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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-27
HERE ARE THE SIMPLE RULES
FOR THE STARS COMIC CONTEST
BY carI Grubert
the Beers

l. Make free hand drawing of your favore character
from the comic strips panels in The Star side Of
81 1inch piece of white paper You ink, pencil
water color any other suitable medium.
q Write in 100 words why you like to read
paper comics This separate piece of 8 by11
white paper should be printed, typewriter in neat
clear handwriting
g. Fill out the entry blank below and attach it to your
drawing and statement.
Entries should be mailed to Comics Editor, 40l Star
Building Washington D. c. No entries will be returned The
Judges decision will be final and the entries will the prop
erty The andor the Newspaper Comics Council Inc
S. Only boys girls 10 under eligible and only
entry will be accepted from each contestant Contestants
must not be related anyone employed by any
The deadne will Midnight March Entry blanks will ap
each weekday The Star comic pages and Sundays
lin TEEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-27

of rubber Nebbish dolls by the
creator of "The NebbiShes."
From the Washington area
prize winners, the judges will
pick two overall winners-one
teen-ager and one pre-teen-
ager-to represent the area in
the national contest sponsored
by the Newspaper Comics
Council.
Both of these winners will
receive a special prize, a set of
Western Tablet notebooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-27
each weekday on The Stars
comic pages and on Sunday
in TEEN magazine.)

The contest is broken down
into four age groups to give
every entrant from 10 years
old on down an equal chance
to win a prize. The age groups
are: Up to 8, 9 through II, 10
to is and is through 10. First,
second and third prizes in each
category are $35. SIS and SIS
respectively.
The IL local winners will also
receive original drawings by
their favorite cartoonists ap-
pearing in The Star and a set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-27

scrapbooks, albums and auto
graph books.
The national contest winners
will receive a host Of prizes.
They include: Radio and TV
appearances; typewriters, tape
recorders; art lessons and
equipment; original drawings;
encyclopedias; an all expenses
paid week end at the Hotel
Statler Hilton here with chap
erone; watches, radios, games
and musical instruments.
Tomorrow: The secret OF Mrs.
Fitz' Flats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-27
Observe, Then Draw,
Mort Walker Advises
THE BERRYs
HI AND LOIS
THE TooDLES
| Beetle Bailey

Walker the young creator of Beetle Bailey" has
thought of because of his obevant and
knowledge of human nature that he had to come up with
another comic strip-"H and Lois'-to all of them.
prize winning cartoonSt who has been classified by
his fellow artists all time masters of American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

Tse-tung's urging) would not sit
down with Chang kai-shek.
. There can be no disarmament
agreement-not even a treaty to
ban nuclear tests - without in
spection in Red China. And there
will be no UN inspection in Red
China without UN membership
for Peiping.
o 1t would be an advantage to
the. free world to have Red China
on display in the UN. under an
intense world spotlight, subject to
UN pressureS, available for private
contacts. You Americans feel this
way (they say about Russia in
the UN; why aren't the same
things true about Red China?
For Peiping to take a seat this
year, it is pointed out, would
amount to her being summoned
before the bar of international
justice to answer for her crimes
in Tibet. The chair behind the
nameplate China" would be a
very hot seat for Peiping's man.
Whatever the merits of the va
rious arguments, the outcome Of
the 1859 debate, proposed this
week by India, is foregone. India
will lose. In 1860. presidential
election year, seating of Red
China is even less likely-unless
the UN Assembly is delayed until
after the polls close. The year
1861 is the one for both sides to
watch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
THAT IT, NJ SEAT
Chances Slim for Red Chino

clearly subjected to the obliga-
tons stated in the Charter.
Law-breakers are the last persons
to whom one should grant even
the semblance of exemption from
the law"
Publication of this report,
signed by a considerable number
of national figures, is likely to
cause as wide a stir as the similar
declaration last November by a
World Order Study Conference of
the National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the USA.
Opinion Hostile
There is no evidence that this
view, favoring a UN seat for Red
China, is anywhere near a ma
jority in the United States. On
the contrary, the opposition has
far the greater impact on most
organs of opinion, and polls con-
tinue to show anti-Peiping SEN
timent overwhelmingly strong.
The minority is influential
however, and its weight is felt in
the UN. Many UN delegates,
themselves long since persuaded
that Red China should be in,
nevertheless voted with Wash
ington out of Difference to Amer
lean opinion. AS soon as they
believe a substantial segment of
this opinion has shifted they are
likely to start voting their con-
victions.
Most UN people, from Secre-
tary-General Dag Hammarskjold
down, feel the UN would be more
effective if it were universal. They
would like to abandon the pre-
tense that it is selective. What
they say in private is something
like this:
. The UN will be useless as a
forum for settling Asian questions
as long as the principal center of
power in Asia is not represented.
Even some European and Middle
Eastern questions cannot be
handled as effectively without
Red China; there could not be
summit conference on Lebanon in
the UN Security Council last sum-
mer, for example, because Nikita
Khrushchev apparently at Mao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Foreign Aid:
Up q Little

Foreign aid was Unexpectedly
boosted by $l3 million on Friday
by a conference committee of the
House and Senate.
The confereeS agreed to raise
the authorization for the current
Mutual Security Program by that
amount above the proposed $3.5
billion level approved by both
chambers. 1t was small victory
for foreign aid supporters in Con-
gress, although the authorization
was $3.50 million below the amount
requested by President Eisen-
hover.
The actual appropriation, how
ever, will probably be somewhat
less than the authorization. Final
action on the authorization bill is
expected this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
THE FOREIGN SCENE

his family from an angry mob
that was gathering in front of the
Presidential Palace in Havana.
The strange, totally unexpected
development that repeatedly star
tied even the innermost circles of
Cuban government was further
proof of Mr.. Castro's power and
popularity. He Mechanically
triggered the crisis on Friday by
resigning the post of Premier.
Cubans immediately rallied to
his support. Although the gov
eminent warned the nation to
remain calm, crowds of supporters
thronged the streets of Havana.
Some carried banners and signs
that read: I'VE Support Fidel'
and "Fidel, Don't ReSign!"
But not until that night did
the dark. young revolutionary eX-
plain the reasons for his action.
In front of a television camera.
which has become his favorite
rostrum, he made them exceed
ingly clear.
Mr.. Urrutia, Mr. Castro said,
had tried to betray the regime by
posing as the champion of anti
communism, In bliStering words,
Mr.. Castro declared; Il have
often said I am not a Communist
and neither is the revolutionary
government Communist, but we
do not have to say we are anti
Communists just to faWn on
foreign powers"
Mr.. Castro Immediately replaced
Mr.. Urrutia with a political I'M
known, OSvaldo DorticoS, a quiet
unasSuming country lawyer who
only recently was named to
cabinet post in the Castro govern
ment. Sources in Havana viewed
Mr.. Dorticos' personality as a clue
to his appointment. He will prob
ably be much easier for Mr., Castro
to control, they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y
India stirred up a hornets nest
once again this past week by de-
manding anew that Communist
China be seated in the United
Nations.
There are few subjects con-
nected with the U. N. which raise
the hackles of Americans quite so
fast as Red China. In the wake
of the Tibetan repression, many
will ask, How can India pos
sibly think of bringing the
criminals-hands still bloody
into the U. N.?"
Behind this attitude is an as
sumption about the U. N. which
is highly complimentary to the
organization. 1t is that U. N.
membership is an honor which
is bestowed only on the deserving
to be specific, on "peace-loving
states" (as the U. N. Charter
puts it,.
If this assumption is accepted.
then the act of seating country
in the U. N. becomes an act of
approval, a decision that the
country qualities as peace-loving.
Many Americans would be furious
if such a verdict were to be passed
on Communist China; some would
even urge that the United States
pull out of the U. N.
Official American Government
policy is based on this assumption
that the U. N. is a Selective or
ganization rather than a universal
one An American spokesman here
reaffirmed this past week that
Washington remains firmly OPP
posed to the seating of any rep
resentative of Red China in the
U. N. and the specialized agencies"
Observers generally agree that
the, United States will be able to
hold its majority in the U. N.
General Assembly again this
year, despite the Indian move.
Indeed, because of Tibet, it is gen.
orally expected that the United
States will pick up some additional
votes. 1t would be hard to find
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

anyone who would give Red China
one chance in a thousand to get
in the U. N. in 1859.
Had it not been for the repres-
sion of Tibet, however, the story
might have been very different.
Losing Votes SteodiIy
Each year for the past several
years the United States has been
losing ground on Red China. One
by one, the votes have been Slip
ping away.
A change has been taking place.
too, in American opinion. Among
intellectual groups, churchmen,
pacifists and many other close
students of American foreign pol
icy there is strong feeling-in-
deed, in many groups there is
close to unanimity-that Wash
ington's stand against Red China
is wrong.
This body of opinion rejects the
assumption that U. N membership
is an honor The U. NJ, these
people say, is simply a meeting
ground of existing governments
good, bad and indifferent.
If the U. N. is not in fact an Or
ganization limited to peace-loving
states, these people argue, then it
is nonsense to claim that seating
Red China would be bestowing a
blessing on her. On the contrary,
they say, it would be imposing OBJ
legations on her from which she
can now claim to be exempt.
A draft report of one of the
most authoritative organizations
in the United States, so far as the
U. N. is concerned-a report still
secret at this writing-takes the
line that every government &C
tually in power within a state
should be permitted and encour-
aged to ratlfy the u. NJ Charter,
thereby clearly acknowledging
the obligation to respect its pro-
visions. =.
Such an entity as the govern
ment of the Peoples Republic Of
China, which rules mainland
China" it will say, should be for
mally represented in the United
Nations, because it ought to be
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the most staggering impact will
be on segregation generally, more
particularly on segregation in
education. If segregation in
primary and high schools is de-
clared unconstitutional in the
near future, this declaration will
be the keynote to tragedy.
1t will usher into the South, in
Guiding Virginia, an era Of CHI
canery, hatred and violence"
Chorted Course
Senator Boothe suggested that
Virginia could prevent calamity"
by proving to the Federal legisla-
ture and courts that the State
was ready to eliminate diScrimi-
nation as fast as public opinion
would accept it.
Virginia wasn't about to do
anything of the kind. In l949,
indignation seemed a long way off
and articles like Senator Boothe's
aroused little interest.
The Supreme Court decision did
come, however, as did the chican-
cry, hatred and violence that
followed it in parts of the South.
In 1854, Senator Boothe first
advanced his proposal for a pupil
assignment plan to cope with the
Supreme Court ruling.
One year later-the same year
he moved up to the State Senate
he took the stand that made
him real political orphan. This
was when he led the fight against
amendment of the State conStitu-
ton to permit tuition grants
for private education, knowing his
stand would bring forth the full
wrath of the Byrd organization
which had thrown its mighty
weight behind the referendum.
Major committee assignments
passed him by. For daring to
urge that Virginia concentrate on
containing indignation "a her
than escaping it altogether
which he considered impossible
political enemies tagged him an
integrationist. His political fu-
ture appeared dim, especially
when the tuition grant referen-
dun carried by nearly two to one.
Repeated Ureines
But Senator Boothe'S opposi-
ton continued to be heard as
Virginia embraced the school,
closing, fund-cut-off laws born in
1856. He repeatedly urged his
State to turn to pupil assignment.
Virginia lawmakers listened, as
they always have when the elo-
quent orator from Alexandria rose
to speak. They heard, but they
did not appear to heed what he
had to say.
Senator Boothe's own constitu-
ents rejected the pupil assignment
idea when it was a clear-cut issue
in the 1856 primary contest. They
handed Albert A. Smoot, who had
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that has clouded both sides. OBJ.
servers at the talks believed they
detected a measure of agreement
among the three nations. Thus
the Soviet Union aroused fresh,
though faint, hopes that remain
ing differences may eventually be
solved.
But like cloud on the far hori-
zon, the threat of an early eX-
pansion of the atomic club"
membership cast a thin shadow
over the Geneva meetings.
If Gen. Charles de Gaulle's
France should explode her first
nuclear bomb before an accord is
reached at Geneva-or even after
a new element will complicate
the situation. And the French
man has already promised he will
do Just that.
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been taken out of cultivation be-
cause the only water source, wells,
have become too deep.
Farmers must use 300-horse-
power pumps to bring water from
as deep as 5000 feet. And the
mineral-laden water cannot be
used to grow fruits which would
prosper in the semitropical CHI
mate. Cotton, surplus crop,
must be grown instead.
Out among these sandy and
often barren acres a small town,
Coalinga, must import its drink
ing water by railroad tanker at
$3.50 an acre foot.
Coalinga housewives use three
faucets, hot and cold for cleaning
with harsh water from the local
wells and the domestic" tap for
consumption of the imported
water.
The rest of the water will move
south through canals and pipes to
the Tehachapis, mountain range
that runs east to west, separating
the southern third of the State
A combination of pumps ard
tunnels will lift the water up to
to $500 feet, over and through
the range. From there, it will de-
Scend rapidly and course through
deserts to San Bernardino, Los
Angeles and San Diego. The de-
Scending water will be used to
provide power for the giant pumps
which will lift the water from the
north.
Arrival of the northern waters
will be a welcome relief for South
ern California officials who have
worked for the plan which has
been studied for IL years. 1t will
be a relief to planners. who see
Southern CALIFORNIA; population
almost doubling within is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
LONG JOURNEY SOUTH
CALIFORNIA; Water Plan Underway
BY CARL IRVING
star stan Writer

Man has challenged natures
critically unbalanced water pat
tern in California with 500-mile
aqueduct system to carry water
across mountains and deserts in
an attempt to keep pace with the
leapingsneeds.
The completed plan will link
river waters in the mountains on
the oregon border with reservoirs
in the desert country on the Mex
lean frontier.
Nature provided Southern Cali
fornia with an ideal climate and
terrain for cities and industries
but only 2 per cent Of the States
water resources.
California, which is expected to
have the largest State population
in 10 years, has several big rivers.
but almost all Of them are in the
far north, where many still run
unused into the sea.
Some of these streams have
been damned and saved for farms
and towns in central California.
Success Of these projects led to
the unprecedented current scheme
to ship water the entire length OF
the State.
Work began this summer with
funds on hand after the State
Legislature approved a Stagger-
ing $l.75 billion bond issue to pay
for the plan, which may even
tually cost $12 billion.
BY way of contrast, the st.
Lawrence Seaway cost about 81
billion.
Workers have begun clearing a
15,000-acre reservoir site in the
Sierra Nevada mountains by the
Feather River, that will be con-
tanned by one of the highest
dams in the world.
It's waters will mingle with
those from farther north and
provide enough extra water to
be available for southern Cali
fornia. The other streams that
have been harnesSed for farm
and urban uses are being used
to capacity.
Thousand Mile Trip
The water will move through
almost 1000 miles OF pipes ana
canals to drier southern points.
Great pumping stations will raise
some of the water up to $500 feet
above sea level to pour through
seven miles of mountain tunnels
in order to reach the Los Angeles
and San Diego regions.
The bond issue, passed at the
urging of the new Governor
Edmund G. Brown, will be sub
ject to a public ballot in Novem-
Der, 1860. There is little doubt
that it will be approved, because
8.5 million voters live in South
ern California-where it has been
made clear that more water will
be necessary within Is years.
The water plan follows an idea
a New Deal project originated in
California-the re-direction of
river water away from the ocean
and towards cities and farms
that need it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

Well over 70 per cent of this
water flows in the northern third
of a State that is 700 miles long.
The greatest farming region in
the State is IN two valleys formed
by the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin Rivers that run north to
south through the central part
of the State
The mountains to the east and
north of these valleys gather the
Snowpacks that form the streams.
The valleys are fertile. but rain
fall is infrequent and irrigation
must account for almost all of
the crops-from either rivers or
wells.
River dams have reduced some
of the flooding which periodically
brought death and destruction to
Northern California valley settle
ments and farms,
But farther south in the West
ern San Joaquin, farmers depend
solely on wells which go deeper
and deeper for Shrunken farms.
Their overdraught from the I'M
foreground water table well
water has been causing State
wide concern. The new water
plan will help them.
Shortage Serious
Still farther south. the water
shortage has threatened to cur
tail industrial development. There
also is the fear of running short
on water for purely domestic con-
sumption.
To underline the shortage of
water reserve, San Diegans last
year conducted a civic campaign
to do away with leaky faucets.
The Public Works Administra-
ton started to rectify the State
water imbalance in the early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
For BohIen::
A Top Post?

Controversy is nothing new to
Charles E. Bohlen, 81, career
diplomat, expert on Russian af-
fairs, and currently Americas
Ambassador to the Philippines.
In 1858, he faced strong opposi-
ton in Congress to his appoint
ment as Ambassador to the Soviet
Union. He weathered that storm,
and received his appointment.
Then he ran into difficulties
with John Foster Dulles. late Sec
rotary of State, and was trans
ferred to his present post. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
SENA1E

S6INH L
H R 7454. Fiscal 1860 Depart
ment of Defense appropriation
bill, appropriating 500, 594 ,339 900.
Modified Symington amendment
to increase from $1,450,000,000 to
1888, 100000 Army procurement
funds and designate no less than
S453 million of the total for Army
combat equipment modernization.
Rejected, 43-48 ID 40-19; R 1929,
July 10. 1859.
FOR: Byrd and Randolph, Democrats of
AGAINST: Beai and Butler. Republicans
OF MARYLAND; Byrd and Robertson, Demo-
Gratis of Virginia.
H R 7454. Thurmond amend
ment to reduce from 500 million
to $50 million fund for the Mill
tary Air Transport Service to use
to hire supplementary commercial
air carriers. Rejected, 46-46 ID "a
SO; r 22-l0), July IA, 1859.
FOR: Beall and Butler, Republicans of
Maryland; Byrd, Democrat o! Virginia.
ginia; Byrd and Randolph Democrats
of West Virginia.
S 1851. A bill to provide for an
elected mayor. city council and
non-voting delegate to the House
OF Representatives for the District
of Columbia. Case amendment to
substitute for the bill a proposed
constitutional amendment grant,
ing voting representation in the
House of representatives and in
presidential elections to District of
Columbia residents. Rejected, Is
80 ID 3-59; R 12-2D. July Is, 1859.
AGAINST: Beall, Republican of Maryland !;
Byrd and Robertson, Democrats of Vir-
glnla; Byrd and Randolph, Democrats
OF West Virginia.
S 2l62. Passage of the bill pro-
viding a health benefits program
for Federal employees. Passed 81
4 ID $50; R 26-4). July 16, 1859.
FOR: Beall and Butler. Republicans Of
Maryland. Robertson, Democrat of Viz
slnla Byrd and Randolph, Democrats
OF West Virginia
NOT VOTING: Byrd, Democrat Of Virginia.
(By Congressional Quarterly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

l930s. The Central Valley Project,
as it was called, diverted water
from the San Joaquin to dry
farmlands which had no river
nearby.
In turn, the area formerly ir-
rigated farther downstream by the
San Joaquin was supplied by
canal from the Sacramento River
to the north. Later, the CVP pro-
vided for construction of the
Shasta Dam near Oregon, which
harnessed three large rivers.
Other dams followed.
The rivers downstream were
more under control and the floods
decreased. 1t was this factor that
helped get Northern California
legislators to favor the new water
plan, because it provided for the
damming of another large stream,
the Feather.
The dam, 80 miles north Of
Sacramento, will be TAO feet high,
highest in the Western hemls-
phere. The water will be sent on
to the Sacramento River, as
needed, for the southland.
At the Sacramento delta near
San Francisco Bay. the southern
water share will pour into a canal
bound for large reservoir in the
foothills of the coast range near
the west side of the San Joaquin
Valley.
If Congress approves, the Fed
eral Government win help build
this reservoir and pipe water to
the nearby settlements and farms.
Federal Funds Sought
A bill now before Congress
would provide $500 million in Fed
eral money. More than a third OF
the 100000 acres in this area
of south-central California have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Cdstro's Cuba:
Tight Grip

Fidel Castro. the bearded,
strong willed spearhead of Cuba's
recent revolution, frightened his
grip on the affairs of that nation
yesterday by ousting President
Manuel Urrutia.
In an emotional appeal to the
people of Cuba, Mr.. Castro de-
nounced the 56-year-old former
judge for near treason" and de-
manded his resignation. Mr.. Ur-
rutia, watching Mr.. Castro's per-
Torrance on television, stepped
down promptly and escaped with