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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
CONGRESS Should Act

Once again a divided Court of APP
peals has demonstrated the need for
congressional action TO clear up the con-
fusion which has resulted from the SUI
preme Courts decision in the Mallory
case.
This latest case seems relatively
uncomplicated. Some two years ago
Charles s. Porter found his wife with
another man in the wife's apartment.
Porter struck the man with his fist and
threw him out onto the street. This
resulted in injuries from which the
man died, and Porter was convicted of
manslaughter.
The issue was whether a written
confession made some IA hours after
Porter's arrest at 11:15 pm. was prop
erly admitted in evidence at the trial.
Porter had first confessed to the as
sault, as distinguished from the homi-
eide, almost Immediately after his ar
rest) The confessions were entirely
voluntary, and Porter made no claim
Of coercion, threats or improper prom
ises. Before Porter signed his confess
sion, the police advised him. Before
making such statement (confeSsion) I
advise you that your statement must
be made freely and voluntarily and also
your statement will be used against you
in court If 1t becomes necessary"
In the circumstances, Supreme
Court Justice Stanley Reed, retired, who
was serving by designation, and Judge
Burger held that there had not been
unnecessary delay in arraignment and
that the confession was properly adj
mitted. Judge Bazelon disSented, con-
tending that there had been unneces-
sary delay and that the confession
therefore was invalid. He also reit-
Grated his belief that any confession
is invalid if obtained through police
questioning of an arrested person be-
fore arraignment.
Such a confused state of the law
cries out for remedy, and the remedy
is not to turn loose people who have
freely and voluntarily confessed their
crimes The proper remedy is for Con-
gress to enact the pending legislation
which requires the police to warn
suspect that he need not make any
statement, but which also provides that
mere delay in arraignment, standing
alone, shall not serve automatically
to invalidate an otherwise voluntary
confession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

subject Of lively discussion
in Georgetown since the in
stallation of the new type of
lights last year. In October
1857. our association passed
a resolution petitioning the
Commissioners to move
those already installed at
Thirtieth and M. Thirtieth
and @ and S street between
Wisconsin avenue and Thirty
second street. We requested
that no more of that type be
installed as they are not in
conformity with the char
acter of Georgetown archi-
lecture and. if more light is
necessary. that the old type
Of lamps be furnished.
Especially. our association
protests the installation of
the new standards with mer-
curry vapor lights in residen-
tial quarters, as they are
glaring and unpleasant for
adjoining houses whose own
ers have complained.
I call these details to Rep
resentative BroyhillS atten-
ton, hoping he will find them
useful in his proposed study.
William E. Shepherd,
President, Georgetown Cit
liens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Shift the Subsidy

Commissioner Mclaughlin Is right
In holding that, If cut-rate school fares
are to be continued here as a matter of
public policy, the subsidy should be paid
by the general public, not by transit
riders. The issue is pertinent now be-
cause of two developments: % A request
by D. c. Transit for an increase in school
fares from rs cents to 10 cents and ~
pending legislation to shift the subsidy
burden from the transit company to the
District government.
Whatever the outcome of the pc
tition to the Public Utilities Commission
for higher school rate, substantial
losses will be incurred by the company
under the present arrangement. And,
inevitably, the deficit will have to be
made up by transit patrons who must
pay the full fare. 1t is patiently dis
criminatory to impose on the users Of
buses and StreetcarS the whole burden
of making up the deficit resulting from
cheap fares for school children. The
deficit last year, according to Transit
Vice President James c. Flanagan, was
$4,000, involving Sc million rides. The
present 7.5-cent school fare is far under
the cost of transporting the children
estimated now to average 1875 cents
passenger.
Several plans for shifting the sub
sidy are under consideration at the Cap
itol. But the method is not so important
as the main objective, namely placing
the school fare subsidy where it Justly
belongs-on the general public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

newsmen and radio and Tv quizzers.
wholly apart from official inquirers,
would address blunt questions 10 him,
and nearly always he answered with
what seemed TO be complete frankness
and forthrightness-and with invariably
Arm assurances that his country. de-
spite It's Marxist rule, and regardless Of
Soviet cajolery, pressures or threats,
would never surrender It's independence
TO the Kremlin. Certainly, TO state the
case mildly, events themselves have so
far given him full support on that score.
which Is but one OF many reasons why
he has left behind him In the United
States a record that has won widespread
respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
A Hole in the Denial

Sherman Adams has issued for
NAL denial of some accusations made
against him by John Fox, publisher Of
the defunct Boston Post But 1t is a
denial which does not deny the most
damning Of the Fox charges.
Mr.. Fox may be an irresponsible
and malicious individual" as Bernard
Goldflne's lawyers have said. But this,
as far as Mr.. Adams is concerned, is
beside the point.
The former publisher has testified,
under oath, that he met Mr.. Adams and
Mr. Goldflne in the Sheraton Carlton
here on May 10, 1855. At that meeting,
again according to the witness, Mr..
Goldfine, in proposing toast to Mr..
Adams, said the "so-and-so's" at the
Federal Trade Commission were giving
him trouble but that Governor Adams
is going to take care of it," Mr.. Fox
said many other things, but this is the
real heart of his testimony.
Did such a meeting take place, and
did Mr.. Goldf1ne, while in Mr.. Adams
presence, make the statements attrib-
uted to him? If nothing of the sort
happened, Mr.. Adams ought to make
specific and categorical denial Of the
Fox testimony. The statement he issued
last evening does not do this.
The Adams statement says that Mr..
Fox'S malicious accusations are made
largely in terms of what he alleges
someone else told him." 1t says that
virtually everything he said about me"
in one way or the other-is false"
1t says that II categorically deny that
I have ever said to Mr.. Goldf1ne or to
anyone else that would take care-or
had taken care-of his affairs with any
Federal agency" And there is more,
dealing with other Fox accusations.
But there is nothing in the state
ment which denies that Mr.. Adams was
present when Mr.. Goldfine said that the
"so-and-so's" were giving him trouble
but that Governor Adams twas going to
take care of it,"
This is not something that can be
met by general denials or by denying
other things. 1t cannot be met by de-
mails coming from Mr. Goldfine or his
attorneys. If 1t is untrue, Mr.. Adams
must deny it in categorical and specific
terms. If Mr.. Adams cannot do this,
or If he fails to do it, the only possible
inference will be that he permitted Mr..
Goldfne to make the so-and-so state
ment in his presence. And If this hap
pened, Mr.. Adams is through as the
Presidents No. l assistant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Little Rock Ruling

Having taken a look at the
background of Judge Lemley,
it certainly is not difficult to
understand his decision to
suspend indignation at Gen.
trail High School. Little Rock,
Ark. Judge Lemley was born
in a small Virginia COM
munity "a years ago. received
a good formal education and
was we'll trained in Southern
tradition.
It seems that the whole sit
uation in Little Rock stems
from Gov. Faubus' ambi-
ton to become the first Gov
ernor of Arkansas to serve
three terms. The Governor. as
a result of Judge Lemley's
decision, could conceivably
win again, but at what a
price. The 9th verse of the
10th chapter of Matthew best
fits Gov. Faubus: For
what is a man proflted, If he
shall gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?"
Will Little Rock become a
big stone around the neck Of
the American people?
Edward ]. MacClane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Ambassador Mates

Now that he has ended his tour Of
duty here, word Of commentator is
owing to Ambassador Leo Mates of
YugoSlavia. Throughout the more than
four years he spent in Washington. he
served President Titos "heretical' Com
muniSt government with distinction.
His task was far from easy, especially
at those times when Belgrade and Mos
COW appeared to be succeeding in bury
ing the Stalinist past and achieving a
reconciliation. Periodically, American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

In answer to Curtis Shears,
whose letter appeared in
your paper in reply to my
letter, big Brother Bout and
UGF," here are the facts: My
invitation to the benefit box
ing bout stated: Cost Of at
tendance $25 per person,
(tax deductible $l8) the
balance 81 betrayed cost of
dinner, etc.
Now, re: United Givers
Fund Whose doors are open
to qualified projects), the fact
that in some cities Big
Brothers is in the community
fund speaks for itself. Why
not inquire of national COM
munity chests. funds and
councils as to the ground
rules for local chapter ap-
proach?
Where there's a will
there's a way" Locally the
half million UGF con-
tributors, the 10000 VOLUNTEER
campaign workers and the
kids you wish to serve and
guide are entitled to as near
a one-package. once-a-year
campaign as can be had.
Go to it.
Joseph ID. Kaufman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

most fundamental rights Of
defense, cruel and savage
punishments, offend the
conscience of civilized men
and women.
The conformation or re-
peated tolerance by the
United Nations of violations
of solemn international COM
mitments by the Soviets and
by the Hungarian regime sap
the very essence of the con-
tractual union, called the
United Nations.
Stefan Osusky,
Member, international Com
mission of JuristS, Head
quarters. The Hague.
\ y + 4
The execution by the Com
munists of former Hungarian
Premier Imre Macy and Gen.
Pal Maleter is the latest in a
long line of Red betrayals of
every tenet of honor and
morality which our civiliza-
ton holds dear. 1t is a small
thing compared to the slaugh-
ter of Hungary itself.
OF more direct concern
to us is the fate of the nine
United States airmen i'm
prisoned in East Germany.
The Communists are hoping
that we can be blackmailed
into recognizing their puppet
government. Instead, this Is
our opportunity to take
action long overdue. The
United States should demand
the return of these men forth
with on pain of ending diplo-
matte recognition of the Rus
sian government, whose
stooges the East German
Communists are.
This would be an entirely
reasonable and justified ac-
ton in view of the circum-
stances. Any weaker course
would assure the Communists
that America has perma-
nently taken a defeatist posi-
ton and that we are ready
to be trampled upon further.
w. b. Larew, Jr.
X
Washingtonians who were
enraptured by the perform
ance of the Moiseyev dancers
during their local appearance
should make every effort to
see them again in New York.
1t is rumored that within a
few days, as soon as its in
tricacies can be mastered,
the Russian troupe will add
to its repertoire a new "Octo-
Der Dance" This is a brief
but breathtaking Hungarian
jig by four men on the ends
of ropes-skillfully executed
by the Russians. Kultur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
National Flower

Every naturalist, every pa
triot and everyone who loves
wildlife and uncultivated
flowers should resist the re-
cent threat to designate the
commercialized rose as our
national flower.
The flower that we adopt
as representative of our Ma
ton should be native, uncul-
tivated, and vigorous enough
to live in all parts of the
country independent Of hu-
man aid.
Fortunately that is the
standard that every one of
the States has followed in
selecting a State fiower-the
blackeyed Susan for Mary
land, the columbine for Col
orado. the wild rose for North
Dakota. to mention only
three. Previously the golden
rod has been considered our
national flower: and it would
be a good selection.
Our ancestors used good
judgment in naming the bald
eagle our national bird-a
creature that is forever wild
and free. Now to make the
dollhouse commercial rose our
national flower would be like
substituting the prosaic, do
mesticated Dominicker hen
for the bald eagle.
The dandelion would be a
better choice than a cIlti-
waited product associated with
daily sales and profits and
pelf of the market place. If
we wish a symbol Of beauty
as well as of vigor, persist
ence. survival and thrift
ness. there is no flower SUI
perior to the:
Dainty little dandelion
smiling on the lawn.
Sleeping through the jewy
night and waking in
the morn"
Save us from the mistake
of yielding to the florists
lobby and placing CONNER
cialism above our numerous
lovely wild flowers.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
About Purple Grosshopper Eaters

TO show Difference TO the
masters OF the household.
For the same reason women
do not eat goat meat. an
other Buhaya delicacy.
The Buhaya." Fr. Mors
reports, fuse nsenene as
esteemed gifts from wife 70
husband. from q girl 10 her
betrothed. from a woman TO
her lover or hrother-in-law.
Any woman or girl who gives
a present Of nsenene TO a
man should receive from him
a gift OF q garment or some
money. II the wife or chill
dren wish to excuse them
selves from any fault before
the head OF the family they
offer him some nsenene.
These are offered even TO the
dead master OF a household
at the entrance to his hut.
"A wife who refused to
catch grasshoppers for her
husband when they came In
November would have Q big
argument which might even
end in divorce. Her father
must then pay a fine. gen.
orally q goat. so that the
husband will forgive hts
daughter"
In remote Nepal's Valley
Of Katmandu girls marry
nuts.
Rather common in more
advanced countries, of course,
but in Nepal the bridegrooms
are real nuts that grow on
trees.
The strange custom is
described in a communica-
ton to the Explorers Jour-
nal Of the Explorers Club of
New York from DR.. Nelson
S. Knaggs Of the Cincinnati
Museum of Natural History.
who observed it during an
expedition TO the Himalayan
kingdom with gifts from the
city Of Cincinnati.
Divorce Simple
"one day." he records, IT
came to a group Of people
taking part in a strange
ceremony. A young girl
was being married to q nut
from a tree. The girl is mar
ried to the nut first and to
a man afterwards. In this
manner, she never can be-
come a widow. u her hus-
band dies she still is married
to the nut.
During the ceremony the
nut is cast into the river.
floating down stream where
eventually it lodges on the
bank and grows into a tree.
producing more nuts for
more girls to marry.
After marriage. divorce
always is easy in Nepal. If a
man wishes to divorce his
wife he simply places two
betel nuts under Der pillow.
When she wakene and finds
them there she knows she is
through"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

think of as word magic. that
counts the most.
The very sounds Of words
exert a terrific something on
the right reading person.
\
Not all readers, it must be
admitted, are good enough
for good translations, or poor
ones, either.
They read so poorly that
much of what is good in what
they are reading is lost to
them in the process.
No heavenly translation.
even. would do them good,
for they are lost. and should
stick to television.
The good reader is another
man or woman. or child (be-
cause good adult readers
come from good child read
ers.)
The good reader senses
the good and right transla-
tons, and gets practically
all the thrill from it a native
would get in reading in the
original.
So we answer our CORE
spondent by saying that she
is not in any sense wasting
her time reading modern
TRANSACTIONS of old works or
OF new works. for that mat
ter.
The sense of the work is
the thing. and If this sense
makes you satisfied, you can
be sure that the best you can
get is pretty good, after all.
The translation business"
as our correspondent calls 1t,
is a real business in litera-
ture, and it is amazing that
so much comes through to
us, no matter how little we
know OF the original. We
may, in most cases, feel that
we are in safe hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Pension Office Fate

1t is being seriously pro-
posed to use the old Pension
building at F and Fifth streets
NV. to house the National
Air Museum, rather than to
build on the Mall as is now
being planned by the respon-
sible agencies. To me it seems
inconceivable that anyone
should entertain such an
idea if he possesses any ma
tional pride or any sense Of
historical and architectural
values.
The Pension building is a
priceless relG from earlier
days. and by all means
should be preserved because
of it's unique outside frieze Of
marching men and its I'M
usual and stately inside court
and galleries. Perhaps it
would serve well as a Nat
ional Civil War Museum to
house relics from that event.
full struggle, and to be dedi-
Gated to all the men who
served for both the North
and the South.
But that structure is ILL
suited both in exterior and
interior design for housing
the greatest collection of his
toric airplanes in the world.
That is what this Nation is
fortunate to possess. Surely
we should provide a fine new
building especially designed
to exhibit them to the best
advantage, so they will be
an inspiration to all our peo-
pie. 1t would seem appro-
pirate to me to also include
a free planetarium, and to
call it the National Air and
Space Museum; and by all
means to locate it on the
Mall with the other popular
Smithsonian buildings.
PanI L ThnmaS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Soviet Brutality

The International Com
mission Of JuristS, a nom
governmental organization,
enjoying a consultative sta
tus in the United Nations,
deems it important to stress
certain facts in connection
with the judicial murder of
1mre Macy and other Hun
garian leaders.
1t is not without reason
that the Hungarian puppet
regime has chosen a time
when the world is occupied
with the crisis in Cyprus,
Lebanon and North Africa, to
announce the execution OF
Imre Macy.
The tragic destiny of
Imre Macy is not an excep-
tional case. The fact is that
the Hungarian regime mas
been conducting political
trials in secret throughout
the present year, the news
Of which, however. has been
released only when the at
tention Of public opinion was
engaged elsewhere.
Thus. on May G. a num-
Der of leading Hungarian
lawyers, including the former
president of the Interna-
tional Union of Lawyers,
were tried but, as far as is
known, the result of this
trial has not been made
public.
On May II, the Hungarian
Telegraph Agency announced
that four accused had been
sentenced to death and ex-
ecuted. They belonged to a
group of l6 who had already
been tried in October, 1857,
and then three of them SEN
fenced to Imprisonment.
They have been retired by
the Peoples Court, con-
demned to death and ex-
ecuted.
The International Com
mission of Jurists, which has
national affiliates in over 80
countries. among them India,
Iran, Turkey, Canada, Eng
land. France, Finland. Dem
mark, Norway, Sweden, Italy,
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
and, of course. the United
States, is convinced that only
the determined and persist
ent pressure of public opinion
throughout the world can
deter the Soviet and Hun
garian Communist author
tiles from continuing and in
tensifying a policy Of savage
repression violating the most
elementary principles Of JUS
tice and humanity.
In this respect. lawyers
have a particular duty to be
gravely concerned over the
challenge which, with the
official approval and at the
instigation of the Soviets,
the Hungarian regime is
making to the generally &C
cepted standards of justice
and criminal procedure rec
ognized by civilized nations.
Detentions for long periods
without trial, like that Of
Imre Macy and his associates.
secret trials before courts Of
men chosen by the Commu-
mist government, denial Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
GIorinq Issue

1t is with great interest
that I read Of Representative
Joel T. Broyhill's proposal to
introduce a bill in this ses-
sion of Congress to provide
for a study of District street
lights.
Street lights have been q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

Great feasts on green and
purple grasshoppers are the
"Thanksgivings" OF an East
African people.
They are described in q re-
port 10 the Catholic Anthro-
biological Conference here by
Rev. p. c. Mors. missionary
in Buhaya Land. q part Of
the British colony Of Tan
ganyika.
Twice a year" he reports,
"edible grasshoppers known
as nsenene appear. Nobody
knows where they come from
but during November and
April the light Of the moon
may be obscured by the vast
swarms flying over the land.
In the morning they alight
and are easily caught as the
cold wet grass keeps them on
the ground. In addition,
fires are lit in the fields so
that the smoke may keep
them down.
1.-THE Buhaya step out Of
their huts in the early morn
ing TO seek nsenene in the
fields. When they have
found them they cry loudly
TO announce to the whole vii
lage that the grasshoppers
have alighted. Young and
old, especially women and
children. 90 out to catch
them. Only the very old and
sick remain in the huts.
Great Delicacy
"The grasshoppers may be
gathered anywhere they
have fallen. Owners Of ba-
mana groves cannot expel as
trespassers those who come
for that purpose. villagers
sometimes start fighting with
strangers who come into
their grounds to gather
nsenene. but they go beyond
their rights. For catching
grasshoppers all land is
seemingly of a communal
character"
The grasshoppers, FIR. Mors
reports. do not eat grass and
leaves-a character that
distinguishes them sharply
from larger grasshoppers
which sometimes constitute
a devastating plague. They
are the greatest delicacy
known to the natives. All
but one variety is eaten. If
one of these is caught it is
placed near the mouth Of a
child and then allowed to go
free in order. it is said, that
the child may always have a
good appetite.
Women and girls first
prepare the grasshoppers by
taking of the wings. Then
they are roasted or cooked in
salt water. Women are al
lowed to drink the water in
which the insects have been
cooked but are forbidden to
eat them. even when there is
a big supply. This is in order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q. How many species Of
ragweed are thereto. D.
A. Some so species are
known; about is Of them are
found in the United States.
Only five Of these are impor-
tant in hay fever: the COM
mon dwarf ragweed and the
giant ragweed in the eastern
section of the country, two
similar western ragweeds in
the western States, and the
lance-leaved variety in the
central States. In addition,
there are about IS species of
false ragweeds" which differ
only slightly from the true
ragweeds.
Q. Please identify a state
ment to the effect that his
tory as we know it consists
OF trif1es rather than things
Of importance.-C. H.
A. The idea was expressed
by Francis Bacon (156l-1626)
in his Advancement Of
Learning" He wrote: 81. i.
the truth is. that time
seemeth to be Of the nature
Of a river or stream. which
carrieth down to us that
which is light and blown UP,
and sinEeth and drowneth
that which is weighty and
solid" Numerous other
writer's. Of many nations,
have expressed similar ideas.