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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-28

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-28
He Does Something About The Weather!

When severe cold weather strikes, o
people want mor natural gas. This man.
with his complicated gauges and con-
troll devices. sees that you get it.
The gauges tell him instantly = and
automatically : the signs of increased
consumption. In many places, by merely
pushing . few buttons, he sends more
gas on its way. To meet demands he
draws on pipeline gas and his gas stor-
age bank account" the vast reserves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25

program-two other top priority meas
ures on the administration schedule.
While making this record, politics
obviously was not forgotten. There was
enough for campaign purposes, but not
enough to bog the Congress down.
Party lines we're broken often as individ-
ual members of both branches built
their fences" at home, but much Of this
maneuvering was done during prelimin-
airy tests on legislation and final votes
on major measures usually showed wide
agreement on what was best for the ma
tional interest. The "cold war of partisan
politics" really never got of the ground,
and threatened only occasionally in brief
flurries of sharp charges and counter
charges.
For all this, great credit is due to
many. 1t is due particularly, however,
to the manner and spirit of leadership
displayed in both House and Senate and
on both sides of the party aisle. Speaker
Rayburn and Majority Leader johnson
had the cooperation, and co-operated
with, their Republican opposites. The
chief lieutenants of each performed in
similar fashion. In short, the 85th Con-
gress, on balance, put country ahead of
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Buried in the Senate

The Mallory bill died in the Senate
during the early hours of Sunday morn
ing-victim of a technicality and a
threatened fllibuster The result, we
think, is blow to fair and effective law
enforcement in the Nations Capital and
an injustice to the law-abiding people
who live here.
Both House and Senate earlier in the
session had overwhelmingly approved
bills to clarity the Supreme Courts NAL
Tory decision, which dealt with delay
between arrest and arraignment of Grim
inal suspects. The House bill said that
delay, standing alone, could not serve
to invalidate voluntary confession.
The Senate bill was identical, except that
1t inserted the word reasonable" before
delay. The House was reluctant to &C
cept this modification and several vital
days were lost in conference. Finally,
the House accepted reasonable" with a
proviSo to the effect that any delay
should be treated as an element in de-
termining whether confession was
voluntary or otherwise. In this form
the bill passed the House on voice vote.
Back in the Senate, however, point
Of order was raised against the bill by
Senator Carroll, who opposed the meas
IRE. He commended that the House pro-
viSo constituted new material in the bill,
and the Vice President sustained him.
Thus, on this technically, the bill was
killed. But it would have died anyhow,
for Senator Morse, generally an anti
f1libuSter man, had announced around
o'clock in the morning, that he was
prepared to talk for 10 hours against the
measure.
Senator O'Mahoney, who fought hard
to get the bill through, commented that
the rule Of reason had been defeated by
a rule of technicality. And we think he
was right. Still, something may have
been gained. The Mallory ruling, which
threw out confession after 71a-hour
delay in arraignment, ostenSibly was
based on a judicial Interpretation of the
wishes of Congress- If this is to be the
test in the future, it is perfectly clear
that both House and Senate favor a
reasonable delay between arrest and
arraignment. If this view is accepted by
the courts some modification of the NAL
Tory ruling may come about despite the
failure to pass the BILL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Banner District Year

1t is hard to recall Congress in the
past which has enacted more beneficial
and far-reaching legislation for the Dis
trict than the 85th Congress just ended.
An imposing number of needs has been
met, partly through the sensible resolu-
ton of old controversies, and partly
through new programs for the future.
For this, the District owes strong debt
Of gratitude, particularly to the hard
working, cooperative members of the
two District Committees.
There is a real lesson in these &C
compliShmentS, for they show that Con-
greSS can ably discharge its conStitu-
tional obligations to the Nations Capital
when it has the will to do so. This obvi-
ouSly requires great deal of Congress
time, some of which might well be saved
if more authority were delegated to the
municipal government. But the decision
to delegate such added responsibilities
can be made only by the Congress itself.
And until Congress determines to do this,
it is gratifying to see such attention paid
to the goal of making Washington better
able to serve both its own residents and
the citizens of the Nation.
The Star is especially gratified at
Congress approval of so many projects
which we long have felt were in the best
interests of the Capital. The new fiscal
formula for long-range public works
improvement program is of unmatched
Importance. Among the many other COM
mendable actions were the approval Of
two new Potomac bridges, and the wise
decision to move the Constitution avenue
bridge in order to eliminate conflict
with the Lincoln Memorial; approval of
the East front of the Capitol extension;
provisions for sports stadium, a cultural
center and start on the long delayed
Federal Office building program. The way
has been cleared for orderly development
of the Southwest waterfront and the
construction of critically-needed ex-
preSSways. And Congress has made first
hopeful contribution to the complex goal
Of orderly metro area growth.
A great deal, of course, still remains
to be done. One of the first duties of the
new Congress in January will be to APP
propriate the remainder of the author
lied $32 million Federal payment "a
matter which was postponed by mutual
agreement of city and congressional
leaders until the city'S fiscal needs can
be more precisely determined next year.
The 85th Congress also brought a
few ointments-including its fail
ure to authorize a second Judge for
Washington'S sorely-presSed Juvenile
Court. This is an item of unfinished
business with which the legislators will
have to deal when they come back in
January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
How Not to Be Fatty

The House Government Operations
Committee has issued report that
should end the guileleSsness of anybody
who has been laboring under the i'm
preston that it is possible to slenderize
with pill. Inspired perhaps by one or
two of its weightier members, the COM
mittee has investigated the question
with considerable care, and it has de-
termined that people are perfectly silly
when they think they can take off
blubber merely by swallowing few of
those dramatically advertised waters or
tablets that are supposed to make all
of us look like something roughly COM
parable to Gregory Peck or Brigitte
Bardot.
The fact is, according to the House
committee, that these so-called slender
izing products are as fake as three
dollar bill, and when you buy bottle
of them, you will find in the bottle a
little slip of paper admonishing you to
eat less If you want to weigh less. In
other words, if you wish not to be fatty,
you must forget about magical pills and
mortify your flesh with persistent
reSoluteneSS that can never be allowed
to waver. That is to say, you must
adhere constantly to policy of CASTRO
nomical self-denial if your goal is to
look reasonably sleek and enhancing.
This is not an impossible thing for men
or women to do If they put their minds
to it, and if they push themselves away
from the table in keeping with the fol-
lowing lifting advice from a slim old
poet:
If you tDish to grow thinner. diminish
your dinner
And take to light cldret instead Of pale
ale;
Look dotDn NTH an utter contempt upon
butter,
And never touch bread till it's toasted
or stale
This sums up the whole problem. 1t
is yet another example Of how poetry,
even more so than report by COM
mittee of the United States Congress,
can illuminate and inspire our time
with special reference to all the too
chubby people among US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Good Pictures

I'd like to nominate the
Associated Press for a Pulit-
ger award for the wirephotos
"a Girls Tears Turn to JOY"
and The Star a crown for
putting this gem on the front
page August 81.
Once in a blue moon a
genuine heart-warming pic
ture story like this one re-
minds us of the inherent
goodness of children. And
just about as often the good
news photographer has the
humanity and good sense to
know we need today to be
reminded of such goodness.
The photographer deserves a
medal for catching it all up
in this truly great double pic
ture.
No greater pleasure is af-
forded in this world than the
pleasure of seeing another
humans misery suddenly
turned to joy, and secondly
in knowing that you had a
share in that transformation.
It's all there, in the faces Of
Carol and Paul. Thanks for
reminding us.
Frederick c. Lasch.
Membership Secretary,
YMCA of Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25

It is within Iraq's capacity to
absorb more than five million
people"
Arab politicians are &C.
tually sitting at birth any
attempts of a real solution.
Surely, the Arab states can
absorb the refugees if only
they would renounce their
policy of hostility towards
Israel and set to work i'm
proving social conditions in
their own lands. 1t is pow
erty, illiteracy and disease,
not American imperialism"
which are the main obstacles
to a settlement in the Mid
die East.
Nasser's brand of imperial
ism is much more dangerous
than the existence of the
refugees. The solution is not
difficult if the Arab leaders
are only willing to tackle it
with a new approach. If
they show good will toward
their kin they are assured
of International and Ameri-
can respect and also support
for the regional development
of the resources of the Mid
die East.
Betty C. Morse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Victory for Culture

Speaking as an individual
artist, I want to thank The
Evening Star for its efforts in
urging passage of the cultural
center bill; to thank Con-
gresham Wright of Texas for
speaking up for the cultural
and intellectual development
of our country; and the en-
tire House of Representatives
for their action in passing
that bill.
l suggest to the commits
sion when it is finally
authorized, that every citizen
of the United States be given
an opportunity to give
money, however small the
amount, toward construction
and maintenance of the CEN
ter, thereby fully insuring its
success and marking this
great advance with true pub
lie support.
Daniel Millsaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Country Above Party

When Congress convened last Janu-
airy it was in an atmosphere of concern
about the business recession and ma
tional defense. The former had deepened
in preceding months to a point where
demands were increasing for recovery"
action by Government. Soviet progress
in weapons development prompted Pres
ident Eisenhower to speak in his budget
message of "a time of growing danger"
for ourselves and the free world at large.
Ever in the background was the fact
that this is congressional election year
when the legislative record and all
behavior on Capitol Hill could be vital
politically to individuals and to parties.
And not forgotten also was Mr.. EiSen-
hower'S 1856 campaign warning that
division of political responsibility be-
tween Republican administration and
a Democratic-c Congress could
bring "cold war of partisan politics"
that would harm the national interest.
But when Congress adjourned sine
die during this week end it had reason
to feel it had faced up in StateSmanlike
fashion both to the dangers and the
doubts which had greeted it seven
months earlier. It had not, in the first in
stance, been stampeded into multitude
of antireceSsion panaceas although it
had pumped new life into the economy
in measures affecting housing, highway
construction, Shipbuilding, small bust
ness and the like. For the most part,
the tax line had been held despite moves
for broad and deep reductions. Unem-
ployment compensation was liberalized
and old age benefits increased. The
controversial issues of increasing postal
rates, aiding education and dealing with
the perennial farm problem were re-
solved to the reasonable satisfaction of
all. Alaska had been voted statehood.
Labor reform legislation was perhaps the
major casualty on the domestic list. The
high spending hurt the budget, but there
were few voices raised against tin or
out of Congress.
Several steps were taken to
strengthen the defense effort, with the
administration winning its most coveted
objective in this area in reorganization
of the defense establishment. Linked
closely to the concept of free world Sc
curity was a four-year extension of the
reciprocal trade agreements act and the
approval of a SS3 billion foreign aid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25

was that four one-dollar bills
were missing. Naturally she
was upset. How could any
body be so low as to take
money from a child, confined
to bed. with one eye covered
up? This is the same as
taking money from a blind
person standing on a corner.
OF course, we have no idea
who could be so low; but I
only hope they needed the
money worse than we do. 1t
is bad enough to have to pay
$3.50 per day for a bed in
a seven-bed ward, but to have
to put up with crooks is un-
bearable. I hope that our
mistake will be of benefit to
others who are unfortunate
enough to have a child in
the hospital. Take their
money home each night
where it will be safe.
Disguised Parent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Pretty Low

This is to give the public
an idea of just how low some
people can be. / have a
daughter seven years old
who was admitted to one Of
the better hospitals in Wash
ington for an operation on
the right eye. She was there
for nine days and for seven of
those days was confined to
bed with her right eye BAN
DANCED. During her stay her
friends sent her a number of
cards, some with money in
them. Needless to say, she
was very happy with the
cards and money due to the
fact that she has been want
ing a two-wheel bike for
some time and she was going
to put the money towards it.
She had received $3.50. On
Friday, my wife and / went
to the hospital to bring her
home. The first thing she
told US when we walked in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25

much publicity is application
to reproductive cells Of coll
chichine, obtained from the
European crocus, which has
long been used as a govt rem
edy. It's only q slight exag-
geration to say that new spe-
cies can be created almost at
will. Other methods, not so
reliable, Of increasing chro-
moSome numbers include a
kind Of heat shock which has
been applied successfully to
rabbits. Another method,
with which DR.. Sparrow was
not familiar, has been used
in Europe to double the chro-
mosome number Of pigs, in
hopes of obtaining a bigger
and fatter species.
So far as known. no such
experiments have been tried
on man, but presumably the
same laws would apply as to
other organisms.
Now almost uhquestionably,
DR.. Sparrow pointed out, in
case of a predicted enormous
build-up of radiation the
multiplied chrysanthemums
would be growing and bloom
ing when all others Of the
race had been eliminated.
Only wild Species Used
He used, he stressed, only
wild species which had &C
quired their extra chromo-
somes from nature. They have
had generations to adjust to
their environment. When he
deliberately increased the
number with colchichine there
was no increase in resistance,
but this was to be expected,
he says. The newcomers were
strangers in the world. They
needed time to get their
bearings.
It's a long Jump from chry-
santhemums to man, but pre-
sumably the same general law
of increased resistance with
increased chromosome num-
Der would hold true.
49," DR.. Sparrow re-
marked in an interview after
his lecture, perhaps the
thing to do would be to start
breeding polyploid men now"
But, he continued, he is not
advocating this. One Of the
great difficulties of working
with polyploidy in any spe-
cieS. he explained, is that it
throws the sex ratio out in
unpredictable ways. The
polyploid humans probably
would be very largely of one
sex with a lot Of intersexeS.
Present methods Of reproduce
ton probably would become
impractical and it would be
necessary to devise some
other way.
But, he stressed, he doesn't
seriously propose any of this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Get Them to Know Us

Hundreds of persons from
other countries are asking for
American pen friends. BUSH
nessmen, registered nurses,
secretaries, teachers. engi-
neers, students and many
others have requested Amer
lean contacts through Letters
Abroad, a nonprof1t volun-
teer organization associated
with the people-to-people
program. They come from
such diverse spots as Ghana
and England, Brazil and
Egypt, India and japan and
many others. All can cor
respond in English.
As the ways of the United
States are sometimes misun-
derstood, personal letters can
do much to tell the truth.
Now more than ever IL Is
necessary for Americans to
make new friends abroad
while making new and inter-
esting friends for themselves.
We urgently request any
one. from l6 to so. who would
like to correspond to write to
Letters Abroad, As East 65th
street, New York 81. N. Y,
giving age and interests. The
service we offer is free. all we
ask is that anyone interested
write to the above address,
inclosing a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
Any help you may be able
to give US in securing names
from this country would be
greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Carl Ulriek,
President, Letters Abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Arab Refugees

The problem of the Arab
refugees is assuredly a factor
in the Middle East crisis, but
it is far from being the main
reason for the crisis, and
there are no guarantees that
its solution will restore the
Middle East to calm. If we
examine this problem care
fully, we find it was caused
by the exhortationS of the
Arab leaders to the Palestin-
ian Arabs in 1913 to leave
their homes and clear the
area for the invading armies
into Palestine. This is well
documented by British and
Arab eyewitnesses. Many Is
raeli assurances calling the
Arabs to remain went UNI
needed, and the Arab press
and radio kept urging the
population to leave. sowing
fear among them. The Arabs
who are the cause of this
problem have kept the ref
ugees in camps, mostly along
the Israeli frontier, and in
the past 10 years have con-
sistently refused to settle
them on vast and oil-rich
lands
The Arab refugees have
thus become a weapon in the
Arab war against Israel. In
spite of various international
attempts to alleviate the
situation of these destitute
people. all efforts met with
a blank wall set up by the
Arab states. The United
States suggested in 1855 its
willingness to provide a loan
to Israel to be used to COM
pensate the refugees. This.
too, was rejected. Israel has
time and again offered to sit
down and negotiate peace.
She has suggested compensa-
ton to the refugees, but these
overtures only met with addi-
tional Arab threats to annihi-
late Israel.
But in spite Of Arab intran-
sigence, Israel has done a
great deal to ease the lot Of
the refugees. Some $4,000
Arabs were admitted to Is
rael under the Family Re-
union Plan. Israel has re-
leased the frozen assets of
Arab refugees left in Israeli
banks to the sum Of 81 mil
lion. The Israeli peace offers
are well known to the Arab
states but are completely
ignored.
What, then can be done?
In the opinion of most neu-
trail observers the best So
luton is resettlement in
Arab lands. The Iraqi For
eign Minister said in an in
terview with an American
correspondent in April. 1857:
The refugee problem is being
used by Egypt as a political
football. Iraq alone is capa-
BILE of absorbing all the Arab
refugees. amounting to more
than q million souls. In
Iraq there are wide expanses
of uncultivated agricultural
lands waiting to be titled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
Project Questioned

A recent report to the
Montgomery County Coun-
Gil concerning flood control
dams on Rock Greek ap-
pears to be questionable. The
fact-finding committee rec
commended that immediate
action be taken to insure
construction of two dams.
But based on what facts?
The public has not been
given any information to in
dictate that an engineering
study has been made and
that the project is economi-
cally feasible.
How much would the
dams cost? What degree of
protection would they af-
ford and to whom? What
is the value of this protec-
ton compared to the cost of
the dams? Certainly these
questions should be answered
before the Montgomery
County Council takes action
to spend the taxpayers
money, both F e d eral and
local.
The effectiveness of the
proposed dams is question
able. If recreation lakes are
to be provided, then less
storage will be available for
flood control purposes. If
lake-front recreation facili-
ties or homesites are to be
provided, dual-purpoSe dams
will be needed and the lake
shore will be flooded pc
riodically between certain
elevations.
The Montgomery County
Council should reappraise
this project and the public
should be advised of how
many dollars will be spent,
the economic worth Of the
flood protection, how much
taxable land will be &C
quired and which private in
dividuals will own the land
adjacent to the resulting
recreation lake.
DaseI E. Hallmark,
Highway Research Engineer;
c. L. ArmentrOut,
Hydraulic Engineer,
Bureau of Public Roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

that the common gray squir-
rel migrates to some extent,
but just how far, no one
knows except the squirrels.
These residents Of our SUBJ
urban communities come and
go as they please. There is
no tax on them; they wear no
tags, and most of them are
indiStinguishable.
There is always a chance,
of course, when squirrels
seem to disappear, that some
bad person is killing them. or
trapping them and taking
them away to a new loca-
ton.
1t seems that almost every
community has a born squir-
rel hater.
The animals may eat his
tomatoes, or his cherries, or
his dogwood flowers.
He may just dislike them.
It is impossible to know.
really.
No one, not even q resi-
dent, knows just where they
have gone, or why, or when
they will come back.
At various times, In the
growing season, these small
acrobats will leave a given
yard to go to another to
feast on foods they like.
When they will come back
is anybody's guess.
In the case of a recog-
nized specimen, such as that
of our correspondent, the
watcher may not even recog-
nize it when it returns.
So the best thing to do is
build up a personal philos-
ophy, realizing that these are.
indeed, children Of nature,
and that they belong to ma
ture and not to us, and that
none of us can do any more
than we can.
We cannot hold onto wild
creatures in the wild. That
much is sure. Let us feel that
when we have been kind, and
done the best we know how,
we have done all that Is re-
quired in a world Of woe,
pain and Illustration.
Our personal belief is that
it is best not to get too in
terested in a wild specimen,
for that way only heartbreak
lies. At the best. we can feel
sure that the God Of our
fathers, known of old, takes
care Of all His little ones,
as we have been told.