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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
Vonguords Bad Witch

A jinx Of sorts seems to be clinging
like limpet to the Navy's Project Van
guard. Twice now the rocket involved,
instead Of launching It's relatively tiny
satellite passenger into an earth-circling
orbit, has succeeded only in winning
big black headlines by blasting on into
flery, exploding failure. Nevertheless,
although it thus has disappointed every
body, especially the able scientists and
technicians associated with it, its story
has not yet come to an end. The next
chapter may be altogether different
bright and triumphant, with all the
gremlinS routed and the old hex gone.
That Is the hope, at any rate, of DR..
John P. Hagen, director Of the Vanguard
undertaking, and it is a hope shared by
DR.. Richard w. Porter, chief of the sat-
elite technical panel for the Interna-
tional GeophySical Year. Both have
made clear that the project will try
again, as soon as possible, to send up
another Of its highly specialized rockets.
And they have indicated confidence that
the effort will succeed in hurting aloft
travelling companion for Explorer, the
first Of our man-made moons, which has
been getting along nicely in the high
heavens ever since being put there by
the Army's modified version of the
Jupiter missile.
So the Vanguard rocket, despite It's
two failures, is being kept in business
by the men who know It best, and their
Judgment has received strong backing
from DR.. Wernher Won Braun, key expert
In Explorers successful launching. AS
he has put it, II tell you quite frankly
the Vanguard Is missile superior to"
the Jupiter Csc sophisticated that It
is q little difncult to get it on" but still
an impressively advanced type of vehicle
that can be expected to do an excellent
Job regardless Of its past misfires. This
Is an opinion authoritative enough to
suggest that the project may soon rid
itself Of its bad witch in blaze of glory.
Anyhow, good luck to DR.. Hagen and all
his sorely tried associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
"A Bad Dream Returns

There is nothing surprising about
the new move In Congress to substitute
four-lane tunnel for the six-lane Con-
stitution avenue bridge. Indeed, this
@gambit has become such an annual
habit, like recurring bad dream, that
things wouldn't seem quite right with
out it. But the tunnel idea has no more
merit now than it ever had, and 1t de-
serves no serious consideration.
In the first place, as long years Of
hearings have amply proved, four-lane
crossing Of any kind is entirely made
quate- for traffic relief, Secondly, it is
nothing more than diversionary tactic
on the part Of those who want to kill
any crossing of the Potomac between
Key and Memorial Bridges. Thirdly, 1t
In no way answers the Fine Arts Com
missions concern about the impact Of
the bridges complex approach-r net
works on monumental park areas bor-
dering the river. For a tunnel-if 1t
really were designed to handle traffic
would cut through precisely the same
parklands as bridge.
J The District Commissioners and In
terror Secretary Seaton are now engaged
I In an earnest study Of the bridges i'm
pact on the park areas. This is the
fifst time such high-level talks have
been held, and they should be completed
I before anything else is discussed. Re-
CARELESS of their outcome, however, there
: Is no justification for another go-around
: on the thoroughly discredited tunnel
I Schene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
To Expedite Justice

There Is hope for speedier Justice
In the new measures being taken by
District Court judges to reduce the long
time lag in trial of civil cases. It takes
about % months now for civil litigation
to reach the trial stage. Chief Judge
Laws and his associates on the bench
agree that such delays tend to defeat
justice. They have decided, therefore,
to institute several reforms in the han
ding OF cases, the most important Of
which will be the setting up of a "ready
calendar"
The ready calendar" idea has been
tried out with considerable success in
the Federal Court for the Southern Dis
trict Of New York, which also has been
plagued with overloaded dockets. Under
this system, all cases certified by oppos-
ing counsel as ready for trial will be
pulled from the regular docket and
placed on q special schedule. Thus, the
ready-for- cases will be called
ahead of others. And, once on the ready
for-action calendar, trial within a short
time is promised.
In addition, the court will appoint
a pretrial examiner to narrow down
issues before cases come to trial and will
establish an electronic computing proc
ess to compile statistics with which
better to appraise the courts work. All
of these improvements should help to
expedite the painfully slow-moving ma
chinery of justice and bring BENEFITS to
the judges, attorneys and litigants alike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
BeneIux Pushes On

Those three staunch pioneers in the
West European unity movement took
another step toward their objective this
week when the Benelux Economic Union
was formalized by treaty. BY terms Of
the agreement, Belgium, the Neither
lands and Luxembourg provided for:
Free movement among the three coun-
tries OF persons, goods, services and cap
ital; coordination of economic, finan-
cial and social policies; and unification
of trade policies so that eventually the
three countries will function as a sin
gle unit in doing business with other
countries.
The Benelux development dates
back to 1914 when the three govern
ments in wartime exile in London began
to plan their economic migration. The
progress has been steady, even though
slow, in the years since. With q total
population of nearly 81 million, the
Benelux combination is now one of the
largest trading units, in terms of volume
and value Of commerce, in the world.
They are Joined, too, in the larger Euro
pean Common Market and Euratom
organizations which may some day lead
to single political community in West
ern Europe. The three small countries
have prospered individually as well as
collectively in trade as their indignation
has progressed Their determination to
continue in unity should add impetus to
the entire movement in free Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
Already Paid For

Consultants employed by Congress
to advise 1t on the financing of the pro-
posed National Stadium are reported to
have agreed on plan based on free
transfer of the Federal site to the Ar
mory Board. On that basis 1t is esti-
mated that the cost of the project could
be kept within the Sc million limit fixed
by Congress in the stadium authorize
! ton. AS a matter of fact, it would be
highly improper and unfair for the Fed
eral Government to ask for reimburse
ment" for the land near the Armory
recommended as the stadium site. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

One unheralded result of
the recent holidays was to
make Temp Jones ashamed
to look candy in the face.
He received several five
pound boxes of assorted
chocolates, the kind he likes
best, along with butter
creams.
Jones is perhaps the oldest
consumer of these latter del
1cacies in the world.
He began eating them in
the roaring '20s, and con-
tinues at high speed.
4 4 4 X
The holiday gifts made
him shudder at the very
thought of a chocolate drop.
Candy has a way with it.
Made principally of sugar,
a high fuel food, mostly car
bohydrates, chocolate candy
in particular carries a wal
lop.
The surfeit it causes is due
entirely to eating too many
pieces at one time.
If the consumer will only
eat a bit. now and then, he
will save himself this surfeit.
But who that loves candy
can eat it sanely?
1t was one of the joys of
the holidays to get too much
candy at one time and, there
fore. to eat too much at one
time.
The simple mathematics of
this sweet happiness had no
greater advocate than one T.
Jones, esq.
He ate chocolate until sugar
came near running out Of his
ears.
In the really old days, cen
turtles ago. they called them
comfits.
The r o m a ms and the
Greeks, who dominated the
world once, and whose intel
lectual activities still tend to
do so, knew various conbina-
tons of sugars called sweet
meats.
There was no chocolate. Of
course; that had to come to
Europe by, way o. South
America centuries later.
There are extant cid French
songs, nursery rhymes, one Of
which begins:
1T am a cute little darling.
And am very fond Of sugar
candy;
II you will give me some,
oh, the happy event, the
happy EVENT."
This song pointed out
rather well that to make
candy, one must use sugar.
Sometimes people think Of
sugar as something inimical,
but what they mean is simply.
If you eat too much Of 1t at
one time, as Temp Jones did
at Christmas.
\
The worst thing against
sugar candy. he says, is that
q good consumption thereof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06

makes one lose all appetite
for anything else.
Proteins, so necessary, bah,
one simply cannot consume
them,
The chemical processes of
the inner man seem to lack
discrimination, and are sat-
isf1ed with some 1000 calories
taken in a few bites.
When, on top of the sugar,
comes a nice coating Of
chocolate, then the ultimate
consumer must wait for the
passage of time before he
wants a regular meal.
But the Utilization of good
candy is a thing apart, per-
fectly fine for the now and
then of holidays and special
occasions.
X X X
Boxes of candy sold today
have the ingredients printed
on the label somewhere.
though you may have to look
for it.
The careful eater will find
cream of tartar and other in
gradients there, and he may
wonder just what their funca
ton is.
If he wants to save him
self, as he may say, from OBJ
scure chemicals in candies.
he will have to make his own.
This he can do, by making
old-fashioned fudge.
This was and is a pure
candy, without admixture of
chemicals to make the food
keep" Few families let a
plate Of fudge alone long
enough to need any keeping
ingredients.
Some families make IL a
custom to make their own
candies. including fudge, with
or without nuts.
Temp Jones prefers his
plain, but he will have to re-
cover from his holiday sugar
hinge first.
He does not blame candy.
Candy is wonderful! He holds
it a lack in himself that he
can't see a pound of any of
the fine candies now avail
able without wanting to eat
1t all at one time.
I'm the old days." he said
with a grin, you know what
they called such a person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
THE, POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Some Sound Advice on Race Issue

resolve our sins Of racial dis
elimination, such as they
may be. by our own efforts in
our own time
I'VE should say to the
courts: Get out of the legis-
lative business Of developing
broad-scale plans for the inn
fermentation Of the rights
secured under the Fourteenth
Amendment And we should
say to Congress: Accept your
responsibilities. Give the Ma
ton a program for imple-
mentation developed and adj
ministered in each State by
local citizens Of high calling
and with the full UNDER
standing of local needs, con-
ditions and opportunities
I'VE should say with equal
candor to our people Of the
South: The inevitable tide
of human progress moves
against racial discrimination.
Universal brotherhood must
be our goal. It Is our Chris
tan obligation as well as our
legal obligation to accom-
modate our hearts and minds
to It, We must abandon the
defiant attitude of never
We must say to Americans
everywhere: We will move
forward as, where and when
it is reasonably sound to do
so.' And mean it. And do it."
No Secession From Party
The Florida Governor said
the Democratic Party must
stand for a positive and
dynamic brand of States
rights, and he added: AT its
worst, the idea of States
rights could divide and de-
feat the Democratic Party.
AT its best, the idea could be
a great benefit to all Amer
leans, and thus could
strengthen and unite our
party. There is talk in some
quarters about the South
pulling away from the DEM
ocratic Party. Nothing, in my
opinion could be more absurd.
To rum out of the party
would be not only a shame
full betrayal of our heritage
but of our future as well.
Those who think we could be
pushed out of it mistake our
fiber" So he admonished the
FaubuseS on the one side and
the Douglases on the other
of the Democratic Party.
At the outset of his adj
dress, Gov. Collins announced
he had not come to say
what will please white or
colored, the North or the
South, my people at home or
you here in North Carolina.
I do seek to say the truth"
To anyone of good will and
common sense, Gov. Collins
program will meet with APP
proval. But the courts and
the Congress will not follow
his advice-unless they have
a great change of heart.
Only in the White House is
there a real glimmer Of
understanding of Gov. COL
Inns position-and that by
the President who sent
"bayonets" to Little Rock to
enforce a court order for
school Indignation and put an
end to mob rule. President
Eisenhower has repeatedly
said the racial issue win be
properly solved only when the
hearts of men agree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06

While the Democratic Ad-
yisory Council last week end
was urging additional civil
rights legislation by Congress
to do away with "segrega-
tion," q moderate" South
ern Governors Democrat,
of course-was proposing
that the States should be
given again the right ito
resolve our sins Of racial
discrimination, For. in an
address remarkable for its
idealism as well as for its
common sense, Gov. Leroy
Collins Of Florida, speaking
at q Jefferson-Jackson Day
dinner in Raleigh, N. c.,
broke fatty with those South
ern Democratic leaders who
declare that segregation of
> the races in schools and else
where shall be perpetuated
forever. But at the same
time, he told the courts
particularly the Supreme
Court-they should cease to
"legislate" on this problem,
and Congress that it should
bring forth q program for
rem owing discrimination
which would be developed
and administered in each
State-North and South.
Gov. Collins asserted that
the two greatest influences
now destroying our Nations
spirit Of unity are failure to
understand the segregation
problem and failure to obtain
acceptance Of a sound States
rights philosophy.
The Need for Reason
Here is in part what he
told not only his Southern
audience but also the people
of the North, including those
Northern Democrats who
wish the Federal Government
and the Federal courts to
press Immediately and heavily
for desegregation now:
LET us admit first that the
underlying truth of democ-
racy can be nothing short of
justice to all under the law.
Justice can never walk
hand in hand with legally
coerced racial discrimination
in any part of our land.
Many people throughout the
Nation seem not to under
stand that many factors un-
derlie long-established racial
segregation policies in the
South and observation-disclosures
of which reasonable white
and Negro citizens are fully
aware, factors which chal-
lenge the best of our abilities
and which require an atmoS-
phere of calm and reason in
which men of good will of all
races can work together if
they are to be resolved. And
the tragedy of our plight to-
day is that the reformers-
and I mean the well-intend-
ing, as well as those with
other motives-often destroy
our power to make progress
toward the goals they them
selves eSpouse.
I'VE should speak bluntly
to them and say: Take the
heavy hand of coercion
whether by judicial order or
bayonets or otherwise, of the
South. Permit us to work
with the hearts and minds of
our people without the de-
structive influence of intimi-
dalton and fear. Allow us to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06
Questions and Answers
By TIVE HASKIN SERVICE
}. Are Ash able 10 smell ?.

@. Are FISH able to smell9-
H. B.
A. Yes. Fish depend heav-
lily on their ability to smell.
Their smelling organs are
leaf-like structures. usually in
a pit that has one or two
nostrils. Fish also have nerves
and lobes in their brains TO
aid in smelling. The extent
to which they use the sense
Of smell in locating food
varies not only with the
species but with circum-
stances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06

Baltimore's successful ex-
pertinent with dogs might
help solve Washington's
crime problem. What greater
deterrent to hoodlums than
q big. furry. sharp-fanged.
housekeeping Splinter that
never heard Of our political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06

The worst thing against
sugar candy. he says, is that
Q good consumption thereof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-06

Equal Justice Under Law"
what does 1t mean? Under
current court procedure in
the District, certainly the
criminal is favored and the
law-abiding citizen is sadly
neglected. One can hardly
conceive of such a situation
in the Capital of the leading
nation on earth, Yet it OBJ
tains and worsens. Even an
aroused citizenry can't do
much. What then to do?
NJ. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
u. S. Pioneer
Missile COMING
To Smithsonian

The needle nosed missile
that helped pioneer the United
States satellite program is
scheduled to arrive at the
Smithsonian Institution within
a week, museum officials said
today.
In 1945, the 3OO-pound WAC
Corporal. then top secret,
zoomed to its first altitude rec
ord: 43.5 miles in vertical
flight.
Two years later a modified
version became the United
States first two-stage rocket
vehicle when it climbed more
than $50 miles after a piggy
back ride on a German W.
rocket.
But today, Americas first
successful high altitude sound
ing rocket is obsolete.
The Associated Press re-
ported from Pasadena, Calf,
that the 16-foot WAC. prob
ably the only one in existence,
was being fitted into a wooden
box for shipment to Washing
ton.
Here 1t will be displayed In
the Aircraft Building near
Tenth street and Independence
avenue S.W., according to Of
ficialS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
Chamber Asks
NeWEund Plan
ny the Associated Press


The United States Chamber
OF Commerce today proposed a
new system Of appropriating
defense funds which II said
would give the Secretary C.
Defense greater fiexibility with
out weakening Congress hold
OH the pursestrings,
At the same time. the busi-
ness organization urged Con-
gress TO expedite a Pentason
reorganization along the lines
recommended by President
Eisenhower.
The chambers views we're
outlined TO a House Appropria-
tons Subcommittee by Otto l..
Nelson, Jr.. vice president Of the
New York Life Insurance Co.
and a member Of the chambers
National Defense Committee.
Mr.. Nelson. a retired Army
major general. said In prepared
testimony that all defense
funds should be appropriated
on the basis Of military activ-
tiles and programs rather than
being earmarked for the sep
arate armed services as now.
The present system, Mr..
Nelson said, encourages rivalry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

among the services and results
In waste OF money.
Under the system advocated
by the chamber. Mr.. Nelson
said. money would be appropri-
ated on what he called a de-
fensewide basis TO these cate
gories OF military activities:
Personnel. construction OF
facilities. research and develop
ment. procurement and pro-
duction OF weapons and
equipment. maintenance and
operations and departmental
administration.
This system. Mr.. Nelson said,
would strengthen congress
sional control over spending as
we'll as give the Secretary OF
Defense badly needed man
agement fiexibility."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
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Continued From First Page

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clothing. physicians said. played
q vital factor in saving her life,
Mr.. Davis. who suffered rib
fractures. said that he followed
racing mountain streams in his
quest for help.
The path carried him through
snow up to ( feet deep. through
dense timber and over wind
swept rocky slopes.
Fell q Hundred Times
81 fell q hundred times" he
said. Every time 1t took me
is minutes TO get up"
But he kept on and on. and
finally reached a ranch house
early yesterday Its occupant.
a woman. was frightened. She
locked the door and turned him
away. Mr.. Davis said.
So on he went. At the next
rar n Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Rob-
On took him in and called
cuers. Nearly IL hours later
lis wife was safe.
Their plane crashed three
days earlier in a snowstorm on
a flight from Fresno TO Spo-
kane. Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
McEIroy Willing to Try
Pentogon Bill Redroft

accept a bill retaining the pro-
posed general detectives II the
language could be clarified 10
guarantee adequate safeguards.
The Defense Secretary replied
that he could not accept some
thing I haven't SEEN"
At its session yesterday after
noon the last Of the 81 mem
bers of the committee finished
their l5-minute periods Of ques-
tioning. The list Of prospective
witnesses. besides members OF
the Joint Chiefs. Gen. Omar
Bradley and Admiral Arthur
w. Radford. former chiefs. in
cludes 80 Assistant Secretaries
Of Defense.
Main Points Listed
BY the time the last Of tn,
committee members questioned
Mr.. McElroy yesterday. most Of
the main questions had been
exhausted. Their queries, how
ever, resulted in these replies or
comments from the seemingly
unexhausted Secretary:
!. A Qualification OF his pre-
vious admission that the pro-
posed bill theoretically could be
used to deprive top Pentagon
military ofiicialS Of almost
everything except aides and
orderlies. He declared that
absurd extremes" also were
theoretically possible under the
present law but could hardly
be permitted to happen in prac-
.tice.
2. A promise to provide the
committee with an expertly
written account Of the evolu-
ton and nature Of the so-called
Prussian general staff. He said
this would refute charges that
the Presidents plan aims at
such a set-up or that the bill
authorizes merger Of the sepa-
rate services or establishment
Of a single chief Of staff. Mr..
McElroy added that use Of the
term general staff is largely a
question of semantics" in ar
guments about the bill.
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TWO NEWSMEN ELECTED
BY WHITE HOUSE GUARD

White House reporters attempting 10 talk 10 members
OF the Joint Chiefs OF Stan threatened by Secret
Service agent with loss OF their credentials today
The newsmen. William Galbraith, jr. OF the United
Press and daett D. Horner OF The Star. hustled
away from the White House north portco by the agent
and uniformed White House policeman as they tried
10 talk 10 President Esenhowers departing breakfast
guests.
Later Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the
threat ridiculous and he was sorry II had hap
pened" Asked why the had been taken
against reporters seeing the guests Mr. HaRery said
THE chiefs had nothing 20 say That's all there was
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