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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Everything Normal

About all that was needed to make
this years political campaign seem nor
NAL was to have former President Tru-
man jumping up and down on the
Republicans. If there was any fear
that this might not happen, it has been
diSpelled in the past week as the jaunty
retired farmer from Missouri" plowed a
political furrow" along the Eastern sea-
board. In full Schedule-in Atlantic
City, Washington and Baltimore he
had a fine time doing what like to
do-raiSing hell with Republicans" In
his short stop in Washington, he even
coined new word when he warned his
own Democrats not to 'get the DeweyitiS
and lay down on the job" just because
they look like sure winners in November.
There are, of course, other signs Of
normality about this years campaign.
AS usual, both parties have rows going
on within their own ranks-leading to
doleful head-Shaking by those who pre-
tend to be above such picayunish behav-
Tor and who might also be setting up
alibis for defeat, or practicing psyche
logical warfare on their colleagues. Two
Of the biggest intra-party fuses are
going on in the two biggest and most
important States. In New York, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Mary Roberts Rinehort

Mary Roberts Rinehart, dead at 80,
was one Of the most popular writer's of
her day. She entertained several gen.,
erations with her mystery stories and
her tales Of fish, spirited SpinSter.
Not great StyliSt, she was Storyteller
of the first order.
More than that, Mrs. Rinehart was
valiant woman, who bravely faced
many personal tragedies and strove
against lifelong i'll health. She was
working mother, long before the term
was invented. Her writing career was
undertaken when her three sons were
small, when her husband had lost his
money in the crash of 1908. Mrs.
Rinehart turned to and turned out
story that brought in $34 and in her
first year had produced A more. Long
after her family debts were paid, she
went on, giving to avid readers such
mysteries as "The Circular Staircase"
and "The Man in Lower Ten"
Ingenious, facile, durable, she
pleased the public for 80 years. She
became a world traveller and war cor
respondent. For the women of her time,
whose whole world was bounded by the
four walls Of home and the daily round
Of domestic chores, Mrs. Rinehart was
the symbol Of the larger life that q
woman with will can achieve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Wasting Talent?

Gov. Faubus has demon
strated sustained ability to
successfully execute jobs
where Federal officers have
had only routine results.
Recently, Gov. Faubus OBJ
tanned definite evidence of
brainwashing Of the Presby-
terrain Church by Commu-
nists and fellow travellers. OF
course, the FBI has been
criminally negligent in not
investigating the elders. Gov.
Faubus Is now in the frus-
trating position of having no
place to go with this evidence
but to the Federal courts, and
we all know what chance the
Governor would have Of get
ting an intelligent hearing
from that source.
I feel that the Governor is
wasting his talents in the
State Of Arkansas. and there
should be an integrated
grass-root mandate from all
our people to bring the Gov
ernor to Washington and
combine our three segregated
branches of Government
under his direction.
George B. Begg, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24

Democrats are divided, with Governor
Hartman and the Tammany organizA-
ton in New York City still marching out
of step. One party spokesman observes
that this will turn what should have
been a walk-in into a horse race "be-
cause of our own mistakes" For the
Republicans, California offers a compar-
able picture as Senator Knowland cam
paigns for Governor and Governor
Knight campaigns for Senator with only
the slightest evidence they belong to the
same party.
Nationwide, most Republicans sound
privately glum and most Democrats
sound publicly jubilant. This is not
really abnormal in itself since the DEM
ocrats habitually enjoy their politics in
relatively unrepressed fashion. And
shortly after November 4, both will be
able to direct their undiverted attention
to 1960-the real target year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24

Your issue of September
10 announces the Inaugural
ton of the Russian language
as a course at Woodrow VIII
son High School, and you
state it is the first such class
to be taught in the District
of Columbia high schools. I
should like to say that this
is somewhat incorrect, mas
much as Russian has been
taught regularly in the pub
lie evening high schools Of
this city for nearly 20 years.
I was serving as principal of
the Central High School when
it was first introduced be-
fore World War II. These
classes proved to be popular
at that time and included
two years of the subject, They
have been offered continu-
ously ever since, by the same
capable teacher, a Mrs. VAL
entina D. Monroe. These
classes have been transferred
to the Roosevelt Evening High
School since 1850,
Daniel B. Lloyd,
D. c. Teachers College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Next Yeor-Moybe

AS 1t has been doing annually ever
since 1850, the General Assembly has
decided again to postpone action on the
question of seating Communist China
as member Of the United Nations. This
time 1t has done so with considerably
diminished majority, but the effect
remains the same: Peiping's entry has
been denied, and there the issue must
rest until the Assembly'S next regular
session In 1859.
The basic reason for this situation
is that the Mao Tse- tung regime-as the
United States has been contending for
years past-continueS to fall VIGOROUSLY
short Of meeting the primary require
ment for membership. This require
ment, as set forth in the U. N. Charter,
is that any nation seeking admission
must demonstrate that it is "peace-lov-
ing" But Red China, quite obviously,
has done the opposite. 1t has done it
in the past in such places as Korea and
Southeast Asia; and it is doing it at
present in the FormoSa area, where its
turbulence and its massive lombard
ment Of Quemoy have created a crisis
Of the first magnitude.
In such circumstances, the General
Assembly could not possibly have voted
to admit Peiping without debasing and
stultifying itself, or without seeming to
surrender to the counSels of timidity by
permitting the Chinese Communists to
shoot their way in. Needless to say, If
that were allowed, then the U. N, with
little reason left for self-reSpect, would
be hard put to survive. And this holds
true even though we must admit, as
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko has
declared, that without Red China's par
ticipation many important interna-
tional questions cannot be productivity
considered at ALL"
Despite this undeniable reality,
however, basic principle still counts,
and the principle involved here-the
principle requiring an applicant for
U. N. membership to show at least q
desire to pursue peaceful methods
cannot be abandoned If the U. N. itself
is to endure If Red China really wants
to qualify, it can readily begin at the
current Warsaw talks to offer some
proof by joining our country in a mutual
remuneration of force and a cease-fire
that could lead to a satisfactory settle
ment of the Formosa crisis. Given that,
then maybe its bid for admission will
fare better when the General Assembly
considers it again next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Hustrious Name

In the publicity coverage
of the epic voyage of the
nuclear submarine, the Maui
titus, under the Polar Sea at
the North Pole, no mention
has been made of the fact
that the name Nautilus is
rather historic in the realm
of submarines.
Robert Fulton built a
"cigar shaped" submarine
about 1900, which he named
the Nautilus. It was his
intention to sell the sub
marine to either the French
or the English for military
use and he made an energetic
effort to do so. While this
first Nautilus operated clum-
silly, there was perhaps some
potential military value to his
invention. Strangely enough,
this demonstration of the
Fulton sub came several
years previous to the historic
voyage of Fulton's Clermont,
on the Hudson from New
York to Albany in 1907.
In the early sos. Sir Hubert
wilkins attempted a voyage
under the North Polar ice cap
in an old submarine named
the Nautilus; so, the success
full modern nuclear sub
marine, the Nautilus, has two
historic predecessors.
James E. Mooney,
Special Assistant, U. S.
Antarctic Projects Officer,
Department of Defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
UnpubIicized Feat

An article IN Inc. star OF
September is told about a
swimmer, Russell Brock, who
failed in attempting to swim
the Potomac River from
Maryland to Virginia near
Colonial Beach. This brings
to mind the fact that my
husband, william C. Law
renee, accomplished this feat
over 80 years ago.
We were staying at the
Cedar Lane Cottage, owned by
Mrs. Goetz, and after prac-
ticing for about a week, Bill
Lawrence started out one
morning (after greasing him.
self well) accompanied by
one of the guests, who had
kindly consented to row a boat
across, and also myself. 1t
took quite a while to swim
across; I do not recall how
long. There were only COWS
to greet him when he waded
ashore on the Maryland side.
The river had started to kick
up, so we turned back i'm
mediately, and the gentleman
who had rowed across was so
worn out from his lengthy
ordeal, that my husband took
over and rowed all the way
back. The river was very
rough by the time we reached
the Virginia shore again, and
our landlady, Mrs. Goetz. was
standing on the high bank
with a pair of glasses, worried
and nervous.
This feat was never pub
licized, and most likely any
one who knew about it at the
time has either passed on or
forgotten about it.
Incidentally, this occasion
was our first introduction to
jelly fiSh.
Cora M. Lawrence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Memorial Music

i sincerely nope CIldL yOuI
reporter Of the Taft Memorial
story September I'D made
an error in reporting that the
bells are tapped to play, among
other things. the Israeli ma
tional anthem.
If, in fact. the bells are to
play a piece Of music from
the Hebrew religion, that's
fine! It would be one more
act Of interfaith which should
be promoted whenever pos
sible in the United States.
If your reporter was not
wrong, I believe that those
responsible for the selection
of the music to be played
by the bells of the Taft
Memorial would be well adj
vised to reconsider the selec-
ton.
Contrary to common mis-
conception. the Hebrew reli-
gion and the State Of Israel
are not the same thing. There
are those who unfortunately
try to further this miscon-
ception.
If the national anthem Of
q foreign country needs to be
played on the bells, I'm sure
that a popular vote would
reveal that more Americans
would vote for the French
national anthem than any
other.
Newton Lawrence.
Editors Note: The Stars
story identifying the selec-
tons to be played on the
Taft Memorial bells was based
on information given q re-
porter by a carlton consult
ant to the Taft Memorial
Foundation. On rechecking
the accuracy Of the story,
The Star was told by Judge
/. Jack Martin. secretary
of the foundation, that the
consultant had not been
authorized to select the music.
Judge Martin said Congress
will make that decision after
the monument is turned over
to the Government next
year,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Dubious

What! Does the color of
the human skin denote the
nature of the soul within?
What! Is descent from mil
honaires or kings a virtue,
and from unknown parents,
sin? Have not, at times, all
nations bravely fought? Have
not all creeds and races nobly
wrought? Are not the chill
dren of our former slaves
worthy the freedom Lincoln's
armies bought?
Must public education be
denied to all, because the
seating side by side Of youth
of different races would af-
front tradition, or some poll
tician's pride? I doubt it.
Clark Kincaid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Nosser's Views

In your reprinted interview
with Col. Nasser by Desmond
Stewart, published Septem-
Der IA, Col. Nasser again re-
peats a propaganda state
ment which Arab spokesman
have frequently sought to
publicize. This is that prior
to February, 1866. Nasser was
peaceful even towards Is
rael"-that prior to that date
all was peace and harmony
and that it was a retaliatory
operation by Israel in the
GAIA Strip on February %,
1855, which caused Col. Mas
ser to take arms without
conditions from Czechoslo-
vakia."
This propaganda claim
completely overlooks both
Col. Nasser's earlier state
mentS and the history of the
GAIA Strip border prior to
February. 1855. A year before
that date, on May s, 1854,
Col. Nasser told a CORE
spondent of the Greek news
paper "Katimeridi" that "Is-
rael is an artificial state
which must disappear" In
the period between that
statement by Col. Nasser and
the Israel reaction, the Egyp-
tan authorities were con-
demned by the U.N. Armis-
tice Commission on no fewer
than ~ occasions for having
carried out armed attacks,
murders, and acts of sabotage
inside Israel.
In his report to the Sc
curity Council on the GAIA
incident, U. N. Chief Of Staff
E. L. M. Burns reported that
"inflltration from Egyptian
controlled territory has not
been the only cause of pres
ent tensions but has I'M
doubtedly been one of its
main causes"
In the six years between
the signing of the armistice
agreements between Israel
and Egypt in l949 up to Feb
ruary, 1855, 1873 cases Of
Arab sabotage and maraud-
ing inside Israel are on the
record, with a total of 1885
Israel casualties.
February. 1855, may indeed
have been a turning point for
Col. Nasser's relations in the
cold war, but not because of
any Israel action. Your read
ers will recall that it was in
that same month that a de-
Tense treaty was initiated
bringing Egypt'S rival, Iraq,
within a Western frame
work-an action which, &C
cording to competent observ-
ers, led Col. Nasser to take
the opposite side. But within
the Arab world 1t has be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
INDIGNANT Kirqinion

The news Item ana eol-
torial comment on Gov. Al
mond's announced reasons
for refusing to attend the
jamestown appearance of a
distinguished Polish quartet
and pianist, intended to COM
memorate the aid of Polish
immigrants to Virginia, etc.,
miss completely the signifi-
canoe of his act. He was in
vited not personally but as
representing officially the
people of Virginia-where I
was born and reared in all
of its traditions, and where,
as in other parts of the Ma
ton, all intelligent and cul-
tured persons must be
ashamed.
AS a result of the Gov
errors provincial and ir-
responsible attitude, the en-
tire tour of this splendid
group has been cancelled and
the people of this whole
country deprived of a fine
cultural demonstration. His
excuse, rather than reason.
that our Government has
been too conSiderate of Com
muniStS is Specious. If our
responsible officials have
seen fit to invite or permit
people to come here from, or
visit the people of, Iron Cur
tain countries, in a mutual
cultural understanding, it is
none of his official business.
Music is an international
language-uSed and under
stood by all. 1t knows no
politics. geography or color.
American musicians and
orchestraS have been and
presently are appearing in
Iron Curtain countries, in
Guiding Poland, and have en-
loved enthusiastic and gem
timely spontaneous recep-
tons. Van Cliburne's phe-
nomenal experience in Mos
COW is an example. Now
we may expect that the of
fetal" insult on the part of
one little man will result in
cancellations of our, and
their peoples, opportunities
toward better understand
ings; and a propaganda
charge of bigotry and ig-
norance levelled at all of us
something worthy South
erners have been fighting for
generations. Virginians have
nothing to be proud of in this
unfortunate incident.
Warren w. Grimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
A Notable Astronomical Discovery
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

seem 70 be congregated IN the
plane Of the Milky Way. It is
quite likely, says DR.. James e.
Kupperian, IT,, Of the Naval
Research Laboratory staff,
that most of them are as
ISOLATED closely with B stars,
although this cannot yet be
demonstrated. The radiation
lies between 1925 and 1850
so-called angstrom units. The
angstrom unit is measure Of
radiation wave length. Radia-
ton within this region, which
as yet 1t has not been pos
sible to define more precisely.
is associated with various
forms of the gas hydrogen,
by far the most abundant
element in known creation.
There is some indication, DR..
Kupperian says, that the
mysterious objects may be
quite tenuous clouds of MOLE
cular hydrogen, or particles
consisting of two hydrogen
atoms tied TOGETHER state
of matter unknown in nature
on earth. There is very little
evidence of any solid matter
-cosmic dustin the nebulo-
stiles. Still they are very far
from vacuums and probably
closer to solid than some Of
the biggest and most tenuous
stars. There is some spectro-
scopic evidence that the gas
in the regions is quite per-
turbed, presumably due to the
extreme heat.
There is, as yet. no way
of estimating distances but It
is highly probable from the
distribution that all those
observed are actually in the
limits of the Milky Way
system, rather than parts Of
some external galaxy. Their
actual association with any
kind of solid stars cannot be
demonstrated, although all
seem to be closely associated
with stars. 1t may turn out,
however, that they are quite
independent objects.
Energy Incalculable
Their numbers may be
close to infinite. Probably
only the nearest ones have
been detected. To observe
them at all it is necessary to
get above 80 per cent OF the
earth's atmosphere.
The total energy repre-
Sented by these radiating
clouds is incalculable. 1t may
at least equal, Navy astron-
omers say, the total hitherto
known energy of the Milky
Way galaxy.
The observations are car
ried out with photo-electric
detectors mounted on aerobee
rockets at an altitude of APP
proximately 100 miles. With
these the night sky is being
scanned from horizon to
horizon. The total visible ra-
diation of the night sky, by
the way, is only a 600th that
of the MONDAY sun.
"a new window to the uni
verse;" the Navy astronomers
call the ultraviolet wave
lengths of radiation now
available for observation be-
cause Of the ability of rock
cts to get above the ozone
layer. e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The endeavor is what
counts.
Looking at the worlds
present situation. it is hope
full the way people every
where are trying.
They see the finger of dis
aster written by the mere
prospect of modern weapons.
They know. in the knowing
part of their minds and
hearts, that nobody will be
a winner.
The trouble comes in the
tiger part of the mind and
heart.
This is just another way
of saying the aggressive
fighting part of the human
being, for this is the one that
causes all the wars, the ter
ror and the disaster.
This tiger part of human
ity goes under many forms
and DISCUSSES. Politics. in the
grand manner, is one of them.
In its gentler disguise, it tries
to make you think a govern
ment can give you something
for nothing. 1t does not tell
you that you, in the last
analysis, have to pay for it
all.
In its more sinister dis
guises, politics forgets hui
mainly for a moment of glory,
as it is called, and that, too,
seems to be a disguise.
< X
In view of all this, what
hope is there except in dear
friends and gentle hearts?
These are the people of the
future, if there is to be any
future.
There we bog down. How
can any one honestly predict
the future? It has been tried
many times, and in various
spheres, and always with the
same fate.
We are pawns on the board
of time, and everybody knows
it, but it helps to keep the
best we know before our eyes,
and to try to do the best we
can with our minds and
hearts, and so at last to come
to the time when nobody
sneerS at dear friends and
gentle hearts, for by then
they will be all, such is our
hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Why is the term mess
used in reference to persons
eating together? M. B.
A. The original meaning
of mess was a portion Of
food. It comes from the
French word, NETS, Wand"
or dish" 1t was used as
early as 1886 for the groups
into which a ships company
or a regiment is syStematical-
ly divided for eating meals
together. AS early as 1920,
the word was used Tor a
small group Of persons eat
ing together, generally four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24

Dear friends and gentle
hearts"
This was Stephen Fosters
last message to the world.
and somehow it has always
seemed perfect since.
If mankind could get that
idea into its collective head,
the world might at long last
attain the peace and serenity
often enviSioned.
Isaiah had some idea of it,
when he spoke of the chill
dren of men beating their
spears into plowS and their
swords into pruning hooks.
Plato knew it, when he
dreamed of his ideal republic.
Dear friends and gentle
hearts
Now that mankind has at
last attained the possibility
of destroying himself, it is
high time for us all to think
of the poets words again.
Now, we must be friends,
and have gentle hearts, or
else.
1t was not his last words
alone, however, that should
endear Foster to us.
He spelled the same mes
sage in his beautiful melodies.
He showed us the friendli-
ness and humor of those hurt
by fate and time and mans
inhumanity to man.
One of the saddest miscar-
riages is that which would,
through politics rearing its
universally ugly head, turn
these messages into unfriend-
illness.
They are mistaken who do
so. as human beings are so
often mistaken.
X 4 4
For the friendship of gentle
hearts is as difficult to find
now as it was then, whenever
that then was, or wherever
it was.
The friendship Of the gen.
tie heart is a creation, rather
than a birth.
It comes in the strangest
guises, and is not always easy
to see.
Sometimes we have to
overcome our own unfriendli-
ness and hard-heartedness
first.
4 4 4 4
Mostly the world fails to
think of this; that is one Of
the reasons why real friends
and the gentle hearts are so
hard for us to find.
1t is in the striving, let us
hope, the real test comes,
and not so much in the at
tainment, or at least its per-
lection.
Perfection Of human char
acter, evidently, was not in
the books.
Such perfect men and
women as we know always
have feet of clay or less du-
rable material. But If they
try, If they honestly aspire,
much is forgiven them.
The moving finger writes,
and having writ