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Evening star., 1960-07-07

resources in his first struggle
up to civilization, it would be
virtually impossible for him
to claw his way up a second
time.
One can only assume, in
looking ahead, that there will
be a future; that the world
will not end some day soon,
either with a bang or a
whimper.
What is foreseeable? What
prophecy can be laid out today
for the contemporary historian
of 1875 to reassess with the
added boon of hindsight?
Surest things first.
There is no doubt that radio
isotope use will expand and
improve. The expansion will
not be to the extent envisioned
by DR.. Willard F. Libby, who
believes atomic fission prod
ucts may be in short supply
within 10 years. There will
be plenty of demand for fission
products, but also plenty of
supply.
In industry, isotopes will be
used to control quality more
accurately, to automatic pro-
duction lines, to increase plant
safety and to cut manufacture
costs.
In medicine, more diagnostic
uses for the atom will be dis
covered. With either isotopeS
or other sources of radiation,
physicians may learn some
thing crucial about the nature
of cancer, thereby laying the
groundwork for controlling
that disease. The perplexing
process of laying" will be in
vestigated.
Medical treatment may in
clude wider use of neutron
therapy for cancers.
In agriculture, advances can
be predicted generally, but not
specifically. Vegetable crops
will be improved. If animal
husbandry benefits from the
atom, it will be because of bet
ter feed crops through radia-
tion-induced mutations, not
because of new animal breeds,
Radiation processing of food
may develop, but if so it will
probably be with military ap-
plications in mind.
Propulsion of space ships by
nuelear power is a virtual GER
tainty by the mid-1970s.
Aircraft propulsion is less
certain to be perfected, not be-
cause it is inherently more diff
ficult, but because it may not
be needed. "Spy-in-the-sk
satellites could do a better job
than atomic-powered observa-
ton or early warning planes.
Ship propulsion is already a
realty, where profit is no con-
sideration. Whether CONNER
cial nuclear surface fleets will
be operating by 1875 depends
on many factors.
Nuclear power generation
will surely play a substantial
part in the 1875 economic pic
ture in certain parts of the
United States. 1t will probably
be competitive, or very nearly
so, in northern California and
New England by the mid-'6
in Michigan and the Northwest
by the late SOS, in Illinois anc
Evening star., 1960-07-07
The Atomic Years
Look Ahead to 1875 Reveals
LikeIiest Fields Of Progress
CHAPTER XIII
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

If is to the atom eventually for abundant
peace it essential that avoid using it in the interim
for
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aftermath of another relapse into barbariSm is more
likely And because exploited natures choicest
Evening star., 1960-04-03
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By ABIGAIL VAN sukEN

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shock to me because when. !
asked If his first wife signed
such papers he said no. ] am
beginning to wonder If ! love
him enough to marry him
under these conditions. What
do you suggest?
PRETTYPUSS.
1 am glad you are wonder
ing II you love him enough to
marry him under these con-
ditions, because It II appar-
ent that he In wondering, too.
A husband who really loves
his wife wants TO provide her
Evening star., 1960-04-03

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have done modelling and been
in show business, so you
know I am no witch. An
executive where ! am pres
emily employed wants to
marry me. He is in his late
40s and is getting q divorce.
Everyone thinks / am the
cause Of it, but his marriage
was on the rocks when I met
him.
He asked me to sign papers
stating that I am not en-
titled to any money If he
should die, or If our marriage
Evening star., 1960-04-03

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drive with him. I've hsz-r
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why don't YOU take Agnes
Evening star., 1960-04-03
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make . decent marriage.
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IL years old and my problem
is my mother. She can't
stand to see me have any
peace. II ! am listening to
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Evening star., 1960-07-13
B-for-ButIer Day

The man described as "the most
contentious Democratic chairman since
the office was created 112 years ago"
bows out of that role this week. Even
Paul M. Butler, the man in question,
probably would not disagree with the
deScription-although the habit of dis
agreement has been one of his hall
marks.
Mr. Butler himself in acid tones but
with seldom displayed touch of humor,
announced his retirement, as of the day
after convention adjournment, on the
opening night in Los Angeles. CT will
retire at that time," he said unSmilingly,
mot day later, and in spite of some
helpful suggestions which have been
made, not one day sooner" The applause
was warm, and the booS were audible.
1t is for the party faithful to
evaluate the Butler record. Many have,
in fact, already done so-with a broad
spread between their opinions and few
content with middle ground. Mr..
Butler has been as fiercely factional as
he has been partiSan-never reluctant
to cross swords with powerful person
alitieS in his own party while slashing
away at the Republican opposition. The
whole Democratic South probably dis
likes him in direct proportion to his
disreSpect for most Southern political
philosophy, but he has quarreled with
comparable vigor and frequency with
party leaders at other points of the
political compass. The art of getting
along" has not been a preoccupation
with the Indianian
Still, Mr.. Butler has held his post
for 512 yearS-a longer than normal
tenure and it is unlikely that the i'm
print of his aggreSSiveness will fade
quickly upon his departure. If he has
not fashioned the party entirely to his
own wishes, he has at least left it much
to remember him by.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
Twelve Years Later

Twelve years ago, at their 1948
convention in Philadelphia, the Demo-
Gratis fought another battle over a civil
rights platform plank. AS at Los Angeles
last night, the opposing forces were
grouped behind majority and a mi
nor1ty recommendation of what that
plank should contain. But unlike the
relatively mild SkirmiSh in Los Angeles
last night, it was the minority and it's
radical plank that beat down the en-
trenched majority in Philadelphia, and
by a vote of 651 to 582 changed, per-
hapS for all time, the complexion of
the Democratic party.
The radical minority plank of twelve
years ago was brief, mild and rather
innocuous statement of principles, al
though severe enough to jar the Mis-
Sissippi and half the Alabama delega-
ton out of the hall and, as some of
them thought at the time, out of the
party. 1t did not even mention Segrega-
tion in the schools or anywhere else.
1t came six years before the Supreme
Court substituted new law of the land
in that area. And for those who COM
plain of the retarded progress by Ne
groes in obtaining basic rights of citizen
ship, the distance Travelled between
Philadelphia in 1948 and Los Angeles
in 1860 should be quite impressive.
While the majority civil rights plank
shouted into the Democratic platform
last night is hailed by its architects as
the most liberal, progressive and far
reaching statement of such principles
ever adopted by convention, the points
it advocateS-with surprisingly few ex-
ceptions-have already been accepted
by predominant public opinion as not
only right but inevitable. Such ex-
ceptionS as the proposed abandonment
of literacy tests, the unwise resurrection
of legally dubious force measures re-
peatedly defeated in Congress and the
unrealiStic deadline of 1868 for the
completion of school desegregation plans
everywhere are more rhetorical than
substantial.
1t Is too early to judge the effect
of the plank on Southern allegiance
to the party. That is more apt to de-
pend on performance of the candidate
than the language of the platform.
Certainly the Spokesmen for the op-
position left the impression last night
that they were talking mostly for the
record.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
No Blood Was Shed

1t is a little difficult to know what
Lyndon johnson had in mind when he
set the stage for his great debate"
with the Democratic front-runner, Sen
ator Kennedy.
The johnson challenge was issued
at morning press conference in an
atmosphere suggesting that this was
to be no-holds- barred affair. And
when it was announced that Senator
Kennedy had accepted the challenge,
one almost expected to see the prin-
cipals come into the arena accompanied
by seconds and their personal ply
SicianS.s
Actually, it turned out to be
pretty tame affair-almoSt a political
love feast. Senator Johnson spoke with
fervor of his respect and affection for
Jack" described by the Texan as a
man of great intellect, courage and
principle. Senator Kennedy returned
the favor, telling one and all that he
had only the highest regard for my
leader" Senator Johnson managed to
get in few digs at Senator Kennedy,
but they were not new-all of them
have been heard several times before
And in the end the two men wound
up shaking hands, and with each pledg-
ing all-out support for the other should
he get the nomination.
In all probability, Senator Johnson
set up this face-to-face meeting as a
kind of last effort to sell himself to
the delegates as the man who is best
equipped for the presidency in terms
of maturity, experience and leadership.
If this was the case, however, it was
hardly a successful effort. For while
both men did well, we thought that
the Massachusetts, Senator walked off
with the blue ribbon <
There is also possibility that this
was a ''rigged" debate-rigged in the
sense that it really was designed to
lay foundation and prepare climate
for a Kennedy johnson ticket. We
doubt very strongly that this was the
case. But if it was, it has to be said
Evening star., 1960-07-13
An Omission

Your issue of July 7, under
the headline, 1900 Steven
son Supporters Hear Mrs.
Roosevelt at Big Rally Here, "
ran a good photograph Of
Mrs. Roosevelt and Arlington
Delegate Kathryn Stone; IS
paragraphs on the rally in
general and Mrs. Roosevelt's S
fine speech; 2 inches on Sem
ator Carrolls remarks; and
not one mention of Harry
Golden, a newsworthy man
under any circumstances.
He made one Of the most
lucid and memorable talks I
have ever heard, speaking in
behalf of Mr.. Stevenson and
the world we live in, with
dignity, perception, love and
humor-as you'd expect the
author of only in America"
to speak.
Eleanor Schafer.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
Our Slip Shows

I am often on Capitol
HILL" and also a man on the
street." and have used The
Star ito prove a point"
Generally you are very &C
curate. But even The Star
now and then gets things
wrong.
Your July 3 issue carried a
picture National Shrine"
with some children gazing at
the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. The caption said:
THE Declaration of Inde-
pendence, historic document
written by Thomas Jefferson,
and signed on the Fourth of
July, 1776, by many famous
Americans. :"
The document was written
by Jefferson, with some edi-
torial assistance by Benja-
min Franklin. 1t was ap-
proved July 4, after Con-
greSS made 86 changes in it,
deleting 480 words or about
one-fourth of the document.
But it was not signed July
4, 1776. AS an afterthought,
the Continental Congress on
July 19 decided to have it
written on parchment, and
let members of the Congress
sign it. The day set for the
signing was August 2, 1776.
However. at least six signed
later. One said he signed
five years later.
The copy of the Declara-
tion in the Archives is the
one approved for signatures
as passed by Congress on
July 10, 1776. and signed by
many leaders on August 2.
Some of those who signed
were not members of the
Congress which passed the
Declaration.
BY the way. the Congress
first passed a resolution de-
claring the colonies to be
free and independent states
on July 2, 1776, or two days
before Jefferson's Declara-
ton was approved.
I am sure you did not in
tend to give the children in
correct information about
the Declaration.
o. C. Miller.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
School Suggestion

School Superintendent Carl
Hansen maintains that stu
dents should write more
themes. The District teachers
maintain that they cannot
handle a heavier workload.
Both are right. Both are as
suming, however, that all ad-
ditional themes would have to
be graded by the teachers,
and such grading simply is
not necessary. An expert
enced teacher can verify that
the majority of students can
be graded as accurately on
three themes as on 10, and
I suggest that the District
schools require, say, 10
themes per student and that
the teachers handle them as
follows:
Collect a theme a week of
a specified length for the
first 10 weeks of school,
placing a check mark by the
students name in the grade
book to indicate he submitted
it.
Place the themes, uncor-
rected, in a file.
At the end of 10 weeks the
class will have covered much
OF the semeSter's work in
grammar and composition.
Now, return the themes, and
during class periods require
the students themselves to
correct their own themes in
the light of their better un-
derStanding of the specific
word, phrase, clause, sem
tence, paragraph and unified
whole. identifying his own
errors is an excellent disci-
pline for anyone.)
Re-collect the corrected
themes. After all sets have
been student-corrected, select
at random three per student
for grading, and place the
resulting grade average by
his name to be computed at
the end of the semester with
his test grades.
Besides greatly simplifying
the teachers paperwork, this
system gives the teacher a
way to judge the students
progress through the correc-
tions on the papers, and it
gives the student incentive to
learn since he will do his own
correcting.
The value of themes lies
not in the teachers reading
Evening star., 1960-07-13
Backs Rockefeller

I feel compelled to write in
favor of a man who has
dared to raise his voice in
constructive criticism in the
hope tn at the American
people will become more
aware of the very grave sit
uation freedom as a whole
faces at this time. Men who
have had insight into our
future problems and into our
various positions in the past
have been ridiculed only to
become heroes at a later
date. Those men who can see
beyond party lines, beyond
their noses" so to speak, are
the men who should be put
in positions of trust and
leadership.
Nelson Rockefeller is such
a man. He is trying desper-
ately to point out our made
quacies and worrying about
our future in this troubled
world. He is dedicated to the
principles Of the founding
fathers. His is a family that
has benefited this country
in countless ways. He is sin
cere in his efforts to perfect
our defenSes and to give
America a new reSpectability
throughout the world. His
country comes first and not
the political party. In this
age it is more necessary
to be concerned about our
country first rather than this
constant Stressing - to the
possible detriment of every
thing else of the political
party. OF course we need a
two-party system and Rookie
feller believes strongly in
this. This is almost under
stood. st
Here is a man Of stature,
dignity, insight and intelli-
gence who is beholden to no
body and who will not answer
questions on subjects he has
not studied carefully, who is
close to the problems we
face through experience and
study and who is dedicated
perhaps more than anyone
else to the principles upon
which this country was
founded. He is the Governor
of a State when he should be
the President of this country.
Marjorie B. Irish.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
MOVING the Mail

Your July l editorial, mo
Mail Showdown, Please" drew
the logical conclusion that
the Cunningham bill ought
to be consigned to the dead
letter Office"
That bill, passed by the
House, would prohibit the
Postmaster General from
sending flrst-class mail by
air when space is available
on airlines. If passed by
the Senate, it would mean
100000 pieces Of mail each
day would be denied the
speed Of air transport and
would be forced to go by
slower, surface means:
mainly railroad.
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Examiner Howard C.
Hosmer conducted a search
ing investigation of passen-
ger-train service several years
ago. He pointed out that
between 1947 and 1857, pas
Senger-train miles of the
Class I railroads have been
cut 32.5 per cent. I'm view
Of the continuing reduction
in paSSenger-train service"
he said, "it is difficult to
find fault with the efforts of
the Post Office Department
to develop other means of
transportation"
For Washingtonians, Sen
ate approval of the bill would
mean that almost one-half
a million pieces of mail each
day would be taken away
from the Speedier form of
transport and forced to the
ground. In some cases, up to
two days time would be
added to the transit time
for mail leaving this city.
]. Handy Wright of the
Association Of Americ a n
Railroads said that your
editorial erred in saying that
the Postmaster General has
the authority to transport
first-class mail by air.
Actually, your editorial was
correct. The Post Office does
have the right. 1t was estab-
lished by the District Court
of Appeals a few years ago
when they found that: I'm
sum, we conclude that the
experimental program for
carrying ordinary first-class
mail by air is within the
statutory authority of the
Postmaster General and is
authorized by law"
But, the real issue is not
whether one form Of trans
portation, or another, would
benefit. The issue that should
be considered is whether or
not the public will benefit.
And there can be little
doubt that the residents Of
Washington, along with the
rest of the Nation, stand to
benefit from the improved
postal service that follows
from the logical assumption
that mail is important, and
that mail should always be
moved in the most expedi-
tiouS manner.
John HOving,
Vice President, Publ C
Relations, Air Transport
Association of America.
Evening star., 1960-07-13
/. THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy Foes Make Last Stand
BY GOULD LINCOLN

young to head the United
States in these grave times.
Certainly the anti-Kennedy
forces are making the most
of this situation.
These same anti-Kennedy
forces are saying, too, that
delegates who were pledged
to Senator Kennedy months
ago, before the eruption of
the incidents which have
created growing tension and
have brought this country
almost to the verge Of war,
should reconsider. There is
reason to believe that some
of these delegates are doing
just that.
Setbacks for Senator Ken
nedy, indeed, occurred in
several State caucuses. In
California, for example, 311a
votes were cast for Kennedy
one less than were cast for
Mr.. Stevenson. Gov. Pat
Brown. who has given his
blessing to Senator Kennedy,
had hoped to have nearly so
votes for Senator Kennedy.
Minnesota, home State of
Senator Humphrey, had been
another hope of Senator
Kennedy. Now it appears
that most Of the Minnesota
delegates will go for Mr..
Stevenson on the first or
second ballot.
Battle Shaping Up
So the final battle against
Senator Kennedy and for the
other candidates is shaping
up. The big question if Sena-
tor Kennedy should be
stopped" is, of course, to
whom the convention will
turn for its presidential
nominee. That, indeed, gives
the delegates pause, for
while those supporting Sena-
tor johnson, Mr.. Stevenson
and Senator Symington make
common cause against the
Massachusetts Senator, many
OF them are also against the
nomination of Mr.. Stevenson,
against the nomination of
Senator johnson and against
that of Senator Symington-
all for different reasons.
These differences of opinion
may in the end, result in
aiding the Kennedy nomina-
ton.
But If a political miracle
should occur and the conven-
ton should deny the nomina-
ton to Senator Kennedy, it
may turn to Senator Syming-
ton who does not bear the
handicap of having twice
been defeated in presidential
elections nor the handicap of
hailing from the South.
Despite Senator johnson S
evident ability, he is opposed
strongly by Northern liberals,
by organized labor and by
many Negro leaders. These
groups usually control the
Democratic Party. If the con-
vention should finally select
Mr.. Stevenson he would be
the William Jenning Bryan
of the 1960s - a three-time
nominee of the party. Many
Democrats fear he might be
also a three-time loser, Just
as the Great Commoner"
was.
Evening star., 1960-07-13

Saturday is perhaps the
best night to look things over,
although any other will do.
But there is something about
a Saturday night the world
over that is different.
From the days when it was
bath night" there has been
little change. It is still Satur-
day night, in Washington al
most the SAME as it is in the
smallest village of the land.
Anyway, it is the best even
ing for our observations. Hell
are some of the things I saw
on such a night:
+ 4
I saw three little Negro
children, each holding a bit
of paper shaped like a mask,
each paper adorned by large
round circles of colored ISM
glass. They were looking at
the world through green, red,
yellow.
1 saw two girls, perhaps
twelve or thirteen years old,
walking by, carrying colored
canes. One stick was enam-
eled a bright green, the other
was red. The canes made the
girls strut.
l saw a pompous business
man rolling along in his
automobile. one of the brand
that is popularity reported to
cost as much as a good house
still can be purchased for
$4,000. Although he was
seated, he sat swaggeringly,
! swear.
I saw a young girl, per-
haps sixteen years old, may
be eighteen, prance by in new
shoes, at which she looked
lovingly at every third step.
y
Each one-child, girl, man
- was as proud as proud
could be over the latest ac-
QUESTION. One had some
thing given away with a loaf
Of bread and another a thing
that cost thousands, but each
inspired the same feeling.
AS Alexander Pope put it:
Behold the child, by ma
lures kindly law,
Pleased with a rattle. tic
killed. with a straw;
Some livelier plaything
gives his youth delight,