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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

nervous as to possible ILL
effects Of radioactivity.
But how can Russia. the
United States and Great Brit
tain-nations that have al
ready carried out hundreds of
nuclear tests, and presumably
gained the information for
which the tests were carried
out-complain when another
country sets off an atomic
explosion? 1t is true that we
have temporarily halted our
own experiments, but we have
already reaped the benefits
Gas we'll as the disadvantages
connected with these tests.
Whether wisely or not, the
United States has withheld
most Of the acquired data
from France.
Certainly, Frances entry
into the atomic club COM
plicates the problem Of de-
veloping international control
over nuclear weapons. Yet,
does that nation have any
less right to membership in
this club than do the United
States. England, or Russia?
The problem of interna-
tional control over atomic
weapons presented itself when
American scientists built the
first bomb. 1t became vastly
more serious when Russia
acquired hers. French acquisi-
ton of the bomb. although
further complicating mat
tiers, would appear to be the
least dangerous factor thus
far introduced into the stu
alton.
JEANNE Campagne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Qualification

l should like to correct an
impression created by a news
story on last weeks labor
dispute. carried in your news
paper on February Is.
1t quoted me as deploring,
in my report to our members,
the chain store shutdown,
sending customers to non
union stores, and as saying,
I'VE have driven thousands
and thousands of dollars into
the cash registers of our worst
enemies.
I wish to call your readers
attention to the fact that we
have contracts with the Co.
OPP. Supermarkets and Food
Town Stores, and have al
ways enjoyed our relationship
with them. In other words,
the Coop. Supermarkets and
Food Town Stores are not
nonunion stores.
F. H. Michigan,
President, Retail Store EN-
ployes Union Local 400.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

The former German col
ony" of France, since the
time it was liberated by the
allies and allowed to set up
an independent government,
has demonstrated an inca
pacity to rule itself DEM
ocratically, or to behave
in a responsible fashion
toward other peoples. At a
time when most peoples have
been developing more de-
mocracy in government, the
French people have moved
away from representative
government toward out
NODDED forms of one-man
rule.
In their relations with
other peoples, the French
have been particularly ir-
responsible and barbaric. At
the close of the war, for
example, the French, al
though only briefly removed
from colonial status them
selves, asserted military rule
over a large number of
African and Asiatic peoples,
acting often with unparal-
leled brutality. From the
murder of some 10000 ma
tives of Madagascar in 1947
to the current murders and
foul tortureS of AlgerianS.
they have shown that they
learned only too we'll from
their former masters, the
NaZiS.
Now, at a most crucial
period in the history of man.
this morally and politically
irresponsible people have
shown that they are capable
of building weapons of total
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLSE. TRACEWELL

think. that they never resent
the part-white specimen, or
even the pure albino, which
is much rarer.
Probably the birds are not
as sensitive in this respect as
the higher animals, the four
footed ones.
Certainly Whitley, the SPAR
row, led a normal life.
She never nested in our
yard, but across the street.
She always brought her nu-
merous children back to our
yard.
Mostly these children
could be spotted, because they
usually had a bit more white
on them than ordinary SPAR
rows.
The last we ever saw Of
Whitley was when she was
feeding a monStrous startling
baby. many times her size.
This greedy youngster, ap-
parently given up by its own
mother. found help from
Whitley, who patiently gave
1t worms and insects.
No matter how many she
gave it, however. the big
baby cried and tapped its
wings for more.
II
Out our way, the typical
gray squirrels have always
resented the black squirrels.
Every time one Of the latter
has Joined a colony of grays
at the bird feeding stations
it has been chased away.
Yet not long ago we
watched a black (melanistic)
squirrel play happily with a
band Of gray squirrels. This
time the normal ones did not
seem to dislike the strange
one in the least.
After all, the black and
white squirrels are merely
color phases Of the gray, not
new species in any sense.
So the grays ought to feel
quite at home with the others.
1t is probable that none Of
them have any color sense, as
people do. And even some
people are what we call color
blind.
investigations made with
cats about 80 years ago
tended to prove that the
members Of the feline tribes
see everything as gray, in
Guiding red meat.
1t speaks we'll for the SPAR
row tribes. sometimes ma
ligned, that they take in. as
it were, strangers such as
parakeets. and let them live
and feed with them. In this
way many of the parakeets
are saved from an early death
after escaping from fond
owners.
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Kritoted by McGM

Ralph McGill makes the
statement that "the Consti-
tuition of 1887 forbade the
States to secede." The fact
that many persons, more COM
petent than he to interpret
the Constitution, could find
no such restriction 100 years
ago seems lost to him.
Even more interesting is
the question why, after a
civil war had been fought to
restrict secession in fact If
not in law. did not the victo-
rious States amend the Con-
stitution to once and for all
clearly prohibit such action?
Can it be that no State wished
to be so restricted?
John G. Irwin, Sr.
Ralph McGill's lesson to
his readers on the Consti-
tuition and its Interpretation
and meaning is an insult to
any American with at least
a grade school education.
McGill quotes a few lines
out of the hundreds that
make up Article VI and says
that this. therefore, makes
any decision of the Supreme
Court the supreme law Of the
land, and that is final.
McGill could go further II
his intent was to assure that
no one would be misled by
his lesson on constitutional
law. He could mention that
because Of just such Ian
guage as he quotes from Ar
aticle vi it was not ratified
by nine of the Is States until
such tim e as the Bill of
Rights was attached to sat-
isfy the majority of the peo-
pie Of the several States
This Bill of Rights consisted
of the first 10 Amendments
to- the Constitution, and the
important one in regard to
the question Of Federal YER
sus States rights is the last,
or Number 10. Amendment
Number 10 states: THE
powers not delegated to the
United States by the Con-
Stitution, nor prohibited by
1t to the States, are reserved
to the States, respectively, or
to the people"
Powers not delegated to
the United States by the
Constit u lion obviously in
clude administration of pub
lie education and labor union
bylaws. and this should be
very conspicuous to even Nc
Gill in q document which
spelled out just what it GOV
cred. Lewis E. Burke.
X
Ralph McGill declares that
State sovereignty is a myth"
Actually a Federal system,
by its very nature, is one of
divided sovereignty. Other
wise it would not and could
not be a Federal system. He
states the half-truth that
the Constitution forbids a
State to secede. Actually the
document does not mention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Echoes of frances First Atomic Blast

destruction. (The French,
like many other former sub
ject races, have shown an
amazing knack for absorbing
the technical skills of West
ern civiliZationD We know
that they are a british peo-
pie, without the normal
restraints of the Judaic-
Christian tradition. We also
know that they see nothing
wrong in ruling other ma
tions by force. 1t is obvious
that the civilized nations
cannot allow them to de-
velop operational nuclear
weapons. 1t would be catas-
trophic.
Therefore, for the sake
of all humanity, including
the French, the Big Three
should take immediate steps
to have France declared a
U. N. trusteeship, until such
time as the French can de-
velop the capacity to be-
have themselves. I yield to
no man in my support of
efforts of former subject
peoples to gain independence,
but the French are not
ready.
Warren w. Morse.
+
It is hard to understand the
prevailing world opinion,
shared by many in this coun-
try, that France is doing
something of unique evil in
carrying out her own atomic
bomb program.
I can see why countries in
the general vicinity of the
Sahara test grounds would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

E. M. of Takoma Park,
Md, wants to know if any
one else has seen a white
sparrow.
Interested in anything
that comes to the bird feed
ing station" this correspond
ent writes. II was surprised
to see what appeared to be a
white sparrow. 1t definitely
was not a parakeet.
1T ate with the other
sparrows. I have watched
for it since, and not until
this week has it appeared
again. 1t appeared on a
Thursday, the same day of
the week as Christmas.
There it was again. I
would like to know if others
have seen it.
Il adore Templeton Jones,
and the trouble he goes to in
trying to help some hungry
bird or beast, and how I
wish there were more like
him in the world"
One summer we had a
partly white sparrow.
1t was a female, and the
white was on the tail and
wings.
We called her Whitley. The
other sparrows did not re-
sent her in the least. Some
times among wild creatures,
both furred and feathered.
such differences are the
cause of pecking and chas-
ing.
1t is said that an all-black
penguin, for instance, will
be deserted even by its
mother.
This is one of the ties that
binds us to the creatures,
for human people also resent
differences. only among them
mental and psychological diff
ferences have a large place.
The different child, for in
stance, has a hard row to
hoe in this world, as the old
saying put it; only if it is a
genius. in some line or other,
will the difference, whatever
it is. be overlooked. Not for
gotten. because human peo-
pie never forget such things.
The child with a slightly
squint eye will be hurt all
through life by even the
slightest difference in this
line. Even when he tends to
forget it, himself, he can be
sure that some wight, sooner
or later, will bring it up
again.
+
So we cannot criticize the
plain animals for noticing
differences.
1t is much to the credit
OF the sparrow tribes, we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Missile Cop

In your February 16 edi-
torial, Our Missiles and
Theirs" you refer to a recent
speech by the head of the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and
state that DR.. Glennan has
rendered q useful service in
calling attention to the sharp
distinction that should be
drawn between missiles used
for military purposes and
missiles used to launch ex-
ploratory vehicles into the
high heavens"
You then add, "the distinc-
ton is highly important and
1t deserves special emphasis
at a time when all too many
people, at home and abroad,
tend to equate the two as if
they were identical, which
they most definitely are not"
1t is true that the two are
not identical, but neither are
they as unrelated as one
could infer from reading
your editorial.
In the first place, long
range rocketry-be it Of the
sort which makes possible the
IRBM. the ICBM, the orbit
ing satellite, or the moon
probe - is the technology
which opens the door to the
use Of space. And it is we'll
known that any technology
may be applied to military
purposes in various ways. The
Soviets are obviously free to
utilize their total know-how
in this field for military pur-
poses Of their choosing, lin
tied only by their technical
competence and their will to
apply it.
1t Is true that there is
distinction between force-in-
being and the potential to
develop new military systems.
But the point is that we have
been tardy in developing the
potential itself, and if one is
to believe what he reads in
the newspapers. we still lag
behind the Soviets in this area
when it is viewed as a whole,
which is the only realistic way
to look at it. From the long
range viewpoint, the sharp
distinction" which you see
may not in fact be so sharp.
Indeed, it fades into a pretty
unclear blur.
And what is so highly i'm
portant" about partial - or
even complete - success in
any single arena of this tech
nology if, after all, we are
still behind?
One course of action
should be to admit that we
are behind, to point out our
successes wherever and when
ever it is judged advantageous
to do so, as DR.. Glennan has
done here, but above all to
catch up. The best way to let
the world know we are catch
ing up is by action.
Edward N. Stirewalt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
THE POLITICAL MILL
Primary Trends in New Hampshire
By GOULD LINCOLN


New Hampshire's preSiden-
tial preference primary,
which takes place two weeks
from today, will show on the
Republican side an over
whelming vote for Vice Presi-
dent Nixon and on the Demo-
cratic side an overwhelming
vote for Senator John F.
Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Neither has any real compe-
tition in his respective party
primary. How the total vote
cast for Mr.. Nixon will COM
pare to the total vote cast
for Senator Kennedy, there
fore, becomes of interest.
New Hampshire, it is true,
is reckoned a strong Republi-
can State. At the same time,
it is supposed to be strong
Kennedy territory. The Ken
nedys, indeed, have been cam
paigning vigorously in New
Hampshire for weeks the
Senator and other members
Of the family. Until Gov. Mel
son A. Rockefeller of New
York withdrew from the race
for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination just before
Christmas his supporters in
New Hampshire were pre-
pared to put up a big fight
for presidential preference
and for the States delegates.
On the Democratic side, no
one seems to have even
thought Of challenging the
Massachusetts, Senator in the
coming primary.
New HampShire's preSiden-
tial primary on March 8 is
the first of these tests in Is
States and the District of Co.
lumbia to be held this year.
AS the first, it holds public
interest. Democrats and Re-
publicans will be watching
the results. The States pri-
mary provides also a prefer
ence vote for vice presiden-
tial candidates, with spaces
to write in the names of DO
tential nominees. None have
actually announced.
Bass Conducts Poll
The latest political straws
in New Hampshire's political
winds are contained in a poll
conducted for Representa-
tive Perkins Bass, Republic
can, of the I'd land largest)
congressional district. The
poll was taken by mail and
handled for Mr.. Bass by In
ternational Business Ma
chimes. Republican registra-
ton in the district exceeds
Democratic by more than
tWo-and-a half to one. In
consequence, as might be ex-
pected, the number of Repub-
lican voter replies far exceed
ed the number of Democrats
replying. Replies were re-
ceived also from a number of
so-called Independents. The
Bass poll showed both the per-
centages and the numbers of
preference votes cast.
Here is how the vote
stacked up percentagewise
for Mr.. Nixon and Senator
Kennedy, and numerically:
Mr.. Nixon had 81 per cent of
the Republican preference
votes. or 2,252 votes. Senator
Kennedy, on the other hand,
had 81 per cent of the 375
Democratic preference votes
cast. OF the dependent
votes, Mr.. Nixon had 81
per cent, Adlai Stevenson
and Senator Kennedy fol-
lowed with "a and Is per
cent respectively. Gov. Rock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Generals Medals

With reference to the re-
cent notice of the death Of
the former assistant chief Of
staff, Brig. Gen. E. r. War
ner McCabe, USA (retO, he
commanded the 18th Regi-
ment Field Artillery in World
War I, and was awarded the
French Legion of Honor dec
grafton. and also the French
Croix de Guerre with Palm.
The 18th Field Artillery was
a part of the I'd Division.
AEF.
Robert G.. MacCartee,
Ex-12th Field Artillery and
Headquarters, I'd Division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

efeller received 9 per cent Of
the Republican preference
vote and 8 per cent Of the
independent vote, which to-
tailed 1926 votes. Adlai Ste
venson had IA per cent Of the
Democratic vote, Mr.. Nixon
had 8 per cent of that vote,
Senator Stuart Symington Of
Missouri had 6 per cent, and
Senator Lyndon johnson Of
Texas, S per cent. The rest
OF the vote was scattered.
For five years Mr.. Bass has
conducted similar polls-on
candidates for Office in cleo
ton years, on presidential
popularity and on legislation
and other issues of the day.
They have reflected quite well
the sentiment of the voters
IN his congressional district.
Since the New Hampshire
presidential primary is not
contested seriously, either on
the Republican or Democratic
side of the fence, its results
Will scarcely be as interest
ing as were the results in
1852 and in 1856. In 1852. the
New England States pres
ldential primary gave the
drive for the nomination of
President Eisenhower its first
big boost. On the Democratic
side that year, much to the
surprise Of the general pub
lie, Senator Estes Kefauver
OF Tennessee ran ahead of
the then President Harry S.
Truman. In 1856, the big sur
prise was the large write-in
vote for the denomination of
Vice President Nixon-be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 TAX
ing the trouble to write his
name on the ballot. Mr.. Ell
senhower, Of course, swept
the Republican presidential
primary. Senator Kefauver
won all II of the delegate
contests over a slate favorable
to Mr.. Stevenson, who did
not campaign in the State.
The Bass poll shows that
Republican sentiment has not
crystalized at all in favor of
a vice-presidential nominee
to run with Mr.. Nixon. More
than half the Republicans
participating in the poll said
they had no opinion at all.
OF those who stated a pref
erence, the largest number
favored Ambassador to the
United Nations Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts. Gov.
Rockefeller was second. On
the Democratic side also
there was a large no-opinion
Vote-42 per cent. OF the
Democrats expressing a pref
erence, IS per cent were for
Senator Kennedy, 8 per cent
for Senator Symington, S per
cent for Senator johnson.
Most Of the Republicans ap-
parently believed that the
presidential nominee Of the
party should have a principal
voice in the selection of a
running mate.
Nixon Silent on Issue
Mr.. Nixon himself is keep
ing absolutely silent about
any preference he may have.
When the Republican Ma
tional Convention has NOM
mated him. as it is expected
to do promptly next July, it
will be up to him to decide
to leave the nomination for
Vice President in the hands
Of the delegates, or to do
as most other presidential
nominees have done-ex-
press a preference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
No Esthetic Boundaries

The Fine Arts Commissions advi-
sorry efforts to keep the Nations Capital
esthetically attractive should not stop
at the District line. The Federal eStab-
lishment at the seat of Government
already has sprawled into the Maryland
and Virginia suburbs. To control the
appearance of Federal buildings and
grounds in Washington without showing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-01-06
School Librorion Hire
BY PTA Splits Boord

The Fairfax County School
Board split last night over
using PTA money to hire q
school librarian.
The meeting was regarded as
a farewell appearance for four
Of the board members who are
not expected to be reappointed
by the Board Of County Super
visors.
Those expected to leave the
board are Chairman Samuel s.
Solomon, c. Turner Hudgins,
Robert Davis and Clyde w.
Gleason. Board members Theo-
dore Heriot, Merton Parsons
and Hills Lory are expected to
be reappointed.
The split vote came over a
proposal by the Holm Hills
Elementary School PTA to pay
the extra money needed to hire
a fulltime librarian. instead of
a parttime employe.
Mr.. Solomon said 1t would
set a precedent and that 1t
Evening star., 1960-01-06
School Meeting
Set at Wurrenton

School officials in Northern
Virginia have been invited to
a regional conference at 3 pm.
Tuesday at the Warrenton
High School to discuss proposed
legislation affecting public ed
ucation.
Main topic for discussion will
be distribution of revenue from
the proposed State sales tax.
School Supt. Ray E. Reid of
Arlington has requested county
board, school board and Arling-
top members of the Virginia
General Assembly to attend the
meeting, as well as Parent
Teacher Association presidents.
The Warrenton meeting is
one Of a series sponsored by
the Virginia Education Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1960-01-06
Plastic Bog Used
By Woman, II,
To Kill Herself

A 27-year-old woman COM
mitted suicide today by placing
a plastic laundry bag over her
head, Prince Georges County
police reported.
She was identified as Miss
Alice Patricia Bratt of 5504
Thirty-eighth avenue, HyattS-
vile, who was found dead by
her father, James Leonard
Bratt, in her bedroom of their
home.
Detective Capt. Wilson H.
Purdy said Miss Bratt was
found in bed at about 6 am,
The plastic bag, police said
had been tied securely with a
string around her neck.
Members Of the family told
police Miss Bratt had appeared
respondent before retiring last
night.
DR.. John T. Maloney. county
medical examiner, said Miss
Bratt, died of asphixiation. He
was to perform an autopsy to-
day.
Police ruled the death a sui
eide.
Miss Bratt worked in the
laundry room of Leland Memo
rial Hospital.
Evening star., 1960-01-06
18th TRAFFIC VICTIM
Arlington Man, 80,
Hit by Auto, Dies

him a stack of work to continue
at home.
His attorney, Clarence Kipps
said a preliminary survey oi
Mr.. Munker's belongings indi-
Gates an estate Of about $25. 900
Rupert Brady recalled that
his father often said that he
would be responsible for Mr.
Munker'S funeral. However
the father. John Brady, was
killed in an automobile acci-
dent in the District in No.
vember.
His son said that the funeral
will be at Holy Redeemer
Church, Kensington, at $3.50
a m. tomorrow. Burial will be
in Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Kensington.
Evening star., 1960-01-06

recommendation proved to be
unworkable last April.
Other Actions
The council also:
l. Heard a recommendation
from DR.. william ]. Peoples,
County Health Oficer, on
possible regulations governing
trailer parks. He urged that
no large trailer establishments
be permitted unless water and
sewer lines were accessible,
that they be allowed only ad-
jacent to main highways and
that trailer operations be classi-
fed as permitted uses in COM
mercial zones. They are at
present considered special ex-
ceptions in certain residential
zones. The council, noting that
an application for a trailer park
permit near Clarksburg is
pending before the Board OF
Appeals, tabled the recon-
mendation.
2. Appointed two county res
idents to serve unexpired terms
on the County Welfare Board
Named to the vacancies were
Mrs. Gerald D. Morgan oi
Travilah, Md, wife of a Deputy
Assistant to President Eisen-
hover, and the Rev. Merrill w
Drennen, a minister at the MI
lian NJ mortal Methodist
Church.