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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
BY FRANCES LIDE
Star stan Writer

A Fantasy Of First Ladies"
win be a colorful highlight
Of the 9th Continental Con-
gress Of the National Society,
Daughters Of the American
Revolution. opening tomor-
row night in Constitution
Hall.
; Linked with the fact that
a First Lady. Caroline Scott
Harrison. wife Of President
BENJAMIN Harrison, was the
OARS first president gen.
eral. the program will fea-
ture reproductions Of gowns
worn by nine women who
acted as official hostesses at
the White House.
Granddaughter in Skit
The Fantasy" will be pre-
sented Thursday afternoon
by the historian general. Mrs.
Lowell E. Burnelle, with lit
tie Allene and Eloise Phil
lips. granddaughters Of the
OAR president general, Mrs.
Frederic A. Groves, cast in
the role Of "dreamers."
Pages will model the gowns
and Mrs. Burnelle will wear
q set Of topaz jewelry which
belonged to Mrs. James
Monroe and is now owned by
the James Monroe Law once
and Museum in Fredericks-
burg, Va.
It is one Of three sets -
topaz. aquamarine and ame-
thyst - purchased from the
court jeweler Of Napoleon by
Monroe when he was In Paris
on his second mission as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13

and his English wife Ivy. but
they noticed she never APP
peared at any Of the func-
lions.
When the time for the final
banquet came, the visiting
Foreign Minister asked If he
could pay some compliments
to the absent Nine. Litvinov
in his toast.
Please don't say q word"
replied the Soviet Foreign
Minister. IF you only knew
the trouble ! have keeping
her out Of JAIL"
As Anatole concluded his
story. Ivanov turned his back
without Q word and rejoined
his former group.
4
WHEN KINGS OR
QUEENS come here we al
ways note with interest they
travel with q large encourage.
never thinking that our off,
Gals do the same. Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon.
for instance. are about to set
out on q South American
trip from April q to May is
and they viii be accompanied
by an encourage Of no less
than 10 persons. This does
not include airplane officials,
press or the separate group
to be sent to the Inaugural
ton Of Argentine President
Frondizi.
Who win 60 with the
Nixons? Here's the list: As
siStant Secretary Of State for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
AT CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
A FdntdsY OF First Ladies
To Be Spotlighted by OAR

United States Minister to
France.
Also appearing on Thurs
days program will be a great
great grandson Of the fifth
President, Laurence Gouver-
neur Hoes, who will address
the Daughters on the topic,
THE Monroe. Doctrine -
Yesterday and Today" A
Washington resident, Mr..
Hoes is president Of the
James Monroe Me orial
Foundation Of Fredericks-
burg.
The 200th anniversary Of
Monroe's birth in Westmore-
land County, Va. is being
observed this year, and the
bicentenary has received spe-
cial attention from the
history-minded Daughters.
The five-day convention Of
the patriotic society will get
underway when Mrs. Groves,
as OAR president general.
calls the congress to order
tomorrow evening in OAR
owned Constitution Hall.
The guest speaker will be
Representative Gordon H.
Scherer. Republican Of Ohio.
and O member of the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee. Mr.. Scherer's topic
will be, so Few Under
stand"
In the traditional president
generals keynote address at
the opening session. Mrs.
Groves will talk on the con-
gress theme, 1.-THE Fruits Of
Freedom"
Speakers at other sessions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13

HISTORY COMES TO LIFE-Douehtes of the American Revo
luton will toke note of the bcenennol of jones Monroes
birth April e. 1881 during their Continental Congress this
week. Here. ewe purchased by the fifth President for Mrs.
Monroe and gowns which belonged their daughter Mario
Monroe GoNerneur modelled by Mrs Lowell E. BurneIe
tseoted, OAR historian general and Mrs Guon Trou Toyor
during the home of Monroes greet oreot grandson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Potriots or PIotters?

Presumably the Government has
evidence which 1t thinks justifies pros
ecution Of five drug companies for con-
spiracy in connection with their manu-
facture and sale of antipolio vaccine. It
is ironic, however, that so soon after
these companies had been acclaimed by
Federal authorities and the public gen.
orally for meeting the demand for the
life-saving Salk vaccine they should find
themselves branded as greedy connivers.
When DR.. Jonas Salk, early in 1853,
first disclosed the development of vac
cine that was highly effective against
the long-dreaded crippler-killer disease,
poliomyelitiS, there was in existence only
a tiny supply in his laboratory. No
facilities we're available for large-scale
production of the vaccine and no TECH
niques had been worked out for COM
mercial manufacture. But the drug
companies, in response to an urgent APP
peal by the United States Public Health
Service for patriotic effort" to solve
the supply problem quickly, launched
"crash program" Il cost them a great
deal of money. One Of them, Cutter
Laboratories, ran into difficulties and
had to quit, with reported loss Of sew
eral million dollars. The five others
continued to step up production-and to
cut prices-until there was an album
dance of the vaccine for everybody.
Against the background of so-called
patriotic effort" that has produced the
vaccine needed to assure victory over
the polio scourge, the Department of
Justices action in indicting the five
companies "for restraint of trade" is
startling, to say the least. Although
details Of the broad charge have not
been revealed, the general accusation is
that the Arms conspired to prevent a
free market" in the vaccine. 1t does
not charge that prices were kept high
(actually they have dropped steadily
until they are about half of the initial
prices) but that prices have been kept
uniform"
All Of this will be very puzzling to
many persons, especially to those who
have had the benefits of SaIk shots.
One of the companies, Eli Lilly, which
has produced more than half of the
vaccine to date, has called the Gov
ernment'S charges complete nonsense"
Certainly, in fairness to the accused
firms, the public ought to withhold judg-
ment until the evidence is of record and
the companies have had their day in
court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Journeys End in Paris

France today Is paying the newt
able penalty for political futihty In q
troubled world.
A political system which could not
or would not govern has come 10 the
end Of the road. For IL long years gov
ernments have come and gone in quick
succession. No one of them had both
the will and the ability 10 do the things
that obviously had to be done. Democ-
racy. as practiced In Paris, degenerated
10 the level Of political anarchy. And
now the Man on Horseback waits In the
wings
General de Gaulle has announced
that he holds himself ready to assume
the powers Of the Republic" This could
be bid for authority through constitu-
tional channels, or 1t could foreshadow
a forcible move to seize power.
In either event the fateful hour has
struck In Paris. Premier Pfiimlin or
some civilian must be given the author
ity and the political support needed To-
govern France-both now, In this criti-
cal hour, and In the future. For. while
the French politicians, fearing General
de Gaulle above all else, may rally tenn
porarily behind the government, this
viii not be enough. II France is to
avoid military government, and there is
no assurance that 1t can be avoided,
then, at least, It must have civilian
government which can deal effectively
with the problems which have brought
on this crisis. The issue rests in the
hands Of the politicians whose pettiness
and selishness have all but destroyed
French democracy In little while the
world win know whether they are equal
to the test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Sense!ess Delay

Last year the Senate unanimously
passed the Kennedy-Payn Byrd bill
which would institute budgetary reforms
urgently recommended by the Hoover
Commission. The net effect of the re-
forms would be to give Congress an an
nual check on carry over" appropria-
tions so that spending could be limited
to the amounts actually needed within
the fiscal year. The plan has the approx
al Of the President, the controller gen.
eral and many others interested in
buSinesSlike Government 1t also has
won overwhelming approval in the
on March 6 last. Yet the legislation still
is lying dormant at the Capitol.
Apparently only technical dificul-
ties are responsible for the long delay
in sending the House bill to conference
for adjustment of minor differences be-
tween 1t and the Senate bill. But the
longer the conference is delayed, the
more likelihood there is that Senate
or House action may be reconsidered,
with view to amendments that might
weaken the legislation or imperil final
passage. Several amendments already
have been suggested on the Senate side.
However, the administration and the
Citizens Committee for the Hoover Re-
. port agree that the two bills already
passed carry out fully the Hoover Com
mission recommendations and should
become law as soon as practicable. 1t
would be ironic If the legislation, despite
passage by both houses Of Congress,
should die because Of failure to reach
""nfeAence promptly. 9 p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

orator on his way home one
night.
THE father of his coun-
try" was the immortal phrase
first used # him. not Of
George Washington.
The mere facts Of Cicero's
birth and death mean Moth
ing much any more. Jones
reasons.
What remains is the man,
and Temp Jones believes he
knows him as well as any
body living.
Who cares about accuracy?
In such things. TempIeton
Jones is q disciple Of Henry
James, the great novelist. let
US say the great American
novelist.
James came back to Amer
: lea one time, we dare not try
10 give the date for fear Mr..
A., Mr.. 8. and others will
flnd 1t not quite right.
The date. let us say again,
makes no real difference
here; the time was about
1904. and the novelist wrote
q 400-page book about his
America Revisited without
one single fact In the whole
book.
Not q fact. but what o
book! What q book, that is,
If you like to read Henry
James. Some people do not.
but they miss q great deal.
James plainly. in several
places in his writings, spoke
his disdain Of mere accuracy.
Facts, he felt. have their
place, In which opinion he
finds full support in Temp
Jones, also Q romanticist.
No one. least Of all the re-
doubtable Jones, would say
a word against facts in their
place. In bank statements
they are necessary. When
the girl hands you back your
change from a $40 bill, after
you have purchased Q 50-cent
roll Of tape. say, you do not
like 1t when you get only
$3.50 back.
No sir. in such q case you
want facts, facts, facts, and
no foolin'.
But what do you do when
you hand the girl q $40 bill
for q 50-cent article-and
she hands you back $3.50 in
changer
Temp Jones discovered her
mistake after he got back to
the Office, and what do you
think he did? You will never
guess, II you live q thousand
years,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Boil Park GremIins

1t is gratifying to all loyal
Washington baseball fans to
see the Senators putting on
such a wonderful perform
ance this year. It looks as II
we will run up a record to be
proud Of.
Why then, must Grifith
Stadium continue to be
operated like an amateur
establishment? The other
night. for the second time
in less than a year. trouble
with the lights delayed a
game. to the disgust of
the spectators. AS often as
not, the scoreboard reverses
the ball" and strike" count,
or shows the wrong player at
bat.
Now that we have a first
rate team, why can't we give
them a first-rate home? Per-
haps we should initiate our
illustrious rivals, the New
York Yankees, and call in
professional stadium opera
tors-who can have a field
full Of grass on opening day.
Then we can give our first
division team a home park
to match their top perform
ance. George O'Shea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Zwicker's Promotion

An item in The Star, up
for Promotion" dealt with
President Eisenhower's re-
quest for permanent two-star
rank for Mai. Gen. Ralph
w. Zwicker, target Of
two 1854 investigations
headed by the late Senator
Mccarthy"
Why not add the fact that
Senator John Mcclellan re-
opened that investigation
when he took over the chair
manship of the committee
and sent testimony to the
Justice Department for pos
sible action for perjury.
Nothing was done of course,
but the hearings, with COM
plete testimony of the Nc
Clellan investigation, are
available in print. It seems
only fair that all the facts
be given, instead Of only
half Of them.
Sarah Carwalt.
Quakertown, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Nixon Homecoming

1t must have taken a bit of doing,
but Mr.. Nixon and the President struck
the right note In their informal remarks
as the Vice President returned to WASH
ington yesterday.
What the speechmaking boils down
to is an animation that the United
States, despite the thoroughly outra-
geous treatment of its Vice President In
Peru and Venezuela, has no intention of
taking punitive measures against either
country or against any other country.
Mr.. Nixon spoke with restraint and even
managed some humor in his references
to the ordeals to which he and his wife
had been subjected. But he got to the
heart Of the matter when he said that
the United States wants for its Latin
neighbors what we enjoy here-inde--
pendence for our country, freedom for
our people and the maximum in eco
nomic progress. That there will be
careful review Of our relations with
Latin America goes without saying.
Both the President and Mr. Nixon, how
ever, have made it clear that this review
will be undertaken in the spirit of the
good neighbor-not in the vengeful
mood of Big Brother bent upon punish
ing whole peoples for what Mr.. Nixon
called the sins of "a very small, violent
vocal minority"
Meanwhile, we join in welcoming Mr..
and Mrs. Nixon back from what must
have been gruelling experience. If one
needs proof Of the fact that the Ameri-
can people are proud Of the manner in
which the Nixons conducted themselves,
1t can be found in abundance in the
warm greeting from the throng which
turned out to meet the Vice President
and Mrs. Nixon. For this greeting came,
not from Republicans or Democrats, but
from Americans bent upon showing that
there still is considerable vitality in the
old saying that politics stops at the
waters edge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Dulles Defended

In The Star on April IA
you ran a column by william
s. White. It is obvious from
his article that he is another
one Of our so-called Ameri-
can journalists who is rub
bling his hands in glee as
he contemplates the FAST
approaching summit farce.
Why he is so happy and
anxious regarding this unde-
sirable prospect is never ex-
planned by him. Instead he
uses most Of his column tell
ing us why Mr.. Dulles is q
bum and why he must be
showed aside and forced to
yield on this matter. Not be-
cause there Is any intrinsic
value IN such q meeting but
because the opposition is so
powerful it will force him to
yield.
: Mr.. Dulles has been the
whipping boy for the liberal
left for some time. They
have repeated again and
again that he Is too inflex-
IDLE and that this inflexibility
has created an atmosphere Of
tension to the Communist
imperialists.
Mr.. Dulles has undoubtedly
made mistakes. like almost
everyone else. Nonetheless he
is absolutely correct regard
ing his warnings concerning
the duplicity of the Reds. It
is unnecessary to quote the
record. it's all there in red
and white for even the
liberals to see.
The question that the
people of America must ask
themselves and come up with
an answer very soon is: Are
the principles of America and
democracy and the tenets
of Christianity really worth
fighting for? The liberals
have already answered this
with a loud No! They even
find it difficult to defend
their country verbally. What
will be the answer of the
great majority of the Ameri-
can people? Do they still
have the will to resist or fight
If necessary or will they fol-
low the liberal pied pipers
into the enemy camp?
Anti Communist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16

employees Of the county from
profiting in transactions with
the county, but 1t does not
prohibit them from using the
authority of the county in a
way to bring themselves pro-
At, and that is an omission
that should be corrected. We
have heard a great deal Of
late with regard to conflict Of
interest in respect to certain
Federal officials, and not long
ago an official in a neighbour
ing jurisdiction openly de-
cided a coming matter in
which he had a direct per-
sonal interest.
No one has charged corrup-
ton or improperly on the
part of any county officer,
but obviously difficult situa-
tons might well arise If an
ofhcial were to deal with a
matter In which his personal
fortunes we're involved. 1t is
to eliminate such a POSSIBLE
ity that the conflict of inter-
est issue has been raised. Jus
tices Of the Supreme Court
customarily disqualify them
selves in cases in which they
have been involved in other
capacities. An official can
take similar action, but If his
personal affairs are of such a
nature that cases involving
conflicting interests are likely
to arise frequently he would
hardly want to place himself
in a position where he would
be subject to serious criti-
clSm.
Montgomery Voter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Another One Up There

Although artificial moons have
ceased to be novel in themselves, the
Soviet Unions latest Sputnik-its third
lis so big that Premier Khrushchev's
gloating remarks about it are under
standable. Weighing close to ton and
a half, 1t dwarfS its three fellow-t travel
ing American earth satellites, the heavi-
est of which is only 81 pounds. Ger
tainly there could be no better proof of
the highly advanced state of Russian
rocket power and technology.
BY way of comparison, according to
experts like DR.. Wernher Won Braun, our
own country will have to 60 through at
least another year or year and half
Of developmental work before it can
hope to match this particular Soviet
achievement in the art of Spatial weight
throwing. Undoubtedly we will catch
up in that sense. Undoubtedly, too,
along with the Russians, we will succeed
in doing even more fantastic things in
the high heavens. Meanwhile, however,
we must reckon with the fact that their
Sputnik III, apart from its purely Scien-
tif1c and chronological meaning, suggests
that they have an important edge on us
mo matter how temporary it may be
in the field of intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
OF course, II ours were genuinely
peaceful world in which all nations
trusted each other, this latest Soviet
advance into space could be hailed I'M
qualifiedly as something promoting
progress by helping to increase mans
knowledge of the universe around him.
But there are also deadly military i'm
plications involved in all these spatial
ventures, ours as well as Russias. That
is why President Eisenhower has re-
peatedly called for special efforts to
establish international control in this
field, and it is interesting that Mr.. Khru-
shchev himself, even while boasting of
Sputnik III, has indicated some appre-
citation Of the fact that the great powers
must learn to Give together in peace on
our common planet"
If only Mr.. KhruShchev and his So
Wet colleagues would actually cooperate
to that end, instead of just talking about
it, mankind would not have to worry
about its safety as it must worry now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
Army of Mercy

The coming week has been desig-
mated as Salvation Army Week. 1t will
afford the community an opportunity to
pay special tribute to an army which,
In time Of peace or of war, is dedicated
to mission of mercy toward all its fell
lowmen. It's uniformed members, women
as well as men, have won the admiration
and the gratitude of soldiers and civil
fans alike for unself1sh devotion to the
cause Of bringing good will. cheer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-16
VISTAS IN SCIENCE


In Brazil. Trinidad m the
West Indies. and East Africa.
The tropical rain forest. ac-
cordlng 10 the report. h. the
region Of the earth where the
nsect-borne viruses are most
prevalent. This Il 10 be en-
pected. owing 10 the favorable
climatic conditions. The trop-
les are distinguished from
other regions OF the earth not
only In number but m species
Of animal and insect life.
"As II Is probable that all
the forest virlises are main
tained IN nature by cycles
involving arthropods a. wen
as vertebrates Il Is clear that
In the tropics conditions are
most favorable for mainte-
nance Of these cycles. BY .
process Of diffusion from the
tropics It Is likely that some
Of these viruses have ex-
tended their range into the
more temperate sections Of
the world" the report says.
Fever Victims studied
At the Rockefeller field
stations search for the In
fective agents Is carried out
In humans suffering from
diseases accompanied By
fever which are likely TO be
misdiagnosed. In mosquitoes
and other insects. and In AMI
mails caught IN the jungles.
From the work to date. ac-
cording TO the report. there
are q large number Of still
unknown viral agents which
are capable Of injecting man.
Not infreQuently q deyas-
tating disease. hitherto un-
known. breaks out In some
part Of the world. The pres
ent Asiatic fiu. Of, unknown
origin. may be an example.
Many perish before the agent
can be identified and vac
cines prepared. Some Of the
virus diseases. however. are
extremely mild at the start
and are likely to go COM
pletely unrecognized. especi-
ally In q primitive popula-
ton. while they gather viru-
lence as they pass from per-
son to person.
Some affect only certain
animal species and others
are confined TO specific
plants. All. however. are po-
tential menaces since they
are likely to change over
night.