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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-13
The Curious Rabbits

Two little RABBITS, a black
rabbit and a white rabbit,
lived in a forest - I be-
lieve it Is time that honest
opinions must be expressed
about the children's book
which contains this story. In
the first place neither black
nor white rabbits inhabit
forests. With the exception
of the snow-shoe rabbit and
varying hare Of the extreme
North the only black or white
rabbits extant are the domes-
ticated types. Nature has pro-
vided a proper color pattern
for all wild creatures. and
this includes wild rabbits.
Rarely is this color pattern
either all white or all black.
But in all cases the natural
coloring for members of the
same species varies but little,
depending on the locality.
In dealing with the sub
ject of the mating Of the
black rabbit with the white
rabbit (hardly a At subject
for tots two to flye) the au-
thor, in order to get his sub
tie message across to these
tiny tots, has either deliber-
ately. or through ignorance.
misinformed the children
concerning the nature of for
est folk.
However, let us not think
for one minute that our au-
thor has been without de-
tenders. Many rabid integra-
tionists have already been
heard from. Realizing that
this particular author has
been literally caught in the
act, and to prevent a closer
scrutiny of children's books
in the future. these people
have gone to great lengths to
be facetious about the whole
matter. One cartoonist was
for banning Black Beauty.
An Eastern seaboard Sen
ator has attempted to make
political hay out of the con-
troversy, using the zebra as
his symbol. The lengths to
which some letter writer's
have gone to make criticism
of the book seem ludicrous
have only succeeded in max
ing themselves appear ridicu-
louS.
Dear reader, If you are
aware of all the facts in
this case, and yet honestly
believe that the story of the
rabbits wedding was written
solely to entertain tiny tots,
then, in the opinion of this
writer, you are incurably
naive. However, do not de-
spair-
Where ignorance is bliss
It's sometimes folly to be
wise.
Vigilante.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-13
THE POLITICAL MILL
Sound Dollar May Save G. o. P.

less unemployment during
the coming year. The question
Of continued peace remains
unanswered. But here, too,
there is reason TO believe the
Russian Communists viii not
force q war on the world.
II q large measure Of PROS
perity prevails In this coun-
try and peace continues next
year as the political campaign
progresses, q strong Repub-
lican candidate for President
should be a tough man to
defeat - by any Democratic
nominee. True. the prospects
are that organized labor,
through its leaders, and much
Of organized agriculture,
through its leaders, will be in
the Democratic corner, fight
ing for the election of a
Democratic President. But
this was true Of the leaders
Of organized labor and of
some of the farm organiza-
tons In both the 1882 and
1855 presidential campaigns.
Voters Preferred Eisenhower
The rank-and-file workers
and farmers, however, voted
their preference. and their
preference was Mr.. Eisen-
hover over Adlai Stevenson.
The May Government re-
ports are that the average
factory wage reached an all
time high Of $90.32; that
many factory workers had
been recalled to then, jobs,
and that the average work
week also increased to 40.5
hours, the highest since 1855.
President Eisenhower, in
his recent advice to Repub-
lican Party leaders and can
didates, stressed the issue of
a Sound dollar" Indeed, the
maintenance Of a sound dol
lar - an undepreciated doll
lar - may well become a
prime issue of the Republic
cans in the coming campaign.
Vice President Nixon, a lead
ing aspirant for the presi-
dental nomination, also has
made it clear that the flnan-
cial issue of a sound economy
for the country must be the
basis of the Republican cam
paign.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Of New York already has
demonstrated his devotion to
sound government financing.
One of his first acts when he
took Office in Albany was to
persuade the State Legisla-
ture to enact some new and
additional tax legislation to
meet the expenses Of gov
eminent and to pay for serv-
ices. He in effect told New
Workers that if they wanted
government services. they
must pay for them and not
run the State into debt.
President Eisenhower's de-
mand for a balanced Federal
budget this year also hit a
popular demand for economy
and Democrats in Congress
have had to draw in their
spending horns, although they
have attempted to ridicule
the Eisenhower balanced
budget. Recession helped the
Democrats in 1958-recovery,
promises to help the Repub-
licans in 1860.
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Impressed by Chalk

I have been impressed with
the imagination and agrees
sive ess Roy Chalk has
brought to our sleepy little
town. We may have big
wheels in Government. we
may have lots of visiting dig
nitaries, we may have lots Of
impressive buildings tif the
slab and glass school Of plan
ners doesn't tear 'em all
DOWN but we have very little
bold. make no little plans"
leadership.
Mr.. Chalk has filled the
vacuum. Sure, he has irked
some people by telling them
to keep of the streetcar
tracks-but 1t was O darn
good sensible idea-even II
some people thought it vio-
lated their "civil liberties"
He also has a good eye for
color in the way he painted
up the buses and streetcars.
However. the high point of
Mr.. Chalk's career so far is
the memorials idea. Ten years
ago / read quite an article on
memorials in, I believe, the
Military Engineer. concerning
monorail use in the Ruhr in
Germany prior to World War
II. 1t looked like a good idea
then-but / assumed that the
lack of enthusiasm for them
locally was due to good tech
nical reasons by experts. Not
that anyone has ever been
able'to tell me exactly why
not"
I have always felt that
memorials across the Potomac
would be a lot cheaper than
bridges that are outdated
before they are built. And I
know that a lot Of suburban.
ties would hop the mono
rail" If they knew they could
get into town in a fast is or
20 minutes. This would leave
mama the car. give dad a
cool, comfortable ride devoid
Of county police. and boldly
solve a profile m-traffic--
that is unsolvable DIETS not
kid ourselves) through the
timid approaches now being
used.
The possibilities are ire
m n d o u s-let's hope Mr..
Chalk isn't too discouraged
by the I'VE can't do that it
will hurt the view" crowd.
James C. Van Story, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-13
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
''Dear Sir

@NoA OAA
write sometime about
being in a rut. I hear people
say, oh, he's in a rut,' when
all the time I think it is
harder to stay in a rut than
get out of one.
"Tramps and other vaga-
bonds are examples of people
who have got out of rutS,
but who are they to initiate?
1T seems to me it takes
courage. often. to stay in a
rut.
II hear the same people
going to work every morn
ing, the car pools and others.
and I regard them as heroes.
1.-THE morning trek of thou
sands of people is inspiring,
it shows determination, faith
fitness, power. purpose and
plenty.
Thousands of people are
in good ruts. If you want to
call them ruts; to me a rut
is a place to grow in.
Sincerely, EMILY j."
4 4 X
If the world ever blows up,
as some think it will, the
millions in ruts will be the
best off.
They not only will have a
certain protection. let us
hope, but will be the first to
take steps to mend the holo-
cauSt.
This will be because they
have leisure to look around
them and see what is going
on.
Escapers from ruts, those
who fancy themselves so i'm
portant just because they are
so jittery they are always
on the move, do not have
time enough, really, to know
exactly what is going on.
They know their own
specialties, but the delight
full affairs of others make not
the slightest impression on
their minds. This is too bad,
for them, and too bad for
the rest of us, who might
benefit by the magnanimlty
they are throwing away.
y X u
The rut holders trade q bit
of boredom, perhaps, for a
wealth of wisdom.
They are more human. in
a world where being human
is the only solution.
Inhumanity and cruelty
unpleasant partners, are be-
ginning. to take over. Prob
ably they always have, but
for a time, in human history,
people managed to camou-
f1age them.
Now the drapings have
fallen away, and the world
and every city over a mil
lion inhabitants is faced by
arrogant inhumanity and
master cruelty. y
We have grown so tender"
on one hand, and so lax on
the other, that we no longer
seem able to protect ourselves
from crime and the criminals,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-13

The pocketbook nerve can
be-and usually is--an i'm
portant factor in any politi-
cal contest. Indeed, rarely
has q political party lost a
national election--a presi-
dental election-when the
majority Of voters were A.
nancially satisfied. Since this
is SO. the Republican pros
poets for victory in 1860 are
taking on q roster hue. The
country is pulling out Tin
fact, 1t Is already OUT Of the
recession Of l957-58. The
predictions are that the eco
nomic Improvement viii con-
tinue for another year. at
least.
And the recovery has taken
place under Republican con-
troll Of the Federal Govern
ment. It has taken place
without the big spending
programs advanced during
the last twelve months by the
so-called liberal Democrats
programs which would have
meant huge Government
spending, bigger deficit
spending and more imitation
President Eisenhower turned
his back on such programs.
What has happened this year
justifles the stand Of the Re-
publican President.
The peace nerve has played
q tremendous part, too, In
deciding presidential elec-
tons. While the country has
fought unitedly to win our
wars. war is not popular. with
its huge cost in lives and
treasure. The people want
peace. The peace nerve
worked strongly to bring
about the election of Presi-
dent Eisenhower in 1852. The
country at that time was fed
up with the Korean War.
But in 1856, there was peace
and also prosperity, and the
pocketbook nerve played its
full part. Mr.. Eisenhower
won by an even larger mar
gin of victory than four
years earlier.
The Economic Picture
Take a look at what has
been happening. The Labor
and Commerce Departments
have just reported that in
May unemployment dropped
to its lowest level in 10
months. and that employ
ment rose to the highest level
ever attained in May-66,-
016,000. The unemployed
numbered 1888, 900. a decline
Of 238, 900 from the April fig
ure, and is million lower
than the unemployment flg-
ure a year ago. The improve
ment has not been due, in
May, merely to the greater
employment in agriculture
a seasonal gain factor - but
to gains in the number of
factory and other workers.
The Department of Com
merce and the Securities and
Exchange Commission joint
ly reported that capital
spending for new plants and
equipment is now expected
to rise to $32,565 100000 for
the year.
The present outlook is for
bigger and better business.
for greater employment and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry tDrtteT's correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
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Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

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ing is no place to decide such
things. He charged the subcom-
mittee with insulting witnesses
and attempting thought control" :"
On the matter of prices to in
dividuals who need the drugs,
Francis c. Brown, president of
Schering, made an astonishing
observation. Indicating that he
himself may have needed a magic
pill to guarantee composure,
he told Senator Kefauver that if
some persons find it difficult to
pay for the medicines, 1T is
matter Of inadequate income
rather than excessive prices"
He then suggested that citi-
Zens advisory committee be estab-
lished to set up a welfare program
for "underdeveloped" people.
The betting is that the Senator
has something else in mind,
rather different solution. Yester-
day, he said that he believed leg
islation was needed.
Evening star., 1959-12-13
DEFENSE:
Advice

In a valedictory address here
last June, Gen. Maxwell Taylor,
outgoing Army Chief of Staff,
sharply criticized old soldiers who,
no longer on active duty. continue
to offer advice on how the mill
tary should be run.
He said he considered the prac-
tice-widespread as it has been,
to be dangerous. The implication
clearly was that here was one
old soldier who really planned to
fade away.
It therefore came as something
of a surprise when the former
paratrooper, succumbing to the
great temptation, ignored his own
warning and suggested a hefty
overhaul~of the Nations top mill
tary command setup.
Writing in new book entitled
"The Uncertain Trumpet" ex-
, cerpts of which are being pub
liShed in Look magazine, Gen.
Taylor advocates splitting the
functions of the Joint Chiefs in
two, as follows:
The operational duties should
Evening star., 1959-12-13

jos already has come to assume
much of the power of the single
chief of staff and (2) that the
chairman tends to vote with his
own service when there is a split
in the JCS.
On the latter point. he discloses
that Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
former chairman, stood with the
Navy 10 times out of 13 and Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, the present
chairman. supported his old serv-
ice, the Air Force, eight out of
eight times on split papers.
The general is clearly upset
about the dominance of what he
calls the invalid massive retalia-
ton policy and over the fact that
the Army'S position on strategy
matters, when involved in splits,
was supported by the Secretary
of Defense in only three out of
% instances in the four years
he served as Army chief. CThe
Navy was upheld 13 times; the
Air Force II. The numbers don't
add up because often more than
one service backed a particular
position.)
The Taylor argument raises
these questions: Would a single
chief of staff solve the problem
as he sees it if either Admiral
Radford or Gen. Twining or any
Navy or Air Force officer were a
true single chief? Or is the only
solution to have an Army general
in the post?
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Defends Negotiation

Mr.. Eisenhower has been ex-
plicit on one point-that the ties
binding the nations of the nom
Communist world are not being
weakened by the United States
willingness to negotiate cold war
problems with the Communist
bloc. He has assured Italy's Pre-
mier Segni, Turkeys Premier
Menderes, and Pakistan'S PreSi-
dent, Field Marshal Mohammad
Ayub Khan, that the American
reappraiSal of international af-
fairs does not by any means in
volve the abandonment of the
principle of collective defense.
This reinsurance has been per-
haps the most pressing task of
the Presidents journey. For there
ha been nothing so obvious, since
the first signs of an approaching
detente with the Soviet Union, as
the concern of Americas allies
that bilateral understanding
between the two Goliaths of the
world power struggle would result
in the smaller nations abandon
ment of the vicissitudes of politics.
Some of Mr.. Eisenhower's
words in the course of his trip
Evening star., 1959-12-13

will indicate the nature of his
effort:
In ROME: lin agreement with
President GronchD The 15-nation
Atlantic Pact must remain the
cornerstone of (their) foreign
policies.
In ANKARA: I'VE are con-
cerned with the security of our
own and our friends security and
independence. We know that we
are building defenses only against
the possibility of an emergency,
an aggression, a catastrophe
which will never be of our
making"
In KARACHI: a. We will vet
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Reinsurance Vital

In a period of undoubted transi-
ton in the relationships between
nations and between power blocs,
the Presidents arduous trip high
lights the Importance of individ-
ual leaders to the future of the
world. 1t is as if the old concepts
of formal diplomacy have indeed
been displaced by the personal
diplomacy of heads-of state.
Stalking his own and his admin
istration's prestige and historical
significance on the success of his
trip, Mr.. Eisenhower seems deter
mined to leave nothing to chance.
His remarks in the course of his
journey havs been consistent on
a theme he voiced to the Amer
ican people before his departure:
Peace with freedom.
There has been little of the old
attitudes of the cold war in the
Presidents approach to today'6
problems. He has not pitched the
tenor of his trip entirely on the
necessity of the non-Communist
worlds united front in the face
of Communist aggresSionS. Rather
he has stressed the necessity of
co-survival, of common progress
without the sacrifice of the values
he, as the spokesman for the
democratic world, believes must
in no circumstances be sacrificed
On Thursday, Secretary Of State
Herter told a press conference
that the Presidents trip has ex-
ceeded our greatest expectations
very considerably the turn
out has been tremendous
and the discussions with headS-of-
state have been extremely
satisfying in every instance"
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Hits Civilian Chiefs

The advisory functions of the
jos should be vested in a su-
preme military council of three
four-Star officers of the Army,
Navy and Air Force, men either
already retired or on their final
tour of duty. These officers would
advise the President, Secretary of
Defense and Congress on national
strategy, military requirements,
future weapons and defense
budget.
More surprising than Gen. Tay-
lor's act of Offering a plan is the
reasoning he sets forth for it.
Although his solution is concen-
trated in a reorganization of the
military command, his main argu-
ment adds up to an indictment of
our civilian chiefs. Thus. he con-
tends that here is what is wrong"
with our strategy making:
. "The National Security Coun-
Gil, top defense planning agency,
Aleto 4oAACN w NCNClOP UdolC oC-
curity policies that give clear and
unambiguous guidance to the
military strategists.
. Compromise and negotiation
have blurred the issues so COM
pletely that such guidance as
the NSC provides means all things
to all people. and the disputes re-
main unsettled.
. 1.-THE jos. lacking clear guild
ance from the council, have failed
to produce an agreed military
strategy of their own.
. Secretaries of Defense have
been reluctant to make decisions
on fundamental issues dividing
the Joint Chiefs, and have not
forced the submerged contro-
versies into the open.
. Budget making has been
allowed to control strategy :"
Gen. Taylor casts doubt on the
wisdom of his own plan when he
says Cd that the chairman of the
Evening star., 1959-12-13
THE NATIONAL SCENE
LHE NATIONAL
Inquiring Into Vital Price Item: Medicine

For those who have learned first
hand the high cost of being sick,
particularly in cases where the new
wonder drugs were needed, there
was pre-ChriStmas cheer-the hot
light of congressional scrutiny was
being turned on this growing
social-economic problem.
Many Americans, especially
those on small fixed incomes and
pensions. have declaimed about
the drug cartel" and the fan
tastic" prices being charged for
medicines. Many have complained
to the Senate Antitrust and
Monopoly Subcommittee headed
by Senator Kefauver, Democrat of
Tennessee.
Last week, the subcommittee be-
gan doing something about it. It's
eagerly awaited hearings on the
price Of medicines was opened. Top
officials of the Schering corpora
ton and Merck & Co., two of the
Nations leading drug manufac-
turers, were among the first to
testify.
Senator Kefauver had Subcom-
mittee experts take the stand at
various points and the evidence
they put in the record indicated a
different picture Of things in the
world of drugs than the Schering
and Merck officials painted.
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Principal Charges

BY the time the week was out,
these were among the principal
charges made by the subcommittee
and other witnesses against one or
the other of the giant pharmaceu-
tical firms:
Prices to wholesalers of an anti
arthritiS drug, predniSone, was
hiked 1000 per cent above manu-
facturer's cost, and more than
1000 per cent in the case of an
estrogen hormone drug; American
made prednisone sold in England
for less than half the price charged
here; Schering violated antitrust
laws by attempting to restrict the
output of two new anti-arthritis
drugs among six firms and Merck
engaged in misleading advertising
to push one of its pills.
The Merck and Schering Of
f1clalS Indignantly denied the
charges. They said the subcom-
mlttee had distorted price figures
when it failed to take account Of
Evening star., 1959-12-13
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
A Tour to Emphasize Mankinds Values

Back in 1919, a world weary
and battered after more than four
years of war welcomed the Presi-
dent of the United States, Wood
row Wilson. with enthusiasm
bordering almost on worship when
he visited Europe carrying with
him the famous Fourteen
Points" Everywhere he went, Mr..
Wilson was acclaimed by cheer
ing multitudeS who saw, or seemed
to see, deliverance from the
terrible Scourge of war in the
ideals of the American President.
Today, IA years after the con-
clusion of another and much
more destructive world war,
another President of the United
States is engaged in a mission of
peace. His itinerary is far more
extensive thar was that of Mr..
Wilson; the implications of his
visits probably immeasurably
more significant to the future of
mankind. For today is the
nuclear age. The alternatives
are no longer victory or defeat
they are indeed tantamount to
survival or obliteration.
Mr.. Eisenhower, at SO a man
dedicated to the overall goal Of
contributing, as the legacy of
his occupancy of the White House,
to peace with freedom" has
found his reception everywhere
he has visited Overwhelmingly
responsive. And he has been at
pains to emphasize that the
needs of the free world are far
more comprehensive than those
of military defense.
Evening star., 1959-12-13
Welcome in India

Arriving in the capital of India
on Wednesday, the President was
greeted with a popular welcome so
enthusiastic that observers were
amazed. There were even wits
who offered to compare the
crowd-noiSes of the Eisenhower
welcome with those attending the
visit of "B & K" the then Soviet
Premier Bulganin and Party Sec
retary Khrushchev, three years
ago, and willing to lay odds that
the Eisenhower greeting was the
more extravagant of the two.
Before his arrival at New Delhi,
capital of the worlds most i'm
portant "non-aligned" nation, Mr..
Eisenhower had stopped at Rome,
Ankara, Karachi and Kabul.
Everywhere his appearance had
been cheered and his talks with
the national leaders of Italy,
Turkey, AfghaniStan and Pakistan
had clearly encompasSed far more
than the amenities attending the
usual state visit. The President
listened with attention to the
opinions of his hosts. He was, of
course, deeply concerned with the
fears of these nations that the
unity and the determination Of
the non-Communist world was
deteriorating under the combined
hammer-blows and soft subtleties
of world communism's drive for
peaceful coexiStence. But he ap-
peared never to lose sight of his
major aim-that the problems of
the world at large, on whichever
side of the Iron Curtain or on
neither side, were largely those of
human survival, human dignity,
and the values of mankind itself.