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Evening star., 1960-10-13
u. NJ. and Lumumbo

The United Nations is doing the
proper thing in refusing to surrender
Patrice Lumumba to the forces of Colo
mel Joseph Mobutu, whose provisional
CongoleSe government wants to arrest
the deposed Premier for illegal political
activity. OF course, considering the fact
that Mr.. Lumumba has been ouSted from
office in keeping with the turbulent
young republics temporary constitution,
and considering also all the trouble and
chaos he has caused in cooperation
with the Kremlin, it is easy to SYM
pathize with the Mobutu regimes desire
to put him under lock and key. Never
theleSS the U. N. has no right to CO.
operate in such action.
This is so for two reasons. First,
the u MS forces in the Congo are under
strict instructions not to take sides in
the countryS internal political situation,
which is at best volatile and subject to
startling change from one minute to the
next. And second, as far as Congolese
law is concerned, constitutional pro-
vision aff1rmS that no member of Parlia-
ment-Such as Mr.. Lumumba-may be
arrested without express parliamentary
approval. Accordingly, unless or until
the Mobutu government reconvenes the
national legislature and wins that ap-
proval, the U. N. must continue to reject
warrants for his seizure.
Although 1t may well be that Mr..
Lumumba belongs in jail, there can be
little doubt that the U. N. has taken a
sound position in thus declining to be
party to his arrest and in undertaking
to protect him in his home. Certainly,
as long as it lacks parliamentary clear
ance in this matter, it can hardly act
against him without seeming to inter
vene in the Congo Republics domestic
affairs. Needless to say, any such inter-
vention would play directly into the
hands of Soviet propagandistS and their
minionS in Guinea, Ghana and other
new African nations.
Evening star., 1960-10-13
Why?

A story just reported from Phila-
delphia tells of a 5-year-old girl being
vilely molested and critically stabbed
after having been lured into dark
cellar by teen-age boy offering her
piece of candy. AS she hovers between
life and death in hospital, the boy, ID,
is being held in the Youth Study Cen
ter, the citys home for wayward juve-
niles. But that environment is by no
means strange to him. On the contrary,
only last August he was released from
such place after years confinement
there for aggravated assault and bat
terry. The question is, why was he re-
leased? Why was it not possible to fore
see that he would be a danger to the
community when let loose upon it again?
Why cannot some rules be fixed, some
ways found, some procedures established
to protect the innocent from him and
others of his dangerously unbalanced
type? This is problem that affects
every city, and society'S present way of
handling it obviously is not good enough.
Evening star., 1960-10-13
EmbuttIed Area

An article in The Star Of
october 3 tells about the Alex
andria City Council wanting
to seize the property owned by
the citizens of Seminary Hill,
Alexandria, on the premise to
erect a high school. This is
an obvious effort to move out
the colored citizens of that
area, which is brutal consid-
ering that some have lived
there their entire lives, owned
some of the land for genera
tions, built new m I'd dern
homes and made property
Improvements to improve the
community. They had also
formed a citizens committee
to further the development
and welfare of the commu-
nifty.
The approach the city
council used shows no intelli-
gence whatsoever and is un-
American.
Alexandria councilmen call
the Seminary Hill community
Midtown" This, I am sure,
is done to brainwash persons
not acquainted with the area
into thinking of it as a slum
which is far from the truth.
The dilapidated shacks re-
naming in the community
are owned by landlords far
removed from the community
that are interested only In
collecting rent.
Ruth G. Mann.
Evening star., 1960-10-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-10-13
Case of InfiItrution

According to The Star, the
the Association of the United
States Army has unwittingly
allowed a Russian lieutenant
colonel to become a member
and participate in it's activi-
ties. In addition to admitting
that the organization per-
mitted a dedicated Commu-
mist official, openly repre-
senting the Soviet Union, to
join AUSA, solely on the
strength Of a name, address,
and payment of dues, a rep
resentative of this group
stated that the Red Army
officer will remain a member
of AUSA until next March,
because the paperwork in
volved to, expel him would
take that long to accomplish.
This inexcuSable infiltra-
ton of an organization which
purports to uphold the high
est principles of the Ameri-
can military, is sloughed off
by its officers with such
statements as, "In the future
there will be screening &.
Obviously. an Iron Curtain
military attache can not do
that" Support the objectives
Of the organization).
The sorrowful point seems
to be that not only has this
Communist been a member
in good standing, but, as The
Star pointed out in an excel
lent piece Of investigation on
its own, he brought several Of
his Red cohorts from Poland
to a recent AUSA convention
where they freely inspected
American military exhibits
and gathered pamphlets for
their intelligence.
If these officials Of the
AUSA, top-ranking U. S.
Army officers, are typical of
officers of the U. S. Army,
is it any wonder that trail
tors like Mitchell and Martin
have been able to inf1ltrate
our defense establishment so
easily? John Trimble,
Evening star., 1960-10-13
Apology for Mixup

I wish to correct an i'm
preston which may have
been created by the failure Of
Harold Tyler. Assistant At
torney General, to appear as
one Of the speakers at the
public meeting sponsored by
the American Council on
Human Rights on October Z,
at Howard University.
Mr.. Tyler's absence was
due to the incredible fact
that his engagement was
never formally confirmed by
the council staff.
The Republican National
Committee and the Nixon
Lodge Campaign Committee
co-operated with the council
in every possible way. The
outcome Of the program was
not the result of any lack Of
interest on their part.
The council deeply regrets
this situation, and wishes to
publicly apologize for having
announced and advertised
Mr.. Tyler's appearance under
these circumstances, and
deeply regrets any embar-
rasSment he may have suf-
fered therefrom.
Mrs. harrington d. Parker,
President.
American Council on
Evening star., 1960-10-13

according to the report, is
stimulated by recent Russian
calculations that indicate
PhoebuS, the inner satellite,
slowly being drawn towards
the planets surface. The only
way to account for this,
according to the Russian cal,
culations, is to assume that
this moon is a hollow metal.
lie shell.
Both Phoebus and Demos.
according to the report. are
the only known moons that,
operate around their planet
at a rate as great, or greater,
than the rotation of the
planet itself. Phoebus' rota-
ton speed is greater than
that of Mars itself, while
that Of Demos is about equal
to it. These high rotation
speeds, say DrS. Webb and
Harder, make it very difficult
to explain the origin of the
two moons by any natural
process. The alternative is
that they have been placed
in the sky by intelligent be-
ings for some unknown
purpose. ,
A belt of penetrating radi-,
alton surrounds the great
planet Jupiter which is 100
trillion times stronger than
that recently discovered sur
rounding the earth.
The earth one, the So
called Van Allen belt after its
discoverer during the Inter-
national Geophysical Year,
is now believed due to cap
ture of particles from the
sun and stars by the planets
magnetic field. Presumably
the same explanation applies
to the great belt around
Jupiter.
-
Out Of Bounds for Man
The Van Allen discovery
has been called the most
significant made during the
international year. 1t may
constitute a major obstacle
to any man-carrying vehicle
penetrating from the earth
into outer space. The Jupiter
belt certainly will prevent
anyone from ever landing
on that planet. q,
The discovery has been
announced by the Office Of
Naval Research, as a result
of research conducted jointly
with the California Institute
of Technology. .u'
Evening star., 1960-10-13
THE POLITICAL MILL
Abe Lincoln and Jack Kennedy
By GOULD LINCOLN


One hundred years ago
Abraham Lincoln was en-
gagged in a campaign for the
presidency when the fate of
the United States was as des-
perately at stake as it is to-
day. The first Republican
President had been reviled
by his opponents whose sour
rilous remarks were as cheap
and untrue as those aimed
at Vice President Richard NJ.
Nixon. Douglas and Breck-
enridge divided the Demo-
cratic vote, and Bell picked
up what was left of the old
Whig Party vote. Lincoln's
debates with Senator Ste
phen A. Douglas, when they
were campaigning for Sena-
tor two years earlier in Illi-
nois, Sharpened the over
riding issue, not only between
Lincoln and Douglas but be-
tween the young Republic
can Party and the Demo-
cratic Party-the issue of
freedom for the slaves, an
issue which was not only hu-
manitarian but economic,
slave labor versus free labor.
Lincoln lost to the Little
Giant" as Senator Douglas
was called, but he had laid
the groundwork in these de-
bates which won him not
only the presidential nomi-
nation but the Office, itself.
In his first debate with
Douglas, who had all the ora
torical graces and Lincoln
none, Lincoln said: "a house
divided against itself cannot
stand. I believe that this
government cannot endure
half-slave and half-free. 1t
will become all one thing or
all the other" Whether Sen
ator Kennedy, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Presi-
dent, regards himself as an
other Lincoln or not, in sew
eral of his major campaign
speeches, including his op-
ening debate with Mr.. Nixon
on television, he sought to
emphasize the seriousness of
the international situation by
declaring the world cannot
exist half-slave and half
free-haf Communist and
half-free. In order to COM
bat the spread Of commu-
nism and prevent a nuclear
war, Senator Kennedy ar
gued for a stronger econ
omy and for a stronger ma
tional defense.
Defense Issue
When Lincoln campaignec
in 1864 for reelection, after
three years of the War Be-
tween the States, he felt HI
would be defeated by hi
Democratic opponent. Gen
George B. Mcclellan. He ever
wrote in August of that yeal
a forecast of his defeat anC
sealed it, with a resolve tt
cooperate with Mcclellan
when he became President
The Democrats were equally
certain Lincoln would be de-
feated. They adopted a plat
form calling for a negotiated
peace, declaring the war 6
failure. But in two days more
Sherman was in Atlanta, and
two weeks later, Sheridan
won the battle Of Winchester
The war was not lost, Lin.
coin was a success. Of tht
States voting, he won all but
three, having a vote of 212 IL
the electoral tally to IL fol
Mcclellan. His popular vot,
plurality was over 100000.
The turn Of the 1860 presi'
Dental election may we'll de-
pend on which one of thu
candidates - Mr.. Nixon o.
Senator Kennedy-can bes
carry on the fight for tht
Evening star., 1960-10-13
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Intelligent Life on Mars Possible
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Within the next two or
four years man may find
out whether there is intel
ligent life on Mars.
There is growing reason to
believe that both the two
Martian moons and the So
called canals" are artifactS
rather than natural objects.
and the work of mind-en-
dowed organisms Of some
sort.
This is stressed by Drs.
Wells Webb and James A.
Harder of the University Of
California in a report to the
American Astronomical So
ciety. They urge that the
first rocket probe to the
other planet, which could be
most conveniently launched
in 1862, carry apparatus
capable of detecting this "in-
telligence." 1t may be some
thing far different from
human intelligence. and per-
haps quite superior.
The "life on Mars" theor-
lists had their day, around
the turn of the century, and
then passed into obscurity or
were branded as Crack
Drained" Now the tide seems
turning in their support, due
to better observations.
Waterways Doubted
Most striking feature Of
the Martian surface is the
network of straight, dark
lines which cover it during
spring and summer. The
nature of these remains un-
known. 1t now, according to
the two California scientists,
seems highly improbable
that they carry water. There
is no evidence Of water in
its liquid form on the planet,
although there is ample evil
dence of water vapor in the
air.
Some of the canals remain
fixed from season to season.
Others vanish to be replaced
by new canals in slightly
different positions. These
canals, DR.. Webb reported,
have a much higher degree OF
connectedness than any sys-
tenn of lines or cracks occur
ing naturally On earth. He
found a similar degree OF
organization only in such
artificial systems as railroad
networks.
Interest in the two Martian
moons, Phoebus and Demos,
Evening star., 1960-10-13

safety of the United States
and the freedom and peace
of the world. Indeed, that at
this point appears the major
issue. It has been pointed UP
in the second debate be-
tween the two, by the insist
ence of Mr.. Nixon that the
islands of Matsu and Quemoy
of the China coast should
not be given up to the Red
Chinese, and Senator Ken
nedy's insistence that they
should. Mr.. Nixon has insisted
that to turn these two small
islands over to the Commun-
lists at this juncture would be
a gesture Of weakness and an
invitation to the Reds to at
tack Formosa and the Ma
tionalist Chinese, our allies.
Senator Kennedy, on the other
hand, declares that Matsu
and Quemoy are difficult to
defend, that they are right
of the China mainland and
not really necessary for the
defense of Formosa, which is
80 miles away from the main
land. Mr.. Nixon has remind
ed the Democrats that the
Communists of North Korea
and China launched their at
tack against the Republic Of
Korea after the then Demo-
cratic Secretary Of State.
Dean Acheson, had declared
Korea outside the perimeter
of our line Of defense in the
Pacific. Here is a point In
the joint debates that may
have political repercussions Of
great Importance before this
campaign is over.
PHILOSOPHERS Opposed
Senator Kennedy's admi-'
ration for Abraham Lincoln
is undoubtedly great. But he
and his Democratic Party
have a platform which does,
not square at all with Lin
coins philosophy of govern
ment and Of private initia-
tive. Lincoln, it is true, was
the new dealer of his day.
But Lincoln said: THE
legitimate object of govern
ment is to do for a COM
munity Of people whatever
they need to have done. but
cannot do at all. or cannot
so well do for themselves in
their separate and individual
capacities" Lincoln was
against having Federal gov
ernment arbitrarily take over
and do things that the people,
themselves, are able to do,
in their own States, in their
own communities. This is
the philosophy of government
which President Eisenhower
has followed, in his drive for
modern Republicanism." It
is the philosophy which pre-
walls with Mr.. Nixon. It is
decidedly not the philosophy
inherent in the many prom
iseS Of action by the Federal
Government contained in the
Democratic platform, which
provides for great expendi-
lures Of the taxpayers money
to do many things which the
people and private initiative
can do for themselves.
Had Abraham Lincoln lived,
1t is agreed today that he
would have fought as hard
to give the people Of the
South a fair deal after the
conclusion Of the war as he
fought to win the war. With
his tremendous popularity,
he might well have accom-
plished his end, despite the
radicals of the North. The
people Of the South are again
plagued by radicals of the
North-and the radicals OF
the North today are largely
Democratic. ,..
Evening star., 1960-03-08
FASHION
NOTEBOOK
Dial
A New
Plan
BY ELEM
Star Fashion Writer

For some women the easy
out is a fashion way Of life.
Not for them the cluttered
clothes, the things that won't
go together. They want a
coordinated plan of fashion
action. Some would like to
turn a dial and come up with
just what goes with what.
Designer Stephanie Koret
of California, (San Francisco,
to be exact) is a busy woman.
She knows a lot of busy
women whose budgets are
not necessarily slim but care
fully thought out.
She believes these women
want go-togethers in one
color scheme that can give
them a maximum number of
outfits because they are well
thought out from the be-
ginning.
Her Dial a Wardrobe"
plan is a delightful quick
answer to the subject of
SportSwear. She even has a
dial card you can spin show
ing you how. Her new Wicker
jacquard knit of Alamac
Permathal Everglaze cotton
knit is a new textured pat
tern.
There are Carmel shorts,
a crew neck slipon, pants,
skirts, and a cardigan jacket.
They are available in black
and white, and the new sub
tie colors that look like
they've been mixed with
cream. Seafoam green, and
lovely Caribbean sand tones
Evening star., 1960-03-08

are the other colors in the
hand washable go-togethers
at Beyda's.
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Nurse Who Aided
3 Generations
TO Be Honored

ia nurse who has cared for
generations Of Washington fam
ilies was to be honored at O
retirement tea this afternoon al
Visiting Nurse Association head
quarters, 1912 Mintwood place
NV. - +
Mercy, no! I couldn't tel
you" Mrs. Sarah Milburn ex-
claimed when asked how many
patients she had during IS years
as a visiting nurse. -.
g"But some have been grand
children Of old patients" she
said.
Although Mrs. Milburn has
handled every kind of case. she
has a special interest in new
mothers and their babies.
"I've cared for babies of some
of,my babies Of other years, now
grown up," she noted.
Mrs. Milburn went with the
Visiting Nurse Association in
1925, when the agency was To-
Gated in the old Star building
at Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. The Visit
ing Nurse Association is now
supported by the United Givers
Fund.
She has worked in the Brook
land section of Northeast
Washington for the last Is
years, and before that in Ana
costa in Southeast. She lives
at 3016 Adams street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Doctors Take
A New Look at
TonsiI Removals

Most doctors no longer re.
move tonsils unnecessarily, q
panel Of physicians agreed to.
day.
The, discussion, held at q
breakfast m Getting at the
Statler Hilton Hotel as part
of the American Medical AS
sociation's clinical session 60
ing on this week. was mod
Grated by DR.. Victor r. Alfaro
president of the District Med
ical Society.
There have been two ex-
tremes of opinion about tonsil-
lectomies, although q middle
road now Is more often agreed
upon. Some have advocated
removing the tonsils at the
slightest provocation while
others have warned 1t is best
to leave them in at all possible
costs.
However, one physician ex-
planned, these little organs
called tonsils are believed to
serve s. definite purpose In
human beings. particularly in
childreE. ~
They are presumed to act as
barriers to infection and create
antihodies which prevent far
more severe infections in flu
ture life, This is n atur els
method Of characterization.
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RedU. n. Aide
To Face Trial

CHICAGO. Nov. 20 (AP).-L
Russian United, Nations employ,
arrived In Chicago today to fac
trial on Federal espionage
charges.
Igor Y. Melekh, 81, and three
unidentified companions landed
at O'Hare international Airport
shortly after I am. from New
York. They declined any com.
ment and left the terminal i'm.
mediately.
Melekh. free on $780, bond
is scheduled to report to ths
United States marshal's ONCE
today to be placed under Gus.
tody awaiting arraignment.
Melekh lost o bid for refuge
from prosecution through dip.
lomatic i'm m unity YESTERDAY
when a Federal Judge in New
York ruled he was not eligible
for that status.
Melekh and Willie Hirsch, Q
German-born medical illustra.
tor arrested with him, were or
dered removed to Chicago tc
stand trial.
Hirsch left New York ia,
Chicago by plane several hour:
after Melekh's arrival here. Ac.
companying him were two Fed.
eral marshals. Hirsch has failed
to raise his $4,000 bond.
The two men were arrested
by the FBI in New York Octo.
Der q after they were indicted
by q Federal grand jury in Chi
cago on charges of seeking mill.
tary maps and aerial photo.
graphs Of the Chicago area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Dr.. Walsh
Is Honored
By USlA

Medical teaching can be q
diplomatic ''hole card" In aid.
ing underdeveloped countries
according to DR.. william 3
Walsh, president Of Project
Hope.
DR.. Walsh spoke yesterday al
q National Press Club lunch.
con at which he was awarded
% Distinguished Service Cita.
ton by the United States In
formation Agency.
USIA Director George v. Al
len presented the citation tc
DR.. Walsh. o Washington
physician. for his instrument
tai role in sending the hospital
ship Hope to Southeast Asia
The Hope. serving as a volun.
teer medical school, is currently
locked in Surabaya. Indonesia
DR.. Walsh declared that In
view Of the fact that good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Award Winner UphoIds
Skill Of Family Doctor

The average well-trained
family doctor can handle many
and sometimes most of the pa
tients reserved for the special
lists. the American Medical AS
sociation's general practition-
er Of the year" believes.
In fact, he said, II don't be-
leve we need as many intern
lists specialists in internal
medicine) as some say"
These views and some other
controversial ones were set
forth by DR.. James T. Cook of
Mariana. Fla, at a press con-
ference after the ANdA's House
Of Delegates honored him at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel yes
terday.
DR.. Cook, a, was the second
youngest doctor ever awarded
the title.
Blunt Answers
DR.. Cook. in response to
questions from reporters who
often find it hard to get physi-
clans to talk about their profess
sion, answered them bluntly.
He referred to the continuing
argument between family doc
tors and internists unhesitat-
ingly. The general practitioner
like DR.. Cook, often believes,
that he can handle most med
ical problems, referring the
complicated ones to the special
lists.
On the other hand, the in
ternist often feels the GP is
overstepping his bounds and
practicing medicine that should
be reserved for the specialist.
The conflict Of interests, DR..
Cook declared. is usually found
In larger communities where
the GP is sometimes barred by
the specialists from many types
Of cases in hospitals.
In any case, he, said, "the GP
should know his limitations but
I don't think internal medicine
will take over general practice. :,
His comment came despite the
predictions of some internistS
that they, with more specialized
training, will some day include
all Of general practice in their
realm.
Sees Biggest Problem
A good general practitioner,
he said. can do many of the
operations the surgeon gener-
ally reserves for himself. These,
he added, include hernia sur
gerry, appendectomies and 9TH
ers. Since the majority of sur
gerry is minor, he said, the GP
usually can handle it when
allowed to.
what" he was asked, sis
the biggest problem in medi-
cine?"
Public relations" he said.
''Some people think of all doc
tors as rich and that certainly
is a fallacy.
ST don't know what can be
done. Maybe If we all started
driving tiny cars and living in
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tiny houses it would help-but
that's not feasible"
DR.. Cook said his work week
averages about so hours OF
treating patients.
DR.. Julian Price. chairman OF
the AMA's Board of Trustees
made the presentation to DR.
Cook. "Dr. Jim Cook is typical
Of the modern physician who
combines his talents to brine
the best of scientific medicine
to the American people, yet has
unlimited energies to devote te
the service Of his community,
he said.
DR.. Cook has practiced medi-
cine in Marianna-a commu.
nifty Of $500 persons-for Il
years.