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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Labor and Politics

Your editorial, Union
Dues for Politics." was as
misleading as your news
stories on the subject.
While it may be true that
some members of labor or
CARNATIONS resent spending
union funds for political pur-
poses, it is only because they
have been misled and mis-
informed by stories in the
newspapers.
The newspapers do not
hesitate to print stories that
labor organizations are
spending money to support
favorite-son candidates for
Congress but they do not
print the reason. Some of the
reasons are:
They hope the candidate
elected will support legisla-
ton for better housing, more
and better schools, more
Fairgrounds, better health
and welfare programs for the
sick and aged, a civic and
national policy for all groups
in all societies of life. Those
are a few of the conditions
labor strives for through
favorable members of Con-
greSS.
If the newspapers would
print some of those issues,
which they know to be true,
even the minority group
would have no objections to
spending union funds on
these issues in which they
and the members of their
families would derive benefits.
I am certain members of
the Supreme Court realize
this and will so rule with
these facts in mind when
the all-important decision is
handed down.
Monty Morris.
Editors note: The edi-
torial in question dealt with
a Georgia court ruling sup
porting a group of railroad
workers who had challenged
the legality of their union
dues being used for political
purposes after they had been
forced to join a union shop.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Words and Deeds

The much touted Russian
lead" in missiles and space
technology does not actually
exist-it only seems that
way because the Russians, in
fact, lack our sophisticated
knowledge of scientific facts.
DR.. George r. Arthur, many
ager of design engineering of
the Airborne Systems Depart
ment of one of our largest
defense contractors, in an
article, why Man In
Space?," appearing in the
October issue of Automatic
Control. an advanced techni-
cal journal, states:
when we talk Of the
moon, the problems become
more difficult. Hitting the
moon is like shooting at a
moving target on a moving
platform, compounded by the
fact that the moving plat
form exertS a substantial
force on the bullet. The
velocity for achieving, lunar
impact is near that for escape.
For low-energy trajectories
the problem is velocity con-
troll; for high velocity, flight
path is the problem. We find
if we analyZe this quantita-
lively that accuracies COM
parable or more severe than
ICBM requirements may be
needed, and in some cases the
payload to achieve guidance
may be prohibitive."
Every Russian scientist, en-
gineer, and technician re-
sponsible for recent moon
shots should read this article.
Once the Russians learn
that what they are doing is
impossible. perhaps they'll
quit, allowing us to once
more regain the lead in
technology!
Amused Engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
More Deadly Weapons Than H-Bomb

World War II. Everybody had
supposed they would be. In
England for months before
the Normandy invasion. 1t
was close to a court-martial
offense to be caught without
a gas mask on the streets.
All this changed suddenly.
When the First Army press
camp was set up in Nor
mandy a few days after the
invasion correspondents were
ordered to turn in their
masks. Henceforth these
would be carried in the out
fits baggage trucks. This
may have been, it seems now.
a rather risky business, but
it turned out all right. Some
body had gotten a straight
tip.
The Germans had gases.
There were considerable
stores of them not very far
back of the Normandy lines.
They were very effective
gases. They never were used.
This was not due to any gen.
tlemen'S agreement. The en-
envy somehow had been per-
suaded-about the neatest
trick of psychological war
fare ever pulled-that II
these stores were let loose
the Americans not only had
very good protection against
them but were able to re-
taliate with even worse gases,
but that they would not use
them unless provoked.
Worthwhile lesson
Actually this was not
strictly true. The Germans
had better chemical agents
and more of them. We had
Jagged in our preparedness
efforts along these lines. Had
the enemy used their chem
ical weapons the Normandy
campaign might have been
delayed greatly, although the
ultimate outcome hardly
would have been affected.
1t was a worthwhile lesson.
Since then there has been
no tagging in preparations
for either defense or offense
and, in the military mind,
at least, the trend of think
ing about the ethics of gas
warfare has changed.
For, it is pointed out, this
well may be the most merci-
full kind OF war ever heard Of.
Several States have adopted
gas as the most merciful
means Of executing their
criminals. If one is going to
be killed anyway it's a lot
more merciful than shooting,
or getting ones legs blown
off with land mines, etc.
In gas warfare, per Sc,
there would be essentially no
property destruction - no
more heaps of dust like st.
Lo or fetid piles of rubble
like so many West European
cities after the last war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
@ Street.
"T0oar Sir.

@ Street.
Dear Sir:
as there anything I can
do about centipedes? We
have dozens of the ugly
things running around at
night, and the whole family
is getting fed up with them.
1.-The children scream when
anyone turns on a light, and
our particularly sensitive g.
year-old refuses to go back
into his bedroom. !
II have tried all kinds of
sprays, and none seems to
work. They may thin out for
a few nights, but after that
they are back again in full
force.
Our front room upstairs
seems to be a sort of rendez-
vouS for them. 1t has pale
apricot walls. Do you think
centipedes are fond of this
color, or what?
"Unless we can do some
thing, we will probably be
forced to move soon. In de-
spair,
yours truly, S. A."
Temp Jones original sys-
tenn is to use the vacuum
cleaner on them.
Attach the long hose, and
you are ready to make war.
This is domestic strife with
a purpose.
Night, of course, is the best
time.
A light is suddenly switched
on and there they are, frozen
into immobility by the sud-
den light and motion.
This is the creatures basic
tactic in time of alarm.
And this is where he makes
his big mistake.
Perhaps one has no right
to expect great brain power
in one of the thousand leg
gers" as they are popularity
called Though they have
only 40 sets of legS).
Yet an observer might sup
pose, the creature would soon
realize that keeping still is
not the best tactic, after all.
Still, the opossum thinks
the same thing, and look
what happens to him.
The trouble with the cent?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

Europe today. True religion
cannot be a matter of state
regulation. 1t must be based
on faith. not force.
Others make the blind re-
ligious error, also dangerous
to our liberty, of thinking
that every religion is all right.
This would logically imply
that the historic struggles
for religious liberty were
Senseless.
Caleb ]. Kirkpatrick,
Minister, Arlington Church
Of Christ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
One Mans Opinion

George F. KEENAN, talked of many
things in his stimulating address to the
WomenS National Democratic Club.
But OF first Importance, we thought,
were his observations on "the need for
the cultivation on our part of balanced
and mature attitude toward our Soviet
adversary"
OF course, his is just one mans
opinion. But Mr.. KEENAN, is unusually
well qualified to express an opinion, as
evidenced by his background as our
former Ambassador to Moscow, as for
mer director of the Policy Planning
Staff of the State Department, and,
now, as professor, Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton University.
Mr.. KEENAN, starts with the premise
that Russia for nearly seven years has
been in state of change and evolu-
tion-a process which calls for drastic
modification of many of the judgments
formed by us when Stain ruled the
Kremlin. He thinks that Premier Khru-
Shchev is sincere at least in his pro-
feSSed desire to see the competition
between our two systems carried for
ward by means other than those of
major war. And he believes that, while
much still hangs in the balance, it is
high time for us to recognize that "the
nature of Soviet power is not entirely a
phenomenon external to ourselves and
our behavior" Mr.. KEENAN, states his
proposition in these words:
1t (the nature of Soviet power) is
I. II.
we conduct ourselves by the manner in
which we speak of it and to it, even by
the measures we take to protect our
selves against it. Ones adversaries have
a tendency to correspond, with time. to
the pattern of the fears and expecta-
tionS with which one views them. If we
insist on viewing the Soviet leaders as
wholly sinhuman, and acting on this
hypothesis, make no mistake about it:
We shall have them precisely that in the
end-we shall leave them no other choice.
This is not an appeal for blind trust
in the leaders of the Soviet Union. For
they are the directors of a powerful
nation with interests which differ from
ours and which often conflict with ours.
The point is, however, that we must deal
with them as such. And Mr.. KEENAN,
was wholly right, we Del1eVe, When ne
said that "it would be a tremendous
mistake on our part to fail to recognize
the differences between 1852 and 1859
and to deal with Soviet power as though
nothing had changed in the interval.
Only people who have learned nothing
and forgotten nothing over the years
since Stalin'S death could make that
mistake"
Unfortunately, there are those
among us who have forgotten nothing
and learned nothing, and who will try
nightly to keep the rest of us from
learning anything. If they are success
full they will lead us over the abyss,
and this is why it is so important for
the American people to understand what
the President is trying to do, why he is
trying to do it, and to support him up
to the hilt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

There are weapons perhaps
far more deadly than uuclear
bombs.
They are instruments Of
war 100-fold cheaper than
any atomic devices. Small,
poor countries as well as big,
rich ones. can arm divisions
with them. Certainly under
the proper circumstances,
they are more effective than
any kind Of bombs.
They are. for the most part,
invisible, soundless, cdorless,
almost immaterlal They can
be shot around corners. into
foxholes, through keyholes
and buttonholes. These weap-
ons are the war gases. The
general public's familiarity
with them dates from World
War I when Germans first
let loose very crude fore
runners Of the present kinds
on Allied troops in Flanders.
Mostly Lung Gases
These were, for the most
part. lung = blistering gases.
Veterans hospitals all over
this country still are caring
for hundreds OF their victims.
Effective defense measures
soon we're developed. But. as
a retired commanding gen.
eral of the Army Chemical
Corps remarked the other
day, "These gases Of 1917
compared with chose avail
able today as the 1917 Ford
jalopy compared with the
most up-to-date, sleek-lined
automobiles"
Perhaps even this COM
parison was quite conserva-
tive. Up to now military
people have been rather
reluctant to talk very much
about the newer gases for
two major reasons. First,
even without revealing any
technical details, there al
ways is the possibility of Civ
ing a valuable hint of some
sort to a possible future
enemy. Second, there is I'M
questionably a prejudice,
seemingly quite unjustified,
against gas warfare among
the American people. 1t is
a heritage from World War I.
The general idea seems to be
that it is inordinately cruel.
This, it now seems, by and
large is untrue.
The present lethal gases
either kill or don't kill. With
a few exceptions, no victim
RECEIVERS to become a helpless
cripple for the rest of his
life. The other gases, the
ones most likely to be used,
put an enemy temporarily
out of action and then have
this has been proved by ex-
perimentS both with animals
and human volunteers - no
lasting effect whatsoever.
Gases were not used in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

@. Has carbon monoxide
any odor? How does it dam
age the body?-F. F.
A. Carbon monoxide (CO)
is a poisonous gas which
cannot be smelled. tasted or
seen. 1t is produced by the
incomplete burning of solid,
liquid or gaseous fuel. 1t
sickens and kills people be-
cause it can combine with
the red cells of the blood 200
times as easily as can oxy-
gen. In an unventilated
place, it soon cuts off the
oxygen (fresh air. supply
from the tissues of the body
by displacing the oxygen
which the red cells carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

to put his affairs in order or to put
himself right spiritually"
Reaching decision in such mat
ter as this obviously calls for good judy
ment. There is no standard answer to
the problem, for much depends on the
circumstances Of each case. But we
believe the weight Of considerations is
on the side of being frank with the
patient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
u. N. Incident

If anything, the incident
between Walter Robertson
and Leon Ma. Guerrero of
the Philippines should serve
notice to the almost-extinct
generation of Americans to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

through the blood stream to
all parts of the body. CO
poisoning results when there
is improper burning Of fuel
plus insufficient ventilation.
@. Do birds generally mott
in the autumn? Does the loss
of feathers affect their abil-
ity to fly?-R. B.
A. Late summer is the
melting season for m ost
birds, though a few have
another mott in the spring.
The melting is gradual. prac-
tically feather by feather
and so symmetrical that the
flight pattern is not thrown
off balance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Questions and Answers
rHF HASKIN SERVICE

By THE HASKIN SERVICE
by mail question Of fact By
IA washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

Printed, checked and
solid-color cottons with
short sleeves or sleeve
less. Full skirts; self
belts. Sizes z to IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

VALUES FORMED,
MEMS LIGHTWEIGHT SUMMER STACKS 81
sizes
MEMS FAMOUS MAKE PAJAMAS ST..
style -
MEMS PERFECT DENIM HOBBY JEANS ST.,
Sizes to L.
MEMS SHORT SLEEVE SPORTS SHIRTS = a.. 81
h
MEMS CREW NECK KNIT SHIRTS d.. 81
combed n
MEMS BROADCLOTH DRESS SHIRTS a.. 81
collar j
MEMS FAMOUS MAKE HATS 81
Irresuarsl in group
MEMS FAMOUS MAKE WALK SHORTS ST..
1rresuiarsl
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05

lar when they should keep cool
Teach a child what no means
and stick by your guns" t h
Council advises mons and dads. And
teach children such rules as these:
L. Don't put hands or arms out
windows.
2. Don't climb on seats, Sit
squarely in the seat
g. Keep hands off door handles
the gear shift lever. ignition key
and lights. Never grab the wheel
A No lollipops on stick that
might injure an eye OF a mouth
in event of a sudden stop or un-
expected tumble.
Some ways to make yourlyoung-
STEERS happy on a trip:
1 Keep them occupied with game
and toys-but nothing demanding a
lot of physical action
2. Stop several times a day to
play with your children. Rest stops
provide a good chance for cooped-
UP kids to let off stored-up steam.
g. Encourage the small fry to
take maps
4. Don't travel too many hours
at stretch. Drivers get tired, too.
ION long trips" the Council sug
gests, "a bag Of surprises opened
at intervals helps keep interest up
and your children contented"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05
Old Abilene

Homecoming at Beulah Methods
Church on Sunday Will be d day re-
membered- Two hundred and fifty
five registered and many more
were present. Rev John A. Nc
kenny Jr., district superintendent
from Danville and former pastor Of
Beulah, delivered a fine sermon. A
bo'ntiful lunch was enjoyed b. all
Miss Betty Chappell viii graduate
from Worsham High School Friday
night as second honor student.
Mrs Mabel Fowler has returned
to her work in Richmond after a
week. vacation with her son.
Robert Bell. Of Richmond. spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs NJ
o. Chappell
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05

to stop ii. IucideLtallg. it could be
stopped al any time By the United
States Treasury under existing Law.
but there is nc chance that II viii
be.
Third olr rates of interest are
nov higher than in most foreign
countries The difference is not yet
large enough 70 cause a notable
movement Of funds TO. ON markets.
bat. if the differentia, Increases suf-
ficlently We shall find the cold flow
reversed in order to take advantage
OF OIL higher interest rates. That is
one Of the important traditional
methods for determining TIE distri-
button Of funds.
Finally, there's no evidence that
any Of the gold movement Is the
result OF flight from the dollar.
Foreign balances being held in this
nation are still increasing. and
there is no reason to presume that
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05
Tour or Homes Set
In POwhatan County

The Women Of the Church at St.
Luke's Episcopal Church i'll Powha
tan county will stage tour Of his
ORIG homes OIL the James River on
the afternoon IF Sunday, June I.
Ecluded in the tour Will Be the
following homes Keswlck. home of
Mr. and Mrs John Russell NAL
vern. home Of George Brown: Mill
wood home Of Mr. and MIS-. Ed
mund strudv.cE. Jr Lazy Oaks.
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Urban G.
Erondorf; Elimination, home Of Mrs.
Benjamin F. Johnson, and the
church and parish house.
The tour is being planned as a
Embarrassing affair.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05
THE FARMvIILE (va) HERALD. FRIDAY. JUNE 5, 1859

cident
4 SAT- unless he was snug in a
harness. battered down BY seat
butt VI "a alt u sit tight and be.
hare s-nl+eI wAan in Inc car2
Lo.s VI salEs. according 10 tha
National feSY Council
IVA ear-oEb ing child" It says
" is q threat IN himself and others
l5e can fiA crack his head, VI.
hara- taa dive. og- g caas,
fissaa nnlNas an around.
EeE sA#o u the child-in-a-car
proAfaM? Many childgren set hurt
VIZ cags eacN y#ar because thr-
fsnf III Still Countless thousands
II parents rat i1at mder the co.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05
Safety Council
Gives Formula
For A Foulup,

Formula for a foulup on tie hish-
way.
Take several youthful s9ace cr-
diets Turn them loose in the coa-
fines of a car. Add a few ingTedi-
ants Ike big, inflated balloons
drippy ice cream cones and back
seat tussles.
Brother, you're asking for an ac-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-05

they viii 81 Withdrawn IN Az sig-
nificant amount.
All Of this does hot mean that i
would be impossible for the United
States to Get into difficulty through
a gold outflow Any nation can get
into such difficulty Blu Up to this
time the gold outflow has Hot been
either of character OF volume to
warrant deep concern and worry
-5-27-59
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Versatile Artist

Dorothy Falls first solo ex-
hibition is at Millicent Cha
tells Gallery. 1875 Wisconsin
avenue NV, through this
week. Mrs. Fall, presently
with the United States Infor-
nation Agency on the staff of
America, Russian language
magazine, manages to find
time for painting in oils and
water color, ink and wash, and
working in ceramics. All
these media are represented
in her current large show.
Oil paintings and water
colors are semiabstract, ink
and wash drawings generally
naturalistic. Her ceramics
are colorful and varied in
shapes. Many sales in all
media attest to their merits.
An outstanding oil is "Un-
der the Bridge" reflection
balancing reality. Some oils
are wholly abstract, doubtless
the fruit of her study at
American University. A ma
tive of Rochester, N. Y, Mrs.
Fall received her B.F.A.
from Syracuse University.
She studied ceramics in Cali
fornia.
She shows many water
colors and wash drawings of
European cities, as well as
of Alexandria and George
town. These last mentioned
are sparkling glimpses which
should have particular ap-
peal for local art lovers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22


Stars news columns + b.
ruary 8; also three portraits
of George Washington by
Gilbert Stuart and Rem
brandt Peale, owned by the
university.
Old maps have more deco
rative charm than accuracy.
But four in the present COL
lection, which date from the
late 18th century to the late
18th, show Maryland and
Virginia, the British Empire
in North America, and the
United States (1783) en-
abling the visitor to locate
the spot where Washington
City was subsequently built.
One of the two plans of the
city (1793 and 1900 divides
it into numbered blocks, a
map" for prospective pur-
chasers of building lots.
Twelve engravings, most Of
them in colors, six by the
early 19th-century British
Artist w. H. Bartlett. depict
Mount Vernon illustrated,
Harper's Ferry, visited by
George Washington; the
Capitol and Presidents
House." John Russell Mason,
the University's librarian and
curator of art, has attached
George Washington's own
comments on some of these,
which enhance their interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Fortuny's Prints

Etchings and aquatintS by
Mariana Fortuny y Carlo
Q838-74) composed a special
exhibition in the print gal
lery of the Division of
Graohic Arts, Smithsonian
Building, an event all too in
frequent in recent years. 1t
remains through next Sum-
day.
Approximately 40 prints
show a facet of this Spanish
artists work, very different
from the theatrical sparkle
of the paintings which made
him such an astronomical
success in Rome and Paris
during his all too brief life.
AS Jacob Kainen, curator of
the Division of Graphic Arts,
expressed it,
"Fortuny'S subjects were
usually palatial interiors
peopled with raffiSh, cos
TUNED ladies and gentlemen
poSturing in travesties of ro-
mantle sentiment" executed
with brushwork Of technical
virtuosity. The Corcoran
Gallery has a perfect exam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Two by Walter

William F.. Walter has two
one-man shows running ST.
multaneously, one at the Beef
Treat Restaurant, Thirteenth
and E streets NV, the other
at Dyer Brothers, 1921 Fort
Myer drive, RosSlyn, Va,
through February.
The group at the Beef
Treat is small, but typical of
Mr.. Walters work, which is
realistic, simplified, stripped
of extraneouS details. He
maintains a level of excellence
whether he works in oils,
water color or pencil. His
subjects are generally land
scapes with a bridge or build
ing. Rock Greek Park and
the Taft Bridge are among
the local subjects included in
the Beef Treat show. Mr..
Walter, a native Washing
tonian, lives here most Of
the time. He also has home
in KinSale, Va, which has
contributed a few subjects;
and the show is completed
with several picturesque
glimpSes of New Hampshire
and Florida.