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Diario las Américas., 1959-02-26
Aumenta Tension Po|ltica
en- Paraguay pero Control
por Stroessner es Firme
Porte de Fuerzus Armodos Deseo Gobno. Mas Liberal

BUENOS AIRES, febrero rs.
tUPI).-La situacion politica
continua tensa en- Paraguay, pc
70 ell Presidente Alfredo Stro.
essiner, parece tener un firme
dominic de la situacion, segun
personals responsables llegadas
de ASunci0n.
Estos viajeros anaden que,
hay disensiones en- las filas del
paftido Colorado" de gobier-
no, pero no en- la medida que
pretende la propaganda de los
axilados.
Los informantes dicen igual-
mente que, hay cierta friccion
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-26

yos fueron detenidos en- Clorin-
da, cuando trataban de cruzar
ell rio Paraguay.
Uno de ellos, segun diio Ell
MinisteriC. Nevada un coctel mo-
lotov y e. otro I'm fusil calibre
%.
Anibal Fabre, portayoz del
Ministerio del Interior, nantes
to que, desconocia por complete
que los asilados paraguayos es-
tGviesen preparando la invasion
de Paraguay, pero agreg0 que,
las autorldades de Argentina Sc
m%antlenen vigilantes para evi-
tar TODD possible incidente.
La radio paragusya habia in
tornado que "numerosos" rebel
des Sc habian a~poderado de Clo-
rirda.
TENSION
BUENOS AIRES, febrero IS.
(UPD-Se cree que ha surgido
una situacion diplomatica entire
Argentina Paraguay, debido a
los violentos ataques de toda la
-(Pasa a la pag. -
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-26
TENSION %DIPLoMATICA
CIATIcA

doctor, este dOlOr que STEM
to a 10 largo de la pierna me
esta volviendO loco. Esta es
una queja que Sc oye fire.
cuentemente por cualqulera
que sufre de Ciatica. Algu-
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-26

DIR. FlOrenciO doIor an I, ! :
#. Reyes S;s.
dera y una perdida par
cial de movimientOs en- las
e~xtremidades inferiores. Ell
QuirOpractico, que Sc espe-
cializa en- las distorsiones de
la cOlumna vertebral, locali-
"a y suprime estas irritacio-
mes aliviandO por 10 tanto los
dolores y ell sufrimiento ge-
neral.
DIR. FLORENCE F. REYES
$50 S. W. 9th AVE.
HI a-7076 49,. HI, S-s9s1
Lunes, Martes, Micro, Viernes
9-12 rs
s&bado s-l2, Mart, vier. 6.s PM.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-26

nos SintOmas
adicionales son
la inhabilidad
para s~entarse
por largOs pc
riOdos de ITEM
pc, la pierna
dOrmida como
81 la circula-
ci6n hubiese
sidO detenida,
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Hope for Motorists

1t is gratifying that engineers and
technologiStS are not so preoccupied
with rocket engines and such that they
cannot give some thought to those of
us who prefer to depend on the auto
mobile for getting from here to there.
Some of these engine experts, at least,
have found time to consider ways of
improving the gasoline engine-a COM
plicated package of revolving, recipro-
eating, sparkling and other gadgets with
a weakness for breaking down at the
most inopportune times, such as the 4:3O
rush hour.
What we are leading up to is the
new internal combustion engine lust
unveiled by the CurtisS- Wright Corpora
ton. To one who has become disen-
chanted, at times, with the conventional
multiple-piSton power plant of the aver
age automobile, the advent of an en-
gine with only two moving parts, one
spark plug, plenty of horsepower and
low fuel consumption is welcome news,
indeed. While only test models have
been displayed by the company so far,
production of 100-horsepower units is
scheduled for next Year Motorists will
watch this new development with eager
interest.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Detecting Problem

After months Of naySaying, the
Soviet Union has at last agreed with
Britain and the United States that there
should be a special study of the enor-
mouSly complex problems involved in
trying to detect underground nuclear
detonationS.
When our representatives at the
Anglo-American-Sovi teSt-ban nego-
tiationS in Geneva first proposed such
a study, the Russians aSSailed the idea
as something designed to stall the talks
and prevent an agreement on a total
prohibition. But now, after much dreary
haggling, they have acknowledged that
1t makes sense and needs to be acted
upon.
1t needs to be acted upon, of course,
for the very simple reason that under
ground nuclear tests (aS distinct from
readily detachable atmospheric" shots
that release radioactive fallout) are diff
1cult to distinguish from natural earth
quakeS. Furthermore, according to our
scientists, it appears that such detona-
lions can be "muf1ed" in a way that
would make them undetectable even in
a policing system much more elaborate
than any thus far considered at the
three-power Geneva talks.
In these circumstances. it is inn
perative to undertake an expert study
the kind of study that the Russians
nave at last agreed to-in an effort to
work out ways and means of establish
ing genuinely trustworthy safeguards
against the danger of clandestine under
ground nuclear tests. This is not a
simple thing. In fact, there are some
scientists who feel that there NAV he
no poSSibility-aS practical matter-of
setting up adequate policing machinery
against such tests, which release little
or no radioactivity.
All Of which brings to mind a pro-
poSal made to Premier Khrushchev last
April Is by President Eisenhower The
proposal would do this: ~ Put an end
to all fallout-causing, health-endanger-
ing atmospheric" tests, but (2) permit
the staging Of hard-to-detect under
ground detonationS (Which have no
significance in terms of contaminatinp.
the earth's air. until proper policing
system can be worked out.
The Russians probably will continue
10 resist this proposal. If they do, how
ever, and If no progress is made toward
solving the detecting problem, our coun-
try should not hesitate to resume under
ground shots. matter of survival is
involved, and no American ought to
underestimate that fact. ... =
Evening star., 1959-11-26
We Shall Fiqht-"

midas Prime Minister Nehru, almost
a symbol of patience among world
statesmen, Is demonstrating a new quail
lty OF sternneSS in his reactions to. his
countryS frontier troubles with Com
munist China.
Bluntly rejecting, as long as Red
forces remain on what has been identi-
ned historically as Indian TERRITORY. a
Peiping proposal for form of summit
negotiation, Mr.. Nehru has added a
public warning that I'VE shall fight" If
China presses its aggreSSions to a point
OF war. Opening parliamentary debate
on the crisis, the Prime Minister also
has assured his countrymen (and for
Peiping'S attention) that India'S defense
forces and the Industrial strength to
back them up are equal to the task.
Perhaps even more revealing of the
intensity OF Mr.. Nehru's present emo
tionS, however, was his caStigation of
those among India'S own Communists
who have supported the Chinese terri
torial claims and accompanying agrees
SlonS at arms. To people who reject the
soil from which they spring and the
nationality which gives them protec-
tion," the Prime Minister served notice
that there are certain limits in moments
of national crisis" The time comes to
deal with such foes from within, he
added.
Up to now, at least, Mr.. Nehru has
been following, more than leading, In
dian public sentiment in this crisis.
The SevereSt criticism in Parliament, for
example, has come from those demand
ing greater military preparedness and
even counteroffensive to drive Red
troops out of the disputed areas. The
Indian press likewise has called for any
necessary steps to halt the Chinese
provocationS Even Peiping may now
recognize the warning signs.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
RockefeIIer's Views
Blair Student.

1t is becoming increasingly
evident, at even this early
date, that the editorial policy
of The Star is pro-Nixon,
judging from your reports
of Mr.. Rockefeller's Western
trip.
Let me beseech you to give
this man Rockefeller a more
fortnight appraisal of his
views. It is quite refreshing
to find a Republican with a
liberal point of view.
The space age most GER
tainly calls for fresh ideas
and honest differences of
opinion. Let us encourage
the competition to be found
in the Republican Party, lest
we forget so quickly the re-
cent Democratic landslideS.
/, for one, am not quite so
quick to settle for Mr.. Nixon
until the formidable opposi-
ton of Mr.. Rockefeller ad-
vances more of what is on
both their minds.
Robert J. Berger.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Dusts Us OFF

Your usually conservative
and accurate editorial policy
was somewhat abandoned on
November 20. Without de-
batting the issue of public
health and official RESPONSE
bility, I should like to cor
rect a misstatement.
You have referred to
aminotriazole as an inSecti-
eide and suggest that growers
of all kinds of fruits and
vegetables take greater care
in the use of such insecticides.
1t happens that aminotria-
zole is a herbicide and is not
only effective in killing weeds
but also such plants as poison
oak and poison ivy. Highway
crews swear by it.
To be sure, this might be
excused as a minor editorial
error, but the serious aspect
is that with this inaccurate
editorial you have demon
strated how little of the facts
the general public must un-
derstand regarding the cram
berry hysteria.
Alan T. Rains.
Editors Note: The Star
regrets having wrongly iden-
titled the weed-killer.)
Evening star., 1959-11-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

year are already gone and
I've had to write only three
minor compositions. AS a
matter Of fact, not one of
them has been over one page
in length:
I feel that I am being
cheated" out of a proper
English education because
this basic part of the course
is being grossly neglected.
There are many other stu
dents who agree with me on
this point.
When the time comes that
the student thinks he is not
required to do enough work,
it is certainly time for some
one to recognize the serious
ness of this situation and take
remedial steps.
Blair Student.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
To the Editor of The stor:

For almost a century,
newspapers have been giving
the public a hackheyed YER
sion of That's how Thanks
giving Day was born"
Whether one believes or
not that John Hanson of
Frederick. Maryland, was
elected the first President of
the United States on Novem-
Der 5, 1871, in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, under
Constitution. I (the Articles
Of Confederation), the fact
remains that President John
Hanson proclaimed the re-
public's first national
Thanksgiving Day. We Han
sonians admit freely that
George Washington was the
first President to serve under
Constitution II, the present
instrument. but we stoutly
maintain that John Hanson
was the first constitutionally
elected President to serve
under Constitution I which
was superseded by Constitu-
ton II.
Three notable characters
tread the boards in the stereo-
typed classic tale of how the
first national Thanksgiving
Day had its genesis. They
are George w a shington,
Abraham Lincoln and Sarah
Hale, the bluestocking editor
of "Godey's Lady's Book"
Before 1868, the story goes,
Mrs. Hale pleaded with Presi-
dents Fillmore, Pierce and
Buchanan to designate q
national Thanksgiving Day
for universal observance
throughout the United States
but she got nowhere. Like
wise, her vigorous 'Lady's
Book" editorials failed in
their aim. Finally she is said.
to have sold Lincoln on the
idea, and the great Civil War
President then made his
tory" by proclaiming the last
Thursday in November, 1863,
as a day Of national Thanks
giving, a red-letter precedent
religiously followed by most Of
the succeeding Constitution
II Presidents.
The myth is further en-
bellished by placing WASH
ington in the act. What may
be termed the apocryphal
version of That's how
Thanksgiving Day was born"
AYERS, without benefit of
research, that Washington,
with prophetic insight, was
the first President to proclaim
a national Thanksgiving Day
and that during the first year
Of his first presidential term
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Footnote to Defeat

It was characteristic of the late
Senator Taft that he sat down after the
1852 Republican convention and wrote
long memorandum explaining why
things happened as they did. The prin-
was that Mr.. Taft'S own aspirations for
the presidential nomination were swept
to defeat as the G. o. P. turned to a
newcomer in national politics, General
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
AS he dealt with so many other
issues in his public career, Mr.. Taft in
his memorandum dealt with this one
pose, he explained and again charac-
teristically, was to see that his support
erS were not blamed for the result or
charged with mistakes (which they did
not make or which did not really affect
the result"
In Mr.. Taft's opinion, expressed in
this seven-year-old analysis, his defeat
was a product more of underlying
causes than of convention tactics and
developments. He identified these causes
as: One, the power of New York finan-
cial and business interests that had
selected General Eisenhower as their
candidate at least year earlier and,
two, a publicity blitz" led by four
f1fths of the country'S newspapers and
all of it's magazines.
There is ample evidence that these
factors were indeed important ones at
the convention, but Mr.. Taft'S simple
identification of them unfortunately fails
to explain that they represented fun
damental revolt in the Republican Party
itself eoninSt rules and standards that
Evening star., 1959-11-26
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Sometimes one sees a
painting" made by a little
child, which mother and
daddy proclaim wonderful"
but which the outsider must
secretly regard as awful.
One wonders how artists
and illustrators of all kinds
ever grow into being, after
looking at one of these en-
thusiastic daubs.
To be an artist is to have
a wonderful coordination be-
tween brain and hand.
You have but to watch a
real artist at work to see the
difference.
The straight line. with an
artist, is straight.
He does not have to bal
ance his hand, or anything.
When he draws q circle, it
is round.
8 y =
The facility is a gift, and
very few persons have it, or
can cultivate it.
Anyone, by trying desper-
ately, can draw free hand
something very much resem-
bling a circle.
He can make squares and
triangleS that strike him as
pretty good.
Then. if he will watch a
real artist do the same
things, he will see there is all
the difference in the world.
This is natures gift to the
gifted.
Temp Jones remembered
the other day when he was
9 years old, and drew
schooners.
Two masted, these, with
sails flung full, long bowsprit,
and rolling waves.
He remembers the waves.
The waves were all the same
size, as always in children's
drawings. They rolled on and
on, and not a wave ever as
serted itself and rose up and
clawed the air.
Diversity, then, is seen to
be one Of the secrets Of the
real artist.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
PICKS BONE WITH PRESS
On Who Started Thanksgiving

say-for Thursday, November
%, 1882, the last Thursday in
November. There is also the
superlatively curious coinci-
dence that the 175th ami
versary of Hanson's procla-
nation, in 1857, fell on
November %, the very day
proclaimed by Hanson.
Now what becomes almost
uncanny is that on October
8, 1889, we find President
Washington - meticulously
paralleling President Han
son-assigning the last
Thursday in November, 1889,
or the 26th 'as a day of
Public Thanksgiving and
Prayer" The history of
Americas famed Thanksgiv-
ing Day then becomes mud
died. There were no national
Thanksgiving Days again un-
til the suppression of the
Whiskey Rebellion. Washing
ton deemed this an event
that called for a public act
Of thanksgiving and he so
ordered the holiday, fixing
the date for the third Thurs
day, February 10, 1895. or
only a few days before WASH
ington's own birthday.
Another gap followed, and
the next Thanksgiving Day
proclaimed was by President
James Madison to be observed
on the second Thursday,
April 13, 1915 (coinciding
with the centennial of Presi-
dent Hanson's birthday, April
IA, 1715) to celebrate the end
Of the War Of 1912. Then
came another long gap until
Lincoln's proclamation of
1853. Thus only three Presi-
dents of the United States,
and we Hansonians so con-
slider Hanson = Hanson,
Washington and Lincoln,
with Hanson the first-estab-
lished the precedent of the
last Thursday in November
as Thanksgiving Day.
On October 6, 1941, Con-
gress passed a bill decreeing
that Thanksgiving Day shall
be henceforth observed on
the fourth Thursday in No
vember, invariably the last
Thursday. Since President
Hanson'S Thanksgiving Day
of November %, 1882, was the
fourth Thursday, too, he may
truly be said to have antici-
pated the act of Congress
by 159 years.
Herbert ]. StOeckel.
Rocky Hill, Conn.
Editors Note: Historian
Stoeckel is author of THE
Strange Story Of John Han
son, First President of the
United States.~
Evening star., 1959-11-26

AA@AANSOAN
From the Charles Wilson
Peale portrait in Inde-
pendence Hall.
under Constitution II he fixed
the last Thursday in Novem-
Der, 1889, as the day and the
traditional date for years and
the one which Lincoln also
chose, with Washington as
his shining exemplar.
Incidentally, Lincoln did
not compose the Thanksgiv-
ing Day proclamation of 1868,
often ascribed to him since
it bears his signature. 1t was
written by Secretary of State
William H. Seward as Gideon
Welles, Secretary of the Navy
under Presidents Lincoln and
johnson. discloseS in his ia
nous diary.
Here's the true story. After
the success of American arms
at Saratoga. Congress set
apart the third Thursday,
December 10, 1777. for
Solemn Thanksgiving and
Praise" Congress subse-
quently in 1778, 1779, 1870
and 1871 set aside days of
Thanksgiving" but always
in December: in 1778. the
fifth Wednesday; 1779. the
second Thursday; 1880. the
first Thursday, and in 1881
(the date selected by the
Second Continental Congress
before Constitution ] went
into effect on November S,
1781), the second Thursday.
But when it came time for
President John Hanson to
proclaim a date for Thanks
giving Day, which he did on
October IL, 1882, or during
the latter part of his pioneer
presidential term, the date
was Set-almost incredible to
Evening star., 1959-11-26

He never makes all his
waves alike.
Except, and always there
are exceptions, when he
paints the deserted sandy
beach at moonlight, and then
nice regular waves are OK,
= = =
Templeton Jones remem-
berS having stood for many
minutes in front of an art
store one afternoon, looking
at just such a painting.
Just waves, sand and sky.
with a few clouds.
The regular roll of the
peaceful waves sort of hyp-
Noticed our friend.
He had only a bowing &C.
quaintance with art, in any
form, but he knew what he
liked, and he liked this.
The price was $25 dollars
for a bit of painting not
larger than a foot high and q
little longer.
At that time it seemed a
pretty high price.
He stood for a long time,
admiring the work, then re-
luctantly left.
The sandy beach, the kind
he knew as a child, kept
hanging in his memory.
Some days later he went
by the shop again.
The painting, as he knew
it would be, was gone.
Somebody had bought it,
he felt sure.
He went in and asked the
man.
Yes, it had been sold the
day before. To a man who
said it was the best painting
Of its kind he had ever seen.
Templeton Jones retreated
as gracefully as he could. No,
there wasn't anything else he
wanted today, thank you. He
had wanted that painting,
and it vas gone.
The good ones always go.
They never stand still very
long, because they are the
product Of a true co-ordina-
ton between brain and hand,
and that is always something
precious.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Student Cheated

If The Stars educational
column by Benjamin Fine
(November 22) is correct,
Montgomery County is well
on its way to losing its repu-
tation for having an out
standing school system.
This article spoke of the
increased amount of compost
ton work required of high
school English students. This
might be true throughout the
country, but it does not apply
to one Montgomery County
school I am familiar with.
Nine weeks Of the school
Evening star., 1959-11-26
With Grateful Hearts

Exactly ITO years ago today, in keep
ing with proclamation issued by PreSi-
dent George Washington on October 8,
1889, the young United States Of America
observed "a day of public thanksgiving
and prayer =. f.. by acknowledging with
grateful hearts the many and signal
favors of Almighty God"
Some students of our history, as
indicated by letter printed elsewhere
on this page, are at swords points over
the precise origins of Thanksgiving Day.
But the dispute seems altogether aca-
demic. AS practical matter, the simple
fact is that the occasion has long since
become firmly fixed in the body of our
national customs and traditions, and
the basic spirit of it-deSpite certain
amount of dilution and commercializa-
tion from decade to decade-still re-
mains what it was when Washington
summed it up as follows in that long
ago autumn of 1889:
Now, therefore, do recommend and
assign Thursday. the 26th day of Novem-
Der next to be devoted by the people of
these States to the service of that great
and glorious Being who is the beneflcent
author of all the good that was, that is.
or that will be- that we, may then all
unite in rendering unto Him our sincere
and humble thanks for His kind care and
protection for the civil and religious
liberty with which we are blessed, and
the means we have of acquiring and diff
fuSing useful knowledge; and, in general,
for all the great and various favors which
He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in
most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great Lord and Ruler
of Nations and beseech Him to pardon
our national and other transgressions; to
enable us ALL whether in public or private
stations. to perform our several and rela-
tive duties properly and punctually; to
render our National Government bless
ing to all the people :; to protect and
guide all sovereignS and nations (espe-
cially such as have shown kindness to
u.s., and to bless them with good govern
ments, peace, and concord: and.
generally, to grant unto all mankind such
degree Of temporal prosperity as He
alone knows to be best. -.
Certainly, as far as temporal pros
perity' is concerned, no land anywhere
has been blessed as much as ours with
material abundance. Individually and
in the mass, all Americans have reason
to be grateful for this-not just today,
but every day. We have reason, also,
to give thanks for many other things,
little and big, that we too often are in
clined to take for granted-the warmth
of family life, for example, or the pleas
ureS involved in good friendships, or the
fact of continuing peace (even if a pre-
carious one) in a Supremely dangerous
age.
So it is indeed a meet and fitting
thing that this day, just as in Wash
ington'S time, has been set aside for all
Of us to acknowledge with grateful
hearts" the many great and various
favors which He has been pleased to
confer on u.s." Not to acknowledge them
would be merely to show gross insen-
Sftivity to good fortune in CLANCY
world.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

had prevailed too long and through too
many defeats. Perhaps it is significant
that Senator Taft's finest hours in polit-
ical life came after this revolt had sue
ceeded. 1t was then that he demon
Strated that he had far greater gift
of integrity than of political shrewdness.