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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon and Rockefeller to TroveI
BY GOULD LINCOLN

flle-is thinking Of any can
didate seriously other than
Nixon and Rockefeller; one
from a great State on the
Pacific Coast, and the other
from a great State on the
Atlantic.
Gov. Rockefeller's attend
ance at the Governors Con-
ference in Puerto Rico will
give him an opportunity to
sell himself to Republican
Governors from New Hamp-
shire TO Oregon. Mr.. Rookie
Teller, according to all re-
ports. is a remarkably good
salesman. He is not expected
TO declare his candidacy or
to do any political trading
at this conference. There are
other ways Of impressins
political leaders. The press
will be on hand. not only to
report what Gov. Rockefeller
may say or do. but also to
report what other Governors
may say Of Gov. Rockefeller
and his qualifications.
II and when Gov. Rookie
Teller makes known his
intention OF seeking a presi-
dental nomination and there
by engage in a race with
Vice President Nixon. who is
expected to announce his
candidacy, the New Yorker
will be faced with a decision
on the kind of campaign he
will wage. Vice President
Nixon today has the over
whelming support Of party
leaders in many States, In
Guiding Republican State
chairmen and members Of
the Republican National
Committee, indeed, the party
organization. Gov. Rockefel-
Ter, on the other hand, has
won himself a reputation as
a strong and glamorous
campaigner. Also. he is Gov
ernor OF New York-an once
which has been rated in the
past as second only in i'm
portance to the Office of
President. Governors of New
York have, per Sc, been
potential presidential pos
sibilities in both Republican
and Democratic National
Conventions. Many Of them
have been nominated.
Primary Picture
II Gov. Rockefeller is to
capitalize on his personal
popularity with many Repub-
licans in and out of New
York it would appear he
must enter q number of the
presidential primaries in such
States as Oregon, Wisconsin.
Pennsylvania, Nebraska. Ohio
Maryland and New Hamp-
shire. There are no strong
favorite son" candidates in
these States to whom voters
would necessaTily rally
against either Nixon or
Rockefeller or both in a presi-
dental preference primary or
in a primary where the dele
gates to the national conven-
ton are elected, The Vice
President presumably would
be a favorite-son candidate in
California, where delegates
to the Republican National
Convention are elected, and
Rockefeller would occupy a
similar position in New York.
With the COP. national
convention less than IS
months away, and the first
presidential preference pri-
mary-in New Hampshire
only eight months in the
future, Rockefeller and Nixon
both will have to fish or cut
halt hefore ton LAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
An Appeal

During this torrid weather,
please let us not forget to
place pans of water out of
doors in the shade for thirsty
animals and birds. Also put
out food for the homeless
ones at night. They have no
way to obtain food and drink
for themselves, and would
perish without our help.
Phrocene Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02

the veterans groups. II the bill is to
become law-and Congress usually gives
the veterans sympathetic ear-the
checkrein on pensions for nondeserving
veterans most certainly should be re-
tanned In the legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
Recount

1t was encouraging to
read in your issue of June
% the report of Norman
Thomas sane observations
at the June % meeting of
the Washington branch of
the National Committee for
a Sane Nuclear Policy. May
I. however, correct the re-
port in one respect-the at
tendance was not 80 but well
over 100.
Dagmar Wilson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
"4lst Street.

"4lst Street.
Dear Sir:
ITO change the subject:
Between June 10 and IS
was the swarming time for
flying ants, at least in my
house.
AN expert examined and
said they were flying ants.
but to be sure I sent for the
termite bulletins published by
the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. and
read about Opaque and trans
parent wings and slender
waists, but there was moth
ing about how they got into
the cellar at swarming time.
Il spent three days killing
them as they flew from the
cellar floor to each cellar
window above ground and
finally I left what may have
escaped me to the spiders
webs.
Flying ants are spiders
anchovy and caviar, and I
never destroy the assistance
Of a spider web.
I've searched the ceiling
and every nook and Granny
in the cellar, but have been
unable each year to discover
how they get in and suddenly
appear on the floor and then
fly toward light.
Where do they come
from2 How do they get in?
Maybe the future winged
males crawl in as ants and
develop into ants with wings.
Can anyone help me?
Life is so full Of a num-
Der Of things,
I'm sure we should all be
as happy as kings.
If we didn't have ants with
flying wings.
Yours truly, B.R.H."
It's not so much how they
get in. as what to do when
they do.
Sometimes they come in
high, sometimes low. If one
looks only low, then one is
likely to not find the proper
place, or vice versa.
These ambitious pests build
themselves long tunnels of
clay. and if the homeowner
looks long enough, he may
find them leading in from
outside. This is the way
they get in.
Whether ones flying
ants" are really termites or
not requires more knowledge
than the average householder
possesses.
He is we'll advised. there
fore, who calls an expert and
abides by his decision.
A great deal can be done,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDrtter'S correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conder-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
Imperfect Mods

Phrocene Hamilto,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Triumphol, but

Showing no sign Of strain, but look
ing instead as though the experience
had refreshed and relaxed him, Presi-
dent Eisenhower now has concluded his
strenuous round Of visits to Bonn, Lon
don and Paris. There is no precise way,
of course, of measuring what he has
achieved by this extraordinary resort to
personal diplomacy" but there can be
little doubt that he has lifted up the
hearts of free Europeans and strength
ened the unity, as well as the determi-
nation, Of the North Atlantic Treaty.
Organization.
In one sense, as demonstrated by
the affectionate enthusiasm of the great
crowds of Germans, Britons and French
men greeting him, the tour has been a
kind of triumphal procession for the
President personally. Quite obviously,
he continues to be enormously popular
over there, perhaps more so than ever.
Quite obviously, too, the people Of West
ern Europe have derived additional hope
and confidence from his presence among
them, and from his simple but eloquent
words in behalf Of decent, trustworthy
and enduring world peace-Such words,
for example, as the following:
NATO is a matter of spirit, OF deter
mination to work as partners and to pre-
serve the ideals we all cherish II we are
firm among ourselves, If we refuse to
retreat one inch from principle. If we
remain flexible so far as tactics are
involved, If we give NATO the same
patriotic deep devotion we give to each
of our own nations. then there will be
no war. There will be peace.
It is primarily because of his almost
passionate desire to keep the Atlantic
community operating in that fashion, in
that spirit, that Mr.. Eisenhower has
given fully of himself and his energies
on his -London-Paris visits and in
his talks with Chancellor Adenauer,
Prime Minister Macmillan and President
de Gaulle. First of all, he has been at
pains to reaSSure everybody concerned
that his personal diplomacy" in his
coming meetings with Soviet Premier
KhruShchev will in no way run counter
to the basic interests of any of our
country's friends or allies. And beyond
that, especially as regards France, he
has spared no effort to reconcile certain
divergent views in order to fortify
NATO's solidarity.
This solidarity has an Importance
that can hardly be exaggerated. For
Mr.. Khrushchev, in the article he has
just written for the American quarterly
Foreign Affairs, appears to be as I'M
yielding as ever on such grave issues
as the Berlin crisis which he himself
has created. Certainly, in the teeth of
this seeming Soviet obduratenesS, the
West must hold fast together, unwaver-
ingly, lest it lose its freedom bit by bit.
That has been the Presidents prime
message in Bonn, London and Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

Q. How many goats does it
take to provide enough wool
to make one Cash m ere
sweater of average size?-
N. j.
A. Six or more. True CASH
mere wool is made from the
downy undercoat of the
Cashmere goat, and ordi-
narily from 3 to 5 ounces of
the soft f1bers are obtained
from each goat. The CASH
mere goat lives in Tibet.
Iran, Turkestan, Mongolia
and northern India, and at
tempts of acclimatize it in
parts of the Western world
have been unsuccessful.
@. Is there a musical in
strument called the rebab?-
S. E.
A. Yes. Mohammedans of
northern Africa use the name
to designate various stringed
instruments played with q
bow. The rebab served to in
troduce the bow to the West
ern world. and has been con-
sidered by some as the ances-
tor of the violin. Originally,
the rebab was an ancient
stringed instrument with a
pear shaped or boat-shaped
body. having one to three
strings. no neck. and a
vaulted back. 1t was some
times plucked. sometimes
played with q bow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

The hearings, Of necessity, must be
Drlef. Congress is approaching the ses-
sion's end. There is not much time. But
we OF washington should find great sat-
lsfaction, and suddenly renewed hope.
IN the fact that Senate hearings on a
proposal to amend the Constitution.
permitting residents of this American
Capital the right to vote for President,
Vice President, and representatives in
Congress, have been scheduled for next
wednesday, with chances for favorable
action.
The list OF potential witnesses, ready
and willing to testify in favor of this
proposition, is long one. We know of
no issue on which there seems to be
greater unanimity of opinion. The fun
damental but long withheld right of
American residents in this city to vote
for President, Vice President, and rep
resentatives in Congress, has won gen.
eral acceptance. Witnesses could fill
volumes with their arguments, to be
added to those already in the archives.
But why? What more is there to be
said on this subject? Otherwise quail
fed voters in city of 850,O00-the dis
qualification being residence in the
American Capital - suffer the most
wholesale and indefenSible discrimina-
ton in the whole catalogue of denied
civil rights" These citizens, these
voteleSs Americans, can be given the
right to representation in their Gov
eminent by simple amendment of the
Constitution that corrects an under
standable oversight when it was written.
That amendment will not make the Dis
trict State. It will not impair, reduce
or divide the wise and exclusive control
by Congress over its seat of government.
What it does do is to permit resi-
dents Of this city to vote for President
and Vice President, preserving at the
same time the concept of the District of
Columbia as the Federal City, but per-
hitting its citizens representation in the
Electoral College they would enjoy If the
District was State; and the right to
send three delegates to the House, with
such powers as Congress by legislation
may choose to give them.
The brevity Of further hearings on
that proposition would be virtue. The
need for removing fragrant contradic-
ton of what we stand for as a Nation
is self-evident The resolution for
amendment of the Constitution should
find place on the Senate calendar and
receive the favorable action of the SEN
ate at this session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

again, to do them, but gave
them up as not for him.
No doubt many millions Of
Westerners have felt exactly
the same way.
You cannot take over the
very spirit Of a race.
You may initiate their way
OF dress, read their books,
admire their women, but
you cannot become, as in this
case, a Hindu. That is their
pride.
So we advise anyone who
wants to try the method so
kindly sent in by DC. to 60
at it by degrees.
Take it easy!
You are no true yogi, re-
member, and your muscles
are stiff.
Jones will never forget the
time he tried to lie down on
the floor recently. He hadn't
done it since he was a boy,
and there was a great differ
ence!
He couldn't get down at all.
And once down, with the
aid of strong arms, he found
he simply could not get the
back of his head on the floor.
So good-by, Cobra exer-
else!
But it may be very help
full, no doubt. to those as
young as SO years. That's a
nice age to be. though Is is
somewhat nicer.
And 8 years is even better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Union Money Talks

Some union spokesman have said
that the labor reform bill, as approved
by the House-Senate conferees, is bad
legislation. They have said that 1t is
a punitive, oppressive, union busting
measure. 1t is worse, they have claimed.
than Taft-Hartley, which, when adopted
IL years ago, was supposed to have en-
shaved labor.
All such talk is the SheereSt nom
sense. But after all 1t is only talk, and
in this instance union action, or union
money, speaks louder than words. What
we have in mind is the announcement
by Walter Reuther that his Industrial
Union Department of the AFL-CIO has
given 81 million to the steel workers to
support their strike. And this is only
FIRST down payment" on $25 million
which the AFL-CIO is planning to do
nate If it is needed by the strikers.
If money talks, and we think it does,
this gift gives the lie to all the chatter
about the prospective destruction Of the
union movement. What this 81 million
gift says is that the union movement
is strong, probably the strongest or
ganized force in the country, and that
its leaders have plenty Of confidence in
its future.
The reform bill does impose some
restraints, on some abuses of union
power. It restraints secondary boycotts
Of businessmen not directly involved in
strike. 1t imposes some restraints on
so called organizational picketing
picketing designed to force workers to
join unions even though they may not
wish to join. 1t outlaws the :hot cargo"
clause-a favorite coercive weapon Of
the Transfers Union. And it permits
State agencies to take jurisdiction Of
some labor disputes which the National
Labor Relations Board cannot or will
not handle. There is nothing in these
provisions which stiles any proper
union activity. What they will do, If
they prove to be effective, is to prevent
intolerable abuses Of union power, and
that will be good thing for all con-
cerned.
In its more important provisions,
the bill cracks down hard on the thieves,
racketeerS, criminals and Communists
who have infested labor unions. This
breakdown has been long time in COM
ing, but public pressure resulting from
the exposures by Senator McClellan's
committee has proved irresistible. Even
the most pro-labor legislators have felt
the heat, and are eager to vote for these
reforms. If the bill becomes law, as I'M
doubtedly it will, and If it accomplishes
what it is supposed to accomplish, honest
workers, honest union leaders and honest
businessmen will enjoy something APP
preaching new birth Of freedom. And
this is true, no matter what the profess
sional hand-wringers may continue to
say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Appeal to Conscience

In a physical sense there is little
or nothing that the United Nations can
do to help the faraway and almost in
accessible Hima1ayan kingdom of Tibet.
Morally, however, both the Security
Council and the General Assembly
(Which reconvenes in New York fort
night from now have at least enough
power to place themselves on record,
resoundingly and unequivocally, as con-
demning Red ChinaS crimes against
this gentle, unoffending little land on
"the roof of the world"
The crimes are real, in any case,
and they are terrible. According to the
Dalai Lama, they add up to nothing
less than an appallingly deliberate resort
to genocide. Thus, speaking eloquently
from his asylum in India, the 24-year-
old Buddhist cooking has unqualifedly
charged that the Chinese Communists
have already slain at least 10000 of
his defenseleSs countrymen, and he has
gone on to declare that "the complete
determination of the Tibetan race in
its own motherland is now in progress"
Accordingly, describing all this as
dark and dismal tragedy" in which
"the sufferings of my people are beyond
description" the Dalai Lama has called
upon the U. N. for some kind of support
against Peiping'S brutalities. A similar
appeal fell on deaf ears during the 1850
Red invasion of the kingdom, but at
that time, because of the obscurity of
the situation and because of Tibets
peculiar international status as coun-
try long and legally subject to Chinese
suzerainty, no government-not even
Nationalist China-felt moved to do
anything about the matter in either
the Security Council or the General
Assembly.
Today, however, the picture is
clearer For Communist Peiping seems
definitely bent upon trying to obliterate
the Tibetans as a race and nation.
So there is every reason why the U. NJ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
On Creating Life in Laboratory
By THOMAS R. HENRY

weights are about the same
as those of proteins. They
respond in the same way to
all the common chemical
tests, such as light absorp-
ton. and behavior in electri-
cal fields. Still they are not
actual proteins-perhaps q
long way from 1t. But they
quite obviously are on the
protein road in organic
evolution.
The next step was produc-
ton of the spheroids. When
various proteinoids were
mixed with hot water and
the mixture cooled they
coalesced into the little balls.
It can be conjectured that
something very similar hap
peped in the hot but cooling
seas Of a primitive planet.
Thus life, as known on earth,
might have originated
through entirely natural
processes. This would appear
to do away with the necessity
for special creation. or for
germs of life being blown
here from some other planet
or solar system as has been
conjectured.
Balls Described
Are the little balls "alive"?
They seem to be almost as
much so as bacteria, accord
ing to the report Of DR.. Fox
and his associates.
They were described in the
report as follows:
They are highly uE1orm
in size. In this they differ
from dropletS such as oil.
THE units are firm. After
preparation in sea water they
can be centrifugal at 1000
revolutions a minute for five
minutes without loss Of
integrity.
They are elastic. They
can be made to shrink or
swell, in one case to twice
the original diameter.
Many of them are in the
size range of many bacteria.
AS many as 1000, 900, 900
spherules can be obtained
from IS milligrams, less than
an ounce, of proteinoid.
There are discernible diff
ferences morphologically, or
different species.
They can be prepared so
that they have the property
of fusibility"-that is, they
can combine into new and
more complex units. as must
have happened in the early
days of life.
The total picture" said
DR.. Fox in summarizing his
findings, "visualizes release
of a hot. re-biochemical VOL
canic magma into a primitive
m arine environment, in
which the bio-chemical sub
stances and reactions are
captured within primordial
cellular membranes"
The gases forming the
primeval atmosphere sup
posedly seeped from the in
terror Of the planet to con-
stitute the atmosphere and
probably most of the seas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

AVA" ASAeAA NAlCktAoto
are on the edge Of creating
life. Maybe they already
have.
Microscopic "spheroids,"
little balls, with nearly all
the properties Of living or
ganisms, are being produced
out Of gases which were
contained In the earth's pri-
meval atm osphere and
oceans two or three billion
years ago.
This was reported to the
International Oceanographic
Congress here today by a
group from the Oceanogra-
phic Institute of Florida
State University. Nothing
which ever has been a part
Of anything living enters
into the original makeup Of
the spheroids. less than a
ten-thousandth of an inch
in diameter which is about
the size Of some bacteria, the
lowest recognized forms of
life.
The accomplishment to
date with its far-reaching
philosophical - and perhaps
eventually practical-impli-
cations has proceeded in
three major steps, according
to the report Of Drs. Sidney
w. Fox, Kaoru Harada and
Jean Kendrick.
Procedure Followed
First is the production of
amino acids. highly complex
nitrogen-containing mate
rails from a reconstructed
primeval atmosphere either
by sending electric currents
through 1t or by subjecting 1t
to intense ultraviolet radia-
ton. Until this first was
accomplished three years
ago by DR.. Philip Abelson
and his associates at the
Geophysical Laboratory of
the Carnegie In stitution
OF Washington these SUBJ
stances. of which about 20
are known, had been con-
sldered as exclusively con-
tanned in living things.
In nature these amino
acids in various combinations
are the basis of proteins, the
very highly complex sub
stances which are the fun
damental building stones of
all organisms. plant and ami
NAL. from bacteria to men.
They are synthesiz ID by
plants, by processes not yet
understood. from constituents
OF atmosphere and soil. They
cannot be made by animals
who must get them by eating
plants. They are essentially
a major part of all animal
food.
Here DR.. Fox and his asso-
ciates enter the picture. They
were not able to make actual
proteins out of their gas de-
rived acids but a couple Of
years ago, by extremely COM
pick chemical processes, they
were able to create combina-
tions with most of the char
acteristics of proteins. These
they call "proteinoids."
These contain, like pro-
teins, all the 10 common
amino acids. Their molecular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

INDEPENDENCE AVE-, Sc.
Dear Sir:
II sympathize with your
correspondent who wanted
to know how to correct q
stoop.
II speak as one who has
always had a pretty lousy
posture and low energy, and
who after years Of fumbling
effort has finally at So
achieved good posture and
considerable energy, so it
isn't a matter of age.
ANY attempt to assume an
erect carriage will be ineffec-
tive unless the muscles Of the
back and neck are strength
ened at the same time the
curve is corrected.
THE best way to strength
en- the back and straighten
the muscles is a yoga exer-
else called the Cobra pos
ture.
ITO do this you lie prone
chat is, face downward
with the hands beneath the
shoulders, palms down.
"Exhale and slowly push
up from the floor, trying to
straighten the arms and keep
the stomach fiat on the floor
at least to the navel.
Let the back muscles take
over as much of the work as
possible and hold the posture
for several seconds. breathing
normally.
1.-THE whole spine, from
the base of the skull down,
should be stiff.
THE head may be tipped
back and the gaze directed
toward the ceiling. or the
head may be held vertical
but pulled back.
Slowly return to the first
position, using the back mus
Giles, and not just the arms,
and relax for an equal count.
Repeat three times, twice
a day.
LAS the dorsal spine
straightens out and the mus
cles get stronger, increase the
time of holding.
1T is also important to
keep the neck as nearly ver-
teal as possible when stand
ing. walking or sitting. so
that its weight doesn't tend
to bow the back.
Sincerely yours. D. c."
A yogi is one who practices
yoga.
That is plain enough, but
many get the words mixed.
Temp Jones, our old
friend, has an attic full of
yoga books.
His attempts to be a yogi,
or one who, practices yoga,
came to an end many years
ago.
Still, he treasures his
books. as an expression of
one honest attempt in many
over the centuries, to assess
life at its fullest and best.
Jones came to grief, as an
American exponent, on the
breathing exercises.
He found they made him
nervous. He tried, time and