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Evening star., 1958-05-09
Blue Skies for Mr.. Dulles

This has been good week for John
Foster Dulles. In his eyes. the reluctant
sunshine must seem a little brighter and
the sky little bluer than 10 the rest OF
us long-suffering mortals.
For Mr.. Dulles, as far as the NATo
Council is concerned. is the hero Of the
battle Of the summit. II might be too
much 10 say that the Secretary Of State
has won this joust with MesSrs. Khru-
shchev and Gromyko. Perhaps Il would
be more accurate 10 say that the latter
overplayed their hands and thereby let
the battle go by default.
Still, be that as II may, Mr.. Dulles
has emerged from the council meeting
In Copenhagen as the man of the hour,
so to speak, and he has not spent so
much time In this role as to become
bored with 1t. From all appearances,
the summit differences among the NATo
foreign ministers have been bridged.
And Mr.. Dulles, perhaps for the first
time, seems to have the solid support
Of his colleagues.
This does not mean, of course, that
the summit meeting idea is dead, or that
negotiations looking toward relaxation
Of cold war tensions will be abandoned.
But II the Copenhagen communique
means anything. 1t means that no one
In NATO now wants a meeting at the
summit just for the sake Of meeting.
Paragraph of the statement records
the council as believing that summit
meetings are desirable "if they offer
prospects of reaching settlements on
important questions" Furthermore, says
the communique, conferences at the
summit "are not the only way, or nee
eSSarily the best way" of conducting
negotiations or reducing international
tensions. And, finally, "such confer
enceS must be properly prepared and
take place in favorable atmosphere.
This couldn't sound more Dulles
like If Mr.. Dulles had written it himself.
1t is reflection of a notable achieve
ment in diplomatic maneuvering by the
Secretary of State. And 1t is also a
sharp rebuff to the Kremlin's hopes of
cracking NATO over the summit issue.
One must recognize, however, that
an important question remains unan-
swered Where do we go from here?
Evening star., 1958-05-09
The Rock Throwers

To say the least, 1t is irritating to
read Of the reception accorded Vice Pres
ident Nixon by a crowd Of Communist
inspired lardheads in Lima, Peru. Mr..
Nixon is in Peru on good will mission
as an official representative of our own
Government. He is entitled to adequate
police protection from the rock throw
ers, and the Peruvian authorities should
see that he gets it.
At the same time, this incident
should be kept in some perspective. For
we have our own lunatic fringe. Re-
member the picture of Wendell Willkie
after he had been hit with an egg
thrown by some American heckler dur
ing the 1910 campaign?
Mr.. Nixon knew he was taking a
calculated risk of sort in trying to talk
to the students at Lima's 400-year-old
San Marcos University. Apparently he
had been advised by the Peruvian au-
thorities to stay away. But this was
notsan easy choice. Would it have been
better for the Vice President of the
United States to have taken the timid
course? Or was 1t better to try to talk
to hostile student body and a dozen
or so rock throwers, who did their work
from the rear ranks? All things con-
sidered, Mr.. Nixon, we think, made the
right decision. At least, he is not going
to be laughed out of Peru.
OF course, there remains a question
as to whether this demonstration In
Lima reflects the attitude Of the ma
tority Of PeruvianS, who fear the pros
pect Of higher American tariff duties
or tighter quotas on the importation of
lead, zinc and copper. If so, someone
should tell them that throwing rocks at
the Vice President is not the best way
to win friends in the United States and
favorably influence the American Con-
greSS. We prefer to believe, however,
that this is not the case-that most
PeruvianS are like most Americans, and
that they have at least as much con-
tempt for the hoodlum element. If this
is so, Mr.. Nixon's mission, and the man.
ner in which he has handled himself,
may yet bear good fruit.
Evening star., 1958-05-09
Let the City Decide

Present restrictions on the allot-
ment of Halliburton Act funds prevent
the District from making the best use
of Federal aid for new medical facilities.
Right now there is urgent need for a
rehabilitation center for crippled chill
dren and for institutions designed to
care for the chronically ill and the aged.
However, although the District is ELI
gible to receive up to $5O0,O00 a year
for hospital construction, only $5O,OOO
of this amount can be spent on each
center or home. 1t is because of this un-
satisfactory situation that Health Offlcer
Finucane has asked the United States
Public Health Service to seek a change
in the law.
DR.. Finucane pointed out that If
local health authorities were given the
right to decide where Hill-Burton funds
should go, 100000 Federal grant could
be made toward badly needed rehabili-
tation center planned by the District
Crippled Children's Society. The society
would raise similar amount to pay for
the 100000 building, the site for which
already has been obtained. AS the law
stands, most Of the Districts allotment
may be used only for general hospitals,
mental wards, tuberculosis hospitals and
public health centerS. But the amount
for such center as the society proposes
is sharply limited.
The American Medical Association
has found that other cities and towns
have felt the need for liberalization of
the law for the benefit of such vital
health projects. Giving local health
authorities more discretion in the al
location of available Federal-aid funds
would be in the public interest.
Evening star., 1958-05-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

The TACT that they eat
seeds helps them, since thou
sands of pounds of this are
put out regularly now. over a
wide territory. by humans
who love all birds and wish
to help them.
The parakeet is the only
pet about which we have
never heard one word Of
complaint.
Dogs? What pests they
are" sometimes!
Cats? Nuisance" some
think.
But the little parakeet is
beloved the world around.
Nobody ever says anything
about him except, "Ain't he
cute"
There are said to be IL
million Of them in the United
States. Most of them are soon
able to say a few words, many
whole sentences, and a few
even are able to say the
Lords Prayer.
Five hundred words is
about the record vocabulary.
When you stop to think of
it, this is just about as
marvellous in a bird as it
would be II a human being
knew all the thousands of
words in the big dictionaries.
A few parakeets have been
found, after they made a get
away, by saucily telling their
name, home address, and
telephone number to the
finder.
Naturally, this literally
puts them in the wonder
class.
Though there are many IA
nous owners, including the
White House and Sir Winston
Churchill, the big point about
the parakeet is that 1t is
everybody's pet.
Though it will escape If it
can, through the smallest
opening, it loves its home,
too, and does we'll with the
freedom Of the house, which
is usually granted it, its hab-
its being good. Any old house
pleases it, hence its millions
of friends.
When a parakeet escapes,
the less commotion outdoors.
the better. Barking dogs and
screaming children are taboo.
A small mirror. flashed in
the birds direction, some
times will lure it down to its
cage, since it is a very curious
creature.
No one need feel ashamed
of tears at the recovery of
this smallest member of the
modern family. In COMPARE
son with the great world into
which it flies, 1t is tiny. in
deed. and its return always
seems something of a miracle.
Evening star., 1958-05-09
For q Better Defense

The latest attempts to
unity and streamline our un-
wieldy and. in part, obSoles-
cent defense organization are
being made by one who has
devoted the better part of his
life to the science and opera
tion Of ground warfare, but
who now, from his lofty posi-
tion in the White House, is
able to free himself from the
trees sufficiently to see clearly
the broad panorama of the
forest. And to combat these
attempts we have the same
procession of admirals and
generals. supported by their
partisan friends in Congress
and elsewhere, who are de-
termined to defend and pro-
tect the vested rights and
interests of their own partic-
ular service at whatever cost
to the efficiency of our de-
fense as a whole.
AS a young soldier prior to
World War 1. I was proud to
be a member of the United
States Cavalry. l witnessed
the futile effort made to util-
ize that glorious organization
in the struggle against the
Kaiser's mechanical forces in
France, and I realized that
the day of the horse cavalry
man was over. Yet it took
many years after that war to
convince those whose vested
interest was in the cavalry.
For many years after World
War ] the Navy admirals con-
tinued to look upon the bat
tleShip as the very essence Of
sea warfare. In 1899. Admiral
Leahy and others convinced
Congress that the battleship
still was the greatest of
modern weapons. Millions of
dollars were wasted to con-
Struct the battleships Mis-
souri,, New Jersey and 9TH
ers, which played little or
no part in the war to follow.
Our sad experience in Ko-
rea should have convinced us
that in hand-to-hand COM
bat we do not possess the
manpower resources to enable
us to compete with nations
whose supply Of manpower is
Observation-Disclosures we still
hear the old cliche about the
man with the bayonet being
our most important defense.
In the past we had the time
and the resources to correct
our deficiencies. The future
may not be so good to us!
Harvey II. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1958-05-09

pound in New York compared
to SO cents a pound in
Washington; yellow onions
are selling at three pounds for
20 cents. compared to three
pounds for 10 cents in New
York; French fries are selling
for three packages for 40 cents
in New York as compared to
three packages for 49 cents
in Washington.
Miss Ottenberg's article
stated: Chains say they
don't like high prices"
/ can't believe this is an ex-
ample of their dislike of high
prices.
Miss Gutenberg also men
tions that Washington food
prices have gone up nation
ally 4 per cent. 1t appears
by comparing these prices
between New York and
Washington that Washing
ton may have a higher in
crease than the national
average of 4 per cent.
/ have no argument with
Miss Ottenberg's article ex-
cept that / feel she received
poor advice from the chain
store officials when they told
her that they we're trying to
encourage consumers resist
ance to higher prices. If this
is the case, / can't under
stand why New Workers
should have to pay less for
the same items that we are
paying IL per cent more for.
1t appears that the markup
on the New York items is suf-
flcient for them to operate
profitably. Then we can only
assume that they are in
creasing their markup IL
per cent, over and above
their normal profit, at the
expense of the Washington
consumer.
Puzzled Housewife.
Evening star., 1958-05-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

was made, and naturally I feel
that the full blame lies at the
door Of the first doctor, for
If the cancer had been de-
tected at that time, and the
original site found and re-
moved. my husband could
well be alive today.
The American Medical So
ciety should see to it that
doctors admitted to practice
know more about the symp-
toms Of cancer, and leave no
stone unturned in endeavor-
ing to detect 1t.
M. 8. r.
Evening star., 1958-05-09

At this particular time,
when the campaign for funds
to fight cancer is under way,
there have been various ar
ticleS written about the i'm
portance of contributing to
this effort. and plans have
been submitted which are de-
signed to decrease deaths due
to this disease.
This is all very well, and I
concur in all that has been
written, inasmuch as I lost
my husband to this disease a
short time ago. However, in
all I have read. in newspapers
or magazines, or in literature
published by the American
Cancer Society. there is one
thing which is never mem
toned; and in my experience
in talking with many people
who have lost relatives to
cancer, this is the one i'm
portant thing which is neg
lected. We are told to have
check-upS once a year, so we
are check-up conscious. But.
who is doing the check-ups?
The answer. of course, is doc
tors. And there is the missing
link. We can check up until
doomsday, but if the doctor
fails to detect cancer when
it is present land believe me,
in my husbands case the
doctor did fail to detect it
when he should not have
failed) all the efforts of the
Cancer Society and others, to
prevent or cure the disease,
are of no avail.
In the case of my husband,
there was a check-up, for
supposed Indigestion. The
doctor diagnosed the symp-
toms as "pre-ulcer" and pre-
scribed pills accordingly. He
made no blood test, in the
event it might be cancer. He
completely disregarded that
possibility. A year later when
the cancer had progressed to
the lungs and there was con-
siderable pain, the examining
doctor never considered the
possibility of cancer. After
two visits, during which time
he made a cardiogram, and
used the stethoscope. and f.
nally prescribed Bufferin to
relieve the pain, he lightly
dismissed the case by telling
me to have my husband rub
a little liniment on his
chest" Of course, at that
time it was too late to save
his life though every effort
Evening star., 1958-05-09
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Eskimos Had 1t Hot Last Winter
BY THOMAS HENRY

subjected 10 maritime Arctic
and maritime polar air
thrusts from the south as
low pressure systems move
northward 10 the west coast
OF Greenland. The amount
and extent Of the warm air
moving into the Arctic vary
directly as the intensity and
location Of cyclonic activity.
On occasions when the
surface low-pressure system
moves In a west-northwester-
ly direction across the top Of
Hudson Bay, the warm sector
Of the depression Is extensive
enough TO move the warm air
not only over Baffin Bay but
also over and 10 the west OF
Baffin Island. That is what
happened this January. As
q result the northeastern
Arctic experienced some abb
normally high winter tempe
ratures."
Whether the Eskimos we're
duly appreciative the meteor
ologists do not say. They
don't 20 outdoors much in
winter anyway-but they pro-
baby shed few tears over
the sad plight Of Florida, II
they knew about IL. Forty
above. after all. was a little
too hot for their fur clothing.
$50
Location of what may be
the center of the center"
Of the hundred-billion star
Milky Way galaxy, Of which
the solar system is a minute
part. has just been reported
by three English radio as
tronomers.
Generally the center OF the
system long has been located
in about the position Of the
constellation Of Sagittarius,
the Archer, in the southern
heavens. The contour Of the
stars has been interpreted
as the figure Of a bowman
shooting an arrow.
During the past 10 or so
years of radio astronomy
one Of the most intense ra-
dio-emittiris parts of the
heavens has been In the
general area Of this constel-
lation. 1t has not yet been
possible, however. to locate
this source with much preci-
sion. This now has been ac-
complished by use of more
refined methods than hither-
to have been available
according to a report of Drs.
F. G. Smith, P. A. Brien and
]. E. Baldwin of Oxford Uni
versity's Cavendish Labora-
tory. lust published in the
British scientific journal Ma
ture.
They have pinned down the
radiating body almost in the
center Of the great constella-
tion. Its dimensions, they
say, turn out to be about
$50 by 400 parsecs. The
parsec, an ordinary unit Of
astronomical measurement.
is about 1872 quadrillion
miles.
This is remarkably small
for such a body. the Engli l
astronomers say. They re-
gard the object as a great
mass Of gas. presumably
very diffuse, which lies be-
hind a thick curtain Of
highly ionized hydrogen
that is, hydrogen the elec-
irons Of whose atoms have
been stripped away. 1t may
well be, they say, a central
condensation of cosmic gases
in this particular galaxy.
Evening star., 1958-05-09
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
Socrates gave us a scare
last night. That's the name
Of our parakeet.
Socrates is a bit of a runt;
hasn't grown much since he
was purchased as a fledgling
in a drug store.
And he can't speak Eng
lish. Anything he says is
Greek to us.
MY wife was seated at the
kitchen table facing the win
dow. The Star carrier arrived
and my mother-in-law
stepped out to pick up the
paper, forgetting that Socra-
tes was on her shoulder.
MY wife screamed:
1.-The bird is out!'
"She had seen it fly past
the window.
I'VE ran out. Socrates had
flown around the corner of
the house. There is a valley
in the rear and Socrates was
flying over a thicket Of trees
in the deepening dusk.
while we were all calling
him. he circled. few back to
the house. and perched on
the iron rail of the kitchen
stoop. My wife held out her
finger. Socrates climbed on
it and she carried him in
doors. Then what a fuss!
Everybody almost burst into
tears.
Missing parakeets are
noted every day in the Lost
and Found column and by
the rise-and-shine radio an
nouncers.
DO you suppose any OF
them manage to survive in
nature?
Sincerely, G. K"
y
Parakeets originally came
from high. cold mountainous
regions. where they faced
nature in the raw.
Washington weather is not
too much for them. especial
ly with bird feeding stations
on every wing.
They naturally take up
with common sparrows, and
this is one Of the best rea-
sons, we think. for liking the
little gray and brown birds.
The fact that the new
corners to a flock are soft
green or blue does not in any
way make them inimical to
the English sparrows. The
latter welcome them, and
what is theirs belongs to the
parakeets, too.
There have been some in
stances Of survival of a wild
ing parakeet through a local
winter, though no record of
any such survival in the deep
snow of last winter.
Evening star., 1958-05-09

Eakimos nave Just Aweated
out a hot winter.
While II has been abnor-
mally cold and stormy over
most Of North America. AZ
least part Of the Arctic
specifically canada's far
stretched Arctic islands
had the warmest winter on
record.
Such vast areas OF Icy des-
olation and scattered villages
OF stone huts as Bafiin and
Ellesmere islands-the latter
the nearest land TO the
North Pole-experienced in
January mean temperatures
Of only lis and 30 F. For
Ellesmere Island this was i6
degrees above normal. the
greatest positive tempera-
ture ever observed In that
region. Bafin Land. how
ever. has had several warm
er Januaries. but not lately.
This has Just been re-
ported by M. X. Thomas and
r. L. Titus. Canadian gov
ernment meteorologists. The
report is published in the
monthly review Of the United
States Weather Bureau.
There were almost mid
summer days for this part of
the world. At one station,
for example. where the high
est recorded mid-winter tenn
perature for 20 years was
% F., the thermometer
jumped 10 40 F. for two days
in succession. At another
where the highest January
temperature for ten years
had been 80 F.. a value of
80 F. was reported for one
day. At a nearby station.
however, a temperature Of
48 was recorded in 1891 and
1t is doubtful If this has been
exceeded. although the par
ticular station now has been
abandoned.
North Of latitude 10. the
Canadian meteorologists re-
port, nearly continuous rec
ords from one or more sta
tions are available since 1921.
Above freezing temperatures
never have been recorded for
January before 1858. During
exceptionally warm years
there have been records as
high as 20 degrees (F0.
At seven or eight stations
in Ungava and Labrador, the
report says, all January rec
ords were broken. Most sig
niflcant we're temperatures of
46 at Goose Bay, site of q
large air station, where the
previous maximum had been
AZ and at the weather sta
ton at Frobisher in Ungava
where there was one reading
Of 80, compared to q previous
maximum of "a.
At Dawson in Yukon Ter
ritory, where there have been
continuous observations since
the gold rush days Of 1898,
the former record of SO de-
grees F. was broken in jan
uary with a high Of Al.
Reasons for the upside
down weather pattern are
somewhat obscure but Thom-
as and Titus summarize their
conclusions: Study of the
normal temperature pattern
in the Canadian Arctic indi-
Gates that the eastern coast
adjoining Davis Strait and
Baffin Bay often has much
warmer temperatures than
can be expected in the west
ern Arctic. Besides the mod
Grating effect of water and
ice, this coastal area is also
Evening star., 1958-05-09

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iOriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star., 1958-05-09

Thank you very much for
the article in The Sunday
Star by William r. Frye on
Did We Fumble the SAC
ISsue?" On April rs. Mr.. Frye
spoke to an audience here
in Washington on Peace
making in the U.N." I was
pleased to find his article in
the Sunday paper after hear
ing his talk.
His clear analyses of the
complex problems before the
U. N. today have proved most
helpful to me, and should be
OF great interest to all read
ers Of The Star. I look for
ward to reading more Of his
reports in your paper.
Elsa r. KOeIling.
4 \
I want to let you know how
pleased I was to see William
r. Frye's article, Did We
Fumble the SAC Issue?" in
Sundays Star april 81, 1853.
I hope there will be more to
come.
Mr.. Frye is one of the most
perceptive observers of the
U.N. scene; and I belive that
you are providing a real serv-
ice to your readers by includ-
ing such stories by him as
that published last week.
John A. Marshall,
Federal Power Commits
sion,
Evening star., 1958-05-09
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and elders in handicap play
(he's the Presidents Cup
champion at Bethesda) has
been snapped. Kent won his
first-round match but lost to
Dick Schmidt Of Kenwood, 2
and /, in the l3-and-under
semifinals yesterday.
Champlenship FnEht
FIRST round:
Chuck Lubar, Woodmont. def. Jerry
DCser woodnont and snS ao Deus Lind.
mont. 2 up; Ronnie RiShter. Prince
Georges. def. Ronnie Jamison. Gooss
Greek. 5 and 3; Chuck Werner, Manor
DEF. Pete Maroshek. Congressional.
and a.; Dave voris. Manor def Terri
Isss Westminster G ED 4 Ken BUS Hss
bower Belle Haven, / up; Don copnor
Washington, def. Warren Hughes, Ken
wood. I up, 10 holes; Dance kighter
kenwood; aef; Bob Understein. Indian
Quarter-nnals
Lindsay def. Lubar, up; r, Rishtel
def Werner. 2 and 1. Voris def Gar.
nett. l and /; Conner def. L. kiehter
Ii-Is Year FilEht ouarter-hnals
Dan Boone. Columbia def. Ton
Riehter, Prince GEORGES, z and 9; Dav,
Manor 2 and S; Henry Warner, Belle
Haven. def. Steve Abraham, Indiar
wood. def. Richard Taylor Kenwood
2 and 4.
10 Years and Under FIiFht
John Gavin, Bethesda, def JohI
Swagart, Manor. 10 and 8; Nor
Schonfeld. Kenvood. def Claude Cay
t he Sef LarTy turner. Kenvood
z and 8. Dick Schmidt. Kenwood. wor
BY default.
Semidnals:
Gavin def. schonfeld, 4 and 2
Schmidt def Kittls, 2 and /.
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PGA's MERCY
ON BOLT INVOKED
BY D'ALESANDRO

BALTIMORE. July Is
(Pl.-The Mayor OF Balti-
more, worried that Tommy
Bolt might be knocked out
Of next weeks Eastern
Open here by a suspension.
asked the Pea today TO
please be merciful."
Mayor Thomas D'Ales-
andre made the request in
a wire TO Pea President
Harold Sargent and execu-
tice board members meet
ing in Philadelphia. Bolt.
winner Of the 1858 Ma
tional Open and 1857 East
ern Open, was to appear
before them today to ex-
plain runins with officials
at two Long Island tourna-
ments last month.
las Mayor of Baltimore
and in the name OF thou
sands Of Baltimore sports
fans, 1 respectfully urge
clemency be accorded in
the case Of Tommy Bolt"
D'Alesandro wired the
PGA.