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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Compact Uncertainty

With the fate of the Maryland
Virginia Potomac River compact still
uncertain, despite its ratification by the
Legislatures of both States, Former
Supreme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed
wisely has adopted a wait-and-see
attitude toward the interstate contro-
versy. This apparently means delay
by the Supreme Court in hearing Justice
Reeds report on his efforts to reach an
out-of-court settlement of Virginia'S
pending suit against Maryland. The
suit is designed to 1nvalidate Mary
lands reputation of 1785 fishing
compact.
The uncertainty and the delay have
arisen out of an unexpected develop
ment since legislative ratification of the
agreement. This was the signing of
petition by enough Maryland citizens
to force popular referendum on the
compact in the November, 1860, cleo
lions. But for this petition the long
negotiated compact, designed to end
recurrent fishing wars" on the lower
Potomac, probably would have been in
effect now. In fact, Justice Reed, deSig-
mated by the high tribunal as a referee
to attempt to bring about voluntary
agreement by the two States, had hoped
to be able to report settlement this
month. Now that the voters must
approve or disapprove the pact, how
ever, he has postponed plans for what
he had intended to be final hearing on
the dispute.
In the meantime, Governor Almond
of Virginia will discuss the situation
with Governor TaweS of Maryland,
with view to prevailing on him to urge
Maryland voters to uphold the compact.
Most of the opposition centers in
Southern Maryland, where commercial
fishermen contend that the compact is
weighted in favor of Virginia'S fisher
men. However, the Maryland Assembly
held that the agreement was fair to
fishermen of both States-and Governor
Tawes in the past has given his support
to the compact Virginia'S Legislature
and Governor were the first to approve
the compact.
The agreement was the product OF
long and careful deliberations by author
tiles of both States. 1t would be re-
grettable if all these efforts were to be
wasted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Public Charges

An article in The Sunday
Star of october 4 indicates
that the District Commits
sioners contemplate a hike
in personal income taxes eff
fective next fiscal year.
One may well suppose that
much of the needed addi-
tional revenue arises from
increased juvenile delin-
quency. necessitatipg aug
mentation of the police force,
courts, junior villages, train
ing schools, reformatories,
prisons. etc. Another con-
tributing factor is preSum-
ably the staggering increase
in welfare costs covering
maintenance of the alarming
number of children born out
of wedlock.
Perhaps these dark spots
in our civilian life are not
amenable to easy solution; at
any rate, we cannot expect
our inhibited "City Fathers"
to initiate intelligent correc-
tive action in this situation.
I, therefore, speak out as a
bachelor and taxpayer who
scarcely relishes the prospect
of footingta larger bill for the
transgressions of others.
In the first place, I would
limit, for tax purposes, the
exemption for minor depend
ent children to two; let par
ents DESTROYS of spawning
larger families assume the
cost out Of their own pockets,
not mine. Secondly, I would
urge mandatory sterilization
of those mothers receiving
child welfare relief for two
or more dependents. where
paternity is unknown and
promisculty is all too obvious.
Social workers and par
ents. activated by varying
personal and selfish motives,
may unite in protesting these
recommendations. Merchants,
ministers and morticians may
utter pious protests. An hon.
est, objective study of these
proposals may lead to harsh
er alternatives: milder REM
edies are certainly not in
dicated.
Samuel Retug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
AmiobIe Grondfothers

: Doting grandparents are not phe-
nomenon in human society, but it is
something of new departure to intro
duce them as secret weapons" in inter-
national diplomacy at the summit. 1t
has been known all along that President
Eisenhower in due time would visit the
Soviet Union in return call following
Prime Minister KhruShchev's recent
tour Of the United States. No official
sources, however, revealed the timing
Of the Presidents travel-until after
Mr.. Khrushchev, himself grandfather,
had chat with the Eisenhower grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Some MOSQUITO Bites Are Beneficial
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

ance with twilight in their
native habitat.
They also are quite sensi-
tive, the Army investigators
have found, to duration OF
light and darkness, depend
ing somewhat on the species.
Some, for example, require
IA hours Of light a day in
order to remain fully active.
AS the day gets shorter. as
in nature with the advance OF
autumn. they become more
and more sluggish and seek
a resting place for the win
ter. They remain essentially
moribund all winter but be-
come active again at various
times with the increase Of
daylight. The most virulent
species starts its active phase
about June Is.
1t is possible, say the in
vestigators, that the insects
have quite precise, light reg
ulated, biological clocks in
their makeup. This is being
investigated.
Special attention is being
paid to the phase to determ-
inc the mechanisms by which
the dreaded virus is carried
over from season to season as
we'll as from generation to
generation.
Discovery of a body chem
ical that apparently plays a
major part in arterial dis
eases is claimed by two Hun
garian scientists.
In a report translated by
the Department of Commerce
Drs. Jozhef and Ilona Balo,
a husband-wife team, de-
scribe an "enzyme" produced
in the pancreaS which, they
say, ensures elasticity Of
blood-vesSel walls.
They call this substance
"elaStase." 1t is produced,
they explain, in sufficient
qualities in young organisms
but is nearly absent in older
organisms.
Has Two Functions
ElaStase apparently has
two functions. Depending on
conditions, it either builds up
the elastic fiberS of blood YES
sci walls or destroys them.
1t also is possible, the report
says, to detect another en-
lyme which inhibitS the de-
struction caused by elastase.
Balance of these two ensures
a normal wall condition.
Arteriosclerosis, they say, is
due largely to inadequate
elastase. 1t usually is &C
companied by another dis
ease in which a pulp-like
material is deposited on the
inside of blood vessel walls,
due to which their internal
diameters are CONSTRUCTED.
They found injections of
elastase destroyed chylomic-
rons, fatty-like corpuscles
which are deposited on the
walls of blood vessels and
cause ADVERTISEMENTS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Elaboration

Your editors note" follow
ing my Sept. % letter con-
corning the suggested Poto-
mac interceptor sewer is mis-
leading. You quote a state
ment made by me before the
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee in which I said: 1--WE
felt we had a right to expect
some Federal assistance in
providing for the rapid satel-
lite development which the
airport is likely to bring :"
This statement, you con-
clude, is contrary to my state
ment to you that extensive,
high-density residential de-
velopment" should not be
permitted near the airport.
My position has not
changed on this matter from
the very beginning. If you
will check the record of the
earlier Senate hearing on the
location of the airport, you
will see that one of the rea-
sons I preferred Chantilly to
Burke was that the airport
would render unusable for
intense residential purposes
many acres Of land which,
in the Chantilly area, was not
particularly well suited for
that purpose.
The rapid satellite de-
velopment" which could be
expected does not include
extensive high-density resi-
Dental development" but
does include, as 1 stated in
my previous letter. some
residential development in
close proximity to the air.
port" and as much industrial
development as can be serv-
iced.
You state that the con-
sulting engineering firm of
Burns and Mcdonnell recon-
mended the overall inter-
ceptor system as the best
solution. The implication
here is that Burns and Nc
Donnell said it would pay for
itself. Actually the inter-
ceptor system which Burns
and Mcdonnell said was the
best solution is not the $22
million system supported by
Congressman Bow and your
paper, but is one which
would cost, according to their
estimates, about $43 million.
The $22 million system, which
actually is a Potomac inter-
ceptor only part of the way,
was suggested as a compro-
mise by Burns and McDon-
nell. I find no indication In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

used in fraternity limitations
as a symbol of learning, per
Sc.
AS for the snake, two of
them are entwined around the
staff that is the official in
sigma of the medical profess
sion.
The reputation must go
back to the ancient days,
when very little, indeed, was
known about the creatures
of this earth.
Any one who explored a
new territory could bring
back the widest tales of
animals and get by with it,
as we say today, because no.
body else had been there.
Oliver Goldsmith wrote a
natural history" so filled
with mistakes that it would
be laughable if it were not
for the poetic prose in which
the tales are told.
If any of our readers can
find a copy of this work in a
library, they will enjoy an
hours reading of the best
kind. The stories should be
reissued today as verse, not
prose. Broken into irregular
lines, in the Walt Whitman
style, they are almost songs.
1t is not possible to do this
with many writers, but Gold
smith was one of them. He,
like Alexander Pope, spoke
in numbers Gas verse was
then called.
This poetic side to prose,
if not overdone, is a wonder
full use of our Language. 1t
may be found at its best in
Hudson's Green Mansions"
1t is interesting to recall
that this story was the favor
lite of all the men on the
Byrd expedition to the South
Pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10

There are mosquito
doctors.
This seems highly probable,
at least, from experiments
now underway at the Army's
Walter Reed Institute Of Re-
search.
In the Far East is a highly
fatal or disabling disease.
Japanese B encephalitis. 1t
is caused by q virus trans
mitted by mosquitoes. In
Japan the victims are almost
entirely children. Very rarely
is the malady reported in
adults and then cases usually
are very serious. Obviously
an immunity of some sort has
been built up in the general
population.
But American soldiers sta
toned in Japan apparently
have no immunity. They con-
tract the malady in its most
virulent form. A collection Of
living Japanese mosquitoes
was brought to the institute.
1t was found that the virus
was carried by eight species
in the laboratory, but in
one the concentration ranged
from 10000 to 100000 times
more than in the others.
This seems to explain the
immunity of Japanese adults.
All their lives they are bitten
by mosquitoes, but for the
most part by species with
very minute amounts of the
virus. A bite by one of these,
it appears, is essentially a
vaccination and subsequent
bites are booster shots" So
it is suspected most adults
have developed a high degree
Of immunity from bites Of
the more virulent species.
Troops Not Immune
The soldier from the other
side of the world has no i'm
munity, for he has en-
countered no mosquitoes of
this variety. The findings, it
is believed, may go consider
ably beyond this one disease,
with the possibility that other
virus-carrying insects all over
the world may "vaccinate"
humans against more virulent
members of their own race.
This might open up a new
field of immunology.
To carry on the expert
mentS it is necessary to
have a continuous supply Of
the insects which are raised
at Walter Reed in one of the
worlds most up-to-date in
sectaries. But even with the
most minute attention to de-
tails like temperature, hu-
midity and intervals of light
and darkness these Japanese
mosquitoes proved recalcit-
rant breeders. 1t finally has
been determined that the in
sectS of these varieties will
breed only in a rather pre-
cisely timed interval of twi-
light. This must be regulated
with the seasons in accord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10

the Burns and Mcdonnell
recommendation that the
engineers felt even this
compromise line would pay
for itself within a reasonable
time. I submit that if they
did, they have not checked
the coming in the intervening
area.
This line would put an
interceptor along the Poto-
mac where it is least needed.
1t would cure very little more
than the $3.2 million pro-
poSal, expanded to serve part
of Loudoun. In addition, it
would desecrate the beautiful
lower Difficult Run Valley
with a gigantic sewer line to
serve a totally different area.
If this were the only
answer, I would be less
vehement in my opposition,
but it is neither the best way,
nor the least costly way, &C
cording to equally competent
consulting engineers, Alex
ander Potter Associates of
New York.
I recommend that you
check all the facts.
Anne wilkins.
Mason District Supervisor,
Fairfax County, Va.
Editors note: The Burns
and Mcdonnell report was
concerned with technical
aspects of sewage disposal in
the Chantilly area, not with
financing plans. The consult
ants to the FAA recon-
mended the $22 million plan
after considering many pro-
posals, including those Of
Alexander Potter Associates.
The latter were summarily
rejected as temporary solu-
tions" that could not "reas-
onably" become part of an
ultimate" plan for disposing
of sewage not only from the
airport but from developing
communities in Fairfax and
Loudoun Counties. The Pot
ter Associates proposal IA
vored by Mrs. wilkins would
carry airport sewage to Po-
hick Greek instead of across
the Potomac and thence to
Blue Plains. The Pohick line
described in the Potter report
would serve adequately the
needs of communities in some
of the southern parts of Fair
fax County but would not
take care of sewage in other
areas of the county or in
Loudoun County,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
18th STREET

18th STREET.
Dear Sir:
I'VE heard a sound as Of
some maniac loose in the
woods behind our house.
The children were fright
ened, until I assured them
it was just a bird of some
kind.
What a laughing noise
it made; at first it rather
startled us, but it soon died
away and I did not hear it
again.
Since then I have kept
my ears open at night, just
to hear it, but have not
heard it since.
What could it be?
Sincerely, L. o."
An owl of some kind.
The eerie calls of those
creatures always sound in
the dark, and are guaranteed
to make any head rise from
the pillow.
The barn owl is one of the
smallest.
The boot owl gives a
gurgling noise that might
be called maniacal laughter.
These birds are still to be
found in the suburbs.
In our own neighborhood,
about Is years ago, we had a
big white owl, but it flew
away in the early morning.
Il = \ 4
Owls sometimes are seen
low down in trees during the
daytime.
Then the bluejays will
gather and make a drive on
them.
1t is a common belief that
owls cannot fly in the day
light, but this is not true;
they can fly very we'll If
disturbed.
1t is plain, however. that
they do not choose to fly in
daytime unless they have to.
Sometimes when disturbed,
they will fly up and around,
and come back to the exact
spot.
They are nocturnal birds,
as everybody knows, includ-
ing the songbirds.
The barn owl has been
studied extensively. For many
years a scientist kept track OF
what they ate in the smith,
sonian grounds.
They lived in the towers OF
the old red building. Studies
revealed that they take very
few songbirds, but confine
their diet to pine mice and
the like.
Owls are wonderful rodent
exterminators. They never
tackle rats, of course. but eat
ordinary mice and some
shrews. The shrew is a
mouse-like creature, but not
exactly q mouse. House cats
see no difference, but catch
them Unfortunately.
y 4 y
Owls and serpents for CEN
turtles have had a reputation
for wisdom.
Neither is any wiser than
other creatures of the wild.
In fact, probably not half
as smart, in the ordinary
sense, as the rat.
The dog is considerably
more intelligent than the
owl, yet the latter often is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer, by
mail, to any question of fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau. 635 F street NV, Washington
4, d. G Please enclose return postage
or self-addreSsed stamped envelope,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Letter of Credit

1nlS letter is written With
the request that you give
credit where credit is due.
In the last paragraph of
your report concerning the
lumber yard fire in Capitol
Heights, Md, you say the
ladies were led by myself,
Elizabeth Webster in serving
food and coffee to the fire
men. Believe me, I was just
another worker. I am the
president of the Ladies Auxil-
larry to the Prince Georges
County Volunteer Firemen's
Association, and accompanied
the Emergency Mobile Cam
teen Unit operated by this
organization. The canteen
itself is dispatched through
the Prince Georges County
Fire Board and we were not
dispatched until about $3.50
pm. just about 80 minutes
after the wonderful ladies of
Capitol Heights Fire Depart
ment Auxiliary were in full
swing Gearing for the fire.
fighting flremen. The Ladies
Auxiliary TO the Capitol
Heights Volunteer Fire De-
partment continued to feed
the men into the small hours
of the morning.
Thank you for the tribute.
I think this is the first time
in all the years we have been
helping our men that any
one other than the firemen
knew we were there.
Elizabeth M. Webster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-10
Sold on Nixon

national political situation
convinces me quite thorough
ly that Richard Nixon is a
sure bet to become our next
President. To sum it up brief
ly, there's too much in his
favor for any other results.
First, he's away out in front.
Second, If Nikita is only so
per cent sincere in his desire
for peace, he's not going to
send Ike back to the U. S. A.
with anything but good news,
particularly in view of the
fact that neither nation has
an alternative.
The steel and other major
strikes will in all probability
be settled.
More people are now work.
ing than ever before. Some
even have two cars in their
garages.
And as for Rockefeller, if he
were equal to Nixon in abil-
ity, experience and knowledge
of foreign affairs, the voters
would choose the compare
lively poor boy Richard over
Millionaire Rocky.
And finally, in dealing with
the Kremlin the next four
years, we do want the affairs
Of our Nation in the hands of
the best man possible. That
should spell Richard Nixon.
Herbert SOmmers.
An Appeal
The American Women's
Unit for War Relief, Inc, is
once again appealing to your
generous readers for their
usual magnificent response
for discarded clothing of all
kinds.
All donations may be sent
to the American Women's
Unit for War Relief, Inc, 10
West Fifty-fifth street. New
York, 10, N. Y.
Agnes M. Finn,
Executive Director.
Backs Senators
The Star of October 3
quoted Calvin Griffith as say
ing that there was a $3.50
chance that the Senators will
move. I think this would be
a big mistake for Mr.. Grit
fifth personally and for base
ball in general.
I agree that WaShington's
attendance wasn't what it
should have been last year,
but it did improve and should
continue to do so as long as
Mr.. Griffith can improve the
team. I think the Washing
ton club is better than its
record this year indicates and
with just a little help could
make the play, t'Damyan-
KEGS" come true.
Baseball has been the
United States national pas
time for many years, but at
present, it is a sick business
in many areas. If Griffith lost
money last year or if this
can help build a better park
for the Senators, let me be
the first to offer Mr.. Griffith
a concrete helping hand. I
would like to personally give
Mr.. Griffith a dollar to start
a fund to keep the Senators
in our Nations Capital.
John G. Jones.
Letter of Credit
This letter is written with
the request that you give
credit where credit is due.
In the last paragraph of
your report concerning the
lumber yard fire in Capitol
Heights, Md, you say the
ladies were led by myself,
Elizabeth Webster in serving
food and coffee to the fire
men. Believe me, I was just
another worker. I am the
president of the Ladies Auxil-
iary to the Prince Georges
Evening star., 1959-11-01

They have "a lot of fun" also while
shopping for groceries together at nearby
stores.
Food is probably our biggest financial
problem" Mrs. Shipler lamented. prices
go up and up. It used to be we could buy
eggs for 80 cents dozen. Then they shot
up to 80 cents, and they haven't come all
the way down yet
"And there are pork chops. We used
to live on them, at 49 cents pound. Now
they're around 80 cents most of the time
Fortunately, we have a large freezer
compartment in our refrigerator, so we save
our money and buy lots of meat at special
sales"
Although Mrs. Shipler does most of the
cooking, her husband can fill in over the
kitchen range. His specialties are desserts
1--WE eat an awful lot of easy-to-fix
things" Mrs. Shipler said. But whatever
1t is, it seems to agree with jim He's gained
80 pounds since we've been married.
Mr. Shipler, who admitted hitting
around 28O on the scales, takes long walks
Evening star., 1959-11-01

with his wife almost every night and ex-
ercises at the YACA to cut his weight.
The Shiplers agreed that next to food,
their major problem is his education. Tui-
ton and books cost over 81 900 year.
To cut corners elsewhere, they shop
cautiously for clothing and household items
Like gas for the car" he said. Were
still testing different brands to find out
which is the best buy"
"And before we got the piano, we dis
cussed for two solid weeks whether we could
swing it," his wife added
Mrs. Shipler said she looks forward
eagerly to the end of college for her hus-
band
But that won't be for some time yet,
perhaps" he said. I'm shooting for grad
uate school now, to prepare for research
work."
"And I'm all for him in that" Mrs.
Shipler declared. But just as soon as he
finishes, whenever it is, I'm quitting my
job. Being full-time housewife sounds
like good career to me-"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1959-08-14
Death Removes
Indignation Foe

LOUISVILLE, KY.-State's At
torney A. Scott Hamilton, As, who
gained fame by prosecuting white
Indignation advocates on sedition
charges, is dead. He shot himself
in the heart with pistol at his
suburban home here.
Hamiltons death followed a
series of professional and political
reverses which began with his
prosecution of the integrationists
in 1854.
He obtained the conviction of
Carl Braden on a sedition charge
after Braden and his wife Anne
helped Negro family purchase
a house in a so-called white neigh.
borhood. However, Braden's a.
year sentence was set aside by
kentucky's highest court after
Braden had served eight months
in Jail and prison.
Hamilton was then forced to
ask for dismissal of all charges
against the Bradens and five
other white persons who had de-
Tended the rights of the Negroes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew e. Wade w,
to occupy the house. This was in
late 1856.
One Of the persons harassed
was I. o. Ford, so, who was kept
in jail for six months Ford died
last year in California, and friends
We're convinced that his death was
fastened by the long confinement
at his advanced age.
All aspects of the "sedition"
case we're not cleared up until
late 1857 when Hamilton was