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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17

year were bills calling for a point sys-
TEN Of permit revocation, for chemical
drunk driving tests, for automatic sus-
pension Of permit for second-offense
reckless driving and for closing loop
hole in the manslaughter law through
which most offenders in Maryland es-
cape punishment. All failed to pass.
Nor was there any effort to remove
Maryland from It's unenviable position
as the only State which grants lifetime
permits to drive-without periodic re-
newal or checkup-or to re-establish a
car inspection system such as most other
States have.
Yet Maryland regularly sends dele
gates to regional and national safety
conferences and Endorses safety pro-
poSals of various kinds aimed at re-
ducing the terrible slaughter on the
highways. The professions Of concern
over the traffic problem by its officials
would carry more weight If they were
backed up by effective legislative action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Administration Critic

At a recent press confer
ence. President Eisenhower
said that he will not support
Republican candidates unless
they favor his way of running
the Federal Government,
which I think is wasteful and
dangerous.
After crossing this country
from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, I have news for Mr..
Eisenhower and his palace
guard"
Whether or not he sup
ports Republican candidates
this November really makes
no difference at all.
This is so because it is
becoming increasingly clear
that the candidates of the
Republican Party will have
the greatest difficulty in OBJ
tanning the votes of enrolled
members of the party, of
which / am one.
President Eisenhower has
wrecked the party with a
meat ak.
The two-party system is
already dead in the United
States. When the votes are
counted in November, the
Modern Republicanism" of
Gen. Eisenhower will come to
a sudden and inglorious fin
ish. There will be no more
generals in the White House.
Eugene w. Castle.
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
An Appeal
AIM-leSs.

My heart has been aching
since February "a, not just
because my husband lost his
toolbox and all the tools in
it. but because the person who
found 1t evidently hasn't tried
to find the owner. The tools
weren't the finest but they
were all my husband had and
unfortunately for us they
were lost of his truck at a
crucial time. He has lost
money because he had no
tools with which to work and
no money to replace the ones
lost.
Won't the person who
found that green toolbox
please. please return it? If
you only knew how much
those tools are needed you
wouldn't hesitate a moment
to notify us and collect your
reward.
The toolbox was lost some
where between Fairfax, Va.
Routes so and Z and Route /
toward Baltimore.
In desperation.
Carolyn Blizzard.
Box 401, Gaithersburs. Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Lesson for Leopers

FeOple VINO CenQ TO Jump TOO 1aSt TO
conclusions, especially when the con-
illusions bear upon the honor and in
tegrity of others, should learn lesson
Of sorts from the story about the Atomic
Energy Commission and last SeptemberS
underground nuclear explosion at the
Nevada test site.
On March the Acc issued news
release declaring that the earth shock
caused by the defamation was recorded
by chronological instruments at a maxi
mum distance of only $50 miles, when
in fact the distance was about 1920
miles. When this discrepancy came to
light some days later cit was off1cially
corrected on March 10Y, more than
few individuals rushed into print with
indignant and extravagant criticism
suggesting, if not making the direct
charge, that Chairman Strauss and
other commission members might have
deliberately manipulated facts to but
treSS the thesis that certain types of
nuclear explosions are undetectable and
that an international testing ban, since
Russia could evade it, would be risky.
Actually, however, none of the COM
missions top officials had anything TO
do with the news release. Actually, too,
serious doubts about effective detection
were not substantially changed by the
distance correction. But this is not the
main point of the story. The main point
is that the Joint Congressional Atomic
Committee, after investigating the mat
ter at an unusual hearing last Saturday,
reached the conclusion that the whole
business boiled down to nothing more
than an unquestionably honest human
error. In Senator Hickenlooper'S words,
"This error unfortunately has been built
up out of all proportion to its import
ance. don't see how by any stretch of
the imagination it could be said that the
Acc lost its objectivity and injected
itself in any way in political matter"
Yet there were those who stretched
their imagination far enough, in print
and otherwise, to insinuate darkly that
the Acc had played fast and loose with
the facts. We hope that these con-
usion-jumpers, who themselves have
been known to err on occasion, now feel
a bit chaStened and that they will look
before leaping the next time they SuS-
pect somebody of trying to bamboozle
the American people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Fable for Britons

The British people have just been
subjected to a rather crude televiSion
play about the horrors Of. atomic-hy-
drogen warfare. Written by j. B.
Priestley, the play has had the main pur-
pose of putting fright to work in behalf
of the propaganda campaign being
waged over there by Mr.. Priestley and
others of like mind in an effort to
pressure Britain into unilateral nuclear
disarmament-an act that would strip
the country of all its deterrent power
against aggression. Presumably, in adj
vocating this course, the Priestley group
is sincere and well-intentioned, but its
thinking resembles that of the unwily
Bull in Aesop's fable about the willy
Lion. AS translated by v. S. Vernon
Jones, the fable reads as follows:
Lion watched a fat Bull feeding
in a meadow, and his mouth watered
when he thought of the royal feast he
would make. but he did not dare to attack
him. for he was afraid Of his sharp horns
Hunger. however presently compelled
him to do something and as the use
of force did not promise success, he de-
termined to resort to artiflce. Going
up to the Bull in friendly fashion, he said
to him, II cannot help saying how much
admire your magnificent figure. What
a fine head! What powerful shoulders
and thghsI But. my dear friend. what
in the world makes you wear those ugly
horns? You must find them as awkward
as they are unsightly. Believe me. you
would be much better without them"
The Bull was foolish enough to be
persuaded by this hattery to have his
horns cut of: and. having now lost his
only means Of defense, fell an easy prey
to the Lion.
This is tale that needs no elabora-
ton. Fortunately, despite the propa-
ganda of men like Mr.. Priestley, there
is good reason to believe that the British
are still willy enough to realize that If
they alone we're to disarm, in the belief
that everybody else would follow their
example, they would be as suicidally silly
as the tabled Bull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Prods T1xpoyers

Montgom cry. Prime e
Georges. Arlington. Falls
Church, Alexandria and Fair
fax budgets swell and the
taxes rise USUALLY annu-
ally. In each locale you will
find approximately the same
organizations-PTAs. SPTAs.
education assoc iations.
League of Women Voters.
Federation of Citizens AS
Notwithstanding for and
demanding more expendi-
lures resulting in a tax rise.
Certain pressure groups
have gotten into these legit-
innate organizations and by
nefarious methods are por-
traying, I feel, an untrue
feeling Of the majority. Mem
bers of any Of the aforesaid
organizations who do not 80
along with the representation
as such, had better get to
work and turn the tide.
Otherwise, one day they
will wake up living under the
roof of socialism. which we
are progressively being taxed
into.
This trend of excessive
taxation with no letup in
sight is gradually eating away
ones initiative to own any
thing or to get ahead. Il per-
sonally know people living in
apartments and renting who
say they will never buy a
home because they are better
on financially without such.0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17

more disagreeable to each
other as the years go by.
There are many ways of
doing this. and one is to
show. though slightly, that
one actually cares nothing
for another.
Not openly. of course-that
is outside the customs of the
times, customs which de-
mand light" smokes ard
light" drinks. as if we were
all a bunch of sissies.
So we like light" greetings
or none at all.
The outsized and hearty
"howdedoo" is a thing of the
past because it is not light
enough to suit our modern
notions.
We don't snub any one,
oh, no, just fail to recognize
his presence. No one today
would be so outrageous as to
completely snub another,
only do it in little.
This all happens, one may
think, because there are too
many people. AS a Spanish
philosopher said some years
ago, the outstanding phe-
nomenon of the goth CEN
fury is too many people.
The streets, the elevators,
the buses are packed with
people.
In and around great cities
houses go up on every hand,
and there is always somebody
to buy every one of them. In
the old days, houses remained
unsold for months and years.
There are so many people
today that there is never
enough of everything-espe-
cially courtesy.
So many strangers, and
when one happens to know
a few Of them, even the few
become nuisances because
one never knows them we'll
enough.
In the old days, there were
fewer people, and everybody
had a chance to know more
of them, and thus come to
understand them better and
to appreciate them more.
Maybe this answers Tenn
pleton Jones. maybe it does
not. Attempts to understand
social problems often fail be-
cause no two persons have
the same approach.
The only thing one may be
sure of is that failure to
speak is a failure still: and
that if we want to lessen the
impact of multitudes, we will
have some way to make our
selves feel that we are still
on top Of the world. not being
pushed around by il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
In Appreciation

AS chairman OF the Fair
fax County Water Authority,
may I say that we are CRATE
full for the coverage in The
Star on the work the au-
thority has undertaken in
attempting TO develop an in
tegrated water system for
Fairfax County? We espe-
cially appreciate your bring
ing to the attention of the
public the recent meetings
and the report Of progress
which we made to the Board
Of Supervisors Of Fairfax
County on March IL.
We have found that the
program we have embarked
upon is a difficult program
to put together and 1t has
become apparent that more
time will be required than
might have been originally
expected before concrete re-
suits can be announced.
In the meantime. thought
you might like to know that
the authority is continuing
its conversations with the
city Of Falls Church and
with other jurisdictions so
that we can mutually work
our problems out for the
benefit not only Of the
county but the other juris-
dictions. We have received
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
ICY Rockets Probe Upper Atmosphere

high atmosphere is very
much under the control Of
the sun. There appears to be
a latitude, seasonal and daily
difference. None Of these
effects appears, however, at
lower attitudes.
An experiment with a
rocket-carried mass spectro-
meter at Fort Churchill APP
pears to confirm the belief
that above 100 kilometers the
gases which constitute the
atmosphere are separated by
gravity. Below this point
they appear we'll mixed.
Late last summer a rocket
flare patrol was conducted at
Point Mogu, Calf. This pro-
gram was directed primarily
towards determining the ra-
diation source of radio fade
outs. For the first time
measurements were made of
X-ray and ultraviolet out
bursts from the sun.
Sun Particles Studied
During firings from ship
board. DR.. Odishav reports,
an excellent survey was made
for the first time of aSsocia-
ton of particles from the
sun with the northern and
southern lights. One of the
most interesting observations,
he says. is of relatively soft
radiation in the high at
moSphere associated with the
radiations responsible for au-
roras. This is X-radiation in
the range between 10000 and
100000 electron volts. There
appears to be a good correla-
ton between the presence Of
such radiation and solar,
magnetic and auroral activ-
ity. The effect. says the re-
port, probably is a secondary
one. 1t is believed that
incoming auroral particles
create the X-rays by bonn
bardment Of atmospheric par
ticles.
Some Of the most interest
ing observations have been
Of cosmic rays, electrically
charged particles which bonn
bard the earth continually
from every direction. Inves-
legations are being carried
out at 20 United States sta
tons. Scientists at the Uni
versity of Chicago have shown
that the line where cosmic
ray intensity is at a mini
mum-the cosmic ray equa-
tors by no means identical
with the magnetic equator as
has been believed in the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Apathy on Safety

Maryland's General Assembly con-
tinues to manifest strange apathy
toward the problem of highway safety.
Session after session the States Legis-
lature receives series of recommen-
dations from the Legislative Council
and certain other groups for traffic re-
forms designed to curb reckless driving
and reduce the highway casualty toll.
And, session after session, the proposals
die on the floor or in committee The
session just ended at Annapolis was no
exception.
Submitted to the Legislature this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Let the House Vote

The time has come for the House
Rules Committee to do its part in re-
deeming a pledge made repeatedly by
both major political parties. 1t is the
matter of authorizing statehood for
Alaska and Hawaii, subject that has
been brought to Congress internationally
since 1916 and that has received favor
able support in Democratic and Re-
publican platforms since 1948.
At this point, an Alaskan statehood
bill-indorsed by the House Interior
Committees before the powerful rules
body, and Interior Committee Chairman
Engle, California Democrat, has been
promised that "Some time after March
is" consideration will be given to clear
ing the measure for action on the House
floor. A similar bill already has been
reported favorably in the Senate. Sup
porterS of Alaskan statehood express
confidence that they can win favor
able vote in both chamberS-if the con-
greSSional leadership will clear the way
to call the bills up for the ultimate tests.
The arguments pro and con on
statehood for either of the territories
have been made repeatedly and there is
little new that can be added. 1t has
been established that majority OF the
inhabitants of each territory want state
hood. From the standpoint of population
and on the basis of political and eco
nomic development, both territories have
met the proper tests for eligibility. Par
tisan political considerations have con-
tributed to past Illustrations, particularly
when the case for both territories has
been joined in single piece of legisla-
ton. They are separated now and, with
the backing already given to the Alaska
measure, the Rules Committee should
let the full House vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
'DioIomucy's Chance

AS echoed in your recent
editorial, "Diplom acy's
Chance" it was, indeed. an
encouraging act" of states
manship and Cancellation
when France and Tunisia &C
coded to the Anglo-American
offer of good offices to help
them settle peacefully their
standing differences.
However. the true test Of
Cancellation will be deter
mined by the flexibility with
which the parties approach
the good Offices mission.
After the Security Council
postponed debate on the Tu-
nissan complaint French For
eign Minister Pineau served
notice that under the good
Offices procedure, Sin no case
can the problem of Algeria or
the rights of France at BIZ
zerte be brought up" France.
he added, accepted the good
Offices on the understanding
that they would be strictly
limited to restoring freedom
of movement for French
troops in TuniSia" and set
Ting the security problems"
along the Algerian borders.
Apparently M. Pineau over
looked the fact that, as the
delinquent party in the pres
ent dispute, France is NOR
ally in no position to dictate
the terms of reference of a
mediation which emerged for
the purpose to redress the
wrongs done to Tunisia, the
offended party.
The Foreign Minister, a re-
sponSible and rather moder-
ate st a tie m a n, has even
omitted from his agenda the
CHASTITY bombing of the Tu-
nisia village. Having also
dismissed the problems of
Algeria and of French evac-
uation of Tunisia, M. Pineau
has, in fact, closed the door
to a peaceful solution.
If peace is desired in Tu-
nisia, the Western powers
should agree to an early evac-
uation, particularly when, in
an ultimate gesture of good
will, President Bourguiba has
offered to make the Bizerte
base availab Bile to NATO
within the framework of Tu-
nisia's duties under the U. N.
Charter.
Ell Abed BOuhafa,
Representative in the United
States of the Algerian Ma
tional Movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17

Up to now, 80 rockets car
rying automatically record
ing instruments have been
fired into the upper atmos-
phere by United States scien-
fists as part of this country's
effort in the International
Geophysical Year program.
This has just been reported,
in a summary of activities for
the first six months, by DR..
Hugh Odishaw, director Of
the United States ICY Com
mittee.
Some of the firings have
reached attitudes greater than
$50 miles.
Notable findings are out
lined by DR.. Odishaw. Most
of these still are preliminary.
Firings at Fort Churchill on
Hudson Bay have shown that
temperature reaches a first
maximum at an altitude Of so
kilometers. Normally this
maximum is found at so kilo-
meters in lower ATTITUDES.
Thus, it is shown, there is a
more gradual rise in the Far
North. Temperatures de-
crease up to the stratosphere,
rise during the next 20 or 80
kilometers, then decrease
through the next 80 kilome-
tiers. and then rise again to
unknown extremes at the top
of the atmosphere.
Data on IOnOsphere
A rocket Instrumental to
study the lonosphere, the
three-layered electrical roof
of the world. was sent through
a polar radio blackout. The
data gathered showed that
the lower level of this iono-
sphere is significantly lower
at high ATTITUDES. Another
firing at Fort Churchill this
past summer during another
radio blackout confirmed
previous theories that this
lowest ionospheric level is pri-
marily responsible for black
outs.
During a series of rocket
f1ringS for study of pressure,
temperature and density it
was determined that diStribu-
ton OF pressure and tempera-
ture in the atmosphere at
high ATTITUDES is much differ
ent than at lower ATTITUDES.
Many of the rockets attained
attitudes greater than 200
kilometerS. Launchings have
been made in summer and
winter. day and night.
The resulting data indi-
cate that the density of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17
Question of Good Faith

III 1lAO IdIcSJ SpSSCIl NIkICa hIlTu-
shchev has charged that France, Britain
and the United States need war and "are
looking to military adventures" to solve
their internal economic problems. Al
most simultaneously, with much fanfare,
the Kremlin has issued a statement
proposing to cooperate in controlling
outer space for peace, but only on con-
dition that the United States liquidate
its bases overseas and thus insure the
diSintegration Of the free worlds de-
lenses. Meanwhile, Moscow's propagan-
distS have continued to fill the air with
poisonous libelS about such matters as
the Western disarmament position and
Anglo-American good offices in the
Tunisian-French crisis.
1t is for reasons of this sort that it is
becoming increasingly difficult to believe
that RuSsiaS leaders, despite their per-
siStent clamor for summit conference,
are genuinely interested in negotiating
seriously with the West on any of the
grave and complex issues now dividing
the world. Their sincerity in that respect
is particularly open to question because
OF their deliberate Misrepresentation of
our efforts to break the disarmament
deadlock. This we would like to do
through procedure designed solely and
simply to bring about resumption of
private talks on the matter-talks that
would involve chiefly our own country
and the USSR-without seeming to
slight or circumvent the United Nations.
Thus, with the backing of our allies,
we have sought to promote action under
which the U. N. Disarmament Commits
sion, now being boycotted by the Krem-
lin, would refer the matter to the
Security Council. In turn, the Council
would request the powers principally
concerned-meaning particularly Russia
and the United States-to undertake
quiet negotiations of their own in new
attempt to end the impasSe. In advocat-
ing this course, our Government has
acted in complete good faith, and Rus
Sias leaders are well aware of that fact
because their chief representative at
the U. N. has had fully explained to him,
in confidential talks with American and
other Western representatives, that the
prime objective of the proposed pro-
cedure would be to get the U. MS bless
ing for private Soviet-American effort
to make at least little progress toward
disarmament.
Yet, as if it were some evil plotted
behind their backs, the men of the
Kremlin have accused us Of advancing
this proposal in order to head of top
level conference, deepen existing differ
ences s. pile up new obstacles ;. and
cover the bankrupt disarmament policy
of the Western powers with the prestige
of the Security Council" To put it mildly,
as Khrushchev and company well know,
this is an utterly mendacious distortion
of the facts. And as such, coupled with
other manifestations of the big lie in
Moscow's current propaganda, it casts
the gravest kind of doubt on the good
faith of the Soviet Union when'it keeps
calling for a summit meeting and
"honest" negotiations for peaceful CO.
existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17

the best possible kind Of CO.
operation and we have no
reason to expect but that
agreements will be arrived
at between the authority and
other jurisdictions which will
be of benefit to all parties.
Samuel E. Neel,
Chairman, Fairfax County
Water Authority.