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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
Sugar Denies
Weight Trouble
AS Bout Nedrs

CHICAGO. Mar. "a (R.-
Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray
Robinson. both having reached
a fine edge for their middle
weight championship battle,
are eagerly awaiting tomorrow
nights opening bell.
Basilio, who dethroned Rob-
inson in Yankee Stadium last
fall, appeared tense but conf
dent. The champion concluded
his sparring sessions last
Thursday and has been doing
little other than loosening up
exercises.
Basilio. still an 8-to-5 favor
| lite. is expected to weigh around
1874. far below the l60-pound
limit.
Sugars Drills End
Robinson boxed three rounds
yesterday, ending his heavy
workouts. Sugar Ray, who is
seeking to win the middleweight
title a fifth time. cut short
rumors that he might have
trouble making the weight.
II won't have any trouble
making the weight" said Rob-
inson with an apologize smile.
mo trouble at ALL" retorted
Manager George Gainford. HE
was just a little over 16l before
yesterdays workout and he
knocks off about a pound and
a half in a heavy workout. He'll
loosen up today, eat heavy
meal at about 4 o'clock and
that will be it until he weighs
in tomorrow. He'll make it
easy"
BY not taking any food or
drink from 4 o'clock this after
noon until after the noon
weigh-in tomorrow, Robinson
Will be going through a drying
out period.
Youth in Champs Favor
After making the weight it is
possible that he can put on a
couple of pounds with a good
meal and this could give the ex-
champion nearly a 9-pound
edge.
BaSilio. however, has youth
in his favor. The champion, at
80. is seven years younger than
the challenger.
The scheduled 15-round bout
See FIGHT, Page Alb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
Ry the Assoclated Press

Lew Burdette, hero of the
Braves World Series victory
over the Yankees. and Bob
Lemon, who hadn't pitched fol-
the Indians since last August
have their first 1858 tests under
their belts.
Burdette, who won three
games from the Yankees
worked three innings yesterday
as the Braves blanked the
Pirates. 40. in their exhibition
game at Bradenton, Fla. He
retired nine consecutive bat
tiers and doubled to drive in
the first Milwaukee run.
The Braves also got solid
pitching from Don Kaiser, who
was tough in the clutches al
though he yielded five singles
and a walk in three innings,
and Humberto Robinson. who
pitched hitless ball and famed
five in the final three frames.
Wynn Works Well
Lemon. 37-year-old right
handler who underwent an op-
Grafton on his elbow last No
vember, worked two innings
for Cleveland's B team, which
turned back the Cubs B squad,
10-l. at Tucson, Ariz. Bob
was nicked for an unearned
run on three hits and reported
his arm felt fine" after throw
ing an assortment of sliders
and curves.
The White Sox got a fine
performance from Early Wynn
big Highlander acquired from
the Indians. in mauling the
Redlegs, l4-5, in Tampa as Ron
Jackson paced the attack with
a pair of home runs.
Wynn worked the first five
innings, giving up only one hit,
a fluke single by Frank Robin
son, and a pair of unearned
runs. Tito Francona drove in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
Lavagetto Beginning to Fret
Over Absence Of Sievers
Roy Will Be Idle
With Leg Injury
"a More Days
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Writer

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. "a
With Roy Sievers, the Senator's
chief offensive weapon, enter
ing his ninth day of inactivity
and confronted with three or
four more days on the sidelines,
Manager Cookie Lavagetto is
beginning to. fret at the slug
gers prolonged absence from
the lineup.
Its beginning to worry me-"
Lavagetto said today in the
wake of a I'll defeat by Kansas
City here yesterday in which
the Senators stirred up only
four hits of Ralph Terry and
Ray Herbert. Ray needs to
get some games under his belt
and time is getting short"
Sievers, struck by a foul ball
March IL while standing along
the leffleld line as the Red
Sox took batting practice, later
played three games with the
bruised leg and pulled a muscle
Lemon Gets First Shot
Hes starting to jog a bit
now" Trainer George Lentz
said, "but he can't play for
three or four days. If he gets
back in the lineup too early
and pulls the muscle again he'll
be out three weeks or So"
Roy is taking batting prac-
tice but it's a sad substitute for
competition and he also is
chatting at his enforced idle
ness. I'D like to be in there
because I need the work." Roy
said, "but still feel a little
pain and Lentz tells me I can't
play until all the soreness is
gone"
Sievers' absence has given
Lavagetto an opportunity to
examine his outfielders extern
sively. It's been a shakedown
cruise for Faye Thrcneberry,
Neil Chrisley, Jim Lemon and
Whitley Herzog, with even Har-
mon Killebrew getting into the
act yesterday in the scrap for
the rightfield lob.
The result? Lemon will get
first shot at the job" Lavagetto
said. IF he can't do it, then
Chrisley will get his chance.
I'm not going to platoon them.
It's all right to platoon if you
have the material, but the Job
will be Lemons if he can show
me he can handle it."
Berberet's Status Shaky
With the exception of Chris
ley filling in for Sievers in left
field. today's lineup could be
the opening game batting order
for the Senators. Against the
White Sox today Cookie will
present Ed YoSt, third base;
Able Pearson, centerfield:
Chrisley. leftfield: Lem on.
rightfleld; Herb Plews, second
base; Norm Zauchin, first base:
Lou Berberet. catcher; Rocky
Bridges, shortstop. and Pedro
Ramos, pitcher.
Berberet's status remains
shaky, Of course, for the Sem
ators are seeking a reserve in
fielder and an experienced re-
lief pitcher and are using Lou
as bait. Five clubs are inter-
ested in him." President Cal
Grif11th said, 'but so far we
haven't gotten a deal we like"
Killebrew went to leftfield in
the late innings yesterday and
See SENATOR'S, Page Alb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Have q Good Time!

With Hurricane Daisy" finally
headed away from New England and
Hurricane Congress" long gone from
Washington there is hope that PreSi-
dent Eisenhower might indeed enjoy
healthful vacation at Newport. AS
site, the fashionable NarraganSett Bay
resort has much to offer-includin
presidential golf-at this time of year.
Even with the best of weather and
all other attractions, however, a preSi-
Dental vacation still takes place under
hard limitations. At last word, Mr. Ell
SenhoWer still had before him for review
and signature nearly $50 pieces of leg
iSlation enacted by the recent Congress.
The threatening turmoil in the FormoSa
area and the tensions and problems
always present these days in other parts
of the world will remain no farther
away than the communications center
of the temporary White House Despite
all these, we hope that Mr.. and Mrs.
Eisenhower can enjoy their return visit
to the place of their vacation choice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Recession RippIes Abroad

Politics and economics travel hand
In hand In Britain as in the United
States-or for that matter in all coun-
tries where there is the right of public
suffrage.
For that reason, the politicians as
well as the economists are looking care
fully at current economic indices in the
United Kingdom. What they are seeing
is mildly diSquieting, and perhaps just
little more so to leaders of the Con-
sentative Party. Unemployment has
been creeping upward on the island and
the Council on Productivity and Income,
a government advisory group, has
warned that reduced export demand will
continue to depress production and job
opportunities into next year. A principal
explanation, not surprisingly, is that the
recession in the United States set in
motion chain reaction that is just now
being felt in Britain. Not only has there
been reduced American demand for
certain British goods, but the curtailed
American buying of raw materials from
other countries has in turn reduced their
importation of British industrial prod
uctS. In this background, British econo-
miStS are hopeful that signs of the
American business upturn will quicken
during the final quarter of the year.
On the political front, the British
recession threat comes at a time when
the Conservatives were enjoying a
gradual climb to increased popularity.
A public opinion poll released fort
night ago indicated that the Tory Party
would then win a general election by
narrow margin-the first time since the
Suez f1aSco in late 1856 that the Con-
ServativeS could show popular edge.
Actually, neither party is apt to demand
an election at time when the division
is so close and, since the Conservative
government does not have to 60 to the
country until the spring of 1860, there
may be no political test before that time.
The economic trend in Britain also
has its impact, of course, on most West
European nations. At time when the
Soviet bloc is making increased efforts
to penetrate these markets, a widespread
slump in Western Europe could make
Russian economic Establishments more
attractive. Thus, in depression more
than in prosperity one finds clear
reflection of the interdependence of
the nations of the free world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Harvesting the Atlas

The successful flight Of our might
lest missile, the intercontinental Atlas,
was especially noteworthy because it
marked significant development in
our missile program. The Atlas on all
previous flights lacked the electronic
guidance system which the new model
carried on its 3,000-mile ION target"
flight over the South Atlantic. The test
of the ground controlled Atlas proved
that it is feasible to harness an inter
continental ballistic missile in a way
that should greatly improve its &C
curacy. It's potential deadlinesS as a
weapon of destruction therefore has
been substantially increased
Although the Atlas is designed to
hit target 5000 miles away, the Air
Force aimed the controlled missile at a
target only half that distance. During
the rocket-powered stages of its flight
the 85-foot, 100-ton monster was subject
to continuous ground control of the new
guidance system. The General Electric
device enables those in charge of the
firing to correct any deviations from
course that may be detected and thus
keep the missiles warhead on target.
The controlled flight of the Atlas
was further evidence of the remarkable
strides which America has made in the
balliStic missile field since the launch
ing of an intensive research and devel-
opment program little more than a
year ago. The Atlas is true ICBM, in
contrast to the Shark, the slower jet
propelled guided missile which has been
fired many times during the past year.
The Shark, too, is capable of hitting a
target 5000 miles diStant-as test
during the past few days proved-but it
is easier to track and shoot down than
the 15,000-m -an-hour Atlas.
There now have been about a dozen
tests of the Atlas, six of which were
considered successful. The two most
recent shots have been particularly en-
couraging to the scientists, technicians
and Defense Department observers. The
Air Force is trying to bring the Atlas to
a stage of perfection juStifying a start
on production of the weapon within the
next two years. Judging from the re-
suits of the recent shots, good progress
is being made toward the production
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30

the number of serious accidents has
been proposed by the council. Here is
the very reasonable proposal: ~ Drive
at least 10 miles an hour slower than
you normally do. (2) Subordinate time
of arrival to safe arrival. (3) Stay out
Of the drivers seat If you have been
drinking. With an estimated As million
automobiles expected to be on the high
ways this week end, the life-Saving pos
sibilities of widespread adherence to
such formula are apparent Unfortu-
nately, there will be too many motor
lists who literally will be taking their
"laSt fling" during the present holiday
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Last FIinq'

The National Safety Council has
warned that the Nations motorists, in
taking a last fling at summer" over
the Labor Day week END, are in danger
of setting another grim record of holi-
day highway slaughter. Last year 443
persons died-many under horrible cir
cumstances-during the 78-hour holiday
period from Friday evening to Tuesday
morning. This year the council is rely
ing on education, improved roads and
common sense of the drivers to keep
the death toll down to 400.
A three 9oint FORMULA for reducing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Tiki Is Back

About two weeks ago l
wrote you requesting any pos
sible help you might be able
to give in getting back a Tiki
(totem pole, Hawaiian style)
that had been stolen from the
front of my home in Airing
ton.
A big page one story with
a picture was beyond my
widest hopes. I was sure that
if you thought enough of it
to write anything al all
it would be a small story
buried in the middle Of the
paper. And. of course, I never
expected to see "Jud" again,
either with or without a news
paper story.
AS you know. the Tiki was
returned through a tip re-
ceived as a direct result of
your page one article. For
your story and help l want to
thank The Evening Star. and
your Mr.. Schaden. who l
understand wrote and fol-
lowed the story personally.
Richard NJ. Rogers, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Loqqinq Memorial

We hope that plans for memorial
to General PerShing do not encounter
design difficulties of the sort that so
long delayed interagency agreement on
a bridge at Constitution avenue. 1t was
nearly two years ago that Congress
authorized the American Battle Monu-
mentS Commission to prepare plans for
a PerShing memorial in the truncated
triangle at Fourteenth street and Penn
Sylvania avenue Northwest. Yet, an
acceptable design has not yet been
produced.
A preliminary sketch by the Monu-
mentS Commissions consulting architect
was prepared in 1856 but the Fine Arts
Commission did not approve it. Sub
Sequently the Monuments Commission
commissioned New York architect,
under a conditional contract, to design
the memorial. Two of the designs he
submitted have been rejected and he
now is working on a third sketch.
The architect does not have an easy
task. His drawings must satisfy not only
the Battle Monuments Commission but
the Fine Arts Commission, the National
Park Service and the National Capital
Planning Commission. Experience in
the recent past has shown that una
nimity among these agencies is some
thing rarely achieved. All are agreed,
however, that the plot across from the
Commerce Department would be good
cif for YnoVpNnria1 m Gnnnrnl nf
the Armies of World War I.
If similar agreement can be reached
in the near future on the actual design
for the memorial, the next Congress can
provide the legislation and funds re-
quired to start construction. Certainly
every effort should be made toscomplete
the memorial in time for the Tooth
anniversary in 1860 of General PERISH
ing's bEth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Bar Exam Failures

Once again the U. s. Dis
trict Court Committee on
Admissions and Grievances
has announced the list Of
accepted candidates to the
D. C. Bar, and the per-
centage that passed was low.
Virginia's list, which was re-
Gently submitted, was shock
ingly low also.
Why are so many failures
reported in the law field?
The men who take these
exams have been certified by
a college and a law school.
They possess two degrees,
yet they are unable to qualify
to practice law. Many Of
these men have families and
have used their money for
law schools and books and
bar review schools in hopes
of becoming lawyers.
Only two conclusions can
be reached: Either the COL
leges and Jaw schools that
approve them for graduation
are derelict in their duty or
the law tests are unfair.
Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
Judicial 'HoirspIittinq'

Director Hoover or the Federal
Bureau of Investigation undoubtedly re-
f1ected the views of many of the Nations
law enforcement officers when he criti-
cized "hairSplitting rulings" by the
courts in some criminal cases. He told
the American Bar Association at its Los
Angeles convention that some judges,
in striving to protect the innocent, seem
to be guided by tendency to be overly
solicitous of criminals"
Mr.. Hoover reviewed several in
stances of judicial hairSplitting that
had been brought to the attention of
the association by James L. Shepherd,
jr., chairman of the organizations House
of Delegates In one caSe-not Spe-
officially identified-a murder indictment
was ordered dismissed because the in
dictment did not state what kind of
liquid was in a bathtub in which man
was accused of drowning his wife and
child. In another case an indictment
of hitchhiker for Stomping motoriSt
to death was dismissed because the
charge did not specify that the killer
used his feet with his shoes on" Mr..
Hoover rightly contended that the con-
f1dence of laymen in the administration
of justice is shaken by such decisions
In this connection Director Hoover
quoted Judge Burger of the United
States Court of Appeals in recent
narcotics case as decrying g.. an I'M
fortunate trend of judicial decisions
which strain and stretch to give the
guilty, not the same, but vastly more
protection than the law-abiding citizen"
All in all, Mr.. Hoover had reason to say
that when mere technicalities of pro-
cedure are magnified out of proportion
to their actual function in the judicial
process, justice is not served"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
OF AIDING HANDICAPPED
ASpeciuI Teacher Studies Her Job

Most of the parents of these
children will be eager to CO.
operate in any way and are
doing a magnificent job of
helping the child at home to
become a better citizen by
their love and understanding.
A few parents will feel their
child can learn nothing and
why try, and a few parents
will be so unable to accept
the fact that their child is
retarded that they will go
from doctor to doctor and
want their child shifted from
teacher to teacher in the hope
that one of them will be able
to cure their child. Sometimes
that Illustration will be CEN
tered on the teacher, and she
has to remain calm while the
storm RACES and bear in mind
that this parent hasn't yet
been able to face reality. He
hasn't yet learned that there
is much his child can learn.
that he can become a useful
member of society even if he
can't be a doctor or a lawyer.
So when I'm planning for
these children l must not
only consider the child but
his home and community, and
it isn't just the teacher-but
the members of the family
also can help this child.
Neighbors and relatives can
help this child become q more
competent member. You can
help If you can remember
that this is a child who is
desperately trying to be a
part of the community, who
can become part of it only
with your help and under
standing, you will make the
effort.
All these things are going
through my mind as I'm
planning and preparing for
my class. Some children in
the class were with me last
year Their needs I'm aware
of. Others will be new. COM
ing from different schools,
from regular and special
classes. These will require
much study at first. How can
1 best help them? How can I
help them become more COM
petent people? This is my
job. To find the answers!
Ann Gnehm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
No Change by President on Rights
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Republican leaders have a
job on their hands to con-
vince Negro voters in many
sections of the country that
President Eisenhower is as
staunch a supporter Of theirs
and Of civil rights as he was
before he made a much mis-
interpreted statement to his
press conference Wednesday
that he might have said
something about slower" in
the achievement of school
indignation. The Presidents
comment was flashed across
the country as an indication
he was cold to the Supreme
Courts original decision
holding segregated schools
unconstitutional and also a
hint to the Supreme Court it
should overrule a Federal
circuit court of appeals,
which turned down, 6 to l,
Federal Judges Lemley's de-
cision that there should be a
two-and-a- half-year delay in
the indignation of Little
Rocks Central High School.
Nothing could have been
farther from the facts. In
the first place, the President
fatty denied a published re-
port that he told friends he
was sorry the Supreme Court
had ever handed down its
school desegregation deci-
sion. In the second, he has
just as fatty declared he
has not changed his position
one iota from his position
in 1857, when he ordered
troops to Little Rock to en-
force an order of the Federal
court dealing with the Little
Rock high school. When the
President used the term
slower" it was in line with
his frequently stated belief
that indignation must be a
matter of evolution, of edu-
cation and a gradual estab-
lishment of good inter-racial
relations. He was not speak
ing of any specific school
case, certainly not of any
before the courts for con-
sideration. The President, in
deed, is as firm a friend of
the Negro as he has always
been, a friendship he has
shown constantly since he
has been in the White House.
Reinsurance Needed
These are the facts the
Republican leaders must get
across to the Negroes and
the supporters of civil rights.
First renorts coming from
Negro leaders who sup
port the Republican Party.
and particularly President
Eisenhower, have been that
the Negro voters were
shocked and disappointed.
that they believed the Pres
ident was letting them down.
This grew out of the head
lines and stories in newspa-
pers which sought to show he
had changed his stand radi-
cally; that he was a back
slider, and had turned on the
Supreme Court. Such inter-
pretations were made, despite
the fact that the President
had a week before issued a
formal statement in connec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-30

On January II, 1855, you
ran a letter written by me
suggesting that the city ia
theirs clean up the triangle
Immediately west of the Dis
trict Building South side OF
Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Fourteenth and Fiji
tenth streets and get rid
of the unsightly, dilapi-
dated tempos then housing
the field offices of the Social
Security Administration, and
using this space, next to the
ornate Treasury Building,
and only a couple of blocks
from the White House. as a
public park, with neat con-
crete paths and solidly con-
structed benches for the
visiting public. Part of this
has been accomplished but
the park is unpathed and I'M
adorned!
Now that the admirers of
the late General Of the
Armies John j. Pershing
hope to get congressional aid
next year for commemorate
ing Gen. Pershing's CEN
tennial in 1860, why not
erect on that now barren
triangle a fine statue Of
Gen. PerShing-a pretentious
monument of the fin e t
bronze and marble as a last
ing tribute to a military
figure of enduring fame?
Have wide concrete walks
leading up to and around the
statue and to entrances from
all sides of the triangular
park. 1t should be completed
and dedicated on the Tooth
anniversary on September Is.
1860, of Pershing's birth. The
general died July IS, 1913,
and is buried in a rather IN
pretentious grave in Airing
ton Cemetery.
AL Hendley.