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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
Missile Trains

With all the sound and fury in
Washington, it is good to read that
there is not much talk about the "mis-
Sile gap" among the men who are
actually developing our big missile pro-
gram. These men, we suppose, are so
busy that they don't have much time for
talk. Or perhaps it's another mani
festation Of familiar phenomenon
that fear of the Russians tends to
diminish in direct proportion to the dis
lance that one removes himself from
Washington
At any rate, according to Mark
Watson, military correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, our ICBM program is
moving ahead in very satisfactory fash
ion at the Air Force Ballistic Missile
Division in Los Angeles. And of par
ticular interest is Mr.. Watson's progress
report on the Minuteman, which will be
our first Solid-fuel missile of interconti-
mental range.
1t will be about three years before
the Minuteman goes into production,
but even now its success seems assured.
So much so, in fact, that plans for its
deployment are being confidently
worked out. This weapon will be de-
ployed in two ways. One method calls
for its installation in underground
"Silos"-at a small fraction of the cost
of putting the Atlas or the Titan on
hardened" underground SITES The sec
ond and certainly the more intriguing
method contemplateS Minuteman trains
trains which would be continually on
the move in order to complicate the
problem of the planner of a surprise
attack on this country.
These trains will consist of several
cars-one for the missile, one for it's
launching device and others for the
crews and all necessary equipment.
They would travel a random pattern so
the enemy, on any given day, could not
have foreknowledge of exactly where
they would be.
II this sounds fantastic, 1t is be-
cause we live in fantastic age-an age
in which, within a short time, an enemy
might be able to destroy our retaliatory
weapons in a surprise attack If they
bases. So we will try not to expose
them. In order to maintain a strike
back capability which we hope will dis
courage any attack, we will, if time is
given us, do several things. ICBMs will
be buried in the ground. Minuteman
trains will criss-cross the countryside.
PolariS submarines will roam the high
seas. And, in all probability, a substan-
tial proportion of our SAC bomberS will
be on a continuous, armed, airborne
alert.
This is far cry from the days
Incredibly mere twenty years ago)
when a great but virtually unarmed
nation could slumber behind its shell
tering oceans, knowing that even with
World War II under way, 1t was safe
from direct attack and would have time
to rearm. Those days, as the forthcom-
ing missile trains tell us, are gone for
ever. Now, If we wish to survive, we
must embrace again, and in strange
new forms, that eternal vigilance of
which our forefathers spoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
guilty Of a gross understate-
ment. John NJ. Larson.
Agreement on Need

In reference to your edi-
torial, Agreement on Need"
I am in complete agreement.
I believe that the position of
our railroads today is pre-
carious, and if nothing is
done in the near future about
the Anticipated laws and So
called featherbedding that
plaques the railroad indus
try, this crisis will envelop
and be detrimental to the
entire American economy.
Your editorial clearly
brought out the fact that
the railroads are in trouble
and desperately need help.
The railroads have many
complaints and not all of
them are directed at the
Federal Government. Many
State authorities are also a
stumbling block to the rail-
road industry. These author
tiles will not pass laws to
permit local rate changes or
approve abandonment of I'M
profitable services. AS a re-
suit, the railroads are now
suffering; but in the long run
the American people will also
pay the price for bringing
into Office those men who
refuse to pass legislation to
retrieve the railroads from
their predicament.
When you stated that the
railroads lost $500 million last
year to that terrible scourge
"featherbedding," you must
have startled some people
into seeing the plight of the
industry.
Whatever the result, the
railroads have one sound
premise, namely, that the
Nation needs them. The rail-
roads will continue to exist,
but it's going to be an uphill
fight to get them out of the
red. Dave Baker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
Court Critic

What manner of men
occupy the Supreme Court
bench?
The court has just an
nounced that another years
delay is necessary before
it will review three Com
munist cases that have been
on the docket for more than
five years. The court has
sabotaged and undermined
the security of the United
States by this delay. During
this same f1ve-year period
the court has invited, Sc
lected and accepted cases
which have had no bearing
on the security or integrity
of this Nation.
Why doesn't Congress do
something about this situa-
ton?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

one might think it would be
just the other way around.
Combine these traits, and
you have an essential nui-
sance on two legs. all ready
to strike out under the guise
of consultation, and there is
not too much that can be
done about it.
Women seldom indulge in
this hugger-mugger. Just
why. we don't know. but it is
a good restraint on their part.
Probably the whole per-
nicious business comes from
the movies.
Plus the classrooms.
y u Il
When the close talker Is
combined with the eye-glarer
and the hand-claSper de luxe,
then you have in one form a
modern monster impossible
to escape.
He comes at you with uni
versal love in his eye, saliva
in his mouth, and a bears
grip in his fingers.
He has seized you before
you can cry out, and from
then on you can only wriggle.
not really struggle. 1t is too
late. now. He has something
to say to you, close up.
No normal distance for
Seneca!
He must impress you with
his earnestness, his knowl-
edge, and above all, his deter
mination.
When he gets through with
you, you are wet, exhausted
and longing for air, but you
do not doubt at all that he
is an earnest man, dedicated
to knowledge and yet more
knowledge, literally larded
with huge chunks of deter
mination.
Hereafter, you will never
doubt him, or his ability 70
make you miserable.
He doesn't know it yet, but
the next time he sees you,
you are not going to be there
at all. You will be only a
blurred I'M age escaping
around the corner, if you are
wise-and fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
Relief Is Overdue
The Federal Await,

The Federal Aviation Agency's re-
port on congestion at the Washington
National Airport during 1859 shows
clearly the need for early completion
of the Dulles International Airport at
Chantilly. The Gravelly Point terminal
is paying the penalty for the long delay
(not its fault, of course) in starting con-
struction of another airport in the
Washington area.
The FAA announced that air traffic
at the National Airport reached an all
time high last year, when more than
nve million passengers used the terminal
"a gain of ia per cent over the 1858
total. Aircraft operations averaged one
every 100 seconds, day and night,
throughout the year. The peak of &C
tlVlty occurred on June 10, when the
tower had to handle landings, takeoffs
and other operations at the rate of one
every 70 seconds. That sort of air con-
geStlon puts terrific strain on the con-
trollers, who share with the pilots the
responsibility of safety at the airport.
Only Chicago's Midway Airport had
more aircraft activity last year than the
local airport, according to FAA statistics.
The FAA rated Midway as the busiest
air terminal in the world, with Wash
1ngton National in second place inter-
nationally. When the Chantilly airport
opens late next year CATER construction
delays blamed on weather and soil con-
dltionS), the combined air traffic might
well move Washington to the forefront
OF world air-travel centers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

A bad American habit is
this one of standing jowl to
jowl to talk.
In the first place, it is I'M
necessary; and in the second,
it is unsanitary.
More and better Cor worse)
colds have been started by
this obnoxious habit than in
any other way.
All over the land, people
stand cheek to cheek, breath
ing into each others lungs.
These are not lovers, mind
you, they may be bitter enc
mics. but nevertheless they
insist on touching each other.
1t is all so foolish.
Surely even a deaf person
can hear at 2 feet distance.
Temp Jones is thinking of
inventing a belt with rods.
When he sees one of these
close takers approaching, he
says, he will press a button,
and long rods will spring up
all around him.
In this way, he expects to
keep them off him, but he is
in for a surprise, because old
Seneca can't be stopped that
way.
Old Sen practically spits
in your face when he talks
to you.
= The saliva sprays on all
sides, and his victims are
seen backing and backing all
the time, to no purpose, be-
cause old Seneca is not to
be stopped that way.
He would leap over hedges
to get at you.
Conversation. to him,
means close conversation.
He must be right up in
your very Jaws to be able
to talk.
y
One of the most unfortu-
nate things about this every
day experience is that the
person who insists on COM
ing in close to talk is also
the person who is likely to
have a disagreeable breath.
Just why this is so, no
body knows. because ofhand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
THE POLITICAL MILL
Can Democrats Ignore Farm Plight?
By GOULD LINCOLN

President Eisenhower's
farm message to Congress
outlines the urgency of the
problem created by the con-
stantly decreasing farm in
come and the constantly in
creasing cost to the Ameri-
can people of the artificially
built farm programs. He
states again his own ideas
about what should be done
looking to solution of these
problems, and at the same
time agrees to approve any
sensible and workable farm
bill which the Democratic
controlled Congress comes up
with. He states firmly that he
wants a farm measure which
gives hope of a real cure-not
just a poultice giving tenn
porary relief, perhaps to some
special group or groups of
farmers.
In an election year, this is
a real challenge to the Demo-
cratic majority in Congress.
It is a challenge which the
Democrats, who hope to win
the farm vote in the national
election, will have difhculty
ignoring. For, as the Presi-
dent points out, the general
public is becoming more and
more indignant over the ex-
listing mess, and the tremen-
dous costs which the Govern
ment must meet growing from
the existing programs, pro-
grams which have been devel-
oped and changed from time
to time over the last quarter
century. These programs have
not prevented constant de-
creases in farm income as a
whole, income which de-
creased some is per cent dur
ing the last year, and which
may decrease another 7 per
cent this year.
The President in his mes
sage deals particularly with
the wheat problem. He points
out that Federal funds tied
up in wheat approximate S3.5
billion; that although this
represents over 80 per cent
of the total funds in inven-
tories and loans of the Farm
Credit Corporation, this crop
provides only s per cent of
the cash receipts from sales
of farm products. At the
same time the Government
sustains a net cost of more
than $1,000 a minute ($1.5
million a day the year
around) to stabilize wheat
prices and income. This does
not make sense.
In his message, the PreS-
dent showed a conciliatory
attitude toward the Congress.
He outlined and left up to
Congress a number of courses
which might be followed, in
Guiding a mixture of these
courses. What he asks, how
ever, is that speed be used by
Congress in bringing forth a
workable program that will
put a halt both to declines in
farm income and increases
in surplus farm crops. It's a
tough problem in any mans
language.
Some Want Higher Supports
What some of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress would like
to do, so far as the wheat
problem is concerned, is to
increase price supports to 80
or even 80 per cent of So
called parity" a formula
adopted many years ago in
tended to bring the farm dol
lar to equality with that of
other producers and spenders
in the country. They would
couple with this increase in
price supports further reduce
ton Of acreage allotments to
the wheat farmers. This kind
of thing, however, has not
worked in the past and it is
not likely to work in the fu-
ture. 1t would, indeed, be just
another "poultice" applied to
the wound of American agri-
culture. Indeed, the reduction
of wheat acreage allotments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
Likes 1t Here

After seeing in The Star
that aerial view of the new
Wheaton Plaza, surrounded
by 5000 parked cars, I am
more convinced than ever
that I prefer to remain right
where I AMIN the District
Of Columbia.
STANLEY HotaIinp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

already has been sharp. In
Kansas, for example, the
largest producer of wint4
wheat among all the States,
wheat allotments already
have been reduced from 1a
million to los million acres.
Republican members of
Congress from the great farm
States read the Presidents
farm message with consider
able approval. One such
leader expressed great salts
faction that the President is
stressing the need of doing
something about the farm
income. OF all the economic
groups in the country, the
farmers in this day of gen.
eral prosperity in the United
States have failed to keep
pace. Indeed, they have con-
stantly fallen behind. These
Republicans also approve the
Presidents expressed willing
ness to sign a farm bill that
gives real hope of helping to
solve the farm problem-a
problem which really has
never been solved, or abated,
in the last 40 years except
in wartime, when maximum
production was required to
aid both ourselves and our
allies.
Agreement Doubted
Grave doubts have been
expressed that in this cleo
ton year Congress will be
able to agree on real remedial
legislation, legislation that
would deal effectively with
the farm problem over a long
range of years. Not only do
the members from farm
States diSagree-and the
farmers themselves - over
what should be done, but the
politics of the situation, with
the farmers disgruntled, the
Democrats believe, could
mean more votes for Demo-
cratic candidates. They may
prefer to let the situation
alone. This, however, could be
a dangerous course for them.
They are in control of the
Congress by heavy majorities
in both houses. They have
been urged by the Republican
President to get busy and do
something that will help the
American farmers. The farm
ers, if fully informed, as they
probably will be by Repub-
lican campaigners, could
resent bitterly failure by the
Democrats to act.
Democratic aspirants for
their party's presidential
nomination particularly
Senators Kennedy, Hum
phrey, Symington and john
son - have made farm
speeches setting forth their
promises to aid the farmers.
Senator Humphrey and one
or two of the others have
proposed legislation. Indeed,
they have been engaged in
outdoing each other in their
quest of farm voter support.
And if any one of them
should be nominated for
President - and it seems
probable that one of them
will win the coveted prize
he undoubtedly would con-
tinue to promise the farmers
aid far greater than they
could expect from a Repub-
lican President. And if a
Democrat is elected Pres
ident this year, he will have
another Democratic-con-
trolled Congress with him.
But what assurance can he
give the voters that another
Democratic Congress will be
any more effective than the
present Congress? For five
years now the Democrats
have been in control of Con-
gress, as a matter of fact,
and they have done nothing
effective about the farm
problem. In addition, the
Democrats, before 1858, con-
trolled Congress for 20 years,
except the two years of the
3fth COnoreSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

exchange it for the Communist system
he strives so hard to sell wherever he
goes.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
Learn TodoY,
EuFn Tomorrow
Campaign Slogan

Learn Today, Earn Tomorrow
Is the slogan Of the Back to School
Campaign Of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League. Mrs Paul Curry,
chairman of the Leagues Voca-
tional Guidance Committee, an
nomced that members Of her COM
mittee and other Urban League
volunteers win speak during Sun
day services at Minneapolis
churches ON August 2sth and Sep
tember 18th, urging parents to do
everything possible to keep their
children in school and to get the
most out Of their school experience.
The churches and speakers par
ticipating in this campaign on
Sunday, August %, to urge youth
to 60 back to school. stay in school
and graduate are: st. James AAE,
Mrs. Edward Blackwell, Zion Bap-
fist, Mrs. James L. Gibbs, Jr., St.
Peters AAE, Luther Prince, Way
man AAfE, Harvey Cole, Sabathani
Baptist, Edward Sizer. On Sunday,
Sept. 4, House Of Refuge, John
Warder at 10 pm, radio station
WMIN and Bethesda Baptist
church, Thomas jackson.
Ashby Gaskins, League Voca-
tional services director, stated that
the Importance Of completing high
school cannot be over-stressed for
the following reasons:
1. Better jobs require at least a
high school education.
2. Employment opportunities are
greater for high school graduates.
8. Low paying jobs are held by
school drop-outs.
4. Promotions come quicker to
the high school graduate.
5. A diploma Is a must for ad-
mission to most apprenticeship
programs, trade and business
schools.
6. Better paying civil service
jobs require at least a high school
education.
7. Military service offers excel
lent opportunities for training and
advancement II you finished high
school.
8. Your friends are staying In
school-you should too.
9. Happiness in life is partly de-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
Open 200 KonSdS
City Restaurants
To Negroes

Kansas City, Mo-. Aug. 19.-
The 20O-member Restaurant As
ISOLATION here has agreed to change
its policy and to serve Negroes.
The decision Of the chapter here,
a member Of the Missouri Restaur-
ant Association, followed sit-in
demonstrations sponsored by the
Kansas City NAACP Council and
conferences with owners
Lee Vertis Swinton, president Of
the Kansas City NAACP and Mrs.
Daisy Brown, NAACP youth ad-
wiser, served along with other
community leaders on the negoti-
ating team.
c. NJ. Hayman, Jr., president of
the Kansas City Restaurant As
ISOLATION, announced the new policy
on August Ii as effective inmed-
lately. Most Kansas City hotels
and their dining rooms have been
open to Negro patrons for some
years, but all the while this was
happening, most Of the restaurants
did not serve Negro patrons. Now
one policy applies everywhere
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26

enough. You read everywhere these
days that the marriage with the
best chance for success In one In
which the partners have similar
backgrounds. II you stop to think
about IL, John and I have back
grounds about as similar a. they
can be.
"our parents are well-educated.
intelligent and liberal. There's a
strong belief In giving children
freedom and responsibility In both
our families. Both our fathers are
professional men And most i'm
portant, we have the same religion
"a religion that means a great
deal to both Of U.S. IF II weren't
for the difference In the color Of
our skin, we could have grown up
next door TO each other"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26

Memphis (ANP) Memphis
laws prohibit Negroes from watch
ing the monkeys at the ZOO on the
same day that the white folks
are looking at them.
This absurd law was invoked
last week when eight police squad
cars cOnverged upon the roo to
arrest three teen aged girls because
they visited the ZOO on the day set
aside for white visitors.
Negroes are allowed to visit the
zoo only one day a week, although
the zoo IL sustained with public
tax money. But these three girls,
two Is and the other II, walked
inside the Overton Park Zoo and
were looking at the sea-lions when
two officers came up and asked
why they were there on the day
reserved for whites.
One girl replied that 1t wan a
beautiful day and they decided to
visit the ZOO. The two park police
men asked them to leave. When
the girls refused the Park police
men radioed for more police.
In q matter Of minutes the eight
scout cars arrived and carried the
three little girls to the police cent
err for questioning. They were later
taken to Juvenile Court where they
were held for about four hours.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
Fall FeSfiVol A.
Gopher Elks Rest
Sept. z And 3

The House committee Of Gopher
Lodge 108, announced this week, q
fall festival to be held Friday and
Saturday, August 2 and 8.
The festival which viii offer
prizes and fun for all will consist
Of booths from many clubs Of the
Twin Cities according to Alexand-
er Jordan, st. Paul EllC's House
manager.
Other members Of the commit
tee are: James Thomas, EXALTED
Ruler, Julius Clemmons, David
williams, L. Wills and Bloch Perk-
ins. ....
The entertainment win bs helu
at SGT st. Anthony Av., EIlEs'
rest.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
Contest Win Of AAiami Lawyer
Who Left $500, 900
To His Negro Cook

Boston (ANP) - Mrs. Esther
Henderson Of Cochituate has begun
legal steps to protest the win Of a
Miami lawyer who left his $500, 900
estate to his Negro cook.
Mrs. Henderson, a niece Of the
late Charles Earring. filed a sworn
deposition last week with Boston
attorney Paul T. Smith setting
forth her claims as a beneficiary
under a previous will.
Also protesting the win Is Mrs.
Grace Earring Stone Of New York
City. She Is a daughter Of Earring
who died last November.
Earring left his money to Mrs.
Lillis Peacock and placed $50, 900
in trust for her 11-year-old daught-
er, Bonita
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26

win get from Winder and Slime
may be a deciding factor in his
favor. When pushed. Norton can
rise to great heightA
He Is co-owner or the worlds
records for 100 yards and 100 met
ers and for 200 meters around one
turn.
II Norton wins three gold medals
at the Olympic, It won't be the
first time he has scored the triple
threat. He did 1t In the Pan Amer
lean Games at Chicago In 1853
and against the Russians in Phil
adelphia that same year.
Kerr won the NCAA champion
ship at both $50 yards and 800
meters. He also won the 400 meters
In the Pan American Games, mat
ched Tom Murphy's winning time
In the 800, and anchored the vic
torious West Indies team In the
1 900 meters PAN-AM relay. He
was the fastest In the NCAA 800
meters this season, winning going
away.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
BANDS IN FREE
CONCERT AT STADIUM
SUNDAY, AT 8 Pm.

The Second Annual Parade Of
Jazz featuring nine bands win be
presented Sunday, August 20, at
8 pm, at the Parade Stadium.
Percy Hughes and his Combo win
be among those appearing.
The program Is sponsored and
presented by the Minneapolis MI
sicians Association and the Mime
apolis Park Board through a grant
from the Recording Industries
Trust Fund.
Admission Is free and in case of
rain, the concert win be held Mon
day night, August 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26

such a. housing discrimination,
schools and their relationships with
friends and neighbors in their
community.
The original article I'VE Dared
to Marry" dealt with the Carpent-
ers when their baby was one
month old and they were beginning
to face the problems ahead.
Today, with two children Of
school age, and a third expected
In several months. Sarah Carpcn-
ter has the following comment to
make about the permanency Of
their marriage. There are a lot
Of people who think that no in
terracial marriage can work. And
there probably have been q lot
that have failed But just calling
them mterracial marriages isn't