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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Mr.. K Meets the Press

In his two-hour session with the
press, Nikita KhruShchev was not all
sweetness and light, Unlike some of his
recent past performances, however, he
maintained on the whole an attitude of
reasonableness and moderation which
UNDERSIGNED his desire for a summit
conference and which makes it virtually
certain that one will be held this year.
The West must not be beguiled
by Mr.. KhruShchev'S emergence as
gentle man seeking only to secure the
peace. For when it comes to the sweet
ness and light business, he can turn it
of just as readily as he turns it on. BY
tomorrow or the next day he may again
be as tough and as mean as they come.
Nevertheless, 1t seems to us that
the West must go to the conference
room, and that 1t must go prepared and
resolved to negotiate the Berlin and
German questions. Even the best Of
negotiating intentions on our part, of
course, will not insure a satisfactory
Settlementof the problems. If any such
satisfactory overall settlement should
emerge it will be the surprise of the
century. Still, given any good will on
Mr.. Khrushchevs part. some small &C
commodatioris should be possible. The
West should not kill of this prospect by
boggling over such minor things as the
question Of who shall stamp the papers
on the supply routes into Berlin.
There was nothing accidental about
the timing Of Mr.. Khrushchev's show of
genia1ity. It was timed to have its i'm
pact on the meeting between President
Eisenhower and Prime Minister Mac
milan But this is no reason for a stiff
attitude on their part. We hope that
the President and the Prime Minister
will take Mr.. Khrushchev at his word,
that they will prepare the reasonable
proposals" which he said he is willing to
consider, and that these will be pushed
with all possible vigor at the forth
coming negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Age of Pilots

An interesting full-page ad-
vertisement recently appeared
in The Star. An airline
CWashington'S own proudly
displayed a picture of its cap
tain who was the first airline
pilot to have flown a million
miles in u. S. airline jet-pow-
cred equipment. The captain,
although appearing flftyish.
struck me as the kind of a
character I might like to
trust myself to when riding as
an airline passenger. Since
I am familiar with Jet pilot
ing, although not a million
miles worth, I am neverthe-
less flnicky about the kind Of
pilot I would like to ride
with.
The Sunday Star had an
other one of its page-one sto-
ries about the technicalities
of pilots physical exams. If /
did not know better, / might
be scared to ride in an older
pilots care. In fact, I might
worry If it is safe for me to
go up by myself tminus pas
sengers) because what is left
Of my hair is changing a
shade.
The new Federal Aviation
Agency does seem to have a
few problems to resolve about
private pilots and airline
pilots physical exams, as it
would administer them. How
ever. l wonder if it really
needs the help of repeated
page-one stories, blown up
out of proportion, to accom-
plish what Congress intended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Welcomes Mrs. Luce

In q recent issue Of Brazil
Herald ! read two stories,
one Of which reported that
the newspaper Soviet Rus
STA had carried an article
opposing Clare Boothe Luce
as U. S. Ambassador to Brazil
and the other reporting that
the very vocal Senator Wayne
A.orse had asked the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
to delay consideration Of the
appointment. The delay, Of
course, is designed to thwart
the appointment, perhaps, in
more ways than appear on the
surface.
! was neither surprised by
the attitude of the news
paper Soviet Russia nor
by. the action Of Senator
Morse. They seem to 60 to-
gethel. somehow, like ham
and egg. or beer and cheese.
Now I am a Democrat. but
not Mr.. Morse'S kind Of Dem
ocrat. Assuming that he took
his stand because Of purely
party reasons, which I doubt,
1t works against one Of not
very many Americans who
could appeal to Brazilian in
tellectuals now flirting with
Communist theology. 1t should
be noted also that the press
here Communist papers ex-
cluded) has uniformly hailed
the news Of her prospective
appointment as an honor to
Brazil.
The United States at this
time needs the best represent.
ativeS 1t can get. 1t needs
people who can successfully
present democratic and re-
ligious arguments against
subtle and devious liars.
From what I've heard about
her, Mrs. Luce is ideally
suiteo for the post Of AmbaS-
Sador to Brazil. She has the
subtlety Of mind necessary
to counterfeit the ISLANDERS
and libels such as the United
States is imperialistic. ETC..
thrown against our country.
She has the reputation as a
writer which would automati-
cally give her entry and a re-
Spectful hearing in those in
tellectual circles here that at
the present time are espous-
ing rather violent anti-Amer-
lean sentiments.
The delay proposed by Sen
ator Morse gives the Brazil
ian Communists time to or
ganize demonstrations against
Mrs. luce as was suggested
to them by the article in the
newspaper Soviet Russia,
which said, Gin Brazil as in
Bolivia, the American En-
baSsy also has windows and
there are people in the
streets"
Brazil and Brazilians are
not concerned about the
Time story about Bolivia. The
Time article has no relation
to Mrs. Luce's qualifications
as ambassador. It is being
used as a club to hit a woman
who long before she married
the owner of Time had dem
onstrated outstanding ability.
John F. Reilly.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Our Liberty Doomed?

I read an article by some
one who fears that we are so
dedicated to the pursuit Of
happiness" that we may not
be able to stand up against
powerful Russia, dedicated to
our destruction
I. too, am sometimes beset
by that fear. I believe it was
Heine who said:
THE English love liberty
as a legitimate wife. not too
caressingly. but with a sense
Of ownership and protective
ness; the French love her as
a mistress-always to be
wooed in order to be retained.
The Americans treat her like
a familiar drudge-so sure of
her that they may abuse and
neglect her. She will grow old
and be feeble in time and will
perhaps die altogether"
Louise Won Wertaur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
New Chief of Staff

The Army will lose an outstanding
Chief of Staff with the retirement on
July / of General Maxwell D. Taylor.
Fortunately, the Arry's new chief will
also be an officer of high attainments.
He is General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, who
is now Vice Chief of Staff. From what
is publicly known of both men, there is
not likely to be any appreciable change
of policy resulting from the shift of
staff leaders. Both officers have made
1t plain that they regard strong Army
as essential to our security in the cur
rent transitional era Of chronological
warfare.
General Taylor, a fighting soldier
with a record of daring and successful
leadership in large-scale combat opera
tons, is known to have opposed certain
cuts in Army strength decided on by
the administration. However, Presiden-
tial Secretary Hagerty has denied that
the Army chiefs attitude had anything
to do with the failure of the President to
reappoint him. Actually, General Tay-
Tor mad informed his SuperiorS sometime
ago that he did not want second term.
An additional report that he would have
agreed to reappointment if assured Of
elevation to the post Of chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff has had no
verification.
General Lemnitzer, like General
Taylor, is as widely known and respected
abroad as he is here. AS chief of staff
to the Supreme Allied Commander in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
Maternity Hospital for Monkeys

for any symptoms Of the nor
NAL diseases Of monkey baby
hood. Of which little Is known
but which apparently are not
greatly different from those
Of a human infant. A pro-
gressive series of intelligence
tests Is being established to
test the rate Of mental devel-
opment.
The Public Health Service
doctors here. Of course, do
not entirely equate monkey
and human mental Develop
ment but the simians are the
nearest approach to humans
available for experiment.
They progress roughly, at
least. along the same lines.
This is by no means certain
for any animals lower in the
scale of evolution, and the
great apes-nearest to hui
mans-are far too expensive
for any large-scale expert
ments.
Directing the obstetrical
ward Is DR.. Howard Jacob
son of the Boston Lying-in
Hospital.
Diets of both expectant
mothers and of infants
throughout the period Of
monkey childhood are quite
carefully controlled.
Most Notable Result
The mothers are expected
to produce one baby a year
with a pregnancy period of
six months. Multiple births
are extremely rare.
Most notable result Of the
work to date is establishment
Of a basic cause Of cerebral
palsy-incurable, and prob
ably the most disabling Of
nervous diseases.
1t has been suspected for
some years that the malady
really springs from some sort
OF injury suffered in birth
although it is not manifested
until years later and the
victim appears an entirely
normal child. Effects OF
various sorts of birth in
juries have been tested and it
Is possible to establish a di-
rect cause and effect between
aSphyxiation at birth and the
dreaded disease later in life.
There is no claim. says DR..
w. w. Windle of the Ma
tioual Institute of Neurologi-
cal Diseases and Blindness
that this birth asphyxiation
is a unique cause of cerebral
palsy. Actually there may
be many causes but in no
other cause has a direct con.
nection been established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
ROCKVILLE, Md.
Dear Sir:

ROOhV WILLIE, Mo.
Dear Sir:
"Our back yard borders a
wooded area and so we have
many birds to watch. Our
feeder consists of a cookie pan
placed between two large
trees about four feet from the
dining room window.
1--WE started to feed the
birds just about a month ago.
We have cardinals, Sparrows.
starlings. juncos, chickadees,
white breasted nuthatches.
downy woodpeckers, titmice,
brown creepers, and some
birds we haven't been able to
identify.
"One of these Is a bird
something like a mockingbird.
He is larger than a mocking-
bird. with a fuller, whittier
breast.
HE resembles the logger
head shrike but his colors are
not as clearly defined. Could
this be the northern shrike =?
He doesn't eat much at the
feeder but he likes to chase
the other birds away pursuing
them in flight. He struts
around twitching his long
tail in an arrogant manner.
" **
Another bird / saw for the
first time several days ago.
He is a small bird, four or
five inches, with a very
round body and a short tail.
He feeds on the ground a
lot. under shrubs, under the
shed. and places like that.
Sometimes his tail stands
straight up. He has a long,
ish bill which may turn down
a little.
He has white eyelines
starting from the bill and
extending to the back of the
neck. He is a bright reddish
brown on top darker on top
Of. his head with a tan
breast and white throat.
HE likes to perch on the
fence and sing. He sits there
for long periods, and throbS;
his head is pointed upward
when he sings.
1T is a pretty song. ! find
it almost impossible to de-
scribe a birds song, but I
have tried. and this is what
came up with:
"A rolling loud song, three
times, then a pause. He re-
peats this over and over
again. He is an energetic lit
tie bird and fun to watch. !
hope he is here to stay.
u Il
"Then we have a large
woodpecker with a red head
that feeds regularly on the
suet which we have nailed to
a tree.
Then the other day I saw
a woodpecker only for an
instant. He was browniSh
with a dark dull-red patch
on his forehead. He was a
large bird.
Il hope you can help us
identify these birds. I fear
we need a better bird book.
I'VE have squirrels, too.
To sum it all up, we enjoy
our birds. To think that only
a month ago we couldn't
identify any bird. And now a
whole new world has been
opened to us. Saturday morn
ing breakfast lasts all day
at our house as we eat lei
surely and watch the birds.
About starlingS-we re-
gard them as true friends.
When we lived in an apart
ment in town, starlings and
pigeons were our only bird
friends. They eat a lot, but
who cares about that? We
don't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20

for the agency to do-keep
aviation safe.
As for the airlines, ] believe
they retain their own medical
flight sections as a double
check to protect their invest
ment and expensive equip
ment. Likewise the services.
Robert e. Trimble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20

@, Who stages the Ameri-
cas- Cup race?-K. S.
A. The New York Yacht
Club, AS proprietor of the
cup, it is the recipient of all
challenges and is responsible
for both the staging of the
race and the selection of the
defending American yacht.
The cup was first won by the
America in a race with yachts
from Britain'S Royal Yacht
Squadron in 1851. Six years
later the owners presented
the cup to the New York
Yacht Club to use as a chal-
lenge trophy. The English,
Scotch and Canadians have
since made II attempts to re-
capture the cup-all without
success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.-

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
Here is a unique mater
nifty hospital-the only such
institution In the world for
monkeys.
Il has skilled obstetricians,
obstetrical nurses, a nursery
for the babies. even a mon
key kindergarten. It is main
tanned by the National In
stitute Of Neurological Dis
eases and Blindness, a unit
Of the United States National
Institutes Of Health, to carry
out otherwise impossible ex-
periments on possible effects
Of life's first seconds on the
entire future Of the individ-
ual. There is reason to be-
lieve that these are quite
similar in monkeys and hui
mans, who have much the
same brain patterns and
very roughly comparable
ways Of life.
The IS monkey mothers
are a rigidly selected group
for mental and physical nor
malcy. Their pregnancies can
be carefully controlled and
they get the finest sort of
medical attention during the
entire period up to the time
Of giving birth. Then all are
delivered by caesarian cper-
atoms to avoid any unpre-
dictable accidents that might
occur in normal birth proc
eSses.
Mother Never Sees Baby
Instead each infant is in
jured in a single comfortable
way-as by momentary as
phyxiation. exposure to radi-
alton. exposure to various
sorts Of viruses practically
at the moment of birth in
order to observe the effects
on its future development.
Every injury - necessarily
mild and nonfatal-is such
as frequently would be sus-
tanned by a human infant
either in the birth process
itself or in the first hours of
life.
The monkey mother her
self never sees her baby. AS
soon as possible it is placed
in a rigidly hygienic monkey
nursery in charge of skilled
nurses. 1t is bottle-fed by
hand until it learns to handle
its own bottle. In some cases
OF particular types of brain
injury this may be for life.
The pattern Of its brain
waves is taken by a skilled
psychologist. Nurses are in
attendance night and day. A
skilled pediatrician watches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Initiation

Everybody wants to get an
increase in salary. Manu-
facturers are mindful that
prices must keep going up if
wages are increased. 1t seems
that most of the people and
business enterprises are in
the mood to raise prices Of
everything and give the labor
unions their yearly demands.
That is wrong. We will never
get away from inflatidA as
long as that exists.
Stop raising wages and
stop raising prices. That is
the answer. and If the people
will abide by it, imitation will
be stopped.
Daniel B, Felker,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
Sincerely. T. B. c."

Sincerely, T. B. c."
The round brown bird
with the pert tail is the
Carolina wren, whose whirling
song is almost impossible to
describe, indeed. It has al
ways reminded us of a child's
pinwheel.
The woodpecker described
is the red-bellied woodpecker.
The red on the abdomen is
very hard to see unless the
bird is held in the hand.
The browniSh woodpecker
is the flicker. The red is
really on the back Of the
head or neck.
AS for the bird something
like a mockingbird," it could
be a northern shrike-they
winter in the United States,
either solitary or in pairs.
The twitching of the tail in
an arrogant manner. how
ner, speaks of a mocker and
this it may be. after all. There
are some Knockers of a pale
platinum coloration.
X X
ARLINGTON, Va.
Dear Sir:
Can you identify the fol-
lowing described bird for me?
Several weeks ago, while
visiting Reaches Run water
fowl sanctuary. observed
a single land bird huddled
among the pintail ducks on
the beach.
TO all appearances, it
was a pigeon with a white
head and tail and black body.
I have never before seen
such a pigeon, if such it was,
and I wouldn't have expected
to find a pigeon in such cir
cumstances."
Sincerely. G. j. B."
The bird might have been
some Young gull, but if it
looked like a pigeon, it prob
ably was a pigeon, perhaps
a young one that got mixed
up in modern typical juvenile
fashion.
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
Dear Sir:
I've heard that ali tiger
cats are male and all calico
cats are female. Is this SOP"
Yours truly, G. G. B."
Mindy and Cindy. two lit
tie tigercatS, each with a
perfect IN" on the forehead,
would laugh at this.
All tigercats, on their fore
heads. bear what seems to
be the letter, whether male or
female.
True calico cats are al
ways females.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Transit Coke

A salute to Charles Beazley,
whose letter. Chalk Earring
Well" surely hit the nail on
the head. D. C. Transit now
has the cake and is eating it.
Where does such arrogance
end?
r. L. White.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry urtters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Aid for Farmers
] read YOUR editoria

tCa4 yO04 CdAtO1 AoA Va
February Is, entitled Help
ing Those Farmers" and
the letter of Representative
Frank E. Smith Of Mississippi
published March 4. In Rep
resentative Smiths letter he
took issue with the editor Of
The Star in behalf Of six
Of his most important con-
stituents who are large cot
ton plantation operators re-
ceiving thousands of dollars
each year in subsidies or
Government price supports.
Mr.. Smiths statement that
to deny these and other huge
farm operators the benefits
Of Government price sup
ports would bar from par
ticipation In the benefits Of
all the program all the work.
ers employed on the large
farms" Is. in my opinion.
most absurd. The men. wom-
en- and children who work on
these cotton plantations in
Mississippi and on the huge
farms over the country re-
ceive no benefits at all from
the price support program or
from scarcely any other leg
islation ever enacted by Con-
gress. Farm workers in
Mississippi. including those
employed on the six large
plantations in Representative
Smiths district, benefit"
from the lowest wages paid
any workers in the United
States. On January o. 1859.
the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture reported
that the average farm wage
in Mississippi was so cents an
hour. They. like all other
hired farm workers in the
United States. are specifically
excluded from the minimum
wage and hour law. They
"enjoy" the benefit of work.
ing from "can to can't" (can
see at daylight until can't
see at dark for the lowest
wage on which it is possible
for a human being to exist.
Hired farm workers are
barred from the right to or
ganize and bargain with
their employer under the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act.
They benefit" from the So
called right to work laws in
that they must accept any
wage or conditions of en-
ployment their employer NAV
offer. They are also denied
the benefits of unemploy-
ment insurance under the
Social Security Act when
they are out Of work, and
this is over half the time.
Nearly all Of the farm work.
ers on cotton plantations in
Representative Smiths dis
trict Of Mississippi are
Negroes, and few. If any have
ever had to exercise the
right to vote for the Con-
gresham who now argues
that these factories-in-the-
fields must contiue to share in
Government subsidies be-
cause Of an alleged benefit
the hired workers enjoy under
the price support program.
Today the plantations are
operated mainly by machin-
cry with hired workers who
are paid the lowest possible
wage. Representative Smiths
argument that these people
in a blue-sky sweatshop bene-
At from price supports is a
fallacy.
fallacy.
H. L. Mitchell,
President. National Agri-
cultural Workers Union.
AFL-CIO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

A, leader can get an answer. oy
mail t. any question OF fact by
writing Fhe Star Information Bu-
reau. 635 street NV Washington
D c Please inclose return post
age or self-addressed STAMPED
envelope
The Adak sun., 1959-11-23

(Chap1ain's Corner cont.
itude is the act of a slave unworthy
of a free son Of God. More than he re-
allies man needs his 1oya1ties: loyal
ty to his God, to his country, to his
ideals, to his work, to his superior
and to himself. -
k1C ~ A a T.
The Adak sun., 1959-11-23
.KAD-2N 10: BE USED

First fleet deliveries Of the Navy,s
Light jet "Skyhawk" planes are expect
cd sometime within the next month";. :,
This announcement was made recently
by the Navy along with the statement
that the skyhaWk program is being beef.
ed up by an additional production Of
Adm models.
Capable of carrying atomic weapons,
rockets, guided missiles and machine
guns the SkyhaWk is powered by JOS
Sapphire turbo-jet engine delivering
speeds exceeding $50 miles an hour and
Knitting ranges Of over 1000 naut-;
ica1 miles.
The single-p1ace, Low wing skyhawk is
designed to operate from carriers and
short landing fields. Tt offers i'm
proved weather and navigationa1 eapa-
bilities plus advanced pressure fuel
ing and inflight refueling through
removable nose probee -.
The Adak sun., 1959-11-23
NEW AUDI CINE 'T::f (. ::
-" s:
TO sc USED

The Army, Navy and Marine Corps will
beg1n! using a new multiple audiometer
at tn eir induc:*ion and examination
stations throughout the us.
me: aud1 i'meten can test the hearing
OF ncce nen in Less time, the services
e7~s2la3neso Tests showed that two corps
men. were able to test 40. men in II
minutes. Conventional voice-and-whisper
tests allow only one person at a time
to be. teated.
The Amy hopes. to save millions of
&C. s!a:'s III c1a ms press aga5ns the
"s'21co and the, Veterans Adno11s tration
~ Esr2ons who Claim their hearing was
impaired while in the Armed orces.
The Army will use the aud1ometer at
the y examining stations in the us.
and Its possessions. The Navy will in
stall audi ometers at, the Marine Corps
~ ITS, San Diego, Calif., and Paris
:: - '1>1, &c., and the Naval Training
Se;1'ers at San Diego, Calf. and Great
Lakes. ILL.,
The Adak sun., 1959-11-23
SAC>LANT t1ONORtO

The University Of Massachusetts, at
Arm erst has awarded Adm Jerau1d Wright
" wv" \, %]zcF'sGs ~ ed Commander, Atlantic
w. honorary de5ree Of Doctor of Laws.
HIS citation reads in Partition more
IMAM 40 years. you have, been following
"a the great ;tcaditions Of the United
o'afes M7ve Tn peace and war your
80 1'3o: ads lave been Of increasing nat
'oA''I cid international impor tance.n
Hous eWife: nI.can't serve as a ,jur-.
- your honor. :. One look at that man
oony1nces ~me he's gui1ty.n 49,.
Judge: "Sh-h-h. That IS the district
Attorney