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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
A-Power Prospect

AS far as economic factors are con-
cerned, the world can be optimistic about
the development of nuclear power for
nonmilitary uses. This is one of the
main conclusions of the special atomic
report just published by the United Ma
tions. Based on replies to QUESTIONABLE
submitted to Russia, Canada, France,
Britain and the United States, the report
shows all parties agreed that the atom
can be harneSSed in due course to gener-
ate electricity on a large scale at cost
no greater than that of electricity pro-
duced from coal and other conventional
sources Of energy.
In fact, according to the U. Ms find-
ings, countries like Britain-countries
which must import much or all of their
conventional fuelS-are already in po-
sition where they can produce nuclear
power about as cheaply as power from
coal, oil, gas or falling water. Here in
the United States, of course, the story
Is different because we still have such an
abundance of the conventional sources of
energy. Even so, however, our experts
expect that by 1870, in certain areas of
the Nation, atom derived electricity will
be no more expensive than the usual
kind, and much the same holds true for
the Soviet Union. In short, as Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold has declared,
there is little doubt that in the relatively
near future reactor generating plants will
become economically and commercially
feasible on an ever-expanding scale
throughout the world.
Yet, although the outlook is thus
highly encouraging in an economic sense,
the development Of such power will be
anything but simple and non-hazard-
Gus. For as more and more nuclear gen.
Grating stations are built, as they grow
in numbers on every continent, they will
produce not merely electricity but also
an immense amount of radioactive by
products that could lethally contaminate
the soil, the waters and the atmosphere
OF the earth unless carefully controlled
and disposed Of. This is one OF the big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10

is used to ward of its influ-
ence. Against it also stand the
powers of the good eye"-a
mirror, a bit Of glass, glittering
jewelry or stones.
Strong magic is attributed
to numbers and letters. All the
Marabouts, holy men, are. we'll
acquainted with this lore. Each
letter has a sacred meaning.
Gabus quotes a French ex-
plorer: "Isla mic tradition
teaches that the letters of the
alphabet are the essence of
things. related to the celestial
spheres, the signs of the zodiac
and the four primary ele-
ments." Thus the Saharan
people use letters as sacred
decorative motives on sheep
skin rugs. jugs, jewelry and on
the doors and walls of houses.
Numbers are used to in
scribe the name of Allah on
rings. The number five is con-
sidered especially sacred, rep
resenting the hand Of Fatima
as well as the five sacred per-
sonages of the Moslem re-
ligion.
Answer to Spirits
A star drawn on the palm
of the hand by Nemadi
women on the eve Of a long
voyage is another way of pro-
tecting against the evil eye.
Others carry little bags Of
leather or silver containing
verses of the Koran, one Of
the several and supposedly
secret names of God, magic
symbols and letters Of the
Arab alphabet. names Of the
days Of the week and of the
planets.
All this magic is part of
the tribesman'S answer to the
evil spirits of the desert, the
internal creatures Of drought
inhabiting the empty spaces,
the night and the dunes,
against whom it is necessary
constantly to protect them
selves. Both religion and
magic are deeply embedded
in their daily lives.
These desert dwellers. the
report points out. have really
done nothing to conquer the
great sand wastes. They have
succeeded only in adjusting
to them by modifying their
ways Of life so that mini
mum of water is needed.
The adjustment has re-
quired hundreds of genera
tons and the Berber nomads
know and want no other life.
They offer no answers to the
problems Of the UNESCO arid
lands DrOQram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

ANY advice you can give
will be appreciated, by my
self. six cats. and maybe even
two horrid mockingbirds.
Yours in desperation, H. G."
This column has a stand
ing grippe
Nice people expect us to
pull some magic formula out
of q hat. when there is MOTH
ing anyone can do except use
applied common sense.
Notice we say mice people,"
Solutions Of such problems
are easy enough for mean
people. All they have to do is
kill on one or the other side
in a problem.
But nice people flnd the
thing dificult-and so it is to
advise them, because they
like both sides to such prob
lens.
That is where the difficulty
always comes in.
In this present case, there
is nothing much to be done
except to enjoy both cats and
mockingbirdS.
The solution, if any. is easy
enough.
Just take care Of the cats,
and then take care Of the
birds.
Easy, isn't it?
No great cost. or worry,
even. but the application Of
one of mans best gifts, the
ability to use common sense
in small situations.
1t is the small situations.
after all, which demand the
greatest flnesse.
In this case, do not let the
cats out so much until the
mockingbird nesting season is
overs and when the Knockers
become too intense, get the
cats in at once.
A little squabbling is nor
NAL among the creatures, just
as it is among humans. 1t
hurts nobody, just so it
doesn't go too far.
Birds and cats have lived
together for centuries with
out one-tenth the fuss that
some humans make over their
relationships.
We have Just had a report
from out Macarthur boule-
ward way. showing this very
well: a white cat was combed
in the yard, and an English
sparrow came down immedi-
ately to gather UP the white
fur to line its nest.
Birds being Matched in
nests lined with cat fur!
That is cooperation for you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Disputed Settlement

My attention is called to a
story in your columns OF June
2, which quotes Msgr. John s.
Kennedy, editor Of the Roman
Catholic Transcript, as stating
that Glenn L. Archer, execu-
tive director Of Protestants
and Other Americans United
for Separation of Church and
State. "falsified" in statements
he made in an address at the
Southern Baptist Convention
in Chicago. May 81. According
to Msgr. Kennedy. Mr.. Archer
declared that Archbishop
O'Brien threatened to close
Catholic schools If bus trans
portation were not provided for
their pupils"
I should like to inform you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Cultural Center

I dreamed the Cultural Center
Was built in Foggy B.
And no one ever entered II
But poor, uncultured me.
And yet. I had no money,
For taxes were so high,
I saw tax bills addressed to me
Keep mounting to the sky.
Nearby. stood hungry children.
And old folks. poor and Ill;
I heard q voice say, Never
mind,
For you have culture still"
The folks OF other nations
Stood watching: how they
smiled,
And said. why those Amer
leans
Have ideas that are wild.
They build a hail Of culture
For all Of us to see:
While nearby they have citi-
zens
Who live in poverty"
Poor Taxpayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
More Jefferson Quotes

Doris Bruffey in q letter
sought to remind me that al
though Thomas Jefferson de-
plored slavery, he wrote that.
because Of the differences be-
tween them, the two races
cannot live in the same Gov
eminent" At one time Jeffer-
son believed the African slaves
inherently inferior until chal-
lenged by Benjamin Banneker,
a Negro. who helped survey
the District of Columbia and
proved highly intelligent in
many other ways.
When Jefferson was older.
about 1925. Edgar Allan Poe is
quoted in a preface 10 the
Raven as asking Jefferson at
Charlottesville: Are all men
equal? Did you founding
fathers mean just that?" JET
ferson replied: Yes, we meant
exactly that. All men are Gre
ated equal Some are born
deformed: some with defective
minds. some deaf, dumb and
blind. Others like the colored
people. for example, differ
from us in the color Of their
skins and the texture Of their
hair. but the doctrine Of equal
ity stands steadfast and i'm
movable. for it rests upon the
fundamentals Of human ex-
istence.
=. If all men had an equal
start in the race Of life, and
had equal opportunities
through the centuries, phys
ically and mentally, handi-
capped people would disappear
from the face Of the earth
I'VE poke fun at our African
slaves, at their ignorance and
insist that they are an in
ferior people. OF course they
are. We keep them that way.
But I dare you to free them
and give them equal opportu-
mites. They will rise as high
as the white man as surely as
God reigns. The same is true
Of the millions of poor white
people, who actually live in a
state Of social and economic
bondage. just one step re-
moved from the .colored man."
Had Jefferson lived to see
that most of the original AZ
ricans became colered Ameri-
cans bred Of American white
fathers, he might have writ
ten other than as quoted by
Doris Brufiey. Had the hor-
rible Civil War which freed
the slaves been postponed one
or two generations, the prob
lens OF segregation and civil
rights would probably never
have risen. Jefferson learned.
Hitler did not.
+. B. Henderson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
How Nomods of Sand Wastes Live
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

For countless generations
humans somehow have ad-
justed to nearly waterless
desert.
They have come. in fact, to
prefer 1t to any place else.
How they have fitted their
lives into the desert environ
men, has become of consider
able Importance to the arid
lands project Of the United
Nations which seeks to reclaim
in some fashion as much as
possible Of at least a fourth of
the worlds land surface which
now is almost uninhabita BILE
due 10 lack of water.
OF all who wander over the
sands Of the Sahara, probably
the least hospitable Of the
earth's desert areas, none are
poorer. more primitive and on
the whole better adjusted than
the nomad Berber tribesmen,
the Nemadi. A lengthy report
on these people has been made
to the United Nations Educa-
tional. Scientific and Cultural
Organization by DR.. Jean
Gabus. director Of the Ethno-
graphic Museum of Neuchatel.
Switzerland, who has made
several expeditions among
them. The least that can be
said. according to DR.. Gabus'
report. is that they have
learned to make the most Of
a very little water.
Pet Names for Dunes
They have no tents, DR..
Gabus says, and most of the
time their camp is only a hole
in the sand, or the shelter of
a small bush. In order to pla-
cate the treacherous shifting
sand dunes they give them pet
names. One, for example, they
will call "nebket naadait's
sand as soft for the night as
a gazelle'S robe" Another is
"elmourish, the forest" 1t
consists of two or three thorn
bushes and a few tufts of grass
but the nomads are wildly en-
thusiaStic over so much shade.
In "a fat pasture" it needs the
eye Of a starving camel to find
rare tufts Of grass here and
there beneath the drifting
sands.
When water is nowhere to
be found after many days and
the camels collapse the women
trace a clover-shaped cross on
the sand. This is the "tere-
janna," or birds Of paradise
which will intercede with the
Prophet in behalf Of the luck
less hunters.
Fear of the evil eye is very
common among them. A tri-
angle, a styled form Of eye,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10

On behalf of the nearly
10000 Federal retirees who
reside in the Washington
Metropolitan Area. / thank
you for your splendid editorial
OF June l. entitled Forgotten
Public Servants"
Oftentimes We may feel ours
is a rather thankleSs task,
that is, interpreting the hu-
man wants and feelings Of
our members to those who,
alone. can help them. Then,
quite Unexpectedly we are en-
couraged and even inspired
TO renewed efforts by COM
ments such as those which APP
peared in your fine paper.
The need is great. As you
say. we should not be COM
PEELED to beg for simple
justice. We cannot support
candidates for Office in a
financial way. Our votes are
relatively small. yet we con-
tinue to hope for relief, for
"our cause 1t is Just"
Just one illustration. Recent
ly this association sponsored
a group disqualification plan
for its members. who average
about 10 years Of age. One
stated she would like to take
out this form Of protection
but because of her meager an
nuity Of $84 per month could
not do so as she needed every
cent for her heart medicine to
keep alive.
We thank you for your
support, and we continue to
feel Congress and its commit
tees who are interested in
this matter will call up our
numerous bills soon for hear
ings. We want only our day
in court" The fact that about
$50 Senators and Congressman
have already introduced bills
to relieve the plight Of our
members is definite encourage
ment, and editorials such as
yours are Of great help toward
that end.
Frank J. Wilson,
President, National Asso-
citation Of Retired Civil
EMPLOYEES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10

The country's total fire and
casualty insurance premiums
last year came to more than
$10.7 billion. The 10 leading
fire and casualty firms and
groups Of Arms wrote $3.3
billion Of this total, or over
81 per cent OF it. Thirteen
firms and groups each ex-
ceeded 5000 million in pre-
MUM volume in 1856.
@. How long have the Brit
ish held the Rock Of Gibral-
tar?-J. B.
A. Since 1904. when 1t was
captured by a force COM
manded by Admiral Sir George
Rookie during the War Of the
Spanish Succession. The for
tress has been besieged and
attacked from time to time
since l704. but without sue
cess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
CHEVY CHASE. Md.

CHEVY CHASE, Md.
Dear Sir:
Il noticed you put q mora
forum on mockingbirds re-
Gently. but ! suspect you had
your tongue in your cheek.
Certainly ! need to write
about them, to get q little
advice. I hope you can help
me. because at present we are
in a dilemma.
I'VE love the birds, In our
family, and we also love cats.
I'VE have six of the latter
and two mockingbirds.
Whether these are both
males. or a pair. / do not
know. They look 50 much
alike it seems impossible
even for an expert to tell
them apart. and I am no ex-
pert.
THE trouble comes when
We let the cats out.
These are exceptionally
nice cats, as far as birds are
concerned.
They have never caught
one, though at times they
look interested. Surely no one
can blame . cat for that.
But these terrific Knockers
make life miserable for the
cats from the moment they
come out.
They swoop at them. even
walk up to within two feet
yes, two feet-of them, and
defy them.
They strike them on the
back. even go for their eyes.
Since one Of our big fel-
lows was actually pecked in
the eye last summer. and had
to spend a week in a hos
pital, I do not look forward to
this again. but the hooking
birds have other ideas.
"The thing is a draw, so
far.
THE birds have driven the
animals to cover, and the lat
ter spend most of their time
in the flower beds. with the
relentless Knockers defying
them from the lilacS.
AT first I viewed this dis
play as more amusing than
anything else. but the con-
slant harassing Of the cats,
and the continuous harsh.
grating noises are getting on
my usually steady nerves at
last.
rs there anything I can
do to end this state Of siege.
or whatever it may be called?
Certainly I do not want to
hurt the birds. but even more
! do not want them to hurt
our perfectly nice cats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10

Q. Is there a vaccine for
protection against Colorado
tick fever?-F. U.
A. No. This disease is se-
rious, but seldom fatal. Symp-
toms are mild chills, head
ache, fatigue and fever. There
is a vaccine available for
protection against the more
dangerous Rocky Mountain
spotted fever. which is also
caused by tick bite and can be
fatal II untreated. It's symp-
toms are pronounced chills,
headache. high fever and q
red-spotted rash.
@. What is the annual total
OF fire and casualty insurance
written in the United States?
w. E.
A. The writing OF this type
OF insurance is reported on
the basis Of premium totals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Of Formosa are anti-American
tAIovI

Of Formosa are anti-American
today!
America has been bolstering
Chang through fear OF the
more dangerous Red Chinese
dictatorship on the mainland.
Let it be granted that strategic
Formosa should not be aban-
doned to the Communists.
But Formosa could be placed
under the temporary admin
istration of a joint authority
established by as many of the
worlds democracies as care to
participate. Such an admins
tration. operating under the
control Of the United Nations
Trusteeship Council, could
prepare the Formosans for
independence, as the British
prepared Ghana. In this way
Chiang's dictatorship could be
replaced BY Formosan self
rule.
ia U3d n AfcCaI-ou1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Formoso

Anti : American feeling Is
running high in Formosa. How
could II be otherwise? AL
though the Formosans are
Chinese in ancestral origin.
they have their own national
culture and language which
are distinct from those of the
Chinese mainland. Neverthe-
less. for many years now they
have been subjected to the
rule Of an alien dictator from
continental China: Chang
Kai-shek. There Is no gov
eminent "of, by, or for the
people" in Formosa. There
have been no freely contested
elections there. Chang has
seen to that.
Ironically, the rule of this
totalitarian government has
been made possible by the
financial support OF the Ma
ton which regards itself as the
foremost opponent Of totali-
tarianism: The United States.
Without the ceaseless flow OF
our dollars. the undemocratic
rule Of Chang could not have
endured. No wonder the people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
June

June is a month OF youth tul
hope,
A month OF fresh beginnings.
OF graduates prepared TO cope
with all lies outs and
innings.
II is a month OF weddino bells,
OF odietu and laughter.
OF hearts ,Dhere trust securely
dWclls
And joy forever after.
Mekkin S Perkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Blame Mr.. BroyhiH

recent editorials favoring the
Burke airport site and at
lacking Mr.. Broyhill for his
opposition to that site, I am
moved to write in protest and
surprise against the vehe-
mence Of your attack on Mr..
Broyhill and to assure you a
substantial number Of Vir-
ginians agree with his position
that we should avoid the noise
and danger Of another airport
so close to the existing airport
in Northern Virginia.
Those Of us who regularly
suffer the annoyance of air.
plane noise which interferes
with normal conversation or
radio and TV programs feel
that there is a good case for
so locating another airport
that 1t will not intensity an
existing problem. In any event,
Mr.. Broyhill has a right to
his point Of view without
being attacked for attempting
TO find alternative solutions
that will prevent the increase
Of the already heavy air
traffic over Northern Virginia.
Boris Stephen Yane.
Now the cat is out Of the
bag. 1t took four anti-Broyhill
editorials to do it, but the sec
ond Blame Mr.. Broyhill" Of
June 6 proves without question
that air safety at Washington
National Airport is Of sec
ondary Importance to The
Star. Your primary interest
is to have another airport
close-in to Washington so that
District Of Columbia business
will reap the financial benefit.
In other words. that's just
what the Washington Board
OF Trade wants, and your news
paper has always enjoyed the
highly dubious reputation OF
being the mouthpiece OF the
Board Of Trade.
The dead give-away in the
editorial referred to is the SEN
tence reading: Mr.. Broyhill
knows. or should know, that
once the CAA orders the COM
mercial airlines to use Friend
ship, Friendship will become
the areas second airport"
What's so bad about Friend
ship If its use will reduce the
present danger Of air crashes
over National? Is human life
less important than feeding
the Golfers Of Washington
businessmen?
Mr.. Broyhill. in saying that
II any serious accident occurs
over National. the Civil Aero
nautics Administration is TO
blame. did not cover enough
ground. In the light of your
editorial policy, The Star is
equally guilty. Your brazen
attempt to transfer this blame
to Mr.. Broyhill must be trans
parent to the vast majority Of
your readers in Washington
and nearby Virginia and Mary
land.
Joan NJ Dunn
Editors note: The logical
application Of our correspond
ent's theory would be to close
National Airport, thus elm
mating traffic hazard as well
as starving the Golfers Of
Washington businessmen" We
think it is more sensible. how
ever. to build another close
in airport. reducing hazards
at National and supplying a
necessary and inevitable traffic
facility)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry wrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
reader can get
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urn nn~
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Plight of Pensioners

David b. McCalmont
Evening star., 1957-04-25

inspiring subject Of the drama,
Rabbi Henry Cohen, but adds
"he changed the course Of my
life"
What was Garry Moore apolo-
giving about last Wednesday on
I've Got q Secret: Seems
that the week before, stray
camera shot revealed the pane
lists fooling around when they
should have been listening to
the guest. A violation Of pro-
gram protocol.
Here's a complaint that arrives
about once a month. -. B. M. B.
wants to know why Jackie Glea.
son comes out at the moment
the girls are ending their dance.
The applause is for the
dancers, he says, not Gleason.
Mote: Isn't it silly for Glea-
son to steal anyone's applause
when all the applause you need
can be manufactured from
reccrdsO
4
Curious about color TV?
You can check performance
against the enticino ads bv ac-
cepting an mute from Southern
Wholesalers, 7O7 EdgeDood
Evening star., 1957-04-25

street Ne. to see az hours OF
color shOins masquerade Party,
Tommy Sands on Kraft and
Duke Ellington on u. S. Steel
on Wednesday. May 8 .. All
you haze to do is drop Southern
a postcard and giue your name,
address and phone number.
Charles CT have no plans to
get married") Van Doren's first
contract job for NBC shouldn't t
be too tough. The newlywed
will host the repeat presentation
of the historical documentary,
Call TO Freedom" Zone of the
Project 20 series) on May 5.
Change Of Signals: Because
illness forced the Archbishop OF
Canterbury to cancel his Ameri-
can tour. Murrow's Person to
Person" upped the visit date to
the Howard Lindsays dorothy
Stickneyl to this Friday. You
saw them last as the King and
Queen in the Rodgers Hammer
stein Cinderella"
Also cancelled-a visit with
Sophia Loren on Friday, May 3.
Come on now. Ed!
MAILBAG: Mrs. Charts Cox
writes our favorite review this
week - on Climax's Mad
Bomber"
II iUGnt to put my three cents
IN. before it goes up to -four
cents. concerning Thursdnt
nights Gilman drama, MAD
BOMBER 1880 pm. channel 81
To me it ip0s the most exac-
gerated piece OF acting on the
part OF Ann Bancroft I'pe cue,
seen and Dane Clark iUasm't toe
much better In the last hal
probably caught the orer.
acting bug from Miss b. Mis-,
BGncroft's eyeballs looked as il
they mould pop out of her head
and roll Under the kitchen table
at any minutei And all thai
business about the hands, ugh,
The Mad Bomber and hi.