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MARSHALL. ROBERT D. on Monday,
May >. 1860, ROBERT D. MAR
SHALL Of 451 N ST. NV, son OF the
late Elias and Jane Marshall and
father of Mrs. Lillian A Middleton.
Also surviving are one grandchild.
Ioutenia Y. Green; one brother,
]. William Marshall; his nieces and
nephews, other relatives and many
friends Notice OF funeral later
Arrangements by MCGUIRE, Inc.
MARTIN, CHRISTINE MARIE. on
Sunday. May ]. 1860. CHRISTINE
MARIE MARTIN, beloved daughter
Of John Vincent and Alvina Splitter
Martyr. Friends may call at the
Robert A Mattingly Funeral Home,
l3l llth st. Sc. after 8 pm. Mon
day, May ., until am. Wednesday.
May 4. Requiem mass at Mount
Calvary Church, Forestville. Nd. at
$3.50 am. Relatives and friends in
vited. IntermenI Cedar Hill Gene
terry. 3
MERRITT, HORACE LEE. On Sunday.
May /, 1860, at Mt. Alto Hospital,
HORACE LEE MERRITT OF 9IS Bu-
ehanan st. NV, beloved husband Of
Mrs. Frances c. Merritt and brother
Of Bernard W. Merritt, Mr. Marshall
] Merritt. Mrs. Beulah Williamson
and Mrs. AvaTee Mclaughlin. Friends
may call at the Hysong's Funeral
Home, 1900 N st. NV. after 8 pm.
Monday evening. where services will
be held on Wednesday, May 4, at
1880 p.m. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery 8
Evening star., 1960-05-03

CURTIS, LEO ALLEN. On Thursday,
April IS. 1850 LEO ALLEN CUR
IT'S. He leaves TO mourn a de-
voted mother and father, one sister,
two brothers and a host OF other
may be viewed at the Joynes Fu-
neral Home. l16 Massachusetts ave
u U after u m
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on Monday, May ., 1860. at Prince
Frederick, Nd, ANNIE LAURA
MILLARD. wife Of the late Everett
Millard, mother OF Mrs. Annie Ayres
and Orville Everett Millard. She
also is survived by seven grand
children, seven Observation-Disclosures
and one great-great-grandchi
Services on Thursday. May 3, at .
pm, at the HUNT Funeral Home
Waldorf, Md Interment Marbury
Baptist Cemetery, Marbury, Nd 4
Evening star., 1960-05-03

Upshur st. ne. on May /, 1850.
mother of John H. William L and
Harry M. Jennings. Mrs. Nellie j.
Mrs. Mildred M. Loveless; sister Of
John c. and Charles L. Reeves, Six
grandchildlren and four great-grand-
children also survive. Services at
Chambers Funeral Home, 1900
at II am. Interment Prospect Hin
Cemetery, Front ROYAL Va. 4
Evening star., 1960-05-03
BURTON, JAMES WASHINGTON. {

Saturday. April 30, 1850 JAMES
vived by his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Washington.
Friends may call at the W. H.
Bacon Funeral Home. 1872 7th
st. NV, on Tuesday. May 3, after
8 pm. where services will be held
on Wednesday, May T. at > pm.
Interment Arlington National Gene
Evening star., 1960-05-03

WILLIAM LOTUS. On Sun
Hospital Center. WILLIAM LOTUS
SHIELDS of $500 10th st. NV, be-
loved husband of Dolores Shields;
father Of Capt. William Barrineton
Shields, USMC: brother of Mary
Shields Donaldson Of Los Angeles,
Calf. and Margaret Shields of
Washington. D c. Prayers at the
S H. Hines Co. Funeral Home,
290l l4th st. NV, Wednesday, May
4, at 9:l5 am (parking facilities)
thence to the Shrine OF the Blessed
sada st. NV where the holy sac
rtf1ce Of the mass will be offered at
10 am for the repose of his soul
lnterment Arlington National Gene
terry
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st. ne. on May /, 1860, husband
OF Henrietta L. Burgess, father of
Helen c. Bolks and brother of Mary
Hardestv. Prayers at Chambers
Funeral Home, 5l7 l1th st. Sc,
on Thursday. MAY 5. at $40 am,
Mass in the Holy Name Church,
91S 1lth St ne. at am. In
terment Mount Oliyet Cemetery. 4
Evening star., 1960-05-03

COOK, ESTELLE. On Monday, May
., 1860, EsTELLE COOK of 45
Hanover st. NV, devoted wife of
James w. Cook. Notice of funeral
later. Arrangements by Dovie G..
Brooks and Otis f Allen
Evening star., 1960-03-30
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Also. the story in another
letter about the mouse COM
ing out to watch television.
And another one. about the
parakeet bird declaring, when
questioned why he didn't 20
to sleep, Il didn't say sleepy
I said 'Sweetie.'"
Nice little stories, all, and
we can hope, with the Pro-
fessor. that they are true.
If he is fortunate, he will
see some American dogs,
mostly boxers, now, stand
ing at street corners waiting
to cross with the light.
They do a marvellous job,
too. much better than some
humans.
Several years ago there was
a Boston terrier, a sort of
small bulldog, who never
failed to 60 across on the
green at Connecticut avenue
and Mckinley street.
People who saw him cross
ing daily said he never made
a mistake.
Just how he did it, well
never know. 1t may have been
that he subtly watched the
feet Of human beings. but
those feet are never depend
able as all that.
In fact, we have seen
scores Of people crossing on
the red light.
A dog who relied on them
would get all mixed UP.
Just how q dog can know
anything about modern traf-
f1c, we really don't know.
Modern cars and speeds are
completely out Of the racial
experience Of dogs.
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Cause and effect, though,
are known to dogs and other
animals.
They arrive at certain
ways of action through being
forced to do so by experience.
Some of these experiences
are forced on them by mems
experiments, attempting to
arrive at certain principles.
Some very famous ex-
periments have been made
with dogs, on account of
their intelligence, with rats,
and with monkeys.
Men, rats and nionkeys-
There you have a smart
trio. and it is not impossible
to believe that they know
something about causality, or
the operation of cause as q
principle or fact Of nature.
But as for those SOUR.
relS-!
Evening star., 1960-03-30

drugs was regarded by medical authori-
ties as a pipe dream. This no longer is
the case. Today most of the worlds spe-
cialists in cancer research have high
hopes of scientific breakthrough that
will pave the way some day for sue
cessful chemical war on the dreaded
killer.
In reviewing the Federal Institutes
research activities on cancer, DR.. Heller
told House Appropriations subcommit-
tee of the encouraging progress being
made in what the experts call chemo-
therapy. He testified that the agency's
cancer chemotherapy program is bring
ing the medical profession "substan-
TALLY closer to the goal of full and effec-
tive control over this awesome threat
to the health and welfare of people
everywhere"
While surgery and radiation have
done much to ease this threat, the dis
ease will continue to kill and cripple
countless men, women and children un-
til more is known about its basic causes.
And as the studies have proceeded, the
possibilities of controlling the ravages
of the disease with chemical prepara-
tionS have increased steadily. DR.. Heller
told the subcommittee that research
into the chemistry of cancer is going
forward at a. rapid pace, with new in
formation being obtained from expert
ments with men as well as animals. He
added: "AS these findings are used as
the basis for development of still more
effective agents, complete control of
cancer by drugs will gradually become
possible"
The prediction by such an authority
on the subject arouSes mixed emotions
elation over the prospect of eventual
conquest of the killer and sadness over
the fact that so many now doomed to
die could be saved If the conquest could
be achieved in the present instead of
the future.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Musical Chairs in Rome

Italy's game of musical chairs, polit-
ical variety, has come to another brief
halt with the naming of a new govern
ment under Premier designate Fernando
Tambroni. Except for the elevation of
Mr.. Tambroni to the premiership, the
quality Of newneSs is more theoretical
than actual. Eighteen ministers in the
outgoing cabinet of Premier Segni re-
main in the Tambroni lineup and Mr..
Segni himself will take" the portfolio of
Foreign Minister. All are members of
the dominant Christian Democratic
Party, but the fact that that party mar
roWly lacks majority in the Chamber of
Deputies means once again that voting
support will be needed from one or more
OF the numerous minority groups.
If there is any significant change of
course by the Tambroni government 1t Is
likely to be slightly toward the left. Mr..
Tambroni himself is identified with the
left-of-center wing of the faction-rid-
den Christian Democrats and, while
retaining the post of Budget Minister, is
expected to favor greater emphasis on
social legislation. The three members
dropped from the Segni cabinet are
right-wingerS and there is the possibility
that Mr.. Tambroni is planning to seek
his needed margin of parliamentary sup
port from the left-wing Socialist Party
of Pietro Nenni.
Fortunately, Italys Western
foreign policy is not likely to be affected
materially by this latest juggling of
cabinet responsibility, particularly with
Mr.. Segni serving as Foreign Minister.
Even so, the divisions within the Chris
tian Democratic Party and the dispro-
portionate influence enjoyed by eight
splinter parties assure that another
government crisis is merely matter of
ttrne-and probably short time.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Why Not in Washington?

A Constitutional amendment pro-
posed by Chairman Celler of the House
Judiciary Committee, extending voting
rights to citizens of Washington, will be
the subject of hearings next week. 1t is
yet another variation of an amendment
for the same purpose approved earlier
this year in the Senate. We prefer the
Senate version to the Celler version, and
we prefer other forms of such an amend
ment to the one approved by the Senate.
But the objective of all these ver-
sionS is the same. The objective is to
extend basic voting rights in their Sover-
eign government to the people of the
Capital of the United States. They are
victims of the most wholesale and sense
less disfranchisement In this country,
II not the world Even the citizens of
Moscow enjoy voting privileges denied
here in Washington.
On today's first page we begin a
series of articles designed to explain
the historical background of this strange
and indefenSible contradiction of prin-
ciples; to show what the purpose of this
Constitutional amendment is and what
1t is not.
It's purpose is to give Washingto-
mans the right to vote for President,
Vice President and representatives of
their own choice in Congress.
1t is not the purpose of this amend
ment to establish So-called "home rule"
1t is not the purpose of this amend
ment to affect in any manner the ex-
elusive jurisdiction of Congress over the
seat of government 1t is not the pur-
pose of this amendment to make the
District Of Columbia State. 1t is not
the purpose of this amendment to chal-
lenge the fact that the dominant public
interest in Washington is the Federal
interest and must so remain as long as
this is the seat of government.
We hope the series of articles will
eliminate some of the confusion over
detectives which in part is responsible
for past failures to attain the most i'm
portant Of them Misrepresentation in
the government Of their country for the
people of Washington.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Dorothy RichardsOl
Defends Druu Firm

The ruling of the Supreme
Court against Parke, Davis
e. Co. strikes another blow
In the direction of honest
retailing and aids indirectly
the pre- datory merchant.
Small independent business
is being threatened by selfish
combines, chains and power
full interests, whose sole pur-
pose is to destroy the little
fellow. leaving the field wide
open for creation of a monop-
oily. The consumer then is
placed at the mercy of the
few giant retailers.
Parke, Davis & Co. has
long been accepted by the
medical and pharmaceutical
profession as one of the most
reputable drug manufactur-
ers. This company was a vital
component in the develop
ment of drugs which helped
to add 10 extra years to our
life span.
1t is no wonder then that
Parke, Davis products are
we'll known to the public and
that the cut-rater will in
vaFiably choose such known
products as "loss leaders" to
make the customer think
everything he sells is a bar
gam. He thus causes custom
ers to buy other items at
hidden high prices which
more than cover his losses
on the bait bargains. Parke,
Davis & Co. simply refused
to let its products be used
as a tool Of attraction before
the public.
Herman Morton.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
IFS and the Test Ban
Prime Minister Macmillan an,

Prime Minister Macmillan and Pres
ident Eisenhower have given a properly
cautious joint response to the Soviet
proposal for moratorium on small
underground nuclear tests (below an
explosive magnitude equivalent to 2O,-
600 tons of TNT) that cannot now be
adequately monitored, detected or po-
Iced.
AS presented at the 17-month-old
Anglo-American-Soviet nuclear confer
ence in Geneva, the Russian plan ap-
pears to accept in principle the Presi-
dents call for a treaty that would %
ban all types Of A and H tests that lend
themselves to adequate policing, but
(2) exempt the smaller ones, and thus
make them permissible, until effective
monitoring safeguards could be estab-
liShed against them.
The So-called major concession"
offered by the Russians is that they
will agree to Part ! of this Western
proposal If Britain and the United States
modify Part 2 in a way that would
have the effect Of outlawing the small
detonations as well-on the basis of
an honor-system moratorium that would
remain in force for at least four or
five years, during which it could all
too easily be violated in secret.
The Macmillan Eisenhower answer
to all this, though Affirmative, is highly
and wisely conditional. Thus, Britain
and the United States will take part
In such moratorium (but for a much
shorter period of time) only on the
following basis: % II the Soviet Union
first joins them in signing an adequately
safeguarded treaty banning the detec-
table detonations and (2) If it CO.
operates forthwith in making arrange
mentS for co-ordinated research aimed
at working out effective control meas
ureS against the possibility Of clam
destine small tests.
These are very big conditions II
they are to be met satisfactorily, the
kremlin will have to do more than
just talk about things like control and
on-Site inspection; 1t will have to agree
to specific treaty terms. Otherwise, IL
the Russians merely keep on haggling at
Geneva, we should resume the small
underground tests for the sake of our
national security.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Racial Unrest

There Is a new Negro IN the
South; there is a new Negro
in the United States; the Ne
gro is pushing his way ahead
too fast; these matters take
time; we need more moderate
thinking people on both sides
Of the racial issue. These and
similar phrases have been
used in recent years and are
still being used to describe
the passive but determined
efforts on the part of the Ne
gro to bring into realization
for himself a sharing of those
rights and privileges which,
though inherent in the Con-
stitution, have been denied
him up to the present.
The underlying principles
responsible for the grave Ind
deep unrest in the Negro to-
day are no different than
those principles for which the
Colonies fought the American
Revolution. 1t was the preva-
lence of a strong belief in
these same principles which
gave birth to the Constitu-
ton and the Declaration of
independence. While Defend
ing identical principles thou
sands of Americans, includ-
ing Negroes, lost their lives
in two World Wars and a po-
lice action in Korea. Until
the Negro in America adopt
ed for himself these same
principles he was out of step
with ;he American way of
life, for herein lies the es-
sence, the core, the very
heart of Americanism.
The Negro of today, through
his attempts to become an
American, has taken on the
appearance of a new Negro;
however. he has gone beyond
that point. Having placed the
value of freedom above all
others, he has met the first
prerequisite for becoming an
integral part of the American
way of life.
Mildred w. Pitt,
Secretary, District of Colum-
bia Branch, National Asso-
citation for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

I am surprised that no
one else has spoken up pro-
testing the violation of our
personal welfare and security
here on the ground by the
growing threat of crashing
planes. In view Of the increas-
ing number Of plane crashes
due to engine trouble, disin-
tegration in the air, bomb
possibilities, collisions in the
air, and some just plain unex-
planned failures. surely there
must be others who also feel
that their very peace, happi-
ness and well-being are in
constant peril. A person used
to be able to at least enjoy a
feeling Of comparative safety
in his own home. but even
that security is being taken
away from us.
The jet plane that crashed
at Denton. Md, the other day,
killing three unsuspecting
persons In their home and
threatening all those school
children, was being tested.
Why not testify planes and
train pilots out over the ocean
WHO'RE there Is less likelihood
Of killing innocent persons in
the event Of their failure? At
least this would reduce the
menace to some degree.
This threatening overhead
hazard is bound to increase
as more and more planes take
to the skyways. but no con-
sideration at all seems to be
taken for the people down
here on terra firma.
r n Saith
Evening star., 1960-03-30
A Question of Ethics

Recent hearings before the House
Armed Services Committee showed
clearly the need for an effective "con-
fiict of interests" law applicable to re-
tired officers of all the armed forces
The present hodge-podge of restrictions
on post-career employment of former
officers is confusing, discriminatory and
sometimes ineffective. We doubt, how
ever, that the bill recently reported by
the committee is strong enough to cope
adequately with the Conflict" problem.
= Under existing law, Navy and Ma
rine Corps officers upon retirement are
permanently prohibited from selling
anything to the Navy-but not from SELL
ing to the Army or Air Force Neither
the Army nor the Air Force has any such
rigid observation-disclosures law, "prac-
tically never enforced" according to a
Senate subcommittee, makes 1t crime
for retired military officers to make sales
to the Army (only) during the two years
Immediately following retirement.
The bill awaiting House action would
permit retired officers of all the military
services to "sell or to aid or assist in the
selling of anything to the Department
Of Defense or an armed force of the
United States without criminal pen
atty, but would require forfeiture of their
retired pay while so employed during
the two years after retirement After
the two-year period there would be no
loss Of pay
However if Congress really intends
to deal adequately with confiict-of-
interests abuses-rare though they may
be among retired Understanding
stronger than the bill sent to the House
ought to be enacted. We believe that
most retired officers are men of integ-
rity. AS such they should be as eager as
anyone else to avoid the appearance of
evil. And we think it Is an abuse of an
officers privileges for him to move over
night, or even within two-year period,
from official duties involving, say, pro-
curement of defense items to private
job requiring him to sell or assist in SELL
ing such items to the Government.
We hope, therefore, that the pend
ing legislation will be strengthened on
the floor so as to place a positive ban
on such abuses during the two years
following retirement.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
ConnoIIy Amendment

Repeal Of the Connally
Amendment (Which the ad-
ministration. our leading pol
iticians, and Walter Lipp-
mann have all urged) will
serve to build for world peace
and the effective and Just
handling Of international
disputes. More Importantly,
however, this action by
the United States will guide
other nations to a standard
Of real consideration for the
well-being Of the world COM
munity, as opposed to an alb
sorption with our own status
therein: should we ever work
to fulfill our own revolution
and its promises, these ideals
will win the world - not
communism!
Dorothy Richardson.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Uninspired

It is shocking to see
Wernher Won Braun's article
why Should America Con-
quer Space?" presented in a
recent issue Of This Week
as one of the most inspiring
articles on the subject you
will ever read :"
To any sober mind this
article is a sickening revival
of the Hitler psychology of
power-w Worship. DR.. Won
Braun's primary concern is
the conquest Of space be-
cause it will. Che Thinks, i'm
press the uncommitted ma
tions Of the world and draw
them into the American
orbit.
The human race stands
now on the verge Of plane
tary suicide because it has
worshipped power above all
else. The logical end Of the
worship Of power. which is
really the worship of vio-
lence, is total destruction.
Unless we will dare to
make compassion the first
and unconditional demand
upon ourselves. regardless of
what the Russians or any
other peoples do, we are
doomed.
Let us shape our foreign
policy in the consciousness
of a universal humanity,
with dignity and fellow-feel-
ing. Then, whatever comes.
we shall have fulfilled our
destiny as men. not as in
sane monsters. ready to des-
troy every value that makes
life bearable, in the vain
hope that by such destruc-
ton we may survive.
Ianiea unlla nj
Evening star., 1960-03-30

ton Of waste places. It ap-
pears important as a tram
sitional stage and is followed
by invasion Of less tolerant
grasses. shrubs and tree
seedlings.
There is no data at pres
ent on how widespread the
phenomenon, or something
like it. may be throughout
the country. Where condi-
tons are not too unfavorable,
however. it appears to be one
Of Natures major mecha-
nisms for repairing mans
wreckage.
There are about $4,000.
100000 tons Of animals and
plants In the sea.
More than so per cent Of
this mass is found in shallow
coastal waters and less than
one per cent In the. deep
abysses which constitute
three-fourths Of the area Of
the world ocean.
This is the estimate of the
Soviet Institute Of Oceanog-
raphy in q report translated
and issued by the Commerce
Department. The estimate is
based largely on data collect
ed during the past 10 years
by the Russian exploring
ships Vityaz and OBJ.
All data indicates, says the
report, that the amount Of
life steadily declines with dis
tances from the shore and
from the sea surface every
where in the world. Admit
tedly the Russian figures are
estimates. based on samplings
at various depths in the 800
million square mile sea COW
cred area Of the earth.
Seek Cooperation
A better and more precise
estimate is badly needed, say
the Russian oceanographers,
and they ask for world CO.
operation, especially from
maritime countries which
took part in the International
Geophysical Year programs.
THE information Is neces-
sary." says the report, ''to
clarity the patterns Of distri-
button and regeneration Of
living resources in the ocean
and for understanding Of the
role Of living organisms in
the cycle of chemical sub
stances in the ocean. 1t is
now well known that living
organisms are able to accu-
mulate various chemical ele-
ments in their bodies, includ-
ing the radioactive elements,
in amounts l 200 times great
er than the concentration Of
these elements in the waters
OF the ocean. Data relative to
life In the ocean Is especially
important because Of the
present problems Of the dis
semination Of radioactive
fall-out."
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Impartial Reportino

I commend The Star for
bringing the truth concern
ing the sit-down demonstra-
tions to the public. It is
impartial, truthful reporting
such as this that causes
people to sit up and notice
the true situation in the
South.
AS I have followed the
story of passive resistance
with the aid of The Star and
various news broadcasts, /
have come to the conclusion
that it is definitely not the
responsibility of anyone to
take sides during this con-
troversy. Perhaps something
worthwhile might rise out of