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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Toke Civil Rights Bill,
McC ornnock Asks House
Democratic Leader Sees Measure
In Peril if Ii Goes to Conference
BY J. Az O'LEARY

House Democratic Leader Mccormack Of Massachusetts
said last night that the civil rights bill fails to become law
lit will be due to President Eisenhower and the Republican
leaders lining with the outright of such legislation
In his first public statement the subject Mr. Mccormack
backed the plea Of Speaker Rabn for House acceptance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Alps Climbers
Seem Doomed
Chances Are ! in II
For Stranded Men

GRINDELWALD, Switzer-
land. Aug. 10 up. - Fierce
winds today threatened ava
lanches on the sheer north
face of 13,036-foot-high Eigel
Mountain and defeated efforts
to reach four starving and ex-
posed Alpinists who have been
stranded there for q week.
All four raised their arms
feebly at circling observation
planes. disproving the report
Of a pilot that one of the men
had died yesterday. Two Of the
climbers are Italians and two
Germans.
Scores Of mountain guides
and experienced volunteers
from five nations failed today
to reach the men. They fought
a 70 m.p.h. gale. Another at
tempt will be made tomorrow.
Survival Doubted
Guides doubted the climbers
would survive. One expert
enced Grindelwald guide, con-
sidering all the forces against
the stranded men-wind, snow
cold. starvation, avalanches-
put the chances at 10-to-1 the
men could not be saved.
Some of the rescuers them
selves. experienced and strong,
ran into difficulties in the deep
snow and blasting wind. The
stranded men are exhausted
from exposure and lack Of food.
The AlpiniSts are clinging to
the vertical rock face about
200 feet from the summit, too
weak to move in any direction.
The man thought yesterday to
be dead is alone 800 feet below
the others.
Rescue parties reached the
summit by a relatively easy
route. from nearby l1.000-foot-
high Eiger Joch. but they could
not drag a 3.000-foot steel cable
through the deep snow. The
plan was to lower the cable to
the men and pull them to
safety.
Wind Hampers Rescuers
The powerful wind excluded
the possibility Of dropping the
rescue equipment on the sum-
NIT from q plane.
Late today a large party Of
guides started a new effort to
drag the rope, weighing nearly
half-a-ton, to the top Of the
mountain. They planned to
reach the peak from Eiger gla-
cier. a longer climb but less
snowy.
The rescue operation is the
largest ever seen here.
Swiss police have identified
the stranded climbers as Guen-
ther Nothdurft, 81, and Goetz
Meier. rs, both Of Germany
and Stefano Longhi, A, and
Claudio Cordi, 20, both Of
Como, Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Potomac Flow Copying
1880, Lowest on Record
BY JOHN w. STEPP

The flow Of the Potomac this
drought year has become ON
inously similar to that of 1880
when water volume dropped to
the lowest point in the rivers
recorded history.
River and weather authors
ties-certain as far as mortals
confronting the elements can
be-do not cry doom. But their
charts and figures are showing
things that make them uneasy.
For example:
Toward the end of June,
1890, the rainfall-starved river
flow began Stacking sharply.
1t dropped from 80 billion gall
Ions daily on June 81, to IA
billion gallons on July l..
The Potomac's 1857 shrunken
state started about the same
Maryland Studio. lrrisotion Possibili-
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TobIe. Puee A-lo
mid-1955 was 857 900. It's fig-
ure for 1870 is 1908. 900, a gain
of 2l1,O00 or IS per cent.
This percentage gain would
lag behind the q per cent the
bureau estimates will be the
gain for the Nation as a whole.
1t puts the 1870 national figure
at 208, $4,000, an increase OF
44,043, 900 over the 1855 eSti-
mate Of 1874, 1903, 900.
Maryland is due for a healthy
increase in population, but
Virginia is expected to be be-
hind the national rate.
California May Be First
The Maryland figures: 1856
2,744.000. compared to 1870
$4,000. This would be a gain
of 1925, 900 or AZ per cent.
For Virginia: 1955-3,579, 900,
compared to 1970-4.462. 900. a
gain of 1888, 900, or Is per cent.
Elsewhere, the Census Bu-
reau produced figures that may
come as a surprise to many and
a shock to New Workers. The
bureau said that by 1870 Cali
fornia may be the most popu-
lous State in the Nation. dis
placing New York. New York
has led the field since 1920.
In its projectionS-a word the
bureau favors over forecasts
four series Of projections are
used. They are based on differ
ent combinations of asSump-
tons in respect to births. deaths
and migration.
The highest 1870 figures give
California 20, 296, 900 people and
New York 20.023 900. At the
low end Of the scale the figures
are: New York, 19,746,000: CAL
ifornia, 1860 New York
still would lead.
Figures For District
In the District the projec-
tons to 1870 indicate higher
ratios of youngsters and old
sters to those in the 1854 age
group.
The 1855 population by age
groups is given as follows:
Under Is years. $4,000 or Is
per cent; 18 to "a years.
sci, 900, or SO per cent; SIS
years and over. $1,000, or Z per
cent. The 1870 breakdown
under 10 years, $4,000 or 80
per cent; 18 to ga years,
624,000. or SO per cent; IS
years and over, los 900, or 10
per cent.
Two states, Arkansas and
Oklahoma, are expected to lose
population by 1870, taking
even the highest estimate OF
the four given. Mississippi may
exceed its present population
of 2,133, 900, or may drop below
that total.
In addition to the apparent
neck and neck race between
New York and California for
the No. position, Ohio seems
about to displace Illinois for
the No. 4 spot with Pennsyl-
vania remaining No. 3.
In addition to presenting
four sets of figures for its pro-
jections the bureau warned
that all the figures are subject
to relatively large errors" But
it said the figures could be
used as rough guides for many
planning purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Population
Seen Topping
Million by 1870
National Totul Put
At 20S, 900
By Census Bureau
By FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS

By FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS
The District Of Columbia's
population will edge above the
million mark by 1870, accord
ing to Census Bureau figures
issued yesterday.
The bureaus estimate Of
Washington's population for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

See Stote-by-Stote Census Estimotes
TobIe. Pose A-l0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

Maryland Studio. lrrisotion PossibiIi-
ties. Pose AIS
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mid-1955 was 857, 900. Its fig-
ure for 1870 is 1.068. 900. a gain
of 2ll.OOO or IS per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
The Lids Still On

Teamster Boss Dave Beck is the
talkative type-except when testifying
under oath.
Down in Texas last month he told
reporters that he would blow the lid
right of the Senate" If he told how he
spent union funds. After some second
thoughts, he told other reporters that
he had been miSquoted, disclaimer
which we take with large grain of salt.
Evidently Senator Mcclellan is a bit skep-
tical, too, for he had Dave Beck back be-
fore his committee yesterday to give him
an opportunity-in fact he pleaded with
him-to go ahead and blow the lid of.
But Mr.. Beck, who is getting notori-
Gus for this sort of thing, invoked the
Fifth Amendment. He wouldn't say
whether he could blow the lid of If he
tried, or even whether he had made
the statement originally attributed to
him. A truthful answer, he commended,
might tend to incriminate him. This
may seem to have been carrying
things a bit far. But the nontalkative
(when under OATH Mr.. Beck was just
warming up, in a manner Of speaking.
When he was asked whether he knew his
own son, Dave Beck, jr., he again invoked
the Fifth Amendment. A truthful an
swer, one gathers, might have tended
to incriminate him.
1t is bit difficult to know precisely
what conclusions should be drawn from
this performance. But two at least seem
fairly obvious One is that Mr.. Beck
definitely is not going to blow the lid
OF the Senate. The other Is that the
protection of the Fifth Amendment,
originally one of the fundamental safe
guards in our law, is being reduced to
an abSurdity by Dave Beck-if he can
get away with 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
To Prevent Injustice

Congress has a moral obligation to
see that no injustice is done any Federal
employe as result Of legislation ending
the old insurance system based on en-
ployeS' beneficial associations. These
insurance groups have existed in the
Government for many years and have
benefited thousands of Federal workers.
However, the voluntary association plan
was strapped when Congress passed the
Federal Employe Life Insurance Act last
year. That act sought to save the insur-
ance policies already paid for-largely
among retired employes-by authorizing
the Civil Service Commission to take
over the policies and see that they were
paid when due.
However, apparently for economy
reasons, Congress has appropriated funds
to cover only $4,000 Of the Ia, 900 policies
outstanding. 1t would be rank discrimi-
nation to leave the remaining $4,000 poll
icies unprotected by Government insur-
ance funds. Many Of these policies have
been held for years by veteran employees
or retired workers. The premiums gen.
orally have been regarded as providing
for burial Insurance." as the average
policy amounts to only 81 900. 1t would
cost the Government insurance system
about 100000 to validate the old policies.
Congressional good faith requires that
the remaining policies still uncovered by
Federal funds be saved by the small addi-
tional appropriation needed to protect
this insurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
A Futile Appeal

If Alger Hiss hopes that his latest
appeal-"In the Court Of Public Opinion"
will produce verdict different from
that rendered against him In the regular
courts, he will be disappointed. For there
is no new evidence in his legal-brieflike
book to Justify his claim that he was
framed by House committee and con-
victed Of perjury on faxed evidence.
Virtually all Of the protestations set
forth in the unsensational 424-page vol
ume have been heard before, either from
Hiss himself or from his attorneys and
friends. A great deal of the book is de-
voted to trying to prove that the type
writer and tipping evidence which helped
to link him to the famous Chambers
pumpkin papers" was fraudulent. But
the late Federal Judge Goddard, in re-
jecting an appeal based on that conten-
ton in 1852, effectively knocked down
the Hiss claim in lengthy analysis Of
the evidence. The former State Depart
ment offlcial certainly had every oppor-
tunity in the courts to clear himself Of
the grave charges against him. He was
convicted by jury after two trials and
his conviction withstood every challenge
made in appeals TO higher tribunals. in
gliding the Supreme Court
It Is possible, Of course, that al Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
'Broinwoshing' in Peipinq

Chou Yang, an assistant director of
propaganda for the Chinese Communist
regime, has just held an interesting but
somewhat befuddling press conference in
Peiping. Among other things, he has told
foreign newsmen that "brainwashing" is
a wholesome practice because people
need to wash their brains as well as their
faces in this changing world" And he
has gone on to declare that Red China's
party members and bureaucrats are going
to be subjected to a systematic campaign
Of such washing so as to make them
think coherently on a number of COM
plicated theological matters.
These matters, according to Mr. Chou,
include the fact that relations between
the party's bureaucracy and the Chinese
masses leave much to be desired. Some
Communist doctrinaires, for example, are
tending to become little dictatorS and
their brains have to be washed-by per-
suaSion and argument, not force or in
timidation-to show them that public
opposition to their actions is not neces-
sarily counter-revolutionary or wrong,
even II the opposition takes the form
OF strikes and disturbances. This is so,
as Mr.. Chou has argued, because 1--WE do
not yet have any definite way of distin-
gushing always between antagonistic and
nonantagonistic contradictions within the
ranks of the people" In fact, he has
indicated that Peiping now feels that
1t has been little too rough" in the
past in trying to make everybody con-
form to its DEGREES, and he has suggested
that nonconforming critics ought hence
forth to speak out more freely regardless
Of the risk that the "brainwaShers" might
then get after them.
All this may seem to be completely
confusing, but 1t nevertheless represents
the substance Of what Mr. Chou is re-
ported to have said to the foreign news
men. Perhaps 1t amounts to Just another
example Of the inscrutability of the in
scrutable East, or maybe it is sympto-
matte Of some inner theological incoher-
ence developing within the Chinese Com
munist regime. In any case, after mulling
over the thing bit, one can better under
stand Mr.. Chou'S contention that Red
China's bureaucrats need to have their
brains washed in order to have their
thoughts put straight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
Jet-Age Sample

If the jet-age airliner which made its
appearance at the National Airport yes
terday is sample Of planes to come, the
adverse impact Of Jet aircraft on resi-
Dental community has been greatly exag-
gerated. The French-built Caravelle, first
passenger LOADED transport to land at
Gravelly Point, arrived over Washington
and made its landing with a minimum
Of noise. Even though the twin-jet liner
was not equipped with noise suppressors,
now being developed for jet engines, OBJ
servers found the racket of the jets no
louder than that Of superairliner of the
conventional propeller type.
According to Star Reporter Charles
Yarbrough, who was a passenger on the
trip from New York, the Caravelle was
remarkably quiet inside, too. Music from
a public address system was the prin-
cipal sound heard by the passengers. It
was only 42-minute hop from Idlewild
Airport to the local terminal.
1t would be a mistake, however, to
think that our present airport could ac-
commodate the cross-continent or inter-
national Jet transports now coming into
use on some air routes. The Caravelle
Is a medium-range craft, capable Of land
ing or taking of on regular airstrips.
But the runways at the National Airport
could not handle the superjets Of tomor-
row. A new airport is the only answer
II Washington is not to be left behind
in 1et-age air travel developments. And
the visit of the French transport should
help to allay fears that a new Jet terminal
would create intolerable noise conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09

in greenhouses as a decorative
foliage plant. and may be
grown in the open in the South.
@. Can varnish be used as Q
top coat on painted outdoor
furniture? L. l..
A. Yes. II the paint itself is
in good condition. a top coat
OF spar varnish makes an ex-
cellent transparent and pro-
tective coating on outdoor fur
niture.
@. Who holds the worlds
altitude record for gliding
(sailplaning) Wv. p.
A. The international record
for altitude gained in a single
place glider was made on De.
cember 80, 1850. by william
s. Ivans. jr., an electrical
engineer, near Bishop, Cali
fornia. He scared to 42,100
feet above sea level. gaining an
altitude Of 30.l00 feet. This
worlds record was set with the
aid Of the Sierra Wave, q huge
standing wave" or updraft OF
wind which occasionally occurs
over Southern California s,Si.
ezra Nevada peaks. /"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Companies.

ers Insurance Companies.
Hartford, Conn.
Thus in a single year. out
of every rs Of our ITO million
people is injured and in IS
years on the present basis,
/ out of every 8 persons will be
injured.
Over SO times as many are
injured as are killed.
Our automobile slaughter is
worse than the slaughter Of all
our wars. In the 100 years,
l775-l955 UNITED States News,
February 3. 1856 in all our
eight wars: Revolutionary
War, War Of 1912, Mexican
War. Civil War. Spanish War,
World War I, World War II
and the Korean War, there
were killed 1.130.393 and
wounded Conformation Please"
1850 1.173.233.
In the Sc years, l900-l956,
the completed years we have
had automobiles, there were
killed l.189.414. And in the
single year Of 1856 there were
injured and manned 1855, 900
over twice as many as
were wounded in all our wars.
Speed is the chief cause Of
this frightful automobile
slaughter. and other chief
causes are: Drink-driving. in
adequate penalties, the RASH
ness Of youth and increased
horsepower.
Delcevare King.
OIlinRu Moec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09

making his way in the world,
and having come to this point
in his career, all by himself,
ears or no ears, little ears or
big ones.
Ears have q wonder role to
play in our economy.
Mostly they are overlooked,
or forgotten. except to hang
earrings in, and then the lobe
is the essential part.
Some people have little
lobes. We saw a man recently
with no lobes at all. and he
said 1t made no difference,
since he did not wear earrings.
The magic Of the human ear
is great.
Its best service to US comes
from the recognition Of the
voices of the kind people one
knows, from childhood on.
They are, really. the only
ones worth listening to. are
they not?
Mothers voice, even fathers
rough one
These, and others, impress
the ear for good forever. and
make sure that music. in its
turn. will be respected.
The ear is music's own re.
ceiver.
Without ears. we could only
have q theoretical knowledge
Of it.
Great Beethoven needed no
ears. though he had the out.
ward shells.
Most Of us do need ears,
terribly. when it comes to
music, because our knowledge
of its theory Is not enough.
We listen, and we know We
hear. and we see. To us come
the sweet strains. the discords.
the low Of the tuba and the
high Of the violin, and in the
blending we have the SYM
phony.
These precious things are to
us like Poe's banks Of yore.
which gently bore the traveller
to his native shore.
The glory that was Greece.
the grandeur that was Rome.
come to us on the waves Of
sound. and suddenly we are
the heirs to all the ages, and
the missionaries Of the future.
without our ears. little or big.
we could not make this won
derful journey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
Nosser's Leadership of Arabs Wones

Now. of course. everybody Of
consequence In the Arab world
knows this.
The beginning of the defec-
ton from Nasser's leadership
begins with this. True, he won
"a great political victory" but
If the military victory of Is
rael was pyrrhic, so was the
political victory of Nasser. Is
rael, 1t was demonstrated, can
not be destroyed by any force
presently existing in the Arab
world. She can only be con-
tanned. and the only power
that can contain her without
precipitating a general war
and a general revolution that
would threaten more than the
three kings of orient" and
throw the whole area into
chaos is the United States.
Reds Want Chaos
Russia probably would well
come chaos. But she certainly
does not welcome a demonstra-
ton of American military pow
er in the area. And with the
turning Of the wheels she can
not count on the Egyptian and
Syrian leaders.
Nasser's country has suf-
fered overwhelmingly - flnan.
cially. economically, and NOR
ally. His program of internal
social and economic develop
ment. which is his most laud-
able claim for leadership, has
been drastically set back. If
one looks back to the Aswan
Dam project, one can only
wonder again why one did not
give this impetuous but we'll
meaning young officer (who is
neither a Hitler nor a Red
radicaD this monument to
internal development. How lit
tie it would have cost, COM
pared to what has since fol-
lowed!
Fears of Egypt's Army all
ways have been exaggerated.
No one can build an army out
Of sick men. The Egyption fell
laheen (peaSants) - 80 per
cent of Egypt's people-are
physically i'll. The vast major
ity are afflicted with terrible
eye conditions and with para
site diseases that enter their
bodies from the Nile canals
in which they continually
wade barefoot. and that, like
hookworm (which is one Of
them will persist until they
are put into boots and shoes.
These parasites so sap their
energies that they are incapa-
BILE of heavy or prolonged eff
fort. No agricultural country
can make an effective army
out Of townspeople. And in
Egypt there is no bold peas
antry, q nations pride"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
RobbIe-Rousinu

Barbara Louise Smith, 19-year-old
Negro student at the University of Texas,
will be in the audience when an under
graduate group presents the opera, Dido
and Aeneas. She had been picked for the
leading role, but was dropped from
the cast after Texas State Represent
alive. Joe Chapman Of Sulphur Springs,
brought pressure to bear on the university
authorities.
In the operate version of the story,
Dido, founder and queen of Carthage,
stabs herself on funeral pile after she
has been abandoned by Aeneas. Miss
Smith had been selected for this tragic
role, but Mr.. Chapman insisted that the
script calls for white person, and he
has had his way.
This is circumstance which en-
bodies a little tragedy of It's own-one
that involves Mr.. Chapman and the uni
versity rather than Miss Smith, who has
accepted the discrimination with good
grace.
The university authorities have de-
clined to comment, and it is difficult
to think Of anything which they might
say. Mr. Chapman, however, is quite
laxative. He said he forced Miss Smith
out Of the performance for the better
ment" Of the university, and he asserts
with some fervor that nothing would
have been said" about the incident III
1t hadn't been for bunch OF left-wing
students out there rabble-rousing."
Just what these students may have
done is not clear. But there is no doubt
about Mr.. Chapman. He is the star per-
former in deplorable bit Of rabble-
rousing, and the most tragic aspect Of
his performance is that he apparently
has been able to intimidate an institu-
ton OF the standing Of the University Of
Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
Segregated Park

Every year our senior class
In the local high schools takes
q trip to Washington. While
we have had difficulty in secur-
Ing accommodations for the
class. as we have several fine
colored students each year. at
last we did find q hotel that
treats them all in the spirit
for which American democracy
Is supposed to stand.
But this year q most I'M
fortunate incident took place.
one with which the OAR, the
Legion and other defenders Of
American constitutional rights
should be concerned.
The class went out to Glen
Echo Park for an evening. As
they we're entering. a guard
grabbed two Of our senior girls
and with utter lack of courtesy
or chivalry told them that they
could not go in. They were
partly Portuguese and partly
Negro. We have many OUT
standing families on this is
land Of Portuguese heritage.
They make fine citizens.
The entire class then refused
TO enter and their evening was
spoiled as was their conception
Of democracy as practiced in
Washington. They returned 10
spread their resentment at this
un-American activity.
Glen Echo Park Is q private
park and. II they want TO,
they can keep the President Of
the United States from entering
its gates. But. a. II also, has
the reputation Of the Nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-09
Eve Graves Apples

I am always glad to help
crown Pickle. Cheese. Pancake.
etc. Queens. but nary a cent
will I spend on a trip to VIM
chester to assist in browning
an Apple Queen until they
send some decent apples to our
city.
Atom bombs. rockets, space
ships trips to the moon worry
me not. All I want is a good.
scent apple. I crave apples
land I'm not expecting).
Rumor has 1t that for the
past several years Winches-
ter's entire apple crop has
been sold to Great Britain. Is
this rumor true or is II lust
applesauce? Eve