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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Driver Education .

Another Memorial Day
week end has gone by. one Of
our most tragic. according to
the Nations death toll.
How can we prevent this
needless slaughter Of human
life? One effective but con-
troversial solution is driver
education. BY Offering driver
education to our high school
students. we are teaching our
youngest safety offenders the
correct way Of driving. School
Is a place to be educated.
Why not then be educated in
the most important problem
Of all, how to stay alive?
Inexperience is the main rea-
son for accidents caused by
teen-agers; let US, therefore,
eliminate this inexperience
by strict driving instruction
taught by competent teach
ers.
Some people contend that
teen-age drivers cause and are
involved In more accidents
than any other age group.
However, many Of these same
people are violently opposed
to driver education. No doubt
they feel it Is q waste of tax
payers money to provide
driver education. Do they
overlook the fact that there
are so per cent fewer deaths
among driver education stu
dents?
Carol Helmet,
Driver Education Student,
Oxon Hill High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Bockhond Across Sea

In the past few years we
have noticed, with disgust,
that the American press has
developed a tendency to in
suit the British royal family.
We have been informed
through the medium Of films,
etc., of the wonderful prog
ress made by the United
States in all matters. but the
American press seems to be
behind the rest Of the Nation
In its good manners and the
art Of minding its own bust
ness. It would be more be-
coming to the American press
II 1t modelled its manners a
little more closely after those
Of H. r. H. Prince Philip.
H. r. H. has said he was
not responsible for the Incl
dent in which some photog-
raphers were sprinkled, and
we take it as a direct insult
by you in calling him a liar.
We in Britain are quite salts
fed with H. r. H. as he is.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Garfield.
North Finchley, London.
Editors note: The Star
did not call Prince Philip a
''liar.~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08

DR.. Konrad Adenauer has done q
startling and mystifying thing in sud-
denly reversing his April decision to re-
tire as Chancellor and run for the larg-
ely ceremonial office of West Germany's
President. AS he himself has explained,
he has made the about-face because he
believes that the international situa-
tion-deSpite the Geneva foreign min
isters' conference.-the worsened in the
past two months and that his country's
best interests will be served If he re-
mains at the helm and continues to
direct policy.
But many members of his party
(the powerful Christian Democratic
Union) have not hesitated to indicate
that they have been shocked and an
gered by the 83-year-old leaders action.
They resent, for one thing, what they
regard as his suggestion that he is an
indispensable man right now, and they
feel that he has done sort Of political
knitting job on Economics Minister Lud-
wig Erhard ("Mr Prosperity during
the latter's visit here in Washington
visit Of special Importance because Of his
status as the man expected to succeed
DR.. Adenauer as Chancellor this sum-
mer.
These two men have long been
united on the essentials of foreign pol
icy. However, they have not seen eye to
eye on such matters as European trade
and relations between Bonn and Paris.
Accordingly, more than a few West
Germans, including Christian Demo-
Gratis, suspect that Chancellor Adenauer
has acted as he has primarily in a spirit
Of, pique, and in an effort to pull the POI
htical rug from under the popular DR..
Erhard. In turn, as party affair, this
has created dissension and bitterness
within the CDU's ranks, and its long
term consequences in that respect
could be serious.
So it may be argued that DR.. Ade-
nauer has made potentially costly
mistake in deciding to cling to his
powers as Chancellor. In any event,
many Of West Gerrnany's newspapers,
including some of his strongest support
ers in the past, have published harsh
editorials against his move. And much
Of the foreign press In the free world,
especially in Britain, has taken him to
!, task for his seemingly whimsical insist
ance upon having his own way in an
authoritarian or dictatorial fashion, like
a stubborn old man genuinely believing
in his own indispensability, If not infal-
libility.
Clearly, taken as whole, the reac-
ton thus has been unfavorable to Mr..
Adenauer. But the fact remains that
this remarkable personality, despite his
advanced years, still must be reckoned
with as towering champion Of liberty.
In that sense, although he may have
made mistake in this instance and
although there may be no such thing as
an indispensable man, the great ma
jority of West Germans probably still
stand firmly behind him, just as Amer
leans, stood behind Franklin Roosevelt
when he broke our two-term presiden-
tial tradition in time Of crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Fed Up

Prior to the District Of
Columbia's school and play
ground indignation ruling,
which has made the schools
predominately colored and
Fairgrounds almost 100 per
cent colored, there were
never any plans for feeding
school and playground chill
dren the year round. But
since indignation has been
put into effect the socialistie-
minded. above the Mason and
Dixon's line Democrats in
Congress have waged a knock
down. drag-out battle and
have won their fight to feed
school and playground chill
dren. This means that they
will be well cared for and
fed until they are 81. Sena-
tor Morse insists that this
feeding shall not be cold
sandwic hes-which I had to
eat when I went to school
and which were paid for by
my parents-but Of the best
and free.
These children are being
socialized from the cradle
to the grave. for when they
reach the age Of maturity
they win be eligible for the
welfare roll as long as they
live, and this welfare has
been made so attractive that
no one viii care to work and
won't even have to work any
more in this once beautiful
integrated Democrat-made
paradise. the Nations Capt.
tai.
Nish Showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

It will make you wonder.
and maybe explain some Of
the things wrong with the
United States.
The real executives, Of
course, laugh at such things,
but the code Is still there,
and its subtle influence.
The sensitive person, no
matter his rank or lack there
Of among the Status-Seek-
ers, does best to overlook as
well as he can the sights of
outrageous fortune, as Mr..
Shakespeare put it.
Actually. the person who
fails to speak all the time,
but only some Of the time,
may have a brain that de-
mands such concentration.
Not all persons are gifted
In speaking to others.
Some are shy, some in
f1uenced by obscure motives.
It is impossible to know
just what happens in an
others head and heart -
that makes him act the way
he does. Perhaps he, him.
self, gives 1t no mind. as the
expression puts it. and would
be the most astonished per-
son in the world If you were
to accuse him Of anything.
He is so busy
The crux Of the matter is
easily seen: Business is no
excuse, or at best a very
poor one, for plain discour-
tesy.
Our modern life is so COM
pick, as we are so often told,
that more courtesy, not less,
is essential.
The old folks called it
manners.
Whatever you call it, it is
very much worthwhile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Traffic Expediter

The fact that SUBURBAN
automobiles clog our city
streets twice a day and add
from IS to 80 minutes travel
time for the average COM
muter does not justify de-
stroying our fair city. The
series commenced in The Star
on June 3, describing the
many street construction Jobs
now under way. illustrates
nicely how expensive 1t Is not
to think problems through.
Tearing down all the trees
on residential streets and
spelling Rock Greek Park viii
merely transfer some Of the
bottAneck points. and drive
more potential commuters out
to the suburbs. Most Of our
traffic problems could be
solved by expanding the po-
lice force. and launching q
driver education program.
Anyone who spends much
time driving In the District
knows that almost all traffic
jams are caused by traffic
violations and discourtesy.
Trafilc police, judiciously
placed. can solve most Of
these. as they demonstrated
during the transit strike q
few years ago.
Drive west along Independ-
eflce avenue, at the evening
rush hour. and notice how
every unpoliced intersection
is blocked. Observe how in-
tersection-blocking at vir-
ginia avenue backs up trafflc
all the way to Twentieth
street. Imagine how o traffic
policeman could facilitate the
now Of merging traf1ic into
the parkway out Of Virginia
avenue. Notice also how often
the westbound traffic on z
street waits for q green light
at Seventeenth with no north
bound or southbound traffic
In sight.
All over the city there are
key points where intersec-
tion-blocking. and discour-
teous failure to permit merg-
ing, jam trafiic. At every in
tersection where q left turn
is permitted you win find q
driver waiting for q complete
ly clear roadway before ven-
turing into the intersection,
so that only one or two cars
can make the turn before the
light changes. At Porter
street and Connecticut ave-
nue. q policeman between 8
and $3.50 am. would pre-
vent o lot Of backing up,
where now q car only 10 cars
west Of the intersection, on
Porter. can wait through
four light changes before
being able to turn.
Our trees and parks make
this q charming city. Before
we turn 1t into another Bal
timore, let us see what traf-
fic control can do.
Warren w. Morse,
Acting President, Mount
Pleasant Neighbors As
ISOLATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08

As Defendant No. 10 in the
historic m e deal antitrust
case Of two decades ago, !
plead with our American
Medical Association to affirm:
Our survival, and solvent.
effective means to implement
1t, are the direct concern Of
government. To this end. the
total resources and effective
ness Of the healing arts must
be organized and directed as
a master plan. This master
plan shall include doctor
workers. nurses, hospitals and
all the professional and nom
professional personnel with
out whom total effectiveness
may not be guaranteed. Until
we get solvent actuarial
mathematics, the plan, initi-
ally. shall only apply to child
bearing and hospitalized ILL
ness Of the mandatory. nom
elective type. The plan would
recognize the basic economic
truth that eventually one
purse pays all health security
bills. That purse Is yours. The
present Implications Of tax
subsidized profit and nom
profit health security systems
serving identical community
needs. competing for the
same inadequate supply Of
doctors. nurses, technicians
and dollars, multiply rather
than substract from the in
evitable cost. We, as organ
lied medicine. no longer
should hold that basic health
security is the primary con-
Germ Of private enterprise I'M
til the patient becomes insol-
vent. This philosophy makes
us merchants, rather than
doctors. We are against
sharing wealth. We should
not be against sharing COM
mOn burdens
To implement such a mas
ter plan, let the ANA be
recognized by Congress as ex-
elusive bargaining agent Of
the predominant majority Of
organized doctor-workers.
The harder and longer doc
tors work, the less our take
home pay. We have attempted
to solve our dilemma by In
fiating charges which compel
our patients to pay our sur
taxes. Let our ANA and Con-
gresS agree to a nationally
uniform fee schedule In re-
spect to basic health security
services performed by doctors
in hospitals. These fees would
be paid by whatever insur-
ance plan was operative. It
would be q service rather
than an indemnity plan But
let Congress agree that what
ever compensation the doc
tor-worker receives for the
service rendered, he will not
be required to pay any more
Federal income taxes. The
tax will have been deducted
at the source and this amount
will represent the doctor
workers take-home pay for
each and every service rem
dered. This means II he did
q hundred deliveries or OPP
erations or serviced the same
number Of catastrophe i'll
nesses in q hospital, where all
Qualifications can be checked,
his take-home pay would
conform With the incentives
Of capitalism.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08

Wnab 90 you 90 with
these people who never speak
to you except when they
want something?
The world is full Of them.
It will do no good for anyone
to try to pin them down. No
reference is made here to any
one individual.
Every office can count them
by the dozen.
They are nice, affable per-
sons. but they pass you by
except when they want q
headache pill. or something.
You open the big drawer.
and comply.
Why not?
It is good to get them to
speak. in any manner and to
any degree.
Speaking is the index.
We never know people un-
til they speak.
= So
Those who speak only now
and then are a sub-group of
Sometimey People.
These constitute q size
able section Of the populace
at any given moment.
They speak to YOU one
day, fail to see you the next.
So busy?
An honest person may
doubt 1t. It is more than
Just business. It is more a
failure Of personality. maybe
both ways. who knows. for 1t
always takes two to make
these situations.
A common answer is, "Oh,
you are too sensitive"
Such sensitiveness is held
up as the fault. when all the
time 1t is the victim.
4 4 +
Some Of those who won't
speak except when they hap
pen to want to are readers of
modern executive literature.
This is q distinct branch,
evidently. Of the publishing
business.
These books profess to tell
the reader how to be an Ex-
ecutive with a big "E."
There seems to be a Code
of Action. or something, in
tended in some curious way
to lift the aspirant above the
ordinary ruck of humanity.
For one thing. you are not
supposed to speak to the
Hands except when neces-
Sary.
You. as Executive. speak
only to equals or Those Above
You.
4 4 4
Nonsense" you cry, "how
can such things be?"
But they are. and If you
don't believe it, sink $4.95
into one Of these f1ossy books,
and see for yourself "How to
Be an Executive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08

@. Please define malfeas-
ance in Office. e. w.
"A. Malfeasance is the do
ing Of something one should
not do, and the term is gen.
orally used in connection
with illegal acts of persons
holding public or private Of
fee. There can be miscon-
duct in Office which is not
malfeasance. An Office holder
may neglect to do his as
signed work (nonfeasance),
or may do 1t in an illegal
way (misfeasance); he is
guilty of malfeasance only
when he does something
which he should never do at
any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Muses. Over Geneva

In the Palais des Nations:
The world prepares today
for man and beast IA Bar
mecida1 - or Lucullan -
feat. The dolphin. quon-i
dam mermaid. cannot rest
While sea-born children
nuzzle at her breast.
The lion, king Of beasts, a
carnivore I Grown old and
toothless, sounds q muted
roar I The eagle does not
kill; his claws and beak I
May make him seem fero-
cious, though he's meek.
The BEAR. which brushes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08

gave themselves injections at
the rate Of several hundred
an hour. In some way they
seemed to derive great salts
faction from the shots"
Now. the superintendent say
in their report. 1t is un-
likely that the drug was It
self q stimulant. Rather. It
appears to act by preventing
the brain paralysis which
would come from the too
rapid breakdown and failure
TO renew one Of the essential
transmission hormones.
The evidence. they say.
points to epinephrine as the
hormone involved.
49,
Army chemists are produce
ing radioactive mosquitoes.
and other disease-carrying
insects.
By this means their move
ments can be traced over
large areas and thus new
light thrown on the behavior
Of bug-carried contagious
diseases.
This results from an almost
accidental discovery at. the
Chemical Corps medical lab
oratory. The chemists wanted
to know the effects Of cer-
tain poisons on carbohydrate
metabolism in man. They
required con 81 dera BILE
amounts Of blood sugar la
beled with radioactive car
bon.
First attempts were made
to obtain this compound In a
radioactive carbon atmos-
phere. This proved slow and
unrewarding. Meanwhile en-
tomologists at the laboratory
had reported that 5 per
cent Of the body weight Of
some insects is composed Of
glycogen, the chemical COM
pound In which starches and
sugars are kept In storage in
the animal body, chiefly In
the liver. This easily can be
converted into glucose. This
led to the idea that insects
could be put to work for the
biochemist In synthesizing
radioactive glycogen.
Traced by Geiger Counter
Vinegar flies were made
radioactive and the glycogen
extracted from them Oalso
was found to be radioactive.
The entomologists long had
been aware that there was
need for q good system Of
marking insects in order to
study their fight range and
dispersal patterns, an impor-
,tant factor In disease con-
troll. The method currently
In use is to spray the in
sects either with q metal
powder or q dye and release
them.
This method 1t Is stressed,
has two distinct disadvan-
tages. The spray decreased
flying ability and examina-
ton Of each individual under
a spray was tedious work.
All this is overcome by
making the insect radioac-
tive. It was found that larvae.
fed on either radioactive gly-
cogen or sugar grew into
radioactive adults. The hot
insects can be detected easily
with the use Of an ordinary
Geiger counter.
Thorough tests have been
made in the Hudson Bay area
Of Canada where mosquitoes
are a particular problem In
summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY ,s
New Light Shed on Brain Diseases

Rats voluntarily shooting
dope" into their own brains
at q rate Of more than 800
shots an hour are throwing
new light on human mind
diseases.
These shots are OF ipronia-
lid. q drug which lately has
been credited actually with
raising. temporarily, human
intelligence. The reported
results are not entirely cred
tied.
Injected directly into the
brain the drug apparently
produces in the animals an
ecstatic sensation Of some
sort. us.
The experiments have Just
been reported to the Ameri-
can Association for the Adj
vancement Of Science by Drs.
J. and M. Z. Olds. psycholo-
gists Of the University Of
Michigan.
It has been speculated for
some time that three So
called ''hormones" epine-
phrine, norepinephrine and
serotonin are essential to, or
greatly facilitate. transmits
sion Of nerve impulses in the
brain. The first two are Sc
GREETED from the adrenai
glands, the latter partly from
the brain itself. All break
down quite rapidly and must
constantly be renewed.
SChizOphrenia Simulated
It has lately been found
that states apparently iden-
tica1 with schizophrenia can
be produced by injections Of
q chemical. lysergic acid,
whose only function seems
to be that Of inhibiting the
action Of serotonin. Re-
markable temporary "cures"
have been produced BY sup
plying this quite recently dis
covered hormone. The chem
ical action Of iproniazid
seems to be that Of prevent.
ing the rapid breakdown Of
one Of the three hormones
most likely epinephrine.
Now 1t also has been shown
that there is something like
an ecstasy center in the by
pothalamus. or floor Of the
mid-brain. In. experiments at
the National Institutes Of
Health electrodes were i'm
planted in the hypothalamus
Of o monkey. As soon as the
LESSONS were healed the area
was stimulated electrically
and the animal appeared to
enjoy it very much. It was
taught to stimulate itself
with an electric current by
pressing q bar. On one occa-
sion the monkey pressed the
bar two or three times q
second for "a. hours until It
finally collapsed from ex-
haustion.
The Michigan psychologists
used much the same proce-
dure. but. instead Of cleo
trodes, tiny pipettes were i'm
planted In the hypot halamus.
The experiment animals were
rats. After q training period
the animals were able to
inject extremely minute
amounts Of iproniazid into
their brains by means of
those pipettes. Just by press
ing q button.
Some Of the results re-
ported seem as remarkable
as those from the previous
electrical stimulation expert
ments with monkeys, The
rats, without any prompting,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used "
letters carry iDrtter,s correct
names and addresses. an
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Answers to Questions

A reader can get an answer. By
mail, to any question Of fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau 636 r street NV Washington
4. D c. Please enclose return post.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-08
Praises CoIumnist

The executive board Of the
Arlington Ladies' Book Re-
view and Music Club would
like to commend your COLI
umnist. Constantine Brown
on his beautifully written
eulogy Of John Foster Dulles.
Mr.. Browns column is con-
sistently lucid. logical aud
informative.
Eleanor M. Smith, Seey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
james A. MiskeII
Phone EmpIoye

James A. Miskell, 81, an en-
ploye of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., died
Wednesday Of a heart attack at
his home, 2505 N street Sc.
He was born in Loudoun
County, Va, and attended
school in Arlington. He had
worked with the telephone COM
pany for IS years.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Cora
o. Miskell, of the home address,
and a brother, Arthur S. Mis-
kell, of 5000 Kennedy street,
Riverdale, Md.
Services will be at 10 am. to-
morrow at the Chambers Fu-
neral Home. SIT Eleventh street
Sc. Burial will be in National
Memorial Park Cemetery, Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
David Montague,
Former Muchinist
With D. c. Wuter

David p. Montague, 81, re.
tired machinist for the Dis.
trict Water Department, died
Wednesday at his home. ll2T
South Twenty-eighth street.
Arlington.
He was a Government en-
ploye for AZ years.
Mr.. Montague was born In
Nansemond County, Va. and
had lived in the Washington
area for S. years. He was a
longtime member Of the CAL
vary Baptist Church.
He and his wife, Mrs. Anna
l.. Montague. would have cele-
brated their 55th wedding an
niversary this month.
In addition to his wife, OF
the home address, he leaves
a daughter. Mrs. Bertha L. Nc
Farland. Of Arlington Towers:
two sons, Henry A. Montague,
OF Clifton, Va. and David p.
Montague. jr.. Of 1901 Old
Baltimore pike, Beltsville, ND /;
Is grandchildren and two
Observation-Disclosures.
Services will be at l pm.
tomorrow at the Everly Funeral
Home, 2l4 West Main street.
Fairfax, Va. Burial will be
in Fairfax Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Mcdonnell,
K. of c. Member
For 4 Decades

William j. O'Donnell, ga, {
member Of the knights Of Co.
lumbus for more than 40 years
died yesterday of q coronary
attack at SibIey Hospital.
A native Of Niagara on the
Lake, Ontario, Mr.. ODonnell
came to the District in 1929
He was an automobile salesman
before becoming resident sales.
man Of the Cedar Hill Gene
terry, 1000 Suitland road Sc.
Mr.. oDonnell attended st
Francis Xavier Church, where
he was a member Of the knights
of Columbus, Bishop Byrne
Council. and the Holy Name
Society.
Mr.. ODonnell leaves his
widow, Teresa Paro, 1000 Suit
land road; a brother, James
z. ODonnell, OF Yonkers, N. Y;
and two sisters, Mrs. Maurice
Flynn and Mrs. Bernard Nc
Manus, both Of Niagara Falls,
Ontario.
Members Of the knights of
Columbus and the Holy Name
Society will recite the rosary at
8 pm. Sunday at the Mattingly
Funeral Home, 131 Eleventh
street Sc.
Requiem high mass will be
sung by the Rev. John F. Lyons,
Sd, at 10 am. Monday at st.
Francis Xavier Church. 1900
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Burial will be in the Cedar
Hill Cemetery.