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Evening star., 1960-10-16
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Evening star., 1960-01-30
A Record Collection

Final figures on the 1859 United
Givers Fund drive show that the cam
paign organization merits the praise of
the community for a record achieve
ment. Although the $7,133 900 goal was
not reached, the $6,847, ,683 collected was
SO per cent Of the objective and, more
over, was the largest sum ever raised in
this area for united charity and welfare
agencies.
There has been steady increase in
percentage of goal since the first UGF
drive in 1956-the only one which has
gone over the top. Only 90 per cent of
the 1857 goal of 81 million was attained
and 95, per cent Of the 1858 goal, also
Of 81 million. Last year the target
was raised by $133, 900 and yet the cam
paigners fell only per cent under the
goal. otto, g.
While it is too bad that all the
. money needed by the UGF agencies was
not obtained, the returns were sufficient
to prove that Washington and the sub
urban communities are still in favor of
united giving as opposed to multiple
drives by many agencies. But they must
continue to support the annual UGF
= campaign-even more generously than
/ IN the past-if they want to perpetuate
the one-package solicitation principle.
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Lfe-Sovinq Proqrum

President Eisenhower has urged his
Traffic Safety Committee to redouble
its efforts to make the Nations high
ways safer. He is right in holding that
the 1859 traffic c-slaughter toll of $4,000
calls for broader and more intensified
application of the nine point life-saving
program adopted when the committee
was organized in 1o49. That the pro-
gram has saved many lives is beyond
question-but the statistics show that
much remains to be done.
Last years traffic deaths exceeded
the 1858 total by about 300. The COM
mittee said that the record would have
been even worse but for the steel strike,
which apparently reduced the number
OF cars on the road during the latter
part Of the year. The trend so far this
year has been far from encouraging
1t is this situation that led the
President to call for expansion of the
drive to save lives on the constantly
growing network Of highways. The nine
points stressed by the Presidents COM
mittee are: improved laws, more effec-
tive law enforcement, higher quality
Of traff1c courts, strict driver licens-
ing, adequate accident reporting, more
Evening star., 1960-01-30

Call for Volunteers

On January 90. you pub
lBhed a letter from Marion
Weickhardt compliinenting
Congressman Broyhill on his
recent quest o n naire to
Northern Virginia citizens
and suggesting that the re-
turns be tabulated and pub
lished by a nonpartisan
group.
AS the Congressmans ad-
ministrative assistant, I
would like to Fundamentally
indorse this suggestion. The
response to the questionnaire
has been tremendous. Our Of
flce is piled with mail bags
full Of returns. / do not know
how the staff can, attend to
its regular work and also
tabulate the results.
If Miss Weickhardt can ar
range for a nonpattlsap group
to take over, 1t would GER
tainly be with Mr.. Broyhill's
blessing and the deep graft
tude Of the members Of his
staff.
There would be only one
small qualification. Most Of
the returns are unsigned but
we would like to clip of the
names Of any signed ones to
preserve the secret ballot
principle.
Homer Lee KrOut
Administrative Assistant to
Representative Broyhin.
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Support for Mr.. Kishi

Earlier this month, at the Tokyo
international Airport, mobs of extreme
left wingers demonstrated violently
against Premier NobuSuke Kishi as he
left for the United States to sign the
new Japanese American treaty of mu-
tual cooperation and security But now
the story is different: Great crowds
have turned out to give him a sort Of
hero's welcome on his return home, and
the wild-eyed opposition seems to have
faded away entirely. go
This Is good sign. 1t does not
mean, OF course, that the Japanese Pre-
mier will have completely smooth sail
Ing when the treaty is submitted to
Parliament for ratification. For the
debate on the subject is likely to be
extremely heated, with the Socialists
and other opposing members Sparing no
effort to bring about the pact's rejection.
But Mr.. Kishi and his Liberal-Demo-
cratic government hold comfortable
parliamentary edge, and the opposition
will be able to do little more than make
lot Of noise unless substantial num-
Der OF Liberal-Democrats defect and
'oCo Ill Cllc negative, WHICH Is cOnSlQ-
cred highly improbable.
Accordingly, the outlook for early
ratification is bright, even though Red
China continues to lombard Japan with
mendacious and threatful propaganda
attacking the pact as tool Of American
"imperialiSts" intent upon "reviving Jap
aneSe militarism and posing new grave
threat to the peace and security Of Asian
countries" The Kremlin has been SINH
larly critical, even to the point of send.
ing formal note-promptly rejected
suggesting that the Tokyo government
Is inviting all sorts of dire consequences.
The fact still remains, however that the
new treaty, replacing the old one Of
= 1851, is an altogether legitimate defen--,
sive arrangement fully justified by in
ternational law and the Charter Of the
United Nations.
That is why Mr.. Kishi appears to
have strong, solid majority of the Jap.
aneSe people behind him as he prepares
to ask Parliament to ratify AS he has
put 1t, I'VE cannot ignore the fact that
the totahtarian offensive continues un-
abated" and that the alliance with the,
United States is needed to help safe
guard Japan's freedom. The welcome
home just accorded him strongly sug-
geSted that most Of his countrymen feel
the same way.
Evening star., 1960-01-30
THIS AND THAT:
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

There are so many rainy
mornings that 1t is a good
thing for the person who
must be out in them to learn
how to appreciate them.
Reading the classics of
English literature is one way,
because the best of Great
Britain's penmen and women
always found something ex-
hilarating in the rain,
They liked to walk, and
that is a tip to us Of q motor
age.
We must walk. If we want
to enjoy rain.
This means good shoes, a
raincoat and a hat. If a wet
head. hair and especially
face tend to bother you, They
do some people.
Some persons, notably
young ones. either like or
pretend to like a wet head.
We recall seeing a girl get
aboard the modern lugger,
the public bus. on a sleety
day.
The cloth she had around
her hair was wet from top to
bottom.
Being rather old-fashioned,
ourself, we thought she would
remove the rag, but she did
not.
No, indeed, she just sat
there all the way downtown
with that cold bandage
around her brow.
Probably 1t became what is
sometimes called a compress,
as the heat Of her skin and
Of the bus warmed 1t up.
AS she left. we said to
ourself, "I'll bet she gets a
cold out Of this" but we
never knew. of course.
1t would be interesting to
be able to follow UP such
cases and see If the person
involved suffered from the
consequences of his or her
own rashness.,
y \
Walking in the rain must
be done with common sense.
He who dashes out Just to
get wet Is missing every
thing.
The witness is just part OF
the show, not all Of 1t. -
It is an inconvenience. any
way you look at it.
We have always thought
that plants, flowers and
shrubs and trees, to say
nothing Of the foods we eat,
and for Heavens sake, why
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Opera in Red

Irving Lowens on Sunday
provided a most interesting
bit Of history on the early
performances of Otello IN
this country, in commenting
on the much-acclairned pro-
duction Of this great opera
just presented by the Opera
Society Of Washington.
The fact that the American
premiere Of Otello in New
York in 1883 was a finan-
cially disastrous venture is
not only interesting but is no
surprise. even to those Of us
Of the Opera Society who
were not aware Of this his
tory. ~
To be sure, Otello is not
only a great work Of art, it
is,a most expensive one to
produce.
Mr.. Lowens recalls that
after eight performances Of
Otello, the original American
producing company folded"
but comments that from the
soldout houses at Lisner Au-
ditorium. and the general
expressions of delight every
time an OSW production is
mentioned" he knew that
such a fate was far removed
from our local company"
It perhaps may interest
your readers to know that
despite the soldout houses
here and the broad acclaim
accorded our Washington
Otello. the officers Of the
Opera Society Of Washington,
flushed with another wonder
full success, were nevertheless
scurring about town over the
week end to borrow emer-
gency funds to pay the bills
which were coming due Mon
day evening after the final
performance.
Opera at best is a so per
cent deficit operation. The
Metropolitan Opera Com
pany in New York usually
runs a half-million dollar
deficit on Its operating budg-
ct alone. making UP the diff
ferences from contributions
and endowments.
The financial difficulties
encountered by the Opera
Society OF Washington, even
after it had established the
unusual professional caliber
Of its performances. recently
prompted the forming OF a
Citizens Committee for Opera
by q number OF professional
and business people who have
undertaken to keep the Wash
ington people from, in Mr..
Lowens' words, folding" We
are currently engaged In a
quiet but all-out effort to
broaden the base of support
for the society so that emer-
gency week end borrowings
such as were necessary this
past week end. will become a
thing Of the past.
I am sure that there are
in Washington enough people
who take pride in the cultural
life Of their community to
assure the continuance Of the
Opera Society. Contributions
are being received at the or
ganization's Offices at l745 K
street NV
Carl Levin,
Cochairman Citizens Com
mittee for Opera.
Evening star., 1960-01-30

not say something about
them, too.
Well. we have always
thought that all plants find
wetness a sort OF incon-
venience also, they often look
so miserable as the rain pelts
them. ..a--.''-
Certainly they benefit
mostly, except in the most
prolonged downpoui.s.
Human people are not
plants, and cannot benefit
directly from rain.
1t is enough, perhaps, that
they can be inspired by it.
Rain does something to the
soul as we'll As to the skin.
Today, faced by ultra
bombs, We do not hear as
much abouts the soul as in
the old days.
The soul seems to. be in an
eclipse or something
After all, when a slight
mixture of two unknowns
can blow us all to smither-
,eenS in a twinkling of an eve,
1t behooves us to think seri-
ously about the human soul.
Its chances for survival
somehow seem Just a little
bit better on q nice rainy
day.
Then, if ever, the soul
comes into its own.
1t is very easy. then, for
any soul-owner to feel sure
or the precious quality in his
possession. ",-. a.-
Something about the lash
Of the wind and the roll Of
the water intensifies life.
All of us need life in
tensifierS. a,..
Some seek this one way,
some another. Narcotics and
other chemicals are used, but
their after-effects are bad.
A rainy day has no such
inimical rebounds, as long as
the walker has enough sense
to keep his feet dry. and his
head properly covered, at
least after he becomes so
years old. .s.
There is a fine dividing line
in life, and age so is it; we
believe. q. s..
, Before that, anything
After that. not too much of
anything. And this applies
) to a rainy day and its in
splration as well as to any,
thing else. Even when we
seek to revive the soul of man
we still need common sense.
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Army Segregation

While white Southerners
are beinS told that they
must integrate for the sake
of world opinion" the in
tegrated U. s. Armed Forces
are carefully practicing seq
regation, also "for the sake
of world opinion" For ex-
ample, the $500 United
States military personnel
stationed in Iceland are all
white. The New York Am
sterdam News. q Negro news
: paper published In Harlem,
Is trying to. make an issue
of the fact that Negro troops
are systematically excluded"
from assignments to duty
stations in Iceland.
Washington news sources
have also stated that there
are no Negroes among the
American forces in Iceland.
1t has been said that the
United States policy Is to de-
fer to the wishes Of the
country in which American
bases are located. Another
instance, OF segregation has
been reve aled in Saudi
Arabia where the United
States maintains an air base
at Dhahran, At Dhahran
Jews are not even permitted
to stay overnight while ell
route to another assignment.
1t Is hard to believe that
q government which would
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Nixon Battle Plan

:" AZ Vice President Nixon deployed his
political strength on two different fronts
n in Chicago the other night. If this
is sometimes considered questionable
strategy militarily, it still looked like
potentially effective plan of battle for
a man aspiring to succeed his own
general.
80 -. For Mr.. Nixon, first of all, lined him
: self up squarely with the President
Z disputing the opposition jeers that Mr..
> Eisenhower has been weak" and sup
porting this defense by examples Of
:, Courage and strength in the Chief Ex-
!, ~ecutive's handling of both domestic and
international matters. For himself, he
made it clear that he will not-hke "the
Democratic candidate for President" in
1852 (Adlai Stevenson) run away from
the record of a preceding administra-
tion of his own party. Running with"
Mr.. Eisenhower still promises to be
sound strategy for 1860.
as Having made this commitment,
! however, Mr.. Nixon turned to his second
y front. A record Of the past, he said, is
not an ultimate achievement" but
rather foundation on which to build
greater accomplishments. He then
listed six points Of domestic program.
Significantly, they were six on which
the opposition has trained some of it's
heaviest fire at Eisenhower positions,
and Mr.. Nixon, one gathers, plans to do
more on all Of them If he is elected.
- On this basis, there would be new and
greater efforts in the following fields:
~ Education, (2) civil rights, (3) agri-
culture, a. helping areas Of chronic
unemployment, (53 social security, and
.(6) labor-management relations. I'M
=, provements in all of these areas, he i'm
piled, will be sought in the first instance
by encouraging free enterprise or local
government action-not by bigger Fed
,eral Government, more spending and
higher tax bills.
These, of course, are promises" and
as such are far from performances.
They are enough to indicate, however,
e. that Mr.. Nixon will not stand pat, but
will strike out on his own
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Arab Hostility

Jamal sad or the Arab
Information Center has tried
to make 1t appear that the
absence Of swaStikas or anti
Jewish slogans in Arab coun-
tries Is proof that the Arab
states are not anti-Semitic
or anti-Jewish in their pol
icies and sentiments.
The chalking Of slogans
on walls is. in general, to be
found only in literate coun-
tries. In countries such as
the Arab states. where the
vast majority of the people
can neither read nor write,
this way Of expressing hos
tility towards any individual
or minority group is not
customary.
It was hostility towards
local Jews on the part Of the
public and the anti-Jewish
attitude Of the Arab govern
ments which led the majority
Of the Jews living in Arab
League states to leave those
countries, abandoning their
property without compensa-
ton. and to find new homes
in Israel or elsewhere. With
in recent weeks a group Of
Jews fleeing from Arab per-
secution even undertook a
trek on foot lasting about
two months. preferring to
face wayside death and dan
gers rather than remain
within the atmosphere of
persecution they found among
their Arab neighbors and
governments.
Mr.. Sad is surely aware of
the fact that in some Arab
countries (Syria, Yemen and
Saudi Arabia Jewish in
habitants are not allowed to
build houses Of more than
one floor or ride horses, as
this would mean that they
were higher than their Mos
lem neighbors."
I might remind Mr.. Sad
Of an article in the pro-Nas-,
ser Beirut journal Sayyad',
on November Is, 1856. De-
scribing the "crime of ancient
Egypt in letting the Hebrews
out Of Egypt" the weekly,
stated:
"The crime perpetrated by
Egypt against humanity.
along the lines described by
Hitler in his book Why I
Fought the Jews is that
Egypt let them out instead
Of annihilating them and
thus relieving the world of
their evils.
IF the free world still
remembers Hitler. 1t is for
one deed-namely, the puri-
flcation Of the world Of the
Israel plague. The world has
begun to regret that Hitler
died before he had accom-
plished his humanitarian
mission.
Robert G. Garin.
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Police Wide of Mark?

The January l9 Evening
Star had two photos show
ing members Of the WASH
ington police engaged in
their annual shooting tests"
The caption under the sec
ond photo indicated that
an oficer who fails to
qualify with his first 80 shots
must pay for his own am
munition each time he takes
the tests to qualify" Does
this mean that the firearms
training program Of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
rnent requires an ofiicer to
qualify only once a year?
Further. is an officer required
to maintain his proficiency
with the service weapon on
his own time and at his own
expense? II the answers to
the above questions are yes,
in my opinion, the training
program is woefully made
quate. It would be very in
teresting to hear comments
from other law enforcement
organizations on this sub
ject and compare budgets
and training programs.
When an officer is forced
by circumstances to resort to
the use Of the service
weapon, not only his life but
the life Of innocent citizens
depend on his ability. and 80
shots alta limbless target
once a year on q well-lighted
indoor range is just not ade-
quate practice.
." J. w. Hamblen.
Editors Note: Police reg
ulations do require that ON
GERS qualify with the pistol.
once a year. Some officers
practice at their own ex-
pense between qualifying
periods, but this is optional.)
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Agreement on Need

President Eisenhower was echoing
some often. emotionally expressed ap-
peals of the railroad industry when he
told his news conference that there
should be "a real overhaul of all the
regulations and controls" as step to-
ward giving the carriers "a chance to be
prosperous" ut is doubtful II any rail-
roader would differ with the Presidents
opinion that they are governed "by an
,tlquated laws and regulations" and they
have, in fact, pinpointed 1887 as the
birth-year for today's regulatory antiq-
uities. Notifications in, the years since
nave fallen far short, in the industry's
view, OF giving it fair deal In the
mid-twentieth century transportation
economy. ' ''.Fs 1
The railroads complaints are many,
and all are not directed exclusively at
= the Federal Government They do blame
uncle Sam primarily, however, for plac-
Ing them at competitive disadvantage
by granting direct or indirect subsidies
to other systems of public transportation
highway, air, water and pipeline.
Daniel P. Loomis, president of the Asso-
clatfon Of American Railroads, recently
estimated Federal aid to competitive
transport at SIT billion in less than Is
years since World War H. In the same
period, he said, the rails spent S14 bill
lion In private capital for their own
modernization. They complain, also, of
Federal restrictions against diversified
tion (letting the railroads themselves
engage in other forms of transporta-
tion), Of the difficulty in getting
approval Of mergers which would i'm
prove service and utilization of facilities.
and prohibitions against more competi-
tive rate-making.
Many State authorities likewise
are villains in the railroad books-be-
cause OF reluctance to permit local rate
changes or to approve abandonment Of
Improbable services. Most of all, the
States and even local communities are
asSailed for their heavy tax take. The
levy per mile Of road in New Jersey,
highest in the country, is estimated at
five times the national average. Even the
featherbedding problem, which the in
dustry claims costs it $500 million yearly
for work not done, is blamed in part on
State safety" laws as well as upon
union demands.
Obviously, some of the railroads
problems are of their own making-as
Mr.. Eisenhower pointed out. Further
more, the Transportation Act of 1858
dealt favorably with some Of the indus
try's grievances, against Federal policy
including rate-making. Both the De-
partment Of Commerce and the Senate
Commerce Committee currently are en-
gagged in transportation studies which
may lead to further corrective legisla-
tion. Whatever the result, the railroads
have one sound premise, namely, that
the Nation needs them. AS basic freight
carriers, their service cannot be trans
ferred entirely to any combination of
competing systems If their economic
health Is not preserved, as a private
enterprise industry, it is not an exagger-
alton for railroad spokesmen to point to
naturalization as the undesirable alter
native,
Evening star., 1960-01-30

driver education, advanced highway en-
sineering, thorough vehicle inspection
and safer motor vehicle design. All
of these are important, but especially
so are those which deal with the hu-
man factor in automobile accidents. For
analyses of yearly statistics show that
the vast majority Of serious accidents
are the result Of driver error"-chiefiy
excessive speed and other recklessness
Evening star., 1960-01-30
Flaw IN Reasoning.

The letter by Raymond
F. Cottrell advocating the
admission Of Planned Parent
hood for membership in the
UGF is so sober, objective
and convincingly written that
I believe many will be led to
agree with its conclusions un-
less the fatal fiaw in Its rea-
soning is displayed.
The fact to which Mr.. Cot
treil does not advert is that
Roman Catholic charities. re-
ceiving money from the UGF
minister to all, regardless of
race. color or creed. and not
to Roman Catholics alone.
Thus a contributor to the
UGF who is not a Roman
Catholic need not be dis
tressed by the thought that
any fraction Of his generosity
is earmarked exclusively for
Roman Catholics. OF course.
he should no more object,
for instance, to the fact that
a given charity is admins
tered by Catholic nuns than
q Catholic should object that
another worthy and nondis-
eliminating activity Is ad-
ministered by Protestants, or
Jews, or anyone else. The sole
question is whether 1t is a
charity and whether 1t min
listers to all.
The real point is that ac-
tivities based on funds turned
over to Planned Parent
hood organizations are not,
in conscience, available to
Catholics or to anyone else
who shares their convictions
in this matter. The objective.
thus. is clearly discrimina-
tory, and it is no proper reply
TO- say that Catholics need
not observe the dictates Of
conscience or should be dis
criminated against because
they do. One could with such
logic ask Jews to contribute
to q fund for better ham or
Adventists to give money for
research on how to have more
fun on Saturday.
Need 1t be further empha-
sized that Planned Parent
hood activities cannot serve
all residents of the area ir-
respective Of race, creed or
color?