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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01

ever, close the incision with O
patch made Of dacron. This
patch is fitted into the wound
between the opened edges OF
the artery and sewed in place,
It insures the normal circum-
ference and in some cases in
creaseS IL. There is no reduc-
ton of blood flow.
The patching process was
seen as bringing the operation
called an endarterectomy, out
Of the TRY and hope" phase
to near perfection.
1t is particularly significant
to patients with a plug in one
of the internal carotid arteries
because post-operative compli-
cations may lead to a stroke
and complete one sided paraly-
sis. the researchers noted.
The procedure was reported
by DR.. E. Stanley Crawford, DR.
Arthur Beall. DR.. Paul Ellis
and DR.. Michael E. Debakey,
all of Baylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01

opened up unused vessels al
ready present or had caused
the creation of new vessels, the
researchers could not say.
But, they noted. the hearts
were definitely protected against
death and the dogs with irri-
dated hearts made far better
recovery than the control
group.
Trying this on humans, DR..
Baronofsky said, is admittedly
a ticklish question with all OF
the talk about damaging radi-
alton. But, he said, after x
ray pictures show the exact
size and location of the heart
the radiation can be pin
pointed on the organ. The
doses are far less than anti
cancer doses and do not dam
age tissue.
With human beings, the
technique is being tried only on
near terminal cases.
But it may reach a point, the
researchers said, where radia-
ton could possibly become a
preventative to heart disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01
Algerian War Toll
Put at 10000

ALGIERS, Oct. / (AP.-The
five-year Algerian war has
cost nearly 10000 lives. the
French government says. The
toll includes rebels, French SOL
diers and victims of rebel
terrorism.
In addition, a French COM
munique said last night, 10000
persons are being held in
prison camps or have fled the
country as a result of the
nationalist rebellion.
Earlier the rebel government
in-exile claimed the war had
taken nearly a million victims
and forced a fourth of the 9
million population into exile or
detention camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01
Cuban Appeals
For u. ). Loan

HAVANA. Oct. / (AP).-
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul
Roa appealed again to the
United. States last night to
underwrite a $50 billion aid
program for Latin America.
Shortly afterward he accused
the United States Of openly
meddling in the past in the in
ternal affairs of Latin Ameri-
can countries and now employ
ing "a big-stick policy with
Silken gloves" that intervenes
without being seen.
Mr.. Roa said there is nc
crisis in United States-Cuban
relations, but only "some prob
lens pending which will be
solved through discussions"
He told a television audience
Cuba will not be pawn in
international politics and will
combat any type of interven-
ton from East or West.
Mr.. Roa described as laud.
able President Eisenhower.
proposal this week for a 81 bill.
lion International Development
Association to make easy pay
ment loans to underdevelopec
countries. But he said this
idea wouldn't solve economic
Acknowledgement and neither
would the 81 billion Latin
American Development Bank
Endorsed by the United States
He said the solution lies ir
Prime Minister Castro's pro-
poSal that the United States
give Latin American countries
$50 billion in aid over the next
10 years to bolster their
economies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01

artificial heart attacks by tying
off one of the arteries in their
hearts,
Within a few weeks it be-
came apparent that the radi-
ated dogs were surviving far
better than those in the con-
troll group. In fact in some
the blood flow was higher than
before the artificial heart at
tackS.
A number of dogs with ir-
radiated hearts have now been
watched nine months and are
becoming progressively better.
On some, india ink was in
jected in to heart artery SO
that X-ray photographs could
trace the circulation. In the
dogs with irradiated hearts it
could be seen that circulation
within the heart had definitely
increased bypassing the tied
off artery.
Whether the irradiation had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01

trying it on human patients ir
the late stages of heart disease
DR.. Ivan D. Baronofsky
speaking for the group, SAID
that while it is true radiation
can cause damage, it can also
do good. 1t is used as a therapy
in other diseases.
Surgeons have been using
numerous methods of stimu-
lating blood flow through the
heart, all of them effective
through irritating it. The
Mount Sinai researchers wanted
to find a way of irritating the
heart without surgery, which
may often be dangerous.
Doses Given
Using 100 dogs. they gave
the hearts doses of radiation
over a. period of three weeks
totaling from 1900 Roentgens
to $500. Another group OF
non-irradiated dogs were kept
for controls.
Then they gave the dogs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01
X-Roys Aimed at Heart
May Aid Angina Cases
BY a Star STAFF Writer

ATLANTIC CITY N. j, Oct. 1-X-rays beamed at the
heart will increase the organs blood circulation possible
boon to patients suffering from angina the American College
Of Surgeons told yesterday.
Investigators at New Yorks Mount Sinai Hospital reported
experiments with dogs successful they are now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-01
Artery Patch
Avoids CIots,
Surgeons Told
By q star stan Writer

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Oct
1.-Applying a simple patch on
small arteries after surgery
rather than sewing them
Itogether-will insure ample
blood flow and prevent clots
(which may lead to strokes.
Post operative distractions
lin these arteries have been
eliminated for the first time, q
team of Baylor University sur
Igeons told the Clinical Congress
of the American College OF
Surgeons here.
More than 100 patients have
had their circulation success
fully restored by patching ar
teries, the researchers said
success is so certain that sur
geons need have no further feal
of subsequent complications.
Arteriosclerosis is actually a
localized disease. they pointed
out, although there may be a
number Of trouble locations.
Walls Sewed Up
When doctors locate a depos-
it, or plug, in an artery, it must
be removed or there is danger
of a cut off in circulation. Ira
ditionally, surgeons have made
an incision lengthwise in the
affected part of the artery,
removed the plug and sewed
the walls back together again.
But the patches narrow the
circumference of the artery
somewhat. making it smaller.
Should the artery be a small
one anyway such as the
carotid artery leading to the
brain-there is danger of re-
duced blood flow and throm-
bosis. This explains many fail
ures in the method.
The Baylor surgeons, how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Herter by AccIomotion

The swearing in of Christian Herter
as Secretary of State was an about
effort to remove any doubt that he has
the Presidents full confidence and sup
port. 1t was an effort which had to be
made, and which should be successful.
Mr.. Eisenhower, undoubtedly with
out intending to do so, had given the
impression that he was something less
than enthusiastic about Mr.. Dulles sue
cesSor. Had this impression persisted,
Mr.. Herter would have gone into the
forthcoming negotiations under Sc
riouS if not an intolerable handicap.
Obviously, something had to be done.
The first upturn came when the
Senate promptly and unanimously con-
firmed the Herter nomination. The big
push followed at the Swearing-in cere-
monies. The President, the Vice Presi-
dent, cabinet members and House and
Senate leaders were present. Mr.. EiSen-
hover made an emphatic point of ex-
pressing his full confidence in and sup
port of Mr. Herter. AS a result of all
this, when Mr.. Herter goes abroad, the
rest of the world should have no doubt
that he represents Government and
country which are united behind him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
RedeveIopment Lesson

Redevelopment Director John SearleS
and his staff have had valuable lesson
on the Importance of taking time to
consider private as we'll as public inter
eStS in Slum-clearance projects. He has
conceded that too much haste and cum
berSome procedures had resulted in crit
iciSm by property owners and embar-
rassment for the Redevelopment Land
Agency AS reported in some detail in
a Star article some weeks ago, these
mistakes also resulted in injuSticeS for
some owners of seized real estate Some
of these injuSticeS have been corrected
in the courts, but it is said not all of
those aggrieved could afford the heavy
expense of court appeals.
A survey by The Star last February
disclosed a number of cases in which
properties had been seized for South
west redevelopment on the basis of RIA
appraiSalS later shown in court to have
been far below actual market value.
Some owners accused RIA of using
high-preSSure tactics to induce them to
accept offers which the owners conSid-
cred too low. In some cases the offers
were under the prices paid for the
properties, although thousands of dol
lars of Improvements had been added.
1t also was charged that the redevelop-
ment agency sought to tie up appraisers
so that property owners could not en-
ploy them in appellate proceedings.
In a speech before the Atlantic
Regional Appraisal Conference here,
Mr.. SearleS referred to some of the
agency'S difficulties in Southwest Wash
ington and attributed them largely to
red tape and haste. Failure, in the
rush, to review some of the appraiSalS
in which estimates of value varied
greatly has plagued" the agency, he
said. Property owners were the real
victims, however. 1t would have been
surprising, of course, if no errors had
been made in the huge task of acquiring
more than 5000 pieces of land worth
more than SIS million. But the mis-
takes might have been kept to mini
mum had the agency begun the job with
the experience it now has gained. It is
safe to assume that the lessons learned
in Southwest Washington will be put
to good use as other local redevelop-
ment projects are undertaken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23

Chou En-lai, talking to the
opening session of the Ma
tional Peoples Congress in
Peiping, replied to Western
criticism that China's prog
ress has been achieved by
slave labor by saying:
They say there is slave
labor in our country. but call
it free labor when they make
their people work like COWS
or horses for capitalists and
landlords"
What Premier Chou knows,
but doesn't tell China's mil
lions, is the fact that in
America there are never
enough jobs for all the un-
employed, and that we
Americans, having a sense
of humor, kid ourselves by
repeating the old. time-worn
fiction: Anyone that wants
work badly enough can find
it." Chou, a well-traveled and
learned man, knows that in
the early '30's there were
over Is million Americans
unemployed and today, amid
good times, there are over
four million unemployed, and
he knows, too, that the
greater part of our over four
million unemployed are listed
as either skilled" or semi
skilled" workers, lie. men
with trades.
Added to that, he knows
the vaStnesS of the army of
unskilled workers who are
wearing out shoe lea til er
looking for jobs. who are
either on relief or trying to
get it. And last, but not least,
he knows of the unemployed
legions Of our people past IS
who can't get any kind of
work anywhere at anytime.
Premier Chou knows about
our 40-hour week and annual
leaves, that the Americans
who have jobs are real lucky
with their minimum wage
scale and that they are far
from being exploited COWS"
and "horses" as he puts it.
He is likely aware of a fact
that escapes many Of our
rapid-fire re aders of our
Help Wanted" columns =
that is the qualification"
wording appearing in about
SO per cent of the Help
Wanted" ads such as: "ex-
perience necessary: young
man; young woman; high
school graduates; capable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Lively Septuoqenorion

Despite its 10 years, the Washing
ton Board of Trade continues to be an
active worker for the city'S betterment.
It's long record of public service, during
which it has had leading role in the
improvement of the Capital, is but a
prologue to what it hopes to accom-
plish in the near and far future The
opportunities for further service are al
most endleSS-and the board has never
Shirked chance to serve the city of it's
birth.
The board came into being in 1889
at an informal meeting of business
and civic representatives ' in the old
Ebbitt House. This pioneer group of
city boosters had seen the need for
unity of action to guide the growth
of the city along orderly lines as it
grew up at the core and reached out
beyond "the Boundary"-aS Florida ave-
hue then was known-into the rural
villages beyond. These scattered sub
urbS included Mount Pleasant, Column
bia Heights, Brightwood and LeDroit
Park. AS the years passed, the board
directed or participated in successful
campaigns for the replacement of the
unhealthful Potomac flats by today'S
Potomac Park and Mall areas, for re-
moval of railroad tracks from the Mall
and the downtown section, for the build
ing of Union Station, for construction of
the National Airport at Gravelly Point
and for countless other improvements
that have made Washington an attrac-
tive place in which to work and live.
Today the Board OF Trade is de-
voting most of its attention to the
economic development of the city and
to promotional work designed to bring
even larger numbers of visitors to the
Nations Capital. 1t thus is filling a
role held in many States and cities by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Sharpening Its Teeth

One major argument has been
advanced against any amendment Of
the Kennedy Erwin labor reform bill.
And that argument is that it's the Ken
nedy- Erwin, bill or nothing-that to
press for amendments disapproved by
the union chiefs would be to kill any
legislation.
Considerable doubt now has been
cast on this thesis. For the Senate,
with Vice President Nixon breaking
tie vote, has approved Senator McClel-
lan'S so-called bill of rights for union
members.
The Mcclellan amendments are
opposed, of course, by responsible union
leaders. Or at least they say they are
opposed. For our part, it is difficult
to understand why. The effect Of
the Mcclellan proposal would be to
strengthen the voice of the rank-and-
file union member and to protect him
from retaliation when he asserts what
ought to be his legitimate rights as a
union man. If the Mcclellan amend
mentS stay in the bill they will sharpen
the teeth of the Kennedy Erwin bill and
make it more effective instrument for
curling the hoodlums and the rack
eteerS who now have a strangle hold
on some unions. This will increase the
prospect that the Hoffas will not become
the overlords of vital Segments of the
trade union movement. Why anyone,
especially anyone who considers himself
a responsible labor leader, should be
against this is beyond our compre-
henSiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23

William L. Mcmahon and l
have continued our subscrip-
ton to your paper ever since
retiring to Florida. five years
ago, after a long term of
service with the Federal Gov
eminent in Washington. We
would very much appreciate
your consideration of the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. M. x. Shanahan of
Arlington, Va, while in Day.
tona Beach on a visit, wrote
a sarcastic and uncompli-
mentary article which was
published April II, in the
Readers Editorials" column
of the Daytona Beach News
Journal, in which she stated
that retired people are being
lured to Florida; suggested
that the newspaper should
educate the residents here
from making Daytona Beach
a graveyard for has beens,"
and that she considered the
Homestead Act, which pro-
vides a $4,000 tax exemption
for property owners. a mon
strosity" which should be re-
scinded. She stated that she
enjoys paying taxes for de-
mocracy. etc.
Retired friends from Ar
lington. Va. and the Wash
ington, D. c., area, now liv-
ing here permanently, al
agree Mrs. Shanahan should
not concern herself with civic
affairs Of our community.
c. L. Werkheiser.
Ormond Beach, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Commentator
Walter Fielder.

This is to express my APP
probation to your newspaper
for the excellent coverage
given the recent Civil De-
Tense alert exercise conduct
ed in the District of Column
bia April II and 10.
The presence of your re-
porterS on the scenes of the
many concurrent Civil De-
Tense activities and their
accurate and factual news
stories and pictures con-
tributed in great measure to
the timely imparting of i'm
portant information to your
vast audience of readers, AS
you are well aware. an in
formed public is necessary to
survival-before, during and
after an attack.
Please accept. on behalf of
the District Commissioners.
myself and staff, our sincere
appreciation for a job well
done.
John E. FOndahl,
Director, Office of Civil De-
fense, D. c. Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Soothes Senator

The President of the United
States makes, and is reSpon-
Sible for. our foreign policy.
Senator Fulbright Is per-
turbed. He can get no "clear
concept" of our role in the
world and he also bemoans
our. psychological remote
ness"
A thorough reading Of the
Monroe Doctrine" might
help on both points.
Africa is rife with revolu-
ton and the Commies are
bringing in the sheaves, and
what are we going to do
about it?
During the Hungarian re-
volt President Eisenhower
had a crisis to meet and I
think he handled it very well
with these words: II cannot
condone the use of the force
of arms against the regular
constituted authority"
We kept "hands off" Iraq.
We kept hands off of Cuba
and we are doing very well,
thank you. So, l see no harm
in the learned Senator being
perturbed.
Carl F. Reynolds.
Martinsburg. w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Exploration in Cairo

To use a term normally associated
with the oil industry, the Arab League
petroleum conference just ending in
Cairo was more an exploratory opera
ton than producing one. In due time,
to carry on the smile, 1t is probable that
there will be tangible reSults-just as
there have been from most oil "explora-
tions" in the area. 1t also is reasonable
to assume that the results will mean an
extra margin of cost to Western devel-
opers of Middle East oil, but not neces-
sarily one that is deeply hurtful to the
Western interests involved The poten-
tial for greater damage lies more in the
field of using the oil resources as an
international political weapon than as
an income producing asset.
In the course of the weeks CONVEX
SationS, three major subjects received
principal attention. No really firm ac-
ton was taken on any, but their open
introduction showed how the winds of
opinion are blowing across the oil-filled
deserts. One was the royalty formula,
which for approximately a decade has
been fixed at the $3.50 division of profits
between the country owning the oil and
the companies producing and marketing
it. A second was the proposal that the
oil countries themselves might join in
building new pipeline from the gen.
eral area of the Persian Gulf to the
Mediterranean Sea, roughly paralleling
the American-owned Tapline. A third,
presented to the conference by Leba-
neSe spokesman, was that the oil coun-
tries and the oil companies should each
deposit per cent of their annual profits
with an Arab development bank-which
in turn would loan funds for public de-
velopment projects in the nonproducing
countries.
1t is possible on many grounds,
including the financial, to debate the
justification or the wisdom of these
propositions. The fact remains, however,
that the development of Arab national
iSm-even though of different intensity
in the different countries-haS been
accompanied by desire for fuller par
ticipation and greater control in the
development of the regions most impor-
VoeAAO ctooCG' 4L1C OO-OV III lLlu41 oil CdOy
has been preached in relatively minor
cases in the Middle East itself, but per-
hapS most significantly to the Cairo
confereeS it has been revised to 60-40
basis in Venezuela, the top oil-producing
rival in the international petroleum
trade. Transport and marketing are
two proflt-making phases of the indus
try in which the Arab countries have
not directly participated, but in which
they might share by building a new
pipeline. The development bank is an
inStrumentality by which the have-nots
might benefit from some of their neigh
borS' wealth, and the league itself has
approved the principle.
1t must be remembered, however,
that the Middle East states individually
and not the Arab League-will deter
mine their final attitudes. Iraq, for ex-
ample, did not even attend the Cairo
meetings and the reported growth of
Communist influence in that country
may lead to changes far beyond any,
thing proposed in the league conference.
Before results flow from the explora-
lions, there will be need of some care
full StateSmanShip-both political and
economic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-23
Asks Fair Play

The D. c. Science Fair, like
the recent similar events in
the surrounding counties, is
an activity approved and
aided by many leaders in the
fields of science and educa-
ton. Competition within the
schools and between schools
is keen. Participation in the
event by hundreds of stu
dents in Junior and senior
high schools makes the oc-
casion one of Importance to
that many families and their
friends. The strong back
ing by leaders in the COM
munity indicates they feel it is
of great Importance that the
next generation be one with
a strong interest in things
scientific. This view has also
been taken by national fig
ures.
Apparently the editors of
the local newspapers did not
consider the science fair very
newsworthy. The stories
printed we're quite made
quate. In The Sunday Star
what was printed was rele-
gated to an unattractive in
side back page of Section B.
Certainly the event was of
enough local interest to merit
room on the first page of the
local news section. At the
same time. on the front page
of the first section was a fol-
low-up story of a prison riot
in a distant State. Which, ac-
tually, is more noteworthy.
the misdeed of criminals
across the country or the hard
work and serious thought of a
larger group Of local youths?
If the editors of the local
papers place interest in the
scientific growth of our youth
at such a low level, why
should other boys and girls
be inspired by such an event?
I believe the boys and girls
who worked so hard, their
parents, teachers. and assist
ing scientists all join me in
condemning the poor judg-
ment shown by our local
editors and in hoping they
will show proper respect for
the value of such an event
next year.
II. &. Friedman.