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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
ROUGH LANDING
Man on the Moon in Ten Years

struments which will receive
much less of a shock. If
made sturdily enough, the
scientists believe, these auto
nations will be able to go to
work.
The cost Of the Vega, COM
plete with instruments, Is
estimated at $42,000.000.
The next step will be a
soft landing" although
probably not soft enough
for a human being, which
should follow quite soon. 1t
will be accomplished, the
scientists believe, with an
other three-stage rocket, the
Centaur, now well along in
the blue print stage. with an
estimated cost Of about SAL
100000. It is designed to
place about 730 pounds Of
instruments at essentially
any point on the moons sur
face and will require a very
intricate guidance to operate
as 1t approaches its target.
The guidance system will
be quite different in prin-
ciple from that used to send
a satellite into an orbit. 1t
will require picking and
choosing by somebody on
earth. 1t will require hover
ing over the moons surface
while the chosen landing
spot is selected. 1t would
have to be Unanswered quite
precisely and its speed con-
trolled at different attitudes
Of its approach.
1t will also require a retro
grade rocket" to serve as q
brake near the end of its
journey and a soft landing
device, now envisioned as a
series Of spider legs" and
taut steel cables to absorb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Sizes Things Up

American newspapermen
who describe Finland, Swift
zerland, Latvia, Holland,
Lit huania, Luxembourg.
Liechtenstein. Estonia and
Albania as little" would be
wise to recall Victor Hugo'S
words:
There is no such thing as
a little country. The great
ness Of people is no more de-
termined by their number
than the greatness Of q man
is determined by his height. "
Imants BalOdiS.
Chicago, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01

the final energy Of contact.
The first lunar landings Of
human beings. according to
testimony at a recent Senate
hearing, must await full de-
velopment of still another
three-stage rocket with a diff
ferent kind Of energy which
will be able to make q soft
landing with q payload of
about a ton. This must pro-
vide not only for the mans
support on the moon but in
clude the instruments he
will need and fuel for q re-
turn to earth. This require
ment may be somewhat miti-
gated by previous landing Of
supplies on the moon with
an unnamed rocket.
Landing on Mars, the
space scientists say, might
follow quite soon after q
moon landing or might be
delayed for some years. 1t
will depend on some Of the
incidental advances made in
development of the manned
moon rocket. The proSpec-
tuS drawn up. still quite the
oretical, is for q space crew
Of eight men.
First, the Mars space ship
itself, according to the pros
pectuS. will not be launched
from the earth but will be
both assembled and launched
from some space platform in
an orbit around the earth.
This team will take the crew
to an orbit around Mars and
an auxiliary craft Of some
kind will land them from
this orbit to the surface Of
the only other planet where
there is likelihood of any
kind Of life like that on
earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01

@. Is there any organiza-
ton which SpecislizeS in COL.
lecting historical records OF
United States religious de-
nominations? D. J.
A. Most of the major de-
nominations have one or
more historical societies or
college Libraries in which
their own historical data and
source materials are pre-
served. Large collections of
materials from many de-
nominations are to be found
in the libraries of the Uni
versity of Chicago; Union
Theological Seminary, New
York; and Yale Divinity
School, New Haven, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01

1t was one of those winter
days when spring peeped out
for a few minutes. The birds
were singing with new notes,
the sun shone, and the air
The air was clean and
balmy, but in this Eden there
was q snake, the serpent of
thought.
Thought went back to what
is in the air nowadays, and
what is going to become of
all us air breathers when the
fine pure air Of yesterday is
completely filled with the end
products Of combustion.
In addition, there will be
fall-out and other terrible
things Of our wonderful scien-
tif1c age. No wonder the old
folks thought up the big devil
and all his little devils. There
had to be some way to &C
count for all the things they
didn't like.
So
In the old days, physical
culture teachers stressed the
necessity for breathing exer-
ciSeS.
After you had done one
exercise, you were supposed
to stand up straight and
breathe deep"
Fresh air was really fresh
air in those days.
Even the memory Of 1t
was revivifying to Temp
Jones that fine spring
morning in winter.
He recalled the bitter
winter day he went walking
in the Zoo. This was a long
time ago, remember, when a
cold winter day meant
nothing to Jones.
He had read a new book
on walking.
It was some kind Of vital
breathing.
You breathed in, as you
put the left foot down, and
you breathed out as you put
the right foot down.
OF course, If you were a
softie, you could take two
steps to the breathing in, and
maybe as many as three dur
ing the breathing out.
The real tough guys, who
had read the book to some
purpose, just took one step
to one breath.
y =
Temp Jones, being as tough
as any Of them, in his own
mind. stepped out right foot,
left foot, breath, breath.
Away he went, down the
flight of stone steps at the
Adams Mill road entrance to
the National Geological Park.
Jones hadn't looked at the
thermometer, that morning,
or he might have hesitated
a bit.
The thermometer said
exactly IS degrees F.
This was pretty cold, for
the old days, but the wind
made it worse.
The wind was at 80 miles
an hour.
1t was to be q long time
as marked by years, before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Brutal Reds

The press recently reported
that Mayor Willy Brandt of
West Berlin paid tribute
to the sacred memory Of
more than 200 persons
hanged from butchers hooks
in a prison yard. This was
indeed a noble gesture, but
those 200 represented only a
fragment of more than 8 mil
lion innocent men, women
and children who were Slaugh-
tered like wild animals by the
NaZiS.
Now we are trying to deal
with another country equally
guilty Of destroying human
lives. Remember the Russian
pogroms and massacres? Re-
member the brutalitieS and
atrocities inflicted on peoples
in Romania. Austria, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Latvia and
other countries?
Here are two bloody ex-
ampleS of beaStiality on
rampage. and yet we expect
their representatives to sit
down at our peace table with
bloodstained hands.
Mrs. Sidney A. Wiseman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ii
letters carry tUriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Hail and Farewell!

Tearing off page of wall calendar
at months end can be an emotional
experience to a sensitive Soul-juSt as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Answers to Questions

a reader can get an answer. by
mail, to any question OF fact py
writing rhe Star Information Bu-
reau 636 F street NV Washington
4. D C. Please enclose return post
age or self-addreSsed. stamped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01

teachers in the District Of
Columbia and Ohio. Only re-
Gently a request came from
Ohio for two printing teach
erS to help Ill their needs.
The accrediting associa-
tons recognize the need of
industrial arts for all pupils
and recommend an increase
of offerings instead of q cur
tailment Of them.
With due regard to the
responsibility of the Board of
Education to insure the great
est return for the greatest
number within as small an
expenditure Of public funds
as possible, cognizance should
be taken also Of the adverse
effect that the elimination
Of educational services estab-
liShed in past years will have
upon a large segment Of the
school population.
Industrial Arts Teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-01
Wings Clipped?

Suzanne r. StaIIin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
First EiffeI Tower Ride
70Yeors Ago Today

/ it up the outside, girder by
girder. The government banned
such stunts after an Austrian
tourist who couldn't pay the
admission price climbed TOO
feet.
Thirty three persons have
died in leaps from the tower
Not all were suicides. An Aus
trian inventor jumped from the
first observation platform wear
ing a pair of homemade wings
A Frenchman's idea for a new
type parachute didn't work
after he showed of from the
same platform.
The tower was built to COM
memorate the Tooth anniver-
sary of the French Revolution
of 1889. Its designer was Bridge
Builder Gustave Eiffel.
Construction started in 1887.
1t took 300 workmen two years
and 21a million rivetS to put
together the 1906 iron girders
which form the tower. The
tower weighs 1000 tons and
cost SIS million to build.
At the time it was erected it
was the worlds tallest struc-
ture. 1t is the fourth tallest
now-topped by the Empire
State and Chrysler Buildings
lin New York and the Tokyo
television tower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

PARIS, May 6 (AP) Seven
ty years ago today a Spanish
nobleman rode a rickety eleva-
tor to the top of the Eiffel
Tower to become its first pub
lie visitor.
Since then almost 35 million
persons have visited the 984-
foot steel skeleton. Frances
most popular tourist attraction.
The name of the Spanish
pioneer has been lost to history
More distinguished guests have
included Queen Victoria, Presi-
dents Wilson and Eisenhower
and Sir Winston Churchill.
An awed Thomas A. Edison
wrote in the official guest book
ITO Mr.. Eiffel, engineer and
brave builder of so gigantic and
original a specimen of modern
engineering"
To handle the huge flow Of
tourists-as many as 1900 a
summer Sunday the original
elevator was replaced in 1900
by a series of lifts, with two
double deckers serving the
more popular lower two Of the
towers three observation decks,
A few hardy persons still
climb the 1900 steps to the top.
Amateur mountaineers from
time to time have tried to make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Strike Shuts Off
Paris Roll TruveI

PARIS, May 6 (AP) "A "a
hour strike by railway engi.
neerS today virtually shut down
rail traffic between Paris and
its suburbs.
Traffic jams developed along
the main roads leading into
the city as commuters strug-
gled to get to work by bus,
auto, motor scooter and thumb.
The strike, called by the
Communicated Union of Loco
motive Engineers, chiefly af-
fected suburban runs. The
government-operated railroad
system managed to keep most
long distance trains operating
with non-strikers.
The engineers are demand
ing a 40-hour week instead Of
the present A, bigger bonuses
and a better pension plan.
The strike was scheduled to
end at midnight tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Woman Charged
In Shooting Here

A 28-year-old woman was
charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon early today
in the serious shooting Of her
roommate, fifth precinct police
reported.
They said Elizabeth Packard
was holding a 30 caliber pistol
when it went of, the bullet
striking Josephine johnson. 90.
in the back late last night. The
shooting occurred where both
women live in the 700 block Of
Virginia avenue Sc.
Police said a witness, Eliza
beth White, %. of 1914 Eighth
street NV, told them the
Packard woman was playing
with the pistol when the shot
was fired.
The victim is in District Gen.
eral Hospital, reported in crit
ical condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Rescue Squad Failure
Spurs Boy to Save Cat

From there he scaled like 9
Polynesian after coconuts, rest
ing on branches spaced about
10 feet apart. When he reached
Chips, covering in a crotch
near the top of the tree, he
dropped him in the pillowcaSe
and started down.
Earlier yesterday the Animal
Rescue League failed to bring
down the cat with a 60-foot
.catpole.
Unfortunately" admitted
League Manager A. B. Merrill
It have a lot of heavy men.
He said it was too risky to send
one of them to the top Of the
tree, where the diameter OF
the trunk is about 4 inches.
Bobby Ford, a sophomore al
Wilson High School, was as
sisted in the job by severa.
neighborhood youngsters. in
GLIDING teen-aged Freddy Ad-
joodani of 5235 FortY-third
street NV.
Why did Bobby climb the
tree?
"I guess I like cats" he says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

Robert Gary Ford, II, out
did the Animal Rescue League
and the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad last night when
he shinnied up a 100-foot To-
Gust tree to dislodge Chips.
The yellow and white cat had
been stranded in the tree since
last Friday, resisting efforts OF
the rescue squads to unseat
him. His owner, 4-year-old
Brenta Havener, 5225 Forty
third street NV, also had been
trying to tempt him down with
milk and fishy delicacies.
Bobby started out from his
home at 1902 Newark street
NV, 20 blocks away, after
seeing a picture in The Star
yesterday showing Bren d a
sadly looking up the three for
her 7-month-old pet.
The slight, l25-pound youth
borrowed a pillowcaSe from a
nearby home and began pulling
himself up a rope he had strung
from the lowest branch Of the
tree. some 20 feet from the
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Churchill and President
Cheer AiIing Notobies
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
Star STAFF Writer

The scene brought sobs to
the Threats of some who
watched.
There was John Foster
Dulles, his thinning body so
ridden by cancer that he gets
around mostly by wheelchan.
Talking to him, che"~i"~ lin
up, making him feel still a
part of the troubled worlu Udt-
side the hospital walls were Sir
Winston Churchill and Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
The President and the for
mer British Prime Minister had
Just come from the sickroom
down the hall of another old
friend and wartime comrade,
Gen. George C. Marshall, SO
ill he couldn't talk above a
whisper.
Not so long ago the odds
would have been pretty heavy
against either Mr.. Eisenhower
or Sir Winston being able to
walk in and out of a hospital
and leave either Mr.. Dulles or
Gen. Marshall bed-ridden be-
hind them.
But that's what happened
yesterday afternoon at Walter
Reed Army Hospital.
Spry Sir Winston
OF the four men. President
Eisenhower, long recovered from
a 1855 heart attack, a 1856
ileitis operation and a 1857
slight stroke, appeared by far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Gruening Rops
Hawaii Governor
For Compoign
BY the Associated Press

Senators Gruening, Democrat
of Alaska, and Heating. Repub-
lican of New York, clashed in
the Senate last night over Sem
ator Gruening's contention that
Hawaii's Territorial Gov. VIII
liam F. Quinn is violating the
Hatch Act by campaigning for
Governor of the 50th State.
Senator Gruening said Gov.
Quinn, a Republican. is violat-
ing the spirit, if not the letter
of the law. by campaigning for
elective governorship without
resigning his preSidentially APP
pointed territory governorship.
Senator Heating arose to say
that Gov. Quinn has not filed
as a candidate for Governor
and has no legal obligation to
resign from his territorial post.
Senator Gruening said Gov.
Quinn is spending virtually his
entire time campaigning in the
islands, using the prestige Of
his appointive position in
furtherance Of his campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

with one hand tied behind his
back.
Mr.. Eisenhower said yester-
day he had not had such a
! feeling. He admitted to ''inde-
cision" about the question OF
repeating the ban, saying he
sees advantages and disadvan-
tages on both sides.
A few months ago the Presi-
dent had said he did not think
the 22d Amendment was wholly
wise. But yesterday he said on
balance he believes it gives
greater assurance to America
than its repeal would"
Restriction on Rights
Senator Dirksen, indicating
that he leaned toward repeal
argued today that the 22c
Amendment - like the 18th
Amendment prohibiting sale Of
alcoholic beverages-was a re-
Striction on the rights of the
American people not in line
with the spirit of the Constitu'
ton.
So if the people want to take
out the 22d Amendment, the
Senator said, Il have no strong
opposition"
Mr.. Halleck, sitting beside
Senator Dirksen in the Office Of
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty, said he wa:
not indecisive at all about thu
matter-"I am just agin' re-
peal" he said.
With a laugh, Senator Dirk
sen urged reporters not to write
stories about any big feuc
among Republican leaders. Mr.
Halleck smiled and said it was
just some division of opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

alike, 1t was hailed by part of
the British press as a major
concession.
Since Mr.. Khrushchev now
considers the idea of station
ing troops in West Berlin as
transitional. the question is
whether his proposal for a free
city should also be considered
as a temporary step calculated
to satisfy the prestige needs"
of the Western allies to be
followed as quickly as possible
by a complete Communist take
over.
His talk with German editor;
yesterday strongly suggests
that this is the case. If so. il
would amount to Mr.. Khru-
shchev's boldest demand tc
date, confirming Western sus-
picions about the Russian plans
for Berlin and diScouraging
what hope remains for reason
able compromise solution.
Differing View Here
Estate Department officials
here regarded it as a sign of
"reasonableness" on the eve
of the foreign ministers con-
ference.
(They noted that the posi-
ton In substance is similar to
See BERLIN, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
FieryCrosh
FutuI to Man
In Fuirfux

A 35-year-old man was IA
tally injured. four children
we're hurt and a Marine SER
geant was badly burned to-
day in a collision involving
two trucks and a station wagon
near the Alexandria Fairfax
line.
The dead man was tenta-
lively identified as John Paul
Jones, of Catlett. Va.
Firemen said one truck COL
lided with another on a bridge
near Chowan avenue on Route
1856 and plunged in flames 80
feet into a small creek.
Acting Sergt. James Dona-
hue. %, of the Quantico Marine
Base, a passer-by. suffered
serious burns while pulling two
children out of the truck in
which the man died.
Taken to Alexandria Hospital
we're:
Debbie Jones, 6, the dead
mans daughter, serious burns
Her sister. Diane, injuries
undetermined.
Chris Burgess. 3, of 804
Chowan avenue, shock.
Cole Burgess, 4, of the
Chowan avenue address, shock
Mrs. Donnah Burgess, driver
of the station wagon also was
taken to the hospital but ap-
parently she was not hurt, ac-
cording to Annandale f1remen
Police Chief william DurreI
of Fairfax said the truck ir
which the man was killed was
from the Southern States Co
operative, a farm supply house
The truck apparently struck
the other truck, glanced off the
station wagon and plummetec
into the creek. police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
CHURCHILL GUEST
ON COPPER TRIP
TO GETTYSBURG

President Eisenhower ar
ranged to take Sir VIM
Ston Churchill by hell
copter for a brief visit to
his Gettysburg PA farm
this afternoon.
The President and Sir
Winston planned to take
off in the aircraft from the
White House South Lawn.
They expected to spend
about an hour at the Eli
senhower farm and return
to the White House about
4::30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

Committee a move to repeal the
ban on the ground that there
has not been sufficient time to
prove whether it is good or bad.
President Eisenhower, in his
latest comment on the subject,
told a news conference yester-
day that he does not feel too
strongly" one way or the other
about the ban and would be
perfectly ready to submit the
question to the opinions of the
American people.
Amendment at Issue
Senator Dirksen told reporters
that he could vote either for OF
against the repeal measure be-
cause he does not have any
strong convictions about it, but
would not want to stand in the
way of the people passing or
the constitutional question.
House Republican Leader
Halleck said fatty on the other
hand, II am against repeal"
At issue is the 22d Amend
ment to the Constitution limit
ing any President to two terms
in office. To remove the ban
against more than two terms
would take another constitu-
tional amendment requiring
approval by Congress and sub
mission to the States for ratifi'
cation.
Former President Truman
testified before the Senate
Judiciary Committee Monday
in favor of repeal, arguing thai
the ban against second-tern
President running for another
term reduced his influence sc
much that it made him operate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

the healthiest as he strobe
briskly in and out of the hos
pital.
And walking quite spryly be-
side him, considering his "a
years and the effects of strokes
and other illnesses he has
suffered in the last few years,
was Britain's grand old man,
Sir Winston.
Sir Winston, who flew into
Washington Monday evening to
be the Presidents house guest
through tonight, expressed the
hope at a private luncheon
with Mr.. Eisenhower yesterday
See CHURCHILL, Page AS
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Steel Firms Consider
Mutual Aid in Strikes
Plan Similar
ToOne Used
By Airlines

NEW YORK. May 6 APP
The chief negotiator for the
steel industry said today 1t is
considering a mutual assistance
plan to share profits II one or
more companies are shut down
by a strike instead Of the en-
tire industry
R. Conrad Cooper chief ne
gotiator for United States Steel
Corp. and the entire steel in
dustry, told newsmen steel pro-
ducers are considering a mutual
aid strike plan similar to one
adopted last fall by major ari-
lines when faced with a rash
Of separate strikes.
Mr.. Cooper, at the same time,
emphasized that the industry
right now is concentrating on
reaching a new contract agree
ment before present pscts ex-
pire June 80.
Hopes for Accord
David j. Mcdonald, United
Steelworkers Union president.
also stressed in Joint news
conference with Mr.. Cooper
that the union, too, is not con-
sidering any strike at the mo-
ment. either piecemeal or
industry-wide.
Were not a strike happy
union" Mr.. Mcdonald said.
1--WE want to reach an ami
cable agreement right here in
the Roosevelt Hotel before
June 80"
The possibility that the steel
industry might adopt a mutual
assistance strike plan-to sup
port one or more companies
closed by a strike while others
we're left to operate-was raised
by the trade magazine Iron Age
in its issue today.
Iron Age said that with both
sides in the steel dispute so far
apart nothing short Of a mir
acle could avert a strike.
Speculates on Tactics
1t specialized that the union
might adopt divide-and-con-
.luer tactics by striking only one
.or several companies to pres
sure them into an agreement
while other steel firms were
left free to operate.
Mr.. Cooper said the steel
producers have seen what hap
pened In the airline industry
where major carriers have
agreed that where one is struck
the others will share any re-
sulting excess profits.
The steel industry negotiator
said there also has been talk
of similar plan being adopted
in the railroad industry which
is facing new labor contract
negotiations next fall.
Naturally" Mr.. Cooper said.
1--WE like To keep abreast of de-
velopments in our field. Frank
ly, we have had some people
looking into this area, but we
have reached no conclusions.
Mr.. Cooper went on to say
that the union always has had
a no-contract no-work policy
See STEEL, Page AS