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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1855
GARBAGE DISPOSAL IN RURAL AREAS
AFTER ALL THE political hay-mak

AFTER ALL political hay-making speeches
are absorbed and the air settles, there is considerable in
those speeches that have merit, providing they are car
ried out. Among these proposals are that garbage dis
posal services be provided for Grove Place and La Val
lee. Senator Ron de Lugo gets credit for these.
THESE w estates are indeed little towns in
themselves. They are far away enough from other towns
to require some sort Of attention since many families
live there. In addition. they are the centers. Garbage
disposal can be important not only from the standpoint
Of health, but for economic and other reasons. An entire
village could be ruined by improper disposal of garbage,
as well as individual homes and property, their value
going down considerably.
THEN, TOO, THERE is the need to train our young
people to the higher standard of living, one facet of
which is the upkeep Of property and the entire neigh
borhood, to say nothing Of the health and development
of sound personal habits.
WHAT IT MAY take in time, money, and energy,
the appropriate legislation to effect the solution would
be well worth it all These areas have long been neglect
ed in many ways. Yet, they represent centers which
could be important IN more ways than one. La Vallee,
for example, with its excellent location, its attractive
scenery, its quiet beauty, could be one Of the attractions
Of the Islands.
AS FOR GROVE PLACE, it could become center,
as indeed must have been the thought Of the founders
and leaders Of the Labor Union. It is ideally located to
do just that. With its stown square which has seen nu-
merous community activities, the need to care properly
for health and other activities of-the place is highly
important.
WHILE NO BILL has as yet been introduced, Senator
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sci to all who are set in authority over it; to the president
OF this Council and all who sit in council with him, to all
judges and administrative officers that they may order the
affairs Of the body polite with wisdom and righteousness
and in the fear of God. Raise up from time to time such as
shall maintain good counsel and afford wise leadership,
with the example of godly character and Of service free
from selfseeking. Grant that true faith honest dealing
and mutual helpfulness may be the standard Of our citi-
zenship. Keep us mindful of the poor, compassionate with
suffering, h~ospitable to the stranger, and ~solicitous for
the welfare of little children. So by Thy grace may we be
worthy Of our heritage and hope as those who have seen
the vision Of the city which hath foundations, whose build
er and maker is God. Amen.
CORRECTION & APPROVAL OF JOURNAL
The House approved the Journals for the Legislative
Days, Tuesday, April IA and Wednesday, April Is.
Go be continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Action at Last?

One need not be genius to figure
out that 1000 automobiles moving in
one direction require more traffic lanes
on the street than 500 cars moving in
the opposite direction. District officials
finally are showing signs of accepting
this simple bit of common sense and,
as a result, have decided to make an
extra reversible" lane available for
morning and evening rush-hour traffic
on heavily congested Sixteenth street
Northwest.
We had hoped that more of this kind
of thing would start happening several
months ago when the District rejigged
its traffic Setup. Apparently it has taken
direct intervention by Engineer Com
missioner A. C. yelling, however, to get
any action. The general has been tear
ing around at a great rate lately, chang
ing signs, speed limits and parking
rules. One of the sensible results is an
extension of the rush-hour regulation
periods to run from 7 to 10 am. and
from 4 to pm, which also will be
instituted on Sixteenth street. A GER
tain amount of time and expense is
involved in such changes, so they all
can't be made at once. But we hope
there is no letup in the traffic improve
ments which now seem to be under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
'Nehru's Anger Rises

In your editorial of Octo-
Der 7, captioned "Mr. Nehru's
Anger Rises" occurs the fol-
lowing sentence:
This. is strong talk indeed,
but is fully in keeping with
the indignation which Mr..
Nehru has displayed in recent
months toward Communist
China's behavior along an
Indian frontier that stretches
from Kashmir in the north
west to the upper reaches of
Assam in the northeast"
For the purpose of keeping
the record straight I would
submit that the state of jam
mu and Kashmir is a disputed
territory and the Security
Council of the United Nations
is seized of the dispute. Till
such time as the question of
accession of the state to
India or Pakistan by means
of free and impartial plebi-
scite under auspices of the
United Nations is decided, it
remains a disputed territory
and not part of India.
S. nj. Haq.
Press Attache, Embassy of
PakiStan,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Good Man Goes

The resignation of John S. Battle
from the Civil Rights Commission is a
public loss of substantial proportions.
AS one of the three Southern members
of the six-man commission, the former
Governor of Virginia was ideally suited
to represent and analyze the attitudes
and beliefs of his section of the country.
His wide experience and high intelli-
gence produced an invaluable element
OF prestige for the commissions activi-
ties in the sensitive field of civil rights.
Mr.. Battle dissented vigorously from
several recommendations of the COM
missions first report, filed shortly before
the life of that body was extended a
month ago. He has emphasized, how
ever, that the substance of the report
was not factor in his decision to resign.
but that he feels its submission has full
filled the basic responsibilities for which
the special group was formed two years
ago. With that job completed, he ex-
planned, he is anxious to return to his
law practice in Charlottesville.
The original commission members
were wisely selected to insure a balance
of viewpoints and it is no less essential,
now that Mr.. Battle is leaving, to make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
What Manner of Man.?

One hundred years ago tonight John
Brown led his "army" from Maryland
to HarperS Ferry, where the Shenandoah
still flows quietly into the Potomac.
Beginning tomorrow there will be
"re-enactment" of this mad and tragic
adventure, which it would be better to
forget. But it is impossible to forget it,
and since this is so it may be well to take
a look at John Brown. What manner Of
man was this who slipped across the
river that night with an "army" of II
white men and five Negroes.
When the time came to hang John
Brown, no less a person than Ralph
Waldo Emerson thought he would make
the gallowS glorious like the Cross"
Louisa May Alcott called him est. John
the Just" Wendell Phillips claimed he
carried with him letters of marque from
God Almighty" What John Brown
actually carried with him was collec-
ton of pixies, provided by Northern abo-
litioniSts who should have known better,
with which the demented man hoped to
arm the slaves in an instruction against
their masters. Ironically, not one slave
responded to the appeal. And the first
man killed by Browns army was free
Negro, highly esteemed in HarperS Ferry.
But the hue and cry had been raised,
the torch had been lighted, and the
flame famed. And John Brown started
it.
What kind of a man was he? Per-
hapS the best answer may be found in
a passage from Stephen Vincent Benet'S
epic poem, John Browns Body" The
time was the night of October IT, and
a company of Marines led by Robert E.
Lee was preparing to attack at daylight.
John Brown and four unwounded men
readied themselves for last stand in
the engine house. On the floor lay
Watson and Oliver Brown, mortally hurt.
Benet tells it this way:
John Bropn did not try to sleep,
The lipe Goals of his eyes severed the
darkness:
No,D and then he heard his young son
OliUer calling
In the thirsty agony OF his mounds. "oh.
kill me!
Kill me and put me out of this suffering"
John Brown's jan frightened 1T you must
die" he said,
"Die like man." TotDdrd morning the
crying ceased.
John BroDn called out to the boy but he
did not GnS1Der.
II guess he's dead" said John Bro,on.
John Brown was right. His young
son was dead-victim of a madness
which, before long, was to claim so
many, many more young lives. And now,
for some obscure reason, there will be
a celebration at Harpers Ferry Of the
centennial of John Browns raid. All
of which tends to prove that human
memories are very short indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

A. It's supports weakened
and eventually broken off by
terrible storms in March and
in April, the great Minots
Ledge Lighthouse off Cohas-
set, Mass, finally plunged
into the ocean in the early
morning of April II, 1851. On
the same site a new tower of
granite blocks was erected,
its final stone laid on June
20, 1860. On some occasions
the seas have actually swept
over the top of this 97-foot
structure, but it has with
stood even the strongest gales
without harm.
@. What is meant by static
and dynamic balance of auto
mobile wheels?-L. N.
A. Static balance" means
that the wheel will remain
balanced Cat equilibrium in
any position. Dynamic bal
ance refers to balance while
in motion. A wheel may be
statically balanced and yet
be dramatically unbalanced
perhaps by unbalanced or
unevenly worn tires. In this
condition there may be
whip" or "shimmy" when
the car is in motion on the
road. Special machines are
used to balance the wheel and
tire dramatically by attaching
necessary weights at the
proper places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Moronic Motorists

One point most bullying
drivers seem to miss is that in
most cases when they have
raced either a light or a pc
destrian to make a hurried
right turn, they are usually
stopped by a red light after
making the turn. Another
point drivers overlook is the
pedestrians physical condi-
ton. Every person is not able
to run or jump due to short
ness of breath or heart con-
ditions to mention just a few.
I also wonder if the in
crease in traffic accidents
could be attributed to the
apparent new method of car
driving? That is, by resting
the right wrist on the steer
ing wheel while the left hand
is holding the top of the car
so it won't blow away and the
other variation is resting the
left wrist on the steering
wheel and the right arm
stretched across the back of
the seat. I was always under
the impression one had to
have a firm grip on the
steering wheel in case of a
blowout or if for any reason
the wheel might suddenly be
wreSted from your hands.
I am a pedestrian and a
driver and I do give the
right-of-way to pedestrians
even at the cost of some in
conSiderate moron in back of
me blasting away on his horn.
F, ]. X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
The 'Moqic Fives'

In period when the old-fashioned
practice of saving money has sometimes
seemed more risky than spending it, the
response to the Treasury Departments
offering of $2.2 billion in 58-month s.
percent notes was spectacular indeed.
About 10000 ndividualS-many of them
first-time investors in Government
securities a bargain when
they heard of it, and are now holding
1927 million of the public debt In ad-
dition, SavingS-type investors-such as
insurance companies, pension funds,
mutual savings banks and savings and
loan associations-were awarded an
other $3.50 million of the notes.
Obviously, many of the individual
subscribers switched funds from other
savings-perhaps some from Series E
and H bondS-to purchase the notes.
For this reason, Treasury officials al
ready have indicated that they may not
design another issue of similar attrac-
tiveneSs in the near future. Even so,
the breakdown on this offering is
satisfactory one on at last two counts,
namely, that only small percentage
of the total went to the commercial
banks where its impact could be inf1a-
tionary and that the higher cost of the
borrowing will be paid in such large per-
centage to individuals of modest savings
capacity. For the Treasury, left in
Straitjacket by Congress failure to lift
the statutory interest rate ceiling of
4.25 per cent on long-term bonds, it
marked successful venture into the
field of intermediate length financing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
China and Russia

Mr.. McGill's column,
"Khrushchev Obstacle in
Peiping," was most informa-
tive. More light might, per-
haps, be cast on China's
relation to Russia if one
referred to an article printed
in 1856 in an Italian language
newspaper of New York, II
Progresso Italo-A Americana.
Under the date Line Mos
COW, 8 April CUP)," the ar
ticle says that Charges (my
translation according to
which Josef Stain committed
the error of trusting to Adolf
Hitler and was guilty of
founding the Cult of the
Individual have finally
reached the Soviet press,
after having circulated oral
ly for weeks in Moscow and
elsewhere. They reached the
newspapers of this capital by
an indirect route, that is, by
way of Peking, China. Pravda
reproduced yesterday an ar
ticle published the previous
week in The Peoples Journal,
Peking, in which Stain was
criticized for having launch
ed the cult of personality a
thing denounced recently by
the Soviet Union. Today sew
eral other Soviet newspapers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Hunk Blue Laws

The only American thing
to do with respect to Vir-
ginia'S blue laws is junk
them. They are all uncon-
Stitutional, just as laws re-
quiring eight hours of sleep
or six glasses of water daily
would be. The only difference
is that blue laws are worse,
for they stem from religious
motivation and put the state
in the religion business.
Americans, and particu-
larry preachers, have bigger
and better things to do than
try to interfere with the right
of a man to run his business
as, if, when, how or where
he pleases so long as in so
doing he does not hurt any
body else.
Arlington County is not
pursuing zone sensible ap-
proach" in attempting to de-
fine the word necessary" in
the present blue laws, which
applies to those things which
may be sold legally on Sum-
day. 1t is on the wrong track.
For who can say for an
other what is necessary, and
what is unnecessary? And
who, under this allegedly free
and democratic syste m.
should even and ever be
permitted to attempt to say?
Donald F. Haynes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Compulsory Schooling

The stubborn refusal of the
Alexandria School Board to
recommend adoption of a
compulsory public school at
tendance ordinance to the
City Council is a sad COM
mentary on the body polite
of the hometown of George
Washington and Robert E.
Lee"
One would think after the
revolt of the moderates" in
overwhelming denomination
of State Senator Armistead
L. Boothe in the recent
Democratic primary, lots of
AleXandrians would have
read the election returns
particularly the conservative
majorities of both the School
Board and City Council
Not only in Senator
Boothe's big victory did the
voters indorse continuation
of public schools and local
option in pupil assignments
and local running of school
affairs, they also indicated
Alexandria should enact the
compulsory school ordinance
permitted under the Perrcw
freedom of choice" program.
Senator Boothe stood for
local option; his opponent
opposed it vigorously.
What bothers me greatly
is the fact that Alexandria
is put in an extraordinarily
embarrassing situation on
this matter of supporting the
public schools chiefly be-
cause it is the hometown of
Washington and Lee" Wash
ington is a patron saint in
our national concept of free
public schools. The first Presi-
dent supported public educa-
ton in his first message to
the Congress, he dwelt upon
the subject in his Farewell
Address," and willed money
for its realization after his
death.
General Lee attended
school in Alexandria at the
city'S academy which still
stands today as a memorial
to this great Alexandrian
and Virginian and to his
Alexandria education. AS if
by coincident, the academy
stands today in proximity to
School Board headquarters.
Leonard S. Brown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

@. What is a counter
Word"?-W. j.
A. "Counterword," a fairly
new term, is defined as a
word used in popular speech
in such a variety of situa-
tons that its original, precise
meaning is lost. 1t becomes
a token" or counter" word,
used in place of a more def
finite word. Mice" and saw
full" are now generally used
in this way-to express APP
proval or disapproval but
without specific meaning.
@. Which United States
rivers flow northward?-B. L.
A. The st. Johns River in
Florida flows mort W ar d
throughout it's entire course,
until it turns abruptly east
ward, near Jacksonville, to
empty into the Atlantic.
Among rivers which flow
northward for part of their
course-some for long dis
tances - are the Willamette,
Monongahela, Niagara, Ten
nessee, Red River of the
North, Big Horn, Power,
Deschutes, and Genesee. In
Alaska, the Colville and other
rivers flow northward to
empty into the Beaufort Sea.
@. In what year did the
Minots Ledge Lighthouse dis
aster occur? Was the tower
ever rebuilt?-C. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

various other forms of fear
that seem much like it.
Medical men have a whole
battery Of new chemothera-
peutic remedies for these
forms of everyday fear in a
fearful age.
Many of them simply make
the patient Indifferent.
Thus, by the chemical
route, we get back to the
state of mind of the Indif-
ferentists, a cult or sect of
English philosophers of the
18th century.
4 y y
Very few persons have
ever heard of these everyday
philosophers.
Their tenet was "Why
worry?"
1t was a form of the Ro-
man Stoical philosophy.
Today'S version of the
same, via Asia, is Zen Bud
dhism.
Zen has been taken to
heart by the famous beat
niks."
This beat generation, as
its devotees like to call them
selves, have their own slogan:
you can't win" Not bad,
at that, taxes being what
they are.)
Surely we have a right to
be apprehenSive of many
things.
Religion can help here,
though from the long faces
of many who go to church
one might not realize 1t.
Apprehension is written all
over their faces. Some might
think that religion ought to
do better for us, and make
us all happy, joyous and at
peace. No true religionist Of
any kind ought to wear a
long, unhappy face.
Perhaps it only shows that
there is a basic unhappiness,
an accute apprehension, in
the human being, unknown
to the lower order of crea-
lures. 1t is part of the pen
atty we pay for being human.
We can be indifferent only
so far.
If we are just a little lower
than the angels, as we have
been told, the right kind Of
apprehension is a part of us,
and will so remain, no matter
tst' silly things we do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Wrond Attitude?

Much has been said as to
the best approach for i'm
proving the relationship be-
tween the Soviet Union and
the United States. If our
editors and news columnists
continue to play up the mega
tive side of the comments
made by the representatives
of the Kremlin, we are sure
to progress very slowly, if at
all.
It is quite true that re-
marks and boasts such as
superiority in rockets and
missiles, and that our grand
children will be living under
communism, hurt us. On the
other hand, all that we have
said about the Soviet Union
hasn't been 100 per cent
favorable to them.
During his visit here and
in China, amongst other re-
marks. Nikita said some nice
things about our President
and the United States. Per-
hapS if we follow along the
same lines. both countries can
expect and will receive more
respect for one another's
feelings.
The above comments should
not be construed to mean
that we should at this time
lower our guard. However, an
effort by all concerned in the
right direction might help.
Herbert SOmmers.
** -
The Star rightly criticizes
Mr.. Dillon'S statements on
holding KhruShchev respon-
sible for any war the Chinese
may start. BY the same token,
it would be equally fantastic
to hold President Eisenhower
responsible for the French
war in Algeria.
While Mr.. Dillon and the
State Department already are
making it obvious that they
will make it most difficult
for Khrushchev to work for
peace. as well as for Mr..
Eisenhower, by laying down
conditions and prerequisites
for Russia, as if Russia were
another banana republic, we
do not hear from Mr.. Dillon
at all when Chang Kai-shek
makes all sorts of threats to
the Peiping government
What Chang threatens to do
to Mao in 1860 does not alarm
Mr.. Dillon; he is alarmed
only when Mao tries to re-
unite Formosa with China.
It is obvious that we treat
and think of foreign nations
as ill-behaved children whose
grandpa (Uncle SAM has to
spank them once in a while
to make them behave. That
they are sovereign nations
not needing behavior lectures
from us is not apparent tt
the State Department. Thai
this attitude is sabotagine
any chance of reducing arma-
ment and tensions is equally
plain. We spend a great deaI
of time and propaganda cast
ing doubts upon Khrushchev'S
intentions and methods ano
the intentions and methods
of anyone else except our
selves. We are the holy ones,
the rest are the children Of
the devil.
Joseph 1. Puente.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Steel Formula

Basis for steel strike settle
ment:
Employees: Abandon request
for increase in wages; don't
insist on what the industry
calls feather bedding"
Employers: Reduce price of
steel substantially, in proper
ton to employees concessions.
Public: Be blessed.
WOuld-be Arbiter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Germ-Free Animals Aid Researchers
By THOMAS R. HENRY

son. Inc engine presumably
is produced by the body's
own bacteria. The same would
be true for humans.
Both conventional and
germ free rats we're given in
jections Of urea containing
radioactive carbon. 1t was
found that the conventional
animals expired air con-
tanned more than 100 times
as much radioactivity as
did that Of the germ free
animal. This finding indi-
Gates that the animal devoid
of bacteria is also devoid Of
the engines necessary for
getting urea out of the BODY.
The germ free animal diff
fers from the normal, 1t has
been determined, in having
a much smaller Emphatic
system and much lower levels
of gamma globulin in its
blood. Both of these are es-
sential defense mechanisms
against infection which nor
NAL animals develop from
necessity in preparation for
emergencies. There is no
stimulus for their develop
ment in the antiseptic crea-
lures.
Bearing on Tooth Decay
There have lately been
some interesting reports from
other laboratories, say the
Walter Reed scientists. One
clears up the causes of tooth
decay. Regardless of diet no
carries are produced in germ
free animals. When infected
with a certain bacterium,
however, 100 per cent develop
dental cavities.
One of the new demon
strated functions of the in
testinal bacteria is the syn
thesis of two of the essen
tial vitamins, B IL and K.
Without these man, at least,
hardly could survive and
very large doses sometimes
are essential in the diet of
the germ-free animals.
The experimental work, the
institute scientists say, still
is barely at its Threshold
and at least a dozen prob
lens await solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
Y 1860 vacation plans ar

My 1860 vacation plans are
made. It's on to Minneapolis.
What amusement I will
have watching the bewildered
looks on the faces of the
Swedes while Bob Wolff is
feeding them one of his three
sentences-going -at-the same
time speciality.