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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Russia Seeks to Lure u. S. to Ruin

to have a military showdown
with us, will use modernized
conventional warfare. That 10,
1t will rely on its huge ground
forces in Europe and Asia
and on its long-range bomb
bers. submarines and surface
vessels. Otherwise. 1t is said.
there Is no reason why the
Soviet Union should main
tain on active service TIA di-
visions with twice as many
reserves available within 30
days: why 1t should spend
huge sums on building a sub
marine force which at pres
ent is 470 strong and is being
steadily increased; why it
should build a very large
number Of surface combat
vessels and continue to in
crease its combat aviation
including, probably, atomic
planes.
The cost of a large Soviet
armed force is. of course, far
less than ours. This is
inevitable in a totalitarian
country where men and raw
materials are the property
Of the state. in effect of Mr..
Khrushchev himself.
The Russian director relies
in the war of nerves he is
waging against US on the
confusion which it must be
admitted prevails among so
many American politicians.
This. he expects, will force
us into expenditures which
will justify Economist Vargas
predictions that Americas
still strong fabric will be
undermined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24

There is a need and a duty
to cry alarm at the growing
disarray of Washington. a
Washington torn by the pet
tiest of politics in the face Of
the gravest of world dangers.
After IL years of cold war,
we have entered an hour Of
twilight before another and
perhaps the last crisis is upon
us. These days, while negotia-
tons over Germany are in
suspense. may be the last
days open for rallying the
country and elevating the
purposes of its political
parties above the two-bit
tissues" over which the po-
litical extremists are tearing
each other-and themselves
apart.
This they are doing as
though there were no vast
and infinitely threatening
Soviet monolith; as though
the greatest question before
US were the precise terms Of
a public housing bill or the
exact balance of a Federal
budget.
1t is in this scene of almost
Juvenile disorder that a great
Secretary Of State, Christian
A. Herter, is trying to appeal
both to the highest nature
and the highest necessity Of
the country. This is simply
the necessity of survival.
Here is a real, an adult
politician. He is attempting
to point out that no party
and no individual politician
can profit from the collegiate.
rah rah partisanship now
going on here.
The responsible men, the
men who are aware Of the
true nature of the challenge
and its true danger, have
rarely had greater need Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24
Priee-Fixing Laid
To U. S. Rubber Co.

DENVER. June "a (AP).-
The United States Rubber Co.
was indicted yesterday by q
Federal grand jury on charges
of conspiracy to fix prices in
the sale Of foam-rubber mat
tresseS.
Numerous distributors, sup
pliers and retail stores were
alleged to be co-conspirators.
but the indictment did not
name them and they are not
defendants.
If convicted. the rubber COM
pany would be subject to a fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24
Youth Conference
Roles Outlined
For Area Pupils

The role approximately 100
area high school students will
play in the 1860 White House
Conference on Children and
Youth was spelled out today by
the District committee for the
conference.
Local teen-agers. Joined by
teens from embassy and other
foreign families living here.
viii welcome young people from
all over the country coming as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24
Petty Problems Viewed as Obseuring
Greater Issues Before Nation

public Encouragement. For
they are under almost I'M
bearable pressure from lesser
men in their own parties to
abandon the positions Of ma
tional responsibility in favor
Of little vote-catching issues
for 1860.
1t is a case. as it nearly
always is. Of the rise Of di-
visive activity by the political
extremists in both parties
precisely when national unity
and the larger view are
peculiarly necessary.
President Eisenhower, no
doubt in honest conviction
but also under endless spur
from Old Guard Republicans.
is making powerful appeals
for what? Why, for support
Of a certain gasoline tax and
for his "anti-inflation" pro-
posalS in general. This is well
coined, indeed, by the Old
Guard. Senate COP. Leader
Everett Mckinley Dirksen
says happily that the Presi-
dent will put it (the pro-
gram) in concrete packages"
What Of the Democrats?
The controlling Democratic
center Of Congress is having
little time to consider the
issue Of national survival.
Rather, it is occupied with
defending itself from the tire
less sniping of the ultra
liberals-men like Senators
Wayne Morse Of Oregon and
William Proxmire Of Wiscon-
sin-while 1t tries to make
sc n 81 bl e accommoda-
tons with the White House
so that something at least
can be accomplished this ses-
sion.
The views and intentions
Of the Old Guardists are hon.
orable and so are those of
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delegates to the conference,
the District committee reports,
The local teen-agers are serv-
ing at the request Of the Ma
tional Committee on Youth Ac-
tivities of the conference.
They will conduct an open
house on registration day,
March 81; develop information
packets, man information
booths and serve as hosts and
hostesses at hotels and at sup.
per groups planned in restau-
rants here.
The White House conference
will run through April 2. DR..
Seth r. Brooks is chairman of
the Youth Hospitality Project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-24
DORIS FLEESON

The intensity Of present
debate about Democratic
presidential politics is
matched only by the dearth
Of solid evidence to back up
the opinions so freely ex-
pressed. Two meetings are
in prospect, however. which
should shed some light on the
situation.
One is the Governors Con-
ference in Puerto Rico Au-
gust 2 to August 5 next. The
IS Democrats commanding
statehouses from Maine to
California will be given every
opportunity to state their
views. II an important ma
jority remain uncommltted
and cling to favorite-son
strategy. they will afford
practically unlimited scope
to the hot stove league in
the winter months, for such
tactics will virtually assure
q wide-open convention.
September IS to September
10 next will see the national
committee and State chair
men meeting in Washington.
These wheelhorses will take
their time about the candi-
dates, lest they find them
selves hitched to bandwagons
which don't start rolling.
But they have important
decisions to make which will
show where the convention
power will rest. The COM
mittees to be named then and
the party strategy decisions
reached will point clearly to
the places where the decisions
will be made. Each such
place will be a point of dan
ger to every presidential as
pirant.
The convention arrange
ments committee is one such
spot. The contest there will
be between the State power
Evening star., 1959-12-24
Fiery Ivonov to Lead
Soviet SymphonyHe

Army unit adopted him and
sent him to school.
He was graduated from the
Moscow Conservatory with hon.
ors in 1887 and joined the
newly formed State Symphony
Orchestra as assistant conduc-
tor the same year.
He was appointed chief con-
ductor in 1916.
He will lead the orchestra in
its Washington appearance, one
of "a in the United States, in
an all-TschaikowSky program,
including the Symphony No. S
and Capriccio Italien.
Pianist Emil GilelS, who has
appeared twice before in the
Capital, will perform the Con-
certo No. l.
The 120-member orchestra
appeared last year at the BruS-
sells Worlds Fair. 1t has had
a long personal association with
Prokofiev, Shostakovitch and
Khatcheturian, and introduced
| to Russian audiences such
American composers as Barber,
COPELAND, Gershwin and Harris
! Its premiere performance in
the United States will be in
Carnegie Hall in New York on
January 3.
The orchestra's Washington
appearance is being handled
/ by the Hayes Concert Bureau.
Evening star., 1959-12-24
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star STAFF Writer

A fiery 52-year-old Russian
will introduce the Soviet
Unions foremost symphony
orchestra to a Washington
audience in January.
KonStantin Ivanov, who
nearly gave up music at the
age of 13 when his parents
died, is scheduled to lead the
State Symphony Orchestra of
the Soviet Union when it ap-
pears in Constitution Hall
January IA.
1t will be the first Soviet
symphony ever to perform in
the United States.
The man who has nodded
the orchestra, short. round
faced musician, will probably
be entertainment in himself.
The Soviet Embassy says he is
possessed of a vivid emotional
temperament and fastidiou S
musical taste"
His raging temper at rehear-
sails is legendary among musical
circles in the Soviet Union.
The son of a poor laborer in
the town of Yefremov, Mr..
1vanov was orphaned at the
age of 1S. A tledglipg musician,
he was prepared 60 give up a
career in that field when an
Evening star., 1959-12-24

the Salvation Army will serve
dinner to about 300 needy men
tomorrow at the Harbor Light
Center, 9O9 l street NV.
Women and children will also
be served at the Salvation
Army's emergency home at 504
Fifth street NV. The chari-
table organization also invites
all homeless persons to attend
the dinner.
Washington Post Office en-
ployes turned over nearly $500
in food to the Salvation Army.
It was the largest contribution
made by the postal employees in
their six annual collections.
The Del Ray Methodist
Church, 100 East Windsor ave-
nue.. Alexandria. will hold a
candlelight service at II o'clock
tonight.
The Red Cross Washington
Regional Blood Center. POPS
E street NV, will be closed
from noon today until l. pm.
Monday. The distribution Cen-
ter will remain on duty.
Evening star., 1959-12-24
The
Rambler
Halls
The Chief
By GEORGE KENNEDY

The Rambler was there on
the curb with a Sparkler
Tuesday night right across
from the White House.
1t was quite an experience.
The night was cold-7 de-
grees below freezing. Every
ones breath was quite ap-
parent.
A much better view of
what we were about to see
could have been had in the
comfort Of an easy chair in
front of the televiSion within
the warmth Of the fireplace.
But here were more than
1000 people, probably more
than 1000, and the crowd
was rapidly growing, people
who felt that our President
would have to have an ade-
quate greeting at his home
coming after all that had
happened abroad.
There were more men and
boys than women. 1t was not
a noisy crowd-nor was it
one that was awed by the
moment. 1t was a cheerful
crowd.
Evening star., 1959-12-24

THERE WERE PLENTY Of
sparklers. Some men had a
dozen or so but were free
with them on request.
The Rambler found a
cache of them-100 or more
behind a big elm tree and
decided to make that his
powder magazine.
Some persons, women for
the most part, were SPAR
king their sparklers prema-
turely along the curb.
But most of us held our
fire.
There were Christmas red
and green electric bulbs at
the entrance Of the White
House across the way and
the great white portico was
bathed in floodlightS.
Some newspapermen who
had been watching TV at the
Press Club arrived about 20
minutes to IL and said they
had Just seen the President
arrive at Andrews Field.
We started to light SPAR
klers. Found that it is rather
difficult to ignite them with
a cigarette lighter but easy
to get a light from a Sparkler
that is already sparkling.
Soon everyone had one
going. But the cavalcade did
not arrive and our sparklerS
were burning out.
Two men came forcing
their way through the crowd.
"HOLD THE SPARKLERS
above your heads" they said.
Don't hold them close to
your eyes. They're danger
GUS"
The men were wearing the
ed" armbandS of Civil De-
fense air raid wardens.
We got more Sparklers
from behind the tree and
continued sparkling. 1t was
quite a sight, the whole park
lit up with effervescent fire.
Smoke from the sparklerS
was forming into a stratum
of glowing haze above our
heads.
The line along the curb
became three or four deep,
but it was a well-ordered
crowd. No one stepped off or
was pushed off the curb.
There was no rope along the
curb and it wasn't necessary.
1t was cold enough to
rattle a good many teeth,
including some mounted on
plates. But the man who
started all this celebration,
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin, was right there on
the job, and if he could stick
it out so could the rest of us.
A TV cameraman was on
a high platform right behind
us. He kept on the alert by
taking occasional crow d
shots. We were all sure that
we we're making a pretty pic
ture for those watching in
the warmth and comfort of
their living rooms.
A sparkler burns about
three minutes and 20 minutes
had passed since we were
alerted. 1t was past mid
night. 1t was now the 23rd
of December, the day before
Christmas eve, the day OF
the opening of the Pageant
of Peace.
The situation was becom-
ing critical. We were run
ming out of sparklers, only
had two left.
Then there was a stir.
Here they come!" several
persons from the Madison
place side of the park
shouted.
There was the sound OF
throttled-down motorcycles
and in a minute a great v
of the Metropolitan Police
Traffic Divi sion's finest
rolled by in perfect forma-
ton. They all had white side
cars.
Then a limousine, a IA
miliar bald head at the win.
dow, a happy smile, a wave
of the arm and a shout from
the crowd.
1t was a fraction of a sec
ond, but it was so apparen'
that he was so pleased at th'
greeting that it made it al
seem very worthwhile.
Evening star., 1959-12-24
CHRISTMAS ROUNDUP
Robbis Send Greetinq
Christion Clergy

The Jewish Comm uni t y
Council of Greater Washington,
the Rabbinical Council and
the Washington Board of
Rabbis yesterday sent their
traditional holiday greeting to
all Protestant and Catholic
clergy in the area.
Signed by Rabbi M. H.
Levinson, Rabbi Meyer Green
berg and Albert E. Aren't, heads
of the Jewish groups, the
read in part:
I'VE pray together with you
for a universal rededication of
the hearts and minds and deeds
of men everywhere to peace and
justice, under divine guidance.
I'VE are all participants in
mankind's global cropping for
peace and freedom, in human
ity'S hopeful search for ways
of avoiding man-made self
destruction. On the domestic
scene we are all actors in the
continuing dramatic struggle
for equality and civl rights"
AS part of the CtN N-istmas ac-
tivity in the Washington area,
Evening star., 1959-12-24
AFRAID OF SANTA
ApeinHome
Takes YuIe
In Stride
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Star Staff Writer


If you think trimming your
C hriS mas tree with the
children around is a chore,
consider the case of a young
Washington couple who have a
monkey in the family.
The party in question is
Helen. a 14-month-old gibbon,
who was born in the Wash
ington Zoo but has never lived
around anyone but people.
Helen'S mother, Barbara. re-
jected her at birth. In order
to keep the baby ape alive,
Zoo Director Theodore Reed
sent the furry little bundle to
live with young keeper Sonny
Stroman and his mother.
That was in September. 1858
A few months later. 26-year-old
Sonny and his fiancee, the
former Mary Louise Brown, de-
cided to get married. But not
before they had a little talk
about Helen.
Sonny'S position was that
where he went. so did the babv
ape. Mary Louise, a former en-
ploye of Government EMPLOYEES
Insurance Co., saw no reason
to object to the other female
in Sonny's life. And so they
were married last February and
Helen came right along when
they took up residence in a
trim apartment at 2510 Forty
first street NV.
Just before Christmas eve,
the Stromans decided to put
their tree up early so Helen
could get used to it.
The gibbons reactions were
strange to say the least. She
liked the gayly-decorated tree.
for instance, but the image of
Santa Claus seemed to frighten
her. That's been known to
happen with children.
She was fascinated by the
different-colored Christmas tree
balls but couldn't stand the
artificial snow sitting onto her
gray and black fur.
She liked the handsomely
wrapped packages because they
were so nice for climbing
around on.
Except for an occasional fall
into the tree, there were no
casualties.
And when tomorrow morning
arrives, Helen is going to be
lifted out of her blanket-lined
basket-like most other young
folks in the Washington area
and taken to see the tree
Evening star., 1959-12-24
GuitskeII Will Speak
In U. S. Next Month

LONDON, Dec. "a (AP.-
Hugh Gaitskell, leader of Bri-
tain's opposition Labor Party,
will visit the United States
next month, the party an
nounced today.
Mr.. Gaitskell will leave Lon
don by air December 80 for
lecture engagements in New
York, Washington and else
where. returning to Britain
January Is.
Evening star., 1959-12-24

alcoholics if they are willing
to seek treatment for their
disease"
However, Mr.. Ketcham said,
I'VE are not suggesting that an
employer should put up with a
drunk who will not try to help
himself"
One of the functions of the
council, Mr.. Ketcham con-
tinued. is to make grants to
help finance education on this
problem.
Lectures to Clergy
He added, for example, that
the agency is now sponsoring
an institute at which clergymen
are being given lectures by psy-
chiatriStS and other experts on
alcoholism.
Mr.. Ketcham said that a SIM
liar institute for nurses and
doctors is scheduled for April
or March next year.
Asked if Washington had an
unusually high percentage of
alcoholics, Mr.. Ketcham said
that he does not believe the
problem is any greater here
than in most cities of COM
parable size.
He said that there are an
estimated 5 million alcoholics in
the Nation, most of them hid
den." Alcoholism, he added, is
the country's third ranking
public health problem, with
heart disease heading the list
and mental illness in second
place.
Evening star., 1959-12-24
Alcoholism Cost Here
Is Put at $25'MiIIion

The cost of alcoholism in the
Washington area is about $25
million a year, according to
an official of group fighting
excessive drinking here.
The estimate was made by
Frank S. Ketcham, chairman
of the Washington, D. c., Area
Council on Alcoholism, Inc.
Mr.. Ketcham said that most
of the alcoholism bill in this
area is being paid by business
firms.
He explained that the total
cost figure includes expenses
resulting from such causes as
abSenteeism, accidents, loss of
efficiency and police and court
actions.
And" Mr.. Ketcham warned
alcoholism is increasing here
as well as in the Nation" He
added that there are an esti-
mated $4,000 alcoholics in this
area.
He said that the goal of his
organization lis to have alco-
hollsm recognized as a disease
that can be arrested"
$4,000 Drive
Mr.. Ketcham added that tht
council is now conducting
drive to raise $4,000 to helr
carry out its objective.
He explained that one of thu
major obstacles in combatins
alcoholism is that it is toc
often "a hidden problem"
THE drinker, his relative!
and his fellow employees all tenc
to try and cover up alcoholism
because there is a stigma at.
tached to being a drunkard,
said Mr.. Ketcham.
He added that he is con.
vinced that if the public un-
derstood fully the nature of the
problem it would be willing tc
do more to stop alcoholism.
Some people have the crazy
y
idea that an alcoholic is having
fun" said Mr.. Ketcham. "Actu-
ally an alcoholic only drinks
because he is a troubled person.
Mr.. Ketcham said an alco.
holic is "one who has lost con.
troll of his drinking so that il
lnterferes with his getting alons
on his job and with his wife. ;
He added that his grour
hopes to persuade employers
not to fire employees who are
Evening star., 1959-12-24
Guurd Unit Enlarged

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
Dec. "a. (SpeciaD The 167th
Tactical Fighter Squadron.
West Virginia Air National
Guard, based at Municipal Air
port here is having its auth
orized strength increased to 500
officers and airmen, Col. Joseph
T. Crane, jr., base commander,
announced yesterday. The in
crease, he said is the result
of a realignment of positions
with those Of the Tactical Air
Force. The authorized increase
is about so persons.
Evening star., 1959-12-24
Bill to Seek Tax Aid

RICHMOND, Dec. "a CAP)-
Senator elect Fitzgerald Bemiss
of Richmond says he will offer
a bill to increase State income
taA deductions for disabled
persons over age SIS.
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nih razloga. Slab je to argu-
menat, kako bi to neki RADIO
da prikazu, naime, da je Die
cji Dom veliki teret "a Clan
stvo HBZ. Ako nema drugog
i boljeg argumenta, ia drzim
da sa takovim argumentom
nije umjesno izlazit u javnost.
ia sam kazao prize, a to
ponavljam i sada, da je Die
cji Dom H.B.Z. veliki ugled i
ponos "a H.B.Z. | "a hrvatski
narod u iseljenistvu uopce, a.
Ii mi sc cini, da mi tai ugled
| ponos neznamo cijeniti nj
stovati.
Jest tako ia mislim osje-
cam, a vi, braco sestre, su-
dite da h sam pogresan iii ne.
Vjekoalav Kunn
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Srbije. A tn je najbitnije O.
vo, sto doslovce iznosimo. Pr
sac tog pisma kaze:: "Kako
sc svi Srbi tesko mogu ujedi-
niti u srpskoj drzavi, a jos
teze je izvrsiti razgranicenje
izmedju Hrvata i Srba, tn je
jedini izlaz, da Sc umesto
federativne Jugoslavije for
mira dualisticka Jugoslavija"
(podvlacenje je nase) "po IT,
pu realne unije'. (Realna u
mia je kad sc dvije iii wise
drzava udruze, iii ujedine, ali
tako, da Sc bez medjusobne
saglasnosti nemogu jedna cd
druge odcijepiti = nase OBJ
jasnjenje). "Tako bismo ina
Ii istocnu u glavnom pravo-
slavnu drzavu i zapadnu pre-
tezno katolicku drzavu. Sva-
ka bi drzava sama sebi od-
redila ime i glavni grad. !.
Druga a karakteristika ovog
dualistickog uredjenja je isti-
CAME regionalizma izrazenog
u formiranju banovina, i to
osam u istocnoj i sest u IA
padnoj polovici, dok bi sc sva-
ka banovina sastojala il il
vesnog broja samoupravnih
okruga. Banovine u istoGnoj
polovici zvale bi Sc: Su-
nadia, Vojvodina, Moravska,
Raska, Stara Srbija, Make
donii, Ckna Cora / Hseee-
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.$23,619.47

govina s Dubrovnikom, Bos-
ma do Ukrine" OUkrina ie
jedna rijeka u Bosni, koja u
tice u Savu, a nalazi sc 20
prilici ma pola puta izmedju
rijeke Bosne i rijeke Vrbasa
= nasa opaska). :. Ia
padne Banovine bile bi: Hr-
vatska, Slavonija, Dalmacija,
Primorsko Istarska, Slove-
nacka i Krajina, koja bi (Kra-
jina" - mi dodajemo) = obi
la sastavljena IL srpskog della
Like Banije j Bosanske Kra-
jine" (biva do Ukrine - mi
dodajemo). Ona bi banovina
bila pretezno srpska. O.
vo dualisticko uredjenje ina
i tn prednost, sto bi neke IA
padno-evropske sile, koje +
maju interesa ma odrzanju
Jugoslavije, radije videle CRU
pisanje katolika u zapadnoj
polovini, a verovatno rim
ska kurija bi to primila.
"sto Sc ti6e pojedinih de-
Iowa jugoslovenskih naroda,
stvar st oil ovako: Slovenci
samo dobivaju, jer bi u "a
padnoj polovini Jugoslavije
procentualno bill jaci, 4 imali
bi istu autonomiju, kao i Y
celoj Jugoslaviji". (U prvom
svjetskom ratu Slovenaxh
vodje preko Vatikana su ira
Q(a1taSak - !. stron)
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how Motel je ma desno Cd
Highway 66, iii 58 milja "a
padno Cd st. Louisa.
Ia sve daljne potankosti
mozete se obratiti ma meme
nize potpisanog, iii ma Mis-
souri, Chamber Of Commerce,
jefferson City. Mo.
Vinlo Bubani
Clan odsjeka 50 H.B.Z.
1922 Tamm Avenue
- Lnaais IA Ma