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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Our ReveIs Now Are

With the end of summer, the voice
Of Shakespeare is stilled again in the
land. This is yearly phenomenon
based upon the circumstance that The
Bard has become a June September
playwright.
In festivals from Stratford, Connec-
ticut, to Ashland, Oregon; from Strait
ford, Ontario, to San Diego, California,
members of a new generation make
Shakespeare's inspiring acquaintance
every summer. Nevertheless, in this
hemisphere, this is true only Of the
months mentioned above.
Shakespeare'S immortality is not
teopardized by this circumstance, Of
course. But it does make clear that he
lies now beyond the resources of the.
commercial theater, now coming into its
own season. When The Bard wrote,
actors were cheap enough that he could
assure them employment by the dozens,
from servants to kings The pomp of
history, of courts and castles, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Still Feeling Our Way

II is not surprising, In view OF all
the novelties and uncertainties involved,
that the Defense Department has de-
creed yet another reorganization of its
operations in space. This latest revamp-
ing, which greatly reduces the activities
of the Pentagon's Advanced Research
Projects Agency, still fails to define pre-
else lines Of authority among the armed
services, but 1t leaves no room for doubt
that the Air Force is to have primacy
In the field.
A case in point is the Saturn project
to develop q rocket booster system with
is million pounds Of thrust-one capa-
BILE Of landing a aston payload on the
moon. At present, this is the respon-
Sibility Of the Army's Ballistic Missile
Agency at Huntsville, Alabama, but the
new reorganizing order makes clear
that the instrument ultimately will be
placed under the control of the Air
Force-a prospect not likely to please
either the Army or DR.. Wernher Won
Braun and his team
The Army, however, will continue to
play an important spatial role. As for
the Navy, at least for the time being, it
will remain in command of the highly
promising Polaris missile, which is spe-
ciflcally designed to be launched from
submarines. In short, despite the de-
cision to make the Air Force chiefly
responsible for our country's military
posture in space, the two other services
will not be frozen out; they will still
have big job to do for years to come.
Actually, Of course, this field is so
new and so complicated that the cur
rent reorganizing move probably con-
stituteS only an interim action subject
to further modification modification
OF a sort that may curtail some of the
authority now assigned to the Air Force.
As for civilian ventures-ventures that
are not always easily distinguishable
from military projects-the National
AeronauticS and Space Administration
will continue to run the show as our
country feels its way, through process
OF trial and error, toward a genuinely
sure program in the high heavens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Dr.. Schweitzer's Views

Twice recently letters to
The Star quoted" DR..
Schweitzer on animal re-
search. According to q per-
sonal letter I own from this
great humanitarian, his opin-
ion and deep conviction after
decades of medical research
work is that much too much
and useless animal re-
search work is being done!
He shares the viewpoint with
many medical men in vari-
GUS countries, including
America, that the ruthless
and often cruel methods in
this animal research not only
make the helpless creatures
suffer to an unimaginable
extent. but that this proceed
ure does serious harm to the
experimental stair, too!
It not only kills countless
animals the most cruel way,
but 1t simultaneously dam
ages and in the long run kills
the feeling of responsibility,
pity and compassion that
representatives of medical
science should develop rather
than thoughtlessly destroy!
DR.. Schweitzer shows that
one can be a great physician
and a feeling humanitarian.
c. b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Mr.. Bow Lends q Hand
1t is gratifying that Penrese,,

1t is gratifying that Representative
Bow OF Ohio, who was mainly respon-
sible for the inadequate congressional
compromise on sewage disposal at Chan
tily, has thrown. his support to what he
rightly regards as realistic, broad solu-
ton OF the problem. This plan, proposed
first by engineering consultants, would
safeguard the regional water supply not
only from the threat of contamination
by airport sewage but by sewage from
communities developing around the air.
port and beyond.
In letter to the President, Mr.. Bow
said he would favor creation of an over
all sanitation authority charged with
building system Of interceptor pipe
lines to carry sewage from the airport
and from Fairfax and Loudoun County
areas to the District treatment plant at
Blue Plains. Chairman Bible Of the
House District Committee also is advo-
eating such a system. District officials
have indicated their approval of the
plan, which is similar to that under
which the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission sends nearby Mary
land sewage to the same treatment
plant, on fee basis.
Under the Bow proposal, Congress
would create a special agency to plan
and build the interceptor system-esti-
mated to cost about $50 million-and
to sell its services to local communities
for a reasonable fee. The cost of the
system, he told the President, eventually
could be repaid through revenues under
the fee arrangement. The agency could
become permanent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
authority charged with maintaining
and operating the system. The Federal
Aviation Agency, which is building the
new Dulles air terminal, thus would be
relieved Of the task of devising q way
to dispose Of its sewage through a plant
or pipeline of its own.
The interceptor plan undoubtedly
will be given careful consideration by
those conducting the presidentially
ordered study Of the airport sewage
problem. The purpose of the study is
to avoid dumping any sewage, treated
or untreated, into the Potomac River
above the intake for the District water
supply. That is an objective so impor-
tant that Congress at its next session
should reject any plan which compro-
misses the principle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Fun on Embassy Row

I note that the Kalorama
Citizens Association asks for
eign embassies to keep their
children of the streets. It
may be noted that the tax
monies Of American citizens
go, in part, to support a lot
of new" nations. These
countries use this money to
send to Washington embassy
stats with swarms Of chill
dren who are utterly devoid
Of any training.
The American way Of life
is being converted into q
veritable slum on California
street. AS I write this. eleven
foreign children are scream
ing on that street. One
amuses himself by climbing
onto parked autos. trying to
pull of the windshield wipers
or radio antennas. Others try
to open automobile doors. A
milder amusement is drag
ging sticks along the var
nished sides.
This goes on-in warmer
weather-until II pm. No
American children could be
as vicious, other than in q
slum-which these foreigners
are rapidly creating out Of
California street.
Anti-FOreign Aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

fly with it, not to eat, but
to dunk.
If there is q bird bath
close by, you will see the bird
deliberately dip the crust in
the water.
In snowy weather, some
times a startling will drag a
slice Of bread through the
snow just to soften it a little.
We once saw a starting use
its brain to keep its feet dry.
These hardy birds have
rather tender claws. These
will freeze to a metal roof, at
times. This is one reason the
starlings prefer q warm
rooSting place.
The old fellow we saw that
day had his own ideas how
to keep his feet warm. He
deliberately few onto the
back Of a mate and stood
there while both picked at
bread on the ground.
Starlings also love seed
less raiSinS, but these are
rather expensive fare for this
large bird.
Not only is the delicacy
costly. as such things go. but
the starting has his own ideas
about it, and these ideas
make it expensive food for
him.
You see, unlike a mocking-
bird. which eats one or two
raisins at a time, the starting
thinks nothing of examining
seven or eight down his gull
let in as many seconds. Then
he will pack his bill with half
a dozen more and fly away to
eat them at leisure, free
from the competition Of his
fellows.
When the big appetite is
multiplied many times, the
attempt to feed starlings on
raiSins will cost money.
So the best thing to do is
to stick to white bread. Most
such loaves sold today are
fortified. as it is called. with
vitaminS.
1t is a fact that while many
persons deplore the starting,
the bird is building up its de-
lenses against cold with good
American foods, in his own
way, with the help Of thou
sands Of bird-loving Ameri-
cans.
The other two species, COM
mon pigeons and sparrows,
like the same foods so we'll
utilized by the blackbirds, and
thrive upon them. Help one,
help all!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

The District Commission
ers have proposed that the
name Of Reno road be
changed to Washington ave-
nue. and are going to have
a public hearing on the pro-
posal on October 2 at 10
am. in the District Build
ing.
To me, a fairly old-timer
(22 years Of resident owner
ship on Reno road this Is
anathema. :
Reno road, and Fort Reno
near which it passes, were
named in honor OF Gen.
Jesse Lee Reno Of Civil War
fame and he should not be
dishonored merely to satisfy
the vanity Of politicians from
the State Of Washington.
Washington, the State, was
Of course named for George
Washington who is already
adequately honored by hav-
ing the entire city bear his
name as well as having a
fine monument.
The name Reno road is
short, easily remembered and
easily written whereas WASH
ington avenue is long, POM
pous, and would be confus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Smoking Doctors

1t was noted in a news
item in your paper that
Massachusetts, doctors report
pronounced changes in their
own smoking habits in the
last five years. Also, most of
them say that teen-agers
should be warned of the dan
ger Of lung cancer from Gig
arctic smoking. Again, it was
noted that the number of
nonsmoking doctors in
creased. May all doctors be
nonsmokersl
The doctors are in a posi-
ton to see the harmful eff
fects Of cigarette smoking on
the health of the people. All
forms of smoking are HARM
full. If parents did not smoke,
the teen-agerS might not
take to smoking so readily.
Raney Coppadge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Displaced Persons

I want to thank and con-
graduate The Star for the
interest 1t has been showing
in problems growing out Of
displacing people for new,
and usually much more ex-
pensive, housing, freeways
and the like. These are mat
tiers which call for much
public discussion and thought
and will not be settled over
night. They will be settled
only as our citizens become
aware that the problems exist
and Of what they are.
The photo Of the aged Ne
gro sitting among the ruins
OF what to him had been
home was q gem. George
Beveridge's recent Sunday
piece was fine and Just the
kind Of stuff we need, and
there have been other very
well worth while stories. We
can only solve our trouble
some problems, it seems to
me. by approaching them
intelligently. But to do this
we must be informed, and
we must rely on the newspa-
pers to inform us.
Stephens Rippey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
The Ist and 18th

The United States Supreme
Court has been instrumental
in invading the State-pre-
empted field Of public educa-
ton by forced indignation.
According to a recent item in
The Star, however. another
Federal Board Of Education
sitting as a special Federal
court in Philadelphia moved
In the opposite direction by
invading the State-preempt-
ed field Of public education
to force out a recognized
public school practice.
I refer to the item cap
TONED Bible Reading Ruled
Illegal in Schools in State"
telling Of a three = Judge
Federal court holding UNI
constitutional a Pennsyl-
vania State law providing
for reading Of the Bible and
compulsory recitation of the
Lords Prayer in the public
schools Of Pennsylvania. The
court ruled the State law
unconstitutional because it
violated the First and 14th
Amendments"
No State law can possibly
violate the First Amendment
because this amendment re-
fers only to laws passed by
Congress. AS to the question:
ably legal, half-passed 14th
Amendment forming the basis
for any judicial opinion, we
need only look back a little
way in our Nations history to
facts denying its validity. The
Reconstruction Congress of
the 1905 refused to recognize
as legal the respective
Southern State governments,
but did recognize the votes
by carpetbagger legislatures
ratifying the 14th Amend
ment.
Thus. it would readily APP
pear that the ruling by the
special Federal court sitting
IN Philadelphia barring the
Bible from public schools is
Of extremely doubtful legal
or constitutional validity.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
TV Progromming

Star TV critic Bernie Har-
rison on September 81 strikes
the nail on the head and takes
up a cause which we believe
very vital. 1t is about time
that someone championed the
cause Of the viewers in the
matter Of television program
ming.
1t has been impossible for
us to understand the judg-
ment Of those who decide on
programs, removing the bet
ter programs and considering
some. that we wonder how
they ever get on the air.
Doesn't the viewing audience
count at all?
The viewers seem to be ut
terly helpless in this matter.
Can't something be done to
give us what we want and
ought to have in this great
new force for good or evil,
TV?
Herbert Eberhardt,
Superintendent, Central
Union Mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
History Lesson

In your September 16 ar.
ticle entitled "Premier's Son
Takes Fast Sightseeing Tour"
there was the following state
ment about Sergei Khru-
shchev; "At the Jefferson
Memorial he exhibited some
knowledge of American his
tory by commenting: This
is the father Of your Con-
stitution."
It is almost inconceivable
that the American reporters
interviewing the young Rus
sian could be completely ig-
norant of such a basic fact Of
American history as author
ship Of the Constitution, but
it is truly unbelievable that
q supposedly reliable news
paper could lend credence to
an erroneous statement by
saying that 1t demonstrated
some knowledge Of American
history.
Anyone with q basic know
ledge Of American history
should be aware that Jeffer-
son was in France at the
time Of the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia
in 1887. He certainly did not
contribute directly to the
composition of the Constitu-
ton. A number Of men con-
tributed to the Constitution,
chief of whom was James
Madison. who can be consid-
cred Father Of the Constitu-
ton.
Joseph M. HernOn, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

viii the United States still
remain q world power in 20
years? That question cannot
be answered by the missiles
we have, or prices in the
stock market. It will depend
upon whether or not the
American people realize the
desperate need for better ed
ucational facilities.
Never in the history Of this
country has the need for
higher education been so
great. Why spend billions Of
dollars on defense and for
eign aid when our teachers
are so underpaid they will
not work, and eventually no
one will enter the field Of
teaching?
There is a terrible short
age of schools, and school
supplies. II all Of the schools
were operated by the Federal
Government, all of these
shortages could be met. A ma
tional school board could be
organized, its duties to reg
ulate teachers salaries, con-
troll school taxes, and sup
ply adequate funds for school
building and supplies. Each
State would become a school
district, having its own school
board to take care Of such
matters as placement. text
books, and the building Of
schools. etc. The American
people would pay higher
taxes for better schools.
In the question Of segre-
cation there can only be one
answer: No! The children Of
America must have an equal
chance to learn, all races
must have an equal share to
prosper. Segregation is a
mockery Of the Constitution.
it ridicules the very basis
upon which this country was
founded, and all those who
teach it cannot be called
Americans!
Some day the youth Of
America will take on the ire
mendous responsibility Of
keeping this country alive.
How can they accomplish this
without proper education?
Unless the present situation
is repaired America cannot
endure. Alan Perlmeter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
THE PASSING SCENE
News World Honors Lippmonn
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

Kelway Of The Star and
Philip Graham of the Post.
What. then, did Mr.. Lipp-
mann say? He made no great
headlines. 1t is true. Nor did
he disclose in Jovian majesty
any plan for saving the world
or any part of it. But what
he did do and say was to
offer a personality that has
enriched our times and O
message Of value.
Here stood and spoke, in
this thin. erect. unobtrusive
man. the authentic figure
and voice of the Western
tradition. It is a tradition Of
freedom. Of the right of in
curry. the tradition, in short,
OF the humane and liberal
point Of view.
Affirmation Of Rights
And what is this point Of
view? 1t is an affirmation Of
the strength and power and
rights Of individual men. It
is an affirmation Of mans
long search, not simply for
the pleasant truth, but all the
truth.
Mr.. Khrushchev had made
this hot and smoky room at
the Press Club ring with
challenge and with the
strong hint Of danger. Mr..
Lippmann did not make it
ring at all. He filled it, in
stead, with the serenity Of
his age-he is now 70 and
this was the occasion for
honoring him-and with the
depth Of his free philosophy.
He made it clear, without
seeming at all to try to do
anything Of the kind, that
there is still hope for the
West. for all Of US in. this
era Of peril to mankind.
How did he make it clear?
Why, only by the civilized
speech Of a civilized repre-
sentative of all which the
West has and is. It would not
be fitting here-and it would
not be interesting to the gen.
eral public = to attempt to
reproduce all of his speech.
Some Of it was plain news
paper shop talk. And all Of
it was wholly without that
shock value for which nearly
all politicians strive when
they talk in public.
And one other thing he
made clear-and this, GER
tainly, without the slightest
intention to do so. He made
it clear by his thought and
presence that the older gen.
Grafton, in newspaper work as
perhaps in all else, has some.
thing rarely found among the
newer men. This is a peculiar,
a special. a living faith that
at the very end the best in
our country, in our tradition.
will yet somehow survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

@. What is meant by the
Supreme Court having zap
pellate jurisdiction" over GER
tain matters?-E. r.
A. Any court has appellate
jurisdiction when it has the
power to review and affirm,
or reverse, or modify the
Judgment Of another court
which has been appealed to
it. The Supreme Court can
review decisions of a States
highest court or of lower Fed
eral courts when the decision
involves a Federal question or
concerns litigants entitled to
have their claim determined
by a Federal court. The SUI
preme Court has original jur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

ingly redundant in q city Of
the same name.
Moreover, Reno road is
what its name implies, a mar
row winding road and could
not under any circumstances
be properly called an avenue.
George d. WatrOus, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

wardrobes that went with production
could be created inexpensively.
The goal today must be the reverse
-as few actors as are needed to tell a
story, a single stage setting II such a
thing is remotely possible.
It is up to the festival, then, to keep
Shakespeare alive and In majestic ac-
ton. It does a good job and the mass
of men have reason to be grateful that
summer remains Shakespeares season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Dear Sir:
20 STREET.


"Dear Sir:
IT happen to be one OF
those who like starlings. and
I would like to know what to
feed them to keep them
around my house.
"Sparrows and starlings
and pigeons are our birds, in
the main, now and then a
stray robin in summer. but
most Of the year just pigeons
and starlings and sparrows.
II think it is amazing how
much pleasure one can get
from these birds, though
their feathers are quite dirty,
/ am sure, and sometimes
their manners are not the
best.
IT get real fun in watch
ing them, Just the same. and
help them the most ! can,
which is not too much, since
I don't have too much money.
IF you can tell me what
starlings like to eat. ! will
try to provide it for them.
"Yours truly, 8. W."
= q 4
The thing the starlings
like best is bread.
White bread.
Starlings have never heard
that whole wheat bread Is
best for you, as some say.
Since they cannot read.
they did not see the. item
stating that four times as
much strontium 80 has been
found in whole wheat bread
as in white bread.
The amount in either sort,
1t Is claimed, is not enough
yet to do us any harm.
Well, maybel
This will reinforce the de-
termination of those persons
who prefer white bread in a
time when the advocates of
whole wheat bread are most
vocal.
Perhaps the starlings and
common sparrows have been
trying to tell us this all along.
These birds are not SCI
entists. They Just know
what they like.
- y 4
It is immaterial whether
the white bread used to feed
them is fresh, as we say, or
stale.
The starlings have their
own ways of handling such
matters.
If the bread strikes them
as a bit hard, they pick it
up in their strong bills and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

Two men from two worlds
worlds that surely. win
never meet in mind and spirit
though they may indeed "co-
exist" - have addressed the
National Press Club in sue
cession. And both have made
significant news.
The first of these was Nj
kita Khrushchev. He used
this forum for his first major
address to the United States
in his strange cold war mis-
sion here. He spoke for power.
for q way of life based not on
compassion but on an evil If
highly practical" compul-
sion.
The second man to appear
before the press club is a
newspaperman. And ordi-
narily newspapermen are not
supposed to write about other
newspapermen. But this
speaker, too, is a public figure
indeed q high public figure
though he holds no Office and
never did.
He is Walter Lippmann.
the great commentator. He is
more than this, really; he is a
public institution. And so are
two Of those who sat at the
head table with him, Arthur
Krock Of the New York Times
and David Lawrence, whose
work includes running the
U. s. News and World Report
and writing a syndicated
column.
No other profession and no
other country has three such
persons as Lippmann and
Lawrence and Krock. One
may often disagree with each
and all Of them-this cor
respondent often does. But
no one can escape the fact
that they are monumental
men hardly less important to
this country and its intellec-
tual life than is a President
or q famous Senator.
A Celebrated Affair
The Press Club luncheon at
which Mr.. Lippmann ap-
peared, speaking with shy
brilliance of our times and
Of the work Of men like him
in these times, was no less a
celebrated affair than the
one for Nikita Khrushchev.
Actually, more reporters at
tended the Lippmann talk
than that Of Mr.. Khrushchev.
And because Of what Mr..
Lippmann is and because Of
what his life has been. some
Of the most powerful men in
the United States also were
at that luncheon to listen.
There was Vice President
Nixon. There were members
Of the Cabinet. There were
men from Congress. And
there were the principal fig
ures of Washington's prin-
cipal papers. Benjamin Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.