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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
East Front Series

The Architect of the Capt.
toll has sent me copies Of the
excellent series Of articles
on the Capitol extension
which recently appeared in
The Star. and ! take this OPP
portunity to express my APP
probation Of them. Through
your willingness to give the
proponents OF this con-
troversial but highly impor-
tant matter an opportunity
to present their case and
through the objective pres
entation Of It in the splendid
articles written by George
Beverage. the public at long
last has had its opportunity
to see both sides and to un-
derstand that neither the
Architect Of the Capitol and
his associates nor the mem-
bers Of the Capitol Commits
sion are intent upon q pro-
gram Of dissertation and
vandalism.
AS one Of the associate ar
chitects Of the project / am
especially appreciative and
grateful and / feel confident
that the public generally
shares my respect for your
fortnight expression and for
your unbiased judgment. The
Star has demonstrated that
high measure Of probity and
integrity which characterizes
the best in American Jour-
nalism.
Roscoe Dewitt, F.A.I.A.
Dallas, Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
Fireworks in North Dakota

1t should surprise nobody, includ-
Ing North Dakota Republicans, that
Senator LANCER has reaffirmed his in
tention to seek reelection, even though
the State @. o. p. convention has in
dorsed another party candidate. Mr..
LANCER has been anything but con-
formist throughout his long career in
politics. Neither has he been a gutter.
AS Republican irregular" years ago,
he was leader in minority movements
favoring both the late Robert M. La
Toilette and the late Hiram johnson
for President. In the Senate, he has
crossed party lines frequently to vote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07

moved and tar paper put
over the windows to keep the
cold out until new windows
could be put in. All the
debris was removed from the
apartment and they moppeo
up all the water and when
they left there was no broken
glass or mess to be cleaned
up by the poor family who
had the unfortunate fire.
I certainly am pleased to
know that we have such an
efficient Fire Department
ready in all emergencies to
come to the aid of those
citizens who need them. The
Police Department. too, is to
be commended for its speedy
arrival and the excellent way
1t handled traffic on this
busy thoroughfare.
Rae Walton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
Men at Work

Driving In the 1900 block
OF Fifth street NV. the
morning Of March 81. I had
the privilege OF witnessing
some remarkable action on
the part Of Engine Truck
Company No. 4 Of the Dis
trict Fire Department.
The top floor Of an old
home had q good-sized fire,
starting apparently in a
mattress. The flremen ar
rived about 10 am. before
the blaze had gotten too far
and were UP with their hoses
In seconds. The windows they
couldn't open to let the smoke
out had TO be broken but the
glass was all carefully re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
Trust and the KremIin

Inere are good reasons why the
West must continue to take profoundly
skeptical view of the Kremlin's uni
lateral cessation Of nuclear testing. This
holds true even though Nikita Krus-
shchev, In his first underwriting opera
ton since becoming Premier, has told
President Eisenhower and Prime Minis
ter Macmillan that the USSR, If Ameri-
can and British atomic-hydrogen expert
mentation is suspended, will be willing
to submit its mobile" action to interna-
tional inspection and verification. After
all, that offer has been made before, but
1t still remains only a vague agreement
in principle" Now, as in the past, the
Soviet government, as If interested
merely in making propaganda, seems
extremely reluctant to spell it out in
detail and convert it into a genuinely
effective policing system.
If this were not so, why does the
Kremlin persist in boycotting the United
Nations Disarmament Commission? And
why does 1t keep on refusing to have
anything to do with the General Assem-
bly's recommendation-ap by the
overwhelming majority-for immediate
studies on ways and means of establish
ing international inspection on a trust
worthy basis? Further, as the White
House Press Secretary has asked, why
has it not yet responded to last Mondays
Western proposal for preparatory work
on the summit meeting it has long been
clamoring for? The proposal is simple
and sensible one. 1t urges that quiet
diplomatic talks be held in Moscow this
month to pave the way for a foreign
ministers get together that would strive
to bring about a fruitfulS heads-of-
government conference Ia conference
that might. well be able to arrive at
mutually satisfactory agreements on
such matters as SuSpending or limiting
nuclear tests.
Yet, despite the fact that the pro-
posal calls for preliminary action in the
next couple Of weeks, and despite the
fact that Mr.. KhruShchev has been
loudly proclaiming his desire for an early
summit gathering, the West is still wait
ing for an answer as to whether the
Kremlin really wants to prepare salts
factorily for such meeting. Clearly,
coupled with MoScow's negative stand
on disarmament in the United Nations,
this is an attitude that inspires little
confidence or trust in the sincerity of
what the Soviet Union has to say about
nuclear testing or anything else. In
these circumstances the free worlds
skepticism is altogether understandable,
and so is our Governments apparently
flrm decision to proceed with the long
scheduled April-August series Of expert
mental detonations in the Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07

all cat. as Emerson might
have said. but didn't. (What
he said was that the thoughts
Of turtle are all turtle).
This means that no crea-
ture can step out Of his spe-
cies. Maybe the dog. at times,
almost achieves it. Certainly
no other animal does.
The greatest friend Of cats
can only say that the feline
world has its own way of
thinking about its own
problems.
1t is because Of this that
some people say cats are
selfish. lack affection. and
only live with you for what
they can get out Of you. AS
II people didn't. too!
No. we have no right to
ask the animals to be little
humans in some strange way,
going on four legs instead Of
two.
Their world, whether dog
or cat world. is utterly diff
ferent from our own.
In q very good sense. dog
or cat has no thought at all
as he looks at you. That is,
no thought as man thinks Of
thought.
Those beautiful eyes are
expressive all right, but they
express animal sight. and
that is all.
This does not mean that
they do not think in their
own fashion, but only that
they see and this is called
thought.
Their thoughts are emo
tons.
Perhaps human thoughts
are basically emotions which p
we have CLOSED. over with
the pale cast of thought. We
are such things as dreams
are made Of, and like to call
them intelligence. In the
caves of the past we tried
to think. and trying, achieved
what we call thought. The
brand of the intelligent is
now ours, for better or worse,
and sometimes today 1t seems
the latter. We look at the
same world the animal eyes
see, but we do not react to
1t in the same way, often
not as honestly.
Temp Jones cat saw the
robe, and was amazed at the
strange figure of one he took
to be a stranger. Then the
sound Of the old familiar
voice treasured him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
Simplify Taxes!

Many Of us are in the
process Of making out our in
come tax forms. We have our
Federal income taxes; some
in addition have State.
county. city. etc. While We
are not happy about paying
our taxes, we nevertheless
do and painfully go
through the effort of pre-
pairing the various forms.
The primary concern Of the
various governments is the
raising Of revenue equitably.
We are sure our governments
do not seek TO burden us
with unnecessary paperwork
and form filling. If by some
means a workable procedure
can be developed to tie in
the income tax collection of
States with that Of the Fed
eral Government. we could
have simplicity for the tax
payer and economy to the
State governments.
A plan toward this end
might be proposed which
may be called IAN optional
filing procedure in the col
lection Of State income
taxes" The option would ex-
tend to both the States and
TO the individual. States that
so desire can participate.
And each individual Cor par
ticipating State) should have
the option Of using the sim
plified method or the filing a
full State form.
The plan briefly stated
would make the Federal Gov
eminent the collecting agency
for State income taxes. The
State would simply set UP a
percentage figure Of the Fed
eral income tax that an in
dividual pays as an option to
its regular tax schedule. For
instance, the State may set
up a figure Of is per cent
of the Federal income tax.
Thus II the individual pays a
Federal tax of $1,000. his
State tax would be $3.50. The
individual would total both
taxes and pay the total
amount to the Federal coll
lector. The Federal Govern
ment could charge the State
at an established nominal
cost for collection. The above
procedure can even be ex-
tended to estimate returns
and withholdings where these
may be required.
OF course, in working out
details and making things
more simple, complications
will develop. However. If car
ried out to its logical end,
the individual would ulti-
mately have only a single
income tax form to make
out, the States would have
their revenue at lower collec-
ton costs. and. most impor-
tant. the States would be
giving up nothing Of their
sovereignty.
Minna Y. TOmkin,
A. E. TOmkln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Stubby. Temp Jones tail
less tigercat. was looking
with horror at his master.
Jones Christmas bathrobe.
deep maroon with a design
in gray and white. had at
last come out Of the box.
Our old friend had SHE'D
of from wearing 1t. but the
cold weather decided him.
He had not calculated,
however. on the reception 1t
was to get.
Stubs. last heard of here
when he suffered q heat
stroke last summer. looked
with round green eyes:
He went to one side. in
classic cat manner, and made
for the staircase.
Templeton Jones. at this
point. had not realized what
was the matter.
why, Stubbs." he said. at
loss to understand the fear
in the eyes Of his four
legged friend.
The cat made a big circle.
as cats do. It would be best
for them, usually, to make a
direct run for it, but they
are not made that way.
Perhaps 1t is the old jungle
influence.
In the jungle. q direct
path is always spotted. The
best thing to do there is to
make a circle, thus getting
of to one side before making
a run for 1t.
4 \
AS Stubby heard his mas
ter's voice. the fear in his
eyes disappeared.
Animals recognize their
friends by their voices.
1t is said that the house,
cat can see nothing except
gray
Jones doubted this. as he
realized his cat had been in
fluenoed by dark red, gray
and white.
AS soon as the animal
realized who 1t was there. in
the queer robe, It stopped.
and looked a bit sheepish.
The cat face can show a
great range Of expressions.
from fear to tolerance, from
dislike to affection.
Only those humans who
like cats can understand this.
These alone can master the
range Of expressions, and
know at once what q cat is
thinking.
v Il
The thoughts Of a cat are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Army's Green Ghosts of Jungle
By THOMAS R. HEI

der is put to a rigid test In
the form of an escape and
evasion problem. Escape as
soon as possible after cap
ture is emphasized, and then
evading the enemy by appli-
cation of all basic scouting
and patroling principles.
Stealth, eamoufiage. hours Of
darkness and the normal
noises of battle can be used
to great advantage. In other
words, it is emphasized, the
jungle must be made a friend
rather than a foe. Having
been given the general situa-
ton and a sketch Of the area,
the men are allowed to es-
cape in pairs from an i'm
provised prison compound. In
order to avoid recapture by
alert and numerous enemies in
the vicinity the soldiers, with
out aid of weapons or COM
passes, are forced to negoti-
ate more than two miles OF
dense jungle terrain to re-
join their unit.
X 4 \ 4
Electronic brains" soon
may play a big part in speed
ing and increasing traffic
through the half-century-old
Panama Canal with its COM
pick system of water stair
ways" between Atlantic and
Pacific.
Few engineering accom-
plishments have stood up so
well through the years. but
bigger and more complex
ships have brought bigger
and more complex problems.
There is little question
that the canal will be quite
inadequate for the increas-
ing traffic in the next quar-
ter century, and even now the
demand is often greater than
can be met.
The canal now has an
average capacity of about %
ships per Is hours Of day.
light and near-daylight. In
times of emergency it can
carry more than 80. This,
however, depends on every
thing going like clockwork.
A ship approaching the canal
is expected to notify the au-
thorities 48 hours before its
expected arrival. In case of
delays this is corrected from
time to time.
Need Brain" Like Univac
With this knowledge sched-
ules are made up. This at
present requires considerable
paper-and-pencil calculation
by canal engineers. Some
thing always is happening.
A ship is delayed. One is
temporarily stuck in the
canal. The whole schedule
must be rearranged. The
calculations are complicated
and laborious. A half hour
or more of difficult "fgur-
ing" well may be required.
The proposal is to have cleo
tronic brains. somewhat on
the order of Univac, but con-
structed especially for this
purpose. The original sched-
ule for a day would be fed
into such a brain" 1t would
be remembered" Any nee
esSary change in schedule
would require only pressing a
button.
The machine, moreover,
would be able to keep a rec
ord of every ship every min
ute of its passing through
the canal. A contract has
been given to a prominent
firm of New York engineers
to calculate the possibilities
of an electronic brain-or
possibly a series of them.
An increase Of even a ship
a day. it is pointed out,
would mean a big increase in
revenue over q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07


BALBOA, Canal Zone
The art of jungle fighting.
largely developed in the Pa
cific campaigns Of the last
world war, is being kept alive
here in a small area Of dense
tropical forest. swift streams
and precipitous cliffs on the
Atlantic side of the Isthmus.
Soldiers are being trained
to conquer an area as dense
and overgrown as any part
Of the world and, in turn.
utilize it against the enemy.
This center is operated by
the LIST Battle Group, Goth
Infantry, known since the
Spanish-American War as
the Green Ghosts of the
Jungle" To win a jungle
expert badge a soldier must
have worked his way through
seemingly impossible tangles
of fallen trees and vines,
lettering precipitously on rope
bridges hastily thrown across
roaring streams. Perhaps
most important Of all, he has
to become proficient in jungle
living and familiar with
plants and plant foods, snakes
and other jungle animals.
He must have shown skill in
land navigation. river ford
ing, ambush. evading capture
and escaping.
Only three roadways trav-
erse the training area. A
close-woven net Of trees and
tangled vines stretches across
q patchwork of rivers, boys
and step slopes. Reptiles and
insects are abundant every
where.
AS the Army's instruction
sheet says: There are no
noncombatants in the jun
gle. A man must expect
to fight in any part of the
area and in any direction"
The instruction is pro-
gressive. From individual
training it moves through
training for the squad and
platoon, emphasizing recon-
naissance and combat patrol
ing. 1t then moves to the
level Of the entire company.
Henry Morgan Was There
The center conducts train
ing both for units stationed
in Panama and special cycles
of training for units from
the United States. 1t has
been the scene of several
jungle-simulated war opera
lions. Thus a complete bat
talon of airborne infantry
has gone through the COM
plete training period.
The area happens to be
that in which the first
notable jungle warfare was
carried on by Sir Henry Nor
gan. the English buccaneer,
and his pirates in their at
tacks against Old Panama,
now in ruins. and Fort San
Lorenzo. Some of Morgan's
tactics are being repeated.
but with the aid of all modern
communications devices.
Among the Army units
which have undergone jungle
training here was part of the
famous "Merrill's Marauders"
Of the Burma campaign in
World War II. Necessity for
thorough knowledge of this
type Of terrain was amply
demonstrated in Pacific cam
paigns Of that war.
The course consists Of
traversing trails. streams and
beaches. spotted along the
way with individual problems.
These include engaging an
enemy soldier in hand-to-
hand combat. negotiating I'M
expected cliffs and firing at
or bayoneting opportune tar
gets. Having completed this,
the coincidence of the snl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
Space Yurdstick

1t has occurred to me that
in this age of exploring outer
space we are in need of a
new measurement Of distance
One between the mile and
the hight year. This might be
called a space mile" which
would be equal to 10000
miles. or some figure deter
mined by the proper authori-
ties.
Would this not be the same
idea as the jump from a
pound to a ton in our weight
measurements?
ElOise G. Hansen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

Here's an alphabetical list
of the countries that have
changed Or have announced
a change Of ambassadors in
the last eight and q half
months:
Afghanistan, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bolivia.
Canada, Chile, China, Costa
RIGA, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt.
Ethiopia, Finland, Germany.
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq,
Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg,
New Zealand, Norway, Para
quay, Sudan, Sweden, Syria.
abolished to form United
Arab Republic with Egypt i.
Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, Venezuela and Yugo-
Slavia.
In one day this week we,
who have to keep tabs, had
to make five notations in our
diplomatic lists: % That
the new Greek Ambassador
to succeed George Melas
would be Alexis Liatis; CD
that Tito was sending a new
envoy by the name of Mako
Nikezig; go that Sudanese
Ambassador Ibrahim Anis was
leaving and would be the
guest of honor at Saudi
Arabian Sheikh Al-Khayyal's
dinner on the 4th: "a that
the new Finnish Ambassador
Richard r. Seppala would
check in over the week end.
apM 60 the biggest surprise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

considered quite a turnover If
a third of the ambassadors
left within a year. Even then
it was not so noticeable be-
cause so many of the old
Standbys remained. But take
a look at the exits below and
you'll wonder If a clean sweep
is being made.
COULD UNITED STATES
FOREIGN POLICY have any
thing to do with this big
change? Has a decline in
our international relations
caused foreign governments
to start revamping their APP
proach to the United States
by sending over new, and IN
many cases, younger person.
alit to represent them2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

officers will have to stand at
the airport and clock them in
with a stop watch. Maybe you
didn't realize it, but ambas-
sadorial precedence depends
on which gets his foot first on
United States soil-provided
he comes with credit papers
intact.
Occasionally, a new am
bassador comes from another
foreign assignment without
papers and before he knows
it a colleague has slipped
past him and gets to see
Messrs. Dulles and Eisen-
hover first. From then on he
sits higher than the other
fellow.
previous years It was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

following the death Of DR..
FAITH 'El-Kekhia) and pos
sibly two for Chile because
the new president there is ex-
pected to replace Senior Jose
Serrano who only came in
July-and the number of new
faces mounts to 40l If you
count wives, its about 80 new
faces.
That's more than half the
total number of ambassadors
and spouses. And who knows
how many unexpected ones
win announce their departure
before January, 1859?
IF THE RATE OF
CHANGE INCREASES So
ciety reporters, whose BUSH
nefs 1t is to know ambassa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21

doris and their wives person.
ally and a lot about them
from spotty party meetings,
will be looking for berths in
a pSychiatric ward. And
there's no telling what viii
happen to the Protocol Sec
ton Of the State Department.
The mere business of wav-
ing of the old ones after
whipping them through their
official farewells, plus meet
ing the.new ones and taking
them to see the Secretary Of
State then the President. has
the enlarged Protocol Division
moving at a pace resembling
st. Vitus Dance.
= II the influx Of envoy pleni-
otentiaries steps-up, protocol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS

soon," retorted an old hard
at covering Capital parties,
"or wen never get their
names In the paper. At the
rate they're changing the
ambassadors themselves don't
even recognize their own COL
leagues"
It's true. Never before in
history has the top eclielon
of diplomats been replaced
with the rapidity Of the first
eight and one-half months of
1858.
OF THE rs ACTUAL EN-
BASSIES in Washington, "a
have already changed ambas-
sailors this year or are in the
process of doing so.
Add to this number the
strong rumor that Belgian
Ambassador Robert Silver
cruys will wind up his 14-year
Enthusiastically by the end of
1858, the fact that Mexico's
new president is expected to
replace Ambassador Manuel
Telio in December with q man
of his own choice. and that
the Ambassador Of Jordan
and Nine. Haikal have indi-
Gated to friends they might be
leaving their embassy-and
the total goes up to 81.
Add to 81, two ambassadors
for Venezuela and two for
Libya within one year Gum
doubtedly another Libyan en-
Yoy wiz be appointed soon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
RAPID CHANGE OF AMBASSADORS HERE GREATEST IN HISTORY

Of all, that Arnha
Norman Robertson O
da. who had been be
a year. was going sad
Maybe Mr.. DulAbs0f
strides about the glE>
influenced other natiN
make these fast moves on
diplomatic cheSsboard. ~
wouldn't know. But what
ever the motivation, we So
ciety writers are approaching
the brink of utter confusion,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-21
BY BETTY BEALE
Star star Writer

Il wish they'd wear name
plates" moaned q new So
ciety reporter as she watched
Washington's aInbassadorial
corps file by at a recent re-
ception.
They're going to have to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-24

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