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Evening star., 1960-08-30
More and More of Us

The Topographic Year Book Just
issued by the United Nations serves as
yet another authoritative and somewhat
chilling reminder of what is perhaps the
most important reality of our time-a
population growth so tremendous that
1t can hardly fail to have revolutionary
social, political, economic and military
impact on the entire world.
AS Of now, human beings around the
globe total in the neighborhood of 2.9
billion, and they are increasing by 48
million annually Accordingly, if this
growth figure remains constant (ac-
tually it may zoom upward in the COM
ing decadeS), the world will acquire
approximately 500 million additional in
habitantS every ten years, or roughly
billion more Of us between today and
the end of the century.
Thus, by this reckoning, the worlds
people will number around 5 billion a
mere 40 years from now, and some STU
dents of the subject predict that the
total is likely to be much higher than
that. AS they interpret the prospect, the
figure should be raised to or 7 billion
assuming, of course, that no cataclys-
mic peStilence or all-out nuclear war
lnterveneS to annihilate vast segmentS
OF the human race. In a special 1858
study, U. NJ demographerS summed up
the matter in these words: More dis
turbing than the projected figure of
population amounting to 5000 or 1000
million is the fact that it probably will
be attained so soon. At the time of writ
ing, the year 1000 is no further in the
future than the year 1914 is in the
past. Not only technical achievement but
progress in international cooperation
and organization will have to be more
effective than during the past if the
expected numbers of mankind are to
be organizationally and technologically
accommodated to the minimum condi-
tionS required for human dignity"
This is an admonition that applies
to many things, including food, housing,
the ability to earn living, law enforce
ment and traffic control 1t applies also
to such international changes as the
prospective shift of the balance of power
in terms of numbers at leaSt-from
the Occident (including Russia) to the
Orient, where Red China is expected to
have population of at least billion
before the century ends.
These are but few of the conSid.
erations that must be kept in mind in
connection with mans fast-multiplying
numbers. In our own country, for ex-
ample, we must reckon with the proba-
bility that in the next 40 years our pres
ent population of bit more than ITO
million will increase to over 800 million.
Clearly, for ourselves and for the world
at large, this is prospect full of grave
challenge as well as promise.
Evening star., 1960-08-30

She felt like singing so she
sang.
What's the matter with us?
Why didn't we sing out? I
can sing the National An
them-one verse of it. So
could the rest of the audi
ence-but we didn't. Were
the rest, like me, crushed by
the silent pressure of con-
formity? / wanted to shout
at the top of my lungs The
land of the free and the home
of the brave" but not a note
rose from my throat. Have
we lost our sense of great
ness? Or have we become so
Injured to the inanimate ami
nation of the television
screen that we have forgot
ten how to express our feel
ings for the real thing?
Whatever it is, it is disturb
ing.
1 don't know if this sug-
gestion will change the audi
ence in anyway or not, but if
there is anything at all to
the theory that the bear Is
frightened because he runs
rather than vice versa, per-
haps the Army can help a
few citizens once again be
brave enough to reach for
THE land of the free" by an
nouncing our National An
them with, Ladies and gen.
tlemen, our National Anthem.
All patriots sing out"
r. d. Wright.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Holiday or Doomsdoy?

A lady motorist came up
with typically feminine think
ing in reporting an accident
over the Labor Day weekend
last year. Filling out a police
form. she came to the ques-
ton: How could you have
avoided the accident?" She
wrote: BY staying at home"
No doubt that would be the
best way to make the forth
coming Labor Day week end
the safest in history. But
that easy solution of our La
Dor Day traffic problem is
not about to be adopted by
American motorists.
Like needless horsemen
hell-bent for the graveyard
in their powerful chargers,
our Labor Day weekenders
keep on trying to stretch"
their holiday, impatient to
get to their favorite holiday
spot. failing to give them
selves enough time to get
back to the job safely.
We may not succeed en-
tirely, but we can certain
ly try to make this Labor
Day weekend safer and more
enjoyable than in previous
years.
We can bear in mind that
the use of the highway over
the congested holiday period
is a cooperative, not a COM
petitive matter. When we
meet the uncooperative driv-
er, we can simply refuse to
compete-he will meet one of
his own later on.
We can remember the
grave dangers of driving while
fatigued. Eye strain, mat
tentiveness> poor judgment
and slowed reflexes become
four deadly horsemen caused
by fatigue.
Remember that super
highways don't make super
drivers" Remember: 1t can
happen to us. 1t only takes
one to lose an argument with
death where a high speed
auto overturns or hits a tree.
Keep your speed under con-
troll, share the road, and thus
enjoy driving.
Will you be around after
the Labor Day weekend is
over? It's up to you!
Anthony L. Ellison.
Traffic Safety Officer. D. C.
Government.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Unkempt Capital

A recent news Item lndl-
Gates that the District Health
Department has warned
property owners to cut down
the ragweed on their proper
ty or face a $10-a-day fine.
For this the Health Depart
ment is to be commended, but
would it not be more appro-
pirate for the District Gov
ernment to set a good ex-
ample and clean up its own
front yards?
I do not know who is re-
sponsible for the mainte-
nance of the tree boxes and
the strip between the side
walks and streets, but in
many parts of the city rag
weed and other wild grass,
beer cans and debris of all
kinds make Washington look
like a ghost town in the re-
motest part of the Far
West. No self-respecting So
called hick town would toll
crate this condition.
This condition is not con-
fined to So-called Slum sec
tions, but will be found on
upper Sixteenth street, in
front of and at the rear of
embassies. in front of well
known department stores
and hotels in the downtown
section, and within a block
of the Municipal Building
and the White House.
OF course. any civic-minded
resident or business establish
ment would maintain this
area, but it is apparent that
in spite of the citizens associ-
ations and other public
spirited organizations. 1t is
not being done. Let us have
a little less money appropri-
ated for monuments and
more for maintenance.
EouIt EindaP
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Sing Out, Patriots!

I attended the final Water
gate Concert of the United
States Army Band. 1t was my
first exposure to this well
known Washington event,
and 1 came away with a dou-
BILE reaction.
To sum up my reaction to
the concert, it was delightful.
The introit was a little rough,
but before they finished with
the caissons, they we're really
rolling. AS I followed the
animated progra (they
don't bother with printed
programs nobody can read in
the dark, a lady in the rear
ranks chirped, Isn't the an
nouncer cute?" It's lucky for
Dick Stark that the uniform
keeps this man out of COM
mercial competition. The
conductor-Col. Rufus Five
byf1ve (begging your most
good natured pardon, sir), if
it hadn't been for his crew
cut, could have beat Bern
stein. His versatility was vir-
tually unlimited. AS the oc-
casion demanded he could
conduct with his feet, with
his hips, with his handS-but
not. alas. with his hair. In the
band. the wood winds were
mellow, the tympanies tym-
panous, and the fife-they
piped Sousa so high I thought
of my dog-how he would
have loved those outer space
notes too high for my poor
ear to hear.
Through all this rollicking
1un. there kept recurring in
me a sad note, like the death
theme of Carmen" After
the introit, the National An
them was announced simply
with, Ladies and gentlemen,
our National Anthem" Rank
on rank we rose by thou
sands and stood in a mono
lithic silence broken only by
the thunder of the band be-
fore us and the quavering
notes of a struggling soprano
in the rear reaching valiantly
for THE land of the free" u
defy anyone but a patriot OF
a professional to hit il
square). Thank goodnes.
for that lady. She was ire
pressible. She kept at hel
singing all evening, ever
helped roll out the barrel.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Potsdom Papers

Congratulations on the
publication Of the Knebel-
Bailey articles on the Pots
dam Papers. The section on
the Japanese surrender at
tempts confirms the brilliant
predictions of your own COL
umnist, Constantine Brown,
in February. 1945. The book
by his wife. Elizabeth
Churchill Brown. The
Enemy at His Back" con-
tained all the substantive in
formation now about to be
given in documentary form.
The section on the Brit
ish warnings" suffers from
the fact that the Moscow
and Teheran records have
still not been published. The
incredible fact is that the
alarms and warnings of 1945
had actually been sounded in
1943 and 1914 as well.
Prof. Edna r. Fluegel,
Chairman, Department of
Political Science. Trinity
College.
-
The series on The Pots
dam Papers," as printed in
The Star was excellent, and I
should like to commend both
Fletcher Knebel and Charles
w. Bailey for bringing to the
attention Of the public this
much-needed, long-delayed
information.
However. I should like to
point out that Elizabeth
Churchill Brown made pub
lie in 1856 the fact that
Japan had put out several
peace feelers before we drop
ped the first atom bomb.
From her very fine book,
Enemy at His Back" writ
ten in 1856. I quote, For
restal was not alone in his
attempt to bring the Japan
eSe cry for peace to official
attention, Senator Homer
Capehart, Republican from
Indiana. had come across the
information and publicly an
nounced on June % that the
Japanese had made peace
offers within recent weeks
which would be acceptable
to me personally"
Peggy WaldrOn.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy Due to Take Rhode Island
By GOULD LINCOLN

Rhode Island and also q
Democrat, he would have lit
tie chance of victory. Pas
tore is able and popular.
Roberts was able to obtain
the party organizations des-
ignation for the senatorial
nomination. However, he
has running against him in
the September % primary
former Senator and Attorney
General J. Howard McGrath
and a wealthy young Demo-
crat from a Newport family,
Clayborne Pell. Pell is wag-
ing a hard campaign and Nc
Grath is sticking to his in
tention of making another
bid for his senatorial seat.
G. o. p. Given Chance
The race has aroused much
bitterness among the DEM
ocrats; so much bitterness
that the Republican candi-
date, Raoul Archanbault. is
considered to have a real
chance of victory in the gen.
eral election. Involved in the
Democratic family row are
large groups of voters of
French. Irish and italian
blood. No matter which can
didate wins the Democratic
senatorial primary. the scars
left may make it possible for
the Republican, a United
States Marine hero, to win. If
he should, it would be a gain
of one seat now held by the
Democrats for the G. o. Pa
which dearly needs to win
more senatorial seats.
So far as the Democratic
primary is concerned, Roberts
seems to hold the inside track.
First. because he has the
backing of the Democratic
organization and his name
will appear first on the bal
lot. Because of that indorse-
ment he will head a list of
organization candidates for
various Offices. Also, the anti
Roberts vote may be split be-
tween McGrath and Pell and
so let Roberts squeeze
through.
Roberts, it is said, would
not be a popular candidate,
and some of the Republicans
hope he will win the primary
race. There will be no Repub-
lican primary fight. and
Archambault will have the
nomination. The Republicans
are rebuilding their organi-
cation and are working hard
to line up voters. Much may
depend, so far as the Senate
race is concerned, on how
big a plurality Senator Ken
nedy can roll up against
Nixon in the presidential
contest.
Roberts, however, lost two
years ago and the Rhode Is
land voters are capable OF
splitting their votes in a big
way. McGrath, it is believed
would make a much stronger
candidate if he won the NOM
ination than either Roberts
or Pell. Pell is a resident OF
Washington. D. c., ano
spends much of his time
there and in New York al
though retaining his legal
residence in Rhode Island
McGrath is making an issue
of his experience as Senator
and Attorney General as con-
trasted to the experience OF
his two opponents.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Air Cavalry Army's Newest Branch
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

The Army is building a
new cavalry-an air cavalry.
Eventually it will fill the
gap left by the long out
moded horse cavalry which
produced some of the most
brilliant leaders and pictur-
esque fighting in the annals
of war.
This, 1t turns out, is a big
gap. The new cavalry is es-
sential for getting there
fustest with the mostest."
This phrase. which is sup
posed to sum up the art of
war in nutshell, has become
part of American legendry
but Nathan Bedford Forrest.
the rough-neck Confederate
horse cavalry leader to whom
it is attributed just didn't
say it. He only said the quite
correct and conventional get
there first with the most
men"
Brig. Gen. Clifton F. Won
Kann. director of the Army's
new aviation wing which is
the nucleus of the new cav
airy and has very little rela-
ton to any developments of
the Air Force, learned this
to his discontinue, he told
an Army-industry conference
here the other day. He was
accused of misquotation and
went into the records. There
was, he said. no support for
the quotation. Forrest used
perfectly correct English.
Forrest Was Right
But, he told the confer
ence, "the real point is that
military history centers upon
the success or failure of mill
tary leaders to move men and
equipment to decisive points
in the battle zone" However
Gen. Forrest may have said
it, he was right.
The present objective of
Army research in this field,
Gen. Won Kann told the con-
ference. is to enable ground
troop commanders to move
bodies of troops at least four
times faster than they ever
have been moved before over
any sort of country. This was
the old purpose Of the cav
airy arm.
Recent "breakthroughS."
he stressed. represent an ap-
proach to this objective with
the cavalry" quite removed
from the objectives of the
Air Force which is being
developed for quite different
purposes.
The present development.
he said, may be considered
as actually a "rebirth of cav
airy. or cavalry projected to
the third. the fourth, or even
the tenth power of military
Evening star., 1960-08-30

@. Are diSease-causing vi
ruses living or Living par
ticles?-B. S.
A. The filterable viruses
are on the borderline; they
bridge the gap" between
living and non-living worlds.
One authority has said that
"as yet there appears to be
no clear line of division. and
it is still possible to agree
with Aristotle's suggestion of
more than 1000 years ago
that nature has made such a
gradual transition from the
living to the non-living world
that the boundary between
the two is doubtful and per-
haps nonexistent."
Evening star., 1960-08-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used UtH be
returned only 1Uhen accom-
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stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-08-30

NARRAGANSETT. r. l.
Rhode Island, which has
never deviated from its sup
port of Democratic presiden-
tial candidates since the late
Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New
York carried it in 1928, ex-
cept in the case of President
Eisenhower. is expected to do
well by the present Demo-
cratic standard bearer, Sen
ator John r. Kennedy Of
Massachusetts,. in the Novem-
ber national election.
Kennedy, like Smith, will
have the advantage of being
a member of the Catholic
Church. More than half Of
the people of the State are
of that faith. Smith, it will
be recalled, carried Rhode
Island and Massachusetts, al
though the Republican can
didate. Herbert Hoover, a
Quaker. defeated the New
York Governor by a wide
national margin.
This year. Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, lik e
Hoover, a Quaker, is matched
against another Catholic
Democrat, Senator Kennedy.
Not all the Catholics in the
State will vote for Kennedy.
Yet, it would be a bold prog
nosticator who ventured a
guess at this stage in the
campaign that Nixon could
or would carry Rhode Island.
Ever since 1928, the State
has become more and more
a Democratic stronghold,
with only a few Republican
victories for Governor and
then only because of factional
rows in the Democratic Party.
Today the Republicans do
hold the governorShip. Two
years ago, former Gov. Den
mis- J. Roberts, a Democrat,
sought reelection but lost to
Gov. Del Sesto.
Roberts. who had gathered
himself a good crop OF
enemies by the time the 1856
election rolled around, saved
his bacon only by a ruling re-
garding the counting of alb
sentee ballots. BY a narrow
margin. this gave Robert,
victory over his Republi-
can opponent.
Voters Enraged
Rhode Islanders were en-.
ragged, both because they be-
lieved the ruling was a re-
versal of Roberts own posi-
ton, expressed earlier, anc
because they considered tina
the will of the people hat
been flouted. In consequence
in 1858, Del Sesto defeated
Roberts.
Roberts, nothing daunted
is this year a candidate TO
the seat which will be va
Gated in the Senate when tn
veteran Democrat, Senate
Green. steps out. Green, VIII
is nearly SO years old. tn
Oldest man ever to serve il
either house of Congress.
gave up his post as chair
man of the important Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee because of age whel
this Congress met and late
announced he would not be
candidate to succeed himself
Roberts decided that thi
was his chance to return +
politics in a major way. H
realized that if he waited t
, run against Senator PaStort
the other enator fror
Evening star., 1960-08-30

potential" The principal po-
tential enemy. he stressed,
already is highly air mobile
and already has shown will
ingness to use helicopters
and special types of aircraft
to move troops around the
battlefield in large numbers.
The overriding require
ment," he said, lis to pro-
vide aircraft that are ready
to fly when the soldiers
whom they serve are ready
to fight.
Making Progress
I'VE are moving in the di-
rection to solve some, if not
all, of these problems. With
a reduced family of aircraft
designed specifically for COM
bat environment it is hoped
that our air mobility goals
will soon be reached.
fortunately, units are
being developed which COM
bine capabilities of air recon-
naissance and air fighting
units into a form of air
cavalry. Such a unit, where
every man has a seat in a
helicopter, which carries its
own support weapons and air
vehicles. epitomizes the very
essence of responsiveness. We
can no longer afford to think
of Army aviation as a handy
tool for observation and lin
tied taxi work"
The problem. Gen. Won
Kann stressed, will not be
solved in the next 10 years
but "it will never be solved
if we do not move ahead this
year and every succeeding
year with an ever-expanding
balanced growth in our avi-
alton program.
Evening star., 1960-08-30

with conference committee. We hope
the House will go along with the Senate
in providing the agency with what Is
regarded as the minimum sum needed to
undertake its big task.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Seeks Information

I am interested in getting
information, photographs, let
lets and papers relating to
the career of General George
c. Marshall for use in his
authorized biography which
I am now writing.
Forrest c. POgue,
Director, George c. Marshall
Research Center, Box 83l,
Lexington, Virginia.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer, by
mail, to any question of fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau 635 street NV. Washington
4. D. c. Please inclose return postage
or addressed stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
Those Slippery Reds


The picture of the Soviet
plane bringing bananas to
the Congo which appeared
in The Star on August %,
shows once more the effec-
tiveneSs of Soviet propa-
ganda.
While in the Soviet Union
such fruits as bananas are
extremely hard to get and
there are many areas in the
Soviet Union where people
do not know what a banana
is, the Communists are
bringing such fruit to a coun-
try which grows it in large
quantities.
The Soviets are not inter-
eSted in supporting or really
in contributing anything for
the welfare of the Congo
lese: they are only interested
in showing the world that
they are supporting the poor
people. Pictures such as the
one that has appeared in
The Star will be shown all
over Asia and the Near East
where people will be con-
vinced by the Soviet propa-
ganda that it is the USSR
that really helps the Congo
lese. I wonder what else was
in that plane. perhaps new
cadres for the Communist
Fifth Column?
1t is a we'll known fact that
it is the United States that
foots practically the bill for
the U. N. forces in the Congo,
and we should let the world
know who actually helps the
poor countries. David Korn,
School Deteriorotes
In this age of cold cement
buildings, the Franklin School
added tone to our city. 1t
was an interesting building
with its turrets and keyhole
windows and the ivy added
to its dignity. Now it looks
like an old lady with artificial
eyebrows, too much rouge
and dyed hairl Washington
has lost 2 bit more charm,
Native.
Evening star., 1960-08-30
No Place to Park

Fault Finder.
Evening star., 1960-08-24

On the contrary. we believe
our warnings alert drivers to
the extra holiday danger and
thus make them more eau
tious. We certainly don't want
to scare anyone. but we firmly
believe caution and concern
help prevent accidents - on
holidays or at any other time.
@. Do you urge people to stay
home over the holidays-or at
least to stay of the road?
A. Never. We don't believe
that is the way to hold down
the traffic toll. Holidays are
natural and inevitable periods
of family reunions and outings.
People will and should travel.
We only want them to do it
Safely-to compensate for the
extra travel with extra care.
@. What else do you do in
your holiday safety campaigns
besides issue pre-holiday esti-
mates of the traffic toll?
A. We contact the Governor
of every State, the Mayors of
the larger cities, traffic officers
and other public officials, urg-
ing them to step up their traffic
safety efforts Immediately be-
fore and during the holiday
period. We issue specific traffic
safety hints to drivers and pc
deStrians through the press,
radio-TV and other media. We
also issue safety hints on SWIM
ming, fireworks and other holi-
day activities. We work ac-
lively with other Nation wide
groups in these holiday cam
paigns-With the churches. for
example. at Christmas time,
and with organized labor over
Labor Day. We concentrate in
our holiday campaigns on the
drinking driving problem. For
instance. for the last two years
! we have encouraged business
Evening star., 1960-08-24
Nail Biting Found
Spur to Growth

CHICAGO. - Nutrition re-
searchers have found that de-
ficiencies of vitamin A signifi-
cantly retard nail growth.
They have discovered also
that nails grow faster in warm
weather than in cold and that
habitual nail biterS' nails grow
faster than other peoples. Nor
NAL adult nail growth is be-
tween .0025 and .0037 inch
daily.