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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30

1t seems surprising that legislation
approved by an $50 vote in the Senate
should have only moderately hopeful"
prospects Of favorable action-or indeed
any action at all-in the House. And
yet that is the report on prospects for
the bill providing Government regula-
ton OF private pension and welfare
funds. Representative Thompson, New
Jersey Democrat and coSponSor of the
measure already passed by the Senate,
has expressed this cautious estimate OF
chances in the House. Chairman Bar
den, North Carolina Democrat, of the
House Labor Committee, says some ad-
ditional hearings (there were some held
last Year, probably will be scheduled,
but thus far he has declined to specu-
late on possible action.
In brief, the legislation would do
this: Require annual reports to the
Department Of Labor by either man.
agement or unions, or both, who are
administering such funds. Penalties are
provided for filing false information,
for embezzling or stealing from the
4uAANoS oAN 4OA oNOCpbdIlCC VI hlCA-
backs" In administration of the plans.
An advisory council-representing labor,
management and the public-would be
set up to assist the Secretary Of Labor.
Plans covering fewer than 100 employees
would be exempt for two years and pro-
vision is made for congressional review
In four years. Further restrictions, ex-
cept one against former convicts serving
as officers or trustees of such funds,
were voted down overwhelmingly in the
Senate.
Need for the legislation, In itself mod
crate and safeguarded against arbitrary
or punitive Government exercise, was
dramatized by some Of the disclosures
before the Mcclellan Committee Of the
Senate Of maladministration and worse,
Of these funds. So clearly was this
shown that the AFL-CIO, normally wary
Of increased Government regulation, not
only Endorsed this bill but promised
cooperation with Congress on other
constructive, maturely considered leg
iSlation directed to meeting specific
disclosed abuses" In the Senate, the
measure was supported by Democrats
and Republicans alike. 1t should re-
ceive the same kind of support in the
House-and before the traditional sum-
mertime pressure to adjourn offers an
excuse to let 1t die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
Mr.. Kelly Retires

AS he retires today from his long ca
reer in the Federal park service, Edward
J. Kelly can look around him and see
evidences Of his work in behalf Of
more beautiful Washington. Ever since
he Joined the park system in 1881 he
has taken pride in contributing to the
preservation and improvement of public
park lands in the Metropolitan Area.
Always he has sought to prevent en-
croachment on the parks by undesirable
projects and to seek the early removal
Of such unwelcome occupants as the
war-born tempos along the Mall. He
remained at his post as superintendent
Of National Capital Parks long enough
to see the adoption Of definite policy
looking toward early demolition Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
A New Neiqhbor

A new member OF Britain's Com
monwealth family, and a new political
neighbor of ours, has taken a further
step toward maturity. The West Indian
Federation, born on January 8, opened
Its new Parliament last week, and there
by set in motion the machinery of self
government for this combination of 10
former island colonies and three depend
encies OF the nearby Caribbean Sea
area. Princess Margaret, who visited
the islands three years ago. represented
her sister, Queen Elizabeth, at the in
augural ceremonies, symbolizing again
the continuing transformation of an old
empire into a modern community of
political partners.
BY terms of the federation's new
constitution, there will be a transition
period In which defense, foreign affairs
and fiscal policy will remain RESPONSE
bilities Of the British Crown. In all
other respects, self-government will be
complete and full independence within
the commonwealth is an objective
within five years. The Parliament
consists OF House of Representatives,
chosen by popular election last month,
and Senate appointed during the tran
sition period by the British Governor
General.
1t is accepted by those who have
brought the new federation into being
that its economic and social problems
will pose an exacting test. For the group
as whole, economic resources are small
and population is both large and badly
distributed. Trinidad, the capital island,
and Jamaica are developing industrially
with oil and minerals contributing to
their economies. Most Of the others are
dependent only on marginal agriculture,
with the pressures of population
and near-poverty level of subsistence.
Both Britain and the United States,
however, are contributing to economic
development.
Politically, the step to self-goyern-
ment is milestone in 30-year process
OF planning. 1t is tribute to the is
lands own leaders and to those who
guide the destiny of the modern British
Commonwealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

afraid. deep down IN their
hearts. that they were wrong.
after all, and had to put up
the bold front Of being mar
row and mean?
Though Longfellow's work
was never as important as
some spoetasters said 1t was,
1t was O great deal better
than the belittlers assessed
1t.
Poems by this man still are
direct. honest and musical.
maybe spoiled to some tastes
by the honest flubdub that
was a part Of his times.
If a modern reader. read
ing him, concentrates on the
fiubdub. he misses the worth.
No man as successful as
Longfellow was in his life
time could be half as bad
as some of the callow wise
acres Of the roaring '20s made
him out to be.
****
Time then, is of the es-
sence, truly, when it restores
q good poet to his rightful
place, or makes us realize
that casting stones is not the
best way to conduct literary
criticism.
Time is seen important in
many zones. not just as q
mathematical something to
be marked of by moving cog
wheels and hands.
1t calls the child home to
bed after playing in the gut
ter for hours. How can q
child. modern as can be,
profit from playing in GUT
tiers? What is his end to be
except to push somebody
down and grab his money?
Time seems to be remiss
in teaching people these
things. or is 1t because some
folks are unteachable?
The moving hands OF
watch and clock tick or
make odd noises at inter-
walls, as the electric ones do,
and this goes on endlessly,
or until the thing runs down
or catches fire.
Time comes to an abrupt
end sometimes, but not really,
for our clocks and watches
are just our own device to
help us try to measure some
thing immeasurable.
The huge face Of the town
clock, so mysterious in child
hood, turns into a nuisance
in middle age, and q threat
In old.
Probably 1t is O good
thing, when clocks break
down. now and then, to show
us all that time is not only
"of the essence" whatever
that means, but also can
stand still at last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
Humane SIouqhterinq

Hearings on the humane
slaughter bill are now going
on in the Senate ONCE
Building. This bill has passed
the House. Let it be fer
vently hoped that there are
enough humanitarian mem
bers OF the Senate to insure
its passage there.
I was very interested in
the letter signed Edith Ham
ilton. published in your Sum-
days Letters to the Editor"
However, let me assure her
that a painless slaughtering
method has been evolved and
remains only to be put into
universal practice. 1t has
been used for some time by
the HORNED and oscar Mayer
companies.
In a day and age when so
many animals are sacrificed
in the name Of science, let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
Friend of France

AS q friend OF France, /
take issue with Richard
Fryklund land others) on re-
porting and opinions on the
North African situation.
During World War II. I
was q part Of the American
Food and Agricultural Mis-
sion there. I have visited
there since. / know the three
French North African coun-
tries well. I deny the truth
Of the statement by Mr.. Fry
klund April Is: "A middle
solution would be TO negotiate
some sort Of compromise with
Tunisia and eventually with
the Algerian nationalist.
This is the course rejected
last night. II is the only
course which Frances friends
could or would help her
pursue"
Among the real friends Of
France. who know her cul-
ture. her history. her pro-
found respect for the in
dividual, the history and
background Of North Africa.
! believe that any further
attempt to conciliate either
Algerian rebels or Tunisia
would result In the weakening
Of France and the negation
Of all that the West stands
for in these areas.
Tunisia has openly as we'll
as covertly aided the FIN.
Bourguiba with tongue In
cheek and soft phrases for
the West. .pursues a policy
aimed at thoroughly eliminat-
ing French. and I believe
European unless Com
munist), influence from
North Africa. How Ameri-
cans can believe that words
speak louder than actions
I do not know. I do know,
however, that thousands Of
FIN partisans after murder
ing and pillaging in Algeria
retire to the openly afforded
protection Of Tunisia. ! also
know that Algerian rebels
have murdered thousands Of
their own people-many Of
them tortured to death. and
among these old men, women
and little children--to force
them or their relatives into a
revolt that a great many Of
them want no part Of. I also
know that during the Ameri-
can Revolution. for example.
1t was not found necessary
or morally defensible to MUIR
der and torture the women
and children u Tories. I
question the right Of any
people who indulge in such
degenerate proceedings to
govern themselves. much less
to govern others who do not
agree with them.
II France should give up
Algeria-give 1t back to the
indigenous peoples, we should
certainly give California,
Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas back to Mexico. The
sooner the better--if we are
going 90. call attention TO
other peoples dirty nosesl
lCiarksdn q. lBeall,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
u. S. Chemists CogiIy Battle Moths
BY THOMAS R. HEM

scent, are attracted half q
mile and sometimes farther
for mating.
Researcher first isolated
the attractive material two
years ago. II was called
gyptol. The material. how
ever, was far from a sum-
GENTLY pure form for COM
plete analysis. which will be
necessary before synthesis
can be attempted. The male
gypsy moth. II seems, Is
hard 10 fool. He will not
respond TO anything but the
pure stun. With as much
as two drops. however. the
chemists expect 10 accom-
plish a great deal.
Progress 10 considerably
hampered by the habits OF
the insects. Different solu-
tons can be tested only dur
ing two weeks each summer
when the moths seek mates.
Mass rearing up TO date has
been dif1cult because OF wilt
disease. which attacks the
broods. Forest Service scien-
lists plan 10 install equip
ment in q laboratory at New
Haven to experiment on i'm
proved methods Of raising
the insects. II this work
succeeds. they point out. lure
testing could be done the
year around.
Cotton Sheds OIL
A new cotton fabric that
sheds oil and water has been
developed by Department Of
Agriculture chemists.
Two treatments are used.
both based on chemicals con-
tanning the element fiuorine.
Oil. which readily pene-
trates untreated cloth. will
not penetrate the treated
fabric. 1t even will roll OF it
after two weeks OF contact.
Water drops stand UP on
the cloth until they evapo-
rate.
Color. appearance and
feeling Of the cloth are I'M
affected by the treatments,
the chemists at the Depart
ment's Southern Regional
Laboratory say. although one
treatment adds q little weight
and makes the fabric gather
more dirt.
The processes stu are in
the pilot plant stage. they
report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
Mallory in the Senate

The full Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. without dissenting vote, now has
approved a subcommittee report on the
Mallory case which points the way, we
think, to fair and sensible solution of
this problem.
The keynote of the report Of the
subcommittee headed by Senator OMa-
honey, is reasonableness. And the pri-
mary objective is to clear up the con-
fusion which has attended the Supreme
Courts decision in the Mallory casa
decision which resulted in the release of
a man guilty Of rape because the police
had not arraigned him without unnec-
essary delay" as required by Federal
rule 5 (a).
Varying interpretations Of the NAL
lory ruling, the subcommittee found,
have produced the following after
math": ~ The community is not ade-
quately protected, (2) the innocent are
not properly shielded, and (3) the prose-
cution Of the guilty has been thwarted.
To remedy this situation, the sub
committee believes that the police should
be given opportunity for reasonable
interrogation" Of persons charged with
crime, and that this can be done with
out violating such fundamental guaran-
tees as those contained in the Fifth and
Fourteenth Amendments. We think so.
too, and we hope that the hearings
which the subcommittee proposes to
hold at an early date will produce leg
islation designed to accomplish these
rnsNifs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30

Time Is of the essence, q
silly popular phrase had it.
1t was q hard way Of say
ing that time is important.
Some people manage to
live without particular re-
gard TO time. Women some
times are accused OF having
no regard for time. and chill
dren are VIGOROUSLY dilatory.
as old fashioned parents
once said.
Time plays into the hands
Of the important. and makes
them wish it did not exist.
sometimes. If Hitler had not
been in such a hurry, and
had bided his time, he would
really have conquered the
world. They already had the
buzz bomb, and were work
ing with heavy water, so that
atom and hydrogen bombs
were just a matter Of time.
The mystery of time has
often been likened to the
wind. which. according to
Longfellow. blows where it
pleases.
The song Of the wind is
definite to some ears, not so
easily understood by hunting
minds and curious hearts.
We hear it in the night,
and it knocks things around.
The wind hits the northeast
corner of the house and for
some reason this manages
to move the bathroom door
slightly.
These mysterious sounds
Of houses in the night have
never had a poet of their
own. The place in the hall
that creaks when no foot
trods, the attic window that
rattles rather more than 1t
should.
These are sounds imple-
mented by time. the univer-
sal mover.
No poet looked upon wind
more knowingly than Long
fellow. whose poems are
looked down upon today, but
once were thought their
worth in gold.
Are works OF a poet meas
ured by each generation Of
readers, or do his poems
measure them?
Part Of the insane '20s was
a disposition to belittle sue
cessful authors of past gen.
erations. Somehow nothing
that went before had a good
sound in their ears, or a good
smell in their nostrils.
Somehow they wanted to
despise the past, in order to
make the present more i'm
portant.
Was it because they were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30

Department OF Agriculture
chemists are trailing the love
lure OF lady gypsy moths.
This Is one OF the most
delicate Jobs with which they
have been confronted. Out
OF more than 100000 clips
from the bodies OF virgin
moths, they expect. by some
OF the most delicate tech
niqueS OF chemistry. 10 ex-
tract two tiny drops OF the
elusive substance. preSuma-
bly, a perfume OF some sort.
which is irresistibly and
fatally attractive 10 males OF
the species. II is used as q
bait for traps. II is effective
but Unfortunately expensive.
Then. analysing the two
drops. the chemists hope
they will be able 10 synthe-
size the material.
An all-out battle with
these pests now IL In prog
ress in New England and in
fringe areas OF infestation In
New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. EntomoTogists
depend on the use Of the
natural lure TO determine the
locations Of infestation and
the efficiency Of spraying.
Female Bait Used
Filters impregnated with
an extract OF tips clipped
from bodies OF the females
are used in traps 10 lure the
predacious males. Twelve
tips. costing four cents each
to collect in the United
States, are required 10 bait
each trap. Technicians collect
the moth pupae and fly them
to field laboratories. There
they are kept In trays until
the moths emerge. Then the
last two segments Of the fe-
male body, containing the
lure. are shipped. soaked in
benzene. and chemically proc
essed. The material is stored
until placed in special traps.
Tips are collected also in
Yugoslavia. Portugal and
Spain.
The entomologists take adj
vantage OF the fact that the
existence Of the species de-
ponds on this sex attractant.
The female moths are too
heavy to fly. but they de-
velop the subtle lure very
soon after they emerge as
adults. Males. which have
antennae to detect the female
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
Arizona Ave. BRIDGE

The decision TO abandon q
240 expressway along the Po-
tomac Palisades and to build
the parkway instead is wise
and welcome. It is clouded.
however. by continued refer
ence TO a projected bridge
across the Potomac at Ari-
IONA avenue. This bridge
project. part Of the express
way plan. not Of the park
way. deserves q prompt bur-
ial. II was dreamed UP to
lure hypothetical Virginia
motorists in 1880 across the
Potomac In sufficient num-
bers TO provide some justin
cation for q high-cost. high
volume expressway.
An expressway across the
top Of the Palisades. as orig
inally recommended by the
Clarkeson Engineering Co..
meant the virtual abandon
ment Of the low-level Chain
Bridge. because Of rigid lin
itations on grades and cur
Natures. A parkway. as now
agreed upon. need not meet
such stringent standards.
Furthermore. two Of the four
lanes will be at the foot Of
the Palisades. on the level Of
Chain Bridge. This bridge
can therefore be linked ef-
fectively to the parkway.
It is quite clear that most
Of the commuter trafiic now
crossing Chain Bridge will
use the George Washington
Memorial Parkway on the
Virginia side. Additional re-
lief will come with the con-
struction of the Cabin John
Bridge. A high-level bridge
at Arizona avenue would be
a S28 million blunder 1t is
time to lay this ghost to rest.
With little traffic crossing
the Potomac at Chain Bridge
in the future. the cost Of
widening the parkway to six
lanes from Arizona avenue to
the Glover-Archbold parkway
is not justified. either IN dol
lars or in damage to park
lands. II we did need six
lanes from Arizona avenue
TO Glover-Archbold parkway,
which We do not. then obvi-
ously we would need 10 lanes,
not eight, from Glover-Arch-
bold to the Inner Loop.
Charles T. Stewart, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30
HeikkiIu Case

The buck passing and
other qualified mouthinss Of
certain Government ofhcials
in the Heikkila case makes
US look foolish in the eyes
Of the rest Of the world. espe-
cially that segment which is
supposed TO be free.
Who. or what. are the
forces behind this totalitar-
ian attitude espousing kid
mapping and deporting hith-
erto unknown law-abidins
people from their families
and unceremoniously dump
ing them into strange lands?
NJ. L. Flanagan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30

I am writing this to ex-
press my gratitude for the
f1rst-rate education my
daughter is receiving in the
Arlington County public
schools.
My little girl is 10 years
old and she is In the fourth
grade at Taylor School. 1t
is a modern. well-lighted and
well-equipped school and she
likes to attend 1t.
She learned to read by a
combination Of the sight and
phonic methods and she can
read freely from a news
paper. This is a result OF
what she has learned at
school alone as we have made
no attempt to teach her to
read at home.
AS for science, her class
recently had the privilege Of
being addressed by DR.. Her.
bert Friedman. noted physi-
cist who has worked with the
United States satellite pro-
gram. Many pupils were able
to ask intelligent questions
about the operation of the
Vanguard in its orbit. When
was 10. I'm sure that I did
not know the meaning Of
processes that the class dis
cusses with familiarity.
I have no objection TO
grade reports, but I do feel
that q parent can gain q
broader picture Of his child's
progress by a narrative re-
port. Suppose, for example,
that your child came home
with a grade Of 81 in arith-
metic. You might wonder.
what is he missing out on?"
With the narrative report,
this type Of information
might be included: jamie
does we'll in addition. but
needs coaching on subtrac-
ton"
We freely admit that
changes for the better have
been made in the fields of
science, medicine and trans
portation. Why not concede
that progress could possibly
have been made in the field
OF education. also?
Mrs. Joseph M. Caldwell.
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the people Of this great Ma
ton at least see TO 1t that
all animals used for food die
while unconscious.
Attendance Of humane
minded citizens at the Sem
ate hearings will help In
sure the passage Of this bill
whose only object is 10 sup
plant cruelty with mercy.
Elizabeth c. Roberts,
Executive Secretary. Anti
vivisection Society Of the
District Of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-30

unsightly temporary buildings left over
from two world wars. We hope the tight
he waged for so long will bring results
that will add pleasure TO his well-earned
retirement.