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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
TENNIS
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Davis Cup challenge round
singles performer. Australia's
Rod LAYER.
Outside Of Fraser, none OF
the seeded players had trouble
before a crowd Of 5000 at the
West Side Tennis Club.
India's Ramanathan Krish-
nan, who has beaten Olmedo
twice this year. upheld his
No. S seeding with an easy
60, 81, 66l triumph over
James Biggs Of Southport,
Conn.
Fraser was well below the
form he displayed last week
end in almost singiehandedly
wrestling the Cup from the
United States.
Fraser Tells Of Letd0wn
This tournament is a let
down for all Of us after the
Davis Cup" said Fraser after
wards. I'VE are a little dull but
I think we can pull ourselves
back in the right frame Of
mind" -~
Top favorites in the women's
division all won easily.
Wimbledon champion Maria
Bueno Of Brazil. heavy favor
lite for the women's title. won
her opening match in 20 min
utes, ousting Mrs. Shirley Ha-
rit, one-time second ranking
player of Canada, 81, 60.
The bouncy Brazilian girl was
Joined in the second round by
such formidable rivals as South
Africa's attractive tennis twins,
Sandra Reynolds and Renee
Schuurman: Darlene Hard OF
Monticello. Calf. and Brit
aims Angela Mortimer.
Miss Reynolds, seeded No. 2.
shook of a mild attack of
doublefaultitis in beating Mrs.
Beatrice Walter. non-playing
captain Of Britain's Wightman
Cup team, 81, 6-3.
Nicely Strong Hitter
Young Nelly is a strong hit
ter. In the opening set he hit
away and kept pressure on the
Australian with some sharp, eff
fective volleying.
The set followed service I'M
til the 18th game when Fraser
found himself at 1910. On
the next point, Nicely lifted an
easy lob to midcourt and Fra
ser was just about ready to
make the kill when he lost his
footing and sprawled on the
court. Later he lost the game
and ultimately the set as Nicely
held.
Fraser had a 80 lead in the
second set but Nicely made it
3-3, then lost his own service
and the set in the 18th game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
MANDERS SHOOTS
HARD-WAY ACE

Norman Manders scored
a hole-in-one the hard
way, smacking the ball
into the cup on the fly on
the l85-yard fifth hole at
Manor Country Club yes
terday. He used a 3-iron.
In Manders' foursome
were Clagett Stevens.
Manor pro; DR.. A. K. Leon
and John Swagert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

issue this advice as result of the And
ings Of the departments Food and Drug
Administration. George Larrick (also in
no need Of reducing), head of the FDA,
displayed variety Of gadgets and drugs
which were alleged by their makers to
remove unwanted bulges by vibration,
massaging, suction, drugs or other
means. The FDA tested 81 such devices
and found them totally useless as weight
reducers. Yet thousands of overweight
persons have spent many thousands of
dollars on such articles.
AS result of its studies, the FDA is
convinced that there is only one safe
and sure way to lose fat and achieve
those contours pictured by the manu-
facturers of get-slim- quick devices-and
that is through calorie control. This re-
quireS more will power. than most cor
pulent people can muster. Perhaps II
science would concern itself less with
the expanding universe and more with
expanding man, the time would come
when weight reduction could be achieved
by eating more and exercising less.
Science has tackled and solved bigger
problems in the recent past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Tough Times Ahead

With the steel-labor impasse show
ing no signs Of breaking, a comparable
deadlock involving similar issues is
threatening in the railroad industry.
Three-year contracts applying to most
Of the rail industry's labor force expire
on October 81. In anticipation, the six
teen unions representing railroad labor
have submitted their termS-a varying
scale Of wage and fringe benefit i'm
provementS-for new agreement. In
answer, the industry has proposed an
also varying scale of hourly wage rate
reductions and, with greater emphasis,
an overhauling of the controversial work
rules which it contends are costing the
carriers a wasted half-billion dollars
yearly. Broadly speaking, the same
clash OF issues prevails in the steel
strike although the "featherbedding"
work rules in that industry have not
been as widely publicized, or perhaps
as proportionately costly, as in the
railroad industry.
At this point, however, the opposing
management-labor attitudes in the rail-
road industry appear fully as inflexible
as those displayed in steel. Early this
year, the Association of American Rail-
roads appealed to the operating brother
hoods to join management in asking
President Eisenhower to name a mon
partisan group of distinguished citizens"
to study the revision of these working
rules for an industry obviously essential
to the national welfare. The unions re-
jected this appeal, and more recently
the industry association repeated its
request unilaterally to the President.
Referring to such requirements as those
calling for flremen who tend no fires
and brakemen who tend no brakes, the
industry pointed out that it is "the
travelling and shipping public" that
abears the heavy cost of this "make-work
waste" 1t pointed out, too, that the
rules are based largely on working
conditions of forty years ago and have
little or no Justification in the light of
chronological developments in the past
quarter-century.
There are, as in steel, other issues
involved-pay rates and productivity,
cost-of-living changes, widely applicable
practices with regard to vacations, num-
Der of holidays and so forth. Against
the overall background, however, there
is the depressing impression that one of
the union spokesman may be correct in
predicting tough times ahead" before
the carriers and their labor force arrive
at new working agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Guessing Game

Despite the recent Soviet statement
supporting Peiping'S mendacious propa-
ganda about LaoS-which now has ap-
pealed directly to the United Nations
for armed assiStance-the Kremlin's ex-
act role in the situation is still too OBJ
scure to be judged with any certainty.
Some people suspect that the Russians
are prime movers behind the trouble.
but others feel that the Chinese Com
muniStS, without consulting Moscow,
have quite deliberately created this DO
tentially grave new tension in order to
throw monkey wrench into the coming
Observation-Disclosures talks.
The whole business thus adds up to
a kind of guessing game in which the
President, for his own part, apparently
has every intention of asking for an
answer when he meets with the Soviet
Premier. Right now, however, as he de-
clared at his recent news conference
here, he does not pretend to be able to
make "a really intelligent estimate"
as to whether Mr.. KhruShchev-even
though his influence probably is very
important has enough authority in
Peiping to put an end to Communist
aggression in Laos or at other points
in Asia, including midas northern from
tier. AS to that, point worth remem-
bering is that Mao Tze-tung reputedly
fancies himself as the foremost leader
of international communism. Moreover,
as Mr.. Eisenhower has suggested. there
is little reason to believe that the actions
of country as large as Red China can
be controlled from Moscow. After all,
unlike places like Albania, Red China
can hardly be classified as mere puppet
Of the Kremlin.
Actually, in terms of history, cul-
ture, economics, geography and future
military possibilities, there are long
range considerations that must tend to
make the USSR and Communist China
regardless of their shared theological
faith-exceedingly wary of each other.
Viewed in that light, Peiping's tension
breeding Vaccinations in Laos and else
where conceivably do not have Mr.
Khrushchev'S blessing. Anyhow, there is
so much gueSswork involved that judg-
ment ought to be reserved for the time
being-at least until the U. N. Security
Council has had chance to deal with
the Laotian appeal and illuminate some
Of the dark corners that now obscure
the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
War to the Hit

Star writer l.. Edgar Prina
quotes Admiral Arleigh A.
Burke. Chief Of Naval Opera
tons and member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, as ex-
pressing the wish that all
Americans would OCCASION
ally refer to a statement
made in 1881 by Soviet war
horse Dimitri Manuilsky. The
admiral himself figuratively
keeps a copy pasted in his
cap"
According to the comrade:
"War to the hilt between
communism and capitalism is
inevitable. Today (193D, we
are not strong enough to
attack. Our time will come
in 20 or 80 years. The bour-
geoisie will have to be put to
sleep. so we will begin by
launching the most spectacu-
lar peace movement on rec
ord. There will be electrify-
ing overtones and concessions.
Capitalist countries. stupid
and decadent, will rejoice to
cooperate in their own de-
struction. They will leap at
another chance to be
friends. :"
Surely. there will never
come a more important time
to keep this reminder of
Communist education
pasted in our hats" than
during the coming months
which we understand may
bring a parade Of visiting
Reds.
Lila ID. SOnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Our Achilles Heel

In an unusually frank statement
about defense weaknesses, Lieutenant
General Joseph H. Atkinson, chief of
the Air Force Air Defense Command,
has cited persuasive reason for press
Ing our efforts to obtain foolproof
safeguard against cataclysmic, nuclear
World War III. The reason is our lack
Of any real defense against intercon-
tinental ballistic missiles.
General Atkinson told the Air Force
Association that while our system of
detecting and intercepting enemy
bombers is remarkably effective, we
have been unable so far to develop a
weapon fast enough and accurate
enough to meet the deadly threat of
hydrogen warhead rocketing toward us
from some point 5000 miles away. That
lack constitutes an Achilles heel" of
possibly catastrophe significance in an
era of international competition for
nuclear supremacy.
The only bright spot in the picture
and one which could disappear at any
moments that Russia also lacks an
effective defense against intercontinen-
tai balliStic missiles, according to the
Air Defense commander. Nor could he
venture guess as to when we or the
Russians might develop such defense.
But the Soviet Union, he declared, may
already have enough ICBMs stockpiled
to be serious threat to America. Ger
tainly, he added, the threat will be a
Substantial one" within four or five
years.
On the basis of this information,
our efforts to develop an operational
ICBM in the quickest possible time are
fully justified. For the existence of a
reliable counterforce to the Soviet ICBM
threat would be a deterrent whose mag
nitude would be increased by Soviet
weakness in missile interrogation. Mean
while, there is small comfort for Ameri-
cans in General Atkinson's assurance
that our defense experts will leave mo
stone unturned" in their search for an
adequate anti-ICBM defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Sciences Heavy Problem

Science has done and is doing some
wonderful things for the human race
but, as Secretary Flemming of the De-
partment of Health Education and We'll
fare regretfully has pointed out, science
has failed miserably to solve one of
mankind's more weighty problems: How
to reduce ones girth without reducing
ones food intake. DR.. Flemming, al
though not seriously confronted him
self with the problem of excess pound
age, has great deal of sympathy for
the man or woman who seeks a quick
and easy way to trim off fat. And he no
doubt hates himself for having to ad-
wise such wistful persons that there Is
no quick and easy way.
%, Secretary Flemming was impelled to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Bad Picture

While thumbing through
a TV guide recently I found
over 100 programs involv-
ing crime in some form which
constitutes an astonishing
per cent of our TV entertain.
ment.
When juvenile minds as
well as those of unstable
adults concentrate on these
sinister phases of life for
amusement, is there any
wonder the public is bewil-
dered concerning our social
disorders as they grow more
acute?
If there is a sincere desire
to lessen crime, it seems rea-
sonable to me to dig up the
roots of a poisonous plant
rather than let it grow and
leave its degrading impress
Sions on millions who re-
quire wholesome, refreshing
subject matter for protection
Of their mental health.
Muriel MOffett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
A Kind of Sickness

That the sickness which has in
fected so many of our youth-let's call 1t
hoodlumitiS-iS not necessarily spawned
by big city SlumS is indicated by an
Associated Press item from an obscure
Maine town, Millinocket. The news story
told Of seven members of teen-age
girls gang being held for the grand jury
on charges of kicking and beating up a
15-year-old babysitter. The gang called
itself 1.-The Kittens" One of the girls
is the daughter of the towns chief of
police.
There is no evidence of urban
blight" in Millinocket It's population
of less than 5000 persons is not familiar
with SlumS, tenements or the other con-
ditions which SociologiStS have blamed
for much of the juvenile delinquency in
New York and other large cities. The
town, nestled in Names scenic lake
region, is reasonably prosperous, being
the center Of an important pulp and
paper industry. Its churches and schools
and homes are of typical Down East
quality. Why such community could
have a juvenile gang problem-and
one involving girls, at that's hard to
understand.
Yet, as the Federal Bureau of InveS-
legations crime report for 1858 reveals,
youthful hoodlumiSm is not confined to
the big cities. In fact, according to the
report, the greatest increase in juvenile
gangsterism last year occurred in cities
under $4,000 population-12.6 per cent
as compared with an increase of IL per
cent in the larger cities. This is de-
velopment which should cause the soci-
ologiStS to look for other juvenile crime
causes than slumS and crowded tene-
ments. For if the epidemic of youthful
terrorism can hit a town like Mill
nocket, it can strike anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
LEGITIMACY

The Stars September /
story, Senate Study Of lille
gitimacy Here Slated" states:
THE Senate has handed the
committee statistics showing
the District as having the
highest illegitimacy rate of
any city in the country OF
these, 345 we're white and
1887 were nonwhite." am
sure these appalling statistics
are not really the result of
poor housing and crowded
conditions Gas many a mem
Der Of some uplift society
would have us believe) but
show an utter disregard as to
the upbringing, rights and
welfare Of ones own flesh and
blood.
While the Senate is about
1t, why not make a few new
laws and put some very
sharp teeth in them? AS far
as possible. make every man
and also boy financially re-
sponsible for his illegitimate
children. This would lift
much Of the burden from the
taxpayers shoulders and help
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
50 Years Ago

Commander Robert E.
Peary reached the North Pole
so years ago. In a story from
New York on September 6,
1909, The Star reported:
1.-THE following dispatch was
received here today: Indian
Harbor, Via Cape Race. N. F.,
Sept. 6: To the Associated
Press New York: Stars and
Stripes nailed to the Pole.
Peary." Then, the report
went on 'Peary's dispatch.
it will be noted, does not
claim that he discovered the
Pole. 1t is possible that the
flag he refers to is the one
left at the top Of the earth
by DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
q" Cooks story Of discov-
ering the Pole, however. was
later discounted.
A pair of laws conflicted
so years ago. causing diff
Guilty for the District. The
Star. on September 10, 1909.
reported: THAT there is a
chance Of the District gov
eminent having considerable
difficulty in obtaining post
age stamps, of which it uses
about $500 worth a month,
has just been brought out.
Under the law the Dis
trict government cannot pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Siqns of Our Times

Recently, ~the ubiquitous
signs United States Govern
ment Property, Keep Out" or
mo Trespassing" have be-
gun to cause rolling Of my
spleen. Shades of the old.
time landed gentry Of medie-
val timesl
Just why should anyone
feel that property is OF limits
Just because it happens to be
owned by the Federal Gov
eminent? And who do the
sign designers think is the
Federal Government as well
as the real owners Of all the
Federal assets?
Certainly there are many
Federally-owned areas which
must be restricted to the
general public. In such cases
John @. Public would no
doubt feel more kindly toward
Uncle Sam If the warning
signs we're worded somewhat
less autocratically. Many
variations come to mind.
For example, United States
Government Property Re-
stricted to Public FOR Secu-
rity Reasons" United States
Nike Missile Base-Open to
Public Every Sunday from 2
pm. to 3 p.m.." or United
States Government Property,
Dangerous Areas Within,
Please Do Not Enter With
out Permission"
All Government own d
properties which cannot be
truthfully labeled restricted
for a good and definite rea-
son should be freely Access
Sible to everyone. 1t is even
desirable. in my opinion, for
such properties to be posted
with signs of welcome. I'm
sure most Of us would be
pleased to view an invitation
along the lines of the follow
ing example, United States
Government Property-Pub-
lie Welcome" J. S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Unificotion


Many leaders of the CAM
paign to unity our armed
service today were in the
van some IL years ago Of
those political and military
factions which pressed for
diversiflcation and brought
the Air Force into being as q
separate service. Is not their
attitude, in effect, acknowl-
edgment by those persons
that they were in error at
that previous time? II so,
then one cannot but respect
them for their willingness to
admit a past error and. in
turn, appreciate their pres
ent desire to correct 1t.
However, one might ques-
ton the wisdom of their
haste toward what is in some
respects an opposite extreme.
This, too, could lead to error.
Better, perhaps, they should
work toward their new objec-
tive q bit more patiently, a
step at a time. First undo
the past mistake by putting
the bulk of land-based air
power back in the Army.
Generals Twining and Le-
may, in propounding unifica-
ton, have made clear that
they are unconcerned over
which uniform they wear. At
the same time the past error
is corrected. this would be
a considerable step toward
their present proposal for a
single military service. 1t
would seem to be much cas-
Ter to unity two branches at
one time than three. Com
plete unification could not
reasonably be done overnight
in any case.
Following the first step Of
reuniting the Air Force with
the Army there would be a
chance to appraiSe results.
Any economic savings could
surely be determined. Also,
If over-diversification is its
cause. there should be some
reduction apparent in the
interservice rivalry and bick-
ering which causes some per-
sons so much concern. These
results might be considerable
enough to convince Admiral
Burke and others who are
now in opposition that a
single service is highly desir-
able. On the other hand, re-
suits of the first step might
be so considerable as to make
the next one unnecessary.
The Army and Navy have in
the past had some bitter
clashes. that's true; espe-
cially during the football
season. But when 1t comes
to defending our country and
freedom. their record Of CO.
operation is most admirable.
ID, r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
FROM THE STARS F|LES..

for supplies until 1t gets.
them, and, also under the
law, the Post Office Depart
ment cannot sell stamps on
credit. In order to get around
that difficulty the District
officials purchase their
stamps from a private con-
Germ. For all this trouble.
the firm gets no recompense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
SoIutes GA

1t is encouraging to read
that a powerful American
investigative agency, the
CHA, has presented to the
public results of its findings
in Cuba (The Star, August
2D. BY announcing the
name of Soviet agent Vadim
Kotchergin and describing
Kremlin tactics in Commu-
mist subversion, the Soviet
aim-worldwide communism
will become clarified in the
mind and heart of every
sound American.
The wide-awake American
Legion's National Security
Commission Is to be con-
graduated in using speakers
Of Gen. c. p. Cabell's caliber.
1t Is also a novel expert
ence to find a leading news
paper. The Evening Star,
printing factual news cover
ing reports on the danger of
Communist subversion and
aims. Everything Russian has
been given a favorable slant
by the American press for
too long and this factual
presentation Of the CHA re-
port is to be commended.
Surely I do not need to
enumerate the Fuchs. Kisses,
and Whites. our sheep-like
attitude when the Kremlin
masterminds world affairs.
With a potential Tibet brew
ing in Cuba or another
peaceful" occupation in Lat
in America. we need more
factual information from the
CHA and responsible news
sources.
Mrs, p, ID. MOsser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

Washington in the direction
Of letters by persons who are
not acquainted with the
streets and the numbers Of
the houses?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Couqht in Middle

This Week magazine Tor
August 80 C"Battle of the
Sexes" by John E. Gibson
said: "The noted psycholo-
gist. DR.. Leonard Carmichael,
secretary Of the Smithsonian
Institution. finds that women
are definitely more accident
prone than men,"
First Aid" fourth edition
by The American National
Red Cross. says: after the
first year Of life. all through
childhood and early adult
hood, accidents are the com.
monest cause Of death: there
after they are one Of the
leading causes. The rate is
about twice as high among
males as females, with many
wage-earners affected"
AS an employee of the
National Air Museum, I work
for DR.. Carmichael. AS an
officer in the Civil Air Patrol
I am taking a Red Cross first
aid course. Whom am I to
believe, my employer or my
teacher?
With regard to DR.. Car
michael's second statement to
the effect that women are
less accident-prone where
automobile driving is con-
cerned, I believe you will find
that the contrary is true &C
cording to the White Cross
or National Safety Council.
Their contention is that
women have more automobile
accidents than men. but that
the accidents are less serious.
AS a married man I would
like to- believe that DR.. Car
michael is right in his first
statement and wrong in his
second
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