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Evening star., 1959-11-19
Not Worth Considerinq

Democratic Senator Thomas J. Dodd
OF Connecticut is an able man But he
is also politician with penchant for
partiSanship. AS such, he rarely misses
an opportunity to issue a statement or
write letter on this subject or that,
especially as regards international mat
terS bearing upon the fate of the world
Mr.. Dodd'S latest excursion into this
field has taken the form of a we'll
publicized message exhorting President
Eisenhower to invite former President
Truman land perhaps Dean AcheSon and
Adlai StevenSon) to accompany him
next month on his 20,000-mile trip to
II nations in the free world. The Con-
necticut Senator has urged that this be
done to demonstrate to our friends over
seas that American foreign policy is
genuinely bipartisan, and not Just
something cooked up by lot of be-
nighted Republicans AS for himself,
although he is all for being nonpolitical
In international affairs, he still thinks
that Soviet Premier Khrushchev should
not have been invited to visit our coun-
try; in fact, at the time, Mr.. Dodd was
one of those who called upon the Amer
lean people to mourn the event as osten-
tatiouSly as possible.
Accordingly, even though a spokes-
man at the temporary White House in
Georgia has declared that the idea is
being considered" the Senator's call
for a joint Eisenhower Truman trip
abroad must be taken with more than
4 few grains of salt Mr.. Truman him
Self apparently thinks little of it, and
with good reason, After all, wholly apart
from the unfortunate GOODNESS existing
between him and his successor, he knows
from experience that the President of
the United States, when he travels over
seas, represents the whole American
people, and not merely a political party.
Mr.. Dodd, whether he realizes it or not,
has made one of the sillieSt proposals
Of the year.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Laos and the u. N.

Secretary General Dag Hammar-
skiold of the United Nations has con-
Quoted himself correctly, and with char
acteriStic diplomatic f1neSSe, in visiting
Laos to look into the troubled and
rather murky situation that prevails
there. He also has acted in accord with
the rights of his Office in appointing a
personal representative to remain in the
country for the next month or so to "fol-
low up the discussions he has initiated"
with particular reference to economic
problems.
The Soviet Union has protested to
Mr.. Hammarskjold that 'these actions
are designed to cover :. further inter-
ference of the Western powers in Laos
and can only make the existing situation
still more complicated" The language
here is relatively mild, and it suggests
that the Kremlin-which conceivably
to please Communist North Vietnam
and Red China-iS not really very Seri-
GUS about its accusation, which amounts
simply to propaganda that cannot stand
up'under inspection.
e, Certainly Mr.. HammarSkjold has no
power to do anything substantive on his
own, least of all in terms of promoting
Western interference. But the initia-
tive he has taken, on invitation from
the government of Laos, can be helpful
to the U. Ms pacifying efforts, and the
Kremlin ought therefore to welcome
rather than condemn it.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
A Chance to Testify

The Department OF Justice is right
IN making every effort to present its
evidence as to the identity of partici-
pants IN Mississippi lynching last April,
Then Negro accused of raping white
woman was dragged from jail and mur-
dered.
Inc department apparently has the
evidence. 1t was gathered by some 60
E61 agents IN an $4,000 investigation.
It was turned over to the appropriate
state officials for presentation to a
grand Jury. The grand jury never
heard the evidence. No witnesses were
called to present it. The business was
ignored. The second effort to present
the evidence will be made when Federal
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Want Rural Charm

we oelleve that everyone in
a small town must take de-
light in seeing the town writ
ten up in the paper. Charles
L, Hoffman's recent article in
The Star would. appear on
the surface to warrant the
delight of all of us in Rock
vile. However, the. emphasis
and lack of balance in his
article make us refugees
from downtown bustling busi-
ness and industry shudder.
Considerable emphasis has
been placed by Mr.. Hoffman
and the city fathers on Rock
vile as an attractive place for
business and industry. One
hears from city officials such
things as the advantageous
location of Rockville as a
railroad trucking transship-
ment point for many hun
dreds of square miles of
Maryland and Virginia. It is
regrettable that those of US
who have moved to avoid
bustling business, industry
and thickly populated apart
ment developments and to
enjoy the charm of a small
town now are having these
very things brought to us
with the apparent active sup
port of Rockville city officials.
That part of The Star
caption that Taxes Decline"
in Rockville is somewhat open
to question. While minute
reductions may have been
made in city taxes, they have
been somewhat Offset by the
price Rockville charges it's
residents for water and sew
erage services. Its charge is
some 20 per cent higher than
equivalent services in the
WSSC district.
c. L. Hoffman might have
pointed out in his article land
to Rockville ofhcials) that M.
Hoffman has noted very
properly with regard to in
Evening star., 1959-11-19
tPoyoIo' and EnoIish

/. Now that the oddly named House
subcommittee on Legislative Oversight
Gas distinct from Foresight, Hindsight
and More Sight) is looking into the
fascinating moreS of "diSc Jockeys" let
us give thought for a moment to the
sweet and simple purity of the English
language.
: 1t is a wonderful language-rich.
vibrant incomparably variegated, and
eternally battling to foreigners trying
TO learn it, not to mention those of us
who have been brought up with it, more
or less. Why, for example, should it de-
scribe as disc jockey" man who PLAYS
phonograph records on a radio or tele-
vision station?
Well, that's English for you. Besides,
there's no denying the fact that a record
IS shaped like disc. More than that,
WebSter'S unabridged dictionary defines
. Jockey as follows: Zone who rides or
drives horse. A wandering minstrel:
a vagabond (obsolete). A cheat: one
given to sharp practice in trade. The
color Harvard crimson" Don't ask us
how Harvard gets into this picture: here
we have just another example of how
whimsical our language can be.)
But to get back to disc Jockeys"
Another term used in connection with
them is "payola." This seems to be a
rather repulSive pathological substitute
for such time-honored nouns and phrases
as "bribe" and "greasing the palm"
However, let's not be too critical or
pedantic. In way, since music is in
Volved, 'payola" is in tune with such
acceptable words as pianola and victrola.
Anyhow, much as some people may
doubt it, the purity CT the English Ian
guage-taken as a whole-probably will
be preserved despite words like "payola."
AS for disc Jockeys" we leave them to
the tender mercies of the Legislative
Oversight Subcommittee.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Pesticide PeriIs

The furor over cranberry
contamination points to the
compelling need for long
overdue studies of contami-
nation - let US be very
cautious and say possible"
contamination of a great
many food products as a
result of the increasing use
in the past quarter century
of powerful chemical poisons
in our farm fields and
orchards.
No reasonable person will
say that there is a correlation
between the use of highly
toxic Insecticides, fungicides,
arsenicals and other chem
icalS and the strange increase
in cancer cases (250,000 a
year now and hepatitis dn-
f1ammation of the liver, often
fataD. But can any reason
able person deny that it
would be useful and enlight-
ening to launch carefully
controlled scientific studies to
determine once and for all
whether there is any cause
effect relationship?
1t is in the last quarter
century that the use of these
chemicals has reached fan
tastic proportions. Already
there is far more than a
suspicion that such use is
responsible for the modern
scourge of cancer; witness the
proven fact that the weed
killer inSecticide in the cram
berry scare has caused cancer
in mice. How long are we
going to proceed on the
idiotic premise that what we
cannot see cannot hurt us?
If perchance there is a 10
or Is year lapse between
cause and effect, must this
lapse forever keep. us from
taking firm preventive e
action?
Edward A, Harris.
Huntly, Va.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Ready to HeIp

The Director of Welfare,
Gerard M. Shea, deserves the
highest commentator for his
recent report to the Commits
sioners on Washington's pub
lie programs.
He has asked us to think
in terms of people, rather
than of narrow and restric-
tive categorieS of relief. He
would have us remember that
human beings in need are
not helped by aid which
merely preserves life, but
rather by programs which
get at the causes of their
misery. His specific proposals
are too long to enumerate
here, but merit the COM
munity's most careful con-
Sideration. Their enactment
would cost money-the money
OF taxpayers - but not to
spend 1t costs all of us more.
The relief rolls will con-
tinue toasgrow, and the chill
dren'S institutions will con-
tinue to bulge, with people
who will be no better off at
the end of their stay than
at the beginning, until we
care enough to demand that
families and children get the
kind of help they need.
We know full we'll that the
parent who is hungry and
frightened cannot give secu-
rity to a child. We know that
the child who is raised in a
climate of insecurity will have
trouble later on in making
his way.
We want Washington to be
a city OF which we can be
proud-a place of beauty and
OF culture. We also want it
to be a place in which chill
dren do not starve, either
physically or emotionally.
1t is time for more of us
to stand up and be counted.
We support the contentious
OF MIR. Shea-and he can
count on us.
Alvin ]. Steinberg,
President. Family and Child
Services.
John G. Theban,
Executive Secretary.
Evening star., 1959-11-19

climaxed by his request for
an injunction under the
Taft-Hartley Act, was q pay
OF to the heads Of the steel
industry for financial sup
port in his campaigns for
election.
There was criticism of the
President, too, by George
Meany, president, and WAL
ter Reuther, vice president
of the AFL-CIO, that he had
used his power to break the
strike in favor Of the steel
industry. To the credit of
David Mcdonald. president Of
the Steel Workers Bnion, he
declined to enter into such
attacks on the President.
One of the main arguS
mentS Of the steel union
counsel in his appearance
before the Supreme Court
was that the strike had not
caused a real emergency,
threatening the Nations
safety. Obviously. the aPresiI
dent could not have asked
for an injunction earlier in
the strike, which some Of his
critics claim he should have
done, or this argument of the
steel workers might have
been upheld by the Supreme
Court. ...-
People Discount Attacks
The American people will
pay no more attention to the
Macy charges against Presi-
dent Eisenhower. than they
will to those of Alanbrooke
and the Democratic Digest.
The television and radio
programs of which, the Demo.
cratic magazine complains
gave the President -oppor-
tunity to state his own case
and position on issues, The
fact that what he had to
say was contrary to Demo
cratic beliefs has nothing to
do with the issue. Democrat
ic promises and their argu.
ments for "pie-in-the-Sky"
programs, put out through
teleVision and radio broad.
casts have been. infinite in
number.
Free speech still is operative
in this country. Political ar.
guments and statements un.
fortunately too often have
had little semblance to the
truth and facts. That has
happened on both sides Of
the political fence. The DEM
ocrats have claimed that the
Republicans have sought to
deceive the voters. and the
Republicans have replied in
kind. The American people
have had to decide for them
selves which side has been
telling the truth-and they
Will continue to do. so.
In the meantime such at
tacks as that in the Digest
to lmpugn the honesty and
integrity of the President of
the United States and to
compare him to promoters
and participants in q rigged
televlsion program, a con-
test between two persons to
one of whom the right. an
swers had been supplied, is
another example of low po-
litical attack. ..,.. ;,'., A.,
Evening star., 1959-11-19

dustrial expansion that 'it
cannot be said that there is
a glaring deficiency of indus
trial development or that
Rockville is in poor economic
health. 1t is a matter of val
ues. of what the majority of
Rockyille's residents want to
see in their city" We prefer
the charm of the contented
rural county seat.
Robert T. Avancena.
Barbara G. Avancena.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Eorth's Tail

Air particles are being lost
to space from the earth's
atmosphere, according to a
Russian scientist. who sum-
Marizes: THE earth wagS a
62,000-mile tail"
Too bad the United States
didn't discover this. It would
have given Russia a chance
to exclaim, "It's just another
Of the Vests tall tales"
Jonas Clifton.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Main Distinction

T. RS letter of November
II made reference to fire
and rescue squads" Due to
his total ignorance of exist
ing situations, he has done
a slanderous injustice to the
various fire departments in
Montgomery County. I won-
der if he really knows that
there is a distinct difference
between an independent res
cue squad and a fire depart
ment.
The fire departments and
independent rescue squads
maintain themselves as two
separate and distinct organi-
cations in Montg gom cry
County. There are only two
such independent rescue
squads in the county and
there are twenty lone engine
companies. The main distinc-
ton between the two is that
the engine companies are
supported, at least in part,
by tax appropriations. There
fore, these engine companies
are assigned and are respon-
sible for their own tax areas.
The two rescue squads are
supported entirely by public
donations. Consequently, they
are not directly responsible
for a tax area. There has to
my knowledge never been a
case of a fire company-owned
ambulance responding to a
District of Columbia call
without a request.
The case in point appears
to be that one or possibly
both independent rescue
squads, at times, have re-
sponded to a call without
authorization. However, the
District of Columbia Fire De-
partment has on numerous
occasions requested mutual
assistance from Montgomery
County. This includes both
fire and rescue when needed.
Leonard S. Schattig.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
"ANNANDALE, Va.

Dear sir:
please tell us something
about the crow. These birds
seem to be very kind to each
other. and never seem in
clined to display any animoS-
ity when there is only a small
amount of food.
I'm fact, it seems that If a
crow finds a little food on the
lawn he Immediately calls to
the others, apparently to tell
them he has found food.
When the others come there
is no attempt to peck any
one because the quantity is
limited.
Are the crows always
black in color? How many
small ones are raised each
year by a couple? Does a
family always stay together
after the young birds ma
ture?
Our observation seems to
indicate that the crow is a
timid bird and flies away on
sight Of a human or animal.
They seem disinclined to lin
ger as do many of our bird
friends we love so we'll.
is the crow really as de-
Structive as he often has
been pictured? Are the farm
ers always obliged to protect
their crops If crows abound?
Your column has often
given us valuable information
about birdlife, but 1 do not
recall anything on the crow.
Would you please give us
something on this interesting
bird?
What do they. like best to
eat?
Sincerely, j. B. E."
y II 4
This gentle approach to
the crow is not held bv everv-
body.
There are still many
persons who do not like this
bird, and would answer all
the above questions in the
negative.
Those who look upon all
birds as pictures will natu-
rally include the crow.
He is beautiful, interest
ing, and on the go. a real
American. a distinction
shared with his cousin, the
blue jay.
How you look upon the
crow depends greatly on
where you live, perhaps.
The city and suburban
dweller is likely to find him
interesting.
The farmer, well, the
farmer has his own idea
about crows. and no city feller
is going to tell him how to
think about them.
It all gets down to whose
OK is gored, as the saying
has it.
y y
The crow has from four to
Evening star., 1959-11-19
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

eight eggs in its nest. These
are pale blue-green, some
splotched with brown and
gray.
Not all of crows. but almost
all, are black. Occasionally
there is an albino. We have
never seen one, and never ex-
pect to. aE.
The reason crows like fresh
terminated corn is that they
know, instinctively that such
a product Of nature is filled
with vitamins!
So you see what a smart
bird this is.
1t would be difficult to con-
vince some people that the
crow is not a most destruc-
tive bird, yet research has
shown that 1t eats many in
sectS and rodents, and thus
might be regarded as the
farmers friend, rather than
his enemy.
+ So
Crows are very likely to
stay in a family group, just
as the jays do.
AS for the species being
afraid of man, it has every
right to be so afraid, and this
is one reason it seldom fingers
when it drops down to a
suburban bird feeding sta
ton.
This is not the only rea-
son, however. Another is that
this is a famous flyer, a bird
of great curiosity and action,
and must be on the go all
the time.
Surely this is a typical
American way of living.
The fish crow is sometimes
mistaken for a small crow,
as it is, but it is distinct from
the big crow; the latter is al
most 20 inches long, the fish
crow about half that size.
Our American crow has a
loud cav, and the fish crow
a more nasal one, almost
cracked in quality.
Young poultry and young
corn must be protected from
crows. but on the whole the
foods they eat help the farm
er in his work, rather than
hinder him.
The nest robbing habit is
not universal and yet to hear
some persons talk, you might
think crows ate nothing else.
Corn placed on the ground
for them, or on a fiat roof or
other surface, may or may
not attract them in a cold
winter.
If you like birds. and ad-
mlre the crows picturesque
dash, and love to hear his
melodious song-for he Is
ranked with the songbirds-
then keep your eyes and ears
open for him, and do your
best to please him, for he Is
well worth all your efforts
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Vincib1e?

America the Vincible"! So
of for the dictionary, good
old Webster. to find the exact
meaning of vincible: an ad-
Jective, capable of being
conquered or overcome. I
have not read the book but I
will in the near future. 1t is
always well to remember that
this is just one writer's view
point; but it will promote
ideas and viewpoints in the
minds of the readers.
Dorothy DenisOn.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
THE POLITICAL MILL
BeIow-BeIt Attacks on Eisenhower
By GOULD LINCOLN

President Eisenhower re-
Gently has been the target of
q number of shoddy attacks,
impugning both his ability
and his integrity. The latest
Of these is the attempt of the
Democratic Digest, organ of
the Dem ocratic National
Committee. to show that the
President was as dishonest in
his appearances on television
programs as the participants
in and promoters Of "rigged
televiSion quiz shows" ex-
posed by a congressional COM
mittee.
While the Democratic mag
azine does not actually say
in so many words that the
President failed TO answer or
was enabled to answer queS-
tions put to him on these
television programs - pro-
grams set up in a political
campaign-because he was
paid hard money to do so, the
inference was he is equally
as dishonest as some of the
characters and their prompt
erS who have been pilloried in
the press in recent weeks.
Indeed, the Digest seeks to
show that the rugged COM
mercial quiz shows, so dis
honestly run, we're really
traceable to the political
questions and answers on
public issues in which the
President took part.
How stupid does the Digest
believe the American people
are? The only real link be-
tween the Eisenhower ques-
ton and answer programs
and commercials is that both
were broadcast by radio and
televiSion.
Apparently, the Democratic
Digest took a leaf out of the
diaries of ViScount Alan
brooke. The British field
marshal, publishing his mem
oirs of the Second World
War, barefacedly sought to
convey to his readers that
President Eisenhower played
golf at Rheims while the
Battle of the Bulge, with the
Germans breaking through,
was in progress. What he &C
tually wrote was that Gen.
Eisenhower was on a golf
course at Rheims during the
battle. He has sought to es-
cape the implication that he
was trying to make people
believe that Gen. Eisenhower
was on the golf course with
a club in his hands-but few
have believed him. The truth
was that Gen. Eisenhower
occupied a headquarters on
what had been a golf course
but had been taken over for
war purposes. Alanbrooke did
not like Gen. Eisenhower
and neither do the Demo-
Gratis.
Attacks by Labor Heads
A third loose and shoddy
attack on President Eisen-
hover was made by Emil
Macy. secretary-treaSurer of
the Automobile Workers
Union. Mr.. Mazey's charge
was that the Presidents
handling Of the steel strike,
Evening star., 1959-11-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry Drtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star., 1959-11-19
Attacks by Labor Heads

A third loose and shoddy
attack on President Eisen-
hover was made by Emil
Macy, secretary-treasurer of
the Automobile Workers
Union. Mr.. Mazey's charge
was that the Presidents
handling Of the steel strike,
Evening star., 1959-12-16
Anti Gambling Campaigns
Launched in Two Counties

Justice Commission and the
Maryland Crime Investigating
Committee, both Of which have
no government connection but
are supported by contributions.
Cooperation Discussed
Mr.. Kirkley said there had
been some discussion of CO.
operation between his citizens
group and the Criminal Justice
Commission in an anti-gam-
bling campaign but that the
citizens decided against any
connection with the commits
sion.
Recent developments only
confirmed our original idea that
this should be a citizens group
only" Mr.. Kirkley said.
Last April a county grand
jury said the extent to which
gambling has been permitted
to flourish in Anne Arundel
County is a matter of grave
concern to many citizens of
the county" 1t said that while
it believed all gambling devices
and commercialized bingo
should be abolished. I'VE rec
ognize that as a practical mat
ter, this is not feasible at this
time"
In July, John H. Stieff. chief
Of the county slot machine
licensing and inspection divi-
sion, recommended increasing
Evening star., 1959-12-16
PinboII Cash Poyoff
Challenged in County

Prince Georges County's two
year-old pinball machine cash.
payoff law was challenged for
the first time yesterday in
Circuit Court.
Attorneys for eight persons
charged under the law Novem-
Der 9 declared the measure was
unconstitutional because the
title was not explicit enough.
Judge John r. Fletcher. after
a two-hour hearing in Upper
Marlboro, asked both sides to
submit briefs within Is days.
The controversial law, named
after State Senator H. Winship
Wheatley, jr., Democrat of
Prince Georges, provides that
a Federal gaming stamp on a
pinball machine is prima facie
evidence of gambling, which is
illegal in the county. Last
months arrests were the first
made under the law.
Code Requires Stamp
The Internal Revenue Code
requires a $3.50 tax stamp on
all such machines designed for
gambling even though they
may not be used for such &C.
tivity.
Attorneys Blair H. Smith
and Carlyle j. Lancaster ar
gued the Wheatley law is not
applicable since it refers to a