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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Congress and the Acc

Senator Anderson, chairman Of the
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee,
has set good tone for the committees
latest hearings on our country's pro-
gram for the development of nonmii-
tary nuclear power. Although he and
a number of his colleagues have "some
serious reservations as to the adequacy"
Of the administrations current effort,
he has made clear that his own mind is
open on the subject. More than that,
he has given assurances that the new
inquiry will be conducted In q non
dogmatic spirit-earnestly, and without
partisanship, for the one and only pur-
pose Of making sure that the United
States does as much as 1t must do to
maintain its international lead in this
all-important field.
AS for himself, Mr. Anderson, to-
gether with some other knowledgeable
members of the joint committee, sus-
poets that the Atomic Energy Commits
sion-acting under pressure from the
Budget Bureau-haS come out In favor
Of policies and projects that would add
up to doing too little at time when
much more should be done This is
especially true, he believes, as regards
the number, types and sizes of power
producing reactors that the Acc has
proposed to design and build-in CO.
operation with private enterprise-in
the period Immediately ahead How
ever, although he has introduced bill
calling for markedly greater govern
mental effort in this phase of our over
all nuclear program, he has indicated
that his own conclusions are tentative
enough to be modified substantially if
the Aces experts present convincing
case for the commissions less ambitious
proposals
This is an altogether reasonable
attitude, and it augurs well for real
meeting of minds to reconcile the differ
enceS between the commissions pro-
gram and the one advocated by the
joint committee. Mr.. Anderson-despite
his bitter past jouSting with Lewis L.
Strauss, the Aces former head-seems
optimistic on. that score Thus, as he
has just told the Senate, II hope and
believe that some improvement can be
made in our working relationships, and
have been assured by Acc Chairman
McCone that the commission will CO.
operate to this end. Accordingly, the
first hearings on the authorization bill
which have introduced will start
-. with understanding, and, hope,
good feelings on both sides" Certainly,
given that kind of sentiment all around,
the new inquiry should lead, as the
Senator has said, to results "of great
beneflt to the whole atomic program"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Quits Drives

I canvassed my apartment
building for the benefit Of
the Heart Association, but
never again will I solicit
funds for the Heart Associa-
ton or any other
In today's mail my hus-
band and I received three
more health fund appeals.
We would go broke If we
attempted to keep up with
all the worthy causes, and
so we are regretfully declin-
ing to contribute to any,
even those we feel are most
important like the Heart
Fund and the Cancer So
ciety, until the organizations
doing the soliciting get to-
gether and combine their
appeals into one such as
United Givers Fund.
Caroline P. North.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
TV in Parks

The London County Council seems
to be suffering from an alteration OF
some sort in giving serious conSidera-
ton to the idea of installing television
sets in public parks. What the city
fathers have in mind, apparently, is not
merely an expansion Of free entertain
ment, but also therapeutic program
aimed at enticing British TV addicts-
for the sake of their health-into get
ting some fresh air occasionally by sub
shutting outdoor for indoor viewing.
AS far as we have been able to
determine, the best comment on this
proposal has been made by Stuart Con-
stable, executive officer of New York
CityS Department of Parks. He has put
it this way: "They must be pretty bored
in London parks. We've always thought
that people went to parks either for
recreation or to get away from the
things they see on televiSion. I can't
see putting TV sets in our parks. Even
if they had a purpose, don't think
they'd last half an hour before they
disappeared"
The only thing we have to add to
this comment is that Londoners seem
to be somewhat more law-abiding than
New Workers, and they probably would
not steal TV sets from their parks. AS
for Gotham, Mr.. Constable is on sound
ground in suggesting that the machines
would be purloined almost as soon as
they we're installed. They would be
purloined, that is, unless Matt Dillon,
Wyatt carp. Paladin, Bat Masterson and
a host of similar worthless we're on hand
to stand guard against such knavery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Amateur Rocketeers

It is diScouraging, after al
the efforts made by our Local
chapter, to find that there
are still people in this area
foolish enough to launch q
rocket without using protec-
tive barbados.
1t is somewhat ironic to
note that on the same day
of the Belle Haven venture,
area teen-agerS were test
firing rockets at Fort Belvoir
These firings were conducted
using the safe procedures
taught by 1t. Col. c. M
Parkin jr. of the Army Engi-
neers, president Of our local
chapter. On February %
these youngsters will fire
their rockets in safety al
Camp A. P. Hill in Virginia
David w. Saltus,
Chairman, Advisory
Committee for Rocket
and Missile Amateurs,
National Capital Sec
ton, American Rocket
Society,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Fairfax Out of Step

Fairfax County would be reneging
on It's previous commitments and would
he out of step with all other local juris-
dictions If 1t interpoSed any obstacles
to long-planned extension of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway to Great
Falls. We hope the county's Board Of
Supervisors, therefore, will reconsider
It's action in opposing completion Of the
parkway on the Virginia shore.
The county in the past always has
indicated its intention of participating
In the arrangement under which the
Federal Government pays half the cost
Of the parkway, with the State and the
county dividing the remainder. AS re-
Gently as 1857 the county board unani-
mously adopted a resolution reaffirming
It's determination to do its part in the
project-with special reference to the
final link with Great Falls. And to meet
objections of some county officials and
citizens to the original plan for building
the parkway along the Potomac pail
sadeS beyond the proposed Cabin John
bridge, the National Capital Planning
Commission agreed to drastic modiflca-
ton of the plan. The proposed right of
way was rerouted away from the river
so that it would follow generally the
course of Route 1873 (the old George
town pike)
Now, however. the Board Of Super
visors has reversed its stand, insofar
as extension of the parkway from the
Cabin John bridge area to Great Falls
is concerned. The resolution Of opposi-
ton cited two reasons for this action:
() Money for the project might better
be used for other park purposes, and (2)
1t is desirable to protect the palisades
Of the Potomac"
However, it is hard to conceive of
a better park bargain than that offered
under the Capper- Cramton Act, with
the county paying only one-fourth Of
the parkway'S cost. And the rerouting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

William c. Banning (Sun-
day Star, February 15) is
right in asking by what proc
esS OF law does the Federal
judiciary presume to legislate
in the States. Clearly, there
has been no process of law
only arrogation and usurpa-
ton Of power. Yet process
of law" is the basic land, l
believe, the corTect) meaning
of the phrase lex terrae.
Such was the position taken
by the great Sir Edward Coke
in the English Parliament.
Such was the definition that
produced from that parlia-
ment the famous Petition of
Right which, along with the
Magma Carta, is described as
one OF the three great pillars
Of our liberties.
But this definition has now
been perverted to a misused
"law Of the land" by Federal
absolutists and their syco-
plants, who show themselves
at least ignorant, if not con-
temptuous, of the text on
which they comment.
T. David Horton,
Chairman, Executive Coun-
Gil. Defenders Of the
American Constitution,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Garfield Clinic?

A pressing need for which
the now vacated Garfield
Hospital can be utilized to its
full capacity is to turn the
entire building into one huge
Garfield Clinic. The building
would serve to alleviate over
crowded small stations and
centralize clinic services.
Quilted with the latest
equipment it could give in
valuable service to the whole
city. The site is excellent.
being located between public
transportation lines with
ample parking space.
X. A. Christian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Faded Hopes

President Eisenhower has resorted
to an understatement in telling his news
conference that hopes for ban on
nuclear testing "are not as strong as
they were in the past" Actually, the
hopes have faded almost to the vanish
ing point, and the reason for this is at
once simple and clear: The Kremlin--
both through its negotiators at Geneva
and through Premier Khrushchev him.
self-haS grown more inSistent than
ever in it's demand for virtually abso-
lutte veto over policing arrangements to
insure the bans trustworthiness and
dependability.
Quite obviously, as matter Of
common sense and common safety, the
West can never yield to such demand,
and the very fact that the Russians
are holding fast to it indicates that they
are not really interested in putting an
end to experimental atomic-hydrogen
detonations. If they were, they would
not be as inSistent as they are upon
being given the right-in the form of
veto-to prevent the inspection and
related measures that are indispensable
to mutual trust and to the automatic
operation Of : adequate safeguards
against possible violations and evasions
of a teSt-ban agreement.
Certainly, as the President has said
in referring to the essentials of such an
agreement, it must be carefully and con-
tinuouSly policed, and you cannot have
a veto in any part of this process. !.
Anytime you have veto, the thing is
defeated. :. There must be some kind
of substantive proof that we are each
doing exactly what he promises to do.
That's all there is to It," These words
sum up the basic Western position, and
it is a position from which there can
be no retreat. If the Kremlin has no
intention of backing away from its
wholly unreasonable and unacceptable
demand, the current Geneva talks
should be given decent burial, and the
sooner the better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Anyone for Russion9

With so much national
interest being devoted to the
necessity for study Of foreign
languages, I would like to
call attention to the program
being offered at Roosevelt
Evening High School. A new
class in beginning Russian
has been organized, with in
struction starting February
IS. Advanced Russian. Span
ish. German, French and
Italian are also offered, with
vacancies in all of these
classes. No fee is required Of
any District resident.
Theodore Libber,
Principal. Theodore Roose-
welt Evening High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

formed by employees work.
ing under conditions which
afford them dignity and pro-
lection against arbitrary ac-
ton.
That such conditions may
not exist If Howard Univer-
sity were the employer I'M
derlies the unions opposition.
1t fears that the university
may attempt to operate the
hospital with what one of the
supporters Of the transfer
derisively called "cartpush-
ers"-referring to the hospi-
tai workers who were daring
to protect their careers and
the community.
The unions fears are
founded upon its experiences
in dealing with the university
as an employer. The dispute
over the cafeteria workers is
pertinent in connection with
the proposal to transfer
Freedmen's only to the extent
that it reflects an attitude =
resistance to bona flde union
ism. 1t is like a fever that
indicates an illness; it is not
the reason for the unions
opposition to the transfer.
Is 1t too much for Congress
to inquire into the kind of
employer the university is or
will be? Is it not the obliga-
ton of Congress to satisfy
itself that if Howard Univer-
sity is presented with this
multimillion dollar facility,
it can satisfactorily oper-
ate it?
Joseph M. Stone,
Counsel, Local One,
American Federation
Of State, County and
Municipal Employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Generous Congress

The generosity Of our law
makers really is outstanding.
They are big-hearted Joes
and just don't care what
they do with our money.
I'm sure there were no
political implications when
five of them jumped with
alacrity to offer a 14-year-old
colored boy q job as messen-
ger at three hundred and
twenty odd dollars a month.
And I suppose the Govern
ment added on free meals,
special schools. and a baby
sitter to round out the deal.
That's quite some money
for q 14-year-old messenger
to get-and I don't care
whether he's colored, white,
red or brown.
Sad Tax Payer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

Courteous in aadiscourteous
world. this sample Of the
worlds kibitzers likes TO sit
behind the player.
Offer advice?
Why, of course! Evidently
there would be no fun in 1t II
one couldn't butt In, now and
then.
-
From his nook, Templeton
Jones can see the man lean
forward, every now and then.
and say something.
The player looks over his
right shoulder, then tur1x
back to the engrossing work
before him.
Do any players Of games
take what they do more Sc
riously than card players?
1t makes no difference
what the game, the real
player loves 1t, and the spec
tator, kibitzer or other, can
see it In every glance and
movement.
1t is the smooth cards, for
one thing.
Whoever invented playing
cards knew that man was
hand-minded. and loved the
feel Of something smooth.
1t is smoothness, Jones felt,
that does it. that really makes
playing cards hold the place
they do in the affection of
human people.
Else why, Jones unused,
should cards have been split
into a thousand different
games and billions of single
cards tossed around?
1t must be. he said to him
self. that human beings like
the feel Of things. In golf, one
feels the club now and then.
and so in tennis the hand
caresses the racket handle.
In cards, the hand holds
and keeps on holding.
Card playing Is the hold
INCEST game in the world, and
hence its lure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Hospital Issue

Your recent article con-
corning the proposal to trans
fer Freedmen's Hospital to
Howard University presents
the issue in the oversimpli-
fed, inaccurate posture Of
whether the selfish economic
interests of a few employees
in their jobs and the dispute
between their representatives,
Local One. American Fedora
ton of State, County and
Municipal Employees, and
Howard University involving
80 cafeteria workers should
be permitted to block the
building of a new hospital
and the strengthening OF
Towards medical teaching
program.
If that were the issue, there
could be no opposition, and,
indeed, Local One does not
oppose either the building of
a new hospital or a new med
ical teaching facility to be
used by Howard University.
if the need for such is firmly
established.
The issue is considerably
more complex, however, and
essentially involves the ad-
visibility of placing such
facilities under the jurisdic-
ton Of Howard University.
To this aspect Of the pro-
posal Local One has and will
continue to voice its vigor-
Gus opposition. This oppoSi-
ton stems from the unions
conviction that effective hos
pital work can only be per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

OF the parkway already agreed to by
Federal authorities would insure the
preservation Of the wooded palisades
Certainly, the basic purpose Of the park
way-which is the linking Of Washing
toms home at Mount Vernon with the
scene Of one of his major canal engi-
neering works at Great Falls-would be
defeated II the Virginia portion Of the
parkway were to end at the Cabin John
bridge site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Root of q Disease

1t has long been q favorite
theme Of the liberals that
city slums are a social dis
ease, that they breed crime,
that slums can be eliminated
by low-cost public housing
projects and that this will
greatly reduce crime.
Many billions of dollars
have been spent on Stun
clearance in the past 20 years,
and more billions are in sight.
1t is time we stopped to look
at the results Of slum clear
ance to see whether we are
eliminating the disease or
merely reducing some Of its
symptoms.
New York City has over 20
low-cost public housing prof.
ects operated by the New
York City Housing Authority.
These are all in former slum
areas. Some projects are over
is years old. Here are the
results Of that city's expert
ence with slum clearance:
% There are more slums
than ever before. Some of
these housing projects are
rapidly turning into slumS.
% Crime continues to in
crease, despite increases in
the city police force. 90 Crime
and vandalism are so wide
spread in the housing projects
that the housing authority
is now increasing its own
police force to $50, or about
80 policemen to each prof.
ect, which houses about 500
families.
The experience of New
York City shows that slums
are not to blame for crime.
Rather it is the people who
live in the slums who are to
blame, and that these people
create slumS wherever they
live. Stun clearance there
fore does not eliminate the
disease, it only reduces some
of its symptoms.
The root of the disease lies
within the people who live in
and who create slums. IN
less we can change these peo-
pie for the better, slum clear
ahce is not worth the money
spent on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
BiennioI Conventions Suggested

domestic and foreign policy.
It met at Mackinac Island.
Michigan. and came UP with
a much more limited report
lin length. In those days, a.
now, there was q liberal
group in the Republican.
Party and q conservative
group. 1t was dificult TO
arrive at a common and COM
prehensive statement Of Re-
publican detectives.
1t will be difiicult today for
any group to write q report
on detectives Of the q. o. p.
which in all details will
satisfy Senator Goldwater Of
Arizona and Senator Bridges
Of New Hampshire on the
one hand and Senator Case
of New Jersey and Senator
Javits Of New York on the
other.
Convention Every Two Years
There is one remedy that
can be. used to clarity and
keep before the public an
image Of the Republican
Party in considerable detail
between the national conven--
tons. four years apart,
which nominate candidates
for President and Vice Presi-
dent. 1t has never been tried
though in some Democratic
circles it was discussed as a.
means for clearing up all
doubts about where the DEM
ocratic Party stood on the
issues Of the day in between
national conventions held
every four years.
The remedy is to hold q
Republican National Conven-
ton every two years. ma
tional convention before each:
congressional election and.
before each presidential cleo
ton. After all, only a nation
al convention can commit q
national party to any pro-
grams and detectives.
Arguments made against
the ideal when it was brought
forward in Democratic dis
cussions were that. it was
too costly, and that the Dem.
ocratic Party in Congress
land in the White House
when there was a Democratic.
President) set the programs
and detectives and disclosed
the image" Of the Demo-
cratic Party. Also, 1t was ara
gued, biennial national COM
ventions would be too time
consuming.
So the Democrats have
come up with their advisory
council. and the Republicans
are now looking to their new
"objectives committee" to do
the job for them. The Re-
publican committee is expects
ed to deal with ''long range"
detectives. If the public is to
have an image" of the Re-
publican Party, however, it
must know where the party
stands on the immediate
issues Of the day, both foreign
and domestic. Certainly, If
the Image" of the G. o. p. is
to be effective in the 1860
campaign, it must show where
the party stands on the farm
problem. national defense,
civil rights, social legislation,
foreign policy and other inn
portant issues.
The new detectives commit.
tee can, if it will, do a real
job along these lines. And it
could be a help to the Re-
publican National Convention
of 1860 and its candidates
for President and Vice Pres.
ident, and also congressional
candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

Three facets exist for de-
termining the image" or
face" Of the Republican
Party: Through the President
and his administration.
through the Republican
members Of Congress, and
through the recurring Re-
publican National Conven-
tions. The image Of the
c.. o. P. should be plain 10
anyone who examines the
record. However. q clamor
has gone up from Old
Guardsmen and others more
progressive who have baked
at some Of the things the
Executive and Republicans
in Congress have done. They
have complained they don't
know for what the Republic
can Party stands" nova
days.
So the Republican National
Committee, through its chair
man, Meade Alcorn, with the
blessing Of President Eisen-
hover. has set up an indie
pendent group. A strong. to
examine and clarity long
range political detectives of
the Republican Party" This
group, which is to hold its
first meeting in Washington
March Is and IA, is expected
to draft a report, or a series
Of reports, presumably to be
submitted to the National
Committee and to be given
wide publicity.
The membership of the new
committee to conduct this
examination and come up
with an Image" of the
G. o. P. has been carefully
selected to include so-called
Old Guard and Eisenhower
Republicans. The Republic
cans deny the committee is a
copy of the Democratic Ad-
visory Council, set up by Paul
NJ. Butler. chairman of the
Democratic National Com
mittee, to formulate policies
and programs. Certainly, in
one respect 1t is different.
The Republican group in
cludes Senator Dirksen Of
Illinois, Republican leader of
the Senate, and Representa-
tive Halleck of Indiana, Re-
publican leader Of the House.
Neither Senator Johnson,
Democratic leader of the Sen
ate, nor Speaker Rayburn Of
the House was willing to ac-
cept membership in the Dem
ocratic Advisory Council.
Effort Made Previously
This clamor among Repub-
licans for a Qualification of
Republican Party principles
and detectives is not new.
Back in 1910, largely as a
result of the devastating de-
feat the party had sustained
in the national elections of
1886, the so-called Glenn
Frank Committee was organ
lied to write a statement of
the party detectives and
principles. 1t was intended
not only for the public, but
also to be used as advice to
the G. o. P. National Con-
vention of 1910 when the con-
vention got down to writing
the party platform. 1t was a
voluminous report, covering
a wide list of subjects.
Again, in September, 1943,
the then Republican National
Committee chairman, Harri-
son Spangler, arranged for a
meeting of another Republi-
can group to write out a
statement for the G. o. P. on