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Evening star., 1960-07-03
THE LYONS DEN
This Young Winston
Is DoubIe-Gortered

summit conference until a
new President has been in
augurated makes relevant
this incident: It involved a
French politician who'd been
negotiating with the then
Prime Minister Anthony
Eden, who questioned the va
lidity of a deal made with a
government that soon might
fall. The Frenchman replied:
Better seven governments
with one policy. as in France,
than one government with
seven policies, as in Eng
land"
PATIENT - Gypsy Rose
Lee phoned her dentist, DR..
A. B. Weinstein, and told
him: Cancel Sinatra, cancel
Preminger. I take precedence,
because I'm doing a summer
tour" Miss Lee was given the
preference, seated herself in
the chair and began remov-
ing her jacket, scarf and
necklace, stating: This is
as much as I take off, unless
I get paid for it. She refused
the novocaine injection. "I
dread those injection nee
dies" she said. I'm fact, I
turned down two chances to
be married, just because I re-
fused to be injected for that
pre-marital blood test"
MEMOS-Judith Anderson
will join the Old Vic troupe
in a Russian tour with THE
Sea Gull" Producer David
Merrick will establish some
what of a record this fall:
He'll open four shows in four
weeks-"A Taste Of Honey"
Vintage '60," Trina La
Evening star., 1960-07-03
BY LEONARD LYONS
Hall Syndicate


NEW YORK-The Queen
. Of England recently had a
luncheon at Windsor Castle
for the families of those who
had been awarded the coveted
honor, the Order of the Gar
ter. Lord Digby, who had just
been invested, brought his
family to the luncheon. They
included his new son-in-law.
Producer Leland Hayward;
his daughter, Mrs. Hayward
the former Pamela Churchill
and Mrs. Hayward's son,
young Winston Churchill.
At this luncheon young
Winston learned that he is
the only person in the history
of the British Empire to have
both grandfathers-Church-
i'll and Lord Digby-members
of the Order of the Garter.
AMITY - Sir Winston
Churchill was curious about
the man his ex-daughter-in-
law had married, and invited
the Haywards to lunch.
When the cigars were passed,
Hayward declined. He quick
" realized, via signals, that
he'd erred in refusing a
Churchill cigar. When the
brandy was passed, he there
fore nodded enthusiastically.
Sir Winston poured almost
q glassful for each. They
drank it. Churchill poured
again, and again. and again.
After the luncheon, Hay
ward, woozy from the brandy,
went home to bed, to sleep
it of. And the 85-year-old
Churchill, under his own full
steam, went OF to the House
of Commons.
SUCCESS-RObert Morley,
star of the film, oscar
Wilde" said of his becoming
an actor: when I started
acting, my aim was to do as
little as possible. But sue
cess overlook me" Morley
was asked if he could recall
any insulting things people
had said to him about his
performances. Actors" he
said, "live in a cocoon of
praise. They never meet the
people who don't like them" I"
FAME-Philip NOel-Baker,
the Nobel Peace Prize winner,
received a copy of the new
Washington Records album,
"FDR Speaks" Then in dis
cussing Franklin DelanO
Roosevelt, Mr.. Noel-Baker
told of asking a young Amer
ican schoolboy to tell him
who was the most famous
American President. The
boy promptly replied, Prank
lin Eleanor Roosevelt"
PRODUCTION-Lou Ches-
Ter, the industrialist who is
invading the show business
field, has a most ambitious
project to handle. It's David
o. SelZnick's Scarlet
O'Hara," a musical version of
"Gone With the Wind"
Selznick is writing it in two
segments, to be performed
on successive nights by two
different casts.
POLICY - Khrushchev's
decision to postpone any
Evening star., 1960-07-03

BALLET"
end Inc BoIshoI Theatre Ballet per.
torn. torT!ns ~: "pAHSE sssss oE IHE 81, LaH-
PUReISNAcH Spanish
DANCE" TINE DYING SWAN
"cISELLE," BALLET IN TWO
ACTS"
Brilliantly Filmed in All It's
Magnificent Spectacle and
Colour
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Catastrophe in Agodir

The awful thing that has happened
to Agadir in Morocco seems to grow more
tragic and terrible with each passing
day. Two earthquakes and tidal wave
have all but obliterated the city. Accord
ing to Crown Prince Moulay HasSan, the
dead may number as many as $4,000 out
Of total population of 10000. Seldom
in history has there been such CHASTITY
or griSly example of nature displaying
itself as a primordial force raw in tooth
and claw.
From a distance, with pestilence
threatening every survivor in this weep
ing place of death, Americans and all
other outsiders can do little more than
shudder and extend whatever assistance
is possible. Beyond that. the magnitude
OF the catastrophe tends to numb the
mind, and one can offer only heartfelt
expressions Of sympathy to the victims
families and to the profoundly shocked
and saddened people of Morocco.
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Fifty Years of Service

Halt century ago today citizens
representing % community groups joined
in move to provide the voteless Ma
tons Capital with a central voice along
the lines Of New England town meeting.
These representatives of the citys pio-
1leer neighborhood organizations formed
the Federation Of Citizens Associations,
dedicated to improving Washington and
promoting the best interests of its resi-
dents.
From that small beginning the Fed
Grafton has grown until today 1t repre-
Sents every section of the city and is a
valued and respected spokesman for its
many members. Over the years it has
played an important part in building
better Washington, mainly through pc
titionS to Congress and to Federal and
District authorities. 1t is highly appro-
pirate, therefore, that members OF Con-
greT md govcrNm7Ntal officials wa
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Natures Last Stand

The so-called Wilderness Bill, under
study by the Senate Interior Commit
tee, would raise permanent barrier
against future exploitation of the Ma
tion's remaining outdoor sanctuaries
for wildlife and escapist humans-our
national parks and forests. 1t would be
in the public interest, therefore, for the
present Congress to erect this barrier
at the earliest opportunity.
The fact that the Federal Govern
ment holds title to some SIS million acres
Of unspoiled scenery, most Of it in the
West, has provided no guarantee against
commercial or other encroachment--
through piecemeal legislation. There
has been no policy to guide Congress
in the handling of the recurrent pro-
posals to open Federal reservations to
various kinds Of private enterprise, from
cattle-graZing operations to timber cut
ting. The Wilderness Bill, supported by
administration officials and most Of the
country's conservation and wildlife Or
ganizations, would fix as national pol
icy the protection Of Federally owned
open spaces from inroads by such spe-
cial interests.
Here is bill requiring neither the
creation Of any new bureau nor the
appropriation of additional money for
parks and forests. It's adoption, however
would stand as a permanent restraint
on Congress against any measures that
might run counter to the established
national conservation policy. We hope
the Senate committee will report the
bill favorably and that Congress will
write the policy into law A
Evening star., 1960-03-05

ever depend on low blows for
publicity. What sort of con-
stituencies continually send
these types to Congress and
depend on these phony flag
wavers for democratic legis-
lation? Is 1t necessary for
the lifeblood Of our great
Nation to vote the hate
mongers into public ONCE?
The actions Of Representative
Walter certainly warrant
harsh criticism.
I am fearful of what can
happen to other institutions.
A Communist need only to
affiliate himself with any
organization in some way and
let the House Un-American
Activities Committee carry
the ball from there. No in
SCltutlon Is wholly safe from
undermining by such meth
DDS.
The next step would force
the churchgoer to determine
before hand whether his
minister is q fellow traveller
before attending his church.
Perhaps Representative Wal.
ter's committee will do all
churchgoers q favor and
publish a list Of all the Com
munist-affiliated churches. I
am certain all of us would
appreciate knowing that the
man carrying the Bible in
our pulpit is not preaching
communism.
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Smart Mr.. Kennedy

Massachusetts Senator Kennedy
may have won some important friends
in his bid for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination by his decision to stay
out OF the California primary. For party
leaders in the Nations second largest
State have made it clear that their basic
political objective as of now is to
consolidate Democratic control State
wide, attained last year for the first
time, and that they would resent the
disruptive impact of primary fight.
Governor Pat Brown set this course
months ago by announcing that he
would be the "favorite son" candidate
and the keep out" sign was easy to
read. In effect, Mr.. Kennedy acknowl-
edged all this in his own announcement,
and received a quick dividend when
Governor Brown praised "hiS respect for
the unity and responsibility of the
party" in California.
AS a practical matter, there is no
evidence that Mr.. Kennedy could have
gained more by fighting than he has by
being friendly-if as much. Senator
Humphrey Of Minnesota had made it
known, for example, that he would enter
California If his New England rival did.
Governor Brown would not, Of course,
back out, and the result would have
been a costly, time-consuming and
probably bitter contest in which even
winner almost surely would be in
some degree loser.
This is, in fact, the likely outcome
of what is shaping up for the Democrats
in Oregon. In keeping with that States
primary law, the oregon secretary of
state has notified six Democrats gen
orally advocated and recognized in ma
tional news media" as presidential can
didates that they will be on the May 20
ballot unless they file affidavits Of dis
claimer by March IA. In addition to
Senators Kennedy and Humphrey, the
six include Senator'S johnson Of Texas,
Symington Of Missouri and Kefauver of
Tennessee, plus Adlai Stevenson of Illi-
. noiS. seventh, Senator Morse, has
been entered by petition. Repeatedly,
Mr.. Kefauver and Mr.. Stevenson will
withdraw, but Mr.. johnson and Mr.
Symington, who have never quite said
they are candidates, or that they are
not, will remain entered. However
much or little the five contestants ac-
tually campaign in oregon, there is good
chance that the results will prove only
that the party is deeply divided on its
presidential preference.
To 60 back to California, it is re-
ported that Mr.. Kennedy feels he will
have sizable block Of friends in. the
State delegation when and II 1t breaks
ranks from the Brown standard. II so,
the New Englander seems to have dis
played-as he has in some of his other
preliminary maneuvering-a politically
smart combination of firmness and ac-
commodation in his approach to State
Democratic leaders and their followers
1t is combination that is hard to beat
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Walters Courage

It takes courage to be q
good Congressman, and ] feel
that the American people owe
q debt Of deepest gratitude
to Representative Francis
Walter, Democrat OF Pennsyl-
vania, chairman Of the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee.
Representative Walter has
never failed to stand up and
be counted, and his courage
must put some men with less
bravery to shame. Through
all the conflicts he has stood
firmly for Americanism. He
was cosponsor Of the present
good immigration law. known
as the McCarran-Walter Act,
which as ] recall was passed
after some five years Of study
by the Congress, notwith-
standing that ex-President
Truman vetoed the bill. It
was passed by the necessary
two-thirds vote. While we
know that many undesirables
are in the United States, and
continue to defy the law and
enter. yet we' know that this
law has been . great bless
ing. Few men in the Congress
are as well informed on in
ternal matters as is this great
CONGRESSMAN from Pennsyl-
vania.
Many one.worlders have
aimed their propaganda guns
against the Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee OF the
House. as we'll as personal
attacks against Mr.. Walter
himself, but he has stood firm
Tor America.
C. A. Nolan.
Seymour. Ind.
It Is unfortunate that GER
tain CongreSSmen must for
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Everybody Talks About the Weather
Rider for IS Years.

ard and Catholic Universi-
ties, education in this city
was at a virtual standstill
March 3.
Yet it cannot be more OBJ
vious to anyone who is in
terested in the present i'm
portance as we'll as the future
role Of American education
that the closing Of a univer-
sity for slight cause can
hardly be condoned or toll
Grated. The cessation Of
classroom activity merely
because a few inches Of snow
covers the local streets sug-
gests a degree Of apathy to-
ward the educational proc
eSses totally at odds with
the very objectives which this
country pursues in the inter-
national political and eco
nomic struggle.
Is it asking too much Of
faculty members that they
brave the elements and per-
haps employ public transpor-
tation so as to fulfill, even if
only partially. their obliga-
tions as members of the
teaching profession? Is it
asking too much that even If
the classroom does not ap-
proach its normal attend
ance rate, that these faculty
members teach those few
students who are willing to
make the sacrifice and per-
haps may even walk to
school? Certainly if Abraham
Lincoln was not discouraged
by a few inches Of snow, the
adult population Of this city
should not be either. And
when the possible inconven-
fences of modern-day trans
portation assume greater sig
niflcance than the educational
processes Of a nation, then.
indeed, the values of that
nation and Of those people
who make decisions of this
nature require stark re-ex-
animation.
Allan I. Mendelsohn.
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Porker's Victim

The Congressional Record
Of February l6. 1860, states
that the junior Senator from
New York (Mr. Keating) in
troduced q bill providing for
increased penalties for par
ticipants in lynchings-sug-
gested. Of course, by the sad
case Of the lynching of
Charles Mack Parker in Mis-
sissippi recently.
Many hot and bitter edi-
torial and senatorial tears
have been shed at Parker's
untimely passing. but no do
gooder or liberal" (liberal
with the taxpayers money,
that Isl has ever given a
second thought to the preg-
nant young woman who was
the victim Of Parker's crimi-
nal assault. Where is she.
anyhow? Does anyone even
know her name? She has
not made the front page"
in any newspaper in the
Nation.
Evening star., 1960-03-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

big books that they read. Or
do they just think they do,
sometimes?
This is the peace any one
may find easily enough,
without reading, if he keeps
a place in his heart for the
little things of life.
The person who demands
bigness in all he does, may
not find peace this way, or
even ordinary everyday hap
piness. He is too busy foam
ing at the mouth. He wants
to strike out. The psychol-
ogists say this is the old.
terribly terribly old, part of
the human mind that tears
and rends anything that gets
in its way. We see it in
operation in crimes of all
kinds. crimes that make us
wonder what the world is
coming to-" 1t is not coming
to anything, it is just the
i'd" as Freud called it, seek
ing its own.
If the sight Of an English
sparrow irks you terribly,
then you can be pretty sure
that the in tive urges to
cut. slash, Sli.. ill are try
ing to get the better Of your
more wholesome conscious
mind.
You need to take care,
then. that you try your best
to find something good about
these little creatures. Big
ness has no place here.
A common sparrow is al
most as small as a warbler,
and is almost as pretty, in
his way. Especially in her
way.
The female English SPAR
row actually is one of the
prettiest of birds. She re-
minds the fair viewer of a
little lady clad in modest
brown and gray. If you think
this could not be very much
of a combination, you have
but to watch out for lady
English sparrows, from now
on, and you will find some
thing nice in a little package.
She has the kindly, help
full hea' Of female creation.
She vii. feed large Startling
babies as we'll as her own,
and seeks nothing more in
life than to do good as she
sees it.
Her progeny number 35 a
year. quite a record, and her
chirping is pleasant in the
land. In the snow and Ice
she maintains her equilib-
rum. She manages to find
something good to eat wher-
ever she is, and thus helps
keep our dirty modern cities
just a little cleaner than they
would without her.
Evening star., 1960-03-05

heavily on our evergreen
branches. The undisturbed
beauty Of white covered
lawns, trod by no one except
the invisible foot Of God. In
creased intensity with an
ever-louder hiss, and, swept
by an invisible force, falling
now at a 45-desree angle. The
evergreen boughs, once
straight out, now, too. at q
45-degree angle under their
increasing burden. The sun,
nowhere to be seen or felt,
yet making its presence
known by changing the pre-
dawn gray to a pure white.
Beauty, beauty everywhere.
So snugly I watch the
changing scene from behind
the closed storm door. and
pressing my forehead against
the glass, only then expert
ence the cold my senses have
seen and heard.
No beast or bird is evident;
devoid Of all life, so must the
world have been in the be-
ginning.
Steadily, steadily, steadily,
like the years Of eternity, fall
the snowflakes.
And then there's the other
side - my husband, who left
for work at 6:15 am, just
called to say the car is stuck
in the lovely white stuff, and
he's even now walking the
five miles home.
Dolores Allen.
II
Snow conditions have
brought a matter Of very
serious significance to the
attention Of various respon-
sible people within the WASH
ington community. The mat
ter, succinctly stated, is the
closing down Of all classes in
two major universities and
the partial closing down Of
classes in a third university.
With the exception Of How
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Questions Authority

I read with dismay DR..
Benjamin Fines recent ar
ticle deploring the lack of
knowledge Of geography on
the part Of our college stu
dents.
Since the advent of the
Sputnik era, almost every
one has been viewing our
educational system with
alarm. Self evaluation is
always profitable but too
often We are led astray by
authorities" such as DR..
Fine.
He attempts TO establish
the stupidity Of his students
by asking them highly spe-
cific questions having little or
no relation to their educa-
ton as a whole. Facts such
as the State with the most
land under irrigation, or the
average temperature of the
water of Northern Califor-
mia are dubious things for q
graduate paper in geography.
They are not long remem-
bered. and fortunately so. for
a man possessed Of so many
facts would, in the words Of
Mark Twain, be stoop-shoul-
dered from carrying all Of
them around in his head.
Can DR.. Fine balance .
chemical equation by the
electron method, or describe
with particularly the func-
tions Of the Controller
General Of the United States?
Many people can, but they
would hesitate to question
DR.. Fines ability because of
his lack Of knowledge in these
specific areas Of knowledge.
Reform undoubtedly is de-
sirable in our educational
standards, but let's be real
iStic!
Pierre e. DOstert.
Evening star., 1960-03-05
Riders Forinq Badly

The dollar trolley ride Is
evidently what all of us Gin
cluding annuitantO are
headed for. Not so long ago
the levy was 5 cents, but
buying 8 tickets for a quar-
ter gave "a rides for a dollar.
The new 25-cent fare, or five
rides for a dollar, will bring
the latest increase close to
500 per cent, when about 100
per cent appeases most others
who profit by imitation. But
traffic management is now
probably cussing itself for
making the ride too cheap
for again delaying a levy Of
81 straight.
Rider for IS Years.
Evening star., 1960-03-05

! was 0 Weatherman at Ra-
leigh, N. c.. when Washing
tons sneak blizzard Of March
4. 1909 (recalled in your
splendid editorial This Time
We Had Warning") occurred.
You, no doubt. would be
interested in these added
things:
All the participants in the
forecast are dead. Still, even
now, the Weather Bureau
would wish the nightmare for
gotten. The national fore
caster even called in Chief
Willis L. Moore for consulta-
ton, and they all agreed.
II the same conditions ex-
listed again. every experienced
forecaster would be bound to
issue a clearing promise.
The storm was a switch
back" contrary to the law
OF storm movement.
Every indication was 1t
would move eastward out to
sea; instead, 1t did what
seldom happens - and can
never be forecast-twisted or
switched back over this area.
Several soldiers and others
died as a result Of exposure.
The Weather Bureau was
then . part Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. headed
by a longtime and slow
moving Secretary. The freak
storm and disaster held the
then young and growing"
Weather Bureau back for
many years ~ for Congress,
when importuned for appro-
priations, refused to forget.
Norman Sandridge.
y 4 Il
At $3.50 am. ! watch the
gray-white Of predawn snow.
Flakes dancing and sparkling
in the porch light sweep past
my eyes In a dazzling swirl.
The soft, steady hiss Of fall
ing flakes. Gentle little flakes.
yet banded together. weighing
Evening star., 1960-03-05
NINTH STREET.

N1N1h S1REEI.
Dear Sir:
Il like the common SPAR
rows and feed them, but the
rest of my family says I am
creating a nuisance and run
ming the better birds away.
II have always wondered
about that term, the better
birds. I am sure that to an
English sparrow, an English
sparrow is pretty nice.
II have been watching these
birds for years. and for the
life Of me cannot see any
thing wrong with them. 1t
is true they are aggressive,
but that commonly is re-
garded as a good trait among
people.
1T is true they fight for
something to eat. but how can
they help it, when there are
so many of them?
1T seems to me that we
are going pretty far out Of
our way If we take issue with
this bird for nothing much.
ITO listen to some people,
you might think the common
sparrow is depriving their
children Of food, somehow.
Really, this is a nice bird,
and I am glad I like it, but
what shall I say to the
others?
Sincerely, S. w"
Say what you are saying
above. and let it 60 at that.
Argument does no good in
such matters. There is too
much argument today, any,
way.
One way of relief, in an
argumentative age, is to stop
talking.
Wise men for thousands
of years have been saying
that the human tongue is a
nuisance. and often gets its
owner into trouble.
Let us argue about worth
while things, not about the
small non-essentials Of life.
Surely an English sparrow
does not amount to much, in
our big world and universe,
except to himself.
He is pretty. active and in
teresting to watch, if the OBJ
server has it in him to be
fair. Without this streak of
fairness, he will not find
much real fun in bird watch
ing. anyway. He will be irked
all the time about something
or other.
The person who takes the
birds as they come, and
makes the best of them, is
going to find peace of mind
at little cost.
We have always wondered
about peace Of mind" and
If its seekers find it in the