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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-16
Program Listinss

0s9O
5-BIue Grass chomps.
Country Music. lLive.)
S-Diek and the Duchess.
An adventure comedy series star
ring Potriek O'Neol. Hozel Court.
900
4-PoIly Bergen Show.
5-Don Owens JomboFee.
Hour. The Circle o Boys. Yer.
non ToyloT. tlive.l
7-lowFenee Welk. Variety.
I Hour. Featuring lawrence Welk
and his Champagne Music Max
ers. from HoIIywood.l
o-Oh! Susonnu. Comedy.
Susanna plays cupid. Cole Storm
stors.
$50
4-GiseIe Mackenzie Show.
Guest: Edie Adams.
9-Flove Gun, Will TFoveI.
PoIodin journeys to Cotton, Wyo.,
to meet q banker who hos sent for
him. Richard Boone, Roy Roope,
R. 6. Armstrong.
1000
4-Amoteur Hour. Ted Mack.
Ted returns with his competing
eontestonts.
5-SherIoek Holmes. Mystery.
Unlike Wallace Interview.
Guest: LilIion Roth.
9-Gunsmoke. Western.
Marshal Dillon is ostonished when
the town drunk, o normally horm-
less man, tries to belt q stronger
with O whisky bottle. jones Ar
ness. Peggy MeKoy.
1890
4-Your Hit Porude. Color.
Featuring jim Corey. Virginia
Gibson, Tommy Leonetti. Alon
Copeland.
5-Tieket to Hollywood.
Ia Hours. "Bodyouord." le4e:
A former police officer Is fTomed
for murder. Steve Brodie. Low
renee TieTney.
7-Sofewoy The0fer. Movie.
IVA Hours. "Men Are Such FooIs."
1888. A conservative odVertis-
ing man nnorries progressive
advertising woman.
9-The Groy Ghost. Adventure.
"Reneeode Rangers" Tod An
dreWs.
1900
4-News. Sprooue.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Some Dark Corners

1t Is gratifying to learn that House
subcommittee on Monday viii get down
TO the serious business of investigating
complaints againstsome Of the members
Of some Of the Governments regulatory
agencies.
UP to this time the complaints have
emerged In the form Of information
leaked" to the press = principally
through memo worked up by the SUBJ
committee stan. This is device with
which regulations can be ruined, and in
the absence of supporting evidence 1t Is
q reprehensible practice.
II must be said, however, that the
denials or the explanations which have
been made by some Of the regulatory
ofhcials are neither categorical nor con-
vincing. Yet these men hold quasi
judicial posts In the Government, posts
In which they exercise considerable
power and control over important seq
ments Of industry. II these oficials, in
one way or another, have been chiseling
or accepting improper favors from the
industries they are supposed to regulate,
they should be brought to book. The
way to do this, however, Is by taking
sworn testimony-and not through leaks.
For our part, we welcome the announce
ment that the House investigators have
decided upon a full and complete"
probe Of the charges. We also trust that
this probe will be fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Terror in the Schools

Ordinarily. editorially speaking. New
York City and its public school system
would be on limits for US. But the sit
uation there has gotten so bad that 1t
has become matter Of national inter-
est and, II one may say so, Of national
concern.
From this distance 1t looks as though
public education is breaking down in
New York, or at least In numerous sec
tons Of that crime-ridden city. In
Brooklyn, for example, 1t has reached q
stage Of open war between the public.
to the extent that Brooklyn grand jury
can be said to represent the public, and
the school and political authorities. The
grand Jury has urged that policemen
be assigned to patrol duty inside the
schools. The school and political ON
Gals have been stying away from this
Recommendation, and the grand jury Is
urging parents to keep their children out
of school until something is done to stop
the rapes, the knifings and the beatings
not only around the schools, but in the
schools.
Mayor Wagner, who Is not indiffer-
ent to political angles, has been quoted
as saying: I'VE don't want to run an
education system with a policeman
standing over It." Maybe not. But this
is an attitude which raises at least two
questions. III What does Mayor Wagner
want to do? And (2) is nat his city
getting very close to the point at which
1t win not have an education system
worthy of the name?
Perhaps an answer to the basic
queStion-what should be done-may be
found in q comment from an unidenti-
fed official Of the Board Of Education.
(The New York Times says, and 1t is
easy enough to understand the reason,
that this ofilcial did not want to be
namely His suggestion. however, may
be good one-legislation to give the
superintendent of Schools power to ex-
clude from the schools boys and girls
who have demonstrated that they are
incorrigible."
It will be surprising, however. II
anything Of this sort is done. More
probably. for political reasons, Mayor
Wagner's education system" viii have
to muddle along as best it can-suffer-
ing with its incorrigibles There has
been a tentative move, however, to sta
ton policemen in some Of the worst
schools. This may help-if the poll
ticlans don't tie the hands Of the officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Will She Drive Again?

Something new In the field of In
sanity defense In the courts is presented
In the case Of Louise Heinzel, the Penn
sylvania girl whose fight from pursuing
police at 100 miles an hour ended In an
automobile crash which killed her girl
companion. Miss Heinzel was charged
with manslaughter. A District Court Jury
acquitted her because Of insanity after
expert testimony that she was a "bor-
derlirie mental defective" She has been
committed to st. Elizabeths Hospital.
Under the District law, Miss Helmet
will remain at st. Elizabeths as long as
the doctors think she Is of unsound
mind. II they should decide eventually
to release her as no longer insane. the
question Of her right to drive a car
again naturally will arise, Would Penn
sylvania authorities feel justified in per-
hitting her to drive an automobile after
what has happened2 Two Government
doctors testified that she had a mental
defect which probably led her to flee
from police when they started following
her on Rhode Island avenue northeast.
One Of the doctors testified that, but for
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bly, would have halted at the police COM
mand. Luckily, no other cars or pedes-
TRANS we're in her path when she pressed
the accelerator to the fioor-otherwise
persons other than her accomplice might
have been killed.
II Miss Helmet had been licensed
to drive in the District, her permit would
be revoked. There is no assurance, under
local traff1c laws, however, that the revo-
cation would be permanent. 1t would
depend on her overall driving record
and the opinion Of an examining board
OF doctors. What Pennsylvania will do
TO keep this girl from driving car in
the future Is not known here. But this
tragic case does raise a serious question
as to whether the public will be properly
protected under system which con-
ceivably could once again turn loose on
the highways driver as potentially
dangerous as Miss Heinzel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
For 'Woqinq Total Peace

There Is little doubt that one of the
most bitter Legislative battles In this
session Of Congress will center on pro-
posed extension Of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act. 1t is question on which
party lines long ago were broken and on
which sectional interests have changed
greatly since original enactment Of the
program in 1884. The fact that the
national economy currently Is suffering
a decline will increase opposition 70
tariff reductions. or even authority to
negotiate them. With congressional
elections coming up. political sensitivity
will be acute.
On the other hand, the issue arises
at time when national trade and for
eign economic policies are becoming
increasingly important elements In the
cold war. President Eisenhower has en-
phasized this In his message asking Con-
gress for five-year extension Of the act,
pointing specifically to the fact that the
Soviet Union is now engaged In IAN
intensive effort, through q combined
program Of trade and aid, to divide the
countries Of the free world, to detach
them one by one and swing them into
the orbit of Communist influence" The
soviet-Egyptian economic agreement
Just announced Is an example of this
effort and its potential effectiveness.
Perhaps the President was most per-
suasive on this very point when ne said,
In his state-of-the- Union message, that
1T makes no sense whatever to spend
additional billions on military strength
and then, by cutting aid and trade
programs. let the world Succumb to
present danger in economic guise."
AS the greatest trading nation In
the world, the United States must I'M
port In order to export And as the
strongest economic power among the
free nations. there Is no justification for
erecting unreasonable barriers against
foreign products in our market& With
proper safeguards on both sides. recip-
rocal trade contributes to reciprocal
strength. Congress has both the OPP
portunity and the responsibility to pro-
tect this principle in acting upon the
Presidents Legislative recommendation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31

I found your editorial Of
January %. Tempting Ten
derness." hard to take. You
write. 1T Is heartening.
therefore. or perhaps one
should say appetizing. TO read
in the Wall Street Journal
that the meat packers are
marketing increasingly ten
der steaks at constantly low
er prices. through improved
methods Of tenderizing." How
civilized 1t would seem II you
could write. The Wall Street
Journal states that more and
more steaks are being sold
because more and more peo-
pie are buying meat these
days because. since the HUI
name Slaughter Bill has gone
into effect. people enjoy their
meat more. knowing that the
animals from which meat Is
produced have been killed
painleSsly." But this. / am
sure. is wishful thinking on
my part because. in the very
first sentence Of your edi-
torial you state: Next to Its
price. the tenderness Of a
steak probably interests most
customers" Most Americans.
then, do not care that the
animals whose flesh they
eat are brutally and painfully
killed.
Is 1t perhaps because men
have not extended mercy TO
dumb helpless creatures that
the world seems unable TO
care. In the truest sense OF
the word. what happens 10
mankind itself'
Therese Ann Olson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
u. S. Scotterbroined?

The political Juror over our
supposed lack Of scientists
and engineers brings up
these questions: How many
do we lack? II we had 50.-
600 more tomorrow morning
would they find jobs and
who would foot the bill?"
Perhaps II a census were
taken 1t would be found that
we have q goodly number in
this country and among them
many OF top standing. They
are not all concentrated at
Oak Ridge and Almogordo.
since many are at work in
the laboratories Of our great
industries, developing new
processes and improving the
old to bring us better mate
rails and new gadgets for our
use and comfort.
1t may well be that the
reason the Russians were
first to launch a satellite Is
that our shots have been
scattered instead of being
concentrated. II our missile
adventure had been limited
to one armed services pro-
gram under a management
that would not tolerate any
Army-Navy-Air Force rival
~. would we not have seen
more rapid progress and at
far less expense to the tax
payer9
n 4 Tihhiita
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

large. then. and these little
dogs always came back
home.
Oldtime city conditions
are duplicated. in a sense. in
the modern suburb. so that
many pets. large and small.
are let run all the time. 1t
is mostly a matter Of the
mind Of the owner! If the
owner is fearful. the dog is
kept inside; if the owner has
no fear for his pet. then 1t
seems to do very well out
doors.
The first Basenji dog was
brought to this country in
1886.
The species is now regis
tered in the American Kennel
Club. and seems on the way
to being widely recognized
and owned.
This is a typical small dog.
1t has the good points. and
few of the bad ones. OF
smaller species.
1t does not zap. nor zip,
and the sounds it makes are
not unpleasant. nor loud. by
normal standards Of sounds.
The small dog somehow
seems to belong to a house.
where even the best Of the
larger dogs may seem a bit
out Of place.
Here again, We have the
mind Of the owner playing q
large part. A dog is q peculiar
possession. and fits into .
home II the owners love ih
A big fellow cluttering up
a chair is not too good. Even
the boxer. a middle-sized
dog, can seem awfully big in
the house.
A little dog. even II 1t banks.
is not ear-splitting. 1t does
not roar. or make cascades
Of sounds.
The inevitable care Of q
little dog Is less than that Of
o big dog. in most cases.
The Basenji is q hound.
and not O terrier. tits q fine
little dog. but even a fine
little dog must be carefully
considered with the owner in
mind. first Of all.
We would advise our COR
respondent to look over a few
specimens before taking the
plunge. The world Is full Of
nice dogs. large. medium and
small. If you have never had
q dog before. go at 1t care
fully and slowly. TO be sure
you get one just suited to you.
You are. after all. the inn
portant part Of the deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31

The frustrating problem Of dealing
with aroused nationalism Is emerging
In the fullest possible degree In Cyprus
today. For the long controversy over
the political future Of that British
Crown Colony has deteriorated, partic-
ularly In recent days, not only into q
new round of violence but into some
thing bordering on chaos.
The current violence, for a change,
involves British forces and Turkish
Cypriots rioting in protest against ru-
mors that Britain is preparing a new
plan which would give the colony limited
self-government at an early date and the
later right of DIFFERENTIATION. The
Turkish minority, basically satisfied
with the status quo, favors geographic
partition of the island as the only
acceptable alternative. Self-government
for the island as a whole would be Greek
dominated and self-determination al
most assuredly would lead to union with
. Greece. Meanwhile, only an uneasy and
probably temporary truce exists In
British versus Greek Cypriot violence,
and there have been incidents between
Greek and Turkish groups. And among
the Greek Cypriots themselves there has
been increasing tension between right
and left wing factions, with Communist
influence reported active in the latter.
The whole unhappy situation has
implications involving more than the
political status Of the island itself. In
Ankara, Baghdad Pact ministers are
discussing ways to strengthen that re-
portedly shaky alliance, both economi-
cally and militarily, while two Of the
member governments = Britain and
Turkey-find their relationship strained
by the Cyprus developments. Effective
ness of British military installations on
the island, heretofore considered Of ma
jor Importance in Middle East defense,
has been jeopardized. And Greek-Turk-
fish relations, seemingly at modern
high point when they Joined NATO to-
gether in 1851, signed separate Balkan
pact in 1858 and 20-year military aid
agreement in 1854, have gone steadily
down hill in the past two years.
1t Is easier, Of course, to outline the
problem than to find an acceptable
answer. In the troubled stalemate Of
recent years, infiexible sentiment has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31

The cause Of representa-
tive government in Fairfax
County. Va. was not very
we'll served when the Board
Of Supervisors. by a vote
of 5 to 2. raised the auto
mobile license tax from SIS
to $40. despite what / con-
slider to be the overwhelming
opinion Of the persons af-
fected In the county to the
contrary. It Is true that no
poll Of affected citizens has
been taken. There Is no way
Of taking one, but II the
stand of the Federation Of
Citizens Associations and the
members Of the American
Automobile Association are
any criterion at all. the large
majority OF the people af-
fected we're opposed TO the
increase In tax. none Of which
will be used for highways in
any shape or form.
It was grossly unfair Of the
board to schedule another
public hearing on this sub
ject after citizens had fully
expressed themselves at a
hearing last April. at which
time the board refused to
impose the additional tax.
One wonders what good pub
lie hearings are II q majority
Of the board is going to pay
no attention to them.
The tax Is going TO be
heavily discriminatory
against residents Of the coun-
ty outside of Incorporated
towns or who are not mem
bers Of the armed services.
because neither Of these two
groups are going to pay
either the basic tax or the
increase. II Is not surprising
the citizens are becoming dis
satisfied with the county
government and are welcom-
ing annexation by smaller
governmental units where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Defends Lowers

A great deal Of baseless
anger towards certain attor-
neys has grown out Of the
recent court PROCEEDINGS in
yolving Dallas Williams and
others who have been con-
victed Of crimes. Many people
tend to believe that when q
criminal conviction Is reversed
by an appellate court. the
subsequent release Of the de-
PENDANT Is due neither to his
innocence nor TO his having
been deprived Of basic rights
by the Government, but TO
the chicanery and cunning
Of his lawyer. In some cases.
such as the Dallas williams
case, the newspapers have
done little to correct this
popular miSconception.
One Of the results Of this
Is that the lawyers who rep
resent such defendants re-
ceive scurriious letters q
denunciation for their adP
tivity on behalf Of the re-
leased defendant. Such letters
uniformly assume that the
lawyer involved was mott
waited by and received q
handsome fee for his efforts.
It viii no doubt come as q
distinct surprise to the writers
OF such letters to know that
in many Of these cases land
this Is true Of the williams
case) the lawyer for the de-
PENDANT was appointed by
the court. and received not
one cent for the countless
hours spent in representing
his client" Not only do such
lawyers receive no compen-
sation. they are not even re-
imbursed for out-of-pocket
expenses.
Court appointment Of
counsel for INDECENT criminal
defendants and those for
other reasons sought to be
confined is an important fea-
ture in the American philOs-
ophy Of justice. A court
appointed lawyer would be
derelict in his duty not only
to his client" but to the
court and the public at large
II he did not present to the
court every single point that
had q bearing on the case.
1t is no exaggeration TO say
that our system Of justice.
which Is based on the concept
that q vigorously and intel
ligently contested case Is the
best assurance Of q just re-
suit. could not long survive
without such lawyers. They
deserve the thanks Of the
community. Lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Longer School Day

Mrs. M. deb. r., who
wants q longer school day.
really wants teachers to
operate free nurseries for her
personal benefit or leisure.
Teachers are already too
poorly paid for the long hours
required. not only for school,
room instruction. but also
the many hours they must
devote every evening prepar-
ing lessons. correcting les-
sons. preparing reports, rec
ords, research work, and vari-
Gus and sundry intelligence
tests. To ask them to baby
sit for working mothers is
without q doubt the most
ridiculous suggestion ! have
ever heard.
Ralph johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31


A most important action OF
the Board Of Education was
almost passed over by the
newspaper accounts OF the
most recent School Board
meeting. We are referring TO
the change Of required edu-
cation credits for the GER
tification Of teachers in the
District OF Columbia.
Our league in a recent
study found that the 40 hours
required for elementary
teachers was far in excess
Of any city or State school
system. The board action
lowering the requirement 20
~ hours for elementary
teachers and 10 for junior
high will attract and qualify
for permanent status many
excellent and experienced
teachers previously disquali-
ned by lack Of education
courses.
Many Of our brightest
students have been deferred
from teaching because they
were unwilling TO devote such
q large part Of their college
work to methods at the ex-
pense Of subject matter. The
adopted standards still will
insure teachers who have had
courses in how TO teach
but also viii have had more
courses in what to teach. !"
It viii enable students at the
d. c. Teachers College TO
take more Of the content
courses already offered in the
program.
We think Or. Corning and
the Board Of Education
should be commended for this
action.
Mrs. Milton Dunn.
President. League Of wom-
en- Voters Of D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Progress in Tests on Synthetic Life
BY THOMAS R. HENRI

sized amino acids. This y
the great hurdle 70 man.
created life.
Sooner or later" remarked
Q Navy biologist. "someDody
will synthesize an engine.
etiil, Of course, there win
be q long step TO the test tube
baby. Russian scientists
claim to have produced one.
The first perhaps very
practical step--it was pointed
out, would be creation OF
those things" Just on the
border between living and
non-living. the filterabie
viruses. They are inyisipiy
minute. Nobody has agreed
as yet whether they are
actual organisms or ex-
tremely complicated protein
combinations. They do, how
ever, have one characteristic
OF living things - heredity.
They are responsible for
some Of the most devastating
OF human maladies - polio.
typhus, and the like.
Eventually 1t may be pos
sible to synthesize viruses
which will fight other v:ruses.
The next step probably
would be TO combine them
into the simplest sort OF
bacteria. one-celled plants,
or PROTOCOL, one-celled AMI
mails. From theDe on-maybe
crocuses or elephants, or
poets or philosophers.
The great influenza epi-
demic Of 1918 swept over the
world and killed at least 20
millions.
Much the same was feared
when the sweep westward Of
the present Asian f1u was
first reported. 1t didn't hap
pen. Relatively few have died
or even become seriously III.
once Of Naval Research
scientists are seeking a pos
sible explanation for the diff
ference with sponsored ex-
periments with germ-free
animals reared at the Uni
versity Of Notre Dame.
Germs in Partnership
Normally. they explain.
every ANNA, and every man
carries in the body millions
of germs of many kinds.
They are present from birth
to death and undergo great
multiplications. But they do
no damage, and are respon-
sible for no known diseases.
But, 1t Is pointed out. one or
more Of them may enter into
partnership with a new germ
which invades the body and
enormously increase its viru-
lence.
Before 1918 influenza was
not a dreaded malady. It had
been known in the world for
a long time but seldom had
killed anybody. Establish
ment of a partnership with
one Of the normally harmless
germs" may have been the
basic reason for the devasta-
ton it brought about.
Now the Notre Dame
animals presumably are COM
pletely free from birth Of
any micro-organisms whatso-
ever. Thus all sorts Of COM
binations can be tested with
them to see If a so-called
"synergistic" effect actually
exists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-31
Our Neiqhbors

I am glad to see The Stars
growing interest In Latin
America. not only through
more news about our neigh
Dor republics. but through
your fine editorials on their
political situation.
II was gratifying TO OBJ
serve your fair editorial
treatment Of the case OF
Venezuela in the issue Of
January "a.
Such editorials contribute
very much to the cause Of
freedom. and to the best
understanding between the
United States and Latin
American countries.
angelo o. Cabrera.