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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
Come See Our Bomb

Last September, in jointly announc-
ing plans for the coming April-August
series of atomic hydrogen detonationS
at Eniwetok, the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Defense Department
said that at least one of the tests
would be open to international obServa-
ton. And now, in keeping with that
statement, President Eisenhower has de-
clared that the, United Nations viii be
invited to designate special group Tin
GLIDING, he hopes, Soviet Scientists) to
visit our Pacific Proving Ground this
summer and witness "a large nuclear
explosion In which radioactive fallout
will be greatly reduced"
Considering Nilxita Khrushchev's
past ridicule of our official talk about
"clean" bombs, it may be that the men
of the Kremlin will decline the projected
invitation. Further, on the ground that
acceptance might give prestige to Amer
lean testing and thus hamper their cam
paign for an immediate, inadequately
policed ban on such experimentation,
they may even attempt to persuade the
u. N. to refuse. One must hope, how
ever, that they viii respond more af-
f1rmatively than that. After all, if they
do, they themselves may learn some
thing of value, and the whole vexing
problem of prohibiting or limiting
A and H tests conceivably may begin to
lend itself to satisfactory cooperative
solution.
In any event, our country has acted
in good faith in deciding to issue this
invitation. AS the President has ex-
planned, the objective is to demonstrate
the progress being made in reducing
fallout through an experimental pro-
gram which our scientists are pushing
Gin the hope and belief that basic adj
vances in both the peaceful and mill
tary uses of nuclear energy will thus be
achieved" for the benefit of all mankind.
This certainly is nothing to be ashamed
of. On the contrary, it is well worth
showing as an undertaking sufficiently
rich in promise to merit the observation
of Russia and other nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
Displaced Arabs

Vera v. Duvall states that
nearly a million Arab refu-
gees were driven from their
homes and farms. The i'm
preston given is that the
Jews did the driving. The OPP
poSite is the truth. The
Arab leaders melted the
Palestinian Arabs to leave
their homes and farms. The
leaders purpose was to pre-
vent the establishment of
Israel by creating chaos in
Palestine and eliminating
any possibility of Arab-Jew-
ish cooperation. The secre-
tary general of the Arab
League pointed out that Arab
armies were already on the
frontiers and that it would be
a simple matter to throw the
Jews into the Mediterranean.
Brotherly advice was given to
the Arabs of Palestine to stay
temporarily in neighboring
Arab states, lest the guns Of
the invading armies NOW
them down. Jewish author
tiles urged the Arabs to stay
but to no avail. There was a
case of a massacre of an
Arab village by a Jewish ter
rorist group which was con-
demned by Jewish public
opinion and responsible jew
ish organizations. This prob
ably frightened some Arabs
into fleeing, but the push
which drove Arab masses to
neighboring lands came from
their own leaders.
OF course, the refugee
problem is a tragedy. Still,
very many Arabs consider the
status Of a refugee very de-
sirable and masquerade as
refugees in order to obtain
food, medical care, schooling
and shelter that goes with it.
According to Time magazine
Of December 2. 1857, the
refugees gradually foun d
themselves better of ma
terially than they had been
at home; they have a higher
daily caloric ration 1,500-
to 1,600) than some Of the
fellahin in Nasser's Egypt
and better health and sani-
tation services than they had
ever known in Palestine.
Abraham c. Weinfeld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
Divine Guidance

At a time when the entire
world is in need Of more faith
and divine guidance, it seems
TO me that the press under
played a very inspiring,
last-minute technical modi-
flcation" to our only orbited
Vanguard.
Such technical modifica-
ton" was applied for, and
granted, on the same form
required for any change in
the vehicles design. On the
form under the heading
Description Of Change" was
a drawing Of the st. Chris
topher medal and another
drawing showing how it
would be inserted in the
gyroscopic system. Un d. r
another heading Reason for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
A BeostIy Thought

Recently, The Star reported
that International Corpora
ton Director Smith admitted
and to a congressional COM
mittee that the American
taxpayer has been charged
for providing shower baths
for the desert-dusted and
foot-sore camel drivers in
Nasser's Egypt!
But why is ICA Director
Smith so partial to man and
unfair to beast? For to have
the camel drivers washed and
the camels unwashed is to
defeat the whole idea of
shower baths for camel driv-
ers. For if the washed drivers
ascend the unwashed camels,
the washed drivers become
unwashed!
Perhaps ICA Director Smith
will consider earmarking q
million dollars for the wash
ing Of Egypt's camels with
the idea in mind of saving
a million dollars by reducing
the washing Of the camel
drivers!
And, while we go on mer-
rily providing shower baths
for camel drivers, let us pause
in our global giveaway follies
long enough to remember
that there are already more
than 100000 unemployed
Americans who are not en-
rolled in Mr.. Smiths give
away rolls and who, there
fore. are unable to enjoy
these luxuries which Eve are
dispensing so lavishly all over
the world.
Eugene w. Castle.
Editors note: Mr.. Smith
explained to Congress that
the ICA set up public baths
in Egypt as a health meas
ure for all Egyptians afiiicted
with q disease similar to
hookworm. They were open
to camel drivers. as well as
others.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
CAPITOL QUESTION
Treat 1t as Museum or Workshop?

rest Of the sob sisters ! de-
mand the return Of the an
Gent landmarks, the Candida
bra and the candles; throw
out the chrome bathtubs and
return George Washington's
foot tub, Jefferson's hitching
post, and Abraham Lincoln's
rail fence.
And let the fragments of
the east wall fall where they
may.
In China, it is the custom
to bury important men where
the soothsayers indicate.
sometimes in the middle of
q field. Then for hundreds
Of years after they pillow
around those tombs.
We are not as Chinese as
that. We have work to do
and, at best, we have little
enough space and little
enough time in which to do
it. We refuse to pillow around
the impedimenta Of the past.
We revere our ancient gram
deur-at the proper time and
in the proper place. But this
is a practical, workaday
world. General Prescott, at
Bunker Hill, when gun wad-
ding was exhausted in re-
pelling the second charge Of
the British, himself gathered
up the Bibles and hymn books
in the little village church
and passed them out to the
Minutemen.
Mr.. Speaker, the east
front was intended to be the
front door of the Capitol and
the city Of Washington was
to be built east Of the plaza.
It is now a storage room
and q junk pile. Walk over
there and try to ind the col
umns Jefferson gave the Ma
ton. Look for the corner
stone laid by Washington
with such elaborate ceremo-
malls. You will have difhculty
locating them.
We need not only room and
durable stone at the east
front. We need to restore the
beauty and dignity Of the
east front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27

FOLLOWING Is the teri OF
Representative Cannon's re-
marks on extension OF the
CdpitoIs East front.
Mr.. Speaker. the Congress
and the country are today
confronted by many impor-
tant questions, some Of which
affect directly the safety and
perpetuity of the Republic.
But a new question is being
agitated, the most important
question Of them all, as to
whether or not we will re-
build the east wall Of the
Capitol.
The front of the Capitol
was built of crumbling sand
stone. Like London Bridge
it is falling down, and like
London Bridge it must be
rebuilt. London Bridge was
one Of the most venerable
structures in the British En-
pire, and yet it is not recorded
that, when the time came to
rebuild 1t. anybody said it
was a national monument
and exempt from the depre-
dations Of profane hand Of
modern progress. But, there
are those who contend that
the rebuilding Of the front
Of the Capitol is a matter of
such Notwithstanding impor-
lance that it has crowded
national defense, tax adjust
ment and Drew Pearson
revelations OF the front page.
The destinies of the Republic
turn on the determination Of
this momentous question.
It is contended that the
Capitol Is a monument, a ma
tional museum; that it is as
sacred and unapproachable
as the Ark Of the Covenant.
Mr.. Speaker. this town is
full Of monuments and mu-
seums. The Capitol Of the
United States is not a monu-
ment. 1t is not q museum.
1t is a workshop. The busi-
ness of the Congress is more
important and more volumi-
nous than that of any capitol
In the world. We must have
room in which to meet and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

amateur bird watcher for
years but have never seen
one.
Respectively, L. M"
\ 4 4
Members of a bird family
have patterns of action. but
now and then one individual
upsets the pattern. it would
seem.
Thus an aggressive bird in
spring and summer may be
peaceful enough in the cold,
or again he may chase all
other species out Of a bird
feeder where there is nothing
he wants to eat. himself.
Some Knockers win chase
starlings, again some star
lings will chase mocking-
birds, and then again a gem
tie dove" will drive all before
him.
1t is not known definitely
that one sex goes south but
the other remains here.
The two look so much alike
that an ordinary observer
cannot tell one from t'other.
In case several are much
smaller, the larger one might
be the male, and the smaller
ones females, and then again
they might be children.
One can never be quite
sure that the Knockers around
ones home in winter are not
birds which summered far
north, in Massachusetts, say.
and have found the District
Of Columbia the southern
limit of their range. This is,
for them. south.
y \ y
AS for the yellow breasted
chat, 1t is seen here, but not
too often.
For our money. we would
as leave have q nice canary.
Gagged birds, 1t is now
thought, do not mind cap
tivity in the least, and this
seems borne out by the bird
which entered a cage out
doors.
Zoo keepers swear their
animals get used to pens and
bars, and find the great OUT
doors strange, If they get free.
We may suppose. as we
watch lions in captivity. that
they do not worry about loss
Of freedom.
What interests them more
Is a good dinner, and this
they find provided for them
every day. so life is not an
loss with them.
Without words to enable
them to really think, the AMI
mails and the birds. and cer-
tainly the fishes and insects
are free from much Of the
perturbation that makes hui
man life worrisome-and In
terestinR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27

facilities with which to trans
act it, unhampered by lovable
and innocent old ladies and
sentimental, emotional, SEN
sation seeking flubadubbies
adding to the burden Of these
critical days instead Of help
ing carry the load.
Mr.. Speaker, / was dis
concerted when ] entered the
Capitol this morning to note
the brilliant lights on every
side. When the Capitol was
built they established can
delabra and used tallow cam
dies. Some sacrilegious icono-
clast has removed the candles
and substituted electric lights.
We are informed that
George Washington was ac-
customed to soak his ach-
ing feet in q wooden foot'tub.
! am told am not in a
position to speak from first
hand knowledge as I have the
constitutional aversion to
bathtubs shared by other adj
versaries to the march of
progress-that the Capitol is
equipped with large porcelain
bathtubs trimmed with gilt
tering chrome fixtures.
And one Of the most sacred
traditions Of Capitol Hill is
that Of Thomas Jefferson
riding up to the east front,
tying his horse to the hitch
rack and going in to take the
oath as President of the
United States.
Mr.. Speaker, where is that
historic hitch rack?,
! want to know who moved
those hitching posts away
from in front Of the Capitol.
I demand that they be re-
turned or that somebody be
impeached.
When Abraham Lincoln
came here as q member of
this Congress, in order to
make him feel at home. they
took him out and showed him
a rail fence around one cor
ner Of the Capitol yard. "
Some vandal has removed
that rail fence.
Mr.. Speaker, along with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
Signs of the Times

we nave 1allen on strange
times. The Spdtnik is being
played up to condition the
taxpayer to spending, come
next election. The dismissal
of Secretary Benson has been
demanded because he is try
ing to protect the taxpayer.
Congress has approved a IS
billion raise in the Federal
debt limit to permit more
spending. Expansion Of un-
employment benefits is pro-
posed, presumably by more
borrowing, as reduction in
taxes is, also proposed.
A raise is demanded in the
rate for flrst-class postage
the only class paying its own
way-and in the background
is a proposed wage increase
for postal employees. These.
like other Federal employees.
including those of the armed
services, are well paid. The
trouble is not low pay, but a
cheapened dollar and in
creased cost of living result
ing from labor union de-
mands and Federal spending.
Billions are being expended
for what is. in final analysis,
merely a contest for the
farmer vote; and billions
more in an effort to nurse
the world. All kinds of spend
ing IS proposed looking to
good times. But nothing is
said about constant strikes
for more pay by labor union
members already we'll paid.
This only aggravates the de-
preston. Yes, strange times!
OldSter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
THE WOODNER.
Dear sir:

OCdT Su
"After living many years in
houses where we had lots Of
bird customers, we are now
for the first time in an apart
ment in a thickly wooded sec
ton.
THE only birds we have
been able to attract to our
windows here are mocking-
birds, starlings and SPAR
rows. In summer the robin
also comes for raisins or cur
rants.
"Is it possible to distin-
guish between the male and
female mocker?
II have read somewhere
that either the male or fe-
male goes south in the win
ter.
There are three that come
regularly. lots of times to-
gether. One is a little larger
than the others and much
tanner. He always comes down
first, the others waiting in
the elm nearby until he is
through. They never feed to-
gether, but perch near each
other in the trees.
This seems peculiar to
me, as I've always found the
mocker to be so aggressive
that he would not even allow
another in the vicinity.
These even let the star
lings chase them away from
the window ledge. Perhaps it
will be different in the mat
ing season.
"You may be interested in
a delightful experience in
our family.
about two years ago I
happened to look out our
kitchen window and there in
an elm tree with a bunch of
sparrows was a bright yellow
bird.
Il thought at first it must
be a parakeet, but on look
ing again saw that 1t was a
canary.
I'VE happened to have an
empty bird cage, which we
hastily put out on the win
dow sill.
"The canary eyed 1t. and
then few away out Of sight.
"A short time later, how
ever, we saw him on top Of
the cage and soon he was in
side,
1T was November and quite
cold but he suffered no i'll
effects and is now an impor-
tant member Of our house,
hold.
"One other question: as
the yellow-breasted chat
common in the District Of
Columbia? I have been an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27

power in the kingdom, or it may prove
to be q CLOSING Of the ranks" within
the Saud family. In either case, the
question viii be resolved on the Arabian
peninsula rather than In foreign
capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
ORGANIZED labor's drive &

ORGANIZED lapor'S drive 70
elect a strong pro-labor.
Democratic Congress nRxt
November may run into
snags. Indeed, some Of the
snags may crop up among
the fank-and-file member
ship of the unions, who have
o wide interest in good ad-
ministration and wise policies
on the part Of the labor lead
ers. With wage rates in the
big industries, and indeed. in
all industries, higher than
they have ever been. negotia-
tons for new wage contracts
are already under way-par-
ticularly between the auto
mobile workers and manage
ment. With overproduction,
high prices which many peo-
pie are unable or unwilling
to pay, demands for increases
In wages, If persisted in, can
only further disrupt tn e
economy Of the country. If the
demands lead to strikes, un-
employment. already far too
great, will increase.
The general public. which
votes in political elections
(including rank-and-file I'M
ion members who could find
themselves out Of work. may
not take kindly to leadership
which forces greater unem-
ployment. or to candidates
for public Office the union
leaders support. Delivering
the so-called labor vote has
not been too effective In the
past.
LabOr's Reaction
Also, the reaction of labor's
leaders to the report Of the
Mcclellan committee. which
spent months looking into
racketeering and corruption
in some of the labor unions,
does not sit well on the public
stomach-and probably not
on the stomachs of many Of
the rank and file workers,
The report Of the Senate
committee shows there have
been embeZzlement and cor
ruption in the use Of union
funds ranging UP to a total
Of SO million, which is not
chicken feed. And the COM
mittee has gone into the
affairs of only part Of the
unions.
The organized labor lead.
ers-at the top-have de-
nounced the committee re.
port as inimical to labor and
are opposing the committees
recommendations for legisla.
ton to correct and prevent
some of the ills which the
investigation has uncovered
When the rank-and-flle work.
ers are fully informed, and
realize that they-not man.
agement-are the real suf'
ferers from this kind Of cor
ruption and embezzlement b!
union leaders, it is doubtful
they will appreciate the stant
taken by the leaders. any
more than the rest of the
public does.
The policy Of the top lead
erS since the committee re-
port was made public is i'll.
advised. Further, it seems de.
signed to prevent any further
disclosures by the Senate
committee Of graft and thiev'
cry. if it can. The committee
under the direction of it,
chairman, Senator Mcclellan
Of Arkansas, Democrat. hai
performed a great service b!
its inquiry-and the servic,
has been to the individual
members Of unions in thu
main, 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
Labor Faces Snogs in Election Drive
BY GOULD LINCOLN

OF the Senate committee.
seven members signed the
committee report, and a lone
member-Senator Mcnamara,
Michigan Dem crat-de-
clined to sign. Senator Nc
Namara, himself a former
labor leader. said there was
much In the report with
which he generally agreed.
but he objected to some Of
the concentrations" Be-
cause of these generaliza.
tons, he said, "the overall
effect Of the report is to frame
a blanket indictment against
the labor movement" The
two other Democrats who
signed the committee report,
along with Senator McClel-
Ian. are Senators Kennedy
of Massachusetts, and Erwin
Of North Carolina. They are
not unfriendly to. labor
unions and to the labor
movement. The four Repub-
hcan members all signed the
report-Senators Ives Of New
York, Goldwater Of Arizona,
Mundt Of South Dakota and
Curtis Of Nebraska. Senator
Goldwater is a particular tar
get Of the union leaders, while
Senator Ives has been re-
garded as friendly to labor.
Proposes Legislation
President George Meany Of
the AFL-CIO. after q meet
ing of the unions executive
committee, denounced the
report, terming it little more
than a publicity-s e e king
document" and "a disgrace
full example of the use Of
senSationalism in an attempt
to smear the trade union
movement" But the report,
in addition to pointing to
corrupt handling of union
funds. made five legislative
recommended onS-headed by
q proposal to regulate and
control pension. health and
welfare funds. Other recon-
mendations were legislation
to regulate and control union
funds, to curb activities Of
middlemen in labor-man-
agement discussions. and to
clarity the mo mans land"
in labor-management rela-
tons. Apparently the labor
leaders want none Of these
proposals. This does not add
to public confidence in the
labor leadership.
Speaking of legislation
dealing with labor-manage-
ment relations. and labor
worker relations, COPE, the
Committee on Political Edu-
cation, AFL-CIO, a political
arm of the huge labor organ
ization, is circulating a Wall
Street Journal story which
said that the Government, in
a reversal Of a 10-year-old
policy of closing its eyes to
violation Of the Taft-Hartley
Act abolishing the closed
shop, is now cracking down
on the building trades unions.
These are violations Of q law
of Congress. But COPE says:
This is why labor is in poll
TICS"
Neither the Government
nor the unions are in q clean
position so far as these viola
tions Of the Taft-Hartley Act
are concerned. But appar-
emily COPE wants these
violations to continue, at
least until the Taft-Hartley
Acts prohibition of the closed
shop-which means that be-
fore q man can get a job he
must be q member Of the
11V,inV, ie ra,1aolad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
One for the Prophets

1t seems to me that one Of
the many prophets whose
writings appear on your edi'
torial pages could tip OF
David Lawrence what the
name of the next Democratic
President will be. Then Mr..
Lawrence could name the
current depression after him.
This would be in line with
his naming the last great
depression the Roosevelt De-
preston" Samuel Shapiro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Change" were the words,
Addition Of Divine Guild
ance."
Caroline H. Goldsmith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Eisenhower
Slips Away
ToGoFishinq
BY a Star stan Writer

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 49,
President Eisenhower started
out early today-at GIT am
for what he hoped would be a
complete "day of" fishing with
friends and with nobody else
around.
81 have a surprise for you
gentlemen" White House Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty
told newsmen, here to try to
cover and report on the Presi-
dents activities, at an 8:41 am.
press conference.
He then said that Mr.. Eisen-
hover has taken the day off,
to fish for trout in a lake on
the farm of w. Alton Jones
near West Greenwich, r. l.,
about 20 miles from the Presi-
dents Newport vacation head
quarters.
Mr.. Jones. chairman of the
board Of Cities Service Corp, is
an old friend and golfing COM
panion of Mr.. Eisenhower.
The only persons named by
Mr.. Hagerty as being with the
President and Mr.. Jones were
George e. Allen. Washington
businessman and Eisenhower
house guest; William E. Robin
son, chairman of the board of
the Coca Cola Co.; Maj. Gen.
Howard M. Snyder, the Presi-
dents personal physician. and
his usual contingent of Secret
Service agents.