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Evening star., 1960-01-21

Japanese Prime Minister
Kishi left for Ottawa. Can
ada, this morning following
his four day visit here for the
signing of the Japanese
. American treaty of mutual
cooperation and security.
The final social event in
honor of the visitor was a
dinner given by Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Herter at
Anderson House last night.
Secretary of Defense and
Mrs. Gates we're among the so
guests invited to the 8 o'clock
black-tie gathering.
legislators Attend
Congress was represented
by Senator Bourke B. Hicken-
looper and Representative
Walter H. Judd with their
wives, while those from serv-
ice circles included the Chief
of Staff Of the Army and Mrs.
L. L. Lemnitzer, Chief Of
Naval Operations and Mrs.
Arleigh A. Burke and the
Chief of Staff Of the Air
Force and Mrs. Thomas D.
White.
Heading the Japanese
guests who accompanied the
Prime Minister here were
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Aiichiro Fujiyama, Mr.. Nit
sujiro Ishii, chairman of the
Executive Board of the Lib
eral Democratic Party, and
Mr.. Tadashi Adachi, preSi-
dent of the Japan Chamber
Of Commerce and Industry.
Other Japanese guests in
cluded Mr.. Naka Funada, Mr..
EtsuSaburo Shiina, Mr.. Tok-
uyasu Fukuda and Mr.. Shun-
Evening star., 1960-01-21
CLUB

TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Evening Political Study
Group, League Of Republican
Women - Meeting at $50
pm. at the OAR Chapter
House. Mr.. Willard Edwards.
Washington correspondent
for the Chicago Tribune, will
speak on Nixon versus
Khrushchev."
Junior WOman's Club of
Chevy Chase-Buffet dinner
at $50 pm. at the club
house.
Gamma Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi - Meeting at 7
pm. at 2719 Connecticut
avenue. Mr.. Clifton Batson
of the Linda Verrill School
of Dance will be guest
speaker.
Arlington Branch, AAUW
Recent graduates group
meeting at 8 pm. at the
home of Mrs. William Dent
ger, 3112 Military road.
TOMORROW
Montgomery County YWCA
Silver Spring area commit
tee meeting at $50 am. at
WV Cottage, Jesup Blair
Park. Silver Spring.
WOman'S Club of Chevy
Chase, Md.-Rules and revi-
sion committee meeting at
9:45 am. The Merrylanders"
square dance at $50 pm.
Regents Club, d. c. OAR
Home talent show at 7:30
pm. at the chapter house.
Evening star., 1960-01-21

State and Mrs. Walter s.
Robertson, Mrs. Eric john
ston, the President of the
Japan America Society of
Washington and Mrs. Clar-
ence E. Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Spencer Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rutherford Poats and Mr..
Shigeyuki Edamatsu, repre-
sentative Of the Japanese
Press, and Mrs. Edamatsu.
Evening star., 1960-01-21
Dance Set

A Madame Glamour" con-
test will be staged by the
Pimmit Hills Citizens Asso-
citation in conjunction with
their Valentine Dance, to be
held February 5 at the Flame
Room of the Vienna Fire
Department. The contest
winner will be selected from
among the married women
attending the dance.
Evening star., 1960-01-21

| ANNA MARIE ALBERGHETTl,
beautiful singing star Of
screen and tsIsvision, begins
a one week engagement ct
the CASINO ROYAL Monday,
Jan. rs. For reservations, call
MA. e.1100.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
ArIinqton's S HERITAGE

Ever since the day more than three
centuries ago that Captain John Smith
discovered its attractions on his way to
the falls of the River Patowmack" Ar
lington County has played an important
part in the developing history of Amer
ica. 1t is fitting, therefore, that present.
day residents of the county should be
proud of Arlington'S heritage and should
seek to establish permanent place for
relics and other reminders of it's his
torical associations.
Captain Smith wrote In his diary
that he found the Analostan Indians
friendly and willing to trade fresh water
venison, bear meat and other provisions
for beads and trinkets. The years
passed and the Indians on AnaloStan Is
land were replaced by white men, in
Guiding members of the Alexander
family. The settlers on the renamed
"AleXanders Island" built homes on the
mainland, too. The family gave it's
name to Alexandria and to Alexandria
County, which later was renamed Ar
lington. All of the land in the county
once was owned by Lord Fairfax. George
Washington surveyed many tracts in the
county and some of the markers that he
placed there still were visible as late as
few years ago. Robert E. Lee made his
home at Arlington House. Although
Arlington County was occupied by Union
troops, who fortified many of its prom
ontories, Confederate Colonel John S.
MoSby and his guerrillas frequently
raided the Federal camps. The Lee
home, after the war, became the resting
place of many of the dead of the Civil
War and now is a national shrine for
those who gave their lives in all wars.
The Arlington Historical Society has
a good case, therefore, for establish
ment of a permanent museum to house
countless books, documents and mem
orabilia relating to the early history
of the county. The society has pre-
vailed on the County Board to turn
over the abandoned Hume School, on
Arlington Ridge road, for the museum.
The project-involving a public drive
for funds-deserves the support Of all
Arlingtonians.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Weak Leadership

1t was regrettable that
President Eisenhower omit
ted mention of Senate Res
olution No. 81 in his special
message to Congress May 3.
He supports the measure; but
the omission is typical of his
political action. or rather in
action. When his support is
needed most he does not give
it. This behavior shows weak
leadership.
The resolution, which would
increase the use of the Court
of international Justice,
should be passed by the Sem
ate before adjournment, for
several reasons; u Thirty
two nations have accepted
compulsory jurisdiction of the
court without any self-judg-
ing reservation like the one
the resolution would remove;
~ law is most effective if
parties to the dispute are not
judges in their own case; C3)
the court has heard only IA
cases in its 13-year history;
a. the principal civilizations
and legal systems of the world
are represented in the court,
and 80 no two Of the IS
judges of the court may be
Of the same nationality.
Robert ]. Weber.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
100 Years Ago

At this time a century ago,
the Republicans met at Chi
cago's convention hall - the
Wigwam-to nominate a man
they hoped to make the 18th
President. The leading candi-
date was the highly endowed
Senator William Henry Sew
ard, former New York Gov
ernor, who was the very en-
bodiment of growing anti
slavery sentiment in the
North. So sure of victory were
his friends that they set up
a cannon on the lawn Of his
Auburn, N. Y, estate, ready
to fire a 21-gun salute on
word of his nomination.
Many others, including Edi-
tor Horace Greeley, were not
so friendly to Seward, con-
sidering him too radical. More
to their liking was former
Illinois Congressman. Abra-
ham Lincoln. who had made
an impressive speech two
months before at cooper
Union, New York. Wrong
as we think slavery is" he
said, I'VE can yet afford to
let it alone where it is q.
But can we. while our votes
will prevent it, allow it to
spread into the national Ter
ritorieS and to overrun us
here in these free States? If
our sense of duty forbidS
this, then let us stand by our
duty fearlesSly and effective
ly :" The Star of May 10.
1860, carried this telegraphed
report of the conventions day
of decision (the third: THE
Wigwam was packed to ca
pacity as the convention
proceeded to ballot for a can
didate. The first ballot re-
suited: Seward 173; Lincoln
102; Bates 81; Cameron so
There being no choice
a second ballot followed: Sc
ward 18412; Lincoln 1871 "a;
scattering 38. Total votes
404; necessary for choice 203.
On the third ballot (there
was) a general stampede of
all the forces opposed to Sc
ward in favor of Lincoln. Tt
resulted: Lincoln 228; Sc
ward 181. Lincoln was de-
clared the nominee. The re-
suit is said to have been
brought about by the Penn
sylvania friends of Mr.. Cam
eron." Simon Camercn's
votes tedly were
switched to Lincoln on con-
dition that Pennsylvania
favorite son become Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Lin
coins telegram from Spring.
field: Make no bargains for
me" was ignoredO OF the Re-
publicanS' surprise choice,
The Star said: The Hon.
Abraham Lincoln, who has
so Unexpectedly become the
nominee Of the Republican
Party. is known to a very
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Harsh Air Rules?

It's a fine thing for any,
one to receive deserved
meritorious recognition. This
would apply to Federal Avia-
tion Agency Administrator
Quesada being awarded the
1859 Safety Award as noted
in your editorial "Merited
Recognition"
However, I believe you
may have erred by conclud-
ing your editorial description
of the event with the COM
ment, Some of the FAA
regulations have been criti-
ciZed as too harsh by per-
sons or interests affected
but where the safety of the
general public is at stake it
is better to err on the side
of safety than risk lives
through compromises to
please certain groups"
This is almost sure to
make. some aviation folks
feel like they Just sat on a
hot needle-it being their
opinion that FAA erred in
one harsh rule or another.
without either the safety of
the general public or the risk
of lives being at stake.
Robert e. Trimble.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Shortchdnqed-und How!

: The extent to which Northern Vir-
ginta has been Shortchanged by the
State Highway Commission in the dis
tribution of road funds during the past
decade is painfully apparent from the
Census Bureaus preliminary computa-
ton of latest returns for the 10th con-
gressional district. 1t is now clear that
if the commission had revised its allot-
ment formula tc keep pace with the
population growth of the nearby coun-
ties, far greater sums would have been
available for improvement of Northern
Virginia highways.
The infiexible formula now govern
ing highway ALLEGATIONS uses population
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Stock Going Up

The stock in WaShington'S Federal
Office building program, which seemed
about to slip down the drain only few
weeks ago, suddenly has Skyrocketed.
With little bit of luck, as they sing ir
My Fair Lady we may yet see con-
struction begin on three of the city's
most critically needed buildings before
this year is out.
The crucial development was the
reapproval granted by the House Public
Works Committee of new structures to
house the Civil Service Commission, the
Food and Drug Administration and lin
combined building) the Federal Aviation
Agency and the National AeronauticS
and Space Administration. Money for
two of these buildings land a third
which has been SubStituted) was all
ready for House action in April when
the funds were stricken on a technical
point that the projects had not been
cleared by the works committees of the
House and Senate. Now that has been
done, under most fortunate circum-
stances of timing. For the General Serv-
ices Administration will appear before
the Senate Appropriations Committee
on its omnibus construction fund request
within the next week or so. We assume
GSA will press for reinstatement of the
projects, and we hope the Senate COM
mittee will approve. Designs for the
buildings are virtually complete, so that
their conStruction-along with plans for
early tempo removal-would be able to
proceed during 1860.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Suggests HeIiport

I've been reading in the
press about plans for rede-
velopment in the Northeast
area adjacent to Union Sta
ton. I find it difficult to un-
derstand why no proposals
have been made, or that any
thing is under consideration,
for the use of this area for
the landings and take-offs of
helicopters.
1t would seem to be ideal
to have proposed new build
ingS there with level roofs
where whirlybirds could pro-
vide service for train passen-
gers to be whisked to nearby
airports and vice versa. The
terrain is perfect for such a
project, and it seems to me
that such an initial plan
would be far less costly than
a revision later on.
From First street NE. to
the railroad track levels, or
higher if taller buildings are
contemplated, would provide
an integrated service between
the choo-choo and the air
service.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
To Preserve the Past

To someone like myself,
who has spent countless
pleasurable hours walking the
beautiful paths of Lafayette
Park and enjoying a brief
respite from our crowded city
streets, the news that this
pleasant spot is to be ringed
by walls of glass and steel
is hardly welcome. 1 write
this letter to protest the de-
molition of those historic and
charming buildings before it
is too late for anything but
memories.
We must all remind our
selves that we are destroying
structures of ageless and in
dividual beauty, and replac-
ing them with those common
place glass slabs which serve
as modern Office buildings.
We must remind ourselves
that it is we who must look
daily at these faceleSs areas
that we have allowed to be
erected before our very eyes.
One need only look at a row
Of Victorian buildings to i'm
agine what our children will
see ringing Lafayette Park
in years to come.
l do not mean this to be
an attack on contemporary
architecture. Certainly it has
its place. But let us remind
ourselves that this place is
not on the sites of destroyed
mementoes to the origin of
our Nation such as the Dolly
Madison House.
Joseph H. Gerdes, Jr.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

figures for as long as ten years after
they have become obsolete. Thus, re-
cent road money grants to this area
were based in part on 1850 census figures
for the 10th district, namely 303,328 AS
a result of the new head count, however,
the Census Bureau now states that the
actual population today is in excess of
100000.
In all fairness to the growing nearby
Virginia communities, the State should
revise its formula regularly to accord
with population estimates made by the
Census Bureau between actual cenSuSes.
Until this is done, Northern Virginia
will continue to get less than its proper
share of road funds.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
The Most Unkindest Cut

Harry Merrick's qualifications as a
community analyst" are pretty good
ones. A longtime resident of our National
Capital, prominent businessman, former
president of the Board of Trade and all
around fine chap, he has often put
hefty shoulder to the wheel in promoting
civic causes.
Still, we hate to find him giving
even grain of grudging comfort to the
enemy" when he comedies that there
may be little truth in the charge that
Washington is "a hick town" Actually,
we wouldn't mind quite so much If the
charge came from any source other than
New York City. We think New York
City is just big something -other
"f1ne place to visit, no place to live" sort
of bedlam. We are glad it's up there,
and that we are down here.
Of course, Harry didn't give us too
bad time. He thinks that the National
Symphony, the cultural center, the
higher educational facilities and some
of the other symbols of culture here
should receive greater local support.
This is correct. Perhaps it is correct,
too, that those city slickers in New York
can make big splash with some of their
cultural attractions. But we like our
wide streets, our parks, our trees, our
not-so-tall buildings, our river and our
politics. These aren't hick attractions,
they're pretty fine stuff. We wouldn't
trade any of them to Father Knicker-
booker for anything he could offer up
Manhattan way. Stop fooling around
with that fast set, Harry.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

forced, not by an all-povsr-
ful monarch or by a dictator
whose rule Is tyranny. but BY
the whole body Of we. the
people" and that laws thus
made should be gladly obeyed
by all the people.
Any wilful violation Of Law
thus enacted is a blow a.
liberty itself. In just laws
there is registered the con-
science Of God fearing
people.
Much is being said and
written these perilous days
about freedom and emanci-
patton from compulSion.
More. much more. needs to
be said about discipline and
law. The demand don't
fence me in" must be inter
preted, If life is to be worth
while and reach its highest
possibilities. in the light OF
the larger truth mirrored in
a great hymn-"Make Me a
Captive. Lord, and Then !
Shall Be Free" Says a
United States Senator. as
with deep anxiety he sees
what so many of his contem-
poraries are doing with their
boasted liberty: Unless
discipline and obedience can
be brought back to America
we are on our way to the
junk heap"
There is no way by which
the democratic experiment
can be saved if mad insist
ence on individual freedom to
do as one pleaSes crowds out
sober recognition Of social
obligations.
Often we hear of a Back
to God Movement" It is true
that we need to get back to
a conception Of a God who is
not, as some moderns have
pictured Him, very amiable.
even maternal, but to a God
who stands for moral order
- God who is all love, but
also all law!
Too often we have con-
fined our ideas of the Christ
who revealed such a God as
the Gentle Jesus" We think
of the Man Of Galilee only in
terms of pity and compassion
and kindness. But in these
qualities We do not really
touch the fundamental thing
in His character. 1t was the
thing that sent Him to the
cross-"Thy will be done. as
in heaven so on earth"-"Not
my will, but Thine be done
"Whosoever shall do the will
of God, the same is my
brother. my sister, my
mother" To follow that
Christ means to heed the in
junction-"Confirm thy soul
in self-control, thy liberty
in law"
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Defends Board

I was deeply disturbed by
the articles carried in The
Washington Evening Star
and the Washington Post on
Sunday, April "a.
These articles referred to
the composition of the Board
of Pharmacy in the District
Of Columbia. They stated
that Senator Dennis Chavez
accused the District Phar-
macy Board of trying to put
small. independent druggists
out of business and that
the board is dominated by
representatives of Peoples,
Drug Fair. and other large
chain drugstores."
On behalf of the District
of Columbia Pharmaceutical
Association. may I refute
these accusations. They are
completely unfounded and
unjust charges.
The District of Columbia
Pharmaceutical Association,
composed of independent
and chain pharmacy owners
and pharmacist employees,
plays an extremely impor-
tant role in the choice of the
members of the Board of
Pharmacy. This association
takes a vote of its member
ship each year on the recon-
mended candidate for the
board. Our recommendation
is then submitted to the
Board Of Commissioners for
their consideration when
making this appointment. AS
a general rule, the Commits
sioners have appointed to the
Board of Pharmacy the NOM
inee which we recommend.
At no time in the past eight
years that I have been with
this association. nor in the
past twenty years that 1 have
been familiar with the struc-
ture of the Board of Phar-
macy, have I witnessed any
bias toward the chains y
nor any attempt ito do away
with sma all, independent
druggists in favor of the large
drugstore chains"
Every member of this as
sociation has an equal op-
portunity to vote for the
candidate of his own choice
for appointment to the Board
of Pharmacy. If at any time
an attempt were made by
anyone to exert pressure OF
influence against any person
or persons. firm or firms, the
membership-at-large of this
association would rise up in
unison in complaint. We
would demand that any per-
son making such an attempt
be barred from membership
on the Board OF Pharmacy
This association conducts it.
self in a democratic manner
Any vote. be it in voting for
a member of the Board oi
Pharmacy or any other mat
ter, is based upon decision OF
the majority.
The present Board of Phar-
macy is composed of five
members. Three of these
members are owners of theii
own independent drugstore,
and the two other members
are e-pharmacists
Thus, it is apparent that in.
dependent pharmacists are
Evening star., 1960-05-15

Of particular significance
is the recent action by the
realistic District Bar Asso-
citation defeating a so-called
mental health" proposal
dreamed up by psychiatrists.
According to the brief item
in The Star, by a vote of
almost 2 to / I'll to 44) the
esteemed District Bar vehe-
mently and soundly rejected
a proposed amendment to
the D. c. Code which would
have cut in half the present
legal projections against be-
ing "railroaded" into mental
institutions. The supporters
of this odd change in the
56-year-old code protection
against involuntary commit
ment included the District
Medical and Psychiatric So
cieties. None of the pro-
ponents of the radical pro-
posal made any showing of
realistic or actual need for
the code amendment.
Along with the fact that
the term mental illness"
is not susceptible to legal
definition, principal opposi-
ton was based on the at
tempt in the proposal to clas-
sify under mental illness"
neurotics, sociopaths, alco-
holics, sex deviates, drug ad-
diets, as well as such things
as inadequate personality,
compulSive personality, etc.
The sound, sane and we'll
reasoned opinion by members
of the District Bar Associa-
ton expressed by their almost
2-to-l rejection of this radi-
cal proposal is indeed re-
freshing and heartening.
FraukIin n MiIoS
Evening star., 1960-05-15

limited extent, never having
exhibited any ability as a
statesman or particularly dis
tinguished himself in any
other way. A Representative
in Congress from 1847 to
l849, he was Republican can
didate tunsuccessfuD for the
Senate in opposition to
(Stephen) Douglas. Since
that time (1858) Mr.. Lincoln
has been prominent as a poll
tician and travelling stump
orator in behalf of republi-
canism. He is a speaker of
considerable ability :"
Evening star., 1960-05-15
so Years Ago

That SCARED political war
rior, Joseph G. Cannon, Of
Illinois, nationally known as
Uncle joe" turned IA on
May 7. 1910, and Congress
dropped everything to do
him honor. Cigars rolled in
from all over the country and
a portrait of the Speaker
was unveiled at the Capitol.
"It doesn't look much like
him, but it is handsomely
framed" The Star observed,
adding: The Speaker. excel
lent scrapper that he is. was
inclined to believe that among
those who shook his hand
and wished him well were
several gentlemen who would
be happy If he curled up and
eliminated himself from the
political map. Uncle Joe
wasn't fooled. But he Just
felt birthdayish and genial
and didn't care to start any
trouble. So he accepted every
thing as it sounded and let
it go at that :"
Britain's crown changed
heads so years ago. AS Eng
land and the world in gen.
eral mourned the passing of
Edward VII, in his seth year
OF life and 10th year of
reign, a new monarch took
the throne-King George v,
aged As, who was to rule long
and well. The Star of May Z,
1910 reported from London:
THE tolling of the great bell
in st. Paul's Cathedral at
minute intervals between 5
and 6 o'clock this morning
conveyed to Jondoners and
suburbanites the first intim-
alton Of the death of King
Edward. King George v
was proclaimed this after
noon. ="