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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
Toward the Stars

Although they have abandoned eff
forts to recover its specially equipped
and Instrumental capsule, the Air Force
and the PentagonS Advanced Research
Projects Agency are to be congratulated
for putting DiScoverer II into an orbit
that will keep it looping around the
earth, from Pole to Pole, for the next
month or so. This is the latest of our
country's man-made moons "a hefty
1,600-pound vehicle), and it can be
counted upon to contribute significantly
to American know-how in space-eSpe-
cially as regards satellites designed for
military reconnaissance.
Similarly, despite the fact that it
has failed in this weeks ambitious effort
to have it launch two satellites stimuli
taneously, we can be reasonably conf
dent that Project Vanguard-which is
now run by the civilian National Aero
nauticS and Space Administration-wil
achieve future successes of high i'm
portance in terms of expanding mans
knowledge of the universe around him.
After all, apart from what the Pentagon
plans to do, the NASA, utilizing Van
guards capriciouS but advanced rocket
system along with others, is scheduled
to carry out no fewer than 20 Spatial
launchingS and probes between now and
1861, and these experiments are bound to
yield results of exceptional significance.
Among other things, the expert
mentS will have a direct bearing on the
program under which the most meticu-
louS kind of arrangements will be made
to send an American on a round-trip
orbital flight some time in 1961--one of
the seven volunteers who have Just been
chosen for the adventure. OF course, as
far as these extraordinary individuals
are concerned, the experimentation will
be designed primarily to insure that
they will be brought back alive and in
good health after their blastoff and
their several Spatial sweeps around the
earth at speed of about $4,000 miles
an hour. Beyond that, the projects will
be designed simply to add to the sum
total OF human knowledge
There have been enough of them
now, it is true, to make all such thruSts
into space seem more or less common
place. But they still are thrustS whose
meaningfulness can hardly be exagger-
ated. Man has put his feet on the stair
way to the stars, and every satellite he
launches, every lunar probe he makes
and every plan he draws up for advances
toward places like Mars and Venus are
Of utmost Importance as far as the bal
ance of knowledge and power here on
earth is concerned On the whole, graft
fytngly enough, and despite impressions
to the contrary, our country is dong
q good job in that respect viS-a-vis
Russia.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

a more human and humane
science, one of the everyday
life most people lead, not Of
the stage life on paper and on
film.
4 4 4 4
Pushing easily out Of cor
ners is really the occupation
of the millions, since most
people are too easily pushed.
They often find themselves
in corners not visible to any
one else. The first thing to
do is to take a good look and
determine If one is really in
a corner.
Maybe it is the magic cir
Gle drawn thrice. as Coleridge
said. 1t has been drawn by
ones own brain, and as long
as it exists it is just as pow
erful a force as the real thing
could be.
Such walls are easily bro
ken down; in the twinkling
of an eye, as by a blast Of a
trumpet, down they go, never
to come back again in the
same shape.
Life is, therefore, a success
sion Of corners for all Of US.
Did you think Gas Emerson
might have asked that cor
ners come only to the in
capable, the lesser breed?
No. everybody has his cor
ner. This is a good thing to
keep in mind, when we feel
blue. depressed and pushed
around. The biggest man in
the world is cornered in q
sick bed, and it is only by
the way he pushes his way
out again that we see just
how big a man he really is.
A corner is just something to
overcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
Piercing the Curtain

In its latest Semiannual report to
Congress, the United States Information
Agency has cited several encouraging
developments that have helped to offset
the many obstacles" that troubled it
during the second half of 1853. One of
these developments, involving a special
concentration of radio transmission
power against Soviet jamming efforts,
has been a. marked improvement in the
reception of our broadcaStS behind the
Iron Curtain. And another has been the
growing popularity and wider leadership
in the USSR Of the USIA'S magazine
America.
Also noteworthy is the fact that the
Russian people have been given their
first chance in 20 years to see some Of
our feature and documentary films, and
it is a hopeful sign that the Kremlin
has agreed to the staging of big Amer
lean exhibition-the first of its kind ever
permitted in the USSR-in Moscow next
summer. Similarly, as far as Commu-
niSt-dominated Eastern Europe is con-
cerned, considerable encouragement can
be derived from the fact that country
like Poland has recently imported large
quantities Of our books, magazines and
motion pictures.
AS for the general effectiveness Of
our Voice of America broadcastS, new
evidence has confirmed previous indica-
tons that they have been reaching sig
riflcantly large audiences in Russia and
the satellite lands. In the words of
USIA Director George v. Allen, the
Kremlin during the past six months
continued to compliment the programs
by trying to jam them more heavily than
ever, but there is reason to believe that
Soviet authorities are finding it awk-
ward to explain their refusal" to let the
peoples behind the Iron Curtain listen
freely to news of the outside world.
In any case, as Mr.. Allen has written
to Congress, the USIA is proceeding on
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DO for Yourself

With reference to unem-
ployment compensation. espe-
cially increasing it, I should
like to suggest that someone
start "do for yourself" and
"go without what you
can't afford" campaigns to
counterfeit the tendency of
some of the population to
expect to be supported by
other people who. in many
cases, have gone without
things they needed or wanted
in order to save their money
to take care of themselves.
1t is also an imposition on
the taxpayers for the Gov
eminent to grant unemploy-
ment compensation to volun-
tarily retired persons who re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
In Support of Tibet

Your readers may be in
terested in knowing that a
Committee for Solidarity
with Tibet, composed OF
prominent Indian citizens,
has been organized in Bonn
bay with the objective OF
winning support for Tibet's
freedom fighters in the free
world.
The committee is headed
by the noted editor and
author, Frank Moraes, who
is well known through his
books and travels in this
country.
The committee has just
published a pamphlet en-
titled "Tibet-A Few Facts"
which attempts to assay cur
rent developments in the re-
mote Himalayan nation in
the light of history. The
pamphlet contains a fore
word by the Socialist leader,
Jayaprakash Narayan, which
deserves quoting.
In Tibet" says Mr.. Nara
yam, 1--WE see at this moment
the workings of a new inn
perialism which is far more
dangerous than the old be-
cause it marches under the
banner of a so-called revolu-
tionary theology. Tibet may
be a theocratic rather than
a secular state and backward
economically and socially.
But no nation has the right
to impose progress, whatever
that may mean, upon an
other nation"
Copies of this Informative
booklet may be obtained by
writing to the Committee
for Solidarity With Tibet,
Hermann Building, P. Mehta
Road, Bombay, l. A small
donation, along with the re-
quest, would, I am sure, be
most appreciated.
Victor LaSkv.
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The Mentally III

1t could happen 70 me, and
it could happen to you. that
which happened to JoDeph B.
Matthews, jr., the church
deacon, model family man
and physical scientist, Of
Springfield, Va.
And the worst of it is that
by the time this letter gets
into print, all the machinery
of avoidance and escape will
be at work to make us forget
who Joseph B. Matthews
was, and what he means.
Think about the Matthews
tragedy the next time you
get ready to get on a plane.
Some Joe Matthews may
have decided he hates planes.
Or think about it when you
venture on the street. He
may be driving a car at the
right moment. Or he may
have the notion to blast away
with a shotgun at anything
that moves in his block day
or night, and that might be
you moving your last.
1t is not enough to say the
world is full of crazy people.
1t is. And they matter. II
Joe Matthews had come
home with typhoid fever and
died of it, taking with him
in death three or four mem
bers of his family, there
would be an uproar in this
part of the world.
Everybody fears he might
catch typhoid fever. If it is
around, everybody knows how
to stop the risk and so every
body concentrates on finding
out the source of infection.
But here we have a killer
far more destructive, far
more subtle, than any germ.
And like death, itself, al
ways present.
So, as with death, we try to
deny its existence by giving it
false, misleading names, so as
to soften its powerful blows,
with just as much luck.
I am speaking of that uni
versal and terrible catas-
trophe going by the weak
and evasive title. mental
Illness" BY that name, at
least you may recognize it,
and let us hope you never
know it. But you may. One
bed in ten in the United
States has a victim of mental
illness. And as for our streets
and homes, who can say?
Who knew that Joe Matthews
was a victim?
If any of this means any
thing to you, it means every
thing. 1t means you under
stand why a SIS check from
you to the Washington
School of Psychiatry, 1910
New Hampshire avenue NV,
will get you a tax exemption
and a note of thanks from
some people who are trying
to help save liyes-including
yours-and the next man to
be glad they are there may
very we'll be you.
Frank C. WaldrOp.
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
History's Biggest Surveying Project

FORT CLAYTON. Canal
Zone.-Army engineers here
are directing the biggest sur
veying project in history
the mapping Of 8 million
square miles of Central and
South America.
The territory. extending
5000 miles from north to
south, includes some OF the
least known and least pene-
trable areas on earth--dense
jungle where explorers never
have gone, and ice-covered
mountains never climbed.
This is the job Of the Inter-
American Geodetic Survey,
which now controls and sup
ports field projects in II Lat
in American countries with
whom agreements have been
concluded. 1t fulfllls commit
ments of the United States
to cooperate with the col
laborating nations by loan Of
equipment, furnishing tech
nical personnel for consulta-
ton and training, and actual
surveying and mapping in
many areas. Field organiza-
tons are maintained in each
country and the Survey main
tains and flies AZ aircraft,
including helicopters, which
are based here.
Benefits Already Noted
Actual operations are car
ried out, so far as practical,
by engineers and civilian per-
sonnet of the countries in
volved.
The program already has
brought many benefits, the
engineers claim. Some Of the
surveys have brought to
light glaring inaccuracies in
the few existing maps. I'm
charted mountain ranges,
major streams and high peaks
which might menace air traf-
fic have been located. An
other immediate benefit is
that the maps are essential
to effective joint planning for
the defense of the Western
Hemisphere.
Accurate maps, the engi-
neers here say, are basic re-
quirements for all engineer
ing and construction prof.
ects and are actually the
foundation upon which a ma
tons economy is expanded.
Still other results are Of
long scientific value
such as determining the size
and shape of the earth,
magnetic destinations and
anomalies of gravity.
The last war showed that
lack of accurate maps was a
serious deterrent to the abil-
ity of the United States to
wage global war. To allevi-
ate this condition President
Truman directed that a
worldwide mapping program
be undertaken in areas
friendly to the United States.
The Inter-American Geo.
detic Survey is the chief in
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strument Of this program
now in operation.
For the first time Mexico
has been completely mapped.
In a cooperative project
Of the Mexican Army and
various scientific groups and
the Inter-American Geodetic
Survey a map has been COM
pleted on a scale Of one TO
100000. showing all noun
tains and their attitudes,
streams and inhabited places
down TO populations Of 500.
This stands as the largest
completed accomplishment
Of the IAGS. engineering or
ganization Of all but two of
the New World governments
with technical assistance and
some equipment supplied by
United States Army Engi-
neers. Each government pro-
vides its own surveying
parties. The eventual objec-
tive is a complete co-ordi-
mated map of North and
South America and the West
Indies. Vast areas remain
almost naples and essen
TALLY unknown.
Two-Year Job
The Mexican mapping re-
quired about two years and
six months, according to a
report Of Gen. Miguel A. A.
Sanchez-Lamego, chief Of
military topography Of the
Mexican Army, to the organi-
zation's co-ordinating center
in Panama. The work was
carried out almost entirely
by Mexican military person.
mel with the precision meth
DDS which have been agreed
upon for the completed con-
tinental maps, according to
Col. F. j. Tate, head of
IAGS headquarters in the
Canal Zone.
The completed map, Col.
Tate says, will be of enor-
nous assistance in tying into
a continuous network the
still uncompleted maps Of
other countries of Central
and South America.
Completion of the Mexi-
can map required approx
mately a half million aerial
photos taken by the Mexi-
can Air Force, with the
precise location of nearly 500
points by observations on the
North Star, together with
1000 points precisely located
in previous work. Photos
were taken from attitudes up
to $1,000 feet, Gen. Sanchez
Lamego reports. There were
many delays over some areas
due to unacceptable cloud
cover of the landscape.
The completed map is be.
ing prepared with colors
designating bodies of water,
mountains, areas Of vegeta-
ton and all inhabited areas.
The latter was an especially
difficult requirement since
some areas are very thinly
populated and native villages
are widely scattered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15

the assumption that these peoples, "like
all other human beings, want to think
for themselves and that, whenever pos
sible, they viii insist on it." This Is a
sound point of view, and he and his
agency merit our country's full support
as they strive to tell Americas story to
the world in an effort to promote the
cause Of truth and freedom everywhere.
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Pushed into a corner

Ihat'S WnaC lie uOeS W
you; and if actually, then a
preliminary push becomes a
symbol of what is going to
happen to you.
Pushed-into-a cornerneSs
comes at you from all direc-
tons.
One is the differing attitude
about recent things, especially
changes in appearance OF
cars, homes, and so on.
1t is only by an effort OF
will and mind that one is able
to praise. Take these one
story houses. You have grown
up and lived so long in two
story homes that the one
story affairs unfortunately
strike you as wrong, some
how.
No matter how hard you
try, you just don't like such
a place.
Memories of going upstairs
linger; the new fiat houses
strike you as chicken houses,
and you sometimes say so, to
the indignation Of owners Of
them.
The free ways of the
young, and the newer-and
less strict-rules of etiquette,
move you to protest. now
and then. (You are backed
into a corner. sure enough)
They say you can't teach
an old dog new tricks, and
it is more or less true.
The point is, we believe,
that you can try.
No matter the corner, it
has angles; walls diverge,
and you can escape in time,
maybe.
Julius Caesar, mighty man
of long ago, had a few cor
ners in his life, and so did
Napoleon. (His worst corner
was called Waterloo)
4 +
The best way to get out
of a corner is to think your
way out.
1t can be done, even in a
corner.
All 1t requires is a bit of
brains and some determine
ton.
A sense of humor helps.
Given these three magic
ingredients, the proper man
or woman can think through
walls of stone or fancy cinder
block.
II ~
Brains, determination. and
a sense Of humor-
They make the corners
of life f1atten out, so that
you can escape.
The sun streams in, where
before was just walls.
The happy thing is that
most of life's corners lex
cept now and them are
pushed away.
This is a sort Of geometry
that even children under
stand. 1t is. in facJ. the
practical science of every
day life. Much has been made
in recent years of science"
and what it stands for; we
are told to be scientific. or
else, as the phrase puts it.
1t is the cor else" part that
strikes us cold.
What we need, certainly, is
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Castro Criticized

Doctor" Fidel Castro has
the effrontery to come to the
United States to ask our sup
port for the destruction Of
our way of life in Cuba and
the furthering of his politi-
cal creed abroad, namely.
Latin American "neutralism"
between the Americas and
Soviet Russia. Our misplaced
patience and silence is in
excusable, and is worrying
our friends throughout Latin
America. The kowtowing at
titude of Under Secretary Of
State Christian A. Herter, as
evidenced by his special
luncheon for Castro. is
shocking indeed. BY honor
ing Castro in this country or
even tacitly supporting him
we are actually encouraging
the development of a Com
munist beachhead just 80
miles off our shores.
Until Castro and his gang
Of ragamuffins and cut
Threats posing as the gov
eminent of Cuba mend their
ways, they should most as
suredly not be welcomed by
us. They must prove if they
can be more stable;
more humane; more respect
full of common justice; more
aware of the Communist
menace; and more conscious
of their international obliga-
tions, such as honoring
agreements made with for
eign investors in Cuba, keep
ing hands of the internal
politics of other Latin Amer
lean nations, and adhering to
the Geneva Convention as
regards treatment Of war
prisoners, before being hon.
ored in any way. Under no
circumstances should Cas-
tro's unofficial visit be turned
into an official White House
and State Department visit
by our Government.
VIM. Cuthbert Brady, III.
4 4 X X
When Fidel Castro won
his revolt against Batista in
Cuba I thought that it was
a victory for democracy.
1t now seems that the
change in Cuba was not a
change from dictatorship to
democracy, but a change
from an anti-Communist
dictator, Batista, to a pro-
Communist dictator, Castro.
His actions have proved
that he does not believe in
individual rights. In one case
a group of airmen who were
accused of murder were
acquitted. He disbanded the
court, arrested the defense
lawyer, and ordered that the
men be retired, found guilty
and shot.
Fidel Castro has shown
that he will not tolerate criti-
cism or disagreement. This
fact in his nature was
brought to light when Pro-
visional President Urrutia
was removed from Office for
not agreeing with a Castro
policy. In Cuba today one
can no more criticize Fidel
Castro than he could attack
Batista.
Castro's sympathy toward
communism has recently
come to light. According to
reports from Cuba a large
group of war criminals have
committed no worse crime
than anticommunism. AS
one reads CaStro's speeches it
is easy to notice the similar
ity between his remarks and
the Communist line.
Supporting this man who
has been supporting and been
supported by Communists
and who has shown a dis
regard for human freedom
and hostility toward democ-
racy would be detrimental to
American prestige.
Jared s. Cameron.
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@ Does the American
lobster shed its shell? p. N.
A Yes. Throughout the
Holsters life 1t sheds its shell
when it gets too big for the
existing one. This happens
once or twice a year in an
adult lobster. Until a new
shell hardens lin six to eight
weeks the lobster is defense
less against its enemies.
"Shedders" is the name given
to Holsters about to mott and
to soft Holsters which have
Just molted. These are not
fit for market as they are
lean and watery and are not
able to Withstand much
handling.
@. Is the root Of the wild
flower Jack in the pulpit
edible?-I. M.
A. II eaten raw, the root
will burn the tongue badly.
because it contains tiny acid
crystals which penetrate the
tongue. If the root is baked
or boiled, it becomes edible.
The recommended method Of
use is to boil or roast the
root. dry it. and then pound
it into -four. The Jack-in-
the-pulpit is sometimeS
called Indian turnip."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15

Your paper carried an ad-
vertisement on March Is of
this year from the Connecti-
cut Avenue Association en-
titled worship Together
This Week"
On behalf of the Council
of Churches, through your
paper, I would like to COM
mend the Connecticut Avenue
Association for its unusually
fine ad urging people to at
tend both Holy Week and
Easter Services. The Con-
necticut Avenue Association
has moved from its previous
project of an Easter parade
to urging people to attend
religious services on that
day. We were opposed to
Easter parades. for they did
interfere with religious serv-
ices. The Connecticut Az
enue Association sets a high
example for other neighbour
hood business associations.
When the churches and
businesses of any community
can cooperate in this man.
ner it makes for a healthy
community life. Our APP
probation to the Connecti-
cut Avenue Association for
its splendid cooperation
with and support of the re-
ligious and welfare agencies
of its community.
Frederick E. ReiSSig,
Executive Secretary, Coun-
Gil of Churches. National
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriter'S correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
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ceive pensions they can live
on, or who just don't want
to work. E. johnson.
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can get an answer By
mail, n any question Of fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
Teau 63b P street NV Washington
4 D c Please inelose return post
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Frederick E. ReiSsig,

Executive Secretary, Coun-
Gil Of Churches, National
Capital Area.
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Business Co-operotes

Frank C. Waldrop.
Arizona tribune., 1959-11-27
Man Shot

Last Sunday six shots were
fired toward a car leaving in
front of 4845 S.25th St. One of
the vehicles s six occupants was
wounded.
Carlton Walters, 26, o27 S.
Ninth Ave., front seat pas
senger was hit by a shot that
went through the back window
into his jaw.
Booker Hayes, 80, 4845 S.
25th. ST., was booked in the
counts jail after the shooting.
Investigators said Mrs. Hayes
stepdaughter, Johnny Mae Brown
was being forced to leave in the
car against her will.
George Willie Davis, l9, BIS
S. Sixth Ave., was detained, too.
Walters required surgery at
the Memorial Hospital.