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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

sion Of opinion. What is the
use of being American If you
can't disagree?
Some said that the cake
was contaminated.
Others laughed at, this line
Of reasoning. They said that
nobody would know.
And nobody did!
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The housef1y has been re-
instated in mankind's grace
in recent months.
1t is now believed that its
secre tionS are antisep-
tic enough to keep its feet
and feelers. from contami-
mating any food.
Let the little darlings, the
scientists tell us, walk all
over baby's food, no harm
will be done.
This takes us back at a
jump about a century. In
the old days, poets wrote odes
to the fly, and found it a
high flyer, indeed.
Then the reaction, based
on the germ theory, set in.
People were warned against
the house fly. If it had been
as big as an elephant, it could
not have brought more dis
may to the average house.
wife.
Large sheets Of sticky Fly
paper" were spread around
the house. This was before
the days of sprays. People
just tried to catch the flies,
in the old days. Chemical
warfare against them was
unknown.
Now and then some in
genious person hung a sheet
of the sticky coated paper to
a chandelier, so that when
you innocently came in to
turn on the light, your face
batted into it.
We recall one detective
story in which the hero, held
: at the point of a gun in the
hands of the vicious killer,
finally won out by suddenly
throwing a sheet of the fly
paper into the mans face.
Today we have more sub
tie detectives and fewer flies.
A fly in a modern home or
office is almost unthinkable.
That is why it merits close
inspection and maybe care
and food when it shows it
self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Wilkes legacy

Wendell L. Willkie died on
october 8, 1914, just Is years
ago.
He was only a national
figure for four short years.
He never held a public office.
He never sought a public Of
flee except the presidency of
the United States.
He never dominated the
policies Of his party not even
on the night of his nominal
ton. He singlehandedly and
without the help of any
other major figure, or the
help of any political ma
chinery, or the prestige of
victory, or the power of Of
flee, commenced and led the
fight that transformed the
Republican Party from one
of iSolationism and arch
conservatism to one of inter-
national responsibility and
progressive action on domes-
tic affairs.
Without his leadership the
present major policies of the
Republican Party today would
not have been possible.
The philosophy and ideas
of the Republican Party are
far more in tune with his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Disiliusionment

We view with mixed emotions the
ugly charges before House committee
that some of TVS late quiz shows were
rugged. 1t is disillusioning to learn that
supposedly respectable and respected
televiSion programs were frauds, DELHI
erately fixed to deceive the public. But,
at the same time, it is something of a
relief to ones Sagging ego to know that
at least some of those contestants were
not as knowledgeable as they seemed up
there in the isolation booths.
The Sordid testimony has revealed
that some contestants not only were
supplied in advance with both questions
and answers, but were coached on how
to dress and act under the spotlight.
The beads of perspiration on their brows
were real enough, but were generated
not by thinking mans cropping for
answers but by the overheated air in
the booths. And the feigned surprise
and Joy at finding that the answers
were correct were all part of the act,
it seems.
All of this is pretty disheartening
to those of us whose faith in human
nature-and the TV heroes-is equaled
only by our gullibility. Please say the
rugged quiz shows were the only rotten
apple in the barrel, lest we lose faith
also in our still unsullied heroes of TV
-MiStuh Dillon and Chester and Mar
shall carp and all those other red
blooded, fast-drawing defenders of
womanhood and Righteousness on the
Western frontier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Space and the ICBM

DR.. Herbert F. York, chief of research
and engineering for the Defense Depart
ment, has put things in proper perspec-
tive by making clear that the military
intercontinental ballistic missile ought
not to be confused with the kind Of
rocketry responsible for the Soviet
Unions latest feat in space.
The feat involving, an immense
amount Of chronological precision and a
heavy payload capable of photograph
ing" the hidden side of the moon, leaves
no room for doubt that the Russians
still have long lead on us in the high
heavens. The primary reason for this
is the fact that Soviet scientists and
technicianS, beginning their program
several years before ours, have developed
a rocket with an initial thrust of be-
tween 100000 and 100000 pounds, and
with what seems to be ever-increasing
reliability of performance. BY way Of
contrast, the most powerful counterpart
we have at the moment is the Atlas,
with some $4,000 pounds of thrust and
a tendency, every now and then, to be
disconcertingly capricious.
Nevertheless, according to DR.. York
and others in position to speak author
tatively on the subject, the Soviet lead
in rocket propulsion for spatial ventures
does not mean that the same lead pre-
walls in the field of military intercon-
tinental balliStic missiles. Actually, as
far as the ICBM is concerned, the
United States and the USSR are essen
TALLY" on an equal footing at this time,
with the Atlas having all the thrust
needed to match comparable operational
weapons in the Kremlin'S arsenal
weapons that can accurately deliver
hydrogen-b bomb warhead on targets g.
600 miles distant from the launching
SITE Hence, looked at strictly from the
standpoint of the international balance
of armed power, the Russian successes
in space dq' mot constitute "a present
threat to our national security.
ReaSsuring as this may be, however,
the fact remains that our own nonmili-
tary Spatial operations still lag behind
the Soviet Unions, and we may not be
able to catch up for the next three or
4OuI JCo4os NAO0AAW4AAACS VIC AAAOV ASNAOAA
with the likelihood that our current in
feriority in that respect will work against
us, politically and psychologically, in
terms of it's impact on world opinion.
Certainly, as has been emphasized by
DR.. T. Keith Glennan, chief of our Ma
tional Aeror autics and Space Admins
tration, "We cannot run second very
long and sill talk realistically about
leadership. . believe solid progress
will be maze only if we pursue sane
but determined course with sense Of
real urgency"
Such a course is imperative. Al
though we may be neck-and-neck with
the Russians in the field of ICBMS-in
terms of target-hitting capability, if not
in terms of the number of these mis-
SileS available to uS-we are now run
ming quite a distance behind them in
the race to explore and exploit space.
The gap must be closed, and the sooner
the better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
A Good Neiqhbor Visits

Political stability and a steady rate
of social and economic development
have marked the history of Mexico dur
ing the past quarter of century. The
Safekeeping and the further promotion
of these national assets rests currently
in the hands of a 49-year-old lawyer
politician, President Adolfo Lopez Ma
teos, who will arrive in Washington to-
morrow for a four-day official visit as
the guest of our own Government. Mr..
Lopez MateoS will be accompanied by
his wife and their daughter Eva.
:. Since 1915, when he was first elected
to-the Mexican Senate, Mr.. Lopez Mateos
has demonstrated his high qualifications
in the field of politics and government.
Fer several years he was chairman of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions. In 1852, he shifted his primary
interest to domestic affairs when he was
named Secretary of Labor in the cabinet
of President Confines. In that post, he
established reputation as an able adj
ministrator, an effective conciliator be-
tween labor and capital, and moderate
liberal in his political philosophy. AS
the candidate of the Party of Revolu-
tionary Institutions, which has domi-
mated Mexican politics for three dec
AIDES, he was elected President in July,
1858, by the largest majority ever &C
corded anyone for that Office.
In sense, Mr.. Lopez Mateos reflects
the philosophy of nationaliSm in its
most responsible form. Throughout his
public career, he has recognized Mexico'S
need for continued development of its
industry and agriculture. He has well
coined technical assistance extended by
our own Government, despite the Gus
tomary left-wing protests about yam
kee meddling," and has encouraged the
investment of United States capital be-
low the border. Politically, as we'll as
economically, there has been no reser-
walton about his commitment to the
self-respecting role of partnership with
"the democratic powers" in general and
with the United States in particular.
It was last February that President
Eisenhower visited President Lopez Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Disoqrees With Us

1t is completely lnconcelv-
able that a supposedly well
informed newspaperman
could write such a deplorable
editorial under the caption
Restraining Red China" APP
parently the writer has for
gotten the aid and comfort
the Soviet Government furn-
iShed our enemy, the Chinese
Red Army in Korea, in the
form Of aircraft, guns, tanks,
and personnel-again fur
ther evidenced by the recent
demonstration of military
might in Peiping'S Square of
Heavenly Peace. Or is the
editorial writer so naive that
he thinks that this strength
was built without the aid Of
the Soviet?
The editorial stated that
cit is sheereSt nonsense to
hold Mr.. Khrushchev respon-
sible for the aggressions in
Laos, Tibet, ETC., just because
he is a Communist" Butcher
Khrushchev is head of the
Soviet Government and as
such is responsible for their
heinous crimes against hui
mainly. 1t makes no differ
ence whether these crimes
are committed directly by the
USSR or by their stooge and
ally, Red China.
The editorialist has appar-
emily chosen to overlook the
fact that the "peacemaker"
and his allies have physically
buried over "a million peoples
who have opposed Commu-
niSm since 1917. If the edi-
torialiSt's views are widely
shared in America, this Ma
ton may well be next to fall
under the wheels of the Tro-
Jan Horse.
1t is interesting to note
that an excellent article by
David Lawrence in complete
contradiction to the view of
your editorial appears on the
opposite page. This is indeed
fortunate, for otherwise I
would feel compelled to sug-
gest that the name of your
publication might better be
changed to the Red Star"
Frank C. MaIlinsOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Spells 1t Out
Don Swiggett.

I suspect that I have more
faith in the intelligence OF
the readers of The Star than
does Earl B. Steele. Of the
United States Chamber OF
Commerce.
Mr.. Steele, in a letter you
published october 6, attacks
an article by North American
Newspaper Alliance concern
ing the regulation proposed
by the Internal Revenue
Service that would disallow
as a business expense such
things as "write-your-Con-
gressmen" advertising.
The article made no at
tempt to judge the proposal.
1t merely reported that bust
ness groups were fighting it,
a conclusion which Mr..
steele's letter clearly sup
ports.
His complaint is with the
sentence in the article that
said: Under current regula-
ton, more than half the
cost of such an ad bought by
a corporation, for instance, is
carried by Uncle SAM" Mr..
Steele contends the sentence
implies that "the Federal
Government owns more than
half interest in every incor-
porated business in America"
Many Americans, without
being called stupid or subver-
sive, have chuckled over the
joke, notorious during and
after World War II, about the
men who were fighting over
a luncheon check. One said
he should pay because he was
on an expense account and
Uncle Sam would pick up
most of the tab. He was
topped, however, by the man
who had q cost-plus contract
with the Government and the
check actually added to his
profit.
The point of the sentence,
of course, is that a corpora
ton that takes 81 of potential
profit and uses it on a tax-de-
ductible business expense
actually loses only 48 cents in
net profit because So cents
would have gone in taxes any
way. And I think your copy
editors and readers took it
that way.
Mr.. Steele contends the
MANA article contains a
weird" line Of reasoning.
Much Of the article reports
the Chamber position that it
thinks the proposal is a form
Of censorship by taxation"
the same argument Mr.. Steele
repeats in his letter. The
story notes the Supreme
Court rulings to which Mr..
Steele objects. Obviously, the
only recourse there is to the
courts. David L. Barnett,
Washington Bureau Chief.
North American Newspaper
Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Glass Distinction

/ am indebted to The Sum-
day Star for the information
that the John EiSenhowers
have been delisted from the
Green Book. This is unconsti-
tutional and discriminatory
and should be taken immedi-
ately to the Supreme Court.
But if this is a blow to the
Eisenhowers, think Of me! No
member of my family has
ever been in the Green Book.
This discrimination violates
our constitutional guarantee
Of life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness. My happiness
depends upon such recogni-
ton!
My husband, my children
and my grandchildren all suf-
fer extreme mental torture as
a result Of their omission
from this publication; my
dog has a complex: my maid
and her several children all
suffer mental illness as a re-
suit.
Back in the dark ages Of
individual liberties and per-
sonal freedom, such publica-
tons as the Green Book and
Who's Who may have been
justified. But with sociology
having supplanted constitu-
tional law, with Myrdal and
not Blackstone the fount Of
all legal authority, a day of
civil liberties has dawned
brightly upon America. Dis
elimination in housing, eat
ing, living and schooling
having been outlawed, why
should these social catalogues
survive specialization?
Irene Trux.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08

@. Why was the Secret
Service, a bureau Of the
Treasury Department. as
signed to protect the Presi-
dent of the United StatesP-
w. L. +
A. The Secret Service was
established in 1865 to fight
currency counterfeiting. but
for many years it was prac-
tically the only general in
vestigative agency in the
Federal Government. Its
agents were frequently as
signed to many of the other
executive departments for
specialized duties, hence the
agency was a logical choice
for the job of protecting the
President.
@. Are epileptics usually
normal in other respects than
in having occasional seizures?
IT. H.
A. The great majority of
persons subject to seizures
are in every other way per-
fectly normal human beings.
In a study of records of
nearly 1000 clinic and pri-
vate patients, it was found
that 67To were Of average in
telligence or above and 23%
only slightly below average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
Shares in America

This is to thank The Eve
ming Star for the latest EVIL
dence Of your continued in
terest in the US. Savings
Bonds program: the editorial
titled Shares in America"
which appeared September
80.
1t expressed so concisely
and so well our reasons for
offering these bonds and ask
ing the people to buy them
that we have had it repro
duced and sent to daily and
weekly newspapers through
out the Nation. along with a
cartoon by Yardley which
appeared in the Baltimore
Sun about the same time, to
use or adapt for their own
editorial pages.
The files of the Savings
Bonds Division all the way
back to 1941 are rich in clip
pings representing the valu-
able contributions Of The
Star to this program. With
out such sustained support
from the press this thrift
program could not have sue
ceeded; and without a sue
cessful Savings Bond pro-
gram the TreaSury's task, as
you point out, would have
been far harder. Americans
cannot be reminded too often
that it is their Government.
their Treasury, their dollars
purchasing power that they
are supporting when they
buy and hold these Shares in
America.
James F. Stiles, Jr.
National Director, US. Bonds
Division, Treasury Depart
nent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Army Has Vaccine 'Jet-Injector
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

important but hitherto little
understood part In the in
creasing toll Of heart diseases.
This is reported by the
ONCE Of Naval Research
from a Navy-supported prof.
ect Of a team Of investigators
at Leland Stanford Univer-
sity. Relationship previously
has been suspected, but not
proved.
1t is known, says the Navy
report, that allergies have a
significant part In kidney
diseases and in asthma.
They are caused when the
body is invaded by so much
Of a given foreign substance
that available antibiotics in
the system cannot counter
act it. Allergies are thought
Of as disorders of this ball
ance.
Hearts Balance Upset
DR.. George FeigeA. head
Of the Stanford team, has
found that when various an
tigens-allergy-causing sub
stances-are tested on the
hearts of sensitive animals
the balance is upset in the
heart. it beats rapidly or in
effectively and may falter or
stop.
Substances produced by
the heart under these condi-
lions affect the electrical
conduction system that is
necessary for the heart to
beat regularly. The same
substances may cause a con-
striction of the coronary ar
teries which interfere with
the blood flow to heart
muscles.
In early work DR.. Feigen
and his collaborators have
established relationships that
exist between the mineral
environment of the heart
and its mechanical perform
ance. They showed that the
level of bi-carbonate was an
important factor in restoring
a vigorous beat to an expert
mentally fatigued heart.
Their recent work, accord
ing to the Navy report, sug-
gests that drugs with q
known, heart effect, such as
digitalis. may exert their
beneficial effect by keeping
down the amount Of sodium
in the heart cells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08

thinking than are the pol
icies and the ideas of the
present Democratic Party in
tune with the thinking OF
Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
who dominated the policies
Of his party for more than a
generation.
Don Swiggett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
II did something the other
day worthy of Templeton
Jones, your whimsical char
acter who has brought so
much pleasure to so many
readers.
There was a fly buzzing
around my desk in our new
aforementioned quarters.
ut was the very first in
sect of any kind we had
seen, and it therefore Gre
ated a sensation all out Of
proportion to its size.
Several of our associates
wanted to kill it, of course.
That seems to be the usual
reaction of mankind to life.
IT sturdily held out for its
preservation, and won.
II went and bought a
candy bar. and placed a
piece of it where the fly
could see it, or smell it. I
don't know which they do.
Anyway, the fly flew
down and settled on the piece
of candy and both of us
were happy for a time.
"The fly finally flew away,
and I forgot to throw the
piece of candy in the waste
paper basket.
MY superior off1cer-we
just call him Boss-came by,
and before I could say any
thing picked up the piece Of
fly food and ate it.
Fortunately, I didn't say
anything!
Sincerely,
MARY JANE OBJ"
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What we don't know, won't
hurt us, says the old proverb.
What the saying really
meant was that what we
don't know won't worry us.
The hurting is something
else again.
Once upon a time some
church ladies were holding a
meeting, replete with choco-
late cake.
Just before the ice cream
was served, the head of the
kitchen force was Mortified
to find a centipede placidly
walking across the surface Of
the big cake.
The question then was
whether to brush the insect
of, and forget it, or throw
the whole cake away.
There was the usual divi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08

A "jet injector" with
which 1t is possible for one
doctor to inoculate almost
half a regiment an hour is
being perfected at the Army's
Walter Reed Research Insti-
tute, in cooperation with
Army engineers.
There are no tubes and no
needles. The stream Of fluid
inoculant, about a 5000th
Of an inch in diameter, itself
is the needle" 1t literally is
shot through the skin. Among
the advantages is that there
is no possible danger from an
infected needle.
Usually the subject feels
no sensation whatever. Re-
cruits. in fact, must be
pushed along the line. They
cannot realize that the in
oculation, prospect of which
may have caused dread, &C
tually is complete.
The jet injector promises
to be exceptionally valuable
in case Of another war when
1t probably will be necessary
to inoculate millions of SOL
diers against such threats as
typhoid and tetanus. With
any prospect of germ war
fare incubation of entire
civilian populations may be
necessary. The present rate
with the device is 1,400 an
hour.
Capitalized on Accident
The idea goes back to a
number of industrial acct
dents among diesel engine
workers. When a high pres
sure line developed a leak
oil was shot out with great
force. Tiny streams pene-
trated the skin without any
awareneSS on the part OF
the workers.
This resulted in gangrene
sometimes with eventual loss
of hands or even arms.
Army engineers observing
such accidents were struck
with the idea that beneficial
as well as noxious agents
could be injected the same
way.
= 4 4 4
Allergies, abnormal sensi-
tivitieS of individuals to SUBJ
stances in food or in the
environment, may play an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry Uriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SdtiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-08

teos in Acapulco. This weeks meeting
here is reunion Eat the summit" of
genuinely good-neighbor relationship.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-16
Nephew Of Local
Women Gets GFdnf
For Columbia Study

James Tanner Of Portsmouth,
Ohio, nephew of Mrs. Edward
CCecelia) Boyd, 1888 Fourth Av.
s., has been awarded a govern
ment grant to study at Columbia
Teachers College in New York.
The course is designed to train
more counsellors for the high
schools of the country.
Mr.. Tanner, a teacher in the
Portsmouth High School, is the
only representative from the state
of Ohio out Of forty-seven receiv-
ing the grant from SO states in
attendance out Of nearly 1000
applicants.
He was principal for several
years at the colored high school
before degeneration of schools in
his home town. He attended the
teachers convention held at the
bennington Hotel in Minneapolis
in August and was guest of his
aunt and uncle the Edward L.
Boyds.
He is married and his wife is a
teacher in one of the elementary
schools in Portsmouth. The couple
has four children.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-16
ROBERT WILLIAMS DIES
AT SIOUX SAILS

Souix Falls, s. D.-Robert Troy
Williams, 100 w. Mcclellan died
at McKennan Hospital, Friday,
Oct. 8. He had been in the hos
pital one week, but had been in
failing health for several years.
Born in Columbia, Mo, he was
a resident in Sioux Falls since he
was nine years old He attended
Hawthorne School and was a men,
Der of Savoy Lodge, I. B. p. o. E,
Siuox City, Ia, and Of st. Johns
Baptist Church.
His survivors are: wife, Margar-
ct Williams, four step-children,
one grandchild and his mother,
Mrs. Helen Jackson, st. Paul,
MINI.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2:3O pm. at Miller Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were Robert Haynes,
Robert Tate, Adrian Tolbert, Luth-
er Clark, Harvey Bentley and
Maurice Coakley.