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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
The Mail and Mr.. Nixon

Vice President Nixon has been bit
extravagant in accusing an unnamed
State Department subordinate" of de-
liberately trying to sabotage" the ad-
ministration's Formosa policy by letting
1t be known that the great bulk of the
departments mail from the people has
been critical of our country's official
position regarding the Quemoy-Matsu
offshore islands.
OF course, as Mr.. Nixon has said,
foreign policy decisions cannot be made
on the basis of public opinion polls or
what random letters show the people
will support in the light of the minimum
and often misleading information avail
able to them" But it is one thing to say
this, and another to suggest that some
body is engaging in sinister behavior
when he tells the press how such cor
reSpondence breaks down in pro and
con terms.
Actually, the State Department has
a special division that deals with letters
from the people, and it has frequently
released information about the general
nature Of these letters. They have no
secret classification. Just as in the past,
they still constitute legitimate news,
even though they may have little actual
significance as a measure of public
opinion. Mr.. Nixon has made an I'M
fortunate mistake in indicating that he
would keep all such mail under wraps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Change in Burma

The Communists can hardly be
happy with the political change taking
place in Burma. U M, who occasionally
has f1irted with them, is bowling out as
Premier. He will be succeeded by Gen
eral Ne Win, chief of the country'S armed
forces, and the prospective new govern
ment, while adhering to policy of
"neutralism" in foreign affairs, is ex-
pected to cope vigorously with the threat
of internal Red insurrection and sub
version.
General Ne Win, at any rate, is
personally a strong anti Communist
More than that, the army pressure that
has brought him to power seems to have
been generated chiefly by fears that
bitter factional feuding in Premier Nus
ruling party has been making the coun-
try increasingly vulnerable to a Red
coup. U M himself apparently agrees
with this view, or at least feels obliged
to yield to it, and hence his decision
to resign from Office.
The resignation is to become effec-
tive late next month. Meanwhile,
Premier designate Ne Win and the
armed forces appear to be the country's
de facto governing authority. To the
extent that the change foreshadows
breakdown on SubverSive activities, Bur-
mas Communists have suffered set
back. But this in turn involves risk:
What Rangoon must be on guard against
now is the possibility of hostile new
presSureS from neighboring Red China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Mallory Modification

majority decision by a three-judge
panel of the United States Court of
Appeals has provided police with some
new guidelines under the much-debated
Mallory ruling of the Supreme Court.
That ruling barred as evidence any
confession obtained by police during
an unnecessary delay in arraigning the
prisoner. Some judges have interpreted
this to bar any questioning of pris-
oner prior to arraignment. However,
Judge Burger and Acting Appellate
Judge Madden now have held that po-
lice are not only justified in putting
certain questions to a prisoner before
arraignment but are duty-bound to do
so. Judge Bazelon diSsented.
The Qualification of the Mallory
ruling came in the upholding by the
appellate court of the robbery convic-
ton of Paul j. Heideman Heideman
was convicted largely on the basis of
confession admitted in evidence by
District Court Judge Holtzoff He was
arraigned about an hour after his ar
rest. Judge Burger, on behalf of the
majority, said police have a right to
question prisoner during "brief pc
Rod after arrest, provided there is no
grilling." He said it is all right, for ex-
ample, to ask an arrested person whether
he knows anything about the crime. If
knowledge is denied, the Judge said,
police can outline what evidence they
have against him and ask him if he
wishes to comment on it. If he still
processes innocence, he can be asked
whether he has anything further to say
or whether he prefers to "let it stand
the way it is" In his dissent Judge
Bazelon said such questioning emakes
a farce" of Rule of the Rules Of Grim
NAL Procedure, since it allows police to
conduct preliminary hearing Of their
own"
This split decision provides further
evidence Of judicial disagreement over
the meaning of the original Mallory rul-
ing and accentuates the need for legiSla-
ton to clear the air. Such legislation
passed both houses at the past session
but was lost in Senate debate over the
conference version during the closing
hours of the session. The next Congress
should complete the needed Qualification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29

gether ought not to be
expected"
In these complex and diff
flcult times, we need in
Congress-more than Jeffer-
son did in his-practical
businessmen whose training
and experience has been in
putting their efforts to the
main point; who, by the use
of reason, negotiation, COM
promise and the weight of
common sense, are accus-
toned to solving intricate
and involved problems.
We can only confound con-
fusion by increasing, in q
body already overcrowded
with such. the number of
those whose trade is talk,
whose countersign is Il OBJ
ject," who challenge every
thing and yield nothing.
Thomas Hendricks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29

While Maryland's football
team was taking its Jumps
last Saturday, the university
administration was passing
out a few of its own. The
"seven sticks of dynamite"
which failed to go of at
Wake Forest might have been
more useful right in College
Park.
The reference is to the
registration of school teach
ers for courses which they
are compelled to take to re-
tain their licenses to teach.
Thank goodness, they do
have a choice of universities!
After more than an hour
of shutting back and forth
between buildings, the final
step was getting a Sticker
for parking. Though tipping
some kind of form was re-
quired, the persUII assigned
to it's issuance could only
hunt and peck, with the re-
suit that some people had to
stand in line another hour
and forty five minutes.
If teachers organized their
own work in such a stupid
and inefficient manner, they
wouldn't last a week in the
classroom. Yet the University
of Maryland gets away with
the title of an institution of
higher learning from which
teachers are supposed to &C
quire knowledge to become
more efficient professional
people.
Teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Lawyers on the Hill

May l make a precam-
paign observation on the
approaching contest for Con-
gresham from the 10th dis
trict of Virginia?
My own views are best ex-
pressed by quoting Thomas
jefferson: II served with
Gen. Washington in the Leg
islature Of Virginia before
the Revolution and during it
with DR.. Franklin in Con-
gress. I never heard either of
them speak for 10 minutes at
the time, nor to any but the
main point which was to
decide the question. They
laid their shoulders to the
great points knowing that
the little ones would follow
of themselves. If the present
Congress errs in too much
talking, how can it be other
wise in a body to which the
people sent $50 lawyers, whose
trade it is to question every
thing, yield nothing and talk
by the hour? That $50 law
yers should do business to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

construction, sometimes lack
of food, sometimes from some
bird illness.
Such a Gull is more likely
to catch bird fever" than
the normal youngster.
1t often ends in the paws
of a marauder, falling easy
prey.
Probably the best thing
one could do, in case such a
bird catches his interest, is to
try to feed it on ground-up
meat, such as hamburger.
If it can be taught to eat
this, the protein content, sim
liar to that of insects and
worms, will do all that can
be done to help such a crea-
ture.
X 4 y
One of the good points of
interest in nature is that it
helps keep one from having
a fussy, unhealthy interest.
Theodore Roosevelt tried
to say this when he spoke of
nature taxing"
To attribute all human
aims to animals is nature
taking, as he saw it. 1t lies
not in making an animal
speak, but in making it say
what it never would say if
it could talk.
Similarly, in regard to the
creatures of nature, with the
exception of man, there is a
point in sentimental regard
beyond which we cannot pass
and remain quite sane.
Many people find the con-
temptation of nature one
grand pain, an exquisite re-
flnement of mercy and truth
and compassion. Even if
they see a wandering cat.
healthy and well-fed, and
undoubtedly someone's pet,
they begin to think of it as a.
stray, and then to picture to
themselves what might hap
pen to it. From then on,
they are nature takers.
The best way to regard all
life is to give it wholesome
regard, as it deserves. but
not to burden ones self with
the woes of the universe.
Attempts to play God are
unwise.
If nature DEGREES death
for certain birds every year,
there is not much one can do
about it except to help as far
as one can. This done, JUS
tice and ones humanity are
served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29

These will be important years in ma
tional politics and they may be critical
years in world affairs. The maintenance
Of amicable relations between the execu-
tive and legislative branches of our own
government - probably under divided
party controls-will be greatly desirable,
II not essential. In his new post, Gen
eral Persons will be in position to serve
the President well and, in doing so, to
serve the national interest above all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
SIXTEENTH STREET

Dear Sir:
81 want to tell you about
a robin in my yard during
the summer.
1T was a Gull Of some sort,
almost unable to fly, and
rather on the unintelligent
side.
II mean it did not seem
to fear people or even cats
I fully expected it to be
caught, but it never was.
THE last thing I would
see in our yard at night was
this bird, and the first thing
in the morning.
Il put out raiSinS for it,
but it did not eat much,
though it could feed itself.
do you suppose it had
been deserted by its own
parents, and why?
zone morning I went out
and looked for it, and there
it was, lying dead by a flower
border.
GAS far as I could see, it
had not been injured in any
way.
1T was full sized, but
rather dark in color, with
some spots still on its breast.
Il would like to know what
happens to such a bird, and
is there anything one can
do, in case I find such a bird
next year.
very truly, A. ""
4 \ \ X
When one thinks of the
millions of robins born every
year, it is easy to understand
that not all of them can be
perfect.
The same thing happens
among human children.
Common Sparrows, in par
ticular, have several fledg-
lings each summer not quite
up to the mark. as it were.
In nature, there is no
mercy for such. After the
parents have stopped feeding
it, the baby is on its own, and
if it cannot feed itself, it will
die.
The robin in question was
not deserted by its parents.
Intelligent understanding of
such matters does not extend
far out of the human species.
AL animals and birds, and
certainly the fishes, have a
certain amount of care of
the young in their nature,
but after a time this falls
away, and the young become
strangers to their own par
entS, competing with them
for food.
Evidently the smell of rec
ignition $50 highly organized
among dogs vanishes.
The arrow culls are
usually fat, and sometimes
will eat nothing but bread
put out for them.
They do not seem to I'M
derstand elementary caution.
Perhaps this is natures way
of getting rid of them as
quickly as possible.
4 +
What happens to such a
bird?
In practically all cases. it
dies of inner troubles, some
times connected with faulty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29

at the extreme top OF the at
mosphere can Just barely be
explained by contact some
where in creation Of q posi-
tive atom of one of the heav-
lest elements-perhaps ura-
mum - and an antimatter
atom Of a correSpondingly
heavy atom in negative Gre
alton.
There is one other possible
explanation of the enormous
energies suggested by the late
DR.. Enrico Fermi-a sort Of
bouncing ball arrangement
against magnetic walls Of
heavy atoms somewhere in
the universe-corresp
roughly to one Of the atom
smashing machines. The
matter-antimatter hypothe-
sis, however, seems simpler.
Much depends on the num-
Der Of such particles which
DR.. Marcel Schein and his
associates are able to detect
in the planned experiment.
A lucky break which is not
expected would be to find
that all the extreme energy
particles are coming In from
one direction, especially If
they should be concentrated
in a narrow beam. Like all
radiation, they presumably
travel in straight lines from
their point of origin. Thus it
might be possible to estimate
roughly the location of an
antimatter concentration.
There is, however, hardly
any possibility of determin-
ing a directional effect. The
particles" seem to come
from every direction, quite
haphazardly. No concentra-
ton of them ever has been
indicated or expected.
Foreign Experts Interested
DR.. Schein is one Of the
worlds foremost experts on
cosmic radiation. Several
foreign experts, including
Prof. c. F. Powell, Nobel
Prize winner in this field, of
the British University of
Bristol, have indicated to the
National Science Foundation
that they wish to take part.
The Office of Naval Re-
search is cooperating by
providing the biggest sky
hook balloon yet contemplate
ed-carrying more than twice
as much helium as ever has
been used in a balloon before.
1t is expected that this ball
loon will remain at an alti-
tude of at least 10000 feet
for more than "a hours. 1t
will be unnamed. 1t will
carry all sorts of automati-
cally recording instruments.
The ascent, it is expected,
will be made sometime this
year somewhere along the
earth'S magnetic equator, to
which incoming particles
from space are drawn by
magnetic attractions. 1t is an
imaginary line around the
earth passing through the
magnetic poles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How big is the Atomium
at the Brussels World Fair?
B. w.
A. The Atomium, which is
the symbol of the Fair. is 800
feet high. 1t consists of nine
spheres, representing the
nine atoms in a crystal of
iron magnified $50 billion
times. The spheres, SO feet in
diameter, are connected to
each other by 20 tubes, 10
feet in diameter and up to
Y feet in length. The top
most sphere houses a restau-
rant for $50 people; most of
the others contain exhibits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Good Word for UGF

I want to put in a good
word for the United Givers
Fund before their drive starts.
! am a victim of multiple
sclerosis and it was through
the Multiple Sclerosis Asso-
citation of Greater Washing
ton. an agency Of the UGF.
that I first received any as
sistance to help me overcome
this disease. I have received
both physical and occupa-
tional therapy, orthopedic
supplies, including shoes and
braces, and personal assist
ance and advice. I feel that
with their help am greatly
encouraged in my determine
ton to overcome this disease.
I would like to urge people
giving to the UGF to deSig-
nate the Multiple Sclerosis
Association of Greater Wash
ington on their pledge, as I
am sure that their money
will be put to good and pro-
ductiVe use.
H. V. r.
4 4 + 4
7 attended a preview of
the United Givers Fund movie
and it warmly told of the
underlying misery in our
community which most of us
didn't realize existed. The film
ended and a spokesman for
the UGF told us that the goal
to eliminate much of this
misery was 81 million.
The day after seeing this
movie 1 read an item in your
paper:
Eight million dollars was
sent (by the United States
to provide school lunches for
Egyptian children"
The big difference between
the UGF and the USGF
Omitted States Givers FUND.-
is that we are given a choice
of where our money goes
with the United GiverS Fund.
Martin Buxbaum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
'Antimotter Unverses' Theorized
By THOMAS R. HENRY

There may be pockets Of
"antimatter" in the universe
perhaps even antimatter
universes Of hundreds Of bill
lions of stars.
Such would explain 10
trillion-volt particles striking
earth's extreme upper atmos-
phere, for which search will
be made by physicists Of the
University Of Chicago and
Office Of Naval Research in
a far-reaching investigation
sponsored by the National
Science Foundation.
These are the most ener-
getic Of cosmic rays. No
mechanism known on earth,
or even in the known cos
mos, can account for them.
They can be explained. how
ever, by assumption of total
conversion Of matter into
energy in accordance with the
now almost universally &C.
cepted equations of Rela-
tivity. This is the basis Of
both flssion and nuclear
bombs, but the energy re-
leased in any bomb explosion
is a mere trifle compared to
that Of these cosmic par
ticles. In a bomb blast actu-
ally very little matter is
converted into energy, but
this little is enough for the
most powerful explosions
known to man. Total ami
hilation of matter, is some
thing quite different.
Anti-Matter Exists
Existence Of anti-matter in
hardly detachable amounts
has been demonstrated with
various demonstrating ma
chimes. 1t is the reverse of
all matter known to man
that is, matter whose atoms
consist Of a nucleus of cleo
trically positively charged,
closely packed particles, the
protons, around which are
arranged a varying number
of negatively charged par
ticleS, the electronS. In anti
matter the particles of the
nucleus would be negatively
charged and the others, cor
responding to the electronS,
positively charged.
Now if a positive atom and
a negative atom came in close
contact they would annihilate
each other. The total mass
of each would be transmitted
into energy. Quite small
masses of the two brought
into contact would be suffi-
cient to blow up the world,
perhaps the solar system.
This is nothing to worry
about, for the time being.
There is not enough negative
m after anywhere in the
neighborhood of the solar
system to cause an explosion
big enough to be detected by
anybody but physicists.
But, as explained at the
National Science Foundation,
which is supporting the pres
ent research to the extent of
$450.000, the energy of the
rays" occasionally detected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
Indignation Views

Inc SCHOOL lnCegraJlOn SILu-
alton seems deadlocked over
what are in any case merely
token measures.
/ therefore venture a sug-
geStion which might be an
acceptable compromise and
still meet the courts require
ment for desegregation with
all deliberate speed" This
quite simply is that integra-
ton should begin everywhere
and Immediately in the first
primary grade.
Such a program should be
acceptable to the South: it
is a minimum concession and
deliberate enough to disarm
all but the most antagonistic.
The more determined de-
segregationistS will say that
1T is too deliberate. But I be-
lieve the public. both North
and South would welcome
such a plan as a way out of
the present intolerable situa-
ton.
1t is said that one of the
deepest, if least often ex-
pressed, reasons for resist
ance to Indignation is to avoid
association of white girls and
colored boys of high-school
age. If so, why not separate
high schools for girls and
boys, rather than for white
and colored?
My belief is that If children
begin school together there
will be no racial" friction.
They have generally played
together and association is
easy and natural. They
should go on through school
that way.
I would like to urge the
President to call together the
Governors of the IL or so
States where deSegregation is
being nullif1ed and invite
their acceptance of such a
minimum program of pro-
gresSive, orderly and gradual
indignation from the primary
grade UP, as an alternative to
continued Federal pressure
and harasSment.
Davis G. McCarn.
Chicago, III.
x 4 4
Several seemingly silly and
somewhat absurd situations
detrimental to the Negro race
and its advancement in this
country have stemmed from
the questionable activities Of
the NAACP, sometimes re-
ferred to as the National
Association for Agitation of
Colored People.
One such situation was the
recent vote by students at the
North Carolina College for
Negroes in Durham, N. c., to
boycott Durham merchants
for not staging a welcome
celebration for Negro fresh
men the same as is done for
Duke University freshmen.
We are indebted to william
M. Werber, a Duke alumnus.
for bringing out this fact in
his recent letter captioned,
"Our Social Problem" Mr..
Werber also showed how local
colored people are the big
losers in closing of Police
Boys Club summer camps.
made necessary by the agita-
ton and pressure of the
NAACP for socially untimely
and undesirable migration.
Cows. Faubus of Arkansas
and Almond of Virginia, but
not McKeldin of Maryland,
along with the majority of
thinking Americans, white
and Negro, would like to see
Mr.. Werber's solution to in
tegration put into effect. Mr..
Werber suggested that this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-02-27

Cadiz, Ohio, was the first town
in the United States with a pop
ulation under 5000 to have free
city mail delivery.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-02-27
Uardou R Rr1ounA

sororities recently was Sally
Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Johnson of 226 AL
lynd Blvd, who became a mem
ber of Delta, Delta, Delta Sor-
ority.
Mrs. Lydia Ferry of Solon,
who once lived in this area, and
Mrs. Ruth Harvey, Bainbridge
just returned from a two week
vacation in Florida.
The Vain Parsons family went
to PaineSville Sunday to mark
the 83d birthday of his mother
Mrs. Sadie Parsons, with rela-
tiveS there. Mrs. Parsons birth
d tie was Tuesday, also the
birthday of her granddaughter
and Mrs. Parsons daughter
jam, who was ten.
Mrs. Fred Stafford received
a card this week from Steve
Amador telling her of the Won
derful time he is having on his
trip to Ecuador, South America
Mrs. Harold Waste, S. Hamb-
den St., had a happy surprise
last Friday evening when she
received a telephone call from
Canton, o. 1t was her son, Mas
ter Sergeant Charles j. Grant
who is located at Ellsworth Air
Force Base, Rapid City, S. Da-
kota. He spent three days here
with his mother and the family