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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
ROOM PROJECTS

Pupils of Grade 81 are now
working on a unit of Air Travel.
Activities include collecting pic
lures of airplanes and airporta,
writing stories about the things
they do, and find. The class saw
two very interesting films titled,
IAN Airplane Trip and Fred and
Bobby Take an Airplane Trip.
Recently, the class visited the
Little Rock Municipal Airport.
We saw many airplanes land and
take off; we saw passengers get
off and board the big planes. The
! most interesting part of our trip
was an inside view of a TIA
passenger plane including the pi-
lots compartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01

+ TNCLE SANS armorer is an Arlington
~ man, but he doesn't work at the
Pentagon. He is National Park Service
Historian Harold L. Peterson and his job
is to preserve the memory of Americas
fighting past.
The swords, helmets, breaStplateS and
muZzle-loading musketS he procures go into
National Park System museums so that
millions of Americans may better under
stand this Nations exciting history In
Puerto Rico and at jamestown, for instance,
Mr.. Peterson arranged for donations of
authentic armor to show what Spanish
conquistadors and English colonists wore.
other displays of swords and helmets, guns,
pistols and tomahawkS, all prepared by
him. recall early-day daring and hardship
in the New World when our ancestors
fought Indians, RedcoatS and, later, oppoS-
ing armies in a civil war.
Such exhibits have earned Mr.. Peterson
the Interior Departments Distinguished
Service Award for museum planning as well
as a national reputation as an authority
and advisor on American arms. He identi-
fed the earliest armor fragments found in
the United States unearthed in Florida
and the Southwest. and in jamestown
helped to locate the earliest known
armorerS workshop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Armore J! J.! For q I,,. the Parks
By JOHN M. KAUFFMANN
By JOHN M. KAUFFMANN
Special Writer for The star

Mr.. Petersons studies have also resulted
in important books on American swords
and Colonial armor and arms His latest,
American Knives" was published only
few weeks ago, and he is now writing books
on tomahawks and artillery.
Mr.. Peterson has made arms and armor
a hobby as well as a vocation. His base
ment CLEANS with an outstanding collec-
ton of his own. II can't remember when
1 wasn't interested in arms" he said. II
recall that as fourth grader traded my
weeks lunches for broken-down shotgun.
There's romance in arms collecting,
but, more important, it gives you clearer
understanding and kinship with an earlier
era-a time when weapons were necessary
to keep men alive. Today our contact with
weapons, except for sporting arms, is
largely limited to brief periods of military
service. In Colonial America, however,
every ablebodied man was required to own
a f1rearm and to know how to use it.
Then there is the artists skill and care
and ingenuity that went into each weapon
or piece of armor. There is eSthetic appeal
in the polished curve of a piece of steel,
the shape of a helmet or the sweep of a
sword hilt. When go home and relax or
study in my armor room, enjoy a refresh
ing change from the modern world of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
CONSTANTINE BROWN


pect q 100 per cent nation
alist government 10 be estah-
iished In Paris-probably un-
der the leadership Of that
weak hero" Gen. Charles de
0aulie. Whether this win oc-
cur forthwith or win be de-
layed Is difncult 10 forecast
under the present troubled
conditions. But even II the
Pflimlin administration can
maintain itself In once tenn
porarily there Is no doubt
that II must heed the voice
Of the people and become as
intransigent over the Alee-
rian problem as Is the junta
In Algiers. And here Is where
we must become painfully
involved.
Our past policies have been
10 reconcile. as the saying
goes, the cabbage and the
goat. We want TO keep the
friendship Of France because
It Il essential for the survival
Of the NATO which we have
made the fetish Of our own
national defense. On the
other hand we also want to
be friends with the Arabs and
Appreciate" their efforts to
free themselves Of colonial
ism. This latter policy had
to be extended TO the Arabs
who are fighting the French
In Algeria with the active
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
u. S. Keeps Eyes on Algeria

support Of international
communism.
Either the present or the
next French government win
ask Us 10 stand up and be
counted. The question we en-
pect 10 have put 10 Us Is:
"Are you for US or against
USE II you are for Us you
must help US crush the Com
munist-instieated rebellion.
II you don't do this. you are
against Us and we shall have
10 look 10 others for the
needed moral and material
support"
The French have o strong
argument In asking not only
US but all the members or
the NATO for direct assist
ance. since Algeria Is specifi-
cally mentioned In the North
Atlantic pact as q portion Of
France 10 be defended against
aggression. And there are
repeatedly In French prison
camps more than q dozen
Soviet officers from the Mos
lem Soviet republics. They
were captured during battles
with the rebels. This Is suf-
ficient proof Of aggression to
justify the French to invoke
the North Atlantic pact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
On Criticizing the Nixon Trip

about what Moscow called
lnsolent American interfer-
ence m Latin American af-
fairs. The purpose Of Nlxon's
trip. said Moscow. was TO
exert pressure. and Latin
Americans wanted no such
visitors.
Prom the start Of the
tour. Moscow radio devoted
considerable air time 70
Nixon. constantly stressing
that he was being poorly
received. On April s0---in
Portuguese. for Brasil-Mos-
COW said Nixon had been
cooiiy received In Uruguay.
and reported q movement
against him rising in Peru.
Chile, Colombia and Vene-
Euela.
I'm Russian and English
broadcasts for Europe. Mos
COW radio reported Nixon
meeting difnculties--this be-
fore the first demonstration
against him. 90. on May 10
Moscow radio reported with
great satisfaction that In
Montevideo, Buenos Aires,
La Paz and Asuncion, Nixon
had the experience = and I
quote-of experiencing per-
sonally the violent exhibition
Of hatred Of the people for
Washington's policies.
Then, in Spanish. Mos
COW gloated about the stu
dent demonstration against
Nixon in Lima, said the visit
TO Peru had turned into q
veritable scandal. No one lis
tening to the voice Of Mos
COW could have failed to know
what the Kremlin was hoping
TO see."
Then. on May - and Il,
the climax came In Vene-
zuela. The Moscow govern
ment has several thousand
Communist Party members
in each Of the Latin Ameri-
can countries. and the broad
casts from Moscow contain
the instructions TO them to
stir up animosities and even
violence.
The appeasers In Congress
will ind that the Soviets will
interpret any retreat by the
United States in the Nixon
affair as q great victory for
international communism.
Reproduetien Rights Reserved.I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Mansfield Worms U. S.
On False Security

Senator Mansfield, Democrat
Of Montana, warned the Amer
lean people yesterday against
q feeling Of false security based
on a belief that new weapons
have become so deadly "they
have terrified the world into
q permanent, II somewhat
quivering, peace"
This so-called peace of "mu-
tual terror" is no peace at all.
he said. Under the seeming
calm Of this peace "the pres
sures Of conflict continue to
accumulate" he added.
The Montana Democrat was
delivering In the Senate the
first Of four talks he will make
In the next 10 days analyzins
various phases Of foreign policy.
Senator Mansfield said 1t is
regrettable that Russia rejected
this country's proposeds study
Of an inspection system for the
Arctic region. But he said this
rejection Is mo excuse for
throwing up our hands in des-
pair or disgust"
For, II it is In their interest
as well as ours-and ! must
assume that it is--to avoid an
accidental war, then we must
continue to seek ways to avoid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

rulers In Moscow, this would
have been grist for their min.
They would have been de-
lighted 10 read that they had
intlmidated the United States
Government. This would have
beensa propaganda success Of
transcendent proportions.
Indeed. instead Of stand
ING Up for the Government
Of the United States. the
word now is that some mem
bers Of Congress want an
investigation 10 be UNDER
taken 10 find out what the
administration knew Of the
possibility Of outbreaks In
Latin America, as II there
Is blame 10 be imposed here.
Unfortunately. the Commu-
nists In Moscow don't tell the
Central Intelligence Agency
or the Department Of State
the details Of the plans they
intend TO pursue In attempt
ing TO stir up disorders In
countries with which the
United States Is at peace.
II Is important. however,
to note that the Communists
did openly attempt TO bestir
their followers in Latin Amer
lea to make trouble for Mr..
Nixon on the trip. Here Is
what Daniel Schorr Of the
Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn. formerly Moscow cor
respondent but now in WASH
ington, said over the radio
at midnight on the eve of
Mr.. Nixon's return:
ANY Communist sympa-
thizer In Latin America,
listening to Moscow radio for
the past two weeks. would
know that il was important
to the Kremlin that Nixon's
tour be turned into an anti
United States demonstration.
ION April 27-the day
Nixon left Washington-Mos-
COW beamed q broadcast In
Spanish to South America,
predicting that Nixon would
hear grave complaints on his
tour, complaints about United
States attempts to shift its
recession to the backs of
Latin Americans, complaints
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

Patriotism may be dormant
81 times. but partisanship
never. Thus the wholehearted
welcome given 10 Vice Pres
ident Nixon and the demon
stration Of confidence, by
President Eisenhower and by
members OF both parties In
Congress at the airport on
his arrival here were marred
later BY q brief debate In
the House Of Representatives
when Q few partisans ap-
plauded criticism Of the State
Department for letting Mr..
Nixon 20 10 Latin America In
the first place.
The United States Govern
ment. II was argued In ef-
feet, should have yielded TO
the threats Of terror and
cancelled the visit.
Only q few months ago. on
the other hand. there was q
lot Of talk IN Congress about
freedom 10 travel" and the
state Department was de-
nounced because It didn't
want American newsEnen 10
take risks inside Red China.
whose regime 10 not rec
oenized BY the United States.
But now the argument has
been switched around. Il
appears that freedom to
travel" should not be ex-
ercised by the high oficials
Of the American Government
IN friendly countries to which
diplomatic recognition has
been given.
What a cowardly thing it
would be for the United
States Government to refuse
10 60 ahead with a trip pre-
viously announced and to
give as the reason that It
couldn't expect-from friend
" governments = protection
or security for a visiting dele
gationl
Not only would the govern
ments Of Latin America have
been offended. but they would
have WINGED under the charge
that they couldn't protect the
distinguished visitors they
themselves had invited.
As for the c o m m u mist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Vice President Nixon gets heros welcome In Washing
ton Nixon has become Americas reafe Walter NIFTY.
Russia puts up q ton-and- a-haf sputnk M Moscow
radio says was really nothing Just routine heave by
Of the Russian lady shot-putters.
zsa zsa oabor sports $1,000 chinchia coat from the
Of the Dominican Republics dictator The guy wanted
say thanks . million, but there's q recession
After Nxons triumphant return home. It's rumored
Democratic Senator Jack Kennedy Is demanding equal time
on the South American hot-rock circuit.
Gen. De0aulle says he's ready to take power in
France He's Frances rst horseback who's old
to climb up the horse.
One veteran Democrat Is gloomy He says: "Not single
one Of presidential candidates has had anything thrown
at him. We may have to draft major league umpire"
Khrushchey drinks only mineral water at q Moscow
reception. He's getting little tired Of being listed in Booze
Who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
DORIS FLEESON

Washington has now warm
" expressed its relief and
THANKSGIVING over the safe
return Of Vice President and
Mrs. Nixon and their party.
Even before they arrived,
efforts we're under way to
find out who shot cock robin.
There was an immediate
scramble on the part Of con-
gressional committees for the
job of investigating the cpl
sode.
No disposition exists here
to take the easy way out,
which is to blame it all on
the Communists. The Presi-
dent, the Vice President and
responsible members Of Con-
gress were agreed that stock
taking Of the most serious
and realistic kind Is in order.
The degree of the surprise
over what happened to the
Vice President is shown by
the fact that his luckless
journey completely over
Swallowed in the news and in
ofilcial minds the far more
serious word from France
and Algeria.
The while Western posi-
ton in Europe is deeply af-
fected by the French crisis
and the possibility Of the re-
turn to power Of Gen. De
foaulle. Under ordinary cir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Presidential Hopeful Held Responsible
In Foreign Affoirs, But q Bit FuciIe

seems. very much ID" now
and very little FL"
But at any rate, given his
background and circum-
stances, Senator Humphrey
ordinarily would be famous
In Congress. If at all. as a
Democratic counterpart to
what old Senator George
Moses, an acid Yankee. used
to call the Republican Son
Of the Wild Jackass.
That is. Senator Humphrey
would normally have been
q more or less perpetually
bowling farm-reliefer, or
nothing much at all.
With him. it has not work.
ed cut that way. He is
essentially a city politician.
This correspondents guess is
that his heart is far more in
foreign policy than in farm
policy. And he probably has
as much emotional support
throughout the East from
various sorts Of causists and
world savers-all Of them
quite decent but some Of
them perhaps not overly use
full in practical terms-as he
has In his native region.
And though he certainly
has not been behindhand in
pressing for higher farm sub
sides, he has not made this
q career. Rather. he has
sought to make q multi
sided career over a wide
front Of issues-foreign af-
fairs, civil rights, disarma-
uleIlI, ana 50 on.
Such q personal procedure
inescapably implies that q
man has an adequate regard
for himself over q pretty
broad area Of national and
world problems.
Senator Humphrey has not
escaped these implications in
the minds Of many Of his
colleagues. Some look upon
him as an theoretically noisy
one-man band. This attitude
exists even though he under
stands, as many advanced
liberals do not, that the
American political process at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
WILLIAM S. WHITE
The Able Senator Humphrey

bottom is and must be one
Of compromise.
Though classrooms are in
his personal history, he is not
a mere classroom politician
shrilly intent upon having
the last syllable Of his way
on every occasion. He is q
thoroughly practical man.
He needs no diagram to con-
vince himself that half q loaf
-as in the civil rights bill
passed last years. far bet
ter than no bread ct all.
All the same, Q faint aca-
demic touch does occasionally
cling to him, and undoubtedly
is one Of his handicaps. And
80. perhaps most of all, is q
Humphrey weakness for talk
ing at length upon most any
question at nearly any OPP
portunity. Even in 50 wordy
a body as the Senate he Is
outstanding in this regard.
Apolitical minus, too, prob
ably Is that he Is o vice
chairman Of Americans for
Democratic Action. This or
Sganization wholly lacks the
sinister power so melodra-
matically attributed to It by
ultra-conservative politicians.
Still 1t is about as popular
with the regular Democratic
Party as the Go used to be
with the AL.
The harm in this associa-
ton to Senator Humphrey
probably is somewhat Offset
by the fact that. at all events,
he has stayed with the ADA
In its bad hours as well as
its earlier good ones.
He has not run away.
His pluSes, moreover, are
not inconSiderable. He is ex-
ceptionally able-probably as
able a man all-around as
there is in the Senate, though
maybe unwisely scattered in
his many exertions and q bit
too facile. And on world
affairs he is highly RESPONSE
bic, never in memory meanly
partisan. He is, finally, the
Democratic lea der In the
field Of disarmament-as an
ex-Minnesotan, the unsink-
able Harold Stassen, is at
tempting to be for the Re-
publicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

Second IN a candid series
on sir urgent young men OF
the Senate tDho are Demo-
cratic presidential possible
tttes.J
In the house Of issues Of
the Democratic liberals are
many mansions. And several
of these are occupied, all at
once, by Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey Of Minnesota.
Humphrey is one. of the re-
strained presidential aspir-
ants-restrained in that he is
not openly seeking the honor.
Nothing else about his public
career. however, is ever the
least bit quiet.
In this uncharacteristic
tactic of the soft presidential
pursuit, he is simply follow
ing the traditional line Of the
professional politicians. The
pros have always believed
usually soundly-that 1t is
unwise TO be out for the lob
early and often, as it were.
And Senator Humphrey
an ex-political science teacher
and the hero Of great num-
bers Of eggheads-is also very
much q pro. His homebase
is what the textbooks would
: call one Of an agrarian liber-
alism to radicalisrn. His State
historically was dominated by
farmers likely to get unusual
" angry in hard or unsettled
times and to express this an
ger with rather odd political
demands.
This situation now, how
ever. probably is more a mem
ory than q fact. Minneapolis
and st. Paul are hardly pas
toral. And much Of Sena-
tor Humphreys support has
come from organized labor as
well as organized farmers.
In Minnesota, the party is
called Democratic Farmer
Labor. But the possibly wrong
impression of an outsider
is that the FL" in the slogan
'D-FL" is not much more
now than a sentimental &C
knowledgment Of the States
political past. 1t is. or so 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

it. as must they" he continued.
The Senator. who IL on the
Foreign Relations Committee,
emphasized that the military
power Of Russia and the United
States are not the only sources
Of danger 10 peace. He argued
that local pressures existing in
certain areas Of Europe, the
Middle East and the Far East
could also endanger world
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
DORIS ELEEsoN
Taking Stock of the Nixon Tour

had shown some inkling Of
the problem by avoiding q
Nixon visit to Chile where
1t was obvious that the in
creased United States tax on
copper imports would make
any American ceremonial
visitor unwelcome. Chile's
President recently cancelled
q visit to Washington on the
same grounds.
Why the same experts
failed to recognize like prob
lens In Venezuela, Peru and
other Latin American ma
tons is a question to which
Congress will demand the
answer.
1t is perhaps not generally
realized that even American
relations with Canada have
been deteriorating. No Amer
lean visitor to our North
American neighbor is apt to
be stoned or spat upon, but
there is no mistaking the
depth of the feeling there
which arises generally from
the same economic causes.
In a sense, this unpleasant
affair presents the Vice Pres
ident with o great oppor-
tunity. Of all the admin
istration. he has least cause
now to deceive himself. He
now knows that just because
this country means well, 1t
does not necessarily follow
that 1t is doing well. He was
there, and his voice viii
cary weight on this subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
President and Congress Are Agreed
On Need for Realistic Review

cumstances, ashington
would be seething with unrest
and alarm over the chance
that q Hitlerian era may be
dawning in the country
which is the keystone Of the
Western defense against
communism.
BY chance, the disturbances
in South America, France and
the Middle East coincide with
consideration by the Con-
gress Of two measures Of crit
ical Importance to our re-
lations both with our allies
and with neutral nations
foreign aid and reciprocal
trade.
Foreign aid has passed the
House in the very teeth Of
the most outrageous demon
strations of hostility against
the United States by South
America. Speaker Rayburn
has given it as his opinion
that reciprocal trade also
will be unaffected by the bad
news, although it will still be
holly contested.
Present examples Of the
bitterness caused abroad by
American economic policies
may in fact prove Of aid, for
they have removed the issue
from the realm Of theory to
dramatic fact.
Y Planners Of the Nixon trip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Symphony to PIuy
For Tiny Tots

The National Symphony Or
chestra, directed by Lloyd
Geisler, win give the first Of
its open-air concerts for Tiny
Tots" on Sunday afternoon at
the Chevy Chase Shopping
Center. Wisconsin and Western
avenues.
The orchestra win play at
$3.50 pm. and at $3.50 pm. in
the parking lot. Admission is
free, with the Chevy Chase
Center Merchants Association
sponsoring the event. Chairs
can be rented for rs cents
apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

The situation In France
and Algeria Ia holding top
attention In Washington. The
dastardly treatment Of Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon In
Latin America Is now q thing
Of the past. It's painful les
sons win be carefully studied
and may lead eventually 10 q
new approach 10 our "front
yard"
The consensus IN ofiicial
quarters Is that. hard as Il Is
on the dignity Of the United
States 10 swallow such un-
precedented insults, II would
be foolish-and at the same
time play into the hands Of
international communism -
TO permit actions inspired by
Communist agitators 10 harm
the necessary close relations
with the southern continent.
Conditions In the Middle
East continue to be difiicuit.
But the administration Il
taking all possible measures
10 support friendly govern
ments. The insurrection In
Lebanon Is only one Of the
more serious Developments
which are expected in that
area In the course Of this
year. The 9Th Fleet and its
reinforced Marine detach-
ments stand ready to help
those who need assistance.
But It Is the French crisis
which preoccupies everybody
In the administration and
Congress. For the present
situation may well lead to
further weakening Of the
NATO unless the United
States decides TO reverse its
present policies toward Al
geria by supporting Frances
campaign In 'he North Afri-
can departments.
The tough Brig. Gen. JAG
ques Massu appears TO have
the upper hand since his
senior commander In chief
Of the French forces IN Al
geria, Maj. Gen. Raoul salan,
has sided with him. So have
most Of the civil servants.
The question now is not
whether he will bow to the
authority Of the government
In Paris but whether the ma
tional government viii bow
TO him.
The days Of the new French
cabinet are numbered. When
the new ministry won the ap-
proval Of the National As
sembly (thanks to the deci-
cion Of the Communists to
abstain) its life was meas
ured In months. Now It is
measured In weeks, or even
by some In days. A new wind
Of nationalisrn seems to be
blowing all over France which
makes the advent Of q gov
eminent representing that
spirit inevitable. 1t Is sig
nificant that during the re-
cent demonstrations the war
veterans Overwhelmingly
nationalist were supported
BY student masses who usual
ly these days lean toward the
left In all Western countries.
It Is equally significant that
the French people have be-
come almost united land that
occurs only in rare major ma
tional crises In their deter
mination not to give up
Algeria, whatever the cost
In money or in blood.
Under these conditions, It
Is obvious that we must ex-