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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Atoms-for-Peoce Man

In nominating Admiral Paul F. FoS-
ter to be American representative to the
international Atomic Energy Agency,
President Eisenhower In effect has en-
phatically treasured the world that our
country is as anxious as ever to trans
late the atoms-for- program into
concrete projects designed to benefit
peoples everywhere.
The post to be filled by Admiral
Foster has been vacant since last Octo-
Der, when Robert M. Mckinney resigned,
and the Presidents delay in naming
successor has been interpreted in some
quarters as evidence of waning Ameri-
can interest in the IAEA. The new
appointment, however, even II belated,
leaves no room for doubt-either at
home or abroad-that that interest
continues to be undiminished and very
lively.
This conclusion seems Self-evident
in view Of the vital role Admiral Eos
ter has played in the past in connec-
ton with the atomS-for- peace program.
Wholly apart from the fact that he is
cited in our history as the first naval
officer to be awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross and the
Distinguished Service Medal for her
oiSm (all prior to the Second World
War;, he has been key managerial
figure in recent years in the Atomic
Energy Commission. More than that,
he has played an especially active part
in promoting the Presidents idea, Us
first presented to the United Nations
to 1858, for worldwide cooperation to
harness nuclear power for benef1cent
purposes.
So Mr.. Eisenhower, in naming Ad-
miral Foster to be our representative to
the IAEA, has chosen man exception
ally well qualified for the task. For
Admiral Foster, more so than most
Americans, knows the ms and outs of
the international atoms for-peace or
ganization, and he has an enthusiasm
for it, faith m it, dedication to it,
that promises to be of particular value
to the enterprise when he becomes
directly associated with it.
The Presidents appointment of
Admiral Foster, of course, must be con-
firmed by the Senate. But there is not
likely to be any difficulty, or even a
single dissenting vote, on that score.
After all, the man is admirably suited
to the job. and his new and closer rela-
tionShip with the IAEA can hardly fail
to put fresh impetus behind the drive to
exploit the atom for peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

tify the killing Of the street
trees, which then no longer
have to be .cared for by the
local government. In the
suburbs the GIN mick is
progress" which is used to
justify elimination of trees
for shopping centers and
housing developments.
The heat, noise and dirt
Of downtown Washington is
being extended to its more
distant areas. which in the
past have been a haven to
the residents. This adds to
the other reasons for the mi
grafton to the suburbs where
narrow streets and trees still
flourish although under con-
slant attack from the de
veloper." To label trees as
'nonessential." as one of your
readers did, is a libel against
nature to which man may
one day have to return after
he destroys all of his own
creations.
Everett H. Woodward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
For Sofety-Not Revenue

4uC CAUSE VI UOdtlIlS SdIeCy mas
suffered no setback by reason of the
Maryland General Assemblys shelving
OF the pending administration bill for
licensing all small powered boats. This
Is because the TaweS measure was
pushed more for its revenue producing
possibilities than for its safety aspects.
The bills supporters had stressed that
registration fees might total up to ST
million the first year. But the purpose of
Congress in requiring the registration of
small as well as large craft was to bring
under State and Federal supervision and
control the more than million cupboard
craft which heretofore have operated
under no governmental restrictions
(and often recklessly) on the Nations
waterways.
The Federal Small Boats Act of 1858
requires registration either by the Coast
Guard or State agencies of all powered
boats, including, for the first time, those
under 16 feet long. The legislation was
adopted after hearings which told of an
alarming increase in boating accidents,
coincident with the phenomenal rise in
popularity Of cupboard boating. The
law calls for numbering of small boats
for identification purposes-just as the
larger boats are numbered-and for re-
porting of accidents and compliance
with established safety rules. But en-
forcement of the act will be assumed
by the Coast Guard only in States which
fail to enact legislation providing for
State enforcement.
In proposing the registration plan,
Federal officials stressed the Importance
of keeping the registration and number
ing fees low. But the Maryland Tide
water Fisheries Commission has recon-
mended SIS annual license fee, which
would produce handsome profit for the
State. Furthermore, the profits would 60
into the general treasury instead of being
earmarked for improvement of channels,
anchorages or other facilities for the
safety or convenience of those who pay
the fees
1t is not surprising, therefore, that
boat owners throughout the State
generated storm of opposition to the
pending bill, with particular reference
to its fee provisions. The boat owners
have made it plain that they are in favor
of adequate licensing and supervision Of
their operations-bu they rightly con-
tend that the safety program should not
be made an instrument for raising funds
for the State treasury. BY referring
the bill to the Legislative Council for
between sessions study, the Assembly
has given the boating public better
chance to be heard. An improved meas
ure should be the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Districts Dilemma

The District Commissioners
are going to try to make
suburbanites who work here
pay District taxes besides
their own State taxes. 1t
seems everyone is making ex-
plantations why this should
be necessary, but all seem to
overlook the obvious.
When restrictive covenants
were ruled illegal, the Negroes
forced the whites to the sub
urbs. The "blockbusters." en-
couraged by the NAACP.
would buy a home in a white
area and most white people
would move to the suburbs.
When segregated schools
were ruled illegal, there was
no period of time given to
the whites to try to adjust
to this new situation. This
caused another race to the
suburbs by the whites.
Now the District is faced
with the majority of its
population being Negroes,
who contribute little tax-wise
but are the main reason for
the mounting budget of the
District.
j. G. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Question of Deqree'

On the subject of the War;
rem County High School boy
colt, the matter of integra-
ton would not be nearly so
repugnant were it not for the
unconstitutional manner in
which the notorious Four
teenth Amendment and the
reconstruction act were put
over.
The continued hypocrisy
practiced by this country in
relation to that blot on his
tory is, or should be, we'll
known to every school boy
and girl. and the longer we
keep up the sham the worse
1t gets. If the substance of
the Fourteenth Amendment
were put UP to the sovereign
States today, with properly
elected legislatures. and then
ratified, the matter would be
closed once and for all.
Margaret Ward is quite
correct in stating that the
South cannot ultimately avoid
complying with the Supreme
Courts decision. Neither can
Hungary avoid complying
with the dictates of Soviet
Russia. Bullying bayonets are
at the bottom of the matter
in both cases; it is only a
question Of degree.
BENZ. S. Elliott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Educated Hot-Rods

Michael P. Nemchick, a
driver INSTRUCTOR writes that
1T is a proven fact that
young drivers who have had
a course in driver education
have fewer accidents and
violations"
Than whom? There is, of
course. no way to prove that
a pupil who took a driving
course In school will be a
better driver than one taught
by his parents and who spent
his school time studying
Shakespeare or Latin. Mr..
Nemchick is merely repeating
a pious wish.
He also afilrms that
educators are charged with
the responsibility of teach
ing the whole child" Who
asked them to take over the
job which historically has
been the responsibility Of
parents, churches and other
community organizations?
Parents send their children
to school in the belief that
they are learning the basic
studies and training their
minds. If educators would
stick to this job. we would
have more literate and better
educated children who would
be more interested in books
and libraries than hot-rods.
James Watson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
A Moving Account

The newspaper business is a mans
world, which is what some of the
men and all of the women in it like
best. When newspaper moves, how
ever, as The Star is doing, the men
must do the women's work of packing
up and getting ready for the movers.
1t is traumatic for them.
Every spring and fall, women briskly
sort and discard various accumulations
Of the household. Men, particularly in
comfortable old newspaper offices, tend
to let things pile up. For the past few
weeks. the men of The Star have been
agonizing over their souvenirs of as
many as IS years. Is a picture of the
OLD glee club when he had a hairline
and waistline an object of legitimate
historical interest, or is it Junk? A
woman could decide at once. A man
honestly doesn't know. And what about
the blazing memo he wrote to the boss
10 years ago-and never sent-in which
he set forth ideals and qualifications
that made him sound like a combina-
ton of one of the evangelists and Rich
ard Harding Davis? Should he keep it
as reminder of what he was or might
have been?
But once this ordeal is over, some
thing worse confronts him. The movers
come. They appear to him as Death to
Everyman: "Oh, Death, thou contest
when had thee least in mind" Movers
move more suddenly and inexorably
than the secret police of the Soviet
Union. They swoop down on a man in
.m1d-Sentence, on a cartooniSt in mid
stroke. Many reporter has come back
from a trip to the water fountain or
the City Desk to find his desk vanished
and his typewriter high in the arms of
an impaSSive man in a white overall.
The more susceptible tend to cling to
each other, lest a mover move them,
too. One by one, the telephones 60 out,
even the makeshift landmarks disap-
pear. BY this time, the confusion and
desolation have reached a point where
the most sentimental and balky, utterly
unnerved, are almost ready to leave.
They are sustained by the thought that
The Star has moved only once in SO
years and by the hope that it will never
nave to move again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Lnexcus1bIe NeqIiqence

News reports of the tragic fire at
the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial
School indicate that negligence of the
most inexcusable sort was to blame for
the death of 81 trapped inmates of the
locked institution. That At boys man.
aged to escape the holocaust was a near
miracle. For the doors of the reform
school had been locked for the night,
the windows were fitted with heavy
security" screens and there was no
attendant on duty to unlock doors and
direct an orderly evacuation of the
burning building.
Although the brick-veneered Struc-
thre was not fireproof, it recently had
been pronounced safe for the teen-age
delinquentS confined there. Until three
weeks ago the chances are that all or
most of the boys could have escaped
the flaming building, given the same
warning that aroused the inmates as
the blaze began to spread. 1t always
had been the practice to have teacher
sleep in the school, with keys to all
locked doors in his possession. But the
teacher had been i'll at home for the
past three weeks and no substitute was
provided. And none of the boys, includ-
ing 16-year-old truSty who was acting
as might sergeant" had a key. Fire
men found charred bodies piled at the
doors and windows. Those who escaped
wrenched screens from windows and
jumped
Governor Faubus has promised ga
full investigation" of the tragedy. After
visiting the smoking ruins he COM
mented: IF adequate precautions had
been taken and If an adult had been
on duty, am sure no one would have
died" These are ffs" that ought to
be fully explored, with view to pinning
down responsibility and, if criminal neg
ligence was involved, to furnishing the
guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

as they prepare. too, and this
often means 10 pounds more
at the end of the year.
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Where was the cat Spoot-
zie. she of the cute face and
the white fur with big gray
splotches on it?
Every room in the house
was searched.
The attic was looked into,
as was the basement where
that monster, the gas fur
mace, performed.
Even the closets all over
the house were opened, and
sundry large cardboard boxes,
into which cats love to
crawl.
No cat.
Calling did no good.
The endless rolling Of
kitty. kitty, kitty" off the
tongue, a universal language
known by all cats from pole
to pole, brought no results.
Spootzie must have got out:
that was all there was to it.
x 4 X
Since the cat has no idea
in the world that she can get
out. though she sees the
world outside through the
windows, her friends still
found it difficult to think Of
her there.
So she must still be inside.
But where to look? And why
hadn't she answered? All,
that was the clue! Cats love
to keep very. very still, like
mice, when their friends call
to them, after they are hid
den.
So Spootzie had hidden
herself. and we'll, but where
How about the utenSil
cabinet in the gas stove?"
And there she was, neatly
settled on some pots and
pans, her green eyes shining,
her expressive face plainly
registering satisfaction at all
the perturbation she had
caused.
Cats are that way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
ArIington's Shore

The proposal by a coming consultant
that development of that part of Airing
ton lying along the Potomac River be
carefully controlled in conformity with
overall plans for Identification of
Washington is most timely. For Ar
lington cannot afford to let outmoded
coming controls in the area come into
conflict with the costly and far-reach-
ing bridge and highway improvements
which soon will have their impact on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Park Investments

Please accept our apprecia-
ton for the excellent editorial
in The Star entitled Park
Investments Pay"
The Stars continued sup
port of our planning and park
programs is most gratifying.
We are hopeful that pend
ing legislation authorizing
the county governing bodies
to increase our park and ad-
ministration taxes will be en-
acted soon and that the coun-
ties will give favorable con-
Sideration to our l959-60
programs.
Jesse F. Nicholson,
Secretary Ire aSurer,
Maryland National Capital Parl
and Planning Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

not be nominated. For Mr..
Butler, that's that. Diplo-
macy is not his chief aim.
He has never hesitated to ten
the Southern Democrats
what the so-called National
Democratic Party will do to
them on the issue of civil
rights. He has indicated to
the Southerners they will
have to take what is handed
them, whether they like it
or not.
Mr.. Buffers predictions and
his extreme frankness have
ruffled many feelings. There
have been repeated demands
that something be done
about Butler" A good many
OF the members of the Demo-
cratic National Committee
charged that he exerted his
influence to have Los Angeles
chosen as the site of the 1860
Democratic National Conven-
ton - charges which Mr..
Butler fatty denied. But at
a recent meeting of the ma
tional committee, Los Angeles
triumphed by a vote Of almost
2 to l. The fact of the matter
Is that, Notwithstanding all
the rumblings against Mr.,
Butler, his enemies have ac.
complished nothing. He
seems to be strongly en-
trenched as the months go
by.
May Yet Win
Having been victorious in
his fight to sustain his con-
vention-site committee -
which selected Los Angeles
- Mr.. Butler may conceiva-
bly, go forward to victory for
the candidate of his choice
for the presidential nominal
ton. In 1856 he was regarded
as a Stevenson man - all
though he has insisted he
was neutral in that presiden-
tial nomination race. No
doubt in 1860, Mr.. Butler
will insist he is again neutral.
He said in his joint press
conference with Governor
Meyner in Trenton that no
one has the nomination
sewed up. And in this he
seems to be correct, no mat
ter who is in the lead today.
Mr.. Butler has labored long
and hard for the Democratic
Party. Although he and his
candidate for President-and
the party - were showed
under in the campaign of
1856, in that same campaign
he and his party won signal
victories in the congression-
al and gubernatorial cleo
tons. Last year, while Mr..
Butler. continued as nation
al chairman. the Democrats
really mopped up in the con-
gressional elections.
On the average, Mr.. Butler
as party chairman shows
well. The Democrats are
hungry. however. for the
White House. How much at
tention they will pay the ma
tional chairman in the choice
Of a presidential nominee is
anyone'S guess. Also, the
next presidential nominee of
the Democratic Party may
pick his own national chair.
maitland it may not be Mr..
Butler. To date, however, the
Indiana Democrat has had
a cat's-lives political career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Butler: Kennedy Is in the Lead

Democratic National
Chairman Paul M. Butler
has never hesitated to speak
his mind. no matter whose
toes he happened to trod
on. His latest contribution
is a frank statement that he
considers Senator John F.
Kennedy Of Massachusetts,
IN the lead for the Democra-
tic presidential nomination
next year.
Until a candidate Is actual
ly nominated for President
by one Of the major political
parties, the national chair
man Of that party is assumed
to be neutral and to so con-
duct himself. Perhaps Mr..
Butler thought he was being
neutral-since he did not
fatty predict Senator Ken
nedy's nomination and since
he. Mr.. Butler, named a num-
Der Of other potential candi-
dates. But the mere express
sion Of an opinion-"Kennedy
is in the lead"-necessarily
can be influencing when made
by the head Of the party or
ganization. How effective
this boost for the Massachu-
sets Senator - intentional
or unintentional-may be re-
mains to be Seen.
Senator Kennedy is doing
all the running just now. He
has had an extremely good
and friendly press. At the
same time, as a front-runner,
he will be the target of a
whole string of opposing can
didates and their supporters.
Cold-Waters Stevenson
Mr.. Butler. in addition to
giving Senator Kennedy a
boost. did not hesitate to
throw cold water on a pos
sible third presidential NOM
nation for Adlai Stevenson,
the darling Of the Democrats
in 1852 and 1856. For, ac-
cording to the chairman, the
Democratic Party leaders
will not stand for another
nomination. in view of the
former Governors two de-
feats. It was the Stevenson
forces who lined up for Mr..
Butler when he was first a
candidate for the national
Craftsmanship in New Orleans
in 1854. 1t was also, however,
Mr.. Stevenson himself who
almost booted Mr.. Butler out
of the national Craftsmanship
in 1856 Immediately after the
second nomination. Mr..
Stevenson had planned to
replace him with the late
James E. Finnegan of Penn
Sylvania. who had been Mr..
Stevenson's campaign mana
ger for the presidential NOM
ination in that year. He
ended by keeping Mr.. Butler
on as national chairman
while Mr.. Finnegan became
campaign director.
These bouquets and brick
bats were tossed out by Mr..
Butler while he was visiting
Governor Robert Meyner of
New Jersey, who is rated a
strong possibility for the
party'S presidential nominal
ton. But, as has already been
said, Mr.. Butler does not
use language to conceal his
thoughts. He thinks Senator
Kennedy is in the lead and
he thinks Mr.. Stevenson will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

0pOOtLIcs Tie English farm
cat that never saw England,
was missing.
Let out Of the basement
for breakfast, she had van
iShed.
To those unacquainted
with cats. this may seem
nothing of any moment.
But cats have their own
lives to live, and their own
ways Of living them.
Some of them are kept in.
This category includes post
office cats. grocery store
cats. and just plain cats new
er let out at home.
Some cats come and go as
they please. which is the way
they like best. of course.
X y 4 X
The gray and white cat
Spootzie was never let out,
and thereby hangs a cat tale.
She was regarded as so
special. in her family, that
all her human friends were
afraid something might hap
pen to her.
Only recently a big dog
had torn her friend, Mindy,
eight pounds. to pieces as she
slept on her own front porch.
Do you wonder there is a
hue and cry against dogs
running at large?
y \ y X
Spootzie escaped this fate
by losing her freedom.
THE thing is not as bad
as it sounds. however.
We have all become so used
to hearing freedom praised,
and no doubt rightly, that
sometimes we forget that
freedom hath her price, too.
Cats not allowed to run are
saved from cars, poison, dogs
and assorted mean human
beings.
Which is the worst, from
the cat standpoint, we do not
know, but suspect the latter.
The cat immured is the
safe cat, unless stepped on
or something.
Ordinarily, the cat seldom
If ever let out is the cat sure
to grow fat and healthy. The
fat cat is the picture of peace,
power and plenty, in catland.
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Spootzie was missing.
1t made no difference down
the street, but it did in this
home. and everyone was on
the prowl to find her.
She had not come down
for her breakfast. Now, to
anyone who knows the fem
mime end of creation, this
alone was indicative of some
thing sadly wrong.
Women of all kinds like
20 eat.
Maybe they don't like food
any more than men, but they
have much to do with it,
buying it, preparing it. and
setting forth, and cleaning
up afterward.
They are tempted to taste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
National Flower

Amidst the controversy
surrounding selection of a
national flower. l wish to
cast one vote and one voice
for the rose, preferably a
red one.
Kenneth Sloan.
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What better flower than
the marigold for our ma
tional floral emblem? The
marigold is hardy as was
the rugged pioneer. Her
golden smile will promise
sun If clouds are lowering
near. She boasts not of past
conquests. nor bows to any
peer-save God who put her
on this earth TO bring to all
good cheer.
Alice c. NageI.
\ Il Il
Selection of a national
flower is not humorous or
trivial. / agree with Senator
Douglas that the selection
should be one that is in
trinSically native and bound
up with our country and its
way of life. His own choice,
the corn tassel, is peculiarly
American, and it is to be
hoped that full considera-
ton is given to it when all
the lilies, roses and carna-
tions-by all means, carna-
nations-have been elimi-
mated. However, there are
others besides the corn tassel
that have sole links with
America. The sassafras, uni
quely American, was praised
by early settlers.
In the 18th century bot
anist William Bartram went
plant hunting in the APP
palachian Mountains and
spread abroad the fame of
the varied wildlife he found
there. One of his finds was
the Haunting frey" aza-
lea, certainly the most gay
and brilliant Towering shrub
yet known"
Could any flower be more
distinctly symbolic?
A. L. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry priterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
@. Who was the founder
of the Daughters of the
American Revolution?

american ReVOluClOn!
F. r.
A. The OAR officially rec
ogniZeS four founderS-Mary
S. Lockwood, Eugenia WASH
ington, Mary Desha, and
Ellen Hardin Walworth.
The first official meeting Of
the society was held on Oc-
tober IL. 1890. in Washington,
D. c. Eighteen women signed
up for membership, and Mrs.
Caroline Scott Harrison, wife
of the President of the
United States. was elected
President General.