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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

He had engaged in CONVEX.
sation with a naughty look
ing. gray-haired woman. Why
Is it that gray hair makes a
woman look naughty? As we
recall. the powdered hair Of
17th-century ladies, in their
pictures, made them look the
same way. no matter how
young they were.
This fellow was complain
ing bitterly because Of the
nice cool air in the bus.
Boiled down, his kick sim
ply was:
"Tain't natural"
It got back to what mat
ural" means, in the first
place. The dictionary says
it means pertaining to natu-
raj law.
That is a sort of old
fashioned definition.
Nowadays we are not so
sure what the natural laws
are. Once we thought we
knew, and many and grave
books were written on the
subject. but modern science,
especially nuclear science,
has given several blows to the
old, well-ordered scheme of
things. so that nobody is quite
sure. any more.
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Because we cannot feel as
sure as we did. is all the more
reason why we ought to re-
joice in the roll of the seasons.
They tie us to all that is.
and keep us in touch with
the past, something we are
in danger of losing now.
The seasons roll over us,
and we want to forget the
past because of its failure,
naively believing that if we
do not think about them,
they will disappear.
The seasons roll, and in
so doing they keep us on an
even keel.
One of the reasons, we are
sure, so many people move to
the suburbs and even out
farther, is that such a move
returns them to nature again,
where they belong, and
where they end.
Nature is not called the
universal mother for nothing.
The seasons are the dra-
matte touch nature gives to
her eternal processes. She
paints pictures an artist can
only initiate. She writes
novels, con1poses symphonies,
and now and then a poem.
She is all things to all men,
and animals, too. If her
grass is brown. now, it will
be green later. That is
everyone's hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Restraining Prices

1t is very evident that we
are entering further into the
wage-price imitation spiral.
Rumblings from the steel and
railroad industries point to
prospective demands for in
creased wages which can only
result in increased basic steel
prices and transportation
rates. More fuel to keep the
vicious wage-price level on
a continuous rise.
Appeals calling for volun-
tary action have borne no re-
suits. 1t seems that as long
as industry is in a position
to pass along increased labor
costs we cannot halt the
wage-price spiral. The threat
to institute wage-price con-
trolls has been in itself inef-
fective. And to anyone in
terested in a free economy
the thought of bureaucratic
controls reaching down into
our daily activities is abhor-
rent.
An approach toward the
hating Of the wage-price in
flation can be by legislative
control over specific primary
elements of our economy.
Basic steel, railroads and
power industries would fall
into such a category. The
legislation should be limited
to the basic prices and rates
OF such industries. No wage
controls should be instituted.
The intent of the legislation
should simply be there shall
be no increased prices or
rates due to increased wage
COSTS" Labor would be left
free to bargain in the best
way 1t can under such exist
ing price increase restraint.
BY having this limited
type Of control which can be
maintained on an admins
trative basis without the set
ting up of new Government
agencies, we can put up a
sharp hurdle and perhaps
deadstop this wage-price
spiral.
A, e, TOmkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

On Appeosing Russia

BY giving Harold Macmil-
Ian a stunning slap in the
face. Khrushchev has let the
world know he doesn't want
the Conservatives to win
again in England.
An intellectual monStrosity
like Aneurin Bevan. the Brit
ish Laborite, is more likely
to get the Soviet dictator's
blessing since he favors ap-
peasement by creating a
neutral zone" in Eastern
Europe.
Ostensibly, the British
Prime Minister went TO Rus
STA to explore what the So
Wet leader had on his mind.
In reality it appears he had
hoped to negotiate conces-
sions from Nikita, thereby
frightening his political
chances back home.
Strange, is it not, this naive
belief you can negotiate with,
the Kremlin? In their boy
hood our politicians should
have learned you can never
appease a bully.
But. appeasers like William
Fulbright and Mike Mans
field to the contrary, anyone
who thinks an agreement can
be negotiated with the So
VETS and that afterward they
will live up to 1t, believes in
an unsupported absurdity"!
Charles p. Beazley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Trees 'Nonessentior

e. H. Woodward's letter,
sour Vanishing Trees" re-
minds me Of a story which
ties in with his viewpoint.
A Harvard graduate was
picked UP in Chicago for
sleeping on a park bench. The
judge was surprised to find q
man Of his learning and dig
nified >mien before him on
such a charge:
Young man, you don't
seem to family realize: you
don't seem to in the remot-
est degree; you don't seem to
have the least understanding;
you don't seem to even APP
preciate the implications of
this charge against you: you
don't appear to even under
stand the ignominy Of this
Vagrancy charge"
Whereupon the Harvard
man gasped:
you Honor, I don't mind
sleeping in the parks: I don't
mind going without a daily
bath and shave; I don't mind
wearing soiled linen; I don't
mind eating your terrible
prison food. But to hear
you split your infinitives-
how that offends my sensi-
bilitiesi"
And so 1t is with many
people who close their eyes
to essentials, and get wrought
UP over nonessentials, like
directing to some trees being
removed from our city streets,
while the traffic problem is
being considered and efforts
being made to expedite traf-
nc into and out Of the Ma
tional Capital; and most
important is the endeavor to
lower accidents and fatalities
due many times to congested
traffic. Surely it is much bet
ter to see a dead tree than
a dead child or adult. This
Is the main object Of the
tree-removal program now
under way.
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Too Many Neor-Misses

Federal Aviation Administrator
Quesada's concern over the frequency
Of near-collisions in the Nations con-
gested airlanes Is well JUSTIFIED. Four
near-misses involving commercial air.
craft and military planes were reported
recently within q period Of few days,
despite special arrangements made last
year TO insure against any conflicts be-
tween airline and military flight opera
tons. Evidently, more needs to be done
Y to reduce the hazards Of midair col
lisions.
Mr.. Quesada, q veteran pilot himself,
Is not one to apply the "a miss is as good
as mile" philosophy to aviation's near
misses. These are extremely dangerous
incidents. There are altogether too
many such close calls, even allowing for
the inadequacy of radar and other safety
devices. In the absence Of improved air.
ways and better safety equipment, some
more effective way should be found to
separate commercial and military flights
than is provided by existing agreements.
Under the law creating the Federal
Aviation Agency, Administrator Quesada
has broad authority to enforce safety
regulations for military as well as civil
ian flyers. He has said he will use this
authority to investigate forthwith" the
recent series Of near-collisions in the
air, assess the blame where possible and
institute whatever measures are neces-
sary to reduce the threat of major
disasters. The safety Of all who fly will
depend in large measure on the success
of the EAA undertaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

marks in support Of Marshall
Beverley's campaign.
The cause Of our party has
been set back immeasurably
the rug pulled out from
under many Of our earnest
workers and a feeling of Bit
ter helplessness prevails.
Mary A. Small.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

Washington's grass this
winter has looked as dead
and brown as at any time in
memory, and one may be
inclined to put the blame
on something besides the
weather.
Some will ask If it isn't
due to fallout of some sort,
or other scientific DEVILS
brew unknown 20 past gen.
erations. ~ tspa5.r 90
Still others may put the
blame on poisonous. high
powered sprays. often used
without thought or hin
drance.
Whatever it is. the question
remains. but the result is
plain:
Dead and brown looking
lawns everywhere. with the
hope that when spring really
comes the annual rejuvena-
ton Of green will take place,
as in the past.
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Let us hope so.
The seasons, revolutions of
time, are one of the best
bases of hope in this world.
They have arrived for so
long, that the memory of
man runneth not to the con-
trary.
They have helped keep us
sane, in a Slightly daffy
world.
If it seems to be growing a
bit more insane than usual.
in recent years, that is all
the more reason why we do
well to keep the seasons in
mind.
The seasons spell the
usual.
1t has been a long time
since the Ice Age. may it
never come again; the closest
we come to it now is an un-
usually cold winter, now and
then.
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Spring is regarded as the
best of the seasons.
It is usually depicted as a
young girl, with flowing hair,
and bringing flowers in her
hand.
But summer is the best Of
all. many will think.
Summer is the best. for one
thing, because we need no
artificial heat.
In fact. we have gone so
far the other way that now
we try to undo the work Of
the seasons by using artificial
GOODNESS!
A case may be built up
for old-fashioned persons who
insist, faint natural" We
heard an old man on one Of
the newfangled buses last
summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
TEEN furnished

Your TEEN" section is a
first rate job, one that you
and your staff should be
proud Of. It's obviously an eff
fort, sincere and determined,
to let people In general and
parents in particular know
that most kids in high school
are pretty nice, and a lot of
them are well worth some
praise and public esteem.
But for heavens sake don't
let the whole thing be ruined
by the type of ad which, on
February %, occupied the
center location of your
TEEN" section. When you've
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Insects Top Aces in FIyinq Circles

Insects are the most EN-
cient flying machines"
This is the claim Of DR.. r.
e. Snodgrass. research as
sociate Of the Smithsonian
Institution, In q report on in
sect evolution.
The air was the exclusive
domain Of the bugs for more
than 100 million years before
any rival winged creatures
appeared. During this time
they developed flight systems.
direct and indirect, both Of
which are in use today. al
though the former Is confined
to a few groups such as the
dragonfiies.
Both are superior. In some
ways. to any flying mecha-
nism yet evolved by man. says
DR.. Snodgrass.
The earliest known insects,
related to the present-day
spring flies with highly de-
veloped jumping mechanisms
were wingless. he points out.
There are some wingless
forms today. But, the report
says. the earliest known
winged insects in the fossil
record had their flying mech
anisms fully developed SO
that the evolutionary story
largely is a matter Of con-
lecture.
Evolution Traced
The first step, as deduced
by DR.. Snodgrass. was the
emergence from the sea Of
some long extinct, many foot
ed. wormlike creature. The
feet were fieshy lobes by
means Of which it had moved
clumsily along the sea bot
tom. A first evolutionary
step was the elimination
Of these lobes on all but the
first three segments of the
body behind the head. These
gradually evolved into legs.
Then a pair Of these legs be-
came flattened and provided
with powerful muscles, thus
becoming wings" of a sort.
Then came further muscle
development that enabled
these wings to be moved up
and down.
But DR.. Snodgrass says
such an evolution by no
means explains the highly
efficient flight Of most in
sects. The earliest to come
on land, he says, presumably
were provided with so-called
"paranotal lobes," small ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

@. Is the center of a river
which divides two States the
legal boundary of those
States-R. D.
A. In most instances the
thread or main channel of
a river separating two States
forms. the boundary between
them. However. there are
numerous exceptions to this
rule. depending on such
factors as laws enacted by
Congress or by the States
themselves, and by court
decisions interpreting these
laws.
@. Has there ever been a
Negro Pope of the Roman
Catholic Churchill. S.
A. The Bureau of Informa-
ton of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference says
there is strong evidence that
at least three of the early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Spending Here, There

The Star tells us that
President Garcia Of the Phil
ippines had SIS million APP
propriated for his personal
yacht. Are we people of
this frugal, economy-minded
Nation going to allow the
Philippines President, who
requested $3.50 million in
United States foreign aid, to
spend SIS million of it this
way? We should be more
wary of giving our spending
friends so much to spend.
Why, our own President is
hitting the taxpayers for only
S. million for a new Boz
ing TOT Jet.
Kendall Richard Freq.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

Press Club, with General Gruenther,
national president, as the principal
speaker. longtime supporters OF the
Red Gross viii be asked to contribute
and some firns and ONCE buildings viii
be canvassed.
II the precedent is followed by other
agencies which did not get their full
quota, serious damage will have been
done the cause Of united giving in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

Popes may have been Negroes.
They were Saints Victor I
(189-198). Melchiades (311-
3lD, and Gelasius I (492-
1867. All were Of African
birth.
@. Who was the actual
chief of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition?-M. M.
A. Although Captains Meri-
wether Lewis and William
Clark are generally con-
sidered to have been Cocoon
manders, the official leaoer-
ship of the expedition was
entrusted to Lewis. He was
private secretary to President
Jefferson from 1901 until
1908, when Jefferson chose
him to command the trans
continental exploration. Lewis
in turn chose Clark as his
associate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Shocked by BroyhiH

AS a lifelong Republican
and a dedicated believer in a
two-party system Of govern
ment, I can hardly describe
the shock and disillusion-
ment caused by Republican
Representative Broyhill's re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Storm the Hill

Representative Clarence E.
Cannon. Democrat of Mis-
souri,, said untold millions of
dollars can be saved by get
ting rid of some of the
thousands of unnecessary
Jobs"
Congress should cut down
on the help they have to run
their offices, but now they
want another administrative
assistant at $4,000. Wonder
which son or wife or daughter
or relative will get these jobs?
Millions have been spent on
palatial offices for these gen.
tlemen and their families.
Seems to me economy should
start at home.
Taxpayer.
X 4
Republican Senator Thomas
E. Martin of Iowa has refused
to make public the salary he
paid his son, from the Sem
ate payroll, while his son
was attending law school.
What Senator Martin may
have forgotten is that he is
a servant of the public and
that same public certainly
has a right to be informed
precisely how its money is
being spent.
Dennis Rich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may De used II
letters carry wrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden.
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

captured the attention Of the
youth, don't let anyone wreck
your efforts like this. with or
without malice aforethought.
Joseph b. McGrath.
Editors note: We agree
with Mr.. McGrath and
numerous other correspond
ents that the advertisement
mentioned was In extremely
bad taste. No such ad will
appear in TEEN" again, If
we can help it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

Eventually, he points out,
the back muscles became diff
ferentiated to the point
where they could move the
wings without the help Of any
wing muscles, per Sc. This
is the indirect" system of
most insects.
Development Of wings was
evidently a response to de-
mand. The first winged III
sects appeared very shortly
after development Of the first
tall plants in the primeval
swamps.
The direct up-and-down
movement, with various mod
iflcations, continues in the
direct fight" system, best
exemplified by the dragon
flies.
During the long period of
their undisputed domain Of
the air both systems devel-
oped. Then came the birds
and bats to dispute the aerial
supremacy. They fed chiefly
on insects whose only de-
tense was to develop greater
speed and flying acrobacy.
As a result the less efficient
direct system" tended to be-
come eliminated and the
present primary method of
insect flight better developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02
Questions and Answers
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-02

pendages attached to the
muscles Of the back, In the
region Of the thorax. These
are not hypothetical struc-
lures which since have dis
appeared, he says, since
there are traces of them in
various modern insects and
in others, during the nymph
stage. Wings first appear as
lobe-like extensions from the
back.
Presumably" says DR..
Snodgrass. when these par
anotal lobes' became SUM-
GENTLY large In the primitive
insects they first served as
gliders. II the at first rigid
lobes became flexible at their
bases they could then, by ac-
ton Of the thoracic muscles.
be tapped UP and down, thus
enabling the gliding insect to
sustain itself longer in the
air. Even this simple wing
movement, however, involved
modification Of the thoracic
skeleton and some degree Of
adaptation In the muscula-
ture."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-09
Urbun Cabinet
Post Proposed

Redevelopment Land Agency
Director John r. Searles. jr.,
today supported on Capitol
Hill the creation of a cabinet
level department for urban af-
fairs.
In a statement prepared
for delivery this afternoon be-
fore a House Government
Operations Subcommittee, Mr..
Searles spokes as president of
the National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment
Offlcials.
This organization Of civic
Headers and public officials
dedicated to improved housing
and urban renewal formally
advocated establishment of a
Department Of Housing and
Community Development in
1858.
Mr.. Searles said the group
does not regard separate pro-
posals to create a study COM
mission on urban affairs as
inconsistent with the proposals
for cabinet-level department"
But he suggested that the
commission should be set up
first, and the department after
wards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-09
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AT 81
Fother of IS Gets Diploma

James Hawkins is a father
who believes in setting a good
example for his children--all
| IS of them.
The 52-year-old post Office
employe received his high
school diploma last night dur
| ing ceremonies at Cardoza High
School after attending night
school of and on for the last
Is years.
I'D go along for a while" he
says, but then things would
get rough financially I'd have
to quit"
But ever in his mind was the
thought:
"As the children grew older,
II realized they were getting
ahead OF me in education. I
wanted 20 be able to answer
the questions they brought
home with them from school"
From 2 to 20
His children, eight boys and
seven girls, range in age from
2 to %. OF the four Oldest, all
but one has a high school
diploma. And 20-year-old Ed
ward. who left high school shy
one point for graduation. ex-
poets to receive his diploma
from the Army next year.
The oldest son, 22-year-old
James. jr.. hopes to enter How
ard University in the fall.
Another son, l9-year-old Ken
meth, will graduate from Nc
Kinley High School next week,
while 14-year-old Irving will
finish junior high school and
IL : year = old Russell grade
school.
Mr.. Hawkins, who lives at IL
s street NV. got only as far
as the seventh grade in his
native North Carolina before
quitting to come North.
Enters Night School
After floating around" for a
while in New Jersey, he came
to Washington. when Ifound
they had a night school here
I decided to take advantage OF
lit" he recalls.
But after o year and q half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-09

eral grants above the $3.50
level for any State where -un-
appropriated and unreserved
public lands" exceed more than
5 per cent Of the total area.
In the District. Mr.. Aiken
said, about 40 per cent Of land
area is made UP Of non-taxable
sites. Federal and embassy
owned property.
Mr.. Athens idea Is for legis-
lation which would parallel the
1921 law.
The "unappropriated ana UNI
reserved public lands" cited in
the 1921 statute referred to
land in the public domain. Mr..
Aiken said. The approximately
40 per cent nontaxabie land IN
the District constitutes a SINH
lar situation, Mr.. Aitken rea-
soned.
The Commissioners referred
his proposal to Corporation
Counsel Chester Gray and to
the Department of General
Administration for study.
Under the 1921 law. the II
Western States are drawing
Federal grants ranging from
about IS per cent for South Da-
kota to about SO per cent for
Nevada, he said.
The formula contained in the
law. If incorporated in legisla-
ton for the District. would give
the city an IS per cent Federal
grant. based on the 40 per cent
non-taxable land area.
This formula provides for in
creasing the so per cent ratio
by the percentage Of land In
question over 5 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-09
Sandwiches
m Trouble Meet
Beutnik Leader

william A. Walker, "a. and
three acquaintance got into
slight difficulty with the law
today over q couple Of sand
witches.
Mr.. Walker is leader Of the
local Beatniks, a group Of self
styled nom conformists.
Capt. Otto p. Fuss of the
third precinct said the four
were charged with disorderly
conduct after sandwiches
landed on the sidewalk outside
the California Kitchen. Con-
necticut avenue and N street
NV.
The mountaineering Incl
dent came as an interlude to
some friction the patrons had
while seeking service at the
restaurant.
Ou1 bAc ID dAAut, uny AtiaAAn6CA .
said the beatnik crowd often
drops in after closing hours at
the Coffee n Confusion Club
Mr.. Walker recently re-opened
at Tenth and K streets NV.
In addition to Mr.. Walker, IS
collateral was posted by Lester
N. Blackiston. 81, Of the 100
block Of Nineteenth street NV;
Robert Lee Wingford. IS. Of the
$500 block Of Burgundy road.
Alexandria. and Robin r. Rich,
10. Of the 500 block Of Twenty
second street NV.