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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

AS far as modern diplomatic usage
is concerned, Premier Khrushchev's lat
est letter to President Eisenhower prob
ably should receive prize Of sorts for
its unique crudeneSs and bad temper.
In any case, in returning it to the Krem-
lin as unacceptable, the White House
has not exaggerated in condemning the
message for its mendacity, abusivenesS
and "inadmisSible threats"
Nor has the White House exagger-
ated in describing as "groteSque and
dangerous" the letters upside down"
version of the crisis in the Formosa area.
AS for the "inadmissible threats" the
two statements put out at the Presi-
dents vacation headquarters in Newport
have left no room for doubt that Mr..
KhruShchev has greatly overstepped the
bounds in warning that Red China, with
Moscow's full support, will "expel" our
forces from the region unless those
forces withdraw "now."
Since Mr.. Khrushchev is generally
reputed to be very shrewd man, it is
hard to understand why or how he could
have imagined that a menacing and
hastily worded letter of this sort might
be good thing to address to the Presi-
dent and the American people. He
ought to have known better. He ought
to have realized, if he has any knowl-
edge of the history Of our country, or
of its psychology and temperament, that
he has chosen the most effective method
of placing the American people solidly
behind the President and Mr.. Dulles,
and resolving all doubts concerning the
wisdom of this country's policy in the
Formosa crisis.
But perhaps Mr.. Khrushchev and
his advisers are aware of all this. Per-
haps their objective is primarily prop
agandistic one designed to impress the
world, especially the "neutralist" and
non-free part of it, with how tough the
Soviet Union and Red China can be
toward the American paper tiger"
Perhaps, too, they feel that mere ugly
words-no matter how hot or insulting
they may become in the cold war-can
be used safely and effectively against
us. At best, however, this is a risky
business; and mankind must hope that
the Kremlin will not carry it too far.
AS for our own country, the White
House, in its justiflably stern reaction
to the Khrushchev letter, has reaff1rmed
its resolve to seek peaceful solution to
the FormoSa crisis. To that END, we are
still engaged in the Warsaw ambasSa-
dorial discussions with Red China, and
there remains chance-if Peiping and
Moscow do not really want war-that
the negotiations will be fruitful Mean
while, if it wishes to sabotage the talks,
the Kremlin has chosen one way to adj
vertiSe that intent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones' latest
chemical adventure has just
come to light.
This time, 1t was one of
those tablets supposed to
make you suntan better.
The trouble was, as Jones
found out, that there was no
sun.
So to date he has been
unable to use his tablet.
The chemical comes from
an ancient Egyptian plant. 1t
is supposed to make one more
susceptible to the tanning
rays of the sun.
The directions call for the
user to take it at the end Of
a meal, and then wait exactly
two hours before going into
the rays.
Then he must not spend
more than 30 minutes in the
sunshine. He is warned that
more may make him burn
quite badly, not better, as is
the hope.
-.
Jones found that he could
not depend on the sun.
1t never came out. or 1t
went in.
Perhaps the seashore or
the mountains this summer
had steady sunshine. but not
Washington and its environs.
If you think it did, this
proves that you had no par
ticular reason to note as
Jones did the lack of ready
rays when he wanted them.
So now he has a neat box
of tablets, all slowed away
for experimentation next
summer.
X X X X
The drug used first came
into observation in treating
patients with a certain skin
condition in which a two
tone effect was observed.
The idea was to stimulate
the tanning granules in the
sun, sort of bring them to the
surface, as it were.
This would smooth out the
two contrasting colorations
and make the skin more uni
form.
From the treatment Of this
skin condition it was natural
that the use Of the tablets,
sometimes capsules, would
spread to simple suntanning.
Suntan has become a ma
tional aim in recent years.
This is not confined to
women, by any means.
Though men are not as hon.
est about it, they, too, like to
have a good tan.
It gives one that hearty,
outdoor look of the sailor or
farmer.
4 = y
Suntan also puts one, at a
jump, in the same visual class
as the executive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Down to the Grass Roots

If there Is silver lining to the
clouds that darken the cities where the
schools have been shut down, it prob
ably lies in the fact that the people
in those localities-the parents of school
children, the municipal officials, the
responsible professional and business
men working for the best interests OF
their communicating now facing a
condition, not theory. That condition
is obviously intolerable. These people
will generate preSSureS for its removal
that have not been felt so far.
The Department of Justice, which
conceivably could find sufficient legal
basis for Intervention through the courts
at this time in some move designed to
reopen the schools, is eminently wise,
in our opinion, in holding of. Aside
from the LOCALITIES, such intervention
would tend to increase rather than di-
miniSh resistance. It would furnish a
convenient outlet for emotions which,
If left to themselves, will exert their own
pressure for constructive solution.
The test of public sentiment by ref
erendum, scheduled for next Saturday in
Little Rock, has been rugged to some ex7
tent by the nature of the questions put
to the voters. They are being asked to
choose between segregation and integra-
ton. They will answer, it is true, against
the background of the closed schools,
knowing that vote for segregation will
be vote for keeping the schools closed
until the scheme for their private opera
t. 1fcffo kocf
would be vote for or against reopen
ing the schools under the indignation so
far decreed by the courts.
But it will be interesting to watch,
in the meantime, the effectiveness Of
two movements now underway in Little
Rock. One is the circulation of state
ment by a spontaneously organized
group of local lawyers, who are warning
the people that the plan Of reopening
the closed schools on a private basis is
essentially phony, and will not work.
The other Is a petition started by
group of mothers to recall all but one
of the present school board, on the
theory that they favor indignation. This
petition, if it receives adequate support,
tends to bear out one of the predictions
made by Richard C. Butler, attorney for
the Little Rock School Board, in his ar
gument before the Supreme Court: 1T
can be expected that control of local
school boards will fall into the hands of
radicals and fanatics, in which neither
the processes of justice nor education
will be served. :"
Counting, however, on the ultimate
good sense of the people themselves in
Little Rock, Charlottesville, Front Royal
and Norfolk, it will be far better in the
end to let them unravel the knot that
has been tied for them than to have
the Federal Government step in and try
to cut it. AS Judge Bryan said last
week, in the Arlington case, a.. if the
basic problem can be solved by time,
the price is not too dear" And if the So
luton is reached by the people them
selves, they are apt to accept it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
New Planning Era?

During the last decade, the National
Capital Planning Commission has lost
much of the great effectiveness it once
enjoyed as guiding force in Washing
tons development. In place of leader
ship, the commission too often has come
to stand for delay, obstruction and con-
troverSy. For practical purposes, it has
no master plan which recognizes the
needs of today and outlines realistic
goals for the future. This state of affairs
was recognized, with refreshing candor,
in speech the other day by the COM
missions new director, William E. Finley.
Mr. Finley fatty acknowledged some
of his agency's most glaring deficiencies,
and declared an intention to correct
them. He also warned, however, that
this effort cannot succeed unless the
commission obtains more adequate
statf-an operating budget large enough
to finance the development of plans
related to all the complex new problems
of metropolitan growth. Mr.. Finley
frankly appealed for public support in
seeking bigger appropriations next year
and, on the commissions part, promised
more cooperative efforts, based on new
plans which he said would reflect
the viewpoints of various community
interests
Words alone, of course, will not solve
the commissions problems. Planning
commission members, by their own ac-
lions. must show that they mean what
Mr. Finley says. And the diverse inter-
estS represented on the commission
such as those of the National Park Serv-
ice and the District Highway Depart
lment-will requireHa new spirit of COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

This ill-adviSed speech by
Mr.. Acteson acted as an in
vitation 70 the North Korean
Reds to begin their war,
since they were thus public
ly assured that the United
States would not interfere.
President Truman then re-
versed his Secretary Of State
and began his so-called po-
lice action. Having thus
bungled matters in Mr.. Tru-
mans administration, Mr..
AcheSon now seeks to become
Secretary Of State in the next
presidential cabinet. Having
thus indirectly involved the
United States in one costly
war Mr.. AcheSon should keep
quiet. He is in no position
to criticize anybody.
Roy J. Santag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

promise II Mr.. Finley's promises are to
bear fruit.
His speech alone, however, was a
hopeful sign that major shakeup is
taking place within the commission.
And there is no doubt that Washington
drastically needs such a revamped long
range planning program as Mr.. Finley
proposed. We hope the public support
he seeks will be forthcoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

The cult of the executive
has spread so widely in the
United States in recent years
that everyone, even when he
knows it not, aims to emulate
those aforementioned beings.
A little tan will do it.
America has found, how
ever, that not all persons tan
the same.
Some can do a fine job of it
in a few days, whereas others
take weeks, and some months.
And some, unfortunately,
never tan at all, but simply
burn.
Blends and redheadS do the
worst jobs of tanning, with a
few exceptions. Now and then
a blond girl will have the
prettiest tan on the beach.
Or the best tan in town!
That is new way Of putting
it, because townsmen and
townswomen, too, have bet
ter tans than the folks at
the beaches.
Only the ardent tanners
realize that we have not had
much steady sun this sum-
mer.
Temp Jones has put his
tanning tablets away until
next year, when he hopes
things will be better in a
sunny way.
Sunshine, is, after all, one
of the great powers. AS mys-
terry, it ranks with the best.
Our sun once was worshiped
as a god, and even today
some persons feel that way
about it.
The sun is a jealous god,
however. 1t demands obe-
dience to its laws, so that is
why all honest suntan adj
diets know just how far they
can go in counting the suns
favorS.
Discretion here is the bet
ter part of valor. With or
without tablets, take your
sun calm and easy, and your
skin will rejoice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

Better Air Weather Service Planned
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

weather radio fac-simile net
work. This will permit users.
including pilots in flight, to
determine the conditions over
any route over much of the
Western Hemisphere"
The great increase in gen.
eral aviation has outmoded
the practice of individual
pilot weather briefing. Reh-
ance will be mainly on broad
casts over existing radio
channels and automatic tele-
phone answering systems.
Initial briefings are to be
given at specified intervals
via the television system. But
as rapidly as possible the
manned television briefing
system will be replaced with
automatic equipment with
appropriate weather charts
displayed simultaneously with
predictions.
Forecasting Of high-alti-
tude winds and temperatures
at from 10000 to $4,000 feet
will be done on a regular
basis. Forecasts will be issued
for selected levels and for sew
eral time intervals in advance
for the principal international
air routes radiating out OF
this country so as to include
North Atlantic and Pacific.
Caribbean and trans-polar
areas.
There will be constant
warnings Of potentially dan
gerous weather to pilots in
flight, This warning system
actually has been in opera
ton for a year but has been
quite inadequate.
under existing condi-
TONS" says a Weather Bu-
reau report, potentially
hazardous weather at times
is not detected because Of
lack of a sufficient staff to
analyze the reports in detail.
Now this warning system will
be intensified. Upper air
observations will be made up
to levels of 100000 feet on a
regular basis. Equipment to
be delivered by next July will
make possible a network with
precise Instrumentation at all
but eight upper air stations
in the United States and
Alaska"
TV Briefing Planned
In addition, television
brfefing of flight crews will
be started at designated in
ternational brieflng points.
Transmitting equipment will
be automatic so that follow
ing the first spoken briefing
and showing of prepared
charts these will be repeated
continuously until there is
a change in conditions.
Automatic pictorial dis
plays of flying weather will
be installed at all major air.
ports. These will display
by symbols, color codes or
other means currently re-
ported weather information
over a wide area, with the
information being changed
automatically as new tele-
typewriter weather reports
are received.
Weather stations will be
established at approximately
35 high activity airports.
Weather reporting from re-
mote but strategic locations
will be accomplished with
automatically reporting sta
tionS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Do mushrooms grow
from seeds? P. L.
A. In nature, mushrooms
are propagated oy means of
their spores, which serve the
same purpose as seeds. They
differ from seeds in That
spores are microscopic in size
and do not contain an organ
lied embryo. When mush-
rooms are cultivated artif1-
cially, the spores are germi-
mated and developed into a
propagative material called
spawn, which is used for
planting the beds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

A completely revised and
modernized air weather serv-
ice now is being developed by
the United States Weather
Bureau.
Made essential by the
enormous growth Of COM
mercial aviation in a decade,
1t is planned to be in full
operation by 1868 and will
involve far-reaching changes
in the whole weather obser-
walton and prediction setup,
The present system rapidly
is becoming obsolete with
faster, bigger planes that fly
higher, especially with the
use Of jet turbine aircraft for
passenger service which is
scheduled to start over a
New York-Europe run in
November.
ut is neither practical nor
economically sound" says DR..
F. w. Reichelderfer, chief of
the bureau, Ito attempt to
meet the increasing weather
reporting and forecasting
needs of the Nations avia-
ton activities by methods in
general use today"
Although intended pri-
marily for civilian aviation,
he says, the methods and ma
chinery which it is necessary
to develop will be of about
equal value to the military
and will have far-reaching
repercussions on weather
forecasting in general.
Changing Flight Pattern.
In the next few years,
Weather Bureau officials say,
the cruising levels Of civilian
aircraft will be at attitudes
of 10000 feet or more. OF
more than twice that at pres
ent. Thereby, says a pro-
spectus of the new system
"the vertical extent of that
portion of the earth's at
mosphere in which reliable
measurements and observa-
lions are needed for an ef-
fective weather service will
be doubled.
1.-THE plan provides for in
creasing the accuracy and re-
liability Of information or
atmospheric conditions aloft
such as winds, temperatures
and moistures at levels flown
by jet aircraft. This is to bt
accomplished through mod.
ernization of equipment, fill.
ing gaps in the existing upper
air observing network and in
creasing the frequency O
upper air observations. Thii
network is a common system
for both civil and basic mill
tary aviation. There will bt
a systematized procedure fol
collection of reports of in
flight weather hazards from
aircraft in fight and for theil
dissemination to all con
cerned.
ITO meet the need for fore
casts of wind and othel
weather conditions over thu
multiplicity of routes covering
the United States and fol
routes covering Asia, Europe
and South America. specia,
high-altitude forecasting cen
tiers are planned. These arr
to utilize to the fullest posi-
BILE extent numerical predic'
ton systems. Finished fore
casts for selected level
between 10000 and 1000 fee
will be in pictorial chart form
and will be disseminated II
user groups via an aviation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Inteqrotion Views

OuIlIlB CIle past rev
months prior to the opening
Of schools in various parts Of
Virginia and the Little Rock
area I have looked with in
terest and amazement at the
situation which has come
about. It is difficult to I'M
derStand how a nation can
take leadership in the prep
aration for an attempt to
bring world peace and yet
the peoples Of that nation
cannot live in harmony to-
gether.
In a nation where everyone
pays taxes / am curious to
know how the Governors of
certain areas are able to close
schools in order to prevent
some Of the taxpayers from
enrolling their children in the
schools. I am quite sure that
in the States where this is
being done that distinction is
not being made to separate
the taxes which are being
paid by some taxpayers from
those being paid by others
when distribution of funds is
being made. There is a great
necessity for the two Gov
ernors to familiarize them
selves with the Constitution
of the United States before
they open the private educa-
tional institutions of which
they have spoken.
If we are to spread Ameri-
canism and good will, first
let us take a good look at
what is going on at home and
give a great deal of consid-
Grafton to the fact that it is
necessary to clean up our
own back yard before we
start on someone else's.
Dorothy L. Green.
In the present controversy
over Indignation I believe
it would be helpful to re-
call a resolution unanimously
adopted by the delegates of
the American Council of
Christian Churches attend
ing its 10th spring conven-
ton, April 29-May 2, in
Greenville. S. C. The resolu-
ton on Racial Segregation"
reads:
1.-THE American Council of
Christian Churches in en-
phasizing that Christian
principles should govern the
conduct of all believers, re-
gardleSs of their race or
color, declares that so-called
liberal Christianity today and
the program Of the National
Council of Churches, calling
for a nonSegregated church
and a nonsegregated world,
does violence to the true
gospel Of Jesus Christ"
Segregation within the
church on racial, linguistic
and national lines is not un-
Christian nor contrary to the
specific commands of the
Bible. An avalanche of propa-
ganda sponsored by modern
list church leaders now in
control Of ecclesiastical ma
chinery is being deliberately
directed against the South.
To make indignation the
standard of Christian con-
duct and to hurl the charge
"un-C Christian" against con-
scientious, God-fearing men
of both races who desire to
maintain a social pattern in
their churches and COM
munities in keeping with the
principles of States rights
and their convictions and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11

Send your favorite nsh or game
recipe TO- the Hungry. Sportsman in
icare OF this paper. II II tests out
scs used ao SoT S al. 5ses ss r ySSs
cookbook or 81 In cash. State prefer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11
State and U. S. Officials
Agree to Urge Fishwoy

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Mar. II
(R.-Federal and State con-
servation officials have agreed
to urge Congress to authorize
construction Of a fish ladder on
Little Falls Dam in the Po-
tomac River.
The Army Engineers told the
Maryland Board Of Natural Re-
sources they are ready to 60
ahead with construction Of the
flshway as soon as funds are
appropriated.
Board members and repre-
sentatives of the Fish and
Wildlife Service said they will
seek congressional approval.
The plan will get an airing
when the District of Columbia
budget is reviewed by congress
sional appropriations commit
tees.
r. M. Rutherford, chief Of
the Division Of Technical Serv-
ices of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, said the flshway will
increase the potential value Of
the commercial fishery by
100000 annually. He said the
sport fishery can be expected
to increase by more than $4,000
fisherman days or $4,000 in
annual value.
Rutherford said the flshway
will open UP about 10 miles Of
spawning and nursery area for
striped bass, shad and herring
from Chesapeake Bay. This is
about twice the length Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11
HUNTING
AND
FISHING

The March meeting Of the
Washington Chapter of the
LEAK Walton League will be
held at 8 o'clock tonight at 2O3S
K street NV, to complete
preparations for the annual BOZ
Wilson Day Sunday at A!Iens
Fresh.
Members are hopeful the
yellow perch will cooperate
and prizes will be awarded fol-
the three biggest fish. Hot dogs
and coffee will be on hand.
The fishing place can be
reached through Waldorf and
LaPlata. About three miles
north Of the Potomac bridge
there will be a sign pointing to
Aliens Fresh, about a mile OF
the main highway. ar
The Arlington Fairfax Chap
ter Of the 'Izaak Walton League,
which also is meeting at 8
o'clock tonight at the Broyhill
Auditorium on Lee highway,
Arlington, will discuss plans for
an oyster roast to be held in
April.
X + \ \
E. T. Woodbridge Of WASH
ington has entered a 60-pound
kingfiSh which is a likely can
didate for a trophy in the Met
|ropolitan Fishing Tournament
at Miami. The tournament
ends April 10. COVELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11

present river spawning area, he
said.
In June. 1856, Congress ap-
proved legislation introduced
by Senator Beall, Republican Of
Maryland, for construction OF
a f1shway at an estimated cost
of $350,00O.
When final plans and specifi-
cations were completed by the
Army Engineers in 1857. the es-
timated cost had climbed to
$50O,000 and the appropria.
lions committees thought the
plan should go back to Congress
for reconsideration.