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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-24
America Sees Itself
In 'Oughto Be q Law

always cold. I'm for IT," says
Fagaly. my eggs were cold this
morning"
Lets make II hot cakes. -
says Shorten. "cold hot cakes
are funnier than cold eggs"
"Okay. what's the twist?"
asks Fagaly.
Well" responds his partner.
lets have the second panel
show the cook at home that
night complaining that his wife
is serving cold soup"
And so 1t goes.
Typically American
The two funnymen attribute
the success Of their cartoon TO
the American sense Of humor
which enables us TO laugh at
ourselves as we'll as at our
neighbors. Their clippings hang
on bulletin boards. locker rooms
and in public places all over the
country in silent tribute TO
their tickling Of the national
funny bone.
Shorten played left halfback
at New York University and
still looks like a grid star-one
with thin hair. Married. with
two children. he has written
thousands Of gags. edited comic
books and even written a seri-
Gus book called, How to Watch
q Football Game"
Fagaly has four children
which helps his insight into the
life OF the unfortunate Mr.
Carbuncle and uses one
daughter as a model for the
mischievous little girl. Brati-
nella.
He has done some serious
painting. too. That was when
he worked on the holds of ships
in a Brooklyn shipyard and he
did it all in one color. gray.
There is plenty Of time for
young artists to enter the con-
test. The deadline is in mid
February. Read The Star every
day for the latest word on the
contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-24

Who's your favorite parody
Of US Americans In The Stars
uproarious comic toon.
There Ought a Be Law" by
Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten?
Is 1t Cardley the practical
joker? Or Cringley. the meek.
mild and henpecked? Or how
about the pompous boss. j. p.
Bulgebottom. or Gassmire. the
wise guy: GrindStone. the office
work-horse or the tormented
father. Carbuncle?
All of these comic strip and
panel people are a hoi polloi
which might be the neighbor.
the guy at the next desk or
even you. They're In The Star
every day. available for young
amateur artists to draw in this
newspapers comic contest. now
going on.
Rules. details and an entry
blank are printed every day In
the comic section and on Sum
day In TEEN. The list Of $500
cash primes and the awards In
the national comic drawing
contest also are there.l
Lots Of Idea Men
Fagaly and Shorten don't do
There Oughta BE q Law"
alone; they have hundreds Of
thousands Of idea men. Readers
from every State lombard them
with suggestions in a constant
stream Of mail to their idea
hatchery.
Just this week, Angelo Con-
tarino OF 772l Georgia avenue.
sent them an idea that was
used: 1t was about how often
you see valuable things adyer-
tised in the lost and found
columns as lost" and so rarely
do you find anything valuable
found"
Shorten. the writer, and Fag-
ally. the artist. do typical car
toon this way. Suppose a reader
suggests that they lampoon a
restaurant where the eggs are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-24
jim BISHOP.
REPORTER
Effects of Jealousy on Men, Women

The meanest OF the emotions
is jealousy. II is also the least
understood. To q wife. 1t is 9
cancer Of the mind; to a hus-
band. It is q personal hell. Be-
cause Of 1t. have seen q man.
acled man crouch and weer
over q graceful figure on the
floor and beg forgiveness OF
a body which wore his gold
ring. because Of II have seen
q wife become an alcoholic and
trade for a little sherry.
II is a fire which needs no
fuel. and it can be lit by a
smile between two people across
a room. Theodore Reik. the
best OF all the psychoanalytical
writer's, describes jealousy as
"a mixture of depression. ag-
gresSiveness and envy" In
security belongs in there too.
Lack OF confidence: lack of
.faith-the towards cross.
It has broken up more homes
than death. In marital TRACE
dies. jealousy is almost always
braided with sex. And this, in
turn. is bound up with mans
egotistical pride.
Reik, whose newest book is
called OF Love and Lust. says
that rage dominates q jealous
man. Envy dominates a jealous
woman. Jealousy weakens a
husband: 1t sometimes makes a
wife stronger than she is. The
man Is torn by visions OF an
act: the woman is obsessed with
visions OF a rival. An outraged
husband will main. kill. quit OF
surrender. A wife will become
aloof. her tongue will be tipped
with scorn. but her mind will
be filled with plans to win the
man back.
Woman Weighs Consequences
The wronged husband wants
to know: What did she do?'
The wronged wife asks: "Whc
is sheP How deeply Is he in
volved?" There are vast differ
ences in their thinking. The
average wife is much more
tolerant than the average hus-
band. He must constantly prove
his masculinity; she is never
impelled to prove her feminin-
lity.
I knew a wife once who was
aware OF her husbands worth
/ lessness. She was also aware
that everyone else knew II. The
only reaction I noticed at social
functions was that she sal
with her chin a little bit higher
her smile was a bit brighter
and she mentioned her husband
in the most affectionate terms
She told her sister when he;
hurt. he'll come back tC
momma.
He did. He wept his re.
morse and he begged forgive.
ness and. after permitting hin
TO hang by his thumbs, the wife
took him back. Five week.
later, she was drawing up
list OF guests for an anniversary
dinner. The husband studied
1t and pointed to a name. mo
him" he said. The wife wal
shocked. why not?" she said
The husband shook his heaC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-24

very far treating the enlarge
ment due to rheumatic heart
disease by putting the patient
on a low cholesterol diet. Nor
would we help the patient with
coronary disease by filling him
full Of penicillin or other anti
biotics that are effective in
rheumatic heart disease.
hope you understand what ]
have been trying to tell you.
Enlargement Of the heat is
SECONDARY TO heart disease.
OF course We try TO bring the
heart back to its normal size
COR at least make II smaller /:
but we can accomplish this
only when we treat the original
heart malady.
Precautions Ordered
II is true that we tell you
10 rest and not TO overexert,
whatever the cause Of the
heart enlargement. However. II
Is important that we also give
you specific treatment. We adj
wise the high blood pressure
patient TO take specific medi-
cines for his pressure. We tell
the coronary patient TO lose
weight and 10 forego the high
cholesterol foods. We may say
TO the congenital heart patient
that the only way to overcome
his enlargement is by UNDER
going surgery OF the heart. We
try TO protect the rheumatic
heart patient from further en-
largement by giving him pro-
tective doses of antibiotics "
take every day.
Released BY the Bell syndicate. Inc
Mondoy Chronic hoHssensss Is cous,
Tor Investigation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-24
FAMILY COUNCIL
Wife Tries
To Send Girl
From Home
THE PROBLEM

MILDRED I've should
send Phyllis away for o year.
GILBERT T.-She always
ducks out Of her responsibilities.
THE DETAILS
Mildred Thy husband and
I have, been married for Is
years--yet we have never got
ten along from the first day.
We probably should have
separated. but we decided to
stay together for the children's
sake. Yet ! wonder II 1t was
the right thing.
Our daughter Phyllis is now
II and terribly unhappy at
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18

1t is absolutely wrong to say
that tuberculosis is no longer a
problem. The death rate has de-
creased because of new drugs and
better treatment, but the number
of new cases remains consistently
high.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Parental Responsibility
For Vandalism is Sought

fuel bought in bulk for storage
in system tankS.)
. An increase in the amount
of State support for junior col
lege operation.
. Repeal of the requirement
that school board candidates S
petitions be published at the can.
didate's expense. Birdsell said the
requirement is now on the books
through Legislative oversight.
. Authorization for the board
to move onto land once it has
filed condemnation proceedings,
a right which the State Roads
Commission now has.
Charles Parker, legislative
chairman for the County Council
of P-TAs, asked for legislation
which would require developers
to give the board a three to five
year option on school sites at pre-
subdivision prices.
At present, the board is given
three-year options, but without
the price-fixing feature.
Parker also spoke in support
of measures advocated by the
Maryland Congress of Parents
and Teachers. These would in
crease State aid to teachers col.
leges, for teachers salaries, and
for junior college capital prof.
ects.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
BY Schools

Legislation that would hold
parents responsible for the
vandalism of their children
against school buildings has
been a S k e d by the County
Board of Education.
The request was included
among several legislative pro.
posals submitted by the Board
TO the county's Annapolis delega.
ton last week.
Board Member Wayne Bird.
sell told the legislators that, al
though the courts ordinarily
recognize the ''moral duty" of a
parant 10 pay for his child's mis-.
demeanors, there is no law to
that effect.
He cited the recent example
Of fire at TakOma Junior
High which was deliberately
set by a pupil. The parents
offered to reimburse the
school, but somehow never
got around to fulfilling their
promise, Birdsell said.
He conceded that the problem
is not as great in this county as
in others throughout the State
And he said vandalism should
be reduced by outside lighting
now being installed in all new
schools.
The school board is asking also
for the following additional
legislation:
. A gas tax exemption for fuel
purchased for school vehicles at
commercial st ations. (The
exemption is already in effect for
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
S ENTIN Ell ooSTT2NTHp coSTTql MD.
Db-Thursdsy. December Is. 1883
2 Nuns to Talk
On Art Topic

Two nuns who are art teachers
at the Immaculate Heart College
will lecture on "A Non-Profes-
sional Approach to Art" at 1 and
7:30 pm. December II at the
National Housing Center, 1925
L ST., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Sister Magdalen Mary and Sis
ter Mary Corita will speak on
painting and mosaics. Admission
is free but only by tickets, which
may be obtained by writing or
telephoning the Housing Center,
Republic 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
DAVID LAWRENCE

For several weeks now the
American people have been
told that the new Soviet
Ambassador. Mikhail Mem
shikov. is q nice fellow and
that maybe. II he Is a typical
example, the Communists
aren't such bad folks after
all. SO the new envoy has
been wined and dined. visit
ing delegations Of Americans
at the Embassy here have
been charmed by his smile.
and he has been invited 10
sit down with some Of the
capitalistic elite In the Mid
west.
But what is the true back
ground Of Mikhail Menshi-
kov, and why, II might be
asked, hasn't public atten-
ton been called 10 II before?
For In the ofiicial proceed
ings Of the Congress Of the
United States there Is a rec
ord Of his willingness TO let
human beings starve In order
TO further the Communist
cause. This is in the report
OF a subcommittee OF the
House Committee on Foreign
Affairs printed in 1915 after
a study in Eastern Europe
from August to October l945.
The report tells the sad story
OF what four members Of
Congress found out about
Mr.. Menshikov's cruelty to
hungry men, women and
children In Poland. Here Is
the full text Of an extract
from that report to Congress:
The committee made some
effort to investigate the OPP
Grafton Of UNRRA Omitted
Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration In Po-
land but unfortunately was
somewhat limited in its eff
forts. due to the fact that
UNRRA had not as yet had
sufhcient opportunity to be-
come organized upon O per-
manent basis. However, under
the temporary arrangements
that had been concluded, the
committee was deeply disap-
pointed in both its operation
and the distribution Of its
supplies.
THE temporary head Of
the UNRRA delegation was
Mikhail Menshikov. q Soviet
citizen. who welded great
control and influence over the
distribution Of UNRRA's yet
meager supplies. The distri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike vetoes the SIT billion rivers and harbors bill This
proane Harry Truman gives em he-and Ike doesn't
give dam,
DR. Won Braun. the space says may reach the
moon before do No doubt Our side behaves like gene-
men-and frankly. we haven't been invited yet.
There's some comfort in current downward trends For
instance that Spunik is gone you the satsfac-
ton Of knowing the next satellite that falls your head
American made
Khrushchev halls 23year-old Texan who won Russia's
anoplaying contest Another subtle Communist move to
drive wedge between the United States and its major ally
man has to be resourcefu during recessons One
ecutve got fired but Is making pretty good living selling
tranquilzng pills TO the guy who got his Job
Economists recession jargon "The hard se"-A helpful
father trying pedde Girl Scout cookies
lookout Of the Camp Fire Girls.
Democrats cheer Harry Humans plea for spending
and fewer taxes AS put IT, Harry colorf qualities
contagious At the sight Of him. black ink turns red"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
The Record of Mr.. Menshikov

they very skilifully maneu-
vered their people at the top
In these countries which even
then. ! suppose. they had In
mind taking over. This was
q very handy tool 10 win
friends and influence people
that's what they used II
for"
When Ambassador Menshi-
kov came 10 Washington ne
was received with open arms
by various persons here. He
was given time on television
and he was publicized widely
as exuding the best Of feel
ings toward the American
people. Yet behind the mask
OF smiles Is q cruel streak.
Here Is a man who abused his
trusteeship as the custodian
and distributor OF food 10
starving people. He was the
agent OF an international re-
lief organization. but his FIRST
allegiance was 10 commu-
nism-he was willing TO see
human beings suffer unless
they accepted Communist
domination. even while he
used relief supplies to reward
those who were politically on
his side. II is a sorrowful
chapter. II Is not important
alone as q revelation Of what
one Communist did. but It's
an example Of the tyranny
and inhumanity which lie be-
hind the whole Communist
creed and the Communist
government.
One wonders why the De-
partment Of State didn't look
UP the record before giving
its approval to Mr.. Menshi-
kov as an ambassador to the
United States. For every gov
eminent has q right to de-
eide whether an individual
is persona grata"-accept-
able to it-and certainly the
record shows Mr.. Menshikov
had committed q serious Of
Tense against the American
as well as the Polish peoples.
With such a record revealed.
Mr.. Menshikov.s usefulness In
America can be considered at
an end. His own government
ought to recall him and.
meanwhile. American organi-
cations should hesitate to in
wife to their rostrums and
banquet tables anyone who
has such o record Of willful
cruelty to human beings. II
they do, such functions should
be picketed by those who wish
to register q protest against
inhumanity.
(Reproduetion Rishts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
Soviet ENJOYS Ban on UNRRA Relief
To Non-Reds in Poland Is Recalled


button was limited 10 recip-
tents who we're active sup
porters OF or collaborationistS
with the provisional Polish
government.
upon the committees re-
turn 10 this country. II lodged
q strong protest with the
President Of the United States
and was happy 10 learn that
soon thereafter Mr.. Menshi-
kov was recalled and his place
taken by Brig. Gen. c. NJ.
Drury Of Canada. Since the
committees return TO the
United States, II has kept In
close and direct contact with
UNRRA operations In Poland
and has noted great improve
ment both In the operation
and In the distribution Of re-
lief supplies"
Three Of the four mem
bers OF the aforementioned
committee are still In Con-
gress-Representative Thom-
as 8. Gordon OF Illinois,
Democrat, chairman OF the
Foreign Affairs Committee;
Representative Frances Boil
ton Of Ohio. Republican, and
Karl Mundt. Republican. now
Senator from South Da-
kota.
. Since Mr.. Gordon is tenn
porarily out Of the country,
this correspondent inter-
viewed Representative Bolton
and Senator Mundt. Mrs.
Bolton said:
Eyes, I remember the ex-
perience and what we found.
Unless a person was q Com
munist, he didn't get any
thing TO eat. II was a very
bad situation, and the people
who needed our food most
didn't get II. Mr.. Menshikov
was to blame for what hap
pened. and we said so plainly
on our return TO Washing
ton"
Senator Mundt, confirming
this. said:
That is correct. As stated
in the report. Menshikov was
distributing these UNRRA
supplies TO the Communists
and not to the other Leople
and claiming credit for the
Soviets. rather than for this
country. The Sovicts were
contributing very little. II
anything, to this relief
agency. BY getting the lead
ership echelon partly into
the hands Of the Russians,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
PoRIs FLEEsON
The Rivers and Hurbors Veto

asking for the item veto,
and Congress is about as
likely TO give any President
that as Harry Truman is to
invite the Vice President to
dinner.
Nor Is 1t reasonable to ex-
pect that elected members of
Congress. especially in the
House. will feel that other
constituencies are more i'm
portant than their own. They
can Justly argue that II they
so voted the chances Of their
districts getting new Con-
gressmen would be enhanced.
Nobody has ever pretended
that the democratic way was
either cheap or superlatively
efiicient. Nor do members Of
Congress lose upon ascension
TO their honored places the
attributes common TO the
human race.
The President has not sug-
gested q better way which
has q reasonable chance of
success TO continue the de-
velopments which are desir-
able In the bills he vetoed.
ConservationiSts are CORE
spondingly downcast. and
they come from both parties.
A conservation footnote TO
the four-year lag in this field:
The rivers Of the Soviet
Union which flow to the sea
are greater than those here:
the Soviets are engaged in
a major starts on river
projects and innumerable
minor ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
VILLAIN S. WHITE
Easing Up on Recession Fright

unchallenged leadership In
this field.
The change-a big change
II a subtle one-is that many
Of them now have small In
ner doubts as to the really
proper course.
They have not altered their
determination to put through
other recovery legislation.
Most Of them are not. how
ever. now so totally convinced
OF Its pressing necessity.
The moderate" or centrist
Democratic congressional
leaders are being painfully
embarrassed, in fact, by de-
mands for the advanced lib
eral wing Of their party for
About. multi-billion- dollar
pump printing. They do not
like even to contemplate such
drastic measures at this
stage.
And because they are being
embarrassed-for example by
former President Humans
proposal for q flve-billion-
dollar low and middle income
tax cut--they are privately
re-examining their policies
for the immediate future.
The business downturn
carries within II the seeds
Of two far different polit-
ical dangers. The greater
peril yJr O politician, In most
cases, would be to be viewed
In 1858 as one who cared
little and did less.
But the secondary and not
uncomfortable peril-for 1850
especially-would be what?
To wind UP In the company
OF politicians seen In retro
spect as having shouted for
the hook and ladder squad
for a blaze that turned out
To be only fairly small. If
still quite hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
Bethesda Experts Find
Hope From Leukemio

DR.. Goldin said. the new drug
produced a rs per cent increase
In survival time. Heretofore,
methotrexate has been the
most effective palliative for
leukemia.
The anti-leukemic drugs are
known medically as folio acid
antagonists. Though scientists
are not sure how they work. 1t
is believed the drugs interfere
with the process by which cells
manufacture nucleic acid. This
interference could cause the
cancer cells to die.
Two Diabetes Ailments
Another disease science 20
far has been unable to cure
diabetes-was revealed to be
actually two distinct ailments
by DR.. Henry Dolger Of New
York.
DR.. Dolger. chief Of the dia-
betes clinic Of Mount Sinai
Hospital. said the discovery
came after the new drug orr
nase came into wide use. ORR
nase Is the diabetes medicine
which is taken orally rather
than by hypodermic injection,
as is insulin.
The existence Of two forms
Of diabetes had been suspected
all along by some investigators.
DR.. Dolger said. But the dual
nature Of the disease became
more obvious when many dia-
betes sufferers failed to respond
to orinase.
Probably about three-quar-
tiers Of all diabetes can use
orinase, DR.. Dolger said. Those
who cannot include so-called
Juvenile" diabetes, who &C.
quire the disease in childhood.
The difference between the
two forms Of diabetes. he said.
has to do with the insulin
supply in the body. Adult dia-
betics. he explained. suffer not
from an absolute lack Of in
sulin. but rather from some
interference with It's proper
liberation or use" Juvenile dia-
betics, by contrast. "have no
inherent insulin available"
Insulin injections simply give
the body the chemical 1t is not
producing by itself. Orinase, on
the other hand. stimulates
pancreatic cells to produce the
body's own insulin, DR.. Dolger
told the chemists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Equipment for Eight Tito Divisions
Is Controsted to Neglect of ROKs

American military aid TO
Yugoslavia was terminated
last month with the depar-
ture Of the United States
military mission headed by
Maj. Gen. Mercer c. Walter.
In the 10 years we afforded
assistance 10 President Tito,
American taxpayers monies
provided Yugoslavia with the
latest equipment for 8 out
Of Its 20 divisions and some
80 per cent OF Its modern
air force. Gen. Walter Is re-
ported TO have stated before
his departure from Belgrade
that the American weapons
had strengthened the capacity
OF the Yugoslav forces and
the training program In
creased their efficiency. The
general added that the money
spent in Yugoslavia was "in
the best interests Of the
United States" and that III
need ever arises, ! am sure
they will fight and fight
we'll"
The question In the minds
Of some Of our allies whose
weapons are not quite Of the
quality Of those delivered TO
Marshal Tito's forces Is,
Against whom will the Yugo-
slavs fight so well?"
According TO highly reli-
able information this report
er has been able TO gather
recently abroad. there exists
an agreement between the
Soviet and the Yugoslav
general staff which assigns
TO the Yugoslav army the role
OF moving into northern
Italy in the event the Soviet
Union decides TO strike
against the NATo powers.
The likelihood Of q Soviet
aggression against Western
Europe is Of course remote.
Prime Minister Khrushchev
and those advisers from
whom he Is taking counsel
expect TO neutralize our
Western allies. But It Is sig
nificant that such q Soviet
Yugoslav secret agreement
should have been reached. II
was negotiated at the time
that Marshal Zhukov still
was q predominant figure In
the Presidium.
Yugoslavia has never been
seriously threatened by the
USSR. even when Marshal
T1to's arch enemy and for
mer boss. Stain. was alive.
Since his death, Marshal Tito
has become q strong sup
porter Of all political moves
Of international communism.
By contrast. It Is pointed
out here. some Of our loyal
allies who are directly under
the Red guns are being neg
lected In their armament. A
typical instance is Korea.
Last summer, after Para
graph IL Of the arrnistice
agreement forbidding the
NATO forces to improve
their equipment was can
celled, President Eisenhower
wrote q personal letter to
President Rhee promising an
early replacement Of the OBJ
solescent weapons with which
the 81 ROK divisions are
equipped.
In the last few months,
the two American divisions In
South Korea have received