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Evening star., 1960-12-16
Ugly Americonisin

A basic purpose in the establish
ment Of the Davis Cup competition in
world tennis was international good will.
It is disturbing therefore to those
who have followed the course Of these
matches down through the. years to read
Of the conduct of our whiz kids during
the recent interzone matches between
the United States and Italy at Perth,
Australia. Norman Strange, president
Of the Australia Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion, is filing confidential memorandum
with the United States Lawn Tennis As
Sociation and Is quoted as saying: I'm
all my 36 years Of being associated with
tennis have never seen behavior to
equal that Of the Americans, particularly
the younger members"
While there is little doubt that our
youthful team was subjected to some
harassment by the Australian press, the
inclination Of some Of its members to
temperamental outburstS in tourna-
ments here and abroad has been pretty
well established. Is winning the Davis
Cup so important to the USLTA that it
is willing to forget that tennis has been
traditionally gentlemans sport, that
1t is now willing to tolerate player con-
duct which few years ago would have
resulted in barred entry from tourna-
mentS regardless Of the tennis capabili-
ties Of the performer? We hope not There
is enough anti-Americanism abroad in
the world today without providing new
opportunities for it to spawn and tester.
We believe the USLTA should re-
quire more emotional maturity along
with racquet skill In those selected
to represent the United States. We
think court conduct should be stressed
throughout the player development pro-
gram and boorishness punished. Um-
pires under present rules may default a
player who deliberately ignores and
refuses to follow the directions Of the
umpire with respect to personal con-
duct" and award the match to the op-
ponent. Yet how often have they used
this police power?
One may admire the lighting spirit
of our youngsters and share their dis
appointment in defeat. But it Is not
possible to condone their shenanigans
on and OF the court. To lose the Davis
Cup is regrettable; to lose countrys
reputation for good craftsmanship is
much more so.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
One-Pockoge Budget

The reported Budget Bureau deci-
sion that the District may submit a
single budget to Congress in anticipation
Of increased revenues is at least posi-
tive step away from the chaos which has
made a farce Of the city's financial
negotiations on Capitol Hill for the last
two years.
Increases in local taxes, as well as in
the Federal payment, presumably will be
required to finance the expenditures
which the President is expected to sub
NIT on behalf Of the Commissioners for
the next fiscal year. In the recent past,
when this situation also has prevailed,
the city has been required to withhold
sizeable portion Of its proposed expendi-
lures for submission along with new
revenue proposals as part Of a second
budget" This procedure simply has not
worked. Treatment of the total budget
as single package will have the sub
stantial advantage Of consideration by a
Single appropriations subcommittee, in
stead Of two, whose decisions are DIM
cult to coordinate. In addition, the
consideration Of the budget as an entity
should enhance congressional recogni-
ton Of the need for a more adequate
Federal payment, as well as for such
increases in local taxation as are equi-
table and necessary.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
4bIe Labor Advocate

During the Roosevelt and Truman
3earss the Labor Department was never
headed by q union official. Mr.. Eisen-
hover reverted to older practice when
Aepicked the late Martin Durkin, presi-
dent of the plumbers union, for the
Labor chair in his cabinet.
@g This did not prove to be q happy
e9Deriment. The late Senator Taft
6eScribed it as an incredible" appoint
H2ent. Within q year, Mr.. Durkin had
ggned--unhappy over the Presidents
talsal to press for Taft Hartley
$endments which the Labor Secretary
Taught should be enacted.
Now another union man, or perhaps
0r1es should describe him as a union
Awyer, has been chosen to head the
Department Of Labor. It is no secret
that the President has been anx-
iDuS to line up Arthur Goldberg for this
1pb. There apparently have been two
AitcheS-one certain reluctance on
Mr.. Goldberg's part and rather vigor-
Gus opposition to him among some
Union men, especially in the older AFL
crafts. But Mr.. Goldberg has decided to
accept and Senator Kennedy, we as
sumo, has decided to brave the wrath,
such as it may be, Of the dissident
uhionists.
There can be no doubts on the score
Of Mr.. Goldberg's abilities. He Is gen.
orally regarded as belonging In the very
font rank Of labor lawyers. And we
think he is entitled to lay some claim to
the, mantle of labor statesman, espe-
cially in his enlightened advocacy of a
more mature and more rational re-
lationship between labor and industry.
At the same time he is, of course, an
ardent union partisan. He has been an
effective lobbyist in behalf Of labor
sponsored legislation, he takes an ex-
ceedingly dim view Of the Taft-Hartley
Injunction provisions, and, as general
counsel for the United Steel Workers, he
played key role in last years steel
strike. AS Secretary Of Labor, he can
hardly be expected to change his views
IN any Of these respects.
Senator Kennedy knew this, Of
course, when he picked Mr.. Goldberg
for his cabinet. So the inference nee
esSarily is that he does not consider Mr..
Goldberg'S notable activity in the union
cause as handicap at the cabinet level
Perhaps, in the climate Of the Kennedy
administration, this will prove to be
tustif1ed. Considering Mr.. Durkin's un-
happy experience, however, 1t may be
just as well to wait while and see.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
No Aboninobie Snowman?
It is almost as hard to believe tina

1t Is almost as hard to believe that
there is no snowman-of the abomi-
i1able sort, that is-as it is to believe
that he really exists. At any rate, Sir
Edmund Hillary, an indomitable noun
tain man himself, chose a singularly
appropriate time to break the news
about the nonexiStence Tin his belief) of
the elusive Hinalayan "yeti," native
name for the man of the high SHOWS.
For II the Himalayan snowstorms are
as rough on humans as the kind we have
just struggled through, Sir Edmund's
skepticism may be fully justified.
The intrepid New Zealand conqueror
of Mount Everest, back from special
expedition to track down the Abominable
Snowman, brought back a scalp which
wise men Of aNepalese village declared
came from real snowman. But Sir
Evening star., 1960-12-16

Edmund thinks the furry headpiece ac-
tually came from an animal, such as a
bear. He nevertheless will submit the
scalp to experts at the Chicago Museum
Of Natural History for an opinion. He has
promised to return the scalp to the
Nepalese owners as soon as the exami-
nation is completed.
It seems to US, however, that Sir
Edmund might at least have awaited
the opinion of the scalp experts at the
museum before making up his mind
about this yeti business First thing
you know somebody will be saying
there is no Loeb Ness monster-or even
no Santa Claus!
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Insults From, Cuba

During the demonstration
held out In front Of the
United States legation in
Havana in protest Of the
killing Of o COW by q. s.
rocket fragments. q COW was
paraded around bearing o
sign: Eisenhower, you have
killed one Of my sisters.
Signed John Kennedy. This
to me Is the ultimate Of
human insult. How degrading
can these Communist tools
get with these unwarranted
personal attacks on our
President and President
elect?
This isn't the only such
provoking incident. Several
months ago o Cuban radio
station rudely hurled insults
against Mrs. Eisenhower. In
rebuke. Q Latin American
newspaper. branded this at
tack and this station as
sewer equipment with q
microphone." To what ends
win these slanderous rebels
express their opinions?
Doesn't Castro realize that
he Is cutting America of
rs q nose to spite Cuba's
face? There is q limit to
everything. and these
bearded maniacs have crossed
the line In their vicious verbal
assaults on our country.
Those responsible for this
Cuban smear campaign
should be stopped from
broadcasting their humiliat-
ing harangueS.
~--R-N -
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Mineral Resources

Russia. Red China, Ger
many and Japan are carry
ing out plans to meet their
industrial requirements for
metals by intensively devel-
oping domestic deposits and
increasing imports. Russia's
7-Year-Plan will end in 1865
and she is already thinking
about q second one to end In
1912. by which she expects
to overtake US. That is, Of
course, more Of q myth than
o reality. Nevertheless we
must realize that the SovietS'
strength. which we often
deprecate, is an industrial
power with vast mineral re-
sources, land, people and
brains. It is by deliberate
planning that the Russians
have achieved their present
prosperity: but at the sacri-
flee Of human liberty and
living standards and by ex-
tensive use Of slave labor.
We cannot let the Russians
and Red China grow strong
er while, due to, lack Of fore
sight In securing metal sup
plies, We become weaker.
As our manufacturing Ca
pacities are much greater
than those Of our adversaries
and are expanding each year.
there Is ct present little to
fear from Khrushchev's
threat to overtake us in in
dusttial output, the basis Of
which are metals.
We, have our Office Of
Civil and Defense Mobiliza- :
tion.with its three year stock
pile Of most essential metals.
But the need to start plan
ming beyond the three year
period for our metal require
mentS and to examine present
sources Of supply at home and
abroad is evident. Such q
study will add to our eco
nomic and industrial secu-
rity. To carry out the plan
and maintain our present
position of industrial superb
ority. there must be better
cooperation among the AL
lied nations, which Is not
always the case. This Is most
essential If we are to keep
the grasptng Russians and
aggressive Chinese from ex-
panding their activities In
the mineral fields Of the less
developed countries, partic-
ularly in Latin America, and
thus grow stronger.
Charles VIII Wright.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Overseas Teachers
I commend your newspapeI

I commend your newspaper
for giving space to the excel
lent Sunday Editorial Sec.
ton article entitled Amer
ica's Ninth Largest School
System" by George w.
Oakes. This article points
out details Of q school sys-
tenn which has grown large
without many Of US being
aware Of its growth and Of its
problems. It is by far the best
single article or story Of any
type regarding this school
system which has been pub.
lished. In, my position as
sta1 contact for all Of the
overseas teachers groups,
I see probably most all Of the
stories and publications
which contain references to
the overseas school system.
The impending transit
tional stage for the overseas
school system will bear
watching also. We are hope
full to safeguard the curric-
ulum and the job rights Of
the teachers. Congratulations
again on the fine story.
Robert w. McLain,
Staff Contact for Overseas
Teachers, National Educa-
ton Association.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
NATO Ministers Await u. S. Shift
By CROSBY S. NOl
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

win deliberately duck the
tricky question of control Of
the atomic warheads assigned
to NATO. At present, under
American law these must re-
main exclusively under Amer
lean control. And the prob
lem Of getting Congress to
relinQuish this control will
be up to the incoming admin
istration, assuming it goes
along with the plan.
u. s. Economic Problem
On a less positive note, the
American team headed by
Secretary Of State Herter and
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson will take the oppor-
tunity Of re-emphasizing the
seriousness Of the American
economic problem to the
other members Of the alliance.
Unless ways and means can
be devised to share the bur-
den Of NATO expenses and
reduce the drain on American
gold reserves, NATO will be
warned that the result could
be reduction of the American
commitment to Western Eu-
rope.
European reaction to these
various American proposals
is not entirely a foregone
conclusion. Among the small
er nations, there are strong
reservations about the idea
OF nuclear armament for
NATO. which they feel may
change NATO's present pure
ly defensive nature. France,
preoccupied with the idea Of
building its own nuclear
deterrent force, continues to
look coldly on any plan for
atomic weapons which calls
for an additional heavy OUT
lay Of money.
On the economic side the
American delegation can ex-
pect widespread sympathy
but probably little in the way
Of practical help for stem
ming the dollar loss. BY and
large, Europeans continue to
hope that the incoming ad-
ministration will not carry
through with the threat Of
troop reductions and that
other ways and means will be
found to solve the problem.
The new Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development, which aims at
sharing the burden Of foreign
aid and stimulating trade be-
tween memh 2rs Of the COM
munity, is looked on here as
. hopeful step in this direc-
ton.
Whatever may eventually
come Of them, these Amer
lean proposals will at least
raise the forthcoming meet
ing above the level of the
purely routine. The problem
OF adapting and undermining
the alliance for the coming
ten years is by no means
easy to solve. And between
now and May, NATO will be
given some very substantial
and solid food for thought.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Qualification
Alden Potter.

I am appreciative of your
recent story on the announce
ment Of my candidacy for
the Maryland House of Dele
gates from Prince Georges
County, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary election in
May, 1862. There were, how
ever. two slight discrepancies
on my past record which, I
believe, should be clarified.
First, I did not run un-
successfully for the same seat
in 1858, as reported. I filed,
but Withdrew before the
election. Second, the contest
I lost last May was for dele
gate to the State Democratic
convention, not the State
Central Committee. Even in
losing, I felt I made a good
showing since the other seven
candidates all had party in
dorsement and I was the only
one without 1t. I received
1888 votes, within 1883 Of
my nearest opponent.
Edgar G. PartIOw.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
a National Disgrace

surgeon General Burney OF the
United States Public Health Service is
not given to exaggerating the gravity of
public health problems. His description,
therefore, Of our contaminated rivers as
"a national disgrace" should spur the
Federal Government and the States to
take new look at the tagging cleanup
program.
The program is tagging for num-
Der Of reasons, including insufficient
Federal, State and municipal funds to
finance sewage-treatment plants, chal-
lengeS in court of the Federal Govern
ment's efforts to force local authorities
to build such plants, and growing
pollution Of streams and rivers as resi-
Dental and commercial areas expand.
The whole problem Of saving the Nations
waterways from further contamination
and reducing the number of raw-sewage
sources now contributing to pollution
was discussed, but not resolved, at the
meeting here of the National Conference
on Water Pollution.
The conference was called after
President Eisenhower last February had
vetoed bill to increase from $50 million
to $50 million Federal grants to States
and cities for construction of sewage
treatment facilities. The grants are to
meet part Of the expense Of building
plants-with the remainder of the cost
shared by local governments. Many
counties and cities have taken advantage
Of this Federal aid. However, the Eisen-
hover administration has favored q
gradual withdrawal Of these grants, on
the theory that the cost of treating
sewage should be borne wholly by local
authorities. Yet, under the Federal Sew
age Control Act of 1856, the Federal
Government has held that pollution Of
interstate waterways is national prob
lem, justifying Federal action against
any locality which fails to give proper
treatment to its sewage. 1t is this act
which is at issue in a suit filed by the
United States against the City of st.
Joseph, Missouri. The city is vigorously
fghting the suit.
Meanwhile Public Health Service
omcialS are concerned over relatively
new phases Of the pollution problem.
These have to do with the growing use
OF synthetic detergents, chemical sprays
and other contaminants which find
their way into drinking water. Ordinary
naturalization and publication proc
eSSes do not eliminate these substances.
How to deal with these types Of pollution
is being studied by Federal and State
experts.
That the river problem will be given
special attention in the next Congress Is
assured President-elect Kennedy has
said in the past that he favors increased
Federal aid to local communities in the
antipollution field and Senator Kerr of
Oklahoma and Representative Blatnik
Of Minnesota have announced that they
will introduce bills to provide for such
additional aid. We hope that the pro-
posals for advancing the river cleanup
program will not become involved in
politics, for the need for abating pollu-
tion is not properly partisan issue.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. How can I make sure
that my body will be given
to a certain medical school
when I die, for scientific re-
search in my disease?-M. G..
A. Have your lawyer pro-
vide for this specifically IN
your will. and then notify the
medical school that you have
done so. Discuss the matter
with the members of your
immediate family, to make
sure they understand your
intent and the reason for it.
1t is also a good idea to have
some form of consent signed
by your next of kin land
filed with your wild so there
can be no doubt of your in
tent and no chance of rela-
tives' interfering with it after
your death.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Monetary Madness

During the senatorial pri-
mary campaign in Maryland
(l958) at . Democratic rally
in Baltimore the writer
pointed out that United
States investment in Ca
madam enterprise was Great
ing an imbalance in foreign
exchange that would lead to
friction with the Canadian
government.
Since then the situation
has worsened, not only in
Canada, but as Q worldwide
problem that Is rapidly get
ting out Of hand and is re-
sponsible for the Latin
American crisis which was so
vividly portrayed in "Yanki
No" over WMAL-TV Deem
ber Z. Despite - or because
of?-the rash Of interna-
tional organizations and ap-
peaSementS that are black
mailing the American tax
payer and depreciating the
United States dollar, diplom-
acy offers no antidote for
this rampant monetary
poison.
American world leader
ship? We seem to know less
than enough to run our own
economy. let alone how to
put the world melting pot in
running order. Nor is the
Kremlin doing any better in
checking the drift away from
the solutions Of law and
order.
A thorough re-examina-
ton Of the mathematics Of
money seems the only poSsi-
bic basis for understanding
what to do that will ease
world tensions and make
peaceful competition and
population control possible.
Modern mechanisms are
making the lag in reforming
the institutions Of political
economy develop an ex-
plosive potential that will
beget wars which will not
stay cold. The blind can not
lead the blind much longer
without skidding into the
ruts that lead to Armaged-
don.
"a Alden Potter.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
NSTAS IN SCIENCE
Youths Attitude Toward EIderIv
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Youth regards old folks as
q group apart from every
body else.
This is indicated in studies
carried out under National
Institute Of Mental Health
sponsorship by DrS. Peggy
Golde and Nathan Hogan of
the Age Center of New Eng
land in Boston.
This is an attitude which
physicians Of the Public
Health Service Center for
Aging Research would like to
have broken down.
Drs. Golde and Hogan car
ried out their studies with
100 students between II and
% years old. They were di-
vided into two groups of so.
The first group was asked to
complete the sentence most
old people are ----." The
second completed the sentence
most people are ---." :"
The responses were, Of course,
about as numerous and diff
ferent as the students in
volved, but the first group
fell into a more homogeneous
pattern.
Young Divided In Views
"An ambivalent, or divided,
perspective Of old age among
the young was revealed" says
the Center for Aging report.
There was a combination of
sympathy and aversion,
which seemed related to the
fear Of dependency. This fear
was perhaps the major cri-
terion of the young for the
stigma Of old age. BY the
same token the prospect of
activity in advanced age
seemed to offer the best hope
Of an antidote to this stigma.
Although there were posi-
tive expressions regarding
capacities for pleasant Sc
renity and deep companion
ship in old age, the attitude
was expressed that the old
regard the young as wild and
foolish, and the young were
less inclined to picture them
selves as initiating inter-per-
sonal relationships with old
people than with persons Of
their own age, with whom
greater Spontaneity would be
possible. The younger sub
jects were inclined to see
themselves as responding to
old people in a respectable,
subordinate way"
Center researches are tend
ing to break down the basis
Of this attitude in various re-
spects, although some of
them show that a certain
slowing down of activity is
inevitable. It is, however, not
predictable in any particular
field.
In comparisons of the
abilities Of younger and older
persons to learn and perform
q series Of graded card-Sort-
ing tasks, the older group
generally tended to poorer
performance on tasks requir-
ing most mental manipula-
tion. This is among the find-
ings Of q study by DrS. Jack
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Portrait of Motorist

The streets, are covered
with icy snow,/ Now it is
time for me to get UP and
CO., My tires are slick and
I have no chains,/ But / can
drive for I have the brains. !
I grind the gears on this
frosty morn And tootle the
horn, all people to warm
! turn on the heater and
step on the gas,/ There are
dumb drivers that I must
paSs./ The front wheel
slips and the rear does slide;f
Help! My heap is in Q four
way glide./ I grip the wheel
and lean on the horn:/
Sometimes I wish I had
never been born./ But I'm
still In q hurry and can't
be late:/ Look out, st.
Peter! or I'll crash your
gateN
Angus Sinclair.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry sUriters' correct
names and addresses. An let
ters are subject to condsnsG-
tioT. Those not used will be
returned only iDhen accom-
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stamped eMuelopes.
Evening star., 1960-12-16

Botwinick. Joseph Robin
and Joseph Brinley Of the
National Institute Of Mental
Health.
Their older group was COM
posed Of Is men IS to 81
years old. The young group
was Of 80 men aged 10 to IS.
Each group was Subdivided
into high education (12 years
or more Of SCHOOL, and low
education less than 10 years
OF school) subgroups. There
were three major findings.
Three Major Findings
First, the experimenters
report, increased task diff
Guilty and complexity slows
the elder more than the
young. Second, while there is
improvement with continued
practice and the rate of i'm
provement is greater for the
more difficult tasks, this rate
is about the same for the
elderly as for the young. A
third finding was that high
education is not significantly
related to card sorting speed.
On the other hand no slow
ing down was found in the
ability to, discriminate
weights in studies reported
by DIR. Herbert Landau and
James Birren of the National
Institute Of Mental Health.
Subjects in two age groups,
one averaging "a and the
other "a years, were asked to
discriminate between a stand
ard 100 gram weight and a
variable weight ranging from
100 to lis grams. AS expected,
the older group were q little
slower in their judgments
about a half second on the
average. But in neither group
did the speed Of response in
judging the weights decline
as the task became more
difficult - that is, as the
weights were closer and closer
together. This was quite un-
expected. Speed Of response
usually falls off as a task
becomes harder. especially in
older persons.