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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Metro Proqress

Fairfax CountyS continued interest
in the possibility of joint arrangement
with the District to dispose of county
sewage is the most hopeful step in years
toward sensible regional approach to
Washington's metro sewer problem.
A few days ago, both Fairfax and
District governing officials proposed
new legislation which would permit the
District to contract with nearby Vir-
ginia Jurisdictions to receive Virginia
sewage into the District system. The
Fairfax leaders have prevailed on Rep
reSentative Smith of Virginia, to
sponsor the legislation. and we hope
Congress will approve it without delay.
Passage this session is important,
because Fairfax must make early deci-
SionS on the handling of sewage in the
Pimmit Run watershed, and points far
ther upriver toward the new CHA center
at Langley. The most hopeful posi-
bility appears to be sewage connec-
ton across the Potomac River at Chain
Bridge, which would route Virginia
wastes into the Districts interceptor
sewer along the Potomac and thence to
its disposal plant at Blue Plains.
Extensive negotiations would be
necessary, Of course, to work out all the
details of such an agreement. But pos
sible legal patterns already have been
set by the Districts current handling of
Maryland sewage, and by the cityS sale
of water to Virginia Jurisdictions. Ar
lington, as well as Fairfax, repeatedly is
interested in such scheme. But no
matter how small the start, this could
be the base on which an orderly pro-
gram of sewage disposal could be devel-
oped for the entire metro area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Boxing Bout and UGF

The press has been replete
with all manner of breaks"
on the Shoreham Terrace So
al-boxing bout: Its attend
ance. its justification, the Big
Brother movement, its take,
Sl8,000-spread on the news,
sports and society pages.
So good, so far; but the
writer is constrained to point
out that all these Spectacu-
lars, extravaganzas and ln-
termittent Lady Bountiful
splashes, throughout the
year, take a doleful toll on
the sanctity of our once a.
year United Givers Fund, re-:
solid support and sustaining
dollars.
Why shouldn't worthy well
fare efforts play ball and
come into the UGF GAO
agencies in this area. lend
ing luster and giving answer
to the question plaintively
asked by the half-million
UGF supporters: When will
be eliminated these fringe ac-
tivities-and when will there
be one annual campaign,
once for alp"
In many cities the Big
Brother project is part Of the
united fund Craised at a cost
Of less than SC on the dollar
Last Thursdays event cost
&c on the dollar q dollars Of
each 25-dollar ticket.
How long. oh Lord7 How
long9 Joseph d. Kaufman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

sending out prospectuses Of
wildcat stocks nobody wants.
To be adult is to write q
column every day for "a
years, and to get thousands
upon thousands Of nice let
ters from readers, with q sour
one every now and then.
One Of the best managing
editors said, in the long ago:
Every so often you WI
get one you don't like. If it
is good, answer it. If it is
mean, tear it up and throw
it into the wastepaper basket,
saying forcibly You g."
We will let our kindest
readers in on a little trade
secret.
You have three pages to fill,
let us say, three long pages,
not these little dinky note
paper pages, but three really
long ones.
Perhaps you are not quite
sure of what you want to
write about. 1t is a perplex-
ing thing. The world is SO
filled with a number of
things, sealing wax and kings.
as the man said, you cannot
ever understand why you
should be at a loss for a topic,
a theme. an idea. call it what
you will.
The world is filled with
words, all in nice ordered
rows, reading from the top
left across and down to the
bottom right. The Chinese
are supposed to do it Diff
ferently, and so are the
1sraelis, bless them and their
land.
So what do you do?
You get an idea, somehow
and someway, you have to,
and you are adult, re-
member.
You write one Of the three
pages, and as you 60 along
a secondary thought is fill
ing the interstices of the
brain:
Finish just this one page,
and then you can rest"
1t is just as simple as
that.
When the first page is
f1lled, you say to your little
self, Nov, you only have to
fill one more page, and you
can rest"
BY the end Of the third
page, 1t all comes easy, and
you delve into 1t with q rush
and a roar and the dawn
comes up like thunder out
OF China cross the bay.
You're in, and all you have
to do now is wait for tomor-
row and another idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
FoirLody

May I pay tribute to Miss
Susan Hendricks of the
d. c. Department Of Voca-
tional Rehabilitation and
originator Of the annual
Outdoor Fair for the Handi-
capped?
On Friday the 18th, a year
or so ago. the sun was prob
ably shining, but I wasn't
aware of it. My heart was
heavy, my shoulders stopped.
my thoughts wrapped in bit
terneSs toward all fellow
men. In my hand was a
Government document, tear
stained and crumple d.
Though the words we're in
small type. to me they stood
out in bold letters as though
written from my own life's
blood: Retired on Dis
ability"
Then I heard the name of
Miss Susan Hendricks. 1t
carried some dim connection
with the word "rehabilita-
ton" Since then, on numer-
Gus occasions. she has given
of herself and her time, a
word of wisdom here. an
other of courage there. Her
shoulders seem made for
crying on.
At first I was determined
not to let her through to
me: l felt so sure. no one
cared. She had to prove me
wrong before / could ever
believe again.
Last Friday the 18th, as
I sat alone at a stand at the
Handicapped Fair" so gra-
ciously assigned to me to
show the handcraft of a Is
year-old lady, the means of
her support, I bowed my
head and silently prayed.
Susan Hendricks. may you
find the same courage to
fight on to a victorious end
as in your humanity under
standing way you have
helped others fight and win"
Surely those who visited
the Fair for the Handi-
capped" and noted its great
success. fully realize there is
no fear when you fight for
right.
May many others join
hands with Miss Hendricks
in her great work.
Marie Runnert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Atomic Fusion Keeps Sun Ever Hot

Hes, combine 70 form an
atom Of the next heaviest
element. the light metal
berylium.
Again there Is release Of an
enormous amount Of energy
In the form Of heat. Nothing.
however, Is consumed. The
sun remains as heavy as ever.
This reaction predominates
over the iirst 10 higher
temperatures. DR.. Cameron
says.
when the sun was FIRST
formed" (about s billion
years ago). says the report.
this reaction was slightly
less important at the center
Of the sun than the first, or
PPI. chain. However In the
last as billion years the tenn
perature. density and con-
centration Of Helium 4 have
increased at the center Of
the sun and the second. or
PPu. reaction now predomi-
mates there"
Similar Process on Earth
Still. he stresses, the pic
ture Is not complete. The
berylium atom is not entirely
stable. On earth II is radio
active with q half life Of So
days. 1t picks up an electron
to form an atom Of the next
heaviest element, lithium.
A somewhat similar proc
ess takes place on earth. A
great amount Of heat is pro-
duced in the fusion and at
the same time there is emit
ted a so-called ghost par
ticle." or neutrino. This has
the same mass as an elec-
iron but no electrical charge.
A somewhat similar and an
other closely related reac-
ton takes place, DR.. Beard
postulates, in the hot inte-
rlor Of the sun. The neutri-
nos produced shoot out into
space and ordinarily would
be undetectable. One Of them
striking the earth would pass
completely through it. But
there now is a possibility
that some of the neutrinos
can be detected on earth, DR..
Beard said, through reac-
tons produced in deep mines.
This may indicate. he said,
that the neutrinos produced
on the sun are a quite diff
ferent type of particle from
any known on earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18

is the smallest and thinnest
Of United States coins. It
was authorized by Congress
March 3, 1851, at the time
the letter postage rate was
reduced to three cents, and
was intended to be Of con-
venience in paying postage.
@. What is the significance
Of smoke in the election Of a
Pope?-R. v.
A. Crowds gathered in st.
Peters Square TO get the
first news Of election Of a
Pope watch the chimney
Of the Sistine Chapel. II
black smoke issues, this in
dicates that a balloting by
the electing cardinals has
not resulted in the two
thirds vote necessary to elect
a candidate; white smoke in
dicates that a candidate has
been elected. Ballots which
fail to elect are mixed with
wet straw before burning,
and produce black smoke;
the electing ballots are
burned with dry straw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Zero Hour in Beirut?

A new Zero hour" appears immi-
nent In the LebaneSe crisis amid talk of
possible entry of American troops into
the strife-torn Middle East country.
United Nations Secretary General Ham
marskjold is now over in Beirut for
consultation with the U. N. observer
team that has been charged with the
task of checking the alleged flow Of
arms and men into. the country IN
support of enforcement forces. Mr..
HammarskjoldS flndings-flrst, whether
such intervention actually is going on
and, second, how and whether U. N.
force could seal the land and sea from
tiers-may be of critical Importance in
this grave situation.
The possibility of American military
intervention was brought to the sharp
est point yet in Secretary Dulles news
conference yesterday. Mr.. Dulles said
first that the United States is ready to
send troops to support the LebaneSe
government If the United Nations re-
quests them. Presumably, under that
circumstance American forces would be
part Of United Nations police patrol"
The Secretary added, however, that
there might be other contingencies"
(than U. N. request) in which Ameri-
can troops now in the Mediterranean
area would be ordered into Lebanon.
He did not define the "other contingent
cieS." One, of course, might be the pro-
lection of American lives and property.
Another, however, might be in outright
unilateral support of the pro-Western
government of President Chamoun-in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18

If one-fifth of the normal
adult dose won't put Temp
Jones to sleep, that means he
is adult, doesn't It?
Jones says 1t does, and he
is quite proud of the fact
that his latest sleeping cap
sule. in small dosage, doesn't
work.
II guess I'm fully adult, :"
he smiled, with ill-concealed
satisfaction.
Not to be adult. these days,
means terrible things to psy-
biologists and psychiatrists
and their crackpot imitators.
If you are not completely
adult, when you are supposed
to be, you are in for woes.
troubles and tribulations.
What used to be called the
BOBBY hatch is yawning
widely for you,' if you don't
know it, and especially If you
don't know it.
You are out of touch with
reality, or something, and
that, brother, is really awful.
To be adult merely in
creases your worries, in a
world where being a teen
ager is getting to be terrible
enough.
If you are judged adult,
and the theoretical equal of
your adult contemporaries.
you are all set for taxation.
tears and Che final exit there
from, which has been judged
by experts to be the worst Of
all.
Experts ought to know.
They have been writing
about tears, taxation and
death for centuries, with no
closer understanding of them
than in the dim dark days
when Moses came down from
the mount.
To be adult is to think up
all sorts Of fancy words and
phrases to explain what
everybody knows, anyway.
To be adult is to charge
any one who disagrees with
you with wrong motives. any
motive just so both of you
know they do not really At
the case at all.
To be adult is to shed croc-
odile tears when honest work
is called for, to lament the
wrong thing and whoop 1t up
for the worse.
Being adult means lots Of
fun for everybody, especially
the banker, the butcher and
one who formerly was called
the candlemaker.
Heaven knows what has be-
come Of the candlemaker
these days. Probably he has
skunk of to Canada and is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Essential Teamwork

Your editorial of June 8
entitled Essential Team
work" comments on the APP
parent confusion which has
developed over the access
road to the Chantilly Airport.
You certainly are correct that
teamwork is essential to as
sure access which will best
serve the air traveller and the
Metropolitan Area.
While the County Of Fair
fax is the most directly af-
fected by Chantilly and its
access road. the entire Met
ropolitan Area should be con-
cerned that the access pro-
vided is adequate and does
not conflict with existing
traffic patterns.
1t seems rather obvious to
me that the best way to serve
the airport to the benefit Of
the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area. from the stand
point of planning, service and
cost, is via the new eight
lane limited-access interstate
Route Sc which will come di-
rectly through densely popu-
lated areas Of Arlington and
Fairfax Counties on a COM
pletely new location to with
in eight miles of a south en-
trance to the airport. The
CAA expresses two objections
to this route, neither of which
appears to be valid. One Of
these is that a south entrance
would require a tunnel under
a taxiway in CAA's ideal"
airport plan, Surely this tun-
mel, If necessary, cannot make
the eight-mile southern APP
proach to the airport cost as
much as the construction of
twice that number of miles
of limited access road which
would be required to reach
the parkway.
The other objection ex-
pressed by CAA to use Of the
interstate route is that it
will not be completed by the
time the airport is ready for
use. 1t is true that it prob
ably will not be finished all
the way to downtown Wash
ington by 1861 The Virginia
Department of Highways adj
vises, however. that con-
struction win start in the i'm
mediate future and that the
section from the interchange
proposed at Route so, eight
miles from Chantilly to the
circumferential highway, is
expected TO be ready by the
imports opening date. From
that point to Washington
one has a choice of several
reasonably good temporary
routes. including both four
lane Route so and the George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Rich Get Poorer

Paul MELON mas given III
teen Of his late fathers mil
lions to Yale University. AS
the liberal establishment has
adopted as national policy
that to be rich is un-Ameri-
can, where will we find the
future Melons, Morgans,
Rockefellers, Huntingtons.
etc, with a 80 per cent tax
take to support American
cultures?
In 1929, 513 Americans had
an income in excess of 81
million (100-cent dollars (.
Together. after taxes. they
enjoyed $1.132.098.8l4 with
which they generously con-
tributed to American culture.
In 1855 only 276 persons had
an income in excess Of 81
million and their combined
income. before taxes. was less
than $500 million (50-cent
dollars.
Having now eliminated the
very rich. when the accumu-
lations Of the good old days"
are exhausted. how is this
terrific shortage to be made
up? Well, by then the lib
erals will probably have real
lied their social utopia and
Government will own every
thing. including the people.
However. it is more than a
moral certainty that the So
cialist dictator viii not evince
the same interest In Ameri-
can culture as the economic
royalists" and our educa-
tional and cultural institu-
tons viii gradually go to pot
Old ReactiOnary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
Island Fireworks

Inasmuch as Theodore
Roosevelt Island is dedicated
as a national park, ! believe
it would be more convenient
and in keeping with tradi-
ton If the July 4 fireworks
display we're set of as usual
on the grounds Of the WASH
ipgton Monument.
The display on the island
would present quite a traffic
problem and in such an in
stance a stable public at
tendance would be lacking:
but on the grounds of the
Washington Monument null
titudes of Washingtonians
could enjoy the show, and as
seen in past years the traffic
problem would be somewhat
simplified.
Bill P. Semenuk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18

Three KINDS OF atomic
fusion are responsible for
the suns undiminishing heat
through the milleniums.
Together they show why
the earth's star has not
burned 10 a einder long
since.
The third has Just been
reported TO the American
Physical Society by DR.. Ala
stairs O. w. Cameron Of the
Chalk River Laboratory Of
the Canadian Atomic Energy
Commission.
First Is the so-called
Bethe cycle, quite similar 10
the reaction In the hydro
gen bomb. Nuclei Of hydro
gen atoms. moving with
enormous velocities In the
intense heat OF the suns
interior. collide and fuse to-
gether. One such collision
produces an atom OF double
weight hydrogen, or deu-
terium. The deuterium
promptly picks up another
hydrogen atom, resulting in
an atom Of the lightest form
Of helium. Two Of these he
lium atoms smash together
TO form q heavier form Of
helium with the release Of q
great deal Of energy.
Notable Heating Process
This chain. DR.. Cameron
pointed out. may be consid-
cred the most notable heat
producing process but is not
quite the whole story. 1t
will take place. he says, only
in cooler regions of the solar
interior.
Recently Drs. H. d. Holm
gren and r. l.. Johnston Of
the Naval Research Labora-
tory in Washington proposed
a second form Of atomic
fusion which would be much
more likely at higher temper
atures such as are postulated
for the suns center. In the
Bethe reaction it is necessary
for the hydrogen atom nuclei
to smash into each other at
enormous velocity. In the
Holmgren-Johnston reaction
it is only necessary for them
to come within five to ten
nuclear radii of each other
for the fusion to take place.
They postulate that two
isotopes of helium. Hes and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
A System of Evil

The story of the secret trial and
execution Of former Premier Imre Macy
of Hungary adds up to a sickening and
damning commentary on the nature Of
the Soviet-controlled Communist sys-
TEN.
Mr.. Macy, sometimes described as a
"Titoist" Communist, returned as head
Of the Hungarian government in the
electrifying and tragic days Of the he
roic popular rebellion-in the fall of 1856
against the tyranny of the Kremlin
and its puppet regime in Budapest.
During his brief rule at that time, in
response to the demands of his country
men, he sought to restore Hungarys
independence as a neutral nation, and
Moscow seemed for while to be willing
to withdraw its troops and grant such
independence.
This show of willingness, however,
quickly turned out to be only cover
for an act of supreme treachery Ac-
tually, while pretending to be ready to
do the right thing, the Kremlin was
maSSing the naked military force with
which it savagely crushed the Hungar-
Ian peoples bid for freedom. When this
happened, Mr.. Macy fled to the refuge
and asylum offered by Marshal Titos
Legation. There then followed another
infamous display of monumental du-
plicity and dishonor Mr.. Macy received
written guarantee solemnly promising
him that he could return to his home
as free man without having to worry
in the slightest about his future per-
Sonal safety. Whereupon, he moved
out of his Yugoslav sanctuary and was
promptly seized by Soviet security police
And now, at long last, the chief
Soviet news agency has informed the
world that the stooge government" in
Budapest has Snuffed out Mr. Nays
life, together with the lives of the brave
and patriotic General Pal Maleter and
two lesser figures involved in the Hun
garian revolt According to the official
Communist explanation, this fate has
been melted out to these men because
they were TRAITORS" who conspired with
"imperialiSt" forces against the people
of Hungary. But the condemned stead
tasty refused to plead guilty, and their
executioners-slaying them furtively at
place and time unrevealed-did not
dare to let them have an open, public
trial. Instead, the dirty work was done
in the dark because its perpetrators
knew that it could not be done in the
light of day without outraging all the
decent instincts of mankind.
Against this background, the world
can only speculate now as to just why
the Soviet Union has found it feasible
to destroy Mr.. Macy and the others.
A deed as dark as this certainly will
not appeaSe the Hungarian people, but
will merely intensity their inward rage
against the tyranny imposed upon them.
KhruShchev and Company, however,
probably do not worry much about that,
and perhaps the whole grisly business
is their way of warning the satellite
peopleS-Such as the PoleS-not to try
acting contrary to the Kremlin'S will.
Thus there appears to be ample
ground for the suspicion that MoScow'S
policy, at home and abroad, may be re-
verting to StaliniSm in it's worst forms.
In any event, even without such a re-
version, the immense evil inherent in
the Soviet system has been shockingly
confirmed by the Hungarian executions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18

Washington Parkway. The
Virginia Department of High
ways expects to proceed with
the remainder Of Route Sc as
rapidly as plans can be COM
pleted.
Since we are not building
this airport Just for today.
surely it is better to plan a
route which will provide The
best possible access soon
after its opening than plan a
route via the George WASH
ington Parkway which will
be inadequate. unsatisfactory
and destructive Of the scenic
Potomac Park facilities from
the day it is opened. This is
especially true If the ade-
quate route can be provided
for several million dollars
less Of taxpayers funds than
can the inadequate route.
There can be little question
that a new direct. limited-ac-
cess, eight-lane highway can
provide that best access.
There really is not as much
confusion on this matter as
first glance leads one to be-
lieve. There actually is an
unusual q mount of agree
ment among those area iuris-
dictionS and planning agen-
cies which have studied this
matter. All seem to be cp-
posed to the proposal made
by CAA to the Bureau of
Public Roads that there be a
connection from the north of
the airport to the George
Washington Parkway. Some
have proposed several slter-
nate routes, although more
expensive. fearing the CAA
would not accept the south
entrance.
The actions Of some Of the
interested area agencies in
clude the following: Fairfax
Board of County Supervisors,
Special Airport Committee
and Fairfax County Planning
Commission have expressed
the view that a south en-
trance to the airport is essen
tial. In addition. the Board
of County Supervisors has
expressed strong opposition
to use of the George Wash
ington Parkway as the air.
port access route. The Airing
ton County Board has also
opposed the parkway route,
as have Northern Virginia
Planning Commission spokes-
men. The Virginia Depart
ment of Highways has ex-
pressed TO the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads the view that a
southern access is essential
and has pointed out reasons
why the parkway route would
not be desirable.
The National Capital Plan
ming Commission. being made
up of distinguished planners
who are sincerely interested
in the long range good of
the Washington Metropolitan
Area. will undoubtedly reach
the same conclusion as have
most of us on the local level.
l sincerely hope the commits
sion's advice will be sought
and accepted by the CAA.
Anne wilkins, Az
Chairman, Board of County
p
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