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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Notes on the Vicuno

Perhaps the first thing to be OBJ
served about the vicuna is that most
people around town, although they have
been discussing It at great length, wittily
and unwittily, don't know how to pro-
nounce its name. The way to say 1t is
"vee-KOO-nyah," not "vie- KOON-uh."
AS for other fascinating facts about this
little creature, there are too many for
us to list all of them here. So we will
cite only few.
Thus, to begin with, the vicuna
Llama utcunna, as the scientists say)
is the smallest member of the camel
family. Never successfully domeSticated,
1t is wild relative of the llama, the
guanaco and the alpaca, and one of its
distinguishing features-in case any,
body's intereSted-iS that it has no bare
calloSitieS on the hind limbs. From the
standpoint Of human beings who enjoy
being comfortable, its living habits are
absurd. Anyhow, it makes it's home in
the most precipitous and inaccessible
portions Of the Andes from Peru to Bo-
livia. This certainly seems to be less
than bright. STILL there's no account
ing for tastes, and the vicuna's choice
Of cold habitat probably explains why
its fleece is so valuable and why men
like Mr.. Goldflne delight in having
1t woven into coats for gifts to their
friends. In that respect, as far as dis
tinctiveness goes, the creature seems to
be sort Of four-legged Cadillac or Lin
coin Continental.
Our local vicuna-the one fenced in
at our National Zoo-haS an imperturb-
able look on its face. Indeed, its ex-
preston is almost supercilious, as If it
were only too well aware of its place in
the headlines, of how woefully its name
is miSpronounced, and Of what follies
men can get themselves involved in. As
for its own views, it's not talking about
anything, which is not unadmirable at
time when most of us seem to be talk
ing too much about everything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL

Harps are pretty in the
hands Of women with nice
arms. but nobody except
very strong angels could
carry them.
And dem golden slippers
Temp Jones says he would
prefer felt slippers without
heels. Easier on the toes.
J.
The old man sat in his
chair In the living room while
the angels strummed their
harps.
He refused to move.
Life had run out on him,
but he didn't know it.
The eternal verities were
getting ready for a last stand,
and he didn't care.
He sat in his big over
stuffed chair by the window.
and looked out over the dark
ening prairie.
It was Just too much
trouble to move.
%&&
They found him there la
ter. with all his clothes
stripped OF by the force Of
the wind.
Temp Jones, who says the
story didn't say exactly what
had happened to him, wheth-
err he was found dead or
alive, knows that 1t didn't
make any difference.
1t was that noble moment
Of self-sufficiency that count
ed, when he sat there obliv-
ious Of the call Of wailing
wife and children. and said
for all the world to hear:
Nav. ] amt movin'."
No matter what happened.
Temp Jones says. he had his
moment in history.
The tides Of the sea shall
rise and fall. nations come
TO a crest and be blotted out,
the moon be conquered, and
the sun vanish in utter fu-
tility.
Still strong men at the
twilight hour will talk about
1t, and remember with secret
gratitude the old fellow who
had the courage to sit his
way into fame of a kind.
The dispatch didn't give
the mans name.
1t was unnecessary. Temp
Jones says.
His deed, not his name, Is
what counts. Like Ajax, he
defled the storm. and II he
came out second best in an
unequal battle, he at least
saved his own soul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Making Over the Eloo

! was greatly surprised at
the story in The Star, "Citi-
Gems Redesign Flag to Place
Next Star" because I don't
see the slightest ground for
controversy. The answer is.
OF course. seven rows Of seven
stars each, just as at present
we have six rows OF eight
stars each. In former years
when the number Of stars
AZ. a. Add not admit Of
division into manageable
rows, there was somewhat OF
a problem. but not in this
case. The admission also Of
Hawaii will indeed re-create
the problem. but I am sure
that when and II this hap
pens. 4 happy solution will be
worked out.
H. W. Luce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Up to the House

The prospects for final enactment
OF labor reform legislation by the 85th
Congress are resting In the House today,
with few signs as yet that effective pres
sures for action are developing.
At this point, for example, there Is
no influential bipartisan team pushing
aggressively for adoption of a bill
as did Democratic Senator Kennedy of
Massachusetts, and Republican Senator
Ives OF New York In the other chamber.
There is no opposite number" In the
House TO Senator Mcclellan, Arkansas
Democrat, whose special investigating
committee proved the need for reform
legislation, and who took leading part
In getting Senate action. Neither Dem
ocratic nor Republican leadership IN the
House has indicated that labor legisla-
ton has priority there comparable to
that given In the Senate. And there has
been no showing that the House Labor
Committee membership feels any haste
or is close to the bipartisan agreement
shown in the Senate committees l2-to-
] vote reporting out the Kennedy-Ives
bill.
Meanwhile, support expressed out
side the House is conditional to a degree
that qualities its effectiveness. President.
Meany Of the AFL-CIO has described
the Senate-approved bill as worth
while" (Which suggests that its teeth
are neither long nor sharp but attacked
certain provisions as unavoidable :.
unwiSe :. unfair and unduly repres-
Sive." Speaking for the administration,
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell commended
changes made in the measure on the
Senate floor, but still expressed hope
for further revision in the House. With
Congress setting a mid-August deadline
for adjournment, House bill-if passed
differing materially from the Senate
measure probably would become begged
down in late conference deadlock.
With all this, word of commenda-
ton is due the Senate and those who led
the fight for passage of the Kennedy
Ives bill. Essentially, 1t is a moderate
measure which no one claims meets all
the needs. 1t does deal, however, with
some Of the outstanding abuses revealed
by the Mcclellan committee. And it is
at least start toward helping union
workers and responsible union officials
protect themselves against corrupt or
harmful practices of others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Beach Hozords

With summer here, and the
beaches teeming with people
and small children I call at
tention to a hazard Of grave
Importance. It is the I'M
sportsman-like attitude of the
sportsmen in the rowboats,
yachts. etc.
Beer cans and bottles and
assorted trash thrown into
the water do not always sink
to the bottom and stay there.
They often end up in shallow
water. where children are
wading or swimming. They
then become victims Of sliced
hands and feet.
Boats running into floating
bottles can break them. The
pieces go to the bottom, sure,
but the tides and rough water
will move some Of these pieces
toward shore in time, l know
It's so. because we pick up a
quantity Of broken glass
beer bottles and beer cans,
rusty and new from the shore
each day--and polling along
in shallow water on q
low tide we could I'LL a boat
with broken bottles and rusty
Jagged half deteriorated beer
cans with the cruel. sharp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20

Last summer The Star did
a good public service by ex-
posing the sufferings caused
many families by earnish-
ment Of the wages of their
breadwinners.
While D. c. and Maryland
laws give protection to the
wages Of workers. a loophole
in D. c. law permits garnish-
ment of the entire wages of
workers in Maryland and Viz
ginia where the employer is
in D. c.
Congress quickly passes
laws for its own beneflt
additional office help, etc., i,
but cannot be interested in
protecting the wages Of
workers.
Both the return of part of
D. c. to Maryland and the
efforts Of ofhcials there TO
have Washington businesses
establish branches in Mary
land and Virginia involve a
serious threat and danger to
workers wages. Those af-
fected thereby are least able
TO combat the obnoxious
practice repeated garnish-
ment Of entire wages: those
officials who easily could give
the workers and their fami-
lies the protection seem in
different.
Robert Ennis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Delayed Justice

A strangely paradoxical
situation exists in District
Court. With the calendar
terribly clogged with cases
awaiting a hearing and a de-
mand being heard for addi-
tional judges to dispose of
them, q needless delay has
existed in the appointment
OF q successor to the late
Federal Judge James Kirk
land, who died in February.
AS a lawyer, / know justice
delayed is justice defeated.
The pressure for hearings
in District Court has been
so great that District Court
judges have been referring
cases which they consider TO
be Of only such merit as TO
be heard in a minor court
to the Municipal Court, a
court whose jurisdiction is
limited to $4,000 under the
d. c. Code. This procedure
violates the intent Of Con-
gress in setting up District
Courts which are of un-
limited jurisdiction original
in nature.
Eliot ]. Gleszer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Presidential Setback

The comments which have come
from Democratic Senator Russell and
Republican Senator Bridges hardly en-
courage hope that the Presidents de-
tense reorganization program will fare
better in the Senate than 1t did in the
House. In effect, these Senators have
said that the President will have to be
satisfied with substantially what the
House gave him, and they may be able
to make this stick.
One reason is that defense reor-
ganization is a very complicated busi-
Mesa matter in which the public
apparently has little interest and less
understanding. Mr.. Eisenhower has
made the hardest fight of his public
career for the changes which he wanted
made in the House bill He put his pres
tige on the line and all possible pressure
was brought to bear. Yet there was
little evidence Of any popular response,
and when the key vote came in the
House, is Republicans-the decisive diff
ference-voted with the Democrats. 1t
is difficult to see how the President can
hope to do any better in the Senate.
1t is being said that the administra-
ton, II 1t has lost the fight for all that
the President wanted, has nevertheless
gained a good political issue. Maybe
so, but we doubt very much that Mr..
Eisenhower has been looking for polit-
ical issue. There is every reason to be-
lieve that he fought as hard as he did
for more authority for the Secretary Of
Defense because he sincerely believes
this is essential to the efficient and eco
nomic operation of the Defense De-
partment. But it is very difficult to
spell this out so it can be graSped by
the average voter. And unless this can
be done no useful political issue is likely
to emerge.
The trouble is that we will not know
who is right by tomorrow or the next
day. 1t may be that our national Secu-
rity is threatened by what the President
sees as the defects of the House bill. Or
1t may be that the Democrats are right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
New Antorctic Mountains Hound

mlral Richard 4. Byrd's old
camp At Little America. near
the Bay Of Whales on the
Ross Sea. have obtained q
much clearer picture Of the
vast Ross ice shelf which ex-
tends 400 miles into the Ross
Sea from a point about 800
miles from the South Pole.
This area Is familiar 10 hum
dreds Of Americans who have
accompanied Antarctic ex-
petitions. Il has an extent
OF approximately 100000
square miles.
Recent seismic studies
made near the Little America
station but away from the
edge OF the shelf show an Ice
thickness ranging from 100
10 1850 feet. The ocean bot
tom was shown 10 be from
2,070 10 2.l55 feet below the
ice surface. indicating that
this part Of the shelf floats
on well over 1000 feet Of
water.
The surveys indicated that
the shelf Is moving seward
at a rate Of about i've feet
a day. II Is apparent from
ice fracture patterns. how
ever, that the shelf Is
grounded in many places.
Although the islands on
which the ice is grounded
generally do not show above
the surface they are indicated
by higher elevations, hinge
cracks and ice fractures.
New Data on Ice
One traverse from the
Little America station. says
the report. has brought the
first extensive evidence that
the Antarctic continent is
overlaid with a far greater
volume Of ice than has been
thought in the past. Gravity
and seismic data being OBJ
tanned by the traverse parties
may show whether the sub
sea-level portion of the ice
sheet. such as exists beneath
the Little America station IT.
self, occurs in fjordlike de-
presSions similar to those
which have been found to
exist under the Greenland ice
cap and Queen Maud land in
Antarctica. or indicates the
presence Of a great frozen
sea in West Antarctica. Data
also is being sought by the
traverse parties which will
show the relationship be-
tween Antarctic ice and the
supply and movement Of cold
ocean waters. as well as be-
tween the ice and Southern
Hemisphere weather and
climate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Templeton Jones hero

TempleJon Jones nero
Not Napoleon. who con-
quered the world.
Not Beethoven, who wrote
the most remarkable music
Not Einstein. whose brain
was out Of this world, liter
ally
Not the kind men and
noble women whose daily sac
riflces enable their children
to make nuisances out of
their little selves
No. these are all wonder
full. in their way, but none
Of them is Temp Jones
hero.
His hero is the man who,
according to a recent dis
patch. would not leave his
chair in the living room
when the rest of the family
beat it for the cyclone
cellar.
Nav" he said. or some
thing TO that effect, when
mother implored him.
You will be killed" she
sobbed. trying to get him to
move.
Nobody or nothing pre-
vailed.
The terrible darkness de-
scended. the winds arose. and
smote that house. but the old
man refused to bulge.
He sat there, Jones says,
regardless of time or tide.
wind or noise.
He sat there. Jones insists.
because he was tired Of
moving.
He had been pushed around
too much, Temp Jones says.
I'VE all know how he felt"
Templeton Jones says.
You get to a point where
moving is worse than sitting
still.
The tides Of the world,
especially the world Of human
beings. have poured over you
so relentlessly that you are
tired Of It all.
Not to the point Of Ham
let's alternative. No, the
bare bodkin would end moth
ing. certainly.
The shores OF the other
world have little appeal In
this.
Those golden streets
The shine on them would
be pretty hard to bear. HUI
man eyes could not take 1t.
Playing on harps--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
Viroinio Schools

In the Virginia school in
tegration controversy, I am
getting fed up with some OF
the so-called ministers Of the
gospel and public school ia
natics. Since when have
churches closed their doors
TO a worthy cause, no matter
in what realm Of human rela-
tons? II Virginia schools are
closed by q demand which
violates its laws and some OF
Its children made to suffer
for no fault Of their own, why
shouldn't the churches OF
God offer them succor? And
to those so-called ministers Of
the gospel who seek to aid and
abet a violation OF what is
still the law Of Virginia, let
me say that had ! the power,
/ would prosecute them, every
one. Does not a true minis
ter Of the gospel believe It
Is incumbent upon him TO
uphold the law. or does he
think he becomes a law or
a god unto himself? AS for
the public" school fanatics,
let me remind them that the
greatest brains OF history
never attended q public
school.
Man did not create the
races. II God had wanted but
one race. it was within His
power so to ordain. Most
peoples of the world are proud
OF their race. Both the black
and the white should be
proud Of theirs; but, appar-
emily. there are those Of each
for whom their race has lost
its charm, or Of which they
are ashamed. i say let them
go their way. but don't try
to force their way upon me.
Some Of the articles presently
appearing in the press are
Just as infiammatory against
the South's heritage and
theology as were those APP
pearing in the Northern press
prior to the Civil War, and
the result is apt to be Just as
damaging. The old adage
used to be that Man pro-
poses. but God disposes. +"
Some people, ministers in
cluded, seem to want to
change this around to God
proposed. but man disposed"
AS for them, may they reap
what they SOW; but may fate
spare the rest Of us.
w. r. Graham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20

Discovery OF two great
hitherto unknown mountain
ranges In the Antarctic has
Just been announced by the
oeophysical Year Committee
Of the National Academy Of
Sciences.
One, about 400 miles from
the South Pole. has peaks ct
least 1900 feet high. Il ex-
tends for more than 100
miles In an east-west direc-
ton across part of Ldith
Rome land on the Weddell
Sea side Of the continent.
The range. according 70
the report. first was sighted
from the air by Capt. Finn
Rome, at that time COM
mander OF the American
Ellsworth station on the
Weddell Sea. Il has since
been further investigated by
q traverse party from the
Weddell Station led by glaci-
ologist Edward c. Thiel.
Safe Passage Found
Thiel's party started out
late last year after being held
up for several days while air.
borne efforts we're made to
md safe passage through a
heavily crevassed area In the
f1rst 80 miles south of the
station. A crevasse-free pas
sage toward the east with
elevations as great rs 1900
feet above sea level eventu-
ally was found. The party
went more than 100 miles OF
its planned route. however.
to make geological studies
and collect rock specimens Of
Ronne's new mountains.
Late in December another
unknown mountain range was
reached. These mountains
have an average height. says
the report. Of about $500 feet
and extend east-west approx
imately along the SD parallel
for about 80 miles. Black
bands were noted high in the
mountains and q 5.000-foot
escarpment was discovered
on the southern side.
Later q 3,200-foot-high ice
covered island extending
about $50 miles south and
west was observed for the
first time. Seismic soundings
showed that the land surface
below the islands ice mantle
is hundreds Of feet above sea
level. Other islands, whose
contours we're not fully de-
lineated, were seen still far
ther westward. They appear
TO tie In with land in the
Sweeney and Lowell Thomas
mountains at the western end
Of the Filchner ice shelf.
Traverse parties from Ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HASKIN SERVICE
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
Information
D Please

@. When were the Russian
people. as a whole. FIRST told
about the hydrogen bomb?--
r. Y.
A. About three years ago.
On June IA. 1855, the New
York Times published a spe-
cial report headlined Soviet
Gives Nuclear Bomb Facts 10
Its People" This stated that
diagrams showing the essen
tial principles Of atomic and
hydrogen bombs we're pub
lished for the first time last
Tuesday in q Soviet news
paper for general circulation,
Komsomolaskaya Pravda, or
gan Of the Young Communist
League. Previously, tech
nical facts about nuclear
weapons and their effects
have been largely ignored or
minimized in the nonmilitary
Soviet press"
q In the Revised STANDARD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20

remnant edges waiting for an
unwary foot.
When people go out fishing
or on a pleasure cruise. why
can't they bring their trash
back with them and spare
someone untold misery and a
ruined vacation, as one Of my
boys is doing now. with two
nearly severed toes?
Mrs. w. F. O'Brien,
Patuxent Beach, California,
Nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20

Version Of the Bible copy
righted?-R. S.
A. Yes. The copyright Is
owned by the Division Of
Christian Education Of the
National Council Of Churches.
This Bible. published in 1852.
will not be in the public do
main until the year 2008,
since copyright Is for %
years. with privilege Of re-
newal for further term OF %
years. 1t has been and will
continue TO be published UNI
der license from the copy
right owners.
@. DO all the State turn
pixies have the same speed
limits?-H.N.
A. BY no means. Some
have a top limit of so. others
permit as high as 10 mph.
All turnpikes require lowered
speeds under some condi-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20

in contending that the bill gives the
Defense Secretary all the authority he
needs. A war would produce the an
swer, but by that time II would be too
late-too late for the needed reforms,
II the President Is right, and too late,
certainly, for the administration TO cap
italize on any political issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
sntion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-20
soIuting the 4th

l wish TO protest against
the fireworks demonstration
being held on Roosevelt Is
land this Fourth Of July. Not
only is 1t q most inconvenient
place for it, but / am think
ing Of the wild life. Is 1t a
humane act to keep this is
land for years and years as
a sanctuary for birds and sll
types Of wild creatures, and
then suddenly turn it into a
place of terror for them,
probably causing many deaths
and countless injuries? For
in their fright they would
run hea dong, their only
thought to get away.
Furthermore, since the
Fourth Of July is supposed to
celebrate freedom, what more
logical place than at the
Washington Monument?
Kathleen Funkhouser.
In regard to the Fourth OF
July celebration on Roose-
welt Island. I'm all for it!
Having been hit upon the
head by falling debris from
last years display while sit
ting on the ground at the
EllipSe. I do not care to at
tend any more celebrations at
the Washington Monument
grounds or the Ellipse, and
have so informed many of
my friends of the danger in
volved.
I appreciate and agree with
the patriotic spirit displayed
by patriotic organizations at
this time for our country's
independence, but until more
satisfactory safety precau-
tons are set UP, I'm going
to observe the displays some
where in Georgetown or at
A c0nnDarahle distance " n
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On Giving and Tokinq


public officials:
Neither a giver nor q receiver
be:
For in your public's eye,
giving doth corrupt both
self and friends:
And receiving dulls the edge
Of honesty.
Harry Wallace.
Maybe Thomas Dewey will
have to call another player
from his bullpen to replace
the star performer on the
White House Purity Team.
Margaret r. GoOch.
Just how dumb does the
Eisenhower administration
think the American public is
in whitewashing the actions
of Sherman Adams? Even
the lowest clerk knows that a
call from the White House
means an order to be obeyed.
Adams pious pleas leave
me cold.
Eisenhower started the Re-
publican Party on its way to
ruin with the Warren APP
pointment "a political pay
on: now, If Adams (another
political pay-off) is retained,
the ruin will be complete.
Marie L. Smith,
Virginia Republican.
Having watched with con-
siderable interest the investi-
cations conducted by Con-
gress the past few years, I
am convinced that the men,
bers Of these investigative
committees are irresponsible
politicians. If we must have
investigations of people, then
have an impartial court set
UP just for that purpose COM
posed of men of caliber.
Members Of Congress are
not qualified, because they
are themselves guilty Of most
OF the offenses they condemn
in others. They accept do
nations, gifts. contributions,
favors of all kinds, to win
elections.
Voter.