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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Follow Throuqhr

There was at least welcome note
OF hopefulness in President Eisenhower's
instructions to Harold Stassen to follow
through thoroughly" when the United
Nations disarmament negotiations re-
sumo in London. For there was an impi-
cation in this instruction, and in the
remainder of the Presidents statement
after talking with his chief disarmament
negotiator in Augusta, that some measure
OF constructive conversation has been
going on in the current London meetings.
Even before the talks recessed over the
Easter week end, Mr.. Stassen was quoted
as calling them "the most serious" held
on the subject since l945. At the same
time, reports from London indicated that
the Russian delegation had directed It's
interest more at a businesslike explora-
non Of the problem than al the CUSTOM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Gesture in Finland

The Kremlin is not going to be
pleased by what the Finnish Socialists
have just done. They have elected Vaino
Tanner as chairman of their party. He
is something of hero to his country
men, but not to the Moscow hierarchy.
This is SO, among other reasons, because
OF the key role he played in blocking
past Soviet efforts to convert Finland
into a satellite.
In fact, the 76-year-old Mr.. Tanner
is so out of grace with the Kremlin that
given voice to number of yelled warn
ings suggesting that his political come
back would tend to strain Russian
Finnish relations. But Finland's news
papers, in Helsinki and elsewhere, have
replied by firmly upholding their coun-
try's right to conduct its own internal
affairs without any interference from
the outside And now, suiting the action
to the word, the Socialists, who govern
in coalition with the Agrarians have
chosen as their leader the one Finn whom
the Soviet leaders seem least to like.
This gesture Of independence is not
earth-shaking, but it is noteworthy and
commendable nonethelesS. OF course,
since it does not involve any change in
the Helsinki governments policy toward
the USSR, the Kremlin can hardly make
big issue of it. Still, 1t must rankle
certain people in Moscow, where the SEN
sitivity to such things is tremendously
acute, il not painful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Indignant Judqe

Two judges of the United States
Court of Appeals have set aside the con-
viction of woman for violating the mar
cotics law, contending that evidence was
unlawfully seized and used against her.
There seems to be no significant dis
pute about the facts. Two narcotics off,
GERS went to rooming house after
receiving information that young girl
was using drugs there. Receiving no
answer to knocks on the unlocked door,
they stepped into the hallway. There
they encountered the owner of the room
Ing house, who walked past them and
went outside. The officers saw or thought
they saw her put something in the trash
can, and, upon looking in the can, found
bottle of narcotic pills. This was the
"unlawfully'' seized evidence which re-
suited in the conviction being reversed.
Judge Burger wrote singing dis
sent. He said that he could not find a
fundamental right to privacy "in the
garbage or trash can of rooming house
where the receptacle is located out of
doors in sight from the street and where
there is an admitted constant invitation
to the public authorities of the District
to remove the contents as refuse" Then
he added this:
Honest citizens neither need nor /
think. want protection for their privacy
extended to these artificial limits and
presently confessed. previously convicted
narcotics violator is not entitled to it, OF
course the guilty should have the same
protective safeguards as the innocent and
would afford them as much But I
refuse to join in what / consider an un-
fortunate trend of judicial decisions in
this field which strain and stretch to give
the guilty, not the same. but vastly more
protection than the law abiding citizen
In this balancing of rights of the nd-
vidual and the whole public, which is
admittedly delicate process societys
vital stake too often is overlooked for
reasons which I cannot justify as essen
tial for the preservation of our mpor-
tant fundamental rights
What Judge Burger is saying is that
the appellate court has gone to absurd
lengths to protect the rights" of GRIM
inals, without manifesting any compare
BILE regards for the right of the commu-
nifty to be protected against criminals.
We think he is right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Misguided Missiles

Much Is said these days about the
grave threat of guided missiles - the
rocket-powered engines of destruction
which are expected to be the decisive
weapons in the next war. But the aver
age person gives too little thought to
an earth-bound missile that, when mis-
guided, strikes human and inanimate
targets daily and that annually piles UP
casualty lists as grim as those in wartime.
The deadly effectiveness of this machine
the automobiles killer and de-
troyer is stressed, with supporting Stats
tics, in the Travellers 1857 Book Of Street
and Highway Accident Data, just released
The insurance company's annual
compilation and analysis of traffic acct
dents shows that speed, encouraged by
ever higher horsepower, caused the
slaughter last year of 1880 men, women
and children and brought serious injury
to nearly 100000 others. Condemning
what it calls Needless horsepower. the
booklet warns: Everyone who is in a
position to influence drivers should learn
that horsepower, in the hands of the
needless, is the fundamental cause of our
mounting toll OF disaster" The full toll
for 1855 was 10000 dead and 2,368,OOO
injured, an increase over 1855 Of per
cent In fatalities and 10 per cent in
injuries. Speed was the major factor
in most of the fatal crashes.
In the competition to sell cars, auto
mobile manufacturers recently have been
stressing rsepower-getaway pickup,
the ability Of car to "show its heels" to
other makes Safety considerations, in
GLIDING belts, brakes and other equip
ment, have been given less emphasis. 1t
would be appropriate for the automobile
industry to join in issuing such booklet
as the insurance industry has published
warning each buyer of car of his heavy
responsibility as pilot of todays high
powered automobiles. For the Travellers
analysis shows that the overwhelming
majority Of highway accidents results
from human error--often due to failure
to appreciate the risks Of taking undue
advantage Of extra horsepower. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
ON THE RECORD
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
Physicists Revolt From Atomic Arms

World War II and that even
then they held back on produce
ing the bomb. At the Begin
ming of the war the German
scientists were, / believe, con-
siderably ahead in the atomic
bomb race, and it is known that
through a neutral country
they managed to contact other
scientists, apparently with the
proposition that none should
produce the bomb. The great
Dane, Nils Bohr, was report
eddy inclined to cooperate.
But the element of distrust
prevented agreement on mu-
tual consent not to produce
the weapon.
AS things developed. it was
discovered too late to play a
decisive role in the allied VIC
tory, but curses mankind to
this day.
Stand Can't Be Ignored
The stand now of these Ger
man scientists cannot be
shrugged off. Atomic warfare
is. I suppose. so far advanced
that the detection of 10 men
will not halt it. AS long as
the present German foreign
policy exists atomic weapons
can be provided for the new
German army from other
sources.
But the tide in Germany is
running against the foreign
policy. Thousands of Germans,
concerned for the German
future, question it profound
ly. They are not all religious
paciflstS. like Pastor Niemoel-
Ter. or Social Democrats who
believe that Germany will be
able to reunite if the Federal
Republic gives up a military
alliance with the West. Mill
tary officers, who see no pros
pect for Germany in another
war but to be- a graveyard,
are also questioning the NATO
alliance.
The scientists protest will
support all these. the more SO
as scientists have, in Ger
many. a premier prestige, tenn
pered only by the criticism
that they seldom assume civic
responsibilities.
And. finally, the protest Of
the scientists corresponds with
an instinct of all mankind. The
Pope's Easter message, and the
Easter visit to Secretary Dulles
Of the Japanese envoy both
dealt with the atomic ques-
ton. In Germany and Japan
there is popular belief, backed
up by some scientific warnings,
that radioactive contamination
has already occurred.
A West German national
election is not far off. The
stand of the scientists will
certainly influence it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Showdown Ahead

Congress returns from its Easter
recess next Monday to face the real show
down part of It's 1857 battle of the
budget. AS of now, slightly more than 81
billion of proposed spending has been
trimmed out of the first appropriation
bills considered by the House, but the
Senate has not yet completed action on
any. The big defense and foreign aid
measures, accounting for nearly two
thirds of the S718 billion total, are pend
ing on both sides of the Capitol and it
is evident that economy advocates will
direct their strongest attack against the
$44 billion request In the foreign aid
category. 1t has been made equally evil
dent in statements by President Eisen-
hover and Secretary of State Dulles that
the administration is strongly opposed to
deep cuts in this program.
Actually the President has offered
what amounts to compromise proposal
to the economy bloc. In a letter to
Speaker Rayburn few days before the
recess, Mr.. Eisenhower outlined steps by
which approximately s18 billion might
be trimmed from requests for $73.3 bill
@ASAA IA AlSW oPCAd4llE y. hIIlODR
his suggestions was cutback of $500
million in the military assistance por-
ton of the mutual security program.
At the same time, however, he repeated
his opinion that the multi-billion dollar
reduction in actual expenditures for fis-
cal 1854 goal most often mentioned
by economy spokeSmen-could be ac-
complished only at the expense of the
national safety and interest"
The reaction of congressional leaders
offers little indication that this gesture
toward compromise will prove enough,
and it seems significant that influential
Republicans were among the first to ex-
press their reservations. On the Senate
side, both Minority Leader Knowland and
Republican Policy Committee Chairman
Bridges described the proposals as not
going far enough toward genuine econ
omy. House Republican Leader Martin
said fatty that substantial" cuts will be
made in the projected 1858 expenditures
The attitude Of Democratic spokesman
was one Of too little and almost too late"
Between mid-January and mid-April
members of Congress reported a record
volume Of constituent protests at the
size Of the budget and its bearing upon
any tangible hopes for tax relief. During
the recess. many of these members have
been back among their constituents. II
their findings at home conform to the
sentiments expressed by mail and tele-
graph, the economy drive is apt to be-
come even stronger in the coming few
weeks. The fact that the administra-
TONS own chief lieutenantS in Congress
are so widely identified with the econ
omy sentiment supports the belief that
some substantial cuts will be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25

Brother Haven was center
on the football team.
This was in the days when
large paddles were used.
Sometimes they were too
much used.
A paddle. with holes in 1t.
as applied by the hefty arm
Of old Pot" was held to be
too, too much for the COM
paratively fragile frame of one
Temp Jones. weight 80 pounds
at that time.
So the boys waited until
POT" was away.
The alcohol and salt fiared.
and the fine verses from
Isaiah were recited, and
Brother Templeton Jones STEP
ped out OF the barbarian stage
into the full-fiedged brother
hood of a Greek letter fra
ternity.
-
The years went by.
AT first. Jones went to all
the meetings of his alumni
chapter.
He sent articles back to the
fraternity magazine.
He was not by nature. how
ever, one of these persons who
always find the same enthu-
siasm for the old school and
the old school tie, even the
old fraternity.
So gradually Jones became
just another name on the fra
ternity's rolls.
Thirty years went by, and
then somehow an associate
happened to find out that
Jones was brother of his.
i understand" he said,
that we are brothers"
He held out his hand for the
old hand shake.
Then both smiled.
They had forgotten how the
grip was given!
They almost forgot the very
words to say. but somehow
they thought of them, out of
the dim past.
The next day, Temp Jones
whistled the fraternity whistle,
something he hadn't done for
a long time.
You remember that?" Jones
grinned, as he passed his new
found brother.
Il sure do" smiled the other.
They were great old days.
weren't they?"
They sure were" said Tenn
pleton Jones.
Sure. brother, sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Cyprus Situation

The exclusive in terview
granted your correspondent in
Nairobi. Kenya. by Archbishop
Makarios, is significant in two
respects: ca The Cyprus
leader has chosen an Amer
lean newsman TO convey his
first reaction. following his
release from the Seychelles
Islands, thereby affirming his
profound admiration and re-
spect for the United States.
90 Perhaps realizing that his
limited freedom is partly at
tributable TO the Bermuda
conference, he holds the con-
viction that this country OF
ours can substantially con-
tribute toward materializa-
ton Of his objective. the
liberation of Cyprus. Hence
his warm appeal for help
addressed to the liberal feel
inRs and the idealism" Of the
American people.
The next gesture on the
part of the Macmillan govern
ment should be the removal
from the islands governor
ship OF Marshal Harding,
whose repressive legislation
most OF which is still in force
has spread distrust and
hatred. That should be fol-
lowed by Makarios repatria-
ton and the resumption Of
negotiations between the Cy-
prus people and the British
government in an atmosphere
of good faith and understand
ing.
simultaneously. our Gov
eminent can rightfully exert
its influence aiming at inn
fermentation of the U. N. res
olution. unanimously adopted
on February %. 1857. and
calling for a peaceful. demo-
cratic and just solution" of
the problem. Nick G. Loui
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25

The stand taken by the
German nuclear physicists on
April IL has had tremendous
repercussions in Germany and
elsewhere in Europe. although
played down in the United
States.
The German physicists,
among them some of the
worlds most eminent and the
first one to split the atom,
Prof. Otto Hahn, have gone on
strike. Werner Heisenberg,
Max Won Laue and Max Born.
all, like Prof. Hahn, Nobel
Prize winners, are among the
protesting group at the Max
Planck Institute Of Physics
in Gottingen, Germany's prin-
cipal research center.
The occasion which called
forth the first direct interfer-
ence of nuclear physicists as
a whole in the political policies
OF any country was the an
nouncement by the Bonn gov
eminent that, since atomic
armament was in the fore
front everywhere. and West
Germany could not halt this
movement. Germany must
adapt herself to the situation
and possess atomic weapons.
Germany's physicists then
formally refused cooperation
in any way lin the produc-
ton, testing. and use of atomic
weapons" saying they would
concentrate exclusively on de-
veloping peaceful uses for
atomic energy.
Responsible for consequences
Asserting that they were
not politicians, they never
theless declared themselves
responsible for the conse-
quences of their labor. and ex-
pressed the conviction that
the federal government could
best protect herself and world
peace if it expressly and
freely" renounced the possess
sion of any and every kind of
atomic weapon. including the
tactical and strategic. Each
OF these, they said. would have
an effect similar to that of
the first bomb dropped on
Hiroshima, and the whole
populace of Germany could
be destroyed by radioactivity
spread from H-bombs.
The Bonn government first
replied that foreign policy was
not a matter of physical SCI
ence; that Bonn was also de-
sirous of seeing the abolition
OF all atomic weapons but un-
der international control; and
tlater) that the physicists
should have addressed them
selves to their international
colleagues.
There is some evidence that
they attempted to do so during
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25

@. What kind Of animal is
the javelina?-P. p.
A. This is the collared pee
cary. or muskhog, found in
Texas and Mexico and in
South America. Grizzled
brown in color. with a white
neck stripe or collar. the ami
NAL stands 20 inches at the
shoulder. is about 3 feet long.
and may weigh SO pounds.
"Javelina" comes from the
Spanish jabalina wild sow /.
@. What is meant by bad
money in the adage that bad
money drives good money out
Of circulation?-W. E.
A. This is not an adage, but
is the economic principle
known as Gresham's Law.
named for Sir Thomas
Gresham. founder Of the Royal
Exchange in London. Briefly,
II means that the least valu-
able or least dependable type
Of currency in circulation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Arlington Schools

Kari q. Spices, sr., In let
ter makes accusations OF
chicanery against those with
whom he is in disagreement
on the subject of Arlington
schools.
Mr.. Spiess. in order to prove
his point Of chicanery. resorts
to chicanery. He wrote:
AT this very moment
children of the Tuckahoe and
Williamsburg hools are
bringing home memos from
the schools. sent by the PTAs,
conditioning the minds of the
parents. BE sure to register SO
you can vote on the bond issue
for the new high school,"
Being responsible for the
Williamsburg PTA bulletin
and publicity, l checked all OF
the published matter that had
been distributed by the Will
liamsburg PTA TO parents. /
find that we have never issued
a single memo of any kind and
the only item that would, by a
long stretch of the magma
ton. touch on his assertion
was the following taken from
the November 81. 1856. issue
OF the Williamsburg Ga
zette:
High schools in Arlington
have a capacity Of 4,200 stu
dents at the present time.
Below are figures on expected
enrolment for the following
school years.
1957-i958. 1900 students.
1958-l959, 1900 students.
l959-l960. $500 students.
IF a bond issue is approved
BY voters early in 1857 for the
construction Of Yorktown High
School, 1t would increase high
school capacity TO $500 pupils.
If no difficulties are en-
countered. the earliest possible
date for completion would fall
some time In late 1859 or 1861"
M. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25

drives other forms out Of circu-
lation. If for instance, there
are two metals in circulation
and one is undervalued as
compared with the other, peo-
pie will hoard the more valu-
able; If paper money mot con-
vertible to metaD is in circu-
lation along with metallic cur
rency, people will spend the
paper money and hoard the
metal.
@. How many students take
part in international exchange
education?-N. A.
A. In the school year l954-5
an estimated 10000 students
were studying in lands other
than their own. on interna-
tional scholarships and fellow
ships. OF these. over $4,000
were studying in the United
States. More than one-quar-
ter Of all exchange students
are studying education and the
humanities. ;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Gornishment Law

1t is most gratifying to one
OF the original sponsors of the
10 per cent garnishment law to
note the great public interest
in the social problem which
resulted from the archaic law
presently in force in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. This pres
ent law is unjust and a burden
to creditors, debtors and en-
ployers. The proposed legis-
lation should be enacted forth
with.
The collateral outcry about
good faith" Tor is it bad
faith"?) credit is more emo
tional than considered. To
enact a so-called good faith"
credit law would not solve any
problems. On the other hand
it might put an end to credit
sales, a recognized and much
needed way OF doing business
today. Who can Judge fairly
when a debtor is sued today
what was or was not good
faith" at the time the contract
was made? What may be good
faith" to one businessman may
not be to another, and what
may be so to both may not be
TO a Judge. Hindsight is al
ways better than foresight
and, in the last analysis. genu-
Inc inability of a debtor to
pay a credit-sale debt may
become. in the mind of a SYM
pathetic judge. the determine
ing factor of lack of good
faith at the time of the max
ing of the contract.
1t is a well-recognized fact
that there are and have been
abuses of the small INSTALL
ment credit way of doing busi-
ness. The proposed 10 per
cent punishment law should
be enacted but its enactment
will not solve the problem or
eradicate the abuses. At the
time when revision of the gar
nishment law was first pro-
posed, l proposed also that
there be remedial legislation
In the form of a licensing law
whereby weekly installment
credit stores, like small loan
companies. would be licensed
and would risk suspension or
revocation of license if they
INDUCED in improper practices.
Such a law cannot be hur-
riedly drawn, because we need
a greater knowledge of what
the abuses are and what con-
duct or practices should be
curtailed.
To this end, it is my recon-
mendation that either the
Senate or House District Com
mittee set up a subcommittee
to investigate the problem.
After a complete study. an APP
propriate licensing law could
be drawn, setting up stand
ards of conduct, providing for
a licensing officer, a hearing
system and remedies Of sus-
pension or revocation OF Ii
censes in the event Of abuses.
Herman locker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

The thoughts of youth are
long, long thoughts, the poet
said, and they often harbor
dreams of belonging.
Belonging to a school. to a
business, to an army. to an
air force. to a lodge. to a fra
ternity.
Every now and then some
one says all this is wrong.
especially the college fra
ternity.
1t will do no good. sir.
The desire to belong to a
college fraternity is para
mount, whether your son says
so or not.
You see. this desire to sep
arate human beings into
groups. maybe into the sheep
and the goats, is a fundamen-
tdl human QeSlfe.
There is nothing bad about
1t. nothing unwholesome; on
the other hand. it is as good as
the boys who make the chap
ter.
The usual way is for a
young man to be very en-
thusiastic about his chapter
his group. his fraternity.
He reads all the literature.
pays all the bills. signs up for
payments he should not sign
UP for, and buys a pin. CHS
father buys 1t, in most cases
He gets certain satisfaction
out of all this.
He becomes Brother Jones.
When he is graduated. he
takes with him for a time a
rather fierce enthusiasm for
the old gang, the old chapter.
the old college.
He recalls. with a smile
mitigated by time, the night
of his initiation.
He walked around the village
graveyard at midnight. and
recited appropriate verses from
Shakespeare.
There was nobody there but
the moon and an owl, and the
owl didn't seem to mind.
1t was cold. and the whole
affair since he was attired only
in long underwear was not only
silly but dangerous.
But he didn't mind.
The initiation proper Ut was
very proper. by contrasU had
been put off to get POT"
Haven out of town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-25
Presence Of the Risen

Not the bredthless beauty
OF Joscph'S April garden
Moved the heart OF Mary,
Desoldte-broken.
But the holy whisper
OF a iOeH-loued Voice.
Her DUN name--spoken.
Not on AprilS green alone
Haze His sandals trod.
Where suffering aud Sorrou
dDeH
Those IN need--like Mary
knoiD
The risen Son OF God.
Roberto Newton Toylor !