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Evening star., 1959-12-26
Raleigh. N. C.
Presidents Next Stou

The press reports that our
President will visit Brazil in
April for the Inauguration of
the new capital, Brasilia. May
I offer some suggestions?
Brazil's area is only slightly
smaller than that of our so
States; its population Of TO-
100000 represents half the
population of South America
and more than half the Por-
tuguese speaking world. Sac
Paulo city with a population
Of 3,S50,000 is exceeded in size
In the United States by New
York and Chicago only. With
in a radius of 60 miles from
Sac Paulo is the largest in
dustrial complex in the world
south of the Equator. In that
area American investments
total nearly one and q half
billion dollars. During World
War II, Brazil was our ally
and its air bases served as
the corridor to victory" Bra
lillian troops fought under
Gen. Mark Clark in Italy.
There is a huge reservoir Of
good will toward the United
States in Brazil. awaiting
proper release.
I respectfully suggest there
fore that our President %
remain in Brazil not less than
four days: az motor from
Brasiha to Annapolis and
Goiania, visit Cuyaba if pos
Sible and by no means omit
Sac Paulo and Bahia; (3) an
nounce that hereafter our
country will spell Brasil as
they themselves do, with an
IS" in place of a "z" (the
Brasilian pronunciation will
also be more nearly approx
mated; include Gen. Mark
Clark, who is popular in
Brasil, in his encourage; and
go arrange to meet with
Brasilian officers and men
who served with our armed
forces during the war.
Visits to other countries of
Latin America should not be
permitted to curtail the time
in Brasil.
Richard P. Butrick,
Career Minister, ret.
Evening star., 1959-12-26
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

text that included the word
"lentils."
To this day, Jones has no
idea just why the inclusion
of this word. the name of a
Biblical legume. set him and
his companion of into
spasms of laughter.
But it did, and since 1t
occurred regularly, the oppor-
tunity for fun came often.
Then, as this always works
out. each repetition made
matters progressively worse,
so that soon the two boys
were forced to leave their
perch and the church.
Temp Jones has always re-
membered this incident, to
his shame, but it showed him
once and for all that fun has
a sort of life Of its own.
Only the professional CO.
median can order it around,
and then partly because he
has mob psychology on his
side.
So often when we try to
recall the funny incidents and
wiSecracks of the stage we
find all the SAVIOR has gone
out of them.
They are not humorous at
all, as we tell them, and we
wonder why they ever seemed
so.
The humorist must take
his material as 1t comes to
him.
He is like the writer, who
must remain the victim, In
a sense, of his environment.
This is the problem of the
writer, and he never quarrels
with where his m aterial
comes from, or how it de-
scendS to him. He is glad to
receive it at any price. He
must make the most of it,
that is all.
The everyday humorist may
never make a stage hit, but
he brings fun and some share
of happiness into the lives
Of all who know him, and for
these blessings they should
give thanks.
He who makes us laugh,
especially in these days of a
renewed looking forward to
the end of the human world,
is worth all he costs.
The happy thing, in every
day life, is that mostly he
costs nothing at all, except
appreciation Of his talents.
Evening star., 1959-12-26

please send me the name
Of a good book on personal
hygiene" requests a reader.
II think I've got it."
You either like this joke,
or you don't.
If you do not. you are too
serious, but then. many per-
sons are serious.
Not every one can find the
fun in life.
It takes a certain DISPOSE
ton. We have always Won
dered about this, because so
many of the famous funny
men are very serious. too.
To see the fun in a thing,
and to be able to communi-
cate it to others, that is
something else.
1t would seem that the
real comics have large GOO
goo eyes, and a certain way
of using them.
Think back to all the real
funny fellows you ever
watched perform, and you
will realize they all had this
look.
It is for this reason, and
none other, that certain un-
fortunate persons in every
day life are laughed at.
There is something about
them that draws smiles. even
from the most sympathetic
onlookers.
1t is the eye.
This wonderful part of the
anatomy has in it both good
and bad, at least from the
viewpoint of the cruel.
A certain portion of this
is found even in the best per-
sons, so the audience for the
comic is widespread.
Laughter is a tonic, but it
can be sad, too.
Every one recognizes this,
hence the appeal of the
clowns. in opera, various
spectacle shows, and every
day life, too.
Fun is something you make
for yourself, mostly. That is
why some one with the right
type of mind can find fun in
sermons, stones. and cats.
Temp Jones was recalling
the other day the time when,
as a lad Of IL years old. he
attended a church meeting
Of some kind.
He and his friend, also at
that age, went into the
balcony.
The preacher was taking a
Evening star., 1959-12-26

individual who combined the
qualities of determined pa
triotiSm with realistic states
manship in working out a
formula for the islands
future"
The feeling of contentment
with which you hailed
MakarioS' victory-a victory
over communism-is certain
ly q happy change obviously
emanating from the realities
Of the goth century.
It is hoped that you will
continue appraising Htua-
tions, such as that Of Cyprus.
within the framework Of fair
ness and justice.
Nick C., Louis,
Evening star., 1959-12-26
THE POLITICAL MILL
Morse Runs True to Form
By GOULD LINCOLN

Kennedy victory in Oregon
would produce. When Sen
ator Morse dislikes someone,
he hits out against that one.
Senator Morse has a hard
core following in Oregon
probably enough votes to
give. him victory over a field
Of four or flve candidates
where he might be defeated
If he were matched against
only one opponent. say SEN
ator Kennedy or Mr.. Steven
son. Senator Morse might
win in the primary against
the field with a vote of from
20 to IS per cent of the total
cast. Indeed, he is very like
ly to do so, according to
Democrats in Oregon. The
labor leaders in the State
have gone along with Sena-
tor Morse almost to a man
in his criticisms of Senators
Kennedy, Humphrey, Sy-
mington and Johnson-all
Democratic Senators and po-
tential candidates who voted
for the labor hill.
Never Hitched
Senator Morse has changed
his mind frequently-but al
ways for what he considers q
good reason. He was a sup
porter of President Eisen-
hover for the Republican
nomination in l952-but OPP
posed him in the election.
He was a Republican and
shifted first to Independent
and then became a Demo-
crat. He supported his COLI
league, Senator Neuberger,
when he first ran for the
Senate in 1854. But later
he attacked Senator Neu-
berger bitterly because he did
not like some of his votes in
the Senate. Last July 20
Senator Morse made a speech
in the Senate opposing q
favorite-son entry in the
Oregon primary, after his
name had been put forward
by a group of Democrats. He
said the Oregon primary
should be open and that he
hoped all the bona fide can
didates would enter or be
entered and so give the
Democrats of oregon a free
chance to express their pref
erence. On July 80 he sent
to the secretary of state Of
Oregon an affidavit saying he
was not a candidate for
President and instructlng the
secretary of state not to
place his name on the ball
lot.
In Oregon there are two
ways of getting your name on
the ballot for the presidential
primary. Under the primary
law the secretary of state
is instructed to enter all the
names of real or possible con-
tenders. The second method
is via petitions signed by
1000 voters. If such a petit
ton is filed, the name may
not be withdrawn and it goes
on the ballot. Petitions are
now being circulated for
Senator Morse. 1t is reported
that petitions are also being
circulated for Mr.. Stevenson
and Senator Humphrey. Un-
doubtedly they will be cir
culated, it is said, for Sem
ator Kennedy, provided he
does not announce he will
not run. Such an announce
ment would come as a total
surprise to many of his best
friends. At present Senator
Kennedy is taking a rest from
campaigning. But his an
nouncement will be made
early in January.
Evening star., 1959-12-26

Senator Wayne Morse OF
Oregon has again shown
himself as unpredictable as
a tornado. Having backed
away from a favorite-son
candidacy for the 1860
Democratic presidential NOM
ination last July, the Oregon
Senator has now announced
that he intends not only to
enter the States presidential
preference primary. but
probably a similar primary
in the District of Columbia.
II he runs in the presidential
primary here. and possibly in
other primary States, Sena-
tor Morse takes himself out
of the favorite-son class. He
becomes, indeed. the first
man to announce himself a
candidate for President. And
this. too, is a typical Morse
move. .C..
Nobody expects Senator
Morse to win a presidential
nomination-not even him
self. But the Senator's entry
into the Oregon primary,
which he seems likely to win
II there are five or six other
candidates in the race, will
have the effect of nullifying
the significance of the presi-
Dental preference vote
among the Democrats of that
State. Here again Senator
Morse appears to be running
true to form. Ever since the
vote in the Senate on the
anti-racketeering labor bill
last summer. Senator Morse
has been attacking his COL
leagues for supporting the
conference bill which finally
became law.
Guns for Kennedy
Particularly has he been
cunning for Senator John F.
Kennedy Of Massachusetts,,
regarded as a front-runner
for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination. tor
Kennedy was in charge OF
the labor bill in the Senate.
He did his level best to beat
down the Landrum-Griffin
bill which passed the House,
subsequent to the passage by
the Senate of the Kennedy
bill which was more accept
able to the labor leaders. In
the end, Senator Kennedy
and the Senate had to COM
promise with the House, and
some Of the more drastic
provisions Of the Landrum-
Griffin bill we're accepted
When the vote on the con-
ference bill was taken in the
Senate, only Senator Morse
and the late Senator LANCER
OF North Dakota, Republi-
can and as unpredictable as
is Senator Morse were re-
corded as voting against the
bill.
1t happens that Senator
Kennedy has support in Ore
gon for the presidential nom
ination. 1t is said that if he
were matched in the States
primary against Adlai Ste
yenson and Senator Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota
with two or three others also
in the race. or even by
themselves-Senator Kenne-
dy would run first. Steven
son second and Humphrey
third. But with Senator
Morse in the race it might
be a different story. Morse
intent on ditching Senator
Kennedy, apparently is goine
all out to prevent the MasSa
chusetts Senator from OBJ.
tanning the prestige which 9
Evening star., 1959-12-26
>. And Tried So Hard to Believe in Sonto Claus!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Writer'S correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star., 1959-12-26
Space Fable


I was deeply disturbed by
your editorial, space Fable"
in actuality a criticism Of
Senator Johnson's analysis
and recommendations Of the
Nations space program.
The editorial is not only
unfair to Senator Johnson, 1t
is unfair, as well, to the
American people who read
your paper expecting to And
conscientious and factual in
terpretive analyses Of the
news in your editorial col
umns.
The editorial completely ig-
nores the constructive pro-
posals made by Senator john
son for removing our Nation
from a position of followers
in the space race to a po-
sition of leadership. AS for
as the editorials implication
that his speech was heavily
laden with oratorical -four
ishes characteristic of a tub
humping political cam
paign," everyone is fully
aware that he is a politician
and a possible candidate for
presidential nomination.
But, more important, he
is chairman Of our Govern
ment's highest investigating
space committee. The Sena-
tors recommended seven
point program for giving us
a semblance of a national
space program is the first
truly realistic summation Of
what needs to be done, pub
licly proclaimed. by one OF
our country's top level
leaders.
His recommended program
is also the summation and
most complete accumulation
Of suggested proposals ex-
pounded by individual re-
sponsible space leaders of this
country over the past few
months.
We, who have followed the
missile space profession in
the years prior to the Sputnik
era and who now devote our
waking hours solely to the
gathering. collation. and re-
porting Of the happenings OF
the Nations and the worlds
missile space families. have
praise for Senator Johnson
for fulfilling one of his tasks
of examination and report
ing his findings Of the Ma
tons space stature.
Senator johnson did not
"assail our space program as
a dismal story of drift, delay
and dilution," as reported in
the editorial, although many
of us would agree with that
statement Instead, he was
referring to a specific space
project under development,
the Saturn super booster. In
Senator Johnson's words,
THE dismal story Of drift
delay and dilution in the
Saturn program is not over
yet"
My interest is in the at
tainment of United States
leadership In missile and
space exploration. To do this
the country needs the whole
hearted support of its people
To gather that support the
fourth estate must also ac-
cept the position of leader
ship, as well as the leaders
of our Government.
Norman L. Baker,
Co-Publisher and Editor,
Space Business Daily.
Editors Note: Mr.. Baker
has overlooked the editorials
main point, which took issue
with Senator Johnson's sug-
gestion that the pace and
scale Of our space program
have been set by "budge
clerks gambling with ou
destiny.")
Evening star., 1959-12-26
Navy Weapons Plant

You should be compn-
mented on your editorial
about the Weapons Plant
and for the articles written
by John Giles.
Certainly an explanation
is needed why the heavy A.
nancial investment in plant
and machinery as well as
the personnel Of engineers.
technicians and highly skilled
artisans should not be uti-
lized to its fullest extent.
1t certainly will not be.
if the Navy does not allocate
research and development to
the Weapons Plant in a very
short time.
The morale Of employees
should not be allowed TO
deteriorate. The Navy should
make q decision as to the
future Of the plant.
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Evening star., 1959-12-26
'Cypriots Vote Wisely

Early to Bed.
Evening star., 1959-06-30
Bill Sets Up Doto
On Governments

Senator Hartke, Democrat OF
Indiana, has introduced legis-
lation to set up an intergovern-
mental records service in the
Library Of Congress.
The service would be a ma
tional clearing house and re-
search center for Federal, State
and local officials. A compre-
hensive collection of municipal
and county reports could be
accumulated for the first time,
under the organization.
THE establishment of this
reference section is not an at
tempt to build a new Federal
bureaucracy, or to Invade the
powers and prestige of State
and local governments" Sem
ator Hartke said.
"On the contrary, State and
local governments would be as
sisted with professional serv-
ices sorely needed"
Evening star., 1959-06-30

NEW YORK, June 80 (AP)
One Of suburban Nassau
County's leading citizens, Ar
thur Lem, a 44-year-old Chi
nese, has been indicted on
charges Of smuggling alien
Chinese into this country for
profit.
He promptly claimed he was
framed by Red China. He was
once commended by the JUS
tice Department for his work
as an undercover man in ex-
posing a Communist Chinese
cell in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Lem runs a restaurant
in Hampstead. N. Y. He has
won many citations for civic
work, including the Brother
hood Awards of the Rotary,
Kiwanis and Lions Clubs last
year.
Posts $4,000 Bond
The 15-count indictment
handed up yesterday by a Fed
eral grand jury in Brooklyn
also said that Mr.. LENS real
name is Chin Doong Art and
he is not an American citizen,
as he claims. He came to this
country in 1926.
Mr.. Lem was freed on $40, 900
Evening star., 1959-06-30
Indicted as SmuggIer,
Chinese BIomes Reds

bond on charges of harboring
illegal aliens, making false
claims Of citizenship, conspir-
ing to obstruct justice and
conspiring to commit perjury.
The indictment said that
death threats had been made
TO relatives of grand jury wit
neSSes who had described the
alleged operations of the snug
Cling syndicate and listed fees
they said had been levied
against aliens who had been
brought into the country IL
legally.
Other Defendants
Others named defendants in
the indictment are Mr.. LENS
wife Rose, 80, released on 1000
bond; Chin Suie Tung. 81, a
laundryman of Bethpage, IN. Y,
freed on $4,000 bond; Mrs.
LENS father, Lee Sing, SO, and
Wong Mel Yee. SO. Mr.. Tung's
wife. both reported to be in
Hong Kong. The Lens and
Mr.. Tung were accused Of
falsifying their identities and
failing TO register as aliens.
The indictment cites two
cases where Chinese we're al
legedly smuggled into the
United States illegally.
Mr.. Lem claims that as a
result Of his undercovet work
here against Chinese Reds in
this country his sister in China
was murdered and a $4,000
price put on his head by the
government Of Red China.
Evening star., 1959-06-30
MARRIAGE
LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Under d. C. ldw couples
must apply for a marriage
license on one day, Wdtt three
tnH days and receive the
license on the fifth day. Sum
days and holidays are counted
the same as other days.
Roland Schroeder. 81. Pinehill, N J.
and Barbara s. Miller. q, 483s
LIVINGSTON road Sc
AoMH and Hsnristta Layne. 80, 81 'ff' III Adam Il n
walter Isagins. 80. and Mary @. John.
s9enus sSe; g. N VEN of 'oa Ne" J'r's'
Charles W. shisistt, 49, 1929 stree
1881 Z street Sc.
Nathan Pritchett, 2s, 100 Bryan
street NV. and Elsie E. Malone
James W Greer, 81 1929 R stree
N.Y. N.Y. a. Hnd .,essf BsroaIa NV F. BsFrinser' 10
street NV, and Norma J, Lough
i9, 1851 Girard street NV.
Luther H. RobinSon' ?3' 3535 Hol
Lifbtfoot. htfS % a, 6Oi$ SLIGO Mil roat
nonaId M c. Yoest. %. 1929 alst stree
NV. and Margaret c. Mills, 36
Arlington.
N's street NV, and Beverly Burle,
son, II, 1890 10th street NV
Robert NJ. Bnrnham; ~ DanyeTs
Goth street NV.
oo,don L Munzer. 21. Pilot Rock
Oreg., and Violet A. Parish. 81. AZ
RobeTt T.. Hutchins. 25. Danyille. Va.
and Delaine Parker. ~, 1924 Euclid
street NV.
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TROUBLED cHANA
Golden Stool Altered
History of Gold Coost
TROUBLED GHANA
BY SMITH HEMPSTONE
Contributing Writer

AcCRA Ghana-A few centuries before the coming Of the
Portuguese in l4 the Gold Coast empty The ancestors
Of the present inhabitants down from the north 1t
pease todays Gold Coasters that their ancestors came
from the ancient city-sate Of Ghana.
And they renamed their country when it became inde
Evening star., 1959-06-30

This is the first Of several articles on
6hono. M. Hempstone is on leove
from his job os O Stor reporter.
Evening star., 1959-06-30

AlOul OliC dLlClCLlJ ClJy-oIdVC VI
And so they renamed their
pendent two years ago. Accra
Is 1000 miles from the ancient
site of Ghana and it seems like
y that the ties which bind the
Two countries are those OF
fancy.
In l475, a Portuguese captain
built a castle on the shores Of
the Gold Coast. One member
of his staff was Bartholomew
Diaz; another may have been
q fellow named Christopher
Columbus.
400 Years of Struggle
For 400 years the nations of
Europe Portugal. Holland,
England. Sweden, Germany.
Denmark and France-were to
battle for toe-holds on this
gold-rich coast. Aside from the
rigors Of warfare, life on the
coast was no picnic, Malaria,
yellow fever, booze and bore
dom stalked the country. One
observer noted that excessive
tippling and sorry feeding had
reduced an entire English gar
rison to "a hag ridden state"
Twenty Danish governors died
in ono 50-year period.
One by one, the European
states left the coast to cut their
locses. Only the British and
Dutch remained. In 1872, 274
years of Dutch rule ended when
the British bought out the Hol-
lsnders.
While en- the coast the Eu-
ropeanS fought each other and
bartered muSkets, cloth, gun
powder and copper bells with
the southern tribes for gold
and slaves, something ,mpor-
tant was happening in the in
terror.
The Golden Stool
In the hot green hills Of the
interior lived the warlike Ash
anti people, a conglomeration
Of independent. quarrelling
clans living like the Iroquois
before their confederation of
the Hellenes before Philip of
Macedon.
Okomfu Anokye, a priest Of
genius, called together the
leaders of the Ashanti clans.
He produced darkness, thunder
and a great cloud of white
smoke down from which float
ed a golden stool.
The golden stool, Anokye
told the Ashanti. was the SYM
boil of their unity under the
King of Kumasi. AS long as
the stool remained safe, Ash
anti would be a great nation.
Then he drove a sword into the
ground and declared that until
it was withdrawn. Ashanti
would remain united. Near the
sword today is a multi-million-
dollar hospital. 1t had to be
built around the sword because
the builders couldn't move the
weapon.
In the Golden Stool. within
which reposes the spirit Of the
Ashanti nation. the Ashanti
found both a national consci-
business and a mystical bond.
1t gave them the power to
dominate Gold Coast politics
for a hundred years and today
Evening star., 1959-06-30
Prosperity Comes

With peace the Gold Coast
began to prosper. Cocoa, in
troduced by a native from the
Spanish island of Fernando Pc,
brought prosperity. The popu-
lation of this nation the size Of
Great Britain grew until it
reached 5 million. Exploitation
Of timber, gold, manganese and
diamond added to the wealth
of the country.
After World War II Britain
set the Gold Coast on its path
to self-government. A young
American-educated Gold Coast
er named Kwame Nkrumah re-
turned, to Ghana in l948 and,
through oratorical ability and
organizational skill, soon had
the country in an uproar.
In 1857 Ghana became the
first black nation to get its in
dependence in more than a
century.
There has been much move
ment and some progress since
then. But often macaroni turns
up instead of something more
effective.
Evening star., 1959-06-30
Macaroni, Not GunpOwder

they are still a solid political
force as the result Of 1t.
MacarOni, Not GunpOwder
Seven wars the British were
to fight with the Ashanti and
not all Of them we're to go their
way. The first war was a Gil
bertian affair in which a Brit
ish officer, sent to bring up an
emergency supply of gunpow-
der, arrived at the eleventh
hour with four kegs. three Of
which were found to contain
macaroni This being not very
lethal stuff. the British gover-
nor lost his head.
In 1896, after several incon-
elusive wars, the British broke
the power Of Ashanti. de-
manded an impossible indem-
nifty Of nearly 81 million, and
eXiled the Asantehene, as the
king Of Ashanti is called, and
most of the royal family to the
Seychelles.
Four years later a British
governor made the incredible
blunder Of demanding the sur
render of the Golden Stool so
that he could sit upon it. This
was an unthinkable sacrilege
since not even the Asantenene
himself might sit upon the
stool. From the Ashanti point
of view. the governors request
was as Abominable as a bar
barian conqueror asking q
Christian bishop in the Dark
Ages to dine off the communion
plate at his cathedral's high
altar. The British won the re-
Sulting war and the housing
situation in the Seychelles be-
came acute.
The British pushed their
control inland and, after World
War I. added a slice of former
German Togo to the Gold
Coast.