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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
Mr.. KS Temper

Ever since his arrival here Premier
khruShchev has been driving himself at
a pace that would exhaust many a
younger man, and this can hardly fail
to have tired him in a way that I'M
doubtedly accounts in part for his angry
outburStS on the West Coast. But fatigue
Is not the only explanation. Quite OBJ
viouSly he has been deeply annoyed by
what he regards as excessive police pro-
lection, and he has been affronted by
certain questions and statements that
have in fact amounted to little more
than mere heckling or badgering.
Thus, although he ought to know
that President Eisenhower himself would
be subject to essentially the same sort
OF safeguards, the Soviet leader has
spoken out rather bitterly against the
security restrictions that have kept him
from seeing DiSneyland. More important
still, displaying sensitivity suggesting
that he is man who can dish it out
better than he can take it, he has even
threatened, in response to some blunt
and perhaps injudicious remarks by the
Mayor of Los Angeles, to cut short his
trip and fly home in his giant plane and
an equally giant huff-a development
that could have decidedly serious in
ternational consequences
Happily, however, Mr.. Khrushchev,
acknowledging that his temper is some
what mercurial, has told newsmen not
to take this threat too seriously, and the
cordial reception accorded him in San
Francisco seems to have restored his
good humor. At the same time, with
considerable eloquence and seemingly
deep sincerity, he continues to stress
that he is here in our country for one
purpose only-namely, to ease interna-
tional tensions and promote peace. AS
to that, he and Mr.. Eisenhower will have
exhaustive and possibly fateful talks at
Camp David later in the week. Mean
while, we hope he fully enjoys the rest
Of his visit among us. We hope, too, he
receives all the courtesieS he is entitled
to as the Presidents and the Nations
guest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
THE PASSING SCENE
Presidents Neutrality May End
By WILLIAM S. WHIT

pect to run on the Eisenhower
Administrators record.
Mr.. Nixon, again by neces-
sity, cannot possibly do
otherwise. Though it is pos
sible for those who know him
well to suspect that some
times he wishes he were not
bound so very tightly to each
and every part Of the present
White House policy.)
Actually, the Vice President
is not at all desperate to
have public salutes from the
President. Actually, a hands,
of policy by the White House
at the convention would not
plunge him into despair; he
thinks he can win the nomi-
nation on his own. But he
knows that any prospect Of
a final White House stance
of total neutrality is wholly
unrealistic.
Committee PrO-Nixon
How unrealistic it really
is may be seen by examining
the second, and compare
lively low-level, reason for
the slow. inevitable destruc-
ton Of Eisenhower neutral
ity."
All pleasant public state
ments to the contrary, the
G. o. P. national committee
is pro-Nixon by better than
4 to /. Its chairman, Senator
Thruston Morton of Ken
lucky, has said repeatedly
that Mr.. Rockefeller will get
a fair shake so far as this
national fundamentally Of
the party is concerned. This
Mr.. Morton means, so far as
such a situation can be said
to be meaningful-but this
is not very far.
For Mr.. Nixon is the en-
trenched and natural heir
Of organization Republican
ism; the fact that in the
housekeeping and surface
sense the organization will be
neutral" does not change
this heirship. And the Vice
President is certainly being
done no harm in the 10000
mile speaking tour on which
Chairman Morton is now en-
gagged. crying out to the Re-
publican faithful to recruit
for SOL" Before Mr.. Morton
Is done ne VIII have been IN
80 States holding 355 of the
SGT presidential electoral
votes.
Everywhere he goes he will
point out what the present
administration is doing for
peace" Yon cannot carry
presumed neutrality" to the
point where you speak as
though Mr.. Nixon were not a
part of that administration.
And Mr.. Morton is not even
trying, as he made plain re-
Gently in Chicago by saying
that of course the Khru-
shchev visit had plus value"
for Mr.. Nixon and the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

The universe was cooked"
or is being cooked-like q
pie or loaf Of bread.
Scientists Of the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration plan, as one Of
the most ambitious projects
with earth satellites. TO coll
lect some Of the cooks raw
groceries" out Of space.
The project. although
some way in the future. is
considered entirely feasible.
Analysis of the groceries" is
expected to throw much new
light. both practically and
philosophically. on the origin
and structure of the ele-
ments out Of which all known
matter is made.
The idea, as described in
testimony before a Senate
committee:
Whenever we pick up a
sample Of material, whether
it is from a meteorite or
from the stars or from the
earth. we find that there are
certain relationships between
the abundance Of the ele-
ments. Nickel. for example.
is always less abundant than
iron and among the different
isotopes of iron itself there
are certain ratios. These ra-
tics are the same. crudely.
at least. whenever we get a
sample of the material.
This can be interpreted
in terms Of a cooking process.
From a woman's point of
view. cooking involves chemi-
cal processes which govern
the taste, texture and feeling
Of the material which finally
emerges. At least in theory.
an expert cook can determine
from the end product what
the temperature was and the
lengths Of time during which
the cooking took place. SINH
larry. we can hope to attack
the question Of the origin of
the universe by analysis Of
the abundance Of elements
throughout the universe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21

board control but which fall far short
Of Federal standards under the 1855
control law. To exclude these portions
of the Federal-aid network from COM
pliance with the moderate standards
fixed by the Secretary Of Commerce will
violate the intent of Congress in voting
for Federal-State cooperation in regu-
lating roadside billboards. We hope the
affected States voluntarily will insist
that Federal signboard standards be
followed within their borders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
UNIVERSE COOKED
This Huf-Buked World of Ours

are composed, at least in
part, Of meteors. II we could
capture a meteor in space we
could tell a lot more about
the physical composition of
comets"
There is also the possible
ity. NASA says, Of getting
samples Of the surface rocks
Of the planets by making
soft landings" on one Of
them and bringing back some
pieces. The possibility Of con-
Meeting up something known
in a museum with something
seen through a telescope
would justify fully the diff
Guilty of collecting such
pieces, the scientists believe.
The original matter, they
believe, must have been
something quite close to pro-
tons, the nuclei Of hydrogen
atoms. These constitute, for
example, most of the parti-
Giles Of cosmic rays coming
from regions between the
stars and perhaps from other
galaxies. Somehow in the
early stages of cooking"
these were brought together
to form the nuclei Of the
other known elements up to
Californian. heaviest and
latest synthesized of the
atoms. Whether any Of this
actually exists in nature is
unknown. but it is so Short
lived that possibility of cap
turing any of it in space is
considered very remote.
All this requires getting
above the earth's atmos-
phere, now possible for the
first time with rockets and
satellites, After anything has
come through this heavy at
mospheric curtain there is
no guarantee that it is the
same. physically or chemical
ly, as when 1t started in the
near-vacuum Of outer space.
In fact, the NASA scientists
believe, it almost certainly is
not and speculations as to
the original composition may
be far af1eld,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Some Curbstone Views of Tourist Khrushchev

most important principles
which underlie the American
form of government. Nor is
it in exclusion of other faiths.
All deistic PHILOSOPHERS have
some basic principles in COM
mon.
"Christianform" is an anti
communist organization,
that's true, but as a natural
consequence rather than a
pre-occupation. Anyone who
is for God and for freedom
must Of necessity, when he
understands it. be against a
conspiracy such as commu-
nism which is dedicated to
militant atheism and the
theological enslavement Of all
men. Basically, the Christian
symbol is considered to rep
resent the moral and spirit
ual values of our nation. If
its display is interpreted as an
unfriendly gesture toward
Khrushchev, that is the Com
munists' fault, not ours.
Christianform
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The spectacle Of the PreSi-
dent and the Vice President
Of the United States Of Amer
lea exchanging visits with the
representatives of the crueleSt
tyranny in the worlds history
cannot fail to remind all free
dom-loving Americans Of the
inspiring words Of Patrick
Henry which have a particu-
larly apt connotation now:
rs life so dear, or peace so
sweet, as to be purchased at
the price Of chains and slav-
ery?" Are the American peo-
pie completely unconscious of
the chains and slavery which
the people Of Europe and Asia
are bearing in return for
the boon of mepe existence
granted by their Communist
masters?
Eleanor III. Finch:
\ Il y
Khrushchev should at least
be taking cynical delight in
the S h a m eful spectacle of
Americas current purge-the
wholesale liquidation of the
lie a d rsh ip of its Marine
Corps, inspired by sources
high in the Pentagon.
In the Marine Corps they
now say: IF you see a head
rolling, chase it. 1t may be
your own"
Semper Fl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21

Thus abundance could be
determined partly by math-
ematical analysis Of radia-
tions-visible. ultraviolet and
X-ray-coming from objects
in space and which will diff
fer according to the elements
composing these objects.
Even now it may be possible
to determine the compost
ton of rocks on the moon by
their radiations.
A little more remote in the
project, as stated by DR..
John OKeefe Of the NASA's
astronomy division. sis to 60
out into space, grab some Of
the material, bring it in,
look at it, and find out its
chemical composition.
Through sending out
space probes we are able to
collect samples Of coSmic
rays which have not been
altered by being filtered
down through the atmos-
phere. These give us directly
a picture Of the average
composition Of the particle
radiation in space. Looking
at the middle range Of par
ticle sizes, the meteors and
the meteorites, we can hope
to get hold Of a meteor and
look at 1t. (The great major
ity Of the countless billions
Of these are very minute
dust particles.)
There are meteors in the
summer sky and there are
meteOrlteS IN museums DuC
it is not certain that these
are physically the same. We
study the passage Of meteors
through the sky and we find
that they break as though
they were snowflakes. But
the things we pick up on the
ground are often very solid
and hard. II we could cap
ture a few meteors in space
and look at them we could
tell a lot more about the
meaning than we ever can
from studies on the ground.
I'VE are sure that comets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21

One elevated factor and
one distinctly down-to-
earth factor are making 1t
increasingly unlikely that
President Eisenhower can or
will long maintain his de-
clared neutrality as to whom
the Republicans should
nominate as his successor.
If he does not in the end
fatty come out for Vice
President Nixon for the 1860
Presidential nomination cir
cumstances themselves may
well do this job for Mr..
Eisenhower. willy-nilly.
The whole Republican adj
ministration-and the whole
Republican Party. despite
the anguished protests from
some Of its right-wingers-
Is increasingly committed to
negotiations for easing the
cold war. This above all. The
final and climactic record of
eight years Of Republicanism
in the White House, the last
and most remembered part,
will be tied to the one over
mastering issue Of peace"
'Inescapably Involved"
Mr.. Nixon is inescapably
involved in the Eisenhower
Khrushchev exchanges, no
matter If he never sat in on
a single one of them. He is
thus inescapably involved
with this ultimate and de-
cisive issue of these Repub-
lican years.
The administration cannot
succeed in finding peace
without succeeding for Mr..
Nixon too. AS, of course, its
failure here would be a
Nixon failure. too.
Few politicians in either
party now believe, therefore,
that the President can long
sustain the amiable position
Of the present. This, roughly,
is that the @. o. P. has many
good presidential prospects
for 1960-so why ask me to
decide which one would be
best? To sustain it to the
end. that is, up to the time
the Republican National Con-
vention meets, would be, by
ordinary political standards,
incredible. 1t would be doubly
incredible because Of present
circumstances.
For Mr.. Eisenhower and
Mr.. Nixon must and do
march together. and more
and more they will so march.
This is the central. the
Interchangeable reality.
Rockefeller Quiet
Indeed. the fact that Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New
York is uttering few hurrahs
for the new ice thawing
diplomacy is seen here as a
reflection of this central
reality. Mr.. Rockefeller, Mr..
Nixon's prospective rival for
go. by necessity cannot ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21

particularly the newspaper
men. with his indirect and
evasive answers at the Ma
tional Press Club and else
where. In my opinion. he's
dropped a notch or two from
the brilliant strategist and
propaganda I first thought
he was. In palmer words, it's
a lot easier to see through
him now.
Several times he has
boosted of the scientific and
other accomplishments of the
Soviet Union. and while some
Of this seems justified. I think
he's overplayed his hand.
His praise Of President
Eisenhower is nice to hear
and read, but so was the
story of Julius Caesar in
Roman history. He made no
concessions, nor has he Of
fered us anything new to
hang our hats on regarding
the Berlin crisis. which was
initiated by the Russians.
His statement of commu-
nism taking over capitalism
in this country is away off
the beam. and strictly propa-
ganda for the Soviet Union
and its militarily controlled
satellites. It's more likely to
work the other day-that is,
a system offering freedom to
enslaved and controlle d
people will eventually take
over.
It seems to me Mr.. K. is
whistling in the dark. To
sum it up, unless Mr.. Khru-
shchev comes up with a
clear-cut. fair and reasonable
offer on the main issues be-
fore he leaves, he'll go home
deeper in the red than when
he started. Today the Rus
slams may be ahead in some
phases of rockets, missiles
and the space program. How
ever, we're still a formidable
contender and getting
smarter and stronger all the
time and my money is still
on the USA.
Herbert S0mmers
The Stars account Of the
white cross over Washington
at the time Of Khrushchev's
arrival falls a bit short in its
definition Of the symbols
purpose. The Christian cross
is symbolic not only of
Christianity but also Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21

Nikita Khrushchev is an
extremely shrewd salesman
Of Communist appliances"
One Of these is the so-called
peaceful coexistence"-his
only alternative to war.
Khrushchev wishes us to be-
lieve that from its very in
ception the Soviet State pro-
claimed peaceful coexistence
as the basic principle of its
foreign policy" and that this
brand of Soviet "coexistence"
was made by Lenin.
No records show that such
a proclamation was ever
made. Nowhere in Lenin's
works. which describe many
OF his various political con-
traptions. can we find a ref
erence to the invention of
peaceful coexiStence." It
does not exist.
We cannot create the fac
tual state Of peaceful cock
istence from a temporary
coexistence," q temporary
intermission." or a "transi-
tory period" (Which, accord
ing to Lenin. "is a period Of
struggle between the dying
capitalism and growing COM
munism").
GAS long as capitalism and
socialism remain, they can
not live peacefully" teaches
Lenin. Either one or the
other will win in the end:
requiem then will be sung
either for the Soviet Republic
or for the world capitalism"
And since Nikita Khrush-
chew makes announcements
for the coming burial of the
capitalist system, he will not
be able to deny that any
kind Of coexistence will have
to end with the burial of
either one or the other
system.
II this be so, then Nikita
Khrushchev's suitcases must
have double bottoms" which
he so vehemently denied the
other day in his published
article on coexistence.
Karlis Kalnins
Concerning the first 48
hours Of Mr.. Khrushchev's
visit. I would say 1t ended
up with considerable gain for
the United States.
I am certain Mr.. X. did
not fool too many people,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-21
"TAKOMA PARK.

"TAKOMA PARK.
Dear Sir:
81 have read about white
squirrels and never seen one.
I have read about black
squirrels and saw one in our
yard recently.
will it stay? I have been
amused in watching it. The
gray ones appear to pay no
attention to 1t whatever.
rs there anything I can
put out to feed 1t?
Are the black and gray
squirrels related?
"These animals have al
ways appealed to me, and I
am always glad to find them
in the parks downtown.
us there any danger in
being bitten by a squirrel?
yours truly, P. E. S."
=
While there are a few
white or albino squirrels
around Washington. the CEN
ter for them is in Olney. III.
There are said to be more
than TOO all-white squirrels
there. Town policemen wear
white squirrel-shaped in
sigma on their shoulders.
Mostly we have the grays,
and q few black squirrels
here. At one time there was
a small colony of the black
or melanistic squirrels just
south of Chevy Chase circle.
From this center y few IF
them spread out to other
sections Of Chevy Chase,
both in the District and
Maryland.
= &% s.
AS far as we have been
able to observe. the black
specimens are seldom well
coined by the gray colonies.
If not actually chased, they
are ignored. Hence the
black squirrels lead a rather
lonely life. Like many lonely
creatures, they have built up
their own pleasures. They
seem to the observer to jump
and leap. with. more than
the average relish of their
kind. II this is possible. The
black squirrels seem to get
Just a little more fun out
Of life than the grays.
The differing colors are just
colors. The differing color
phases all mean gray squirrel
at bottom.
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The chances are that the
black squirrel, especially if
alone. will not remain in any
one neighborhood very long.
There is much that can be
put out for it to eat. All our
squirrels love sunflower seeds
and the black ones will eat
these, as well as pieces of
bread, tomatoes, and almost
anything else, including a
small saucer of hamburger.
There is every chance in the
world of being bitten by a
squirrel, regardless of the
color of its coat, if you APP
proach too close to it, and
especially make rapid motions
while it may be accepting a
peanut from your hands.
Most local squirrels have a
tradition, we believe. in ac-
cepting food from people. This
has been going on for so long,
in the best squirrel circles.
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer. BY
mail. to any question Of fact BY
writing The Star Information Blu
reau 635 F street N W, Washington
4. D C Please enclose return postage
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@. When black and white
balls were used years ago on
railroad signal poles, what
did these colors indicate?--
A.A.
A. The position of the ball,
as we'll as it's color, indicated
condition of the track ahead.
A white ball raised to the
top of the pole indicated a
clear track, and if raised in
front of a station permitted
the train to pass it at full
steam. This was the origin
of the phrase "high-balling."
If the white ball was at the
bottom of the pole. it warned
the engineer to stop and wait
until the white ball went up.
When the black ball was
raised to the top of the pole,
it warned the engineer that
there was a delayed or dis
abled train ahead of him,
and that he was to remain
where he was until the black
ball was lowered. These sig
nal balls, covered with white
and black cloth, were sus-
pended from poles about
every three miles along the
tracks.
@. Is it disrespectful to let
the United States flag touch
the ground while it is being
raised or lowered?-B. T.
A. The Flag Code says that
the flag should never touch
anything beneath it, such as
the ground, the floor, water
or merchandise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-01-08

Maryland Loughry and daughters,
Mile and Vonda were dinner
guests of Mrs. Charles II. Tasker
in Red Oak, one day last week.
A dinner was given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Tucker on
Sunday, December %. in honor of
the birthdays of their grandson
Wayne Tucker. and Glenna Lake
Loughry. Those present were
Trooper and Mrs Clyde Tucker
and sons, Wayne, Russell and
Jerry. of Boonsboro; Mr.. and Mrs.
Dudley Real and children, Harriet
and Butch, of Sharpsburg;
Trooper and Mrs Donald Tucker
and sons, of Mt. Lake Park; Bessie
Burton, Clarksburg; Glenna Lake
Loughry and Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Tucker
r. V. Steyer. Sr., has been con-
fined to his home for the past
week. following a heart attack on
New Years eve. He is somewhat
improved at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Mills
and son Gregory Allen, of College
Park, spent a part of the Christ
mas holidays at the home of their
aunt and grandmother, Leona
Propst and Allie Wilson. They also
visited Mrs. Lester Loughry and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-01-08
CRELLIN METHODIST.

cRELLIN METHODIST, Rev.
Joseph E. Gerstell, pastor. Wor-
ship, LIST Sunday, p. m, 3rd Sun
day, II a. M; Sunday School every
Sunday, 9:45 a. M; Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday, 1870 p. m. s.
DEER PARK METHODIST, Rev.
Joseph E. Gerstell, pastor Wor-
ship, End Sunday, IL a. M, 4th
Sunday, 1870 p. m. Sunday School
every Sunday, 10 a. m. 81
WESLEY CHAPEL, Rev. Joseph
E. Gerstell, pastor. Worship, End
Sunday, 7:30 p. m, 4th Sunday, IL
a. m. Sunday School every Sunday,
1890 a. m. 81
GUIDING LIGHT MISSION, Z
miles from Grantsville on Bittinger
road. Preaching and Healing serv-
ice Saturday nights. p. M, with
Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Trout. Sun
day School,, 2 p. M; Preaching and
Healing Service, 3 p. m. Is
Christmas program Sunday af-
ternoon, Dec. 81, at 3 o'clock.
CHERRY GROVE CHURCH OF
THE BRETHREN, w. j. Hamilton,
pastor, Route 40 and Avilton-New
Germany road. Sunday School, 10
a. m; Worship Service, IL a. m. +
SAND FLAT ASSEMBLY OF
GOD, Irwin G. Steiding, pastor.
Sunday School, IL a. M; Worship,
IL a. m; Young People, IT'S p. m;
Evangelstic Service, 7:45 p. m
Cottage Prayer meeting, Tuesday,
7:45 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-01-08
Follow Me

Perhaps the young man did not
hear that last sentence. All he
could hear was "leave all" He
made a mistake that is made to
this very day by people who shy
away from being Christians. There
is a Christian now an old man, who
for more than the first sixty years
of his life refused to be Chris
tian. He resisted all that members
of his family could say to him. His
reason was at least an honest one.
He knew that the way he made his
money--or to be more precise, he
knew that the way he tried to make
money-namely by gambling, was
not a Christian way of living. He
was not going to pretend to be a
Christian and a gambler too. His
trouble was that in his mind being
a Christian was chiefly not doing
something he very much enjoyed
doing, at the racetrack or over the
green tables in a club room. AS
long as you think of the Christian
life as a givingup, a cutting-out
of some habit or possession that
you cherish, you never do get the
right slant. The heart of the Chris
tan life, what makes it worth
while, is in that "Follow me-