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Evening star., 1958-05-07
Picosso's Latest

Although the avant garde may be
outraged, there will be vast and over
whelming amount of agreement with
Sir Charles Wheeler'S blunt criticism of
the big fresco Pablo PicaSso has painted
for the Paris headquarters of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul-
tural Organization. Sir Charles, a noted
sculptor and head of the British Royal
Academy of Arts, has looked closely at
photographs of the work, and he has
concluded that it amounts to mon
sense-800 square feet of abSurdity."
This may seem to be a harsh COM
mentary on so massive an effort, but we
ourselves have seen some news pictures
of the thing, and we must say that it
battles and repelS u.s. According to those
who profess to understand it, it is a
splendid composition made up of but
terf1y skeleton, a woman in white and
few other unrecognizable figures, and
it depicts the dark forces of evil being
vanquished by the forces of light. AS for
Picasso himself, he is reported to have
said that it actually has no meaning
that can be expressed in words. That's
certainly unclear enough. The most
unintelligible thing about this business,
however, is why UNESCO couldn't have
thought up something better to spend
its money on.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Antarctic Venture

Economically and otherwise, the
vast white continent of Antarctica does
not seem to amount to much more than
wasteland. But it has great scientific
value, actually and potentially, in terms
OF exploration and the study of such
things as weather. So our Government,
speaking through President Eisenhower,
has undertaken an altogether praise
worthy venture in proposing that the
United States and eleven other nations,
including the Soviet Union, join in
negotiating treaty designed to estab-
lish the region as a sort of permanent
international research laboratory un-
troubled by battles over rival territorial
claims
Thus, as the President has put it,
our country'S prime objective in Antarc-
tica Is to see to it that these tremendous
uninhabited wastes are used only for
peaceful purposes. To that end, without
negating any nations rights or claims
in the area, the proposed treaty would
bring into being joint administrative
and related arrangements to perpetuate
the excellent cooperation that has been
going on down there in connection with
the International GeophySical Year. In
short, although the ICY collaboration
is scheduled to come to a halt next
December 81, Mr.. Eisenhower has ap-
pealed for a permanent continuation of
1t in the South Polar region.
This appeal has been addressed to
all the countries now participating in
the IGY's work in Antarctica. Besides
the Soviet Union and the United States,
they include Argentina, Australia, Bel
gium, Britain, Chile, France, Japan, New
Zealand, Norway and South Africa. In
identical notes to each of these nations,
the State Department has stressed the
Presidents view that the major purpose
of the suggested treaty, which would
be open to other lands as we'll, would be
to continue such cooperation indefi-
nitely for the benefit of all mankind
with major stress on freedom of peaceful
scientific investigation throughout the
region by the citizens, organizations and
governments of the signatory powers.
OF course, in view of the Kremlin's
profoundly discouraging veto of our
country's Arctic inspection plan, the
Presidents proposal for the Antarctic
which is strategically much less sig
nif1cant region-may seem to be kind
Of anticlimax. Nevertheless, If Russia's
Evening star., 1958-05-07
CHmox of Crisis

Concession or compromise
with corruption contributes
to the conquest of the free
world by the goddess die
tatorship in the Kremlin.
Deliberate decentralization
of every form of decency is
the fixed policy Of these YER
min who, behind the false
propaganda of communism,
expand their empire Of
slavery.
"A With tyranny they destroy
the spirit Of the poor de-
fenseless peoples Of little ma
tions while we stand by and
watch civilization falling
apart.
Soon it will be too late to
act and you and your loved
ones will be regimented and
herded like animals in slave
camps To 90 the ii T. nC o. a
few madmen in Moscow.
That is what happens when
ignorance. stupidity. brutal
ity rise to power and quench
the light of truth and
justice.
We are at the climax Of
the crisis. Tomorrow may
come the eclipse of liberty.
We must act now!
Leo BrOwnSOn.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Teachers Burdens

Why is It so hard to hold
good teachers in the profess
sion these days? Aside from
low prestige. low salaries and
almost impossible teaching
loads (such as asking teach
ers Of academic subjects to
teach more than 140 high
school students a day., an
other reason comes to mind:
Teachers rights as to work.
ing hours, leisure time. ETC.,
are constantly being infringed
in a way no other profession
and no labor union would
ever tolerate.
Some schools have cut the
teachers lunch hour from As
to 20 minutes. with no dis
cussion permitted concerning
this action. Facing five large
classes one after another. try
ing to conduct useful. stimu-
lating discussions in each,
with only a Commute break
in which to reorganize ones
resources, requires more gen.
ius and stamina than most
4 people have. Some schools
have arbitrarily added an
hour to the teachers day--as
though committee meetings,
school clubs and activities,
grading and supplementary
reading do not fill up their
leisure" sufficiently.
A fragrant example Of this
disregard Of teachers views
has occurred recently in add
ing a week to the already
long school calendar. No no.
tice of this intention was sent
to the schools. No mention
was made of teachers pro-
tests sent to the administra-
ton. No assurance of addi-
tional pay has yet been given.
Several valid objections to
the extension of the school
year in the District of Colum-
bia public schools to June 20
or thereabouts should be
noted.
First, many teachers make
annual commitments for
summer jobs. necessary to
help support their families.
Second, others must take
college courses, and college
starting dates often conflict
with this schedule.
Third, many families ar
range to put their children in
summer schools, camps or
Jobs. "Snatching" the child
irresponsibly out Of school a
week early is already a prob
lem. and, on a larger scale,
would completely defeat the
educational purpose, wasting
the taxpayers money and the
teachers time.
Fourth. Washington wealth
er from June l3 on is often
hardly conducive to effective
learning.
Some consideration of teach
ers' needs, as human beings
in a strenuous occupation,
and some consideration of
their views on school ques-
tions, would strengthen teach
er morale appreciably.
Several Teachers.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Against Union Shop

1t is becoming more appar-
ent each passing day that
our political-minded. vote
conscious Congress boasts of
enacting legislation to curb
the all-powerful labor unions
and to clean up this labor
mess will prove to be only
another sham to fool the
public. The powerful labor
unions have become a con-
slant menace to the working
mems freedom and the Ma
tion's economy.
Congress is fully aware
that the only way to stop
these labor czars from fur
ther enslaving the working
people is to take away their
main weapons (forced union
membership by nationally
outlawing the union shop.
Nish Showers.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Off the Deep End

New Mexico's Senator Anderson is
an able Democratic member of the Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee. More
than that, he seems by nature to be
an even-tempered man with a sound
sense Of humor and perspective. So it
Is surprising and regrettable that he has
spoken out as he has, with loose and
extravagant language, against our nu-
clear program, and particularly against
Acc Chairman Strauss.
Mr.. Anderson went of the deep end,
1t seems to us, when he suggested dur
ing television appearance on April 81
that certain of our military men
despite official American talk about de-
veloping clean" nuclear weapons-were
making such weapons "dirtier
because they want dirty bombs" I'm
derstandably enough, in a letter to
Chairman Durham of the Joint Com
mittee, Mr.. Strauss promptly and effec-
lively denied both this and certain Of
the Senator's other statements. And
later, on a TV show of his own, the
chief of the Atomic Energy Commission
voiced the belief that agitation for ban
on A and H testing-while rejecting the
sincere views Of many good Americans
has in it kernel of deliberate, intelli-
gent propaganda"
In reply, speaking in the Senate, Mr..
Anderson now has lashed out against
Mr.. Strauss as man who seeks to be-
come the modern apostle of Mccarthy
ISM" This is an absurd statement, and
the Senator, when he SINNERS down q
bit, probably will recognize it as such.
In any event, who can really doubt that
there is at least a kernel" of systematic
propaganda activity in the drive against
nuclear tests? To suppose otherwise
would be to be naive in the extreme.
AS for "McCarthyiSm," it amounts to
nothing but a wholly unjustified smear
word when used to characterize the Acc
chairman'S quite reasonable conviction
that some calculating propagandistS,
and not simply and solely well-inten-
toned Americans, are involved in the
antiteSting commotion.
1t is unfortunate that a man of
Senator AndersonS caliber has allowed
himself to drift into a position of this
sort To put it mildly, the role is un-
becoming to him, and we hope he aban-
donS 1t forthwith.
Evening star., 1958-05-07

leaders respond afiirmatively to It. It
can help TO promote valuable form OF
cooperation. Further, assuming that
the proposed treaty ever becomes a
concrete reality, 1t may do more than
a little TO generate trust and develop
habit Of working together that might
eventually persuade Moscow 10 assent
TO an effective system OF international
policing In the crucial North Polar zone.
In any event, whether 1t gets 1t or not,
the idea certainly merits the Soviet
Unions most earnest consideration.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

~ loved your delightful
article about the soft talker
on the telephone.
Nov how about the loud
talker everybody hears!
I'VE have one in our ofnce,
the incest fellow in the world,
but when he gets on the
phone, he pulls out all the
stops.
He roars. he yells, he
screams, he shouts.
HE tears the air. makes
speeches, and can be heard
down to the Washington
Monument without a hearing
aid.
when he begins. the rest
of us quit.
1--WE can't think, much less
work; we can't hear a word
of Susie telling about her
beau last night. nor can we
catch the admonitions of
those who give admonitions.
What is to be done with
such a loud talker?
If you have any solution
of this problem child, send
it along to me. and ! will see
That it gets to the right per-
son.
Sincerely, Mary Jane R."
There is no solution, Mary.
The poor guy is just afraid
of the telephone.
This is a primitive fear.
In the old days, before
telephony, people were afraid
of evil spirits, and sometimes
Of elves, fairies and the like.
People in olden times went
around tapping on wood, a
sort of counter magic to
intimidate the evil spirits.
The idea was to frighten
them before they could scare
you.
1t was essentially a silly
idea, but it worked, at least
1t helped give millions of
striving human beings peace
of mind long before the pills
were invented.
~
Then came the telephone,
and a new fear for certain
people.
We have never been able to
figure out why this sudden
fright should attack certain
people.
Often they are large.
healthy and vigorous, SEEM
ingly unafraid Of man or
beast.
But when they pick up the
phone. they begin to yell.
If they were not frightened
they would calm down, speak
softly, and let the electric
current do the work.
Some people act the same
way when they go on radio.
Then the man at the con-
troll panels has to dial them
down as fast as he can.
Watch the engineer, and you
will see him keep a steady
hand on the dial.
He is afraid to let go.
= y 4
This picture Of modern fear
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Threats to Republic

Macauley once wrote that
oul Republic would not en-
dure more than 300 years,
based on his study of history
through the centuries. That
would make its end about
2075, and he may not be far
wrong in the light Of the
trend of our internal affairs;
in fact, he may have over
estimated it.
Ordinarily loyal Americans
too often are willing to sac
rifice our States rights for
messes of pottage from the
Federal treasury. thereby
making 1t easier for Dictator
ship to arise.
The continual diminution
in value of the dollar is a
weakening factor.
Another weakening force
is the emphasis on over
education of the nonintelli-
gent, resulting in increase Of
responsibility among the
citizenry and of boldness
against society because Of
greater knowledge improperly
used.
Juvenile delinquency is an
outgrowth of this over
education We have the spec
tacles of decline of parental
discipline and responsibility
on the one hand and the fill
ing Of our penal institutions
with delinquents on the other
hand. There would seem to
be one remedy: Make 1t un-
lawful for people to marry
without q certificate Of ade-
quate instruction in night
Evening star., 1958-05-07
DispIoyinq Our Wares

I would like to thank
Dorothy Thompson for her
splendid column on our ex-
hibit at the Brussels Fair.
Have we nothing of which
to be proud--our churches.
our universities, our indus
tries. our art galleries, our
men and women of world
fame?
Let's have something to
show the millions Of visitors
to the fair that we are a
people who love the beauties
of our land, and that we love
our freedom. not just hot
rods and up-to-date models.
Reader.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Against Statehood

In The Star Of March IA a
guest columniSt remarked
that "the battle for state
hood for Alaska and Hawaii
has been going on for many
years." and that joining the
two bills in 1854 "tolled the
death knell" for statehood in
that Congress; that this year
congressional leadership ap-
parently believes that the
case Of Alaska should be con-
sidered first; but unless the
friends of Hawaiian state
hood are assured of consid-
Grafton soon after, history
may repeat ITSELF"
Assured of consideration,
how? Does anyone seriously
believe that after admission
Of Alaska with its expected
complement of Democratic
Senators and Congressman.
it's proponents will turn about
and welcome Hawaii with a
Republican coterie? That is
not politics; and apparently
nothing else counts.
From the standpoint of the
interests of our country there
is not a single good reason
for granting statehood to
either of these outlying ter
ritories, but there are many
reasons against it. The ad-
mission of either to state
hood-the scattering Of our
eovereigrt" from tho Arctic
to the islands of the sea,
would be a mistake that
coult never be undone. 1t
would be a victory for the
one-WorlderS who refer to our
democracy" not as no
litical designation, but in de-
rogation of the principles on
which our Republic was
founded.
When, in the name of
politics, you have destroyed
the symmetry of our glorious
banner with its 48 bright
stars. where will you place
the new insertions9 Chez pen
not the heritage Of those who
will come after you.
American.
Evening star., 1958-05-07

is a thing all by itself, worthy
Of a whole book being writ
ten on it.
We pretend to have thrown
of old fears, only to have
replaced them with new ones.
OF course, we never admit
it.
Admitting anything, in this
bland public age, is out Of
the question.
Even new Office boys. asked
to deliver a message to some
one whom they do not know,
never ask to have him pointed
out.
That would be admittance
of a little ignorance, and no
body today admits anything.
1t Is the sign of the age.
The man who yells into
the phone has his own little
pet peeves and fears, and he
has a right to them, we be-
lieve. Normally he holds the
thing at arms length and
begins to shrek, causing the
one on the other end to back
off, or at least hold the in
strument a foot or two from
his ear.
Perhaps the first time he
used a telephone, somebody
on the "other end" cried out,
Speak louder, I can't hear
you"
From then on, he was q
ruined man. He felt inade-
quate, in regard to this
strange modern monster. He
backed of, mentally, so that
from now on he had to shout.
SO there is no solution,
really. The man is shaking in
his boots, but intellectually
correcting himself at some
cost.
He puts in a thousand
times as much effort, in tele-
phoning, as the rest Of US
Grass mortals.
He works twice as hard
in a day.
Pity him, and forgive.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Question Answered


One of your correspondents
asks how she can tell her
daughter why it is that Glen
Echo Amusement Park will
not admit her because she is
a Negro.
She could point out that
the place is privately owned.
and that one of the first and
most fundamental Of free
doms, is freedom to use ones
private property in any way
one desires - provided, of
course. that one doesn't in
flict any real injury on any,
one else. This explanation
will scarcely serve, however.
for the child will soon dis
cover that the freedom Of
restaurateurs. theater own
ers, and innkeepers to use
their private property as
they see fit is nonexistent in
the District of Columbia.
What is needed. then, is an
explanation of why the free
dom in question has not yet
been outlawed in Maryland.
This explanation is simple.
The august politician-friends
of the colored man in Mary
land are more correctly de-
fined as friends of the colored
man with a strategically To-
Gated vote. 1t happens to be
the case that most of those
colored persons who desire to
use Glen Echo Park are resi-
dents of the District. In
short. they have nothing
worthwhile to swap in ex-
change for statutory removal
OF the freedom to use ones
property as one desires.
Your correspondent may
cheer her daughter up a bit
by pointing out that, in the
approaching election cam
paigns. rivalry for the vote
of the tail which is at pres
ent wagging the great Ameri-
can dog will probably bring
about just about everything
she could possibly wish for
in Maryland.
Edmund A. Gibson, MA.
<
The question" which a
Negro mother wishes ardent
Segregationists" to answer,
might be answered truth
fully: "The park belongs to
men who prefer to keep Ne
groeS out; and fortunately
there is still enough freedom
left in this country so per-
sons who own land can keep
anyone they please of of it.
We own our house and lot.
for example, and we can keep
people that we don't want
here away"
George Frederick Miller.
4
In reply to DR.. Bette
Catoe's question" let me say
that ! do not wonder why
! am not allowed at Burning
Tree Country Club. I know
it's because I don't belong
there.
M. Lutx.
Evening star., 1958-05-07

schools in parenthood and
family responsibility and re-
lated subjects: or unlawful
to live in marriage without
it. to prevent couples from
crossing State lines to avoid
such instruction.
Col. C. !. Kephart.
Shady Side, Md.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. When will the 1858
roundup be held at Pendle-
ton, Oregon?-F. D.
A. September 1913.
@. What caused the salt
flats at Bonneville. Utah?
Why are they used for auto
mobile racing?-S. E.
A. Biologists believe that
this vast expanse of salty
clay Is the bed Of a great
lake, or Of several lakes,
whose waters evaporated long
ago. The flats have been used
for speed trials since 1914.
because the surface is ideal
for automobile racing. For
hundreds of miles at a
stretch there are no dips or
rises and no vegetation.
Moreover, the salt bed pro-
vides a cool and safe surface
for tires moving at tremen-
dously high speed.
Evening star., 1958-05-07

can survive on a diet of
nothing but wood. The first
step. according 10 ONR BIZ
ologists. was 70 determine II
this actually was true.
once this was established
II was found that ability 20
digest wood depended on n
single enzyme IN the animals
body. An engine Is q sub
stance which makes possible
or promotes q biological re-
action without itself entering
into IL.
With this knowledge DR.,
Ray was able 10 put into the
wood a so-called engine in
hibitor which blocked is OPP
Grafton. The wood borer. a
species OF mollusk. then
couldn't digest cellulose any
more and soon left treated
wood alone.
Specimens Of the types Of
woods commonly used for
marine building we're recent
ly exhibited at the once Of
Naval Research. Those which
had not been treated were
literl sieves after being in
the water a few months. The
treated specimens showed no
sign or injury whatsoever.
The discovery Of the en-
lyme inhibitor. say the Navy
scientists. promises to save
millions yearly in naval and
civilian marine construction.
Some fish have an extremely
acute sense Of smell.
This may go far 10 explain
their uncanny navigational
ability, say once Of Naval
Research biologists.
The Navy's research branch
is sponsoring studies of this
direction finding in the hope
that 1t may give some clues
TO human navigators, espe-
cially those who may have TO
find their way in space.
Salmon Smells Its Way
Perhaps the most remark
able example Of fish naviga-
ton is that Of the salmon
which. very early in life, goes
from the headwaters of some
inland river to the middle Of
the ocean. Seven years later
1t finds its way back to the
place 1t started from. Even II
1t possessed a super-human
memory it has no landmarks.
1t has been found that the
salmon has one Of the keen
est of all senses Of smell.
This. however. is probably
only part of the story but
may explain the salmon's
ascent of rivers to breeding
places.
Sharks also travel miles to
a target apparently by the
shortest possible routes. They
also have keen noses. but the
major factor is the frequency
Of the sound which first at
tracts them.
Old advice for shipwrecked
persons was to paddle vio-
lently with the feet to scare
sharks away. Newest evidence
is that it is likely to attract
them.
If the direction finding
mechanism of the shark can
be analyzed. say the Navy
biologist, 1t might contain
clues for detecting sub
marines.
Evening star., 1958-05-07
D. c. Shortchonqed

Rumor has had 1t for a
long time that the only way
to get the money you need
from Congress is to ask for
twice your minimum figure.
Since our school board is
sent reeling nearly every year
by a budget. or money re-
quested. cut half in two,
maybe somebody should tell
them the formula: To get
$40 million authorized in the
borrowing program for
schools, they should have
asked for $l40 million.
Outcrying Citizen.