursday

to win handily after being on the
short end of a 27-25 score at
intermission.
But change Of offensive tao
tics and defense so harrassing
and impregnable that it COM
pletely frustrated Dunbar were
responsible for turning the tide
Dunbar could make good on only
Is Of its 81 shots while the
Clerks were sinking 81 of 46.
Bolden also credited AL Dutch
rebounding sensation who holds
the school record with 20 in a
game. and Tom Stephens. the
fancy floor leader, with much
Of the teams success. Dutch and
GLADDEN. each had II points
yesterday.
Dunbar Coach PessimiStfc
AS far as Gonzaga goes. Boil
dens only comment was that
the Eagles are a good club but
he is glad that he isn't playing
ST Johns.
Coach Lou Williams of Dun
bar, who probably has a better
line on Cardozo than anybody
slse. Went Bolden one better by
saying that Cardozo would whip
Gonzaga on its bench strength
alone. He was bit pessimistic
over his own chances against st.
Johns. which he thought was a
sh0G-in tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05

Totals - Is Is Totals 1914
Hsltti:ne score: 21-25, Dunbar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
BY DICK TIERNEY

The 18th annual Scholastic
All-Star basketball game. orr
ginally scheduled March 16, in
stead will be played at. Fort
Myer at 3 pm. March IT.
Chairman Charles Ficco an
nounced at a meeting at St.
Johns last night that the date
for the game. which matches all
stars from the Catholic League
and the private schools, had been
changed because it conflicted
with the college board entrance
exams for high school students. "
Coaches from the two groups,
in selecting their squads last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-05
BY DICK STAY
Star star Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Mar. Gath
Ole and American Universities
open and close the first round
OF the Mason-DiXon Conference
basketball tournament tonight
at Loyola. and Gu is much the
better choice to stay here for
another try in the semifinals
tomorrow.
The Cardinals play the frs.
game at Sis pm. against Balti-
more u, whom they have beaten
twice. while American U takes
the floor in the fourth contest
at l0:l5 against Loyola. The
hosts beat AU twice, by rs and
10 points. within three days a
little more than a week ago.
The other openers today find
Roanoke and Hampden Sydney
meeting at 6:55, and Mount st.
Mary's. favored to take ii all for
the fourth year in a row, play
Ing Johns Hopkins at 8:35.
GU Coach Optimistic
Actually, GUS wins over Balti-
more were not of the type TO
breed confidence in the Cardinals
today. They came from behind
to win, 8l-76, here in December
and then blew a four-point lead
with a minute to play before
winning in overtime, $3.50, at
Brookland in January.
But Coach Miggs Reilly says
he's a little optimistic" about
today. Il think we're playing as
good now as at any time during
the season" he adds.
Reilly admits his club was
suffering for a time this season
after G-foot-4 Ron Dreher
fiunked out at mid-year. I'VE
were down for while but we've
picked up" Mipgs claims. This
kid Larry Hartnett has taken
up some Of the rebounding
slack.
I'VE haven't improved much
over last year--iust one game,
1877 this year agaist ll-8-but
three Of our last four losses have
been by only two points each
time" Reilly adds.
Hartnett is another one at Ga
In height. VINO sat out the first
semester TO bring up his grades.
He made the Deans List with a
g average in engineering during